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SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
PARISH APOSTOLATE
Deacons Serve
Summer Here
Four deacons, to be ordained
to the priesthood in 1965,
served seven weeks this sum
mer in Atlanta parishes.
Reverend Messrs, Glen Da/is,
Paul Kelley whose home is in
Atlanta and Henry Gracz and
James Muciejewski, who are
from Buffalo, New York had
their first experience of aposto
lic activity,
Mr. Davis was stationed with
the Marist Fathers in Sacred
Heart Parish, Atlanta, and also
taught in the Latin school for
boys interested in the priest
hood. Mr. Kelley was station
ed In St. Anthony’s Parish, At
lanta; Mr. Gracz in St. Josepns,
Athens, and Mr. Maciejewski
in St. Johns, Hapeville.
During the seven weeks the
deacons were engaged in giving
instruction, both to pro
spective converts and to those
preparing for marriage. They
preached at Sunday masses,
baptized Infants, brought Holy
Communion to the sick and
trained congregations for
Liturgical participation.
One of the common questions
they encountered concerned
their title. "Some called us
Father; Mi3ter Keverend. .
Reverend Mister Davis told us.
"Someone asked me," he said,
"are you one of the married
deacons from the Council?"
More seriously, thefourdea-
cons recognized some lack of
understanding regarding the
deacon. All four concluded that
their summer experience was a
splendid opportunity to learn
what the faithful need from a
priest. The program was a
help, they concluded to a more
realistic approach to their final
year of seminary preparation.
In comparing notes, they were
able to recognize the distinct
"personality" of the parishes
in which they served. Two of
the parishes were in downtown
Atlanta; one was suburban, and
the other in Athens, a city out
side the metropolitan area.
The order of the diaconate
is one step within the Sacra
ment of Holy Orders. In the
early centuries of Christiani
ty, it was a permanent status
of certain ordained clerics.
Nowadays, it has become a step
on the way to the priesthood.
The central significance of the
order of deacon is the element
of service; first of all, to the
priest in his ministry, through
administration of Baptism, the
Holy Eucharist, and preaching;
from this flows the deacon’s
responsibility to serve the
faithful of the Church, particu
larly the poor.
ECCLESIAM SUAM
REV. Mr. Glenn Davis, as part of his active diaconate here,
signs the baptismal register. Baptism is a traditional function
of the deacon.
1st Encyclical Stresses
Church’s Unique Role
SEE COMPLETE TEXT IN SUPPLEMENT INSERT
SIGNS FIRST ENCYCLICAL - Pope Paul VI is seen affixing his signature to the Encyclical Letter
Ecclesiam Suam (His Church), the first such document of his pontificate. The ceremony took place
in the papal summer villa at Castelgandolfo.
OLD FORTRESS CITY
Pope’s Flight To Shrine
Keeps John’s Promise
HERE Mr. Davis la shown preaching. In addition to baptizing
and preaching, a deacon's parish duties include religious in-
structldn and visiting the sick.
ORVIETO, Italy (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has fulfilled a promise
made by his predecessor Pope
John XXIII and has come to this
shrine city on pilgrimage.
He came seven centuries
after Pope Urban IV in this very
city decreed that the Feast of
Corpus Christi be observed
throughout the Catholic Church.
He venerated the miraculous
corporal, still stained with
blood that streamed front a
a Host broken during a Mass
seven centuries ago, which
prompted Pope Urban to ex
tend the feast to the entire
Church.
THE CORPORAL, a piece of
linen on which the Host is
placed, is housed in the
Orvieto cathedral. The miracu
lous event connected with it
happened in the nearby town of
Bolsena. A priest who doubted
the real presence of Christ in
the form of bread was cele
brating Mass. When he broke
the Host during his Mass it
dripped blood on the corporal.
The corporal was moved from
Bolsena to the cathedral, where
it is exhibited only rar.ely.
This most modern of Popes
chose a helicopter to travel
from his summer villa at
Castelgandolfo, 15 miles south
east of Rome, to the shrine
city, 60 miles northeast of
Rome, a 50-minute journey.
ALTHOUGH the ancient
fortress city of Orvieto had
been a place of refuge for
popes fleeting the turbulence of
medieval Rome and had even
been a place of residence for
many, the last pope to visit
it was Pius IX in 1857.
The Pope’s decision to travel
by helicopter gave him a diplo
matic means of turning down
a flood of invitations from the
communities along his travel
route. A Vatican official said,
however, that the Pope’s af
finity for modern things also
entered into his decision to
take the helicopter.
ORVIETO, perched on a
rocky crag, provides a risky
landing place even for a heli
copter. The Pope’s advisors
chose to have him debark from
the craft at the foot of the
city's spectacular cliffs and
take the steep road the rest
of the way. The return journey
at night was made completely
by road.
Bishop Virginio Dondeo of
Orvieto greeted the Pope on
his arrival near the imposing
cliffs. The Pope then drove to
the town itself by a winding
road clinging to the side of
the cliffs,
BISHOP Dondeo is the suc
cessor of the bishop to whom
Pope John made his promise
to visit Orvieto. He did not
live to fulfill his promise, but
Pope Paul filfilled it for him.
A cheering throng crowded
the vast piazza in front of the
cathedral for the Pope's ar
rival. The time he chose for
the arrival, about 5 p.m,, was
regarded as a complement to
the cathedral, since that is the
time when a setting sun strikes
the gold and polychrome
mosaics that cover the entire
front of the Italian - Gothic
church.
INSIDE the cathedral, waiting
to greet the Pontiff, were
Amleto Cardinal Cicognani,
Papal Secretary of State;
Gustavo Cardinal Testa, Secre
tary of the Congregation for
the Oriental Church, and Luigi
Cardinal Traglia, Pro - Vicar
General of Rome,
The Pope passed down the
aisle lined with thousands of
the faithful and venerated the
miraculous corporal, whichhad
been exposed for the occasion.
POPE PAUL vested and then
began the celebration of Mass.
He gave a brief sermon and
distributed Holy Comunion.
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC)
• The unique role of the Church
as God’s means of saving all
mankind and the importance of
man’s recognition of this role
formed the core of the first
encyclical of Pope Paul Vi’s
reign.
The encyclical, called Ec
clesiam Suam from the open
ing Latin words of the almost
15,000-word document, was re
leased to the world on Aug. 10
but was dated Aug. 6, the feast
of the Transfiguration of Christ.
IN ADDITION to a detailed
study of the nature of the Church
as God's means of saving man
kind, the encyclical also con
tained a denunciation of atheism
that called it "the most seri
ous problem of our time,"
Moreover, the Pope explicitly
renewed his predecessors'con
demnation of "ideological sys
tems which deny God and op
press the Church, systems
which are often identified with
economic, social and political
regimes, among which atheistic
communism is the chief."
The document hailed the ecu
menical movements toward
unity to be found among Chris
tian churches today but made it
clear that the primacy of the
pope cannot be sacrificed. Not
ing that many non - Catholic
Christians regard the primacy
of the pope as a "stumbling-
block" and maintain that if it
were abandoned the reunion of
churches would be easier, Pope
Paul declared;
"We beg the separated bre
thren to consider the incon
sistency of this position, not
only in that, without the pope,
the Catholic Church would no
longer be Catholic, but also be
cause, without the supreme, ef
ficacious and decisive pastoral
office of Peter, the unity of the
Church of Christ would utterly
collapse."
THE ENCYCLICAL is divided
into three main parts with a
short introduction.
The first part deals with the
need for the Church to be more
aware of its divine nature and
its role in the salvation of man
kind.
The second part deals with
the need for renewal and re
form within the Church so that
it can continue to carry out
its mission more effectively.
The final part deals with the
relation of the Church to all
mankind and with "the world
in which it exists and labors."
was not intended to be a solemn
and strictly doctrinal docu
ment, "nor to propose particu
lar moral or social teachings."
Instead, he wrote, it was written
"merely to communicate a fra
ternal and informal message"
to the bishops of the world.
At the outset of the first sec
tion of the document the Pope
stated; "We think that it is a
duty today for the Church to
deepen the awareness that she
must have of herself, of the
treasures of truth of which she
is the heir and custodian, and
of her mission in the world."
Calling for a "living, pro
found and conscious act of faith
in Jesus Christ," the Pope de
clared that "the Church needs
to reflect on herself. She needs
to feel the throb of her own
life. She must learn to know
herself better, if he wishes to
live her own proper vocation
and to offer to the world her
message of brotherhood and
salvation,"
THE POPE noted that the
Church "has her roots deep
in mankind" and that she suf
fers from historical trials and
changes. At present, he said,
"mankind's range of thought,
culture and spirit has been
intimately modified either by
scientific, technical and social
progress or by the currents
of philosophical and political
thought which overwhelm or
pass through it. All of this, like
the waves of an ocean, envelope,
and agitates the Church itself.*’
For these reasons, the Pope
said, the Church and all' its
members need to have a deeper
awareness "of what she really
is according to the mind of
Christ, as preserved in Sacred
Scripture and in tradition and as
interpreted and developed by
the authentic tradition of the
Church, which is, as we know,
enlightened and guided by the
Holy Spirit."
To accomplish this deepen
ing of awareness, the Pope
recommended reading on the
subject of the Church. He paid
tribute to the many scholars
who in recent years have de
voted much study to this field.
The ecumenical council too, he
said, will have contributions
to make.
AT THIS point the Pope made
it clear that he was not express
ing his views on matters still
be studied by the council. He
said: "It is our desire to leave
full liberty of study and dis
cussion to such an Important
and authoritative assembly. In
virtue of our office of teacher
and pastor and placed at the
head of the Church of God, we
reserve to ourselves the choice
of the proper moment and man
ner of expressing our Judgment,
most happy if we can present
it in perfect accord with that
of the council Fathers."
EXPLAINED
Some Major Emphases
In New Encyclical
After Mass, the Pope left
the cathedral and drove away
from the square, blessing the
thousands waving goodby to him.
Archbishop Will Speak
ST. LOUIS (NC)—Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta,
Ga„ one of two American mem
bers of the commission estab
lished to implement the Vati
can council’s liturgy decree,
will be a featured speaker at
the 1964 national Liturgioal
Week here .Aug. 24 to 27.
Nearly 20,000 people are ex
pected to attend the meeting,
whose theme will be "the
Challenge of the Council: Per
son, Parish, World."
Other speakers will include
Bishop Charles A, Buswell of
Pueblo, Colo,. Father God
frey Diekmann, O, S. B., edi
tor of Worship magazine Mich
ael Novak, author and lectur
er, and Father Rollins Lambert
of Chicago. Novak and Father
Lambert will present comp
anion talks on the Church in
the world and the kiyaosn In
parish life respectively.
Anti-Smut Drive
NEW YORK (NC)-- Mayor
Robert Wagner has opened a new
drive against salacious publi
cations and smut-peddlers here.
'The Church has something
to say. The Church has a mes
sage to deliver," the Pope said,
POPE PAUL summed up the
aim of his first encyclical very •
early in the document when he
wrote: "We propose to ourself
in this encyclical the task of
showing more clearly to all men
the Church’s importance for the
salvation of mankind and her
heartfelt desire that the Church
and mankind should meet each
other and should come to know
and love each other."
The Pope made it clear that
he did not intend his encyclical
to interfere with the work of the
Second Vatican Council. He said
that the council’s work "should
not be disturbed by this simple
conversational letter of ours.
Rather it is to be commended
and encouraged."
The Pope also said his letter
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy 0*2)
• Pope Paul VI mtde the fol
lowing mtin points in his first
encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam:
• He stressed the Church's
importance for man’s salvation
and its wish that the Cnurch
and mankind should "come to
know and love each other."
• He called on the Church
to deepen its awareness of it
self and strive for internal
renewal and reform.
• -He reminded Catholics of
the need to "exercise the virtue
of obedience" and told them
that a spirit of criticism and
rebellion does no: accord with
charity.
• He pledged to go beyond
"a watchful and understanding
f
FATHER Simon Slattery has ar
rived from Ireland to serve at
St. Tliomas More, Decatur (see
story on page 6).
interest" regarding world
peace and "to be ready to in
tervene ... to find honor
able and fraternal solutions"
to international disputes.
• He hailed the ecumenical
movement, but upheld the pri
macy of the pope, while ac
knowledging that sonm? separat
ed Christians look on it as an
obstacle to unity.
• He promised to work with
non-Catholic leaders for unity
and urged that we stress
"what we have in common
rather than what divides us,"
• He praised the respect for
religious and human values
shown by non - Christian re
ligions, such as Judaism and
Islam,
• He emphasized the need for
dialogue between the Church and
the modem world motivated
solely by "fervent and unselfish
love."
• -He warned, however, that
die "desire to come together as
brothers" must not lead to
watering down the truth or
weakening Catholic "attach
ment to the Faith."
• He denounced atheism as
the "most serious problem of
our times" and renewed the
Church’s condemnation of com
munism.
•- He said he had no intention
of excluding communists and
other atheists from the dialogue
with the Church even if they
cannot always take part in it
because they do not have "suf
ficient freedom of thought and
action,"
