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SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
diocese
of Atlanta
VOL 2 NO 16
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964
$5.00 PERtYEAR
SUMMER DEACONS
Three To Be Ordained
For Atlanta Archdiocese
Three deacons who served in
the Atlanta Archdiocese last
summer and who are now pre
paring, at St. Mary's Seminary,
Maryland, for assignments-
here, will be ordained this May.
Due to the illness of Archbishop
Hallinan they will be ordained
in their own diocese. Rev. Mr.
Michael Anthony Morris will be
ordained in Richmond, Va., on
May 1. Rev, Mr. James Far
rell Scherer will be ordained
May 16 in Flourtown, Pa., by
Bishop Francis E. Hyland, for
mer bishop of Atlanta. Rev. Mr.
Edward Danneker will be or
dained May 23 in Scranton, Pa.
Rev. Mr. Morris will be or
dained by Bishop John J. Rus
sell of Richmond. On Sunday,
May 3, Fr. Morris will cele
brate his first Solemn Mass at
St. Anthony's Church, West End
Atlanta, at 12:30 p.m. The of
ficers of the Mass will be:
Msgr, James E. King, pastor
of St. Anthony's, assistant
priest; Msgr. Patrick J. O’Con
nor, pastor of St. Thomas
More, Decatur, preacher; Rev.
REV. MR. SCHERER archdiocesan priest, will be REV. MR. MORRIS
ATTORNEY SEES
No Persecution In Cuba
ren, he said in a talk at the Na
tional Press Club.
DONOVAN personally nego
tiated with Fidel Castro for the
exchange of $60 million worth
of U. S. medical supplies for
1,300 prisoners captured in the
unsuccessful Bay of Pigs in
vasion of 1961.
Although only Cuban priests
are allowed to preach in Cuba,
he said, they are free to preach
against materialism and other
godless philosophies like com
munism. "And many of them do
so," he added. "I've heard
them."
DONOVAN said Castro has
"seized upon" a major weak
ness of the Catholic Church
throughout Latin America —
"the failure to develop a strong
native clergy."
He said Castro does not ob
ject to priests in Cuba as long
as they are Cubans "and not
Falangists from Spain." The
Falange is a right wing Span
ish political movement.
REV. MR. DANNAKER
John J. Cotter and Rev. Wil
liam G. Hoffman, deacon and
sub-deacon.
REV. MR. MORRIS is a na
tive of Atlanta and received his
education at St. Anthony's
School, Atlanta; St. Bernard
Prep School, Cullman, Ala.; and
St. Charles College, Catons-
ville, Md. He received a bache
lor's degree in philosophy from
St. Mary's Seminary and Uni
versity (Baltimore, Md.) in
1960; a bachelor's degree in
theology in 1962 and the licen
tiate in Sacred Theology from
St. Mary's in 1964. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morris,
now living in Richmond, are
former residents of Atlanta.
Bishop Hyland, now retired,
will ordain Rev. Mr. Scherer
privately in St. Genevieve's
Church, Flourtown, Pa. Fr.
Scherer will celebrate his first
Solemn Mass ofThanksgiving at
St. Genevieve's on May 24, Bis
hop Hyland will preach. Fr.
Scherer's brother, Rev. Char
les J. Scherer, a PhlladelDhia
deacon and his uncle, Rev.
Francis Scherer, S.J., will be
sub-deacon.
REV. MR. SCHERER, a na
tive Philadelphian, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.
Scherer of that city. Educated
in Philadelphia and Readlng(Pa.)
grammar and high schools, he
went on to St. Charles College
in Maryland, then to St. Mary's
Seminary, where he received
his bachelor's degree in philo
sophy. He has specialized in the
teaching of the deaf and the re
tarded.
ALL THREE ordinands re
ceived the diaconate from Arch
bishop Hallinan on June 8, last
year, following which they ser
ved as active deacon's for the
summer. Rev. Mr. Morris was
assigned to Our Lady of the As
sumption, De Kalb Co.; Rev. Mr.
Scherer to the Cathedral of
Christ the King; Rev. Mr. Dan
neker to St. Thomas More, De
catur. After ordination they will
be assigned here in the Atlanta
Archdiocese.
WASHINGTON (NC) — New "All Catholic churches inCu-
York attorney James Donovan ba, to the best of my knowledge,
said here that, as far as he are open and reasonably well
knows, the Catholic Church is attended." although mostly by
not being persecuted in Cuba, women, old people and child-
V IS ITS EARTHQUAKE VICTIM - In Providence Hospital, An
chorage, Alaska, Federal Aviation Agency official Vergil Knight
is recovering from injuries suffered in the earthquake which kill
ed his wife. The personal representative of Pope Paul VI, Arch
bishop Egldio Vagnozzl, Apostolic Delegate to the United States
visits him.
"UNTIL THERE is a more
effective Catholic social action
in Latin America, none of its
problems are going to be sol
ved," he said.
Donovan said Castro has been
"gaining in strength," particu
larly among Cuban young peo
ple who are "fanatically devot
ed to Fidel,"
Monsignor Patrick J. O'Connor, pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Decatur, and Archdiocesan
Secretary for Education (left) shown with Reverend Dennis Walsh, C. P., pastor, Sister Mary,
C.S.J., principal, and Leon Allain, president, at the St. Paul of the Cross Home .and School Asso
ciation Fellowship Dinner last Sunday, at Mays Building, Morehouse College. See story on page 6
ARCHBISHOP ANNOUNCES
Sacred Heart School
To Be Closed In June
AND AUDIENCES
Bishops Urge
Maturity For
Film Makers
Fifty-five years of Catholic
elementary education in one
school will draw to a close in
June when the Sacred Heart
School is closed. The school has
served Atlanta's Catholics
since the fall of 1909 when the
pastor of Sacred Heart (Fath
er John E. Gunn, S. M.) en
gaged the Sisters of Saint Jos
eph of Carondelet to serve as
the teaching staff.
Full provision for the 143
children attending Sacred Heart
is being made, according to
Right Reverend Monsignor Pat
rick J. O’Connor, in adjacent
Catholic schools. It is expected
that the larger number will
transfer to Immaculate Con
ception (register April 25th),
and Saint Thomas More (reg
ister April 26th), or to other
convenient schools
"There are two basic rea
sons for the move", stated
Archbishop Hallinan in a letter
to the members of Sacred Heart
parish to be read at all the
Masses, Sunday, April 19th.
"Primarily, it is being done to
insure the most competent and
efficient apportionment of our
teaching and administrative
staff, classroom space, edu
cational facilities, etc. The
ATTRACT CHILDREN
AODANI, Japan (NC) — Toy
parachutes were used by U. S.
missioners here in their effort
to interest Japanese in the
Church and nearly started a
riot.
"One thousand toy parachutes
dropped from an airplane at our
children's carnival attracted
more than 2,000 children," re
ported Father James F,
Habenlcht, M. M., of St. Louis.
"A lucky chance for a
transistor radio tied to each
parachute nearly caused a
riot,"
TWO U. S. priests, Fathers
James H, Gorman, M. M., of
combination of pupils in certain
schools permits this more effe
ctively than the dispersal into
a number of institutions.
Secondly, the plans for pro
viding our laity, clergy and Sis
ters with a convenient center
for archdiocesan activities call'
for using the land where the old
Marist School now stands. Dur
ing this past year, a tempor
ary arrangement permitted the
use of part of this old building
for the Sacred Heart pupils.
This, however, because of the
safety restrictions, was on a
strictly temporary basis."
In concluding his letter to the
parishioners of Sacred Heart,
the Archbishop stressed that
the educational and physical
well-being of the children were
the main causes for the move.
"It is always, difficult," he ad
ded, "to see beloved landmarks
pass, - particularly when they
remind us so poignantly of the
treasures of our Faith, the sac
rifices of the priests, Sisters
and laity who taught in this
school, and the generations of
Atlantans who received their
education there. But the fu
ture's demands - in our Arch
diocese, growing in numbers,
Lynn, Mass., and John M.
Shields, M. M., of St. Paul,
have developed a plan for In
troducing the Church in country
areas like Aodanl where re
sistance to change is high.
Every three weeks they move
into a new area with tents,
games, movies, loud speakers
and leaflets.
The three-week campaign is
sponsored by the Good Shepherd
Movement in Kyoto. This move
ment, a part of the Maryknoll
mission program in Japan, uses
mass communication tools of
television, radio and printed
material to spread the work of
Christ.
vigor and effectiveness - are
even greater than our ties with
the past. These decisions, then,
become part of a bishop's role,
and their acceptance by our
people is the strongest evidence
of the depth and firmness of the
Faith in our Catholic popula
tion."
COLOR
GUARD
Bhamo, Burma, Names won't
be used, as they say, to pro
tect the innocent, but a
Columban missionary here un
covered an unusual story on
his last trip to Rangoon. Two
Marine guards were on duty in
front of the American Embassy.
There were many similarities
between the two - about the
same age, same height, same
uniform. The only difference
being that one was white and
the other negro. They were
room-mates and were both from
the same hometown - Birming
ham, Alabama!
NEW VDRK (NC) —The U. S.
Bishops' Committee for Motion
Pictures, Radio and Television,
in a statement marking the 30th
anniversary of the National
Legion of Decency, called for a
mature approach to films on the
part of movie makers and movie
audiences.
In a wide - ranging, 6,500-
word review of the past, pre
sent and future of the film
Industry and the legion, the
Bishops' committee stressed
the need for intelligence and
responsibility in movie studios
and movie theaters.
AT THE same time the Bi
shops warned of two disturb
ing trends — the efforts of
"powerful factions in Holly
wood" to revive a "anything
goes" policy on film making
and the "growing tendency"
among some producers to
"challenge the Judaeo-Chris-
tian vision of man."
They expressed hope that,
in the spirit of the Vatican
council's decree on communi
cations media, "the signs and
symbols of the film medium
(\yill) speak to all men of who
they really are—made in the
image and sign of God."
The statement was signed
by the members of the Bi
shops' committee: Arch
bishop John J. Krol of Phila
delphia, chairman; Bishop
Walter W. Curtis of Bridge
port, Conn.; Bishop Loras T.
Lane of Rockford, Ill.;
auxiliary Bishop John A.
Donovan of Detroit; and Aux
iliary Bishop Timothy Manning
of Los Angeles. It was Issued
(April 15) to coincide with the
30th anniversary this month of
the founding of the National
Legion of Decency, which pro
vides moral evaluations of cur
rent films for the guidance of
Catholics,
THE STATEMENT en
titled " The National Legion
of Decency: 30 years of Chris
tian Witness" — began by
emphasizing the power, for good
and ill, of the new Mass com
munications media. It under
lined their Influence by refer
ring to the modern world as an
"audiovisual civilization."
Among. recent events il
lustrating the media, the state
ment cited their treatment of
the days of Pope John XXI11,
which made this an "ennobling
experience whose Intimacy and
depth the whole world shared;"
the "sensitive coverage" given
the Vatican council and the
pontificate of Pope Paul VI;
and the moving treatment of the
events surrounding the assassi
nation of President Kennedy.
'There can be no question
then that the Church 'welcomes
with Joy' the new communicat
ions revolution," the Bishops
said.
TURNING TO the history of
the Legion of Decency, the
statement recalled that at its
founding in April, 1934, it was
unique in:-the Catholic world.
Now it is one of 42 national
Catholic film offices through
out the world.
The "primary function" of
the national legion office, the
statement said, is "to offer a
service of moral guidance to
the film patron so that he may
be able to make a discriminat
ing choice of motion picture
entertainment."
The Bishops cited statistics
to demonstrate a shift in Holly
wood policy—imposed by the
impact of television — away
from family films toward those
designed fbr the mature viewer.
In 1938, of 535 movies review
ed by the legion, 496 (93%)
were approved for the general
public. In 1963, of 263 films
reviewed, only 70 (26.62%) were
approved for the family and
almost 50% were placed in
categories "other than those
for the family or young people."
WHILE THE drop in the num
ber of family films is "regret
table" and while "many so-
called adult films are in fact
juvenile in concept and sen
sational in treatment," the
statement said, "nevertheless
neither the Church nor the
legion has or ever will dis
courage the responsible efforts
of serious film artists to create
meaningful works for the at
tention of mature viewers."
In this connection the state
ment cited the introduction
since 1957 of two new legion
categories designed to ac
commodate serious films aim
ing at a mature audience. These
are the A-III rating ('.'morally
unobjectionable for adults") and
the A-IV rating ("morally un
objectionable for adults, with
reservations").
Discussing the question of the
treatment of evil in films, the
Bishops warned of "over
simplification."
"FOR SOME good people,"
they said, "films must ever
remain pure escaptist enter
tainment of such bland nature
that the treatment of evil is
categorically to be excluded."
Rejecting this view, they cited
the Vatican council's media de
cree which stated that the treat
ment of evil in mass media,
"subject to moral restraint,"
can "serve to bring about a
deeper knowledge and study of
humanity and . . .can reveal
and glorify the grand dimens-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
VERY REV. Harold J. Rainey, Chancellor, shown with Frank
H. Heller, National President of the National Council of Catholic
Men at last week's Annual Brotherhood Dinner of the Southern
Region, National Conference of Christians and Jews. Mr. Heller
was the banquet speaker.
Drop Toy ‘Chutes’
In Japan Mission