Jacksonville Church
Extensively Damaged
The devastation wrought by the fire of December 18 is
revealed in the accompanying photographs of the Church
of the Infant of Prague in Jacksonville.
The large photograph at the right shows the interior
of the Church as it appeared prior to the conflagration.
The lower left hand photo shows the gutted baptistery,
where the blaze began. The intense heat cracked tiles from
the walls (center photo), and the smoke damaged most
of the structure which was not consumed. The beautiful,
larger-than-life crucifix, which had hung above the main
altar can be seen where it crashed to the altar dais in the
last picture at the right.
There were no reported injuries from the fire, which
was discovered at six o’clock on December 18 by Jackson
ville Detective J. C. Sennec. A second fire which slightly
damaged the parish gymnatorium three nights later seemed
to confirm the suspicion that the damage was done by an
arsonist. Estimates of the damage to the Church, which
was fully covered by insurance, range as high as $200,000.00.
Monsignor Newman, pastor of the two-and-one-half
year-old Church states that the regular schedule of Masses
and other services will be maintained while the repairs
are made to the main church.
Mass was first offered in the still uncompleted Church
at midnight Christmas of 1962.
Discuss Possibility of
Spain Priest-Workers
Barcelona, Spain — (NC) — A
Spanish bishop holds that public
opinion in this country would
show “understanding and trust”
toward working priests. \
Bishop Antonio Anoveros
Ataun of Cadiz told the daily La
Vanguardia here, however, that
“up to now such a matter as that
of the working priests has not
come up before the Spanish epis
copacy.” What has come up, he
said, “is the question of forming
priests for an open, effective, gen
uinely priestly apostolate among
the working people.”
Commenting on the re-estab
lishment in France of the priest
worker experiment, the Spanish
bishop said: “It is possible that
the experiment may be extended
to othei countries. To take down
the wall that still separates the
working masses from the Church
in order to bring them closer to a
true meeting with Christ is not a
phenomenon exclusively French.
Unfortunately, and I am saying
this with deep affection and regret,
there are countries — also those
with a Catholic stamp — where this
fact (of separation) is a reality,
in large or small degree.”
Asked whether he thinks there
is a real gulf in Spain between
the Church and the labor world,
Bishop Anoveros replied:
“I believe that in Spain there is
a bit of everything. Regions with
labor masses that remain apart
from the Church . . . meaning
by such a separation an animosity
against the Church, anti-clerical
ism, the development of life out
side of the normal practices of
a Christian.
“In other zones of Spain there
are labor groups that, though ful
filling their Christian duties more
or less frequently, implicate the
Church itself—I refer to the hier
archy and priests—in a social situ
ation which they themselves de
plore and condemn.
“I point out the facts. I am not
passing judgment, nor trying to
explain them. I am only saying
that we are doing what is possible
in behalf of social justice and of a
genuine and effective Christian
love among all social classes.”
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