.Contends Natural Law
Under Insidious Attack
INDIANAPOLIS —(NC)— A
priest-law professor charged here
that the traditional American
philosophy of law is under “seri
ous attack” within the legal pro
fession by advocates of a new
ideology which “denies the ration
al foundations of American lib
erty and ordered justice.”
Several hundred representatives
of state and local governments
heard Father William J. Kenealy,
S.J.,- of Loyola University law
school, Chicago, contend in his
sermon at the first Red Mass of
the Indianapolis archdiocese that
if the viewpoint of modern legal
positivists prevails the legal pro
fession “is destined to play a
tragic part in the disintegration
of the free society our forebears
so gloriously constructed.”
He identified the modern legal
positivists as those who “attack
the very Concept of the natural
law as medieval fiction, which
served a useful purpose in its day
but is now obsolete and never had
any objective existence.”
“To them inalienable rights are
simply metaphysical nonsense,”
Durham Knights
Show Movies
The Council presented the first
two of a 13-run McQuade “WE
Believe’’ movie series. This pro
gram concerns one of the best
visual-aid programs on religious
education. Produced by the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men
under the direction of Rev. James
J. McQuade, Head-of-Dept. of Re
ligion, John Carroll Univ., Cleve
land, Ohio, the films are of 28
minutes duration, each.
The first showing at the coun
cil’s social meeting and open
house included these subjects:
“RELIGION” and “GOD.” Owen
Y.\ Synan, Activities chairman, is
in charge of the showings.
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Father Kenealy said. “They deny
the existence of objective prin
ciples of justice and liberty, thus
recognizing no absolutes except
pragmatic public policy.”
Father Kenealy termed this
thinking as the fundamental phi
losophy of the absolute state,
which he called a “retrogression
to ancient Caesarism.”
The personal philosophy of the
late Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes of "ffce U.S. Supreme
Court, which |eflects scepticism
concerning the feature of truth, of
man, and of lifl, was cited by Fa
ther Kenealy as “gaining an
alarming acceptance in the cur
rent trend of legal writing and
jurisdictional thinking.”
Although expressing satisfaction
with Holmes’ judicial restraint,
Father Kenealy said he is not con
fident that “the exuberant idol
izers of (Holmes’) personal phi
losophy will exhibit a similar re
straint in the future .development
of our law.”
“The construction and mainten
ance of a corpus juris (body of
law), applying the natural law,"
Father Kenealy said, “is a monu
mental and perpetual task de
manding the constant devotion of
the best brains of the legal pro
fession.”
Fundamental principles of the
natural law “require rational and
practical application to the con
stantly changing political, econ
omic, social and technological con
ditions of dynamic human soci
ety . . . (which) repudiates a
smug complacency in the status
quo,” he declared.
First Priest To Serve
As House Chaplain
ATLANTA, Ga. _(NC)— The
journal of the house of represen
tatives of the Georgia general as
sembly has published an editorial
by a priest-editor and noted that
he was the first priest to serve as
chaplain of the state house.
The editorial was written by Fa
ther R. Donald Kiernan, editor of
the Atlanta edition of The Bullet
in, newspaper of the Atlanta and
Savannah dioceses. __,,
It urged citizens to vikit their
local senators and representatives
while the general assembly is in
session.
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Italian Party
Faces Tough
Coalition Test
ROME —(NC)— Christian De
mocracy in Italy faces probably its
most crucial test since it came to
power after the Second World
War.
On January 27 the Catholic-ori
ented party, which is Italy’s domi
nant party, holds its national con
gress at Naples. The crux of the
meeting will be the answer to one
of three questions:
—Shall the party move to the
political left by aligning itself
with Italian Socialist party?
—Shall the party align itself
with neofascist and monarchist
parties, thus veering to the ex
treme right?
—Or shall the party refuse both
alliances and take its chances in a
new series of national elections?
No matter how serious the con
sequences, one thing is' clear. A
choice has to be made.
The choice has been forced on
the Christian Democrats. While
the Christian Democrats have been
Italy’s largest party for the past
15 years, they have not held an
absolute majority in parliament
and therefore have had to rely on
Tightest or leftist support to stay
in power.
The present government, head
ed by Premier Amintore Fanfani,
came to power by forming a coali
tion government with the support
of the Social Democrats headed by
Giuseppe Saragat, together with
the Liberals and Republicans.
Mestrovic of N.D.
Noted Sculptor, Dies
NOTRE DAME, Ind — (NC) —
Solemn Requiem Mass for Ivan
Mestrovic, 78, internationally
known sculptor, was offered in
Sacred Heart church on the cam
pus of the University «of Notre
Dame, where he had been pro
fessor of sculptor since 1955.
Burial will be in his native Yugo
slavia.
Mestrovic died (Jan. 16) in St.
Joseph’s Hospital, South Bend, af
ter he had suffered two strokes.
He had been working earlier on
the day of his death in his studio
on the campus.
The Croatian-born artist was an
outstanding sculptor of religious
subjects. His works were exhibit
ed in international exhibitions for
more than 50 years.
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Mission Helpers Leave
For L.A. Mission Field
By Sister Madonna
On January 8th, four mission
Helpers of the Sacred Heart, left
for work in South America, the
first foundation being in Caracas,
Venezuela. These four Sisters are
all veterans of many years in
Puerto Rico, and fluent in Span
ish. A departure ceremony was
held in Baltimore on Sunday, Jan
uary 7th, with Rt. Rev. Msgr Jos
eph M. Nelligan, Ecclesiastical Su
perior of the Congregation, presid
ing.
This new foundation is the Mis
sion Helpers’ response to the call
of His Holiness, Pope John XXIII,
for missioners in Latin America.
The scope of their work there,
sponsored by His Eminence, Jose
Umberto Cardinal Quintero of Ca
racas, was detailed in a recent, vis
it to Caracas and to Barcelona,
Venezuela. Vast numbers of chil
dren without religious instruction
and families in destitution await
the help which the Sisters can
give them.
1890-1902-1942-1953-1962 —These
are headline dates in the his
tory of the Mission Helpers of
the Sacred Heart. 1890 saw the
seed of the Congregation planted
in Baltimore, Maryland, as a small
group of women joined together
to meet a great need—the teach
ing of religion to children not in
Catholic schools, and the search
ing out of spiritually needy adults
through parish census work, insti
tution visiting and other apostolic
activities.
1902 brought the first founda
tion outside the “States,” as the
Mission Helpers went to the coun
try’s newly acquired territory of
Puerto Rico, being the first Amer
ican Sisters on the island.
1942 marked a new expansion,
into the far west, Bisbee, Arizona,
as the earlier foundations were in
the eastern part of the United
States. Fall of 1953 welcomed to
the Tar Heel State four1’’ Mission
Helper^ of the Sacred Heart in
Henderson, N.C. A mighty chal
lenge met the four Mission Help
ers in a state which is less than
*1% Catholic. In 1955 another
Catechetical Center, Our Lady of
Parish Board
Maps Churches
The Parish Board has drawn up
and distributed to hotels, motels
bus, train, and airport stations a
clearly outlined map of Greens
boro, showing place of the four
Greensboro Catholic churches, and
listing times of Mass and other
devotions.
the Missioner, was opened in
Charlotte and five years later was
moved to Statesville, N.C., where
two of the pioneer Sisters are still
busily engaged in the apostolate
in the western part of the state.
The Henderson center was moved
to Farmville. Besides their work
of catechising a vast area in the
eastern and western part of North
Carolina they have served the en
tire diocese in establishing the
various departments of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine.
They work closely with the dioc
esan CCD office and are available
as resource' persons. They con
duct courses in Methods Of teach
ing Religion on both elementary
and high school level, and also
give other leadership courses as
requested.
Presbyterians
Urged To Enter
Church Talks
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (NC)
— Delegates to the North Ameri
can area council of the World Pres
byterian Alliance, were told here
that churches of the Reformed
faith “must undertake, or develop,
discussions with the Roman Cath
olic Church.”
In his annual report to the Coun
cil, Marcel Pradervand of Geneva,
Switzerland, general secretary of
the World Presbyterian Alliance,
said the calling of the Second Vati
can Council in 1962 is an event
which the Reformed churches can
not ignore.
“Sympathetic and discerning the
ological study of the meaning of
the recent developments in the ec
umenical movement is a responsi
bility we must take seriously,”
Pradervand said.
The report of the general sec
retary was presented to the dele
gates at a meeting in the Ritz-Carl
ton hotel by James I. McCord,
president of the Princeton Theo
logical Seminary and secretary of
the North American Area Council.
The Pradervand report said 89
churches, 22 of which are in Afri
ca, now belong to the World Al
liance. Five churches were admit
ted to membership in 1961. Of
these three were African churches,
one is located in Pakistan, the
other in South America.
Twelve churches in the United
States, Canada and the Caribbean
area with a membership of 6,527,
221, constitute the North American
Area Council.
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