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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE ROCKFORD DIOCESE
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Churchmen, Statesmen, Veterans'
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VOL. XXXVl, NO• 12
JULY 20, 1947
Pope Indirectly
Answers Plea For
Birth Prevention
Refers To 'Shameful
Proposals Made By
Irresponsible Persons'
Vatican City, July 14 -- (Radio,
NC)-- His Holiness Pope Plus XII
in an audience granted to the Can-
adian delegates to the Internat-
ional Postal Congress held in Par-
is, referred approvingly to the re-
cent Marian Congress in Ottawa
and said that "devotion to the
lVIother of God is the most salu-
tary memory to awaken in these
sad days when physical wretched-
ness undermines Christian moral-
ity and shameful proposals made
by irresponsible persons, heedless
of God's law and reckless of the
irreparable harm that would en-
sue to domestic and civil society,
aimed at its utter collapse."
(Recently Mrs. Margaret San-
ger Slee, honorary chairman of
the
Planned Parenthood Federa-
tion of America, in connection with
her visit to England to attend a
conference on family planning, ad-
vocated a ten-year moratorium on
births as a remedy for food short-
ages in the hungry countries of
Europe.)
"The world will never be bet-
tared through moral degradation,"
the Pontiff declared, expressing
to the delegates the wish that
"Canada may preserve intact the
glory of her Christian heritage
through a self-disciplined rever-
ence for what is holy, just and
honorable." "Thus," he said, "the
world will be her eternal debtor.
Pittsburgh, Iuly 14--(NC)-- In
proposing a 10-year moratorium
on births in the hungry countries
of Europe, Mrs. Margaret Sanger
Slee, director of the Birth Control
:Research Bureau, "has plainly pur-
sued the birth control thesis to its
1ultimate absurdity." the Pitts-
burgh Post Gazette declares in an
editorial entitled "Experiment in
Suicide."
"What she now advocates," the
paper adds, "is an experiment in
mass suicide• For" a period of 10
years, the creation of life would l
become a crime, just as it is now
a crime to destroy life. This is
more than birth control on a mass
scale. It is a disruption in the
civilization ' of Europe and the
world• The cost in human values
is beyond estimate."
Asserting that "surely our re-
sources, our highly developed ec-
onomic machine, our ingenuity and
imagination are capable of meet-
ing the challenge" of hunger
abroad "without resort to this
experiment in suicide," the edi-
torial says:
"Years of war have reduced the
world's resources, diminished its
potential production. Even so, we
have not yet reached so bankrupt
a state that we must declare a
moratorium on human life."
Veteran Refuses
To Rent Home To
Childless Couple
Washington, July 14 --(NC)--
Back in the days when George
Knox McMullan was a corporal in
the Army, he couldn't find a house
to live in because he is the fath-
er of two children. He has a
house now--in fact he has a house
to spare. Employed by the Treas-
ury Department, he is being trans-
ferred from Washington to Miss-
issippi. So when he advertised
his house for rent, he stipulated
that consideration would be given
only to applicants who have child-
ten.
Old Galena Market House
I
Old Market House At Galena,
To Be Purchased By State Of
Illinois And Preserved As Memorial
Historical Building Regarded As Model Of
Early Midwest Architecture Was Designed
By Father Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli
BY THOMAS J. McCARTHY
Built in 1845 by H. T. Staufer from the plans and de-
signs of the famous Dominican priest, the Rev. Samuel
Charles Mazzuchelli, the Old Market House at Galena, Ill., is
to be purchased by the state of Illinois to be preserved and
maintained as a public memorial. The one hundred and two
year old building, in value of historical importance, has been
compared to the Old Court House
at Springfield and the Old State
House at Vandalia. It is similar
to Feneuil Hall in Boston.
In the last decade, the Old Mar-
ket House has been the subject of
noted artists who may be found
throughout the spring and fall of
each year, transferring the grace-
ful outlines of this structure to
canvas. One of the last market
houses of the Mississippi Valley,
the structure has been recommend-
ed by the American Building sur-
vey to be preserved as a sample of
early midwest architecture.
Lorado Taft, the great sculptor,
cites the Old Market House as an
early American work of architec-
tural value.
In his late book, "Classic Ameri-
can Buildings," Talbot F. Hamlin
noted New York architect asso-
ciated with Columbia university,
describes this institution designed
by Father Mazzuchelli and em-
phasizes its historical value. A
picture of this old building is filed
by the Library of Congress at
Washington.
Father Mazzuchelli was born of
noble parents at Milan, Italy on
Nov. 4, 1806. He entered the Do-
minican order at the Convent of
St. Andrew, Foenza, Italy on Dec.
6, 1823. Following his profession
one year later, the young religious
volunteered for missionary work
in the United States under the di-
rection of the Most Rev. Edward
Fenwick, Bishop of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Ordained on Sept. 5, 1830,
by Bishop Fenwick, Father Maz-
zuchelli was sent to the mission
outpost at Mackinac Island, Mich.
He then crossed the lake in a canoe
to Wisconsin and into the wilds of
a new mission field. He visited the:
trading post village of Prairie du
Chien and the small village of Min-
eral Point. Travelling on horse-
back down to Galena, he arrived
at this small mining settlement
some sixty miles below Mineral
Point in July 1835. It was then
that history began for the great
priest, architect and educator, a
prepossessing figure whose influ-
ence in the northwest territory has
been felt up to the present day.
Twelve churches in northwestern
Illinois, Eastern Iowa and south-
western Wisconsin, including Du-
buque's first cathedral, Old St.
Michael's and St. Mary's at Ga-
lena, have been attributed to the
work of Father Mazzuchelli. He
daatmnd Sit. ahzlal'= at. Praida du
Official Urge Measure To Allow
400,000 DP's Enter United States
Msgr. John O'Grady Details Findings
Of Firsthand Investigations Among War !
Unfortunates In Latin-American Nations
Washington, July 14--(NC)--Unless the United State
)ermits entry of a substantial Immber of Europe's displaced
persons within its borders, it will weaken its position oi
leadership throughout the world, Msgr. John O'Grady, secre-
tary of the National Conference of Catholic Charities, told
members of the immigration subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee tn urging
favorable action on the Stratton
Rill, which would admit 400,000 Notre Dame Host
DP's to this nation.
The subcommittee also heard For Priests' C.A.
testimony in favor of the bill,
sponsored by Representative WiI- Study Week
liam G. Stratton of Illinois, from
Edward T. McCaffery, chairman of
the national executive committee
of the Catholic War Veterans, and
Herbert H. Lehman, former Gov-
ernor of new York and director
general of the United Nations Re-
lief and Rehabilitation Administra-
tion. Mr. McCaffrey told the legis-
lators that he had been authorized
by the Jewish War Veterans to
submit his views on behalf of that
organization, while Mr. Lehman
asserted that virtually every Jew-
ish Organization in the riation was
in favor of the measure. A state-
ment by Philip Murray, president
of the Congress of Industrial Or-
ganizations supporting the bill was
read by John Edelman, C.I.O. offi-
Chien as well as smaller churches cial.
in Shullsburg and Benton, Wis., Monsignor O'Grady declared
and Bellevue, Iowa. Plans for the that the Catholic Church, along
old Jo Daviess County Court House, with 18 other groups in the United
which is now remodelled, were States is vitally interested in the
made by the architect priest. The problem. He pointed out that War
Old Market House at Galena and Relief Services--National Catho-
early buildings on the campus of tic Welfare Conference has been
Iowa State college were designed doing its utmost in helping with
by Father Mazzuchelli. the resettlement of the DP's in
On February 23, 1864, he died Europe. lic Action Moderator at Notre
He related that during the last Dame, on "The Theology of Catho-
at Benton Wis., of pneumonia con- ........
,..a , La ;. ÷^ .a.,;,,;°.. nve montns no nan oeen in various lic Action."
,".o/'",,.,."÷."':,'"',;':,; South American countries in an ef- Specialized forms of Catholic ae-
;erso.°Deatl=eae slol t- af'ter If°rt to find new homes for the tion will be spotlighted Wednesday
tPle completion'of the ne t Mi DP s, and that Argentina, Brazil, morning, August 6, when diseus-
hl,. , ^h ;. c'_.le, a ,,,hi::h h :[Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay have sion will center around the Young"
,:1'".'.' ,g: 1 , .... ,lbeen cooperating in the humane Christian Workers, the Young
' °',.,'l':d,,','.: ",,[ undertaking, i Christian Students and the
fire ............... of 1856 which" ..... destroyed ............. greater[ He detailed that he learned from Cht'istian Farmers. The ltter's
Galena. I
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A picture of Father Mazzuchelli I ........ ............ ---:=-.. ---=: ....... :
hangs in the new Galena museuml . . . __ _ .
anmng the portraits of the pioneerlAulu'lH|a n .qitllerJtl Annfulnl.
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settlers of Galena. He s honored
Changes Affecting Priests In Diocese
by the people of the northern Il-
linois territory as a hero of the
early years.
The name of Father Mazzuchelli
is venerated in the places where he
was known and did his.life's work.
At Freeport, Ill., the Fourth De-
gree assembly of the Knights of
Columbus has been named in his
honor. The Dominican Sisters of
Sinsinawa, Wis., founded by the
Rev. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli,
have asked prayers for the cause
of his beatification.
Designer
Fr. S. C. Maaauehelli
Notre Dame, Ind. -- The Univer-
sity of Notre Dame will be host
August 4-8, to the Fifth Annual
Catholic Action Study Week for
Priests, which will feature lectures
by such world-renowned Catholic
Actionists as Canon Joseph Cardijn
of Brussels, Belgium founder of the
Young Christian Worker movement,
and Patrick Keegan, England's na-
tional YCW president.
Canon Cardijn, who is in this
country to attend several important
Catholic Action and YCW confer-
ences, will speak at the August 7
morning sessmn. Mr. Keegan will
lead a discussion Wednesday even-
ing, August 6, on "The Personal
Apostolate".
The first full day's program will
include talks by Msgr. Reynold
Hillenbrand, of Chicago, on "Social
Problems of Today"; the Rev. John
Fitzsimons, of Liverpool, England,
and a faculty memher at Notre
Dame, on "Papal Teaching Concern°
ing Catholic Action"; and the Rev.
Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., Catho-
At the triennial chapter of the Augustinian Order, Pro-
vince of Our Mother of Good Counsel, held at Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin, July 7, 8 and 9 the following changes effecting
priests in the Rockford area were announced. At the chapter,
the Most Rev. Joseph A. Hickey, O.S.A., prior general of the
Augustinians throughout the world, with headquarters in
Rome, Italy, presided. The Very@ ............ ,
......... . -- l u..., asslsan a . aary s
ev names d ecnor, u ,, Chur h k
• " " " " "I c , Roc ford, has been ap-
of Detroit, Michigan, was returned I pointed prior of St. Augustine's
to the office of Provincial of the[ Church, Detroit, Michigan. Roy.
province for another term of three Joseph X. Senke, O.S.A., assistant
years, pastor of SS. ' Peter and Paul
l Rev. Christopher C. McGrath, Church, Rockford, has been trans-
O.S.A., prior and rector of St. Mary ferred to St. Rita's High School,
Church for the past seven years, Chicago. Rev. William Thomas,
has been appointed prior of a new O.S.A., athletic director of St.
foundation for a minor seminary
of the Order, to be established at
Lake Wawasee, Indiana• Rev.
Clement C. McHale, O.S.A., pastor
of SS. Peter and Paul Church, is
assigned to the same foundation
as Rector of Postulants and pro-
curator. Rev. Henry A. Wierman,
O.S.A., prior and rector of St.
Thomas' High School, Rockford,
elected as definitor of the province,
will be assistant pastor at St.
Mary's Church, Rockford•
Replacing Father McGrath wll
be Rev. William Fink, O.S.A., pas-
tor of St. Claire of Montefalco
Church, Chicago. Rev. Joseph A.
Smith, O.S.A., prior of St. Clare's
Church, Detroit, will becomoprior
and head of St. Thomas' High
School. Roy. Aloysltm Tleraey.
Thomas' High School, and Rev.
Augustine Lamond, O.S.A., also of
the High School faculty, have bedn
transferred to St. Rita's High
School, Chicago. In replacement
will be Rev. James P. Lyne, O.S.A.,
who will be added to the faculty
of St. Thomas'.
The Augustinian Order has had
charge of the parish of St. Mary'
and the St. Thomas' High School
since 1931. The Order is repre-
sented in various sections of the
eastern part of the United States
and in the mid-west as well as ia
California. Their priests are oceu 2
pied chiefly with teaching in the
schools assigned to them, and in
serving as pastors or assistants in
the parishes committed to theig
care=