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2 THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1967
FORGETTING BIBLE
Reds Will Honor
BERLIN (RNS)—The inventor
of printing, whose first book was
the Bible, will be honored next
year for an entire month by a
Communist government.
Marxist idiologists in East
Germany are seizing upon the
upcoming 500th anniversary of
the death of Johannes Gutenberg
to popularize their materialist
rewriting of history.
Of the original 200 copies of
the first printed book, 40 “Gu
tenberg Bibles’’ have survived.
So far as is known Gutenberg
was never in the part of Ger
many now known as East Ger
many. Traditionally February,
1468, is given as the “death
month*’ of the developer of
printing in the Western world.
The City Council of Leipzig
has established * a commission
to honor Gutenberg in 1968.’’
Its secretary, Rolf Gerboth,
has announced that the month
will be given over to a series
of commemorative events “to
present a historically true pic
ture from the historic-mater
ialistic standpoint and bring it
home to all people.”
Just as a Marxist biography
of Luther has appeared in this
450th anniversary of the Re
formation, emphasizing the re
volutionary significance of this
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early bourgeoise” leader, so a
book on Gutenberg is being pre
pared “to give a Marxist-Len-
inist protrait of the life and
work of Johannes Gutenberg.
To -the Marxist it is bother
some that the Bible was the
first printed book. Thus the
Communist emphasis will be on
the importance of bpoks in
arousing the masses from “ig
norance and servility” and
creating the climate for revo
lution and a reshaping of his
tory.
A commemorative series of
stamps will honor Leipzig as
one. of the world’s leading book
publishing centers. Prizes are
offered' in the graphic arts for
Gutenberg memorials. Essay
winners in the schools will be
honored. A lecture series has
been announced on “The Es
sence and Task of Socialist
Book Culture.”
Priest
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ecumenism,” hesaid. "Tome,
it’s a case of the in-group talk
ing to the in-group, talking to
the in-group. I want to talk to
the out-groupl” Asked whether
he preferred Protestant meth
ods, he replied: "Dear God,
we’ve got hang-ups of our own,
but I’m not gonna take on all
thosel”
He said he understands the
import of the changes he sug
gests and that nobody would be
more disappointed than he if
everything changed tomorrow
according to his guidelines.
But, he said also that it is hard
to be patient. “Change has to
take place very quickly today,”
he said. "This is the world
where six months ago, nobody
knew my name. Now they know
my mother's.”
During the question-answer
! period at the press club lunch-
- eon, Father Noel Burtenshaw,
Chancellor, suggested that he
would be more effective working
within the church through chan
nels.”
Kavanaugh replied, "Per
haps, Father, but I think there
are more of my kind than there
are of yours."
The priest said one of his
paramount concerns is the com
plexion of the Catholic Church
tomorrow and, of course, the
changes he advocates: "The
hope of the church is men like
Archbishop Hallinan. The fu
ture of religion is in the hands
of the young-—and they're not
impressed by tradition.”
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ROSALIND RUSSELL meets Mother Simplicia, superior of ■ St. Mary’s Home, Ambler,
Pa., at the home of John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia. Miss Russell’s role in the film,
“Where Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows,’’ is modeled on the work of Mother Simplicia,
and much of the filming is being done at the institution. Cardinal Krol offered Mass in
his chapel for the film star and other members of the company. (NC Photos)
Publisher Challenges Rumors
On Translation Of Catechism
NEW YORK (RNS)--Reports
that the “Dutch Catechism”
may be blocked or delayed in
publication because of “here
sy*’ charges being investigated
by a Vatican commission were
called “a cock-and-bull story”
by a publishing executive here.
Werner M. Linz, vice-presi
dent of Herder and Herder,
New York, American publish
ers of the controversial cate
chism, told Religious News Ser
vice, ' we have an imprimatur
and we plan to publish the book
on schedule.’’
The book will appear in late
September or early October,
he said. The English title- of
the authorized English-lan-,
guage edition will be “A New
Catechism: Catholic Faith for
Adults.” It will have 544pages
and the hard-cover edition will
sell for $6.
He said that the first printing
will have 75,000 copies and that
it will be a selection of all the
major Catholic book clubs in
the U.S. In its first year, he
added, the Dutch edition sold
mbre thari’ hklf a iriillion 5 c6pi33 v
in the Netherlands.
On the report that a special
papal commission has been
formed to examine the book for
possible heresy, he said that
such a commission has already
approved the book.
He cited the international
press report, "Informations
Catholiques,” which said that
a papal commission had praised
the book as “the best attempt so
far to re-formulate the Cath-
echism in a new world.”
Linz said that “some of the
reactions to the Cathechism
may stem from unauthorized,
home-grown translations of it”
and that the authorized trans
lation, when it appears, may
have a very different effect.
by the Family Life Bureau of
the U.S. Catholic Conference.
The section deals with family
planning.
He said that Herder and Herd
er, which hold the English-lan
guage copyright of the book, has
not authorized anyone else to
translate, reproduce or dis
tribute any section of it.
The present rumors about the
book, Linz said, seem to stem
from a ‘‘last-ditch effort by a
small minority of reactionary
people in Holland” to have the
book suppressed or to curtail
its distribution.
These opponents of the cathe
chism undoubtedly have some
allies in Italy who would like
to make trouble for the book,
Linz said, but the book has al
ready been approved by a papal
commission and has an impri
matur.
ROME (NC)—The first pub
lic signs of a thaw between
Anglicans and Roman Catholics
appeared in 1960 when Arch
bishop Geoffrey Fisher of Can
terbury, Primate of England,
paid a courtesy call on Pope
John XXIII.
Today a stream of commu
nication flows between the two,
and old rancors are being re
placed by constructive dialogue.
Not far from the center of the
stream is a modest establish
ment in Rome called the Angli
can Center, headquarters of
Canon John Findlow. Since
1965 he has been official repre
sentative to the Holy See of the
archbishop of Canterbury in the
latter’s capacity as president of
the Lambeth Conference of the
bishops of the Anglican Com
munion.
Though the center is primar
ily built aroung a library for
Anglican studies and serves as
a hub for informal meetings
and the diffusion of information
on the Church of England and
its theology, Canon Findlow
thinks of its purpose in even
more general terms.
“It is a question of just being
here in Rome at this very sig
nificant time,” he toldNCNews
Service, “in a quiet way—with
out the old Atmosphere of strain
between Rome and Canterbury.
I like to call it a “positive pre
sence.’ ”
Birmingham Nun
Suggests Change
In Vow Approach
CHICAGO (RNS) — The su
perior of a group of cloistered
nuns has suggested that the
vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience undergo a name-
change' to make jthero more
meaningifuf hot only to society
but to 'the individuals taking
them.
In addition, Mother Angelica
Francis advised Roman Catho
lic nuns to ignore their "exag
gerated ideas’* of these vows
and place more emphasis on
other “evangelical counsels,”
such as patience, humility, and
prayer.
Mother Angelica, superior of
the Poor Clares of the Holy
Eucharist monastery at Birm
ingham, Ala., made her com
ments on the vows of religious
orders in the current issue of
the U.S. Catholic, a national
magazine published here by the
Clarentian Fathers.
gelical counsels” of poverty,
chastity, and obedience stems
from religious life as it de
veloped in the Middle Ages.
“’Who do w£ emphasize the
three counsels...and ignore the
others?” she asked. "There
are many others as important
and in some circumstances,
more important. In the Sermon
on the Mount alone we have
counsels that relate to patience,
humility, and prayer.”
According to the religious su
perior, “virginity” appears
in the New Testament as a een-
eral counsel, and "poverty”
was the way of life of the im
mediate followers of Jesus,
while “obedience” is not men
tioned at all.
"One wonders what theaver-
age layman thinks when he sees
religious who are obviously not
living lives of poverty,” Mother
Angelica said. “It is impossi
ble today for religious to be de
prived of the material goods
the word ‘poverty’ denotes.
No community would be tolerat
ed in the Church unless it were
flourishing and capable of meet-
MakesFinal Vmc« ing the standards of education,
ifxurteji iiiui r UlV9 s0C i a j W ork and hospital work
demanded today.” s
Sister Denise Marie, C.S.J.,
the former Carol Patron of St.
Anthony Parish, made her final
One such unauthorized trans
lation of a section of the cate
chism, he noted, was recently
distributed to the directors of
diocesan family life agencies
Sr. Denise Marie
vows Sunday,
Aug. 6, in St. |
Louis, Mo.
Sister was
graduated by St.
Anthony School
in 1955 and by I
St. Pius X High]
in-1959. She is
now teaching at
St, Francis De
'Sales Elementary School, Den
ver, Col.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Raoul Patron.
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As possible changes in name,
Mother Angelica suggested that
chastity be called the “vow of
consecration” and obedience
be called a "vow of coopera
tion.”
"Chastity does not mean that
we completely eliminate love
from our lives,” she wrote.
“I am not being ’chaste’ when
as a contemplative I sever all
human ties and attempt to ac
quire an external mode of be
havior that is abnormal. Afire
cannot be contained in a block
of ice."
Mother Angelica, in discus
sing the vow of obedience, sug
gested that religious superiors
like herself practice sharing
their authority with the Sisters
in their convents by actively
seeking their advice.
“The best way Sisters can
share the burden of responsi
bility that rests on the super
ior’s shoulders is by dialogue,”
she said. "Unfortunately, a too
rigid interpretation of the Rules
of Silence has raised a barrier
in most cloisters which makes
dialogue almost impossible.”
Mother Angelica said that the
emphasis on the "three Evan-
Churches Join
In Open-Air
Bible Reading
LONDON (RNS)—Represen
tatives of leading British Chuiv
ches, including Anglicans, Ro
man Catholics and Baptists, will
read the Bible to the people in a
week of open air meetings to be
held at prominent London areas
in September.
The week will begin in Tra
falgar Square on Sept. 24 and
continue through Oct. 1. On
Sept. 25th reading sessions will
be held on the steps of St,
Paul’s Cathedral, the following
day on the green at Victoria
Street, then to the House of Par
liament, and so on. •
Argentine Center
To Prevent Suicide
BUENOS AIRES (RNS)~Holy
Saviour University, a Jesuit
institution, has opened a center
for the prevention of suicides.
The priests who direct the cen
ter will be assisted by doctors
and social workers.
Canon Findlow’s vision of the
future is optimistic; but he ad
mits he was once a pessimist.
He recalls that Rector Hillis
Duggins of St. Paul’s American
Episcopal Church in Rome,
shortly before his death in 1953,
discussed with him the climate
of Rome-Canterbury relation
ships.
“He told me things will go
much more quickly than we think
in our lifetime. I took it as
rather bland American op
timism,” the Anglican priest
said smiling, “but he seemed
the only one at that time who
had a *pre-feel’ of what would
happen.”
1 -as" -irtt no a;tonriti jiismO
Today his widow, Mrs. Mil- '
d fed'Duggins of St. Louis', fcon-
tinues her husband’s optimistic
outlook and his work. She is a
librarian at the Anglican Cen
ter, helping to arrange and ca
talogue the growing collection of
books around which the center
is organized.
When the library is complete-
about double what it is now—
there will be about 10,000 vol
umes covering the history of
the Anglican Church in all parts
of the world, the essential
makeup and spirituality of An
glicanism, standard theological
works by Anglican writers, the
history and characteristics of
Anglican worship and its par
ticipation in ecumenical affairs.
There will also be reference
books, some periodicals, and
reports of various conventions
and meetings of interest to the
dialogue.
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Canon Findlow hopes the li
brary will become a useful
service to seminarians and oth
er students in the Roman uni
versity,- to members of the
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moting Christian Unity and the
congregations and offices of the
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of whom have helped to arrange
the library.
Though many of the volumes
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brary is to "achieve what it is
setting out to do,” Canon Find
low said. To reach this figure,
Anglican Bishop John Moorman
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conducting a drive among An
glicans. It was he who gave
the entire project its major
impetus during the Second Vati
can Council, to which both he
and Canon Findlow were offi
cial observers.
The center was authorized by
the consultative body of the
Lambeth Conference of Angli
can Bishops, and each of the
churches of the Anglican Com
munion has been asked to share
in its maintenance. It is ad
ministered by a board which in
cludes. the seven members of
Rome’s local Anglican commit
tee. Canon Findlow, the chap
lains of All Saints English
Church and St. Paul’s Episco
pal Church, and the Anglican
executive officer, Bishop Ralph
S. Dean of London, are ex of
ficio members of this commit
tee.
Situated on the top floor of
one of Rome’s old structures,
the 15th-century Doria Palace
in the heart of the city, the cen
ter was blessed March 22,1966,
by Archbishop Michael Ramsey
of. Canterbury.
Catechism
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
—A _suggestion that teachers
use folk-songs recorded by Pete
Seeger and Joan Baez. “Why
should we support people who
are against American policy?"
Mrs. White asked. Both Seeger
and Miss Baez have opposed
U. S. Vietnam policy. Mrs.
White also objected to children
learning the words to the Negro
spiritual-turned civil rights
song, "We shall Overcome.”
Mrs. White said she took
copies of the series to the Wan
derer Forum in Minneapolis in
June.
"Several priests there said
they smack of heresy,” she
reported.
Father Weber said he is
aware of the "tremendous
number” of people who oppose
the texts. But, he added, “the
catechisms are being used in
many places • throughout the
United States. There hasn’t
been any trouble except here
and in New Orleans, where
they were withdrawn from the
schools in January.”
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