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THE JEFFERSONIAN
REV. JOHN O. O'RQURKE, EDITOR
"THE HISTORIC CHURCH FOR AN HISTORIC TOWN"
Entered In the post office at Jefferson, Texas as second class iA
mail matter January 24, 1949, under the act of March 3, 1879. The
Subscription rate to THE JEFFBR90NIAN, which is publish*
monthly, Is two dollars per year. Address all communications to THE
JEFFERSONIAN, Box 705, Jefferson, Texas. Editor's phone. Jef-
ferson 632.
The official organ of the mission churches of the Immaculate Con-
ception of the Blessed Virgin at Jefferson and of Our Lady at Fatlma
at Dalngerfield, THE JEFFERSONIAN is published with the ap-
probation of tbe Most Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, D. D,
Bishop of Dallas. Humbly it intends to carry out the mandate ol
Our Divine Lord: "Going, therefore, make disciples of 'all nations,
baptizing them In the name of tbe Father, and of the Son and ol
the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you." Its only purpose is to serve the HISTORIC CHURCH of the
Christian ages to wham the DIVINE FOUNDER spoke these wordb
of sacred promise: "Behold I am with YOU all days even unto the
consummation of the world,"
Reverently dedicating all its effort* to Mary, the Mother of Oui
Lord, THE JEFFERSONIAN asks her to use her motherly power to
faelp us achieve our objective, namely, bringing a knowledge of Christ
TAG OF FOREIGN IS NOT NEW
A Catholic priest and a minister of Mie Seventh Day Adven-
tlst Church were chatting about a subject which both consider very
important — religious trainln-j in the school.. The priest said that
he was aware of the fact that the Seventh Day Adventists believe,
as do Catholics, In religious schools and) their place as an integral
part of our American school system. He made the observation that
he could -ftot unde stand why, for example, in California, groups
identified with religious bodies should be among those who are
fighting to keep a heavy tax on Catholic and Protestant schools —
which schoo's save the public millions of dollars. He saldj that he
could not understand how some organizations which claim to be-
lieve In democracy could even want to change our Constitution by
making lis first Amendment guaranteeing the "free exercise of re-
ligion" Inoperative. He referred to efforts to create the impression
that religious schools are not American and divisive.
Here is what an organization to which belong many fine American
men has to say in Its publication:
"It is a well-known fact that one foreign ecclesiastical totalitar-
ian government and church has for 100 years or more been seek-
ing to weaken and ultimately destroy our public schools, thereby
the more easily to impose Its culture pattern on this country. One
remedy suggested Is that a Constitutional Amendment be adopted that
would require parents who owe a dual allegiance be required to
send their children to the pub'le schools, and by a dual allegiance lb
meant loyalty to the U. S. A. and to a foreign ecclesiastical dictator,
namely, the pope."
The minister and the priest agreed that the "foreign" tag put
on free American religious schools was unjust. They were agreed
that no religious body is working against the public school and
they viewed a proposal to put Adventlst and Catholic schools out of
existence as an Imitation of Soviet policy — the aim of which Is to
force everyone Into the same type of school.
The minister observed that the first Christians were accused
of "stir'lng a tumult," of being "foreign" and 'divisive."
If anyone will read the literature of some American societies
and religious groups, it will not take him long to see that these
unjust remar.es made against the first Christians are made in their
intensity aga'.nst only one Church In America — the Catholic Church."
There Is no controversy it a Protestant runs for President.
No one is alarmed if we send an ambassador to Queen Elizabeth II,
head of the Presbyterian and Episcopal religions. No one will talk
if school buses are used In some places to carry people to Protestant
Churches. No one attacks the leadership or hierarchy any Pro-
testant church, accusing it of 'being "foreign" or of being engaged
In a vile conspiracy against the U. S. flag. No one favors any re-
strictions on parents who exercize religious freedom to send their
children to non-religious schools. Children who go to these schools
are not accused of a lack of patriotism. Bus drivers don't pass them
by and let thtm walk. No one launches any tirade against the Bap-
tist Church ty accusing the Baptist people of trying to run the U.
6. Government by using official pressure in Washington in fighting
JJMT.
The "foreign" tag is there to stay. We know that no matter
how broad-minded our people will become, there will always be only
one Church in the nation constantly being run down. Jesus in a way
made this the fifth mark by which to Identify His true Church. He
said: "If the world has hated Me, it will hate you also."
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In the year 180 St. Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons, France, and author of the first summary of the
Catholic faith ever written, wrote these words: "Indeed, the superior preeminence of that Church
is such that every church — I mean the faithful of any country WHATSOEVER — necessarily a-
grees with her, that is, every church in any country in which the Apostolic tradition has been PRE-
SERVED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION." From the year 177, when fie succeeded; St. Pothlnus, until his
death as a martyr in the year 202 this man who was consecrated a bishop by St. Polycarp, who was
consecrated by St. John the Apostle, preached the Catholic faith. In 1952 the logic of his word^ still
ring true. In every section where Apostolic tradi-tion is accepted without interruption there is great
reverence for the authority of the See of Rome. Said
Jesus Christ to St. Feter — listed" in Britannlca' as the first bishop of Rome — "Thou art Peter and
upon this rock I will build My Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against ft. I will give
unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth it shall be
loosed In Hef.ven arid whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth it shall be bound in Heaven. Cartoon
courtesy Of THE BROOKLYN TABLET.
There Are 1,236,558 Catholics in State of Texas
in our membership in the Mas-
ter's Mystical Body, the Church.
No Tell falls between us and
Christ's Vicar to dim the light
of truth, no obstruction to block
the flow of the life of grace into
our souls to save us.
A SALUTE FROM DALLAS
Plus, Peter's successor, Christ's
Vicar! On this historic day the
Church in Dallas salutes you!
Her venerable and venerated Bis-
Hop, together with his newly in-
stalled Coadjutor and his Auxili-
ary Bishop, her clergy, her reli-
gious communities of men and
women, her faithful Catholic
people, all unite in the spirit of
a firm faith to pledge you their
loyalty, their support and their
obedience, secure in the certain-
ty that where you are, there is
unity and truth and grace. Ver-
ily, for us, as for all Catholics
through the long centuries,
where Peter is .there Is the true
Church of Christ." Because we
are firm in this conviction, In
all the days of the years that lie
ahea<^, our constant prayer, our
unceasing labor shall seek to up-
hold your arms, within the range
of our influence, in that mighty
crusade for victory, for justice,
and peace among all men of good
will to which you have dedicat-
ed your consecrated life.
A MANDATE LONG AGO
From Pius, holder of Peter's
keys, our thoughts turn natural-
ly to Joseph Patrick, for forty-
one years possessor of apostolic
power in this holy Church of
Dallas*. In the long ago there
came to him a mandate from an-
other Pius, the Blessed Tenth of
that name, calling him from the
ranks of the clergy, summoning
him to the episcopal office and
laying upon his "vigorous, young
shoulders the mantle of aposto-
lic power for all North Texas
East to West. Since that distant
day you have known him, still
know him, as the beloved Bishop
of Dallas.
Your Bishop came to you in
the bloom of youth, In the prime
of youth, in the prime of his dy-
namic manhood. Full of zeal he
was, and eager for the spread of
God's truth and the growth of
Christ's Church.
4 DECADES AND A YEAR
Fo'r four decades and a year
now has he ruledJ the diocese of
Dallas from yonder episcopal
chair. The truths of Christ and
the laws of God has he taught
the flock committed to his care
with eloquent tongue and persu
asive word. Sanctification and
benediction has he poured out
upon his lambs and his sheep
from overflowing consecrated
pastoral hands. Government at
once firm and| gentle has he ex-
ercised to lead his children into
the ways of righteousness.
Who am I, a newly arrived
stranger in your midst, to tell
this assembly the glorious, her-
oic story of that apostolate of
one and forty years? True, 1
have known your Bishop, who
now becomes mine, for twenty
years, even made a long Journey
with him as a pilgrim.
But you have witnessed what he
did. Yea, you have labored at
his si<A# in its accomplishment.
Historic Faith
Is The Largest
01 All Faiths
The Catholic Church, known
throughout the world as the
Mother of Christendom, is not
only the largest single religion
in the United States, but perhaps
to the surprise of many, it is
the largest single church In the
State of Texas as well.
According to the Catholic Di-
rectory of 1951 the total num-
ber of people In Texas who pro-
fess the Holy. Roman Catholic
and Apostolic faith is 1,236,558.
The total population of Texas is
7,711,194. This means that one
in every seven Texans belongs
to the Catholic Church
The government of the Lone
Star State's largest and oldest
Church is carried on by one
Archbishop and 9 bishops.
There are 7 dioceses. One has a
retired bishop. (Another has a
coadjutor with right of succes-
sion and an auxiliary bishop.
The territory of the Diocese
of Corpus Chrlstl, with 454,000
Catholics out of a total pqjiula-
tion of 646,154, enjoys the dis-
tinction of being the most Cath-
olic territory in the entire U. S.
A. There are more Catholics in
the percentage of population
there than in any other sector of
this great land, Most Rev. Mari-
ano S. Garrlga, a Texan of
(Spanish origin, is the spiritual
ruler of the Diocese of Corpus
Chrlstl. The See was set up in
1874 as a Vicariate-Apostollc and
on March 23, 1912 was made a
diocese.
Second largest diocese in Tex-
as is the Archdiocese of San An-
tonio, headed by Most Rev. Rob-
ert E. Lucey, descendent of Irish
immigrants to the State of Calif-
ornia. There are 271,334 Catho-
lics among the 899.702 people
living in the Archdiocese of San
Antonio. The See was foundjed
Sept. 3, 1874 and on Aug.3,1926
it was made an archdiocese.
The third largest diocese in
the state is that of Galveston,
the oldest See in Texas —• set
lip by the Pope in 1847. Out of
the 1,582,033 people living in the
territory of the Diocese of Gal-
veston, 213,165 belong to the
Catholic Church. The See is
headed at present by Most Rev.
Wendelin J. Nold, a native Tex-
an of German-Irish descent.
Fourth largest diocese in
Catholic population is the Dio-
cese of El l'aso with 96,444 Cath-
olics living within the Texas
side of the Diocese. Out of the
total population of 315,479 liv<
ing within the New Mexico and
Texas counties included in the
diocese, a total of 144,591 are
Catholic. 96,444 live_on the Tex
as side. The See was established
March 3, 1914 out of the Diocese
of Dallas, and is served| at pres'
ent by Most Rev. Sidney Matt-
hew Metzger, a native Texan of
German descent.
The fifth largest diocese In
Texas is the newest one, that of
Austin, which was set up In
1948 by His Holiness. Pope Plus
XII. 914,859 people live In the
Austin Diocese. Of these 81,663
are Catholic. The bishop is the
Most Rev. Louis Joseph Reicher,
a native Ohioatl of German ex-
traction.
The Diocese of Dallas with
2,460,000 people living within the
diocese, has the largest popula-
tion of any diocese in the state
but it is 6th in Catholic popula-
tion. There are 70,952 Catholics
in the diocese. Pope Leo XIII
erected the See In 1890. Most
Rev. Joseph Patrick Lynch, a na-
tive of Michigan of Irish descent,
lias headed the See since July
12, 1911. Oct. 7, 1942 Most Rev.
Augustine J. Danglmayr, a na-
tive of the diocese, was conse-
crated auxiliary bishop. Feb. 8,
1952 Most Rev. Thomas Klely
Gorman, bishop of Reno, Nevada
was transferred to Dallas as Co-
adjutor Bishop of Dallas with
right of succession.
The diocese of Amarillo,
headed by Most Rev. Laurence
Joseph FitzSimon, a native Tex-
an of Irish-German extraction,
has the smallest Catholic popu-
lation in the state. There are
49,000 Catholics out 'o'f a total
population of 700,000. The dio-
cese was erected from the Dio-
cese of Dallas August 25, 1926 by
Pope Pius XI.
Largest diocese in Texas in
square miles is that of Amarillo
with 73,000 square miles. The
Diocese of Dallas covers the
second largest territory with 49,-
<575 square miles.
Other dioceses, In the order
of their size, are: (3) El Paso —
33,817; (4) San Antonio — 33,-
025; (5) Galveston — 26,847;
(6) Austin — 25,477; and (V
Corpus Chrlstl — 22.391.
Where Peter Is—
(Continued on page 4, Col. 1-)
ing would mistake falsehood for
truth, or evil for good, the Div-
ine Master sent the Holy Spirit
to enlighten and strengthen His
apostles, to dfwell In the souls of
His people until fhe end of
time.
A GUARANTEE OF TRUTH
As a further guarantee of
truth and goodness, to Simon
Peter, the chief of His apostolic
band, He gave the power of the
keys, tho right to bind and
joose. Upon Peter, the Rock, He
built His Church that hell might
not destroy It. As a means of
union with His truth and grace
He Invited all men to member-
s-hip In that mystical body of
which He is the Head, His
Church.
JESUS IS HEAD
From Him as Head there
flows into that mystical body
the light of truth and the life
of grace. As a branch cut from a
vine must wither, a member sev-
ered from a trunk die, so man
separated from Christ's body,
the true Church, sits in darknsss
and languishes in death.
Through the centuries, there-
fore, even from N apostolic days,
the most important question a
man could ask has been, "How
can I find the true Church?" Al-
ways, because man is free and
truth hard to discover with un-
aided reason, conflicting voices
have been heard to say: "Truth
iE here" or "Truth lies there";
"Christ can be found in this di-
rection" or 'No, you must seek
Him in that opposite way." Ever
confusion and contradiction seem
present to confound the unwise,
mislead the imprudent, and snare
the unwary. So it was the first
century, or the fourth, or the
tenth, or the thirteenth, or the
sixteenh, even as today. Where
then and how can men of good
will find the truth of Christ, the
Church of the Apostles?
FIXED CENTER OF UNITY
The Divine Founder Himself
gave the answer to that question,
First He sent the Holy Spirit to
be with his Church until time
rhould be no more. Then He fix-
ed a center of unity and laid' a
firm foundation upon a living,
visible person, Peter the Rock,
His Vicar on earthn Through
Peter and hfs successors there
would abide the assurance of one
Lord, one faith and one Baptism.
History's light shines brightly.
The Fathers of the Church, from
apostolic days, recognized Peter
ing flocks and turned their eyes
Romeward for a glimpse of that
light of truth and- an assurance
of that life of grace that can
come only from the Vicar of
Christ; so we today'assembled' in
this holy Cathedral Church of
Dallas, direct our confident gaze
to the Holy City of the Faith,
to the See of Peter.
AT VATICAN IN SPIRIT
The vast distance of contin
ent and ocean contract. In spir
it we stand at the base of Vati-
can Hill. On that slope in the
long ago was raised the invert
ed Cross of martyrdom upon
which the Prince of the Apostles
died) for the Master in the bloody
arena of Nero's circus. There
his holy body was laid to rest
in a lowly tomb set in an ob-
scure corner of a pagan Roman
burial ground.
Amid the glories of the rena
issance, later day wearers of the
ring of the Fisherman caused
Bramante, Michael Angelo and
Bernini, the world's most talent
ed artists, engineers "andi archi-
tects, to raise in its stand a still
more magnificent edifice, the
world's mightiest church.
PIUS IS KEEPER OF KEYS
On that hallowed spot fore-
gather millions of Christ's child-
ren to worship at the threshold
of Peter's tomb, canonize the
saints of God, elect and crown
and visit the Vicar of Christ in
succeeding age. There today
reigns Pius XII, Peter's Succes-
sor, Bishop of Rome, Keeper of
as supreme pastor of the Univer-jthe Keys Prince 'of the Aposto-
sal Church. So dear was this lie College of our dhy, Ruler of
fact to them, whether they spoke Jail the churches.
THE DIOCESE GREW
Need I remind you, therefore,
that the pastoral staff of Bishop
Lynch once cast its refreshing
shade all the way to the borders
of New Mexico? Need I recall
for you who know so well the
wonderful story, how under his
loving care, stimulated by his
wonderful energy and financed
by the foraging skill sta-
tions became missions, each
with Its neat little church, mis-
sions grew into parishes, cate-
chetical centers developed) into
schools, hospitals, orphanges and
institutions of all kinds sprang
up?
No such task need be mine to
day. My role here calls for no
tedious enumeration of statistics
about accomplishments almost
without number you already
know better" than your Bishop's
newly installed Coadjutor. What
I want to do on this solemn d^iy
and in this holy place is join
you in the warmest tribute pos-
sible of esteem and admiration
and praise for one of America's
greatest missionary bishops. This
salute to Bishop Lynch comes, I
know, from the deepest recesses
of your hearts as it does from
mine.
burden of his day and the heats
understanding how lavishly he
•pent himself, shall we wonder
that be is now spent? Shall we
be surprised that he has been
sent a helper, to stand at his
sidfe, preserve the fruits of his
mighty labors and bring in the
harvest where he has sown and
watered, now in the evening 0f
those glorious y e a rs when
strength has failed him? None
could be happier than I to enjoy
the distinction of being sent to
his aid by Our Common Father
Pope Pius XII.
All hall to a great man, a
mighty bishop, an apostolic mis-
sionary, an astute and farseelng
planner, a courageous lion of
the Lord! May he know only
peace and contentment, health
and holiness all the d&ys of his
years!
On an occasion such as this
my brethren, whether we be pre-
lates, priests or people, the fact
of the abiding presence of the
Holy Spirit in Christ's Church
comes naturally to our minds.
Perhaps no more inspiring
thought, no more reassuring con-
sideration could command our at-
tention or merit our meditation.
THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES
Already have we mentioned
in passing the mission" of the
Holy Spirit to the apostles. He
came to shed His light into the
(ink corners of their bewildered
minds. Under His illumination
they were at last to see and
understand all the truth of
Christ in the fullness of its beau-
ty. He came to pour courage into
their timid heartsy Under the
impulse of His strength they
went forth to teach the truth
boldly, defend it courageously,
die for it bravely, spread,1 it to
the ends of the earth. He came
to insure the survival of Christ's
Church. Under His protecting
wing the Church has survived to
our day, in spite of bitterest per-
secution, and it shall endure by
His powerful aid until the end
of time.
How close to us the Holy Spir-
it dwells, how accessible to all
His light and strength, too few
of us keep in mind). Do we real-
ly sense as vividly as we should
His living presence in the
Church and in ourselves, — we
bishops, who pass Him on- to our
successors and give Him to our
people in the sacrament of confir-
mation, dozens even hundreds of
times each year; you priests and
religious, who almost yearly wit-
ness the fef conferring
Him, aftrt" spending long weeks
I to /'prepare your childrSff"
ydur people; you laypeople, who
first received Him in confirma-
tion yourselves, then, assist at
His descent again and again up-
on your friends, upon your own
boys and girls, upon the candi-
dates you present as sponsors?
WE ARE ALL TEMPLES
Too often do we have eyes
that see not, ears that hear not,
minds too dull to comprehend
the meaning of that lovely final
prayer of the confirmation
which
many times. Yet we should!'keep
it constantly before us, (or In it'
we are reminded that God who
first gave His Holy spirit to His
apostles, directed them in turn
to give that same Holy Spirit to
their successors, then to all the
faithful. Thus, Pope and prelate,
priest and people, learned scho-
lar and simple child, we are all
temples of the Holy Ghost. With-
in our souls He dwells, to illu-
mine our minds by the light of
His truth, to teach our hearts to
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rite
Erd so
from Africa, Asia Minor, Gaul or
Spain, that already in the third
ccntury It had become crystal-
lized in the well known axiom,
accepted everywhere in nascent
Christendom, "Ubi Petrus, lbl
Ecclesla." "Where you find Peter
there you'll find the Churcht"
As the shepherds of Africa,
Asia Minor, Gaul, Spain, Britain
and Italy, in the glorious centur-
ies of the post apostolic CKurch,
stood in the midst of their grow-
No empty gesture, the read-
ing of these formal papal letters
this day! No meaningless act,
the raised biretta, the bowed
head at the mention of the rev-
ered name of Pius. Once more
are we acutely aware of that
unity of faith and grace that
makes us one body in Christ
through His Vicar Pius, who sits
in Peter's chair. We remember
that, because we are in commun-
KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS
Your new Coadjutor Bishop
realizes only too well, after one
and 20 years of. hard knocks in a
severe missionary field, what It
means to make something out of
nothing. He knows how meagre
can be the resources of a thinly
spread, widely scattered band ol
Catholics, no matter how zealous
and faithful; how hard the lot,
how few the creature comfort,
how rare the consolations of the
priests and sisters of the fron-
tiers of the faith.
REALIZES ,THE TASK
What a task Bishop Lynch
faced forty-one years ago, I may
perhaps realize even better than
most of you here present. How
well he met those difficulties,
how fully he solved) those prob-
lems you now know and I hope
to learn first-hand. Knowing the
.. ... .magnitude of his labors, realiz-
ion with him, we abide securely'ing how valiantly he bore the
AGN0S
NEW BISHOP'S COAT
OF ARMS SYMBOLIZES
HIS WORK AS EDITOR
Dallas — The new coat-of-
arms of Coadjutor Bishop Thom-
as K. Gorman is topped with a
pair of scissors, a symbol of ded-
ication to tne work of the Cath-
olic press. It is believed to be
the first time that an American
bishop has placed a heraldic
Eymbol on his escutcheon mark-
ing his work with the newspaper
world.
Symbolisms of the Blessed
Mother added to those of the
Gorman family of Ireland com-
plete the coat-of-arms.
Bishop Gorman, Episcopal
chairman of the U. S. Catholic
press, is a former editor o
THE TIDINGS, Los Angeles,
Calif. This month the Bishop
will address the Catholic Press
Convention at Notre Dame.
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