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The Southern Cross
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER
Vol. 54 No. 45
Thursday, December 20,1973'
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FORMER DELEGATE IN U.S.
Cardinal Cicognani Dies
BY JAMES C. O’NEILL
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Christmas Mass at Cathedral
The Christmas season will open at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in
Savannah with a concelebrated Midnight
INSIDE STORY
Canadian Statement
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The Angets’ Song
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'Know Your Faith’
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Cook’s Nook
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Mass Dec. 25th. Bishop Raymond W.
Lessard will be the principal celebrant
and will preach the Christmas sermon.
The James B. Copps Memorial Choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Joseph C.
Schreck, will present a program of
Christmas carols and hymns beginning
at 11:30 p.m., prior to the Mass. Among
the selections to be presented are:
Joy to the World, There is Room in
My Heart for Thee, and What Child is
This. Mr. Hinckley Murphy will present
a Flute Solo.
Also included in the musical program
are: My Sheep Were Grazing, Sanctus
from the Adeste Fidelis Mass by
Rossini, and a Euphonium Solo by Mr.
Frank Barnes entitled Coventry Carol.
Mr. Joseph Conners will be the soloist
for the traditional Christmas hymn, O
Holy Night.
The Mass will begin at 12:00
midnight with an entrance hymn from
the Adeste Fidelis Mass. The Kyrie or
“Lord, Have Mercy” will be taken from
the Mass for Three Voices and the
“Glory to God” from the St. Patrick’s
Mass. The Offertory hymn will be from
the Adeste Fidelis Mass and the “Holy,
Holy, Holy” will be from the Mass of
the Holy Spirit.
During Holy Communion Mr.
Conners and Mr. William Hamm will
present a duet, “O Babe Divine,” and
the congregation will join in the singing
of “Silent Night.”
The Recessional will be composed of
two Christmas Carols, “The First Noel”
and “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
In an invitation to the public to
attend the Cathedral Midnight Mass, the
church’s Rector, Monsignor Daniel J.
Bourke said, “Everyone is respectfully
reminded that while the Christmas Mass
is essentially joyful, it is also a dignified
and reverent celebration and, therefore,
all who attend should come with a spirit
of reverence and awe, and conduct
themselves in a manner befitting the
occasion.”
VATICAN CITY (NC) - Cardinal
Amleto Cicognani, apostolic delegate in
the United States for 25 years and later
papal secretary of state to Popes John
XXIII and Paul VI, died in the early
morning hours of Dec. 17 in the
Vatican.
The 90-year-old, Italian-born cardinal
was praised by Pope Paul VI for his
“untiring zeal in the service of the Holy
See” and for the “generous loyalty and
dedicated faithfulness that he showed
by noble example during the years when
he was the immediate aide to our
apostolic office.”
The cardinal held the honorary title
of emeritus cardinal secretary of state
and was also the dean of the college of
cardinals.
The cardinal, who suffered an attack
of influenza, died in his apartment in
the Vatican Palace, where he had been
visited two days earlier by the Pope.
Pope Paul returned to the apartment
on the day of the cardinal’s death to
pay homage at the bier of the
churchman, who was laid out in
pontifical vestments. The Pope intoned
the hymn “De Profundis” and was
joined by officials of the secretariat of
state and the Council for the Church’s
Public Affairs.
The death of Cardinal Cicognani
reduces membership in the college of
cardinals to 135. He was the second
cardinal to die in the month of
December.
Of the 135 living cardinals, 113 are
eligible to take part in a conclave to
elect a successor of Pope Paul when that
becomes necessary. The other 22
cardinals have reached the age of 80 and
are no longer eligible to take part in the
election of a new Pope. Of the present
cardinals, 77 are from Europe, 20 from
Latin America, 15 from North America,
10 from Asia, 9 from Africa and 4 from
Oceania.
Cardinal Sebastian Baggio, prefect of
the Congregation of Bishops and a
long-time friend and associate, said:
“The late Cardinal Cicognani was an
institution. His 90 years coincide with a
service to the Church that is unique and
historic and that will leave its mark on
the history of this, our period.”
Cardinal Luigi Raimondi, prefect of
the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints and until last March apostolic
delegate in the United States, said that
the death of Cardinal Cicognani “has
caused a great sense of sadness for
everyone, particularly myself.”
Cardinal Raimondi recalled that he
had worked in the delegation in
Washington, D.C., for seven years as an
assistant to the late cardinal. “He was
my maestro (my teacher),” Cardinal
Raimondi recalled. “He was very
affectionate and thoughtful of his staff.
He held the most important missions in
the highest places in the Church. He has
left the indelible mark of his personality
on the Church.”
Bishop James Hickey, rector of the
North American College in Rome, at a
papal audience on the day of the
cardinal’s death, expressed the
sympathy and grief of the American
bishops to Pope Paul. Bishop Hickey
assured the Pope of the American
bishops’ “great affection and profound
esteem” for the late cardinal.
Cardinal Cicognani’s 25 years of
service in the United States “determined
a period of particular growth” in the
American Church, Bishop Hickey said.
“His wisdom, his prudence^ his sincere
devotion to the Church guided his every
action.”
The cardinal, who had been bedded
down with influenza for several days,
was visited by Pope Paul VI Dec. 15. On
the following day Cardinal Cicognani
was feeling well enough to concelebrate
Mass in the chapel of his apartment.
Vatican officials said the cardinal
suffered a heart seizure about 4 a.m. on
Dec. 17, and died shortly after.
Cardinal Cicognani was bom Feb. 24,
1883, at Brisighella in northern Italy,
and was ordained in 1905. From 1910
to 1933, he served in various top
Church administrative offices in the
Vatican and taught canon law.
Pope Pius XI named him apostolic
delegate in the United States in 1933,
and he held that post until he was
recalled to Rome by Pope John XXIII
in 1958. Cardinal Cicognani was the
first papal secretary of state to bring to
that post a broad and detailed
knowledge of the United States.
The sixth prelate to be delegate in the
“The Leadership Role of the
Presbyterate in the Renewal of the
Church” is the theme for the seventh
annual provincial meeting of the Atlanta
Province Federation of Priests’ Councils
scheduled for Augusta, Ga. The meeting
will be held January 21-23.
Speakers for the event will be Fr.
Ivan Rohloff, O.F.M. Conv., rector of
Assumption Seminary, St. Paul,
Minnesota; Fr. Robert Berson, Southern
Regional Worker for the Glenmary
Home Missioners; and Fr. Reid Mayo,
President of the National Federation of
Priests’ Councils.
A unique feature of this year’s
meeting will be the formulation during
the convention of a position paper on
the theme of the meeting. The position
paper will then be made available to
priests’ councils for reflection and
possible implementation.
Fr. George Kloster of Boone, N.C.,
United STates, he served in that post
longer than anyone and traveled to
every state except Alaska.
Pope John created him a cardinal in
1958. After serving in various Vatican
congregations, Cardinal Cicognani was
named secretary of state because of his
“proven experience in so many tasks of
the Church in the East and in the West,
in the ancient and in the new world.”
Cardinal Cicognani retired from the
state secretariat in 1969 and Pope Paul
named him, in 1972, dean of the college
of cardinals. Since his resignation the
cardinal had lived in semi-retirement.
NFPC Provincial Representative for the
Atlanta Province said that the topic
chosen for this year’s meeting reflects a
real concern among priests of the
province as to the leadership position of
priests both as individuals and as
members of a council of priests.
“There will be three primary topics
during the meeting,” said Fr. Kloster.
“Fr. Rohloff in his first talk will speak
on the importance of renewal and the
direction in which it should be going
and in his second talk will reflect upon
the presbyterate and especially the
collective function of the priesthood.
Fr. Berson in his talk will speak
specifically on the leadership role of the
presbyterate.”
Fr. Kloster stated the meeting is open
to all priests of the province whether or
not they belong to a council in their
diocese. Detailed information about
accommodations and reservations will
be made available through local priests’
councils in the province.
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Bishop Law Installed
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (NC) - Msgr. Bernard F. Law was ordained a bishop and
installed as fourth bishop of the diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. Bishop Law
served as director of the secretariat of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical
and Interreligious Affairs in Washington, before being recalled in 1971 to the diocese
of Natchez-Jackson to become vicar general.
Condemn Political Imprisonment
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (NC) - Sixty priests, seminarians and
Religious issued a statement here urging the government to decree a general amnesty
for political prisoners and the repatriation of all exiled persons. The group said that it
is a “monstrous injustice” that many Dominicans are arrested, jailed and tortured
because they do not think the way those in power do. The statement accused those in
power of trying to “sustain the present structures which destroy the most elemental
rights of human beings.”
Adult Baptism
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (NC) - Initiation into Christianity - Baptism, Eucharist and
Confirmation - should normally take place at the adult level according to a group of
the nation’s leading liturgical experts here. The conclusion was reached by one of five
workshop groups during a four-day conference, “Ten years after the Promise: A
Conference of American Liturgists,” held here. The liturgists also decided to form a
professional association.
Joint Paper Issued
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches
pledged to continue fighting to do away with “the deep causes of human suffering” in
a joint document issued to mark the 25th anniversary of the United Nations universal
declaration of the rights of man. The document praised the U.N. declaration and said
that the reason that millions of men today live in less than human conditions is not
due to deficiencies in the universal declaration, but rather to the fact that nations have
thirsted more for power than for justice. ”
Pope Sends Condolences
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The same day Arab terrorists spread death and terror
through Rome’s international airport at Fiumicino, Pope Paul VI sent his condolences
to Italian Premier Mariano Rumor for “the sorrow that has struck the entire nation.”
The Pope’s telegram, sent Dec. 17 through the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Jean
Villot, deplored “recourse to such appalling and damnable methods.” The Vatican
City daily newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reflected fears that this new act of
terrorism might “weaken the present laborious approaces to peace” - a reference to
difficult preparations for an Arab-Israeli peace conference scheduled to open in
Geneva Dec. 21. A front-page editorial in L’Osservatore Romano signed by Editor
Raimondo Manzini criticized attempts to blame such mass murders “on society and on
what is called structures.” It continued: “The moral law cannot be taken off. It is the
only guarantee against the evil everyone bears within himself. This is the law which
must re-establish itself and must triumph.”
Area Priests to Meet