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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1963 PAGE 3 CHURCHES CLOSED Congres Told Reds Still Continue Anti-Church Stand BERLIN (RNS) — Speakers before the annual Church in Distress Congress held that the Vatican's “new Eastern policy" produced certain “human eas- ings" for Societ-bloc Catholics but brought no change in the anti-religious attitude of com munism. They charged that in some instances the anti-Church cam paigns in some Iron Curtain countries have been intensified. SOME 600 Catholic delegates from 28 nations, including refu gees from 16 Communist-domi nated countries, attended the annual congress which is aim ed to promote aid and under standing for the Church in Red areas. Professor Alfred Kinder- mann, initiator and longtime president of the congress, said at a press conference thatchur- rs CUa ttlaiL MOTOR HOTEL • TV A AIK CONDITIONING • FAMOUS MIAMI BUFFST • ICS A BEVIRAOI STATIONS | CO^CE MAKER, EACH ROOM luckie at conl I > I A Good Addicts in At, mi.i ches behind the Iron Curtain continue in distressed circum stances. He warned the West against “illusions" about the Soviet Union. Premier Khrushchev, he held, hopes to break the pas sive resistance of Christians in his power sphere by making small concessions to the Va tican and using “diplomatic softening-up" as a means of de feating the Church from within. PROFESSOR Kinder- mann said one must not overlook the danger that in Eastern Bloc propaganda the Vatican will be played against the hierarchy and the hierarchy against the parish priests. A declaration by the Interna tional Planning Committee of the congress stressed that Communist anti-Church tactics have become more camouflag ed and subtle and thus more dangerous. It was more essen tial than ever before, the com mittee said, for a close watch to be placed on Red anti-Church tactics and to bring them to world attention. The committee charged that “peaceful coexistence offers" made by the Communists were a “tactical means" to achieve their long-range objectives. MSGR. BERNARD Hanssler, ecclesiastical director of the Central Committee of German Catholics, said that Christians, because of their failures, must accept some responsibility for communism’s growth. In a decisive phase of his tory, he declared, the Church had lost contact with the world and life and the social encycli cal (Rerum Novarum) of Pope Leo XIII had come late in a time of stress. A Christendom which does not take seriously the serious message of Christian love drives distressed people sys tematically into the arms of communism, Msgr. Hanssler told delegates. A famed Belgian priest stat ed, in a major address, that Communist objectives continue NORELCO DICTATING MACHINES BLU RAY WHITEPRINT MACHINES PHOTORAPID COPIERS . HEYER DUPLICATORS MASTER ADDRESSERS - AMPTO PHOTOCOPY OLIVETTI ADDERS • REX-ROTARY MIMEO 172 WHITEHALL STREET, S. W. phone 52s 6417 ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA “PET.*you hetl” PET MILK COMPANY DAIRY DIVISION For Convenient Home Delivery In Atanto Call 636-8677 to be Christianity's total de struction and that the Church cannot conclude a pact with Moscow without losing the con fidence of surpressed peoples. Father Werenfred van Straa- ten of Antwerp Belgium, found er and president of the Dutch- Belgian Aid for Eastern Priests organization, also spoke of the “price" of negotiation with the Communists. IT IS possible, he said, that the Kremlin has reasons now to pursue a more moderate policy toward the Church, but he held that improved relations with Moscow must not be paid for by the Church in silence about per secution. “Whoever flirts with peace movements and wolves in sheep’s clothing trying to break into the stable of the Church, does not recognize the Com munists’ real intention, namely to turn the Western Church al so Into a Church of Silence." Father van Straaten told dele gates that the release of a bis hop is not yet proof of the Church’s freedom and so long as the entire Church is not free the liberation of Archbishop Josyf Slipyi after 18 years’ imprisonment is a “Commu nist fraud." He said that “we do not be long to those who at any smile or tactical concession by die hard atheists believe in perse cution’s termination." The Belgian priest told dele gates that in 1962 alone some 1,500 chupches had been closed in Russia, and cited the "end less scandal’’ of the installa tion in Communist countries of Moscow-sympathizing “puppet priests and Quisling prelates." PRIMARY MARKETS IN APPROXIMATELY 100 UNLISTED STOCKS TAX-FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS J. C. Bradford & Co. Members of the New York Stock Exchange & American Exchange Thomas H. Stafford, Rosidont Managor SUITE 736, BANK OF GEORGIA BUILDING PHONE JAckson 2-6834 ATLANTA, GA. ]c Some Yankee hints on teaching English as a second language will be taken back to Baghdad’s Al-Hakma University from St. Michael’s College, Winooski Park, Vermont, by Comille Tebshirary (left), and Father Robert J. Sullivan, S.J. of the Jesuit school. They are learning the techniques of language laboratory St. Michael’s uses for its students from 32 countries. Seated is Prof. Ernest A. Boulay, founder and director of St. Mich ael’s program of English for Foreign Students. Standing is his assistant director, Eu gene O’Neill. AT HELSINKI MEET Common Elements Between Lutherans, Catholics Hailed HELSINKI, Finland (RNS)— Roman Catholicism recognizes the Lutheran Church as a “gen uine Christian Church” — al though not on the same level as the Roman Catholic Church, a Jesuit theologian declared here. Father Johannes Witte, S. J., professor of evangelical theo logy at the Papal Gregorian University in Rome, made the statement in reply to a ques tion at a press conference dur ing the Fourth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. “ROMAN CATHOLICS cannot acknowledge the Lutheran FROM CONVENTION JFK Gets Peter Claver Honor INDIANAPOLIS (NC)—Pre sident andMrs. JohnF. Kennedy were named to receive the highest honors of the Knights of St. Peter Claver during the Cat holic fraternal order’s 48th nat ional convention here. The Caritas Die Award was accepted by Indiana Gov. Mat thew E. Welsh in the name of the President in recognition of “outstanding leadership in human relations and heroic ef fort for achievement of social justice for all men everywhere." Mrs. Welsh received the Jea nne D’Arc Award for Mrs. Ken nedy. THE AWARDS were pre sented during the convention banquet, at which a $25,000 check was given to Laurian Car dinal Rugambwa. He indicated that the money would be used to help build a cathedral in his East African See of Bukoba, Tanganyika. Principal address of the con vention banquet was delivered by Rabbi Maurice Davis, of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congre- Cardinal Member INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (NC)— Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa, Bishop fo Bukoba, Tanganyika, is die third cardinal to become a lifetime member of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. He was awarded lifetime me mbership by Dr. P. T. Robin son of Richmond, Calif., during the convention of the Knights of St. Peter Claver here. The Knights also gave the Cardinal a purse to help build schools, hospitals and churches in his diocese. The convention cited the Cardinal for his "right eous wisdom in the field of religious leadership, his social wisdom in the direction of peace and human brotherhood." Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, and Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, also are lifetime members of the NAA- CP. gation, who told the 1,000 Kni ghts and ladies that the Negroes’ struggle for freedom is not theirs alone. He said the Negro's “march for freedom’’ is America’s gre atest moral problem today and that this is the year to learn "what America really is." “We are told we must give these rights to the Negro gra dually," Rabbi Davis said. “Now, 100 years after the Ema ncipation Proclamation, the Ne gro has run out of patience and America has run our of time. To be stagnant is not to be gradual." 200,000 Spanish Speaking MIAMI, Fla., (NC)—The La- tin-American population in the Miami diocese is nearing the 200,000 mark, the director of the diocesan Spanish-speaking apostolate said here. “The Latins in our midstare not our problem; they are our opportunities,” saidMsgr. John J. Fitzpatrick, assistant chan cellor “They are our brothers in Christ and we must be the first to know them and to love them. HE TOLD a Miami Serra Club meeting that half of the Latin Americans in the diocese are Cuban refugees, while others represent every Central and South American country. Empahsizlng the shortage of priests in Latin America, the monlignor said “if every priest in the United States and every priest in Spain were to go to Latin America today, there still would not be enough priests." He said one-third of the Catho lics in the world live In Latin America and by the year 2000 more than half the Catholics will be Latin Americans. Church as the true church," he said, “because Jesus Christ founded one church and this one church is guaranteed by Jesus Christ Himself until the end of time.” Father Witte was one of two official Catholic observers at the 12-day LWF Assembly. The other, who also participated in the press conference, was Fa ther Peter Blaeser, M.S.C., of the Johann Adam Mohler Insti tute and lecturer at the Theo logical Academy in Paderborn, Germany. According to LWF officials, their presence marked the first time official Catholic represen tatives have been sent to an assembly of a world confes sional organization. CITING a 1950 Vatican policy statement, Father Witte said that “Roman Catholics recog nize the several elements of the church which are outside the Roman Catholic Church." He emphasized that “there is a dividing line between the church of Jesus Christ and the world," and that this dividing line “is to be found in bap tism, received in faith." "Therefore all Christians having received baptism in faith, are in this sense within the one communion of Chris tians and separated from those who are outside," Father Witte said. Therein, he added, “is the basis for an ecumenical move ment, as a special task of the Churches, distinguished from the missionary task." THIS ecumenical movement “should strive at the reunion of all these Christians in one, uni que church of Jesus Christ," he declared. Stressing the difference in level between the Roman Catho lic Church and the Lutheran Churches, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, Father Witte said that “Roman Catholics ful ly recognize the several church elements" in existing Protes tant bodies. In this connection, he men tioned that the late Pope John XXIII referred to non-Roman Catholic Churches as "Chur ches." There has always been an ecumenical movement, although it is “very strong" at this new period of history, Father Witte continued. During the last 30 years there has been increas ing study of problems relating to Roman Catholicism and Protes tantism. “BOTH Roman Catholics and Protestants believe in the mes sage of salvation," he declared. “The most crucial question fac ing both sides is the nature of the church." In reply to another question, Father Witte expressed his be lief that "if there were but one Lutheran Church (instead of an association of Lutheran chur ches like the Lutheran World Federation) there might be an advantage for the reunion of all Christianity.” He said it was a question for the Lutherans themselves to de cide, and that he had the im pression there was a strong feeling against a Lutheran "su per-Church.” FATHER Blaesser said that he considered it a “great hon or" to have been asked by Au- tustine Cardinal Bea, presi dent of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Uni ty, to be sent as one of the ob servers. He referred to the presence of Dr. George Lindbeck, re search professor of the LWF’s Commission on Inter-Confes sional Research, and Dr. Kris- ten-Ejnar Skydsgaard, profes sor of systematic theology at the University of Copenhagen at the first session of the Second Vatican Council, and to the fact that the two Lutheran delegate -observers will be joined by •Dr. Vilmos Vajta, director of the LWF’s Department of Theo logy, at the Second Vatican Council’s second session, open ing Sept. 29. "The exchange between visi tors and observers makes for good relations between the Lu theran Churches and the Roman Catholic Church," Dr. Blaesser said. He said that the Roman Ca tholic Church has “good con nections” not only with Lu therans but Reformed and Or thodox confessions as well. "IT HAS been my experience in nearly twenty-five years of study and contact with Protes tant theology in Germany that there has grown up and is exist ing now an excellent coopera tion between Lutherans and Ro man Catholics in nearly every city and hamlet in Germany." He said he was "especially honored" to be designated as a “guest" at the LWF’s Fourth Assembly here and stressed the importance of “contacts" made by the two Roman Catholic visi tors with Lutherans, "giving us a chance to know each other bet- ter. "I really feel like a guest here — I feel that I really be long," Father Blaesser said. In addition to the exchange of ideas with Lutheran theolo gians, he said one of his best impressions had been the kind ness he has received in Hel sinki — "an openness of mind," as he put it. HE SAID one of the impor tant problems at the LWF As sembly, as it was at the Sec ond Vatican Council, was “How shall we speak to people where they are?" “There is much more piety in the Lutheran Churches,” he ad ded, “than Lutheran theology shows." Both Catholic theologians re plied to questions in both Ger man and English, interrupting the official translators occa sionally to correct some phras ing in Interpretation of their re plies. Archbishop’s Notebook The name of Bishop Fulton Sheen is magic 1 Last week, one of our Atlanta universities invited him to speak next January, and I wanted to invite him, on the same occasion, to give a public, city wide lecture, The telephone operator was taking my telegram message; as I came to the end, I said, “Well, that’s It - please sign it Archbishop Paul J. Hallman." The operator gulped in amazement. "Aren’t you," she said disapprovingly, "ever going to say 'God love you.' " P. S. Perhaps I should have. The celebrated bishop regrets that he cannot come because of commitments in regard to the Vatican Council. ROME, GA. - Like Rome in Italy, our own Rome has some in triguing customs. One of them is - if you can’t attend a meeting, send some refreshments. So, when Father McDonough and I sat down on a Saturday evening with seven parishioners, the men who couldn't be on hand supplied the sandwiches. In different ways, we were all trying to correct the imbalance of a diocese that has 7/8 of its Catholics in one big city, and 1/8 in 68 other counties. We discussed high schools, tithing, archdiocesan plans - and I found plenty of vision, deep loyalty and good- natured rivalry. In fact, I grew so enthusiastic about Rome’s spiritual pulse that at Sunday Mass the next day, I learned on the pulpit and accidentlally turned the volume up to a deafening roar. The only parishioner in Rome about whom I have any doubts was the four - year - old in the front pew who at this point, put his hands over both ears. He wanted quiet, archbishop or no archbishop! GEORGIA TECH - Father Theophilus McNulty, a man of large wisdom, is building a library at the Catholic Center. The day has past when the Newnan program was a ball, and the Newnan Club was ticked off as the “poor man’s fraternity." The Center is at Georgia Tech (and the other fine colleges and universities of our area) for one purpose—to be the focus of religious education of all kinds of Catholic activities, for faculty and students, and a place where all students of whatever faith can be in touch with Catholic culture. Meanwhile, aided by some vigorous professors and students, Father McNulty - who although a Franciscan, appears as a sort of latter day Thomas Aquinas - keeps building the library. I GAINESVILLE, GA. - Father Donald Kiernan, pastor of St. Michael’s, is a host with the most. The most friends, the most grilled hamburgers,and the most unusual stories about the most remarkable experiences. Last week as he entertained the priests of the archdiocese at his rectory, he told how in one short span of a few hours - a thief stole his television set while he was out to breakfast, the fire department was called to put out a blaze on his lawn while he was out on a sick-call, and the archbishop dropped in to find Father Kiernan knee-deep in explanation to the police and the fire department! ROADS TO ATLANTA - The Grand Knights of all Georgia met at Council 660 on Buford Highway on Sunday afternoon, and had a chance to see their beautiful little prayer chapel. The presi dents and moderators of the various Councils of Catholic Women in this region plan to meet in Atlanta next month the first time they have come together to compare notes. On Decamber 8, the Sodality of Cuban college people will rally their members from all over the U. S. for a day devoted to the honor of the Blessed Virgin. It is to be in Atlanta. Roads still lead to Rome, but Georgians will note that more and more Catholic roads lead to Atlanta, - and even when it’s Rome, it could well be Rome, Georgia. LAKE JUNALUSKA - Nobody can sing like Methodists. On my recent visit to address the World Methodist Council, the program opened with two stirring Methodist hymns. Everybody knew them, everyone sang them, everyone meant them. They have never lost the stirring spirit of their founder, John Wesley. Their cordial welcome to an archbishop speaking on the “Pro gress and promise of the Vatican Council" was warm and most ecumenical. Bishop Fred Corson, President of the World Con ference, and I refreshed our memories of Rome last fall. Bishop Corson was an official observer. I was happy to tell the assembly that our Archdiocesan Center is located on Welsey Road. ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA JOHN MARSHALL UNIVERSITY 105 Forfeit Ave., N.E. 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