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PAGE 2 . GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1966
CATHOLIC DAY RALLY — Part of the great throng attending
the final session and service of Katholikentag in West Ger
many is shown at Bamberg. A feature of the 81st German Cath
olic Day Congress was a radio message from Pope Paul VI,
who exhorted the German faithful to greater participation in
both Church and' public life. (RNS Photo)
Philomena May Return
VATICAN CITY (NC)—The
Church may some day have a
new St. Philomena to replace
the one expunged from the rec
ords a few years ago.
' The Congregation of Rites
has ruled that a 19th-century
woman of that name practiced
the Christian virtues to a heroic
degree, i This is a first step
toward eventual beatification
and canonization.
Filomena (the Italian form
of the name) Genovese was
born in Nocera dei Pagani on
Oct. 28, 1835. Shortly after
her first Communion at the age
of 16 she contracted a severe
illness which plagued her inter
mittently for the rest of her
short life* According to the
Vaft can £>ress omce''mll6tiln,
she ^bpre'‘th5is ‘ifiilisS "with
heroic spiritual fortitude and
profound resignation, giving a
vivid example of humble sub
mission to the divine will.”
She died at Nocera on Dec.
13, 1864, at the age of 29, Her
cause for beatification was in
troduced in the congregation in
1919. Devotion to the other
Philomena arose in the last
century after remains were
found in a Roman catacomb
which were thought to be those
of an early Christian martyr.
The name was pieced together
from an inscription found on
broken pieces of stone near the
body.
The Congregation of Rites or
dered the name stricken from
all liturgical calendars in April,
1961, in line with a general
reform of the liturgical cal
endar which insisted on his
torical accuracy. There had
never been an officially ap
proved universal feast in her
honor, but devotion was wide
spread and included among its
adherents St. John Vianney, who
attributed many miracles to her
intercession.
Though historians have grave
doubts about Philomena'S exis
tence, devotion to her has con
tinued in the small Italian town
of Mugnano del Card inale where
she was said to have been bur
ied. The rector of the sanc
tuary claims he has received
verbal permission from the
Congregation of Rites to con
tinue devotion but the congre
gation has not officially con
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Loopholes In Bill,
Rights Backers Say
WASHINGTON — Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish leaders
supported the’ proposed Civil
Rights Act of 1966 in joint tes
timony before a Senate commit
tee here, but urged that it be
made stronger and that pos
sible loopholes be closed;
Testifying before the Senate
Judiciary Committee were
Father John F. Cronin, S.S., of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference's Social Action De
partment; Dr. Benjamin Payton
of the Commission on Religion
and Race of the National Coun
cil of Churches; and Rabbi Rich
ard Hirch of the Synagogue
Council of America’s Commis
sion on Religion and Race.
Their testimony came (July
28) just three days after the
House of Representatives open
ed floor debate on what was ex
pected to be the most difficult
-to-pass of recent rights bills.
The religious leaders said in
their statement that legislation
such as the proposed bill is
' 'morally right.”
"It is an act of justice,”
they 'said, “aiming more fully
to implement our democratic
ideal that all men are equal be-
for the law and our religious
conviction that we are all child
ren of one eternal Father."
Control
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porting the program of giving
tax-supported birth control in
formation and materials towel-
fare clients who request them.
“The state may be sincere in
its motives,” said Bishop Cor
son, "but I am not sure that
the state has the proper safe
guards.” He said that "morally
and religiously, birth control
methods should be prescribed
only for married couples after
consultation with their religious
advisers, if they jure associat
ed with a religious body.” Use
of the pills "for ethical and
m edical, reasons, should be de
termined by the medical profes
sion rather than a welfare a-
gency.”
The Methodist leader, who is
president of the World Metho
dist Council, said, "We are in
debted to the Roman Catholic
Church for lifting up the moral
and religious obligations re
garding procreation and child
bearing. While Protestant prac
tices in obstetrics and gyneco
logy differ from the Roman Ca
tholic, the moral and religious
positions are the same.”
In warning of the need for
strict controls on sales of birth
control pills, the bishop saidu
"Making it easy to secure an
over-the-counter product will
create and evil brood of moral
deterioration as well as econo
mic and social problems."
Many hearings on the question
have been held in the state le
gislature. Rep. Martin P.
Mullen (D. - Philadelphia),
chairman of the House Appro
priations Committee, has
threatened to halt the welfare
department program by stipu
lating in legislation that funds
allocated for medical assis
tance cannot be used for aid,
advice or materials involved in
birth control.
During the press conference
here, which Bishop Corson
called to detail plans of the
forthcoming World Methodist
Council sessions, he announced
that he would go to the Vatican
in early Fall to discuss plans
for a joint Catholic-Methodist
committee to facilitate study
and cooperative action projects.
Bishop Corson’s term as head
of the World Methodist Council
expires when the body holds its
11th congress/meeting in Lon
don, Aug. 18—26.
Asked about tax aid to paro
chial schools, Bishop Corson
said he believed "private
schools and their pupils should
receive government support in
return for the services" given
the community by the schools.
Such aid, he said, would be in
the form of textbooks, labora
tory equipment or bus transpor
tation.
"Much of the confusion, am
biguity and inconsistency in the
churchstate relationship is due
to the Supreme Court rulings.
Even members of theCourthave
been unable to agree,” he said.
The clergymen said thatTitle
IV of the bill, the controver-i
sial fair housing section, would!
be a "good start” on "a much!
larger process that we hopef
will wipe out slums and remove-
the barriers that lead to hous
ing ghettoes.”
"Housing discrimination is|/
a pernicious form of racial in- ;
justice; they said. "So long as:
it persists it will be extremely?
difficult to reap the full fruits
of our struggle against discrim-?
ination in the areas of educ,a-;|
tioh and employment.”
"Ghettoized housing in the?
slum perpetuates poverty and
ignorance,” they declared. "It ’
is the costliest possible type of.;,
housing: costly in the crushing'
financial burden which it places
on those who pay so much for
so little, and costly to the com
munity in the overwhelming
burden of social services, po
lice protection and wasted hu
man resources.”
The clergymen urged the title
be amended to allow a federal
agency to enforce the section,
"upon complaint and investiga
tion, in addition to civil suit by
the aggrieved party.”
"Most of those who suffer ’
from housing discrimination •
cannot afford the expense, time-
and effort for court action,” '
they said. They noted that such , -’
a change had been made in the -
bill by the House Judiciary
Committee.
Ignatius House
Holds Retreats
For Community
A series of Better World
Movement Retreats is being
held at the Ignatius House, This ,
type of retreat lays emphasison
bringing in a cross-section of
the people in a community to
probe the implications of being
members of the Christian body
in the modem world.
Such retreats developed by
Father Lombardi, an Italian
member'of the Society of Jesus ;
whiblr runs the retreat house 1 ,'
serve to supplement the tradi
tional retreat based on the spit—
itual exercises of St. Ignatius.
The format known as Exercises
for the Christian Community is
based on group discussions of
subjects presented inbriefsyn-
opsis by the retreat master.
Three Community Retreats
are scheduled for the remainder
of the summer. The dates are
Aug. 5-7, Aug. 19-21 and Sept.
2-4. All retreats are held at the
Ignatius House, 6700 Riverside
Drive, NW, Atlanta 255-0503.
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They also said they did not
feel the "main purpose of this
title” would be prevented if it
exempted "the individual owner
who desires to sell or rent his
house himself."
“But we do feel that all com
mercial operations, including
the sale, or rental of such homes
through the services of real
estate agents, should be free
of racial bias,” they added.
ACCW Holds
Annual Meet
On Leadership
The Archdiocesan Council of
Catholic Women held its annual
Leadership Conference at the
Cathedral Center Wednesday,
July 20. The Conference was
attended by over 100 women,
pastors and spiritual modera
tors.
The ladies were welcomed by
Mrs. Harry B. Horsey, Jr.,
president of ACCW, who gave a
short talk on the structure of
the council.
A question and answer ses
sion on Organization arid De
velopment was moderated by
the incoming and retiring arch
diocesan chairmen of O&D
Mrs. Ray Norton and Mrs. Herb
Mallon.
Father Michael Manning, spir
itual moderator of ACCW spoke
to the ladies briefly stressing
the importance of the work done
by ACCW and explaining to
them that ACCW is the "Offi
cial federation. of existing Cath
olic organizations of women
within a single archdiocese,
under the authority of the arch
bishop.”
Following this the deanery
presidents, Mrs. George Mal
lon te&immssty-imgptiQ
JStepiigfiso -Nj ® Deanery ~ dhd fin t
.Mrs. William Denridn South
Deanery met with the parish
'leaders of their respective
deaneries to discuss problems,
exchange ideas and answer
questions.
IN THIS BIRDS-EYE VIEW of Vatican City, an artist has aiibnislud in his conception
of the papal audience hall now under construction (center foregroundi. The halt, sched
uled to he completed in 1968, is expected to seat 12.000 persons; it was designed by
Italian architect Pierluigi Nervi, who also designed the world's highest building of rein
forced concrete, in Montreal.
Relationship Uneasy
Clergy Still Paternalistic,
Priest-Theologian Charges
LONDON (NC) — "Paternalism (in the Cljurch) has become
intolerable, and since the present clerical-lay relationship is
paternalistic, lay people are no longer accepting it”, stated
one of England’s foremost theologians, Father Charles Davis,
professor of dogmatic theology at Heythrop College, in the
latest issue of the Clergy Review, which he edits.
He called for a “practical
realization” of the changing
relationship between priests
and people acquiescence in the
demands of the laity for more
say in Church affairs.
He wrote: "It is evident
enough that the present rela
tionship between clergy and lai
ty is an uneasy one. To expiate
on the traditional loyalty of
people for their priests or the
devoted love of priests for
their people is merely to miss
the point. The present rela-
consciousness of people gen
erally. To put It briefly, pa
ternalism has become intoler
able, and since the present
clerical-lay relationship is pa
ternalistic, lay people are no
longer accepting it. . .
"A paternalistic clergy..ex-
pects to run the Church and rule
the laity without giving thelaity
any responsible share in Church
affairs, any part in reaching the
decisions. It also assumes that
the laity is there to be taught
and guided without contributing
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ing exhortation but an attempt
to understand what is happen
ing.
3 role in the communication 5 th^t "
creates and fosters the Chris
tian consciousness of the com
munity is passive, not' active..
"Such paternalism is not re
moved by a devoted love of
priests for people nor by an
easy friendliness...with indi
vidual laymen. . .
"Obviously the protest against
present paternalism is voiced
by the articulate, namely the
educated, laity. It would, how
ever, be a great mistake to dis
miss these as an untypical and'
troublesome minority.
“Others are': reacting in an
inarticulate fashion by bearing
a confused grievance against
the clergy or giving up the prac
tice of their faith. These peo-
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At noon, the ladies attended a
Mass said by Father Jerry
Hardy in the Cathedral. Father
Hardy spoke of the important
role women play in the Chris
tian committment to our fellow
man. Luncheon was served by
the ladies of the Cathedral Wo
mens Club.
Birth Control’ Priest
Sent To West Africa
LIVERPOOL (RNS) — Father
Arnold McMahon, the young
Roman Catholic priest who a-
roused controversy lastyearby
publicly advocating the right
of Roman Catholics to practice
birth control, is en route to
West Africa for a five-year
assignment which he feels is
partly "corrective training." I
He will serve in the Accra
diocese, which embraces the
Ghana capital. Before his liner
sailed he was quoted as say-'
ing:
"I suppose it is really partly
corrective training. We expect
to go where we are sent, but
this came as a surprise. I
could think of better places.”
Father McMahon, who is 26,
was transferred to Ghana by the
Divine Word Society, a mission
ary order. He was serving at
St. Richard's College, Hadzar,
In the English Midlands, when
he expressed his views on birth
control In February, 1965.
He then wrote a long article
in the Birmingham Post In which
he questioned the Church’s atti
tude on birth control and de
clared, "Every person has the
right and duty to live as a
human being. In marriage, if ;
the number of children is not 1
planned, the humanity of the
parents can be seriously threa
tened. . .And so I have come to
believe that not only may ■
Catholics use contraceptives —
I believe they have the right.”
The article evoked national
controversy and within a few :
days Father McMahon was
called to his order's headquar
ters near Rome where he re
mained until last September. He
then returned quietly to Eng
land, declared his views were
unchanged, and disclosed he was
going to the United States for
six months of parish service,
and then would continue gra
duate work in philosophy.
He spoke of this cancelled
trip to the United States just
before his departure for Ghana.
Noting that he had spent four
years in America, he said, "If
I had not written the article I
would probably be in America
now firiishing advanced studies
because at one time my super
iors were considering this idea.
"After the article had ap
peared in a Birmingham news
paper I was sent to Rome and
while there thought seriously of
resigning. In the end I decided
against it, because it wold not
have solved anything.
"But I still hold to my view
and feel the same way aboutit.”
‘That the main thrust for
change should come from the
laity is natural enough. What
is making the existing rela
tionship unviable is a develop
ment in the personal and social
Spanish Priests
Must Still Wear
Th eir Cassocks
MADRID (RNS) — Spain’s
Roman Catholic priests will
continue to observe the centur
ies-old tradition of wearing the
cassock at all times, in and out
of church.
This was decreed by the Na
tional Episcopal Conference at a
meeting here attended by 85
archbishops and bishops.
It ruled that only with the
written permission of his bish
op may a priest be allowed to
don the black suit with "Roman
collar,” which Is commonly
worn by Clergymen In other
countries.
Observers here said that
elimination of the cassock ex
cept when officiating in church
would have been a welcome in
novation in Spain, especially in
the central and northern areas
where great heat prevails at
least five months of the year.
Another and very much more
delicate problem discussed by
the episcopal conference in
volved the status of the Catho
lic press — weekly journals
published by lay Catholic asso
ciations — In relation to the
new Spanish press law of March
18.
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