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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 7
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No Black Apostles ?
■ By LEON PAIM
YOU MAY have seen the same picture in the newspapers that
I saw not so long ago when Bishop Harold Perry was consecrated
in New Orleans. The photo showed Bishop Perry walking in pro
cession past some people, and in the foreground, a woman holding
a large sign above the heads of the crowd, reading: JESUS DID
NOT CHOOSE NON-WHITE APOSTLES.
It makes you stop and think. Altho it was in very bad taste, the
woman was right, and she recognized the fact
that Bishop Perry, newly consecrated, was
truly a successor of the apostles Jesus chose
to carry his. message to all the nations.
Since Bishop Perry is a Negro, this worn an
felt that he had no right to become a bishop,
since all the apostles Jesus chose were white.
Well, who chose this Negro priest to become
a bishop? Ultimately, the decision was Pope
Paul’s, so the blame, if any, goes back to him.
This woman, who was excommunicated by Archbishop Joseph
Rummel, 1 believe, because she disagreed with his order to in
tegrate the churches and schools of New Orleans, this woman, I
say, should take her sign to Rome and parade around St. Peter’s
with it.
But in Rome, I would suggest that she change the wording. There
it should read: JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE ANY ITALIAN APOST
LES! She might also parade around Notre Dame in Paris with a
sign: JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE ANY FRENCH APOSTLES!
From there she could go to the Cologne Cathedral with a sign:
JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE ANY GERMAN APOSTLES! And she
could go on to other countries With signs: JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE
ANY IRISH, BRITISH, SPANISH, DANISH, GREEK OR JAPANESE
APOSTLES!
But I would suggest she steer clear of Israel with any signs
that say JESUS DID NOT CHOOSE ANY JEWISH APOSTLES. This
poor soul who is so violently opposed to Negroes is probably also
. opposed to Jews-fthe two prejudices usually go together, anti-
Semites and anti-Negroes are usually the same person.
This poor, misguided woman hasn’t really thought out very
logically what it is she is objecting to--she has taken one aspect
of the life of Christ and completely disregards his basic, funda
mental teachings. I wonder if she has read St. Paul’s epistle to
the Galatians which says “R>r you are all the children of God
through faith in Christ Jesus. For all you who have been baptized
into Christ, have put on Christ. There is neither Jew or Greek;
there is neither slave nor freeman; there is neither male nor fe
male. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's,
then you are the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to pro
mise’’ (Gal 3:26-29).
Like most prejudiced people, this woman ignores the feelings,
the sensitivities, and the rights of other people, in preference
to her own. No one , has the right to protest or to degrade the
right of someone else to be a Jew, a Negro, a Protestant, a Ca
tholic, or even a bishop.
This poor, pitiful woman has been so blinded by prejudice
against “non-whites” that she has abandoned the most fundamen
tal teachings of Christ, of the Gospels, of justice and fair play.
She has also chosen to ignore the basic principles of American
democracy and brotherhood. She has grabbed onto one single idea
arid will not let go, even though it meant being excommunicated.
Her prejudice was more precious to her than her Faith. No sense
of values. . . And, I might add, no sense. '
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Logically, if Jesus chose no non-white apostles, so also did he
not choose any Brazilians, Belgians or Bostonians. He chose only
Palestinian'Jews. By those standards, no bishops should be con
secrated who are not exactly like the apostles chosen by, Jesus.
This would pose quite a problem for Pope Paul who is no Pales
tinian Jew himself!
Thank God, successors of the apostles have included men of
every race and National under the sun, as we saw so marvelously
during the sessions of the Vatican Council. Bishop Harold R.
Perry will not only be a Christlike bishop, but a great credit to
the American hierarchy, to American Catholics, and to the Ame
rican people, both white and black.
Bishop Perry is the Church’s answer to every racist as well
as to every Catholic who may look upon Negroes as being "lower”
or inferior to whites; as a people without rights; as a people who
must be kept isolated, segregated and restricted from normal
associations with other people.
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Hewbrew
CINCINNATI (NC)—Irwin St.
John Tucker, newspaperman,,
former Episcopal rector, con
vert, woodcarver, author, and
magazine editor, celebrated his
80th birthday by launching a new
career—professor of Hebrew
at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
here.
“I’m having the time of my
life,” reported the scholarly
octogenarian who used to di
vide his time between the copy
desk of a Chicago newspaper
and the Episcopal Church of
St. Stephen.
Teaching Hebrew is one of
the few things he hasn’t done
before, but he learned the lan
guage at General Theological
Seminary, New York, and in
the intervening years he has
deepened his knowledge of Sa
cred Scripture and its lan
guages.
"Especially Aramaic,” he
commented, “the language of
Jesus.”
REMEMBER LEPROSY?—It is supposed to have disappeared in the age of miracle drugs, but
more than 10-million lepers still walk Asia and Africa. Health authorities marking World Le
prosy Day today (January 30) estimate another 5-million lepers are hidden away in shame, fear,
exile, certain death—though pills costing less than ten for a penny could keep them alive. Catholic
sisters like this nurse in India search them out, bring food, medicine and hope supplied by Ame
ricans. Right now, they most need dapsone, the leprosy-arresting drug. For 10,000 tablets that
will supply 43 lepers for a.year, Americans greatful for living in the lucky half of the world send
$8.50 to the sisters through Catholic Near East Welfare Association, 330 Madison Avenue, New
York, Pope Paul’s mission aid to churches in the East.
NOTE THIS CALENDAR | r0JVT MIME
JANUARY Father DePauw
27--The Liturgy Congress will be held in Charlotte, N.C., Jan
uary 27-29.
Refuses Cardinal
27—Immaculate Heart of Mary Altar and Rosary Society will
hold a Dessert-Card Party on Thursday, January 27 at the
Kinghts of Columbus Hall on Buford Highway, NE.
27—Holy Family Hospital Auxiliary will hold its third annual
luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, January 27 at the
Atlanta Americana Motor Hotel. Business meeting begins at
10:30 a.m., conducted by Mrs. William A. Keller, president.
27—Father Pat Connell, Chaplain of Our Lady of Perpe
tual Help Free Cancer Home and Archdiocesan director of
Medical Facilities will address the Serra Club of Metropoli
tan Atlanta at its Thursday, January 27 meeting at 12:15 p.m.
at Dale’s Cellar, 400 West Peachtree.
27—Our Lady of The Assumption Altar and Rosary Society will
sponsor a card party at 8 p.m. Thursday, January 27 in the
school cafeteria. Tickets by calling Mrs. Harry DeMeza at
458-0036.
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30—ACCW South Deanery quarterly meeting will be at 2;30 p.m.,
Sunday, January 30 at St. Peter Church, 204 Battle Street,
LaGrange, Ga. Guest speaker, Miss Grace Marie Freymann,
psychologist, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
30—The Sacred Heart Program will be seen on Channel 5,
WAGA, at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, January 30. The speaker will be
WAGA, at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, January 30. The speaker
will be Father Thomas Curry, S.J. of Rockhurst High School,
Kansas City.
FEBRUARY
BALTIMORE (NC)—Lawrence
Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore
announced that the uninterrup
ted status of Father Gommar A.
DePauw as a' priest of his
archdiocese has been confirmed
by Amleto Cardinal Cicognani,
Papal Secretary of State,
Cardinal Shehan sent a tele
gram to Father DePauw di
recting him to report to Balti
more for “instructions con
cerning his future,”
Father DePauw had gone to
New York to set up national
headquarters of the controver
sial Catholic Traditionalist
Movement which he founded,
claiming he was free to do so
because he had been transfer
red to and incardinated in the
diocese of Tivoli,» Italy. •> Pre
viously Cardinal Shehan had
ordered him to dissociate him
self from the movement, which
opposes liturgical reform and
other so-called “Protestan
tizing” developments in the
Church.
3~The Serra Club’s Shepherd’s Night will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Father De Pauw, inNew York,
February 3, in the Oak Room of the Piedmont Driving Club, said he would not returntoBal-
Dinner at 8 p.m. Black tie requested. timore as directed by Cardinal
Shehan.
3—The First Friday Club of Atlanta will hold its monthly luncheon
meeting in the Henry Grady Hotel at 12 noon on Thursday,
February 3. Guest speaker is Judge Sam P. McKenzie.
15—The ladies of the Immaculate Conception Altar Society will
have a bridge luncehon from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m,, Thursday,
February 15 in the church hall. Reservations call—PL 3-0043
or 241-3836
■ He hag been serving as sec
retary to Bishop Blaise S. Kurz,
O.F.M., exiled prefect aposto
lic of Yungchow, China, who is
residing at St. Mary of the As
sumption church rectory in Sta
ten Island.
Rules Governing Elections
For Lay Congress
THE STEERING Committee of the Lay Congress
Planning Groups has issued the following rules
governing the elections and organization of the
Archdiocese Congress planned to take place in the
Spring.
1. Each parish shall be entitled to the number
of delegates based upon the number of registered
members. There shall be at least one and not
more than five delegates from any one parish.
2. A Nominations and Elections Committee of
five shall be set up in each parish. Two members
shall be appointed by the parish men’s organiza
tion, two by the parish women's organization and
one by the pastor.
3. THE DUTIES of the parish Nominations and
Elections Committee shall be • (a) To
prepare a ticket of at least twice as many
nominees as are required for the positions
to be filled. Those receiving the largest
number of votes shall serve as delegates;
the balance shall be designated as alter
nates in the order of the number of votes
received. Members of the parish may sub
mit the names and qualifications of persons
of their choice to the Nominations and Elec
tions Committee for its consideration. A
candidate must be at least twenty-one years
of age and a member of the parish or mission
in good standing, to be eligible to serve
as a delegate.
(b) To conduct the ejection of parish de
delegates to the Lay Congress as described
in rule #4.
4. January 30, 1966 shall be designated as
Archdiocesan election day. Every registered
member of a parish eighteen years of age or
over shall be eligible to vote.
(a) Ballot forms shall be prepared by the
Sterring Committee and distributed to the
parishes on the basis of the number of
members eligible to vote.
(B) PARISH NOMINATIONS and Elections
Committees shall be responsiblefor mailing
to each member of their respective parishes
eligible to vote, a ballot listing names of
nominees to be elected to represent the
parish at the Lay Congress. Ballots Shall
be mailed on January 20.
(c) Parish Nominations and Elections Com
mittees shall appoint as many tellers as
shall be deemed necessary to count the bal
lots.
(d) Parish Nominations and Elections Com
mittees'shall provide a ballot box at the
Church into which all ballots shall be
placed. Ballot boxes shall be available from
before the first Mass until after the last
Mass on Sunday, January 30. Ballots shall
be counted immediately after voting is com
pleted.
(E) RESULTS OF the election shall be pub
lished in the parish bulletin on, Sunday,
February 13,
(f) The Parish Nominations and Elections
Committees shall inform the Sterring Com
mittee of the results of the elections im
mediately after they are available. They
shall certify their respective delegates and
alternates to the secretary of the Steering
Comm ittee.
5. Each member of the Ad Hoc Committee
called together by the Archbishop, if not elected
as a delegate, shall be a member of the Lay
Congress, electing the officers and forming the
committees of the Lay Congress.
“I have directed Father De
Pauw not to return to Balti
more and have written a letter
to the cardinal of Baltimore of
this directive,” Bishop Kurz’
said.
However in Baltimore, Car
dinal Shehan releasedthe trans
lation of a letter from Bishop
Luigi Faveri of Tivoli, The
letter said: “Since 1 fear that
from the incardination of the
Rev. De Pauw not a few dif
ficulties will arise for me, I
have decided to refrain from ,
this incardination: for this is
possible since the process has
not been carried but in con
formity with Canon 112 of the
Code of Canon Law, and since
your letter of excardination has
not been received-by me.’’
CARDINAL SHEHAN made
public the text of a letter he had
received from Archbishop Egi-
dio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Dele
gate in the United States, who
resides in Washington.
In his letter to Cardinal She
han the Apostolic Delegate said:
“In a telegram addressed to
me His Eminence Cardinal Ci
cognani, asked that I advise
Your Eminence not to grant
excardination transfer from the
archdiocese of Baltimore to the
Reverend Gommar De Pauw.
“IT IS EVIDENT from this
telegram that Father DePauw
must still be considered a priest
of the archdiocese of Baltimore
and, therefore, his incardina
tion in the diocese of Tivoli,
Italy, was not valid.
“May I add that from a letter
of His Eminence, Cardinal Ot-
taviatti (secretary of the Doc
trinal Congregation in Rome),
I also learned that His Excel
lency, Bishop Faveri, had
agreed to declare that Father
De Pauw has not been validly
incardinated in the diocese of
Tivoli.”
Cardinal Shehan said, “Ihave
sent a photo copy of the letter
from the Apostolic Delegate to
Father DePauw, directing him
to come to Baltimore for in
structions concerning his fu
ture.
“The directive I gave Fath
er DePauw on April 5, 1965,
to disassociate himself from the
Catholic Traditionalist Move
ment is still in force,” the
cardinal added. “I repeat and
confirm that directive.”
On Jan. 8 Bishop Luigi Fav
eri of Tivoli said that he had
agreed shortly before the end
of the ecumenical Council to ac
cept (incardinate) Father De
Pauw as a priest of his diocese
at the suggestion of Cardinal
Ottaviani.
The official stated at the
same time that Bishop Faveri
had changed his mind about ac
cepting Father DePauw in his
See because he had recived
no document releasing the
priest from the Baltimore arch
diocese. On Jan. 11 a Balti
more archdiocesan spokes
man had stated that Cardinal
Shehan had not signed any docu
ment excardinating Father De
Pauw.
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