10--THE PROGRESS Friday, Nov. I, 1963
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Father Szeman
The Pacific Islands
O most of us I think that the islands of the Pacific
hold a strange attraction. It is interesting then to
see what progress the Gospel has made in this vast
land of Oceania.
Despite the lack of workers, language problems and the vast
expanse of the South Seas, great progress has been made. As
late as 100 years ago, the people were cannibalistic and hostile
to Catholicism; today, most of the natives, an intelligent people,
show genuine respect for law and order and the Church. The
Catholic population now equals 20.8 per cent of the total popu-
lation of 3,123,000, and the Church is established in 32 vicariates
apostolic and dioceses.
A Land of Contrast
Although Oceania consists of 11,000,000 square, miles, the
land area is less than 150,000 square miles. Some islands boast
of modern agriculture and good roads; on others, missionaries
have trouble reaching "the hidden people," who live in isolated
villages lost in rain forests. The climate is formidable--typhoons
and tornadoes can wreak havoc in moments.
The islands of Oceania are divided into three groups. The
first, known as Melanesia, inchides the North and South Solo-
roans, the eastern half of New Guinea, New Britain, New Cale-
donia, the New Hebrides, the Fijis, the Admiralty Islands and
the Loyalty group. In the second division, Mieronesia, are
Wake, Truk, the Marianas, the Carolines, the Marshalls and
the Gilberts. The last, Polynesia, includes Cook, the Marquess
and the Society Islands.
Instructing Natives a Big Problem
Instructing the natives is one of the biggest problems facing
missionaries in these territories, as dialects differ from island
to island. In New Guinea alone, over 200 languages are spoken.
Placing native catechists everywhere would seem to be the solu-
tion, but in order to train a group of catechists, they would have
to learn English--this is not practicable!
Faced with such handicaps, one cannot hope for many native
priests, but there have been some successes. New Caledonia has
been blessed with eight native priests; the New Hebrides, still
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in Stone-Age conditions, have had three priests ordained. Last
year, two sons of Fiji were ordained, as was the first priest
ever to come from the Atolls of the Paumoto Islands.
One of the most remarkable achievements in all of Oceania
was the establishment of the Faith on the Islands of Wailis
and Fatuna: the entire native populatiou of 9,000 is Catholic,
thanks largely to the martyrdom of St. Peter Chanel, a Marist
Father who was killed on Fatuna in 1841.
Promising Future
Oceania's future looks promising, but, first, education obsta-
Progress
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Fafher ons Aboar ea-goln ollege
A priest who will serve ,her Lyons is chaplain for the Probably the crowning relig- religion in actual practice,"
as chaplain aboard a
"sea-going college" said
in New York that the as-
signment isn't "hard to
take" but it will involve " a
lot of hard work."
The Rev. Daniel Lyons, S.J.,
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick
Lyons of Seat-
t 1 e, Washing-
ton, said this
shortly before
he left New
York harbor
on an eight-
month world
cruise on the
University o f
the Seven
FR. LYONS Seas, actual-
ly the M.S. Seven Seas, which
will be a "campus" for about
350 students and 35 profes-
sors.
On leave from Gonzaga Uni-
versity, Spokane, Wash., Fa-
Holy Rosary
Mission Ahead
70 Catholic students aboard.
He also will teach advanced
speech and instruct the stu-
dents in the backgrounds of
areas they will visit.
Father Lyons will work close-
ly with a Protestant chaplain
aboard the liner in setting up
various programs aimed at
acquainting students with their
responsibilities as representa-
tives of the United States
when visiting in foreign coun-
tries.
The ship will make its first
call at Lisbon and continue
through Europe with a stop at
Rome. It will arrive in San
Francisco in February, and a
few days later will leave for
another circle of the world, re-
turning to New York June 9.
Father Lyons said he
hopes to arrange tours to
various Catholic shrines.
"The first will be a visit to
the Shrine of Our Lady of
Fatima in Portugal," he said,
58 to Receive
1st Communion
At the 8 a.m. Mass Sunday,
Nov. 3, 58 children of Our Lady
of Fatima Parish will receive
their First Holy Communion,
according to Rev. Emery J.
ious experience for the Catho-
lics will be an audience with
Pope Paul VI in the Vatican
November 10.
"All the students, regardless
of their religious belief, have
been invited to attend the au-
dience. I'm sure all will wel-
come such a great opportun-
ity," the Jesuit priest said.
Father Lyons, who spent
four years studying in Europe
before his ordination 12 years
ago, said he also will give in-
structions in Catholicism dur-
ing the cruise.
"First I will instruct the
students on what the Catholic
Church represents in a cer-
iain country or area and then
we can go ashore and see the
he explained.
"The way I look on this
sea-going college is as a great
move toward showing what
can be accomplished when
baekgrounding and travel are
combined," he said.
"It will be a lot of work, but
I must admit it's a pretty good
assignment."
Dr. E. Ray Nichols, Jr. ex-
ecutive director, said the Uni-
versity of the Seven Seas is
a nonprofit educational insti-
tution incorporated under
California state laws and has
qualified to grant and issue
college degrees and tran-
scripts under the regulations of
the California Department of
Education.
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