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I PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963 PROTOSTANT THEOLOGIAN Religious Liberty Stand Can Eliminate Tensions s TRANGE BUT TRU Little-Known Facts for Catholics By M. J. MURRAY E NEW BROCHURE Copyright. 19*3. N.C.W.C. New* Strrice KAMEL STANFORD, Calif. — Nothing would do more to relieve imme diate tensions between Cath olics than an “explicit, con ciliar statement on religious liberty" by the Second Vatican Council, Robert McAfee Brown of Stanford University said here. And there are several indi cations that such a statement may be forthcoming, the Pro testant Professor erf Religion told the 1963 Stanford Campus Conference (May 25). THESE include materials In Pope Pius XII’s encyclical Mystic Corporis and in His Holiness Pope John XXIlPs encyclical Pacem in Terris, which contains an unequivocal acceptance of the principle of religious liberty, he said. “All this suggests that the time is now- ripe for a con ciliar statement," h» stated. "This would have the most significant immediate results of anything the second session of the council could do,” Brown, coauthor with Father Gustave Weigel, S. J., theolo gian at Woodstock (Md.) College, of book “An American Dialogue," said that in the past “Catholicism has often given the impression that it favors religious liberty when it is in the minority, and that it opposes religious liberty when it is in the majority." "CONTEMPORARY Catholic thinkers have been most forth right in disavowing this position," he said, "andstating that Catholicism must affirm religious liberty as a matter of principle rather than ex pediency. "Whenever such statements are offered as evidence of how the Church feels, however, the response can always be made that they commit only the indi viduals and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Church. "Almost all of this misunder standing could be dispelled by an authoritative conciliar state ment, affirming that religious liberty must be granted to all, regardless of the ratio of Cath olics to non-Catholics." HE SAID the Pope’s action is calling the council and in viting non-Catholics observers to attend demonstrates that any self-imposed Isolation of the Catholic Church from the rest of Christendom"is clearly over." "No longer can anyone, inside the Catholic Church or not, claim that ecumenism is only a fringe concern of fringe Cath olics. It is a central concern of the whole Church," he de clared. oL ' FLOWERINC SHRUB CAMELLIA IS NAMED AFTER KAMEL.A MORAVIAN JESUIT WHO BROUGHT IT TO EUROPE FROM THE PHILIPPINES 1M 1639. mm* THE N£l*/ CATHEDRAL OF ST JOSEPH, HARTFORD. CONN. HAS THE LARGEST P EXPANSE OF STAINED-GLASS IN THE p WORLD/ THERE ARE ONER ISOOO SQUARE FEET OF GLASS IN THE ^ EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE NAVE . THE ONLY MAN WHO MAY PREACH TO THE POPE IS THE APOSTOLIC PREACHER, WHO DELIVERS SERMONS TO THE -HOLY" FATHER AND THE ROMAN CARDINALS EVERY WEEK DURING LENT AND ADVENT. I BENEDICTINE EDUCATOR “Fearful’' Citizens Blamed For Birmingham “Barbarity’ 9 Day Pilgrimage & Tour from ("iiica«<# fE\cori«d) to Our Lady of the Cape St. Anne de Beaupre St. Joseph Oratory Provinrr ol Quebec, Canada from C>iif4<- via Air Orndiuoned Bua Aiw> inrludrd in the above a tour of fhu- i Montreal, Qucfcrc Citv and Detroit Boaton New York it Washington D C. Oates of Departure: June thru Oct., 1963 Week-End pilgrimage tour* to Our Lady of rhe Snow*, Belleville, llliium Write lor brochure for complete details to ST. JUDE & ST. ANTHONY PILGRIMAGE & TOUR 1825 W. Belmont Avenue Chicago 13, Illinois Economy pilgrimage tow* to Europe CULLMAN, Ala. - NC- The president of an Alabama Catho lic college said here that blame for the "sordid display of bar barity" in Birmingham's recent racial crisis rests on "all of us who have cringed from de fense of the defenseless." Father Brian J. Egan, O.S. B., president of St. Bernard College, said an adult world "hopelessly crippled by inner prejudices" has placed an "in delible mark of Injustice and falsehood on the impression able souls of young children." FATHER Egan, in a pre commencement talk to students of the college situated 50 miles from Birmingham, said: “Children have been hustled off to prison in school buses. Their crime — a walk down the street to ask for freedom. “And suddenly their young hearts and minds are introduced into a twisty, nasty realm of adult fantasy where justice can mean injustice, peace can be GENERAL CURIA violence and truth can be false hood." Asking with whom the res ponsibility lies, he answered: “All of us. Clergymen who have timidly weighed insigni- Franciscans Meet To Elect Council RYHERT • MINTING • LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY Tlinify 5-4 777 550 FORIC5T ROAD, N. K. Str»i»t Allsmlt Simtt 1912 ATLANTA, GIORGIA IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS Schedule fo next six weeks June 2-7 Priests June 10-14 Priests June 20-23 Men June 77-30 Women July 11-14 Men July 18-21 Women Phone 255-0503 or Write 6700 Riverside Dr. N. W. Atlanta 5, Ga. ASSISI, Italy (RNS) .. Ninety- seven delegates from many par ts of the world attended the opening of a general chapter of the Order of Frairs Minor (Fra nciscans) called to elect a new council and officers of the or der's general curia. First held since the promul gation of a new constitution in 1953, the chapter was presided over by Father Augustine Sep- inskl, O.F.M., Minister General of the order founded by St. Fra ncis of Assisi In 1209. THE CHAPTER was expected to last 20 days. Election of the new council and officers was ex pected to take place on June 1. The council represents various constituencies grouped accord ing to language — French, Eng lish, Italian, Slavic, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish and Germ an. These is also a separate co nstituency for Latin America. Having 27,156 members, the Order of Friars Minor is excee ded in size only by the Society of Jesus. The Franciscan Order, whose motherhouse is in Rome, has two large monasteries in Assi si, where St. Francis was bom and where he originated the or der. The friars are dedicated to preaching, missionary, ed ucational and charitable work. INSTALLED LAST WEEK Georgia’s Leading Block Company Georgia’* Largest Block Plant Georgia’* Only All Autoclaved Plant Quality of Product Unsurpassed Bailey Autoclaved Lightweight Block - Holiday Hill Stone CONCRETE MANUFACTURING COMPANY out Jackson 1-0077 USt* lSS 747 Forrest Road, N.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA Milledgeville Altar Society New Officers Where Insurance is a Profession, Not a Sideline SUTTER &. McLELLAN Mortgage Guarantee Bldg. JA 5 2086 * MILLEDGEVILLE, — The Annual Installation Dinner of the Altar Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church was held at the Milledgeville Coun try Club, last week. The following officers were Installed by Miss Mary Simp son, President—Mrs. Angle K- jer, Vice President—Mrs. Elaine Ruppenthal, Secretary— Mrs. Elsie Gilman, Treasurer —Mrs. Helen Dulack. The retiring president, Mary Collins, was presented with a silver tray for her untiring work during the year. Other retiring officers were: Vice president—Marge Kelly, Se cretary—Angie Kjer, Treas urer— Seenie Courtney. FATHER Joseph Ware, the pastor, expressed his appre ciation to the officers and lad ies of the Altar Society for their outstanding contributions of the year. He also pledged his full support to the new officers. Others attending the Dinner were: Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Landy, Mrs. Estade, Mrs. Rowland, Helen Schrecker, Mrs. Wood ard, Miss Elizabeth Home, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Uhler, Miss Man Cline, Mrs. Stem- bridge, Mrs. Shead, Mrs. Ar- ron, Countess Blanckenstein, Marie Nimmer,, Mrs. Doris Stine, Miss Ellen Landy, Miss Caroline Craig, Miss Alice Landy and Mrs. Ann Smith. NCWC Spokesman Explains Parochial School System ficant claims against blatant injustices in the name of pru dence; businessmenwhose wor ship of the almighty dollar bli nds them to any more important considerations; politicians who have sacrificed justice to pol itical expedience and power; ev eryone with a morsel of Christ ian commitment who has dared sanctify his innter prejudices with the halo of self-righteous ness; men who have played the game of negotiation not towards a just solution of a complex problem but towards the des truction of the thirst for free dom by the stratagem of legal gobbledygook and procrastica- tion. THE BENEDICTINE educator said the United States is making great sacrifices throughout the world on behalf of the princi ple that might does not make right. But at home, he said, Amer icans seem “not able to under stand that might can take many forms — political, economic and social — although the prin ciple still remains true that mi ght does not make right." He said it is impossible to “absolve our consciences by imputing the violence to prag matic politicians or opportun istic demagogues, for the vio lence could not have been tri ggered except that the so-cal led defenders of the status quo were totally sick with preju dice.” Father Egan added: “When one man’s freedom is imperiled, the freedom of all who stand by silently is im periled. The black man is still paying for the crimes of his white brothers, and it is our hope that as graduates of a Catholic college, you will do your share to change that story." WASHINGTON — The size and contribution of Catholic schools mean Federal efforts to raise educational standards will be inadequate if children in these schools are ignored. This is the thesis put forward by the Department of Education of the National Catholic Wel fare Conference here in new brochure, "Catholic Schools U. S. A." MSGR. Federick G. Hoch- walt, department director who has testified before Congress on Federal aid to education proposals, released the new brochure. Msgr. Hochwalt explained that the publication stresses the relative size of the Catholic school system and the contri bution made in both educational and financial areas. "Do you realize," the Mon signor asked in an interview, “that the Catholic school system in New York is larger that the public school system in 34 states and the District of Columbia? “The brochure also notes that the Catholic school system in Pennsylvania is larger than the public' school system in 26 states and the District <rf Colu- states and the District of Co lumbia." MSGR. Hochwalt commented that “it seems to us that any effort to raise educational standards in order to meet national responsibilities would be woefully incomplete If it does not seek some solution to assist all children." “How can we safely exclude from assistance a school system educating 5,253,791 stu dents at the elementary and secondary levels?" he asked. "Think <rf the numer of students whose educational standards sould be upgraded if Included in a general educational pro gram." Although the new brochure does not report on the per centage of children in Catholic schools in big cities, Msgr. Hochwalt cited testimony on this subject which he has given in appearences before Con gress. “THE dramatic,' FIGURES ' he said. stance, in Buffalo, the percent age of all children in Catholic schools is 37.6; in Chicago, 32.9 percent; in Boston, 31.8 per cent and in Cincinnati, 2~.9 per cent." “The educational and finan cial contribution of the Cath olics schools system to the common good is so great that it cannot be ignored," he said. Asked what consequences he saw for Catholic schools if they are excluded from a pro gram of general Federal edu cation aid, Msgr. Hochwalt answered that exclusion might "severly wound" Catholic schooling. “WE HAVE as strong a de sire to maintain high education standards as anyone, but we honestly believe that we will not be able to effectively up grade our standards, and, at the same time, expand our faci lities if more money is spent on public education with no bebefits to our students. "It Is entirely possible that in such an event we may be priced out of educational effec tiveness." He said that even today Cath olic schools do not accomodate “well over half" of the Catholic school-age children. “Large numbers have been turned away during the past several years because facilities were not available. The recent announcement of the Arch diocese of St. Louis could be a sign of things to come," he said. THE ST. LOUIS See has stopped expansion of its school system and expects to turn more than an estimated 10,000 children to public schools in the next five years. It blames lack of funds and lack of teachers. Msgr. Hochwalt said the saving to taxpayers by Catholic schools is "enormous." He commented that “the $2.5 billion Catholic schools save taxpayers is, in effect, a sub- are very “For in- New Canada Diocese Formed VATICAN CITY (RNS) -Pope John XX111 has created a new Diocese of Hull In Canada with territory formerly under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. He named Titular Bishop Paul Emile Charbonneau, Auxiliary to Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux of Ottawa, as head of the new See. At the same time, the Pope named Msgr. Rene Audet, of the Timmins diocese, as Titular Bishop of Conocora and Aux iliary to Archbishop Lemieux in place of Bishop Charbonneau. sidization of local schools by our system. public WEST BADEN SPRINGS, Ind., May 24 (NC) — A top Pentagon official and a representative of the Soviet embassy will address an Institute on nuclear war to be held here In November at a Jesuit seminary. Among major speakers at the Nuclear War Institute Nov ember 8-10 at W est Baden Col lege will be Alain Enthoven, De puty Assistant Secretary erf De fense for System Analysis, and Victor Karpov, First Secretary of the Soviet embassy in Wash ington. OTHERS who will address the institute include Dr. Paul Ramsey, chairman of the religion department at Prince ton University and author of “War and the Christian Con science"; Christopher Hollis, a member of the editorial boards of the British magazines the Tablet ami Punch; Herman Kahn, director of the Hudson Institute and author of “On Thermonuclear War"; and Father Joseph McKenna, S. J., professor of international re lations at Fordham University, New York. Mr. James C. Fleck, S. J., coordinator of the institute, de scribed it as “a step toward more Informed understanding and realistic evaluation of the moral issues involved In nuclear war today.” ATTENDING the Institute, in addition to the Jesuit faculty and students of West Baden College, will be Invited guests from major colleges and univer- sities in the Midwest and from leading universities and Pro testant, Jewish and Catholic If public school system had to hire teachers for the children now in Catholic schools, he said, the cost would be at least $929,018,722. IF THE entire Catholic system were to be duplicated he added, it would mean build ing at least 12,968 schools. “It would mean providing another 178,985 classrooms," he said. "The National Education Association recommends 50 professionals for every 1,000 pupils. In terms of the present Catholic school population, 269, 150 people would have to be hired and paid for by local, state and Federal taxation," he said. 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