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PAGE 2—THE BULLETIN, November 25, 1961.
Youth Meeting Delegates Will
Need Lots Of Courage To Build
Better World Elders Expect
By Carl A. Balcerak
(NCWC News Service)
BUFFALO, N. Y. — Dele
gates to the National Catholic
Youth Convention in Buffalo
were told they have so many
responsibilities in this troubled
world that they must feel like
Atlas.
“Youth Wearing the Armor
of Courage” was the theme of
.the convention, (Nov. 9-12) and
some 14,000 youngsters who
attended will need plenty of
grit to fulfill the expectations
charted by adult speakers at
the meeting.
From the keynote speech to
the closing sermon, it was
stressed that this is not the
best of all possible worlds and
young people are being de
pended upon to make it bet
ter. When not listening to
their elders’ plea for help, the
youngsters engaged in 58 papal
discussions in which they voic
ed their opinions on such glob
al problems as nuclear testing
and such lesser ones as teen
age dance fads.
The keynoter, Gov. John
Volpe of Massachusetts, said
that youngsters “are the hope
of tomorrow” and “all of us
expect very much from you.”
Among the things expected, he
said, are protection of funda
mental freedoms and the re
vival of moral values. He also
said that adults today expect
youth “to throw the lie in
Khrushchev’s face that com
munism is the wave of the
future.”
Bishop Eustace Smith,
O.F.M., Vicar Apostolic of
Lebanon, who preached at the
Pontifical Mass closing the
convention, told the youngsters
that some of them may be call
ed upon to man space and they
should do so “with the love of
Christ.” He declared that only
a Christ-like spirit can spark
their courage for the hardships
and moral choices of every
day.
U. S. Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Kennedy, who received the
Pro Deo et Jucentute (For
God and Youth) award from
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A CHILD’S PRAYER
the Catholic youth of Ameri
ca urged the youths to become
better equipped physically and
morally to face the perils of
the 1960s. He said this would
take courage, stamina and de
termination, but expressed con
fidence that “we can do it.”
It was Bishop John J. Wright
of Pittsburgh, however, who
called attention to the real en
emy against whom young peo
ple must wage war. The ulti
mate enemy is Satan, he stat
ed, and “communism, heresies,
secularism and fascism are all
superficial signs of the enemy.”
He added that “it is a waste of
the Gospel to do ultimate
battle against any thing or one
less than Satan.”
When the youngsters got a
chance to take the play away
from their elders, they did so
with gusto — in panel discus
sions, in their cotillions and in
their hectic election of new of
ficers.
Some of the opinions ex
pressed in the discussions fol
low:
—The most feasible way at
present to portest against nu
clear testing is to write letters
and send petitions to congress
men.
—Individual youth groups
should act against discrimina
tion by instilling in their mem
bers the concepts of racial just
ice and charity.
—The dance known as the
“twist” is okay if done in mod
eration.
—Teenage marriages are
risky.
—Communism is a definite
threat. Its social reforms are
welcomed by many people, and
it is up to Catholics to beat
the Reds to the punch in so
cial work.
The youngsters’ enthusiasm
reached its peak at the teen
age and young adult cotillions
when TV star Dwayne Hick
man (Dobie Gillis) and singer
Annette Funicello made ap
pearances. Both received
awards at the convention for
their contributions to outstand
ing public entertainment.
At a convention breakfast,
TV star Ed Sullivan received a
plaque for his great interest in
the youth of this country. Two
priests received Padre of
Youth awards: Msgr. Joseph E.
Schieder, who served as direc
tor of the NCWC Youth De
partment for 13 years, and
Msgr. John P. Wodarski, for
mer CYO director of the Hart
ford archdiocese who is now
pastor of Holy Cross church,
New Britain, Conn.
In the political sphere, the
delegates revised their consti
tution, paving the way for sep
arate officers for the teenage
and young adult sections of
the National CYO Federation.
James Daly, Jr., of the Boston
archdiocese was elected presi
dent of the young adult sec
tion, and Frank Darigan, Jr.,
of the Providence diocese was
elected to head the teenage
section. Claudia Kregg of the
Buffalo diocese, elected as vice
president of the teenage sec
tion of the National CYO Fed
eration, is the first Negro to
hold office in the federation.
Other convention highlights
and sidelights follow:
—Thirty-two members of the
Hierarchy participated in the
convention, the largest number
ever to take part in a Catholic
youth convention in the U. S.
—7,750 persons were served
at the Gold Ticket Banquet
at which Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Kennedy spoke. It was “the
largest sit-down dinner ever
served in the U. S.,” according
to Father John J. Conniff, act
ing director of the NCWC
Youth Department.
—At least seven persons at
tending the banquet fainted on
their way to an exit, and a
newly elected officer of the
CYO Federation fainted at the
closing Pontifical Mass of the
convention.
—A ton of turkey white
meat was served at the ban
quet, 48,000 pieces of silver
ware were used and 1,700 ta
This little girl, one of a throng of 40,000 Catholics at a
Christ the King rally in Hong Kong, joins in the recitation
of the Rosary. Thomas Cardinal Tien, exiled Archbishop of
Peking and present Apostolic Administrator of Formosa,
presided at the massive gathering only a few miles from the
Red China border. Bishop Lawrence Bianchi of Hong Kong
carried the Blessed Sacrament, accompanied by some 400
priests, seminarians and religious. (NC Photos)
By Catholic College
Million-Dollar Loss Suffered
In Disastrous Coast Fire
LOS ANGELES (NC) —
Barely escaping complete de
struction, Mount St. Mary’s
College here suffered' a million
dollars damage in *the dis
astrous fire which swept
through this area (Nov. 6).
Their water supply exhaust
ed, firemen were preparing to
evacuate th eblazing hilltop
campus when a convoy of wa
ter trucks from a nearby con
struction project arrived.
Two buildings were com
pletely destroyed and the up
per floor of one wing of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Caron-
delet house of studies was gut
ted in the fire.
Sister Mary Rebecca, presi
dent of the college, and five
other nuns returned to the
smouldering campus the same
night to prepare food and cof
fee for the firemen.
The next day students and
professors, joined by students
from Loyola University and a
55-man detachment from the
U.S.S. Hornet, joined in a
campus-wide cleanup cam
paign, while the main fire still
raged only a mile away.
The following day was
Founder’s Day at the school,
Mount St. Mary’s 36th anni
versary. There was no convo
cation this year — just classes
as usual (some of them out
doors) and a Mass of thanks
giving.
Plans are now in progress
for rebuilding at the school.
One sidelight of the college’s
near escape from complete de
struction was the part played
by television in sparking a
prayer crusade for its safety.
blecloths, covering a length of
three miles.
—At the closing Pontifical
Mass of the convention, attend
ed by 11,500 people, 100 priests
distributed Communion in five
minutes.
Television reports of the dis
astrous fire brought news of
the threat to the college to
alumnae and othey friends of
the school throughout the area.
Many of them took to their
phones, calling friends and
Catholic schools to ask for
prayers that the school might
be saved.
The prayers were said. And
it was just about that time
that the first of the water
trucks from the Guy F. Atkin
son Company construction pro
ject arrived on the scene to
back up the efforts of the
hard-pressed firemen.
HNS Men
Honor Woman
NEW ORLEANS (NC)—For
the first time in the Archdio
cese of New Orleans, a woman
was given a citation by the
Holy Name Society. Mrs. Kath
leen Fandal received the hon
ors on November 19 at a HNS
convention. Since 1959 Mrs
Fandal had served as secretary
of the New Orleans Archdio
cesan Union of Holy Name So
cieties and during the national
Holy Name convention in Oc
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Pope John's Encyclical To Honor
Statesman, Champion Of Christian
Unity, Staunch Foe Of Heresy
NCWC News Service)
A great statesman, a champ
ion of Christian unity and an
implacable foe of heresy, Pope
St. Leo the Great will be hon
ored in the new encyclical of
His Holiness Pope John.
The new encyclical will
pay tribute to 'the pope who
directed one of the earlier
general councils of the Church.
Pope John announced the
encyclical to mark the 15th
centenary of St. Leo’s death
during ceremonies celebrating
his 80th birthday and corona
tion anniversary. He said of
Leo the Great:
“The proportions of the
greatness of this truly lofty
Pope, one of the great Pontiffs
who sat on the apostolic
throne, are so great that they
are apt to dismay any of his
successors. . . We have thought
of paying him homage through
a special document, an ency-
lical of imminent publication
whoch wil illustrate with de
vout admiration has disting
uished merits and his person
al characteristics in relation to
the history of the Holy
Church.”
It was Leo the Great who,
through his legates, directed
the Council of Chalcedon in
Asia Minor in 451. Chalce
don was the fourth ecumeni
cal council of the Church and
the most important up to that
time. Nearly 600 bishops at
tended, more than were pres
ent at any previous council.
Most of them came from the
East because of the difficulties
caused by the barbarian invas
ions then plaguing the West.
The council was noted for
its doctrinal achievements,
which summarized all that had
been clarified concerning
Christ and the Trinity and
adopted a terminology that has
remained with the Church.
The council also rejected the
degrees of the so-called “brig
and council” of Ephesus, held
two years previously. The
“brigand council” was presid
ed over by Patriarch Dioscurus
of Alexandria, Egypt, who had
been excommunicated by St.
Flavin, Patriarch of Constan
tinople. The teachings of Nes-
orjus, who claimed that ChrisT
was wholly a man, and oi
Eutyches, who denied two na
tures in Christ and made Him
only God, were condemnedd as
heretical.
A doctrinal letter written by
Pope Leo I to Bishop Flavin,
on June 13, 449, was suppres
sed by Dioscorus. In the let
ter he had clearly set out
Catholic doctrine in regard to
the two-fold nature of Christ.
It was read by Pope Leo’s
legates to the Council of Chal
cedon, on October 10, 451. Af
ter the reading of what has
become famous as Leo’s “Dog
matic Epistle” or “The Tome
of Leo,” the bishops cried out:
“Behold the Faith of the fath
ers, the Faith of the Apostles.
Thus through Leo, Peter has
spoken.”
Though Leo the Great play-
eded an important part in the
events of his time, no early
biography of him exists. Lit
tle is known of his early years.
The date of his birth and of
his ordination are not known.
He is believed to have been
born in Rome of a family of
Tuscan origin. He was educat
ed in Rome where he was re
spected for his knowledge and
literary style. Some 100 let
ters and sermons by St. Leo
have been preserved.
Before he became Pope, it
is known, he was sent in 418
to Bishop Aurelius of Carth
age in North Africa with a let
ter from Pope St. Zosimus
condemning the Pelagian here
sy, which denied original sin
and the necessity of grace. He
was a deacon of the Church
under Pope Celestine I (422-
32).
He also w'ent on several mis
sions to Gaul. On one of these,
at the request of the Roman
emperor, he was directed to
settle a dispute between two
generals, Aetius and Alberius.
He rendered his greatest
service to the state when At-
tila the Hun overran Upper
Italy in 452. Leo was sent by
Emperor Valentinian III to ne
gotiate with the barbarian
leader. He succeeded in per
suading Attila to withdraw his
invaders and thus saved Rome
and the Western world.
A few years later he was
again asked to meet invaders
at the gates of Rome, when
King Genserich of the Van
dals sought to sack the city in
455. This time he was only
partly successful. Although he
was unable to prevent the
looting of Rome, he did pre
vent its total destruction.
For his services to both
Church and State he won the
title of “The Great,” and hon
or given to only two other
popes. However, it was not
until 1754 that Pope Benedict
XIV elevated Leo I to the stat
us of a Doctor of the Church.
The letters of Pope Leo I,
who reigned from September
29, 440, to November 10, 461,
shows he paid close attention
to even the smallest details of
Church government.
A skilled theologian, Pope
Leo the Great contributed to
the advancement of the liturgy
and Christian art. Some his
torians atribue the Leonian
Sacramentary, the oldest form
of the Roman Missal, to his
reign. He built or restored
many churches.
When the bishops of Con
stantinople sought equal rank
with those of Rome, Pope Leo
opposed them. He declared
that it was contrary to the en
tire tradition of the Church,
which recognized only the au
thority of Peter in Rome.
St. Leo the Great died on
November 10, 461, after a pon
tificate of 21 years. He is bur
ied in St. Peter’s basilica be
neath the altar which is dedi
cated to him. Pope Sergius I
observed: “It was fitting that
Leo, one of the greatest of the
successors of Peter, should, ev
en in death, mount guard at
the threshold of the apostolic
shrine.”
Pope Leo’s desire for Christ
ian unity is shown in one of
his letters, written to a new
bishop. In it Leo counseled:
“Imitate the Good Shepherd,
as a good and zealous pastor
of souls, labor to gather them
all under the same roof.”
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