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Welcomed By Pope John Imprisoned 18 Years, Prelate Reaches Rome VATICAN CITY, (NC) — Archbishop Josyf Slipyiof Lviv, sole survivor of the Byzantine Rite Catholic Bishops of the Ukraine, received a hero’s wel come from His Holiness Pope John XXIII when he reached here after 18 years of imprisonment and house arrest in the Soviet Union. Pope John greeted his re lease as “a stirring consola tion for which we humbly thank the Lord.” The release of the 76-year- old Primate of the Ukraine was announced in Moscow on Saturday, February 9. The Pope confirmed the news on Sunday morning as he was blessing the cornerstone of the new Lombard seminary in Rome. Archbishop Slipyi arrived in Rome as news of his release became known. The following afternoon, Amleto Cardinal Ci- cognani, Papal Secretary of State, and Gustavo Cardinal Testa, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church, called at the Arch bishop’s quarters to accompany him to the private apartment of the Pope. The Pope had spoken of the Ukrainian prelate’s release earlier in the day in the course of an audience in the Clemen tine Hall of the Vatican when he blessed the cornerstone for the Lombard seminary. He said; “Yesterday evening We re ceived from Eastern Europe a stirring consolation for which We humbly thank the Lord. We SAVANNAH- A committee of the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools visited Pacelli High School, Columbus on February 11, 12 and 13 in response to the School’s request for accredita tion. Pacelli High School, which opened in September of 1958 graduated its first class in June., 1962. “Upon completion of this school year, Pacelli will be come eligible for accreditation by the Association,” according to Father John J. Cuddy, Savan nah Diocesan Superintendent of Schools. “Association requirements are that a secondary institu tion must have completed one year as a four-year high school before it can be accredited and Pacelli High School will meet ARCHBISHOP SLIPYI regard it as a part of the se cret Providence of God which can prepare a new impulse of sincere faith and of peaceful and fruitful apostolate for the holy Church and for honest souls. “Let us not disturb the my sterious design to which God calls all men to cooperate, ga thering the threads of a cloth that requirement in June of this year,” he said. The visiting committee which will render an evaluation to the Southern Association of Col leges. and Secondary Schools was headed by Dr. Lloyd Moll, President of Georgia South western College. Members of his committee were Dr. R. G. Williams of the State Depart ment of Education; Miss Grace Hightower, State Library De partment; Dr. Lindsey Mock, Columbus College Guidance De partment; Miss Roberta Law rence, Chairman of the English Department of Columbus High School; Rev. Bede Lightner O. S. B., Seience Department, Benedictine High School; Miss Mary Elizabeth Tune, Chairman of the Mathematics Department of Columbus’ Jordan High (Continued on Page 6) which is woven with His grace and the ready cooperation of innocent, gently and generous souls. You see the emotion and tenderness of the moment which is in Our heart, and you will excuse Us from the further effusions to which We are in dined.” Archbishop Slipyi, a bishop since 1939, succeeded as Me tropolitan of Lviv in November 1944, on the death of Arch bishop Andrei Szeptyckyi. The Soviet regime was at that time currying the favor of the Uk rainians, and the Lviv Byzan tine Rite See had a total of 1.3 million Catholics. Soviet Prenier Nikita Khrushchev, then secretary of the Commu nist party in the Ukraine, even attended Archbishop Szep tyckyi’s funeral. But by the early spring of 1945, the re treating German armies made it opportune for the Soviet Union to renew the ancient Russian persecution of the Byzantine Rite Catholics of the Ukraine. On April 11, 1945, following an initial press campaign, the Soviet regime arrested Arch bishop Slipyi and Auxiliary Bi shop Nicetas Budka of Lviv, Bishop Gregory Khomyshyn of Stanislaviv, Auxiliary Bishop Ivan Latyshevsky of Stanislaviv, and Bishop Nicholas Charnet- sky, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Poland. All were given sen tences ranging from 5 to 10 years. All except Archbishop Slipyi are now dead. Two-Day Teachers Institute SAVANNAH--More than 200 teachers in the 22 elementary schools of the Diocese of Sa vannah will meet in Sa vannah, Friday, February 15th, for their annual two-day Teachers’ Institute. Presiding will be the Rev. John Cuddy, Superintendent of Diocesan Schools. Institute sessions will be held at Blessed Sacrament School, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thom as A. Brennan, pastor, as host. Sister Mary Jude, R.S.M. is principal of the school. Friday's sessions will be gin at 9:30 a.m. with talks by Mother Margaret Regina, I.H.M. on “Modern Matha- matics.” Participants will attend Mass at noontime, and will resume program activities af ter lunch at 1 p.m. The after noon session will come to a close with an address by Fa ther Cuddy. Highlight of Saturday’s ac tivities, which begin with a “Principals’ Meeting” at 9:30 a.m., will be an address by His Excellency, The Most Rev erend Thomas J. McDonough on “The Ecumenical Council.” The Institute proceedings will close with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and dinner at 1:30 p.m. Chancellor To Speak At Augusta AUGUSTA--Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancel lor of the Diocese, will be speaker at the annual Washing ton Day Dinner. Held on Washington’s birth day, (Feb. 22) this years dinner and dance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Ft. Gordon Offi cers’ Club. New Seminary Wing To Be Dedicated In connection with the third annual Vianney Altar Boy Award Bishop Thomas J. McDonough will dedicate the new wing of Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary. The dedication will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 23rd. An open house for all the people of the diocese will be held that afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. This will follow the presentation of awards to the out standing altar boys of the diocese at 8:00 a.m. that same day. Bishop McDonough has expressed the hope that, “all of the people of the area will make a pilgrimage to the seminary on that day so that they maybe able to appreciate the results of their sacrifice in the Annual Confraternity of the Laity Drive.” The new wing was built at a cost of about $40,000 and will include expanded dormitory, classroom, library and recreation space as well as an oratory for morning Mass, according to the Very Rev. William V. Coleman, Rector. There are approximately 9,000 square feet of floor space in the new building where architectural style matches that of the existing structure. Contractor of the building was Willar J. Teston Company of Savannah. Visited By Committee Pacelli High School Seeks Accreditation \ \ Bishop McDonough In Letter A * Reader Support” Vital To Paper My dear People: Our annual diocesan drive for new and renewal subscrip tions to our Diocesan news paper, THE SOUTHERN CROSS, will be conducted next Sunday, February 17th, in every parish and mission of the Diocese. I’m sure all will agree that in the past year or two, our newspaper has improved ma terially, both in quality and content. This year, for the first time in almost a century, the Dio cese of Savannah has a weekly newspaper. This means that the costs of publication will be dou ble those of last year, when it was only a bi-weekly. The sub scription cost remains the same, but it is extremely im portant that we have the support of all our people to enable us to continue our long-standing practice of sending our dioce san newspaper into every Ca tholic home of the Diocese. We have found, as have vir tually all Catholic newspapers in the country, that revenue from advertising alone cannot finance our operations in this field. It is not advertising, but reader support which is the backbone of a Catholic news paper. We think that THE SOU THERN CORSS is really a ne cessity in every Catholic home. It is not only a source of in formation concerning import ant and interesting' happenings around the Diocese, but more importantly, it is almost the only avenue through which you can be fully informed concern ing local, national, and inter national issues which involve, directly or indirectly, Catholic Faith and Morals. To me, our Catholic news paper is a most important help in carrying out my pastoral duties toward you, and it is my hope and prayer that you, also, will look upon THE SOUTHERN CROSS in this light, and by your full support make it possible for our newspaper to continue to progress and improve in the coming year. Anticipating your coopera tion in apostolate of the Catho lic Press, and imparting to you my blessing, I am, Devotedly yours in Christ, thomas j. McDonough Bishop of Savannah. In Washington Testimony NCWC Experts Say School Bills Should Include All MAILING ADDRESS WASHINGTON, (NC)- The National Catholic Welfare Con ference’s experts pn education and in constitutional law have told a House committee that Federal aid proposals should-- and can--include private edu cation. Msgr. Frederick G. Hoch- walt, director of the NCWC’s education department, describ ed as “totally unacceptable” and “discriminatory” the sec tion of the administration’s edu cation bill which would assist public schools but not private education. William R. Consedine, direc tor of the NCWC’s legal depart ment, argued that there is no constitutional barrier to Con gressional utilization of paro chial and other private schools to help accomplish a purpose established by government, such as “national defense” in the 1958 National Defense Edu cation Act. The two appeared (Feb. 6) before the House Education Committee for nearly two hours. Msgr. Hochwalt present ed a 10-minute statement of comment on the Kennedy ad ministration’s omnibus bill. He and Consedine then answer ed questions. In his statement, Msgr. Hoch walt said the bill's proposal to spend $1.5 million in four years on public grade and high schools is rejected by the NCWC as “unfair to a large segment of the educational population.” He had praise, however, for the “well conceived” benefits in several other parts of the bill, chiefly the section for loans to colleges for construc tion of academic facilities, grants to help college libraries expand the grants to graduate schools for construction pro poses and expansion of faculty. But Msgr. Hochwalt said that inclusion of the college program in the same bill with the highly controversial proposal for aid to elementary and se condary public schools endan gers the passage of the higher education recommendations. He suggested that the ad ministration measure be broken up into bills for higher educa tion and for pre-college school ing. “This division will, of course,” he said, “arouse the old debate about public and pri vate schools. If so, let us have that debate, but let us not jeo pardize the harmony at the higher level which already ex ists and which promises so many satisfactory outcomes. (Continued on Page 6) AT DEDICATION OF NEW HOSPITAL WING—Gathered in Augusta for the dedication of the new wing of St. Jo seph's Hospital were from left to right; Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, V. F. , Pastor of St. Mary’s On-The-Hill Church, Augusta; Sister Mary Louise, C.S.J., Hospital Administrator; Bishop Thomas J. McDonough; Msgr. An drew J. McDonald, Chancellor; Msgr. John D. Toomey, pastor of St. James, Savannah; Msgr. George Lewis Smith, Director of Hospitals for the Diocese of Charleston, S. C. (Breault Newsfoto-Creighton) AUGUSTA HOSPITAL ADDITION DEDICATED AUGUSTA—Bishop Thomas J. McDonough formally de dicated the new $1,265,000 addi tion to St. Joseph’s Hospital last Sunday. Bishop McDonough said that “he had been impressed by the beautiful construction of the new unit, and the devoted teamwork that had gone into the preparation of its planning.” His Excellency, in praising the sisters of St. Joseph of Carodolet, said that they have been outstanding in the nur sing profession. “They give their patients the kind of love they would receive in their own homes, and take a personal interest in each one.” “We are indebted to those who provided the money, the It’s Cold In Rome Too! sisters who have accepted such a staggering debt, and the doc tors who can bring to all the capabilities God has given them. They heal the body so Christ can heal the Soul, the Bishop said. Presiding at the dedication was Alvin M. McAuliffe, who introduced John L. Murray as program chairman. Rt. Rev. Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, V. F., pastor of St. Mary’s on-the-Hill^Trttro- duced the Bishop. Also speaking at the cere mony were Rev. MotherEucha- rista, C. S. J., supervisor general of the Oraer of St. Joseph of Carondelet and J. MacRae Howard, 8th ward coun cilman who presented the Mayor. The invocation was given by the Rev. A. B. Kearns, S. J., pastor of Sacret Heart Church, and benediction by the Rev. N. Quinlan, pastor of St. Joseph's Church. Among the honored guests were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. An drew J. McDonald, chancellor of the diocese of Savannah; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey, St. James' Church, Sa vannah; and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. George L. Smith; V. F., director of hospitals of the diocese of Charleston. Nuns from St. Louis, Mo., headquarters of the Sisters of St. Joseph, were Mother M. Caroline, C. S. J., assistant su perior general; Mother Aurelia Mary, C. S. J., provincial su perior of St. Louis province; and Sister Joan Marie, C. S. J., assistant provincial su perior. From the St. Joseph Hos pitals at Kirkwood, Mo., and Kansas City, Mo., came Sisters Margaret Alacoque, and M. De- metria; and Margaret Eillen and M. Irene respectively. Chaplains from Ft. Gordon were present, and Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Salet, commanding officer, and Mrs. Salet. Music was provided by the Ft. Gordon Band under the leadership of C. W. O. Victor F. Owens. After the dedication program, tours of the new extension were conducted. Episcopal Appointments WASHINGTON, (NC) — His Holiness Pope John XXIII has made the following Episcopal appointments, announced by the office of the Apostolic Delegate: Bishop James A. McNulty is transferred from the See of Paterson, N.J. and becomes Bishop of Buffalo; Bishop James J. Navagh is transferred from the See of Ogdensburg, N.Y., and becomes Bishop of Pat erson; Bishop Leo R. Smith, Titular Bishop of Marida and Administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo has been named Bish op of Ogdensburg; Monsig nor George H. Speltz, Rector of Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Winona, Minn., has been named Titular Bishop of Claneus and Auxiliary to Bishop Edward A. Fitzgerald of Win ona. Benedictine Contract Awarded SAVANNAH--The award of a contract to Whatley and Minter Construction Co. for the construction of the new Bene dictine Military School and monastery was announced last week. The $1,267,992 contract covers the construction of an academic building, a gym nasium, a combination au ditorium and cafeteria and a monastery. The academic building will be named the Anderson Building in memory of Mrs. Troy L. Anderson, whose benefaction helped make the new school possible. Work began Monday. The con tract calls for the academic building and the cafeteria-au ditorium to be completed in 220 days. Thus the Cadets ex pect to be in their new school this fall. The school and monastery will be located on a 100 acre site adjoining the Army National Guard Armory on Meridian road. The school will ac comodate 600 boys and will be air conditioned. A military drill field, base ball diamond and football prac tice field already have been laid out and planted. Thomas-Driscoll-Hutton Inc. are architects and engineers for the project. INDEX LEGION OF DECENCY 2 EDITORIALS 4 JOTTINGS 5 YOUTHSCOPE 6 QUESTION BOX 4 The last of the papal navy--the “galera” fountain within Vatican City- is laden with icicles. This fountain, which is made of bronze and spouts water from its masts and guns, is rarely seen because it is located in a part of the tiny city not open to the public.--(NC Photos)