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Newspaper Page Text) GEORGIA PINES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5 Marist Contribution ST. CHARLES BORROMEO BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN A Mhile back I was invited to deliver a talk to a meits group at the First Methodist Church in Cantor, Georgia. During the course of introduction the tostmaster mentioned that he was a graduate of Marist College in Atlanta, and the great devotion ■ h6*heldfor the Marist Fathers. All ever north Georgia this seems to be the rule, Wierever one goes he finds Protestant, Jewish aid Catholic laymen who through the years still hod the Marist Fathers in high respect. All this Yas evidenced last week when the Marist Fathers dedicated their new chapel and faculty residence on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Celebrating fifty years of service in Atlanta's education field the Marists closed the old school on Ivy Street and erec- |ted a new plant in the northern |section of Atlanta. Last Sun- |day’s dedication was another phase to the growing school 1plant which some day will see la gymnasium, additional class room space, and many other th ings so necessary today to a complete school plant. FOR A scor and ten years many Atlantans were treated Caily to the colorful display of marching cadets as they drove down Courtland or Ivy streets. Svery day it was possible to see spectators lingering along the fence on Ivy street watching the cad«ts go through their daily drills. Marist grew, hovever, and the antiquated plant no longer served dficiently the needs of a growing school so a relocation became necessary*. This is where tie loyalty* of Marist graduates dame to the front. They supported a fund drive which saw, on tie golden anniversary of the Marist Fathers in Atlanta, the dedication of a new school plant. One could not have asked for a nicer day. On the terraced slopes hundreds gathered as Archbishop Hallinan blessed the beautiful chapel donated by one of Marist's most distinguished alumus, the late Esmond Brady. There was hardly a leaf moving on the trees as Father John Mc Donough delivered the dedication sermon paying tribute to Father Dagneau and Father Brennan for their inspiration and leadership which cul minated in this memorable day. AS I SAT there I could see reflected in the expressions of the audience the spirit of grat itude to the many, many Marist Fathers through the years who laid the foundation for the new Marist College. The history of the Marist Fathers in ths section of Georgia has been truly an inspiring one. Aside from their dedication to the education of young men there has always been a true dedi cation to souls. Sunday after Sunday in addition to their school responsibilities they travelled all over north Georgia saying Mass and bringing spiritual consolation to people living in the mission areas of the diocese. AN EXCELLENT chronicle of the service which the Marist Fathers gave to the church in north Georgia was aptly written this year by Father Phillip Dagneau on the occasion of the Marist Father’s golden jubilee. In this book, Father Dag neau goes back to the day when the first father arrived in the city right up to the dedication of the new buildings. Places, names and events which will bring back nostalgicmemoriesare aptly set forth in this history which at the same time is a real tribute to the society. Marist College, please God, will continue to grow through the years and will continue to pro duce good citizens who are truly a credit to the Fathers’ education system. QUESTION BOX Sacrament Of The Sick? BY MONSIGNOR J. D. CONWAY Q. OUR OLDEST BOY, NOW ELEVEN, HAS TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS. ITIS A FATAL DISEASE. TUMORS DEVELOP IN THE BRAIN, WITH PRO GRESSIVE DETERIORATION. HIS L Q. DROP PED 30 POINTS IN THREE YEARS. COULD HE RECEIVE THE LAST SACRAMENTS WHILE HIS MIND IS STILL PRETTY GOOD? HIS L Q. IS 69 AT PRESENT. HE IS ANXIOUS FOR SCHOOL TO START, BUT 1 DON’T KNOW IF THEY WILL ACCEPT HIM. A. I do not recognize the disease which your boy has, but since it is fatal and is already far advanced he should certainly receive Extreme Unction, which is the sacrament of the sick, de signed by our Lord to give him the graces he needs in his ill ness. And I would think that he should receive Holy Vaticum also, while he is still capable of receiving it. Certainly he should be receiving Holy Com munion as often as he is able. • ** Q. THIS STATEMENT IS NOT TAKEN FROM THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. IT IS FROM THE COMMUNIST PARTY PLATFORM FOR 1928. DON’T THESE DEMANDS, MADE IN THE DAILY WORKER 35 YEARS AGO BY THE COMMUNISTS COINCIDE WITH THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? HOW ABOUT RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITIES? A. The article which you send - a photostat, which I presume to be authentic - is being dis tributed free (small donation requested) apparent ly as propaganda against the President’s civil rights program. It lists the demands of the Com munist Party, as follows: "1. Abolition of the whole system of race dis crimination. Full racial equality. "2. Abolition of all laws which result in segre gation of Negroes. Abolition of all Jim Crow laws. The law shall forbid all discrimination against Negroes in selling or renting houses. ”3. Abolition of laws which disenfranchise the Negroes on the ground of color. "4. Abolition of laws forbidding inter-marriage of persons of different races. ”5. Abolition of all laws and public adminis tration measures which prohibit, or in practice prevent, Negro children or youth from attending general public schools or universities. ”6. Full and equal admittance of Negroes to all railway station waiting rooms, restaurants, ho tels, and theatres. ”7. The War and Navy Departments of the United States Government should abolish all Jim Crow distinctions in the army an( j "8. Immediate removal of all restrictions in all trade unions against the membership of Negro workers. 9. Equal opportunity for employment, wages, hours, and working conditions for Negro and white workers.” My comment: It should be a source of deep shame, humility and repentance for us Catholics that the Communists were demanding 35 years ago the justice and the basic human and civil rights which many of us are still denying to our Negro neighbors. Isn’t it a wonder that the Negroes have not become Communists? Even if the devil came up with a program like this I would be for it a hundred per cent, simply because it is right. Again, presuming this quotation authentic, isn't it a source of national shame that the Communists were 26 years ahead of the U. S. Supreme Court, 35 years ahead of the New Frontier, aeons ahead of some prejudiced politicians, and who knows how much ahead of the Congress and some of our reluctant bishops? It is about time that the vaunted justice of our great Democracy and the professed charity of our beloved Church caught up with the exalted prin ciples of Communist propaganda (we are not speaking of Communist achievements). Q. THIS EVENING I WATCHED A TELEVI SION PROGRAM WITH TWO ACTORS POR TRAYING PRIESTS. THE STORY INVOLVED A DOG WHICH HAD DIED, AND THE SUPPOSED PRIESTS LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT DOGS DON'T GO TO HEAVEN. I KNOW THAT ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE FREE WILLS, BUT DOES THIS MEAN THAT ANIMALS DON'T HAVE SOULS? I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT IF AND WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I WILL SEE DOGS AND ALL OF GOD'S CREATURES THERE GIVING PER FECT HONOR AND GLORY TO THE PERFECT ONE. A. You go right ahead and believe what you want; it is your own imagination, so enjoy it. But please don't ask me to share your sentimen tality; I can’t stand it. Q. I RECENTLY HEARD A PRIEST SAY IN A SERMON THAT ONE MAY GAIN A PLENARY IN DULGENCE EVERY DAY MERELY BY OFFER ING UP ONE’S WORK. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. MUST A CER TAIN PRAYER BE SAID? IS THIS INDULGENCE APPLICABLE TO ONESELF, OR TO THE SOULS IN PURGATORY? A. The priest spoke the truth. This indul gence was granted by Pope John XXIII to encour age us to sanctify our daily work. No special prayer is needed, but to gain the indulgence daily you must keep yourself in the state of grace, go to Communion once a week, receive the sacra ment of Penance every two weeks (unless you are a dally communicant), and pray each day for the Pope’s intentions. Q. I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE REACTIONS OF THE MIND OF A SCRUPU LOUS PERSON WITH A CONSCIENCE WHEN HE IS CONFRONTED W ITH TEMPTATIONS TO SINS OF THOUGHT. A. Draw yourself a picture of a tornado, and Imagine its dizzy speed increasing as the winds near its vortex. By thus going round in accelerat ed circles the mind of the scrupulous person gets nowhere but may be highly destructive. My advice to the scrupulous person: ignore temptations to sins of thought. LITURGICAL WEEK Idols, Competing Gods, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Saturday, septem her 28, st. wences- AS, MARTYR "He who finds his life will lose * t> a nd he who loses his Uf e for my sake will find (Gospel). Again the strange combination, the aradox, of humility and glory, a paradox which absolutely assumes the existence of the one God in whose providence everything works together and for ultimate good. Our worship of God in the Eucharist draws together, integrates, every as pect of our lives—our sins in our admission of fault, our blessings in thanksgiving, our incon stancy in prayer for assistance. Saints in Black and White | STUDENT' GROUP Priest Who Visited Cuba Suspended By Superiors 1 ' X (6 ll 41 ■ it ACROSS 1. Shellfish 5. Slat 9. He Had an Uncle Who Became .... 13. One of the Councils 14. Cruel Man 15. The Pitcher’s Plate 16. Rumor 17. Australian Bird 18. Voice 19. Wreck 20. Poke 21. Define 24. Donkey 25. Butt 27. Pecan 28. Empire State 29. Let it Stand 31. Dress 32. Are 33. Compound of Iodine 36. Absorbed 40. Rite 43. Father 45. Falsehood 46. Young Catholic Group 47. Argentine; abbr. 48. Sail 50. Act 52. Zodiac’s 3rd sign 53. Exempli causa 55. A seaport in Florida 56. Fun 60. Denial 62. Lump 64. Baseball abbreviation 65. Sibilate 66. He was Known As A Second .... 69. Exercise 70. Gypsy 71. Antitoxins 72. English Spa 74. Ball-rope missiles 75. Senile 76. Property; Lat. 77. Usurped 78. Path 79. Dye, indigo 80. Opinion DOWN 1. Sea Voyage 2. Restrain 3. Wingless insect 4. Bachelor of Theology 5. He is Patron Saint of 6. Ripen 7. Staunch 8. Personal Pronoun 9. The Book of Psalms 10. Stew 11. Eucharistic Plate 12. Black 13. Repose 17. Aural Ornament 22. Christian 23. Tavern; Slang 26. Female Name 30. Bond ’1. Worship <4. Suffix Meaning Morbid 35. He attended the University of .... 37. According To 38. Hole 39. Exact Point 40. He Founded the .... 41. Orb 42. Caviar 43. A Little Wet 44. Noise 48. A Sedative 49. Carriage 51. Corrupt 52. Civii War Force 54. Speak Gently 57. A Flower 58. Italian City 59. Epic Poetry 60. Rhinal 61. Final Letter of Gre»k Alphabet 63. A Degree 67. Kind of Gun 68. Ebony; Poetic 70. Heat-Treated Coal 73. Black Bird 74. Harmful 76. Soul: (Egy. Rel) 77. Liliy, Palm ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE ON PAGE 7 MARYKNOLL, N.Y., (NC)— A priest associated with Ameri can students who visited Cuba without authorization was sus pended by his religious super iors for going to Cuba without their permission. The suspension of Father Fe lix McGowan, M. M., was dis closed here by a spokesman for the Maryknoll Fathers. Sus pension of a priest means he cannot perform his priestly fun ctions until he is reinstated by his superiors. Later, however, a Maryknoll spokesman said he understood Father McGowan wished to be reinstated. He indicated this would be possible “if his atti tude is correct.” This announcement was made by Father Albert J. Nevins, M.M, editor of Maryknoll ma gazine, who said it is “under stood ” that Father McGowan “regrets” the publicity he has received recently and wishes to seek reinstatement. Father Nevins said that if .he priest “speaks to his su periors, and if his attitude is correct, his superiors will do all that is possible to help him.” FATHER MCGOWAN pre sided at a meeting in Washing ton, D. C., of the students who had gone to Cuba during the summer and their supporters. The evening meeting followed ARNOLD VIEWING Conversation Controversy BY JAMES W. ARNOLD To follow “La Strada” and “La Dolce Vita” with still another masterpiece is asking too much of Federico Fellini, the pudgy Italian writer-di- rector whose work rivals only Graham Green's in providing conversational controversy among thoughtful Catholics at parties and after the late, late show. In ”8 1/2” (titled for the number of films Fellini has made, counting his portion of “Boc caccio *70”), he has fallen short of the request ed miracle. It depends, of course, on what you mean by masterpiece. The film has considerable wit, originality and beauty, with the stark, exciting visuals so ef fective in “Vita.” But its con tent is personal, a soul-search ing explanatory note from the director to his audience. Even the earnest viewer will find the message difficult and the me thod often inscrutable. For the first time, Fellini is legitimate ly open to the charge of ob scuring his matter with an artsy manner. THE MOVIE explores the inner desires and con flicts of a film director torn by the demands of his art, his co-workers and his confused romantic life. In a sense, it describes the pulls and tugs of existence on every man, for whom each day often seems a meaningless chaos, partly fulfilled or botched, partly virtue or sin, pleasure or pain, half-tragic and half-comic. Like the hero of “8 1/2”, he seems constantly rushing to plug his finger in one hole or another of an eternally leaking dike. But the universal implications are strained. Mainly, this is about the problem of being a famous director, an artist who wants to produce Great Things but is inhibited on all sides. His producer frets about money, his actresses about their careers, a veteran assistant about growing old and unwanted, an Intellectual about whether the projected film deserves to be made. The di rector is also forced to seek the approval of the clergy - “with their backing you can get every thing you need in life.” THE HERO (another silken performance by Marcello Mastroianni) is far from sure of him self. Artistically, the Great Idea keeps slipping away from him; at one point, he decides: “I really have nothing to say but 1 want to say it all the same.” He is alternately fascinated by his wife (Anouk Aimee), his mistress (Sandra Milo), a dream girl (Claudia Cardinale), and sun dry other females encompassed by his hopeless ly wandering eye. His basic impulses are described in a mar velously comic dream sequence in which all his girl friends of fact and fancy are gathered in a harem where he rules as the pampered master, responsible to no one and nothing but his own whim and pleasure. But even this spoof-Freu- dian daydream is tinged with guilt. He considers and rejects what might be called the Christian Solution - building his life around one thing that would give his life order and mean ing - because, like an infant freshly loosed from his playpen, he is equally attracted by everything. His ultimate solution is more Freudian than Chris tian: I am what I am. I can’t help myself. Ac- a hearing the same day by the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was investi gating their activities. DURING THE evening meet ing some of those present clashed verbly with members of George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi party. Police arrested four of the American Nazi members on disorderly conduct charges. Outbreaks had occured dur ing the congressional hearings earlier, with police ejecting Charleston Integration ‘Dignified’ CHARLESTON, S. C., (NC)— The “calm dignity” with which racial integration came to Ca tholic schools here was charac terized as an “expression of our Catholic people’s confi dence in Catholic education” by tiie diocesan superintendent of schools. Integration in the Charleston diocese became a reality when 15 Negro students were enroll ed in four elementary schools. The 15 previously had attended the all-Negro Immaculate Con ception school and now attend previously all-white schools. Father J. Fleming McManus, director ol the diocesan school system, emphasized that not only was the integration accom plished peacefully, but increas ed enrollment in the nine pa rochial schools in the Charles ton Catholics in their schools. 'demonstrators from the hear ing room. Similar incidents also took place at the hearing the next day. ON AUGUST 3 the Vicar Ge neral of Maryknoll, Father John F. Donovan, M. M., issued a statement saying that comments by Father McGowan on condi tions in Cuba were the priest’s “own personal views and not those of the Maryknoll Fat hers.” Father McGowan had been quoted by the Cuban newspaper El Mundo as saying in Havana that reports in the U. S. ab out religious persecution in Cuba were “very far from the truth.” ALSO, A letter from the pr iest published in the July 29 New York Times disputed the accuracy of reports about the visit to Cuba of the 59 American students. Father McGowan went to Cuba early in July, according to a Maryknoll spokesman, to in vestigate conditions. The spokesman said he was “abso lutely forbidden to go there and went against the wishes of his superiors.” His suspension resulted from this action, the spokesman said. FATHER MCGOWAN, 39, is a native of New Rochelle, N.Y. and has been reported to be liv ing there with his father. The Maryknoll spokesman said Fat her McGowan has not been in touch with the community. The priest was ordained in 1950 and assigned to mission work in Bolivia. He later was reassigned to the United States and engaged in student work. cept me and love me, not as you want me to be, but as 1 am. JUDGING the content-value of ”8 1/2” involves two crucial decisions. What do you think of the hero? What do you think Fellini thinks of him? For all his humanity and attractiveness, the di rector is a man trapped by his experiences and vices; he resolves his inner conflicts by confes sion and surrender. What Fellini thinks of him is less clear. But since one of the film’s major points is that a director’s work is largely a re flection of his own life and background, Fellini can hardly escape the viewer’s conclusion that the film is somewhat autobiographical and that the central character has his sympathy. Another example: Catholicism fares badly in ”8 1/2” because the hero’s experience of the Church is chilling - cruel, Jansenist, anti-hu- man, irrelevant to real problems. Outside the Church there is no salvation, only the City of the Devil, lectures the Cardinal, religion’s chief spokesman and a truly repulsive old man. Un less the author somehow puts this figure in con text, unless he implies that there is more to the truth than this, he is in the position of supporting this limited vision as universal, or at least as significant. Again, the judgment of the director- character is clear; the judgment of Fellini is not. AN ARTIST cannot suspend his judgment of his own creatures. This is vital to the whole effect of the work. The scorching presence of Fel lini's judgment on the characters of “La Dolce Vita” made that film monumental rather than pornographic. Technically, “8 1/2” is as brilliant as we have come to expect of Fellini. The virtuoso touch alone makes it worth seeing. But there are flaws. The interplay of reality and dream is often deliberately hard to follow, with the director playing little jokes on the audience and putter ing about with symbols. The contrivances of “8 1/2” are embarrassing compared to the simplicity of “La Strada.” Some characters are ultra-real; others are caricatures. One squints constantly to see through the shadows. At times there are loud echoes of “Last Year at Marienbad.” The subtitles are skimpy: an American audience feels it is missing most of what is said in a script that is already foggy- enough. THE FILM repeatedly broods about heady ques tions of the Survival and worthiness of pictures and their artistic validity, issues symptomatic of a budding Michelangelo complex. Fellini needs to be rescued from the critics of the literary quarterlies, and allowed to create, as before, without concern for his immortality. CURRENT RECOMMENDED FILMS: For everyone: To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence of Arabia, The Four Days of Naples, The Great Escape. For connoisseurs: Sundays and Cybele, 8 1/2, The L-Shaped Room. Better than most: The Longest Day, Mutiny on the Bounty^ Days of Wine and Roses, A Child Is Waiting. Kids may like: PT-109, List of Adrian Messen ger, The Lion. God Love You BY MOST REVEREND FULTON. J. SHEEN Given the millions and millions of starving in the world who are living in sub-human conditions, should not the Government allow a 100 per cent income tax deduction for all charity which goes directly to the poor of the world through established agen cies—Jewish, Protestant and Catholic? Missionaries live with the people; bureaucrats do not. Missionaries al ready have given their lives for the people they serve; they can, there fore, above all others, be trusted to honestly help those whom they love and who love them. Aid distributed to the people directly by Jewish, Protestant and Catholic workers among the poor peoples would avoid the sometimes waste of foreign aid. Take one African country where poverty is extreme. The head of this country already had a palace as elegant as our White House, but our foreign aid program gave him 10 million dol lars for a new palace, while hundreds of thousands in the country still went without lights, sewerage and decent hous ing. One other African country recently received 44 million dollars in foreign aid; at the same time, it bought $24,900,000 worth of our gold. In another country in Africa foreign aid* was used to purchase extra wives for government officials I To complain against government waste does not help the poor in Korea, or pipe water to the slums in Rio, or build houses in Hong Kong where eight to ten live in a room. Be cause the Government sends 1,000 educational television sets to a country where there is no electricity does not mean that we who have the love of Christ in our hearts must not help them build a school or buy them medicine. As Edmund Burke said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This means we have no right to complain against wasted foreign aid unless we first give Chris tian aid. We who plead for the hungry of the world are trying to educate children in nearly 100,000 schools, heal the sick in 10,000 hospitals and dispensaries, care for 3 million lepers — and do all of this with 300,000 unsalaried workers. We are limited because only a very small proportion of gifts is tax deductible. Perhaps your Congressman might be interested in securing a 100 per cent deduction for your own foreign aid through es tablished agencies. But, in God’s name, remember that people are starving while you write your Congressman. So write us first. We hoard no money; we make no capital investments; no missionaries live on Interest of stocks and bonds. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith belongs to the Holy Father and has both the charity- and justice which charac terize the Vicar of Christ. This is your assurance that the money goes to the poor. God Love Youl GOD LOVE \OU TO E. N. for $1 “I just read the August issue of MISSION. I too am poor, but I enclose this for the poor.” ...to Mrs. G. K. for $2 “In honor of St. Christopher for a safe driving year, this is for the Missions.” ...to C. G. B. for $10 "For the poor of the world in humble thanksgiving for God’s goodness and mercy.” We are not only asking for your sacrifices, but for your prayers. Send your request and an offering of $2 for the WORLDMISSION ROSARY, and we will send you these multi colored beads blessed by Bishop Sheen. Each time you say the WORLDMISSION ROSARY remember to put aside a daily sacrifice for the Holy Father. 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 'i ork lx, N. Y. or your Diocesan Director.