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THE JEFFERSONIAN
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REV. JOHN Q. O'ROURKE. EDITOR
"THE HISTORIC CHURCH FOR AN HI8TORIC TOWN"
Btered In the post office at Jefferson, Texas as second class ot
matter January 24, 1949, under the act of March 3, 1879. The
Pftscrfption rate to THE JEFFERSONIAN, which Is publish*
monthly, Is two dollars per year. Address all communications to THE
JEFFERSONiiAN, 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 Fatima
at DaLngerfield, THE JEFFERSONIAN is published with the ap-
probation of the Most Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, D. D,
Bishop of Dallas. Humbly it intends to carry out the mandate of
Our Divine Lord: "Going, therefore, make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and ol
the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you." Its only purpose ie to serve the HISTORIC CHURCH of the
Christian ages to whom the DIVINE FOUNDER spoke these words
of sacred promise: "Behold I am with YOU all days even unto the
consummation of the world "
Reverently dedicating all its efforts# to Mary, the Mother of Oui
Lord, THE JEFFERSONIAN asks her to use her motherly power to
help us achieve our objective, namely, bringing a knowledge of Christ
and the one, true Church He founded into the piney woods of Marlon,
Cass and Morris counties of the great Lone Star State of Texas.
First Altai Society Set Up In Year 33!
... ; . TO BE
SERVED AS WELL TO
SERVE, LADIES TOLD
Longview — The first altar so-
ciety was started in the year 33
and was composed of the holy
women who could not do en
to be called Catholic Church,
the priest declared that when its
290 - year period of persecution
was over, that the Emperor
whose predecessors had put to
death 30 out of the first 31
Popes became Catholic and built
the first St. Peter's In Rome and
St. Paul's, a church which in
1990 will he 1600 years old. This
Emperor, the speaker said, also
ough for Christ and His Apos-j gave the Popes a residence in
ties in the course of their carry- which they lived for 994 years
ing out of the work of the
Church.
Speaking at a luncheon here
installing the officers of the St.
Anthony Altar Society, the guest
speaker, a neighboring
before moving out to look for a
new house.
HISTORY TRACED
Tracing the development of
the Church's great conversion of
Europe after the Emperor join-
pastor, |e(j jjje priest noted the 432
traced the history of the altar man(late of
Pope Celestine to St.
society and defined its purpose.| Patrlck to go lo lrelanii( the 097
Noting that the Church of i command of Pope Gregory 1 to
Christ in the time of the very;St. Augustine to go to the Ens
WE ARE GRATEFUL
A Hearty Welcome To Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman
His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, 261st bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of tho
frlnce of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. Patriarch of the West, Primate
of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province and sovereign of the State of Vatican
City has announced through the Apogtolic Delegate in Washington that Most Rev. Thomas Kiely Gor-
man, first Bishop of Reno, Nevada, will be Coadjutor to the See of Dallas with right of succession
to Bishop Joseph P. Lynch.
THE JEFFERSONIAN voices the sentiments of the clergy and people of the diocese when it
expresses to the Holy Father its gratitude for sending such an illustrious bishop to labor in our
midst. The prayers of all the people ascend to Heaven for Bishop Gorman, Invoking for him many
graces in the years ahead.
The editor of this paper was in Amarillo, collecting Jefferson parish history, when the news of
Bishop Gorman's appointment reached Texas. Upon his return be expressed for himself and his peo-
ple sentiments of joy in this statement to THE JEFFERSON JIMPLECUTE, Feb. 28 issue:
"Bishop Gorman Is an outstanding member of the American Catholic hierarchy who has with
great zeal championed the vital cause of a progressive Catholic press. The new Bishop, friends
and readers of THE JEFFERSONIAN will 'be happy to know, has long been a leader in that vast
army of over 42,000 U. S. priests and bishops who have literally made the Catholic press a full-time
hobby of the Church in Its constant effort to carry out its teaching mission. As a former editor of
the Los Angeles Tidings and as founder of The Nevada Register, our new Bishop has long been
active in the great apostoiate of the Catholic press. He is at present Episcopal chairman of the U. S.
hierarchy's press department, which provides a news service to 437 U. S. Catholic papers. The re-
cord made hy Bishop Gorman in this and other fields causes us to receive with great joy the news
that our head Bishop, the wise father of the Unl versal Church, has sent him to this growing sec-
tion of the State of Texas. We, the people and shepherd of Jefferson, pray God's blessings upon
Jilm In the years ahead."
Mary in Bible—
(Continued from page 1)
BIBLE PREDICTED IT
Over a period of the lest 20
centuries the Cht>rch has become
famous lor calling the Mother of
Jesus "Blessed Mother." The
development of this tradition
has been in very fact a fulfill-
ment of Sacred Scripture, which
documents Christ's gift of His
Mother, and which further pre-
dicts that all nations would re-
fer to her as '"blessed."
This prediction Is found in a
very Interesting passage In the
Holy Bible In the first chapter
of St. Luke's, Gospel, verses 39
to 56. St. Luke tells bow the
Blessed Virgin, carrying Jesus In
her womb, made the long jour-
ney from Nazareth to the little
village of Ain Karem, a little
town about 3 miles outside the
city of Jerusalem nestled in the
beautiful mountains of Judea.
Elizabeth, Mary's cousin and la-
ter the mother of St. John the
Baptist, lived there — which
was the reason why the Blessed
Virgin was going there.
ELIZABETH OVERWHELMED
When the Mother of Jesus
arrived at the home of her cou-
sin Elizabeth, the Holy Spirit
came over Elizabeth, the Infant
In her womb leaped for joy, and
she said: "And how have I de-
served that the mother of my
Lord should come to me?" In
other words: "How unworthy 1
am to receive a' visit from one
so holy as to be chosen by God
Himself to be His Mother?"
MARY WAS INSPIRED
Our Lady — we of the faith
use these words in speaking of
the blessed Lady of ladles whom
we feel so close to that we can
use a possessive adjective —
Our Lady when she heard these
words of Elisabeth who knew
Who It was Whom Mary was
carrying, when Our Lady heard
the greeting of Elisabeth. sh%
Inspired by the Holy Ghost,
composed these beautiful words
of prophecy which Qod caused
to be recorded In the Holy Bible
and which every priest reads ev-
ery day when be recites his bre-
viary: "FOR, BEHOLD. HENCE-
FORTH ALL GENERATIONS
SHALL CALL MJE BLESSED."
CHURCH CARRIED LdVE
Indeed, all nations have called
Our Lady blessed, for on every
continent of the world today
children of the Church ball ber
with the; greatest affection as
tbelr "Blessed Mother." Where-
ver the Historic Church has pen-
etrated, carrying the gospel of
Christ, reverence and love tor
His holy Mother has taken root.
In our own United States early
French settlers, filled with the
devotion taught them by the
Church, gave the name of Bault
Saint Marie to a elty In Michigan
on the border of Canrtja. That
Is French for "Sweet 8t Mary."
In the early days of our own be-
loved Texas Spanish Franciscan
Fathers founded in the 1700's an
old mission at the present city
of San Antonio and nr-med it
Purisima Conception — Spanish
for "MoBt Pure Conception" —
i a title referring to the Immacu-
late Conception of the Mother
of Jesus free from original sin.
(Special note: our parish church
in Jefferson is dedicated under
the same title.)
REA80N FO(R IT IN BIBLE
Saint Luke records in the
most Sacred Scriptures the rea-
son why we of the faith love to
cc.ll our Mother in Heaven
"blessed":
"Now in those days Mary a-
rose and went with haste' into
the hill country, to a town of
Juda. And sue entered the house
of Zachry and saluted Elizabeth.
And it came to pass, when Eliza-
beth heard the greeting of Mary,
that tho babe in her womb leapt.
And Elizabeth was filled WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT, and crj. d
out with a loud voice, saying,
BLESSED ART THOU AMONG
WOMHJN AND BLESSED IS THE
FRUIT OF THY WOMB! AND
HOW HAVE I DESERVED THAT
THE MOTHER OF MY
LORD SHOULD COME TO ME?
For behold, the moment that the
sound of thy greeting came to
my ears, the babe in my womb
leap for joy. And blessed is she
who has believed, because the
things promised her by the Lord
shall be accomplished.""
"And Mary said,
'My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my
Savior: because he has regard-
ed the lowliness of his hand-
maid; for, BEHOLD, henceforth
ALL generations shall call me
BLESSED; because' he who is
mighty has done great things
for me, and holy Is his name;
And for generation upon genera-
tion Is his mercy, to those who
tear him. He has shown might
with his arm, he has scattered
the proud in the conceit of their
heart. He has put down the
mighty from their thrones, and
has exalted the lowly. He has
filled the hungry with good
things, and the rioh he has sent
away empty. He has given help
to Israel, his servants, mindful
of mercy — even as he spoke to
our fathers — to Abraham and
to his posterity forever.'
"And Mary remained with htf!
about three months and return
ed to her own house."
BIBLE DOCUMENTS POWER
My dear friends, In another
section of the Holy Bible It Is
related that Our Lady, whom all
nations call blessed, had a con-
eMfrable Influence over her Di-
vine Son. In fact, the Holy Bi-
ble tells us that she demonstrat-
ed a power of Intercession with
Jesus.
The story Is a familiar one.
Jesus and His Mother were in-
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successors of the Apostles began lish, the 719 proposal of Pope
Gregory II that the Englishman,
St. Boniface, undertake the work
of converting the Germans, etc.
Against this background. Fath-
er asserted, and only in consider-
rtion of it can the work of the
altar society be appreciated.
The visiting priest said in part:
STARTED IN JERUSALEM
"The original altar society was
started in Jerusalem in the year
33. It was composed of the holy
women about whom there is
mention in the gospel that they
cared for Christ and the Apos-
tles by cooking for them and
doing all that they could to aid
them In the apostoiate. When
Our Blessed Lord was glorious-
ly ascended into Heaven, these
pioneer members of the altar
society went to work, doing all
they could to assist the Apostles
as they went on their long and
tiring missionary Journeys.
''The altar society because of
Its association with this histor-
ic Catholic Church, the divine
agency which Jesus had set up
with a command that men listen
to or else, takes on great import-
ance.
HOME OF JESUS
"In Longview St. Anthony's
Church is literally the home of
Jesus. It is His house. Our faith
tells us that He lives In the tab-
ernacle there just as really as
He did that blessed Ascension
Day when for the last time hu-
man eyes saw Him on earth.
Vonr privilege is to take care
of this house of Jesus, to make
It beautiful with flowers and to
care In a special way for the
altar, the center of everything in
your church, where In the Bless-
ed Sacrament Jesus stays in the
vited to a wedding feast in the
village of Cana. Being sociable
Ieople, they accepted the invita-
tion. It happened at the wedding
feast as was the custom a-
mongst the Jews to this very day
that the hofet served his guests
wine.
MARY WAS EMBARASSED
Mary. the Mother of Oui
Lord, had a very tender and
compassionate heart. Great was
her consternation therefore wheil
she noticed that the supply ot
wine which the host bad was ex
hausted. Her tender heart wui
moved with sympathy for the
embarassment which was about
to come upon the head of the
house, for more guests were yet
to arrive and there was no more
wine.
A SIMPLE REPORT
Our Lady knew that her Son
was God. She knew that He
could do something rbout the
situation. But she did not ask
Hfm to do a thing. She merely
said: "They have no wine."
Our Lord replied: "What
wouldst thou have me do, wo-
man? My hour has not yet
come."
His Mother then said to the
waiters at the feast: "Do what-
ever H* tells you."
DID IT FOIR HIS MOTHER
■St. John then reports In his
second chapter that JesuB said
to the waiters: "Fill the jan,
with water." The water as you
know was converted into wine.
Jesus had worked his first pub-
lic miracle. He worked It before
the time which He had set for
the beginning of His official
public life. And why? Because
His Blessed Mother indirectly
told Him that she would appre-
ciate His doing a favor for her.
The water was turned Into wine
because of the intercession of
the glorious and Immaculate
Mother of Jesus.
MARY ASKED NOTHING
This intercession is all the
more remarkable In view of the
fact that Mary didn't ask Jesus
to do a thlnV Had she asked
openly, her power with Him
would not have been so striking-
ly brought out. for any son
would try to grant a favor ask-
ed by his mother. But Mary ask-
ed nothing but simply told the
stewards of the feast to do what-
ever He told them to do.
WHY DIFFERENT NOW?
My dear friends, we of the
faith believe that If Our Lady
had such power of Intercession
with her Son to the extent that
He worked His first miracle be-
fore He had intended to as the
direct result of a hint, not a re-
quest from His Mother, we be-
lieve that the Holy Bible seeks
to teach us that other favors can
be obtained through Mary's inter-
cession. If Our Blessed Lady so
cleaTly demonstrated such power
of Influence with her Son whilst
midst of His children. "What a
great privilege is this- U6w won-
derful to be a member ,of the al-
tar society!
WORK WITH PRIEST
"The job which Jesus gave tht
first members of the altar soci-
ety was to work with the Apos
ties and to carry out their in-
structions in all matters relat-
ing to the apostoiate. By reason
of the fact that the Church did
not die with the Apostles men
with the powers of the Apostle.'
are living today. Because the
.Apostles imposed hands and
thousands of bishops have since,
today we have scores of men liv-
ing in the flesh who are the
Apostles of our day. These men
are your pas^b priests and youi
bishop. Your^B) is to work with
them and to nelp them in every
way you can.
A WRONG NO.TION
"Since the year 33 we have hat'
some children of the Church who
think that the Church exists t<
give them the Body and Blood of
Christ in Holy Communion, to
forgive them their sins, to a-
noint them when they are dying, |
to preach the holy gospel to j
them through priests, in a word. !
to get them to heaven. They
think of the Church only in
terms of it serving them, not of
their serving it.
SHE WILL SERVE
"This notion in the year 33
was completely foreign to the
first members of the altar so-
ciety. It must be just as foreign
today. The good member of the
altar society, like a good Catho-
lic, will not expect the Church
to give service and receive none
in return. Rather she will give
herself just as unselfishly as did
the holy women of old to the
care of the altar, the church, the
house of the priest and the needs
of the apostle living among
them.
"The good member of the al-
tar society will serve by coop-
erating with her peetor and with
the president of her altar soci-
ety in the work outlined 'by
them. She will attend every
meeting and take her share of
the parochial responsibility. 'She
will know that she can only be
a good Catholic or a good Chris-
tian if she gives service to the
Church as well as receives ser-
■ vice from the Church."
| Concluding his address, the
' priest urged all the members of
St. Anthony's Altar Society to
imitate tba example of the holy
j women of Israel, they set the
' style, he said.
DECATUR CHURCH BLESSED
MSmmr
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em Moi l«non. one abbot and twenty prls.U ...i.M BUhty
.bo,; when the Church of J/-™" ^
. ,1 virrin Mary at Decatur was rededicated Feb. 11. A Nov. rut tuct
done considerable damage to the structure. FatherJamea CuceK
Jefferson priest (1947-48) is pastor. Photo courtesy of THE SOUTH-
ERN MESSENGER.
she was living on this earth, can
any reason possibly be given
why this power of Intercession
should cease after she went to
Heaven to be with her Son In
glory?
My dear friends, the sudden
death of 1 who was to us devoted
spiritual daughter has brought
us together tonight to unite —
those of us of the faith she pro-
fessed and those of her many
friends of other faiths — in a
I few minutes of prayer and med-
itation.
WE REMEMBER OUR MOTHER
By very ancient custom we of
the faith on an occasion such as
this are told by our Church to
reflect upon what I have rela-
ted this evening and to remem-
ber that Our Lord when He was
dying gave us a Mother and that
this Mother has a tender love for
each one of us and will listen
if we tali* to her. t
Our reason for talking to the
Blessed Virgin on an occasion
such as this is rooted in a tradi-
tion more ancient than that of
our Church — the sacred Jewish
custom of the Old Law. The
Book of Machabees of the Old
Testament, revered by all as
history, describes the detailed
story of how a Jewish general
had a collection taken up among
his soldiers after a battle and
sent this offering to Jerusalem
to the Jewish priests of the tem-
ple. This money was not sent to
pay them for the prayers which
they would say — which all the
money of this world could not
buy — but to keep them living
so they could pray. The Jewish
general reported Jewish belief
In these words taken from the
Sacred Book: "It Is, therefore, a
holy and a wholesome thought
to pray for the dead that they
may be loosed from sin."
WE PRAY LIKE JEWS
My dear friends, because we
of the faith have Inherited and
have ever sought to preserve the
ancient Jewish tradition, we, like
the Jews of old, pray for the
dead and have pnyers said for
the dead. Cur Holy Mother the
Church has for a long time beli-
eved with St. John in the Bible
thAt "nothing defiled" shall en-
ter Heaven and with St. Matt-
hew in the Bible that "even an
idle word" will be punished and
wIth common sense that God. our
loving Father, will not send us
to Hell for all eternity for one
Idle word.
When we pray we talk to
God. Although we will talk di-
rectly to Jesus when we offer
the Requiem Mass, tonight we
are going to talk on our beads
to the holy Mother of Jesus, Our
Blessed Mother in Heaven
through the medium of the holy
rosary. Since the rosary is such
a mystery to most of you, we
know that you will appreciate a
brief explanation of it.
/CREED- FIRST PRAYER
You will note that the rosary
is composed of a crucifix and a
string of beads. The Church fix-
es the beads to the crucifix so
that as we say the rosary we
can think about Our Lord and
how good He was to suffer as
He did on the cross for you and
me. We begin the rosary by mak-
ing the sign of the cross, an an-
cient symbol of our faith. When
we pray we always begin in the
name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost. Then
on the crucifix we say the first
prayer of the rosary — the
Apostles's Creed — the official
statement of what the Catholic
Church believes and teaches.
On the first bead we start
off as is proper with the Lord's
Prayer — the Our Father.
Then we say three Hail Marys
for an increase of the virtues of
faith, hope and charity.
MEDITATE ON MYSTERIES
Five decades of ten beads
each then follow. On each de-
cade we say firtt the prayer
composed by Our Lord and then
the Hall 'Mary ten times. Whilst
we say these prayers we will
meditate on some sorrowful my-
stery in the life of Jesus and
think how grateful we should be
In our hearts for what Our Lord
did for us. At the end of each
decade we will say the very beau-
tiful prayer which we of the
faith believe was given by the
Blessed Virgin at Fatima in 1917;
O my Jesus, forgive us our
sins, save us from the fires of
Hell and lead all souls to Heav-
en, especially those who have
most need of Thy mercy." Then
we will add a prayer for our de-
parted: "Eternal rest grant un-
. ,er' ® Lord- and let perpetual
light shine upon her. May her
J®)!1. souls of the
faithful departed through the
?ury.°' «0<l rest in pet.ee."
THE SORROWFUL MYSTEWIE8
our hJ? run, our ,,n« rs over
our beads saying vocal prayers
we will lift Up our m|ndg to
m mental prayer also. We will
meditate on five sorrowful events
In life of Our Lord as follows:
(1) His agony in the garden,
(2) His scourging at the pillar,
(3) the crowning with thorns.
(4) His carrying of tne cross to
Calvary, and (5) His crucifixion.
OF HEAVENLY ORIGIN
The Hail Mary, the prayer
which we will say over and over,
is a prayer found 'to the Holy
Bible, which documents its, heav-
enly origin. These words which
we will have on our lips tonight '
were first put Dy God Himself
on the lips of the Angel Gabriel
who as you Know was sent from
Heaven with the news for the
Blessed Virgin that she would j
be the Mother of the Son of God
in the human flesh. On that oc-
casion Gabriel addressed these j
words to Mary: "Hail Mary, fuil i
of grcxe, the i-oid is with thee,
blessed art ihou amongst women
and oiessed ia tne fruit of thy
womb."
The Church of the Ages,
wtitch has always encouraged us
lo tali to oui spiritual Mother
| in Heaven, long ago added the
second part ot the prayer: "Holy
I Mary, Mother of God, pray for
\ us sinners now and at the hour
of our death. Amen."
These are Indeed hallowed
words. They came from God and
from the Church and ancestors
of our dear departed by means of
them talked frequently to the
Blessed Lacy in many a humble
thatched-roofed cottage of an-
cient Erin.
HARD ROCKS AMD FIDELITY
It is not a custom for Catho-
lic piTests to eulogize the dead
and we will not depart from that
cfistfom. But we do wish to take
note of the fact that our depart-
ed dieu in Our Lady of Fatima
4 People Ask For
The Altar Cover
Daingerfield — Four donors
have sent requests for Uie altar
cover in Our Lady of Fatima
Church here. The four who mail-
ed in $13 checks for this item are
Lt. James A. Murphy, Houston;
Mrs. A. E. Roscoe, Marshall
nurse; Mrs. J. L. O'Rourke, Sr.,
Dallas; and Mr. Durbln Toogood,
Dallas.
Lieutenant Murphy, whose let-
ter arrived barely ahead of Mrs.
Roscoe's, won the race an^ the
honor of giving the green cloth
with "My Jesus Mercy" on lt
which will cover the altar of Our
Lady* of Fatima Church. Mrs.
Roscoe has consented to the sub-
stitution of 2 candlesticks, mak-
ing 4 which she has given in
memory of her daughter Rita
Both Mrs. O'Rourke and Mr. Too-
good also consented to the use
ot their donations for other
item8 10 Our Lady of Fatima
Chapel. Mrs. O'Rourke presented
ber gift In memory of her late
husband, Joseph Leo O'Rourke,
Sr., of happy memory.
The altar cloth arrived March
24th.
Church. This we know was ar-
ranged by the Providence of
Gou. The love of oar departed
spiritual daughter for Our Bless-
ed Lady of Fatima was known
to us all. The path whicn we trod
reeking a chapel for Our Lady
of Fatima wee not intended by
her to be an easy one. lt was
paved with some rather hard
rocks and at times as we stum-
bled along lt enduring various
adversities, we had moments of
great discouragement. A11 this
waf what Our Blessed Mother
desired and now that we have
attained the end of that hard
road, we would not have had it
different. On occasion we had
reason to remark to our spiri-
tual daughter departed a similar-
ity -between the adversities thrust
upon the three little children of
Fatima after they saw the Bles-
sed Virgin in 1917 and the trials
with which the development of
Our Lady of Fatima Church was
punctuated. We remember re-
marking that it was our firm
conviction that our difficulties
were part of a Marian plan and
that we felt that It wag the plan l t
of Heaven that a chapel for Our
Lady of Fatima on East Texas
soil should be built only after
Fatlma-like sufferings. In this
opinion we were joined by our
dear departed. Jn dark days when
it seemed that obstacles were
too hard to overcome, we were
comforted by the fidelity of our
little flock and especially by the
fidelity of our departed.
Now it Is both as a spiritual
father in Christ and as a son
who remembers with a grateful
heart many maternal kindnesses
we now kneel to lead the recita-
tion of the most holy rosary for
the repose of the soul of our
dear departed.
MRS HADDON, FORMER
PRESIDENT OF ALTAR
SOCIETY, SUCCUMBS
Requiem High Mass for Mrs.
Josephine Meyer Haddon, 56,
head of the altar society of Im*
maculate Conception Parish until
last Nov. 12, was celebrated St.
Patrick's Day. Mrs. Haddon
passed to her rewartM March 14
at 11:30 p. m. at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Isiah IL. Goldberg, af-
ter an illness of 2 months and
fortified by the last sacraments
of the Church. The holy anoint-
ing was administered Feb. 1 and
again Feb. 29 when lt was
thought that she was idling.
Prayers for the dying were said
by the pastor during the night
of March 14th.
Rev. Father L. L. Meyer, pas-
tor of Marshall and a beloved
figure In Jefferson, delivered the
funeral sermon. An account of
it will appear in the April JEF-
FERSONIAN.
Eternal rest grant unto her,
o Lord, and let perpetual light
shine upon her.
POPE'S DELEGATE TO PALESTINE EXPRESSES
HlliH PRAISE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH ORGAN
Amman, Transjordan — High
praise for THE JEFFERSONIAN,
official organ of Immaculate Con-
ception and Our Lady of Fatima
parishes, has been expressed
here by His Excellency, Most
Rev. Gustavo Testa, Apostolic
Delegate of the Holy Father to
Palestine.
In a letter dated Feb. 2nd,
the Archbishop, commenting on
the paper of which he is a regu-
lar reader, stated that he reads
U "with pleasure and Interest."
The high-ranking diplomat ot
the Holy See represents the Vat-
ican in the Arab and Jewish
states of Palestine.
(Special note: An April 13,
1950 charter^ Arab plane which
flew 5 priests from Jerusalem to
Cairo Included Archbishop Testa
and the editor of this paper. It
was on that occasion that the
editor had the opportunity of be-
coming acquainted with the Holy
Father's Delegate to the Holy
Land.)
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O'Rourke, John G. The Jeffersonian (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1952, newspaper, March 1, 1952; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293200/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.