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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. 11 AUGUSTA: GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 27, 1937 ISSUED MONTHLY—52.00 A YEAR Need of Untied Action Stressed at Columbus Bulletins MSGR. DUANE HUNT was conse crated Bishop of Salt Lake in the Ca thedral of that city, Archbishop Mit- ty, of San Francisco, being consecra- tor and Bishop Armstrong, of Sacra mento. and B'shop Gorman, of Reno, co-con-1 r ;iors. The sermon was de livered by Bishop James E. Kearney, Bishop of Rocnester. Bishop Hunt’s predecessor at Salt Lake. BISHOP HUNT is a convert, becom ing a Catholic in 1912 when attending the University of Chicago; Father H. M. Shea, pastor of St. Matthew's Church, Chicago, who received him into the Church, witnessed the conse cration ceremony. Bishop Hunt is the 12th convert to become a Bishop in the United States. BISHOP KEARNEY was installed at Rochester November 11 in the pres ence of two of his predecessors in the See. the Most Rev. Thomas F. Hickey, D.D.. retired Bishop of Rochester, and Titular Archbishop of Viminacium, @nd the .'Tost Rev Edward Mooney, D.D.. Archbishop of Detroit. Bishop Stephen J. Donahue, New York Aux iliary. officiated. Governor Herbert H. Lehman led the state officials at tending the ceremony. 82 Bishops Attend Annual Meeting of U. S. Hierarchy BALTIMORE'S Cathedral of the As sumption of the nation's first See, where more members of the Ameri can Hierarchy have been consecrated than in any other, has been raised to the dignity of a Minor Basilica by the Holy Father. Cardinal Pacelli. Papal Secretary of State, advises Archbishop Curley, of Baltimore. REV. JAMES M. GILLIS. C.S.P., editor of The Catholic World, is giv ing the current Catholic Hour series each Sunday .evening at 6, Eastern Standard Time, over the National Broader, ting System, under the aus pices of. tlie National Council of Cath olic Men. ..MSGR. A. J. PASCHANG, of the Maryknoll Fathers will be consecrat ed Titular Bishop of Sasima for the Vicariate of Kongmoon, China. No vember 30, at the Maryknoll Chapel at Stanley, Hong Kong. Bishop -Pas- chang is a native of Martinsville, Mo. TWO AMERICAN Jesuits will be among the 28 Jesuits to be ordained at Patna, India, for the missions there, the Rev. Paul C. Joehl, S.J., of God frey, 111., and the Rev. Vincent W McGlhichy, S.J., of Ashland, Ky. ANTI-SEMITISM should be oppos ed by Catholics as a Christian duty, the Catholic Association for Interna tional Peace declares in a statement issued at Washington by the National Attitudes Committee of the Associa tion. NOTRE DAME announces the es tablishment of the John C. Doarn Scholarship by his mother, Mrs. A. J. Doarn. of Omaha, in memory of her Sou who died last year; he was a var sity tackle on the 1927 football team and was graduated in law two years later. Cardinal-Designate Archbishop Mooney Again Chairman—All Bishops of Southeast Present Archbishop Ermenegildo Pellegrin etti. Papal Nuncio to Jugoslavia, one of the five prelates designated by the Holy Father for membership in the Sacred College of Cardinals, has two sisters in the United States, Mrs. Giu seppe Bonuccelli, of Washington, D. C.. and Mrs. Georgiana D’Allesandro, of Nevada. The Cardinal-designate also has nieces and nephews in Wash ington and Nevada, and grand-nieces and nephews in Connecticut. Another brother, the Rev. Gaetano Pellegrin- etto, died four years ago. HOLY FATHER SENDS APOSTOLIC BLESSING TO C. L, A. MEMBERS WASHINGTON. — Those members of the Hierarchy who are to consti tute the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference for the coming year were elected at the General Meeting of the Bishops held at the Catholic University of America here last week. The elec tion took place on the second day of the General Meeting, which this year for the first time extended over a three-day period. There is one change in the member ship of the N. C. W. C. Administrative Board this year. The Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, re turns to membership on the Board af ter an absence of one year. Bishop Boyle previously served eight consec- iftive years as ; member, but retired in November, 1936 under the rule lim iting the number of consecutive one- year terms a Bishop may serve. The Most Rev. John F Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, retired from the Board this year under the same rule. The Bishops of the Southeast, in cluding Bishop Hafey, who has just gone from Raleigh to Scranton. Bish op Walsh, Bishop O'Hara and Bishop Barry, were present at the annual meeting. Following the General Meeting of the Bishops, the members of the new ly-elected Administrative Board met at the N. C. W. C. headquarters and organized. The Most Rev. Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, was again elected chairman of the Administra tive Board. Olher officers re-elected are: the Most Rev. John B. Peterson, Bishop of Manchester, vice-chairman; the Most Rev. Edwin V O'Hara, Bish op Of Great Falls, Mont., secretary; the Most Rev. Francis C. Kelley, Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, treasurer. SUBVERSIVE FORCES AT WORK IN NATION, CONVENTION IS TOLD Bishop O’Hara, Victor Rid- der, Benedict Eider Address Notable Gathering (By N. C. W. C. News Service) COLUMBUS, Ga—The necessity of a united front of all liberty-loving, religious-minded citizens of the United States, Catholic 'and non- Catholic, against the forces seeking to undermine American institutions was the keynote of the twenty-second annual convention of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia held here Monday. Three hundred delegates and members from every section of the state attended. The Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, officiat ed at the convention Mass and de livered the closing address of the pro gram. Bishop O'Hara presented to the convention a cablegram from His Eminence Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, conveying the blessing of the Holy Father to the Association and its officers and mem bers, and a telegram of greeting, felicitation and blessing from His Ex cellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Apostolic Dele gate to the United States. C. L. A. President Replying to a cablegram of loyalty and affection which the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, sent to the Holy Father through His Eminence, Cardi nal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, in the name., of the Catholic Lay men's Association of Georgia, Cardi nal Pacelli cabled Bishop O’Hara: “The Holy Father most cordially grants the Apostolic Blessing that was requested for the officers and members of the Catholic Laymen’s Association, and sends best wishes for their convention. Bishop O’Hara presented the Holy Father’s message at the afternoon session of the con vention. Red Pamphlets Admit Soviet Aid to the Spanish Leftists In assigning members of the Board to various Episcopal Chairmanships, two changes were made. The Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, who last year was Episcopal Chairman ot the Legal De partment, was assigned to the Episco pal Chairmanship of the Department (Continued on Page 7) HOLY SEE STATEMENT ON FATHER COUGHLIN The principal lay speaker was Vic tor F. Ridder, noted New York pub lisher and social welfare leader, who emphasized the warning he said Ca tholics and all citizens should read in the indications of subversive activities in the nation. After de scribing the efforts of Communists as he observed them while he was Ad ministrator of the WPA in New York, a narration he said he himself would have believed fantastic a few years ago, he deplored tne complacency of the American people in the face of the dangers such activities constitute. This attitude- he asserted, is due to the reluctance of Americans to do anything which might be construed in any way as interference with the rights of minorities. The time has come, he asserted, when the nation must consider the rights of the over whelming majority which radical (Continued on Page 7) ALFRED M BATTEY MEETING RE-ELECTS PRESIDENT BATTEY J. J. Haverty, K.S.G., Again First Vice-President, Fi nance Committee Chairman Archbishop Mooney’s Re marks Called “Just, Time ly”, Papal Delegate Says APOSTOLIC DELEGATE EXTENDS GREETINGS AND FELICITATIONS (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK. — Pamphlets avail able. and readily obtainable, at the Workers" Library Bookshop here not pnly admit but openly boast of the part Soviet Russia has played and is playing in furtherance of the Leftist cause in the present struggle in Spain. '■The Spanish Revolution,” a pamphlet by M. Ercoli, a member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, says: “We are faced in Spain with a situation Which, in the fire of revolutionary Struggle, supplies proof of the his torical correctness of the political fine mapped out by the Seventh World Congress of the Comthunist international.” Another is the “Verbatim Reportof the Negotiations between the Second and Third Internationals on the Questions of Supporting the Heroic Struggle of the Spanish Workers.” A foreword says it is the conversa tion at a meeting between represen tatives of the Communist Interna tional and the Labor and Socialist International “for immediate joint action ... to organize the fight to prevent the Leroux Government be ing aided by other capitalist coun tries.” A pamphlet by Harry Garines en titled "How the Soviet Union Helps Spain,” contains such expressions as “The Soviet Union is the undenied leader of the hosts fighting every where for Spanish democracy and freedom,” “The Soviet Union inspires united action of all world labor and anti-fascists against the Spanish reb el butchers and the Fascist instiga tors,” “The Soviet Union leads the way.” and the Soviet Union “is sur passing itself in Spain.” G. Dimitroff’s pamphlet “Spain and the People's Front” says “the most important, immediate tasks” before the world proletariat are: “To exert every effort to help the Span ish people to crush the Fascist reb els; Not to allow the People's Front in France to be discredited or dis rupted; To hasten by every means the establishment of a world Peo ple’s Front of struggle against Fas cism and war.” Some of these pamphlets, while have received arms from sympathe tic foreign countries, spend equal ef fort in asserting .that Soviet Russia has not supplied’*the Leftist forces with arms. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cic- ogani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, in a statement issued here, made known the reply of the Holy See to inquiries it has re ceived relative to the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of the Detroit Archdio cese. In the statement, the Holy See declares it regards as “just and time ly” the corrections which the Most Rev. Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, made in reference to Father Coughlin's remarks. Following is the text of the state ment: “I am instructed to make the fol lowing statement: “ ‘In answer to messages received by the Holy See from individuals and groups interested in the activi ties of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of the Archdiocese of Detroit, the Holy See replies as follows: “The Holy See regards as just and timely the corrections which the Arch bishop of Detroit made in reference to the remarks of Father Coughlin published on October 5. Every Bishop has not only the right but the duty to supervise Catholic teach ing in his diocese. Any priest who feels aggrieved by the action of his Bishop in the exercise of such super vision has the right of orderly re course to the Holy See, but in loy alty to the Church, he also has the duty of using his influence to keep devoting considerable space to charg- . ing that the Rightist forces in Spain* the matter from being made the oc- 1 _ “ J _ — f . .-ll, !.. r Miiklin orfitoliiMV o*i,l Intie casion of public agitation and thus possibly creating confusion in the minds of many Catholics.” ’ “A G. CICOGNANI. “Apostolic Delegate.” His Excellency, Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Apostolic Dele gate to the United States, in a cable gram to His Excellency, Bishop O'Hara, sent his greetings and felicita tions to the Laymen's Association convention at Columbus. His Ex cellency said: “Kindly convey my cordial greet ings to the Catholic Laymen's Asso ciation of Georgia assembled in an nual convention. I regard their splen did ' achievements of the past for Holy Church as an augary for the future and I pray that God may con tinue to bless them and heir work.” Alfred M. Batey, of Augusta, was re-elected president of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia at the Columbia convention; Mr. Battey - is the association's fifth president, succeeding the late Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G.. four years ago. The previous presidents were A. J. Long, of Macon. Col. Jack J. Spalding K. S. G., K. M„ of Atlanta nd Thomas F. Walsh, of Savannah. James J. Haverty, K. S. G., was elected first vice-president and chair man of the finance committee; John B. McCallum. Atlanta, recording sec retary; Miss Cecile C. Ferry, Augusta, financial secretary; Thomas F. Walsh, Savannah, treasurer, and Alvin M McAuliffe auditor. The post of publicity director was changed to executive secretary, one in which Richard Reid, of Augusta, continues. The members of the publicity com mittee are Richard Reid, Augusta, chairman: C. A. McCarthy. Savannah; Evelyn Harris, Atlanta; Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Savannah: Miss Kate Mur phy, Atlanta; R. H. Oasson, Macon and John M. Harrison Atlanta. Mr. Cas- son succeeds. E. A Sheridan, Macon, who at one time was chairman of the committee. Mr. Sheridan, one of the founders of the association, request ed retirement from the committee, with assurances of undiminished in terest and assistance as a member. State vice-presidents from the va rious communities were elected as follows: Athens. Dr T. H. McHatton, Mrs. Loretta Costa; Albany. • R. E. McCormack. Miss Mary Brosnan; Atlanta, Col. Jack J. Spalding. K. S. G., K. M„ Miss Ida Ryan; Augusta, E. J. O'Connor, Miss Anna Rice; Brunswick, .John B Touhey, Mrs. J. C. Stiles; Fitzgerald. F. J. Brennan, Miss Clara Deimel; Macon, M. J. Cal laghan, Mrs E. A. Sheridan; Milledge- ville, R. W. Hatcher. Mrs. J. A. Horne; Rome, B. S Fahy. Mrs. George Horton; Washington. George Poche, Mrs. F. W. Gilbert. U. S. Bishops Deplore Nazis Persecution of Christianity WASHINGTON.—The “satanic re sourcefulness” and the “incredible ex cesses' ’of the leaders of modern pa ganism in Germany have outraged “the sense of all religious minded men and women throughout the world." the Bishops of the United States declare in a letter addressed to the German Hierarchy. chy was made-public in connection with the annual General Meeting of the Bishops of the United States, held here last week with 82 members of the Hierarchy in attendance. It pledges “unceasing prayers” for the German Bishops and their persecuted people in this their “hour of sorrow and trial.” It tells the Gerfnan prel- Calling the religious persecution in j ates that the American Bishops “wish Germany an attempt “to destroy the j to bear witness to our solidarity with very work of the Redemption of all men by Jesus Christ," the American Bishops commend their German brethren for the encouragement and support the latter have given their heroic people. "The Church of Amer ica. the Catholic world, and all who believe are with them and with you,” the letter asserts. The letter of the American Hierar- you” and to “assure you of our gen uine sympathy, our sincere admira tion and our Seep affection.” The letter is signed by His Emi nence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, who pre» sided at the General Meeting of the Bishops, and by the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh. Bishop of Charleston, retary of the meeting.