PITTSBURGH l(J, PA. I Official Organ of the!Diocese of Pittsburgh-Founded in 1814 TWO DOLLARS PEI TEAS llOtli Year-No. 38 PITTSBURGH, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953 SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Reorganized Council of Women Outlines PI a lis. Recommendations Many Indulgences Announced The quarterly meeting of the homes to include the Christ Guild For Marian Year by Vatican board of director« of the recently in His b i r 1 h d a y celebration, re-organized Pittsburgh Diocesan Christmas day; and to send cards V Council of the National Council of and to use decorations which show Catholic Women, held Saturday. scenes of the Nativity; that fam- First Mas» Offered OBSERVANCE IN PITTSBURGH DIOCESE * Nov. 21, in Cathedral High School, ilies pray the Rosary together Craig St., heard reports of organ- in their homes for world peace, In Convalescent Home To mark the opening of the Marian Year, Bishop John ization work and discussed plans particularly in this Marian Year. F. Dearden will be celebrant of Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Paul's Cathedral at 10:00 o'clock on Tuesday morning, for future activities. Mrs. Allan Plans to service the chapel at The first Mass in the chapel df A. Jordan, president of the coun- the Pittsburgh Airport, to supply the new McGuire Memorial Home the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Bishop has cil, conducted the meeting, which its needs of linens and» vestments, directed that in each parish the opening of the Marian Year was attended by Rev. William P. for Convalescents, at New Brigh- and to make known to the public ton, was offered last Saturday, be observed with some special function, ailid that during Weirauch, spiritual director, and and to air passengers, Informa- the year devotions to our Blessed Lady such as novenas, aril members of the board. tion regarding Masses and the Nov. 28, by Rev. Michael Cusick, tridua, etc., are to be conducted; sermons are to be preached 1 It was announced that 229 par- chapel's location. pastor of St. Joseph's Church, New on the subject of our Blessed Mother and her ro^e in man's ish councils and inter-parochial Availability of women helpers Brighton. The chapel, dèdicated to» redemption; and encouragement is to be offered groups groups have affiliated with the dio- (Continued-on Last Page) St. John the Evangelist, is one of of the faithful to visit inj pilgrimage churches dedicated cesan council, through the ten the features of the modern, com- deanery councils, and that all pletely-equipped home for the care to her. ' deanery chairman appointments of convalescents or persons re- have been made. Plans were also St, Brigid's quiring rest. , j _ ' _. _ ' ... , ; announced for opening an office of The home is conducted bv the, Vatican City; Nov. 30--Catholics will be given extensive the diocesan council in the Fitz- IVMark Its Sisters of Charity, with Sister I opportunities to gain special plenary and partial indulgences simons Building, Fourth Ave. Mary Luke as "superintendent. 1 during the coming. Mariàn Year, according to an announce- Recommended Activities f .—;— ,., a —— 7— •ment here. Among the activities and rec4 Centennial The announcement was in the om mend at ions accepted were: (OFFICIAL) form of a decree issued by the A program to participate in The centenary of the establish- Sacred Penitentjiary, one of the war relief work through thf con-j^ent of St. Brigid's Parish, in the Collection for National Shrine three Vatican tribunals, under thè tribution of new garments for'»h}il district" of Pittsburgh, will authority of Pope Pius XII. The children to be sent to the fope'sifce observed on Sunday, Dec 13, decree, published in ""Osservatore To the Clergyijtgy, Religious and Faithful of the Diocese of Pittsburgh: storerooms, from where they are* Striemn Pontifical Mass in Romano," Vatican City newspaper, with a More than a century ago, Mary Imma ulate was designated the sent to all parts of the world, an-f the venerable parish church, cele- set forth in detail the conditions swering appeals from all people, brated by Bishop John F. Dear- Patroness of this nation. Under her special patronage this nation has under which the indulgences may regardless of race, creed or color. den The sermon at the Mass Wlll been blesjSed beyond most of the peoples of the earth. be obtained. Details may be learned from the ^ preached by Rev. Charles Owen As a> mark of the particular affection and reverence in which A plenary indulgence may be committee chairman,; Mrs. Gilbert Rice pastor of st> joseph<s> Mary is held by the Catholics of the United States, a plan was con- gained by the faithful, the decree Wunderlich. 3020 Gjrayson Ave , trona whowas formerlv in charge ceived some forty years ago to erect in her honor in Washington, stated, on the opening day of the Pittsburgh 16. of St. Brigid's. the nation's capital, a fitting national shrine. From the beginning Marian Year, Dec. 8, 19S3, and on Sending to the Polish Embassy Arrangements for the centennial the project has receivèd the full encouragement of the HoTy See. the closing date, Dec. 8, 1954. Be« sides the always usual conditions in Washington, D. IC., and the j observance have been made by Construction was begun in 1920, and the crypt completed. Now United Nations, letters protesting Rev. Paul P. Bassompierre, ad- —confession, Communion and after many delays the time has come to undertake the building of prayers for the Pope's intentions the imprisonment oft the Primate ministra tor of the parish for the the superstructure. It!-is a great undertaking—one that calls for the J 1 of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wys- past year, ana also diocesan di- —they must visit and pray de- kynski. rector of the/ Society of Sit. Vin- co-operation of all Catholics of this nation. That •co-operation has voutly at a church built in honor been pledged by the Bishops of the United States* It is their eon- of the Virgin Mary, or, if in mis- Plans for acquainting women in cent de Pant. A buffet luncheon vicUon that our people wtll wish to be second to none in making sion lands, in a church or chapel parishes of the need for their will be served after the Mass, 1 help in the field of Catholic Ac- which will serve as a reunion for expression of their devotion to our Blessed Mother. dedicated to the Mother of God. tion. Mrs. Thomas Foley, chair- present and former'members of We of the Diocese of Pittsburgh have special reason to wish to Dec. 8 is the Feast of the Im- man of the Organization and De- the congregation. At 2:00 P.M. a participate in the work. The name of Mary has held sin honored maculate Conception. It was to velopment Committee, announced Holy Hour will open in the church, place in this district from the days of the first appearance of Chris- commemorate the centenary of the in connection with the quarterly proclamation of the Immaculate that speakers are available for tianity here, And, even more, under the title of her Immaculate those parish and inter-parochial meeting of the Society of St. Vin- Conception dogma by Pope Pius IX societies wishing to undertake ac- cent de Paul. Y. Conception, shefis the Patroness of our diocese. on Dec. 8. 1954, that Pope Pius tivities such as the Diocesan Coun- St, Brigid's, founde&iJif 1853. On Sunday! Dec. 6, through a special collection your contribu- XII decreed the observance of the cil is able to recommend. with Rev. John Tuigg, later the tion to this wor ihy cause* will be received. On the threshold of the Marian Year. It was announced in Encouragement for all Catholic third Bishop of Pittsburgh, as "first Marian Year ommemorating the centenary of the definition of the the encyclical, "Fulgens Corona" pastor, was once a flourishing Immaculate Conception—I beg you to unite most generously in this! (Shining Crown), dated Sept. 8, parish, serving what was one of act of public homagej to thé Immaculate Mother of God. ¡fep§||| SÈJJyi04. ^ Nativity of the Evening Masses the outstanding residential sec- Moved by the Holy Spirit, she confessed on the day of the An-s11"1 ary* tions of Pittsburgh. With the drift On Holy Day of the city's population to newer nunciation that '-'from henceforth all generations will call me bless- A plenary indulgence, the new" sections, the congregation has ed." Our sharing in the building of the Shrine will help express oui ¡ decree stated, may also be gained, shrunk, until it is now only a j'lov e and devotion to her. ' , On the same conditions, on the Evening Mass will be celebrated Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed fraction of what it once was. The + JOHN F. DEARDEN, Virgin, Sept. 8; Feast of the An- In several churches of the diocese parish school was closed in 1938. I on the feast of Immaculate Con- Bishop of Pittsburgh. nunciation, Mar. 25; Feast of the ception, next Tuesday, Dec. 8. Purification of the Blessed Virgin These include Sacred Heart, East Mary, Feb. 2; Feast of the As- End; St. Paul's^ Butler; Transfig- To Dedicate Sisters* Residence at Selon Hill sumption, Aug. 15; and Feast of uration, Monongahela; St. Joseph's, the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Roscoe; St. Mary's, Sharpsburg, Virgin, Sept. 15. and St. Joseph's, Natrona. i "The plenary indulgence on the opening and closing days of the Marian Year, and on the other spe- cified feast days, may be gained as To The Point often as a visit is madei to a Marian BY THE EDITOR church and prayers "are said for the Pope's intentions.