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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1964 GEORGIA BULLET IN PAGE 3 VATICAN EXPERT SAYS: Ecumenism Is Concern Of All Diocesan People PATHER JOHN Mulroy, P»«tor of St. Joseph's parish, Athena, welcomaa Reverend Mr. Henry Orecz who hai been assigned to the Athena pariah for tha fummer. On the left la Fr. Wm. Hoffman, aaalatant paator of St, Joieph'a and on the right Father John Cotter who ia a gradu ate atudent at the Unlveralty of Georgia for the aummer. BALTIMORE (NC) — Ecu menism is not for specialists only but “should infuse the whole life ofadiocese,’ a speak er and writer on ecumenical affairs said here. Father Thomas F, Stransky, C, S. P„said local Church lead ers must discover how ecu menism can “help other stru ctures in the diocese—the CCD, the CFM and Cana." UNLESS given an ecumonl- HUIE MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. A TU 4-7381 D0D9K '(Kltllll IMMHUli So. 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A SWANSON MOTOR CO., Inc TUxedo 2-3502 216 Bull Street LoORANOE, GEORGIA 0 L -D S M 0 B I L I RAMBLER 108 Church Street Phone TU 2-3531 LaGrange, Georgia 1 SUte Sign of Sxctlltnc* 314 MAIN STRICT IA GRANGE, OEOROIA Dial- 822-3533 FOR GRADE "A” DAIRY PRODUCTS Ice Cream - Homogenized Vit amin "D" Milk - Country Flake Butter Milk - Coffee Cream - Half & Half -Choco late Drink - Fortified Skim Milk-Sparkle Multi-Vltamln- Wella Sweet Cream Butter - Cottage Cheese - Whipping Cream - Sour Cream of the Immaculate Conception hers (June 24), Auxiliary Bi shop Edward J, Maglnn of Al bany delivered the sermon. Born in White Plains N.Y., on Sept, 16, 1868, Bishop Gibbons attended Niagara Uni versity and the Seminary of Our Lady of the Angela In Niagara. He was ordained In Rome in 1893, after studying there for three years, SERVING for a time aa superintent of diocesan schools in the Buffalo dloceae, he was consecrated bishop of Albany in 1919, Since that time, the number of churches in the diocese increased by 65, the number of schools by 28, and two Catholic colleges were established. One of his major goals was to secure the elevation of the Mohawk Indian girl Katerl Tekakwitha to sainthood. Through his efforts she has been accorded the title of venerable. cal orientation, Father Stran sky said, such groups "run the risk of becoming self-en closed and thereby injuring the very unity and life of the Church that they are to serve and express," The Paulist ecumenical spe cialist spoke to HO delegates from 68 dioceses in the U.S. and Canada attending a two- day National Workshop on Christian Unity, the first of its kind In the United Stttes, The workshop was sponsored by the Baltimore Archdiocesan Commission for Christian Unity, formed In 1962 as ths first diocssan ecumenical com mission In ths country, Father Stransky predicted that ths third session of the ecumsnlcsl council this fall will approve and promulgate a eche- mi on ecumenism, "WHETHER it likes it or not," he laid, "the Church la experiencing the fact of a die- united Chrlatlan family," He said the ecumenism sch ema takes account of the fact that Christians are living in s world In which Christians are s minority and in that minority status remain divided," He decried the tendency to consider ecumenism a fad and said such an attitude causes some to treat it lightly becauae it la new and othera to go over board on it becauae it is dif ferent, "One of the top priority tasks of ths Church Is to change this enthueisem without depth to s deep commltmant with enthusi asm, hs said, FATHER Stransky said thsre Is nssd for dialogus about *c- unwniim within the Church, "We find some ecumsnlsts who can listen patiently for hours with • separate bro ther trying to find that grain of truth on which he can base his dialogue," he said. "But he comes back to ths rectory table and within one minute, when his fellow priest hap pens to dlssgree with him, the dialogue cesses," He called auch persona * ‘non- dialoguing ecumeniita willing to talk to everyone but their own fellow Catholics." College Adds New Twist To Faculty MUSOMA, Tanganyika (NC)— The Maryknoll Father here have added a new twist to their fa culty of Muaoma College. Recently the college hired a mualcal Instructor known local ly as Bwana Twieti, a well- known trumpet player who moonlight* at the Gay Time Bar. So popular la Twisti that all other night spots in Musoma close two nights a week when he la playing. SAYING Father Brendan P. Smith, M.M., of San Francis co, college headmaster: "Bwa na Is a gentleman and a credit to any faculty. Since his ar rival, the music course has become the college's moat popular elective." Twisti wears a plaid cap, black and white shoes and twirls his trumpet constantly. "He's a cool character In a hot place," one priest remarked. How To Understand Liturgical Changes BY ARCHBISHOP PAUL J. HALLINAN La Grange grocery company lUllSHfcS WHOLESALE GROCERS SINCE 1906 LaGrange, Ga. The Citizens & Southern Bank of LaGrange 136 Main Street • Telephone 4681 * MKMBia fDIC V«A *'%S This is the sixth of a aeries of articles written by the Archbishop to assist the people of the Arch diocese of Atlanta in an understanding of the fuller worahip In which they have been called to parti cipate. VL Sacraments of Healing: Penance and Anointing of the Sick At one stage of the Council's debates on the use of the vernacular in the Sacraments, some wanted to keep Latin for the actual form, “I baptize you ... I absolve you, etc." An African biehop begged that this restriction be not imposed. "If we change to a strange language at the very heart of the Sacrament, our people will think we are ueing magic." Has this idea of magic poisoned contemporary Catholice in our Western society? Do we consider Confession in a mechanical way; — tell our sins, get our ‘penance,’ say the act of contrition, get forgiven? Quid pro quo? Has the push-button mentality or today Invaded even our use of the Sacraments? It is to restore the idea of recon ciliation that the Church is now designing new words and actions for the Sacrament, Our sorrow and honesty were presumably heartfelt; the priest's devotion to his role of judge and father was unquestioned. What is aimed at now is a better expression of what is going on. Our confession of sins, our sorrow of heart, and our will to be converted to a life of grace — all are brought together in this Sacrament to be formed by Our Lord's healing power. The priest's words are: "May Our Lord Jesus Christ forgive you .. and by His authority insofar as I am able and you require it, I forgive you .." But if our Catholic people forget thealgn of the sacraments and remember them only as causes, with the Church guaranteeing the result — this looks like sheer mechanism. As Diekmann puts it, "despite our protestations to the contrary, it sounds like Hint II HI T— magic.*' This was one of the chief causes of the Protestant revolt in the sixteenth century. But the sacraments are really signs of Christ's presence. They cause grace because they are Hla actions. When our alns are forgiven, it la Christ who heals. In the new prayers and rites, Christ's actions will be made more apparent. It is difficult to see how the term "Extreme Unc tion" was ever understood. The two words are heavily Latinized, and "Extreme" surely sounds ominous. Now the sacrament is "more fittingly called Anointing of the Sick." And these points are noted! 1. It Is not only for those at the point of death. 2. It should be adminlatered as soon as the per- 8 on begins to be In danger of death from slekness or old age. 3. A continuous rite will be provided when the three sacraments are given together: first, confession, then anointing, then viaticum. rga with the convenience of the occasion; the prayers will vary with the different condi tions of the sick. Every sanctification of man is at once a wor ship of Cod. But, as Diekmann observes, toTow many of our faithful would it nowadays occur that receiving the sacrament of penance is worahip? We all need a review of our theology. Each sacrament is social in nature, yet it is a part of our excessive Individualism that we ask first, “What do I get out of it?" Here too we need to brush the dust off our thinking. The sacraments are signs of salvation, but that salvation la in and through the Church. Even in the aecrecy*o! the confessional or on the lonely sickbed, we are sanctified as members of Christ'* Mystical Body, Not by ourselves. Maddox ftnrcral Homo, liar. Funchal Director* 118 Church Street — Phone TUxcoo 4-8636 National •tLKCTto Mortician* Hudson Maddox, pmsiocnt AMBULANCE SERVICE iafirange, Georgia Gan oral Agent for United Ufa Imurance Co. UNCOftFMUfU) House Furnishings, Radios, Stoves and Ranges 111 lull Slreel LaGrange, Georgia Archbishop Notebook THREE BUSY MEN The three busiest priests in the Archdiocese are Fathers John McDonough, Leonard Mayhew and Bernard Quinn. They are out visiting new parishioners, looking at property, arranging for tem porary places for Mass, trying to find a temporary home. The answer? They are the pastors of our three new parishes of Holy Spirit and Holy Cross in Atlanta and Saint Mark's in Clarksville. Since World War II, the Church in the United States has gone through a growth-development unequalled since the great immi gration waves of the nineteenth century. Since 1956, when Atlanta became a new diocese, our population hae doubled; last year it waa over 43,000, That'* why the pariehes continue to multiply, There ii a quiet pride In the folke wait of Northelde Drive, out In Tucker and Doravllle, up in the northern counties. They know there li work and sacrifice ahead, but they are grateful to be a brand new cell In thii age of renewal, Meanwhile, they are asking for baptism and marriage dates; there are sick to be visited, and Instructions to be given. The new parish is growing already. That's why the pastors are carrying their breviaries, census- cards, real estate maps and even telephone directories in their pockets. TWO ITEMS FROM THE SPQRT PAGE 1, Celebrity stare from Hollywood and Atlanta will cron hate in the big Fourth of July ball-game at Ponce de Leon Park. It should bo a rlotoua affair, the sort of classic that draws fans to watch Caaey Stengel's Mets. And the proceedi will be divided be tween the Village of St. Joeeph'e and several actors' charities on the West Coast. 2, The mystery man on the local team will be one of our priest*, Here are some cluea; he wae signed by Atlanta after a number of seasons in Brooklyn. He bate both lofty and righty, from a lot of experience with both aiseta and liabilities. And he covere a large area of infield with an eye trained by four year* of looking through fllee. Next week: more cluce, TO BE A PATIENT, BE PATIENT To coin a phrase, it'* been a long siege in the hospital. And to phrase a coin, "In God, we trust." Iam grateful to you all for my recovery, through your prayers and remembrances, splendid doc tors and skilled nurses, both religious and lay, and in the divine plan, God's will. This gratitude has helped lessen the prolonga tion of the months, especially since Easter. So I am still part- patient, for medication, rest, testing and diet; but 1 am able to offer Mass more often, get to my office several afternoons a week, and carry on much of my other work here at the hospital. Mean while the liver builds itself back to health. The finest experience is visiting the patients when I can. A fine old man and I were contesting seniority at St. Joseph’s, but he got better rapidly, and was discharged, so 1 won. There was a good athlete who had managed to get fractures in both his wrist and leg sliding into third base, and a little girl who struggled much of the year with an illness that kept he rout of school — now she will have to repeat the seventh grade. They are learning early how to rise above disappointment and discouragement. But three Sisters, all of them suffering much more than 1, have been the real inspiration. It would embarrass them if I were to mention their names. But they can put more meaning into human suffering than all the pious books in the world. As one said, "It's right in the Lord’s prayer — "Thy Will be done.' " i* 44UU4* ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA EXPRESS LANES 1963 Piedmont Circle Bowling at its best. Bring this ad in for free game. La Grange Banking Cornpany La Grange, Georgia LOOK FOR THE BLUE LABEL STOWAWAY Ropetoled oxford in crisp, new cord Widths - N and M Sizes 4 1/2 to 10 Colors White, Beige, Wine Darden-Pattillo, Inv* 127 Main Street LaGrange, Georgia