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VOL 1, NO. 12
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963
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SUPPRESSES DISSIDENTS
Priest Hits C.U.
Administration
1ST NATIVE BORN
THE REV. Mr. Finn Lynge, O.
M.I., the first native of Green
land to become a priest, will be
ordained in St. Paul's church,
Pass Christian, Miss., on
March 30. A convert to Catho
licism in 1952, the future Ob
late priest entered the seminary
in central France. He has been
pursuing his final studies at the
Oblate Fathers' Our Lady of
the Snows Scholasticate in Mis
sissippi.
TUESDAY
DAYTON, Ohio (NC)~ A
priest dismissed as associate
professor of New Testament
studies at the Catholic Univer
sity of America and barred from
teaching at a summer session
charged here that the univer
sity's action is part of a pat
tern "which has characterized
the present regime for the past
five years."
Father Edward Siegman, C.
PP.S., temprarily assigned as
a teacher at the motherhouse
of the Sisters of the Precious
Blood in Dayton, commented
on his case following reports
that faculties of the School of
Sacred Theology and the Grad
uate School of Arts and Scieiv-
ces had protested his dismis
sal.
Luigi Palazzolo
Also Beatified
VATICAN CITY — More than
10,OCX) people were present in
St. Peter's basilica for the be
atification of Blessed Luigi Pa
lazzolo, Bergamo priest who
devoted his life to the poor of
that diocese, the native See of
Pope John XXIIL
Praising the Church’s newest
blessed, the Pope recalled that
he was five years old when "he
heard that venerated name for
the first time." From then on,
the Pope declared, through his
years as a seminarian, priest
and bishop, he had "looked for
this day which Pro
this day which Providence had
granted him to see as Bishop
of Rome".
BLESSED Luigi’s beatifica
tion (March 19) followed that of
Blessed Elizabeth Seton by two
days. Pope John stressed that
both new blesseds are examples
of the vitality of the Church.
After venerating relics of
Blessed Luigi, the Pontiff de
livered an address on the bles
sed’s life.
He stressed that Blessed Lui
gi practiced to an outstanding
degree the theological virtues of
faith, hope and charity as well
as the cardinal virtues of pru
dence, justice, temperance and
fortitude.
He noted that Blessed Luigi
was one of the many priests of
the last century to devote him
self to the education of the young
and the care of the poor. He
pointed out that the congrega
tion the new blessed founded—
the Sisters of the Little Poor
of Bergamo—are at work today
in Europe and Africa "carrying
out all the works of spiritual
and corporal mercy.’’
Music Educators
CLEVELAND (NC)—The Na
tional Catholic Music Educators
Association will hold its 1963
convention here April 23 to 27.
Among the principal speakers
will be Father Gerard S. Slo-
yan, head of the religious edu
cation department at the Catho
lic University of America
FATHER Siegman, 54, who
is expected to assume duties
as a Newman Club adviser at
More House, Yale University,
later this year, said he was
granted a leave of absence from
the Catholic University faculty
in the autumn of 1961 because
of ill health. Although his con
tract was not due to terminate
until January of this year, it
was suddenly canceled in the
spring of 1962 .
The manner in which the
university's adminlstra-
tion handled his case was not
the "normal procedure", he
said.
The university said Father
Siegman's contract was "not
renewed" for reasons of ill
health. The New Testament ex
pert suffered two heart at
tacks in recent years.
IN PROTESTING Father
Siegman's dismall, the faculty
groups reportedly called him
"one of the best New Testa
ment men in the country" an
claimed "his health would not
have been a problem if his
teachings had been more accep
table to the conservative group
at the university."
Father Siegman also disclos
ed that a contract to teach at a
Catholic University summer
session last year was canceled
by the administration at the
university.
He said the same thing hap
pened to Father Godfrey Diek-
mann, O.S.B., editor of Wor
ship magazine and one of four
theologians whom the univer
sity administration rejected as
possible speaker in a lecture
series. The four theologians
included, besides Father Diek-
mann. Fathers Gustave Weigel,
S.J., John Courtney Murray, S.
J., and Hans Kueng.
The priest had been a mem
ber of the Catholic University
faculty since 1951. Prior to
that he served for 14 years as
Scripture professor and dean an
St. Charles Seminary, Cartha-
gena.
PRIEST EXPERT
SOME of the "little people" who took part in Atlanta’s St. Patrick's Day Parade sponsored by
local Hibernian Society last Saturday. Civic and State officials, as well as Catholic groups, took
part in the shenaginans.
SOCIAL ■ ECONOMIC
Humphrey Cites Catholic
Alliance - Progress Help
WASHINGTON—Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey of Minnesota, in a
report on the Alliance for Pro
gress, has strongly praised
Catholic social and economic
reform programs in Latin
America.
"One of the most hopeful
signs in Latin America in re
cent years is the renaissance
of the Catholic Church and a
new awakening on the part of
the Church leaders to the shock
ing social and economic pro
blems of the continent," Hum
phrey said.
Humphrey’s report is based
on trips which he made to
Latin America in 1962 and 1961.
TODAY in Chile, Panama,
Venezuela, northern Brazil and
Argentina, he said, "members
of the hierarchy are actively
pushing the reforms stipulated
under the Alliance charter."
He cited His Holiness Pope
John XXIII's social encyclical
Mater et Magistra for its "far
sighted social and economic
policy" and said it is being im
plemented in many parts of
Latin America.
"Men who once would have
been 'prompted' to mountain
parishes for their 'advanced'
views are now being appointed
bishops and cardinals," he said.
"Efforts are now being pursued
to extend the programs in edu
cation and health in which the
Church has long been involved
to the mass of the people."
HUMPHREY referred to a
November, 1962, pastoral on
Latin American Aid
An Urgent Problem
SISTER Edward Mary of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
and a teacher at Seton High School there, looks with a confi
dent smile upon the statue of Mother Elizabeth Seton located
on the- school groundi. The Cincinnati Sisters are one oi the
communities tracing their foundation to Mother Seton in 1809.
LAFAYETTE, La. (NC)-
A Latin America specialist
warned here that if the U. S.
does not aid Latin America,
the "needed changes" there
will "take place without us"
and Latins will "end up as
our enemies instead of our
friends."
This assessment was offer
ed by Father John J.Considine,
M.M., director of the Latin
America Bureau, National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
UNDERLINING the wide
spread movement for social
reform in Latin America, Fat
her Considine said that "no
party can win the support of
the poor if it promises to make
gradual reforms."
"They are interested in im
mediate reform, by peaceful
revolution if possible, by vio
lent revolution if necessary,"
he said in a lecture sponsored
by the Catholic Student Center
at the University of Southwest
ern Louisiana.
Father Considine pointed to
appeals by the Holy See for
U.S, Catholic assistance to the
Church in Latin America.
"The Church in the U.S.
needs dedicated lay people,"
he said. "The question is, can
we respond to the appeals of
the Holy Father and sacrifice
our great needs for the still
greater needs of our brothers
and sisters in Christ in Latin
America?"
VOCATION
PRAYER
O God, Who wills not the
death of a sinner * but rather
that he be converted and live
* grant we beseech Thee *
through the intercession of the
Blessed Mary, ever Virgin *
and all the saints * an increase
of laborers for Thy Church *
fellow laborers with Christ *to
spend and consume themselves
for souls * through the same
Jesus Christ Thy Son * Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee *
in the unity of the Holy Spirit
* world without end. Amen.
social reform, issued by the
Bishops of Chile, as "an ex
cellent indication of the change
taking place in the Church in
Latin America."
"The pastoral letter scath
ingly criticized existing social
and economic abuses, deplored
the inequality in distribution of
incomes, and called on the gov
ernment to extend and speed up
its reforms and its social wel
fare programs," he said. "Of
fering its own example, the
Church in Chile is now redis
tributing most of its own lands
to local peasants."
HUMPHREY said the de
velopment of the Christian De
mocratic movement is "closely
related to the new orientation
developing in the Church." He
said the movement is growing
in influence in Chile, Venezu
ela, the Dominican Republic,
Brazil, Argentina and Panama.
The Minnesota legislator had
high praise for the work of Cath
olic Relief Services—National
Catholic Welfare Conference
and CARE in Latin America.
He said that "much of the
success" of the U.S. Food for
Peace program there is due
to the "tireless efforts” of
these two voluntary agencies
in distributing U.S. surplus
foods.
Literary
Supplement
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Ollt . Yoil - firO Literary Supplement to stimulate the thinking readers and to
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Going Steady
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb.
26 (NC)—Students at St. Mic
hael’s High School here have
been warned it’s out-you-go
if you go steady.
Father James A. Carey,
pastor, couched the admonition
more formally: "Any student...
dating one person to the ex
clusion of ail others will be
expelled immediately." He di
rects the 600 - student high
school.
Mother Seton
Beatified In
Saint Peters
VATICAN CITY (RNS)—Two
cardinals and many bishops
were among more than 4,000
Americans gathered in St. Pe
ter's Basilica to witness the
beatification of the first native-
born U. S. citizen ever offi
cially proclaimed a Blessed by
the Roman Catholic Church.
When the reading of the brief
of beatification — the firstma-
jor step toward canonization —
was completed, all the lights in
the great church were turned
on and the bells of St. Peter’s
rang out in salute to Mother
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton.
The Episcopalian-born widow
ed mother of five children be
came a convert to Catholicism
in 1805. Four years later she
founded the Daughters of Cha
rity of St. Vincent de Paul at
Emmitsburg, Md.
SEVERAL hours later, Pope
John XX111, attending the first
public veneration of the new
Blessed who died in 1821, hail
ed here as "the first officially
recognized flower of sanctity
which the United States of Ame
rica offers to the world."
"It is," he added, "a source
of satisfaction to us to pay such
a tribute to that illustrious na
tion, as an augury for further
advances in spiritual pro
gress."
President Franklin D. Roo
sevelt was a distant relative
of Mother Seton, who was the
aunt of Bishop James Roose
velt Bayley, first Ordinary of
the Newark, N.J., Catholic ar
chdiocese. Her nephew founded
Seton Hall University, which
was named for Mother Seton,
who also is remembered for
having founded the first free
Catholic school in the U. S.
HER father was Dr. Richard
Bayley, distinguished physician
and surgeon, and her mother
was the former Catherine
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sing of Kansas City-St. Joseph,
Mo., Marian F. Forst of Dodge
City, Kan., James A. McNulty
of Paterson, N. J., and William
G. Connaire of Greensburg, Pa.
The lay pilgrims included 15-
year-old Anne Theresa O’Neill
of Baltimore, whose recovery
from acute leukemia in 1952
after prayers for intercession
by Mother Seton was accepted
by the Church as one of the
Charlton, daughter of an Epis
copalian rector. At the age of
19, she married William Magee
Seton, a welthy merchant and
member of a distinguished
family, who died in 1803, leav
ing his widow with five child
ren.
The beatification of Mother
Seton took place on the Feast of
St. Patrick, patron saint of the
New York archdiocese, where
she was born on Aug. 28, 1774.
It was recalled that among those
who helped counsel her prior to
her conversion was Irish-born
Father Michael O’Brien, O.P.,
a curate at St. Peter’s church
on New York's Barclay street.
Hundreds of Sisters of Cha
rity knelt with Francis Cardi
nal Spellman, Archbishop of
New York, and Joseph Cardinal
Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis,
as the canon of St. Peter’s Ba
silica read the Latin brief of
beatification. It included a bio
graphy of the new Blessed, a
recital of her virtues, and the
miracles attributed to her in
tercession. Church authentica
tion of two miracles is one of
the conditions of beatification.
ALSO in the great specially-
decorated basilica were Arch
bishops Lawrence J. Shehan of
Baltimore, John P. Cody of New
Orleans, Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington, D.C.: and Bishops
Celestine J. Damiano of Cam
den, N. J., Leo C. Byrne of
Wichita, Kan., Charles Helm-
Continued on Page 8
THIS Vatican painting of the new Beata, Mother Elizabeth
Seton, displayed during the beatification ceremonies in St.
Peter’s Basilica, depicts the religious families stemming
from Mother Seton’s work. These communities are all Sis
ters of Charity with headquarters respectively in (from the
left) Emmitsburg, Md.; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Greensburg,
Pa.; Convent Station, N.J.; Cincinnati; and New York.