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Courier-journal — Friday, Nov. 16, 1968 Cardinal Leger Discusses Missi sstons Montreal - (NC) — Paul Emile Cardinal Leger, archbishop of Mon- treal, said in a report to a charity or- ganization here that patience and con- stancy are the two virtues he has learned as a result of his missionary work in Cameroon, \West Central Africa. Cardinal Leger, who resigned as archbishop of Montreal in Novem- ber 1967 to work among lepers in Africa, sent a special report to Fame Pereo, a charity organization here which he helped found in 1962, in which he said: \My first experience with mission- ary activity has taught me that the two virtues (patience and constancy) are always necessary in transmitting to the natives the Gospel of salvation. They still retain their power to edu- cate, and it takes time, much time, to learn to understand a people, to CAEDINAL LEGER come to discover the human values hidden behind the veil of an un known language, behind customs that go back several milenniums.\ Fame Pereo — from a Latin phrase meaning \I ana dying of hunger\ -— last year distributed 18 tons of medi- cal supplies and clothing contributed by Canadians to people of 18 African countries. Cardinal Leger said he spent the first three months of his stay in Africa learning from his observations how African city dwellers lived, and how that mode of living differed from life in the African trash. He said he had listened attentively, so as to un- derstand better what priorities de- manded his immediate attention \in a human milieu so different from the one in which he had been accustomed to live while in Canada.\ As Result of Unlikely Events Thieu ... Now a National Leader By FATHER PATRICK J. BURKE, S.S.C. NC News Service Saigon — President Nguyen van Thieu has come a long way in the one year since he was elected chief executive of South Vietnam. His response to the events of re- cent weeks has elevated him into thp position of a national leader. A year ago, at his inauguration on Nov. 1, 1967, there were few, if any, observers of the Vietnam situation who gave him much chance for sur- vival. According to them, he was a compromise selection by the warring factions of Vietnamese generals. His cabinet and administration was a coalition of powenhungry elements. His vice president was his outspoken opponent Despite this, he is now leading a country that is more united political- ly than at any time since the early years of the late President Ngo dinh Diem, killed in 1963. Two unlikely elements have com- bined to boost President Thieu's prestige and popularity. They are the Viet Cong with their Tet (lunar new year) offensive and President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to halt the bombing of North Vietnam. During the past year President Thieu has been slowly-too slowly for many foreigners-and painfully con- solidating his administration. He has had two prime ministers in that time. His present one, Tran van Huong, brought an^it ^»JM«$MWx. k the administration. He is respected for his honesty arto\ integrity, some of which has rubbed off on the gov- ernment. Before the Tet offensive city dwel- lers hardly felt the impact of the fighting, but when the Viet Cong at- tacked the large centers of popula- tion they badly miscalculated. In- stead of the people rising up to sup- port the Viet Cong, they rallied be- hind the government. When preliminary peace talks be- gan in Paris, most Vietnamese re- mained skeptical. The position of the South Vietnamese government has remained unchanged. It has refused to recognize the National Liberation Front (NFL) or to have anything to do with a coalition government. Al- though some American politicians favored acceding to the Communists on both counts, the South Vietnam- ese felt reassured that President Johnson would not force them to do either. Two weeks of meetings between President Thieu and U.S. Ambassa- dor Ellsworth Bunker failed to get the Vietnamese to agree to a com- plete bombing halt over North Viet- nam. President Johnson's unilateral decision angered and bewildered them. Shortly before the news broke, Viet Cong rockets fired into Saigon left 24 Vietnamese civilians dead, 19 of them killed while attending Mass. In his speech to the Joint session of the National Assembly on Nov. 2, President Thieu clearly stated South Vietnam's position: No opposition to the complete bombing halt but also no recognition of the National Lib- eration Front and no coalition gov- ernment. It was what the National Assembly and the nation wanted to hear and they closed ranks behind the government. South Vietnam refused to attend the next session of the Paris talks- forcing the postponement-because it would not sit at the conference with the National Liberation Front if the 'Catonsville 9' Plan To Appeal Sentences Baltimore — (NC) — The \Ca- tonsville Nine,\ anti-Vietnam war pro- testers who burned draft files last May, were given prison sentences ranging from 2^ to 3 years in U.S. District Court William Kunstlor, defense counsel, said the convictions will be appealed. The defendants include Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Cornell University chaplain; Father Philip Berrigan, S.S.J., of Baltimore, brother of the Jesuit; Thomas Melville, his wife, Marjorie, and John Hogan, former Maryknoll missionaries whoi were ex- pelled from Guatemala on grounds of working with revolutionary groups; George Miche, who served in Latin America with the Alliance for Progress; Thomas Lewis, an artist; Mary Moylan, a nurse, and Brother David Darst, F.S.C., a Christian Brother of St. Louis. Father Philip Berrigan and Lewis already are serving six-year prison terms, for damaging draft files earlier this year by pouring blood on them. The nine were accused of breaking into a Selective Service office in Catonsville on May 17, removing 378 draft files and burning them in an adjacent parkins lot First Negro Congresswoman Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, elected to the House of Representatives from a Brooklyn district, will be come the first black woman to serve in Congress. She gives a \V\ for victory sign to a group of sup- porters. Mrs. Chisholm, a Democrat, defeated James Farmer, the former head of the Congress of Racial Equality. Her district includes Bedford- Stuyvesant, one of the largest black and Puerto Rican communities in the nation. It also includes Crown Heights, an area with a heavy Jewish popu- lation. NLF were seated as a separate dele- gation. President Johnson's reassurances on not recognizing the NLF have failed to convince the South Viet- namese. They feel betrayed and the mood of tne nation is one of defiance with national pride at stake, Cardinal Hits Viol ence on Social Issues Santiago, Clillc — (NC) — The use of violence to bring about social and political reform was deplored by Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, of Santiago in a press conference here reacting to statements by Fath- er Diego Palma, one of the leaders in the protest \occupation\ of the cathedral here last August In an interview published by Ei Mercurio, Santiago daily, Father Palma had said that violence is not un-Christian if efforts to bring about improvement by conversion to so- cial responsibility are ineffective. Cardinal Silva saLd that Chile has a democratic tradition of 150 years and that it has resulted in positive development. He added that he lias great faith in the path of construc- tive action to bring about a recogni- tion of human values. Such an ap- proach, ho said, can. avoid a \bestial struggle.\ He expressed the hope that violent conflict in undertaking the solution of social problems will not occur in Chile. In the El Mercurio interview, Fa- ther Palma said that St Thomas Aquinas justified \violent action' against tyranny\ and that there is \violence in the Gospels.\ He claim-, ed that Pope Paul justified violence | under certain conditions also. j Father Palma stressed that Chris- tians must seek the conversion of so- ciety to a sense of social responsi- bility in contrast to the Marxist view| that exploiting classes are \beyond redemption.\ But, be said, if there is no response by the upper classes to the Christian efforts, then Chris- tians \must go the violent way.\ Pew Space Aplenty In Iceland Cathedral Reykjavik, Iceland — (NC) — The new diocese of Reykjavik has a cir- cumstance probably unmatched any- where in the world: its entire Catho- lic population can be seated in its cathedral. When Dutch-born Father Henry Hubert Frehen comes here as the bishop of Reykjavik in December he will find about 900 Catholics. He will have less than a dozen priests, most of them Dutch and belonging to the Montfort Fathers, as he does. There are 65 Sisters, including Carmelites, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, and Sisters of St_ Joseph of Chambery, most of them Dutch and French, a ^ew American-, GeFmafr ani Polish^ and\one a native of Iceland. Iceland had a Catholic diocese be- fore, from the year 1056 until the Reformatioa Bishop-elect Frehen has been on the staff of Louvain University, as an associate professor of theology. Bishop Seeks Role For Married Priests Haarlem, The Netherlands — (NC) — Bishop Theodore Zwartkruls of Haarlem has declared that he will sponsor some kind of partici- pation in pastoral work for his priests who decide to marry, but he cannot permit them to celebrate Mass or preach. In an official public statement the Bishop said that he would try to find positions for such priests \in different pastoral areas, depending on their talents and in consultation with the parishes, schools and hospi- tals or other parties Involved.\ He asserted at the same time: \Of course I am unable to give permis- sion to celebrate tlie Holy Euchar- ist and to preach at Mass to a priest who marries or who intends to marry.** Surprisingly low prices for such delicately light translucent china, created v/ith 45% bone ash content for extraordinary sheerness. Take advan- tage of this special value for the holidays and for giving. Each 45-piece service for 8 includes: eight each, dinners, salads,, bread and butters, cups, saiicersj one each, vegetable, platter, creamer, covered sugar. The 65-piece service for twelve consists of: twelve each, dinners, salads, bread and butters, cups, saucers; one each, vegetable, platter, creamer, covered sugar. 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