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Gospel Of St. Matthew
•By LEQN RAUL)
Well, I finally got to see the much talked about movie on the
life of Christ produced by an atheistic director, “The Gospel
According to St. Matthew.’* Friends of mine who had seen the
film In New York had extremely different reactions. One priest
friend said It was the most magnificent film he had ever seen.
Another friend, who Is Jewish but who believes In Christ, said
he thought the film was overrated. Reviewers also differ widely
In their reactions.
• I sat through the film twice. There was
no doubt that It was a great film. The close*
Ups of Mary as a young mother, of Christ
as he began his public life, of John the Bap
tist, these were so real, as were the faces
of the apostles. The movie does one thing
to you — it makes the life and times of
Our Lord real. You seem to be living
in those days.
There was no glamour as there Is In some Hollywood films
about Christ. It was not “spectabular” or “magnificent” or
*'tremendous'* In the sense that Hollywood usually means. It
was all of these in Its simplicity, In Its utter humanity.
I only wish that I could go along with the film in every re
spect, but I cannot. As good as it was, there were a few jarring
notes I regretted. The first was St. Joseph. The actor who por-
, trayed St. Joseph was good in his own way, but he simply was
not St. Joseph. This was the first jarring note. The young
Mary was good, and I could see Our Lady as a young Jewish
girl In her. Her portrayal was good In every respect. I particu
larly remember her as she rode on the donkey carrying the
Christ-child while Joseph led them on the way to Egypt. The
way she looked back at their home, sort of a cave in a cliff,
taking only what they could carry, leaving everything else behind,
that look, and the real tears that gently flowed down her cheeks,
this Is something unforgettable. I could picture Our Lady doing
that.
: The slaughter of the Holy Innocents was another scene that
packed a powerful impact —- you could see this actually happen
ing—it was so realistic. . .so frightening. . . so despicable
that you just wanted to go In there and help rescue those babies.
Then in Egypt, the angel appears to Joseph and tells him It
Is safe to return to Israel. The angel leaves something to be
desired, but perhaps It Is the dubbed In English voice that
bothered me. In fact, It must have been a most difficult thing
to match the English dialogue to the Spanish originally spoken
by the cast, and this is noticeable throughout the film, un
fortunately. But it could not be helped.
: John the Baptist was well portrayed. He was real, and of
all the voices, I think his best matched his personality.
: The young Christ as we first see him coming to be baptized
In the pool at the Jordan by the Baptist Is what you might expect
Our Lord to look like at thiat time: His voice was well matched,
but could have been perhaps slightly deeper.
The most jarring note In the entire film comes when you
see Our Lady now, an older woman. Our Lord has aged 30
years from the time we last see him as a little boy lifted up In
Joseph’s arms. Our Lady has aged not 30, but 50 or 69 years I
The producer used his own mother , (for which I cannot blame
him) but she was not Mary at)&«you.simply cannot accept her
lb this role.
• Nor could I accept the men portraying the Jewish officials,
foe Sanhedrin, foe High Priest, all wearing ridiculous head-
gear that made them appear Egyptian, if anything. And this is
another thing I found hard to accept, the faces of foe people
were not Jewish faces. They were Greek, or Spanish or Italian,
but not Jewish.
There was very little in the film, in fact, that would give
you the atmosphere of Jewish life, of Jewish culture, of Jewish
traditions. This Is fos atmosphere in which Our Lord and his
mother and St. Joseph and foe apostles lived. Very, very
little of this comes through in The Gospel According to St.
Matthew. Yst, St. Matthew’s Gospel Is very Jewish when you read
It. This Jewishness was lost when It was translated to film.
Should you see the film? I would urge you to see It by all
means. In spite of all Its faults, It is worthwhile seeing. I
think that Our Lord will mean more to you, He will be more
vivid, more real shall I say?
In spite of its faults The Gospel of St. Matthew Is a good me
ditation. Maybe more atheists ought to make more films on
the life of Christ?
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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1966
GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 9
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Newly installed officers of St. Jude’s Altar Societypresented recently at the Fifth Annual Starlight
Ball are shown (left to right) with Bishop Joseph L, Bernard in and Reverend John D. Stapleton, pas
tor of St. Jude’s parish. They are Mrs. Joseph Stianche, treasurer; Mrs. Peter C. Everett, vice
president; and Mrs. James L. Brown, president. Not pictured is Mrs. Ernest Johnson, secretary.
FINAL PROPOSALS
Sisters Congress Coordinate
Activities With Lay Congress
At the close of the Congress
of Religious held May 1-2, it
was apparent that the massive
agenda submitted by foe Educa
tion Committee would not be co
vered completely before time
ran out. The sisters voted to
complete this work by mail,
with a final balloting and state
ment of proposals to be con
cluded by the openning of the
Congress qf the laity. Both
aims were realized, and each
Lay Congress parish delegation
had on hand a booklet contain
ing thefinal proposals from foe
entire Sisters’ Congress.
Drawing from many years ex
perience pursuing the vocation
of religious teachers, foe Sis -
ters of the Archdiocese pre
sented a sound and solid slate
of proposals to the Archbishop.
These proposals, together
i with those of the Lay Congress -
Committees, will go to the Ar-
chdiocesan Synod in November
where they will be reviewed
and passed on.
In order to cover their spe
cialized areas more complete
ly, the Sisters divided the edu
cation agenda into sections: Ge
neral, Elementary, Secondary,
CCD, Adult Christian Forma
tion, Special, Newman Apos-
tolate. Each was given thorough
treatment and many interesting
suggestions resulted. A brief
summary will point up some of
the more important proposals.
GENERAL:
In this area, proposals were
made for foe Archdiocesan edu
cational system at large. An
educational structure was pro
posed outlining channels of
communication and authority,
and the particular functions of
personnel within such a frame
work. The proposed structure,
organized from the Archbishop
down to the pastor of the parish,
provides for a Secretary of Edu
cation who would be free of all
duties except foe full-time ad
ministration of foe over-all Ar»
chdiocesan department. He
would be aided both by Arch-
diocesan and Parish school
boards composed of qualified
laity, religious, and clergy.
This proposed structure was
embodied in a 26 page study
and is foe fruit of many weeks
of detailed work by qualified
professional educators. It re
presents a significant contri
bution to the educational de
velopment of the Archdiocese.
Also in this area, several stu
dies were proposed, one of
which dealt with evaluating the
distribution of secondary school
enrollment, in reference to fu
ture planning.
Two recommendations
particular note were made:
ELEMENTARY:
One of foe major proposals
in this section dealt with foe
problem of accreditation. The
Sisters recommended an accre
ditation date of December 1970
for Archdiocesan elementary
schools. They scored the need
for this accreditation and took
note of the pre-requisites of
teacher-pupil ratio, principals
free from teaching duties, foe
strictness of professional re
quirements, and a salary scale
representative of the locale.
Another forward - looking
proposal called for the shar
ing of the specialized personnel
of Our Lady’s Day School in
a broader educational set-up.
Also put forward was a pro
posal to make the First Grade
age cut-off date September 1
rather than December 31 as
at present. j .
NEWMAN APOSTOLATE:
The elementary and secon
dary levels of ecucation were
not the only areas treated by
the Sisters’ Congress. The
Newman Apostolate also came
in for consideration and some
interesting proposals result
ed. Communities of Sisters now
engaged in teaching in the Arw
chdlocese were urged to re
lease Sisters for Newman Apos
tolate work on foe college cam
puses of the Archdiocese. In so
urging, the sisters also pro
posed that those Sisters involv
ed in such work should take an
active role in foe college com
munity, especially from an aca
demic viewpoint.
Such proposals reflect both
the bredth of interest and depth
ST. JOS.
Mormon
Lectures
Students
Mr. Homer Yarn, a member
of The Church of Latter Day
Saints of Jesus Christ, spoke
to foe St. Joseph junior reli
gion class on May 18.
of
a) the establishment of an
in-service training pro
gram staffed by quali
fied teachers already
serving in the school
system.
b) the extension of op
portunities for advance
ment to foe highest tea
ching and administrative
positions, with their cor
responding pay incre
ments and tenure bene
fits, to all qualified dio
cesan school personnel.
Mr. Yarn was representitive
from the Mormon Atlanta State
House. His lecture was one in
a series of talks in connection
with foe Junior Class’s study
of the religions of foe world.
of dedication that characterize
the Sisters of the Archdiocese
of Atlanta. There is among them
the confident hope that their
hard work will be constructive
and useful for the Church in the
Archdiocese as it goes to Synod.
SECONDARY EDUCATION:
Most important in this area
was the call for a separate Di
rector of Secondary Education
who would be responsible for
the areas of curriculum, ma
terials, supervision of instruc
tion, guidance, research, pub
lic relations, and evaluation of
the over-all program. This di
rector would serve as a gener
al resource person.
CONFRATERNITY OF CHRIS
TIAN DOCTRINE:
■A very significant proposal
arose from this area. It called
for a study by priests, sister^
and laity of the total CCD sys
tem and alternate plans to de
termine which would best suit
the needs of foe Archdiocese.
Other proposals made remain
contingent upon the findings of
the committee.
SPECIAL EDUCATION:
The sub-committee dealt with
the richly-rewarding area of the
exceptional child. It called for
a program through foe Georgia
Bulletin to awaken interest in
this field, locate children who
would be benefited by special
attention, and a follow-up let
ter to all families to ensure
complete coverage of all areas
of foe Archdiocese. More im
portantly it called for foe es
tablishment of an Archdiocesan
Evaluation Clinic offering foe
coordinated services of priest,
psychologist, psychiatrist, gui
dance experts, and social wor
kers. Part of the center's work
would be in foe important area
of psychological testing.
ADULT CHRISTIAN FOR
MATION:
Again recognizing foe impor
tance of special areas, the Sis
ters proposed a separate di
rector for Adult Christian For
mation. This director would be
responsible for the entire pro
gram, under foe Secretary of
Education rather than foe CCD.
On the parish level an inten
sive leadership training pro
gram was called for in order
to* develop a hard core of qua
lified teachers.
As an auxiliary part of this
program, a lending library,
centrally located to benefit the
largest number of parishes,
was called for.
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MRS. JANE OLIVER, for
many years active in foe Third
Order of Mary, is a patient
at Hlllhaven (across from Ga.
Baptist). . . planning meeting
of Atlantans for Peace at All
Saints Episcopal on May 27fo.
at 8 P.M.. . .FRED FETT of
Chathedral parish looking for
husband and wife team of bow
lers. .. CBS-TV to carry pro
gram on the church on Sunday
June 5 and 12 at 10:30 EDT..
MR. ANDY WALKER of St.
John’s in HAPEVILLE now at
home after hospital bout. . .
Athen’s loosing SISTER MARIA
from St. Joseph’s School, fes
tivities planned for June 1st. ..
FATHER LEN MAYHEW sub
bing for Bishop Bernardin at
Emory during a conference on
the Church and Extremism. ..
Mrs. JOSEPH CONWAY of
Hapeville’s St. John’s parish
now at nursing home at 1684
Ware Ave. in East Point. . .
FEDERAL AGENCIES looking
for applications to take their
examinations. . .College Park’s
MRS. G. A. FITZEARALD’S
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of recollection at the Cathedral
of Christ The King, Wednes
day evening, June 1, 1966, at
8 p.m. The service will be con
ducted by Father James Scher
er, whose informative articles
on exceptional children are
currently appearing in the Geor
gia Bulletin. There will be a
gel-acquainted hour at foe ca
thedral center following foe
service. For further informa
tion call Mrs. Stephen Law
rence, 237-0565.
GA. STATE
Secretary
Student
Government
Miss Peggy Anne Maker has
been elected to foe office of
secretary of foe Georgia State
College Student Government
Association. Miss Maker, a
1964 graduate of Saint Joseph
High School, is a junior French
major and recording secretary
of her sorority, Delta Zeta.
She is secretary of foe New
man Club and of foe Interfaith
Council, a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta Scholastic Ho
norary Society and of foe French
Club, and Sweetheart of Phi
Kappa Theta, the Catholic Fra
ternity at Georgia Tech. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Maker of Saint John's Pa
rish.
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