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GEARED TO THE NEWS K, v ' ✓ ' '! diocese of Atlanta mmm mRmmm3Gm BHB SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES 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 4 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 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) "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- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) 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*