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t V Buddhist Bonze Who Fled To U.S. Embassy In Saigon Intelligent Agressive AUXILIARY BEGINS WORK—Pictured as the Auxiliary of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah, began its duties are left to right: Mrs. A. T. Fleming, Chairman Volun teer Services; Mrs. Henry Dunn, Auxiliary President; Mrs. Ted E. Brown, Jr, Pub licity Chairman and Mrs. Matthew J. Dwyar, Atlanta, Hospital Association Auxiliary Representative. Officers Installed Auxiliary Begins Hospital Duties The Southern Cross, September 19, 1963—PAGE 5 Name Grade Mothers At Blessed Sacrament By Father Patrick O’Connor Society of St. Columban SAIGON, Vietnam, (NC)— Thich Tri Quang, the leading Buddhist bonze who took refuge in the American Embassy here September 1, asked me once if President Kennedy belonged to the National Catholic Welfare Conference. I was interviewing him in Tu Dam pagoda in Hue on May 31 to the accompaniment of gongs and chanted prayers. He scrutinized my card, studying the words “Press Department National Catholic Welfare Con ference, Washington, D. C.” He probably thought this might be a Catholic association like the associations of Buddhists, who have no church. “Does Kennedy belong to this?” he asked, through an in terpreter. I explained that President Kennedy belonged in no way to the National Catholic Welfare Conference, nor did it in any way belong to the U. S. government. (Continued from Page 4) sentence but an actual confron tation with the Divine Judge. THE GENERAL JUDGMENT or the last judgment will follow the resurrection of the body, when, in St. Thomas’ beautiful phrase, “the work of the angels is finished.” The resurrection of the body, a truth also known through revelation (e.g. “He who raised Jesus Christ from the dead will also bring life to your mortal bodies:” Romans VIII: 11; "But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ risen”: I Corinthians XV: 1-15), means that all of man, and not only his soul, is destined for eternal life. IN AUGUSTA . . . MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 Irvine Henderson Funeral Home PH. AD. 2-7181 Irvine C. Henderson Irvine C. Henderson, Jr. James E. Henderson, III He and three other bonzes were then on a 48 hour fast which they called a ‘ ‘hunger strike.” He was reclining rest lessly on a simple couch in a little room behind the altar of the pagoda and its large image of Buddha. The three other fasting bonzes sat on cushions beside the image while Buddhist boys of the Boy Scout organiza tion were led in prayers facing them. Outside in the pagoda yard under five large Buddhist flags hundreds of men, women and youngsters were milling around. Tri Quang, aged 41, a native of central Vietnam, is intelli gent and aggressive. He had proved himself an effective speaker in haranguing crowds. He is president of the Buddhist Association of Central Vietnam, a division of the General Budd hist Association, the principal agency in the recent agitation, in which he was one of the ex ecutive leaders. He knows some English and more French. I put WHY MUST THERE BE a gen eral judgment? Why won’t the particular judgment suffice? THE ANSWER is that the gen eral judgment will signal the completion of God’s plan for the human race, the ultimate vindi cation of God’s mercy and jus tice and the final triumph of Christ the Redeemer. AT THE general judgment, all consciences will be open to the gaze of all men, so that no one can fail to recognize how perfectly God has judged others as well as oneself. And all will be in absolute agreement as to the righteousness of God’s deal ings. “TO PUT the fundamental reason for the general judgment in simple language,” wrote the late Father Walter Farrell, "it' would be enough to say that it takes away from men for all time any grounds for that com forting activity we call grumb ling; no sinner will make his way back to hell mumbling ‘we were robbed.’ ” Obituaries Miss Louise Mitchelson SAVANNAH—Funeral serv ices for Miss Louise G. Mit chelson were held at Blessed Sacrament Church on Septem ber 12th., Father Edward R. Frank officiating. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Emma M. Forester, and several nieces and nephews. my questions in French but he did not reply directly to my questions. His answers had to come through a Vietnamese interpreter. Tri Quang admitted that at the time of the May 8 clash in Hue the province chief, who was also mayor, the commanding general of the corps area and govern ment delegate for central Viet nam, were all Buddhists. In support of the Buddhist case he asserted 80 per cent, which he corrected immediate ly to “the majority,” of govern ment officials and military are Buddhists. He wanted me to pass judg ment on the situation. I said I was not there as a partisan of either the government or the Buddhists, that Catholics want ed justice and freedom for peo ple of all religions. I had come to try to learn facts. He said disapprovingly that my ques tions showed that I had not “grasped the truth.” That afternoon, as I heard later, he asked a young Ger man doctor from the university who was attending him to find me and talk to me. Tri Quang, though saffron robed and fasting in the little room opening off the pagoda sanctuary, acted more like a tense political campaign mana ger than a Buddhist contempla tive seeking Nirvana. The interview was interrupt ed several times by messengers bringing written sheets for Tri Quang to check and approve. In Hue, as in Saigon, the pro testing Buddhists’ output of mi meographed circulars and other propaganda material is large. He was indignant when I asked whether the communists had tried to exploit the Buddhist movement in Hue. He seemed to resent the suggestion that it was possible for the communists to infiltrate Buddhist ranks. He said he had taken measures to keep people from being led as tray by communists or by “gov ernment distortions of the truth.” He was displeased also by another question of mine: “Do you think the government of North Vietnam has been treating Buddhists better than the gov ernment of South Vietnam?” “You know that the commun ists have no consideration for religion,” he answered. “Why do you put these questions?” According to a Vietnamese Catholic who has known him for some years, Tri Quang is anti communist. So are three other bonzes, two from the north and one from the center, who are now reportedly held for trial, according to the same source. About two weeks after my in terview Tri Quang left Hue for Saigon where the headquarters of the Buddhist campaign was established in Xa Loi pagoda. Tri Quang was accompanied by two fellow bonzes when they dashed into the American Em bassy Sunday evening (Sept. 1) asking asylum. They are still there, incommunicado. Restrained From Distributing Pamphlet WILSON, N. C., (NC) - A Baptist preacher and a member of his church were ordered to pay $1 and court costs here for passing out a bogus Knights of Columbus oath in the 1960 presidential campaign. The two also were perma nently restrained from distri buting a pamphlet, “Will America Vote Away Her Free dom?” The bogus oath was among anti-Catholic accu sations made in the pamphlet. God’s World— (Continued from Page 4) God will turn your appar ent mistakes to His own good purposes. In the long haul He will not let you suffer because you have tried to do His will. With practice, this effort to make God’s will the touchstone of all that you do will become in time a habitual state of mind. Even in small decisions and almost automatically the ques tion will flash in your brain, "What would God probably want me to do?” Being human, you still will make your share of minor "goofs.” You will turn at the wrong corner, you will order the wrong-size shirt, you will pick the wrong horse at the race track. These lesser er rors are good for our humility. They remind us of our human fallibility—but they are not the ones wjjjch destroy our peace of mind. SAVANNAH—The scene was one of bright cherry colored uniforms “flitting” around Madonna Hall the morning of September llth when the La dies Auxiliary of St. Joseph's Hospital, held their last meet ing before starting into their respective duties with gusto. As this is the first time the Wo men’s Auxiliary has operated in the hospital everyone has been looking forward to this historic occasion with exuberance. After the meeting was called to order by Mrs. Henry Dunn, Auxiliary President, Sister Mary Cornile, R. S. M., Ad ministrator, presented Mrs. Matthew J. Dwyar of Atlanta, who was attending as a rep resentative of the Auxiliaries of the Georgia Hospital Asso ciation. Mrs. Dwyar, with a beautiful and most impressive oath, formally installed the fol lowing officers: SAN DIEGO, Calif., (NC)— The Most Rev. Francis J. Fur- ey, at his enthronement here as the first Coadjutor Bishop of San Diego, pledged “to use all the enegies at my command for the continued spiritual and tem poral growth” of the abounding diocese. He said “if ever a Bishop needed a helping hand” that prelate is Bishop Charles F. Buddy, first spiritual head of the San Diego diocese. Since 1936 when Bishop Buddy was appointed, the growth of the diocese has been “phenome nal,” Bishop Furey said. James Francis Cardinal Mc Intyre, Archbishop of Los Ange les, officiated at the enthrone ment in the Chapel of the Im- maculata on the campus of the University of San Diego. Among the prelates present were Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia, where Bishop Furey served as Auxiliary Bi shop since 1960, and Auxiliary Bishop Gerald V. McDevitt of Philadelphia. Bishop Furey said when Bi shop Buddy came here 26 years ago as San Diego’s first spiri tual head, there was a Catholic population of some 80,000 CHICAGO, (NC)—The work of the Church is "a common ob ligation, a common responsibi lity, a common challenge,” for both priests and laymen, Al bert Cardinal Meyer has declared. "The priest must carry the laity, just as the laity must carry the priest,” the Arch bishop of Chicago said in a pas toral letter shortly before his departure (Sept. 12) for the sec ond session of the Vatican coun cil in Rome. Cardinal Meyer said the “re newal” sought by His Holiness Pope Paul VI and the late Pope John XXIII “must be based on the pattern of the Gospel itself.” “It will not come from a basis of regulations, or social set-ups, or the favor of public authority, or social pressures, or mere organization—impor tant as all these have shown themselves to be, both in the past and in the present,” he said. The Cardinal said the pattern of the Gospel is "personal con viction, the testimony of wit ness.” “Organizations,” he said, Mrs. Henry Dunn (Eleanor), President; Mrs. L. M. Freed man (Claire), Vice President; Mrs. Ted E. Brown, Jr. (Nora) Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Thomas P. O’Brien (Anne), Treasurer. Mrs. T. David Fitzgerald, recording secretary, was un able to attend. The minutes of the last meet ing were read and a treasu rer’s report given after which Mrs. Arthur Fleming, Chair man of Volunteer Services, in troduced the chairman of the following committees: Placement, Mrs. Frank How- den; Auxiliary Office, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Jr.; Book Cart, Mrs. James Houlihan; Doc tor’s Library, Mrs. Peter Scar- dino; Hospitality Cart, Mrs. Nelson Haslem; Miscellaneous, Mrs. T. F. Reilley; Snack Shop, Mrs. John Lytjen. served by 62 priests in 51 parishes and 53 missions, and some 200 teaching nuns in the four-county southern California diocese. "Today there are 400,000 Catholics in the same territory, with 161 parishes, 33 missions, 19 stations and 74 chapels serv ed by no fewer than 459 priests,” Bishop Furey said. "The number of teaching Sis ters has risen to 605, not to mention the many other good Sisters engaged in works of prayer, charity and mercy. There are 34 teaching Brothers and several hundred devoted lay teachers.” The future spiritual needs of the diocese, Bishop Furey enumerated, are being cared for with a student body of 161 in two diocesan seminaries, plus an additional number of seminarians preparing for the priesthood at seminaries out side the diocese. “While these facts and figures are impressive, they do not tell the whole story,” Bishop Furey said. “They do not, they could not, describe the warmth of personality, the Christ-like zeal, the boundless energy of "are not any better than the men who compose them. Where they can flourish they are of immense help. But persecution has shown that even when they have been abolished by the ty rant’s decree, the testimony of the Christian witness, arising from the convictions of a con science dedicated to the living God, is as strong as ever.” Quoting Pope Paul’s recent plea to laymen to “come and help us. . .now is the hour of the laity,” Cardinal Meyer con tinued: "We are being summoned to a more articulate and more effec tive showing forth of the spirit of the Gospel in our daily lives of work and play. “At home, in our schools, in our places of work and recrea tion, in our community rela tionships we have daily oppor tunities to show forth our Faith, to give strong example of our spiritual commitment to the fashioning of the modern world, and, in the words of St. Paul, ‘to take up the armor of God, that we may be able to resist in the evil day, and stand in all things perfect.’ ” A very interesting orientation on the ethics (do’s and don’t’s) of the Auxilian was given by Mrs. Freedman and to quote: "When wearing uniform, please do leave your false eye lashes at home and if Mary Keeler is in room 402 for an operation, do let her have the pleasure of telling it first hand at the bridge club, after all she paid for it.!! Unquote. Emblems for sixty or more hours of service were present ed to Mrs. Margaret Johnson, Mrs. Thelma Bergin, and Mrs. Nelcy by Sister Cornile. These wonderful ladies have been doing volunteer work in the hospital for a long period of time, but the Auxiliary will only recognize or credit sixty hours at this time. This is to as sure an equitable start by everyone. Besides where, on the uniform could you find room to place all the service bars. Bishop Buddy over the past 26 years. They make no mention of the countless numbers of those who have found their way back to the Faith of their fa thers. They do not tell the great educational expansion in the diocese, as evidenced especial ly by the establishment of the University of San Diego, with its magnificent campus and buildings, the growing glory of which is this beautiful Chapel of the Immaculata.” It was for these reasons, Bi shop Furey said, that His Holi ness Pope Paul VI sent Bishop Buddy a Coadjutor Bishop to relieve him of some of his bur dens and help administer the affairs of the thriving diocese. Bishop Furey noted “God’s guiding hand” in some coinci dences connected with his en thronement. He said his en thronement was in the Chapel of the Immaculata and recalled that he had served as president of Immaculata (Pa.) Collegefor women for 10 years. He noted the day was the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, commemorating the victory of the Christians over the Turkish invaders on the outskirts of Vienna in 1683 after the Chris tian leader had prayed fervently to Our Lady for victory. He added: “The divine office today contains part of a famous ser mon by St. Bernard on Our La dy. Many episcopal mottos are phrases from that sermon, among them my own: Ipsam sequens, non devias (Following her you will not go stray).” Bishop Furey said poet Harry W. Longfellow once wrote Philadelphia “streets still reecho the names of the trees of the forest.” He added that in California “our cities, towns and counties still reecho. . . the name of saints, especially the name of the Queen of All Saints.” Bishop Furey was feted at a luncheon in the Hotel del Coro nado following the church cere monies and at an evening recep tion in the Alcala Bowl on the university campus. Bishop Furey, a native of Summit Hill, Pa., was ordained in 1930 in Rome and served in the Philadelphia archdiocese for 33 years. Before leaving Philadelphia, he was honored (Sept. 9) at a farewell testimon ial. He offered a Solemn Ponti fical Mass in SS. Peter and Paul cathedral at which Bishop McDevitt preached the sermon. A luncheon in his honor in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel fol lowed at which Bishop Furey was presented with a special scroll of a resolution passed by the Philadelphia City Council lauding his services to Phila delphia. SAyANNAH—The Blessed Sacrament Home and School Association held its first meeting for the ’63-’64 season on Wednesday, September llth, in the School Auditorium. The President, Mrs. Joseph Byrnes, welcomed new and old members and announced the names of the Class mothers for the respective classes, together with the teachers’ names, which are as follows: First Grades, Sisters Martin Marie and Mary Delilis—Mrs. John Harmon and Mrs. William Lloyd; Second Grades, Sister Mary Kevin and Mrs. Camille Ross—Mrs. Gregory Adams and Mrs. George Servier; Third Grades, Sister Mary Ita and Mrs. Walton Frizelle—Mrs. John Fogarty and Mrs. John Spillane; Fourth Grades, Mrs. Lucille Haar and Mrs. Grace Women Name SAVANNAH—The first Fall meeting of the Catholic Wo man’s Club was held Wednesday evening, September 10th, in the club rooms, with the newly elec ted President, Mrs. Rudolf Heitmann, presiding. Mrs. Heitmann welcomed the two news members who were Mrs. Charles E. Williams and Mrs. Joe Magee. The following Standing com mittees were appointed: Audit ing Committee, Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Entertainment, Mrs. Ira E. Smith, Chairman, Mrs. James S. Flynn, Miss Bridget Fogarty, Mrs. Meta Blackburn and Miss Regina Lytjen; House Committee, Mrs. Guy Ingman, Chairman, Mrs. H. A. Stamey and Mrs. Bernard Taylor; Membership Committee, Mrs. Josephine Rollinson, Chairman, Program Committee, Mrs. W. P. Schneider, Chairman; Publicity, Miss Margaret Mur- den, Chairman; Sick Com mittee, Mrs. E. L. Edwards, Ray—Mrs. John Burke and Mrs. Cliet Henry; Fifth Grades, Sis ter Mary Amalia and Mrs. Eli zabeth Brooks—Mrs. William Powers and Mrs. Frank Fino- cchiaro; Sixth Grades, Sister Dennis Marie and Mrs. Anne Roberts—Mrs. George Adams and Mrs. Clarence Parker; Seventh Grade, Sister Mary Gil bert—Mrs. William Whalen; Eighth Grade, Sister Mary Ed wards—Mrs. Joseph Battle. Rev. Edward Frank, Assis tant Pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Parish, outlined for the members how Family Unity is such an important factor to the child. When this unity is directed with the teachers, the discipline, attitude, effort and achievements of the child show a rapid rate of development, family unity being the ideal way to help the child, the parents, the teachers and the school. Committees Chairman; Social, Mrs. L. P. Flanagan, Chairman, Miss Margaret Murden, Mrs. F. B. Elmore, Jr. and Mrs. Bernard Taylor; Telephone Committee, Mrs. Edna McDonough, Chair man. Special Committee: Foreign Relief, Mrs. F. B. Elmore,Jr. The Rev. Andrew Doris, O.S.B., Chaplain for the Club, gave a very informative talk on the history of the Benedictine Order. Members were requested to attend the meeting and buffet luncheon of the Savannah Dean ery Council of Catholic Women, to be held September 26th, at Hunter Air Force Base, and to call Mrs. A. K. Gannam, AD 3-3727 for reservations. The Program Chairman, Mrs. Schneiger, plans an inter esting and varied program for the year, which will cover re ligious and civic matters. 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At MACHTA-AZAR. a village of 300 persons, the 150 Melkite Catholics are trying to repair their church CJ I ^ damaged badly by winter rains. ^ ' Mostly farmers, extremely poor, can give only their hand labor . . . The cash needed—SI,600—is beyond their means. Many non-Catholics attend services in this, the only t„ i P ■ a j church in the area . . . They have The Holy Father j Minton Aid a pp ea j ed to us This wou , d b(l , ior the Oriental Church fine way to further the spirit of fel lowship just as the Ecumenical Council re-opens . . . Any amount will be welcomed and you will have their prayers. But soon, please, before winter comes again! THOSE STRINGLESS GIFTS A BIG PART of our job is seeing that your donations for special projects are forwarded immediately to their destination! But the space of this column permits pub lication of only a few such appeals . . . Many other stories just as urgent must remain un told. That’s why your “undesignated” dona tions mean so much . . . They bring help where it is most needed. How long has it been since you sent one of those precious STRINGLESS GIFTS? ‘“READIN,’ RITIN’ and REFUGEES” DID YOU KNOW that our diocesan school system was founded by JOHN NEUMANN, fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, back in the 1850’s when the United States was still mission territory? This holy prelate will be beatified next month by Pope Paul VI ... In many parts of the world, however, a Catholic education is not so easy to obtain. No school bells will be ringing for the REFUGEE CHILDREN in PALESTINE unless we provide their tuition costs . . . $25 pays for a school term for one child. Won’t you help? SOMETHING FOR YOU! SEPTEMBER brings most of us a new season, new interests, new demands! But the need for food has no season ... It is always there, imperative, un relenting! A FOOD PACKAGE for an Arab refugee family still costs only $10, will stave off hunger for one month . . . And as a thank- you to each donor, we will send a lovely ROSARY’ made of OLIVE SEEDS, a keepsake from the HOLY LAND! TO HEED HIS CALL . . . A Church official in Rome has stated there are 130,000 more priests needed. But in our mission lands are many young semi narians anxious to help fill the ranks, and many young women wishing to become nuns . . . Only they cannot pay for the neces sary education and training. Shall PHILIP and GEORGE ever be priests? Or can SR. ANNA JOSEPH and SR. MARY THOMAS be Sisters? Not unless you adopt them! The cost: SlOO a year for the seminarian’s six years; $150 a year for two years for a Sister. It can be paid in instalments. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN SOMETHING? Please rem^^bor ns in vour will. Our Legal Title: THE THOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION. AND our io.UJO priests welcome your MASS OFFER INGS. Kindly remember them when you wish Mass offered for your intention! i^i Hear SstOlissionsjMi FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Migr. Joseph T. Ryan, Nat'l Sec’y Send all commiinications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION JAA ■ _ • . A... i(4ik C4 K1.U, Y/vrLr 1 7 M Y. QUESTION BOX Bishop Furey Enthroned At San Diego Cardinal Cites Joint Role Of Clergy, Laymen