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L / 'i 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." Columbus 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. Columbus Fish Company FISH IS OUR MIDDLE NAME ,/Q Retail-Wholesale / Restaurant I 3800 River Road Columbus, Georgia For Home Delivery Call FA. 3-3651 COLUMBUS, GA. Brother Juan, S.C., (above) 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 ed in Alokolum, Uganda. For the past four years he has been teaching at Mobile, Ala., Alexandria, La., and New Orleans. (NC Photos) SAVANNAH K * / person - to - person Service fior aid your banhiny needs SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. Contact Reeves Marble Company, Inc. 509 Peachtree Street, N. E. Atlanta 8, Georgia f 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 TERMITES SWARMING? for the sake of your home With Race Bias 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. 9U 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) Brunswick TV SERVICE Glynn Electronics 2423 NORWICH AM 5-7669 v Hofy Father’s Mission Aid for the Oriental Church ihiopia: St. Vincent de Paul’s Daughters Need Help WHEN ST. VINCENT de PAUL began his associations to aid e poor, he had in mind chiefly his native France. But his idea was so good that it spread to other & t, l/l Parts of the world . . . We have seen his spiritual sons and daughters going out to all points of the globe to spread his spirit in the apostolate of the poor. Today in the heart of Africa, in Addis Ababa, capital of ETHIOPIA, the daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul are educating poor children. . . . They are dedicating their lives but they desperately need the mate rial means to realize their noble pur pose. The dilapidated school which they are using at present is made of CO, a mixture of dried mud and hay . . . The roof is ol cor ded tin so when it rains—that is every day during the long ny season—the noise is so deafening it is impossible for the icher to be heard. The Sisters appeal to us to help them ob- n a modest building for their charges. $3,000 is being asked, is would be a worthwhile project for those devoted members the St. Vincent de Paul groups in this country . . . Any lount will be appreciated. Please send it now! A PRIEST IN THE FAMILY? 3T ANNE’S MELCHITE SEMINARY in Jerusalem is on the e of the traditional birth place of the Blessed Mother. Four ndred feet away is the POOL OF PROBATICA where Christ red the man who couldn’t get down to the waters . . . Nearby the DOME OF THE ROCK, a Moslem mosque, once the lo tion of the Temple, destroyed as Christ foretold. Our asso- ition aids seminarians of this and many other seminaries in > Near and Middle East . . .Would you like to help JACOB \RTIN KAPIARUMALA and PAUL SAVIO PUDUSSERY, o young Indians studying for the priesthood? $100 a year is eded for six years for each student . . . Help is also required . SISTER STEPHINY and SISTER CYPRIAN studying to be rmelites in India. Their expenses are $150 a year for two ars each . . . The aid may be sent in installments. A priest or ster “in the family” would be a consoling idea. “MOTORIZED DONKEY” The Bishop of Asmara, ERITREA, needs a motorcycle for 5 parish priest at WOSTBENSIR1K. Up to now visits to the rishioners had to be made up the rocky mountain trails on )t or by donkey ... A car wouldn’t be feasible there so a lotorized donkey”—a motorcycle—is sought. The cost: $600. te Bishop and his people will be grateful for help and sick lls will be made with the necessary speed. CONCERNING YOUR WILL Today many people very wisely are making their wills, assur- * that what they leave will be treated in orderly fashion. How tisfying it will be to know that your gift to the missions will on helping after your death . . . The material needs of priests sters and their missionary activities wll be met and you will are in their graces and sacrifices. A gift to our association 11 be spent wisely to advance the work of the Church in the jly Land and the Near and Middle East countries . . . 15,00b issionaries will remember you in their Masses. Membership our association is only $1 a year for a single person; $5 for a milv Perpetual membership is $20 for a single person; $10 r a family. OUR LEGAL TITLE: THE CATHOLIC NEAR \ST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. STRINGLESS GIFTS GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO OUR OLY FATHER POPE PAUL VI. EMERGENCIES ™ T - ISSION WORK OF THE CHURCH CAN BE MET WHEN SERE IS NO TIME TO MAKE AN APPEAL. fefliear Hast OlissionsiM] FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. Ry«e* R°t‘l See y Send all communications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE AS J?CIATION 480 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y.