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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1964 PRELIMINARY VOTE Council Statement Absolves Jews Of Charge Of Christ’s Death VATICAN crry (RNS)—The Second Vatican Council, in an action of historic and far- reaching ecumenical impor tance, approved a statement on Catholic - Jewish relations which absolved Jews of the charge of deicide in the cruci fixion of Christ, The statement on the Jews was among the most contro versial topics to come before the Council since it began three years ago. INCORPORATED in a 1,200- word draft "On the Relation of the Church to the Non-Chris tian Religions," which also dealt with Moslems, Buddhists, Hindus and other major reli gions, it was adopted by a vote of 1,657 to 99, with 242 Coun cil Fathers voting "yes" with reservations. The vote, however, was apre- LEA VINE ROME ROME (NO}— Bishop Edward 0, Daly, O.P„ of Des Moines, Iowa, was killed (Nov, 23) when a jetliner he was riding crash ed and exploded while taking off from Rome's Fiumicino air port. The 70-year-old prelate was leaving Rome on his way to the 38th International Eucharistic Congress in Bombay, India, With him on the plane and also killed in the crash was Msgr, Joseph L. Sondag, pastor of SS, Peter and Paul church in At lantic, Iowa, and an official of the Deg Moines diocesan court, THE four-jet TWA airliner was taking off for Athens with 72 persons aboard when a fire broke out in a wheel assembly The pilot attempted to brake the plane, but it skidded across the end of the runway and hit a truck. After a few persons rumbled from the doors, the plane sud denly burst into flames. Bishop Daly and Msgr, Son dag were two of the 12 persons who boarded the plane in Rome, The flight originated in Kansas City, Mo, Thirty of those aboard survived. But eight of these were in critical condition (N.C.W.C. News Service) ZURICH, Switzerland—Pro testants in German-language terriroty have expressed rath er widespread disappointment regarding the outcome of the ecumenical council's third ses sion. The critical reactions have been caused by the postpon- ment of the vote on religious liberty and the last minute amendments introduced by "higher authority" into the de cree on ecumenism. The Neu Zuercher, Switzer land's leading daily newspaper, said it was unfortunate the ecu menism text was amended u refer to Protestants "seeking God in Sacred Scripture" rath er than their "finding" God in it, as the original text read, THE Rev. Oscar Cuilmann, Protestant theologian at the Universities of Paris and Basel, Switzerland, said the change was "in poor taste" Cuilmann was at the council as a per sonal quest of Augustin Cardi nal Bea, president of the Sec retariat for Promoting Chris tian Unity. Dr, Edmund Schlink of Heid elberg University, who was a council observer for the Ger man Evangelical (Lutheran) Church, conceded that the sche mata adopted by the council in dicate considerable progress. However, he said in an inter view, the definition of episcopal liminary one. The draft must be revised to take into account the reservations expressed by the large group of prelates. How ever, the favorable first vote meant that no substantial chan ges can be made before the dec laration is brought up at the Council's fourth session for final ratification. Expected to become a formal Council decree in due time, the declaration condemns anti- Semitism and all forms of dis crimination or harassment on the basis of race, color or creed. REGARDING the charge of deicide made against the Jewish people, the declaration says: "Nothing in (Catholic) cate chetical work or preaching should teach anything that could give rise to hatred or contempt of Jews in the heart of Chris- in Rome hospitals. Bishop Daly was born in Cam bridge, Mass,, on Oct. 24,1894, He was the son of James Ed ward and Elizabeth (Cairns) Daly. He attended Boston Col lege (1912-14) before entering the novitiate of the Dominican Order at Somerset, Ohio , in 1914. He took courses at the Dominican house of studies in Washington, D.C., from 1915 to 1924, After his ordination, June 12, 1921, he studied canon law at the Gatnolic University of America from 1921 to 1924, later serving as professor of canon law at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, FROM 1923 to 1948 he served as secretary and archivist at the Apostolic Delegation in Wash ington. He was appointed bishop on March 13,1948* and was con secrated in Des Moines that May 13 by Archbishop (now Cardinal) Amleto Cicognani, then Apostolic Delegate to the Unived States, Bishop Daly was named an Assistant at the Papal Throne by Pope Pius XII on May 25, 1958. He was an elected mem ber of the Second Vatican Coun cil's Commission for Religion. collegiality "in no way detracts from the traditional concept of papal primacy which we Pro testants cannot accept," Other Protestant leaders re ferred especially to the "ex planatory note" regarding col- legiality that was attached to the Constitution on the Church as a quasi-official document. Despite the overwhelming vote of approval on the constitution, they regard the note as indicat ing a fundamental division of opinion between the Pope and the council majority of this basic issue. Some Protestants here have also expressed misgivings about the ceremonies held in Rome's Basilica o f St. Mary Major during the council's last day. They said the ceremonies indicate undue emphasis on Marian piety. They feel that Pope Paul's proclaimation of the Blessed Virgin as Mother of the Church runs counter to the will of the council majority and is likely to be misunderstood by other denominations. First Friday Reverend Eusebius Beltran will be guest speaker at the First Friday Club luncheon meeting at twelve noon on THURSDAY December 3rd in the Medallion Room of the Pied mont Hotel, tians. The Jewish people should never be presented as one re jected, cursed or guilty of dei cide. What happened to Christ in His Passion cannot be attri buted to the whole people then alive, much less to that of to day." The declaration adds that the Church "held and holds that Christ underwent His death freely because of the sins of all men and out of infinite love," IN A section on Moslems, the declaration says" that "in the past, many quarrels and hos tilities have arisen between Christians and Moslems," but the Council "urges all not only to forget the past, but also to work honestly for mutual un derstanding and to further as well as guard together social justice, all moral goods, es pecially peace and freedom, so that mankind may benefit." Of other diverse non-Chris tian religions, the draft says that "nothing that is true and holy in these religions the Cath olic Church scorns ... The Church regards with sincere reverence those ways of action and life, precepts and teachings which, although they differ from the ones she sets forth, reflect nonetheless a ray of that trutl which enlightens all men." The vote on the declaration came at the Council's 127th gen eral congregation or just a day before the solemn closing of its third session. n WAS presented by Augus tin Cardinal Bea In the name of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity which he heads and which prepared the draft. Declaring that "we can apply to this declaration the biblical comparison of the grain of mus tard seed," he said it was first intended as a brief statement on the Church and the Jewish peo ple, "but in the course of time this little seed has become al most a tree in which many birds are already finding nests, that is to say, in which all non- Christian religions are finding their proper place." “It was not an easy task,"he added, "to sum up all this ma terial in a few pages. The sec retariat endeavored to weigh carefully all observations im partially and sincerely." THE original draft on Catho- lic-Jewish relations was intro duced toward the close of the Council's second session last year, but there was insufficient time to discuss It. The first ver sion emphasized that all man kind, not the Jews alone, was re sponsible for the death of Christ, and this was hailed by Jewish leaders as a clear repu diation of the ancient charge of deicide which was regarded as a basic cause of anti-Semitism. Later it was reported that the declaration had been revised during the Council recess to state merely that Catholics should "refrain from accusing the Jews of our times of what was perpetrated during the Pas sion of Christ." This, plus what was said to be a stress in the revised draft on “the Church’s great desire" for the conversion of the Jews, stir red critical reactions in many Jewish circles. THE NEW text not only clear ly absolves the Jews of deicide, but limits itself to a general ex pression of hope for the ulti mate reunion of all in Christ. It says: "Even though a large part of the Jews do not accept the Gos pel, they remain dear to God for the sake of the patriarchs. The Church awaits the day known to God alone, on which all people will address the Lord in a sin gle voice and 'serve Him shoulder to shoulder* (Sophon- ias, 3, 9)," Sophonias is a Jewish prophet also known as Zephanlash. Among American prelates who spoke out strongly for a strengthened statement on the Jews at the third session were Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, and Arch bishop Patrick A. O'Boyle of Washington, D, C. CARDINAL Cushing told the Council at its 89th general con gregation that the declaration "must deny that there is any special culpability of the Jews in the death of Christ.,. If no voice has been raised in the past (in defense of the Jews), it falls up on us to raise our voices now." Archbishop O'Boyle, declar ing that he spoke as an Ameri can "whose country has more Jews in its population than any other country," called for "an act of contrition and repara tion" from the Council for past misdeeds against the Jews. (In an interview in New York prior to the Council’s vote, Cardinal Cushing said: "I would be tremendously disappointed if the Jews do not get a favorable statement. I left my vote there (In Rome), I couldn't do any thing more than that... I don't see how the declaration cannot he approved. I can’t say the Jews will get everything they want, but they will get a statement that will be favorable to them.") CHIEF opposition to the draft at that time came from Middle East patriarchs, concerned over possible political conse quences in Arab countries. They Included A.rchbishop Joseph Tawil, Patriarchal Vicar for Melkite Rite Catholics in Da mascus, Syria, and Ignace Gab riel Cardinal Tappouni, Patri arch of Antioch of the Syrians, who spoke in the name of four other Middle East patriarchs. In its current form, the dec laration is in five parts. It in cludes a general introduction saying that "the community of all people is one*' in the re ligious problem of seeking an swers to riddles of man's fate. The following sections take up in order: The diverse non- Christian religions; Hinduism and Buddhism; the Moslems; the Jews. Finally, there is a call for universal brotherhood without discrimination. Of the Jews, the declaration says: "THE Church of Christ grate fully acknowledges that, ac cording to God's saving design, the beginnings of her faith and her election were already among the Patriarchs, Moses and the prophets. All Chris tians — Abraham's sons ac cording to faith — were in cluded in the same patriarchs’ calls. "The Church cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament from the people whom God in His mercy concluded the former covenant. The Church believes that by His Cross, Christ reconciled Jews and Gentiles, making both one," The declaration also notes that "the son of Mary, the Vir gin, the Apostles, as well as most of the early disciples, spring from the Jewish peo ple." SPEAKING of the Moslems, the declaration said that "though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His Virgin Mother, At times they even call on her with devotion.*. They worship God through prayer, almsgiving, and fasting, Th$y seek to make the moral life — be it that of the individual or that of the family and society — conformable to His will." In the section of various oth er non-Christian religions, the declaration says that "reli gions in an advanced culture have been able to use more re fined concepts and more de veloped language in their strug gle for an answer to man's religious questions." "In Hinduism," it states, "men use myths and philosophi cal ways in the effort to fathom the divine mystery," while Buddhism "teaches the way of liberation through self-denial and inner purification in order to obtain a state of lasting rest." At Holy Family The Holy Family Hospital Aux iliary will hold an Executive Meeting at the Holy Family Hos pital 501 Fairburn Rd. S.W. on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1964 at 10:00 a.m, the board will meet at 11;0Q a.m. Bishop Daly Dies In Airline Crash EUROPEAN PROTESTANTS Council Outcome Draws Criticism DIVINE LITURGY in the Byzantine Rite concelebrated by 14 Eastern Rite prelates (Nov. 13) in the presence of Pope Paul VI and council Fathers in St. Peter's basilica. Bishop Nicholas T. Elko of the Pittsburgh Byzantine Rite diocese, and Ukrainian Rite Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R., of Winnipeg, Man., were among the 14 concelebrating prelates. IN WASHINGTON ARTHRITIS Negro Women’s Meeting Gets Assist From NCCW The convention of the National Council of Catholic Women just held here attracted some 5,000 participants. It required the fa cilities of two large hotels to accommodate the delegates and the various sessions of the meeting. During most of the same days, the National Coun cil of Negro Women was also meeting in one of the two ho tels. Shortly before the conven tions opened,and while the two organizations wereworkingona joint project, Dorothy Height, president of the National Coun cil of Negro Women, noted that Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson) the English economist, was scheduled to address the Na tional Council of Catholic Wo men. Miss Height confided to Margaret Mealey, executive director of the NCCW, that her organization had wanted Barbara Ward on their pro gram. They had not been able to contact her, probably be cause the noted lecturer was enroute. MISS WARD had arrived in the U. S. by that time, and Miss Mealey urged Miss He ight to repeat the invitation, addressing it to a hotel in New York. At the same time, Miss Mealey supported the in- FROM WALSINGHAM vltatlon with an appeal of her own, and Miss Ward readily ag reed to make a second-talk In Washington. Miss Ward's talk to a capa city audience of the NCCW on Friday was a highlight of the Catholic women's convention. Her talk at a luncheon next day was an outstanding event of the Negro women's meeting. Friday night, at the NCCW convention banquet, Jane Wyatt, star of screen and television, was featured in a performing arts program produced by the Speech and Drama Department of the Catholic University of America. After the dinner. Miss Wyatt expressed regret that, due to day-long rehear- slas, she had not been able to hear Miss Ward's address on Friday. MISS MEALEY asked Miss Height if Miss Wyatt might at tend the Negro women's lunch eon which Miss Ward was to address next day. Miss Height was delighted, and the National Council of Negro Women had two stars at its closing day session, thanks to the NCCW. Earlier Saturday, Miss Height was on a panel program of the Catholic women’s meeting. The NCCW convention here Anglican Advocates Marian Devotion• CLEVELAND (NC)~An Eng lish Protestant minister visit ing here advocates a renewal of devotion to the Blessed Vir gin Mary, Father Colin Stephenson, an Anglican, is administrator of a 40-year old shrine to Mary at Walsingham, site of Eng land's Catholic shrine to Mary dating from the 11th century. IN town to dedicate a rep lica of the Anglican shrine's statue of the Blessed Mother and the Christ Child in St. James Episcopal Church here, Father Stephenson's message was that England is returning Luncheon, Talk At St. Anthony’s St. Anthony’s Altar and Ros ary Society will give a Bridge Luncheon, sponsored by St. Jo seph’s Circle, Thursday, Dec ember 3, 10 a.m. Church Aud itorium. Donation $1.25. On Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. in the church auditorium, Sister Mary Benedict, of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Can cer Home, will be guest spea ker at the Altar and Rosary Meeting. All ladies of the Par ish are invited. Refreshments will be served. to Walsingham and Our Lady is returning to England — to stir a movementtowardChrist ian unity and to drive away the strife and bitterness of 400 years. He said Walsingham, where King Henry VIII destroyed the ancient Marian shrine, is the focal point of a movement in the Church of England to re store full honor to Mary and to regain those elements and practices of the ancient Faith, lost in post - Regormation change. There is need for a larger church in Walsingham, Father Stephenson said, He hopes that it will be built by Catholics and Anglicans together who al ready have been praying to gether there in all-night vigils. The present church contains a replica of the house of the Holy Family, he said, with walls con structed of stones from almost every religious house destroyed at the time of the Reformation— a living act of reparation. "WALSINGHAM has great value ecumenically," Father Stephenson said, "because Ca tholics find it hard to under stand the apparent Protestant coolness toward Mary, and be cause Protestants need to en gage in dialogue about her." had the largest number of vot ing delegates in the council’s history. An official of the hotel said the order for fish for the Friday night banquet may well have been the largest ever plac ed for such a function in the U.S. ^PAINS'! Rush out pain . .. rush in relief. That’s what you want whenever nagging, mod erate pains of Arthritis, Rheumatism or Muscular Aches occur. And that’s just what can happen when you take DOLCIN Tablets. What’s more WE GUARANTEE you must get quick, sat isfying relief or you get your money back. But don’t try just one or two tab lets and expect miracles. Take all the tablets in the bottle . .. the way the di rections tell you. And ... if you don’t get wonderful results you get your money back. You see, you don’t have to risk a single penny. How do we dare make this absolute guarantee? Well, we know DOLCIN has helped millions of other sufferers. W'e feel sure that, if you give it a fair trial, DOLCIN may help you. So you see, you have nothing to lose but your pains when you try DOLCIN* Tablets. Why don’t you buy a bottle at your drug store today? INDIA: SISTER BOSCO’S SECRET HER LIFE IS NOT HER OWN. IT BELONGS TO GOD'S POOR In Karik-kattoor, south INDIA. “I am their servant,” she says quietly. “To bring: them to. Christ, one must live Christ, not talk about Htro.” ; . . Prayerful common sense is Sister Itosao'a secret wca-. pon. The children she teaches, all of them poor, will help make tomor-. row’s India . . . Completely worn out, she will sleep tonight on a packed-, mud floor (there are no beds) in a thatch-roofed, mud hut, with seven other Sisters of the Sacred Heart, _. Tomorrow morning, rain or shine, Tat Holy Fetbtr s Mutton Aid they will trudge to Mass three miles foe lb« Qriinid Ck*rth away . . . The Sisters need a convent ($1,600), with a chapel of their own ($900), of course. They also need eight classrooms ($300 each). The penniless poor they give their lives to can give the Sisters nothing in return . . . Won’t you give whatever help you can? You may give the convent ($1,600), or the obapef ($900), or a classroom, ($300) all by yourself, if you wish, in memory of those you love, and name it for your favorite saint. No gift Is too smaH (ft, $2, $5, $10, $20). For years to come, the youngsters and Sister Bgmco will remember you in their prayers.. FOOD—FOOD IS SO SCARCE in India (It’s being rationed in Kerala State) the Holy Father’s agency is distributing canned foods <2,000 tons), wheat and flour (1,700 tons), clothing (1,000 bales), and medicines, to, the poor . . . Like to help? Tell us to use your gift <$10 will feed a family for a month) “where it’s’ needed most.** VESTMENTS—FOR USE DURING THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS in Bombay this week, the Holy Father has donated 500 copes and stoles. They’ll be given to poor parishes hi India after the Congress closes ... In memory of a loved one, or as a token of affection for someone still alive, give new Mass vest ments ($50), a chalice ($40), a year's supply of candles ($20), or altar linens ($15), to a needy mission ch^iel. We‘11 send a GIFT CARD, if you wtsh. CARDS—HAVE YOU SEEN OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT CARDS? They combine your Season’s Greetings with a gift tq the missions in the name of the person you designate. You simply select a gift, send us the person’s name and address with your donation—and we do all the rest. We’ll send that person a GIFT CARD, In time for Christmas, indicating what yqu have done . . . Here are some gifts to select from: Mass kit ($100), altar ($75). medical kit ($75), monstrance ($40), ciborium ($40), tabernacle ($23), sanctuary lamp ($13), pyx ($13), sgint’s picture ($15), sanctuary bell ($5). PERSONAL TO R.V.—YES, WE HAVE THE NAMES of hundreds of young girls In India who need financial assistance in order to become Sisters. The cost of the two-yesr training for each is $300 altogether ($150 a year, $12.50 a month). Simply write to us. She will pray for you, and you’ll be part of all the good she does. TOYS—THE SISTERS AT OUR ORPHANAGE in Bethlehem, Christ’s birthplace, need help at Christmas for 42 little girls. Your gift <$1, $2. $5, $10) will fill innocent hearts with happiness. tlear Monsignor Ryan: fencloaed please find for. ■ ame. Street CHi... 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