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MID-ATLANTIC, ABOARD "UNITED STATES": Lastyear,lhad
three flights to Europe - one to visit our Irish seminsrltns, and
two for the Council. Air is the fastest modern mode of travel,
but it leaves you with a montage of airports, seat-belts, and end
less views of water and/or clouds. This time, I would cross the
Atlantic in leisure, the way the Council Fathers went to the First
Vatican in 1869 - by ship.
I might have saved my time! Despite good company and good
food, the five-day trip was dreary and overcast, with enough rain
to keep everybody out of deck chairs, and enough roll-and-pltch
to keep many out of the dining rooms, too. Our party of four had no
particular problem on that score, but even Mass was difficult be
cause the contents of the Chalice were unsteady. And once the
Missal moved of its own accord from the Epistle to the Gospel
side - without a server! This is carrying liturgical participation
pretty far, when even the Missal gets into the action.
Dr. Paul Tillich was the brightest light of the voyage. This emi
nent Protestant theologian, accompanied by his wife, was going to
Zurich to deliver some lectures. We met at table, and were in
vited to meet again with them for more discussion on the Council.
Then the professor and Mrs. Tillich accepted our invitation (Bis
hop Robert Tracy and I) to pursue our thoughts still further. I
loaned him a copy of Hans Kueng's latest book, 'THE COUNCIL IN
ACTION*' which, with my underlining and marginal notes, provided
the basis of our talks.
It would not be proper to report our conversations as a piece
of correspondence, but it is quite in order to say that Dr. Tillich's
great admiration for Pope John has opened up a new respect for die
Church's determination to meet the demands of modern society.
Like us, he shares a distrust for foggy concepts - words and ideas
should be defined so that discussion can proceed fruitfully. 'The
Church'* - "faith" - "spirit" all came in for scrutiny and dis
section, the central problem of authority, of course, was discussed;
this is at the heart of much Catholic-Protestant tension.
Dr. Tillich has walked the difficult path between philosophy and
theology for many years, first in pre-Hitler Germany, then at
Union Theological Seminary in New York, later Harvard, and then
The University of Chicago. He is a pupil of the great Protestant
biblical scholar, Harnack; a teacher who has tried to bridge the
gap between things and their terms; and a pioneer who has breathed
much fresh air into Protestant religious discussion in the United
States. Now he is watching the Council to see what direction the Ca
tholic aggiornamento takes. In Paris, on learning of Pope Paul's
forward steps in regard to the Council he said devoutly - "May
God bless theml" And we parted, with a pledge of mutual prayer,
PARIS, FRANCE- The Commission of the Liturgy has been
called to Rome in advance of die opening date, but we still have
time to observe a little of France and Germany. In Paris, the
gigantic efforts of the late Cardinal Suhard seem to have repaired
some of the gap between the clergy and the laity. DuGaulle, the
Algerians, the Common Market, and die amaing diplomatics of
South Vietnam are on everyone’s lips. I managed to bring up men
tion of Georgia's chickens each time the Common Market was
mentioned. The French reaction was as skeptical as it was when I
explained that Adanta did not use police dogs and firehoses on our
citizens, and that our Catholic schools and hospitals were inte
grated without trouble. It is tragic what one headline or newsphoto
can do to poison our images of each other.
Chartres, the diocese that goes back to the third century, and
whose wonderful Cathedral goes back to the twelfth, has been the
inspiration of such diverse people as Henry Adams, our own Yankee
observer, and the thousands of Catholic youth who walk there from
all over France. To use a cliche, it is a poem in stone, but such
stone as rises up to scrape at heaven, and encloses stained-glass
that brings heaven down to earth. Here are die brilliant, warm-
hued glass windows that tell of the tree of Jesse (the genealogy
of Mary), and the Passion of Christ. For an obscure reason, my
favorite item at Chartres has always been the Judgment scene in
stone over one of the entrances, where die archangel holds the
scales of justice, and an impish devil tips the scales against die
poor culprit in the dock.
At Rome, we will be with some of the keen French bishops like
the auxiliary of Paris, whose parish is almost entirely under
Communist influence, and another whose excellent Latin used to
explode into fireworks French when the Liturgy Commission
meetings grew heated. France, "the eldest daughter of die
Church," wanders in and out of the old home with saints like the
Cure d’ Ars, St. Therese, St. Louis, and St. Vincent de Paul; and
rebels like Renan and Lolsey, die Galileans and the Jansenists.
The Church here has much to teach us, and It has much to learn
from us.
TRIER, GERMANY - In Germany it is different. There is a
warmth, a homeliness, a grasp of the faith that has survived die
Kulturkampf of Bismark, the postures of Kaiser Wilhelm, and the
mental aberrations of Adolph Hitler. Yesterday we visited the in
stitute of Liturgy in Trier, where Msgr. Wagner presides - a dy
namic center of publications, research and influence on the worship
of God by the German people. And today, we visited the Benedic
tine Abbey of Marla Laach where Father Guardini and Abbot Heers-
wiggen began the great liturgical renewal of our times. These
names, with Father Jungmann, S. J., give Germany the rightful
claim to first among the nations to plant the seeds that have blos
somed in Pope John's AGGIORNAMENTO
This morning, in the town of Ida-Oberstein, 1 offered Sunday
Mass for the people of Sts. Peter and Paul parish. It was a MISS A
COMMUNIS, halfway between a Low Mass and a High Mass. The
congregation sang German hymns at the entrance, the Gloria,
the Credo, the Sanctus and the Communion, and replied to my
words in Latin, while the parish priest read almost the entire
Mass from the pulpit in German. Butfewmen received Holy Com
munion, and only a handful of women. When the German spirit
of external participation is merged with the American spirit of
sacramental participation, we will have what the Church wants, -
true liturgical participation, the full activity of our priests and
people, with Christ as our Head, offering worship to the Heavenly
Father, - the holy people of God, marked by baptism, at work at
worship. 1 tried to sum up these thoughts in my sermon which
Pastor Adams carefully translated into German.
ATHENS, GEORGIA - Meanwhile, I cannot resist a story that 1
kept from the groundbreaking ceremonies of the new St. Mary’s
Hospital in Athens (not Greece, butGeorgla), It was the day before
I left for the Council.
A young lad of eight had watched the ceremony carefully, and
was much impressed. First, the archbishop took a shovel-full of
soil, then the Sisters, then the Board of Advisors. When he return
ed home, he was questioned as to his whereabouts, He explained
with wide-eyed wonder. "I was out there watching all those people
on the hill. They were digging for a church - but they couldn't
find anyl"
We are, in the Second Vatican Council, digging for a solution.
May our future be more promising.
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ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA
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Pontiffs Message
Hails Georgetown
OCTOBER 13
Beatification Set October
13 For Bishop Neumann
By Carl A. Balcerak
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
Venerable John Nepomucene
Neumann, who will be beati
fied on October 13, was a zea
lous missionary, educator,
builder of churches and spiri
tual servant of immigrants.
Yet though he accomplished
much in many fields, the Bo
hemian-born prelate was truly
"a hero apart from grand un
dertakings," in the words of
Pope Benedict XV, who declar
ed him Venerable in 1921.
THE MAN who was to become
the fourth Bishop of Philadel
phia disliked any fanfare, and
his humility, often misunder
stood, was like a cloak cover
ing his achievements.
As a pioneer missionary, Fa
ther Neumann spread the Faith
throughout various regions of
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New
York, Maryland and Virginia
from 1840 to 1860.
In the educational field, he
established the first unified
system of Catholic schools un
der a diocesan board, intro
duced nuns and Brothers into
the Philadelphia diocese as
teachers, and wrote a cate
chism and Bible history for the
faithful.
AS AN administrator, Bishop
Neumann helped construct 80
churches in the Philadelphia
diocese, conducted visitation
tours in pioneer settlements
and held three diocesan synods.
The Bishop also organized the
first diocesan schedule of the
Forty Hours' Devotion in Ame
rica.
Able to converse in 10 lan
guages, he eschewed the soli
tude desired by scholars for
the apostolate of action. His fa
cility In languages became an
effective tool in embedding the
Faith firmly into many Euro
pean immigrants to the U. S.
Father Neumann worked
among Germans in the region
of Niagara Falls, set up the
first national parish for . Ita
lians (St. Mary Magdalene de
Pazzi) In the U. S. in 1853
in south Philadelphia, and even
learned Gaelic so that he could
hear confessions of the Irish
who settled in a mountanious
region of Pennsylvania.
IN TRE VORTON, Pa„ one day
in 1856, an elderly lady went
into the confessional where Bis
hop Neumann was sitting and be
gan with the Gaelic words:
"Beannaigh me..."
A WEEK after his ordina
tion, he was named pastor of an
area in western New York as
large as his native land. He
worked four years as a pioneer
missionary along the Niagara
frontier and the Buffalo area,
where he ministered to hun
dreds of immigrants.
In 1840 Father Neumann be
gan his novitiate as a Redemp-
torist. On January 16, 1842,
he made his profession of vows
in Baltimore. He became even
more of a traveler then, going
out among the settlements of
Virginia, Mayland and Pennsyl
vania.
Two years later theRedemp-
torists made him superior of
their parish in Pittsburgh. In
1847 Father Neumann was nam
ed superior of all Redempto-
rists working in the U. S. Al
though the superior, he always
chose for himself the most self-
effacing tasks while on mission
assignments, leading in recita
tion of the Rosary rather than
giving the principal sermon, and
spending many hours daily in
the confessional.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 1852, Pope
Pius IX named him Bishop of
Philadelphia. The See entrust
ed to the 41-year-old prelate
covered 30,000 square miles.
It was made up of the present
Diocese of Trenton, N.J., a por
tion of Altoona-Johnstown, Pa.,
and Camden, N.J., dioceses, all
of Harrisburg, Pa., Scranton,
Pa„ and Wilmington, Del., dio
ceses, plus the present Arch
diocese of Philadelphia,
Bishop Neumann, who was
consecrated on March 28,1852,
could never quite get used to his
new office. Disliking pomp and
ceremony, he was reluctant to
attend social teas and banquets
and to wear the fashionable
clerical clothes he was given.
In his first sermon as head
of the diocese, Bishop Neumann
strongly urged that all Catholic
children attend C a t h o 1 1 c
schools. About six weeks after
his consecration, he assembled
a group of clergy and laymen
to discuss plans for setting up
parish schools throughout the
Philadelphia diocese. A week
later the group adopted a plan
for establishment of a central
board of education in the dio
cese.
THIS signal contribution of
Bishop Neumann's was made a
subject of canon law by the
Third Plenary Council of Bal-
Rome CYO Meet
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —
pope Paul VI, in a televised
message to Georgetown Uni
versity in Washington, D.C.,
lauded 1 the Washington <
school for playing leading role
in the "noble work of education
right from the beginning of your
republic."
The pontiff's message, spok
en in English, marked the be
ginning of celebrations com
memorating the Jesuit uni
versity's 175th anniversary. It
also came on the feastday (Sept.
26) of the North American Je
suit martyrs, victims of Indi
ans between 1642-1649 in up
state New York and Canada.
WITH POPE PAUL when he
delivered his talk were Arch
bishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington and Archbishop
Martin J. O'Connor, rector of
the Pontifical North American
timore 30 years after the Bis
hop's death.
Public schools soon found
their enrollment decreasing, as
one Catholic school after ano
ther went up in the Philadel
phia diocese. To provide teach
ers for the growing number of
students, Bishop Neumann
brought into the diocese Chris
tian Brothers, Sisters of Notre
Dame de Namur, Sisters of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, and
Sisters of the Holy Cross. In
April, 1855 , he founded an
American Congregation of the
Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Francis, whose motherhouse
now is located in Glen Riddle,
Pa.
In 1853 Bishop Neumann laun
ched the first diocesan cycle of
Forty Hours* Devotions in Ame
rica.
THE BISHOP asked the Holy
See to divide the Philadelphia
diocese, hoping that he would
be given a small area in the
coal regions among the hard
working immigrants. The Holy
See, instead of dismembering
the diocese, gave him a coad
jutor, Bishop James F. Wood.*
On January 5, 1860, Bishop
Neumann, while walking at 13th
and Vine Streets in Philadel
phia, fell to his knees sud
denly and died shortly after
wards. He was 49,
When Pope Benedict XV de
clared him Venerable in 1921,
he said that if some persons
could not "picture him to them
selves as a hero apart from
grand undertakings, We hasten
to say that wonderful results
can spring from simple deeds,
provided these are performed
as perfectly as possible and
with unremitting constancy."
HE ALSO said: "Venerable
Neumann's activity was indeed
admirable, not so much for the
good he effected in the fleeting
hour of the present, as for that
which assured the benefit for
future ages."
In February, 1963, the Vati
can's Sacred Congregation of
Rites certified as authentic two
miracles attributed to the in
tercession of Bishop Neumann
as a necessary step toward his
beatification.
There were the cure of J.
Kent Lenahan of suburban
Philadelphia, who suffered a
fractured skull and multiple in
ternal injuries in an automo
bile accident in 1949, and the
cure of Eva Benassi Pantani of
Sassuolo, Italy, of acute peri
tonitis in 1922.
BISHOP Neumann is the third
U. S. citizen, and the first male
one, to be beatified. Proof of his
citizenship in the form of a pass
port certificate, dated October
13, 1854, was recently discov
ered in the National Archives
in Washington, D. C.
The U. S. citizens already
beatified are St. Frances Xa
vier Cabrinl, a naturalized ci
tizen beatified in 1938 and ca
nonized as a saint in 1946,
and native-born Mother Eliza
beth Seton, foundress of the
Sisters of Charity in the U.S.,
who was beatified on March 17,
1963.
College in Rome. The message
was televised via Telstar, the
communication satellite, and
recorded by NBC in New York
for later broadcast.
Noting that Georgetown was
founded in 1789, the same year
in which the U. S. Constitution
was adopted, Pope Paul said
that through the university, the
Catholic Church has been pre
sent in the education of America
since its beginning.
THE CHURCH, he said, “is
ever Interested in inculcating in
the youth of a nation the religi
ous and civil principles upon
which society and national life
are based."
Pope Paul told Georgetown
that education "is gauged not
just to a formal preparation
for future work in the many
fields of endeavor in which
your graduates labor, but al
so to instilling in them the
moral principles which con
tribute to sound personal virtue
and holy family life."
IN THIS connection, the
message hailed Georgetown for
its contribution to the "firm
moral fibre of individuals and
families," which, he said,
"leads to a virtuous moral
condition of society as a whole."
The Pope concluded by be
stowing his apostolic blessing to
Georgetown officials, students
and alumni, and "to all our
children in the U.S."
Retarded
Welfare
Challenge
CLEVELAND (NC) — Mental
illness and retardation are
among the greatest challenges
facing private welfare agencies,
the retiring president of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities said here.
Msgr. Elmer J. Kolka of Den
ver told the charities convent
ion that in 1960 there were an
estimated 5.4 million children
and adults who were mentally
retarded and that there will
be a million more by 1970,
IN THE PAST, he said,many
mentally retarded persons
could find jobs after complet
ing special classes for the ed-
ucable. But, he added:
"There is some question
whether this will continue to
be so in the next 10 years with
out additional special help. In
creased industrial specializat
ion, automation and the intensi
fied tempo of industrial pro
duction pose new problems.
"Farming, which years ago
provided a field of employment
for many of the retarded, has
become so highly specialized
that such persons now have a
difficult time finding jobs
there."
NEEDED ALSO today, he
said, are more services to
the family. "The large ex
tended family of the past, which
included grandparents, un
married aunts, and others living
in the same household, is dis
appearing," he said.
"The result is that many ser
vices that family members
formerly performed-—such as
child care and nursing the
chronically ill—now must be
sought outside the family,"
Msgr. Koika said.
Meeting At SS.
Peter And Patti
The Ladies Auxiliary of SS.
Peter & Paul Parish held their
opening meeting for the year of
1963-64 on Wednesday night,
October 25. The guest speaker
was Sister M. Edmunda,
principal of SS. Peter and Paul
School, who spoke on methods
of teaching in the parochial
schools, and the " do's and
don'ts" that might be of value
to parents.
At this time Sister M. Judith
Anne was welcomed as the new
Sister who has been assigned as
a teacher for the school, by
the Program Chairman, Mrs.
Pegg', Monaghan. The pastor,
Fr. Manning, addressed the
group briefly.
When she left the church,
then was a broad smile on her
face and she exclaimed to neigh
bors: "Moladh go deo la Dia.
Easpog Elreannach ata’gainn
are deire" (Praise be the good
God, it’s an Irish bishop we
have at last!)
John Neumann, the third of
six children, was born in Pra-
chaiitz, Bohemia, on March 28,
1811. After studying for the
priesthood at Budweis and Pra
gue, he came to the U. S. and
was ordained on June 26, 1846,
by Bishop John Dubois in New
York.
The exrcutive meeting of St.
Mary’s , Rome, C.Y.O. met
last week with Father McDon
ough, Pastor as moderator.
The Chairmen for the diffe
rent committees were assigned
as follows: social chairman-
Barbara Hecie, spiritual chair-
man-Robert Hart. Phvsictl ch
airman Callie Coker’and Cul
tural chairman Loraine Battle.
First meeting will be held
the second Sunday in October
at St. Mary’s School. Each ch
airman will present his ideas
and suggestions to be discuss
ed by the group.
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