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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 Now...carry your own 0 Public rtddnMA SfiUm t*u*ut* « wherever you go sets up anywhere IN ONLY 10 SECONDS PHONE 525-6417 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. , ." Survey* of THE GEORGIA BULLETIN families SHOWS WHY THIS NEWSPAPER IS A SALES PRODUCER . . . Survey using a modified probability sample of over 8,000 GEORGIA BULLETIN subscribers in the Atlanta Archdiocese. □ MORE MONEY TO SPEND Among Bulletin families 35% earn more than $10,000 por year. 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