Number 4.
Famed Glee dub Will
Entertain Rocky Mount
Deanery NCCLA Meet
GOLDSBORO — The Glee Club
of St. Mary’s School here, which
has frequently been featured on
television, will be heard on the
program of the Rocky Mount dean
ery meeting for the Laymen’s As
sociation on Sunday, October 27, at
2:30 p.m.
The Immaculate Heart Sisters
have received high compliments
throughout the Eastern part of
the State on the performances.
NCCLA’s State president, Wal
ter Kulash, will preside and intro
duce the Mission Helpers’ Sisters
of the Charlotte Center, who will
conduct the principal feature of the
program.
Msgr. Edward T. Gilbert, host
pastor, will welcome the delegates.
Fathers Francis A. McCarthy and
James E. McSweeney, clerical pro
moters of the association, will at
tend.
Invitations have been sent to
both the clergy and laity of the
following parishes in the Rocky
Mount Deanery: St. Elizabeth’s,
Farmville; St. Mary’s, and Sacred
Heart, Goldsboro; St. Peter’s
Church, Greenville; St. Gabriel's
Mission, Greenville; St. John’s
Church, Roanoke Rapids; Our Lady
of Perpetual Help, Rocky Mount;
St. Catherine’s Tarboro; St. The
rese’s, Wilson; St. Alphonsus, Wil
son; and St. Mary’s, Mount Olive.
Durham Carmelite Nuns
Break Ground for New
Monastery Location
DURHAM — The Carmelite
Monastery, presently located
within the city limits here, will be
relocated in a beautiful wooded
area on Mason Road out in Dur
ham County. Sisters Marie and
Elizabeth, accompanied by the
priests of the city and friends of
the laity, broke ground for con
struction at the new site on the re
cent occasion of the Feast of St.
Teresa, October 15. The Saint is
noted as one of the outstanding
members in the history of the Car
melite Order.
The one-story brick structure
will be constructed with the rule
of the Carmelites in view. It will
conform to the cloister by supply
ing a required enclosure, and tl)e
floor plan will be suited to the way
of life of prayer and silence of
special observance to the order.
The natural setting is conducive
for retreats and meditation.
The monastery, which will be
built by George W. Kane, general
contractor of Durham and Rox
boro, will be located one-mile off
the Roxboro Road and exactly 10
miles from the Church of the Im
maculate Conception on West
Chapel Hill Street. The chapel will
be open to the public each day.
The new facility will accommo
date a community of 20 persons,
and completion is planned for next
spring. Included in the number
will be novitiate candidates.
The Sisters spend 8 hours daily
in public prayer, with the remain
ing time given to other works of
religion and their own mainte
nance.
Our Job
The WORKERS of the world will
be the ones to construct a Chris*
tian civilization and rid the world
of Communism. It is hopeless to
expect a few leaders to force such
a reconstruction from the top
down — it must grow from the
roots up.
PARISH
PARAGRAPHS
Forty Hours’ Devotion
RALEIGH — St. Monica’s parish
will mark the Feast of Christ the
King next Sunday with the open
ing of its annual observance of
Forty Hours’Devotion. The Rev
erend James Robinson, assistant at
Consolation parish, Charlotte, will
officiate at the opening High Mass
at 10 ajn. Devotions and sermon
are at 8 p.m. through Tuesday. The
school choir will sing.
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Eucharist Sermons
NEWTON GROVE — The annu
al devotions in honor of the Most
Blessed Sacrament held on the
Feast of Christ the King will si
multaneously take place at 5 p.m.
Sunday at the parish here, and the
Missions of the Apostolate at Wal
lace, Mount Olive and Goldsboro.
Bazaar Benefit
GOLDSBORO — Folks residing
in neighboring towns are invited to
enjoy a few hours at the St. Mary’s
parish bazaar held on the grounds
of the new school Thursday and
Friday of this week from 5 to 10
p.m. Service personnel of the
Air Force at Seymour Johnson
Field are cooperating with the
parishioners in making the school
benefit a real success.
Scouts Cited
HIGH POINT — Dan Lee Heer
and Richard Hubbard were award
ed Life and Star Scout citations at
a Court of Honor of Troop 26,
sponsored by-Immaculate Heart of
Mary parish, October 18. Major
John J. Hill, committeeman, pre
sided. Merit badges were pre
sented to James Boedicker, Adrian
McManus, Donald and Fred Nack
ley. Second class Scouts are: Rory
Cratt, Rory Hill and Carey Boggan.
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Hear College Head
WINSTON-SALEM — Parental
responsibility in character forma
tion of children through discipli
nary measures was pointed out by
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Bishop's Letter Gives
New Home-Nursing Nuns
Welcome to Diocese
RALEIGH — A letter of wel
come to the Little Sisters of the
Assumption, as they -are about to
begin their first mission work in
the Diocese of Raleigh, was sent to
Sister M. Thomas at their New
York City convent by Bishop Wa
ters this week.
“The Catholics of North Caro
lina have heard of the wonderful
work of the Sisters, how they do
private nursing in the homes of
Catholics and non-Catholics, and
in a most generous way do not
charge for their services but take
care of the poor, depending upon
the charity and generosity of the
good people in the area,” wrote the
Bishop.
The nursing program to be con
ducted by the Sisters will be under
the supervision of the Catholic
Charities of the diocese. Monsig
nor Michael Begley, superintend
ent, is making arrangements for
the Sisters’ convent accommoda
tion. At present he is preparing a
center for them.
The date of the new community’s
arrival in the diocese will be an
nounced shortly.
Christ King Statue To
Complete Durham Church,
Solemn Blessing Sunday
DURHAM — Sunday’s observ
ance of the Feast of Christ the King
will have a special significance to
Immaculate Conception parish
here. All the parish societies will
be present when the Rev. Charles
J. O’Connor, pastor, solemnly
blesses a new statue of Christ the
King, the details of which the
priest supervised when he was a
student in Rome last year.
The statue is one of a pair which
the pastor brought home with him
a month and a half ago. The oth
er statue is a Holy Family group of
new devotional design. Both were
executed in the studio of Prof. Ni
cola Cataudela, first professor of
sculptor at the Academy of Fine
Arts, Rome.
The statue completes the fur
nishing of the Christ the King al
tar, located on the Epistle side of
the new parish church. It is carv
ed of Linden wood, natural finish
and was six months in the making.
Donors of the statue are Mr. anjj
Mrs. Robert A. Wainscott of Dur
ham, who gave it in memory of
their father, William J. Cassady,
Sr.
A solemn procession will pre
cede the blessing in which the
youth organizations of the parish
school will participate.
All Souls Day Mass
Memorial to KC Men
At Cathedral, 6 p.m.
RALEIGH — The Most Rever
end Bishop will officiate s! a Sol
emn Pontifical Requiem Mass and
deliver the sermon on the occasion
of a memorial to the memory of
deceased members of the Knights
of Columbus through the State on
All Souls Day. The largest Fourth
Degree Honor Guard in the his
tory of the Bishop McGuinness As
sembly will be on hand for the
services at the Cathedral, Novem
ber 2, beginning at 6 o’clock in
the evening.
George L. Gettier of Charlotte,
master of the North Carolina prov
ince, will preside at an installation
ceremony held in the ballroom of
the Carolina Hotel immediately
following the church service.
Assisting His Excellency as arch
priest will be the Rt. Rev. Herbert
A. Harkins, rector of the Cathe
dral. Honorary deacons are 'the
Rev. George E. Lynch, chancellor,
and the Rev. Jerome Tierney, O.
P. Priests from the Apostolate
Center at Newton Grove will fill
the office of deacons. The cere
monies will be directed by the
Rev. Richard Allen of the Cathe
dral staff.
Harry Clody will be host to the
visitors.
The Knights will hold a State
wide corporate communion on No
vember 3, with breakfasts follow
ing Mass at Greensboro and Ral
eigh, it is announced by the Rev. J.
Paul Byron, chaplain.
No Abstinence Friday
The Feast of All Saints,
a Holy Day of obligation,
November 1, will permit the
eating of meat even though
it be Friday. The day com
memorates all the saints in
heaven as most of them are
not honored with special
feast days throughout the
year. Thursday is a day of
fast and abstinence.
Church's Vitality in U. S.
Intelligent Laity-Clergy Union,
Parochial School System, Seen
Cause of Development In Visit
VATICAN CITY — Bishop Peter Canisius Van Lierde, Vicar
General for His Holiness Pope Pius XII for Vatican City, on re
turning from a visit to the United States has expressed his ad
miration for the vitajity of Catholic life there.
Blessing Sunday
The above impressive statue of
Christ the King, the work of a
Roman artist, will be dedicated
Sunday at Immaculate Concep
tion Church, Durham. The Feast of
the day will coincide with the spir
it of the statue.
Future of Nation Is
Youth's Charge, Says
Bishop's Resolution
RALEIGH — The spotlight of
diocesan attention this week is
focused on the importance of our
Catholic Youth. The citation de
signating National Catholic Youth
Week, October 27-November 3, was
proclaimed by the Most Reverend
Bishop in four resolutions submit
ted to the Rev. Charles B. Mc
Laughlin of Rocky Mount, Dioce
san Director of Youth activities.
The resolutions of the Bishop
followed four considerations in de
signating the citation to youth. Be
cause the future of the country de
pends upon youth for its security,
and as these young people must de
velop character, patriotism and
responsibility to carry out this
trust, in addition to the fact that
7,000,000 Catholic youth will work
together during this time on pro
grams to insure these goals, and the
theme for “Healthier, Holier, Hap
pier” underscores their purpose
for personal development and pa
triotism, the Bishop acknowledges
the contributions made by the
Catholic Youth Program and asks
others to promote the activities.
The week will feature special
programs in all parish grammar
schools and regional high schools
in the diocese.
The Bishop told a group or jour
nalists of his admiration “for the
intensity of the activity of the
American people, an intensity
which is mirrored in the develop
ment of the organizations and insti
tutions which the 38 million Cath
olics of the United States have cre
ated.”
He singled out two features of
Catholic life in the United States
which he said are particularly im
pressive: the constant and intelli
gent collaboration between laity
and clergy, and the parochial
school system.
The Catholic educational system
in the United States, he said, “is
a model of its kind and certainly
constitutes the greatest security
for the future of American Catho
licism.”
In answer to a question on the
recent racial disturbances in Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Bishop Van Lierde
stated that this is an extremely del
icate question, especially for for
eigners who are not completely fa
miliar with the painful situation.
“The position of the Catholic
Church on this matter is quite
clear,” he declared. “All men with
out distinction are sons of the
same God and are therefore broth
“At the bottom of the matter, we
can say that the racial problem in
the United States is truly a nation
al problem to which only time can
bring a satisfactory solution, and
which requires a great psychologi
cal sense and much patience on the
part of the authorities."
Queen's Visit Cities
Catholic Art, Priest
WASHINGTON—“Oh, here it
is,” exclaimed Queen Elizabeth II
when she spotted William Blake’s
watercolor, “The Assumption of
Our Lady,” currently on exhibit
at the National Gallery of Art
here.
England’s reigning monarch was
touring a 200th birthday anniver
sary exhibit of 160 works of the
famed English artist and poet
when she discovered the picture.
Sl\e told the gallery’s director,
John' Walker, that Blake’s
“Assumption” was her favorite
among four Blake watercolors
from her own Windsor Castle
collection, that are part of the
display.
The “Assumption” measures 16
by 10-and-a-half inches. It de
picts Our Lady rising from a gothic
tomb heavenward where the Christ
child awaits her. It is executed
in light tints of blue and warm
ochres.
Priest Decorated
The Queen presented a high
British honor to an American
priest here for his “outstanding
contribution to the cause of Anglo
American friendship and under
standing.
He is Jesuit Father Edward J.
Whelan, 70, who was designated
by the Queen as an honorary
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