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VOL. 4, NO. 2
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1965
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JOINED TOGETHER here to plan for the upcoming Unity services in Atlanta churches are from
left, Rev. Paul J. Craven Jr., Father Homer P. Goumenis, Rev. Daniel B. Brand, Father John J.
Mulroy, pastor of St. Joseph, Athens, and chairman of the Archdiocesan Unity Commission; Rev.
Harry V, Richardson, Rev. Gene Davis, Rev. Canon Henry A. Zinzer, and Rev. Robert E. Lee.
ARCHDIOCESE INVOLVED
Inter-Faith Prayer Week
Set By Atlanta Churches
All services will begin at 8 p.m. running from Tuesday to
T uesday. The schedule follows:
JAN. 18— Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2461 Peachtree Road,
NE.
JAN. 19— Jackson Hill Baptist Church, 1585 Ponce de Leon
Ave., NE.
JAN. 20— Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 731 Peachtree,
NE.
JAN. 21— Christ the King Cathedral, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE.
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN will officiate and give the sermon.
JAN 22—Interdenominational Theological Seminary, Spelman
College.
JAN. 23— St. Philip Cathedral, 2744 Peachtree Road, NE.
JAN. 24— St. Mark Methodist Church, Peachtree and Fifth.
Dr. William Cannon, dean of the Candler School of Theology,
Emory University Will give the sermon.
JAN. 25— Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, 522
Pryor, SW.
‘NO LINK 9
Cardinal Spellman
Denies Support To
Father DePauw
RELIGIOUS HISTORY will be
made here the week of January
18-25 when Christians of all ma
jor faiths visit each other’s
churches in what Archbishop
Hallinan has termed a "dynamic
thrust for religious unity."
The occasion, first of its kind
in Atlanta, is the Week of Pray
er for Christian Unity.
Eight religious groups are in
volved including, Baptist, Catho
lic, Episcopal, Greek Orthodox,
Interdenominational, Lutheran,
Methodist, and Presbyterian.
Each groups will host services
each evening of the week-long ob
servance.
MINISTERS, PRIESTS andbis-
hops of the several denominations
will take part in each pray
er service for the continued
growth of Christian unity.
The joint endeavor of churches
of different traditions reflect the
increasing desire in this area of
Christians to pray for unity re
gardless of their differences on
questions involving faith.
‘The plan of prayer for eight
of our churches is a breakthrough
that marks Atlanta as solid and
venturesome in her spiritual
quest as it is in its civic pro
gress,” said Archbishop Halli
nan.
HE SAID, “But a breakthrough
counts for little unless it is fill
ed up with the presence and wit
ness of Christian people. Clergy
men can plan, but only the people
can make such a venture come
alive. I urge our Catholic peo
ple to joinwithOrthodoxand Pro
testants in this dynamic thrust
for religious unity.
"It is modem Christianity’s
only proper answer to those who
would divide God into denomina
tions or who would bury him as
no longer relevant to our daily
concern."
The Rev. Paul J. Craven, pas
tor, Jackson Hill Baptist Church
said, ‘The week of prayer for
Christ Unity affords to all who
bear the name Christian, an ex
cellent opportunity meeting in our
various churches for prayer and
fellowship and will say to the
world that while there are differ
ences in our traditions, we all
take our stand at the cross and
proclaim to a united world, the
Lordship of Christ."
HE SAID, "I anticipate this
week with much gladness.”
The service order at the Cathe
dral of Christ the King includes
the entrance hymn, ‘To Jesus
Christ Our Sovereign King";
opening prayer and recitation of
Psalm 100: The sisters of
Christ the King Cathedral
School will then lead the congre
gation in singing Psalm99’sAn-
tiphon after each verse by the
congregation; two readings of
scripture, the book of Isaiah,
Chapter 53.-12 and St. Paul’s
letter to the Hebrews, Chapter
2.-10-18; a brief meditation and .
RARE IN HISTORY
VATICAN CITY (RNS)—An
event rare in Vatican history
took place on the Feast of the
Epiphany when Pope Paul VI
ordained 62 new priests from
23 missionary countries in St.
Peter’s Basilica.
In a talk during the ceremony,
the pontiff said the mass ordi
nation, "taking place so soon
after the Second Vatican Coun
cil is almost a revelation of its
spirit, a confirmation of its
hope, the beginning of its appli
cation and an indication of its
first fruits."
“We are," he said, "per
forming this ordination on the
Feast of the Epiphany, a mar
velous anniversary that allows
us to celebrate the manifesta
tion among men of God, In
visible and Ineffable.. .
‘THERE ARE 62 young dea
cons receiving this ordination
who come from 23 countries
that we call missionary. This
adjective is used because it in
dicates the special conditions
of the Church there, as well as
the principles, the efforts, the
heroism, the risks, the inno
cence, the humility, and the
evangelical charity which set
sermon by Archbishop Halli
nan. The Archbishop will lead
the congregation in a litany for
unity. This will be followed by
the Lord’s Prayer and blessing.
The recessional hymn will be
"Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow."
apart the missionaries working
there,"
The Pope said the Sacrament
of Ordination "confers new
powers that are transcendant
and divine. These make the
priestly ministry the instru
ment of the supernatural action
of God and place the priest in
a position of service in rela
tion to the bishops, the Church
and the people of God.”
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-
1321), who has been honored
this past year marking the
706th anniversary nf his
birth.
NEW YORK (RNS)—Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop,
of New York, denied here that
there is any link between the
archdiocese and the priest who
founded the controversial
Catholic Traditionalist Move
ment.
And he emphasized that he has
not granted permission for
Father Gommar DePauw of
Baltimore to establish national
CTM headquarters in New York
City. The movement opposed
much Vatican II action on lit
urgical reform, particularly the
use of the vernacular in the
Mass.
Father Gommar DePauw, is
still a priest of the Baltimore
archdiocese as far as the arch
diocese knows, a spokesman
said.
"No documents have come
from Rome to indicate other
wise,” the spokesmansaid(Jan.
11), and Lawrence Cardinal She-
han has not signed any docu
ment of excardination (trans
fer) out of the archdiocese.
Cardinal Shehan has taken
the position, according to
spokesmen, that he is prepared
to cooperate in Father De
Pauw’s transfer provided the
priest is able to obtain incardi-
nation into a diocese where he
will be able to exercise an active
priestly ministry.
The Belgian-born priest re
ported at a recent press con
ference here that he had Vati
can permission to transferfrom
the Baltimore See to the
Diocese of Tivoli, Italy, which
would permit him to return to
New York, to reassume leader
ship of the movement.
After that press conference,
the Archdiocese of Baltimore
announced that no word had been
received from the Vatican on the
priest’s application for trans
fer.
Cardinal Spellman’s state
ment to the press constituted a
strong affirmation of liturgical
reform. A news dispatch from
Tivoli tended to imply, he said,
"that I like the Catholic Tradi
tionalist Movement."
He said that his record on
liturgical reform is "sufficient
commentary” to correct that
impression. The cardinal point
ed to his early pastoral direct
ing that liturgical changes be
carried out faithfully in all
parishes and to the scope of
vernacular use throughout the
archdiocese.
Cardinal Spellman said that
"whatever the connection bet
ween Father DePauw and the
Diocese of Tivoli, I did not
recommend Father DePauw for
transfer into that or any other
diocese."
The cardinal’s statement
compounded the mystery in
volving the CTM’s founder, who,
in early Spring, was directed
by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan of
Baltimore, his superior, to dis
associate himself from the
movement the archbishop held
Bishop Perry
Day Proclaimed
LAKE CHARLES, LA. (NC)
—Mayor James Sudduth pro
claimed Jan. 8 as "Bishop
Perry Day” in Lake Charles,
honoring the first native of this
city to be elevated to the Ca
tholic hierarchy.
to be not in the “best interest”
of the Church in the U.S.
Father DePauw said he had
been transferred to Tivoli; the
Archdiocese of Baltimore had
no word on the transfer. He
said he would establish CTM
headquarters in New York—
which drew the denial of Cardi
nal Spellman. And the Bishop
of Tivoli, key prelate in the,,
transfer, was quoted as saying
he knew the priest only “vague
ly” and he had acted because
it was with the (persumed)
agreement of Cardinal Spell
man.
The Archbishop of New York
spoke out to newsmen following
publication of an AP dispatch 1
quoting Bishop Luigi Faveri of
Tivoli. The bishop said he had
endorsed Father DePauw’s re
quest for transfer from Balti
more upon the recommendation
of Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani,
head of the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith
(formerly the Holy Office).
«. According to the Italian bis
hop, Cardinal Ottaviani “sum
moned me one day, introduced
me to Father DePauw and re
commended him to me on be
half of Cardinal Spellman.
“Cardinal Ottaviani explain
ed to me 'that Father DePauw
was at variance with Cardinal
Shehan but that, nevertheless,
Cardinal Shehan praised him as
a good priest. Cardinal Ot
taviani asked me to,take Father
DePauw under jurisdiction and
I agreed without .hesitation.”
He added: “I know that Cardi
nal Spellman likes him (Father
DePauw) and the movement he
leads, but 1 don’t know much
about the movement.”
The AP report also quoted
Bishop Faveri as saying: “I
spoke briefly with Father De
Pauw. He told me the would
come to Tivoli one aay and set
tle down to learn Italian. But
he said he was going back to
resume his activities in agree
ment with Cardinal Spellman.
I have no contact with him now.”
Father DePauw has been
highly critical of liturgical
changes in the U.S. He has
described the “English mass,”
accompanied by congregational
singing, as “no longer the sac
rament of Calvary but a song-
fest with the overtones of a
hootenanny.”
When Cardinal Shehan direct
ed the priest to disassociate
himself from the movement last
Spring, Father DePauw turned
the reins of * the organization
over to a "Father X,” never
subsequently officially identi
fied.
New Bishop
For Texas
WASHINGTON (NC)~Pope Paul
VI has named Msgr. Thomas
Tschoepe, 50 vicar general of
the diocese of Dallas-Fort
Worth, to be the Bishop of San
Angelo, Texas.
This action of the Holy Father
was announced here by Arch
bishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apos
tolic Delegate in the United
States.
Bishop-elect Tschoepe suc
ceeds to a See left vacant by
the transfer of Bishop Thomas
J. Durry to the diocese of Cor
pus Christi, Texas.
Pope Paul Ordains
62 Mission Priests
THE RECENTLY established parish of Our Lady of Carrollton, Ga„ is a recipient of funds from the
Georgia Mission Sunday collections which will take place in churches in the archdiocese this week
end. The parish church is shown here.
WILL AID CHURCHES
Georgia Mission Collection
Sunday Over Archdiocese
GEORGIA MISSION Collections
will take place in all the Chur
ches of the Archdiocese next
Sunday, January 16.
This collection enables the
Archdiocese to maintain and
finance churches and chapels
in the developing areas of North
Georgia.
One of the beneficiaries of the
collection is the new parish of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
Carrollton, Ga.
The church, dedicated in the
spring of 1962 is a modern
structure seating a total of
about 300 persons.
The pastor is the Rev. R ich-
ard p. Morrow.
History oi rue church in the
Carrollton area dates back to
the late 1800’s when Mass was
FATHER MORROW
said in a school house in Buda
pest, Ga,
IN THOSE days worshipers
knelt on bare kneelers, sat on
home made benches and on,
wintry mornings huddled around
a pot-bellied stove.
The structure still stands.
History says that the parish
ioners at that time were Hun
garians who migrated from the
mining regions of Pennsylvania
in 1893 and established them
selves in the area, about four
miles east of Tallapoosa, nam
ing the settlement Budapest.
It is recorded that a Catholic
priest, Father Francis Janl-
shek, guided the develbpmentof
this community.
Other groups from Ohio and
various parts of the United
States were attracted to this
area and the new wine growing
industry, in progress at that
time.
ST. PAUL AUXILIARY
Bishop Backs ‘Judicious’
Protesting By Clergymen
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (RNS)
—A Catholic bishop who took
part in the Selma, Ala., civil
rights demonstrations lastyear
has defended the right of clergy
men to concern them selves with
social injustice.
However, Auxiliary Bishop
James P. Shannon of St. Paul,
in a talk here before the Steven
son Club, emphasized that the
clergy should use public pro
test “carefully and judicious
ly.”
Massive protests are effec
tive only when other means are
ineffective, he said, adding:
"You should never use a howi
tzer when, you can get by with
a flyswatter.”
BISHOP SHANNON, president
of the College of St. Thomas
at St. Paul, said he had been
accused by some critics of fos
tering a disrespect for law
among youth by going to Selma
and speaking at a memorial
service for the late Rev. James
Reeb, Unitarian minister who
was murdered there.
What the clergy were trying
to do in the demonstrations, he
explained, was "to encourage
r aspect for law — the supreme
law of the land and the law of
God.”
In answer to those who say
that the civil rights issue should
be left to the courts, the bis
hop noted that there had been
"flagrant examples of mis
carriage of justice in Southern
states.”
BISHOP SHANNON said a dis
tinction should be m ade between
the law reflected in the amend
ments to the U.S. Constitution
guaranteeing Negroes certain
rights and the law reflected in
REV. DR. LUTHER A.
WEIGLE, dean-emeritus of
Yale Divinity School, New
Haven, Conn., has been hon
ored by Pope Paul VI with
appointment as Knight of
St. Gregory.
local and state statutes which
have had the effect of thwarting
them.
He reviewed major court de
cisions regarding Negro rights
and said the 1954 U.S. Supreme
Court decision, in reversing the
Court's 1883 ruling, held that
a Negro’s social rights were
not to be distinguished from his
civil rights. It also upset local
option laws which tried to do
this.
The bishop said that chur
ches, in great part, had accep
ted the status quo of local op
tion after the 1883 decision and
observed: "Our conscience
should bother us collectively for
the docile acceptance of the
1883 decision.”
DESPITE SOME miscarri
ages of justice in the South, it
has been the courts — not the
churches — which have led the
current march for civil rights
laws, he added.
Bishop Shannon said there
are some laymen who would
like Catholic clergymen to be
mere “sacristy priests," —
to celebrate Mass and confine
themselves tu worship and tea
ching activities.