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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 PAGE 3 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 Look For 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- SINCE 1888 PREtlNSPECTI^N^AU. CE. 7*8694 Place Your Classified Ad Today In The Georgia Bulletin Phone: 231-1281 For All Your Banking Needs COBB EXCHANGE BANK 1311 ROSWELL ST. MARIETTA, GEORGIA PHONE 428-3351 'SOLD AT LEADING STORES' IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS Schedule for next six weeks March 21 - 14 Women March 28-31 Men April 4 - 7 Women April 18 - 21 Women No retreats during Holy Week Phone 255-0503 or Write 6700 Riverside Dr. N. W. Atlanta 5, Ga. "LAY UP TREASURES FOR YOURSELVES’ THRU WRIT! TODAY GRAYMOOR’S ANNUITY PLAN We pay you intereit on an investment of $i00 00 er more, as long as you live After your death your invest ment is used tor the education of our future Priests and to aid the poor of Christ throughout the world. VERY REVEREND FATHER BONAVENTURE FRANCIS, S A. GRAYMOOR, Garrison 12 New York Without obligation, please »and me further information ebout your Graymoor Annuity Plen. NAME. ADDRESS. CITY .AGE. .ZONE. .STATE. 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. (jkt aTER ATLANTA 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. iiiiS TRI-CITY FEDERAL SAVINGS S LOAN ASSO. | INSURED 1 ” WHER[ SAV,NGS PAy 1 Liberal gP5Dividends On ^5®* Savings Also Branch Office At 27 Smith St. Fairburn, Ga 606 S CENTRAL AVE HAPfyiLlE GA ENJOY ZESTO’S TREATS. (WITH THIS COUPON) FISH FILLET SANDWICH BASKET FRENCH FRIES, COLE SLAW, LETTUCE, TOMATO, MAYONNAISE, TARTAR SAUCE/ ON SANDWICH 1. SPECIAL Box of SHRIMP 97* 5 JUMBO SHRIMPS. FRENCH FRIES, SLAW, ONION RINGS, ON BUN 2. FISH DOG (DEEP SEA DANDY) 25* LETTUCE. MAYONNAISE. TARTAR SAUCE SPECIAL GOOD THRU WED., MARCH 27TH RAPID SERVICE 1253 Clairmont Ave. N. Decatur Plaza Call 377-8133 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 ter for the Blind. Aware of the bold and pioneer experiments so successfully initiated at St. Paul’s, the Vo cational Rehabilitation Agency anticipates participation in the new Research Center's pro gram on a reciprocal basis. IT HOPES to exchange data accumulated locally for infor mation being sifted and corre lated at the Center, and also to submit for research some of its problems. The Georgia Vocational Re habilitation Agency also hopes to make full use of the extent sive library, -i