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- - North Carolina-Catholic" Volume I. Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, December 29, 1946 Number 13 E The first three Japanese students to enter the United States since before the war, these three seminarians en route to Rome to continue their studies for the priesthood. Left to right: Charles K. Yamada, of Osaka; John K. Sawada, of Tokyo; and Joseph T. Kawaguchi, of Nagasaki. Residing at Maryknoll Seminary, Ossining, N. Y., until time for their departure they expressed thanks to General Mac Arthur for the special privilege granted them in leaving the country to study. Mr. Sawada, spokesman for the group, declared “There is a lot of work to be done in our country for the Church. So we hope to become good priests.” Mr. Sawada’s father was formerly Consul General in New York and Ambassador to Brazil. Mr. Yamada lost his entire family in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. (NC Photos). Apostolic Delegate to United States Cites Catholic Opposition to Bigotry WASHINGTON —(NC)— Stressing the Church’s stern opposition to “those inequalities which keep man from developing his personality according to his nature and his own walk of life,” His Excellency Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, reminded members of the Catholic Interracial Council of Washington that the funda mental principle of liberty, equal ity and brotherhood dates much farther back than human philoso phies and comes from Christianity. Archbishop Cicognani observed that the Bishops of the United States in their statement following their annual meeting in Washing ton last month, insisted on the necessity and duty of “protect ing men in the enjoyment of his God - given native rights.” He stressed that the Declaration of In dependence proclaims the same teaching, a doctrine which essen tially is Christian. some oo memDers or tne wasn ington Council, both White and Colored, assisted at a Mass which the Papal Delegate offered in his private chapel at the Apostolic Delegation, after which the Arch bishop delivered his discourse. The arrangement for the visit to the Delegation were made by the officers of the Council — G. G. Howland Shaw, former Assistant Legislature Requested To Condemn Euthanasia New York — (NC—) The New York State Legislature has been petitioned in a resolution by the University of Notre Dame Club of New York to overwhelmingly re ject a bill which would legalize euthanasia, or so-called mercy killing, on the ground that it is repugnant to the natural law and to the law of God. The resolution points out that euthanasia hn« never been legal ized in any civilized Stats and even in nazi Germany, where it eras practiced, it was not sanction ed except tv secret edict. Secretary of State, president; Mrs. Michael Shortley, secretary, and the Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S. J., chaplain. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the Archbishop re ceived each Council member per sonally. “Just as all men have a right to the sun and the food,” Archbishop Cicognani declared, “in the same way everyone has the right to take his part in the contest of life, to protect himself, and to eliminate the conditions of infer iority in which he may find him self.” Founding of three new organi zations—the Home Mission Apos tolate, North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Association and the Bishop’s Committee for Christian Homes and Families—stand out in a survey of Catholic events during the yjar of 1946. The Home Mission Apostolate was founded at Whiteville. It 9 offers a correspondence course in the teachings of the Catholic Church to all interested persons, works among the people of North Carolina. The North Carolina Laymen’s Association is an organization for laymen and laywomen. The Bish op’s Committee, founded at a meeting in Greensboro on August 28th, is directed toward mothers of Catholic homes. One of the most important events was the gift of $400,000 by the late Julian Price, a non-Cath olic, for construction of a Catho lic Church in Greensboro. He made the gift in the memory of his wife, a Catholic. Four priests died during the year. Father Mark Moselin, be loved Passionist father who serv ed in Washington, died in October in a hospital at Baltimore. He was a friend of both Negro and white in North Carolina. Father Joseph Gallagher died April 12. Father William O’Byrne of Jacksonville died after a long illness. Death also came to Father Ambrose Gallagher, who had served in the state for many years but was in another diocese at the- time of his death. Our Lady of Lourdes church was dedicated at Monroe and a new chapel and rectory were dedicated at Lexington. Work progressed on churches at Wadesboro and High Point. The investiture of Monsigners Manley and McNearney came on March 10. There was a hospital drive in Wilmington and the*? Bishop an nounced plans for new hospitals This solid silver Ostensorium has just been received by the Pittsburgh Sacred Heart Church from H. Holemans, most famous jeweler of Brussels, Belgium. in Wilmington, Raleigh and one other city still un-named. The Catholic Committee of the South, meeting in New Orleans, elected to come to Charlotte in 1947. A Grail School for young girls was held at Southern Pines in June. The Laymen’s Retreat at Belmont was the largest in his tory. The Catholic Daughters held their state convention in June at Asheville. There was a Boy Scout roundup at Belmont in May. An Institute for Teachers, Con ference for Priests in Colored Parishes and Priests . in White Parishes, were all held early in October at Nazareth. Four new schools opened. JTwo in Lumberton, one in Greenville and one in Winston-Salem. Four priests were ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh during the year. Six years of “exceptional meritorious service in World War II” were recognized when the joint Army and Navy award was presented to the National Catholic Community Service, member agency of the USO Pictured on that occasion are, left to right, upper photo: Brig. Gen. William E. Bergin, War Department; His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, President at the N. C. C S Board of Trustees who accepted the award;'Hon. John L. Sullivan, Undersecretary of the Navy, who made the presentation, and Bishop William R. Arnold, Military Delegate and former Chief of ' Army Chaplains. Photo by Reni. (NC Photo) i Founding of Three Organizations Heads 1946 Activities of Church Investigation Underway For Nun's Canonization New Canon Appointed Bayonee, N. J.—(NC)—A search lor discourses, letters, dia ries and other writings by or about Sister Miriam Teresa, a Sister of .Charity who died at the age of 26 in May, 1927, has been started under the direction of Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh of Newark and of Paterson, in connection with an Episcopal court investigation of her sanctity, which eventually may lead to her canonization. The search for information is the latest move in a campaign in her behalf which has been grow ing throughout the United States and in Europe, where many re ports of favors and cures effected through the intercession of Sister Miriam Teresa have been received. Youngest of seven children of Alexander and Jbhanna Demjano vich, she was bom in Bayonne on March 26, 1901 and baptized Teresa. She wanted to be a Car melite nun, but a lingering illness of her mother kept her at home as a nurse and housekeeper. After her mother’s death in 1918, she entered St. Elizabeth’s College at Convent, N. J., and graduated with highest honors. She taught school after graduation until February, 1925, when she entered the Sisters of Charity. Sister Miriam Teresa’s life in religion was short but was filled 'with much work and suffering. After her death, her confessor dis closed that she had suffered the pain of the Crown of Thoms from the time she entered religious life until her death. The Holy See authorized Bishop McLaughlin to institute an informative process concerning her life and virtues in 1945. Today it was also announced that Msgrv William Hemmick, formerly a Canon of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, was raised to the dignity of a Canon of the Basilica of St. Peter, it has been announced here. Monsignor Hemmicks is the first American prelate thus hon ored. Monsignor Hemmick is a native of Pittsburgh where he was bom on January 27, 1887. He entered Catholic University of America in 1907 for philosophical and theo logical studies and obtained the doctorate in sacred theology in 1911. Last Quarter of '46 Saw Church Progress The North Carolina Catholic, sponsored by the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Association, started in October. The NCCLA presented more than 1,700 Cath olic books to public libraries in the state. The- Supreme Board of the Knights of Columbus met in Ashe ville in October. The honor of Knight Commander was conferred on Francis Heazel, Asheville, in September. A Clerical Fund Association for Aged and Infirm priests wra -founded1.
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