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i V'-- War on housing, slums page. 2 Report on Cuba page 9 Teens and cars. 13 IllkmaWet All Reds Drive on.U. S. 10 fprrVr fans, 7." 13 Conversion in Borneo.

16 I 1, i US CO A CATHOLIC WEEKLY T(ry Sftturdtr br TUB TARLtT Fubllihlnt Oompn. On Hiiuoa Pltc. Brooklyn IT. II. T.

II Centi Per Copy 14. Per Tear 'BROOKLYN 17KX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1961 Second CUm Pottic Mid it Brooklyn X. T. and tt kddlUonti nuilm offle SECRETARY i.Vl ST. FRANCIS HEAD 8 YEARS: BURIED 3 S4th Year QL, UV.IW28 SAYS HEED FOR Spokane Prelate Sees Waste and Control As Inevitable SPOKANE.

Wash. Bishop Bernard J. Topel of Spokane; Is flail evr4h apriart defeatof the Administration's school, bill -'f lad because I am afraid of federal aid education." Writing in the "Inland diocesan weekly, he said "I am flad that the 'House Rules Committee Toted as It did. But do not misunderstand me. I am for the best possible education for erery American bor or girl.

"1 know about the risinr costs of edueatkm. What American Bishop does ifotr I want ali to be dons that possibly can don to ret the best possible edu cation for ereir American. Thl goes for students In public as well as parochial Bishop Topel asserted that. In if A l't V-VfV 4: i 't it Ex General Superior Taught 4 Bishops, Many Priests Very Rev. Brother Columba Reilly, OST presldent-emerituF" of St.

Francis College, Brooklyn, lnd formei. sJperlor general of thgFranclscarrrSrothersr-died Sunday, Aug. 13, in the 58th year of his Religious life. He was 83. Auxiliary Bishop Charles R.

Mulrooney emrt Requiem Mass In St. Paul's Church. Court and Congress Thursday at 10 a. Rt. Rev.

Msgr. Joseph C. Kelly, spiritual director of the Franciscan Brothers and jastof of St. Patrick's Church. Fort Hamilton, was celebrant of the Msgr.

Kelaher Preaches The eulogy was Riven by Rt. ReY. Msgr. Peter E. Kelaher, SECRETARY OF STATE of the- Vatlcaftr Amleto' Cardinal Cicognani, is pictured at Georgetown University near the con-elusion of his quarter century of service as Apostolic Delegate to the United States.

He is seated on a chair whichnce belonged to Pope St. Pius when hewas Patriarch of Venice. MGES STAND pastor of Our Lady of MOunt'Car mel Church, Long Island City, who also served as deacon at the the first plaoerthere 1j no chapter of the Sisters of 0 1 Mass. The subdeacon was Rt. Rev.

Msgr. Henry diocesan superintendent of schools and OF STATE WELL IN UrS. Cardinal Cicognani Served 25 Years in (NCWC Newt Service) VATICAN, cmr Amletd Car dinal Cicognani, 78-year-old for mer Apostolic Delegate to the United States, has been named Vatican Secretary of State arid appointed To two other top Vatl can posts. Pope John XXIII also named (Aug. 14) Ave other cardinals to majorJtlcanj)8lceiJJ As Secretary of State; Cardinal Cicognani succeeds the late Do-menico Cardinal Tardini, who died JulOiiHe is the first prelate to' hold that post who brings to It a wide and detailed knowledge of the Church in the U.

where he served for 25Mrs. Cardinal Cicognani, who has been serving as Secretary of the Saored Congregation for the Oriental Church, was also named President of the PontificaSm- mission for the State of VSticah City, a post which makes him governor of the sovereign state, and president of the Cardinals' Commission for the Administra tion of the Goods of the Holy As president of the Vatican City commission he succeeds the late Nicola 'Cardinal Canali, who died Aug. 3. Cardinal Canali was Pro-President of the commission for the goods of Holy See. rw.h nVmT were Arcadio Cardinal Larraona, as Grand Penitentiary of the Church.

In this post, former ly held by Cardinal Canali, the Spanish Cardinal presides over the Sacred Apostolic Peniten- tlons and dispensations cides on cases of conscience and matters pertaining to "Indulgences. Paolo Cardinal Marella as Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter, both posts held by Cardi nal Tardini. Gustavo Cardinal" Testa as Pro-Prsldeht of the Cardinals': Commission for- the Administra tion of the Goods of the Holy See.

Alberto Cardinal dl Jorio as Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City. Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, lanof the College of Cardinals, as Grand Master of the Eques trian "Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, ajoost held by Cardinal Canali, Archbishop Acacio Coussa, as sessor of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental- Church, has been appointed Pro-Secretary of that congregation. -Unusually Presented Cardinal Cicoghani's appoint ment was unusual in that the document naming him was writ ten entirely in Pope John's hand. Continued on Last Pag WN PoMlihM ODD. IN BERLIN.

1 German People Pray 'For Their Brothers In Soviet Zone west BEiKiJLN aen. Thomas J. Dodd member of thV Senate Foreign Relations CommltteenclUdingnhrel-day visittoWest Germany, jald the Kremlin will, not get away with sealing off West Berlin any more than It could get away with the Berlin blockade. "I can assure- the people of West Berlin that the government of my Sountry and the people of my Country are with 'them. The West will not surrender In Ber lin, and the sooner Khrushchev realizes this, the better it will be for himself and for mankind." Senator Dodd, who conferred with Chancellor' Konrad Aie- nauer, General Albert Watson, p.

and American Minister Allan Lightner, declared "In all my political experience, I can recall no single Issue on which there has been greater unity between Administration, Congress and the American peo ple. "This is a situation that calls imperatively for the unity of the Free World. If the Free World remains united and firm, I am sure triat Khrushchev will not dare carry out his threats against the freedom of -West Ber lin." Meanwhile, special prayers for their brothers in the Soviet Zone were offered in the churches and synagogues of West Germany and West Berlin even as armored linitu mnvfri waKtarkrit- thrnnoVi Ewrmany-ln what was wen temp, te frighten the i revolt Cardinal Leaving Julius Cardinal Doepfner's pub- He farewell as Bishop of Berlin (Aug. 20) will not be attended by Berliners from East Berlin and the Soviet Zones His last sermon will be the first to go unheard by his flock in theEast. Cardina J.DQ?Pfner was named severar -months aga ag Arch bishop of Munich.

East Germany's Communist masters have imposed severe re ligious hardships on East Ger many by closing all gates to West Berlin. It seems inconceivable that anyone on a religious er rand to West Berlin will be given the special pass now required. The- day-before- the- Commit nists shut the last escape hatch from their country-wide concen tration camp, 2,000 East Ger mans fled through It. During the 12 days of August before that hatch clanged shut 17,000 East Germans reached West Berlin. More than 150,000 persons fled East Germany, this year'lo West Berlin.

Since the lifting of a Soviet-imposed block- ade of Berlin in 1949. 3,000,000 East Germans have fled to the West. The present population of East Germany is about Father Larentis, who speaks Spanish and Italian, was Lmnh.tiB In ripclarin that 1 IN SURRENDER need for federal aid. "In no State of my acquaintance Is there such a need. In each such case the State and local schoof districts can care for the existing needs.

hare I seen a need proved for other States States with which I am not personally famll- TT" iometbing for NothlngT ''in the second place, we must not think that federal aid Is 'something, for nothing This money must come from' some where. Sooner or later it must be paid by the American taxpayer. "I also believe that federal aid wiU cost wore. I mean that less! school IK wiU" Mme "Ifom federal dollar than ifrom the ncnooi Qisirici uuuar. yonsiaer ably less.

U. S. Will Not Press For Diplomatic Recognition WASHINGTON The United States hat broken off negotia Itlons for diplomatic recognition -BLautfl Studio REVEREND MOTHER BERNADETTE De LOURDES RE-ELECTED 81 Mother-Bernadettf3 Will Lead 1,536 Sisters for Next Sjx Years Reverend Mother M. Berha dett de Lourdes. O.P.r was reelected Prioress General at the ai.

Ajomyucroiy cross congregation. In Queen of the Rosary Academy, Amltyvlile, N. Aug. 10-11, 1961. Bishop Kellenberg, Ecclesiastical Superior of the Congregation, presided at the election.

His Exwllency offered the Holjr tmcrince or the Mass honor of the Holy Sp.trik..After Mass the Bishop welcomed the dele gates to the Chapter and said he wa pleased. to offer the Holy Sacrifice; with them and for them so that the Holy Spirit may give them His particular blessings and gifts of wisdom and prudence for the work that lies ahead. The Bishop expressed his appreciation of thrwonder- ful work of ths Amltyville Do-1 iuuiucKna in uio uiocefle 01 1 Brooklyn and the Diocese of Re-elected for six-year terms with 'Reverend Mother Berna-dette de Lourdes were Mother Adelaide, O.P., sub prioress, Mother Dorothy, O.P., Secretary General and Mother Agatha, O.P. bursar general. tTT Re-elected as Mothers of Cour-cil for" six'- year" Verriis we're Mother Rose Gertrude, O.P., Mother Dorothy, O.P., and Mother Celeste, O.P.

Also elected as Mother of Council was Mother Thomas Aquin, O.P. Reverend Mother Bernadette is a native of Brooklyn and a member of the Community since i9M- she taught in st. Agnes Centre-r-in the' science department In Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School and was Superior and principal In Good Shepherd School, Brooklyn; St. Patrick's! School, Fort Hamilton and St.1 Agnes High School, Rockville Centre. She has been a member of the Community Council since 1943.

The Community has 1,536 pro fessed Sisters working in 80 missions In the Diocese of Brooklyn, Diocese of" Rockville Centrev Archdiocese of New York and in three dioceses in Puerto Rico. Dill ORDER ot Outer Mongolia, the Uta "In the third place. I am ofjRockTlll On 4 1 .1 First Masses in Bergen Beach Parish This Sunday First Masses in the recently established St. Ber- nard's parish, Bergen Beach, will be offered Sunday. Aug.

20. at 6:30, 8, 9. 10, 11 and 12:15, it has been announced -by Rev. Patrick J. A tent erected on Island Ave.

off 68th St. will serve as -j-a temporary chapel. A residence for the priests of the parish, which covers Bergen Beach, Mill Basin and Flatbush has sen Tfcfitablishedat 201T 5 E. 68th "St. HRNT 3-553 Weekday Masses wi)l iered a basement enapei there.

The pas to who had served at St. Gerard Majel-la's parish, Hollis, since ordi-. nation in 1932, is assisted at' Bernard's by Rev. Dino M. Zenl, formerly of SS.

Simon and Jude's, Brooklyn. Driying Is Obligatioi OnConscienee! CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (RNS) Pope John XXIH, tnotingthelncreasrng toll or death on the highways, warned that safe driving is a conscien tious obligation which no one may seek to evade. The pontiff spoke at a general audience at, the papal Summer residence here attended by large. numbers of faithful many countries; including Italy; England, Ireland, Malta, Ger BROTHER COLUMBA. O.S.F.

Msgr. Fenton Note Slight Errors In Translation; WASHINGTON (NO Stories in. the United StatesCatholic- Press on the recent Vatican de cree on psychoanalysis nave given the decree too broad an interpretation, according to. a theologian here. Msgr.

Joseph C. Fenton, pro fessor of dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of Amer ica, said the broad Interpretation stemmed from slight errors in the English translation ot the The original Latin text of the decree, Issued July 15, has how become available here Msgr. Fenton Is also editor of the "American Ecclesiastical Re view," a member of the theologl cal commission' for the coming ecumenical council, and a cour cilor to the Sacred Congregation of 8eriinaries and Universities av w. The Vatican decree warned of "dangeroiuopinlonsOwhlch it said are being circulated, regard ing sins against the Sixth Com mandment and the "imputabllity of human actions." Adhere Exactly to Teaohing It called on Bishops and those responsible for the education of priests and Religious to require teachers to adhere exactly to the Church'a teaching on these sub- yectf Ifalso" IristrucTed eccIesV astical censors to "use great caution" in evaluating writings on these subjects, and it forbade priests and Religious to, practice psychoanalysis without special permission. The most significant errors cited by Msgr.

Fenton in the translation of the document oc cur. JnlheJtoir jeojLoXJhe decree. The original translation read: "The opinion of those who consider that a prior psychoana lytical examination is definitely necessary before receiving- Holy Orders must be disapproved. Likewise disapproved are, the opinlans-ef those who hold that Ua cm mil ni4 'neiiiKnn Ti1trfiol DV. LUC ouaiicu rojuiivaitcasj usvns amlnation and relative investiga tions are necessary for candidates to the priesthood and for religious profession." Continued on Page Seven The present college facilities tOTles, expanded faculty research areas and a' science library will be constructed there.

The college occupied one the new buildings in the Fall of nan .1 tt 1 1 0 wlc wM opened at lee nemsen st. it con tAin the rnllpse ripvelnDment llimnl relations of- flees. The main building of the five, an eight-story brick and steel structure at 176 Remsen will contain 25 lecture rooms, an audi torium seating 150, seven semi nar rooms, a enapei ana u-seat conference room. A two: story structure at 1801 Remsen St. will house a norary ana an auaio-visuai center, including language labora tories.

The other two buildings at 164 and 162 will hold adminis trative offices. The complex of five buildings has a totaTflodr space of 130.000 PSYCHOANALYSIS II VI I II vl 'I I III I 1 t-l II I API I LA I UIUUUUULU pastor of St. Benedict Joseph, Labre Church, Richmond Hill. Quarter Century as President Brother Columba served longer as president of St. Francis College (25 years) and as superior general of the Brooklyn Congregation of the Third Order Regu lar of St.

Francis (12 years), than anyone else In either position, except Brother Jerome Magner (27 years, la tha 10th Century), For many years In charge of the pre-semmariahtF the col- lege Brother Columba taught literally hundreds of priests of the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre and the Archdiocese of New York. 1 Taught Four Bishops v- 'I. Four bishops are also num. bered among his former student. Bishop Mulrooney and Bishop Francis X.

Ford. who was mariyrea unaer ine cninese Communists-in 1952, studied under hihtat St. Francis Prep. His students at the college in cluded Bishop James V. Pardy, Vicar Apostolic of Chong- Ju, Korea, and Bishop-designate Dominic J.

Coscla, of Ja-tai, Brazil. Brother Columba was the Blessed and the Mass. He made it a habit to attend the Holy Sacrifice several times daily whenever possible. After the community Mass, he usually attended' Mass In. one of the neighboring churches and consequently he was a familiar sight to the people of StrPaiirsr" St.

Boniface, St. Agnes and Our Lady of Peace parishes. Brother Columba's love for the Mother of God was almost, legendary. He fingered his wel-worn beads every afternoon at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in the monastery 'His greatest lecture, each se- mester was on the day he de- cided not to refer to the Latin or Greek textbooks but to deliver a full-hour discourse on devotion to Long after former stu dents forgot declensions and conjugations, they recalled his lectures on the Blessed Virgin. His other main interest was, the advancement and develop ment- of $he Franciscan Broth ers.

On. at least two Jubilees, he, was given a pursehat he. might mate a trip to his native Ire land, -butf he managed to have the money spent for material improvements at the college and monastery. During his service as president and superior general, the college opened a new building on Butler Continaed on Pare Eight Masses for Julia Burke A first anniversary M'ass for Miss Julia Klrby TABLET office manager for 42 years, will be offered at St. Boniface Tuesday.

Aug. 22, at 12:10 pjn. at the re- quest of the employees of THE TABLET. many. Austria.

Holland. Canadak and the United States Also attending the audience was a delegation of the Italian Ministry of Public Works. Prior to the audience, the Pope blessed 40 mobile cinemas which the Italian authorities plan to use in a nationwide road safety campaign which films will be paruneiMi innouncc una wcce. The action was seen as a vic tory for Nationalist China and its friends in Congress, who had pro tested the idea when It first became public. "The United States govern ment for a considerable period has been exploring the question and has.

held a series of discus- said department spokesman Lincoln White. 'We believe that in view of the world situation it is in the best interest of the United States tol suspend exploration of that mat-1 iter at this time." White said the United States will announce "at the proper time-how it will vote on proposed United Nations membership for outer Mongolia, the Soviet puppet state in Central Asia between Russia and Red China. Nationalist Chinese Vice President Chen Cheng announced during his recent visit here that China, a permanent member of 'ithe SecurityCouncU.will-.veto the Outer Mongoin membership request. 'Cheng urged Secretary of State Rusk not to recognize the Red satellite. Mr.

White said that the decision to halt moves toward diplomatic recognition of Outer Mongolia was made "in the light of our own interests" and-not as a result of Nationalist Chinese "We. favor the retention by Nationalist China of its seat in the United Nations and oppose the admission of Red China," White said Asked to define the "existing world situation" which doomed Continued on Page Seven OF ENCYCLICAL Singli Copy 50e 100 Ctfllt tit MCk 100 Mflit 1M Met 1000 CMitl 211 Mtk lnt Ordtr mi Kmlttinct tti 4 1 4 i Minion PUc, Iklyn IT, H. T. dittribuied in convenient 7 College Relocation Plans Advanced Pennile "Wearing a Pajama Top the opinion that federal control of education will inevitably follow federal aid. This is what I fear most of all.

I cannot prove this statement, but I am convinced of it. I am afraid that when aid Is given by the federal government, the federal govern- ment will Wegirr tTeguiattf education, and dictate to it arbitrarily. This will be most objectionable. On the other hand, I believe that all necessary regulation can be made Just as well within the State. Moreover, It will be far safer.

"My fear of this is Increased fvftm wVia 6 Via nnaAl 4 XT rwi is happening to education in Russia, China, the satellite countries and Cuba. "Most assuredly the U. S. Is riot Fascist, Nasi or Communist, but If ear that federal power over education will In due time perhaps all too quickly take on soma of the form that Is so objectionable in totalitarian countries. "Recently a 56-page report prepared by the U.

S. Office of Education was Issued. It was entitled "A Federal Education Agency for the Future." From excerpts I gather this report gives sufficient proof of the danger of federal control and federal regulation of education. "For these reasons I am gladl that the House Rules Committee voted against the federal aid to education bill." Yvonne Dionne a Novice BATE ST. PAUL, Que.

(RNS) Yvonne Dionner one of "the world famous Dionne Quintu piets and for the past six months a postulant at the Little Franciscan Sisters' convent here has taken-another major step to ward Catholic Sisterhood by be coming a novice. She has chosen the name of Sister Marls Tierry and will serve a two-year novitiate before taking final vows in the Religious order which operates schools and hospitals In Quebec and New England. The ceremony was. attended by two of the four living Dionne Quintuplets. They.

were Mrs. Philippe Langlois (Cecile), and Mrs. Germain Allard (Annette), both ofMontreal. The other survivor is Mrs. Florian Houle (Ma- rie), wholsoTTves in Mon Emilie, the fifth Dionne died in 1954.

4 shown in the cities, towns andfpressure SL Francis gloves to New Quarters in 1962 Plans for the relocation of St.Jthan double our present total eri Francis College have of Priest Who Gave Castro First Communion Exiled so the target date for occupancy of the new buiid1 Butler St will be devoted en to science. labora villages of this country. "The years of each one of us," the Pope said, "are marked on the various roads that cross the inhabited world: To live is to move and to meet pne this meeting of Continued on Page Seven COMPLETE TEXT has had no Contact with By MILLARD F. EVERETT K-mrr nmirura NEW ORLEANS (NO -The priest who-gave Fidel Castro his rirst communion has been iorcea to leave cuoa at the age oi 84 "sin ningun centavo" without a cent. Father Robert M.

Larentis, stopped in New -Orleans for two days on his freighter back to the way by Salesian 48 PA(3E INDEXED BOOKLET atners'- center in Turin, Italy. 0r allied to the militia get In a small bag -were all his'the Preference in food and other belongings-a advanced to September of 1 962, it, was announced this week by Very Rev. Brother Urban, O.S.F., president The original date for, occupancy had been set lor Sep- tember of 1963 In AprU of 1960. St. purchased five Office buildings from the Brooklyn Union Gas Company on Remsen between Court and Clinton Sts.

and through to Joralemon' St. These buildings will be vacated in Janu arv. when the eas comDanv moves to quarters under construction at Montague and Court Sts. To Double Enrollment "Extensive modernization will then be said Brother Urban, "which will result in the buildings being ready for stu-1 dents by the Fall semester of 1962, barjlrig any lengthy con- i in rw.pnt veors "Poor Cuba," he exclaimed. The people are having it hard, he said.

There is virtually no milk, butter or soap. Cattle 'already; have been killed that should not have been slaughtered until next Christmas. 'The 600,000 persons "Served Years in Cuba Father Larentis served 35 years in Cuba, mostly in parish work. When he left, there were only about half a dozen Salesian' priests remaining of the 122 who had been there. No priests have been mur- dcred, he Castro fears the anger of the people If there were priest-martyrs.

But all foreign priests and Religious were or dered to leave. To accomplish this departure. Continued on Page Nine IDMIiil If devotional books, a shabby cassock 'and a' container of Mass wine. When he left Havana, he was given ten Cuban pesos, worthless elsewhere. He was dressed in civilian! clothes, wearing a pajama 'top! instead of a shirt.

Father -Larentis gave First Communion to Cuba's Premier when he was chaplain of De, La Salle school, conducted by Chris-tiani Brothers in Santiago de Cuba, castro the school when he "was eight years IM. Cover illuitritlo'n co Diet already booklet form for reference and sfmfy and to keept at a permanent record. A second Mass for Misa Burke will be offered at a.m, that-day St.Augustine's Church7Sixth Ave. and Sterling in which parish she resided. Yr'r "With.

the new facilities," he.square feet oh 29,000 square feet added, "we shall be able to'moreiof land. rV it i. -cai- 1961 I.

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