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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5 GEORGIA PINES Lake Troubles Again... by REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN Last year at this time as record crowds were descending upon Lake Lanier and it seemed that every car on the northeast expressway had a boat attached to it, a cry went out that Lake Lanier was polluted and a scare was put into many a vacationer. One might wonder though if the area is ready for the potential that is ours. A new multi million experiment station is being planned and side-by-side with this report comes the news item that vandals destroyed a rest station and allowed water to escape until the bill amounted to nearly ninety dollars. An investigation was initiated by the state de partment of public health and various county agencies launched their own investigations. The result was a clean bill of health, except for some areas around the marinas. NEWLY weds from New Jersey vacationing in Dahlonega, a Chicago family of seven spending two weeks at Flowery Branch are but two of a group we talked to recently. Recommendations were made, however, Citi zens using this vast resource of a recreation area were cautioned not to use the lake as a refuse center. Immediately public comfort stat ions were constructed and receptacles were placed at various picnic stations around the lake. FOR the most part the citi zens responded generously. Now it seems that a more ser ious problem than pollution has developed in certain areas ar ound the lake. There have been reports that have been plagued by ‘hot-rodders", harassments md general nuisances. The most astounding repovt, almost unbelievable, is that a sick person had to dis miss his servant because the county in which his summer home is located has a racial bias still existing in it. With the recent report that the Blue Ridge parkway will be extended into this area and an editorial in an Atlanta newspaper last Sunday advocating a connector from Hall County over to Interstate 85, gives rise to the fact that this area as a vacationaland is still on the rise. Gainesville'^ golf course last week had autos bearing tags from far away places such as Rhode Island and Wisconsin. It seems that all have been attracted to the area from literature pub lished by the state’s commerce department. Yet in view of all this favorable publicity just think how embarrassing it would be if a family travelled a thousand miles to enjoy our beautiful scenery and then were constantly an noyed by midnight “hot-rodders." Many families take their servants with them when they go on vacation. How comfortable would you feel if you were threatened with house-burning unless you dismissed your servant because the county held a strong racial bias? It seems to us that the thousands spent on literature will all be in vain unless some of the local problems are cleared up first. Its a great lake, folks, and the scenery of north Georgia will match any in the country. The situations mentioned in the previous para graphs are by one far the exception, however, its good to recognize the fact that the “pollu tion" on the shores can be just as serious as the pollution in the lake. Just as the lake problems were cleared up before they became too serious we hope that some definite steps will be taken to clear the equally inhuman shore situation. QUESTION BOX Saints in Black and White ST. JAMES THE LESS 50 1. He Was Given the Title of the ... 5. By 9. Increase 13. He is called the ... 14. Beehive State 15. Cove 16. Rages 17. Cain's brother 18. Suffer (arch) 19. Victor Marie .. . , French Poet 20. Entire 21. Weaken or debase 24. Annex 25. Free 27. Blunder 28. Height 29. Voyaging 31. Tempera painting 32. ... Yo 33. Remember 36. Insects (water scorpions) 40. Ecstatic writing 43. ... culpa” 45. Roland’s destroyer 46. Bring forth young 47. Trifle 48. Lordship 50. Goddess of Hope; Rom. Myth 52. Garlic 53. Pronoun 55. Peace; (Latin) ncycai 60. Socialist Party 62. Noah’s 1st son 64. Eagle 65. Possessive Pronoun 66. Panther 69. Resident of 70. Emanation 71. Before (Latin) 72. Besides 74. Crime of setting fire 75. Image 76. Statute (Abbr.) 77. Mug 78. Poverty 79. Moist 80. Arabian Sultanate DOWN 1. Ringing sound 2. To 3. Distress signal 4. Terbium,- abbr. 5. He Was .. . slain 6. Used up 7. C A. Republic (Abbrv.) 8. Digraph 9. Firedogs 10. Female name 11. 2nd person of do (arch 12. Trapshooting 13. Handles Roughly 16. American Ostrich 17. Previously 22. Namely 23. Endeavor 26. Doctor of Civil Law 30. Associate Reformed Presbyterian 31. Shovel 34. "id .. 35. Earthquake 37. Self 38. Equality 39. Some 40. Thing (Law) 41. Fortune 42. One (Scot) 43. Relic 44. Past 48. Vestry 49. Compass Point 51. Hang 52. Nickname for Rachel S4. Wave 57. He Was A ... of Christ 58. One of the Great Lakes 59. City in Northwestern Algeria 60. He Was ... for pro claiming the glory of God 61. Peter's ... 63. Mister 67. Sioux Tribe 68. Specified Time 70. Section 73. Canon 74. Atmosphere; abbr. 76. Coyote State 77. Hence ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE ON PAGE 7 YOUTH LEADER Priest Who Baptized Knute Rockne Dies NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC)— Requiem Mass for Father Ed ward Vincent Mooney, who bap tized Knute Rockne and was first director of the Youth De partment, National Catholic Welfare Conference, was of fered in Sacred Heart Church on the University of Notre Dame campus. Father Mooney died at the home of his sister Mrs. John McAllister of South Bend, Ind. He was 70. LONG active in youth work, Father Mooney served at se veral schools besides working with the NCWC and other Ca tholic groups. He was an Army chaplain in World War II and in recent years was pastor of Holy Rosary church in Colum bus, Ohio. Father Mooney was credited with playing a major role in the conversion of Knute Rock ne, legendary Notre Dame foot ball coach who died in 1931. He baptized Rockne in 1925. Father Mooney was born Nov ember 15, 1892, in Scottdale, Pa. He came to Notre Dame as a student in 1912. Follow ing his graduation he joined the Congregation of Holy Cross and was ordained a priest June 24, 1923. He was released from the Holy Cross community in 1949, when he became a priest of the Columbus diocese. FROM 1924 to 1925 he ser ved as prefect of discipline at St. Edward’s University, Aus tin, Tex. From 1925 to 1929 he was professor of education, director of intramural athle tics and head of the physical education department at Notre Dame. From 1929 to 1931 he was principal of St. Thomas Military Academy, St. Paul, Minn. He then returned to St. Edward’s University. In these same years he was active in the Boy Scouts and in the youth program of the Knights of Columbus. In 1933 a Youth Bureau was established within the National Council of Catholic Men at NC WC headquarters in Wash ington, D. C,, and Fafher Moo- BOSTON (RNS) -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, disclosed here that he is conducting a campaign to re novate the parish church attend ed by the late Pope John XXIII in his boyhood. ney was named its director. In 1938 he was appointed di rector of the newly established National Catholic Youth Coun cil, which later became the Youth Department, NCW C. IN the early days of World War II Father Mooney was field consultant for the National Ca tholic Community Service and visited many NCCS-operated USO clubs. He became an Army chaplain in September, 1942, and served in Europe during the war. Father Mooney was named director of youth activities in the Columbus diocese in Sept ember, 1946. Pope Pius XII in 1949 awarded him the Bene- merenti Medal in recognition of his service to Catholic youth. church “is in great need of re pair; probably you can help save it." At that time, Pope John said restoration of his old parish church would be “the best per sonal gift I could receive." REBUILDING NEEDED Aids Pope John’s Old Church Point System Salvation? BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY ARNOLD VIEWING So This Is Paris? Q. I AM TAKING INSTRUCTIONS TO BECOME A CATHOLIC, BUT I HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDER STANDING INDULGENCES. THEY SEEM TO PUT SALVATION ON THE POINT SYSTEM. A, It is easy to obtain that impression from the historical terminology and the excessive legal ism usually involved in our presentation of this subject. Let us forget, at first, those complicated desig nations of “100 days," “seven years and seven quarantines," etc. They have no meaning except in terms of the ancient discipline of public pen ance, and even when you have studied that discipline they still have little practical meaning for our modern days. Next, let us forget, until later, the complicated requirements for gaining certain indulgences. They obscure our vision of the true spiritual meaning which lies beneath them. Indulgences can never be understood except in the context of the Mystical Body of Christ and the Communion of Saints. We should begin by grasp ing the basic notion that we are all active, in ter-acting members of a community; of the human race, first of all. We share in the common sin of humanity, and we share likewise in the common redemption of the Divine Person who came to share our humanity that He might give us a share in His Divinity. In the process of sanctification and worship ho one "goes it alone." We are all brethern of Christ, bound intimately to Him and to each other. Our worship is by community sacrifice; His Sacrifice. Anyone who shares His grace can be His instrument to bring sanctity toothers. The bonds of our union are not broken by death. The souls in Purgatory remain joined to our earthly community; the saints in heaven retain strong spiritual bonds with us. The Church—the Mystical Body of Christ—is a great mystery of the sanctifying presence and activity of God in the community of men. Indulgences are simply one expression of this divine activity; and their chief character istic is thay they intermingle human activities with the Divine more intimately than most mys teries. The only 1 adequate satisfaction for sin was made by Jesus, but so thoroughly are we united with Him that He joins our “satisfactions" with His and gives them value. And so thorough ly are we of the Mystical Body—and the Com munion of Saints—joined to each other that the “satisfactions" of one may benefit the other. If indulgences were given in a visible sign similar to baptism or communion wo might understand them more easily. The “sacramental" sign of indulgences is the Church itself; that visible sign of Christ’s sanctifying activity, and visible sign of our active union with Him and with each other. Indulgences are a sharing of spiritual values among the adopted children of God. Q. IS VERONICA’S VEIL STILL IN EXISTENCE, AND IF SO, IN WHOSE POSSESSION IS IT? IN READING ABOUT THE HOLY SHROUD I NOTICE THAT THE SHROUD WAS BEING USED TOGRASP the REAL LIKENESS OF CHRIST’S FACE. WOULDN’T THE VEIL SERVE THIS PURPOSE BETTER? A. Veronica’s veil is a legend, and a number of “authentic" veils derived from this legend can be found in various parts of the world. Even the name, v ercm ica is manufactured from vera incron (true image). Ancient legends insisted that a true image of Christ was in existence. Since there were various claimants, the oldest and best accepted of these images at Rome was named the VERA ICON. From this grew the story of the woman who had befriended Christ, obtained the picture as a reward, and brought it to Rome. There are other legends about Veronica in other parts of the Christian world. The “Holy Shroud" has been taken much more seriously; thousands of articles and books have been written about it, either “proving" its au thenticity or rejecting it as a fake. In 1506 Pope Julius II approved a Mass in honor of the shroud of Christ, and he evidently believed the one at Turin to be authentic. However, in 1389, Clement VII, the Avignon Pope during the Schism, had directed that whenever the shroud was shown to the people explanation should be given them that this was not a true shroud of Christ, but only a picture made to represent it. For the past 60 years the great majority of Catholic scholars have held the Shroud of Turin to be a painting of the 14th century. Various other cities have similar shrouds making claim to authenticity'. Few people take them seriously but Turin has ardent devotees everywhere. Some are sure to blast me for my skepticism. Q. IF A WIDOW OR WIDOWER MARRIES A PERSON WHO HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED, DO THEY GET THE NUPTIAL BLESSING? IF NOT, WHY NOT? A. The Revised Rubrics published by the Holy See in 1960 confirm the previous rule in this regard. “The nuptial blessing is omitted if the spouses are not present; and it is omitted if both of them or one of them has already received the blessing. Wherever the custom prevails, however, of imparting the blessing if only the man has received it, that custom may be retained." LITURGICAL WEEK BY JAMES W. ARNOLD Billy Wilder, in making over “Irma La Douce" into a Bob Hope type comedy for Jack Lemmon, has converted so much congenial material into clumsy lowbrow farce that one is resigned to turn for comedy this summer to the serious films of Troy Donahue and Steve “Hercules" Reeves. As a Broadway musical comedy imported from Paris, “Irma" fell somewhere this side of immortality, but had at least three assets; a genuine French flavor, a gifted cast and a bright winning score by Marguerite Monnot. All are absent, inevitably, from the 2 1/2 hour technicolor film writ ten, produced and directed by Mr. Wilder (“The Apartment," “Some Like It Hot") with a cast headed by the Yankee ac cents of whimsical Mr. Lem mon and cute, casual Shirley MacLaine (as Irma). PARIS is reconstructed on a Hollywood sound stage, and so is the view point: this is Paris according to the new show biz sentimentality. The old saw the tourist Paris of street cafes, honking taxis, and innocent April love; in the new vision, Paris is very much like Manhattan, except that the citizens are partici pating in sex instead of observing it in theaters. The brain -thumbing thing is that Wilder’s facile talent could have produced such a junior varsity collection of crude sight gags, puns, burlesque house girl-ogling, and tasteless vaude ville comedy sketches, and then let It run 45 minutes too long. The creator of “Lost Week end" and “Sunset Boulevard" can neither have lost his touch nor be that desperately in need of creature comforts; he must simply have gone, temporarily we hope, out of his mind. To repeat, the music (including the lovely “Language of Love" and the vibrant title theme) is gone, except for florid background swatches dumped on the soundtract by Andre Previn. What remains is a comedy about the denizens of the Parisian red light district. The play had only one female character, but the film, with an eye to art for art’s sake, employs as many as can be squeezed on the wide Panavision screen, and gives them such crushingly clever names as Lolita (heart- shaped sunglasses plus bubble gun), Suzy Wong, Amazon Annie, Kiki the Cossack and Mimi the Maumau. Actor Lemmon is an innocent among the fleshpots, reminding us of comedian Hope who often played a meek fellow mistaken for a gang ster, spy or Don Juan. Lemmon portrays a naively' honest cop who stumbles onto the vice rackets and gets fired for raiding them. He asks the bartender (Lou Jacobi): “Would vou happen to know the number of the police station?*’ LATER, defending Irma’s honor, he accident- Altar Makes Us Whole ally knocks out the chief hood (muscular Bruce Yarnell) and replaces him as gang leader and Irma’s employer. Still intent on salvaging her virtue, he masquerades as a low comedy Eng lish lord who monopolizes all her time playing double solitaire. Unsurprisingly, the double life exhausts him. Miss MacLaine falls for the eccentric peer, and Lemmon ends up in despe rate romantic competition with himself. The film interests mainly as another example of apnarently endless theatrical fantasy-making about prostitutes. As any session of a muni cipal court shows, the reality is grimly tragic. With honesty and compassion, Jamie, in “Long Day’s Journey," describes them as “poor stupid diseased slobs." In “Nights of Cabiria," the superb Fellini captures the beauty of the person without confusing it with the sordid nature of the occupation. Wilder's "Irma" is more in the tradition of “Never on Sunday**; the girls are beautiful and full of fun, as cheerfully dedicated to their livelihood as any social worker. HERE is a movie primer: What is a prosti tute? A high fashion model-type with an outgoing personality who’s gone a bit off her diet. What does she wear? Clothes designed to flatter by Orry-Kelly men. Why does she do it? Partly out of public service, partly because it’s fun. But mostly to support her handsome boy friend. What happens when she walks? The orchestra plays gay music. Should prostitution be banned? Don’t be square. Everyone is free to hate In public. Why should lovers have to hide in dark corners? I.A.L. Diamond, who co-authored the screen play, wrote in The Times recently that comedies about grim subjects (like “Arsenic and Old Lace") have often been uproarious. But the homi cidal little old ladies in “Arsenic" were clearly nuts: the customers may have laughed at murder, but nobody left the theater confused about the real nature of murder. In “Irma," the only unbalanced character appears to be the relatively chaste young man whose sexual innocence is often the center of hilarity. WILDER and Diamond often seem to be after the same pallid yuks as "That Touch of Mink," with the same caricature of virtue (represented as prudery) and even the same ending, a coarse joke on marriage that is about as clever as a kick in the pants. The humor is not directed at prostitution but the businesslike, amoral attitude of those who engage in it. The temporary sexual alliance, in fact, may be the only real Sacred Cow of our society, the only tribal custom that no writer dares satirize. The movie obviously uses its carelessly draped actresses, from Irma to Mimi, to entertain its audience sexually. Far from satirizing vice, it makes capital of it, with one scene, a police roundup of the cast in various stages of undress, a particularly unsubtle example. Estimated total effect on the audience: surefire public relations for the oldest profession. CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Christ the scorn of the “world" (First Reading). Suffering in this world—and not even a promise of success by this world's standards in the next (Gospel)—is the companion of total commit ment to God. Our commfort is that the Lord knows “when I sit and when 1 stand” (Entrance Hymn). FRIDAY, JULY 26, ST. ANNE, MOTHER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. In comme morating St. Anne, we recall that what made the Jewish people whole, the remnant of faith al ways preserved in that nation, was even then its orientation toward Christ, the Messiah. The covenant-promise of Yahweh was the “pearl of great price” (Gospel). And the First Reading shows how ideally every aspect of the life of that people was dominated by the Lord. JULY 27, ST. MARY ON SATUDAY. Her dis tinction, even more than her physical mother hood, was her faithfulness to the Word of God (Gospel). True daughter of the Jews (First Read ing), she found in the promises of God susten ance for joy (Entrance and Communion Hymns) when tragedy threatened and for trust when knowing failed. For everyone: The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, Gigot, The Four Days of Naples. For connoisseurs: Sundays and Clybele, Long Day’s Journey into Night. Better than most: The Longest Day, Mutiny on the Bounty, Days of Wine and Roses, A Child Is W'aiting. Since then, Cardinal Cushing wrote, “I have quietly collect ed enough money to begin the necessary reconstruction, ’’ which will involve “rebuilding the entire front of the church and other sections thereof which must be replaced." THE cardinal then appealed for contributions to complete the project. “Any who read this note and who would like to help me ful fill my promise to Pope John send their offerings to me," God Love You BY MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN It is not often that we think of the “shameful" sufferings of Our Lord, but Scripture speaks of Him that way: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the origin and crown of all Faith, Who to win His prize of blessedness endured the Cross and made light of its shame, Jesus Who now sits on the right of God’s throne." Part of this shame was twice being stripped of His garments. He Who clothed the lilies of the field had not wherewith to clothe Himself; He Who clothed the lepers with new skin appear ed on the Cross, in the language of Isaias, as “a leper"; He W ho made coats of skins for Adam and Eve when they were naked in the Garden was then stripped of His seamless robe. And yet how difficult we find it to strip ourselves of the least of our luxuries, to wound ourselves for the sake of Christ and the spread of His Church. Only through such acts of self- denial will the spiritual life grow with in us, for no one ever rises from one level of life to a higher level without some kind of death to that which is below. Every morning of life must put on a fresh battlefield; every evening must see the sun set on some vanquished lust or slain desire. W on’t you strip yourself of just a cigarette or a coke or a candy bar a day to bring the Gospel to the world’s unbelievers, who, if placed in single file, would circle the earth thirty times? By offering up the sacrifice of not enjoying them and sending the equivalent of that daily act of denial to the Holy Father’s own Society for the Propagation of the Faith, you will be buying sulphone for a leper in Africa, a home for an Asian orphan, something to eat for a child in Oceania. We look forward to hearing from you—and so do theyl GOD LOVE YOU to Miss M. S. for $25 “This represents the price of a Persian cat. We obtained a nice free alley cat instead and are much happier for having helped the Missions." . . .to Mrs. R. L. for $355 “This money is given ’in the spirit of cha rity’ that you may aid the poor souls in the Missions. I also beg God that He will bring my family back to the Faith." . . . Mrs. H. T. for $20 “I saved this offering by buying cheaper clothes and not eating rich desserts and other sweets. It was originally a Lenten practice, but I decided to do so on a permanent.basis for God’s poor." . . .to V. R. for $21 “Maid service once a week would have cost me $21. Now I tackle these jobs with more love and offer them—and my savings—for the love of God.” • . .to G. D. and C. D. for $3,20 “We put on a ’rock hunt’ to collect for the Missions. We wish it were more but not many children came.” Solve your gift problems with OUR LADY OF TELEVISION statues, now available to two sizes. The 11-inch figure of Ma donna and Child, constructed of unbreakable white plastic with gold-colored cross and halos, reminds us that as Mary gave the Divine Word to the world, so television projects the human word. A 4-inch model with black suction-cup base is ideal for use in automobiles. Send your request and an offering of $3 (11-inch) or $1 (4-inch) to The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New ’York.' Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and mail it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of The Society for the Pro pagation of the Faith 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1+ N. Y. or your Diocesan Director. Rev. Walter W. Herbert, 811 Cathedral Place, Richmond 20, Virginia. Writing in his ‘News Notes’ column in The Pilot, official news-weekly of the Boston archdiocese, Cardinal Cushing told about a pact he made with the late pontiff last fall in the early days of the Second Vati can Council. POPE John asked the Boston prelate to visit the parish church of the Holy Spirit in the province of Bergamo, which, said Cardinal Cushing, “he, his family and his forbears attend ed for generations." 1116 late Pontiff said the aged