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f t GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY AUGUST 15, 1963 PAGE 5 GEORGIA PINES Saints in Black and White pi THOLICS URGED New Latin School by REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN THE LATIN SCHOOL is the newest and most recent step taken in our youthful archdiocese to encourage and foster vocations to the priesthood. With the approbation of our Archbishop and under the directorship of Monsignor P. J. O’Connor, the archdiocesan director of vocations, the school has been conducted for the past three weeks, morn ings, at St. Pius X Catholic High School. The faculty consists of two sisters who hold masters degrees in Latin and one layman, him self a candidate for the priesthood. School begins with Mass every morning and an intense three hours of Latin follows the Holy Sacrifice. THE SCHOOL opened with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Hallinan at which the Archbishop stressed to the aspirants the necessity of a solid foundation in the classical language. Since the opening session the students have heard talks given by Serra Club president Sam Me Quade, Monsignor Ewing of Chatham, {Canada, ajid Fr. Walter Dono- fvan of Atlanta. The Latin School probably had its foundation in what was known as the Tenth Man Club. About two years ago Monsignor jO’Connor organized a club for (high school students who were thinking about the priesthood as a way of life. The members met monthly and heard talks, made retreats together, and in gene ral an atmosphere was created wherein the mem bers could readily find information and have ques tions answered about the priesthood. Soon the Monsignor realized that more practi cal steps would have to be taken along the lines of definite preparation for the seminary life. The idea of a Latin School was born, and after consulta tions with the Archbishop, Monsignor O’Connor worked out a program and the first school was be gun three weeks ago. Its only the first step, but 60 boys signed up and from all indications that first step was more than successful. LOOKING for vocations is nothing new to Mon signor O’Connor. Some 20 priests are now working for the Kingdom of God in Georgia today as a di rect result of Monsignor O’Connor’s efforts. Ano ther 35 are in the seminary and please God will be in Georgia before the next six years. About 17 years ago the late Archbishop O’Hara asked Monsignor O’Connor to visit seminaries and colleges and interest boys into coming to this sec tion of the Lord’s vineyard to work. It had been the intention of Archbishop O’Hara to do this him self but before the program got underway he was asked by the Holy See to go to Rumania. Monsig nor O’Connor was then delegated this work. THE FIRST young men to answer the call were the late Monsignor Cornelius L. Maloney who be came diocesan superintendent of schools, and the present archdiocesan director of Catholic Chari ties, Father Walter Donovan. This writer was the third candidate. The late Chancellor, Father James Boyce, and the present Chancellor, Father Harold Rainey are but a few of the priests who are now serving and have served the Church in Georgia. Last May on the occasion of Monsignor O’Con nor’s 30th anniversary of his Ordination some 23 priests from all over the state gathered as a tes timonial to the man who encouraged their coming to Georgia. The occasion was honored by the presence of Archbishop Hallinan. Words of con gratulation were sent by the late Archbishop O’Hara and Bishop Hyland. It was a festive oc casion indeed but it also served to give tange- able evidence of the esteem and respect which the priests in Georgia have for the man who has done so much to preach the Word of the Lord in our state. UNDOUBTEDLY the work of the Latin School will be advanced. Under the direction of a new committee established this year, the Committee on Religious Vocations, new steps will be taken and methods improved which will insure our archdio cese of a steady supply of priests in the future. Now a committee of Religious Sisters has been established and a program for the fall is con templated to assist young girls in their voca tion to the sisterhood. All in all, the future prospects for Priests, Brothers and Sisters in our Archdiocese looks real good as all goes well. QUESTION BOX Communion Time? BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY q. we HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW PARISH AND I AM CONFUSED AS TO WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME. I AM A DAILY COMMUNICANT, AND I have always received the sacrament DURING MASS, DUE TO MY BEING TAUGHT THAT YOU RECEIVE AT THE BANQUET TABLE WITH OUR BLESSED LORD. AT THIS CHURCH EVERYONE GOES TO RE CEIVE COMMUNION BEFORE MASS, ALTHOUGH NO ONE LEAVES UNTIL MASS IS OVER. I AM THE ONLY ONE AT THE COMMUNION TABLE AT THE TIME I WAS TAUGHT TO RECEIVE: DURING MASS. DUE TO MY BEING THE ONLY COMMUNICANT DURING MASS I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG BY MAKING OUR PASTOR COME DOWN TO SERVE ME ALONE. IS IT BETTER THAT I START RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT BEFORE MASS WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH? (I WAS A CONVERT 25 YEARS AGO.) A. You keep right on receiving during Mass, and maybe in time you will convert your new parish to a proper appreciation of liturgical worship and the true meaning * of the Eucharistic Banquet. You were well taught. Frankly, I did not know that there was any parish in the country so out of datel I know that there are many parishes which continue to ignore the appeal of Pope Pius XII for participation of the people in the Sacrifice of the Mystical And I know that the Church permits to receive holy communion outside of But it seems incredible that the true meaning of the Holy Sacrifice should be so ig nored that people would deliberately separate their communion from the integrity of the li turgical worship when it is easily possible for them to take full part in it. *** Q. IF TWO BAPTIZED PROTESTANTS ARE married by a baptist minister, and one OF THEM IS DIVORCED, BUT THE OTHER ONE DOESN’T KNOW IT, AND ONLY LATER FINDS IT OUT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS PERSON, AFTER DIVORCE, TO HAVE HER MARRIAGE ANNULLED AND BE MARRIAGE LATER TO A CATHOLIC? A. It is quite possible that the marriage of these two Protestants was invalid because the man had already been married and had a living wife - from whom he was divorced. Careful investigation would have to be made, under authority of the bishop, before the marriage of the innocent party to a Catholic could be permitted. Q. ANY SOUL IN HEAVEN IS COMPLETELY HAPPY REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS BEING ENJOYED. THERE IS NO FRUSTRATION, NO FELLING THAT ANYTHING IS LACKING. THEREFORE WHAT IS THE PUR POSE IN ACQUIRING MORE ETERNAL HAPPI NESS BY SACRIFICING ANY LEGITIMATE PLEASURE HERE? A. How selfish and scheming can you get? I doubt that a person with such an attitude will attain eternal happiness. No, I take that back, Body. people Mass. N.Y. Archdiocese Approves March ACROSS 1. Retinue 6. Rip 10. Mining Tool 13. Near a Rib 14. Emperor , Holy Roman Empire 962-973 15. Clear 16. Alternative 17. Uncanny 19. He Gave to 21. Prefix; On This Side Of 23. Center for Mohammed 25 Antony 26. 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St. John Recounts How Michael ...... the Wicked Angels 57. Blithe 59. Messenger 60. Flagrant 62. Balkan 64. Lance 67. Automaton 69. Nymph 72. Half 74. Broccoli 76. Jewel 77. Deserter 78. Religion; abbr. 80. Dusky 84. New Testament 86. Calcium ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE ON PAGE 7 NEW YORK — The Arch diocese of New York has given its backing to Catholic partici pation in the August 28 civil rights march on Washington D. C. A letter to be read in all churches of the archdiocese August 18 says that “responsi ble and peaceful” civil rights demonstrations deserve the “support and participation of Catholic American citizens.” "NOTABLE among these is the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom* scheduled for August 28,” declares the letter, which is signed by Aux iliary Bishop John J. Maguire of New York, Vicar General of the archdiocese. Predictions have set the num ber of participants in the Aug ust 28 civil rights march on the nation’s captial at upwards of 100,000. The demonstration is intended to stir support for Preside*' Kennedy’s civil rights legislative proposals, now before Congress. Bishop Maguire’s letter re fers to a recent statement by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Ar chbishop of New York, that "much—ever so much—re mains to be done” in securing racial justice. THE CARDINAL added that ARNOLD VIEWING JFK’S PT 109 because God's tolerance and mercy are very great. Our eternal happiness comes from our love of God and His Goodness; and we will attain it by loving Him here on earth. What kind of love is it which restricts itself? Which denies a full measure of love? Which loves only as much as it must to get by? Is stinting love worthy of the name of love? Certainly there are many pleasures which we may properly enjoy here on earth, as long as we enjoy them with love for God and for His glory. Q. HOW COULD MARTIN DE PORES BE COME A SAINT WHEN THE CHURCH ADMITS HIS ILLEGITIMATE BIRTH? SEE DEUTERO NOMY 23-2. A. The numbering of verses at this point in Deuteronomy is not uniform in different vers ions. In the Hebrew Bible 23, 2 has no pertinency to Martin de Porres, though it is a rather inter esting verse, if you wish to look it up in the Confraternity edition. The meaning of 23, 3 (which is 23, 2 in the Vulgate, the King James and the Douay) is not clear; Douay, following the Vulgate, reads: "A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute shall not enter into the church of the Lord.” King James is more vulgar than the Vulgate: It reads: "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.” The Revised Standard Version agrees with this. Smith’s translation in the Chicago Bible reads: "No bastard shall marry into the Lord’s com munity. * And Confraternity says, "No child of an incestuous union may be admitted into the community of the Lord.” The new Jewish trans lation of "The Torah” avoids the uncertain ties by translating it, "No one misbegotten shall be admitted into the congregation of the Lord.” And then in a footnote it says the mean ing of the Hebrew word mamzer is uncertain; in Jewish law it refers to the offsprings of adul tery or incest. So it would seem that the Confraternity trans lation is closest. Now Martin de Porres was illegitimate, but he was not the product of in cestuous or adulterous union. Neither was he born of a prostitute. This elaborate exegesis is presented merely to show that we must not simply grab onto Scripture texts and use them to prove our pur pose. Even the devil can quote Scripture in that way. We must first find out what the text means; and in this case we cannot be sure. And even if we were sure what a mamzer is, we have not even touched on the meaning of the congregation (or church) of the Lord. It meant the Jewish religious community; and the law has no per tinency at all to the Church of Jesus Christ, much less to the eternal Kingdom of God in heaven. Saints are made by the grace of God, not by accident of birth. And grace is made effective in their souls by their own faith and love, not by the virtue or respectability of their parents. During much of the lifetime of Martin de Porres the Church frowned on him because he was illegitimate, and even more because he was a mulatto. But his virtues finally won ac ceptance from his superiors and from his fellow citizens, as they have now won the acclaim of the Catholic world. BY JAMES W. ARNOLD Supporters of Goldwater, Rockefeller and Nixon will have no trouble spotting the flaws in "PT 109”, Jack L. Warner’s version of the heroics of Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy in the South Pacific in 1943. But they will envy the president this slick little opening volley in the 1964 campaign. It may not have been so intended. The story would make good cinema even if the hero were Lenin, and the whole mood of the film is calmly dispassionate. Warner obvious ly did not throw $5 1/2 million and two directors (Lewis Mile stone, Les Martinson) into the breech just to elect a Demo crat. But the movie is not go ing to hurt the president’s al ready formidable charisma. The facts (adapted from Ro bert J. Donovan’s best-seller) are amazing enough. Young Kennedy pulled strings to get a combat duty (a "wrong-way fix,” as an awed seaman puts it in the movie). He had few of the expected Harvard airs of a millionaire’s son, and was affectionately admired by both un derlings and superiors. Even the low rating he received (for lack of military bearing and neat ness) is enough to turn politicians green. WHEN HIS torpedo boat was rammed by a Ja panese destroyer, Kennedy, though injured him self, spent three hours in gasoline-blazing waters pulling out crew members. To a panicking enlist ed man, he wisecracked: "For a guy from Bos ton, you’re certainly putting up a great exhibition out here.” Then he led a three-mile swim to a nearby island, personally hauling the most se riously injured man and swallowing en route most of the available salt water. This was only the start. He held the discipline and moral of the 11 men under tight rein. He personally made an all-night sortee into the chan nel , dodging barricuda and enemy patrols and butchering his flesh on coral. He pushed his hun gry, suffering crew from island to island to evade capture. On another scouting expedition, the canoe overturned; nearly drowned, he barely escaped being dashed to death against a reef. All were finally saved when Kennedy sent a message in scribed on a coconut via friendly, Protestant hymn-singing natives. IF HISTORY alone suffices to increase the supply of barbiturates at GOP headquarters, exa mine what the movie does. Playing Kennedy is Cliff Robertson, one of few virile Hollywood males worthy to be employed as an actor. Further, there is the difficulty of doing a film on a live YOU MAY BE THE /.UCK* minnzR OF president who is still the nation's leader: Warner apparently felt this ruled out probing of charac ter for problems and defects - the raw material of human drama. What might Khruschchev think, in the next eyeball to eyeball confrontation, if he had seen Kennedy sucking his thumb under fire in the Solomons? To portray Kennedy, Robertson tastefully avoids imitation, resorts mainly to flat understatement, set jaw, boyish grin. But the image is one-dimen sional: the movie Kennedy seems to have been born full-grown, an affable man’s man, with no family, no background, no interests other than win ning die war as quickly and efficiently as possible. His only "flaw” is a stubborn refusal to admit de feat; now and then, he tries too hard, as when his PT boat dumps a repair shed into the Pacific. Even the other characters seem like figures off recruiting posters - an endless line of photogenic, muscled, businesslike junior executives (Ty Har din, Robert Culp, Grant Williams, Robert Blake_. There are no girls - fantastic as it is to contem plate, the boys don’t even talk about girls, except for one brief glance at a locker pinup. IT’S ALMOST too much when, at the end, the; battered Kennedy turns down a stateside leave to go back to the fighting. It really happened, but to a human, not a face on a postage stamp. Perhaps it would be unsuitable to show Kennedy playing blackjack or reading Playboy, but the portrayal of Kennedy-as-a-walking-monument removes "PT 109” from consideration as a serious film. The script.by Richard Breen ("State Fair”) Fails to take full advantage of the real lifedrama. Too much time is thrown away at the base in Hilagi (the film was actually shot off Florida) while Jack and his men clean up a disreputable old ship, trade GI witticisms ("So he wrote a book. . .any pictures in it?”) and battle the skep ticism of a salty old pro (James Gregory). All are the standard stuff of Navy comedy-drama. Later the screenplay deemphasizes Kennedy’s personal exploits and scrapes with death, as well as the grimmer details of the survivors’ physi cal ordeal - thus losing some realism and audience identification. E.g., the men were so thirsty they licked water off the neighboring vegetation; Ken nedy, returning from his night-long vigil in the water, got sick all over the beach. Also interest ingly, the film implies, perhaps for better inter national relations, that the destroyer cut into the 109 accidentally. The movie’s finest asset is the marvelous color photography by two-time Oscar-winner Robert Surtees ("Mutiny on the Bounty”). There is also plenty of youngster-pleasing action on land, sea and air, though much of it is obviously contriv ed. Two final clues to the quality-level of the film: the Tin Pan Alley-type oriental music on the soundtrack whenever a Japanese appears, and the line by one of the castaway seamen as he spies natives on the island: "Fellows, I think I’ve found the owners.” CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: For everyone: The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, The Four Days of Naples. For connoisseurs: Sunday and Cybele, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The L-Shaped Room. "the great Christian and American principle of equality' must be reduced to action in local circumstances and in specific ways.” He said the effort to obtain racial justice is "the challenge which 1963 has set squar ely before us and it must at all costs be faced and solved.” Bishop Maguire comments that there are "many” civil rights organizations which are carrying out the objectives des cribed by Cardinal Spellman and which are "therefore deserving of our support.” HE says: "Demonstrations and other activities of these organizat ions, in which the good that is reasonably expected through these demonstrations outweighs the accidental unfortunate effe cts, when they are carried out in a responsible and peaceful manner within the bonds of Chr istian charity and justice, and finally when they are underta ken as a last resort in the struggle to overcome the se cond class citizenship of American Negroes, are deserv ing of the support and partici pation of Catholic American cit izens.” He describes the march on Washington as a "major com mitment to justice through charity” and says many organi zations, committees, unions and other groups are providing an opportunity- to "support and participate in” it. The Bishop notes that the Cat holic Interracial Council of New York will sponsor a group taking part. Judge Edward T. McCafficy (above i, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, will be the keynote speaker at the 28th annual convention of the Catholic War Veterans of the U S.A., to be held August 20 to 25th at Miami. Fla. He was Na tional Commander din ing the World War II years. Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami will be host to the 5.000 dele gates expected to attend. Vets To Hear Senator Keating WASHINGTON (NC) — Sen. Kenneth Keating of New York will speak at the annual conven tion of the Catholic War Vet erans in Miami Beach, Fla. Other speakers at the conven tion August 18 to 25 include John Gleason of the U. S. Vet erans Administration in Wash ington, D. C.: Paul Harvey, news commentator and columnist from Chicago; and Justice Ed ward T. McCaffrey of the New York State Supreme Court. Edward F. McElroy of Chica go, CWV national commander, will preside at the sessions. Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami will extend greetings at the convention banquet August 24. ‘‘Think of all the candles that would buy!”' Better than most: The Longest Day, Mutiny on the Bounty, Days of Wine and Roses, A Chile Is Waiting. God Love You BY MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN Sit down and ask yourself what is the major source oi any unhappiness you might feel. Is it not because you are afraid of not being sufficiently loved? Translate that "being loved” into modern terms and it means this: you dread not being appreciated, praised, cajoled, treated with great deference, admired, looked at because of the car you drive, the clothes you wear or the jewels on your fingers. You are looking for proofs of love from other persons, seeking them as a remedy for your own solitude. You doubt your own worth and, therefore, you desire signs of affection from others. Now suppose you became less worried about being loved and more concerned about loving. With the multiplicity of souls in this world, what opportunities there are for loving! Forget being loved and begin to love. Love particularly those who cannot love you back, and you will then begin to discover what real hap piness is. For love is like our breath: if we take it back it poisons us. Here are some ways you can love: If you are rich—in addition to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to institutions which already have mill ions, deduct $50 (or more, depending on your consciousness that God has given you everything you have) for Catholics in the Missions who live on a bowl of rice a day. If you are struggling or have nothing—spend two minutes on your knees each day praying for souls. If you are a college student—make an extra visit to the Blessed Sacrament for the conversion of the world’s 2 billion pagans. If you are a priest—everytime you buy a car, a set of golf clubs or anything else that constitutes sacerdotal luxury, share a small fraction of it with brother priests who live in sacerdotal misery. If you are a pastor—set aside at least one-tenth of one per cent of every' collection (or more, depending cn your love of the Church throughout Asia and Africa) and send it to the Holy Father that he may truly be the pastor of all the soult whom Christ died to redeem. If you are a smoker or drinker—do with a little less and each month send an offering to the Pontiff for the Missions of the world. Cardinal Newman told us: "Faith at most only makes a hero, but love makes a saint. Faith can put us above the world, but love brings us under God’s throne; Faith can make us sober, but love makes us happy.” And the more acts ot love you make, the happier you—and the poor of the world—will bel GOD LOVE YOU to M. K. O. for $20 "For several months I have been saving my winnings from a Friday night card club. I have started a 'Mission fund’ and will continue to save for God’s poor.” . . .to A Donor for $5 "I have been sending money almost every month anonymously.” . . .to A. E. for $2 "Because Our Blessed Mother has helped us so much.” . . .to L. \\. C. for $10 "To be used for your beloved poor in the mission lands.” "The Church of the Poor” or "The Poor Church” — which of these is the Church in the United States? Be sure to read our special September-October issue of MISSION before answering this provocative question. If you wish to be put on our mailing for this bi-monthly magazine, just ask us via: The Society' for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, New York. SHEEN COLUMN: 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 Propagation of the Faith 366 Fifth Avenue, New York lx, N. Y. or your Diocesan Director.