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VOL.2 NO.3
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964
$5.00 PER YEAR
FLAG CRISIS
Prelate Appeals
For Prudence In
Panama Violence
FORM Kit RKD PRISONER.
Father Sigfrid Schneider.
O.F.M., who spent 18 months
in Chinese communist jails,
has been named Delegate
General of the Franciscan
Order for Japan. He will
supervise the work of 240
Franciscans of 15 nationali
ties working in Japan. He
has two brothers and four
nephews who are Francis
cans.
PANAMA CITY (NC) Auxi
liary Bishop Mark G. McGrath
of Panama City has called for
"prudence and balance"follow
ing the violence here in which
23 persons were killed and
more than 400 wounded.
The Bishop spoke the day be
fore he celebrated a Mass in
the Cathedral here for Pana
manians slain in the clashes
touched off by rioting between
students over the flying of the
American and Panamanian
flags.
ARCHDIOCESAN INSTITUTE
Teachers Meet
Set Next Week
The Teachers’ Institute of the
Archdiocese of Atlanta will be
held this year on January 23,
1964 at St. Joseph’s High
School, 320 Courtland St.,N. e.,
Atlanta, Ga. The Institute is
both for elementary and high
school teachers in the Archdio
cese.
elementary school teachers on
"Music in the Elementary
School."
The theme of this year’s In
stitute will be BROADENING
OUR HORIZONS. Registration
will be in the foyer of the gym
nasium from 8:45 until 9:30
a.m.
The afternoon session will
include the following speakers:
Rev. Andrew McCormack, S.M.
for the secondary schools, and
sister Francis Jane, C. S.J.,
Mrs. A. Reale and Sister Cath
erine Laboure, G.N.S.H. for the
elementary schools.
THE KEYNOTE address will
be ^iven by the Very Reverend
Msgr. Vincent J. Horkan, Ph.
D., Director of Schools in the
Archdiocese of Detroit. Other
speakers will include Mr.
Frank Kaler, M. A., member of
the faculty of Georgia State Col
lege, who will address secon
dary school teachers on "What
Colleges Expect From High Sc
hools," and Sister Rose Mar
garet, C.S.J., who will address
Discussion groups for the
various departments will con
clude the Institute for the high
schools. The Elementary dis
cussion groups will be divided
into Primary, Intermediate,
and Upper Grades.
A principals’ meeting will be
held from 3 to 4 p.m. for all
elementary school principals.
As the theme suggests, the
Institute should give all our
teachers and opportunity to
broaden educational horizons.
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COMMEMORATE FORK’S PILGRIMAGE. The e postage
stumps issued by the State of Vatican City mark Pope Paul
Vi’s historic visit to the Holy Land. The stamps shewn
here are in four denominations 15. 25. 70 and 160 lire. Upper
left, a scene in Bethlehem: upper right, the Pontiff in pray
er: lower left, a scene in Nazareth, and lower right, a view
of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
PRESIDENT ROBERTO F.
Chiari of Panama led some
5,000 people in an orderly fu
neral procession here, which
lasted for four hours.
Bishop McGrath had stated
earlier: "A group of irrespon
sible people in the Canal Zone
trampling over Panamanian
rights and violating the orders
of their own authorities, have
unleashed a cataclysm of vio
lence, bringing death to some
and wounding others."
PRESIDENT JOHNSON, Pre
sident Chiari and the Organi
zation of American State moved
fast to lessen tension created
by the incident. The U.S. holds
the Canal Zone in perpetuity
under a 1903 treaty. Panama
has demanded an end to the
treaty.
The situation eased when in
ter-American peacemakers a-
greed (Jan. 13) on a five-man
mixed commission to restore
peace in the area and to main
tain contact between the Pana
manian and the U.S. govern
ments. The U.S., Panama and
the OAS are represented on the
commission.
THE VIOLENCE flared when
U.S. students at Balboa High
School insisted that the U.S.
flag be flown alone at the school.
In I960 former President
Elsenhower ordered that the
Panamanian flag be flown along
with the U.S. flag in the zone
to show that Panama has titular
sovereignty in the zone although
the U.S. has the right to use
the zone in perpetuity.
THE GOVERNMENT had put
out an order stating that in the
case of schools which did not
have two flagpoles, no flags
were to be flown at all. But
despite this, American high
school students ran up the
American flag. On Jan. 9 some
Panamanian students invaded
the zone and tried to hoist their
flag at Balboa High School.
Scuffles followed between the
Panamanian and American stu
dents. Canal Zone police tried
to breakup the disorders and
move the Panamanian students
from the Canal Zone. The riot
ing started later after the Pana
manian students charged that
their nation's flag had been vio
lated.
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When the situation became
more serious, the U.S. Army
was called in to maintain order.
Fighting broke out between U.S.
soldier and Panamanians when
snipers allegedly fired on the
soldiers. Three U.S, soldiers
were slain that night and 34 were
wounded. Panama broke off di
plomatic relations with the U.S.
charging "unjustifiable aggres
sion" by U.S. forces against
Panamanians. On Jan. 10 state
of mourning was declared
throughout Panama and flags
flew at half mast.
PRESIDENT CHIARI has
asked that the U.S. agree to
a revision of the 1903 Canal
Zone treaty to give Panama
an increased share of canal
revenues.
Lauds Press
THE SHEPHERD AND A LAMB. Pope Paul VI lifts up a
small boy who helped to greet him during a holiday visit
the Pontiff paid to a Rome school for blind and deformed
children. The young boys and girls showed a great interest
in the Pope’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
THIS SUNDAY
Immaculate Heart
Cana Conference
Local interest in the Cana
Movement has prompted Im
maculate Heart of Mary
Church’s pastor, Monsignor
Michael J, Regan, and its
C.F.M. groups to sponsor a
Cana Conference to which all
married couples, Catholic or
not, are invited. In an after
noon of conferences, dis
cussions, question and answer
periods, prayer and meditation,
many couples plan to look for
new insights into their roles as
laymen at home and in today’s
world.
This Cana Conference will
be led by Rev. John J. O'Sul
livan, Ph. D., professor at St.
Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
The Conference will take place
on January 19, 1964, from 2-6
p.m. in the Immaculate Heart
of Mary School cafetorium: the
registration fee will be $2,00
per couple. Refreshments will
be served during the afternoon.
FR. JOHN J. O'SULLIVAN
W. Martin, 1722 Wilmont Drive,
N.E., Atlanta 29, Ga. Their
telephone number is ME 4-2295.
Tenth Man Club
Members Meet
The Cana Movement in the
United States brings together
married couples who, together
with a leader trained in the
latest approaches to marriage
and family life in the home and
in the world, actively examine
some important aspects of their
lives.
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Popa
Paul VI receiving 300 pilgrims
who came to Rome under the
auspices of a French Catholic
newspaper, urged them to "love
your Catholic press, spread it
abroad, dedicate to it your time,
your thoughts, your resources,
and your devotion."
Cana Conferences focus at
tention on four general areas:
the relationships between hus
band and wife, parents and
children, God and the family,
society and the family.
On January 21 there will be
a Dinner Meeting for the mem
bers of The Tenth Man Club
and those young men who at
tended The Latin School during
the past summer. The Dinner
Meeting will take place at 6:00
p.m. at St. Thomas More Cafe
torium. All of the members of
The Tenth Man Club are invited
to this affair.
What's in a Cana Conference
for you? Msgr. Regan and
Immaculate Heart of Mary's
C.F.M.’ers invite you to come
and find out. For further in
formation, interested persons
may contact Mr. and Mrs. David
HEALTH HAZARD LABEL
Theologian Asserts
Excessive Smoking
Is Moral Question
WASHINGTON (NC)— Father
Francis J. Connell, C. SS.R.,
said here he regards excessive
cigarette smoking as sinful be
cause people who do it endan
ger their health unnecessarily.
The Redemptorist, former
dean of the School of Sacred
Theology at the Catholic Uni
versity of America, said he
proposes two packs or more
daily to be excessive.
IN SOME CASES, he added,
excessive smoking could be a
mortal sin. As an example, he
mentioned a man who disre
gards a warning from his doctor
that he is likely to contract a
serious ailment if he continues
his smoking habits.
He held "moderate smoking"
to be morally permissive. "The
risk is apparently slight and
there would appear to be some
benefits resulting, at leastpsy-
chologically," he said.
FATHER CONNELL, one of
the nation's best known moral
theologians who took part each
day in the U. S. Bishops' press
panel briefings for newsmen
covering the Second Vatican
Council, was asked for com
ment * on the report to the Sur
geon General of the United
States by the advisory com
mittee on smoking and health.
The report said cigarette
smoking is causally related to
lung cancer in men; that it is
a health hazard serious enough
to warrant remedial action; and
that the death rates for smo
kers increase with the amount
smoked.
FATHER CONNELL had a
suggestion for smokers trying
to cut down or stop entirely.
“They can make a virtue of
their self-denial," he said, "by
offering it to God in satisfact
ion for their sins and those of
die world."
HE ALSO APPEALED for
parents to take a "firm stand"
against development of the
smoking habit by their children.
Father Connell said the re
port to the Surgeon General
means that "the fact now seems
established with Indubitable
certainty that cigarette smok
ing is often the cause of lung
cancer."
Nothing that he wrote in Oct
ober, 1957, in Ave Maria maga
zine about sin and cigarette
smoking, Father Connell said:
"At that time the nature and
extend of the harmfulness of
cigarettes was still being de
bated, but I ventured to say
that excessive smoking of cig
arettes (I proposed as a norm of
excessive smoking three packs
a day) would certainly be a ven
ial sin.
It may be recalled that those
young Catholic men who are in
terested "in knowing more
about the Sacred Priesthood as
a way of life" are eligible for
membership in The Tenth Man
Club.
For reservations at this
Dinner Meeting call Drake 8-
4588 and let Monsignor O'
Connor know if you plan to at
tend.
doctor and abide by his decis
ion.
"THE BASIS OF this moral
decision is the doctrine that
a human being is not the master
of his own body. God has direct
dominion over man, and hence
man is bound to take ordinary
means to preserve his heal*.
This does not mean that a per
son must take every possible
measure to protect his health.
We must take some chances,
o*erwise we could not lead a
normal life.
to some degree even when he
drives a car. A miner runs the
risk of dea* when he goes down
into a mine. But these risks are
justified by *e benefits that ac
crue. The same would be true,
even now, of moderate smoking
because *e risk is apparently
slight and *ere would appear
to be some benefits resulting,
at least psychologically.
"A man endangers his heal*
"BUT THERE IS no sufficient
reason to justify excessive
smoking and *erefore it is a
sin because man *ereby un
necessarily endangers his
health."
PARTY MEMBERS AFFECTED
Reds Hit Spread
Of Religious View
MUNICH, Germany (NC) —The
Soviet government has started
a new crackdown on religion
because of *e increasing
spread of religious convictions
in *e Soviet Union, according
to an analysis made here by
*e Institute for *e Study of
*e USSR.
obliged *e Soviet au*orities
to admit *at religious convict
ions not only are extremely
widespread among all sections
of *e Soviet population, includ
ing *e Party and *e Komsomol
(Young Communist League), but
that they exhibit a tendency to
spread fur*er and fur*er."
Valery M. Albert, a Ukrain
ian-born journalist, made *e
analysis for *e institute, which
lists itself as "a free corporat
ion of scholars who have left
*e Soviet Union."
ALBERT SAYS *at unlike
earlier drives against religion
*’*e present campaign has
Drawing heavily on articles
in Soviet publications, Albert
says *ere has been an increase
in *e Soviet Union in religious
festivals and in *e number of
families going to church, and
that *ere have even been re
ported cases of christenings in
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OFFICIAL
CHAIR OF UNITY OCTAVE PRAYER
The prayer decreed by Pope Benedict XV to be recited
daily during the Octave follows:
Antiphon: That they all may be one, as Thou Father, in
Me and I in Thee; that they also may be one in Us; that the
world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. (John xvii, 21).
V. 1 say unto thee thou are Peter;
R. And upon this rock I will build My Church.
PRAYER:
O Lord Jesus Christ, who said unto thine Apostles: Peace
I leave you. My Peace 1 give unto you: regard not our sins,
but the faith of Thy Church, and grant unto her that peace
and unity which are agreeable to Thy will, Who livest and
reignesl God forever and ever Amen.
CHAIR OF UNITY OCTAVE INTENTIONS
"NOW THAT THE definite
report of experts is before us,
I would be willing to go fur-
*er and say *at two packs or
over daily would be excessive
and *at in some cases, at least
(for example, when a doctor
warns a man *at he is likely
to contract a serious ailment
if he continues his smoking ha
bits) it could be a mortal sin.
"The general norm I would
give, however, is *at a smok
er would be wise to consult a
The following intentions are assigned for the individual
days of the Octave:
Jan. 18—The union of all Christians in the one true faith
and in the Church.
Jan. 19—The return of separated Eastern Christians to
communion with the Holy See.
Jan. 20—The reconciliation of Anglicans with the Holy
See.
Jan. 21—The reconciliation of European Protestants with
the Holy See.
Jan. 22—That American Christians become one in union
with the Chair of Peter.
Jan.*23—'The restoration of lapsed Catholics to the sacra
mental life of the Church.
Jan. 24—That the Jewish people come into their inherit
ance in Jesus Christ.
Jan. 25—The missionary extension of Christ's kingdom
throughout the world.
VERY REV. HAROLD J. RAINEY, CHANCELLOR