PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1963
A special feature of the magnificent new Immaculate Con
ception Cathedral in Osaka, Japan t top photo i, will be the
Japwse-styie painting of the Mother of God in Glory which
will adorn the church’s sanctuary wall. The large work of
art, measuring 33 by 26 feet, was completed by Mr. Insho
Domoto of the Japanese National Academy,
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"LAY UP TREASURES FOR YOURSELVES"
MOVIES
Supreme Court
Hears Obscenity
Test Argument
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
and according to these stand
ards this film is not obscene.”
However, he ran into some
heavy questponing from the jus
tices on this point.
Several justices noted, and
London admitted, that there was
nothing specific in the record
of the case to indicate that the
lower courts had not used “na
tional standards of decency”
in arriving at their decision.
THE ATTORNEY argued that
the evidence presented to the
trial court by the prosecution
all related to merely local sta
ndards. Justice Byron White
however, asserted that the evi
dence on this point “isn't en
tirely local.”
The nature of the trial court
also appeared to be a key is
sue in the justices' thinking.
Jacobellis was entitled to a jury
trial but chose to waive the jury
and be tried by a three-judge
court instead.
Justice William J. Brennan,
Jr., pointed out that in jury
trial the judge's instruction to
the jury would have explicit
ly stated the standards to be
used In deciding the question
of obscenity. In a three-judge
court, however, he noted, there
was no such instruction and thus
it is difficult to establish that
the court adopted improper sta
ndards.
LONDON admitted that if the
decision had been up to him,
he would have preferred a jury
trial. He said he was not in
volved with the case at the time
it was tried.
VISITS PARISH
Justice Potter Stewart went
so far as to suggest that the
question of obscenity is "in
evitably” going to be decided
by local standards, because jud
ges and jurors unavoidably
make up their minds on the ba
sis of the local standards that
prevail in their communities.
AT ONE point London argued
that even if a large number of
communities found that a par
ticular movie was obscene, it
would still be up to the Sup
reme Court to pass final judge
ment on their decision on the
basis of other criteria.
At this Justice Arthur Gold
berg told London: “You lose
me.” He added: “You want us
to rely on community standards
when they are in your favor,
but when they are against you,
you want us to disregard them.”
London noted that the film,
besides being allowed to enter
the country by the Customs Bu
reau and being exhibited in some
30 states, won two international
movie prizes.
This later prompted Justice
William O. Douglas to remark:
“I gather that this judgment of
conviction is the only award it
has received in Ohio.”
THE absence of a jury in the
case also created problems for
London in his attempt to estab
lish that the trial court had
judged the movie on the basis
of one sequence rather than its
“dominent theme.” In this con
nection Chief Justice Warren
made the point that the issue
is not clear without instruc
tions to a jury to make it plain
what criteria were used.
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At Rome Airport
ROME (NC) -- Cheering
crowds blocked the road at
four different points when Pope
John XXIII took a 44-mile jour
ney to and from a seaside
parish south of Rome.
"Come and see us I” a man
shouted when the Pope's auto
mobile was halted by people
swarming over the road near
the parish of San Leonardo at
Acilia, along the way.
“WHO knows, maybe next
time,” replied the Pope, who
was standing up in the car to
greet and bless the enthusi
astic crowd.
The Pope had gone from the
Vatican to Ostia Lido, which
was developed a generation ago
as a beach resort, but now a
residential suburb of Rome as
well. He left Vatican City at
4:15 p.m. on the fourth Sun
day of Lent (March 24) and
was driven to Osita Lido’s
church of Our Lady Queen of
Peace. Welcoming him were
the Pro - Vicar General for
Rome, Luigi Cardinal Traglia,
and the Pallottine Fathers who
staff the Ostia Lido church.
In a brief talk to the con
gregation at the Lenten ser
vice, Pope John referred to
“sports that go counter to nat
ural principles.” This, plus
his complaint about "barbari
ties inflicted by brother upon
brother,” was taken as a re
ference to the lethal injuries
inflicted on former world
featherweight boxing champion
Davey Moore in Los Angeles
three days earlier.
THE POPE also spoke grate
fully of the enthusiasm shown
for him. ”What provides great
satisfaction in this meeting,”
he said, “is indeed your vi
vacity, which is the express
ion of a profound Joy and of
great spontaneity.”
Then addressing himself es
pecially to the young people
present, he said: "How can
youth occupy Itself only with
things pertaining to this earth?”
He urged young men to search
out more loftly goals, such
as the priesthood.
On the trip down to the beach
town the Pope's car slowed to a
crawl for a few minutes to let
him take in the view of the
Tyrrhenian Sea and coast—his
first such view since last fall,
when he saw the Adriatic during
his trip to the shrine at Loreto.
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Untold numbers of Rosaries
and Religious Medals repose in
the drawers and desks, no long
er being used. The missionary
needs of the Church can be par
tially met, by giving these items
to the ever increasing number
of Converts.
I repair broken rosaries and
collect medals and send to va
rious missionaries. I would be
very happy to have your Readers
send such articles to me, so they
can be put to use where they
are needed.
MISS DOROTHY BRAUDIS,
508 EAST 6th STREET,
SOUTH BOSTON, 27, MASS.
ON HIS return trip, the Pope
made a brief detour to go to the
international airport at Fiumi-
cino, where he watched giant
jets arrive and depart.
It was on the return trip that
cheering crowds kept halting
the Pope’s car. The first time
was at San Francisco vil
lage, built at the end of World
War II for homeless Italian
families. Here a group of child
ren held on high a banner pro
claiming in the Roman dialect:
Wl LOVE THE POPE WITH
ALL OUR HEART.
The second impasse was at
Acilia. The third and fourth
were in Rome proper—one near
the turnoff from the Ostia high
way onto the Olympic highway,
and the other on the Olympic
highway itself. Police were hard
put to prevent people from
climbing into the open car with
the Pope.
THE SOFT new shirt worn by tills younster at Infant Jesus
Orphanage, Malacca, Malaya, was provided by the Madonna
Plan of the National Council of Catholic Women. His amply
proportioned “diapers'* were once a 50-pound sack, part of
a relief shipment of U.S. surplus food distributed by Catholic
Relief Services-NCWC. Not a scrap of material — old or new
— is wasted at any of theCRScistribution centers in 67 count
ries throughout the world.
PRIEST EDUCATOR
Parochial School
Image Needs Lift
WASHINGTON, D. C. (RNS)—
A priest-educator challenged
Roman Catholic school teach
ers here to improve the public
image of the parochial schools.
Father Albert Koob, asso
ciate secretary of the National
Catholic Educational Associa
tion, told 1,500 religious and
lay teachers attending the an
nual Teachers* Institute of the
Archdiocese of Washington that
the Catholic school system has
a public image of being “not
much more than a bigoted group
of Sunday school teachers."
HE SAID that some teachers
bring part of the criticism ujv-
on themselves by failing to
maintain good standards of pro
fessional education.
Many parochial teachers fail
to keep abreast of "new and
improved techniques for learn
ing,** he asserted.
"I am well aware that many
of you will challenge this state
ment,” Father Koob declared.
“The old guard will say *we
don’t need all the educational
frills...the moral training we
give is our first responsibility’
and so on.”
The priest-educator said,
however, that truly profession
al standards are needed in Ca
tholic schools and that “we
cannot go on accepting new
teaching assignments, building
new schools, if it means unqua
lified teachers, failing to retire
those who are beyond the peak,
and, in general, doing a poor
job.”
FATHER Koob also had cri
ticism for the teaching of reli
gion in Catholic schools, say
ing: ”We have confused a cer
tain pietistic holiness withhon-
est-to-goodness teaching of
Christianity.
"One could almost gag at
some of the pious talk that is
handed down by young curates
who solemnize day after day,”
he asserted, “and by elderly
sisters who are so far removed
from reality that it is almost
unbelievable.”
Father Koob called for ”a
strong force to lead us to clear
thinking** in planning the future
of the parochial schools in Ame
rica.
He said many solutions are
being offered, including the
dropping of the primary grades,
shared time, educational tele
vision, and so on. Strong lead
ership will be needed to make
the proper decisions, he added.
New Books
CHAMBRE, HENRI. From
Karl Marx To Mao Tse-Tung.
(Kenedy. $4.95.) "A systematic
survey of Marxism-Leninism**;
translated by Robert Olsen.
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The
Floure And The Leafe; and,
The Assembly Of Ladles. (Bar
nes and Noble. $3.50). A volume
in Nelson’s Medieval and Re
naissance Library' edited by D.
A. Pearsall.
DALY, SHEILA. Questions
Teenagers Ask. (Dodd, Mead.
$3.25). A summation of answers
developed in more than 17 years
of experience as a syndicated
columnist for teens.
GILSON, ETIENNE H. Dante
And Philosophy. (Harder & Row.
$1.75. Paper). Reprint of the
1949 edition which was entitled
Dante The Philosopher.
GRAF, RICHARD, Christ, My
Friend. (Helicon. $3.50). Daily
meditations based on Scripture
text.
GUARDING ROMANO. The
Word Of God On Faith, Hope
And Charity. (Regnery. $3.25).
A translation from the German.
Toccoa Parish
The Altar Society of Mother
of Our Divine Savior Church
Toccoa, held their annual Day
of Recollection on March 16,
1963.
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, SAINT.
Baptismal Instructions. (New
man. $4.50). A volume in the
Ancient Christian Writers se
ries translated and annotated
by Paul Harkins.
KOLESNIK, WALTER B. Edu
cational Psychology. (McGraw
Hill. $7.50). A text in the Mc
Graw-Hill Catholic series in
education.
LOVASIK, LAWRENCE G. My
Beloved Son. (Macmillan.
$5.95). A work of spirituality’
based on Gospel texts.
LYONS, MARK J. Mary And
The Priest. (Bruce. $4.75).
Meditations.
Golden Echoes
Staff Named
Golden Echoes, St. Pius X
high school's yearbook, has an
nounced its 1963-64 staff. These
include junior boys Paul Faletti,
Richard Gadd, Francis Hurd,
Robert Hackman, Michael Ire-
dale, Robert Saigh, and James
Seaver. Girl staff members are
Sarah Almon, Susanne Chappell,
Mary Cox, Linda Dennon, Kath
leen Doran, Ann Kasslnger, and
Judy Mathes.
Sister Mary de Sales, C.S.
J., moderator of the annual,
will reveal specific positions
at a later date.
IMMORAL?
Vatican Notes
Condemnation
Over Boxing
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
moment, as a fact or as it is
practiced, is a sport that is
objectively immoral.”
THE DAY’ before Pope John
spoke in Ostia Lido, the editor
of L'Osservatore Romano, Va
tican City’s daily newspaper,
branded the Moore-Ramos fight
”a crime which dishonors our
‘civilization.’ ’*
Raimondo Manzini said in an
editorial that “another crime
has been committed in the name
of the idol of boxing.”
The editorial continued:
“This is another moral dis
grace for our 'civilization',
which refuses to admit that a
ban is necessary and instead
pampers the infantile myths of
crowds, which are to some ex
tent instinctively and often un
consciously savage.”
Referring to press agency
statistics that 14 boxers died
in the last year of injuries suf
fered in the ring, the editorial
stated:
"THE STATISTICS provided
by the press agencies...are
abundantly eloquent to persuade
us that a limit has been reach
ed and that preventive or medi
cal regulations are not enough
to avert the risk of a deadly
result.”
The Vatican City newspaper
has assailed prizefighting on
moral grounds several times
before.
Only last April it condemned
professional boxing as a "ho
micidal career”. That condem
nation was prompted by the
death on April 3, 1962, of Cu
ban boxer Benny “Kid” Paret
of brain injuries suffered in a
March 24 welterweight title
fight.
Discussing the same incident,
Father Francis J. Connell, C.
SS.R., former dean of the School
of Sacred Theology at the Ca
tholic University of America,
said it is "difficult to reconcile
prizefighting as we have it to
day with Catholic principles of
morality.’*
FATHER Connell called for
changes in the rules of pro
fessional boxing to eliminate
from it "the intention of in
juring the oppinent.”
He said prizefighting in its
present form appears to be a
violation of the Fifth Command
ment (Thou shalt not kill), which
"forbids not only murder but
also the inflicting of bodily in
jury on a fellow man.”
In 1949 L’Osservatore Ro
mano denounced professional
boxing twice within a week in
connection with the deaths of
two prizefighters, one in De
troit and one in Buffalo, N.Y.,
as a result of injuries sus
tained in the ring.
The newspaper at that time
called prizefighting "the most
brutal contest which sport has
ever conceived and adopted,
brutal in conception and ex
pression.”
The Holy Father's Mission Aid
for tlx Oriental Church
INDIA: A HOME FOR DESTITUTE GIRLS
In ERNAKULAM in Southern India, the SISTERS OF THE
DESTITUTE built a “.Martha’s Home" for a hundred needy
girls. In helping these homeless ones,
the Sisters worked under extremely
difficult circumstances . . . They were
able to keep the girls busy with small
industries, weaving, spinning, etc.,
o* but night-time brought problems. The
* 1 ^ small building which served as a
home was only 64 feet by 20 feet...
The Vicar-General of the archdiocese.
Monsignor Valliarumpeth, wrote us
describing sleeping conditions, beg
ging our help . . . “These girls have
to spend their nights in corners and
sheds." The Sisters decided to trust
in Providence and start to b»»*ld the girls a tbree-story work
shop ($4,000), dormitory ($2,000), refectory ($1,000) and recrea
tion room ($1,000) . . . The Papal Internuncio adds his appeal
to that of the Vicar-General. Material and workmen can be
obtained at reasonable prices and wages . . . $8,000 is needed.
Will you help the Sisters and girls as a worthwhile Easter gift?
“UP IN CENTRAL PARK”
“Cleopatra's Needle." the mysterious lonely obelisk in New
Y'ork's Central Park once rose above the dusty streets of Alex
andria, Egypt, about ten years before Christ was born . . .
Before that it was in Heliopolis. Cleopatra’s City of the Sun.
Tradition lias the Holy Family passing into Egypt, possibly by
way of Alexandria . . . They stopped at Heliopolis, the natives
say. We are reminded of the 1.4 million PALESTINE REFU
GEES who look to us for help today ... A $10 FOOD PACK
AGE will feed a family for a month. $2 will provide a BLANKET
to keep a BEDOUIN warm.
A DOLLAR WAS ENCLOSED
Barbara G. of Saginaw’. Michigan, wrote us this friendly
letter. “Dear Monsignor: When I baby-sit, I earn 25c-50c. 1
also get a 50c allowance ... I'd like to be enrolled in the
DAMIEN LEPER CLUB. I’U try to send a dollar a month.” Our
reply: “Many thanks. Barbara, for your thoughtfulness. Of
course you can join!” . . . We wish many others would join one
of our clubs: ORPHAN’S BREAD (to aid children): PALACE
OF GOLD (for older folks); MARY’S BANK (to train Sisters);
CHRYSOSTOM CLUB (to educate seminarians). Only a DOL
LAR A MONTH is asked!
RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SOME PLACES ARE WORRIED
ABOUT VOCATIONS, but not in Southern India. There the
problem is financing the education of many
boys and girls wishing to become priests
and Sisters . . . We have names of many
students. Just now, PHLIP CHAKALA-
MURY and THOMAS KOTTAYIL need
help with their seminary expenses—$100
a year for six years . . . And in IRAQ SIS
TER MARIE JOSEPH and SISTER AL-
BERTI.NO of the DOMINICAN SISTERS
OF ST. CATHERNE OF SIENA need $150 each for two years
to finish their noviceship . . . Maybe you would like to adopt one
of these young people.
SPRING FLOWER NOTE
BIBLE GARDENS are on the increase, an official of the New
York Botanical Garden tells us. Over 180 flowers and plants
from the Bible have been identified with their presentday
counterparts . . . Sorry we cannot send you seeds for your
garden but we will enclose a card with PRESSED FLOWERS
from the HOLY LAND to anyone sending a mission donation.
If your gift is in another’s name, we’ll forward that person one
of our beautiful EASTER GIFT cards.
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MUNION OUTFITS ($10); A STRINGLESS GIFT. We’ll use It
where most needed. SOMETHING FOR A CHAPEL—$5 to $50.
MEMBERSHIP IN OUR SOCIETY: Single $1; family $5.
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