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Bishop Stresses Urgent Need of Lay Catechists
New Canadian Bishop Is Oblate Father
count was opened began in 19311 when the Roosevelt ad1lll.inistration decided to recognize the
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Father Albert Sanschagrin, whohas been named Titular Bishop of Bagi and Coadjutor with the right of succession to Bisho}> Joseph A. Desmarais of Amos, will be consecrated here Sept. 14 by
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Soviets Object W.C. Bullitt, the newly ap. pointed U. S. Ambassador to Russia, took with him an Assumptionist priest, Father Leopold Braun, because the .Apostolic Administrator in Moscow, Bishop Pius Eugene Neveu, was an Assumptionf!,t.· When Father Braun arrived to begin work at the Moscow church o! St. Louis of the French, the Soviet authorities told AmbasMIGRANT WORKERS CONFIRMED: Spa n 1. s h sador Bullitt that they objected M' to having a Catholic priest in speaking migrants fill St. Mary's Church, Geneya, mn., the country who was maintained as Bishop Edward A. Fitzgerald of Winona administers the by the Moscow church. sacrament of Confirmation to 59 Mexican children and The ambassad6r gave the inf formation to then Secl'etary 0 adults. NC Photo, State Cordell Hull. Mr. Doyle told Secretary Hull that he would have been able to have done it," A former member of the Pergladly assume responsibility for commented Mr. Doyle. manent International Court of ' Won't Let Me In suppor t·mg th e Ca th 0 11 c ch apIam Arbitration at the Hague, Mr. for Moscow's Catholics and did He said he would like to Visit so for the next 22 years. Moscow. He had applied to go in Doyle received an bonorary doc-
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Paulists to Publish Author's Last Book
INDIANAPOLIS (NC) Existence of an urgent need for lay catechists was stress~ ed here by Coadjutor Bishop
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Apostolic Delegate to Canada. The Bishop-designate has two brothers who are priests in the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Fathers Emile and Roland S1\nschagri'n, both stationed here. He has a sister who is Sister Jean Bosco of the Sisters of Providence, stationed at Sacred Heart Hospital in Hull, Que. \ The 46-year-Old Bishop-designate, who joined the Oblates in 1931 and was ordained in 1936, has been serving as Provincial of the St. Joseph (Montreal) Province of the Oblates for the last four years. The Amos diocese lies in northwest Quebec. It has a Catholic population of 72.000 in a' total population of 76,000.
_(IndJ in an address at the regional Congress of Christian Doctrine. The Bishop said: "Parents, graduates of Catholic high schools and colleges, retired teachers _ intelligent, willing and teachable laymen who are disposed to be trained _ can, may and should become catechists." Other Jobs When lay people give religious Instructions on a voluntary basis, the Bishop stated, their instructions have a "tremendous impact" on young people. For.those who feel they do not have the qualifications for classroom work, Bishop Carberry cited a number of other jobs that are Vital to the success of a religious 1nstruction program. He suggested that such persons might volunteer their serv-
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NEW YORK (NC) - P. J. Kenedy & Sons book publishers has announced it will publish in March, 1958, a work entitled "My Last Book" by the late Paulist Father James M. Gillis, who was an outstanding Catholic journalist.. The book was written during the last years of Father Gillis' life and is edited by Paulist Father Joseph McSorley. It consists of a series of reflections and meditations. Father McSorley described it as "a sort of miniature spiritual autobiography." Father Gillis died at the age of 80 on March 14, 1957. For more tban a quarter of a century, he wrote a column entitled "Sursum Corda" (Lift Up Your Hearts) which was distributed by the N.C.W.C. Feature Service to many Catholic newspapers. He was editor of the Catholic World magazine for 26 years.
GOOD SIGN FOR FUTURE: Native vocat!ons to the religious life among young women in southern Africa are one of the most encouraging signs for the future welfare of the Churcb in that rapidly changing continent. Here a group of African nuns march in a religious' procession. NC Photo. or as organizers of recreational attract teen-agel's to a high ti ith r school religious training class,"
to reap the harvest of souls that it waiting." programs in connec on w re 1"There is no God-given talent gious training classes. the Bishop declared. of the laity that cannot be utiHIP' He id -"new laborers are d lized for the service ofhis God byi ha e p rJes t s . sa i "Experience has proven that a needed from the ranks of the priest neon ucting par s good social and recreational pro- laity to take their places at the program o[religious instruction," __e_r.:.y_b_es_t_.b_a_l_t'_t_O__s_id_e_o_f_t:-h_e_ir_'_p_rI_'e_s_ts.,:.\a_n_d_R_e_l_ig_io_u_s_ _t_h_e_B_i_sh_o_p_c_o_n_cl_u_d_e_d_. _
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Vatican Official Says Missions Are at Stake VATICAN CITY (NC)
Christian communities in mission fields may be taken
over by others .if there are not sufficient funds in the next few years, a Vatican official warns in this year's appeal for mission contributions. Archbishop Piero Sigismondi, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, said in his letter asking for contributions on Mission Sunday, Oct. 20: Combat Atheism "It is within the next few years that the future of many Christian communities in mission countries will be decided. If, for the lack of resources it should happen that missions will not succeed in carrying out their task, there is reason to fear that the fields will be taken over by others." The prelate appealed to all Catholics to lead a life of prayer and sacrifice to combat the influence of atheistic materialism in mission territories. He said: "Of this obstacle, which has joined with others to obstruct advance of the kingdom of God In the missions, we may truly say with the Gospels that it will be broken only by prayer and penance." Archbishop Sigismondi reminded Catholics that the missions oUer them the possibility of completing tl\eir Christian vocation. Christians are called upon to spread the Gospel throughout the world and missionaries are their delegates and representatives in this task. "It is they who make it poshible for you to meet the missionary engagement of your baptism," he said. . No Christian can, therefore, accept Jmy easy or empty and idle life when confronted by the thought of the sacrifices and sufferings endured by missionaries, he added . Better Understanding The Archbishop noted that modern technology is putting the furmidable progress of science at the service of industrialization in mission territories. "If there were not the Christian spirit compounded of justice and charity - to penetrate, purify and sanctify these new structures, a tenifying conflict bet wee n continents and races would be inevitable." In this sense, Archbishop Sigismondi concluded thfj.t - .,ission8 have greatly contributed to the development of better underI!tanding among men.
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MUSCA, East Africa (NCl - A Pittsfield, Mass., priest will be consecrated bishop of the newly created diocese of Musoma on the shores of Lake Victoria Oct. 3. Bishop-designate John J. Rudin, M.M., will be consecrated in an outdoor ceremony by Bishop Joseph Blomjous of Mwanza, Who will be assisted by Bishop Edward A. McGurkin of Maswa, Tanganyika and Auxiliary Bishop Maurice Ortunga of Kisumu, Kenya. Bishop Frederick Hall of Kisumu will furnish the ceremonial vestments. Currently, Bishop-elect Rudin Is in Nairobi, Kenya, where he Is the regional superior for the Maryknoll Missioners in Africa. His new diocese is located on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria in the heart of Tanganyika's big game country. A land of many tribes, the new Musoma diocese has 12 distinct language groups among the 290,000 people liVing within it 8,250 square miles.