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i'AG fc. 6—l'rfE BULLETIN, May 2, 1959
Weekly Calendar
Of Feast Days
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SUNDAY, May 3 — Finding
of the Holy Cross. This feast
was established in memory of
the finding of the True Cross
by St. Helena in 306, after it
had been hidden and buried by
infidels for 180 years.
MONDAY, May 4 — St. Mon
ica, Widow. She was born in
Carthage in 332 of Christian
parents but married a pagan.
They had three children. Her
husband’s example led her old
est son to the lapse from the
Faith. Through her patience and
gentleness, St. Monica convert
ed her husband before his
death. Later her prayers were
answered when her son return
ed to the practice of the Faith
after she had accompanied him
to Rome. She died in 387 in
Ostia, near Rome, the same year
that her son came back to
Christianity. He became St.
Augustine of Hippo and was
made a Doctor of the Church.
TUESDAY, May 5 — St. Pius
V, Pope-Confessor. He was
Michael Ghislieri, scion of a
noble family, who was born in
1504. He joined the Dominicans
at the age of 14 and achieved
a wide reputation as a preach
er. He became a Bishop, then a
Cardinal and succeeded Pope
Pius IV in 1566. The great naval
victory over the Turks at Lep-
anto in 1571 is attributed to his
endeavors and prayers. He died
in 1572 and his shrine is in St.
Mary Major in Rome.
WEDNESDAY, May 6 — St.
John the Apostle before the
Latin Gate. The feast commem
orates the incident in the life
of the Saint, called the Evange
list, when he was brought in
bonds to Rome from Ephesus by
order of Emperor Domitian and
was sentenced by the Roman
Senate to be boiled in a caldron
of oil at the city’s Latin Gate.
He emerged from the torture
miraculously unharmed and was
banished to Patmos, where he
wrote the Apocalypse. He even
tually returned to Ephesus and
lived to an old age, surviving
his fellow Apostles.
THURSDAY, May 7 — Feast
of the Ascension, which com
memorates the ascension of
Christ into heaven. Generally
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this date is the feast of St.
Stanislaus, Bishop-Martyr. One
of Poland’s famous Saints, he
was born near Cracow in 1030.
He became Cracow’s Archbish
op in 1071 and excommunicat
ed the powerful King Boleslaus
II, who was leading an evil life.
The King killed the Archbishop
with his own hands in 1079 in
a church near Cracow, when he
was unable to persuade his
guards to do the deed. The mon
arch became detested by his
subjects, fled the country and
died in misery. St. Stanislaus
was canonized in 1253.
FRIDAY, May 8 — Appari
tion of St. Michael the Arch
angel. This feast commemorates
the apparition of St. Michael on
Monte Gargano in southern
Italy in the fifth century. An
other apparition in France in
the eighth century led to the
Foundation of Mont St. Michael
in Brittany.
SATURDAY, May 9 — St.
Gregory of Nazianzen, Bishop-
Confessor-Doctor, was the son
of St. Gregory the Elder. He
achieved an outstanding record
as a student and was a school
mate of St. Basil the Great.
Later St. Basil consecrated him
Bishop. He became Patriarch of
Constantinople, in 379, expelled
the Arian intruder, and spent
his time working for peace and
sound doctrine until his death
in 389. With SS. Athanasius,
Basil and John Chrysostom, he
is ranked among the leaders of
the Eastern Church.
Cardinal Issues
Plea For Safety
TORONTO, (NC) — Every
citizen “has a moral obligation
in addition to the law of the
land, to protect the life of his
fellowmen,” His Eminence
James Charles McGuigan, Arch
bishop of Toronto, declared in
a message to Ontario motorists.
A public highway safety cam
paign has been given full sup
port of all Catholic Bishops of
Canada and “Safety Sunday”
will be observed in most Can
adian dioceses on May 10.
“Those who drive without a
license, those who drive with
excessive speeds, those who
drive under the influence of al
cohol or drugs, expose them
selves to doing things which
normally they would not do, yet
they cannot excuse themselves
from negligence in a very grave
matter,” Cardinal McGuigan
said.
“One is never justified in
placing oneself in a situation
like that, even though in a par
ticular case we escape unscath
ed,” he said.
Cardinal McGuigan suggested
the following prayer for mo
torists:
“Lord, lead us today in safe
ty through the paths of this
busy world. Help me to keep
my mind and eyes on the road
while my heart rests in Thee.
Let me see in each of those who
walk or ride an image of Thee,
dear Lord. Keep me in your
gracious care so that all my
journeys may lead at last to
Thee. Amen.”
Couple Who Accused
Bishop of Slander
Have Separated
PRATO, Italy (Radio, NC) —
A couple whose marriage was
the occasion of a widely publi
cized lawsuit against Bishop
Pietro Fiordelli of Prato have
separated after little more than
a year of married life.
They are Mauro and Loriana
Bellandi, whose charge of slan
der against Bishop Fiordelli re
sulted in his trial and con
demnation. The trial was lat
er appealed and the sentence
was reversed.
It was claimed that the trou
ble between the Bellandis be
gan when a Child born to them
was baptized without the fa
ther’s knowledge. Differences
are said to have flared again
between the couple when a hos
pital in Russia offered to treat
Mauro free for paralysis he
suffered shortly after the open
ing of Bishop Fiordelli’s trial in
January, 1958 .
According to Loriana, pass
ports had been issued to both
of them to go to Russia on East
er Sunday, but she left Mauro
with their 18-month-old son and
returned to live with her par
ents. She is reported to have
stated that the reason she left
was because her husband was
given to fits of temper and had
ceased to trust her.
Mauro Bellandi, a commun
ist, wed Loriana Nunziati, a
Catholic, in a civil ceremony
on August 12, 1956. Three days
later a letter from Bishop Fior
delli was read from the pulpit
of Miss Nunziati’s church in
which he referred to the civil
ceremony as “a public scandal,”
and said the couple were guilty
of “public concubinage.”
In July, 1957. Bellandi brought
suit against the Bishop, charg
ing that the publication of his
letter had brought serious per
sonal damage to him. In March,
1958, a Florence court imposed
a suspended fine of 40.000 lire
(about $65) on Bishop Fiordelli
for allegedly defaming the Bel
landis. He was also ordered
by the court to pay the Bellan-
di’s legal costs, about $675, and
unspecified damages and other
costs.
On October 25, 1958, the
Court of Appeals in Florence
reversed the conviction of the
Bishop for “defamation.” The
court ruled that what the Bish
op said about the Bellandis did
not constitute a crime, and that
he had acted within the limits
of his office.
Services For
Barth E. Shea
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Barth E. Shea, Sr.,
were held March 27 at the
Blessed Sacrament Church.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. George E. Browne and Mrs.
G. W. Witmer, both of Savan
nah, and Miss Margaret Shea of
Savannah Beach; a son, James
E. Shea of Savannah; six grand
children and seven great-grand
children, and several nieces and
nephews.
Automobile-bicycle collisions
during 1958 injured 59,300
persons.
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