VICARS OF CHRIST ON EARTH -Age of Conceahnent Passes Art by Leo Canavan
The lot of Pope Sixtus' successor,
Dionysius, was happier, for again an inva-
sion of the Roman Empire caused ces-
sation of persecution. Emperor Valerian
was defeated by the Persians. He was
later used as a human step to the saddle
by his conqueror and thus he died. Pope
Dionysius died 268.
Again it seemed as though the clouds
of persecution had been permanently rel-
egated to the past. Pope Dionysius de-
voted full energies to the internal affairs
of the Church. The peace continued all
through Dionysius' reign, but Popes Felix
(274), Eutychian (283), and Caius
(296) were martyrs.
When a small
girl she was out
fig-picking in her
Sicilian home. A
terrific thunder
storm descended.
She was fright-
ened. Suddenly a
burning white
light seemed to
tear the tree in
half and she was
thrown to the
ground Then she
found herself be-
OF" CALTAGIRONE
(D. ,4oo)
Lucy of Caltagirone, who in later life wore
the gray garb of Franciscan tcrtiaries, found i
in her girlbomi how God takes care of the
small and the ~eak.
When they reached the door
her home she realized she had
met the old man before. She
him who he was. "I am the
of God, Nicholas of Myra,"
plied. "Your parents have a
Gallienus became Emperor and happily ing picked up by devotion to me, and I wanted
As the age of concealment passed,
he changed the harsh laws agamst the a kind old man reward their confidence." Tile t
dark caverns of the catacombs ceased to with a long beard, that St. Nicholas (the original Sa
~urlstians. xor lop tnem was Ires change :. " =.
~ "" providethe only chapels for Rome. She clung to him Claus), who had been dead a th
the mere Denlgnlty oI a toleran[ minn. .'*" ~ .~. . . ,~-- p. . /
b ~ t " " ~ " ma e was "-" - tnurenes were unlit. Ille IL, uurcn emergeo
Active restitution xor past aa g s and he comforted sand years, was allowed to rat1
"" ~ " ~ 11 rivile es of citizenshi were as a recognized society with too numerous her. to earth to protect this one li
f1~- maoe, iu P~ f,rg L * P - Ib, a membership, so many thought, to in-
-" gramea, ann ~.nurcnpropertywas re- . . girl convinced Lucy of the infir
stored. .=- =~ '. a rite aggressive restrictions again, worth of the human soul.
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'tt !' Ilect ' $1 ] ' ' t ' n "d [Romanian Exiles Pray OLD TE STAMENT STOR~ r
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' wiTH TRADE IN 1 I For Captive Homeland ,
--- ---- - Native r )pe s Keglon Paris.--Monsignor eorges* ' " "
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED ,32.50,Vatican City.--The beatifiea-, The initial stages of Father C ~hn0~creC~ :i:nf ~nheFrR:meama~.
" tion cause of a 19th-century]Palazzolos cause were begun in - '
~ . ]fered Mass m the Notre Dame
priest from the area of Ber-f1937 After being set astde for i h 1 h
~ . . . - /Cathedral mark ng t e 0t an-
gam0 native regmn of 'John fifteen years the cause was . -
I 5 [ t . ' l ntversary of the beglnnmg of ~"~
2k2kllt) hasopen oruereulntro- taken up Ior conslueratlon,
] . ] ,intensive Red pe~secutmn of the
! uucea. ]agam m 1952 ann has amy n0w]church in Romania The Ca-
! The Pope himself handed the been officially introduced f0r/ " v "
m [ . thedral was crowded b~ exiles
] decree of the Sacred Congrega-iaction into the Congregatmn of[livin~ in France
~ tion of Rites to Bishop Giuseppe[Rites. Archbishop Roncalli wasl-- M-onsi~n-or-Cosma recalled the
Piazzi of Bergamo. As Arch-lone of the first of several prel-]oneningof the campaign by the
,bishop Angelo Roncalli, Apos-~ates to make a formal request tR~d~ an Doe I 1QtR ta do~frav
' tulle Delegate in Turkey and I for the introduction of the l r-e]i~ion" -St-nee t~hen "~he~sa'i~d"
~ Greece, the Pope had taken aleause, lmore than 50 priest-s'have been
personal interest in promoting|-- ~ ttptt in
~ ~ executed, 200 hav~ .4
the cause " " 1
l)^ll-h rath^h- Feel/prs0n, and 100 are now under
~ The beatification candidate is[ iv ~ ~, v ~,~ r arrest.
~.~ Father Luigi Palazzolo, a dioc-] D-,s~ 't~nnPt, k {~nnmtia~t~1] --
~ v-- esan priest of Bergamo'who/ n~u ~ u,~,n ~lv~ ~
lived from 1827 to 1886 .and] Berlin. -- Red government/ octology meeting
f unded the Soc ety of the Ltttle /agencies are placing new Wall Attract 200
Poor Sisters of Bergamo. ]stacles in the path of the Cath- Notre Dame, Ind.--Two hun-
P. O. Box 1739, Denver 1, Colo.
. ~101ic Church in Poland, accord-
/ Demands Reds Explain ling to word received in Berlin.
.'. I The Communists have banned
Bishopts /Vanishing [loudspeakers outside churches
without a special permit. These
Washington. -- Rep. Thomas:
J. Lane (Mass.) asked Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles to
demand an explanation from the
Peiping government on the
"s u d d e n disappearance" of
i Maryknoll Bishop JamesE.
Walsh, 67, in Shanghai.
Gets House Arrest?
Hung Kong.--Bishop James
E. Walsh, M.M is believed to
be under house arrest in a
Shanghai home. He was forced
by Red authorities to move from
the Church of Christ the King
in Shanghai. Nd letters have
been received from him since
the middle of October. He has
refused several times to leave
~hina.
Prowler Nets Priest
$7 From Government
were widely used since many of
the churches in Poland are so
small that large numbers of the
faithful must stand, outside dur-
ing services. The government
has also refused to grant per-
mits for the building of new
churches. '
Raps Commie Attempt
To Create 'Free City'
Berlin.--The Russian proposal
to create a demilitarized "Free
City" of Berlin is prompted by
the Communists' desire to stop
the flood of refugees escaping
Red terror via this city, de-
clared West Berlin's Mayor
Franz Amrehn, a Catholic. He
with Lord-Mayor Willy Brandt
is executive leader of the city.
Pittsburgh.--The Rev. James Amrehn's reaction to the
Burke, C.S.Sp of Pittsburgh, "free city" idea was "absolutely
received $7 from the govern- negative" because he said that
merit in Tanganyika for a leap-the purpose of the Soviets is
ard skin. Not having a license evident--"they want Communis
to hunt leopards, Father Burke annexation of West Berlin."
was forced to surrender the pelt He said that West Berliners
after shooting the animal on his trust the U.S. to "defend the
mission at Loliondo in the north- security and freedom of Berlin."
ern province of Tanganyika.
Leopards have been prowling $2t000t000 Program
around the mission for some[
time and a trap was set and[ At Ottawa University
one of the four-legged prowlerst
was caught in it. The $7 bounty] Ottawa, Ont.--A $2,000,000
enabled the priest to pay thelproject is the latest part of a
salary of a catechist for onelcontinuing expansion program
month, at Ottawa University. Included
in the current plan are two fac-
Afulty buildings, a biology build-
rica Missions Need ing, and a law and social sci-
]p Prices building.
Short-Term He ers Enrollment at the university
s~ ~r. Pa)rick o'connor, S.S.C. is 2,323 full-tilne and 1,000 part-
Washington --- Short-term time students. Father Legare
missionary helpers could do a predicts a total of 5,000 students
great deal to spread the faith in in 10 years.
Africa, according to missioners
on the Dark Continent. Archbishop Boland
Priests on loan from their
home dioceses and qualifed lay Tn Hibernian Post
Catholics can serve as teachers Jersey City, N. J.--Archbishop
and administrators in mission Thomas A. Boland of Newark
schools, thus setting priests (and has succeeded Archbishop Pat-
sisters, too) free for work rick A. O'Boyle of Washington,
among the people. D: C as national chaplain ~f
the Ancient Order of Hiberni-
Queen Gives Grand
ans. Announcement of Arch-
bishop Boland's acceptance of
Cross to Cardinal
the post was made by Jeremiah
The Hague. -- Cardinat Paolo J. O'Callaghan, national presi-
Giobbe, who has served since dent of the A.O.H.
1935 as Papal Internuncio to
the Netherlands, was personally
decorated by Queen Juliana
India's Nehru Pra s'es
with the country's highest award
A~
Missioners
,riot to his departure for ome. og,r ,
Cardinal Giobbe got the Techny, Ill.--At a congress of
Grand Cross of the Order of the doctors and nurses in New
Netherlands Lion, a decoration Delhi, Prime Minister Jawahar-
rarely given to foreigners. :lal Nehru urged them to prac-
I
tree the sp~mt of sacrtfme of the
Church in
PhilippinesCath lie missionaries.
He specified as a model those
1 of
World's Largest priests who dared to seek out
the wild tribes in the forsaken
Manila. -- The Redemptorist eastern part of India. He said
Fathers' new church, the Philip- that without exaggeration the
pme National Shrine of Our achievements of the missionaries
Mother of Perpetual Help, is among certain tribes can be
one of the 20 largest churches in called the most astounding and
the world. It required five years best work that any human being
for it to be built, ieould perform.
dred teachers and scholars are
expected at the 20th annual
convention of the American
Catholic Sociological Society
Dee. 28-30. Nearly 40 papers
dealing with such varied sub-
jects as school desegregation,
Puerto Rico migration, and
changes in family structure will
be read.
Awards for Best
Book Treatment
Chicago.--One thousand dol-
lars in cash awards and the Mc-
Geary Foundation Gold Medal
wilt be presented for the best
treatment of a book or books
appearing in a diocesan news-
paper in 1959.
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God Himself conducted the Israelites
in their march out of Egypt, sending
before them by day a pillar of cloud, by
night a pillar of flame. They at length
reached the shores of the Red Sea, where
they pitched their tents. Suddenly Pharao
repented of having let them go, and he
pursued them with chariots and horses and
with his whole army ; and he overtook them
at nightfall near the Red Sea.
When the Israelites saw the Egyptians
behind them they were seized with fear,
and cried to the Lord for help. Moses, how-
ever, calmed and encouraged them, saying:
"The Lord will fight for you." At the same
time, the pillar of cloud that had gone
before them went back and stood behind
tbeir camp and the army of the Egyptians.
Moreover, the cloud gave light to the Is-
raelites, but it made the night darker for
the Egyptians, so that they could not see
or stir for the rest of the night. Then
Moses, commanded by God, stretched his
rod over the sea. hnmediately the water
divided and stood like a wall on either
side leaving a dry road between for the
children of Israel to pass over. And the
cbildren of Israel went in through the
midst of the sea.
At the dawn of day, the Egyptians
sued them into the midst of the sea. But
suddenly a great tempest arose and over"
threw their chariots and horsemen. And
the Lord said to Moses: "Stretch thy hand
over the sea;" and behold the divided
waters came together again, swallowing uP
Pharao and his whole army so that not
even one of the Egyptians escaped.
Thus did the Lord by a splendid mira(de
deliver the Hebrews that day from the
Egyptians. And the people feared the Lord
and believed in Him, and in Moses, His
servant.
The passage of the Red Sea is a figurt
of the sacrament of Baptism. There was no
other way for the Israelites to escape frown
Pharao and enter the land of promise saw
through the waters of the Red Sea; so
there is no way to escape from the power
of the devil and to enter heaven except
through the waters of Baptism. In ths
death of Pharao and his army we have a~t
example of the divine justice. Pharao and
bis servants had made a law to drown th~
Hebrew babes in the Nile. In punishmernt
for this cruelty he and his army wept
swallowed up by the waves of the sea.
THE CATECHISM ILLUSTRATED
b m
The color of the vestments worn at Mass
is deterniined in large part by the season
of the ecclesiastical year, Thus purple is
the color used in the penitential seasons
of Advent and Lent; green, symbolic of
hope, in the season after Pentecost,
FrOnt the pulpit, its the Sunday Gospelt
are recounted in the course of the year
the principal events in the llfe of Jesus. A
person who follows the Mass with a Missal
will become familiar, through the liturgy)
with the plan of salvation.
Q. WHAT IS THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR?
A. The ecclesiastical year is the cycle at holy seasons anti days ordained by the Chureb
beginning with the first Sunday in Advent and closing with the last Sunday after
Pentecost.
Q. WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR?
A, Tbe object of the ecclesiastical year is: 1. To bring to our mind, in the course of the
year, the principal mysteries of Christianity; 2. To praise God and give Hi~
thanks; 3. To impress more deeply on our minds the mysteries of religion; 4. ToI
make us partakers of many graces ; and 5. To to lead holy- life.
State Aids Church
After 3 Centuries
Hondo, Japan.--The Church
in this capital city of Amakusa
Island, a former stronghold of
Christianity, has received aid
from civil authorities in the
construction of a L o u r d e s
grotto. It was the first such co-
operation between Church and
civil authorities here in more
than three centuries.
Some 390 years ago, Amakusa
Izu-No-Kami, the then pagan
ruler of Hondo, requested Cath,
olie missionaries to come and
teach the Christian religion on
his island. A church was built
in Hondo in 1951 when the
Columban Fathers set up a
mission there.
Emigrants
Spiritual Pro,
Rome.--Italian BishopS.
asked by Cardinal
retary of the
gregation, to increase
forts to give spiritual
tion to Italian migrants
to foreign lands.
He recommended that 1
religious functions be
their departure, that
made to recruit missionZ
cations for work amon
grants, and that ties
Italian homes be kept as
possible.
The Register has just received a copy of the beau-
tiful art print of Pope John XXIII. The prints were
lithographed from an original portrait of His Holi-
ness painted by artist Edward Kudlaty. The art
prints are 8V2" by 11" on fine quality 11" by 14"
vellum ideal for framing. Order as many as you
i|ke by enclosing one dollar for each print with
coupon below.
Portrait Bureau, The Register
Post Office Box 489, Radio City Station
New York 19, N. Y.
Pleose send me art prints of Pope John XXlll.
I enclose $1.00 for each print ordered.
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