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diocese of Atlanta
SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 4, NO. 4
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966
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ST. BERNADETTE CHURCH in Cedartown, Ga. this year marks its Silver Jubilee.
IN CEDARTOWN
Saint Bernadette Church
To Mark Silver Jubilee
St. Benadette Church in Ce
dartown, Ga., this year will
celebrate its Silver Jubilee.
Before the present Church
was built in 1941, Mass was of
fered for the six Catholicfami-
lies of Cedartown at the home of
Mr. Maurice Najjar. Monsignor
Joseph Cassidy, the present
Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish
in Milledgeville, was then Pas
tor of St.Mary’sinRome.Geor-
• gia, and attended the spiritual
needs of the little community.
Monsignor Cassidy was suc
ceeded in Rome by Father
James Grady. It was under his
direction that the present Church
was built.
IN THE YEARS following, St.
Bernadette’s was serviced from
Dalton by the Redemptorist
Fathers. A Redemptorist ar
rived every Saturday, and stay
ed that night in a tiny room to
the right of the Altar, a room
which understandably has come
FATHER BURKE
to be known as the ’overnight
room.’
In 1957 St. Bernadette’s be
came a Parish, with Father
Donald Kiernan its first Pas
tor. The construction of the
rectory was begun immediately.
HITS EXCESSES
Pontiff Calls For Catholic
Ecumenical Commitment
VATICAN CfTY (NC)— While
cautioning against the danger of
■ “excessive enthusiasm,’’ Pope
Paul VI called for the commit
ment qf all Catholics to the pro
gress of ecumenism.
He warned those who are
skeptical of success regarding
Christian unity efforts or who
are fearful that the efforts will
entail doctrinal indifferentism
that their attitude “is not in
accord with the will of Christ.”
The ecumenical spirit, he told
his weekly general audience
(Jan. 19) during the worldwide
observance of Christian unity
octave, was one of the principal
characteristics of the ecumeni
cal council.
CATHOLICS, he said, "can no
longer ignore a problem of such
importance and topicality,” but
must carefully avoid extremes
in their approach to it.'
"On the one hand,” h4 said,
“there is an attitude demon
starting an excess of enthus
iasm and over-simplification,
as if contact with the separat
ed brethren were easy and with
out danger, and ar if the imme
diate establishment of condord
and collaboration would result
from ceasing to attach impor
tance to doctrinal and discipli
nary matters. Ths attitude is
wrong because it can bring about
illusions and delusions of weak
ness and conformism not at all
beneficial to the cause of true
ecumenism.
‘There is on the other hand
the attitude of the diffident and
skeptical. Some fear that ecu
menism may entail criticism
and revision of the truths of
the faith, disregard for Chris-
tain traditions and teachings,
and conformism to the religious
concepts of others at the ex
pense of one's own. Still others
fear it is vain to hope for the
effective re-establishment of
MSGR. James C. Donohue,
former superintendent of
schools in the Archdiocese of
Baltimore, has succeeded
Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt
as director of the N.C.W.C.
Department of Education.
one single religious belief and
a single and true ecclesial com
munion. Too many things divide
us from the separated brethren,
they say, too much time has
passed since the breach —by
now unbridgeable — and one
should not expect miracles
which would be needed for - a
true reconciliation.
‘THIS ATTETUDE is prompt
ed by serious considerations,
but it is wrong too, because it
is not in accordance with the
spirit of the times or the needs
of the times. Above all, it is
not in accordance with the will
of Christ. The council is solemn
on this point.”
The spirit emphasized by the
council, he said, “is not a thing
of the past and of concern only
to others. It is our own con
cern—not only the pastors of
the Church but also of the faith
ful. It imposes onus, even prior .
to an approach to separated bre
thren, a personal and collective
renewal of Christian life.
‘To bring about ecumenical
progress within the bounds of
the intergrity of doctrine it is
indeed necessary to love. It is
with this resolution of love in
Christ that we today send our
greetings to all separated bre
thren and that we bless you
wholeheartedly, beloved sons
and daughters.”
NE1GHBORLT COOPERATION
Latin America Meet
Asks Understanding
The Mission of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help in Carrollton
was placed under the care of
St. Bernadette’s, and following
Father Kiernan’s transfer to
Gainesville, was serviced by
Father John Stapleton and Fath
er Richard Morrow.
Father Richard Morrow left
St. Bernadette’s to become the
first Pastor of the newly parish
of Our Lady in Carrollton, on
May 29th 1965. It was at that
time the present Pastor, Fath
er Jarlath Biirke came to Ce
dartown.
St. Bernadette’s is a parish
of 46 families, with an active
Parish Council of Women, St.
Bernadette’s Mens’ Associa
tion, and a Legion of Mary.
1966 marks the 25th year of
the Church. Appropriate cele
brations are planned for the
Fall of the year to mark this
point in its history.
BY JOHN J. DALY, JR..
( N. C. W. ,C. News Service )
CHICAGO — North and Latin
American Catholics sought full
er understanding of each other
at a conference, where sessions.
resembled frank and neighbor
ly encounters over the back
fence.
It was the third national con
ference (Jan. 19 to 21) of the
Catholic Inter-American Co
operation Program (CICOP),
a long-range effort to bring the
reality of Latin American Cath
olicism and society to U.S.
Catholics.
Prelates, scholars, mission
aries and others from Latin
America involved in the day-
to-day fight to meet the chal
lenges facing the 200 million
persons in the underdeveloped
and overcrowded continent
spoke to more than 2,000 North
Americans ranging from high
school students collecting
money for a Brazilian housing
project to bishops heading ma
jor U. S. dioceses.
THE 1966 conference theme
was "Religious Values in Latin
America,” a guideline that
provoked weighty papers such
as "Adaptation of Pre-Colon
ial Religious Practices to ,
Christianity,” and lively dis
cussions on the potential benefit
of married lay deacons.
Underlying all exchanges was
the desire to bridge the gap of
knowledge between North and
South as a basis for streng
thened cooperation.
‘The common image of the
Latin American and of Latin
American Catholicism which
exists here in the North has no
basis in reality. The same can
be said for the inadequate ap
preciation of the spiritual val
ues of North Americans which
is widespread on the southern
continent," remarked Bishop
Manuel Larrain of Chile, presi
dent of CELAM, the conference
. of Latin American Bishops.
CONFERENCE highlights in
clude:
• British economist Barbara
Ward’s warning that the con
trast between the world’s rich
and poor is sharpest in the
’Americas and that Christians
who ignore the difference will
call down “God’s anathema oh
our rich, indifferent society.’’
• The disclosure of Agnelo
Cardinal Rossi of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, that the Brazilian and
Chilean hierarchy have peti
tioned the Holy See for pro
grams to use married lay dea
cons in priest-short areas.
• The reminder by Arch
bishop John P, Cody of Chicago
that while U.S. Catholics and
others are responding gener
ously to the call for help from
Latin America, “staggering
tasks remain.”
• THE PRESENTATION of
CICOP’s annual awards to
Msgr. Luigi Ligutti, a U.S.
priest who is permanent obser
ver of the Holy See to the Food
and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations in Rome,
and to Jose and Luz Maria Al
varez, founders of the Christian
Family Movement in Mexico
and the first couple named lay
observers at the Vatican coun
cil.
• The appeal of a young
scholar, Dr. Richardo Arias
Calderon, a University of Pana
ma professor, that Christian
thought and its capacity to in
fluence social developments be
given as much attention as man
power, bricks and mortar.
• The statement by a Chicago
priest serving in Panama, Fath
er Leo B. Mahon, who said the
Latin American Church should
be seen as needing “conver
sion,*’ not "renewal,” be
cause the Church in its full un
derstanding as a community
conscious of its duty to redeem
the world "does not exist in
Latin America, except in rare
places.”
• THE COMMENT by a Mex
ico City Jesuit, Father Felipe
Pardinas, S.J., a social scien
tist, who said the growth of
population and the inability of
some married couples to cope
with their economic situation
and still obey the Church's
teaching on birth control cries
out "the need of a revision of
the moral theology of sex.”
• The observation by Bishop
Marcos G. McGrath, C.S.C., of
Santiago de Veraguas, Panama,
CICOP program chairman, that
"the ignorance of North and
Latin America regarding one
another is an obvious fact, not
only as manifested by the great
masses in both areas, but even
by educated leaders from whom
initiative, guidance and decision
is expected in our mutual rela
tions.”
CICOP operates under the
aegis of the Latin America Bur
eau of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. The bur
eau, in turn, operates under the
U.S. bishops in liaison with the
Vatican’s Pontifical Commis
sion for Latin America and the
Latin American Bishops Con
ference (CELAM).
LET THE DRUMS ROLL OUT! These Sisters of St. Jo
seph of Concordia, Kansas, are participating in a course in
percussion at Maryniount College, Salina. Instructed by
Capt. James E. Bell of St. John’s Military School, Salina.
the Sisters teach percussion in their elementary schools.
PREACHES IN WASHINGTON
Archbishop Says Catholics
Need Ecumenism Guidance
AGNELO CARDINAL ROS
SI, Archbishop of Sao Paulo,
Brazil, wfts a key speaker at
the third’ annual conference
of the Catholic Inter-Ameri
can Cooperation Program
^ (CICOP) held in Chicago,
Jan. 19-21.
ON CHURCHES
WASHINGTON —■ Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan said here that
Catholic ecumenists must offer
more guidance and encourage
ment to their fellow Catholics in
regard to the religious unity
movement.
Maryland Court
Studying Taxes
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — The
Maryland Court of Appeals has
taken under advisement a chal-
elnge to the constitutionality of
tax exemptions for church pro-
perty.
At the trial in Baltimore
Circuit Court, - Judge Wilson
K. Barnes held that such exemp
tions violate neither the state
nor the federal constitution.
State Atty. Gen. Thom as B.
Finan defended the exemptions
before the appeals court as
"well grounded in the history of
this state, as well as of the
nation."
FRANCIS X. Gallagher, at
torney for the Baltimore Ca
tholic archdiocese, told the
Court that in being asked to
strike down the exemptions for
church property it was "being
asked...to do what no other
court in the nation has ever
done.”
The suit was filed in 1964
by Mrs. Madalyn Murray, Bal
timore atheist who initiated one
of the suits that led to the U.S.
Supreme Court’s ruling against
prayer and Bible reading inpub
lic schools.
Mrs. Murray later left the
Health Center
SPOKANE, WASH. (NC)
Gonzaga University here a-
warded a contract for $111,270
for the construction of a new
student health center. Work will
begin immediately with com
pletion expected next fall.
state to avoid a contempt of
court sentence, and the chal
lenge Was continued by Lemoin
and Marie Cree. Cree is head
of the Freethought Society of
America. Several religious
groups entered the case as in-
tervenors in support of the tax
exemptions.
BALTIMORE attorney Leo
nard J. Kerpelman, represent
ing the Crees, argued before
the appeals court that the ex
emptions are aid to religion and
religion "is not a matter which
can be constitutionally support
ed by the government.”
Martin J. Scheiman, New
York attorney representing
Mrs. Murray, insisted that the
exemptions be regarded as a
gran: to religion.
Finan pointed out that Mary
land law provides for 57 classes
of exemptions, including those
for charitable organizations.
HE SAID that "to single out
churches from these exemp
tions is literally penalizing re
ligion because it is religion.”
Gallagher conceded that the
exemptions are “of economic
benefit” to religious groups but
said there is nothing unconsti
tutional about that.
“'There are good, solid rea
sons for that benefit. Churches
do serve a public good," he
stated.
GALLAGHER also describ
ed the arrangement as "an in
direct form of aid” and said
it is "an exemption rather than
a subs<dy.”
‘Today’s new program of
unity is not just difficult. It is
new, and the new is always sus
pect. We must explain much
and we must lead,” Archbishop
Hallinan declared.
The Archbishop preached
(Jan. 23) at Chair of Unity
Octave observances in the Na
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception.
HE SAID the Church must
always be willing to face new
challenges and opportunities.
‘The Church is constantly ap
plying the familiar to the un
known, tradition to the chang
ing world, the old to the new,”
he declared.
Archbishop Hallinan said the
Church today must face new
questions: "Are the old formu
las meaningful to the modem
mind? Has our mental atti
tude been too defensive and in
ward looking? Has initiative
been stifled by the heavy con
centration of authority? And
have we confused error which
must be resisted with persons
who err but must be loved?”
THE ARCHBISHOP urged
Catholics to acknowledge the
"Christian giants of ecumeni
sm” among Protestants. He
said "the Protestants came
first” in ecumenical activity
and cited a number of Protes
tant leaders in the unity effort
whom he - said Christians owe
“a debt of gratitude.”
"On our side,” he added,
"there were heroes, too, men
holding fast to the heritage of
faith while sharing with Ortho
dox and Protestants their love
for Christ. But not until the
Second Vatican Council did the
Catholic Church rise above its
self-made rules, rules that
were more cautionary than con
structive."
At the talk’s opening he said,
* *How the thoughts of man can
lift his mind and heart. As they
go into orbit, probing, explor
ing, they make men aware as
Cardinal Bea said, that we are
‘oAe vast single family*. *
“Possibilities that existed
once in the dreams of poets and
the imagination of story-tell
ers, now become real. And yet,
these man-made flights do not
compare to the works of God.”
He said, “A little book. The
Stirrings of Unity, puts it well—
'Lord, what spacious horizons
are in the works that come
from You — What melancholy
in the works of man.’
The Archbishop said, “Ecu
menism today is a maze of new
dimensions, a puzzle of ideas
and rules. At the center of It
is the old tensions between uni
ty and freedom — unity which
is the conscious encounter be
tween responsible men, and
freedom which is man’s capa
city to be himself and to de
cide his own destiny without
compulsion from others.”
Honor Prelate
At USO Dinner
PHILADELPHIA (NC)— Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman of New
York will be cited for out
standing leadership and distin
guished service to the armed
forces at the 25th anniversary,
dinner of the United Service
Organizations (USO) here Feb.
3.
Samuel H. Daroff, USO pres
ident, said it is appropriate that
the City of Brotherly Love
should honor the cardinal who
has made brotherly love his
lifetime work. Cardinal Spell
man is archbishop of New York
and Military Vicar of the Arm
ed Forces.
CANONIST—Bishop Ernest
J. Primeau of Manchester,
N.H., has been appointed as
the first episcopal liaison be
tween the U.S. bishops and
the Canon Law Society of
America.