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? VOL 2 NO 17 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 $5.00 P£R»YEAR NEXT SEPTEMBER NEW DIRECTORY diocese of Atlanta SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES Prelate Orders Integration In Report Shows Over Million Alabama Schools New Catholics CADET Captain Christopher Vance Arnold, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Arnold of Roswell and a senior at the Marlst School, has been award ed a National Merit Scholarship to attend the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. MOBILE, Ala. (NC)--Arch bishop Thomas Joseph Tollen announced all Catholic high and elementary schools in the Mo- I bile-Birmingham diocese will be integrated racially in Sep tember. "I know this will not meet with the approval of many of our people, but in justice and chari ty, this must be done," the Bis hop of Mobile-Birmingham said Official utr. > ATICAN PAVILION in the New York Worl Fair, the famed Pieta of Michaelnngelo is enclosed in a hu bullet-proof glass case surrounded by guards. The room is exhibited in is in darkness except for blue spotlights g taring around the statue with a soft white spotlight playl directly upon it. Millions are expected to view this pricel art treasure from the Vatican. The Sacred Congregation of Rites has announced that His Holi ness Pope Paul VI has authorized a change in the formula for the distribution of Communion. According to a decree of the Congregation dated April 25, the prayer and the priest has traditionally said while distributing Hosts: "Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen." ("May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul to life everlasting. Amen."), has been abolished. In its place priests will now say only "Corpus Christi" and the faithful will respond, "Amen" and then receive the Sacred Host. Another change adds to the Divine Praises, after the Invoca tion: - "Blessed Be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Al tar," these words: - "Blessed Be The Holy Spirit, The Para clete." By order of the Most Reverend Archbishop, the new instructions of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in relation to the reception of Holy Communion will take effect in the Archdiocese of Atlanta Sunday, May 3, 1964. *** By virtue of a decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Coun cil, dated April 17, the faithful of the Archdiocese are dis pensed from the obligation of abstinence on Friday, May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. VERY REVEREND HAROLD J. RAINEY CHANCELLOR the GEARED TO THE NEWS all churches throughout the dio cese. "I ASK all of our people to accept this decision as best for God and country," the Archbis hop added, The diocese includes all of Alabama and 10 counties in northwest Florida. The two Catholic high schools and eight jjrade schools in the Florida portion of the diocese were in tegrated racially last Septem ber. In all, the diocese has 15 high schools and 86 elementary schools with a total enrollment of nearly 26,000 students, ac cording to latest statistics. IN THE letter to his people, Archbishop Toolen said: "After much prayer, consul tation and advice, we have de cided to Integrate all schools in the diocese in September. "I know this will not meet with the approval of many of our peo ple, but in Justice and charity, this must be done. "I ask all our people to accept this decision as best for God and country.No matter what personal feelings are, the common good of all must come first. "IN THIS diocese we have always tried to give our Negro people everything that we have given to our white people, es pecially in the way of educa tion. 'The procedure for admis sion will be determined by the pastors and by Rt. Rev. Msgr, J. Edwin Staurdi, superinten dent of schools. ''Again we ask all our people to accept this regulation as best for God and country." ‘WAS HOAXED’ VOCATION DAY Rally moves into action as Drexel High and St. Joseph High students provide accompaniment and Marist gurad presents colors. On lectern at left Alfred Platt, Jr., Marist, narrates events of Rally. SUNDAY. MAY 3 Vatican Issues Change In Communion Prayer ROME (NC)—Individuals re ceiving Communion from now on are to take part personally in the prayers during distribu tion of the Eucharist, according to a new decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. The decree, dated April 25, abolishes the prayer the priest traditionally has said while dis tributing sacramental hosts: "Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen." ("May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul to life everlasting. Amen.") PRINCESS IRENE In its place the Congregation words "Corpus Christi* ("Body of Christ") and that each per son will respond "Amen," and then receive. A SECOND decree of the Congregation of Rites, bearing the same date, provides for the insertion in the Divine Praises, recited mainly at the end of the ceremony of Benediction, the invocation 1 Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete." Ujed by Christ in several instances in the New Testament, the word "Paraclete " comes from a Greek word meaning one who Rome Marriage Rites Add To Controversy VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Vati can sources said here that Prin cess Irene of Holland and Prince Cardinal Eases Birch Flaying BOSTON — Richard Cardinal Cushing eased his recent con demnation of the John Birch Society, dispatching to a soc iety organizer "and your asso ciates all good wishes and kind regards" and granting per mission for publication of his new letter. "Because of my own dedica tion to the fight against the athe istic communistic conspiracy, I certainly do not want to do any harm to fellow battlers in the same cause," the Cardinal stated. THE CARDINAL’S new letter came four days after he asset- ed on a radio program here: "I would prefer imprisonment and death under a slave state than membership in an organi zation which has branded a martyred President of the Unit ed States a communist." In that broadcast the Cardinal re pudiated an endorsement he had given the Birch Society in 1960 Cardinal Cushing’s new letter was addressed to Thomas J. Davis, Stamford, Conn., at torney and society organizer. Davis had participated in an April 19 radio broadcast in New York and mentioned the en dorsement by Cardinal Cushing when asked if there had been any religious support of the society. THE CARDINAL’S lbtter to Davis said developments since his radio statements "have convinced me that I was mis informed as to what had been said on your own broadcast." This referred to a message, purported to be a "news in quiry" which asked the Card inal's comment on "state ments" in the New York radio program that he agreed with Birchites "the late Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy were communists." The message was^ signed "Gretchen VanHus- sen" — but further investiga tion "failed to produce any such person"— so the Cardinal asked for Boston radio time to reply. The Birch Society endorse ment ' was made in a letter the Cardinal wrote in 1960 to C. M. Crawford, Los An geles, in which he said of Ro bert Welch, society founder, "I (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, a pretender to the Spanish throne, 'were married April 29 at the Borghese Chapel of the Basili ca of Santa Maria Maggloe in Rome. Controversy in Rome and in Holland attended the wedding plans of the Dutch princess, a convert to Catholicism, and the Spanish prince whose claim to the Spanish throne ranks behind those of other pretenders. Only a minor part of the con troversy is due to the fact that Princess Irene embraced Cath olicism. The announcement of her conversion from the royal family’s Dutch Reformed Church had caused some diffi culty in her homeland. But it was as nothing to the contro versy which followed the Prin cess’ announcement that she would work actively to promote Prince Carlos’ claim to the Spanish throne. The ceremony was car ried out in Rome, these sour ces added, largely because Church officials do not wish to add to the controversy attending the ceremony. POPE PAUL VI and his pre- cedecessors, Pius XII and John XXIII, have scrupulously avoid ed any action which would in dicate taking sides in the poli tical maneuvers of pretenders to the Spanish throne. These observers foresaw "reluctant but necessary papal sanctioning" of the marriage ceremony in Rome, plus action that would give proof of the Holy See’s "continued neutrality" regarding candidates to the va cant throne in Spain. is called, an advocate. The prayer is to be inserted in the Divine Praises after the invocation "Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar." A VATICAN press bulletin said the Congregation’s decree altering the formula for the distribution of Communion was authorized by Pope Paul in re sponse to many requests. The press bulletin noted that this newly authorized formula was in use in the Church in the 14th century, and is still in use to day in the Ambrosian Rite, a Latin rite differing slightly from the Roman and used main ly in the Pope's former Arch diocese of Milan. The bulletin said inclusion of the Holy Spirit in the Divine Praises was also a result of many requests, and it was not ed that the Divine Praises had been composed originally as a prayer of reparation against blasphemies. NEW YORK (NC) — There now *r*e 44,874,371 Catholics in the 50 United States, according to the 1964 Official Catholic Directory. The total represents a year’s increase of 1,026,433 and in cludes all Catholics in the armed forces at home and abroad, in the diplomatic and others services abroad. The directory just issued by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York publisher, said the new total is a 10 - year increase of 13,255,947, or 41.5%, over the 31,648,424 U. S. Catholics in 1954. THERE are now 28 arch dioceses in the United States, with a Catholic population of 19,328,909, and 120 dioceses with 25,545,462, including 2,000,000 Catholics reported by the Military Ordinariate. The 28 archdioceses reported a TRAINING PROGRAM growth of 500,557 and the 120 dioceses 525,876. The seven archdiocese with Catholic populations in excess of one million are Chicago, 2,317,700; New York, 1,782,- 630; Boston, 1,767, 274; Los Angeles, 1,532, 411; Newark, 1,528,789; Detroit, 1,461,567, and Philadelphia, 1,309,308. Brooklyn continues as the largest diocese with a Catho lics population of 1,576,073. Other dioceses with more than 500,000 are j Pittsburgy, 910,655; Buffalo, 897,203; Cleveland, 853,148; Rockville Centre, 770,112; Trenton, 576- Centre, 770,112; Trenton, 576,- 983, and Providence, 532,692. Five dioceses reported no change in Catholic populations and 18 reflected decreases. ADVANCES were reported by (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Atlanta Club Host To Serra District The Serra Club of Metropoli tan Atlanta will host the Dis trict Meeting of Serra Inter national on Saturday, May 2nd., Sam McQuade, local president has announced. Delegates from Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis and Little Rock will meet with the Atlan ta Club in a day-long training program. Sessions will be held at the Riveria Motel on Peach tree Street, Friday evening the delegates will be registered and a hospi tality room at the Riveria Mo tel will be under the direction of Mr. Ellis Maloof. On Satur day morning the Delegates will attend a low Mass at the Chapel of Saint Joseph’s Infirmaryof- fered by the club chaplain, Fath er Donald Klernan. The Rt. Rev, Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy P.A;, VicarGeneral of the Archdiocese will give the greetings of the Archbishop and will preach the sermon. Morn ing sessions* at the Motel will be followed by a luncheon at which the Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. J, O’Connor, Archdiocesan Direc tor of Vocations will be the guest speaker. Mr. Gerard Deckbar is chair man of the day long training program. DENIES CUBA REPORT Attorney Donovan Says He Didn’t Say NEW YORK (NC)-- Attorney James B. Donovan declared here that he never said pub licly or privately that the Catholic Church is not being persecuted in Cuba. "Any statement that I ever made such an observation is a complete falsehood," he de clared. "IT IS common knowledge that a large number of priests have been expelled from Cuba and that the Church there is not free to operate schools and carry on other teaching pro grams," he said. Donovan said the statement to which he takes exception was attributed to him in reports and comments in yie Catholic press following a talk he gave at the National Press Club in Washington. ON THAT occasion, Donovan gave a talk on another topic. At the end of his remarks he was asked from the audience whether or not Catholic church es are closed in Cuba. Doqova- van said that every Catholic church he saw in Cuba remains open, although hampered by a scarcity of clergy. Registration A day of registration will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception School, Atlanta and at St. Thom as More School, Decatur. This registration is for children who are to be entered into these schools for the year 1964-1965 (September). Registrants should be accompanied by Baptismal certificates and proof of immu nization. MONSIGNOR Joseph E. Moylan, P.A., Vicar General of the Archdiocese, addresses the young people present, calling them to vocations on this, the Sixth Annual Vocational Rally of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.