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LEGION OF MERrr~-Father (Major) Edward J. Flatley, former
chaplain of Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, and a priest of the
Philadelphia archdiocese who was assistant division chaplain
for Task Force Oregon in Vietnam, is shown receiving the Le-
gion of Merit from Chaplain (Col.) Walton G. Sugg, staff chap
lain of the U. S. Army in Vietnam. (NC Photos)
Catholic Women’s
Annual Meeting
Set September 16
The 11th annual convention
of the Atlanta Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women will
be held on Saturday, Septem -
ber 16, at the Marriott Motor
Hotel.
Registration will begin at9:30
a.m. and continue throughout
the day in the lower level lobby
at the Marriott. No registra
tion fee is required.
A Concelebrated Mass will
be held at Sacred Heart at 10
a.m. The concelebrants will be
Msgr, Michael Regan, Father
Joseph J. Beltran, and Father
John O’Shea. Father Eusebius
Beltran will give the homily.
A luncheon will be served in
the Ballroom Center at. 11:45.
Mrs. Marcus Kilch, past pres
ident of the NCCW and WICS
will speak on "Women in Com
munity Service.” The cost of
tiie luncheon will be $5 and
reservations should be made
through the affiliate presidents^
The deanery meetings will be
held at 1 p.m. The commission
workshops will begin at 1:45 and
end at 3:45. The five commis
sion workshops are the Or
ganization Service Commis
sion, the International Affairs
Commission, the Community
Affairs Commission, theFami-
ly Affairs Commission and the
Church Communities Commis
sion.
The business meeting will be
held in the ballroom center
at 4 p.m. Anyone may attend
but only official delegates may
vote. Any recommendations
for resolutions to be presented
at the business meeting should
be presented to the Resolutions
Chairman, Mrs. James Calli-
son, 3543 Indian Rock Road
S.W., before Aug. 31.
There will be a social hour
at 6 p.m. followed by dinner in
the ballroom north at 7 p.m.
Paul Shields, news director of
WAGA-TV, will speak on the
"Role of a Volunteer." The
Cost of the dinner is $6.50
and husbands are invited. Res
ervations should be made by
Sept. 8 with the affiliate pres
idents.
Mrs. William Dennon, presi
dent of the Atlanta ACCW, In
vites all women of the diocese
to attend any part or all of the
convention. Mrs. Andrew A.
Martin is general chairman and
Mrs. Herb T. Mallon is gen
eral arrangements chairman.
The theme of the convention is
"Direction: Forward."
Two Atlantans
Pronounce V ows
Two Atlantans have pronoun
ced their first temporary vows
as Grey Nuns of the Sacred
Heart at the motherhouse at
Yardley, Pa.
They are Sister Frances
Marian, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hollis Whitman of Christ
the King parish and Sister
Claire Theresa, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kaiser of
Sts. Peter and Paul parish.
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Letter To
Editor
EDITOR:
After reading the August 17,
page 7, article in the Georgia
Bulletin on "Problems Not
Kids' Stuff inTV's Mini-Waste
land” I have come up with the
perfect schedule:
7:30-8:30 a.m. - Buchenwald
8:30-9 a.m. The BostonStrang-
ler and Adolf Hitler
9- 10 a.m. - Bible Reading to
day, 12th chapter of St. John
10- 11 a.m. - Educational Hour
- a visit to an ex-Hebrew
slaughter house (Buchenwald)
11 a.m.-12 noon - News
Which would you rather see?
Casper and King Kong or Buch
enwald. Should even and eight
year old children see this ? Have
you ever read the Bible? Try
the 12tb chapter of St. John.
Remember, cartoons let good
win and bad lose.. But In real
life, well is death worth six mil
lion dollars? I'm surprised
Catholics would print this since
they sell comics, (Treasure
Chest) to put a message across
to children.
Mike Flores (age l3)
Atlanta
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YOGA POSITIONS GOOD TOO
Supine Prayer Is Suggestion
NEW YORK (CPF)—A lead
ing retreat-master suggests
that the best way to pray is ly
ing down flat on one's back.
The superior general of the
Jesuit Order demonstrates for
a national magazine his favorite
prayer position: sitting back
on his heels.
Famed spiritual writer Thom
as Merton authors "Mystics
& Zen Masters” and tells how
Westerners might benefit from
the example of Zen monks who
"for several hours a day must
sit In the lotus posture meditat
ing."
There is even in circulation
a book by a Benedictine monk, •
titled "Christian Yoga," com
plete with instructions and dia
grams.
These are just several items
REV. PEDRO Arrupe, S.J., Jesuit Superior General, in Japanese-
style prayer position. (Photo by John Launois (c) 1967 Curtis
Publishing Co.)
helping to dispel the idea that
kneeling is the best or only
formal position for prayer. In
fact, it’s even been suggested
that kneeling can be harmful-
—to both the ecumenical move
ment and the aged.
Dr. John V. Connorton, an
executive of the Greater New
York Hospital Association,
wondered aloud in the pages of
"America,” the Jesuit weekly
review;
"Have the experts given any
thought to eliminating kneeling?
A simple bow would be just as
reverential, and would be much
more graceful than the awkward
attempts at kneeling being made
by almost all butthemostagile.
Eliminating kneeling would be
helpful in the ecumenical move
ment, since it is not used In the
Orthodox ritual or in services
of the Protestantdenominations
with the exception of the High
Anglicans and the Lutherans.
"Another factor that should
be considered is the life expec
tancy of modern man. In the
time of Christ, life expectancy
was about 30, but today it is
nearer 70. One out of ten is
now over 65...Efforts of the
elderly to kneel gracefully dur
ing the Mass and other cere
monies are rarely successful.
The advice of most orthoped
ists and cardiologists would be
to avoid the strain and stress
of kneeling in these circum
stances. Kneeling is a struggle
for all the elderly, whether
clerical or lay."
The Gospels record only one
instance of Christ kneeling to
pray—during the Agony In the
Garden—-and catacomb art
shows early Christians standing
with outstretched hands while
in prayer. But those favoring
different formal positions of
prayer are not so much trying
to discredit kneeling (the Acts
and Epistles record several in
stances of kneeling for prayer)
as they are trying to acquaint
20th Century Christians with
the advantages of other posi
tions.
■ The Rev. Bernard Basset,
S.J., an English retreat-master
who has made several tours of
the ■ U.S. conducting retreats,
said in New York recently that
one of the best ways to put one
self in God's presence is by ly
ing on one’s back.
"It’s one of the quickest ways
to relax yourself to concen
trate,” Fr. Basset said.
"That's why psychiatrists have
their patients lie on their backs.
Besides, if you pray to Godly-
ing on your back it’s like being
in your coffin—a very chilling
effect but a very effective one
for putting yourself in God's
presence."
In its lengthy profile on the
Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., head
of the Jesuits, the "Saturday
Evening Post" stressed the
influence that his 27 years of
service in Japan has had on his
thought and religious practice.
"Would you like to see how
I pray?" he asked the maga
zine writer, and "leading me
into a tiny oratory adjoininghis
bedroom, he pointed to a Japa
nese 'tatami,' or floor mat,
knelt on it and, removing his
shoes, sat back on his heels,
Japanese fashion. Tt’ssocom-
fortable,” he said, grinning.
But trying to get into those
Oriental prayer positions—
either sitting back on one's
heels for extended periods or
working oneself into the mus
cle-straining contortions of
"Christian Yoga’’—is not a
grinning matter for someone
who hasn't spent 27'yearsinthe
Far East. But there are some
efforts being made to train
American youngsters in the art
of Oriental prayer.
In fact, one of the interesting
portions of the controversial
"Every Seventh Child"—a Na
tional Educational Television
network documentary onCatho-
lic education—shows Qrennan
College instructors teaching
pre-schoolers the various
meditative postures and breath
ing techniques of Oriental pray-
The children need all the head
start they can get. "It took me
six months to feel comfortable
sitting cross-legged in the In
dian fashion," confessed the
Rev. J. M. Dec ha net, O.S.B.,
Benedictine author of "Chris
tian Yoga,” "and eighteen to
succeed with the Lotus posture:
right foot on left thigh, left foot
on right thigh, making a verit
able knot with the legs."
But Fr. Dechanet believes the
spiritual ways of the East are
well worth the trouble to emu
late. "In the East there exists
a large group of thoroughly
tested techniques that could be
termed the way or path of sil
ence," he writes. "From dis
tant times, sages in India have
been teaching men to keep mas-,
tery over their thoughts, to con
trol their psychic being, and to
establish themselves in an at
mosphere of relaxation and pro
found peace, far from every
thing ‘noising’ in man and
around him; and all this has
been achieved by means of a
series of physical disciplines.
"Might we, of the West, not
be able to profit from this au
thentic experiences of theirs,
and, while keeping in mind the
differences in . temperature,
culture and especially faith,
might we not make use of their
methods to find again thewayto
God—to a God from Whom our
civilization and technology, our
habits and all the noise sur
rounding our daily routines have
already cut us off, and threaten
to divorce us irrevocably?
THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1967! 5
Snick Statement Draws Criticism
NEW YORK (NC) — Jewish
spokesmen and Negro civil
rights leaders reacted angrily
to the attack on Israel made by
the Student Nonviolent Coordi
nating Committee.
These leader*, in protesting
the attack, used the term "an
ti-Semitism." They also called
SNCC an extremist group that
did not speak for the American'
Negro.
The protests were directed at
the student group’s bimonthly
newsletter which accused Is
raelis of committing atrocities
against the Arabs, and also
charged that there was bias in
Israel against dark-skinned
Jews.
Spokesmen for leading Jew
ish and Zionist organizations
pointed to the sacrifices made
by Jews in - working for civil
rights causes. Some mentioned
the slaying in 1964 of Michael
Schwerner, a 23-year-old
Brooklyn social worker, and
Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-
old New York college student.
Bothwerejews doingfieldwork
in Mississippi on programs
supported by the SNCC.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., exe
cutive director of the National
Urban League, said the views
in the newsletter resembled
those of the American Nazi
party on Arab-Israel relations.
"Negro citizens are well
aware of the contributions made
to the drive for equal rights by
Jewish citizens. Negroes have
been the victims of racism for
too long to indulge in group
stereotypes and racial hate
themselves," Young said.
Young also said that studies
in big city ghettos had shown the
Negro to be less anti-Semitic
than other Americans.
In a joint statement, A.Philip
Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, and Bayard R'ustin,
director; of the A. Philip Ran
dolph Institute, said they were
"appalled and distressed by the
anti-Semitic article/' The two
rights leaders said the states
ment reflected a "complete
divorce from the opinions and
aspirations of the mass of
American Negroes."
The Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr., who was in Atlanta, declin
ed comment on SNCC's position
on the Arab-Israeli dispute,
saying he had not read the
newsletter. He said he was
strongly opposed to anti-Semite
ism and "anything that does
not signify my concern for hu
manity for the Jewish people."
A number of Jewish organi
zations, including labor and vet
erans’ groups, joined in the at
tack on the newsletter. The
Jewish Labor Committee char
ged that the student group, led
by H. Rap Brown, has "now
irrevocably joined the anti-
Semitic American Nazi party
and the Ku Klux Klan as an
apostle of racism in the United
States."
Will Maslow, executive di-
Ad Says Clergy
Backs Housing Law
^OLEDO, Ohio (RNS)—Near
ly every church leader in To
ledo has endorsed the city’s
fair housing law, 210 clergy-
ment claimed in a full-page
advertisement in Toledo’s lar
gest newspaper.
The advertisement supported
the fair housing ordinance
passed by the City Council in
March which faces a public
referendum on Sept. 12.
Sponsoring the ad was the
Toledo. Area Interfaith Confer
ence on Religion and Race,
composed of the interdenomina
tional Council of Churches, To
ledo Catholic diocese, Jewish
Welfare Federation, First Uni
tarian church, and the Baha’i
community.
Ecumenism Moves
Into New Phase
Theologian Says
ESTES PARK, Cold. (NC)--
The next phase of the ecu
menical movement will be
"from the church to the world...
toward the work that we face
together,” Protestant theo
logian Robert McAfee Brown
told the National Association of
Catholic Alumni clubs here.
Dr. Brown, professor of the
ology at Stanford University in
California, also told the 600
delegates this phase may test
ecumenism "before we are
quite ready to cope with it,” in
the challenge of Wetnam.
He said his prediction of a
new emphasis on common action
or "secular ecumenism” does
not mean a lesseningofconcern
for common dialogue and
common worship.
"But what I think will happen
is that our attention will be
turned more and more
away from ourselves," he
added.
Dr. Brown’s remarks were
contained in one of three major
discussion papers read at the
convention. Others were sub
mitted by Sister Mary William,
I.M.H., president of Immaculate
Heart College in Los Angeles,
and Archabbot Rembert Weak-
land, O.S.B., of St. Vincent’s
Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa.
Dr. Brown, an outspoken
critic of the U.S. military effort
in Vietnam, said he felt that
“real test of secular ecumen
ism” is already present in the
Vietnam situation.
"We have got to explore our
similarities and differences on
this matter together. We must
make common cause together
across confessional boundaries
and must not wait for a conven
ient time to do so," he said.
Sister Mary William told the
delegates the future of Catholic
higher education "is very much
under a cloud. It is faced with
"the old military choice: up or
out.”
“I would venture to say that
the official church will lose in
fluence if not power, to a rapidly
increasing degree if it does not
find some way soon of reconcil
ing its own legitimate stabiliz
ing and conservative interests
with the critical and pro
gressive interests of the Cath
olic academic community."
Archabbot Weakland dis
cussed the liturgical movement
and said renewal stands "at a
Confused crossroads.'' He said
the problem involved the need
to relate the liturgy to modern
culture.
Ray Lang of Chicago was
elected president of the As
sociation. Other new officers
are John Fagan of Cleveland,
men’s vice president; Carol
Hammond of Baltimore,
women’s vice president; and
Sue EUnne of San Qego, trea
surer.
The 1968 convention will be
held in Honolulu.
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