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PAOE .t. GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21.19W ANNUAL STATEMENT Bishops See U.S. Goals Unfilled But Reachable (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) The Bishops expressed grati tude for worldwide interest in the council proceedings. "In these days so full of historic importance , we have gratefully noted the prayers and the cordial expressions of good will toward the council and the Church from Americans of every faith, ” they said. THE STATEMENT also in cludes praise for American re cognition of the right of con science and notes how this re spect parallels the words of the late Pope John XXIII on the subject. On Dating NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NC) — “Steady Dating—Why Not?” will be the topic of an essay contest to be sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Supreme council Columbian Squires Di vision. Ed Cmlii Now Featuring ALLEN COLLAY SEXTET ■ Plm Direct From N.Y. City JANA MacDONALD A Dynamic Vacaliat Flu, 5:30 TO 7:30 BILL & ALLEN DUO Chatter • Humor o Muaio DANCE AT THE Scum Sued 760 P'tree TA. 5-4251 “The recognition of the right of conscience has been basic to our civil traditions," the Bishops said. “Citizens have found in this a bond of union and the favor of the law in countless cases'. No personal right has been so fiercely defended by public authority and so gener ously construed in court. 'The tradition of our nations corresponds with the words of Pope John XXIII: 'Every human beign has the right to honor God according to the dictates of an upright conscience and, there fore, the right to worship God < privately and publicly.' “ THE BISHOPS ALSO cited American defense of private property and praised Protest ant leadership for an "enlight ened Christian sense of stewardship.*’ “Fortunately,” they said, "the power to dispose of the fruits of one’s labors has been wisely controlled by the con cept of the stewardship of wealth. When our Protestant fellow citizens, if only because of their proportionately greater numbers, were so largely charged with setting the moral tone, their best representatives revealed an enlightened Christ ian sense of stewardship which redounded to the common good. “Private education, volunt ary welfare programs, medical research and political idealism were encouraged. We rejoice when exemplary Catholics bring, together with new in sights into human need their own beneficent influence on the common good," they said. HOME BURNED Catholics Attacked By Buddhists In Vietnam MT HHHNh STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS of Drexel High School meet fol lowing Installation on the grounds of the latest addition to the Archdiocesan High School System. Left to Right: George Terrell, Diane Comer, Michelle Smith, and Robert Harris, DREXEL HIGH Student Council Officers Installed An impressive ceremony marked the installation of stu dent council officers at Drexel Catholic High School last week. The principal, Father Richard, C. P., presided at the cere mony. The newly installed officers are George Terrell, President; Diane Comer, Vice-President; Michelle Smith, Secretary; and Robert Harris, Treasurer. All 4 are members of the Junior class. Other members of the student council who were al so installed during the cere mony included officers from each class and club in the sc hool. EACH OFFICER was presen ted with a lighted candle, the color of which symbolized the special virtues he must bring to his office. Foil owing this they made a promise to serve their school faithfully and maintain the honor bestowed on them by their election. The assembly closed with the singing of the National Anthem and a school song. S ARSON — Catholics in some country districts of central Vietnam have been attacked by non-Christian crowds during recent weeks. Assailants have ' been des cribed as “Buddhists with oth er elements’ in one region. In another most of them were se condary school students appa rently following plans. CATHOLICS HAVE been beaten, some of them seriously. Homes of Catholic families' have been burned. In some vil lages attackers have tried to make Catholics renounce their religion. Recent converts and catechumens (persons taking instructions for Baptistm)were special targets. Some Catholic families were forced to destroy their religious emblems. Hostile groups tried to force Catholics to sign statements accusing parish priests of stor ing arms in churches. This maneuver is regarded as sug gesting communist influence. In some places non-Chris tians in the Dan Ve, self-de fense corps, have forcibly tak en away arms of their Catho lic comrades. IN ONE DISTRICT the non- Christians ordered Catholics not to go to Mass last Sunday. The priest rallied his people and they came. Some catechu mens have shown notable forti tude in refusing to give up their Christian religion in spite of threats. The more isolated the vill age or the Catholic households the worse were the attacks. In cities and towns except for a few threatening actions that were not carried through, Ca- RACIAL JUSTICE tholics and Catholic institutions have not been assailed. THE SITUATION in the rural villages where the attacks oc- cured has improved in the last week. Authorities have declared their intention to give all pos sible protection to all classes and religions. But Catholics, especially in remote villages, still are ap prehensive, fearing Buddhist hostility in addition to commu nist Vietcong night raids. Faiths Make Joint Appeal For Peace FRENCH CATHOLIC philoso pher Jacques Maritain has re ceived France’s national grand prize for letters. A convert to Catholicism, he has been on the faculty of the Institute Ca- tholique, Paris; the Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto and at Columbia and Princeton Uni versity. Now 81, he is living at his retreat near Toulouse, France. SEARCHING LOOK Convention Links Poverty, Racism As ‘Ugly Twins’ WASHINGTON (NC)— Two "ugly twins" — poverty and racial prejudice—came in fora searching look at the annual - convention of the National Catho lic Conference for Justice. Interracial The interacting relationship of these two social blights was ST. ANTHONY'S SCHOOL St. Joseph’s Club Is Given Charter The St. Joseph's Civics Club of St. Anthony's School this week received its official charter from the Commission on American Citizenship in Wash ington, D. C. The Charter formally recog nizes affiliation of the local unit with the national organizat ion at the Catholic University of America. Pupils of Grade Seven comprise the local Club membership. THE OFFICERS of the newly organized Club are: Tim. H. Epperson, president; Carol E. Frick, vice-president; Jimmy Mathews, recording and cor responding secretary, and Richard A, Krilla, sergeant- at-arms, and Pamela Marie Therese Love, Treasurer. SufavtifitfoK 0{, *7%e Cfetvu}i<% “SuUetiK A gift subscription to the Georgia Bulletin might be just the thing for a boy or girl away from home, a relative in the reli- gous life, a friend who moved but wants to keep up with doings in Atlanta. A SPECIAL CARD WILL BE ENCLOSED ANNOUNCING THE GIFT SUBSCRIPTION. ORDER THAT GIFT SUBSCRIPTION NOW. Name Address City. State Zip Code Gilt From St. Joseph’s Civics Club is one of the thousands of Catholic Civics Clubs chartered in the United States for the express purpose of developing informed, responsible young citizens. The theme of this year’s pro gram is “Guard the Freedoms They Won.’’ Club members get help in developing this theme from Young Catholic Mess enger, national current-affairs weekly for students in grades 6-9. Monthly articles in the periodical point up the funda mentals of good citizenship and suggest practical projects for the club members. Dialogue Is Way To Unity NEW ORLEANS (NC) — The Methodist Bishop of Philadel phia said here that both Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI told him the way to promote Catholic - Protestant under standing is through “dialo gues." Bishop Fred Pierce Corson, who headed the official Metho dist observers at the Second Vatican Council, said both Popes “asked me personally to promote Catholic-Protestant understanding on the diocesan level." THE PRESIDENT of the World Methodist Council, who took part here in a Festival of Christian Faith and Witness, said if it were possible he would spend all his time participating in Protestant-Roman Catholic dialogues. Such discussions, he added, should be carried out care fully and “by people who know what they are talking about." He said such dialogues should be conducted on the diocesan or community level between church leaders. In the past year, Bishop Cor son stated, he has participated in eight dialogues with Catholic Bishops. the focal point of the meeting, whose theme was "Poverty, Race and Religion: Challenge to a Catholic Community,’’ IN A TELEGRAM to the con vention, President Kennedy said “a heritage of disability from years of racial discrimin ation hampers interracial jus tice." "While it is vital that the basic civil rights of all our ci tizens are protected and defen ded, it is also exceedingly im portant that all have the oppor tunity for full and equal emplo yment in our rapidly changing work force. . .Securing full jus tice for all will be speeded by full employment,” Mr.Kennedy said. Author and critic Dwight Mac donald sketched the dimen sions of the problem of pover ty at a general session (Nov. 14). Macdonald, whose essay- review ‘The Invisible Poor” attracted wide attention when it appeared in the New Yorker last Jan. 19, cited studies that put the number of Americans living in poverty or "deprivation” at 77 million. The commonly accepted poverty line is a year ly income of $4,000 for a fam ily of four and $2,000 for a single person. “The poor are really differ ent from the rest of us,” he said. They have more chronic illness and poorer mental heal th ("the poor can’t afford bre akdowns, but they have them anyway”). They live in "social isolation” and political "a- pathy," he stated. Macdonald spoke with al arm of a tendency for pover ty to become "institutionalized or frozen,’’ The children of the poor lack motivation to improve themselves, they grow up in po verty, marry and raise their own families in poverty, he said. Negroes “by their admirable militant campaign” have forced politicians to take note of the race problem, Macdonald said. But so far, he added, there is no corresponding sensitivity to the problem of poverty. Poverty and unemployment, he remarked, lack "political sex appeal.’’ Macdonald called for a mas sive Federal effort to stimulate the economy and reduce unem ployment. He also urged direct government action to aid the poor. It should be “taken for granted” by Americans he said, that every person should be. provided with a decent "min imum standard of living” re gardless of any other consider ation. WASHINGTON—Catholic and Episcopalian racial justice groups jointly appealed here to Christian clergy and laymen in Chester, Pa., and Williantston, N. C., to support antisegrega tion movements in the two ci ties. The two groups, noting large- scale arrests and heavy bail requirements, promised “our prayers, our alms and what ever other sources are avail able to us within our respec tive disciplines” to help “those who have suffered or been im prisoned." THE RESOLUTION was adop ted unanimously (Nov. 15)by the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice and the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. It was presented to delegates attending the annual conventions of the two groups by Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the Catholic group. Presenta tion came at a banquet, one of several joint sessions the two groups held. Chester has been the scene of protests by Negroes over what they allege are overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe condi tions at Franklin Elementary School there. MORE THAN 240 persons were arrested Nov. 13 and 14 after picketing the school. On Nov. 15, demonstrations were halted as negotiations began ■with city and school officials. "The Christian clergy and lay leaders in Chester have neither shared in nor support ed this witness and this suf fering," said the resolution. ‘Youth Sacred Cow In U.S.’ NEW YORK — A “peculiar idea of freedom" in this country has resulted in plac ing American youth in a dog matic but morally precarious position, a priest-expert on family life said at a Catholic youth convention here. In VVilliamston, N. C., 11 white ministers from the North joined Negro demonstrations since they began over four months ago,” said the resolu tion. ETELSON RIVES REALTY INC,. 3669 CLAIRMONT ROAD CHAMBLEE. GEORGIA 1 REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE,' SALES. RENTALS, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PHONE: 451-2323, LIGGETT r Up N E 233-4491 ftltm DRUGS... 3136 ROSWELL ROAD. N.W REXOLl. PHOtsI E 233-4491 IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS There will not be any more Retreats in 1963. 1964 Retreats will begin Jan. 9th 1964. (Women) Phone 255-0503 or Write 6700 Riverside Dr. N.W. Atlanta 5, Ga. "One of America’s sacred cows is its youth," Msgr, George A. Kelly, director of the New York Archdiocesan Family life Bureau, told a young adult session (Nov. 15) at the National Catholic Youth Organi zation Federation convention. "IN NO OTHER country are the young better washed, more inoculated, better understood," Msgr. Kelly said. "And yet nowhere else are they so much a problem. Almost everywhere else youngsters are afraid of their parents, the cop on the corner, the priest in or out of the confessional. 'TT TAKES MORE THAN a Catholic family background or a Catholic college education to provide the lay leadership we need,” he said. “To under take apostolic work in the world, you must have proper moti vation, spiritual formation, technical skills and the abili ty to work effectively with others.” "What we need then,’’ he concluded, "is more and better Catholic action groups of single people." 'Even The Hindus Have Much Confidence la the Slater*,” writes a member ot the community at ANIKAD la southern India, “la delivery cases they get much relief when entrusted to the care of «» Sisters. Many patients are coming daily and getting medicine. Many must re ceive special attention. But without a place to put enough beds, it is dif- f** 9 fioalt. There are many diseases ** such, as tuberculosis and dysentery, etc. uioni the villagers. A year age we opened the dispensary. At prea- eat In eases of urgent necessity, we keep patients in the corner of the dispensary. A building with 20 or 39 beds is badly needed. The people will do the manual labor. We need $2500 for materials. Benefactors are our sole hope.” . . . The Archbishop warmly adds hla plea. WU1 you help these struggling Bisters? Any amount will he appreciated. Ti# Hob fotboTt Mutton Aid for lhr Orimtd Chord GLASTONBURY HAWTHORN This hawthorn of England blooms twice yearly, an unuaueL thing, once in May and once around Christmas time. Legenft has it that Joseph of Arimathea and his 11 companions were seal there by St. Luke. Joseph's staff, placed in the ground, bloomed. . . . Sorry we cannot send you slips from it but we will send e eard of pressed flowers from the Holy Land and a GIFT CAHN to anyone in whose name you send a mission gift. Some sug gestions: Mass Kit $100 Chalice $40 Stations $25 Altar 75 Ciborium 40 Censer 20 Vestments 50 Statue 30 Sanc’y Lamp 15 Confessional 40 Tabernacle 25 Altar Linens 1! Monstrance 40 Crucifix 25 Sanc’y Bell 1 OTHER GIFT SUGGESTIONS 1. Perpetual membership ($20) or annual membership $1) in the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. S. A DONATION for the care of the aged, orphans, lepers or refugees in our care. FOOD PACKAGE costs $10. S A STRINGLESS GIFT for an urgent mission need. RING THE BELLS AND TELL THE PEOPLE the words of the pop«k* »«ng. Doesn’t NOVEMBER—the month of the Holy Souls ring a bell with you. Our priests will remem ber your loved onee In Masses if you wish to send MASS STIPENDS. BINE DISASTERS These recurring disasters and rescues of the last five years draws our mind to another miner—St. John, once condemned to the lead mines of Patmos where he wrote the Apocalypse . . Perhaps we should pray to him today ... One thing that certainly would please him is to sponsor the training of a Sister-to-be or a seminarian in his beloved Middle East, a student or Sister auch as JOHN SOUDI SANSOUR or SISTER MARY ELAIZ. Cost: for the seminarian—$100 a year'for six years. For a SUter-to-be: $150 a year for two yean. Dear Monsignor Ryan. Enclosed please find for Name Street City Zone State rf^Dear fist OlissionsjMl FRANCIS CARDINAL SPILLMAN* President M««r. Jeaeph T. Ryee, Met 4 ! lee*? I#mI bH iiwwiiliitltiH Mis CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Uxington Ava. of 44th St. N«w York 17, N. Y.