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BISHOP BOILEAU
Solemn Requiem Mass For
6 Missionary’s Missionary ’
SEATTLE, Wash. (NC) - So-
Pontifical Requiem Mass
Coadjutor Bishop George T.
eau, S.J., 52 of Fairbanks,
Alaska, colorful and beloved
“missionary’s missionary,” was
offered in St. James cathedral
here.
Following the ceremonies, the
body of Bishop Boileau was tak
en to Fairbanks for burial.
Archbishop Thomas A. Con-
oolly of Seattle offered the
(Miarch 2) Mass. Bishop Fran
cis D. Gleeson, S.J., of Fair
banks, longtime idol of the dead
prelate, preached the sermon.
Bishop Boileau died as he had
lived most of the 16 years of his
priesthood —• working for the
Alaska missions. He had come
here from Fairbanks seeking lay
volunteers to work as mission-
ers in the Alaska area. He had
delivered an address to students
at the Jesuit - operated Seattle
University (Feb. 17) and was
IN VIETNAM
Buddhists
by Father Patrick O’Connor
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SAIGON (NC)—The Buddhist
"Institute” here has sent secret
orders to its followers to get
ready to take advantage of an
expected “political solution” in
Vietnam.
An intercepted document calls
on cadres to increase their ef
forts to infiltrate other groups,
to coordinate activities and to
oppose military attacks on North
Vietnam.
The document, dated Feb. 8,
begins with the following in
struction: “These orders are to
be distributed only to medium-
class cadres and orally. Higher
cadres are authorized' to have
this paper. But they must de
stroy it after they have read,
understood and memorized the
contents.”
Events are going to lead to
ward a political solution for the
two parts of Vietnam ,the South
and the communist-ruled North,
the document says. Cadres must
be prepared to take effective ac
tion. In Saigon (and Cholon)
and in the southern provinces,
efforts must be speeded up to
infiltrate, to coordinate and to
develop. But the activities of
the movement are to converge
on the upper central region to
the south of the communist-rul
ed area. The city of Hue is to
be the brain-center. (Hue, the
home city of Thich Tri Quang,
chief of the political Buddhist
preparing to travel across the
state to Spokane for a similar
address to students at Gonzaga
University, also, conducted by
the Jesuits.
During his visit here he was
staying at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Janyce Nessen. There
he was stricken with a heart at
tack (Feb. 25). He died 1 before
arrival at a hospital.
Bishop Boileau had served in
the Alaska missions since 1950.
He was serving as Jesuit supe
rior of the missions and as vicar
general of Fairbanks in May,
1964, when Pope Paul VI ap
pointed him titular bishop of
Ausuccura to serve as coadju
tor bishop of Fairbanks with the
right of succession.
When he was approached to
select the site of his consecra
tion, which took place last July
31, Bishop Boileau chose the
chapel of the Copper Valley
School on the outskirts of Glen-
Would Use
bonzes, is where their organiza
tion’s strongest.)
The main objective, according
to the document, is to make this
faction of Buddhists the “spokes
man” for South Vietnam when
the political settlement is being
made.
In accordance with plans out
lined last year, this program is
to be carried out by spreading
rumors by word of mouth, put
ting pressure on authorities,
causing disorders and eliminat
ing opponents.
Medium-class and lower cad
res are strictly obliged to fulfill
these instructions, the document
states. It was issued by the
“home affairs .office” of the
Vien Hoa Dao, the principal “in
stitute” of the “Unified Buddhist
Church,” formed in January,
1964.
There is no word of religion
anywhere in this document. It
speaks not of the Buddhist re
ligion or even the institute, but
of the “movement.” This word
is commonly used, according to
a well informed source, by the
political bonzes when giving di
rections to their followers.
(According to an interview
published in the Tiger Standard
of Hong Kong, Feb. 20, Thich
Tri Quang told the paper’s cor
respondent, Mrs. Tuyet Nguyet
Markbreiter, that the U. S.
should now “negotiate” peace
with North Vietnam.)
alien, Alaska. The school is on
a site near the confluence of the
Copper and Tazlina Rivers and
has been described “like a jew
el in the wilderness.”
Bishop Boileau explained he
had selected the site because
he wanted to be “among the
people I have lived with and
with whom I will be associated
—in the land of my fellow mis
sionaries and co-workers.” Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman made the
long trek from New York to the
edge of the Alaskan wilderness
to consecrate Bishop Boileau.
The rangy, soft-voiced bishop
was born Sept. 10, 1912, in Loth-
rop, Mont. He attended grade
school in Bonner, Mont, then
went to Loyola High School and
Montana State University in
nearby Missoula.
He taught in the Hogeland,
Mont., public school for two
years, then joined the Jesuits in
1936. He was ordained to the
priesthood in San Francisco on
June 13, 1948.
Two years later he was assign
ed to the Jesuit mission in
Alaska, where he gained the
reputation as a “missionary’s
missionary.” After a year of
mission work in the Yukon, he
was brought to Fairbanks by
Bishop Gleeson.
Bishop Boileau developed a
consuming love for Alaska. In
Fairbanks, he served as pastor
of Immaculate Conception
Church; superintendent of Fair
banks’ Catholic schools; vice
president of the Monroe Foun
dation of Fairbanks, an educa
tional foundition; chairman of
the Alaska Employment Securi
ty Commission, and, as he put
it, “a few other sidelines.”
The bishop was a firm believ
er in the tremendous possibilities
in Alaska. He once said: “Alas
ka will have an immense effect
on the American economy. It’s
a wonderful land of promise
with the challenge of pioneer
country and some of the most
gorgeous scenery in the world.”
He made it a practice of push
ing talented youngsters ahead
as fast as they could go, often
giving high schoolers college
level courses they could absorb.
He set up an adult education
system in labor law, business,
political science and underscor
ed teaching the papal social en
cyclicals.
Pope Councils
Clergy On
New Liturgy
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul VI has recommended to
Lenten preachers and pastors
of Rome that they give special
attention to explaining and car
rying out the new liturgical
norms.
Speaking to hundreds of Ro
man preachers and pastors gath
ered in the Sistine Chapel (Mar.
1) the Pope acknowledged that
application of the new liturgical
changes “is not easy.’’ He said
it requires their “personal, pa
tient, loving and truly pastoral
assistance.”
Noting that it is a matter of
changing many old habits of
prayers which are both respect
able and dear to many of the
faithful, he added that it means
“disturbing pious and good faitb-
f u 1 persons by proposing to
them new forms of prayer
which they will not understand
immediately.”
But the Pope added it is a
necessary matter, “a matter of
duty, providential and a task of
renewal which we also hope will
be consoling for you.” He said
preachers will find their reward
for this effort when they really
experience the words of psalm
132: “Behold, how good it is,
and how pleasant, where breth
ren dwell as one.”
At the same time the Pope
made it clear that preachers
themselves must “be persuaded
that it is question of a great
event and that highest ideals
are at stake and that divine
truth, even divine realities,
come into play” in the new
liturgical renewal.
It will take us years but it is
necessary to begin, to rebegin
and to persevere if we wish to
succeed,, in giving again to the
assembly of the people of God
the liturgy’s serious, unanimous,
sweet and sublime voice, he
said.
The Pope also urged pastors
to be faithful to their priestly
vocation and ministry.
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Political Solution
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POPE RECEIVES CARDINAL RERAN—Pope Paul VI presents a pectoral cross to the
heroic Josef Cardinal Beran the day after the prelate emerged from 17 years confine
ment behind the iron curtain. On the table is a crystal vase etched with figures of Bo
hemian saints which the Cardinal presented to the Holy Father. (NC Photos)
CREATING CARDINALS
Simple Human Emotion
Evident At Ceremonies
by James C. O’Neill
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY - Splendor
and simple human emotions
mixed and fused in the 3% hour
ceremonies in St. Peter’s basili
ca (Feb. 25) climaxing the cre
ation by Pope Paul VI of 27
new cardinals.
The ceremonies were elabo
rate, and the cardinals and fig
ures of the papal court moved
through them as though a tapes
try had come to life, yet there
were often moments when hu
man elements dominated.
Applause broke the solemnity
of the moment as Cardinal Be
ran descended the seven scarlet
steps leading from the papal
throne. Later applause came
freely for such men as Law
rence Cardinal Shehan of Balti
more, Paul Cardinal Zoungrana
of Ouagadougou, Upper Volta,
Joseph Cardinal Cardijn, the
founder of the Young Christian
Workers, and the simple parish
priest of Brescia, Giulio Cardi
nal Bevilacqua, who has already
told his parishioners he intends
to continue wearing his plain
black cassock in the future.
Three patriarchs of the an
cient Churches of the East were
conspiciuously different from
their brother cardinals by wear
ing the robes of their office and
shunning the great silk cape
and train the others wore.
Thr oughout the ceremonies
slight variations marked the par
ticular ranks the patriarchs
have as heads of their Churches.
At one point, at which all the
other cardinals were asked to
promise submission to the Pope,
the formula was altered so that
the patriarchs promised only fi
delity. They are Maximos Car
dinal Saigh of the Melkite rite,
Paul Cardinal Meouchi of the
Maronite rite, and Stephanos
Cardinal Sidarouss of the Cop
tic rite, all of whom are pa
triarchs, and Cardinal Slipyj, a
major archbishop.
The ceremonies began at 9:05
in the morning as a double file
of new cardinals entered St.
Peter’s through the main door
and walked in silence down the'
long nave, past tiers of seats
which are used by the world’s 1
bishops during the ecumenical
council. The seats were filled
with national delegations that-
came to Rome to honor their’
cardinals.
The cardinals bowed before 5
the tomb of St. Peter and then 1
circled behind it and took 1
places facing the altar in the 5
apse. Thirty-five of the veteran 1
cardinals preceded Pope Paul,-
who was carried into the church 1
on a portable throne.
Waves of applause shattered
the silence as the Pope passed
various portions of the crowds.
In the apse he descended from
the throne and knelt at a spe
cial kneeler, with the new cardi
nals forming a semicricle a-
round the enlarged papal altar
which faced the people.
In the meantime, the new car-,
dinals had vested for Mass. The;
Eastern - rite cardinals wore :
their distinctive vestments while,
the others wore La tin-rite vest
ments of white with a broad
gold panel down the back and
front. All 26 joined the Pope as
he came to the foot of the altar
and recited the opening prayers
of the Mass. All the Latin-rite
cardinals knelt. But the patri
archs and Cardinal Slipyj re
mained standing and bowed, ac
cording to their custom.
As the Sistine Choir intoned
the simple Gregorian chant of
the Kyrie, alternate refrains
were sung by the whole congre
gation. This was also done for
the Gloria. The Epistle was
read in Latin and Greek. Lorenz
Cardinal Jaeger of Paderborn,
Germany, read the Gospel of
the Feast the Chair of Sit. Peter
in Latin, and Cardinal Saigh
chanted the same Gospel in
Greek.
After a series of Prayers of
the Faithful, Pope Paul began
the public ceremony of the cre
ation of cardinals. Designating
the new cardinals to gather at
the base of the steps as his co-
operators and advisors, the
Pope asked each of them to re
new their act of faith, which
they did by reciting the Apostles
Creed.
Then, one by one, the new
cardinals ascended to the Pope’s
throne. The Eastern-rite cardi
nals did not kneel as did the
others, but remained 1 standing
as they placed their hands in
the Pope’s and responded af--
firmatively to the question:
“Do you promise Blessed Pe
ter the Apostle, to whom God
gave the power of binding and
loosing, to us and to other Rom
an pontiffs, successors in the !
primacy of that same Peter,,
faith, fidelity (in the case of’
the Eastern-rite prelates), sub--
mission (in the case of the oth
ers), and collaboration?”
At this point Pope Paul read
a brief homily on the signifi
cance of the ceremonies of the
day. He began in Latin, then
spoke in Italian, French, Eng
lish, German and Spanish.
Before the Ite, Missa Est was
intoned, Pope Paul returned to
his throne for the ceremony of
the presentation of the rings
and birettas. Cardinal Saigh,
still wearing his black hood, had
the biretta placed on his head.
Then it was removed and he
carried it back to his place.
Cardinal Slipyj, however, had
removed his white headdress
and was bareheaded. He replac
ed the biretta with a cardinal-
red Oriental headdress.
OF CATHOLIC PRESS
Concern Voiced Over
‘General Criticisms’
NEW YORK (NC) — The offi
cers of the Catholic Press As
sociation have expressed con
cern over recent “general critic
isms” of the Catholic press by
some U.S. bishops.
While acknowledging that there
is “reason for some criticism”
of a few publications, the CPA
officers warned that generaliz
ed indictments might seem to
implicate a 11 Catholic publica
tions.
“We are fearful,” they said,
“that the brush used to tar
those few will smear all of the
Catholic press in the minds of
some who are only looking for
an excuse to limit freedom of
discussion and even to silence
the press that has so consistent
ly worked to communicate the
teachings of the Church on cur
rent issues in the world.”
The statement did not refer to
any bishop by name. However,
in citing recent instances of cri
ticism from the hierarchy, it
quoted directly from a Catholic
press month pastoral by Bishop
Bernard J. Topel of Spokane,
Wash., in which he said 1964
would go down as a “year of
shame” for the Catholic press
because of personal attacks on
bishops by a few Catholic pub
lications.
The statement was signed by
Msgr. Robert G. Peters, presi
dent of the CPA; William Holub,
vice president, Msgr. Terrence
P. McMahon, treasurer; and
John A. O'Connor, secretary.
Admitting that there is room
The Southern Cross, March 4, 1965—PAGE 3
IN U.S.
Strong Faith Of
Catholics Noted
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope
Paul VI, receiving Lawrence
Cardinal Shehan and the pil
grims from his Archdiocese of
Baltimore who had come to
Rome for his elevation to the
College of Cardinals, expressed
“our hope that the Catholics of
Baltimore and all the Catholics
of America, will continue to
maintain strong and firm the
faith which they have received
from their forebears.”
The Pope noted that Baltimore
was the first episcopal See
founded in the United States.
“It was therefore a source of
pleasure to name you, beloved
son, the spiritual head of this
See, to the Sacred College of
Cardinals.
“We are mindful of the noble
traditions of Catholicism which
have come down through the
years to motivate the Catholic
life of your great archdiocese.
We are not forgetful of the noble
figure of Cardinal Gibbons y/no
once guided the destinies of
that historic See,” he said.
The Pope expressed confi
dence that American Catholics
“will seek in every possible way
to be witnesses to the message
of the Gospel in their lives, un
dertaking always to practice
Christian principles, for their
own sanctification and the edifi
cation of those who come in
contact with them.”
The same day (Feb. 27) Pope
Paul also received Owen Cardi
nal McCann of Cape Town,
South Africa, William Cardinal
Conway of Armagh, Ireland,
Thomas Cardinal Cooray of Co
lombo, Ceylon, and Lorenz Car
dinal Jaeger of Paderborn, Ger
many.
To the new Irish cardinal the
Pope spoke of the strong faith of
the Irish people and their at
tachment to the See of Peter.
“In your appointment to the
Sacred College of Cardinals we
wished to honor a land that has
given and continues to give to
Holy Mother Church countless
priests and Religious for the
missionary apostolate, as if God
in a special way wants them to
carry to foreign lands the Gos
pel of Christ, just as St. Patrick
brought it to Ireland.”
Auxiliary Hears
Army Chaplain
The beauty .of the Holy Land
was vividly brought to the La
dies of St. Mary’s On The Hill
when Rt. Rev. Msgr. Tori ad
dressed the Auxiliary at the
February meeting.
Catholic Charities Chairman,
Mrs. Edna Welch reported 750
pads had been sent to the Can
cer Home in Atlanta.
Miss Anna Rice made a plea
for new members for St. Mary’s
Guild.
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for criticism of the Catholic pub
lications, they said the Catholic
press itself has “sharply critic
ized papers and magazines
which have been guilty of ex
cesses.”
But, they added, “we maintain
that these examples are few,
both absolutely and relatively.”
They warned that generalized
criticisms “tend to undermine
public confidence in the Catho
lic press,” which Pope Paul VI
has called “a necessary instru
ment, ‘not a superficial luxury
or an optional devotion’.’’
The CPA officers said critic
ism by the press is “to be de
sired” at times. They quoted a
Catholic press month statement
by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
of Baltimore saying that the
Catholic press should “disturb
the comfortable and comfort the
disturbed.”
“We do not feel,” they said,
“this legitimate exercise of a
basic press function warrants
the accusation that the Catholic
press in general ‘has adopted
certain reprehensible met hods
and standards which are now
harming Holy Mother the
Church’.’’ (This, too, was a quo
tation from Bishop Topel’s pas
toral.)
The CPA officers concluded:
“We reaffirm the dedication of
the Catholic press to the Church,
its shepherds and its people, and
ask only that criticism be spe
cific enough to point out the
very few and to protect the
many.”
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