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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, August 20, 1960
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Bishops’ approval of some aims
of the revolutionary regime, in
cluding agrarian reform and
school building programs. It
said the Church favors social
reforms “which respect the le
gitimate rights of the citizens
and tend to improve the eco
nomic, cultural and social situ
ation of the humble.”
However, the Bishops added,
reforms under the Castro re
gime “have not been carried out
with full respect to the rights
of all citizens as initially an
nounced.”
The Bishops said they con
demn communism because it
brutally denies the most funda
mental rights of man, since it
establishes a dictatorship to
obtain total state control over
the means of production, be
cause it establishes a terror pol
ice state and denies the right of
the public to know the truth.”
The Church, they added, con
demns communism “in the
name of the inalienable rights
of all men which in one form
or another are violated by com
munist governments.”
In a declaration which re
called Mr. Castro’s ferquent
statements that to be an anti
communist in Cuba is to be
“counter revolutionary,” the
Bishops said that no one should
ask Catholics in the name of a
false national unity “to stop our
opposition to these doctrines,
because we cannot grant that
request without being traitors
to our fundamental principles.”
Stressing that the majority of
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ture; Mrs. J. C. Tatum, Jr., Or
ganization and Development;
Mrs. A. J. Seyden, Public Rela
tions; Mrs. Edmund Anderson,
Radio; Miss Johanna Daly, St.
Mary’s Home Guild; Mrs.
George Paul, Spiritual Devel
opment; Mrs. D. J. Russell,
Youth, and Mrs. James Collins,
Notre Dame Eook Shop.
It was announced at the meet
ing that Mrs. Lee Howard
would conduct a workshop on
Parliamentary Law at St.
James Church on October 19th
and 26tb and a large attendance
is expected.
Mrs. Mulligan called attention
to the convention of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Wo
men to be held in Las Vegas in
the fall and plans were con
cluded at the close of the meet
ing for those attending from
this area.
Father Felix Donnelly, pastor
of the Nativity of Our Lord at
Thunderbolt was a guest at the
meeting and extended an invita
tion for the next Deanery meet
ing to be held at his Parish.
Bulletins were distributed at
the meeting giving pertinent in
formation on the background of
a Deanery Council and the im
portance of the Parish units, and
members were urged to fa
miliarize themselves with this
material.
the Cuban people are opposed
to communism, the Bishops
said: Only by deceit or coercion
can the Cuban people be led
into a communist regime.”
Signers of the pastoral in
clude Archbishop Enrique Pe
rez Serantes of Santiago, the
Cuban prelate whose denuncia
tion last May of communist in
filtration in the Cuban govern
ment was the first by a leading
churchman in Cuba to pinpoint
communism in the Castro re
gime.
Archbishop Perez Serantes,
who was credited with having
saved Mr. Castro’s life in 1953
when he was a fugitive from
troops of the ousted dictator
Fulgencio Eatista, declared: “We
cannot say that the enemy is al
ready at the doors, because it
is already within, speaking
loudly as though settled in its
own domain.”
In June, Auxiliary Bishop
Eduardo Boza Masvidal of Ha
vana denounced thought con
trol by the state, unjust confis
cation of property and nation
alism based on hatred of other
nations.
Bishop Boza Masvidal did not
mention the Castro regime by
name. He declared, however,
that the state should not “im
pose a single way of thinking
from which no one can deviate,
nor should it control all means
of expression.”
On July 17 at the Havana ca
thedral and on July 18 at a
Capuchin church in the fash
ionable Miramar section of Ha
vana violence flared between
Catholics and communist sup
porters.
The incidents occurred after
Masses offered in the two
churches for victims of commun
ism. Catholics left the churches
shouting “Cuba, yes. Russia,
no.” — a variation on the re
gime slogan: “Cuba, yes! Yan
kees, no!”
Outside the churches the
worshipers clashed with pro
communist demonstrators. More
than 30 persons were reported
arrested.
These demonstrations were
followed shortly by Premier
Castro’s first open attack on the
Catholic clergy. In a three-hour
television harangue he assailed
Spanish priests in Cuba as “fas
cists.” Spaniards make up the
majority of the country’s 700
priests.
Mr. Castro called on “good
Christians” to turn on those
who seek to convert churches
into “counter revolutionary
trenches.” He denounced “false
Christians who go to church to
conspire instead of to pray.”
The Premier also assailed as
“Yankee” the “counterrevolu
tionary” the Catholic University
of Villanueva in Havana, which
was founded by Augustinian
Fathers from the United States.
Mr. Castro said the commun
ist clashes between Catholics
and communist supporters had
been engineered by the U. S.
State Department.
GEN. GRUENTHER WARNS OF
STRIDES BY DISCIPLINED,
DEDICATED SOVIET SOCIETY
(N.C.W.C. NEMS SERVICE)
PHILADELPHIA — A World
War II military leader drew a
comparison between a dedicated,
disciplined Soviet society and
Americans who remain passive
participants in international life.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther,
now president of the American
Red Cross, spoke to 650 dele
gates at the banquet (Aug. 6)
which ended the three-day 18th
biennial convention of the Na
tional Catholic Laymen’s Re
treat Conference here.
Earlier the delegates elected
Dr. Harry Klenda of Wichita,
Kan., as president of the con
ference.
The General. 1956 Laetare
Medalist of the University of
Notre Dame, warned that if this
country does not come to the aid
of the underdeveloped nations
of the world in their growing
pains, "We've had it.
"No matter how many mis
siles we can put into the s^y.
the problems we face in the
world will never be solved by
military action alone, Gen.
Gruenther asserted.
His description of Soviet so
ciety was based on a recent of
ficial tour as head of the Amer
ican Re'd Cross, the General
said.
He expressed concern for a
civilization based on fashioning
a youth “from the ground up.”
He told how a youth progresses
from one organization to an
other until he reaches the stage
where he might be selected for
the Communist party.
Gen. Gruenther said there are
8,500,000 members of the Com
munist party in the Soviet
Union. He said the party is held
up to the people as the climax
of their efforts.
“This way you create a very
formidable society,” he said.
In discussing Catholic partici
pation in international life, Gen.
Gruenther said “not once in my
six years at SHAPE (Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers in
Europe) did we ever have a
Catholic group come.”
The General was referring to
free tours of the NATO (North
Atlantic Treaty Organization)
facilities at Rocquencourt,
France. Groups consisting of
from six to 100 persons made
these tours.
He said some Caiholics feel
lhal by giving to the Bishops
Relief Fund their part in inter
national life has been fulfilled.
"Money is not enough. We
must participate actively as
part of our citizenship respon
sibility," he said.
Citing as an example of this
lack of active participation, Gen.
Gruenther recalled recent fig-
Life is a tough battle—ambi
tion will help, but it takes
ability to reach the top.
CLOSING OF CAMP VILLA MARIE—The Summer camping season came to a close at Villa Marie, Savannah, on Friday eve
ning, August 12th, with the announcement of Camping awards and the enactment of a pageant depicting the life of Christ, from
the Annunciation to the Resurrection. Pictured above are some of the scenes from the pageant which was under the direction of the
Rev. John Fitzpatrick, assistant director of the camp. Top (1. to r.) Christ is born at Bethlehem, where shepherds come to adore.
Jesus delivers His Sermon from the Mount. Bottom (1. to r.) The crucifixion and death of Jesus. Jesus rises glorious and immortal
on Easter Sunday morning.
POPE ASKS MUNICH CONGRESS
TO PRAY FOR “TRUE PEACE”
(Radio, N.C.W.C. Nsws Service)
MUNICH, Germany—His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII urged
pilgrims at Munich's Inter
national Eucharistic Congress to
pray for a true peace founded"
on respect for the rights of the
Church and of the dignity of
man,"
In a radio address from Rome
to hundreds of thousands of
participants gathered around a
vast "altar island" for the final
ceremonies of the congress.
Pope John declared:
"All of you, even as We Our
selves, mark with anxiety -the
size of the cloud of dangers
which overhangs the human
race, and how the peace of na
tions is placed in jeopardy.
"Let us all together strive by
the ardor of our prayers to ob
tain from Jesus Christ, the
Prince of Peace, that He en
lighten the minds of the rulers
of states, and once ihe darkness
of error is dispelled, grant to
nations true peace founded on
respect for the rights of the
Church and the dignity of man;
and finally that He refresh -with
ihe dew of heavenly consolation
those now present to Our mind
who have been unable to take
part in your triumphal cele
brations."
This last phrase was taken as
a reference to Catholics living
in Communist-ruled countries,
who had been refused permis
sion to attend the Munich con
gress.
The Pope, who spoke in Latin,
turned to his often-repeated
theme of Christian unity. He
said:
“Heaven grant that without
exception as many as are hon
ored by the name of Christian
may take the step toward the
integral Faith of St. Boniface,
toward the One and Holy
Church.”
St. Boniface was the eighth
century apostle of Germany.
Pope John congratulated the
congress on its "completely
appropriate" theme: "For the
Life of the World." He quoted
the words of Christ from which
it was taken. "The bread that
I will give is My flesh for the
life cf the world" (John 6, 52),
and commented:
"Since the Most Holy Euchar
ist contains the author of grace
Himself and the highest source
of divine life, it strengthens and
perfeefs that life in those who
have been reborn by the waters
of holy Baptism.
"Consequently it is especially
by means of Ihe Sacrament that
those words spoken of Himself
by Christ the Good Shepherd
ures which show the amount of
missionaries from each nation
serving the Church.
He. said the figures from Ire
land and the Netherlands show
these two nations are giving far
more missionaries proportionate
ly to their population than the
United States.
find realization: 'l came fhai
they may have life and may
have it more abundantly.' (John
10, 10)
The Pope also remarked that
the site of the congress was
appropriate. He said:
“Bavaria was truly worthy to
be chosen to prepare so splendid
a triumph for Christ hidden be
neath the Eucharistic veil, for it
is famed for its Christian vir
tues and renowned for its
achievements. Apart from other
claims to distinction it carried
the Gospel of Christ to several
regions of Europe, was the
birthplace of many saints, and
gave three supreme pontiffs to
the Apostolic See: Clement II,
Damasus II and Victor II. Above
all, its capital city of Munich
has long been and remains out
standing for its devotion to the
profound mystery of the Eu
charist.”
Pope John concluded:
"We join to the concert of
your voices as you venerate the
mysfery of the Most Holy Eu
charist Our own voice as a fur
ther stimulus, that by Our thus
drawing near the rejoicing in
your hearts may be ihe more
pleasing and noble.
"O Divine Redeemer, who for
the life of the world dost daily
on our altars offer to ihe Eter
nal Father the sacrifice of Thy
Body and Blood, protect the hu
man race from dangers of death.
Above all, protect men from the
death which is to be especially
feared, the spiritual death to
which innumerable souls are
now exposed by which they are
crushed in misery."
Pastor Of Largest
Log Church Dies
THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.,
(NC- — Requiem Mass was of
fered here (Aug. 4.) for the
priest who became known for
promoting what is believed to
be the world’s largest log
church.
Father Emmett A. Shanahan,
pastor of St. Mary’s Memorial
Church, Warroad, died (July 31)
in his rectory at the age of 52.
Bishop Laurence A. Glenn of
Crookston offered the Mass in
St. Bernard’s church here.
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Communists
Vilify Cardinal
MUNICH, Germany (Radio,
NC) — Communist newspapers
and radio stations have heaped
vilification upon His Eminence
Francis Cardinal Spellman from
behind the Iron Curtain for his
latest warning against commu
nism’s threat to the world.
Communist newscasts moni
tored by Radio Free Europe
called the Arhcbishop of New
York “tlie archangel of atomic
war.” They said the Munich In
ternational Eucharistic Congress
at which he delivered his warn
ing, was “no different than the
meetings of the NATO war min
isters at Paris.”
An East German broadcast
branded Cardinal Spellman an
“official of the link between the
immense riches of the Holy See
and the powerful Morgan bank
of the United States.” East Ger
man newspapers beat the same
drum. One of them said the best
proof of an alliance between
clericalism and capitalism is the
“slow but sure advance of Cath
olicism in the United States.”
The East German community
party organ Neues Deutschland
said Cardinal Spellman lied in
saying that communists surpress
religion.
It compared him to nazi pro
paganda minister Josef Goeb-
bels and said the sermon in
which he warned of commu
nism’s threat was a “NATO and
Pentagon-inspired action of psy
chological warfare against so
cialist nations.”
From Czechoslovakia, the ra
dio of predominantly Catholic
Bratislavia accused the cardi
nals and bishops present at the
congress of “exploiting and us
ing the Faith of the Slovak peo
ple, on the occasion of the Mu
nich congress, to attack the so
cialist countries.”
Albany Summer
Social Meeting
ALBANY — The summer so
cial , meeting of the Catholic
Women’s Council was held at
the home of Mrs. Gill Barrett,
on the Gillinville Rd., Albany,
Mrs. Paul Anderson presiding.
The highlight of the afternoon
was a delicious covered dish
luncheon served on the patio.
Following the lunch a refresh
ing dip in the Barrett’s pool was
enjoyed by all.
September’s meeting will be
held on the evening of the 13,
at the parish hall on Residence
Avenue.
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Warner Robins
Reception For
Father Brennan
WARNER ROBINS—Approxi
mately 500 persons attended a
reception welcoming Rev. Rob
ert Brennan, newly appointed
pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Warner Robins.
In addition to regular parish
members attending the recep
tion held in the new ad
dition of Sacred Heart School,
several local civic leaders were
on hand to welcome Father
Brennan to the community.
Representing Robins Air Force
Base, and also members of the
parish was Col. Castex P. Con
nors, Deputy Base Commander
of Robins Field; Kemp Harrison,
Mayor of Warner Robins; W. T.
Giles, Past Mayor; Gene Wall,
Mayor-Pro-Tem; Roger Davis,
City Councilman; Leo F. Sca-
robo, Chief of Police, and other
local businessmen.
Receiving along with Father
Brennan was Joe Dembowski,
Fourth Degree Knights; Lucy
Kirkland, Legion of Mary;
Conrad Kalbfleisch, Knights of
Columbus; Geraldine Bowie,
Catholic Youth Organization;
Warren Bowie, Home and School
Association; Mrs. Francis De
laney, Ladies Guild; Sgt. Ed
ward Adams, Holy Name So
ciety; and Frank Vallejo of the
St. John Bosco Club.
Under the supervision of Mrs.
Edward Gira and Mrs. Jack
Connelly, refreshments were
served.
Father Brennan, a native of
Savannah, and pastor for the Im
maculate Conception Church in
Dublin, Georgia . for the past
twelve years, replaces R,ev.
Chas. Mahoney who returned to
teaching at the Notre Dame
High School in Bridgeport,
Connecticut.
'Adopts' Refugee
TORONTO, Ont. (NC) — His
Eminence James Charles Cardi
nal McGuigan, Archbishop of
Toronto, has “adopted” a young
Yugoslav refugee.
Stefan Silec, who was a stu
dent in a Franciscan monastery
in Yugoslavia before going to
a refugee camp in Germany,
had been eager to come to
Canada, but his brother and sis
ter, now living in Toronto, were
unable to make the necessary
financial guarantees.
On learning of the situation,
Cardinal McGuigan signed the
necessary papers that will per
mit the 23-year-old refugee to
enter Canada.
Cardinal McGuigan’s action is
an example for the city’s 70
Catholic parishes, each of which
has been asked to “adopt” an
entire refugee family.
♦ * *
History seems to repeat itself
about the first of each month.
Supreme Court Asked
To Review Ruling On
School Bible Reading
WASHINGTON (NC)—The U.
S. Supreme Court has been
asked to review a lower court’s
1959 ruling which barred Bible
reading in Pennsylvania’s pub
lic schools as unconstitutional.
The appeal to ihe high court
was mdc by the school district
cf Abington Township, Pa„ near
Philadelphia, from a September,
1959, decision of a special Fed
eral court.
The Federal court held that
the law under which 10 verses
of the King James Bible were
read daily in Abington Town
ship public schools was uncon
stitutional. The law, part of the
Pennsylvania Public Schools
Act, made the practice compul
sory.
The Federal court was ruling
on a case brought by a Uniter -
ian couple, three of whose chil
dren attended Abington Town
ship public schools. They chal
lenged the Bible reading statute
as an infringement of their reli
gious rights.
In its decision, the Federal
court held that “the Bible in all
its versions is primarily a book
of worship, it is essentially a
religious work. Thus the prac
tice required by the statute
amounts to religious instruction
or the promotion of.religious
education.”
The court held that daily
Bible reading "indoctrinates"
children w i t h "a religious
sense," in violation of the rights
of a parent "to leach his own
faith to his child, or to teach
him no religion at ail."
Following the Federal court
ruling, the state legislature last
December enacted a new law
which provides for Bible read
ing in public schools, but speci
fies that children may be ex
cused. from taking part if their
parents, object.
The State of Pennsylvania,
speaking as a “friend of the
court,” asked the Supreme
Court to reverse the lower court ■
ban on Bible reading in view
of the new state law.
Attorney General Anne X.
Alpers said state courts should
have an opportunity to rule on.
the new law before the U. S.
Supreme Court takes any action.
To Aid Latin American Church
Vatican Commission Outlines
Program For Lay
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON — The Holy
See through the Pontifical Com
mission for Latin America has
launched a program io enlist
laymen as "papal volunteers" to
serve the Church in Latin
America.
His Eminence Marcello Cardi
nal Mimmi, president of the
commission, issued a direct ap
peal for lay volunteers to help
train Catholic leaders in Latin
America.
Citing the "distressing short
age of priests and Religious" in
Latin America, Cardinal Mimmi
declared: "In this situation no
Catholic can consider himself
alien to the suffering of the
Church."
The Commission’s program for
developing a corps of papal vol
unteers was outlined in a docu
ment received by His Eminence
Richard Cardinal Cushing, Arch
bishop of Boston and chairman
of the Episcopal Committee for
Latin America of 'the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Under the program Catholic
laymen — both single persons
and married couples — would
be recruited in Latin America
to serve as lay apostles in Latin
American nations.
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
has endorsed the project, which
was unanimously approved by
the Pontifical Commission for
Latin America.
The program calls for the vol
unteers to be organized into
teams of from 3 to 10 members.
Each volunteer would serve for
from two to five years, with the
option of serving longer.
Following publication of the
commission’s program it was
announced that the U. S. repre
sentative for this project of the
Holy See will be the new Latin
America Bureau of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Father John J. Considine,
M.M., bureau director, specu
lated that a year of planning
will be required in the U. S.
to develop “briefing and lan
guage centers” where volunteers
could be trained, for work in
Latin America.
He added: “Already, however,
there is a powerful groundswell
of interest among our leading
clergy and educators and among
responsible officers of our Cath
olic organizations which prom
ises a ready sponsorship of the
solid and dedicated young men
and young women who will be
accepted as volunteers.”
Cardinal Mimmi said the
papal volunteers’ program is in
tended first of all for Latin
American laymen, who will
form in their own dioceses “a
central nucleus, to which the
volunteers coming from other
countries will add the contribu
tion of their work and their
support.”
"The task of the lay volun
teers coming from abroad," the
Cardinal said, "is to work under
the direction of the local Or
dinaries and in collaboration
with ihe diocesan and national
organizations in order to help in
training excellent and qualified
leaders. In no way shall they
Volunteers
take the place of the local lead
ers."
The Cardinal stated that the
already existing Catholic organ
izations, both parochial and non-
parochial, colleges and lay mis
sionary groups are “particularly
well qualified” to carry out th&
recruitment of lay volunteers.
The commission envisions a
system whereby the recruiting
organization would assume re
sponsibility for each individual
enlisted in the program, would
pay for his training and travel
expenses, and would keep in
touch with him during his term
of service.
Cardinal Mimmi listed the
essential requirements for parti
cipation in the program as
“probity of life, teaching knowl
edge of Catholic doctrine, tech
nical knowledge for training
leaders, acquaintance with Latin
American culture, speaking
knowledge of either Spanish or
Portuguese, knowledge of the
special activity to which his
team is dedicated.”
He suggested that as the pro
gram develops the bishops of
each Latin American country
might establish a national cen
ter to coordinate the work of
the volunteers.
Cardinal Mimmi listed nine
specific types of lay volunteer
teams needed in Latin America:
1) “Technical teams for cate
chetical activities, for the train
ing of specialists in the teaching
of catechism and the instruction
of catechists.”
2) “Teams of married couples,
who will dedicate themselves to
spreading the principles of
Christian family life, the neces
sary basis for priestly vocations,
and to training leaders in this
activity.”
3) “Technical teams for Cath
olic charities activities. Lay ex
perts will train both volunteers
and paid staff workers in con
ducting social centers, house-to-
house visitation, etc., on ths na
tional, diocesan and parochial
levels.”
4) “Technical teams for urban
and industrial problems, to be
trained and assigned to heavily
communist areas.”
5) “Technical teams for rural
community betterment, to raise
the economic level in backward
areas, organize cooperatives and
small industries, etc.”
6) “Teams for leadership
among university students.” :
7) “Technical teams for mass
communications activities, such
as press, cinema, radio, tele
vision, in order to train tech
nicians and local leaders in
these fields.”
8) “Teams for guiding Cath
olic teachers in public schools.
They are needed to train Cath
olics who are teachers in public
schools so that, within the limi
tations of the ,law, they can pre
sent Christian life and doctrine
to their students.”
9) “Teams for English-lan
guage teaching, which are high
ly desired in many countries of
Latin America.”
It’s impossible to kick all the
time and still move forward.