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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, OCTOPE; 17, 1963
COMMENTS ON STATUS
Interview With Archbishop Beran In Czechoslovakia
The following is the full text of the question and answer port
ion of an Interview given to the Italian news agency, ANSA,
by Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague. The interview took place
at Mukarov, about 16 miles from Prague. Archbishop Beran
has been there since ris release from detention by Czechoslo
vakia's communist government earlier this month.
"Question: What can you tell us about your release?
"Answer; I am very glad. This gesture of the Prague govern
ment shows that relations between the Church and state appear
to be on the mend. Let us hope that they will continue to improve
or, in any case, that they will be better than they have been in
recent years. My release does at least show that there is a cer
tain desire among the parties to settle the situation.
"QUESTION) Do you know what the situation of the Church is
at present in Czechoslovakia?
"Answer: No. Therefore 1 cannot express any opinion regar
ding this.
"Question: When were you interned?
"Answer: From June 19, 1949, until March 7, 1951. I was
practically locked in the former archepiscopal residence of Rozo-
lov near Rozmital. Then 1 was transferred to government pre
mises. At first it was a villa near Liberec, then at Mlstevec
near Horice and from there to Padebenice, I have been here at
Mukarov since October 4."
ACCORDING TO the ANSA report, Archbishop Beran lives in
a two story house, simple but pleasant, administered by Car-
itas an organization for retired or sick priests and other chari
table functions. ANSA said he appeared to be in good health and
excellent spirit. It said he was wearing a cassock and pectoral
cross and ring. Also in the house is Bishop Karel Skoupy of Brno.
"Question: Why were you interned?
"Answer: I do not know. On March 7, 1951, I was taken away
from the Archbishop’s residence without any reason being given."
"QUESTION; Some of the papers say you refused to sign a
declaration of loyalty to the Czechoslovak government. Is
it true?
"Answer: I was never asked to do any such thing."
"Question: You have been confined all these years without
knowing the reason? How did the authorities who were then in
power justify the measure?
"Answer: The never Justified anything. They just took me away
and that is all. Maybe they thought I could have been a nuis
ance."
"Question: How did you spend all these years? What did you
do?"
"ANSWER: I have studied, I’ve read and I've written. I could
read Rude Pravo, the organ of the Czechoslovak Communist
party, and Lindova Demokracie of the Czechoslovak people's
party. Lately they have also given me a few English Catholic
papers. I studied historical religious problems of Czechoslo
vakia. Conditions were good. I have always lived in small villas
with a garden and I have no complaints."
"Question: Was the announcement of your release a surprise
or did you know that negotiations were in progress?
"Answer: I did not know anything. On the morning of Oct
ober 4, I was suddenly taken away from Padebenice, where I
then was, and was taken to the Office for Ecclesiastic .Affairs
of the Ministry of Culture. There I was informed of my release
and was then taken to this new residence."
"QUESTION: Were any conditions made for your release?"
"Answer: 1 was told that I was free but that I couldn’t exer
cise my ministry as an archbishop, at least not for time being."
"Question: What is your present position?"
"Answer: I leave the decision to the Holy Father."
ANSA said that when he was asked this question, the Arch
bishop folded his hands and smiled.
"Question: But did you ask to be allowed to resume your
ministry?
"ANSWER: No. This is a matter for the Holy Father to de
cide."
"Question: But you would like to be again, even as regards prac
tice, the Archbishop of Prague?"
"Answer: Naturally.
"Question: Do you know the present Pope Paul VI?"
ANSA reported that the Archbishoo’s eyes lit up at this que-
stionand that he answered: "Yes, I had the opportunity to speak
with him when I went to Rome in 1946-47. He was then Pro-
Secretary’ of State of Pius XU. On the day after he was elected
Pontiff, he sent me a message of greeting."
"QUESTION: Will you go to the ecumenical council?"
"Answer: I would like to very much but I do not know."
ANSA reported that the Archbishop explained that he had asked
permission to go last year, but that it was denied.
"Question: At that time you were interned. Now you are a
free man."
"Answer: Yes, but 1 prefer to wait for the situation to develop
and become clearer."
"Question: Are you referring to your present situation?"
"ANSWER: Yes."
ANSA reported that the Interview at this point moved into the
garden for picrure taking and that a peasant greeted the Arch
bishop from across a gate. The ANSA reporter asked: "Do the
neighbors know that you are here?"
Answer: Certainly. They often come to see me, I can now
receive the visits of friends and relatives freely."
"Question: Where do you celebrate religious functions?"
"Answer: Here in this small chapel."
The Archbishop showed the chapel to the ANSA reporter, who
described it as being sLx feet square, setup on the ground floor of
the villa.
ON THIRD chapter
Council Debate
Moves
D’Youville
Girl Winner
Miss Florence Farnsworth,
daughter of Mrs. Herbert
Farnsworth of 176 Bolling Rd.,
NE, Atlanta and a junior at
D'Youville Academy, has been
selected to .Geometry.".per on
"Projective Gemoetry." Her
paper will be part of a program
sponsored by the National
Science Teachers' Association
at the Launching Center, Cocoa
Beach, Fla., from Oct. 21 to 24.
Miss Farnsworth was among
the regional winners of the Ford
Future Scientists of America
contest. Three finalists will
be chosen to compete in a
science congress to be held in
Washington, D. C. in November.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
of the council's Liturgy Com
mission, said;
"The approval of chapter two
of the liturgy schema will affect
the Sunday worship of millions
of Catholics. It applies to the
Sacricice of the Mass the fresh
ideas that the council Fathers
put into their first chapter last
December. Again, the size of
the majority—2,198—empha
sized the worldwide nature of
this movement toward the full
renewal of the liturgy.
"The chapter on the Mass
was first put to the council
Fathers in the form of 19
amendments. These were all
approved, in most case3 broad
ening the text to move the litur
gy closer to its complete renew
al. Then the chapter as a whole
was voted. Of the 2,198 "pla
cet’ votes, 1,417 were unquali
fied votes of approval; 781 were
modified by some particular
qualification. Some Fathers
wanted to extend the communion
under both species to include
marriage. Some wished to de-
Foward
fine more clearly the control
over the practice of concelebra-
tion.
"THE COMMISSION now goes
back to work to examine these
qualifications, combine them
and send them back to be voted
as amendments. If they are ap
proved, they will be simply in
serted in the text of chapter two,
which has now been approved.
"Another step has been taken
in the forward movement of the
Church as the liturgy progres
ses to that 'happy conclusion'
of which Pope Paul spoke In
his opening address."
It later became known that,
prior to taking the vote on the
amended second chapter of the
liturgy schema, mimeographed
sheets were passed among a
particular national group of bis
hops which made suggestions
on what points they should vote
"affirmative with reserva
tions," and which supplied them
with a Latin formula to append
to their "with reservations"
vote. In view of the narrow mar
gin by which the amended sec
ond chapter failed to pass.
BLESSED JOHN NEUMANN
Pope Praises Americans
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
oriented to the singular and sub
lime expression of sanctity."
Rejecting the thesis that
the Church in the United States
is too engrossed with the en
vironment of modern life, the
Pope affirmed:
"America too ha* her saints.
Yesterday it was the Blessed
(Elizabeth) Seton who was rais
ed to the altars, the guide and
symbol of the splendid company
of the cno sen women consecrat
ed to Christ who are like tire
less bees intent on building the
great hive of the American
Church. Today it ;s Bishop Neu
mann whom we venerate as
a blessed and who opens up
before us a twofold vision; that
of the many Americans, heroes
of faith and charity who are equ
ally worthy of mounting the
altars."
THE POPE recalled that Am-
leto Cardinal Cicognani, Papal
Secretary of State, wrote a book
entitled "Sanctity in America,"
while he was Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States. It
demonstrates, the Pope said,
the existence of a"sanctlty no
longer individual but collective,
no longer restricted to individ
ual but collective, no longer re
stricted to Individual cases but
shared by numerous groups'of
the faithful, no longer of one
but of many, the sanctity of a
people."
The Pope asked if it were pos
sible today "that in this our
modern world, so profane and so
tainted by unbelief and vice, that
a national sanctity should^ have
been produced and precisely in
America?. ,
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He answered:
"THIS IS OUR trust and Our
hope. When We see certain
manifestations of American Ca
tholic life, the parishes, the
schools, the universities, the
hospitals, the missions, when
We observe the spirit of faith
and sacrifice underlying these
works, when We feel the pro
found and solid union linking
those Catholics to the Catholic
Churc h, when We have before Us
priests and Religious who re
flect the example of John Neu
mann, how great a trust, how-
great a hope fills Our soul!"
Convent Seeking
Trading Stamps
The Auxiliary of the Sisters
of Saint Joseph's Sacred Heart
Convent Is collecting green st
amps to buy an automobile which
will be sold, with proceeds to
go back into the convent.
Stamps should be mailed to
Sisters of Saint Joseph Sacred
Heart Convent, 64 Baker Street,
N. E., Atlanta.
Assumption School
To Present Panel
The faculty of Our Lady of the
Assumption School will partici
pate in National Educational
Week which is celebrated in
November by presenting a panel
for the Altar and Rosary Soc
iety at their monthly meeting
on Tuesday, November 5, at 8
p.m.
It is the hope of the pane
lists that they will present the
dual role of the Parochial Sc
hool System in training and
educating their students to be
not only good Catholics, but also
outstanding American citizens.
THE TOPICS to be discussed
are, "Contributing Factors to
Readings at the Pre-School
Level" by Sister Mary Made-
leva, RSM: "The Child in the
Primary Grades" by Sister
Mary Madeleva, RSM: "The
Primary Grades" by Sister
Mary Rosarii, RSM: "The Ch
ild in the Intermediate Grades"
by Sister Mary Ancilla, RSM:
"The Child in the upper Gr
ades" by Sister Mary Malachy,
RSM: and "Preparing Students
for High School” by Sister Mary
Elaine, RSM.
Mrs. Foster Hotard, Pre
sident, cordially invites all mo
thers of the Parish to attend
this important meeting.
SUPREME (OURT RULES
State Must Support
Religious Beliefs
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
of course, still reach the same
conclusion. But if it did, the case
would probably come again be
fore die U. S. Supreme Court,
which would be sure to give
heavy wleght to its ruling of last
June in deciding it.
ANOTHER Church-State act
ion the same day saw the Su
preme Court deny without com
ment the motion of several in-
tervenors who had asked it to
vacate its judgement of last
June in a Florida public sc
hool prayer case.
The court at that time had
ordered the Florida case retur
ned to the state Supreme Court
for action in light of its rul
ings against - in-school prayer
and Bible reading in Maryland
and Pennsylvania cases. Its new
action lets the remand stand.
The appeal in the Mlnesota
contempt of court case was
brought by Mrs. Lavenrna H.
Jenison, a member of the Ch
urch of God. She was sentenced
to 30 days in jail last Novem
ber for refusing to serve on a
jury in Renville, Minn., County
district court.
Mrs. Jenison based her re
fusal on a literal interpretation
of the words of the seventh h-
apter of St, Matthew’s Gospel;
"Judge not, that you be not jud
ged."
HER CONVICTION and sent
encing for contempt were affi
rmed last March 8 by the Min
nesota Supreme Court.
In her appeal to the U. S.
Supreme Court, she argued that
her First Amendment right of
free exercise of religion had
been violated.
OBITUARIES
Mrs. Hilley
A Requim Mass has been of
fered by Fr. Thomas J. Rosh-
etko for Mrs. Ellie B. Hilley,
of Atlanta. The Mass was at
Sacred Heart Church and was
followed by interment at Oak
land Cemetery.
Mrs. McGinley
W
Mrs. Sarah McGinley, a nat
ive of Savannah, has died in
Atlanta, where he lived for the
past 20years. Funvral services
were held In the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptis’, Savannah.
Mrs. McGinley is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. F. j. McCarthy
of Decatur and two sons, M. H,
McGinley of New York and F.
J. McGinley of'Atlanta.
CAIP PESIDENT
Peace Is Not
4 A Dirty Word 9
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
major tragets.).
MORAN also plans to develop
a CAIP college program. As an
example of what this could me
an, he cites a conference on
Communism held last year at a
Catholic women’s college here
with the assistance of the peace
association. He thinks the CAIP
can be of use to other schools
in helping them to arrange con
ference' on international affa
irs.
The CAIP, Moran emphas
ized, "Does not exist to tell
Catholics what to think, but rat
her to challenge them to think,
and to suggest Catholic social
principles which are applicable
to current issues."
Besides papal documents,
there is much "magnificent"
material contemporary issues
available from Catholic sour
ces, he said, citing such names
as Suhard, Guardini, Bose, W e
igel and Murray. "But I don't
think that many Catholics even
know these things exist," he ad
ded.
The Catholic School and pul
pit have both failed to do the
job of bringing this teaching to
the attention of Catholics. And a
further problem in the United
States, Moran suggested, has
been the relative alienation of
Catholic intellectuals from an
active role in the Church.
"SOMEHOW a placejust
hasn't been found for them( Int
ellectuals,") he said, although
today there - is "a substantial
body of the clergy who would
welcome" their more active
participation in the work of the
Church. One aim of the CAIP,
he Indicated, is to provide an
arena for this development in
the area of international af
fairs.
Moran pulls no punches in re
jecting isolationism as an intel
lectually viable position in the
1960's. The threat of nuclear
war, the interdependence of nat- 4
ional economies, the absolute
ly essential role of foreign tr
ade-all these make isolat
ionism an anachronism, he be
lieves.
"You can talk about how you
are going to involve yourself
in the world, but not whether,”
he said.
# i
ONE THE question of foreign
aid, he said Catholic social doc
trine teaches that "we have a
responsibility in our wealth to
help the poor, and this extends
to the International field,"
But, he added, L. S. aid pro
grams are presently "an awful
hodge-podge" that needs
reform,.
Specifically, he believes that
money for military and politi
cal purposes should be distin
guished from funds for genuine
economic assistance and deve
lopment, and the responsibility
for justifying the special pur
pose expenditures to Congress
and the public should rest with
the agencies directly Involved—
the Defense and State Depart
ments—rather than with a har
assed foreign aid adminis
trator.
There is "a strong moral
to be made for genuine foreign
aid, Moran believes.
"THE FACT is that we must
build a world of freedom and
dignity, or our own children
won't live in freedom and dig
nity," he said. "I know it’s
said that you can only get appr
oval for foreign aid by tying it
to the cold war and military
needs. But I don’t think the Am
erican people are that mean."
Success in the foreign aid
program will come "in small
bits, and with a lot of grit
and bitterness," Moran said. In
many cases the U. S. may have
to put up with undemocratic
regimes, simply because, as in
parts of Africa, "the alternative
to authoritarianism is an
archy."
CHAPEL APPEAL THAT FAILED
We bate to admit defeat. Usually we are successful In raising
the modest amounts necessary for some chapel. They rarely go
above §5.000 and we have many gen
erous missionary-minded readers.
Occasionally someone wishes to
make a MEMORIAL of the chapel
in honor of a loved one, a wife or
mother or other relatives. The Near
and Middle East are dotted with
these. But in the case of the chapel
at BF.RAZIO in Ethiopia, we did a
very poor job as our representative
in Home reminded us. Only $499 of
, the needed §5,400 came in from our
The Holy Pstber’s Muuon Aid ap p ea l. The people of BERAZIO
joe the Orimtsl Church had done their share, had liven
what they could afford. They had piled up a huge amount of
stones at the building site. These had been carried there with
prolonged and strenuous effort from many impassable places
. . . Perhaps another try on our part and this appeal will be
successful. The people of BERAZIO will long remember you
when they come together to pray. Please help now.
THE HOLY SOULS
November will soon be with us and the age-old custom of
remembering the SOULS IN PURGATORY in a special way.
We loved them in life. Let us love them in death. If memory
serves correctly, it was the belief ot St. Jerome that their suf
fering ceased while Mass was being said for them. Our mis
sionary priests will gladly remember YOUR LOVED ONES and
the MASS STIPEND will cover their day’s needs in so man,'
cases.
OUR DAMIEN FUND
The doctors are agreed that leprosy can be cured in not too
long a time if enough care and the proper medicine can be
given. Your $1 a month donation to our DAMIEN FUND goes
for this much-desired purpose. The Feast of St. Francis of As
sisi this month recalls his love for these sick persons. A SI a
month carries on his spirit. Send it when you can.
NO BANNER TO CARRY EITHER
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quet to attend. You don’t even have to give the mystic hand
shake when you join the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE
ASSOCIATION But you will learn the wonderful things we are
able to do in the NEAR and MIDDLE EAST through your
generous help. The small fee '$1 a year for a single person; $5
for a family enables us to start new parishes and strengthen
old ones through these lands where the great majority haven’t
accepted Christ’s teachings. You share in the graces of the
Masses of 15.000 priests, the Holy Father’s Masses and those
of Cardinal Spellman, our President.
THE MOVING FINGER WRITES
Today vocations are rising in Asia and falling in many parts
of the world. A mystery of grace surety. Our task is to cooperate
with God’s grace. One of the best ways is to help a poor sem
inarian or Sister towards a treat and holv toal. S2 a week for
tlx year* finances a seminarian like JOSEPH AYYANCOLIL or
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ing. The §600 or §300 can be paid in installments over the year*.
You will share in their joys and blessings and you will truly be
doing a missionary’s work. V wonderful thought.
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