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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1964
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New Bishop Consecrated
In Alaskan Wilderness
BY ED FORTIER
(N.C.W.C, News Service)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A
hand - printed cardboard sign
on the door read: "Chapel of
the Holy Family."
Over the pews hung two large
chandeliers—acquired when the
Empress Theater in Fairbanks
was demolished.
THE ATTRACTIVE terrazo-
type floor had been made by
Jesuits and lay workers from
crushed Alaskan rock, mixed
with metal fragments to make
it distinctive.
The high windows bordering
the chapel contained panes of
colored and clear glass.
The sides and back of the
altar were of painted concrete
block. And running the length
IOWA MONASTERY
of one wall was a crack—a
reminder that the chapel had
been shaken by the Good Fri
day earthquake last March 27.
Headed by Francis Cardinal
Spellman of New York, a parade
of Catholic prelates traveled a
winding dirt road to this chapel
in Alaska’s wilderness, where
the towering Wrangell Moun
tains and the turbulent Copper
River were part of nature's
backdrop. And there the Cardi
nal consecrated the Most Rev,
George T. Boileau, S, J„ as
Titular Bishop of Ausuccura to
serve as Coadjutor Bishop of
Fairbanks,
THE CHAPEL serves the
Jesuit-operated Copper Valley
School which is 200 miles north
east of Anchorage, The simple,
unpretentious consecration site
was evidence that Alaska is still
New Head Of Abbey
Was Once A Banker
DUBUQUE, lows (NC)—The
Rt, Rev. Mathiss Kemdt, 0,
C.S.O., 50, was blessed so
lemnly as abbot of the Trap-
plst New Melleray Monastery
near here by Archbishopjames
J, Byrne of Dubuque, Abbot
Augustine Moore O.C.S.O,, of
the Monastery of the Holy Ghost
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NEW YORK ^IC)—Catholic
Press Association headquar
ters here disclosed the places
and dates for five regional con
ferences scheduled this fall.
There are: Eastern regional
Springfield, Mass., Sept. 23 to
25; Midwest, St, Paul, Minn.,
Oct, 7 to 9; South Central, Ama
rillo, Tex., Oct. 15 and 16;
Pacific Northwest, Seattle,
Wash,, Nov, 1 to 3, and Paci
fic, Sacramento, Calif,, Nov.
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The (Aug. 10) ceremony in
the monastery church was pri
vate with only the Trapplst
community in attendance,
ABBOT Kerndt, a Navy ve
teran of World War II and for
mer banker in his native Lan
sing, Iowa, succeeds Abbot Phi
lip O'Connor, O.C.S.O,, whore-
tired, The new abbot has served
for some time as interim su
perior of the monastery since
the retirement of Abbot O'Con
nor,
Bom in Lansing in 1914, Ab
bot Kemdt attended grade and
high schools there, then went
to Loras College here and was
graudated in 1935, He was a re
search assistant for a bank
and later was employed by an
oil company in Los Angeles.
He Joined the Navy in 1941
served for five years in the
South Pacific and rose to the
rank of lieutenant, senior grade.
In 1946, he became vice presi
dent of the Kemdt Brothers Sav
ings Bank in Lansing,
HE JOINED the Trappists in
1951 and was ordained to the
priesthood in 1957, He was
elected abbot of the monastery
on July 28 and his election was
confirmed at the Trappist head
quarters in France on Aug. 1.
very much a frontier state.
For first-time visitors to the
Copper Valley School on July
31 it was stirring proof that
Catholicism is growing with
Alaska.
Opened in 1956, Copper
Valley School now has 150 pupils
in the seventh through twelfth
grades, most of them from
Indian and Eskimo villages
served by Jesuit missionaries.
Austere in everything but
spirit and morale, the school
was envisioned in the early
1950s by Father James
Buchanan, S.J, The design of
the school, seven wings and a
central rotunda, is the work
of Father James Spils, S.J.
BISHOP Boileau selected the
school for his consecration site
because its chapel is the largest
in the Fairbanks diocese and
because it is a monument to the
work of Alaska's Jesuit mis
sionaries.
The consecration ceremony
Itself, believed one of the
farthest north rites of its kind
in Catholic history, is further
testimony of the Church's
growth in Alaska.
In 1950 Alaska had one bishop,
With the elevation of Bishop
Boileau, Alaska now has three
bishops and two dioceses, Co-
consecrators were Bishops
Francis D, Gleeson, S,J„ of
Fairbanks, and Dermot
O'Flanagan, of Juneau,
In his new role as Coad
jutor, Bishop Boileau, now 52,
said he will serve as "legman"
for Bishop Gleeson. He added
that in visiting remote mission
sites he will travel the same
way he did as a Jesuit mis
sionary — by dog team, plane
and snowmobile.
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Private Part In War On Poverty
WASHINGTON (NC)-- Public
and private agencies will march
shoulder to shoulder in the "war
on poverty" under terms of the
administration's program.
Private nonprofit agencies
and institutions,, including those
with religious affiliation, are
eligible to cooperate in several
of the key sections of the $947,5
million program,
THE inclusion of private
groups appeared assured fol
lowing House passage of the
NORTH VIETNAM CRISIS
CWV Convention
Backs President
CLEVELAND, Ohio (RNS) —
The Catholic War Veterans,
meeting here in national con
vention, supported President
Johnson in his stand on the
North Vietnam crisis.
In a telegram to the Presi
dent, Walter D. Hyle Jr„ na
tional commander, pledged "the
assistance and support" of the
4,200 delegates and CWVmem
bers in the crisis which saw
U.S. planes bomb bases of Com
munist PT boats that had at
tacked Navy destroyers.
Convention delegates also
passed these resolutions:
TO OPPOSE and use "every
means possible" to oppose
Mrs, Madalyn Murray, the
avowed atheist, in her campaign
to have the words "UnderGod"
removed from the Pledge of Al
legiance, Mrs. Murray, now in
Hawaii, was a central figure in
the Baltimore case which led to
the Supreme Court’s school
prayer decision."
TO SUPPORT passage of a
bill in Congress permitting the
postmaster general to hold any
mall he deems obscene or
salacious.
To reaffirm CWV endorse
ment of the Civil Rights Act,
urge all members to abide by
the spirit and intent of the law
and insure equal opportunity for
employment, full participation
in public and private educational
facilities and the right to vote.
The resolution condemns de
magoguery which would divide
a nation and pit one race against
another,"
MR, HYLE, in an Interview,
spelled out some of the pur
poses of the CWV, He said it
abhors racial prejudice, and
has refused to endorse some
cities as national convention
sites where such bias was evi
dent.
He said the organization
handles veterans Appeals in
Washington for Catholics and
non-Catholics alike, and that
about 70 per cent of the cases
it handled involve people who
are not members of the CWV,
MRS, ANNA Wimmer, Gold
Star mother from Belleville,
Ill., was named Catholic War
Veterans Axulliary "Woman of
the Year" at a luncheon. She
was chosen from 11 candidates
because of outstanding volun
teer work to the CWVA,
An oratorical contest wnich
drew some 1,000 entrants from
all over the U.S. was decided
at the convention when seven
finalists competed.
THE WINNING girl was 17-
year-old Maureen O'Connor, a
senior at Dominican Commer-
cialHigh School, Jamaica, N.Y.,
and the winning boy was Richard
Cramblitt, a June graduate of
Towson Catholic High School,
Towson, Md, Each won atrophy
and a $25 savings bond.
Winners of the national spel
ling bee, also completed here,
were Brian Roc, of St. Mary’s
Parochial School, Brunswick,
N.J., first, and Nancy Hlivoko
of Johnstown, Pa., second. The
spelling bee was for boys and
girls in tirades seven and eight.
Editor On
CBS Show
NEW YORK—NC—Gerard E,
Sherry, managing editor of the
Georgia Bulletin, newspaper of
the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will
be among the newsmen partici
pating on the August 30, Lamp
Under My Feet program carried
by the CBS-TV network from 10
to 10:30 a.m. EDT, WAGA-TV,
CBS outlet in Atlanta, does not
carry the porgram.
Bishop Charles H. Helmsing
of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo,
will be questioned by a panel of
newsmen on a wide range of
topics concerning the Catholic
Church «tnd the approaching
third session of the Second Vati
can Council.
Other panel members include
Msgr. Francis J. Lally, editor
of the Pilot, Boston archlocesan
newspaper; Robert Hoyt, editor
of the Catholic Reporter, news
paper of the Kansas City-St.
Joseph diocese, and Wayne
Cowan, managing Editor of
Christianity and Crisis maga
zine.
antipoverty bill (Aug, 8), The
Senate, which passed a close
ly similar version last moith,
was expected to act promptly
on the bill to speed it on its
way to the White House,
However, a possible compli
cation lay in a requirement at
tached to the measure by the
House that all those receiving
money under the program rub-
mlt written disclaimers of be
lief or membership in groups
that seek to overthrow the
government by force.
FINAL House approval of the
bill came by a vote of 226-
184, President Johnson hailed
the action, saying, "We have by
this compassionate commit
ment kept faith with the mor
ality of our society. . . We
are opening the door of op
portunity a little wider for all
of our people and that is what
has always made our country
stronger and more success
ful."
The House adopted two major
amendments to the bill relating
to private agencies and insti
tutions. One would bar them
from receiving Federal funds
for antipoverty activities if they
had not previously been enga
ged in such efforts.
lng fly-by-night outfits that
might seek to capitalize on
the antipo/erty "war" and said
it would not hamper participat
ion by a bona fide agency or
institution.
The second amendment would
permit governors to veto any
Federally financed antipoverty
programr in their states, whe
ther conducted under public or
private auspices. The Senate
had adopted a similar provis
ion, but had limited governors*
veto powers to programs opera
ted by private agencies and in
stitutions.
THE VETO amendment was
regarded as a concession to sta
tes’ rights sentiment In the two
chambers.
Programs for youth train
ing make up a major part of the
antipoverty "war." They in
clude a Job corps for 40,000
young people who would live for
up to two years in conserva
tion camps and training cen
ters; a work-training pro
gram for 200,000 youths
aimed at increasing their
employability and helping them
stay in school; and a work-
study program to assist needy
college students.
public and private resources
for a variety of amipoverty pro
jects; creation of a so-called
"domestic Peace Corps" to
be named Vista—Volunteers in
Service to America; and financial
assistance to small farms and
businesses.
Private nonprofit agencies
and institutions would be eligi
ble to participate in the Job
corps, the work-training and
work-study plans, and the com
munity action programs,
HOWEVER, a limitation plac
ed by Congress on participation
by such groups in the work
study and work-training plans
rules out projects involving
"the construction, operation, or
maintenance of so much of any
facility" as is used for religi
ous Instruction or worship.
Sponsors of the legislation
explained thit in the case of a
church-related hospital, forex-
ample, this limitation would
bar antipoverty projects In
volving the hospital chapel but
would permit those restric
ted to medical facilities,
GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 3
Council
\
Panel
Revived
ROME (NC)—The U.S. Bishops’
press panel will be in opera
tion during the third session
of the Second Vatican Coun
cil.
The panel was established
by the American bishops dur
ing the first session of the coun
cil in an effort to help news
men develop their stories on the
council. It achieved great popu
larity during the second ses
sion as b forum for a frank
question and answer exchange
between newsmaivfrom all parts
of the world and experts on
various phases of Church life.
THE PANEL will function
again in the lower lounge of the
NCCS-USO club at Via della
Conclllazlone 2, near St.
Peter’s square.
After each day’s council ses
sion experts on different phases
of the council discussions will
answer newsmen's questions,
providing background and
clarification of the material
discussed in the council cham
ber.
Archbishop Joseph T. Mc-
Gucken of San Francisco,
chairman of the N.C.W.C. Press
Department, will serve as
chairman of the U.S. Bishop's
Committee for the Press Panel.
He succeeds Bishop Albert R.
Zurowests of Belleville, 111.,
who served in that capacity dur
ing the first two sessions of the
council.
Elmer Von Feldt, news editor
of the N.C.W.C. News Service,
will serve as director of the
press panel, a post he held
during the council's second
session.
Hibernians Name
Rhode Islander
ALBANY, N.Y. (RNS) —
William McEnery, newspaper
man of Providence, R.L, was
elected president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians at the 72nd
biennial convention here of the
nationwide organization of
Irlsh-American Catholics. He
succeeds State Supreme Court
Justice James J, Comerford of
New York.
At 36, Mr, McEnery is the
youngest man ever to head the
order founded in Ireland in the
17th century and brought to this
country in 1836, It is dedicated
to promoting "friendship, unity
and Christian charity" among
Irlsh-American Catholics
OBSERVERS interpreted this
as a move aimed at exclud-
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MATTER AND SPIRIT
Priest Details
Teilhard Theory
WASHINGTON (NC) — To have
a proper understanding of
Christ's presence in the world,
modern man must come to
realize with the Jesuit anthro
pologist Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin that "nothing here be
low is profane for those who
know how to see," a priest -
scientist has declared.
Father Robert T, Francoeur,
a graduate student in biology at
Fordham University, told the
1964 convention of the Catho
lic Art Association, held at
Georgetown University, that
Teilhard provides the key that
will unlock the ages-old con-
fltet between matter find spirit
in Christian philosophy.
"TEILHARD denied any op-
positlon between matter and
spirit," Fathek Francoeur sale*
(Aug, 14). "Matter and spirit
can only be opposed to eacn
other in a static world vision.
In an evolutionary universe,
matter and spirit fade one into
the other in dynamic dialogue,"
When this happens, he con
tinued, the material world is
no longer seen as the * vanity
of vanities" or "a series of
obstacles to be overcome and
put up with,"
"For Teilhard," he said,
"each piece of matter was im
portant; material things are
‘foot-holds, intermediaries to
be made use of, nourishment to
be taken, sap to be purified,
and elements to be associated
with us and borne along with
us.' "
A FRENCH Jesuit, Teilhard
died in New York in 1955, De
spite his recognized scientific
achievements and personal
piety, the Holy Office in 1962
nevertheless Issued a warning
on his published works on the
grounds that they confused
science, philosophy and theo
logy.
He was, said Father
Francoeur, "a man of im
peccable science, dedicated to
research and devoted to evi
dence. He was a man in love
with the earth and its hidden
powers. He was also an exile—
a priest-scientist who often
found himself mistrusted and
ignored by his fellow Chris
tians because of his devotion
to this world.
"IT WAS only natural that
a soul as sensitive as Teil
hard should feel this exile,
especially when he believed it
was due to the inability or
unwillingness of his Christian
friends to see the spiritual
power residing in matter,"
Father Francoeur cited Teil
hard's belief in God’s
"diaphany"—the transparency
of God in the universe, ,
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