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THE BULLETIN. September 6. 1958—PAGE
Catholic Students, Intellectuals Can
Exert Great Influence On Society
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VIENNA. — Catholic students
and intellectuals of the Pax
Romana movement meeting
held here were told that they
could exert a commanding in
fluence on society if they were
more exacting about their re
sponsibilities.
This was the challenge, con
tained in a message which His
Holiness Pope Pius XII addres
sed to participants of the 24th
World Congress of Pax Romana
The theme of the congress,
Freedom, also formed the theme
of the Pope’s letter. He likewise
pointed out the fittingness of
holding the meeting , in Vienna,
“which many times in the
course of history has been the
outpost of the defense of Chris
tian civilization.”
“It is well,” he said, “to pro
claim the true freedoms of the
spirit and to assure their pro
tection against every abusive
form of political, social or phi
losophical pressure.”
The proximity of the Iron
Curtain, only 40 miles away,
gave this particular meaning.
Pie continued, “You will want
to show to what extent the
Church serves the progress of
human knowledge when . . . she
guards her children on the one
hand from the ruinous abuses
of liberty and from damaging
deviations of thought, and de
fends for them on the other
hand the just privileges of in
tellectual life and the right to
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know and disseminate what is
true.”
The Pope repeated to the
members of Pax Romana what
he had said to other profession
al groups earlier in the year,
that they could exercise a com
manding influence for render
ing a more Christian society “if
each of you would but keep a
more vital and exact conscience
toward your intellectual, social
and apostolic responsibilities.”
Concluding, he urged them to
excite inquiry about the Faith
from their fellow students and
intellectuals by the exemplary
life they lead.
Following is the text of the
Pope’s message:
“The' 24th World Congress of
Pax Romana offers us this year
the occasion, of which We will
ingly avail Ourselves, to repeat
once more Our esteem for this
important organ ization. As
proven by years of experience,
its two constituent movements
are always ready to serve new
undertakings which present
themselves in the world to Cath
olic intellectuals and students.
In numerous circumstances it
has been a joy for Us to en
courage them with Our dis
courses and messages.
“Again today We rejoice with
.you, dear sons and daughters,
who wish in your congress to
give thorough study to the just
demands of freedom which can
be defined in the particular
prospectives of university life.
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“In the heart of Europe, at.
Vienna, city of art and culture,
which many times in the course
of history has been the outpost
of the defense of Christian civ
ilization, it is well to proclaim
the true freedoms of the spirit
and to assure their protection
against every abusive form of
political, social and philosophi
cal pressure.
“In doing this you will want
to show what extent the Church
serves the progress of human
knowledge when, faithful to the
mission of her divine founder
to render testimony to the truth
(cf. John 18: 37), she guards her
children on the one hand from
the ruinous abuses of liberty
and from damaging deviations
of thought, and defends for them
on the other hand the just priv
ileges of intellectual life and the
right to know and disseminate
what is true.
“Your assembly distinguishes
itself not only through the in
terest of the study theme which
is before it, but also for the
number and quality of its par
ticipants. Your different associ
ations in fact touch the greater
number of nations and profes
sions.
“So We wish to repeat here
what We have often said in
speaking to Catholics belonging
to the particular professions:
What would not be the com
manding influence which you
could exercise by your presence
and by your action in rendering
society more Christian, beloved
sons and daughters, if each of
you would but .keep a more vit
al and exact conscience toward
your intellectual, social and
apostolic responsibilities? As We
observed last year to some of
you, it is a fact that ‘by the au
thority which your culture and
the competence acquired in your
profession confer on you, you
are for your milieu both ques
tion and answer’ (Discourse of
April 27, ’57, AAS, vol. 49, p,
298).
“May your lives, through their
moral rectitude* their disinter
estedness, their concern for the
common good and their open
ness to the needs of others
arouse that salutary wonder
which constrains others to in
quire into your convictions and
the secret force which animates
you. And, if someone should
make inquiry of you, may you
know how to answer for your
Faith. May your religious cul
ture be proportionate to your
profane knowledge; may you
always be prompt in your cha
rity toward your brothers.
“Beloved students and intel
lectuals of Pax Romana, carry
high the testimony by Chris
tians freed by the truth of
Christ, vivified by His grace,
united by charity, disciplined in
your zeal, filially docile to the
Church. Then what victories
will you not win for the cause
of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
“With all Our heart We invite
you to action and We ask you to
undertake the necessary sacri
fices for it. Invoking upon ail of
you the most abundant graces of
light and strength, We grant
you Our paternal Apostolic
Blessing.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Capt. Charles Gil
bert Laird were held August
18 at the Sacred Heart Church.
Captain Laird retired three
years ago from the Atlantic
Towing Co. The company’s own
er, Capt. Frank Spencer, said
flags aboard the firm’s boats
will be at half mast until the
funeral service.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Jeanette Hollis Laird, Savan
nah; two daughters, Mrs. John
L. Sprague, Jacksonville, and
Mrs. John K. Stacy, Savannah;
two sons, Allan S. Laird, New
Orleans, and Marine T-Sgt. T.
A. Laird, Okinawa; two broth
ers, Lt. Col. Robert A. Laird
(ret.), New Orleans, and Rear
Adm. Oberlin C. Laird, U.S.N.
(ret.), Caracas, Venezuela; two
sisters, Mrs. Joseph S. Sween
ey, Miami, and Mrs. John J.
Daley, Burlington, Vt.; nine
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
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CALLS ON CATHOLIC WOMEN TO LEAD
'FIRST CLASS' LIVES TO SOLVE
'MULTIPLE PROBLEMS' OF TODAY
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
NEWARK, N. J.. — Educated
Catholic women must lead “first,
class” lives if they are to help
solve the “multiple problems”
of home, school and society in
today’s “chaotic” world.
So spoke Thomas J. McDon
nell, Coadjutor Bishop of
Wheeling, W. Va., in an address
to nearly 500 delegates to the
international convention here of
the International Federation of
Catholic Alumnae.
Bishop McDonnell delivered
the sermon at a Pontifical Mass
in the Cathedral of the Sacred
FI e a r t offered by Archbishop
Thomas A. Boland of Newark.
The Bishop told the women:
“Christ, His Church and higher
education lay upon all educated
Catholics the solemn obligation
of leadership.”
The I.F.C.A. is a federation of
600,000 women graduates of
Catholic universities, colleges,
academies and high schools
throughout the U. S. and other
countries.
Catholic women, the Bishop
said, lead one of two kinds of
lives. The first, which the Bish
op called the “second class life,”
is “hum-drum, uneventful, but
comfortable . . . constituted
chiefly in fulfilling one’s own
spiritual obligations, earning
one’s own living, seeing one’s
friends, going to the theatre,
card parties and socials, reading
all kinds of present day litera
ture.”
This life, the Bishop continu
ed, is “not at all concerned about
the tremendous religious, social
and cultural opportunities that
await the services of those bless
ed with the one true Faith, to
make this world a better world
to live in.”
“The first class life,” he said,
“is lived at deeper, more intense
levels, seeing and realizing the
Church’s needs of Catholic Ac-
tionists in every field of the mis
sion and endeavors of the
Church on earth.
“In their individual Catholic
living, they will be an example
to others in thought, word and
deed, and in practice they will
share their faith with others in
the fields of charity, mercy,
culture.”
Noting that “the American
woman is a tremendous force in
the affairs of mankind,” Bishop
McDonnell said there is a chal
lenge today to Catholic women
“to portray to the world in the
home, business life and society,
the ideals of Christian woman
hood as instilled in them
through their Catholic training.”
“The world is. collapsing to
day under terrific suffering in
every phase of life,” Bishop Mc
Donnell declared, “and is shak
ing its fist in helpless fury, be
cause its leaders in government
will not guide the destines of
their nations, according to the
lessons taught in the Sermon on
the Mount, by the Prince of
Peace, and will not obey His
Ten Commandments.”
“Faith in God is needed in
this stricken world of ours,” he
said. He urged Catholic women,
and IFCA members in particu
lar, to work to return Christian
ideals to the world, in order to
“resurrect this 20th century,
wherein submerged peoples are
in a state of revolution, wherein
wars threaten us in every clime,
wherein man has forgotten that
there Ten Commandments of
God.”
Observing that we witness,
every day, a “spiritual warfare,”
he urged the women to offset,
by their Christian lives, “the
present day powers of hell in
literature, entertainment and
dress, in offenses against the
sacredness and holiness of the
state of matrimony, in govern
ment.”
“Today, more than ever,”
Bishop McDonnell said, “Cath
olic leadership is needed if the
world is to be saved for Christi
anity.”
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CONVERSION
OF 23 DANES
COPENHAGEN, (NC) A new
book, “We Became Catholics,”
is attracting favorable attention
here. It tells the story of the
conversions of 23 Danish men
and women.
Most of those contributing to
the book were once Protestants
and some were Atheists. They
include doctors, teachers, social
workers, journalists and army
officers.
Protestant ministers in Den
mark referred to the book with
respect in a recently published
paper.
The book is edited by Father
Gunnar Martin Neilsen. A Swiss
publisher is planning a German
translation to appear next year.
Also to be published is a book
written by four Lutheran min
isters who have become con
verts.
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