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Vol. 11 No. 6 Form 3579 to 202 East Sixth Street, Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
Thursday, February 8,1973
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American Immigrants
Named to Cardinalate
VATICAN CITY (NC) -- Two U.S. bishops who were born in foreign
countries were included in the list of 30 new cardinals announced by Pope
Paul VI February 2. They were Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros of
Boston and Archbishop Timothy Manning of Los Angeles.
Archbishop Humberto Medeiros of Boston was born October 6, 1915.
He migrated to Fall River, Mass., from his homeland in the Portuguese
Azores Islands in 1931, at the age of 16.
Archbishop Timothy Manning, 63,
of Los Angeles was born in Ballingeary,
in County Cork, Ireland, on November
15, 1909. After beginning his
priesthood studies in Ireland, he
completed them at St. Patrick’s
Seminary, Menlo Park, Calif., and was
ordained a priest in Los Angeles in
1934.
ARCHBISHOP MANNING
The elevation of Archbishop
Medeiros and Archbishop Manning to
the college of cardinals, along with
Puerto Rican Archbishop Luis Aponte,
brings the number of American
cardinals to 12--the highest number in
the history of the United States.
Cardinal-designate Manning went to
the Gregorian University in Rome a year
after his ordination in 1934, to study
for a doctorate in canon law. When he
returned to Los Angeles he was made
secretary to Archbishop John J.
Cantwell, and he served in that post
from 1938 to 1946. He was named
auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles in 1946,
and became the first bishop of the
newly created diocese of Fresno in
December, 1967.
On June 11, 1969, he was appointed
coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles
with the right of succession. On January
21, 1970, he succeeded Cardinal James
Francis McIntyre, who retired because
of age and health.
The Los Angeles prelate is chief
pastor of the fourth-largest U.S.
archdiocese, with 1.8 million Catholics
in a total population of over nine
million. It was the fastest growing
diocese in the United States in the
decades following World War II, with an
average of 1,000 new Catholics a week
entering the diocese.
When Archbishop Manning took the
helm, he turned much of his attention
to the poor and to the Mexican-
Americans who make up over half of
the diocese’s population. Every Sunday
he attends a different parish in the
archdiocese, saying Mass and
preaching-either in English or in
Spanish.
He also visits one of the archdiocese’s
high schools each week and meets with
the senior class to hear “what they feel
most strongly about the Church.”
Word of his elevation to the college
of cardinals reached Archbishop
Manning in Tokyo, where he was
visiting foreign missions sponsored by
the archdiocese.
Archbishop Medeiros became an
American citizen in 1940. He studied
for the priesthood at the Theological
College of the Catholic University of
America in Washington, D.C., and he
was ordained a priest on June 15,1946,
in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Fall River,
Mass. After ordination he studied
dogmatic theology at Catholic
University and at the Gregorian
University in Rome. Besides his native
Portuguese and English, he speaks
Spanish, Italian, French and German
fluently.
He was appointed bishop of
Brownsville, Texas, on April 20, 1966.
When he succeeded Cardinal Richard
Cushing as archbishop of Boston in
1970, he moved from one of the
smallest, poorest dioceses in the United
States to one of the largest, richest ones.
During his stay in Brownsville he was
especially noted for his concern for the
poor and the migrant workers. He spoke
out strongly on social justice and the
right of collective bargaining for farm
workers, and he used to “follow the
crops” to minister to the migrants as
they made their harvest migration
through the Midwest.
As archbishop of Boston he has
spoken out often and strongly on
questions of prison reform, abortion,
ecumenism, and the Church’s
missionary effort. He was recently
described as “perhaps the most
missionary- minded bishop in perhaps
the most missionary-minded diocese in
the United States.”
ARCHBISHOP MEDEIROS
When he heard of his promotion, the
new cardinal-designate said that “the
honor belongs to the faithful of this
archdiocese.”
He said he thought it was appropriate
that the announcement was made on
the feast of the Purification of Mary. “It
is to Mary that I consecrate myself
again,” he said, “out of filial love for
her and because we need her
intercession now more than ever.”
JACKSON, Mississippi-Auxiliary Bishop Joseph L. Howze of the
Natchez-Jackson diocese receives the mitre, the liturgical headdress of'
Catholic bishops and abbots, from Cardinal-elect Luigi Raimondi during
ordination ceremonies in Jackson. Bishop Howze is the second black
bishop in the United States. Earlier this week Pope Paul VI named
Archbishop Raimondi to the college of cardinals. He is former Apostolic
Delegate to the United States and will now return to Rome.
Bishop Howze Ordained
New Mississippi Auxiliary
JACKSON, Miss. (NC) - Father Joseph L. Howze became the third
black bishop in U.S. Catholic Church history when he was ordained
auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson here January 28.
The 49-year-old former Asheville, N.C., parish priest was ordained by
the Vatican’s apostolic delegate, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, in a
ceremony combining traditional church music and black spirituals.
Over 50 archbishops, bishops and abbots attended the ordination in the
2,500-seat municipal auditorium, chosen because church facilities in the
area were not large enough for the ceremony.
Representatives to the ceremony
from the Mississippi community
included the state’s lieutenant governor,
William Winter, and Fayette, Miss.,
mayor and civil rights spokesman,
Charles Evers.
The state’s governor, William Waller,
welcomed the new prelate at a reception
that followed the ordination Mass.
President Nixon sent a congratulatory
telegram, in which he declared: “There
is great comfort in the knowledge that a
man of your character and
accomplishment will be assuming a
prominent role in the leadership of his
Church.”
In an address following his
ordination, the new bishop noted the
ceremony followed by one day the time
when the cease fire was to begin in
Vietnam.
“May the futility of war be impressed
on the minds of all mankind,” he stated,
“and may all men strive to make this
world a community of justice and love.”
The day after he was ordained,
Bishop Howze held a news conference
at the diocesan chancery at which he
was asked what he hoped to accomplish
in his new post. He responded:
“I selected the motto, ‘The Unity of
God’s People.’ I think the end result of
what I hope to do is to bring into reality
the love that God gave us through His
Son.”
He was further asked if he anticipated
any problems because he is black.
“I do realize that being a black man
there will be certain problems. But I
have that mission to work at bringing
unity to all God’s people.” The prelate,
discussing the duties, said:
“Some auxiliaries are pastors, but I
hope I will not have to work in this
capacity. I hope to know the entire
diocese. I will spend time traveling to
each of the deaneries in the diocese and
getting to know the priests and the
people there. I will do some public
relations work outside the diocese.
Primarily, I will be working where
Bishop (Joseph B.) Brunini needs help.”
The Natchez-Jackson Diocese,
encompassing the state of Mississippi,
has 106 parishes and a Catholic
population of about 85,000. Of the
85,000 Catholics, about 9,000 are
blacks.
Archbishop Raimondi
One of New Cardinals
WASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop
Luigi Raimondi, apostolic delegate in
the United States for nearly six years,
has been named a cardinal by Pope Paul
VI and will leave his diplomatic post
here to return to Rome.
The 60-year-old papal representative
is to be installed into the college of
cardinals with 29 other prelates in a
consistory in March in Rome.
It is understood Archbishop
Raimondi - who has held diplomatic
posts in five countries spanning 35 years
- will serve in some capacity with the
Vatican after his elevation to the
cardinalate.
“Inasmuch as I shall be departing this
great country, where I have spent 12
years in the service of the Holy See, I
feel a deep sense of emotion,” the
archbishop said.
The papal representative also
expressed his admiration for the
American people generally andAmerican
Catholics specifically, declaring:
“I have experienced countless times
the deep faith of American Catholics,
their loyalty to the Church, their
willingness to assume their
responsibilities in the life of the Church.
My years in Washington have enabled
me to admire the vigorous efforts being
made to implement in a responsible way
the changes wrought by the Second
Vatican Council. The Catholic Church
in the United States is a healthy, open
dynamic community striving to face the
challenges of our time.”
Cardinal John Krol of Philadephia,
president of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, said that “the
elevation of the apostolic delegate to
the college of cardinals is a cause for
rejoicing for it signals not only his years
of service to the Church but a special
mark of esteem for our nation at large.”
Parish Chairmen Will Key
Archdiocesan Charities Drive
“You are in a critically important position for the success of the
1973 drive,” parish chairmen were told in a letter from Father
Jerry E. Hardy, Chancellor of the Archdiocese. “That
importance,” he went on to say, “lies in the valuable assistance the
chairmen will give to their pastors in coordinating and planning
the parish drive effort.”
The drive, an annual one-day cash effort to provide
budget-balancing income, is set for March 4. Currently, the drive is
in its Special Gifts Phase, a month long approach to members of
the archdiocese who can contribute more generously to the drive.
Commenting on this, Father Hardy pointed out that “experience
has shown most parishes get approximately 50% of their goal from
this Special Gifts Phase. That really underscores the importance of
this month.” On March 4, each wage-earner will be approached
for a minimum gift of S30.
Deanery meetings for the drive were held on February 7, 8 and
9. These meetings followed up and finalized planning and
coordination that had already gone on by mail.
A listing of all parish chairmen appears on page 6.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES COOLS IT -
Scoutmaster Lucious Rakestraw and Mrs. Gerald
Carter presented a check for $200 to Father Matt
Kemp, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, after
Mass last Sunday. Boy scouts of Troop 253, which is
sponsored by the parish, raised the money by selling
candy. The scouts’ donation will be used to help
defray the cost of the recently-installed air condition
system of the downtown church. (PHOTO BY JAMES
BROWN)
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