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"Now is the Time for Action" Pius XII Addresses 20,000 in St. Peter's Square people and moral fields are clearly defin- solid knowledge of the Catholic More than 200,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square, ed. The time of test is here." faith; (2) the sanctification of Vatican City, on September 8, to Urging the men to keep in Sunday, for "Sunday must again hear His Holiness Pope Pius XII mind the ideal of conquest, not become the day of the Lord;" (3) make two burning appeals to the merely that of defence, he as- the preservation of the Christian men of Catholic Action, one for serted that the ultimate aim ot family, and of its proud boast immediate and more aggressive Catholic Action is to regain what and strength, the Christian action and a second for co-opera- is lost and to advance to new con- mother; (4) the improvement of tion with those outside the fold quests. social justice by a more just disin the cause of Christ. Co -Operation Urged. tribution of the wealth; and (5) In his plea for co-operation the proomtion 'of the ideals ot Taking note of the huge crowd, the Holy Father called it the with those outside Catholic Ac- loyalty and truthfulness in priembodiment of the cry of grati- tion and even outside the ranks vate dealings and the furthering tude, rising from the depths of of the Church, the Holy Father of a sense of responsibility for our hearts to the Lord Omnipot- urged the men to rejoice when- the common good. ent for the good He has done ever and wherever they find eviNo Isolation. during the last 25 years through dences of sincere goodwill and The Pontiff also warned the activity in the cause of Christ. men against isolating themselthe men of Catholic Action." The impressive gathering, the "The needs for which the Church ves, urging them to go forth Pope stated, indicated a resolute has to provide at the present among those outside Catholic Acdetermination, firm as granite, time," he said, "are so numerous tion and' the Church, and to work An Aerial View of the Vatican City, with St. Peter's Square in a readiness for the present and and urgent that every hand among those deceived or deluded the foreground. the future, clear vision and fixed which offers generous co-opera- frequently by misunderstanding tion is welcome." resolve. and ignorance. The Holy Father outlined five In the art of winning men learn In his ringing call to action the Pontiff declared: "The time main fields in which he declared from their adversaries, he defor reflection and planning is Catholic Action should make spe- clared, or, better still, from the Now is the time for ac- cial and determined efforts: (1) Christians of the first centuries past. The The improvement of religious whose constantly fresh method Are you ready ? tion. opposing fronts in the religious culture by promoting a deep and of penetration into the pagan world enabled the Church to progress from its lowly beginnings. ed the roses which were piled deep around the statue. The Holy Father also took note The whole function was not of the persecution of the Church only credibly organised, but was raging in many lands,' and statcarried out in a spirit of simple ed: "The immortal youth of the
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American Bishop*s Stand on Colour Bar CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOR BLACKS. AND WHITES.
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and sincere devotion, in honour of her whom the Holy Father recently called "the greatest Saint of modern times."
umniated, imprisoned, killed, massacred in this twentieth cenBRAZIL'S SOCIAL LEADER tury after all the progress of civilisation. and after so many The outstanding Catholic Soprotestations of liberty. cial Action leader in Brazil is "Who could ever have believed Father Roberto Saboia de Madeipossible that such oppression, so ros, Jesuit of Sao Paulo. This many persecutions, such violence, priest's activities are legion and could exist! But the Church he is noted for his organising fears not." power. He has founded a School Tremendous applause, singing for Industrial Engineering, a and wild enthusiasm followed the trade school for underprivileged Pontiff's stirring speech. He boys, the Institute of Social Law, descended from the baldachino a School of Business Administrathrone, which had been specially tion to provide free instruction erected for. the occasion before for needy students, and a School the entrance of St. Peter's Basiof Technical Drawing. lica, and was carried through the S.A.O. square, stopping to greet vari- Hundreds of parishioners and Father Saboia originated and Christ was Born and Died for These Children, Too. ous groups in the crowd. Sev- visitors from other parishes then, in 1941, was made president The current issue of "Time" could attend any diocesan school eral minutes of thunderous ap- thronged to Gwelup for the cele- of the Social Action Organisa(,:-ept. 29) gives the following within their parishes. More than plause also greeted the Holy brations and procession in hon- tion which was designed to spur account of the action of His 700 white Catholic parents band- Father before beginning his ad- our of the Little Flower. organisations into inHe had come from the Great disappointment was felt existing Grace Archbishop Ritter, in re- ed together to protest the seating dress. creased activity. In 1943 he moving the colour bar in the par- of Negroes next to their chil- Papal summer home, Castelgan- by the many children whose Con- opened the St. Ignatius' Clinic ish schools. dren. They knocked at the dolfo, to make the speech, which firmation was postponed owing for the underprivileged. At the A courageous action in a local- Archbishop's door; he would not highlighted the men's Catholic to the indisposition of His Grace. same time he published the first ity and at a time when racial see them. They threatened Action congress, marking the The festival commenced with a issue of the quarterly "Servi,co hatred has again reared its ugly court action; they would hire a 25th. anniversary of its founda- "Missa Cantata" celebrated by Social." This publication now head: lawyer and ask for an injunc- tion. The Pope left almost im- Rev. Father John Chokolich. The appears regularly and is a powmediately after the address for girls from St. Theresa's School In St. Louis Jim Crow walks tion against the Archbishop. in shaping the city erful medium on one leg: Negroes ride the This week the protesters got a his summer home. sang the Mass, and were indeed and national trends toward social street cars and buses with the shock. Archbishop Ritter, a Midnight Mass. a credit to their teachers. betterment. This quarterly was white folks; a portrait of Dred mild but a positive man, gave Earlier a crowd estimated at The carnival spirit lasted all supplemented later by the weekScott has a prominent place them a warning in a pastoral let- up to 100,000 had attended Mid- day. The Clontarf Band, under ly "Era do Povo," now enjoying place among the historical monu- ter, read at all Masses through- night Mass offered amid the the baton of Mr. Jackson, play- a circulation of 30,000. ments in the Jefferson Memorial. out his archdiocese. If they ruins of the ancient Baths of ed many popular airs, and helped After a six months' visit in the But in St. Louis, as in all Mist carried through their threat of Caracalla by Bishop Giovanni pass the time for the many fami- United States in 1944, Father scuri, public schools are Jim action against the Church, he Urbani, national director of Ita- lies who had brough their lunch Saboia returned to Brazil to orSo, in practice, said, they would be open to the lian Catholic Action; it is be- and were eating it in picnic style ganise the Institute of Brazilian Crow schools. have been the Roman Catholic gravest penalty the Church lieved that the Mass was the first under the trees. Father Robert L. GanStudies. parochial schools. There was can exercise-excommunication. ever celebrated in that former Trucks and cars, laden with non, President of Fordham Unino actual colour line, but it was "Obedience to ecclesiastical au pagan setting. Eighty-five priests people, began to arrive about 3 versity, and Dr. Frank Tannenalways well understood by Ca- thority." said his letter, was a distributed Holy Communion for At 3.30 p.m. the garland baum, Professor of Latin Ameritholic Negroes that their children cardinal principle of their faith. more than half an hour during bedecked statue of St. Therese can History at Columbia Univerwere to go to the overcrowded So, he reminded them, was "the the ceremony. Prime Minister was carried in procession through sity, have both gone to Brazil to all-Negro schools in the crowd- equality of every soul before Al- Enrico de Gasperi was the first the church grounds. lecture under the auspices of this mighty God." ed Negro districts. to receive the Holy Eucharist, The occasional sermon was institute. Last week St. Louis' ArchbisThat night the protesting group followed by other members of preached by Rev. H. Brennan, name is Father Saboia's hop, Joseph Elmer Ritter, ripped met again, decided to take no the Cabinet and of the Diplo- and the parish priest, Rev. A. synonymous in Brazil with indusHe an- action that would jeopardise matic Corps, who attended the Langmead, gave Benediction and trial progress and the elevation down this racial bar. nounced that Negro children their Church standing. Mass unofficially. afterwards blessed and distribut- of Brazil's standard of living.