December 12, 1958 T H E M E S S E N G E R THIRTEEN
VISE
ptorist~
Carl Hamman, who has
0 formal engineering train-
supervised a $1,420,000
:Program at the Catholic
of Puerto Rico since
began in 1948.
Hamman, with his
of 60 workmen, has en-
in the erection of three
buildings, a 45,000-
library and administra-
a 1,400-seat chapel,
residences, two
dormitories, six smaller
and a radio station.
residences are now under
He has been in
Rico since 1926.
O
rle,
Founded by Bishop James
McManus, C.SS.R of Ponce, the
university at first had only
borrowed quarters for its 192
students. The following year
classes were moved to the first
permanent building on the cam-
pus, a former sugar cane tract.
Running on a budget of $800,000
a year, the university now has
4,496 students, 2,809 of whom
are full time.
Funds for the ambitious build-
ing program, which began with
contributions of material and
week-end labor, were raised in
Puerto Rico, with only 10 per
cent obtained from outside the
island.
I ntof Prague Image
;Spanish, Says Book
]]Y PAUL H. HALLETT St. Teresa of Avila, who first
York.- (Special)--The conceived the idea of dressing
extensive research in the Infant as a King. Teresa is
The known to have had an ardent de-
by Ludvic Ne- votion to the Child Jesus.
$5.95), con- Dona Maria bequeathed the
complete, authentic statue to her daughter Polyxena,
the world-famous who gave it to the Discalced
statue. Carmelite Friars in Prague in
the statue was not 1628. Before that, on Nov. 8,
Spanish. Maria Man-1620, a Discalced Carmelite,
tara married a Czech Dominic l~uzzola, Papal Legate
since as the Holy
of Prague to Bohemia
as one of her wedding
theory has it that
the statue from
Spiritual
Three Outdoor shrines dedicated to Our Blessed Lady
have bebn erected in Orrin, N. Dak a
small village located in Pierce County and one of the several
points claimed to be the exact spot of 'the geographical center
of North America.
in 1556. She took the to the court of Ferdinand II,
rode into the midst of the Bat-
tle of White Mountain holding a
picture of the Child and crying:
"Where are Thy ancient mer-
cies, 0 Lord!"
Heartened and inspired by
the words of the holy man, the
officers of the Catholic army of
tardinuI.Elect Duke Maximilian turned back New York.--Pius XII's hu-
Dame, Ind.--University the heretofore victorious Calvin- manitarian efforts to ease the
ists, and thus gained one of the lot of the Jews during World
-~ Dame students have decisive battles tot the faith in War II is featured in an article
thousands of Masses, Europe. in the current issue of the ADL
LiOnS, and prayers in a h n ~h m~,v - ~ tBulletin, published by the Anti-
l. spiritual bouquet for T rvu vzczssztud~s,~
ueiamahon League oz ~al
tip John F. OHara, the Infant Jesus has continued ,
of Philadelphia, who will to be honored in Prague in thei B Rith.
the of a Car-Church of Our Lady of Victory. In "Pope Plus XII and the
15-17-18 in Rome. Members of the Congregation of
served as Comforters, who were given
of the university from charge of the statue, were
jailed by the Communist regime
in 1950, but the government was
pliiiLi'ps:
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unable to crush the devotion.
From Bohemia the devotion
spread to scores of countries in
five continents. Hundreds of
churches in the U.S. hold th~
Little King in special honor.
The shrine pictured above was built by the twin brothers
Wendelin and Joseph Bickler, and it was erected on Wendelin's
farm in honor of the Immaculate Conception. The picture above
shows the shrine housing the statue and the huge pyramid, which
is topped off by the flag pole. The shrine is constructed entirely
of prairie rock.
The other two shrines are a grotto erected by Father Julius
Binder and three seminarians and altar boys, and a Fatima shrine
featuring three obelisks-carrying the statues of Our Lady of
Fatima, Francesco and Jacinta.
Jews," the author, Dr. Joseph-L.
Lichten, points out that the late
Pontiff "to a large extent was
personally instrumental in or-
ganized action to help Jewish
victims of Nazism and Fascism.
Salesians" Centenary
To Be Noted in 1959
New Rochelle, N.Y.--Next
year will mark the centenary of
the establishment of the Sale-
stuns of St. John Bosco, the
Salesian mission headquarters
here pointed out.
Don Bosco and 22 companions
launched the congregation on
Dec. 18, 1859. It was formally
approved 15 years later. When
Don Bosco died in 1888, there
were 768 Salesians. Today there
are more than 18,000 from 60
nations.
Among the events planned
in the Salesians' centenary year
is the observance of the Feast
of St. John Bosco on Jan. 31.
Italy Sent Cattle
As Plus XII Asked
rraciai
Denison, Ia.--Some purebred
Aberdeen-Angus cattle w e r e
shipped to the Papal farm in
Italy to fulfill a request by the
late Plus XII.
The herd will be used to
start a breeding program. As
the herd increases, the offspring
will be given to poor farmers
in Southern Europe. Father
Leo J. Gannon of Harlan, Ia
led the campaign for the herd,
which has been grazing on the
nearby Don Houston farm.
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Toledo, O.--There are eight
Catholic Interracial Councils be-
low the Mason and Dixon line,
and 36 in the country, reports
George K. Hunton, executive
pads secretary of the New York coun-
women, and children,
ell. He predicted there would be
on trial to prove it.
Beware of imitations. 45 or 50
such councils organized
on Rupture, no-riskiby next summer.
and Proof of Results.
Speaking at the first annual
meeting of the Toledo Council,
Mr. Hunton said that what the
Negro leadership wants is the
full measure of what is due to
the Colored as American citi-
zens and as children of God. He
said Negroes want the responsi-
bilities, rights, and privileges
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alder irritation. 3. by Conception into position atop
tending to increase
miles of kidney tubes, the blue-colored dome of the
night's sleep and the University of San Diego. The
millions have for over
saves money, statue was blessed by Bishop
Charles F. Buddy before it was
hoisted to its 100 - foot- high
perch. It is a landmark for avi-
ators and sailors.
Pn through all Regis-
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Staffs Get Aid
will appear
the following
Washington. -- Twenty- one
teachers in Catholic colleges
and universities are among the
Sell stores. 302 recipients of National Sci-
3605 s. lSth. ence Foundation science faculty
SCHOOL fellowships for 1959.
Of the 82 senior post-doctoral
earn to $65.00 a
had. Age, edu- fellowships given, one went to
Send
for free a scientist in a Catholic school.
Florence
of Nursing, Dept The recipients were selected
)a h,
Chicago. from among 1,069 applicants.
W-ee~ The stipends, equal approxi-
at home. No mutely to the salaries of the re:
no age limit~ cipients, are awarded for fur-
in
confers on the most newly
landed refugees
He noted a profound change
in the attitude of Negro lead-
ership as a result of the reversal
of policy on the part of Catho-
lic colleges in the Northeast and
of seminaries and other religious
training institutions, compared
to 25 years ago, when only-a
minority of them accepted Ne-
gro applicants.
of Nursing, ther study or research.
Bldg Chicago.
Apostolic Blessing
and used New Orleans. -- Auxiliary
aid. Bishop L. Adrian Caillouet,
Holy Ghost
Denver 2, Episcopal moderator of the
~--. Apostleship of the Sea in the
U S received a message con-
n--~eds veying the blessing of John
ST. JUDE'S XXIII on himself and all mere-
Father
Mtss~sippi. bers of the organization.
Iowa Nuns to Convert
51-Year.Old Academy
Dubuque, Ia.--The Franciscan
Sisters have announced that the
Immaculate Conception Acad-
emy--a high school for girls for
the past 51 years--will be con-
verted to a school for Franciscan
aspirants in September, 1959.
Permission to convert the
school was granted to Mother
Ruth Mary of the Dubuque
'Franciscan Sisters by Arch-
bishop Leo Binz. The aspirants'
school will maintain the same
name as the high school.
i
He made clear his profound con-
cern in many ways."
Dr. Lichten writes that, after
che liberation of Rome, while
there was apprehension over the
fate of Jewish prisoners in Nazi-
Fascist hands in Northern Italy
and Germany, Pins XII made
one of his most fervent pleas
for brotherhood. "For centuries
the Jews have been most un-
justly treated and despised," the
Pope said. "It is time they were
treated with justice and human-
ity. God wills it and the Church
wills it."
The article tells of the "vio-
lent press campaign" started by
Hitler and Mussolini to prevent
Cardinal Pacelli's election as
new Pontiff, and of the meet-
ing on March 11, 1940, of yon
Ribbentrop and Plus XII, when
the Pope made his position clear
about the persecutions inflicted
by the Third Reich upon indi-
viduals in Poland.
"Plus XII's humanitarian ef-
forts to ease the lot of the Jews
continued throughout the war,"
the author states. "French,
Dutch, Ukrainian Bishops acted
on behalf of the Jews on instruc-
tions from the Pope . . . The
Holy See established several of-
fices devoted to rescue work
:among the victims of the Nazis
-- including, of course, Jews."
When the Fascist regime in
Italy started to expel Jewish
citizens from governmental and
scientific positions, the article
says, the Pope invited many of
~them to the Vatican. "Thousands
lot Jewish refugees poured into
Vatican City; thousands of
others sought shelter in the
Basilicas and other buildings of
the Holy See outside the Vatican
State. No less than 15,000 were
sheltered at Castelgandolfo."
ForM"
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Manila Cathedral
Cardinal Agagianian, Pro-Prefect of
the Sacred Congregation for the
Propagation of the Faith, consecrated Manila's rebuilt Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception, in the Philippines. The Cardinal
was the Pope's Legate.
The construction preceded the opening of a conference of
some 60 Asian Bishops who met under the Cardinal's leadership
to discuss problems peculiar to the Far Eastern territories.
The Cathedral, a 400-year-old edifice, has been rebuilt five
times. This last restoration, costing about $2,000,000, makes the
church a reinforced, earthquake-proof building. Newly installed
work included Italian stained glass and some 17 colors of Italian
marble for the main altar and eight side chapels.
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(Comment by Paul H. Hallett, Litt.D.)
Flood Tide
In France
No nation has had a more
remarkable record of recovery
and trail-blazing than has
France since May of this year.
In the November elections the
popular vote of the Communists
declined by one-fourth. In 1956
it had been 25:5 per cent. The
Reds now have only 10 seats in
the Assembly. Because of a
vicious system of proportional
representation, these had been
149. That is, the Reds are a
majority in only 10 of the 465
districts into which France is
nauer and de Gaulle, issuing a
communique backing the cur-
rent status of Berlin and pledg-
ing close economic and political
collaboration.
Improving
Situations
The London Tablet
that probably few people im-
agined, when UNESCO was set
up at the end of the war, with
the English rationalist Julian
Huxley as its first Director-Gen-
eral, that by 1958 the nations
would be electing as his succes-
sor a leader of Italian Catholic
Action, Dr. Veronese.
divided, and it is more than The election of a devout
doubtful that convinced Marx- Catholic as the third general ex-
ists are a majority even in ecutive of this important cul-
these.
General de Gaulle will be
elected President Dec. 21, the
first executive of any real power
France has had since 1870. Re-
garded with skepticism last May,
he has consistently made the
right moves at the right time.
In bewildering succession
eight French African terri-
tories, bearing such strange
names as Ubangi-Shari, Gabon,
and Chad, have been graduated
from colonial status to the rank
of nations within the French
Over-Seas Community. Nine
others are expected to join
them. Wisely led, they should
evolve in time into nations of
full Western culture.
France has a stormy course to
hold, and no one can predict
the outcome, but the hopeful
progress made so far shows the
truth of Belloc's observation
that "Europe can always expel
a poison." France has been ex-
pelling her poison under a man
whose inspiration is largely
drawn from Christian principles.
It was heartening to see the
two great Christian leaders of
the European continent, Ade-
rains Laymen
Milan, Italy.--A new interna-
tional college for overseas stu-
dents was established in this
city to bring laymen from Af-
rica, Asia, and Latin America
to Europe to give them special
training that will enable them
to serve as lay mission helpers
when they return to their home-
lands.
The overseas college, founded
with the encouragement of Car-
dinal Giovanni Montini, is, in
concept and development, 'en-
tirely the work of laymen. It
was inspired by the encyclical
Fidei Donum, in which Pins XII
:said that the missionary prob-
a a, e- Father Ralph, S.V.D (left),
i V|S|TS Magoya hlayor Chicago, of the S.V.D. Catholic
Universities, Conferred with the Mayor of Nagoya, Kissen
Kyobashi (right), about the welfare and progress of Nanzan
University, Nagoya's only Catholic university. The mayor ex-
pressed great interest in Nanzan and especially in the new faculty
of economics scheduled to be inaugurated next spring.
In order to enable the university to grow with the city of
Nagoya and fulfill its missions of making Christ known to the
Japanese, a program of expansion is needed, Father Ralph
stressed. This can be realized only through the moral and
financial support of Catholic Americans, the priest declared.
Father Ralph will depend on contributions sent by mission-
minded donors to S.V.D. Catholic Universities, 316 N. Michigan
Avenue, Chicago I, Ill.
lem is bound substantially to a
native clergy and to a qualified
and conscientious native laity.
The college is promoted and
conducted by the Association of
Laymen for Aid to the Missions,
the Italian Catholic University
Federation, and tl~e Graduate
Movement of Italian Catholic
Action. Students are supported
by scholarship burses organized
by the three groups, and are re-
ceived by the college on the
recommendation of the Sacred
Congregation for the Propaga-
tion of the Faith in Rome.
The founders believe that
Milan is specially adapted to
train native laity because the
spirit of this industrial city pro-
vides a typically Western mode
of life and a wide variety of
university faculties with a sound
religious and liturgical tradi-
tion.
Cardinal Montlni, in a letter
of blessing to its organizers,
said that the college expresses
the missionary fervor of Milan
"with new originality, making
its own the formulas which the
apostolic genius of Catholicism
invents and adapts according to
the conditions of the times and
under the direction of the Apos-
tolic See. It is a work of the
laity for the laity."
Ask Legal Action
tural organization probably indi-
cates no general trend, but it
does show that secularists and
Leftists are not in control of the
organization, and need not be,
if there are such sharp and de-
voted Catholics as Dr. Veronese
who are willing to take an inter-
est in it.
This election also shows the
wisdom of Plus XII, who, al-
though not hiding his reserva-
tions about some of the weak-
nesses of the UN groups, never
despaired of them, Pope John
XXIII was Plus XII's observer
at UNESCO meetings in Paris.
There are important situa-
tions that looked hopeless only
a few years ago but have since
righted. A capital instance is
the bitter Belgian school con-
troversy, now seemingly solved
to the satisfaction of all parties
and with the vindication of par-
ental rights. This should teach
us that an attitude of extreme
pessimism is not more justified
than a naive optimism.
Jet-Age Mathematics
Jesuit Priest's Forte
Boston.- Jesuit Father Stan-
ley J. Bezuszka of Boston Col-
lege, who is streamlining math-
ematics for the electronic calcu-
later age, will conduct a year-
long institute for high school
teachers.
Applications h a v e already
Defeat Soviet Efforts to Stop UN Programs
United Nations. ~ Soviet ef-
forts to put an end to UN broad-
casts across the Iron Curtain
in Russian, Chinese and satellite
languages were defeated by the
determined stand of Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold,
backed by the United States.
The position of the Russians
was that the UN should stop
trying to reach the people of
the world directly and should
instead channel its news
through local facilities in each
country. In Communist states
this would mean through Red-
controlled channels.
The U.S. held that the
Soviet's purpose was to hide
from the people decisions taken
by the vast majority of UN mera-
bers.
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TECLE HAIMANOT
Abba means father, and poor Father Haimanot way off in
Eritrea must really be a father to all the children in his far-
flung parish at Hebo. He must provide them
with food and shelter, besides teaching them
the catechism At present, he is in the direst
need of a simple structure which win serve
as school, dormitory, and dining room. There,
he will be able to feed not only their Httle
emaciated bodies, but especially their souls.
$2,000 will build this monument to the living
or the dead Will you memorialize a loved
one and extend God's kingdom?
THE LOVE OF GOD DILATES THE SOUL.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Let our zealous missionaries do your Christmas shopping. We
have a very attractive GIFT CARD with pressed flowers from
Bethlehem. Spiritualize your giving Have a MASS offered; give
an ENROLLMENT: Individual $1; Family $5--a gift that lasts all
year; or Perpetually, $20 Individual, $100 Family Or a Dollar-A-
Month CLUB MEMBERSHIP. Or a STRINGLESS GIFT. Or one
of the following:
Mass Kit $100 Chalice $40 Vestments $50
Altar 75 Ciborium 40 Mass Book 25
Tabernacle 25 Monstrance 40 Stations 25
Sanctuary Lamp 15 Pyx 15 Altar Linens 15
OUR POOR MISSIONARIES WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO
OFFER HOLY MASS FOR YOUR INTENTIONS.
ARTISTIC CARDS.
been received from about 35
public and parochial schools for GREEN GARDENS
the course, which will be taught
under a $193,100 grant from Sounds like a summer resort, but actually Green Gardens is a
the National Science Founda- LEPER COLONY in India. This place is not popular; yet, self-
tion sacrificing Priests, Sisters and Nurses see Christ in these ul.
cerated, social outcasts Please keep them smiling with the wear-
ing of the Green:--THE GREEN OF YOUR LEPER FUND
Pope Honors Mary DOLLARS.
OR?mY- jeorhyexxCxi?it h?2Zd FAIR-SHARE WHAT GOD HAS WITH YOU.
the Blessed Virgin on the Feast '
of the Immaculate Conception ESCAPE THE TOMB
'---.muY Pr-a-~n-g--la~e the c01umn-----= ~ ~zmmacu a* ~once men --re'e1 "We do not wholly die. what's best in us escapes
the
tomb."
Piazza di ----'n^ P~--:~'-I How wonderful to live on even after death through the eternal
Spa~ ~ k ~LJ~Ut~u . .
Square). priesthood of an adopted son. Sennnarmns
The ancient column, exca-MATTHEW and THOMASin India beg $600
rated in 1778, was dedicated each for six years' training. ADORATION
Sept. 8, 1857, by Plus IX for NOVICE-SISTERS LUCILA and INFANTA
use as the base for a monument require $300 each for two years' preparation.
to the Dogma of the Immaculate They patiently, hopefully await your gen-
Conception, which had been pro- erosity. You can pay, as you like.
claimed three years before.
Educators Discuss
Personality Problems
Chicago --The Rev. Sebastian
Miklas, O.F.M. Cap secretary cf
the Franciscan Educational Con-
ference, gave a paper before
the seventh
national meet-
ing of the
Franciscan
Teaching Sis-
terhoods at Vi-
terbo College,
La Crosse, Wis.
The paper
was originally
Roseburg, Ore. -- Knights of prepared by
Father Alan
Columbus in Oregon are calling ~.
on the state's district attorneys Fr. Sebastian t~;ynn, O.F.M
to support a program to rid of St. Bonaventure University,
magazine racks of indecent liter-I St. Bonaventure, N. Y who died
ature. Raymond J. Martin, chair-INov. 5. The subject was: "The
man of the decent literatureJUnmaking of Man, Personality
committee of the OregonlBreakdowns," and was delivered
knights, called on all K. of C.lat the two-day sessions of the
councils to put committees toJconference, devoted to "The
work on the project. IMind of Modem Man."
MAKE YOUR WILL HIS WILL. PLEASE REMEMBER THE
GOOD LORD AND HIS NEAR EAST MISSIONS*
IN YOUR LAST WILL.
NOT TOYS BUT BREAD
We all love the land of our birth. We all cherish the scenes of
childhood. Don't you think that Our Blessed Lord, too, must
have a soft spot in His Heart for Bethlehem
and Nazareth? The PONTIFICAL MISSION
FOR PALESTINE is striving to take care of
the homeland of Christ and His Blessed
Mother. Please give a TEN DOLLAR FOOD
PACKAGE to some poor child in the Holy
Land. MONSIGNOR RYAN NEEDS YOU! To
show our gratitude, we will send you a beau-
tiful HOLY LAND ROSARY.
WHY NOT DO GOOD NOW WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE?
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President
Msgr. Peter P. Tuohy, Nat'l Sec'y
Send all eommunlcat|ons to=
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
480 Lexington Avo. ot 46th St. New York 17, N.Y.
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