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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963 ‘DEAR LUDOVICO AND FRANCESCO’ Pope’s First Blessing Sent To His Brothers THE NEW POPE Paul VI is shown at the 115th annual commencement of the Uni versity of Notre Dame, Indiana, on June 5, 1960. The then Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battiata Montini, celebrated the baccalaureate Mass and reveived the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, as did also U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Left to right: Cardinal Montini; Very Rev. Christopher J. O'Toole, C.S.C., then superior general of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; President Eisenhower and Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., University president. VATICAN CITY, (NC)— His Holiness Pope Paul VI sent his first telegram and first blessing to his brothers Lodo- vico and Francesco and their families. "To Our very dear Lodovi- co and Francesco, and to your families, in revered memory of our departed ones who taught us faith in Christ and love for the Church, the first of the Apostolic blessings of your most affectionate brother, to day, through divine design, "Pope Paul VI." BOTH Ludovico and Frances co had heard the news of the election on television. Ludovico, an attorney, was in the town of Gavianana, in the Province of Pistoia, where he was taking part in a meet ing. When he heard Giovanni Cardinal Montini’s name an nounced, he slumped into a chair. Then he called on all those present to recite the Apostles’ Creed. "It’s an immense joy, a joy for the whole world now that he’s the Father of all," he la ter told the press. He talked with other relatives in Bres cia and urged them to recite the Apostles’ Creed. Francesco, a doctor, has been recovering from a heart attack at his villa in Bovezzo, a small town near Brescia. When he heard the news of his brother’s election, he insisted on getting out of bed to kneel for the blessing given on television by Pope Paul VI. He nearly faint ed and had to be given medical aid. THE day before Cardinal Montini left for the conclave in Rome he had visited with Francesco. In Rome the Cardinal's nep hew, Giorgio Montini, 38, told newsmen: "When I heard that my uncle had chosen the name of Paul the Sixth, I remembered the great devotion and esteem that he had always had for St. Paul." Giorgio Montini is the son of Ludovico and is also a lawyer. He lives in Rome with his wife and two children. Margherita Peretti Cesaroli, whose mother cared for the fu ture Pope when he was ill as a boy, last saw the Pontiff this Easter Monday while he was visiting his brother Fran cesco. "I had written him,*' said Margherita, "that one of my sons, Luigi, was in bed from an accident due to work, and he took the opportunity during his visit to Francesco to come here. He talked for a long time with my Luigi, and then all of us gathered together in the courtyard. We said some pray ers, and he blessed us. It was only a half-hour visit, but it remains unforgettable in our minds." CARDINAL Montinl's last vi sit to Concesio, where he was born, was on the Feast of St. Rocco in August, 1959. He came to bless a new factory. In Brescia, posters acclaim ing the election at "one of our own" covered the city’s walls. The Montini family home in the Via delle Grazie was decorat ed with banners and flowers. The street takes its name from the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces near the Montini home, which was the center of Giovan ni Battista's religious devotion. As a child, Giovanni Battis ta suffered frequently from Ill health. Pictures of him at an early age show him to be thin, to have a graceful acquiline nose, and resemble his mother, Guidetta Alghisi Montini, par ticularly in regard to the deep- set eyes. Besides staying in the sum mertime at their home in Con cesio, the Montinis also spent part of the summer in Vero- lavecchia, at their mother's home. The townspeople recall that every morning at nine the entire family—mother, father and three boys—would leave the house to walk to church to at tend Mass and receive Comm union. THE only person now living in the house in Verolavecchia, another village on the outskirts of Brescia, is 80-year-old Te resa Alghisi Pea, a cousin of the Pope's mother. She remem bers what Giovanni Battista was like in his boyhood. She said he was "a boy like all the others, but he often had in his attentive eyes a sort of look at delight, and his slight figure showed even then some ascetic quality, so much so that it almost frightened one." "1 remember," she added, "that several times he was sur prised, but not disturbed, when he was found praying in a cor ner of the garden." Another childhood acquain tance, Father Luigi Benassi, archpriest of Fargeno Nomma, said: "He inherited great wis dom from his mother". Recalling his childhood days with Giovanni Battista Montini, Father Benassi said: "In Vero lavecchia it used to be the cus tom that a bell would ring at three o'clock in the afternoon to remind all of the death at Our Lord. Immediately, Bat tista stopped playing and fell into a brief, intimate prayer. If, later, he happened to hear the Angelus, he would—without any regard for human respect and wherever he happened to be—ask all children or adults, or whoever was present, to re cite the beautiful prayer with him." FATHER Benassi recalled that it was the future Pope who made it possible for him to be come a priest. He said that one day when Giovanni and his brothers were visiting the Benassi farm home, the Benassis* 92-year-old grandmother said: "Do you know my 'Gigi* (an affectionate diminutive for Luigi) wants to study to be a priest? But howls it possible? We can't afford it". According to Father Benas si, Giovanni Battista replied: "There's always Providence". He recalled that Giovanni then took him aside and whispered: "Be ready to leave for Brescia soon. I want to be a priest, but don’t tell anyone." A short time later, Benassi received a letter informing him that he had been given a scho larship to the seminary. The money had been provided by a charities institute whose presi dent was Giorgio Montini, Gior van! Battista’s father Teachers and classmates in Brescia remember the future Pope as an intelligent student who was also quiet and mild. Like his brothers, he attended the Cesare Ariel Institute, an elementary and upper school conducted by Jesuits. Giorgio Montini had been in elementary and upper school conducted by Jesuits. Later Giovanni Battista at tended the Liceo or Junior Col- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 not arrive until 11:30. A num ber of cardinals passed through the Vatican’s Clementine Hall where the audience was held on their way to see the Pope, which explained the delay. The feeling at the audience was warm on both sides. Pope Paul, seeming very tall in his white cassock, smiled often and the pilgrims cheered him fre quently. They applauded when he told them that Bishop Neumann will be beatified soon and again after he gave them his blessing. FOLLOWING his address, the Pope descended the seven scar let steps from his throne to greet the four Pennsylvania bis hops who had been given jrtaces of honor at his right. They were Bishop J. Carroll McCormick of Altoona-Johnstown, Auxi liary Bishop Francis J. Furey of Philadelphia, Auxiliary Bis hop Gerald V. McDevitt of Phil adelphia, and Bishop Francis E. Hyland, retired Ordinary of Atlanta who lives in the Phil adelphia archdiocese. Pope Paul chatted with the bishops in English. Bishop Fu rey reported that the Pope had sent his greetings to Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia. Following is the text of Pope Paul’s first formal English ad dress; "We are very happy to greet you, Our beloved children from the United States of America who have made this long jour ney to see your venerated Bis hop Neumann raised to the hon ors of the altar. We understand your keen disappointment upon learning of the postponement of the ceremony of beatification which would have given to the world yet another example of he roic virtue nurtured on Ame rican soil. It will not be long before Bishop Neumann is num bered among the blessed. "HOWEVER, your visit to Rome should be a rich and un forgettable experience. All around you there are numerous monuments, reminders of the glories of the Church and her faithful. Here one can sense in a special way the unity and age lessness of the Church. And here, at the tomb of St. Peter, we traverse centuries to re turn to the times of the Apos tles Peter and Paul. The les sons that one learns here are venerated in the many chur ches of this holy city, "We ask you to take back to all citizens of the United States Our greetings. We have visited your noble country and We have experienced personally your sincere and warm hospitality and generosity. The Industry of your people and the rich lege of Arnaldo da Brescia and at the same time was an ex tern student following courses at the Brescia seminary. Be cause of ill health, he did not enter the seminary until late, not receiving his cassock un til November, 1919, only a year before his ordination. Ordained in the Brescia ca thedral on May 29, 1920, by Bishop Giacinto Gaggi, Father Montini offered his first Mass the next day at the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces near his home. To those present it was a particularly tender cir cumstance that the chasuble he wore had been made from the white silk at his mother's wed ding dress. blessings of natural resources have made yours a prosperous land. In your abundance you have not forgotten less fortunate peoples, and to them and to new emerging nations you have given valuable assistance. The Catho lics of the United States have been outstanding for their de voted loyalty to the successors of St. Peter; they have been sin gularly generous to die Church and its missionary activity. Your young men and women are giving of their talents in every part of the world. "We are mindful, too, of Our non-Catholic brothers, and upon them and their loved ones We invoke rich heavenly grace. To you, venerable brothers and be loved children, to your fami lies and friends, and through you to Our brother bishops, clergy, Religious and all faith ful at die United States, We im part, in pledge of abundant hea venly blessings and assistance, Our special paternal apostolic benediction." Earl Warren At Pope’s Crowning WASHINGTON, (NC>- E.rl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States, and Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, Sen ate Majority Leader, have been named by President Kennedy to head the U. S. delegation at the coronation of His Holinesa Pope Paul VI at the Vatican on June 30 CATHOLIC HOUR IN ATLANTA The Catholic Hour, one of ra dio's best-known and oldest programs, is being broadcast by radio station WSB, Atlanta, AM and FM. The AM time 6:30 a.m. on Sundays. FM time is 1:30 p.m., also on Sundays. The Catholic Hour is spon sored by the National Council of Catholic Men, in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company. Red Leader For Agreement VIENNA, (NC)-—Yugoslavia's Vice President Edvard Kardelj has condemned "dogmaticians" who are afraid of "coexistence" between Church and State. He spoke out in Ljubljana, capital at predominantly Catho lic Slovenia. An American Beatified Soon PAPAL CORONATION Ceremony Set For Outdoors CONTINUED FROM PAG El to at least 100,000 —among them detachments of papal guards and parade units representing the Italian armed forces. All eyes turned to the little balcony centered high above the entrance to St. Peter’s. But there was no sign of activity. Then the doors onto the balcony opened, and the first of the cardinal deacons, Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, walked out, preced ed by a processional cross. It was 12:11 p.m., and the throng was oblivious of the merciless noonday sun. Cheers, then hush, as Cardinal Ottaviani proclaimed: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; Habemus papam." (I announce to you a great joy: We have a pope.) The Cardinal’s voice, throbbing with emotion, continued: "The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord, John Baptist..." At the Latin words Joannem Baptlscam, a joyous acclaim swelled from the crowd: Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini, Archbishop of Milan, was the only cardinal named after St. John the cousin of Jesus. The roar quickly subsided, and Cardinal Ottaviani picked up again: "Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Montini..." THERE WAS more cheering before the Cardinal could go on: "who has taken the name Paul VI.** With this, the cheering be came tumultuous. Cardinal Ottaviani quickly withdrew from the balcony. At 12:20 the cardinals who had elected their brother of Milan to fill the vacant Chair of Peter gathered in the open windows on either side of the central balcony. At 12:22, preceded by the papal processional cross, Pope Paul VI stepped onto the balcony, receiving the crowd’s ovation and replying with his silent blessing. Then he stood with hands joined in prayer for a minute while the throng roared and waved hands, hats and handkerchiefs. Over his new white cassock Pope Paul wore a short red cape and a heavily brocaded stole of the same color. At his right hand stood Eugene Cardinal Tlsserant, the bearded French-born Dean of the College of Cardinals. Draped from the balcony rail was a huge red-embroidered papal banner bearing the arms of the late Pope John. A military band struck up an anthem. AT 12:23 P.M., Pope Paul's strong baritone voice intoned the first words of the blessing Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world): "Sit Nomen Domini benedictum..." Three times he raised his right hand in blessing. Each sign at the Cross was clear, precise and easily seen but not overly large. After the blessing, Paul VI stood for a minute to receive the ovation which burst from the crowd in the square and atop to outstretched arms at the Bernini colonnades. Then came an an nouncement by a prelate standing on Pope Paul's left: Pope Paul had granted a plenary indulgence to all the faithful present and to those who listened prayerfully to his voice over the air waves. Then die new Pope withdrew without further ceremony, En graved on the facade above him as he walked inside was the name of the last pope to take the name of Paul—Paul V, the Borghese prelate from Siena whose 17th century pontificate witnessed the completion of St. Peter's. THE DOORS closed. The man wearing the white skullcap had a new, worldwide pastorate which he could not decline. A decade earlier—it was January 12, 1953—Pope Pius XII had elevated 24 prelates to the rank of cardinal. In doing so he revealed that he had chosen as firit among them his two chief aides in the Secretariat of State—Msgra. Domenico Tardini and Giovanni Battiata Montini. Then he diaclosed that the two pre lates "requested Us so insistently to allow them to decline this very high honor that We thought it fitting to hear their oft ex pressed wishes and repeated petitions." The following year, Pius named Msgr. Montini Archbishop of Milan. And in December of 1958, Pope John chose him to be the first of his cardinals. This time he did not decline the red hat. Nor did he refuse the white hat—the heaviest burden of all- willed on him by the Church’s College of Cardinals five and a half years later. SUPPORT YOUR ADVERTISERS FOR YOUR OFFICE NEEDS NORELCO DICTATING MACHINES PORTASOUND LECTERNS See Today HYNIS COMPANY 173 WMITtHAU STRUT, S w ATLANTA OIORQIA A HO Nl - S3S-MI7 CAS REALTY COMPANY "Specialists in Commercial and Industrial Real Estate" Suite 200 Henry Grady Bldg. Atlanta 3 Ga. Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. 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