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DECEMBER 21, 1946
THE BULLETIN OT TOE CATPQL1C UAYMCTrE ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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News Review of the Catholic World
This huge assemblage in Philadelphia s Convention Hall (upper photo), brought together some 40.000
persons, one of many such protest meetings planned throughout the country, demanding the release
of Archbishop Aloysius Stepinae of Zagreb and the cessation of persecutions of Catholics in Yugo-
slavia. Sponsored by the Catholic War Veterans the meeting was presided over by His Eminence
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia He is pictured (lower photo) with, left to
right: Judge Clare Gerald Fenerty, principal picture. Mayor Bernard Samuel of Philadelphia and
Judge Vincent A. Carroll, general chairman of the rally. (NC Photos)
Martyrs of Boxer Rebellion in
China Beatified by Holy Father
in Rites at St. Peter’s Basilica
40.000 in Philadelphia
Demand Release of
Archbishop Stepinae
<N. C. W. C. News Service)
PHILADELPHIA.—A demand
for the immediate release of Arch
bishop Aloysius Stepinae, impris
oned Zagreb Ordinary, and for the
cessation ol' persecutions of Cath
olics in Tito-terrorized Yugoslavia,
was made in a resolution adopted
at a protest meeting, which at
tracted some 40,000 persons who
overflowed Philadelphia’s huge
Municipal Convention Hall.
Sponsored by the Philadelphia
County Chapter of the Catholic
War Veterans, the meeting was
presided over by His Eminence
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia. The huge
assemblage was one of more than
1.000 protest meetings planned on
a nation-wide basis by Catholic
Veterans’ and other organizations.
The keynote address of the meet
ing was delivered by Judge Clare
Gerald Fenerty of (he Court of
Common Pleas. The resolution
was presented to the gathering—
largest ever to assemble in the
Convenlion Hall—by Judge Vin
cent A. Carroll, also of the Court
of Common Pleas.
Others who addressed the meet
ing included Philadelphia's Mayor
Bernard Samuel and Max H. Sor
ensen. national commander of the
Catholic War Veterans. Bishop
Hugh L. Lamb. Auxiliary of Phila
delphia, and Bishop Emelio Brig-
ard, Auxiliary of Bogota, Colom
bia, were among the dignitaries in
•attendance.
The resolution extended’ the
“heartfelt sympathy and the prom
ise of our prayers" to His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII. Archbishop
Stepinae and the Catholics of
Yugoslavia, ' and also demanded
that “our protest be brought to
the attention of our Federal Gov
ernment together with the request
that Hie President and State De--
partment insist on the immediate
release of Archbishop Stepinae
from prison and tile cessation of
the . persecution ot Catholics in
Yugoslavia.’’
Two large parades preceded the
meeting and converged upon the
auditorium which was Idled to ca
pacity an hour before the meet
ing started. A public address sys
tem carried the speeches to some
15.000 persons in other parts of
the building and to upwards of
10.000 persons outside, who were
unable to gain admission. A spe
cial detail of 100 policemen were
on hand to control traffic and the
city's public transportation system
was taxed to capacity in routing
the thousands to and from tile
meeting.
Judge Fenerty asserted that re
ligious and other persecutions had
arisen in Yugoslavia partially be
cause Allied leadership had fal
tered by adopting a policy of ap
peasement to Moscow. He warned
that lliis nation’s officials should
“speak out una’fraid against com
munist Russia's zeal for world
domination.” He urged all Ameri
cans to rededicate themselves to
the ideals of freedom of religion
and of speech, and respect for. hu
man dignity.
"The condemnation of Arch
bishop Stepinae. after a trial
which relied for its verdict upon
forged documents and the sup
pression of evidence,” Judge Fen
erty said, “is but another instance
of communistic determination to
destroy all religion.”
Judge Fenerty asserted that So
viet Russia’s record of the last 15
months “surpasses the wildest
dreams of Hitler,” and lie enu
merated that Russia completely
Controls Yugoslavia. Latvia, Lith
uania, Czechoslovakia, Austria.
France. Bulgaria, Rumania and
Eastern Germany, and at the same
time fosters revolts in China, the
Philippines. Trail, Turkey, Italy,
Greece and Spain.
The Judge said that Marshal
Tito hopes the world soon will for
get the persecution in Yugoslavia
but counseled that “our protest
must not end and we must not
close our eyes and minds lo the
horrible tragedy of the steady
march of communistic progress to
ward enslavement of the world.”
Judge Carroll, in presenting the
resolution to the assemblage, as
serted that Catholics the world
over and “millions not. of our
faith” were shocked by the in
justice heaped upon Archbishop
Stepinae and horrified by the
persecutions of h u n d r e d s of
priests and nuns, some of whom
“have been executed in Yugo
slavia on the flintiest of excuses.”
Mayor Samuel reminded that
VATICAN CITY—(Radio NO—
An American citizen wiio is the
blood brother of one of the
twenty-nine martyrs raised to
the rank of the blessed by liis
Holiness Pope Pius XII in St. Pe
ter’s Basilic;) here was present at
the ceremonies.
He is Brother Norbert Bauer,
C. S. C., a naturalized U. S. citi
zen, who was stationed for many
years in New Orleans and in
Portland, Ore., and is now at
tached to the office of the' Procu
rator General of (he Congrega
tion of (lie Holy Cross here.
Three Franciscan Bishops; four
Franciscan priests; seven Fran
ciscan nuns; Brother Andreas
Bauer, O. F. M., Brother Nor-
bert’s brother; seven native semi
narians. and seven servants of the
episcopal household were includ
ed in the group of martyrs beati
fied by the Holy Father.
Franciscans from all parts of
the world, including a number of
dignitaries of tile Order and sev
eral actual survivors of the Boxer
Rebellion in 1900 during which
the newly blessed were martyred,
formed a large part of the eon-
PennSylvania was'founded by Wil
liam Penn as a haven for the re
ligiously persecuted. He declared
that “peace is the cry and the
heartfelt desire of pe_ople through
out the world, but there can be no
peace where there is religious in
tolerance.”
Commander Sorensen said the
protest meeting was a “magnifi
cent demonstration” and had set
a pattern for other cities which
are planning similar meetings.
gregalion which also included
many Cardinals. 30 Bishops and
large delegations from China and
other countries.
Immediately after the ceremo
nies, Brother Norbert approached
the Holy Father in the sanctuary
and presented him with a special
ly boqnd biography of the mar
tyrs. The Pontiff thanked the
Holy Cross brother for the book
and spoke to hipi most affably.
In an interview to the N. C. W.
C. New Service correspondent,
Brother Norbert related that, his
brother had always had a burning
desire to imitate Christ as closely
as possible and died at the ago
ot 33, as he desired, a martyr for
Christ.
Others attending the ceremo
nies included two Franciscan
Bishops, Domenico Luca Capozi
of Taiyuanfu, China, and Ameri
can-born Ambrose Pinger of
Chowtisun in Shantung Province.
China; the Very Rev. Paciflco
Calzolari, O. F. M., Prefect Apos
tolic of Siangtan, llunan, China.
Also two eye-witnesses of the
martyrdom. Sisters Marie des
Apotres and Marie de Saint Fran
cois, who were children at the
orphanage at the time of the mas
sacre and who were forced to
drink the blood of the martyrs
because of their refusal to apos
tatize; Sister Assunta Maria, Chi
nose Oblate nun, whose grand
father and uncle were among
the victims, and Sister Mary
Honorin. for 52 years a mission
ary in Ceylon, who had a blood
sister, Sister Amandine, among
the martyrs.
CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE
PROGRAM PLANNED FOR
NATION’S CAPITAL CITY
<N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — Grown to
'he proportions of a world-em
bracing celebration in a compara
tive short time, the 39th annual
observance of the Church Unity
Octave, eight days of prayer for
I he conversion of the world to
Christ, will be held from January
18, the Feast of St. Peter’s Chair
in Rome, to January 25, the Feast
of the Conversion of St. Paul.
While still a member of the
Angelican Church, the Rev. Paul
James Francis, S. A., founder of
I he Society of the Atonement,
founded the prayer movement in
1908. He was appalled by the in-
inimbci'able divisions in organiz
ed Christian religion, which mo
tivated him to work for reunion
of all men in Christ and in His
Church. Even as an Anglican,
Father Francis preached that all
baptized Christians owed allegi
ance to the Pope.
On October 30, 1909, Father
Francis entered the Catholic
church and into'the fold with him
came his entire Atonement com
munity of Friars, Sisters and lay
associates. He was ordained in
1910 and his Church Unity move
ment received the blessings of
Pontiffs. Last year. Pope Pius
XII encouraged the observance of
enriching the prayer movement
with many indulgences.
In the United States, the prin
cipal observance of the Church
Unity Octave is held at the Na
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception on the Catholic Uni
versity of America campus in
Washington. It is conducted by
(he Friars of the Atonement in
conjunction witli the Clerical
1 HOLY FATHER RECEIVES
! BISHOP GERALD P. O’HARA
I IN PRIVATE AUDIENCE
VATICAN CITY, — (Radio, NC)
—Prior to the opening of the an
nual Retreat at the Apostolic Pal
ace, which continued until Decem
ber 7, His Holiness Pope Pius Xll
received in private audience Ilis
Eminence August Cardinal Hlond
Primate of Poland, who has re
cently arrived here from Warsaw.
On the same day the Pontiff also
granted a private audience to
j Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara of Sa-
yannah-Atlanta, who was prepar
ing to leave lor the United States
where he expects to arrive before
Christmas.
■The Holy Father also received
in private audience Myron C. Tay
lor,- personal representative ot
President Harry S. Truman.
(According to a previous White
House announcement. Mr. Taylor
is on a short visit to Rome “to re
sume discussion of matters of im
portance with His Holiness Pope
Pius XII and others in authority.”)
No Papal audiences were grant
ed during (he annual Helical,
which was conducted by Father
AN APPEAL to Warren R. Aus
tin, Chief United States Delegate
lo the United Nations for a “fair
and impartial inquiry” by the
U. N. General Assembly into the
trial of Archbishop Stepinae and
the treatment of Catholics in Yu
goslavia. has been made by the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews. The appeal, made in
a letter to Mr. Austin, was sup
ported by a recommendation of
the Human Rights Committee of
the N. C. C. J.. which had made
an investigation of available facts
on religions persecution under
Tito.
IN GERMANY, the Catholic
Church lias tne most magnificant
record of resistance to the Nazi
regime. Bishop Edward Ellis of
I Nottingham. England, told a meet
ing in London following a recent
j visit to Germany. In Berlin, an
J American officer, in charge of de-
I nazifieation. told him. the Bishop
said: "I am not a Catholic, but I
I must pay tribute lo the fine rc-
| sistance of the Catholic Church.”
In his sector not one Catholic
I priest had to lie removed.
ACCORDING TO NEWS receiv
ed in Chicago by the Crotian In
formation Bureau. Archbishop
Aloysius Stepinae lias been trans
ferred from Leppogluna prison
near Zagreb to the Rebro Hospital
in Zagreb. The Archbishop is
said lo be suffering front exhaus
tion. as a result of "the harsh
treatment which has been his
lot” since he began his term of
sixteen years imprisonment at
hard labor.
THE PRESENT FACULTY at
I be University of Notre Dame
comprises nearly 400 men. 11_ in
cludes 74 priests, four teaching
brothers and more than 300 lay
men. Among the latter are many
Protestant and Jewish profes
sors. because Notre Dame, al
though conducted under Catholic
auspices, has always welcomed
non-Catholfc students and teach
ers. Approximately 10 per cent of
Notre Dame’s pigment student
body of 4 500 are non-Catholies.
FATHER HUGH POPE, O. P„
recognized as one of the greatest
I biblical scholars of the present
I age, died in Edinburgh, Scotland,
where he was Superior of (lie Do
minican Vicariate. Father Pope',
who knew Cardinal Newman, was
widely known throughout the
British Isles as a preacher and
lecturer and as the author on
many books dealing with biblical
subjects.
Conference of the Catholic Stu
dents’ Mission Crusade. Plans for
file coming observance already
are under way and the sponsors
have announced that Bishop Vin
cent S. Waters of Raleigh, and the
Very Rev. Joseph Fenton, of the
School of Sacred Theology at
Catholic University,, will lie
among the speakers at the exer
cises held each evening during
the octave.
Central event of the Washing
ton observance is a Celebration
of Divine Liturgy according w>
one of the Oriental Rites on the
Sunday within the octave and this
traditional ceremony will he hold
again during the coming cele
bration, the program sponsors
have announced.