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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963 PAGE 5 GEORGIA PINES Golden Islands Of State BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN When I was a "Yankee” growing up in New England it seemed that everytime I read the local "BUGLE" it carried an account of some newlyweds honeymooning at Georgia's famous Sea Island. On taking up residence in Georgia, I found that very few natives ever honeymoon or even vacation at this famous resort. The other night, following a banquet, I was talking to a doctor and his wife. The doctor was from Madison county and his wife was from Walton county. I was amazed when 1 found neither had ever been to visit Georgia’s Golden Isles. All of which gives rise to the fact that- I am convinced many Georg ians do not know Georgia. After 14 years of living here though, last winter when I visited Sea Island I was amazed to find out that there are so many islands dotting the shore line of our state. THE MOST famous of the islands probably is Jekyll Island. Nationally known, it was purchased in 1886 by a group of millionaires and used by them as a winter resort for over 50 years. On Jekyll island yet to be seen is Major Horton’s home, the oldest residential ruin in this State; the ruins of the Brewery where beer was made for Oglethorpe’s soldiers; the iron kettle from the slave ship "Wanderer;" the Rockerfeller cottage; and the marshes where Georgia’s greatest poet, Sidney Lanier, was inspired to write some of his most famous poetry, of which the poem "The Marshes of Glynn" is the most noted. The State of Georgia purchased Jekyll Island in 1947 and now the island has many paved roads leading through scenic areas along an 8 mile beach dotted with hotels, motels, cottages, re staurants and camping sites. Boasting 8,000 year-round residents, another Island, St. Simons i Island was settled in 1763 by settlers brought from England by Oglethorpe. An interesting feature of St. Simons is the fact that live oak timbers cut here in 1794 were used in the building of the U. S. Frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides). On St. Simons island too is located the beautiful chapel of St Williams, a mission of the Marist Fathers church located in Brunswick. The British victory in 1742 of this island marked the end of the struggle bet ween Spain and Britain for control of the south east section of this country. ST. SIMONS Island is loaded with much early American history. Fort Frederica located here was built by General Oglethorpe in 1736 and was the most expensive British fortification built in AmericS. Today is still to be seen the excava tions of the original town of Frederica uncovered by archeologists. The town had a population of approximately 1,000, consisting of a regiment of English trooDs under the leadership of General Oglethorpe. The islands lie in Glynn County which was named after John Glynn, a member of the English Parliament, who sympathized with the colonists in their struggle for independence. The Goldeji Isles are about a six hour drive from Atlanta, but well worth the drive. Excellent accomodations, breath taking scenery, and wond erful beaches are found everwhere—along with the fact that you will be learning more and more and seeing more and more of this wonderful state in which we live. QUESTION BOX Conscience Examination BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY Q. MAY WE PLEASE HAVE AS YOUR NEXT SUBJECT "THE CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE"? YOU SAID IF WE WROTE .IN AND ASKED FOR IT WE WOULD HAVE IT. MANY THANKS. A. Here it is, by popular demand. We have held if off and searched our soul, seeking to make it definitive. But reader interest will not permit further delay. We have followed the order of the Ten Com mandments merely because most Catholics are used to it. Logic and positive goodness groan, but tradition triumphs: L Mortal sins against the First Commandment are rare. When they do happen, or are suspected, they should be a talked over with the confessor. They might be: a. Against Faith: guilty, in tentional rejection of revealed and defined truths, or deliberate doubt of them; denying faith through fear or shame; or fail ing to profess it when rightly challenged. b. Against Hope: despair and presumption. Discouragement and depression are not despair. Taking foolish chances with salvation is not presumption. c. Any sin is a violation of the love of God, but the priest knows this; so you need not ment ion it. It is rare, indeed, that anyone actually hates God. d. Superstitious beliefs and practices. Most modern ones are rather silly than seriously sinful. e. General neglect of religion, especially of prayer (but do not try to remember how many times you missed your morning or evening prayers). II. Blasphemy — insulting language against God, or against holy things — would be the worst sin against this Commandment. But it is seldom intentional, serious and malicious. b. Perjury — deliberately swearing to a falsehood, or failing to keep a promise made under oath — would be a serious sin. (You can avoid it by never taking an oath.) c. Cursing — Invoking God’s wrath and con demnation on someone — is a mortal sin when it is serious, violent and filled with hate. d. To maliciously develop or retain a habit of disrespect for God’s holy name or for sacred persons and things would be seriously sinful. But ordinary, conventional "swearing" would be a venial sin because of lack of serious thought and intent. Unreflecting habit might make irno sin at all. If you have such a habit don’t try to remember numbers; just work on the habit. Ill There are four sins here which might be mortal: a. Missing Mass on Sunday or a holyday when it is our own fault, and we have no sufficient reason. b. Coming so late, or leaving so early (or both) that you miss essential portions of the Mass on a Sunday or holyday. c. Working several hours on Sunday without sufficient excuse. Servile work is hard labor, or the work by which you earn your living on week days. d. Doing unnecessary shopping on Sunday when much time and attention is given to it and/ or when it contributes notably to the general growing scandal of business on Sunday. Keeping your store open on Sunday unnecessarily would be worse. IV. Parents should pause here for a long moment. In most cases they will not be looking for mortal sins, but for patterns of neglect, injustice and bad example: Neglect of education, religious or secular. Neglect in showing signs of love and appreci ation, or a haphazard, confusing alternation of love and rejection. Injustice: in false accusations, in unfair favor itism, or by striking a child in anger. Bad example: impatience, swearing, laziness, drunkenness, slovenliness, immodesty, etc. Failing to give good example. A child imitates by nature, and a thousand counsels or repri mands will never counteract a failure of example. The wording of this Commandment applies directly to children. They honor parents when they respect and obey them. Love makes honor easy. Children fail to give honor when they speak insultingly or offensively to parents, or about them; when they pout and sulk and quarrel, or when they scream defiance, or coldly disobey. As parents get old their child, now mature, honors them by continued love, care and concern. It is hard to lay down fast rules for the care of the ages. Much depends on financial and home situat ions. But we must try to make them happy and comfortable, and do nothing to diminish their self-respect. While on the subject of obedience we should reflect on our respect for the laws of the Church and the State. Church laws not mentioned else where in my summary are those of fast and abstinence, and fair-share support of the Church and her projects of religion and charity. Most Civil laws bind us in conscience, especlal- CONT. ON PAGE 8 LITURGICAL WEEK The Good Shepherd Theme Continued From Page 4 serves, because both are images of God. FRIDAY, MAY 3 MASS AS ON SUNDAY. The trust we express in this Mass of the Good Shep herd will, if we "follow in his footsteps" (First Reading), be echoed by the trust that other men and women have in us and in our work. As our relation to God is a personal one, so the personal stamp will be unmistakable in every Christian relationship and in everything that Christians do. SATURDAY, MAY 4 ST. MONICA, WIDOW. Per haps the most beautiful hymn to human work in the Bible is today’s First Reading, a lesson which the liturgy uses frequently for Masses commemorating holy women. The God of the Old and New Testaments is not a deity who offers us escape from the cares of this world. He is rather one who continually reminds man of and recalls man to his human task. Saints in Black and White ST. ZACHARY 18 ACROSS 1. Herd of Whales 4. Units 8. Sleeping Place 11. Dusky 14. Ova 15. Doom 16. Cheer 17. Aeon 18. Biblical Character 19. Jog 20. Suffix Denoting State 21. Brazil Rubber Tree 22. Heating Vessel 24. Siestas 26. Border on 27. He was The ... of St. John the Baptist 30. Jaguar 33. Smell 36. Caustic Remark 40. Decree 43. Choose 45. Vial 46. African Gazelle 48. One who Consumes 50. Seats 51. Sheath 53. Pertainin to the Lungs 55. City In Northern France 56. Macaroni 58. Memorial of a Saint 60. Route 61. The Angel ... Appeared to him 63. General Tendency 65. Map Book 67. Soaks 71. Edge of Cliff 74. Stone Chest 77. Drudge 78. Disturbance 79. India Mail 81. Air 84. Lowing Sound 85. Dusk 86. Hail! 87. Mud Deposit 88. City in Finland: Swedish Name 89. Mated 90. A™ of Sea 9-. Slot 92. New Economic Policy DOWN 1. Woe 2. Large artery 3. Intended 4. Astern 5. Lobster Box 6. English School 7. Bristle-like organ 8. Emergency 9. Gereal Grain 10. Your; archaic 11. Smear on 12. Eskimo House 13. Appropriate 23. An Exclamation 25. Pacific Time 26. An overshoe 28. Rather than 29. Part 31. Chatter 32. God of Love; Gr Myth. 34. Ground grain 35. Buffo 37. Perfume 38. Snow 39. Middle profits 40. With many 41. Theobromine 42. Palpitate 44. Fourth Month; Jewish year 47. to draft again 49. Lung sound 52. Dismounted 54. External covering 57. Conger 59. Constellation's main star 62. Flunky 64. Rubbish 66. Yes; Spanish 68. Eve 69. She was changed to Stone 70. Boat 71. Ale 72. Gad 73. Indebted 75. Belt 76. Three 79. Flat Fish 80. ... Gardner 82. Disagreeable 83. Goddess of Infatuation ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE PAGE 7 DENIED HEARING L.A. Archdiocese Scored On Fr Kueng Incident LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles was- sharply criticized by two Catholic professors and the nat ional director of the Catholic Council of Civil Liberties be cause Father Hans Kueng, fam ed theologian, was not given permission to make a public address here. Professor Edgar A. Jones Jr. and G. Edward Philips of the University of California at Los Angeles charged that the arch diocese "seemed more inter ested in concealing than in dis playing Father Hans Kueng in the Southern California com munity...” THOMAS Francis Ritt, head of the civil liberties gfroup, claimed "it is now obvious that archdiocesan officials in Los Angeles cancelled a sche duled talk of Father Kueng at U£LA. This is disquieting be cause of its obvious implicat ion and disheartening because Father Kueng has been an out spoken critic of 'inquisitorial methods’ used against members of the Catholic clergy." In a releasing a joint state ment, the professors said they had done so because The Tid ings, official archdiocesan newsweekly, had not published a letter which they sent to the publication on the incident. IN LOS Angeles, the priest made one talk—at Jesuit-main tained Loyola University where the meeting was private. He had been scheduled to speak before an estimated 2,500 at UCLA on April 3, as part of the university’s Distinguished Speakers Program. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced on April 1 that Father Kueng had delayed in filing a request for permis sion to make the talk at UCLA. The Tidings, in an editorial on the incident, noted that "the shortness of time had preclud ed the processing of the neces sary documents attendant on such permission." "SINCE we participated in the invitation we know that Father Kueng inquired of the Chancery by telephone from Spokane on Thursday, March 28, whether there would be any objection to his speaking at UCLA, that he was told by a certain authorit ative Chancery official that4ie should commit his request to writing and submit it for con- Altar Society Group Meet The regular monthly meet ing of St. Jude's Altar Society was held in the School Cafet- orium recently. The member ship heard an interesting and informative panel discussion on the subject, "The Liturgical Year". Panel members were Mrs. Harold McLeod, Mrs. James L. Brown, Mrs. James Bresnahan and Mrs. Mel Ru- mmel. sideration. Although the UCLA speaking date did not exactly constitute a complex proposal, Father Kueng complied. "In return, he received a letter at San Francisco on Mon day, April 1, containing the Chancery answer. He then felt impelled to lmform us that he would have to decline the UCLA invitation." "We have been trying to vis ualize these documents ever since," the professors said in their statement. "Are they ill uminated in the manner of monks in medieval gold script?" The professors claimed that it was "obvious" that Loyola University authorities had been "placed under effective restra int" by the archdiocesan Cha ncery. They charged that per mission had "obviously been denied" the Loyola administ ration to schedule a meeting open to the laity, other clergy or nuns of the area. THEY said they regretted the archdiocesan handling of the visit by Father Kueng be cause "it portrays the Chur ch, at least in Los Angeles, as fearful of the ventilation that Pope John XXIII so dra matically promised when he swept open the Vatican win dows and bade the fresh air enter. The sad reality is that in Los Angeles, the second largest city in America, there are large numbers of ecumeni cal-minded clergy and laity who ARNOLD VIEWING would dearly love to participate with the Pope in renewing all things in Christ as are the vast majority of the Church’s bis hops." It’s For ‘The Birds’ BY JAMES W. ARNOLD It’s getting so the chief difference between Alfred Hitchcock and the American-International horror movies ("1 Was a Teenage Frankenstein," "Premature Burial") is the old master’s subtle manipulation of suspense. After A-l’s recent self-satire, "The Raven," Hitchcock has no monopoly on macabre humor, and the box office receipts from "Psycho" have put a severe over lay of cabbage on the veteran Britisher’s good taste. Tatelessness is the major flaw in Hitchcock's latest, "The Birds," which is basically a colossal case of delirium tre mens. The bizarre tale is free ly adapted from a famous nove lla by Daphne DuMaurier ("Re becca"), an author whose off beat sense of evil is something to cope with on a dark, stormy night. THE IDEA of the horror story has always been to entertain by vicarious fright: the more incomprehensible the terror, the better. What frightens man the most is what he least understands, the malevolent spirit in the universe that seeks to impose, without logic of any kind, a pain that is only darkly imagined. Evil is especially chilling when it appears incongruously under the guise of innoncence. Some hair-raising tales of terror have involved an Inexplicable evil in children. In "The Birds," Miss [XiMaurier brilliantly transfers a satanic malice to the gentlest, least aggressive creat ures, then leaves the phenomenon deliciously unexplained. The story has been done superbly on radio; Hitchcock feels it is best as a movie. But not, unfortunately, the sort of movie he has made. The line between horror and disgust in thin; it is almost always crossed when the infliction of pain, or its aftermath, is made specific and concrete, rather than suggested. The beauty of radio ( and literature) is that violence seldom explicitly con fronts the senses, but occurs in the mind of each reader or listener. And somehow the imagined horror is always more fearful than the real one, for each man releases his own worst fantasies. A FILM must show pictures of things, but they need not be direct. In "Psycho," the camera sees only the blood mixing with the water in the show er. Too explicit? Perhaps, but at least we do not see the stabbing or. the mutilated body. In "The Birds," however, we are treated to endless shots of birds assaulting their bloodied victims, mainly women and children, with sadistic concentration on the eyes. The viewer is repelled, not delighted; that the producer could think otherwise shows what he thinks of his audience. Technically, the business comes off rather well, since the attacking beasts obviously are supplied by mechanical gadgets and trick photography, generally well-disguised. But the trend to specified violence is a depressing sign of the times. "It was revolting," one says increasingly of shows, "but the nail-pulling sce nes were in splendid technicolor." The movie may kill the tourist trade at Bode ga Bay, a picturesque fishing village in pretty but desolate northern California, where the mood approximates the original Brittany; the squawk of local seagulls will never be the same. The subdued color shows off the town well, especially a home and school both over 100 years old and a quaint storefront post office. SCENARIST Evan Hunter ("Blackboard Jun gle") pads out the original plot with a set of characters from women’s magazine fiction: a spoiled rich girl (newcomer ’Tippi’ Hedren), a muscular criminal lawyer (Rod Taylor), his ex- girl friend (Suzanne Pleshette) and clinging mother (solid pro Jessica Tandy). Few conflicts are resolved (everyone’s too busy batting off the birds), and the impression is that the non-horror half of the film was concocted to show off the cool, beauty salon-lacquered looks of Miss Hedren. Hitchcock thinks he has a star in this blonde, ladylike high fashion model, a truly crashing beauty, but she demonstrates an unpleasant brittleness and limited emotional arti llery. She also reminds one too much of Connie Stevens. Patient, strong-stomached viewers will be re warded with several pow scenes. The best shows Miss Hedren seated nervously on a fence, waiting for the children to get out of school, while behind her, as the children sing a distant classroom ditty, the evil birds gather slowly on the play ground monkey bars. The climactic attack on the house, with birds shrieking, women cower ing, and actor Taylor frantically battening down splintering doors, is a masterful heart-thumper. One seeks no explanation in "The Birds," but it would help if there were meaning. There is a hint in one scene, when the townswomen turn on Miss Hedren, a stranger, as the scapegoat of their troubles. Hitchcock allows us a frightening closeup of the eternal Face of Hysteria. Bird- lovers may find comfort in the fact that a couple of pet lovebirds never do turn vicious, and are rescued in the end, like survivors of Noah’s Ark, perhaps to give our feathered friends a new start, free of what they contracted from mankind, the diabolical disease of war. CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: For everyone: The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gigot. For connoisseurs: Sundays and Cybele, Long Day's Journey into Night. Better than most: The Longest Day, Days of Wine and Roses, Mutiny on the Bounty, Billy Budd, A Child is Waiting. Communists Give Favorable Comment LONDON (RNS) — With the sole exception of China, the press and radio in all the Communist countries reported the issuance of Pope John XXIII new encyclical on peace and gave brief summaries of the document. The Soviet news agency, Tass, as well as the Russian radio network gave a 300-word summary erf Pacem in Terris, citing in full the Pope’s passages on disarmament under effective controls. God Love You MOST REVEREND FULTCN J. SHEEN Florence Nightingale, in a moment of self-revelation, de scribed the opposition she met as a woman nurse, the number of times she was ordered out of hospitals and then kept waiting for hours to re-enter. She ^aid that she ignored all of these things for the sake of the work: "What am I to my Master’s work? When people offend me, they offend the Master before they do me. And who am I that I should not choose to bear that they do me. And who am I that I should not choose to bear what my Master chooses to bear?" This brings up the question of how much we really love Christ in the Church. Can we say that we love Christ when we do not love that for which He came to this earth, namely, to save sinners? How many souls have we ever saved? How many sinners have we converted? A survey reveals that twice as many Protestants ask their neighbors to join their Church as do Catholics. But what is love, any way? Love is something we do. It is a verb, not a noun. It is something we do to a neighbor for Christ's sake. An Indian who was convert ed to Christianity by a vision of Christ refused to enter the ministry be cause he said he could learn more by practicing Christ’s love of neighbor than he could by studying about Christ. An African catechist, his legs eaten off to the knees by leprosy, makes forty' converts a day. Here is a man who truly loves 1 We must be active not just as human beings, but as Catho lics. After listening to a Communist speaker in New York, a layman turned to a policeman and said: "Why can’t you stop this attack on the government?" The policeman and said: "Why can’t you stop this attack on the government?" The policeman replied: "If you are a Christian, you have a far better case than he. Just work at your Faith as this man does at his, and Communism will be swallowed up in your goodness," The Society for the Propagation of the Faith "works at the Faith"in its 80,000 schools, 10,000 hospitals and dispensaries, 400 leper colonies, 2000 orphanages and 500 homes for the aged. They could work even more effecti vely if you loved enough to help I GOD LOVE YOU' to Mrs. A. B. for $2 "For all of God’s poor throughout the world.’’ ... to Mr. and Mrs. O. R. for $10 "This is the balance of the money we planned to use in purchasing articles from friends who just broke up their home. Let the Holy Father use it for the homeless." ... to' L. O. for $ 1 ‘*The Society for the Propagation of the Faith is my favorite charity because I can reach the poor of the world through it. I cannot give much at a time, but I can give often." ... to Mrs. E. M. for $10.50 "I have been saving the change from my husband’s pay check each week. This is a* very good way to save money for the Missions." Solve your gift problems with OUR LADY OF TELEVIS ION statues, now available in two sizes. All 11-inch figure of Madonna and Child, constructed of unbreakable white plastic with gold-colored cross and halo, reminds us that as Mary gave the Divine Word to the world, so television pro jects the human word. A 4-inch model with black suction-cup base is ideal for use in autos. Send your request and an offering $3 (11-inch) or $1 (4-inch) to The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New York. SHEENCOLUMN: Cut otit this column, pin your sacrifice to it and mail it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York Ux, N.Y, or your Diocesan Director. Rev. Harold J. Rainey, P.Q. Box 12047, Norths id e Station, Atlanta 5, Ga.