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VOL. 1 NO. 44 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR RECIPIENTS OF HOSPITAL’S CENTENNIAL AWARDS -Receding awards for ‘ generosity of spirit and service to fellow men" from Sister Margaret, administrator, at Boston's Car ney Hospital’s Centennial Awards Program were (left to rightt: Ralph McGill, publisher of’the “Atlanta Constitution" and a leader in the civil rights struggle; Attorney James B. Donovan, New York City, who negotiated release of 1,1(53 Cuban prisoners; Mrs. John YV. Harvey, Waterford, Conn., widow of the U. S. Navy’s Thresher captain; Mrs. John P. Mahoney, Milton. Mass., polio victim and mother of seven children; and Dr. James P. Walsh. Waterbmv. Conn., volunteer physician in a Korean clinic. Richard Cardinal Cushing. Archbishop of Boston, was presented an award in absentia. WELL SPENT Georgia Mission Appeal Sunday able to purchase a Protestant church in Dahlonega. Pre viously, Mass had been offer ed in a 20 by 18 room in a rented house nearby. Now the growing number of Catholics in the Dahlonega area are proudly identified with their own parish- St, Luke's. The fruits of this beginning have increased steadily. The Rev. Leonard Spanjers, pastor at St, Luke's, recently announ ced that construction was under way for a combined rectory and parish hall. The lot on which it is being built lies directly be hind the Presbyterian (nowCat holic) church which was fiur- chased through the Mission Sun day effort. They had succeeded in making their way in an ordinary pas senger car to St. Francis Xa vier church in the Cholon sec tion of Saigon. They entered the Church at about 8:45 a.m. just after the last of All Souls day Masses had ended. They re mained in the church nearly one hour. MEANWHILE, THEY sent a young man who had accompan ied them to telephone military headquarters telling where they were. Then a military convoy of trucks and armored personnel carriers arrived in front of the church. After a short conver sation outside the church with an officer, Ngo dinh Diem and his brother were seen entering a personnel carrier. The convoy then moved oof around 9:50 a.m. The bishops went on to say that “today we feel it our duty to call your attention to one of the most grave and serious forms of danger to your reli gion and the civil order, namely, atheistic communism." At the same time, they st ressed, “it is necessary to understand that “we do not want to offend anybody," and “we would like that the first to understand this, our warn ing, would be chose who are Communists in good faith." "WE ARE TALKING," they explained, “about atheistic communism, its erroneous doc trine and its anti-religious sys tem because of its fundamental contradictions of the rights of human beings. At 11 a.m. the official radio announced the two had “com mitted suicide" at 10:45, The late President was shot several times in the back. His brother was stabbed in the chest and also shot in the back. “We would like, with sincere respect and great love, to in vite those who are attracted by the materialistic mirage to reflect and to believe what we are saying. It is a mistaken mirage. It is a harmful mir age.” COMMITTEE REPORTS > v- FATHER Edward L. Fedders, M. M., (above) native of Cov ington, Ky., who has been Or dinary of the independent pre- lature of Juli, in southern Peru since 1957, has been named ti tular Bishop of Antiochla and Menadrum. The Bishop-elect has served as rector of Puno’s minor seminary and was su perior general of theMaryknoll Fathers in Latin America. This Sunday, Nov. 10th, is Georgia Mission Sunday. The second collection in all the churches of the Archdiocese will be for thfs purpose. fhere are many parts of the Archdiocese, particularly In Northern Georgia, where a tre mendous Catholic opportunity is waiting for us. These places exist not only in the rapidly growing towns - many of them near Metropolitan Atlanta - but especially where four or five counties are at present being served by one priest and a cha pel. As one concrete example of what the Georgia Mission Sun day Collection can do, the ar chdiocese some time ago was “Despite repeated denunciat ions of racial and religious pre judice by leading ultra-con servatives, the bigots' efforts have been unremitting." The study said that fertile areas for the bigots’ wares have been southern communit ies with racial tensions. “SINCE 1954, WHEN the Su preme Court outlawed school segregation," it continued, “the. promoters of religious hatred have increased their activities in the South where a resurgent Ku Klux Klan and more newly organized racist groups have provided channels for fomenting anti-Semitism." Concerning Arab propaganda, the study said, this is “gen erally circumspect with regard to outright anti-Semitism." But, it added, ' 'Arab govern ments nonetheless sponsor materials which are shot CHICAGO (RNS) -AN AMERI CAN Jewish Committee report on ' 'Bigotry in Action" said most professional anti-Semites in this country pose as “super patriots" and seek to infiltrate ultra-conservative organiza tions. It also said that there has been a sharp rise in the amount of anti - Semitic literature issued in the South by local bi gots and a decrease of such materials shipped from distant points for southern distribut ion. THE REPORT WAS based on a year-long study by the com mittee , a pioneer human re lations agency. It was made public by A. M. Sonnabend of Boston, the committee's pre sident, at a National Execut ive Board meeting here. According to the study, anti- Semites strive to accredit themselves in ultra-conservat ive groups by far-right posit ions, such as advocacy of states rights, and opposition to the United Nations, foreign aid, mental health legislation, and "federal control." “BY LABELING disapproved measures as 'Communist' and attaching the same label to Jews, anti-Semites hope to gain’ a hearing and entrench themselves in respectable circles," the report stated. through with insinuation of 'dual loyalty* on the part of American Jews, and with in flammatory references to 'Zionists,' a term frequently applied indiscriminately to all Jews." ASSERTING THAT the pro fessional bigot seeks the widest distribution of his literature, the report said these anti- Semitic publications appeal to readers in a variety of ways. It said some of them present their bigotry in a "religious framework," while others mingle racism "with heated attacks on organized religion." The report also observed that in recent years there has been an increase in the exchange of ideas and literature between bigots in this country and their counterparts overseas. Shoot At Chapel BRESCIA, Italy (RNS)—Pope Paul Vi's native province was the scene again of a mysterious anti-Catholic incident when several shots were fired at a chapel of the Blessed Virgin. Five days before, shots were fired against the house in the nearby village of Concesio where the Pope was born. Dahlonega is a prime example of the progress of the Catholic Church in the State of Georgia, Over 100 years ago, a few Cat holics in the town used to travel the 70 mllei to Atlanta for Mass at the home of rick Lynch. Catholic mote ii Dahlonega are deep, Stee Uw» beginning of St. Luke'i parish, Just three years ago, the 25 original parishioners fan* most trebled in numbers. The total Income from the Mission collections to date, am ounts to $49,311,91. Expendi tures have been made as fol lows (for the Dahlonega parish); $7,120,00 -purchase of Pres byterian Church; $4,000,00 - purchase of additional property; $7,882,67 - renovations; $33, 00.00 - cost of completing re ctory, Newman Center and two classrooms. Total; $52,002.67, More than 3,000 manpower hours have been donated to the project by parishioners, Glen- mary Brothers and College vol unteers, In addition, about $11, 000 went into the project from other, outside donations. Dahlonega is only one of many mission areas within the Arch diocese which need assistance. The faith must be established before it can grow. It can per- servere and prosper only where there is a church - the cen tral place for community wor ship before the tabernacle. There are still 53 counties in the Archdiocese which are served only by missions. This Sunday’s collection will help to speed the day when all of faith ful in these counties areseved by parishes. ST, LUKE'S CHURCH, Dahlonega, which is part of its parish profile appearing on page 3 of this issue, Sunday's Georgia Mission collection involved this parish and other areas of Catholic pro gress in our northern county, ‘MATERIALISTIC MIRAGE' Italian Bishops Emphasize Danger Of Red Doctrine ROME (RNS)—An urgent out spoken warning against com munism and its atheistic doct rine was sounded by the Ital ian Roman Catholic Bishops* Conference in a message broad cast over the Vatican Radio at the hierarchy's request. The bishops called for a re novation of “Christian aware ness" to avert the “tremen dous danger" of "the dissolu tion of religious life" and even the “loss of the Christian spi rit" in Italy threatened by com munism. THEIR MESSAGE was direc ted especially at those who were attracted by communism’s “materialistic mirage," work ers “for whom we are always prepared to favor a Just cause," and women, loyal guardians. . . of the highest values of life." It also addressed a particular plea to intellectuals, “some of whom. . .so easily submit to the illusory fascination" of com munism. The bishops prefaced their statement by saying that all of them were-' absent from their dioceses to attend the Second PRESIDENT AND BROTHER Not Suicide, But Murder In Vietnam SAIGON, Vietnam (NC) — The late President Ngo dinh Diem and his brother, Ngo dinh Nhu, both Catholics, did not commit suicide. They were killed after they had surrendered to the military forces that overthrew their government on Nov. 1. THE PRESIDENT and his brother were not captured in the palace, which was taken ar ound 6:20 a.m. that day. Vatican Council, where they had "obtained clearer vision of their duties." "WE WOULD LIKE YOU all to understand," they told the faithful, “that to be Catholics constitutes at the same time a great blessing and a great responsibility. We exhort you to remain loyal to your faith and to be on your guard." The bishops said they were addressing to the faith ful “words so simple and yet so grave" because, “viewing the present historic and spiri tual scene, we, your bishops, can see the advancement of a tremendous danger, the danger of the dissolution of religious life and even the loss of the Christian spirit. “Should this happen," they said, “your most sacred task would be betrayed, your spiri tual well-being would be compromised, and your very civil freedom would be threa tened. “GOD DOES NOT want this to happen, but you must all work to avert the danger and overcome it with a renovation of your Christian awarene s." Bigots Posing As ‘Super-Patriots’ OPERATION UNDERSTAmWG Archdiocesan ‘Open House’ Set Sunday (Operation Understanding' takes place this Sunday. A joint effort in ecumenism of all the parishes of the Atlanta Archdio cese, *Understandlng' will give Catholics an opportunity to in troduce the Church to friends and neighbors who are Protest ants or non-Christians, Initially announced in Arch bishop Halilnan's pastoral let ter on Christian Unity (July 4), Sunday's effort, sponsored by the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men, will be dedicat ed to the promotion of better understanding among all per sons of good will. Catholic lay men will be given an unparral- leled opportunity to promote the ultimate goal of Christian Unity by exhibiting knowledge of an enthusiasm for their own faith to their friends and neighbors. During the afternoon (the schedule covers from 2 until 5 p.m.) visitors will be con ducted in small groups through each parish church by tour gu ides, each of whom will offer a concise explanation of a pert inent physical or liturgical part of the church, including the bap tismal font, confessional, Sta tions of the Crosss, displays of vestments, missals, Bibles and religious articles, sacred ves sels, the sanctuary, altar and sacristy. In those parishes in which the school adjoins the church, the tour will include a visit to the classrooms. As part of the visit, guests CATHOLIC PRESS will be given an opportunity to meet with the pastor and, where possible, the teaching sisters, There will be refreshments and souvenir programs. The sponsors of the programs point out that “Understanding" is a project of nearly limit less possibilities in its pote ntial for presenting a realistic image of the Church. However, they point out, if the after noon is to be successful, a sincere personal effort must be made by each parishioner to Invite and personally accom pany his neighbor on the tour. The following acting commi ttee has been appointed by Fer dinand Buckley, acting pres ident, Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men, to dir ect Operation Understanding: Dr. J, Norman Berry, St. Jude's Parish, General Chairman; Herbert G, Farnsworth, Cath edral of Christ The King, Co- Ordinator; and Lewis Gordon, Jr„ Cathedral of Christ The King, Publicity Chairman, In addition, a general chairman named tor each parish. The committee has pointed out that many neighbors will be understandably hesitant wit hout a friendly face to guide them. This is a most important part of '^OperationUnderstand ing.". No amount of publicity will accomplish the mission without a personal invitation accompan ied by a wsmiie and an offer of transportation. Parishioners will be given personal invita tion cards for their friends and neighborers. Presbyterian Speaker For Catholic Press SAN FRANSCISCO (NC)—A Presbyterian minister told Ca tholic Journalists here that emotionally colored words were responsible for probably half the misunderstandings between Catholics and Protestants. He said the Catholic press was in a good position to do something about this situation, presuming: that the Church was interested in Protestants read ing the Catholic press, and that the Catholic press was interest ed in treating more than just Catholic news. WESLEY C. BAKER, pastor, First Presbyterian church, San Rafael, addressed an editorial session of the two-day Pacific regional convention of the Ca tholic Press Association. Baker, praising the ecumeni cal spirit among Catholics, said he had never expected the “re lationship I now enjoy," A long-time observer of the Catholic scene, he told how he had over the years attended Mass out of interest in Catho lic worship. Yet he found “the. Latin swallowed, the sermons were not sermons but what a Protestant would call parish an nouncements, and no one ever spoke to me going in or out." ALL THIS IS changing, he said, and the Catholic press, once "a foreign language press to Protestants," reflects the new spirit and the fresh air let in by Pope John. Baker pointed to areas where the press could watch develop ing Catholic-Protestant agree ment: 1) common witness in the mission areas; 2) common ef fort for racial justice; 3) com mon scholarship in Biblical stu dies. Areas of disagreement, he said, include family planning and public aid to parochial edu cation. He said the Catholic position in these matters often is not explained, satisfactori- ally, but rather "handed down." HE ASKED CATHOLIC Jour nalists to remember Protes tant sensitivities and to give Protestant credit, “even just a line" for their pioneering in the ecumenical field. Editor To Rome THE GEORGIA BULLETIN'S Managing Editor, Mr.Gerard L. Sherry, departed today for Rome, Italy where he will at tend press conferences attend ing upon the Second Session of Vatican Council 11. ^ Mr, Sherry was one of four editors of religious newpapers selected nationally to attend the Council, The Managing Editor will re turn on November 23rd,