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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
OF THE DIOCESE OF
SAVANNAH
WASHINGTON (NC)—The Social Action Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Conference has called for new ini
tiatives by individuals, private groups and government to assist
35 million fellow Americans who live in poverty.”
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1964
Msgr. Toomey Says
Changes In Liturgy
Really ‘Restoration’
SAVANNAH — Changes in
the Church’ s Sacred Liturgy,
, such as the use of vernacular
languages later this year, and
subsequent changes to be im
plemented at later dates implies
nothing really new in the life
of the Church, according to the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Toom
ey, pastor of Savannah’s St.
James Church and Chairman of
the Savannah Diocesan Litur
gical Commission.
' ‘It implies only the restora
tion of the public worship of the
Church to its original purity
and to its function as the center
of the ‘Christ Life’ of the
Church,” he said.
Monsignor Toomey, fifth
^speaker in a series of six week
ly lectures on ‘‘Reform and
Reunion Among Christians,’*
delivered his remarks last
Thursday, Feb. 20th, at Savan
nah’ s Cathedral Day School aud
itorium. Title of his lecture
was, ‘‘The Liturgical Revival.”
‘‘Even the idea of restoration
of the Liturgy is nothing new,”
he said. Pope Pius X called for
iii his Motu Proprio on Sac
red Music, as did Pius XII in
his encyclical, ‘‘Mediator Dei,”
which called for greater parti
cipation by the laity in the Li
turgical life of the Church.”
The Second Vatican Council’s
’contribution to renewed litur
gical revival lies in, ‘‘provid
ing the impetus and prescribing
the means for implementing the
directives of the past,” he said.
Monsignor Toomey describ
ed the nature of the liturgy as
threefold: Communal, Didactic
and Pastoral, and Parochial.
‘‘It is a communal act in
which priest and people worship
together,” he said. ‘‘It is Didac
tic and Pastoral in that it teach
es Divinely revealed Truth and
leads both priest and people to
greater fervor and love for God.
‘ 'It is parochial in nature,
too. Not in the narrow and re
strictive sense of the word,
but it emphasizes the fact that
it encourages, within the pari-
(i> sh, a sense of community in
which the Bishop is considered
as the High Pirest of his flock,
from whom the ‘life in Christ’
of both clergy and faithful is
in some way derived and depen
dent.”
Monsignor Toomey outlined
some of the changes which Ca
tholics can expect to see effect
ed over the next few years.
There will be a greater use of
Sacred Scripture, particularly
in the fore-Mass, that part
which precedes the Canon. This
will enable all to see more
clearly that the Mass is an act
of public worship, ‘ ‘not merely
commemorating and renewing
the Sacrifice of Calvary, but
in which men are instructed by
God’s Word and nourished at
the table of Our Lord’s Body.”
Greater emphasis will be pla
ced on sermons at all public
Masses. The Council has pre
scribed that a ‘‘homily” or
short discourse on the Gospel
read in the Mass be given at
every Mass on Sundays and
Holidays of obligation, unless
serious reason would make
Crawfords
Invested With
Papal Honor
SAVANNAH-The Most Rev
Thomas J. McDounough invest
ed Mr. and Mrs. Walter Craw
ford with the Papal Medal “Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice” at cere
monies held last Monday after
noon.
In making the award, Bishop
McDonough cited especially
“their works of charity over
the years in behalf of the poor
the orphaned, and the neglect
ed.”
The Papal Honor, “Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice” is one
of the highest honors accorded
to laymen by the church.
this impossible in a given in
stance.
Holy Communion under the
species of both bread and wine,
now permitted only at Ordina
tion ceremonies, will be per
mitted on the occasions of Reli
gious Profession and Baptism
of adults.
Concelebration, in which sev
eral priests participate in of
fering the same Mass will be
permitted on Holy Thursday,
Diocesan Synods, Bishops’ Con-
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RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOHN D. TOOMEY, pastor
of Saint James Church, is pictured as he delivered the fifth in
the series of lectures on ‘‘Reform and Reunion Among Christ
ians”. To Monsignor’s left is the Reverend William V. Cole
man, program moderator. The lecture ' ‘The Liturgical Revi
val” was presented last Thursday evening.
Pope Paul
Youth-“Leaven Of
Tomorrow’s Society
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul VI referred to youth as
“the leaven of tomorrow’s so
ciety” in urging representa
tives of the International Office
of Catholic Education to con
tinue working for the good of
youngsters.
He told the representatives at
a private audience (Feb. 24) that
the fact their organization was
founded in 1952 and now repre
sents groups in more than 80
nations gives them increased
duties and responsibilities.
“Through your persons,” the
Pope said, “the voice of 3
million children seem to reach
us, children who were educated
in Catholic schools throughout
the world, that is to say the
voice of those who will be the
leaven in tomorrow’s society
and who will contribute in shap
ing its makeup and orientation.”
Taking note of the organiza
tion’s effectiveness in the field
of education and the power it
can exert in this sphere,
the Pope added, “May we,
therefore, assign to you this
task: Continue in your work,
intensify it and extend it still
further in collaboration with
other international Catholic or
ganizations that are interested
in your problems. (Do this) al
ways in agreement and under the
control of the local hierarchies,
as you are already doing.
The Pope also received in
special audience 10 newly or
dained priests from the Irish
college in Rome, together with
their parents.
He told them: “We whole
heartedly invite you to collab
orate with us and with our bro
thers in the episcopate in the
magnificent ministry of ser
vice. May you become ever
more worthy of the definition St.
Paul reserves for priests,
calling them ‘ministers of the
Gospel. ’ ”
“To your relatives,” the
Pope said, “we express our sin
cere gratitude for sacrifices
they made so that you should be
able to devote yourselves com
pletely to the service of the
Church.”
Congo Mission
Attacked
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo
(NC) — Two Belgian teachers
were killed and three persons
were wounded (Feb. 22) when
communist-inspired guerrillas
raided a Catholic mission in
Kwilu province.
Killed in the raid on Mak-
unzika mission, 30 miles south
of the provincial capital of Kik-
wit, were Jacques Bollaerts, 24,
and Robert Marechal, 25.
Initial reports said two Can
adian priests, one ofthemiden
tified as a Father Bruno, and
one Belgian were wounded. The
reports variously estimated the
number of raiders as between
30 and 100.
The department, in a major
statement on the problem of
poverty, said that “one-fifth of
our citizens are in want.”
It urged steps not only to deal
with the immediate effects of
poverty but also to root out its
causes — racial discrimina
tion, poor education, unemploy
ment and other social ills.
The Church views poverty as
a challenge, not merely to our
compassion and charity, but
also to intelligent social action
aimed at eradicating the many
causes of human failure,” the
NCWC agency said.
It is a tragic commentary
upon the world today that nations
are forced to spend billions for
ghastly weapons of war and yet
cannot find the funds to elimi
nate slums. Our ingenuity can
cope with the almost unbelie
vable difficulties of sending a
rocket to the moon, but we seem
unable to come up with worka
ble plans to aid human beings
created in the image and like
ness of Almighty God,” the
statement said.
The department’s statement
came amid mounting national
concern over the problem, in
cluding the Johnson adminis
tration’s announced war on pov
erty. A presidential message on
the subject to Congress is ex
pected shortly.
The department stressed that
while the Church traditionally
has taught that poverty is a good
thing for those who embrace it
voluntarily as a means of reli
gious detachment, it is an evil
for those who have no other
choice.
There is a destitution that
binds men to this earth, since
it forces them to use every wak
ing moment to keep body and
soul together,” it said. “There
is want that breeds bitterness
and resentment, even hatred.”
It quoted Pope Pius XII as
saying that this kind of poverty
creates “social conditions
which. . .make difficult or prac
tically impossible a Christian
life.”
We must view abject pover
ty as we view physical sickness
— as an evil that must be pre
vented when possible and cer
tainly cured as soon as possi
ble,” the statement declared.
The department distinguished
between two classes of the poor
and urged different approaches
to the problems of each.
In the first group it classes
those whose poverty “stems
from personal conditions that
cannot readily be changed”
the aged, many of thephysically
or mentally handicapped, and
mothers who are the sole sup
port of young children. “Such
persons need help given in a way
that fully respects their human
dignity,” it said.
In the second group it listed
those who are poor “largely be
cause of external conditions
that prevent them from earning
a decent living. It said these
include the uneducated and un
skilled, victims of racial dis
crimination, farmers without
adequate resources and train
ing, many unemployed persons
over the age of 40, and resi
dents of areas with declining in
dustries.
“In these cases we seek me
thods and techniques that will
enable them to become produc
tive members of our economic
society,” the statement said
The department emphasized
that the problems of the poor
must be “a matter of personal
concern and involvement” for
Christians. “The dedicated
Christian must be always ready
to give of himself,” it said
Among opportunities for per
sonal involvement it listed tu
toring programs for slum chil
dren and illiterates, the work of
settlement houses, visits to the
bedridden poor, interracial vi
sitation in parishes, free sum
mer camps, “half-way houses
for former prisoners, and si
milar programs.
Stressing the need for going
to the root of the problem, it
described immediate relief
programs for the poor as “im
portant, but. . .only a first
step.”
“Much more necessary is in
telligent concern over the cau
ses of indigence and destitu
tion,” the statement said. Singl
ing out racial discrimination
as a cause of poverty, it said
“Certainly no Catholic with
an informed conscience will re
main aloof from the struggle
for civil rights which is today
one of our first domestic prob
lems. Indeed, we Catholics must
go beyond civil rights and be
sensitive to human rights, whe-;
ther or not these fall in the pro
vince of civil law.”
The Social Action Depart
ment singled out housing, edu
cation and the problems of farm
families for special mention.
It said slum clearance and
urban renewal programs are
good in themselves” but most
respect the rights of the poor.
It is heartless to uproot hun
dreds of families in the name of
slum clearance if no suitable
alternate housing is available,”
the statement declared.
It said there is need for
special concern” about young
people who lack training and
opportunity to obtain useful
work. “We must redouble our
efforts to secure adequate
training. We should seriously
consider the worth of youth
camps or special training pro
jects directed to the need of
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St. Mary’s
Guild Meeting
March 1st
SAVANNAH — The spring
meeting of St. Mary’s Home
Guild will be held at St.
Mary’s Home on Sunday af
ternoon March 1 at 4 p.m.
Open house will precede the
meeting.
His Excellency, the Most
Reverend Thomas J. McDon
ough will honor the meeting
with his presence.
Election of officers will
take place. The children will
present a program under the
direction of Mrs. Fintan
Reilly.
Mrs. Walter M. Crawford,
treasurer of the Guild and a
former collector for St.
Mary’s Home will be honored
at the meeting in recognition
of the Papal Honor, “Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice” re
cently bestowed upon her by
the Holy Father, Pope Paul
VI.
Ladies from Nativity Par
ish will be hostesses at the
reception following bene-
VIEWING THE NEWLY-LAID cornerstone of McAuley Hall, Mount de Sales High
School, Macon, are left to right: Chris R. Sheridan, Jr., freshman student, Rev. John
Fitzpatrick, school chaplain, Msgr. Thos. I. Sheehan, pastor of St. Joseph Church, Sister
Mary Felicitas, R.S.M., principal, Mt. de Sales High School, and Sister Mary Aurelia,
superior of Mt. de Sales. (Story on Page 3)
N.C.W.C. Official
Disputes S. African
Bishop On Apartheid
(The author of the following
article, which disputes the the
sis that Catholic social doc
trine can tolerate enforced seg
regation, is the assistant direc
tor of the social Action Depart
ment of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. Long Ac
tive in the movement for ra
cial justice, he was one of three
clergymen who presented a joint
statement to a congressional
committee in September back-
Luke E. Hart
Mass Offered For
Supreme Knight
ST. LOUIS (NC)—Pontifical
Requiem Mass was offered here
for Supreme Knight Luke E.
Hart, 83, an officer of the
Knights of Columbus for 45
years and the society’s head
since 1953.
Bishop Charles P. Greco of
Alexandria, La., supreme chap-
LUKE E. HART
lain of the fraternal benefit so
ciety of Catholic men, offered
the Mass (Feb. 22) inSt.Roch’s
Church.
Hart died (Feb. 19) in the
Hospital of St. Raphael, New
Haven, Conn. The Knights have
headquarters in that city.
Associates said Hart became
ill Feb. 16, but nevertheless
worked a full day Feb. 17. On
Feb. 18 he was admitted to the
hospital where physicians found
he had suffered a heart attack.
Burial was in Calvary Ceme
tery here.
Under the rules of the society,
the supreme knight’s duties
have been as sumed by the deputy
supreme knight, John W. Mc-
Devitt, former school superin
tendent of Waltham, Mass., who
was elected to the post in 1959.
Hart was an influential figure
in the Knights since 1918 when
he was elected to the board of
directors. In 1922, hewas elect
ed supreme advocate, a post
he held until elected supreme
knight in 1953.
Throughout the society hewas
“Mr. Knights of Columbus” and
during his ten-year reign as su
preme knight, he directed a
campaign that brought member
ship over the one million mark,
increased insurance in force to
more than one billion dollars
and strongly backed the famed
Catholic Advertising Program
in big-curculation magazines
and periodicals.
A staunch advocate of expli
cit recognition of the nation’s
dependence upon God, Hart ini
tiated the campaign which saw
Congress insert in 1954
the words, “under God,” in the
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
He was a consistent foe of
cmmunism and a leader in
protests against U. S. in
vitations to Yugoslavia’s Mar
shal Tito to visit this country.
When Tito did come here in
1963, Hart and the Knights’
board of directors publicly
deplored the visit.
Under Hart’s guidance, the
Knights made a monumental
contribution to the U. S. scho
larly community by financing
the microfilming of the 40,000
priceless documents in the Va
tican Library.
The films are now available in
permanent facilities provided
by the Knights at the Jesuit
Fathers’ St. Louis University.
Hart was responsible for
bringing about a major con
tribution to the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception
in Washington, D. C.
The society raised $1,150,000
for the construction of the
majestic bell tower at the shrine
and for the installation of its
carillon.
In recent months, Hart was
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ing the administration’s civil
rights program.)
* * *
By Father John F. Cronin, S.S.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
The conflict on racial seg
regation among the Catholic
archbishops of South Africa was
widely reported in the American
pres;i. It is already being used
to discredit the 1958 stand of
the Catholic Bishops of the
Onited States.
Our Bishops said: “Legal
segregation, or any form of
compulsory segregation, in it
self and by its very nature im
poses a stigma of inferiority
upon the segregated people . . .
We cannot reconcile such a
judgment with the Christian
view of man’s nature and rights.
Yet Archbishop William P.
Whelan, O.M.I., of Bloemfontein
wrote that apartheid, which in
volves extensive segregation,
is not immoral. While admitting
that the actual application in
South Africa does lead to ser
ious injustices, he holds that
separate development of the
races can be defended. He
quotes as justification Pope
John XXIII’s Pacem in Terris,
which upholds in a qualified
fashion the rights of minorities
within a nation to some degree
of cultural independence.
It is only a partial answer
to Archbishop Whelan to note
that Archbishops Owen McCann
of Cape Town and Denis Hur
ley, O.M.I., of Durban took ex
ception to his position. They
held that he was speaking only
for himself and that his views
could not be interpreted as the
official position of the Church
in South Africa. Still the ques
Premier States Right
To Dutch Throne
THE HAGUE, The Nether
lands (NC)— Dutch Premier
Victor Marijnen, speaking for
the entire cabinet, said here
(Feb. 18) that a Catholic “ought
to have equal rights to succeed
to the Dutch throne with any
other person.”
Princess Irene of the Nether
lands, second in line to the Dutch
throne, gave up her right of suc
cession in February when she
became engaged to Prince Car
los de Bourbon-Parma of Spain
The prince is a Catholic and
Princess Irene is a convert to
Catholicism. The Dutch mon
arch has traditionally been
member of the Dutch Reform
ed (Protestant) Church.
tion is going to be asked: If
segregation i s immoral in the
United states, how can it be
moral in the Archdiocese of
Bloemfontein?
To answer this question,
we must distinguish between
clear moral principles and the
application of these principles
to concrete social and political
conditions. For example, it is
immoral to risk one’s health
unnecessarily. Does this mean
that boxing or cigarette smok
ing are immoral?Much depends
on circumstances, and even
here there may be differences of
opinion among theologians.
In regard to the race prob
lem, it is clear that all men are
fundamentally equal in the sight
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Requiem
For Bishop
Griffiths
NEW YORK—Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass of Requiem for Auxil
iary Bishop James H. Griffiths
of New York was offered in St.
Patrick’s cathedral by Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop
of New York (Feb. 27).
The 60-year-old prelate
died (Feb. 24) at the rectory of
St. Monica’s church, where he
had been pastor since 1955. His
death resulted from a heart at
tack. Extreme Unction was ad
ministered by Father John
C. Cannon of the rectory staff.
Bishop Griffiths was born in
Brooklyn, N.Y., July 16, 1903,
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AN ADDRESS OF WELCOME—A young member of Rome’s
St. Pius X parish reads an address of welcome to His Holi
ness Pope Paul VI, who seems to be enjoying it all. The Pope
visited the parish in the northwest part of the city on one of
his Sunday Lenten visits as Bishop of Rome.—(NC Photos)
N.C.W.C. Social Action Department
United Fight Against Poverty Urged