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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5
GEORGIA PINES
Hot Dog First Down
BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN
It was a brisk autumn night in this northeast
Georgia town and the Cadets of Marist College
were scheduled to play a football game against
the local Gainesville High. The full moon had
just made its appearance over the scoreboard
as the public address system blurted out the words:
“May I have your attention please?’*
Silence fell over the whole field as the Invo
cation was read and then the band played the Stars
Spangled Banner. With this little ceremony over,
both teams made their appearance and a roar
went up from the stands on both sides of the
field.
THE KICKOFF to Marist and
they sure did look good, that is:
for four downs. Then when Ga
inesville’s Red Elephants took
the ball they literally plowed
die opposition until they made
die first score.
Father Rizzuto, the athletic
director at Marist, paced the
sidelines with a worried look,
intensely watching every play.
As a matter of fact it looked to many of die local
people that the Marist team ahd brought along
their “prayer machines”, but it really amounted
to many of the Fathers sitting inthe stands reading
their office.
THE ONLY disappointed people were those
workingin the concession stands. Iguess they thou
ght the visitors didn’t bring any money with them
because they just were not buying the hot dogs
and hamburgers. Of course, the game was played
on Friday night.
One priest walking around found a boy munch
ing on a hot dog and without waiting for an expla
nation he said, “throw that thing away”. The boy,
with typical Marist discipline, did exactly what the
priest had commanded. It was only a few minutes
when he realized that die student was not a Catho
lic. Naturally, the good Father, offered to re
imburse him.
I WAS TOLD that at one game it was announ
ced that a dispensation from the law of abstin-
ance had been granted for the game. An enter
prising concessionaire evidently had learned the
words and decided to make some capital gains.
Names like Murphy, Shugrue, McDuffie, Mc-
Loughlin, Sullivan and DeGolian brought back many
a memory of families I had known in Atlanta.
It sure does make one feel real old to realize
that some I had Baptized were now out on the
football field. I must admit that I had divided
loyalties through. The assistant coach at Gaines
ville is a member of my parish and several of
the players are parishioners here at St. Michael’s
NEVERTHELESS, as the game went on Marist
scored twice and one of these 6 points was
a spectacular run of 65 yards down the side
lines. One wag standing next to me commented
that either the boy was well trained or else
he didn't smoke. (Incidentally, at the time I was
smoking a nice big cigar and was in the process
of picking up a cold.
When the game was over several of the Marist
Fathers stopped by the rectory. Needless to say
they entered the house looking as if they had lost
their best friend. When they were greeted with
a smile they wondered what I was so happy about. I
replied, “that will teach you city-slickers to mess
with us mountain folk”. Incidentally, Marist lost
20 to 14.
QUESTION BOX
Married Out Of Church?
BY MONSIGNOR J.D. CONWAY
Q. THIS PERSON WAS MARRIED OUT OF
THE CHURCH BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
AND HAS NOT BEEN TO CONFESSION FOR
MANY YEARS, AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO
CONFESSION AND RECEIVE COMMUNION, BUT
DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.
WOULD THEY JUST GO TO CONFESSION AND
TELL THEIR CONFESSOR, OR WILL THEY HAVE
TO WAIT FOR A MISSION TO COME TO THEIR
CHURCH, OR COULD THEY GO TO ANY PRIEST
FOR CONFESSION?
A. They can go to any priest
for confession, an it might be
well to do just that and talk the
problem over with him. Your
letter does not tell me the whole
story; but that is precisely what
they should tell the confessor:
the whole story. Then he can
give them proper advice.
Q. AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY REV. EUGENE
MALY STATES THAT CERTAIN SINS COMMIT
TED WOULD NEVER ALLOW THE TRANSGRES
SOR TO GET TO HEAVEN. DOES THIS MEAN
THAT IF SUCH A PERSON SEEKS PARDON IN
THE CONFESSIONAL HE STILL COULDN’T GET
TO HEAVEN.
A. I did not see Father Maly’s article; so I
do not know just what he said. I presume that
he was explaining some text of Sacred Scrip
ture, and far be it from me to disagree with
him in any such explanation. However, 1 am
sure that he will agree with me that when we
have honest repentence for any sin-no matter
what it is-the merciful Lord, our loving Father,
will forgive us.
If some sins are not forgiven it is because we
do not really repent of them-do not humbly ask
forgiveness.
Q. I AM A VISITOR FROM RHODESIA, WHERE
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO THE RUBRICS WERE
CHANGED AT MASS SO THAT THE BELL IS NOT
NOW RUNG AT THE DOMINE NON SUM DIG-
nus; INSTEAD A WARNING-FOR-COMMUNION
BELL IS RUNG WHEN THE PRIEST GENU
FLECTS AFTER HIS COMMUNION. BUT I HAVE
NOT SEEN THIS NEW RULE IN USE IN THE U.S.
A. Say, '’ou nearly tripped me up with this one.
I was all ready to write that this change had not
been made in our rubrics. Then prudence took
over, and I decided to look it up. The new missal
makes no mention of ringing a bell at the Domine,
non sum dignus (the old missal didn’t either!),
but it does say that a warning bell is to be rung
to let the people know when it is time for them
to go to Communion. There was no mention of
this warning bell in the old missal, probably
because it instructed us that the Confiteor should
be said in preparation for the Communion of
the people. Presumably this was warning enough.
The new missal does mention that a bell should
be rung at die Sanctus, that there should be a
warning bell before the Consecration, and that
the bell should be rung three times at each Ele
vation, following the Consecration of the host
and the chalice.
#*#
Q. MY CHILD TELLS ME THAT A PARENT
HAS NO OBLIGATION IN GUIDING HIM IN HIS
RELIGION AND DUTIES AFTER HE HAS REACH
ED THE AGE OF SEVEN, AND THAT GOD WILL
NOT PUNISH PARENTS FOR ANY SIN HE COM
MITS AFTER THAT AGE.
A. Your child is precocious, but also premat
ure. He is right that his sins are his own, but
his parents have a grave obligation of teaching
him to avoid them. His sins are not their sins;
but his delinquency is very probably their fault.
In reality, parental obligations are more posi
tive: parents should train to virtue by word,
motivation and example.
***
Q. ON PALM SUNDAY A CATHOLIC FAMILY
BROUGHT A NON-CATHOLIC TO CHURCR
DURING MASS HE STOOD, SAT AND KNELT.
WHEN THEY WENT TO THE COMMUNION RAIL
ING TO RECEIVE THEIR PALMS HE ALSO WENT
ALONG AND RECEIVED ONE.
I NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING AND
WONDERED WHAT THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH
WERE CONCERNING A NON-CATHOLIC RE
CEIVED A PALM.
A. Under the title of “Sacramentals’’ in the
Code of Canon Law is Canon 1149 which states
that blessings may be given to non-Catholics.
I believe the same principle may be applied to
other sacramentals, especially in these days
of ecumenical fraternity.
It is certainly proper for a non-Catholic to
join Catholics in standing, sitting and kneeling
during various parts of the Mass. It may help
him to feel less conspicuous and isolated. If
he prefers, of course, he may sit calmly in
his pew during the entire Mass.
***
Q. A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ONCE TOLD
OUR CLASS THAT ACCORDING TO CANON LAW
CATHOLICS ARE PERMITTED TO EAT TWO
OUNCES OF MEAT ON FRIDAYS. ISTHISTRUE?
A. It certainly is not true. No meat or meat-
soup is allowed. However, the Church expects us
to be sensible, not scrupulous. You are not re
quired to pick off every little speak of meat
which may have attached itself to your fried egg.
But two ounces could make you a nice sand
wich.
LITURGICAL WEEK
Spinning Of Myths
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
ramental symbol of love we have, and have had
from the beginning, in the Eucharist
FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, ST. LUKE, EVANGE
LIST. “The Lord appointed seventy-two others
and sent them forth” (Gospel). We pray today
then, for heralds of Christ. We do not pray for
officials and administrators who will run the
business of the Church, however necessary these
may be. We pray for heralds, preachers,announ
cers of glad tidings. The zeal, of which the First
Reading makes so much, is as eagerly awaited
today, by a jaded, bored, tired world, as it ever
was—it has the same electric effect.
Saturday, October 19, st. peter of al-
CANTARA, CONFESSOR. “Not having a justice
of my own.,.but that which is from Christ Jesus”
(First Reading). Today we return to that depen
dence on the Saviour and that freedom from il
lusion which we felt so keenly in last Sunday’s
Mass. This implies no escapefrom responsibility,
only an escape from that despair to which a hu
man being's taking himself too seriously and too
ultimately always leads.
Saints in Black and White
ST. PETER CANISIUS 59
NATIONWIDE SURVEY
Catholic-Oriented Study
Begins On Rhythm Method
WASHINGTON (NC) —George
town University’s center for
population research has launch
ed a nationwide study aimed at
determining the length and other
characteristics of the “nor
mal** menstrual cycle.
It is hoped that some 3,000
to 5,000 Catholic women can
be enlisted to provide data for
the study over two years, said
Dr. Benedict Duffy, the center’s
director,
“SUCH INFORMATION is not
presently available and is
necessary for statistical ana
lysis of the rhythm method of
family planning,” Dr. Duffy
five-year age bracket from 15
to 45, he said. He said it
is hoped that various Catholic
organizations will recruit
volunteers from among their
members.
A pilot project demonstrat
ing the feasibility of such a
study was carried out, beginn
ing in January, with some 300
Christian Family Movement
members in New York City,
he said.
DR. DUFFY noted that the
menstrual cycle study is only
one aspect of the Georgetown
center’s program.
The center is also conduct
ing demographic studies, pre
sently emphasizing analysis of
available population data, under
Thomas K. Burch, its director
of studies in this area.
In addition, Dr. Duffy said,
the center is planning “a speci
fic study of the biochemical
and hormonal aspects of human
ovulation” in cooperation with
Dr. H.A. Salhanick of Beth Is
rael Hospital, Boston.
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ANSWER TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE ON PAGE 7
said.
He discussed the program of
the Georgetown Population cen
ter, established in January with
a grant from the Ford Foundat
ion, at a meeting arranged by
the U. S. committee for the
World Health Organization and
in an interview afterwards.
DR. DUFFY emphasized that
die Georgetown study is not
based on “a narrow concept of
rhythm as an alternative method
of birth control.”
"It is rather a serious, ob
jective and scientific analysis,
possibly for the first time any
where, of physiological re
sponses relating to fertility of
normal women," he said.
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ARNOLD VIEWING
Imaginary Questions Posed
BY JAMES W. ARNOLD
Imaginary questions recently posed by imagi
nary readers:
Q. Don’t you ever see any funny movies? All
you seem to write about is Freud, violence and
sexual peculiarities.
A. It’s the state of the market. No film re
viewer is fully prepared without a course in ab
normal psychology. Five years ago the only sick
characters were in torn-shirt drama. Now they
show up in Doris Day and Vincent Price movies.
Since New Year’s I’ve seen
just one really funny movie:
“Divorce, Italian Style.*' Af
ter that there were only select
moments, e.g., the Presley sa
tire in “Bye Bye Birdie” and
Ed Andrews* expectant father
bit in “Thrill of It All.” Some
times you can get the most fun
out of gross incompetence
(“Taras Bulba”), but usually
this is more sad than funny.
Q. Who are the good current movie comedians?
A. The question implies visual comics, rather
than primarily word men (like Bob Hope). Al
though I have friends who are reduced to quiver
ing blobs by Peter Sellers, he is more actor
than clown. The same is true of Alec Guinness,
who hasn’t done much comedy lately. Jack Lem
mon can be hilarious without dialog, but Danny
Kaye and Jerry Lewis are probably closest to the
great movie clowns of the past. Lewis, regret
tably, has little sense of discrimination; he tends
to reach incessantly for the obvious, and seems
satisfied at the moment to work for children.
The great ones can produce poignance as well
as hilarity; they reach into the universal sensi
bility and make the audience want to laugh and cry
at the same time. This was the genius of Chaplin
and Keaton. The current master is probably
France’s Jacques Tati (“Mr. Hulot”). But the
best recent example was Jackie Gleason’s
“Gigot,” which was liked, apparently, only by
Gleason and myself.
Q. I see where “Hud” got the top award from
the International Catholic Office of die Cinema at
Venice. How come you panned it?
A.' “Hud” is a well-made film that defends
human values; at Venice, there were few of these
to choose from. But I felt that the amoral hero
came across as too attractive. It’s also hard to
get interested in psychopaths, whether they’re
good guys or bad guys. As a man incapable of
moral choice, “Hud” chiefly bored me. Also de
plorable Is the trend even in films with a “good**
set of values to concentrate on the deviant and
wicked while ignoring available characters with
universal problems. The approach is valid but the
motive is too often box-office.
Q. Are any Catholic artists making movies?
achievements in Christian art.
It’s easier to talk about Catholic pictures, since
a man’s personal religious orthodoxy is often
slippery. In the spirit of America’s Father Gar
diner, who describes as Catholic any work that
conveys the true worth of man and his relation
to God, Catholics should follow closely the films
of Ingmar Bergman (“The Seventh Seal,” "Virgin
Spring**) and other directors who frequently
cooae, or are chosen by, relevant themes -
George Stevens, Fred Zinnemann, Bryan Forbes,
William Wyler, David Lean, etc.
Q. Why do you call Steve McQueen an actor-
personality?
A. To distinguish him from an actor. This is
no slam at McQueen, who is admirable. Few Ame
rican film stars are actors. That is, they always
essentially play themselves, with a few minor
variations. Within their character “type,” many,
like McQueen, are quite effective. Gregory Peck
and Spencer Tracy are among the best. Others,
like Rock Hudson or Sinatra, are non-actors:
they have no variation at alL Among our few real
actors is Marlon Brando, who often confuses cri
tics and audiences by veering from an imposed
rebel-image (ef, “Mutiny on the Bounty’’).
Q. As prisoner-of-war films, are “The Great
Escape” and “Bridge on the River Kwai” com
parable?
A. Only as adventure movies. Lean's “Kwai”
la more than that: a psychological study of a man
with admirable values that have become warped.
It also implies the absurdity of war. “Escape”
never quite reaches this level, although several
characters, irrationally dedicated to escape as a
supreme value, would seem fit subjects for ana
lysis. The purely physical and emotional excel
lence of “Escape” is stunning in its way, but
there must be grounds for separating the great
from the merely good.
Q. What, if anything, is wrong with Catholics
as fiimgoers?
A. A very personal answer: We tend to use
Legion of Decency ratings as guides to good
movies, when their purpose is to point out pos
sible occasions of sin. As a result, we see a lot
of bad movies, and the makers of good movies
lose money.
Perhaps we make moral judgments too much in
terms of sex, and not enough in terms of artistic
quality combined with meaning and ultimate val
ues. We seem to think little of exposing children
or ourselves to shabbiness of the spirit. Finally,
we don’t write enough real notes to laboring movie
critics, who are then obliged to think up their own.
CURENT RECOMMENDED FILMS:
For everyone: To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence
of Arabia, The Four Days of Nap
les, The Great Escape.
A. It matters most if the artist has control;
the one who has most control is the director who
also contributes to the sc ript. If you really mean
artist, and Catholic by faith, and that his Catho
licism has real relevance to his picture-making,
the most important is Fellini. Like many Catholic
artists, he makes applications of his faith that
might not be accepted at every Communion break
fast. He is challenging and distrubing and some
times (surprise!) in error. But “La Strada” and
“La Dolce Vita” will be studied for decades as
For connoisseurs: Sundays and Cybelle, 8 1/2,
The L-A
The L-Shaped Room.
Better than most: The Longest Day, Mutiny on the
Bounty, The Haunting, Days of
Wine ami Roses, A Child Is Wait
ing.
Kids may like: PT-109, List of Adrian Messen
ger, The Lion.
Catholic Schools
Face Challenges
MILWAUKEE, (NC) — The
head of a new lay-staffed Ca
tholic university said here the
time is at hand for educators
and parents to stop being nega
tive about the challenges facing
Catholic schooling.
Parents should stop excusing
themselves for making sacrifi
ces in the interest of Catholic
education and educators should
stop looking for easy solutions,
said W'illiam G. Conley.
CONLEY, PRESIDENT of the
new Sacred Heart University,
Bridgeport, Conn., spoke to the
annual Milwaukee Archdiocesan
Catholic Teachers Institute.
“It is time,” he said, “for
all of us to stop negative think
ing about Catholic education...
because the years ahead are
crucial.
“Positive and aggressive
leadership on the part of pa
rents, teachers and adminis
trators is most important.”
TAKING NOTE of the chan
ges such as dropping primary
grades to solve problems of
teacher shortages and lack of
space for all pupils, Conley
said:
“The total argument being
used is financial. But that argu
ment will not stand. Catholic
education began when our peo
ple were on the lowest rung of
the economic ladder and they
were poorly educated.
CONLEY THEN offered re
commendations he thought
wuld assist Catholic school
ing in facing current problems.
His proposals stressed cen
tralization of diocesan school
systems in matters from li
censing and accreditation of
teachers to financing.
Catholic education should no
longer be supported only by a
parish basis, he said. It must
be equalized by a diocesan fund.
There is, he added, need es
pecially for support of high
schools in order to keep tuition
down and avoid restricting these
schools only to those who can
afford them.
God Love You
BY MOST REVEREND FULTON. J. SHEEN
Three colored pamphlets tying the Mass with tithing came to
our office the other day. The following was in bold print:
For God; 10 per cent
For me: 90 per cent
For ME! And tying this with the Holy Sacrifice of Calvaryl
If there was ever an unchristian idea, it is skimming the 10 per
cent foam for our Creator, our Redeemer and our Sanctifier,
in order that 90per cent of the liquid wealth may go to our egos.
Did not Our Lord, Whose ex
ample we are to follow, say: “1
love you unto the end”? May we
claim we are united to the Sacri
fice of the Mass by a 10 per
cent love? Did Our Lord hang on
the cross 18 minutes, or only
one-tenth of the total oblation of
three hours? Did Magdalen, who
united herself with His death
and burial, pour only 10 per cent of the ointment and then say:
“The other 90 per cent is for me”? The only one in the New
Testament who kept 90 per cent for himself and gave 10 per
cent to God was the Pharisee, and Our Lord says that he went
back to his house unjustified. Love is not mathematical. Christ
tells us to give our cloak when we are fori ed to give our coat
and when we are forced to walk a mile to walk an extra one.
This does not mean that we should give all, but it does mean
that we may not measure. We give according to our love: some
husbands give 10 per cent of their love to their wives and say
“90 per cent for me”. The Holy Father’s Congregation for the
Propagation of the Faith recently requested that we send
$10,000 immediately to feed children who were so hungry that
they were filling their empty stomachs with sand. “Ninety'
per cent for me” — in the face of that starvation! That only
misses by 10 per cent the amount the rich man in the Gospel
kept from the poor of the world, and for which he went to hell.
Fellow Catholics, love is not statistical! We have too much
hunger and starvation in theworld to calculate our giving! Think
Christian! Be Christian! Love the Lord with your whole mind
and heart and soul. Then you will love the Missions!
GOD LOVE YOU to E. P. for $1 “The novena was answered
and my son was accepted into the seminary.” to P. S. for
$2 “Hoping this will help some baby to go to sleep contented.”
to B.M.P. for $36 “I have not smoked since January and
have thus saved this money.” to R. J. M. for $50 “This
fulfills a promise made to Our Lord for His help in the sale of
property.”
Bishop Sheen originated the GOD LOVE YOU MEDAL to
honor the Madonna of the World. The ten letters of GOD LOVE
YOU encircled the Madonna forming a decade of the rosary.
Send your request for this medal, in any of the four available
styles, and a corresponding offering to Most Rev. Fulton J.
Sheen , Order Department, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1,
New York.
$2 small sterling silver
$5 large sterling silver
$3 small 10k gold filled r
$10 large 10k gold filled
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 36b Fifth
Avenue, New York lx, N. Y. or your Diocesan Director,