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PRAY FOR
THE COUNCIL
VOL. 1 NO. ’46.
diocese of Atlanta
GEORGIA'S
NORTHERN
COUNTIES
SERVING
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1963
$5.00 PER YEAR
NATIONAL EFFORT
Set Thanksgiving
Clothing Drive
For Archdiocese
All churches located in the
Archdiocese of Atlanta will par
ticipate in a drive for clothes
during the week of November 24
to 30.
Chancellor of the Archdio
cese, the Very Reverend Harold
J. Rainey, who is chairman of
the drive, stated that this is a
part of a national drive to as
sist the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference in its annual
effort to alleviate the needs and
misery of the destitute through-
c 'he world.
CLOTHING AND MATERIAL
contributed to the annual
Thanksgiving Clothing Collec
tion is packed and shipped over
seas and distributed to the needy
in 67 countries where Catholic
Relief Services maintain pro
grams . of . relief and welfare.
Distribution is made entirely
without reference to race, reli
gion, color or national origin.
The sole criterion is human
need.
For the fifteenth consecutive
year this clothing drive will be
conducted with emphasis on us
ed clothing, shoes, bedding,
blankets, and household linens.
SERVING 40 MILLION hun
gry, homeless and destitute
through 88 overseas field of
fices with a supervisory staff
of 130 Americans, Catholic Re
lief Services is the world’s lar
gest private voluntary relief
organization.
Eight thousand tons of clo
thing, blankets, and shoes were
collected in the United States
last year.
NOT ONLY CAN this drive
provide protection against win
ter cold or torrential seasonal
rains or blazing tropical sun,
but it can often safeguard the
very young against crippling or
deadly disease, aid impoverish
ed people to find work or con
tinue working, enable children
to attend school, etc.
During this drive the nearest
Catholic Church will accept do
nations, and all are urged to
"give thanks by giving.”
NEW YORK MEETING
CYO Convention
Elects Officers
NEW YORK (NC) — Charles
Rucker of the Omaha, Neb.,
archdiocese and Dean Manson
of the Toledo Ohio, diocese were
elected to the top posts at the
Catholic Youth Organization
Federation convention here.
Rucker was elected presi
dent of the CYO Federation,
Teen Age section, and Manson
was elected president of the
federation’s Young Adult sec
tion.
OTHER NEW OFFICERS in
the Teen Age section are: vice
president, Dona Rysinger, New
York archdiocese; secretary,
Barbara Prybil, San Antonio,
Tex., archdiocese; and treas-
A Report
From Rome
At press time the GEORGIA
BULLETIN has received word
from Rome that the Council
Fathers, meeting in solemn
conclave, have voted overwhel
mingly in favor of permitting
the use of vernacular languages
in the Mass and Sacraments.
This vote will be later imple
mented by Pope Paul VI when
he officially proclaims, in de
tail, the manner in which local
tongues may be used in the lit
urgy.
Since the beginning of the
Council the use of the vernacu
lar in the liturgy has been a
major issue. Sentiment has
been heavily in favor of a wid
er use of local tongues. To
day’s vote confirms the wish of
the Council.
urer, Thomas Stapleton, Phila
delphia archdiocese.
In the Young Adult section
the other new officers are:
vice president, Judy Doherty,
Boston archdiocese; secretary,
Mary Norton, Newark, N. J„
diocese; and treasurer, Joseph
Scharmer, Baltimore archdio
cese.
The officers will serve for
two years.
At their final working ses
sions (Nov. 17) the delegates
passed resolutions against ra
cial bias and indecent litera
ture.
DELEGATES WERE URGED
"to work for the abolition of all
discriminatory practices, whe
ther they be in die school, at
work, or in the field of recrea
tion.”
The resolution against por
nography referred to *’indecent
literature as a very real and
ugly menace, corrupting the
minds and morals of youth.” It
asked that die CYO Federation
promote and publicize the list
of approved publications drawn
up by die National Office for De
cent Literature.
IN OTHER resolutions the
CYO Federation:
• Backed the establishment
of a National Service Corps.
• Urged that Catholic youth
play a leading role in sustain
ing and promoting moral and
spiritual values in their respec
tive communities, states and in
the nation.
• Expressed appreciation to
President Kennedy for his ad
dress to the convention (Nov.
15).
Delegates voted to hold the
next convention in Los Angeles
In the fall of 1965.
THE AMERICAN HIERARCHY applauded Pope Paul VI as he
Joined them informally after addressing them in English at the
Vatican’s Clementine Hall on November 15th. The American
Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops held their annual general
meeting in Rome this year where they are attending the second
session of Vatican Council II.
ROME MEETING
Prelates Are Elected To NCWC
The Cardinals of the United
States are ex officio members
of the administrative board.
Auxiliary Bishop Ernest L.
Unterkoefler of Richmond was
named assistant secretary of
the board. Auxiliary Bishop
Alexander M. Zaleski of De
troit was named assistant trea
surer.
MSGR. PAUL F. TANNER, a
priest of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, was reappointed
General Secretary of the NCWC
Msgr. Francis T. Hurley, a
priest of the Archdiocese of
San Francisco, and Msgr. Cla-
-rence D. White, a priest of the
Archdiocese of St. Louise, were
reappointed Assistant General
Secretaries.
THE FOLLOWING PRE
LATES were named to serve
as assistant chairman of va
rious NCWC departments:
Bishop John J. Wright of
Pittsburgh, Education; Auxi
liary Bishop John A. Donovan
of Detroit, Legal; Auxiliary
Bishop Stephen A. Leven of San
Antonio, Lay Organizations;
Auxiliary Bishop Philip M. Han
nan of Washington, Press; Au
xiliary Bishop T. Austin Mur-
phy of Baltimore, Immigration.
Bishop Ernest J. Primeau
of Manchester, H. H„ was nam
ed episcopal advisor to the NC
WC Youth Department for the
National Federation of Catholic
College Students. Auxiliary
Bishop James William Malone
of Youngstown, Ohio, was named
episcopal advisor to the Youth
Department for Newman Clubs.
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of
Dallas-Fort Worth was named
assistant to the chairman of the
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, pre
sident of Morehouse College, in
Atlanta, Ga., gave the major ad
dress at die annual ecumenical
assembly of the Massachusetts
Council of Churches, attended
by delegates of 11 different
Protestant denominations.
NEWMAN APOSTOLATE BLESSED BY POPE—Pope Paul VI has given his blessing to the wholt
scope of the Newman Apostolate in its work on American college campuses and with alumni. He
paid the tribute during an audience, November 12. Shown with him at that time are Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (left), episcopal moderator of the Newman Apostolate; Archbishop
John J. Krol of Philadelphia, episcopal chairman, Youth Dept., NCWC., and Andrew P. Maloney,
New York banker, president of the Newman Foundation.
”A DECISION of the Supreme
Court cannot i n t e g r a t e
schools”, he asserted. "It can
only implement desegregation
which paves theway for integra
tion. An Integrated social order
would have no segregation and
no discrimination based on
race, religion or color.”
Dr. Mays told the assembly
he considers integration "to be
a spiritual concept and one
which whould not be confused
with desegregation.” He said
that to Integrate means to unite
together "to form a more per
fect entity and harmonious so
ciety.”
ROME — Archbishops Leo
Binz of St. Paul and John P.
Cody, Apostolic Administrator
of New Orleans, were elected
new members of the Adminis
trative Board of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference at
the annual general meeting of
the Bishops of the United States
held here.
The prelates succeed on the
board Archbishop Lawrence J.
Shehan of Baltimore and Bishop
Allen J. Babcock of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., who had served the
permissible five consecutive
one-year terms as board mem
bers.
The members of the newly-
elected administrative board
met and organized following the
general meeting of the bishops.
OTHER MEMBERS of the
board were elected to offices
as follows:
Administrative Board for die
NCWC Bureau of Information.
Auxiliary Bishop James H.
Griffiths of New Yorkwas nam
ed assistant to the chairman
for the NCWC Office for United
Nations Affairs. Bishop Fran
cis J. Schenk of Duluth, Minn.,
Social Action; and Bishop Cole
man F. Carroll of Miami, Youth.
PLACID CHURCH
Priest Asks Action
By Catholic Youth
Archbishop William E. Cou
sins of Milwaukee, vice chair
man of the board and chairman
of the NCWC Department of
Social Action; Archbishop Karl
J. Alter of Cincinnati, secre
tary of the board; Archbishop
John F. Dearden of Detroit,
treasurer; Archbishop John J.
Krol of Philadelphia, chairman
of the NCWC Department of
Education; Bishop Emmet M.
Walsh of Youngstown, Ohio,
chairman of the NCWC Legal
Department; Archbishop Tho
mas A. Connolly of Seattle,
chairman of the NCWC De
partment of Immigration; Arch
bishop Binz, chairman of the
NCWC Department of Lay Or
ganizations; Archbishop Joseph
T. McGucken of San Francisco,
chairman of the NCWC Press
Department; Archbishop Cody,
chairman of the NCWC Youth
Department.
"TOO LONG we have been
a placid Church in the U. S.,”
he continued. "Too long have we
fought for a narrow concept of
the Church. Too long have we
lived in a spirit of isolation
ism.”
Declaring that in almost 2,OCX)
years of operation the Church
has not been "tremendously
successful”, Father McGuire
said that Catholics constitute
less than 17% the world’s pop
ulation of three billion people.
’’Within 10 years we will be
fortunate if we are 14% of the
world’s population,” he added.
"THAT IS YOUR challenge,”
he told the young people. "Your
obligation is not only to attend
Mass and have a direct line to
God. If you don’t feel an obliga
tion to your fellowman, don’t
attend these conventions, resign
from the CYO.”
Father McGuire then cited the
need for Papal Volunteers and
Extension Volunteers for the
home missions, and noted that
"there is an overwhelmingly
low percentage of Catholics in
the Peace Corps.”
‘Desegregation
Too Slow\.Mays
BOSTON (RNS)—A leading U.
S. Negro educator stated here
that "at the present rate, it
would take up to 200 years to
completely desegregate the
schools in the deep South.”
NEW YORK — A priest chal
lenged a Catholic Youth meeting
here to take "intelligent ac
tion” in behalf of the Church
throughout the world.
"Know to the fullest the con
tent of your Faith and then go
into action,” urged Father
Frederick A. McGuire, C.M.,
executive secretary of the Mis
sion Secretariat, which has
headquarters at the National
Pontifical Mass closing the sev
enth national convention of die
Catholic Youth Organization
Federation.
SOME 4,000 Catholic teen
agers and young adults attended
the Mass , offered (Nov. 17)
by Auxiliary Bishop Edward
V. Dargin of New York for suc
cess of the ecumenical council.
Father McGuire said the
"health of the Church should
not be evaluated in terms of
overflowing schools or huge
Catholic hospitals,” nor should
the Church be thought of in
terms of "geographic bord-
ore 99
"It is the Church of all its
peoples: black; yellow, white or
brown,” he said.
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Bishops See U.S.
Goals Unfilled
But Reachable
f WASHINGTON (NC) — The 1 rights and their divine origin;
Bishops of the United States
have said that many of Ameri
ca’s goals remain unfulfilled,
but are within reach if Ameri
cans unite in a common effort
to attain them.
In their annual statement,
entitled "Bonds of Union,” the
Bishops warned that the nation’s
people face grave challenges
from erroneous philosophies.
BUT THEY SAID a review of
the nation's moral values and
"renewed dedication to our
common goals may help us to
face the present trials as a
people truly one nation under
God.”
In their statement, the Bi
shops re-studied the nation’s
heritage of moral and politi
cal principles, pointed to
threats facing it today and ex
pressed confidence Americans
will meet the challenge.
The statement was released
here (Nov. 17) through the ex
ecutive department of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference,
THE BISHOPS said:
"A national examination of
conscience would reveal today
that we are in danger of be
coming a people weakened by
secularism in our social
philosophy, materialism in our
concept of the good life and
expediency in our moral code.”
The Bishops said secularism,
which regards God and religion
as irrelevent to everyday life, -
is enjoying "increasing es
tablishment as an official
American view of life." They
said it can be found In educat
ion, marriage, business and re
creation.
MATERIALISM, they con
tinued, is reflected increasing
ly in moral values, "Security
in the comforts of living is too
often our major, even our con
trolling, concern," they said.
They added that "as an af
fluent nation, we are un
fortunately acquiring the vices
associated with irresponsible
materialists; overindulgence,
excessive gambling and the in
satiable demand for excite
ment.”
THE THIRD PROBLEM they
characterized a s the frequent:
use of expediency rather than
principle in meeting our social
problems.”
Typical of this defect, they
said, is the "confusion and tens
ion surrounding the so-called
'race question'."
SOCIAL JUSTICE, they
charged, under the influence of
secularism and materialism,
"becomes merely fl political
matter and we remain as a
nation morally tortured by
racial injustice in schools, jobs,
housing, communal facilities,
even in the most obvious area
of democratic suffrage.”
The proper approach to
the race issue, they said, "is
to treat all men and women as
persons, without reference to
patterns of difference.”
"UNLESS THE Declaration of
Independence is taken to mean
what it says about inalienable
unless the salute to the flag
including Lincoln’s phrase
‘under God,’ is uttered with
out tongue in cheek; unless
the plain intent of the Constitut
ion is wholeheartedly en
dorsed—any talk of law and
order’ is worse than poor
policy; it is hypocrisy,” they
said.
Despite this outlook, the Bi
shops expressed confidence that
the situation will brighten.
"Even these problems of our
republic can be bonds of union.
They are faced by all Ameri
cans; their solution is our mut
ual burden,” they said,
"MEN OF GOOD will are
finding that they must work to
gether to stem the march to
ward secularism. Reaction
against materialism may,
please God, result in a renew
ed commitment to spiritual
values, turning our search for
wealth into a vocation of ser
vice,” they said.
As for the "sad controversy
over civil rights,” the Bishops
said that the desire for a more
perfect union "can yet rally
the moral energies of the nat
ion to complete the ‘unfinished
business’ of the Emancipation
Proclamation by full recognit
ion of all their rights for mill
ions of our fellow citizens of
the Negro race."
THE PRELATES ALSO dis
cussed the courts, saying that
while tribunals must be vigil
ant to protect justice, "the
people must be vigilant too,
lest the courts. . . annul the
original determination that ours
be a government of laws, not
of men.”
"Our courts must see,” the
Bishops said, "that the law of
the land is so interpreted as
to be free from undue influence
of particular schools of thought.
"IT HAS BEST served the
American tradition when the
law reflects a community con
sensus or common understand
ing of what is best to achieve
the common ends of justice.”
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
Operation "Open Closet”
This ragged little boy repre*
sents needy children and adults
the world over who would
welcome with open arms the
clothes, shoes and bedding you
no longer find useful. They have
no money for new clothes;
hand-me-downs are the only
“new” possessions they can hope
for. Help them by bringing serv*
iceable apparel and household
linens to your nearest Catholic
Church in November during the
annual Catholic Bishops’ Cloth*
ing Collection, conducted for
the destitute in 6? countries.