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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 26. 1946
CLASSMATES BECOME CARDINALS—Among the thirty-two
new Cardinals named by Pope Pius XII are these two old classmates
Archbishop Francis J. SpeHman, of New York, and His Beatitude
Gregory Peter XV Agagianifpi right) Patriarch of Cilicia, Turkish
Armenia. They are pictured in Beirut, Syria, where they met during
Archbishop Spellman’s visitation of the Near East as Military Vicar
of the U. S. Armed Forces in 1944.— NC Photos)
Nineteen Nations, Every Continent
Honored by Holy Father in Making
Appointments to Sacred College
Nineteen countries and every
continent in the world were honor- j
ed by the Holy Father when he ,
named 32 prelates to the Sacred j
College in the first elevation of
Cardinals in eight years and the |
largest single elevation in the
history of the Church.
Though they have lived in wide
ly separated parts of the globe,
the careers of all those honored by ,
the Pope have been marked by
brilliant scholarship, wide expe- '
Hence and eminent service to the :
Church, in many instances during 1
especially critical periods. The !
new Cardinals will be raised to j
the Sacred College at a secret i
Consistory on Bcbruary 18. Fol- ,
lowing arc thumbnail sketches ot
many of the new Cardinals:
Cardinal-elect Count von Galen,
Bishop of Muenster, has long been j
known as one of the most coura- (
geous and inflexible enemies of
Nazism. In 1944 the British
Broadcasting Company. reported
that the Nazis had placed Bishop j
von Galen under house arrest, and
him one of the five greatest heroes '
of 1941
It was not long after ne was'
named to the Diocese of Berlin in
1935 that Cardinal-Elect von Prey
sing began vigorously 'o take the '
Nazis to task for their systematic
attempts to de-Christianize Ger-j
many Great significance was at-
tached to Bishop von Preysit^’s
translation to the See of ^Bornn, 1
as he bad been a lawyer with j
diplomatic training and expo- j
rience before he made nis studies
for the priesthood.
His Beautitude/ Gregory XV
Agagianian Patriarch of Cilicia
of the Armenians, was a class
mate of Cardinal-Elec- Spellman
in Home. The two met in the
Near East in 1943 while ihe Arch
bishop of New York, as Military
Vicar was on one of his visits to
United States Military establish
ments abroad
Cariina 1-Iilect Vstconcelos j
Moita of Sao Paolo, Brazil, has
frequently expressed a keen in
terest in the United States and a
friendly feeling for the people of
North America. |
The 51-year-old Archbishop of ;
Hio de Janeiro, Card.nal-Desig- j
nate Burros Camara, is >ne author j
of a histoiy of the Ohu.ch in j
Brazil. Present at his installation
as Archbishop of Hio :)e Janeiro 1
in 1941 was the Papal Nuncio, [
Archbishop Masclla. now named
a Cardinal by Pope Pius Xil.
Cardinal-Elect Arteaga Betan
court will be host and co sponsor*
with the Department of Social
Action, National; Catholic Welfare
Conference, at tire Sfecond Inter-
American Seminary on Social
Studies to be held at Havana in
January. The Archbishop of Ha
vana visited the United States in
1943 and viewed the worn of the
various departments and bureaus
of the N. C. W. C.
The Primate of Chile. ’Cardinal-
Designated Caro Rodriquez, ob
served the thirtieth anniversary »t
his ordination to the priesthood
in 1941. He nearly lost' his life
while Bishop of Serena. Chile,
when his Episcopal church burned.
Cardinal-Elect Caggiano of
Rosario, Argentina, has declar
ed that the recitation of the
Rosary should be the bond be
tween all the Catholics of the
world. He is an authority on
Catholic Action and the author of
several books on the subject.
With the elevation of Arch
bishop McGuigan of Toronto to
the Sacred College. Canada now
has its first English-speaking Car
dinal.
Three Latin American coun- (
tries—Cuba, Chile and Peru—
will now have Cardinals lor the ■
first time.
In addition to being accorded
two Cardinals, Brazil has the dis
tinction of having its Apostolic
Nuncio, Archbishop Massela, ele
vated to the sacred purple.
' Great interest has been stirred
by the nomination of a Chinese
Cardinal—Bishop Thomas Tien—
reflecting recognition of the grow
ing importance of the Orient.
Cardinal-Elect Roques was
transferred from Aix to Rennes
the Primatial See of France, just
prior to the invasion of that coun
try try the Germans.
The Archbishop of Toulouse,
Cardinal-Designate Salicge, is
noted for his outspoken state-1
ments during the Nazi occupation j
of his country. He spoke out j
vigorously against .the compulsory
mobilization of women for factory
work, appealed to the French peo
ple to show charity to one an
other, especially at harvest times.
Even at the height of Nazism s
power in Germany, Cardinal-Elect
Frings of Cologne spoke vigorous
ly in opposition to its danger to
the religion of children.
The 78-year-old Archbishop of
Krakow, Cardinal-Elect Sapiena
is noted for his courage and great
charity, and is consignee of the
War Relief Service—Notional
Catholic Welfare Conference ship
ments of food and clothing which
are now being sent to ’-eland,
some of which already has arrived.
One of the voungest of the le,;
Princes of the Church, Cardinal-
elect Norman Gilroy, Archbishop
of Sydney Australia, is , actively
intere ted in social questions.
Cardinal-Designate de Jong of j
Utrecht. Holland, was reported in
the Universe of London in 1941.
to have successfu'ly held off the
Ges a no while a clandestinely
printed pas’oral v.'as secretly cir
culated to the parishes if his See.
Thp newly-named Cardinal was
frequently the target of Nazi
printed attacks.
Cardinal-Elect Mindszenty of
Strigonia. Hungary, who raised i
his voice again-4 the injustices
committed by ihe Nazis during
the occupation of his country, also
snoke out last. Fall “against injus- j
lices now ” Referring to some re
cent measures of th? Hungarian
Provisional Government, he said:
“It is not democracy if the abso
lute rule of onp person is replaced
by ihe absolute rule of ano'hcr
per-on.”
Appointment of Archbishop
James Charles MeGuigan of To-*
••onto as a Cardinal has been halt
ed in Canada by leaders of all
walks of life, irrespective of reli
gious or racial origin.
Cardinal-Elect McGuigan is the
first native-born. English-speaking
Canadian to have been named a
Southern Jesuits to
Send Missioners to
Island of Ceylon
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW' ORLEANS—The New
Orleans Province of tne Society
of Jesus will assume control of
the Trincomslee Mission in the
Island of Ceylon according to an
announcement by Very Reverend
Harry L. Crane. S. J., Provincial.
The decision to transfer the Mis
sion from Chapagnc to the New
Orleans Province was made in
Rome by the Very Reverend Nor-
bert deBoynes, Vicar General of
the Society fo Jesus.
Ceylon is situated at the foot
of India, in the India Ocean. The
island is twenty-five thousand
square miles in area and has a
population of five and a half mil
lion people.
The Trincomolee Mission is or.
the east coast of -the island on
the Bay of Bengal The Mission
takes in five thousand square
miles and has a population of
nearly 300,000. The inhabitants
are Tamil Indians who practice
the Ilir-du religion. At present
there are 15,748 Catholics in this
territory. Attached to the Mission
is the leper colony of Mantivu.
The French Jesuits have been
in charge of this Mission since
1895, but since the first World
War the French have not been
able to send new recruits to the
Mission and many of the Old Mis
sionaries have died. When the
call came for help, the American
Jesuits of the Southern Province
volunteered to take over this poor-
mission and began sending re
cruits. At present five Jc-suit
priests of the New Orleans Pro
vince are laboring" on the Mission.
In the near future several more
Southern Jessuits wil begin the
15,000-mile journey to this far
away post.
News of New Cardinals Adds to Joy
of German Catholics at Christmas
Thousands Flock to Midnight Masses — American Au
thorities to Facilitate Four German Cardinals’ Journey
to Vatican City
Cardinal. Until his appointment
the only Canadian Cardinals have
been French- Canadians — His
Eminence Rodrigue Cardinal Vil-
leneuve. present Archbishop of
Quebec; and. Cardinal VBleneuvcs
late predecessors, Cardinals Rou
leau, Begin and Tascherau all
former Archbishops of Quebec.
Catholics form approximately 43
per cent of the population of Can
ada and about two-thirds of the
Catholics of Canada are French
Canadians.
By MAX JORDAN
(Radio. N. C. W. C. News Service)
FRANKFURT AN MAIN,— The
spiritual happiness of being able
for the first time in 12 years to
celebrate Christinas in a country
freed from an oppressive regime
was enhanced for German Catho
lics by the news of the creation of
three new Cardinals.
The newly designated Princes of
the Church — Cardinals - elect
Joseph Frings, Archbishop of Colo
gne. Konrad von Preysing, Bishop
of Berlin and Clement Augustus
von Galen, Bishop of Muenster—
are expected to go to Rome to
gether with Cardinal Michael von
Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich,
to attend the Consistory next Feb
ruary, the first since the war. Am
erican authorities are known to
have begun making the necessary
travel arrangements and they will
facilitate the journey of the four
Cardinals in every possible way.
The elevation of Bishop von
Preysing to the Cardinalate is con
sidered to be of p. rticular signi
ficance, since it will, no doubt,
strengthen his position throughout
his diocese which is in the Rus
sian zone of occupation, except
those parts of the city of Berlin un
der the rule of the western Allies.
Both Cardinals-designate von
Preysing and .von Galen have been
known for many years as among
the most outspoken and courage
ous opponents of nazism. Neither
the Berlin nor the Muenster dio
ceses ever had Cardinals before—
a fact which makes the elevation
of their Ordinaries particularly
noteworthy. It also underscores the
importance of the German capital
as a religious center, although the
Diocese of Berlin was only estab
lished on August 13, 1930.
The Christmas happiness of Ger
man Catholics found eloquent ex
pression in record attendances at
Christmas Masses and other religi
ous services throughout the holy
days. The temporary relaxation of
curfew rules was appreciated and
men, women and children flocked
to the services in throngs such as
had not been seen in many years
of hitlerism and war.
In Munich Midnight Mass was
celebrated by Cardinal von Faul
haber in the Buergersaal Church,
which is the only usable church
building in the downtown section
of the Bavarian capital. Cardinal-
designate von Preysing offered
Midnight Mass in the Catholic
church of the Berlin suburb Zeh-
lendorf in the American zone.
Particularly impressive was the
Christmas Mass offered for 2,000
American soldiers in St. Bern
hard’s Church in Frankfurt, the
only one in the city that escaped
bomb damage. Msgr. L. Curtis
Tiernan, chief of chaplains in the
European theater, was celebrant,
with the Rev. T. F. O’Connor dea
con and the Rev. Vincent J. Hines
subdeacon. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. John A.
Keegan. All are chaplains in . the
U. S. Army.
Franz Schubert’s Mass in G was
presented by the choir and orches
tra of St. Anthony’s church.
Among the crowds attending
Divine services throughout. Ger
many relief was evident at the end
of the nazi nightmare and the end
of the war. Although many diffi
culties remain to be overcome they
appeared to count for little as long
as the solace of religion is again
available without fears of a tyran
nical government.
CATHEDRAL ALTAR SOCIETY
SPONSORS SILVER TEA
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Allav
Society of the Cathedral of Christ
the King sponsored a silver tea at
the home of Mrs. Alex W. Smith,
Jr., on the afternoon of January 8.
Newly elected officers of the
Altar Society are Mrs. Edward M.
Chapman, president; Mrs. W. G.
Stephens, Jr., first vice-president;
Mrs. Alex W. Smith, Jr., second
vice-president; Mrs. Harrison
Atkins, treasurer, and Mrs. Josepn
Gerling, secretary.
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