Newspaper Page Text
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
WAS SUSPENDED
Maryknoll Will Reinstate
Cuba-Visiting Missioner
MARYKNOLL, N. Y., (NC)
—A priest who was suspended
for visiting Cuba against the or
ders of his religious superiors
has been reinstated by them.
A spokesman for the Mary
knoll Fathers said Father Felix
McGowan, M. M., “has declar
ed his willingness to follow the
instructions of his superiors."
“BOTH MARYKNOLL and
Father McGowan consider the
ANGELO NOCE?
incident closed", stated the
spokesman.
Father McGowan went to Cu
ba early in July to investigate
conditions there. He had been
“absolutely forbidden'* to make
the trip by his superiors, and
his suspension resulted from
his refusing to obey them. A
priest under suspension may
not perform his priestly func
tions until he is reinstated by
his superiors.)
Who Discovered
Columbus Day?
By Bill Ring
(N. C. W. C. NEWSSERVICE)
Any fifth grader—well, al
most any—can come up with
the answer to the question of
who discovered America.
But answers are few and far
between when if comes to the
question of who discovered Co
lumbus Day!
The Christian Brothers of
St. Mary’s College, Calif.,
claim that Angelo Noce, who
was a member of the college's
first class 100 years ago, is the
"father of Columbus Day.”
TODAY it’s easier to name
the Jurisdictions which do not
celebrate October 12 as a legal
holiday than those which do.
The dont’s are Alaska, Hawaii,
Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Okla
homa, South Carolina, South Da
kota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wy
oming and the District of Co
lumbia.
In Alabama, the date is cele
brated as Fraternal Day. In In
dia and North Dakota they call
it Discovery Day. In Wisconsin
it’s Landing Day, while in Ar
kansas, Iowa and Oregon it’s
commemorated as a memorial
day.
After his graduation from
St. Mary’s which then was lo
cated in San Francisco, Noce
pushed on to Denver, Colo.,
where he became a journalist
and printer. In 1905, after a lot
of spade work, he succeeded in
having a bill introduced in the
Colorado Legislature making
Columbus Day a legal holiday.
The measure was passed in
1907 and Colorado got the dis
tinction of being the first state
to celebrate Columbus Day le
gally.
NOCE, so the story goes, had
become a Christopher Colum
bus buff quite naturally. Both
were born in Genoa, Italy—quite
a few years apart. Noce main
tained a great interest in the
famous explorer ever since his
boyhood when he had the distinc
tion of being a flag bearer in a
parade honoring Columbus.
After his success with the
Columbus Day idea in Colora
do, Noce pushed on to Montana,
then to other neighboring states,
beating the drums for legisla
tion recognizing Columbus Day
as a legal holiday.
When Noce died in 1922, Co
lumbus Day was observed as a
legal holiday in some 35 states.
Noce is buried in Jackson, Ca
lif., where his family settled af
ter making the trip to America
some 350 years following the
celebrated Columbus voyage.
WHILE IN Cuba Father Mc
Gowan gave interviews denying
that there is religious persecu
tion under the Castro regime.
He also became associated
with the controversial group of
59 American students who vi
sited Cuba during die summer»
without authorization from the
U. S. Government. In a letter to
the New York Times he disput
ed the accuracy of reports about
their visit.
ON AUGUST 3 the Vicar Gen
eral 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 Fa
thers."
Father McGowan appeared
with the students September 12
when the House Un-American
Activities Committee held
hearings on their activities
Outbreaks of violence occured
during the hearings that day and
the next.
THE PRIEST also presided
at an evening meeting of the
students in Washington, D. C.,
during which some of those pre
sent clashed violently with
members of George Lincoln
Rockwell’s American Nazi par
ty'-
Later, however, a Maryknoll
spokesman said it was under
stood that Father McGowan re
gretted the publicity he had been
receiving and wished to return
to the community-.
The announcement that the
priest had returned was made
here by Father Albert J. Ne-
vins, M. M„ editor of Mary
knoll magazine. His statement
said:
“FATHER FELIX McGowan
returned to Maryknoll today
(Sept. 17) and has declared his
willingness to follow the in
structions of his superiors.
“He will make his annual
spiritual retreat during which
time his superiors will plan
his future assignment. Both
Maryknoll and Father McGowan
consider the incident closed.”
National Council o-f C
HERALDS YOUTH WEEK. President Kennedy is among the
national figures who have hailed the 1963 observance of Na
tional Catholic Youth Week, scheduled for October 27 to
November 3. This poster is one means the National Coun
cil of Catholic Youth is employing to call attention to the
Week, whose theme is "The Young Catholic in the Lay
Apostolute." In this abstract design, in color, Christ, sym
bolized by the Chi Rho prismatfcally illuminates the world
in which all men, through the lay apostolate, must reflect
Christ’s light and restore all things in Him.
Marist Tops Druid Hills
; CL
sta
Will Benefit
Stadium
The new Joseph Bean Stad
ium, behind St. Pius X High
School, is the site for the up
coming Football Fiesta. The
fair, designed to raise funds
for the stadium, will be held
Oct. 5.
Planning the Fiesta is a spe
cial “activities" committee
headed by co-presidents Paul
Faletti and Christine Murphy.
Several committee members
are spear-heading the activities ,
to take place during this fair.
SUSAN SPICKERMAN and
Pamela Jenkins are preparing
the “Bag - It and Check -
It Booth." Marcia Stoppelbein
is planning the “Ballon Pad;"
In charge of “Wheeling and
Dealing" are Frances and Cat
herine Hynes; Patricia Errigo
will set up the Christmas card
tavle; Martin Gussman heads
the stamp project; Fredericka
Parthemore.
DIRECTING the plans for the
Football Fiesta is the Home and
School Association. Mr. W. R.
Waidelich, an active member of
the association, has organized
the planning committees.
Other activities at the coming
fiesta include a spagetti dinner
and a dance for the teen-agers.
This festival lasts from 10:00
am to 10:00 pm.
The Marist cadets, playing
the first home game in their
sixty-year history, bested the
Red Devils of Druid Hills 28
to 7 Friday night at Ponce de
Leon Park.
The Cadets rode the strong
right arm of quarterback Bill
Reltmeier and the fleet corps
of backs to their initial victory
of the 1963 campaign.
THE FOUR Marist scores
capped long drives kept alive
by timely runs by Co-captain
Rhode Hill, Dennis Withers,
Mike Murphy, and Louise Lem- it
bardy. Reltmeier scored first
early in the second period. Just
before the half, Hill gathered
in a short toss and crossed
the goal for the second Cadet
T. D. Hill again tallied in the
fourth period. The final touch
down was turned in by Withers,
whose trusty toe also booted
four perfect extra points.
NELSON RIVES
REALTY INC.
3669 CLAIRMONT ROAD
CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE,
SALES, RENTALS,
RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
PHONE: 451-2323
• For any occasion:
Weddings, organizational
meetings, any social
events
• Formal or informal
• Special menus custom-
prepared to your
requirements
• Piping hot foods—
meat and fish
• Sandwich platters
• Hors d’oeuvres
• Gourmet canapes
• Beverages of all kinds
• Bar service arranged
• China
• Flatware
• Napery
• Decorations
• Waiters and waitresses
• Butlers
• Personal attention of
catering consultant
• Instant service. We’re
ready, willing, anfl able
to do the catering
right away.
• Budget terms. Affair*
tailored to your budget.
Nothing too big...
nothing too small.
When Dinkier does except inviting
the catering,forget the guests!
about everything
DINKLEB-PLAZA
In The Heart of Atlanta-98 Forsyth Street, NLW., Atlanta
c *i! OW C*t.ring Department at JA 4-2461. Send
for free booklet, luting all Dinkier hotels and motels across the country.
0!Wll* HOUi, WW9MTI0*. C.t if, D— Jr, PlWtoM / A wlwii, ..... WMAVV ., Ir.n.c,»(.».!, 1nv.it -| Cat.a/I! m
Bybfht
• frintiNG
• UThOfliAWINO
COMPANY
350 FORREST ROAD, \i, K.
.Ter#ftf AHawta Slwtt It 11
ATLANTA. QEOROIA
WORLD A VILLAGE
Layman, Priest Ask Wider View
WASHINGTON, (NC) A lead
ing layman and the head of a
men’s religious community ag
reed here that a narrow con
cept of Christian missionary
endeavor is Ineffective today.
"A village Christianity in the
old sense is a decadent Christ
ianity —the only Christianity
that is valuable today is one
that concleves of the world as
a village,” Martin H, Work, ex
ecutive director of the National
Council of Catholic Men, told
the 14th annual meeting of mis
sion-sending societies.
FATHER GERARD Rooney, C.
P., superior of the St. Paul of
die Cross Province of the Pass-
ionist Fathers, said at another
session: “In recent years, the
concept of missionary life with
in the Church seems to have
shifted from the narrow canon
ical sen£e and is now centered
in the much more profound the
ological sense: the mission of
every Christian, according to
his gifts, to communicate and
extend the influence of Christ in
the world.”
Martin Work said at a general
session that "only a Chrls-
tlanlty.,.that Joins hands with
saints and sinners alike in de
fense of human values in solu
tion of today’s problems can
command the commitment in
volved In accepting Christianity
as a personal mission.”
"A RELEVANT Christianity
must be universal,” he contin
ued. “It must bring spiritual
unity to a world that is seeking
unity almost blindly. This
Christian universalism is in
tense competition with secular
universalism for the one world
that is shaping on the horizon
today and will be with us tomor
row.”
This secular universalism
"is moving rapidly into such a
dominant position in the evolv
ing and emerging w-orld thatun-
Cru,
184 JrEA
184 Jr EAST CLAYTON ST.
North - East Georgia's Largest
Television Dealer
ATHENS, GEORGIA
NORElCO dictating machine.
■ LU NAY WMITHPHINT MACH INI.
PHOTORAPID COPIEME • HKYKR DUPLICATOR*
MASTER ADDRESSERS • AMPTO PHOTOCOPY
OLIVETTI ADDERS • RIX4ROTARY MIMEO
172 WHITEHALL STREET, S. W. SMOn* ATLANTA 3, OEOROIA
less there is a dramatic change
in Christian action and attitude,
we will find that the world of to
morrow Is not more Christian,
but less," Work said,
"ITS GOAL will not be the
salvation of man’s soul,” he ad
ded, but rather "nothing more
than man’s security, comfort,
and the satisfaction of only his
human needs.”
Declaring that "Christians
cannot reject the real world
and its problems," Work con
tinued: “They must take their
place in developing history; and,
while doing this, exercise their
Christian mission.”
‘They must bear concrete
witness to the dynamic unity of
their faith and charity, not
merely by apologetics, but by
taking up an honest share of the
common task.”
FATHER ROONEY said at a
session on the closing day of
the conference that Christianity
"is a social religion,adynamic
religion and, above all, a mis
sionary religion.”
"Christianity can never be
content with simply trying to
get people into heaven when
they die," he continued. “It
refuses to have its work con
fined to the sanctuary. It re
sents being considered a system
of pious platitudes for genteel
humanitarians. It is something
fierce, and great, and sublime,
as well as gentle, humble and
long-suffering.”
THE PASSIONIST priest said
that the personal level of daily
missionary effort extends to all
those "obligations that confront
every Christian In hi* dally,
personal life, according to his
gifts.”
"Yet, apart from this per
son-to-person relationship,” he
continued, "there is another
level of Christian action which
presents a different missionary
target and usually requires spe
cial techniques of trained per
sonnel, This is the level of so
cial Institutions.”
"ACTION AT this level,” he
said, "is intended to create, or
at least reform, some social
institution.,.If it is a good thing
to make peace between our nei
ghbors, is it not better still to
set up an intergroup commis
sion which constantly seeks to
eliminate racial, religious and
class bigotry in the com
munity?”
Referring to words of Pope
St. Pius X in this regard, Father
Ronney said that "when it comes
to penetrating the social order
with the influence of Christ, and
with reforming social institu-
tions..„such works belong
particularly to the laity.”
"IN THESE days, as Pope
Pius XI remarked, it is not
permitted for any Christian to
be mediocre,” Father Rooney
said. ‘The times call for great
souls, great Christians, great
missionaries—particularly for
great lay missionaries, for as
Pope Paul VI recently declared:
*Now is the hour of the laity...
the Catholic laity has come of
age.’”
Lourdes Convent
Fund UnderWay
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish,
Atlanta, is under way with its
campaign to raise $25,000 to
ward the building of a new
convent.
Two of the parish auxiliaries
have launched the drive with
contributions. The St. Mar
tha's Society, Mrs. Elizabeth
Grimes, president, has contri
buted $50, The parish Council
of Catholic Women Mrs. Carl-
ene Thomas, president, has
given $107. Other parish groups
are planning additional fund
raising activities.
BREAD
W
AVAILABLE AT
(Eolomal JJtores
AND
THE Big (Apple SUPERMARKETS
BAKED BY THE MONKS OF
OUR LADY OF THE HOLY GHOST
TRAPPIST MONASTERY
Conyers Gtorgia
