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OBITUARIES 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. “PET. # you bet!” MIUCOMMttV MIRY DIVISION For Convonlonl Homo • Dolivory Atanto Call 636-8677 In 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, Wit Ad Worth S0< ON ALL.TVPES Ofc ELECTRICAli'REPAIRS 47 Bone l Hobby Shop BELMuvi HILLS SHOPPWC CENTER PHONE} 43VS122 R. S. SEELEY,,JUGR. 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. OF STATE CHURCHES 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. 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