Medford mail tribune., October 14, 1962, Image 26

Veni-Vldi
Rome - Pope John the
i XXIII made Vatican history,
and broke two precedents this
; past week. First, he traveled
400 miles to Assissi - by rail.
Since Garibaldi wrested the
country from Papal rule in
1859, no pope had gone that
far from the Vatican. The pre
vious trip was in a carriage
100 years ago. So we witnes
sed church history also when
we saw last evening, Sunday,
October 7, Pope John ride
past in a lighted automobile
and descend at the church St.
Giovanni in Laterano. He con
ducted Mass there.
I must say that it was a
thrilling occasion. Evening
had come, with one of Rome's
deep, deep, blue skies; the
star of the East loomed grand
" and clear, and a gold moon
shone. All of this over the
' orange color which flooded
the ancient, historic church.
'. We stood with, I could not
' possibly guess how many
thousands, and listened to the
Mass sung and the words of
the Pope. Inside the churih
were officials, archbishops and
cardinals. All about the huge
piazza are other churches of
great age and beauty.
The drama was heightened
, for us because of an cxperi-,-
ence we had had in the after-
noon. Returning from a trip to
J the catacombs the car we were
f in was stopped by a parade
; miles of parading Socialists.
Our four young people were
't unbelieving at first, and then,
wildly indignant in their rc
J actions to seeing the innum-
erable red flags with the ham
j mer and sickle boldly embos
V sed on them. "How can they
? be so stupid?" "Don't they
know about our kind of gov-
crnment?" "Why don't we do
i something?" "It is all wrong,
j our just letting the Italians
. turn communist like this!"
1 And so on.
Finally, having come to an '
impasse, we left the car to I
I hurry out onto the avenue and
f march along with the crowds.
We realized after a while that
f we were bucking a mass of
I people going in the opposite j
direction, and were bumping ;
? into priests, and nuns of all i
! colors and nationalities, wear-1
f ing robes of colorful reds,
: browns, white, blacks, and
r schools of children in blues
and black.
' So we turned, and tore
along that way, with some--I
what an Alice in Wonderland
' feverishness. With what little
; time I had to think, while
f jostling, hanging onto the six
; of us, and fighting my way, I
'.realized that this was a good
thing for the boys to see. Rome
is a big city and everybody
j1 wasn't a Socialist. When we
reached the Piazza they knew
j that there were more people I
; of Rome there, than in all
the avenues and parades. In
1 fact I hayc never seen, or been
in such a mob (excepting once
in New York City on New
Year's eve with the Frank
- Fairweathers) and claustro
: phobia almost got the better
' of me. j
Our entire day had been
more or less exceptional. At
St. Paul's Episcopal church in j
; the morning the two boys had
'. started being acolytes - one
r of them carrying the cross,
'and the other, the always;
jj thrilling, American flag-and 1
that is indeed a privilege in
''such a magnificent protestant
catholic church, in a city of
; Roman Catholic magnificence.
i Our rector prayed for the com
T ing Ecumenical congress, and
for the unity of Christians.
i This last Wednesday I saw
I also more church history. I
; saw the closing of the gates of i
I St. Peter's to the public - for j
: an indefinite period. We had 1
t gone over to see the Pope who !
; blessed the new organ and
there was the customary
, crowd of about 14,000 people.
-Only the 150 policemen, and
guards seemed to make it a
different occasion. We ling
ered on, outside, until sunset,
and saw the closing of the
gates. This is because of the
. danger of more bomb attempts
in the face of the conference.
Saturday, returning from a j
trip to the Vatican, I walked
over to St. Peter's. The vast
. square was almost deserted,
and the gates locked. It must
be a dreadful disappointment
for those pilgrims who come
to Rome anticipating seeing
the greatest wonder of them
all.
Zion Lutheran
Circles To Meet
Women's Guild circles of
the Zion Lutheran church
have scheduled meetings dur
ing the week.
Mary circle will meet at
the home of Mrs. Gaynor
Huck, 2764 Orchard Home
drive, Tuesday, October 16.
at 8 p.m. Mrs. Harvey Coovert
will be hostess to Lydia circle
at the parsonage, Wednesday,
October 17, at 10 a.m.
Ruth and Esther circles
both will meet in the Fireside
room of the Parish Education
unit on Thursday, October 18.
Ruth circle will meet at 10
a m. Hostess for the meeting
will be Mrs. Roland Hollcnd
rr Esther circle will meet at
130 p.m.. with Mrs. John
Bali and Mrs. William McKet
trick, hostesses. Mrs. Wendell
Mattson, will be hostess for
Miriam circle at her home,
14:24 South Ivy street. Thurs
day. October 18. at 8 p m.
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