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Vol. 42, No. 4
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1961
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Bishop McDonough Praises Irish Prelate
Irish Priests, Students
Respond To Bishop's Plea
PRIESTS FOR DIOCESE — Bishop McDonough poses
with newly ordained Irish priests who will serve the Church
in the Savannah diocese. They are the Rev. Eugene Moriarity
and the Rev. William Ahern.
SAVANNAH — After visits
to seven Seminaries and 20
secondary schools during a re
cent trip to Ireland, Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough has ac
cepted two more priests and
11 more Seminarians for serv
ice in the Diocese of Savan
nah.
The two priests, the Rev.
Eugene Moriarity and the Rev.
William Ahern were ordained
in the Church of The Descent
of the Holy Ghost in Cork, Ire
land on June 18th by the Most
Rev. Dr. Cornelius Lucey,
Bishop of Cork and Ross.
Bishop McDonough was pres
ent at the ordination cere
mony.
Father Moriarity completed
his theological studies at St.
Patrick’s College, Maynooth,
while Father Ahern studied at
St. Patrick’s, Carlow.
Both priests will serve in the
Savannah diocese for two
years. Another priest, Father
Stephen Conolly, was ordain
ed for the diocese at All Hal
lows, Dublin, also on June
18th. All three will arrive here
on September 22nd.
The acceptance of 11 stu
dents brings to 14 the number
studying for the Savannah di
ocese in various Irish semi
naries and colleges. They at
tend St. Patrick’s, Carlow; St.
Patrick’s, Maynooth; St. Pet
er’s, Wexford; and All Hal
lows, Dublin.
Bishop McDonough left for
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Editorial Comment 4
Book Reviews 6
Backdrop 4
Obituaries 6
Marriages 5
Doris Answers Youth 5
View From the Rectory 2
Red China and
Untied Nations 7
Headline Hopscotch 4
Reaffirms Opposition To Communism
Encyclical Urges Aid
For Developing Nations
City Hall, Cork, during recent trip to Ireland. On left is Most Rev. Cornelius Lucey, Bish
op of Cork and Ross. The Lord Mayor of Cork, S. D. Barrett is on right in photo.
During Trip To Ireland
SAVANNAH BISHOP ADDRESSES 40,000
Economic Relations With
New Nations “Most Difficult
Problem Of Modern World”
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY, July 14—His Holiness Pope John
XXIII in his long-heralded social encyclical said that
limited socialization can benefit society and that rich
countries have a duty to help the underdeveloped na
tions.
Four new social problems
confront modern man, the
Pope said in his letter to the
Catholic world. He said they
must be solved in terms of
truth, justice and love. He list
ed these problems:
—The depressed state of ag
riculture in an increasingly in
dustrial world.
—The great differences be
tween the underdeveloped na
tions and the technologically
advanced nations.
—The world population in
crease and its relation to eco
nomic development.
—The lack of mutual trust
among nations.
The encyclical, Mater et
Magistra, was written, the
Pope said, because “We feel it
Our duty to keep alive, the
torch lighted by Our great
predecessors and to exhort all
to draw from it inspiration
SAVANNAH — During a
vocations seeking trip to Ire
land last month, 'Bishop Mc
Donough was the principal
speaker at the giant Corpus
Christi Procession in Cork.
The Evening Echo, Cork
newspaper, described the scene
this way: “In glorious wea
ther — bright sunshine tem
pered by a cooling breeze —
some 40,000 men and boys
marched in the procession,
while thousands of others,
mainly women folk and chil
dren, lined the route of the
procession through a city gaily
decorated with Papal and na
tional colours and bunting.”
Addressing the huge throng,
Bishop McDonough praised
the Irish people for their reli
gious faith and fervor, and
told them, “The Catholic
Church in America which to
day has grown large and
strong and rich in vocations to
the priesthood and the relig
ious life, can trace most of its
growth to the undaunted faith
and courage of those who
went to America from the
shores of Ireland. Even today,
though your numbers have
dwindled, your sons and
daughters, called by God to
the religious life, are bringing
the light of faith to those in
darkness.”
Urging them to an even
greater love for their country
and their faith, the Savannah
Bishop told his hearers,' “The
day will come when the na
tions who think that they are
destined to rule the lives of
men will find that they have
fallen into a bottomless pit.
Then will your day dawn.
Then will the just appear in
the daylight of a Eucharistic
Era to show the world the way
back to the Last Supper and
to the Sacrifice of Calvary. If
Holy Ireland stays close to
God and to the Eucharistic
King, then she will emerge a
leader. Your island will be
come a haven of love, a bea
con to all . . . where the chari
ty of Christ is practiced in
the fullest measure.”
Commenting on the gravity
of present world problems,
Bishop McDonough said, “We
live in a world of confusion
but still the world belongs to
Christ and must be restored to
him.
“There are some nations in
the world where the name of
Christ is not known; there are
other nations where God has
been outlawed; some nations
crucify Him again; but even
worse than this, so-called
Christian nations ignore Him.
Today people are set against
people. We are racing towards
the moon and the stars, but we
are straying away from the
Creator of the Universe.
The largest nations of the
globe have lost their way in
outer space. For hatred breeds
hatred. Unity and Charity can
only come from the elect of
Christ, only from those united
in the love of the Blessed Sac
rament.”
He continued: “From you
also, men and women of Ire
land, God expects a great deal.
Your faith is not like any oth
er in the world . . . Wherever
your destiny or the providence
of God intends you to be, go
forth proclaiming your love
for the Eucharistic King,
guarding your faith, which
was purchased at a great price
on the Hill of Calvary, and on
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION
the hillsides of Ireland during
the years of persecution.”
A reception was held for
Bishop McDonough by the
people of Cork after the cere
monies.
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEADl
1 M
REV. H. J. HONECK
July 25, 1952
REV. MICHAEL T. REILLY
July 25, 1902
REV. THOMAS L. FINN
July 28, 1948
RT. REV. THOMAS A.
BECKER, D.D.
Sixth Bishop of Savannah
July 29, 1899
REV. JAMES MURPHY
July 29, 1877
REV. JAMES O'HARA
August 1, 1873
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. Through Christ Our
Lord. Amen.
Picnic For
Children Of
Catechism Class
FLEMING HEIGHTS—Six
ty children who attended
Catechism classes of St. Jos
eph’s Church attended a pic
nic at Lourdes Hall.
The picnic lunch was pre
pared and served by the la
dies who taught the classes.
Group singing and games were
enjoyed by the children under
the guidance of Mrs. Deas,
Mrs. Mancillas and Mrs. Dud
ley.
BISHOP ADDRESSES IRISH THRONG — Bishop Mc
Donough is pictured as he tells audience “We are racing tow
ard the moon and the stars, but we are straying from the
Creator of the Universe.”
and orientation in the search
of a solution to the social
problems more adapted to our
times.”
The 20,000-word encyclical
commemorates the 70th anni
versary of the publication of
Pope Leo XIII’s great social
encyclical, Rerum No varum.
The new encyclical is dated
M’Arthur Sees
Catholic Friends
On Leyte Island
By Father Patrick O'Connor
Society of St. Columban
(Radio N.C.W.C. News Service)
TACLOBAN, Leyte, Philip
pines—Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur, landing once more on
Leyte, received another glow
ing popular reception expres
sive of the unforgetting affec
tion of the Philippines.
Father Philemon Quianzon,
parish priest of Tacloban’s 50,-
000 Catholics, blessed the corn
erstone which MacArthur then
laid for the Philippines Vet
erans Memorial Building here.
With Filipino Catholics greet-
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SAYS REFUGEE PRIEST
Need Armed Invasion
To Unseat Castro
PHOTO ABOVE shows Blessed Sacrament being carried in Corpus Christi proces
sion by His Excellency, Bishop Cornelius Lucey, Bishop of Cork and Ross. ^
Lutheran
Thanks Catholics
BERLIN (NC) — The presi
dent of the German Evangeli
cal (Lutheran) Church Confer
ence, Dr. Reinhold von Thad-
den-Trieglaff, visited Julius
Cardinal Doepfner, Bishop of
Berlin, in advance of the Pro
testant group’s assembly here,
to thank Berlin’s Catholics for
opening their homes to dele
gates.
SAVANNAH—So tight is the iron con
trol of Fidel Castro that the Cuban people’s
only hope of liberation lies in armed in
vasion, said an refugee priest, interviewed
in this port city.
Father D., who asked not to be identi
fied because of possible reprisals against
members of his congregation remaining in
Cuba, has spent 11 years in Cuba, the last
few in Camaguey, where all Churches have
been closed and placed under guard, and
where every priest has been expelled.
After being kept incommunicado for
more than a week with 53 other priests,
Father D. took refuge in the Italian Em
bassy and on June 9th was ordered out of
the country by Castro. For the past month
he has been a passenger on an Italian
freighter, bound for Italy, his native land.
He could not say how many priests are
left in Cuba, “because so many are leaving
every day.” The ever-growing shortage of
priests and Sisters in Cuba means that re
ligious instruction of children will soon be
almost non-existent, he said, although Cath
olic Action groups will try to carry on the
work as best they can in the face of severe
restrictions and the harrassment of Castro’s
neighborhood spy groups called “Commit
tees for the Defense of the Revolution.”
Although Havana churches staffed by
Cuban priests have not been closed, they
are threatened with seizure if priests speak
against “Cuban Socialism.” All churches
Throughout Cuba, staffed by foreign priests
are closed, and according to Father D.,
priests are often taunted with “Cut cane or
take a plane.”
Cardinal Manuel Arteaga Betancourt,
Archbishop of Havana, has taken refuge
in the home of the Argentine Ambassador,
and Castro’s “For Cross and Country” front
seeks to establish a “National” Catholic
Church, under the leadership of a suspend
ed priest. Father D. does not think the at
tempt will be successful unless imposters
are passed off as priests.
The majority of Cuban people do not
know their religion, says Father D., and in
some towns only about 10 per cent of the
people attend Church. “But,” he said, “all
the Cuban people, even those who do not
attend Church and receive the Sacraments,
believe in God and have a fervent devotion
to ‘Our Lady of Charity,’ patroness of the
island nation. So Castro does not yet dare
to destroy religion by destroying the
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HIS HOLINESS
POPE JOHN XXXIII
May 15. But its release to the
world was held up until July
14 so that translations in vari
ous languages could be given
out simultaneously.
The encyclical is divided
into four parts. The first part
reveiws teachings of Rerum
No varum and of subsequent
documents on similar subjects
issued by Popes Pius XI and
XII. Part Two is an explana
tion and development of the
teachings of Rerum No varum.
Part Three spells out the four
major new aspects of social
life and the Church’s teach
ing. The final part discusses
the reconstruction of social re
lationships on the basis of
truth, justice and love.
Underlining the teachings of
his predecessors, Pope John
reaffirmed the right of pri
vate property. He spoke of the
evils of excessive governmen
tal interference in social and
economic life, but at the same
time warned that public au
thorities may not remain in
active in promoting the public
good.
The encyclical discussed at
length the phenomenon of “so
cialization.” It is at the same
time, the Pope said, “an effect
and a cause of growing inter
vention of the public authori
ties in even the most crucial
matters.” Pope John labeled
socialization the result of
man’s “natural tendency . . .
to join together to attain ob
jectives which are beyond the
capacity and means at the dis
posal of single individuals.”
The Pope held that sociali
zation brings many advantag
es: “It makes possible, in fact,
the satisfaction of many per
sonal rights, especially those
called economic-social, such
as, for example, the right to
the indispensable means of
human maintenance, to health
services, to instruction at a
higher level, to a more tho
rough formation, to housing,
to work, to suitable leisure, to
recreation.”
Pope John said that while
socialization “restricts the
range of the individual as re
gards his liberty of action,” it
does not necessarily reduce
men to automations. He ex
plained: “Socialization is not
to be considered as a product
of natural forces working in a
deterministic way; it is, on the
contrary, as we have observe
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