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9 ¥ 4 * PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1963 CHRISTIAN UNITY Cardinal Bea Visit Hailed As Outstanding Event An ecumenical red carpet was rolled out in Boston this week for a visitor from Rome who is generally regarded as the No. I public relations man of the Second Vatican Council. Augustin Cardinal Bea, pre sident of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, is in the United States for a tour that will feature a theolo gical “confrontation" between Catholic and Protestant scho lars that is expected to be one of the outstanding religious sto ries of 1963. THE ROUND of activities that will take him also to New York, Baltimore and Washington, D. C., Cardinal Bea is not only a distinguished Biblical scholar, but Pope John XXlII's closest adviser on ecumenical matters. Due to celebrate his 82nd birth day on May 28, he is the pon tiff's senior by six months. The German-born Prince of the Church, the only Jesuit in the Sacred College, will be the star participant in a four-day colloquium at Harvard Univer sity under the sponsorship of its Divinity School's Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair in Ro man Catholic Studies. These discussions, in which some 150 prominent theological and spe cial students will take part, are intended to explore “areas of common interests and concern, not with any ulterior motive in mind other than mutual under standing." The seminars, according to Prof. G. Earnest Wright of Har vard, who will serve as chair man, will be closed to the pub lic “in order that complete freedom of discussion can be permitted along with frankness C&S REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3. Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. 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On March 26, another Jesuit-conducted university, Boston College, will hold a special honors convoca tion for him, and on April 4 he will receive an honorary LL.D from the Catholic Uni versity of America in Washing ton, D. C, Meanwhile, the cardinal will be honored in New York at a dinner sponsored by the Ame rican Council for the Interna tional University of Social Stu dies "Pro Deo" in Rome and attended by 300 Catholic and non-Catholic leaders. On the following day he will preach a sermon on "The Priest—Min ister of Unity" at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Balti more. Himself ranked by admirers as one of Catholicism's fore most "ministers of unity", Cardinal Bea is coming to the United States not only after having already conducted exten sive lecture tours in Europe, but after having had many face- to-face meetings with promi nent Anglican, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox as well as Jewish leaders. 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In estab lishing these contacts he has been helped not only by a cor dial Informality, but by a re markable linguistic ability. In addition to German, he conver ses fluently in Latin, Italian and French, and has enough command of English to dispense with an interpreter. He also knows Greek, Hebrew and Ara maic, the ancient tongue spoken by Christ. HIS FOUR-SCORE years have etched deep lines on Cardinal Bea’s face and his figure has become slightly bent. But his vigor and alertness are shown by the many times he has left Rome during the past two or three years for visits to Eng land, West Germany, Switzer land, and Denmark to talk on the work of the Second Vatican Council. In one six-month pe riod, he gave nine major public speeches and five press con ferences in five languages on the Council. His visit to Copenha gen last January saw a new ecumenical highlight recorded as bishops of the State Lutheran Church gathered to greet and salute him as "our deer bro ther in Christ." In London last August, Car dinal Bea was a luncheon guest of Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury. His constantly widening circle of non-Catholic friends include Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, the retired Archbishop of Can terbury; Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft, general secretary of the World Council of Churches; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the Lutheran World Federation. WHAT friends he has not made while abroad, Cardinal Bea has won in Rome. To his offices in Vatican City have come such visitors as the Rev. Leslie Davison, president of the Methodist Conference of Great Britain; Dr. Harold E. Fey, editor of the Christian Century, ecumenical weekly published in Chicago; Dr. Ar chbald Campbell Craig, mode rator of the General Assembly of the Church of England; La- of the Church of Scotland; Ca non Bernard C. Pawley, repre sentative of the Church of Eng land; Label A. Katz of Washing ton, D. C., president of B’nai B’rith, Jewish welfare and fra ternal organization; and Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in the United States. In April, 1962, Cardinal Bea was praised by Louis Caplan, president of the American Jew ish Committee, for his efforts "to create a new atmosphere of friendship and improved rela tionships between Christians tionships between Christians and Jews." The Committee was among 15 Protestant, Jewish, Moslem and Oriental religious groups which earlier were rep resented at a banquet in Rome during which the cardinal called upon them to join in a common effort to overcome group con flict. Cardinal Bea's visit here oc curs a month prior to the sche duled publication of his new duled publication of his new book “The Unity of Christians" in which, among other things, he calls for working together with, and not against, other Christians. The cardinal has written none other books and hundreds of articles on scrip tural themes. HIS LATEST book contains an introduction by Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, who calls it "supremely valuable as being the expression of the mind .In closest contact with Pope John XXIIL" BISHOP WRIGHT SAYS: Outlawed School Prayer Reflected Community PITTSBURGH (RNS) — The New York State Regents’ Pray er for public schools, ruled unconstitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court, was defended here by Roman Catholic Bis hop John J. Wright of Pitts burgh. He dis sented from the Court's view, holding that the "Regents’ Prayer did not establish reli gion." IN THE final talk of a lec ture series exploring overlap ping areas of morality and le gality, Bishop Wright said that all the non-sectarian New York prayer did was "to reduce pray er in the public schools to an agreed minimum consistent with the local community con sensus which reflected the mo res of the moment." He agreed with the recent stand of Dean Erwin N. Girs- wold of Harvard Law School who criticized "absolutist ten dencies" of the Supreme Court. "Americans can rightly be nervous," he said, "over the absolutist tendencies of the Su preme Court cited by Dean Griswold...when these prescind from the consensus which would conserve moral precepts which are not merely legal, but are bound up with the common pre cepts which are not merely legal, but are bound up with the common good and those that good." IN HIS talk, one of several sponsored by the Catholic Phy- STARS PLOTTED sicians Guild and the St. Tho mas More Society here, Bishop Wright stressed the "optional" nature of the Regents' Prayer. "Recital of the prayer was absolutely voluntary," he said. "The option did not only rest with the parents. "The option was also with the student. Likewise, the op tion was the community's as to whether the prayer should be recited or not In the public schools of a given community. "IN A word, from beginning to end the Regents’ Prayer re flected a community consensus and a full respect for religious as for every other freedom." Bishop Wright charged that the "Supreme Court is short- cutting the trend of what it con siders to be the new American consensus. It assumes that this trend Is secularism; it assumes secularism is good or at least 'safe,’ and so it legalizes Its position. In fact, it does worse than that: it illegalizes the op posite." If this tendency continues, the bishop declared, he can forsee the day "when community re sistance to the trend will take the form of counter suits on questions designed to enable freedom to function." HE SECONDED Dean Gris wold’s advice that the "Supreme Court should exercise common sense and keep in mind the com mon good in defining Church- St. Pius X Sport Activities At Peak Three o'clock for some marks the end of the day’s activities. For many others, however, the real work begins. Athletic activities at St. Pius X are now at a peak. Football, track, and baseball currently share the spotlight. St. Pius X’s 1963 football squad (present juniors, sopho mores, and freshmen) has ac cepted a challenge from the senior football members to play in the “P-Day“ game. This game annually concludes the spring practice season. State problems in terms less absolute than it did in the (Re gents' Prayer) case." One way to accomplish this, he said, would be for the Su preme Court "to stress the permissive elements of earlier Court decisions, and specifical ly those In the Everson and Mc Collum cases." He also suggested "it is time for Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and any secular human ists who recognize that religion and moral values should enjoy the favor of the law, to sit down in an effort to arrive at a com munity consensus which can be defended In terms of the Con stitution." Such efforts are al ready underway, he added, and may prove that the Regents case had been a "boon to united mo ral witness." HUMAN RELATIONS A New Orleans surgeon, Dr. James T. Nix. is shown dis cussing a medical study be ing conducted on nuns in the U S. Religious communi ties throughout the country are cooperating in the pro gram initiated and conduct ed by Dr. Nix. who heads the Committee on Medical Care of Clergy and Religious of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds. See Story Page 5 Future Civic Peace Depends On Schools PRESENT seniors are David Thompson, Tom Hughes, and Rach Armitage, last year’s tri- captains. Others Include Mike Penney, John Stumbler, Joe Scanlon, Drew Davidson, Joe Cox, Bill Ryan, Steve Ernest, and Henry Kempton. Three members of last year’s record - breaking mile relay team are again on hand this season. Seniors Joe Scanlon, Terry Lee, and Tommy Med- calf make up three-fourths of the current relay , squad. Other track status remains un certain at the moment. CHICAGO (NC)-The future social peace and unity of Ame rican society is at stake in what today's school children are taught about human relations, some 500 Catholic educators hear. Dr. Deton J. Brooks, Jr., ac tive in Catholic interracial pro grams, warned that U. S. edu cational systems may be bring ing up the most racially igno rant students in the world. "IX) YOU realize that it is generally easier for a talented white high school or college student to get a fund of know ledge concerning an aboriginal tribe in the Australian bush than it is to get intimate knowledge concerning his Negro brother?" he asked. Brooks is director of re search and statistics for tbs Cook County Department of Public Aid and vice president of the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago. He spoke to the 24th annual meeting of the midwest unit of the secon dary school department of the National Catholic Educational Association. STATING that the conscious commitment of Catholic schools to religious principles means they have a special job to do in human relations, Brooks said Catholic schools should lead in the matter of racial justice. He deplored the ignorance and stereotypes he said are created by the average school pupil’s lack of Interracial contact. "I sometimes feel," he said, "that our educational systems are bringing up the most ra cially ignorant students in the world at a time when racial sophistication and knowledge are all important." BROOKS said that including the life stories of prominent American Negroes in history courses would go a long way to counteract “the concept of ra cial superiority which is still built into the American environ ment and is still having a strong educational effect." He called for promotion of interracial personal contact among students and teachers. He described it as "an essen tial element of any sound pro gram of human relations edu cation.” He said racial integration of schools should be rated as “a desirable educational goal." Enjoying a close relationship with a reigning pontiff is no new experience for Cardinal Bea, since he had previously been the confessor of Pope Pius XII and his adviser on matters that had nothing to do with the confessional. In 1943 he assist ed in preparing Pius XII’s en cyclical letter on Bibal scholar ship, Divino Afflante Spiritu, which Catholic scriptural scho lars hailed as a momentous do cument. Today very much in the lime light, Cardinal Bea's life has mostly been the secluded and almost hidden one of the scho lar and teacher. HE WAS born in the Town of Riedbohringen in the German province of Baden, the only son of a well-to-do housebuilder. At the age of ten he fell criti cally ill and doctors gave him only a few weeks to live. The doctors were to be proved wrong again years later w hen they told the future cardinal that he could never stand the climate in Rome. Rome has been his home for some 40 years. The youthful Augustin studied at three universities —thoseat Freiburg in Bresgau and Berlin in Germany and Innsbruck in Austria. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1902 and ten years later was ordained a priest. In 1924 he was appointed to the fa culty of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and later to the Biblical Institute, where he remained until his elevation to the Sacred College in 1959. Shortly afterwards, Pope John named him to head the Secre tariat for Promoting Chris tian Unity. It was to Cardinal Bea that the delicate task fell of hand ling the problem of inviting non-Catholic clergymen to the Second Vatican Council as delegate-observers. He had al ready made clear his belief that an improved liaison was. needed between the Church and non-Catholic religious organi- "Buy Your 81*x From Max" MAX METZEL. Ownlr MAX'S MEN'S SHOPS 3484 PcmIUtm Industrial Bird. Chamblte Plata Shopping Cantar Phone 451-1911 975 Peachtraa, N.E. Phone TR. 4-9582 — At l<Xh It. zations such as the World Coun cil of Churches. THE SCHOLARLY cardinal is fond of saying that it is in the field of Biblical scholarship that the church unity move ment has its firmest roots. The complexities of modern Bibli cal scholarship, he insists, re quire the collaboration of scho lars of varied religious back ground. Furthermore, the Bible is the common document of all the faiths and a source of the spiritual and devotional life of millions, regardless of confes sional adherence. Cardinal Bea has stressed that there is no question of seeking compromises from the Catholic Church in the realm of dogma, but at the same time he has denied that this doctri nal intransigeance means clos ing the door to steps the Vati can Council may make in fur thering doctrinal union with the separated Churches. "Without sacrificing reveal ed truth”, he declared on one occasion, "the Council could help us to understand more clearly the whole of revealed truth...meanwhile, the Council, besides encouraging ecumeni cal discussion among Catholic and non-Catholic theologians In the domain of theology, could also take a stand in the realm of collaboration in civil and social life. Think of what a wonderful thing it would be if Christians of all confessions would work in close harmony for international peace; the achievement of human rights of minority groups and racial groups; for disarmanent; for the social progress of develop ing nations." 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