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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, August 20, 1960 RASH AGAIAST INFLUENCE OF REDS IN CUBAN LIFE (Continued from Page 1) 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 D.C.C.W. - (Continued from Page 1) 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. DEADLINE NEXT ISSUE AUG. 26th 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. person - to - person Service - to (or add your (anliiny needs SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA MEMBER F.D.I.C. 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.