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Prelate Deplores Council
‘Gossip,’ Praises Coverage
THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1963 . GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
MIAMI BEACH—Archbishop
Joseph T. McGucken told the
Catholic Press Association
convention that in view of the
demand for gossip about the
council it was no surprise "if
some of the secular Journa
lists felt the urge to tell the
truth, the whole truth and some
other things besides."
The episcopal chairman of
the Press Department, National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
attacked "gymnastic journal
ism” in regard to council
coverage, and called attention
to Pope John's words advising
journalists to be"at the ser
vice of truth."
"HOW WELL the journalists
respected his fatherly counsel
is now known to us,” Arch
bishop McGucken said at the
convention’s opening luncheon
(May 1). "The members of
this (Catholic Press) Associa
tion distinguished themselves
for accuracy in reporting and
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also for good judgment in the
interpretation of the council.
By and large, the representa
tives of the American secular
press did well also. One of
the officials at the press con
ferences was able to say that
no American Journalist had ever
violated his confidence. Th
is same compliment could
hardly have been offered to all
of the representatives of the
European press.”
The Archbishop said that be
cause of the secrecy of the
council sessions and the bre
vity of the initial mimeograph
ed press releases, "it was per
haps inevitable that some of the
reporting and the guessing
would be unfortunate, to put it
mildly."
Looking forward to the coun
cil’s second session, opening
on September 8, Archbishop
Sacred Heart
Society Meet
Sacred Heart Altar and Ros
ary Society will hold its semi
annual luncheon meeting at 1
p.m. Monday (May 13) in the
Assembly Room. Reports will
be given by committee chair
men covering activities since
January. The Altar Society’ will
not meet again until September.
Following the 8:30 Mass, at
which members of the Sacred
Heart Altar Society receive
Communion in a body on Sun
day (May 5), the Horizon Club,
the Campfire Girls and Blue
birds will be hostesses at a
coffee in the cafeteria.
Awards for the year in the
form of a ceremonial will be
presented to the girls by Father
Richard F. McGuiness, S.M.
A display illustrating the work
of the girls will be set up ir
the cafeteria.
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McGucken said: "The Catho
lic journalist, because of his
background of knowledge and
practical contact with the ac
tivities of the Church, is pre
pared to set the pace for the
representatives of the secular
press. He is not likely to .fall
into the temptation of looking
for ’blocs’ among the (council)
Fathers, or a split between lov
able liberals and repulsive re
actionaries.”
IN COVERING the council,
the Archbishop continued, Ca
tholic journalists will not look
upon it as a political or eco
nomic convention, but as "a
great religious event.” They
will, therefore, avoid sensa
tionalism and flippancy and
write with reverance and res
pect about the sacred matters
treated and about the high of
fice of the personalities in
volved, he added.
The Archbishop asserted that
"the heart of the mandate given
by the Vicar of Christ to news
men is enshrined in his short
phrase ’You are at the service
of truth*.
"Veracity is the cardinal vir
tue of the Catholic newsman,"
he continued. "Even though, as
Pope Pius XII remarked, the
'journalist is ruled by a rod oi
iron—the deadline'—his duty is
to get to the objective truth.
The public is curious, and curi
osity' is impatient. Neverthe
less, the genuine Catholic jour
nalist will take what time may
be necessary to sift the true
from the false.
"We thank God that our Ca
tholic writers have been singu
larly free of that gymnastic
journalism which converts gos
sip into the Gospel truth and,
by the clever use of inference
and innuendo, propagates base
less rumors. We feel secure
in the confidence that our re
porters will neither lower their
dignity nor stultify their aposto-
late by becoming peddlers of
unfounded reports."
ARCHBISHOP McGucken then
recalled that in opening the
ecumenical council, Pope John
said: "The substance of the
ancient doctrines is one thing
and the manner in which it is
presented is another.. .and it
is the latter which must be
taken into great consideration."
“You gentlemen, as journa
lists must thrill to the tune of
this mandate," the Archbishop
continued. "You, above others,
see what the Pope is doing. He
has recognized that truth...is
often presented in words and
phrases hardly intelligible,
hardly acceptable to the man
of today. It is interpreted in
terms in which they fail to
recognize that the Gospel is the
the 'good news’ which they long
to hear.
"We can safely say that he is
requesting us to take advantage
of the resources which are
available to us through faithful
laymen who are in contact with
the events and the affairs of the
modern world and the modes of
expression used by men today.
It should be clear to you, then,
that the Holy Father has con
scripted the Catholic journa
lists into a new apostolate. He
is asking that the journalists
become theologians and, what is
still perhaps more difficult, that
the clergy become journalists.”
THE Archbishop said that in
the Interpretation of theological
news, "the multitude of 'do-it-
yourself’ theologians is without
number," but "the Catholic
journalist ... is well schooled
in 'the knowledge that there is
no place for snap judgments in
the field of theology.”
Referring to the opportunity
for interpreting news at the
council’s next session as "an
attractive challenge,” the
Archbishop added: "You will
wish to prepare for that im
portant work just as Pope John
has admonished the bishops to
do—by prayer and study, by
consultation and discussion with
experts in a very technical
field.”
"You will have your opinions
that the council might have done
more or less,” he said. "You
may be both delighted and dis
appointed, but elucidating what
the council will have in reality
accomplished will need nothing
more than to be correctly in
formed."
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DOROTHY DAY
Pope Receives
Peace Women
VATICAN CITY (RNS) -
Dorothy Day, managing editor
and publisher of The Catholic
Worker in New York, was one
of 60 women from 15 countries
representing the Women's In
ternational Strike for Peace re
ceived in audiences by Pope
John XXIII.
They presented the 81-year-
old pontiff with a message ask
ing his guidance so that the
message of his new encyclical,
Pacem in Terris, can be
"translated into lasting ac
tion.”
Claiming to represent over
one million women, the dele
gation Included Roman Catho
lics, Methodists, Episcopa
lians, Eastern Orthodox, Jews,
Buddhists, Quakers, and other
religious believers.
Thirty-two American women
from eleven states were in the
delegation, along with Youko
Muiki, a survivor of the Hiro
shima atomic bombing, and
TTierese Casgrain, director of
the Voice of Women, a Canadian
group.
Also in the delegation were
a Peruvian, a Columbian, an
Indian, two Belgians, four
Englishwomen, and one repre
sentative each from Scotland
and Ireland. They brought with
them hundreds of letters on the
subject of world peace and dis
armament from religious lead
ers, scientists, labor leaders
and university professors.
After they had presented their
message, the Pope told the
women:
"I want you to bring the word
of peace everywhere, to be
ambassadors of the spirit of
the encyclical in your families,
cities, communities and na
tions.”
The women's message to the
Pope said that "impelled by
your inspiring leadership and
most particularly by your Eas
ter encyclical." they had come
"to show by our presence the
measure of our support and
concern."
"We are all workers for
peace, Catholics, Jews, Pro
testants, Orthodox, Quakers and
Discussion
On Differences
SARNIA, Ont. (RNS) — An
Anglican bishop who visited
Pope John XXIII in March said
here that the time has come for
Anglicans and Roman Catholics
to discuss their differences
openly and creatively.
Bishop George Luxton of Hu
ron made the proposal in an
address before 300 delegates
to the annual conference of the
Brotherhood of Anglican
Churchmen in his diocese.
"Pope John, whom I found
to be a very gentle and humble
person, has always said the time
has come to think about the
things that unite us, rather than
divide us," he said.
non-believers from many coun
tries, but united in our common
goal,” the message continued.
"Humber we agree that
words of condemnation of war
are not enough; We have come
to ask your guidance as to
how these words can be trans
lated into lasting action. How
can we, as women and mothers,
so teach the meaning of
reverence for life that it will
result in a world free from
the threat of war and prepara
tion for war?”
The message concluded by
imploring that consideration be
given to "the establishment of
a Secretariat for Peace based
on growing faith in the capa
city of men to change, to In
crease their love and trust —
a secretariat open to all people
of all convictions seeking the
common good.”
After leaving Rome the
women were scheduled to visit
Geneva to meet officials of the
World Council of Churches and
of disarmament organizations.
They also were to stop at Mu
nich, Frankfurt and Paris to
meet other members of the
Women; International Strike for
Peace.
Notre Dame, Ind. (NC) —
The president of Notre Dame
University has made clear in
a letter to its students the po
sition of the university in the
wake of a dispute between the
administration and former ed
itors of the Scholastic , stu
dent publication.
Father Theodore M. Hes
burgh, C.S.C., says in the five-
page letter, which the students
received during their Easter
vacation, that he does not "con
sider faculty and students equal
parteners in the educative pro
cess.”
HE SPECIFICALLY asse
sses the performance of the Sc
holastic under three student
editors who left their posts
on the Scholastic when the uni
versity deleted from the mag
azine’s March 29 issue mater
ial it considered "offensive.”
The deleted matter included an
article dealing with a student
senate recommendation for
more liberal dormitory rules.
Father Hesburgh says in the
letter that during the year "the
Scholastic had moments of
greatness and the promise of
being the best, rather than a
mixture of the best and the
worst, ever," but "several ten
dencies married the great
ness.”
HE SAYS these included:
"An excessively negative
attitude that felt called upon
to scorn everything under God
and to pontificate far beyond the
limits of its writers’ modest
wisdom.
"Bitter analysis that often
missed the point by ignoring or
misrepresenting the facts of the
matter.
"Rather crude and unkind
personal criticism.”
On one occasion, ”an open
lack of integrity on the part of
those in charge ...”
"When the plug was finally
pulled,” Father Hesburgh con
tinues, “the editors walked out
and seemed to become marty
rs, although I have always tho
ught martydom required dying
on the job, not giving up. So
while I am not about to confer
on them the palm of martyr
dom, neither do I overlook
their good efforts this year.”
Father Hesburgh states that
”we of the faculty and adminis
tration can learn some valuable
lessons from students.” but
Letter To Editor
TO THE EDITOR:
It was with great interest
that I read the column by Ger
ard E. Sherry in the April 18
issue of The Georgia Bulletin.
The interest stemmed from
amazement that a column of
this sort could appear in a re
presentative Catholic arch
diocesan newspaper. From
the column one would gather the
following facts: All Catholic
Conservatives have been sho
cked by, and disapprove of, the
basic tenets of the Pope’s re
cent Encyclical.. Conservative
Catholics have been dealt a ser
ious blow to their views by the
Pope’s “blunt statements" re
garding Justice, right reason
and humanity, etc. The con
notation of the first three par
agraphs is that Conservative
Catholics are opposed to "ban
ning of nuclear weapons, pro
gressive disarmament, etc.” In
perhaps the most amazing ex
ample of unfair and slanted re
porting, Mr. Sherry equates
Catholic Conservatives with
"extremists in Chicago and New
York, as well as Mississippi
and Georgia." It is insinuated
that Conservative Catholics are
opposed to the United Nations,
and the principles of the Decl
aration of Human Rights. Jour
nals which have supported "Co
nservative” viewpoints are pic
tured as having been specific
ally reprimanded by the Ency
clical. Finally, Catholic Conse
rvatives are even pictured as
somehow being practioners of
guilt by association.
At a time when there is the
greatest need for responsible
Catholic Journalism in the
south, it is unfortunate indeed
that we have fallen heir to a
managing editor such as Mr.
Sherry. The quality of his com
ments have always been dilut
ed by inability to remain aloof
from the managing editor’s own
petty gripes and grievances.
The "Letters to the Editor”
section has, in the past, quite
vividly reflected the dissatisf
action of numerous Atlanta Cat
holics with Mr. Sherry. Stran
gely, in an issue where much
is made of "Freedom to Speak”
one wonders why the "Letters
to the Editor” section was glar
ingly absent. Presumably, one
has freedom to speak, pro
vided it is not too critical of
the editor.
May I protest the column dis
cussed as being a sorry exam
ple of slanted, irresponsible
journalism, ill-befitting an "of
ficial” archdiocesan news
paper, and an insult not only
to Catholic Conservatives, but
also to Catholic Liberals who,
by definition of their philosophy,
are identified as being intens
ely and impartially interested
in all points of view.
We do not need as managing
editor of our important paper
a person whose only interest
seems to be a frantic and path
etic attempt to become "contro
versial." In conclusion, per
haps Mr. Sherry should be re
minded that this Is indeed "our”
newspaper, belonging to /md
supported by all the Catholics
of the Archdiocese, Liberals
and Conservatives alike. It is
not a vehicle designed for ex
pression of one individual’s bia
sed and fuzzy thinking - at
least - it is not supposed to be.
Leo E. Reichert, Jr. Ph.D
Atlanta
the “primary role” of 1 students
"is to learn, not to teach.”
“Students who think other
wise,” he adds, “should get out,
found their own universities,,
and then taice lessons from their
students.”
He also says that he does not
“consider student leaders to be
makers of broad university’
policy or wielders of pressure,
except in their own domain.’
.IN REFERRING to dormi
tory rules. Father Hesburgh st
resses that not to expect Notre
Dame to lose its unique char
acter and become just another
school with hust another quality
of graduates ...”
FATHER HESBURGH, who
is a member of several national
and international commissions
or agencies, specifically ans
wers a complaint expressed
in the February 22 issue of the
Scholastic that he is away from
campus too much on other assi
gnments.
”I believe,” he states, "that
a university president may be
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are sponsoring a cake sale on
Mother's day, May 12 after
all the morning masses 7:00;
8:30; 10:00; 11:15 and 12:30.
The cakes may be delivered to
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this sale will be used for the
Parish Council.
expected to give leadership and
a tone, possibly even a style,
to the whole operation, but he
cannot personally be involved in
very much day-by-day ope
ration.
“President Barnaby Keeney
pf Brown University recently
remarked in his annual report
that students were restive about
his being away to raise funds
and not being always on hand to
pat their heads or their bottoms.
"I take it you men don’t need
such patting, at least not from
me, as I, too, am often away,
raising money and trying to in
volve Notre Dame in many cru
cial areas where no Catholic
university has been involved
before.”
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