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PROF. Lorenzo Ferri (right), an Italian scholarwhohas devoted
35 years to the study of Christ’s physical features, points to one
of his drawings of Jesus. He bases his findings on years of study
in Vatican archives, the Holy Land, andTurin where is enshrined
the Holy Shroud, reputed to be the cloth in which the Crucified
Christ was wrapped and which bears an imprint of a human body.
Prof. Ferri, a sculptor and expert in anatomy, believes Christ
was six feet tall, contrary to popular belief that He was of
average height. The artist has made a statue? of Christ using
a transparent plastic print of the Holy Shroud. (RNS PHOTO)
And Glad Of It
Fifty Years A Nun
Sister Marie Therese has
been a member of the Sisters
of Saint Joseph of Carondelet
for 50 years and "wouldn’t have
changed for anything else."
During her long period of
service to the Churph she has
seen many changes and as a
nun has lived during the reign
of five popes — Benedict XV,
Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII
and Paul VI.
One of her most cherished
SISTER MARIE THERESE
memories was an audience at
the Vatican with Benedict XV.
"There are no words to express
my reaction when I visited the
Holy Father," the teacher at
St. Joseph’s' in Marietta said.
Discussing some of the
changes during 50 years. Sis
ter Marie Therese said, "One
of the best changes was when
St. Pius X gave children per
mission to receive Holy Com
munion, and later when the fast
for communion was changed.”
"Another thing that stands out
are the interdenominational
meetings we now attend, and
the communication with people
of other faiths. You did not see
this in the early days," the nun '
said.
"I was also impressed with
the Archdiocesan Synod. It was
wonderful to see how the priests
could disagree, then have a
unity of opinion when they vot
ed."
One of her unique experiences
since joining the staff at Mar- ,
ietta was teaching the grandson
of a girl she taught in her
first class.
Parishioners of St. Joseph’s,
St. Thomas the Apostle and St,
John Vianney and other friends
did not forget her on the anni
versary of her Golden Jubilee.
A poncelebrated Mass was
held Sunday to commemorate
her jubilee and another Mass
was held Monday afternoon on
the Feast of St. Joseph the Wor
LITURGY
Priests, Nuns Get Supplemental
Readings For Week-Day Masses
The Archdiocesan Liturgy
Commission has sent priests
and nuns a booklet of supple
mental scripture readings for
weekday Masses in the first o(
three steps to renew the liturgy.
"The changes in the liturgy
are not haphazard but rather
part of a continuing program to.
give worship its fullest mean
ing — in which God’s people
clearly speak through Christ
; and in which God continues to
reveal his plans for them,"
.said Louis Erbs, commission
^chairman, and Father Henry
Gracz, priest-secretary. The
book may be purchased by lay-
BULLETIN
ARCHDIOCESE
OF ATLANTA SERVING GEORGIA’S 71
NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 5, NO. 18
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1967
ISinger Wants To Reclaim
\Beauty Of Negro Music j
ker. A school holiday was pro
claimed in her honor.
At the Mass'es she received
Holy Communion under both
species for the first time in
her life. Concelebrating the
Sunday Mass were Fathers John
Martell SM, Vincent Brennan
SM; James F. Gilbride SM,
Charles Pfab SM and Joseph
Ware, pastor of Sacred Heart
parish. Father Gilbride preach
ed the homily.
To bring the celebration of
Sister Marie’s jubilee to an end,
Father Patrick Lynch, a per-'
sonal friend, came from Poca
hontas, Ark., to offer Mass for
the jubilarian end her relatives
and friends in the Religious. A
dinner in the school cafeteria
followed the Mass.
Sister Marie Therese, a na
tive of Atlanta, was baptized at
the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. Her family moved
to Augusta and she received her
elementary and high school edu
cation at Summerville Acade
my.
After entering the novitiate of
the Sisters ofSt. Joseph in 1915,
Sister Marie studied at Catholic
University of America, Loyola
University in Chicago and re
ceived both her Ph.B. and mas
ters degrees from Loyola in
New Orleans.
Her first assignment was at
Mount St. Joseph, now a United
States Hospital known as "The
Lenwood.’’ Her first mission
assignment was at Sacred Heart
School in Savannah and then at
Sacred Heart School iji Atlanta.
Later she was superior and
principal of Sacred Heart School
in Sharon, Ga„ a boarding
school for boys, and since then
she has beenateacher'atSacred
Heart , in Xtlanta, St. Anthony’s
and is completing her second
year at St. Joseph’s in Marietta.
Sister Marie Therese said
another cherished memory was
a three - month vacation in
Europe with Sister Rose Lima
CSJ and her parents.
During this trip she had the
audience with Pope Benedict
XV, visited Lourdes and the
Shrine of Our Lady of Four-
yviere at Lyons where die Ma-
rist Order was founded.
She also visited the Mother-
house of the Sisters ofSt. Joseph
at Lyons, the second foundation
place of the order which was
reorganized after the French
Revolution.
Asked what it feels like to be
a nun for 50 years, Sister Marie
Therese said, "It’s a wonder
ful feeling."
By MARY LACKIE
Mrs. Bernice Reagon of Atlanta, one
of the original Freedom Singers, is out
to reclaim the beauty of Negro music
in her appearance at the Soul Roots
Festival at Morehouse College this
weekend.
“The origins of Negro music can
be destroyed," she said, "and one
of the goals of the festival is to en
courage the preservation of the origi
nal forms. There is a chain linking
today's jazz, gospel music, rhythm
and blues to those earliest work songs,
slave songs, country blues and spirit
uals.’*
The daughter of a Baptist minister,
Bernice Reagon was exposed to re-
BERNICE REAGON rehearses the song,
"No More Auction Block’* in prepara
tion for the Soul Roots Festival at
Morehouse College this weekend.
ligious music from early childhood.
“But I didn’t appreciate it then," she
said. Did Negro chtirches have a "lit
urgical music problem?” she was
asked. "Yes, in a way we did." Mrs.
Reagon explained that as congrega
tions became more affluent and sophis
ticated, “we kept our songs, but the
original meaning was lost. Gospel
music became 'something you getaway
from as you move up in the world.’ ’’
To ’move up in the world’ meant
to move into a white culture, and in
the process, Mrs. Reagon said, "You
no longer see yourself as you really
are. The picture you get of yourself
is the one reflected by the whites."
"That is why the truth about Negro
music is vital-vital to everyone.”
She said “Music has a strengthen
ing power—and it also creates a bond
that unites people of all backgrounds
and classes.’’,
The relevance of Negro folk music
to American culture is the central
theme of the Soul Roots Festival. It
is the first of its kind at a Georgia
college since the early ‘30’s, Mrs.
Reagon said. Singers, musicians, and
choral groups from Georgia and the
Georgia Sea Islands and North Caro
lina will participate in the three-day
program.
The festival will be held in Sale Hall
on the Morehouse College campus at
8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
May 5-7. A workshop is scheduled
for Saturday at 2 p.m. The programs
will vary: Friday: jazz and blues;
Saturday: New Directions—original
and calypso music; Sunday: gospel
songs and spirituals. General admis
sion for each concert: $1.50. For
detailed information, call Morehouse
College: JA 3-437Q.
Papal Program A Success
Father Raymond A. Kevane,
national director for Papal Vol
unteers for Latin American,
says the program has “limped
a little” because of its new
ness but has been a success be
cause of the efforts of lay vol
unteers.
“The PAVLA movement, or
ganized in 1960, represents the
first time in the history of the
Catholic Church in America that
large numbers of lay men and
women and the secular clergy
have gone into an international
apostolate, he said at a meeting
Tuesday of diocesan PAVLA
directors at St. Joseph's In
firmary. “In this sensei would
agree with Archbishop Vagnozzi
(apostolic delegate to, the U.S.)
that it has been a brilliant page
in history.”
At the same time, Father
Kevane added, “We have to
consider the newness of the
movement—and there have been
mistakes. Historically, every
movement that is great is foun
ded on charity and brotherhood.
It is common in their beginn
ings that the movements 'limp
a little', but I don't want toem-
hasize this because these er
rors have not been serious as
implied.”
Father Kevane was referring
to a recent statement by Msgr.
Ivan Illich, who questioned the
effectiveness of aid to Latin
America,, and wrote "marty
(successful ,Americans) fail to
ask whether the ethic of the ‘ac
hieving society’ is suited to the
needs of contemporary Latin
America.”
In reply to Msgr. Illich, Fa
ther Kevane said, “I think the
statement is entirely too sweep
ing. It is a generalization that
implies that every kind of North
American aid that has been
poured into the countries is
wrong-and simply that eVery
North American has this atti
tude is wrong.”
Shortly after his appointment
as director of PAVLA}) Father
Kevane toured Latin American
countries for three months.
"We follow the judgments of the
Latin American bishops and au
thorities—as to what projects
they need, and what program sin
their judgment are necessary to
strengthen their countries—
whether in the areas of medical,
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men at the Notre Dame Book
Store.
Another step planned is that
members of thecommissionwill
work with a team of seminar
ians in various parishes of the
archdiocese, presenting a
seminar program “Life in To
day’s Church;*'
The third phase has been de
veloped through the music sub
committee with Father Ellis
DePriest S.M. as moderator.
A program for parish choir
master g and organists demon
strating musical interludes for
hymn singing and choral sett
ings for the meditation (pre
viously called the gradual)
Will be given at the Cathedral
of Christ the King Wednesday,
May 24.
In addition, Erbs and Father
Gracz said they hope parish re
presentatives will attend a
workshop in Baltimore June 12-
16. They said the workshop will
have composers, conductors
and organists from several
countries to aid in the develop
ment of good music in parish
worship.
In a notice to priests and
nuns, the commission said it
is most appropriate that ;here
be one station (pulpit Or ambo)
for proclaiming the Word of
God. This not only provides for
one central point and special
place forScripture readings and
homily but also helps to indi
cate the primacy of God’s Word.
As in the past when no men
are available, sisters may act
as lectors.
The letters also said because
of the difficulty in understand
ing the Epistles at first hear
ing, the lector should present
the brief summary of the pas
sage. For example, “A read
ing from the Epistle of St.
Paul which tells us to keep the
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UND Night
May 22
Alumni and friends of the
University of Notre Dame will
observe Universal Notre Dame
Night Monday, May 22, at 6 p.m,
at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel.
Brother Ralph Wilson C.S.C.,
‘ director of admissions and
scholarships, will ■ be the
principal speaker.
Prospective Notre Dame
scholars and athletes have been
invited to attend the dinnerwith
their parents. "These boys have
just received their scores from
the college board exams, and
this will be an opportunity for
them to hear about Notre Dame
before they select their
colleges," Tom Gunning, pres
ident of the Notre Dame Club
of Atlanta, said.
Reservations at $7.50 per
plate should be made with Louis
T, Loncaric, E.F, Hutton Co.,
2 Pryor St., Atlanta.
AN AMERICAN marine digs infor the night in a church courtyard
near Quang Tri, South Vietnam. He was part of a reinforced
battalion engaged in Operation Beau Diddley, 21 miles south of
the Demilitarized Zone. (RNS PHOTO)
McDonoughCalled
i Council Bishop 9
At Installation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Arch
bishop Thomas J. McDonough
was called a true man of the
council because of his internal
humility and external service -
as he was installed Tuesday as
archbishop of Louisville.
The .comment was made by
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan,
who said, "It is my opinion
that men like Archbishop Mc
Donough are the truest men of
the Council, the most effec
tive apostles of the 1960’s. It
is a simple conclusion. No bis
hop — no layman, priest or re
ligious — can build on anything
but personal holiness. . .and
internal humility and external
service.’
The archbishop, Bishop
Joseph L. Bernardin, Father
Noel C. Burtenshaw, chancel
lor, and other Atlanta priests
attended the installation of the
former bishop of Savannah, who
succeeds Archbishop John A.
Floersch, now retired.
Archbishop Hallinan told the
audience, “In Louisville’s new
pastor you have the ‘Vatican II
bishop.’ This is what the Uni
versal Church wants a bishop
to be — it's what Bishop Mc
Donough wants to be. He is a
father of Vatican II, a part
ner with Pope Paul VI in the
full college of our episcopate,
a pastor and a father.
"Archbishop McDonough, we
bishops and priests of the deep
South who were blessed by your
presence and work for 20 years,
extend to you today our own
blessings. May they flow
throiigh you to those who still
walk in the trails and byways
once blessed when the state was
a wilderness.
"As Louisville comes to know
your smile and love your man
ner, we will £e missing your
leadership, your courage, your
fraternity. Most of all we will
miss your spirit of prayer, your
total dependence upon the Lord
you love and serve, the divine
impulse that raises the spiri
tual excellence ofyourpeople.”
The archbishop praised Bis
hop McDonough for taking lea
dership "in the pastoral let
ter of three southern bishops
and in the provincial statement
of 1965 which bravely raised
the Christian standaird of ra
cial justice in states whose po
litical leaders were either fill
ed with hatred or fear." The new
archbishop was also praised for
his work in ecumenism, the li
turgy and for the growth in the
Diocese of Savannah.
Bishop James Pike Admits
Error On Jesuit Holdings
FATHER Matt Robbins, youngest local director of PAVLA
reviews the program with Father Raymond A. Kevane, national
director during his recent visit to Atlanta on a tour of 25
ecclesiastical provinces in the U.S.
NEW YORK (NC)—Epi sc opal
Bishop James A. Pike has ack
nowledged that he erred when
he wrote that the Society of
Jesus owned 51 per cent of the
stock of the Bank of America
and a controlling interest in
the Creole Petroleum Company.
The bishop, former head of
the Episcopal diocese of Cali-
' fornia and now a staff member
of the Center for the Study of
Democratic Institutions in Santa
Barbara, Calif., made the
original assertion in an article
in the April issue of Playboy
magazine. The article said the
business profits of organized
religion in the United States had
become a "menace” and should
be taxed.
Father Thurston N. Davis,
S.J., editor in chief of America
magazine, in his weekly column
quoted Bishop Pike as slaying
in a recent interview that he
“deeply regretted the factual
mistake.”
Bishop Pike meanwhile ex
plained that his information had
been taken from the German
magazine, Der Spiegel, and was
included in his article at the
suggestion of the Playboy re
search staff.
The bishop insisted that his
main thesis is still valid—that
all church-owned business
income should be taxed exactly
as that of secular firms.
In the Playboy article, Bishop
Pike noted that churches of all
denominations were owners of
“countless” businesses. As an
illustration, he said that the
Jesuits realized a yearly in
come of $250 million from their
holdings, “on which they pay no
taxes at all.”
Father Davis called the
bishop’s allegations “so wildly
irresponsible as to be almost
funny.”
“Statements of this kind,” he
wrote, “have a persistent way of
being repeated, once they get
into print. I And this is not
funny.”
Father Davis reported that an
official of the Bank of America
had called Bishop Pike’s figures
“completely untrue and without
even a small basis of fact.”
According to the bank
executive, the largest single
stockholder in the Bank
of America is its family estate
plan, a profit-sharing plan for
employees.
The official said that no indi
vidual person or organization
holds as much as one per cent
of its stock, _ other than the
family estate plan, which owns
approximately 5% of the 28
million shares outstanding.
Dr. Pike, who served for four
years as an attorney for the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission, said he had never
learned that Creole Petroleum
is the Venezuelan subsidiary of
Standard Oil of New Jersey.
“Since Jersey Standard has
often made public announce
ments that it holds 95% of Creole
Petroleum’s stock, it would be
impossible for the Jesuits to
own the majority stock.”