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VOL 2 NOH
Archbishop’s
Notebook
Seven Years a Diocese, Two Years an Archdiocese
Two years ago, March 29, 1962, the See of Atlanta was raised to
the status ol an archdiocese, and a new Province was created in
the southeastern states oi North and South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, It was a happy and proud day lor our last-growing region,
and God has blessed the new Province in many ways, May He con
tinue to do so, in these exciting days ol both religious and civil
change, Especially may He bless our sister-sees ol Raleigh, Char
leston, Savannah, St, Augustine and Miami. Their cooperation with
the Metropolitan See ol Atlanta has been an inspiration to all ol us,
My Easter
It was different, Recovery has been steady but gradual and it's
been thirteen weeks since Christmas when ! first checked in, 1
was to repeat my gratitude to all ol you — my room bloomed with
flowers ol all kinds, from floral shops and gardens; religious
objects and books; Easter eggs and remembrances from our
school children and parish organizations, — and best ol all, the
constant assurance of your prayers, Thanks to these prayers, the
future looks good, With wonderful medical and nursing care, 1
think God wants me to be back, on at least a partially active basis,
in the coming months. In addition to the good wishes and interces
sions of our own, 1 have been assured of the prayers ol many ol
our Protestant and Jewish friends, and one ol my most treasured
moments was a prayer and blessing from one ol our prominent
Baptist clergymen.
Our Priests
It occured to me that, on our second anniversary as an archdio
cese, a well-quoted word would be in order on each ol the three
groat distinct but inseparable parts ol the Mystical Body that is
the Church — our priests, our Sisters, our laity. Shortly alter the
ravages ol World War 11, Emmanuel Cardinal Suhard of Paris
wrote a penetrating series ol pastoral letters on "The New World
in the Making.'' 01 priests, he wrote:
"What is the priest to the Christiana? He is loved and
followed by a great number, but the respect in which many
others hold him is often based unconsciously on ulterior
motives .... supporting the established order .... as an in
strument for the control of public opinion It follows that
as a logical consequence of our prevalent atheism that our
age has secularized, naturalized and humanized the priest.
We must rediscover the meaning of the priesthood; there
will be no return to God without a return to the priest."
Then, in conclusion, he pinpoints Love as the mystery of the
priesthood: "With that lever, he raises the world. And may Christ
who alone holds Justly the title and the reality of the priesthood
deign to confer on His priests on Earth and to inspire in those who
will come after them, honor, grace, and the joy of saving the world
by becoming its ministers of lovel"
Our Sisters
A year ago, an American woman, Elizabeth Seton, was raised to
the title of Blessed by Pope John XXIII. In speaking of her con
version to the Catholic Church, at the time of the tragedy of her
husband's death, the late Pope stressed that "faith became a habit
with her, like her life breath." But it was the new impulse
which she gave to charity that gave the unique stamp of her sancti
ty, Pope John said:
"It became the program of her interior life and her exterior
activity. This burning charity spread itself beyond the limits
of her natural family to embrace the vaster family of her
brothers from her earlier life -- the poor, the persecuted,
the weak, the sick, the suffering.
"We nourish paternal affection, admiration and gratitude for
all Sisters. We feel certain that especially during this year of
the Council, they will be, like the wise virgins in the Gospel,
ready to follow every directive of the hierarchy, that their
service in all fields be ever more in keeping with the needs
and requirements of our times,"
Our Laity
And a century ago, a man who truly foreshadowed our times, John
Henry Cardinal Newman, said this to the small, struggling band of
lay English Catholics:
"You must not hide your talent in a napkin, or your light
under a bushel, I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in
speech, not disputatious, but men who know their religion,
who enter into it, who know Just where they stand, who know
what they hold, and what they do not; who know their creed
so well that they can give an account of it, who know so much
of history that they can defend it,
"I want an intelligent, well-instructed laity; I am not deny
ing you are such already, but I mean to be severe in my de
mands. Your strength lies in your God and your conscience;
therefore it lies not in your number,"
To our priests, our sisters, our laity, these are the instru
ments -- the lever of love and service; the timely impulses to
charity in these our new days; and finally, the realization of us
all that our strength lies "in God and conscience," These have
been the source of Georgia Catholic vigor in the hundred years
of her missionary growth, Today they are Indispensable tools of
our emergence as a vital part of the Catholic Church in the United
States. May God bless you all I
Archbishop of Atlanta
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1964
$5.00 PERiYEAR
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Easter blessing is given by Pope Paul VI, wearing his triple-
tiered crown, from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
POPE PAUL VI gives his first Easter Blessing - "Urbl et
Orbi," to the City of Rome and to the world, the traditional
TROUTMAN HONOR
N.C.C.M.
The annual Brotherhood
Awards Dinner of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews, to be held April 9 at the
Atlanta Americana Motor Ho
tel, will present, as main speak
er, Frank H. Heller, president
of the National Council of Catho
lic Men. Mr. Heller, a native
of Dallas, Texas, is past presi
dent of the Dallas Deanery
Council of Catholic Men and is
past president of the Diocesan
Council of Dallas and Fort
Worth. He is also a former
president of Dallas Catholic
Charities. A Fourth Degree
Knight of Columbus, he has long
been active in Texas civic and
religious groups, and was chos
en for Service to Humanity in
Dallas County in 19601
President To Speak Here
FRANK H. HELLER
Four Georgians have been
named to receive the Silver
Medallion of the National Con
ference at the banquet. The
medallion is awarded for meri
torious service in the field of
human relations.
THE CATHOLIC recipient
this year is Robert B. Trout
man of the law firm of King
and Spalding. Mr. Troutman is
a member of Christ the King
parish and is a former mem
ber of the House of Delegates,
American Bar Association,
Fellow of the American Col
lege of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
of the American Bar Associa
tion, former president of the
Old War Horse Lawyers Club
(Atlanta), member of the Amer
ican Judicature Society, mem
ber of the Newcomen Society
in North America and a trus
tee of the University of Geor
gia Foundation. He is married
to the former Nellie Hood Rid
ley and has two children, Rob
ert B., Jr. and Mrs. Thomas
V. Boeckman.
Other recipients of the
awards will be Cecil A. Alex
ander of the architectural firm
o f Finch, Alexander, Barnes,
Rothschild and Paschal; Dr. Ed
win D. Harrison, president of
Georgia Tech; and Mrs. S. Ern
est Vandiver, wife of the form
er governor of Georgia. Mrs.
Vandiver was the instigator of
the All Faiths Chapel at the
Milledgeville State Hospital.
EASTER MESSAGE
Pope Gives
Unbelievers
Easter Role
VATICAN CITY-(NC) Pope
Paul VI, addrtiilng hli Easter
menage to unbelievers as well
as believers, urged all to pond
er the "cosmic importance"
of Christ's Resurrection,
After celebrating outdoor
Mass in front of St. Peter's
basilica before a crowd over
flowing the great plana, Pope
Paul mounted the basilica's
high central balcony to deliver
his impassioned appeal;
"WHATEVER be the posit
ion which you who hoar these
words have adopted regarding
religion, to all of you, from
this summit to which the Chris
tian Easter has raised us, we
extend the invitation to welcome
the message of light which
comes to the world through the
Resurrection of Christ."
Christ's Resurrection is "et
th e same time a motive for
believing in Him end object
of that very belief," he said.
IT IS "the source of the mean
ing of the humandrama, the sol
ution of the problem of evil,
the origin of a new form of
life to which we give the name
Christianity."
The Pope begged those who
have no religion or who are op
posed to it to reexamine their
views.
"PERHAPS some of you have
inexact or more repugnant con
cepts of religion," he said.
"Perhaps your idea of faith is
erroneous— that it offends in
telligence, shackles progress,
or humiliates man, bringing
sadness to his life."
Pope Paul went on to say:
Eastsr in its most gsnulns ex
pression-- the complete solu
tion of the problems of man
kind."
Th e Pope then directed his
Easter greetings especially to
those who are suffering, to
those who still hunger and thirst
for justice, to those who labor
and are weary, He also sent
Easter greetings to the young,
and to Christians in particular,
"so thay you may learn to re
lish what you possess, that you
may give the world the testi
mony of true happiness,"
HE CONCLUDED by saying;
"And while we extend our greet
ings to Rome, to the Church, to
our brethren still separated
from us, to all believers in
God, and also to unbelievers
or those who no longer be
lieve, we Impart to all man
kind, to the whole world, ae a
testimony of truth and of life,
our apostolic blessing."
Despite leaden skies and the
threat of rain— which later
materialized— the crowd pre
sent at th e conclusion of the
Pope's address had perhaps
doubled in size from the 150,000
or so who were there when he
'began celebrating Mass.
WHEN HE was carried
through the bronze doors of the
great church, the throng cheer
ed wildly and the bands of the
Palatine Guard and the Italian
Army struck up a papal march.
The Pontiff offered the Mass
facing the people at an altar
set up before the portico of St.
Peter’s. His clear and mellow
Latin was carried throughout
the square by loudspeakers, and
the congregational responses
rose loud and firm from the
Alaska
BY PATRICIA E. BURNS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Let
no one say a hospital is an in
animate, unfeeling mass of con
crete and steel.
I was in the new $6 million
Providence Hospital in Ancho
rage when a massive earth
quake tried to still this monu
ment of man to the healing arts
and ease of suffering.
1 HEARD the five-story steel
and blue structure, owned and
operated by the Sisters of Char
ity of Providence, groan like a
man racked with pain as the
successive tremors shook its
vitals. It was and is a living
thing.
I fell three times in moving
20 feet on the vibrating main
floor. I admit to sheer terror
as 1 felt no work of man could
withstand this terrible primal
force, as I heard material
crashing off shelves and walls.
The wrahehing, twisting action
continued as did the low pitch
ed moans in the suffering build
ing, but It held on this nearly
fatal Good Friday.
THE SHATTERING blows be
gan to ease. Confidence that the
hospital might survive its agony
slowly returned.
Many of the nursing service
employees on th e upper four
ANCHORAGE HAVEN
Hospital Has Heroic Role
floors had families. Not a sin
gle nurse deserted her station
to flee to the apparent securi
ty of open ground. They stayed
with the hospital as did their
patients. And, after the horror
had ended, their hospital did
not desert them.
THE 300-BED, badly dam
aged Air Force Hospital at
Elmendorf AFB was evacuat
ed in 18 minutes shortly after
the quake ended, and patients
were moved into barracks. The
Alaska Native Hospital, also
damaged, was heavily occupied
and located on the edge of the
severe damage area. The 40-
bed Presbyterian Community
Hospital was without water and
power and was near the severe
damage area. The 200-bed
Alaska Psychiatric Institute,
sustained roof damage and was
not geared for general patient
care. That left only Providence
Cooking Curate
IMPERIAL, Clllf. £NC)—A
loaf of raisin bread, some as
sorted sweet rolls and a coffee
cake took two first and one sec
ond prize in a baking contest
at the California Mid-Winter
Fair here. The prizes went to
Father John Sostrich, curate
at St. Mary's parish in El Cen
tro, who learned baking in his
seminary days.
Hospital to serve as a beacon
of hope for the quake casualties.
Sister Barbara Ellen, admin
istrator, who never lost confi
dence that her hospital would
weather nature's worst test, or
dered full scale emergency ope
rations. And she had emergen
cies of her own to meet.
INITIALLY all power was
out, water was lost and all in
ternal communications except
the loud speaker were gone.
Providence was a small be
sieged island in a sea of devas
tation—out of touch with Ancho
rage and the world.
The auxiliary power plant
hummed into action and there
were lights for the surgeries
and main corridor.
FIRE TRUCKS were moved in
and pumped water from a near
by creek into the hospital
mains. Without water for the
steam boilers, sterilizers and
sanitation, a hospital is just
another building.
By the time the first evacuee
from Presbyterian Hospital ar
rived, Providence was opera
tional.
THE ELEVATORS had stop
ped running. This meant casual
ties had to be carried by stret
cher and litter to the nursing
floors. Screening and sorting
was done in the emergency
room area and then victims had
to pt moved outside to ascend
a wide stairwell that would pro
vide passage for litters. The
first rush of patients were laid
in a hallway on mattresses
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"IT IS true that Christian life
is austere. It is no stranger to
pain and self-denial. It demands
penance and sacrifice. It ac
cepts the Cross and, when the
time comes, bravely goes out to
meet suffering and death. . .
"Why do we stress this as
pect of the paschal feast? Why
do we reduce life lived in ac
cordance with religious princi
ples to human happiness?
"IT IS easily understood. For
we wish all men to experience
the claims of Christianity,
which is no other than what is
derived from the mystery of
worshippers in the square.
THE POPE, who earlier in
the day had offered Mass in
the parish church of the Roman
suburb of Settecamlni, took
about 35 minutes for the Mass
in front of St. Peter’s. After
wards he proceeded inside the
basilica to make his way to the
balcony.
But his radio and television
schedules forced a delay of
about 25 minutes between the
end of the Mass and his appear
ance on the balcony. His mess
age was beamed "live" by ra-
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AFTERMATH of tidal wave - Five persors drowned In the boat in background which was deposited,
along with a statue of Christ and a boy's softball on the sidewalk, after a series of tidal waves level
ed the downtown section of Crescent City, Calif. The lumber and fishing umnO was the hardest hit
of the coastal cities below Alaska which suffered a disastrous earthquake on Good Friday*