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Pope John Lauded As “Best
Non-Catholics Ever Had”
MONTREAL, Que., (NC)~
Pope John XXIII was extolled as
“the best Pope non-Roman Ca
tholics ever had’’ at a memor
ial service in the Anglican
Christ Church cathedral here.
The first such service for a
pope in the 200-year history of
the church was held on the day
(June 7) of Pope John’s fun
eral. The church flag flew at
half mast and the cathedral
chimes began tolling shortly
before noon.
Very Rev. W. C. Bothwell,
recently inducted Dean, con
ducted the service, assisted by
Rev. Paul Busing of St. John the
Evangelist Church and Rev.
Robert Brown, priest vicar at
the cathedral.
The Gospel of the service was
taken from John 6:35 beginning
with, “He was a burning and a
shining light; and ye were will
ing for a season to rejoice in
his light. . .”
In a short address, Dean
Bothwell said Pope John “was
the best Pope that non-Roman
Catholics ever had. He was
really the only one—the only one
since the division of the Church
—who expressed sentiments of
solidarity with those of us who
have also been made members
of the Body of Christ through
Baptism.
' 'In giving to the world at
large a sense of unity which
neither scientists nor diplomats
have been able to achieve, His
Holiness proved in his short
pontificate the power of a
humble servant of Jesus Christ
to break down the walls of par
tition between those whom Our
Lord came to redeem,” the
Dean said.
Tanganyika’s
Regrets
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanganyi
ka, (NC)—President Julius Ny-
erere has sent a message in the
name of his people and his gov
ernment expressing “grief at
the death of Pope John.”
“It is tragic that. . .the world
should be deprived of his sage
direction,” he said.
Flags at all government
buildings were flown at half
mast on June 5.
Requiem Masses were offer
ed for the Pope on June 6 in all
of Tanganyika’s Catholic
churches.
Archbishop Guido Del Mes-
tri, Apostolic Delegate to East
Africa, has announced that the
planned African visit (June 10
to July 10) of Gregorio Cardi
nal Agagianian, Prefect of the
Sacred Congregation for the
Propagation of the Faith, has
been postponed.
Israel Mourns Pope
JERUSALEM, Israel, (NC)--
Church bells throughout Israel
rang at noon, June 6, in mourn-
QUESTION BOX
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the unity of the same Holy
Spirit” is inserted in the con
clusion.
Q. Regarding the brown
scapular of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel: (1) Is it all right if the
scapular has ornaments on it?
And (2) May the scapular medal
be worn instead of the scapular
itself?
A. The brown scapular must
be made of wool, and should be
oblong or square in shape.
Ornamentation is permitted
^provided that the cloth is not
thereby almost entirely cover
ed over.
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THE SCAPULAR MEDAL
may be worn as a substitute for
the cloth scapular, and enjoys
all the indulgences save the 500
days indulgence annexed to
kissing the cloth scapular with
reverence.
THE SOURCES for these
statements is Your Brown Scap
ular, written in 1950 by Most
Rev. E. K. Lynch, O. Carm.,
for the seventh centenary of the
Brown Scapular.
He also writes: “The charac
teristic of the brown scapular
is that it is the habit of our
Blessed Mother in a miniature
form. When its place is taken by
a medal much of the rich sym
bolism is lost. . .When the sub
stitution is made, we highly
recommend that the cloth
scapular be worn at least at
night. An appropriate time to
kiss our scapular and gain the
indulgence would be when we are
putting it on or taking it off.”i
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ing for Pope John. In Nazareth,
the town council—the mayor is
a Moslem—stood for a minute’s
silence. The town’s church bells
pealed in mourning for 15 min
utes.
City
s Beacon
Glows Purple
For Pope John
MONTREAL, Que., (NC)--
The great cross atop Mount
Royal, visible for many miles,
is glowing with purple lights,
instead of the usual white lights,
during the next month in tribute
to the memory of Pope John
XXIII. The cross, which towers
over Canada’s largest city,
stands 103 feet high on top of
Mount Royal and has 280
electric lamps.
Uganda Leaders
Send Condolences
KAMPALA, Uganda, (NC)—
Government and Church lead
ers in Uganda have sent mes
sages of condolence to the Vati
can on the death of Pope John.
Prime Minister A. Milton
Obote’s message extended the
“deepest sympathy” of the gov
ernment and people of Uganda
Archbishop Joseph Kiwanuka,
W.F., of Rubaga sent “condo
lences and promises of
prayers” from the country’s
Catholics. Rt. Rev. Vincent
Billington, Anglican Bishop of
Kampala, told of the “deepest
sorrow and prayers for the re
pose of Pope John” on the part
of the faithful of his diocese.
The Speaker of the National
Assembly called on all mem
bers of the house to observe
a two-minute silence (June 4)
in memory of Pope John. The
Uganda flag was flown at half
mast on government buildings
throughout the country in
mourning for the Pope.
Irish Leaders
At Requiem
DUBLIN, Ireland, (Radio, NC)
—President Eamon de Valera
and Premier Sean F. Lemass
attended a Requiem offered in
the procathedral here for Pope
Joha by Archbishop John C.
McQuaid, C.S.Sp., of Dublin.
Archbishop Giuseppe Sensi,
Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland,
presided at the Mass which was
also attended by other govern
ment ministers, diplomats and
members of Parliament.
Africans Join
In Mourning
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
—Three more African nations
have joined in the mourning
for Pope John.
President Sekou Toure of
Guinea declared a week of na
tional mourning. Three-day
mourning periods were declar
ed by President Maurice Yame-
ogo of Upper Volta and Presi
dent Hubert Maga of Dahomey.
The leader of the Moslems in
Senegal, El Hadj SeydouNourou
Tall, made a personal call on
Archbishop Jean Baptists Mau
ry, Apostolic Internuncio of
Senegal, to express the condo
lences of the Moslem nation.
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AQUINAS REPRESENTATIVES at the Hendersonville, N. C. Summer School of Catholic
Action. The largest group of Aquinas girls to ever attend this annual summer school
are pictured with the Rev. Robert Shea, director and member of the faculty and Sister
Victoria Marie, C.S.J., Sodality Moderator. Front row, left to right: Jean Locke, Bettye
Cobb, Kathy Hummell, prefect, Janet Mulherin, Maria Picciuiolo, treasurer, Barbara
Dewey. Second row, left to right: Lynn Jackson, vice-prefect, Pat Odum, Katharine
Ann Garren, Father Robert Shea, Laurie Loyal, Dana Berini, Adele Daly. Third row
left to right; Connie Vaughan, Pat Wetherington, Leslie Hillsinger, Sister Victoria
Marie, C.S.J., Suzanne Lawrence, Barbara Stetz, Teresa Heffeman, Lynda Lawrence.
Old Stove Will Signal
Election Of A Pope For
Third Time At Conclave
By Msgr. James I. Tucek
(Radio, N.C.W.C.
NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY—A leading
role in the election of a new
pope will be taken once more
by an old castiron stove.
The stove, an old-fashioned
woodburner, is again back in
its place in a corner of the
Sistine chapel where it announ
ced the news of the success
ful and unsuccessful ballots in
the conclaves of 1939 and
1958.
Its past performances are
recorded now over a new coat
of glistening aluminum paint.
Across its face is writ
ten: “Conclave, 1939” and
“Conclave, 1958.”
A 52-foot pipe runs from the
stove to an opening near the
ceiling of the chapel. On the
outside of the chapel, the stove
pipe rises another 58 feet so
that its smoke may be seen from
St. Peter’s square.
During the conclave the stove
will be used twice a day until
a new pope is elected. After
the morning ballot or ballots—
the laws of the conclave per
mit two ballots of a single ses
sion to be disposed of at a sin
gle burning—and after the af
ternoon voting the ballots will
be cast into it and burned.
If a vote fails to make
a choice by the necessary two-
thirds majority, the ballots are
burned with damp straw so as
to make the smoke coming out
of the chimney black. When a
ballot has been successful, the
ballots are burned without
straw, thus creating a white
smoke and announcing to the
waiting crowd in St. Peter’s
square that a new pope has been
elected.
Archbishop Enrico Dante,
Prefect of Papal Masters of
Ceremonies, has denied a re
port saying that the conclave
smoke signals will be replaced
with a system of electric lights.
The report may have been due to
a misinterpretation of certain
precautionary measures which
have been added to keep Vati
can Radio and the Vatican press
office from being confused in
interpreting the smoke signals.
During the 1939 conclave, the
stove had a short performance,
with only two ballots to burn
before the election of Pius XII.
Possibly 11 ballots—figuring
two per burning until the final
ballot—went into it before the
election of John XXIII.
"Old Smokey,” as watching
newsmen dubbed it during the
1958 conclave, kept a watching
world guessing with its capri
cious puffs of smoke, beginning
white, then turning gray and
then black.
Some said the cardinal in
charge of burning ballots got
mixed up in the stacks of ma
terial he fed into the stove.
Others explained that, with a 100
feet of stove pipe to travel
through, one could not be sure
what the color of the smoke
would be when it got to the top.
It is a matter of fact, however,
that Vatican Radio and a leading
news service were so confused
by the stove’s antics that both
issued premature reports that
a pope had been elected.
This time the conclavists are
prepared. The stove will smoke
as always, but a button
has been installed inside
the Sistine chapel so that
when the smoke coming out of
the stovepipe is meant to be
white, someone will push the
button and signal Vatican Radio
that it can go ahead with the
news that a pontiff has been
chosen.
In 1958 the calumny was cir
culated that “Old Smokey” had
been retired in favor of a new,
more trustworthy model. Later
information proved it was the
same old stove with a new coat
of paint. This has been borne
out by the inscription painted
on it recording its past per
formances.
Earlier reports also indicat
ed tl\at Pope John’s changes in
the rules governing a conclave
meant that ballots would no
longer be burned. These were
evidently based on a misinter
pretation of a provision stat
ing that historical documents
connected with a conclave would
be preserved, and that the bal
lots themselves rather than a
record of them would be sav
ed.
Pope John’s document “Sum-
mi Pontificis Electio” (The
Election of a Supreme Pontiff)
stated:
“We direct that at the con
clusion of the conclave the car
dinal chamberlain prepare an
account, to be approved by the
senior members of the three or
ders of cardinals, in which will
be recorded the results of the
ballots taken at each particular
session. This account is to be
preserved in the archives clos
ed in a sealed envelope and may
not be opened by anyone without
the explicit permission of the
Supreme Pontiff.”
UNSEEING SERVANT OF GOD
Edward Cannon (left) keeps a watchful eye on Peter D’Av-
anzo, a blind 10-year-old altar boy from St. Margaret’s
School, Little Ferry, N. J., during training for the first Mass
served by the youngster. Blind since birth, Peter has mem
orized not only the parts of the Masses and the responses,
but also the steps between various positions he must take on
the altar. The entire student body turned out to see Peter
serve his first Mass. (NC Photos)
Obituaries
Miss Elizabeth
O’Keefe
AUGUSTA—Funeral serv
ices for Miss Elizabeth O’Keefe
were held June 17th from St.
Patrick’s Church with Father
Ralph E. Seikel officiating.
Survivors include a niece,
Mrs. Patrick Carr, Augusta;
two great nieces, Mrs. James
Selzler, Augusta, and Mrs.
Francis Norton, Circleville,
Ohio; great nephew, Lt. Patrick
F. Carr, U. S. Navy in Japan,
Joseph A. Knuck
AUGUSTA—Funeral serv
ices for Joseph A. Knuck were
conducted June 15th at Sacred
Heart Church by Father A. B.
Kearns S. J.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Mrs. John A. Chapman,
Augusta, and Mrs. Ahnes Moni-
• han, New York City; one bro
ther, Edward F. Knuck, Key
West, Fla.; two aunts, Miss
Catherine Jellico and Mrs. Ed
ward Barry, both of Augusta,
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
IN AUGUSTA . . J,
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To Keep Catholic Students Out
POAU Steps Into
Shared Time Plan
CHICAGO, (NC)—The head
of Chicago archdiocesan
schools said here that if Catho
lic school students are receiv
ed part-time in public schools
they will be subject “unequivo
cally” to public school regula
tion.
“We are not looking for any
kind of jurisdictional argument
with the public schools,” Msgr.
William E. McManus said.
“While our students were in the
public schools, they would be
public school pupils.”
He said no concessions would
be expected as to the textbooks
used in public school classes
that Catholic school pupils at
tended. * ‘That would be unthink
able,” he commented.
As to taking part in public
school extra-curricular acti
vities, the “shared-time” stu
dents from Catholic schools
would do so "only if they were
invited,” he said.
Msgr. McManus was com
menting on obejctions to the.
shared-time plan raised re
cently by Edward E. Keener at
a dinner of the Midwest Advi
sory Committee of Protestants
and Other Americans United for
Separation of Church and State
(POAU). Keener is president of
the Citizens Schools Commit
tee in Chicago.
His address was scheduled by
POAU because Msgr. McManus
has said he would soon ask
Chicago public school officials
that shared-time education be
tried experimentally in one
ants
controlled ^
Chicago neighborhood, where
the new Kinzie High is under
construction and where land is
owned nearby for a new Catho
lic high school.
The idea “is being research
ed” by his office, which is still
“hopeful something can be
worked out,” Msgr. McManus
stated.
Keener declared that all
youths have a right to attend
public schools, and that those
whose parents send them there
“have a right to a full day not
interrupted by others who wish
to attend part-time.”
Msgr. McManus has propos
ed that the public school accept
for half the day, instead of the
whole day, students who would
be eligible to attend fulltime.
Protest Birth Control
PALLURUTHY, India, (NC)—
Catholic members of a Family
Planning Committee here or
ganized by the Kerala State
government have resigned in
protest over the government’s
policy of promoting family plan
ning through artificial birth
control methods and steriliza
tion operations.
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A Good Address in Atlanta
OUR MAIL ISN’T ORDINARY
LETTERS coming 1 into our office from the many priests, Sisr
ters and Brothers in the Near and Middle East are absorbing.
down-to-reality accounts of life in the
missionary world. For instance,
Father Kavalakat writes from his dio
cese of ERNAKULAM in India about
a new parish . . .“In one of the dis-
C* tant villages, KARAYAMPARAMP.
three years ago we began a separate
parish. A bamboo shed is being used
for Mass . . . The foundation for a
church dedicated to Mary, Help of
Christians, is finished. A two-room
house for the priest is being con
structed . . . The people are very
poor. The mother church, due to many
schools and other institutions, is plunged in debt . . . Also this
is the area of the main trouble caused by the Communist Gov
ernment of Kerala in 1959 (when seven Catholics were shot
dead close to the church), and we suffered great financial loss.
.If we had $4,000, we could change the bamboo shed into a
small but strongly built church”. . . The Bishop’s warm rec
ommendation accompanies tho letter. The Communist Govern
ment no longer rules in Kerala but the Church goes on. Will
you help these brave people build their modest Chinch?
The Holy Father’s Mission Aid
for the Oriental Chunh
THE MISSIONARY VISION
ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA bids us look down in imagina
tion from the height of Heaven on the world of people—some
black, some white, some at peace, some at war, some weeping,
some laughing—and to see them as the Trinity sees them . . .
Then he asks us to turn in imagination to the scene of Mary
awaiting her Child who will come to save all these people. In
this way we receive the missionary spirit which comes from
vision ... Our work in 18-Near and Middle East Countries
covers the missionary activities of 15,000 priests, also Sisters
and Brothers. We are their servants, always seeking the finan
cial means to aid them . . . Won’t you help? Here are some sug
gestions:
□ 1. Educate a seminarian or sister-to-be. We have many
names such as those of THOMAS PANICKER and
NINAN THARAKAN of POONA, INDIA, and SISTER
SILVIA and SISTER LEO of the CARMELITE SIS
TERS, also in INDIA. It costs $100 a year for six years
for a seminarian and $150 for two years for the Sister-
to-be. Will you adopt one of them.
□ 2. Send us a STRNGLESS GIFT to use where necessary.
□ 3. Make a MEMORIAL GIFT of a chapel or school. Cost:
$2,000.
□ 4. Send us MASS STIPENDS. Often the missionary’s daily
support!
□ 5. Give $10 for a PALESTINE REFUGEE FOOD PACK
AGE.
□ 6. BUY a $2 BLANKET for a BEDOUIN.
□ 7. ENROLL IN OUR SOCIETY: $1 a year for a single
person; $5 for a family. Permanent membership: single
person $20; family $100.
Join one of our DOLLAR-A-MONTH clubs to educate
priests, Sisters, look after orphans, old folks, supply
chapels.
□ 8.
SHORT AND SWEET
“Dear Father:
This is our candy money and baby sitting money. Use it for
the poor.” (Signed Mary Ann 11, Tom 10, Elizabeth 8, Larry 2.
Saginaw, Mich.) ... We often wish our mission priests, Sisters
and Brothers were in our office to read such letters. If they
should ever feel discouraged these letters would be a tonic tor
them as they are for us . . . Why not sit down and write us,
remembering these courageous workers for Christ with your
prayers and material help!
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FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President
Msgr. Jasaph T. Ryan, Natl Sac’f
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