;THEANCHOR":"'Oiocese
of Fall River-Thurs'., Oct. 8, 1959
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Advises 'M'()d'~r~<'Dictators ~ Read Pop~''~ius ,'VII ,Story
Missionary WorkUr9~
God Love 'you By Most . Rev. ·Fulton J. Sheen, D~D.·;:
By Most Re\'.. Robert J. Dwyer, D.D. '
The Holy Father sPeaks on behalf of his miSsionS:'." God has chosen uS to represent on earib the .Divine Savlo.... and has kindled in our souUhe throb of universal fatherhood ."the ~licitude for all churches".' . . '
Bishop of Rim!»
Swaying and· jolting over the rough roads the eoach atrained up the pass of Mont-Cenis;' making the frontier of Italy and France. There was urgency in every flick of the eoachman's lash laid, on the heaving flanks of the horses. Napoleon had commanded' Where Napoleon blundered, that the prisoner of SaVOll8., and blundered fatally, was in POPe Pius vn, be 'brought misjudging the character of 110 Fontainebleau for a final Gregory Chiaramonti, Pope Pius
.Of coUrse; the, progress made lately by the mls'sions is oonsol.; lng, but we must not' forget that cooperation in missionary work has perhaps never been more urgent and imperative than now. It is 'enouih to reflect how the picture of the missionary world bas -. ohanged tit' recent yearS.' . . .
" Even. where "the fields are already. white for the harvest", show-down between the Eagle VII. One of the gentlest and (John 4, 35), and in those 'where the se)'the airead,.· is reapmc. and' the Dove. Enow-" of this humblest men who ever sat on . how often the suffering .due to lack of .' Donsense; if the ' ". tbe Chair of Peter, this former laborers and of resources. is the alnios& Holy Fat her Benedictine monk 'had neverth& daily lot of the apostle ofChJ:ist! meant to perless a vein of iron. llist ,iii his ma,e" . M¥Qudges Pope MEDALIST: Dr. John L.. Wba~ we, appreci~te ~ost is to see how· course of with- . Because the Holy Father was standing the manifestly delighted with ·'the Madden, chief of staff and . dear, to your hean is sPiritual co-operation Imperial will Concordat .and willing to go as director of surgery at St. .' for the eauseof the miSsionS. We' lnsist upon this point of major importance! '. t be r e ·was a far as possible in order to restore Clare's Hospital,' New' York: way of . bringpeace to a troubled world, the City, is the 26th recipient of What triumphs would "result 'for . the tng him to his Eagle concluded ,that he had a the annual Catholic 'Action Church If it. ws:e, poss.ib!e enroll under knees. Dove in his talons. As his ambiI h sid e the' tions grew with the blazing of Medal, given to an outstand~ . the_ banner of the miSSion apostol!lte all Eh Christ.lans who suffer 1n' holipitals,bi sani- '- i]; muttered coach . his'star, he made his decision to ing 'laynial'!'by St. Bomiven..·; toriums and in hOsPices; iUt were possible ·[2 the aged Pontiff 'bind the Church hand and foot ture University: NC Photo.' to make these plaees centers of sPirituality <~ moaned' in agony. Three years to the service of his House. for the miSsionary army; If it were poSsible ' .' aL close confinement iil Savona But while he could seize Rome ~ pe~s~de'the ~fii-m to offer thelr'pain-.ccepiect with love b7 bad undermined his con-stitution, and imprison the Pope at Sa- _ the hands of GocI-;-:-tor the' missions! . . ., .' Dever robust at best, and they'. vona. he found that he could .not bad been years of constant presbreak the Pontiff's will. It was Remember that aure, ,with il sOlitary oid man, not ;that Pius VII cared for tem. . 1) The, Holy Father aidS all- missionary' iIOeiettee in all' fighting single-handed against· 'poral power hiJ:nself;biit the CINCINNATI (NC) ~ mission lands' . . ' the most' powerful dictator' the' Patrimony was not his to' abdiScollting . is ·not, a reforDl 2) Regathers aid for H.imself ~ the Society 'f« the modern world had known. , cate,and without the advice of school for potential juvenile Propagation of the, Faith ' Ever since tht: Holy Father his'Cardinals, scattered by 1m':' delinquents but a. "blue ribs~ Whenever you give to the Society for the PropagaUOIl I bad dared to· pass sentence of.··· perial decree he refused to· bon program for 'boys of merit of the Faith, you give to the Holy Fathee. excommunication on those who' b u d g e . ' who can meet its standards..··' bad. confiscated the Patrimony . P 'W"thsta d Pr . of St: Peter. disperSed his col-.· .ope I n s essure Father Robert KirUand, To~OD YOU to A.C.F. for $2 "I am In my seventy-seventh . lege of Cardinals, and broken, As to the ~ints of Napoleon's: ledo area Boy Scout, chaplaiD, faith with the spiritual auton- . pro~ram w~lch touched .more emphasizing the "idealistic" na- . ·year and will try to 'make a regular offering, Small though it is, for' those marty who suffer whom you describe so vividly" ... to J.F. for omy guaranteed by the Concor-. closely the',' spiritual author~ty ture of the. Scouting, says "It'a $I "This' ~ equivalent of my: weekly'desserts'; ... to G.M. 'for $5 "1 dat of 1802, it had been a strug.,. and, th~ rights of the HolY 'See, ,not only idealistic but it is aD was reading your, column while I was working overtime: I could lie to the death. . the. Dove was magnificently, active program, too, and one that flot go home until I sent you, some litUedonation. Wish -it could be' Now, in 1812; Napoleon's adamant. Tfioughfailing. ·in appeals to boys." more"~ .. to J.W-:B. tor $22:85 "Since last I wrote I received tenns were clear. Pius VII must bealt~ and beset by torturing As far as Father Kirtland· is . many grea~ .blessings, anll I know that your prayers On my behalf renounce forever all cI8ims to scruples, be withstood the CODconcerned,. Scouting· offers "the ' being anSwered. I am able to walk without pain,"and I have " temporal sovereignty over the stant pressure. '.' most effective program'.to 'deel successfully passed the trial' period ~ my new' Work; I am sure, Papal States; he must take up , It bi appalling to read the. with the cea of a boy's life'bewith your. con~inuous prayers, that I will be' able to keep this up~ reSidence in Paris 'as a sort of story of the Pope'aimpriso.n~tween.homeand schoo!." This is . • .. to J.F. fol" $60.. "I deserVe no credit or thanks for this as this ill alorified gr8nd chaplain of the ment;l;1ot a soul who'm.· be coul~, the area, he said, where "the an act· ~f restitution for an act of cheating in my p8st lif~. While it Imperial Court; he must recog-' trust was allowed neai' him, and ideals he learns at home and iR isn't much, but it represents the money my sister, J; and I have saved nize the Gallican Articles of so ,strict was the surveillance aehool are put to the test... ' it pays the debt inju~i~,I hope it also helPs the needy"... to C. and 1682, plainly asserting the subthat he"was fiJUilly denied Pell ' . Fazz,.Thlnken I.W. lor $6 "Please accept this little ·offerlDg fOr' the Missions. -It jection of the'Vicar of Christ to and·paper. . . '. isn't much. but it represents the money' my sister J. and I have saved the will of a General Council· Through it all he- maintained Father Kirtland aBSerted and he' must accept the Imperiaian admirable calm, even a cerScouting is "remarkably 'prone . from oUr alloWances andbabr-sitting"... to twr's. H.A.B. .for $10 "I nomination of bishops without tain natural-gaiety which doubtto fuzzy thinldng," and this ufrio' found this while in a railwBT station this summ~l' and forward lit 6irther ado: ' less sustained him in hiS lone- leSs true among Catholics thilll . • you for the Missions"• . 'And, as a last straw, the only linesa.. others." For example, he said. f:ardinals he would be free to BrokeD M,an there is the theo~" that ScOut::. Why n~t place a. 'statue: ,of Our Lad,. of .Tetevisioo atop 70ur ciQnsult would be those wbo.had When the summonS to Fon- iog under Catholic auspices is T.V. set. 'Iben. as you sit comfortably watching Ute news, 'cast a proved themselves first of all tainebleau came, Pius VII was a useful to ,"keep the'kids close'tO quick look at ~e statue. That glanee will remind 700 that tar iDo~ important news is being reported daily, Ute I'oocl news of lOyal. partisans of the crown. -desperately sick man:' The the ChurCh." . the GOsPel, by· Bolr F,aUter's MissioDaries to the' pagans of Ute ,While this idea is "not bad In l::There is' no more :instructive gruelling journey over tbe Alps world: Send 70ur 'sacriflce with $3 with the request for 011a Itudy of tbe ways of'a 'transgresbrought on uremic poisoning, itself," ~d Father' Kirtland,"it' S!?r than the history. of Napo- .. and at the hospice of Montcan lead~- a· ghetto. mentality, _. LADY 'OF TELEVISION statue. ~n's dealing$ with the Church. Cenis he hovered for two days and to the defensive theory: 'clf following the Concordat. There at the' point of death. . w~ 'don't sponsor 'a~oop; son-ie. is little doubt that at the moment Yet on he, must go because', one else will.''' He also scored Cut out ~s column, pin yoUr sacrillceto it and mail it to the ,his motives . were not entirely. the Emperor willed it. That he the "pietistic ,theory" .that Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of The Society· for eelfisp. or tainted. ~rvived ~he trip was hardly Scouting' in' Catholic units should . the Propagation of the Faith,; 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1, N. Y.. : . He. was persuaded that a re- short of a miracle, but be 'reached . be Cia~ arm of religion, a means' or your DIOCESAN DIRECTOR REV. RAYMOND T. CONSIDINE, eonciliation of Cburch and State its end a broken man, burning of teaching' boys more about 368 NQ:th Main Street, Fall River, Mass. . . . .ould serve the best interests·of with fever. There Napoleon religiop, or a' program of a~ 'both, and if his own religious . awaited hiDi. " tolj.c works, junior 'grade." " DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUl beliefs were a strange amalgam . It was a scene of ~itigated ' Pointe ' o~i; :Need Invi.. young girts (140ft) .. lobor .. viHyot'd ~ _ Apostfe of the of skepti~ and superstition,. violence. Insults were flung in "Soouting is not ~n expli~itb-, Editi_,: It , ladie.·· Mo¥ies 'amt f . . he was wise enough to s~ that tbe face of the PontiH that he religious ~rganization," Father ',vision. Witlt 1Itact... _OtIi . . . ~.': gesture of friendship toward ". was an ignorant old m'an, unfit' KirUand went on~ Its contribu.. Missionary It.... ' Chritt'. Doctrille. ~e Church would win him the to rule the Church of God tha(\ tion in this' area is that "it is. Ie aH...... rdltl~.of" _ . "* ., cr"-, ~thusias~esl:1pp~>rt ()f .111iIli~Pl!. ..' .!le was an lngrate, unniindful 01.;' way. of' showing that religion .'. Few iMormatiotl writt to: .. ~ the faithful, clergy arid laity the' welfare of souls.' •i, must perIJ;leate our "e'ritire life. . ..IEY. MOTHElI SUPERIOR . ~ke. . In an agony of· despair the·, 'Boys have the tendency just as • ft. PAUL'S, AYE. 8OSTot:"~. MAn. .,' . Pope yielded so far as to agr~;:; much as" adults to be secuiaristo ,the institution of bishops by' ti·c. ,in their thinking," he said. the Imperial Government, a con":,' "They fali' to retate religion to cession which 'he almost imme-,:' ihe playing field.' the camping diately repented and rejected. " trip.'" . Dove Conq~ers ' Obligation to God . Beyond that he would not go;:' The Eagle had met the Dove and: But with the ideals of Scoutthe J;>ove had conquered. 'ing before them, boys recognize , A, year later and the contest';' ."these activities are a' matter of ' was over; Napoleon had abdi~'!' concern' to God and to the cated and Pius VII was on his' Church." .. b ac k to R.o~e.. Th'ere, wi~, 'Even" the daily ."goo,d, t,urn". way"". ,extraordinary. resiliency, he' required: of the Scout, Father 'would reign another'decade deKirtland pointed out, helps him votihg himself ,to the restoration to see that there is an obligation .of the Church. to do such things because it is It Is a cautionary story which God's win, and not because of . might be re6iewed .with profit payor penalty. .' by others who aspire t6 world;' conquest and who affect to. de':" spise the "legions 01. the -Pope.'". '/ COLUMBAN SUPERIOR: . ' VATICAN CITY (NC) ':"'Hia father Cornelius Boyle has HolinesS Pope John XXIII has ~en appointed 'Regional Su~perior of ·the Columban Fa. UTRECHT, (NC)- The By... sent $10,000 to the ,apostolic '. zantine Rite Choir of Utrecht intern\mciattire in Tokyo' to aid thers .in Korea. He narrowly, ,will give a. concert for Pope, victims of the typhoon whicb ~scaped capture' by the· ComJohn XXIII on' Oct. 15, it was, struck Japan ·on ~ept. 26. munists in June, 1950, when announced here.. The 43-voice The typhoon, k now ,8. as -, grolip from.TheNetherlands is' "Deadly . Vera," left" nearly t h e N 0 rth K orean R-.Jt:wt cap- d' t d b Ukrai' . UNION WHARf. 'A.IRHAV~.N, MA$S.· 't d S . 1. NC . ' , lrec e y. . man-born D&-.' 2,000 dead and mOM tho • ure eouPhoto.·, Miroslaw Antonowy~h. . ,million homelesa. ~..~}~,- ~-p':-,~;l·~~$~bl~:~...s.;:t~-A~~~~.:!!~1o:-": ." :h.,~ 4.. . ) i: .. '~'~_~_~;.~cl-_:~,gji . l· "':,.t:.-t.-J,." ..:' • !..
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