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SAVANNA H—Approxi
mately one fourth of the pro
ceeds of the 1963 Bishop’s Con
fraternity of the Laity drive
for funds for diocesan projects
has been designated for use in
construction of Mission church
es and meeting halls in rural
areas.
Typical of the Catholic
churches rising throughout the
mission areas of this far-flung
diocese comprised of Georgia’s
88 southern counties is St. Ber
nadette’s in Millen, dedicated
three years ago, and pictured
elsewhere on this page.
Through the annual Confra
ternity of the Laity drive, the
Diocese of Savannah hopes to be
able to erect a Catholic church
in every one of the 88 counties.
The establishment of military
installations in several areas
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963
Archbishop Beran, Four Czech
Bishops Released By Reds
SAINT BERNADETTE’S CHURCH, MILLEN—One of the
Mission Churches made possible through contributions to
the Confraternity of the Laity. Goal of this years Confrater
nity of the Laity Drive is $140,000.
Ecumenical Council
Supporters Of Collegiality Of
Bishops, Permanent Diaconate
Speak As Second Week Opens
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —The
second week of the second ses
sion of the ecumenical council
began with speakers-who favor
a permanent diaconate and the
concept of the collegiality of the
bishops.
The first to speak at the
general meeting (Oct. 7) was
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Arch
bishop of Genoa, Italy. He was
also one of the most signifi
cant speakers because his posi
tion in favor of the doctrine of
the collegiality of bishops was
regarded as a sign that the
Italian episcopate is not as op
posed to this part of the schema
“On the Nature of the Church”
as had been generally assumed.
The collegiality of the bishops
means that they as a whole, in
union with the pope, can act
with supreme authority. It
means that in addition to the
jurisdiction which a bishop ex
ercises in his own diocese, he
has a responsibility as a mem
ber of the collectivity of bi
shops in the life of the total
Church.
According to Cardinal Siri
this concept of collegiality,
which he maintained is
clear from the practice of past
councils and in their interpre
tation of various Scriptural
texts, would be an effective con
tribution to solidarity, mutual
union, charity and reciprocal
assistance among bishops.
He put down any fears that
the doctrine of the collegia
lity of the bishops would les
sen in any way the primacy of
the pope. Instead, he said, col
legiality emphasizes the pri
macy, since there can be no
genuine collegiality among bis
hops except in union with the
Roman Pontiff. He praised the
schema for its clear expres
sion of these notions.
Paul Cardinal Leger, Arch
bishop of Montreal, followed
Cardinal Siri. He stressed the
favorable attitude toward the
schema which, he said, is “of
exceptional importance.” He
also debunked any fears of
weakening the doctrine of the
primacy of the pope, saying
that "a clear knowledge of the
body shows the importance of
the head.”
He added the suggestion that
the idea of the “ministry” of
the bishops should be empha
sized. In relation to this he
U. S. CARDINALS AT VATICAN COUNCIL II—Pictured in St. Peter’s Square as they
emerged from a session of the reopened Vatican Council II are the five Cardinals of
the United States. Left to right: Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis, McIntyre of Los Angeles,
Spellman of New York, Cushing of Boston and Meyer of Chicago.—(NC Photos)
said that bishops should endea
vor to avoid manifestations of
“medieval splendor” which, he
declared, are out of place to
day when stress is being given
to the spiritual aspects of the
Church’s mission.
Franziskus Cardinal Koenig,
Archbishop of Vienna, speak
ing next, pointed out that the
notion of the college of Bishops
governing the Church in union
with the Roman Pontiff is not
new. He said it has foundations
in tradition, in theology, in the
present practice of the Eastern
Rites and in Canon 218 of the
Code of Canon Law, which
treats of the supreme juris
diction of the episcopate in an
ecumenical council.
According to this last ref
erence, the law provides that a
council must be convoked and
presided over by the pope or
his legate and that its decrees
must have his approval. But
once the pronouncements and
decisions of the council are
promulgated, their authority is
not papal alone but is conciliar,
that is, by the authority of the
bishops together with the pope.
The fourth speaker, Julius
Cardinal Doepfner, Archbishop
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Prayer For The Suecess Of
The Eeumenieal Council
May the Divine Spirit deign to answer in a most comfort
ing manner this prayer which rises daily to Him from every
corner of the earth.
Renew your wonders in our time, O Divine Spirit, as
though with another Pentecost and grant that Thy Holy
Church, by uniting in a single-hearted and mounting prayer,
together with Mary the Mother of Jesus, and the Shep
herding St. Peter, may intensify the reign of the Divine Sa
vior, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and
peace.
Amen.
Novena Services
At Port Wentworth
of south Georgia and the intro
duction of light and heavy in
dustry in sections heretofore
almost exclusively rural and
agricultural have brought Ca
tholics into virtually every area
of the Diocese. Many still have
to travel comparatively great
distances to attend Mass on Sun
days and Holydays and to pro-’
vide religious education for
their children. In many places
Mass is still offered in private
homes, hotels or Civic Centers.
Before leaving for Rome and
the second session of the Vati
can Council, His Excellency,
The Most Reverend Thomas J.
McDonough, commenting on the
goals of the 1963 drive said,
“The Church is the Mystical
Body of Christ. It is Christ,
living, breathing, teaching and
sanctifying in the world today.
And as Christ had care for His
sheep and sought out those who
were lost while He walked the
earth, so today, in His Mystical
Body, He is the Good Shepherd,
caring for His own and seeking
out those who have strayed from
the fold.
“It is a source of great con
solation to me that Our Lord
does this in our Diocese through
our dedicated Catholic laity
whose dedication to andlovefor
Christ and His Church is enabl
ing us to bring the consolation
of the Mass, the Sacraments
and the preaching of the Word
of God to every corner of south
Georgia.
“At the Council, the Bishops
of the Church are striving for
her renewal, inwardly and out
wardly, so that the whole world
may see her as Christ intended
her to be, without spot or
wrinkle, and may be drawn to
her as to Christ, Himself.
“But, surely, the people of
the Diocese of Savannah, whose
zeal and spirit of sacrifice has
made possible the extension of
the Church of Christ into so
many areas of the Diocese, are
doing no less than the Bishops
of the Church in bringing Christ
to men and men to Christ.’
PT. WENTWORTH—A sol
emn Rosary Novena in honor of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, being
held this week at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Port Went
worth, will be capped with the
solemn dedication of the parish
to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary at closing ceremonies
next Sunday evening, October
13th, at 7:30 p.m.
The novena is being conducted
by the Rev. John T. Carrigan,
O.P. Assistant Director of the
Dominican Mission Band with
headquarters at Our Lady of
Springbank retreat house,
Kingstree, South Carolina.
Father Carrigan has recent
ly returned from a tour to
Marian Shrines in France,
Belgium and Portugal. He visit
ed Lourdes in Frances, Fatima
in Portugal, and Beauraing and
Banneux, both in Belgium.
“Lourdes and Fatima are, of
course, well known throughout
the Catholic world,” said Fa
ther Carrigan, * 'and devotion to
both these shrines is wide
spread and worldwide.
“But, while Beauraing and
Banneux are little known, at
least here in the United States,
they should be of great interest,
particularly to married people.
For, at both these shrines
Our Blessed Mother appeared to
six children—five at Beauraing
and one at Banneux—in 1932 and
1933. All of those children are,
of course, grown now, and all
are happily married. This would
certainly seem to indicate the
great esteem in which the Mo
ther of Our Lord holds the holy
Sacrament of Matrimony.
* ‘The apparitions at both
Beauraing and Banneux have
been subjected to exhaustive
investigation by ecclesiastical
authorities and both shrines
have the unqualified approba
tion of the Holy See.”
Commenting on the dedica
tion of the people of Our Lady
of Lourdes parish to the Im
maculate Heart of Mary, Fa
ther Carrigan said, “At Fa
tima, Mary expressed the
desire that the entire world be
consecrated to her Immaculate
Heart, and those taking part in
our closing ceremonies on
Sunday night will not only be
publicly showing their devotion
to her, but their obedience to her
wishes, which are, after all,
the wishes of Our Blessed Lord,
Himself.”
REV. JOHNT. CARRIGAN,O.P
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Arch
bishop Josef Beran of Prague
was released after 14 years of
arrest under the communists,
along with four other bishops
of Czechoslovakia, the Vatican
press office announced (Oct. 3)
Almost simultaneously with
the Vatican announcement came
a similar announcement from
the communist government of
Czechoslovakia. The chief dif
ference between the two com
muniques was that the Red re
gime referred to “the ex-Arch-
bishop Josef Beran,” while the
Vatican called him “Msgr. Jo
sef Beran, Archbishop of
Prague.”
Communist police in Prague
arrested Archbishop Beran on
June 19, 1949, on day after he
had publicly vowed he would
“never conclude an agreement
that injures the rights of the
Church and of its bishops.”
Detained at first in his
official residence in Prague,
he was later moved from place
to place in an effort to keep his
whereabouts unknown.
Neither the Vatican commun
ique nor the Czechoslovak one
gave any indication of why the
five bishops had been releas
ed. But observers here took
the fact that the communiques
were virtually simultaneous to
mean that some agreement had
been reached between the Holy
See and the government of
Czechoslovakia.
Despite an initial report that
the prelates were already in
Rome when their release was
revealed, there was no word
in either communique as to
where they were staying or
whether they would be leaving
Czechoslovakia shortly.
(In Vienna, it was reported
that a Czechoslovak govern
ment official acknowledged that
Archbishop Beran did not sign
a loyalty pledge to the regime
before his release.
(The official, Dr. Josef Hru-
sa, head of the religious af
fairs office, was quoted as say-
ARCHBISHOP BERAN
ing that the prelate was now a
completely free man with the
same rights as any other Czech
oslovak citizen, and that it was
now up to him to seek state
permission to leave the coun
try if he wished to attend the
Vatican council.)
The communist communique
specified that Archbishop Ber
an and Bishop Karel Skoupy of
Brno had been “freed today
(October 3) from internment.”
It said on the other hand that
Bishops Jan Vojtassak of Spis,
former Auxiliary Bishop Stani
slav Zela of Olomouc, and Bi
shop Ladislav Hlad—who was
consecrated secretly in 1950
and whose assignment has not
been revealed—were all “freed
at the same time thanks to an
amnesty granted by the Presi
dent of the Republic (Antonin
Novotny).
The release of the five bish
ops came just 12 days after a
shakeup in the communist ap
paratus in Czechoslovakia
which resulted in the ouster of
Premier Viliam Siroky and six
other cabinet ministers.
Archbisbop Beran, now 75,
has been Archbishop of Prague
since 1946. His arrest by the
communist regime in 1949 came
four years after he had been
liberated by the U.S. Army—
along with the other prisoners
from nazi Germany’s infamous
concentration camp at Dachau.
He had been a nazi prisoner'
for three years.
Bishop Skoupy of Brno, in
Moravia, is 76. He was arrest
ed in 1953.
Bishop Vojtassek of Spis, in
Slovakia, is now 85. He was
arrested in September of 1950
and sentenced to 24 years in
prison.
Bishop Zela, 70, was also
arrested in September, 1950,
when he was Auxiliary Bishop
of Olomouc, Moravia. He re
ceived a 25-year prison sen
tence.
Bishop Ladislav Hlad was
convicted of “performing in
secret the functions of a bi
shop” in March of 1960. He
was sentenced to a nine-year
jail term. The Prague news
paper Svobodne Slovo stated
at the time that he had been
consecrated a bishop in se
cret without the required gov
ernment permit.
The Annuario Pontificio, the
official Vatican directory, car
ried the name of Bishop Hlad
simply as titular Bishop of
Cediae, with none of the usual
personal statistics and without
listing his nationality or assing-
ment.
The release of Archbishop
Beran and the four bishops
follows by two months the an
nouncement by the Czechoslo
vak regime that it had releas
ed three other Catholic bishops.
They were listed as Bishops
Josef Hlouch of Bedejovice; Ste
phan Trochta, S.D.B., of Lito-
merice, and Karel Otcenasek,
Apostolic Administrator of the
Diocese of Hradec Kralove.
Founded In 1953
Book Shop To Mark Anniversary
SAVANNAH—Notre Dame
Book Shop, Savannah’s Catholic
Information Center, will cele
brate its tenth anniversary on
October 11, and is taking this
opportunity to acquaint new
comers to Savannah with its
existence and its services. It
is housed in an attractive cot
tage-type building on the north
east corner of Liberty and Lin
coln Streets, just one block
north of the Cathedral Rectory.
Its neighbor on the southwest
is the handsome new St. Vin
cent’s Academy.
To look at the Notre Dame
Book Shop today in its large
modern building which was de
signed and built especially to
meet its needs, it is hard to
visualize its very modest be
ginning.
It all started back in 1953
when the Savannah Deanery
Council of Catholic Women de
cided to do something about the*
need for a Catholic Book Shop,
lending library and information
center in Savannah. With the
backing of the Most Rev. Fran
cis E. Hyland, Auxiliary of
the Diocese of Savannah and
Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara, Spiritual Director of
the Deanery, a group of mem
bers of the Council negotiated
for the rental of a small vacant
shop in the basement of the
Catholic Community Center and
searched the attic of the center
for furniture and books which
could be used in the Shop. Next,
second-hand showcases and a
cash register were procured
from kind donors and the group
went to work to put the show
cases and furniture in usable
condition.
Next there descended on the
scene several ladies from At
lanta who several years before
had launched a similar project
there. They brought with them
the initial stock which the Shop
would need and gave the ‘ ‘green
horns” in Savannah the benefit
of their experience. Soon all was
in readiness and on October
11th, the Feast of the Maternity
of Our Lady, The Notre Dame
Book Shop, dedicated to Our
Lady of Good Counsel, held open
house.
Grateful Savannahians, who
had long felt the need for a
Catholic Center where religious
articles, Missals and books
could be secured, took the Shop
to their hearts. Increased pa
tronage called for expansion and
in May, 1956 the Book Shop
moved from its original site at
5 West Liberty St. across the
street to a larger shop at 18
West Liberty. Later greater
expansion was needed and the
Bookshop moved into its present
quarters which were dedicated
on February 5,1961. Coinciden
tally, the Shop still carries a
Liberty Street address, though
its present one is east instead
of west.
The Notre Dame Book Shop is
a non-profit organization and
profit is used for increased in
ventory and for the operation
of the lending library. In its
ten years of operation, it has
been staffed by volunteer work
ers to whose loyalty and devo
tion its successful operation is
due. The present director and
assistant director, both volun
teers, as well as the shop se
cretary, who is the only non
volunteer, have been associated
with its operation from the be
ginning as have some of the
original workers who are still
serving the Shop. These unsel
fish ladies have contributed
thousands of hours of service.
New volunteers are solicited
and those of our readers who are
interested are invited to call the
Book Shop.
Assisting in the operation is
the Board of Directors, the
Board members being selected
for the service they can render
the Shop. It consists of a Catho
lic business man and business
woman, banker, accountant,
lawyer, homemaker, the Shop’s
directors and secretary, the
Grand Knight of the Savannah
Council #631 Knights of
Columbus and the president of
the Savannah Deanery Council
of Catholic Women. This asso
ciation is an affiliate of the
Savannah Deanery Council of
Catholic Women.
In addition to the religious
articles and other merchandise
offered, the lending and refer
ence library, one of the most
important aspects of the Shop is
its function as a Catholic In
formation Center. Through its
books, pamphlets and refer
ence material, information on
any phase of Catholicism can
be secured and a priest is on
duty for consultation Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from 4
to 5 p.m. Another service is
the keeping of an up-to-date Le
gion of Decency of movies.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to visit the Book Shop
and take advantage of the shop
ping pleasure it will afford you.
It is open from 10 a.m. to 5p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
NOTRE DAME BOOK SHOP