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JULY 31. 1943 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE
News Review of the Catholic World
Maryland-New York
Jesuit Province
Has Been Divided
Damaged Rome Basilica and Railroad Yards Military Delegate
Approves Form for
General Services
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, — The Chief ol
Chaplains Office of the Army has
announced that the Most Rev. John
F. O’Hara, C. S. C., Military Dele
gate, has approved an outline to
be followed by Catholic chaplains
in conducting a general service.
The suggest. ; outline includes:
an opening hymn, the Epistle of
the day, the Our Father, the
Gospel of the day, a sermon, Pray
er for the nation and those in
authority, a Psalm and a closing
hymn.
WEARING SUITS made for
them by Vatican tailors, three
British airmen, shot down in a
night raid on Turin last Decem
ber, arrived back in London after
escaping from an Italian prisoner
of war camp and seeking sanc
tuary in the Vatican. Exchanged
for three Italian prisoners in Eng
land they were accompanied to
Lisbon by Msgr. Carroll-Abbing,
an Irish priest residing in Rome,
from Lisobn they Hew to London.
One of the three is a Catholic.
They were full of praise for the
Vatican authorities and the inter
views given in the British press
.have been one of the best boosts
the Vatican has had in England
for many months.
The abqve section from a map of the City of Rome'shows the location (arrow) of the Basilica of San
Lorenzo Outside the Walls. It is notable that the extensive railroad yards and communications are on
three sides on the ancient bascilica which contains the tomb of Pope Pius IX. The church suffered seri
ous damage in the recent bombing of Rome—(N. C. W. C.)
President Roosevelt Assures Holy Father
Invaders Will Respect Vatican Territory
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — President
Roosevelt gave assurance to His
Holiness Pope Pius XII that, in
the invasion of Italy, the United
Nations will respect the neutrality
of Vatican territroy.
This was revealed when the
White House made public the text
of a message dispatched by the
President to the Holy Father, and
which apparently was delivered
shortly after Allied forces launch
ed their invasion of Sicily.
Informing the Sovereign Pontiff
that “our soldiers have come to rid
Italy of Fascis and all its unhappy
symbols”, President Roosevelt
states:
“Church and religious institu
tions will, to the extent that it is
within our power be spared the
devastations of war during the
struggle. Throughout the period
of operations the neutral status of
Vatican City as well as of the
Papal domains throughout Italy
will be respected.”
The President tells the Holy j
Father “there is no need for me
to re-affirm that respect for reli-1
gious beliefs and for the free exer-!
cise of religious worship is funda
mental to our ideas.” He also says
“I look forward, as does Your
Holiness, to that bright day .when
the peace of God returns to the
world”
The text of the President's rpes-
sage to Pope Pius XII as made
public by the White House is as
follows:
“By the time this message
reaches Your Holiness a landing
in force by American and British
troops will have taken place on
Italian soil. Our soldiers have
come to rid Italy of Fascism and
all its unhappy symbols, and to
drive out the Nazi oppressors who
are infesting her soil.
“There is no need for me to re
affirm that respect for religious
beliefs and for the free exer
cise of religious worship is funda
mental to our ideas. Churches and
religious institutions will .to the
extent that it is within our power,
be spared the devastations of war
during the struggle ahead.
Throughout the period of opera
tions the neutral status of Vatican
City as well as of the Papal do
mains throughout Italy will be
respected.
“I look forward, as does Your
Holiness, to that bright day when
the peace of God returns to the
world. We are convinced that this
will occur only when the forces
of evil which now hold vast areas
of Europe and Asia enslaved have
been uterly destroyed. On that
day we will joyfully turn our
emergies from the grim duties of
war to the fruitful tasks of recon-
construetion. In common with all
other nations and forces imbued
with the spirit of good will toward
men, and with the help of Al
mighty God, we will turn our
hearts and our minds to the exact
ing task of building a just and
enduring peace on earth.”
A SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS
was sung in the Polish Church of
Our Lady of Czestochowa and St.
Casimir in North London for Gen
eral Wladyslaw Sikorski, Premier
of Poland, who was killed in the
crash of an airplane while enroute
fronw-England to Gibralter. Rank-
; ing members of the British Gov-
‘ ernment and of the Polish Govern-
' ment-in-Exile attended the Mass.
! The Polish Premier’s final pub-
j lie appearance in tHe United States
was at a Mass in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, New York, at which the
Most Rev. Francis J. , Spellman,
Archbishop of New York was cele
brant, on January 10 of this year.
CATHOLIC MEMBERS of the
United States armed forces are
creating a traffic problem each
Sunday in Kunming, China. Park-
cd army cars in the Kunming
streets are causing a jam while
the soldiers attend Mass in the
Catholic Cathedral. Local police
have ruled that cars may be
parked -only on one side of the
street.
The devotion of the American
boys to their Church has caused a
stir among the populace, surprised
to see so many uniformed men at
worship. “The populace is pro-
foudly edified by these soldiers’
faith, comments® a French mis-
sioner of the’eity-
The Rev. James Gilloegly. a
Maryknoller from Scranton, Pa..
recently inducted at Kunming into
to U.i S. Army as a chaplain, cele
brates Mass each Sunday in the
Cathedral.
TIIE PURPLE HEART MEDAL
has been awarded posthumously to
the Rev. John P. Washington, lieu
tenant and chaplain in the Army,
who lost his life in a transport
sinking in the North Atlantic‘last
February, according to a War De
partment notification received by
his mother, Mrs. Mary Washington,
of Newark. N. J.
lather Washington, former as
sistant pastor of St. Stephens
Church. Arlington. N. Y„ gave his
life-belt to a soldier who tVas with
out one, consoled other passengers
and went down with the ship.
Thirty-Seven Nations Represented at Holy See
ARRIVING IN ROME and de
parting the, same day. Prof. Mihai
Antonescu. Vice President of the
National Council and Foreign Min
ister of Rumania, was received in
a solemn audience by His Holiness
Fope Pius XII on July 2. The audi
ence was marked by the exchange
of artistic gifts and a lengthy and
cordial conversation. Foreign Min
ister Antonescu's visit to Rome was
solely for the purpose of visiting
the Holy Father. WhiloMn Italian
territory he remained incognito.
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS
XII, in a letter to President Lin
Sen of China, pledged his efforts
for the promotion of cordial rela
tions between the Holy See and
China, it was stated over the
Chungking Radio in a broadcast
to North America reported by
government monitors in New York.
The letter, the broadcaster stated,
aMured that Dr. Shiuh Shou-
Kiang, Chinese minister to the
Vatican, had been promised every
facility and assistance in carrying
out his good will mission-
Catholic Daughters
Biennial Session
Held in Cleveland
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CLEVELAND, — Miss Mary C.
Duffy of South Orange, N. J.. was
relected by unanimous vote Su
preme Regent of the Catholic
Daughters of America for a term
of two years. The election took
place at the closing session of the
20th biennial convention held here
during the week of July 11.
Miss Frances Maher, of Kane,
Pa., was reelected Vice Supreme
Regent: Miss Katherine M. Rosney,
of New York, National Secretary;
Mrs. John Ballard, of East Milton,
Mass., National Treasurer; Mrs.
Leonora Z. Meder, of Chicago, Na
tional Counsellor. New Board
members include: Miss Mary Mur
phy, Cleveland, and Mrs. Thomas
J. Boyle, of Centralia, 111. Other
board members, who were reelect
ed, are Miss Mary McKeough, Rut
land. Vt.; Miss Veronica O’Connor,
Omaha; Mrs. Henry Broussard,
New Orleans, and Mrs. A. J. Le-
Blanc, San Antonio.
A special resolution pledging 100
per cent support of the natijnal
War Savings Stamp campaign for
the National Catholic School of
Social Service received unanimous
approval of the convention.
Among six radio broadcasts pub
licizing the wide program of the
Catholic Daughters of America
brought to the microphone the
Most Rev. William J. Hafey. Bishop
of Scranton, and National .Chap
lain of the C. D. of A., who dis
cussed “The Bill of Rights.” Bishop
Hafey also delivered the sermon
at the Solemn Pontifical Mass,
celebrated by the Most Rev. Ed
ward F. Hoban, Coadjutor Bishop
of Cleveland, to open the conven
tion.
Speakers on the program includ
ed the Most Rev. Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh,
who spoke on the Chapel car pro
ject; the Most Rev. John Mark
Gannon, Bishop of Erie; the Rt
Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Ready.
General Secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
REV. JAMES PETER DAVIS,
pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Bis-
bee, Arizona, and former Chancel?
lor-Secretary of the Diocese of
Tucson, has been named Bishop of
San Juan, Puerto Rico, it has been
announced in word from the Holy
See received at the Apostolic Dele
gation in Washington. Bishop-elect
Davis will succeed the Most Rev.
Edwin Vincent Byrne, Bishop of
San Juan since 1929. who was re
cently named Archbishop of Sante
Fe, N. M.
sey.
The division of the Maryland-
New York Province was made be
cause of its vastness. On January
1. the Maryland-New York Prov
ince had 751 priests, 710 scholas
tics preparing for the priesthood
and 170 lay Brothers. The Prov
ince was not only the largest of
the seven American provinces, but
larger than any of the 50 Jersuit
Provinces throughout the world.
Thirty-seven countries now maintain diplomatic representatives at the Vatican, where this picture
was taken during a Mass in Sistine Chapel, commemorating the Holy Father’s coronation anniversary.
Among the diplomats in the group are, first row. Count Chiano and Japanese Ambassador: second row,
British Minister Osborne; third row, Chinese Minister Sie, Irish Charge Kierman, and U. S. Charge Harold
Tittman.—(M. C. W. C.)
(By N. C. VV. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Maryland-
New York Province of the Society
of Jesus, has been divided into a
Maryland Province and a New.
York Province, it was announced
here.
Planned by the Very Rev. Vlad
imir Ledochowski, S. J., Superior
General of the Jesuits, but delay
ed by his death last December,
the division was carried out
through a directive of the com
munity’s Vicar General in Rome
after it had been approved by the
Holy See.
The Very Rev. Vincent L. Kee-
lan, S. J., v/ho has been Vice-
Provincial of the Maryland-New
York Province, has been named
first Provincial of the Maryland
Province. He will reside at St.
Ignatius Church, in Baltimore,
moving there from Georgetown
University, Washington, D. C. The
Very Rev. James P. Sweeney, S.
J.. who has been Provincial of the
Maryland - New York Province
since October, 1939, will continue
as provincial of the New York
Province.
The new Maryland - Province
will include members of the com
munity and Jesuit institutions in
Maryland, the District of Colum
bia. North Carolina, Virginia. West
Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
and Southern New Jersey. The
New York Province takes in New
York State and Northern New Jer