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Religious Exhibits
Abound At Fair
By George Gent
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
FLUSHING MEADOW, N. Y.
—American religious plura
lism is nowhere more spec
tacularly evident than at the
midcentury extravaganza called
the New York World’s Fair.
If the exhibition’s planners,
headed by Robert Moses, over
looked anything it was not re
ligion. Within one day’s visit,
sightseers can study the lives
of the Old Testament Jews, in
quire without embarrassment
about more than 20 Protestant
denominations, talk with a
member of P.O.A.U. and listen
to a sermon in the accents of
modern science.
Eight pavilions in this other
wise materialistic Valhalla are
specifically devoted to religion
and they represent an invest
ment of more than $12 million.
The exhibits range from the
gold-roofed Vatican Pavilion of
the 560-million-member Ca
tholic Church to a display or
ganized by a 66-member Pro
testant church in Queens, N, Y,
In addition, scores of other
buildings provide exhibits of a
religious nature. These include
the Christian Stations of the
Cross which adorn the facade
of the Jordan Pavilion, as well
as that country's replica of a
Moslem mosque and a display
of assorted Koreans. A grey
cathedral is neatly nestled
within the spacious confines of
General Motor’s City of To
morrow, and the Thailand Pavi
lion is fashioned in the shape
of a historic Buddhist shrine in
Bangkok. Even the Hall of Free
Enterprise is modeled after a
Grecian temple, complete with
votive lamp.
The following are the eight
religious pavilions:
—Vatican Pavilion, with Mi
chelangelo’s Pieta, the princi
pal attraction. Other “musts”
are the replica of the Tomb of
St. Peter, the fourth century
statue of the Good Shepherd,
and the color transparancies of
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.
The exhibit provides all kinds
of educational material and has
a chapel which can be converted
into an auditorium for Com
munion breakfasts and lectures.
— Protestant and Orthodox
Center, containing displays and
exhibits of 20 denominations and
groups. The center has an audi
torium where films—including
What do you do
about Sally?
Feed her? Give her clothes, a bed, a home?
M issionaries all over the world are trying to
help thousands of Sally’s (and Johnny’s and
Jimmv’s and Marie’s too), but they need You
to help them.
The Holv Childhood Adoption Program gives
missionaries the spiritual and financial backing
thev need to aid homeless and helpless children
in all parts of the mission world.
An adoption offering is $5.00. Please help.
Note: Each $5.00 offering covers the initial care,
education and baptism of one mission child.
Please include with each offering a name with
which you would like your mission child baptized,
and the name of the child to whom the adoption
should be credited. Official Holv Childhood Adop
tion Certificates will be sent to donors. For further
information, call or write:
Reverend Marvin J. LeFrois
P. O. Box 1158
Albany, Georgia 31701
Telephon e: 912-436-3164
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SCHOOL CHILD ATTENDS.
the controversial “Parable,”
a cartoon feature in which
Christ or the Christian is sym
pathetically portrayed as a suf
fering circus clown — is exhi
bited. A cross made from a
charred beam of England’s war-
destroyed Coventry cathedral is
on display, as are two intri
cately carved wooden panels,
the work of 25 years of an Or
thodox monk on Mount Athos.
One olive wood panel depicts
the life of Christ through the
Resurrection and has a center
panel representing the Last
Judgment. The second carving
is a large rendition of the Cru
cifixion. Protestants and other
Americans United for Separa
tion of Church and State have
a booth at the center.
The Russian Orthodox Greek
Catholic exhibit is a full-size
replica of the simple wooden
chapel that was built in 1823 at
Fort Ross, Calif., and which is
now a national shrine. The Holy
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, one
of the most venerated in the
Orthodox East, is the principal
attraction.
—Sermons From Science, an
exhibit sponsored by a group of
Christian businessmen which
attempts to demonstrate that
“science, God and the Bible
are in complete harmony.” One
eye-catching demonstration has
one million volts of electricity
pass through the body of a man
without killing him. The expla
nation given is that the man is
not attuned to the frequency of
the voltage, although he con
fesses that “it gives me quite
a jolt.” The sermon drawn
from this experience is that if
men are not properly related
with God He will have no effect
on their lives. There is a half-
hour show every hour.
—Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association, the only frankly
evangelistic venture at the fair.
A film showing the revivalist’s
work and message will be fol
lowed up by personal counseling
if the visitor chooses.
—Christian Science Pavilion,
an audio-visual exhibit to show
the work of the church and the
' 'lost element of healing in
Christianity.” Daily reports
from worldwide correspondents
of the Christian Science Monitor
also will be featured.
—Pavilion of 3,000 Tribes,
showing the missionary work on
four continents of the Wycliffe
Bible Translators. Admission
is free but there is a charge of
50 cents to see a ‘ ‘heroic mu
ral,” the only such fee among
the eight.
—Mormon Pavilion, fronted
by a 120-feet-high re-creation
of the facade of the Church’ s
tabernacle in Salt Lake City, is
a large and ambitious display
of the work and beliefs of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints.
—Judaism is represented at
the American-Israeli Pavilion
and by an exhibit of the Jewish
Information Society of America.
Included will be a replica of
King Solomon’s Temple in which
Hebrews of that time recite the
Ten Commandments in Hebrew
and English, a display showing
how Jews of the Diaspora lived
in eight different parts of the
world, the reconstruction of a
street in the Jerusalem of 2,500
years ago, a domestic scene
from the year 600 B. C., and a
Passover scene from 14th cen
tury Spain. A Torah that once
belonged to the Russian Czar
also will be displayed.
There was only one religious
structure at the 1939 New York
World’s Fair. Many feel, how
ever, that the more numerous
displays in 1964 reflect less a
revival in religion in America
than a determination of reli
gious bodies to be in the world.
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PART OF A TEACHER’S DAY at a Catholic school may include the coordinating of acti
vities for the Holy Childhood Association, an organization of Catholic children dedicated
to helping less fortunate youngsters in distressed countries.
May Adoption Program
How many babies will your
child adopt in May?
No. that’s not a misprint.
Children do adopt babies. At
least they do if they are mem
bers of the Holy Childhood As
sociation, an international mis
sion - aid society devoted to
helping the less fortunate
youngsters of the world.
But it’s a unique organiza
tion. It’s children helping chil
dren — Catholic youngsters
helping their needy brethren.
And only children who have
not yet reached their 13th birth
day can belong.
They don’t physically
“adopt” babies as we think
of adoption. That would be im
possible. But they supply funds
for the baptism, care, shelter
and Christian education of the
millions of babies abandoned
or neglected in countries with
out the means to provide for
them. . . -. ~
It’s a personal thing, how
ever. For a nominal sum, the
Mrs Schneider
Bl. Sacrament
PCCW President
At the annual meeting of
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Council, Savannah, Mrs. Wil
liam P. Schneider was elected
president and Mrs. Joseph J.
Burke vice president while Mrs.
Jack Sheppard was elected sec
retary and treasurer to succeed
Mrs. Harry W. Downs.
The slate was presented by
Mrs. Ira E. Smith, Chairman
of the Nominating Committee.
Following the election the offi
cers were installed by Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald.
Annual reports were given by
Mrs. Meta Blackburn, and the
Chairmen of Standing Commit
tees and showed many accom
plishments by the council during
the past year.
Mrs, William Broderick re
ported that one thousand and
thirty-three cancer pads were
made from November to April.
Comprehensive reports were
given on the recent 25th Con
vention of the Diocesan of Ca
tholic Women by Mrs. Leon
Blackburn and Mrs. Ira E.
Smith, delegates from the Coun
cil.
A covered dish supper was
the highlight of the evening with
Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald
and Father Edward Frank visit
ing the Council.
children actually sponsor the
Catholic baptism • of a baby
at one of the some 450 missions,
scattered throughout the world.
And as a reward for thier
sponsorship, the children have
the privilege of choosing the
Christian name for the mission
child they “adopt.”
This, then, is what “adopt
ion” means to the Holy Child
hood member. And last year the
four million Holy Childhood
members in the united States
“adopted” more than 322,000
helpless mission children in
76 countries—from South Viet
nam to Kenya to Ecuador.
The adoption program isn't
limited to May. It’s an all-
year endeavor, the primary ac
tivity for the Holy Childhood.
However, since May is the
month dedicated to Mary, the
Mother of God, members of the
Holy Childhood join in an ex
tra effort to honor her. They do
this by giving her multitudes
of spiritual children — chil
dren they have “adopted” and
personally saved from a depri
ved and non-Christian exis
tence.
Adoption of a mission child
isn’t necessarily made by just
one child. Often an entire group
of children will pool their funds
to “adopt” as many babies as
their resources allow. A great
many adoptions are made by the
whole classroom at a paro
chial school.
The cost of each adoption
has remained unchanged for
decades — five dollars. This
helps pay for the baptism, care
and shelter of the mission child.
Money for adoptions is not
obtained without effort. Sacri
fice is one of the fundamental
parts of the Holy Childhood
membership code.
Children are not allowed to
ask for an outright gift from
their parents. Instead, they are
honor bound to earn the money
—perhaps by washing dishes,
or mowing the lawn, or clean
ing the bedroom. Or, if these
are part of their normal du
ties they will sacrifice por
tions of their allowance—fore
going the popsicles and tootsie
rolls, movies and comic books.
They sacrifice—always sacri
fice, helping others while they
teach themselves the meaning
of life itself.
Often, the children will earn
the money through some class
project. A sixth grade class in
Omaha, Nebraska holds a car
wash. The third graders in Bos-
NAT1VITY MAY CROWNING — The annual May Prcession and crowning of the statue
of The Blessed Mother was held at Nativity of Our Lord Church, Thunderbolt, on Sunday,
May 10th. The May Queen and her court are pictured above. — (Ward Studio Photo)
ton, Mass., sponsor a candy
sale. And in Pittsburgh, all
classes of St. Rosalia Grade
School hold an annual school
carnival.
Collecting money for the
adoption fund isn’t the only
duty of the Holy Childhood mem
bers. They’re asked to remem
ber the unfortunate mission
children in all of their prayers
and are obligated to make a
daily recitation of a “Hail
Mary” and the invocation,
“Holy Virgin Mary, pray for us
and for the poor pagan child
ren.”
That daily prayer hasn’t
changed since Bishop Charles
de Forbin - Janson founded
the association in France in
1843. Neither have the dues—
—a penny a month.
Since its inception in France,
Holy Childhood has spread to
37 other countries of the world.
The United States branch was
established in 1846 in the Dio
ceses of Baltimore and New
Orleans. But it wasn’t until
1897, when headquarters were
opened in Pittsburgh, that the
United States branch was for
mally organized on a national
basis.
The charitable and benevolent
work of the Association has been
recognized by the Holy Father,
himself. In 1926, Pope Pius
XI placed the Holy Childhood
under his personal protection
and it has remained under the
Holy Father’s protection during
the reigns of Pope Pius XII,
Pope John XXIII, and Pope Paul
VI—one of only three such Ca
tholic societies to be blessed
by pontifical status.
The Holy Father believes in
the adoption of the mission chil
dren. So do the millions of mem
bers of the Holy Childhood asso
ciation. Will your child adopt
a baby in May?
Belmont To
Graduate
Seventy-Five
BELMONT, N. C. — The
program for the 86th Com
mencement exercises at Bel
mont Abbey College has been
announced by the president, the
Very Rev. John A. Oetgen,
O.S.B. Seventy-five seniors will
receive degrees and three pro
minent participants in the grad
uation ceremony will receive
honorary degrees at the acade
mic convocation on Tuesday
evening, June 2nd.
The address to the graduates
will be delivered by the Hon.
Wayne Clayton Grover, the Uni
ted States Archivist, and the
Baccalaureate sermon will be
given by the Rt. Rev. Rembert
G. Weakland, O.S.B., D.D.,
Archabbot and Chancellor of St.
Vincent College in Latrobe,
Pennsylvania.
Mr. John C. Roberts, retir
ing Chairman of the Board of
Advisors of Belmont Abbey Col
lege, will receive the honorary
Doctor of Laws degree. A pro
minent Gastonia textile indus
trialist, he is Chairman of the
Board of both Textiles - Incor
porated and Threads-Incor-
porated, as well as Secretary-
Treasurer of Commercial Real
Estate and Improvement Com
pany, and Vice-President and
co-founder of Wix Corpora
tion. A member of the First
Methodist Church, he is also
a member of the Newcomen
Society of North Carolina.
The Southern Cross, May 14, 1964—PAGE 3
Cardinal Suenens-
(Continued from Page 1)
Suenens declared that:
—The Vatican council will
probably have a fourth session.
“If we are to end after only
three sessions, we will have to
work very fast,” he said. “We
have now arranged things to
make it go much more quickly,
but I think there will be a fourth
session.”
—Statements on freedom of
conscience and on the relations
of Catholics and Jews will pro
bably be approved by the coun
cil in the form of separate
declarations, rather than as
part of the schema on ecu
menism.
—Experiments have been
made in the use of a simul
taneous translation system si
milar to that of the United Na
tions for the council. It was
found, however, that to use
such a system texts of the ad
dresses to be given would have
to be prepared five days in ad
vance. Since this would deprive
speakers of the opportunity to
comment on the latest develop
ments, it has been decided not to
use such a system.
—Reaction to his book “The
Nun in the World” has been so
widespread and so stimulating
that hs is planning another book
dealing with this reaction, to be
entitled "Dialogue on the Nun
in the World.”
In a public address, Cardinal
Suenens said that the central
problem of the Church today is
25 Wounded
In Panama
May Day Riot
PANAMA CITY (NC) — Stu
dents and labor groups, report
edly communist, attacked a
group celebrating the feast of
St. Joseph the Worker (May 1)
in the Plaza de Santa Ana here
and left 25 wounded, one seri
ously.
The attackers used sticks,
stones and knives. One of their
victims was the leader of the
Christian trade union, German
Zamora.
Television commentators on
the scene spoke of the attack as
a manifestation of the strug
gle between Christian trade un
ionism and the communists to
gain leadership in the labor
movement, and between Chris
tian Democrats and socialists
in student and political spheres.
The Christian “May Day”
celebration, which included a
Mass offered for workers by
Archbishop Thomas A. Clavel
of Panama, was organized by
the Isthmus Federation of
Christian Workers, affiliated
with the Latin American Con
federation of Christian Trade
Unionists and the Young Chris
tian Democrats.
Violence also struck the of
fice of the Christian Democrat
party, where during the night
unknown trespassers smashed
office equipment, destroyed
party files, banners and ballots
and painted on the walls ' ‘Dis
guised communists” and “We
will avenge ourselves.”
Party president, Dr. Ruban
Arosemena Guardia, charac
terized the destruction as “po
litical vandalism,” and called
upon authorities to maintain or
der, denouncing their “passive
attitude.”
Two party members were
shot and wounded recently,
again by “unknown persons.”
to ' ‘bring our Christian people
to pass from a stae of passi
vity to a state of action.”
“The problem is of capital
importance,” he said. “One
need do no more than compare
two figures to realize the fact:
the number of Christians, the
number of non-Christians. A
half-billion compared withtwo-
and-a-half billion. How will we
succeed in having each Chris
tian bring the message of life
to four others?”
In spite of widespread dis
cussion of the lay apostolate, he
said, * ‘it must be admitted that
the number of Catholics who
take part in an organized apos
tolate is pitifully small.”
“All who love God must try
to make others love Him too,”
he said. “All who love their
neighbor must try to share their
greatest treasure, the Faith.
That is elementary charity.”
The Catholic who goes to
Mass and the sacraments regu
larly and avoids breaking the
commandments may be failing
in his “duty of apostleship,”
Cardinal Suenens warned.
In a talk to 5,000 nuns at
Boston College, the Cardinal
suggested that many of their
rules are no longer suitable
to modern needs. Both their
life and their religious habit
should show that they are women
consecrated to God but also
women of our times, he said.
He also suggested that they
should make their ideas and
wishes known to the council.
“It is not normal that men
should be solving women’s
problems,” he said, advising
them to * ‘knock nicely at the
doors of Rome, but persist in
knocking until you are heard.”
He also said that individual
nuns “should be able to speak
out in their own communities
about what they believe are the
needs of those religious
groups.”
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