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Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia Vol. 41, No. 11 MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1960 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year Mo Peace Until Men Look Up To Heaven, Fatima Throng Told FATIMA, Portugal (NC) — His Eminence Giacomo Cardi nal Lercaro of Bologna told a throng of half a million per sons at the Marian shrine here that “only when men indeed look up to Heaven will there be peace.” The Italian Cardinal came to Fatima to officiate at the 43rd anniversary of the final ap parition of the Blessed Virgin to the three shepherd children here. Persons from all over the world braved wind and rain to assist at ‘ Pontifical Mass sung (Oct. 13) by the Cardinal Archbishop . of Bologna at an altar before the towering white basilica honoring Our Lady of Fatima. Cardinal Ler- caro’s Mass followed a general Communion Mass offered at SAVANNAH—Once a year, active members of the Legion of Mary — an active lay apos tolic organization — hold a “Day of Recollection.” As the title implies, this is a day dur ing the year when the mem bers alone spend time in re energizing their zeal in the Catholic apostolic works of the laity. This year the “Day of Rec- ollection” will be held at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord, Thunderbolt. Members plan to attend the 11:30 a. m. Mass there, as a group, on October 30. Following the Mass, refreshments will be served after which the regu- (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) NEW YORK — In a plural istic America, Catholics have a special obligation “to keep the Faith and keep the peace,” a former university president declared here. Father Robert I. Gannon, S.J., spoke at the sixth annual Communion breakfast of the Edith Stein Guild in the Roosevelt Hotel. Three hun dred members of the guild, composed of Jewish converts and other Catholics, attended the breakfast after assisting at Mass in St. Patrick’s cathe dral. The group’s annual award was presented to Father Vic tor J. Donovan, C.P., of Scran ton, Pa., “in recognition of the outstanding contribution he has made for better under standing between Jewish and 6 a. m. by His Eminence Man uel Cardinal Goncalves Cere- jeira, Patriarch of Lisbon. The distribution of Holy Commun ion to the huge congregation lasted two hours. Many of those present had been pray ing at the shrine throughout the night. In his sermon at the Solemn Mass, Cardinal Lercaro recall ed that Mary’s last apparition here, on October 13, 1917, was accompanied by the “miracle of the sun.” Recalling the cry of Jacinta, one of the three visionaries, “Look up at the sky,” — Cardinal Lercaro said it is the same sky “men are now endeavoring to probe by space travel.” He added: “Unfortunately, men have turned their gaze from Hea ven to earth, intent on earthly lar monthly meeting of the Savannah Curia will convene. Immediately following the meeting, members will again assemble in the Church for the “Day of Recollection” cere monies and instructions. This annual ceremony of the Le gion of Mary will end in the early evening with Benedic tion of the Most Blessed Sac rament. Reverend Felix Donnelly, Pastor of the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord, will cel ebrate the Mass and Rev. Wil liam V. Coleman, Rector of St. John Vianney Minor Seminary will conduct the “Day of Recollection.” Reconcilliation” for his work in “spreading the charity of Christ by the amiability of Christ. Three former winners of the Edith Stein Guild Award were seated on the dais. They were: Father Arthur Klyber, C.SS.R., pastor of St. A 1 p h o n s u s church, St. Louis, Mo.; Msgr. John M. Oesterreicher, head of the department of Judaeo- Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, Newark, N.J., and editor of its annual pub lication, The Bridge; and John J. O’Connor of Georgetown University, Washington D.C. The' Edith Stein Guild is named for the German Jewish philosopher who became a convert to Catholicism, enter ed a Carmelite convent and was slain by the nazis in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. gain and unmindful of their duties to God and man. Only when men indeed look up to Heaven will there be peace.” Before coming to Fatima, Cardinal Lercaro visited the sole survivor of the three chil dren to whom Our Lady ap peared, Sister Lucy, now in the Carmelite convent at Coimbra. He offered Mass at the Coimbra Carmel (Oct. 12). He interviewed Sister Lucy behind the grille. Former Premier Says Hierarchy Never Interfered TORONTO, (NC) — Louis St. Laurent, former Prime Minister of Canada, the third Catholic to hold that office, told newsmen that the Cana dian Catholic Hierarchy had never at any time tried to exert pressure on him in the execution of his duties. (Mr. St. Laurent was the second French Canadian to be come Prime Minister — the first was the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Both were members of the Liberal party. The first Catholic Prime Minister of Canada was the late Sir John Thompson, a Conservative who had been a convert to Catholicism.) Mr. St. Laurent said he nev er would have accepted the post of Prime Minister if he had thought for one moment that because of his religion he would not be free to make his decisions in all freedom. He said he had always been completely free and had al ways felt himself to be free while he was heading the gov ernment. He added a belief that his conduct proved his statement. J PRAY FOR CUR j PRIESTLY DEAD j iS REV. JOHN J. BESSMER Ocl. 29, 1926 REV. JOSEPH KADDAH Nov. 2, 1928 REV. STEPHEN BEYTAGH Nov. 5, 1876 REV. JEREMIAH F. O'NEAL Nov. 6, 1868 VERY. REV. HAROLD J. BARR Nov. 7, 1352 O God, Who didst give to thy servants by their sacredotal office, a share in the priesthood of the Apostles, grant, we im plore, that they may-also be one of their company forever in heaven. Though Christ Our Lord. Amen. LEGIGlt OF UIY PLUS BAY OF BEGOUECINM CATHOLICS ADVISED “Keep the Faith, Keep the Peace” First Laymen Appointed To Council Group VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC) — The first laymen have been named to a preparatory body for the coming ecumen ical council. They are seven Italians who were appointed to the admin istrative secretariat. All hold important posts in Vatican of fices. An American priest and a Lithuanian bishop residing in the U. S. were appointed to other preparatory bodies. Father Theodore Foley, C.P., of Newark, N. J., was named a consultor of the commission of Religious. Father Foley re sides in Rome where he serves as a consultor general of the Passionist Fathers. Father Fo ley is a native of Springfield, Mass. Bishop Vincentas Brizgys, former Auxiliary of Kaunas, Lithuania, Was appointed a consultor of the commission of bishops and diocesan govern ment. A victim of his coun try’s communist rulers, he now lives in Chicago. The list of laymen who were made members of the admin istrative secretariat was head ed by Count Enrico Galeazzi, special delegate to the Pon tifical office of technical services. Others were: —Luigi Mennini, inspecting secretary of the administrative office of the Institute for the Works of Religion, which pro vides for the guardianship and administration of resources in tended for religious purposes. —Fernando Musa, head of the accounting office of the Vatican City State govern ment. —Raffaele Quadrani, assist ant secretary of the secretariat of the Special Administration (Continued on Page 6) Drive Totals $ 70,000 At End Of First Week CATHEDRAL FIRST—Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. James Mc Namara, V.F., presents check in the amount of $8,509. to Bish op McDonough. Cathedral parish was the first to reach its goal in the Confraternity Drive.—(Will Bond photo). SAMDRAL PARISH IS FUST TO REACH GOAL SAVANNAH, Oct. 26—Returns for the second an nual Diocesan Drive for funds by the Bishop’s Confra ternity of the Laity are funning ahead of last year, according to a report from His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas J. McDon ough said that the $70,000.00 reported in at the end of the first week of the campaign indicates that this year the Diocese will reach its mini mum goal of $110,000.00, or even exceed it. Some parishes have already reached their goals. The Cathedral was the first to re port 100% success, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc Namara, P.A., presenting a check for $8,500.00 to Bishop McDonough last Friday. Certainly, the people of our Cathedral parish are to be congratulated, said Bishop McDonough. “This is only one of many tangible proofs of their love and zeal for Christ and the very necessary work of His Church. I feel certain that our people throughout the Diocese are imbued with the same spirit and that this year we will be able to carry out successfully the diocesan plans whiph we outlined from the pulpits on October 2nd.” Final returns for the two week drive, which began on October 16th will he made by the Chancery in Savannah, the end of the month and will be published in the next edi tion of The Bulletin. Foremost among the bene ficiaries of this year’s drive will be St. John Vianney Min or Seminary, which opened in 1959. At present 31 Seminari ans are housed and taught at the former St. Thomas Voca tional School in Savannah. New facilities are badly need ed. Bishop McDonough an nounced last month that con struction would soon begin on a Seminary building, which is to be ready for occupancy next fall. Funds from the campaign will be used to help build Mission church in rural areas of the Diocese and to aid in maintaining existing Mission Churches. Other Diocesan institutions and works which' receive aid from the Bishop’s Confratern ity of the Laity are the Cathe- dray of St. John the Baptist which at present is being re stored and renovated, The Bulletin, and the Orphans and Dependent children of the Diocese. PLEASED WITH EARLY RETURNS—Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough looks over preliminary returns from the Confraternity Drive with Right Rev. Monsignor T. James McNamara, Vicar Forane of the Savannah Deanery, and Right Rev. Monsignor Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor of the Diocese. The I960 drive is running well ahead of last year.—(Will Bond photo). In Special Audience ‘I AM... YOUR BROTHER,’ WE TELLS 0. S. JEWS VATICAN CITY, (NC) — “I am Joseph, your brother,” His Holiness Pope John XXIII said as he welcomed a delega tion of 130 Jews in a special %iudience. The quotation, stated in the context of the Old Testament story of Joseph of Egypt, had a double meaning. The Pope, baptized Angelo Giuseppe, counts St. Joseph as his pa tron. Those received in audience were U. S. members of the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish study mission under the leadership of Rabbi Her bert Friedman. The Pope told them that he had been drawn especially close to them since the days of his assignment in Istanbul, Turkey, as Apostolic Delegate. It was at that time, he re called, that he intervened to divert a shipload of Jewish children from what would have been a tragic destination in “an enemy power.” The Pope recalled that the Grand Rabbi of Jerusalem paid him a personal visit af terwards to thank him. Pope John said: “There emerged from these conversations — as happens when human hearts meet sincerely — a note of sweet comfort, the triumph of charity, which is always pos sible when the insuppressible laws of human life and brotherhood reveal them selves.” Returning to the Old Testa ment story of Joseph of Egypt, the Pope commented: “In reality there is a great differ ence between one who accepts only the Old Testament and one who adds to it the New Testament as the supreme law and guide. “But this distinction does not prevent the brotherhood dervied from the same origin, for we ’^re all brothers, of the same Father, and charity must shine and be performed among M PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN That Anti-Catholic Peak Yet To Come Catholic people.” Father Gannon, former Fordham University president and now superior of the Jesuit Mission House here, noted that 100 ypars ago there was “tre mendous bitterness” against all Catholics in this country. “Priests,” he said jokingly, “w ere considered postively evil and the worst of the priests were said to be made monsignors.” “Sometimes,” he said, “when you hear the blast coming out of Texas or Indiana you won der if anything has changed.” His allusion was to state ments made by conservative Proslestant groups against Sen. John F. Kennedy, Demo cratic nominee for president. “Today,” Father Gannon de clared, “intelligent Prostes- tants laugh at what their fa thers took very seriously.” He urged Catholics to meet their fellow Americans “half way,” to “take off our boxing gloves” and persuade every American to deal with each other in a charitable way — without any compromise of truth. He said Catholics should try to emulate His Holiness Pope John XXIII whom history would call the “the Pope of Warns NEW YORK (NC) — A fresh wave of anti-Catholicism will break throughout the na tion eight days before election day, according to the execu tive director of the Fair Cam paign Practices Committee. “In every election cursed by dirty campaigners,, the worst lies always appear at the last minute,” Bruce L. Felknor de clared (Oct. 16). Mr. Felknor said that “for months now” plans have been underway to turn “Reforma tion Sunday” — October 30 — into “a gigantic anti-Kennedy rally.” He said these plans are be ing made on “two levels . . . One level is an interdenomina tional association of funda mentalist churches. The other is an amalgam of hate- mongers and bigots.” (“Reformation Sunday” commemorates the day in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his “95 theses” to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germa ny •—• an act regarded as the symbolic start of the Protes tant Reformation.) Dr. George L. Ford of Wheaton, 111., executive direc tor of the National Association of Evangelicals, announced earlier (Oct. 15) that his or ganization will begin a. cam paign October 23 dealing with the Catholic Church and pol itics. He said the campaign will reach its climax on “Reforma tion Sunday.” The New York Times pub lished part of a text of a letter which it said has been sent by the National Association of Evangelicals to its pastors. The letter reads in part: “If a Roman Catholic is elected President—what then? The Church of Rome will have a new, great advantage, and the United States will no long er be recognized as a Protes tant nation in the eyes of the world. Don’t you agree that it is time for the Protestants of America to stand up and be counted?” The letter goes on to sug gest some “very practical things” the pastors can do, such as holding prayer meet ings on the religious issue, special offerings to finance the cause, and special servic es on Reformation. Sunday. A leaflet circulated in De troit drew criticism from the Michigan Fair Election Prac tices Commission and biting condemnation from President Eisenhower. The Fair Election Practices Commission described the leaflet as “bigotry in reverse.” Mr. Eisenhower called it “evil propaganda.” . Center of the controversy was a four-page leaflet insert ed in the United Auto Work ers’ weekly newspaper Solid arity. On its cover the leaflet car ries a picture of the Statue of Liberty and a Ku Klux Klans- man and the words: “Which Do You Choose? Liberty or Bigotry?” The two inside pages carry the complete text of a recent statement on Church-State re lations to a group of Houston, Tex., Protestant ministers by Sen. John F. Kennedy, demo cratic candidate for President and a Catholic. Following criticism of the leaflet, UAW president Walter Reuther expressed regrets over its publication. He said the union issued it to counter act “religious hate material” being distributed in auto fac tories by “organized hate groups.” Mr. Reuther said the UAW “did not in any, way intend to imply that people who may disagree with us politically are therefore bigots.” Mr. Eisenhower declared that “any time that anyone attempts to degrade America in the eyes of the world it calls for an answer from me, no matter how long I live or what position I hold.” The President later hit. out at “those who would besmirch the fair name of the United States by lies,, distortions and every kind of crooked state ment it’s possible to conceive.” Mr. Eisenhower did not re fer - specifically to the leaflet. However, presidential press secretary James C. Hagerty said that the publication was the target of his remarks. The Michigan Fair Election Practices Commission com mented that the leaflet “un mistakably implies that the is sue of the campaign is be tween freedom and the Ku Klux Klan.” The commission said the leaflet “in effect smears one of the parties, and attempts to exploit the religious issue for political advantage. Bigotry is not to be fought with bigotry in reverse.” Mr. Felknor, a Presbyterian, noted that Article VI of the Constitution is “unequivocal” in banning any “religious test” lor public office. “If the people who believe a Catholic cannot he loyal to Church and country were hon est with themselves and with their neighbors,” he said, “they would not mealy-mouth their way into evasion of the Con stitution, but would forthright ly proposed to amend it, to add to Article VI the infamous proviso . of colonial days, ‘ex cept for Jews and persons of the Roman religion.’ ” all of us. “ ‘The light of Thy counte nance, O Lord, is signed upon us.’ This shining truth ex pressed in the fourth psalm (verse 7) helps us to under stand real human help and solidarity. “It will in fact make us progress toward the solution of many problems which trou ble the world, uniting all men in that fundamental truth: We come from the Father and we must return to the Father.” Book Reviews 3 Editorial Comment 4 Marriage Notices 2 Obituaries 2 Youth Column 5 The Catholic In America 2 Calendar of Feast Days 3