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York archdiocesan charities,
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Text Of
Apostolic Brief
On St. Benedict
Youth
Mass At
Albany
In observance of National
Catholic Youth Sunday, the
members of St. Teresa’s Youth.
Club, Albany, attended the 8:30
Mass and received Holy Com
munion on Sunday, Oct. 25th.
It being the first Sunday in
which the Celebrant faced the
people in saying Mass, the
President and Vice President of
the Youth Club, Tony Jeselnek
and Mike Beglin, presented the
priest with the gift offerings at
the Offertory procession in ac
cordance with the new liturgy.
Following the Mass, a Com
munion Breakfast was held at
the Gordon Hotel. Adult advis
ers of the Youth Club were
guests at the breakfast.
The President extended a wel
come to all and expressed ap
preciation to the adult advisers
for their assistance to the Youth
Club. He then introduced Father
Gene Krygier who in turn in
troduced the guest speaker, Fa
ther Richard Hunkins, Chaplain
at the Marine Corps Supply
Center.
Fa t h e r Hunkins entertained
the group with a few informal
remarks, and then spoke seri
ously on the love of God and
how this love should be reflect
ed in the lives of the young peo
ple, especially through the fre
quent reception of the Sacra
ments.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
MONTE CASSINO, Italy—The
following is the text of the A-
postolic Brief declaring St. Ben
edict the “principal patron of
all Europe” which was read in
Latin at the ceremony in which
Pope Paul VI took part here:
“Messenger of peace, achiev
er of unity, teacher of civiliza
tion, above all the herald of the
religion of Christ and founder
of the monastic life in the West,
these are the just titles of the
exaltation of St. Benedict the
Abbot.
“At the fall of the Roman
empire, by then worn out, while
some regions of Europe seemed
to fall into the shadows and
others still lacked civilization
and spiritual values, it was he
who with constant and assidu
ous dedication brought forth in
this continent of ours the dawn
of a new era. Principally he
and his sons, with the Cross,
with the book and the plow,
brought Christian progress tq
the scattered populations from
the Mediterranean to Scandina
via, from Ireland to the plains
of Poland (Cf. Acta Apostolicae
Sedis 1947, page 4, 53).
“With the Cross, that is to
say, with the law of Christ, he
brought consistency and devel
opment to the ordering of pub
lic and private life. It should be
remembered that to this end he
taught humanity the primacy of
divine worship by means of the
‘Opus Dei,’ that is, by liturgi
cal and ritual prayer. It was
thus that he cemented that spir
itual unity of Europe by virtue
of which people of different lin
guistic, ethnic and cultural
planes felt that they made up
the one People of God; a unity
which, thanks to the constant
efforts of those monks who put
themselves into the following of
such an outstanding master, be
came the distinctive character
istic of the Middle Ages. This
unity which, as St. Augustine
affirms, is the ‘examplar and
type of absolute beauty,’ (Cf
Ep. 18, 2; P. L.' 33, 85), unfor
tunately shattered in a tangle
of historic events, all men of
good will of our day strive to
rebuild.
“With the book, then, that is
with culture, that same St. Ben
edict from whom so many
monasteries draw their vigor,
saved with providential solici
tude, at the moment in which
the humanistic patrimony was
being dissipated, the classical
tradition of the ancients, handl
ing it down intact to future gen
erations and restoring the cult
of learning.
“It was with the plow, final
ly, that is with cultivation of
the fields and with other simi
lar enterprises, that he succeed
ed in transforming abandoned
and wild lands into fertile fields
and lovely gardens; and by
uniting prayers with material
work, according to his famous
motto ‘Ora et labor a,’ he en
nobled and elevated human la
bor.
“For that reason Pope Pius
XII justly saluted St. Benedict
as ‘Father of Europe’ (AAS
Loc. Cit.); inasmuch as he in
spired in the people of this con
tinent that love of and care for
right order on which their so
cial life would rest. That same
predecessor of ours desired that
God, through the merits of this
great saint, would support the
efforts of those who try to join
together these same European
nations with bonds of true bro
therhood.
“Pope John XXIII also, in
his fatherly solicitude, eagerly
desired that this should come
about.
Albany
“It is natural therefore that
we too give our complete con
sent to this movement which
favors unity among the nations
of Europe. For this we have
willingly received the appeals
of many cardinals, archbishops,
bishops, superiors general of re
ligious orders, and of other
worthy representatives of the
laity of various European na
tions to declare St. Benedict the
patron of Europe.
“And this day’s date on
which we reconsecrate to God,
in honor of the most holy Vir
gin and of St. Benedict, the
temple of Monte Cassino, seems
to be very opportune for this
solemn proclamation — this
temple which was destroyed in
1944 during the terrible world
conflict has been rebuilt by the
tenacity of Christian piety.
“And this we do very willing
ly, repeating the gesture of
some of our predecessors, who
personally wanted to proceed in
the course of centuries to the
dedication of this center of
monastic spirituality made fam
ous by the sepulcher of St. Ben
edict.
“May this most worthy saint
favor our desires, and as he
once with the light of Christian
civilization managed to escape
the shadows and to radiate the
•gift of peace, so now may he
preside over the whole of Euro
pean life, and by his interces
sion develop and increase it
ever more.
“Therefore, on the proposal of
the Sacred Congregation of
lUtes, after attentive considera
tion, in virtue of our Apostolic
power, with the present Brief
and in perpetuity, we constitute
and proclaim St. Benedict the
Abbot the celestial principal pa
tron of all Europe, granting him
every honor and liturgical priv
ilege belonging by right to pri
mary Protectors. All things to
the contrary notwithstanding.
“Rome, at St. Peter’s, with
the Seal of the Fisherman, 24th
October 1964, second year of
our pontificate, Pope Paul VI,
Rome.
Hootenanny
At Macon
Nov. 14th
St. Joseph’s Parish Council of
Catholic Women in Macon are
sponsoring a Hootenanny in the
Social Hall of the church on
Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 p.m.
Featured performers will be
Vicki Bari of Warner Robins
and the Tarvelers and the Way
farers, both of Macon. Other
groups will also be presented.
Fr. Gillespie, assistant pastor
of St. Joseph’s will be master
of ceremonies for the program.
The Wesleyan - Mercer New
man Club is cooperating with
the Parish Council in arrang
ing for the Hootenanny and
members of the parish CYO
will also assist.
Tickets for the Hootenanny
are one dollar for adults, includ
ing high school students, and
fifty cents for children and are
available from Mrs. Robert
Hurley, Jr. Young and old alike
will enjoy this evening of folk
singing and a large crowd is
anticipated.
Lights of an approaching car
can create a blinding glare on
dirty windshields, the Allstate
Motor Club warns. For safer
driving, dim your lights for oth
er cars and keep your wind
shield clean.
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MONTE CASSINO, most famous monastery of Italy, to which Pope Paul VI travel
ed Saturday, Oct. 24, to dedicate the abbey church. The Holy Father also pro
claimed St. Benedict, who founded the abbey and western monasticism, “the pa
tron of Europe”. Present restoration, following 1944 Allied bombings, is the
fourth rebuilding in the monastery’s 14-century history. (NC) Photos)
Sixth Week In Review
“Church In Modern World 99
Schema Debated At Council
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The ecumen
ical council’s third session, al
ready one of the most produc
tive meetings in the 2,000-year
history of the Church, has at
last taken up the controversial
subjects of nuclear welfare,
family life, poverty and hunger.
These subjects are contained
in, or at least appended to, the
schema on “The Church in the
Modern World,” a wide-ranging
document which came up for
debate during the s e s s i o n’s
sixth week. After three days of
discussion it appeared that most
council Fathers were only mild
ly critical of the schema.
At the end of the week it was
announced that the council
would adjourn Nov. 21 and that
a fourth session would be call
ed “whenever the Pope de
cides.”
As an exception to the mild
discussions, Britain’s Archbish
op John C. Heenan of Westmin
ster delivered a slashing attack
on the document, calling it a
“set of platitudes” which is
“unworthy of the council.” He
asked that the discussion on
these issues be delayed for at
least three years, or until they
can be worked out by a new
commission including married
couples, physicians, scientists
and priests with pastoral expe
rience.
“Having spent such a long
time on theological niceties, this
council will become a laughing
stock in the eyes of the world
if it now rushes breathlessly
through a debate on world hun
ger, nuclear war and family
life,” he said.
Archbishop Heenan’s sugges
tions were not immediately se
conded by any of the council
Fathers, nor did many others
indicate they felt they were
rushing into an area over their
heads.
But there was some moderate
criticism of the text following
the lines of debate on previous
topics. Some Fathers felt the
schema did not speak in the
language of the modern age,
that it did not have a firm
theological basis, and that it
omitted some vital issues.
Juan Cardinal Landazuri of
Lima, Peru, observed that the
Church can no longer flee from
the world, but must confront
the everyday problems of man
kind. Bishop Alphonse Mathias
of Chikmagalur. India, agreed.
The Church, he said, is not like
a doctor diagnosing illness from
the outride. It is a part of the
world it is examining.
Just as the Church is joined
to the world, so is the soul
joined to the body, said Hun
garian Archbishop Endre Ham-
vas of Csanad. It is wrong, he
continued, to insinuate that all
evil comes from the body and
all good from the soul.
Archbishop Denis Hurley of
Durban. South Africa, criticized
the draft text on the grounds
that it separates theoretical so
lutions from concrete problems.
He noted that the schema con
demns nuclear warfare as
“criminal” while permitting
“lawful” defensive war. He
said this would lead to confu
sion as to whether defensive
nuclear warfare is allowed.
Archbishops Hurley and Hee
nan were two of the four coun
cil Fathers who rejected the
draft as a basis for discussion.
The others were Archbishop
Casimiro Morcillo Gonzalez of
Madrid and Ernesto Cardinal
Ruffini of Palermo, Sicily.
By the week’s end the council
voted 1 1,579 to 296 to accept the
schema for discussion.
Augustin Cardinal Bea, pres
ident of the Secretariat for Pro
moting Christian Unity, was one
of those who wished a stronger
Scriptural basis for the schema.
Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of
Cracow, speaking for all the
(bishops of Poland, said he be
lieved the Scriptural basis is
sufficient, but that the schema
needs clear arguments from
natural law and reason.
Archbishop Lawrence J. She-
han of Baltimore, declaring that
the schema is too obscure and
lofty in style, suggested that the
document be patterned more
closely on the encyclical Ec-
clesiam Suam of Pope Paul VI.
Archbishop Maurice Roy of
Quebec agreed that the text
should be couched in the “lan
guage of man to man,” avoid
ing “all pompous phrases.”
Several council Fathers de
clared that the document should
provide a better answer for
atheism. Among these were Leo
Cardinal Suenens of Malines-
Brussels, Belgium; Bishop Frane
Franic of Split and Makarska,
Yugoslavia; and Bishop Josef
Stimpfle of Augsburg, Germany.
The most impassioned appeal
on the subject came from ex
iled Archbishop Paul Yu Pin of
Nanking, China, now rector of
Fu Jen Catholic University in
Taipei, Formosa. Speaking in
the name of 70 council Fathers,
he said a new chapter on athe
istic communism should be add-
fed to the shema on the
grounds that the Church cannot
ignore this “accumulation of all
heresies.”
Archbishop Raymond Tchidim-
bo of Conakry in Guinea said
the text was only partially ac
ceptable because it was written
primarily by Europeans and A-
mericans, and left out problems
faced by Catholics in Africa,
among other places. He said
the Church should express itself
on the necessity of “socializa
tion” in a modern society, and
should declare its “solidarity
with the poor.”
by Father Patrick O’Connor
Society of St. Columban
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SAIGON, Vietnam — Buddhist
officials here have admitted, for
the first time, that the commu
nist Viet Cong have been oper
ating under Buddhist colors.
The admission appears in a
statement accusing the “Liber
ation Front for South Vietnam,”
that is, the communist organi
zation fighting the government
here, of having exploited the
Buddhist name and insignia in
Phu Yen province. The state
ment, signed by a bonze (monk),
Thich Huyen Quang, secretary
of the principal department of
the “Unified Buddhist Church,”
is dated Oct. 15.
According to this statement,
communist Viet Cong, dressed
as Buddhist bonzes, have oc
cupied pagodas. The Viet Cong
have forced people to obstruct
government troops during mili
tary operations and to oppose
local authority in the name of
Buddhism.
Specifying places and dates,
secretary Thich Huyen Quang
says that on Aug. 20 and 26 the
“Liberation Front” forced peo
ple of four villages in Phu Yen
to carry Buddhist flags and
block the passage of M -113
armed personnel carriers of the
Vietnamese army. The front
compelled people in another
district to stage a demonstra
tion, carrying Buddhist flags.
When Communist agents were
arrested, the front put pressure
on Buddhists to demand their
release.
In some villages, occupied by
the front, communists “offered”
men and supplies to the pago
das. If the bonzes refused to ac
cept the offer, the communists
took them away and put their
own men in their place.
The statement alleges also
that the Viet Cong themselves
burned a historic pagoda, re
cently renovated, and then made
local Buddhists call on the pro
vincial Buddhist association to
complain about the “outrage”
against Buddhists.
The statement offers no ex-
■inam
lictea
planation why it comes nearly
two months after some of the
events against which it protests.
As far back as 11 months ago,
Catholics in central Vietnam
were being attacked by b£
cal 1 i n g themselves Buddhi^
who burned houses, inflict
physical injury and spread wild
defamatory stories. Buddhist au
thorities closed their eyes to
these happenings, in which Viet
Cong agents were believed to
take part with Buddhist youths.
Communist suspects have been
freed after arrest because they
claimed to be persecuted Bud
dhists and some local bonze or
Buddhist association champion
ed them.
The political bonze, Thich Tri
Quango has built a campaign om
claims that Buddhists have
been persecuted in circumstanc
es like those which the Oct. 15
statement says were staged by
communists.
U.S. Missioners
On Increase In
Latin America
ROME (NC)—The U.S. Bish
ops’ Committee for Latin A-
merica was informed here that
as 1964 draws to a close there
are 3,973 American missionaries
serving in Latin America, in
cluding laymen.
Among them are 177 dioe
priests from 48 U.S. Sees
344 lay persons from 70
ceses.
efML
The figures also revealed that
101 religious communities of
men have supplied 1,380 priests
and 266 Brothers to the mission
field in Latin America, while
159 communities of women have
supplied 1,806 Sisters.
Richard Cardinal Cushing of
Boston presided at the bishops’
meeting held at the North A-
merican College here. To co
ordinate the work of the mis
sionaries, the committee estab
lished a coordinating service for
U.S. personnel and placed it un
der the. direction of Bishop Er
nest J. Primeau of Manchester,
N.H.
The Southern Cross
Vol. 45
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Thursday, October 29, 1964
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