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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5 QUESTION BOX Where They All Stayed BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN Last week in Georgia Pines we wrote about those places; and then, they moved away. To day, we write about those places: and then, they stayed. First and foremost, of course, in the Arch diocese, is the Shrine of the Immaculate Con ception located in the heart of Atlanta's municipal, county and state center. At the time the Church was founded, Marthasville (or Terminus) was far from being a thriving city. Railroad workers forging ahead with the progress of a new nation made up the "LC.'s" first parishioners. The War between the States dealt a terrible blow to the pro gress of Atlanta, but proof that the first Catholics of Atlanta faith in the future of this is attested to by the fact two y^ars after the War ended construction was on the present church edifice. A vote was taken by the con gregation after the basement was constructed to see whether or not construction should continue in stone or in red brick. The “reds" won out, and this is the reason why the lower part of the church is in stone and the upper part in brick. The Sisters of Mercy who made up the first faculty of the Academy resided in what is known as today: the Wigwam Building. Later, the school was moved to Washington Street and remained there until 1951when the present Academy was constructed. The Immaculate Conception underwent two renovations. The first by Father Emmet Walsh, who later became Bishop of Charleston, S. C., and the present Bishop of Youngston, Ohio; and the second renovation by the late Monsignor Grady. Space will not permit paying a well-deserved tribute to the early Catholic pioneers who estab lished a school at Jones and Marietta Streets, later to become Sacred Heart School, but the facts are recorded in two books, namely: one written on the Shrine by Van Buren Colley, and a more recent publication about the Marist Fathers, by Father Phillip Dagneau, S. M. The trailer efforts of Monsignor Cassidy in west Georgia and the service rendered by the Marist and Redemptorist Fathers in the outlying areas of such places in Rome, Cedartown, Dalton, Griffin, Cartersville, and Carrollton, all with well established parishes are a credit to the efforts and sacrifices of many, many Catholics who stayed and formed an Integral part of their communities. Father Michael Manning who drove the hilly, winding roads of northwest Georgia to adminis ter to the Catholics of Toccoa, Gainesville, and Clayton; Monsignor James King who labored among the small missions of Griffin, LaGrange, and Gainesville; Father Walter Donovan, who travelled to Monroe, Hartwell, and Elberton; and the more recent work of the Verona Fathers in the south-east section of the archdiocese, gives rise to the fact that in all these cities and towns the Catholics who remained expressed their con fidence in the community by adding a Church structure. Today as we ride on paved highways and many cities have air travel between them, distances have surely been shortened. It’s difficult to think back to the day when the only convenient travel between cities was on a train. Father Harry Phillips, now living at St. Anthony’s Church, tells of the days when he rode to some of the Milledgeville missions and it was necessary to tie a handkerchief over his mouth to keep out the the dust rising form the unpaved roads. Yes, Georgia has certainly changed. But our rewards and pride today are the results of the determination and sacrifices of many of thefaith- ful who immigrated to these small towns; and then, they stayed. QUESTION BOX What About Confession BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY Q. AS I GET OLDER I GET WONDERING ABOUT SOME OF MY CONFESSIONS. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I MADE GOOD CONFESSIONS AND ESPECIALLY AT MISSIONS, BUT I GET TO THINKING MAYBE I DIDN’T PRESENTSOME THINGS IN TOE RIGHT LIGHT. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I WAS DOING RIGHT. A. Your confessions were 100% good. Now you are becoming scrupulous; and it is bad for you, as you admit yourself. Because of worry about past confessions you are drifting away from the sacraments. You must try to remember that Penance is the sacrament of God's mercy and love. He asks you to go to confession so that He can forgive you. And when He tells you through his priest that He does forgive you, He really means it. Jesus does not ask perfec tion in confession, only a re asonably honest effort. He asks only that you give Him a fair chance to forgive you. Leave the rest to Him. The confessional is not a torture chamber. But scruples can make it so. Scruples are fears and worries;;and the spi ritual cause of them is lack of confidence in the love of our Savior for us. All He did to prove His love was to die on the Cross for us, and then to rise from the dead. Do you think He is going to permit some little imperfection in confession to render His death and resurrection fruitless for you? Q. SOME TIME AGO THE DAILY PAPERS CARRIED A STORY ABOUT STUDIES MADE ON TOE 14 EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL BY USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER. I BELIEVE THESE STUDIES WERE MADE IN SCOTLAND: AND TOE CONCLUSION WAS THAT ONLY FOUR EPISTLES — ROMANS, GALATIANS, AND FIRST AND SECOND CORINTHIANS WERE ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY ST. PAUL. MEMBERS OF MY STUDY UNIT WOULD LIKE YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS. A. As I understand it, the electronic computer was fed information on the use of the word kai, Greek for and, in the various Epistles, e. g. the frequency of its use, how often sentences begin with kai, etc. It was probably an Interesting exercise and possibly informative, but could hardly justify the sweeping conclusions based on it. Such studies might provide useful evidence regarding author ship, but many other factors are of equal or greater importance: e. g. doctrine and handling of subject matter, history and trdition, internal claims and their credibility. I doubt that any these factors can be analyzed by an electronic computer. And other factors even less tangible —almost subjective — influence the judgement of a student of style. Another point to be considered is that St. Paul was not a stylist. He rather disdained conscious striving for literary precision. It would seem that many of his letters were dictated to a secretary, who might well have added or sub tracted a kai here or there — since Paul’s thoughts probably outran his words. And he prob ably used different secretaries for various Epistles. Some letters are informal, probably written in haste as occasion called for them. Others, like Romans, where rather carefully planned. Naturally the style would be different. Change of subject matter would also lead to difference of style. There was a space of about 18 years between the first Epistles of St. Paul (Galatians, I and II Thessalonlans), and his last ones probably the personal letter to Titus and Timothy). Style changes naturally take place as the years go by. We simply cannot discount the fact that Paul’s name appears as author in 13 of the Epistles. They have generally been accepted as authentic from earliest Christian times. We have testi monies concerning some of them from as early as the Second Century. Even today, as far as I know, hardly any scholar questions the Pauline authorship of most of the 13 which bear his name. Some do hold that St. Paul was not the author of the Pastoral Epistles (I and II Timothy, and Titus). A few have questioned Colossians, mostly for internal reasons. And of course all agree that Hebrews, which does not bear the name of Paul, is thoroughly different in style from the 13. Early in the Third Century, Irigen, a great scholar of Alexandria and Caesarea, decided that the Epistle to the Hebrews was "Pauline thought composed and phrased by a re dactor.” Many Catholic students are inclined to go along with hime today. Q. WHEN A PRIEST VISITS A HOME. IS IT PROPER TO ASK HIM TO BLESS TOE PERSONS THERE BEFORE HE LEAVES? A. Indeed it is. LITURGICAL WEEK Comes With Message CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 completion and perfection of the world and for its ultimate transformation by Christ's coming. SATURDAY, MAY 18 ST. VENANTIUS, MARTYR. In Easter time it is easier to see the death of a victim, as well as all suffering and pain, as the Father's pruning and trimming (Gospel) for the sake of productivity, fruitfulness, life. A tea time religion of human respecta bility’ will not help in confronting the paradox of apparent Christian failure (First Reading). Only faith in Jesus and in His rising again as the First-born of the new creation can praise God in the presence of martyrdom. Saints in Black and White ST. CASIMIRE 43 1. Intimidated 5. Whip 9. His Father Was ... of Poland 13. Rant 14. Carte 15. Brine 17. Stanza; Nor. 18. Arouse 20. Otis 22. Sauid 25. Period 26. Lineage 27 Granite State; abbr. 28. Vertex 29. Choke 30. Master of Education 31. Verb Ending 32. Dividend 34. Eye infection 35. Direc* 39. Tapering Piece of Ice 41. Babylonian God of War 42. Hawaii Cord 44. Confidential 48. Walls 51. Hours; abbr. 52. Bustle 53. His . . . imprisoned Him 55. Knight’s Oath 56. Wild Hog 59. Loose 60. Any One 61. Gray 62. Price Agency 63. Emmet 64. Saint 66. Aroma 68: Ear: Comb. form. 69. Lack 71. Restore 73. Enough; (arch.) 75. Gaseous Chemical 76. IX’s 78. Oriental Nurse 80. Mariners 81. Gait 82. Places 83. Sea Eagle DOWN 1. Criminal Destruction by Fire 2. Tend 3. Eft (var.) 4. He . . His Life to Prayer 5. Field Marshal 6. Minor 7. Ontario 8. Direction 9. Knockout 10. Dessert 11. Tidy 12. Attic 16. indigent 19. Sly 21. Ancient Attica Township 23. Shuck 24. Press Association 29. Non-Jew 33. Tally 34. Lo! 35. Edge 36. Epoch 37. Swiss River 38. A Vegetable (pi.) 40. Lieutenants 42. Brazil Tree 43. Thoroe was a Famous One 45. Shred 46. Asia Minor Mountain 47. Scrod 49. Dark Continent 50. Coming at Regular Intervals 54. Radio Corp. of America 55. Agreement 56. Rustic 57. Ancient 58. Aphrodite Loved Him 60. Answer 63. 11th Month of Jewish Year 64. Scoff 65. Rigid 67. Lease 69. Removed 70. Nigh 72. Tiny 74 Morbid Growth; suffix 77. Socialist'Party 79. High Speed ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE PAGE 7 ON NEGRO MORALS Scores Catholic Press Failure To Influence MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (NC)— A Southern editor has chid ed the American Catholic press for what he described as its failure to "disturb the compl acency” of the Negro leadership over "an all too prevalent un- Christian concept of marriage, morals and even human life among their people. Father Francis J. Donohue, editor of the Southern Cross, weekly of the Savannah, Ga., diocese, told a meeting of the 53 rd annual convention of the Catholic Press Association here that progress is slowly being made in removing racial injustices in the U. S. But "it cannot be said with any degree of certainty, that the problem of forging a truly Christian community which re cognizes the essential equality of all men has progressed gre atly toward solution,” he added. "WE HAVE all tried to un derstand and sympathize with the plight of the victims of racial discrimination and in justice. . .but we have neglect ed one entire and every im portant area of the race prob lem,” he stated. Segregation has been the fat her of many evils, he said, but "the mere abolition of segre gated housing, schools, restau rants and places of employment will not remedy them. It will only move them from one lo cation to another.” "Nor does the remedy lie in merely reminding the white race that it is chiefly respon sible for them,” Father Dono hue continued. "Something more must be done . We have challenged the conscience and , disturbed the complacency of the white man. I submit we have not done the same for the Negro, particularly Negro leadership. "AND we must disturb the complacency which deplores the un-Christian nature of segre gation, but views with apparent apathy an all too prevalent un- Christian concept of marriage, morals, and even human life... "Until this task is faced and met, no true progress will be made. For the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of the segregationist is an appeal to statistics which indicate an al arming incidence of common- law marriage and concubinage, sexual promiscuity among the young, and a crime rate far ab ove the ratio of Negro to white, coupled with the assertion, app arently true, that Negro leader ship is doing little or nothing to raise ‘the moral sights’ of ‘heir people.” Bulletin Deadline Correspondents are reminded that all copy for The Georgia Bulletin must be received in this office by 5:00 p.m. on Monday of any given week for insertion in the following Thursday issue. All copy should be typewritten, double- spaced, or in legible handwriting suitably spaced. The name and address of the person submitting the items should also be included. Photographs submitted for considerat ion should be glossy prints, 7 x 5 or 8x10, Snapshots or polaroid reproduct ions can be considered only when they show clear focus and contrast. Negatives cannot be accepted. ARNOLD HEWING How The West Was Won Our correspondents are urged to comply with these instructions in order that we may be able to give adequate coverage to parochial and diocesan events. BY JAMES W. ARNOLD Catholics are supposed to swoon when a film studio spends a fortune making a Wholesome Pic ture, that is, one in which the heroines are fully clothed, no characters have psychoneuroses, and the values of Home, Mother and Country are strongly endorsed. Quality apparently doesn't matter; the important thing is that the producer earn a profit, or else (comes the dark warn ing) the screen will be turned over to atheism, Bardot and Tennessee Williams. This may explain the large crowds being sucke- red into seeing "How the West Was Won,” which is bailing MGM out of the deep financial hole dug for it by ^Mutiny on the Bounty.” It is hard to imagine another reason (other than upholding Virtue) for seeing "West.” Few movies in recent history have been miserable in so many different ways (script, acting, photography, direc tion.) Four scenes in "West” may possibly distract the children from pummeling their siblings, provided the kids are not too critical. One other scene may affect adults, because an old pro director uses one of his ancient tricks with typical sk ill. ( The four flashy scenes: run ning the rapids in a raft, an Indian assult on a wagon convoy, a buffalo charge, a gunflght atop a fast-moving freight train. Only the last is a real hair-raiser. The rapids sequence is poorly cut. More people are visible in the staged closeups than in the "real” long shots; the audience is often forced to squint through the cameras’ water-spattered lenses. The adult scene? When a Civil War veteran re turns to the farm and finds his mother's grave: there’s a touching graveyard sequence in almost every John Ford Western.) Otherwise the movie’s chief distinction is that it may well kill off Cinerama as a medium for drama. Not since the 3—D heyday a decade ago, when the pictures threw everything at the audience but the ushers, have production techn iques made a film so clumsily painful for the spectators. Somebody at MGM apparently felt: that the com bination of 24 stars, a western story and Cine rama (a giant curved-screen process that pulls the customers, willing or not, into the action) was the next best thing to printing money. Since one western story was not quite big enough, they linked together half a dozen, all aged and silly in an unimaginative attempt to do a three- hour biography of the Settling of the West. Scenarist James Webb gallantly tries to in clude every cowbody cliche ever put on cellu loid (by our count, he missed only the cavalry charge to the resuce). But the real villain is Cinerama, an ingenius but primitive process now reduced to obsolescence by such developments as Todd-A-O and Super Panacision 70 ("Law rence of Arabia”). As you’ll recall from the travelogs and the not-so "Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm,” Cinerama’s main defect is its simul taneous use of three synchronized images, re sulting in a persistently annoying triple-split screen. There are two advantages: the illusion of depth, and the exhilarating sense of motion when ever the cameras are mounted on a mov ing vehicle (the faster the better). The benefits are dearly paid for. In many scenes, there is no motion at all, because the equipment is too complicated to push around. Figures in the outer curved panels are absurdly distorted. An actor in the middle seems to be looking past the actress on the outside; charg ing horses seem to run in three directions at once; buffaloes (seen from above) seem to rush in circles; the Golden Gate bridge (as we swoop under) seems to fold down on both sides. Directors, sensitive about the distortion, tend to play two character scenes entirely in the center panel, a procedure which reduces the effective image while creating acres of distract ing scenery at the margins. Only once does the camera do what other techniques could not do as well: a trick shot at the very end, a funny, whirling panorama of the Los Angeles freeway that seems to bend it into spaghetti. The first half of "West,” is you dare imagine it, is a Debbie Reynolds western, conceived an executed with the taste and artistry of a TV series that won’t be renewed. In the second half, Debbie struggles to convince as an aging matron while her nephew (George Peppard) fights the Civil War, builds the Union Pacific, pacifies the plains Indians and cleans up the Southwest as a frontier marshal. While the movie is probably less harmful morally than, say, the autobiography of a dope addict, it suffers from the more subtle devi ations of many films of its type. It promotes love and promiscuity at first sight, the joys of entertaining in a barroom dance hall and of blast ing a pistol point blank into a victim’s stomach and watching the blood ooze out the back. There’s more corn since harvest time in Iowa. There’s Karl Malden raving wild-eyed as a pioneer farmer; Jimmy Stewart Satlaizing himself as a shy frontiersman-of-few-words; Eli Wallach as a black-hearted gunslinger; Oscar winner Gregory Peck earning laughs by doing a square dance in his long jons. Robert Preston's wagon master is interested simply in Miss Reynolds’ child bearing capacities, and Richard Widmark’s rail road boss expresses classic disgust at the In dian uprising: ‘The dirty skunks 1” The Best legitimate laugh comes when Pep pard is explaining the depth of a well to his small son. "Think how it would be if you had 500 brothers standing on your shoulders. . .” The boy, not taken in by fanciful absurdity, comments: "I’d be squooshed.” CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: For everyone: The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia. For connoisseurs: Sundays and Cybele, Long Day’s Journey into Night. Better than most; The Longest Day, Days of Wine and Roses, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Mutiny on the Bounty, Billy Budd, A child is Waiting. God Love You MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN Have you ever noticed in a conversation with a non-believer, or a so-called Christian, or perhaps even a fellow Catholic that you express a judgement or a set of values which seem quite incomprehensible to them? It is like talking color to a blind man. You sit at the table with a fellow countryman, and yet your ideas of life, death, birth, education and pain are as different from his as night and day. What is the reason for this? It is that you are "in Christ" and the other person is not. This means that you have Christ’s values, Christ's .judgments and Christ's loves while the other has the world's values and judgments.. To be a Catholic is to be "in Ch rist.” Aquilla and Priscilla, husband and wife and two of the early Ch urch's great apologists, were called "helpers in Christ." Apollos, another catechist, is approved "in Christ;” with a holy envy he sends greetings to some who "were in Christ be fore him,” that is, Christians of even longer standing. What this means may be illustrated by a deep friendship, such as that between David and Jonathan, for Scripture says that the soul of Jonathan was "knit” unto the soul of David. The true Catholic is not a self contained unit; he is "knit” to Christ. There is a community of interests, of joys, of sufferings, or points of view, because there is a community of Life. What is it that makes some interested in sacrificing to bring Christ to the Missions? It is because they are "in Christ.” Unhappy people are "in themselves,” living only for themselves. We hardly ever receive a letter at our National Office, regard less of how small the offering, in which we do rot sense the Spirit of Christ in the sender. The alms are generally small materially, but rich spiritually. This is because those who love the Lord and His Missions much are generally not rich. But their love I Their spirit of sacrifice) Their deep love of the Holy Father! Ww thank God for them and read Mass for them every Sunday. You will be included, too, if you pray for The Society for the Propagation of the Faith and make a sacrifice offering for the Holy Father's Missions. GOD LOVE YOU to E.A.C. for $10 "To thank St. Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions, for my recovery from a serious nose ailment. 1 went the Holy Father to use this for his Missions.” . . .to J. W. for $22.89 "Isaved this by doing my own maintenance work on my car.” . . .to M. M. for $2 "I am fourteen years old and get $ 1 a week for bus fare. Now I've decided to be phy sically fit by walking instead. . .and spiritually fit by sending my savings to the Missions.” . . .to J. P. for $10 "I am having one of those bad days today. Here is an offering for those who have it worse.” Send us your old gold and jewelry—the valuables you no longer use but which are too good to throw away. We will resell the earrings, gold eyeglass frames, flatware, etc., and use the money to relieve the suffering in mission lands. Our address: The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New York. SHEEN COLUMN: Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and mall it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith 366 Fifth Avenue, New York Lx, N. Y. or your Diocesan Director. Rev. Harold J. Rainey, P.Q. Box 12047, Northside Station, Atlanta 5, Ga.