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i * THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETLN PAGE 3 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 Remodeling Free Estimates & Planning Room Additions Kitchens Modernized Roofing-Siding Painting Concrete & Block References Gladly Given F.H.A. Terms N. Atlanta Constr. Co. 231-1514 —a group of professional and business men devoted to pro moting priestly vocations—to dedicate themselves to the re discovery of the profound rela tionship and mutual interdepen 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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Stafford, Rosldont Manager SUITE 736, BANK OF GEORGIA BUILDING. PHONE JAckeon 2-6834 ATLANTA, GA., 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 Matt Talbot House Razed DUBLIN fls’C) — Demolition 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. 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