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Blind Teacher Of Blind
Highest Civilian
Honor To Be Given
Genevieve Caulfield
WASHINGTON, (NC)—Gene
vieve Caulfield, 75, who has
conducted an apostolate in dark
ness for half a century, has
been selected to receive the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
, The blind teacher of the blind
was one of 31 persons selected
*..by President Kennedy to re-
i ceive the honor.
Born in Suffolk, Va., she lost
her signt in infancy through an
accident but early in life adopt
ed a philosophy which goes like
this: "Being blind merely
means that you cannot see. It
doesn’t mean you can’t live a
National
Realtors Hit
For Inaction
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,(NC)—
The Bridgeport Area Catholic
Interracial Council charged the
National Association of Real
Estate Boards, by adopting a
postition of neutrality towards
"open occupancy" legislation,
is "closing its eyes to the mor
al aspects of the problem and
is disavowing any moral res
ponsibility in this matter."
Peter J. George, council
president, said it is "incon
ceivable that in this time of
racial tension and strife, any
organization would not heed
President Kennedy’s message
^ on civil rights; however this is
what NAREB advises its local
boards and members to do."
George charged the associa
tion has "appointed itself as
the conscience of the realtors"
and has "usurped the right and
duty of each realtor to make
his choice in this, matter."
He appealed to individual
realtors to consider seriously
the moral implications of the
open occupancy issue and act
in accordance with their con
science.
"Try as you may," he said,
* ‘you cannot run away from the
problem. The reality is no far-
v ther away than your Negro or
Puerto Rican neighbor."
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full life it you're willing to fight
for it and rely with utter faith
on the help of the Almighty
every step of the way."
Miss Caulfield attended the
Overbrook School for the Blind,
Philadelphia; Trinity College
here, and Columbia Univer
sity’s Teachers College in New
York. She spent seven years in
New York teaching English to
Japanese businessmen and
others and by 1923 earned suf
ficient money to launch her vo
cation—teaching the blind.
She opened her first school
for the blind in Tokyo, then
went on to establish other
schools in Thailand, Vietnam,
the Philippines and other places
in the Far East.
Miss Caulfield, now in Bang
kok, Thailand, was awarded the
1961 Ramon Magsaysay Award
for international understanding
and about the same time agreed
to act as special adviser for a
program of medical treatment
of blind children sponsored by
Catholic Relief Services—Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence in Saigon, Vietnam.
As she "hop-scotched"
through the Far East establish
ing institutions for the blind,
she was able to leave her other
schools in charge of specially
trained former pupils. For in
stance, a school she founded in
Chiang Mai, Thailand, was plac
ed in charge of Aurora Lee, a
blind Chinese whom Miss Caul
field reared and educated after
taking her off the streets of
Bangkok in 1940.
The Presidential Medal of
Freedom, a gold medal, is the
highest honor a President can
confer upon a civilian for serv
ice in peacetime. Miss Caul
field and the other 30 medalists
will receive the honors at a
special White House ceremony
in September. Only 24 other
persons have received the
medal since it was inaugurated
in 1945 by President Harry S.
Truman.
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one of the Brothers forced
out of Sudan in 1956, will
soon leave for Nkubu, Ken
ya, Africa, where he will
teach at the Sacred Heart
Brothers’ foundation there.
From 1956 to 1959 he work
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the past four years he has
been teaching at Mobile,
Ala., Alexandria, La., and
New Orleans. (NC Photos)
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AT NOTRE DAME’S GETTYSBURG MASS—Former U.S.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower are greeted as they arrive
to participate in a Battle of Gettysburg centennial obser
vance sponsored by the University of Notre Dame (June 29).
Left to right are: Bishop George Leech of Harrisburg, Pa.,
who celebrated a Military Field Mass on the historic battle
ground; Mrs. Eisenhower; General Eisenhower; Father
Given By Archbishop O’Hara
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Notre Dame president, who
was the principal speaker; General John S. Gleson, head
of the Veterans Administration, representing President
Kennedy at the ceremonies; and Father Thomas J. O’Don
nell, C.S.C., of Notre Dame, general chairman. Five mem-
x bers of the hierarchy, scores of priests and a crowd of
approximately 3,500 participated in the event.—(NC Photos)
British Foreign Minister At Reception
LONDON, (NC)—Lord Home,
Britain’s Foreign Secretary,
attended a reception given in
London by the Apostolic Dele
gate, Archbishop Gerald P. O’
Hara, for the coronation of Pope
Paul VI (July 3).
The previous day Lord Home
had sent his representative,
Sir Nevile Bland, to the official
Pontifical High Mass celebrat
ed in Westminster cathedral
for the coronation. Other gov
ernment and political leaders,
members of both Houses of
Parliament, diplomats, leading
laity and most of the Hierarchy
of England and Wales attended
the Mass sung by Archbishop
Francis Grimshaw of Birming
ham the country’s senior Bi
shop. Archbishop O’Hara pre
sided.
Catholic circles in Britain
are now optimistic that the new
pontificate of Paul VI and the
appointment of a new Arch
bishop of Westminister to suc
ceed William Cardinal Godfrey
who died last January 22 may
between them lead to stronger
diplomatic relations between
Britain and the Holy Seen.
The appointment of a papal
nuncio or internuncio in London
would end the anomaly of a
one-way diplomatic channel be
tween this country and the Vati
can, for Britain has a Minister
to the Holy See, at present Sir
Peter Scarlett.
The Vatican on the other
hand is only represented in
London by an Apostolic Dele
gate, a purely ecclesiastical
post with no diplomatic status.
The present holder of the office,
Archbishop O’Hara, Pennsyl-
Vania-bofn former Bishop of
Savannah, is however a popular
and experienced diplomat, who
is often as the Pope's repre
sentative consulted on pertinent
matters by the British govern
ment.
Catholics here have a number
of times in the past urged the
establishment of full diplomatic
relations between Britain and
the Holy See. A major obstacle
has appeared to be that a nuncio,
or papal ambassador custo
marily becomes dean of the
Catholic Women’s Club
diplomatic corps. This could
possibly be an embarrassment
in the capital of a non-Catholic
country with its own State
Church. This could be avoided
by the appointment of an inter
nuncio, or minister, who would
have the diplomatic powers of a
nuncio but not the same prece
dence.
For a few years during World
War II the Apostolic Delegate
here did in fact enjoy diplo
matic status as he was at the
same time Charged ’Affaires of
the Polish Government in Exile.
This was Archbishop William
Godfrey who later became Car
dinal Archbishop of Westmins
ter.
QUESTION
BOX
Charged
CHICAGO, (NC)—A 40-year-
old Catholic women’s club here
is the center of controversy
over its refusal to admit Ne
gro members.
Forces have been joined by
a committee of Catholic col
lege students and the Chicago
Catholic Interracial Council
against the racial policy of the
Illinois Club for Catholic Wo
men.
Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, club
president and widow of the late
wealthy Chicago philanthropist,
insists that as a private or
ganization the club has the right
to decide "who shall be our
members." She added that the
club could not carry on its ef
fective welfare programs ifNe-
groes were admitted to mem
bership.
Caught in the middle is Lo
yola University conducted by
the Jesuits. The club occupies
the top eight floors of the 17-
story Lewis Towers, which is
the downtown headquarters of
Loyola. The building was do
nated by and named for Mrs.
Lewis’ husband.
The controversy was heigh
tened (July 1) by the sight of
nuns marching in a picket line
at the Lewis Towers building.
A half dozen nuns, members of
the School Sisters of St. Fran
cis, Milwaukee, and the Sisters
of St. Francis of Mary Im
maculate, Joliet, Ill., who are
summer students at Loyola,
received permission from their
superiors and joined the
pickets.
The pickets were recruited
from the newly formed Student
Action Committee of Greater
Chicago, a group composed
mainly of Loyola, Mundelein
College and De Paul Universi
ty students, and from the in
terracial councial.
Albert Kearney of Phila
delphia, a Loyola student, is
chairman of the committee,
which issued a statement as
serting the racist policy of the
club has "become a matter of
public scandal." The statement
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said the students deplore all
forms of racism;'"'
* ‘We further find it repugnant
to the Christian conscience to
find racism the official policy
of an organization calling itself
‘Catholic,’ ” the statement said.
John A. McDermott, exe
cutive director of the Chicago
Catholic Interracial Council,
characterized the refusal of the
club to admit "outstanding Ne
gro women" to membership as
"immoral and un-Christian."
In his statement, McDermott
also criticized Loyola Univer
sity for its failure "to speak
out on this problem."
‘ ‘The club's policy of refus
ing to admit outstanding Negro
women is contrary to the teach
ing of the Church and specifi
cally to the teaching of the late
Pope John XXIII, who in his re
cent papal encyclical said ‘ra
cial discrimination can in no
way be justified,’ " McDermott
stated.
He also added that the policy
is contrary to the urging of Al
bert Cardinal Meyer, Archbi
shop of Chicago, "who as long
as three years ago appealed to
all Catholic organizations, in
cluding social and fraternal
groups, to eliminate any form
of racism form their midst."
The Illinois Club for Catho
lic Women was founded in 1920
with the aim of promoting Ca
tholic action in Chicago. It is
affiliated with the Chicago
Archdiocesan Council of Catho
lic Women. The club publishes
a magazine called Tribune.
In a statement in the June
issue of the magazine, Mrs.
Lewis said:
"Probably I have dealt with
more Negroes than the local
rabble rousers and I know that
the really sensible and sincere
ones are not interested in as
sociating with other than their
own race."
She cited the club’s record
of welfare which has benefited
whites, Negroes, Puerto Ri
cans, Mexicans and others. She
said the club now was "giving
assistance to 62 Negro child
ren and 20 adults."
"Most of the trouble in Bir
mingham and elsewhere, even
here, is not created by the Ne
groes themselves but by a group
of so-called heroic people who
want to keep the pot boiling and
stir up trouble where none would
exist if they would be construc
tive‘doers’ instead of constant
ly talking out of turn," Mrs,
Lewis stated.
"Ask those who criticize oU:
group if they do as much
we do for their fellowmen.
are doing as much as possible
for the needy. We will continue
to do so on the present basis,"
she added-.
Mrs. Lewis also stated: "We,
as a private club, have every
right to decide who shall be our
members and only through this
method can we continue to raise
the funds to carry on our pro
gram of welfare."
Harry L. McCloskey, dean of
Loyola students, said in a state
ment: "The university recog
nizes the right of private citi
zens to protest against prac
tices to which they are opposed,
whether or not such practices
are against civil law. It would
be regrettable, however, if pro
tests against the membership
policy of the Illinois Club for
Catholic Women were to ob
scure the charitable work which
this club and its president
Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, have been
doing for many years, without
distinction of race, color or
creed, on behalf of Chicago's
needy families."
In his statement McDermott
asserted: "No amount of finan
cial contributions, however, can
excuse a deliberate and obsti
nate policy of racial discrimi
nation."
Kearney said the controversy
began to bud last spring when a
Negro coed at Loyola was de
nied use of the swimming pool
on the 17th floor of Lewis
Towers. The incident was taken
up editorially by the Loyola
News, student publication and a
short time later all coeds were
denied use of the pool.
The controversy came to an
impasse stage (July 1) when a
club spokesman disclosed that
Mrs. Lewis had left the city.
The spokesman said she did not
know when Mrs. Lewis would
return.
Jottings
(Continued from Page 4)
versity College, Dublin, Ire
land’ s Catholic University
founded by Cardinal Newman,
where I laboured for two ses
sions, President Kennedy in
one hour received an honorary
doctoral degree and that was
well bestowed. It has taken more
than a century really for just
and public tribute given to this
lovely land. The long years of
strife, persecution, famine,
battle, heartbread, and ridicule
seemed wiped away and the
honored dead perhaps rested
more peacefully as that nation
was saluted by a returning hero
son. Ireland has been held up to
the world as an example of a
free nation and I thought of a
(Continued from Page 4)
Abbot Marmion in his Christ,
the Life of the Soul, "but the
measure of the graces we re
ceive is the measure of our
faith and love.”
THUS, THE more profoundly
one- enters into the Eucharistic
Sacrifice by means of a
complete and absolutely sincere
giving of self in faith and love,
the more one will necessarily
derive from the Mass.
Q. The phrase "salvation his
tory" occurs several times in a
book 1 am presently reading.
Exactly what does it mean?
A. "Salvation history" is a
phrase used by Biblical com
mentators to designate the his
tory of the Old and New Testa
ments as distinguiihed from
purely secular history. "Salva
tion history” proceeds from the
premise of God’s intervention in
the events of man.
Q. Is perjury always a mortal
sin?
A. Perjury is the strict sense
means of false statement con
firmed by an oath. It is always
a grave sin because it contains
the specific malice of contempt
of God through the oath taken to
speak the truth.
Q. What really is meant by
scandal?
A. Scandal is technically de
fined as something said or done
which falls short of moral right
and which provides another with
the occasion for sin or spiritual
ruin.
Q. The phrase "Byzantine
Rite" is difficult for me to com
prehend. Is there a good defini
tion?
A. According to Father Vic
tor J. Pospishil, in his com
mentary on Oriental Canon Law,
Byzantine Rite Catholics are
those "who followed the litur
gical formularies developed in
Constantinople, and who adopted
the canon law of the Patri
archate of Constantinople."
For some reason, principally
historical, the rite which devel
oped there came to be called
after the city’s ancient name of
Byzantion.
There are several different
disciplines within the Byzantine
Rite (i.e., the Ruthenian disci
pline, the Melkite discipline,
etc.).
remark made many years back
that seems appropriate at this
moment.
* ‘The whole world is tearing
up the photographs of a
Christian and Moral civiliza
tion, but Ireland is keeping the
negatives. Someday the whole
world will beat on Ireland’s door
for the blueprints of a better
world.” The directions to get
there were shown to the world
by the President’s visit.
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The Southern Cross, July 11, 1963—PAGE 5
Plea For Religious Freedom
In Education Made At Rites
For ‘Liberty Bell Of West’
KASKASKIA, Ill., (NC) -- A
plea for freedom of religion
in education was made in cere
monies here at the parish where
the "Liberty Bell of the West"
is enshrined.
The president of Citizens for
Educational Freedom, Vincent
P. Corely of St. Louis, said the
organization is particularly
concerned with "the freedom of
parents and their children . . .
to study the greatest subject of
all, Almighty God, without tres
pass or penalty by the heavy
hand of state government.
CEF, which sponsored the
Independence Day celebration,
is a nonsectarian parents or
ganization seeking equal treat
ment for children in all schools.
Its headquarters are in St. Lou
is.
Father Robert Foppe, pastor
of Immaculate Conception
church, gave the invocation at
the ceremonies and explained
the history of the Liberty Bell
of the West.
The bell was a gift to French
settlers from King Louis XV
of France and was shipped to
Kaskaskia in 1743. It was rung
by George Rogers Clark on
July 4, 1778, when he captur
ed the town. The bell is now
enshrined in a colonial-style
building located near the site of
the Old Town of Kaskaskia on
grounds of Immaculate Concep
tion Parish. It was rung for four
minutes on July 4.
In his address, Corley said:
"The Northwest Ordinance of
1787, which has been declared
to be second in importance only
to the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the Constitution, em
phasized the importance of re
ligion in education. So, the con
cept of freedom of religion in
education is not new, it is not
an intruder on the national
scene; on the contrary, it is
older than our Liberty bells;
it is as old as man himself."
Corley, termed it "appro
priate” that the Liberty Bell of
the West "first washeardring-
ing from the spire of a church."
"The Bell was summoningthe
people of this community 200
years ago to worship their God
in the free exercise of their re
ligion," he said. "I submit to
you that the ringing challenge
of the Liberty bells of Phila
delphia and Kaskaskia is still
being heard today throughout
our great land. Like our fore
fathers in Kaskaskia and Phil
adelphia, we must accept this
challenge and act on it if we
are to remain free."
Archbishop Edward F. Ho-
ban, Bishop of Cleveland
marked his 85th birthday
(June 27) by holding a press
conference at his residence.
He is shown swinging his
golf club to show the news
photographers he still has it.
(NC Photos)
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