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Editor's Desk Dec. 21 was the date of the >nsecration of the late Bishop [cGuinness as the second Bishop l Raleigh in 1937. 'Whenever possible he would >serve his annivefsary, which also the feast of St. Thomas le Apostle, with the ordination f clergy for the diocese. He would request seminary au lorities to prepare the candi ate-deacon for Orders early in le school year, not solely for te anniversary observance but ecause the military activities lading to the U.S. involvement I World War II and the years of >mbat that followed brought to orth Carolina thousands of atholic military personnel and leir “off-base” dependents. The Bishop was hard put to ipply the overnight need of riests in those days. ETAS UNDER these circum that Father Francis J. astor of St. Patrick’s par Charlotte was ordained 25 ago. He will offer a Sol lass at noon this coming ay and be the guest of rishoners at a luncheon will immediately follow in feteria of the educational g. ng administered many par bout the diocese, at Leaks Rille-Spray, Lourdes at Ral |igh, Assumption, also at Char Btte, Father Tait has countless well-wishes to his health and kappiness on his anniversary. He Began his priestly work in the southern Pines area and at the Bow closed Laurinburg-Maxtion Glider Air Base. I Throughout his most active priesthood, Father Tait has won the esteem of all his clerical as sociates. He is known as a con scientious pastor, an able and ludicrous administrator and the welfare of his parish school as, ■the apple of his eye.” He is ap peciated by the school sisters for ■s consideration of their de B>ted services. ■ Knowing the good people of B. Pat’s, we are sure he will be Bovided with many happy recol Brtions as the entertainment sa Bes in good humor, “Father Tait, Bis is Your Life.” Oh, boy’. Bpur best wishes and prayers B your efforts being blessed by in the future as they have Bn in the past. For many Brs . . . Sands of Time |^™jwenty years ago this week Mary’s Church in Mount Olive [ seriously damaged by fire. lee Editor’s Desk, page 5A NAZARETH — The town of Galilee where Jesus spent His boyhood. The church in center is the newly-completed Basilica of the Annunciation. (NC photos) Catholic Historical Society Membership Campaign Slated Raleigh — H. William O’Shea of Raleigh and Charles H. Bow man Jr. of Greenville, board members of the Catholic Histori cal Society of-North Carolina, made preliminary plans to launch a statewide membership drive of the Society in the early days of 1968. The two officers of the society outlined their proposed action during a luncheon meeting with Father Charles J. O’Connor, pres ident, at the Carolina Hotel last Friday. “Our effort will be toward the Catholic-Lutheran Meet Is Cordial and Candid Zurich, Switzerland — Ecu menical cordiality, candor and agreement on many basic points marked the discussions held here by the official joint study com mission of Catholic and Lutheran theologians. In a joint statement issued by ithe group at the end of talks, which were closed to the press and public, “considerable agree ment” was reported on “both the scholarly methods used in study ing the biblical data and on the results of this study.” “There was a definite converg ence in the understanding of what Roman Catholics refer to as “the hierarchy of truths’ (De cree on Ecumenism, Vatican II) and what Lutherans call ‘the center of the Gospel,’ ” the state ment said. “Both sides agreed that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the eschatological sav ing deed of God is the center of the Gospel. There was also agree ment that (the word of God is su preme and that the authority of the church stands in its serv ice.” Dogmatic questions were touched on in the talks and will be pursued in later sessions. The study commission scheduled its next meeting for the fall of 1968 but has not yet set an exact date or location. Formation of the official joint study commission followed two preparatory consultations, both at Strasbourg, France, in August, 1965, and in April, 1966. widest possible coverage of the State,” said Mr. O’Shea, who is director of Wake County Public Libraries. “WE ARE in the process of forming area membership drive committees with a chairman in parishes, Mr. Bowman said. He and Mr. O’Shea are pres ently in correspondence with prospective chairman, who will assist in building up a strong State membership before a com mitment is made to local chap ters. A native of Raleigh, Bill O’Shea is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master’s degree in li brary science. He has been di rector of libraries in Rocking ham County for six years. Pre viously he was assistant librarian for The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. He did post graduate work See Membership, page 3A Universities Urged to Seek Final Answers Notre Dame, Ind. — (NC) — The president of St. Louis Uni versity has challenged universi ties to go beyond the realm of purely intellectual development and help men find answers to “ultimate” questions about the meaning of existence. “For all the expansion of knowledge, for all the concern for the immediate material wants of man,, for all the hopes put in the perfecting of a just political and social system, there is an ever growing feeling that pres ent day man is cut adrift, with out ultimate meaning and with out guiding purpose for his life,” declared Father Paul J. Reinert, S.J. Father Reinert spoke at a sym posium on “Universities in a De veloping World Society,” held in connection with the 125th anni versary of the founding of the Tmiuorcitu nf Mrvtro Damp HE SAID MAN will continue to feel adrift without answers “unless the university enters into the situation. . . . The uni versity is the only modern in strumentality which will be able to cope with this malaise of emp tiness, this seemingly hollow and vacuous re-echo of the question ‘Why?’,” Father Reinert stated. “I am not suggesting that the university is or should be a sur rogate church nor do I at all think that knowledge is a sub stitute for religious faith,” he said. “I am simply . . . saying there is no other institution realistical ly available to many men to help effectively in this most basic of queries. Only the university can begin . , . to fill this void.” FATHER REINERT said uni versities will best fulfill their re sponsibility to help answer the “inmost” questions of men if they give more money and pres tige to disciplines “which the more directly deal with man.” He called for more stress on such studies as psychology, soci ology, genetics, cultural anthro pology, economics, philosophy, political science and history. But all these studies, he said, are peripheral to the intellectual See Universities, page 4A Mission Dedicated in Charlotte Charlotte — People will only be concerned with what they get in this chapel in Faith and con solation and encouragement and not for any other reason on this earth, Bishop Charles B. Mc Laughlin told the assembled con gregation for the dedication of the Mission Chapel of Our Lady of Providence here. The first Mass in the new fa cility was offered by the Auxil iary Bishop at noon on the Feast of The Immaculate Con ception, Dec. 8. Referring to the nearby large housing development occupied ictured is the exterior of the Mission-Chapel of Our Lady of Providencerecentlycom in the South Tryon Street section of Charlotte. The building not ®ly«««;sa chapel r Divine Services l Hit also a day school for pre-elementary grade children. There are 47 a presently in attendance. The Rt. Rev. Charles J. Gable is pastor of the area which is by the mission and the construction was completed under his supervision. by Negro families, the speaker said that given a few years the chapel will take on the statue of an independent parish. He complemented the pastoral zeal of the Rt. Rev. Charles J. Gable, V.F., pastor of Our Lady of Con solation parish, which area in cludes the new mission. THE SERVICE which the ad joining kindergarten school of fers the parents and small chil dren of the neighborhood was also cited as an asset to the com munity. Formerly a series of deterio rating buildings and once owned by a Catholic, the property was offered to the parish. The Catho lic church extension Society of Chicago, a national mission-fi nancing program of assisting the beginnings of new church budd ings, has alloted $11,000 in its budget toward the new construc tion. Adjacent to the church prop erty is a well established fed eral housing project accommo dating 600 families and another one constructed and operated by private owners which provides homes for 500 families is nearby. IN JUNE of this year ground was broken for the construction and in late October the keys to the new budding were turned over to the pastor, Monsignor Gable, He has been pastor of the parish area for the past ten • years. The entire neighborhood has taken on a new appearance and spirit, said the pastor. “Where previously stood ram shackle buildings, a detriment to the good of the community, there stands a House of God, a gem of dignity and beauty, raised up by Providence and a monument of Catholic charity and sacrifice which will impress its image on the thousands in the area,” concluded Monsignor Ga ble. A picture stained glass win See Mission, page 6A Senate Meeting Is Scheduled Raleigh — Bishop Waters has notified the 19 members of the Senate of Priests of the Diocese that there will be a meeting on Thursday, Dec. 21, in the Bish op’s residence at 2 p.m. The first part of the agenda will be a report of the various committees of the Senate. The de pendent and poor who look upon the Church for assistance will be the assigned consideration of the concluding period of the meet ing.
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