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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1964 DELEGATE SAYS Pope Continues Liberal Policy EDMONTON, Alta. (NC) — The new apostolic delegate to Canada expressed confidence Pope Paul VI will continue the liberal work undertaken by the late Pope John XXIII. Archbishop Sergio Pingne- doii expressed the opinion at a press conference here in reply to a question about t he pos sibility that Pope Paul's first- encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam, reflected a return to the con servatism in vogue at the Vati can prior to the reign of Pope John. THE POPE’S representative in Canada acknowledged that he had not yet read carefully and fully the text of the ency clical, which was released Aug. Siena College LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NC)— Father Brain F. EXiffy, O.F.M., has been appointed the fifth president of 27-year-old Siena College here. He succeeds Fa ther Edmund F. Christy, O.F.- M„ who served as president nine years and has been trans ferred to Holy Name College, Washington, D.C, Father Duffy, a native of New York, has been dean of the Franciscan College for the last six years. 10, but added he believed any one who felt it signaled a change from Pope John’s policy must have misunderstood the spirit of the encyclical. "Pope Paul,"the archbishop said, "has a mentality which is very open in all things and he has repeatedmany times that he will continue the work star ted by Pope John." Archbishop Pignedoli was here (Aug. 12) for a visit with Archbishop Anthony Jordan, 0. M. L, and retired Archbishop John H, MacDonald of the De monton archidiocese. The apo stolic delegate has been spend ing his first month in Canada in a coast-to-coast trip on visits to all Canadian archbishops. THE POPE’S new represent ative arrived in Canada July 21 to take over his new duties. For the last four years he had been apostolic delegate to the Central West African States with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. When he was asked about the effect of the Catholic Church on emerging African nations, Archbishop Pignedoli replied; "It is tremendous. Twelve new dioceses were formed dur ing the four vears I was there. POPE PAUL VI receives gift of a canary and a gilt bird cage from townspeople of Orvi- eto, Italy. The Holy Father presided at the 7th centenary of the institution of the feast of Corpus Christ!. IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS RV JESUIT PRIESTS Weekends For Men And Weekend* For Women 6700 Riverside Drive N. W. 255-0503 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 BROTHER REPORTS Maryknoll Bishop In Good Health In Chinese Jail 9+vU4/iartce in all iti I&uhA,! 9ilk written, u^iUe it . . . Sutter & Mdellan 1422 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG. JAckson 5-2086 WHKflK INSURANCE IS A PROFESSION NOT A SIDELINE JUST PUBLISHED! "How To Understand Changes In The Liturgy BY ARCHBISHOP PAUL J. HALLINAN With a Foreword By Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis. The first concise guide for the laity. An invaluable aid for parochial groups. 25{ per copy. Bulk orders of 100 or more 20< Order now from: G.B. Publications, P.O. Box 11667,Northside Station, Atlanta, Ga. 30305. CUMBERLAND, Md. (NC)-- A brother* of Bishop James Walsh, M.M., who is imprison ed by Red Chinese, said here the prelate is in fine physical and mental healrh despite some published reports to the con trary. William Walsh, a Cumber land judge, said Bishop Walsh writes in his monthly letter that he Is well and his strong hand writing and cheerfulness prove the claim. A MISUNDERSTANDING about the missloner's condition may have arisen, the Judge said, be cause the bishop has been hous ed by his Red Chinese jailers In the hospital section of the prison. The 73-year-old Maryknoller was sentenced in 1960 to a 20- year term for "subversive ac tivities.” The Jail sentence followed years of harrassmmt. In 1956, he was told he was free to leave the country, but he refused, saying he would not desert the people he came to serve. Judge Walsh visited his broth er in 1960 and since then has corresponded with the prelate, writing every other month, al ternating with their sister, Mary, Pointing to the strong, virile script in a recent letter from the bishop, Judge Walsh corn- mentioned in an interview: "There’s no question as to whe ther this is his handwriting... and the way he has of express ing himself is typical. There's certainly no indication from his handwriting that he is ill.” THE BISHOP writes almost exclusively about family affairs avoiding any political referen ces. "He remembers birth days better than I do,” said the Judge. Bishop Walsh's mood has re mained cheerful. In one letter, Judge Walsh recalled, he joked about his language capabilities, calling his French "the worst ever heard from the lips of mortal man.” Although Mary and Wil iam are the only ones of the eight Walsh brothers and sisters per mitted to write to the bishop, other family members sign birthday and Christmas cards which he receives. In addition to the monthly let ters, the bishop is permitted to receive two packages a month through the Red Cross, They contain items such as toiletries and cigarettes. THE PRELATE asked for, and was permitted to keep, about a dozen books, including bio graphy, poetry and nonfiction. He is not permitted a breviary, missal or rosary. Judge Walsh said there is nothing else, including letters, that anyone should attempt to send the bishop. ‘The best thing that can be done for him is to pray for him,” he said. Four years ago this month the Walsh brothers said goodbye at a Chinese prison after their first visit in 12 years. The Judge recalled they met three times, once for a half- hour, twice for an hour. They called each other James and William, Just as they always did. William could not call his SUPREME KNIGHT New Member Policy Asked Of K. Of C. NEW ORLEANS (NC)--Su preme Knight John W. McDevitt has asked the Knights of Col umbus to use "charity and Jus tice, and these factors alone" in selecting candidates for membership in the Catholic or ganization. His statement was issued at the opening session of the 82nd annual meeting of the K. of C. supreme council (Aug. 18). The supreme board of direc tors, McDevitt said, "has re peatedly pointed out that mem bership shall be open to all Catholic men regardless of ethnic background or economic status. "WE HAVE before us the op portunity to remove any sem- charge which currently is held against us," he declared, McDevitt said the time has come "when we can no longer close our eyes to the fact that the so-called blackball proce dure is an outmoded admission process which permits a defi nite minority to act in such a way that these criticisms are justified." Ten state councils have pro posed to the national body that the membership regulations be modified. Under existing pro cedures, an applicant can be re fused membership In a local council if five negative botes are cast against him. These procedures have been seen by many as being discriminatory against Negroes, In his statement, McDevitt told convention delegates: "We should amend our rules govern ing the process of member ship selection and thereby re move forever the opportunities of prejudice that tend to di lute our Judgment," AS WF.LL AS SEGNI PENNSYLVANIA BISHOP Answers Critics Of Seminaries j /• owyo '-f v# v > ••i brother by title, bishop. Judge Walsh said of their parting: "When the last visit was over and we said goodbye, I was a little upset when my brother walked out. I remem ber that the window on one side of the little room where we had the interviews looked out into the prison yard... "I WENT over and pulled aside the curtain.,,The lower panes of the window we re paint ed, but I managed, with the help of a guard, to get the win dow open. *1 called to him and he heard me. He turned toward the win dow, we waved to each other, and I said, 'So long, James,'Then he and the guard disappeared In the passageway and thatwasthe last time I saw him.” VILLANOVA, Pa. (NC) — A bishop concluded here it "is a deplorable lack of reality that leads a critic to say that a gra duate of seminary will have only the barest acquaintances with literature, psychology, socio logy, economics, history and political science.” Bishop Joseph McShea of Al lentown, Pa., asserted: "Until contemporary electronics pro duce a machine to pour forth knowledge both infused and In tuitive, I defy any man prepar ing for the priesthood or any specialized calling to acquire the collateral proficiencies demanded by the strident voice of such criticism.” BISHOP McShea preached the sermon (Aug. 15) at the Sol emn Pontifical Mass which marked the’dedicatlon of the new St. Mary's Hall, _collegiate seminary of the Augustlnian Fathers here. Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York presided and Arch bishop Egldlo Vagnozzi, Apos tolic Delegate in the United Sta tes, offered the Mass. BISHOP McShea said the true joy of the occasion should spring from "the continuation, impro vement and intensification of your training programs for future priests” rather than from $5 million expended In stone, steel and marble Joined with glass and wood in the new building complex. Since the first Augustlnian novince was accepted at Vill- anova in 1848, said Bishop McShea, the work of the Augu- stinian Fathers have spread to nine archdiocese and twelve dioceses In this country, and to Cuba, Japan and Canada. DURING the long years of training, hundreds of seminar ians have been sanctified in truth, and sent into the world to accomplish the Master's mission. This has been done in the spirit of those hallowed tra ditions which the Church has kept as her own. The dis positions of the Council of Trent, and the Code of Canon Law, the Constitution of the Augustlnian Order and its Ra tio Studiorum are the rever ed guidelines which have serv ed and will serve in the future for the training of religious cal led to the sacred priesthood. They cannot be cast aside light ly.” The bishop continued: "In our own times, in the spirit of the Ecumenical Council, the Catho lic world seeks renewal and ac- • commodatlon of the Church and her works to the spirit and con ditions of a contemporary world. All of us feel In our hearts the urge to respond to the call of Pope John XXIII and Our Holy Father Paul VI. "BUT THERE are many too who, by Implication at least, would tell us that the practi ces and disciplines of the past are hopelessly outxnouded,” he Pope Urges Prayers For Ailing Red CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (RNS)—Pope Paul VI called up on the Italian faithful to pray for President Antonio Segniand Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, who were gravely ill as the result of strokes. He asked prayers for die President during a Mass he celebrated In the parish church of Castel Gandolfo, saying the faithful should "intercede with "the Madonna to assist from Heaven such an amiable, dear person and with him the entire Italian people.” LATER, in an appearance at Child Treatment SUPERIOR, Wis. (NC)—The St. Joseph’s Residential Treat ment Center for emotionally disturbed children will be blessed by Bishop George A, Hammes of Superior, on Aug. 19. The home, formerly an or phanage, will provide psychia tric treatment for all children. said. "The charges are made that seminary education deprives the seminarian of meaning ful contacts with the laity; that he is not adequately school ed in the disciplines of the mod em world; that he is const ricted by repressive standards of obedience and respect for authority; that he is deprived of personal initiative. All this is depicted as tragically dis qualifying our priests of today and tomorrow from effective apostolate among the enlighten ed laity of our times,” the bis hop stated. "WHEN WE are told,” said the bishop, "that in many vi tal respects seminary educa tion is badly deficient, and that whatever its other virtues, it is an education ill-designed to prepare a priest to cope with the layman, certainly a challenge has been thrown out to us.” This challenge, Bishop Mc Shea said, comes "not infre- qently in a spirit of hostile criticism from voices which on other occasions call voci ferously for the picketing of eminent prelates and the hy percritical examination of every act of ecclesiastical authority. We accept the chall enge. We can defend our semi naries and institutes of cleri cal formation." NOTHING that Christ drew His first apostles away from the world for spiritual forma tion before He sent them out to teach. Bishop McShea said: "Let no one dare to scoff at the centuries old experience of Mother Church which has dicta ted programs of separation from the world and worldly con tacts inpreparatlonfor the mis sion that awaits the priest hood.” ARGENTlfe8 > -»•* -<• •• ' •>* v* ' v iw jv.'v’ KENNEDY STAMP — Mail reaching the U.S. from Ar gentina brings evidence of tribute paid by still another country to the late President John F. Kennedy. Remodeling Free Estimates & Planning Room Additions Kitchens Modernized Roofing-Siding Painting Concrete & Block 'References Gladly Given F.H.A. Terms N. Atlanta Constr. Co. 23i r 1514, dtlantaa MOTOR HOTEL • FREE PARKING • TV e AIR CONDITIONING • RESTAURANT • ICE ft BEVERAGE STATIONS • COFFEE MAKER. EACH ROOM C. O. Hultay, Manager American Express Credit Cards Accepted CONE AT LUCKIE ST. A Good Address in Atlanta HOW TO HELP THE BLIND BLIND YOUNGSTERS IN THE GAZA STRIP, some of them only seven years old, can now read with their fingers, weave baskets, raise chickens and rabbits, thank' to the Pontifical Mission Center ror the Blind. Someday. God they will be able to supr port themselves, marry, and have P** 3 normal rhl'dren of (heir own . . . ^ In GAZA (a parched strip of deaeri between EGYPT and ISRAEL) blind ness was an Indelible curse until two years ago, when our readers helped build the Pontifical Mission „ . . Center. Now everyone In GAZA Toe Holy Father's Musion Aid knows that blind people can lead for the Oriental Church useful, productive lives . . . We thank God. and our readers, for the privilege of helping the blind to see! . . . Blind youngsters in rags, holding their fathers by the hend, came to the Center this week to ask admission in the fall. Dozens more will come before September. How many can we help? The Holy Father asks us to help as many as we can . . . $300 will pay the overall cost of a blind boy’s training for one year . .. $35 pays it for one month . .. $10 clothes a blind youngster for one year . . . $1.25 a month gives him lunch rack noontime. Won’t you do what you can? . . . Our Lord worked miracles to give sight to the blind. Your help can work wonders! the window of his summer res idence, he repeated his call for prayer for Mr. Segni and added, without mentioning Mr. Togliat ti by name: "Another political personali ty is in the same grave condi tion. We will pray to the Ma donna, Mother of pity and mer cy, to assist him, too.” Mr. Togliatti suffered a stroke while on vacation in the Soviet Union. He was reported to be in "very serious” condition at a Moscow hospital. Observers here saiditmark- ed the first time a pontiff had called for prayers for a Com munist leader. In his sermon at the Mass, Pope Paul also called for pray er for world peace, saying: "Look at the newspapers and you see how we are always on the eve of some fire which can still bum our present world.” MISSION MEMO THE WORKING WOMAN cams about five cents a day in INDIA. Her husband averages about $1.45 a week . . . Small wonder, then, that the Holy Father asks ntrr help to build mis sion churches, schools, clinics! . . . Whatever you give to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association is used under the Holy Father's direction in one of our 18 countries—and no gift is too small. After all, in INDIA a nickel is a woman's full-day’g pay! STRINGLESS GIFTS ENABLE US TO GIVE AID WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED MISSION OF THE WEEK—Catholics in NEDUMKANDAM, southern INDIA, can’t use their new church until windows, doora, shutters, and flooring have been installed. The materials will cost $840. In addition, the new altar will coat $90 . . , Would you like to give the altar, or help pay for the materials needed? » , MAKING A WILL? REMEMBER THE MISSIONS OUR LEGAL TITLE: THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION Dear Monsignor Ryan: Enclosed please find. for Name Street City .Zone State. lal'Cear Kst (ft$sion$j£) FRANCIS CARDINAL SPILLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. ftye«, Not'l Sse’y Seed eh ssmmaalcotlsai to: CATHOLIC NEAR BAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION »)• Mediiea Ave. •» 41 ad St. Ntw Yerk, N. Y. 10017
