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Lawrence Joseph Ward at St.
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Church October 25th with The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke
officiating. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
H. Arthur, and the bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Joseph Ward, Sr.
MAYS—SALMON
AUGUSTA—Miss Sandra
Joyce Salmon became the bride
of Mr. Samuel Warren Mays on
November 2nd at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church. The Rev.
Ralph E. Seikel officiated. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Julian Salmon. The
bridegroom’s parents are Mr.
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Jesuit Theologian Declares
World Awaits Statement
On Religious Liberty
By Patrick Riley
ROME, (NC)—What the world
most awaits from the Second
Vatican Council is a clear state
ment safeguarding religious li
berty, according to Father John
Courtney Murray, S. J., a coun
cil expert.
“This is the big issue for the
council in the world’s eyes,’’
the American theologian decla
red in an interview with the
N.C.W.C. News Service. "If
the council sidesteps religious
liberty, we are done for,” he
said.
Father Murray noted that a
chapter on religious freedom
has already been written into the
council schema on ecumenism,
that is on interfaith relations.
He noted that this question is a
source of great friction among
religious bodies.
But the council’s Com
mission on Faith and Morals
has challenged the competence
of the Secretariat for Promo
ting Christian Unity in the field
of religious liberty, he said.
The secretariat prepared a
schema on ecumenism. “There
is no doubt that the Unity Se
cretariat has the right to deal
with religious liberty,”Father
Murray said.
The least the council will do
in the matter of religious free
dom he added, will be to "re
affirm the doctrine of Pope
John’s encyclical Pacem in
Terris.”
This, he said, would be a
twofold statement: that a man
has the right to worship God
according to the demands of an
upright conscience and that this
and other human rights limit
the powers of the state. The
state must respect this right
not only in theory but also in
practice.
“The Soviet constitution con
tains a declaration of the right
to religious freedom,” he said,
“but this is purely verbal.”
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But the Church is no friend
of the “outlaw conscience,”
Father Murray emphasized.
This notion of the conscience
as an outlaw bound by no norms
of right action was condemned
by Leo XIII.
“When you say conscience is
COMMEMORATIVES — The
Vatican City Post Office has
released a new issue of four
postage stamps, designed to
commemorate the coronation
of Pope Paul VI on June 30,
1963. Shown above are the
two vertical designs. The 15-
lire and the 115-lire depict
the Pope wearing the triple
crown and raising his hand
in blessing. The 40-lire and
the 200-lire show the coat-
of-arms of Pope Paul VI. All
stamps have the date of the
coronation, (NC Photos)
QUESTION
BOX
(Continued from Page 4)
gatory, unless the opposite is
evident.
* * *
What is meant by the phrase
“the usual conditions”, used
with reference to plenary in
dulgences?
A. “The usual conditions”
requisite for most plenary in
dulgences include 1) confession
and Communion; 2) a visit to
a church or a public oratory
(or a semi-public oratory for
those who have the privilege);
and 3) prayers for the intention
of Our Holy Father.
THE REQUIRED CONFES
SION may be made on the day
on which the indulgence is to
be gained, or within the eight-
day period, directly preceding
it, or during the following oc
tave. Communion may be re
ceived on the day itself, on the
eve of that day, or within the
following octave.
NO SPECIAL CONFESSION
is required of daily communi
cants (those who recieve at
least five times weekly), or
those who are in the habit of
confessing twice monthly.
A “VISIT to a church” is ful
filled by entering the church
with the general intention of
worshipping God either in Him
self or in His saints.
WITH A FEW important ex
ceptions such as the Portinun-
cula Indulgence and the toties
quoties indulgences (those
which can be gained more than
once on a single day), for most
plenary indulgences requiring a
visit to a church, a single Pater,
Ave and Gloria suffice for the
Pope’s intentions.
Oldest Bishop
Turns 101
ROME (NC)—The Catholic
Church’s oldest bishop, who as
secretary of the Sacred Congre
gation of Rites for 30 years was
responsible for 62 canoni
zations and some 200 beatifi
cations, is marking his 101st
birthday Nov. 9. Born in 1862
he remembers the First Vatican
Council, opened 93 years ago.
Archbishop Alfonso Carinci,
now retired, is a native Roman
and the son of a distinguished
archeologist and paleontologist.
He taught liturgy at Rome’s
Urban University before being
made a bishop by Pope Pius
XII in 1945.
During an interview at his
apartment here, he proudly
showed a photostat of his bap
tismal certificate to prove he
was far beyond three score and
ten.
free” he said, “you are not say
ing it owes obedience to no
moral standards. Quite the con
trary.
“The declaration in favor of
religious freedom is not an
approval of error, nor does it
situate error on the same plane
as truth.
“It is rather an affirmation
of the dignity of the human
person, which consists essen
tially in his freedom.”
During the 19th century, and
for about two decades of the
20th, he said, the Church was
highly suspicious of the word
freedom. Father Murray trac
ed this suspicion to the violence
and injustice perpetrated by the
French Revolution in the name
of freedom. He pointed out that
most 19th century political
movements that waved the
banner of freedom stemmed in
some way from the French Rev
olution.
“The context changed rapid
ly with the rise of totalitarian-
sim in the 1920’s,” he said.
“Throughout the 19th cen
tury, the Church’s well-justi-
fied suspicion of freedom mel
lowed. When totalitarianism
posed a threat to human free
dom, the Church rallied to free
dom’s defense.
“This defense reached apeak
in Pope John’s great embrace
of freedom. It will reach ano
ther peak, I hope in the coun
cil’s reaffirmation of the right
of religious liberty.”
RESIDENT STUDENTS at Catherine Spalding College come
from 23 states and nine foreign countries. Among them are
Dang Thanh Xuan, Saigon, Vietnam, (left) and Mary Ann
Moody, Savannah, Ga. These girls, both new to the college,
were among the first to enter the Louisville, Ky., college
under its new name. Until last month, the school was
known as Nazareth College. Its new name honors the foun
dress of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth who operate
the 43-year-old liberal arts college. Miss Moody is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moody, 1027 West 38th
St., Savannah. She is a 1963 graduate of St. Pius X High
School and is planning to major in nursing at CSC. Miss
Xuan is a transfer student, who completed two years of
college in her homeland and who now wishes to complete
her undergraduate degree with an English major in the
United States.
Excerpts
NCWC Annual Report
NCCS Serves
More Than
4 Million
Door counts showed that 4,-
100,000 persons utilizedNCCS-
USO facilities in the last year,
Msgr. Paul F. Tanner reported
as secretary to the board of
trustees of the National Catholic
Community Service.
The NCCS is the Catholic
member agency of the United.
Service Organizations which
helps to provide for the spiri
tual and material welfare of the
2,700,000 persons presently in
the Armed Forces of the U. S.,
and their estimated 3,500,000
dependents.
A federation of six agencies,
USO is supported by donations,
principally through United
Funds and Community Chests.
NCCS-USO last year render
ed more than 4,200,000 person
al services to Armed Forces
personnel and their dependents.
More than 2,000,000 persons
took part in more than 18,000
group activities sponsored by
NCCS clubs. NCCS also contin
ued its program of Catholic
volunteer services in 170 Vet
erans Administration hospitals.
Major points of USO service
under NCCS direction increased
from 69 to 77 in the last 12
months.
The USO is “essentially an
organization of volunteers,” the
report says in paying tribute to
4,500 persons who volunteered
close to 470,000 hours of serv
ice in 49 NCCS-USO clubs. The
value of this service cannot be
measured in money, “nor can
it be purchased at any price,”
the report asserts.
The NCCS distributed “more
than a third of a million items
of religious materials” last
year. Most popular items were
the NCCSprayerbook, rosaries,
and the six pamphlets in the
Serving a Great Country ser
ies. Over 90,000 copies of the
Serving pamphlet were distri
buted last year, and some 320,-
000 copies since it was first
printed in the fall of 1962.
Maritime
Chaplains
In 70 Ports
There are 72 priests working
as chaplains among maritime
personnel in 70 ports in the
U. S., the National Catholic
Apostle ship of the Sea Confer
ence said in its annual report.
The report, which bears the
signature of Bishop Leo R.
Smith of Ogdensburg, who died
in October, 1963, said 68 of
these priests are part-time
chaplains and four do full-time
work among seamen.
It said “the idea that we have
special coverage for the mari
time world, just as we have for
members of the Armed Services
and for students attending secu
lar colleges and universities,
is rather slowly penetrating into
the thinking patterns of mari
time personnel.”
The report stressed the im
portance of Catholic maritime
clubs, of which there are seven
in the U. S.
' ‘No other work of the Church
for the moral, spiritual and
social welfare is making an
impact on the seamen in their
own world comparable to that
of the Catholic seamen’s
clubs,” the report said. “This
impact is noticed locally. It is
felt on individuals and radiates
to clusters of individual seamen
and their families.”
The clubs’ programs include
recreation, counseling, educa
tion and a wide variety of
morale building activities, the
report said.
Driving alertness should be
increased and speed reduced as
the clear width of road ahead
narrows.
Urgent Need
For Chaplains
The Army, Navy and Air
Force are all urgently in need
of more Catholic chaplains, the
Military Ordinariate reported.
There are 310 Catholic chap
lains in the Army, 141 short
of the quota allotted to the
Church, according to the re
port, submitted by New York’s
Francis Cardinal Spellman, the
Military Vicar.
In the Navy, the report said,
there is a critical need for
chaplains to minister to Catho
lic personnel who are serving
on ships and with squadrons
operating at sea.
It stated that as of Sept. 1,
1963, there were 76 Catholic
chaplains serving on ships, and
with the Fleet Marine Force.
“With the present quota re
strictions the Navy could make
immediate use of 20 Catholic
chaplains,” it added.
The report said the Air Force
is well under its authorized
number of priests, and added
that ‘ ‘the coming year will see
this inadequate number further
increased by an ever growing
number of retirements of
priests who will be separated
from the service.”
The report lauded the work
done “at great personal sacri
fice” by auxiliary chaplains.
“We cannot emphasize too
strongly the role played by our
571 auxiliary chaplains, both in
the United States and over
seas,” the report said. “Their
generous assistance at military
bases has brought the sacra
ments to our military personnel
and their families who other
wise might not have received
the benefit of the minimum es
sentials of parochial life.”
The report asked that these
chaplains serve, if at all possi
ble, as the official representa
tives of the Military Ordinar
iate at a post or station deprived
of a Catholic chaplain.
MEMBERS of the Immaculate Conception Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus,
stand guard over coffin of Monsignor Thomas A. Brennan the night before funeral services
last week. Monsignor Brennan died October 27th.
The Southern Cross, November 7, 1963—PAGE 5
Jottings
(Continued From Page 4)
ed Mother. The shouting he had
heard was that of a handful of
the villagers who were gazing
in awe and amazement at a
miracle in the making.
The first indication these
simple people had that some
thing unusual was afoot was
when someone noticed that the
gable-end of the chapel was
bathed in a soft, white, flicker
ing light. As they drew near
they saw that the top of the
wall was surmounted by “bril
liant stars twinkling as on a
fine frosty night.”
Even as they watched, the
Blessed Virgin appeared to
them, clothed in a white silken
mantle, a crown of glittering
gems upon her head, and on her
face a smile of surpassing love.
Then, too, they saw St. Joseph,
on the right side of Our Lady,
his head bowed towards her, as
if in respect; and on her left
stood the figure of St. John the
Evangelist.
We can only imagine what
must have been the thoughts of
that little group of villagers as
they stood transfixed before
this extraordinary vision.
Strangely enough, as they were
to tell afterwards, all of them
knew at once that they were in
the presence of a “miracle”;
all of them recognized, without
hesitation, Our Lady and St.
Joseph and St. John, and what
ever preliminary fear they
might have felt vanished before
the radiant love that shone from
the face of Mary.
This, then was the beginning
of the story of Knock. To fifteen
villagers the chosen few who
had witnessed this first appari
tion, it was a day that would stay
with them for all time, and,
indeed, we may suppose,
through Eternity, too. To Arch
deacon Cavanagh it was a time
of anxiety, mingled with prayer
ful hope; to the skeptical world,
it was just ‘ ‘another Irish su
perstition.”
Today, the fame and the glory
of Our Lady of Knock is ever
growing. A beautiful shrine has
been erected there, depicting
the actual scene of the appari
tions. A Medical Bureau, man
ned by eminent doctors, (many
of whom are not Catholic), has
been established, wherein all
invalids visiting the shrine must
first report. Scrupulous care
is exercised to ensure that no
tinge of “commercialism”
shall remotely touch this Irish
holy place.
In Pittsburgh
COLUMBUS—Four students
from St. Francis School of
Nursing are presently in Pitts
burgh, Pa., for three months
of psychiatrac affiliation. Thev
are Sandra Poole, Opelika,
Ala,, and Jackie Plagge, Sandra
Walls and Zona Crowe, all of
Columbus.
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Iran: Where Esther, Symbol of Mary Lived
The legendary tomb of Queen Esther and Mardochai of Old
Testament fame lies beneath an ancient mausoleum in Hama-
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Blessed Mother ... At Teheran not
too far away a small Armenian
C" ^ Catholic parish is trying bravely to
build a modest school. The pastor,
Monsignor G. P. Apcar, and his
parishioners have been able to ac
commodate the little children of the
first grades. To enroll the total of
The Holy Father’s Mission Aid 250 children they need a larger
for the Oriental Church building and 82,500 to construct it—
a task that seems beyond their financial ability. In this country
of Iran, Mohammedanism is the predominant religion. This
land is the fabled Arabian Nights territory. Perhaps some good
genie among our readers (or is it genii?) will help them finish
the project. We are sure the Blessed Mother will be pleased to
see her Son’s work progressing in a land so tied up with her
MARYLAND. Mr. R. Thomas of Baltimore, Maryland sends
us $2 on behalf of his daughter with the following note: “Karen
received this money for her fifth birthday and she herself de
cided she would like to help poor children who didn’t have the
comforts she has” . . . Thanks Karen, we have so many boys and
girls, some sick, some needy, some even blind who look to us
for aid. Your money shall be used to good purpose.
HOLY SOULS
St. Catherine of Bologna once wrote:
“When I wish to be sure of getting a favor,
I have recourse to these suffering souls
that they may intercede for me with our
common Father and usually I feel that I
have them to thank for the answer to my
prayers” . . . Our priests will remember
YOUR LOVED ONES this month. YOUR
MASS STIPENDS are often their sole means of daily support.
STRINGLESS GIFTS ENABLE US TO HELP WHERE THE
HOLY FATHER THINKS THE NEED IS GREATEST.
LILIES OF THE FIELD
Botanists believe these to be really the
many-splendored anemones. The lily isn’t
a native plant in Palestine . . . Weil send
a CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD with pressed
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EDUCATING SEMINARIANS AND NOVICES
It takes only $3 a week ($150 a year) for two years to help a
novice through her training while $2 a week for six years pays
for a seminarian’s education. Would like to have a priest or
Sister in the family?
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FARE ASSOCIATION IN YOUR WILL. THANKS.
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