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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964
GEORGIA BULLETLN
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TO SERRA
Cardinal Urges
Clergy-Laymen
CLEVELAND (NC)~ Albert
Cardinal Meyer called for bet
ter understanding of the role
priest and layman must play
in the same mission—the sal
vation of all. The Archbishop
of Chicago addressing the clos
ing banquet of the 22nd Serra
International convention here
(June 24), cautioned the 1,700
delegates and friends that total
collaboration between priest
and laymen is necessary.
"The laity will bear fruit in
proportion as it grows in the
understanding and use of the
especially consecrated minis
try of the priesthood,” the car
dinal said.
"THE PRIEST'S own apos-
tolate will grow in vitality and
fruitfulness the better he un
derstands the place of the laity
in the Mystical Body, and the
consecrated role which they
have in virtue of their own
Baptism and Confirmation" he
declared.
The cardinal told the Serrans
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dence of priests and lay people.
He emphasized that the de
mand of the time is for priests
who are fully men and men who
are fully priests, willing to
learn from the school of life.
THE TIME also demands, he
continued, that laymen be fully
Catholic—"Catholics absorbed
in their Christian life; to whom
Christianity is important, and
whose attachments to the Church
are not just the result of social
environment or family tradi
tion, but a personal willingness
and a total commitment.”
Cardinal Meyer said Church
officials welcome the scrutiny
which the training of future
priests receive from the laity
—and Church officials should
also welcome the scrutiny the
laity gives to the ministry of
the priests.
"We ask only that the scruti
ny be made with true discern
ment; that it be an examination
carried out in humility, capable
of distinguishing the transcen
dent from the immanent—and
above all, derived from a lofty
and true understanding of the
nature and mission of the priest
in the total mission of the
priest in the total mission of
the Church,” he said.
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O’Callaghan, Newman Club
chaplain at Los Angeles City
College, urged the Serrans to
consider the possibility of their
movement becoming involved in
the Newman Club programs.
He pointed out that there has
not been too much publicized
evidence of the Serra leader
ship at the college level and
suggested efforts in the direc
tion of counseling, retreats,
scholarships and libraries.
Father O’Callaghan said one
of the more effective areas of
the Serrans’ leadership could
be among Catholics on the secu
lar college campus. He urged
members to make themselves
available for consultation or as
discussion leaders during gen
eral retreats; or to sponsor
workshops geared for students
interested in the priesthood.
BISHOP John J. Wright of
Pittsburgh told the Serrans die
best school for vocations is the
family. He said the family is
the school where a maturing
Christian discovers divine pro
vidence; the school of heroism,
maturity, learning, and civili
zation.
The family should be organiz
ed around the mother, he con
tinued, with the father as head,
for stability and proper lead
ership.
HE SAID in today’s society
too many competitors are try
ing to force Christ out of the
lives of teenagers. One cure, he
said, is for parents to allow
their teenagers to grow up and
mature quickly rather than
making perennial teenagers of
them.
The delegates elected Thom
as P. Coughlan of Mankato,
Minn., president. He succeeds
Matthew H. McCloskey III, Phil
adelphia. Coughlan is a trustee
of St. Catherine College; chair
man of the board of lay advisors
of the School Sisters of Notre
Dame; a member of the advi
sory boards of St. Mary College
and Assumption Seminary.
Others elected were: Joseph
M. Fitzgerald, Miami, Fla.,
first vice president; Joseph
Doyle, Los Angeles, second vice
president; Thomas Day, Toron
to, Ont., secretary; John C.
Daugherty, Beaumont, Tex.,
treasurer; Frank M. Carey Jr.,
Oklahoma City; Leroy F. Jar-
rett, Springfield, Mass.; Igna
tius E. Morrison, Seattle; James
B. Reidy, Tucson; Marvin
Evans, Evansville, Ind., and Jan
M. J. Berbers, Montevideo,
Uruguay, trustees.
QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE
Wallace Bid Sets Problem
For Louisiana Catholics
MAYOR IVAN Allen, Police Chief Jenkins and Very Rev. Harold
J, Rainey, Archdiocesan Chancellor, at practice for Saturday’s
battle against the Hollywood All-Stars.
PAUUST SEES
Church Changing
Its Self-Image
BY FATHER MURRAY CLAYTON
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
BATON ROUGE, La.—Amidst
cheers and applause, Confede
rate flag-waving, and a raised
placard bidding all to "Behold
the Chosen One,” Gov. George
C. Wallace of Alabama entered
the jam-packed House chamber
of Louisiana’s state capltol.
For many present his advent
was truly messianic. He had
come to save.
WHOM? Not justfreedom lov
ing, Constitution-minded citi
zens of Louisiana, but millions
of their brethren on both sides
of the Mason-Dixon line who
long to be released from "the
liberal left wing dogma which
now threatens to engulf every
man woman and child in the
United States.”
HOW? By capturing control
of enough electoral votes to
hold a balance of power that
would force this year's presi
dential election into the House
of Representatives where con
cessions to states' rights de
mands could be bargained for.
Why the Southern cause would
fare so well in this House that
passed the civil rights bill with
ease, has not yet been made
clear.
NEW YORK (NC)—The Cath
olic Church is being forced to
reevaluate its claim of being the
unique instrument of God’s sal
vation, a Paulist priest told
members of the Catholic Theo
logical Society of America here.
Speaking at the 19th annual
convention of the society (June
23), Father Thomas F, Stran-
sky, C,S,P„ a member of the
Vatican’s Secretariat for Chris
tian Unity, declared that the
modern Church is a tiny island
In a sea of unbelief. And, he
said, if the Church is to be re
garded as more than a sect, it
has to carry on its "redemp
tive dialogue” with a world in
which Christians are a small
minority.
IT IS this realization, said
Father Stransky, that has led the
Church in the past 20 years to
shift from St, Paul's image of
the Church as the Mystical Body
of Christ to the current notion
of it as the People of God the
Father, and His Family.
‘THE CHURCH must learn
to discern amid the rapid evo
lution of the world, those fer
ments, those movements of the
Holy Spirit which evidence
Christ’s promise of a more
abundant life among men as
they search for new political,
social and cultural achieve
ments," said Father Stransky.
The Paulist priest was one
of many speakers at the four-
day meeting of the theological
society. Father Gerald Van
Ackeren, S,J„ of St. Mary’s
College, St, Mary, Kan., was
elected new president of the
society, succeeding Msgr,
Richard T, Doherty of St, Paul
Seminary, St, Paul, Minn, The
newly-elected vice president is
Father Eamon Carroll, O.
Carrn,, of the Catholic Univer
sity of America, Washington,
D.C.
T WAS announced at the
closing of the convention that
the Cardinal Spellman Award,
given annually for achievement
in theology, has been awarded
to Father Barnabas Ahern, C,
P., a Vatican council expert on
Scripture who teaches at the
Passionist Fathers' seminary
in Louisville, Ky. The award
will be presented at a later
date. '
How To Understand
Liturgical Changes
BY ARCHBISHOP PAUL J. HALLINAN
This is the seventh of a aeries of articles
written by the Archbishop to assist the people
of the Archdiocese of Atlanta In an understanding
of the fuller worship to which they have been
called to participate,
VII, Sacraments of our State In Life: Matrimony
and Ordars
We come to those two sacrament! which are
unmlstakeably social, -- designed for the com
munity, Through Christian marriage, a man and
woman are united in Christ In order that their
mutual love may have its fulfillment, that children
born to their responsibility may have a Chris
tian formation as well ai natural care, Through
the Chriatlan priesthood, a young man is selected
by the Church from hii companions and dedicated
to the apeclal talks that pertain to God’s work,
Aaaociated with theie two aacramenta are the
profession of religious (men and women) and the
dedication to a single life in the world, This
latter, if rellgloualy motivated, la a apiritual
"aacrament” of acceptance, renunciation and
•elf-denial.
Yet here again the Inroads of our secularized
aociety have left their marki, Reading a news
paper account of a modern marriage would never
indicate any apiritual content. It appears rather
as a faahion-show or the genealogical and social
biography of a success atory. Usually the groom
is de-emphasized, or even eliminated, The society
editors do not cause this truncated version of
Christian marriage; they merely reflect it. The
fact is that the sacrament of marriage, — two
made one by God’s action, — has been smothered
by the more expensive details of a wedding.
The Holy Orders of a priest have not been
secularized in this manner, but even the ordi
nation is likely to become secondary to the First
Mats, In the renewal of Christian life envisioned
by the Fathers of Vatican 11, both of theae sacra
ments need re-examlnatlon.
For matrimony, the following guide - lines are
provided:
1, The grace of this aacrament will be more
clearly signified in the new rite,
2, The duties of both spousei (not just the
bride) are to be incorporated in a new prayer
of bleating.
3, The sacrament is normally to be cele
brated within the Man after the Goapel and
homily,
4, But if apart from the Maas, the Epistle
and Goapel of the Nuptial Maas are to be read,
and the Nuptial Blessing given,
5, The sacrament may be enriched by "other
praiae-worthy cuatoma and ceremonies" already
in use, or a new rite, deaigned by the blahops of
a region, suited to the usages of place and people.
The ceremonies and texti of ordination are
to be reviled, with at lent the bishop'* open
ing address to the people in English. So too
there will be a reviaion of the rite for the con-
aecratlon of virgina and for the religioua pro
fession and renewal of vowi, "Greater unity,
sobriety and dignity” will be the norms,
Liturgy sanctifies, but it also instructs. It
is the Council’s earnest hope that a more realistic
view of the sacraments will be taught by the new
changes. We are not asked to repudiate the past,
only to purify it. We are asked to resist the
lingering of past sentimentalities and the pres
sures of today’s secular appetities.
We already have come to appreciate the di
rectness of our "Amen" when the priest says
"Corpus Christ!” at communion. Christ through
His Church acts upon us, We through His Church
respond in our human way, It is no place for
empty formulas or sterile gestures.
right to private ownership was
not without appeal, and at times
reflected solid, papal doctrine.
But when the governor warned
his Baton Rouge listeners
against "left-wingers who are
talking about human rights that
have to be placed above prop
erty rights,” he effectively lob
bed an entire array of Roman
Pontiffs right into the "left
wingers" camp.
FOR AN "official” repre
sentative of religion, sitting
Roman collar-clad, near the
speaker’s stand, Gov. Wallace’s
address had its uncomfortable
moments.
Referring to his primary
campaigns in the North, he made
explicit mention of the opposi
tion he had to overcome "from
all the churches,” and "in the
church on Sunday."
BUT EVEN more fuffling to
sacerdotal composure were his
repeated references to the en
thusiastic support given to him
by "many fine Polish Ameri
cans,” "Serbian Americans,”
"Italian Americans,” and
"German Americans.” There
was the Serbian band which
played "Way Down Upon the
Swanee River, ” and the Milwau
kee crowd that sang "Dixie”
in Polish. “And I can tell you
that it sounds mighty good be
ing sung in Polish," he added.
If Gov. Wallace is to bring
Louisiana into his fold, he must
carry a sizable percentage of
the Catholic vote, for the bulk
of voting power lies in the heavi
ly populated French sections of
south Louisiana.
As Catholics of the state set
about wrestling with theirmoral
convictions, untangling reason
from emotion, and prejudice
from politics, they will—come
November—admit in under
standable exhaustion that with
George Wallace trying to seize
the reins, a Louisiana hayride
can be an agonizing jaunt.
In making his presentation the
governor resorted to familiar
gimmicks. He invoked the glor
ies of the Constitution, states’
rights, free enterprise and an
impressive litany of Southern
patriots, while heaping coals of
fire upon the Supreme Court,
the National Press Club, liber
al left wingers, the civil rights
bill and Time magazine. At
times response from the listen
ers reached tent revival pro
portions,
ANY FEARS that racism would
rear its ugly head were put to
rest with a piety geared to make
the devil sweat holy water: "1
have never in my life made a
remark reflecting on anyone be
cause of his race, colbr, creed
or national origin, and I don’t
intend to, because I—unlike
some of the liberals—I believe
there is a God, and He made all
of us, and He loves all of us.”
The applause was chamber-
rattling. God had not only been
professed, He had even been
effectively lined up against at
least "some of the liberals.”
THE VERY presence of Gov.
Wallace’s name on Louisiana's
November presidential ballot
will raise touchy problems of
conscience for Catholic voters
of the state.
Wallace's name on the Loui
siana ballot is due largely to
the efforts and energy of Lean-
der Perez, an excommunicated
Catholic. Among racial extrem
ists of the state, Perez is god:
now, apparently, Wallace is his
prophet.
A VOTE for Wallace, then,
will be a vote for Perez, who
continues from hla Valhalla of
Plaquemines Pariah county to
hurl thunder bolts of defiance
and ridicule against Church au
thorities.
But even more serious la the
question of supporting one
whose leadership in racial mat
ters has helped cause ever in
creasing tension and violence.
Gov. Wallace's eloquent de
fense here of the constitutional
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crews have leveled the house
m irking the site of the death
of Matt Talbot, the reformed
alcoholic whose beatification
process is now under way.
It waa in front of the old
house on Granby Lane that
Talbot collapsed and died while
on his wsy to the nearby St,
Saviour’a Dominican church.
Virtually the last thing to be
removed was the little shrine
consisting of a plaque, sur
mounted by a cross, inset in
the wall, and bearing the in
scription: "This is the place
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