:cumenism Will Continue
Vatican II Observer Says
Genie Is Out of the Bottle
Iowa City, Iowa — (NC) — A
[ethodist observer summed up
ie Second Vatican Council this
-ay- “The ecumenical genie is out
f the bottle and nobody is going
i stop it up again.”
Dr. Albert C. Outler, historical
leology professor at Southern
[ethodist University, Dallas, Tex.,
jeaking at an ecumenical confer
ee sponsored by the University
f Iowa, expressed belief that the
hapters on the people of God and
n the laity in the constitution of
ie Church approved by the coun
I eventually may become more
g’nificant than the chapters on
ie hierarchy and collegiality.
THE METHODIST theologian
lid he found Protestants have
een surprised at the diversity
ithin the Catholic Church, espe
ially as it is presented by the Ori
ntal Rites. He said: “Catholics
ave got diversity. They just have
big corral where they bring them
II together. This unfamiliar no
on of unity could be quite im
ortant to Protestants.”
Bishop John J. Wright of Pitts
urgh, Catholic participant in the
April 21) program, expressed op
imism over the council. He said:
Some feel this is a springtime
lood in history, and others feel
tis is twilight. I don’t know, I’m
lclined to be an optimist. I’m the
irst to see spring — and eonse
uently I’m frequently caught in
lizzards.”
BISHOP WRIGHT cautioned
gainst hope that the council will
ring immediate Christian unity,
ut added it will bring about clar
y of issues and a number of dif
erences between Catholicism and
Totestantism will be highlighted.
Bishop Wright declared himself
1 favor of decentralization in the
Ihurch with more responsibility at
ie regional level. He said a sen
te of bishops would not replace
lie Roman Curia but since the
uria is a part of the organization
1 structure of the Church, and
ot a doctrinal necessity, it is open
i> thorough revision.
DR. OUTLER ALSO said that
rtiile the pace of the council has
eemed slow to some observers, he
eels protraction has brought about
massive education of the bishops.
"The council is the most im
lortant religious event since the
Vorld Missionary Conference in
Sdinburgh in 1910,” he added.
The university program brought
some 150 Iowa clergymen here. At
earlier sessions there were talks
by Dr. Samuel Sandmel, provost of
Hebrew Union College, and Dr.
Nicholas Zernov, visiting professor
of Eastern Orthodoxy at the Uni
versity of Iowa.
‘THE HEAD OF CHRIST,’ painted by Rembrandt van Ryn in
the late 1640s, has been acquired by the Fogg Art Museum of
Harvard University. The oil sketch, only recently proved to be
a genuine Rembrandt, has not heretofore been publicly exhi
bited. It is closely related to six other studies by Rembrandt on
the same subject painted at about the same time. The painting’s
dimensions are 10 by 7% inches. (NC Photo) _
By Silver Jubilarians
Concelebration Planned
In Jacksonville Monday
Five priests who were ordained
for the Diocese of Raleigh in 1940
will join with His Excellency,
Bishop Vincent S. Waters, in the
concelebration of a Solemn Ponti
fical Mass at 11:00 A.M., Monday,
May 3 at the Holy Child Church in
Jacksonville, North Carolina.
This concelebration by a group
of priests to observe their silver
jubilee is believed to be the first
such observance scheduled in the
United States.
Host for the celebration is Rt.
Rev. Monsignor Lawrence C. New
man, pastor of the Jacksonville
Church. The other concelebrants
will be Rev. Thomas J. Colgap,
Pastor of St. John’s Church, Roa
noke Rapids; Rev. William McShea,
Pastor of St. Charles’ Church, Mor
ganton; the Very Rev. Thomas JS.
Montessori Schools in U.S.
Are Permanent, NCEA Told
By John J. Daly, Jr.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
New York — Mario Montessori
is “surprised” by the speed with
which U.S. Montessori schools
Chapel Hill Lecture
Father Nogar to Speak
On 'Evolution and God'
Rev. Raymond J. Nogar, O.P.,
will discuss “Evolution and God”
Fuesday, May 4, 8 p.m. in arroll
Hall, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill,
The lecture is second in the 1965
William Gaston Lecture Series,
sponsored by the UNC Newman
Apostolate.
Father Nogar is author of two
books, “The Wisdom of Evolution”
and “Evolution and the Future of
Man,” and coauthor of “Science in
Synthesis.” He has contributed
articles to The New Scholasticism,
The Thomist, The New World, The
Critic, St. John’s University Stud
j*s, The New Catholic Encyclope
dia, and other journals of philoso
phy and science.
He belongs to the American Phi
losophical Association, the Ameri
can Catholic Philosophical Associa
tion, and the American Anthropplo
Sical Association.
After his B.A. in 1939 and grad
uate work in sociology at the Uni
versity of Michigan, he received
his doctorate in the philosophy of
science at the Aquinas Institute of
Philosophy at River Forest, Illinois,
where he is now teaching Philoso
phy of Science and Problems in
Evolution. He has taught at Ange
licum University in Rome. He con
verted to Catholicism in 1939 and
then entered the Dominicans.
Dr. Theodosius Dobzhansky, one
of the foremost geneticists and evo
lutionists today, states in the for
ward to “The Wisdom of Evolu
tion,” “His carpful and conscien
tious weighing of the evidence
leads Dr. Nogar to accept evolution
as the best available account of the
genesis of the living world and of
men. He regards this account as
fully compatible with the philoso
phy of Thomism and with the doc
trines of the Catholic Church.”
Father Nogar himself comments
that his works develop “a rather
novel evolutionary philosophy of
life,” synchronizing the natural
Christian philosophy which “ap
pears to stress the fixity of things”
with evolutionary thought “which
stresses the flux of things.”
In the lecture he will also ap
praise the work of Teilhard de
Chardin.
have spread in the past decade,
but he is convinced it is a per
manent development, not a fad.
Montessori, son of Dr. Maria
Montessori and her successor as
head of the Asociation Montessori
Internationale, Amsterdam, Hol
land, was interviewed during the
62nd annual convention of the Na
tional Catholic Educational Associ
ation. He spoke at a session for
elementary school teachers.
MONTESSORI SAID the organ
ization and active support of many
Montessori schools by lay Cath
olics, in some instances with an as
sist from parochial school author
ities, is in keeping with the tra
dition of this method of education.
One of the first courses directed
by the late Dr. Montessori, Italian
born physician-educator who died
in 1952, was in a Catholic institu
tion, he said.
In addition, he added, “Catholic
involvement in this country is
probably more directly explained
by the organization of the first
school, Whitby in Greenwich,
Conn., by Catholics in the mid
1950’s and by the many articles
in Catholic periodicals and news
papers.”
THERE ARE NOW estimated
to be more than 100 Montessori
schools in the United States. Most
of them are educating children be
tween the ages of 3 and 6, al
though Dr. Montessori herself
worked with children from birth
to 18 years. The method’s aim is
to permit the child to learn to
control himself and his environ
ment. Abstract concepts are taught
through the use of specially con
structed equipment.
Montessori had two misgivings
about the U.S. Montessori boom.
The first was what he saw as a
shortage of properly qualified
teachers. The second was that the
schools are largely confined to use
by persons with incomes big
enough to support the cost of
teacher, equipment and building.
“THE TEACHER problem is be
coming severe,” Montessori said.
“There are not enough qualified
teacher trainers and organizers of
schools are accepting teachers
whose background is poor.”
“The result could be a disaster
if the shortcomings of the inade
quate teachers are identified with
the method itself,” he said.
Admitting most schools are op
erated by parents from the higher
income brackets, Montessori
thought that while this is a mat
ter of concern, it could be a means
of furthering the method among
disadvantaged.
“THESE PEOPLE are not open
ing schools to make money,” he
said. “They are not in it for gain
and many of them extend them
selves to find a way to include
children of less fortunate families.
This can be good.”
Curran, V.F., Pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, and Dea» of Pine
hurst; and Rev. Vincent Mahoney,
U.S.N.
Receiving a special remembrance
in the Mass will be Rev. Philip
Edelen, also ordained in 1940, who
was killed in action while serving
as chaplain with the United States
Army during the Normandy inva
sion on June 10, 1944. Father
Edelen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Edelen, will be honored
guests at the observance.
On the preceding day (Sunday,
May 2) Monsignor Newman will
offer a solemn Mass of thanksgiv
ing commemorating his twenty
fifth anniversary at noonday. The
speaker will be His Excellency,
Bishop J. Lennox Federal, Ordinary
of Salt Lake City, Father Albert
Henkel of Holy Spirit Church,
Knoxville, Tennessee, will be the
archpriest. The other officiants will
be classmates of Monsignor New
man: Father Thomas Guyder of St.
Joseph’s Church, Camillus, New
York, deacon; and Father Joseph
Ruggieri, Colonel, U.S. Army, sub
deacon.
A reception will be held at
Home’s Restaurant from five until
seven o’clock on Sunday evening.
At the Monday morning Mass Fa
ther Charles McGinley will deliver
the sermon. Honory officiants will
include Fathers Guyder, Ruggieri
and Rev. George Rossbach, Base
Chaplain, Camp LeJeune Marine
Base.
A listing of the 1965 Silver Jubi
larians with their respective assign
ments will be found on page 6 of
this issue.
1965 Catholic
Mother & Father
To Be Selected
The Catholic Mother and Father
of North Carolina for the year
1965 will be selected at a meeting
of the Parent Educator Committee
of the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine late in May.
The selections will be made from
nominations received by the Com
mittee from the laity of the Di
ocese of Raleigh. Any person may
recommend an outstanding layman
or laywoman for the respective
See 1965 Catholic, page 6A
NORTH CAROLINA CATHOLICS
NUMBER FIFTY THOUSAND
The Catholic population of North Carolina is given as 50,247
in the Official Catholic Directory released on April 29. This repre
sents an increase of 1,373 over the 1964 total of 48,874.
Catholics in the United States now number 45,640,619, a year’s
increase of 766, 248.
In the Diocese of Raleigh last year there were 2,370 infant
baptisms, 573 converts, 599 marriages, and 573 deaths.