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* TWO MEN WHO USED WORDS
This month has seen the death of two Englishmen, the poetT. S.
Eliot, and the statesman, Winston Churchill, In his own way each
is a man of the century, Eliot was born American but became the
authentic type of a cultured Englishman. Churchill was the very
essence of the British Empire, but his mother was an American.
The tiny island, in our times no longer resplendent in glory, is
still capable of producing giants.
Both could use words; as President Kennedy said of Churchill,
he mobilized the English language. In a thousand composition
classes across our land young people are learning to write, but in a
rnillion commercials, song lyrics and gossip columns, the “media
of communication*’ are letting them down.
Eliot, as the spokesman of the despairing generation after World
War 1, wrote such unforgettable lines as these from "The Wast-
Land:”
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land. . .
And, in "The Hollow Men;’’
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
And this one that leaps out of the page:
life with coffee spoons."
“What's he saying?’
ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1965 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
‘I have measured out my
In 1927 Eliot became a member of the Church of England. The
early despair, evolved into a quest for the spiritual. The poems,
“Ash-Wednesday*’ and “Four Quartets’’ and the plays “Murder
in the Cathedral’’ and "The Cocktail Party” are addressed to the
same embittered generation, but with an assurance of religious
hope. Eliot spoke for the Christian almost in prayer:
Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehood,
Teach us to care and not to care,
Teach us to sit still. . .
Suffer me not to be separated
And let my cry come unto Thee.
Churchill, on a far different and wider stage, spoke and wrote
a more muscular prose. Many Americans still remember 1940 and
his offering of nothing but "blood, toil, tears and sweat,*’ and
his tribute to the Royal AIR Force, “Never was so much owed by
so many to so few.” From 'This was their finest hour” to his
fellow Britons to “the Iron Curtain” drawn by the Soviets, he
put words to their most rugged test - to express man’s spirit.
The world owes much to Eliot and Churchill. Let us not forget
their strong and vibrant use of language. We have grown sloppy
and profuse in our expression. We proliferate the jargon of each
trade. In 1940 the crisis was great, but in this case the speaker
rose even above the occasion. Churchill said in wartime England:
Do not let us speak of darker days. Let us speak rather of
sterner days. These are not dark days - these are great days. .
and we must all thank God that we'have beel allowed, each of us
according to our stations, to play a part in making these days
memorable in the history of our race. ^
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• COMMENTARY: SEVEN-YEAR CRITIC
In a parish where the liturgy is really living, a young fellow of
seven was attending daily Mass with his mother. He seemed in
terested in hearing the English Introit, Kyrie and Gloria. When
the celebrant started “Dominus Vobiscum” and the Oration (in
Latin), the critic summed up the whole vernacular problem:
Memorial Plan
Opportunities
• See also pages 1 and 8
Archbishop Hallinan announced this week a Memorial Plan which
Will offer opportunities to donors to dedicate particular build
ing units, various frunishings for the Chapels included in the
building projects, dedication and furnishing of Sister’s Rooms,
Facilities for the cottages of the Village of St. Joseph, and many
Other necessary items in each of the three construction projects.
In announcing the Memorial Plan, Archbishop Hallinan noted
that there are many reasons for remembering and that Memorial
Gifts offer a particular opportunity to express these reasons.
The rememberance of a loved one recently departed or a long
time past; a Thanksgiving for a wonderful favor received; a peti
tion for a personal or family need; or merely the wish to estab-
• lish a permanent remembrance of a family name. All these are
worthy reasons for dedicating a Memorial item in one of the build
ings indicated in our Archdiocesan Expansion Program.
IN ANNOUNCING the plan, the Archbishop described the oppor
tunities as “living Memorials’* which will be in buildings used
by men, women and children of all ages and from all areas of
the Archdiocese for probably a century and beyond.’
Memorial donations will be acknowledged on an attractive cen
tral plaque in the building in which the item is located.
Archbishop Hallman emphasized in announcing the plan that all
Catholics in every parish of the Archdiocese are invited to con
sider this unique opportunity. Any family or individual inter
ested in having further information on the Memorial Opportun
ities is asked to contact one of the priests of the paris or members
of the parish Memorial Committee. Lists are also available
by writing Campaign Headquarters, 2699 Peachtree Road, N. E.,
or by telephoning 261-5747.
NCCM PROGRAM
Telecast To Honor
Flannery O’Connor
NEW YORK: Directions *65 irs Department of the Ame-
... A Catholic Perspective, rican Broadcasting Company,
produced by the Public Affa- in cooperation with the Na
tional Council of Catholic
Men, will present “A Tribute
to Flannery O’Connor.’* The
program will be telecast over
the ABC-TV network on Sun
day, February 21st. (l:-0 p.m.
- 1:30 p.m. EST).
"A Tribute to Flannery O’
Connor’*, written by Newsweek
drama critic Richard Gil
man, is a moving exploration
of the brief but brilliant liter
ary career of this 'young wo
man '■■i.-.-g: « •’ i/-. aefeCM
WITH excerpts from such
striking O’Connor stories as
"The River", “A Good Man is
Hard to Find”, and "The Di-
placed Person”, the program
attempts to probe the wonder
and mystery of this unusual gen
ius.
• VISITORS TO ATLANTA
Among visitors this month have been Bishop Tracy of Baton
Rouge, Msgr. John T. Ellis of the University of San Francisco’s
History Department, Msgr. James. Shannon, president of St.
Thomas* College in St. Paul, Minn., Henry Jackson of the Munici
pal Court’s work on alcoholic rehabilitation; Dr. Fuhrman, the
Calvin scholar. They are exceptionally gifted men, but I found most
exhilarating their interest in the Archdiocese. They assured me of
3 wide understanding, across the country, of the vision of the
Church shared by our priests and people.
• ' HOW LONG DOES ONE WAFT?
if At the historic civic dinner in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize
Recipient, Dr. Martin Luther King, thee was bothdignigy and hu
mor. When the guests lined up to march in to the head-table, our
arranger apologized - ‘There’s a delay because of seating the
Yrrowd of 1500. You’ll have to wait about ten minutes.”
Out of this situation came a wonderful truth in the form of a gag.
One of the city officials said, "You seem to forget that about half
the people here have been waiting a century,’’
SCENES from Archdiocesan Teachers’ Institute held here last week. Archbishop Hallinan is shown
addressing the teachers during the, meeting. In other picture, Sister Mary Nicholas, R.S.M., of
Georgian CourtCollege, Lakewood, N.J., discusses Institute with Mrs. E. C. Folds, 4th grade teach
er at St. Anthony’s School.
Week’s Campaign Worker
Mr. Gilman’s personal rem
embrances of his friendship
with Miss O’Connor, as well as
tributes from Saul Bellow, Tho
mas Merton, Robert Penn War
ren, and others, add up to a
portrait of an artist whose per
ceptions and inventions left the
world a legacy of truth.
NEW marble altar, gift of Mrs. R. Foucher in memory of her
sister, Mildred Woolley, is being installed in St. Pius X Chapel.
The altar is in keeping with new changes in the liturgy. Sanc
tuary carpe ing the gift of Mr. C. W. Kuhn.
MRS. R. FOUCHER
Donates New Altar
For Pius X Chapel
Recently, Mrs. R. Foucher
donated a new altar for the St.
Pius chapel. The gift was
made in memory Of her sister,
Mildred Woolley.
The altar now in the chapel
is being removed. The new al
tar, which is made of White
Cherokee marble, will be
placed toward the front of the
sanctuary so that Mass may
be said facing the people.
Father John Cotter, principal,
said the arrangement would
give "the effect of the Last
"the effect of the Last Sup
per."
MR. C. W. KUHN, father
of sophomore William Kuhn,
donated carpeting for the san
ctuary of the chapel. The carpet
will coverthe. area surround
ing the altar, in the sanc
tuary. A , suggested color for
the carpeting is gold. The
old altar will be covered with
tiles. They will match the ones
already in the chapel.
Another change being made
concerns the tabernacle, A
niche will be carved flush with
the wall for the deposit of the
tabernacle. A marble shelf will
extend from the door of the
tabernacle. The altar rail will
be removed and the first two
pwes in the chapel will be mov
ed to the back in order to make
more room in the front.
Sincere gratitude and ap-
prication has been extended to
Mrs. Foucher and Mrs. Kuhn
for their generosity by the stu
dents and faculty of St, Pius
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• See also pages 1 and 8
Although the announcement
of our Archdiocesan Expansion
Program and Campaign is just a
few weeks old, the enthusiastic
response of our men and women
to requests from their pastor to
serve as chairmen or secretar
ies is most encouraging to
Archbishop Hallinan.
As a special feature, the
BULLETIN plans to present a
"Worker of the Week”, a man
or woman who symbolizes the
spirit and interest of the parish
volunteers who are expected to
surpass two thousands as our
campaign organization pro
gress.
This week we present: JAMES
W. CALLISON who is serving as
Regional Chairman of- Region 5.
Mr. Callision is a member of
Most Blessed Sacrament Parish
in southwest Atlanta. He and
Mrs. Callison live with their
daughter Sharon Elizabeth at
3543 Indian Rock Road. Jim has
been an attorney with Delta Air
lines for the past seven years
and is a native of Jamestown,
New York.
in many parish organizations,
Mrs. Polly Callison, Jim’swife
is working as one of the cam
paign secretaries in Most Bles
sed Sacrament parish.
HUMS
JAMES CALLISON
He was recently elected treas
urer of the Archdiocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Men and is pres
ident of his parish’s Council
of Catholic Men. He also ser
ves as a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Serra Club
of Atlanta.
As an example of the ' to
getherness” which is evident
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