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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 Archbishop’s Notebook DAHLONEGA, Aug. 18. Everything was ready but the sanctuary carpet when I found that I could get up here to offer the first Sun day Mass in the new Catholic Church. It is not a new church. In fact, it has had a venerable history as a Presbyterian church for many years. Purchased last spring, it is now beautifully re arranged and refurnished. It is worth a trip to this historic city to see it, and the whole parish will welcome you to coffee after Mass. Ask Father Spanjers to explain the wonderful history of the new baptismal font. MARIETTA, Aug. 22 -Things keep getting bigger and Biggers up here. The attendance at the Knights of Columbus meeting was the largest ever. Barry Goldwater was in town, and President Kennedy spoke to the city by direct wire. This was because of the roll-out of the latest airmonster by Lockheed, but the Knights’ roll-out was caused by the delicious buffet served by the ladies. I spoke on "The Future of the Archdiocese.” *** ATHENS, Aug. 25 - It happened to be the external solemnity of our patronal feast, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, when I visit ed our two parishes in Athens. At St. Joseph’s, Mass was offered facing the people, and the participation in the liturgical prayers was surely impressive. Over at Sacred Heart, I arrived in time to speak to the parishioners and meet them all at the church door. Room by room, Father Mulroy and his parishioners are refurbish ing the St. Joseph’s rectory which used to be the famous old Cobb House. Father Freeman, pastor of Sacred Heart, has had a busy summer with the supervision of his summer camp. *** AUGUST 26- Besides keynoting the excellent workshop of "Re ligion and Reading" sponsored for all elementary schoolteachers by our Dept, of Education, I invited them all to help stamp out "Your Excellency" in favor of plain "Archbishop". The whole motion of Catholicism today is toward simplicity, and away from unnecessary formalism, protocol and pomp. Respect for the office of the bishop is well cared for by the simple title, just as you call your physician, "Doctor" and not "Your Physiological Profun dity". Kissing a bishop's ring is proper and indulgenced, but the genuflection is unnecessary in this archdiocese, except in church functions. I have never forgotten the young fellow who said solemn ly, "Your Excellencyl” three times, but when I said "What can I do for you?" he exclaimed, "Gee, I forgot what I was going to say.” ♦ ** AT the practice field, we watched the Pius X Lions working out. I listened carefully to hear whether Father Harrison, Pius’ principal, and Father Leahy, St. Joseph’s principal, were possi bly exchanging plays and signals. Apparently, Father Leahy was more interested maneuvering around to see the Pius X backfield run an intricate play, while Father Harrison kept maneuvering around to prevent him from doing so. NOTE TO SATURDAY EVEN ING POST: — Forget it! JOHN MARSHALL UNIVERSITY Law • Liberal Arts • Business Administration 105 Fnrroit Aye., N.I. JA. 3-8580 Day and Evaning Classes Fall Quarter Begins Monday,'September 16th SAVINGS INSURED TO $10,000. TREE POSTAGE - SAVE BY MAIL Funds received by the IOth of any month am from the first . Jl DIVIDEND 4 Vi A' PER ANN V _***lr** ANTICIPATED DEC 31 , A DIVIDEND A ioi)^ f ^ 8AV,NGS “The Host Place to Save" S A VINOS AN1) LOAN ASSOCIATION IJTHONIA. GEORGIA PHONE: IS 2-8 730 NORELCO DICTATINO MACHINES BLU RAY WHITKPRINT MACHINE* PHOTORAPID COPIERS • HEYIR DUPLICATORS MABTER ADDRESSERS • AMPTO PHOTOCOPY OLIVETTI ADDERS • REX-HOT ARY MIMEO RManssai 172 WHITIHALl STREET, S. W. PHONE 32A-6417 ATLANTA 3, OEOROIA MOVING? PLEASE NOTIFY US SEND US THIS NOTICE TODAY: THE GEORGIA BULLETIN P.O. BOX 11667- NORTHSIDE STATION ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA NEW ADDRESS: NAMP ADDRESS CITY ZONE ’ NAME ADDRESS , CITY ZONF, "SOLD AT LIADINO STOMS' KNIGHTS BRING ACTION Libel Suit Test On ‘Bogus Oath’ DISCUSSING the lectures of the camp program with Sister M. Venard, R. S.M., are girls from among Atlanta participants at the third annual Leadership Camp in Christian Living sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Baltimore Province, at Camp Villa Marie near Savannah, Georgia, August 13-21. From St. Pius X High School are Linda Dennon and Ann Kassinger; from St. Joseph’s Infirmary are Sandra L. Fredenburg and Patricia Crysler. EXPERT SAYS Prudence Guide For Catholic-Red Dialogue DAYTON, Ohio (NC)--One of Rome’s top Catholic social the orists said here that the late Pope John XXIII made Catho lic dialogue with communists a "question of prudence” in his encyclical Pacem in Terris. Catholics must not become "prisioners of a word" in their attitude toward communism, added Msgr. Pietro Pavan, pro fessor of Catholic social philo sophy at the Lateran Univer** sitv in Rome. MSGR. PAVAN replied to queries about Pope John’s so cial encyclical Mater etMagis- tra. and his pea&e .encyclical ‘PadeiB in Terr.it a£4i:que.stion- and-answer Session during the seventh annual convention of the National Catholic Social Action Conference (Aug. 24). The meeting was held at the Uni versity of Dayton and attended by some 300 delegates. The Italian social philosopher was introduced by Msgr. Geor ge G. Higgins, director of the Social Action Department, Na tional Catholic Welfare Confer ence, as a man with unique qualifications to give an "autho ritative” interpretation of the two encyclicals. Much of the question ing cen tered on a section in Pacem in Terris which speaks of the possibility of Catholic collabo ration with individuals and movements whose ideology is opposed to Catholic^ teaching. MSGR. PAVAN stressed the encyclical’s distinction between a "doctrine” which is always the same, and a "movement" which is inspired by the doc trine. * * • He said it is "almost impos sible" that a "movement" should not undergo change, be cause it is "inserted in his tory.” In considering the possibi lity of collaboration with move ments arising from hostile doc trines, he said, Catholics must examine the movements as they actually exist today and make ttieir decision on the basis of prudence. The question of whether to collaborate cannot be decided "a priori” but only "a pos teriori,” he asserted. Msgr. Pavan was asked di rectly: "Does the Pope mean there should be dialogue with communists?” It was here that he said Ca tholic must not become "Pri soners of a word” and repeat ed that the issue is a matter of prudence. ANOTHER questioner noted that in Pacem in Terris Pope John had expressed approval of the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights— but with reservations. What are the reservations? he asked. Msgr. Pavan replied that the principal difficulty with the De claration on Human Rights is that it is an "empirical" do cument which offers "no meta physical foundation" for the rights it asserts. The monsignor was asked whether Pope John in Pacem in Terris had condemned modern warfare. He said in reply that the ency clical teaches that today * ’war is not to be used as a means to realize justice." But at the same time, he said, the Pope approach to this subject is more like that of a solicitous "fa ther” and is notformally "doc trinal.” HE SAID the sense of the same encyclical’s teaching on freedom of conscience is that "every human person has the right to follow his conscience when it is question of his re lations with God." WILSON, N.C. (NC)—A Bap tist preacher and a North Caro lina woman will be the defen dants in a $100,000 libel suit that opens in the Federal courts here September 9. The Knights of Columbus brought the action against Rev. Donald Bryan, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Farmville, and Ruth J. Timby of Eureka. THE SUIT charges that the pair distributed anti-Catholic literature during the 1960 pre sidential campaign. It alleges that Ruth Timby had 25,000 pamphlets printed with the bogus Knights of Columbus oath and that Rev. Bryan distributed copies of the pamphlets in Farmville. The suit charges that the oath "was false and libelous on its face and was calculat ed...to damage and injure” the organization and its mem bers. The defendants gave deposi tions in the case in the U.S. Eastern District Court in Ra leigh over the objections of their attorney, Albert Levitt of Manchester, Massachusetts Levin argued that the Federal courts do not have jurisdiction in the case because "the real plaintiff in this case is a for eign state, to wit; state of the Vatican City', Europe.” THE PAMPHLET allegedly contained these words, ascrib ing them to the Knights of Co,umbus as an oath taken by its members: "I do further promise and de clare that I will, when oppor tunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly and > openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons .. I will neither spare age, sex or condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle and burn alive those infamous heretics." The oath actually was dis tributed in a number of North Carolina communities during the election. But the Knights of Columbus moved to expose the oath as they have done in other states through the years. Their presentation of the true facts and threats of legal action halted distribution of the pam phlets in most cases. Mrs. W. Newton A Requiem Mass was offer ed at Our Lady of the Assump tion Church Tuesday, Aug. 27, for Mrs. William Newton of 3439 Keswick Drive, Chamb- lee. Msgr. Joseph Moylan of ficiated. Mrs. Newton, who died Aug. 24, is survived by her husband, a daughter, Miss Vicki Newton; three sons, Mr. Brian Newton, Mr. Raoul Newton and Mr. Den nis Newton; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alblne J. Dumoulin, Largo, Fla.; and a brother, Mr. Edward Dumoulin of California. Very Rev. Lawrence F. Lyons, S.S.E., alumnus of St. Michael's College, staffed by the Edmunite Fathers at Winooski Park. Vt.. will head the first group of the order’s missionaries to go to South America. A native of Pittsfield. Mass., and super ior of St. Edmund's Semin- aiy, Burlington. Vt., he has been assigned to Caracas. Venezuela. The Edmunite Fa j hers are observing their 120th anniversary as mis sionaries and have staffed Negro missions in the South for the past 25 years. / Look For Oscar ■DEVELOP LEADERSHIP’ Pope Blesses Boy Scout Delegation CASTELGANDOLFO, (NC) —His Holiness Pope Paul VI ur ged a group of 70 visiting Nig erian Boy Scouts to prepare for the future by developing the "Qualities of leadership upon which the scout movement lays so much stress." The scouts visited the Pope's summer residence here on their way home from the 11th Inter national Scout Jamboree at Marathon, Greece. RECALLING HIS visit to Nigeria when he w as Archbishop of Milan the Pope said: "We feel that We already know you. "We are confident that We understand the significance and the importance of your Boy Scout movement. . .Your scout oath and your scout law, which we know very well, keep ever before your eyes the grave res ponsibilities which are yours." THE POPE spoke of the "magnificent sight" of scouts from throughout the world meeting In harmony at Marat hon, where the Athenians turn ed back the Persian invaders in the fifth century before Christ. "Tomorrow, you and others like you," he said, "will be the leaders of your countries, and it is necessary that you prepare yourselves now for this task. You will need to develop the qu alities of leadership upon which the scout movement lays so much stress. TO BE good citizens, you must first recognize your re lationship to Cod Who is the Fa ther of all mankind. ^monastery BREAD AVAILABLE AT (Eolotual <3lttc. AND THE W\% (Apple SUPERMARKETS BAKED BY THE MONKS OF OUR LADY OF THE HOLY GHOST TRAPPIST MONASTERY Conyers Georgia