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BISHOP'S ARREST FOLLOWS
TRUJILLO SLAYING
Church sources in close contact with Dominican Republic affairs hold varying views regarding the Church's future there following the assassination of Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo, the nation's
dictator for 31 years. expressed doubts as to the Rafael Trujillo, Jnr., has ability to been a guiding force behind president's strengthen his position and Radio Caribe, which has resist efforts by others to taken the lead in the atthe nation. tack on the Chu.ch. It began in January, 1960, take control of The Trujillo family, Fr. On the other hand, a when the Dominican Bishops denounced the regime's vio- priest recently expelled from Roselle said, will take inlation of human rights. Since the Dominican Republic by creasingly stringent measures that time the regime has ex- the Trujillo regime foresees in its effort to seek revenge pelled over 50 foreign -born increasing government hos- on their opponents and these will involve the Church. priests from the country and tility to the Church. Roselle, Father Roger fomented mob attacks on At a press conference, Shortly before C.I.C.M., Belgian -born Im- however, Gen. T. ujillo Jnr., prelates. Gen. Trujillo's assassination maculate Heart of Mary denied he had anything (May 30) his government Father expelled in March against the Church and said was taking steps to seize all and now in San Antonio, that if he were trying to Catholic Texas, said that the Tru- combat it he would not have and churches jillo family is apparently had his father buried in a schools and eliminate religious instruction from public still in control. church. President Balaguer schools. had stated earlier that he SON IN CHARGE Some Church sources in would like to settle the Following the dictator's government's touch with Dominican dediffe. ences velopments have said that if assassination, his son Rafael with the Church. President Joaquin Balaguer, Trujillo, Jnr., was named But both Father Roselle until now a figurehead, can commander -in -chief of Dobecome president in fact as minican armed forces and a and the sources, expressing well as name, he will change member of the cabinet. hope that President Balaguer achieve power, stressed anti - Many observers believe the government's the that the political situation Church policy and hold hon- son is now in control of the in the Damin:ran Republic government. Known for his est elections. Gen. is highly uc ertain and that feelings, These sources, however, anti-U.S.
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no firm forecasts can be name. The latter sources said they based their opinion that the Church will get better treatment if President Balaguer wins power on the fact that he is a "decent man" who has given the Church proof of his "sincere sympathy." They added that he tried to do his best for the Chucch despite the dictator's attacks.
ORDERED RELEASE They point out that he freed Bishop Thomas Reilly, C.Ss.R , two hours after the prelate was arrested following the dictator's assassination. The Boston -born Bishop, Ordinary of the independent prelature of San Juan de la Maguana, was seized some time before 4 a.m. the morning after the assassination by troops who broke into the Colego de Santo Domingo in Ciudad Trujillo. Following Bishop Reilly's release, President Balaguer apologised to him and sent a police guard to protect him at the school, to which he returned. Later the President and other high officials spoke with the Bishop at the Presidential Palace.
Church source, state that Bishop Reilly was satisfied with the conversations. Although the late dictator permitted attacks on the Church, he was buried with religious rites. Coadjutor Archbishop Octavio Beras of Ciudad Trujillo celebrated the a Requiem Mass in church in San Cristobal, the dictator's birthplace. He was buried in the crypt in the church.
PRIEST CHARGED
In a simple but impres- feast of the Sacred Heart them that God would not be sive ceremony, in the had so recently been cele- outdone in generosity. Convent Chapel, Victoria brated, Father Peter applied After the ceremony the Square, on Sunday, June to the novice -elect the words guests were entertained at in afternoon tea by the Sisters II, in the presence of her used by the Sacred Heart St. of Mercy. family and friends, Valerie one of the apparitions to Margaret Mary Alacoque: The new novice, Sister Joan, younger daughter of "Behold M. Joanne, is the second Heart which this Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanley, has so loved men and which daughter to enter religion. of Coolgardie, received the receives in return only cold- Her sister being Sister M. habit of a Sister of Mercy. ness and ingratitude." Michaela, Victoria Square. In congratulating t h e A brother, Robert, in reliVery Rev. Monsignor M. McKeon officiated, assisted novice, Father Peter also gion Brother Daniel, is a by Very Rev. Father Peter, congratulated the parents on member of the Mar is t O.F.M., who preached the the generous sacrifice of Brothers' Community, East occasional sermon. As the their daughter and assured Brunswick, Victoria.
Meanwhile, the Dominican armed forces announced that guards were being posted at the churches throughout country because one of the dictator's alleged assassins was given protection by a priest. The armed forces' statement said that Father Gabriel Maduro, of the Cure of Ars parish in Ciudad Trujillo had concealed Hues car Tejada Reina, who has been arrested as one of the assassins. According to the regimecontrolled newspaper, El Caribe, Father Maduro "pretended to deny the charge." The daily said that Mr. Tejada admitted taking refuge in the priest's parish house. Father Maduro has been taken into protective custody, the armed forces announced. Later police dispersed a mob attacking his parish church. The regime's anti -church drive continued up to the time of the dictator's death. Only two days before the assassination, 30 hoodlums interrupted a Mass being celebrated by Bishop Francisco Panal Ramirez of La Vega in his cathedral. A violent clash followed between the hoodlums and those attending the Mass. Last April, Spanish -born Bishop Panal, another severe critic of the Trujillo regime, was the victim of a mob attack. A week before the assassination, five more priests were expelled from Bishop All Spanish Reilly's See. diocesan priests, they are returning to Spain by way of Brazil.
On a visit to all houses of the Jesuit province of Australia and New Zealand is the Rev. J. McMahon, Si. (left) pictured with Rev. J. Farmer, S.J., Rector of St. Louis' College, Claremont.
Father McMahon is from New York and was appointed Father Visitor on March 12 for the Australian Province. He will stay about a fortnight in Perth before he returns to the Eastern States. The visitation is done on behalf of the General of the Jesuit Order, who is resident in Rome.
Pleasing Results Of Highgate Effort SACRED HEART CHURCH, Highgate Hill, became a centre of intense prayer and devotion for large congregations during the Novena in preparation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart -and the Forty Hours Devotion which followed. Responding to the appeal for a special crusade of prayer for the conversion of Russia and of Communists everywhere, the persecuted Church, Christian Unity and the success of the forthcoming Second Vatican Council, most gratifying numbers attended the Novena Devotions each evening. This culminated in an All -Night Vigil of Prayer and Reparation on the night of the feast, when a capacity congregation spent the whole night in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament exposed. A pleasing feature of the vi4i1 was the large number of young people who attended and the numbers who approached Holy Communion. The Forty Hours Devotion ended with the annual A large Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. attendance braved inclement weather for this public demonstration of faith which has been a feature of the celebration of the patronal feast of the parish for sixty years.
Presbyterian Head May See Pope discomfort the possibility of there ever being anything like monolithic structure for a world-wide church. "I think we must all ha,'e welcomed the new ecumeninext year. cal attitude of Pope John, Such a visit by the Very his setting up of an ecumenical committe, the sending Moderator Craig, A. C. Rev. (presiding officer) of the of observers of St. Andrews (Presbyterian) Church of (meeting place of the CenScotland, was tentatively ap- tral Committee of the World Council of Churches) last proved by the denominaGeneral Assembly summer and the promise of tion's here. The General Assem- sending observers to New bly approved a motion to Delhi this summer. Equally this effect on condition that we must appreciate that the its inter-church relations Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Geoffrey Fisher) sought committee agree. to show his own appreciaThe motion proposing the tion and that of the Anglivisit to the Pope was made cans by his recent visit to by the Rev. Roy Anderson the Vatican. of Glasgow, who noted that "Why should not a repreDr. Craig will be in Rome sentative of Presbyterianism early in 1962 for the centen- -and who better than the ary of the Scottish church Moderator of the Church of there. Scotland-show similar apHe described a meeting preciation of a friendly between the Pope and the gesture? We should hope moderator as "an example that the Pope would be to and a symbol of hope" pleased to receive our moda world torn by divisions We can for our erator. and bitterness. part bid him go." Dr. Sanderson's motion "I sometimes have doubts about the future pattern of was approved by a large what the church should be," majority after some critihe added: "I view with some cism and heckling.
Scotland: EDINBURGH, The heir of John Knox as leader of Scotland's staunli Calvinists may pay a courtesy call on His Holiness Pope John XXIII early