The Georgia bulletin (Atlanta) 1963-current, March 21, 1963, Image 2
PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 INCREASING APOSTOLATE 703,443 Negro Catholics Among 18 Million In US WASHINGTON, March 21 — There are 703,433 Catholics among the approximate 18 mil lion Negroes and 129,070 Ca tholics among the approximate half million Indians in the Unit ed States. The statistics were disclosed in the annual report of Father John B. Tennelly, S.S., secre tary of the Commission for the Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians. THE REPORT said there were 12,638 Negro converts to Catholicism during 1962, which represents one out of 10 of all converts to the Church during the year. The work among Ne groes is carried out in 64 archdioceses and dioceses of the country, the report said. (Twenty years ago, the com- NTELSON-RIVES REALTY. INC. JM5A Cutrmont Ro*4 CHAMBLKF, GEORGIA Koriwrty Aml-.NVI Realty Co., lac. Howard G Nelson, Present Krnes: M P.ivti. Secretary-Tret*. ssjiiHis, ISgs01 MOTOR HOTEL • TV A Aia CONOiTlON.na • KAMOUI MIAMi 8U0PST • Cl A BIVIR13I STATIONS • COFMI MAKIC, EACH ROOM t U< Kll A I i < >Nt ' - 1 A (until Ado if ".i m All.ml.i mission's report showed there were 13 million Negroes in the United States, Including 306,831 Catholics, and 350,000 Indians, of whom 91,604 were Catholics. Ten years ago, it was report ed there were 420,590 Catho lics among the country's 15 Toastmaster Club Sets Debate The Christopher Toastmas ter Club of Atlanta, a group of Catholic laymen, affiliated with Toastmasters International, announces an intraclub debate on "Federal Aid to Education." The debate will be held Mon day evening, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown Elks Club, 736 Peachtree Street. Any Catholic man interested in attending this debate and see ing the workings of the Catho lic Club is Invited to call club president, Mr. William Mc Carthy, 457-6952 for reser vation. Moderator of the debate will be Rev. A. J. Albert, assistant pastor of Our Lady of the As sumption Church, North Atlan ta. AMERICANA T.V. SERVICE CALLS $3.00 DAY -NIGHT-SUNDAY 875—6080 Res. TR5-2840 804 N. Highland Ave. Atlanta, Ga. for the best in... ^pest*^ ^control* Service Where Insurance is a Profession, Not a Sideline SUTTER & McLELLAN Mortgage Guarantee Bldg. JA 5-2086 Da£ri| Queen BANANA J ♦sale Good Thru Sunday, March 21 REGULAR PRICE 40< WE PACK ALL PRODUCTS ^ to TAKE HOME...St SALE PRICE 30< IMI I Me*. Cl L * I fit Dairy I . Nek, An. 6* Dairy Queen V ► V 1 DAIRY QUEEN & BRAZIER of Chamblee 4879 Buford Hwy. Chamblee Phonos GL 7-3012 For Pick Up Order* million Negroes, and that "two out of three Indians still are not Catholics," with an estimated 200,000 non-Catholic Indians.) A TABLE showed that the La fayette, La., diocese is the See with the largest number of Ne gro Catholics, 74,227, followed by the Washington, D. C., ar chdiocese with 60,246 and the New York archdiocese with 59, 367. The report said that half of the Negro population of the na tion reside in the South, but that converts "are fewer in the south where obstacles are greater, but not zeal." The report said there are 775 priests in charge of 514 parishes and missions with 361 schools serving the country's Negro Catholics. "THE larger part of the apos- tolate," the report said, "is be ing carried on in the southern dioceses, where half of the Ne gro population of the United States is to be found. Out of the approximate nine million Ne groes who are living the re, 270, 000 are reported at present to be Catholics." The report said 343 priests staff the Negro missions in the South and have 210 schools with a total enrollment of 42, 000 pupils. Father Tennelly reported that a total of 240 priest serve the nation's 129,070 Indian Catho lics at 394 parishes, missions and chapels. Indian converts during 1962 numbered 948, two- thirds of whom were in the mis sions in the Southwest, the re port said. The Indian apostolate is carried on in 40 archdioceses and dioceses. The diocese with the largest Indian Catholic population is Gallup, N.M., with 16,000, followed by Rapid City, S.D., with 14,297, the report said. TO ALTAR SOCIETY ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL Madonna Show Aids New Nurses Home MARTINA GRIFFITH, CSMC AND FATHER GUPPENBERGER ... A project ENCYCLOPEDIA Student Mission Crusade Projects At St. Pius High As the March project of the Catholic Student's Mission Cru sade unit of St. Pius X High School, The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism was presented to Rev. August Guppenberger, chaplain of the Newman Club at North Georgia College, Father Guppenberger is a Glenmary Miss loner and as sistant pastor of St. Luke Church in Dahlonega in which parish North Georgia College is located. When the Newman Club was established two years ago, the college had only four Catholics among Its 900 stu dents. Due to full time facili ties for practicing their reli gion, eighteen Catholics are now enrolled. In February the first convert was baptized, and a few other students have manifested interest in learning about Ca- Carrollton Lecture On Hebrew Life "The Life and Customs of the Hebrew People During the Time of Christ" was the theme of the talk given by the pastor, Rev. Richard B. Morrow, at the Al tar Society meeting of the Church of Our Lady in Carroll ton on Thursday. It is Father Morrow's belief that this knowledge will give us a clearer picture of the life of Jesus Christ when He walked this earth and help us better understand the stories recount ed in the Bible. EVERY member of the He brew family was regarded as a mMSm* 1119 I’m Going to America!” Mary Li is one of the lucky few. She was adopted into a Catholic family in the USA. But for every Mary Li there are hundreds of Hong Kong and Korean or phans who face a hopeless future. Will you give a home to one of these children? Only you can make one really belong. Consult your Catholic Charities Director, or write: Catholic Committee for Refugees 265 W, 14th Street. N.Y. 11, N.Y. brother and therefore could live under the roof of any branch of the family — hence we read of the uncle, Leban, saying to nep hew, Jacob, "Thou art my own flesh and blood." Family life was the predomi nant part of the Hebrew civili zation and an entire branch would constitute a religious community and hold its own ceremonies. Marriages were arranged by the families at the instigation of the groom's parents, very frequently at the time of the son’s birth, and the bride’s dowry was also arranged at that time. The bethrothal or engage ment period normally lasted one year and was considered binding. The marriage itself was the scene of seven days of festivity and all branches of both families and entire village were invited. One interesting proverb handed down from these ancient times is, "Go down one step in choosing a wife". FATHER Morrow plans to continue this subject on suc ceeding meetings of the Altar Society. The meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Peter Cap- pell i, and was preceded by the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and breakfast. The members voted to hold a Nearly New Sale on Thursday, Friday and Satur day, April 4, 5, and 6 and com pleted plans to assure the suc cess of this fund-raising pro- Conyers Retreat A retreat for men sponsored by the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Parish in At lanta will be held Friday, April 5 to Sunday, April 7, at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, Conyers. For res ervations contact Renee Mar tin, TR 5-3750, or Millard Nor ris, TR 6-7928. tholicism. Father Guppenber ger has, moreover, made friends with many of the non- Catholic students. SINCE the Encylcopeida of Catholicism will become the property of the Library of North Georgia College, all the students will have access to it. Presently 99 volumes have been published. Each month two more volumes are scheduled for publication until the 150 vol umes are completed. These ad ditional books will be received by Father Guppenberger, who will turn them over to the col lege librarian. Through the mission con sciousness of Wanda Lee Hunt, St. Pius junior, she suggested to Sister Mary Lucia, R.S.M., C.S.M.C. moderator, that this Encyclopedia be donated. Other projects for this scho lastic year have been initiated by students. For the first meet ing, November, Martina Grif fith, president, procured from the Consolata Fathers a movie depicting their work in Africa. Martina had met a Consolate Missioner at the bi-annual Na tional Convention of the C.S. M.C. at Notre Dame Univer sity last summer. FOLLOWING the movie, Ann Hunter, a Junior, suggested the CSMCers send clothers to the missions in Africa. Ann car ried her enthusiasm home to her father, who added to the students’ Christmas clothes collection many cartons of boys' and men’s clothing from his Company’s warehouse. He also attended to the packing and shipping of the clothes collect ed. January's meeting featured the Glenmary Sisters. Jane Peeler, junior, who has work ed with these Sisters at States boro during summer vacation, brought a movie showing the work of the Glenmary Sisters in the rural areas of North Carolina. SINCE study of the missions is an integral part of C.S.M.C. activity, Latin America was the Pius High Named In Emory Project Emory University is choos ing St. Pius X to participate in a special program. Fifteen cho sen Atlanta schools are to se lect students to represent them. This plan calls for thirty nominees to try college work for the summer. The fifteen finally selected will study cour ses in various subjects from Greek to Calculus. Beginning the latter part of June and ending in August, the program will experiment to find the mental capacity of certain high school pupils. Nominees representing St. Pius are juniors, John Oliver and Charlene Cherry. subject of the February meet ing. Stories of the Church's Latin American Missions were presented by panelists Suzanne Chappell, Charlene Cherry, No- rene Eidsoivand Kathleen Kra mer who had gained their in formation from "The Shield," the national C.S.M.C. maga zine, and also from Latin Ame rica; Pattern for the Sixties, a publication of C.S.M.C. in Cincinnati. At a future meeting, it is hoped that Father Marian, O.F.M., who has recently la bored in the missions of Latin America, will give an illus trated lecture. Future plans also include a program to enlighten the high school students of St. Pius X with the missionary work in this archdiocese, so they will be further motivated to pray and sacrifice for the work of the Church near home. Weekly sac rifice of a dime Is encouraged by the home room representa tives of C.S.M.C. TWO major projects that have become tradition are the Christmas visit to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home, when gifts are given to the patients and carols are sung, and the sponsoring of the drive for the Bishol's Relief Fund during Lent. Throughout the year, a com mittee led by Francis Glandord, junior, has been collecting stamps. Their work is to assert and send cancelled stamps to the Mission Stamp Exchange at Woodstock College. Duck hunting stamps, foreign stamps, and pre-cancelled stamps are especially valuable. The second annual Madonna Show sponsored by St. Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary will be held at the Hospital on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 28, 29 and 30. Entirely new collections of Madonnas will be shown by two world renowned artists - Anri and Pattarino. In this collec tion will be a reproduction in antique of Murillo’s famous painting the "Assumption" in woodcarving. FOR OVER 300 years the art of woodcarving has been prac ticed at Santa Cristina in the Gardena Valley high in the Co- lomite Mountains of the Italian Tyrol. Some of the original woodcarvings by Anri are the prize possession of museum and connoisseurs throughoutthe world. Professor Pattarino has long been recognized as one of the foremost sculptors in Italy, and has gained world renownforthe great delicacy and fluidity that he has been able to give to his porcelain figurines. All of the Pattarino pieces are signed works of art and they come into this country throughout Eu rope and also more recently in into this country as such. Pat tarino art has been used exten sively in churches throughout Europe and also more recently in this country. They are truly treasures of our times, and rep resent the finest religious art that is coming out of Italy to day. 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