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POPE PAUL VI IN WASHINGTON—The new Pope Paul VI
made two trips to North America, in 1951 and 1960, visiting
in the United States and Canada. He is shown in the summer
of 1951, when as Msgr. Giovanni B. Montini, Vatican Sub
stitute Undersecretary of State, he visited in Washington,
D, C.
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ed to see so many ‘ ‘pioneers of
the organization—veterans of
20 or 30 years in its service”
still carrying on their work.
Their presence creates a val
uable tradition, he said. At the
same time he noted that he had
seen many young people, work
ing under the * “pioneers.” This,
he said, symbolizes the fact
that the organ of the U. S. Bi
shops also is a ‘‘living organi
zation, looking to the future.”
The division of the N.C.W.C.
into departments, each with its
own field of specialization,
shows an over-all plan that is
‘‘wise and bound to be effec
tive,” he said. Of the various
fields of interest he singled out
schools—“so important for Ca
tholic Action and Catholic Life’ ’
—and press work for special
mention. He sent a special
greeting and blessing to the pu
pils, teachers and benefactors
of Catholic schools.
The Catholic Press organiza
tion of the country, he said
renders a great service to the
cause of the Catholic Church.
He spoke especially of its
modern methods, and of the spe
cial work of disseminating Ca
tholic news in Latin America.
This work was instituted by the
U. S. Bishops in 1941 when they
established Noticias Catholi-
cias, Spanish-language edition
of the N.C.W.C.
Monsignor Montini expressed
the thanks of the Holy See to
the N.C.W.C. staff, who, he said,
“Work so well, at personal sac
rifice,” for the good of the
Church. He voiced special
greetings to the American Hier
archy, to the N.C.W.C. Admin
istrative Board, and to Msgr.
Howard J. Carroll, N.C.W.C.
General Secretary.
A throng of more than 200
persons attended the reception
for Monsignor Montini in the
Bishops’ Conference Room of
the N.C.W.C. headquarters
building.
In the receiving line with the
Vatican official were Archbish
op Cicognani, Msgr. McGeough,
Msgr. Carroll, and Msgr. Paul
Tanner, Assistant General Sec
retary, N.C.W.C.
Dignitaries high in the na
tion’s affairs were among those
who attended the reception. Also
present were the officials and
members of the Staff of the
various departments and bur
eaus of the National Catholic
Community Service.
Among those present were
Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle
of Washington; Attorney Gen
eral J. Howard McGrath; U.S.
Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney
of Wyoming; James M. Mead,
chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission and former U.S.
Senator from New York; Mau-
ricio Nabuco, Brazilian Am
bassador to the U.S., and
formerly Brazilian Ambas
sador to the Holy See; William
D. Hassett, secretary to Pre
sident Harry S. Truman; Mrs.
Augustine B. Kelley, wife of
Representative Kelley ofPen-
sylvania; Assistant U. S. At
torney General A. Devitt
Vanech; Thomas E. Murray of
the U. S. Atomic Energy Com
mission; CIO President Phillip
Murray, and many others.
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Today’s Problems
Faced Other Pauls
Cardinal, Episcopal Bishops
Exchange Blessings
ST. LOUIS, (NC)—Blessings were exchanged between Jo
seph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis, and leading
members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, it was re
vealed here by Bishop George L. Cadigan of the Missouri
Protestant Episcopal diocese.
Writing in the diocese’s monthly publication “Now,”
the Bishop says that a few weeks ago he and three other
Episcopal clergymen visited Cardinal Ritter and invited
him to address a major session of the convention of Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the U. S., to be held in St.
Louis in October, 1964.
Presiding Bishop Arthur Lichtenberger of the Protes
tant Episcopal Church extended the invitation. With him
and Bishop Cadigan were Dr. Clifford Morehuuse of New
York, president of the Episcopal House of Deputies, and
Rev. W. Murray Kenney of St. Mary Mark’s church, St.
Louis Hills.
“We were saying our goodbyes to Cardinal Ritter,”
Bishop Cadigan writes in the diocesan publication, “and
it seemed right to suggest that he give us his blessing. When
we rose, he said very quietly that he would be honored if
we gave him our blessings. This humility brought tears
to my eyes.”
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Laetare Association, an organi
zation whose sole but wonder
ful aim is aiding needy young
men to become priests of God.
The very joyousness of her
goal is found in her organiza
tion’s name “Laetare.” Five
years ago her organization was
founded, since that time a group
of fifty have joined the grate
ful convert in aiding needy young
men at the diocesan seminary
with prayers and tuition expens
es. Each month a Mass is offer
ed for the intentions of “her”
priests. The story of this wo
man and her inspired work in
founding the Laetare Associa
tion is enough to bring a note
of joy to any heart. There would
seem to be no greater cause
than one uniting priest and peo
ple in a firm bond of love.
* * *
TOO OFTEN these days we
are treated with novels, tele
vision serials, plays about
priests and people who are far
from representatives. The
novel and drama priest is hard
ly recognizable as the men in
black who bless our days. These
stories do little to encour
age young men to enter the
priesthood. The priests unsung
and unhonored who pass among
us are my heroes. It is a joy
ous thing to know the story of
one who so prompted by grati
tude and love for the Church
Obituaries
William Bremer, Sr.
SAVANNAH — Funeral ser
vices for Mr. William Bremer
were held June 20th from The
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary McNally Bremer;
a son William J. Bremer Jr.;
three daughters, Mrs. W. P.
McCuen and Mrs. O. B. Carr,
Jr. of Savannah; and Mrs. J.R.
Kattus of Brimingham, Ala.; a
sister, Miss Rota Bremer;
three brothers, Herbert G. Bre
mer of Atlanta, Joseph H. Bre
mer of Savannah and Theodore
Bremer of Augusta, 18 grand
children; and several nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. I. H. Lynn, Sr.
SAVANNAH — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. I. H. Lynn, Sr.,
were held June 20th at the Bles
sed Sacramant Church. Fr.
James officiating.
Surviving are her husband,
Ike Henry Lynn Sr.; two sons,
Ike Henry Lynn Jr. of Waynes-
ville; Hugh Lamar Lynn of Dub
lin; three brothers, Allen Car-
roll and Ollie Carroll of Bruns
wick and G. W. Carroll of New
Orleans; three sisters, Mrs.
Willa Mae Gay of Brunswick;
Mrs. Vala Clark of Alamo and
Mrs. Ethel Padgett of Houston,
Tex., and three grandchildren.
Mrs. G. E. Kilroy
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Ida Valentine
Kilroy were held June 22nd, at
Blessed Sacrament Church. She
was the wife of the late George
E. Kilroy.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Marian K. Thorpe; two
sons, Harry J. Kilroy of Sav
annah and Brother Ives Kilroy
of Notre Dame, Ind.; two grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Louis Gallaher
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for Mr. Louis Gallaher
were held June 26th at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth R. Gallaher of Stoney
Brook; a daughter, Mrs. H. L.
Baker Jr. of Long Island; and a
sister, Mrs. John Bell os New
York City.
to dedicate time and energy to
ward the end of honoring and as
sisting embryo priests. Again
sometimes, it takes the con
vert to appreciate fully the won
der and mystery of the faith and
to see with clear eyes the es
sence of the Church. It is not
ed also that as a part of the an
nual Laetare meeting that not
only a priest is honored but
the priest’s mother as well.
Recently a Mass was offered in
thanksgiving for the ordination
anniversary of the priest who
instructed this convert who re
turned to say'thank you.' He has
also offered for all the young
men who were ordained for
the diocese this month. In an
nouncing this Mass, the con
vert wrote to her associates in
this truly great and blessed
work . . . ‘ ‘To the men who are
being ordained this month and
who are dedicating their youth
and strength, we pledge our rev
erence and devotion . . . and we
pray that they may ever walk in
Christ’s footsteps.” Amen,
Amen.
VIETNAM-
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trolled by the Minister of Edu
cation who is not Catholic.
The article says: “Restric
tive social legislation, such as
bans on dancing, contracep
tives, divorce and polygamy,
runs counter to the customs
and beliefs of the majority.”
Western dancing and contracep
tives have never been part of
the customs and beliefs of any
segment of Vietnamese people.
Polygamy is obviously a social
evil wherever it exists in East
Asia and those who oppose it
should hardly have to justify
their stand. Divorce is also an
evil for East Asia in the eyes
of many.
To infer that Buddhists make
up “a majority of South Viet
nam’s people” is also mislead
ing. There has been no reli
gious census. Inscribed mem
bers of the General Buddhist
Association numbered only one
million last year. Practicing
Buddhist Association numbered
only one million last year.
Practicing Buddhists are es
timated at between three and
four million at the most. Others
practice ancestor veneration,
Confucianism and Taoism with
occasional visits to Buddhist
pagodas. Sizeable numbers of
Caodaists and hundreds of thou
sands of animist mountaineers
are also in South Vietnam.
Waynesboro
Bible Camp
WAYNESBORO,—A two week
Summer Bible Camp is
scheduled for the children of
Burke, Jefferson, and Jenkins
Counties at Waynesboro for the
second and third weeks of
July.
All of those who have com
pleted the first grade in school
are welcome to the daily 3 1/2
hour sessions which will be
held at Sacred Heart Church.
The camp is to be conducted
by two of the Glenmary Sisters
from Statesboro. The Sisters,
who for these two weeks will
be using a parishioner’s tempo
rarily vacated home as their
base of operations, will be in
charge of activities which will
include Catechism classes, arts
and crafts, singing and drama
tics.
Children from the towns,
of Louisville and Millen and
surrounding areas will be
transported daily to the camp
site and brought home after the
daily Mass to be celebrated
at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jeanson,
presently visiting in England
and Holland, have generously
donated the use of their home
for the two weeks.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY—Many of
today’s problems and issues
facing His Holiness Pope Paul
VI also had to be dealt with
over the centuries by one or
another of his five predecessors
of the same name.
Efforts at Christian unity
marked the reigns of Popes
Pau 1 II and V, both of whom
sought to achieve and reunion of
the Russian Orthodox Church
with the Holy See.
Church renewal, which Pope
John XXIII said was a task of
the Second Vatican Ecumenical
Council, was a characteristic
of the reformer, Pope Paul IV.
The problems attendant on the
holding of an ecumenical coun
cil were experienced to the full
by Paul III, who opened the
Council of Trent in 1545 as the
highpoint of his pontificate.
Church-State problems,
which still plague the Church in
many parts of the world, were
particularly difficult for Paul
I and V.
Work for peace in a war-
threatened world was another
high point in the reign of Paul
HI, who brought about a 10-year
truce between the main contend
ing powers of his time, France
and the Holy Roman Empire.
Paul VI is the second Pontiff
in a row to choose a name
unused by popes for centuries.
John XXIII took a name that had
not been used for 624 years.
The name Paul has not been
used since Paul V died 342 years
ago.
Raimondo Manzini, editor of
the Vatican City daily, L'Os-
servatore Romano, told news
men why the new Pontiff chose
his name. “It is a symbol of
ecumenical unity, venerated by
Catholics, Protestants and Or
thodox,” he said.
Like the present Pope, all
earlier Pauls were Italians.
Also like him, the last three
Pauls were diplomats in the
service of the Holy See.
The first Paul—the only one
to be venerated as a saint—
reigned from 757 to 767. He
was the second member of the
Orsini family of Rome to reach
the papacy, succeeding his bro
ther, Pope Stephen II. Only a
priest at the time of his eleva
tion, he was consecrated a
bishop immediately thereafter.
St. Paul I’s pontificate was
marked by a struggle to regain
control over the papal territor
ies, which had fallen under
Lombard of Byzantine domina
tion. In his battle he had the
aid of King Pepin of the Franks.
He also had to defend orthodox
doctrine regarding the Blessed
Trinity and the veneration of
holy statues against the devia
tions of the Byzantine emperor
and the iconoclasts of the East.
Nearly seven centuries pass
ed before another pontiff took
the name of Paul.
Paul II (Pietro Barbo), a na
tive of Venice, was elected to
the papacy in 1464. He had pre
pared himself for a career as
a merchant, but became a priest
when his uncle, Pope Eugene IV,
was elected to the papacy in
1431.
At the beginning of his reign
he strove unsuccessfully to
form a Christian alliance
against the Turks who were
threatening to invade Italy. The
invasion did not take place,
however. He also sought to stem
the pagan tendencies and here
tical teachings of some Renais
sance scholars and closed the
Roman Academy, a center of
opposition to efforts to maintain
a pure Christianity.
A patron of the arts, Paul II
protected the universities and
especially encouraged the art
of printing, founding the papal
publishing house, Liberia Edi-
trice Vaticana.
Besides seeking reunion with
the Russain Orthodox, he revis
ed the laws of the papal city,
organized relief for its poor,
granted the privilege of wearing
the red biretta—three cornered
hat—to all cardinals, and de
creed that jubilee years should
be celebrated every 25 years.
He died in 1471.
Paul III (Alessandro Famese)
reigned from 1534 to 1549. A
member of an ancient Roman
family, he was an outstanding
Renaissance scholar and patron
of the arts. It was he who put
Michelangelo in charge of the
construction of St. Peter’s basi
lica.
Twice he unsuccessfully con
voked ecumenical councils, at
Mantua in 1536 and at Vicenza
two years later. But political
difficulties—the opposition of
Protestant princes and the
quarrel between King Francis I
of France and Emperor Charles
V—prevented them from meet
ing. In 1545, however, he was
able to open the Council of
Trent.
Among Paul Ill’s achieve
ments were reforms of the
papal curia, the construction of
new buildings in Rome, the ap
proval of the Jesuit Order and
the fostering of other new reli
gious societies, such as the
Capuchins, Barnahites and
Theatines. He also founded the
Holy Office to combat heresy.
He issued a condemnation of
slavery and stood up for the
rights of Indians in the newly
discovered Americas. He was
the Pope who excommunicated
King Henry VIII of England.
A major success of his reign
showed his great skill as a
diplomat. The truce he nego
tiated between Francis I and
Charles V permitted him to
hold the Council of Trent.
Paul IV (Giovanni Caraffa)
was a member of a noble Nea
politan family whose pontifi
cate lasted from 1555 to 1559.
He was Bishop of Chieti and
Brindisi. In 1513 he served as
legate from Pope Leo X to
Henry VIII of England, and in
1515 was named nuncio to Spain.
In 1524 he resigned his post
as Bishop and, with St. Cajetan,
founded the Theatin Order. He
was named Archbishop of Nap
les and a cardinal in 1536.
He was known particularly for
his efforts to reform the
Church. He reorganized the In
quisition in Italy and sought to
eliminate corruption among the
clergy and to end simony—the
buying of offices—in the
election of popes.
Because of his austerity and
because he granted many fa
vors to his family to enrich
them, he was widely unpopular.
At his death his statue was torn
down; its head was rolled
through the streets of Rome and
cast into the Tiber River.
Paul V (Camillo Borghese)
came to the papal throne in
1605. Born in Rome to a noble
family from Siena, he was edu
cated as a canon lawyer. He
served as a nuncio to Spain, was
named a cardinal in 1596 and
became Vicar General of Rome
in 1603.
Like Paul II he tried to bring
the Russian Orthodox Church
back into union with the Holy
See. He also strove to enforce
the decrees of the Council of
Trent, fostered the work of
religious orders dedicated to
education and the care of the
sick and promoted missionary
efforts, particularly in Canada
and Africa. He canonized St.
Charles Borromeo and St.
Frances of Rome. During his
pontificate St. Peter’s basilica
was completed.
His reign was marred by con
troversies with Venice and Eng
land.
Venice—then an independent
state—refused to exempt the
clergy from the jurisdiction of
its civil courts and passed a law
banning the sale or donation of
secular property to the Church.
Paul V excommunicated Ve
nice’s leader and placed the
state under an interdict. The
interdict, however, was gen
erally disregarded in Venice,
and the compromise solution of
the problem negotiated through
King Henry IV of France mark
ed a decline in papal power.
In 1606 he wrote to King
James I of England and ex
pressed his sorrow at the at
tempt on the King’s life now
known as the Gunpowder Plot.
He asked the Protestant mon
arch not to make innocent Ca- #
tholics pay for the crime of a
few men and promised to urge
all English Catholics to be loyal
to the King. But the oath of
James I demanded of his sub
jects contained clauses which
Catholics could not accept, and
Paul V had to condemn the oath.
James I falsely accused Paul V
of originating the plot and
launched a severe persecution
of Catholics.
SPOKESMEN OF MANY LANDS
Many countries, have paid tribute to the deep concern of otn
late Holy Father Pope John- XXIII for all men. This grea
solicitude, expressed continually i;
act «nd attitude during Pope John’
reign, motivated him to the end, a
evidenced by those wonderful word
j of love and benediction spoken durinj
C"* > h* s * as f hours . . . Again and agaii
he emphasized, firmly despite failin;
strength, that his messages were no
merely for those gathered about hi
bedside, or even- for that vast thronj
waiting in St. Peter s Square, but in
deed included all mankind.
Particularly close to his heart wer<
the peoples and lands of the Nea
East, whose ancient traditions and beautiful rites Pope Johi
wished to make known and loved by all. He was indeed :
providential Patron for the CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WEL
FARE ASSOCIATION. Though officially under the direct in
spiration- of the Holy Father at all times, our organizatioi
belonged to Pope John XXIII in a very special personal way
In his memory we ask your prayers and continued help foi
our work, that by assisting the missionaries, children, refugees
the poor, aged, sick an-d abandoned of Near Fast lands wi
may help bring to reality Pope John’s oft-repeated last petition
“Ut omnes unum sint!”
The Holy Father's Mission Aid
for the Oriental Church
FROM BETHLEHEM CONVENT, Mukkattukara, in Kerala,
INDIA, Sister Emmerthina writes: “Dear Monsignor: Please
excuse me for troubling you. I am very much worried about
. . . our orphanage. Some of the children have coughs and
fevers but I have to pack them all in the same room ... So 1
fear these infections will spread. My Sisters are wandering,
begging for money, but they get nothing . . . $4,000 is needed
for construction of a new orphanage, but the .convent is already
in debt. And the people here are mostly day workei’s—masons,
carpenters, coolies—drawing small salaries and struggling hard
to earn their daily bread . . . Once again I come to the door
of your kind heart . . . We do not know to whom else to appeal
. . . We hope to find in you a loving father, a friend in need
and a benefactor to St. Mary’s Orphanage.” We need add
nothing to this moving appeal. Surely many of you are ready
to respond. Any amount of help will be welcome!
BELOVED DISCIPLE
APOSTLE OF THE SACRED HEART, to whom June is dedi
cated, was St. John. Edward the Confessor of England loved
this saint dearly . . . Coming one day from Mass, Edward met
a pilgrim asking help. The King gave the stranger his ring . . .
Twenty-four years later, in 1066, two English knights in the
HOLY LAND were accosted by this same pilgrim, who told them
the story of King Edward’s ring and asked them to return it
to the monarch, with the prophecy that Edward would soon die
and go to Heaven . . . The mysterious pilgrim, history tells us,
was St. John! Today in the HOLY LAND are needy pilgrims
of a very different kind—over a million PALESTINE REF
UGEES seeking our help for food, shelter and clothip-g during
their seemingly endless sojourn ... A $10 FOOD PACKAGE
will feed a family for a month ... A $2 BLANKET will keep
off night-time chill ... King Edward gave his ring . . . what
will your gift be?
The parents of Angelo Roncalli sacrificed much to send their
promising eldest son to school to study for the priesthood, but
nany other young people wishing to dedicate their lives to
Sod are not so fortunate ... We have the names of many who
lope to study for the priesthood or become a Sister, but who
cannot afford the cost of preparation. The cost is $150 for two
years for a Sister’s training; $100 a year for six years for the
seminarian. JACOB THECKAPARAMPIL and ZACCHARIAS
ELAYADATH of Poona, India, and SISTER JUSTIN and SIS
TER TESSY of the Carmelite Sisters in Kothamangalam. India,
for example! Will you adopt one of them?
i&i*Bear tast (DissioosjmJ
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, Prosidont
Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan. Not’l Sec’y
Send all eemmnnkatlonf to:
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION ^