THE VOICE 6301 Bhcsyn* Blvd., Miami 3», Hfc Return Postage Guaranteed VOICE Weekly Publication of the Diocese of Miami Covering the 16 Counties of South Florida VOL. II, NO. 43 Price $5 a year 15 cents a copy, JAN. 13, 1961 M1UTIA WOMEN OCCUPY MONASTERY Castro Seizing Churches, Schools Troops Move In '\fi/e Loye American People/ Haiti Deports Another Bishop On 4 Seminaries, Cubans Weep As Nuns Leave Jail 5 Priests (What is happening in Cuba today? What are the facts? 4 More Priests For the real story, read the full text of the Cuban Bishops' "Open NCWC News Service The Bishop who has admin- Letter to Fidel Castro" on Page 12.) ! / Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's istered Haiti's primatial See militiamen have occupied 10 Catholic education is gradual- since the government's ouster of Archbishop Francois Poirier Catholic churches, schools, ly being "strangled" by the regime of Fidel Castro while has been deported to Puerto seminaries and organization land reform measures are Rico and orders have been is- headquarters on the pretext thwarting the work of the sued for the expulsion of four that the country faces immin- Church and adversely affecting other priests. the lives of Religious, accord- ent invasion by the U:S. Auxiliary Bishop Remy Au- ing to groups of nuns who re- gustin, S.J.M., first Haitian turned to the United States They also arrested priests, to be raised to the episco- from Cuba this week. Brothers and laymen as they pacy, was taken from his bed, stepped up their anti-Church arrested and placed on a campaign. All U.S. citizens, the Sisters were among hundreds of Cu- plane for Puerto Rico. He is In Havana, militia women ban exiles and Americans who the second prelate to be de- occupied the Old City's Fran- arrived at Miami's Interna- ported in as many months by ciscan church and monastery, tional Airport after the break the regime of President Fran- whieh housed the printing plant in U.S. - Cuba diplomatic cois Duvalier. of La Quincena, last Cuban pe- relations. On the evening of Nov. 24, riodical to dare to. criticize the They were recalled by their Archbishop Francois Poirier ar- Castro regime. Machine- guns American superiors following rived in Miami after officials have been mounted on the President Eisenhower's Jan. 3 had seized him in his office and church tower and publication of announcement of the break. AH put him on a plane for the U. S. La Quincena stopped. are veterans of service in Cuba He was met at Miami's Inter- Voice Fhot« SCHOOLS SEIZED and some have" been stationed national Airport by Bishop Cole- HOT DOG, American style Is enjoyed by Bishop Coleman F. Car- Belen and La Salle schools there for as many as 25 years. man F. Carroll who was his host for 24 hours and provided roll and two of the hundreds of Spanish-speaking children attend- . were also seized as gun sites MESSAGES CARRIED ing the holiday party held at Miami's Centro Hispano Catolico. and militia posts. Two Brothers him with clerical garb to con- After hours of waiting for tinue his trip to Paris, France. were arrested at La Salle seats on Miami-bound planes school. which were running hours be- NEWSPAPER CLOSED Americas Must Stand United, At least five priests have hind schedule, the nuns left Ha- Duvalier's government charg- been arrested, reports state. vana's airport amid tear- ed both with interfering in its ful goodbyes from Cubans who efforts to remove communist Also occupied are the head- begged them to "tell the Ameri- and pro-Castro students from the Bishop Carroll Tells Latins quarters of the Catholic Uni- can people that we love them."- University of Haiti, but in No- 1 (Page of Pictures on Page 11.) commemoration of the Feast versity Association, the The Sisters brought with them vember police accused Bishop Americans of both North and of Epiphany, the day on which Knights of Columbus and the scores of messages for rela- Augustin of conversing with a South America must always the Magi adored the Christ- Union ot Christian Workers. tives of Cuban families who political foe of President Duval- Child in the crib at Bethle- stand united, Bishop Coleman months ago fled Cuba and are ier while in Buenos Aires for hem. Referred to by the Outside of the capital, the now residing in South Florida. an ecclesiastical meeting. F. Carroll told some 1,500 mem- Spanish-speaking peoples as seminaries in Santiago de Las Voice Photo bers of Miami's Latin colony "el dia de los Reyes," the Vegas, El Calvario, Arroyo Ar- Enrollment in Cuba's Catho- The only non-African Negro TWO Dominican Sisters of dif- during Pontifical Low Mass ce- feast of the Kings, the occas- enas and Santa Maria del Ro- lic schools, most of which are ferent congregations, exchange bishop in the world, Bishop lebrated Friday evening in Gesu v privately operated by reli- ion is traditionally one of cel- sario have reportedly been oc- greetings after arriving in Augustin was ordained a dio- Church. gious communities, has been ebration and gift-exchanging. cupied. Miami by plane from Cuba. (Continued on Page 2) decreased by more than half, The Mass was celebrated in "As Bishop and pastor of your Archbishop Enrique Perez the Sisters estimated. s souls," Bishop Carroll told the ^j£^-? «J2l Santiago, reports This is due, they said, to congregation, "you are the ob- sW'7'iefF'Santiago for Havana ject of my pastoral concern, but wbfti? he will confer with other land seizures which depleted the income of Cuban families who, even more, you are the object prelates on issuing a new pas- of my especial care because toral of protest. (Continued on Page 12) all of you hold a place of love in my heart — especially those who, far from your native lands through circumstances that OFFICIAL are none of your doing, feel the Diocese Of Miami heavy weight of sorrow in your lives. \ The Chancery announces the following appointments: Effective Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961 AMERICAS UNITED THE REV. FATHER CORNELIUS J. MURPHY, chaplain, "A father never needs any special occasion to desire for his Lourdes Residence, West Palm Beach. sons all the blessings that rise THE REV. FATHER THOMAS S. DENNEHY, assistant up in his heart, but I am very pastor, Assumption parish, Pompano Beach. pleased to use this opportunity to felicitate you in the begin- THE REV. FATHER FERDINAND IBARRA, assistant ning of this New Year and to pastor, SS. Peter and Paul parish, Miami. extend best wishes for happiness Effective Friday, Jan. 6, 1961 and prosperity to all of you, to your families, and to your THE REV. FATHER EMILIANO ORDAX, assistant home lands in Latin America." pastor, Corpus Christi parish, Miami. Speaking in Spanish, Bishop } THE REV. FATHER JOSE GONZALEZ, assistant pastor, Voice thoto Carroll emphasized that St. Mary Cathedral parish, Miami. LITTLE SENORS and senoritas waited impa- gain entrance to the center which prepared sup- "America is not merely united tiently in the Centro Hispano Catolico yard to per and gave away toys to almost 1,000. Continued fonr Page 10 Bishop Outlines Expansion Catholic Districts In France And Urgent Needs Of Diocese Strongly Back Algeria Vote Past, present ,and future of about the care of the aged, PARIS (NO — Regions of Earlier all six French cardi- the Diocese of Miami were out- ' our own Lourdes Residence, France reporting higher than 80 nals had jointly issued a mem lined by Bishop Coleman F. now completed, now paid for per- cent "yes" votes for Alge- orandum urging Catholics to ge Carroll to more than 60 pastors and now in operation, stands rian self-determination are pre- of parishes in the -16 counties as one of the finest institu- dominantly Catholic. out and vote. But they tool of South Florida at a meeting tions of its kind in the United no stand for or against the de- held at the Everglades hotel States. Frenchmen and Algerians Gaulle proposal. to discuss preliminary plans for voted on a proposal by the the annual Diocesan Develop- "As for our Spanish Center,^ government of President Slightly over 75 per cent of ment Fund campaign this year. you need only to read the words Charles de Gaulle for an im- those voting in France favor- of President Eisenhower him- mediate - administrative reor- ed President de Gai»'Vs pro- Regional meetings of all the self and of his representative ganization in Algeria and the posal. Over 65 per i of the priests of the Diocese to ar- here to realize what a Godsend establishment of communal vote in Algeria favored the range for lay participation in it has been and is now to our and regional self-government proposal. Almost 40 per cent the drive were held this week Church, to our country and to there on a provisional basis. of those eligible to vote in Al- at St. Michael parish, Miami; our own community in this geria abstained. Abstentions St. Anthony parish. Fort Lau- present period of crisis." Algeria's Catholics had been in France were slightly over derdale; St. Francis of Assisi urged on the eve of the refer- 22 per cent. ' ' parish, Riviera Beach, and St. Bishop Carroll also named endum to pray for peace. This other needs pf the Diocese, Francis Xavier parish. Fort call was launched in pastoral In continental France, the which must, unfortunately, be ' • •. N. C. Photo Myers. letters issued by Archbishop "no" votes came mainly from delayed for the present un- NUNS IN PARIS wait to cast ballots in the national referendum Leon Duval of Algiers and industrial cities with less unforeseen benefactions "The people of South Florida, on French- President de Gaulle's plan to let Algeria decide its Bishop Paul Pihier of Constan- communist-dominated munici- - materialize.