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Newspaper Page TextPAGL 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963 TRAGEDY-AND HOPE Top Events Of Church In U. World This Year Tragedy-trimmed 1963, pas sing into history, left in its wake some hints of hope for a better world of the future. Topping the tragedies of the year were; the June 3 death of Pope John XXIII (Angelo Ron- calli), wnose efforts enkind led good will among all reli gious faiths in the world; the Nov, 2 assassination of Pre sident Ngo dinh Diem, his coun sellor-brother, Ngo dinh Nuh, both Catholics, when a mili tary coup overthrew their Viet nam administration; and the sniper assassination Nov. 22 of John F. Kennedy, first Catho- ] lie U. 3. President, as he rode 1 through Dallas, Tex., streets. ‘ HEAPING up hopes for abet- • ter future were; election of 1 Giovanni Battista Cardinal j Montim, who as Pope Paul VI too* up the good will efforts, particularly through the Sec ond Vatican Council, where Pope John left off; upsurge of ; sentiment favoring rights of U. S. Negroes following a year . of demonstrations which found Catholic leaders and organi zations in the front lines; eas- • ing of the Church-communist • tensions by the releases of Archbishop Josyf Slipyi, 76, Ukraine Primate, after 18 , years imprisonment in Soviet Russia, Prague's Archbishop Josef Beran, 74, four other bishops, after 14 years arrest in Red CzechoslovaKia, and U. S.-born Father Walter M. Cis- zek, S.J., after 23 years im prisonment in Russia. Nineteen sixty three will be remembered, too, as the year when: Mother Elizabeth Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the U. S., and John Nepomucene Neumann, C.SS.R., fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, were beatified; the U. S. Su preme Court barred devotional Bible reading and prayers from public schools; the U. S. Catho lic population rose to 43,851,- 538; the U. S. Bishops’ 1963 "Bonds of Union” statement advocated a common effort to acnieve racial justice, other unfulfilled national goals; Frank A. Hall after 40 years service retired as N.C.W.C. News Ser vice director, was succeeded by Floyd Anderson; two more sou thern dioceses—Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.- quietly brought racial integration to their schools. HERE IS a month-by-month account of 1963's top events of the Church in the U. S., and the world; JANUARY Pope John canonized St. Vin cent Mary Pallottl, 1835 found er of Pallottine Fathers. First National Conference on Reli gion and Race in Chicago, spon sored by nation's major faiths, was acclaimed widely, William Cardinal Godfrey, 73, Archbis hop of Westminster, died in London. NCWC Family Life Bureau named Mr, and Mrs. Richard T. Seidel, their 11 children, Catholic Family of Year, Paul Emile Cardinal Leger, of Montreal, breifly hospitaliz ed for "heart fatigue,” order ed to curtail activities. Auxi liary Bishops John J. Doug herty and Joseph A. Costello of Newark, N.J., were conse crated there. Bert M. Walz, 71, Madison, Wis., named for 1963 Vercelli Medal by national Holy Name Society, Cardinal Spell man returned from globe-gird- ling 12th annual Christmas vi sit to U. S. servicemen over seas, President Kennedy nam ed Archbishop Joseph P. Hur ley, Bishop of St. Augustine, Fla., to 6-member commis sion to plan 1965 celebration of St. Augustine's 400th anni versary. Time magazine nam ed Pope John "Man of the Year.” Outlining 1963 U. S. aid to schools program President Kennedy again urged inclusion of Church related colleges, uni versities, but exclusion of their elementary, high schools, Bos ton's Richard Cardinal Cush ing disclosed he was "myste rious donor” of $1 million to ransom Cuban invasion prison V» Gallon of SWEET CREAM In every pound of -AND O’ LAKE! Swaet Cream Butter ST. JOSEPH’S INFIRMARY SODA FOUNTAIN COFFEE SHOP AND RESTAURANT LOCATED NEXT TO GIFT SHOP ON MAIN FLOOR IN NEW BUILDING ATLANTA, OA. IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS There will not be any more Retreats in 1963. 1964 Retreats will begin Jan. 9th 1964. (Women) Phone 255-0503 or Write 6700 Riverside Dr. N.W. Atlanta 5, Ga. MlWCOMMNr DAISY DIVISION For Convenient Home Delivery In Atlanta Coll 636-8677 ers. National Legion of Decency rated 153 of 187 U. S. 1962 films in "A” classes. Sarah Weadlck, who helped thousands of immigrants find homes in U. S. in last 41 years, retired as assistant director of NCWC Immigration Department. FEBRUARY Archbishop Josyf Slipyi, 76, of Lviv, Primate of the Ukraine, freed after 18 years imprison ment in Soviet Russia, was re ceived by Pope John. Saluting Catholic Press Month, San Francisco's Archbishop Joseph T. McGucken, NCWC Press De partment chairman, said Catho lic press met its greatest chal lenge covering the Second Vati can Council. John Cardinal D’Alton, 80, Archbishop of Ar magh and Primate of All Ire land, died in Dublin. Walls of a Catholic school in B1BLAN Ecuador, collapsed, killing 105 children and teachers. Pope John transferred Bis hops James A. McNulty of Pat erson, J. J., to Buffalo, N. Y.; James J. Navagh of Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Paterson, and Leo R. Smith, administrator of Buffa lo, to Ogdensburg, and named Msgr. George H. Speltz of Win ona, Minn., Auxiliary Bishop of Winona. Attorneys General of 19 states asked U. S. Supreme Court to uphold legality of Bible reading, Lord's Prayer recita tion in public schools. AFL- CIO executive council meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., advocat ed U. S. aid to nonpublic schools. Refusal of Catholic University of America officials to Invite four theologians—Fathers John Courtney Murray, S.J., Gus tave Weigel, S.J., Godfrey Diek- mann, O.S.B., and Hans Kueng— to a student Lenten lecture ser ies touched off a controversy. The 1949 cure of J. Kent Len- ahan, Jr., 33, Philadelphia weight lifting champion and mu sic teacher, from near fatal auto mishap Injuries, was ac cepted by the Sacred Congre gation of Rites in beatification case of Venerable John Ne pomucene Neumann, fourth Bis hop of Philadelphia. Bishop Mark K. Carroll retired and Coadjutor Bishop Leo C. Byrne became administrator of the Wichita, Kans„ diocese. Britain's Prime Minister Ha rold Macmillan had a half-hour audience with the Pope, U. S, Su preme Court held the Rhode Is land Commission to Encourage Morality in Youth violated the Constitution by sending list of publications judged objection able to book, magazine deal ers. Adlai E. Stevenson, U. S. Ambassador to the UN, paid tribute to Pope John in accept ing the annual Patriotism Award of the senior class at Notre Dame U. An N.C.W.C. News Service special report said the Church was holding its own in Poland, despite constant Red pressures. MARCH Mother Elizabeth Bayley Set on, U.S. Sisters of Charity foun dress, was beatified by Pope John. The 1963 Balzan Peace Prize was awarded to Pope John. Alexei Adzhubel, editor of Izvestia and son-in-law of Russia's Nikita Khrushchev, with his wffe were received by Pope John. Rhode Island adopt ed a law providing tax-paid textbooks, aptitude and intelli gence tests for pupils in pa rochial, other nonpublic schools. Death claimed Manuel Cardi nal Arteaga y Betancourt, 83, Archbishop of Havana, Cuba; Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence F. Schott, 55, of Harrisburg, Pa„ in Danville, Pa. Also beatified was Luigi Palazzolo, 19th cen tury Italian priest-educator, who founded a community of Brothers and of nuns. Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., president, Vatican Secretariat for Pro moting Christian Unity, and Fa ther, Hans Kueng, Swiss-born theologian of University of The- bingen, Germany, visited U.S. Adm. George W. Anderson, Jr„ was named for University of Notre Dame's 1963 Laetare Medal; Mrs. Patricia C. Crow ley, Wilmette, 111., cofounder of the Christian Family Move ment, for Magnificat Medal of Mundelein (Ill.) College, and Maj. Robert M. White, astro naut and X-15 rocket planes pilot, for the Mendel Medal of V illanova (Pa.) University. Commission for CathoUc Mis sions Among the Colored Peo ple and Indians reported 703,- 433 Catholics among 18 mU- Uon U.S. Negroes, 129,070 Ca tholics among 500,000 Indians, Aubiliary Bishop George H. Speltz of Winona, Minn., was consecrated. Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan ordered all Catho Uc hospitals in Atlanta (Ga.) archdiocese adopt an imme diate racial integration policy. Pope John established a com mission of 30 cardinals to re vise the Code of Canon Law. The $5 million goal Laetare Sunday collection for the Bis hops Relief Fund was conduct ed nationwide. APRIL Pope John released the sec ond major encyclical of his pontificate, Pacem in Terris, cautioning the road to peace is along the moral, not the power, route. President Kennedy at Boston College’s centenary cel ebration said "as a Catholic I am proud of it (the encyclical), and as an American I have learned from it.” The encycli cal also drew praise from So viet Premier Nikita Khrush chev. The Pope made another appeal for world peace in his Easter message. New Orleans' Archbishop John P. Cody was reelected president general at the 60th annual National CathoUc Educa tional Association convention in St. Louis. Frank M. HeUer, Dal las, Tex., banker-industrialist, was elected president at the Na tional CouncU of CathoUc Men convention, Atlantic City, N. J. Msgr. James I. Tucek, head of the Rome bureau, N.C.W.C, News Service, was named for ViUanova (Pa.) University's 1963 St. Augustine Award. Six bishops confirmed 1,000 in a ceremony celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Lincoln, Neb., diocese. Cardinal SpeU- man offered Requiem Mass In St. Patrick's cathedral, for the 129 men who went down with the U. S. nuclear submarine Thresher. Pope John named Bishop John L. Morkovsky of AmarUlo, Tex., Coadjutor Bis hop with right of succession of the Galveston-Houston, Tex,, diocese, and Msgr, Lawrence M. DeFalco, Fort Worth, Tex., Bishop of AmarUlo. Michigan's Legislature okayed a bUl broad ening tax-paid school bus trans portation for nonpublic school pupUs. MAY Worldwide concern mounted over Pope John’s Ulness, de scribed as internal bleeding from gastric disorders. The 1963 Official Catholic Direc tory reported 43,851,538 Catho lics in U.S., year’s gain of Corn- lies in U. S., year's gain of 969,372. On U. S. visit Bel gium’s Leo Cardinal Suenens addressed U. S. Committee for United Nations in New York, received honorary degree from University of Notre Dame. As Pope John Joined thousands of U. S. Catholics in prayer Maj. L. Gordon Cooper set a U. S. record of 22 orbits in outer space. Floyd Anderson, managing editor, Central California Re gister, was reelected president, received 1962 distinguished journalism award at 53rd Ca thoUc Press Association con vention in Miami Beach, Fla. Enthroned were Bishop James A. McNulty of Buffalo, N. Y., and Bishop Leo R. Smith of Ogdensburg, N. Y. Bishop Law- Ogdensburg, N. Y. Bishop Lawrence M. DeFalco of Ama rUlo, Tex., was consecrated in Dallas, Tex. Brooklyn's Bis hop Bryan J. McEntegart re ceived the 1963 St. De La SaUe Medal of Manhattan CoUege, New York. Pope John issued an apostolic letter commemorat ing 11th centenary of spread of Catholicism through Europe's Slavic regions by SS. CyrU and Methodius. Race riots broke out in Birm ingham, Ala., whUe tensions were reported in "deep crisis stage” in 30 other U. S. cities. As war with communist Viet Cong forces continued contro- very broke out in Vietnam as Buddhists protested Presi dent Diem's ban of Buddhist flag display. Catholic parents in Missouri rural areas trans ferred hundreds of chUdren from parochial to public schools in protest over a killing a bUl for tax-paid school bus rides. New Our Lady of Perpetual Help cathedral was dedicated in Rapid City, S.D. Bishop Dennis V. Darning, C.S.Sp., of Arusha, Tanganyika, was consecrated in Philadelphia. JUNE Pope John XX1U died June 3, his final prayer for reunion of all Christians. The conclave of cardinals June 21 elected Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini who chose the name of Pope Paul VI, and ascended the papal throne June 30. U. S. Supreme Court ruling that devotional Bible reading, recitation of Lord's Prayer in public school was unconstitu tional evoked a flurry of bills in Congress to combat the de cision. The Savannah, Ga., dio cese announced racial integra tion of its schools in Septem ber and the Charleston, S.C., diocese said its schools will Integrate in September, 1964. Some 250 religious leaders met with President Kennedy in the White House, formed an inter faith group to promote civil rights. Frank A. Hall announ ced his retirement as director of N. C. W. C. News Service Cloyd Anderson, Catholic Press Association president, was named his successor. Former Vice President Richard Nix on, bis wife and two daughters, were received by Pope Paul. Boston's Cardinal Cushing advocated the Vatican Council consider mixed marriage prob lems relating to the non-Catho- 11c party. Death came to Father Edgar Schmeideler, O.S.B., 71, 1931-1956 director of NCWC Family Life Bureau, in Atchi son, Kan., and Joseph J. Flynn, 67, longtime top Catholic jour nalist, In Oklahoma City. Bis hop Lawrence M. DeFalco of Amarillo, Tex., was enthroned. Dolores Hart forsook movie stardom, joined Benedictine Sisters in Bethlehem, Conn. Father Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., was elected Coadjutor Archabbot of St. Vincent’s arch abbey, Latrobe, Pa. Vice Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson headed the U. S. delegation at the fun eral of Pope John. JULY Capping trips to Germany and Ireland, President Kennedy vi sited Italy, was received by Pope Paul at the Vatican. Death came to Valerio Cardinal Vale ri, 79, Prefect, Sacred Congre gation of Religious, In Vatican City; Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe, N.M., 71, in Santa Fe; Archbishop Ger ald V. O’Hara, 68, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain and former Bishop of Savannah, Ga., in London; Father Joseph Mc- Sorley, C.S.P., 88, former Pau- list Superior General, in New York; Father Joseph A. Skelly, C.M., 73, promoter, Miracu lous Medal devotions, In Phila delphia; Father Edward V. Moo ney, 60, first director, NCWC Youth Department, in South Bend, Ind., and Father Gerald Vann, O.P., 56, theologian-au thor, in Newcastle, England. Rare spectacle of nuns pic keting Illinois dub for Catho Uc Women for refusal to admit Negro members (the club later lowered racial bars) occured in Chicago. Cardinal Spellman and Cincinnati's Archbishop Alter Issued strong statements fa voring civil rights legislation pending in Congress; Arch bishop GeraldT. Bergan direct ed all Catholics observe a "policy of open occupancy” for all residential area in the Oma ha, Neb., archdiocese, while Seattle’s Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly said religious groups are "too timid too of ten” In fighting racial injus tice. Los Angeles'Cardinal Mc Intyre scored the U. S. Supreme Court's decisions against pray er and Bible reading attheSer- ra International convention in' San Francisco. Pope Paul named Auxiliary Bishop Francis J. Fury of Phi- lauTphia to be Coadjutor Bis hop of San Diego, Calif., with right of succession and Msgr. Jerome J. Hastritch, Vicar General, to be Auxiliary Bis hop of Madison, Wis. Floyd Anderson, N.C.W.C. News Ser vice director, resigned as pre sident of the CathoUc Press Association, and Msgr. Robert G. Peters, Peoria, Ill., vice president, became acting pre sident. Bishop Robert E. Tracy ordered four high schools ra- ciaUy integrated in September as first step in aboUshing seg regation in aU Baton Rouge, La., diocesan schools. In a message to Congress Pre sident Kennedy advocated legis lation liberlizing immigration laws, aboUshing the contro versial national origins quota system. AUGUST With CathoUc leaders and groups in front ranks some 250,000 persons staged a dra matic Jobs and Freedom March on Washington. Earlier the U.S. Hierarchy issued a statement urging all CathoUc individuals and groups to become involved personally in bringing harmony to the nation's racial crisis. The 1963-64 Catholic Press Directory disclosed a record 28,847,343 circulation among 610 Catholic publications in North America. Atlanta’s Arch bishop Paul Hallinan was a chief speaker at the World Methodist Council meeting in Lake Juna- luska, N. C. Cardinal SpeU- man was the unanimous choice for the American Legion’s 1963 Distinguished Service Medal. Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa of Tanganyika visited the U. S. Pope Paul congratulated U.S., British and Russian leaders on singing the nuclear test ban treaty. The Vatican disclosed Pope John XXIII established a peace prize bearing his name to be awarded every three years. Equal employment opportunity was cited as the master key In solution of the nation's race problem in the NCWC Social Action Department statement prepared for Labor Day. Some 50,000 marched in the traditional parade at the 8th quadrennial Holy Name Society convention in Buffalo, N. Y. The 1963 North American Liturgi cal Week in Philadelphia drew nearly 14,000 delegates. Death claimed: Patrick Bouvier Ken nedy, 2-day-old son of Presi dent and Mrs. Kennedy in Bos ton; Msgr. Donald A. McGowan, 55, NCWC Health and Hospi tals Bureau director, in Bos ton; Bishop Joseph M. Preciado, C.F.M., 76, retired Vicar Apos- toUc of Darien, Panama, in Los Angeles, and Father Charles Dlsmas Clark, S.J., 62, the 'hoodlum priest” champion of ex-convicts, in St. Louis. Pen nsylvania's Legislature defeat ed a bill to provide tax-paid bus rides for nonpubUc school students. Msgr. Juan de Dios Lopez was named Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan, P.R., where he is Vicar General. U. S. Bis hops meeting unofficially in Chicago disclosed a general favorable expression for a statement on religious liberty l:rom the Second Vatican Coun cil. NCWC Education Depart ment survey disclosed an ex pected 5,565,000 enrollment In U.S. Catholic grade and sec ondary schools in the 1963-64 school year. Deposed Presi dent Juan Bosch, in Puerto Rico, charged priests helped "instigate*’ his overthrow in the Dominican Republic. SEPTEMBER Pope Paul opened the second session, Second Vatican Coun cil, on Sept. 29. Earlier the Pontiff told the Roman Curia he Intends to reform it. The world was stunned by the bomb ing of a Birmingham, Ala., Ne gro church, killing six Negro children. A majority of the na tion’s public schools obeyed the U.S. Supreme Court ban on re ligious exercises as classes resumed. Auxiliary Bishops Jerome J. Hascrich of Madison, wis., and Juan de Dios Lopez of San Juan, P.R., were consecrated; Most Rev. Francis J. Furey was en throned as Coadjutor Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of San Diego, Calif., and Arch bishop John Heenan of Liver pool was named Archbishop of Westminster (London), Eng land. Fifteen Negroes entered once all-white CathoUc schools In Charleston, S.C., ending ra cial segregation a year ahead of schedule. Death claimed: Rob ert Schuman, 77, twice France's Premier, In Metz, France, and Msgr. Edward J. Higgins, 73, Catholic War Veterans founder, In Long Island City, N. Y. An Our Sunday Visitor nationwide poU showed 60% of U.S. Catho lics favoring the Mass in Eng- Ush. Sixty heads of CathoUc universities in North and South America met in Washington, D. C. First step toward canonlza tion of Father Thomas A. Judge, founder of the Most Holy Trinity priests, Brothers and nuns, was taken with forming of an eccles iastical court In Washington. John Gronouski, new Postmas ter General, became 18th Ca thoUc to serve In a President's cabinet. American Legion con vention in Miami Beach, Fla., adopted a resolution asking Congress for a constitutional amendment to permit prayer in public schools. An address by Pope Paul via Telstar satellite opened 175th anniversary of Georgetown U., Washington, oldest U.S. CathoUc college. Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Arch bishop of Genoa, Italy, and Archbishop Martin Ngo dinh Thuc, brother of beleaguered Vietnam President Ngo dinh Diem, visited the U. S. Presi dent Kennedy signed a bill for a $236.4 million program of Federal aid for consrruction at public and private medical and dental colleges OCTOBER Pope Paul beatified John Ne pomucene Neumann, C.SS.R., fourth Bishop of Philadelphia, who died in 1860, and Dominic Barberi, 19th century ItaUan Passionist priest, who received Cardinal Newman into the Church. Second Vatican Council Fathers: virtually completed work on Uturgy schema which wUl introduce vernacular into parts of Mass; approved broad er role for bishops in Church, breviary reform, and restora tion of diaconate; and discussed role of layman and coUegiaUty of bishops. Prague’s Archbishop Josef Beran, 74, four other bishops were released after 14 years of arrest by Czechoslovakia’s Reds, and U. S.-born Father Walter M. Clszek, S.J., came back home In a prisoner ex change after 23 years as a pris oner in Soviet Russia. Metho dist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson received honorary degree from the Jesuits' St. Joseph’s Col lege, Philadelphia, and Episco pal Bishop Joseph S. Minnis of Colorado, preached after a Ca thoUc Columbus Day Mass for Church Unity in Pueblo, Colo. Bishop Leo R. Smith, 58, Og densburg, N.Y., died in Rome while attending the Vatican Council. Msgr. John J. Ward was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles. Oregon Atty. Ge. Robert Thornton ruled shared time programs between public, private school pupils are con stitutional. James T. Carey, California U. professor, arid Perry H. WiUiams, Negro member of President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportuni ties, received the 1963 James J. Hoey Award medals for in terracial justice work. Pope Paul consecrated 14 bishops from the six continents at a Mis sion Sunday ceremony in St. Pe ter's basilica. The Sacred Con gregation of Seminaries can celed its order prohibiting U. S. CathoUc coUeges to award honorary degrees without its •permission. Mrs. Rose Ken nedy, mother of the President, and Baltimore's Archbishop Lawrence J', Shehan received honorary degrees from Mount St. Mary's CoUege, Emmits- burg, Md. Rep. Clement Zab- lockl, Wisconsin, back from congressional Far East fact finding tour, said there was no evidence of Buddhist persecu tion by Vietnam President Diem's administration. Larid movie advertising was scored by Msgr, Thomas F. Little, National Legion of Decency executive secretary, In talk at Theater Owners of America convention in New York. NOVEMBER President John F. Kennedy, 46, was assassinated Nov. 22 by a sniper, who also wounded Tex as Gov. John B. ConnaUy in DaUas, Tex. A few hours later, Vice President Johnson, who also was in DaUas, took the oath as President on a CathoUc Bible. History’s greatest con gregation of world leaders at tended the funeral Mass offered by Cardinal Cushing in St. Matt hew’s cathedral, Washington. The first CathoUc U. S. Presi dent was burled in Arlington National Cemetary.A week ear lier he had paid a surprise visitto the National CathoUc Youth Organization Federa tion convention in New York. President Ngo dinh Diem and Nhu, both Catholics, were as sassinated Nov. 2 when a mili tary coup overthrew their Viet nam government, A debate be tween Germany's Cardinal Frings and Cardinal'Otuvianl, secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office, over the Powers of the Roman Curia highUghted the Vatican CouncU sessions. The CouncU Fathers approved the Uturgy and com munications schemas, discus sed ecumenism, the bishops and diocesan government topics. Death also claimed; Archbis hop Daniel Mannix, 99, of Mel bourne, Australia; Father John LaFarge, S.J., 83, author, edi tor, racial justice champion, in New York; George A. Pflaum, Sr., 60, pubUsher of classroom periodical s for parochial schools, In Dayton, Ohio. Msgr. Robert G. Peters, editor of the Peoria (Ill.) Register was elec ted president of the CathoUc Press Association at a board meeting in Chicago. The 1963 statement of the U. S. Bishops, "Bond of Union,” emphasized many U.S. goals, including racial justice, are un- fulfUled but can be achieved by a common effort. Archbishop O'Boyle of Washington was re elected- NCWC administrative board chairman at a U. S. Hier archy meeting in Rome. Father Leonardo Murialdo, 19th cen tury ItaUan champion of trades men, and Father Vincent Ro mano who died in 1831, credit ed with saving the ItaUan town of Torre del Greco, from the wrath of Vesuvius volcano, were beatlf'.Ji. Bishop James E. Mc Manus, C.SS.R., was named AuxUlary Bishop of New York, after retiring as Bishop of Ponce, P.R., where he was suc ceeded by Coadjutor Bishop Luis Aponte, first native to head a Puerto Rican See. Pope Paul named: Msgr. John J. Graham as AuxUlary Bishop of PhUadelphia; Father John T. Daley of PhUadelphia, as Auxi liary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa., and Father Bernard M. KeUy as AuxUlary Bishop of Providence, R.L Dr. Martin Luther King, Negro rights leader, was pre sented with the 1963 St. Fran cis of Assisi Medal by the, Third Order of St. Francis ii New York. DECEMBER Pope Paul promulgated con stitutions on liturgy, bringing vernacular to the Mass, and on communications media; issued morn proprio granting 40 facul ties to bishops of dioceses, as second session of Second Vati can CouncU ended. Third ses sion was scheduled Sept. 14 to Nov. 20, 1964. Pope announced he would make Holy Land pU- grimage Jan. 4 to 6. U. S. Bis hops pledged to "make full use of the vernacular concessions.” Signing measure for $1.2 billion U. S. aid program of classroom construction at pub lic, nonpublic coUeges, Presi dent Johnson caUed it greatest "education bUl" in U. S. his tory. Cardinal SpeUman left on his 13th consecutive Christmas visit to U, S. personnel over seas, going to HawaU, Fiji Is land, New Zealand and the South Pole. Nunzlo Sulprizlo, 19, a 19th century Abruzzl, Italy, blacksmith's helper, was beati fied. Dayton U. named Father Rene Laurentin, Angers, France, theologian, for Its 1963 Marlanist Medal. Montreal's Cardinal Leger left Rome for a month's visit to Africa mis sions. Consecrated were; Auxi liary Bishop John J. Ward in Los Angeles; Bishop Edward L. Fedders, M.M., Prelate Nul- lius of Juli, Peru, in Coving ton, Ky. AuxUlary Bishop Jo seph A. Durick of MobUe-31 *m- ingham, Ala., was named Coad jutor Bishop with right of suc cession of NashvUle, Tenn. Congress extended die contro versial Mexican farm labor (bracero) program to Dec. 31, 1964, Indicated it then would expire. President Johnson posthu mously awarded Medal of Free dom, highest U.S. honor for ci vilians, to Pope John and Pre sident Kennedy, and to 31 oth ers, including Genevieve Caul field, 75, blind U.S. Catholic missioner of Far East blind. Congress dropped a birth con trol authorization from the $3,6 bUlion foreign aid bill. Death came to Bishop John C. Cody, 63, of London, Ont., and Arch bishop Alfonso Carinci, 101, whose death made retired Bis- nop Edmund F. Gibbons, 95, of Albany, N.Y., Church's oldest bishop. President Johnson was scheduled to speak at a Dec. 22 candellght memorial service for President Kennedy at Wash ington's Lincoln Memorial, ar ranged by Archbishop O'Boyle. Msgr. James F. Chambers, Buffalo, N. Y., was named pro rector of North American Col lege, Rome. Belgian Father Do minique Pire, O.P., 1958 Nobel Peace Prize winner, made a U, S. lecture tour.