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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1964 . GEORGIA BULLETIN
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Pope Sets Up Secretariat
For Non-Christian Groups
JUANITA HUFF, May Queen in Drexel High's first annual May Procession, places crown on statue
of the Blessed Mother in picture at left. She was attended by Ingrid Frazier. In picture at right,
members of the sodality form an honor guard while the remaining members of the Drexel student
body form a living rosary. Fr. Richard, C. P., the principal, addressed the students.
EXPERTSAYS
Parent Right Submerged
In School Prayer Debate
BY GEORGE E. REED
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERCICE)
One of the disturbing aspects
of the House Judiciary Commit
tee's hearings on the prayer
amendment is the submergence
of the parental right to educate.
Neither side in the controver
sy has taken full advantage of the
importance of this right as a
( factor in solving the vexations
problem of religion and edu
cation.
ARGUMENTS in behalf of an
amendment to nullify the U. S.
Supreme Court’s 1962 and 1963
decisions against prayer and
Bible reading in public schools
have focused on government.
The stress has been on the
right of government, acting
through public school boards, to
provide religious exercises by
virtue of the authority of the
Constitution.
Opponents of an amendment
have on several occasions ad
vanced arguments based on the
right of parents, but this ap
proach has not dominated their
testimony.
OCCASIONALLY, the prope
rs sition was put forward that a
: prayer amendment would con
flict with the Supreme Court’s
famous Oregon school case de-
cision in 1925. The court held
then that the parental right pro-
Hhihits the state from preventing
Bpperation of private schools.
The court stated that the 14th
"fsBunendment “excludes an;, gen-
power of the states to stan-
Wdardrze its children by forcing
them to accept instruction from
public school teachers only.”
Some witnesses have con
tended that a prayer amendment
will authorize the state to
' “standardize” the religious at
titudes of school children by
permitting adoption of a parti
cular prayer or version of the
Bible—regardless of the desire
of parents.
THEY HAVE said that free
dom “of” religion and freedom
“from” religion are essential
parts of the fundamental paren
tal right guaranteed by the Con
stitution.
No attempts have been made
by amendment supporters to re
fute this argument. One factor
in this failure is possibly a ten
dency to see the state as the
primary educator. Or, to put
it more moderately, to lookup-
on the public school system as
the exclusive agency of the
state.
Consequently, the parental
stake has not drawn the atten
tion it deserves. One result has
been’to stifle development of the
argument that the Supreme
Court, by banning prayers and
Bible reading, is not really
taking a neutral attitude toward
parents, but helping to erect
a psychological wall of resis
tance to parental inclucation of
religion.
THE CHILD whose school day
is exclusively structured along
secular lines tends to develop
an attitude of indifference to
ward religion. This reaction is
well documented.
On the other hand, the majori
ty of parents may not coerce
the minority to adhere to a
designated form of prayer.
Had arguments stemmingfrom
parental right received more
attention at the hearings, the
problem of religion and edu
cation would have been empha
sized in terms of the religious
freedom of two groups of par
ents, rather than dealt with as
an issue between one group and
government.
The legal debate would have
been cast in terms of religious
freedom, rather than in terms
of doctrinaire establishment,
and thus open the door to a dif
ferent approach to the problem.
FOR EXAMPLE, would not
a different approach be a
system of religious instruction
classes conducted after the
school day and on school prem
ises? i
Instructors would be other
than public school teachers. The
program would not be integrated
or enmeshed with the public
school machinery.
There would be no coercion
on students if the plan was
properly administered. More
over, religion would still be
associated with the school to
an extent that would accommo
date the religiously minded par
ent.
Such a plan would not put
government in the business of
imparting religious education.
Rather, this system would ac
commodate the facilities of the
public school system to the in
terests of parents.
IT WOULD reflect the mutual
character of the publid school
system as designed to imple
ment the interest of both par
ents and the state in education.
This approach has been ex
plored tentatively by the Judi
ciary Committee. One difficul
ty seen was the use of public
school property.
The Supreme Court, in the
McCollum case, has condemned
such use, but the circumstances
were different. Religious in
struction was given during the
school day and with substantial
involvement of the school, in
matters such as keeping atten
dance records.
UNDOUBTEDLY the commit-
ACADEMY winners of state language examination receive news
of awards, including medals for students and plaque and trophy
for winning schools, Left to right Camilla Capo, Mary Ann Lam
bert, Maria de Give, Florence Farnsworth, Michaela Ruppert,
and Sophie Gatins.
tee will give additional atten
tion to this approach. In its
careful weighing of the propo
sal, the committee may take
up the possibility' of an amend
ment which would end the con
stitutional uncertainty concern
ing the use of public school
property.
Such a system of religious
instruction, in addition to re
flecting the mutual concern of
parents and state, would be an
application of principal enun
ciated by the Supreme Court in
the Zorach case. The court up
held in that case the constitu
tionality of released-time re
ligious instruction held off pub
lic school premises. It said:
"When the state encourages
religious instruction or coope
rates with religious authorities
by adjusting the schedule of pub
lic events to sectarian needs, it
follows the best of our tradition
for it then respects the religious
nature of our people and accom
modates the public service to
their spiritual needs.”
This is the third andfinalar
ticle in a series analyzing im
plications stemming from a
proposal to amend the Consti
tution to permit prayer and
Bible reading in public schools.
The series has been prepared
for the Catholic press by George
E. Reed, associate director of
the Legal Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, who is an authority on
the question of Church-State re
lations in constitutional law.
BY JAMES C. O’NEILL
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul
VI chose the feast of Pentecost
to announce to the world that he
has decided to set up a secre
tariat for non-Christians some
what similar to that established
by Pope John XIIII to deal with
relations between Roman Cath
olics and other Christians.
Pope Paul’s revelation came
almost at the end of a lengthy
sermon on the significance of
the catholicity of the Church.
He was speaking in St, Peter's
before 20 cardinals, more than
6,000 seminarians studying in
Rome, and thousands of other
pilgrims. Among the cardinals
present were Laurian Cardinal
Rugambwa of Bukoba, Tangan
yika, and Stefan Cardinal Wy-
szynski of Warsaw.
IN THE course of his address,
the Pope defined true catholici
ty as transcending all differen
ces, so that “every’ national
ism is merged in the good of
the world community, every
form of racism is condemned,
every form of totalitarianism is
revealed in its inhumanity.”
The Bishop of Rome deliver
ed his sermon during the solemn
Mass of Pentecost (May 17)
He developed the theme of the
efforts to “bring closer to
gether, even through simply
contacts, those who belong to
other religions.”
AMONG THE efforts he cited
were the ecumenical council
and the establishment of the
secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity.
In connection with these ef
forts, Pope Paul stated that
he wanted to announce that
' we shall institute shortly here
in Rome the secretariat for
non-Christians, an organ which
will have very different func
tions but the same structure
as that for the separated Chris
tians.”
THE POPE went on to reveal
that the head of the new secre
tariat was to be Paolo Cardi
nal Marella — “the cardinal
archpriest of this basilica (St.
Peter’s), who in addition to the
wisdom and virtue which make
him dear to and venerated by
the Roman Church, has a rare
competence in the field of re
ligious ethnography.”
Cardinal Marella, 69, is a
veteran papal diplomat who ser
ved as Apostolic Delegate to
Japan for 15 years and became
an expert on Shinto. He has also
headed papal missions in Aus
tralia and France, and served
from 1924 to 1933 at the Apos
tolic Delegation in Washington.
He was in the spotlight in April
when he went to New York as
papal legate for the opening of
the Vatican pavilion at the
world’s fair.
POPE PAUL in his address
went on to say that by his tak
ing these steps, “no pilgrim,
however far geographically or
religiously may be the country
from which he comes, will any
longer be wholly a foreigner in
this Rome which is still faith
ful today to the historic role
which the Catholic faith as
signs to it—that of the ‘pat-
ria communis’ (common fath
erland).”
In the opening portions of his
sermon, Pope Paul spoke di
rectly to the assembled semi
narians on that characteristic
of the Catholic Church “which
we call today catholicity, that
is to say, universality.”
WARMING to his theme, the
Pope noted that the using of
words over and over again “of
ten detracts from the vigor and
the wonder of their signifi
cance.” Such a word, he said,
is ’catholicity,’
“We use this term of ’cath
olicity’ with extreme ease,
practically without realizing the
fullness to which it refers, the
dynamism which emanates from
it the beauty which it implies
and the effort which it imposes.
“IN ORDINARY language, it
often becomes a term which de
fines, and therefore tries to
circumscribe and limit, the one
and true Church—which is, pre
cisely, the Catholic Church—to
distinguish it from other seg
ments, respectable and also
gifted with immense Christian
treasure, but still separated
from the catholic fullness.
Sometimes we prefer instead of
the term ’catholic’ that of
’Christian,’ almost forgetting
that in concept and in reality
the first is intended to encom
pass all of the second and not
POPE THANKS KING—King Hussein I of Jordan is greeted by Pope Paul VI during his
state visit to the Vatican on May 11. The Pope thanked the youthful monarch for his
hospitality during the papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The king is shown wearing
the uniform of Chief of the Royal Jordanian army w’ith Arab headdress. He also wore
the Golden Spur, second highest papal decoration and one rarely given to non-Catholic
chiefs of state. INC Photos!
Set All-Parish Guild Program
The Saint Gerard Guild of
Immaculate Heart of Mary in
vites members from the ladies’
clubs of every parish to attend
Plan Awards
Presenting awards to its
honor students at the fifth an
nual Honor Banquet was the
faculty of St. Pius X High
School, The Hellenic Center
on Cheshire Bridge Road was
the scene of the banquet.
a special Mother’s Program at
8 p.m. on May 25th in the school
'cafetorium, 2855 Briarcliff Rd.
The program includes a short
film on the life of St. Gerard
Majella, a panel on ths enthrone
ment of the Sacred Heart in the
home and an informal discus
sion concerning how St. Gerard
has helped many members of
the Guild. Refreshments will be
served following, giving every
one a chance to get acquainted
and discuss the proceedings.
ANSWER TO
LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE
always vice versa.”
The Pope said that the mark
of catholicity calls on all for a
meeting with God’s mercy and
“with this call forms the new
people, His people, the assemb
led people of the Church.”
BUT HE noted that man ha
bitually seeks his self-interest
and that of his immediate fami
ly and perhaps, with some de
velopment that of his country
or social class.
“Even today,” he said, “the
heart of modern man finds it
difficult to surmount these in
ner barriers, and when civil
progress urges him to widen
his capacity for love toward the
world, he replies with uncer
tainty and makes the selfish
condition that it should work to
his benefit.”
ONLY WITH a true catholi
city can these inner boundaries
be overcome, the Pope declar
ed.
Then he said:
“IF THE Catholic name is
truly there forever, every sel
fishness is overcome, every
class difference is raised to
full social solidarity, every na
tionalism is merged in the good
of the world community, every
form of racism is condemned,
every form of totalitarianism
is revealed in its inhumanity.
The small heart goes to pieces,
or rather it acquires an unknown
capacity for expansion.”
Despite the mark of catho
licity being in implicit opera
tion in the Church as one of its
inborn rights, the Pope said, in
extrinsic reality it has not gone
far enough: “Indeed inconcrete
reality the catholicity of the
Church still is enormously
lacking.”
AS PROOF of this he cited
the fact that “innumerable peo
ples, whole continents, are still
outside the Christian evangeli
zation. The greater part of
mankind has not yet received
the message of Pentecost. The
world is not yet catholic.”
The Pope asked the semi
narians present if it was not
the desire to spreadtheGospel,
to be missionaries, which led
them to become candidates for
priesthood. He answered for
them saying:
“MISSIONARY dynamism
stems from the potential but
still not effective catholicity of
the Church, it stems from the
investiture of Pentecost given
to the little Church to become
universal. From the apostoli-
city of the Church springs its
vocation to catholicity. The
missionary receives on his
shoulders the mandate of an
apostle which urges him for
ward along paths which will
make the world catholic.'
This duty of Catholicism, said
the Pope, is what creates the
perennial Pentecost within the
Church, and the “urgency of
responding to this duty of Cath
olicism blows in the sails of
the Church.” As examples of
the response the Pope cited the
development of present day lay
and clerical apostolates, the
ecumenical council, the
Church’s relations with all
forms of modern life and its
efforts to draw closer together
separated Christians and non-
Christians as well.
n WAS at this point that
the Pope made his announce
ment of the new secretariat.
The idea of such a secretariat
for non-Christians was sug
gested in April of 1963 by Bis
hop Antoine Thijssen, S.V.D.,
of Larantuka, Indonesia. It won
the prompt seconding of Thom
as Cardinal Tien, S.V.D., Apos
tolic Administrator of the Tai
pei archdiocese in Formosa.
In a letter addressed to Eu
gene Cardinal Tisserant, Dean
of the College of Cardinals, last
Sept. 15, Pope Paul indicated
that he was considering estab
lishing such an organization.
IN HIS discourse, the Pope
revealed nothing further than
that the secretariat is being
established and that Cardinal
Marella will head it. No fur
ther details were immediately
forthcoming from other Church
sources.
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