Evening star., 1939-08-23
Catholics Told
1oEn1p|1asize
Work in u. 5.
Bishop McGuiness
Addresses 5000
At Field Mass

American Catholics, highly aware
OF their white mans burden" to
convert the heathen of Africa and
the Orient, have not fully realized
their obligation to bring the light of
truth to the benighted legions" of the
United States, Bishop Eugene j.
McGuiness of Raleigh, N. c., told
5000 participants in a pontifical field
mass at Catholic University Sta
dium today.
Il want to call your attention
to North Carolina, where the Cath
olic percentage of the population is
less than the Catholic ratio in
China" Bishop McGuiness said. "In
North Carolina there are 3,5OO,00O
people, of whom 8,10O are members
of our church-representing one
fifth of per cent of the population. +"
Bishop McGuiness said that the
technique of Christian preaching for
conversion is always the same"
adding: Christ our Lord came to
preach to all men, forgive sins of all
men, to bring truth to every people
and and to every Nation.
Choir Presents Music.
That is the reason why the church
cannot be a national church, nor a
racial church, nor even an interna-
tional church-she must be supra
national church, whose purpose is to
call all people to the one fold and
the one Shepherd"
The Most Rev. Francis J. L. Beck
man, Archbishop OF Dubuque. was
celebrant at the mass for the Cath
oils Student Mission Crusade dele
gates, meeting at the university
through Friday. Music was pre-
sented by the Choir of Marist Col
lege, directed by Edward Kelly, S. M.
Afternoon sessions were devoted to
panel discussions on work in China,
India, South America and the South
Sea Islands.
Modern missionaries must not
only preach on the steps of pagan
temples but in the parliaments of
so-called Christian governments
where the modern heresy of totaG-
tarianism threatens even those who
glory in their democracies, the Most
Rev. Frank A. Thill, bishop Of Con-
cordia, Kans., told the delegates last
night in a keynote address opening
the conclave.
Greeting From Pope Read.
Addressing the group which in
cluded mission leaders from China,
Africa and South America, follow
ing the reading of greeting from
Pope Plus XII, Bishop Thill stated
the fundamental missionary activity
today consists in supplying the need
OF men and women to do God S
work for the church at home and
abroad.
Just now when so many false
shepherds are leading the masses
astray, when so many demagogues
are making themselves the apostles
OF inhuman causes and leading the
people into slavery of the state,
the machine and the majority, it
is good thing for Catholic stu
dents in America to join Catholics
throughout the world in proclaim
ing aloud the claims of God and
the value of mans immortal soul"
he said.
A meeting of mission aid was
scheduled for tonight, with Msgr.
Thomas j. Mcdonnell, the Rev.
Thomas J. Reed and 13-year-old
Martin Good Rider, Rocky oMun-
tain Indian youth, as speakers.
Vatican Message.
The message of Pope Plus ad-
dressed to the Most Rev. John M.
Mcnamara, auxiliary bishop of
Baltimore, was read by the Very
Rev. Msgr. Lawrence j. Shehan.
director of Catholic Charities in
Washington, who acted in the alb
sence of Bishop McNamara. 1t read:
THE holy father commends the
splendid zeal and accomplishments
of the Catholic Students Mission
Crusade. His holiness recommends
to the special consideration and
sympathy of the national conven-
tion of the Catholic University of
Peking. In token of his good wishes
for the continued success of the
and for abundant heavenly
favors, the holy father bestows from
his heart, the apostolic benediction
upon the officers and delegates of
the convention and upon their
deliberations"