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t THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE House On Humility Street For American Scholarship ROME -NC— The "House on Humility Street" is a proud outpost of American scholar ship in Rome. Though Americans enter its sober doorway by the thousands every year, few realize how much this institution contri butes to the life of the Church In the United States. In fact most visitors think of the build ing only in terms of the North American College audience of fice, which has been set up to assist American Catholics in obtaining places at papal aud iences. IMPORTANT as this service is, it is still only a secondary' activity of the institution. Its primary function is to be a residence of American priests doing graduate work at the great ecclesiastical universities of Rome. The full name of the institu tion is the Casa Santa Maria dell ’Umilta. It takes its name from the Via dell 'Umilta (Hu mility Street) a small back- street near the famous fountain JUHAN'S CLEANERS Expert PtrtonfciiiM Servlet Oivtn to Every Oirmthi Oomin* Into Our Plant 111 N. Main It. po. 1-MM Oollat# Park, Oa. Latis I / Look For Oscar of Trevi on which the North American College was located from 1839 to 1953, When the undergraduate seminarians were moved to the new andmore spacious quarters on the Janiculum Hill in 1953, the old college was transformed into a house for graduate stud ies. The recent appointment of Msgr. Lawrence M. DeFalcoof Dallas, Tex. as the new Bishop of Amarillo points up anew the role of the graduate house in American Catholic affairs. Bishop-elect De Falco is its 10th graduate to be named to the American hierarchy. BECAUSE the priests staying at the house have taken advanc ed specialized courses in canon law, theology, Scripture and Church history, its graduates are to be found in responsible diocesan posts as professors in the seminaries, officials of the matrimonial courts and special advisers to the bishops. Before the Casa Santa Maria became exclusively the pre serve of graduate students in 1953, a smaller building on the Janiculum Hill, called Casa San Giovanni, housed American priests doing graduate work in Rome. This house was opened in 1933 and was located on the grounds of what today is the new North American College. It closed in 1940 and did not reopen until 1946 because of the war. Between the years 1933-1940 and 1946-1953, a total of 129 students passed theough Casa San Giuseppe. In the 10 years that the Casa Santa Maria has been in operation a total of 279 graduate students have been enrolled. Together, the grad uate houses of the North Ameri can College number 408 alumni from 74 archdioceses and dio ceses in the U.S. AMONG ITS distinguished graduates are Archbishop John F. Dearden of Detroit and Arch bishop John J. Krol of Phila delphia. From the outside, the Casa Santa Maria looks little differ- NELSON RIVES REALTY INC. 3669 CLAIRMONT ROAD CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, SALES, RENTALS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PHONE: 451-2323 EYBEH A • MINTINO V Tllnlty 5*4717 • lithographing frrtfaf Atltnlt Slot* 191 COMPANY 550 FORREST ROAD, N. K. ^ATLANTA, GEORGIA Best for Budgets and Waistlines too... PET COTTAGE CHEESE Keep trim and stay slim, with It's packed with food vatu* and high In prottin. 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The chapel of the casa is the magnificent 17th-century church of Santa Maria dell'Um ilta, rich with inlaid marble and valuable paintings. In addi tion to the altars in the church, the residents of the casa have 32 other altars in oratories so that all may celebrate Mass daily. THE CASA was set up by the American Bishops and is under the direction of the Episcopal Committee for the North American College and shares the same Rector, Archbishop Martin J. O'Connor. Overseeing the casa's day- by-day problems is its super ior, Msgr. Joseph L. Zryd, who came to Rome in 1960 to be its spiritual director. He is assisted by the vice superior. Father Charles P. Essman, and the spiritual director, Msgr. John Fleming. Msgr. Zyrd and Father Essman also man the audience office. The casa is open 11 months out of the year, closing only in August to permit houseclean ing. The daily schedule of the institution is set to match the requirements of students doing graduate work at the Gregorian, Lateran and Angelicum Univer sities and the Pontificial Bibli cal Institute. Most residents of the casa stay two to three years. Some of these come directly to the graduate house from the North American College. Many others, however, have complet ed their seminary work in the United States and have worked in parishes before being select ed to go on to higher studies in Rome. The result is that the men of the casa are a cross section of the country from which they come. A variety of backgrounds, pastoral experience and age levels contribute to making the House on Humility Street one of the very interesting institu tions in Rome, What they have in common—their priesthood, their brains and their nation ality—makes the institution of great importance for the future development of the Church in the United States. Birth Control Not State Concern mm- IRAK. r . // &i. IT\ Anvoch. which ut« oh -mr * Turkish-Syrian border, was once -THE CENTER Of CHRISTENDOM OTHI lAtCIST PARISH OH EARTH . 7O-DAV TMS AHCltfiT OTV H ALMOST fOmOOTTCH. ECONOMIC OPPRESSIONS Cardinal Scores Cruel Segregation ST. LOUIS (NC) — Joseph Cardinal Ritter charged here that "the weapons of segre gation, discrimination and ec onomic oppression can be every bit as cruel as gas chambers and concentration camps." Dismissing the doctrine of racial superiority as "insane," the Archbishop of St. Louis ur ged citizens to unite in a "holy discontent" at instances of race prejudice. "WE CAN never rest content so long as injustice remains," Cardinal Ritter told the St. Louis Conference on Religion and Race, held here (May 19). The Cardinal said racism is being practiced in St. Louis as in other parts of the country. He praticularly singled out housing discrimination for con demnation and said it is esti mated that 70 per cent of all Negro homes in St. Louis are in "blighted" areas. "Surely it is a grave injust ice and discrimination when one segment of our population in this area is forced because of economic conditions to live in substandard dwellings, or even more so when that segment is denied freedom of housing be cause of public sentiment and by the manipulation of unscru pulous and greedy realtors," he said. OUTLINING the approach of the Church to such problems as racial discrimination, he com mented: "The Church is not and should not be a power bloc, capable of forcing compliance with direct ives of its leadership. "Rather, it is for the Ch urch to enunciate principles and their application to modern pro blems clearly and without equi vocation, leaving it to men of the Church as free citizens to de vise the most effective means of applying them to concrete situations." TRINTON, N,J„ May 20 (NC) —Birth control programi area legitimate area for state con cern, Gov, Richard J, Hughes of New Jersey emphasised here, Thw Governor expanded on views expressed at a press conference last month in a let ter (May 17) to the Rev. Waiter J, Maier of the Planned Parent hood Association of the Mercer County area. "IT WOULD be unwise for the state to adopt as definitive policy one of the many con flicting views (on birth control) and thereby offend a substantial segment of the citizenry," the Governor said. He was replying to a letter from the Rev. Maier who had expressed concern over the Governor’s press conference remarks. The Governor at that time was asked to comment on the possibility of having state welfare agencies distribute birth control information to welfare recipients as a means of cutting down on the number of illegitimate children. He said then that "one solu tion (to the problem) would be to execute her (the unwed mo ther). Another solution would be to sterilize her. Another would be to teach her birth control. 1 put those three in the same category as far as the morality is concerned." THE REV. Maier called that statement "unfortunate" be cause "virtually all Protes tant and Jewish religious groups have sanctioned the use of birth control." In said his reply, Gov. Hughes "the dispensation of FOR CONSIDERATION Council Projects Mailed To Bishops VATICAN CITY (NC) — Twelve revised projects have been mailed out to the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council the council press office said. The press office said (May 15) that His Holiness Pope John XXIII examined the 12 projects "personally and with great at tention" before they were sent out. THE 12 projects represent almost three-quarters of the work to be submitted to the council Fathers for the next council session which starts September 8. 'Hie press office also re ported that members and ex perts of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity were meeting in Rome (May 13 to 18) at the palace of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher. THE FULL staff of both the Theological Commission and the Lay Apostolate Commission was meeting (May 15 to 20) to examine jointly the study and elaboration of a new project on the presence of the Church In the world of today," the press office said, Tha N.C.W.C, News Service AdviSOrV is told that a total of 17 pro- ^ Council was tom tnat a total of 17 pro jects will be submitted. It was previously estimated that 20 consolidated projects would be considered at the second ses sion. No correction of the titles of projects to be presented has been released yet. Of Nuns MORALITY INVOLVED ‘Crass Ingnorance’ Seen In Attitudes To Animals WASHINGTON (NC)—"Crass ignorance" still prevails about the proper relationship between men and animals, the president of the National Catholic Society for Animal Welfare said here. Msgr. LeRoy E. McWilliams of North Arlington, N.Y., made the charge in an address to the fourth annual meeting of the animal welfare society. "Because animals have no rights," Msgr. McWilliams said, "the conclusion is drawn that we may do anything with them. "THIS attitude is clearly seen in inhumane slaughtering, the horrors of fur trapping, cruel blood sports and fiendish ex periments." Although animals "may have no rights," he said, "we have duties to God in regard to them." He exphasized that animals are "creatures of God, and the great touchstone now and always will be the answer to the ques tion: Are we treating animals as God would have us treat them?" AN ABUSE in this area, he stated, is experimentation on living animals by high school students. FROM LEFT to right, Mrs. Robert S. Nardiello, secretary; Mrs. L. P. Humann, treasurer; Mrs. M. S. Rummel, vice pre sident; and Mrs. Daniel D. Bradach, president, the new slate of officers for 1963-64 were installed it the May meeftng of St. Jude's Altar Society, Sandy Springs, Ga., by Mrs. Jack Mc Dowell, retiring vice president. The retiring president, Mrs. John P. O'Donnell presided at the meeting. general contraceptive informa tion and materials" should be left to voluntary agencies, not the state, because some citi zens find it offensive, He said he does not pass judgment on those who teach or practice the use of contracep- * tives, "This is a matter of individual conscience and re ligious freedom and it is not the function of the state to in terfere in this area of private life," he declared. The fact that birth control is offensive to many should be taken into consideration by the state, he said. "In the area of public policy, the requirements of civic harmony would suggest an accommodation which pro tects. ..the conscience of its citizens of different convic tions," he stated. Gov. Hughes said he rejects contraception and sterilization as instruments of public policy in meeting the welfare problem. NEW HORIZONS Father Peter Rebello, Er. Cam., a member of the only community of CamaUlolesc monks in the Western hem isphere, has interrupted his life as a hermit to raise funds for a new chapel, additional cells and a new kitchen. The Camaldolese hermitage in the Santa Lucia Mountains at Big Sur, Calif., has al ready expanded beyond capa city. Father Rebello, a na tive of India who was a Jes uit for 25 years, is one of 31 hermits at Big Sur who ad here to one of the most rig orous rules of any religious community in the Church. Vatican Radio Hails Cooper VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Va tican Radio hailed the achieve ment of U.S. astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., as open ing "new horizons for mankind. "The horizons of the future are always vaster than the one we visibly aimed at," it said, "Columbus sailed for India and discovered America. It is con ceivable that something similar will result from the latest space explorations." THE STATION said that "for this reason, the whole world follows every space trip with the kennest interest." It noted that while Major Cooper was whirling through space, Pope John XXIII "af firmed for the second time his interest in this field, as well as his blessing and prayers for its success." "This,” the station commented, "reveals his attention and con cern for the progress of science and the contribution that Christ- To Ordinations Members of the Tenth Man Club will attend the Ordination of the two Seminarians to the Sacred Priesthood which will take place on Saturday, May 25. These men will be joined by those who are to attend The Latin School, and they will have a special place deilgnated for them In the Cathedral for the Ceremony of Ordination. ianity can offer to all roads that are opened." new "But," it added, "higher still are the efforts of those who seek to raise the thoughts and lives of men through the teach ing of the Gospel. We remain at our own post, His Holiness has said, and our task trans cends all the heights, speeds and triumphs science can a- chleve, in the firm intent to bring man to God and to pene trate the social life with the word of the Gospel." The all-new, all-transistorized f/ore/co' Dictating/Tranicribing Machine featuring lifetime magnetic tape with automatic loading ...only $249.50* HYNIS COMPANY 17J WMITIHALL STRUT I W ATLANTA GIORSIA FNONI - 111*4417 At an Organizational Lunch- • on-Meeting held at St. Thomas More Parish an Advisory Coun cil of Nuns was formed. This Council will work in conjunc tion with The Archdiocesan Commission on Religious Voca tions. Several Committees will be appointed from the nominees presented by the respective Communities and a program for the future will be formulated shortly. The members of the Advisory Council nominated by their respective Communities are: Sister Ann Bernadette, Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart; Sis ter Mary Francois, Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament; Sister Mary David, O.P., Sisters of St. Dominic; Sister Ernestine, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Pennsylvania; Sister M. Mag- dala, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet of St. Louis; Sister Marguerite Marie, C.R.S.M., Sisters of Mercy; Sister Mary Venard, R.S.M., Sisters of Mer cy of the Union; Sister Marie Joan, S.N.D., Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur; Sister Miriam Joseph, S.S.N.D., School Sisters of Notre Dame; Sister M. Do- mitllla, M.S.C., Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; Sister Maria Laetltia, L.H.M., Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Sla ter Mary Kevin, S.C.M.M., Sla- iety of Catholic Medical Mia- aionarlea. "Good Spotch is Good Busintss" CHRISTOPHER TOASTMASTERS CLUB Meetings 2nd and 4th Monday 6:30 P.M. ELKS LODGE - 736 Peachtree For Further Iniormation Call 457-6952 St. Jude Solemn Novena JUNE 2 to 10, 1963 Aik Sf. Jodt, "Tha Stint of tht Impossible" for ha/p. Sand your potitlont to tht Nttlontl Shrlnt of St. Judt today. A GIFT WILL BE SENT TO THOSE TAKING PART IN THE SOLEMN NOVENA MARK PETITIONS, TILL IN, CLIP AND MAIL DEAR FATHER ROBERTi PLEASE PLACE MY PETITIONS BEFORE THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. JUDE IN THE COMING NOVENAt EMPLOYMENT PEACE OF MIND FINANCIAL HELP HAPPY MARRIAGE CONVERSION OF RUSSIA WORLD PEACE THANKSGIVING ENCLOSE ) □ RETURN TO SACRAMENTS FOR THE CLARETIAN SEMINARY BUILDING FUND. 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