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ftkGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964
PARTY MEMBERS AFFECTED
Reds Hit Spread
Of Religious View
OFFICERS FOR CURRENT YEAR. Msgr. George Shea (second from right), rector of
Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlingtcn, N. J., is the new president of the Mariologi-
cal Society of America. Other officers were reelected. They are, left to right: Father
Armand Robichaud, S.J., Framingham Centre, Mass., treasurer; Father William G. Most.
Loras College, Davenport. Iowa, vice president; Msgr. Shea; and Father Juniper Carol.
O.F.M., St. Bonaventure monastery, Paterson, N.J., secretary. Mariology is the science
which treats of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the viewpoints of history, theology and
devotion.
INCOMPLETE. DISTORTED»
Prelate Criticizes TIME
For Coverage Of
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the families of Communist party
members.
(THE HERALD TRIBUNE
News Service reported that at
a.meeting (Jan. 7) of the Coun
cil of Ministers of the Russian
Federation there was unanim
ous support for creation of a
special commission aimed at
“creating new civil ceremonies
of all kinds,” presumably in
cluding christenings and wed
dings.)
Albert says that according to
the Soviet press the antireligi
ous activity has increased
since June. Quoting from the
antireligious Journal Nauka i
Religiya (Science and Religion),
he says: “In villages, schools,
clubs and libraries, atheism
corners have appeared, more
lectures on scientific atheism
are being given," and “lead
ing doctors and journalists are
being recruited to give
lectures,”
“SCIENTIFIC ATHEISTIC
propaganda and agitation are
officially acknowledged to be
the basic methods of combating
religion in the USSR," Albert
continues, and the former
practice of contending with re
ligion through such measures
as closing churches has been
Judged fruitless.
He notes that the Science and
Religion journal says that “an-
tlreliglous propaganda should
consist primarily of political
and scientific views,"
“THIS DOES NOT mean,”
he explains, “that such propa
ganda is a new method which
will ensure a quick victory for
the regime, which both in
theory and in practice has al
ways been the implacable enemy
of religion.
Tests Held
At Pius X
Sophomore and senior stu
dents of St. Pius X underwent
special testing Wed., Jan. 8.
Dr. Isidore Goldberg of the
University of Pittsburgh di
rected the project.
“Consequences of Ability
Testing" was the title of the
‘program. Students contributed
their experiences and attitudes
toward achievement and apti
tude tests.
ST. PIUS SERVED as a
sample school in the survey.
A letter to Fr. James L. Har
rison, principal, stated, “A
major return to you and your
students would be the know
ledge that you have contributed
to the understanding of a vital
area of public education.”
Ed Curtin
Presents
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“Inside the country there has
been a constant open war on
religion by a variety of methods,
but antireligious propaganda
was never relaxed, even though
it was ineffective or had re
sults which were the opposite
of those intended. The Soviet
press shows that this situation
has not altered.”
REFERRING TO the clergy,
Albert says that “Soviet
propaganda can no longer con
ceal the fact that the cultural
level and political awareness
of most of the clergy are very
high."
He states that, according to
the Science and Religion jour
nal, “the efforts of the theologi
ans are nwo directed toward
showing...the compatibility of
science and religion, the pos
sibility and the expediency of
their peaceful coexistence."
HE POINTS OUT further that
in some cases the clergy have
actually used communist in
struction sessions to further the
cause of religion. “Some
preachers are reported to be
the best orators in their re
spective neighborhoods," he
states, “and some of them, to
gain the experience which they
need to expose atheistic pro
paganda, have attended propa
ganda courses for the party and
Komsomol political circles for
years,”
Albert says that while in
some cases local authorities
in the Soviet Union have re
sorted to “administrative ex
cesses," such as razing
churches, in others they have
been known to assist churches.
“AT ONE TIME, in 1962,
for instance, Moscow churches
were short of candles," he
says. “Soon two containers of
candles arrived from the Lvov
City Industrial Combine. This
was a joint effort by responsible
officials in charge of goods be
longing to the state and the
transportation authorities.”
He then gives this quotation
from the Science and Religion
journal: “In recent years many
new buildings used for religious
purposes have been erected in
Tadzhikistan without official
permission. Nor was it done
without the assistance of col
lective farms, which allotted
men, transport and building
materials for the construct
ion.”
ALBERT CONCLUDES his
analysis as follows: 'Thus,
all die efforts which have been
made by the Soviet government
during its entire existence to
eradicate religion seem to have
been in vain. Indeed, it ap
pears to be further from realiz
ing this aim now than it was at
the beginning.”
For Information Writ*:
InAwOwmld Honial, C1C
104 Holy Cross School
4950 Dsuphine Street
New Orleana. La. 70117
BELLEVILLE, ILL. (NC)—
Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste of
Belleville has released here the
text of a letter critical of Time
magazine's Dec. 6 roundup on
the Second Vatican Council.
The prelate, who signed the
letter as chairman of the U. S.
Bishops’ Press Panel at the
council, charged that readers of
the magazine “at best got an
incomplete and distorted ac
count of the council.”
Following is the text of the
letter, addressed to the editor
of Time, which the Bishop said
has been unacknowledged and
unpublished by the magazine:
Dear Sir:
Sincere compliments to Time
for its efforts to cover the II
Vatican Council, and to your
reporter for weaving a color
ful fabric of fact and fancy about
the Council.
Sincere sympathy to Time
readers who at best got an in
complete and distorted account
of the Council.
IT IS NORMAL for a writer
to color facts with his own views
but it is abnormal for a writer
to ignore or misrepresent facts
in order to convey his views.
Your Council reporter seems to
approach his task with the at
titude: “Please, my mind is
made up—don’t confuse me with
facts."
In -fie interest of truth and/
with charity, may I illustrate!
a few of the misleading state-,
ments in the December 6th
round-up article on the council?
YOUR REPORTER alleges
that “Vatican II has become a
parliament of stalemate, com
promise and delay,” and asks
“Why did the session slow
down?” The facts are: in the
43 meetings of the second
session 6 schemata were dis
cussed—as compared with 2 in
the first session, and 2 were
approved and promulgated—as
compared with none in the first
session. In the second session
SENATOR'S WIFE
ANNANDALE, Va. (NC) — The
wife of a U. S. senator urged
here that women of all faiths
accept the responsibilities in
herent in “these times of
ecumenical exchange."
Mrs. Eugene J. McCarthy,
wife of Sen. McCarthy of Minne
sota, spoke (Jan. 5) to women
Baltimore Youth
Gets CYO Award
WASHINGTON (NC) — A Ne
gro youth who is president of the
Baltimore archidocesan Catho
lic Youth Organization has been
named the nation’s Outstanding
Catholic Youth of the Year.
He is Maurice J. Blackwell
of Baltimore, a senior at Tow-
son Catholic High School.
The ' Outstanding Catholic
Young Adult of the Year is
Francis J. Darigan, Jr., a sen
ior at Providence (R.l.) Col
lege, and past national president
of the Catholic Youth Organiza
tion.
there were £471 oral and writ
ten interventions, as compared
with about 650 in the first ses
sion. There .were 94 ballot votes
as compared with 37 in the first
session. Is this increase of
more than 100% a slow-down?
There is no such thing as a
“stand - pat schemata. ” A
“schema" is a draft or pro
posal, submitted for acceptance
or rejection. If accepted, it is
accepted for discussion, re
vision, and further revision,
until the Council Fathers vote
final approval. The “schema"
on the Liturgy was never re
jected—not in its entirety nor in
any part, as your reporter all
eges.
NO “SCHEMA" was ever
“proposed by the conservative
Roman Curia.” The Curia has
no right or opportunity to pro
pose any schema. The “sch
ema is prepared, proposed and
revised according to the wishes
of the Council Fathers by Con
ciliar Commissions, compar
ts ing—before the recent aug
mentation—twenty-five mem
bers—the majority of whom
wer e elected by the Council
Fathers— the small minority’
appointed by the late Pope John
XXIII.
Neither Pope John nor Pope
Paul were ever called upon “to
mediate a dispute” or “to in
tervene" nor did either of them
volunteer to mediate such alle
ged disputes. Pope John in
tervened only once and that was
to give consideration to the
views of a substantial minority.
THERE WAS never any ap
proval of “the democratic not
ion of collegiality." There was
an “indicative ballot" — not
decisive, and it did not concern
a “democratic notion of col
legiality/.’’
The ‘schema” on Ecumen
ism did not contain chapters on
anti-Semitism and freedom of
worship. These chapters were
added to the schema in the final
weeks of the second session.
of Hope Lutheran church and
their guests, women of nearby
St. Michael’s Catholic church.
MRS. MCCARTHY listed
“three basic realities” which
she said should underlie dis
cussions on ecumenism.
'The first and most de
cisive,” she said, “is that our
desire for unity is feeble in
comparison to the urgent de
mands of the Holy Spirit, . .
“Secondly, we must realize
that in a world in which we
are a minority and should be
a leaven, in a world in which
mankind faces the personality-
shattering and cosmic questions
of the space age, ma~y of the
things which divide us seem
tragically trivial and beside
the point.
“And third, we must acknow
ledge that our common mission,
our only mission, is to witness
in this world to the fatherhood
of God which is the source of
all brotherhood,”
Council
THE “SCHEMA” on Com
munications was not “railroad
ed through without discussion.”
This schema was approved in
general form at the first sess
ion. After some revisions itwas
resubmitted for a vote on the
first, and another vote on the
second part. Although this was
sufficient for a final approval,
a special rule of procedure was
invoked calling for a Conciliar
vote— after further modificat
ions— on the entire “schema."
There was then a final vote in
the public session on December
4th.
The Moderators had full ope
rable authority within the
framework of procedural rules.
The Council presidents could
not, and did not, intervene, as
long as the rules were obser
ved. Any contemplated deviat
ion from the rules was discuss
ed with the Council presidents
before it was put into effect.
The “six-man secretariate of
the Council” has no authority
except to carry out orders. At
the meetings of the Presidents
and Moderators, the secretari
ate speaks only by invitation—
not by any right.
YOUR REPORTER refers to
“the roadblocking Curia offici
als.” Many of these officials-
have no direct or indirect in
volvement in the Council. Those
involved are members of the
general assembly of bishops.
They enjoy the same freedom of
speech as do others, and their
vote carfies the same weight as
does that of any other Council
Father. As members of Com
missions, their vote is no grea
ter than that of any other mem
ber. The Liturgy Schema, which
merited final approval, was de
veloped and revised by a Com
mission of which both theChair-
man and Secretary are mem
bers of the Congregation of
Rites. This apparently did not
hinder them in reshaping the
Liturgy Schema to the pleasure
and approval of the Council Fat
hers.
Your reporter talks about
“the twelve council commiss
ions.” There are only ten such
commissions, and one Secre
tariate.
YOUR REPORTER alleges
that the chapter on religious
liberty was composed in party
by a U. S. Jesuit, and that
“Pope Paul intends to have it
revised by the Theological
Commission and its presi
dent. . . who is dead set aga
inst. . . (the Jesuits') ideas on
liberty of conscience.” The fact
is that the initial draft of the
chapter was prepared byathe
Secretariat for Christian Unity
and was then discussed and re
vised by a Joint Commission
consisting of members of both
the Secretariat and the Theolo
gical Commission, andwasthen
voted out of the Theological
Commission for submission to
the Council Fathers.
These FACTS may take some
of the steam out of your re
porter’s campaign against his
favorite “bad guys,” but they
will also correct the distorted
picture of the council he gave
to your readers. TIME readers
deserve better than they re
ceived from your Council re
porter.
Sincerely yours,
Most Rev. Albert R. Zuroweste
Chairman, U. S. Press Panel
Vatican Council
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Letters To Editor
TO THE EDITOR:
I should like to comment on
your generally fine article
“Status Symbol in Reverse."
Certainly what you cover is
very true, and perhaps there
has been an overemphasis in
certain areas on the size of
families. However, I think
there also is an opposite
tendency to misunderstand or
misread the actual emphasis
intended.
The Family Life Bureau does
not confer its Family Life award
merely because of size, but
very likely finds that a large
family which is also outstand
ing in achievement (and holi-
nessl) is a result of mutual
love and sacrifice which ful
fill to an unusual degree the
Christian ideal in marriage and
family life.
So that a casual and not too
careful reader who is not ac
quainted with or who is just
becoming interested in the
Christian Family Movement
will not derive from your ex
perience with one unit of the
organization a complete mis
understanding of CFM, I re
spectfully offer the following,
first assuring you that I take
no umbrage from your article;
1. Externally, CFM groups,
and members as individuals,
have been outstanding in their
willingness to assume more
than their share of parish,
school, and civic responsibilit
ies.
2. Beyond this, CFM’ers have
been leaders in promoting by
action, as well as by study,
truly Christian positions on
race relations, International
cooperation, economic justice,
and liturgical participation.
3. Perhaps more important,
CFM provides an opportunity
for development of lay spirit
uality in husbands and wives,
.’It provides a much needed
source of mutual moral sup
port among couples striving
to maintain Christian values
in an environment not exact
ly friendly to ideals of sacri
fice and morality. It does these
things in a way which is parti
cularly adapted to group dis
cussion and which permits a
member to participate inform
ing his or her conclusions and
determinations in a thorough
exploration of pertinent situ
ations. Much credit is due to
the priests who act as CFM
chaplains and provide true pro
fessional guidance and great
encouragement, along with
helping with spiritual insights.
Truthfully, the only thing
which “bothers" me about CFM
is that it hasn’t reached as
many in this area as it has
elsewhere, to the everlasting
benefit of church and individual.
HERBERT G. FARNSWORTH
ATLANTA
EDITOR'S NOTE
“Reapings’ ’ praised CFM’s
broad aims, deplored its ob
served tendency to evaluate a
family's Catholic worth by tak
ing a child count.
TO THE EDITOR:
Since we arrived in Atlanta
several years ago we have been
regular subscribers and rea
ders of the Georgia Bulletin.
We have found the Bulletin es
pecially in the past year to be
a most informative paper in the
reporting of activities affecting
the Catholic Church ininternat
ional and national matters. We
think it fair to state, however,
that there has been a lack of
coverage of the Church's local
activities which is unfortunate
because our Church here in
Georgia is young and could
stand a bit of well - deserved
publicity from our own Catholic
press.
The purpose of this letter,
however, is not directed toward
your reporting of the news per
se but toward your editorializ-
Jersey Jerseys
DUBLIN (RNS)—Nuns at the
Convent of Mercy in Monaghan
have had some strange tasks to
perform, but none was as odd
as the request from a local
agricultural college. The school
asked the sisters to make warm
cloth coats for nine prize Jer
sey cows and one bull which
the college was importing. The
“clothing” will be worn by the
cows until they have become
. acclimatized to the Irish wea
ther.
ing. By and large we have found
your editorials and editorial-
type columns to be stimulating
and honest. We have been im
pressed by your writings on the
responsibilities of both the sec
ular and Catholic press in the
reporting of the news. While we
have disagreed with some of
your statements, we believe
that they have been made
honestly and with conviction.
We were therefore quite dis
turbed over Mr. Sherry's Jan.
9 Reapings at Random column
in which he casually and with
obvious irresponsibility dis
missed the Christian Family
Movement (CFM), as well as ot
her apostolic groups, as a nar
row-minded and implied in
sensitive and selfish group of
couples who have nothing bet
ter to do than to have chil
dren.
One does not have to look too
deep to find an obvious “per
sonal experience" underlying
Mr. Sherry's statement. To
paraphrase Mr. Sherry —al
as, the symbol of sophistica
ted reporting is the making of
general statements based on a
few isolated, albeit unpleasant
personal experiences. (Mr.
Sherry states “we were once
associated with one of its units"
(underscoring supplied). While
Mr. Sherry goes on to say that
the broad objectives of the CFM
were not those of the one unit
with which he was once associa
ted (which apparantly fostered
continual and uninterrupted
pregnancy), the reputation of all
those in die Movement has been
impugned. Had the author in
vestigated in more detail not
only the objectives but the many
and varied activities of the
CFM, he may have not been led
to make such general and com
pletely misleading statements.
The editorial appearing in the
same issue of the Bulletin elo
quently and rightly makes a
case for freedom of the press.
However, as Mr. Sherry has so
often stated, this freedom car
ries with it a definite responsi
bility for honest and unbiased
reporting. While we realize that
the “Reapings” column is Mr.
Sherry's personal opinion, he,
as a responsible editor, must
realize that their appearance in
the official Archdiocesan paper
carries a certain prestige
which cannot be taken lightly.
While we are not about to de
bate here the contents of the
column nor enumerate on the
objectives and activities of the
CFM, we do feel an injustice
has been done to the Movement
and to its many dedicated and
truly apostolic members. We
strongly feel a clarification of
this unfortunate referenace to
CFM is in order. While we
cannot personally speak for the
Family Life Bureau of the
NCWC, we can only assume that
Mr. Sherry has again generali
zed.
If Mr. Sherry or the staff of
the Georgia Bulletin would like
more information on the Chris
tian Family Movement, its ob
jectives and its activities, it
will be gladly provided. In the
interest of more responsible
journalism, we remain.
Paul & Mary Ann Traina
Atlanta
EDITOR’S NOTE
Meanwhile, back on the local
news front: This is the first
time in the past year we re
call CFM in Atlanta sending an
item to the GEORGIA BULLE
TIN.
DRUGS.
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INDIA: A HOUSE FOR THE PRIEST?
If a pastor in this country could build a rectory for $1,000.
he’d thank his lucky stars. In India, however, where a rectory
can be built for SI.000. FATHKIl
GEORGE MALIKKAL lives in a
miserable shack because his parish
ioners can provide nothing better
... In F.TTUMANUR. where FA-
£4 , THER GEORGE is pastor. $1,000 is
I 1 the total yearly income of all 140
Catholic families combined. The
average income per family in India
is only $70 a year—less than $1.35
a week! How can the Catholics in
ETTUMANUR build a rectory with-
The Holy Ftthtr j Miuion Aid out someone’s help? . . • Perhaps
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orial to someone you love. Please write to us.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Did you see the Christmas articles about the Holy Land in
Time and The National Geographic Magazine? To both publi
cations we say Hearty Congratulations! . . . Time's article about
archeological excavations in the Holy Land, and the The Na
tional Geographic’s illustrated description of the sacred icons
in the 1,400-year-old Monastery of St. Catherine 'near the place
where God gave Moses the Ten Commandmentsi made Bible
History come to life . . • The life of the Church in the Holy
Land today depends on young men and women who want to
become priests and Sisters. Seminarians like GEORGES
KHOURY and novices «Sisters-to-be> like SISTER MARY PA
TRICIA need financial help to finish their education. \ semina
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