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BREIG WINS PRIZE
Sherry Among Honorees
At CPA Press Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) —
Joseph A. Brelg, associate edi
tor of the Catholic Universe
Bulletin, Cleveland, Ohio and
for many years a widely pu
blished columnist in the Ca
tholic press, was named winner
of the Catholic Press Associa
tion’s prized St. Francis de
Sales Award.
The bronze statuette, given
annually for outstanding con
tributions to Catholic journa
lism, was presented to Mr.
Breig by Archbishop Joseph
T. McGucken of San Francis
co at the CPA annual banquet.
’’More than any journalist
and author,” the citation to
Mr. Breig reads, “he has con
sistently Informed the public
through news stories, columns
and articles, of events Catho
lic in straightforward, precise,
clear and unmistakable lan
guage, as well as the Catholic
viewpoint on events public.
“His Writings of any year,
taken at random, merit for him
this outstanding award.”
Four priests and three lay
men were nominated for the
CPA award this year. Besides
Mr. Breig, the other six and
their citations were;
FatherEdward Duff, S.J., of
Holy Cross College, Worces
ter, Mass.
Father Thurston N. Davis,
S.J., editor-in-chief of Ame
rica:
Father Edward L. Heston,
C.S.G., English-language liai-
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son official of the Vatican Coun
cil Press Office:
Father John Reedy, C.S.C.,
editor of Ave Maria.
Robert E. Hoyt, editor of
the independent National Ca
tholic Reporter: and
Gerard E. Sherry, former
managing editor of The Georgia
ON DEICIDE
Bulletin, newsweekly of the At
lanta archdiocese, and now edi
tor of the Dominion News, a
Morgantown, W. Va., daily:
“(He) has consistently given a
clear Catholic voice to the ’new
South.’...Our people are better
aware of the tremendous waves
of the updated Church because
of The Georgia Bulletin — 11-
turgically, educationally, ecu
menically and socially.”
Selon Hall Prof.
Answers Bishop
In its issue of April 20,1966,
the New York Times published
a report by Robert C. Doty, its
Roman correspondent, on an
article by BishopCarli of Segni,
Italy, in which the Bishop is
said to declare that Judaism
survived the disappearance of
the Temple and its priesthood
“illegally with respect to God.”
A few days later, the NCWC
news service released its own
report. In Bishop Carli’s opin
ion, Judaism as a religion car
ries “by its very nature the
judgment of condemnation by
God.” The Bisho holds further
that the term delcide “is theo
logically unexceptionable; even
the only fitting one.”
Msgr. Oesterreicher of the
Instltue of Judaeo - Christian
Studies at Seton Hall University,
answered Bishop Carli’s recent
statement as follows:
“These opinions are not new;
the Bishop of Segni has pro
pounded them before and during
the last session of the Council’
indeed, he made every effort to
wreck the conciliar statement
on the Jews, even the whole
Declaration on The Church’s
Relationship to Non-Christian
Religions. His attempts to per
suade the Council fathers to side
with him were soundly reject
ed. It is not surprising that af
ter thi utter defeat, he- should
try to vindicate .his stand. Self-
defense springs quickly from ‘
our hearts. Human though the
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Bishop’s reaction may be, it is
not Catholic; It Is least of all
an attitude one expects of a bis
hop, for It completely contra
dicts the letter and spirit of
the Second Vatican Council.
“Regrettably, Bishop Carli
seems to be unaware that his
lack of docility, that his re
calcitrance toward the Council
gives scandal: In the eyes of
many non-Catholics, the credi
bility of the Church has been
put In doubt. It is false, how
ever, to assume that he is mo
tivated by hatred or contempt
of Jews, though his position
is in effect anti-Jewish. He
seems, rather, guided by a kind
of legalism. His expression that
the continued existence of Ju
daism is “illegal with respect
to God” is quite significant. Is
the existence before God of any
man, or any group of men, ever
a question of legality? Accord
ing to Bishop Carli, Judaism,
because of its non-acceptance of
God’s great gift to man, the
Christ, should rightfully have
disappeared. That it did not dis
appear is a proof that it con
tinues, not “rightfully’ but —
and this is infinitely more won-
drous—by God’s mercy, by His
grace. To the Christian, then,
the survival of the Jewish peo
ple is a secret: the secret of
God’3 inaompreheneibla fide
lity. "Wooden Toglcr carmorcome
near the mystery of Jewish
existence.
“Some have aksed how it is
possible that, shortly after the
Council, a man like Bishop Carli
can propagate ideas that flag
rantly oppose its mind, and how
it is possible that he has not
been silenced. The answer is
simply thatthe documents of
Vatican II are pastoral decrees,
not meant to be enforced by
police measures. They appeal
to the conscience of Christians,
calling thus for a free response.
It is this freedom that makes
me hope that the Bishp’s lack
of response will in the end, much
against his will, serve the very
purpose of the conciliar state
ment on the Jews. For it will
prod the chosen interpreters of
the Declaration to double their
efforts. As a matter of fact,
it may move Catholics every
where to do their utmost that
the paper and print of the De
claration be turned Into a liv
ing reality.”
NATIONAL
Archdiocese
Increases
Collections
Chancery officials of the
Archdiocese have received no
tes of appreciation for contri
butions from the Faithful of the
Archdiocese to two national col
lections.
$9,612.39 was contributed to
the Bishops Welfare Emergency
and Relief Fund. In a letter
to Archbishop Hall in an from
Archbishop John P. Cody, the
Treasurer of the National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference, the
Archbishop of Chicago said,
'Tt is indeed most heartening
to receive this evidence of ge
nerosity of your good people,
and I know that millions of
suffering people...will call down
blessings from heaven on Your
Excel lenc y. your devoted
priests, religious and laity.’’
The Society for the Propaga
tion of the Faith which is head
ed by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
received $5,963.93 from the
Archdiocese of Atlanta. This
represented an increase of
$1,053.48 over the previous
year.
Francine Zanders, 8th. grade pupil, of Our Lady of Lourdes
School crowns the statue of the Blessed Mother at the annual
May porcession. At this ceremony Mrs, W. Lucas was chosen
as Mother of the Year from the parish.
t
Bright Cook crowns the statue of the Blessed Mother as Father
Simon Iocca O.F.M. looks on.'The crowning ceremony followed
First Communion for both the children attending the parochial
school and the Confraternity: of Christian Doctrine classes.
FAIR HOUSING
Churchmen Back
New
s Bill
WASHINGTON — Spokesmen
for the three major faiths have
called on Congress to enact
the administration’s 1966 civil
rights program, including the
proposed national fair housing
law.
In joint testimony (May 18)
before a House judiciary sub
committee, they called for
passage of the fair housing
measure “as a declaration of
American standards of equal
justice.” They branded hous
ing discrimination “a pernic
ious form of racial injustice”
and said fair housing legisla
tion is “an aid to the great
majority who wish to do good.”
The joint statement was pre
sented by Father John F. Cron
in, S.S., assistant director, So
cial Action Department, Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence; Dr. Benjamin Payton of
the National Council of Chur
ches, and Rabbi Richard Hirsch
of the Synagogue Council of
America. They spoke for their
agencies and for a number of
other religious organizations.
They also presented the sub
committee with a list of state
ments by religious leaders in
support of fair housing laws.
Besides fair ousing, the ad
ministration’s 1966 civil rights
package includes provisions for
protection of civil rights work
ers and Negroes against threats
and violence; nondiscrimina-
tory procedures for selection of
state and federal juries; and
new authority for the Attorney
General in seeking school de
segregation.
On protection of rights work
ers and Negroes, the church
men called it "a sad fact”
that some state and local of
ficials fail to offer such pro-’
tection or to make serious ef
forts to apprehend offenders.
“Unpunished assault against a
defenseless minority, and those
seeking to vindicate their
rights, is an assault agains the
principles of American de
mocracy,” they said in endor
sing the bill’s protection pro
visions.
On juries, they warned that
discrimination in the selec
tion of jury members risks
“substituting force and violence
for law, and thus turning our
backs upon an essentia fea
ture of civilized life.” They
recommended strengthening the
pending bill’s jury provisions
by setting standards for fair
selection of juries, along the
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1966 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
EMORY DEAN
Mr. Vincent J. Pazzatti III has
been named a unit chairman of
this fall’s United Appeal Cam
paign. Mr. Pazzatti is the dis
trict manager of Bethlehem
Steel Corporation and will serve
as chairman of the United Ap
peal’s Industrial Unit.
Methodist Minister To
Keynote Congress
An Atlantan who was an offi
cial observer at the Second Vat
ican Council from the World
Methodist Council will be the
keynote speaker at the first
Archdiocesan Lay Congress,
May 20 to 22 at the Biltmore
Hotel. Dean William R. Can
non, Ph.D., dean of the Candler
School of Theology, will speak
at the Friday evening session of
the Congress, following wel-
CATHOLIC COMM.
Backs Family
Planning Aid
lines of the standards for judg
ing voting discrimination in
cluded in the 1965 Voting Rights
Act, Under such an approach,
they said, legal remedies could
go into effect automatically
when a jurisdiction fell below
the standards established in the
legislation.
The churchmen endorsed the
proposal to permit the Attorney
General to intervene more
readily in suits to force de
segregation of schools and oth
er facilities. They said this
would be “more effective”
than present arrangement, un
der which the government may
intervene only if the litigants
are unable to. bear the burden
of prosecuting their case.
Turning to the housing pro
vision, they declared that law is
“part of a common pattern,”
together with executive action
and “moralpersuasion," aim
ed at ending discrimination in
housing.
“We believe,” they said,
“that once every builder, every
lending institution, every rent
er, and every home owner con
fronts a common standard in the
sale and rental of dwellings, die
great majority will strive to
conform to a law seeking to im
plement the ideal that all men
are truly equal.
“Such was our experience
under the public accommoda
tions provisions of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)—
Federal government aid for fa
mily planning programs in the
U.S. and abroad was endorsed
by a newly-formed National Ca
tholic Committee on Population
and Government Policy. The
committee’s support was dis
closed by Its chairman, Dr.
William V. O’ Antonio, associate
professor of sociology at the
University of Notre Dame, be
fore the Senate Subcommittee
on Employment, Manpower and
Poverty.
He said the committee’s stand
is backed by more than 500
Catholics, including faculty
members from 57 colleges,
priests, medical doctors, nuns,
lawyers and deans of three Ca
tholic law schools.
“It is our belief," Dr. D*An
tonio told the subcommittee,
“that action by the federal go
vernment in the field of fa
mily planning is well within
the constitutional limits and
seen by us as desirable le
gislation.”
The committee, he said,
“wished to emphasize the fact
that, in a pluralistic society,
some legislation may be de
sirable even though it may not
be in accord with the moral
principles of a minority of the
society’s members.
“It seems clear in the pre
sent case that a vast majority
of Americans approve of fe
deral aid for family planning
clinics — 65% according to the
Gallup Pool of October 1965.
Furthermore, 59% of Ameri
can Catholics in this pool also
approved of such aid. We stand
with these majorities.
Dr. D’Antonio explained the
committee grew out of a “cou
rageous statement” presented
by Father Dexter L. Hanley,
S.J., of Georgetown University
School of Law, before the Ame
rican Bar Association’s Family
Law Section In Miami, August
1965.
That statement, signed by
some 55 Catholics, supported
government programs which
“permit citizens to exercise
a free choice in matters of
responsible parenthood in ac
cordance with their moral stan
dards.”
It asserted the government
“may properly give information
and assistance concerning me
dically approved forms of fa
mily planning, so long as human
life and personal rights are
safeguarded and no coercoin or
pressure is exerted against In
dividual moral choice.”
Father Hanley’s statement
also said that **prlvate moral
judgments regarding methods
of family planning do not pro
vide a basis for opposition to go
vernment programs.”
While the priest did not ob
ject “In principle” to public
financing of family planning
programs, he did say that “the
manner in which such a pro
gram is implemented may pose
issued requiring separate con
sideration.”
He stressed that the position
he and the other Catholic
signers had taken was “morally
justified and in accordance with
the traditional Catholic position
on birth control. These opinions
are expressed out of a concern
for civil liberty and freedom,
and are based upon respect
for the sincere consciences of
our fellow citizens in this plu
ralistic society.”
Dr. D*Antonio then told the
subcommittee that a group of
teachers at Notre Ehme In
agreement with Father Hanley
— advertised for signatures
to the priest’s statement in
three Catholic publications —
America magazine, The Na
tional Catholic Reporter and
Cross Currents.
While only about 100 signers
were expected, he said, “the
ads appeared less than a mon
th ago and we have in fact
received 517 signatures alrea
dy.” He added that only five
responses were In the nega
tive.
Those signing the declara
tion, he said, now comprise
the new Catholic Committee
on Population and Government
Police.
The group’s Executive Com
mittee, he said, Include, be
sides himself, Father Joseph
D. Hassett, S.J., of the philo
sophy department, Fordham
University; Prof. G. Robert
Blakey, Notre Dame School of
Law; Dr. Margaret Donnelly,
sociology department. Hunter
College; E>r. Louis Dupre,
philosophy department, George
town University; and Dr. Wil
liam T. Hu, sociology depart
ment, Notre Dame.
| MONASTERY |
| Day Of |
I Prayer
The Altar Society of the Arch
diocesan Shrine of the Immacu
late Conception will -sponsor a
Day of Recollection to be held
at the Monastery of Our Lady
of the Holy Ghost, Conyers,
Georgia.
Mass and two conferences
will be conducted by Father
Petter O.C.S.O. The Day of
Recollection will begin at 9:30
on Saturday, May 28, and will
close at 4 P.M.
For Information or transpor
tation call Mrs. Jean Jentzen
at 753-0043. Everyone will
bring her own lunch.
coming remarks by Archbishop
Paul J. Hallinan. In addition
to being dean of the theology
school. Dr. Cannon is professor
of Church History at Emory
University.
Dea.n Cannon was the first
honor graduate of the Divinity
School of Yale University in
1940, where he also received
his Doctor of Philosophy degree
in 1942. In addition, he has re
ceived honorary doctorates
from As bury College and Tem
ple University.
Dean Cannon Is the author of
eight books, including his most
recent, Journeys After St. Paul,
published In 1963. He is at
present the General Editor of
the Wesley Works Project, a de
finitive edition of the works of
John Wesley by a group of In
ternational scholars.
Dean Cannon has been active
in inter-faith dialogue in At
lanta for some years. He has
participated in and addressed
meetings of the Christian Dia
logue at the downtown Atlanta
YMCA, especially since re
turning from th Second Vati
can Council.
MASS.
Pass
Info
Law
BOSTON (RNS)—A bill easing
Massachusetts' 87-year-old
curbs on the dissemination of
birth control information, de
vices and drugs was signed into
law here by Gov. John A. Volpe.
He made no comment in sign
ing the measure which permits
physicians to prescribe birth
control devices or drugs and
pharmacists to fill the pre
scriptions.
’ Last state to remove its curbs
on birth control, Massachusetts
now will permit public health
and welfare agencies to furnish
data on where advice or con
traceptives can be obtained le
gally.
The new law will not be ef
fective for 90 days, the cus
tomary waiting period for most
stat legislation. It is possible,
however, for the governor to
remove that restriction.
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