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YOUR PRIZEWINNING NEWSPAPER VOL. 3, NO. 28. ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1965 $5.00 PER YEAR SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES NEGATIVE SUGGESTION CALLED 6 FRUITFUL 9 GERMAN PRELATE SNAKE DANCE—Maryknoll Fathers in. the diocese of Shinyanga, Tanzania, where this snake dance was photographed, emphasize that one must understand the Africans en thusiasm for dancing. New liturgical practices in Africa use the dance as much as pos sible. Drums replace the organ in some services, and are used in processions. Dance melo dies are adopted for religious song. VATICAN CITY (NC)~The Vatican City newspaper has re jected the lastest in a series of recent appeals by Italian communists to set up a "dia logue" with Catholics. Commenting on the sugges tion of a communist member of parliament, Allessandro Natta, L' Osservatore Romano said "elementary commonsen- se should put an end once and for all to appeals which either directly or indirectly call us to work against our aspirations, convictions and prerogatives, that is to say against our selves.’* NATTA HAD suggested in a report to a communist Central Committee meeting that his party should press for the dia logue with Catholics and colla boration even in probelms which "imply ideological aspects," such as education and freedom of speech. The-.-committee’s published communique (July 9) went a step further and appealed to Catholics "who wish to fulfill the teaching of Pope John XX III" to join forces with the com- m unis ts in condem ning Am erl- can policy in Vietnam. L’Osservatore said the Natta appeal was insidious and that it was advanced on the pretext of defending the "laicism” of the state against "undue inter ventions such as the speech of Pope Paul VI at Pisa on June 11 is said to be." The reference was to the ad dress by the Pope at a Na tional Eucharistic Congress in Pisa appealing to the people of the city and the surrounding region of Tuscany to preserve the Faith of their ancestors. The Pope had said: "We would wish our cry for constancy in the Faith to reach across the Tyrrhenian Sea to the beloved and hard-working island of Sar dinia with which Pisa has for centuries had spiritual and civil exchanges." THIS SOLITARY reference to Sardinia, since it came on the eve of important regional elec tions on that island where the communist vote is a significant factor, was roundly criticized by the Italian Communist press as Undue clerical interference in politics. It was revised in the Central Committee report. "We must reject this affir mation," L’Osservatore said. "Anyone with any education is aware of the age-old relations between Pisa and Sardinia. The archbishop of Pisa had for a long time high spiritual juris diction on the Tyrrhenian is land.” "It would appear, however, that appeal to firmness in the Faith is regarded as an ’inter vention’ of a political nature and therefore ’undue’ in accor dance with a logic which leads, in other places, to condemna tion of churchmen 'for activi ties contrary to the state,’ not because of any specific acts they have committed but be cause religion itself and even Christian morals are regarded as ’disruptive.’ " IN HIS report Natta had said that any assessment of the pre sent Italian government must take into account "the fact that from already grave forms of direct and strong intervention in the lives of Christian Demo crats, the Catholic hierarchy has gradually moved from ges tures and attitudes (from the episode of "The Deputy’) and appeals for censorship, to an election appeal addressed by the Pope himself to the Sardinian people, which are tolerated by Christian Democrats in the government, and mark illicit interference in public life and in Italian politics." Appealing apparently to the Catholic laity as opposed to the hierarchy, Natta said it was "necessary to press forces dis posed to discussion in order that concerted effort and com mon projects may be encourag ed, not only along two great channels of action, one for peace and the other for the struggle of the workers, but also in other fields which imply com mon ideological commitment, from school to family.” “COUNCIL DAYBOOK: Vatican II. Sessions 1 and 2,” was published July 1 by the National Catholic Welfare Con ference, 1312 Massachusetts Ave.. N.W., Washington, D.C. 3 SUMMER SCHOOL is the order of the day for thousands of teaching nuns. Shown here, Sister Mary Liliosa Shea, C.S.C., of Manchester, N.H., has included a course in the art of stone carving among her studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington. D.C. Urges Internal Dialogue To Be In 6 Obedient 9 Spirit "We confess in common the Nicene Faith and therefore hold that the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, Who was made man, suffered, died and rose again for our salvation, is true God; that He is from God the Father as Son, and therefore other than the Father; that the Godhead is the one and undivided; and that the Holy Spirit, together with the Father and the Son, is to be worshipped and glorified. "The Nicene Faith gathers up and articulates the Biblical testimony concerning the Son and His relationship to the Fath er. ‘THE NICENE Faith, formu lated by the Council at Nicene in 325 and developed in the Ni- cene-Constantinopolitan Creed (381) , was a response to con* temporary errors. The church was obliged to state her faith Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan will preside at the Mission De parture Ceremony and present the mission cross to Sister Mary Carmen Gannon, R.S.M., of the Baltimore Province of the Sisters of Mercy on July 22 at 4 p.m. in the chapel at St. Joseph’s Infirmary. Sis ter will leave for work inalep- ersarium in Mahaica, British Guiana on the first of August. A native of Baltimore, Mary land, Sister graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nur sing, Baltimore, in 1952. Af- Abbot President AURORA, Ill. (NC)--Coadju tor Abbot David Melancon, O.S, B„ of St. Joseph’s abbey, St. Benedict, La., was elected president of the Swiss-Ameri- can Chapter of the Order of Saint Benedict at Marmion ab bey here. ter working at Mercy for a year, she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy at Mount St. Agnes in Baltimore. She later attended the University of Maryland where she received her Masters Degree in Medical and Surgical Nursing. For the past six years Sister has been co-ordinator of the Medical/ Surgical Program at St. Jo seph’s Infirmary School of Nur sing. Since June, Sister has been preparing for her new assign ment in British Guiana. Whe she joins the six other Sisters of Mercy in Mahaica, Sister will spend her time caring for lepers in the mission hospital. THE CEREMONY will be fol lowed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, following a reception for the religious of the area and family and friends of Sister Mary Carmen. watchful “lest in this struggle for spiritual uplift, disloyal means are used, such as lies, defamation, demagoguery or partisan interest. CARDINAL Doepfner said the Christian is not called to live passively in the world, con tent to be relegated to some remote or isolated place, but to help "fashion the world ac cording to personal religious convictions of which he is ob liged to give complete testi mony in every form of life." Referring to relations be tween Catholics and those out side the Church, he said the Church was engaged in three different levels of dialogue — "with the separated brethren, non-Christians and atheists.” "In these times, in which the alternative is faith or atheism, unity with all those who believe in Christ is all the more nec essary and urgent," he said, adding: "In the dialogue with non-Christians, Catholics are called upon to promote a sin cere respect for the high spir itual and moral values of the concept of life of the non- Christian religions, and to fos ter common ideals of religious liberty, universal brotherhood, culture, social well-being and public order." REFERRING to dialogue with non-believers. Cardinal Doepf ner said that in some cases this might well be impossible, es pecially when it involved mili tant groups hostile to the Church among whom "words become reduced to purely dialectic In struments and placed exclus ively in the service of partic ular and utilitarian interests." "At times,” he said, "it may become necessary to dis continue dialogue which has be come mere empty, sterile and random ta," MUNICH, Germany (RNS)— Julius Cardinal Doepfner, Archbishop of Munich, caution ed in a sermon here that the dialogue within the Catholic Church spurred by the Second Vatican Council must not be dis turbed by personal or group in terests because "this could harm the progress of internal renewal in the Church.” ‘The aggiornamento to pre sent needs," he said, "should be the result of a cordial dia logue in which all bishops, priests and laymen are aware of the importance of renewal and accept it in an obedient spirit.” Preaching at Munich Cathe dral, the cardinal, who is one of the four moderators of Vatican II, urged Bavarian Catholics to cultivate a "prudent and con structive dialogue with the con temporary world.” His re marks apparently were promp ted by the schema on the Church and the Modem World which will come before the Council at its fourth session. He stressed, however, that to start and conduct a fruitful dialogue with the modem world "it is necessary to have a profound knowledge of the world." At the same time, he added, the faithful must be FATHER HARDY To Celebrate First Solemn Mass in U.S. Officers of the Mass will be Rev. Patrick Connell, deacon, Rev. John J. Cotter, Subdeacon, and Very Rev. John J. O’Shea, assistant priest. The homily will be preached by Father James Gilbride, S.M. There will be a reception immediately following the Mass. The Reverend Jerry E. Har dy will celebrate his first Solemn Mass in the United States at his home parish of St. John the Evangelist on Satur day, July 17, at 9:30 a.m. can College in September 1961. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Hardy of 194 Brewer Blvd. Father Hardy recently com pleted his tenure in Rome, Italy. He left the Holy City 1 to return to his native Georgia for the first time in almost four years. Ordained in Rome at Christmas time last year, he stayed to complete his stud ies begun at the North Ameri- FR, JERRY HARDY Catholic - Lutheran Dialogue OpensWith Creed As Theme BALTIMORE (RNS)—At the first official theological talks between Roman Catholics and Lutherans in the U.S., repre sentatives of the two commun ions acknowledged that "the problem of the development of doctrine is crucial today and is in the forefront of common con cern." Stressing points of agreement in their confrontation here, July 6-7, the 17 scholars and church officials took pains to empha size that neither Lutherans nor Catholics minimize the dif ferences of their respective un derstandings of Christian be liefs and practices. The churchmen focused on "the status of the Nicene Creed as dogma of the church." The Creed, adopted at the Ecumen ical Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D., is a confession of faith held by both Lutherans and <3 atholiesS*'*■'“**• ’***" SCHOLARS who participated described the dialogue as "fruitful," but cautioned that the authority for the 1,640- year-old Creed was still in dis pute between the two Churches. In a statement issued at a press conference after the two days of closed meetings, the following points of agreement were outlined: in the Son in non-Biblical terms to answer the Arian question, (Arian rejected the divinity of Christ). ’The confession that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son, God of God, continues to as sure us that we are in fact re deemed, for only He who is God can redeem us." Both bodies use the Nicene Creed now in their separate sacraments of the Lord’s Sup per. The Nicene Creed was adop ted by 318 bishops of the Cath olic Church at the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 and amended at Constantinople in 381. BECAUSE of its common use by both Churches, the Creed was selected as a starting point for discussion. The summary statement, drawn up by the participants said that "as we are aware of the following: ’The Nicene Faith possesses a unique status in the hier archy of dogmas by reason of its testimony to and celebration of the mystery of the Trinity as revealed in Christ our Sav ior, and by reason of its de finitive reply to an ever-recur ring question. This does not imply that the Nicene Faith ex hausted the richness of Scrip ture regarding the person of Christ. For example, the Coun cil of Chalcedon in 451 confes sed that He was ‘in every re spect like us, except without sin.’ "We are agreed that authori tative teaching in the church serves the people of God by protecting and nurturing the faith. Dogma has a positive and a negative- function. It au thoritatively repudiates erron- CONT1NUED ON PAGE 3. 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