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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Vol. 42, No. 17
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1962
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NEW RECTORY FOR AUGUSTA PARISH—Pictured above is the new rectory now under construction for St.
Patrick’s parish, Augusta. The Rev. Ralph Seikel, pastor, says that the new building will be ready for occupancy by the
end of the month.
Holy Father Urges Public Authorities
END HUNGER, UNEMPLOYMENT'
VATICAN CITY (NC)—His
Holiness Pope John XXIII
urged public authorities not to
rest until they have ended the
shortage of food and jobs that
threaten many homes.
The Pope made his appeal in
a speech to a crowd in St.
Peter’s square on the feast of
the Holy Family (Jan. 7). The
speech, delivered from the
window of his library, was
broadcast by Vatican Radio
and the Italian national radio
and television networks.
When the Wise Men visited
the Holy Family, the Pope
said, they found a home filled
with “docility and obedience,
simplicity and humility, resig
nation and sacrifice.” Such a
home, he continued, is the
model for the Christian family.
He said mat in a Home with
out God, “there can be only
unhappiness and unrest.” He
continued:
generous and exemplary. May
children be obedient ^and will
ing. As Jesus lived in Naza
reth, so may He live in every
Christian family. May He keep
it united through His charity
in unfailing unity in every
hour of time and for eternity.
It is He who will protect that
peace which alone can miti
gate the bitterness of life.”
The Pope said he wanted to
enter all homes through his
words, including the “homes
of large families which are a
visible testimony of fidelity to
God and positive proof of sub
mission to His good Provi
dence, and those homes which
silently hold infirmity, physi
cal and moral pain and per
haps confusion.”
He said he also wanted to
enter homes “visited by over
whelming poverty, which are
tried not only by lack of
bread, but also by lack of
‘May married couples bework.” He added:
“We wish to assure everyone
that We do not cease to ex
hort, humbly but firmly, those
responsible parties in public
positions and all men of good
will not to rest in peace until
they have found urgent solu
tions for those who are in
need.”
One the same day, the Pope
sent a message on the same
theme to the Italian National
Mother and Child Association
on its annual Mother and
Child Day. Pope John said:
“The religious and moral
training of children, and also
their physical fitness, depend
to a great extent on the hon
esty and integrity of parents.
We express the hope, tnere-
fore, that all mothers may be
equal to their mission in
prayer and in sacrifice, in at
tentive love and constant ten
derness, while firmly opposing
everything that may impair
the innocence of the fresh
buds.”
Bishop Urges Latin American
Help By U.S.
To
Block Advance Of Communism
BUFFALO, N. Y. (NC) — A
bishop from Ecuador said here
that if American industrial
companies do not give educa
tion and economic aid to Latin
American nations these na
tions may be under Red rule
in less than two years.
Bishop Juan Maria Riofrio,
O.P., of Loja, Ecuador, stress
ed that U. S. companies mak
ing a profit in Latin America
are particularly obligated to
furnish such aid.
The Dominican Bishop, who
is in this country seeking aid
for his impoverished diocese,
stated: “These companies have
to give immediate aid, other
wise there is a good possibility
that Ecuador and other Latin
American nations will be com
munist-ruled in less than two
years.”
“Communist propaganda is
making tremendous inroads
with the poor,” the Bishop
continued. “No longer do they
dismiss it. They are starting to
believe it. We desperately
need schools to train the minds
of the young to the danger of
communism. We also need
schools to give the young pro
per instruction in agriculture
and technical services.
“These companies can no
longer have a ‘promise no
thing, do nothing,’ philosop-
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. HENRY SCHLENKE
January 23, 1928
RT. REV. MSGR.
JAMES A. KANE
January 29, 1939
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants by their scaredotal
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,
hy,” the Bishop asserted. “Im
mediate actions is needed if
the Christian way of life is to
be followed in Latin Ameri
ca.”
Urging that steel manufac
turers and other basic indus
tries in the U. S. furnish assist
ance, Bishop Riofrio added:
“Certainly these industries
have a share in the welfare
of Latin America. If they ever
hope to continue to have a
free and valuable market in
Latin America, they must
make this sacrifice now, before
it is too late.”
The Bishop stated that aid
given to Ecuador by the U. S.
or any other government
should be channeled through
organiaztions that understand
the situation, such as the
Youth Relief Services of Ecua
dor.
The Bishop said the com
munists “have succeeded in in
filtrating into the government
and can keep the money for
their own purposes and away
from the people who need it.”
“This is how your President
Kennedy’s Alliance for Pro
gress should operate: They
should give the aid to those or
ganizations which understand
the situation, and therefore,
can dispense the aid where it
is most vitally needed.”
Cuban Bishop Exiled
By Castro To Come
To U.S. For Rally
MIAMI, (NC) — A Cuban
bishop imprisoned and then
exiled by Fidel Castro will ar
rive here on January 27 to take
part in a religious rally for
Spanish-speaking residents of
south Florida.
He is Auxiliary Bishop Edu
ardo Boza Masvidal of Havana
who is coming from Bogota,
Colombia, for his first visit to
the United States.
The prelate was arrested on
September 12, 1961, by the
Castro regime and charged
with counterrevolutionary acts
following a demonstration the
day before by Catholics pro
testing government cancela
tion of a traditional proces
sion in honor of Our Lady of
Charity. One Catholic was
killed by police.
Bishop Boza was arrested at
gunpoint, held captive until
September 17 when he was
put on a ship for Spain, along
with 130 priests and Brothers
the regime had rounded up.
The Bishop will preach at a
Solemn Pontifical Mass to be
celebrated at 8 p. m., on Jan
uary 27 in the Miami Stadium
by Bishop Coleman F. Car-
roll of Miami, who will be
Bishop Boza’s host in this
country.
The evening Mass at the re
ligious rally will be the con-
continued on Page 8)
Bishop’s
Confirmation
Schedule
Monday, Jan. 22—St. Paul’s,
Douglas, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23—Queen of
Peace, Lakeland, 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24—St. Au
gustine’s, Thomasville, 2:30
p. m.
Immaculate Conception,
Moultrie, 7:30 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 25—St. Ma
ry’s, Americus, 7:30 p. m.
Friday, Jan. 26—St. There
sa’s, Cordele, 7:30 p. m.
TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS
KENNEDY RESTATES BELIEF
CONSTITUTION RULES OUT
"ACROSS-THE-BOARD'' AID
TV Code
Stresses Viewers
Responsibility
NEWARK, N. J. (NC) — The Newark archdiocesan Legion
of Decency office has issued a 10-point Code for Television
Viewers stressing the duty of individuals to work for better
TV programs.
The code puts particular emphasis on parents’ responsibil
ity to supervise TV viewing by their children.
Among the points in the code:
—There must be “strict moderation” of TV viewing by
children, so that homework and other duties are not neglected.
—“Horror” shows and those presenting “excessive vio
lence” are ruled out for youngsters.
—Children and teenagers must be made to realize that
adults have the “primary rights” in regard to TV viewing.
—Viewers have a duty to protest objectionable programs
and commend good ones. Telephone calls of letters to stations,
sponsors, performers or producers are recommended.
—The air waves are “public, not private, property,” and
thus viewers have a duty to see that they are used properly.
—Family viewing of television should be fostered.
—National Legion of Decency ratings of televised movies
should be consulted.
The archdiocesan office said copies of the code would be
distributed. It recommended that families keep them on top of
their television sets for ready reference.
MOST REVEREND
FRANCIS E. HYLAND
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Book Reviews 6
Question Box 4
Obituaries 2
Marriages 3
Encyclical Text 2
Doris Answers Youth 4
Former Red
Enters Church 3
Report On
Church in Congo 7
Imprisoned
Cubans Recite
Rosary Daily
MIAMI, Fla., (NC) — Men
captured during the ill-fated
Cuban invasion last spring and
still held prisoner recite the
Rosary aloud daily, according
to one of their former chap
lains.
Father Cipriano Cavero, S.J.,
said the prisoners taken dur
ing the unsuccessful Bay of
Pigs invasion in April, 1961,
include three priests who were
serving as chaplains to the in
vaders.
Father Cavero said 1,183
men are now held by the Fi
del Castro regime in Havana’s
Prison del Principe. He said
many of them were formerly
active in Catholic youth
groups or attended Catholic
colleges.
He said they invaded Cuba
last year “to fight for religion
and country.”
“Today the spirit of these
young men runs very high,
and daily they recite the Ros
ary aloud in prison,” he said.
Bishop Francis Hyland
Appointed Assistant
At Pontifical Throne
PHILADELPHIA — The Most Rev. Francis E. Hy
land, D.D., J.C.D., former Bishop of Atlanta, who resign
ed as Bishop of Atlanta on October 11, 1961 because of
ill health, has been notified by the Most Rev. John Krol.
Archbishop of Philadelphia, that the honor of Assistant
at the Pontifical Throne has been conferred upon him
by His Holiness, Pope John XXIII.
The Apostolic Brief received by the Apostolic Dele
gate was signed in the name of the Holy Father, by
His Eminence, Amieto Cardinal Cicognani, Secretary
of State to His Holiness, and was dated December 6,
1961.
Bishop Hyland was conse
crated a Bishop on December
21, 1949 in the Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul, Philadel
phia, by the late Dennis Card
inal Dougherty, Archbishop of
Philadelphia when he was
named Titular Bishop of Gom-
phi and Auxiliary Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta.
When the state of Georgia
was split into two dioceses,
Requiem For
Sister Amelie
SAVANNAH — Requiem
High Mass was offered Satur
day, January 13th for Sister
Amelie of the Little Sisters of
the Poor.'
Celebrant of the Mass, con
ducted in the Chapel of the
Little Sisters, was the Rev
Brendan Dooley, O.S.B.
Sister Amelie, who died on
January 11th, was 87 years of
age and had been a Little Sis
ter of the poor for 63 years.
Bishop Hyland had served
as a Secretary to Cardinal Ci
cognani from 1933 to 1938,
when the later was Apostolic
Delegate to the United States.
Bishop Hyland had also serv
ed as a Secretary to Pietro
(later Cardinal) Fumasoni-
Biondi, the Apostolic Delegate
who preceded Cardinal Cicog
nani.
After 11 years in Georgia,
Bishop Hyland has returned to
his home diocese and is now
in residence at St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary, Over
brook, Philadelphia’s archdio
cesan seminary, where he stu
died for the priesthood.
Ordained in 1927, Bishop
Hyland received a Doctorate
in Canon Law at the Catholic
University of America, and
joined the staff of the Aposto
lic Delegation in January,
1929.
In 1938, the Philadelphia-
born Prelate was named pas
tor of the Church of the Res
urrection, Chester. In March
1941, he became Pastor of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church, Ov
erbrook, Pennsylvania.
Bishop Hyland was named
First Bishop of Atlanta in
1956.
Among the privileges of
Assistants at the Pontifical
Throne are the following: The
privilege of offering Mass,
even daily, in any private
Oratory in the world and of
having another Mass offered
in his presence in thanksgiv
ing for his own Mass; all who
assist at either of these Masses
fulfill their obligations on
Sundays and Holydays of Ob
ligation.
The faculty of wearing pre
latial robes of silk material.
The right of occupying at
Papal functions the place espe
daily reserved for Assistants
of Pontifical Thrones.
Apostolic Brief naming Bishop Hyland an Assistant
at the Pontifical Throne:
“Since as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta,
separated from the territory of Savannah, you have left
so many imprints of your labors of an enduring charac
ter, We cannot easily put aside our remembrance of your
merits. To touch but briefly upon some of your accom
plishments, We recall the prudence, direction and care
with which you were accustomed to provide for an in
crease in the Sacred Ministry, for education in the Chris
tian faith, and for the return and conversion of people
to the true God. Hence We desire to distinguish you and
to bestow upon you a dignity of high order. Therefore,
acceding to the recommendations of our Venerable Bro
ther, Egidio Vagnozzi, our Apostolic Delegate in the Unit
ed States of North America, by means of these Letters,
we elevate you by conferring upon you the privileges
honors of Bishops who are Assistants at the Pontifical
Throne.”
The^above was signed in the name of the Holy Father
by His Eminence, Amieto Cardinal Cicognani, Secretary
of State of His Holiness.
Comment Made In Annual
State Of Inion Address
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—President Kennedy stressed again
in his State of the Union message his belief that “across-
the-board” U. S. aid to nonpublic schools is unconsti
tutional.
The Chief Executive’s comment came in his appeal
to Congress to adopt the administration’s $2.3 billion,
three-year program of help for public schools.
The bill, providing assist- statement that parochial and
ance for construction and pay
ment of teachers’ salaries,
passed the Senate last -session,
but did not come to the House
floor because the House Rules
Committee denied clearance
for debate.
A watered-down version
was prepared for House action,
but members voted 242 to 169
not to consider it. The bill’s
feature was a one-year, $325
million program for public
Prayer
Offered By
President’
WASHINGTON (NC) — §
President Kennedy struck
pretty much to the official. \
text of his State of the ||
Union address, but among
his additions was this clos-1|
ing sentence:
$ "May God watch over
the United Slates of
America."
school construction.
The outlook for action on
the President’s new request
remained dim after his ad
dress.
House education leaders
have indicated they do not ex
pect action on the bill this ses
sion because they hope to
avoid the controversy in an
election year. One of them,
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of
New York, chairman of the
House Education Committee,
said that despite the Presi
dent’s address he still does not
expect action.
President Kennedy’s com
ment on the constitutionality
of Federal aid to nonpublic—
parochial and other private—
schools came in this sentence
in which he referred to the
administration bill introduced
last year:
“I believe the bill . . . of
fered the minimum amount re
quired by our needs and — in
terms of across-the-board aid
—the maximum scope permit
ted by our Constitution.”
He added: “I therefore see
no reason to weaken or with
draw that bill; and I urge its
passage at this session.”
The Chief Executive’s first
other private schools should be
denied “across-the-board” aid
came in February, 1961, in a
message to Congress detailing
his education proposals.
At that time, he said:
“In accordance with the
clear prohibition of the Con
stitution, no elementary or sec
ondary school funds are allo
cated for constructing church
schools or paying church
school teachers’ salaries.”
This comment precipitated a
major controversy in the past
Congress, on the constitution
ality of such aid.
However, the administration
did admit later that a proposal
—killed in the House with oth
er bills — to give Federal
funds to private schools for
special purposes, not general
assistance, could be considered
constitutional.
The opinion was expressed
in a legal memorandum sent
to the Senate Labor and Pub
lic Welfare Committee by the
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare and the De
partment of Justice.
In his State of the Union
message, the President also
called for adoption of a pro
gram of Federal loans to col
leges for construction of aca
demic facilities, a program of
fellowships for needy and tal
ented college students and a
plan of matched grants to
medical and dental schools for
construction.
None of these proposes a dis
tinction between public or
private, including church-re
lated, institutions.
President Kennedy said he
will send to Congress later
bills to “end adult illiteracy,”
“to improve educational qua
lity” and “to stimulate the
arts.”
“But,” he said, “excellence
in education must begin at the
elementary level ... We can
not afford to wait for another
year or another approach or
for the day when these prob
lems shall vanish.
“A child miseducated is a
child lost. The damage cannot
be repaired. Civilization, ran
an old saying, ‘is a race be
tween education and catastro
phe.’ It is up to you in this
Congress to determine the
winner of that race.”
Sponsored By Augusta DCCW
Evening 01 Recollection
For Married Couples
AUGUSTA — An evening of
recollection for married cou
ples was held at St. Mary’s
Church on Friday evening,
January 12th. Chaplain (Lt.
Col.) Daniel J. Hunt, G.P.,
402nd Civil Affairs Company,
Fort Gordon, delivered two
lectures: “Christian Marriage”
and the “Christian Home.”
The lectures were followed
by a question and answer
period and a Holy Hour during
which the married couples re
newed their marriage vows.
Father Hunt was born in
Boston, Mass. After finishing
High School, he became a
member of the Passionist Con
gregation. This is an order that
leads a twofold life: a monas
tic life and an active mission
ary life. Father Hunt was or
dained May 30, 1938 by the
present Cardinal Spellman of
New York City. On March 19,
1941 Father Hunt became a
Chaplain in the United States
Army Officers’ Reserve Corps.
He served five years of act
ive duty during World War
II. His first assignment in the
Army was with the Dixie Di
vision. He was active in both
the European and Pacific The
atres of War. In the Pacific,
he was a member of the 77th
Infantry Division. For bravery,
on the Island of Letye, he re
ceived the bronze star. Chap
lain Hunt was recalled to act
ive duty on October 12, 1961
and reported to Fort Gordon.
During the interim of army
duty Father Hunt was a mem
ber of the Passionist Mission
Band. He conducted missions,
retreats, novenas, triduums for
the laity, religious and priests
in the Eastern United States
and Canada. He also has been
on many radio broadcasts. Re
cently he conducted a Day of
Recollection for the priests of
the Augusta area.