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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. Leroy's Auto Service Tune Up - Front End Alignment Automatic Transmission 4011 P’tree Rd. CE 7-1288 Where Insurance is a Profession, Not a Sideline SUTTER A McLELLAN JA 5-2086 tfoUUi, ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA "Buy Vour liax From Mm" MAX METZEL, Owtir MAX'S MEN'S SHOPS Prachirrr Induitrlal Blvd. ChamblM Plata shopping Canttr Phon* 451-1911 tt5 Prachtr**. N.K. Phon. TR 4-9582 — At 10U» at DEMOCRACY TODAY 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. 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