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r Amm&mKvSi the famous UHDiSFARNE GOSPELS, DAT inG 70 AD TOO, INCLUDE THE WORKS of all four Evangelists in thc Latin Vulgate version, this highly DECORATED PAGE SNOWS THE OPENING OF ST JOHN'S QOSPEL. . - | ST REMIGIUS, I ARCH BISHOP Of *| RMEIMS, FRANCE, j 1M TWC 6 1 ? CENT;, 1 GtMRMtD HIS yi See to'i MO LESS Y( THAN I 74 ytARS. >4 SOMEWHAT MILITARY A/R **V■*" DISTINGUISHES THIS MODERN TRENCH PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1964 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Clergymen Defend MOTHER SETON CAUSE Leukemia Cure Student Protests BERKELEY, Calif. (NC)— Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders at the University of Cal- ifornai have defended recent student demonstrations there and condemned what they call ed the university’s "suppres sion of the moral right to free expression.” The religious leaders said they were "not. . . uncriti cal” of the students' behavior but at the same time felt the students were largely in the right and the university was in the wrong. Demonstrations at the Uni versity of California have cen tered on alleged violations of free speech, including restri ctions on students”political ac tivity. A JOINT statement written "to clarify the situation” was issued by the Rev. Keith K. Chamberlain, a Presbyter ian minister. Father James Fisher, C. S. P„ of the uni versity’s Newman Hall, and Joseph Gumbiner of the Jew ish Hillel Foundation. They said student activity "should be viewed as an ex pression of youth’s moral con sciousness, not as juvenile ir responsibility." "Recent activity is a direct result of attempting to prac tice the rights which we have always taught our students they French Parish Allows Laymen Pulpit Time PARIS (RNS)—A French par ish has decided to allow lay men to address the congrega tion following the usual Sunday sermon by the pastor, THe innovation by the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette has met with an enthusiastic re sponse from parishioners. It also has stirred considerable comment in Catholic circles where some regard it as a first step towards eventual regular lay sermons, Notre Dame also encourages laymen to accompany a priest when he takes Holy Commun ion to a sick parish member, and to keep an ill person in touch with church activities. F'LOWFRS possess under the Constitution they d dared. THEY accused the univer sity of imposing "oppressive regulations” on the students and said; "It is precisely by putting a clamp on young ide alists. . . that we attack their sense of integrity and sonal dignity.” per- The religious leaders said that "despite the univer sity’s claims, the current stu dent protests are directed at the suppression of the moral right to free expression.” A student sit-in demonstra tion on the campus, they st ated, "should not have elici ted from the minds of a calm and wise administration the need for state police interven tion on a university cam pus." THEY accused the univer sity of having bowed to "out side interests” in its treatment of the students and said the re sults was a disaster on the campus." "We support wholeheartedly the faculty’s overwhelming vote of Dec. 3 condemning Gov, (Edmund G.) Brown’s call for state highway patrolmen onto the Berkeley campus. We join them also in protesting the in credibly inept and punitive ac tions of the university’s admin istration on the peaceful demon strators,” the religious lea ders said. The Diocese of Savannah led the nation in conversions to the Church last year - one convert for every 78,4 Catholics - ac cording to a study by Father John A, O’Brien in the Register, national Catholic weekly. This achievement is even more im pressive in the light of the sur vey's finding that only 21 dio ceses throughout the country S T R A N Little-Kn own Facts for Catholics By M ). MURRAY Copyright, 1M4. NCWC. N«w. Strv.c. 164 COURTLAND STREET. N E, ATLANTA.GEORGIA 30J0J CORN CHIPS CAUL Cl. 71694 CHURCH. IT NAS BUILT IN PICARDY, WHICH STILL DEARS THE SCARS OF THE BATTLES ^Fought there during world war /. Cathedral Mass The schedule of Masses for New Year's Day at the Cathe dral of Christ the King is as follows; 6:30 ajn, - 12:30 p.m. 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m, 8:00 a.m. - 6:15 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. showed a better Catholics-to- converts ratio in 1963 than in the previous year, with the ratio slipping in 117 dioceses. In a statement, Savannah's Bishop Thomas J. McDonough said "It is remarkable that in a diocese so small as ours, a diocese so weakened by its lack of priests, the number of con verts is so high. We thank Al mighty God that He has granted such abundant grace to our area of His vineyard," Bishop McDonough gave much of the credit for Savannah's achievement to the inquiry clas ses conducted by parishes throughout the diocese. He also credited the old Catholic Lay 's Association for having, over the years, improved the climate for the Church not only in Georgia, but all through the South, once the most anti-Cath- olic section of the nation, Geor gia now leads the 50 states in conversions. The growth of the Church in the Southeast is further empha sized by the fact that Father O'Brien's survey lists six dio ceses in this region as among the top 15 in the nation: in convert work, Atlanta is sec ond, Raleigh is third, Mobile- Birmingham is 4th, Nashville 5th, St. Augustine is 13th. An essential part of Savan nah's success is attributed by Bishop McDonough to the pro gram used by many pastors in the diocese. It calls upon the Catholics of the parish to par ticipate in the work of making converts, through theirprayers and sacrifices. Parishioners are asked to offer their recep tion of Holy Communion once a month for converts, to say a de cade of the Rosary each day and to make a small act of personal sacrifice whenever possihle. "Where this pro gram has been tried, there has been a response which is in many ways astounding," said the Bishop, SERVE CHRIST AS A HOLY CROSS BROTHER TEACHING • ROYS' HOMES RANCHING • OFFICE WORK TRADES • FOREIGN MISSION? For Im/ormdtiom Writ as I i i i I iar f i i r r f fi Himi*| <*^4* 1A4 Holy Croat Scfcool $950 Diuphiac Str**t OrUia*. La, 70117 Any Time - Anywhor# Call a Taxi Radio Cabs DECATUR CO-OP CABS 310 Howard Av«. 24-Hour Seryice Passengers Insured Trips Anywhere DR 7-3866 - DR 7-1701 DECATUR, 0A. IGNATIUS HOUSE UTKtTS tV JESUIT PRIESTS Weekends For Men And Weekends For Women 6700 Riverside Drive N. W. 255-0503 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 Follows Prayers ARCHBISHOP raul J, Hallinan shown presiding at Christmaa midnight Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. SOUTHEAST RATES HIGH Savannah Convert Success Leads US PUEBLO, Colo. (NC)—Two years ago doctors gave her no hope. She was a victim of in curable leukemia and at best had a "short time" to live. But today, Paula Kay Hoody, 7, is described as an "energy- plus" first grader at Shrine of St. Therese School here. HER parents, Mr, and Mrs, A1 Hoody, and her godfather, Joe Douglass, all of Pueblo, were shocked when they heard the doctors' ultimatum that Paula, then 4, faced certain death. The girl's illness came at a time when the cause of Mother Elizabeth Seton, the first na tive-born citizen of the United States to be beatified, was re ceiving much publicity. A novena to Mother Seton was begun in the area. From Pueblo, it spread throughout the country "on a beggar's mis sion," as Douglass describes it, LETTERS by the thousands were received by the Hoodys, most of them relating that pray ers were being said for Paula's cure, and for a miracle to help the canonization cause of Moth er Seton, who was beatified in Rome on March 17, 1963. . No one can say definitely if the prayers were answered— but Paula Kay Hoody is alive today and as energetic as any other girl her age. Sunday, Jan. 3, has beendes- CATHOLIC PRESS ignated a "day of thanks" in the Pueblo area by those interested in the case. Mother Seton's feast day occurs on Monday, Jan. 4. "No greater joy could be Mrs, Hoody's than knowing that others care enough to give of their prayers for a little child," said Douglass. New Argentine Mass Recorded BUENOS AIRES (NC) — An Argentine composer and a Cath olic priest have combined Span- ish-lndian folk rhythms and the vernacular translation of the liturgy to produce a new ver sion of the Mass. Written for choir and orches tra and sung in Spanish, the composition has won wide crit ical acclaim since its debut on Argentine television. A record ing of the Mass is among the most popular records in Argen tina and is being planned for sale throughout Spanish Ameri ca. A SHRINE OF THE LITTLE FLOWER provides a focal point in the room of three-year-old Theresa (Tina) Tidwell of La Mirada, Calif. "Tina” was bom with an open spine which cau3;d paralysis from the waist down. Early surgery partially corrected the condition and she learned to walk with crutches and braces imder the care of experts at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Center, Orthopaedic Hospital. Los Angeles. An older sister, bom before medical advances made successful treatment possible, died of the same condi tion several years before "Tina’s” birth. PRIEST-PRESIDENT Pre-Fab Factory Aids Town BY GUY LANGLEY N.C.W.C. News Service RICHFORD, Vt. — A com plete factory came by mail to Father George St. Onge and Editor Asks End To ‘Institutionalism’ PITTSBURGH, Pa. (RNS)— The future of the Catholic press in the United States rests in its getting away from institutional ism, John Leo, associate edi tor of The Commonweal , na tional weekly edited by laymen, declared here. Speaking in the forum series sponsored by the Pittsburgh Oratory, Mr, Leo said one of the major failings of the Catho lic press was its preoccupation in equating the interest of the Church only with stories that put the Church in a good light. HE declared that "the Cath olic press generally tends to work from an editorial position out toward the news.*’ One con sequence, he noted, is the tenden cy "to publish only that news which fits the editorial posi tion." Mr, Leo commented that "about 32 out of the 500-odd Catholic publications in the U.S. are carrying the burden" and he .remarked that whatever prom ise the immediate future has for the Catholic press lies largely with these. He remaked, however, that he was "uncertain" about this HOSTS ARE MADE BY HAND—A large group of trained workers and specially made ovens produce the hosts which Senora Eugenia Angel de Velez of Madellin, Colombia, pro duces for regional, national and international Eucharistic Congresses in all parts of the world. Large pieces of machinery are used for some portions of the manufacture. Not only does Senora Angel de Velez, the mother of five children, produce the hosts out of her own personal resources, but she often charters airplanes to speed them to Euchar- iatif Congresses at some distanc j from Colombia. promise, primarily because of "ambiguities at the heart" of the Catholic press. Mr. Leo de scribed these as "honesty ver sus loyalty, and conscience ver sus authority" tensions. He said that the unfortunate ten dency has been to resolve such clashes in favor of loyalty and authority. MR. LEO also scored what he termed "the rebuttal syn drome" of the diocesan press He pointed out that the Catho lic press is often so busy mak ing denials it neglects to do the reporting it should be doing. "One of the great goals the Catholic press has to seek is the creation of a climate in which public opinion can take shape," Mr. Leo stated. "It has a role in making us feel a sense of community." ‘Read Bible’ Says Cardinal BOSTON (NC)—Boston’s Ri chard Cardinal Cushing advised Catholics to emulate their Pro testant brethren and spend more time reading the Bible. He urged "at least five minu tes each day" of Bible read ing. "For some reason or other, Catholics are reluctant to read the Bible," the cardinal said in a sermon at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. "But Protestants not only read the Bible, but study it. I met a woman who knows the Book of Psalms by heart and, to be honest, I don't know one Psalm by heart.” In a formal Christmas mes sage to the archdiocese, Car dinal Cushing said man still is plagued by the same evils —strife, rivalry, injustice— that have existed since Crea tion. He said there is a simple way to counteract them—"it is love, love of all." Promote Cause BOMBAY (NC)—A magazine has been started here to pro mote the beatification cause of Father Agnelo de Souza, one of the four Indian candidates for sainthood honored at a rally at the International Eucharistic Congress held here in Decem ber, Father de Souza, a native of Goa and a member of the Missionary Society of Sc. Fran cis Xavier of Pilar, died at 58 in 1927. things are humming in this re juvenated industrial town. The prefabricated building was erected In a couple of days and houses the hockey stick fac tory of the Richford En terprises, Inc., which Father St. Onge founded and serves as president in his drive to put life back into this town. THE factory resembles a World War II type quonset hut, measuring 150 feet long and 60 feet wide. The factory now employs 15 men, but Father St. Onge, who Is pastor of All Saints church here, expects a staff of 75 when work shifts get into full swing. Father St. Onge started out making "blanks," and unfi nished hockey stick for another firm. The project employed seven men. Then the priest hit on the ideal of making the finished product, hockey sticks of Vermont ash which are high- FOR AFRICAN POOR ly popular with players of the game. The enterprising pastor blitzed his way over, under, around and through a financial maze and came out with a $111, (XX) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration to es tablish the factory and ne cessary machinery here on the site once occupied by a ply wood firm. AND while Father St. Onge’s hockey stick factory idea was materializing, another industry was attracted to this town as a result of his efforts. Sohler Skis, Inc., rented part of a building and plunged into the business of repairing skis made by a German firm and sold in the U.S. The new enterprise started out with a staff of four men but the force is expected to be increased greatly as business picks up. The company is also studying an expansion plan for the manufacture of wooden and metal skis. Major Changes Made In Fast, Abstinence CAPE TOWN, South Africa (NC)—Sweeping dispensations from the laws of fasting and abstinence in South Africa went into effect on Jan. 1. In response to a petitionfrom the South African bishops, the Congregation, for the Porpaga- tion of the Faith has granted the following faculties to all Ordi naries of southern Africa. 1. To dispense from the laws of fasting except on Ash Wed nesday and Good Friday. 2. To dispense the faithful generally from the law of ab stinence. 3. To dispense the faithful from the obligation of hearing Mass and resting from servile works on the feasts of the As sumption and All Saints. 4. To transfer to the follow- mmmmm ing Sunday at all the Masses the external solemnity of the feasts of the Assumption and AU Saints. Assumption and All Saints were formerly holydays of ob ligation in South Africa, The ending of the Friday ab stinence is mainly to help the poor. African weekly wage- earners are usually paid on Friday, which is therefore the day they are most likely to have money for meat. Not having re frigerators they cannot keep it owing to the heat. NELSON RIVES REALTY 3669 CLAIRMONT ROAD CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE SALES, RENTALS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PHONE: 451-2323 S'' Seminary Fund Remember the SEMINARY FUND of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in your Will. Bequests should be made to the “Most Reverend Paul J. Hal linan, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and his suc cessors in office**. Participate in the daily prayers of our seminarians and in the Masses offered annually for the benefactors of our SEMINARY FUND.
