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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN
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13 MONTHS
Baptize 45 Adults
At Sacred Heart
In less than 13 months, some
45 adult baptisms have been
recorded in Sacred Heart Par
ish. Of this number, 11 adult
converts were received into
the Church on a recent Satur
day. Of these 11 that were re
ceived into the Church, 8 were
men and 3 were women. Four
of the 8 men are students at
Georgia Tech. Only 1 of the 11
is married. These 11 adults
had attended the Inquiry Class
which is conducted eacyyearat
Sacred Heart from September
through April.
In the Sacred Heart Inquiry
Class, members of the Confra
ternity of Christian Doctrine
render valuable assistance in
various areas: arranging the
hall beforehand; welcoming
those who attend the classes;
supplying identification tags for
them; keeping records on atten
dance; and in th e field of con-
instruction. Co-instructors are
specially selected lay people
who work under the direction of
Dr. Joseph P. Vidosic of Geor
gia Tech in making up classes
that individual inquirers may
have missed.
The ceremonv of reception
began with the singing of
“Come, Holy Ghost*'", followed
by the Profession of Faith. The
prospective converts and their
godparents then moved to the
vestibule of the church where
began the ceremony of baptism.
The parts of the ceremony done
individually to each person to
be baptized were by Marist
Fathers Thomas J. Roshetko,
•S.M., James T. Murray, S.M.,
and George J. Meiluta, S.M.
Father Roshetko, pastor per
formed those ceremonies done
in common for the group about
to be baptized.
The group moved from the
vestibule into the church and up
to the altar rail in procession
led by the cross bearer, two
acolytes, and the priests. The
Sacred Heart Choir under the
direction of Mr. Robert W.
Krick sang “Hymn to The Most
Holy Trinity" during the pro
cession. At the altar rail, the
ceremonies of baptism were
completed. Each baptized per
son retained the lighted candle
presented him as a souvenir
of his baptism. In addition,
each woman received a white
chapel veil as her '’white gar
ment."
In the sanctuary during these
ARCHBISHOP ROBERTS
CANDIDATES for Baptism at Sacred Heart Church make their Profession of Faith. Facing them are,
left to right, Fr. James T. Murray, S.M., Fr. Thomas J. Roshetko, S.M., pastor, Fr. George J.
Meiluta, S.M. Fr. Clarence Biggers, S.M., pastor of St. Joseph's, Marietta, is in the pulpit.
Altar boy is Mike Barton.
ceremonies were the Reverend
C. A. Chauve, S.M., and the Rev
erend Theophilus McNulty, O.
F.M. The Reverend C. J. Big
gers, S.M., Pastor of St. Jo
seph Church, Marietta, was
Narrator and Master of Cere
monies. Immediately after bap
tism, confessions were heard
and the evening ceremony clos
ed with Solemn Benediction of
the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The following morning, the
converts received their First
Communion in a group at the
8:30 Mass. An informal recep
tion followed in the Assembly
Room. The heads of various
Catholic organizations wel-
THE CEREMONY of presenting the lighted candles, represent
ing the Light of Faith which the newly baptized have received
in the sacrament of Baptism,
MURRIS GRAHAM, who chose Paulinus as his baptismal name,
is baptized by Fr. Roshetko, who is assisted by altar boy Bobby
Danlell.
OUR LADY OF KAZAN
Icon Brings Out Christian Unity
NEW YORK—(NC)In moving
demonstration of Christian un
ity, members of the Catholic,
Orthodox and Anglican Church
es joined here in a day-long
Act of Veneration of the Russ
ian Icdm of Our Lady of Kazan,
one of the most sacred in the
Orthodox East.
for exhibition at the 1964 New
York World's Fair, was en
shrined for public veneration in
the chapel of Fordham Uni
versity. A Mass of the Byzan
tine Liturgy in English.was con-
celebrated by three Jesuits of
the Eastern Christian Studies,
sponsor of the service.
The icon, which was sent here THE CONCELEBRANTS-
ROBERT HAUCH, a pupil as SS Peter and Paul School, takes
the first book out of the school's new library. Checking Robert
out is parishioner Mrs. Agnes Driskell, who is in charge of the
library.
were Father Paul Mailleux, S.
J., superior of the Eastern Rite
Jesuits: Father George A. Mal
oney, S. J., and Father Aus
tin Mohrbacker, S. J. Father
Walter M. Ciszek, S. J., who
was freed last October after 23
years a a Soviet prisoner, pre
ached the sermon.
Among those present at the
ceremonies (April 18) were
Father John Meyendorff, an Or
thodox theologian attached to St.
Vladimir's Orthodox Theolo-
gate, Yonkers, N. Y.: the Rev.
W. F. Corker, rector of St.
Michael’s Protestant Episcopal
Church, Manhattan, and the
Very Rev. Alexander Kiselev of
the Russian Orthodox Greek
Catholic Church of America.
THE DAY OF Veneration
ended with Pontifical Benedict
ion by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph
M. Pemicone of New York.
At a press conference earlier
in the week, Father Maloney
told newsmen that the day of
veneration was planned as a
syipbol of Christian unity and as
a protest against the stepped up
campaign of religious persecu
tion in the Soviet Union.
ORTHODOX Father Meyen
dorff said the Soviet persecu
tion of “all religious groups"
has been increased steadily
since 1959.
“I: must be admitted that the
Orthodox Church receives the
most favorable treatment be
cause its center is in Moscow
and can more easily be con
trolled," he said. “Roman
Catholics, ,on the other hand,
have theif center in Rome and
are not subject to Soviet con
trol."
HE NOTED that Soviet poli
cies presented “certain additi
onal difficulties" for Jews be
cause of their presumed attach
ment to the State of Israel.
Father Meyendorff declared
that it was the Orthodox church
because of its position in Soviet
society and the fact that most
Churstians in Russia are Or
thodox, which has suffered the
greatest from the Soviet anti-
religious campaign.
WHEN THE Russian Church
joined the World Council of
Churches in New Delhi in 1961
he noted, the Moscow patriarc
hate said it had 22,000 parishes.
This year, he said, the Mos
cow patriarchate announced it
had only 12,000 parishes.
“THUS, WE have it from of
ficial sources that 10,000 Or
thodox churches have been
closed,” Father Meynedorff
declared.
The Orthodox priest also cit
ed a stepup in anti-religious
propaganda, aimed at all re
ligions.
published in Russia with provo
catively anti-religious art on
their covers and said such
works were published in great
numbers.
corned the converts into the
Church and invited them to be
come members of the organi
zations they represented. Each
convert received a baptismal
certificate and a copy of “Hand
book for New Catholics". Fath
er Roshetko presented each with
a medal and a rosary blessed
by Pope Paul VI.
Jews Pay Visit
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (NC)
—Eighty members from two
Jewish congregations here
toured Holy Name cathedral
and chatted with its priests
and Bishop John K. Mussio of
Steubenville.
St. Joseph’s
Sets Luncheon
The annual luncheon of the
Auxiliary of the St. Joseph’s
Infirmary will be held at noon
on Wednesday, May 6 at the
Piedmont Driving Club.
Sister Mary Melanie, Admin
istrator of the Hospital, will in
stall the officers for the com
ing year: Mrs. Kent Higgins,
President; Mrs. Joe L. Kurtz,
President-Elect; Mrs. Elmer
Stover, Treasurer; Mrs.
Arthur Bennett, Recording Sec
retary; and Mrs. James Bail
ey, Corresponding Secretary.
Presidents of Atlanta hospi
tal auxiliaries are invited
guests.
The Auxiliary has pledged it
self to the building of the new
nurses home, which is now un
der construction on the hospital
grounds and nearing comple
tion. The Auxiliary has two
main sources of revenue; the
gift shop at the hospital and the
TV service for patients, both of
which are maintained and staff
ed by members of the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Eugene McLaughlin is
the outgoing President.
TERMITES
SWARMING?
Devotions In Honor Of St. Anthony
AT ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH EACH
TUESDAY MORNING AT 11:30
Attend Mass or Mail Petitions
To Monsignor J.E. King
928 Gordon St. S.W.
Atlanta 30310.
Prelate’s Birth Control
Comments Raise Storm
LONDON (NC)—Archbishop
Thomas Roberts, former Jesuit
missionary, caused something
of a sensation here by openly
criticizing Catholic teaching on
birth control. Rebuttal was swift
but calm.
In an interview in Search, a
newsletter published by the
former editor of the Catholic
Herald, Count Michael de la
Bedoyere, the Archbishop de
clared that if he were an Ang
lican he would accept that
Church’s position that contra
ceptives are permissible.
"HOW YOU can destroy that
position by reason alone is not
clear to me," he said.
A known pacifist and former
Archbishop of Bombay, India,
the prelate is an active suppor
ter of nuclear disarmament,
racial equality, world-wide jus
tice and spiritual freedom. Now
71, he is a consultor of the
Jesuit English Province and
resides at the society's Farm
Street headquarters here.
HE SAID that while accepting
the Church’s authority, he him
self could not defend the out
right condemnation of artifi
cial contraceptives on grounds
of reason. He said he thinks the
whole issue might be subject
to “Interpretative changes."
"Where authority is concern
ed, have we absolute certainty
that this matter of contracep
tion is not liable to the same
changes as happened in the
case of usury?" he asked, ad
ding: “The concept of slavery
has changed immensely. . .The
same may be true of the laws
of 'nature.' "
FATHER THOMAS Corbish-
ley, S. J„ superior at Farm
Street, seemed to give qualified
approval to the Archbishop's
position, commenting: “Arch
bishop Roberts' remarks are
interesting as perhaps the first
British statement on this quest
ion. It is too early to say
whether one agrees with him,
but it is certainly true that the
Church's position on birth con
trol will have to be reconsider
ed."
But the big three national
Catholic newspapers, the Uni
verse, the Catholic Herald and
th e Tablet, while treating the
controversy calmly, published
lengthy contradictions (April
25) by prominent theologians
who said the "uniterrupted
tradition" of the Church's at
titude toward contraceptives is
not subject to contradiction.
They admitted, however, that
doctrines which cannot es
sentially change can still de
velop, noting that new scienti
fic discoveries pose new moral
questions in the realm of family
limitation. In this respect, they
said, certain issues relating to
"the pill" (oral contraceptive)
could be considered open quest
ions, and are expected to come
before the Second Vatican Coun
cil.
EXPERTS ALSO pointed out
that the use of the pill to re
gularize the menstrual cycle
and thus facilitate the rhythm
method of family limitation is
already widely accepted as
morally sound.
Theologians also told the
Catholic Herald that apparent
"doctrinal changes'* referred
to by Archbishop Roberts are
actually instances of doctrinal
evolution—not radical change.
ALL THREE papers carried
a lengthy statement by Father
Layman Veep
DETROIT (NC) — A layman
has been named a vice president
at the Jesuit Fathers* Univer
sity of Detroit. He is Francis
A. Arllnghaus, dean of the
school's evening division, who
has been named vice president
for student affairs.
Maurice O'Leary, chairman of
the Catholic Marriage Advisory
Council, which said: "There is
not uncertainty about the
Church’s teaching on con
traception. From the earliest
times until today it has been
condemned."
He cited Casti Connubii, the
1930 encyclical of Pope Pius
XI on Christian marriage in
which th e Pope reminded the
Church of this “uninterrupted
Christian tradition," and re
stated the Church’s teaching:
“THE CATHOLIC Church, to
whom God has entrusted the
defense of the integrity and
purity of morals, . . .raises
her voice in token of her di
vine ambassadorship and
through our mouth proclaims
anew: any use whatever of
matrimony exercised in such a
way that the act is deliberate
ly frustrated in its natural
power to generate life is an of
fense against the law of God and
of nature, and those who indulge
in such are branded with the
guilt of grave sin."
Pope Pius XII, referring to
this pronouncement in 1951,
added: "This precept is as
valid today as it was yester
day, and it will be the same
always, because it does not
imply a precept of human law,
but is the expression of a law
which is natural and divine."
(Address to Midwives, October,
1951).
“WE HAVE this certainty
from the teaching of the
Church," Father O'Leary said,
“that contraception is intrln-
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