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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSBAY, NOVEMBER 14,1963
The Rt. Rev, Msgr, John O, Toomey, Diocesan Moderator of Catholic Women in Savannah, and
the Rev, Michael Manning, Archdiocesan moderator for Atlanta, Joined with the women of the
Council on November 9th for a discussion of Internal Workings of the Council, The forum was
attended by a national director and board members of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council.
CATHEDRAL CHURCH
Pope Promises Parishes
Of Rome ‘New Vitality’
ROME (NC)~Pope Paul VI,
on taking possession of his ca-
thedral church, the Archbasili
ca of St. John Lateran, said he
hopes to give "new vitality"
to the parishes of his See of
Rome.
The 66-year-old Pontiff also
told the people of Rome that he
intends to make "pastoral vi
sits" to encourage them.
FIFTH CARDINALSand 1,200
patriarchs, archbishops and
bishops were among the more
than 20,000 at the stately rites
which lasted more than four
hours.
Thousands lined the route
the Pope took across Rome from
Vatican City to the Lateran.
THE POPE RECEIVED the
keys to the basilica, symboliz
ing his assumption of full pow
ers as Bishop of Rome, when
he reached the entrance. He
himself offered Mass at the ba
silica's main altar.
In a discourse after the Gos
pel, the Pope recalled that the
Lateran basilica had been the
scene of five ecumenical coun
cils and that its history marked
the progress "sometimes slow
and painful, sometimes free and
victorious, of the mysterious
passage of Christ through
time.’’
"TODAY," he said, "this
basilica, as never before in the
long centuries of its existence,
holds almost all the world's
episcopate to receive splendid
ly and solemnly the latest of
her pontiffs, the lowliest and
most humble" in the whole line
of popes.
"He has no right to enter'
here as lord and master," he
said "other than the irrefut
able right of having been can
onically elected B i s hopof
Rome."
SPEAKING TO the cardinals,
patriarchs and bishops, the
Pope said:
Melkite Church
Patron’s Feast
St. John's Melkite Church
will celebrate the feast of its
Patron, Saint John Chrysostom,
Sunday, November 24. On Sun
day morning, St. John’s Pastor,
Rev. William Haddad, will of
fer a Solemn High Mass accor
ding to the Byzantine Melkite
Rite. The mass will be said in
three languages; Arabic, Gr
eek and English. It will begin
at 11:30 A.M.
On Sunday afternoon, contin
uous Arabic and American en
tertainment will begin at 4 P.
M., and last until midnight. In
ternationally known Arabic en
tertainers will provide the best
in Arabic singing and dancing
music at the "Sans Souci" Ni
ght Club, 760 West Peachtree
St.. N.E, Food and beverages
will be sold.
Tickets for the social acti
vity are $5.00 per person and
may be obtained by calling St.
John's rector} at 373-9522. All
panshoners and friends of St.
John’s are invited.
"Brethren, it seems to Us
that no other place in the world,
no other hour than the present
one, gives Us the hapiness to
celebrate, to experience in a
practical way, this living cha
rity, this mystical presence of
Christ in mankind: *1 am with
you.' He is here with us and
for us."
THEN, SPEAKING of Rome,
he said: "We realize that Our
relations with the city are dif
ferent from those of past cen
turies. We no longer have tem
poral sovereignty over the city,
but We retain spiritual sov
ereignty. This does not mean
a lessening of Our love for
Rome. On the contrary, We
love her with a more open
heart, with more obvious dist
heart, with more obvious dis
interestedness and with more
dutiful diligence. Our pastoral
relationship with Rome must
become even more vigilant and
effective because of the greater
needs and because of the new
problems which this Immense
metropolis is now posing for re
ligious life."
After praising the religious
traditions of the Romans, the
Pope said: "Do you know, all
you children of Rome, what is
the main form We plan to use
to draw you more closely into
the ideal and operative current
of Roman Catholic life? It is
the parish.
"YES, THE ANCIENT and fa
miliar religious and pastoral
institution we all know. The pa
rish must gather you all to
gether, help all of you and unite
you in prayer and charity.
"It would be Our great de
sire to give all of Rome’s pa
rishes a new vitality, beginning
with the awareness that we must
all have of this primary cen
ter (the parish) of unity, friend
ship, veneration and Christian
formation.
"WE SHALL BE grateful to
all those who will help Us in
honoring and giving efficiency,
organization and charitable ef
fectiveness to the parishes...
"Beloved sons, We are with
you. We intend, with the Lord's
help, to pay pastoral visits to
you, to encourage you in your
Theatre Group
To Gather
Theatre Guild of St. Thomas
More in Decatur will meet Wed
nesday evening, November 13th,
Wally Kuhn presiding. There
will be a workshop, planned and
directed by Mrs. Gene Berg-
mann, and a social hour will
follow the regular business
meeting ’Tommy," the Guild
play selected for the first pre
sentation by the group, will be
given in January of next year.
Current activities of the Guild
include two offerings in the
Knights of Columbus Variety
Show to be presented Novem
ber 30-December 1 at Christ
the King Auditorium, They are
a scene from "Pollyanna,"
including Karyl Kuhn as Polly
anna; Nancy Keenan Draut as
Aunt Polly, and Chuckle Fow
ler as Jimmy, \
toil and to give you a more pro
found and comforting sense of
the spiritual community you be
long to.
"LET US WORK together in
the name of the Lord. We must
give a good life to the parishes
if, as is Our ardent desire, We
are to give a good life to Rome,
to our Rome."
The Pope left the Vatican
about 8:30 a.m. His eight-car
motorcade stopped at the Cam-
pidoglio at Rome's Capltollne
Hill, where the Pope greeted
Mayor Glauco Della Porta and
Rome’s city council.
WHEN THE POPE reached
the Lateran Palace, which ad
joins the basilica, he was met
by a delegation of the Italian
government led by caretaker
Premier Giovanni Leone.
Before going into the basi
lica, Pope Paul vestedforMass,
He was carried on a portable
throne to the basilica's porch
where he was met by the can
ons of the Lateran basilica and
by the clergy and seminarians
of Rome,
THE POPE CAME downfrom
the portable throne and kissed
a crucifix held out to him by
Benedetto Cardinal Alolsl Ma-
sella, Archpriest of the Late
ran basilica. Then he took
his place on a throne on the
porch. Cardinal Aloisi Ma-
sella gave the Pope the keys of
the basilica in a carnation-
encircled bowl.
The Pope then mounted the
portable throne once more, and
a chorus of trumpets sounded
the papal march as he entered
the basilica.
AT THE CHAPEL of Our
Lady of Graces, the Pope stop
ped before the Blessed Sacra
ment, which was exposed. The
Te Deum, a traditional hymn of
Thanksgiving, was sung while
Pope Paul remained before the
Sacrament in prayer.
Assisting the Pope at Mass
were Eugene Cardinal Tisse-
rant, Dean of the Sacred Col
lege of Cardinals, and Fran
cesco Cardinal Robert!, Pre
fect of the Sacred Tribunal of
the Apostolic Signature.
After the ceremony, Pope
Paul gave his blessing "Urbi
et Orbi" (to the city and the
world) from the basilica's cen
tral balcony.
Family
Prayer
A stamped return-address
ed envelope is all that is nece
ssary to receive a Family Pra
yer card distributed by a Fran
ciscan Father from Siena Col
lege in New York.
Father Benjamin Kuhn 0.
F. M, has made this unusual
offer to anyone justfor the writ
ing. The cards are available in
English, Spanish, French and
Italian. Already over one mill
ion of these cards have been
mailed throughout the country.
GREEK SPOKESMAN
Orthodox Never Denied
Supremacy Of The Pope
MRS. JACK M. SMITHER, CHAIRMAN, personally delivering
invitation to the Silver Tea honoring the Sisters of Our Lady of
the Assumption School. The Tea will be held Sunday, Novem
ber 24th from 3 to 5 in School Cafetorium. All members of
Parish are cordially invited to attend. Shown accepting the in
vitation are Sister Mary Consuela, R.S.M. and Sister Mary An
nette, R.S.M.
Council Reminded Of
Women’s Church Role
ROME (NC)~ The Greek
Orthodox Church is unwilling to
be represented at the Second
Vatican Council by mere obser
vers because it feels that its
presence would be meaningful
only if it could fully participate
in the council on the basis of
equality.
This is the explanation given
by Nikos A. Nissiotis, a pro
fessor of theology at the Uni
versity of Athens, Greece. He is
here representing the World
Council of Churches as a coun
cil observer. He is associate
director of the WCC’s Ecumeni
cal Institute in Bossey, Swit
zerland.
Nissiotis told this corres
pondent that the Orthodox Ch
urch of Greece sincerely pur
sues the goal of Christian un
ity.
'This unity actually is a rea
lity because all Christian ch
urches receive the same spiri
tual nourishment from the Holy
Spirit which perpetuates the
event of Pentecost.
"As a matter of fact, 'ortho
dox' to us is a synonym of
both 'catholic* and ’apostolic,'
for the true Church in our view
is undivided and indivisible be
cause it attains to one and the
same source, which is Christ.
all things in Christ.’ This is
what we mean by ecumencial
intercourse, and this is why we
cooperate with the World Coun
cil of Churches which subscri
bes to this concept of Christ
ian unity.’*
"You do not, then accept the
primacy of the Bishop of
Rome?’’I asked:
"We never have denied it,"
replied Nissiotis. "But we con
sider it as a sort of ’consen
sus ecclesiae,' as the tangible
link between the various Chris
tian churches which should not
exclude the independence of the
individual church bodies and
their heads. The pope there
fore, in our view is "primus
inter pares,” the first among
equals who deserves to be re
cognized as such.”
"Is it on these terms that
your Church now has agreed
to engage in a 'dialogue' with
the Roman Catholic Church?”
I asked.
“Yes,” said Nissiotis. "Such
a dialogue may be initiated
after the Second Vatican Coun
cil, but it must be on equal
terms.”
"Would not observers of your
Church perhaps be in a position
to pave the way for such a
dialogue?" 1 asked.
tism of the Catholics of Byz
antine Rites would no longer be
one, once the Christian Church
is properly understood, as we
think it should be, namely as
a unit comprising all the chu
rches professing the same Faith
in Christ so as to be guided
by a common standard, which,
of course, is the Nicene creed.
"Practical matters such as
the status of the laity, which
we view differently from Rome
Catholics, or the married cler
gy we have in the Greek Orth
odox and other Orthodox chur
ches should be no stumbling
block”.
"Such a message may suggest
that a dialogue on equal terms
be Inaugurated at a mutually
suitable time. The Patriarch
may even come to Rome for a
visit to Pope Paul VI, if this
visit could be reciprocated by
Pope Paul.
com BISHOP
IN ALL, 13 LAYMEN from
several countries, Including the
United States, have been autho
rized by Pope Paul to sit in on
the Council sessions. One of
them, Dr. Emil Inglessis, rep
resenting both Oriental and La
tin Rite Catholics in the Mid
dle East, has been quoted as
urging that not only should there
be more lay auditors, but they
should include women as well.
However, so far only two
Council Fathers have spoken
out openly in favor of women
auditors.
when he called for the present
of lay women, representativt
of large orders of nuns and rt
liglous Brothers at the mee
ings.
He also said that audito
should be "chosen more wid
ly" to be internationally re
resentative of the laity.
At a recent general congi
gation Father Giocondo Gro
Prelate Nullius of Acre e P
us in Brazil, favored admit!
women auditors and sugges
that they be given an active r
'The unbroken continuity
which goes back to the early,
apostolic Church applies to all
churches, it belongs to all the
people of good will who wish to
be united in spirit by profes
sing their faith in Christ. To
our mind, in all Christian Ch
urches there is to be found
salvation.
"We think that there should
not be any reluctance to accept
different forms of worship or
different doctrinal expressions,
There should be a willingness
to accept multiplicity and div
ersity rather than Insisting on
uniformity. No church should
attempt to impose its own type
of life upon other churches
whose type of life is different,
"Rather should all churches
pursue a charismatic, Eucha
ristic unity so as to 'restore
POPULATION RISING
"4 don't think so because ob
servers have no real standing.
They have no right to speak.
"Also there is the difficulty
that in all the council docu
ments the other Christian chu
rches still are only called 'con-
munities* which is unacceptable
to us.”
"Were this point clarified to
see a real prospect toward the
reunion of your Church with the
Church of Rome?” 1 queried,
’XJnce our concept of what
might be called ' coexistence'
were accepted, no real prob
lem would remain between our
two Churches, We have always
been willing to engage in a
truly ecumenical dialogue with
Rome on a basis of equality,
'The primacy is not an is
sue at all, and the prosely-
VATICAN CITY (RNS)--Pos-
sibility that women may be add
ed to the list of lay auditors
permitted to attend the general
congregations of the Second Va
tican Council is being increas
ingly discussed both in and out
of the Council,
In his weekly report trans
mitted to the people of his dio
cese, Bishop Walter W. Cur
tis of Bridgeport, Conn., said
there was "a strong report that
representatives of our Catholic
women’s organizations of the
world will also be invited to be
present.”
| OBITUARY
Mrs. Steinhauer
Funeral services have been
held for Mrs. G. W. Steinhau
er of 522 Boulevard SE, Atlan
ta. Fr, Rene Maynard offered
the Mass at Immaculate Con
ception. Mrs. Steinhauer, the
widow of Mr. George W. Stein
hauer, was a member of the
Third Order of St. Francis and
the Immaculate Conception La
dies Guild, She is survived by
her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Mllbourne of Hyattsvllle, Md,
and several nieces and nep
hews.
ON OCT. 22, LEO Josef Car
dinal Suenens, Archbishop of
Malines-Brussels, drew ap
plause from Council Fathers
THEY SHOULD BE aske
talk as well as to have a cu
coffee at the coffee bar,’.*
said.
Church Hopes Grow
In Jonesboro Area
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172 WHITEHALL STREET, S.W. ATLANTA 3, GEORG1.
Shortly before Father George
T. Daly's untimely death, a
parcel of property was pur
chased in Jonesboro, Ga.,
through the contributions of the
Jonesboro Catholics and a loan
from the Diocese. This tract
contains five and a half acres
and is located on Highway 41,
North of the Jonesboro air
port. Father Daly's start has
been augmented through dona
tions to the Jonesboro mission
over the past four years, until
today there is a little over
$7,000.00 towards the erec
tion of a Church in Jonesboro.
Scout Exam
To Be Held
The Archdiocesan Committee
for Catholic Scouting decided at
its last meeting to convene its
Boards for examining candi
dates for the Ad Altare Dei
award on Friday, December 13
1963. The examinations are to
be held in the Assembly Room
of the Sacred Heart Church on
Ivy Street in Atlanta.
Dr. Vldosic, lay chairman,
said all scouts who hope to re
ceive the award on Scout Sun
day next, February 9, 1964, sh
ould report by 7:30 p.m. on the
day and at the place Indicated.
Each scout must bring his Re
cord Book with each step pro
perly endorsed, the map of
our Archdiocese and sketches
of Catholic symbols as requir
ed. Be certain your application
has been certified by the local
scout office.
The Committee also selected
tentatively August 28 and 29,
1964 for the next scout retreat
at the Bert Adams Reservation.
Father Morrow, the Archdioce
san Chaplain, reported he has
ordered the Holy Family sta
tue for our Catholic Shrine at
the Reservation.
Thirty years ago, so far as is
known, there were only three
Catholic Women in all of Clay
ton County. Two of these women
were Aunts of Margaret Mit
chell, and they were Misses
Mamie and Sally Fitzgerald.
They lived in a section which
many people called "Tara”, ap
proximately four miles below
Jonesboro. The only other
known Catholic in Jonesboro at
that time was Mrs. E. W. Hut
cheson. At one time the situa
tion got down to where there
was only one Catholic, making
the sign of the cross in Clay
ton County.
THIS COUNTY is now growing
faster than any other County in
all Georgia. In 1950 the popu
lation was 34th in the State, The
1960 Census gives Clayton
County- a prefix of 13 on its
auto licenses. However, if the
census were taken today, this
prefix according to County Of
ficials would be 10 or 11.
Local Catholics have high
hopes that in the not too dis
tant future, a Mission Church
will rise in Jonesboro to take
care of the spiritual needs of
the Influx of faithful in this
section. Anyone in this district,
who would like to have a share
in erecting this church, should
communicate with Rev. John J.
O'Shea, 3370Sunset Ave., Hape-
vllle, Ga.
Pilate Off Hook
NEW ORLEANS (NC)--Pont
ius Pilate has been exonerat
ed by a second-gradep et St.
Matthew the Apostle School.
The child’s recitation of
the Apostles Creed went like
this;
". . .Who was conceived by
the Holy Ghost, born of the
Virgin Mary*' suffered under a
bunch of violets. , ."
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