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Archbishop’s
Notebook
WHERE THE BOYS (AND GIRLS) ARE1
Although my visitor's schedule is still limited to priests,
two imaginative high schol freshman girls crashed the sound
barrier this week and paid me a visit. How they evaded my
“security guard" is still something of a mystery. 1 think it was
Just another instance of that spirit of adventure that hits boys
and girls as the school year draws to a close.
The heady climax of graduations, dances, awards and even
exams and grades gives these last weeks a special flavor, It
is a good thing. It sheds a significance of dignity upon the vital
experience of school days. It points up that even the excitement
must be contained in a sense of discipline and responsibility.
And it is a reminder to those who rely almost exclusively on
the prowess of the mind or the strength and beauty of the body.
There is a deeply social nature in our lives. Drawing it out in
a Christian manner must run parallel to the cultivation of the
intellect and body. May-June happens to be the climax of this
process.
On the other hand, perhaps m Y tw0 freshman visitors were
simply playing “Treasure Hunt", and were told to collect “a
look at the Archbishopl"
HOSPITALS ARE FOR READING TOO.
Readers who have had a rough day at the office or hectic
hours over a hot kitchen floor may be jealous of someone who
has had sixteen weeks to catch up on his favorite reading. But
besides the Georgia Bulletin (which gets top priority), the local
papers and a batch of magazines, I have ranged far and wide—
from Celestine Sibley's delightful “ 'Peachtree U.S.A.’, an af
fectionate portrait of Atlanta", and the Marsh's "Athens, Georgia’s
Columned City" to a good detective story, **The Man Who Came
in out of the Cold" and Frank Wallace’ nostalgic "Knute Rockne"
(nostalgic because my own college years at Notre Dame coincided
with his last great seasons).
Since my work on the new Liturgy Commission continues—at
a distance—I have read all 1 could find in this field. To our
Catholic people I recommend three good introductions to the
changes and renewal ahead. Two are American products; the
third, the translation of a distinguished Frenchman:
Diekmann: Come, Let us Worship
McManus: The Revival of the Liturgy
Bouyer: Life and the Liturgy
For a change of pace, I enjoyed "A Man for All Seasons,"
the mature and successful play about Thomas More; Milton
Eisenhower’s ‘The Wine is Bitter," on the agonizing relations
of Latin America with the United States: "The Education of a
Physician" from Johns Hopkins University; and a good anatomy
book on (you guessed it) the liverl
I was surprised to find a book basically as sound on Catholic
Life as Saint Peter's Basilica narrowed down to the title, "Are
Catholic Schools the Answer? ” by Mary Perkins Ryan. I think the
publisher wanted a title that would sell books, and overlooked the
more profound chapters. Along with schools, I have read a great
deal in our two most sensitive areas—what about the Christian
position on sex in married life?, and what about the application
of Christian teaching on racial justice and understanding?
Still, the three 1 will remember and go back to, not only as a
Bishop but as a Christian in this new era, would be
Bea's: The Unity of Christians
Callahan’s: The Mind of the Catholic Layman
and Rahner's: The Christian Commitment
For the informed lay Catholic, these indicate the resources
and guidelines, the challenges and difficulties. Those -who are
at home with the ideas of these three authors are ready for the
rigors of the years ahead.
(Some people are 1 name-droppers"; others are "book-title
droppers". Others, I suppose, just enjoy reading and talking
about It.)
COMMENT BY AN ORDERLY
. One of our orderlies is studying to be a minister. At first, I
found it a little strange when he would tell me at 6:30 a.m. that
he was there "to prepare me for the Eucharist."
The orderly’s work was to make sure the room was “picked
up" before the arrival of the Catholic Chaplain with Holy Com
munion about 7:10, Then I began to think how appropriate the
future preacher's words were.
Isn’t this the precise meaning of the renewal in the Church
today—the link of liturgy and life, of sacraments and duties,
of grace and old human nature? Isn't every move of a Catholic
"to prepare for the Eucharist? '*
Although not of our faith, this young man's respect for the
presence of God should provide some congregation with a fine
pastor.
Archbishop of Atlanta
RETRACTS ENDORSEMENT
Cardinal Flays
John Birchers
For Extremism
A 9-FOOT HEAD OF CHRIST will form part of the mam
moth mural on the facade of the new Notre Dame Memorial
Library at Notre Dame, Ind. Designed by Millard Sheets,
of Claremont, Calif., the granite mural, extending eleven
stories above the library’s entrance measures 132 by 65
feet. It will be unveiled on May 7.
BOSTON (NC)—Richard Car
dinal Cushing has retracted in
vehement fashion his endorse
ment of the extreme right John
Birch Society, asserting he pre
ferred death to membership in
it.
"I would prefer imprison
ment and death under a slave
state than membership in an or
ganization which has branded a
martyred President of the Unit
ed States a communist," the
Archbishop of Boston said
(April 20) in a radio address
here.
"IF THE statement was made
that I endorsed the John Birch
Society then I want to retract
it. Since 1960 the John Birch
Society has gone to extremes I
OF ORDINATION
Father Dennis Walsh, C.P.
To Mark Silver Jubilee
Starting tomorrow St. Paul
of the Cross Parish, Atlanta,
will begin a ten-day celebra
tion of the Silver Anniversary
of the pastor, Fr. Dennis Walsh,
C.P.
The official parish Jubilee
Mass will be celebrated at 6
p.m., Sunday, May 3. This will
be a Solemn High Mass, sung by
a 75 voice choir composed of
members of the Parish Adult
Choir, St. Paul of the Cross
School Choir and Drexel High
School Glee Club. Mr. David
Sellers, Sister Mary and Mr.
Graham Jackson will direct.
After the Mass there will be
an evening of entertainment with
a surprise program.
THE celebration will begin
with a teenage dance tomor
row night, from 8 until 11:30
p.m. for the C.C.D. and Drexel
High students. On Saturday night
the adult dance, starting at 9,
will feature the Austel Allen
band.
On Monday there will be a
ST. THOMAS MORE
FR. DENNIS WALSH, C.P.
children’s anniversary Mass at
10:30 with music by the church
choir. An anniversary dinner, at
12 noon, will have Fr. Dennis
as guest of honor, with the
priests, sisters and teachers
joining the children in a Special
Jubilee menu prepared by the
school cafeteria staff. This will
be followed by a Variety Show
at 1:00 p.m.
House Of Commons
Won’t Honor Saint
LONDON (NC) — The British
government refused in the
House of Commons to honor
one of Parliament's greatest
figures, St. Thomas More, Lord
Chancellor of England, who was
canonized 21 years ago as the
"Martyr of the Papacy."
Government Minister Selwyn
Lloyd, himself a successor to
St. Thomas as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, rejected a request
tohonortheLord Chancellor and
was tried there and sentenced
to death.
HUGH DELARGY, a Catholic
member of the opposition Labor
party, asked Lloyd to appoint a
committee to consider the mat
ter. Lloyd, who has the title
of Lord Privy Seal and is re
sponsible for royal palaces in
cluding Westminster Hall, re
fused.
"Will you give your reason
for this disappointing answer?*'
Delargy asked. "Do you not
agree that the name of More
is more intimately associated
with the Hall of Westminster
than that of any other person,
since More presided there as
Lord Chancellor and stood there
as prisoner to hear his own
death sentence and before that
served as Mr. Speaker's (a
reference to Lloyd as Lord
Privy Seal) illustrious pre
decessor?"
LLOYD APPEARED un
moved, "I am not aware of any
widespread desire for this,"
he said. "There have been a
great many trials in West
minster Hall.
Advisors Meet
The Advisory Council to the
Secretary for Education of the
Archdiocese will hold a meet
ing at St. Joseph High School
on April 25. The meeting will
start at 10 a.m.
ON TUESDAY, the Feast of St.
Paul of the Cross, the clergy of
the Archdiocese will be th6
guests of Fr. Dennis at a Jubi
lee Dinner at 6 p.m. in the
cafeteria, prepared and ser
ved by members of the Altar
and Rosary Society. Entertain
ment will follow. On Thursday
the Sisters will honor Fr. Den
nis at a 6 p.m. dinner.
Fr. Dennis’ ordination took
place in Buffalo, N.Y., on April
28, 1939 the feast of St. Paul of
the Cross, founder of the Con
gregation of the Passion, of
which he is a member. A na
tive of Dunmore, Pa. and the
son of John E. and Sarah Hi-
gins Walsh, Fr. Dennis had
received his education in the
Dunmore public schools and
at Passionist Preparatory Col
lege, Dunkirk, N.Y. He enter
ed the Passionist Novitiate,
West Springfield, Mass, and
pronounced his vows August
15th, 1932. Further studies took
place in the Order's monastery
houses of study in Baltimore,
Dunkirk and Boston.
SINCE HIS ordination Fr
Dennis has served throughout
the Northeast - i n New York.
Maryland, New Jersey and in
Massachusetts (where he was
Rector of St. Gabriel’s Mon
astery in Boston,)
In 1959 Fr. Dennis was in
stalled by Bishop Hyland as
second pastor of St. Paul of
the Cross. An active member
of the Atlanta community, he
is a member of the St. Mar
tin's Human Relation Council;
Council of Christians and Jews;
Board of Directors of the Geor
gia Council of Human Relations;
and the Mayor's Committee on
Racial Justice.
FR. DENNIS'S parents are
now deceased. His brother,
Robert J. Walsh, lives in Clarks
Green, Pa. and is active in busi
ness in nearby Scranton. He has
two sisters, both nuns. Sister
Marie Dolores is a member of
the Good Shepherd Sisters and
is assistant superior of the
Lourdesmont (Clarks Summit.
Pa.) School for Delinquent
Girls. Sister St. Dennis, of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, is
assistant director of Sl Jo
seph's Maternity Hospital,
Scranton, Pa.
could never endorse," the Car
dinal said.
The Cardinal had requested
the radio time on Station WNAC
here. He explained that a radio
program which originated
(April 19) over Station WOR in
New York had been carried in
the Boston area and had men
tioned his endorsement in 1960
of Robert Welch of suburban
Belmont, Mass., the founder of
the society.
In 1960, the Cardinal recall
ed, he wrote a letter to C. M.
Crawford, Los Angeles, a so
ciety member. The Cardinal
said in the letter that he .re
garded Welch as "a good Bap
tist" and added there was "no
more dedicated anti-commu
nist in the United States than
Robert Welch." In the letter,
the Cardinal said, he regarded
the Birch society as a force
against communism in this
country.
HE SAID he had learned that
his letter was being exploited
by the society. He added that in
recent months he had consider
ed retracting it publicly in view
of the "extremes" to which the
society had gone.
His attitude was changed when
articles approved by the society
characterized Presidents
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and
John F. Kennedy as commu
nists, the Cardinal said.
Cardinal Cushing said, “I
was never a member of this
society." He said when he
learned of the New York radio
broadcast, he decided the time
had come to retract his en
dorsement.
"IN VIEW of the extreme
statements and articles print
ed or approved by this society
in recent years, I could not in
conscience endorse this organi
zation nor would I be affiliat
ed with it in any way," the
Cardinal said.
"Furthermore, I do not con
sider this society as an effec
tive way of confronting the in
ternational conspiracy of athe
istic communism," he added.
He said that he now retract
ed fully the letter he had writ
ten to Crawford and never want
ed it used again in the society's
exploitations. The Cardinal de
clared: "I never want my name
to be referred to it in any way."
He said repudiation of his let
ter was "long overdue" and now
he wanted the society never to
use the letter again.
The New York radio program
was the Long John Nebel show.
Two members of the Birch so
ciety were on the show—Scott
Stanley, Jr., editor of the so
ciety publication, "American
Opinion," and Thomas Davis, an
attorney and a society organiz
er. Nebel asked the two whether
there was any religious en
dorsement for the organization
and Davis in reply mentioned
the endorsement by Cardinal
Cushing.
Name Cardinals
VATICAN CITY 0C)— Pope
Paul VI named (April 15) Gre
gorio Cardinal Agaglanian, Pre
fect of the Sacred Congregation
for the Propagation of the Faith,
and Efrem Cardinal Fornl and
William Cardinal Heard, both of
the Roman Curia, as members
of the Sacred Congregation of
Rites.
MAKING PLANS for Sunday's Vocations Day Rally, to be held at
St. Pius X, are, left to right, ACCY board members Raymond
Smith, John Euart and Carol Craig.
CYO■ SERRA
Vocation Pageant
Set This Sunday
Seventh, eight grade and high
school students and their par
ents and friends have been in
vited to a Vocations Day Rally
to be held on the grounds of St.
Pius X High School on Sunday,
April 26, at 7:30 p.m.
The program, announced by
Msgr. Patrick J. O'Connor,
Archdiocesan Director for Vo
cations, is in the form of a
pageant depicting the history of
the Catholic Church in North
Georgia.
Written by Sister Madeline,
RSM, of Immaculate Concept
ion School, with music selected
by and under the direction of
Sister Barbara, RSM, o f St.
Pius X High School, the pag
eant introduces each religious
order and community in the
Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Students from several of the
Catholic high schools here,
garbed in the correct habits,
will represent the various re
ligious bodies. The color guard
CINCINNATI CLOSINGS
will be fromMarist. Narrators
will be Alfred Platt of St.
Thomas More, a student at •
Marist, and Irving Pifer of SS
Peter and Paul, a student at
St. Joseph High School.
MSGR JOSEPH E. MOYLAN,
P.A..V.G. will preside as re
presentative of Archbishop
Hallinan. The Archdiocesan
Nuns Choir, composed of two
representatives of each relig
ious community, will sing, con
cluding the program with the
Magnificat. In addition, musical
selections wil 1 be offered by a
singing group composed of re
presentatives of all the Arch
diocesan Catholic high schools.
A total of over 300 persons will
participate.
The Rally, an annual event,
is co-sponsored this year by
the CYO, the Tenth Man Club
and the Serra Club of Metro
politan Atlanta. Serra member
G.T. Deckbar of Immaculate
Heart Parish, is general chair
man.
Parochial School
Cut Ups City Cost
CINCINNATI (NC) — Cincin
nati public schools will spend
an extra $623,125 next year
to enroll 3,000 of the pupils
to be turned away from paro
chial school first grades in
September.
About 60% of the ^,000 can
be absorbed into existing fa
cilities, a school official said,
but for the other 40% it will
be necessary to build tempo
rary classrooms, remodel
some plants and rent space.
A total of about 10,000 chil
dren will be turned away from
Cincinnati archdiocesan parish
first grades. The archdiocese
announced March 5 it is clos
ing this grade in an effort to
overcome rising costs and
teacher shortages.
Public schools in other areas
of the Cincinnati archdiocese
will absorb the additional 7,000
children.
GEORGE REDFERN, assis
tant superintendent of Cincin
nati public schools, said 30 pu
blic schools will need larger
teaching staffs. He said 62
teachers in addition to the "nor
mal turnover" of 30 first grade
teachers will be sought.
Redfern said 25 teachers now
in the system have volunteered
to teach first grade. He said
another 25 who are new to the
system will accept first grade
posts and it is expected another
25 will be obtained through ad
ditional applications.
TO COMPLETE the list of
teachers required, he said it
is planned to retrain former
teachers in special summer
classes and recruit from the
substitute list.
WHEN THE Cincinnati arch
diocese announced its grade
dropping, it also said Sister-’
teachers will receive bigger
minimum salaries, the number
of pupils in a classroom will
be set at 40, lay teachers will
be assured of an annual raise
of $100, high school tuition
will go up to $200 a year and
each parish will be assessed
$30 of this cost for each pupil
from within the parish boun
daries.
Appoint Rector
NEW YORK (NC)--Msgr. Edwin
B. Broderick, who has been sec
retary to Francis Cardinal
Spellman of New York, has been
appointed rector of St. Joseph's
Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y.