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Newspaper Page Text50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TOKYO I'NIV.- Japan s oldest and largest Catholic university, the Jesuit founded Sophia University observed its 50th anniversary on November 1. Its student body of 6,000 students is mostly Japanese. There are six faculties and a graduate school. At the anniversary celebration, Father Oizumi, S.J., president, is shown receiv ing the Imperial Ranju Hoslio Award for contribution to cultural progress. DISCOUNTS MANDATE Opposition Hits Betting CARDINAL RITTER Curia Is Solely An Instrument’ NEW YORK (RNS) — As New York Mayor Robert Wagner Ju bilantly hailed the city's large vote in support of an off-track betting proposal as a "man date" to the state legislature to okay the scheme, a leading opponent called the outcome a "pig in a poke." Dr. Dan M. Potter, executive director of the Protestant Cou ncil of the City of New York, expressed hope that legislators "will not be fooled" by the 3-1 expression of voter support for a referendum which allows es tablishment of a committee to recommend a specific legal off track betting system, AND AS THE MAYOR said proponents "are really going ahead" and hope to push the plan through the legislature — which has rejected such plans consis tently — the Protestant leader announced plans to make that process as difficult as possible. He said the Protestant Coun cil, which has spearheaded op position to date, will have the support of the New York Board of Rabbis in a concerted anti- betting educational program th roughout churches and synago gues, THE ORGANIZATION of Or thodox,-Conservative and Ref orm Judaism, through its so cial action committee, denoun- ST. LOUIS (NC)—The ecu menical council may last three —or even five—years more, Auxiliary Bishop George J. Gottwald of St. Louis said here. Bishop Gottwald, back from the council’s second session, said it would take "a mini mum of three years" to cover all the draft proposals before the counci and noted that other council Fathers have speculated that it might require five years. THIS WOULD BE on the basis of an annual session of several months' duration, he indicated. He said the council would be lengthened by the large amount of work to be done ra ther than any delay. "We Americans are used to doing things quickly, but most of the bishops know that what we are doing takes time," he said in an interview. "Ingene ral, everyone is pleased with the progress of the council." BISHOP GOTTWALD said ex tending the council over several years will not mean a delay in promulgating its decrees. Instead, he said, Pope Paul VI will probably approve and publish each one as it is adopt ed by the council. The Bishop said he does not link the idea of a "council by crrespondence," assomehave attested would be satisfac- tov. He said conducting the co-jci 1 largely b\ mail would Okay ced the off-track betting pro posal shortly before the Nov. 5 election as "catering to hu man weakness, which will bring an atmosphere of the race track to every schoolyard." Dr. Potter said that in addi tion to fighting the proposition locally, the argument against approval would be taken to state legislators "as we have done in the past." IN CITY HALL, where the approval of the referendum was interpreted as a sign of the Ma yor's vote - pulling power as ized gambling measure, stress w'-ll as support for the legal- was placed on the fact that the victory margin was 958,346 to 300,310. Dr, Potter also stressed the statistics of the election, but came up with a different con clusion, He pointed out that the total voting for the referendum was less than one-third of the total registered vote of 3,221, 782 and that some 400,000 peo ple who went to the polls didn't bother to cast a ballot on the issue, "To jump to the conclusion that this is a landslide is a false conclusion," he said, "A majority of the city's voters didn’t think this was important enough to support ... I don’t make it harder to reach deci sions. HE SAID THE "immediate effect" of the council's de cisions on the liturgy, whose publication is expected soon, will be "limited" because it will be up to national conferen ces of bishops to decide how the decree will be implemented in their area. Full implementa tion in the United States will take about a year, he predicted. Major features of the liturgy reform will include use of the vernacular in instructional parts of the Mass and steps to involve the congregation more directly in the liturgical action, he said. St. Jude’s Appeal The members of St. Jude's Altar Society held their mon thly meeting in the cafetorium of the school on Monday even ing. Mrs. Ruthanne Stephens from Christ the King Parish gave a very informative talk on Catho lic charities in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. She mentioned the "crying need" for volunteer workers. Mrs, Loretta Jaeger from Our Lady of Assumption Parish gave a very warm and touching talk on Retarded Children. She voiced a plea that these child ren be "given a chance" and that only through the generous help of many volunteer work ers plus donations can this program be carried out. VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Jo- seph Cardinal Ritter, Archbis hop of St. Louis, Mo., speaking for "several United States bishops," called upon the Sec ond Vatican Council for a clear declaration that the Roman Cu ria has no independent exis tence, but is solely an instru ment of the papacy. The cardinal spoke at the 62nd general congregation, presided over by Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian, Prefect of the Sac red Congregation for the Propa gation of the Faith, as debate was resumed on the schema, "Bishops and the Government of Dioceses." HE SAID THE schema should speak of the bishops’ relation ship with the Roman Pontiff or the Apostolic See rather than with the Roman Curia, since this organ does not exist ex cept as the delegate of the Pope and does not have any autono mous existence." Cardinal Ritter stressed that "from the First Vatican Coun cil, we know that the Pope has the fullness of jurisdiction, that his power comes directly from God and is not subject to limi tation by any human authority. Consequently he has the right to organize the Curia as he w ish es." THE CARDINAL went on to say he favored enlarging the powers of bishops to run their own dioceses, but objected to the fact that the schema speaks of "granting" powers to bis hops. Instead, he stated, it should speak of "restoring" powers. Other speakers who took part in the discussion were Michael Cardinal Browne, Irish-born member of the Curia; Patri arch Ignatius Peter XVI Batan- ian of Cilicia of the Armeni ans; and Archbishop Ermene- gildo Florit of Florence, who spoke on behalf of 50 Italian bishops. CARDINAL BROWNE, speak ing on behalf of the Curia, said that since a tree is judged by its fruit, and the general state of the Church today is good, "we must conclude that the Curia, which has had such a great role in the extension of the Church, has done its duty satisfactorily." He said every human institu tion has its weaknesses and "we should try to correct them wise ly and prudently." THIS DID NOT mean, he add ed, publishing them and bring ing them to the attention of everyone with the risk of scan dalizing or shocking certain souls. It is not right to for get the services rendered by the Curia and to concentrate only on its weak points, he held. Also sharing in the debate were bishops from France, South Africa, Ireland and Indo nesia who endorsed previously- voiced proposals in favor of establishing a "senate" of bishops in Rome to help govern the Church. IT WAS IMPORTANT, speak ers stressed, that the bishops designated to this senate should nor be resident in Rome, but ra ther should be summoned pe riodically. This was necessary, they held, because prolonged absences from their dioceses could cause them to lose con tact w ith local situations. Such a step, it was urged, would be a first move toward the exercise of an episcopal collegiality outside the extra ordinary circumstances of an ecumenical council. According to a Vatican Radio summary, other proposal s heard were: "THE OFFICES OF Curia should be given names which would better reflect their re spective fields of competence and their normal activities... "Although the trend toward decentralization of authority and the internationalization of the Roman Curia was ‘most commendable,’ attention should be called in the schema to such specific points as allowing lo cal bishops to decide when t^e faithful could satisfy their obli gations of attending Sunday or Holy Day Masses by assisting at an evening Mass the da\ be fore... "THE SCHEMA should avoid indulging in a tendency to down grade residential bishops by forcing coadjutors upon them and extorting their resignation by inserting this new element of collective authority. It should not be forgotten that bishops hold themselbes by divine right, to be the shepherds of their dio ceses... "The bishops should speak out against the abuses of secu lar authority in certain coun tries in the appointment of bis hops. The appointment of bis hops should depend, in some de gree, on the college of bishops, even with the collaboration of the faithful..." ONE SPEAKER declared it was "most regrettable" that sometimes the Church is less free under Catholic govern ments than under Protestant rule. Another speaker said juridi cal norms should be formulat ed to take care of cases of bis hops falling in matters of faith or morals, or in their com munion with the Holy See. PRIOR TO the resumption of the debate on the schema, Ju lius Cardinal Doepfner, Arch bishop of Munich, Germany, an nounced that 17 Fathers were still entitled to address the as sembly on the chapter of De Ecclesia (the scheme on the nature of the Church) dealing with "holiness in the Church". However, he said, the Fathers had "generously" relinguish- ed their right and agreed to a synthesis of their remarks be ing placed in the record. Among the 17 Fathers were Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba, Tanganyika, and Bis hop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City-St. Joseph. AT THE OPENING of the session, Archbishop Pericle Felici, the Council's general secretary, rose to announce that Titular Archbishop Alfonso Ca- rinci, former secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rltea, would celebrate his 101st birth day on Nov. 9. After the Council Fathers had Joined in applause for the aged prelate, Archbishop Fe lici said a Solemn Te Deum for him would be celebrated in the Rome church of Santa Marla della Querlca. Wrong Word Draws Ire LONDON (NC)—A mistrans lation of a delicate word ruff led feelings here and had An glicans saying that the new Ca tholic Archbishop of Westmins ter has an "ultra-reaction- ary" attitude. Archbishop John C. Heenan of Westminster spoke at the ecumenical council in the name of England’s Catholic Bishops. His Latin addressed was in terpreted here as urging Ca tholics to work constantly for the "conversion of our sepa rated brethren." The Church Times, national Anglican weekly, said: "This emphasis on conversion to Rome seems strangely at odds with the terror of Dr. Hee- nan's enthronement sermon, when he spoke of his desire to build a bridge between West minster and Lambeth (the resi dence of the Anglican Archbis hop of Canterbury)." Msgr. Gordon Wheeler, ad ministrator of Westminster ca thedral, explained in a letter to the Church Times that the word Archbishop Heenan actually used was "reconciliation." "It is a pity," Msgr. Wheel er said, "that the summary’ in English issued by the coun cil press office was erroneous in this respect, especially as the Archbishop had studiously- avoided cause for any misun derstanding. "It may be of interest to you to know that we use this term ‘reconciliation’ frequently of our own people with regard to their re-integration in the life of the Mystical Body." call it a mandate," HEAVY SCHEDULE Council May Run Five More Years ' m/r a * . A **. V .*■ —• THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 STUDENT CROUP Rap Missionary Work In Israel OUR LADY, HEALTH OF THE SICK—The original of this picture is in the basilica of St. Mary Magdalen in Rome, mother Church of the Order of St. Camillus. The feast day of Our Lady, Health of the Sick will be observed on Novem ber 16. It ia the feast of the national patron of the NCCS- VA Hospital Service—a program of the National Catholic Community Service in 170 Veterans Administration hospi tals throughout the United States. On this day are held Recognition Ceremonies and Aw-ards for the Catholic men and women who serve as volunteers in the program, now’ in its 15th year. POVERTY. RACE. RELIGION JERUSALEM (RNS) — The student parliament — a discus sion club — of Israel’s Hebrew University- adopted a resolution here favoring prohibition of non-Jewish missionary acti vity in the country. Balloting was close: 89 to 87. Observers noted that the stand taken did not necessarily re flect the opinion of the student body of more than 5,000. All were entitled to vote and only 176 of the 500 students and graduate students at the meet ing participated in the voting. ONE OBSERVER said a dis proportionate number of ultra- Orthodox Jewish students had cast ballots, largely because their group had shown more in terest by attending and voting. Generally the ultra-Orthodox are for bans on Christian mis sionary programs. According to a report here, the motion to ban missionary activity was proposed by Dr. Israel E. Scheib, an historian described as the "former ideo logical leader" of extremist Charities Head Says We Fail To Meet Challenge The head of the National Con ference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) in the U. S. sharply charged that Americans are not meeting the challenge of poverty, race and religion, and that ignorance of the facts was no excuse. "It is impossible to be ig norant of the fact that almost 25 per cent of the people in the United States live below the minimum standard and level of living. How could anyone be inattentive to the demanding voices of 40 million people in this country who must go to bed each night hungry and discon solate," said the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond J, Gallagher, secre tary of the NCCC. MONSIGNOR GALLAGHER spoke before 400 delegates of the National Catholic Confer ence for Interracial Justice at its annual meeting Friday (No vember 15) at the International Inn in Washington, D. C. The theme of the four-day meet ing being held from November 14-17, is "Poverty, Race and Religion." "No one who is sensitive to the ’feelings’ to be found in the facts would be unaware that of this number of poor the ratio of Negroes to whites is al most two and one-half to one," he continued. "LEADERS OF OUR NA TION, students of the census and of the facts therein reveal ed, should know that there are over 900,000 families receiving grants in this country under the Aid to Dependent Children pro gram. The identification of this group indicates that 44 percent of them are Negro families. This statistic is better under stood for its serious propor tions when it is contrasted with the incidence of Negroes in our nation’s population, which is about 10 per cent," Monsignor Gallagher pointed out. He expressed his gravest concern over his inability to see any constructive programs AT COUNCIL on the economic horizons which would alleviate the situation. "ON OUR NATIONAL plan- nn ning level I see no construc tive program of adequate di mension to meet this tremen dous threat to the economic sta bility of Negro families. I see nothing in the works for de cades ahead that can meet suc cessfully the gigantic challenge of income maintenance for the nation’s families. Prospects for the laboring force are dwindling in a significant descent," he said, Monsignor Gallagher further charged that men and women of religious conviction cannot sit quietly by as society cate gorizes poor people as liabili ties to the nation, a drag on national progress, an expen dable fraction of our people, "AS LONG AS WE continue our studied silence we will ex perience another Newburgh. So long as our voices are silent we will continue to yield the platform to ill-informed indi viduals who render demagogic indictment of a while race of people — our people," he warn ed. He offered several sugges tions for solutions, which in cluded utilizing the buildings of parish plants in the center of the city to localize a variety of programs geared to over come impoverishment of Ne groes; not selling parish pro perty in these locations to ur ban renewal authorities for a new road; not making efforts to influence the location of new construction so that your pro perty w ill be included. IN A MORE POSITIVE vein, Monsignor Gallagher said that the Church should use its faci lities to teach deprived and neglected peoples the methods of making a full and rewarding life for themselves as it did with immigrants to whom it taught the American urban life, the language, the literature, Freedom Fighters (the Stern Group). in Is real Oldest Archbishop, Honored At Te Deum the culture of this nation. "In the after hours of the day we could assist them to perfect their housekeeping me thods, their care of children, the womanly arts of crafts and sewing, the techniques for mak ing their houses into homes, homes that are the equivalent of any about them. We might use our schools to feed the bodies as well as the minds. School lunch programs, that have made it a matter of stan dard equipment to have food serving units, could be ampli fied by Church funds to provide a decent diet for many of the children and adults in the neigh borhoods," he suggested, "WOULDN’T IT BE WON DERFUL if our Catholic parish es could relate them selves each as a twin to another parish or to another congregation of any faith in the core of cityes of our nation? "Here in our own communi ty and in urban areas through out the country, one parish could adopt another parish or congregation. Women’s groups are so wonderful in their abi lity to gather food and cloth ing for resale or for donation. This they could do on a regu lar, continuing basis so that individuals and families could be dressed appropriately for the season and not have to re sort to clothing that looked like the rejects from a rummage sale. "THE MEN OF THE AVER AGE Catholic parish reflect a fair sampling of manual work ers, skilled craftsmen, and pro fessionals. On an organized ba sis they could offer to their counterparts in deteriorating neighborhoods b r o t h e r- hood first and their skills and talents afterwards. Ther in tervention in obtaining job op portunities is the goal they might strive to achieve, while in the meantime they could impart some of their skills and their know-how for main tenance, repair, and construc tion, thus preserving the spi rit and the initiative of the men with whom they work. ,HE BASED HIS arguments on "historical and dogmatic antagonism of Christianity to ward Judaism." L e a d i n g the opposition against this stand was Yehudah Shaari, Liberal member of the Knesset and editor of The New Outlook, a monthly devoted to coverage of Middle East af fairs. Mr. Shaari called for tole rance and full religious free dom. Lacking these characte ristics, he said, the democra tic character of Israel would be endangered. "JUDAISM SHOULDN'T be afraid to stand up against mis sions in a spiritual confronta tion without prohibitive mea sures," he held. The charge of "proselytiz ing" stirred attacks upon Christian mission centers and schools by bands of ultra-Or thodox youth in early Septem ber. More than 100 were ar rested. A few have been fined and given suspended jail sen tences; the others are await ing trial. Protestant and Roman Catho lic buildings were involved in the incidents. In one case, how ever, a building that was attack ed turned out to be a private school that was not church-af filiated — the structure had been built many years ago by a church agency. m ? a ts ant^ roaches mice silverfish c & s REALTY COMPANY "Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3 Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance 524-2052 MIKE & STEVE SERTICH MOTOR HOTEL • TV A AIM CONDITIONING • FAMOUS M AM. OuFFST • ICE A tl .il/1l STATIONS • COF/lt MAKE*, EACH ROOM l t J< Kit .tll< )Nt A (><)<></ Atltln ■. s in All. TERM s ROME (RNS)—Hundreds of bishops attending the Second Vatican Council attended a Te Deum sung at the church of Santa Maria Della Quercia (St, Mary of the Oak) in honor of their oldest colleague, He is Archbishop Alfonso Ca- rinci, secretary - emeritus of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, who marked his 101st birthday. The Vatican Council pre viously had sent a congratula tory message tc the aged pre late, who has attended several of the sessions. Archbishop Carinci observed the anniversary by giving a small private party at his Rome residence. Born in Rome in 1862, the archbishop was a boy of eight when the First Vatican Council ended. He says Mass daily in a small chapel of his apartment. The last of his relatives, a cousin died in 1962 at 91. Where Insurance is a Profession. Not a Sideline SUTTER & McLELLAN JA 5-2086