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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 21, 1956.
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HEROISM OF IRON CURTAIN
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sors to strengthen the determina
tion of the people who are fight
ing to preserve the Faith.
The Pope reminded the per
secuted faithful that the Re
deemer never forgets His Church.
Rather, he said, the more the
bark of Peter is tossed by the
raging waves, the more the Di
vine Pilot is vigilant, although at.
times He seems to sleep.
He recommended therefore
that the faithful should mediate
upon the following promises of
Christ: “ . . .1 am with you all
ways, even until the consumma
tion of the world,” and “If God
is for us, who is against us?”
“You know what is at stake,”
the Holy Father continued. “It
is your eternal salvation and the
salvation of your children and
neighbors that'today, due to the
ever growing curse of atheism, is
placed in the gravest peril.
“But in this spiritual struggle,
if each and every one shows
strength and loyalty in the fight,
as We trust they will, they may
be glorious victims, but never
conquered.”
The Pope made unmistakeable
reference to “progressive Cath
olics,” although he did not refer
to them as such.
“We realize with regret,” he
said, “that human frailty and
uncertainly totter, especially
when these sufferings and per
secutions last for a long time.
For then some lose heart and
their courage slackens. What is
worse, they think that the doc
trine of Christ must be mitigat
ed and adapted,, as they say, to
the times and circumstances of
things and places.
“They say it is necessary to
mitigate and change the prin
ciples of the Catholic religion so
that there may be a certain false
union between it and the errors
of the advancing age.
“If there are some who, weak
and bewildered, cause others to
be likewise, let the pastors of
the church remind them of that
solemn promise of the Divinie
Redeemer: ‘Heaven and earth
will pass away, but my words
will not pass away.’ ”
To the Catholic priests and
laymen behind the Iron Curtain,
the Pope gave these four coun
sels:
—“Be always united to these
whom the Holy Spirit has chosen
to rule the Church of God, even
though these are at the present
time restrained and cannot
strengthen you by their word.
others.
—“Let those who are slipping
who waver, who are weak, learn
from you to fortify their spirit,
to profess the Faith candidly
and openly, to attend to their
religious duties and to dedicate
themselves entirely to Christ.”
The Holy Father gave recog
nition to the reports that many
faithful behind the Iron Curtain 1
are doing all in their power to
preserve ’ th,e Faith for future
generations.
In this task, he recommended
that they ask the certain assist
ance of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
“whose powerful intercession
your forebearers enjoyed in ev
ery grave crisis.”
In conclusion, the Pope stated:
“We wish to recall some
thing that Our predecessor Cal-
listus III did. In the Apostolic
Letter that We have recalled, he
commanded that the bells of all
the churches should ring daily,
calling Catholics throughout the
world to raise suppliant pray
ers to the Omnipotent God, that
in His goodness and mercy He
would avert from the Christian
people the calamity that was
then threatening them.
“The dangers threatening you
and the Catholic Church among
you are just as great. When,
then, you hear the sacred bells
ringing from your churches, in
viting you to prayer, recall His
appeal; And in your common
sorrow, trusting in the same Di
vine help, you too will do what
your ancestors did.”
The Holy Father told Catholics
behind the Iron Curtain to re
member that “the entire Chris
tian family looks with reverenti
al awe at what you bear so long
in silence.”
Services For
Miss Mary Meyer
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Miss Mary M. Meyer
were held July 12th at St.
Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church, Rev.
Nicholas J. Quinlan officiating.
Survivors are her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Mura Meyer, one
brother, Bernard Meyer; one
aunt, Mrs. Mary Mura Mahoney;
one uncle, James A. Mura, and
two cousins, Mrs. John McDon
ald Jr. and Henry Mura, all of
Augusta.
Services For
Charles Williams
MAYES WARD
FUNERAL HOME
—“Though-^ou meet the great
est difficulties, may you, com
pelled by apostolic zeal, gener
ously and industriously perform
all your religious duties, and
above all preserve the Faith in
tact.
—Insofar as lies within your
power, strive earnestly that the
Light of Christ shall illumine all
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Charles Williams
were held July 10th at the Im
maculate Conception Church.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs.
Atha Smith; a brother, Robert
Williams; two nieces, Mrs. Mel
vin Hughes and Miss Nell Wil
liams; a nephew, Harold Wil
liams, and other relatives.
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