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Jlorti) Carolina Catfjoltc Edition of Our Sunday Visitor Subscription $4.00 Copy 10c Vol. LIII July 19, 1964 No. 12 RALEIGH, N.C. P.O. Box 9503 Cardinal Bea Clarifies Biblical Difficulties ROME — Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J., has given some rules of thumb for reconciling apparent contradictions in the Biblical accounts of Christ’s life. ^ The head of the Church’s Secretariat for Promoting Chris tian Unity, who has devoted most of his 83 years to the study of the Scriptures, listed “some principal rules” to hear in / Marianisf Priest Heads Superiors Of U.S. Religious DENVER — (NC) — Father lames M. Darby, S.M., was re fected by acclamation to the ex icutive board and as president of he Conference of Major Superiors if Men (CMSM) for the third suc sssive year here. Archabbot Bonaventure Knaebel, of St. Meinrad (Ind.) arch ibbey was elected vice president at he CMSM seventh annual assem >ly here. Father William Ryan, O.M.I., of Soston, and Brother John Baptist Rtzer, C.S.C., provincial of the loly Cross Brothers’ Southern Province, Austin, Tex., were elect id to the executive board. At the four-day meeting 104 su leriors of major religious com nunities of men were present. One resolution adopted said the uperiors spent three days in fruit 'd discussion of the theme, “Litur iy Revitalizes Contemporary Reli jous Life,” and unanimously en lorsed “the proposition to continue iur utmost efforts to promote a dll realization of the Church’s ttogram for pastoral renewal with ill possible speed.” Guard Against Aufo Accidents, Pontiff Urges > Vatican City — (NC) — Pope *“1 VI wished thousands of visi ts here a happy yacation (July «) and warned them to be care ■*“ the roads. Speaking from his window above Peter’s Square, the Pope urged . crowd to pray that their vaca joos would be beneficial and that ™a would protect them from road •ccidents. He urged all to be pru . and farsighted in averting ccidents and to use their vaca r®s as a time for physical rest, spirit110* at the exPense the gMndeed, let the spirit also find » «.st *n this period so that it „ then start again on its path of w«k, and duty,” he said. mind: —That the Gospels are not sten ographic records of Christ’s words; —r-That Christ probably repeated the some idea in different words; —That each sacred writer has his own distinctive style and that the Orientals of the ancient world had a manner of expressing themselves quite different from the manner of westerners of the modern world; —That every account of an event is shaped by the purpose the au thor has in writing about the event. Cardinal Bea styled this purpose of the author “the fundamental question.” He pointed out that Pope Pius XII, in the encyclical, Divino afflante Spiritu, called it “the supreme norm of interpreta tion.” He warned against trying to rec oncile differences among the Gos pels by seeking to extract their essential religious elements and regarding the rest as mere “dress ing.” Aside from the practical dif ficulties of attempting such dis tinctions, he said, “there would be a risk of abandoning facts and par ticulars that might be very impor tant, simply because the exegete momentarily does not see their connection with faith and morals or with the essential points of the faith.” He also warned against giving more theological weight to Biblical passages which scientific criticism indicates are more “primitive.” The more primitive passages deal more directly with events or with the words of Christ, while the less primitive passages are explana tions furnished by the Evangelists fnr a narticular DUbliC. Such distinctions, said the cardi nal, “must not give rise to confu sion, as if what is less primitive had less theological value, were less the Word of God, less genuine and less faithful to the thought of Jesus. This might perhaps be said by those who consider the Gospels purely from the human istic-historical point of view, not by those who consider them as the inspired Word of God.” Cardinal Bea began his article by pointing out that while the Gos pels are inspired by God, the hu man who is used by the Holy Ghost as His instrument still “makes use of all his faculties — of intellect, of imagination and of will — no less than any,other human au thor.” Cardinal'Bea said the spe cial influence of the Holy Ghost “leads the author/to write pre cisSy what the Snifit of God wants and inthe-maimer He wants.” After pointing out that the Evan gelists gave varying accounts of the life of Christ because of their See Cardinal Bea, page 7A Economist: h Social Justice to Produce Latin American Middle Class CINCINNATI — A priest-economist asserted here that U.S. organized labor is standing with the Church in the battle to create a Christian Social order ih Latin America. Father Clifford Besse, S.J., chairman of Xavier University’s economics department, paid tribute to the AFL-CIO for its “most effective job” in striving to achieve social justice. Speaking at the university’s summer lecture series, Father Besse said free labor and the Church “alone stand against the forces of communism in the practical realm of housing, Bishop Waters Will Address CDA Convention MIAMI, Fla. — (NC) — Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh, Na tional Chaplain of the Catholic Daughters of America, will preach at a Solemn Pontifical Mass which Bishop Coleman Carroll of Miami will celebrate here today, opening the 30th biennial national conven tion of the CDA. Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston will preside at the Mass and give the keynote address a few hours later at the convention ban quet which is expected to attract more than 1,000 delegates. Other members of the hierarchy expected to be present include Paul Hagarty, O.S.B., Nassau; Bish op Joseph H. Hodges, Wheeling, W. Va.; and Bishop William G. Con nare, Greensburg, Pa. Bishop Carroll will be the prin cipal speaker during a July 20 luncheon. Other convention speak ers will include Msgr. Raymond J. Gallagher, Washington, D.C., secre tary, National Conference of Cath olic Charities; Msgr. Joseph B. Lux, Chicago, president, Catholic Church Extension Society; Father Thomas J. O’Donnell, S.J., director of Eng lish language radio programs, Vati can City; and Msgr. Joseph M. Nelligan, Baltimore, national con sultant-moderator, Catholic Daugh ters of America. Margaret Buckley, Chevy Chase, Md., CDA Supreme Regent, will preside at the sessions. Mrs. Cath erine McGuinness, State Regent, West Virginia, is convention chair man. Clergy Credit Union Begins Fourth Year CLINTON, N.C. — The only Fed eral Credit Union in the United States for Catholic priests has en tered its fourth year in North Caro lina. The Catholic Clergy Credit Union counts 84 members, all priests of the Diocese of Raleigh. Three other American dioceses have priests’ credit unions with a state' charter: Madison and Green Bay, Wisconsin and Fargo, North Dakota. President of the Tar Heel credit union is Father Charles J. O’Con nor of Wilmington; Father Freder ick A. Koch of High Point is vice president; Father John A. McGuirk of Wrightsville Beach, treasurer; Father Thomas A. Williams of this city, secretary. Teachers Give Summer To Help Puerto Rico BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — (NC) — Two school teachers gave up their summer vacations to assist in parish work in Puerto Rico. Kathleen Byrnes, history teacher at Notre Dame Girls High School and Margaret Sasso, a kindergar ten teacher at Roosevelt School, are working as unpaid volunteers in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, assisting two Sisters of Mercy at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. Their main duty is helping prepare par ish children for first Communion. Miss Sasso is a -relative of Mrs. Harold W. Parrott of St. Gabriel’s parish in Charlotte, N.C. SUPERIOR GENERAL — Fa ther Eymard P. Galligan, S.S.E., has been elected tenth Superior General of the So ciety of Saint Edmund. Di rector of the Edmonite South ern Missions for the past six years, Father Galligan con ducted the priests’ retreats in the Diocese of Raleigh at Maryhurst during 1963. Fa ther Galligan succeeds Father Jeremiah T. Purtill, S.S.E., as Superior General in the 120 year-old Society which was founded in France. The Ed mundite Fathers serve the Church in the Diocese of Raleigh at Elizabeth City and Wake Forest. They conduct St. Michael’s College in Wi nooski Park, Vermont. Pope Congratulates Newest Free Nation VATICAN CITY — (NC) — Pope Paul VI has sent a message of congratulations to the people of the new African republic of Ma lawi, formerly Nyasaland, and urged the Catholics of the country to contribute to the republic’s so cial, intellectual and cultural life. The English-language text of the papal message, dated May 29, but published in L’Osservatore Ro mano, Vatican City daily, on July 10, read, in part: “To our venerable brother, John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, Arch bishop of Blantyre, willingly do we avail ourself, venerable brother, of the solemn occasion of the procla mation of independence of Nyasa land as the new Republic of Malawi to send you, your venerable broth ers in the episcopate and all our beloved children in your nation our message of felicitations, of prayers and of good wishes. “Catholicism, introduced by zeal ous and intrepid missionaries at a late date, has made great progress among your people; and our ardent prayer is that faith may grow deep er and dearer in their hearts, in spiring them to show forth their convictions in their daily lives, and serve as a city set on a mountain or a light set on a candlestick, at tracting others by their good exam ple of blameless conduct and Chris tian love. e? .1_a. _j. i.1__1 WC aic tumiuciu iuav mv *u* ers of the new Republic of Malawi will continue to respect the rights of freedom of worship and of preaching the Word of God. In re turn, we urge our beloved children, under your enlightened guidance and that of the most reverend bish ops, not to be outdone in faithfull ness to their civic duties, respect of lawful authority, observance of See New Nation, page 7A clothing and a decent wage. “Who else is engaged in such work?” he asked. “The answer to that question can be determined by observing who the number one targets of the communists in Latin America are today — the Church and free labor.” “Depending on the relative strength of these two groups, com munism will either fail or engulf all of Latin America,” he added. Father Besse explained that American labor is playing an ac tive role, in conjunction with the State Department, both by induc ing U.S. capital to flow into Latin America and in the work of lead ing technical assistance. He pointed out that “a consider able number of U.S. ambassadors and other representatives of State to Latin American countries are men who held administrative posi tions in the AFL-CIO labor organ izations.” “It would not be overstating the point,” he added, “to say that much of the practical implementa tion of U.S. policy in Latin Amer ica today is administered by U.S. organized labor.” in addition to vigorous enorts to persuade fifms to invest produc tive capital in Latin America, “la bor itself is investing its own funds in housing projects for workers.” “These investments are regarded as sound and productive, and are in no way regarded as a gift,” Fa ther Besse said. Labor is conducting “an exten sive education program to promote the interest of free labor, and ther by to counteract the forces of com munism,” Father Besse said. The program, a gift, is financed by union funds, he added. Under the educational program, workers from the various Latin American countries take 12-week training courses in Washington, with all expenses paid. “In a way,” said Father Besse, “it can be said that a key goal in our Latin American policy is to save Latin America from commu nism and national socialism through the instrumentality of a free labor movement.” To the question of “whether the heritage of freedom for which the U.S. stands should be labor-orient ed,” Father Besse said: “My an swer is a strong and unconditional affirmative as far as Latin Ameri ca is concerned.” What is needed in Latin Amer ica, Father Besse said, is “to effect See Social Justice, page 7A A.I.D. Program To Teach Adult Responsibility PATERSON, N. J. — (NC) — The Association for International Development, a lay mission-sending society with headquarters here, plans for an educational program in the St. Paul, Minn., archdiocese. The association arranged with Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul to establish a committee to collab orate in planning programs with various archdiocesan organizations, such as the Christian Family Movement and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Campus programs already have been initiated at the College of St. Catherine for women and the Col lege of St. Thomas for men there. An AID associate, Michael Murphy, has been named advisor on the in ternational apostolate for the Uni versity of Minnesota Newman Cen ter. Three St. Paul parishes have inaugurated programs for the in ternational lay apostolate and foreign student activities.
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