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Walsingham Pilgrimage Marks Marian Consecration Of Britain
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NATIONAL INTEREST. QUEBEC, July 22-(NC).111 the great national daily The sum of 402 dollars has been newspapers covered the pilgrim- received by the St. Vincent de LONDON, July 22-(NC).-His Eminence Cardinal age. In addition Britain's na- Paul Society from Princess Elibroadcasting organisation, zabeth, it was announced Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, carrying out wishes tional here by the British Broadcasting Corporexpressed to the Catholic world by His Holiness Pope Pius ation, gave a radio commentary Thomas Tremblay, President of PRIN( Lee ELIZABETH. the Superior Council of Canada. XII., has solemnly consecrated England and Wales to the and televised the scenes. Many In a letter to Judge Tremblay, the happy idea of dividing the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Walsingham, Britain's foreign correspondents were pre- Viscount Alexander, Governor money subscribed among certain sent. The pilgrimage organisers General national shrine in Norfolk. of Canada, wrote: societies, of which two are in already planning another The ceremony was the climax of a colourful 24 hours are Canada. such event for next year, and in "You will remember that on of prayer that began in darkness the previous midnight. 1950, Holy Year, the possibility the occasion of the marriage of "I have the pleasure of bringwhen 15 giant rocket flares-one for each decade of the of such a walking pilgrimage Her Royal Highness Princess ing to you the knowledge that through Europe to Rome. Elizabeth, one numerous of the organisations chosen were gifts Rosary-shot up into the night sky to herald the arrival received from all over the world, for this purpose is the Society of the last of 14 groups of cross -bearing pilgrim -marchers. which were on display in St. of St. Vincent de Paul. James Palace for a moderate enThese 200 weary men, some of Mothers. For 14 days these "In the name of Her Royal trance fee. them priests and monks, had women associated themselves Highness, Princess Elizabeth, I trudged towards Walsingham with the walking pilgrims in spe"After the display of gifts address to you the following from the main centres of the cial devotiors, attendance at Her Royal Highness conceived cheque for 402 dollars." country for the past two weeks Mass and recitations of the Rosin the manner of pilgrims of old, ary. singing hymns, praying aloud and A NATION VOWED TO MARY. LISBON, Portugal, June 24carrying cumbersome 100 -pound (N.C.-A reminder that the Late in the morning after the wood crosses, one in each group. modern missionary must bring As the pilgrims reached Wal- offering of malty Masses, Bishop rot only the Church's dogmatic singham the crosses were plant- Leo Parker, of Northampton, teachings but also her social doced firmly on a selected open site celebrated Pontifical Mass in the trine to pagan lands was given as a permanent Way of the Slipper Chapel in honour of Our by the Portuguese Minister of Lady of Mount Carmel. Later Colonies Cross. at ceremonies commemthousands of pilgrims gathered RELIGION -STARVED NATION. in a field outside the chapel, orating the 60th. anniversary of BELFAST, July 22-(NC).2. The full cost of teachers' the first departure of Portugie This hard, picturesque pil- venerated the ancient statue of ese Franciscan missionaries for Educational leaders in the Unit- salaries in all primary and ingrimage through the cities and Our Lady of Walsingham, and Africa. The Minister present cd States and the British Em- termediate schools in Ulster. lanes of Britain caught the im- w liked in a great procession ec, Bishop Raffael Giocchino d'- pire are watching closely the de- whether controlled by the public agination of the nation. Great through the lanes to the ruins of Assuncao, O.F.M., who had serv- velopment of Northern Ireland's education authorities or by volcrowds, including numerous non- the once-famous Abbey of Wal- ed as a Bishop in Africa for 20 "overhauled" school system, ac- untary agencies, is borne by the There Benediction years, the Government's "Order cording to the ''Ulster Comment- State. Catholics, gathered at points singham. along the routes, vying with one was given and Cardinal Griffin (10 Imperio" decoration on the ary," local monthly. 3. In those hundreds of schools another to be temporary bearers preached and consecrated the na- occasion. These features of the system, which have not been transferred of the cross, joining heartily in tion to the Immaculate Heart of The missionary has a tremen- which follows from the Educa- to the local education authorities, nmkeshift wayside services, and Mary on behalf of the British dous influence on the social contion Act of 1947, are indicated some Protestant and some Cathoin many cases following on for Hierarchy. ditions and economic progress of to be of great interest outside lic, the State not only pays miles behind the marchers. Local the teachers' salaries but provides a lands to which he brings the country: 'ABOVE THE WORLD.' priests, nuns, even non-Catholic grant of 66 per cent. of mainten"Your pilgrimage has been a Christianity, the Minister of "GREAT MEASURES." clergymen, walked behind the ance costs and a similar grant of inspiration to thou- Colonies stated, and should concross. Many of the temporary source 1. Religious education is made with respect to capital expendisands, Catholic and non-Catho- cern himself with questions et cross -bearers were women. Every lic, many of whom health, and and tures. agriculture, housing in county compulsory every would have group reported a passage of tri- wished to make the journey voluntary school. 4. If the conductors of a rot with industry. umph through this religion - you, and all of untary school, Protestant or Cawhom have been starved nation. tholic, are willing to accept conwith yon in spirit," said Cardinal trol by a "Committee"-four ALL-NIGHT PRAYER. Griffin. "Not from this coun, members of the school's own a for Arriving at the shrine the men try alone have you come, choice and two appointed by the who had tramped across the coun- party of French students have local educational authority-the try sang a heartfelt Te Deum, come from Boulogne, bearing school can qualify for a 100 per followed by the Salve Regina. with them a statue of their own cent. grant for heating, lighting of Boulogne. patron, Our Lady Then they knelt before the crossand other maintenance costs. es, and weary though they were For Our Lady stands above the of maternal and child health, and began an all-night vigil of prayer. nations of the world... She is the GENEROUS TREATMENT. for nutrition and environmental Dawn breaking over the east Mother of Christ, given to the hygiene. The Trusteeship Coun"In the United States, where Divworld her as our Mother by coast revealed them already at cil's first visiting mission set out no grants from public funds ate Mass, receiving Holy Communion ine Son as He hung upon the for Tanganyika (British) and made to voluntary schools, the at the start of an historic day in Cross." to generous treatment of Ulster's Ruanda Urindi (Belgian) FULL CIRCLE. Britain's Catholic history. From check for themselves on the gen- voluntary schools is a matter of pilgrim -laden dawn onwards (In 1538 the image of Our The Declaration on Human eral welfare of the indigenous some surprise," the "Ulster Comcoaches and trains began arriv- Lady of Walsingham was carried ing from all parts of England insultingly to London and burned Rights will probably be the high- populations. Shipments of food mentary" notes. At the same time, the publics Now, 410 years light of the present session of bought with proceeds from the and Wales. Many of the pil- at Chelsea. Chil- tion states: "Even those who are grims were mothers for the pil- later, the "Holy Land of Wal- the Economic and Social Council, United Nations Appeal for Huncritical of certain details of the grimage had been organised by singham," as it was called by Ca- which, with a record agenda of dren are on their way to the National Union of Catholic tholic England, is once again 50 items, promises to be the gary and Greece from Ecuador Act agree with the Minister of children German Education in describing it as 'one Cuba, and and longest session to date. Second in the spotlight will be the draft are now to share in the benefits of the greatest measures ever The of the International Children's introduced into the Ulster Parconvention on genocide. liament.'" postponement until the next ses- Emergency Fund. sion of both the item on forced labour proposed by the American Federation of Labour and the Soviet-supported item on violations of trade union rights cleared the air of what threatened to VATICAN CITY, July 19.-Commenting on reports that the become a prolonged and lively Government of Rumania has renounced its Concordat negotiated political debate. BRIGHT GOALS. with the Holy See in 1929, "Osservatore Romano," Vatican City daily, charges that the rejection of the Coucordat without previOther departments of the UN, ously informing the Holy See is in itself a violation of the terms meanwhile, strove toward bright NEW YORK, Jnly 22-(NC).-Preparations are now being of the agreement. The World Health Or- completed for an international congress in Poland, to attract ingoals. Article 23 of the Concordat, the paper point out, establishes ganisation has assigned priority tellectuals sympathetic to Communism, Inter -Catholic Press Agency that both contracting parties reserve the right to renounce the to such projects as international here reports. The meetings will be held at Wroclaw, August Concordat after having given the other interested party a six - programmes for the control of 21 to 25. Invitations have been sent to persons in all countries. Particulars of the Rumanian rejection malaria, tuberculosis, and ven- The congress will be the fret since the war proposing to assemble months' advance notice. of the Treaty are still lacking here. ereal disease, for the promotion intellectuals who sympathise with Communism.
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