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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1964
CARDINAL CUSHING
Tide Is Turning Against
S. American Communists
BY MARJORIE FILLY AW
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
HOLLYWOOD, FIs. — A
Christian revolution along
peaceful lines now underway in
Latin America is turning the
tide against communism there.
Richard Cardinal Cushing told
delegates to the 30th biennial
national convention of the Cath
olic Daughters of America.
The archbishop of Boston,
who said he will visit Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia next month,
•poke during the opening ban
quet of the convention. The din
ner followed a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass offered by Bishop
Coleman F. Carroll of Miami,
In the cathedral of St. Mary.
Cardinal Cushing presided at
the Maes. A message from
President Johnson highlighted
the convention.
CARDINAL Cuehlng'tcld more
than 600 delegates and guests
that in Latin America today
"ws are no longer totally on
the defensive with communism
because a new generation of
educated laymen. , .including
business and professional men,
are involved in a Christian rev
olution/*
"There is no quick solution
to the problems of the Church
or the problem of changing the
social order," he said. "It
takes generations to change a
social order fashioned after
feudalism.
"THE LATE President Ken
nedy said many times that Latin
America was the most critical
area in the world.
"The Latin Americans love
freedom. They have seen what
has happened in Cuba. Castro
could have been the greatest
man in history if he had intro
duced in Cuba a form of dem
ocratic government in harmony
with the Latin American mind."
Latin America now than in the
U.S.," he said. "In the next 75
years, experts have predicted
that, as a result of the popula
tion explosion, there could be
600 million or 700 million peo
ple in Latin America. . .
"ONE HUNDRED and fifty
thousand priests would be need
ed at the present time to give
adequate religious instruction
and to baptize the multitudes in
that part of the Western hemis
phere. The people are nominal
but not informed Catholics, and
it is going to take a small army
of lay apostles as well as priests
to give them adequate instruc
tion." The Cardinal is founder
of the Missionary Society of St.
James, which sends diocesan
priests to work in Latin Ameri
ca.
Cardinal Cushing also spoke
of the love that Pope John XIII
had for all people. He said he
had had the privilege of reading
letters which Pope John wrote
to communist rulers throughout
the world.
HE NOTED that he had been
told that he should read these
letters because "sooner or lat
er the communists in Europe
and the U.S. and elsewhere are
going to use these letters—also
Pacem in Terris—in an effort
to prove that the late Pope took
a soft line of appeasement to
ward communism."
The charge has already been
made in the U, S„ Cardinal
Cushing said. "Three times 1
have utilized that knowledge in
answer to these charges, but I
have not been able to get my
MASS CHANGES
Foresee
answer into the press."
He added that he hopes the
Holy Ghost will "Inspire the
council Fathers to petition the
Holy Father before the next ses
sion of the council adjourns, to
canonize Pope John XXIIL"
President Johnson, in a mes
sage to the members of the
convention, told them they are
helping to build "the great so
ciety."
MR. JOHNSON'S telegram
was sent to Margaret J. Buck-
ley, supreme regent of the CDA<
This is the text:
"I am pleased to send hear
ty greeting and good wishes to
the Catholic Daughters of
America as you assemble in
convention. I wholeheartedly
commend your members for
their generous espousal of the
ideals which help to mold the
lives of our young American
women and prepare them for
their vital role in our com
munities.
"OUR COUNTRY needs the
qualities of heart and soul which
only its women can provide. In
guiding these young ladles along
the path of virtue and Chris
tian charity you filfill a most
urgent demand in our common
goal to build the great society.
"For this endeavor and for
your msny other worthy ac
complishments, 1 extend to you
my warm appreciation. I know
that in the years ahead you will
sustain the same high sense of
purpose which has been charac
teristic of your past endea
vors."
No Need
For New Missals
in Latin American countries.
DETROIT ^C)—The chair-
"There are more people in man of the U.S, Bishops’ Com-
JhAmmzhc* in all iti jjMml!
9I i£i written, W4 wAite it . . ,
Sutter & McLe/tan
1422 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG.
JAckson 5-2086
mission on the Liturgical
Apostolate said here that
missal publishers have al
ready begun printing supple
ments containing the new
English text of the people's
parts of the Ordinary of the
Mass,
Archbishop John F. Dearden
of Detroit made the announce
ment (July 17) three days after
meeting here with representa
tives of half a dozen firms
engaged in publishing hand
missals,
AS THE bishops’ spokes
man on programs for the com
ing use of English in the Mass,
the archbishop has recom
mended, following Rome’s
approval of the U.S, text, that
without any change in the basic
structure of the Mass, "there
is no need for replacement of
existing popular missals,"
He said that "all that will
be necessary is to have avail
able the newly-approved Ordi
nary of the Mass,"
"Now," he declared, "pub
lishers of missals for the
people have assured us that at
first the text will be issued as
a separate supplement, as the
liturgical commission recom
mended, and later incorporat
ed in the missals them
selves,"
WHCPIS INSUMAMCS IS A PftOPISeiON NOT A SIDSUNK
INVITATION
NATIONAL LITURGICAL CONVENTION
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
AUGUST24/27
BE FART OF THE ATLANTA DELEGATION
LEARN FROM EXPERTS THE MEANING OF
THE LITURGY RENEWAL
IMPORTANT FOR:
PRIESTS RELIGIOUS TEACHERS
PARENTS LAY LEADERS CHOIRS
ORGANISTS LECTORS COMMENTATORS
CONTACT: REV, LEONARD F. X. MAYHEW
P.O. 11667 - NORTHSIDE STATION
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305
’THIS MEANS that Catho
lics already owning missals
and those now wishing to buy
missals will have the next text
of the Ordinary in ample time
for the date the U.S. Bishops
will set for the introduction
of English in the Mass,"
’The missal," the arch
bishop said, "is a useful and
Important Instrument for
bringing to the people an un
derstanding of the Mass, es
pecially in this time of transi
tion, The laity should have the
prayers which the priest says,
particularly those which the
priest will be saying by him
self."
Polish Prelate
OTTAWA, Canada (NC)—Po
land’s Stefan Cardinal Wyszyn-
skl will visit Canada late in 1966
following a visit to the United
States, it was reported here.
The cardinal's visit will mark
the 1,000th anniversary of the
Christianization of Poland,
ARCHBISHOP George Hakim, visiting Melkite prelate, is shown celebrating Pontifical Mass at
St. John’s Melkite Church, Decatur, With him is Melkite seminary rector Fr. John Elya.
AFRICAN MSSIONARM
Brother Recalls Sister’s
Cure By Aid Of Martyrs
LOS ANGELES— Brother
Paul, W. F„ of the White Fath
ers of Africa, is a man who has
had a miracle occur within his
own family.
He speaks of it in matter
of fact fashion—as matter of
fact as a man can be whose
own lifetime has been an age
of miracles. Brother Paul dis
cussed it at the White Fathers
headquarters here shortly
after the word came that Pope
Paul VI would raise to saint
hood on Oct. 18 the 22 Mart
yrs of Uganda.
BROTHER Paul's sister was
cured miraculously from bu
bonic plague through the in
tercession of the martyrs. The
validity of her cure was ac
cepted on July 7 by the Con
gregation of Rites in conjunc
tion with the martyrs' cause.
She lived for 12 years after
her cure,
"I saw my sister only once
in all the years we were in
Africa together," Brother Paul
recounted.
Her name was Sister Rich-
lldls and she was a member
of the White Sisters of Africa,
more formally known as the
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady
of Africa.
Brother Paul said he and Sis
ter Rlchildis were very close
to each other as children. She
was four years older than he,
"WE ALWAYS wanted to be
missionaries. She used to read
me books about the missions,"
he recalled. "I'd always wanted
to go to the Far East, but one
day she read to me about the
White Fathers and their hard
ships in Africa. A1 of a sudden,
for no reason I can explain,
I knew Africa was my place.
DURING his postwar years in
Africa, Brother Paul was able
to visit the physician who had
cared for his slter. He was Dr.
Ahmed in the service of the Bri
tish government, an Indian and
a Moslem,
"Dr, Ahmed told me he was
very edified by my sister's
activity. He attended the sick
in her hospital," Brother Paul
recounted, "He was one of those
called to Rome to testify as to
her miracle. He testified that
he was called in and that the
case was in the most critical
stage—that already my sis
ter had black spots on her skin
from the plaque."
SISTER Richildis lived for 12
years after her miraculous re
covery, She died Dec. 28,1953,
Brother Paul continues his
service in the White Fathers of
Africa at their procure here in
Los Angeles where he now ser
ves as bursar.
Brother Paul wears his long
TO THE EDrrOR:
I read your editorial "Mc
Carthy Revisited" and want to
comment.
For some time now I have
seen the John Birch Society at
tacked by the ultra-liberal
press and now think that this
smear was unfounded. After
checking into the Society, 1 find
that their goals are honoralbe
and that we have need for such
a society today.
The John Birch Society has
dedicated itself to fighting corn-
white tunic with the air of a
veteran. He walks with the aid
of a cane. Africa has left its
marie on him. And he on it.
Mountaineering
Is Downgraded
VATICAN CITY (NC)--The
Vatican City weekly, L’Osser-
vatore della Domenlca, has said
it is immoral to climb moun
tains just for the fun or glory
of it.
The article commented on
the death of all 14 members of a
mountain-climbing team in an
avalanche on Mount Blanc,
France. It said that 100 people
die each year climbing in the
Alps.
The weekly stated that moun
tain climbing "is a sport that
entails a continual victory over
oneself, a spiritual elevation,"
But, it went on, "all moral
theologlans,.,rlghtly teach that
even these praiseworthy pur
poses do not justify the fact
that one encounters moral risks
for oneself and for others,"
munlsm and socialism. It belie
ves in the preservation of op
portunities and responsibilities
of the individual, not the same
ness and dependency that will
come from the big brother type
government that is now emerg
ing from the shadows.
As for the GOP platform, of
course it doesn't call for the
enforcement of the rights bill.
The bill is unconstitutional. Any
legislation that t akes away
rights of one group in order to
discriminate positively in favor
of another group is, without any
thing more, unconstitutional.
The means should not be justi
fied by the ends (a Catholic be
lief).
Next, 1 would like to mention
your sluething on the latest
murder in Georgia, The FBI
needs the information in your
editorial, and I think you should
let them in on it. They have
not as yet determined the mur
dered and why it was done, so
are way behind you.
Now, I have always consider*
ed myself a moderate, but when
I see how crime, corruption,
and communism flourish as a
result of our moderation, it's
enough to choose the "extre
mist" route, even at the risk
of being mauled by the Libe
rals,
Let's face it, we all want a
world we can live in and we
all deplore the senseless kill
ings anywhere because of racial
prejudice. But the Civil Rights
Bill is an encroachment on
individual liberty and goes a
little too far in attempting to
"free" the Negro.
Mr, Sherry, you swing a vic
ious pen. In the future, I would
suggest that you not bite off
the heads of those you do not
agree with, especially when you
do not Hilly understand their
aims,
PAUL K. MOORE
TUCKER
A MIRACLE IN HIS LIFETIME—The canonization of the
22 Martyrs of Uganda, scheduled for October 18, is of great
Interest to Brother Paul Buck, W.F. (above), stationed in
Los Angeles, Calif. He is the brother of Sister Richildis,
who was miraculously cured of bubonic plague by the inter*
cession of the Uganda Martyrs. (See story above)
Letter To Editor
DESPITE CURIA REFORM
Power Of Papacy
Seen Increasing
MUNICH, Germany (NC)—
Reform of the Roman curia and
broadening of the power of bish
ops may seem to weaken the
power of the pope, but in rea
lity they increase it, Julius Car
dinal Doepfner of Munich and
Freising said here.
The cardinal spoke (July 12)
in Our Lady’s church on the first
year of Pope Paul Vi's reign,
"SELDOM has thefirstyear
of a pontificate been so high in
deeds and events which are
of decisive significance for the
development of the Church,"he
said. He called the ecumenical
council's decree on liturgical
reform a milestone in Church
history and said that Pope
Paul's establishment of a sec
retariat for relations with non-
Christian churches proves that
the Church is seeking a dia
logue with all the world's re
ligious.
The cardinal noted that other
"far-reaching changes have
been announced such as reform
of the curia," the Church's
central administrative body.
He cautioned critics of the
curia, however, saying:
"WHEN occasionally severe
criticism of the curia is exp
ressed, though it is justified
in individual cases, it is often
based upon a false evaluation of
the situation,"
'The curia and the pope are
bound together in their essen
tial nature. To draw a funda
mental distinction between the
two means to attack the pope
himself," the cardinal said,
CARDINAL Doepfner stres
sed that the Second Vatican
Council will be significant for
the view of the papacy in set
ting the pope's power into re
lation with the college of bis
hops.
"Whereas the pope was pre
viously compared with indi
vidual bishops, the pope and
the college of bishops will now
be placed more strongly along
side each other.Thls shows that
the college of bishops posses
ses in the same manner the
highest authority of the Church
to teach infallibly and to lead
to people of God to the way of
salvation, just as this authority
resides in the pope alone, and
will continue to be intact,
"HOWEVER the decision was
made here that the college of
bishops and the pope are not
Independent authorities, but are
closely bound together, The
pope is the head of the college
of bishops; without this head,
it cannot operate and cannot
accomplish anything. The
papacy stands before us at the
time of the Second Vatican
Council as the foundation, sup
port and guaranty of the unity
of the college of bishops,"
He concluded that changes in
the structure and life of the
Church—broadening of the
powers of bishops, the greater
weight of the regional bishops
conferences and the reform of
the curia— constitute only an
apparent weakening, but in rea
lity a genuine Increase in the
central power of the pope,
"MANY encrustations of his
torical evolutioji which previou
sly hindered the joyful view of
the Church will fallaway," the
cardinal said, 'The quantity of
power reserved for the pope and
codified in law is not the de
ciding factor in the service of
stregthening which is the re
sponsibility of the successorof
Peter, but rather the effectiv
eness of papal leadership on the
way of the whole Church to sal
vation."
JERUSALEM: PEOPLE NOBODY WANTS
A SISTER IN JERUSALEM COLLECTS PEOPLE NOBODY
WANTS ... Her name is SISTER BERNICE. Once you have
met her, you cannot forget her . .
Her "family" consists of deaf*mntes,
cripples, orphans, and mental defec-*
tlves. SISTER BERNICE loves
them all, with a love mothers uuder*
fM 9 stand . . . Visit her in Jerusalem,
v* and you’re off "on a tour" through
miles-lonr corridors of her barracks
"home." The youngsters come run
ning, their arms held high, asking
to be picked up. The youngsters
who can run, that Is. The crippled
Tbo Holy Pitbor’t Minion Aid children lie in their cots, wishing
lor ih* Oruntd Church they too could run . . . Day by day
Slater Bernlee’s family gets larger, It seems. "There are always
people nobody wants," she says. "Young or old, we take them
all, trusting in God to help us." . .. Cheerful and down-to-earth,
SISTER BERNICE doesn’t ask for anything. But you know
she’s worried. There are food bills every day, clothing bills,
medical bills, not to asentlon the need for new equipment . ...
She needs 34 cots for the crippled children, she tells you finally,
—cots high off the floor so that the crippled children won’t feel
eut off from the world about them. The cots will cost $50 each
—$1,700 altogether. The 34 mattresses will cost $10 each . . .
She needs help, too, ($1, $3. $5) to pay for food, clothing, medi
cines . . . Will you give SISTER BERNICE a hand? You’ll be
helping to take care of people nobody wants In the Holy Land.
ANOTHER SISTER BERNICE?
AMERICAN SISTERS OUTLIVE the average American
woman by six years, according to a doctor in New Orleans.
Moreover, they are America’s "hardest-working, best educated
feminine group," he said ... The same is true, we suspect, of
our native Sisters overseas ... We need thousands of natlvo
Sisters in our 18-country mlsaion world to do what Sister
Bernice Is doing in Jerusalem. To train them, we need your
help. For about $12.50 a month ($130 a year, $600 for the over
all two-year course) you can "adop<" Sister Antoine Hoysk,
in Lebanon, or Sister Mary Thomas Regis, In India. Simply
write to us now.
WHAT ON EARTH . . .?
WHAT ON EARTH DO WE DO? Speaking simply* we ask
ou to help the missions in II countries in which Catholics are
mly a handful—INDIA, for lnstanee, IRAQ, IRAN, EGYPT,
IORDAN, ERITREA. As the "Holy Father’s Mission Aid for
he Oriental Church’* we help wherever the Holy Father says it's
seeded.
WHERE ITS NEEDED
q $l —One day's support for a priest in INDIA
□ $3 —Shoes for a blind boy in the GAZA STRIP
□ $5 —Clothing for a deaf-mute boy in LEBANON
□ $10 —Supports a seminarian for a month, in IRAN
□ $100—One year’s medical care for a leper in JORDAN
MAKING A WILL? REMEMBER THE MISSIONS OVER
SEAS. OUR LEGAL TITLE: THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST
WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
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