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8 GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1968 Father Kiernan Is Speaker At Center Opening Father R. Donald Kiernan, a member of the State Crime Commission, has told persons attending the dedication of a Youth Development Center at Gainesville that it will help tum juvenile offenders into responsible citizens. The pastor of St. Jude’s parish spoke last week at the dedication. “Georgia’s and the nation’s best hope for reducing juvenile delinquency and youth crime is in centers of this type. “Juveniles are generally more open to treatment and counseling than adult criminals since behavior patterns of the youths have not hardened with discouraging finality.” He said the nation has 360,000 juvenile offenders in institutions. “By 1975, the number is expected to increase to 588,000, and while persons 10 to 17 years of age make up 15 per cent of the nation’s population, they account for 52 per cent of auto thefts, 45 per cent of larcenies, 41 per cent of burglaries, 20 per cent of robberies, 14 per cent of forcible rapes and 5.5 per cent of murders. “While these statistics are frightening, Georgia has made rapid progress in implementing a plan for a statewide system of detention facilities for youths who need close supervision. In the past, these children often have been held in the common jail because of a lack of adequate facilities.” He said the state has initiated a well-rounded program of individual and group counseling for the youthful offender, plus vocational and academic education, recreation, religious counseling and medical and dental care. However, Father Kiernan said there is still much work to be done. 1041 MARIETTA ST N W * cff Howell Mill Rd .! 87? 6992 For Appoint-*'.ent ClRTIfllD TV < RADIO E. R. McCurry, Owner - 30 Days Service Guarantee - 90 Days Parts Guarantee - Service anytime anywhere 1054 ST. CHARLES AVE., N.E. - TR 6-7975 Atlanta, Georgia WASHINGTON, (NC) - The board of directors of the National Council of Catholic Men said here that the authority of Pope Paul Vi’s encyclical on birth control “cannot be rejected.” A statement by the NCCM directors said they are “deeply concerned” not only with the effect of the encyclical Humanae Vitae on “the lives and consciences” of Catholics but also with “the resulting direct challenges to papal authority.” The officers of the men’s council said it is “unquestionably the obligation and right of the Pope to state the authoritative teaching of the Church and thus to guide us in the formation of our consciences.” “The papal encyclical on ‘Human Life’ is a specific fulfillment of this responsibility and its authority cannot be rejected,” the NCCM board said. “This is true not only of this encyclical but also of other encyclicals such as Populorum Progressio, Pacem in Terris and Mater et Magistra.” Populorum Progressio was issued by Pope Paul VI while Pacem in Terris and Mater et Magistra were issued by Pope John XXIII. All three encyclicals deal with international social justice. Expressing a hope for “reconciliation and a resolution of the current tensions,” the NCCM directors said this will take “time, patience Christian understanding.” Clay Appliance Service Prompt, Dependable, and fully guaranteed Sales & Service - Frigidaire Dealer M. E. McDaniel - Prop. - 4015 Peachtree Road, N. E. 237-6379 BROOKHAVEN Stresses (Continued From Page 1) “A CHANCE to be Somebody”, an art exhibition sponsored by the Job Corps will be held at the First National Bank Building through Sept. 6. Shirley Hughes, Atlanta, a Job Corps trainee studying photography, snapped this picture of a young visitor at the exhibit. NCCM Supports Authority and It will also require, they said, “study, discussion and the honest and free expression of experiences, opinions and needs of the laity and clergy-and, above all, it will require open channels of communication within the Church, especially between the laity and the bishops and the Holy Father.” The statement pledged efforts by the NCCM to “contribute in a practical way to this study and dialogue.” Chile To Oust ‘Rebel’ Priest SANTIAGO, Chile (NC)-In the wake of the seizure of the cathedral here by a group of priests and laymen (Aug. 12) the Chilean government has revoked the authorization of one of the priests to remain permanently in the country. He is Father Paulino Garcia, a Spanish priest and one of the spokesmen of the group that took over the cathedral as a demonstration against what they called “wasteful spending” on the visit of Pope Paul VI to Latin America for the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Bogota, Colombia, and the Church’s identification with the rich. there flashed before him peasants in a variety of regional costumes. To the enormous crowd assembled-Msgr. Vallainc estimated it perhaps a bit generously at 300,000-the Pope first spoke of the pressing problems of poverty. To them he said: “You have become aware of your needs and sufferings and like so many others in the world you cannot tolerate that your conditions should last forever and not receive a speedy remedy.” Pledging the Church to work to overcome the present situation, he promised to “continue to denounce unjust economic inequalities between rich and poor, and abuses of authority and administration against you and the community.” But at the same time, he said: “Let us exhort you not to place your trust in violence and revolution. That is contrary to the Christian spirit and it can also delay instead of advancing that social uplifting to which you lawfully aspire.” A touch of violence was in the air when the Pope met with the press after talking to the campesinos and was nearly mobbed by photographers. At one point, when he sat in an elevated chair, his close associates—Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, papal Undersecretary of State; Msgr. Paul Marcinkus of Chicago, also of the secretariat, and Msgr. Pasquale Macchi, his personal secretary-had to all but prostrate themselves so photographers could get pictures. In the afternoon the Pope returned to his double theme during his sermon at the Mass on the Eucharistic Congress grounds for the “Day of Development.” He urged his special guests, drawn from every segment and social level of Latin American society, to “make love of Christ the principle of the moral renewal and social regeneration of Latin America.” Noting that “some conclude that Latin America’s essential problem can be solved only by violence,” the Pope replied: “We must say and reaffirm that violence is not in accord with the Gospel, that it is not Christian....” That evening he met at the-apostolic nunciature with various groups, including the Colombian diplomatic corps, a group of Protestant leaders and a group of Jewish leaders, whose head, the grand rabbi, had specifically requested an opportunity to greet the Pope. On (Aug. 24) the last day of his visit, the Pope went early for Mass at the parish church of St. Cecilia in Bogota in a jeep. Standing all the way to greet the thousands who lined the streets, the Pope passed through some of the city’s most dismally poor sections. The parish he visited, however, was not among the city’s poorest. He celebrated Mass outdoors and gave First Communion to a group of boys and girls. After breakfast in the parish house the Pope visited various poor homes and met a variety of parish groups and leaders. Then he was driven to the cathedral to inaugurate the second general assembly of the Latin American bishops. Present were about 180 members of the Latin American bishops and a group of special guests, experts and observers. R B M MOTORS © FACTORY AUTHORIZED VOLKSWAGEN dealer N. Expressway, Griffin, Ga. 288-2771 /s your HOME-OWNERS Profile of Protection Complete? CHECK WITH US HARDMAN-NATIONS INSURANCE AGENCY INSURORS-REALTORS 6445 Roswell Road N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 252-1224 INSURANCE Elect Howell C. Rovan JUDGE Cobb Superior Court An Experienced Judge With Proven Judicial Ability. 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