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I 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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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 NEW r n CORN CHIPS MW ■CM 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. JUHAN'S CLEANERS Expert - Personalized Service - Given to Every Garment Coming Into *Our Plant t, lit N. Main 8t. PO. 1-1404 College Parle, Ga. 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