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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 27. 1937
LOUIS C. KUNZE, general chair
man at Columbus, did a magnificent
piece of work. Everything was per
fect, even to the weather. .Mr. Kunze
presided at the luncheon, which was
attended by about two hundred-
There was no speaking at the lunch
eon; the number who could be ac
commodate was limited, and the
committee wished no one to be de-
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J. W. P1CKELSIMER
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tucky, increased the already over
whelming debt the Association owes
him. His analysis of the current sit
uation and of the position that the
home and family play in Christian
civilization indicates why' he is held
in such esteem by the laity, the
clergy and the hierarchy throughout
the United States.
COL. JACK J. SPALDING, Geor
gia’s Knight of St Gregory, Knight
of Malta and Lae tare Medalist
sounded the keynote in the response
to the address of welcome. If every
Catholic in Georgia could have heard
Mr. Spalding’s ' address, the result
would be an impetus to all Catholic
activity,
HON. L. C. WILSON, Mayor of Co
lumbus, extended the .official wel
come to Hie Association, and this in
no formal or routine fashion; Mayor
Wilson’s welcome had the warmth
that distinguishes cordiality.
ALFRED M. BATTEY presided at
the convention for the fourth time,
and was re-nominated despite his ex
pressed desire to resign the distinc
tion to another president- 'Hie nom
inating committee drafted him, how
ever, and the convention unanimous
ly said heartily approved of the ac
tion.
SIR JAMES J. HAVESTY, K. S. G„
first vice president, presided at the
afternoon session fdr the seventeenth
consecutive time. He began to pre
side at the afternoon session of the
convention when he was a young
man of 62, back in 1921; a few days
before the Columbia convention he
observed his J9th birthday, an occa
sion on which all Atlanta rejoiced.
THE COLUMBUS newspapers gave
the convention splendid publicity and
The Associated Press broadcast the
accounts of the sessions. J. P. Fitz
patrick, of The Ledger-Enquirer, who
some years ago was secretary of the
convention bureau of the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce, remained
with the convention all day, and his
accounts of the meeting were as fine
a piece of newspaper work as any* of
our conventions have ever experi
enced.
FATHER JOHN F- OHARA, the
distinguished president fo the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, who honored
our convention by attending it last
year, took time out to wire • mes
sage which Bishop O’Hara presented
to the convention as he finished his
address. Father O’Hara wired: “My
greetings and good wishes to the
Catholic Laymen’s Association and in
particular to the many fine repre
sentatives of Georgia Catholicism
whom I met at last year’s meet
ing.”
FAY3EK W. D. O’LEARY of the
Jesuit Fathers at Spring Hill College,
a native Augustan and formerly a
practicing physician in Boston and
New York, wired; “Thirty-five
young Jesuit scholastics are praying
for the success of the Georgia Lay
men’s Association convention. I am
offering my Mass for you.” Mrs.
Jos. E. Kelley, of Savannah, a mem
ber of the state publicity commit
tee, and i. regular attendant at the
convention, wired her greetings from
New York; Bartlev J- Doyle, the As
sociation’s good friend in Philadel
phia, sent a telegram fo felicitations
and good wishes, saying that only a
conflicting engagement kept him
away, and a number of other mes
sages were received from officers
and members unable to attend.
WM. H. MITCHELL, general chair
man of two conventions in Macon
in previous years, and now a resi
dent of Birmingham, made the trip
over to renew acquaintances; he
could not have been any more
pleased to see them than they were
to see him. Senator David I. Walsh
thought the way in which Mr. Mitch
ell managed the Macon 1927 conven
tion an example for all such conven
tions anywhere.
Doubling the membership of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia ought not to be a difficult
task after the magnificent conven
tion in Columbus. If those at the
convention can impart to members
who did not have the good fortune
of attending even a small fraction of
their interest and enthusiasm, the
necessary impetus for the nicrease
will be more than available.
BISHOP O HARA’S address at the
afternoon session will ever be treas
ured by those who heard it. It was
the climax of the convention, and
the encouragement it gave will be
the association’s first source of
strength during the year-
BISHOP KEYES was absent for the
first time in fifteen years, but he
was in the minds and hearts of the
convention which expressed its af
fection for him through the resolu
tion which appears elsewhere in this
issue.
celebrant, and who delivered the
sermon, welcoming the convention to
Columbus, sent the meeting off to a
splendid start. His contrast between
conditions now and what they tvere
in his missionary days in the Diocese
brought back stirring memories to
the pioneers of the Association and
was illuminating to the young mem
bers; his kind comment on the work
of the Association was as hearten
ing and inspiring as it was generous.
VICTOR F. KIDDER came down
from New York to the convention
heralded as an outstanding Catholic
layman and a speaker of great im
pressiveness and force; his address
demonstrated that the advance .not
ices had underestimated his ability.
His first-hand knowledge of the sub
versive forces at work in the coun
try through his contact with them as
WPA administrator in New York,
and his discussion of the situation
and Its remedy, alone would have
made attendance at the convention
more than worth while.
our pioneer
from Ken-
Compliments of
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