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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963
1ST AMERI£AN - BORN
Mother Seton Beatified
In Saint Peter’s Basilica
Continued from page I
miracles necessary for beati
fication. The second approved
miracle involved Sister Ger
trude Korzendorfer, an Ame
rican Daughter of Charity in
New Orleans, who was pro
nounced inoperable in 1934 be
cause of an advanced state of
cancer of the pancreas. Doc
tors later found no trace of the
tumor. Eight years after her
recovery, the nun died sudden
ly of a pulmonary embolism.
An autopsy showed no evidence
of the cancer
THE BASILICA was dark dur
ing most of the reading of the
beatification decree, but as soon
as the actual words of beatifi
cation were read, all the power
ful lights there were turned on
and the bells of the basilica
rang out in joyous chimes.
This was the signal for un
veiling huge, crimson and gold-
draped pictures of Mother Seton
set up over the mall altar and
outside the basilica.
Following the reading of the
brief came the solemn chanting
of the Te Deum, after which
Mass was celebrated.
Pope John did not attend these
rites, but in the afternoon he was
carried into the basilica on his
gestatoria. throne, accompan
ied by an escort of colorful
Swiss Guards in their medieval
gold, blue and red uniforms.
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Flanking the papal chair were
Noble Guards in blue capelette
Noble Guards in blue and white
uniforms and silver sabres.
Wearing a crimson velvet cape
lette trimmed with ermine, the
81-year-old pontiff was escort
ed to his throne, around which
were grouped 28 cardinals and
scores of archbishops and bis
hops.
BEFORE the Pope spoke, Ar
chbishop Shehan offered Solemn
Benediction of the Blessed Sac
rament, during which the Giulia
Choir sang the hymn of widows,
instead of the usual hymn of vir
gins, in honor of Mother Seton.
Pope John said Mother Seton
was "truly blessed because she
heard the voice of God and put
it into practice." He noted that
she lived "precisely at the time
when the young republic was be
ginning to take its important
place among the peoples of the
world and to give proof of its
inexhaustible possibilities in
every field."
The Pope spoke in Italian,
but he paused every few para
graphs to permit Cardinal
Spellman to translate his words
into English.
He said the beatification di
rected his thoughts to the United
States, where "the heroes of
the most noble human undertak
ings are honored with acclaim
and admiration both In life and
death."
CITIZENS of America," he
continued, "have explored the
sea and the air; they have given
open-handed hospitality and
employment to people Immi
grating from every land. Ame
rica has continued to overcome
with courage the various diffi
culties which have arisen from
time to time, and to render her
legislation — which is derived
from the principles of Christian
morality — even more In keep
ing with the dignity of the hu*
man person."
During the ceremony, all eyes
were focused again on Anne
O'Neill (who prays to Mother
Seton "every day of my life")
as she approached the Pope’s
throne to genuflect and kiss his
ring. The pontiff, leaning for
ward, smiled and touched her
arm. As the girl, her radiant
face reflecting the joyfulness
of the occasion, moved away,
her motherpaidsimilarhomage
to the Pope.
Cardinal Spellman later an
nounced that a shrine would be
built In honor of Blessed Mother
Seton on the site at 8 State
street in New York City where
she once lived. With the beati
fication of the American nun
came permission for herpublic
veneration in the Archdiocese
of New York, where she was
bom, and in the Archdiocese of
Baltimore, where she died.
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ed the churches and chapels
used throughout the world by the
Sisters of Charity, who are
active in every area of social
betterment — nursing, child
care, care of the aged and mis
sionary activities.
The cause for Mother Seton’s
beatification was begun inl9li,
but was not officially introduced
until Feb. 28, 1940. Vicepostu-
lator for the cause was New
York-born Father John P. Mc
Gowan, C.M., First Provincial
Consultor of the Vincentian Fa
thers’ Eastern United States
Province. He was named to the
pest in October, 1959, follow
ing the death of Father Salva
tor M. Burgio, C.M., who had
held the position for 21 years.
POPE JOHN XXIII added his encouragement to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organi
zation’s Food for Peace campaign when he greeted several statesmen and humanitarians meeting
in Rome to promote the campaign. Above, Pope John shakes hands with former French Premier
Pierre Mendes-Franee.
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN
Assimilation Is American
Contribution To World
Following is an extract of the
speech given for the St. Pat
rick's Banquet of the Hibernian
Society of Savannah by Archbis
hop Paul J. Hallinan:
One period of Irish history
has always held my attention,
the first decades of the Irish
Immigrant In America, the time
that brought forth and nourished
those noble societies of chari
ty and philanthropy like your
own. A century ago, the exodus
from Ireland was at its peak.
The Spanish, French, English,
and Scotch-Irish were already
here, with some Dutch, Ger
mans, Jews and Swedes,—then
came the Irish 1
From 1833 on, more than
35,000 a year. By 1850,206,000
were calling to swell the total
to nearly a million. By 1860,
it was , 1,600,000. More than
any other Immigrant group they
came principally because of
starvation. They had a united
faith and a language common
to their new land,—and little
else. If we want to study a
minority group, large in num
bers, small in possessions,
money and prestige,—here it
is. How did they appear to the
native American? How were
they treated?
It is not a pretty chapter of
American history. For each
band of noble Americans like
the Hibernian Society of Sa
vannah, in which the Irishman
and his neighbor livedlnmutual
respect and Christian honor,
there were scores of cities and
dozens of other societies that
despised them. Every social
historian of the 19th century
writes of the signs on factor
ies and offices,—"No Irish need
Apply". Edward E. Hale, the
great American patriot, urged
the United States to cut the
number of Irish admitted down
:o eight for every 100 native-
born Americans. Irish girls
were hired as servants for $4
to $7 and board a month. In
the Pennsylvania coalmines, the
men worked fifteen hours a day
for 50£ cents.
The Catholic churches were
labelled "Paddy churches", and
even Tammany Hall issued an
edict: "No Irish and other fo
reigners admitted." Lyman
Beecher called the Irish "a
dead mass of ignorance and su
perstition". The Chicago Post
proclaimed, "Scratch a con
vict and you will tickle skin of
an Irish Catholic." One Bosto
nian held his nose, and wrote,
"The gorilla is superior to the
Irishman in muscle, and hardly
inferior in moral sense."
They were truly a race set
fly UNITED NATIONS
apart, clinging to the lowest
rung of the political, economic
and social ladder, segregated by
their race, segregated by their
faith. The Italians who came
later, the Slavic, Balkan and
mid-East peoples still later
suffered the same stigma, res
trictions, bigotry and discrimi
nation. But the Irish of mid-
19th century American set the
pattern for assimilation, al
most wrote the formula of how
to become an American. Un
wanted and despised, they set
Religious Freedom
Debate Postponed
G E N E V A, Switzerland,
March 19 (NC)—Discussion of
religious freedom, scheduled
to be a major item at the cur
rent meeting here of the United
Nations Human Rights Com
mission, has been postponed.
It has been rescheduled for
debate toward the end of the
meeting and Catholic observers
fear it may not be discussed at
all.
NATIVE BORN
WASHINGTON (NC)—The be
atification of Mother Elizabeth
Seton, March 17 in Rome, was
cited In the House of Represen
tatives as a source of pride for
the nation.
Rep. Charles McC. Mathias,
Jr., of Maryland told the House
March 18) that "all Ameri
cans can be proud of this unique
honor which has come to one of
our own native daughters."
"All Americans can seek to
exemplify in their own lives the
charity and virtue of Mother
Seton which have been recalled
and published to the world in
yesterday's ceremony in St.
Peter's,” Mathias said.
CINERAMA
ON THE meeting’s agenda is
the U.M. General Assembly's
request for a statement on the
elimination of religious intoler
ance to be submitted to the as
sembly’s next session.
Meanwhile, aCatholic
spokesman has denounced ra
cial discrimination.
Father Paul Bouvier, direc
tor of the Geneva office of the
International Conference of Ca
tholic Charities, said on behalf
of that organization that "all
efforts to eradicate racial dis
crimination will meet with full
cooperation on the part of
Christians."
HE SAID this is so because
"according to Christian doc
trine, all human beings have
been created by one and the
same God, are sons of one and
the same Father."
Indian Priest
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. (NC)—
Father Marvin Fox, a Treaty
Indian from the Blood Reserve
near here, was ordained to
the priesthood at the reserve
by Bishop Francis Carroll of
Calgary.
How The West Was Won!
Cinerama is always big. Big
screen, big stars, and big au
dience. We can, therefore, safe
ly predict that the present pro
gram of Cinerama at the Mar
tin Theater will be a big suc
cess.
"How the West Was Won'
is a terrific production. It re
kindles the true and legend of
one of history’s great adven
tures with its all-star cast of
American pioneers.
THE LAND the pioneer sought
to win was a stubborn and un
relenting enemy. Mighty riv
ers filled with the fury of white-
water rapids, endless plains of
parched earth, mountains like
forbidden granite fortresses
barred his Westward trek. None
of these halted the pioneer, as
he pushed toward the West dog
gedly beyond each day's set
ting sun.
The winning of the American
West is a story of infinite ex
citement. It is a story that re
quires telling on the screen, but
only on a screen with dimen
sions to match its breadth.
THE STARS include Carroll
Baker, Lee J, Cobb, Henry
Council Head
MIAMI, Fla. (NC)— Msgr.
Bryan O. Walsh, director of
the Diocese of Miami's Catho
lic Charities, has been elected
chairman of the Florida Coop
erating Council on Children and
Youth.
Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Earl
Malden, Gregory Peck, George
Peppard, Robert Preston, Deb
bie Reynolds, James Stewart,
Spencer Tracy, Eli Wallace,
John Wayne, Richard Widmark.
Co-starring for almost any
thing from ten seconds to twenty
minutes are many other Holly
wood adventurers.
If one makes allowance for
a certain element of switch —
a disjointed moving from one
situation to another— "How the
West Was Won" is worth the
investment by the family. There
are a couple of gory scenes
which I am not sure are suit
able for very young children.
There is nothing immoral about
them; it is just they are a bit
too "bloody" for over-imagi
native young minds. Otherwise,
it Is memorable entertainment.
Letters
their course to become a real
and living part of a nation that
seemed to want only the taxes
they paid and the blood they
were ready to shed in her wars
The assimilation went on,
due in great part to their ten-
aeclous hold on their religious
faith. They had Patrick to thank
for that. Partly, it was due to
their buoyancy and hope and
gaiety in the darkest depths of
trouble. But I find a deeper
element at work in this pro
cess of assimilation. Its bed
rock is Justice, and this too
goes back to Patrick.
Very few Irishmen today have
ever heard of the "Senchus
Mor," Patrick's Law. Today,
the young politician in the House
or Senate, of city council or
state legislature, probably has
not heard of it. But his ances
tors knew about it, and to them
may be traced that impulse for
the fight. That Instinct for jus
tice, that he feels within him,
but cannot fully explain. When
the Saint first came to Ireland
to preach the Catholic faith, he
found a land whose civil laws
bristled with injustice,—man’s
rights, as well as God’s, were
disregarded; man was not jud
ged on his merits as a man;
human law reflected many
things but it did not reflect
human dignity; and—worst of
all, these inequities, these ine
qualities were not aberrations,
they were written into the very
marrow of the law itself.
Patrick conferred with the
native chiefs, proud and haugh
ty men. The force of religion
was brought to bear upon the
morals of men. Justice became
the theme of Celtic law, not
just a word to shout about on
the holidays, not a patriotic
virtue to be mocked at the polls
in the legislatures, in the
courts, but a fact upon which
all human dignity could be re
newed.
The young Irishman of the
19th century, the immigrants
who were helped because the
early Savannians were men of
justice too,—these Irish were
not saints. They harbored their
own bigotries and prejudices.
But down deep, they knew that
these were emotional lapses,
and eventually had to be squar
ed with the law of Justice. So
they moved forward, from hod-
carrier, to section boss, to po
liceman and lawyer, city and
state and federal leader. Some
times they carried their preju
dices with them, against the
Chinese in California, the Ne
groes in the South, the French
-Canadians in New England,
but they carried deeper within
their souls the awareness of
Patrick’s Senchus Mor, the Law
of Justice.
In this tremendous process
of assimilation, we must see
not just this or that completed
chapter of American history.
Assimilation is the American
contribution to the world, and
it will never end. Great so
cieties such as yours have play
ed their part in it, nobly, cha
ritably, benevolently. There Is
still assimilation to be done;
may we earnestly recognize
that it will always be there to
be done.
TO THE EDITOR:
Statistically, few readers will
realize the measure of "johnny
come lately" self approbation
that pervades your article "Lo
ving Care". It vividly illustra
tes Catholic complacency'in do
ing too little late. Long before
the mountain moved and brought
forth a fifteen student school
for the retarded, itself retard
ed since birth, the fact that
non-Catholic Clergy were con
tributing space and Christian
education to these children was
brought to the attention of our
Clergy. I hardly need quote the
reasons for our lack of Chris
tian initiative as related to me
ten years ago, lack of teach
ers, lack of facilities, etc.
Since then we have built and
staffed new grade schools, high
schools, and even a sort of fin
ishing school for fortunate
young ladies, but our one room,
one teacher movement to Chris
tian charity is made to seem
like Catholic University. Today
we are still failing to provide
an instructor in basic religion
for Catholic children attending
special classes in public
schools, Fairhaven, Northside,
Inc., and other non-denomina-
tional, lay promoted institu
tions. The recent census will
develop some comforting sta
tistics, like most Catholics are
married, adults that is, but the
numbers game will not show up
the losers and will not relate
the retarded many to the for
tunate few at Our Lady’s.
J. A. McCAULEY
ATLANTA
Archbishop Hallinan in ans
wer to a question about this
letter, stated:
"It is encouraging that our
correspondent is helping to call
attention to one of our greatest
needs - the retarded child. I
hope he will write often - about
Dur other dependent children at
Saint Joseph’s Home, persons
with incurable cancer, the Cu
ban exiles, the families helped
by the Saint Vincent de Paul
Societies, the juveniles in trou
ble with the police, the aged
and homeless, the unwed mo
thers, the poor cared for by our
hospitals and clinics, the unhap
py marriages. There are hun
dreds of needs, enough for
everyone to plead for. Statis
tics are never comforting, but
it is our hope that the census
will reveal not only Catholic
people who need help, but also
Catholic people who are willing
to give it. It is also our hope
that as the Church asks for
hands and funds to do these
and many other things, there
will be plenty. Welcome aboard,
Mr. McCauley 1”
TO THE EDITOR:
May I heartily concur with
Mrs. Latoy’s letter of last week!
One of my main pleasures in
the Bulletin has been follow
ing with great interest the news
of other parishes in the Arch
diocese.
We receive other Catholic
periodicals in our home which
give us news of other parts of
the country. I can't help but
feel The Georgia Bulletin should
be primarily news of Georgia.
How else shall we keep up with
the many friends we have In
the priesthood, the activity of
older churches and the pro
gress of our newer parishes.
These things are all changing
rapidly in our new and busier
south, but all with whom I have
spoken feel strongly that we
should keep up as best we can.
As usual Father Kiernan’s
column Is delightful, and the
Archbishop’s marvelous let
ters are always Informative.
The new format Is grand, but
please - more about Georgia 1
JANE C.SCHWEERS(MRS. ED
WARD H. )
Atlanta 5, Ga.
INDIA: AN UNFINISHED TALE
YOUR GENEROSITY in response to our weekly appeal Is
always a source of wonder to us. Yet It sometimes happens that
the contributions received in our of
fice for a particular project are not
quite enough to complete it . . . Such
is the work of the POOR CLARES In
PAL A YAM In the diocese of Palai in
3 Southern India. When we first told
** you their story, the Sisters were en
couraged to begin building the con
vent, nursery and dispensary so much
needed by the poor people of this
isolated place . . . But we were un
able to send enough to see the proj
ect through to completion. Father
Pottanany, their pastor, has written
several times telling of their difficult progress and asking con
tinued help ... Plastering, flooring and furniture will cost about
S3,000 more. Can we come through for them again—this time
all the way?
The Holy Fasheri Mission Aid
fir tie Oriental Church
ANGELIC MESSENGER
It was no ordinary messenger who brought to Mary the news
that she was to have a Child. On March 25 we remember the
visit of that heavenly legate, the ANGEL
GABRIEL ... In mission lands many young
men like GEORGE SARG1 and MICHAEL
SAAD, seminarians, In the holy land, and
young women like SISTER MARY ANGELA
and SISTER MARY JOSETA, novices with
the Sacred Heart Sisters In India, are called
to the religious life to become other mes
sengers, announcing to countless thousands
the glad tidings of Christ’s birth. By helping them through their
seminary or novitiate training, you can aid in this angelic work
. . . They need benefactors to give $100 a year for six years for
the seminarians; $150 a year for two years will cover the cost
of the two year novitiate for the novices. You may make the
•payments to suit your own convenience
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
EVERY SO OFTEN, in opening the mail, we find a check or
noney order with these three little words: "No strings attached."
Our benefactor Is saying in effect "Use this donation wherever
i t’s needed most, wherever it will do the most good.” We thank
nod that people are so generous. Usually these stringless gifts
some just in time to do something special for which we have
->o funds.
MISSION NEEDS
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leeds are many. An Easter gift would be appreciated. Som
suggestions:
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Stations of the Cross ($25'; Censer ($20); Sanctuary
Lamp ($15); Altar Linens ($15); Sanctuary Bell ($5).
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