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Vol. XXXII, No. 1 January, 1950
FROM KIEL TO TRIESTE ~'" gfUIUI ~~, 1949 Christmas Message of the Holy Father rrH.E AMERICAN CA'J]·IOljiCJ ~rJ U ENT IN IN'r~~ NArfTONA ~ AFFAIR~ Thomas D. Callahan LAY APOS OLAT A AND ,.rH A PREs G. R. Brunt A NATIONAL MONTHLY Pl BLISHED BY THE NATIONAL CA1 HOLIC WEIJFARf.: CONFERENCE rl e: :JOt NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS "Over a manifold activtt11 of the udtJf, earned on in various localities according to the needs of the times, is placed the Nattonal Catholic welfare Conference, an organization which supplies a readJf and well-adapted instrument for your episcopal JANUARY, 1950 mtnistr1f."-Pope Plus XII. The National Catholic Welfare Conference was organized in September, 1919. The N. C. W. C 1s a common agency acting under the authority of the bishops to promote the wel!are of the Cathollcs of the country. PAGB It has for its incorporated purposes "unifying, coordinating and organizing the 1949 Christmas Message of Pope Cathollc people of the United States in works of education, social welfare, immigrant Pius XII Given Before the College aid and other activities." of Cardinals on December 23, 1949 The Conference is conducted by an administrative board composed of ten arch and Br.oadcast to the World 3 bishops and bishops aided by seven assistant bishops. Each department of the N. 0. W. 0. is administered by an episcopal chairman. Through the general secretary, chief executive omcer of the Conference, the re From Kiel to Trieste-The Same terror, ports of the departments and information on the general work of the headquarters The Same Homelessness ...... 6 staff are sent regularly to the members of the administrative board. The administrative bishops of the Conference report annually upon their work By Ei/eetl Egan . to the Holy See. Annually at the general meeting of the bishops, detaUed reports are submitted by the administrative bishops of the Conference and authorization secured for the work of the coming year. The American Catholic Student in In- No oftlcial action 1s taken by any N. C. W. C. department without authorization ternational Affairs ...... 8 of its episcopal chairman. No oftlcial action is taken in the name of the whole Conference without authoriza- By Thomas D. Callahan . tion and approval of the administrative board. It is not the pollcy of the N. C. W. 0. to create new organizations. It helps, unifies, and leaves to their own fields those that already exist. It aims to defend and advance the wel!are both of the Catholic Church and of Lay Apostolate and The Press (Article our beloved Country. V of N.C.W.C. Forum Series for It seeks to inform the life of America of right fundamental principles of religion 1949-50: The Lay Apostolate Today) 10 and morality. It 1s a central clearing house of information regarding activities of Catholic men By G. R. Brunst. and women. N. C. W. c. is comprised of the following departments and bureaus: EXECUTIVE-Bureaus maintained: Immigration, National Center Confraternitll of Christian Doctrine, Information, Publications, Business and Auditing, and CATH National Council Catholic Women .. ... 12 OLIC ACTION, monthlll pubUcation, N. C. W. 0. YouTH- Fac111tates exchange of information regarding the phllosophy, organization, N.C.C.lJV. and the UN-Christ-like and program-content of Cathollc youth organizations; promotes the National Lhinf!. Stressed- Executive Secretary Catholic Youth Council, the federating agency for all existing, approved Catholic Appohzted. youth groups, contactS and evaluates national governmental and non-govern mental youth organizations and youth servicing organizations. EDUCATION-Divisions: Statistic8 and Information, Teacher Placement, Research U n i v e r s i t y of Fribourg Summer Catholic Education, LibraTJI Service, and Inter-American Collaboration. School 1950 ...... 16 PnEss-8erves the Catholic press in the United States and abroad with regular new1, features, editorial and pictorial 1ervtce1. SociAL AcTION-Covers the fields of Industrial ReZattons, International Af1airs, Civic Education, Social Welfare, Familll Life, and Rural Life. Calendar of Scheduled Catholic Meet- ings and Events .:...... 17 l;.EGAu-Serves as a clearing house of information on federal, state and local legislation. LAY ORGANIZATIONs-Includes the National Council of Cathollc Men and the National Council of Cathollc Women, which maintain at N. C. W. c. headquarters perma nent representations in the interests of the Catholic laity. These co~ncUs function National Council Catholic Men ...... 18 through some 8,000 amliated societie&-national, state, diocesan, district, local and parish; also through units of the counclls in many of the dioceses. Radio and the N ew Yea 1~Int e rna The N. C. C. M. maintains at its national headquarters a Catholic Evidence tionalization of Je rusalem- H ol y Bureau, sponsors three weekly nationwide radio programs-the Catholic Hour over the National Broadcasting Company's Network, and the Hour of Faith over Year--Radio Schedttle the American Broadcasting Company's Network, and the Catholic program in the "Faith in Our Time" aeries on the Mutual Broadcasting System-and con ducts a Catholic Radio Bureau. The N. c. C. W. through its National Committee System maintains an adult Month by Month with the N.C.W.C. .. 20 education service, transmitting to its aftlliates information and suggestions in all fields covered by the N. C. W. 0., and conducting Institutes and Regional Con ferences for leadership training; it cooperates with War Relief Services-N. C. w. o. in a continuing clothing project for children; from 1921 to 1947 it sponsored the National Catholic School of Social Se"ice. CATHOLIC AcTION STUDY-Devoted to research and reports as to pronouncements, methods, programs and achievements in the work of Catholic Action at home and abroad. All that are helped may play their part in promoting the good work and in main taining the common agency, the National Catholic Wel!are Conference. CATHOLIC ACTION records monthly the work of the Conference and its affili The contents of C~t.THOLIC AcTION are ated organizations. It presents our common needs and opportunities. Its special indexed in the Catholic Reriodical Index. articles are helpful to every Catholic organization and individual. CATHOLIC ACTION published monthly by the National Catholic Wel!are Conference. Entered as second-class matter at the post omce at washington, D. c., under the Act of March 3, 1879. All changes of address, renewals and subscrip tions should be · sent direct to CATHOLIC ACTION, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington 5, D. o. Publication, Editorial and Executive Offices Subscription Rates $3.00 per year; $3.26 outside the United 1_312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W. States. Make checks or postal money orders WASHINGTON 6, D. C. payable to CATHOLIC ACTION [2] CATHOLIC ACTION CATHOLIC ACTION Vol. XXXII, No. 1 January, 1950 1949 Christmas Message of Pope Pius XII Speaking before the College of Cardinals on December 23, 1949, the Holy Father urged the return of ~he world to God during the ~oly Yea: of 1950. The message was immediately re bro~dcast 1n 22 languages-Czech, Engl1sh, Span1sh, French, German, Polish, Portuguese. Hun gan.an •. Slovak .. Dutch, . Ukraine,. Slovene,. Croa!, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Byelorussian, Arabic, Eth1op1an, Russ1an, Latv1an, Eston1an and L1thuan1an. The text of the English translation follows: EVER BEFORE perhaps as on We know what great hopes you high import not only for Christians but N this vigil, which opens the have placed in this Holy Year. Staunch for the whole human race. We like happy event of the new Jubilee in Our heart is the trust the Divine to hope that this triple stroke may Year, has Our heart of Father and Providence may design to work in it re-echo deep down in the souls of all Pastor felt you so close and united to and through it the marvels of His those who have ears to hear ( cfr. 55, Us beloved sons and daughters of the mercy for the human family. And We 115). Whether they are far away universe. We seem to see millions are supported by the hope that the because of a careless and agnostic atti upon millions of the faithful and hear Angel of the Lord may not encounter tude towards the most important the thrill of their voices-and Our any obstacles on his journey, but rather problem of life; or whether they say heart does not deceive Us-in union find the ways rr ade straight and hearts they are satisfied with a fictitious no with Ours forming an immense chorus opened by that good will which draws tion of the universe in w 1ich the of fervent thanksgiving, eager longing Heaven towards earth. necessary place is denied to the primary and humble petition to the Father, We Ourselves, to whom Divine spiritual principle of what exists or Giver of every good gift, to the Son, Providence has reserved the privilege can exist; or whether, intolerant of Expiator of every wrong, to the Holy of proclaiming and granting it to the Hi indestructible presence and fool Ghost, Dispenser of every grace. whole world, already foresee its im ishly jealous of His supreme dominion, Impelled by a profound desire to portance for the coming half-century. they declare ridiculous war against freedom of the spirit, drawn by the It seems to Us that the Holy Year Him and attempt to suppress the wit charm of heavenly goods, forgetful of 1950 must be decisive, especially ne s that all creatures and even their for a brief hour of the tribulations of for the longed-for religious renewal own hearts give Him; all these people earth, you turn to Us and all but of the modern world, and that it must are enduring the pang of exile, repeat, in a good sense and with the solve that spiritual cnsrs which supreme loneliness, the emptiness of a right intention, the plea made long oppresses the souls of our age. The desert, to which they have condemned ago to the Redeemer (Mark 8, 11-12; rightful harmony between heavenly themselves by accepting atheism. For Luke 11, 16) : "Give us a sign from values and those of earth, between the them there is only one remedy- return; Heaven." Divine and the human, which is the a r turn to the deep and calm consid Well, then, "Today you will know office and duty of our generation, will eration of the reason of things, and by that the Lord will come, and at dawn be realized or at least hastened, if the rising step by step along the cale of you shall see His glory." The sign faithful of Christ remain firm in their beings from effect to cause until the you arc waiting for shall be an resolves, continue steadfast in the inquiring mind rests in tranquil re nounced to you today; the sign, or work they have undertaken, and refuse pose; a return finally to the humility rather the means of remission and to allow themselves to be seduced by and docility befitting a creature. Then sanctification, shall be given to you vain utopias or led astray by party there will appear to their eyes and precisely tomorrow, at the moment intere ts and selfishness. they will almost be able to feel in the when by Our hands the Mystic Door It should be decisive as well for the unchallengable testimony of His work , is to be removed once again, thus future of the Church, engaged in an the God of the Livin , Who is our opening the entrance to the greatest effort to render more pure and wide Father, and that love which torment temple of Christendom-symbol of the spread the sanctity of its members, until it is possessed. Redeemer Jesus, given to us through while exteriorly she strives to infuse Our heart tells Us that this Holy Mary in order that, incorporated in and spread her spirit of justice and Year will see many of the e returns, Him, we all may find salvation: "I love even in civil institutions. as it will see multiple conYer ions to am the door. By Me, if any man enter Animated by these sentiments and the Christian Faith of pa ans in in, he shall be saved" (John 10,9). hopes, deeply affected by the di nity mission lands. It will be a comfort to From the entire Church of Christ, of a tradition which goes back to the you to know that since the Jubilee of which has spread its members to every times of Our predecessor Boniface 1925 the number of Catholics in those region of our planet, eyes are :fixed VIII, in opening the Holy Door with far off countries has more than doubled. these days on Rome, on this Apostolic three strokes of a hammer, We shall And in some districts of Africa the See, the perennial fountain of truth, be conscious of performing no mere Visible Church has become the founda salvation and benediction. traditional act, but a symbolic rite of tion of social life, thanks to the deep January, 1950 [3] Christian influence exerted both in pleadings and prayers of numerous be and fundamental freedoms, the dom private and public life. But with the lievers scattered over the whole earth, ination of a single class over the others, greatest grief of soul We cannot help who, after suffering tragic and painful the enslavement of all persons and thinking of the grave dangers threat events, turn their eyes towards this property in a totalitarian state and the ening or already afflicting religion and Apostolic See as toward an anchor of legalization of violence and to militant its institutions in other countries of salvation for the whole world. atheism. Europe and Asia, like limitless China, For all those who adore Christ-not To those who support one or other where revolutionary upheavals in con excludin tho e who sincerely but of these social systems, both of which ditions that were already unstable have vainly await His coming and adore arc foreign and opposed to the Divine converted fields flourishing with life Him as the One promi ed by the plan, may there be a persuasive ring into cemeteries of death. prophets and still to come-do We in the invitation to return to natural May the Holy Year mark the return open the Holy Door, and at the same and Christian principles on which is to the Redeemer Jesus Christ for souls time We extend a welcome from the based effective justice with respect for allured by sinful attractions and living heart of a father whose fatherhood in legitimate freedoms; may the recogni far from the Father's house. There the inscrutable design of God has come tion of the fact that all men are equal are believers and Catholics whose spirit to Us from Jesus the Redeemer. as regards the inviolability of personal is weak, also, as the flesh makes them Finally may this Jubilee be the year rights put an end to the futile struggle traitors to their rightful duties and of the great return of all mankind to which provokes hatred of brother for brother. forgetful of the real treasures, and v:ho the Divine Plan. But besides these desires, which go live in a continual sequence of desertion Just as the modern world has tried to make up the constant solicitude of and lapses. They are wro~g. if t~ey to shake off the sweet yoke of God, so Our Apostolic Office, We address think they possess the Chnstlan h~e it has rejected along with it the order words of fatherly exhortation to those and are pleasing to God unless sancti He established, and with the self who place all their hope in the fying grace dwells habitually in their same pride that moved the rebel angel premises of a doctrine and of leaders souls. at the beginning of creation, has pre who explicitly profess materialism and Owing to easy compromises between tended to set up another of his own atheism. earth and Heaven, time and eternity, choice. To the lowly and oppressed We say: matter and spirit, they are drawn into After about two centuries of sorry no matter how sad your lot in life the danger of dying of misery and experience and deviation, those who may be, even though you have a per hunger, far away from Jesus Who does are still sincere and honest admit that fect right to claim justice for your not admit among His followers those plans and impositions of this ort, selves, and others have the duty of who want to serve two masters. For which bear the name but lack the sub according you that right, remember these wounded in spirit, lepers, par stance of order, have not produced that you possess an immortal soul and alytics, broken branches without the their promised results and fail to a destiny beyond all this world can life-giving sap, may the Holy Year be satisfy the natural aspiration of man. give. a period of healing and amendment. This failure is evident at two levels: Do not allow yourselves to exchange The angel of the pool of probation that of social and of international heavenly and everlasting goods for desires to renew for all of them the relations. those that are perishable and fleeting, miracle of the healing waters: who will In the social field the counterfeiting especially in this age when upright not wish to be bathed in them? of God's plan has gone to its very and bene.ficient institutions are lending The venerable father of the Gospel roots by deforming the Divine image a more sympathetic ear to your cry, story is waiting anxiously on the of man. Instead of His real created and, understanding your plight, are threshold of the Holy Door for the nature with origin and destiny in God, resolved to guide you along the ways contrite return of the prodigal son; there has been substituted the false of justice. who will wish to remain obstinate in notion of a man whose conscience is You often place your faith and trust the desert of this guilt? a law unto himself, who is his own in men who are as positive in prom Oh that this Holy Year could wel legislator brooking no control, who has ising to solve all your problems as come also the great return to the one no responsibility towards his fellows they are incapable of effecting the true Church, awaited over the centuries, and society, with no destiny beyond facile solutions which they hold out of so many who, though believing in the earth and no other purpose than so dazzingly before your eyes-indeed, Jesus Christ, are for various reasons the enjoyment of .finite goods, with some of these problems do not admit separated from her! With unspeak no rule of life except that of the fait of any easy solution owing to the very able groanings, the spirit, that is in accompli and the unbridled satisfac limitations of human nature. Reserve. the hearts of good people, today cries tion of his desires. then. this faith and trust in the .first out imploringly the same praper of As an outgrowth of this, which place for the promises of God, Who Our Lord: that they may be one ( ut came to wield increasing power over does not deceive. unum sint) (Jn. 17, 11). With good a long period of years because of its You are rightly solicitous for your reason men are anxious about the most varied applications in public and daily bread and a suitable home which effrontery with which the united front private life, was that narrowly indi are indispensable for your maintenance of militant atheism advances; and the vidualistic ordet which today is in and that of your families: see that this old question is now voiced aloud: Why serious crisis almost everywhere. But solicitude is not in conflict with your are there still separations? Why are the more recent innovators have pro heavenly destiny. Let it not make you there still schisms? When will all the vided no better results. Starting from forgetful or neglectful of your soul forces of the spirit and of love be the same mistaken premises and taking and of the imperishable treasures harmoniously united? the downward path in another direc which God has entrusted to you in the If on other occasions an invitation tion, they have led to no less disastrous souls of your children. to unity has been sent forth from this consequences, including the complete Let it not obscure the vision or Apostolic See, on this occasion We overthrow of the Divine order, con hinder the gaining of those eternal repeat it more warmly and paternally; tempt for the dignity of the human goods which will constitute your ever We feel that We are urged by the person, the denial of the most sacre~ lasting happiness and which become a [4] CATHOLIC ACTION reality in the supreme good for which blessing they will bring home with During this Holy Year which re we are created: our happiness in God. them the meaning and the power of calls th xpi tion of Calvary, expiate, Only a society illuminated by the dic the peace of Christ, to win new re beloved sons, your own sins and those tates of faith, respectful of the rights cruits for so holy a cause? of others ; bury all the past in sincere of God, certain of the account which God forbid that the "Truce of God," repentance, persuaded that if the responsible leaders will have to render the augury and the inspiration of present generation has been so griev to the Supreme Judge in the depths of peaceful counsels, should be disturbed ously stricken by chastisements fash- their conscience and in the pre ence of or viol t d by r ckl s ch m , not ioned by it own hands, it i because the living and the dead-only such a only on the part of nations, but of it has sinned with great deliberation society will be able to interpret cor different groups within the same coun and wantonness. rectly your needs and just aspirations try. uch a sacrilegious hand could There pa se before Our eye , as in to defend and fight for your rights, to call down upon itself the just anger mournful procession, the sad counte guide you with wisdom in the fulfil of God and would incur the most nance of orphans, of widows, of ment of your duties in accordance with certain condemnation of all mankind. mothers who await the homecoming of the hierarchy of values and the har We expect, then, a great homecom one who perhaps will never come back mony of domestic and civil life that ing during this year of extraordinary to them, of those who are being per nature has established. grace; great because of the number secuted for ju tice and religion, of the Do not forget that without God of children for whom We reserve a prisoners, of the refugees, of those material prosperity is for those who do most affectionate welcome; great be who are enduring forced exile, of not possess it a tormenting wound, cause of the distance some of them those in jail, of the unemployed, the while for those who do, it proves a will have to come, great because of the oppressed, the physical and mental death trap. Without God intellectual immensely beneficial results that will sufferers, of the victims of every form and aesthetic culture is as a river cut derive from it without fail. May all of injustice. So many tears bedew the off from its source and its outlet; it Our sons and all men of good will face of the earth, so much blood em becomes a quagmire filled with sand lovingly undertake not to disappoint purples it. These are indeed an ex and mud. the hopes of the Common Father, who piation in themselves, and often for We expect from the Holy Year, holds up His hand to heaven in prayer faults of others, still they call in their .finally, the return of international that the new outpouring of Divine turn for further expiation, so that guilt society to the plan mapped out by mercy upon the world may surpass all may be wiped out and Christian joy God. According to this plan all peo expectation. restored. ples-in peace and not in war, in Because of this meeting of com Who will want to separate himself collaboration and not in isolation, in passionate and gentle love which will from this world of expiation, which justice and not in national selfishness spread its flame from Rome all over has for its head the Divine Crucified are meant to make up a great human the world, every return to God, to in per on and embraces the entire family bent on the advancement of Jesus Chri t, to the Church and to the Church Militant? common intere t, through mutual aid Divine Plan, will be sealed by the With such generous promi es on and a fair distribution of this world's loving embrace of the Father of the part of God, never perhaps was goods which are a treasure entrusted Mercies, Who pardons the every fault a Holy Year better suited to counsel to men by God. and remits the every punishment of gentleness, indulgence and pardon be Beloved sons, if ever there was an him who loves. Jesus has revealed tween man and man. occasion which seemed propitious for to us the real countenance of God, When, in recent times, taking their exhorting the rulers of people to portraying It in the father who wel ri e from an unfortunate war or thoughts of peace, that of the Holy comes, embraces, forgives the prodigal political upheavals, waves of reprisals Year seems to Us the most propitious son who returns heartbroken but with were unlea hed, unequalled in history of all. It is, and is intended to be, confidence to the home he had fool at least for the number of their victims, an urgent appeal and at the same time i hly left. Our heart was pierced with bitter grief, a contribution to the brotherhood of If the Jubilee is a time of extra not only becau e of the misfortune that nations. ordinary return for men, it will be for bred other misfortunes and hurled Here in Rome, the Mother of God an occasion for more generous into the fray thousands of families who Peoples, there will meet together and loving pardon. were often innocent, but because with innumerable groups of pilgrims of And who does not stand in need of utter sadness We saw here the tragic different races, nations, languages, cus God's forgiveness? Although the evidence of apostasy from the spirit toms and character. And within these Lord is ready to pardon, He does not of Christ. very walls they will live together, they dispense the sinner from the necessity Whoever would be a sincere Chris will meet on the same streets, lodge of sincere repentance and due expia tian mu t know how to forgive. "Thou in the same hotels, take part in the tion. wicked ervant" -is the rebuke of the same rites, quench their thirst at the Let the Holy Year, then, be chiefly Gospel parable (Matt. 18, 32)-"was same spiritual fountains, enjoy the a year of repentance and expiation. it not thy d"uty to have mercy on thy same consolations. There will be Interior and voluntary repentance to fellow-servant, as I had on thee?" among them those who were com gether with expiation are the indis When reasonable motives are pres manded to deal out death and those pensable perquisites of every human ent, charity and mercy do not run who suffered its terrible effects, the renovation. They signify a halt in the counter to one's duty to administer invader and the conquered; the keeper downward course; they express an ju tice aright. But imprudent intoler of the barbed-wire prison-camp and acknowledgment of one's own sins, ance and the spirit of repri al most the prisoner who endured its cruel they manifest the sincerity of one's certainly do, especially when vengeance confinement. goodwill. i taken by public authority against Have we not then, reason to believe The value of voluntary expiation is one who ha erred ra her than sinned, that these thousands and thousands of enhanced when it is collective, and or when a puni hment deservedly in our devoted sons and daughters will offered in union with the Chief flicted is prolonged beyond all rea become the faithful vanguard in the Expiator of the sin of men, Jesus sonable limit . crusade for peace, and that with Our Christ Our Redeemer. (Turn to page 17) January, 1950 '[5] From Kiel to Trieste By Eileen Egan HE PILGRIMS to Europe see the surface gaiety throwing him into a mountain crevasse or .. foiba". T and plenty of Paris and Rome. They do not Now she was able to keep herself and children alive have the chance to see with their own eyes the only because American Catholics sent food to the faces of those who are still in need. soup kitchens. Every day she carried the cooked ra On a survey trip for War Relief Services-Nation- tions home in her little pail, and eked it out with al Catholic Welfare Conference, I journeyed along purchases made from her tiny relief allotment. the entire length of the Iron Curtain-a journey In Kiel, a strikingly similar tragedy came to light which started in the area of Kiel and Lubeck, at when the local Catholic priest, himself an Expellee, what might be called the upper drawstring of the took the War Relief Services representative to visit Curtain, and proceeded to Trieste, the lower draw a mother with her four little children, who all shared string. In the homes and transit camps visited on a cold room. The father of these children was cap this inspection trip, the bottomless misery and the tured in war and deported to Russia for slave labor. burning unsolved problems of Europe are concen He was presumed to be dead because all word from trated. him had ceased. The little family had had a flourish ing farm in East Prussia before that area was given Kiel and Trieste outright to Russia by the Allies, and now they formed In these two towns, so far apart, so different in a part of the seven million Expellees who flood the history, the results of war and expulsion are exactly Western Zones of Germany. the same. Both port cities were the targets of bom bardment, and both were flooded with expelled peo Those Who Flee in Terror ples after the end of the war. Into Kiel came the Besides the expelled peoples, whose departure men, women and children from Danzig, Pomerania, from their homes, businesses and farms was by order East · Prussia, Silesia-simple people denuded of all of new regimes, there are those who flee every day their possessions when Russian authorities installed by order of their consciences, and their fear of per themselves in East Prussia, and a satellite regime was secution. There is a camp, a few miles in from the given charge of the other areas. The unfortunates Iron Curtain as it cuts through Germany, where these streamed into the cellars, the half-destroyed buildings men and women and even little children who flee in of Kiel, and they are still there. Countless families secret, are gathered together. Representatives from live, eat and sleep in one room-countless women local governments of all Germany talk with them, share kitchens with several other families under con and send them where there are jobs. Those for whom ditions that strain already worn-out nerves. there are no jobs, are given a railroad ticket to take In Trieste are close to 25,000 destitute refugees them back to the Soviet Zone. Every day, between from the areas of !stria, awarded by the Allies to 200 and 500 tired, harassed people present them Tito's Yugoslavia. They are almost solidly Catholic selves at this Transit Camp, called Uelzen. Most of people, whether of Italian, Croat or Slovene origin. them are given a few nights' lodging, hot meals, They, too, live in half-destroyed homes, in cellars, and the ticket to return-which they never use. One and a large concentration of them manage to exist in sees them for miles along the road, their packs on a tremendous unused warehouse which lacks adequate their backs, the women disheveled, and the children light, heat or sanitary facilities. Without exception, often crying; they are trying to catch rides on passing they are glad to be out of Yugoslavia and !stria tru<:_ks to get to the nearest town, where despite the though hungry and cold, they are at least free and lack of ration cards and jobs, they will merge with protected by the Allies who govern Trieste. Tht1r other homeless people and manage to live from day terror is for those who remain, often members of to day. Though they present a tremendous problem their own families. to local welfare agencies, none of the 1,300,000 il Picking a young simple woman at random in one legal entrants who crossed into the Western Zones of the many "mensa" or soup kitchens which Catholic during the last year, were sent back. Relief has made possible in Trieste, one gets a picture of the general misery. She had fled with her three Freed From Slavery children after the Partisans had killed her husband Every month, about 27,000 drafted soldiers are re (as they had done away with countless others) by turned from Russia to Western Germany. They pass [6] CATHOLIC ACTION through a transit camp known as Camp Friedland. draw wide the Iron Curtain, and make Europe whole There the hopes of years of slave labor are destroyed once more. In the meantime, He shows His Provi when these men discover that their families have been dence to these millions of homeless wanderers decimated by bombing, or are missing, or have been through the gifts of clothing, of food and of precious expelled from their homes in the East. Often there medicines, that come to them from the Catholics of are heartwarming scenes of reconciliation. Too often, America through War Relief Services-N.C.W.C. the returning breadwinner, though better clothed and The new warm coat from far away, the hot meal, more adequately fed by the Russians than formerly, the pair of shoes for torn feet, often are a visible is a man permanently disabled by injury to heart and proof to a tired and despairing soul that the Lord, internal organs as a result of forced labor in Russian known chiefly to them by His rod, is still that same mines and Siberian forests. More than a million men Lord who is tenderer than a mother. are still to be returned. According to figures released It is only because the Bishops had the foresight by the Russians, some two million remain in Russian to set up an instrument of continuing charity that custody if they are still alive. Clothes, medicines and these manifold works of mercy can be performed in hospital care are needed for these men. Caritas has their name. It must be a source of joy to know been able up to now to perform a notable service in that it is to the Catholics of America that the Lord rehabilitating these men because of the steady flow has given this high task of playing Providence to of supplies from the United States. those whose minds are so broken by terror, whose bodies are so lacerated by want, and whose faith is The New and the Old DP' s so grievously tried by despair. In Bavaria, is a camp where the men and women The latest large-scale operation for the relief of who flee from the New Peoples' Democracies find these poor people was sponsored by a merciful hier refuge. In the area of Ludwigsberg are the Czechs archy at Thanksgiving, when a clothing, shoe and and Slovaks who have recently added their number soap campaign was held in almost every diocese of to the regular Displaced Persons who are in camps the United States to give American Catholics the in the Western areas of Europe. The DP problem opportunity of giving thanks by giving. has moved forward to a solution, but the trickle of Catholic Czechs and Slovaks is still not completely Monsignor Swanstrom, executive director of War cut off. Relief Services-N.C.W.C., reports that the response to this collection was so immediate and so generous Further to the South, in Salzburg, Austria, we find that at this writing, when less than a month has the concentration of Rumanian and Hungarian ref elapsed since the close of the campaign, six ship ugees who by reason of courage and daring, man aged to escape across a severely guarded frontier. ments totaling over 1,150,000 pounds have already The presence of representatives and offices of War gone overseas. It is e timat d that the collection will total over six million pounds of wearable clothing. Relief Services-N.C.W.C. are proof that the Catholic Hierarchy of the United States is mindful of them Di tribution will be made all along the Iron Curtain, in their hour of need. in Poland proper, in several other European countries, and among the up-rooted Palestinian refugees living In New Vienna in tents on the desert. The old Vienna of song and loveliness has given Once again American Catholics have given most way to a new Vienna of occupation troops and sud convincing evidence that they are not unmindful of den disappearances of men and women. It is also a the homeless and up-rooted of the world. The Cath city of refugees and expellees who still live in unused olic women of the United States, particularly, have school buildings and barracks. Many of these home never forgotten the continuing need, for, since 1945, less wanderers can go no further, because no one when they began their collections for war relief, they will accept them. Here again, the hand of the have never once called a halt to their uninterrupted Church, upheld by American Catholic Charity, inter programs. venes to feed the hungry and heal all those whose To cease to give would spell the breaking of that spirits and bodies are broken by privation and terror. solid front which is opposed to the blank wall of the Vienna has its full share of the 3 50,000 Sudeten Iron Curtain. But this is unthinkable, for the sense landers and Volksdeutsche who crowded into hungry of solidarity of American Catholics with the suffering Austria in the mass expulsions that marked the be people of the world is based on a sense of Christian ginning of our present peace. neighborliness and brotherly concern. We live in plenty, they live in want, and God constantly gives The Same Terror-The Same Homelessness America an example of open-handed generosity, for Trieste, as described above, completes the picture is not our land blessed above all others With this of homelessness, of terror that follows the Iron Cur Divine example constantly before their eyes, American tain as it cuts its way down the heart of Europe. It Catholics have never wearied of outdoing themselves may be that the providence of God will suddenly in generosity to others. january, 1950 [7] The American Catholic Student In International Affairs By Thomas D. Callahan N THE EVE of the Holy Year, the National over the world as well as $500,000 more in goods in Federation of Catholic College Students and the kind such as books, clothing, medicine, etc. The O Newman Club Federation are jointly preparing NCF, working in conjunction with the World Stu a pilgrimage to Rome, by students and for students, dent Service Fund, has instituted a DP program seek a true manifestation of their realization of the univer ing to secure scholarships, provide assurances, etc., sality of the Church. Between 800 and 1200 Ameri for displaced students. The NFCCS, working with can Catholic students are expected to participate. the Catholic Resettlement Agency, has proceeded Yet, the motivating spirit behind the pilgrimage, along the same lines. the idea of a world student community in Christ, is Perhaps even more indicative of the new interest not a long-realized and established thing. and spirit of American Catholic students, however, Up to the very recent past, if told that students is their work in neutral milieux. Catholic students, were capable of managing their own affairs and of members of both Federations and many not active in responsibly exercising a strong moral influence on either were among the strongest boosters for the new national and international affairs, the average educa U.S. National Student Association, founded in Chi tor would most likely have laughed at the speaker. cago in 1946. Since its inception, the NSA has re Students, too, were for the most part totally unaware ceived strong Catholic student interest and support of their responsibilities, since they had neither the with Ralph Dungan its first Domestic Affairs Vice preparation nor the opportunity of exercising any President, Ted Harris and Bob Kelly as Presidents value judgments and, more importantly, of translat last year and this, to mention only a few of the more ing these judgments into action, until they had left outstanding. This working outside an exclusively the ((cloistered" academic community. Catholic surrounding represented in itself a radical Interest in Catholic student activities built slowly and laudable departure from tradition. NFCCS had over the period between the two World Wars. The for some time an official observer at the United Na NFCCS was established in 1937; the Newman Clubs tions at Lake Success, and is affiliated with UNESCO went further back but their history, like that of the through Pax Romana, while NCF was one of the NFCCS was until1946 one of trying to remain above founders of World Student Service Fund. From all water while slowly and painfully trying to tighten this activity came leaders in numbers never before organizational bonds. International activity was non equaled: Phil DesMarais, former executive secretary existent in either Federation until 1945. Indeed the of NCF and a member of the Executive Committee only outstanding Catholic student of the period active of World Student Relief and of the General Com in international work was Ed Kirchner, war-time mittee of WSSF; John Simons, former executive sec president of Pax Romana and presently an area direc retary of NFCCS and member of the staff of the tor for the International Refugee Organization. International Student Service in Geneva; Jim Dough The second World War, while bringing student erty, former International vice-president of Pax activity as such to a virtual standstill, served the Romana; Don Gerth of the Calvert Club, University purpose of increasing the horizons of many college of Chicago, newly appointed WSR area director for people in the armed services. They saw and spoke the Philippines; Ted Harris, newly appointed to the to students in other countries, learned of their pitiable ISS staff, Bill Harrington, NFCCS European repre condition and came home fired with a desire to help. sentative and Herman N eusch, present International But the most important thing resulting from the war vice-president of Pax Romana. was a general realization that the basic problems So much then for what has been done. But the and basic interests of students the world over are really important thing in terms of the long-range pos the same. In the period 1946 to the present, student sibilities is an understanding of the entirely new activity, domestic and international, doubled and re philosophy of action which underlies all this activity, doubled again and again. past and present. Put in the simplest of terms, Ameri What has been accomplished in these few post can Catholic students came to a realization of the war years? The National Federation of Catholic nature of the Mystical Body of Christ, and, having College Students has raised over $500,000 in cash achieved that understanding, immediately translated for material and intellectual relief of students all it into action. [8] CATHOLIC ACTION The encyclical Mystici Corporis puts it this wa~: perhaps significant that students were the only .group "And, .first of all, let us imitate the breadth of Hts courageous enough to make such an attempt tn the love. Only one is the spouse of Christ, the Churc~; face of almost certain failure. but the love of the Divine Spouse is so great that tt The American Catholic student, like his brothers embraces in His Spouse the whole human race with of other nations and other religions, has been and out exception. Man may be separated by nationality undoubtedly will be in the future, accused of a stub and race, but Our Saviour poured out His blood to born refusal to face reality, of a blind idealism. But reconcile all men to God through the Cross, and to the fact remains, stark and accusing, that all the tradi bid them all unite in one Body." Recognizing in tional remedies for international difficulties, arms the words of the Holy Father a dear and unmistak races, diplomatic deals and the like, ha~e man~?:d able call to them to act, they did just that. From this in the last 50 years, not, of course, countmg the lrt primary and all-important reason, a multitude of tle wars", to cause two World Wars and to produce others followed. such boons to mankind as the atom bomb, poison The ideal behind the formation of the United Na gas and biological warfare. Now, more than ever, tions, that of a world community of nations living there is need of action. Great and widespread though in harmony, settling their differences amicably participation in activities of an international charac through democratic procedure, had a very real ap ter have been, by no means can we relax now. peal to post-war youth. In their own sphere, they Many things remain to be restored from the sec recognized a community of interest and aims. Above ond World War. Material relief, with one impor all else, they desired world peace so that those who tant exception, is much less important now than it came after them would not have to undergo as they was a year or two ago. The need now is to aid in did, the horrors and disruptions of war. They sought reconstructing the destroyed libraries and. universities an understanding one of another, recognizing that of Europe, Asia and the Far East. Havtng fed our the antidote to nationalism was in a close and per brothers when they were hungry and clothed and sonal knowledge of the people of one nation by those cared for them when they were destitute, it is now of another. The first stirrings of the cold war were the duty of Christian love to provide food for their ample demonstration that trying to repair the damage minds, to provide an opportunity for study and the of nationalism in people who are already fixed in means of studying. The important exceptions are their prejudices and not susceptible to change was the emigree students from Eastern Europe, forced to futile. The only hope was to inspire the youth, with .flee a tyranny worse than that of the Nazis, often with a view toward a better future. only the clothes on their backs. These men and The essence of the entire movement of Catholic women have risked their lives to live in freedom and students into international affairs was change--a if we allow freedom for them to mean near starva change away from secularism and the ills of national tion, denial of the right to study against the day ism-a change toward a new world built on the con when they can return to their own countries, apostles cepts of Christianity and of Christ, in which the mo of Christian democracy, then we are more guilty than tivating force would be love of brother for brother their persecutors since we realize the obligations of in the Mystical Body of Christ, and not national in our membership in the Mystical Body. terest. The means were to be understanding and education, not propaganda and hate. The long term objective is to continue the fight, Perhaps the best, the most striking example of internationally as well as nationally, for a restoration this new ideal was the setting up of the International of the world to Christ. The resources at hand are Union of Students, Communist-dominated from the many: tremendous vigor, a valuable back-log of ex first, as a means of trying to achieve at least a work perience, youthful enthusiasm. The means, be they ing tie with the students of Eastern Europe, exercis work camps, international study weeks, exchange ing an influence from within by strength of personal programs, are completely seconda11_7. T~e de~ir~d end example. The Catholic students from the United of understanding one's own relatwnshtp wtthtn the States who participated in the organizational meeting Mystical Body and then of trying to bel p others to realized from the outset that they were working understand is of paramount importance. The words against tremendous odds and that failure was far of Our Holy Father express it best: more probable than success. But they were willing ('There are some unfortunately, today especially, to believe that, given a chance, the youth of Eastern who proudly boast of enmity, of hate and. sp!te as Europe were for the most part no different from the something that elevates and honors the dtgntty of youth of any other part of the world; that they man and his power. Let us, however, follow on after sincere! y shared this belief in a better world for all, our King of Peace, the while we gaze wit~ sorrow however wrong their means were. The attempt failed on the pernicious consequences of that teachtng. He but even the failure was a great tribute to those who has taught us not only to have love for those of a fought and failed because of their desire to follow different nation and a different race, but even to love the words of Christ: "Love thine enemies". It is our enemies. . . ." January, 1950 [9] Lay Apostolate And the Press G. R. Brunst <7~ .ealf ~~~ <7~ Article V HE TERM "PUBLIC OPINION" is difficult to moment. The lay apostle has to know "which way define; but the existence of "public opinion" as the wind is blowing," before he can set sail and chart T one of the most powerful forces-for good as a course. He has to inform himself about what's well as for evil-that are active in a free society going on and what's being thought among his fel needs no proof. lowmen. And there is no more practical way of The lay apostle, conscious of his privilege and duty doing that than by regularly and intelligently read to carry the Christian message into his environment ing the newspapers and magazines. and to help re-Christianize what has been de-Chris However, reading the newspapers "intelligently" tianized in society, finds himself at all times confronted is by no means as simple as would seem. It is, with that mysterious power: Public Opinion. rather, an art requiring much practice. There are, What, if anything, can I contribute toward shap as Father Philip J. Kenney explained in a previous ing public opinion in such a way that it reflects the article of this series, "religious ways and irreligious Christian idea and ideal? How shall I go about it ways" of reading newspapers and magazines. It to steer public opinion in what I conceive to be the should be useful to remember that thorough familiar right direction ? How can I counteract those forces ity with the latest exploits of the characters in a that aim at corrupting public opinion by exploiting comic strip, the line-up in next Saturday's football it for wrong ends? Why is it that numerically small games, the sordid revelations in a divorce case, and groups in our country are, apparently, far more effec the amusing or tragic oddities of life, does not tive in molding public opinion to suit their purposes manifest a "religious way" of reading the papers. than America's 25 million Catholics? Nor does it constitute "intelligent" reading to These are some mighty important, and puzzling, swallow, hook, line and sinker, the outpourings of questions facing every lay man and woman seriously columnists and commentators and to accept their engaged in the lay apostolate. In seeking to answer versions and. interpretations of events as the gospel these questions, the lay apostle will soon find himself truth. Readmg between the lines is often essential obliged to clarify his thinking about the most im to ~rriv.e at the whole truth. What is not printed, portant organ and instrument of public opinion: the or IS htdden somewhere in the back pages of the Press, that is, daily and weekly newspapers, maga paper, is frequently more important for the lay zines and other periodicals. apostle than the big headlines on the frontpages. The following brief remarks are offered for the There is no need to recapitulate the shortcomings purpose of demonstrating the supremely important of the American press. It is not difficult to visualize role of the press in the lay apostolate, and to give better papers. Many are dreaming of and planning some hints as to how the lay apostle can use the for a genuinely Christian and Catholic daily news press as a powerful ally in his effort to present the paper. Perhaps, at some future day such dreams will Christian answer to some of the problems challeng come true. But in the meantime, we shall have to ing society today. make the best possible use of what we have. In order to bring Christian influence to bear upon To refuse reading the daily newspapers because modern society and to bel p direct its thinking and of their obvious defects, or to read them merely as actions along the lines prescribed by Christian social a cheap form of amusement, would be most short and moral teaching, the lay apostle, first of all, must sighted. The lay apostle who deliberately deprives know what that society is like and in which direction himself of this means of gaining information and it is moving. Like a soldier sent out on a reconnoiter maintaining contact with the present-day world can ing mission, the lay apostle has to become familiar never hope to become an effective power in molding with the terrain in which he plans to operate. public opinion. Any move toward influencing public opinion is Probably the most important function of "intelli doomed to failure, unless it is planned with a clear gent reading" consists in separating wheat and chaff knowledge of public opinion as it exists at a given and placing the day-to-day events reported by the [ 10] CATHOLIC ACTION newspapers into their proper setting. This is a diffi held convictions, and to opinions that are not built cult job, but, fortunately, there is a most useful and on shifting sands but arise from the bedrock of im reliable tool on hand to ease that chore: the Catholic perishable truth. And it is the person of such con- press. victions and opinions, the person knowing not only It may well be asserted that it is one of the prin the "what" but also the "why" of things, who be cipal tasks of our weekly Catholic newspapers to comes a real force in molding public opinion. serve the readers as magnets to extract the truth, as To become, and to remain, well informed-that is, brooms to sweep aside the rubbish, as guide posts to be capable of applying the yardstick of sound rea to show the way through the bewildering mass of son to the infinite variety of human affairs-is an reports and rumors, truths and distortions which are essential part of all lay-apostolic activity. It is this offered seven days a week by the general press. capacity that distinguishes the "full-time'', wide It should not be necessary to emphasize that at awake Catholic from the "run of the mine" variety. least one Catholic newspaper belongs in the house A recent article in the Commonweal described the hold of every genuine lay apostle. What really mat latter type as those "whose highest spiritual urge is ters and what needs to be stressed is the use made to find the latest and the shortest Mass of a Sunday of such a paper in order "to get the most out of it." afternoon, and whose ultimate appeal in religious There is a vast difference between being a mere discussion is, 'You've got me there, pal; I'll have to "subscriber" and a genuine, intelligent "reader" of ask the priest about that one.' ·~ a Catholic journal. Unfortunately, there are still far It is the well-informed Catholic-and he alone too many of the first category and too few of the who, amidst the moral and ideological confusion of second. It is wrong to think of "support of the our time, can speak up for the Christian idea effec Catholic press" merely in terms of dollars and cents. tively. He alone will be listened to by a cynical and Nobody claims that our Catholic weeklies could skeptical world. He alone, through the power of his not be improved. Even the best among them are still convictions can influence his surroundings and thus far from perfect, and Catholic publishers, editors become an active element in the shaping of public and writers are fully aware of that. They are con opinion. He alone will serve, within his sphere, as stantly striving to improve the product, both qualita an apostle in the true sense of the word. tively and quantitatively. 'Considerable progress has It is the well-informed Catholic who meets the been made in recent years; whether it can be speeded requirements for that "rightful role of leadership" up depends to a large extent upon the genuine sup which the laity must assume in the conflict of our port given by intelligent readers. time, as Msgr. Howard J. Carroll told a Southwest One fact, however, should be remembered: With regional conference of the National Council of Catho all their admitted technical imperfections, even the lic Women. Never has it been truer than today that humblest Catholic weeklies offer one precious thing "to be a passive Christian is a kind of treason," as which the reader cannot hope to find, in such pure Archbishop Robert E. Lucey told the same gathering. form, anywhere else: the full Catholic truth, the And to be ill informed, or not informed at all, is a message of Christianity as it is proclaimed by Pope characteristic of that passivity. and Bishops, priests and scholars. Some are called upon to play an immediate and It is this truth, gained and clarified through read direct part in this "Apostolate of Public Opinion," ing the Catholic journals, that serves the intelligent reader as a yardstick for measuring the conglomera as the Rev. Felix A. Morlion, O.P., has termed it tion of fact and fancy dished out by a so-called "neu in a book of the same title. However, there is merely tral" press. The Catholic press can be a divining rod a difference of degree, not of essence, between the to the truth-if it is used skillfully. function of a Catholic professionally engaged in To leave a Catholic paper unread as a form of writing for and editing newspapers and magazines, ''silent protest" against its real or imagined short and that of the Catholic lay man or woman who, comings would appear just as shortsighted and fool through word and example, individually and in co ish as refusing to read secular newspapers because operation with his friends and neighbors, takes part they are deemed too superficial, or biased, or lacking in the apostolic work of restoring all things in Christ. in moral stature. We can leave it to the experts to study the most The Catholic lay man and woman who strives to efficient techniques of influencing and molding public become really well informed will read both types of opinion. But as Edward L. Bernays, an American journals: the one to obtain the raw material (and it authority in that field, explains in his war-time book, is often "raw" in the fullest sense of the word), and "Speak Up for Democracy," there are, in reality, the other to acquire the power that is needed for "millions of opinion-molders." the process of refining the raw stuff and transforming "You cannot bel p molding opinion," he writes. it into a well-rounded view of present-day life. "Whether you head an organization or whether your This judicious use of both Catholic and secular contacts are purely casual ones with those you meet, journals leads to judgments that are based on firmly (Turn to page 16) January, 1950 [11] N.C.C.W. and the UN- Christ-like NATIONAL COUNCIL Living Stressed- Executive Secretary CATHOLIC WOMEN Appoi nted-1. U. C. W. L. N.C.C.W. AND THE UNITED NATIONS IRMA PIEPHO HIRTY women from various parts of the pressing through proper channels public opinion on T United States were in attendance at the second issues being debated. Institute on United Nations held in New York, The report of this second N.C.C.W. Institute October 27-30, under the auspices of the N.C.C.W. on UN will be available about the first of the year Committee on International Relations. From per to groups contemplating institutes, at a nominal sonal visits to the United Nations headquarters at cost. Lake Success they learned the vastness of the interna Council groups which have held or are planning tional program and the tangled problems that are institutes of their own, in response to a suggestion brought to UN for solution, and acquired an aware from the Chairman of the N.C.C.W. Committee ness of the commonness of human problems and of on International Relations, Mrs. Robert H. Mahoney the slow but steady progress being made at UN in of Hartford, include Cleveland, St. Louis and St. Paul. their solution. This Institute is but one of many ways in which The trip to the United Nations offered also an N.C.C.W. and its Committee on International Rela opportunity to visit the Warehouse of War Relief tions has shown its interest in the United Nations. Services-N.C.W.C., where the conferees saw the boxes The first such institute was held in New York in 1947. and bales of clothing and bedding being readied for But prior to that time the N.C.C.W. Committee on shipment to such war-torn areas as Poland, Germany, International Relations had been including in its Italy, France, Austria, Palestine, the Orient. committee programs the UN and its specialized It would be impossible to give an adequate ac agencies. count in this brief space of the inspirational messages Because of this interest, the N.C.C.W. was ac received at the Institute from such outstanding speak corded, through the U.S. Department of State, un ers as Most Rev. Joseph F. Flannelly, Auxiliary official observer status at UN in 1946, and was invited Bishop of New York; Rev. Gerome de Souza, S.J., to serve on the first and succeeding National Citizens India; Rev. William Gibbons, S.J., New York; Rev. Committees on UN Day, established in 1948 under Aloysius J. Wycislo, New York; Dr. Charles Malik, the aegis of the Secr~tary of State. Lebanon; Foss Shanahan, New Zealand; Charles Through its affiliation with the International Fahy, United States; William Mark Jordan of the Union of Catholic Women's Leagues, N.C.C.W. is UN Secretariat; John Parr, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. informed of meetings of UN and specialized agencies Alfred S. Lucas, Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Henry Man held outside the United States. nix, N eponsit, Long Island, New York; Misses Cath In recognition of emphasis on UN in 1949, par erine Schaefer and Alba Zizzamia, New York; and ti~larly its cooperation with the National Citizens Miss Rita Schaefer, Washington, D. C. Committee on UN Day, the Assistant Secretary of The program consisted of talks on and discussion State, Hon. George V. Allen, wrote Mrs. Lucas, of woman's responsibility in the field of international president: affairs; importance of representation at UN; human "The second observance of United Nations Day rights; trusteeship; security affairs; world economic indicates that there is an increasing awareness of and and political problems, including food and the con desire to learn about the work, the accomplishments, servation of resources and technical assistance to un and the problems of the United Nations. The many derdeveloped areas; education for international and varied ways in which the people of this country understanding and program resources and techniques. observed the day and showed their support of the At a dinner meeting, members of delegations to the United Nations and the large numbers who partici UN gave brief accounts of Catholic life and institu pated will be heartening evidence to other countries tions in their own countries. of our continued support and participation. The conferees acquired a sense of urgency in "I hope you will extend my thanks to the mem increasing their knowledge of the United Nations, bers of your organization who contributed so greatly in keeping abreast of daily developments, and in ex- to the success of this important work." [ 12] CATHOLIC ACTION Recent action by N.C.C.W. in relation to UN or Holy Places which all citizens throughout the Chris its specialized agencies includes a telegram sent by tian world hold in reverence." Mrs. Lucas to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and to Hon. Warren Austin, head, U.S. Delegation to UN, In a letter to Hon. Charles F. Brannan, head, U.S. on the internationalization of the Holy Places: "Rep Delegation to F.A.O., N.C.CW. urged the setting up resenting 5900 women's organizations with a com of an international agency for distributing surplus bined membership of over 6,000,000, we strongly commodities to areas of need. It has also protested urge territorial internationalization of the Jerusalem efforts on the part of a U.S. delegate at UN seeking Area as the only means of adequately protecting the recognition of the Communist China Republic. CHRIST-LIKE LIVING STRESSED AT D.C.C.W. CONVENTIONS Galveston . . . Most Rev. Christopher E. Byrne, Paterson . . . A rosary bouquet was presented at Bishop of Galveston, told the Galveston D.C.C.W. the 5th annual convention of the Paterson D.C.C.W. 21st annual convention, October 7-9: "We are living to Most Rev. Thomas A. Boland, Bishop of Paterson, in a time when the very best in any of us should be on the eve of his departure for his Ad Limina visit put forth to bring peace in the world, and we look to to Rome. Under the leadership of Mrs. Richard F. our women to lead the way." A four-part symposium Gormley, president, the convention, held October 5 on the N.C.C.W. in action was a feature of the con with 500 women attending, considered the theme vention, which closed with Benediction of the Most "Catholic Status of Family Life." Speakers included Blessed Sacrament. Mrs. Norman Banta was elected Bishop Boland; Very Rev. Msgr. John J. Shanley, president to succeed Miss Irene Rickert. moderator; Rev. Leo J. Martin; Mrs. Robert D. Don aldson, director, Newark Province; and Mrs. Robert Springfield, Ill. . . . The 21st annual convention of H. Mahoney, Hartford D.C.C.W. president and na the Springfield D.C.C.W., October 1-2, dedicated to tional International Relations Committee chairman. the restoration of Christian family life, opened with recitation of the rosary. Pontifical Low Mass was Green Bay . . The silver jubilee of the Green celebrated by Most Rev. William A. O'Connor, Bishop Bay D.C.C.W. was celebrated by the 400 women of Springfield. Speakers included His Excellency; attending the 21st annual convention, October 5. Mrs. W. H. Harper, director, Chicago Province; Miss Miss Edmire E. Quinlan, who gave the quarter Margaret Hughes, national chairman, Youth Com century history of the Council, and Mrs. Earl J. mittee; Mrs. Thomas Spearing, St. Louis; and the Rev Thomas were honored for twenty-five years' service on erends Francis Larkin, CC.SS., Edward Bates, and Mi the Board. The convention opened with Pontifical chael 0. Driscoll. Mrs. John G. Nevens, who as Mass celebrated by Most Rev. John B. Grelling, Aux president, presided at the sessions, is succeeded by iliary Bishop of Green Bay. His Excellency was a Mrs. Basil Hunter. guest speaker, as was Rev. Thaddeus Koszarek, former Army chaplain, who spoke on the DPs. Mrs. A. F. Spokane . . . The 18th annual convention of the Slaney continues as president. Spokane D.C.C.W. was held in conjunction with the Third Regional C.C.D. Congress, October 1-4. In his Austin . . . Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey, Arch sermon at the Pontifical Mass, Most Rev. Edward D. bishop of San Antonio and episcopal chairman of the Howard, Archbishop of Portland, stressed the key Lay Organizations Department, N.C.W.C., addressed note of the Congress, "To Restore All Things in the 1st annual convention of the Austin D.C.C.W., Christ." The Spokane Council reelected Mrs. H. B. October 7-9, on "The Catholic Woman Today." Pon Swanson president. tifical Mass celebrated by Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher, MARGARET MEALEY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE SECRETARY N.C.C.W. JHE APPOINTMENT of Miss Margaret Mealey of Oakland, California, as Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women was announced at the meeting of the National Executive Committee in November. N.C.C.W. was unable to announce this appointment in the December issue of CATHOLIC ACTION and to extend heartfelt good wishes to Miss Mealey as departmental sections were omitted to permit summarizing of the reports presented at the 1949 General Meeting of the Bishops. A brief account of Miss Mealey's appointment and of her past splendid service to the Church through the Na tional Catholic Community Service, both in the field and the national office, was carried on page 2 of the Decem ber CATHOLIC ACTION in the section "Month by Month with the N.C.W.C." The National Council of Catholic Women welcomes Miss Mealey to this office and looks forward in happy anticipation of a most fruitful administration of her office which Miss Mealey's talents and experience portend. January, 1950 [ 13] Bishop of Austin, opened the convention. A work were held on council organization, family life, and shop on N.C.C.W. organization and development was war relief, with Mrs. J. Selby Spurck, national War led by Mrs. J. Selby Spurck, former national chairman Relief Committee chairman, a featured speaker. of this committee, and Miss Mary Donohoe, national Charleston . . . Pontifical Mass celebrated by affiliations secretary. Mrs. Spurck also reported the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, now Coadjutor of N.C.C.W. Southwest Regional Conference, just con Youngstown, with the sermon preached by Rt. Rev. cluded in San Antonio. Mrs. Norma Rankin, pres Msgr. Howard J. Carroll, general secretary, N.C.W.C., ident, continues in office. opened the 20th annual convention of the Charleston Amarillo . . . More than 900 women attended the D.C.C.W., October 29-30. A spiritual bouquet pre 13th annual convention of the Amarillo D.C.C.W., sented Bishop Walsh expressed the loving fidelity of October 9-10, which opened with Solemn Mass offered the Charleston Council through the many years His in the presence of Most Rev. Laurence J. FitzSimon, Excellency had guided its work. Mrs. Alfred S. Bishop of Amarillo. Mrs. Edmund Loerwald, pres Lucas, national president, and Mrs. George Rock, ident, presided at the meeting and was reelected. former executive secretary, were guest speakers. Mrs. Workshops on Council activities developed the theme, Frank B. Schachte is the newly elected president. "Fields of Catholic Action." A feature of the meeting was the Living Rosary with explanation of each mys New Orleans Speaking on the convention tery by Rev. Alcuin Feldhues, O.F.M. theme, "Religion in the Home-The Door to the Catholic Way of Life," Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles F. Santa Fe . . . Most Rev. Edwin V. Byrne, Arch Beauvais, moderator, told the more than 500 women bishop of Santa Fe, was an honored guest at the 18th attending the 13th annual convention of the New annual convention of the Santa Fe A.C.C.W., Octo Orleans A.C.C.W., November 4-6, that "all civiliza ber 15-16. Miss Clara Berchtold, director, Santa Fe tion stands on the foundation of the home." Holy Province, brought greetings from the National Coun Mass was offered during the convention by Most cil. A report of the recent N.C.C.W. Southwest Re Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, gional Conference was given and workshops con and Most Rev. L. Abel Caillouet, Auxiliary Bishop. ducted on Council activities. Mrs. J. V. Lanigan was Rt. Rev. Abbot Columban Thuis, O.S.B., preached the elected president. sermon on "Mary, Queen of the Home, Gate of Dubuque . . . ccChristian Living" was the theme of Heaven." Miss Margaret Songe continues as the 15th annual Dubuque A.C.C.W. convention, held president. October 15-16 under the leadership of Mrs. George Hartford The 550 delegates attending the Zentner, president. Mrs. L. D. Corkery was elected Hartford D.C.C.W. convention, November 5, were to succeed Mrs. Zentner. Most Rev. Henry P. Rohl told by Most Rev. Henry J. O'Brien, Bishop of man, Archbishop of Dubuque; Most Rev. Edward A. Hartford, that a high standard of personal conduct Fitzgerald, Auxiliary Bishop and moderator; and set by Catholic women and active association with Mrs. J. A. Wicke, director, Dubuque Province, were civic groups can help achieve the goal of impregnating guest speakers. A symposium was held on "Christian society with Catholic principles. The convention Living in the Home." opened with High Mass, offered by Rev. George M. Rochester . . Approximately 1000 women at Grady, moderator, in the presence of Bishop O'Brien, tended the 15th annual convention of the Rochester and featured workshops on family and parent educa D.C.C.W., October 26, at which Most Rev. James E. tion, international relations, and social action. Mrs. Kearney, Bishop of Rochester, outlined the Bishops' John L. KenneLly, 2nd national vice-president, was program for the laity of the United States, showing the chairman of the family and parent education work important place occupied by women in the setup of shop. Speakers included Mrs. Mary Perkins, author, the N.C.W.C. The National President, Mrs. Alfred and Miss Eileen Egan, project supervisor, War Relief S. Lucas, spoke on "The Catholic Woman in Catholic Services-N.C.W.C. and consultant, N.C.C.W. Com Action." Mrs. Frank T. Curtin, director, New York mittee on War Relief. Mrs. Robert H. Mahoney continues as president. Province, was also an honored guest. Mrs. George A. Snyder was elected president to succeed Mrs. Dallas . The 2nd annual convention of the Richard L. Kalb. Dallas D.C.C.W., November 7-8, developed the los Angeles . . . Mrs. R. Calvert Haws was elected theme "Our Responsibility as Catholic Women." president at the 2nd annual conference of the Los Mrs. James S. Adams, president, spoke on the theme, Angeles A.C.C.W., October 27. She succeeds Mrs. while Mrs. Alfred S. Lucas, national president, dis A. H. Bender, under whose leadership the confer cussed Catholic responsibility in the nation; Mrs. ence was held with 640 women in attendance. Most Neal Sullivan, first national vice-president, Catholic Rev. J. Francis A. Mcintyre, Archbishop of Los An responsibility in the community; and Very Rev. Msgr. geles, was honorary chairman and speaker. Sessions W. J. Bender, moderator, Catholic responsibility in [ 14] CATHOLIC ACTION the diocese. The concluding remarks were made by Most Rev. Augustine Danglmayr, Auxiliary Bishop of Featured Article Dallas. Mrs. Jack Wolf succeeds Mrs. Adams as president. BECAUSE of its wide reader interest the article, "From Kiel to Trieste-The Same Terror, The Belleville . . Most Rev. Albert R. Zuroweste, Same Homelessness," prepared by Miss Eileen Egan, Bishop of Belleville, told the nearly 400 women at the Consultant to the N.C.C.W. Committee on War tending the Belleville D.C.C.W. convention, Novem Relief, is featured on page 6 of this issue. Last ber 10, "Your position, Catholic women, is first of Fall, as Project Supervisor for War Relief Services all to defend the Catholic home and the teaching of N.C.W.C., Miss Egan traveled the full length of the the Catholic Church in regard to marriage and the I ron Curtain and this article is the report of the de sanctity of the home." Other speakers included Rev. plorable conditions she found there. N.C.C.W. af James F. Garrahan, Peoria D.C.C.W. moderator, and filiated organizations, and in particular their War Mrs. W. H. Harper, director, Chicago Province. The Relief Committees, will find the article of great convention was presided over by Mrs. Paul Bier, pres interest. ident, who is succeeded in office by Mrs. William Bey. Lafayette, La. . . . In developing the theme, "The might use these conclusions as the theme of their Catholic Woman and Family Life," at the Lafayette 1951 Fall programs. D.C.C.W. convention, November 12, a panel dis cussion was held on woman's role in prayer, reading, * * * education, and in society. The convention opened Since the meeting of the Bureau last May, the with Mass celebrated by Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. L. Soulier, President, Mme. Steenberghe-Engeringh, has been in with the sermon preached by Most Rev. Jules B. Jean touch with Catholic women's groups in the Belgian mard, Bishop of Lafayette. Miss Lorena Spence was Congo, Lebanon, Finland, Iran, Korea, Pakistan, elected president to succeed Miss Grace Taylor, who Iraq, New Zealand and Indonesia. had presided during the sessions. Benediction of the * * * Most Blessed Sacrament clGsed the meeting. In July of this year Mme. Steenberghe addressed a letter to Mr. Torres Bodet, director general of I.U.C.W.L. NOTES UNESCO, protesting the advocacy of birth control by UNESCO as a means of solving economic problems. The principal subject under consideration at the Bureau meeting of the International Union of Cath * * * olic Women's Leagues held in Paris in October was In September, Mme. Steenberghe and Mlle. M. the preparation of the study week to be held in Fri Romme, secretary-general and treasurer of the bourg, Switzerland, April 16-21, 1950. The theme I.U.C.W.L. sent a letter to the President of the UN of the week, "International Relations," will be devel General Assembly demanding that the UN General oped through a number of forums followed by reports Assembly "use every practical means" to obtain in from various member countries and open discussion. tegral application of the UN's Declaration of the Mlle. Baers, member of the Belgian Senate, will pre Rights of Man and the end of religious persecution. side at the forum on "International Official Organiza * * * tions" and Mrs. Henry Mannix, former N.C.C.W. A telegram sent in November to the President of president and currently vice-president of the the UN General Assembly by the I.U.C.W.L., in the I.U.C.W.L. for the Western Hemisphere, will be the name of the 36,000,000 Catholic women from 65 presiding officer at the forum in which Mlle. Chris countries united in its affi).iated organizations, urged tine de Hemptinne, president of the Youth Section of a true and proper internationalization of Jerusalem. the I.U.C.W.L., will be the principal speaker on Marxist organizations. Reports will include those of CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Miss Catherine Schaefer and Mlle. de Romer, Union The National Chaplain of the C.D.~., Most consultants at the United Nations at Lake Success Rev. Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of Raleigh, has re and Geneva; Mlle. de Saint Maurice, consultant at ceived word that the gift of 5,000 presented to His UNESCO; and Mlle. Arnauld, delegate of her Gov Holiness Pope Pius XII by the Catholic Daughters of ernment at the ILO. English, French and Spanish America at the time of his 50th ordination anniversary summaries of the study week speeches will be distrib will be used by him to extend the broadcasting facil uted before the meetings and the conclusions of the ities of Vatican Radio. conferences will be prepared to serve as the basis of Miss Katherine M. Rosney, national secretary at discussion at the: 1951 Congress. It is suggested that C.D.A. headquarters, reports that during a two-month organizations affiliated with the International Union period 438 Courts in 38 states have adopted 441 January, 1950 [ 15] expellee priests in Western Germany, thus nearing the Province of San Antonio, and Mrs. Robert Donald the half-way mark in their effort to adopt at least son, director from the Province of Newark. 1,000 priests. Services consist largely of food and This signal honor was also bestowed by His bedding packages through CARE, but some Courts Holiness on Miss Mary Margaret Songe, president, are providing bicycles and money for the purchase New Orleans A.C.C.W., Mrs. John Bandi, Miss Aline of German marks. Stiegler, Mrs. Aynaud F. Hebert, and Mrs. H. A. The C.D.A. has announced that Mrs. Howard LeBlanc, of the New Orleans Council, and Mrs. Judice of Court Immaculata, Lafayette, La., is winner Charles A. Henning of the Mt. Carmel Guild, Diocese of the first prize of $50 in their national educational of Newark. contest. R.I.P. PAPAL HONORS N.C.C.W. has learned with sorrow of the death In recognition of their outstanding work for the of Mrs. P. H. Brady, former president of the Spokane Church, His Holiness Pope Pius XII has honored two D.C.C.W. At the time of her death, Mrs. Brady was members of the Board of Directors of the N.C.C.W. serving as national chairman of the N.C.C.W. Com with the Papal Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, Mrs. mittee on Public Relations. May her soul rest in Neal Sullivan, first vice-president and director from peace. LAY APOSTOLATE AND THE PRESS-(Continued from page 11) you are bound to influence other people's thinking acquire this knowledge, to become truly informed, is and actions. The barber talking to the man in his an essential part of the lay apostolate. chair molds public opinion. So does the traveler talk ing in the smoking room of the Pullman car." BIBLIOGRAPHY Christianity in the Market Place. Michael de la Bedoyere. Then continuing, what Mr. Bernays says about (Bruce Publishing Company). Democracy is equally valid for Christianity: .. You The State in Catholic Thought. Heinrich Rommen (Herder). can use that influence to speak up for Democracy. The Judgment of the Nations. Christopher Dawson (Sheed If you don't, Democracy may go by default to the and Ward). anti-democratic forces now carrying on their propa Catholic Jottrnalism: Study of Its Development in the United States, 1789-1930. A. W. Baumgartner (Colwn ganda against us." bia University Press) . .. Speak up for Christianity" may well serve as a The Apostolate of Public Opinion. Felix R. Morlion, O.P. challenging motto for all those who have dedicated (Fides, Montreal). themselves to the apostolate of the laity, no matter QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION what particular field of activity they have chosen. 1. What are the questions cited as facing the lay apostle They are all engaged in the Apostolate of Public in the field of press and radio ? Opinion: whether they work for the cause of Catho 2. What should be the first step? How may one read lic education, labor in the field of Catholic charities, intelligently? or represent the Catholic cause in public affairs. 3. What is one of the principal tasks of our weekly Catholic newspapers? But the conditio sine qua non for .. speaking up" 4. What distinguishes the "full-time" wide-awake Catholic is knowledge-knowledge not only of the truth but from the "run of the mine" variety. Discuss. also of the error the truth wants to conquer. To 5. What might serve as a motto for the apostolate? UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG SUMMER SCHOOL 1950 "Europe: Tradition and Change" is the general title under is being gathered from all the western European countries which the University of Fribourg will conduct its swnmer and there will be an extensive program of concerts, folk school in 1950. The American Office of the Summer School festivals, films, and social entertainments. Language stu has announced that courses will be offered in the Basis of dents will be interested in the institutes which will be held European Civilization, Europe in the Twentieth Century, in French and German for beginning, intermediate and ad Saint Thomas and the Modern Mind, Social Order in Europe, vanced students. Population Problems Today, The Christian in Political Life, Every effort is being made so that students will be able The Economic Organization of Europe, and European Ec" to spend the summer studying as economically as possible. nomic Reconstruction and the United States. Special student ships and charter air services will be avail The summer courses will open on July 17 and will con able and the cost of living in Fribourg has been pared tinue through August 19 and will be followed by an optional to the minimum. two week tour of Italy and a Holy Year Pilgrimage to The Summer School of 1949 was a huge success and the Rome. Special courses will be added to the regular course University has been well launched towards becoming an for the benefit of those making the Holy Year expedition important Catholic intellectual center each summer. It is and will include special lecture series in the Christian hoped that even more American students will attend this Princi pies of International Order, the Peace Efforts of the year and a special invitation is proffered to teaching relig Recent Popes, Problems in Apologetics, and An Introduction ious and teachers of all categories. Full details of the to Italian Culture. school can be had from the American Office at 1312 Massa A distinguished faculty of leading Catholic intellectuals chusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington 5, D.C. [ 16] CATHOLIC ACTION 1949 Christmas Message of Pope Pius XII Here God's supernatural Providence over souls is more particularly in evi (Continued from page 5) dence; here the Saints acquired the May the Lord inspire all who are in sons is the joy of the father. Here norm and inspiration of their hero positions of public responsibility with We express publicly Our sincere grati ism; this land of benediction knew the thoughts of reconciliation and concord, tude to those governments which have triumphs of the martyrs and was the and without prejudice to common in various degrees given favorable con training ground of dauntless con good, let an end be put to the last sideration to Our wish or have left fessors. Here is the immovable Rock remnant of those extraordinary laws Us with some hope of obtaining its to which your hopes are anchored; fulfillment. it is the site and ancient Tropeaeum which have nothing to do with com of the glorious tomb of the Prince of mon crimes deserving just punishment, Securtu iam carpe viam-Set out upon your journey without fear. the Apostles on which rests the chair and which, long years after the cessa of a perennial authority of the Vicar tion of hostilities, cause in so many Beloved sons, We have revealed to of Christ. families and individuals a feeling of ex you the sentiments of Our heart on In the magnificence of the basilicas, asperation against the society in which the vigil of the opening of the Holy in the beauty of the solemn liturgy, in they are made to suffer. Door; you can read there Our pur the twilight of the ancient Christian Hence, in the name of Jesus Christ poses, Our hopes, and Our prayers. cemeteries close by the major relics of Who has given to men an example by Accept Our invitation to your the Saints, you will breathe in the air offering Himself in sacrifice even for Father's house. From far and near, of sanctity, of peace and universality His executioners, We implore govern from every continent and region, from which will serve to give to your life ments, especially Christian govern every country and by every route, a profound Christian renewal. ments, to exercise generously their crossing the oceans or flying through And you, beloved sons of Rome, right of pardon, and put into effect, the air, come here on your journey nearest to Us and more immediately on an occasion so solemn and propiti without fear, whoever you may be united to Us by the bonds of Our ous as the Holy Year, that mitigation that comes a pilgrim from the western pastoral ministry, who frequently dur of punitive justice provided for in shores to venerate the heights of Peter. ing the past ten years have given Us the laws of all countries. You, v.. ho long years ago left your no uncertain proofs of your filial The religion and piety which (as hearth and home and grew accustomed attachment, you will be second to none We hope) will inspire such acts of to the hardships of long journeys with in bringing your lives and conduct clemency, so far from weakening the the armies at war or with the throngs into harmony with the lofty aims of force of law or lessening respect for of refugees, emigrants, or displaced the Holy Year. It is for you to show it in the minds of the citizens,, will be persons, take to the road again, but a special charity jn welcoming your a strong motive for its beneficiaries this time in joy like a peaceful legion brethren from distant lands, to give when they resume their coveted liberty praying and doing penance on your an example of courtesy and sincere or have their term of sentence short way to the common fatherland of practice of your religious duties. ened, to improve their lives and repair, Christians. May the almighty and merciful God if necessary, the past by a sincere and Roma mihi patria-Rome my father grant these Our wishes and in token lasting conversion as mark of their land. of the generous mercies of Heaven good faith. For without privilege of race or may there descend upon you who are We, and along with Us the hearts class, Rome is the fatherland of all; listening, upon all men of good will, of so many afflicted relatives, ask this every Christian can and should say; upon those whose return We wait, consolation; for the happiness of his "Rome is my fatherland." Our Apostolic Benediction. CALENDAR OF SCHEDULED CATHOLIC MEETINGS ND EVENTS January,1950 3-SOLEMN RECEPTION OF THE MOST REV. LEO BINZ AS COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE WITH RIGHT OF SUCCESSION-Dubuque, Iowa. 4-SOLEMN ENTHRONEMENT OF THE MOST REV. EDWARD A. FITZGERALD AS BISHOP OF WIN ONA-Winona, Minn. 24-26-CATHOLIC HOSPITAL CONFERENCE OF BISHOP'S REPRESENTATIVES-annual winter meet ing, Washington, D. C. February, 1950 19-25-CATHOLIC BooK WEEK: Theme-"Holy Reading Maketh the Whole Man" March,1950 13-14-15-NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY LIFE--18th annual conference, Detroit, Michi- gan. April, 1950 11-14--NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION-47th annual convention, New Orleans, La. 21-23-LAY RETREATANTS-international convention, Los Angeles, Calif. May, 1950 4-7-NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC NURSES-5th biennial convention, Los Angeles, Calif. 24-26-CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION--40th annual convention, Rochester, N. Y. January, 1950 [ 17] Radio and the New Year-Interna NATIONAL COUNCIL tionalization of Jerusalem-Holy Year CATHOLIC MEN -Radio Schedule RADIO AND THE NEW YEAR ADIO AFFAIRS of the N.C.C.M. are looking Nagle will have Clare Boothe Luce as his first guest. up as we approach the New Year. Msgr. Ful The title of the series is "Religion" and he and Mrs. Rton J. Sheen will begin his 21st series on the Luce will discuss this topic under the headings of Catholic Hour; Father Urban Nagle, the Dominican, "Revelation" and "Law." On the program of Janu will carry the Hour of Faith through its first two ary 15, Father Nagle will have as his guest Jay months under the new question and answer format; Jostyn, known to millions of radio listeners as "Mr. Father Richard Ginder is presenting his "Crusade for District Attorney." Mr. Jostyn is also vice president God" series on Faith in Our Time in January and Feb of the Catholic Actors Guild of New York. Eddie ruary, and the Radio Department is laying the ground Dowling of Broadway fame will follow Mr. Jostyn work for the Catholic Hour's 20th Anniversary this as Father Nagle's guest. coming March 5. Each of Father Ginder's talks in the ''Crusade for Msgr. Sheen was the first regular speaker on the God" series will be run in Our Sunday Visitor during Catholic Hour having begun with the second broad the first two months of the New Year. cast, on March 9, 1930. (The first broadcast on March N.C.C.M. is laying plans which, it is hoped, will 2, 1930 featured several speakers, including the late make the Catholic Hour 20th Anniversary program Cardinal Hayes) . His 21st series is entitled "The the outstanding program of its kind ever produced in Rock Plunged Into Eternity.'' [See next page.] American radio. Special features will include flash The new Hour of Faith will feature a prominent backs, recordings of voices from other years and ex speaker and a guest layman or laywoman. Father cerpts from famous Catholic Hour scripts. N.C.C.M PLEADS FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION OF JERUSALEM A telegram, sent December 4 by Emmet A. Blaes, complete internationalization of Jerusalem. Never president of the National Council of Catholic Men, theless, the UN General Assembly, despite the oppo to Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, and to Warren sition of the United States, Britain, Canada, and some Austin, chairman of the United States mission to the others, voted for internationalization 38 to 14. United Nations, reads as follows: Israel and Jordan occupy Jerusalem by military "Representing over 3000 Catholic men's organiza force and neither has shown any willingness to go tions throughout our country I strongly urge you to along with the UN decision. The attitude of the support the territorial internationalization of the big Western nations, consequently, is important if the Jerusalem area as the only sound method of offering internationalization is going to be carried out suc adequate protection to the holy places which all cit cessfully. izens throughout the Christian world revere and hold The Holy Father has repeatedly urged the inter sacred. Respectfully request your full support toward nationalization of Jerusalem and its environs, while solution this important problem." the United States Bishops in Washington, November The N.C.C.M. appeal, however, failed to influ 15, issued a special statement emphasizing the papal ence the United States UN delegation to support appeal. ANOTHER LINK IN ROSARY CHAIN Groups of men in different blocks in St. Catharine's for world peace. Each member is to take a turn parish, Pelham, N.Y., are following the Block Rosary leading the rosary in his own home. If a member plan, according to a letter received at National Coun whose turn is up is unable to lead on the appointed cil of Catholic Men headquarters from Leo S. Sullivan, night he notifies all members and the group meets chairman of the Block Rosary. in the home of the member whose turn follows. Rev. Holy Name men of the parish are asked to form Arthur M. Campbell is moderator of the Holy Name groups living in one block to recite the rosary in a Society. body once a week in honor of Our Lady of Fatima In the discussion of the matter and in notifica- [ 18] CATHOLIC ACTION tions to the men of the parish it has been emphasized contains a pilgrim's lapel badge, as well as a combina that the gatherings are in no sense social functions. tion identification card and coupon book entitling the At the time of going to press, eighteen block cap holder to reduced rates on railroad transportation. tains, each living on a different street in either Pelham Other coupons entitle the holder to various privileges or Mt. Vernon, had been designated. Vest-pocket and price reductions. booklets on how to say the Rosary have been supplied Maps of Rome and a book listing the prayers and to each of the captains with the compliments of hymns for the Holy Year are also included. N.C.C.M. More booklets are available for other A list of Holy Year pilgrimages being organized men similarly inter(;sted. throughout the United States is being compiled by the National Council. As we go to press, there are ap CLOTHES FOR EUROPE proximately sixty-three pilgrimages scheduled by vari ous dioceses, organizations and travel agencies. Why and how did the Knights of Columbus, Johnsonburg (Penna.) Council Number 2007, send * * * clothing to needy families in Europe? It seems that James S. Mitchell, executive secretary of N.C.C.M., Chairman A. C. Kriegel, of the Catholic Activities attended the opening ceremonies of the Holy Year on Committee of the Council, saw in the October issue of Christmas Eve, as a representative of the U.S. National Catholic Men an item regarding CARE clothing Committee. packages for needy families overseas, as well as a statement that N.C.C.M. could supply names of bona fide indigents. RADIO SCHEDULE-JANUARY, 1950 THE CATHOLIC HOUR Mr. Kriegel asked for some names, upon receipt SUNDAYS of which his committee of twelve went into action. NBC Network 6:00-6:30 P.M., EST Post cards were sent to each member of the Council RT. REv. M GR. FuLTON J. SHEEN asking that a garment in good condition be brought Washington, D. C. to the Council rooms. General Subject: "The Rock Plunged Eighteen cartons of clothing consisting of 3 3 5 Into Eternity" garments so far have been shipped. In every package Jan. 1-All Eyes on the Rock two c,tkes of soap were enclosed. Transportation Jan. 8-The Eternal Christ through the Centuries Jan. 15-The Mystical Body of Christ charges are being handled by the Council's charity Jan. 22-The History of a Word fund, which represents the receipts of various partie Jan. 29-The Rock Who is a Man held during the year, and is mostly used around Music 012 the Catholic Hour will be presented by tht? Christmas time. Glee Club, School of Education, Fordham Unit~ersity. Members of the Council employed at the Post THE HOUR OF FAITH Office assisted in making out the necessary papers, SUNDAYS aided by a list of contents temporarily fastened to ABC Network 11:30 A.M.-12 Noon, EST e.1ch package as it was wrapped at the hall. A letter REV. URBAN NAGLE, O.P. was written to each recipient telling him how the New York City, New York name of his family was received, that a package was General Subject: "Religion" on the way and that with the package were sent the Jan. !-Revelation best wishes of the Knights of Columbus for the Jan. 8-Law blessings of the season. Jan. 15-Man Jan. 22-Redemption N.C.C.M. SERVICE FOR THE HOLY YEAR Jan. 29-Sacramentalism Each program will feature a prominent Catholic N.C.C.M., cooperating with the U.S. National Holy Layman or Laywoman as guest Questioner. Year Committee, has distributed Holy Year posters to all diocesan offices throughout the country. The FAITH IN OUR TIME offi.ctal Holy Year Bulletin is also being distributed THURSDAYS to Chancery offices by. the National Council. Holy MBS Network 10:15-10:30 A.M., EST REV. RICHARD GINDER Year prayer cards, in the form of a 3 x 5 leaflet, con Blairsville, Pa. taining the official indulgenced Holy Year prayer, General Subject: "Crusade for God" with a picture of the Holy Father on the outside, are Jan. 5-Clearing the Channels available from N.C.C.M. In quantities of one thou Jan. 12-Jesus Chri t: God and Man sand they are offered for $7.56 to cover the cost of Jan. 19-Did Christ Found a Church? printing. Jan. 26-Finding the Right Church M11sic on the program will be provided by baritone The official Pilgrim's Envelope is offered through Harvey Harding ·with organ accompanist. the agency of the N.C.C.M. at $5.00 each. The kit January, 1950 [ 19] Month by Month with the N. C. W. C. Executive Board, N.C.C.N. tl!at th~ N.l·.C.C. ·. work into it pro ram ad J tuJy nJ S t Conv ntion D t for 1950 dtscus ton s ssions on the problem of parish life, making The Executive Board of the National Council of Catholk cv~rr :ffort to direct Cat~olic college graduate toward p.1ri CATHOLIC ACTION-MoNTHLY PuBLICATION or THJ NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE "Jr'1 have grouped togethlf, under the National C~h· copal chairman of the Department of Catholic Action Study ; olh We/far~ Con(erenu, the various agenties by whhb Most Rev: Patrick A. O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washington, epis the cause of religion is /urthertti. Each o/thest, ronlin- copal chauman of the Department of Social Action; Mo t Rev uing its own s pe&ial work in its chosen field, will now Michael ). Ready, Bishop of Columbus, episcopal chairman of J,.,;1'1 additional supportthroMth general cooper111ion.'' the Press Department; Most Rev. Emmet M Walsh, Coadjuto1 -From the 1919 Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Youngstown. e.o;piscopaJ chairman of the J egal De Archbishops and Bishops of the U. S. partment. OFFICERS OF THE RIGHT REv. MsGR. HowARD J. CAlt.RoLL, S.TD. N.C.W.C. ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD General Secretary Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.P., Archbishop of Cincin· VERY REv. MsGR.. PAUL F. TANNU nati, chairman of the Administrative Board and episcopal chair Assistant General Secretary man of the Executive Department; Most Rev. Francis P. Keough, Archbishop of Baltimore, vice chairman of the Administrative VPRY RPv. MSGR. PAUL F. TANNP.• Board and episcopal chairman of the Department of Education; Editor Most Rev. John Mark Gannon, Bishop of Erie, treasurer of the EDITH H. }AltBOII Administrative Board; Most Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of Port Assistant Editor Wayne, secretary of the Administrative Board; Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey, Archbishop of San Antonio, episcopal chairman of the Oprnion.r 1xpreued in artitlts published in this magnint ar1 Departmtnt of Lay Organizations; Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing, to be regarded a..r those of the resputive contributors. The, do Archhishop of Boston, episcopal chairman of the Youth Depart not neceuarily carry with them the formal approtJal of the Ad ment; Most Rev. Joseph E. rutter, Archbishop of St. Louis. epis- ''tinislralit•e Board, Na1i011al CaJholu Welfare Conference. 11 [ 20] CATHOLIC ACTION