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GEARED TO THE NEWS of Atlanta d | ,< i" iiisr - ,, / ' :: ''' > r r }'■& f " ■ .v:; :;y SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES 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. MUtUS VI MMOItIHUS AftWOtKtfi P«KWU5j MMtt SAMOA Hewn* ;5?4P!3i '-sB» NUttfttfMttinr P0STE VATICANE 1.160 P0STE VATICANE l.7(ffc 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. P0STE VATICANE L.25 MUtliS VI fW&SINUS APOSIOUCUS MUUB VI KKGWHU5 APOSTOUCU! 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 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) 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