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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, September 5, 1959 Prize Winning Essay “OoiiseeraiiGn Of lie Home To The Sacred Heart” (By Ruth Garrick) Ruih Carrick of Augusta placed first in the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women's 1959 Essay Contest. (Group III) Do you know what Consecra hearts to God and show love and affection for one another. The home need not be blessed with material riches in order to be a comfortable or happy home. God dwells where tnere is love for Him and one another. tion of the Home to the Sacred Heart means? It is placing the home and ev eryone in the home under the loving Ruth Carrick protection ol Jesus Christ. Usually devout Catholics do this by placing a beautiful picture of the Sac red Heart some place in their home to remind them of this consecration. Once the home has been con secrated to Our Lord it becomes not only a comfortable abode but a dwelling in which Father, Mother and children unite their Very often when a Catholic family moves into a new house tney have a priest come and biess it. Tins blessing gives the ianmy a greater security. Thus, wnen a picture or a statue rep resenting the Sacred Heart is given. a prominent place in the nome, eacn member of the fam ily feels closer to the One wnom tney love. Christ is rec ognized as the Head of the household and each member is better able to show greater love and respect for one another. Their home has become a beau tiful and holy place in which to 'ive and grow in the love of God. It makes life worth living and everyday crosses worth bearing. Knights Convention Urged To Continue Work Of Apostolate (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) ST. LOUIS, — Knights of Co lumbus attending their 77th in ternational convention here were urged to become “media tors between the Church and the world” by means of the lay apostolate. .bishop John P. Cody of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., urged the knights not to waste the resources of their organiza tion on “ihe pursuit of me tri- vai.” He told them: “As individ uals, you cannot rest in your extorts to know Christ and to maKe Him known to others.” Bishop Cody preached at a Solemn Fonuncai Mass offered by Arcnoisnop Josepn E. Ritter or St. boms to m»rK me start of the convention, some a.uuO persons attenaed tne convention or tne i,zOU J UUU-memoer Camonc men's Iraternal society. The Bishop described the “more proxound realization of tne nature ox me enured reacn- eu by su many mourners ox me laity" as one ox ' me great ad vances maue by tne enured witdin recent uecaues.” Included in tins deeper reali zation ox me natuie ox tne enured, de sain, is "a fuller unaei's tanning or tne position ox me ennsuan laity.” “rr ennsuan laity must not be conceived oX and defined in purely negative terms,” Bisd- op eoay sain. “To say mat tne layman is the ehnstian who has not received tne sacrament ol Holy Ciders, or who has not made profession of the vows of religion, is an altogether inade quate description.” The Bishop pointed out that the word “laity” is derived from a Greek word which meant to the early Christians “the peo ple of God’ — the people set apart from the rest of man kind — the people enjoying a unique relationship with God—- the people consecrated to the service of God.” “To be a Christian is not sim ply to believe in the word of God revealed in Christ, nor is it simply to obey the moral code proclaiming by Christ, nor is it simply an imitation of Christ,” the speaker explained. “It is all of these things, but it is something much more. In essence it is being one with Christ.” “We who are members of the mystical Christ, we who are sons of God in Christ, also share in His prophetic, kindly and priestly mission,” Bishop Cody said. “And this is true not only of the clergy but also of the laity, the people of God. It is this truth that St. Peter an nounced when he hailed the faithful as a ‘royal priesthood,’ a people set apart to proclaim the perfections of God.” The Bishop declared that lay men exercise their priestly func tion most fully by participation in the Mass. “It is in this parti cipation that the priestly digni ty which is yours, by reason of your Baptism and Confirmation, is shone forth and fulfilled,” he said. “Your effectiveness as lay apostles will depend upon this participation in the Mass.” Bishop Cody examined the specific lay apostolate of the Knights of Columbus. He warn ed Knights against letting their society be thought of “as a kind of ‘club’ or ‘lodge’ for men who happen to be Catholics.” "The Knights of Columbus should not exist simply to pro vide , life insurance of com panionship for Catholic lay men,” he said. “To provide these things is undoubtedly a worthy goal — but an inadequate one.” Bishop Cody commended the knights for such projects as their national advertising cam paign to explain the Church to non-Catnolics, their sponsorship of tne microiilmmg of the con tents of tne Vatican Library and their public mlormation cen ters. He said the knights have shown “great devotion” to tne teaching mission of the lay apos tonne by xhese projects. Tne organization is “especially weil fitted to this work,” he added. “The Knights o f Columbus have great strength and pres tige,” bisnop body declared, “in the past you have been worthy instruments of God's grace. As lor tne future, you must not lose yourselves in trivialities nor be content with mediocrity. “Keep always before you what it reaily means to be a layman, a member of Christ’s Mystical Body, and therefore a person called to fulfill Christ’s mis sion.” James G. Whitley Services Held SAVANNAH — Funeral serv ices for James Godfrey Whit ley, Sr., were held August 15th at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Rev. Herbert Wellmeier officiating. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Eva H. Whitley; a daughter, Mrs. A. E. Lanier; a son, J. G. Whitley Jr., all of Savannah; his father, E. P. Whitley of An niston, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. Marie Portune, Mrs. Frances Lanier, both of Savannah, and Mrs. Margaret Moon of Smyr na, and Mrs. Pearl Montgomery of New Jersey; two brothers, Hector Whitley and Joe Whit ley, both of Anniston, Ala., five grandchildren and several niec es and nephews. Services For M rs, C. F. Ludwig DUBLIN — Funeral services for Mrs. Charles F. Ludwig were held August 8th at the Im maculate Conception Church, Rev. Robert Brennon officiat ing. Mrs. Ludwig was a member of the Parish Council of Cath olic Women, was a member of the first Garden Club organized in Dublin and an honorary life time member of Elks Aid-more Auxiliary. Survivors are one daughter, Miss Louise Ludwig of Dublin. SERVICES FOR H. J. LESTER SAVANNAH, — Funeral services for Harold Joseph Les ter were held August 25th at the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist, Rev. Wellmeir officiating. Miss Mary Lenz, Brunswick, Receives Veil Of Novice Aug. 15 b'T. VINCENTS FUND—Attending a Coke party at St. Vin cents Academy on behalf of the bunding fund drive are, left to right: Ree Doyle, Barbara Shimkus, Gayle Grevemberg, Pameia Pedicini, Anne Halligan, Kathleen Dillon, Barbara Dlugozima and Diane DeLoach. STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO ST. VINCENTS BUILDING FUND SAVANNAH — If hard work and enthusiasm can carry the St. Vincent's Building Fund Campaign over its $250,000 ten- year goal, then the students of that school are certain that it will succeed; in fact they are making it their own personal business to assure the success of tne drive. Naturally, the students are in timately acquainted with the necessity for the expansion and n e w construction program at trie Academy, so a group of these young ladies eariy last spring set about to do their part m helping io raise the necessary money. Headed by Nancy Pruitt, who was then a junior, tney decided to sell doughnuts one week-end with the result tnat tne sales netted $100 lor trie Building Fund Drive. The $100 was just a start and they determined that they would sell doughnuts oiten with all re turns going to the Drive. In speaking ol the doughnut sale, Bister ivi. Michelle, R.S.M., principal at St. Vincent’s, said, “The girls’ first move alter col lecting the original $100 was to go snopping lor the best place to open an account. Tney were very carelui in this selection for they warned to be sure that tney were getting the best in terest rate available.” When the school term ended last summer, tne bank account showed a cre dit of $300 and the enthusiastic students were still busily trying to swell the total. They have some interesting plans and have already made one a reality. This is a "Dimes for St. Vincent’s” card which carries the S.V.A. shield on the front and on the two inside pages is the. music of tile “Alma Mater” with slots cut through the notes for the in sertion or dimes. Each card holds forty dimes and they were first distributed at a Coke par ty in June, given for propec- tive freshmen by the new sen iors. During the summer the com mittee remained active, distrib uting tne “musical cards” to other members of the student body. Tne committee is compos ed of the following: Loretto Powers, Kathleen Dillon, Nancy Pruitt, Julie Miller and Marga ret Mary Brown, seniors; Caro lyn Emerich, Patty Cannon and Ann Sheehan, juniors; and Kel ly Brown, Diane DeLoach and Ree Doyie, sophomores. During the coming school year the Committee plans to nave other get-togethers for the benefit of the Drive and also to sell greeting cards. The Youtn Division is a very important part of St. Vincent’s building Fund Campaign and with such enthusiasm on the part of the students it is assured that this Division’s contribution to the campaign will be a very significant one. BELMONT — Miss Mary Lenz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Lenz of Brunswick, Ga. received tne white veil of a no vice at special ceremonies on August 15, in the convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Belmont, N. C. She will be known in relig ion as Sister Marian. 'The Sisters ol Mercy take vows ol poverty, chastity, and obedience and to serve the poor, sick, and ignorant according to tne counsel ol Christ who said, “if tnou will be perfect, sell wnat tnou hast and come, fol low Me.” In observing these vows and carrying out mese counsels the Sisters conduct parochial schools, an academy and junior college, a junior, military acad emy, hospitals, a nurse's train ing school, an orphanage, teach Sunday School, and work in a foreign mission. Others profess ed at the same time include: Final vows: Sister Mary Bri- gid, Lmwood, N. J.; Sister Mary oamiiius, Hampton, Va.; Sister Mary Eugene, Bronx, N. Y.; Sister Mary Maurice, Charlotte, North Carolina. Renewal of vows: Sister Mary Thomas, Guam. first Vows: Sister Mary Thomasine, Gaffney, S. C.; Sis ter Josepn Mary, Springfield, S. C.; Sister Mary Pauline, Clo ver, S. C.; Sister Mary Edmund, High Point, N. C.; Sister Mary Damian, Pncksviile, N. Y.; Sis ter Mary Camilla, Greenport, L. I., JM. Y. Also received as novices were Miss Mary Perez Artero, Ag- ana, Guam, who will be known as Sister Mary Emiline; Miss Mary Lou Meskill of Brooklyn who is now Sister Mary Phillip; and Miss Jean Grisdaie of Char lotte, Sister Mary Janet. Peace And tCunuiiuea irom Page i) American delegation to remain split, so that all kinds of labels could be pinned on the majority faction of being fascist, em ployees of the FBI, MeCar- thyites,, spies from the State Department, etc., whereas the others were hailed as sincere American youth who came to Vienna in the interests of “Frieden Fraunschaft.” It was also clear that the IPC realized the fact that tiie ma jority of the Americans present were anti-Communist and that any democratic meeting would mean defeat for the Ir'C. The resulting tactic was to ignore the majority, dismiss them as a small, noisy disturbance, really not significant, and meanwhile to continue business as usual. In such a climate the Ameri can majority had two lines of action, either go along with the IPC tactic and accept the New York leadership, or. walk out of the Festival. 'To date the deci sion has been to stay at the Festival, participate, rather than walk out or risk being thrown out. Of the 350 Americans pres ent, some 200 were on the side of democracy. One significant by-product of Friendship the “American revolution” was the courage it stirred within other delegations to defect. To date open splits have occurred within the Italian, the Indian and the Brazilian delegations. In fact, 20 Italians walked out and got their money refunded, on the point that the propaganda was too much, the leadership was too controlled, and the food was too terrible. Another fact emerging seems to be that the Youth Festival will not be attempted again in the free world, outside the Soviet sphere of influence, be cause of the difficulties the IPC has in controlling it. Thus far, the Soviet calculated risk that it could hold a Festival in the free world has failed. RECEIVES HABIT MACON — Among the postu lants who recently received the Maryknoll habit was Miss Mary Margaret Barkhurst. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Bark hurst of Macon. She received the name of Sister Mary Conso- lata. Priest, Vocations Shortage Latin America's Major Religious Problem (The author of ihe follow ing article is the editor of Noiicias Caiholicas, Spanish and Portuguese edition of the N.C.W.C. News Service.) By Jaime Fonseca (N.C.W.C. News Service) Latin America’s drastic short age of priests and vocations has been labelled by its bishops and the Holy See as that continent’s number one religious problem. The problem is aggravated at the present time by the threat of modern heresies and the pressure of social changes. With about a third of the world’s Catholics, Latin Ameri ca has less than a tenth of its priests. The area’s 170 million faithful are served at present by fewer than 36,000 priests. They need at least 170,000. Latin America has the small est proportion of priests to faithful of any of the world’s major areas. In North America there is approximately one priest for each 700 Catholics, in Europe about one to 800, in Asia about one to 1,400 and in Africa about one to 1,500. But priests in Latin America have to care for from 3,000 to 30,000 Catholics each, with the average being about 5,000. And Latin America’s 100 ma jor seminaries, with about 6,650 students, are ordaining only ap proximately a thousand a year, hardly enough to keep pace with the continent’s fast grow ing population, not to mention the already existing deficit. There are 225 minor seminaries with 16,800 students. One of the publications of the new Latin American Bishops’ Council has painted this pic ture: “This is the desolate situation we see in all the Latin Ameri can countries: countless parish es without a priest; untold vil lages without the slightest spi ritual assistance; seminaries al most empty; the basic institu tion of the family in danger of disintegration; such vital works as teaching the catechism, ad ministering the sacraments, ob servance of feasts, organization of the lay apostolate — all sad ly forfeited. And with so many burdens falling on the parish priest, the parish is never well organized.” Here are some examples of the present shortage: —In 1950, a typical year, Bo livia had two ordinations. A country with more than three million Catholics, Bolivia has some dioceses where only nine priests have been ordained in 25 years. -—Honduras, which has a Catholic population of 1,400,000, ordained eight priests last year and seven the year before. These were the first new priests in 12 years. —The average parish popu lation in Cuba and Guatemala is 30,000. —Each Brazilian priest must care for more than 6,000 faith ful. —Of Costa Rica’s 270 priests, 70 are active in educational and social work. That leaves only 200 priests left to serve the country’s 1,100,000 Catholics in parish work. A thousand are, needed. -—In all Latin America there are more than 10,000 villages and towns which have no church or resident priest. There are about 4,000 towns that have a church but see a priest only once or twice a year. Peru offers a striking exam ple of what has happened in Latin America. In colonial times there was a surplus of at least 100 priests and the ordination of hundreds of deacons was put off because there were no posts available for them. Today more than 200 of the country’s ap proximately 800 parishes have no resident pastor. The Faith was vigorously spread in Latin America during the three centuries of the area’s discovery, exploration and col onization by Spain and Portu gal. From Texas to Patagonia settlers from the two nations paved the way for the estab lishment of 23 universities and 50 dioceses with their cathed rals, parishes, seminaries, con vents and schools. The causes of the Catholic losses that followed are many. Here are the main ones. During the 18th century the so-called Age of Reason brought anti-Catholic writing and deeds to Spain, Portugal and their colonies. King Charles III of Spain suppressed the Society of Jesus in the Spanish possessions and the Portuguese government did the same in Brazil. The so ciety had more than 2,600 priests and Brothers in Latin America. By the beginning of the 19 th century, Latin American bish ops were telling authorities in Spain that the abuses and im morality of some Spanish offi cials were doing irreparable harm to the Church in the New World. By this time vocations had already started to decline. When the wars of independ ence came between 1810 and 1830, Spanish priests in Latin America, where little had been done to foster native vocations, were confused and divided in their loyalties. The clergy’s ranks were decimated when many priests and even prelates were forced to leave the newly independent countries. Some of the clergy, however, had sided with the rebels. Brazil, which had a less violent break with Portugal than had the Spanish colonies from their motherland, was harmed religiously by free masonry, which even pene trated the clergy. Of still greater importance in bringing about a clergy short age was the law of royal pa tronage which had tied the Church close to the Spanish crown in exchange for the aid given by the kings in the evan gelization of Latin America. For decades after the wars of independence the Holy See was unable to appoint new bishops and Catholics were almost to tally unable to communicate with the Holy See. Most of the new governments during the 19th century were inspired by the anticlerical doc trines of the French revolution which had spread to Spain and Portugal. This anticlericalism characterized' the “liberal” par ties in the various countries. Moreover, Catholics who join ed the “conservative” parties of ten adopted the errors of the secularistic liberals for their own political advantage. These anticlerical and secu laristic traditions, which sprang from freemasonry as it devel oped in the Latin countries of Europe, still hold sway in Latin America. Traditional among the ruling classes, they have also penetrated the lower classes and have been intensified by civil marriage, divorce and ed ucation without religion. In Chile, according to one priest, the upper class was lost to the Church because of liber alism and freemasonry. In Ec uador, a seminary rector said, secularism has sown a disregard for the priesthood among all classes. The same thing has been reported about Honduras and Nicaraugua. Uruguay’s daily press shows indifference, if not open hostili ty, toward the priesthood. In Mexico the leading masonic lodges joined with socialist and Marxist forces to unleash the persecution of the Church in the 1920’s, and today they work to gether to keep the anti-Church laws on the books. Guatemala has yet to recover from 80 years of liberal anticlericalism. Even in homes that claim to be Catholic, it is common for parents to use the seminary as an “exile” with which to threat en rebellious sons. And in many countries one often hears: “What a shame such a smart boy wants to become a priest.” Another factor in the vocation shortage is the vast number of common law marriages, civil marriages and unions of divorc ed persons in parts of Latin America. During a recent mis sion in Bolivia it was found that about 67 per cent of all chil dren were illegitimate. In Mexi co’s Yucatan and in other areas bordering the Caribbean, the rate exceeds 50 per cent, while in Honduras it is estimated at 80 per cent. Still another important ele ment in the clergy shortage Weekly Calendar Of Feast Days (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) SUNDAY, September 6 — St. Zachanas, Prophet. He lived in the sixth century, B. C. He was the son of Barachias and be came known in Israel during the reign of King Darius, as a contemporary of the Prophet Aggeus. Both contributed by tneir exhortations to speeding up the work of the building of tne Second Temple. MONDAY, September 7 — St. Nemorius and. Companions, Martyrs. Registered m the Ro man Martyrology as St. Nemor ius, he is also known as St. Memorius but is more popularly venerate das St. Mesmm. He was a beacon of Troyes, Trance. With five companions he was sent by St. Lupus, under whom he served, to the camp of Attiia the Hun, who then was ravag ing Gaul, to implore mercy of the Barbarian leader. Attiia had all six beheaded, about 451. However, the prayers of Bishop St. Lupus were answered and Troyes was spared from ravage. TUESDAY, September 8 — The Nativity of the Blessed Vir gin. The feast commemorates the birth, free from original sin, of the Jewish maiden of the house of David, destined to be come the Mother of God. Her parents were SS. Joachim and Anne. WEDNESDAY, September 9— St. Peter Claver, Confessor. He was the son of a farmer, born in 1581 at Verdu, near Barce lona, Spain. He joined the Jesuits in 1609. Stationed at Majorca, he was inspired by St. Alphonsus Rodriguez with the desire to do mission work in America. He was sent jn 1610 to Cartagena in Central Ameri ca, the central slave mart of the West Indies, and for the next 40 years devoted himself to the welfare of Negro slaves. He is said to have baptized and cared for more than 300,000 of them. He died in 1654. He was canonized in 1888 and declared the patron of all Catholic mis sions among Negroes in 1896. THURSDAY, September 10— St. Nicholas of Toientino, Con fessor. He was born in answer to the prayers of a holy mother and was promised before his birth to the service of God. His austerities were conspicious even in the strict order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, to which he belonged. He died in 1310. FRIDAY, September, 11 — SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Mar- tyre. According to tradition, they were brothers, Romans by birth and servants in the house of St. Eugenia. Seized in the persecution under Diocletian, they were scourged and be headed about 257. SATURADY, September 12 — Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary. This feast was insti tuted by order of Pope Innocent XI in 1591 to commemorate the victory of the Christian Forces over the Turks at Vienna, Austria, gained through her intercession. problem is the fact that the great majority of Latin Ameri ca’s priests come from its mid dle class. But the middle class is the area’s smallest one and is at present threatened by in filtration. The predominance of middle class vocations is shown by the experience of a Colombian dio cese which had 172 vocations in one year. Three came from rich families and all the rest from middle class homes. Colombia, along with Argentina, Ecuador and Costa Rica — where the middle classes are relatively strong — has less of a vocation problem than many other Latin American nations. There are also many voca tions among poor youths, how ever, and their educations are often financed by parishes or foundations established by rich families for the purpose. It costs between $4,000 and $9,000 dur ing an 11-year period, according to varying conditions in differ ent countries, to prepare a stu dent for ordination. Even more than the scarcity of priests, the heroism of the clergy is the most striking fea ture of the religious life of Latin America. Not only do priests face the hostility of the Church’s ene mies and the indifference of large numbers of the people, they also must contend with the geographical problems of vast distances and difficult terrain without communication and transportation facilities. There are parishes in rural Latin America the size of the average U. S. diocese, with widely scat tered populations. In addition there are large sections of met ropolitan areas — mainly slums SLOVAK LEAGUE PROTESTS VISIT OF KHRUSHCHEV MIDDLETOWN, Pa., (NC) — A strongly worded letter of protest over the U. S. invitation extended to Russia’s Premier Nikita Khrushchev to visit this country was sent to President Eisenhower by Philip A. Hro- baK, president of tne Slovak League of America. Rver since the United States recognized Soviet Russia 26 years ago, Mr. Hrobak said, this country has been "abused and reviled, attacked and insulted” by tne Soviets. He also assert ed: “Khrushcnev, line Stalin, uses power wnii utter contempt for human lives, moral scruples and democratic principles.” Edward Overstreet Savannah Services SAVANNAH, — Funeral services of Edward C. Over- street were held August 14th at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. A native of Savannah, he was a retired, superintendent of the Savannah Lotton Exchange. Survivors are a son, Edward M. Overstreet; a daughter, Mrs. James H. Whittington; a broth er, Malcom S. Overstreet, all of Savannah; two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Harrison of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. P. J. Kehoe of Savan nah; five grandsons, and sev eral nieces and nephews. Services For Mrs. Scarborough AUGUSTA, — Funeral serv ices for Mrs. Annabel!-Chavel Scarborough were held August 27 th at the Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Gerald Armstrong, S. J., officiating. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Joseph B. Gibiyn of Crooked Lane, Par, Lake Wales, Fla., Mrs. X. L. Woodward of Tranklin Square Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. H. E. Mangles of Silver bprings, Md., ana Mrs. Thelma £>. uixon, of Augusta; a son, Josepn P. Scaroorougn of Rockville, Md.; two half sis ters, Miss Mary wnavel and Miss Eiizeoeih Cnavel both of Au gusta; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Alice A. White Services in Savannah SAVANNAH, — Funeral services for Mrs. Alice A. White were held August lath at the Nativity of Our Lord Church. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Mary A. Antisdaie of Sa vannah and Mrs. Alice W. Bentz or ivraransourg, W. va.; a sister, Mrs. C. A. Burnside or Savan nah, a bro tiler, Angus Smith of Savannah; two grandchildren and six great-grandsons, sev eral nieces and nephews. SERVICES FOR MRS. DERBY SAVANNAH, — Funeral services for Mrs. Anita Walls Derby were held August 27th in the Chapel of the Little Sis ters of the Poor. occupied by migrant peasants -—which have no organized Church or family life. The effort to care for so many people, often troubled by ap palling economic and emotional problems, over such vast areas, tends to bring frustration, if not illness and premature death to the heroic priests of Latin America. Many must live alone, sleep only four hours a night and take time for about one real meal a day. There are close to 17,000 par ishes in Latin America and the self-sustaining one is the ex ception. The poverty-stricken masses contribute in some de gree to the support of their pas tors, but the priest must seek funds elsewhere to carry on vit al works such as schools or cli nics, or even the upkeep of his church. In spite of this dark picture, the Church is recovering from the losses of the past. Year by year the number of ordinations increases, in some regions at a faster rate than the popula tion growth. Better than 15 per cent of the boys in the semi naries reach the priesthood, a tribute to their perseverance and the unfailing efforts of their teachers. Not in vain are the bishops devoting most of their energies to the vital task of rebuilding, modernizing and expanding seminaries, and collecting scho larship funds and other means to cultivate vocations. Cam paigns to foster vocations are being waged throughout Latin America and are bringing larger numbers to the seminaries. This has been the express desire of the Holy See: concentrate on seminaries.