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< > M ' i AMERICAN AUDITR1CECOMMENTS Council Giving Nuns Long Step Forward In The World BY FR. JOHN P. FOLEY (N.C.W.C. News Service) VATICAN CITY — A “new look” in the work of America’s Sisters was described here by Sister Mary Luke, the only American woman attending the daily sessions of the Second Vatican Council. liturgy, through discussion on the Church and on the layapos- tolaie going on at the council, Sisters are becoming more a- ware of what the Church is teaching today and they are more able- to participate. Our very presence here is evi dent. of that.” “Through the council,” she said, “Religious women in the Church will catch up with the position of women elsewhere. Through participation in the “HOW many bishops,” she continued, “have expressed their gratitude that we (Sis ters) are here at the council.” And well the bishops might HORTON’S DRUG STORE 101 E. 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Her complete ly unassuming air and her na tural—or supernatural—spirit of complete openness conceal the fact that she carries the burden of three important of fices as superior general of the Sisters of Lore tto (one of the largest communities of Re ligious women in the United States); as chairman of the national Conference of Major Superiors of Women; and, most recently, as the only American woman auditor at Vatican Council IL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964 Pope Paul Meets With US Mission GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3 BLACKBURN 64+ VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope Paul VI met with a trade mis sion of the National Association of Manufacturers (Oct. 17) and reminded them of the social as pects and rights of personal property expressed in recent papal declarations. The trade mission was head ed by NAM President W, P, Gullander of Bronxville, N.Y. After thanking them for their visit and praising the aims of their organization, the Pope spoke on the Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris encycli cals of Pope John XXIII. Pope Paul expressed the wish that the trip of the American businessmen to several Euro pean nations would deepen their understanding of international problems and of the numerous ne ds of nations on the road to full development. Benj. B.Blackburn, Greeks Observe Republican Candidate for House of Representatives for DeKalb County TRADE YOUR WAY u AT NIVERSITY c HEVROLET HANCOCK AT PULASKI LI. 3-4361 LI. 3-4361 ATHENS, GEORGIA SALES SERVICE PARTS DESCRIBING the spirit of “aggiornamento" already at work in her own community, Sister Mary Luke (she prefers not to be called Mother) said that teaching Sisters now visit the homes of their pupils, they attend Christian Family Move ment meetings and join other meetings of parents’ organi zations. ARCHBISHOP EGIDIO VAGXOZZI, apostolic delegate to the United States offered a solemn- pontifical mass for the Uganda martyrs at the National Shrine of the Immacu late Conception. Photo left to right: Archbishop Vagnozzi greeting the ambassador of Uganda and Mrs. Asea. In the new novitiate of the Sisters of Loretto, she pointed out, the novices work among migrant workers in the area. In the house of studies, she said, the young Sisters visit the homes of the poor on Saturdays. to the children they teach the apostolic formation called for by the council schemata, Sis ter Mary Luke said; “I wish I had the answer. Forming the committed Christian is our end and goal. Liturgical partici pation and the new catechetics will help.” SISTER Mary Luke reports that the Sisters engaged in this work have told her, "we don’t bring Christ to these people; we find Him there.” TURNING to the inner life of religious communities, Sis ter Mary Luke said that any depersonalization in community existence can be counteracted by revising community customs and by continually asking: "What is there in the struc ture of the community which is causing this to happen?” Asked whether engagement in other forms of the apostolateis too great a burden for teaching Sisters and leads to a danger of dissipation of effort or to danger to the spir.tual life, Sister Mary Luke stated that the amount of extra work would necessarily have to be limited and that time must remain for periods of reflection and .Vspiritual nourishment.” SHE pointed out, however, that with the proper doctrinal formation the Sisters can rea lize that such social action is a true apostolate and that in sofar as they participate in it, they are making themselves holy. Sister Mary Luke didempha- size that such “outside activi ties” could not be permitted to interfere with the maintenance of the Sisters’ professional teaching standards, but she did say that such apostolic con tacts would result in the Sis ters becoming more realistic. A general chapter of the com munity, she noted, can overhaul what Is not in the Church’s canon law. It also should do so, she said, because legislation is generally behind need. “IF THE Sister is to be truly an individual,” she said, “her initiative should be en couraged." "WHERE no general retire ment bell is rung,” she said, “ a Sister might stay up late working one night, but she won’t—she can’t—do it too of ten.” “YOU can’t be too realis tic,” she said, “if you don’t contact these things.” Commenting more generally Sister Mary Luke noted; “An intelligent person, making a de cision, realizes that charity is the first law which sometimes requires even setting aside the rule.” Asked how Sisters can give UGANDA MARTYRS ”WE CAN be led to risky things by this way of thinking,” she admitted, “but we have to Many Africans At Canonization VATICAN CITY (NC)--Twen ty-two Africans have been en rolled among the Church’s de clared saints by Pope Paul VI in a ceremony attended by 1,503 of their fellow Africans and by the Fathers of the Second Vat ican Council. ish. The canonization of the Ugan da martyrs struck three notes characteristic of the modern Church and the modern world; Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa of Tanganyika, the country neighboring on Uganda, acted as deacon of the Mass celebrated by Pope Paul. The subdeacon was Msgr. Peter Waswa, vicar general of Kampala diocese, Uganda. Two Ubandese pre lates, Bishop Joseph Kiwanuka of Rubaga and Bishop Hadria- nus Ddungu of Masaka, were also at the altar. THE emergence of the peo ples of Africa (all 22 were Ne groes). A fresh realization of the lay man’s role in the Church (all were laymen). EMPHASIS on ecumenism (15 Anglicans died side by side with Catholics for refusing to give up the Christian faith and its moral code). IN ST. Peter’s basilica for the canonization ceremony was Sister Mary Criblet, a mis sionary of the White Sisters, whose sudden recovery from pneumonic plague after pray ers to the Uganda martyrs was one of the miracles recognized by the Church as proof of their holiness. A chorus of 50 Ugandans sang a specially-composed canticle of praise in the language spoken by the martyrs themselves. It was composed by Joseph Kya- gamhiddwa. A Moslem doctor who witnes sed Sister Criblet’s cure and who testified to it, Dr. L. D, Ahmed of Kampala, Uganda, had hoped to come to Rome for the canonization but was unable to do so. However 165 people came from Uganda especially for the canonization. FT WAS the first canoniza tion of Africans of the Cantu race. St, Benedict the Moor was an Ethiopian while St, Mar tin de Porres was half Span- AMONG the civil authorities of Uganda to attend were Sir Wilberforce Nadioe, vice pres ident, and agriculture minister Mathias Ngobi. think this way.’ Her companion, Sister Jame Marie, interjected that com munity life is often defined as doing the same thing at the same time in the same way. “WHAT really unites us,” Sister Jane continued, “is the Eucharist. Our bond is pri marily one of charity and there is union in our common work.” “Grace,” she concluded, "vivifies nature, and it will not be possible to lead a full life of grace if our human existence is depersonalized.” SPEAKING of the religious vows, Sister Mary Luke felt that chastity is the most dis- tincitve, since “many people are poor and everybody must be obedient.” The poverty and o- bedience of a Religious flow from the core of her dedica tion in the vow of chastity, she noted. Even a small thing such as not ringing a bell for retiring, Sister Mary Luke commented, looks to the Sister as an in telligent person making her own decision. To create an awareness of a community responsibility to maintain a spirit of poverty, Sister Mary Luke recommended opening the community’s ac count books to the Sisters. SHE NOTED that Sisters and lay people should know that Sisters live on $2.00 a day— with 50 cents of that going to maintain student Sisters and retired Sisters. Voicing her hopes for the future on the role of Sisters in the Church, Sister Mary Luke said she would hope to have Sisters represented on Church commissions and on diocesan and parish councils— a practice which, she said, is more common in other parts of the world than it is in the United States. Although small in stature, MISS BARBARA Claire Kaiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Kaiser, 2440 Dawn Drive, Decatur, entered the Gray Nuns of Sacred Heart Convent on September 8, 1964. Barbara is a graduate of St. Pius X High School, where she was ac tive in the Glee Club. MISS SHARON Ann Wall, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wall Rossville, recently entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame Convent at Baltimore, Mary land. After attending St. Gerard School in Fort Oglethorpe for eight years. Sister Mary Luke is large in her vision of the new role to be played by Sisters in the drama of the Church in the modern world. VATICAN CITY (NC)—The Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity announced that the Greek Orthodox Patriar chate o Alexandria has dele gated two observers to the ecu menical council. They are Archimandrite Cyril Koukoulakis and Dr. Theodore Mosconas, archivist and librar ian of the patriarchate. “No time will ever be bet ter than the present to be gin building a two-party system in Georgia” DO YOUR PART NOW GO CONSERVATIVE. . . GO REPUBLICAN. . . GO BLACKBURN JIM HA 238 WEST HANCOCK AVENUE ATHENS. GEORG RAMBLER PONTIAC B U i C K I A LI 3-4305 BE SURE TO VOTE IN GENERAL ELECTION, November 31 • VOTE FOR JIM ALMAND. Re-ELECT ALMAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER for DeKalb District 1 • JIM ALMAND has served DeKalb County well during his first term as County Commissioner. In 1957-60 he helped make DeKalb dynamic as a member of th County Board of Education. • JIM ALMAND stays on the job and gets things done to keep De Kalb growing good and going great. 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