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VOL 2 NO 18
ATLANTA* GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964
$5.00 PfRiYEAR
RESPONSE TO COUNCIL
Liturgy Conference Plans
Renewal, Future Reforms
BY REV. LEONARD F. X. MAYHEW
One hundred and one dioceses
sent representative! to a Lit
urgy Conference in Kansas City,
Missouri, from April 27 through
April 30, The proceedings were
limited to members of Dioce
san Liturgical Commissions.
The archdiocese of Atlanta was
represented by Fathers Dale
Freeman and Leonard May-
hew. In response to the direc
tives of the Vatican Council,
attention centered on two alms:
promotion of immediate litur
gical renewal and preparation
for future reforms.
°the keynote address by
Father Godfrey Diekmann
termed the Liturgy Constitu
tion "perhaps the most signi
ficant spiritual document ever
Issued by the Catholic Church.'
A search for integration, truth
and genuineness characterizes
our times, Father Diekmann
said. The Council decrees have
led to "a rediscovery of the
real dimensions of the Euchar
ist". He observed that the
Council emphasizes the Litur
gy as a "personal encount
er with Christ, an act of faith,
not merely the object of faith."
FATHER GERARD S. Sloyan,
president of the Liturgy Con
ference, discussed the theolo
gical implications of the Const
itution. He stressed the role of
the bishop as "theologian" - a
teacher of divine truth. Speak
ing of those who would halt or
misunderstand the Council's
work, he declared "God's
people cannot endure that it's
faith be imperilled".
Other speakers discussed the
distribution of roles in the lit
urgy; use of the vernacular;
the coming reforms; Bible ser
vices, preaching and liturgical
music. Concelebratlon, the of
fering of Mass by several
priests simultaneously, was a
frequent topic of discussion.
The Liturgy Consititution spec
ifically mentions this practice
and enumerates various gath
erings of the clergy during
which the local bishop may per
mit concelebratlon. The pru-
pose of this practice would be to
manifest the unity of the priest
hood and the communal nature
of the liturgical action.
THROUGHOUT THE Con
ference the accent was on pre
paration and formation of the
clergy and laity for the litur
gical renewal and ensuing
reform inaugurated by the Con
stitution on Liturgy’. Since
all the delegates were mem
bers of diocesan liturgical
commissions, many of the dis
cussions revolved about the
role of these commissions. Ex
perienced liturgical leaders
recommended techniques which
have been successfully employ
ed by some commissions.
Father Frederick McManus, an
expert at the Vatican Council,
Jewish Mayor’s
Daughter A Nun
DUBLIN (NC)—The daughter
of the former Jewish Lord May
or of Dublin became a Carme
lite nun here (April 28) in cere
monies witnessed by Irish
President and Mrs. Eamon de
Valera.
Her father, Robert Briscoe,
is currently a member of the
Irish Parliament. Both he and
his wife are members of the
Jewish community. Sister Mir
iam Teresa became a Catholic
about four years ago, during a
year-long stay with a sister in
Canada.
strongly urged that priests par
ticipate fully in a community
Mass during their annual re
treat. iMonslgnor' Daniel J.
Tarrant, of the Archdiocese of
Dubuque, suggested that lay
men and religious be Included
on diocesan liturgical commis
sions, This is directly mention-
edln the Liturgy Conaltitution.
Specific channels ought to
be created, one priest declar
ed, through which the laity may
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Archbishop’s
Notebook
NEW ROLE
Last week, more than one hundred doctors of the Atlanta area
met at Saint Joseph's Infirmary for a 7:30 a.m. conference on the
liver, Jaundice, and hepatitis. I was invited to attend - not as a par
ticipant, but as a case-study. Although it was a welcome opportuni
ty to thank Dr, Wilbur and his two colleagues, Dr. Golambos and
Dr. Hein for their skillful care, my role was to answer some
questions from the floor. These dealt with symptoms and possible
causes. Here were dedicated men, adding to their heavy duties, the
early morning effort to learn more about the disease - that more
people might be helped.
It was a new experience-and, in a different role, another way to
appreciate the great, intricate, compassionate complex that we call
modern medicine.
AND ANOTHER ROLE (and more Profound)
Last fall, while working on the new Liturgical Constitution in
Rome, 1 never speculated that one significant change would have a
special meaning for me. For centuries the sacrament of the sick
has labored under the ominous title of "ExtrerruUnction"’. Many
a good Catholic has flinched at the gloom of this phrase (along with
"Last Rites"), and many a good Catholic family has hesitated to
call the priest until death was almost at the door. The Council
Fathers, by an overwhelming vote restored its .more proper
name. ‘The Anointing of the Sick", in keeping with Saint James'
words: "Is any one sick among you? Let him bring in the pres
byters (priests) of the Church, and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord."
During my illness, I asked for this sacrament, and was anointed.
I had administered it hundreds of times, but the new role of reci
pient was a different matter. As each sense is anointed, the Church
speaks:
"By this holy anointing and His most loving
mercy may the Lord forgive you whatever
wrong you have done by the use of your sight.
Amen." (hssrlng, taste, and so on.)
1 meditated on the words of the new decree: "It is not a sacra
ment for those only at the point of death, Hence, as soon as any
one of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness or
old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has cer
tainly arrived." No wonder, the Council stated that it is "more
fittingly" called "the anointing of the sick". It marked a real turn,
together with the excellent natural means (care, medication, rest)
in my recuperation.
May all our Catholic families use this sacrament in keeping with
the intention of the Church.
REFERRING TO THE REFERENDUM
By now the vote on "mixed drinks" is history, and the deluge of
feelings and words has diminished to a trickle. It seemed to me
that much of what was said, on both sides, was irrelevant. In the
light of Biblical evidence, medical surveys and the moderate use of
alcohol by many in our present society, the argument that it is
intrinsically evil does not hold up. On the other hand, the opposite
side’s insistence on Atlanta's prestige, and the attraction for con
ventions and other business had a rather hollow ring like a cash-
register, Neither is an adequate norm for morality, nor for public
decision as to law.
The Catholic position held in common with many other religious
persons, is a moral and social standard capable of realization by
both individuals and society. It sanctions the use of such bever
ages in their proper amounts; and condemns the abuse of them
rising from excess, scandal, and such consequences as depriving
self or family of care and example, and leading to other sins
such as anger, lust, theft ‘and so on. In the case of alcoholism,
of course, total abstinence would be the Christian, (as well as the
only sensible response). For those who want to exercise forbear
ance for a higher motive, abstinence would also be the answer.
Upon society, the Catholic Church places the burden of control.
This should be carried out by the will of the people and the right
methods of authority. Total prohibition was a long and painful
experiment - it failed. To this extent, the proponents of the new
measure wet e correct in saying: - "it is being sold and served
- let us regulate it under the law, not under the table." Hypo
crisy is also a sin.
For young persons, the advice 1 heard at college still offers the
handiest rule-of-thumb: "if you're drinking at all, cut it down. If
you're drinking too much, cut it out".
Archbishop of Atlanta
THE NEW building in Covington which will be St, Augustine Church — aided
by Georgia Mission Fund,
‘GROWTH OF CONFUSION 1
Catholic Educators Urged
To Answer Critics Fully
NEW YORK — (NC) A natio
nally prominent Catholic educa
tor has appealed to his fellow
educators to respond quickly
and fully to doubts within the
Catholic community about
parochial schools.
Msgr, O'Neil C, D’Amour
writing in the May issue of
Catholic Educator, said that
"already it is possible to docu
ment the growth of confus
ion among both priests and
people,"
THERE IS a sense within the
Catholic community that there
is a lack of direction relative
to the schools and that no long
er is Catholic education to be
considered so very Important,"
he wrote.
Msgr, D'Amour is super
intendent of Schools of the Mar
quette, Mich., diocese. Recently
he concluded seven years of
service as associate secre
tary of the Department of
School Superintendents of the
National Catholic Educational
Association, Washington, D, C,
He is pastor of St. Mary's
church, Norway, Mich,
MSGR. D’AMOUR hailed the
role of "moderate critics" of
Catholic education. But he said
the current challenges to the
schools come from reck
less charges of "extremists"
and the"unwarranted publicity"
they have received.
"That the charges of the ex
tremists are false is not the
question," he wrote, 'The
question lies in the confusion
Itself. As Catholic educators we
must attempt to clarify. In this
attempt we must act with pat
ience and careful argumen
tation."
MSGR, D’AMOUR took up
several criticisms of Catholic
schools, including charges that
they impede liturgical life of a
pariah, hold back Religious
from other 'tasks, are out
dated because the "age of
siege" for Catholics is ended
and are an impossible financial
burden,
He said Catholic schools have
proven to be "the font of litur
gical participation," rather
than a drag on it.
FOR EDITORIALS
Sherry Receives
National Honor
NEW YORK (NC)—Gerard E.
Sherry, managing editor of the
Georgia Bulletin, was one of
seven Journalists presented
with national honors here.
THE EDITOR of the Atlanta,
Ga., archdiocesan newspaper
was honored for the best news
paper editorial in the presenta
tion of the 1964 national mass
media brotherhood awards of
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews.
The presentation was made
(May 5 ) by Dr. Lewis Webster
Jones, NCCJ president. Sher
ry’s editorial concerned the
bombing of a Negro Baptist
church in Birmingham, Ala.,
and appeared in the Bulletin on
Sept. 19, 1963.
IT MARKED the second time
in two years Sherry has been
cited by the NCCJ for contri
buting to good human relations.
He was presented with a media
brotherhood award in 1962 for
a series of articles he wrote
while serving as editor of the
Central California Register,
newspaper of the Monterey-
Fresno, Calif., diocese.
Other first prize winners
GERARD E. SHERRY
were: Warren King, "Best
Newspaper Cartoon" THE
DAILY NEWS, New York; Dave
Balch, "Best Newspaper Ar
ticles," THE N, Y. WORLD
TELEGRAM & SUN; William
A, Wynne, "Best Newspaper
Photograph," THE PLAIN
DEALER, Cleveland, Ohio;
Gordon Parks, "Best Magazine
Article," LIFE MAGAZINE;
Leo Rosten, "Best Magazine
Editorial," LOOKMAGAZINE;
Gordon Parks, "Best Magazine
Photographs," LIFE MAGA
ZINE.
"WE MUST show," he coun
seled fellow educators, "that in
the modern parish it is through
the school that a true commun
ity is maintained as regards the
'spiritual life of the parish."
Of charges that school duties
hold back Religious from other
activities, he said: "There
does not seem to be the re
alization that a person might
have a vocation to the religious
life and at the same time a vo
cation to fulfilling that life
as a teacher".
IN ADDITION, he predicted
that if schools were closed and
its Religious teachers put into
other fields, such as social
work, the supply of Sisters
and clergy would dry up be
cause parochial schools are the
major source of religious vo
cations.
"The burden of proof rests
on those who bellve that another
source can be found for the
fostering of vocations," he
wrote,
EDUCATORS, he said, must
make clear the role of the
school in modern society in
order to conteract the claim
that the schools are outdated.
'There should be a presenta
tion of the impossibility of any
school being without religion,"
he said.
"EDUCATION necessarily
has a religious basis, whether
that be Christianity, Judaism or
secular humanism. Critics
should not be allowed to es
cape into the nebulous land of
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GEORGIA MISSION FUND
St. Augustine
In Covington
Buys Building
A collection for the Georgia On August 25, 1962, Archbis-
Misslon Fund will be taken up hop Paul J, Hallinan visited
in all the churches and chapels the Mission Parish and baptiz-
of the Archdiocese on Sunday «d four converts. At this time
(May 10), Latest progress re- the Archbishop announced his
port of the funds allocated for Georgia Mission Program, In-
the growing Catholic Church spired by the Archbishop's in-
ln Northern Georgia include terest and enthusiasm for
the following: our Georgia Missions, the lit-
In Ocrober 1959, Bishop Fran
cis E. Hyland, designated Cov
ington as the Mission of Saint
Augustine in the Diocese of At
lanta and appointed a "Priest-
in-charge."
Sunday Mass was offered in
the American Legion Hall for
almost a year. A second story
storage room in downtown Cov
ington was rented as the sec
ond location for the infant
struggling Mission.
In September 1960, Saint Au
gustine Mission Parish became
a mission attached to the Par
ish of SS. Peter and Paul, De
catur: Father Eusebius J, Bel
tran was then appointed
" Prie s t-in-cha rge,''
During this time the Sisters
were reappointed to teach Sun
day School at SS. Peter and Paul
Parish. Father Dullea person
ally undertook this extra task of
Instructing the children in the
Mission.
tie congregation began to work
feverishly to plan for a Miss
ion Church of their own.
The first big set-back came
to Saint Augustine's Mission
when the building housing their
Church on Clark Street was sold
in March 1963. This meant ano
ther move, more hard work and
uigher rent. In April the Church
was moved to 119 Floyd Street.
The enthusiasm of most of
the parishioners was not damp
ened. On the contrary, the
dream of a permanent Miss
ion Church grew more urgent.
During this time the parishi
oners sent appeals to friends
all over the country: under
took parish projects, socials
and drives to help raise
money for a Church. On April
3, 1964 the property at 1117
Floyd Street was purchased in
the name of the Archdiocese
for $10,500.00 which the par-
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Another "Priest - in -
charge**was appointed in Jan
uary 1962: Father Joseph J.
Beltran is presently serving the
Mission. At this time the Sis
ters of Saint Joseph from Saint
Anthony's School graciously
assumed the Religious instruc
tions for the children.
The Sisters of the Imma
culate Heart of Mary Order
were appointed to staff the new
elementary school of SS. Peter
and Paul in Septemeber of
1962.
Immediately the good Sisters
joined in the Parish Mission
work taking charge of the Re
ligious instruction at Saint Aug
ustine’s.
Definition
Of Layman
BOSTON (NC)-Richard Car
dinal Cushing of Boston said
that the position of the layman
in the structure of the Catho
lic Church will be clearly de
fined at the second Ecumenical
Council,
Speaking to the archdiocesan
St. Vincent de Paul Societies
the prelate stated that "laymen
in the Catholic Church defini
tely have a place in the church
structure, but this has never
been defined."
The little parish saw a few
new families move into Newton
County during these years. The
Storage Room had to be enlarg
ed to accommodate the most
welcomed additions.
He added: "In my opinion,
the layman is a substitute for a
priest in all church activities
except for the priestly func
tions of celebrating Mass and
administering the sacraments."
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL—Struck in gold and presented
to Paola Cardinal Marella, Papal Legate to the New York
World’s Fair, by Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York,
thia medal wa* designed by sculptor Albino Manca. It
shows on one side the heads of Popes Paul VI and John
XXIII over an exterior view of the Vatican Pavilion at.
the fair. The reverse aide depicts the Pieta by Michelangelo,
on exhibit there. Bronze copies of the medal will be avail*
able as Vatican Pavilion souvenirs.