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VOL 1, NO. i6- ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES SECULAR CAMPUS THEOLOGIAN ASSERTS Archbishop Asks Education Goals Be Reconsidered Laity Ready For Freedom Discussion administrators and teachers at tended the convention. ARCHBISHOP Hallinan called upon the ecucators to “broaden the whole definition of Catholic education (and) consider it in terms of every Catholic student, whether he be in our Catholic institutions... or in those se cular institutions, public or pri vate, in which we have not yet admitted our full responsibili ty.” In 1937, the prelate noted, there were 100,000 Catholic stu dents on the secular campus. Now, he said, there are 500,000 and by 1970 there will be an estimated 1,000,000. Less than 50,000 of the pre sent 500,000, or 10 per cent, are enrolled in any kind of effective contact with Catholic doctrine or thought, the arch bishop said. “THESE students are Catho lic,** he said. “They are engag ed in the process of learning at the level of higher education. By what curious logic have we omitted them for so many de cades as the legitimate concern of Catholic education?” “If the historic Catholic cul ture is needed in our times to lift the sights of our contem poraries...must we not provide these hundreds of thousands of young Catholics with the rudi ments of that culture?*' he ask ed. In order to serve these stu dents, Archbishop Hallinan sug gested, there should be increas ed activities offered by Newman Club chaplains. He also advocated that Catho lic scholars from nearby Catho lic institutions give lectures at secular schools. “BOTH the Catholic and se cular Institutions will gain by this interaction,” he said. The Archbishop said no one seriously advocates a levy on the clerical and religious facu lties of our Catholic schools— “a sort of *share-the-cloth* proposal**—because this would deprive Catholic institutions of needed personnel. But he said there are other courses open. He named shar ing of some scholars, encour aging young Catholic scholars to seek a place at secular schools, and offering campus facilities for Newman Foundat ions of nearby secular institut ions. ON THE establishment of new Catholic colleges, he said he “would hardly dare to recom mend” a moratorium on new institutions. “But”, he added, “I Join with my observers of our ed ucational panorama in urging more study, across-the-board, before such new establishments are undertaken.” NOTING the “staggeringly expensive cost” of new colleges and the obstacle this can be to a first-rate institution, he said: “Should we not beneficially look into other possibilities?” Archbishop Hallinan suggest ed a large-scale arrangement for scholarships to already- established Catholic colleges, more stress on extension cour ses and the inclusion of Catho lic theology and perhaps other subjects in existing secular uni versities. POPE JOHN XXIII has named Msgr. Lawrence M. DelFalco, 47, rector of St. Patrick’s co cathedral, Fort Worth, Tex., to be Bishop of Amarillo, suc ceeding Bishop John L. Morko- vsky. Bishop Morkovsky was named Titular Bishop of Tigava and Coadjutor with the right of succession to Bishop Wen- delin J. Nold of Galveston-Hou- ston, Tex. AS CATHOLIC ST. LOUIS (RNS) — The term Catholic higher education should be broadened to include all Catholic students, including those in secular institutions. Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta declared here. This defoliation was offered by the prelate to college-level, educators at the 60th annual convention of the National Ca tholic Educational Association. Some 14,000 Catholic school President Proud Of Encyclical BOSTON, (NC) —President Kennedy, strongly praising the Pope’s new peace encyclical, said here that “as a Catholic I am proud of it, and as an American 1 have learned from it.” The President cited His Hol iness Pope John XXIIl’s ev- cyclical Pacem in Terris as ec- idence that “we are learning to talk a language of progress and peace across the barriers of sect and creed.” MR. KENNEDY spoke at an acedemic convocation at Boston College, a Jesuit school, cele brating its 100th anniversary. It was the first time he had spoken at a Catholic school sine* becoming President. OF THE encyclical he said: "In its penetrating analysis of today’s great problems— of social welfare and human rights—of disarmament, inter national order and peace— that document surely shows that on the basis of one great faith and its tradition there can be de veloped counsel on public af fairs that is of value to all men and women of good will. “As a Catholic I am proud of it, and as an American I have learned from it. It only adds to the impact of this mes sage that it closely matches notable expressions of con viction and aspiration from ch urchmen of other faiths— as in recent documents of the World Council of Churches—and from outstanding world citizens with no ecclesiastical standing.” (The President’s comments were foreshadowed by an of ficial statement made public on April 11 by State Department press officer Lincoln White with Mr. Kennedy’s knowledge. (That Government statement said “no country could be more responsive” to the encyclical's affirmation of human dignity and the right of man to peace and freedom. (White said at the time that the statement was believed to mark the first time the U. S. Government had commented on a papal encyclical.) Hunger Aid NEW YORK, April 18 (NC)— The head of the worldwide re lief agency of U.S. Catholics has urged strong Catholic sup port for the current Freedom From Hunger Campaign. ST LOUIS (NC) — Father Hans Kueng vigorously defend ed Catholic laity as ready for the “fresh air*'of free discuss ion withing the Church during a press conference here. the misunderstanding of pious people who might be scandal ized, “but we didn’t think en ough of the scandal we have given through the centuries to the intellectuals.” The 35-year-old Swiss the ologian, professor of theology at the University of Hiebingen, Germany, has attracted inter national attention with his open advocacy of far-reaching re form in the Church. Sitting relaxed in a stiff- backed chair and sipping a glass of orange juice at a 10 p.m. press conference, held in his hotel only a few hours after his arrival here, during his five- week tour. SINCE ARRIVAL Marist 100th Anniversary To Be Celebrated Sunday Ceremonies marking the 100th hundredth anniversary of the Marist Fathers arrival in the United States will commence in Convent, Louisiana, on Sunday, April 28, At that time the Most Reverend Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, will preside at a Solemn Mass to be offered by the Most Reverend Joseph W. Buckley, Superior General of the Society of Mary, in St. Michael’s Ch urch, first Marist foundation in this country. Bishop Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge will de liver the sermon. On the following day, the Ap ostolic Delegate will ponti ficate at a Solemn Mass in the historic New Orleans Cat hedral. His Excellency the Most Reverend Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, will preside; the Most Reverend Warren L. Boudreaux, Auxi liary Bishop of Lafayette, will preach. Members of the Hier archy expected to be present are those in whose dioceses the Marist Fathers work. APPROPRIATELY the fes tivities open on the feast of St. Peter Chanel, first martyr of the South Pacific and first Marist raised to sainthood. He was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1954. The first Marists came to America and the banks of the Mississippi in 1863 at the in vitation of Archbishop John Od in of New Orleans. The need for priests in Louisiana was so urgent that the Archbishop him self went to Europe in 1862 to seek men and funds for his badly afflicted archdiocese. When in France, he visited the Superior General of the Marists and successfully appealed to him to send priests to take ch arge of St. Michael's. He also requested more Marists to staff Jefferson College, which had been the first institution in Lou isiana for the higher education of young men. John Claud Colin, founder of the Marist congregation, had forged the first Marist link with VEN. JOHN COLLINS Louisiana. He was ordained by Bishop Louis W. Dubourg, Bishop of Louisiana and the Fl- oridas. TWO FRENCH Marists, Fa thers Henry Bellanger and Jo seph Gautherin, were sent in response to Archbishop Odin’s appeal. They arrived in Con vent and assumed direction of St. Michael’s on May 19, 1863. A little more than a year later, more Marists arrived to staff Jefferson College. Today, Mar ist Fathers direct five parishes in Louisiana. In addition, the major seminary of the New Orleans archdiocese and the minor seminary of Lafayette are staffed by Marists. St. Michael’s Church boasts the first grotto shrine erected in the United States in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. This grotto was built in 1876, the same year as the dedication of the great basilica on the rock at Massabielle at Lourdes, Fr ance. The Marists have labored in Georgia since 1897, when they accepted from Bishop Becker the parish of Sts. Peter and Paul in Atlanta, and the parish in Brunswick. Along with each parish went considerable miss ion territory in North and South Georgia. In 1952, a third par ish was added when St. Joseph’s mission chapel ir. Marietta was detached from Sacred Heart and erected into a separate parish. EDUCATION was a primary concern of the Marists in Ge orgia as it had been in Louis iana. In 1901, Father John Gunn, pastor of Sacred Heart and later Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, saw to the erection of the Mar ist College. It was the purpose of the College to offer a pre paratory' course, a high school program embracing a literary and commercial program, and a distinct college course. Gra dually the college department was abandoned. For sixty years, Marist was a downtown Atlanta landmark. But Atlanta's growing pains be gan cutting into the school's campus. Today, on suburban At lanta's Ashford-Dunwoody Ro ad, a new million dollar Mar ist School stands on a fifty- eight acre tract, symbolizing Marists on the move as they begin their second century in America. “Surely,** he said, “fresh air can create certain problems for people not very well instructed. That is always a concern. “But I think that theologians who say that the people can't understand it are theologians who fear “fresh air.” My per sonal experience is that people always understant it.*' He said the Church has too often feared the reaction or He told newsmen, gathered to question him before his appe arance at the 60th anniversary convention of the National Catholic Educational Asso ciation, that he was surprised by the openness of the Church in America. Father Kueng, who was or dained in Rome in 1954, ex pressed confidence that what he called “the trend to openness*' will continue. The Latin School Those young men who are entering public High School this year, and those who are now attending public High Schools, who may believe that they have a Vocation to the Sacred Priest hood, are to be informed that THE LATIN SCHOOL Under the auspices of His Excellency, the Archbishop will be in Session from Thursday, August 1 through Friday, August 23 Classes are to be held from 9:00 to 12:00, Monday through Friday, at St. Pius X Catholic High School Attendance at these classes for aspirants to the Sacred Priest hood is obligatory. Further information may be obtained from Right Reverend Monsignor Patrick J. O’Connor, Chairman of the Archdiocesan Commission on Religious Vocations, St. Thomas More chiirch Drake 8 4588. AND NUN COUNCIL Vocation Program Established The Religious Vocation Pro gram in the Archdiocese has taken further steps towards an increase in aspirants to the Re ligious life with two moves an nounced this week. An innovation in the work of the Archdiocesan Commission on Religious Vocations is to take place this summer with the es tablishment of “The Latin Sc hool”. COURSES in Latin will be given for those young students who are entering High School and for those already attend ing Catholic and Public High Schools who believe that they have a Vocation to the Sacred Priesthood. These classes will take place from August 1 thr ough August 23, five days a week, from 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon, at St. Pius X High School. Attendance is obligatory for those young men who are seri ously considering studying for the Priesthood of the Archdio- TUT, TUT, SISTER ST. LOUIS, April 18 (NC)— One feature of the National Catholic Educational Associat ion's convention which drew comment both in hallways and on speakers' platforms was the number of new habits seen among Sisters. In one conversation over heard outside Convention Hall, one Sister said to her compan ion as a third walked by in a new habit: “Where did she get that hat?” cese of Atlanta. UNDER the auspices of His Excellency, the Most Reverend Archbishop and at his direction, an Advisory Council of Nuns for Vocations is to be formed. This Council will work under the direction of the Archdioce san Commission on Religious Vocations. Representatives of the vari ous Religious Sisterhoods now working in the Archdiocese of Atlanta have been invited to at tend a Luncheon Organizational Meeting to be held at St. Th omas More Parish April 27, at noon. Right Reverend Mon- signor Patrick J. O'Connor, Ch airman of the Archdiocesan Co- mmlssion on Religious Voc-r ation, has extended this invitat ion in the name of His Excel lency, the Archbishop. rchdiocese of Atlanta mm POPE John XXIII, is shown with the former and present Superior General of the Society of Mary, Most Rev. Alcime Cyr (left) and Most Rev. Joseph Buckley. Father Buckley has come from Rome for the Marist Centenary in the United States. The blond-haired scholar, occasionally reaching for the precise English pronunciation of a word, hit hard at a ques tion asking if the laity is ready for talk about alleged Church weaknesses. He said there is no scandal for the laity in such discuss ion; in fact, he said, many will remark after hearing talk about reform: “That’s precisely what I have thought.” But he dismissed the sugges tion that it was due to his per sonal ideas. “This positive re action is a result of the pos itive attitude of the bishops in the council,” he said. The council’s attitude, he said, has made it possible for theologians such as himself to speak their ideas of reform. “I have never felt these ideas have not been felt by the bis hops in the council,” he said. PRIZE-winning Golden Lines staff look over the latest issue. 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