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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1964 GAINESVILLE St. Michael’s Troop Has Court Of Honor Troop 13, Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by Saint Michael’s Church of Gaines ville, held its Court of Honor this week with Mr. Austin J. Edmondson, presiding. Scouts and their parents were welcomed to the Court by Scouts Mike Weidner and Mark Jiriko- vec. The Invocation was given by the pastor, Father Don Kier- nan. NEW Scouts, Robert Hiler and Jerry Savage were welcom ed and accepted to the Troop by the retiring Scoutmaster, Mr. Robert Hiler. The troop committee was introduced by Mr. Edmondson. The Commit tee is made up of Mr. Robert Filllngham, Chairman; Mr. Ed Courtenay, Institutional Repre sentative; Mr. Frank Falcan- ero, Treasurer; members: Mr. George Hoffman, Mr. Doug las Shenkyr, and Mr. Edward Quinn. During the presentation cere- mony Mr. Gordon Chalmers acted as the narrator. Mr. Chal mers is Assistant Scoutmaster of the Troop. Second Class Awards were presented by Mr. George Hof fman to Glen Bell, David Ken- nerley and Manfred Ryan. Rome College Club Meeting The newly organized Catholic College Club of St. Mary's Pa rish, Rome, attended evening Mass and received Holy Com munion as a group Sunday, Nov. 22, 1964. Following Mass, the members held a dinner meeting at the Holiday Inn with Father Alvin Mathews, O.F.M. as the guest speaker. Father Mathews is the chap lain of the Georgia Tech New man Club. He spoke on "The Individual Responsibilities of Today’s Youth in Regard to the Changing Liturgy”. He stressed the creative responsibility of ‘ today’s youth to draw out the potentials of man. First Class Award was made by Mr. Frank Falcanero to Jimmy Cone. PRESENTATION of Merit Badges were made by Mr. Le roy Jirikovec to Bobby Fillig- ham, Jimmy Cone, Mike Weid ner, Mark Jirikovec and Jack Fillingham. Attendance and Service Awards presented by Mr. Dou glas Shenkyr were given to Jack Fillingham, Jimmy Cone, Glen Bell, Mike Weidner, Mark Jir ikovec and Manfred Ryan. Mr. Ed Courtenay presented the Star Award to Mark Jiri kovec, Bobby and Jack Filling ham. CHAIRMAN of the Troop Committee, Mr. Robert Filling ham, presented the Life Award to Mike Weidner. After Retiring the Colors, re freshments were served by Mrs. Austin Edmondson, RELIGIOUS ROOK Irene Fennell, William Callahan Wed At Immaculate Conception Mrs, William T. Ellis an nounces the marriage of her daughter, Mrs. Irene Fennell PLEDGE TO STAND Court Dismisses ‘Under Cod’ Test BY RUSSELL SHAW (N.C.W.C, News Service) WASHINGTON—Children in public schools can go on pled ging their allegiance to "one nation under God,” as a result of a new action by the U,S, Su preme Court, The high court dismissed without comment (Nov. 23) a challenge to the use of the phrase “under God” in the flag pledge recited by children in New York public schools. THE court thus in effect an swered nagging questions about how far it is prepared to go in barring religious expressions from public schools in the wake of its 1962 and 1963 rulings against prayer and Bible read ing in the schools. ’There is of course nothing in the decision reached here that is inconsistent with the fact that school children and others are officially encouraged to ex press love for our country by reciting historical documents such as the Declaration of In dependence which contain ref erences to the Deity orby sing ing officially espoused anthems which include the composer’s professions of faith in a Su preme Being, or with the fact that there are many manifes tations in our public life of be lief in God, “Such patriotic or ceremon ial occasions bear no true re semblance to the unquestioned religious exercises that the State of New York has sponsor ed in this instance (the 22- word prayer).” to Mr, William R, Callahan Jr„ son of Mrs, April Bunts and Mr. William R, Callahan Sr., Mrs. Fennell is the daughter of the late Mr. William T. Ellis.The wedding took place at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Church Sept. 26. Father Euse bius J. Beltran officiated. Patricia Fennell, daughter of the bride, was maid of honor. Mr. J, Troy was best man. Mrs. Doris Hamrick, sister of the bride was matron of honor. Wayne Graham, Joseph Ren- shaw, and Danny Beshers were ushers. A reception followed in the church social hall. Serving at the reception were Louise Renshaw, Jackie Samples, and Geraldine O’Neal. Mrs. Betty Hulon kept the brides book. After a wedding trip to Wash ington D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Cal lahan will make their home in Atlanta. Nun Cites Revisions For Catholic Texts CHICAGO (RNS) — Religion textbooks used in Roman Cat holic schools are being revised or rewritten in an effort to erase negative images and distortions relating to Protestants and Jews, according to a nun who conducted a study on textbook bias. “At least six publishing com panies are changing their re ligion texts in the spirit of the ecumenical movement,” Sister Rose Albert, O.P., chairman of the Education Department at Dominican College, Racine, Wis., said in an interview. THE SISTER, who conducted her study at St. Louis Uni versity from 1957 to 1961, said the six publishers are Benzi- ger Brothers, Chicago; St. Mary College Press, Winona, Minn.; Father Novak Fordham Press, New York; Fides Publishers Assn., Notre Dame, Ind.; Du buque (Iowa) Priory Press; and Pius XII Religion Center, Mon roe, Mich. Sister Rose Albert, here to attend an interreligious con ference on religious education, said an editor of one of the revised textbook series recent ly told her; “Some of the things we have told Catholic children about Protestants in the past are in the realm of real fiction.” The nun said some publishers had asked Protestant ministers to read and approve sections in the new texts dealing with the Reformation. “AS A result,” she said, “the Reformation is finally ing treated with sensibility. Sister Rose Albert stated that the new texts “do not treat the Jews as harshly” regarding the crucifixion of Christ, and added that most of the new texts were revised or rewritten before the SHOULD BE SCRAPPED preliminary vote approving the Jewish declaration at Vatican II. The Dominican nun, released the initial findings of her re port last May in New York. Her general criterion was the concept of “enthnocentrism,” which she described as “the no tion that we’re 100 per cent right, brilliant and virtuous and everybody else is 100 per cent wrong, ignorant and wicked.” TEXTBOOK references re flecting this attitude were judg ed negative. “Editors and teac hers must take great care,” she said, “to avoid statements that would lead young students to question the basic motiva tions, sincerity and integrity of their neighbors who are of other religious denominations. “Students must recognize and appreciate that if by the mercy of God,Catholics possess ultimate truth, they must ne vertheless bow their heads in admission that many are with out it who have searched hard er, and shown a deeper devo tion to the search than they have.” Sister Rose Albert urged parents to examine their chil dren’s texts and raise questions at parent-teacher meetings if they find the books are “de ficient in the ecumenical spirit.” Schedule Change There has been a change in the assigned times for the ACCY basketball league games. The games will be played on December 6th at Christ the King gym. The firsrgame will begin at 2:00 P.M. The second is at 3:00, the third is at 4:00, and the last game is at 5;00. Check last weeks Bulle tin for the scheduled games. The schedule will remain the samel 1) 2;00 PM, 2) 3;00 PM 3) 4:00 PM, 4) 5;00 PM. Immigration Law ‘Unsound NCCW Convention Is Told This was the third meeting of the Rome Catholic Club un der the guidance of Father Rene Maynard. The club is com posed of Berry College and Shorter College students. The members have been commended for their remarkable attendance at the meetings. The next meet ing is scheduled for January when Father Christian Malone, chaplain of the University of Georgia Newman club, will speak on marriage. This meet ing will be open to all inter ested college students. Novena Starts At St. Thomas A Novena in preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception started Monday at the Church of St. Thomas More, Decatur. Tomorrow, the first Friday of the month, Forty Hours* Devotion will begin with a Solemn High Mass at 9 a.m. Devotions will close at the 6 p.m. Mass Sunday evening. During the Novena Confessions will be heard every day at 2:30 p.m. and before each Mass. To day and Saturday, Confessions will be haard at the usual hours. For Im/ormJtiom Wriun kiui, esc 1^4 Holy Cross Sell sol WSO Dauphin* Strait Naw Orieaa*. U- 7<JI17 U The answer appears to be that the court has drawn a di viding line between religious exercises properly so-called- -like prayer and Bible reading -—and ceremonies in which re ligion is present only by way of allusion—as in the case of the flag pledge. The former are forbidden in public schools, the latter permitted. The challenge dismissed by the Supreme Court was brought before it in September by an organization called the Free thinkers of America.The Free thinkers contended that the Con stitution’s ban on an establish ment of religion was violated by having children in public schools say the words 'binder God” as part of the flag pledge. THE case originated in 1956 in Port Richmond, N.Y. The New York Court of Appeals, highest in the state, last June unanimously upheld lower court rulings in favor of the prac tice. In appealing to the Supreme Court, the Freethinkers argued that the lower court rulings were “inconsistent” with the high court’s prayer decisions. However, last month the At- -toraeys General of 30 states argued the contrary in a joint amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief filed with vOmottt preme Court, THEY quoted a section from the Supreme Court’s 1962 de cision which barred recitation of a 22-word nonsectarian prayer in New York public schools. There the court said: Si. Pius Senior Acts In "Trial’ Jon Lorrain, senior at St. Pius, is currently acting in “The Trial.” The Academy Theatre is now presenting this play by Franz Kafka. Jon has the role of the assistant bank manager. In addition to this, he will also play the musical score for each performance of “Peter Pan.” This musical will be the Academy’s Christmas Pre sentation. THE attorneys general also cited a concurring opinion writ ten in connection with the 1963 cases by Associate Justice Wil liam J, Brennan. Justice Brennan referred specifically to the words “un der God” in the flag pledge and said they “may merely recognize the historical fact that our nation was believed to have been founded ‘undeb God.* Thus reciting the pledge may be no more of a religious exercise than the reading aloud of Lin coln’s Gettysburg Address, which contains an allusion to the same historical fact,” The words “under God "we re added to the flag pledge by an act of Congress passed in 1954 and signed into law by Presi dent Eisenhower. They have been targets in a number of Church - State controversies since then. EARLIER this year Mrs, Madalyn Murray, the contro versial Baltimore atheist whose suit to eliminate Bible reading and recitation of the Lord’s Prayer from Maryland public schools was one of two cases that let to the Supreme Court’s 1963 prayer decision, asked the Baltimore school board to drop the words from the flag pledge in public schools there. The board rejected her re quest. Mrs. Murray said then she would appeal “to the Su preme Court if necessary,” More recently, a dispute has flared up in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., where town officials have been flying pennants with the motto “One Nation Under God” on municipal flag poles beneath the American flag. JOHN L. Joseph of Hasbrouck Heights protested the practice on Church-State grounds. But a Bergen City, N,J„ grand jury held in mid-November that the town was violating no state law by flying the pennants, and a U.S. attorney in Newark gaid the practice represents “no violation of Federal law,” Use of the pennants has been reported spreading in New Jer sey and Connecticut in the wake of the Hasbrouck Heights hassle. WASHINGTON (NC)— The theory behind present U. S. im migration law is “unsound, illo gical and un-American” and should be scrapped, a Catholic immigration official said here at the 32nd national conven tion of the National Council of Catholic Women. John E. McCarthy of the Na tional Catholic Welfare Confer ence” Immigration Depart ment urged that Catholic wo men work for passage of leg islation to eliminate the national origins quota system that now controls U, S. immigration law. MCCARTHY spoke (Nov. 14) at one of several simultaneous convention sessions on con temporary social issues. More than 5,000 persons attended the NCCW convention, whose theme was “Vatican Council II—and You.” McCarthy noted that under the national origins system, quota visas to come to the U.S. are issued to foreign nationals on the basis of the makeup of the U. S. population in 1920 Under this arrangement, more than half the visas go to Ire land and Great Britain— and more than three-fourths of these go unused and cannot be transferred. The NCWC official said the national origins system in ef fect asks prospective immi grants not “what can you do or what can you contribute?” but where did you come from?”, “what is your ancestry?”, “What is the color of your skin?” HE noted that legislation was introduced in the last Congress to phase out the national ori gins system over five years and replace it with a “first-come- first-served” approach based on national needs and the pre servation of family unity. However, he reminded the Catholic women, “laws-. .. are not enacted when there is no demand for action. It isupto you our Catholic leaders, to sound the trumpets and raise the clarion call.” At another session Father Frederick A. McGuire, C.M., executive secretary of the Mis sion Secretariat, stressed the universality of Christ’s mission as the necessary foundation of mission work. “THE mission of the incar nate God was notlimited to the people of one geographical area or of one limited era,” he said. “It was a mission to mankind. He did not suffer and die upon a cross for one race or one nation. And His mission is our mission, for the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ carry ing on that work.” Robert H. Mahoney, Hartford, Conn., school superintendent and husband of the late Mary Hannan Mahoney, who was pre sident of the National Council of Catholic Women from 1956 to 1958, reported on the work of Madonna Plan clincs m Tan ganyika supported by the NCCW. The Madonna Plan of foreign medical aid was inaugurated Local Ministers Speak At Pius X Two prominent Protestant ministers recently spoke to the students of St. Pius. Doctor Paul Garber, professor of theo logy at Agnes Scott College, and Pastor Raymond Buck of the Lutheran Church of the Ascen sion spoke about the ecumeni cal movement. Doctor Garber talked about the ecumenical movement among the Protestants. He pointed out that by concentrat ing on the similarities of the different denominations that a closer cooperation and under standing was the result. Pastor Buck's topic was Chr istian Commitment. He also po inted out a few of the differ ences between the Lutheran and Catholic Religions. A ques tion and answer period follow ed his talk. under Mrs. Mahoney’s leader ship. Mahoney, who visited Tan ganyika in 1963, said the clin ics focus their main effort on pre-natal and post-natal care. Infant mortality in Tan ganyika is 30% and the life expectancy is 38 years, he noted. HE said that on many occas ions during his visit native wo men expressed “prayerful appreciation” for the food, clothing and health services provided by the NCCW. “They plead that Ameri cans in their charity may con tinue to assist them in their battle against poverty, hunger, ignorance, and disease,” he said. Father James Clark, assis tant director of the Latin America Bureau, National Catholic Welfare Conference, urged that Catholic women be come personally involved and committed In programs of assi stance to Latin America. “LATIN Americans-—In fact, all of the world’s peoples—ask mainly that you become Invol ved,” he said. “That you per sonally make a commitment of concern and interest for the poor and struggling masses of Latin America. Your personal involvement is the first re quirement for eventual signi ficant aid to Latin America.” Mrs. J. B. Everson, chairman of the organization and develop ment committee of the Mad ison, Wis., Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, called for updating activities by Catholic women's organizations in line with the Church’s current movement toward aggiorna- mento. Mrs. Everson said “bake sales, parish suppers, baza ars and card parties” should be only a small part of the program of a Catholic women’* group, “Our biggest chal lenge,” she said, “is to educate ourselves in Christianity, so we may better mold a Chris tian public opinion.” FATHER Barnabas Ahern, C.P., Louisville, Ky., received the 1964 Cardinal Spellman Aw’ard from His Eminence in Rome, where both the Cardinal and Father Ahern were at tending the ecumenical council. The recipient of the award for achievement in theological studies is made each year by the Catholic Theological Society of America. CHURCH vs. GROWERS Mexican Labor Battle Looms WASHING (NC)—-A new battle looms over the use of Mexican nationals as seasonal farm la borers in the United States, with church groups on one side and growers on the other. “It is now becoming apparent that the growers are determined to continue to demand and get the equivalent of a slave-labor force,” charged Father James L.Vizzard, S. J., director of the Washington office, National Ca tholic Rural Life Conference He spoke (Nov. 17 ) to a Labor Department conference here. MEXICANS were imported by the tens of thousands annually for many years under Federal law. But continuing protests a- bout the program from Catholic groups and others,^ such as the National Council on Agricultu ral Life and Labor, resulted last year in the defeat in Congress of legislation to extend the pro gram beyond its Dec. 31 dead line. However, Father Vizzard charged that plans are now un der way to substitute another U. S. law to authorize importa tion of Mexicans. He said the Labor Department has schedul ed a series of hearings on the matter. Father Vizzard’s group, and its allies, have charged that the low-cost Mexican workers de press American workers’ pay and living conditions to the point of poverty. “When we succeeded in kill ing the ‘bracero’ program,” he said, “we thought that at last American farm employers would be forced to join the 20th century economy. “WE THOUGHT that finally they would have to offer Amer ican standards of wages and working conditions in order to get an adequate and dependable American work force. But it is now becoming apparent that the growers are determined to con tinue to demand and get the equi valent of a slave-labor force.” Growers, including those which operate large farms in which a big crop must be har vested quickly, claim they can not get Americans to do the ex hausting work and that they can- now afford to pay the wages Americans demand. St. Joseph, D’Youville Accredited St. Joseph’s High School in Atlanta has been accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges, it was announced by Msgr. Patrick J. O’Connor, Secretary for Edu cation to the Archbishop. Msgr. O’Connor also announ ced that D’Youville Academy for Girls had been accredited by the same association. This means that both schools will be list ed among the accredited schools of the nation. Father Vizzard said that de feat of the law to extend the im portation program “seemed to be one of our most important victories, but is threatening to turn to ashes In our mouths.” Newmanites Confer Here Saturday, Nov. 21, the first Newman Club Georgia Re gional Leadership Conference was held at St. Josephs' High School. Fifty-three delegates and chaplains representing nine colleges: Agnes Scott; Albany State; Emory; Ga. Southern; Ga. State; Ga. Tech; North Georgia; South Georgia; &Univ. of Ga., attended the sessions. Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Fr. Chris Malone, province chapla in from Univ. of Ga., gave the keynote address, “Christi anity in Transition”. The de legates spent the rest or the morning session in workshops discussing therole of the laity and the Church as influenced by Vatican II, along with the involvement of the Newman group on the local campus. The afternoon session be gan with training programs for the club officers with each of fice getting separate emphasis. The highlight of the afternoon was the talk entitled “Your Role Tomorrow” given to the dele gates by J. Alton Baumgartner of Zachrys in Atlanta. David Ray, chairman of the Southeas tern Province, discussed the various province in a province officers’ training period. Fr. T. T. McNulty, Ga. Regional Cha plain from Emory and Ga. State, then spoke on our role as the' “Emerging Layman”, Bob Stimler, Ga. Regional Direc tor, closed the conference with a resume of the events of the day. 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