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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 10, 1956.
Father Adams
Now Stationed
In New York
(By Ted Gallucci)
Lt. Patrick Adams, CHC,
USNR, Catholic Chaplain aboard
the Champ since August, 1955,
left the ship this past month for
civilian life and St. Francis
Church, 135 West 31st St., New
York City.
Father Adams says: “My tour
on the Champ has been a happy
and rewarding experience. The
spirit and friendliness of the of
ficers and men will long be re
membered.
“It will always be a source
of pleasure and satisfaction to re
call my days on, the Champ, the
finest ship in the fleet. I am most
grateful to all my shipmates for
their kindness over the past 13
months.
“I hope and pray God will bless
them and their loved ones.”
Father Adams has been on
active duty since November, 1950.
Prior to coming aboard the
Champ, he served with the 2nd
Marine Division at Camp Lejeune,
North Carolina; with' the 1st
Marine Division in Korea; at the
Norfolk Naval Station; and
aboard the USS Randolph (CVA
15.)
While in Korea Father Adams
received the Letter of Commenda
tion and Korean Medal with two
battle stars.
Father Adams, a native of Ma
con, Ga., graduated from St. Bo-
naventure in Olean, N. Y., and re
ceived his degree in theology at
Holy‘ Name College in Washing
ton, D. C.
Prior to entering the Naval
Service he served at St. Cecelia’s
Parish in Clearwater, Fla; Sacr
ed Heart Parish in Rochelle Park,
N. J.; and St. Boneventure’s
Parish in Allegany, N. Y.
Chaplain Adams has assisted
the Champ’s Catholic men in
meeting their religious obligations
by celebrating two Masses on
Sundays and a daily Mass. He has
also held regular hours for hear
ing confessions and administer-
HEROISM OF HUNGARIANS AND POLES
PRAISED BY PRELATE AT HOLY HOUR
IN HONOR OF OPPRESSED PEOPLES
WASHINGTON, — Once again
the descendants of heroic Hun
garians and Poles are in the van
guard of the fight for the welfare
of all, Msgr. John K. Cartwright,
rector of St. Matthew’s Cathedral,
said here at a Holy Hour for
Peace.
The hour of prayer in the ca
thedral was attended by more
than 1,300 persons, most of them
high school students of the Wash
ington area.
His Excellency Archbishop Am-
leto Giovanni Cicognani, Aposto
lic Delegate to the U. S, presid
ed at Benediction and gave a
short address.
Present in the sanctuary were
Archbishop A. O’Boyle of Wash
ington and Auxiliary Bishops
John M. McNamara and Philip
M. Hannan of Washington. Also
attending were the consultors of
the archdiocese. The prayers were
led by Father William J. Await
of St. Matthew’s. The ceremony
was recorded by Radio Free Eu
rope for broadcast in eastern
Europe.
Archbishop Cicogani said “this
appeal for prayers is directed in
a special w,ay to the young peo
ple.” Noting that the Holy Father
has put a special trust in youth,
the Apostolic Delegate urged
them to pray for oppressed peo
ples so that justice and freedom
may shine.
In his address,__ Msgr. Cart
wright declared that “our religion
is one of both peace and war.”
“The followers of Christ the
King, he said, “are subject to the
paradox that their Ruler came to
give them peace and at the same
ing sacraments according to the
men’s needs.
Father Adams has also instruct
ed men wishing to become Cath
olics and has given marriage in
struction to those men wishing to
enter matrimony. He has been a
frequent visitor in the sickbay.
Father Adams is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles LeHardy Adams
of Macon, Georgia.
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time to warn them that they
would be the objects of hatred
and hostility in the world. Our
Lord knew that there would al
ways be opposition both outward
and inward and therefore, as our
King, He needs us to be soldiers
on one or other or both these
fronts.”
The prelate noted, that the
countries of eastern Europe had
fought pagans on one battlefield
or another for a thousand years.
He recalled the recent 500th an
niversary of the victory the Hun
garians achieved at Belgrade over
the Turks, and how King Jan
Sobieski of Poland terminated a
thousand years of struggle by
defeating the Turks in 1683 at
Vienna.
“Today,” he continued, “we
face a foe who is more impress
ive and implacable than these
ancient ones. For more than 30
years we have seen the struggle
go on against them—weary years
during which our fellow Christ
ians and. . , our fellow men and
women have suffered every form
of exile, impoverishment and tor
ture. The names of Stepinac,
Mindszenty and Wyszynski are
only symbols of the thousands
who have suffered.
“Just at present the crisis in
eastern Europe indicates the pos
sible coming of a change and once
again the descendants of the Hun
garians at Belgrade and of the
Poles at Vienna are in the van
guard of the fight for the welfare
of us all. We have been thrilled
by their courage.
“Against this heroism of those
who must suffer in physical com
bat we who are their brethren in
civilization and in the Faith have
to maintain the virtues of soldiers.
“We are not under combat as
they are but we must be on
guard because inwardly, if not
outwardly, the enemy never rests.
Therefore, we must have the
virtues of soldiers, the virtue of
loyalty to our fighting comrades
and the inner virtues that are
the mainsprings of outer heroism
—courage in truth, courage in
honor and decency, courage in
service and charity.”
The following is an
from a prayer composed for the
Holy Hour by Msgr. Cartwright:
“O Christ our King, we gather
at Thy throne in this temple of
light and peace. And in this shrine
of peace and tranquillity let us
remember that Thou hast called
us to be soldiers too.
“It has not been our duty to
face the tanks and machine guns
of oppression, it has not been ours
to undergo the torture chamber
and the slave prison, it has not
been ours to share the ionely
cells of Stepinac, Wyzsynski and
Mindszenty, it has not been ours
to live long years under cruel
bayonets and still crueller eyes.
“Yet thou hast called us to be
soldiers, soldiers of truth, soldiers
of loyalty, soldiers of honor, sol
diers of charity and service, sol
diers of patroitism, soldiers of
dedication, soldiers of fidelity who
do not put down our weapons of
virtue as our brethren have not
put down theirs of patience and
courage. Give us the grace in our
place of peace to be worthy of the
heroism of our brethren who are
at war.”
Eternal vigilance is the price
excerpt . of liberty. —Thomas Jefferson
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