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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1966
Where Do We
Go F rom Here?
By J.F. Scherer
No one ever is satisfied with present conditions. In the
field of mental retardation, the most substantial grounds for
future gains lie in the research work done by those who
dedicate their time and energy to investigate the causes, and
prevention, treatment and care, education and vocational train
ing of the mentally retarded.’
Allied with research is the necessity for demonstrating new
findings and new techniques of education and medical treat
ment. Every school and every classroom dealing with the
retarded child, an institution, private or public, should set
up a demonstration center for all who may wish to see and
learn.
Throughout the country there is a growing interest in group
programs for parents of handicapped children, an interest
which is not surprising since group programs for parents of
well children have been part of many American communities.
Quite naturally the major attention of these organizations has
; from their inception been concentrated on the children. But.
individual parents haye been reaching out for more a kind:
of knowledge and help that they hardly defined for themselves.
Many agencies serving the needs of the retarded must come
to realize the need for two different types of parent programs:
one with focus on community action to improve services for
all children especially the handicapped, and the other with
focus on helping the parents.
Knowing that other parents have the same problems and are
meeting to discuss them has proved a great source of comfort
for many parents of retarded children. There is no one who
understands the mother of a retarded child better than another
mother of a retarded child.
These meetings give parents an opportunity to meet and
talk things over with other adults. In parent group education
the goal of the leader is to help the group explore all aspects
of the situation in which they find themselves with their children.
They must seek to gain greater knowledge and understanding
of their children’s physical and emotional progress, of their
own roles as parents, and of the complexity of the parent-
child relationship. They do this through the exchange of ideas
and experiences, looking at both facts and feelings — theirs
and their children’s.
Though the retarded child is well-trained by the family,
away from home he is at the mercy of the neighborhood. This
is the point at which some retarded children go astray. Per
haps it would be more accurate to say that the community
is as much the problem as the children themselves. Clini
cal services and day nursery 'care for these children to give
some relief to the mothers would be a good civic undertaking.
The three basic elements in administration are germane to
the process of proper planning for the individual retarded
person that is EVALUATION (stating the problem, getting the
facts, and assessing them); PLANNING; and IMPLEMENTA
TION (or execution). Most people engage in this basic pro
cess with respect to their own lives or those of their children
in securing good health, education, and economic security.
For the retarded these phases must be more consciously and
expressly reinforced. Every person suspected of mental re
tardation shouldhave the benefit of expert comprehensive
diagnosis and evaluation. Presently the physical and emotional
needs of the retarded are neglected. Adequate treatment of
there needs is essential to their total well-being.
Thebe should be available in every community a fixed
point of referral and information which provides a life con
sultation service for the retarded. Pilot studies of recrea
tional programs and resources for the retarded should be
conducted and the results used as a basis for planning re
creational provisions for retarded children and adults.
Many retarded persons, especially those who live in in
stitutions, are denied the fulfillment that comes through the
married state. It would be a comfort for them to experience
a spiritual relationship with God through prayer and faith.
It is the obligation of religious organizations to take the ,
initiative in supplying State and private institutions with ser
vices of a minister, rabbi, or priest who would be responsible
for conducting services of worship. It is the obligation or
religious leaders to provide special opportunities for re
ligious instruction and worship needed for retarded persons
living in the community. Every opportunity to inform others
about mental retardation is a step in the right direction. In
great causes such as this, education leads to effort, and ef
fort eventually leads to success. Since the problem respects
no race, creed, or economic level, and continues into adult
life, all of us must be interested personally in the matter.
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Baptist-Catholic
Talks May Begin
WASHINGTON (NC)—Auxili
ary Bishop John S. Spence of
Washington confirmed that he
has been exploring the feasibili
ty of promoting discussions here
between Roman Catholic priests
and Baptist ministers.
But Bishop Spence, a mem
ber of the U.S. Bishops' Com
mission for Ecumenical Af
fairs, indicated that such talks
are not yet in the blueprint
stage.
It was revealed in Detroit
during the May 24-27 meeting of
the Southern Baptist Convention
that Bishop Spence and. Dr. C.
Emanuel Carlson of Washing-'
ton, executive director of the
Baptist Joint Committee on
Public Affairs, have had sev
eral conversations to discuss
the possibility of unofficial
talks.
In confirming this, Bishop
Spence .told the N.C.W.C. News
Service that he had been re
quested by Bishop John J. Car-
berry of Columbus, Ohio, chair
man of the bishops’ ecumenical
commission, to study contacts
with members of both the South
ern Baptist Convention and the
National Baptist Convention. ^
"My conversations with Dr.
Carlson, which began about two
months ago, have been entire*?
ly unofficial and exploratory,"
he said. "Our purpose in ini
tiating these personal conver
sations was to bring about,
hopefully, a means of communi
cation between representative^
of the Baptist communion and
our Catholic brethren. It is in
perfect accord with the Vatican
council’s Decree on Ecumen
ism for all of us to make every
effort to become aware of the
teachings and the liturgical
practices of our separated
brethren.
"It is hoped by Dr. Carlson
and by myself that this objec
tive might be obtained in part,;
at least, through- the medium
of discussions between a few of
the Baptist ministers and Rom-’
an Catholic representatives
here in the greater Washington
metropolitan, area. This is as
far as our deliberations haves
progressed.”
JUNE, MONTH OF BRIDES—Christian marriage involves
three persons, it has been said: the husband, the wife and
God. (NC Photosi
Rahner Criticizes
Newspaper Article
BRIEFS
CLAIRMONT, Cal. (RNS)—A
Protestant professor of phi
losophy at Pomona College here
will spend his sabbatical year
as a member of the faculty of
the Roman Catholic Pontifical
College of SanAnselmoinRome
next year.
Dr. Frederick 'Sontag, chair
man of the Pomona College de
partment of philosophy, will
offer philosophical seminars at
the Benedictine institution.
Tentative plans call for a first
semester seminar on ‘"Hie
Problems of Atheism"’and for
one in the second semester on
"Hie Philosophical Basis of
Contemporary Protestant The
ology." Works of Kierkegaard,
Sartre and Tillich, among
others, will be studied*
Although instruction at the
college is traditionally in Ita
lian or Latin, Dr. Sontag will
break precedent by teaching
in English.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)—
The House of Representatives
has received a new bill which
not only would restore the right
to official prayer in public
schools, but also would prevent
"any interpretation of the Con
stitution that might prohibit the
federal or state governments
from referring to or relying
upon God in conducting the busi
ness of government."
Rep. William C. Cramer(R.-
Fla.) said thy language of the
proposed amendment largely
reflects the work of a bi-par
tisan ad hoc committee creat
ed by 50 members of the House
"who are particularly interes
ted in the problem.”
He said the amendment move
is not an attempt to rebuke the
Supreme Court. "Rather,” he
explained, "it calls for a re
declaration by all Americans
that we are, always have been,
and will continue to be, a na
tion under God."
BOSTON—Three great hos
pitals operated by the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
will be linked by an intricate
and unique computer system
to provide instant and complete
information on medical re
cords, availability of personnel
and space, payrolls, and other
data, Richard Cardinal Cushing
announced here.
VATICAN CITY—A celebrat
ed German theologian has pro
tested to the Vatican City daily
for attributing what he calls
"outright heresy” to him.
Father Karl Rahner, S.J.,
complained that L’Osservatore-
Romano misrepresented his
speech at a three-day meeting
between Marxists and Chris
tians in Germany. The meeting
was organized by the Catholic
Paulus Society and held at
Herrenchieysee near Munich.
Father Rahner’s letter, pub
lished by L’Osservatore Ro
mano, denied he ever spoke of
“God’s unknowability.” L’Os
servatore Romano, basing itself
on an account of the meeting by
Henri Fesquet in the Paris
daily, Le Monde, had reported
Father Rahner as using the
phrase. But the priest said he
had spoken only of "God’s in
comprehensibility.” He added:
"I have been a professor of
Catholic dogmatic theology for
30 years. It Is absurd to admit
or to believe that I would teach
‘God’s unknowability.’ This
is outright heresy. The ‘in
comprehensibility of God* I
spoke of belongs to .Catholic
dogma. That a journalist of Le
Monde would not understand the
difference between unknow
ability and incomprehensibility
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CHARLES MORAN and FATH
ER HUGH TAYLOR O.S.B. par
ticipating in Memorial day
Rites held at National cemetery
in Marietta...Papal Volunteers
for .Latin America (PAVLA) to
hold summer sessions begin
ning on June 26th. Local chair
man is FATHER LEN MAY-
HEW... FIRST FRIDAY CLUB to
meet at Henry Grady Hotel on
June 2nd. with John Me Hale as
guest speaker ... Sunday, June
5th. over WAGA-TV, the Sac
red Heart Program at 7 a.m...,
MARK and MARY CROSS, third
graders of Christ the King
school leaving the middle of
June for Our Lady of the Hills
Camp, Hendersonville, N.C....
Two secretaries in the Chan
cery Office watering potted
flowers, not knowing they were
artificial ... LYMAN HENRY
KEMPTON, JR., son of Mr.and
Mrs. Lyman H. Kempton, Sr.,
of Atlanta, was recently elect
ed president of the senior class
of St. Bernard College...FRAN-
CIS ELBR1DGE FREEBORN,
son of Mr, and Mrs. William
Elbridge Freeborn, of Deca
tur, was recently elected treas
urer of the Student Government
Association of St. Bernard Gol-
lege...Father Giles Webster, O.
F.M., former Newman Club
Chaplain here was in Atlanta
for a couple of days and had
dinner with the Felix DeGolian
Family...MARY SUE STEL-
TEN, student of Christ the King
to visit a former classmate of
Christ the King, STARR POR
TER, in Miami Beach, Florida,
and sister LYNN, third grader
of Christ the King, to visit
friends and relatives in Cin
cinnati during summer vaca
tions and to YWCA camp in
Trenton, Indiana ... MRS.
HELEN DeGOLIAN and eight
month old Andrew are now in
Austin, Texas, visiting her par-
ents...ANGELIQUE DeGOLIAN,
student at St. Pius is the baby
sitter for the I ten DeGolian
children while mama is away
...MARIE and REGINA DeGOL
IAN will spend time this sum
mer at Camp Marymount,
Nashville, Tennessee
AACHEN, Germany -- There
are now 17,000 German Cath
olics engaged in missionary
work throughout the world, ac
cording to the national office
of the Society for the Propaga
tion of the Faith here.
It said that 11,600 of these
are Sisters and 1,400 laymen.
Out of the total, 5,000 are as
signed to Europe.
does not surprise me."
Father Rahner alsoprotested
that he had been misrepresented
by L’Osservatore Romano on
another point.
"I did not say that natural
law is relative and that Chris
tianity does not imply human
ism. I only declared that from
the immutable principles of
Christianity (divine revelation
and the natural law) a deter
mined concrete humanism could
not be deduced.”
The writer of the original
article in L’Osservatore Ro
mano, associate editor Federi
co Alessandrini, explained that
he had used Le Monde’s report
"because this newspaper was
the only one in which we found
what seemed to be textual quo
tations, since they were given
between quotation marks and
in italics.”
Alessandrini also pointed out
that his original article said
these statements had been ‘ at
tributed” to Father Rahner.
Alessandrini suggested that
the Paulus Society “ask the
speakers to give a brief and
clear synthesis of their speech
es” to avoid “harmful mis
understandings.”
Archbishop
Emphasizes
Obedience
SCRANTON, Pa. — Arch-;
bishop John K; Krol of Phila
delphia warned here against
persons whose actions under
mine the authority of bishops.
Archbishop Krol said ‘*we
must acknowledge regretful
ly” that before, during and
since the Second Vatican
Council there have been "cer
tain heralds” who seek to
push their own views contrary
to those of legitimate author
ity in the Church.
“Variously inspired by eag
erness for novelty, exaggerat
ed self-confidence or illusions
of prophetic charism,” he
said, “they preach their own
views with little concern for
being united with the living and
common magisterium of the
Church. Some recklesslypre-
sume to interpret and imple
ment conciliar decrees.”
The archbishop said such
people “seem to ignore com
pletely” declarations by Pope
John XXIII and Pope Paul VI
that in fostering renewal in the
Church it is the responsibility
of bishops to instill “in all the
spirit of faith and complete
obedience in their sacred pas- "
tors, which is at once an ex
pression of true love for the
Church and an infallible guar
antee of unity and full suc
cess.” The quotation was
from an address by Pope Paul
last Nov. 4.
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