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2 GEORGIA BULLETIN. THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. 1969
Belgium Bishop
Priestly Celibacy
Is A Positive Thing
BRUGES, Belgium-Priestly celibacy is something positive, Bishop
Emile Josef De Smedt of Bruges has said.
In a discussion of priestly celibacy, the 59-year-old bishop
emphasized that, although there are good reasons for allowing a
married clergy, the -Church has expressed its preference for
unmarried priests.
“It is important,” Bishop De
Smedt said, “to pose the problem
of celibacy exactly....The
question could be posed in the
following way: Would it be better
for the Church, for man and for
the world that there be, besides
unmarried priests, married
priests?”
Pointing out that the
priesthood and celibacy must not
be necessarily linked and that
there are married priests in the
Catholic Eastern-rites, the bishop
said: “It is not a question of
tradition but of a concrete
disposition made by the Church.
The judgment of the Church is
that unmarried priests are better
able to carry out the function of
pastors of the people of God.”
is something positive: it is to be
truly united to all mankind, to be
consecrated by the sacrament to
seek, faithfully, with all men, the
kingdom of God.”
With regard to priests who have
abandoned their ministry, the
bishop said: “I would like to say
‘Judge not.’ Who, except God,
knows what human dramas of
what personal motives led them
to their decision? We cannot
judge them nor even more keep
them out of the way. We must be
grateful to them, give them the
witness of a tactful and discreet
charity, without, for all that,
necessarily approving their
decision.”
WAYSIDE SHRINE IN WATTS 'Bishop Harold Perry, S.V.D., of New Orleans, preaches at
dedication of a community shrine of the Sacred Heart in the Watts district of Los An
geles. Cardinal McIntyre blessed the shrine, then the crowd of 400 recited act of com
mitment of families and community to Sacred Heart. Shrine faces big public housing
project. INC Photos)
Since there are good reasons in
favor of maintaining the link
between celibacy and the
priesthood and also good reasons
in favor of allowing a married
clergy, Bishop De Smedt said:
“Consequently, as in any society,
the responsibility must be
assumed by those who have the
decision-making power. In the
matter of celibacy, the
responsible authority established
by God must finally make its
decision in carrying on a dialogue
and after having held a dialogue
with the people of God.
“In fact, the hierarchy has
come to the decision that it is
preferable for the people of God
that the priesthood be accessible
only to unmarried persons. It is
expected that candidates for the
priesthood committee themselves
fully and definitively to celibacy.
Celibacy has its value. Didn’t the
last council ask for prayers that,
in the Church, there would
always be found enough young
men who would consecrate
themselves exclusively to God
and who would prepare for the
priesthood and for the celibacy
connected with it?”
Speaking of the value of
celibacy, Bishop De Smedt said:
“In a community of responsible
Christians, the priest is the
catalyst, the man who gives a soul
to the world, the consecrated
representative of Christ who
presides at the Eucharist. The
believers ask the priest to live a
life of poverty, to be detached, to
be close to the people, to live a
life of poverty, to be detached, to
be close to the people, to be for
all a sign of the love of God. It is
in this perspective that celibacy
must be considered.
“When one understands what it
is to be driven by the love of God
for all men, what it is to bear the
message of the love of God, one'
knows also that much is asked of
priests. To be an unmarried priest
Bridge on Feb. 12
Pharmaceutical Auxiliary
To Help Free Cancer Home
In 1936, a group of women
whose husbands were involved in
the Drug and Pharmaceutical
industry-retail, wholesale, and
manufacture, formed the
Woman’s Auxiliary to the Fifth
District Pharmaceutical
Association, the object being to
promote Pharmacy and to assist
the State Organization in
Maintaining its scholarship and
loan program for deserving and
needy students of Pharmacy at
both the University of Georgia
and the Southern College of
Pharmacy-now a part of Mercer
University and called the Mercer
University College of Pharmace.
The political scene had its
effect on the organization in
1964 when the Fifth
Congressional District was
divided and part of it became the
Fourth Congressional District was
divided and part of it became the
Fourth Congressional District.
This called for either division or
consolidation. (The men divided
their group). The name was
changed to the Greater Atlanta
Woman’s Auxiliary of The
Georgia Pharmaceutical
Association, Inc.
Over the years The Auxiliary
has contributed to the image of
Pharmacy, as well as maintaining
a <charitable attitude toward
worthy causes, supporting The
Plantation Manor Children’s
Home, The Georgia Sheriff’s
Boys Ranch, The Atlanta
Symphony Guild, The
Milledgeville State Hospital, and
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Free
Cancer Home.
A sweing group within the
auxiliary started making aprons
for the Sisters at The Free Cancer
Home in 1951, and continue to
do so, completing 16 to 18 large
cover-all type aprons each year
and presenting them at Christmas
time. In this same year of 1951,
the Auxiliary decided to try to
raise funds for the Home by way
of a benefit Bridge Party. It
started on a small scale, and the
members baked the cookies and
made the coffee which they
served as refreshments to the
patrons.
The Bridge Party was adopted
as an annual affair, and has grown
into the Benefit Bridge
Luncheion which we are holding
February 12th at:
The Marriott Motor Hotel,
Time: 1 0 : 3 0 - B ridge ;
12:00-Lunch and Fashion Show
by Muse’s of Lenox Square.
20 years on improvements and
for needed equipment at The
Free Cancer Home. Incidentally,
16 years ago, our first purchase
from the bridge party receipts
was an electric potato peeler.
Lowly, but so necessary. Our last
purchase- an industrial Hobart
Dishwasher an an industrial 3-bin
stainless steel sink and complete
installation of each.
The Bridge Party was adopted
as an annual affair, and has grown
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into the benefit Bridge Luncheon
which will be held on Wednesday,
February 12, at The Marriott.
Motor Hotel. Bridge begins at
10:30 a.m., with a luncheion and
fashion show, by Muse’s of
Lenox Square, at noon. Donation
is $7.50 each. For reservations
call, Mrs. Stacy Jones, Jr.,
636-3827 or Mrs. Larry A.
Woodruff, 377-7983.
President of the
Pharmaceutical Auxiliary is Mrs.
R.B. Ellenhee and Mrs. Allen
Casey is the party chairman.
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Catholic, Quaker Colleges
Join Forces In Drive
CANTON, Ohio-In an
effort that will be unique in
this area, if not perhaps in
the nation, two small Canton
colleges of different religious
persuasions will combine
forces next month in a joint
community campaign to raise
$2,250,000 in capital funds.
Malone and Walsh colleges
each will receive $1.1 million
of the goal.
These funds, - combined
with $2,540,000 in federal
funds (loans and matching
grants) already awarded or
anticipated, will enable the
young, co-educational liberal
arts colleges to begin
construction of badly needed
new buildings and renovation
of others.
Malone, a Quaker school,
opened its doors in 1957 as
Canton’s first degree-granting
college.)
Walsh, operated by the
Catholic Brothers of
Christian Instruction,
(headquartered in Alfred,
Me.) was founded in 1958
and accepted its first
students in 1960.
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