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Newspaper Page Text♦ Loving The Unlovely Jottings Wherefore should any set Thee Love Apart? Seeing none but I make much of nought How little worthy of any love thou art: Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, Save Me, save only Me?” from Hound of Heaven * * * THIS SEASON is more ideal a time for beginning and ending, than January. The summer and vacation is behind. The work-a- day world or classes is before us. As it is a time of looking back and looking ahead, so it goes with reading. Caryll Jiouselander’s "Way of the Cross” was written before her untimely death several years ago and is a magnificent mem orial to her beautiful soul. I have been re-reading it and dis cussing it lately. Its reflections are timeless. It is a rare spir itual book. The mediations are not preachy nor lofty but sin cere and down-to-earth. The author says we all meet our selves on the Way of the Cross. Yet her meditation on the sta tion where Veronica wipes the face of Jesus is the one which impressed me, particularly. It is timely today in our racial crisis. She spoke of the prob lem of loving those who are not like us. Her prayer goes: “Lord, give us faith to know You . . .in the most unlikely people. In those who do not look like You, who do not speak like You.” Herein lies one of the hristian’s most difficult tasks. * * * THE WORDS of a poem, I once read, come to mind as I read this. It was written by a Franciscan Missionary ofMary jand printed in "Far Away Mis sions.” It went as I re call: "Give me to love the un lovely/ Give me to love, Lord, for thee/ The vision hidden and hunble/ Where Thou are des pised for me.” This poem al ways brings a mental picture of young, fastidious Saint Francis who lovingly embraced the re pulsive leper. It must have taken heroic courage. Stories of other saints such as Catherine of Sie na and the Little Flower des cribe how they overcame that which was repulsive to their na tures. Catherine of Siena sought ..he most repulsive hospital cas es, those with horrible sores and unpleasant odors, as her special charges. As a recrea- TV SERVICE Glynn Electronics 2423 NORWICH AM 5-7669 TELEVISION CENTER SERVICE COMPANY /Gwhere tv is a business p NOT A SIDELINE AD 3-4145 AD 3-6352 5.4 VANS AH, GEORGIA MASON p/ INC. AD 2-4192 18-20 W. BRYAN ST. ♦Printing •Office Supplies •Office Furniture •Ditto Duplicating Machines -and Supplies tion companion in Carmel, the Little Flower chose the nun who was least attractive to her. Her warmness, patience, kindness often prompted the unattractive nun to ask Teresa why she was so attracted to her! Caryll Houselander drew a similar parallel in her meditation on Veronica. Our Lord certainly appeared unrecognizable as the fairest of men on the road to Calvary. His eyes were swollen from sleepless nights, He was bruised and dirty and His hair was tangled and matted with blood from the crown of thorns. Veronica wiped the ugliness away with her kindness and was rewarded with the Vision of Christ Beautiful. * * * LOVING the unlovely pre sents quite a problem to most of us. How easy it is to ful fill the commandment of lov ing thy neighbor when the neigh bor happens to be attractive and personable—the same status and color, too! How difficult to love (for God) the foreign, the different, the unpleasant. A co worker once confided to me his inability to bear to see the sight of anyone who was imperfect. He shuddered when he had to look at anyone crip pled or ugly. Happily, most of us who cringe at the sight of suffering, disfigurement and poverty do so out of pity and sympathy not so much from re pulsion. The pity sometimes moves us to love. It is the un attractive of personally, I find the hardest to love. The bore, the long-winded egotist, the chronic complainer, the gos sip, the filthy of mind and tongue—these types who brush against us daily are the ones we long to escape. These who do not look like Christ nor speak like Christ we are bound to love them. It becomes less difficult to love the ugly of body and mind when we think of our selves. Someone has to make a heroic effort to be kind and pa tient in our presence? We may be repulsive to someone. Some one who passes on the path must pray to see some resemblance of Christ in us. As the “Hound of Heaven” whispers: “Who wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, save Me, save only Me?” Caryll Houselander prays: “Give me Your Eyes, To dis cern the beauty of Your face. Hidden under the world’s sor row. Give me thy grace. To be a Veronica: To wipe away the ugliness of sin, From the human face, and to see Your smile on the mouth of pain, Your majesty on the face of dereliction, and in the bound and helpless, The power of Your infinite Love. Lauds Puerto Rico Church MAYAGUEZ, P. R., (NC)— The increasing virility of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico was lauded by Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio, Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Repub lic, at the closing of the Holy Name Society convention here. Some 8,000 men from vari ous sections of the island parti cipated in the rally. Archbishop Clarizio, whose jurisdiction in cludes Puerto Rico, said he soon will return to Rome and will be happy to report the healthy state of the Church in Puerto Rico. He praised-parti cularly the work of the island’s Hierarchy and of the Holy Name Society. At Spring Hill College 100 Year- Old Silver Case Back In Chapel SPRING HILL, ALA.—After having been on the missing list on two occasions, a small, beau tifully-wrought silver case in the shape of the symbol of the Immaculate. Heart of Mary has been restored to its place in the Sodality Chapel at Spring Hill College. The three-by-four-inch case, presented Sept. 8, 1859, to Rev. Francis de S. Gautrelet, S. J., president of the College, by the Spanish speaking students was displayed in the chapel and thereby escaped the fire that ravaged the main building of the college in 1869; later, when the chapel was not in use for along period, the silver case was kept in the desk of the late Rev. Daniel Cronin, S. J., where it was found after his death sev eral years ago. Within recent years, the So dality Chapel has been reno vated and put back in use and the case was restored to the niche of the Blessed Virgin above the altar. Then one day it vanished and was missing for about three years. Recently the Rev. Rob ert Owens-Howard, S. J., who has returned to the college to teach biology this year found the silver case which contains two documents, in French and Spanish from the original don ors, lying in the niche to the side of the statue. Those who enter the chapel today may see this lovely case attached to the garment of the Blessed Virgin who stands in the place of honor reserved for her in the chapel. The case, encircled with a garland of delicate flowers, has engraved on its front the fol lowing inscription in Spanish: “Noble Badge for Mary, July 1, 1859, from the Spanish speaking students at Spring Hill. Serafin B. More, president; R. de la Puente, treasurer; G. Reichara, secretary; A. Pie, P. Ortelli, C. Baliver, Confre res.” In the case are two doc uments, one in Spanish and one in French each with the same dedication statement, transla ted by Father Owens-Howard as follows: “On this solemn day of the Nativity of our good and tender Mother which should be for us a feast of joy and gladness, we have the honor, or better said, the happiness to present to our good Father, this heart which he is worthy to of fer to Mary Immaculate who is the patroness of our Sodality. “It is a remembrance of her good and vigilant protection which she has manifested in a very singular way in all the dif ficulties through which the So- Ask Law Protecting Children MELBOURNE, Australia, —The increasing number of films dealing with the sordid side of life means that children must be given special protec tion by exhibitors, the Austral ian national film censor and the chaplain of a Catholic so ciety have agreed. The chaplain, Father F. M. Chamberlain of Melbourne, called for consideration of legislation restricting atten dance by children at some films. If children are allowed at all movie showings, he said, the state censor will have to re vise his currently liberal at titude toward adult themes in pictures. The censor, C. J. Campbell, while not advocating legisla tion, told an exhibitors’ con vention: * ‘Having in mind the large proportion, of modern films which are essentially for adults and completely unfit for chil dren, I regard as most impor tant the work we do to classify films into those suitable for general exhibition and those which are unsuitable for chil dren. We want adults to have their films but we do all we can to keep them from children.” Campbell then praised the British system in which an “X” label by the state review er automatically prevents at tendance by children. In Aus tralia, he said, it is up to par ents to keep their children away from these films because the law contains no prohibitions on attendance. Traveling at high speeds practically peels the treads off tires, according to automotive engineers. At 70 mps tires wear out three times as fast as at 50 mph. dality has passed. Notwith standing Satan’s struggle to bring to naught our efforts, our Sodality has been strengthened through the patronage of Mary —therefore, Rev. Father, this heart which we offer to our dear and protective Mary, is offered with our hearts, and in order that we may be more closely united with her, we have had our names engraved in the precious, durable gold as a remembrance of her benefits. “We now promise that with her help, while we are here at Spring Hill College, under your prudent and paternal direction, we shall be faithful to our pro mises and we shall strive with all our efforts to show ourselves to be devoted to her Sacred Heart. As gold is precious, so should our own hearts be by the innocence of our lives that we may be united with and written in the heart of Mary. As gold is durable, so should our faith be now and throughout all eternity. "Behold, Rev. Father, these sentiments with which each of us is animated. To you, Rev. F ather, we are extremely thankful for the interest which you have always manifested to wards us as have all the Rev erend Fathers, and we hope that you will continue your good ness and protection. At the same time we beg that you of fer fervent prayers to our good Mother for our perseverance, for your consolation and for that of all our Professors and Prefects, and that if ever through wickedness, we should not be mindful of our service, may the remembrance alone of our names inscribed upon this heart, serve to direct us back to the paths of righteousness. “May Jesus and Mary live. May they be our refuge and our guide throughout all our life. “The president, in the name of Sodality, Serafin B. More. Southern Cross Columnist Says Catholic Youth Are “Colossally Important” WORCHESTER, Mass., (NC) —There’s a dearth of great men and women among Catho lic ranks in this country because young people are not being con vinced that greatness is for them, Joseph A. Breig, Ca tholic columnist and newsman told a Worcester diocesan teachers convention here. Breig, assistant managing editor of the Catholic Universe Bulletin, Cleveland diocesan newspaper, told the teachers (Sept. 7) young people need to be convinced there is great ness in them. The deepest purpose of edu cation, he said, is to discover and develop the potential for good and achievement that is in the person being educated. The imparting of knowledge is merely one of the means to this end, he added. "Each young person is an en voy sent by God to the universe. Each is a spokesman for the cosmos,” Breig said. “The young person must be taught how colossally impor tant he is and how much man kind depends on his proper or dering of himself,” he added. Brieg, father of five, said even when youths seem to be brash, they are in fact much too self-deprecatory, uncer tain, and modest. Parents and teachers should then, he continued, let young people know they are trusted to be responsible human beings._ Even if they don’t take to res ponsibility at first, the trust should not be withdrawn, he said. “Be generous with praise. If you must criticize, find some thing to praise first,” he ad vised. Pope Paul— (Continued From Page 1) toral” is another word which the council has adopted on its own. He remarked that this word can also be misunderstood as an emphasis on the active “to the detriment of the interior life and contemplation which should have first place in our evaluation of religious things.” The Pope then pointed out that pastoral solitide has not chang ed the Church’s mind about communism. He added that it would also be wrong to see in the Church’s emphasis of pastoral activity * ‘a rivalry with theological speculation.” He said that the latter * ‘retains its dignity and its excellence even if the im pelling needs of ecclesiastical life demand that sacred teach ing not remain purely specula tive, but be considered and cultivated in the complete framework of the Christian ec onomy.” Pope Paul said that the aud ience for bishops and priests gave him an opportunity to ex- *£xctmr 'T0 schbul These new pupils, First Graders at Nativity School, Thunderbolt, seem quite joyful at the welcome they re ceived from their teacher, Sister Mary Mercia, R.S.M. St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Meeting SAVANNAH — The Auxiliary Volunteers of St. Joseph’s Hos pital held their first annual meeting on September 11th. Volunteers began serving fol lowing the meeting. Officers of St. Joseph’s Hos pital Auxiliary and Board Di rectors are: Mrs. Henry M. Dunn, Presi dent. Mrs. L. M. Freedman, Vice President, and Program Chair man. Mrs. T. D. Fitzgerald, Re cording Secretary. Mrs. T. E. Brown, Corres ponding Secretary. Mrs. T. P. O’Brien, Treas urer. Mrs. A. T. Fleming, Chair man Volunteer Services. Mrs. P. L. Scardino, Chair man Nominating and Doctor’s Library Committees. Mrs. W. W. Osborne, Chair man Hospitality Committee. By Expanding Liturgical Cycle Biblical Scholars Suggest More Scripture In Mass The Southern Cross, September 12, 1963—PAGE DAILY MASS, to which his devout mother often took him, sowed the seeds of the future holiness of young John Neu mann in his native village of Prachatitz, in Bohemia. She also let him accompany her on her many errands of charity among the poor. The artist has portrayed the scene here. The youngster decided to come to the “wilds of America” and he a missionery. Ordained a Redemptorist priest in 1836 in New York at the age of 25, he bacame, in 1852 the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. His beatification ceremony is scheduled for October 13, 1963. (NC Photos) SAN FRANCISCO, (NC) — Four Biblical scholars said here more Scripture should be incorporated into the Mass. At a press conference, they said the present one-year litur gical cycle should be increased to at least three years to allow for wider coverage of Scripture. The proposal came from Father Eugene Maly, president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America, during the association’s 26th general meeting. Father Maly’s views were se conded by Msgr. Patrick W. Skehan of the Catholic Univer sity of America, Washington, D. C. ; Father Raymond E. Brown, S.M., of St. Mary’s Sem inary, Baltimore, Md., and Fa ther Louis F. Hartman, C.SS.R., also of Catholic University. Father Brown is vice presi dent of the association and Father Hartman its executive secretary. “Our liturgical cycle must have an increased Biblical orientation,” said Father Maly, who teaches at Mount St. Mary Seminary of the West, Norwood, Ohio. “There is a sacramental value to reading the Bible as the Word of God and Catholics should be exposed to more of the Scriptures not only in their own private reading, but in their common liturgical wor ship,” he said. press his high esteem for pas tors. He stated: * ‘We Ourself have been a pas tor, first in a diocese . . . and now on the Chair of Peter to which We are called by Christ to feed the flocks of His Church.” He continued. “We must encourage the pas tors of souls—the bishops and expecially the pastors, and all others dedicated to pastoral cares—because We know under what conditions they labor to day. The spiritual state of the world today presents enormous difficulties, some of which were unknown until yesterday. “We know what apprehen sions weigh so often on the heart of a bishop, what suffer ings often afflict him, not only because of the poverty of means even now so great and morti fying, but because of the deaf ness of those who should hear his words, because of the dif fidence which surrounds and isolates him, and because of the indifference and lack of respect which disturb his ministry and paralyze him. ‘ ‘We know how many pastors and assistant pastors exericse the care of souls in vast and populated areas where the num ber, mentality and the demands of the inhabitants force them to unceasing and tiring labors. We also know many priests must exercise their ministry in the hidden little towns, without companionship, without help and without the comforts that would result from them. “Both the former and the latter often must live in dire economic conditions, often op posed and misunderstood and forced to live on their own res ources.” & AUTO REPAIRS Savannah Radiator Co. 315 West Bay Street Savannah, Georgia Father Hartman told the press conference he was en couraged by the growing in terest in study of the Scrip tures. “As a matter of fact,” he said, “the armed forces are encouraging Catholic chaplains to attend Biblical institutes at different service bases. Many dioceses are also holding Bib lical institutes in the summer for clery and Religious.” More than 100 Scripture scholars attended the meeting of the association here (Aug. 27 to 29). The University of San Francisco was host for the three days. All Makes & Models, All Work Guaranteed ill's Washer Repair Years Service Experience FREE SERVICE CALLS * Use Our Machine While We Repair Yours Prompt Service 919 River Dr. 236-5409 Savannah (Thunderbolt) The Holy Fiber's Minion Aid for the Oriental Church India: The Little Flower Needs Help One day Zelie Marie Guerin was walking across a bridge in Alencon, a town in France. She passed a man whose appearance struck her. An interior voice said to her: This is he whom I have pre pared for you. She discreetly in quired his name and found it was Louis Martin. They met and mar- C ^ ried and she became the mother of ^ ~~ the child who was to become the age’s most fabulous saint>—Therese of Lisieux. the Little Flower. Later with her children grown up, Zelie thought of retiring into solitude, possibly a convent but something said to her: Blossom where God has placed you . . . Her daughter, The rese, now a Carmelite, was dreaming of being a missionary but she was destined to remain a cloistered nun . . . Today, Saint Therese is the patroness of the missions and undoubtedly is watching over her fellow Carmelites in St. Anne^ Convent in KOTTAKUPURAM in Southern India . . . Sister Teresa, their superior, writes appealingly to us: 300 families live in our vil lage. The condition of the people is pitiful. The 600 children have no school. We teach them catechism but we ourselves have no chapel . . . Six girls wish to join them but the Sisters have to say their prayers in a narrow hallway. They badly need $3,000 for a chapel. Their Archbishop warmly seconds their appeal. Maybe the Little Flower has helped you? Any Amount sent to these devoted Sisters will be appreciated. Please send it now. ME A MISSIONARY Perhaps like St. Therese you once had a desire of being a missionary. Somehow it wasn’t God’s plan for you. By adopt ing a Sister or a seminarian and paying the cost of their education, you can be doing missionary work. We have many names like SR. MARY JOSEPH or SR. MARGARET KURUVTLLA or ANTONY THECKEPALA- KAL or SEBASTIAN THEKKANETH. The cost: $150 a year for two years for a Sister’s training; $100 a year for six years for a sem inarian. “The world is charged with the grandeur of God!,” a poet has written. Every day, 15,000 priests in the 18 countries in our care offer up their Masses in thanks for that grandeur and for graces to come. Your MASS STIPENDS help them meet their daily needs. Please remember them when you are having Masses said. OLD SAINT PETER’S CHURCH This venerable building on Barclay Street in downtown New York was once the only church in all of New York State and much of New Jersey. Father Ferdinand Steinmeyer and 23 parishioners founded it. Today it is the mother church of over 1,600 parishes and 13 dioceses . . . The MEMORIAL CHURCH you build In a mission land may once be in such honor. Can you think of a better way of win ning God’s grace for your loved one. You can: Provide a chapel: $2,000 to $6,000 or furnishings: $1,000 Mass Kit $100 Statue $30 Stations .... .$25 Vestments .... 50 Chalice ....... 40 Year’s candles 20 Monstrance .. ' 40 Ciborium 40 Sanctuary Bell. 5 Dear Monsignor: Enclosed please find Name for. Street City ... .. .Zone... .State *12ear£ast Olissioiis FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, Preside** Magr. Jasaph T. Ryw, Nad Sac*y Seed ad can—kaHow la: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Uxington Av*. of 46th St. N«w York 17, N. Y.