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Holy See Honors Five Priests of Raleigh Diocese
Domestic Prelate Papal Chamberlain Papal Chamberlain Papal Chamberlain Papal Chamberlain
MONSIGNOR McNERNEY
The Rev. Monsignor Peter JIc-
MONSIGNOR MURPHY
The Very Rev. Monsignor Cor-
MONSIGNOR LYNCH MONSIGNOR FEDERAL MONSIGNOR BOUR
The Right Rev. Monsignor Den- The Rev. Monsignor J. Lennox The Very Rev. Louis J. Bour,
nis A. Lynch, Chancellor of the Federal, Rector of the Cathedral Pasior of St. Lawrence Church .. .
Diocese of Raleigh, who has been of the Sacred Heart, Raleigh, who Asheville, who has been elevated P e ™Lf ul ri, OUr | La „ y . I ' ellus E - Murphy, Pastor of St.
elevated to the rank and dignity has been appointed a Papal Cham- to the dignity of a Papal Chamber- Mount whf ’’ R i M * y * Iarys Church ’ Wilmington, who
of a Domestic Prelate. berlain. lain P Mount, who has been made a has been appointed a Papal Cham-
—— Papal Chamberlain. berlain.
Bulletins
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
has sent the sum of $10,000 for
the relief of distress caused by
air raids on the Island of Malta.
The contribution was made avail
able through an allocation from
the Bishops’ War Emergency and
Relief Committee of the United
States.
Postmaster General Walker
Addresses K, of C. Convention
REPRESENTATIVES of the
Catholic Church in Holland and
the Netherlands Reformed Church
have protested against Nazi pro
posals to deport all the Jews of
that country to Eastern Europe,
according to information received
by the Netherlands Information
Bureau in London.
AN ANGLICAN MINISTER in
Tunis, Isaac Dunbar, discovered
30 British Catholic sailors in a
French prison in Tunisia, and
telephoned to the English White
Fathers at Carthage, and when
arrangements were made for the
visit of a priest he scrubbed the
floor of a room in preparation for
Mass.
BRAZIL’S declaration of war
on Germany and Italy has hasten
ed the victory of the Christian re
ligion, President Roosevelt declar
ed in his message to President
Getulio Vargas on the Brazilian
Goverment’s action. “The
action taken today by your Gov
ernment,” President Roosevelt
asserted, “has hastened the com
ing of the inevitable victory of
freedom over oppression, of Chris
tian religion over the forces of
evil and darkness.”
FCmaCTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
HWy/BONDS
AND
STAMPS
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.,— Regardless
of its beginnings, this is no long
er a war between nations but a
war for human, rather than politi
cal, independence, Postmaster
General Frank C. Walker said in
an address on “The War Aims are
the Peace Terms” at the States
Dinner held in connection with
the sixtieth annual convention of
the Knights of Columbus.
“Not all of us,” he said, “yet un
derstand the Total War for Human
Rights in which we are mortally
engaged. I doubt that anyone ful
ly understands it. The magnitude
of this eruption of humanity is too
great to be now comprehended.
Only the perspective of future
years will discern the complete
character and trace the historic
direction of its forces. If the scope
were less we could grasp it with a
more concentrated conviction if
the disturbance were limited to a
spot, we could attack with the
focused intensity of our armed
might.
“But the War for Human Rights
is everywhere; it is wherever
human hearts are found! It is the
conflict between good and evil in
the soul of humanity. It is the
civil war of the human race whose
battleground is the continents of
the globe, the seas that divide
them and the skies that cover
them. This much we do under
stand; this much we know must
surely. Regardless of its begin
nings, this is no longer a war be
tween nations. It is a war for
human, rather than political, in
dependence. No individual or na
tion can be safely neutral any long
er. .. .
“Knights of Columbus and citi
zens of the United States! If ever
cause were just this cause is just.
| If ever war were necessary—this
j war was necessary. If ever victory
could be placed, as an offering, on
the Altars of Almighty God, our
victory, when it comes, can be
placed there in a spirit of humility
and dedication that the cause of
justice and liberty may be sancti
fied as a lasting heritage of man
kind. Meanwhile, as we travel
through the night of struggle to
ward the dawn of triumph, our
war effort and our war aims must
be inspired by all' our strength,
With the full working-power of our
nation and the unadulterated
honesty of our purposes. So, God
helping us, we shall triumph; so,
God sustaining us, we shall carry
on to a better future—a future in
which we shall keep faith with our
dead.”
Teaching of Religion
in Philippine Schools
Banned by Japanese
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK. — The Jesuit
Philippine Bureau has received
word from a source which may not
be disclosed, that an announce
ment was made last week in a
Spanish-language broadcast over
Station KZRH, Manila, to the ef
fect that religious instruction in
the Philippine Schools was abol
ished by Act of August 4. Spe
cifically, the news told of the je-
voking of a certain “Regulation
No. 35” which since the fall of
Manila had allowed references to
religion in Philippine text-books;
this by order of the Director-Gen
eral of the Japanese Military Ad
ministration.
Word has also been reported of
a movement to popularize the
Japanese language in the Philip
pines. To accomplish this, a re
organization of the educational
system was declared necessary.
According to the plan which was
spoken of, existing private schools
will be abolished, the number of
public schools increased. Colleges
are to be “appropriately reorgan
ized” in accordance with the plan.
Japanese educators are to be
placed in these colleges in some
capacity, either as President or
Vice-President.
Shortly after the occupation of
Manila by the Japanese, a “Bureau
of Religious Affairs” was inaugu
rated, for the purpose of exercis
ing control over religious prac
tices. It is reported that ministers
of religion are required to obtain
licenses from this bureau. An
other activity of this bureau is to
take care of the registering of all
people in the Philippines accord
ing to their religious beliefs.
The registration of all church
property, it is further reported,
will be carried out at once.
Some weeks before the inaugu
ration of the more extensive pro
gram outlined above, a meeting
was reported as having been held
at Tokyo to determine which re
ligions were to be “recognized.”
These included Shinto (the state
religion, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Confuscianism, Mohammedanism,
and Catholicism. It was mention
ed, however, that all other re
ligions besides Shinto would be
“converted” to Shinto eventually.
Monsignor Lynch Made
Domestic Prelate-Fathers >
Federal, Murphy, M’Nerney
Bour, Papal Chamberlains
- r RALEIGH, N. C.—His Excellency the Most Rev. Eugene J.
McGuinness, D. D . Bishop of Raleigh, has announced that he has re-
ceivect word from Vatican City that five outstanding priests of the
Hlocese of Raleigh have been created Monsignori by His Holiness
ope Pius XII. The North Carolina priests who have been so sig
nally honored being; Monsignor Dennis A. Lynch, Chancellor of the
Diocese of Raleigh, and private secretary to Bishop McGuinness, who
has been elevated to the high ecclesiastical rank of Domestic Prelate,
with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor; the Rev. Louis J. Bour,
V. I pastor of St. Lawrence Church, Asheville: the Rev. Cornelius
u" Alurphy, \ . I., pastor of St. Mary's Church, Wilmington; the Rev.
Peter McNerney, V. F„ pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church,
Rocky Mount, and the Rev. Joseph Lennox Federal, rector of the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Raleigh, who have been elevated to
uie rank and dignity of Papal Chamberlains, with the title of Very
Reverend Monsignor. '
Bishop McGuinness stated that
no definite date had been set for
the investiture of the newly-made
Monsignori, but that there was a
possibility that the ceremony would
be held in the Cathedral at Raleigh
toward the end of September.
There are now eight Monsignori
four Domestic Prelates and four
Papal Chamberlains, including one
Prothonotary Apostolic — in the
Diocese of Raleigh. The high
honors that have been conferred
by His Holiness upon the priests
and Laymen of the Diocese of
Raleigh are evidence of the high
regard and affection that the Holy
Father has for North Carolina,
and, further, shows that His Holi
ness recognizes the great work the
clergy and laity of North Carolina
are accomplishing on behalf of
the Catholic Church.
MONSIGNOR LYNCH
A NATIVE OF IRELAND
Monsignor Dennis A. Lynch, the
seventh child of Peter and Helen
Lynch, was born in the County of
Kerry, Ireland, on October 9, 1906.
He received his early education in
the National Schools of that coun
try, and in 1921 entered Saint
Brendan’s Preparatory Seminary,
Killarney, County Kerry, to pre
pare himself for the priesthood.
On the completion of his classical
studies, he came to the United
States in September 1925 and was
immediately adopted as a student
for the newly erected Diocese of
Raleigh.
He pursued his philosophical
and theological studies at Belmont
Abbey Seminary, Belmont, N. C.,
and was ordained to the priesthood
on October 1, 1931, in St. Mary’s
Church. Wilmington, N. C. He
served as assistant at St. Peter’s
Church, Grenville, N. C.; at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Church,
Rocky Mount; at St. Mary’s Church
Goldsboro, and from September
1937 to June 1938, he served as
chaplain at St. Gencvieve-of-the-
Pines Junior College and Academy,
Ashville. In June 1936, Monsignor
Lynch graduated with a degree of
Master of Arts from the School of
Arts and Sciences of the Catholic
University of America in Washing
ton, D. C.
In June, 1938, Bishop McGuin
ness appointed him Chancellor of
the Diocese of Raleigh, which office
he now fills with great distinction.
In May, 1940, His Holiness Pope
Pius XII named him a Papal
Chamberlain, with the title of
Very Reverend Monsignor. In rec
ognition of his outstanding work,
Pope Pius XII has now elevated
him to the rank of a Domestic
Prelate, with the title of Right
Reverend Monsignor.
Monsignor Lynch has resided in
North Carolina since 1925, and
his long continued residence in the
South has made him a typical
Southerner and a great lover of
Dixie” manners and customs.
MONSIGNOR BOUR IS A
NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Monsignor Louis J. Bour was
born in Scranton, Pa., on Decem
ber 14, 1888. He attended St.
Mary’s parochial school and St.
Mary’s High School in that city.
He made his philosophical and
theological studies at St. Bernard's
Seminary, Rochester, N. Y„ the
Catholic University of America, in
Washington, from whiett he re
ceived a degree of Bachelor of
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