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PRAY FOR
CHRISTIAN
UNITY
the
NORTHERN
iocese of Atlanta
COUNTIES
SERVING GEORGE’S
VOL. 1 NO. 36
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963
$5.00 PER YEAR
CATHOLIC MEN PROJECT
‘Operation Understanding’
Launching November 10
"Operation Understanding",
an explanatory tour of each par
ish in the Archdioscese of
Atlanta, has been scheduled for
Sunday, November 10, from 2:00
until 5:00 p.m.. As announced in
the Archbishop’s pastoral letter
on Christian Unity, the project
will be sponsored by the Arch-
diosesan Council of Catholic
Men and conducted by the res
pective parish men’s organ
izations.
The purpose of this joint
effort, implicit in its title, is
one of promoting better under
standing among all persons of
good will. In particular, Cat
holic laymen will be given an
unparralleled opportunity to
promote the ultimate goal of
Christian Unity by exhibiting
knowledge of and enthusiasm for
their own faith to their non-
Catholic friends and neighbors.
IN ACTUAL practice, visi
tors will be conducted in small
groups through each parish chu
rch by tour guides, each of whom
will offer a concise explanation
of a perrtnent physical or lit
urgical division of the church,
including the Baptismal Font,
Confessional, Stations of the
Cross, displays of Vestments,
LOU GORDON
Missals, Bibles and religious
articles, Sacred Vessels, the
Sanctuary, Altar and Sacristy.
If the parish school adjoins the
church, it is to be included
in the tour.
DOCTOR BERRY
Before leaving, visitors will
be given an opportunity to meet
the pastor and/or teaching sis
ters, have refreshments, ask
pertinent questions, and receive
a souvenir program. Informa
tive literature will be available
for visitors if they so desire.
No religious service will be
held during the tour , and there
will be no guest book to sign or
formal "head count’’ made.
Should Catholics be invited to
similar projects (withoutrelig
ious services) in non-Catholic
churches, they will be free to
accept if they so desire.
OPERATION Understanding
is a project of near limitless
possibilities, since it involves
the full employment of a vigo
rous apostolate in a setting of
knowledge, truth, beauty and
ecumenical enthusiasm. Never
theless past experience dictates
that if the project is to be
successful, a sincere personal
effort must be made by each
parishioner to invite and per
sonally accompany his non-Cat
holic friend or neighbor to the
tour.
Many interested and sin
cerely friendly individuals will
be understandably hesitant to
enter unfamiliar surroundings
without a familiar face to rea
ssure them. No amount of pub
lic publicity- and entreaty will
be of avail without a personal
invitation accompained by a
smile and an offer of trans
portation. Parishioners will be
given personal invitation cards
to distribute so that their neigh
bors may be reminded of the
time and place.
The following acting commi
ttee has been appointed by Fer
dinand Buckley, acting pres
ident, Atlanta Archdioscesan
Council of Catholic Men, to dir
ect Operation Understanding^.
J. Norman Berry, St. Jude's
Parish, General Chairman:
Herbert G. Farnsworth, Cath
edral of Christ The King, Co-
Ordinator; and Lewis Gordon,
Jr., Cathedral of Christ The
King, Publicity Chairman. In
addition, a general chairman
named for each parish.
These men and their pastors
will soon meet with the Spirit
ual Moderator of the Atlanta
ACCM, the Rev. John Stapleton,
pastor of St. Jude Parish in or
der to discuss the nature and the
final planning of this extremely
important project.
The meeting for the Atlanta
area parishes has been set for
September 13 at St. Jude’s
school at 8:00 p.m.. Additional
meetings will be held on
September 24 at St. Mary’s sch
ool in Rome, September 25 at
St. Joseph’s school in Athens,
and on September 26 at Sacred
Heart School in Griffin.
Following these meetings, addi
tional plans and details of Pro
ject Understanding will be
published.
HERB FARNSWORTH
CROWDED CALENDER
Council Will Need Third
Session To Finish Work
NOTRE DAME, lnd. (NC)—
Joseph Cardinal Ritter said "we
can expect more than one addi
tional session” after the second
phase of the Second Vatican
Council concludes on December
4.
"Procedural changes might
make a big difference,” the
Archbishop of St. Louis spe
culated, "but 1 know- of none
Westminster
VATICAN CITY , (NC)—
Archbishop John Heenanof Liv
erpool has been named Arch
bishop of Westminster, succee
ding the late William Cardinal
Godfrey who died in January.
An articulate leader with
a flair for the dramatic phrase,
Archbishop Heenan lias been
particularly active in the move
ment toward Christian unity.
His statements on education,
iamily and the struggle against
communism have also won wide
attention. His audiences have
included Hyde Park hecklers,
and he has debated with H, G.
that have been publicly announ
ced. All die council Fathers are
quite accustomed to the esta
blished procedure; this should
result in greater speed in the
second session.”
CARDINAL RITTER said that
effects of the council should be
felt in about 10 years. He said
•he anticipates there will be
"greater interest and accept-
Archbishop
Wells.
THE PRELATE, 58, was born
in London, ordained at 25 and-
consecrated as Bishop of
Leeds by Archbishop Godfrey
in March, 1951, He became he
ad of the Liverpool archdiocese
in May, 195", succeeding Ar
chbishop Godfrey there, at Liv
erpool he was the spiritual le
ader of about 500,000 Catholics;
the Westminister archdiocese,
which includes much of London,
has about 450,000 Catholics.
Recently Archbishop Heenan
offered Catholics eight rules for
fostering Christian unity.
ance of responsibility on the
part of the laity."
"They will have come to a
greater realization by that
time—and this will be a direct
result of the council—that they,
in the words of Pope Pius XII,
are the Church, that they are
the people of God,” the Car
dinal said. "It should be more
evident than it has been that
the advancement of the cause
of the Church, its reputation and
its contribution to society is
largely Ln their hands.”
IN THE sessions that lie
ahead, Cardinal Ritter said he
anticipates that the major sub
ject will be the Chruch.
"I expect that the importance
of tills topic will bring about a
great deal of discussion," Car
dinal said. "Pope John, you will
recall, in convoking the coun
cil said he wanted the Church
renewed and relevant to our
times. I'm confident that the
council will give a considerable
portion of its time to defining
the Church and clarifying the
meaning of the Church as the
people of God.”
MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART, Clergy, and Friends are pictured prior to the
ceremony which took place on Tuesday in Athens marking the start of construction on the new
135 bed hospital to replace the 25 year old St. Mary’s Hospital.
THREE MILLION COST
New St. Mary’s Hospital
Ground Broken In Athens
• SEE STORY ON PAGE 8
ATHENS — Groundbreaking
ceremonies for the new St.
Mary’s Hospital took place
Tuesday on Baxter Street, one-
half block from Alps Road.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, and
bank loans. Loans at current
bank interest rates negotiated
SOME OPPOSE
by St. Mary’s Hospital accounts
for about 40% of the total cost
of the new hospital.
Cardinals Uphold
Test Ban Treaty
The public was invited to
attend the short program plan
ned by the hospital. Those on
hand to offer e their comments
on the occasion were the Most
Reverend Paul J. Hallinan., Ar
chbishop of Atlanta; the Honor
able Jack R. Wells, Mayor of
Athens; Rivington H. Randolph,
M. D., President of St. Mary’s
Hospital Medical Staff; Mr. Wil
liam A. Mathis, Chairman, Lay
Advisory Board of St. Mary’s
Hospital; Mr. Frank Wilson,
President of the Georgia Hos
pital Association and Adminis
trator of Grady Memorial Hos
pital in Atlanta; and Mr. J. R.
Wilkinson, Architect.
The new St. Mary's Hospital
will be a modern, completely
air-conditioned, 135-bed hospi
tal, costing approximately $3,
000,000,00. It will be a total
of six floors, requiring about
18 months to construct.
The ground and first floors
w ill house service departments
supporting the four-floor, cen
tral core of nursing units above.
The plans have been developed
for the ultimate in patient care
and comfort, including piped-
in oxygen, vacuum, compress
ed air, and medical gasses;
central patient television sys
tem; nurse-call system; 10-
bed intensive care unit for the
seriously ill; three elevators
and two dumbwaiters. There
will have private toilet facili
ties.
The new hospital isbeingfin-
anced by a Hill-Burton grant
of $1,080,000.00, a campaign
fund, donated salaries of the
Missionary Sisters of the Most
Brass Ring For
Church Benefit
CONEY ISLAND, N.Y.(NC)—
It's a case of ride the merry-
go-round and help the Church
at popular Steeplechase Park
here at Coney Island. The
amusement park still carries
out a custom established by the
late George C. Tilyou. For the
65th year the Tilyou family con
tributed a day’s gross receipts
to Our Lady of Solace church
in Brooklyn.
NEW YORD, (NC)—Twelve
leading Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish churchmen endorsed the
nuclear test ban treaty in a
joint statement on the eve of the
start of Senate debate on the
treaty's ratification.
Two Catholic Cardinals-Ri
chard Cardinal Cushing, Arch
bishop of Boston, and Joseph
Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of
St. Louis—were among the 12
signers; of the statement, which
called the test ban treaty a
"first step along the road of
peace.”
HOWEVER, Catholic Bishop
Albert L. Fletcher of Little
Rock, Ark., was among the
signers of another statement
opposing ratification of the tre
aty.
The statement said all Ame
ricans should follow the Senate
debate on the treaty and "be
aware of critical issues that
are being discussed,”
“We do not presume to ad
vise on the technical and mili
tary aspects of this proposed
test ban treaty. However, along
with maintaining the needs of
our military defenses, the
moral aspect of the issue should
be given great weight," the
religious leaders said.
"CONTINUED nuclear test
ing has consequences for life
on earth that must be recog
nized," they declared, adding:
"It now seems reasonable to
take this first step along the
road of peace for the common
good of the world,”
In support of their position
they cited statements by His
Holiness Pope Paul VI, the late
Pope John XXIII and the World
Council of Churches.
THE STATEMENT opposing
the treaty, signed by Bishop
Fletcher and others, was is
sued by the National Commit
tee Against the Treaty of Mos
cow. Its chairman is L. Brent
Bozell, an editor of the Na
tional Review Magazine.
The statement called on the
Senate to reject the test ban
treaty. It said the agreement's
“crucial defect" is that it will
"nourish in western public
opinion a fraudulent confidence
in the good will and peaceful
intensions of the enemy.”
"TO RATIFY this treaty
would be to help determine the
will of the West to survive,”
the statement warned.
The statement also assert
ed that continued U.S. atmos
pheric testing of nuclear wea
pons is necessary for national
security.
Audience
Wasn’t
Cancelled
The Associated Press re
ported (Sept, 10) that an au
dience with His Holiness Pope
Paul VI for Archbishop Pierre
Ngo dinh Thuc of Hue, brother
of Vietnamese President Ngo
dinh Diem, had been canceled.
The Rome Bureau of the
N.C.W.C. News Service report
ed that the Archbishop’s name
was not on the official list of
those to be granted audiences
on September 10. The bureau
said that newsmen and photo
graphers collected at the Vati
can in the morning on a tip
that Archbishop Thuc was due
for an audience, but he failed
to appear.
POPE DECLARES
Church Has Not
Changed Attitude
Toward Marxism
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy
(NC)— His Holiness Pope Paul
VI said here that the pas oral
efforts of the Church to meet
today's problems does not mean
that the Church has changed
its mind about communism.
the Church “it indicates the re
lation between the eternal
values of Christian truth and
their insertion in the dynamic
reality of human life, so ex
traordinarily changeable to
day...
Speaking to a group of Ita
lian Bishops and priests who
had just completed a week of
study on "Pastoral Updating,”
Pope Paul said:
"LET NO ONE believe that
this pastoral solicitude to which
the Church gives so much atte
ntion in its program today signi
fies a change of judgment about
the errors spread in our soci
ety and already condemned by
the Church, such as atheistic
Marxism, for example.”
The Pontiff said that "to seek
to apply careful and healing
remedies to a contagious and
lethal disease does not mean
that one changes his opinion
about it. It means rather that
he seeks to combat it not only
theoretically but also practic
ally. It means that he follows
diagnosis with therapy, that he
applies healing charity to doct
rinal condemnation.”
“IT IS a word which indica
tes the relative and experimen
tal aspect of the ministry of
salvation, which has nothin
more greatly at heart than to
be efficacious and which sets
how much its efficacy is con
ditioned by the cultural, moral
and social state of the soul:,
to which it is directed.”
The Pope described the word
"updating” as demonstrating
the Church’s concern for doirn
away with outmoded practices,
familiarizing itself with new
forms, shortening the “neu
tralizing distances’’between it
self and souls, and acquiring a
knowledge of “new human phe
nomena.”
IN ITS efforts toward updatin
the Pope continued, the Church
has the fullest confidence "in
the perennial application an 1
productivity of the Gospel.” He
went on:
AT HIS special audience of
the bishops and priests, who
had come here from Orvieto
where they held their study
week, Pope Paul said that the
theme of their studies has spec
ial application to the ecumenical
council.
"Updating,” he said, is one
of the council’s chief concerns.
Noting that it is a word that
Pope John inscribed in the pro
gram of the council, Pope Paul
said that when it is applied to
"Updating is a word which
may be mistaken for giving un
due honor to capricious an l
fleeting fads...But instead it
assigns due importance to the
rapid and inexorable passing of
the phenomena in which we live
our lives, and it seeks to con
form to the celebrated recom
mendation of the Apostle:'make
the most of your time, because
the days are evil’ (Ephes. 5,
16).
"IT IS a word, therefore,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
ARCHBISHOP PAUL J. HALLINAN is pictured as he turned the
first shovel of earth marking die start of construction on Athens
new Saint Marx ’s Hospital. (See stor; this page and page 8)