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In United States
Secularist Influences
Hit By Vatican Daily
VATICAN CITY, (NC)—The
Vatican City daily newspaper
has criticized secularist in
fluences in the U. S. and the
sensational coverage by the
world press of the Ward trial
in London while at the same
Bishop Furey San Diego Coadjutor
Pope Divides Exarchate
Into Two Jurisdictions
Catholic Action Needs
Men, Women Of Thought
► And Action, Pope Says
to the June 17 U. S. Supreme
Court ruling barring recitation
of the Lord’s prayer and Bible
reading in public schools, al
though no specific reference
was made to the ruling,
"There are indications in
American life,” the editorial
stated, "of a Taicization’ of
the European variety which
tends to exclude religious in
fluence from life.
REQUIEM FOR ARCHBISHOP O’HARA — An overflow
crowd jammed the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul,
Philadelphia, for the pontifical requiem Mass and burial
of the late Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Apostolic Dele
gate to Great Britain, and former Bishop of Savannah.
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostilic Delegate to the
United States, celebrated the Mass. (Philadelphia Catholic
Standard and Times Photo)
U. S. Apostolic Delegate Offers
Requiem For Archbishop O’Hara
board states, the District of
Columbia and part of Pennsy
lvania from what was the Ex
archate of Pittsburgh.
The Pope also named Auxil
iary Bishop Francis J. Furey
of Philadelphia to be coadjutor
with the right of succession
to Bishop Charles F. Buddy of
San Diego, and Mon signor Jer-
mone J. Hastrich, Vicar
General of the Madison Diocese
to be Titular Bishop of Gurza
and auxiliary to Bishop William
P. O’Connor of Madison.
time commenting on racial in
tegration in the U. S.
The editorial in L’Osserva-
tore Romano, signed by assis
tant editor Fredrico Ales-
sandrini, dealt first with the
problem of racial integration in
the U. S.
The newspaper said it recog
nizes the difficulties involved in
the problem, noting that "it is
a simple matter to solve for
those who are distant and stran
gers to the environment.” It
also stated that only six of 146
dioceses in the U. S. have not
yet integrated their schools.
L’Osservatore quoted Dr. J.
H. Jackson, president of the Na
tional Baptist Convention,
U.S.A., Inc., the parent con
vention of Negro Baptists, as
saying: "If a prize were giv
en to a religious denomination
for merit in the fight against
segregation, the prize should
go to the Catholic Church.”
The editorial then continued:
"The courage of those politi
cians more conscious of those
duties to the community which
call upon them for leadership
can do much. But the laws,
as good as they may be, do not
suffice alone to form a new
reality when it is a matter of
banishing prejudices, affirming
in consciences the perennial
values of the Christian mes
sage as the foundation of a
true equality—not only legal
but also moral—and especially
when it is a matter of promot
ing and rendering effective a
sense of that charity which is
the true animator of brother
hood, and therefore of con-'"
cord.”
The general statement of this
problem was followed by an edi
torial note that seemed to refer
VATICAN CITY, (NC) — His
Holiness Pope Paul VI said
here that Catholic Action needs
* ‘men and women of thought and
of action” who want to Christ
ianize modern society.
The Pope spoke at a special
general audience (July 25) in the
Vatican’s San Damaso Court
yard to a Catholic Action
group—300 priest-moderators
of Italian Catholic Action and
boy scouts on their way to
Greece for an international
jamboree August 1 to 11.
Pope Paul told the priest-
moderators that Catholic action
will keep its present structure
and function.
He told the scouts he is
sending a special letter to them
at their jamboree.
In what amounted to a major
policy speech on Catholic Ac
tio, the Pope said.
“We will say immediately
that it is Our wish that Catho
lic Action should remain sub
stantially as outlined by the
authority and wisdom of Our
venerable predecessors of re
cent decades.
It is now part of the consti
tutional design of the Church.
Its form varies according to
different countries; its tra
ditions, requirements and de-
Cardinal
Buried
ROME, (Radio, NC) — Val
erio Cardinal Valeri has been
buried in his family tomb in
the village of Santa Fiora north
of Rome.
. The Cardinal, Prefect of the
Sacred Congregation of Reli
gious, died on July 22 in Rome.
His body was taken privately
to St. Peter’s basilica on the
evening of July 24 and after a
funeral Mass the following
morning was taken to Santa
Fiora for burial, according to
his wish.
velopment vary. But its defi
nition as cooperation of the laity
in the hierarchical apostolate of
the Church remains . . .
“It remains as a duty for
whoever is re sponsible for pro
moting the pastoral care and
education of laymen in the apos
tolic activity of the Church. It
remains above all as a voca
tion which is offered to laymen.
It enables the latter to pass
from an inert and passive con
cept of Christian life to a con
scious and active one, to pass
from a state of being Christian
in name rather than in fact—
foreign to understanding and
participating in the problems of
the Church—to a state of being
convinced faithful who can and
must share the Church’s com
pleteness as a community and
its active responsibility.
‘‘We will say more: It is our
wish that Catholic Action should
recover its strength and acquire
new skill in attracting to itself
generous souls, youthful and
strong minds, men and women
of thought and of action, Ca
tholics who wish to be heard
and used for instilling Christ
ian life in modem society.
‘‘We ask you above all to
have confidence in this form
of apostolate in the Church. . .
and to seek out the new re
sources it needs to remain
alive and effective in its pro
found immersion in the fonts
of truth, liturgy and grace, in
its close adherence to the hier
archy. . .
‘ ‘The second suggestion con
cerns more the laity than the
clergy who direct and assist
Qatholic Action; namely, that
laymen may consider Catholic
Action as their own work, not
only designed for them but also
formed and promoted by them,
unquestiionably linked with the
ecclesiastical heirarchy and
destined indeed to give the latter
obedience and help.”
He praised their activity and
good works.
“All this expresses the vita
lity of the scouting formula,”
PHILADELPHIA, (NC)—The
Apostolic Delegate in the U.S.
offered Requiem Mass here
for his counterpart in Great
Britain, Pennsylvania - born
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara
who died at his post in London.
At the Mass offered (July 24)
by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi
in the Cathedral of SS. Peter
and Paul, retired Bishop Fran
cis E. Hyland, who worked
closely with the late Arch
bishop, delivered the sermon.
Archbishop O’Hara, who died
(July 16) of a heart attack, had
a lengthy dual career as head
of a U. S. diocese from 1935
until 1959 and as a Holy See
diplomat from 1947 until his
death.
His death leaves only one
other American at the head of a
Vatican diplomatic mission,
Archbishop Joseph McGeough, a
New York native, who is serving
as Apostolic Delegate to South
Africa.
Bishop Hyland, who retired in
1961 as Bishop of Atlanta, was
Archbishop O’Hara’s Auxiliary
Bishop for several years when
the Archbishop served simul
taneously as Bishop of the old
diocese of Savannah-Atlanta and
at Holy See posts overseas.
In his sermon he praised
Archbishop O’Hara as a man
whose life had exemplified his
episcopal motto * ‘Vitam im-
pendere Cristo”—to devote
one’s life to the cause of Christ.
Stressing Archbishop O’
Hara’s devotion to Christ and
to his Church, Bishop Hyland
said that with him “love to the
Church was a veritable passion,
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and he could never be really
at ease as long as there was
anything which he personally
could accomplish for the
Church, or for the souls com
mitted to his charge as pastor
and bishop, or for the members
of the hierarchies of the three
countries in which he was priv
ileged and honored to serve as
the personal representative of
the supreme pontiff.”
He said Archbishop O’Hara
brought to his various posts
‘‘personal talents and abilities
of a high order, a stern sense
of duty, a charm of manner, an
array of social qualities rarely
found in a single individual, and
above all an intense love of the
Church.”
The remains of Archbishop
O’Hara were interred in a bur
ial vault in the cathedral here.
The local Mass followed by
six days a Requiem Mass of
fered in London’s Westminister
Cathedral (July 19) by Arch
bishop Francis J. Grimshaw of
Birmingham, senior member of
the English hierarchy.
Archbishop O’Hara was born
in Green Ridge, Pa. His years of
service to the Church in
top posts began early. When
he had been ordained for only
nine years, he was named Aux
iliary Bishop of Philadelphia in
1929.
At the time, he was the young
est U. S. Bishop, being only 34.
In 1935, he was appointed Bi
shop of Savannah, a diocese
which then embraced all of
Georgia. In 1937, the diocese’s
name was changed to Savannah-
Atlanta.
In 1947, he entered the Holy
See’s diplomatic corps, retain
ing his Georgia post as well.
He represented the Holy See
in Rumania until his expulsion
by the Reds in 1951. He then
served as Papal Nuncio in Ire
land until being named Apostolic
Delegate to Great Britain in
1954.
In the meantime, the Savan
nah-Atlanta See was divided in
1956 into two separate dioceses,
each bearing the name of one
of those major Georgia cities.
He continued to hold the post of
Bishop of Savannah until 1959,
when the Holy See consented to
his request that he be permit
ted to resign.
Louisiana Bishop Orders
Integration Of 4 Schools
BATON ROUGE, La., (NC)—
Bishop Robert Emmett Tra
cy has ordered racial integra
tion at four Catholic high
schools in September, 1964, as
the “initial step” toward abo
lition of segregation in all Ca
tholic institutions in the Baton
Rouge diocese.
The announcement was made
by the Bishop in a pastoral
letter which was read (July
28) from the pulpits in all Ca
tholic churches in the 12-par
ish (county) diocese.
Bishop Tracy directed that
racial bars be dropped in the
11th and 12th grades of four
Catholic high schools in East
Baton Rouge Parish in Sep
tember, 1964.
The prelate said this will
bring the Catholic high schools
in line with public schools which
will begin accepting Negro stu
dents in the 12th grade in Sep
tember in the parish. The inte
gration of the public schools was
ordered as a result of a re
cent Federal court order after
an eight-year legal battle. Bi
shop Tracy said the court or
der came too late to effect in
tegration for the Catholic
schools this year.
swamped motorboat. Another priest, Father Anatole Bail-
largeon, O.M.I., 48, (right ph<>to) of Natick, Mass., a mem
ber of the picnic party , is shown with Christy Martini,
3, after their rescue. A poor swimmer, he clung onto
the boat and child for 11 hours. They were tied together
with a nylon rope. Both priests have been named for
awards for their heroic actions.—(NC Photos)
WASHINGTON (NC)—His
Holiness Pope Paul VI has di
vided the Exarchate of Pitts
burgh into two jurisdictions
having the status of Eparchies
immediately subject to the Holy
See. One is located in Pitts
burgh, the other in Passaic,
New Jersey.
Bishop Nicholas Elko has
been named Eparch of Pitts
burgh and Bishop Stephen
Kocisko has been named Eparch
of Passaic. The Eparchy
was formed by detaching terri
tories of fifteen eastern sea-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963
he said, ‘‘which is not subject
to the wear and tear of time
but, on the contrary, acquries
through time rich experience
and a constantly great convic
tion of its fruitfulness and mod
ern character.
‘‘We congratulate you for this
magnificent phenomenon of
youthful pedagogy, and it is
Our hope that it may develop
constantly more, taking always
into consideration the com
plexity and hierarchy of the re
quirements to which the edu
cation of youth must be dedi
cated so that life may acquire
its full human, physical, intel
lectual, spiritual and religious
value.
* ‘We have been told that your
meeting in Rome is only a stop
over on a much longer journey,
for you are on your way to
Greece for your forthcoming
jamboree to which We are soon
sending a message signed by
Us.”
“That separation which un
til a few years ago was meant
to affirm only an equidistant
impartiality between the public
powers and all religious de
nominations now tends to be
come almost legally agnostic.
A long and noble tradition seems
to be weakened.
“But as far as the private
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PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. JAMES O’HARA
August 1, 1873
Oh God, IVho didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may-
also be one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.
PRIEST SWIMS SEVEN MILES TO SAVE COM PANIONS—
A 45-year-old priest, Father John J. Sauvageau, O.M.I.,
(left photo) pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church,
New Orleans, La., was the hero of a boating accident on
Lake Pontchartrain. Towing a 14-year-old-girl, he swam
seven miles through treacherous waters, and then ran two
miles to seek help for three others clinging to their
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE GIVES FINAL BLESSING — Archbishop Vagnozzi gives the
absolution at the final resting place of Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara in the crypt under
the main altar of Philadelphia’s Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Archbishop John J.
Krol of Philadelphia is seen in the background (right). Father James F. Connelly (center)
Archbishop Krol’s secretary, was Master of Ceremonies.—(Standard and Times Photo)