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Archdiocese of Atlanta VOCATIONS MONTH ETIM SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL 1, NO. 12 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR mm SUPPRESSES DISSIDENTS Priest Hits C.U. Administration 1ST NATIVE BORN THE REV. Mr. Finn Lynge, O. M.I., the first native of Green land to become a priest, will be ordained in St. Paul's church, Pass Christian, Miss., on March 30. A convert to Catho licism in 1952, the future Ob late priest entered the seminary in central France. He has been pursuing his final studies at the Oblate Fathers' Our Lady of the Snows Scholasticate in Mis sissippi. TUESDAY DAYTON, Ohio (NC)~ A priest dismissed as associate professor of New Testament studies at the Catholic Univer sity of America and barred from teaching at a summer session charged here that the univer sity's action is part of a pat tern "which has characterized the present regime for the past five years." Father Edward Siegman, C. PP.S., temprarily assigned as a teacher at the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Dayton, commented on his case following reports that faculties of the School of Sacred Theology and the Grad uate School of Arts and Scieiv- ces had protested his dismis sal. Luigi Palazzolo Also Beatified VATICAN CITY — More than 10,OCX) people were present in St. Peter's basilica for the be atification of Blessed Luigi Pa lazzolo, Bergamo priest who devoted his life to the poor of that diocese, the native See of Pope John XXIIL Praising the Church’s newest blessed, the Pope recalled that he was five years old when "he heard that venerated name for the first time." From then on, the Pope declared, through his years as a seminarian, priest and bishop, he had "looked for this day which Pro this day which Providence had granted him to see as Bishop of Rome". BLESSED Luigi’s beatifica tion (March 19) followed that of Blessed Elizabeth Seton by two days. Pope John stressed that both new blesseds are examples of the vitality of the Church. After venerating relics of Blessed Luigi, the Pontiff de livered an address on the bles sed’s life. He stressed that Blessed Lui gi practiced to an outstanding degree the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity as well as the cardinal virtues of pru dence, justice, temperance and fortitude. He noted that Blessed Luigi was one of the many priests of the last century to devote him self to the education of the young and the care of the poor. He pointed out that the congrega tion the new blessed founded— the Sisters of the Little Poor of Bergamo—are at work today in Europe and Africa "carrying out all the works of spiritual and corporal mercy.’’ Music Educators CLEVELAND (NC)—The Na tional Catholic Music Educators Association will hold its 1963 convention here April 23 to 27. Among the principal speakers will be Father Gerard S. Slo- yan, head of the religious edu cation department at the Catho lic University of America FATHER Siegman, 54, who is expected to assume duties as a Newman Club adviser at More House, Yale University, later this year, said he was granted a leave of absence from the Catholic University faculty in the autumn of 1961 because of ill health. Although his con tract was not due to terminate until January of this year, it was suddenly canceled in the spring of 1962 . The manner in which the university's adminlstra- tion handled his case was not the "normal procedure", he said. The university said Father Siegman's contract was "not renewed" for reasons of ill health. The New Testament ex pert suffered two heart at tacks in recent years. IN PROTESTING Father Siegman's dismall, the faculty groups reportedly called him "one of the best New Testa ment men in the country" an claimed "his health would not have been a problem if his teachings had been more accep table to the conservative group at the university." Father Siegman also disclos ed that a contract to teach at a Catholic University summer session last year was canceled by the administration at the university. He said the same thing hap pened to Father Godfrey Diek- mann, O.S.B., editor of Wor ship magazine and one of four theologians whom the univer sity administration rejected as possible speaker in a lecture series. The four theologians included, besides Father Diek- mann. Fathers Gustave Weigel, S.J., John Courtney Murray, S. J., and Hans Kueng. The priest had been a mem ber of the Catholic University faculty since 1951. Prior to that he served for 14 years as Scripture professor and dean an St. Charles Seminary, Cartha- gena. PRIEST EXPERT SOME of the "little people" who took part in Atlanta’s St. Patrick's Day Parade sponsored by local Hibernian Society last Saturday. Civic and State officials, as well as Catholic groups, took part in the shenaginans. SOCIAL ■ ECONOMIC Humphrey Cites Catholic Alliance - Progress Help WASHINGTON—Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, in a report on the Alliance for Pro gress, has strongly praised Catholic social and economic reform programs in Latin America. "One of the most hopeful signs in Latin America in re cent years is the renaissance of the Catholic Church and a new awakening on the part of the Church leaders to the shock ing social and economic pro blems of the continent," Hum phrey said. Humphrey’s report is based on trips which he made to Latin America in 1962 and 1961. TODAY in Chile, Panama, Venezuela, northern Brazil and Argentina, he said, "members of the hierarchy are actively pushing the reforms stipulated under the Alliance charter." He cited His Holiness Pope John XXIII's social encyclical Mater et Magistra for its "far sighted social and economic policy" and said it is being im plemented in many parts of Latin America. "Men who once would have been 'prompted' to mountain parishes for their 'advanced' views are now being appointed bishops and cardinals," he said. "Efforts are now being pursued to extend the programs in edu cation and health in which the Church has long been involved to the mass of the people." HUMPHREY referred to a November, 1962, pastoral on Latin American Aid An Urgent Problem SISTER Edward Mary of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and a teacher at Seton High School there, looks with a confi dent smile upon the statue of Mother Elizabeth Seton located on the- school groundi. The Cincinnati Sisters are one oi the communities tracing their foundation to Mother Seton in 1809. LAFAYETTE, La. (NC)- A Latin America specialist warned here that if the U. S. does not aid Latin America, the "needed changes" there will "take place without us" and Latins will "end up as our enemies instead of our friends." This assessment was offer ed by Father John J.Considine, M.M., director of the Latin America Bureau, National Catholic Welfare Conference. UNDERLINING the wide spread movement for social reform in Latin America, Fat her Considine said that "no party can win the support of the poor if it promises to make gradual reforms." "They are interested in im mediate reform, by peaceful revolution if possible, by vio lent revolution if necessary," he said in a lecture sponsored by the Catholic Student Center at the University of Southwest ern Louisiana. Father Considine pointed to appeals by the Holy See for U.S, Catholic assistance to the Church in Latin America. "The Church in the U.S. needs dedicated lay people," he said. "The question is, can we respond to the appeals of the Holy Father and sacrifice our great needs for the still greater needs of our brothers and sisters in Christ in Latin America?" VOCATION PRAYER O God, Who wills not the death of a sinner * but rather that he be converted and live * grant we beseech Thee * through the intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin * and all the saints * an increase of laborers for Thy Church * fellow laborers with Christ *to spend and consume themselves for souls * through the same Jesus Christ Thy Son * Who liveth and reigneth with Thee * in the unity of the Holy Spirit * world without end. Amen. social reform, issued by the Bishops of Chile, as "an ex cellent indication of the change taking place in the Church in Latin America." "The pastoral letter scath ingly criticized existing social and economic abuses, deplored the inequality in distribution of incomes, and called on the gov ernment to extend and speed up its reforms and its social wel fare programs," he said. "Of fering its own example, the Church in Chile is now redis tributing most of its own lands to local peasants." HUMPHREY said the de velopment of the Christian De mocratic movement is "closely related to the new orientation developing in the Church." He said the movement is growing in influence in Chile, Venezu ela, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Argentina and Panama. The Minnesota legislator had high praise for the work of Cath olic Relief Services—National Catholic Welfare Conference and CARE in Latin America. He said that "much of the success" of the U.S. Food for Peace program there is due to the "tireless efforts” of these two voluntary agencies in distributing U.S. surplus foods. Literary Supplement With this issue the Georgia Bulletin inaugurates a monthly Ollt . Yoil - firO Literary Supplement to stimulate the thinking readers and to ^ " -i- “U- " ^^ assist in the promotion of reading of good books. Going Steady JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 26 (NC)—Students at St. Mic hael’s High School here have been warned it’s out-you-go if you go steady. Father James A. Carey, pastor, couched the admonition more formally: "Any student... dating one person to the ex clusion of ail others will be expelled immediately." He di rects the 600 - student high school. Mother Seton Beatified In Saint Peters VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Two cardinals and many bishops were among more than 4,000 Americans gathered in St. Pe ter's Basilica to witness the beatification of the first native- born U. S. citizen ever offi cially proclaimed a Blessed by the Roman Catholic Church. When the reading of the brief of beatification — the firstma- jor step toward canonization — was completed, all the lights in the great church were turned on and the bells of St. Peter’s rang out in salute to Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. The Episcopalian-born widow ed mother of five children be came a convert to Catholicism in 1805. Four years later she founded the Daughters of Cha rity of St. Vincent de Paul at Emmitsburg, Md. SEVERAL hours later, Pope John XX111, attending the first public veneration of the new Blessed who died in 1821, hail ed here as "the first officially recognized flower of sanctity which the United States of Ame rica offers to the world." "It is," he added, "a source of satisfaction to us to pay such a tribute to that illustrious na tion, as an augury for further advances in spiritual pro gress." President Franklin D. Roo sevelt was a distant relative of Mother Seton, who was the aunt of Bishop James Roose velt Bayley, first Ordinary of the Newark, N.J., Catholic ar chdiocese. Her nephew founded Seton Hall University, which was named for Mother Seton, who also is remembered for having founded the first free Catholic school in the U. S. HER father was Dr. Richard Bayley, distinguished physician and surgeon, and her mother was the former Catherine Our first venture is graced with a lead article by Miss Flan nery O'Connor of Milledgeville, well known author of stimulat ing short stories and several novels. In keeping with our aims to retain a high standard of literary criticism, our book reviewers will all be competent experts in the search for truth. The cost of our book supplement was made possible by the support of Catholic book publishers in various parts of the coun try. Our readers are therefore urged to support our advertisers. sing of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., Marian F. Forst of Dodge City, Kan., James A. McNulty of Paterson, N. J., and William G. Connaire of Greensburg, Pa. The lay pilgrims included 15- year-old Anne Theresa O’Neill of Baltimore, whose recovery from acute leukemia in 1952 after prayers for intercession by Mother Seton was accepted by the Church as one of the Charlton, daughter of an Epis copalian rector. At the age of 19, she married William Magee Seton, a welthy merchant and member of a distinguished family, who died in 1803, leav ing his widow with five child ren. The beatification of Mother Seton took place on the Feast of St. Patrick, patron saint of the New York archdiocese, where she was born on Aug. 28, 1774. It was recalled that among those who helped counsel her prior to her conversion was Irish-born Father Michael O’Brien, O.P., a curate at St. Peter’s church on New York's Barclay street. Hundreds of Sisters of Cha rity knelt with Francis Cardi nal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis, as the canon of St. Peter’s Ba silica read the Latin brief of beatification. It included a bio graphy of the new Blessed, a recital of her virtues, and the miracles attributed to her in tercession. Church authentica tion of two miracles is one of the conditions of beatification. ALSO in the great specially- decorated basilica were Arch bishops Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore, John P. Cody of New Orleans, Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington, D.C.: and Bishops Celestine J. Damiano of Cam den, N. J., Leo C. Byrne of Wichita, Kan., Charles Helm- Continued on Page 8 THIS Vatican painting of the new Beata, Mother Elizabeth Seton, displayed during the beatification ceremonies in St. Peter’s Basilica, depicts the religious families stemming from Mother Seton’s work. These communities are all Sis ters of Charity with headquarters respectively in (from the left) Emmitsburg, Md.; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Greensburg, Pa.; Convent Station, N.J.; Cincinnati; and New York.