Hans Kung Speech Opens 'Unbelief Lecture Series by Phillip Mccaffrey Rev
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Selective Service Page 5 ol.48 No. 18 — 122 122 Prlnt.d by Cllywtd. Prlnffng Co., In * Friday, October 28. 1966 Hans Kung Speech Opens 'Unbelief Lecture Series By Phillip McCaffrey Rev. Hans Kung opened the "Phenomenon of Unbelief," current lecture series Wednesday night, addressing an audi- ence that overflowed the Campus Center ballroom and stu- 1%. ' dent lounge, and filled the cafeteria. Rev. Christopher F. Mooney, chairman of the Ford- ham theology department, and director of the sponsoring Cardinal Bea Institute, introduced the Swiss-born theolo- gian to his first American audience since the Second Vati- Mtn can Council. Father Kung approached the the Church. "The modern secular problem of the sincerity of the world," he claimed, "will con- , OPENING: The Compleat Works of Charles Dickons, Fordham's Church, and its effect on the tinue to move ahead with, with- i now off-campus coffee house. Church's position in the modern out, or in spite of the Church." world. He defined "Church" as the "entire community of believ- Father Kung feels that "a large ers, the whole people of God." number have abandoned Christ tudent Coffee House because of the Church," and sug- The reformist began by noting gested reforms in exegesis, moral the twentieth century's "new pas- teaching, ecumenical relations, sion" for sincerity, exemplified in o Promote Creativity the Church press, ecclessiastic'al CROWD-DRAWER: Theologian the arts, and in man's daily atti- dress and ceremonial (Father By Frank Quigley Horizons poetry readings, piano tude. "Men of today are willing Hans Kung. Thinking that discussion of recitals, one act plays, and dis- Kung wears a business suit), and to forgive almost any sin, as long administration. He compared Pope the Cardinal Bea Institute on the |iew ideas in a casual environ- cussions lead by advocates of as it is committted with honesty," LSD, Black Power and the Ku Paul VI's position to that of a subject of "The Phenomenon of ent demands an off-campus lo- he said. John F. Kennedy with an Eisen- Unbelief." Later speakers include Fordham students will Klux Klan are being studied. The Father Kung then noted that aim, Richards said, is to present hower cabinet. Rev. Robert O. Johann of Ford- ppen a non-profit coffee house on although the Church has not been ham, James M. Gustafson of Yale, Monday. dialogue, "not a sensational freak unaffected by this "drive for sin- "The future," he concluded, show a la Joe Pyne." Bernard Haring, C.SS.R of The cafe, known as "The Com- cerity," she nevertheless lags far "does not belong to a Church Rome's Alphonsian Institute, j)leat Works of Charles Dickens," Faculty response has been very behind the secular world: "Very which is dishonest." Langdon B. Gilkey of the Uni- located at 450 Enst Fordham favorable. Dr. Gerald Shattuck few of the decisive movements This address Initiated a series versity of Chicago, and Rev. John Road. The project will be directed of the sociology department will toward truthfulness have come of six lectures to be presented by Courtney Murray. |ntirely by students. participate in a symposium on from the Church itself." Aiming to "appeal to people the Civilian Review Board No- This failure is partly due to a vho seek conflict and new Ideas," vember 3. Rev. John M. Culkin long history of "sweeping disre- coffee house will feature a of the communications arts de- gard for truthfulness in moral Ceremonies To Recall asual atmosphere in which guest partment will assist in efforts theology," as encountered in, for peakers, representing a wide toward a film series. example, disoriented manuals of ange of thought, faculty and Richards' goal is to counteract moral theology. Hungary's 1956 Revolt tutlents may share experiences. what he sees as a lack of re- Also responsible are the confu- Ceremonies observing the tenth anniversary of the I "The Works" officers, Bill sponse to ideas on Rose Hill. At sion between the substance of re- Hungarian Revolution will be held in the Campus Center Richards, Mike Hogan, Cathy present, he believes, there is no ligion and its trappings, the Tear Ballroom today at 11 a.m. Fitzgerald and Alex Mallonee, are room on campus for small student of admitting mistakes, a "siege" Dr. Istvan Barankovics and Mr. Pal Jonas, Hungarian Considering a series of projects projects and consequently a major mentality in the Church, and the exiles formerly prominent in their country's political scene, jhat will stimulate the Fordham element of the Fordham com- Church's "ascribing to itself that Mr. Jay Lovestone, representing the AFL-CIO, and Rev. Student's sense of creativity. munity, the students, is denied an which is proper to the Holy Leo P. McLaughlin will address opportunity to contribute to his Spirit." the audience. Eastern Europe and conditions university. If enough energy is there which have remained sub- Consequently, he said, "only In conjunction with the affair, stantially static since 1956." l&PConcert generated, Richards said, the stu- when a problem is passe for the a commemorative Mass will be dent may take his place in "the world we will, not certainly, but offered next Friday in the Uni- Dr. Barankovics, presently fear Sellout center of activity." perhaps, admit, not that we made versity Church. President of the Christian Demo- Finances are the main problem an error, but that we were not Organized by the Hungarian cratic Union of Central Europe at present. The coffee house will exactly right." Revolution Committee of the and a member of the Christian Profit depend on donations from its The Jesuit ecumenist empha- Fordham Conservative Club, the Democratic World Committee, Kicking off Homecoming Week, patrons, student and faculty, and sized the New Testament's con- nonpartisan ceremony's purpose, was editor-in-chief of the Mag- '"d, the Mamas and the Papas already such contributions have demnation of hypocrisy, and the as stated by chairman Dan Sol- yar Nemzot, the leading Hun- ncert barely missed selling out assured two months' operation. absolute necessity of veracity for lectio, is "to awaken interest in garian daily, until the Nazi oc- id started the Fordham Concert cupation in 1944. From 1945 to •ureau on the road to black ink. 1949 he was the leader of the About four thousand people Plpia Crowned Christian Democratic Peoples _lle<l the Fordham gym for the Party, Hungary's largest opposi- ncert, which was run very tion party. KKHhly by Chairman John Nurn. Mr. Pal Jonas, a member of t'igor and the Concert Bureau. Of Ed Wins Again the economics department at ,»nne of the technical difficulties By Cheryl Palmer Brooklyn College, was a student associated with recent Fordliani Succession to the title and honors of Miss Fordham as in Hungary at the time of the •*»icerts arose to mar the pur- the highlight of last Saturday's Homecoming Game is Miss uprising and one of its leaders. *foi m.mce. Mary Pipia's claim to Fordham fame. Mr. George Meany, President Although tile concert made :>» Miss pipia is a 21-year-old junior in the School of Edu- of the AFL-CIO, has prepared limated twenty-five hundred cation, where she maintains a 3.0 index. Before entering an address for the ceremony "•I' I'rofit, it did nol provide Fordham University, she attended one year of Katherin which will be read by Mr. Jay _ migh money to pay ail the debts Gibus for secretarial studies. Lovestone of the AFL-CIO's In- t rhe Soimulated in previous concerts. ternational Affairs Dept. Hoping to eventually reconcile center" s newly-coronateher extracurriculad Queer lifne %• Concert Bureau believes th.'it her elementary education major Father McLaughlin, Fordham ,lhe time period for payment of about the Student Education As- President, wiil conclude the first with an enthusiasm for travai- sociation, and devotes many non- * ^Us is extended, it will fulfill ling, she is making long-range part of the commemoration with 0 its obligations. school hours to her two major a discussion of the significance plans for a teaching position in interests, opera and jazz. jNumberger, Cunwrl Bureau Europe, particularly in France of the Revolution. pairman, is confident that the or Germany. The half-time announcement Mass will be offered on Nov- *><e.iu will bt. able lc, run other The new Miss Fordham as- . of her regal triumph struck a ember 4 at 11 a.m. In the Uni- >«'CHsful concerts. sents to friends' summation of note of gratitude in the new versity Church for the 70,000 /The only slightly disgruntled her personality as "quiet" and Queen: "The consensus of opin- Hungarians, many of them stu- tiunur about the concert was ion among the six finalists was dents, who died in the Revolu- need by a Korrtham studenl who "reserved," offering simply, "I'm just not go-go." Two weeks that the past two weeks were tion. Msgr. Bela Varga, the last jmmented: "I only wish that the freely elected President of the later, Miss Pipla tins yet to find nerve-wracking and It was u re- tim.i's and the Papa's had WINK Hungarian Parliament from who originally filed her winning lief Just to hear that somebody Miiany songs as that supporting had won. It seemed to make it FOKIJHAM'S FAHIKNT: Miss 1946 to 1947 will celebrate the application with the Maroon Key Fortlliuni, Mitry I'liilu. Mass and deliver a sermon. Society. all worthwhile." K^^ ^ E FORDHAM RAM Friday. October 28, | Page 2 I U! r t i < i > Roundup amskeller Gripes Aired; anagers Pledge Changi Floats For Georgetown By Tom Abinanti I*, Any group interested in sponsoring a float for the Fordham- It's just a question of time.