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Jlortf) Carolina Catfjolic Edition of Our Sunday Visitor Subscription $3.50 Copy 10c Volume LFebruary 4, 1962Number 40 RALEIGH, N. C. P. O. Box 9503 I Anti-Semitism Branded Apostacy By Theologian NEW YORK — (NC) — A Jes uit theologian scored the histori cal ingratitude Christians have shown toward Jews, despite what he called “the incalculable spirit ual debt” they owe to Israel. Father Robert W. Gleason, S.J., chairman of Fordham University’s department of theology and reli gious education, spoke (Jan. 24) during the New York archdio cese’s Church Unity Octave at St. Patrick’s cathedral. Father Gleason told the congre gation that he addressed them as a Gentile and as a Jew. “By virtue of natural, racial descent, I am a Gentile,” he declared. “By virtue of supernatural descent, by the .Grace of God, I am also a Jew.” He traced the history of the pact God made with Abraham and the people of Israel and under scored the fidelity of the Jews through years of ignominy, dis grace, exile, humiliation, captivity and in the face of extermination as a people. “For her human, fragile, but en during fidelity, no Christian can ever thank Israel sufficiently,” Fa ther Gleason said. “To have en tered with joy into Israel’s inheri tance and to fail in gratitude to her would be ignoble, base, un Christian, .unfiliaL” “Yet,” the theologian declared, “Christians, historically, have been ungrateful.” - He cited early Christian writers and preachers who called the Jews “a perverted people,” and others who did not hesitate to incite their listeners to violence against the Jews. In the face of these Christian errors, Father Gleason remarked, “Christians can only reply with a profound sorrow, with a Christian eagerness to make up to our blood brothers in Christ for the blind ness we may have demonstrated.” Still worse, he said, some Chris tians have made “unholy use” of the New Testament to teach a doc trine of contempt for the Jews. He said he did not refer to the “aberrations” of Nazi Germany, which no Christian “could endorse for one minute and remain a Chris tian.” “The man who believes that the Jewish people are worthy of con tempt, let alone persecutions, is not only a criminal,” the theolo gian said, “he is an apostate from the Christian Faith.” Father Gleason declared it was an even worse crime against the Jews that some Christians have quoted the New Testament as if it taught that the Jews were an accursed people, a deicide people, rejected and abandoned by God. “Does the word of God teach this?” he asked the congregation. “This is simply theological non sense. No theologian—and I speak to you as a professional theologian — no theologian, no Scripture scholar can ever discover a word of such vile drivel in the Sacred Scripture. “If Sacred Scripture contained such loathsome error the very voice of nature would cry that neither you nor I could accept it< as the word of God. The Scripture tells us that Israel is elected, her ultimate salvation is assured. it aor>H>< ALERT CATHOUCS READ THEIR CATHOLIC PRESS That’s the theme for Catholic Press Month/1962, which is ob served during February through out America-an excellent time to focus attention on the many outstanding Catholic publica tions in the United States and Canada. Catholic newspapers and magazines, books, Bibles and pamphlets - these are all pub lished to help you keep informed about your faith and the Church —and to help you form a right conscience in today’s challeng ing world. We’re proud to be a mem ber of the Catholic Press Associ ation, which sponsors Catholic Press Month, and we’re happy to join other Catholic publica tions in thanking you for your past support and urging your special attention to the Catholic Press during February as welTas your continued use and reader ship of Catholic publications in the comintr year. North Carolina Catholic OSV FEBRUARY IS CATHOUC PRESS MONTH Bishop Says Catholic Press Paces Broadening Church Work Bishop Zuroweste, episcopal chairman of the Press Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, has issued the following statement for the annual observance of February as Catholic Press Month. By Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste Of Belleville, HI. (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) As we observe Catholic Press Month, it is our happy privilege to send greetings and com mendations to all members of the Catholic Press Association. The year 1961 was the greatest in the history of the Catholic press and was marked by an increase in circulation in excess of 1,600,000. For the first time Catholic news papers and magazines in the Uni ted States and Canada passed the 27 million mark. This phenomenal growth is the result of the support of the Hier archy, religious superiors, clergy, laity and the dedication of all who serve the Catholic press. Recogni tion of the vital role of the Cath olic press in the daily life of the Church has become more general among the faithful. Catholics are See Catholic Press, page 7A FATHER MEDERIC ROBERTS, Director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine for the Diocese of Worcester, welcomes the more than 250 participants in the CCD Workshop held on Saturday, Jan. 20th in Raleigh Cathedral Grammar School. Forty-eight parishes were rep resented at this Institute. Seated on the platform with Fr. Roberts are the following mem bers of the Diocesan Executive Board of the Worcester CCD, organized in May, 1961. Mr. Frank Graham, Mr. Arthur Gautier, Mr. Frank Marandett, Mr. George Smith, Mr. Anthony Aukstikalnis, Mr. Paul Kiritsy, Dr. Francis Babineau, Miss Suzanne Lamoreaux, Fr. Francis Salatiello. (Photo by Waller Studio, Raleigh) St. Francis Hour Has Top Billing DURHAM — The excellent TV Series ‘The Hour of St. Francis,’ showing weekly on Station WTVD TV at 11:30 Sunday, announces the following titles for the coming three months: Feb. 4 — The Truth Machine Feb. 11 — The Head of Thomas More Feb. 18 — The Third Devil Feb. 25 — A Boy Named Joe March 4 — The Comfortable Kelly March 11 — The Secret of Gran by March 18 — And Never Walk Alone March 25 — What’s the Trouble Up There? April 1 — Don’t Blame Me! April 8 — Once on a Barren Hill April 15 — The Miracle of Mitch ellville April 22 — Pages of Death This Franciscan-sponsored tele vision series has enlisted a roster of topflight actors and actresses to portray situations of our modern life where Faith and Religion offer the only final answer. The play writing, casting and performance reflects a solid focus on the true meaning of Christianity as the solu tion to workaday problems. Never sticky or maudlin, the Hour of St. Francis presents drama which will inspire and gladden all viewers, whatever their Faith. Apostolic Delegate Addresses South Africans MANZINI, Swaziland — (NC) — The Apostolic Delegate in South Africa told South Africa’s 24th Catholic Action Congress here that the Church urgently “needs Afri can leaders. Archbishop Joseph McGeough was addressing more than 450 lay men, 70 priests, three bishops and two archbishops. He also read a message bringing the blessing of His Holiness Pope John XXIII to the congress. Other speakers at the congress, which dealt with the formation of Catholic Action leaders, pointed out that the twin dangers of com munism and exaggerated national ism threatening Africa must be faced by highly principled leaders. OFFICIAL BISHOP’S RESIDENCE P.O. BOX 1949 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA January, 22, 1962 My dear Brethren: In the beautiful Christmas Feast we recently relived the Mystery of the Word-made-flesh. Through Jesus Christ, the Word-made-flesh, our Father made known to men the truth about the Blessed Trinity and the truths concerning mankind’s Salvation. Christ founded His Church to carry on His mission of spreading this word and truth to every creature. Among the tools which the Church has forged to carry on the mission of the Word is the Catholic Press. Our beloved Pope John XXIII said that “one of the most powerful means by which one is able to serve the word of God, by entering homes and making it understood and loved, is precisely the Catholic Press.” (Oct. 18, ’59). Our Holy Father constantly stresses unity. We are all praying and preparing at this time for the coming great Ecumenical Council, a worldwide gathering of the family and Body of Christ, aimed at deepening Christian unity. “It is error,” writes Pope John, “which divides men, and it is truth that brings them closer together.” He continues: “By working for truth, you will also be working for human brotherhood.” (Nov. 3, ’61). Every Catholic home and household needs our weekly diocesan paper, the North Carolina Catholic. The doctrmal articles, plus the diocesan, national, and world Catholic news is needed to inform and help form the staunch Catholic conscience and outlook. “Alert Catholics read their Catholic Press”, is the motto this year for February Catholic Press Month. Alert and apostolic Catholics need solid reading in these days of confusion and error. As Bishop and shepherd of the flock of Christ, I am asking every Catholic family to sub scribe to our North Carolina Catholic weekly paper. Have the paper delivered to your door and home. For $3.50, less than a penny a day, you can have good Catholic reading in your home for everyone in the family. I am asking all pastors likewise, to have the North Carolina Catholic delivered to the homes of prospective Catholics and to homes where the practice of our Holy Faith is lagging. I am sure you agree with Pope Leo XIII when he says: “A Catholic newspaper is a perpetual mis sion in the home.” May God bless all of you richly this year, deepening in all an alertness to truth and the Word of God. Sincerely yours in Christ, Bishop of Raleigh
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