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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
Archbishop’s
Notebook
If one word has to be found to describe the mood of the Council
Fathers on the eve of the Second Session, it might be "expectancy* 4
Last year, the word would have been '‘uncertainty**. There is
a difference, spelled out in the attitudes of the bishops who have
been piling into Fumecino Airport all week; in the officials of the
Curia; even in the off-handed way in which the San Pietrini
(the caretakers of St. Peter’s ) are getting things ready.
I walked through the Basilica Friday, after our Liturgy Com*
mission meeting, and although the opening was only hours away,
the canopy-raisers, broomhandlers, and even the guides seemed
to be getting ready for a business meeting rather than the spectacle
that dazzled the world in October of 1962.
THE DIFFERENCE, of course, lies in the turning of the pages
of history. A year ago, the man sent from God whose name was
John had unleashed a force within the Church that no one could
quite explain or contain. In brave and dogged steps, he had called
die Council, insisted upon its opening date, smoothed over the
inevitable differences, prayed and worked for three years to nur
ture it. When it opened, he poured out his heart to all of us -
it had to be pastoral, he Insisted, not doctrinal; it had to be posit
ive and forward, not condemnatory and devious. That allocution
of October 11, 1962, written in Pope John's free style, spoke
of mercy instead of severity, of the need of improving the spirit
of our ministry, even while keeping the substance of doctrine
intact. The world heard the Pope, but it was w atching the bishops.
What would their response be?
It took time for some 2400 of us to get acquainted, to bridge
the barriers of language - the varieties of German Latin, It
alian Latin, American Latin, Japanese Latin, and so on. It took
time for ui to grasp the deep roots of the Issues, to go back to
our seminary days for study, but seminaries that were coming
alive with new insights into the Bible, into die Liturgy, Moral
Theology, Social Action, and a score of other fields. It took time
to understand that Pope John meant that the bishops were cal
led to Rome to govern the Church with him.
IN A MIGHTY crescendo of understanding and action, die
response came in those closing weeks. In the only area in which
the Council Fathers voted - die liturgy - the ballots for the Ch
urch’ renewal were overwhelming. The uncertainty was over-
the expectancy was here. The last week of the Session combined
all the exciting and heart - warming elements of a national
presidential convention, a family home-coming at Christmas,
and a particularly good confession.
Then Pope John died. Pope Paul VI was elected. He immediately
reconvened the Council, and our commissions continued their
work. In August, nearly 150 American Bishops met in Chicago
to hear progress reports by the twenty Americans serving on
various Commissions. The myth of the apathy ofthe U. S. hier
archy, so carefully advanced by correspondents who missed the
point, was shattered. The point they missed was that at every level
of the Council - in the preparatory commissions, in the debates,
in the Council commissions, in the presidency and secreta
riat, in the handling of die press by the unique panel of experts,
in the weekly meetings to hear scholars - the bishops of the Uni
ted States carried their role as Council Fathers with thorough
competence and a full sense of the historic significance of what they
were doing. In this, they were assisted by excellent peritl,
the priest-specialists who did the research, the formulation, and
gave scholarly depth to the American contribution.
NOW, WE ARE all back, expectant. As we travelled through
France and Germany last week, there was a keen sense of anti
cipation. From all over the world, bishops were converging on
the Eternal City. Eagerly, we grabbed Amrican newspapers,
and haltingly translated foreign journals to read of new develop
ments. Several things will be quite different this time:
• Pope Paul made it quite clear that the work of the Roman
Curia, loyal and competent over the decades, must now be up
dated and revitalized. The "archaic and superfluous” must give
way to what is "vital and healthy”. The Pope listed the accusa
tions against the Curia carefully and said that he did not believe
these charges. But, as one American magazine said, "In a way,
his denial amounted to a review of the same charges.” It was
strong language, and the Curia will now be expected to reform
Itself.
4T Certain Laymen have been invited to attend the Council.
It is certainly in keeping with die new spirit of the Church,
that they will be present at die birth of die new magna carta for
the laity which may be on the agenda for this fall.
• > The "decentralization" and "internationalization” of the
government of the Church is on everyone's lips. The German news
paper, Deutsche Zeltung, called the Pope’s speech to the Cu
ria "surprising”, and warmly endorsed Cardinal. Alfrink's pro
posal that the Coordinating Commission of the Council shoulH
become a permanent part of the Curia. Raymond Millet, a cor
respondent for Le Figaro of Paris, saw it as "a continuous
dialogue" between Rome and the Catholic world. . a permanent
consultative corps.”
WHAT MIGHT Strike a layman as merely a Rome fashion note
is really a symbol of the reality called for by Pope Paul. When
a bishop is in his own diocese, he wears the mozzetta, a short
violet cape of wool, the symbol of his Jurisdiction. When he is
outside this diocese, he wears the mantelletta, similar to monsi
gnors. Previously, in Rome, bishops always wore only the ma-
telletta. Now the Pope has authorized the bishops to wear their
mozzettas in his presence. It's a small item, but full of signi
ficance. The Council Fathers, by the fact that they are bishops,
share in the Pope’s government. The theological, administrative
and especially the ecumenical implications are obvious.
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Latin American Problem
Peace Conference Theme
HEADS NATIONAL CHARITIES
9R0UP. The National Con*
ference of Catholic Charities,
at its 49th annual convention,
held in Cleveland, elected a
layman as its president,
Richard E. Kelley (above).
Executive secretary of the
Catholic Youth Services
Bureau, Cleveland, he suc
ceeds Msgr. Elmer J. Kolka
of Denver.
NATIONAL COUNCIL
WASHINGTON (NC)— The
National Council of Catholic
Men has urged support of the
civil rights legislation pending
in Congress as "a sound and
Christian attitude of justice and
charity.**
The NCCM executive com
mittee at a recent meeting here
adopted a resolution on the sub
ject which has been circulated
to members of the House of
Representatives' Judiciary and
Rules Committees.
"IN THE face of the present
racial crisis and the imperat
ive need for a solution to it
rooted in social justice and
social charity, the National Co
uncil of Catholic Men urges your
support of a civil rights bill
which will grant all citizens,
Services of the Guard of
Honor Associates will be held in
the Visitation Chapel, 1820
Ponce de Leon Ave, on Oct.
17, at 7:30 p.m„ under the dire
ction of Fr. Joseph Drohen.
Music and choir will be led
by Mr. Robert Krick. There will
be Bendictlon of the Blessed
Sacrement and a sermon by Fr.
Frohen.
The Guard of Honor move
ment, described in the following
article, last year offered 8,
302,304 "Hours of Guard” -
hours of personal devotion to
the Sacred Heart - for the suc
cess of the Ecumenical Council.
Atlanta's contribution to this to
tal was 11,600 hours. The art
icle is by Fr. J. Rondet, S. J„
professor of Catholic Faculties,
Lyon, France, which is near the
birthplace of the movement.
"AT THE BEGINNING of the
year 1863, the desire of glori
fying the Heart of Jesus insp
ired a religious of the Monas
tery of the Visitation of Bourge
France, with the idea of sanct
ifying die daily duties of one's
state in life by a special of
fering of an Hour of Guard in
reparationor the public and se
cret sins for which Our Lord
suffered in His agony and shed
His Blood on the Cross.
"Thanks to this pious pract
ise, a chain was established
permitting each member to un
derstand better the solidarity of
the human race in the fall and
in the redemption.
"ON APRIL 7, 1865, only a
little more than two years af
ter the commencement of the
Work , a Pontifical Brief ac
corded to the Associates seven
years indulgence for the Hour of
Guard. Pius IX was not con
tent with blessing the new work,
he wished to be enrolled as a
member. At that time, the Work
was already approved in forty-
four dioceses.
"Finally, on November 26.
1878, the Guard of Honor was
erected into an Archconfrater
nity for France and Belgium.
Since that time, eighteen nat-
WASHINGTON (NC)—Latin
America is many things to many
men: problem to the policy
maker opportunity to the com
munist, challenge to the Ch
ristian.
All these aspects and more
of the "cauldron” south of the
border came in for study at
the 36th annual conference of the
Catholic Association for Inter
national peace.
FROM A welter of facts and
statistics presented during the
meeting, a major conclus
ion emerged: the time for ac
tion to save Latin America for
democracy is now. Tomorrow
will be too late.
This was underlined by Pre
sident Kennedy in a message
calling Latin America "the
most critical area in the world
irrespective of race and color,
equal rights in voting, in admis
sion to schools on all levels,
in employment, in hous
ing, public facilities and in
public recreation,” the resolut
ion said.
"As official representatives
of the National Council of Cat
holic Men we come to you re
cognizing that to us the chief
element in this question is a
sound and Christian attitude of-
Justice and charity,” the resol
ution continued. "In this petition
to you, we join our neighbors
and fellow citizens of all creeds
and races who have already spo
ken on this issue urging you in
the spirit of justice and char
ity to vote favorably for mean
ingful civil rights legislation at
this session of Congress.”
ional Archconfraternities have
been erected in other count
ries.
The expression "Guard of
Honor” no longer evokes the
same mental picture that it did
in the middle of the 19th cen
tury. Our epoch-is equally re
bellious to a certain manner of
envisaging reparation. But per
haps there is only some mis
understanding.
"AN "HOUR OF GUARD”
can be understood *s a pass-
version of an armed soldier
who watches at the entrance of
a headquarters. But it can also
be understood as an hour of very
active service, an hour of guard
of a telephone operator who, in
full battle, assures the connec
tions between the heads
and their troops, or the day of
guard of a doctor who, on Sun
day, is attentive to all the
, calls of a ward.
If it were well understood,
the hour of guard expresses
quite simply the idea that dur
ing a short lapse of time, a
Christian, a religious,a priest,
strives to live in full union with
Christ, having no other intention
than His, no other thoughts, no
other sentiments than the senti
ments and thoughts of the He
art of Jesus.
Griffin Church’s
Holy Name Meet
The Holy Name Society of
Sacred Heart, Griffin, held its
regular meeting recently and
installed the new officers for the
coming term. The new pre
sident, Jim Heddurman, pre
sided.
In addition to Mr. Heddurman,
the officers now include: Jack
Thompson, vice-president; Eu
gene Miller, treasurer; Jack
Harris, secretary.
President Heddurman gave a
short talk on "Operation Un
derstanding,” which will take
place Nov. 10, Guest speaker
for the evening was Mr. Joe
Mansoni, Jr., president of the
PTC of Sacred Heart School
and city director of ALSAC
in Griffin.
today."
Expressing determination
"that there shall be no more
communist states in this hemis
phere,” Mr. Kennedy stressed
social and economic reform as
"the only really effective means
to this end.”
THE PRESIDENT’S message
was dispatched in connection
with the presentation of the
CAIP's annual Peace Award to
Teodoro Moscoso, U. S. Coor
dinator of the Alliance for Pro
gress, the U. S, - backed coop
erative program of Latin tech
nical and economic aid.
Moscoso brought the Latin
American challenge down to die
human level in his acceptance
speech.
THE PEOPLES of Latin Am
erica,” he said, "know today
that it is not their unalterable
fate that they live in disease,
that millions of their children
must die before they reach man
hood, or that hunger pains are
as natural as breathing.
"They mean to change their
plight—and to do it fast,” he
said.
A strong endorsement of the
Alliance for Progress came
from Msgr. Joseph B. Gremil-
lion, director of socio-eco
nomic development for Cath
olic Relief Services —National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
The U. S. Catholic overseas
relief agency.
HE CALLED support of the
Alliance an obligation "in con
science” for Catholics, and said
that if they fail to back it,
"our high-pitched acclamat
ion of Pope John's new social
horizons sounds like so much
vacuous horn-blowing.”
The same theme was stressed
by Father Eugene K. Culhane,
S. J., managing editor of Amer
ica magazine, in his sermon at
the CAIP's annual Mass for Pe
ace. Of the Alliance he asked:
"When has Christ-like charity
ever been .conceived in so vast
a scope?”
A PLEA FOR shaving Latin
American military budgets and
channeling the savings into con
structive social purposes was
made by Sen. Hubert H. Hum-
phery of Minnesota.
Specifically the Senate Ma
jority Whip recommended that
Latin America be made "off-
limits” to nuclear weapons..
NOTING THE strain placed on
wobbly Latin economies by ex
cessive armaments, Humphrey
said: "We will weaken and pos
sibly cause the failure of the
Alliance for Progress unless
something is done to implement
an effective arms control ag
reement in this area.”
The Catholic Church's re
sponse to the Latin American
challenge was discussed by sev
eral speakers. The importance
of this area to Catholicism is
evident from the fact that one
out of every three Catholics in
the world lives in Latin Ameri
ca, which has a nominal Cath
olic population of more than 190
million.
FATHER JOHN J. Consldine,
M. M„ director of the Latin
America Bureau, National Cat
holic Welfare Conference, voi
ced optimism over the "spirit
of an apostolic crusade" among
Latin American Catholics which
he said has in many areas re
placed the "hopeless apathy"
that previously prevailed.
The Church is "still in deep
trouble” in Latin America, Fa
ther Consldine cautioned. But
efforts by priests, Religious
and laymen in Latin America
and elsewhere are contributing
to a Catholic "resurgence”
there.
DOUGLAS HYDE, a convert
to Catholicism who Is former
editor of the communist Daily
Worker of London, said commu
nists regard Latin America as
"the most promising area” in
the world for a takeover.
He called Latin America a
"testing ground" for commun
ist tactics in the underdevelo
ped world, and said Cuba is
a "working model" for com
munist revolutions.
JOSEPH A. BEIRNE presi
dent of the Communications
Workers of America, warned
that the U. S. is "losing to
the communists in Latin Amer
ica.”
"In a relatively short time
. . .the people of America sh
ould not be surprised if the
continent south of us is made
up almost entirely of govern
ments and men whose eyes are
directed to either Moscow or
Peiping,” said Belrne, who is
secretary-treasurer of the
American Institute for Free
Labor Devel opment.
WILLIAM E. MORAN, JR.,
dean of the foreign service
school at Georgetown Univ
ersity here, was elected pre
sident of the Catholic Asso
ciation for International Peace.
John T. Miller, Jr., a Wash-
| ington attorney, was named exe
cutive vice president of the or
ganization.
OTHER OFFICERS are Mrs.
Margaret Ready of Washington,
secretary; Harmon Bums, Jr.,
of the Legal Department, Nat
ional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, treasurer; and Msgr. Ge
orge G. Higgins, director of the
NCWC Social Action De
partment, executive secretary,
Moran, a native of Herkimer,
N. Y., had previously been CAIP
vice president. He has served
on U. S. government missions
in Europe and Africa.
HOWARD UNDSAY PLAY
St. Thomas More’s
Theatre Under Way
St . Thomas More’s Theatre
Guild opens its 11th year with
"Tommy,” a Golden Product
ions play, a favorite with stock
companies throughout the coun
try for many years. Written by
Howard Lindsay and Bert Rob
inson, "Tommy” deals with the
problems of adolescents and
their elders. Gene Bergmann,
director is now in the process of
casting.
"Tommy” will be presented
November 2nd and 3rd in the
round at St. Thomas More So
cial Hall.
OFFICERS GUIDING this
year's Guild are: Wally Kuhn,
president; Maude Grennor, re
cording secretary; Esther
Hickok, corresponding secre
tary; Ursula Weiss, treasurer;
Janet Basham, business man
ager; Margaret Galligan, libra
rian, and Sally Draut, publicity.
Rosalie Sampson is hospital
ity chairman and Mildred Kuhn,
telephone chairman. LeoMues-
sle is electrician; Gerry Gal
ilean. membership chairman;
Jimmy Hickok, ad chairman.
Nancy Harrington is stage man
ager for this production. An
ita Bergmann, wife of the dire
ctor, is in charge of workshops
presented at each monthly
meeting.
Guest night will be observed
at the November meeting. Ev
eryone interested in any phase
of theatricals is most welcome
to attend.
Polish-American
Group Elections
The Polish American Club of
Greater Atlanta has announced
its officers for 1963-4. Presi
dent - Joe Novak, 1st V.P.-
John Kovalski, 2nd V. P. -
Thomas Zaworski, 3 rd V. P.-
Joe Polinski, 4th V. P. - Eddie
Ponatowski, Secretary - Ruddy
Palinski, and Sgt-at-Arms -
Frank Wallace.
The purpose of the club is
for the preservation of the trad
itions of the Polishpeople. Mon
thly socials are held at which
native Polish food is served.
Membership is open to any
one of Polish extraction. Ad
ditional information may be ob
tained by calling Eddie Ponato
wski 366-520" or Tom Zawor
ski DR 8-3209.
Catholic Men Back
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