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PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1965
CATHOLIC FAMILY of the Year for 1964, chosen by the Family Life Bureau, N.C.W.C.,
is the William R. Courtade family of Hamburg, N.Y. The Courtages have been married
for 18 years and active in the Family Life apostolate, parish and community affairs in
the Buffalo area. With Mrs. Cortade in the front row (left to right) are Michael, 5; Jo
seph, 2; and Daniel, 9; second row: Siobhan, 7; Mary Eileen, 14, and Patricia, 6; with
Mr. Courtade at rear is William, Jr., 17.
FROM NCWC
Family Receives Honor
WASHINGTON (NC)—A Buf
falo, N.Y., family with a repu
tation for never saying no to a
call for service to the Church
and community has been named
Catholic Family of the Year for
1964.
• SEE EDITORIAL, PAGE 4
presentation of a family Bible
and scroll would be made to the
' Courtades in Hamburg near the
Feast of the Holy Family, Jan.
10, by Buffalo doces an authori
ties on behalf of the Family Life
Bureau.
Selected for the honorwas the Courtade, 44,-vice president
William R. Courtade family of of the Niagara Transformer
^Buffalo gus, ,.J3pippany, of Buffalo, .and his
r ..mfe Eteerk.have been married
™ ere'of the -Buffalo diocese's for 18 yfears. They are the par-
family life program and are
active in parish and community
affairs.
ANNOUNCEMENT of their
choice as Catholic Family of the
Year was made here by Bishop
Christopher J. Weldon of
Springfield, Mass., episcopal
moderator of the Family Life
Bureau, National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, which spon
sors the annual award.
Bishop Weldon said a special
Receives Envoy
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul VI received the creden
tials of the new ambassador
of Lebanon to the Holy See,
Negib Dahdah.
mice
suverfish
ents of seven children: William,
Jr., 15; Mary Eileen, 12; Dan
iel Joseph, 8; Siobhan, 6; Pa
tricia, 5; Michael, 3; and Jo
seph, 1. Two other daughters
are deceased.
THE COURTADES 11 years
ago helped found the Buffalo
diocese’s family life program.
They head a pre-Cana panel
engaged in helping prepare
young people for marriage
which has given more than 60
lectures.
The Courtades also started
the Christian Family Movement
in their parish and have held
key posts in the CFM on the
diocesan level, including that
of vice-president couple.
Active in parish life and com
munity affairs, they have head
ed a CFM international hospi-
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Women Petition Change
In Canon Law Of Church
tality project, in which they ar
ranged for placement of nearly
50 visiting Latin American stu
dents in western New York
homes for two to three months
during each of the past two
summers.
Commenting on the selection
of the Courtade family for out
standing personal and leader
ship qualities as an American
Catholic family, Msgr. John C.
Knott, director of the NCWC
Family Life Bureau, who ser
ved as chairman of the Selec
tion committee, said they "epit
omize the thousands of Catholic
families in our country who
spend themselves tirelessly in
the marriage and family life
apostolate of the Church.”
"THE BREADTH of their gen
erosity makes time not onlyfor
both Cana work and the Chris
tian Family Movement activi
ties, but also for civic and par
ish activities," Msgr. Knott
said. "Yet, most importantly,
the Courtades’ own family and
home life is loving, integrat
ed, gracious and perfectly
normal,
"Our purposes in choosing
this particular family were to -
honor them personally for dis
tinguished and exemplary lead
ership, not only this past year,
but through all the years of
their marriage, to symbolize
our profound admiration for all
the fine families actively asso
ciated with us in the Church’s
family life apostolate, and to so
cial groups but of Catholic fam
ilies everywhere. This country
is great and the Christian re
ligion is beautifully manifested
because of families like the
Courtades."
PAIR WIN FIRST
BY FR. PLACID JORDAN, OSB
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
ROME An international or
ganization . of Catholic women
has petitioned the papal com
mission here entrusted with the
revision of canon law to change
those portions of the law which
it contends no longer corre
spond with the civil and social
status of women.
The petition, submitted by St,
Joan’s International Alliance,
specifically asks that women not
be required to cover their heads
in church, that they be admit
ted to the sacramental diaconate
and eventually to the priesthood.
A resolution similar to the
petition had been adopted at a
council meeting of the alliance
in Antwerp, Belgium, last sum
mer.
THE petition suggests the re^'
vision of 25 canons of the Catho
lic Church's official Code of
Canon Law. It refers especially
to canon 87 which recognizes the
fundamental rights of all baptis
ed persons, whether men or wo
men. The petition further re
quests that qualified women be
consulted in the revision of the
law.
The petition is based upon an
extensive study by Miss Jose
phs Theresia Muench of Ger
many, a graduate theologian,
who presented the petition to
Vatican authorities here. Miss
Muench has contended that sev
eral canons restrict the basic
franchise accorded to women
in canon 87. She recommends
in the petition that canon 490,
which states that all provi
sions regarding male Religious
also apply to female Religious,
be applied throughout the whole
of canon law.
WOMEN, the petition says,
should not be dealt with as
*'minors.” They should not be
kept from serving on die altars
They should mot be* aslignecfst
pews separated from those of
the men, as is the custom in
many Latin countries, nor
should they be expected to cov
er their heads when in church.
The petition also states that
women should be admitted to
the sacramental diaconate and
eventually to the priesthood,
and that they should be allowed
to preach whenever laymen are
granted this privilege.
At least 30 canons are listed
in the petition as needing re
vision in light of the current
status of women. In some of
these canons the petition asks
that the word "vir" (man) be
replaced with "person."
In other areas, the petition
requests that women be admit
ted to post-conciliar commis
sions dealing with topics of in
terest to women, and that wo
men as well as men be appoint
ed to diocesan advisory coun-
Fr. Treacy Dies
POUGHKEEPSITE, N. Y.' Jo;
(NC) — Father Gerald C.
Treacy, S. J„ a former staff
writer for the Jesuit magazine
America and one time presi
dent of the America Press,
died (Dec, 30) at the Jesuit
novitiate of St. Andrew on the
Hudson. He was 81.
cils.
The St. Joan's Alliance is an
outgrowth of the Catholic Wo
men's Suffrage Society, and is
directed by Mrs. Magdeleine
SEGREGATED
Leroy Boy, the wife of the Bel
gian ambassador to Israel. A
spokesman for the group said a
branch may soon be established
in the United States.
Southern Schools
May Lose U.S. Aid
WASHINGTON (NC)— The
United States Office of Educa-
' tion has warned all colleges and
school districts that they face
the loss of U. S. aid unless
they move immediately to end
all traces of racial segrega
tion. ,
The warning was given in ac
cord with the. 1964 civil rights
act which prohibits persons or
agencies that practice racial
segregation from participating
in Federal assistance prog
rams. The latest step could
result in the loss of millions
of dollars by southern schools
and colleges.
FOR colleges, the U. S. gov
ernment is demanding integra
tion not only in classrooms but
in dormitories, swimming
pools and college-sponsored
social activities.
Georgia Action
Attacks Smut
SAVANNAH, Ga. (NC)—The
Georgia State Literature Com
mission has filed suit in Cha
tham County Superior Court
seeking a declaratory judgment
against a paper back book it
Considers obscene.
The commission’s action was
its first under an obscenity
law adopted by the 1964
"Georgia ginteral assembly and
Chme after a Savannah group,
Citizens for Decent Literature,
submitted a list of 11 books it
considered morally objection
able, including the one named
in the suit.
Named as defendants in the
suit are the book’s author;
the publisher, Neva Paper
backs, Inc., of Las Vegas, Nev.;
operators of a Savannah news
stand
The end of Federal aid would
be a destructive blow to school
lunch programs and to pro
grams for the purchase of
science equipment, classroom
and dormitory construction,
adult and vocational educa
tion, library services and aid
for handicapped children.
Colleges and universities
must desegregate immediately
to comply with the law. How
ever, state boards of education
are being given some addit
ional time if they can show they
are operating under court ord
ers to desegregate or if they
file a desegregation plan that
meets Federal approval.
THE order by the Education
office came one month after
President Johnson ordered
all U. S. departments to make
their aid programs conform
with the civil rights law.
NEW PRESIDENT of the
Catholic Economic Associa
tion is Father Thomas J.
McDonagh, C.S.C., chairman
of the economics department
at the University of Notre
Dame.
NOTE THIS CALENDAR
JANUARY
18 - Saint Joseph's Infirmary Auxiliary. Board meeting at 10 a.m.
in Board Room. Regular meeting at 11 ajm. in McAuley Hall,
Nurses’ residence. Pediatrician Doctor Elizabeth Latham to
speak.
18 - Our Lady of the Assumption. Mother-daughter tea, 2-4
p.m. in the cafetorium. Representatives of the 10 orders
of nuns in the Archdiocese will make up a speakers’ panel.
FEBRUARY
12 - St. Pius X benefit bridge at 8 p.m. Tickets, $1.25 Reser
vations; Mrs. Chambers, 634-3479.
19 - Northwest Deanery meeting at Christ the King Assembly
Room. Mass at 10;30 a.m. followed by luncheon.
St. Pius Debaters
Take Second Place
MARCH
19 - Parents’ Association of Christ the King bridge, luncheon
and fashion show, 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Center.
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BY WILLIAM de GOLIAN
Lion debaters copped the run
ner-up place in the second an
nual Cross Keys Invitational
Debate Tournament held last
weekend. The first affirmative
team, with a perfect tally, won
the trophy offered for top per
formance among all the affir
mative twosomes entered.
St. Pius X speakers took
four of the twenty certificates
Flood Victims
LOS ANGELES (NC)—More
than 4,000 pounds of clothing
and relief supplies have been
sent to flood victims in north
ern California by the 52
courts of the Catholic Daugh
ters of America in the Los
Angeles archdiocese.
presented to. outstanding de
baters. A Certificate of Ex- *
cellence was given to fresh
man William deGolian. Sopho
mores Raymond Warrell and
Quinn Spitzer earned Certifi
cates of Superiority. Junior
Thomas Nemey received a me
dallion for second best speaker
among all debaters.
OTHER participants included 1
varisity member Thomas Carr,
and B Team speakers Andrew
Pratt, Charles Flynn and Mich
ael Harbin, all sophomores.
Approximately 20 schools en
tered the Cross Keys conclave
several enrolling two teams in
the tournament. The topic for
the debate was, "Resolved: That
nuclear weapons should be con
trolled by an international or
ganization.”
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1164 N. Highland Ave. N.E.
Atlanta, Ga. TR 6-3716
SISTER Elizabeth Therese Conroy (left) formerly of St. Thomas
More parish, Decatur, teaches bacteriology at Mary Rogers
College, Maryknoll, N.Y. Sister Elixabeth Therese was the
Communicable Disease Center here until she entered Marvknoll
in 1958.
BACTERIOLOGIST
Atlanta Nun Teaches
Maryknoll Sisters
Maryknoll Sisters in 15 coun
tries teach thousands of stu
dents everything from religion
to the ABC’s to physics. But
who teaches the teachers?
If they receive their educa
tion at Mary Rogers College,
Maryknoll, New York, one of
their professors is Sister Eliz
abeth Therese Conroy from At
lanta. Sister is one of 24 facul
ty members who instruct the
young Sisters. Her biology stu
dents receive an all-round view
of the field but when it comes to
the unit on bacteriology, the
course really becomes concen
trated, The students know
they're learning from an expert.
SISTER Elizabeth Therese
graduated from Purdue Univer-
AFTER 97 YEARS
sity with a major in science and
from the Johns Hopkins Univer
sity School of Hygiene with an
M, S, in bacteriology. After
teaching in Sellersburg, Indiana
for two years, she worked in the
Michigan Department of Health
and then in the Georgia Public
Health Service, Communicable
Disease Center until she enter
ed Maryknoll in 1958. Her years
of experience as a bacteriolo
gist were supplemented recent
ly by a summer spent at the Uni
versity of New Mexico where
she studied radiation biology
and nuclear physics.
Sjister was a member of St.
Thomas More parish in Deca
tur. She has two brothers, Jo
seph and John who live in Sel
lersburg, Indiana and Califoi>
nia respectively.
Nuns To Leave Staff
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Of Boston Hospital
BOSTON (NC)--For the first
time in its 97-year history St.
Elizabeth' Hospital here will be
without nuns on its staff after
April 15.
Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Francis of Allegany, N.Y.,
have served at the hospital
since it was established. There
now are 25 nuns on the staff
headed by Sister William Ann,
administrator. A statement
from the nuns’ Allegany pro
vincial headquarters said the
nuns will leave "in the best in
terests of the hospital and the
order.”
THE 400-bed hospital, under
going an expansion program,
fills a vital role in the teach
ing operation of Tufts Univer
sity medical school. Dr. John
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P. Ratigan of the university has
taken over as acting adminis
trator of the hospital,.
The hospital will continue to
operate under archdiocesan
control. It was indicated the
nuns will be replaced by lay m?
employees in nursing and ad- |
ministrative posts.'
Nun’s Requiem
NEW YORK (NC)— Requiem
Mass for Mother Mary Jose
phine, mother general of the
New York Sisters of Charity
from 1941 to 1948, was of
fered (Jan. 12) at the com
munity’s motherhouse here.
Mother Mary Josephine, 94,
died (Jan. 8) at the Convent
of Mary the Queen in Yonk
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