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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 4, 1958.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, — Msgr. Wil
liam J. McDonald, a member of
the faculty for about 20 years,
has been named the ninth rec
tor of the Catholic University of
America here.
The appointment was made by
His Holiness Pope Pius XII and
announced later by His Excel
lency Archbishop Amleto Gio
vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Del
egate to the United States, and
Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington, university chancel
lor.
The 53-year-old Monsignor,
who was named vice rector of
the university in 1954, has been
serving since June 12, 1957, as
acting rector.
His immediate predecessor is
Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart, rec
tor from June, 1953, until April,
1957, when he was named the
Bishop of Brooklyn. N. Y.
Msgr. McDonald came to the
university in 1936. He received a
master of arts degree in 1937 and
a doctor of philosophy degree in
1939.
He taught while studying, and,
in 1940, became a permanent
member of the faculty. In 1948,
he was named a domestic prelate
with the title of Right Reverend
Monsignor and in 1950 became a
full professor of philosophy,
A statement by the new rec
tor said that the appointment
“evokes at once a deep sense of
humble gratitude and of grave
responsibility.”
He said it is “an immense
source of encouragement” to be
able to count on the cooperation
and assistance of university of
ficials, students and alumni “as
100th anniversary of the ap
pointment of Bishop Vital-Jus-
tin Grandin, Coadjutor
of St. Boniface, Manitoba, pic
tured above, has been observed
in consecration ceremonies of
the new St. Mary’s Cathedral,
Calgary, Alberta, which was
at one time part of Bishop
Grandin’s territory. Bishop
Grandin’s cause for beatifica
tion is pending at the Vatican.
(NC Photos)
Gene Autry and Gail Davis gave a real thrill for young patients at Cardinal Glennon Memorial
Hospital for children, St. Louis, when they stopped by for a visit. But even the thrill of talk
ing cowboys and Indians with Autry couldn’t keep irrepressible young man at left from checking
to see if Miss Davis’ pigtails were.real. She plays “Annie Oakley” on television. P.S. They’re real.
(NC Photos)
GREETINGS FROM MEMBERS
OF U. S. HIERARCHY BEAMED
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) i “prayerful and sincere best wishes
WASHINGTON. - Christmas 1 our gloved people of Western
t Europe.” He said: “We shall lift
greetings from members o£ the j U p our hearts... with supplica-
U. S. Hierarchy were broad-1 tions that the commemoration of
cast by the Voice of America to
people behind the Iron Curtain
at Christmastime.
Prelates who sent messages
through the Bureau of Informa
tion, National Catholic Welfare
Conference, for rerouting to the
the coming of the Infant Savior
will bring manifold blessings
upon the listeners to this pro
gram.”
Archbishop Alter stated that
More Catholics
imprisoned
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ports, Manchurian Catholics have
been compelled to gather for an; Bishop Dominic Tang, S.J., apos-
introduction meeting in Mukden, j tolic administrator of Canton,
The meeting has already lasted j who refused to attend indoctrina-
for more than six weeks. Reports j tion meetings in that city, was
state that during the meeting j temporarily held under “arrest”
Archbishop Ignatius Pi Shu Shih; before Christmas by a group call-
Catholics” to Swatow for special
indoctrination when Kaying
Catholics almost unanimously re
fused to cooperate in any way
with the “patriotic association.”
It has also been rumored that
well as the unfailing good will j H' S ' .^ n fL“ d
of the clergy and people of the;
of Mukden is being held incom
municado. Earlier reports have
placed Bishop Pi in prison. Con
flicting reports said that he had
been elected head of the “patri-
the'feasTof the Nativity “awakens ; otic association” organized at the
Peking meeting.
Observers here believe that the
United States who are making
such sacrifices for the mainten
ance and development of our
National Catholic University.”
He expressed a hope that thej
university “may go forward to
even greater heights in realizing,
its role as an outstanding center j Bisho P John J : , Wr,g ™ Wo ^
Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago;
His Eminence James Francis Car
dinal McIntyre, Archbishop of
Los Angles; Archbishop Karl J.
j Alter of Cincinnati; Archbishop
! William O. Brady of St. Paul;
cester; and Bishop Stephen S.
Woznicki of Saginaw.
The theme of the message is
of Catholic culture, science and I
scholarly research.” j
Msgr. McDonald is a native of 1
Ireland and made his studies un- j one of prayerful sympathy for
der the Christian Brothers and; the oppression suffered by those
at St. Kieran’s College and Sem-| behind the Iron Curtain, and a
inarv, Kilkenny, where he was j plea for the brotherhood of man-
ordained as a priest for the
Archdiocese of San Francisco on
June 10, 1928.
In the West Coast See, he
served as assistant pastor and
administrator of a number of
parishes. He also directed the
Newman Club at Stanford Uni
versity and was an associate ed
itor of the Monitor, newspaper
of the San Francisco archdiocese.
He became a United States citi
zen in 1934.
The Monsignor has served as
director of studies for ecclesiasti
cal schools at the university since
1955 and holds membership in
several associations of scholars,
including the American Catholic
Philosophical Association; Ameri
can Catholic Theological Society;
American Catholic Historical So
ciety; Medieval Academy of
America and the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science.
His numerous writings include
the book. “The Social Value of
Property According to St. Thom
as Aquinas,” and articles pub
lished in learned journals such as
the American Ecclesiastical Re
view, New Scholasticism, Poiteia
(Switzerland), and the Month,
(England).
He is national director of the
kind.
In his message, Cardinal Stritch
said: “Today there rests upon
our President and others in high
civil offices the gravest responsi
bility. Their decisions will be
epochal, and the consequence of
them will reach into all our lives
and indeed the lives of millions
outside our borders. We shall pray
on Christmas for all men and we
shall pray with special fervor for
our President and all our civil
authorities”
Cardinal McIntyre expressed
International Federation of Cath
olic Alumnae and is vice presi
dent of clergy and coordinator of
activities of the university alum
ni association.
As rector, Msgr. McDonald
heads a pontifical institution sub
ject directly to the Sacred Con
gregation of Seminaries and
Universities in Rome. It was ca
nonically erected on March 7,
1889.
The institution’s enrollment for
the current academic year is
3,815, which includes 985 priests,
seminarians and Brothers, 275
Sisters and 2,555 lay students,
both on the undergraduate and
graduate levels.
in our hearts profound sympathy
for those suffering members of
jjig I Christ’s Church whose homes and
| countries are desolate at this
| Christmastime because of unjust
and inhuman oppression.”
Archbishop Brady said: “Our
prayers go especially to those of
you who live under restraints,
where you must live out your
Faith with fortitude, but where
you still salute the Christ Child
as the Savior of mankind and the
King of earth and heaven.”
Bishop Wright noted that in
recent weeks the eyes of many
nations have turned toward the
skies in wonder at the military
accomplishment of some peoples.
But in the Christmas season, he
said, “the eyes of all men are
turned toward higher heavens,
with greater hope for the
symbol of spiritual realities that
unite, rather than material striv
ings that divide.”
Bishop Woznicki’s greetings
were given in the Polish language.
He congratulated the Polish peo
ple on the astonishing changes
that have occurred in Poland in
the past year and a half, and said
these have come about because
Our Lady of Czestochowa, Queen
of Poland, “has again clearly
demonstrated that she does not
forget people.”
“We rejoice with you and wish
that you will advance still further
on the road to freedom,” the Bis
hop said. He stated the belief that
further assistance would be given
by the United States to Poland
“for the American people are
merciful and have already to their
credit many proofs of generosity
and aid to people throughout the
world.”
ing themselves
lies.”
“patriotic Catho-
SERVICES FOR
MISS SULLIVAN
AUGUSTA — Funeral services
long duration of these indoctrina- j for Miss Mary Margaret Sullivan
were held December 24th at St.
Patrick’s Church, Rev. Arthur
Weltzer officiating.
Survivors are a cousin. Miss
Mary E. Lyons of Augusta.
tion meetings — not one of which
has been completed on schedule
—- and the sudden increase in the
arrests of Catholics indicate that
the faithful are offering strong
opposition to Red China’s attempt
to set up a schismatic church. TIP TO MOTORISTS
Further confirmation of this op- It can’t be done without acci-
position comes in a report from dents — driving 1958’s cars on
Kaying where communists found i highways designed to carry 193Q’s
it necessary to send “volunteer [ traffic.
WRITES FOR SOVIET READERS
HUMAN FRAILITY
At one time or another we are
all convinced that the hardest
way to do a thing is to put it off
until tomorrow.
President of Notre Dame University, Father Theodore M. Hes
burgh, C.S.C., looks over a copy of America Illustrated, the
Russian language magazine published and circulated in the
Soviet Union by the U. S. Information Agency, In the current
issue. Father Hesburgh and five other American college presi
dents express their xiews on the aims of higher education.
Father Hesburgh, recently appointed to the Civil Rights Com
mission by President Eisenhower, and permanent Vatican City
Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency,
stressed the importance of training the will as well as the
intellect in our schools and colleges. (NC Photos)
PIG TAILS, ARE THEY FOR REAL?
Pope lames Msgr.
William McDonald
Ninth C.U. Rector
Cause Pends
