1 \ The Official Organ of the Diocese of Pittsburgh—Founded in 1944 TWO »OLLARS PER TEAR 109th Year-No. 44 PITTSBURGH, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1953 -Cf*' SINGLE COFT FIVE CENTS Urge Day of Prayer Rules on Eucharistie Fastinrg> For New President Chair of Unity Octave On Sunday, Jan. 18] Modified by New Papal Decree i New York, Jan. 14—The Chris- ! Prayers to be Offered Vatican City, Jail. 10—Under a thaf ordinary water may be taken tophers have reminded Americans ! decree' (Apostolic v Constitution) during that time. It also provides to participate in a special day of j issued by Pope Pius XII, and pub« that persons who are sick, or who prayer for President Dwight D. £ That Persecution End lished today in the official Vatican would be gravely inconvenienced Eisenhower on Sunday, Jan. 18. jjj organ, "Acta Apostolicae Sedis," by observing the normal fast, may, In a request to 800,000 Christo-| Hie laws concerning the Euchar- with the advice of their confessor, phers throughout the nation, Rev. i The 45th annual observance of the Chair of Unity Octave, istic fast are modified, and Bishops take some form of non-alcoholic James Keller, M.M., suggested that; to open Sunday, Jan. 18, has been recommended by Pops a^e authorized to permit, under liquid up to erne hour before re- schools, clubs and other organiza- Pius ¡XII as a means of overcoming the most barbaric perse- certain (Editions, the celebration ceiving Communion. tions spread the idea of a day of of evening Manes, not earlier than The privilege of the evening national prayer in behalf of the cution Christendom has ever known. 4:00 P.M. Massed, which had previously been President-elect, his Cabinet, the f— • in his encyclical letter "Orieri- tales Ecclesias," addressed to the The official^ text of the authorized for certain places and Congress, and the Judiciary. conditions, is now to be extended "The suggestion," the Christo- Observance Hierarchy of the Oriental Church, new regulations has not yet to the entire Church, as decided pher director said, "is in keeping the Pontiff singled out the Octave 1>een received in Pittsburgh, upon by each Bishop for his dio- with one of the best of our na- Here in his call for prayer and pen- and they will become effec- cese. I ' M. - tional traditions." * J / . *k . ance everywhere as a way of tive when announced by The annual Chair of Unity Oc- building an arsenal of spiritual Bishop John F. Dearden. tave of Prayer for the reunion of strength for the persecuted. The law of the Church, as here- 24 Prelates I Become Cardinals Christendom is to be observed in The Chair of Unity Octave Will tofore in force, obliges a person all the churches of the Diocese of open on Jan. 18, the Feast of St. intending to receive Holy Com- Pittsburgh, Bishop John F. Dear- Peter's Chair at Rome, and end munion to abstain from all food In Historic Vatican Ceremony den directs in a Jetter serit this on Jan. 25, the Feast of the Con- and drink from the preceding mid- week to the pastors. Throughout version of St. Paul. From humble night; the new regulation provides • v.; . t fllaSSl thé octave, from the feast of St. beginnings in 1908 at Graymoor Vatican City, Jan. 15—A* public consistory this morning Peter's Chair, Jan. 18, to the feast Monastery, Garrison, N. Y., head- in St. Peter's Basilica, at which 24 newly-created Cardinals of the Conversion of St. Paul, Jan. quarters of the Franciscan Friars 25, the designated prayer, for the of the Atonement, the custom of To The Point will receive irom the hands of Pope Pius XII their red hats, peace and unity of the Church, is TV ' : . "-i.. • • •'• ' - -î : eight days of prayer has spread will climax the historic ceremonies here this week bringing to be recited after each Mass. all over the world. BY THE EDITOR the Sacred College of Cardinals to its full complement of "We pray God to touch the ; 1 hearts of those who are separted The movement was originated Moral Climate 70 * members. *. t,. - •/ '"^v -"' ••"; •. > by Father Paul James Francis, It was heartening to read that On Monday, at a secret con- his titular church in Rome the from Him through schism, heresy or unbelief, or have drifted from S.A., while he and his Atonement at a preliminary meeting of the sistory held in the Vatican with Church of St. Anastasia, one of the community were members of tha incoming administration, held in 22 Cardinals present, Pope Pius "station" churches, dating back to Him through sin," Bishop Dearden writes, "that they may be made Anglican Church. Two years later Washington Tuesday, prayer was announced the njames of the 24 the fourth century. It was the he and his entire community join- offered, at President-elect Eisen- he had chosen to become Princes titular church of the late Cardi- sharers of the vigorous divine life of the Church which He founded." ed the Catholic Church. The hower's request« by Ezra Taft of the Church and received the nal Michael Faulhaber, movement envisions the truei unity Benson, who has been named Sec- assent of those present to the Cardinal Francis Spellman, of Christendom to be achieved l?y retary of Agriculture. Mr. Benson nominations. Papal messengers Archbishop of New York, arrived Good Shepherd the return of all baptized non- is a member of the governing immediately carried the written Monday from the Far East, and Catholics to comrtiunion with the board, the Twelve Apostles, of the notification (biglietto) -to the new was one of the 22 "older" Cardi- Superior Named Holy See and looks for greater Mormon Church. Cardinals then in Rome. On Wed- nals taking part in the secret con- fruitfulness in the missionary en- Such concern for matters spirit- nesday they received 'from the sistory that day. Seven others of Mother M^ry of the Presenta- terprises of the Church. ual serves to offset the misgivings Pope their crimson birettas, and these were from outside Italy, tion (Stewart) was chosen super- today, wearing their red Cardi- Special Intentions arouse^ by other news coming out two were, from '¡Italian arc hi o- ior of the Sisters of Our Lady of nal's robes, they will take part cesan sees, and 12 were members Each of the eight days of pray- of Washington, such as the pro- Charity of the Refuge (Good er is set aside for a specific area visions made for excesses of var- in the impressive ceremony of re- of the Sacred Congregations, re- ceiving the red hat. Shepherd nuns) at an election or group. These are: ious kinds during and after the in- siding in Rome. held Thursday, Jan. 8 at the Con- augural parade (which is to have One American Behind Ijron Curtain' \ Jan. 18, for the "return of the The one prelate from the Unit- vent of the Good Shepherd, Troy 'other sheep' to the one fold of an assortment of "majorettes'* Two of the new Cardinals, Hill. She succeeds Mother Mary strutting and! posturing in burles- ed States among the newly- St. Peter, the one Shepherd." By created Cardinals, Archbishop Archbishop Aloysias Stepinac of of St. Teresa (Kroll), who was this broad intention, prayers are que house style), and the opening Zagreb, Yugoslavia, and Arch- last .November elected mother of a new liquor emporium close James Francis A. Mclntyre of Los offered for the entire baptized 1 bishop Stefan Wyszynski of Gni- president of the Federation of the to the Capitol, so that «Senators* Angeles , received his biglietto; at non-Catholic world. the North American College in enzo and Warsaw, Poland, are ab- Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of Congressmen and other govern* sent, because of the likelihood the Refuge. *' \\. Jan. 19, for the "return of East- ment figures can have ready ac- Rome, where he has been resid- ern Dissidents." Under this head- ing since his arrival last week. that the Communist regimes dom- Msgr. Coleman F. Carroll, pas- cess to cocktails,etc. inating their countries would bar tor of Sacred Heart Church, East ing, prayers are offered for all If there is to be a "better moral Present at the notification were those who are not in communion some 20 American churchmen them from returning if they left End, and Vicar for Religious of climated in Washington there will home. Their birettas and red hats the diocese, presided at the elec- with I the Holy See. Some have have to be more emphasis on pray- and United States Ambassador been separated for a long time: Ellsworth Bunker. will be conferred upon them pri- tion Thursday. er and less on vulgarity and indul- vately. the Nestorians from 431, the gence. Cardinal Mclntyre will have as Monophysites from 451, and the Five other new Cardinals will New American College immense group which is styled Bishop on TV fci £ ' receive theft' hats in separate ce- Orthodox from.1054. They number Canada 44.7% remonies, under an ancient cus- In Rome to be Opened many millions. The great bulk of As the latest tribute to the in- tom, now revived, which allows I.,. these are found in Iron Curtain terest aroused by Bishop Fulton Catholic Now the head of the state in Spain, Rome, Jan. 8—The new building countries today. J. Sheen's television program, France and Italy to have the of the North American College in "Life If Worth Living," an article Jan. 20, for the "submission of Ottawa, Jan. 18—Catholics form honor of notifying the Apostolic Rome is to be dedicated Oct 14, it IR tlje current (Jan.