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PAGE EIGHT—THE BULLETIN, February 8, 1958. Venezuela Prelate Sees Political Shift Benefit To Church By Father Juan Francisco Hernandez (N.C.W.C. News Service) CARACAS, Venezuela, — The change in Venezuela’s political situation is a real benefit to the Church, said Archbishop Rafael Arias Blanco of Caracas in an interview granted here to Noti- cias Catholicas, Spanish-language edition of the N.C.W.C. News Service. “This is a time for a great work of moral reconstruction,” the Archbishop said, “not for hatred and revenge. Liberty is necessary for the Church and for the souls of her faithful.” The Archbishop made his state ment here as the Venezuelan capital was caught up in a fren zy of celebration, rioting and demonstration following the ous ter of the former dictator, Presi dent Marcos Perez Jimenez, and the assumption of the country’s government by a military, junta Two days before Perez Jimenez was overthrown, a general strike was called. The dictator’s security police attacked a congregation attending the regular ; noonday Mass at the Church of St. Teresa here. In the resulting confusion, Father Rortensio Carillo; the priest at the chiue'h,' was wound ed. ; '■ It took two days for the tear .ggs used to dispel the congrega- ■ ; tipn to disappear from the church’s interior. The people of the city are over whelmed by the overthrow of; their dictatorial government and priests find it difficult tp keep them from breaking into t h e towers of churches and ringing the bells, celebrating the . over throw of the nine-year military dictatorship. Caracas’ Catholic daily, La Re ligion, put out its first uncensor ed edition since November, 1954, and proposed that a public monu ment be erected to the more than 300 persons killed in the uprising and called for a hasty restora tion of peace and order in the country. Father Jesus Hernandez Cha- pellin, editor of La Religion, had earlier been jailed for refusing to public a government condem nation of the abortive New Year’s Day uprising by some of the country’s military forces. Among those imprisoned with him were Fathers Delfin Moncado, parish priest of Chacoa; Kose Sarratud of the Caracas Cathedral, Hor- tensio Carrillo of the Church of St. Teresa, Pedro Bablo Barnola, rector of the Catholic University of Caracas, and Alfredo Osilia. To date, all jailed priests have been released except Father Al varez Flegel, parish priest of the Church of the Good Shepherd. During his first radio and tele vision broadcast Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal, 47, leader of the new “Patriotic Junta” gov erning the country, asked for the collaboration of Catholics in re storing order in the country. He concluded his address by making Red Directives Aimed At Church ROME, (Radio City)—A set of directives, issued by the Chinese Communist party, ordered party members “to enter into the heart of the Catholic and Protestant churches to bring about their de struction, has been published here by Fides, mission news agen cy. Issued by “Office Number 106,” Fides says, the list includes nine points intended for use by party members in foreign countries. Its general lines, the news agency says, are based on the strategy of infiltration, and divide and de stroy. The list proposes a double law: “attract the enemy to destroy the enemy,” and “divide and rule.” Fides quotes a preface to the nine directives as saying “The Catholic and Protestant churches are both organizations which are completely in the service of the espionage activities of capitalistic imperialism . . . Following the directives of our party chiefs, therefore, our comrades must find means to enter into the heart of those churches; they must help the newly founded secret police organizations. In’ every one of the sections of the . church they are ordered to enter; into great activi ty, prepare with zeal and. every force at their disposal and. set off a general attack, even calling on the church’s God to help. They must exploit the • ‘great,, alluring force of the female sex and so organize a united front for this battle.” ; v The nine points given by Fides from the directives are as follows: 1. Penetrate schools erected and operated by churches. Associate and mingle with the students, feiging their sentiments and join ing their activities, and report a full account of activities. , 2.. Apply to be baptized and “covered with this deceiving robe, join, the Legion of Mary or. in the Protestant religion, the Crusad ers.” 3. Become a leader, using flat tering phrases to allure the faith ful, then try to disorganize them “even by invoking their merciful God and pleading the cause of peace.” 4. Attend all religious services and “with flattering and sweet talk, use intelligently any method to approach priests and spy on their every move.” 5. Contact the heads of the various schools, with teachers and j ALBANY The monthly meet- students, and try to divide them, i ing of the K c - Auxiliary was Honor State Parochial Champs SAVANNAH — Members of the football squad of Cathedral Day School, Savannah were honored at a recent testimonial dinner held in the Cathedral School Caf eteria. Present to hear. the state parochial football champions lauded were Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara, Rector of the Cathedral a n d' Revs. Herbert Wellmeir and Robert Teoli. Honored guests included mem bers of the Cathedral School. Ath letic Association, Officers of the Home and School Association,, representatives of the school fac ulty, and Coach and Mrs. Harry Deal. Also present were the as sistant coach and representatives of the sports departments of local radio and TV stations and the Savannah newspapers. Trophy awards were made to Vincent Saunders, who received the James Ramsey Memorial Tro phy. The trophy will be awarded annually to the student most out standing in Religion, academic studies and athletics. Tommy Brennan and Henry Rape received awards as the out standing back and outstanding lineman, respectively. M e 1 v in Culler was chosen as “outstand ing all-around player.” STATE PAROCHIAL CHAMPS—The football team of Cathedral Day School which defeated Christ the King School of Atlanta for the State Parochial championship. Cathedral players are: left to right, first row: Charlie Ray, Mike Coburn, Melvin Culler, Mike Remion, Tommy Brennan, al ternate chaptain, Hubert Gibson, Gene Robider, Mike Hogan, Frank McKenna; second row: Steph en Saunders, Jimmy Brennan, Pat Barbee, Phillip Robider, George McCloy, captain, Vincent Saun ders, Harry Crawford, Robert Kelly, Joseph Landlofe, Jack Hogan; third row: Mike Jordon, George Kitchens, Henry Rape, Victor Strojny, Jame Brown. Msgr. T. James McNamara and Coach Harry Deal are behind the players.—(Savannah Morning News Photo.) "Get Whole Truth; Read Catholic Press" Theme Of Press Month Valentine Dance At Albany Feb. 8 6. Take the initiative in every possible field of action in every institution of the church. Gain the sympathy of the faithful and try to assume a role of leadership. 7. The commanding cells will cooperate with the party in help ing it deploy its forces in all these sections of the church. 8. “Use the enemy to destroy the enemy,” and make it easy for prominent church members to enter China so that, unwittingly, they may be used to reveal the “true face and situation of the church.” held Tuesday night at the K. C. Hall. Mrs. L. C. Mock Sr., retiring president, opened the meeting with a prayer and the new presi dent, Mrs. Fred Mills, presided. Other officers for 1958 are Mrs. Victor Heidgerken, vice president, and Mrs. Ray Dwornik, secretary- treasurer. The following members volun teered for the various commit tees: Mrs. L. E. Mock, Sr., Mrs. Ralph Kahler, membership; Mrs. John Tillitski, Mrs. Fred Mills, tablecloth; Mrs. Bill Starr, Mrs. Lamar Everson, social; Mrs. Ed- „ ... ward Armstrong, Mrs, Wilson 9. Discover weak points m the j Barton, scrapbook; Mrs. George church. Fo- Hughey, Jr., Mrs. John Wolfe, vis iting. On behalf of the auxiliary, Mrs. Mills presented the retiring presi dent with, a gift and thanked her for her splendid leadership. Mrs. organization of the ment contradictions within the bosom of the church. “Each comrade,” the directives the sign of the cross. Admiral ! published by Fides continue Larrazabel is well-known as a j “must have understood radically Catholic and included the men-j that the Catholic Church, being J. W. Mock, Jr., past president ’ 1 the slave and servant of imperial- j also was presented with a gift, ism, must absolutely be ruined Mrs. John Tillitski discussed the tion of the name of God in several of his dispatches declaring the rule of Pi'esident Perez Jimenez at an end. The junta, now composed of six military men and two civil ians, is composed of men known as Catholics. Two original mem bers of the group, Army Col. Roberto Casanova and Air Force Col. Abel Romero, were ousted because of popular resentment. They had been instrumental in putting down the New Year’s Day uprising, and have been replaced by two military men and a ci vilian. One month before the uprising a number Of priests were named to seats in the national congress by Perez Jimenez’ Minister of the Interior, Laureano Vallenilla Lanz, but all of them immediately renounced their appointments. The appointments followed the December 15 piebicite in which the name of Perez Jimenez was the only one appearing on the ballots. An order has been issued for the arrest of ex-Argentine dic tator Juan Peron who has been in this country for some time. He is now at the embassy of the Do minican Republic here and the ambassador, Rafael Bonnelli, has been reported as saying that Pe ron is a “guest” at the embassy, and has not requested formal po litical refuge. and destroyed. As for Protestant ism, because it is led by the fal lacious . idea of coexistence-,vlet it* die its natural death and do not' let it make any new advance.”; Pope’s Gift “Signiture Tablecloth.” > The auxiliary will sponsor a $£?# n tide' dance jfdNmpmbefs. And 3heir friends on Saturday,.Fob.-8, at the K. C. Hall. Twenty mem bers were present. A man can’t borrow money on his ancestors’ reputation for hon esty. ' A golden reliquary containing a large relic from the right hand of St. Pius X, gift of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, will be placed in the center of the St, Pius X altar, to be built in the Cathedral of Our Lady, Mu nich, Germany, The altar will be built under auspices of the Fides Romana, a Catholic lay organization of German men for Church and Pope, on occa sion of the 37th International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Munich in 1960. (NC Photos) Reception Honors Mew Nativity Pastor THUNDERBOLT — The H o 1 y Name Society, Altar Society and Mothers Club of Nativity Parish sponsored a reception for the Rev. Felix Donnelly, newly appointed pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Thunderbolt, on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The recep tion was held at St. Mary’s Home, Savannah, and was attended by a crowd of 500. Guests included the clergy and Religious of Savannah. The reception was followed by a light buffet. Mr. Madison Brow er, President of the Holy Name Society, Mrs. Elizabeth Stradt- man, President of the Altar So ciety, and Mi’s. Georgia Ruerwein, President of the Mothers Club of Nativity Parish, were co-chairmen of the reception committee. In the receiving line were the acting of ficials of the various Parish or ganizations. Mrs. John Gannem of Thunderbolt was in charge of refreshments. , (N.C.W.C. News Service) NEW YORK — The 1958 theme of Catholic Press Month, which is; observed in February, is..“Get The Whole Truth . . . Read Your Catholic Press,” it was disclosed here by Msgr. John S. Randall, president of the Catholic Press Association. In a statement issued at CPA headquarters, the Monsignor said that the theme is intended as a positive stand to encompass the • broad expanse of the Catholic press. “No reflection is intended upon any other publishing media, sec ular or otherwise,” the CPA pres ident said. “The fact is that the Catholic press expounds and de fends a great variety of truths in which the Church is vitally in terested. These include not only dogmatic and moral truths, but any aspect of reality, or truth, which affects man’s destiny in time and eternity.” Msgr. Randall, who is also man aging editor of the Courier Jour nal, Rochester, N. Y., diocesan weekly, said that the apparent inability of the Catholic press to reach a large segment of the Catholic community in this coun try presents “a challenge to those official and voluntary Catholic groups whose interests are served so well by the Catholic press.” He cited the growing circula tion of Catholic periodicals and books as evidence that Catholic publishers “are doing a splendid job with their limited financial resources.” “But those Catholics who sel dom if ever read Catholic litera ture — and there are thousands of them — are as difficult to reach as ever,” the priest said. These Catholics, many the “lukewarm type,” are most in need of Catholic spiritual and moral guidance, Msgr. Randall said, “and the time has come for all Catholic groups to get into the business of promoting Catholic reading on a scale heretofore un realized.” “The Catholic press is one of the. most effective teaching arms the Church has at her disposal,” Msgr. Rjnidafl said. ■ “For this reason diocesan officers must put. new energy into circulating their official newspapers, and Catholic membership organizations must realize that they can serve the truths of the Faith in no better way than by well planned and well executed programs of pro motion and distribution of Cath olic magazines, pamphlets and books. “None of us need be reminded of the immense stakes involved in today’s ideological warfare. Our most dangerous.’ adversaries are not those easily identified materialists who parade behind the banners of communism. Rath-, er, they are the humanists, the relativists and the secularists who constantly use our communica tions media to spread false doc trines disguised under such specious slogans as ‘One truth is as good as the next,’ and ‘Nothing else matters so long as we remain friends.’ ” The Catholic press is well equipped to “ferret out the wolf” in these apparently innocent ideas, Msgr. Randall said. “Were it not for the Catholic press, I would seriously doubt that the average adult Catholic could begin to cope with the nu ances and subtleties of all the The aim of a diet seems to be: propaganda he is exposed to to- to take tiie starch out of you. | day,” he said. “Surely, his failure MSGR. RANDALL to properly distinguish between the wrong is affecting this piety, his role as a parent and spouse and even his faith.” An informational program aimed at developing a more sub stantial appreciation of the Cath olic press among parish priests, seminarians and members of many Catholic organizations, will be launched by Catholic publish ers through the CPA this year, the CPA president said. He said the program will be just a begin ning. “Such programs have a pay-off date which extends quite far into the future and the Catholic press faces an immediate urgency in getting pastors to cooperate more effectively in distributing Catho lic literature,” the Monsignor de clared. Almost without exception Catholic publishers believe that any substantial growth in’ the Catholic press rests in the hands of the parish priest, Msgr. Randall continued. “This is as it should be,” he said, “since the Catholic press serves the parish more effective ly than does any other echelon of the Church’s structure. Our diffi culty is that not enough priests appear to realize this.” As an example of the help which can come from Catholic Organizations, Msgr. Randall; pointed to the. success of the Knights of Columbus’ educational program for non-Catholics, car ried on through advertisements in secular newspapers and maga zines. “There are other ways, and many of them, which other Cath olic organizations could utilize to spread Catholic literature among our own people, Msgr. , Randall said. “There’s a promotional and selling job that needs to be done on the local level in every com munity if the Catholic Church is to benefit from the full poten tial of service that the Catholic press offers.” / The priest said that/some 45 Catholic newspaper publishers re cently formed a national adver tising group know;! as Catholic Family Newspapers. Its purpose, he explained, is/to promote the Catholic newspaper press as a de sirable advertising medium for national producers. Fie urged Catholic buyers in official posi tions as we^l as Catholic laymen to give preference to the products they see advertised in the Cath olic press. “Thi^/is simply good business,” ResolutionHonors Father Donnelly WARNER ROBINS — The Rev. Felix G. Donnelly of Sacred Heart Church has been honored by the passing of a resolution of appre ciation by the Community Chest Board. Announcement of this was car ried in THE WARNER ROBINS SUN of January 30 and paid trib ute to Father who has been trans ferred to Thunderbolt. The resolution read: WHEREAS, Father Felix G. Donnelly of Sacred Heart Catho lic Church has added immeasur ably to the spiritual, moral and civic growth of Warner Robins during his residence here; and WHEREAS, Father Donnelly has helped in the establishment and operation of the Community Chest; and” WHEREAS, he has been active and exemplary in the Optimist Club of Warner Robins and in projects requiring cooperation with other civic and community welfare organizations; and WHEREAS, he has added ma terially and spiritually to Warner Robins by establishing the Sacred Heart School of the Sacred Heart Church, and thereby further im proved the comrnunity of Warner Robins; and WHEREAS, he has affected in the most high manner the lives of countless people by spreading good will toward men of all faiths; and WHEREAS, his former fellow members of the Community Chest board of directors wish to express their profound appreci ation to him for his sterling qual ities of leadership, friendship and concern for mankind, now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV ED, that the Community Chest board of directors hereby express the appreciation of the entire community of Warner Robins to Father Felix G. Donnelly and say further in the words of the Old Testament, Chapter 6, verses 24 through 26 of the Book of Num- bety: “The.'Lord Bleso thee, ’and, keep thee: Thq : ; :Lord make his face shine upon thee, arict be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his counten ance upon thee and give thee peace.” PATIENTS CONSTRUCT CHAPEL LONDON, (NC) — Patients at the nearby Shenley Mental Hos pital have built a Catholic chapel on the hospital grounds, large enough to seat 400 persons and equipped with an electric organ. Construction of the chapel was carried out by 25 Catholic pa tients at the hospital as part of their occupational therapy. “The work has helped them so much,” a hospital official said, “that we have discharged some of them as cured.” The chapel will be blessed in the near future by Archbishop William Godfrey of Westminster. Officials Deny Pope Has Plans To Visit Lourdes VATICAN CITY, (Radio NC) — Vatican officials have denied any knowledge of a rumored forth coming trip by His Holiness Pope Pius XII to the centenary cele brations at Lourdes, to begin in February. Earlier, it had been reported by a secular news agency that the organizing committee of the centennial year celebrations said it was preparing for a one-day visit of the Pope next Septem ber. An official of the Vatican Sec retariate of the State said that nothing has been issued by that office and that it is doubtful that the Pope will travel to Lourdes. It is known, he said, that there has been talk of the Pope’s want ing to go to Lourdes and that overtures have been made “from certain quarters” to encourage him to do so. But, he added, no thing has been issued through normal channels saying that he will go. Bishop Martin J. O’Connor, rector of the North American College and vice-president of the Lourdes centenai'y committee here, said that he knew nothing about Vatican consent to prepa rations for a papal visit; to Lourdes. He believes the report false, he said. A list of congresses and meet ings to be held at Lourdes during centennial celebrations has. been issued, by the central .committee of the centenary. ’ It follows:..' ’ February 11: opening day of the centennial year and the an niversary of the first apparition. After a triduum at the shrine, His Eminence Pierre Cardinal Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyon, will open the jubilee year. February 18: feast of St. Ber nadette Soubirous and annivers ary of the third apparition of Our Lady. The ceremonies at the shrine will’ be presided over by Archbishop Henri Audrain of Auch., March 25: feast of the Annun ciation and anniversary of the day on which Our Lady declared her Immaculate Conception to St. Bernadette. His Eminence An gelo Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, will consecrate the underground Church of St. Pius X. April 8-12: International pil grimage of the Blind. June 6-8: International Aero nautical Pilgrimage, led by His Eminence Maurice Cardinal Fel- tin, Archbishop of Paris. June 14 and 15: Cardinal Feltin will preside over the Internation al Military Pilgrimage. July 4-7: Pilgrimage of the In ternational Federation of Little Singers. July 16: • Anniversary of the last apparition of Our Lady to St. Bernadette. August 4-7: Bishop Jean Men ard of Rodez will lead the Inter national Pilgrimage of Deaf Mutes. August 5-9: Members of the Children of Mary will meet at Lourdfes for the; organization’s in ternational pilgrimage. August 10-15: Archbishop Em ile (merry of Cambrai will head the International . Pilgrimage of Workers. . ■ . August 15: Feast of (he As sumption of Our Lady. August 18-22': People from all over France will travel to Lourdes in the National Pilgrimage of France. September 10-1,7: International Marian and Mariolqgical Congress to be presided oyer by a papal legate as ,vet un'naineri;- -will be held at the 'shrine, while the in ternational Congress of Pax Christi, international Catholic peace organization, will also meet. At the same time, the Catholic Esperanto Congress will take place. December 8: Feast of the Im maculate Conception of Our Lady. February 11, 1959: Cardinal Feltin will close the jubilee year. Starts Feb. 11 Centennial year of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes will begin February 11th, annivers ary of the first apparition of Our Lady of St. Bernadette Soubirous. The Shrine is locat ed in southern France, as shown in map above. His Eminence Pierre Cardinal Gerlier, Arch bishop of Lyon, is expected to open the jubilee year, with a triduum and special ceremon ies. Vatican officials have de nied any knowledge that His Holiness Pope Pius XII will at tend centenary celebrations at Lourdes.—-(NC Photos) ILLUSION It may appear that the world is growing smaller, but it still takes the CFA president said. “Catholic publishers need the revenue from [ more tax money to run it. advertising and Catholics have! dvery right to support those ad vertisers who support them.” PUBLISHER DIES SHORT HILLS, N. J., (NC) — Benard A. Benziger, president of Benziger Bros., Inc., publishers of Catholic prayer, liturgical and text books, died (Jan. 25) at his home here after a brief illness. Mr. Benziger had been pres ident of Benziger Bros, for more than 20 years. He was also a past president of the National Asso ciation of Catholic Publishers and Dealers in Church Goods. Among his survivors are his wife, Mrs. Adele Shanley Ben ziger, who is a sister of Bernard M. Shanley, former appointments secretary for President Eisen hower. Live one day at a time and the 1 future looks less awesome. WILLING WORKERS Give a small boy dad’s tools and he’ll give the family home wall to wall carpentering. 1 Executive Board Holds Meeting — (Continued from Page 1) ent to write to their state and fed eral representatives; urging them to back legislation which will help to combat the sale of in decent literature. Recognition was given to the Public Relations Committee for their part in arranging the show ing of “Rome Eternal’ on tele vision in the three Deaneries. It was suggested that members; write to their local TV stations, thanking them for the showing of this series. Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, pastor of St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, Augus ta, invited the members to par ticipate in the Centennial Pil grimage from the Diocese of Sav annah to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes which he and Monsig nor T. James McNamara will lead, leaving New York on April 22. The spiirtual moderator, Rev. John D. Toomey, congratulated the Diocesan Chairmen and the Deanery Presidents on the great amount of work they have been doing as shown by their reports and suggested the use of study groups at parish council meetings in order to make them more in teresting. In the absence of Bish op McDonough, Father Toomey announced that the Carmelite Nuns were coming to the Diocese in the near future and would be located at Coffee Bluff, near Sav annah. Other members of the clergy at the meeting were Msgr. Patrick Temple and Rev. Robert Brennan, pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, Dublin. Presents Credentials To Holy Father VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NO— Bartolomeo Migone, Italy’s new Ambassador to the Holy See, pre sented his credentials to His Hol iness Pope Pius XII during a soimen audience in the throne room of the Vatican Palace. Immediately after the cere mony, the Pope conversed pri vately with the new envoy in his private library. Ambassador Mi- gone rendered homage to the Pontiff on behalf of the President of the Republic and of the Italian government, and Pope Pius re- $$s>pdecL by extending his good yfishes and special blessings to the Italian people. The new ambassador, who is 57, succeeds Francesco Mameli, who had represented Italy at the Holy See since 1952. A native of Genoa, Mr. Migone entered the Italian diplomatic service in 1923. He became first secretary of the Italian embassy in Washington in 1933, and three years later assumed the same post in Moscow. Italy’s first represent ative accredited to the British government after World War II, his most recent posts were as chief of the cabinet of the foreign Affairs Ministry in Rome, and earlier as director general of the office of cultural relations of that ministry. 'Sfrop-Waf’ch Finale" HOLLYWOOD, Calif., (NC) _ “Stop-Watch Finale,” story of a criminal who is an atheist, will be presented on. Marian Theatre on February 8 over the Mutual Net work. Macdonald Carey will star in the production. Marian Theatre is produced by Father Patrick Peyton, C. S. C„ director of the Family Rosary Crusade. Now and then a man turns up who acts as if he was living his life on contract.