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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1964
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CONGRESS REPORT
‘Fate Of Church’ In Soviet Union
WASHINGTON (NC) — Stat
istics purporting to reflect "the
fate of the Catholic 'Church;
in the Soviet Union and occupi
ed countries over four decades
are given in a Congressional
document which has made its
appearance.
A study made by a team of
research specialists for the
Judiciary Committee oftheU.S.
House of Representatives con
tains a paragraph which says:
"THE FATE of the Catholic
Church in the USSR and coun
tries occupied by the Russians
from 1917 to 1959 show the
following: (a) the number killed:
55 bishops; 12,800 priests and
monks; 2.5 million Catholic be
lievers; (b) imprisoned or de
ported: 199 bishops; 32,000
priests and 10 million believers;
(c) 15,700 priests were forced j
to abandon their priesthood and
accept other jobs; and (d) 8,334
theological seminaries were
dissolved; 1,600 monasteries
were nationalized, 31,779
churches were closed 400
newspapers were prohibited and
all the Catholic organizations
were dissolved.'*
It is also stated that "the
same fate met the Islamic re
ligion."
THE STUDY says "the whole
Ukrainian Autocephalic Ortho--
dox Church, with all its clergy,
was dissolved and many of its
members were deported to Si
beria."
The study is entitled "Nations
Peoples, and Countries in the
USSR." and in the words of its
director, concentrates "largely
on what is the official policy
of genocide concerning non-
Russian populations in the
USSR." The study was made by
Dr. Lev E. Dobriansky of
Georgetown University here,
whose co- workers were Dr.
Wasyl Shimoniak of Marquette
University, Milwaukee, and Sal
vatore L. Constabile of George
town.
Dr. Dobriansky introduced
the study before the committee.
He noted that it is "more ac
curate scientifically to speak
of populations in the Soviet
Union," and said the various
"distinct national organisms"
are not the same as the "so-
called ethnic groups here in
the United States." He remind
ed, too, that there are many
forms of genocide, and that the
form it took under Khrushchev
was "more subtle" than it was
under Stalin, "but nevertheless
the objective is the same, name
ly, the so-called assimilation of
the many non-Russian nations
and peoples in the USSR."
THE RESEARCHER said it
was unfortunately the notion
of many that genocide involves
solely the physical destruction
of people. He said its many
forms include the elimination of
languages and the suppression
of religious forms.
The study shows that the Rus
sian Reds began in 1918 to con
fiscate church property, while
asserting that "every citizen
has the right to practice or not
practice religion." Some forms
of religious practices could sUll
be carried on some years la
ter, despite progressive steps
against religion, the study says,
and in 1929, the Soviet criminal
code was made to prohibit the
organization of any prayer gat
herings and to provide severe
punishments for those who
broke the law. These punish
ments ranged from three years*
imprisonment to the "highest
measures of socialist defense—
death by shooting."
ADMITTING it is hard to
Glee Club Sang
Carols After All
BOONTON, N.J. (NC)—They
sang carols at the Christmas
concert given by the Boonton
High School glee club after all.
In fact, the school officials
said an earlier announcement
that caroling would be. dropped
from the concert because itwas
"too religious.’* was all a mis
take,
William Potter, school prin
cipal, said changes were re
quested in the program because
it was deemed that last year's
performance was two - thirds
"religious." He added: "We
asked the choral director to
mix up the numbers more this
year and he did so. By no
means did we go to the ex
treme of banning carols. We
must follow a policy that will
not offend any religious group.*'
establish precisely the number
of victims of Russian genocide,
because Soviet statistical pub
lications "are far from ac
curate," the study says.
"Combining Soviet Russian
data with the data of eyewit
nesses and foreign specialists
HISTORIC STEP
of Russian policies, one can see
that the famines of 1920-24 and
1932-33, the purges through
out the entire colonialist Soveit
Russian regime, slave labor,
and deportations affected more
non-Russian nationals than the
Russian people itself. Today,
there would be at least more
than 8 million Ukrainians alive,
3 million Kazakhs, Poles, Jews,
Germans, Kalmyks, Finns, Lat
vians, etc., at least a 20 mil
lion total if it were not for the
Soviet Russian policy of im-
periocolonialism and the Rus
sian desire to conquer other
nations."
Santa Fe Diocese Joins
Council Of Churches
SANTA FE, N.M. (NC)--The
Catholic archdiocese of Santa
Fe., in an action described
as a "definite step in mutual
understanding and true cha
rity," is joining the New Mexi
co Council of Churches.
' Archbishop James P. Davis
of Santa Fe and the Rev. Mr.
Harry Summers, executive se
cretary of the church council,
jointly announced the historic
step (Dec. 19) at a meeting in
the archbishop’s office here.
THE New Mexico Council of
Churches presently includes
seven Protestant denominations
as members. This is the first
time that a Catholic diocese
has joined a Council of Chur
ches. However, St. Andrew's
Catholic cathedral in Grand
Rapids, Mich., and a Catholic
parish in Tulsa, Okla., belong
to the local church councils
in their areas.
Archbishop Davis and the
Rev. Mr. Summers listed four
"basic principles" which they
said underlie the dec is ion. They
are;
"1) The ’peace of Our Lord
Jesus Christ' will be evidenced
in one more witness by His
action.
"2) The essential fact of
‘unity but not uniformity’ will
be recognized in a noble effort
toward the ideal of John XXIII
and other ecumenical leaders;
'unity In essentials, difference
in everything else."’
"3) Strength will be given
to certain fundamental doct
rines and principles which the
church must communicate to
the contemporary world.
"4) The present unwarrant
ed duplications, mainly in so
cial policies, charitable endea
vors and so on, will be made
unnecessary."
THE TWO men called the
move "a source of deep satis
faction and a cause of great
expectations not only for the
Christian communities of the
state but also for every man of
good will, because it is a de
finite step in mutual under
standing and true charity."
"The message of Christmas
is certainly evidenced by this
act of fraternal charity, for
which the prayers, the support
and the understanding of all men
of good will are both asked and
needed," they stated.
Archbishop Davis designated
Msgr. O.A. Coggiola-Mower,
pastor of the Church of the An
nunciation in Albuquerque, as
representative of the Santa Fe
archdiocese to the Council of
Churches. Msgr. Coggiola-Mo
wer has for several months re
presented the archbishop in his
relations with the council on
a less official basis.
THE archbishop also said he
Concelebration
NEWTON, N.J. (NC)—Per-
mission for the concelebration
of Mass has been received by
monks of St. Paul’s Benedic
tine Abbey here.
It will be permitted at three
periods of the year—during the
monks' annual retreat, on
Christmas and on March 21,
feast of St. Behedict.
New Library
JERSEY CITY (NC)—St. Pe
ter’s College here has announ
ce d plans for a new library
costing some $1 million.Con
struction will begin next spring.
would name other priests and
laymen as representatives of
the archdiocese to the council
The Protestant denomina
tions that now belong to the
state council are the Presby
terian Church of the U.S.A.,
the Lutheran Church of Ameri
ca, the Methodist Church, the
Disciples of Christ, the United
Church of Christ (Congregatio-
nalist), the Episcopal Church,
and the Evangelical United Bre-
thr^ n.
Among those present at the
announcement ceremony in ad
dition to Archbishop Davis and
the Rev. Summers were Msgr.
Coggiola-Mower and the Rev.
Lee Hobert, president of the
New Mexico Council of Chur
ches and pastor of the Mesilla
Valley Christian Church, Las
Cruces.
NKW HEAD — Vernon X.
Miller, dean, of the Catholic
University of America Law
School, Washington, D.C..
who enters the year 1965 as
the new president of the As
sociation of American Law
Schools, an organization of
100 institutions in all parts
of the nation. Dean Miller is
said to be the first head of
a Catholic law school to hold
the office.
C HRISTMAS CRECHE IN WHITE HOIV.E—In a window along the long wall of the
East Room in the Executive Mansion is a manger scene made up of 42 individual 18th
Century Neopolitan figures. The figures, made in Naples of terra cotta and carved wood,
represent the Holy Family, angels, shepherds, peasants, kings and animals. The tableau
is a pyramid in shape and rises against the background of a green velvet curtain in the
ballroom window. Golden draperies are on either side and white azaleas for a base. The
art work was loaned by Mrs. Howell Howard of New York City, an artist and collector
of antique figures.
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