Newspaper Page Text
Archdiocese of Atlanta
YOUR
PRIZE-WINNING
NEWSPAPER
SERVING GEORGIA'S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 3, NO. 31
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1965
$5.00 PER YEAR
NEW DIRECTIVE
Catholics And Spouses Of Other Faiths
May Have Mass For Wedding Ceremony
• SEE ALSO PASTORAL LETTER PAGE 10
Bishop John J. Russell of Richmond shown concelebrating the Community Mass at the Southern
Catholic Leaders Conference on Social Change and Christian Response. • ALSO PAGES 3 AND 8
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan shown with Doctor Benjamin 1. Mays, President of Moorehouse College,
Atlanta, and Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O., abbot of the Trappist Abbey, Gethsemane, Kentucky, during
the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on Social Change and Christian Response.
Mass and the Nuptial Blessing
for marriages of Catholics with
others has been authorized in
the Archdiocese, according to an
announcement made today by
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan.
The announcement was made
in a directive issued by die
Archbishop and effective im
mediately. It is based on in
structions received this week
from the Sacred Congregation
of the Holy Office and the De
cree on Ecumenism of Decem
ber, 1964. The following are
the main points of the new
directive:
* Marriage of Catholics with
others, when all canonical re
quirements are fulfilled, are
to be celebrated in a Catholic
Church, and the Ordinary may
permit the celebration of Mass.
The Mass and Nuptial Blessing
are hereby authorized by the
Archbishop for all such mar
riages in the Archdiocese.
* The non-Catholic spouse
may invite a clergyman to
offer a prayer, sermon and
blessing in the home of either
spouse immediately after the
Catholic ceremony. There is to
be no renewal of consent by
the parties. This practice is to
be encouraged, and of course
Ecumenical Nuns
DARMSTADT, Germany (NC)
Germany’s first dialogue be
tween Catholic and Protestant
Sisters took place here (July
25) when 140 Catholic nuns
visited the Protestant Marian
Sisters community.
TO URBAN LEAGUE
Cardinal Drafts Laity For Civil Rights
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (NC)~
The prime obligation of work
ing ceaselessly on behalf of
civil rights falls upon the laity,
Baltimore's Lawrence Cardi
nal Shehan asserted here.
Addressing the 55th National
Conference of the Urban Lea
gue, the cardinal acknowledged
that the obligation belongs to all
citizens, including priests and
Religious. But preists and Re
ligious, bound by vows and other
obligations to ecclesiastical au
thority, do not have the same
fulness of freedom possessed
by the laity, he added.
tial Quest in a Great Society,”
Cardinal Shehan said (Aug. 1)
the Catholic Church, as well as
all other religious bodies, has
the obligation to strive for
“those civil rights of the Ne
gro which are guaranteed by
our Constitution and are an in
tegral part of racial justice.”
“Although religious bodies
. may be accused of having been
somewhat slow in getting start
ed,’’ Cardinal Shehan declar
ed, “yet they must also prop
erly be said to have played an
honorable^ important, and even
essential role, particularly
during the past few years.”
SPEAKING on -“The Essen- Discussing the role of priests
and Religious in demonstrations
for civil rights, Cardinal She
han, who is a member of the
league’s board of directors,
emphasized: “I do not under
take to speak for the Church or
for the American hierarchy, but
express only my personal opin
ion.
"rr SEEMS to me, however,
IN SWAN
they are aimed at the correc
tion of clear abuses of justice
—priests and Religious do have
a definite role to play. The
results achieved by some of
these demonstrations indicate
that they can be effective.
“But it must also be added
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Vatican Paper Hits
‘Pitiless Massacre’
MONSIGNOR Joseph G. Cassidy, V.G., pastor of Sacred Heart
Church Milledgeville, shown presiding at the nurse’s gradua
tion exercises of St. Joseph’s Infirmary' , at Sacred Heart
Church, Atlanta, last week. • SEE ALSO PAGE 7
VATICAN CITY (NC)—The
“pitiless massacres” of over
1,000 people in the southern
Sudan by Sudanese army forces
indicates that the predominant
ly Arab government in Khar
toum “has determined to liqui
date” the drive of the Negro
south for self-rule, according
to L’Osservatore Romano.
The Vatican City daily in a
front-page account (July 30) of
the government oppression in
the southern Sudan.cited attacks
by government forces on 12
Catholic mission stations and
noted that Bishop Ireneus Dud,
vicar apostolic of VVau, had been
shot at. The paper expressed
its “anguish” over the situa
tion and voiced the hope that
peace ' might be restored to
“this tormented region,”
(In Kampala, Uganda, the
Uganda Catholic Information
News Bulletin commented (July
23) that while the Sudanese gov
ernment at Khartoum insisted
that it was operating against
“outlaws,” the evidence shows
“that operations did not aim at
killing the ‘outlaws.’ ” Actual
ly, according to the news bulle-
priests may attend if they so
desire.
* The Catholic wedding is to
be completely liturgical. A
i prior word of welcome and ex
planation would be in order.
All Masses are to be “partici
pated.’’ Leaflets should be pro
vided, and music arranged ac
cording to the Archdiocesan Di
rectory issued this year. The
commentator and / or lector
should be specially trained. All
present should take part in the
Liturgy of the Word if they
desire.
The Catholic spouse may re
ceive Holy Communion under
both species. The partner may
accompany and kneel beside the
Catholic, but of course, may
not receive the Eucharist which
still remains both the sign and
cause of the unity of the Church
ON RACE. IN SOCIETY
Archbishop Hallinan Cites
Church In Human Relations
tin, “the killing flared at the
main centers, against innocent
people.”
(The bulletin said that one
reason for the massacre “is
that the Arabs in an attempt to
unify the country under Arab
leadership tried to get rid of
all the educated people, poten
tial leaders, and, from an Arab
point of view potential trouble
makers who would not accept the
‘neo-colonialism* of the Arabs
...That the Arabs wanted to ex
terminate the educated sou
therners has been proved by
southerners with the list of
names of people killed or at
tempted to be killed.)
Korea Cleanup
CHUNCHON, Korea (NC) -
Catholic Relief Services - Na
tional Catholic Welfare Con
ference, donated 150 tons of
food to be used as payment
for workers who are helping
this city clean up the effects
or a ravaging flood. The Ameri
can Catholic relief agency had
previously sent food to the flood
victims.
• SEE ALSO PAGES 3 AND 8
/
ATLANTA — The Church
must bear the “burden of con
science” if it is to transform
society in these days of moral
indifference to racial and social
justice, aRomanCatholiclead-
er said here.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
of Atlanta emphasized this
theme in keynoting the Southern
Catholic Leaders Conference on
“Social Change and Christian
Response.”
Five bishops and several hun
dred priests, nuns and laymen
in key positions in Southern dio
ceses attended the meeting
which included clinics and
workshops specializing in the
various problems created by
the Civil Rights Act and its im
pact in Southern communities.
DURING HIS address Arch
bishop Hallinan asked:
“What are the proper func
tions for the Catholic Church,
for religion in general?
“Economics and politics,
pressures and structures of
power are far more evident than
in the pioneer phase of racial
improvement. These changes
at first glance seem to lean to
ward secularization of those
earlier ideals of ‘witnessing
ones faith’ and ‘creating com
munities of forgiveness,’ But
this is a superficial reading.
There has been no evidence that
the biblical injunction is now in
valid ‘unless the Lord builds
the house, they labor in vain who
built it.’
‘To clarify the thinking of
those, both white and Negro,
Catholics and those of other
faith, who see the entrance of
clergy and Sisters only as a
showpiece, or as protective col
oration or as an irritant to town
or community, the churches’
role must be defined more
clearly.
“A NEGRO leaderwho boast
ed last week that he would call
up priests and nuns to demon
strate has lost the prospective
of the extraordinary confronta
tion at Selma.
“Priests, nuns and bishops,
— and 1 would include minis
ters and rabbis too — are not
shock troops to be exploited.
They are witnesses to justice
and love, giving their presence
to communities where justice
and love have been diminished.
‘They have served well as
witnesses of the Church's con
cern. Now when they come,
they come as co-workers with
the Negro in the great social
development that is in pro
cess.”
Archbishop Hallinan said that
another mistake “is rooted in
the old notion that the Church
must be clerically composed
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan shown giving the keynote address.
The Church in Society, at Southern Catholic Leaders Conference
and clerically committed. The
laity’s function (You do notbe-
long to the Church, you are the
Church down to the definition in
the new Constitution on the
Church, The People of God*)
is inspiring an entirely new
grasp of what the Church means.
"CATHOLIC institutions must,
of course, share responsibility
for moral leadership in racial
justice, but laymen in their own
secular professions and trades
and work, their homes and
neighborhoods share an equal
burden. Theirs is the work as
Popes in the council have clears*
ly stated, of the Consecration
Mundi, the consecration of the
world.
‘The Church (bishops,
priests, Sisters, laity) must be
at the ordinary level of com-'
munity life, a catalyst. Guided
in moral deliberation by those
commissioned to teach, shar
ing in the tedious as well as the
imaginative areas of every day
life, God’s people must initiate
and quicken the Christian re
sponse as a catalyst accelerates
the change in a chemical pro
cess.
“What is needed here? Dia
logue constantly conversational
and informal, with other Chris
tians and Jews, with Negroes
and whites, with professionals
and volunteers, with govern
ment at every level, Out of this
will flow a two-fold good: the
ordained ministry can give
Priest Editor
ORLANDO, Fla. (NC)--Fath
er David P. Page has been
named executive editor of the
Florida Catholic, St. Augustine
diocesan newspaper.
He succeeds Father Vincent
E. Smith who has been with the
paper nine years and becomes
editorial consultant on Aug. 10.
moral direction at crucial
points, the laity Can give them
selves to every practical and
proper venture.
“These will include voter
registration, Operation Head
Start, steps towards education,
job and housing progress,
“WE CANNOT do everything
St once, nor can we think of this
grave and urgent task as the
only task before us. But as the
Southern bishops said recently:
The Catholic Church in the past
has done in racial relationship
what she could. Now she can
do more.’
‘The chemical catalyst im
merses itself to get the right
reaction, yet it immerges un
hurt and ready for more work.
The Church will not do less.
and a sad reminder of our pre
sent separation.
* Sponsors and attendants
may be of the Catholic or other
faith. ( In Baptism and Confir-
m ation, however, only Catholics
may serve because they must
represent-the Catholic Church
and stand as guarantors of the
faith of the candidate). In wed
dings, a lapsed Catholic may
serve as sponsor only if there
is no reasonable fear of scan
dal.
* Marriages may take place
in the morning, afternoon, or
evening, but the ceremony may
not begin after 8 p.m. Because
of other pastoral duties for
priests, marriages are not per
mitted on Sundays; because of
impropriety they may not take
place when regular confessions
or other services are going on
in the Church.
* With due regard for the li
turgical rules, flowers and can
dles may be used in all church
weddings.
Archbishop Hallinan said the
new regulations are a happy
consequence of the prayers and
dialogues of many, and the e-
cumenical spirit of the present
Gounoil,
Historian
Daniel-Rops
Is Dead
AIX-LES-BAINS, France
(NC) — Henri Daniel-Rops,
member of the French Acade
my and writer on Church his
tory and other religious sub
jects, died at his country home
near here. His death (July 27)
at the age of 64, was attribut
ed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Daniel-Rops was the author
of 70 books including the bio
graphy “Jesus and His Times,”
which has been a best seller ip
several countries. Another pop
ular work is his "History of
the Church of Christ.” He was
general editor of the monumen
tal ‘Twentieth Century Ency
clopedia of Catholicism” and
editor of the Catholic review
Ecclesia.
In a telegram to the author's
widow, Pope Paul VI expressed,
his sadness and declared that
Daniel-Rops’ historical works
“will remain as witnesses to
his learning, his talent and his
love for the Church he served
so well.”
Bishop Russell gives Communion to MrSj George Gunning,
chairman arrangements committee of the Archdiocesan St.
Martin Human Relations Council. • SEE ALSO PAGES 3 AND 8