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Holy See Stressing Fivefold
Program Of Aid To Church In
Latin America, Priest States
WASHINGTON, (NC) - The
Holy See is stressing aid to the
Church in Latin America on five
fronts, a priest expert in Latin
American affairs said here at a
dinner in honor of diplomatic
representatives of the Ameri
can republics.
This assistance in the re
ligious and social sphere is
being carried out by the Pon
tifical Commission for Latin
America in cooperation with the
Latin American Bishops, said
Father John J. Considine, M.M.,
director of the Latin America
Bureau, National Catholic Wel
fare Conference.
Father Considine spoke at the
22nd annual Pan-American re
ception and dinner (May 14),
which was attended by some
500 persons, including a number
of Latin American ambassa
dors and officials of the Or
ganization of American States.
The event was sponsored by the
Washington General Assembly,
Fourth Degree Knights of Co
lumbus.
The Maryknoll priest said
that the Pontifical Commission
for Latin America, which was
set up in 1958, has stressed
“five fundamental fields of as
sistance”:
--Recruitment and training
of Religious and lay personnel.
-Mass organization of re
ligious instruction.
--Strengthening of Catholic
education.
— Promotion of a strong
Christian social action pro
gram.
--Catholic Action through
mass communications.
Father Considine pointed out
* jll that in the sphere of religious
mf kid, bishops throughout the
Catholic world have ,f been en
couraged to permit members of
their diocesan clergy to volun
teer for Latin America.”
He added that almost 100
priests of the St. James So
ciety, organized by Richard
Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop
of Boston, have left the U. S. to
serve in Latin American na
tions.
He stated that' in August,
1961, a representative of the
Holy See proposed that each
religious province in the U.S.
contribute to Latin America in
the next 10 years 10 per cent
of its present membership.
"Within 24 hours” after the
Otfiantoiv
.HOTEL.
plea had been made, he con
tinued, ”52 communities of Sis
ters had presented their pledge
to render this substantial as
sistance according to their
ability.”
Father Considine stated that
during 1961, the initial year of
enlistment in the U. S. for the
Papal Volunteers for Latin
America program, ”112 Papal
Volunteers from 40 dioceses
were supplied to bishops in
eight Latin American coun
tries.”
Turning to the field of re
ligious instruction, Father Con
sidine stated: “Those who are
well trained in their religion in
Latin America are to be count
ed in millions, but yet they
must be recognized as consti
tuting only a minority. A pri
mary goal is the training of
100,000 teachers of religion for
the vast back country of the
continent.”
“A third major field of as
sistance,” he continued, “is
the strengthening of Catholic
education . . . Large numbers
of volunteers need to be enlist
ed in the field against illiteracy
and for conducting radio schools
in rural and mountain areas.
More Catholics must cooperate
in national programs to pro
vide low-fee or free primary
education.”
Father Considine said the
fourth field of aid, social ac
tion, * ‘is embraced in the so
cial encyclicals, with Pope John
XXIII’s Mater et Magistra the
latest such document.”
He added that the papal so
cial encyclicals “are the voice
of charity and social justice
for the millions,” and “Catho
lics should be the great bul
wark of support for all . . .
agencies which face the socio
economic problems of Latin
America.”
In the area of mass communi
cations, the Catholic voice must
be heard principally through
the press, radio and cinema,
said Father Considine.
“In large areas of Latin
America,” he stated, “the
leftist voice of social de
struction is currently the loud-
ist while the Church, which
should be the great protagonist
of all sound principles in
Christian in its traditions” and
“counts within its 190 million
people a full 35 per cent of world
Christendom.”
* ‘The welfare of Latin
America in each and every one
of its nations and of the human
race throughout the globe,” he
concluded, “is best served if
Christian faith and Christian
life are strong and vital in Latin
America's millions.”
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NEWMAN POST - Father
Richard Butler, O.P., di
rector of the Aquinas Newman
Center at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque,
has been named chaplain of the
National Newman Apostolate.
The Dominican priest, who is
also pastor of St. Thomas
Aquinas University church in
Albuquerque, succeeds Msgr.
Alexander O. Sigur, director
of the Newman Center at the
University of Southwestern
Louisiana in Lafayette. Father
Butler has been active in New
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years. - (NC Photos)
Named Chaplain
Of Newman
Apostolate
WASHINGTON, (NC) - Father
Richard Butler, O.P., director
of the Aquinas Newman Center
at the University of New Mexi
co in Albuquerque, has been ap
pointed chaplain of the National
Newman Apostolate.
The appointment, effective
September 1, 1962, was an
nounced by Archbishop John J.
Krol of Philadelphia, episcopal
chairman of the Youth Depart
ment, National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
of Atlanta, Ga., episcopal mod
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late, will install Father Butler
as chaplain on September 1 dur
ing the annual convention of
Newman organizations in Pitts
burgh. The Dominican priest
succeeds Msgr. Alexander O.
Sigur, director of the Newman
Center at the University of
Southwestern Louisiana in
Lafayette, La.
Father Butler, who is also
pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas
University church in Al
buquerque, has been active in
the work of the Newman Apos
tolate for the past 10 years.
He has written several books,
including two on philosopher
George Santayana (1863-1952):
“The Mind of Santayana” and
‘ ‘The Life and World of George
Santayana.” In addition he has
written many articles for
Catholic periodicals.
The Newman Apostolate is a
new section of the NCWC Youth
Department. Previously the Na
tional Newman Club Federation,
an association of clubs for Ca
tholics attending non-Catholic
colleges, had been a part of the
college and university section
of the Youth Department.
One of the oddities of life
is now the youth of the pre
sent era can turn out to be
the dumb parents of the fu
ture.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (NC) -
The major’s misstep was crys
tal clear.
With rigid military bearing,
Third Army Maj. William F.
Poveromo, adviser to a Na
tional Guard engineering unit
here, marched through a plate
glass wall at Charlotte Catho
lic High School.
The major’ s performance,
which earned him six stitches
in the left leg, was an un
scheduled part of a flag-pre
sentation ceremony at the
school.
In true Army tradition, he
lashed a handkerchief around
his pierced thigh and continued
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“It’s a good thing,” he said
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through first. If it had been my
head, I’d have been decapitated.
As it was, that was a $45 pair
of pants.”
The ceremony, involving Ma
rines and the Army, launched
Armed Forces Week in Char
lotte, and the two Catholic high
schools of this predominently
Protestant city were selected
to launch the week.
It began with a military Mass,
after which the color guard
marched toward the entrance
of Catholic High gymnasium.
Maj. Poveromo found himself
in the rear of the gym, when
he was scheduled to be outside
for the flag-raising event. He
backed up a few steps to time
his move. He did a snappy
about - face--right through a
panel in the plate-glass wall.
After the flags for Charlotte
Catholic and Our Lady of Mercy
High were blessed and raised,
he commented “I couldn’t let
the Marines steal the show
FRANCIS J. HEAZEL
Sixtieth
Convention
For K. of C.
ALBANY - Francis J. Heazel,
Supreme Treasurer of the
Knights of Columbus, will be
featured speaker when Georgia
Knights gather here, May 25,
26 and 27, for their 60th an
nual convention.
The state’ s thirteen coun
cil s will be represented at the
three day gathering which has
the James Rivers Motel as it’s
headquarters.
Mr. Heazel will address the
convention banquet to be held
Saturday evening at 8 P.M. at
the Elk’s Home on North Slap-
pey Drive.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.
J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, will
attend the Saturday banquet and
will be celebrant of the Con
vention Mass on Sunday at 8:30
A.M. at St. Teresa’s Church.
Council sessions will be held
Saturday at 1 P.M. and Sunday
at 11 A.M. at the Knights of
Columbus Hall on Gillionville
Road.
Presiding at the Convention
will be Hugh H. Grady, of Sa
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Other officers of the State
Council are: Joseph Zwick-
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Ray Dwornik, Albany, State Ad
vocate; John Stiles, Brunswick,
State Treasurer; Myles Boothe,
Marietta, State Warden; Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas I. Sheehan,
pastor of St. Joseph’s, Macon,
is State Chaplain.
Sharing
Our Treasure
(continued from page 4)
to cover. Here was a clear
presentation of the divine cre
dentials of the Catholic religion
the convinced me it is the
one true Church of Christ.
‘ The evidence is overwhelm
ing. It was founded by Christ,
who bestowed upon it sole autho
rity to teach His doctrines to
all nations and promised to be
with it to the consummation of
the world. Upon Peter and his
successors Jesus conferred the
authority to govern and to de
cide all controversies and thus
preserve its unity.
‘ But old ties and habits are
not easily broken. Finally came
a note from the Sister at my
old convent school, asking: ‘Why
aren’t you a Catholic?’ Here
was the $64 question which no
one in all those 40 years had
ever put to me. At Sister’s
suggestion I called at St. An
drew’s rectory, where Father
Robert Walsh kindly gave me a
thorough course of instruction.
On March 30, 1948, I was re
ceived into Christ’s true Church
and made my First Holy Com
munion.
' Realizing that the best
thanks offering for the gift
of faith is to share it, I loaned
THE FAITH OF MILLIONS to
Diane Richetts, a graduate of
a Quaker college. It carried
conviction to her also and she
THE BULLETIN, May 26, 1962—PAGE 5
too became a Catholic. If we
would but loan our Catholic
books to sincere truth seekers
and then bring them to a priest,
how many millions of souls
we would win for Christ Our
Lord! ’ ’
(Father O’Brien will be glad
to have converts send their
names and addresses to him
at Notre Dame University,
Notre Dame, Indiana, so he may
write up their conversion
stories.)
Question Box
(Continued from page 4)
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“MARRIAGE IS effected,”
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parties lawfully expressed be
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consent no human power can
supply. Matrimonial consent is
an act of the will by which each
party gives and accepts a per
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the body, for the acts which
are of themselves suitable for
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