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t PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963 THEOLOGIAN STATES \ Issues Transferred To Tribunal Of Conscience NEW YORK, MAY 21—Father John Courtney Murray, S.J., said here that legal victories in the cause of racial justice remove the issue from the courts to the “tribunal" of conscience. “When the limits of law have been reached, as they have,” said Father Murray, “the whole issue in all its subtler/ of re ach is inescapably presented to the higher tribunal of consci ence." The Jesuit, a professor of theology at Woodstock (Md.) College, said it is up to indi viduals to make tomorrow’s news on the race issue, and make it good news. “We are not Marxists, We reject the notion of historical d> .erminism," he said. “But we shall do well to take one leaf from the Marxist book, that reminds us of our Chris tian duty to give history a help ing hand toward the fulfillment of a design. “The design is not inscribed, as the Marxist would have us believe, in the course of sec ular history; but it does exist, as we Christians believe, in the mind of the Master of history, the Lord God of hosts. It is the design of love, whose in tention is human unity." FATHER Murray spoke (May 20) at a New York Catholic Interracial Council dinner honoring Mayor Robert F. Wag ner for his efforts on behalf of racial justice. A citation saluting W agner for efforts to combat discriminat ion in employment and housing was presented to him by Father John LaFarge, S. J., an asso ciate editor of America maga zine and chaplain emeritus of the interracial council. Father Murray said the forces opposed to race justice are doomed to defeat “and I think they know it.” “I think this is why they fight their hopeless battle with such despreate passion,” he com mented. HE SAID recent events in the interracial field have been fully reported in the press, but they are not news. “In a true sense they belong to the past,” he said, “and in the light of the past they might BECOMES KNOWN have been predicted. They re present, tragically, the work ings out of a past tradition of injustice, ignorance, apathy, distrust, even hatred.” Mayor W agner, in accepting his citation, said that the chal- enge to civil rights had to be met not only in Birmingham, “but everywhere in the South.” THE Mayor cited the Catholic Interracial Councils throughout the country and said “this or ganization can be proud of the role it has played“and will continue to play “as the stru ggle rages on and approacees its climax." The New York Catholic Inter racial Council was organized in 1934. There are now 45 additional councils operating in different parts of the country. CITES TENSION EASE JOE SCANLON (left) and Terry Lee St. Pius X Mile Relay Team of Terry Lee Joe Scanlan, Rick Gadd, Tom Medcalf. The mile Relay team is undefeated in All competition against AA and AAA schools for 1963 PROPAGATION OF FAITH World Missions Donations Up Archbishop Beran Detention Location Leroy’s Auto Service Tune Up - Front End Alignment Automatic Transmission 4011 P'tree Rd. CE 7-1288 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 BONN, Germany (NC)—The place where Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague is being held by Czechoslovakia's commun ist rulers has now become known, according to KNA, Ger man Catholic news agency here. KNA has reported that it learned from reliable sources that the Archbishop is being detained in the Neureich mon astery in southern Moravia. The monastery, KNA added, is under strict surveillance. THE 74-YEAR-OLD Arch bishop is in good health, accord ing to the news agancy, and is being cared for by four nuns. In 1949, Archbishop Beran was placed under house arrest by the Reds and two years later was moved to a secret place of confinement. At various times in the past Glover Machine Works Incorporated Marietta Georgia decade it has been reported that the Archbishop was under detention in a castle in Bohe mia, that he was being moved from place to place by his Red captors and that he was ill in an unspecified hospital. It was even reported that he had died. IN FEBRUARY, 1962, an non religious organization to free political prisoners, Amnesty, sent former Irish Foreign Min ister Sean MacBride to Prague to try to contact the Archbis hop, Czechoslovak officials would not allow him to visit the prelate but told him Archbishop Beran was alive and well and living in an unidentifiedmonas- tery. i Earlier Czechoslovak Minis ter of Health Josepf Plojhar, an excommunicated priest, and a spokesman for the Czechos lovak embassy in London said the Archbishop would be re leased if he takes an oath of loyalty to the communist government. They added that the Archbishop has refused to do so. ROME—NC—W o r 1 d w i d e contributions to Catholic mis sion work given through the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1962 came to a total of $22,894,000—an in crease of $937,000 over the previous year. These figures were made public here by the Sacred Con gregation for the Propagation of the Faith in connection with the annual general meeting of national directors and members of the supreme councils of the agency mission aid societies. FIDES, news agency of the congregation, said that despite the gain of close to one mil lion dollars in contributions, the Supreme Council of the Soc iety for the Propagation of the Faith was able to grant only 765 out of 936 requests for special mission help. It said that even in the cases where aid was given, it averaged only 37.61 per cent of the amount requested. (The collection of the nearly $22.9 million is a worldwide figure which includes the amount received from the United States. It does not in clude aid given through mis sionary orders or individual missionaries. The latest avail able statistics for U.S. Pro testant contributions to foreign mission work show a total an nual contribution of $77.8 mil lion given through 44 American Protestant bodies.) Fides said that despite the fact that “much greater con tributions are needed,” the in crease in 1962 giving enabled the Supreme Council of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to “give extra help to very important activities.” Among the mission activities aided, it said, was the Society of St. Peter Apostle for the Native Clergy. IT ALSO revealed the follow ing specific disbursements; • $1,851,600 for educational work, or almost $500,000 more than in 1961. • $748,000 for maintaining catechists—an increase of $ 100,000. •$680,000 to help overseas Chinese—$60,000 more. •$407,000 for social work— and additional $150,000. •$312,300 for student main tenance—$150,000 more than in 1961. •$148,000 contributed to ward missionaries’ traveling expenses—an increase* of $50, 000. •$179,500 for press activi ty—a boost of $88,000. •$140,700 for radio work— $20,000 more than in 1961. •$45,000 for radio work— $20,000 more than in 1961. CAN HELP UNITY Visits With Non-Catholics ST. JOSEPH’S INFIRMARY SODA FOUNTAIN COFFEE SHOP AND RESTAURANT LOCATED NEXT TO GIFT SHOP ON MAIN FLOOR IN NEW BUILDING ATLANTA, GA. MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY US SEND US THIS NOTICE TODAY: THE GEORGIA BULLETIN P.O. BOX 11667- NORTHSIT>E STATION ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA NEW ADDRESS; NAME ADDRESS CITY ZONE OLD ADDRESS;. NAME ADDRESS CITY ZONE FLINT, Mich. (NC)—A priest -expert in convert work advo cated here that Catholics ex change visits as a means of bringing about Christian unity. Father John A. O’Brien, re search professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, author and convert worker, told the First Friday club of Flint the drive toward Christian unity “is a long, long road and it will be a long hard struggle.” But it can be achieved, he added. ONE MEANS is through ex change of information between Catholics and other Christians, he said. Father O’Brien suggested in viting non-Catholics into Ca tholic churches, rectories, con vents and schools "to see us as we are.” He said Catholics "should get to know their non- Cathollc brethren better” by learning to understand their doctrines, Bible and "beautiful hymns.” He also said Catholics should attend “their potluck suppers if they will have us.” Father O'Brien, author of such books as “The Faith of Millions” and “Truths Men Live By," said historians may look upon the drive for Christ ian unity “as perhaps the most outstanding development of the Georgia’s Leading Block Company Georgia s Largest Block Plant Georgia’s Only All Autoclaved Plant Quality of Product Unsurpassed Bailey Autoclaved Lightweight Block - Holiday Hill Stone CONCRETE MANUFACTURING COMPANY o*i Jackson 1-0077 n t $U& iSS 747 Forrest Road, N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA This footbridge which crosses Minnesota route 4!*i between Richfield and Bloomington was constructed by the federal and state governments for the students attending Assump tion parochial grade school in Richfield While this safety device was built solely for the protection of Catholic school children in crossing a busy highway, parochial school stu dents in Minnesota, as in many areas of the U, 8., are still not allowed to ride public school buses designed to protect schoolchildren from traffic hazards. Orthodox Theologian Urges Unity Efforts CHICAGO-NC—A Russian Orthodox theologian advocated here a move toward reunion of Christian churches by exploring their “commom and separate histories and traditions.” Discussing Orthodox reaction to the Second Vatican Council, Father Alexander Schmemann, dean of St. Vladimir's Russian Orthodox Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., acknowledged some pro gress has been made in ecu menism in recent years. HE CONTRASTED the pre sent situation with the era of the First Vatican Council. He said since the 11th century separa tion of the Catholics and the Orthodox there had been an independent development of East and West. “The First Vatican Council (1869-70), for all Its achieve ments, represented the com pleteness of the separation and a mark of Western self-suffi ciency,” Father Schmemann said. “In the past hundred years the world has witnessed a re covery of consciousness of depth in Christian life and in the church.” He added that “although there may be little hope, humanly speaking, in trying to clear obstacles, still we cannot hesi tate in clearing a climate for discussion.” THE THEOLOGIAN, who was an official observer to the Vati can council from his church, spoke of “the spirit w hich gives new dimension to our strivings” and added "although we may not remove obstacles to unity which exist and which shall exist we are, nonetheless, en gaged mutually in creating a new climate, and this is, with out doubt, progress.” Appearing with Father Sch memann on the panel at the Palmer House (May 20) was Father Theodore Thallas- sinos, pastor, Assumption Greek Orthodox church here. They participated in a lecture sponsored by the Reunion Cen ter of the Benedictine Fathers of St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, Ill. In analyzing the differences between the churches of the East and West, the Orthodox CAIP Meeting WASHINGTON, May 3 (NC) — The 36th annual conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace will be held September 26 to 29 at the She raton Park Hotel here. theologian said “both East and West from the two original and necessary components of mem bership in the church of Christ as it was established in the Greco-Roman world and this duality is in no way something divisive, but, rather, would ap pear as a part of its very form.” FATHER Thalassinos said "although there may be little hope, humanly speaking, in try ing to clear obstacles, still we cannot hesitate in clearing a climate for discussion.” Father Regis Barwig, O.S.B., secretary of the Apostolate for Christian Unity and chairman of the lecture, said that evidences of the dialogue for Christian unity' are noted in many parts of the world. "The danger,” Father Bar- wig said, “which most faces the world is not that our striv ings toward unity may not suc ceed, but rather that they may be discolored by a dishonest and sophisticated type of intel- lectualism which discounts es sentials as non-essential, the necessary as arbitrary.” Representatives of Catholic, Episcopalian, Eastern Orthodox and of several other Protestant denominations were present. 20th century.” "ALL OF Christendom is ex periencing a renaissance,” he declared. He pictured the Body of Christ as being broken by the various Christian denominations but said “all now are seeking to make that body whole once a- gain.” Father O’Brien said the struggle for Christian unity may take decades but Christians who realize the power of prayer know when understanding “comes in the hearts of Christ ians, God, too, is there” with power capable of "bringing re sults far beyond our ability to Understand.” Read The Classified .To Buy .To Rent .To Offer or Seek Services Phone Today 231-1281 m arym ount CotL e 9 e GLENMARY Brothers Peter McQuad and Stephen Tucker shown working on the renovation of Dahlonega "Presbyterian” Church which is soon to be renamed St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Purchase of the property was made possible through Georgia Mission collections. Volantary labor is also being performed by parishioners. Baby Talk Dangerous To Kids CLEVELAND (NC)—An author ity on speech and hearing cau tioned parents against teaching their children “baby talk.” Robert Valyo, director of the speech and hearing clinic at John Carroll University’ here, told the Carroll Alumni Lunch eon Club it may sound cute to have a child call a dog “bow- bow” but sooner or later "he has to get the habit of calling it a dog.” Valyo said that almost 10 per cent of children have some de gree of school trouble because of inadequate speech stimula tion in their early years. And for some, he added, the con sequences can be “rather tra gic.” IF PARENTS wait too long, Valyo said, before making the transition from baby talk to standard English then some “unpleasant and perhaps harm ful experiences are likely to result.” He said if a child is still using baby talk when he gets to kindergarten or first grade, public exposure of his habits can make him introverted, un sure of himself, inhibited from doing his best work, and often a poor reader. For example, Valyo explain ed, if other youngsters make fun of him for calling water by the wrong name, all he can do is wonder: "What else do you call this stuff but wa-wa? That’s what my old man calls it.” Soca faction, Florida ★ *be FIRST CATHOLIC TWO-YEAR * the FIFTH COLLEGE conducted LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE for by the RELIGIOUS OF THE Women in FLORIDA SACRED HEART OF MARY in the United States Opening September, 1963 MAILING ADDRESS: Box 370 W Boca Raton Florida SOLD AT HADING STORIS”