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« - IEorth Carolina Emble ; Volume I. Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, March 30,1947 Number 26 Chaplain Hero Will Be Speaker At Three North Carolina Cities RALEIGH — Father Joseph T. O’Callahan, S. J., one of World War II’s greatest heroes, will be an Easter visitor in North Carolina and will speak before groups in Raleigh, Greensboro and Goldsboro. Durham Catholic Becomes Xaverian Brother In Virginia Ceremony FORT MONROE, VA. — A Dur ham, North Carolina, Catholic was one of the three Novices who paannwnced temporary vows at the Sacred Heart Novitate of the Xav eriaa Brothers on the Feast of St. Joaqph. Brother Justus is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lawson, members of Immaculate Concep tion parish, Durham. He was one of three who were newly professed. The others were Brother John, Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y., and Brother Brice, Worcester, Mass. Nine Postulants were invested with the Habit of Religion at the same ceremony. The ceremonies of investiture and profession took place during Holy Mass, celebrated by Rev. Gerard P. O’Keefe, C. SS. R., who delivered the sermon. Among those present were Very Rev. Francis A. McQuade, Provincial of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, other visitors among the clergy and members of the fami lies of those invested. Cathedral Good Friday Services Scheduled For Raleigh Faithful Raleigh. — Three services will be held Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh. The Good Friday observance wilt open at 8:30 with the Proces sion of Blessed Sacrament; Ven eration of the true Relic of the Cross and Mass of the Pre-Sanc tified. The service of the Three Hours Agony will come from 12 noon to 3 pja. Tenebrae services and a sermon will be heard at 8 p.m. The Solemn Pontifical Mass on Bastef Sunday will be held at 11 a.m. Clerical Examinations Held For Priests At Nazareth Orphanage Raleigh. — Clerical examina tions for those priests who have been ordained five years or less were held at the Orphanage of the Sacred Heart, Nazareth, N. C., Tuesday morning, March 18th. The Board of Examiners was composed of Rev. Francis J. Morrissey, Pas tor of the Chapel Hill parish; Rev. Edward T. Gilbert, Diocesan Su perintendent of Schools, and Rev. Francis K. O’Brien, Chancellor of the Diocese. It is a prescription of the Canon Law that the younger clergy sub mit to a yearly examination in theology. Priests who attended were: Revs. John S. Regan, Assistant Superintendent of the Orphanage; Francis J. Tfit, Assistant at St. Johns, Waynefeville; Joseph A. (Continued on Page 4) . ’ \ Father Callahan, only chaplain in American history to win the Congressional Medal of Honor, won the highest military honor for his heroism aboard the aircraft carrier Franklin in the Pacific. Father Callahan is considered one of the outstanding speakers of the Church. Before a George town graduation group recently, he said, ’‘Almost everyone intends to take life seriously, but too often this resolve degenerates into a case of self-delusion. Many who think they are taking life seriously are only taking themselves seriously. Who takes himself seriously is over-conscious of his rights; who take life seriously is fully con scious of his obligation.” Father Callahan will assist in the Tenebrae services at the Ca thedral in Raleigh on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. He will also speak before the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Asso ciation groups in Greensboro on Easter Monday and in Goldsboro on the Wednesday after Easter. Russia Will Be Converted Monsignor Sheen Tells Catholic Hour Audience New York.—(NC)—There is every hope that Russia will fin ally “give the Faith to Europe and be the medium of uniting Europe and Asia,” Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic University of America, asserted on the Catho lic Hour this evening. It was the ninth in a series of eleven address es on communism by the Monsig nor who is speaking for the 17th consecutive year on the Catholic Hour, produced by the National Council of Catholic Men and car ried by the National Broadcasting Company. The beginning of Russia’s mis sion “as the bearer of faith to other nations may already have its dim beginnings in the few conces sions which the communist gov ernment has granted to the Rus ; sian Orthodox Church,” Monsig nor Sheen declared. “As pagan Rome that persecuted became Christian Rome, so atheistic Rus sia that persecutes can become Christian. “There are three great quali ties of the Russian goul which warrant these optimistic fore casts as to the future brilliance of Russia: deep religious feeling, capacity for pain and suffering, and fellowship,” the Monsignor said. He asserted that the Russian (Continued on Page 8) New World Offers Extra Story Awards Chicago. — (NC) — The New World, Chicago archdiocesan weekly, wants its readers to win the 1947 short story contest of the Catholic Press Association. The editors of the Chicago newspaper are offering, for prize-winning manuscripts submitted to the con test judges through The New World, extra cash awards totaling $200. This early 15th century Crucifixion scene, showing Saint Jerome and Saint Francis at the foot of the Cross, is the work of the Florentine Francesco Pesellino. It is part of the Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. (NCWC) Be Brothers in Christ, Forget Race and Class, Pope Writes VATICAN CITY —(Radio, NC)—- Consider your fellowmen as Brothers in Christ; as mem bers, regardless 0f race, nationality or social class, of one Christian family and respect the dignity of both manual and mental work—these were the lessons of St. Benedict, which apply to our ca lamitous times as well as they did to the stormy period in which he lived. , His Holiness Pope Pius XII drew this conclusion in an Encyclical letter “Fulgens Radiatur,”' addressed to the Bishops of the Universal Church on the occasion of the 14th centenary of the Rateigh Choir Will Sing During Tenebrae Service Three Nights Holy Week Raleigh. — Tenebrae services will be sung at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Raleigh on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday ev enings of Holy Week by the Ca thedral Men’s Choir. The same group will provide the music for the Pontifical Mass on Easter Sun day, celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Waters. Duriqp Tenebrae Services Ma tins and Lauds, the first two can onical hours of the Divine Office, are sung. In the early centuries of the Christian era this part of the Office was recited during the night or early hours of the morn ing, and for this reason it is re ferred to as “Tenebrae” (dark ness) . The service is treated as a sort of dirge or funeral service (Continued on Page 7) death of the sainted founder of the Benedictine Order. It was Pius XII’s ninth encyclical in the eight years of his pontificate. In his letter the Holy Father ap pealed for material means to re store war-shattered Montecassino Abbey. He said the resurrection of the motherhouse of the Bene dictines is a debt “undoubtedly (Continued on Page 8) Deadline Announced For Theatre Award New York.—(NC)—The dead line for the 1947 Bishop Shell Drama Award has been announced as May 1 for all entries of plays. Bishop Bernard J. Sheil, Auxiliary of Chicago, in conjunction with the National Catholic Theatre Conference, sponsors the award in an effort to encourage the writ ing of plays lor the Catholic theatre, will award $500 for die prize play, thoroughly consist ent with Catholic thought. /A - -v, & Sister Mary Anthony Dies Suddenly Alter Stroke During Trip Belmont. — Sister Mary An. thony Sheehan died Saturday, Mar. 22. She was the daughter of Thomas J. Sheehan and Elise M. Bullwinkle and was born in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 15, 1878. She came from a family that for three generations has given a vo cation to the Sisters of Mary of Belmont. She was the niece of , Sister Mary Baptist Sheehan one of the pioneer Sisters who went from Charleston to Wilmington to make the foundation of the Order. She was a cousin of Sister Mary Patricia Barrett Sister Anthony was educated in the public schools of Charleston and at Sacred Heart Academy. She was the first member of the Alumnae to enter the Novitiate. 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