Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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x.fniunuu.w. lui cnc ui.-L nun in inou-v years. to its full membership ot seven- ty-a Christmas gift made to the whole Catholic world-it inspired vvorld-wide rejoicing. For weeks and months peri- odicals and newspapers. both secular and religious. carried articles commenting on the significance of the Supreme Pontiffls appointments. As Toledcfs Bishop Alter pointed out. this gesture on the part of the Pope uintensihed and demonstrated the fact that the Church is trulv a uni- versal and international society, for the Red Hat now covers the entire globef, Popes Nlessage To use the l'ope's own words. talcen from his lil-li Christmas message: The Catholic Church, ot which Rome is the center. is supranational by its very nature. This has two implications. one negative and the other positive. The Church is a mother-a true mother. mother ot all nations and all peoples. no less than ot all men individually. :Xnd precisely because she is a mother. she does not, and cannot. belong exelusivelv to this or that people. The Red Hat this time. passed awav in Ireland as he was preparing to return to his see. Cardinal Stritell The Diocese ot Toledo has just refi- son tor joining in this world-wide re- joicing, tor its former bishop is now numbered among the Popes counselors as one ot the Princes ot the Church. Cardinal Samuel Stritch came to To- ledo as its second bishop, succeeding the late Archbishop joseph Schrenibs. and tor nine years was its Chiet Shepherd and l,eader. Toledo begrllclginglv gave him to Klilwaulcee in l03U. Ten years later he was appointed Archbishop of Chicago. and enthroned in the Cath- edral ot the Holy Name bv the Klost Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Apostolic Delegate to the limited States. Vlvith these thirty-two cardinals. the highest number ot new appointments made at one time has been reached. Ot special interest to the Catholic world is the appointment ot Thomas Tien. vicar apostolic of Tsing-Too. Shantungf Province. China. a native Chinese. who belongs to the Society of the Divine YVord. the only member who belongs to a religious order. Chinal: first Cardinal. ln addition to the l rench-speaking v 1 .A rs i 1' x 1

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stated before. the two poets cannot be compared. as there is really no analogy in the salient points of their lives. Vvordsworth led a quiet and successful life, while Thompson tasted the dregs ot the bitter side of life. lfrancis Thompson, however. did lead a rather pleasant life as a child, which fact probably gave him the inspiration for his many writings in later life. :Xtter his father died. lite cruelly turned upon him: watched him strive avidly tor the joys which were generally shared by most normal human beings. but which fate seemed to deny him. Une thing. however, could not be snatched away-his Catholic faith. His tenacity in clinging to it was the most important guide in directing Thompson in his paths, which at times were most difficult to travel. After disappointing his family by failing to persevere in the study nf medicine, Thompson left for London. where. after slumming for months. he was received into the home of XViltred and Alice Kleynell. publish- ers ot the periodical. Mllerrie ling-V landuawriters and poets in their own right. He became very attached to the younger members of the family. sudier- ing their every pain and sorrow as if it were his: Yom eleven years, was't not, or so? Wvere just a child, you know. :Xnd so you never said Things sweet immediately and wise To fnterdict from closure my wet eyes. But Thompson did not restrict his love to the Kleynell children only. The village children too Came in for a goodly share, :Xn excellent example ot this is a poem written to llaisy. a little village girl, whom he had met one day while he was strolling through the country- side. 'She knew not those sweet words she spoke. Nor knew her own sweet way. Hut there's never a bird so sweet a song Thronged in whose throat that day. Uh, there were tlowers in Storrington On the turf and on the spray But the sweetest tlower on the Sussex hill. XVas the Daisy tlower that dayfi As religion was the most vital factor in Thompson's lite, it was not surpris- ing that he employed much of his poetic genius in writing religious poetry. As he was devoted to children, it was not strange that he would combine these two loves into a dedicatory piece to the most Adorable of all children, the ln- fant Alesus, his most loved and popular child-poem: 'Al,ittle -lesus. wast Thou shy Once, and just so small as I? :Xnd what did it feel like to be Uut of Heaven, and just like ine? YVordsworth and Thompson both thought childhood important enough to write poems about. They expressed in poetic form the thought and experiences which undoubtedly have occurred to most of us but which languish be-times for want of an interlocutor, until a stranger from Parnassus seizes upon the idea and sets it down for the enjoyment of all men. Page Sevenieen

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Covers the Globe 0 gary and Poland are also included in the new appointments. Forty-six-year-old Archbishop Ber- nard Griffin of VVestminster, England is the youngest appointed Cardinal. Archbishop jon de .long of Utrecht, Netherlands is the first Dutchman to receive the Red hat since the Reforma- tion. Only four of the cardinals are Italian. The Italian hierarchy no longer constitutes a majority, now being forty per cent. The Sacred College now has twenty-eight Italian and forty-two non- Italian cardinals, this being the highest number of non-Italians in the history of the church. History The word 'fcardinall' is of very an- cient origin. It comes from the Latin word, HCHITIOH, meaning hinge . In early times every cathed1'al church was known as a 'lcardo , because it was the home of the Bishop, upon whom the whole diocese depended. The term was applied primarily to those clerics who were attached to the cathedral church itself and who composed the cathedral chapter as it is known today. There- fore, the word at an early time took on the meaning of principally or more eminent priest, because it was the duty of the clerics assigned to the cathedral church to assist the bishop in episcopal services and diocesan administration. Even though many of these clerics bore the title Cardinal, the formation of the Church at Rome and its districts was the model for our present college. It was not until 1567 that Pope Pius V forbade this title to be used by those other than cardinals themselves. Three Ranks s The Sacred College, before the eighth century. consisted of three classesg Car- Q dinal bishops, Cardinal priests, and Cardinal deacons. In late centuries the Pope united them, gave them certain duties and privileges and made a set number of seventy, which to this day has never been changed. The duties of the Cardinal depend on whether they continue as bishops or archbishops of important cities, or whether they hold office at the Vatican. Among the privileges granted to the Cardinals is the hearing of confessions at any place in the world and of ab- solving from all sins and censures. with the exception of those that have to be forgiven by the Holy Father' himself. They may bless rosaries and other articlesgof devotion, attaching to them all the indulgences usually granted by the Holy See, and may themselves grant 'iff' 'OYWU' 'l 7ii' 'O' 'Off' 5 By Anne Quinn .1 'fl 'P -5401--'P 'IMJP 'Q' 'Q' ki- i-'14 an indulgence of 200 days. They may celebrate lNIass at sea, and solemn pon- tifical lflass in any cathedral church outside Rome. The outstanding privi- lege which the Cardinals enjoy is that of participating in the election of the Pope. - In appointing these men, the Pope had but one purpose in mindg namely, to bring about a more united world, not just for Catholics. but for men of all faiths. Page Nineieen