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! ATLANTA, GEORGIA i nUKMJA i, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN of Atlanta COUNTIES LARGE TURNOUT EPISCOPALIANS TOLD: ST, THOMAS MOKE visitors on “Operation Understanding" day are shown the Stations of the Cross by a member of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men, A record number of people attended the "open house" activities all over the Archdiocese. He said he had heard "with pleasure” the world’s reaction to his decision regarding lay representation. ’The discussions taking place all the time in the Vati can basilica about the laymen’s role in the Church have let Us realize how happy and appro priate tills step was," the Pope said, "We believe it might possibly have future develop ments." "But," Bishop Swanstrom added, “one cannot overempha size its value to the poor in such places as Latin America, Africa and the Far East, where the goods far exceed in value the estimate we place upon them in the United States." The supplying of food, clo thing and medicine to those in greatest need was only a basic starting point, Bishop Swanstrom noted. •A GEOMETRICAL FANTASY'—The new pariah church of St. Maurice de Duvemay, in Montreal has been described as "a geometrical fantasv in concrete, glass and stone * The pariah program matches the avant-garde style of its' church architecture The parish Income comes solely from tithing and the Sunday offering. Eighty lavmen act as Mass commentators and readers, singers. Mass servers and ushers. No fees are charged for funerals, marriages, and baptisms, and gifts on such occasions are refused. Father Jean Corn is pastor. PRAY FOR THE COUNCH, Back Integration But Avoid Making i Untenable ? Demands TRENTON, N. J. (RNS)—A statement on racial concerns by the Protestant Episcopal Dio cese of New Jersey urged cler gy and church members to take positive action for integration, but cautioned against supporting demands that are “not tenable." As an example the statement cited the recent Trenton March for Jobs and Freedom whose or ganizers had as one of their demands that the State cCom- STAR HERALD missioner of Education elimi nate all de facto segregation in public schools by Sept. 1, 1964. While New Jersey bans pub lic school segregation by ac tion of local school boards, the statement pointed out, de facto segregation does exist as the result of housing discrimina tion and other factors over which these education boards have no control. ’The solution to de facto Jewish Honors To Catholic Newspaper PHILADELPHIA (RNS)—The Catholic Star Herald, weekly of the Camden, N. J., diocese, re ceived the annual Human Rela tions Award of the American Jewish Committee's Philadel phia chapter here. Accepting the award was Msgr. Salvatore J. Adamo, exe- Gives Gift VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Pope Paul VI has sent a large but undisclosed amount of money to assist the "most urgent cases” involved in the Japanese mining and railroad disasters. The Pontiff, through Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Vatican Secretary of State, cabled the Papal Nuncio in Japan to state he was "deeply grieved" and "shared in the mourning" of victims' families. In an audience with mem bers of the Permanent Com mittee of the Conference of International Catholic Organi zations, Pope Paul praised the agencies’ work, especially in the field of the lay apostolate. The Vatican announced that the Pope would visit St. Cle ment’s Basilica in Rome on Nov. 17 to attend a Solemn Pon tifical Mass in the Byzantine Rite. cutive editor of the newspaper which was cited for its "sym pathetic and understanding re porting of interreligious and in terracial relations." In a brief address, the priest suggested that Catholics should write to their bishops in Rome to urge that the Second Vatican Council adopt a proposed state ment condemning anti-Semi tism. “I hope there will be 6,000,- 000 such letters," he said, "so that each one will represent in some small way a measure of atonement for the Hitlerian slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews in Europe, For we all are our brothers’ keepers." Msgr. Adamo also said he hoped the Ecumenical Council will not only condemn "the sin of anti-Semitism in strong dear language, but will go on from there to emphasize the many beautiful elements of Jewish tradition which still survive in Catholic cermonies and ideals.” "How many people realize,” he observed, "that in the most solemn of our Catholic marri age rituals the precious nuptial blessing presents to the Catho lic bride, as ideals of wifehood, three great Jewish ladies;: Sa rah, Rebecca and Rachel?” segregation is the removal of the factors that brought it into being,” declared the statement of the diocese’s Advisory Com mittee on Racial Concerns. "If gerry - manderlng a school’s district to effect a par ticular racial complexion in the school is morally wrong, and we submit it is, then it is morally wrong to look at a school’s ra cial complexion on the basis of racial selectivity." The committee said another "untenable” demand of the Trenton demonstration was that which would have placed the burden of proof of non-discri mination on the government in cases where civil rights groups questioned employment prac tices in projects financed by public funds. Citing the principle of "in nocent until proven guilty," the church committee said that chaos" would result by the en couragement of unsubstantiated charges. The statement called on all diocesan parishes and missions to make it clear that their''wor ship, work and fellowship are open to all persons, irrespec tive of race, color or nation ality. An Historic World Event NEW YORK (NC)—The Ame rican Jewish Committee said the draft proposal before the Second Vatican Council on pro per attitudes toward Jews can make the Church "a powerful force for rooting out” attitudes that have historically injured Jews, A.M. Sonnabend of Boston, committee president, hailed circulation of the proposal (Nov, 8) as an "historic event." "By castigating attitudes and beliefs that have perpetrated hostility against jews genera tion after generation, by com- demning anti-Semitism in a manner none can misunder stand," Sonnabend said. ‘Understanding’ A Warm Success i In All Parishes BOB ENGLISH, ASSUMPTION PARISH, shows visitors altar vessels as part of "Operation Under standing" which took place throughout the Archdiocese last Sunday afternoon. Response to “op eration," in which Catholics invited friends to guided tours of parish churches was overwhelming. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS Alabama Prelate Sees Integration Inevitable MOBILE, Ala, (NC)—Arch bishop Thomas J. Toolen said here that the issue of integrat ing Alabama Catholic schools must be faced. Archbishop Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Birmlngham, said that despite the opposition of Ala bama Gov. George Wallace and others school integration can not be halted. The Archbishop, speaking at the dedication of a $200,000 addition to Bishop Toolen High School, noted that Catholic schools in Pensacola, Fla. — part of the Mobile-Birmingham diocese—are already integrat ed. Six Negro students are in a previously all-white Catho- ‘The Laity’s Hour’-Pope VATICAN CITY (NC)--Pope Paul, stating again that the pre sent is "more than ever the hour of the laity," received a group representing the Con ference of International Catho lic Organizations. He said the extension of the lay apostolate on an interna tional basis, fostered by Pius XII and concretely represent ed by the International Catho lic Organizations, is "very much in harmony with the evo lution of society’s institutions and its rhythms." He said the task of the laity "is to help the Church in her work, to make up for the short age of the clergy, to discover modern paths along which Christ’s message can be spread.’’ ‘Their part seemed to Us so important," the Pope continu ed, "that in this historic mo ment when the Church, gathered in council, is somehow examin ing her conscience and is carry ing on a wide examination of her apostolic forces, We thought... some qualified representatives of the laity could and should be associated with this great reconsideration cf life and be admitted to sit in the council.” lie high school there and one Negro student is in a former ly all-white Catholic grade school. Archbishop Toolen did not in dicate when other Catholic schools of the diocese will be integrated. He predicted, how- RELIEF SERVICE ever, that when integration takes place the impact will be small. Stressing the importance of Catholic education, he said it is "essential that our schools should be supported because our children need the Catholic foundation which they are given. Enthusiastic reports from parishes in the 71-countyNorth Georgia Archdiocese area Indi cate that Operation Understand ing, conducted by Catholic lay men on Sunday, November 10, was an unqualified success. Most frequently heard com ment was "We could not have handled any more.” Parish chairmen reported a high de gree of interest on the part of visitors, most of whom needed no encouragement to ask cogent and intelligent questions on what they saw and heard. This latest project, spon sored by the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men, en listed the support of all Catho lic families, both in assisting in staging the event and in pro viding the principal avenue through which the project was brought to Protestant and Jews in the Archdiocese, its purpose, implicit in its title, was to fur ther understanding among peo ple of goodwill. Its effect was two-fold - giving all Catholics ■in the Archdiocese an oppor tunity to participate in an ag gressive Apostolate, and, sec ondly, exposing x to separated • Christians a detailed look and careful explanation of the ex ternals of the Church. In both U. S. Catholics Provide Food To World Hungry ROME (NC) — Almost 30 million people in the world had sufficient food in 1963 because of the distribution of surplus food conducted through the re lief organization of U.S. Ca tholics. This was only one of many items reported to American bishops meeting in Rome (Nov. 9) by Bishop Edward E. Swa nstrom, executive director of Catholic Relief Services — National Catholic Welfare Con ference. Bishop Swanstrom reported that in the 12 months ending Sept. 30 of this year, the for eign relief and resettlement programs of Catholic Relief Services had a value of $176,- 525,973. Foodstuffs donated by the U.S. government and distributed by CRS as a gift of the American people had a value of $104,- 606,654, he said. The govern ment, he added, must be cre dited with about $26,5 million in ocean-freight payments. Bishop Swanstrom emphasi zed that CRS activities went far beyond the distribution of food. The 1962 Thanksgiving clothing appeal, for example, resulted in a series of ship ments totaling 17.5 millions pounds of clothing, blankets, bedding an d shoes. He said this item alone has a value of $22 million. "These programs are not on ly helping to establish and stre- nghten sound social welfare or ganizations,’’ he said, "but are stimulating and supporting the development of a continually in creasing number of self-help projects for the social and ec onomic betterment of large numbers of people. Although their emphasis is basically that of welfare assistance, many of the programs have served to increase and strengthen edu cation and health agencies, par ticularly as regards elementary schools, dispensaries, clinics, and hospitals. The report included accounts of how the CRS was on the scene with food, clothing, med icines and cash in several dis asters of the past year. These included the earthquake in Sko plje, Yugoslavia, the flood in Longarone, Italy, and hurricane "Flora" in the Carribean. CRS has been rapidly wind ing up its resettlement acti vities on behalf of refugees, Bishop Swanstrom reported. But, even so, it assisted in the past year in the immigra tion and resettlement of 1,762 persons from Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and Latin America. In addition it assisted in the resettlement of almost 22,000 Cuban refugees. But one of the most satis fying elements of the entire report, said Bishop Swanstrom, was in the thought that, through the generosity of the faithful of the U.S. areas the project proved emi nently successful. Commenting on the undertak ing, Chairman Dr. Norman Berry stated "One of the moA gratifying aspects of the entire project was the intere*t and co operation expressed by Pro testant ministers and Jewish rabbis, many of whom partici pated by visiting Churches near them and seeing for themselves the demonstration staged by our laymen.” Dr. Berry and In ; co-chairmen, Herb Farnsworth and Lew Gordon, Jr., express ed high praise for the interest and the enthusiastic coopera tion of individual parish chaii - men and their lay associates, and for the excellent prepara tion evidenced in the presenta tion. ACCM President Ferdinand Buckley indicated the grutin- cation of the Council in the suc cess of the project and stated that future similar endeavors of ACCM would give further op portunity to all Catholics to participate in the lay apostolus . < WM m ‘Understanding Outstanding Operation Understanding, from all reports received thus far, was an outstanding event in all parishes. To the individuals who made it possible, the par ish chairmen, publicity chair men, tour guides and ushers, and to all who participated by inviting Protestant and Jewish friends, go our sincere and heartfelt thanks. ARCHDIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN Fdrdinand Buckley, Pres, Dr, Norman Berry, Chairman Herbert Farnsworth, Coordinator Lewis F. Gordon, Jr. Publicity Chairman Pope Rides VATICAN CITY (NC)— Pope Paul VI went for a ride for Hit- first time (Not. 8) in the white Lincoln Continental presented to him in October by a group of alumni of Notre Dame Uni versity.