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SETS PRECEDENT THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 -f'% iH Moscow-Linked Archbishop Protests Russian Policy NEWLY APPOINTED SECRETARY to the Archbishop for Education, Monsignor O'Connor (center) is pictured with school officials at the recent Teachers' Institute, (left to right) Rev. Daniel J. O'Connor, Sister Severine, C.S.J., Monsignor O'Connor, Rev. James L. Harrison and Rev. Richard Leary, C. P. LONDON (NC)--A call to the world to protest against cur rent increasing persecution of 1 Christians in Russia has been made here. Orthodox Archbishop Antony, Exarch in Western Europe of the Moscow Patriarchate, gave his sponsorship to the appeal. According to students of church affairs in Eastern Europe, this is the first time that a prelate connected with the Moscow Pa triarchate has publicly com plained against Soviet persecu tion. THE CHARGES AGAINST the Soviets were made at at Ortho dox ceremony that was held in FATHER DAVIS SPEAKERS AT THE TEACHERS' Institute were, left to right, Mr. Frank Kaler, Sister M. Margaret, S.S.J. and Monsignor Vincent J. Horkan. C & s j His Concern REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg, Atlanta 3, Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg* Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev„ Subdivision Dev., Industrial Dev., Insurance 524-2052 MIKE & STEVE SERTICH TARRAGONA, Spain (NC)— Pope Paul VI stressed the Church’s concern for workers in a special broadcast to Spain on the closing day of year-long celebratons marking the 19th centenary of St. Paul’s arrival in this country. Only a few hours after he had celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s basilica for Roman workers, the Pope emphasized in his broadcast the “Christian significance’’ of those who work with “calloused hands’’ and spend “hours in the noise of the factory or the deadly dust of mines.’’ UnAuncutce tit att itt Jj&uvui! 9If it'<L written, we write it . . Sutter & McLellan 1422 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG. JAckson 5-2086 WHERE INSURANCE IS A PROFESSION NOT A SIDELINE St. Jude Solemn Novena February 1st thru February 9th, 1964 Ait Sf Judt, "Th* Ssint of th* lmpotsibl*“ for help. Send your petitions to the Netionel Shrine of St. Jude todey. A GIFT WILL BE SENT TO THOSE TAKING PART IN THE SOLEMN NOVENA MARK PETITIONS, Fill IN, CLIP AND ML DEAR FATHER ROBERT: PLEASE PLACE MY PETITIONS BEFORf TMi NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. JUDE IN THE COMING NOVENA □ EMPLOYMENT □ PEACE OF MIND □ FINANCIAL HELP □ HAPPY MARRIAGE n THANKSGIVING □ CONVERSION OF RUSSIA n _______ □ WORLD PEACE Q r£TURN TO SACtAMlNTf I ENCLOSE $ Name Address - City FOR THE CLARETIAN SEMINARY BUILDING PUN© Zone State Editor Stresses Unity ‘Courtesy’ WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)— Simple human courtesies- and plain ordinary good manners have “extremely important" roles to play in the Christian unity movement, Father Thurs ton N. Davis, S. J., editor-in- chief of America, national Catholic weekly, declared here. Discussing the etiquette of today’s ecumenical age, the noted editor said that charity and courtesy have become the "texture" of day-to-day relat ions between separated Chris tians. “WE NOW GIVE each other the time of day, as we were once not used to do," he said. “We visit back and forth more frequently across the distances that separate us. A new gentle ness has come into our manner of writing and speaking of those with whom we await th e in evitable, though still far-off day of full communion." Father Davis spoke at the National Shrine of the Im maculate Conception during the week-long Chair of Unity Octave observance (Jan. '18-25), an eight-day annual period when Catholics around the world pray for Chrisitian unity. AS CHARITY and fellowship grow in the ecumenical move ment and “old prejudices melt away in the warming atmosp- away in the warming atmos.- phere,” he said, a new sense of assurance and confidence asserts itself. This feeling, he cautioned, should not make Catholics “race the ecumenical horse too fast.’’ He stressed that in the “delicate matter of Christian unity, gradualism is the only valid path to our ulti mate goal." COMPARING THE movement for unity to a seed planted in the ground, the Jesuit priest said that Catholics could “un wittingly and disastrously kill the vital thing that has now taken root,’’ if they demand too much of the ‘little garden we are all so busy cultivat ing.’’ “Zeal is not the gardener’s most appropriate virtue,’’ he continued. “If he waters or hoes or weeds too vigorously, he kills what bear fruit.’’ he hopes will IN THIS connection, Father Davis observed that some Ca tholics “are anxious that we begin to exchange pulpits with our Protestant brethren before we have learned to exchange Christmas cards." But at the same time, he said, “there would be nothing premature about exchanging a few hymns or even a prayer here and there. And who will seriously oppose the sober ef forts that are now being made by Catholics and Protestants to provide the whole Christian world with common vernacular versions of the Holy Script ures?” WHILE CAUTIONING against haste in the ecumenical move ment, Father Davis stated that Catholics should not erect bar riers by clinging to “outworn attitudes and hopeless, frozen posture." “Indifference, sheer pre judice and simple ignorance on our part,” he said, “can to a degree nullify the brilliant leadership that Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI have given the Catholic world. ‘TO FAIL TO see that God’s unifying grace is being poured out on the Protestant and the Orthodox as well as on the Ca tholic; to continue to think and speak with conscious or un conscious disdain of those out side the family of the Catholic church; to persist in using the old metaphors of a bruising ‘triumphalism’ when dealing with such Christian friends; to keep alive an outmoded and sterile repertory of polemical rhetoric in treating with separated brethren —these are all temptations to be avoided." Father Davis emphasized that the charity and etiquette of the dialogue does not mean there are to be no frank exchange, “or that we must speak a sort of milksop language of com promise.” “Frank and even starkly un equivocal talk is essential to productive dialogue,’’ he said, “and charity is never wounded by complete honesty.” conjunction with a Christian Unity Rally at Trafalgar Square that brought together Catholics and representatives of various Protestant churches. The Or thodox performed an Epiphany Blessing of the Thames River. \rchbishop Antony presided. The speaker at the ceremony, Rusian-born Archpriest Vla dimir Rodzianko, declared: “It is a paradox that we have just blessed, in full freedom, the river of a Western country, for which anyone would be perse cuted if he dared to do it in the (Eastern) part of the Orthodox world." ARCHPRIEST VLADIMIR then related details of current Soviet persecution froma docu ment transmitted last fall to a group of British tourists in Russian. The document recited instances of forcible removal of children from religious in struction and services, threats against seminary students, ha rassment of monks and pil grims, diversion of church funds and closings of churches. “We do not want to interfere with the Soviet laws/’ said the archpriest, who is stationed now at the Serbian Orthodox Church of St, Sava in London. “We appeal to them to follow at least what they themselves set as their own laws. “WE APPEAL TO the Unit ed Nations and ask them to re consider the question of reli gious freedom and liberty. And we, the Orthodox gathered here in London, appeal to our patri archs and bishops, to the Holy Father of Rome and all his bis hops the world over, to our host here, the Archbishop of Canter bury and all Anglican bishops the world over, to all bishops and ministers of other chur ches, to the World Council of Churches—let us all show our Christian unity In this our com mon concern for our suffering brethren," Th e Orthodox protest here has called attention to other de tails concerning the situation of believers in the Soviet Union. These people are regarded as being under greater pressure now from the Red regime than ever before. SEVERAL MONTHS ago, for example, new state decrees were Issued forcing pastors to turn over the full administra tion of their parishes to com mittees of laymen. These com mittees always Include mem bers who are devoted to the Sov iet authorities. Regulations now enforced re garding Baptism require that the pastor must have a request signed by both father and mother. This is aimed at the practice of having the “ba- bushki," the grandmothers, bring babies to church secretly for Baptism. Fathers whose livelihood depends directly on state favor, which applies to nearly everyone must have great courage to go ahead with Baptism for their children un der the new conditions. HONOR LATE PRESIDENT. Representatives of Catholic women’s organizations all over the U. S. gathered at the grave of President Kennedy in Arlington National Ceme tery, Arlington, Va., to offer prayers. Letter To Editor TO THE EDITOR: It was with a great deal of appreciation and interest that I read Fr. Leonard F. X. May- hew’s recent column in the GEORGIA BULETIN. If mere of us would speak out against prejudice and ex- Stop Smoking BALTIMORE, Md. (RNS) — Priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore have received this advice: try to stop smoking. An editorial in the archdio cesan paper, the Catholic Re view, said Catholics should ex amine their consciences about the morality of smoking. Child ren should be kept from smok ing as long as possible, it added. Priests were urged to lead the way by refraining from smoking. plain how prejudice works this ' would be a much better world in which to live. I was particularly appreciat ive of the way you pointed out that prejudice injures the per son who is prejudiced-as much as the victim. If only we could make this lesson known to all mankind. Since you may not know of the organization that I represent, I have taken the liberty of en closing a brochure concerning us. If there Is any way that we can be of service to you, please feel free to call upon us. We would be glad to be of service. 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