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PRAY FOR
CHRISTIAN
UNITY
SERVING
GEORGIA'S
NORTHERN
COUNTIES
diocese
of Atlanta
VOL. 1 NO. 32
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1963
$5.00 PER YEAR
CONFERENCE TOLD
Parent-Teacher
Cooperation Is
Education ‘Must’
GEOGE N. Shuster, (above)
prominent Catholic educator
and author, will be presented
with the 1963 Cardinal New
man Award during the 48th
annual convention of the New
man Apostolate at Lafayette,
La., August 26 to 31. Dr. Shus
ter, w ho is assistant to the pre
sident of Notre Dame Univer
sity, was president of Hunter
College, New York City, from
1939 to 1960.
VATICAN CITY, (NC)--His
Holiness Pope Paul VI said ina
letter to Catholic teachers
meeting in London that parent-
teacher cooperation "has come
to be of vital importance in the
world of today.”
The Pope said that the dis
cussion of the 250 teachers
meeting at the fifth triennial
congress of the World Union
of Catholic Teachers will be
guided by the Church’s teach
ing on the "prior natural right
of the family in the education
of children and the Church’s
rights in the field of educa
tion.”
FIVE PER-CENT FLOOR
Tax Rule Opposed
By Churches, Out
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13(NC)-
The Kennedy adminstration has
left out of its revised tax-cut
program a five per cent "floor”
on itemized deductions to which
religious groups strongly ob
jected.
The five per cent rule, con
tained in the administration’s
original tax proposals of last
January, was not in the revamp
ed tax plan given Congress by
Secretary of Treasury Douglas
Dillion.
Thanks Pope
SAIGON (NC) —Venerable
Thic tinh Khiet, aged president
of the General Buddhist Asso
ciation, chief agency inthepre-
sf.it agitation, cabled (Aug. 10)
His Holiness Pope Paul VI
thanking him for reportedly
making representations in be
half of Buddhists in Vietnam.
He asserted that the Buddhist
movement here is "purely rel
igious.”
CATHOLIC Charities of the
Chicago archdiocese was one
of the organizations that vigor
ously objected to the five per
cent limit on itemized deduc
tions, stating that incentives
for giving would be removed
by its adoption.
In a detailed report issued
last April, the Catholic agency
stated that the five per cent
limit would drive some fami
lies "from itemizing deductions
to the use of the standard de
ductions and Put them in a
vacuum area empty of any tax
incentives to strengthen their
desire to'help meet the finan
cial needs of their church.”
Catholic Charities also said
there seemed "to be logical
reason for including contribu
tions in any five per cent
’floor’”; and if "legislativeen
couragement of charitable giv
ing” were cut back, "further
whittling could occur in the
future” by raising the "floor”
to a higher percentage.
A LARGE eight b\ twelve foot oil painting of Our Lady of the
Ecumenical Council is enshrined in this modernistic outdoor
altar of the monaster) grounds of the Marian Fathers in Stock-
bridge, Mass. The artist was Father John Szantyr, a young
Marian priest. Prayers for peace, the pope and the e<xnwt-
cal council will be offered up at service: here during Mnrian
Week, August 18 to 25. This year marks the tenth annlversan
ot the Marian Week observan e.
THE LETTER, dated July 27,
was addressed to Bishop George
A. Beck A. A., of Salford, chair
man of the Catholic Education
Council of England and Wales.
The congress opened August 13.
"We have been informed,”
the Pope wrote, "that the World
Union of Catholic Teachers is
shortly to hold its fifth congress
in London, and We would re
quest you, Venerable Brother,
to convery to the assembled
delegates die expression of Our
paternal greetings and encour
agement.
"The congress is to consider
the theme : ’Cooperation be
tween Catholic teachers and pa
rents w ith a view to education
al planning.’ This is a subject
which has come to be of vital
importance in the world of to
day, because of the growing ex
tent of educational planning. Its
discussion, therefore, is par
ticularly timely, and We feel
confident that very fruitful and
far-reaching results will follow
from its study by representa
tives of the World Union of Ca
tholic Teachers, with their
competence, experience and
well known fidelity to the
Church.
"IN THEIR discussion of this
important subject, the delegates
to the congress w ill be guided
by the Church's teaching, as set
out clearly in the encyclicals
and pronouncements of Our ve
nerated predecessors, regard
ing the prior natural right of
the family in the education of
children and the Church’s rights
in the field of education.
"We fervently beseech the
Holy Spirit to enlighten and di
rect the deliberations of the
congress and make them pro
ductive of copious spiritual
fruits, in pledge of which We
cordially impart to you, Vene
rable Brother, and to all those
taking part in the meetings in
London, Our special apostolic
blessing.”
Community
Respects
Ruling
CHICAGO (NC)—The author
of the U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision against Bible reading
and prayer in public schools
predicted here the ruling will
be respected by "most com
munities.”
Associate Justice Tom C.
Clark said that if some places
do not "respect the opinion,”
further challenges to the re
ligious practices'will possibly
reach the high court.
Answering questions put to
him by other participants on
the program, Clark said he got
fewer than 300 letters after his
opinion in the latest prayer
case.
A year ago, he said, after
the court’s decision against re
citation of a 22-word nonsec
tarian prayer in New York
public schools, he received
more than 3,000 letters.
In the meantime, the United
Press International reported
that a nationw ide survey it con
ducted showed that many U.S.
puiilc schools will continue Bi
ble reading
SPECIAL LETTER
Pope Pleads
'“Better Day 5
In Hungary
ATLANTA Council 660 Knights of Columbus is awarded State Membership Championship Award.
J. J. Zwicknagel, right, past state deputy, presents Supreme Council Award to William T. Jordan,
Jr., center, as membership chairman, and George A. Andrews, Grand Knight of Council 660
extends congratulations.
STATE MEETING
‘Study Encyclicals’ Advises
Archbishop With Knights
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
urged the State leaders of the
Knights of Columbus to have
their various Councils study
"the two dramatic Papal Ency
clicals, Mater Et Magistra and
Pacem In Terris.”
The state-wide conference
took place last week-end at the
Knights of Columbus Center on
Buford Highway.
The Archbishop also told the
Knights that such a study could
be continued with emphasis on
the proper rights and duties
of the laity, "as the Council
deliberates and decides the
questions involved.” An extract
of the archbishop’s talk follows:
"The history of the Knights
of Columbus has been a con
stant effort to fill two great
needs - that of the individual
Catholic layman for fraternal
companionship and example,
and that of the Church for a
body of such Catholic men,
alert and alive to the chang
ing issues of human society.
In the last decades of the 19th
century, when there were thou
sands of fraternal societies
forming in the United States,
the Knights of Columbus offer
ed our men an ideal, a rally-
ing-point, a center of goodwill.
"Many other Catholic frater
nal organizations were born,
flourished, withered and died.
Most of them passed from the
scene because they did not rise
to the second great need the
Church’s need for a staunch,
thoroughly Catholic laity. The
Knights, in a day of anti Ca
tholic bigotry, cleared the air,
bringing a true and real image
of what it means to be a Ca
tholic. This was a tremendous
service not only to the Chruch
but to the nation. Then the
Knights answered the challenge
of wider knowledge about the
Church - the program of ad
vertisements and mail-service
w as launched. Again the organi
zation proved its essential Ca
tholic worth.
"What will be the role of the
Knights in the new chapter of
Catholic Chruch history we are
just opening? The home-work
for this must be done now. It
is enough now simply to reply
to those who question the
Church, either in bigotry as in
the 1920’s, or in honest in
quiry as in the more recent
years. Nothing will suffice to
day but a full Catholic life, a
reflection of Our Lord’s.
"The Knights must write the
specifications of this new role
themselves. Our age calls for
Catholic men, to be witnesses
of the universality of the
Chruch. This could begin with
each Council examining the twe
dramatic papal encyclicals,
Mater Et Magistra and Pacem
in Terris. It could continue
with close study of the proper
rights and duties of the laity
as the Vatican Council deli
berates and decides the ques
tions involved. Out of all this
could come the convictions ne
cessary for the great aggoir-
namento, the bringing-up-to-
date that must go on in every
sector of Catholic life.
"I am confident that the
Knights in Georgia will set a
pattern for the other states,
by their honest examination of
the two needs today - today’s
Catholic must be not only a
good companion; he must be a
good witness to Christ. And
today’s Church must not only
reach out to our own; it must
speak out, in the words and
lives of its members, to the
whole human society.”
BUDAPEST (NC)—Pope Paul
VI has voiced the prayer that
the long-wracked Chruch of
Hungary will soon see the light
of a "a better day.”
The Pope issued a special
message to the Bishops of Hun
gary and their people shortly
after his coronation. The let
ter, dated July 3, has now been
made public by the Hungarian
Hierarchy.
IN IT, Pope Paul told the
Bishops he was anxious to be
able to welcome them to the
second session of the Second
Vatican Council at the end of
September, and that he was
looking forward to "hopeful
news .. .about the Catholic
Church in Hungary.”
The Pope’s message was dat
ed at about the time that De
puty Premier Gyula Kallai an
nounced here that the Hungar
ian government would no lon
ger block the appointment by
the Holy See of bishops to
fill the vacant Sees in this coun
try. Of Hungary’s 13 Sees, se
ven have long been either va
cant or had an Ordinary who
was barred from exercising his
office.
In his message, Pope Paul
extended his wishes for both
the spiritual well-being and the
material progress of the Hun
garian people. He said he cher
ishes happy memories of Hun
Priestly Recipe
NEW ORLEANS (NC)— What should a priest be?
The question was asked of 100 sixth, seventh and eight grade
boys. One of them came up with this recipe:
One part kindness; 1 part generosity; 1 part humor; 5 parts
holiness; 1 part sterness; 1 part intelligence; 2 parts understanding
1 part patience.
"Sprinkle lightly with mistakes and add a dash of good sport
smanship. Let simmer from eight to 12 years in a moderately
strict seminary,” the recipe ended.
The boys were among three groups of 100 each who spent a
week at St. Joseph ’s Seminary, St. Benedict, La., sampling the
life of a seminarian, in a program sponsored by the Archdiocese
of New Orleans.
MSGR. ALFRED Bottizer, program director in Trieste, Italy for Catholic Welfare Conference,
supervises the packaging of 300 camp cots and foam rubber mattresses purchased by CRS for
the earthquake victims in Skoplje, Yugoslavia. He also released 1,500 bales of clothing from the
CRS warehouse in Trieste for their use.
gary from his visit of 25 years
ago, when he accompanied the
future Pope Pius XII—then Eu
genio Cardinal Pacelli, Secre
tary of State to Pius Xi and
the Papal Legate—to the in
ternational Eucharistic Con
gress in Budapest in 1938.
THE POPE’S message began
by extending his greetings and
blessing to the Bishops and
"beloved sons of the Hungarian
nation." Then it said:
Since the inscrutable will‘of
God has called Us to the lea
dership of the unified Christian
family, there constantly rises
in Our soul the pleasant re
collection of your outstanding
nation which impels Us to spe
cial benevolence.
And although We have simi
larly taken to Our heart all
nations of the world, and it is
Our mission to care in like
manner for the home which
has been redeemed by Christ’s
blood, it is right for Us to
turn Our affection in particu
lar to the Hungarian Bishops
and Catholics. For We are out
standing creations of its liter
ature and art, the pleasant man
ners and courtly demeanor of
its people, which We remem
ber from the time when We
accompanied the Cardinal-Le
gate Eugenio Pacelli.
AT THAT time, with ex
tensive participation of the peo
ple and with imposing brilli
ance, the International Euchar
istic Congress was held in the
Hungarian capital.
The virtues and achieve
ments, as well as the acti
vity of Catholic Hungary arc
not at all unknown to Us, and
We have no doubt that the "test
of your faith will be found more
valuable than that of transi
tory gold...for your praise,
fame and honor.” We beg God
to let shine for you the dawn
of a better day than what you
have had up to now.
MAY hopeful news reach Us
about the Catholic Church in
Hungary, and it is Our earnest
wish to be able to embrace
your prelates upon the occasion
of the second session of the Se
cond Vatican Council.
While We are supporting Our
desires with diligent prayer,
We wish you and your coun
try all that is good and for
tunate following as you do in
strengthened Christian peace
with sure steps the path of
virtue. May your earthly pros
perity increase satisfactorily.
In conclusion, receive singly
and together Our apostolic bles
sings as a sign and guaranty
of heavenly gifts. Given at the
See of Peter, July 3, 1963,
in the first year of Our papacy.
In Triplicate
CORNWALL, Ont. (NC) —
It was anniversary day in trip
licate for the Houde family here.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Houde not
ed their 50th wedding anniver
sary, assisted by 13 living chil
dren. Two of the children, Fat
her Emilien Houde of Martin-
town, Ont., and Sister Marie
Ambroise of the Missionary
Franciscans, celebrated the
25th anniversary of their entry
into religious life. /