for diocese —
Priests To Be Ordained
February 2 At Durham
DURHAM — Two young men
will be ordained priests by
Bishop Vincent S. Waters on
the Feast of Purification, Feb
ruary 2, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Church of the Immaculate Con
« ception here.
Reverend Ronald V. McLaughlin,
24, was born in Amesbury, Massa
chusetts. His elementary and high
school education he completed in
Lynn, Massachusetts, and at Bos
ton College High. He received his
B.A. degree from St. John’s Sem
inary. In 1959 he received permis
sion from Cardinal Cushing of Bos
ton to join the Raleigh Diocese.
Upon completing his theology at
*St. John’s Seminary he received an
M.A. degree.
Father McLaughlin’s first sol
emn Mass will be offered in St.
Patrick’s Church, Lynn, Massa
chusetts on February 11. Ministers
of this Mass will include Fathers
Gerald McLaughlin, a cousin, as
deacon; Walter Miller as sub-dea
con; Philip Moriarty, S.J., as
preacher; and Michael O’Connor,
pastor of St. Patrick’s as arch
priest.
Rev. Robert T. Lawson
Rev. Robert T. Lawson, 38, was
born in Greensboro, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. Lawson. Both
parents are converts to the Cath
olic Faith. Reverend Lawson at
tended St. Mary’s grammar school
and Durham High School. Gradu
ate work he finished at Catholic
University, Seton Hall, St. John’s
Seminary, and New York Univer
sity. Besides his three Bachelor de
grees, Reverend Lawson earned a
Master’s degree in History. At St.
John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mas
FR. LAWSON FR. McLAUGHLIN
sachusetts, where he completed his
theology, Reverend Lawson is a
candidate for the Master’s Degree
in Sacred Scripture.
Frater Eusibius Lawson, O.F.M.
Conv., brother of Reverend Law
son, will be ordained likewise this
year in May.
Father Robert Lawson’s first
solemn Mass will be offered in the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion in Durham on February 4, at
11:00 a.m. Ministers of the first
Mass will be: Fr. Eugene Livels
berger, archpriest; Frater Eusibius
See Ordained, page 7A
CCD Conference Held
For Priests & Sisters
RALEIGH — Religious and sec
ular priests of the Diocese of Ral
eigh met with Bishop Vincent S.
' Waters at Price Auditorium Fri
day, January 19, for a conference
on the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine. In spite of the snow, 110
priests attended.
Four priests connected actively
at present with Confraternity
work spoke from 10:00 a.m. until
lunch at 12:30 on motivation for
engaging laymen and women in
the teaching apostolate of the
Church.
Father William Greenspun, Paul
ist, a member of the national CCD
Office in Washington in charge of
coordination of the apostleship of
good will, was the first speaker
introduced by Fr. Richard Allen,
Raleigh Diocesan Director of the
• Confraternity.
(Fr. Greenspun suggested that
priests avoid “false optimism,” and
not make the mistake of trying to
guage priestly success by the num
ber of converts he makes. We are
passing through a critical phase
of church history, he said, in
which the Church is only now
really beginning to tap the re
sources of its lay members for
apostolic work. In this work of
Christ and His Church, the speak
er stressed, the laity has a right
ful place.
Continuing on the theme of lay
leadership, Fr. Greenspun said he
felt that the 5,000 immigrant
Catholics of the Tar Heel State
were likely outstanding in the
quality of leadership.
Msgr. George Lavasseur, Lafay
ette, Louisiana, Director of CCD
spoke next on the place of the
priest and pastor in the structure
and work of the Confraternity.
His experience, he maintained, in
dicated that lay people are not en
trusted with adequate authority in
so many areas where the pastor
wishes their help. He suggested
that pastors treat their lay work
ers with the same attitude and
complete trust that they as priests
expect from their bishop.
Fr. Robert Walsh of Richmond,
Virginia, where he is diocesan di
rector of CCD, laid emphasis on
the basic importance of the fam
ily on the faith and perseverance
of Catholics. He illustrated his
own outlook by telling of the
sterling faith of his own Irish
immigrant parents, with their
ceaseless reliance on prayer and
God.
“As CCD director,” Fr. Walsh
insisted, “I place complete re
liance on the parish priest’s judg
ment as to whether his parish is
ready for CCD or not.” The speak
See CCD, page 7A
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INFANT OF PRAGUE — Groundbreaking for the new parish church on Highway 17,
Jacksonville, took place on January 24. The attractive structure, seating 900, was de
signed by the pastor, Fr. Lawrence Newman, and local Jacksonville architect Ted
Peters at a cost of $250,000. Four separate entrances lead to the sanctuary which
replaces the former temporary Infant of Prague Church destroyed last year by fire.
priests and nuns in congo
Missioners Feared Slain
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo —
(NC) — More than a dozen priests
and nuns are feared to have been
killed in the second and third mass
murders of Catholic missionaries
in the Congo since New Year’s
Day, according to reports reaching
here.
If the reports are confirmed, it
will mean that more than 30 mis
sioners have been assassinated
within less than three weeks in the
worst outbreak of antimission vio
lence since this strife-torn nation
became independent a year and a
half ago.
A United Nations spokesman
here reported that there are no
signs of life in the mission at Sola,
where about a dozen White Fa
thers and Franciscan Sisters were
earlier reported to be under at
tack by rampaging Congolese
troops and fanatic anti-Catholic
African youths.
The attackers are believed to be
the same as those who massacred
18 Holy Ghost Fathers and a
Brother along with an unknown
number of African laymen on Janu
ary 1 in Kongolo, about 95 miles
from Sola.
A report from Elisabethville,
capital of the secessionist Katanga
province, states that foilr mission
aries and 11 civilians were killed
in Kabongo in north Katanga. The
mission in Kabongo is staffed by
three Holy Ghost Fathers and four
Carmelite nuns.
The troops responsible for the
Kabongo killings were not identi
fied. The date of the murders was
not given.
Another report said that four
Africans were killed and seven
Catholic missionaries were attack
ed at St. Paul’s College in Bagira
in Kivu province during an inter
tribal battle (Jan. 17). UN troops
have since reported that the situ
ation in Bagira is calm.
The UN spokesman’s statement
on the situation in Sola was based
on reports by pilots of UN jets re
turning from reconnaissance mis
sions in the Sola-Kongolo area in
Katanga (Jan. 20). The pilots of
two Indian Canberra jets said
there was no sign of life at the
Sola mission, and reported they
had been shot at by Congolese
troops during their flight.
Ethiopian pilots who made an
earlier flight (Jan. 19) over the
area said they saw Congolese army
trucks inside the mission and re
ported that houses in Sola were on
fire.
The UN spokesman said the air
men’s reports “seem to indicate the
worst.” It is believed possible, how
ever, that the missioners may have
escaped.
Observers here say the troops
involved in the attack on Sola are
the same as those who beat, killed
and mutilated the bodies of the
Holy Ghost missioners in Kongolo
and who also murdered and muti
lated 13 Italian airmen on Novem
ber 11 in Kindu. They are said to
be troops loyal to Antoine Gizenga,
leftist leader of Oriental province
A'ho was ousted earlier in January
as Congolese Vice Premier. Gi
tenga was placed under UN custody
in Leopoldville. The troops were
reportedly under the command of
Col. Joseph Pakassa, Gizenga’s
cousin, who was placed under ar
rest when he arrived by plane in
Stanleyville, capital of Oriental
province, on January 20.
OFFICIAL
BISHOP’S RESIDENCE
P.O. BOX 1949
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
December 11, 1961
The following appointments, effective Friday, Feb
ruary 9, are announced by His Excellency, The Most Rev
erend Bishop Vincent S. Waters, through the diocesan
chancery:
Fr. Stephen Sullivan is appointed pastor of Holy Angels
Church, Mt. Airy. j
Fr. Maurice Spillance is appointed pastor of St. Peters
Church, Greenville.
Fr. James McSweeney is appointed a vice-chancellor of the
Diocese of Raleigh. (Frs. Frank Murphy and Robert
McMahon continue as vice-chancellors).
Fr. Edward Beatty is appointed pastor of St. John’s Church,
North Wilkesboro and director of the North
Wilkesboro Apostolate.
Fr. Joseph Waters is appointed pastor of St. Theresa’s
Church, Mooresville. _
Fr. Joseph Lash is appointed pastor of St. Joan of Arc,
Plymouth.
Fr. Herman Bosschermuller is appointed assistant at Im
maculate Heart of Mary Church, High Point.
Msgr. George E. Lynch
Chancellor
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