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Archbishop’s Notebook MID-ATLANTIC, ABOARD "UNITED STATES": Lastyear,lhad three flights to Europe - one to visit our Irish seminsrltns, and two for the Council. Air is the fastest modern mode of travel, but it leaves you with a montage of airports, seat-belts, and end less views of water and/or clouds. This time, I would cross the Atlantic in leisure, the way the Council Fathers went to the First Vatican in 1869 - by ship. I might have saved my time! Despite good company and good food, the five-day trip was dreary and overcast, with enough rain to keep everybody out of deck chairs, and enough roll-and-pltch to keep many out of the dining rooms, too. Our party of four had no particular problem on that score, but even Mass was difficult be cause the contents of the Chalice were unsteady. And once the Missal moved of its own accord from the Epistle to the Gospel side - without a server! This is carrying liturgical participation pretty far, when even the Missal gets into the action. Dr. Paul Tillich was the brightest light of the voyage. This emi nent Protestant theologian, accompanied by his wife, was going to Zurich to deliver some lectures. We met at table, and were in vited to meet again with them for more discussion on the Council. Then the professor and Mrs. Tillich accepted our invitation (Bis hop Robert Tracy and I) to pursue our thoughts still further. I loaned him a copy of Hans Kueng's latest book, 'THE COUNCIL IN ACTION*' which, with my underlining and marginal notes, provided the basis of our talks. It would not be proper to report our conversations as a piece of correspondence, but it is quite in order to say that Dr. Tillich's great admiration for Pope John has opened up a new respect for die Church's determination to meet the demands of modern society. Like us, he shares a distrust for foggy concepts - words and ideas should be defined so that discussion can proceed fruitfully. 'The Church'* - "faith" - "spirit" all came in for scrutiny and dis section, the central problem of authority, of course, was discussed; this is at the heart of much Catholic-Protestant tension. Dr. Tillich has walked the difficult path between philosophy and theology for many years, first in pre-Hitler Germany, then at Union Theological Seminary in New York, later Harvard, and then The University of Chicago. He is a pupil of the great Protestant biblical scholar, Harnack; a teacher who has tried to bridge the gap between things and their terms; and a pioneer who has breathed much fresh air into Protestant religious discussion in the United States. Now he is watching the Council to see what direction the Ca tholic aggiornamento takes. In Paris, on learning of Pope Paul's forward steps in regard to the Council he said devoutly - "May God bless theml" And we parted, with a pledge of mutual prayer, PARIS, FRANCE- The Commission of the Liturgy has been called to Rome in advance of die opening date, but we still have time to observe a little of France and Germany. In Paris, the gigantic efforts of the late Cardinal Suhard seem to have repaired some of the gap between the clergy and the laity. DuGaulle, the Algerians, the Common Market, and die amaing diplomatics of South Vietnam are on everyone’s lips. I managed to bring up men tion of Georgia's chickens each time the Common Market was mentioned. The French reaction was as skeptical as it was when I explained that Adanta did not use police dogs and firehoses on our citizens, and that our Catholic schools and hospitals were inte grated without trouble. It is tragic what one headline or newsphoto can do to poison our images of each other. Chartres, the diocese that goes back to the third century, and whose wonderful Cathedral goes back to the twelfth, has been the inspiration of such diverse people as Henry Adams, our own Yankee observer, and the thousands of Catholic youth who walk there from all over France. To use a cliche, it is a poem in stone, but such stone as rises up to scrape at heaven, and encloses stained-glass that brings heaven down to earth. Here are die brilliant, warm- hued glass windows that tell of the tree of Jesse (the genealogy of Mary), and the Passion of Christ. For an obscure reason, my favorite item at Chartres has always been the Judgment scene in stone over one of the entrances, where die archangel holds the scales of justice, and an impish devil tips the scales against die poor culprit in the dock. At Rome, we will be with some of the keen French bishops like the auxiliary of Paris, whose parish is almost entirely under Communist influence, and another whose excellent Latin used to explode into fireworks French when the Liturgy Commission meetings grew heated. France, "the eldest daughter of die Church," wanders in and out of the old home with saints like the Cure d’ Ars, St. Therese, St. Louis, and St. Vincent de Paul; and rebels like Renan and Lolsey, die Galileans and the Jansenists. The Church here has much to teach us, and It has much to learn from us. TRIER, GERMANY - In Germany it is different. There is a warmth, a homeliness, a grasp of the faith that has survived die Kulturkampf of Bismark, the postures of Kaiser Wilhelm, and the mental aberrations of Adolph Hitler. Yesterday we visited the in stitute of Liturgy in Trier, where Msgr. Wagner presides - a dy namic center of publications, research and influence on the worship of God by the German people. And today, we visited the Benedic tine Abbey of Marla Laach where Father Guardini and Abbot Heers- wiggen began the great liturgical renewal of our times. These names, with Father Jungmann, S. J., give Germany the rightful claim to first among the nations to plant the seeds that have blos somed in Pope John's AGGIORNAMENTO This morning, in the town of Ida-Oberstein, 1 offered Sunday Mass for the people of Sts. Peter and Paul parish. It was a MISS A COMMUNIS, halfway between a Low Mass and a High Mass. The congregation sang German hymns at the entrance, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus and the Communion, and replied to my words in Latin, while the parish priest read almost the entire Mass from the pulpit in German. Butfewmen received Holy Com munion, and only a handful of women. When the German spirit of external participation is merged with the American spirit of sacramental participation, we will have what the Church wants, - true liturgical participation, the full activity of our priests and people, with Christ as our Head, offering worship to the Heavenly Father, - the holy people of God, marked by baptism, at work at worship. 1 tried to sum up these thoughts in my sermon which Pastor Adams carefully translated into German. ATHENS, GEORGIA - Meanwhile, I cannot resist a story that 1 kept from the groundbreaking ceremonies of the new St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens (not Greece, butGeorgla), It was the day before I left for the Council. A young lad of eight had watched the ceremony carefully, and was much impressed. First, the archbishop took a shovel-full of soil, then the Sisters, then the Board of Advisors. When he return ed home, he was questioned as to his whereabouts, He explained with wide-eyed wonder. "I was out there watching all those people on the hill. They were digging for a church - but they couldn't find anyl" We are, in the Second Vatican Council, digging for a solution. May our future be more promising. #a.i< ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA ( ! VIA ; TELSTAR Pontiffs Message Hails Georgetown OCTOBER 13 Beatification Set October 13 For Bishop Neumann By Carl A. Balcerak (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) Venerable John Nepomucene Neumann, who will be beati fied on October 13, was a zea lous missionary, educator, builder of churches and spiri tual servant of immigrants. Yet though he accomplished much in many fields, the Bo hemian-born prelate was truly "a hero apart from grand un dertakings," in the words of Pope Benedict XV, who declar ed him Venerable in 1921. THE MAN who was to become the fourth Bishop of Philadel phia disliked any fanfare, and his humility, often misunder stood, was like a cloak cover ing his achievements. As a pioneer missionary, Fa ther Neumann spread the Faith throughout various regions of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Virginia from 1840 to 1860. In the educational field, he established the first unified system of Catholic schools un der a diocesan board, intro duced nuns and Brothers into the Philadelphia diocese as teachers, and wrote a cate chism and Bible history for the faithful. AS AN administrator, Bishop Neumann helped construct 80 churches in the Philadelphia diocese, conducted visitation tours in pioneer settlements and held three diocesan synods. The Bishop also organized the first diocesan schedule of the Forty Hours' Devotion in Ame rica. Able to converse in 10 lan guages, he eschewed the soli tude desired by scholars for the apostolate of action. His fa cility In languages became an effective tool in embedding the Faith firmly into many Euro pean immigrants to the U. S. Father Neumann worked among Germans in the region of Niagara Falls, set up the first national parish for . Ita lians (St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi) In the U. S. in 1853 in south Philadelphia, and even learned Gaelic so that he could hear confessions of the Irish who settled in a mountanious region of Pennsylvania. IN TRE VORTON, Pa„ one day in 1856, an elderly lady went into the confessional where Bis hop Neumann was sitting and be gan with the Gaelic words: "Beannaigh me..." A WEEK after his ordina tion, he was named pastor of an area in western New York as large as his native land. He worked four years as a pioneer missionary along the Niagara frontier and the Buffalo area, where he ministered to hun dreds of immigrants. In 1840 Father Neumann be gan his novitiate as a Redemp- torist. On January 16, 1842, he made his profession of vows in Baltimore. He became even more of a traveler then, going out among the settlements of Virginia, Mayland and Pennsyl vania. Two years later theRedemp- torists made him superior of their parish in Pittsburgh. In 1847 Father Neumann was nam ed superior of all Redempto- rists working in the U. S. Al though the superior, he always chose for himself the most self- effacing tasks while on mission assignments, leading in recita tion of the Rosary rather than giving the principal sermon, and spending many hours daily in the confessional. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1852, Pope Pius IX named him Bishop of Philadelphia. The See entrust ed to the 41-year-old prelate covered 30,000 square miles. It was made up of the present Diocese of Trenton, N.J., a por tion of Altoona-Johnstown, Pa., and Camden, N.J., dioceses, all of Harrisburg, Pa., Scranton, Pa„ and Wilmington, Del., dio ceses, plus the present Arch diocese of Philadelphia, Bishop Neumann, who was consecrated on March 28,1852, could never quite get used to his new office. Disliking pomp and ceremony, he was reluctant to attend social teas and banquets and to wear the fashionable clerical clothes he was given. In his first sermon as head of the diocese, Bishop Neumann strongly urged that all Catholic children attend C a t h o 1 1 c schools. About six weeks after his consecration, he assembled a group of clergy and laymen to discuss plans for setting up parish schools throughout the Philadelphia diocese. A week later the group adopted a plan for establishment of a central board of education in the dio cese. THIS signal contribution of Bishop Neumann's was made a subject of canon law by the Third Plenary Council of Bal- Rome CYO Meet VATICAN CITY (RNS) — pope Paul VI, in a televised message to Georgetown Uni versity in Washington, D.C., lauded 1 the Washington < school for playing leading role in the "noble work of education right from the beginning of your republic." The pontiff's message, spok en in English, marked the be ginning of celebrations com memorating the Jesuit uni versity's 175th anniversary. It also came on the feastday (Sept. 26) of the North American Je suit martyrs, victims of Indi ans between 1642-1649 in up state New York and Canada. WITH POPE PAUL when he delivered his talk were Arch bishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington and Archbishop Martin J. O'Connor, rector of the Pontifical North American timore 30 years after the Bis hop's death. Public schools soon found their enrollment decreasing, as one Catholic school after ano ther went up in the Philadel phia diocese. To provide teach ers for the growing number of students, Bishop Neumann brought into the diocese Chris tian Brothers, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Sisters of the Holy Cross. In April, 1855 , he founded an American Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, whose motherhouse now is located in Glen Riddle, Pa. In 1853 Bishop Neumann laun ched the first diocesan cycle of Forty Hours* Devotions in Ame rica. THE BISHOP asked the Holy See to divide the Philadelphia diocese, hoping that he would be given a small area in the coal regions among the hard working immigrants. The Holy See, instead of dismembering the diocese, gave him a coad jutor, Bishop James F. Wood.* On January 5, 1860, Bishop Neumann, while walking at 13th and Vine Streets in Philadel phia, fell to his knees sud denly and died shortly after wards. He was 49, When Pope Benedict XV de clared him Venerable in 1921, he said that if some persons could not "picture him to them selves as a hero apart from grand undertakings, We hasten to say that wonderful results can spring from simple deeds, provided these are performed as perfectly as possible and with unremitting constancy." HE ALSO said: "Venerable Neumann's activity was indeed admirable, not so much for the good he effected in the fleeting hour of the present, as for that which assured the benefit for future ages." In February, 1963, the Vati can's Sacred Congregation of Rites certified as authentic two miracles attributed to the in tercession of Bishop Neumann as a necessary step toward his beatification. There were the cure of J. Kent Lenahan of suburban Philadelphia, who suffered a fractured skull and multiple in ternal injuries in an automo bile accident in 1949, and the cure of Eva Benassi Pantani of Sassuolo, Italy, of acute peri tonitis in 1922. BISHOP Neumann is the third U. S. citizen, and the first male one, to be beatified. Proof of his citizenship in the form of a pass port certificate, dated October 13, 1854, was recently discov ered in the National Archives in Washington, D. C. The U. S. citizens already beatified are St. Frances Xa vier Cabrinl, a naturalized ci tizen beatified in 1938 and ca nonized as a saint in 1946, and native-born Mother Eliza beth Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the U.S., who was beatified on March 17, 1963. College in Rome. The message was televised via Telstar, the communication satellite, and recorded by NBC in New York for later broadcast. Noting that Georgetown was founded in 1789, the same year in which the U. S. Constitution was adopted, Pope Paul said that through the university, the Catholic Church has been pre sent in the education of America since its beginning. THE CHURCH, he said, “is ever Interested in inculcating in the youth of a nation the religi ous and civil principles upon which society and national life are based." Pope Paul told Georgetown that education "is gauged not just to a formal preparation for future work in the many fields of endeavor in which your graduates labor, but al so to instilling in them the moral principles which con tribute to sound personal virtue and holy family life." IN THIS connection, the message hailed Georgetown for its contribution to the "firm moral fibre of individuals and families," which, he said, "leads to a virtuous moral condition of society as a whole." The Pope concluded by be stowing his apostolic blessing to Georgetown officials, students and alumni, and "to all our children in the U.S." Retarded Welfare Challenge CLEVELAND (NC) — Mental illness and retardation are among the greatest challenges facing private welfare agencies, the retiring president of the National Conference of Catholic Charities said here. Msgr. Elmer J. Kolka of Den ver told the charities convent ion that in 1960 there were an estimated 5.4 million children and adults who were mentally retarded and that there will be a million more by 1970, IN THE PAST, he said,many mentally retarded persons could find jobs after complet ing special classes for the ed- ucable. But, he added: "There is some question whether this will continue to be so in the next 10 years with out additional special help. In creased industrial specializat ion, automation and the intensi fied tempo of industrial pro duction pose new problems. "Farming, which years ago provided a field of employment for many of the retarded, has become so highly specialized that such persons now have a difficult time finding jobs there." NEEDED ALSO today, he said, are more services to the family. "The large ex tended family of the past, which included grandparents, un married aunts, and others living in the same household, is dis appearing," he said. "The result is that many ser vices that family members formerly performed-—such as child care and nursing the chronically ill—now must be sought outside the family," Msgr. Koika said. Meeting At SS. Peter And Patti The Ladies Auxiliary of SS. Peter & Paul Parish held their opening meeting for the year of 1963-64 on Wednesday night, October 25. The guest speaker was Sister M. Edmunda, principal of SS. Peter and Paul School, who spoke on methods of teaching in the parochial schools, and the " do's and don'ts" that might be of value to parents. At this time Sister M. Judith Anne was welcomed as the new Sister who has been assigned as a teacher for the school, by the Program Chairman, Mrs. Pegg', Monaghan. The pastor, Fr. Manning, addressed the group briefly. When she left the church, then was a broad smile on her face and she exclaimed to neigh bors: "Moladh go deo la Dia. Easpog Elreannach ata’gainn are deire" (Praise be the good God, it’s an Irish bishop we have at last!) John Neumann, the third of six children, was born in Pra- chaiitz, Bohemia, on March 28, 1811. After studying for the priesthood at Budweis and Pra gue, he came to the U. S. and was ordained on June 26, 1846, by Bishop John Dubois in New York. The exrcutive meeting of St. Mary’s , Rome, C.Y.O. met last week with Father McDon ough, Pastor as moderator. The Chairmen for the diffe rent committees were assigned as follows: social chairman- Barbara Hecie, spiritual chair- man-Robert Hart. Phvsictl ch airman Callie Coker’and Cul tural chairman Loraine Battle. First meeting will be held the second Sunday in October at St. Mary’s School. Each ch airman will present his ideas and suggestions to be discuss ed by the group. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 This Ad Worth 50$ ON ALL TYPES OF ELECTRICAL REPAIRE ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AT Home & Hobby Shop BELMONT HILLS SHOPPING CENTER » PHONE: 435-5122 R.S. 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