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Call CE. 7-0321 For Free Pick Up and Delivery The Catholic In America OBITUARIES This is one of a series of arti cles reviewing the position and experience of the practicing Catholic in the life of the Ameri can community from Colonial times. The author holds a doc torate in American Church His tory, has taught in various uni versities, and is presently Archi vist and Historian of the Arch diocesan of St. Louis. PENNSYLVANIA AFFORDED CATHOLICS FREEDOM OUTSIDE THE LAW In England penal laws against Catholics were by no means abolished after the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Many pul pits in both mother country and colonies joined the Anglican divine John Tillotson in invec tives against “the restless and black designs of that sure and inveterate Enemy of ours, the Church of Rome.” In America the response had been legal proscription of Cath olics save in Maryland. There the charity of the founders to those outside the Faith ultimate ly cost Catholics their American sanctuary. ROGER WILLIAMS In the colonial desert of anti-Catholicism Pennsylvania came to be the single oasis where the green stalk of the Faith could be cultivated in rel ative freedom. Before reviewing the origin and endurance of this liberty a salute is due to a pio neer American apostle of cree- dal equality. By no means is his name unknown; he was Roger Williams. Because his fairness had virtually no effect on colo nial Catholics it would be easy to neglect his contribution. Williams was born in Wales a half dozen years prior to the birth of the first son of George Calvert, originator of the colony of Maryland. During the last years of the long reign of Eliza beth the Queen forced conform ity among the Welsh to her Established Church. After Williams graduated from Cambridge, he became an Anglican divine. But his prompt disagreement with the state re ligion made his exodus to America a salutary move for him. Landing in Boston in 1631, soon he was in disfavor akin to that of the mother country. Roger Williams’ Puritanism was not identical with that of the leaders in New England. Unlike them, having come to America for his own religious freedom he advocated lifting any restrictions on the con sciences of others. Again departing . hastily rath er than conforming, Williams founded Providence in Rhode Business or Pleasure Travel Arrangements Air - Ship - Bus - Rail Cruises - Tours - Hotels World-Wide Travel Service GEORGIA MOTOR CLUB, Inc. Affiliated with the American Automobile Assn. 1044 W. Peachtree St., N.W. Atlanta 9, Georgia • TR. 5-7171 JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL JUNIOR COLLEGE 105 Forrest Ave., N. E. JA. 3-8580 “Around the Corner from Sacred Heart Church” Day And Evening Classes CONSULT THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FOR THE ORKIN OFFICE NEAREST YOU mi msnaion BE SAFE . . . MOOR YOUR BOAT TO Boat floats GOLIAN STEEL & IRON CO. P. O. Box 973 — Atlanta — MU. 8-6654 — 5 Island. There he followed Cal vert in time at least in his grant of religious freedom to all Christians. Probably no Catho lics were in his colony during his lifetime, but the lack of mention of “Papists” may not be ascribed to inadvertence on the part of Williams. In fact, more credit is due to him for his charity in that his private letters disclosed his personal hostility to the Catho lic Church. Notwithstanding his hatred of a religion he did not know as it is in truth, Williams imposed no prohibition to Cath olic Faith or ceremonies. While today Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Cath olics of any state, virtually none found haven in the colony. Af ter 1728 Catholics were com pletely disfranchised by the As sembly of Rhode Island and that discrimination continued after the American Revolution. WILLIAM PENN Pennsylvania was the sole English colony in America to be named after its actual foun der. Distinguished for many at tributes, William Penn resem bled Roger Williams in suppres sing his personal hostility in his public utterances relative to Catholicism. Then, too, he was like George Calvert. In the first legislation for his colony in 1682 Penn incorpo rated both civil and religious equality for all as Calvert had in Maryland. “On Religion” was the title of the initial chapter of this “Great Law.” Therein it was stated that all persons “living in this Province . . . shall not in any case be mo lested or prejudiced for his, or her, conscientious persuasion or practice.” A few Catholics who came in the first years found these words verified by an actual wel come. Despite his fellowship with the Quakers, Penn enjoyed royal favor in the court of the Stuarts, Charles II and James II. The collapse of the reign of James II, England’s last Cath olic king, threatened to involve William Penn in the upheavel. The proprietor hurried back to England to protect his interests; he succeeded. After several years the new Protestant re gime confirmed his title and Penn returned to America. On the accession of William and Mary the British Parlia ment had proclaimed the Toler ation Act of 1689. Thereby re strictions were removed from all dissenters save the beleagu ered adherents to the original Christianity, Catholics. The Test Oath exacted from all officeholders had been con demned long before by Pope Paul VII in 1607. In his native land and in his colony Penn re sisted this inclusion of denial of Transubstantiation in the Mass. To retain his proprietor ship he eventually had to yield. Prodded by Parliament hos tile to everything Catholic, the last of the Stuarts, Queen Anne, ordered incorporation of the Test Oath in the qualification Henri’s Bakers & Caterers Service Long experience in catering service, and highest quali ty products made us famous in Atlanta! 3251 Peachtree Road Atlanta, Georgia CE. 7-0202 We've Had Satisfied Customers On the Northside Since 1918 Trio Shoe Service "A Step Ahead" 3082 ROSWELL HD. In the Middle of Buckhead CE. 3-8122 of every officeholder. With this bar to any participation by the faithful in the government of the colony, legal freedom for Catholics vanished in Pennsyl vania until 1776. MASS IN PHILADELPHIA Anti-Catholicism was present in Pennsylvania during the 18th century. Still, the constitutional ban on Catholics was not fash ioned into a club of religious persecution. A surreptitious manner of operation, however, had the expected consequence of very sketchy records by Catholics themselves. Hence it is from a letter of protest by a Protestant minister named John Talbot that it is known a Mass was publicly of fered in Philadelphia around 1708. While William Penn wrote to the governor from England, apparently no oppressive action was taken. As opposition intensified in the once Catholic foundation of Maryland, the border between these two colonies and the pres ent Delaware was the scene of much Catholic activity. Any in crease in efforts at suppression could thereby be met by a quick shift in the place where Mass was offered, where one of the proscribed priests lived, or the site of one of the spora dic attempts at giving Catholic education. In 1711 there were nine priests near this “friendly Pen nsylvania line.” From this point were attended the faithful in these three colonies, plus fre quent excursions into New York by one or other of the priests. German and Irish immigrants added to the Catholic popula tion. Then too, the continued toleration beyond or outside the law emboldened the faithful. This continued after their origi nal protector, William Penn, had died in England in 1718. With St. Joseph as its patron, a church finally was opened in Philadelphia in 1734. As may be seen today, it was built on a side street (Willing’s Alley). Thus attracting little attention, it was not a source of constant irritation to hostile eyes. With the erection of St. Jos eph’s it could be said that the Church—even though still out side the law—had emerged from the catacombs of private homes to the light of semi-public wor ship at least. In 1774 the future President John Adams reported visiting a “Romish Chapel,” which was St. Joseph’s. TENSION LESSENS A generation of peace be tween France and England in the Old World and the New was reflected in tranquillity for Catholicism in Pennsylvania. The cry of “No Popery” was raised afresh when hostilities were resumed between these major European powers and their allies. While active persecution was missing, the loyalty of Catholic colonists was questioned anew. “Papists” were forbidden to settle in western Pennsylvania where they would proximate to the enemy under the Lilies of France. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 removed the proximate military danger from either France or Spain. That lessened if it did not eliminate the tension under which Pennsylvania Catholics lived. During the French and Indian Atlanta Services For Mrs, Lucas ATLANTA—Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Zumdick Lucas were held July 21st in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Lucas was a native of Covington, Ky., she was a com municant of the Cathedral of Christ the King Church. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. II. S. Clancy of Atlanta; two grandsons and one great- granddaughter. SERVICES FOR H. C. MEEK ATLANTA—Funeral services for Harry C. Meek were held July 16th at the Sacred Heart Church, Rev. John Emmerth officiating. , Surviyors are his wife; a daughter, Miss Ann Marie Meek, Pascagou, Miss., and a sister Mrs. Francis B. Silkens, New Orleans, La. SERVICES FOR Mrs. Anna Woods ATLANTA—Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Woods were held July 9th at Our Lady of the Assumption Church with a Re quiem Mass. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. F. E. Krings, Doraville; Mrs. Wayne Potter; grand- . daughter, Mrs. Shirley Miller, both of Aurora, Colo. SERVICES FOR MRS. SHERON AUGUSTA—Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine White Sheron were held July 19th at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Chujrch, Very Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke officiating. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. J. Noel Schweers, Sr., of Augusta; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Margaret S, Burke of Au gusta, and Mrs. Frank T. White of Atlanta; a granddaughter, Mrs. T. O. McNeill of Thomson; two. grandsons, J. Noel Sch weers, .Jr., of Augusta, and Wil liam Sheron Schweers of Pitts burg, Pa. and six great-grand children. Savannah Services For H. C. Johnson, Sr. SAVANNAH—Funeral serv- War a census of the Catholics in the Colony of William Penn reckoned their number as 1,374. How minute was this little band in comparsion with Pennsyl vania’s total population of ap proximately a half-million. That the most rabid anti- Catholic would be concerned with so scanty a minority is difficult to understand today. Yet the fulminations of the Puritans in New England against , “the Papists” was at its height in 1687 when a French traveler reported finding “eight or ten Catholics” in Boston! Clearly outside the law, Cath olics in Pennsylvania nonethe less enjoyed the greatest free dom of all the faithful, along the Atlantic seabord. Though few indeed they were in number, from them, came the leaders of the Church once the new nation was formed. Hence it is not to Lord Balti more alone, but to Roger Wil liams and even more to William Penn that Catholics are indebt ed for having survived colonial anti-Catholicism. (To Be Continued) ices for Mrs. Birdie Cannon Murphy were held July 26th at the Cathedral of' St. John the Baptist. Survivors are one son, Horace C. Johnson, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother William B. Johnson, Sr., Savannah; three grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews; mother Mrs. Rosa Barbour Johnson, Savannah. SERVICES FOR MRS. MURPHY SAVANNAH—Funeral serv- for Mrs. Birdie Cannon Murphy were held July 26th at the Ca thedral of St. Joh ntheBaptist. Survivors are her husband, Thomas C. Murphy; two half sisters, Mrs. S. T. Ellis of Charleston and Mrs. Thomas Hendrix of Houston, Texas; three half brothers, Norman Cannon and Leonard Cannon, both of Charleston, T. D. Can non of Staten Island, N. Y., and a number of nieces and nephews. ^MARRIAGES^ ■ r - DISTINCTIVE ! 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