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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1963 Archbishop’s Notebook FROM GEORGIA IN 1869 The most colorful American Bishop at the First Vatican was Augustin Verot who entered the Council as Bishop of Savannah, but came home as Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida. Apparently, he spoke frequently, for long periods, and used Latin puns and sly remarks to enliven his discourses. He was called 1'enfant terrible . But he courageously put forth the case for a precise definition of the papal infallibility so it would not later be 'broadened too far by the advocates of the decree. Although primacy and infallibility are distinct teachings, Verot's emphasis is today important as Second Vatican works to complete the doctrine by defining the role of the bishops united with the Pope. TOO MUCH LITURGY? Specialists in the liturgy used to complain of "too much let- YOUNG CLARENCE LEE PEELER III is the proud winner of the National Rifle Association's medal hargy" among the clergy and laity. There is almost bound to be, awarded annually to the outstanding marksman in the Knights of Columbus Junior Rifle Club, Pre in the wake of the new decrees, the complaint of "too much sentation was made by F. Bohlinger Sharp, Grand Knight of the Father Thomas O’Reilly Council, liturgy." The liturgical momentum of the Council has produced ^ Decatur. Left to right: Frank DiCristina, club instructor; Champion Peeler; Clarence L. changes that call for serious thought by all Catholics. Peeler, Jr., the champion s father; F. Bohlinger Sharp. (A) These are not "changes for the sake of change." They are a renewal, a "making new again the forms o( divine worship". When the foremass is celebrated in English, it will correspond bet ter to the way it was the night of the Last Supper. Our Lord spoke to His Apostles in the vernacular which was Aramaic. We need a fresh look at the history of the Mass, and a fresh study of the old debate between "Intelligibility" and "Preservation*,, between "Understanding" and "Mystery". The changes are especially timely now because not only will our congregations understand the Liturgy of the Word - men, women, children, those who know La tin and those who don't, converts and born Catholics - but guests from other churches will find the Catholic ceremony more familiar. (B) The changes are only part of a much wider reexamination of Catholic living. Religion was never intended to be a closed- circuit arrangement between men and God. Our faith is public as well as private, social as well as individual, externalized as well as living in the Spirit. The Council Fathers believe that more "open" liturgical forms will open up our lives, both to the impul ses of God's grace and to the needs and pressures of one world, In this way, we will not confine our Mass to a "Sunday-beat" men tality, a separate compartment held away from'home and work and recreation. It will penetrate and permeate the whole week. (C) But the Church is patient and understanding, even in the af termath of an almost unanimous approval of the new changes. It is Important that bishops and priests, and laymen who feel the im pact of the renewed liturgy, be patient too. Our archdiocese will proceed with the Church Universal, aware that some older people, and sometimes younger ones too do not understand or like these changes. We do not need browbeating, or coercion, or ex clusion. Rather by Instruction and conversation, and particularly by dignified rites carried out in the new manner, all of our peo ple will come to grasp the meaning of it all. Our Lord came to cast fire on the earth, and he wanted it enkindled, But he did not bruise the smoking flax. It is hoped, of course, that most Catholics will not be as slow as an earlier generation was to accept frequent Communion, or our own generation to apply the papal social teach ings. To help all of us keep pace with the Church, a series of sermons on "Liturgy and Life" will be preached in all our churches this fall. But the real work will be done in the home, where the new liturgical forms can become a lively and rewarding study. Ask your pastor or the Notre Dame Book Shop for one of the fine new books on the Liturgy now available: COME, LET US ADORE (Diek- mann), THE REVIVAL OF THE LITURGY (edited by McManus), THE FUTURE OF THE LITURGY (Nocent), or OF SACRIFICE AND SACRAMENT (Howell). EACH ONE IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE The big news in the Council is the introduction of earphones for multi-lingual translation. At first it may be a bit cumber some, because the talks must be turned in several days early so that the five translations will be accurate. But it will surely help to overcome the discordance of Latin spoken in a dozen different accents. After an especially tedious speech last week, one bishop said he wished they would add a sixth button on the earphones. 'There should be one marked ‘Silence’, " he explained. ATHENS - AND ROME The day I received The Bulletin with Father Mulroy's account of Mass at St. Joseph’s in Athens, facing the people, we had a simi lar experience at the Council. Mass 13 celebrated that way every day, of course, in the basili ca, and all the Council Fathers take part in the dialogue. But this was special. The Mass was offered for Pope John XXI11 on the anni versary of his election. DRAFT DECLARATION Council Supports Laity Freedom ROME (NC)--The ecumenical council's draft declaration on the lay apostolate encourages a spirit of complete coopera tion between the bishops and the laity, according to Archbishop William E, Cousins of Milwau kee. The spirit needed, he said, is one in which "the laity is not fearful of undue interference and does not tend to feel sup pressed," A MEMBER OF THE coun cil's Lay Apostolate Commis sion, Archbishop Cousins spoke about the schema drawn up by Beauty Need In Churches VATICAN CITY (RNS)—The Second Vatican Council, at its 59th general congregation, took a stand in favor of beauty ra ther than costliness in reli gious art and in general church furnishings. They did so in apprpving by a vote of 1,838 to 9 a new Chap ter 7 of the schema on the Li turgy. Ninety-four Council Fa thers also voted favorably, but with reservations. CHAPTER 7 OF THE Litur gy schema, which now follows a chapter on sacred music, con firmed the practice of setting up images for veneration in churches, but warned that they should be moderate in number and "doctrinally sound." It said that in the construc tion of churches, care should be taken that the buildings are suitable for the celebration of liturgical functions. One major recommendation was that schools of sacred art should be established for the training of artists and artisans. Another stated that during their seminary years, candidates for the priesthood should be in structed in the history, develop ment and principles of sacred art. the commission in the course of an interview with the Divine Word news service. "It is the hope of the coun cil Commission on the Lay Apostolate," he said, "that the laity will accept the invitation to become part of the life of the Church with an enthusiasm and initiative that might previously have been lacking," He added that at the same time "bis hops are encouraged to fur ther the work of the lay apos tolate in every way, and the laity Itself is to exercise with in reason a complete freedom." ARCHBISHOP COUSINS went on to say that certain Church organizations ' Involve strict supervision because of the very nature of their activity," But he said there are many other fields 'In which the laity would enjoy complete freedom of ac tion, accepting from the bishop his encouragement, support and helpful suggestions...The right- thinking layman is going to recognize the sphere of autho rity and will not seek to invade those areas in which the consti tuted authority has the final place." Then he said: 'The spirit to be arrived at is one of com plete cooperation, one in which the laity is not fearful of undue interference and does not tend to feel suppressed," ACTUALLY, THE Wisconsin prelate said, "there is only one apostolate, in which bishop, priest, Religious and layman each have a definite responsibi lity to be discharged accord ing to the capacity and sphere of action of each one," THE YOUNG MEN ABOVE are studying at St. Patrick’s Semi nary in Carlow, Ireland, for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. They are, left to right, first row: Eddie Dillon, Paul Fogarty and Peter Ludden, all of whom are in Theology and will be ordained within the next four years. In the rear row are Vincent Mulvin and James Fennessy, both of whom are in Philosophy. Modern Math Wins Teacher Approval Enthusiastic support for "Modern Math" is indicated by — a teacher survey recently undertaken by the Atlanta Archdio cesan Arithmetic Committee. The Committee sent out ques- tionaires to various Catholic school systems throughout the coun try, asking teachers to evaluate the math program used in these systems. The response to the questionaire (90%) was exceptional ly good. An analysis of the survey follows: When the celebrant said "Introibo and altare Dei”, 2300 bishops of his congregation answered, "Ad Deum qui laetificat juven- tulem meam”, The celebrant was Pope Paul VI. ♦MU*.. ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA ECHOLS TRANSFER INC. Hauling & Moving Truck & Driver $3.50-Per Hour Tractor Trailer & Driver $4.50 Per Hour 370 Lee St., S.W. PL 3-2153 Atlanta ESTES SURGICAL SUPPLY CO. Fred Customer Parking 410 W. PEACHTREE, N.W. JA ). ]70Q ATLANTA, GEORGIA K Of C Festival The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, Council 4420, will hold their annual "Harvest Hoe Down" on Saturday, Nov, 23. It will take place at 8 p.m. in the Council Home at Tell and Burner Rds., Ben Hill. The door prize will be a turkey. Donation will be $2,00 per couple and tickets may be ob tained at the door. Student Soloist With Symphony Pianist Jon Lorrain, junior at St. Pius X High School, will per form in concert with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, The pro gram will take place at Brown High School Nov, 25 at 12:30 p.m. This appearance is the result of winning the symphony’s Young Peoples’ Auditions,Sept. 21 and 22. Jon's selection came under the Judging of several of Atlanta's prominent musicians including Dr. Henry Sopkin, conductor of the Atlanta Symp hony. Approximate number of questionaires sent out - 70. Number returned - 63, or 90%. Diocesan school systems contacted - 23; These were: Altoona, Pa., Austin, Tex., Baltimore, Md., Boston, Mass., Brooklyn, N. Y., Charleston, S. C., Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Ill,, Denver, Colo,, Green Bay, Wise., Greensburg, Pa., Indianapolis, Ind„ Kansas City, Mo„ Mobile, Ala,, New York, N. Y„ Ogdensburg, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Pittsburg, Pa.. Richmond, Va., Springfield, Mass., St. Louis, Mo., St. Paul, Minn., Washington, D. C. Type of Math taught in grades: Modern - 51 or 82%; Tradi tional - 7 or 11%; Both - 5 or 7%. Grades which have had modern math previous to this year: Grade 1 - None; Grade 2 - 4 for 1 yr.; Grade 3 - 2 for 2 yr.; Grade 4-3 for 3 yr.; Grade 5 - 5 for 3 yr.; Grade 6-5 for 3 yr.; Grade 7-3 since Grade 1; Grade 7 - 1 for 3 yr.; Grade 7-1 for 1 yr,; Grade 8-4 since Grade 1; Grade 8-1 for 4 yr.; Grade 8-2 for 1 yr,; Grade 8 - 1 for 1/2 yr. Type of math preferred by the teachers reporting: Modern: 100% (Some with qualifications). Ability of groups to grasp the modern math: Bright - 100%; average - 100%; Slow - 3 say no. Teachers favoring adoption of a modern math program - 100% Means of preparing teachers: Weekly courses; workshops — daily for two weeks; TV programs — twice weekly. Summary of remarks annotated to the reports: Most teachers feel that the modern math program should be built up from the primary grades to the sixth; and with the seventh to the eighth. There is great difficulty otherwise. In some cases two texts are used; in some cases a combination of traditional and modern con cepts is carried on. All agree that the slow group does as well with the modern math as with the traditional; many feel they do better but not so much as the better groups. RESPONSE STILL «MEAGER’ Race Conference Points Up Religious Challenge ROCHESTER, N. Y. (RNS)— The American Negro today stands six and one-half feet tall but lives in a room five feet high. This analogy was drawn here by Msgr. Daniel M. Cantwell, chaplain to the Catholic Lay Ac tion Organization of the Arch diocese of Chicago, at a dinner session of the Rochester Con ference on Religion and Race. "WE MUST RECOGNIZE," he said, "that it is very diffi cult for us to put ourselves in the shoes of American Negroes . . .to eat discrimination on ce real in the morning and drink it in our beer before we go to bed at night." He said the responsibility for winning racial justice "is on the shoulders of the white Ameri cans" who must join the Ne groes in the fight for equality. "This and this alone is what religion means," he added. MSGR. CANTWELL, who participated in the National Conference on Religion and Race last January in Chicago, said the response of religion so far to the racial problem has been "meager," that clergy men have not "talked too much" about the problem, ra ther they have failed to talk enough from the pulpit about the real needs of the crisis. "Like Jonah," he said, "we have shielded ourselves in the whale's belly. . .contenting our selves with a whale-size view about love. . .and leaving people to reach their own conclu sions." AMONG "RELEVANT moral actions," he suggested that churches and synagogues un dertake educational home visit programs, with Negro and white families serving as hosts for each other, pooling off financial resources to help Negro fami lies obtain mortgage money to move to better neighborhoods and support of legislation for open house, equal employment and Improved educational fa cilities. The religion and race con ference — sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Rochester, the Rochester Area Council of Churches, Inc., and the Jewish Community Council of Roches ter — featured an examination of local discrimination through a series of workshops. Delega tions from 350 churches and sy nagogues as well as more than 1,100 civic, business and indus trial leaders were invited to the conference. WHILE OTHER communities have held religion and race conferences since the Chicago national meeting, Rochester’s was the first to include work shops involving lay and reli gious leaders. Purpose of the conference, as stated in the official pro gram, was to emphasize that discrimination was a "moral and religious issue." "It’s (the conference) pri mary objective is to touch the conscience of professed reli gious believers so that they w ill actively work to eliminate the OBITUARIES Miss Nora Burns Miss Nora Burns, a native Atlantan, died Monday in a private hospital after a long illness. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church. Funeral services were held in her parish church on Wednesday, with Fr. George J. Melluta officiating. Burial was in Oakland Ceme tery, There are no immediate relatives. Mr. George Flynt Mr. George T. Flynt of 1356 Lanier Blvd„ NE. died Thurs day. A native of Sharon, Mr. Flynt was a member of Sac red Heart church. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society. He Is survived by his wife, the former Katherine Martin and two daughters, Mrs. Gerard C. Durr of Garden City, N. Y., and Miss Lorraine Flynt of Baltimore, Md. sin of discrimination and social injustice in this community," the statement added. ALTHOUGH THE workshops were closed to news media, to facilitate uninhibited discus sion, representatives of the va rious panels later met with re porters, with the provision that no one could be quoted directly. The workshops covered civic life, industry-labor-manage ment, law enforcement, educa tion, housing, communications media and social agencies. Asked for the most signifi cant aspects of the workshops, sources made these observa tions: 1. The clergy in general should make a public admis sion of failure to direct their congregations towards the "right attitude on the racial issue." 2. The civic life panel sensed that "the gap (between the white and non-white communities) is getting wider and that lines are hardening." The Negro com munity was reported to feel "great dissatisfaction" with the rate of progress in race re lations. 3. A trend toward increased hiring of qualified non-whites, with specific orders "from the top" in some cases calling for hiring of Negroes, was seen by the industry panel. Employment discrimination was felt to be a matter of individual action ra ther than company policy. 4. Realtors called for more communication between their members and clergymen. One member of the housing panel, stressing that it was his own opinion, said the non-white housing situation had grown worse recently. 5. Law enforcement panelists saw the need for continuous contacts between law enforce ment agencies and minority groups to promote understand ing of the purposes of the agen cies. 6. The social agencies panel detected a feeling of resent ment among Negroes, who be lieve whites seeking to help them treat Negroes as "special cases." It was felt this artifi cial "patronizing" attitude would disappear as race rela tions are normalized. IN A TELEGRAM to the con ference, President Kennedy congratulated the group of re ligious and civic leaders for "acknowledging to each other and to your community your be lief that discrimination is im moral as well as unconstitution al. . ." He also cited the conference for "agreeing that now is the time to reaffirm your devotion to the fundamental principles upon which this nation has been built, and by deciding that now is the time to act upon those be liefs, you will render an inval uable service to both the peo ple of Rochester and the na tion." Any Time - Anywhere Call a Taxi Radio Cabs DECATUR CO-OP CABS 310 Howard Ave. 24-Hour Service Passengers Insured Trips Anywhere DR 7-3866 - DR 7-1701 DECATUR, GA. Iran: Where Esther, Symbol of Mary Lived The legendary tomb of Queen Rather and Mardochai of Old Teatament fame lies beneath an ancient mausoleum in Huma- dan> In Iran. To tlu* Jews in their Purim festival, she represents free dom from oppression; for Catholics she ”, Is the symbol of Mary, the Blessed Mother ... At Teheran not 1 too far away a small Armenian I Catholic parish is trying bravely to build a modest school. The pastor. Monsigno- G. P. Apcar, and his parishioners have been able to ac commodate the little children of the ... first grades. To enroll the total of 7bt Holy Ftihtr t Minton Aid > 50 children they need a larger for tht Ontnisl Church building and $2,500 to construct it—- a task that seems beyond their financial ability. In this country of Iran. Mohammedanism is the predominant religion. This land is the fabled Arabian Nights territory. Perhaps some good genie among our readers (or is It genii?) will help them finish the project. We are sure the Blessed Mother will be pleased to see her Son’s work progressing in a land so tied up with her name. MARYLAND. Mr. R. Thomas of Baltimore. Maryland sends us $2 on behalf of his daughter with the following note: "Karen received this money for her fifth birthday and she herself de cided she would like to help poor children who didn’t have the comforts she has" . . . Thanks Karen, we have so many hoys and girls, some sick, some needy, some even blind who look to us for aid. Your money shall be used to good purpose. HOLY SOULS St, Catherine of Bologna once wrote: “When I wish to be sure of getting a favor. I have recourse to these suffering souls that they may intercede for me with our common Father and usually T feel that I have them to thank for the answer to my prayers" . . . Our priests will remember YOUR LOVED ONES this month. YOUR MASS STIPENDS are often their sole means cf diily support. STRINGLESS GIFTS ENABLE US TO HELP WHERE THE HOLY FATHER THINKS THE NEED IS GREATEST. LILIES OF THE FIELD Botanists believe these to be really the many-splendored anemones. The lily isn’t a natiye plant in Palestine . . . We’ll send a CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD with pressed flowers from the Holy Land to someone in whose name you might wish to make a gift. Some suggestions: CHALICE CRUCIFIX S40 STATUE 25 LINENS $30 VESTMENTS S50 . 15 BELL .. ..5 THIS THANKSGIVING TO MAKE YOUR MEAL TASTE BET TER, WHY NOT SEND A FOOD PACKAGE TO A PALESTINE REFUGEE FAMILY. COST: $10. It will help them for a month, EDUCATING SEMINARIANS AND NOVICES It takes only S3 a week ($150 a year) for two years to help a novice through her training while S2 a week for six years pays for a seminarian’s education. Would like to have a priest or Sister in the family? PLEASE REMEMBER THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WEL FARE ASSOCIATION IN YOUR WILL. THANKS. Dear Monsignor: Enclosed please find .... .. for .. . ,. Name ., Street .... City Zone fist OlissionsjMi FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, Prasldant Mtff. Jasaph T. Ryaa, Not'l Saa’y Saad all caaimaalcatiaai ta: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Loxington Ava. at 46th St. Naw York 17, N. Y.