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January 20 was the big day for John Fitzgerald
Kennedy—he became the 35th President of the United
States. President Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic
to hold the office, is shown (at left) making the sign
of the cross along with Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Archbishop of Boston (standing at the rostrum) who
gave the invocation at the inaguration ceremonies. To
IN INAUGURAL:
Before that Richard Cardi
nal Cushing offered a pray
er "that we may know
4ur personal responsibilities"
'is men, as Americans, as citi
zens of the world, as children
of God. The Archbishop of
Boston also asked God to
give President Kennedy, his
cabinet, the Congress and the
courts "and all of us"
tjhe grace "to perform with
full personal responsibil i y
our duties" as free men and
as American citizens.
President Kennedy began
his inauguration day by go
ing some three blocks from
his Georgetown home to Holy
Trinity church, where he at
tended a Mass offered at 9
a.m. by-father Anderson El
Bakewell, S.J., assistant pas
tor. Father Martin J. Casey,
S.J.. the pastor, greeted the
then President-elect.
A HALF-HOUR EARLIER,
Cardinal Cushing offered a
Pontifical Low Mass in the
National Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, across
the city, for the welfare of
the nation, and for the offi
cials of the executive, legis
lative and judicial branches
of the government.
The Cardinal also recited
two prayers at this Mass. One
was the traditional Prayer
for Civil Authorities, com
posel by Archbishop John Car
roll. the first United States
bishop. The other was a pray
er to the "Father of Nations,"
composed by Cardinal Cush
ing.
Archbishop Patrick A. 0'
Boyle of Washington was in
the sanctuary at this Mass.
REPRESENTATIVES of
three other faiths offered
prayers at the inauguration
ceremony, asking divine guid
ance and protection for Presi-
Praise Speech
Of President
For Realism
VATICAN CITY, (Radio,
NO L'Osservatore Romano
has praised the inaugural ad
dress of President John F.
K e n n e y o a i n w o
problems realistically and
hopefully.
Editor Raimondo Manzini of
the Vatican City daily said in
an editorial that no enlighten
ed man can deny thic sympa
thy and encouragement to the
new U.S. President.
HE SAID THAT President
Kennedy's speech echoed the
affirmation of man's spiritual
nature and equality which is
found in the Declaration of
Independence. He did so, the
editorial continued, "with elo
quent strength, as a reminder
of the unchangeable principle
of every society that wants to
be faithful to its true goal."
e a e a i u a y
praised passages in the speech
dealing with the problems of
peace, disarmament and the
United Nations. It concluded:
"THE MESSAGE received
from the U.S. sounds timely
.. and like an invitation to
look high and far for a re
examination of the responsi
bilities of these serious times,
in which each person is in
volved in the religious convic
tion that we must always and
everywhere "be the executors
of the designs of God on
earth*
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John F. Kennedy Becomes 35lh President
President Reminds Country
"God's Work Must Be Ours"
WASHINGTON John F. Kennedy assumed his
duties of President of the United States with a solemn
warning to his countrymen that "here on earth God's
work must truly be our own."
HE HAD TAKEN the oath of office, his left hand
resting on a Douay version
of the Bible that has been
in the possession of his grand
mother, the widow of form
er Boston Mayor John F.
jfitzgerald.
dent Kennedy and his ad
nllhistration, noting the
troubled times in which it
comes to authority. These
clergymen included Rev. Dr.
John Barclay, pastor of the
Central Christian church, Aus
tin, Tex. Archbishop Iakovos
of the Greek Orthodox Arch
diocese of North and South
America, and Rabbi Nelson
Glueck, president of the He
brew Union College of Cin
cinnati.
Pope John XXIII sent a
cablegram to President Ken
nedy on inauguration day, in
voking "divine assistance for
the high mission to which
you have been called." The
Holy Father also sent a
cablegram to Dwight D. Eisen
hower, who was terminating
eight years as President.
President Kennedy is the
first Catholic to occupy the
office of President of the
United States At 43, he is
also the youngest man elected
to the presidency. President
Theodore Roosevelt was
younger, 42, when he took
the office for the first time,
but he was advancing from
the vice presidency follow
ing the death of President
McKinley in 1901.
President Kennedy's swear
ing
-in was preceded by some
of the worst weather the
capital had seen in 50 years,
but the day itself was bright
with sunshine, though very
cold,.
It was one of the biggest,
If not the biggest, inaugura
tions, with visitors bulging
all of the city's accommoda
tions.
Some 5,000 persons—secret
service men, members of the
armed forces, uniformed and
plain clothes police form
ed a security guard for the
occasion. Manholes in the
streets along the route be
tween the White House and
Capitol were lifted, inspect-
Accuses Clergy
Of Approving
Murders
HAVANNA, Cuba
u a s i e i e i e
a s o i s s u e a n e w
broadside against "hench
men in cassocks" and
charged thai "facists"
priests have ^'converted
assassination into a vir
tue."
The Premier denounced
Spanish priests, who form a
majority of Cuba's Catholic
clergy. He spoke in Havanna
before 1,200 young Militia
men and women who were
certified as teachers.
AFTER ASSERTING that
20 counter revolutionary
criminals" had been captured
following the hanging of two
militiamen and a school teach
er in central Cuba, Mr. Castro
said:
"Persecution such as they
eotild never imagine will come
to all of them. Nothing will
save them Then he re
ferred to the Catholic clergy
as "agents of imperialism''
and said that "those who
wield ideological arms first
reach the conclusion that
communists must be assassin
ated."
"THESE ARE FRUITS of
the anticommunist campaign
Of reactionary imperialists
and of the fascist and
pro-Franco clergy. They have
converted assassination into
a virtue,* 'he said.
the left of President Kennedy is former President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and at far left is the new first
lady, Mrs. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. In the photo at
right, the President is shown shaking hands with
Father Martin J. Casey, S.J., pastor of Holy Trinity
Church in Washington after the President attend!!!
9 a.m. Mass on his inauguration day. (NC Photos)
ed and sealed several d&ys
before inauguration.
Chief U. E. Baughman of
the U. S. Secret Service said
incoming Presidents usually
receive threats, but that "they
have been more vicious this
time on both religious
and political grounds."
The inauguration went off
without incident, however.
President Kennedy also be
came the first President since
Andrew Johnson who has
served in both the Senate
and the House of Representa
tives the first man born in
President while both of his
the 20th Century to become
President the second man in
American history to become
President while both his
parents were living. Ulysses
S. Grant was the first. It
was the first time two par
ents had seen a son inaugur
ated.
President Kennedy began
his inaugural address, certain
to be one of the most mem
orable in history, by observ
ing that "I have sworn be
fore you and Almighty God
the same solemn oath our
forebears prescribed nearly
a century and three quarters
ago."
Reminding that "the rights
of man come not from the
generosity of the state but
from the hands of God,' 'he
told Americans that "in your
hands, my fellow citizens,
more than mine^ will rest
the final success or failure
of our course."
HE CALLED on The west
ern and the Soviet blocs to
"begin anew" in their efforts
for peace. "Let us never
negotiate out of fear. But
let us never fear to nego
tiate," he said.
"And if a beach-head of
cooperation may push back
the jungle of suspicion, let
both sides join in a new en
deavor: creating, not a new
balance of power, but a new
world of law, where the
strong are just and the weak
secure and the peace preserv
ed," he added.
The President told his fel
low Americans that they are
summoned to "bear the bur
den of a long twilight strug
gle, year in and year out, 're
joicing in hope, patient in
tribulations' a struggle
against the common enemies
of man: tyranny, poverty,
disease and war itself."
"With a good conscience
our only sure reward, with
history the final judge of
our deeds, let us go forth to
lead the land we love, asking
His blessing and His help,
but knowing that here on
earth God's work must truly
be our own."
As President and Mrs. Ken
nedy left their own celebrat
ed home in Georgetown for
the last time the morning of
his inauguration, students at
Georgetown University join
ed with many of the area resi
dents in bidding him God
speed. Georgetown University
is conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers.
Some 1,500 American and
foreign news correspondents
covered President Kennedy's
inauguration, and it was esti
mated that a million words
of press copy were filed over
telegraph wires during the
inaugural period.
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'Feared' He'd
Be Blamed
For Fire
WASHINGTON, (NC)
Richard Cardinal Cushing
chuckled and said "The only
tiling I was afraid of was
that 1 would be blamed if the
lietern burned up."
The Archbishop of Boat
Ml
was talking about the smold
ering fire which broke out
in the lectern as he was de
livering the invocation at the
inauguration of Pres i e n
Kennedy. The mishap was
witnessed by millions via tele
vision. The prelate was asked
if he was aware that the fire
had broken out shortly after
he began his prayer.
**I certainly was," he re
plied. "I saw and smelled
the smoke and I knew some
thing was wrong. It didn't
concern me so I went on
with my prayer."
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£he recent Whitehouse
conference on the Aging
was well planned and exe
cuted according to local
people who attended the
workshops and general ses
sions.
Monsignor Lawrence Cor
coran, Diocesan director of
Charities, who led a work
shop on "Role of the Con
gregation in Effecting Atti
tudes," praised the mechanics
of the meeting.
Monsignor Corcoran said
that although the Medical
care for the Aged plan re
ceived a great deal of pub
licity in the daily news media
there was little or no real
differences within the group
which handled the question."
"Income maintenance sec
tion handled the question and
they favored the plan which
would attach medical care for
the aged to, the Social Secur
ity." he noted. "This was
passed by the Conference."
"One of the little noticed
issues in this same section
that approved the Medical
program is that of approval
for the Federal Government
to participate financially in
general assistance programs
which now are financed by
state and/or local programs."
"The National Conference
of Catholic Charities has con
s i s e n y o o s e e e a
Government entering the
local field unnecessarily. The
local and state governments
Set Inquiry
(llasses At
Cathedral
A new Instruction Class
will begin 7:30 p.m., Tues
day, Feb. 7, at St. Joseph
Cathedral.
CATHOLIC DOCTRINE and
practice will be explained
thereafter at 7:30 p.m. even
Tuesday and Thursday until
the course is completed. The
sessions last one hour.
The course will be given by
the Cathedral priests and is
open to any interested per
son.
A SPECIAL INVITATION
is extended to non-Catholics
by Monsignor Joseph E. Mc
Glynn. pastor of the Cathe
dral, to attend these classes.
obligation of any kind
i* incurred by attending.
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our "brother's keeper/' Functioning as the keep
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to provide needed services."
"A parliamentarian was as
signed to each work group to
keep the discussion orderly
and to the point," he noted.
"THREE MINUTES WAS
allotted in the general ses
sions to make a motion and
two minutes per delegate to
discusss the motion. In addi
tion if you were in the minor
ity and could muster at least
15 per cent, you could file
a minority report," he noted.
Monsignor Corcoran said
there was almost complete
agreement among the various
Faiths represented to the
problems and their solutions.
Some minor disagreements
existed on approach, "but
these were neither many nor
OH vital issues," he said.
••The Conference recogniz
ed the importance of religion
in the older person's life and
saw that religion can give
meaning to all life and there
fore much more so to those
in their later years," he said.
"A need has been amplified
by the Conference that atti
tudes should be changed, so
that aging will not be looked
upon as outcasts so that
the compulsory retirement at
65 would not be necessary."
"The Conference agreed
that the Church should be a
leader in stimulating services
for the aged such things
as housing for the aged, vol
unteer workers to provide
entertainment, transportation,
meals on wheels, (a hot meal
program brought to the home)
and a counselling service."
"THIS WOULD NOT mean
that the churches would have
to provide al1 these services
themselves but would encour
age the use of these programs
for the aged," Monsignor Cor
coran pointed out.
*The Conference urged f&e
Churches to examine their
own position in making ap
pointments to boards, and
such, so that the experience
of the aged would not be.
overlooked," he said.
o a s W e i e i v i s i o n
chief for the State Aid for
the aged, who was recorder
for section on Social Services,
said that the group agreed
that national voluntary and
overnmental groups should
e used to help local and
state services.
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no
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"Where as
ity lies with tfte local group,
some of them do not have the
resources to develop their
program and should seek ad
vice from the voluntary and
governmental agencies," Weil
er said.
tne
MARGUERITE WILLIAMS,
co-chairman of the Columbus
Senior Citizens Center, point
ed out that the Conference
was impressive since people
came from al] parts of the
country to discuss the issues
but all seemed to have the
same grasp of the problems
and their solutions.
"Many at the conference
were impressed with our work
here in Columbus, where it
seems we are ahead in some
areas that the larger cities
have not developed," she said.
"The Conference stressed
that the older person has the
right to live independently if
she or he so desires and plac
ed a high premium on family
life for the elderly," Mrs. Wil
liams said.
"Foster homes for the aged,
so that those without families
could enjoy this family life,
were encouraged—this is the
field which has not been fully
developed," she pointed out.
"Another proposal was to
require rest homes, where
many of the elderly sit all
day doing nothing, to provide
recreational programs, either
from voluntary groups or by
the home itself," she said.
'Hamp' Skips
Inaugural:
Goes To Rome
ROME (Radio, NC)
Bandleader Lionel Hamp
ton had an invitation to
play at the Presidential in
augural e s tivities in
Washington, but he turned
it down to see Joseph Cardi
nal Ritter get his Red Hat.
MR. HAMPTON, at 46 vir
tually a legendary figure of
the Benny Goodman era of
swing music, has admired
Cardinal Ritter ever since
e a i n a i n e a e
schools of the St. I/Hiis arch
diocese in 1947. They have
been personal friends since
1958 when they traveled to
Europe on the same ship
that \ear.
religion, charity and education. A strong active
Diocese is a bulwark for freedom. Remember,
to whom much is given, much is expected.
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Friday, Jan, 27,. 1961
Cardinal
Sees U. S.
As Bulwark
ROME—The Catholic
of
the
United States are
"a bulwark as well as a
standard-bearer for the
Church in the modem
world," Joseph Cardinal Rife
ter declared during the cere
mony of taking possession of
his titular church in Rome
Scarlet carpeting covered
the stairs of the Gothic-style
Church of St. Alphonsus as
the Archbishop of St Louis
entered to take possession.
He was accompanied by Vati
can officials and Italian of
ficers in Napoleonic uniforms.
In welcoming Cardinal Hit
ter to St. Alphonsus', Father
Gaudreau expressed gratitude
that the Cardinal had chosen
that church when he was
given his choice of three pos
sible titular churches. "In the
name of the 9,200 spiritual
sons of St Alphonsus who
make up the Congregation erf
the Most Holy Redeemer, I
as Superior General offer yon
heartfelt congratulations,
prayerful good wishes and
above all. a warm, open and
affectionate welcome to this
church."
Cardinal Ritter saidfii re
sponse:
"I am not unconscious of
the fact that in conferring the
princely dignity of the cardi
nalate upon me, our most
holy father. Pope John XXEU,
now gloriously reigning, has
in mind not myself alone but
rather recognition of the
magnificence in the service
of God and the Church dis
played by our American
Catholic people and in
particular by those of the
Archdioceses of Indianapolis
and St. Louis, with whieh in
God's Providence I have been
so closely associated.
"For it is obvious today
that the Catholic Church in
the United Stat-s of America
has reached a period of
maturity that our people, us
ing the prosperity, peace and
liberty with which God has
endowed our great country,
have become a bulwark as
well as a standard-bearer for
the Church in the modern
world."
Cardinal Ritter expressed
pleasure at having St. Al
phonsus' as his titular church,
because it enshrines the ori
ginal painting of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help.
Rev, George Fulchor
Editor
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