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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 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- (CONT1NUED ON PAGE 8) audio stereo me., •k High Fidelity Components Sales and Service A. J. "DOC" SCHIER 2929 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 231-4374 MlVI CHIIIT-iSe HOLY CROSS BROTHER • tori' Momif • tAMCNINA •OfflCIWOftk • TtAMI • rOtHOM MtMIOMi For Information Writoi iroftiarPonoWXanaal, CSC 104 Holy CroM School 4950 Dauphine Street New Orleans, La. 7011? 1964 PILGRIMAGE SHRINES of EUROPE July 21 to August 11, Sponsored By The Georgia Bulletin RESERVATIONS WRITE TO! CATHOLIC TRAVEL OFFICE DUPONT CIRCLE BUILDING WASHINGTON 6, D.C. 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