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U.S. Church La^eJ, Eeumeni<a\ Work WASHINGTON — (NC) — The seven-member Bishops’ Commis sion for Ecumenical Affairs toojc steps here to plunge the U.S. Cath olic Church into the mainstream of ecumenical encounter. Under the guidance of Lawrence Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore, the commission briskly advanced Cath olic involvement by approving nearly a dozen projects at a one day session. AT THE CONCLUSION of the private meeting, Msgr. William W. Baum, executive director of the Commission, said these actions were taken: £ —Approval of an effort to draw up suggested guidelines for U.S. bishops on matters of common prayer and worship; —Establishment of eight sub commissions to explore the possi bilities of formal conversations with Orthodox, Protestant and Jewish bodies; —Endorsement of a workshop in Boston in June for officials and representatives of dioceses engag ed in ecumenical activities; —Approval of a similar work shop for representatives of the na tion’s seminaries, perhaps held in conjunction with the Boston meet ing; —Exploration of a proposed In ter-Confessional Institute for Ecu menical Research; —Agreement to seek the serv ices of clerical and lay experts to assist the work of the bishops, es pecially in the subcommissions dealing with other religious bod ies. MSGR. BAUM said the course now being steered in ecumenical affairs is being determined on the local level by individual bishops guided by the Vatican Council’s decree on ecumenism. This, he said, is in line with the decree which states: “The course to be adopted, with due regard to all the circumstances of time, plans' and persons, is to be decided by local episcopal authority unless otherwise provided for by the Bishops’ Conference according to its statutes, or by the Holy See.” The Vatican’s Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, press ed by matters directly related to the Second Vatican Council’s work, has begun consideration of a direc tory of ecumenical practices, but has not completed it, Msgr. Baum said. The subcommissions formed by the parent ecumenical unit in clude these: —Subcommission on dialogue with the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States. The chairman will be Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of Worcester, Mass. The Orthodox group recently voted to engage in formal talks. —Subcommission for conversa YOUNG MEN FOR CHRIST mNKW Charles Williams George Stallings Father Lawson PIEDMONT FUNERAL HOME Friendly, Sympathetic Service S. Main Street CH 6-2366 Lexington, North Carolina fan a OmplsJH Hjmul 4 DAIRY FOODS MILK AND ICE CREAM ★ At your nearby store MILK AND DAIRY FOODS ★ 6y convenient home delivery PINE STATE RALEIGH • OXFORD • HENDERSON DUNN • GOLDSBORO SANFORD • ROANOKE RAPIDS Yo, ‘i ( For Hospitality Plus rtie Cosgroves • Southern Pines, N. C. Julius Boros, Professional Havelock Building Drive Exceeds Goal The parishioners of Annuncia tion Parish, Havelock, N.C., have pledged in excess of the minimum goal of $85,000 to build a new church and rectory. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Howard, Pastor, made the an nouncement following the final re port meeting on March 9th. During the past six weeks, vol unteer committeemen have visited with parish families to seek gifts and pledges. The church and rectory, which will cost approximately $250,000 will be built on existing parish property. tions with the National Council of Churches. The council is the na tion’s major federation of Protes tant and Orthodox bodies. Catho lic involvement will be guided by Bishop John J. Carberry of La fayette, Ind., soon to become bish op of Columbus, Ohio. —SUBCOMMISSION to explore the possibility of conversations with the U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches. Bish op Carberry will head also this body. —Subcomm'ission for talks with the Episcopal Church. Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., will head the group. Preliminary meetings al ready have been held. —Subcommission for dialogue with the National Lutheran Coun cil. This is the most advanced project. A meeting between Luth eran and Catholic spokesmen al ready was set for March 16 in Bal timore. —Subcommission for conversa tion with the Presbyterians. This unit will be directed by Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler of Charles ton, S.C. —Subcommission for dialogue with other Christian churches. Au xiliary Bishop Joseph B. Brunini of Natchez-Jackson, Miss., will head this group. It will deal with churches with which there have been no preliminary conversations. —Subcommission to, explore the question cf the relationship be tween the Catholic unit and Jews. Bishop Francis P. Leipzig of Ba ker, Ore.,, will direct. I Supreme Court , Continued from page 1A because of a different set of facts the court apparently saw no reason to consider the appeal, which was brought by two men operating in New York City as the Gate Film Club. The “A Stranger Knocks” case began in June, 1963, when the state board of regents refused to grant a license for the film’s ex hibition unless two scenes it judg ed obscene were deleted. The Trans-Lux Distributing Cor poration, the movie’s distrbutor, went to court, and the appellate division of the Supreme Court re- * versed the regents. HOWEVER, the Court of Ap peals reinstated the regents’ ban in a decision on March 26, 1964. Much of the argument in the lower courts centered on the issue of obscenity — in particular, the question of whether the movie could be held legally obscene on the basis of two scenes, in view of the Supreme Court’s doctrine that in deciding obscenity a work must be judged as a whole. The Supreme Court, however, made no reference at all to the obscenity issue. Instead it reversed the Court of Appeals in just 17 words, citing its decision in the Maryland case as the sole explana tion. AS FOR the Gate Film Club, case, the court made no comment at all on its action beyond the an noucement that it would not con sider it. The case arose in March, 1964, when James McBride and Jack Baran, operating in New York as the Gate Film Club, refused to apply for a license to exhibit a program of films as required by state law. The owner of the theater they were using then refused to al low the showing because she would have faced prosecution otherwise. McBride and Baran went to court seeking to overturn the state film licensing law on the grounds that prior censorship of movies is in itself unconstitutional. A U.S. DISTRICT court ruled against them last June 15 and a U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed this judgment Dec. 23 without writing an opinion. '1 W. H. GRIFFIN & SON “your warmest friends” established 1891 PHILLIPS 66 FUEL OIL A Coal for Every Purpose 511 So. John St. Goldsboro, N. C. BARNUM REALTY and INSURANCE COMPANY John S. Haggles, President COMPLETE REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE SERVICE Citizens Bank Building SOUTHERN PINES, N.C.
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