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Nazareth, N. C., Friday, March 24, 1950
Number 25
A ‘CATHOLIC HOUR’ CITATION
"In recognition and appreciation of 20 years of the most generous
and cordial cooperation” in the presentation of the "Catholic Hour,”
Emmet Blaes, (right) president of the National Council of Catholic
Men, presents a citation to Niles Trammell, (center) chairman of
the board of directors of the National Broadcasting Company, on
the occasion of the 20th anniversary broadcast. Eddie Dowling,
(left) actor and producer, was narrator of the program. (NC Photos)
Unique Demonstration Of Faith
Marks Bishop's Welcome at Kinston
KINSTON—“Your presence here for the common purpose of
worshiping God through the attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass, your action of receiving Holy Communion from the hands of a
Bishop who administers the same Sacraments to his faithful living
on the other side of the globe, makes us feel how close we are to one
another, that unity is the bond between all of us gathered as brothers
in Christ,” said the Most Reverend Joseph Kiwanuka of Masaka,
Uganda, British East Africa, in a short address following a Pontifical
Mass offered at Our Lady of the Atonement Church here on March
19.
The Bishop expressed his gratitude to the many Catholics of the
Diocese who contributed in parish offerings made for the erection of
a seminary in his Diocese.
The Bishop expressed his grat
itude to the many Catholics of the
Diocese who contributed in parish
offerings made for the erection of
a seminary in his Diocese.
Seventeen laymen from various
parishes of the Diocese of Raleigh
approached the Bishop in the
Sanctuary following the sermon
and presented him personally with
the offerings.
The Pontifical Mass offered by
the first Negro Bishop of the
Church since the time of St. Au
gustine in 450 A. D., brought more
than five hundred Catholics to the
Mass and reception honoring the
visiting Bishop.
The Bishop was singularly rec
ognized by members of his own
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Greensboro Priest Says
U. S. Senate Prayer On
Saint Patrick's Day
GREENSBORO. — Upon the in
vitation of the Vice-president of
the United States, Alben H. Bark
ley, the opening of the U. S. Sen
ate on Saint Patrick’s day was be
gun with a prayer offered by Fa
ther J. Joshua Mundell of St. Ben
edict’s church here.
There were approximately fifty
members of the Senate present.
Father Mundell says the courte
sy was extended him as the Vice
president is a personal friend of his
family, who reside in Washington,
D. C.
Charlotte Conference Ends Session;
Future Strong Action Recommended
CHARLOTTE. — Demands for
strong FEPC legislation and an
end to segregation marked the
closing sessions of the Catholic
Conference on Industrial Prob
lems here, March 20.
A prominent Negro leader, a
Priest and a white southern liberal
leader spoke out for strong meas
ures to remove race barriers.
“We must rekindle in the hearts
of our white fellow Americans the
same zeal for justice that struck
off the shackles of colonial ex
ploitation and built the mightiest
nation on earth,” declared Clar
ence Mitchell, labor secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Negroes don’t want segregation,
he said, although “there are a few
who have become adjusted to seg
regation and feel that any depar
ture from this system would be a
threat to some small personal
gains they have made because of
the system.”
Points to Education
He urged Negroes to exercise
their voting powers and to work
for the advancement of education,
declaring:
“Whenever ignorance is defeat
ed by education, it advances the
status of the human race.”
Rev. Thomas E. O’Connell, pas
tor of St. Paul’s church in Rich
mond, Va., said “the tremendous
spirit of fair play and democracy
in the youth of this country” is
a sign pointing to the end of dis
crimination.
Asked from the floor how far
the church can go toward help
ing to abolish segregation, he re
plied:
“The church can go just as far
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Passion Sunday Set By Pope
For World Crusade of Prayer
American Bishop O'Hara
Surprised At Reports
Of Pending Red Arrest
PHILADELPHIA. — Bishop
Gerold P. O’Hara, at the Papal
Nunciature in Rumania and Bishop
of the Savannah-Atlanta diocese
told his family by trans-Atlantic
telephone that he ,was at liberty
and expressed surprise at the fu
rore caused by the reports that he
was about to be arrested by the
communists.
During his conversation with his
brother Edward, who phoned his
Bishop brother at his Bucharest
residence, the Bishop told him, “I
am well and quite surprised at the
reports of my impending arrest.”
Edward said his brother “did not
seem to be worried or concerned
about it.”
Bishop ,0’Hara is the son of Dr.
P. J. O’Hara, a dentist of 602 North
52nd St., West Philadelphia.
Denies Clerical Group
Seeks Education Control
WASHINGTON. — Leo Pfeffer,
of the American Jewish Congress,
has denied reports that he said a
clerical group was seeking event
ual clerical supervision of all ed
ucation in this country. He had
been quoted to that effect in a
number of metropolitan newspa
pers.
In a letter to the Washington
Post Mr. Pfeffer said that he was
quoted inaccurately, and that a
false impression was given of the
substance of his remarks March 6,
at a meeting of the Committee on
Federal Aid to Public Education
in New York.
“I did not charge,” wrote Mr.
Pfeffer, “that any clerical group
was seeking domination of public
education in this country. I .mere
ly warned that there was a danger
that the use of public funds for
sectarian education might ulti
mately result in the disintegration
of the secular public school sys
tem into a system of publicly sup
ported sectarian institutions as ex
ists in the Province of Quebec,
Canada.”
Among the speakers at other ses
sions of the meeting were Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Congress
man Graham Barden of North
Carolina.
Educational Film Is
Presented at Salisbury
SALISBURY. — An educational
film, “Notre Dame — Today and
Tomorrow” was presented to the
children of the Sacred Heart
School and members of the Sacred
Heart Men’s Club this past week.
The film, in technicolor, shows an
over-all picture of the education
al system of the famous Ameri
can University. It forcibly pre
sents the ideas that Notre Dame
is primarily educational and only
secondarily sports-minded. Fa
ther Helfrich obtained the film
through the department of public
relations of Notre Dame Univer
sity. The film was also presented
Kiwanis Club as an entertainment
by Father Helfrich to the local
feature.
Catholics Everywhere Asked to Join
lit Petition for Peace and New Order
Based on Truth, Justice, Charity
VATICAN CITY—His Holiness Pope Pius XII, in an Encyclical
Letter “Anni Sacri” asks Catholics throughout the world to join him
on Passion Sunday, March 26, in public prayers lor a renewal of
Christian morals and a return “to those , principles whence alone
can come enlightenment for minds, peace and concord for souls, and
a well-ordered justice between the various social classes.”
Consecrated
Most Rev. John J. Russell, former
pastor of Nativity Church, Wash
ington, who was consecrated
Bishop of Charleston, S. C., on
March 14, in St. Matthew’s Ca
thedral, Washington. Archbishop
Amleto Giovani Cicognani, Apos
tolic Delegate to the United
States, was the consecrator. Co-'
consecrators were Archbishop
Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washing
ton and Auxiliary Bishop John 3.
McNamara of Washington. Photo
by Chase-Statler. (NC Photos)
The letter points out that though
war has ended almost everywhere,
there is still lacking that stable,
solid peace “which might happily
solve the many and ever-increas
ing reasons for discord.” The
Holy Father says many nations
obstruct peace efforts and “as
confidence lessens, an armanent
race begins, leaving the hearts of
all overcome by fear and trepi
dation.”
Face Needs
The Pope makes a special appeal
to Catholic Action members to
fill needs arising from increasing
restrictions on priests, saying:
“No one must be neglectful or
lazy in the face of such evils and
dangers, while those in the other
camp labor so zealously to destroy
the very basis of the Catholic re
ligion and Christian worship.”
Cites March 26
“We intensely desire,” the Pope
writes, “that united with Us they
offer public prayers on March 26,
Passion Sunday ... It is Our in
tention on that day to descend into
St. Peter’s Basilica to unite Our
prayers not only with those of the
people present, but — as we hope
— with those of the whole Catho
lic world.”
Petitions Made
In conclusion the Holy Father
' voices the prayer that, particular
ly in this Holy Year, God may
deign to look kindly “upon human
ity, oppressed by so many misfor
tunes, assailed by so many fears
and by waves of so many discords
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Bishop Russell to be Installed
At Charleston on March 28
WASHINGTON. — Civilizations
“rise and fall, kingdoms and em
pires are born, wax strong, grow
weak and die” but the Church of
Christ survives and “will move
on, as long as human life endures,”
Bishop Lawrence Shehan, Auxil
iary of Baltimore, emphasized in
his sermon at the consecration of
the Most Rev. John Joyce Russell
as the seventh Bishop of Charles
ton.
Charleston Installation
The new prelate will be install
ed'as the seventh Bishop of Char
leston by Archbishop Francis Ke
ough of Baltimore, in the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist in
Charleston, on March 28. The
Charleston diocese, established
in 1820, covers the entire State of
South Carolina. Bishop Russell
as head of the diocese will be the
spiritual leader of nearly 18,000
Catholics.
St. Matthew’s Cathedral was fill
ed to overflowing for the ancient
and pageant-packed ceremony. His
Excellency Archbishop Cicoknani,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, served as consecrator.
Proudest of all who crowded
into the capital’s stately Cathedral
were the new Bishop’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Russell of Bal
timore.
More than a dozen members of
the Hierarchy, high ranking offi
cials in the Federal and city gov
ernment and hundreds of Monsig
nori, priests and nuns were among
those who witnessed the rites.
Previous Connections
In his sermon, Bishop Shehan
paid glowing tribute to the zeal
and initiative of the new prelate,
recalling his work in establishing
the Catholic Evidence League
while serving in Baltimore, and his
labors as Washington archdiocesan
director of Catholic Charities.
At the ceremonies, Bishop Rus
sell wore the pectoral cross and
used the same crozier that his un
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