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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1964 ‘MODUS VIVENDI’ Tunisia Accord With Holy See VATICAN CITY (NC)—The Holy See and Tunisia have reached an agreement ensuring the Church freedom of action in that Moslem country and the transfer of many church build ings and properties to the Tu nisian government without com pensation. Among the terms of the agreement, it was revealed in an “authoritative" articles pu blished in the Vatican City daily, L'Osservatore Roman, it has been agreed that the present archdiocese of Cathage will be reduced to the status of the independent prelature of TUnia. A Vatican press office bulletin termed the agreement a “mo dus vivendi." IN THE accompanying article in the Vatican City daily, a “modus vivendi" was des cribed as a diplomatic inter national conventionwhich“does not constitute a complete or wholly satisfactory settlement of the various questions con cerning relations between the Church and state in a given country." In the absence of such a settlement, “evidently immature or not yet possible, the “modus vivendi" alms at ensuring at least certain con ditions indispensable for the life of the Church and for its rela tions with state authorities and organizations." This modus vivendi is the fruit of a long period of ne gotiations between the Holy See» and Tunisia, resulting in part from the wholesale migration of Italian and French settlers from Tunisia after it passed from French control to the status of an independent country in 1959. A Vatican press office bul letin announced the results of the negotiations with the fol lowing statement; “ON JUNE 27, by an ex change of diplomatic notes be tween Amleto Cardinal Cicig- nani. Papal Secretary of State, and Mongi Slim, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Tunisian Republic, a 'modus vivendi' was signed between the Holy See and Tunisia re garding the juridical situation of the Church and the republic. “The exchange of the instru ments for ratification of the agreement—which is accom panied by an additional protocol and other documents which are part of it—took place today (July 9) at Tunis. On the part of the Holy See, the plenipo tentiaries were Msgr. (Agos- tino) Casaroli, Undersecre tary of the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiasti cal Affairs, and nunciature counselor, Msgr. Luigi Poggl; on-the part of tve Tunisian Republic, were Taleb Sahbanl, Secretary General of the State Secretariat for Foreign Affairs, and Mohamed Senoussl, juri dical advisor of the Tunisian go vernment." IN THE L'Osservatore Ro mano article, which the press bulletin described as “authori tative," it was pointed out that the agreement is the “first diplomatic agreement between the Holy See and the government of a nation which has entered Ialan.ism into its constitution ac die state religion and in which those who belong to the Catholic religion have so far represented a minority living on Tunisian soil." 14 PET.,i>you betl PET MUM COMHH1 DAiav DIVISION 99 For Convoniont Homo Delivery In Atlanta Call 636-8677 HvtiuteutCA tit ail Ui If&im&l 9( U'i umUUh, m untile it, . . Sutter & Mdeltan U22 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG, JAckson 3-2086 WHINS INSUNANCf • A NNONSSSION NOT A SIDKUNI INVITATION NATIONAL LITURGICAL CONVENTION ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AUGUST 24/2 7 BE PART OF THE ATLANTA DELEGATION LEARN FROM EXPERTS THE MEANING OF THE LITURGY RENEWAL IMPORTANT FOR: PRIESTS RELIGIOUS TEACHERS PARENTS LAY LEADERS CHOIRS ORGANISTS LECTORS COMMENTATORS CONTACT: REV, LEONARD F, X. MAYHEW P.O. 11667 - NORTHSIDE STATION ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305 Whf ifit fef HOLY CROSS PARISH MASSES: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 In Cary Reynolds School 3498 Pine St.,Drvl. MOST OFFICIALS Support Shared Time Concepts WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNb, More than 60 per cent of 183 public school superintendents polled in a National Education Association study said that on the basis of their experience with shared time programs of instructlw, they would recom mend the practice to other school syscems. Believed to be the flrsp na tionwide survey in the field, the NEA study report attempt ed to reach no conclusion or recommendations as it high lighted the problems, advan tages and disadvantages of such arrangements. THE NEA study is confined to arrangements in which non public, usually Roman Catholic, schools send their pupils to public schools for instruction in one or more subjects during a regular school day. All schools Involved had enroll ments of 300 or more. The report 1* based on in formation drawn from question naires aent to achool superin tendents who reaponded to an earlier NEA poll of school sys tems. While it did not cover all shared time arrangements In the country nor even a repre sentative sample of them, the number of replies produced some insights into the workings of shared time, observers said. STATES with the largest humber of shared time pro grams reported were Michigan (42), Ohio (36), Pennsylvania (31), Illinois (27), Wisconsin (25), Minnesota (13), Indiana (11) and Missouri (10). , Industrial arts, vocational education and home economics were the subjects most fre quently provided by the public schools. Others, in the order of frequency, Included instrumen tal music, physical education, phyeics, chemistry, driver training, advanced mathema tics, foreign languages, general science, and business and cleri cal subjecta. Three of the 183 public schools reporting provided English courses, four offered art, and only “one or two" gave social studies courses to non-public school students. In reply to the question: “In the light of your experience, would i you .-advise school dis tricts to provide a program of shared time?" 63 per cent of the superintendents answered “Yes," 9 per cent said “No," and remainder either did not answer or gave qualified re plies, NEARLY HALF of the super intendents said shared time had brought good relationships be tween parochial and the public schools and greater public school support from Catholics. “We were able to secure a favorable vote on a new build ing bond issue on our Initial attempt," said an Illinois sup erintendent. A Michigan school head said; “Perhaps this is the reason there has never been an organized opposition from pa rochial parents on public school issues." Almost one-third of the sup erintendents expressed concern WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)~ According to the Louis Harris Poll, U.S, public opinion op poses, by an almost 2 to 1 margin, the campaign of Nor thern students to assist Negro voter registration in Missis sippi. Only 31 percent of these in terviewed, Mr. Harris said, endorsed the students' pro gram. Fifty-seven per cent were opposed, while 12 per cent were undecided, SOME 700 Northern students were expected to be at work throughout Mississippi by mid- July. The program was being di rected by the Council of Fe derated Organizations (COFO), a coalition of four civil rights groups — the Mississippi branches of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE), Stu dent Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Southern Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The National Council of Churches' Commission on Re ligion and Race is cooperating with the student program, hav ing conducted orientation ses sions at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, and Le- Moyne College at Memphis, Tenn. ACCORDING to Dr. R.H. Ed win Espy, general secretary the NCC agency has not recruit ed students for the Mississippi Summer Program. "We have recruited respon sible ministers and lawyers to counsel and assist all stu- over the fact that such courses as industrial arts, vocational education and business educa tion are “expensive to offer and qualified teachers of such sub jects are difficult to find." For this reason, they held, paro chial school children often would be deprived of such edu cation, were it not for shared time programs. “The education of all children Is the responsibility of the pub lic schools," said a Pennsyl vania superintendent. “If this can be done through a shared time program, I am in favor if it." dents participating," he said recently. “The NCC orienta tion program was designed to apprise them of the real risks Involved and to prepare them spiritually for this very de manding experience." According to the Harris Poll, copyrighted by the Washing ton Post, the nation is over whelmingly behind the use of federal troops in Mississippi If violence breaks out or the state's officials refuse to com ply with desegregation orders, SEVENTY-EIOHT per cent would support President John son's use of troops to curb violence, whlls 72 per cent would support such a move if It became apparent that state and local officials would defy the Civil Rights Act and court orders directing segregation. In each case, Mr. Harris reported, more than half the Southern white residents res ponding favored use of federal troops In either case. Hails Rights Act CHARLESTON, S.C. (NC)—Bi shop Francis F, Reh of Charles ton said here that the new civil rights law provides a "legal framework within which all men can fulfill their Christian ob ligations of Justice and love," Abstainers Meet NEW YORK (NC) — The 92nd annual convention of the Catho lic Total Abstinence Union of America will be held Aug, 9-11 at the Statler Hilton Hotel here. IN MOST communities paro chial schools go only through the eighth grade. Shared time ar rangements in the seventh and eighth grade, a number of sup erintendents noted, helped ease the way of parochial school pupils into the public high school. Twenty-five superintendents expressed convictions that the public schools are established for the education of all child ren; that parents of parochial, school pupils help finance the public schools and are there fore entitled to benefits from them. Most of the disadvantages cit ed were problems of adminis tration — scheduling, trans portation, student control, stu dent activities and record main tenance. Sixteen superintendents not ed that shared time strengthen ed their own school offerings. A Minnesota school leader re ported that his school was able to establish an agricultural de partment only after the addition of parochial pupils made en rollment large enough to Justi fy it. Similarly, he said, the school band was greatly en hanced by the added numbers of parochial school pupils. ONE SUPERINTENDENT said, “Discipline is sometimes a problem because these students think we have no right to dis cipline them." Holy days, when Catholic children are not required to attend school, also raised prob lems if parochial school and public school children were in the same classes. Some public school men said their facilities were already crowded and shared time pro grams added further strain. Another problem in some areas was the lack of state re- lmbursment for part-time stu dents, The NEA study showed that most shared time arrangements are negotiated on a year-to- year basis. Once the school boards have approved the policy in principle, details are left to be worked out by the principals of the participating schools. Arrangements are usually in formal and are rarely reduced to writing. SUBJECTS provided are us ually limited by the availability of space, personnel and time in the public schools. It is usually the parochial school that ad justs its schedule to that of the public school. MISSISSIPPI PROTECT Poll Reveals Anti- Student Viewpoint Peachtree Road Pharmacy PICK UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE l CALL CE 7-6466 4062 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta NELSON RIVES REALTY 3669 GLAIRMONT ROAD CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE SALES, RENTALS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PHONE: 451-2323 IRAN: MEET SISTER P0UILART IN IRAN, (ancient Persia), the city of ISFAHAN is famous for Its mosques, its bazaar, and the Persian carpets it produces. Its atmosphere is exotic, old-world Moslem.—And. then, shockingly, you meet Sister Pouilart . . . Wiry and vivacious, with exhaustion in her eyes. French horn Sister Pouilart 9 loves the sick. The reason, if you ^ ask. is simple: “Our Lord loved them.” she says . . . She tells you how you can help the sick. She shows you lontc..lin«s of ragged. half starved youngsters waiting in the heat outdoors for medicines, innocu rvt Holy rnskar’s Mission Aid lations, sometimes food . . . You go tor she Orient si Church with her into an old building, the property of the Sisters of Charity, which she hopes to convert intn a clln«e for expectant mothers. “With very little money.’ she says. ”we can save hundreds of lives Just by giving expect ant mothers the proper care. We can save the infants, too M's the best way to show Moslems that Christians love them.” . . . M ill you help Sister Pouilart? No gift ($1, $2. 85, 810) In too small—but Sr. Pouilart needs large gifts, too. A sanitary bathroom, for instance, will cost 8250. The entire clinic, an excellent memorial for a loved one, will cost 82,800 . . . It’s hard to refuse Sister Pouilart. She has exhkustlon in her eyes Please do alt you ran. A LOT FOR A LITTLE WHAT IN TIIF. WORLD can you get for 81? In Now York. Chicago. Snn Francisco, 81 won’t buy much. In IRAN (only 1H hours from N'rw York by nlr), however, 81-a-dsy supports « priest or Sister ... 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