Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 SECTARIAN RIVALRIES SCORED Inter-Faith Organization Urged For Mental Health health programs must work on three major fronts: —To promote a deeper un derstanding of what it means to minister to the religious needs of the mentally ill. —To set adequate standards for a psychiatrically informed ministry in mental hospitals. —To promote specialized programs of training hospital chaplains in treating patients. "These primary goals—but on an interfaith level—must be our primary concern," he said. "We can no longer afford the luxuries of sectarian rivalries nor the confusion that accom panies lack of essential know ledge and understanding. We must now advance with a clear- cut program which can receive the enthusiastic support of our full membership." "We decided that our pro gram would be more in the spirit of the community, if we made the Catholic volunteer denominationally faceless," Father Sullivan said. "This has meant a lot of new things. Foremost it has meant a drastic change in the volunteer's motivation. They must no come motivated pri marily out of the health of the patient, and only secondarily out of religious motivation," he said. THE PRIEST said that "the best patient-volunteer situation is free of stereotypes. Patients are quite skillful at giving up one stereotype only to replace it with another," he said. "Denominational identity in troduce a role, and injures the necessary personalism re quired," he declared. ST. LOUIS, May-(NC)—Men tal health programs on the interfaith "denominationally faceless" level have been pro posed here by the Association of Mental Hospital Chaplains. "We can no longer afford the luxuries of sectarian rivalries in specialized mental health training programs," said Chap lain Ernest E. Bruder, director of Protestant chaplain activi ties at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. CHAPLAIN Bruder spoke at the 16th annual convention (May 6-10) of the interfaith 450- member Association of Mental Hospital Chaplains at the Hotel Coronado here. More than 150 Catholic, Protestant and Jewish chaplains attended. Chaplain Bruder said mental LEWIS PHARMACY Father Glenn Williams, S.J., of the John Carroll University faculty, Cleveland, is shown transferring the candle as he prepares to baptize his father, C. Grover Williams in Gesu church. The baptism took place following a ten-week inquiry forum sponsored by the Gesu parish Holy Name Society. Mrs. Wiliams witnesses the ceremony. BIRTH CONTROL BOOK Gynecologist Clarifies DESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS DOMPT DELIVERY SERVICE <ALL US: CE 3-5353 202 PIEDMONT ROAD, N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA FATHER William P. Sulli van, Catholic chaplain at the Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham, Mass., described a new approach at his hospital to the religious volunteer worker. The association elected as president Father Francis P. Rpwley, S. J., chaplain at Hud son River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to suc ceed Chaplain Bruder. for the best.m... ^ p6St ^ ^control* Service SCHOOL PRESIDENT Laymen Urged On Boards MOTOR HOTEL • TV * AIR CONDITIONING • PAMOUS MIAMI »URI»1T • iCE A UEVBHAOE STATIONS • COPFEE MAKER, EACH ROOM i 11< kii a i t < >ni •, i ( A *•«>«>«/ Atftht'%% in All.tnf.t | NEW YORK (RNS) —A strong plea for greater lay represent ation on governing boards of Roman Catholic colleges and universities was made here by Brother Gregory, F.S.C., pre sident of Manhattan College, a Christian Brothers insittution. Although legal and canonical problems must first be resolv ed, Brother Gregory said, the Current lack of "sufficient lay representation" on governing boards "must be altered." THE Catholic educator spoke at the Manhattan College Char ter Centenary alumni dinner at tended by more than 1,100 alumni and guests. "Our planning of the future," Brother Gregory said," requir es that we examine the place of the laity in the conduct of all our Catholic colleges and uni versities. Most of Catholic hig her education Is made up of what we might call family cor- WHEN YOU PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE GEORGIA BULLETIN Where Insurance is a Profession, Not a Sideline SUTTER &. McLELLAN Mortgage Guarantee Bldg. JA 5-2086 porations — owned by and tight ly administered by religious congregations." Urging greater lay repre sentation on governing boards, he observed that “once estab lished. . .the principle of more vigorous governance by lay trustees must be something to which more than lip service is given." "ASSURING a fruitful future of sensible growth and impro vement will depend upon an hon est investment of our best minds," he added. “Weak ges tures at involvement are doom ed to frustrations and failure." Referring to lay and religious composition of Catholic college faculties, Brother Gregory noted that there is often a feel ing of difference "between the man who wears the tie and the man who dons the collar." Clergy and religious in hig her education, he contended, "must be sensitive to an obli gation to break down any barr iers to effective communication and to the total sharing of ad ministrative and instructional controls with lay colleagues." EXiring the dinner Bishop Br yan J. McEntegart of Brooklyn, a 1913 graduate of Manhattan College, was awarded the sc hool's 1963 Saint De La Salle Medal for his contributions to the advancement of Catholic education. Rome Altar Society Unit St. Mary’s Altar Society Rome, held it's final meeting of the year at the rectory Mon day. The president, Mrs. B. W. WUlis, presided. Mrs. George Briggs, chair man, announced officers for the next year. They are: Pre sident, Mrs. Robert Brierly; Vice-president, Mrs. Robert Woodrull; Secretary, Mrs. Ed mund Cescutti and Treasurer, Mrs. Louis Curry. Man** 1 * atrisn \ Tc mi r FAMOUS ALL-PURPOSE DRESSING DELICIOUS ON Salads-Meats-Seafood SOLD AT LEADING STORES' 1 Father John McDonough, pas tor announced that in the future the Altar Society would be the official affiliate of the Arch- Diocesan Council of Catholic Women for St. Mary’s Parish. Father McDonough closed the meeting with a short talk, gra ciously thanking the retiring officers for their good work and expressing confidence that the incoming officers would carry on in the same manner. Mrs. Willis, retiring president, was presented with a gift in appre- Following the meeting a lunch was served with Mrs. Wood ruff, Mrs. Don Damon, and Mrs. Willis serving as hostesses. His Controversial View WASHINGTON -NC “Tonic haberdashery" to cool a hus band’s libido was suggested here by Dr. John Rock as a type of birth control that would be acceptable to the Church. The controversial gynecolo gist made that suggestion and others at a press conference held during the meeting here of the Planned Parenthood Fed eration of America-World Population Emergency Cam paign. Dr. Rock, author of the book "The Time Has Come”—sub titled a Catholic Doctor's Pro posals to End the Battle Over Birth Control—spoke about a lot of things, Including theo logy, Catholic scholars and the word "imprimatur." ASKED about specific possi bilities or types of birth con trol acceptable to the Church, Dr. Rock replied: "Well, of course, the one that comes promptly to mind is the one... that is an improvement in the rhythm method which would make it possible for a married couple to limit their family by means of an easy continence of only five days which can be made predictable with complete disregard of the menstrual ca lendar." He also said: "If it were found conducive to the health and welfare of a husband to wear such clothing or such parts of clothing as might di minish the temperature dif ferential between that of the testes and that of the body it self to a degree which would inhibit sperm production, the father of four, or five, or six, or seven might easily utilize this bit of tonic haberdashery for his health and welfare." WOULD you give us a more clear picture of this article of clothing? he was asked. Dr. Rock replied: "No, I think we would go too far afield if we went into the details of research." Answering a question about clerical revision to his book, he said: "The clerical response to my book that has come to me directly has been most gratify ing and largely along the party line as expressed by Cardinal Cushing.” Dr. Rock said that a Catholic philosopher (Vernon J. Burke of St. Louis University) recent ly honored by the American Catholic Philosophical Associ ation bewailed "the fact that the lay Catholic scholars do not speak out often enough." "THIS IS largely because they fear Church criticism," Dr. Rock said. ".. .They may speak freely on such subjects as exis tence or other issues of vital concern without response from the Church, but let them say anything about ethics or birth control and soon they will hear from their bishops." (Bourke received the Cardi nal Spellman-Aquinas Medal from the American Catholic Philosophical Association on April 16 in Boston, He said at the time that very few articles on ethics were published by Catholic philosophers because of problems of censorship in many dioceses. ("You may print the wildest things about essence and exis tence and never hear from your bishop," he said. "Just write something on birth control or censorship and you will find that the slightest novelty will be noticed.") DR. ROCK said: "Well, I heard from my bishop, and a much larger part of his criti cism was taken up in extolling the merits of the book. In re stating the facts I included in the book, (I say) that some of my viewpoints on Catholic theo logy were not in accordance with orthodox teaching, and I did not intend that they should be." A reporter mentioned that Cardinal Cushing’s "chief com plaint" seemed to be that Dr. Rock had not sought an "im primatur," (official statement from the bishop saying a book is free from doctrinal ormoral error, or both). "1 had no knowledge whatso ever of the Canon Law mention ed," Dr. Rock said, "and, in deed, I did not intend to pre sent theology in the book. I BI-MONTHLY MEET Atlanta.. ."Catholic books and their importance" was the sub ject of a talk given last Thurs day to the Serra Club of Metro politan Atlanta by the Rev. Jo seph Drohan, Assistant Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta. In an interesting and infor mative talk, Father Drohan St. Francis At Alcatraz WASHINGTON, (NC)--St. Fran cis is being considered as a future occupant of Alcatraz Is land. This fact came to light in the House of Representatives during discussion which pre ceded passage of a bill to create a "Federal Commission on the Disposition of Alcatraz Is land." THE five-man commission is to recommend what to do with the famous island in San Fran cisco Bay when it is no longer used as the site of a Federal prison. Rep. John F. Shelley of Cali fornia, sponsor of the commis sion bill, told the House that among the suggestions that have come in is a proposal to raise a large statue of St. Francis on the island with its arms extended to the Golden Gate. One objection made against the statue of St. Francis, he said, is that it would be "in jecting the religious issue." merely wanted to comment on some theological principles, and the canon which Cardinal Cushing mentioned, I think, states that anything written on moral issues should be sub mitted. "WELL good gracious sakes, Catholics write about all kinds of moral issues without sub mitting, asking for an impri matur. It never occured to me. I am very glad that the book has been examined by Church authorities. "I have exceeding respect for the intellectuality and the pro found scholarship of the Catho lic theologians, and I would re gret exceedingly if anything I did was found to be harmful to humanity in general or to humanity through weakening of the Catholic Church.” Dr. Rock also said: "I would do nothing to throw my Church out of balance. It is one of the most valuable and stabilizing influences in human history." (Cardinal Cushing, in com menting on Dr. Rock's book, had stated "there is much that la good” in it but "it also con tains several statements which are theologically Incorrect and certainly misleading.") stressed the importance of a well informed laity and gave the vocation-conscious members a list of recommended readings. THE meeting was called to order by President BobMcLel- lan with the Invocation being given by the club chaplain, Fa ther Kiernan. Sam McQuaid gave a report on the district meeting which was held recently in Chattanoo ga, and attended by the clubs of district #18. Bob McLellan, Sam McQuaid, Paul Smith, Capt. E. 0. Mullen and Father Kier nan represented the Atlanta club. Mr. Lou Gordon Jr. was in troduced to the club at this meeting as a new member. Honor Freshman Miss Mary Janice Lord, a senior at Baldwin High School, Milledgevilie, Georgia, has been granted Honors at En trance to Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois. The announce ment of the awards was made today by Sister Aurelia, presi dent of the college. Miss Lord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Lord, 610 W est Charlton Street, Milledge- ville, Georgia, is among the highest ranking candidates to the freshman class. Only ten to fifteen percent of the entering freshman meet the qualifica tions established by the faculty committee for freshman honors. Honors candidates are determined by superior perfor mance in their high school reoerd. Serra Club Hears Talk On Literature PARISH FUNERALS ‘Phone Reveres’ Used For Alert LITTLE ROCK -(NC) -- "Telephonitis” is usually as sociated with teenagers, but in Holy Souls parish here, the largest parish in the Diocese of Little Rock, the "affliction" has spread to adult women and no one is trying to find a cure. The pastor, Msgr. Francis A. Allen, V.F., is quite pleased about the situation. In fact, it was he who started it all. the word of a death; they also would notify all those on their list whenever a family emer gency developed in the home of a neighbor. They also would be charged with paying courtesy visits to new residents of their neighborhood, and finding women With free time who can help out by caring for the child ren whenever a neighborhood mother becomes ill and is con fined to bed. From all that's happened, it appears the "affliction" is quite virulent. It feeds on good will. CURIOUSLY enough, it was a death that touched it off. As a general rule in this part of the country, funerals are held on the second morning following a death, and this leaves too little time for all the friends and acquaintances of the deceased to learn about it. As a result, attendance at Rosary services and funerals was often embarrassingly small. And it was this that germinated an idea in Msgr. Allen's mind. He decided to try dividing his 100 square-mile parish into neighborhoods, to appoint a telephone committee of women in each and to turn over to them the job of notifying the parish's 3,300 souls whenever an emergency arose. HE CALLED a meeting of 114 neighborhood cochairmen he appointed and the idea caught on. Not only would the ladies be responsible for spreading St. Joseph New Officers Named The St. Joseph Infirmary Auxiliary's annual luncheon for retiring officers was held at the Piedmont Driving Club yester day. A fashion show was pre sented by Muse’s. Mrs. Matthew Dwyer, Retiring president, pre sided. The following officers were installed for the coming year: Mrs. Eugene McLaughlin, pre sident; Mrs. Kent Higgins, vice president; Mrs. Eugene Durden, treasurer; Mrs. Arthur Bennett, recording secretary; Mrs. Ad Harris, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. H. A. Kane, parliamentarian. Alterations Tuxedos Rented "Clothes Tailored For You" ' IP ' r\au j TAILORS - CLEANERS Men's Wear 106 W. Court Sq. DR 3-2366 Decatur, Ga. To start the machinery work ing, Msgr. Allen telephones six group chairmen. Each of these has about 10 sets of neighbor hood cochairmen to who she re lays the message. And these, in turn, each has about 10 to 15 families to call to blanket the parish. BUT telephoning is not the only work the Neighborhood program does. Several months ago, Holy Souls parish arranged an open house so that non-Ca- tholics in the west end of Little Rock might be familiarized with Catholic worship. Printed invitations were turned over to the neighbor hood chairmen, and one of these was personally delivered to the 8,500 non-Catholic homes in , the parish. The turnout for the- ! open house far exceeded ex pectations. Leroy’s Auto Service Tune Up - Front End Alignment Automatic Transmission 4011 P'tree Rd. CE 7-1288 Peachtree Road Pharmacy Pick Up and Delivery Service CE 7-6466 4062 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta C & S REALTY COMPANY "Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3 Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance 524-2052 MIKE & STEVE SERTICH / “ \ • For any occasion: Weddings, organizational meetings, any social events • Formal or informal • Special menus custom* prepared to your requirements • Piping hot foods—* meat and fish • Sandwich platters • Hors d’oeuvres • Gourmet canapes • Beverages of all kinds • Bar service arranged • China • Flatware • Napery • Decorations • Waiters and waitresses • Butlers • Personal attention of catering consultant • Instant service. We’re ready, willing, and able to do the catering right away. • Budget terms. Affairs tailored to your budget. Nothing too big... nothing too small. V ’ J When Dinkier does except inviting the catering,forget the guests! about everything DINKLER-PLAZA In The Heart of Atlanta*98 Forsyth Street, N.W., Atlanta For free consultation, call our Catering Department at JA 4-2461, Send for free booklet, listing ail Dinkier hotel* and motel* across me country. Ciltfllg* NOfU §« fill #**t / A HU- f swam t.iui / sf ******