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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THE BULLETIN
The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion of Georgia.
Published Monthly by the Publicity Department.
409 Herald Building, Augusta, Georgia.
Subscription Price $2.00 Per Year.
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1920-1921
P. H. Rice, Augusta President
Col. P. H. Callahan, Louisville, Ky Hon. Vice-Pres.
J. J. Haverty, Atlanta First Vice-Pres.
J. B. McCallum, Atlanta Secretary
Thomas S. Gray, Augusta Treasurer
Richard Reid, Augusta....Editor and Publicity Director
Miss Cecile C. Ferry, Augusta..Asst. Publicity Director
VOL. II.JUNE, 1921 No. 7
THE 1921 CONVENTION
Convention time is again rolling around, although
it seems only a short time since the Catholics of
Georgia gathered in Savannah for the 1920 meeting.
The officials of the Laymen’s Association have se
lected Atlanta as the convention city this year. The
date has not been determined, but it will be . about
the usual time, late in September, and the usual
day.
It is not too early for the members of the Asso
ciation to get their plans started. It is hoped to
make this the greatest gathering of Catholics in the
history of Georgia, and the combined efforts of all
the members will result in making this hope a
reality.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE
“His private life was simple and unaffected, and
was characterized by virtues which might well serve
as an example for the people of America.”—President
Harding.
“No judge ever sat on the Supreme Bench who was
more deeply patriotic, more strongly American, more
anxious for the welfare of his country.”—Ex-Presi
dent Taft.
“His death removes one of our greatest jurists
and one of the leading figures in the history of the
Supreme Court. He had not only the intellectual
power requisite to leadership, but also the tact and
sympathy which are invaluable. He showed an
unfailing kindness, and no public man of our time
has been more dearly loved by all who knew him.”—
Secretary of State Hughes.
“He has honored his high office as much as the
office has honored him. He was a lover of his coun
try in every fibre of his being.”—Senator Lodge.
So spoke America througth the leaders of her
people when Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States, died
within the month.
Chief Justice White was the second great Ameri
can son of the Church to pass away recently. The
death of James Cardinal Gibbons is still fresh in
our minds; so are the tributes to his undiluted Amer
icanism, voiced through the secular press.
Cardinal Gibbons and Chief Justice White were
great Americans, not in spite of the fact that they
were loyal sons of the Church, but because of it.
They were both products of Catholic schools. St.
Charles’ College and St. Mary’s Seminary gave to
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TO OUR READERS
The notice we published last month under
this head might very well have been repro
duced in this issue. The printers are still on
strike, and The Bulletin is still being published
under difficulties. May the matter be settled
before another issue is ready for the press.
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the Republic the saintly Cardinal; Mount St. Mary’s,
the Jesuit College at New Orleans and Georgetown
produced the sturdy, patriotic White. There they
were trained in the basic Catholic principle that to
render to God the things that are God’s, it is neces
sary to render to Caesar the things that are Cae
sar’s.
Yet there are those in our great Republic who
profess to see a danger to America in the Catholic
schools of the nation!
TANEY A CATHOLIC
The story of the death of Chief Justice White, as
it appeared in most secular papers, stated that he
was the first Catholic to hold that exalted position.
This is an error, as John M. Graham pointed out in
a letter to the Atlanta Constitution. Andrew Jack-
son, the great apostle of democracy, had as his most
trusted advisor the Catholic Judge Taney, whom he
later honored by placing at the head of the highest
tribunal in the United States. Chief Justice Taney
in turn honored the position by a long and dis
tinguished career.
Justice McKenna, at present presiding over the
United States Supreme Court by virtue of his seni
ority, is also a Catholic. He was attorney-general
in the cabinet of McKinley.
PROFESSOR DE WOLF
To the Editor of The Bulletin:
In your last issue, just received, I see that you
say Professor Maurice de Wolf of Louvain Univer
sity, Cardinal Mercier’s successor, has been ap
pointed to the special chair of philosophy at Harvard
University. I know you intended to say Cardinal
Mercier Lecturer—and I thought you would like to
correct it.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) C. C. Shriver.
Baltimore, Md.
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THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
AND OUR ASSOCIATION
The Catholic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia feels proud, and justly so, at the following
tribute to its work from the Apostolic Delegate
to the United States, Most Rev. John Bonzano,
D. D., Archbishop of Melitene:
APOSTOLIC DELEGATION
UNITED STATES OP AMERICA
1811 Biltmore Street
April 9, 1921 Washington, D. C.
Mr. P. H. Rice, President,
Catholic Laymen’s Asso. of Ga.,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Mr. Rice:
I received your letter of the fifth instant tell
ing me about the organization of your Asso
ciation five years ago and its growth since that
time.
I am delighted with the success you have had
and the good you have accomplished during the
short time of your existence. I congratulate
you and the members of the Association and
consider you all deserving of much praise for
your good work. I shall be happy to have you
place my name on the mailing list for your
Bulletin.
With assurances of my prayers and good
wishes for continued success, I am
Sincerely yours in Xt.,
(Signed) John Bonzano,
Archbishop of Melitene,
Apostolic Delegate.