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GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1966
IN NEW BOOK
Israeli Author Says Pius
XII Rescued 700,000 Jews
JERUSALM (RNS)-An Is
raeli author who was once a,
consul in Milan is publishing
a new book in which he credits
the late Pope Pius XII with
having saved at least 700,000
Jews from death at the hands
of the Nazis through quiet and
unpublicized wartime efforts.
Pinhas Lapide, whose book
is entitled “The Last Three
Popes and the Jews," and will
be published in Holland later
this year, agreed that his find
ings were “basically anti-Hoch-
huth.” This meant that they
were a rebuttal to the German
author and playwright, Rolf
Hochhuth, who charged in his
play, “The Deputy," that Pius
XII failed to speak out in pro
test while Jews were sent to gas
chambers,
Mr. Lapide, who has eight
novels to his credit and has
written extensively on religi
ous themes, said he had “wait
ed for the Vatican to stand
up and say what it did,” but
“apparently it doesn't know the
results of the Pope’s repeated
interventions.”
HE SAID Pope Pius spoke
out six times in defense of the
Jews in encyclicals, pastoral
messages and radio appeals,
and did all he could to initiate
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rescue work secretly He con
tended that any more outspo
ken pronouncements by the Pope
from 1939 through 1944 “would
certainlyhave reduced the num
ber of Jews he was able to
save."
Mr. Lapide, who is Canadian-
born, claimed that the Catholic
Church in Europe was instru
mental in saving more than
those saved by all other Chur
ches, religious institutions and
rescue organizations combined.
Taking Nazi-occupied Europe
country by country, he traced
the efforts of Catholics to save
their Jewish countrymen,
stressing that the Pope's ef
forts were dependent on the
strength and heroism of his
churchmen in each country.
Mr. Lapide said his research
occupied two years. He neither
sought nor received assist
ance from the Vatican, be
cause “I felt this must be said
that it must be said by a Jew."
He based his book largely on
Jewish sources, including the
archives of the Yad Vashem,
the memorial authority in Je
rusalem which contains one of
the world’s largest collections
Of documents on the fate of
European Jewry; the Hebrew
University library, and ac
counts of 211 Jewish survivors.
REPLYING to the assertion
that stronger and more direct
public statements would have
curbed the slaughter of the
Jews, Mr. Lapide compared
the varying effectiveness of this
procedure in several countries.
In the Netherlands, he re
called, Dutchmen wore yellow
flowers to flout the Nazi order
that Jews must wear yellow
Stars of David, nation - wide
strikes were staged to pro
test the treatment of Jews, and
the Church called for civil dis
obedience. More than 40,000
Jews were hidden in attics and
cellars. But 25,000- were dis
covered and sent to camps—
often with their protectors.
"The saddest and most
thought. - provoking conclu
sion,” the author said, "is
that while the Catholic clergy
of Holland protested more loud
ly, expressly and frequently
against Jewish persecutions
than the religious hierarchy
of any other country, more
Jews — some 110,000, or 79
percent of all — were depor
ted from Holland into death
camps, more than anywhere
else in the West."
AT CULLMAN
A ST. PIUS X High School
senior today won a four-year
college scholarship under The
Sears Foundation Merit Schol
arship Program for the sons and
daughters of Sears, Roebuck
and Co. employes.
He is Richard G.Murphy, J r„
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Mur-
pht, of 2224 Fair Oaks Drive in
Decatur. Mr. Murphy is the At-
lanta-Memphis Zone Manager
of Sears.
WHILE AT St. Pius X, Rick
has served as secretary of the
National Honor Society, sports
editor and editor of the high
school yearbook, business man
ager of the senior class play,
vice-president of the Catholic
Youth Organization at Immacu
late Heart of Mary Parish in
1964-65, and as a Dean’s Schol
ar at Emory University in 1965.
He was also a member of the
varsity football team for four
years and other Sporting inter
ests include varsity track, bas
ketball and golf.
ALSO THEOLOGY SCHOOL
SERIES OF MEETINGS
Chicago Priests
Talk On Superiors
CHICAGO (RNS)—Priests of
the Archdiocese of Chicago have
been holding a series of unpre
cedented meetings here. What
they started may be of profound
significance for the entire Ro
man Catholic Church in Ameri
ca. They gathered on April 22
and April 25 and were to meet
again April 28 to talk about the
need for improved communica
tion between pastors and their
assistants, and between priests
and their Archbishop (John P.
Cody).
It could open a surge of dia
logue and mutual understand
ing between the priests and
their archbishop, it was point
ed out, or it could mean an
Increase in the frustration
level of the priest-bishop rela
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Participants in the two-hour
closed session on April 22 said
the discussions “indicated a
healthy self-examination by the
priests and an eagerness to
cooperate with the archbishop."
Father Donald Cunningham, a
teacher at the College Division
of Our Lady of the Lake Semi
nary in Niles, 1111., said the
meeting was not_“a gripe ses- .
sion." On the contrary, he said, »
the object was self-evaluation
a thinking through of the role of
the priest and how he can be
more effective In working with
the archbishop.
It was made clear that the
meeting was not organized
“againstpastors." It was simp
ly that two assistant pastors
have been elected, for the first
time in history, to the Arch
diocesan Board of Consultors,
and this was a logical way for
“non-pastors” to make their
views known to the new consult
ors.
This was an “honest attempt”
by priests of the Chicago arch
diocese to face up to a major
problem of a large urban dio
cese, one of the participating
priests said.
The goal is for the priests
to understand what the archbis
hop thinks and vice versa. If
it is solved here, it could mean
a new breakthrough in the “ag-
giornamento” or updating of
the Catholic Church in theU.S.,
one observer said. It will mean,
he said, a putting into practice
of the “collegiality” principle,
adopted by Vatican II, at the
local level. Collegiality refers
to the sharing of responsibility
for church government. Grass
roots collegiality would mean
applying the same sharing of
responsibility between priests
and bishop.
A report on the three ses
sions will be forwarded to Arch
bishop Cody. The meetings were
not officially authorized by the
archdiocese, however.
All archdiocesan priests who
are not parish pastors -- that
is, those who serve as assis
tant pastors, chaplains, teach
ers, administrative personnel,
specialists in various fields,
and religious order priests who,
don't hold pastorates were
invited to “share and communi
cate" in the discussions.
The series of meetings was
called by an “ad hoc commit
tee" of seven priests: Father
George Herdegen, a notary in
the archdiocesan marriage
court who resides at St. Gre
gory church; Father John Hill,
assistant at Presentation pa
rish; Father Joseph Kinane of
St. Mark’s; Father William Mc
Nulty of St. Justine Martyr;
Father Patrick O’Malley, ad
ministrator of St. Jarlath; Fa
ther William Shields of St. Ce-
lestine, Elmwood Park; and Fa
ther Frank Slobig of Annunica-
tion parish.
Close Spanish University
After Student Agitation
MADRID—Continued student
agitation in the Basque and Cat
alonian centers of Spain has led
to the closure of both the theo
logy school of a Basque diocese
and of the University of Barce
lona.
The closing of the state-
operated university — which
with 17,000 students is Spain’s
second biggest—followed one
fay after government interven
tion on the campus in which a
prominent Jesuit professor of
philosophy was beaten by po
lice.
The theology school which
was ,clqsed,, was.that of the djQr; to
-cese oLSan Sebastian., Bishop
Lorenzo Bereciartua said he
took the action because of “the
tension and unrest among the
major seminarians resulting
from the expulsion of five of
them.’’ The bishop noted that
all 70 of the theological stu
dents had signed a document
stating that their protests were
not political in nature but con
cerned only the "internal or
der’ of the Church.
The University of Barcelona
was ordered closed indefinitely
by the national ministry of edu
cation. It said the university
would be closed until responsi
bility for the recentwave of dis
turbances had been established
and punishments had been in
flicted.
The closing was announced
(April 28) the day after club
swinging police were called in
to break up an illegal student
meeting. Father Alfonso Al
varez Bolado, S.J., philosophy
professor who is director of
Barcelona’s Marian sodalities,
was beaten when he sprang to
the defense of a woman student
who was under attack by the po
lice. Father Alvarez himself
was arrested along with a doz
en students. But unlike the stu
dents, the Jesuit was detained
oiily breifly before being re
leased with apologies.
(Father Alvarez left Spain al
most immediately for Germany
in order to take part in the
scheduled dialogue between
Marxists and Catholics near
Munich. He was one of two
Spanish churchmen named to
take part in the meeting).
The university closing cli
maxed months of unrest which
came to a head on March 11,
when police invaded the Capu
chin provincial in Barcelona in
order to disperse 500 students
who were meeting there to pro
mote a student union indepen
dent of the government-con-
trolled student organization,
which is the only legal student
body.
Following the March police
action in Barcelona, students
here and in other Spanish uni
versity cities held sympathy
demonstrations which were ac
companied by widespread de
mands for government recogni
tion of the right of freedom of
assembly.
The closing of the San Sebas
tian diocese’s theological
school was seen here as anoth
er manifestation of the long-
29 STATIONS
Vatican Teach-In
Set By TV Network
OTTAWA (RNS)—A 90-min
ute “teach-in” on the Vatican
Council will link 28-Canadian
television stations on May 7.
The Saturday morning pro
gram on the Canadian Broad
casting Corporation’s English
network will be experimental
and is expected to reach 7,000
parish, school and other groups.
The National Catholic Com
munications Center in Toronto
is cooperating with the public
ly-owned CBC in the project.
It will present talks, panel dis
cussions and audience reaction
from Toronto. If a large number
of persons and groups follow the
program and report it helpful,
more of the same will be
scheduled.
Among the panelists will be
Anglican Father Eugene Fair-
weather, a theologian at Trinity
College, University of Torono-
to, a delegate observer at Vati
can II; the Rev. George Johns
ton, principal of United College,
McGill University, Montreal;
and Father Alfred Graham.
Gymnasium Added
To College Facility
Cullman, Ala.—Sacred Heart
College is expanding its facili
ties by adding a new gymnasium.
Construction will begin within
the next few weeks, according to
Mother Mary Frances, O.S.B.,
Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tess. W. A. Daniel Construc
tion Company, Arab, Ala., re
ceived the bid Thursday for
construction of the building,
which should be completed and
ready for use by the second
semester, 1966-67.
The gymnasium, a one-story
brick structure, will be located
northeast of Lake Maurus and
east of the Administration
Building. Future plans include
a Student Union Building which
will adjoin the gymnasium.
The old gymnasium was con
verted into a new dining area in
1961, since that time only a sec
tion of the building was available
for use by physical education
classes. This new gym will
provide space for all indoor
physical education activities
and programs.
Sacred Heart College func
tions in a plant of eight build
ings' situated on a 200-acre
campus just west of Cullman on
Highway 278. The college, es
tablished in 1940, has added
additiona’ space to the begin
ning plant: Mary Hall, a college
resident building in 1947; a col
lege dining room in 1948; anew
faculty building in 1953; Ger
trude Hall, a college residence
building in 1960; and a complete
renovation and enlargement of
all food facilities for the total
institution in 1961; Janeway
Hall, residence building in 1963.
Present facilities at Sacred
Heart are an outgrowth of an
educational venture which began
in 1902. The Development Pro
gram, initiated last year by
Mother Mary Susan, O.S.B.,
was the first program of this
type designated for the con
struction of two new buildings
through public participation.
There are no existing endow
ments at Sacred Heart College.
The college belongs to and is
supported by the Benedictine
Sisters.
standing agitation among the
Basques for greater autonomy.
Among the younger clergy in
particular there have been a
number of protests against re
strictions on religious and civil
liberties.
Bishop Bereciartua, in an
nouncing the closing of the the
ology school, said that the de
cision to- expel the five major
seminarians was taken “after
mature reflection and study of
of the case." He said that the
closing too had been decided on
after great deliberation and was
done for ' the good of the
Church, the seminary, the
| priesthood and souls.” He said
“tet, despite the closing, the
seminary itself was not being
closed, and that “the seminar
ians know they will be called
for examinations.’’
The bishop of San Sebastian
concluded his announcement by
asking all the people of his dio
cese ' to help the seminary
and the seminarians, through
prayer and understanding, to
discover the right priestly role,
as demanded by the council and
the Church and necessitated by
the world of today.’’
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