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V r MARRIAGES WARD—ARTHUR AUGUSTA—Miss Lynn Ann Arthur became the bride of Mr. Lawrence Joseph Ward at St. Mary’s-on-the-H ill Catholic 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. and Mrs. E^owdre Phinizy Mays. K£&nAGHAn, Inc. Jewelers and Silversmiths 419 CHERRY STREET fllflcon, Georgia /■vFor Wedding Invitations - - It’s The Acme Press 1201 LINCOLN STREET PHONE 232 6397 Jy MOCK 1 PLUMBING CO. --BILL MOCK — Day or Night Phone AD 2-1104 925 E. 3 th St. Savannah DESBOUILLONS k /Savannah’s \' Leading Bridal Store SINCE 1870 AD 2-1145 126 E. Broughton St. Savannah, Georgia J^tsants silverfish 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.” V>/ Mann Television Service Company TV-R ADIOS-TR ANSISTORS TAPE RECORDS-STEREOS 148 West Broad AD 6-6358 Savannah, Ga. h V V <JrraMed WHMVUam*P«y JlnneJte& Over 40 Years of Dependable Courteous Service SAVANNAH. 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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. rM i_ Otfiontoit MOTOR HOTEL • TV J, AIR CONDITIONING • FAMOUS MIAMI BUFFET • ICE A BEVERAGE STATIONS • COFFEE MAKER, EACH ROOM LUCKIE AT CONE ST. A Good Address In Atlanta Vi Gallon of SWEET CREAM in every pound of .. LAND O’ LAKES 67 Sweet Cream Butter 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- w i t - « * h'- . . £ + dan in Iran. To the Jews m their / Sj Purim festival, she represents free- \\ dom from oppression; for Catholics 1 " *** she is the symbol of Mary, the 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 flowers from the Holy Land to someone in whose name you might wish to make a gift. Some suggestions: 830 VESTMENTS 850 . 15 BELL .. 5 CHALICE 840 STATUE . CRUCIFIX ... 25 LINENS THIS THANKSGIVING TO MAKE YOUR MEAL TASTE BET TER, WHY NOT SEND A FOOD PACKAGE TO A PALESTINE REFUGEE FAMILY. COST: $10. It will help them for a month. 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? PLEASE REMEMBER THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WEL FARE ASSOCIATION IN YOUR WILL. THANKS. Dear Monsignor: Enclosed please find for Name Street City Zone State Hear Sst Glissionsjml FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, Nat’l See’y Send all communications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y.