Evening star., 1942-10-19
Gold Mass Is Held
To Invoke Divine Aid
For Service Doctors
The Rev. Louis oIeory
Compares Physicians
To Mission of Church

s Prayers for doctors in the mill
tary service who share all the heart
aches, all the suffering and dangers
of our fighting men at home and
abroad" were offered at George
town University yesterday morning
by alumni of the school of medi-
cine.
The occasion was the university's
observance of the feast day of St.
Luke, patron saint of physicians,
at which the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, pontifi-
Gated at the solemn celebration Of
gold mass in Dahlgreen Chapel.
Nurses from Georgetown Hospital,
as well as medical men of the armed
services, attended the mass.
The Rev. David v. McCauley,
S. j., dean of medicine, arranged
the first Georgetown observance OF
this kind last year, the country
then being threatened by the war
In Europe. Now with the United
States engaged in hostilities, yes
terday's mass served as a means to
invoke divine protection and assist
ance in behalf of medical men serv-
ing and seeking to serve their Gov
ernment. At the conclusion OF the
mass, the apostolic blessing was
impaired on the assemblage.
Officers of Mass.
Assisting priest at the mass was
the Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary,
s. J., president and rector of George
town University. The honorary dea-
cons were the Very Rev. Vincent
Keelan, S. j., vice provincial of the
New York Maryland province of the
Jesuit order, and the Rev. Edmund
A. Walsh, s. j., vice president OF
the university.
Officers of the mass were the Rev.
Charles A. Foley, s. j., deacon; the
Rev. Daniel O'C. McFadden, S. j.,
subdeacon, and the master OF cere-
monies was the Very Rev. Msgr.
Leo Binz of the Apostolic Delega-
ton.
In his sermon, the Rev. Louis
OLeary, o. P, of Catholic Univer-
Sity, preached from the text of st.
Paul's letter to the Ephesians: For
our wrestling is not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities
and powers. against the rulers Of
this world of darkness. against the
spirit of wickedness in high places
Emulates True Apostle.
DR.. OLeary, who is professor OF
homiletics at Catholic University,
drew close comparison between the
crusading spirit and mission OF the
church and the medical profession.
CAS- the physician struggles with
the enigma of human misery" he
said, giving of his knowledge, time
and life itself. with no thought or
complaint about the sacrifices he
makes, he certainly emulates the
spirit of a true apostle.
These are the marks of character
the doctor needs and perfects in
q normal lifetime But today" he
warned. "principalities and powers
and the spirits of wickedness in
high places have combined to under
mine the whole of human life. \
Thus today the doctor particu-
larly must be apostolic in his zeal
to avert disaster for his fellowmen
He must be catholic in his willing
ness to accept any task that will
aid the cause of his beleaguered
nation. He must be holy as every
warrior is holy who fights bravely
and cleanly in defending what he
believes to be a just cause. And he
must be one with all physicians
with all Americans who sincerely
give their credo to the truth that
right must conquer might, that god
illness must triumph over goddess
ness"