News Section--Page 12A THE OBSERVER EDITION OF OUR SUNDAY VISITOR Sunday, March 14, 1948
St. Vincent's
Jottings
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March 6 and 7 marked the 10th
annual Invibational tournament
here at St. Vincent's. The gym was
brightly decorated with the colors
of the various schools. On Satur-
day morning at 9:30 visitors began
to arrive. Then came Sunday, the
big day, that would decide the
championship.
In the evening a delicious meal
was served, and short speeches
were made by the various priests
and coaches representing the
teams. Several of the men com-
mented on the excellent sports-
manship shown by all the teams,
winners and losers alike.
After the games the trophies
were presented to the captains of
St. Vincent's, and St. Thomas, who
won second place. St. Mary's,
Sterling, was awarded third place.
Congratulations to the winners
and to all the teams for their fine
sportsmanship, and to those teams
who took part in the tournament.
We want to thank all who in any
way gave of their time, energy and
interest to make this tournament
possible.
It was nice to see so many fa-
miliar faces, faces of our former
boys and girls, Saturday and Sun-
day, when they came to witness
the tournament.
Some people enjoy doing good
deeds even though they do not
know the recipients of their gen-
erosity. Their joy consists in do-
ing good for its own sake. We had
a striking example of this just re-
cently. One of our girls had just
returned from the hospital. While
she was waiting in the office, one
of the Sisters introduced her to a
visitor (MRS. Gmur, formerly Miss
Emily Keusch, one of our former
girls). Several days later Ina
Mae received a lovely box of choco-
lates, in which was inclosed a
beautiful card signed, "To the con-
valescent," from Mrs. Gmur.
Thlrty-Five Students
Merit Honor Roll
At Aquin High
Freeport--Thirty-five students
have merited places on the fourth
period Honor Roll, which has just!
been announced at Aquin high
school. Thirteen of the 35 have
straight"A" averages; namely,
JulianneCurran, Lucille Haller
Marilyn McGinn, and Charlotte
Rademaker, seniors; Peggy Cre-
mer and Mary Ann Fitzgerald, jun-
iors; Joyce Cremer, Mary Luecke,
Margie Scott, Barbara Vickrey, and
Karl Wieneke, sophomores; and
Joan Heck, freshman.
Other honor students are Johan-
na Alber, Dorothy Jean Bangasser,
Eileen Bangasser, Iona Sellman,
Mary Pat Stein, Roseann Thering,
Dave Vanden Brook, Diane Wiene-
Brazil's People
Is More Than
ke, Concetta Fertitta, Dolores Fink,]
Lionel Ganshert, James Sommers,]
Joann Tobin, John Michael O'Con-
nell Carol Knauff, John La For~e,[
Patricia Malone, Tom McDonald,[
Marjorie Murphy, Irene Pitterle,[
Barber& 8chumacher.
97% Catholic
Chaplain Francs
Makes Observation
On Native Country
Carlisle Barracks, Pa., Mar. 8.--
(NC)--Brazil is almost completely
a Catholic nation--only two-and-a-
half per cent, at most, of its 43,-
~00,000 citizens are non-Catholics.
In that country:
1. There is separation of
Church and State, with relations
much better in practice than in
years when Church and State were
united.
2. There is no discrimination
against any religious group and
all denominations are free to build
their own churches, schools, hos-
pitals and other institutions.
3. No private schools, including
Catholic private schools, receive
State aid, but religion is taught in
the public schools when parents
request it for their children in
writing.
4. There is no race problem.
All races are equal before the law
and are treated alike, not only in
theory but in actual practice.
These disclosures were made by
Msgr. Leovigild Franca, a Col-
onel and Chief of Chaplains of
the Brazilian Army, Navy and Air
Force, who spent a week at the
Army Chaplains' School here.
Monsignor Franca is on a three-
month visit ~f the United States
to study administration, techni.
ques and training of the chaplain
corps of the U.S. armed forces.
While here, the Brazilian had as
his guides Maj. Robert J. Sherry,
Cincinnati priest, who is assistant
commandant of the chaplains'
school, and Maj. Harold O. Pru-
dell, Milwaukee priest, who is asso-
ciate editor of The Chaplain's
Hour.
Monsignor F r a n c a explained
that until World War II, there
were no official chaplains in the
Brazilian armed forces, but when
the 25,000-troop Brazilian Expe-
ditionary Force went to Italy to
fight alongside of the U.S. Fifth
Army, they were attended by 26
chaplains--a ratio of one chaplain
per 1,000 troops. The Brazilians
lost 3,000 men and sustained 2,000
casualties during the Italian cam-
paign.
Brazil's peacetime chaplains'
corps, Monsignor Franca explain-
ed, was established a year and a
half ago. The present Brazilian
Army, Navy and Air Corps num-
bers 200,000 men and although the
authorized quota is 72 chaplains,
only 53 are on active duty because
of the shortage of priests in the
nation.
Monsignor Franca explained that
the proportion of Catholics in the
armed forces is greater than in the
country at large, but one of the
chaplains on present active duty is
a Protestant. He said that two
Protestant chaplains served with
the B.E.F. in Italy.
NO SHAMROCKS---NO SNAKES?
You will look In vain for the symbolic shamrocks, or four-leaf
clovers, or for any reptiles on this painting of St. PatriCk, by an
obscure 19th century Italian artist, F. Augero, of New York. Of
heroic size, 7 feet by 10 feet, the canvas, originally painted for a
Buffalo church, fomld its ~vay to St. Bonaventure College, St. Bona-
venture, N. Y., where it will be repaired, cleaned, framed, and placed
in suitable surroundings. It is currently on exhibit at the Frieosam
Memorial Library there. (NC Photos)
Cathedral In
Cologne To
Reopened
More
Of Church-Owned
Made
Vienna, March 8--(NC) -- Further expropriations of
Church-owned land were decreed by the so-called revision
commission of the Ministry of Agriculture, according to re-
ports from Prague received here.
The property of the Bishop of Hradec-Kralove, measur-
ing 5,577 acres, was cut down to 123 acres of farmland and
a park area comprising about 52"0
acres. This decision was taken al-
though a representative of the
Czech People's party pointed out
that the diocese maintains a semi-
nary and a number of charitable
institutions from which all the
people benefit.
The Czech religious order of
Knights of the Cross with the Red
Star, whose members suffered se-
vere persecution under the nazis,
were left with only 123 acres of
their 10,192-acre estate. In addi-
tion, they were permitted to retain
:Few schools can boast a greater roster of famous names to compare,,1
with that.claimed by SL Seines' parochial school, in Ferndale, Mleh. l
wl'he "celebrities" piotured, left to right, are (seated) Andrew John,- |
.. "son,. Bobby' Jones...]lhlsol ]Tord~ Deanna Durbin, Marie Antotaette, |
.ac a =auu c mr. a ut 8mnb. ;tuato¢ I
a castle and a chapel at Dobricho-
vice. The property is encumbered
with debts totaling about $360,000.
Also seized were 494 acres owned
by the Knights of Malta.
i The Premonstratensian monas-
tery at Zeliv, in southeastern Bo-
hemia, lost agricultural land total-
ing 5,357 acres. This decision was
taken just a week after the conse-
cration of the Rev. Vitus Tajovsky
as the new Abbot of the monas-
tery.
The expropriation decisions are
700th Anniversary
To Be Observed
On August 16
BY MAX JORDAN
Cologne, March 8--(NC)--The
700th anniversary of the foun-
dation of world-famed Cologne ca-
thedral will be observed on August
16 this year, it has been announ-
ced, and invitations to attend the
solemn function have been extend-
ed to prelates all over the world
by His Eminence Josef Cardinal
Fringe, Archbishop of Cologne.
The great church, which suffered
considerable damage during the
war, will be formally reopened on
this occasion. An exhibition of
church art is to be held at the
same time and a symbolic drama
will be presented on the square
facing the cathedral.
In June, the 800th anniversary
of the consecration of the Basilica
of St. Matthew in Trier will be
observed. The traditional pilgrim-
age to the tomb of the Apostle is
to coincide with this event. St.
Matthew's was dedicated by Pope
Eugene III in 1148 in the presence
of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Not
long before that, the earthly re-
mains of St. Matthew, the Apostle,
had been discovered on that spot.
Archbishop Franz Rudolf Borne-
waaser, Bishop of Trier, has ac-
cepted the sponsorship of the com-
mittee in charge of the observance.
The basilica is now used by the
Benedictine Fathers.
In Fulda, famous St. Michael's
church, the second-oldest church in
Germany, has been reopened with
solemn services by Bishop Johan-
nes Dietz of Fulda. The church
was established in the 8th Cen-
tury. During the war it suffered
considerable damage which now
has been repaired.
Geneva Parish
Pot-Luck March 16
Geneva--The Altar and Rosary
Society of St. Peter's parish is
sponsoring the annual St. Patrick's
Day pot-luck supper on Tuesday,
March 16, at 6:30 p. m. Everyone
is asked to bring a dish to pass.
All of the parishioners are invited
to attend.
based on the declared principle of
the government that only those
who actually till the land may re-
main its owners.
(According to press agency dis-
patches from Prague, the commun-
ist Prime Minister Klement Gott-
wald told a meeting of farmers
and peasants that the splitting up
of all Czechoslovak estates of more
than 50 hectares (123 acres) would
begin immediately. He denied, at
the same time, rumors circulating
in Czechoslovakia that the new re-
gime plans to introduce the Soviet
system of collective farms).
president, Robert "l~ylor, James Melqally and C~tLrle$ LindbelT,
senior preqdent.. Rlstol ~ Resamond, 8.B..T,., Wce, te~ that
Cresby and Jaekie fJooper did not return to BL Same~ ~ fall ~ -/
that Pat O den was a JUne graduate. Photo eottrte tho
]d]cblEen OLt] L Ftn )
