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Will Also Address Irish Bishops Bishop McDonough To Visit Savannah Students In Eire SAVANNAH—“We are grate ful to Almighty God for the many vocations to the Sacred Priest hood with which He has blessed our diocese in recent years,” said His Excellency, Bishop Thomas J. McDonough in an nouncing his forthcoming vis it to Ireland to visit semin arians studying for the Diocese of Savannah. “Many of these vocations have come from Ireland, par ticularly from the Diocese of Cork, where His Excellency, Bishop Lucey has so generous ly urged students to dedicate their lives to God in the mis sion fields of Georgia. I look forward to this opportunity to be with these young men, even if it is only for a short time. “But our diocese is growing and we must anticipate the fu ture. So, while in Ireland I am going to tell the story of south Georgia to as many seminar ians and school children as I can, praying that God may in spire many more of them to offer their lives for His King dom in our diocese.” Bishop McDonough also re vealed that he has been asked to address the Irish Bishops who gather in Cork, April 16th through 19th for the “Christus Rex” Congress to be held there under the patronage of Bishop Lucey. He will preach at the Sol emn Mass opening the Congress on April 16th, in the Church of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, Dennehy’s Cross. His subject will be “The Lay Apostolate.” When he leaves New York on April 14th, via Irish Inter national Airlines, Bishop Mc Donough will be accompanied by the Rev. Christopher Walsh, currently working at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, Augusta. A priest of the Diocese of Cork, Father Walsh is conducting a Mission in Augusta with Bishop Lucey's permission. After addressing the “Chris tus Rex” Congress, Bishop Mc Donough will meet on Thurs day, April 18th with seminar ians currently studying for this diocese. The seminaries will be closed for the Easter Holy- days, and Savannah students will meet the Bishop in Cork. Then he will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation in several parishes with large classes numbering seven to eight hundred, participate in several “Liturgical Days” — at which children from an en tire area gather at a central church to sing a Solemn Mass, and visit all the schools of the Cork Diocese. He will preach on all these occasions. The Bishop will then begin a strenuous tour which will take him to nine seminaries where he will address the students on “The Missions in Geor gia.” He will visit the following seminaries: Mount Melleray, Cappoquin; St. Patrick’s, Thur- les; St. Patrick’s Carlow; Mun- gret College, Limerick; St. St. Kiernan’s Kilkenny; St. John's Waterford; St. Peter’s Wexford; All Hallows, Dublin; and St. Patrick’s , Maynooth. In addition to paying cour tesy calls on Irish Bishops, particularly in the home dio ceses of priests presently working in the Savannah dio cese, he plans to visit the parents of these priests. They are Rev. William Ah- erne, Sacred Heart, Warner Robins; Rev. Stephen Connolly, St. Mary’s, Augusta; Rev. Eu gene C. Moriarty, St. Mary’s Augusta; Rev. John N. O’ Rourke, St. Joseph’s Macon; Rev. Timothy Ryan, St. Anne’s Columbus; and Rev. Kevin Bo land, St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, Savannah. Bishop McDonough will re turn to the United States on Ap ril 30th. “My visit will be followed up by Father Bo land who will go to Ireland in June, both to visit our semin arians and to speak with stu dents in the Cork Diocese, in terested in coming to Savan nah,” he shid. “Then, in September, Mon signor Daniel J. Bourke, will visit other Dioceses in Ireland in an effort to secure more vo cations for south Georgia. Vol. 43, No. 30 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year In The Holy Land Ancient Stones Cry Out “The Redeemer Lived” NCCW PRESIDENT, Mrs. Joseph McCarthy of San Francisco, at lectern, talks with Mrs. Norman D. Boatwright, national director from the Province of Atlanta; and Mrs. Joseph Dembowski, president of the Savannah DCCW during sessions of the Leadership Training Institute held at Miami Beach, April 4-6. (By Father Patrick O’Connor Society of St. Columban N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) A shepherd leading his sheep, not driving them, was one of the first sights I saw on my way into Jerusalem from the airport. Now I was truly in the land where God became man and lived and spoke as man. Here something He used as an exam ple in His teaching—something the Psalmist had used, longer ago—was still to be seen. He likened Himself to the shepherd who “calls his own sheep by name and leads them forth. . . He goes before them and the sheep follow him.” Rounding the great grey walls of Jerusalem City, we came close to the place where the Good Shepherd chose to “lay down His life for His sheep.” “There’s Gethsemani,” said a young Arab fellow-passenger, pointing down to the left, where a grove of olive trees stood beside a porticoed church. Be hind it rose the broad, gradual slope of the Mount of Olives. On our right, above the uneven, crowded roofs of Jerusalem, was the dark dome of the basi lica that covers both Calvary and the tomb of Our Lord. In Jordan and Israel today, places in which Our Lord lived, taught and suffered are identifi able with a precision that quick ens the pulse. Bethlehem and Nazareth, Bethany, the site of the temple, Gethsemani and Calvary. . .these are still local realities under the same blue sky that was over them 19 cen turies ago. From them you can look out and see the same un dulating hills on the horizon that Our Lord, His mother, St. Joseph and the disciples saw. Of course the buildings, the surface levels, the roads and other superficial aspects are not the same as they were then. Sometimes the present-day town or village is 500 or 1,000 yards from the site of the old one, as uncovered by the ar chaeologists. One of the Passionists, taking me through the olive-planted field beside their monastery near Bethphage, pointed out fragments of pottery in the earth. Dwelling-houses where people kept their food and cook ed and ate it, had stood there. This was part of the Bethany (Con’t on Page 5) chair during the observance marking Palm Sunday. The Pontiff looked unusually drawn and moved more slowly than usual during the hour-long ceremony.—(NC Photos) SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1963 HOLY FATHER OPENS HOLY WEEK RITES—Holding a spray of palm in his hands, His Holiness Pope John XXIII is borne through St. Peter’s Basilica on the gestatorial Addressed To “All Men Of Good Will” Pope John’s Encyclical Urges All Men To Strive For Peace Based On Love VATICAN CITY, (NC)— Peace is a problem of morals, -not power, Pope John XXIII said in his new Encyclical which urges everyone to strive for a peace founded on love instead of fear. Entitled “Pacem In Terris” (Peace On Earth) it is the'first encyclical to be addressed not only to Catholics but to “all men of good will.” The 11,000 word document called for elimination of all racism, encouragement of eth nic minorities, and voluntary establishment of world author ity capable of dealing with prob lems of universal common good on a world scale. Dated April 11, Holy Thurs day, but issued April 10, the Pope’s eighth encyclical is an analysis of the nature of peace, means of attaining it and prac tical measures for ensuring it. The document opens: “Peace On Earth, which men of ever era have most eagerly yearned for, can be firmly es tablished only if the order laid down by God is dutifully observ ed.” The encyclical’s preamble contrasted the order of the uni verse with the disorder exist ing among men. The Pope said this stresses the error of many who think “that the relation ships between men and states can be governed by the same laws as the forces and irra tional elements of the uni verse.” But, the Pop e said, laws governing men are quite dif ferent from those governing brute nature and are to be found where God wrote them— in the nature of man. Since the problem of peace is root- POPE JOHN XXIII ed in man’s nature, the pope said, it is fitting for his words to be addressed to all people and not Catholics alone. The first part of the ency clical emphasized that every human being is a person with rights and duties. Society is based on truth with rights and duties. Society is based on truth when the rights and duties of each are sincerely recognized. Justice rules when societypro- vides for effective respect for rights and duties. But to complete and vivify society, the Holy Father said, charity must enter to ensure mutual collaboration based on the essential social nature of men. Moreover society must be based on freedom which re spects the dignity of man when he assumes the responsibility for his own action. These qualities—Truth, Jus tice, Chairty and Freedom— belong to the moral order and therefore such an order has as its objective foundation in one true God. Pope John said three characteristics of mod ern society give him hope for a society premeated by these principles. They are the pro gress made by the working class, participation of women in public life, and the widely held conviction of the equal natural dignity of all men. These characteristics make him hopeful, he said, because “If a man becomes conscious of his rights, he must become equally aware of his duties’’ and this brings man to the sphere of spiritual values. Thus men are brought, the pontiff said, “to a better knowledge of the true God who is personal and transcendent, and thus they make the ties that bind them to God, the solid foundations and the supreme criterion of their lives.” Speaking of relations between (Continued on Page 2) By Jerusalem Rites Scandal Of Christian Separation Spotlighted JERUSALEM, Jordan, (NC)— Pious pilgrim and sophisticated sightseer blended as one as Christendom held solemn serv- Cites Duty Of Women In Apostolate MIAMI BEACH, Fla., (NC) —Catholic women have duties both in and out of the home, the president of the National Council of Catholic Women said here. “If you are conscious of the importance of your responsibil ities at home, you will not shirk them because you are working for the Faith outside your home,” commented Mrs. Jos eph McCarthy of San Francisco. “The Blessed Mother was very young when she was given the greatest responsibility any one could have,” she said. Mrs. McCarthy, here for an NCCW leadership training in stitute, stressed in an interview that Catholic women have an obligation to work for the cause of Christ. “In Baptism we are made Christians. Through Confir mation we are obligated to go out and do something about it,” she said. Mrs. McCarthy, a widow, at tends Mass daily at St. Emy- dius church in San Francisco. Besides heading the nine mil lion-member NCCW, she is ac tive in the work of San Fran cisco’s Catholic Interracial Board, Catholic Professional Club and the Dominican Third Order. She has two daughters. ice marking the great events of the Redemption at the very sites of Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection. For the first time in several years, the Holy Week commem oration coincided in the calen dars of the Eastern and Western Churches. But the fact served to spotlight the scandal of Chris tian separation in this place where Jesus the night before He died prayed to His Father that all “may be one, even as we are one.” The holy city of Jerusalem— sacred to Muslims and Jews as it is to Christians—remained divided. Barbed-wire barri cades and sentries demarcrat ed the Jordan-Israel border. The focal point for the Holy Week rites is the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, a dilapidat ed church surrounding the site of the Resurrection. It is shar ed by five communities—Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Gregorian Armenian and Coptic and Syrian Orthodox. The Holy Week liturgies of each are long and complicated, and must follow a complex timetable. The schedules cannot be chang ed without the unanimous con sent of representatives of the Greek Orthodox, the Catholics and the Armenians. Because of this—since unanimous consent has not been forthcoming—the INDEX QUESTION BOX 4 EDITORIALS 4 JOTTINGS 5 YOUTHSCOPE 6 HERE AND THERE.,.., 6 OBITUARIES 3 Catholics still must hold the main services of Holy Thurs day, Good Friday and Holy Sat urday in the morning hours, as Latin Rite Catholics did everywhere before the reforms of Piux XII. In any case, the cavernous old basilica was the scene of (Con’t on Page 6) Bishop’s Office Dxocese or Savannah 223 Abehcohn Stheet Savannah, Georgia My Dear People: Easter Sunday morning, you, the Catholics of this Dio cese give to God the fullest expression of your charity in behalf of the children domiciled in St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Homes. Your love of these children of God is undoubtedly the most articulate expression of generosity in out state. What can express more tangibly our love for God than the love that we have one for the other. What you give to Catholic Charities in the Easter collection will give you untold joy, even if it demands a sacrifice. Please use the envelopes which you have received for this purpose. It is suggested that every wage-earner contribute at least $10.00. Assuring you of a special momento in my Mass on the Feast of the Resurrection and imparting to all of you my blessing, I am, Devotedly yours in Christ, *5^ Bishop of Savannah. Cathedral Holy Week Ceremonies His Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas J. McDon ough will be the celebrant at the following Solemn Pont ifical ceremonies of Holy Week at the Cathedral of St. John The Baptist. Holy Thursday— 10:00 A. M. Mass of the Conse cration of the Sacred Oils. 8:00 P. M., Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Good Friday—12:00 Noon, Liturgical Action. Holy Saturday — 11:00 P. M. Easter Vigil. Bishop McDonough will also preside at Stations of the Cross in the upper Church of the Cathedral at 3:00 P. M. on Good Friday. Stations of the Cross will be conducted simultaneously in the lower church, the Chapel of Our Lady.