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I 1 I PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1964 Archbishop’s Notebook • BUSINESS FORECAST - 1965 An odd thing to find in a bishop's columnl What about those money-changers? What about the mammon of iniquity? The econo mics of the Gospel is not always as evident as its theology, but one financial point is very clear: "Before you build something, be sure you have something to build with," A bishop is a steward of the properties and funds of the Church. He holds them in custody, — securing, preserving, augmenting, expending, passing them on in trust to his successor. As the cus todian of goods of God's people, he must seek wise counsel. Priest and lay specialists, financial, land, and legal advisors are sought, A bishop cannot lightly hold the trust his office places in his hands. It occured to me that you might be interested in the business consensus we make each year at this time. The Federal Reserve Monthly Review Reports of the Chamber of Commerce and Census Bureau, Atlanta Metro Planning Commission; industry and com mercial journals, news magazines and daily newspapers — all contribute to the consensus. This survey helps to provide a base for our own expanding pro gram, This will be announced soon. Meanwhile, take a look at these economic prospects for 1965: UUM Augustine Moore, O.C.S.O., abbot of the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Ghost, Conyers, is shown at the moment of Consecration during the concelebrated Christmas midnight Mass. The other monks of the community surround the altar. PACEM IN TERRIS • IN ATLANTA 'The metropolitan area is growing at the rate of a new person every 15,9 minutes ... less than 20 years from now it will include two million persons". Convocation On Encyclical "Atlantans are steadily paying more and more for new homes — $26,700 average in October, $2,600 over the national average for the same month." Drawing World Figures "Department store sales alone are running 10% ahead of the 1963 level which in turn was up 10% from 1962." • IN GEORGIA "More Georgians are employed at higher wages than ever before — nearly 1,200,000 are on non-farm payrolls, over 25,000 more than last year at this time." (In Atlanta less than 2% is unemploy ed as against 4 - 5% of national average.) "Sales' Tax Intake shoots up, reflecting Rise in Economy." 'The latest progress report (of the Census Bureau) moves Georgia from 19th to 16th place among the states in industrial growth. Georgia was one of only 12 states to show increases in excess of 50%. "For the first time," a Georgia industrialist has commented, "people are coming into the South to take jobs, instead of moving away." • THE SOUTH, 1954 - 1964 Southern states rose 18% in factory employment while the rest of the U. S. went down 5%. The South increased factory payrolls, 72%, the other states only 40%. The South increased bank deposits 77%, while the others rose only 63%, &&& • THE U. S. AT LARGE With an 8,000,000 car year tucked under its belt, the auto lead ers are guessing at 8,000,000, 8,100,000 or even 8,700,000 sales for 1965. Many merchants report customers are upgrading their purchas es, demanding higher quality and willing to pay higher prices." 'The flow of cash income to American families and individuals crossed the half-trillion dollar mark in November for the first time," President Johnson announced December 19, 1964. 'The end of the year will see steel usage in the U. S. reach a record for any year, at 87 million tons, and the prospects are that it will be evenhighernextyear." (Steel Magazine, Dec. 1964). The report watched most carefully is one privately circulated. And its "Taking Sights on 1965" does not minimize the unemploy ment hard core, nor the Wall Street nervousness. But it sorts out the many guesses being made of the famed GNP — gross national product, and puts a finger on $660 billion, nearly 6% above this year. • CONCLUSION As the Archdiocese announces its program of building for 1965, —* for example the Village of St. Joseph for our dependent child ren, — what do these figures mean? They mean that those of us who share in these good times must think about the futures of those who don't. And an archdiocese, like a good boy scout must be prepared: "Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the outlays that are necessary, whether he has the means to complete it?" That is the reason for our surveys, our plans, our consensus. Newman NEW YORK O^C)—The Card. Inal Newman Foundation of New York announced a scholarship offer which is out of routine. The foundation, with offices at Columbia University here, is accepting applications for a ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA Scholarship $2,000 graduate scholarship. It is open to any Catholic in this general area who expects to teach at a secular university or college and has been accepted as a doctoral candidate at the university where he is studying. NEW YORK (NC>~The Vice President of the United States and other top national and in ternational figures will take part in a February convoca tion here devoted to Pope John XXril's monumental encyclical on peace. Participation of Hubert H. Humphrey and the others was announced by Robert M. Hutch ins, president of the Center for the Study of Democratic In stitutions, which will sponsor the convocation, Feb. 18-20. TO BE held before an invited audience of about 1,000 persons, the convocation will discuss re quirements for peace, using Pope John's 1963 encyclical, "Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth), as the departure point. The 20,000-word encyclical, Pope John’s eighth and last, is a sweeping appeal that all men of good will work to secure peace based on a strong world author ity, cessation of the armaments race, banning of nuclear wea pons, the end of colonialism and the elimination of racism and other social injustices. Hutchins said participants in addition to Humphrey, will in clude U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren; U. Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations, Ambassador AlexQuaison-Sac- key, president of the UN General Assembly; Willy Brandt, Mayor of Berlin; Sir Muhammad Zaf- rulla Khan of Pakistan, judge of the International Court of Jus tice; and Miss Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson), British econo mist. A LETTER from President Johnson praising the convoca tion was released by Hutchins. Mr. Johnson said he had "no doubt that such discussion un der private auspices of the problem of peace will provide a major contribution to the great est single problem of our time." ‘The idea of assembling in this country outstanding spirit ual and intellectual leaders should provide a welcome new dimension to the discussion of these fundamental problems," the Chief Executive wrote. HE ALSO said that the sympo sium can be an important event in the International Coopera tion Year which he proclaimed on Oct. 2. The President's letter was sent to Justice William O. Doug las of the Supreme Court who is chairman of the center's board of directors. Hutchins said topics to be considered at the convocation were outlined at a three-day planning conference held earl ier this year at Wingspread, the Johnson Foundation confer ence center in Racine, Wls, They include: —How to obtain universal acceptance of the idea of co existence of .nations of differ ing ideological and social sys tems. —How to achieve sufficient flexibility so that all interna tional conflicts can be settled by negotiation, and how to devise mechanisms for peaceful so cial and political change. —How to obtain recognition of the urgent need for rapid progress toward nuclear and conventional disarmament. —How to take actions and de velop understanding to create mutual trust among the nations. —How to achieve the elimina tion of racism in all countries. —How to achieve internation al cooperation in assisting the developing countries in the in terest of the prosperity of the world, and how to make full use of science and technology for PROTESTANT WARNS CANBERRA, Australia (NC) —An American delegate-obser ver at the ecumenical council warned Australian Protestants to be careful about their pre conceived ideas of the Catho lic Church. Dr. William B. Blakemore, Dean of Disciples Divinity House, University of Chicago, told an audience at Church of Christ hall here that his own preconceptions of the Catholic Church had been dissipated by his attendance at the council. IT IS not true all Catholics are alike, he said. Certain ma jor beliefs are held in comm on, but there is tremendous variety, and every Catholic stands out as a distinct per son. He described the council as a process of self-discovery for the 2,300 bishops of the Catholic Church. Dr. Blakemore said the Catholic Church does not like majorities. He noted that the council sought unanimity in VANCOUVER, B.C. PJC>- Archbishop Martin M, Johnson of Vancouver has announced that clergy here will elect three archdiocesan consultors, an of- fice to which seniors priests traditionally have been appoint ed. The archbishop's decision means that the board of consul- tors will be expanded to nine members. The group meets monthly. THE prelate told priests of the archdiocese his decision is "an effort to implement col- legiality" on the local level, Coliegiality is the principle stressed in the Vatican Coun cil's Constitution on the Church which emphasizes that the bis- developing cooperation among nations. —How to encourage further development of the United Na tions so that its means and structure may become equal to the magnitude of its tasks. IN A statement of purpose for the convocation, Hutchins said that ' pronouncement of the en cyclical in 1963 produced dis cussion and excited hopes throughout the world.... Our in tention is to revive the discus sion by bringing together the best minds to talk about the en cyclical's possibilities for help ing along those tendencies to peace and cooperation among men that are beginning to ap pear." its discussions and docu ments which were worked thr ough until almost complete unanimity had been reached. THIS is not totalitarian aut hority or conformism, he said. Rather it indicates that a deep religious instinct does not live in majorities, but by agree ment. The Catholic Church's pro blems are the same as those of other Churches, he said. The true ecumenical spirit lies in the realization that all churches share each other’s problems and each other's dreams. THE council is seeking a ren ewal of the life of the Church and there were many points where this could be seen. Dr. Blakemore added. By bringing the bishops to gether, the council has built a new bond in the Church, he said. It has given rise to much self-criticism, but is a tremen dous moral force within the Church and the world as a whole. hops share in the responsibility of the pope to teach and govern the Church. After election, the three new consultors will be formally ap pointed by the archbishop to conform to the requirement of Church law. Wedding Change MUNICH, Germany (NC) — The Church here has dropped its opposition to Saturday wed dings and will now permit them on the same basis with other weekdays. The new work pat terns in both city and country in postwar Bavaria have made Sat urday weddings popular. Avoid Preconceived Image Of Catholics VANCOUVER ARCHIDOCESE Consultors Will Be Elected To Office DISPUTES CARDINAL Los Angeles Priest Exiles Self Over Racial Policies LOS ANGELES (NC)— A 49- year-old pastor granted a leave of absence from the Los Ange les archdiocese at his own re quest told a farewell reception here that he was leaving to protest an order that he be sil ent on racial matters. Father John V. Coffield told some 400 guests invited to the reception (Dec. 27) by the Catholic Human Relations Council, an unofficial, militant civil rights group, that he had been sent on a five-month "en forced vacation" last summer and fall and then "ordered to maintain a silence on racism." THE CHANCERY office of the Los Angeles archdiocese, in a statement (Dec. 28) said that no administrative discipline had been imposed on Father Coffield. "He requested permission to be absent from his parish and the archdiocese, and this per mission was granted upon his petition. His departure from this area was arranged through regular processes." said the chancery statement. Alluding to a statement issu ed at the farewell reception held for Father Coffield, the chancery commented: "Portions of the statement issued in his name, however, demonstrate that those who con centrate excessively on a par ticular point, to the virtual exclusion of all other factors, will sometimes find that zeal has produced an unbalanced ap proach which defeats its own purpose." "CATHOLIC clergy and laity are and always have been unit ed in their support of racial equality," the chancery state ment said. (Father Coffield went from Los Angeles to Chicago and upon his arrival there told newsmen (Dec, 28) that he would make no further comment about Los Angeles without the permission of Albert Cardinal Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago. (He said he expects to lodge at the rectory of St. Carthage church. This is a southside Chicago parish serving a pre dominantly Negro neighbor hood. (What position he will occupy during his three-year leave of absence was unclear. ButMsgr. Francis W. Byrne, Chicago chancellor, told newsmen he had been advised that Father Coffield has received per mission from James Francis Cardinal McIntyre of Los Angles to study at the Univer sity of Chicago. (Msgr. Byrne said that as long as Father Coffield retains Cardinal McIntyre's permiss ion to be absent from the Cali fornia archdiocese, the Chi cago archdiocese will receive him under the ordinary circum stances granted to a visiting priest whose bishop had autho rized his temporary residence elsewhere. (Msgr. Byrne said that a vis iting priest must reside in a parish rectory or a religious institution. He explained that Father Coffield met this re quirement by getting permiss ion to lodge at St. Carthage. (Msgr. Byrne also said that the permission given Father Coffield to be absent had not been revoked or altered in the wake of the priest’s statements in Los Angles. (Father Coffield was reported by friends to be planning to combine his study with work for the Inter-American Co operative Institute, a small Catholic organization which supports training programs on the management of coopera tives and credit unions in Latin America. Its headquar ters are in Chicago.) Father Coffield, pastor for three years of Ascension par ish here, told the private fare well party that he was going into "self-imposed exile" from Los Angeles "as the strongest protest I can make" because "I was ordered to maintain a silence on racism." He said his departure was a solution to an impasse between himself and James Francis Cardinal McIntyre of Los An geles. Father Coffield charged that he was ordered out of the ar chdiocese on June 22 and not allowed back until Nov. 15 be cause he spoke out against Proposition 14 on the Novem ber California ballot. Proposition 14, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters, amended the state con stitution to prohibit state agen cies from interfering with an individual's choice on whom he will sell real property to. The proposition, in effect, killed Calif ironia laws prohibiting ra cial discrimination in the sale of houses. Father Coffield said in a statement that he was silent during his time out of the archdiocese. But he called this wrong. "I should have fought it openly,” he said. Father Coffield said he "de eply loves" the Church and wants "to be obedient to her." But he added: "The clear law of obedience is that we are not to obey when we are certain that to do so would be to sin, whether the command be given by mother or father, priest, bishop or car dinal. We can sin by silence as well as by action." Pope Chosen Top Religion Figure Council convened by his pre decessor, Pope John XXIII, and for his meeting with Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras during the Holy Land trip. NEW YORK flx’C)— Pope Paul VI was selected as the 1964 newsmaker in the field of re ligion in a poll compiled by the Associated Press among edi tors of its member newspapers and TV stations. . The Pope was selected as a result of his precedent-shat tering trips to the Holy Land last January and to Bombay, India, earlier this month; for reopening the Second Vatican The poll selected President Johnson as the top newsmaker of the year and Nikita Khrush chev, ousted premier of the Soviet Union, was chosen the top newsmaker in foreign af fairs. ARTHRITIS PAINS? 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The Holy Father looked af him a long moment, his eyes well ing with tears, and he bl«ssed him. “» '"V" von.” the Pope whispered. ' f***r breaVast with 216 orphans m =s 'he Ho*v Father was told by 13 ej- - V* •••"r-Md Tony Maseerems: “Manv os have no fa'hers. Many of us have no mothers. Some, like me have no one in the world.” Thank ing the Pope for his visit, the lad _, . . .. apologized: “We cannot give you T t Holy Father j Mutton Atd anything, because we have nothing." lor the Ortental Church ... Do you wonder the Holy Father weeps? He asks for a great world fund for orphans, deformed infants, feeble old men. lepers, blind boys, refugees . . . Three- fourths of the world is plagued by hunger. What we pay for one, package of cigarettes (33c.) is a week’s wage In Kerala State south India! What the average American family spends foi soft drinks each month ($20) will feed two families of refugees for a month! In India, our native priests and Sisters must have hammers, saws, books, and cloth, to teach poor youngsters how to support themselves . . . Will you help Father Mannanal In Xeeloor, for instance? $2800 will make room for hundreds more boys and girls in the little school he conducts—and $950 provides a chapel. Name the school and the chapel for your favorite saint, in memory of your loved ones. Any gift ($25, $20, $15, $10, $5, $2) will be a Godsend In the war oh suffering. With the Pope it will say, “I love you.” SIX NEW IDEAS FOR ’65 WHAT BECOMES OF THE FUN AND FROLIC New Year’s eve? What you spend is gone the morning after . . . Month by month in 1965, here’s what you can do: □ TRAIN A NATIVE SISTER OVERSEAS. She’ll be your personal representative to people who need help, and she’ll write to you. Her training costs only SI2.50 a month. $150 a year, $300 altogether. □ TRAIN A NATIVE PRIEST. He wants to give his life for others. For the next six years he needs $8.50 a month <S100 a year. $600 altogether). Write to us. □ FEED A FAMILY OF REFUGEES, for a month! $10 feeds a family i_J ENROLL YOURSELF in one or more $l-a-mnnth clubs: DAMIEN CLUB (helps lepers, BASILIANS (teiches children), HOUSE OF GOLD (cares for the aging), MONICA GUILD (repairs missions churches). □ ENROLL A FRIEND a month, newborn infants, students, the ill. in this Association. The offering is only $1 for a year, S !0 for life. The spiritual benefits are rewarding! _ STRINGLESS: Send A GIFT each month to the Holy Father. He will use it where needed most. Dear Monsignor Ryan: Enclosed please find for Name Street City ... .State Zip Code#. .UcarKstfllisseonsjMl FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, ProsidonI M»qr. Jotopk T. Ryan, Nat’l Soc’y Seed all communication* to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 110 Modi to a Am. at 42nd St. Now York, N. Y. 10017