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Mr. W.H. King
A Requiem Mass was said at
St. Thomas More's, Decatur, on
Tuesday morning for Mr. Wil
liam Howard King. The Mass
was offered by Fr. Matthew Kent
and was followed by interment in
Westview Cemetery.
Mr. King is survived by his
wife and two sons, William H.
Jr. and Koseph, all of the Atlan
ta area.
Mrs. W. McAlpin
A funeral Mass was offered
Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Ca
thedral of Christ the King by
Msgr. Joseph Cassidy for Mrs.
W. J. McAlpin, of 382 Pine-
land Rd., NE, Atlanta. Mrs.
McAlpin is survived by her
husband; a son, William J. Mc
Alpin, Jr. of Atlanta; her fa
ther, D. W. Brosnan, Albany;
a sister, Mrs. George W.
Thorpe, Bellevue, Neb.; and
three brothers, D. W. Brosnan,
Jr., Wash., D. C., and Raymond
and F. D. Brosnan, both of
Greenville, S. C.
Long active in church, civic
and business affairs, Mrs. Mc
Alpin was president of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Auxiliary and
a past state president, national
director and treasurer of the
National Council of Catholic
Churchwomen. In addition, she
was a member of Our Lady of
the Snows Circle, a past pre
sident of the Altar Society of
the Cathedral of Christ the King,
and past president of the Sa
cred Heart Altar Society. She
had also served as president
of the St. Joseph’s Hospital
Auxiliary and on the board of
Family Service and Community
Chest organizations. She was
vice president of Fabricated
Steel Erectors, Inc. and trea
surer of J. J. Finnigan Co.,
Inc., and was a director of
nonth companies.
Baumgartner
Services were held Wed
nesday, Sept. 4, at Crest Lawn
for Russell Lee Baumgartner,
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
LeeBaumgartnerof 1389 Arnold
Ave„ NE, Atlanta. Fr. Conald
Foust, O.F.M., of Christ the
King Cathedral, officiated.
In addition to his parents,
the baby is survived by his
sister, Elizabeth Ruth; his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Lou
Baumgartner; his grandpa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Lanum; his great-grandmother,
Mrs. W. R, Lanum.
Smith Infant
Services for John Honally
Smith, Jr., infant s- Mr.
and Mrs. J. Donally Smith,
5245 Kenbrook Way, NW At
lanta, were held Monday, Sept.
2, at Arlington Cemetery, Fr.
Conald Foust, O.F.M., Christ
the King Cathedral officiated.
The baby is survived by his
sisters, Miss Marie and Miss
Monica Smith; and his grand
mother, Mrs. R. H. Smit.
Mrs. H. Danzel
A funeral Mass was held
Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Ca
thedral of Christ the King for
Mrs. Hermann A. Danzel. Fr.
Noel Burtenshaw offered the
Mass. The former Catherine
Devereux, Mrs. Danzel was a
member of the Altar Society
and the Ave Maria Circle of
the Cathedral of Christ the
King and a member of the auxi
liary of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help cancer home.
The widow of Herman A.
Danzel, Mrs. Danzel is survi
ved by a daughter, Mrs. Julian
Hogan, Atlanta; and two sis
ters, Mrs. L. F. Cremin, At
lanta and Mrs. J. N. Stedman,
Charleston, S. C.
G. E. Denman
Gerald E. Denman, USN, has
been burled here in Hollywood
Cemetery, following his death,
of a heart attack, in San plego,
Cal. He had been in the r Navy-
16 days, having finally succes
sfully enlisted in San Diego after
five attempts which were turn
ed down because of a heart con-
dit.on. He was 19, one of nine
children, and had attended Im
maculate Conception Church in
Atlanta. He is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Gladys Denman of
Atlanta; five brothers, Robert
E. and James E., of the U. S.
Army, Albert, of the U. S. Navy,
and Harrry and Edwin, formerly
of the U. S. Army; and three
sisters, Mrs. Robert Thunder-
burk, Mrs. Fred Matthew* and
Mrs. Richard Green.
Fathe- Clarence J. Biggers,
S. M., Pastor of St. Joseph's
Church, Marietta, officiated at a
service at Couch's Riverside
Chapel on Saturday, Aug. 31,
in his capacity as Auxiliary
Chaplain of Dobbins, AFB,
Marietta.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
PRODUCT OF GUESSWORK
Encyclical Planning A ‘Rumor’
FATHER JOHN J. Cotter, assistant principal of St. Pius X High School, distributes communion at
open-air Mass offered at dedication of school's new sports stadium last Tuesday.
VATICAN CITY (NC)—News
paper reports that His Holi
ness Pope Paul VI is prepar
ing an encyclical are die pro
ducts of guesswork and rumor,
according to a Vatican infor
mant.
Inquiries made 4oy N. C. W.
C. News Service at the Vatican
Secretariat of State as well as
with Vatican Latinists reveal
that, at least for the moment,
nothing of this nature is in
their hands.
HOWEVER, it is a guess that
anyone can make who has been
in Rome for any length of time
that the newly elected Pope is
preparing an encyclical. It is
customary for a new pope with
in the first few months of his
pontificate to publish a first
encyclical as an outline of his
program.
The reported theme of the
encyclical, "Rapport between
BISHOP EXPLAINS
Independence Of Religious Orders
By Bishop Edward Daly, O. P.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
Not long before his death in
the year 615, St. Columbanus
and some fellow monks from
Ireland founded at Bobbio in
northern Italy an abbey which
was to become a renownedhouse
of piety and culture.
Northern Italy was at the time
in chaos. The Lombards and ot
her savage tribes were constan
tly spilling the blood of their
subject peoples. The Arian
heresy was rampant. But St.
Columbanus had planted well,
and his abbey flourished. Its
library was to become the most
celebrated in Italy.
IN 628, Pope Honorius I sep
arated the abbey from the Juri
sdiction of the bishop of the
place and made it Immediately
subject to the supreme pontiff.
Thus came into being in the
Western Church the privilege of
the exemption of the regular
clergy-the Order priests-from
the authority of the local bish
ops. This transfer to the im
mediate authority of the popes
was, some would say, a provo
cative act attached fittingly en
ough to a provocative people.
Grants of the privilege were
multiplied over the centuries—
especially in favor of abbeys
which craved protection against
imperial aggression.
The privilege reached its
widest application in the 13th
century, "hen popes sent the
newly founded orders of friars
on their missions of preaching
and pastoral care.
The Council of Trent nar
rowed the privilege by legis
lating exceptions to it. That was
in the 16th century-.
IN THE Code of the Canon
Law now operative in the Church
the privilege of exemption of
regulars is formulated as a
law (canon 615): a law favorable
to those Religious, women as
well as men, who belong to re
ligious orders, that is to ap
proved religious organizations
w hose vow s the Church recogn
izes as "solemn." The vows
in congregations of Religious,
on the other hand, are looked
upon as canonically "simple,"
or as having less wide canoni
cal effects.
Among the Orders or regul
ars are the old monastic or
ders like the Benedictines; the
canonical orders like the Pre-
monstratensians; the mendicant
friars as the Dominicans, Fran
ciscans, Carmelites, August-
inians; the regular clerics, of
whom the most notable are the
Jesuits.
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Some congregations also are
exempt by special privilege.
They include the Redemptorists
and the Passionists. But it
should also be noted that every
religious congregation enjoys a
degree of immunity from espi-
cipal interference in its family
affairs, just as every family in
our country is free by law from
the intrusion by the govern
ment. There are laity also who
enjoy some exemption from the
local bishop: the military. And
even the local bishop can grant
to some institutions a certain
exemption from the authority of
the parish priest.
THE EXEMPTION of the re
gulars from the jurisdiction of
the local bishop and their im
mediate subjection to the sup
reme pontiff arose from a var
iety of circumstances: political,
social, economic, and canoni
cal. Although it originated from
fear of imperial aggression, it
flourished most when the sup
reme pontiffs sent the friars on
their missions of preaching to
the uninstructed, reconciling
sinners and delivering the Faith
to the unbelieving.
Those were times when paro
chial organization as we have
it was unknown; preaching
had been neglected; communi
cation with '•e bishop was
sometimes i jsible, espec
ially in urgent cases; the con
fessor was on the move and
might never return to the peni
tent.
To overcome physical obsta
cles and to meet spiritual needs,
preachers and confessors held
their authority or faculties dir
ectly from the supreme pontiff
and not from the local bishops.
Such went beyond the boundar
ies of Europe into Armenia,
Persia and Mesopotamia; and
later when missionaries set out
for the anew World, the Phili
ppines and China.
AS ECCLESIASTICAL or
ganization was bettered and
communications improved, as
the obligations of preaching and
pastoral care were more nearly
fulfilled, the Council of Trent,
Vatican I and the Code of Canon
Law made exceptions to the exe
mptions of regulars.
Great religious and social as
well as physical changes in the
last half century justify the ex
pectation that the council now
sitting will put the regulars
more under the jurisdiction of
the local bishops, without invas
ion of their autonomy or ham
pering of the* efficiency.
Exactly what Vatican II will
do remains to be seen. There
are apostolic activities over
which from their very nature the
local bishop ought to have con-,
trol. The bishop of a diocese
is by his office custodian and
defender of Christ's teaching:
It is he therefore who licenses
preachers, confessors, and tea
chers.
BUT A sermon or instruct
ion or panel discussion which
originates from a radio or tele
vision station in one diocese is
heard in many. A new determi
nation of episcopal responsib
ility for such programs should
also affect the relationship of
regulars to the bishop. In the
same manner, the use of postal
service, the telephone, news
papers, as well as radio and
television call for a newdefi-
The following article provi
des some of the background of
the question of the extent that
some religious orders are inde
pendent of diocesan bishops.
The problem is expected to be
taken up for consideration dur
ing the Second Vatican Council,
which reconvenes in Rome on
September 29. Author of the
analysis is the Bishop of Des
Moines, Iowa. He is at the same
time a member of the Domini
can Order, whose members take
solemn vows and are therefore
exempt Religious. He is a
member of the ecumenical
council's Commission for Re
ligious.
nltion of alms gathering, parti
cularly in regard to Mass-of
ferings.
The works of the growing
lay apostolate necessarily imp
inge upon the teaching office
and touch parochial life. So here
too there is a need for the sup
ervision and unifying direction
of the diocesan bishop even,
over works sponsored and pro-
moted by regulars.
The bishop’s shepherdhood
over his flock imposes on him
the duty to keep good order am
ong them and to keep them from
disturbance of conscience. The
regulars on their side have the
right to extend their approved
works and to support and de
fend themselves.
YET THERE could be good
reason requiring the bishop's
intervention before Religious
could acquire more property.
This could be especially oppor
tune in a place where the re
moval of property from tax rolls
would notably increase the bur
den on other taxpayers.
Nor would it seem to be a
hardship to require that a rel
igious order justify itself for the
bishop's approval before ent
ering suit in a civil court.
Limitations appended to the
law of exemption created a
privilege with new conditions of
religious life. Religious super
iors and bishops both see the
advisability of removing areas
of misunderstanding and dispute.
CASES involving the privilege
of exemption have given rise to
controversies and sometimes to
acrimonious disputes. Some
times these arose from a foggy
area inthe privilege. More often
they were sparked by clashes
of personalities: a sudden flair
of temper which took too long to
cool, or jealousy of one's aut
hority or of an order’s pres
tige.
Happily, most questions have
been pacifically arranged in
informal sessions where good
sense and 'Christian charity
prevailed.
There are sr-r who favor the
restoration ol Lie Sacred Con
gregation of Bishops and Regu
lars, which was abolished
by Pope St. Pius X in 1908
when he reformed the Roman
Curia. The reestablished con
gregation could adjudicate que
stions of this sort and handle
expeditiously business which
today must be treated jointly
by Roman congregations. An ex
ample is the intervention of
both the Congestions of the
Council and of Religious to en
trust a parish to Religious
clergy.
REGARDLESS of the privi
lege of exemption and the laws
of subjection to the local bis
hop, all Religious are bound to
to obey the supreme pontiff even
in virtue of their vow of obe
dience.
Noteworthy are the words
of the late Pope Pius XII on
this matter: "'Hie exemption of
religious orders is not contrary
to the principles of the const
itution which God gave to His
Church, nor does it in any
way contradict the law that a
priest owes obedience to his
bishop. For according to canon
law exempt Religious are sub
ject to the authority of the lo
cal bishop so far as the ad
ministration of the episcopal of
fice and the well regulated care
of souls require. . .exempt
religious even by the prescript
ions of Canon Law are always
and everywhere subject to the
authority of the Roman pontiff
as their supreme moderator,
and that they owe obedience to
s. C. BISHOP SAYS:
him also in virtue of their re
ligious vow of obedience (can.
499. par. 1).
"INDEED the supreme pontiff
possesses ordinary and immed
iate jurisdiction over each and
every diocese and over the indi
vidual faithful just as he does
over the universal Church.
It is therefore clear that
the primary law of God,
where*. / the clergy and the
laity are subject to the rule
of the bishop is more than suf-
ficiei '.y observed as regards
exempt Religious, as it is no
less clear that both branches
of the clergy by reason of their
parallel services conform to the
will and precept of Christ."
Precisely because exempt
Religious are directly in many
things subject to the Roman pon- <
tiff they are "The Pope's Own."
They are, wherever they are,
living witnesses to the primacy
of the Bishop of Rome, the Vi
car of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Segregation Can
Hold State Back
CHARLESTON, S. C. (NC)—
Racial segregation as a practi
cal problem needing a positive
solution was discussed by Bis
hop Francis F. Reh of Char
leston at a meeting of the Char
leston Optimist Club here.
"South Carolina can actually
be slowed down in economic,
educational and social progress
if 40 per cent of the popula
tion is to be kept in a lower
economic, social and cultural
order," Bishop Reh said.
"IF WE CAN face die pro
blem realistically and try to
work with and for the Negro
population and bring them up
as best and quickly as we can,
South Carolina can go forward
much better," he said.
Integration cannot be evaded
by a head-in-sand ostrich ap
proach, Bishop Reh said. "It
is happening here and can't be
stopped here or anywhere,"
he added.
CONTENDING that the inte
gration effort is all commun
ist-inspired is not only incor
rect but "is a very negative
approach," he said. "Let's
work on what might really be
in justices and remedy them so
the 'commies' won't have those
things to use," the Bishop ad
vised.
Bishop Reh also said white
citizens should be .able to dis
cuss integration—to talk segre
gation problems with responsi
ble Negro leadership so the
irresponsible element will not
gain controL
THE BISHOP also comment
ed on the inevitable question of
interracial marriage.
"Who can forecast exactly
what will happen? Who can say
that intermarriage will or will
not occur?" he asked. Judging
by other areas where integra
tion has taken place, it would
seem, he said, that intermar
riage could be considered prac
tically nonexistent.
"We are expected to use the
intelligence God has given us,"
the Bishop said, "to solve the
problems that press us now.
Many, many things about the
future, we have to leave in the
hands of divine providence.
COADJUTOR ARCHABBOT
Rembert George Weakland,
38, (above), was solemnly
blessed as a Benedictine ab*
bot in the Basilica of St. Vin
cent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa.,
August 29. Eleven bishops
and 2S abbots participated in
the ceremonies conducted by
Bishop William 0, Connare
of Oreensburg, Pa. Archab
bot Weakland, who is a noted
concert organist and musi
cologist will head America's
oldest Benedictine Abbey,
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the Church and the Modern
World," is also probably guess
work. It Is a general title which
might easily be drawn from the
character of Pope Paul. This is
a theme which could be attri
buted to many of his past dis
courses both as cardinal and
now as Pope.
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IT CAN be said that the Pope
probably is preparing an ency
clical and probably, if this sup
position is true, it does fall
within the general framework of
the Church and the modern
world. But for the moment the
reports are guesses and the ru
mors appear without substance.
Amendment Protects
Against Imposition
LAWNDALE, Cal. (RNS) —
The First Amendment not only
gives protection to theist and
secularist religions but also
bars "governmental imposition
of either body of belief," the
Catholic Council on Civil Li
berties declared here.
The Council, a non-prof it or
ganization incorporated by Ca
tholic laity dedicated to promo
tion of civil liberties, made
these points in a policy state
ment.
"AS THE First Amendment
protection bars the creating of
state churches, so it bars the
establishment of state creeds,"
the CCCL asserted. "Itdoes not
define the 'religion* of which it
speaks, and the free exercise of
this 'religion' finds its limita
tion only in the ultimate pro
scription of conduct plainly de
structive of the civil order."
"Extending alike to the pro-
-f» ■ ■ ' '*r .
tectlon of theist and secularist
belief, the First Amendment
also bars governmental inposi-
tlon of either body of belief,"
it added.
THE FIRST Amendment not
only guards religious freedom,
but "recognizes that public ob
jectives may be achieved
through the agency of religious
institutions," the statement
pointed out.
"It prohibits denial to any of
public health, educational or
welfare benefits because of the
offering of these benefits
through such institutions."
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