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Volume LI July 8, 1963 Number 10
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Love as God's Reflection
Explored at Family Meet
ST. LOUIS — (NC) — The idea
■g of love and marriage as the re
flection of God was plumbed to
the depths at the 28th National
Catholic Family Life convention.
The theme was “Love — The
Bond of Perfection.” The exhaus
tive discussions of love — theo
logical, metaphysical and psycho
logical (both emotional and ration
al) — seemed to boil down into
two complementary points of
agreement. One, set forth by Dr.
Walter J. Coville, chief of clinical
psychology services at St. Vin
-n, cent’s hospital, New York, was:
“Love is a developing process
— one that we can’t take for
granted, but rather must work at.”
THE OTHER, voiced by Father
, Henry V. Sattler, C.SS.R., assistant
director of the Family Life Bureau
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, Washington was that:
“Sin is the number one enemy of
love.”
If at times the convention was
abstruse, there was also clarifica
tion. And there was charity. Rep
resentatives of the Protestant and
r
Bishop Waters
Preaches Today
At CDA Meet
DENVER — Christian unity is
the theme dominating the Catholic
Daughters 29th biennial convention
which will run July 8 to 13 here.
Bishop Vincent S. Waters, na
tional chaplain, will preach at the
Sunday solemn opening Mass in
Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
Archbishop Urban J. Vehr will pre
side at the convention Mass offered
today by Auxiliary Bishop David
M. Maloney.
Six hundred delegates from the
United States are expected to con
vene for this national Catholic
women’s organization which has
backed strongly international Cath
olic Relief services, vocations, and
youth work throughout the nation.
Jewish communities were invited
and present.
The non-Catholic experts were
not mere observers. They took an
active part in both the general dis
cussions and in several of the 18
simultaneous seminars and work
shops which concentrated on
special aspects of marriage and the
problems confronting family life.
They found many areas of agree
ment.
JOSEPH CARDINAL RITTER,
Archbishop of St. Louis and host
to the meeting, told the main eve
ning Session (June 27) that the
representation of Protestant and
other groups gave the convention
“the aspect of an ecumenical pro
ject.” The Catholic participants
could not only share their view
points with the guests, said Car
dinal Ritter, but could also “re
ceive from them the inspiration of
their knowledge and work.”
The Cardinal spoke briefly on
the same program with Mrs. Nancy
McCormick Rambusch, headmis
tress-emeritus of the Whitby
school in Greenwich, Conn. Chair
men of the session were Frank and
Peggy O’Dowd of Wilmette, 111.—
parents of the 1962 National Cath
olic Family of the year.”
He said that “the failure of so
ciety,” of the cities, is principally
due to the failure of the home.”
This is despite the fact that “the
family has the great privilege of
carrying on the redemptive work
of mankind.”
TO HELP accomplish this mis
sion, according to the Cardinal,
mothers and fathers should take
the time to teach their children the
catechism. But the widespread sit
uation, he said, is that people don’t
grow in their religion: “Many have
only a primary education in reli
gion even if they are college grad
uates.”
The Cardinal reiterated his
point that the family is called on
to sanctify and to guide, and add
ed:
“When everything else fails, the
See Family Meet, page 5A
Pray More
In Home:
President
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
President Kennedy counseled
Americans to accept the Supreme
Court’s school prayer decision and
recommended a “very easy rem
edy” for those who disagree with
it — more prayer in homes and
churches.
The President made his com
ments at his news conference June
27. Meanwhile, controversy over
the high court’s decision was reach
ing a new crescendo of intensity.
The court on June 25 ruled that
an official but non-compulsory 22
word prayer recited in some New
York State public schools violated
the established clause of the First
Amendment because it was “com
posed by governmental officials.”
In Congress, constitutional
amendments were introduced to
permit religious observances in
public schools.
Religious and civic leaders, in
cluding all three living former
Presidents, spoke out on the issue.
Most were critical of the ruling,
though in varying degrees.
The American Civil Liberties
Union indicated that further legal
tests of public school religious
practices might be forthcoming.
It was against this background
that the President spoke when, in
reply to a reporter’s question, he
said:
“The Supreme Court has made
its judgment, and a good many peo
ple obviously will disagree with it.
Others will agree with it. But I
think that it is important for us if
we are going to maintain our con
stitutional principle that we sup
See Pray More, page 2A
Further Problem
Seen on Religion
In Public Schools
WASHINGTON — (NC) —
Americans now must work to pre
vent the Supreme Court’s prayer
decision from being used to force
God completely out of public edu
cation, a national committee of
Catholic school superintendents
has urged.
The ten-member executive com
mittee of the School Superintend
ents’ Department of the National
Catholic Educational Association
said it hopes that “the strange de
cision” of the high court 'ill
arouse the nation to consider the
implications of schools which have
no religion.
Although the court’s decision
technically may be confined to
prayers composed by government
officials, it is nevertheless “a
further deterioration of our Amer
ican tradition,” said the committee
whose chairman is Father Richard
Kleiber, school superintendent in
the Green Bay, Wis., diocese and
head of the NCEA superintend
ents’ department.
The committee extended sym
pathy to public school educators,
stating: “We know that the vex
ing problem of religion in educa
tion will be aggravated by this
decision.”
PARISH HALL of Sacred Heart Parish, Dunn, dedicated last Sunday, July 1, by Bishop Vincent
Waters. The building is comprised of an auditorium which can be divided into five class
rooms with folding doors. The parish hall fully equipped cost $44,000 and includes modern
kitchen facilities for suppers and social events. Pastor is Father Arthur Duncan. Dedication
of the new parish building on Cumberland and Ellis Avenues followed confirmation of 53
children after the 11:00 a.m. Mass.
for church in south
Archbishop Says
Prospects Bright
ANN ARBOR, Mich —(NC) —
“Prospects for the Church in the
South were never better,” accord
ing to the Archbishop who recently
ordered desegregation of Catholic
schools in his Southern archdio
cese.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of
Atlanta, who announced June 10
that Catholic schools in his arch
diocese would be desegrated this
fall, expressed the hope that “this
move of ours, and other moves,
come in time.”
The Archbishop said in a speech
at St. Mary’s Student Chapel on
the University of Michigan cam
pus that “the young Negro world
... is in the balance now,” and
young Negroes are questioning the
churches to determine if “they
mean what they say.”
“We need these young people,”
he continued. “The whole South is
changing. In a few years, the soci
ety will be in the hands of these
young people who are emerging
now.”
“I hope the young white and
Negro leaders will stand side-by
side in giving the South leadership
based on solid Christian prin
ciples,” he said.
“Segregation is not a Southern
problem, it is a national problem
and a national disgrace. In the
North, hypocrisy is a substitute for
the law.”
The Archbishop said there has
been little critical reaction since
the desegregation announcement
was made.
“There has been one anonymous
telephone call and 10 crank let
ters, nine of them from north of
the Mason-Dixon line,” he stated.
Practical as well as moral factors
were taken into consideration be
fore the decision to integrate was
made, he said.
“Our Catholic schools operate on
a narrow margin of existence,” he
said. “Out of 230 children in one
school, 70 are not Catholic. We
may lose them in the fall and our
margin of existence is based on
these children because of tuition
fees.”
He said similar situations exist
in a number of schools. In addi
tion, the Georgia Legislature could
remove the tax exemption law that
applies to Catholic schools. The
Church would then financially be
unable to operate the schools,
Archbishop Hallinan added.
“We are taking a chance that our
State Legislature won’t pass this
law. If it does,” he quipped, “I may
have to come North and take up a
collection.”
The Archbishop disclosed that
next year he will ordain the first
Negro to have become a priest in
his archdiocese.
“This is not to be taken as a
symbol or a token but as living
personification of the Church’s
stand,” he stated.
Michael Bernard Waters
Michael Waters,
Bishop's Father,
Dies in Virginia
ROANOKE, Va. — Michael Ber
nard Waters, the father of Bishop
Vincent S. Waters, Raleigh, died
suddenly Sunday morning, July 1,
after a heart seizure which occur
red the previous day.
Mr. Waters had celebrated his
birthday, his ninetieth, on June 19.
He was born in 1872. His wife,
Mary Waters, the Bishop’s mother,
passed to her reward in 1920.
Monsignor Thomas E. Waters, a
brother, died in 1935.
Surviving children besides Bish
op Waters are Mrs. Frank Driscol
of the home, 429 Mountain Ave
nue, Southwest, John Waters, Mrs.
Paul Smith, and Sister Mary Mich
ael of the Medical Missioners,
presently stationed at Philadel
phia.
Before leaving for Roanoke Sun
day evening Bishop Waters had
tentatively set the funeral for
Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m.,
to be held at Our Lady of Naza
reth, the parish church.
Dale Francis
Named Editor
Of Newspaper
TROY, Ohio — Dale Francis,
first editor of the North Carolina
Catholic, founded in 1946, has
been named editor of the TROY
DAILY NEWS. According to
George Kuser, publisher of the
Troy daily, Mr. Francis will con
tinue to write his weekly column
for the Sunday Visitor.
Hardships Seen
Driving Youths
From Farm Work
ROME — (NC) — Economic,
cultural and social problems have
combined to drive young people
'away from working the iand, a
survey of more than 60 nations
has reported.
The survey was made prior to
the opening of the international
association of the Catholic Rural
Youth Congress which began here
on June 24.
The investigation also showed
that there is a widespread ab
sence of religious feeling among
rural youth and a “profound
schism between religion and prac
tical life.”
Listed by the survey as the
chief problems facing young men
in rural communities were the fol
lowing: instability of employment
with seasonal layoffs; lack of pro
portion between earnings and the
cost of living; inadequate technical
and professional training; lack of
initiative regarding technical prog
ress; low yield of work; hard and
difficult employment conditions
and inadequate pay.
Also singled out for special at
tention was an “almost complete
scorn for agricultural work,”
which attacks the pride of the
young.
Culturally other problems are
evident, the survey said. It noted
that there is much illiteracy in
the rural areas and few farm
youth ever attend school after the
primary grades.
In the social and family fields
there are the problems of too
early marriages, lack of choice of
partners and the evils brought
about by families seeking brides
with dowries.
OFFICIAL
The following appointment,
effective Saturday, July 7th, is
announced by His Excellency,
the Most Reverend Bishop,
through the Diocesan Chancery:
Father John B. Molloy, S.S.J., is
appointed Pastor of St. Thomas
Church in Wilmington.
James E. McSweeney
Chancellor