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YOUR PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER © diocese of Atlanta SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL 2 NO 38 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1964 $5.00 PER-YEAR NEW POST 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 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 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 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