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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963 PAGE 3 v COOPERATION Religion-Race Group Follow-up Secretariat CHICAGO (NC)— Appoint ment of an executive secre tary for a follow-up effort of the recent National Conference on Religion and Race held here are among several develop ments In connection with the conference. Rev. Galen R. Weaver, secre tary for nearly 17 years of the racial and cultural relations council for Christian Social Action, United Church of Christ, is . the. executive secretary of the follow-up committee. THE NATIONAL Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, which acted as the secretariat for the religion and race meeting, announced that Rev. Weaver has been granted a leave of absence from his post with the United Church NCCW Deanery Meet Sunday An open meeting of the N. W. Deanery of the Archdioce san Council of Catholic Women will be held on Sunday, March 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the new Ca- thedral Hall of Christ the King Church. Mrs. George Briggs of Rome, Ga., President of the N. W. Deanery will preside. A panel will discuss the "Role of The Laity In Public Rela tions." Speakers will be Mr. James Murray, Public Rela tions Officer of the Atlanta Crackers; Miss Kathryn McGo wan, Public Relations, C & S Bank; and Mr. William Reece, advertising executive; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, P.A., V.G., pastor of the Cathedral parish, will be the moderator. All members of the Archdio cese are cordially invited to at tend, Refreshments will be ser ved. 1 *' of Christ. He will work from headquarters in New York City. The structure of the follow up organization is being pre pared by an interim executive committee under the chairman ship of Rev. J. Oscar Lee, executive director of the De partment of Racial and Cult ural Relations, National Coun cil of Churches. THE structure will be made up of the following: A continuation committee consisting of representatives of groups that took part in the religion and race meeting. The committee, scheduled to meet May 14 and 15, will integrate the goals of the conference into the various affiliated agencies and denominations, adopt a bud get and review recommendat ions of the steering committee. A steering committee con sisting of 39 members who have special training and ex perience in intergroup relat ions. It will engage in pro gram development and'coordi nation, use agency resources, propose a budget* and make policy recommendations to the continuation committee. . The steering committee will meet on March 26 in New York. An. executive committee, consisting of representatives of the convening bodies for the religion and race confer ence and the chairmen of com mittees on finance, follow-up and public relations. It will report to the continuation com mittee. There is also a newly formed committee that will aid the religion-race secretariat In helping community groups to plan and to hold follow-up pro grams in 10 target cities and in other communities. Chair man of this committee is Rev. Arthur Walmsley, executive secretary of the Christian citi zenship department of the Christian Social Relations Nat ional Council, Protestant Epis copal Church. The target cities are Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Seattle, San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, San Antonio and Oakland, Calif. Meanwhile it was announced ■ Albert Cardinal Meyer, Arch bishop of Chicago, has donated $10,000 to the newly organized Chicago Conference on Religion and Race. The conference was orga nized by the steering committee of the Chicago host committee for the National Conference on Religion and Race, held in Chicago from January 14 to 17. A contribution of $2,000 was made to the new conference by the National Conference* of Christians and Jews. Chairman of the. Chicago group is Judge James B. Par sons of the U.S, District Court for Northern Illinois. RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS Conviction 1/pheld Over Jury Service The all-new, all-transistorized j/i/ore/co’ Dictating / Transcribing Machine featuring lifetime magnetic tape with automatic loading ...only $249.50* HYNES COMPANY 1 172 WHITEHALL STMIT, S. W. ATLANTA. GEORGIA RHONE - SIS.0417 ST. PAUL, Minn. (NC)—The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a wo man sentenced to 30 days in jail because she refused on re ligious grounds to serve as a juror. JUHAN'S CLEANERS Expert * Penonallaed Service Olven To Every Oerment Oomlns Into Our Plant IIS N. Main St. PO. 1-4404 College Park, Oa, Shamrock Knitting Mills Marietta, Georgia Phone: 428-9007 BOOKKEEPING TAX SERVICE <£ JB. (Rk, & &. 881 PEACHTRKK ST.. N. C. ATLANTA 0. OA. TR 5-8317 HE 5-5893 Ate You Enjoying tB-FREM Seafood2 Serve Qorton’s RtESH-Lock BREADED SHRIMP *Fr«h-lock Siafeotft, produced by a ntw proem mluslvi with Gorton’s, retain natural Juleas and nutrltiva UtminU of fresh caught fiih to bring you truly frash flavor and goodness. Mrs. Owen Jenison of Pres ton Lake Township, Minn,, maintained that jury service conflicted with her religious beliefs. She Was sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt of court. She served seven days of the term, then was freed on bail pending the outcome of her appeal. UPHOLDING Mrs. Jenison’s conviction. Supreme Court As sociate Justice James C. Otis stressed the importance of trial by jury in the democratic sys tem. "To sanction the disqualifi cation of a juror because of a conviction at variance with such a basic institution is to invite, the erosion of every other ob ligation a citizen owes his com munity and his country,** he said. Mrs. Jenison has admitted that she served as a juror in 1948, but she says she later changed her religion. Question ed about her religion, she said: "I am a believer in the Bible, but we listen to the radio Church of God.** Harrisburg Bishop Dead HARRISBURG, Pa. — Final homage was rendered here to Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence F. Schott, 55, of Harrisburg. Solemn Pontifican Requiem Mass was offered for him in St. Patrick’s cathedral here by Bishop George L. Leech of Har risburg. The sermon was preached by Bishop James A. McNulty of Paterson, N.J., who will be enthroned as Bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., on May 1. Arch bishop John J. Krol of Phila delphia gave the final absolu tion at the conclusion of the Mass. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery. Bishop Schott, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, Mount Carmel, Pa., died (March 11) in Geisinger Memorial Hos pital, Danville, Pa., after a long Illness from a blood di sease. Prior to the final rites here, a Solemn Pontifican Requiem Mass was offered (March 14) for Bishop Schott in Our Lady of Mount Carmel church In Mount Carmel by Bishop Mic hael W. Hyle of Wilmington, Del. Bishop Leech preached at the Mass. MOTHER SETON CATHOLIC children who will appear in the presentation, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" on March 22, 23, and 24, to be presented by the Children’s Civic Theater at the Community Playhouse (At lanta Woman’s Club) 1000 Peachtree Street, N. E. Front row, Left to right are: Maria Bips, Sac- •red Heart Parish; Teresa Hotard, Meg Kauffman, and Mary Frances Radford, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish; Charles. Grotner, Steven Hurder of Christ the King Parish; back row, left to right, Lauren Grotner, David Dieterle, Chris Kauffman, and Jay Smither all of Our Lady of the Assumption, who does not appear in the picture, will portray one of the delightful characters in the play. Matinee time for the program will be 2:30 p.m., aind one evening performance will be given Saturday at 8:00 p.m. VOCATION SYMBOL Conyers Abbey Is Power House Of Work, Prayer Vocations to the Religious - Life include those of the con templative orders — men who are in the world, but are not of it in Its strictest sense. The Archdiocese of Atlanta Is fortunately blessed with a community of contemplatives at the Abbey of Our Lady of The Holy Ghost in Conyers. •Founded in 1944 by Trappists from Gethsamane, Kentucky, it is one of the most modern Benedictine — Cistercian Mo nasteries in the world. THE MONASTERY is the home of monks who live with many others under a particular . spiritual rule, and the jurisdic tion of an Abbot. The Conyers monks are Benedictines, be cause they follow the rule of St. Benedict who aimed at all his communities being schools of Divine service. The Cister cian part of the title is from the original monastery founded at Clteaux,. France. It is an essentially contemplative Or der whose members do every thing "in common** - in Com munity. Together they chant the Office in Choir, make their . own hands, ("frappist" has been popularly added after a reform at the Abbey, LaTrappe, but is not part of the name of an Order.) Some people have a false Im pression of what a Monastery’s function is. It Is primarily the honor and glory of God and the Sanctification of the immortal souls, not only of the Commu nity, but of this world as well. The means to attain this pur pose, Fulfillment of the Will of God, are: prayerv penance, la bor in secluded silence and a very close Community life, with one’s brothers in Christ, This life "in common*’offers no pri vacy in the world’s sense of the term and hence provides the Monk and Brother with much of his penance and with many op portunities for following Christ's bidding that one who would follow Him should "deny himself". At the same time it Is his greatest blessing and help in using properly the other means and in "living under a Rule and on Abbot." NATURALLY, all monaster ies are expected to be self- supporting. The Conyers Abbey is no exception. Land and work is necessary to the monastic life. The constitutions of the Or der prescribe that farming and cattle raising be the chief means of livelihood. In Conyers there are about 2,000 acres of farm land, and the monks engage In dairy farm- ing, producing eggs for the com mercial market, and raising pure bred hogs to be sold in the markets near Atlanta. In accord with the Holy Rule, barns, pastures, gardens, shops of all kinds - are contained within the Enclosure, so the Monk will not have to go out side and mix in the world. It is intended to make the monas tery as self-contained as pos sible. A MAJOR effort of the Trap pists is in the dairy products THERE IS WORK BUT ALSO PRAYER of milk and eggs which are pui> chased by the Pet Milk Company — dairy division, and sold in metropolitan Atlanta through their home delivery service. The TTappist products have a high standard and health grade. Another well-known product Is Monastery Bread, which re cently has been expanded for distribution purposes. Baked with a special formula, both white and whole-wheat loaves are available on grocery shel ves in the Atlanta area. The two main outlets are Colonial Stores and The Big Apple Sto res. The bread, milk and egg sales f&rm a major part of the income for the Monastery, and they look forward to increase support from Atlantans, especially those in our own parishes. MONK URGES . Compline at Conyers INTERESTINGLY enough, the Conyers Community includes 100 priests and monks. It costs some $215.00 to operate the Monastery for one day — the monks themselves, frugal and austere as they must be, can be maintained at an individual cost of $1.75 a day. Some of the costs of operat ing the Conyers Monastery is not directed at the Community at all. The Rule of the Order requires that guests be receiv ed as would be Christ himself. Hence, no person is turned away. v ocation Month is a suitable reminder that the Community at Conyers is daily storming the heavens, through prayer and penance, for the spiritual enrichment of the flock that is the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and for the Community in the world. Put Parish Finance In Layman’s Hands COVENTRY, England (NC)— The time is at hand for Catho lic laymen to take pver respon sibility for parish finances, a Benedictine monk suggested here. Benedictine Father Benet to nes, of Downside Abbey said that as things stand the modern pas tor in Britain has to be more a businessman than a priest. Despite being untrained for it, he has to organize fund-raising projects and handle a host of other financial matters. Father tones said that by handing over financial responsibilities to the laity, the pastor would lose nei ther respect nor overall con trol. "AN IMMENSE field of acti vity and possibility is opening up for the layman," said Father tones, "Maybe there will be op position, but nothing can stop the tide. We need men of high calibre and we must give them real responsibility and power*’ The monk, who was address ing a confrence of the Newman Association, organization of college alumni and professional people, said the Catholic Church should follow the example set by the Anglican Church, whose temporal administration is "brilliant** because of the in volvement of the laity at all levels. He suggested that in volvement of the Catholic laity could be spurred by parochial conferences. Cured Teenager At Beatification BALTIMORE (NC)—An ex cited teenage girl has left here for Rome and what she calls "my first real big trip." She is Ann Teresa O’Neill who will be not just another, tourist, but a central figure at the beatification of Mother Eli zabeth Seton because she is a principal reason that the Sister will be the first native U. S. citizen declared Blessed. ELEVEN years ago, when Ann was four-and-a-half, she was dying of leukemia. Physi cians told her parents that her case was hopeless. This week Ann and her mo ther packed theif bags, ex changed goodbyes with Mr. 0*Neill and the four children staying behind in the suburban Catonsville home and flew to Europe. Ann is already known in the Vatican because her complete recovery has been accepted by the Holy See as a miracle re sulting from the intercession of Mother Seton. It is one of the two miracles approved for Mother Seton’s beatification. THINGS are much different for the 0*Neills now from the Easter Sunday in 1952 when the parents knelt in the semi darkness of the chapel in St. Agnes Hospital and begged Mo ther Seton’s intercession for their daughter. Since public announcement of Ann’s miracle, the telephone at the O’Neill house "rings all the time," according to Mrs. O’Neill. Ann has been interviewed by one reporter after another. She has seen herself on television in her class at Mother Seton High School and at home. News papers have published her pho tograph and repeated her story. Neighbors and friends have in quired about the trip. "I think she wishes she didn’t have all the publicity," said Mrs. O’Neill, "but she is bear ing up under it pretty well." ANN SAID she has been told that His Holiness Pope John XXIII will receive her in au dience. "I don’t remember when it will be exactly—perhaps March 18—but mother, Sister Mary Alice and some other Sisters will be there too," she said. Sister Mary Alice, who will accompany the O’Neills on the trip, was supervisor of the children’s ward at 9t. Agnes in 1952, It was she who suggested the parents pray for Mother Seton’s intercession. THE 0*NEILLS traveled on one of several chartered flights from New York which carried nearly 450 Sisters, all of them members of communities de scended from Mother Seton’s original foundation in Emmits- burg. The Sisters represented the Daughters of Charity to the United States, the Sisters of Charity of Halifax Nova Scotia, the Sisters of Charity of Con vent Station, N. J., the Sisters of Charity of New York, the Sisters of Charity of Cincin nati and the Sisters of Charity of Greensbiirg, Pa. After the Rome beatification, the Daughters of Charity dele gation, accompanied by Mrs. O’Neill and Ann, will visit es tablishments of their commu nity in Paris, Lourdes and Dub lin. • PRINTING • LITHOGRAPHING RYBEHT /UMtei ? COMPANY TRinlty 550 FORREST ROAD. N. 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