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Missionaries—
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feet away. The raiders were
having an orgy over there. We
could see them dancing and hear
their yells. The noise was ter
rible.
“A little before dawn they
went off to bum down the ad
ministration building in Kel-
embe. We ran over to the Fath
ers’ house. We found them cut to
pieces. We buried the remains
as best we could and then start
ed walking toward Mukedi eight
miles away.
"At Mukedi we were the hos
tages of armed villagers who
came out with us to the air
strip. If there had been sol
diers in the airplane that came
to evacuate us, we would have
been killed.”
The Protestant mission in
Mukedi was burned, as was an
other one in Kandale. The sev
en missionaries and two chil
dren living in the latter were
evacuated by two U.N. helicop
ters on Jan. 24. They were ac
companied by three nuns. It is
not known from what mis sion the
three nuns came.
Terrorist activity has been on
the increase in Kwilu province
for the past six months. Red-
helmeted gangs armed with
spears, bows and arrows and
gasoline bombs have attacked
government buildings and de
stroyed bridges.
The terrorists are led by
Pierre Mulele, Minister of Ed
ucation in the regime of pro
communist Premier Patrice
Lumumba, who was ousted in
1960 and later killed. Mulele
secretly returned to the Congo
in 1963 after a trip to Red
China, where he was reportedly
trained in guerrilla warfare.
He is a close friend of Antoine
Gizenzga, who headed a pro
communist separatist regime
in Oriental province during the
troubled times that followed
Congolese independence in
1960, the whole framework of
the country began to collapse
like a house of cards.
The people, after having been
glutted with promises, saw that
independence seemed to change
nothing. They grew restless and
demanded tangible results from
independence. They wanted
higher wages and a greater
share in positions of responsi
bility.
The new leaders had not fore
seen such a situation. Still less
did they think that the police,
who staged a mutiny, would lead
the people in their demands.
As a result, the country was
suddenly plunged into chaos with
widespread violence and terror.
Missionaries came in for
their share of ill-treatment and
brutality in the general hatred
unleashed against whites. But
there were actually more
threats than acts of violence.
What violence did come was the
work of a handful of fanatics.
Missionaries refused to yield
to panic in those dark days and
stayed at their posts.
African preists stood by the
white missionaries and took ad
vantage of every opportunity to
show their solidarity, even to
the extent of taking their share
of the rough treatment given
their colleagues.
Whenever missionaries were
forced to leave their missions,
Congolese priests slipped into
their places.
In the sudden outbreak of vio
lence at the beginning of the
summer of 1960, missions did
not suffer as much as was at
first though. Of 650 mission
stations in the Congo, only
a dozen had to be abandoned,
and then only for a few days.
But in August, rivalry be
tween individuals and tribes
paralyzed the government and
plunged the country into civil
war.
It was no longer safe to live
in South Kasai or North Kat
anga. Forty out of 100 mis
sion stations in those regions
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had to be abandoned. The others
carried on with difficulty.
In Maniema and Oriental pro
vince, held then by Patrice Lu
mumba, the Church was often
subjected to violence. This be
came particularly fierce after
Lumumba’s death was announ
ced February 12, 1961. The
worst atrocity was the New
Years Day, 1962, massacre of
20 Holy Ghost Fathers at Kon-
golo in North Katanga.
But the government of Prime
Minister Cyrille Adoula, which
came to power in August, 1961,
brought peace to three-quarters
of the country by early 1962.
The remote cause of the post
independence attack on the
Church was the fact that the
missionaries had adopted the
official Belgian colonial policy
of planned gradual development
of the country by giving equal
education to all.
Elsewhere, the policy had
been to educate a select num
ber who showed promise and
seemed capable of eventually
becoming responsible leaders
of the country.
Some Congolesetookthispol
icy of gradual education as dis
crimination against their
chances of promotion.
Since the missionaries had
adopted the policy, not many
Congolese held responsible po
sitions in the Church. The first
Congolese bishop was not ap
pointed until 1956.
The church, widely suspect
ed of colonialism because she
worked closey with the gov
ernment, was thus not prepared
for independence.
Three other factors contri
buted to outbreaks of violence
against the Church.
First was tribal animosity to
ward the Church.
In 1880, the Mongo, Kunda
and Antkusa tribes—which had
been closely connected with
Arab slave-traders and had ac
cepted Islam to some extent
—were well on their way to
conquering the whole country.
But when European colonists
arrived, they made it clear
that they intended to make the
country Christian. These tribes
never abandoned their former
hopes or their animosity to
ward the Church. Patrice Lum
umba, a member of the Antku
sa tribe, became the embodi
ment of their hopes.
A secondfactorvitscommun
ist-bloc support for this tribal
group. From July, 1960, when
lawlessness broke out the
tribes called on the communists
for material help, technicians
and military instructors. Rus
sians, Czechs, as well as Gui
nean and Congolese volunteers,
set about indoctrinating the
army, especially young men be
tween the ages of 15 and 20.
A third factor was anti-
Christian feeling among the fa
natical sects which abound in
the Congo.
These factors caused a slow
ing down in the advance of
Christianity.
In June, 1961, of 14,479,000
inhabitants, 5,123,289 were Ca
tholics, an increase of 257,-
476 over the 1959 figures. The
previous two-year period had
brought an increase of 595,-
038.
Although there were seven
Congolese Bishops and 400Con
golese priests, there were only
280 major seminarians. In 1962,
there were only 204—a 44 per
cent drop in three years.
Pope John’s—
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be extremely expensive and
various modifications have been
adopted.
As a result, Pope John’s
permanent tomb will be in the
same side chapel in the grottos
of St. Peter’s where his pres
ent temporary tomb is now
located.
Pope Paul indicated in a let
ter communicating his decision
to Cardinal Cicognani that a
fitting burial monument to com
memorate Pope John and his
work will be erected in the
crypt.
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right) and his brother and counselor, Ngo dinh Nhu, who were killed, Nov. 2, 1963, follow
ing a military coup d ’etat. The burial took place six days after they were killed. The
place of interment was not identified. The two lay civilians in the picture are identified
as Mrs. Tran trung Dung, niece of President Diem and Nhu — her mother was their
sister — and her husband, a former secretary of defense who is now a member of the
Council of Notables. The priest, a foreigner, is not identified. Military observers stand
at the left. The picture makes clear that the burial took place at night. — (NC Photos)
The past two decades have
seen a decline in congrega
tional singing in Catholic
churches throughout the nation.
The reasons adduced for in
creasing reluctance to sing on
the part of Catholic congrega
tions are many and varied. But
one parish in the Savannah Dio
cese has found a way to en
courage parishioners to raise
their voices in song during the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, ac
cording to Father William Dow
ling, Pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Columbus,
Georgia.
He writes:
Our parish has been using
a very successful congrega
tional singing program that
might be found useful in any
parish whose people are afraid
to sing or who have little abili
ty to read music. With this pro
gram' our people can sing f«r
the Propers of the Mass in En
glish every Sunday. ~
We decided on this program
as a result of the following
considerations:
1. Our people were not used
to singing in church.
2. They did not know how to
read music.
3. They did not like to sing
hymns that were not connected
with the Mass. However, our
people do not think of Scrip
tural texts as being foreign to
the Mass.
4. Most of our people can
read and have had a normal
education.
5. Our people will sing if
they know the tune, and it is a
religious tune, such as the O
Salutaris tune, etc.
6. We can mimeograph our
program each Sunday on the
back of our Sunday bulletin.
7. We received permission
his excellency, Bishop McDon
ough.
We then decided on two or
three tunes: the O Salutaris;
O Lord I am not Worthy; and
God Father Praise and Glory.
With these as a starting point
Obituaries
Mrs. Colvin
SAVANNAH — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Stasia Lawler
Colvin were held January 27
at Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include her hus
band, Dennis J. Colvin; three
daughters, Mrs. Julian C. Hal-
ligan and Miss Stasia Colvin,
both of Savannah, and Mrs. Ro
bert D. Wallace of Cincinnati,
Ohio; a sister, Mrs. May Brown,
Daytona Beach, Florida; five
grandchildren and several nie
ces and nephews.
Mrs«t Flythe
AUGUSTA — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Marion Nichols
Flythe of Washington, D. C.
wife of the late Mr. William
P. Flythe, were conducted Jan
uary 25 at Sacred Heart Church
with The Very Reverend Felix
Donnelly officiating.
Survivors include two sis
ters, Mrs. Hilda Hatch, Ox
ford, Massachusetts, and Mrs.
Olive Stephenson, Framingham,
Mass.; three brothers, Jubal
Nichols, Cherry Valley, Mass.,
George Nichols, Brookline,
N.H., and Edward Nichols, Ash
land, Mass.; ,a step-son, Wil
liam P. Flythe, Jr., Augusta
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
we began to rewrite scriptural
passages into the meter of these
hymns. This proved to be eas
ier than it might at first seem.
In many cases the scriptural
text could be taken word for
word. In some cases a word
or two had to be added or taken
away. In most cases we could
keep the original sense of the
passage unchanged. Then we
began to select the Scriptural
passages from the Missal and
more particularly from the
Mass of the day and from the
part of the Mass that we intend
ed to sing. In doing this we
found that the Missal itself
did not adhere strictly to the
Scriptural texts. In some cas
es we found that the Missal
used a text very poorly as for
example, the Introit antiphon of
the Easter Mass. In many cases
the Missal itself changed, omit
ted or added words.
For the sake of illustration
let’s consider the Communion
antiphon and psalm verses.
(What is said about the Com
munion can be applied to the
Introit and to the Offeratory.)
For example, the Communion
antiphon for Christmas day
from Psalm 97 was rewritten
this way to fit the O Salutaris
tune:
The Lord has made Salvation
known,
His Justice He revealed to all,
His kindness He has shown to
us,
All see Salvation by our God.
(Psalm 97:2-3)
We alternate the above anti
phon with verses from an ap
propriate Psalm also rewritten
to the same tune. For example,
these verses from Psalm 22:
The Lord, my shepherd,
cares for me
He will not let me suffer
want
He gives me rest in verdant
fields
He leads me by a restful
stream.
He guides me right for His
name’s sake
Though death be near I shall
not fear
For You are always at my side
Panama Crisis
CHICAGO, (NC)—An on-the-
scene observer of the recent
Panama riots said the eruption
came as no surprise there for
the Canal Zone situation has
been "a constant source of
friction, a festering sore which
can be opened at any time.”
Though “communists, ruf
fians, rightists and just about
everyone” subsequently joined
in the fray, “popular sentiment
and resentment was strong
enough to touch off rioting with
out communist help,” said Fa
ther Leo T. Mahon.
Father Mahon, a Chicago
priest serving as pastor of San
Miguelito parish in Panama
City, was here for the Catholic
Inter-American Cooperation
Program conference and the
follow-up closed-door forum
held by U. S. and Latin Ameri
can clergy and laymen.
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Your rod and staff encourage
me.
Our people even sing for
some parts of the common of
the Mass. For example, this
version of the Sanctus can be
sung to the O Salutaris tune or
to the tune of the Old One Hun
dredth:
O holy, holy, holy God;
To Thee be honor, power,
strength.
We bless, we praise, we give
Thee thanks
With Him who is and is to
come.
(Apoc. 4:8)
Or this version of the Gloria
from Psalm 28. Tune: O Salu
taris.
Give glory to your God on
high.
Acclaim His glory, strength
and might,
In Hearts Of Nation
Flame Still Burns
For John Kennedy
By Mary Margaret Byrne
Reprinted From
THE COLUMBUS LEDGER
(Miss Byrne, member of a
well known Catholic family in
Columbus, and Woman’s Edi
tor of The Columbus Ledger,
tells of her recent visit to the
grave of President John F.
Kennedy in Arlington National
Cemetery.)
WASHINGTON —A freezing
January wind swept down a
Virginia hillside early yester
day morning and there were
already flurries from the snow
storm which would whiten the
ground later in the day.
But early as it was, small
groups of people were already
climbing that hillside, crown
ed with the white - columned
Custis-Lee Mansion, in Arling
ton National Cemetery.
Their goal was a small plot
of ground about halfway up,
enclosed with a white picket
fence and marked with a
flame which swayed in the bit
ing wind.
The picket fence encloses
the grave of John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, 35th president of the
United States. It is 'already
becoming a place of pilgrim
age for Americans.
Automobiles are not allowed
to enter the cemetery, so the
uphill climb starts at the mas
sive main gates. Early yester
day morning there were fam-
and give all glory to His
name.
Adore the Lord inholy robes.
All glory to the Father, God;
The same to His Eternal Son;
and to the Spirit with them
One;
Coequal praise forever be.
(Ps. 28)
INTROIT: (Psalm 121) (Tune:
O Lord I am not Worthy or
God Father Praise and Glory)
We come to pray in God’s
house.
The New Jerusalem.
He built it as a city
with compact unity.
The tribes come to this city.
The tribes of Israel.
They come here to give
thanks,
to praise the name of God.
ily groups, most of them with
tiny children; a number of
middle-aged couples and three
nuns. They were all muffled
against the cold. Young An
nette Sullivan, granddaughter
of my Washington hostess, Au
gusta Burgard, had the night
before thoughtfully lent me her
fur-lined boots, which I think
kept me from freezing to
death.
It is not a long walk to the
late President’s grave. Yester
day the grass was frozen along
the edges of the walkway, and
fading Christmas wreaths
were still propped against
many of the simple white head
stones that line the hill.
At the grave, a U. S. Army
soldier in dress blues stood on
guard. Inside the fence a
mound of evergreen marked
the President’s grave, and on
either side of it was a tiny
headstone. The one on the left
facing up the hill read'‘Pat
rick Bouvier Kennedy, Aug. 7,
1963 — Aug. 9, 1963.” On the
other side was a tiny granite
cross with "Baby Girl Ken
nedy, Aug. 26, 1956. ‘Suffer
little children to come unto
me.’ ”
There were also several fun
eral wreaths inside the en
closure. The wind whipped the
streamers so fiercely that 1
was able only to make out the
lettering on two. One read,
‘‘Citizens of Nanticoke, Pa.,
while the other, most poig
nantly, read ‘‘7th, 8th and 9th
Grades, Otto-Suhr School, Ber
lin, Germany,” and below this,
in German, ‘‘Ruhe in Fried-
en,” which translates ‘‘rest in
peace.”
On the mound of evergreen
were the caps of U.S. mili
tary and naval units, one of them
the green beret of Special For
ces. Among the evergreen were
smaller floral offerings, evi
dently brought by pilgrims to
the grave. I handed the small
bouquet of fresh white flowers
which the florist at the Hotel
Pierre had fixed for me and
which I had brought down from
New York the day before to
the honor guard. He opened the
gate in the picket fence and
placed them on the greenery.
Behind me a family mur-
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the church every Sunday.
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Bishop Addresses
Men’s Club Of
Episcopal Church
SAVANNAH--B1 shop Thomas
J. McDonough addressed the
Men’s Club of Christ’s Epis
copal Church on Wednesday
evening, January 29th.
The Rev. F. Bland Tucker is
Rector of the Church and the
Rev. R. H. Baker, Jr., is as
sistant Rector.
mured quietly in Spanish and
some people took pictures.
The flame bent and swayed with
the wind. Another soldier in
blues appeared to relieve the
guard.
I started back down the hill,
past Herbert Haseltine's
equestrian statue of Field
Marshal Sir John Dill. I was
crying with the cold and with
grief.
Before I left Washington
yesterday afternoon a snow
storm had buried the city, the
Arlington hillside and my flow
ers. The flame burned on.
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THE SPIRIT
OF THE CHURCH
r A series of six lectures and discussions portraying the spirit of the Catholic Church
in the modern world.”
Catholics and all interested in these timely religious questions are invited
January 30th
The Catholic Layman Today
Mr. Joseph Hutton
February 6th
Today's Catholic Press
The Reverend Francis J. Donohue
EDITOR, THE SOUTHERN CROSS
February 13th
The Prospect of Reunion
The Reverend John J. Cuddy
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
February 20th
The Liturgical Revival
The Right Reverend John D. Toomey, S.T.L.
PASTOR, SAINT JAMES CHURCH
February 27th
The Church and Matrimony
The Right Reverend Andrew J. McDonald, J.C.D., S.T.L.
CHANCELLOR, DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Cathedral School
Auditorium
Thursday Evenings
8:00 P.M.—Talk 8:30 P.M.—Refreshments 9:00 P.M.—Discussion