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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia. “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed VOL. XVIII. No. 10 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 30, 1937 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Bishop Hafey Transferred to Scranton— Msgr. McGuinness Succeeds Bishop Hafey Bulletins THE RHEIMS CATHEDRAL, badly damaged by bombardment during the World War, is restored largely through the generosity of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. From 1180 to 1824 the Kings of France were crowned there. MSGR. JOSEPH F. RYAN was con secrated Bishop of Hamilton, Ont., Oc tober 23, Archbishop John T. McNally of Halifax officiating Vatican Vigorously Denies Supporting Japanese Aims in Current Crisis in China -Newspaper Reports Saying' That the Holy See Is Taking Sides Are Branded as “Complete Invention” DR. MICHAEL BROWNE, formerly professor of moral theology at May- nooth, has been consecrated Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh in Ireland. Bishop Browne is 42. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was a guest of Cardinal Mundelein in Chica go on the President’s return from his tour of the West. It was said to be the first time in the history of the na tion that a President called on a Car dinal at his residence.' THE HOLY FATHER has sent 50,- 001) Italian lire to Shanghai to be used for relief purposes there. Some of the Catholic institutions there have suffer ed severely in the Japanese bombard ment. REV. WILFRID PARSONS, S. J., of Georgetown University, formerly edi tor of America, is the current speaker over the Catholic Hour of the Nation al Broadcasting Co., sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Men. The program is broadcast at 6:00 p. m. each Sunday night, Eastern Standard Time. MISS PATRICIA MAGUIRE, the Chicago girl who slept two years after affliction by some strange malady, died early in October. The funeral was held with a Requiem Mass from Ascension Church, Oak Park. 111. ARCHBISHOP MOONEY of Detroit, expressed his disapproval of Father Coughlin’s reference to President Roosevelt’s appointment of Justice Black as “personal stupidity.” While priests have a right to disagree with the President, Archbishop Mooney said, respect for authority and their own sacred calling should impose on them a “fine sense of restraint in the language they use.” FATHER COUGHLIN after the pub licly expressed disapproval of his or dinary, Archbishop Mooney, announc ed that he would cancel his contract for a series of national broadcasts which were scheduled to start Octo ber 31. Archbishop Mooney states that this is an independent decision on the part of Father Coughlin, and that he did not even mention to the Archbish op any thought of cancelling the broadcasts. XAVIER UNIVERSITY, the Catholic university for Negroes at New Orleans, dedicated a $163,000 library in October, Archbishop Rummel of New Orleans officiating. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Both at the Holy See itself, and through its representative, in the United States, the Vatican denied promptly, with the utmost vigor, and in the most categorical terms, a widespread report that it had taken sides with Japan in the present con flict in China. The report had stated that the Holy See had sent instructions to Bishops and missionaries in China directing them to favor Japan, as a means of combatting Communism. The Vati can declares the supposed instruc tions to be a complete fabrication, issued for the purpose of deception. (Radio. N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY. — The w h o 1 e group of assertions published in the secular press concerning supposed instructions sent out by the Vatican favoring Japan in the present Far East conflict, is completely false and is denied officially and emphatically by Vatican authorities. This in cludes the quotations from an alleged document the Vatican was said to have dispatched to its representa tives in the Far East. The thought of the Vatican on Communism and war is well known, and has been expressed through Pa pal documents and discourses. The Holy See considers Communism and Communistic propaganda as the gravest menace not only to religion but also to all civilization. At the same time, however, the Holy See reproves war—all wars—as was stated recently in Osservatore Romano, in comment on President Roosevelt’s neutrality statement, showing his declaration against war to conform to Vatican principles and views. As far as the Missions are con cerned ,the instructions which the Holy See has constantly given,, and which have been confirmed and en dorsed especially under the present Pontificate, are that missionaries are to remain absolutely out of and be yond any political activity; that they refuse to be made instruments of foreign interests or plans; and that they dedicate themselves entirely to their Apostolic activities for the spiritual, moral and also the mater ial welfare of the peoples entrusted to their care. Osservatore Romano, commenting upon these false reports of an agree ment between the Vatican and Japan says: “Despite their falsity, the tenden- Bishops in Argentina Bar Politics in Catholic Action (By N. C. W. C. News Service) BUENOS AIRES.—In an instruc tion address to Argentine Catholic Action in general, and more specifi cally to the youth organization, the Permanent Commission of the Ar gentine Episcopacy emphasizes that Catholics engaged in political or eco nomic activities must make it clear that they are acting as individuals and must not compromise the sacred principles and interests of the Church. This instruction and the text of the letter of His Eminence Eugenio Car dinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, addressed to the Chilean Epis copacy in June, 1934, are printed in full in the Boletin Oficial de la Ac- cion Catolica Argentina. The _ in struction of the Argentine Episco pacy quotes at length from the Pa pal Secretary’s letter to the Chilean prelates which deals with the prob lem of “orienting principally the youths of Catholic Action regarding nationalist doctrines and their rela tions to nationalist parties.” After citing the right of Catholics as citizens to become members of po litical parties, so long as these groups have tenets in keeping with the doc trine of the Church and are respect ful of the rights of the Church, the instruction emphasizes that Catholic Action, as an organization, must never “give the impression of being chained to parties or any political group, because its work is participa tion in the hierarchical apostolate of the Church.” For this reason, it is pointed out, the “Associations of the Youth of Catholic Action must not be affil iated as such with political parties and its directors-must not be, at any time, directors of political parties, groups or assemblies.” It is further ordered that members of Argentine Catholic Action must not wear the badge of their organi zation at meetings and assemblies of a political character nor wear Cath olic Action and political badges sim ultaneously. Ordinarily, and out side of such meetings, they will wear only the badge of their Catho lic Action organization. It is also ordered that at political meetings, or in anything of this nature, mem bers of Catholic Action must refrain from the use of the cry of Catholic Action, “Viva Cristo Rey,” in order to avoid any confusion of Catholic Action with politics. STATEMENT OF THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE WASHINGTON. — The Apos tolic Delegate to the United . States, His Excellency the Most | Rev. Anileto Giovanni Cico- gnani, in a statement issued an official denial of the report that the Holy See had given instruc tions to the Bishops and mis sionaries in China to aid the Japanese cause. The official statement follows: “I have been instructed by the Under-Secretary of State of the Vatican, Archbishop Pizzardo, to | request The Associated Press to I issue a complete denial of its ! release of October 14 on the at- 1 titude of the Vatican in the ! present Kino-Japanese conflict, t “I am further instructed to say I that the Holy See did not issue T the alleged instructions, that I they were conceived by some I irresponsible source with tlie| manifest p- rpose of deceiving I the American public on the Vat- I ican's policy of strict neutral- I I ity.” ■ ! o o ciousness of these news reports is clearly evident to those who know the principles inspiring the activities of the Holy See. The Holy See itself, fearing the harm this false news can produce, especially for the Catholic Missions in China , has hastened to see that all these reports are denied, declaring that everything they con tain does not come from Vatican au thorities but is completely invented and false and openly mendencioUs.” CATHOLIC HOSPITALS IN CHINA BOMBED Monastery Also Suffers— Fatalities Reported -No (By N. C. W. C. News Service) OSSINING. N. Y—’While it is re ported that Mercy Hospital in Shang hai, in care of the Maryknoll Sisters, has been damaged by bombs, a cable gram from the Sisters, bringing as surance ot their safety and well-being has just been received at the Mother- house of the Foreign Mission Sisters of St. Dominic. Maryknoll, N. Y. The women's section of Mercy Hos pital, which is exclusively for mental cases, is staffed by eight Maryknoll Sisters. They are: Sisters Mary de Lel- lis McKenna, of Lexington, Ky.; Mary Antoinette Geist, Pittsburgh; Mary Augusta Hock. Meadville, Pa.; Her man Joseph Stitz, Salem, Ore.; Kath leen Marie Shea, Dorchester. Mass.; Miriam Agnes Tibesar, Quincy, 111.; Mary Ignatia McNally, Dover, N. H.. and Agnes Regina Rafferty, Camden, W. Va The shelling and bombing has intensified the suffering of the pa tients. All letter communication with the Sisters has been interrupted. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) HONG KONG.—In the recent bomb ing raids in South China, the town of Chiulin was one of the objectives. Thus, Japanese planes were within sight of the Maryknoll Mission in the city of Kongmoon, two miles distant, the principal station of the Vicariate, and the residence of Bishop-elect Adolph J. Paschang, of Martinsburg. Mo. Besides the church ana rectory, the mission compound contains a semi nary for Chinese priests, the Mary knoll Sisters’ Convent, and a novitiate for native Sisters. There is no instance of disturbance in any other Mary knoll field, and mission work pro ceeds normally with no indication that it will be interrupted. Elevated MONSIGNOR McGUNNESS EXTENSION SOCIETY OFFICIAL APPOINTED BISHOP OF RALEIGH Bishop-Elect Is Native of Pennsylvania — His Three Sisters St. Joseph Nuns CAROLINA ORDINARY IS NAMED COADJUTOR AND ADMINISTRATOR Promotion to See With Cath olic Population of 325,000 Recognition oT Bishop’s Dis tinguished Record (By N. C. W. News Service) WASHINGTON-Due to the illness of the Most Rev. Thomas C. O’Reilly, Bishop ot Scranton, the Most Rev. Joseph Hafey. Bishop of Raleigh, has been appointed Titular Bishop of Appia and Co-adjutor Bishop - of Scranton with faculities of Apostolic Administrator, it is announced in word received at the Apostolic Dele gation here from Vatican City. Bishop O’Reilly for months has been seriouslv ill. He is the third Ordinary to govern the See of Scran ton. He was Rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist at Cleve land at the time he was named Bishop of Scranton on.December 19. 1927. His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Phila delphia, officiated at Bishop O’Reilly’s solemn consecration in the Cleveland Cathedral on February 16. 1928, and also at his formal installation in the See of Scranton on March 8, 1928. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — The Rh Rev. Msgr. Eugene J. McGuinness? First Vice-President and General Secretary of the Catholic Church Extension So ciety, has been appointed Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, it is announc ed in word received here from Vati can City. Bishop-elect McGuinness. who be comes the second Ordinary of the Dio cese of Raleigh, succeeds to a See left vacant by the transfer of the Most Rev. William Hafey, first Bishop of Raleigh, to the Diocese of Scranton as Coadju tor to the Most Rev. Thomas C. O’Reil ly. The Bishop-elect of Raleigh was born at Hallertown, Pa., on September 6, 1889, the son of Daniel and Mary (Flood) McGuinness. He attended Holy Infancy School in Bethlehem, (Continued on Page Seven) Bishop Hafey is the first Ordinary to govern the Diocese of Raleigh. The territory embraced by the See was established as the Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina by' Pope Pius IX on March 3. 1868, and was established as the Diocese of Raleigh by Pope Pius XI on December 22, 1924. Bishop Hafey was named the first Ordinary of the new diocese in April, 1925. He was Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the time of his eleva tion to the Episcopacy'. The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, officiated at his solemn consecration in the Baltimore Cathe dral on June 24, 1925. He was in stalled in the Diocese of Raleigh on July 1. 1925. v Bishop Hafey was born at Spring- field. Mass., on March 19, 1888. A few years later his family moved to Chicopee, Mass. He attended Holy Cross College, from which he was graduated in 1909. After a Year in the Law School of Georgetown Uni versity here, he decided to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in the Baltimore Cathedral on June 16. 1914. Bishop Hafey’s first assignment fol lowing his ordination was as Assistant Pastor at St. Joseph’s Church. Balti more. where he remained until 1919, when he was transferred to the Cathe- (Continued on Page Seven) Honor to God, Nation Scout Ideal, Says Mrs. Macaulay (By N. C. W. C. News Service) SAVANNAH, Ga.—A highlight of the twenty-fifth annual convention of Girl Scouts here, was the speech of Mrs. William J. Babington Macau lay, chairman of the board of direc tors, who addresed the opening ses sion. Mrs. Macaulay, the former Mrs. Nichals F. Brady, Latare Medalist in 1934, has for many years been prominently connected with Girl Scouts. Quoting St. Augustine who spoke of that ‘‘beauty which is ever ancient, ever new,” Mrs. Macaulay said: “Real things, real standards, never change. And yet somehow there is ever a newness about them, a de lightful unfolding of unsuspected values, of hitherto unrecognized vir tues. Because it is real, what we love and revere, no matter how aged and accustomed, is always young. “The original standards of Girl Scouting remain unchanged because they were built solidly upon real values. Yet each of the 25 years which have passed since they were established has endowed them with some aparent new richness of qual ity, inherent in them from the start, but the ripening of which only the years could make visible. “Twenty-five years ago, Juliette Low, the founder of Girl Scouting in America, asked wherein the ideal girlhood lay, and found the answer in the aims which she set before that first small group of Girl Scouts. They were honor to God and to one’s country, purity, honesty, usefulness, and a wholesome outdoor life. These must inevitably lead to happiness and ultimate fine citizenship. They are the real standards of Girl Scout ing, and they will never change. But the era which made them the cornerstone has given place to a se ries of varying eras, and each of these has of necessity lent its own color to those standards, never af fecting their essence, but altering the program by which they have been made articulate". MRS. RUSSELL BELLMAN WELCOMES CONVENTION Mrs. Russell Bellman, of Atlanta, the former Miss Katherine Haverty of that city, regional chairman for the Girl Scouts in the Southeast and a member of the national executive com mittee, delivered the address of wel come to the convention, at which Mrs. Herbert Hoover, president. Mrs. Mac aulay came from Rome for tire meet ing.