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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963
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AND LIKES IT
Protestant Scholar Hails
Church ‘More Catholic’
SACRAMENTO, (NC) — A
leading Protestant ecumenical
specialist praised the Catholic
Church here for "becoming
more truly catholic."
Dr. Robert McAfee Brown,
Stanford University religion
professor and a Presbyterian
observer at the coming session
of the ecumenical council, said
the council gave Protestants a
"sense of excitement and an
ticipation."
DR. BROWN has written and
spoken widely on ecumenical
matters and writes a monthly
column in the Commonweal,
national magazine edited by Ca
tholic laymen. He discussed the
ecumenical council with Father
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Oscar
Frank Norris, professor of dog
matic theology at St. Patrick’s
Seminary, Menlo Park, Calif.,
at the opening session of the
Newman Forum spring lecture
series here.
In evaluating the ecumenical
council, he commented that "the
Catholic Church is becoming
more truly catholic, not more
Protestant, and that I like**.
DR. BROWN listed three
areas in which the convocation
of the council stirred Protes
tant hopes:
• "We were surprised that a
council was held at all. We
were led to believe that the
last council was the end of
such meetings because the
definition of papal infallibility
appeared to render any more
superfluous.
• "The creation of the Sec
retariat for Promoting Chris-
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tian Unity indicates to us that
the Catholic Church intends to
promote the ecumenical dialo
gue. If the task had been left to
us, we could not have chosen
better representatives to serve
on the secretariat. Each mem
ber has done creative thinking
in interfaith dialogue.
• "A breakthrough in the
wall of hostility was effected by
the presence of non-Catholic
observers at the council.
They witnessed a genuine
openness on the part of the
Catholic Church in its univer
sal meeting."
DR. BROWN said the council
"exhibited a genuine concern
for reform and convinced us that
the hierarchy is not a monolith.
We appreciate now that there
can be differences of opinion
within the Catholic Church."
"The liturgical enactments
provide us with hope," he add
ed. "The possible use of the
vernacular, greater involve
ment of the laity and increased
stress upon Scripture are con
sidered by us to be honest at
tempts to recapture the catho
lic nature of early worship.
"A serious blow to the ecu
menical movement would have
been presented had the original
schema suggesting two separate
sources of Revelation been
adopted. We welcome the order
for further study which should
result in a deeper appreciation
of the fact that all Christians
share a common Scripture."
FATHER Norris noted three
significant accomplishments of
the first session which bear
out the spirit of "Christian
optimism" with which Pope
John imbued the conclave.
• "Defensive theology in
spired by the Counter-Refor
mation is dead. Since (the
Council of) Trent, our teach
ing of theology has been apolo
getic. We have stressed those
dogmas most under attack by
the Reformers. This siege men
tality, stressing what had been
denied, made our theological
presentations lack integrity
and completeness.
"The council session placed
emphasis upon the pastoral and
the positive, both in letter and
in spirit.
• "We have turned the cor
ner and are moving toward
greater decentralization in the
Church. The very fact Pope
John convoked a council indi
cates that he is aware that the
government of the Church rests
upon his fellow bishops and
not upon the pope alone.
• "The council conveyed its
intention of promoting a great
er love of the liturgy, of mak
ing worship intelligent and re
levant in the lives of men."
Father Norris declared that
no more important step could
have been taken than the at
tempt to reform the liturgy.
"The Church," he explain
ed, "is foremost God's family
when at prayer. If the Church
prays well, it will do all else
well."
Senate Lauds
St. Pius High
Debate Team
Georgia's State Senate sent to,
St. Pius X High School a reso
lution commending the St. Pius
Debate Team. The team cop
ped first place award, over all
debating, at the Barkley Debate
Forum at Emory University.
Peter Zack Geer, Lieutenant
Govei-nor and George L. Stewart
Secretary of the Senate, signed
the Resolution. Representatives
Pelham of the 10th district
and Conway of the 41st intro
duced the congratulatory reso
lution.
In part, the resolution read:
"Now, therefore, be it re
solved by the Senate that con
gratulations are hereby extend
ed to each and every' member
of the St. Pius X High School
debating team and their coach,
Mrs. Elizabeth Fodor."
MORTE DTJRBAN
MAKia i coacn Don i>hea seems to be backing up his interior linemen for next year's gridiron
activity. The determined Cadets are (from left to right): George Stephens, Ed Dyer, and John
Sullivan. All will get a chance to show their wares at the M-Day game Saturday at the new Marist.
SPRING PRACTICE END
Marist Coach Optimistic
On Gridiron Future
BY TIM ARMSTRONG
Coach Don Shea sat back In
his chair and discussed spring
football drills, now in progress
at Marist. "Spring practice will
officially end Saturday morn
ing at 10 a.m.," he said. "At
this time the annual M-Day
game will be played at the new
Marist. It should be a great
contest, since we’ve had over
eighty boys participating dur
ing the last month."
Calling the sessions among
the most spirited he has wit
nessed while at Marist, Coach
Shea expressed optimism for
the future. "We have twenty-
two returning seniors, and all
are fighting stiff competition
for their positions. No post on
the first eleven is fixed."
"IN BACKFIELD play, Rhode
Hill, Dave Govus, Bill Reit-
meier, Dennis Withers, Mike
Murphy, Robert DeGolian, and
Louis Lombardi are battling for
starting posts. Others have gi
ven commendable performan
ces at this, our strongest spot."
Tackle to tackle, the mentor
considers the line to be rea-
‘SHOULD BE AWT!’
sonably solid. Only question
mark remains at end, where
Harold White and Mike Gar
rett have little support. Be
sides White and Garrett, Coach
She aluded the play of Kenny
Davis, Mike Finnochio, and
James Murphy at tackle; John
Sullivan, George Stevens and
George Lindley at guard; and
Eddie Dyer at center.
"In addition to these, there
are several who have shown
that experience is all thev need
to aid Hie Cadet cause," he said.
"They are vital in future Blue
and Gold plans."
LEADERS ASSERT
Although the interview was
fast coming to a close, Coach
Shea interjected one final com
ment. "As I said before, our
spring game will be Saturday
morning at the new school. We
certainly hope that friends and
supporters of Marist will make
it a point to attend. TTiey will
have an opportunity to pre-view
those who will wear the Blue
and Gold in next year's gridi
ron wars."
and Gold in next year’s grid
iron wars."
Mexican Apostolate
Unit Not Political
MEXICO CITY (NC)—Mexi- meeting of diocesan presidents
co’s Catholic Action organiza*
tion has declared it is not a po
litical party.
In a statement Issued at a
Pauling Criticizes
Churches On Bomb
PORTLAND, Ore.(NC)~No-
bel Prize-winning chemist Li
nus C. Pauling has criticized
U.S. churches for failing to take
a strong stand against nuclear
warfare.
Pauling, a professor at the
California Institute of Techno
logy, was a key figure In the
development of atomic energy.
In recent years he has receiv
ed widespread publicity for his
opposition to nuclear war.
The scientist said here in an
interview that for the most
part U. S. churches "have failed
to take a strong stand against
nuclear warfare, although some
Protestant churches have in the
last year or two, along with
the Catholic Church outside of
this country."
"Some churches have refused
to take a stand and even lend
support to the cold war", he
said.
Pauling said opposition to nu
clear war "is not emphasized
in the Catholic Church" in this
country.
He said that last year Pope
John XXIII made a "very strong
statement against nuclear wea
pons." But, he added, "this
was not a statement against
war. The idea of a just war is
still retained by the Catholic
Church."
Asked whether there was ever
a just war, Pauling said it was
"unfortunate that the institu
tion of war ever developed. But
in former times was was an ex
pression of democracy. Today
this is no longer true."
Referring to the fear that
over-emphasis on scientific
education at the expense of
liberal arts and humanities
might result in an amoral at
titude toward the consequences
of nuclear war, Pauling said
the process "might work in the
other direction."
TO AID BLIND
of Catholic Action groups,
Msgr. Rafael Corona, national
moderator of Catholic Action,
said:
"To uphold the rights of re
ligion does not mean to engage
in party politics."
HE ADDED:
"Catholics must unite over
and above political parties and
party politics. Catholics are
called to unity of faith and ac
tion because what unites them
is not temporal but eternal".
The statement was regarded
as significant by observers here
because of a current split be-
( tween the Marxist and mode
rate leftist factions of the rul
ing Institutional Revolutionary
party in which anticlericalism
is a factor. The Church has
sought to remain outside the
controversy.
State Group Lauds
Priest’s Research
The recent launching of the
American Center for Research
in Blindness and Rehabilitation
in Newton, Mass., was hailed
here today by Dr. A. P, Jar
rell, Director of Georgia's Vo
cational Rehabilitation Agency
as a milestone In bringing new
hope and encouragement to the
blind.
It was welcomed as an oppor
tunity for the Agency to bene
fit from the projected research
and to make its own contribu
tion to the growing body of
knowledge about the blind and
how to maximize their reinte
gration into a sighted society.
FOUNDED in midrjanuary by
Boston's famed Fr. Thomas J.
Carroll, the American Center
begins with a background of in
valuable experience In rehabili
tation and a backlog of unresol
ved problems Incorporated into
an agenda of 80 major re
search projects.
J.F. Powers Gets
63 Book Award
NEW YORK (NC)—Satirist J.
F. Powers has been awarded
the 1963 National Book Award
for fiction for his first novel,
"Morte D’Urban,'' a study of
priestly life in the midwestem
United States.
This is the second straight
year that the National Book
Award for fiction has been won
by a Catholic author for a first
novel. The 1962 award went to
Walker Percy of Covington, La.,
for his novel "The Moviegoer".
POWERS received a $1,000
check and an engraved plaque in
a ceremony here (March 12).
Similar prizes were presented
to Leon Edel, winner of non
fiction award for volumes two
and three of his definitive bio
graphy of Henry James ; and
William Stafford, winner of the
poetry award for his book "Tra
veling Through the Dark."
The annual prizes are donat
ed by the American Book Pub
lishers Council, the American
Booksellers Association and the
Book Manufacturers Institute.
Along with the Pulitzer Prizes,
the National Book Awards are
the top American literary priz
es.
Powers, 45, is a native of
Jacksonville, HI, and a former
faculty member at Marquette
University, Milwaukee.
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HE IS known as a writer of
satirical short stories, which
have appeared in the New York
er and other magazines and
have been collected in two vol
umes, "Prince of Darkness’*
■ and "TTie Presence of Grace".
Powers’ first novel, "Morte
D’Urban," was published last
year by Doubleday. Like much
of his work, it deals with cleri
cal life. Its chief character is
Father Urban Roche, a member
of the mythical Clementine Fa
thers. Tire book describes Fa
ther Urban’s conversion from
a wordly to a spiritual-minded
priest.
More Than 400
Summer Camps
WASHINGTON (NC)—Infor
mation on more than 400 Ca
tholic summer camps in the
United States and Canada is in
cluded in the 1963 directory of
the National Catholic Camping
Association.
The directory is published
annually by the association, a
section of the Youth Depart
ment of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. Priced at
$1 each, the directory is avail
able from the association at
1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.
W., Washington 5, D. C.
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The Research Center is the
tangible expression of a hope
born more than five years ago
in the mind of its founder, Fr.
Carroll, Director of Boston’s
Catholic Guild for All the Blind,
and founder-director of famed
St. Paul's Rehabilitation Cen
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Aware of the bold and pioneer
experiments so successfully
initiated at St. Paul’s, the Vo
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anticipates participation in the
new Research Center's pro
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IT HOPES to exchange data
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to submit for research some
of its problems.
The Georgia Vocational Re
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