? Here Named Mothers General Have Heard the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Say: "What We Must Be Interested in in America Is a Good by MARJORIE L
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liiliiiliiciililii THE VOICE 6301 Biscayne Blvd. Ribicoff Favors Aid Miami 38, Fla. ^AFOICE Return Requested To Private Schools Weekly Publication of the Diocese of Miami Covering the 16 Counties of South Florida i(But By Back Door) VOL. IV, NO. 14 Price $5 a year ... 15 cents a copy JUNE 22, 1962 Do you believe that children attending parochial schools should benefit through federal aid to education? HEAD DOMINICANS OF ADRIAN AND ST. JOSEPH SISTERS OF ST. AUGUSTINE Well — (surprise, surprise!) — Mr. Abraham Ribicoff does. You could hardly expect to read such an interestingly news- worthy item in the Miami press. However, had you been tuned in to Channel 7's "Meet the Press" program Sunday, you would ? Here Named Mothers General have heard the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare say: "What we must be interested in in America is a good By MARJORIE L. FILLYAW the Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Most Holy education of every child, whether that child goes to a public Rosary in Adrian, Mich. school or that child goes to a private school." Two religious in the Diocese of Miami have been elected to the highest posts in their communities, and two other Sisters Mother Louis Edwin, S.S.J.7'administrator of Mercy Hos- The cabinet member declared that he could see several were named to top administrative positions. pital, was elected Mother General of the Congregation of the approaches to giving federal aid to parochial and other private Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine. schools or to parents of their pupils. Mother Mary Genevieve, O.P., religious superior and member of the faculty at Barry College, was elected Mother General of Sister Mary Frederic, S.S.J., principal of St. Theresa School, He defended the constitutionality of "special purpose" Coral Gables, was elected assistant general by the Sisters of grants and loans to ^-church-related and other private St. Joseph of St. Augustine; and Sister Mary Trinita, O.P., dean schools. By "special purpose," he said, he meant assistance at Barry College, was chosen secretary-general of the Adrian to help science, mathematics and foreign language instruc- Dominican Sisters. tion. Such assistance would have "nothing to do with re- ligion," he said. "Auxiliary services," such as school lunches, free bus rides and textbooks, are strictly constitutional, he said. Mother General Mother General He also called for a study of tax credits and tax deductions Mary Genevieve Louis Edwin for parents who pay tuition for their children at private schools as an "equalizer" for the six and a half million boys and girls Mother Mary Genevieve, O.P., Mother Louis Edwin, S.S.J., denied any form of recognition in the Administration's aid to has been named to succeed administrator of Mercy Hospital education measure which died in the last session of Congress. Mother Mary Gerald Barry, since 1954, was elected Mother * * * who died last November after General of the Congregation of Mr. Ribicoff suggested that "one or more" or these methods serving for 29 years as Mother the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. might be combined with a "shared time" proposal whereby General of the Dominican Sis- Augustine on Friday, June 15, at the motherhouse in St. Au- private school pupils might attend certain classes in public ters of the Congregation of the schools. Most Holy Rosary. gustine.- "I think there are things that can be done that are Mother Genevieve, prioress A native of Lancaster, Ohio, constitutional," the Secretary asserted, adding that there at Miami's Barry College where she was graduated since 1958, was elected Thurs- from St. Mary High fchool, is need for a "new dialogue" on the question of federal Mother Mary Genevieve, 0. P. Mother Louis Edwin, S.S.J. day, June 14 at the Mother- Mother Louis Edwin entered aid to non-public schools which could "take us out of this Mother General Mother General house in Adrian, Mich. the Congregation Sept. 8, 1940 (Continued on Page 8) and professed her final vows The fourth member of her on Aug. 15, 1946. community to serve as Mother 15,000 Visitors At Opening General, Mother Genevieve is a During 1942 and 1943 she was Diocese To Take Up Census native of Chelsea, Mich, who en- a member of the faculty at St. tered the Dominican Order in Joseph Academy, St. Augustine, of Monastery, Retreat House 1921 and was graduated from and in 1944 was appointed to Of Spanish-Speaking Here De Paul University, Chicago, the faculty at St. Mary Cathe- (Other Pictures under one roof on Route I with a Master of Science de- dral School where she taught . First steps toward the ex- census assisted by lay di- Pages 16, 17, 18) overlooking Lake Worth. gree. the eighth grade. In 1946, Moth- pansion of facilities for the re- rectors. NAMED SUPERIOR er Louis Edwin began her nurs- NORTH PALM BEACH — Present in the sanctuary dur- ligious, cultural and social A meeting of priests and lay She has three sisters, Sister ing training at St. Joseph Hos- More than 15,000 Catholics and ing the Mass were Bishop Pat- needs of Miami's Cuban refu- directors to explain the details Mary Francis, O.P., a member pital, Chicago, 111., from which of the census and coordinate non-Catholics from South Flor- rick Shanley, O.C.D., Bishop gees were taken this week by of the faculty at Rosary High she was graduated in 1949. Aft- plans will be held at 8 p.m., ida and hundreds of visitors Eduardo Dalmau, C.P., and the the Diocese of Miami as plans Very Rev. Canisius Hazlett, C. School, Detroit; Mrs. Joseph er one year of teaching at the Monday, July 2, at Corpus from throughout the United Seckinger, Jackson, Mich., and Cathedral parish school in St. were announced for a census States attended the open house P., provincial of the Eastern Christi cafetorium, Msgr. Fitz- Province of the Passionist Fa- Mrs. Bertilla Forner of Chelsea; Augustine, she joined the origi- among the Spanish - speaking patrick said explaining that a ceremonies which followed the and four brothers, Herman and thers. Music during the Mass nal staff of Mercy Hospital people of Dade County. meeting of workers would be solemn dedication of Our Lady Arthur of Ann Arbor, Mich., when it opened in 1950. of Florida Monastery and Re- was provided by men of St. announced at a future date. Theodore of Ypsilanti, Mich., HEADS MERCY According to Msgr. John treat House. Luke parish, Palm Springs un- It is estimated that approx- and Sylvester Weber of Chel- J. Fitzpatrick, diocesan di- der direction of John D. DiFo- sea. Mother Louis Edwin served imately 219,000 Spanish-speak- Bishop Coleman F. Carroll ria. as Nursing Supervisor on the rector of the Spanish - speak- ing persons are now residing in offered Pontifical Low Mass Department of Surgery and as ing Apostolate, priests who the Greater Miami area includ- More than 40 Passionist Prior to her appointment to in the main chapel of the Pas- Barry College, Mother Gene- Hospital Director of Nursing speak Spanish in parishes ing Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Fathers from Rome, the sionist Fathers' first Florida vieve was principal at St. Ann services until 1951 when she en- throughout Dade County will Mexicans, Colombians and oth- Philippines, Toronto, Canada, foundation and blessed the six (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) be in charge of taking up the er native Latin Americans. buildings which are located (Continued on Page 18) FLORIDA'S FIRST Passionist Monastery and Coleman F. Carroll during solemn ceremonies RETREAT HOUSE gardens fronting on Lake by Bishop Coleman F. Carroll at the conclusion Retreat House for Men under the patronage of on Thursday, June 14 in North Palm Beach. Worth provided a beautiful setting for Benedic- of dedication ceremonies. The retreat house Our Lady of Florida was dedicated by Bishop Thousands of persons attended the opening. tion of the 'Most Blessed Sacrament celebrated will accommodate 65 men retreatants. AS RESULT OF VATICAN COUNCIL I Greater Utilization Of Laity Seen ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (NO New York said here. is that "- re have not been haps an exception in Brazil, — One great result of the ecu- "Generally, we have not using the laity for the last where there are more Catholic menical council can be "the been very successful in the 50 years." Japanese than there are in Ja- utilization of the laity in the redemption of the world," pan. conversion of the world," Auxil- Bishop Sheen said. The reason Bishop Sheen spoke at' a iary Bishop Fulton J. Sheen of for this failure, he declared, Communion dinner of the Holy "You are not here just be- Name Societies of the Camden, N. J., diocese. Nearly 6,000 Holy cause you promised to avoid Name members had attended blasphemy," Bishop Sheen Some Officials For Council a dialogue Mass presided over told his audience, "your mis- by Archbishop Celestine J. Da- sion is to bring souls to God." miano, Bishop of Camden. To Be Named Soon By Pope In his sermon at the dialogue "We are not converting any By MSGR. JAMES I. TUCEK by the heads of the prepara- Mass, Archbishop. Damiano more nations," Bishop Sheen stated that "we expec* •• mir- VATICAN CITY (NO — A tory commissions, but their said. "There was a time when acles from the (Second .ican) number of officials who will gov- membership was elected by the the Roman Empire, Germany, council." ern the coming ecumenical council itself. Ireland, and the Slav nations council while it is in session all were converted.