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f f PAGE 4—The Southern Cross, April 6, 1963 Reminder To Refugees The restrictions recently placed on the movement of certain highly placed Cuban refugees in the Dade County, Florida area, and tightened security regulations sur rounding United States territorial waters which could be used as bases for Cuban Commando raids against Castro and against Soviet-Cuba shipping, is undoubtedly a bitter blow to the hopes of Cuban patriots who wish to fight for the early liberation of their homeland. Indeed, it is only their intense love of country which mitigates, to some degree, the otherwise ungrateful and irresponsible denunciations of the United States Govern ment, uttered by some of their leaders. But they must realize that the security of this country rests, not with them, but with the United States Government. No one but Latin American communist leaders know whether armed attacks against Cuba at this time, would enable them to more easily lead the people of their respec tive countries into revolt. And no one except Nikita Khrushchev knows whether American aid to Cuban patriots attacking Castro’s stronghold would mean armed conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. But the United States has apparently decid ed that such risks are present. We do not know whether or not this coun try’s assessment of the dangers involved in continued commando attacks or possible invation is a correct one. We submit that neither do the Cuban refugees. Meantime, free Cubans should recall a few facts to mind. This country threw open its doors, freely, to the thousands of refugees forced to leave their homeland when Soviet tanks treacherously ground out the spark of freedom struck by the Hungarian freedom- fighters. And when Fidel Castro began to reveal himself as the arch-traitor of the Cuban revolution, the United States once again threw open its doors and its heart to sorrowing men, women, and children, stripped of everything but their burning desire for freedom. Whatever the real cause for the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, it was the people and the government of the United States, not the Cubans who had found refuge here, who undertook to bring about the return of its survivors. That same government, and the people of southern Florida and dozens of cities across the land are still undertaking, in behalf of thousands upon thousands of Cubans, burdens which attest—far more eloquently than mere oratory—to the American dedication to the invitation, “Give me yourTirea, your poor... The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, temptest-tost to me. The willingness of Cuban refugees to lay down their lives in order to bring about a return of freedom to their native land, does honor to the great virtue of Patriotism. But outbursts of abuse directed against the nation which has kept them alive and free dishonors their Holy Faith, which enjoins upon all the practice of charity, the Queen of all Virtues. God’s World (Leo J. Trese) Are you an oversensitive per son? I hope not. An oversensi tive person creates a vast amount of unnecessary unhappi ness for himself (or herself) and is a great trial to family and friends. Mary Brown, for example, is a bn o r m ally sens itive. She passes her friend, Helen Jones, on the street. Helen does not speak to her. Mary gpes home in a miserable state of mind, asking herself, “What ever did I do to make Helen mad at me?” The truth is that Helen was deeply preoccupied as to whether or not she should buy the $19.95 dress she had been looking at. She had not even seen Mary Brown. John Smith is another exam ple. Sitting at his office desk, he watches two of his fellow workers at the water cooler, talking and laughing. John is sure that they are talking about him. Actually they are discuss ing a freak victory of their bowling team the previous night; John is far from their thoughts. A third instance is Jane Dowd. The president of the Altar Soc iety said, “I do wish you mem bers would do your visiting after the meeting and pay attention to business now.” Jane felt per sonally insulted and quit the Altar Society. The person who feels that he “always” is being slighted, in sulted, deliberately ignored or “talked about,” definitely is an oversensitive person. All of us do occasionally meet up with offensive people, but these oc casions are rare. People who are purposely offensive are a minor element in our popula tion. It just is not possible to encounter them every day. Another test of our sensitive ness is the degree to which we worry about what other people think of us. It is quite normal to wish to be well thought of by others. Psychologists tell us that “acceptance by our peers” (that is, being well thought of by our associates) is a pretty basic human need. The person who says, “I don’t care what other people think,” is likely to be a more abnormal—and certainly a more selfish—person than the oversensitive soul. We have a need to be accept ed, but the oversensitive individual feels this need with a painful urgency. Most of us take it for granted that we are rea sonably well liked and respect ed. It takes a very unmistakable affront or discourtesy to upset us. The reason why we are not easily disturbed is because we have a satisfying feeling of self- worth. As we look at ourselves in the mirror of our mind, we like what we see there. We take it for granted that other people also like us. This does not mean that we are conceited. It means In Social Justice Sphere Cardinal Bea Urges Interfaith Action simply that we are content with ourselves as God has made us. We feel that He has been good to us in making us as we are, and we would not want to be anyone else. This is not pride. It is a perfectly normal and desirable emotional state. It is not pride, either, which causes the oversensitive person to be so easily offended. On the contrary, he suffers from sub conscious feelings of inferior ity. These feelings may be due to some unfortunate circum stances of his childhood; per haps inability to measure up to his parents’ exaggerated expec tations. Whatever the reason, the oversensitive person is not satisfied with his own image of himself. He has an unrecogni zed fear that he may not be deserving of respect and ac ceptance by others. Uncon sciously he expects to be be littled. Consequently he sees offense where there is none. In its extreme form, over sensitiveness may need the help of a psychiatrist for its cure. In the milder form in which it most often appears, however, it can be controlled with prayer and effort. The underlying inse curity may not be eliminated, but the outward manifestations can be checked. When we recall that our oversensitiveness cau ses much uncalled-for annoy ance and even unhappiness to others, charity will dictate that we labor at the task. (Father Trese welcomes let ters from his readers. The in creasing volume of letters pro hibits personal answers but problems and ideas contained in such correspondence can be the basis of future columns. Address all letters to Father Leo J. Trese, care of this newspaper.) HEAOBONE'S STILL CONNECTED TO THE FO0TBONE Abe Lincoln Of Where? bo It Seems to Me JOSEPH BREIG The State of Illinois now has distinction of being the first in the Union to use the people’s money to prevent babies. Relief officials have begun distributing contraceptives to women on re lief roles. The officials figure they might save money be cause there will be fewer babies t o support. I 1 1 ino i s, therefore, is now doing what it can to stop future citizens from being born. Not all citi zens, of course—only those whose parents are poor; as poor as the father and mother to whom a baby named Abra ham Lincoln was born. Let me see now; where was it that Abraham Lincoln came into the world? I MEAN THE Lincoln who preserved the Union in which Illinois is the first state to use tax funds to keep the poor off the face of the earth. I mean the Lincoln who ob served that God must love the common people because He made so many of them. You know—the Abe Lincoln who was born in a log cabin back in the woods, a shack of a place. The Lincoln who studied his books by the light of a log fire because his Dad had no money for lamps and kerosene. I FORGOT for the moment which of the states in the Un ion Abraham Lincoln was a native of. One thing certain—Abe Lin coln’s state couldn’t have been Illinois. Not Illinois which takes mon ey from the people in taxes and spends ^ it -to 1 prevent people. That is, common people. No; emphatically not Illinois. IF ABE HAD “been born iff Illinois, he’d be coming back from his grave now to disown Illinois. Oh, well, I guess the birth place doesn’t matter, not really. What matters is that no gov ernment prevented him. What matters is that he was one of the common people whom God makes a lot of be cause He loves them. In Abe Lincoln’s time, the government of whatever state he was born in was like God in that respect—it loved the common people. EVERYBODY - including public officials — welcomed common babies. Everybody welcomed even the common babies who would grow up to be uncommon people, in the sense of great people. The government of whatever state Lincoln came into was like God in loving common people, but it didn’t try to put itself in God’s place. It didn’t try to say who should have babies, and who shouldn’t. It didn’t decide which people should come into the world, and which shouldn’t. Whichever state it was, it was lucky, and so were all of us, because its government let Abe Lincoln be born. THE GOVERNMENT didn’t pretend to know the future, It left the creating of people to God and parents, and tended to its own affairs. "'"'■“‘A “ Y 1 **: The government (of whatever state it was) didn’t know that the ‘Baby born in the log cabin would grow up to be one of the great and good men of all time. The government didn’t know that the baby wouldn’t grow up like that either. The government wasn’t God, and knew it wasn’t; and so Abraham Lincoln managed to get born. IT’S A GOOD THING for that government that it didn’t make itself God; because in those days Americans would have kicked a government like that right out of office in short order. Americans in those days wouldn’t stand for bureaucrats going around telling poor fa thers and mothers that they should choose immorality rather than parenthood because they were poor. Americans in those days-- Abraham Lincoln foremost among them—knew that the poor have rights, and were ready to defend those rights. Maybe Americans are still that way. Let us see what hap pens in Illinois, the state that Abe Lincoln wouldn’t touch with a barge pole right now. BOSTON, (NC) — Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., urged Bos ton College students at a spe cial convocation to explore the posibility of working with non- Catholic Christians in putting Christian principles into action to aid the hungry and homeless. The president of the Vatican’s Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity , who received an honorary doctorate of civ il and canon law from the uni versity, asked the students to look into “the possibility of common collaboration with non- Catholic Christians in areas that are not directly doctrinal.” “I mean,” he explained, “working together in instilling the principles from that com mon heritage of natural and es pecially Christian truths into education, into the family, civ ic and political life. I mean a more widespread and serious collaboration in realistic action against the plight of the suffer ing, homeless and hungry.” Such collaboration, the 81 year - old Cardinal continued, demands, “wisdom and pru dence,” as well as the “pro per guidance of ecclesiastical authority.” He quoted as a “suitable norm” the advice of His Holiness Pope John XXIII: “Emphasize what tends to unite men, and accompany every man along his way as is possible without betraying the demands of justice and truth.” The honorary degree was presented (March 26) to the Cardinal by Father Michael P. Walsh, S. J., president of Bos ton College. The convocation was the first of several events scheduled during the next few months to celebrate the colleges 100th anniversary of founding. In introductory remarks, Ric hard Cardinal Cushing lauded the “extraordinary competence of Cardinal Bea.” The Archbishop of Boston said that the Cardinal “ishelp ing us to present the change less truths of the deposit of our Faith in a manner suitable for the comprehension of the mod ern world and thereby over come one of the greatest bar riers in the path of Christian unity.” Cardinal Bea said the degree he was accepting “somehow represents the many others that have or would have been offered to me by the other Catholic uni versities but which—with much regret—I could not accept be cause of the necessary short ness of my visit to the United States.” On the subject of Christian unity, Cardinal Bea said there has been a good beginning in a difficult task “that will de mand much patient love and persevering work.” First Glorious Mystery THE RESURRECTION Our & Father 'Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall be sorrowful,/ but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.’ John 16:20 Hail S) Mary 'For I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice,/ and your joy no one shall take from you.’ John 16:22 Hail £) Mary At early dawn, they came to the tomb,/ taking the spices that they had pre pared. _ Luke 24:1 Hail ^ Mary And behold, an angel of the Lord came down from heaven,/ and drawing near rolled back the stone. Mall. 28:2 Hail ft) Mary 'Do not be afraid;/ for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified.’ Malt. 2S:5 Hail Mary Scriptural 3\osary Part 11 And they departed quickly tomb/ in fear and great joy. Hail £) Mary from the Mall. 28:8 'He is not here, but has risen./ Behold the place where they laid him.’ Luke 24:6; Mark 16:6 Hail© Mary 'And behold, he goes before you into Galilee;/ there you shall see him.’ Matt. 28:7 Hail ft) Mary 'I am the resurrection and the life;/ he who believes in me, even if he die, shall live.’ John 11:25 Hail j Mary 'And whoever lives and believes in me,/ shall never die.’ John 11:26 Hail ft) Mary Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit./ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall T>e, world without end. Amen. Editor’s Note : This is one of the 15 decades of the Scriptural Rosary, a modern version of the way the Rosary was once prayed in the Middle Ages. We are presenting the complete Scriptural Rosary in 15 install ments as a service to our readers. You are invited to save these meditations for future use. Or you may obtain the complete set in illustrated prayer-book form by striding $ I to the nonprojit Scriptural Rosary Center, 6 N. Michigan A venue, Chicago 2T1llinois. Parents Make Vocations SAN FERNANDO, Calif., (NC) —Encouragement of vocations by parents is more important than the effort made by priests and Sisters, a long-experienced family retreat master told the local Serra Club. Father Edward Collins, O.M.I., now pastor of St. Fer dinand’s church here, said the task of parents is being made increasingly difficult by the in fluence of a materialist culture. Husbands and wives, he said, should not permit social obli gations or even charitable acti vities to interfere unduly with their duties to their children. Ecumenical Spirit JUNCTION CITY, Ore., (NC) —A Catholic church here is be ing used by an Episcopal con gregation for Sunday services until repairs are completed on its own church, damaged in a windstorm October 12. Father Ervin S. Vandehey, pastor of St. John's mission church, recieved permission from Archbishop Edward D. Howard of Portland, then in vited the Rev. L. Wayne Bond, pastor of St. Christopher Epis copal parish, to use the Catho lic building. A Mass for Catho lics is offered in the church at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays and the Episcopal service is held at 11 a.m. Death Penalty SALEM, Ore., (NC)—Abo lition of the death penalty in Oregon criminal court trials was advocated before the Ore gon Senate Judiciary Committee here by Father David Fossel- man, C.S.C., of the University of Portland. He told senators that the pur pose of laws are to reform and correct society. He said pres ent day philosophy holds that persons should be rehabilitat ed. Appointed Editor PITTSBURGH, (NC)—Msgr. John S. Kocisko has been nam ed editor of the Byzantine Ca tholic World, newspaper of the Pittsburgh Byzantine Rite dio cese. He succeeds Msgr. John Kallok, who has been editor since the paper was founded, eight years ago. Msgr. Kallok, who has been named pastor of Holy Trinity Church, New Bri tain, Conn., asked to be re lieved of the editorship for health reasons. Msgr. Kocisko is the former spiritual direc tor of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary here. U. N. Official ST. PAUL, Minn.,(NC)—Mu hammad Zafrulla Khan, Paki stan’s Ambassador to the United Nations and president of the U.N. General Assembly, paid a courtesy call on Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul during a visit here (March 26). Need For Reform LOUISVILLE, Ky., (NC)— Catholics who see no problems in the Church and no need for reform or renewal are closing their eyes to reality, a semin ary rector said here. Problems exist today as they did in the early Church and must be faced honestly, said Father Roger Mercurio, C.P., rector of the Passionist Fathers' Mo ther of Good Counsel Seminary, Warrenton, Mo. Father Mercurio addressed 800 Sisters attending the fifth annual Biblical Institute for Re ligious sponsored by the Pas sionist Fathers of Louisville. To understand what “the Spirit is accomplishing in Christ’s Church today through the (ecumenical) council, we must reread St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians,” he said. “There we find the Church dynamic in crises, in renewal and reform.” Today’s Catholics, he con tinued, should take a lesson from St. Paul in facing prob lems, admitting the need for reform, and finding solutions. Peace Corps Death DAVAO, Philippines, (NC)— A young Peace Corps volunteer who lost her life in a plane crash here has been eulogized by a Maryknoll missioner in the town in which she served. Speaking of Miss Nancy Ann Boyd of Martinez, Calif., Fa ther John F. Coholan, M. M., said “I admired her tremen dously and her dedication would make every American proud of her.” Father Cohalan reported that Miss Boyd, a non-Catholic, of ten attended Mass with a Catho lic coworker. He said that in her work as a teacher in the elementary school in the village of Mabini she served the people there "unreservedly.” He re ported that the villagers plan to name a street in her honor.» Chaldean Bishop « * VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC) —His Holiness Pope John XXIII has confirmed the election of Father Emmanuel Delly as Auxiliary to Archbishop Paul II Cheikho, Chaldean Rite pat riarch of Babylon in Baghdad, Iraq. The Chaldean Rite Bishops elected Bishop-elect Delly, a priest of the Chaldean Rite dio cese of Mossul, Iraq, at a synod in Rome December 7, 1962. Anglican Hopes Discussed ALLAHABAD, India, (NC)— Anglican Bishop Amrit Anand of Lucknow led discussions on “What Anglicans Hope for from the (ecumenical) Council” dur-, ing the sixth Interdiocesan Con ference of Priests here. Bishop Leonard J. Raymond of Allaha bad opened (March 25) the three-day conference. QUESTION BOX (By David Q. Liptak) Q. If professional boxing i s so immoral because of the deaths and permanent injuries it causes—as is now being char ged in the wake of Davey Moore’s death—how is it that physicians aren't able to come up with convincing statistical evidence to prove the charge? And instead of banning the sport, why not insist on the use of safety equipment like headgear and heavier gloves? A. For an interesting para dox, the introduction of boxing gloves (usually attributed to the efforts of John L. Sullivan) ac tually accentuated rather than diminished the worst dangers of ring prizefighting. For a gloved fist only permits a boxer to inflict more serious punishment on his opponent without damag ing his own hands. As Dr. Eu gene G. Laforet noted in the May, 1958, Linacre Quarterly: “It would certainly appear true that bare-knuckle boxing, with the fragility of the unprotected fist as an in-built safety factor, (Continued on Page 5) 5HJ The Southern Cross P. O. BOX 180, SAVANNAH. GA. Vol. 43 Saturday, March 30, 1963 No. 28 Published weekly except the last week in July and the last week in December by The Southern Cross, Inc. Subscription price $3.00 per year. Second class mail privileges authorized at Monroe, Ga. Send notice of change of address to P. O. Box 180, Savannah, Ga. Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.J.C.D., President Rev. Francis J. Donohue, Editor John Markwalter, Managing Editor Rev. Lawrence Lucree, Rev. John Fitzpatrick, Associate Editors