JHorti) Carolina Catfjoltr Edition of Our Sunday Visitor Subscription $3.50 Copy 10c Volume LMarch 11, 1962Number 45 RALEIGH, N. C. P. O. Box 9503 by clubs, fraternities Catholic Group Assails Racial, Religious Bias CHICAGO — (NC) — The Na tional Catholic Conference for Ra .cial Justice has issued a statement condemning racial and religious discrimination by clubs and fra ternities. The statement says that many country and downtown clubs ful fill a number of quasipublic func tions, and “there are no ethical grounds by which these clubs can justify the exclusion of citizens otherwise qualified, because of race, religion or ethnic origin.” IN REFERENCE to fraternities, t the statement says that “recently a Catholic priest defended what Pontiff Observes Peril to Church In Latin America VATICAN CITY —(NC)— His Holiness Pope John XXIII has told the Bishops of all Latin America that some nations there, made great by their Christian past, are turning on both God and the Church. He said in a letter dated Decem ber 8 but published March 2 that some Latin American countries cause him “lively concern.” Pope John pointed out that some of these nations “seek to increase the spread of such evil” as the per secution of the Church. The Pope mentioned no coun tries by name, but the Church is now being persecuted in Cuba by the regime of self-confessed Marxist-Leninist, Premier Fidel Castro. Within the past year the Haitian government has ousted bishops, and the Dominican Re public—before the overthrow of the Trujillo dictatorship. VOCATION EXAMINATIONS On Saturday, March 31st, a placement examination will be held in 11 centers throughout the State for all boys from the 8th Grade through High School who wish to study for the Priest hood for the Diocese of Ral eigh. This examination is open to boys of any parish in the State, whether they are at tending Catholic school or public school in the grade or high school departments. All those interested should contact their pastor and write to the Vocation Direc tor immediately for the ap plication form and assign ment to closest examination center. Write to: Vocation Director Box 1949 Raleigh, N.C. he called the right of fraternities to be free from public pressure if they decide to exclude some people because of religion.” It states that the priest, (not named in the statement), “defend ed his position by referring to the protection fraternities have under law as private associations, and to the role of the fraternity in en couraging and protecting personal friendships.” “While we could grant the right of a club or fraternity not to ad mit each and every person . . . , refusal of admittance or member ship would surely have to be on reasonable grounds,” the state ment continues. “Race, as such,” it adds, “does not constitute reasonable grounds, and therefore we maintain no fra ternity can morally justify a pol icy or action which excludes Ne groes.” The statement also states that “it is morally wrong to exclude classes of people from our friend ship because of the color of their skin, religion, or their ethnic background.” “Charity and love require us to meet all men face to face, to judge them as individuals,” the state ment concludes. “Automatic ex clusion from friendship because of race, religion or national back ground certainly seriously offends against our obligation to love our fellow men.” The National Catholic Confer ence for Interracial Justice was established in Chicago in Decem ber, 1959. John J. O’Connor, pro fessor of history at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., is chairman of the conference. POPE VISITS AMERICAN ART COLLECTION — During a recent visit of His Holiness Pope John XXIII to the Princeton Index of Christian Art at Vatican Library, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, explains the use of a new slide projector which he added to the Index equipment. Pictured from left to right: Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor, rector of the North American College; Father Guy Ferrari, O.S.B., an American who is curator of the Index; Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardi nals; Pope John; and Cardinal-designate Anselmo Albareda, O.S.B., prefect of the Vatican Library. Seniors Named NMS Finalists The National Merit Scholarship Cooperation of Evanston, Illinois, has informed Mother M. Potts, principal of St. Genevieve of the Pines, Asheville, that two of the 1962 senior students have been named finalists in the nationally competitive examinations for Merit scholarships. THE STUDENTS, who ha-e both attended St. Genevieve’s Nona Walker Frances Babb since the kindergarten are: Miss Frances Rae Babb, daughter of VIr. and Mrs. Ottis F. Babb of 20 Sunset Drive, Asheville. Miss Babb, whose father is a neteorological technician with the Weather Wing, is interested in nathematics and science. Miss Mona E. Walker, daughter of Com nander and Mrs. Calvin A. Walker )f 10 Arborvale Road, is interest id in foreign languages. WASHINGTON — (NC) — The Kennedy administration’s top edu cation officials have opened a drive for Congressional passage of a $747 million, five-year project to improve school instruction. Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and Sterling M. McMurrin, U.S. Commissioner of Education, ap peared before the House select subcommittee on education headed by Rep. Frank Thompson of New Jersey, the bill’s House sponsor. The measure (H.R. 10145) pro poses several programs on the ele mentary and secondary levels, some of which would permit par ticipation by teachers in parochial and other private schools and by all colleges. One of its main fea tures is limited to public schools. Both Ribicoff and McMurrin in dicated in testimony that parochial and private school teachers could take part in the bill’s proposals of summer college institutes for ad vanced study and of one-year scholarship grants for outstanding teachers to pursue studies in the subject they teach. Private, nonprofit colleges would be able to take part in a proposal for grants to meet part of the cost of special projects to strengthen courses specifically for teachers. The biggest single part of the measure is limited to public schools. It proposes $50 million in each of five years for grants to state educational agencies. The money would be used to assist in conducting demonstration projects to improve the quality of instruc tion in public schools and to help state agencies promote improved teaching practices. Ribicoff told the subcommittee the bill is not a substitute “for any other proposal of this administra tion.” This apparently was a response to reports that the measure is in tended as a replacement for the administration’s unsuccessful legis lation for grants to build public schools and help pay their teach ers. Seeks Shared-Time Plan For Private Education CHICAGO—(NC)— The head of the nation’s biggest private school system said his schools and public schools should “study in detail” shared-time education, especially on the secondary level. Msgr. William E. McManus, su perintendent of Chicago Catholic schools, said there are no definite plans at present for an experi ment, but he added in a state ment: “It will not do for public and nonpublic school officials to go on talking endlessly about cooper ation. They ought to try some thing together. And this is what the ‘shared-time’ plan suggests.” Pledging continued growth of Catholic high schools, he noted, however, that despite the 18,200 seat expansion begun in 1960, they are still forced to turn down ap plicants. “We want to have an open mind,” he commented, “toward an idea or plan that would be in the best interest of the American community and might also be an expeditious way to extend the ad vantages of Catholic schools to a larger number of students.” In the meantime, Public School Superintendent Benjamin C. Wil lis said he had talked informally with Msgr. McManus and other ed ucators about the plan. He said further discussions will be held. Guy Cornwell, assistant superin tendent of public instruction, said that public schools would be able to receive state aid for the part time Catholic students. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Effective on Tuesday, March 6th, Father William Lynch, O.M.I, succeeded Father Mat thew Noonan as Pastor of St. Ann’s Church in Fayetteville. Rt. Rev. George E. Lynch Chancellor BISHOP’S RESIDENCE 600 Bilyeu Street Raleigh, North Carolina February 23, 1962 ( : < My dear Brethren: ( Through the kindness and generosity of a North Carolina family interested in the welfare of the Church, and in order to pay back some of the wonderful gifts received through the hands of the Church, I am able to offer to two small parishes for the building of a church in a place where there is no church at present, matching funds of a minimum of $5,000.00 in 1963, and under the same conditions for two similar parishes in 1964, and one similar parish in 1965, on a matching basis of $5,000.00. This offer by this generous Catholic family envisions help in small parishes in North Carolina. Applications for this money should be promptly sent to the Bishop, for 1963, if a parish is interested. Hoping that other Catholic families who have been so blessed by God will be inspired to do likewise for the Missions in North Carolina, I remain Sincerely yours in Christ, Vincent S. Waters Bishop of Raleigh

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