10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Dec,
. 20, 1949
Catholic Holy Year Opens
Saturday With Door Opening
Vatican City. Dec. 20 W) Saturday on Christmas eve
Pope Pius XII will open the holy door at St. Peter's basilica,
starting the Catholic holy year.
Through that door, during the 1950 holy year, will pass per
haps the greatest pilgrimage in the holy year history of the
Catholic church.
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Opening the Holy Door-
-This is a picture of the 1925 ceremony by Pope Puis XI.
Temple Assists
Needy Families
Silverton Home Temple No
21, Pythian Sisters met in regu
lar session with M. E. C. Mrs.
Victor Hadley presiding. A suc
cessful rummage sale was re
ported. Also told of was a needy
family lo be remembered with
a Christmas basket. Donations
of food, fresh vegetables, fruits,
or meats, toys for boys from 4
to 11 years of age, or other gifts
are to fcp left at the Ralph Ad
ams home, Fir.s-t and Main
streets, not later than Thursday
noon.
Officers of the . lodge com
plimented the most excellent
chief, Mrs. Hadley, with a gift
shower, Mrs. Helen Burrier,
making the presentation and also
expressing appreciation of the
work done for the organization
by the honor-guest during the
past year.
Mrs. Albert Grinde and Mrs
Burrier were the entertainment
committee personnel providing
contest games.
Mrs. Al Down, installing of
ficer, is asking her team and all
elective officers to be present
Thursday, December 29, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon at the
Pythian hall for rehearsal. In
stallation of the new officers will
be at the January 5, meeting.
To correct an unintentional er
ror, the trustees are Mrs. Myrtle
Eastman, Mrs. Emma Kaufman
and Mrs. Mtirion Zahler.
To serve on the social commit
tee for the January 6 meeting
are Mrs. E. Z. Kaufman, Mrs.
Harry Kuch and Mrs. L. O. Had
ley. Following the close of the
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Basilica of St. Peter in Rome where many of the Holy Year
cereinuiiiiils will be ceiiluieu.
meeting in ritualistic order, re
freshments were served by Mrs.
C. E. Higinbotham, Mrs. Henriet
ta Loe and Mrs. Lena Hamilton.
The December officers' lunch-
con and instructional meeting
was held at the country home of
the Victor Hadleys. During the
social hour, secret pals of the
year were revealed. Mrs. Had
ley gave her assisting officers of
the past year each a hand made
organdy tea apron.
Willamina The Community
Chorus will begin rehearsals for
1950 on January 4 at 8 o'clock
at the high school band room.
The group is planning an Easter
recital.
Silverton Library
Will Close Earlier
Silverton At a meeting of the
Silverton Public Library board
presided over by Mrs. Glenn
Briedwell, a motion was carried
to close the library Saturday
nights, December 24 and Janu
ary 1 at 5 p. m. Usually the li
brary is open until 9 p. m. Sat
urday nights.
The story hour which has been
conducted in the library since
early fall by the Silverton Jun
ior Women's club declared a va
cation until January 7 when It
will resume again in the library
at 1 p. m. The hour has proved
very successful with around 20
youngsters in attendance.
It is the 25th holy year re
corded since Pope Boniface VIII
announced the first jubilee in
1300.
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Called by Pope Pius "year of
the great return and the great
pardon," the jubilee is expected
to bring some 6,000,000 pilgrims
from all over the world.
Through radio and television
its message and ancient ritual
will be carried to millions more
as never before in history.
The year-long program of in
tricate ceremonies and giant re
ligious demonstrations includ
ing 28 canonizations and beauti
fications will increase the bur
den on the frail shoulders of the
pope, for ten years the spiritual
leader of 400,000,000 Catholics.
He will be 74 March 2, 1950.
The church-communism strug
gle for men's allegiance will be
a dominant, if less apparent,
factor of holy year.
The cominform has declared
a boycott on it. No reservations
for attendance have been re
ceived from iron curtain countries.
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The silver hammer with
which the pope will strike the
holy door to open it is the gift
of Catholic workers part of
the 4,000,000 - member Catholic
Action organization in Italy.
Throughout the year the "cru
sade of goodness", under the
leadership of Jesuit Father Ric
cardo Lombardi, will carry what
he calls a "positive attack on
Communism" through the gos
pel and social reforms to many
countries in the world.
But for the vast majority of
the millions who come to Rome
for the holy year, the pilgrim
age will be for prayer and visits
to four patriarchal basilicas of
the city to gain the full indul
gence promised by the pope.
Ten thousand pilgrims from
some 20 countries will be here
for the holy door ceremony on
Christmas eve.
Their numbers will increase
steadily, probably reaching a
peak of hundreds of thousands
for Easter week, when the
usually solemn and joyful ob
servances will be intensified.
For the holy door opening
ceremony there will be repre
sentatives from many countries
of the world. The 73-year-old
Queen Mother Elizabeth of Bel
gium will be among the few
hundreds including the world
press, radio, and television
broadcasters who will be given
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places In the Vatican portico.
But an estimated 300,000 to
500,000 mostly Romans who
will throng St. Peter's great
square will wait for the iirst
note from the basilica's bronze
bells to know that the holy
door has been opened and the
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At the same time that the
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The threshold is swept and
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Then, alone, he rises and en
ters the basilica first of the
millions who will pass through
the holy door, symbol of Christ
who said: "I am the door, who
enters through Me shall be
saved."
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confess their sins, receive com
munion, visit the four patri
archal basilicas and recite the
required prayers, the pontiff
has promised a full indulgence
which according to Catholic
teaching, is a pardon of temporal
Gervais Lodges
Install Officers
Gervais Installation of offi
cers of Gervais chapter No. 118,
Order of the Eastern Star, was
held jointly with Fidelity Lodge
No. 54, A. F. & A. M., who
served a. dinner preceding the
ceremonies.
Mrs. Ruth Evans will serve
worthy matron and Oscar
Evans, worthy patron; Mrs. Syl
via Cummings, associate ma
tron: Donald Cummings, associ
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secretary; Mrs. Pearl Stevens,
treasurer; Mrs. Kathryn Mc
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Fred McClaughry, marshal
Donald Cummings, senior stew
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Ronald Jones, past master , of
Fidelity lodge was installing of
ficer and was assisted by Robert
M. Harper as marshal. Presen
tation of the past masters jewel
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Oscar Evans, retiring worship
ful master.
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