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VOL 2 NO 38
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1964
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Msgr. Cassidy
Resigns Parish
POPE PAUL VI in animated conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy.
U.S. civil rights leaders, as Msgr. Paul Marcinkus of Chicago, attached to the Vatican Secretariat
of State, looks on. “I am a friend of the Negro people,*’ the Pope told Dr. King.
OVERWHELMING VOTE
Council Fathers Approve
Collegiality Teaching
•A NECESSITY’
American Cardinals
Urge Freedom Vote
Monsignor Joseph C. Cas
sidy, P. A. V. G., has resign
ed as Pastor of Christ The
King Cathedral and has been
appointed Pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, Milledgeville,
Georgia.
This was announced this week
in a statement issued by Arch-
la bishop Paul J. Hallinan who
said that further pastorate
changes will be announced next
week. The Archbishop said:
"MONSIGNOR Joseph Cas
sidy’s transfer from the
Cathedral to Sacred Heart
parish in Milledgeville comes,
of course, at his own request.
That a priest of his stature,—
a splendid pastor and teacher,
an official of the Diocese of
Savannah—Atlanta, and of the
Archdiocese of Atlanta,—would
ask after forty years in the
priesthood, to return to a par
ish where he served well
many years ago tells much of
his character.
"His priestliness has al
ways been measured in preach
ing, sick-calls, instructions,
the Sacraments, the Mass—and
the unfailing kindness and
understanding with which he
* ministered to his people. He
has been happiest bring
ing God’s word and God’s pow
er to those in need, whether
it was in Savannah, Milled
geville, Rome or Atlanta; or In
the difficult duties of the "trai
ler chapel" in northern
Georgia.
"He will continue to serve
the Archdiocese as Vicar-Gen
eral and Consultor, as well
as Vicar for Religions. His ex
perience and wisdom are a
real blessing to us, and will
continue to be now’that he re
turns to a city and parish that
he has always loved.
"I want to add personally that
no bishop could have had a more
unselfish advisor, more zealous
co-worker or better friend. And
I speak for our priests in ad
ding that no diocese could have
_ a finer inspiration to the no
bility of the priesthood."
MONSIGNOR Cassidy who
last year celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his or
dination was born in Flushing,
Long Island, New York, on
December 30, 1897. He received
hi s seminary training at
St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoo-
die, N. Y. Ordained to the
priesthood at St. Patrick’s Cat
hedral, New York, on May 26.
I923he was appointed assistant
at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Savannah, and serv
ed there until 1925, when he
came as assistant at the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception,
Atlanta.
In 1929 he was appointed
• Pastor of St. Mary's, Rome,
and in 1936, Pastor of Bles
sed Sacrament in Savannah.
He was then assigned to Mis
sion Trailer work.
Monsignor Cassidy also
served as Pastor at Sacred
Heart, Millegeville, St. Augus
tine, Thomasville, and St.
Theresa in Albany before being
named Pastor of Christ the King
Cathedral in 1945.
IN 1957, he was named a
consultor of the then diocese of
Atlanta. When it was elevated
to an archdicese, he was re
named to the consultor’s board.
He was appointed a vicar gene
ral of the archdiocese in 1962.
Msgr. Cassidy was elevat
ed to the rank of Papal Cham
berlain by Pope Pius XII on
January 8, 1942, with the title
of Very Reverend Monsignor.
He became Right Rever
end Monsignor on June 18,
1946, when he was raised to
the rank of Domestic Prelate.
Pope Pius XII further honored
Msgr. Cassidy on February 4,
1957, when he named him to
the select ranks of Protonotary
Apostolic.
SATURDAY (Sept. 26» is
the feast of St. Isaac Jogues
and his companion martyrs
of North America v celebrated
in common by Canadian and
United States Catholics. The
martyrs were canonized in
1930.
Actress Speaker
LOS ANGELES (NC) — Act
ress Irene Dunne will be guest
speaker during the second bien
nial meeting of the Association
• of Ladies of Charity in St.
Louis, Oct. 3 to 6.
VATICAN CITY (NC)—By an
overwhelming majority the sec
ond Vatican Council voted to
approve the teaching that
all Catholic bishops today are
successors of the Apostles by
divine institution and that they,
with the pope as their head,
make up a college like that
which was formed by St. Peter
and^ Apostles.
Thus at the 85th general
meeting of the Second Vatican
Council, the work of the First
Vatican Council, begun almost
100 years ago, has been ad
vanced significantly. The First
Vatican Council defined the in
fallibility of the pope but was
adjourned before die precise
relation of the bishops among
themselves and to the pope
was worked out.
AT THE same time, while
affirming the divine origin of
the episcopate and of its inti
mate union with the pope in the
college of Bishops, the coun
cil Fathers also affirmed by
vote that the College of Bis
hops has no authority except
with the Roman pontiff, the suc
cessor of St. Peter, as its head.
It affirmed that his power of
primacy over all, both bishops
and faithful, remains intact.
During the Sept. 22 meeting
eight votes were taken and eight
passed with tremendous ma
jorities. These votes approved
the changes in the third chap
ter of the schema on the na
ture of the Church dealing spe
cifically with the place of the
bishops within the Church and
their relations to each other
and to the pope.
The voting at the 85th ses
sion brought to 12 the number
of amendments to the project
that have been approved. In all
there are 39 amendments to
be voted on. Among the remain
ing ones, the most significant
is the one which states that the
College of Bishops together with
the pope and never without him
have full teaching and ruling
power over the universal
Church.
The amendments and votes
cast Sept. 22— the totals of
which are greater than the
individual tallies because they
do not include the "yes" votes
with reservations, which are not
supposed to be made on amend
ments— are as follows
Fifth amendment— That bis
hops are the successors of the
apostles by divine institution.
Total votes, 2^448; **yes t ' K
2,198; “no," 106 null ballots
0.
Sixth amendment — That the
episcopacy is a sacrament. To
tal votes, 2,246; "yes," 2,201;
"no," 44; null ballots, 1.
Seventh amendment — That
the fullness of the sacrament of
Holy Orders is conferred thr
ough episcopal consecration.
Total votes, 2,240; "yes," 2,117
"no," 123; null ballots, 0.
Eight amendment — That
episcopal consecration, to
gether with the duty of sanct
ifying, also confers the powers-
of teaching and ruling, which by
their nature can be exercised
only in union with the head of
the college and other bishops.
Total votes, 2,247; "yes," 1,917
"no," 328; null ballots, 1.
Ninth amendment— That only
bishops through conferring Holy
Orders may assume new mem
bers into the episcopal body.
Total votes, 2,243; "yes," 2,085
"no," 156; null ballots, 0.
Tenth amendment— That just
as Christ willed that St. Peter
and the other Apostles made up
one Apostolic College, in the
same way the Roman Pon
tiff and the bishops as suc
cessors of St. Peter and the
other Apostles are joined to
gether. Total votes, 2,243;
"yes," 1,918; "no," 322; null
ballots, 2.
Eleventh amendment—That a
person is raised to the epis
copacy by virtue of consec
ration by members of the col
lege and with communion with
the Roman pontiff. Total votes,
2,213; "yes," 1,898; "no",
313; null ballots, 1.
Twelfth amendment — That
the College of Bishops has no
authority except with the Ro
man pontiff, the successor of-
St. Peter, as its head, and that
his power of primacy over all,
both bishops and faithful, re
mains intact. Total votes, 2,205,
"yes," 2,114; "no,"9Q; null
ballots, 0.
In addition to the votes tak
en on Sept. 22, the results
of two votes taken Sept. 21
on amendments three and four
were announced. They were:
Third amendment — That the
mission of the bishops endures
Press Bishop
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Arch
bishop Joseph T. McGucken of
San Francisco has replaced
Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste of
Belleville, Ill., as a member
of the ecumenical council’s
Committee for Press Relations,
it was announced here (Sept.
22).
until the end of time. Total
votes, 2,211; "yes," 2,103,no
106; null ballots, l.
Fourth Amendment — That
the mission of the apostles is
the mission of the bishops as
that of St. Peter is that of
the popes. Total votes, z,207;
"yes," 2,091; "no," 115; null
ballots, 1.
THE COUNCIL session
opened with a Mass clebrated
by Archbishop Maurice Roy
of Quebec. The Gospel was en
throned by Coadjutor Bishop
Geraldo Pellanda of Ponta
Grossa, Brazil. Eighteen bis
hops spoke, including six Fre
nchmen. Debate continued on the
schema on the pastoral duties
of bishops.
It was announced that debate
was to begin Sept. 23 on the
declaration on religious liberty,
although one more speaker was
still scheduled to discuss the
schema on bishops.
In general, the day’s debate
dealt with relations bet
ween priests and bishops and
called for the use by bishops
of more scientific sociological
knowledge to meet the great
changes of modern times, and
for greater cooperation and un
derstanding between bishops
and Religious working in their
diocese.
BISHOP Louis Guyot of Cout-
ances, France, opened the ses
sion, speaking in part for all
the bishops of France. In the
name of the French bishops, he
called for a reorganization of
all texts dealing with priests
and the priesthood. He said that
at the present references are
scattered through several pro
jects and propositions and that
there is a lack of organization
which does not make it easy to
have a theological vision of the
role of the prist.
Then speaking for himself
alone, Bishop Guyot made a
plea for closer relations bet
ween bishops and their priests.
He asked for a pastoral dialo
gue and stated that bishops
should not be only an adminis
trator to his priests.
BISHOP Richard Guilly, S. J.,
of Georgetown, British Guiana,
spoke in the name of 17
council leathers. He criticized
the schefrna for considering re
lations between bishops and Re
ligious only in terms of the
individual diocese. He stated
that Religious should be at the
disposition of the pope and that
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VATICAN CITY (NC)—Three
American Cardinals spoke
in support of the proposed Coun
cil declaration of Religious
Freedom.
Richard Cardinal Cushing of
Boston and Albert Cardinal
Meyer of Chicago, speaking
in the name of practically all
of the U. S. Bishops warmly
favored approval of the entire
document, with minor changes.
Joseph Cardinal Ritter of St.
Louis agreed with the substance
of the document but said he does
not agree with some arguments
advanced for various parts of
the document.
AT THE same meeting (yes
terday, Sept. 23) the Council
voted overwhelmingly 1927
to 292 to approve a key amend
ment regarding collegiality
which says that the Order of
Bishops which succeeds the
College of the Apostles in teach
ing authority and government
of Church and in whichthe Apos
tolic College continues with the
Pope as its head, has supreme
power over the Universal
Church.
The same day, Pope Paul VI
announced names of 15 wo
men — eight religious and sev
en laity— as Council Auditors
including one American. She is
Sister Mary Luke, Superior
General of the Sisters of Loret-
to at the Foot of the Cross
of Nerinx, Ky. Sister Mary
Luke is also president of the
Conference of Major Religious
Superiors of Women’s Institutes
of America.
PAUL Cardinal Leger of
Montreal backed the Ameri
can Cardinals on the Religious
Freedom declaration, even
urging freedom of unbelief.
Cardinal Cushing said that
the declaration deals with a pra
ctical question of great impor
tance. The Church has ai-
ATLANTIC Cn~Y, N.J, —
Archbishop Paul J, Hallinan
pleaded a square deal from or
ganized labor for the Negro and
other minorities, unorganized
workers and the destitute.
The Archbishop in the key
note address Monday at the
United Steel Workers of Ameri
ca convention here put three
questions to the nation’s ‘Vast
labor force." He asked:
"What is going to be done
about justice for the Negro and
other minorities? For the unor
ganized? For the dispossessed,
those who live below the line of
decent sustenance?"
THE ARCHBISHOP emphasiz
ed these are moral questions—
qot primarily political or eco
nomic, He added: "We are per
mitting a jobless class, impov
erished and permanent, to co
exist with abundance, more
jobs, more wages, more profits,
more wealth. The first two
questions feed the third—the
concern of the Negro and the
unorganized simply aggravate
the problem of our jobless
class,"
Archbishop Hallinan said the
situation touches "the very
nerve of our national compiac-
ways championed liberty for its
own actions, he said, and must
now proclaim that what it asked
for itself, it asks for every
human being. He called free
dom the "highest political end".
Cardinal Meyer said the de-
claratio n was in accord with
Pope John XXIII’s teaching in
Pacem in Terris and added
that its passage by the Coun
cil is absolutely necessary.
He said that some changes
should be made in the tpxt
but he warned that if the de
claration was not passed noth
ing else enacted by the Coun-
AT COUNCIL
ROME (NC)—Ten Hungarian
bishops led by Archbishop En-
dre Hamvas of Kalocsa arriv
ed in Rome (Sept. 18) and took
their places among the council
Fathers at the meeting of Sept.
21.
Among the bishops there were
five who were named by Pope
Paul VI on Sept. 15 after
the signing of an agreement
between the Holy See and Red-
ruled Hungary.
MSGR. Jozsef Ijjas told new
smen that the trip had been
paid for by the Hungarian gov
ernment. Asked about Jozsef
Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungar
ian Primate who is still living
in refuge in the U. S. lega
tion in Budapest, he s aid:' 'Dis
cussions continue and it is pos
sible that we may have good
news soon."
ency" but added "it seems to
me that religion and labor are
particularly suited to provide
the solution—religion because
it has the moral answers, al
though sometimes they are ob
scured by the platitudes so dear
to the private-club type of con
gregation; and labor because it
personally touches millions up
on millions of people who must
supply the moral will to act."
"It is our duty, we in the chur
ches, you in the unions, to reach
their hearts with a mission of
justice," Archbishop Hallinan
said. ‘'Men of religion and men
of labor have been persecuted
because they fought for just
causes in the past. Now we must
risk a more respectable perse
cution in the cause of justice
for the minorities, for the un
organized, for the destitute,"
HE SAID labor’s record in the
Retreat House
SEOUL, Korea (NC) — Two
American Passionist Fathers
have arrived here with plans
to establish a lay retreat house
near the city of Kwang Ju. They
are Fathers Raymond Mc
Donough from Los Angeles and
Patrick O’Malley from Iowa
cill will make much differ
ence.
Cardinal Ritter praised the
declaration for its pastoral
character, purdence and ad
aptability and said he agrees
with its substance, adding that
he disagreed with the reason
ing advanced to support parts
of the document. He recommen
ded elimination of elements
which could give rise to con
troversy among Council Fath
ers. He stated he would like
to see the adoption instead of
a simple statement affirming
religious liberty.
new agreement, Msgr. Ijjas said
that the question of teaching re
ligion in the schools is still
under discussion.
FIVE bishops-elect will enter
the council under an unusual
provision, since normally only
consecrated bishops may take
part in the deliberations. They
will return to Hungary on Oct.
25 for their consecration.
The prelates who arrived
here are: Archbishop Endre
Hamvas of Kalocsa; the new
bishops-elect, Msgrs. Jozsef
Bank, Pal Brezenoczy, Jozsef
Cserhati, Jozsef Ijjas and Joz
sef Winkler; Bishop SandorKo-
vacs of Szombathely; Abbot
Norbert Leganyi, O. S. B.,
of the independent abbey of
Pannonhalma, Father Sandor
Klempa, apostolic administra
tor of Veszprem, and titular
Bishop Imre Szabo of Tiatira.
nation on the whole has been
good in regard to the rights of
all citizens. But, he added: "A
curious flaw right from the be
ginning has come from the fear
of competition with minority
workers. As far back as 1882
the Knights of Labor joined for
ces with Dennis Kearney’s
Workmen’s Union to keep Chi
nese immigrants out of Cali
fornia. A decade later organized
labor blessed and began to push
the legislation that resulted in
the tough Immigration Act of
1924. The aim was to cut down
the labor force.
The archbishop said that to
day "intelligent and responsible
elements in labor are much con
cerned about the unfavorable
response of some workmen to
the Civil Rights Act, and to our
national guarantee to the
American Negro that he will
finally get the equality due to
him since 1863."
"How deep was the reaction
of laboringmen," the archbis
hop asked "to the fearsome
questions recently put by a po
litical candidate against a more
open system of immigration:
•These immigrants will need
jobs but where will they find
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MONSIGNOR Cassidy Shown with children of his Parish Airing
last-year celebration of His 40th anniversary as a priest.
Asked about the terms of the
STEELWORKERS CONVENTION
Archbishop Asks Fair Deal
For Minorities, Destitute
Bishops Arrive
From Hungary