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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
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Georgia's 88
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Vol. 40, No. 17
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,. 1960
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Rev. George T. Daly
Buried At Savannah
ATLANTA — The Reverend
George Thomas Daly, pastor of
St. John’s Church, Hapeville,
passed away on Tuesday eve
ning, the 5th of January.
Son of the late Thomas and
Sarah Bishop Daly, Father Daly
was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on
October 23, 1909 and moved to
Savannah, Georgia, about the
age of five. Father Daly attend
ed Cathedral School in Savan
nah and then St. Charles Col
lege in Catonsville, Md. Father
Daly’s Philosophy and theology
studies were made at St. Mary’s
Seminary in Baltimore, Md.
The Most Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, S.M., D.D., Bishop of
Savannah, ordained Father Daly
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist in Savannah, on May
30, 1935.
Father Daly’s first assignment
as a priest was to the Savannah
His Excellency, Bishop Hy
land conducted the Absolutions.
A Solemn Requiem Mass, cel
ebrated in Savannah on Satur
day, January 9th by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNama
ra, P.A., V.F., preceded the bu
rial services in the priest’s sec
tion of the Catholic cemetery in
Savannah.
Bishop Hyland preached the
Eulogy at the Savannah ceme
tery.
Father is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Monahan
and Miss Johanna Daly and by
. a brother, James Daly.
REV. GEORGE T. DALY
Cathedral. Other assignments as
assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens; The Immacu
late Conception Church, Atlan
ta; and St. Anthony’s Church,
Atlanta.
Father Daly served as the Ad
ministrator of St; Peter’s
Church, LaGrange and on the
Mission Apostolate of the Dio
cese erf Savannah-Atlanta.
In 1953, Father Daly was ap
pointed to organize and
establish the parish of
St. John the Evangelist
in Hapeville. It was in this par
ticular assignment that Father
Daly established and built a
school, likewise a convent and
rectory were established. The
yet-unfinished' Shrine of Our
Lady of Highways and Sky
ways is a testimony to Father
Daly’s devotion to the Immac
ulate Mother of God.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
E. Moylan, P.A., V.G., celebrat
ed a Requiem Low Mass for
the students of . St. John’s
School on Thursday, January 7.
A Pontifical Requiem Mass
was’Celebrated Friday morning,
January 8th by the Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D.,
Bishop of Atlanta.
Says Khrushchev
Visit Bolstered
I). S. Communists
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — J. Edgar
Hoover says the U. S. Com
munist party feels it has been
set in orbit by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the
U. S. last September.
In an interpretation of the
party’s recent convention in
New York’s Harlem section, the
FBI director also said the Reds
have tight discipline under
their new leader, Gus Hall, de-
scrioed as a “powerful, . . .
dangerous foe of Americanism.”
The party, Mr. Hoover stated,
believes that Premier Khru
shchev’s visit “has done much
to create an atmosphere favor
able to communism,”
The FBI chief attaches much
significance to Mr. Hall’s as
cendancy to the Communist
party’s post of general secre
tary, most influential of all par
ty jobs.
“He now spearheads as pow
erful a group of dissidents and
fanatic democracy haters as
America has seldom seen with
in its shores during peacetime,”
Mr. Hoover declared.
Hall’s real name, he said, is
Arvo Halberg, and he was born
in 1910 in Virginia, Minn., of
parents who were charter mem
bers of the U. S. Communist
party.
Hail joined the party in 1927,
went to Russia in 1931 to at
tend the Lenin school of Marx
ism, returned to the U. S. in
1933 to become active in the
Young Communist league and
entered full-time party work in
1938.
ivir. Hoover says that in 1935,
after Hall had been arrested
for taking part in a riot in
Minneapolis, he was asked dur
ing his trial if he was willing
“to take up arms and over
throw the constituted authori
ties?”
His response was: “When the
time comes, yes.”
Anti-Semitic incidents, Church Vandalism
Germans Seeking Reasons For
Recent Outbreak Of Neo-Nazism
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BREAK GROUND AT AUGUSTA--His Excellency The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
D D J.C.D., Administrator of the Diocese, is pictured addressing those assembled at ground break
ing ceremonies for the new St. Mary’s Parish' School, Augusta. His Excellency a few moments be
fore this picture was taken had broken ground for the new school. Pictured in addition to His
Excellency are, left to right: Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis Smith, pastor, St. Marys, Aiken, S. C.,
Rt Rev Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor Diocese of Savannah; Rev. Ralph Seikel, Mod
erator of Aquinas High School, Augusta; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., pastor of St.
Mary’s, and Vicar Forane of the Augusta Deanery.
CCD Officers
Appointed At
Augusta Church
AUGUSTA — An organiza
tional meeting of the Secred
Heart Parish Unit of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine
was held on January 11th. Mod
erator is Father Loeffler, S.J.
The Executive Board includes
Mr. J. P. Price, President; Mrs.
Owen Schweers, Vice Presi
dent; Mrs. D. J. O’Connor, Sec
retary; Mr. Thomas P. Kearney,
Treasurer; and chairmen of the
six committees- of CCD activity.
“The group seemed most en
thusiastic and we are confident
that their work in promoting
the knowledge and practice of
Christian Doctrine will be most
effective, said Father Loeffler.
Charles H. Keating, Jr.
Nationally Known Fighter Of
Obscenity To Talk At Augusta
AUGUSTA — Mr. Charles H.
Keating, Jr., prominent Cath
olic attorney, and Founder and
Chairman of Citizens for De
cent Literature,, in Cincinnati,
Ohio, will speak on the need
of removing obscene literature
from newsstands on Friday,
February 5 at 8:30 p. m. at the
Lawton B. Evans School Audi
torium, on Walton Way.
The Family and Parent Edu
cation Committee of the Augus
ta Deanery Council of Catholic
Women most cordially invites
all adults in the Augusta area
to take advantage of this op-
Cathedral Youth Council Holds
“Parents Appreciation Day”
SAVANNAH — On Holy
Family Sunday, January 10th,
the members of the Cathedral
Youth Council honored their
parents by holding a Parents
Appreciation Day.”
The members, under the di
rection of-the Rev. Robert Te-
oli, spiritual advisor, had full
responsibility for the days pro
gram, which began with the
parents and members attending
Mass and receiving Commun
ion at the 9 a. m. Mass.
At three in the afternoon all
met for games in which the
boys played the fathers in bas
ketball and the girls the mo
thers in softball.
In the evening a banquet was
held in the school cafetorium.
The boys acting as waiters since
the girls had been the cooks.
The Rev. Robert Teoli acted
as master of ceremonies for the
evening. Jimmy Forbes, Coun
cil president, asked for paternal
support in the form of time. Mr.
Julian Halligan expressed the
delight and thanks of the par
ents.
Rt; Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara, V.F., Rector of the
Cathedral, spoke of his appreci
ation of the undertaking, prais
ing the Council members, Fa
ttier Teoli and the adult advis
ors.
Minister Will
Run For Congress
COLUMBIA, Mo., (NC) — A
Baptist Minister, who is a for
mer state employee, has an
nounced (Jan. 7) that he will
seek the Republican nomina
tion for Missouri’s 11th Con
gressional District. The Rev.
Robert Bartel, 35, resigned as
personnel consuant to the state
division of health and as pastor
of Bonne Femme church near
Columbia to launch his cam
paign.
BISHOP'S
CONFRATERNITY
NOVENA
A Novena of Masses for
the Donors of the Bishop's
Confraternity of the Laity
will be offered this month.
WHERE
ARE THE VOICES?
The command of Christ to “Love your neighbor as you
love yourself” constitutes a universal, ail-embracing law of
human conduct. And when thqt law is publicly and flagrant
ly violated, then it is only right and proper that charitable
and right-thinking people everywhere express publicly their
disapproval of the violation and attempt to remedy the
wrong.
Since Christmas Eve of last year anti-Jewish bigots and
moral and intellectual defectives have painted their signs
of hatred and ignorance on Synagogues and Jewish centers
in various parts of the world. Powerful voices have been
raised in protest. These actions have been deplored by
Parliaments and Presidents. Newsmen, Statesmen, Political
and Religious leaders throughout the world immediately,
and to their great credit, denounced the desecrations, and
the hatred of which these acts are symptomatic.
We hasten to add our voice, and to pray that bigotry
in any form and toward whatever group will dissipate be
fore a citizenry sincerely dedicated to the ideal of true
Christian Charity.
But if prompt disavowal of bias and prejudice toward
one group is praiseworthy, silence and tacit consent to
bigotry toward another group deserves something less than
commendation. And we must confess to a degree of re
luctance at bestowing encomiums upon those whose voices
have been lifted in righteous indignation at swastikas and
slogans painted on walls of stone, but which have been
strangely silent in the face of a very real prosecution in
volving loss of freedom, possessions, and in many cases even
life itself which is still the lot of countless Catholics in the
Communist world. Indeed, some groups, even while loudly
decrying the apparent resurgence of anti-Semitism, in
sistently demand for . the anti-God Communists, a place of
honor in the family of nations. Still others who proclaim
their contempt for anti-Jewish bigotry seem to have no ob
jection whatever to the injection of anti-Catholicism into
American public life.
Readers will find in this edition of THE BULLETIN
news items which seem to us to indicate an increasing
wave of anti-Catholic bigotry in many parts of the world
and even here at home. We wonder “Where are the voices
of righteous indignation?”
portunity to hear such an ex
cellent speaker.
Mr. Keating has been admit
ted to practice in the following
states and courts: Ohio Bar,
Kentucky Bar, United States
Supreme Court, Interstate Com
merce Commission, Treasury
Department and various other
Courts and Administrative Bod
ies. He was awarded the Max
well Anderson Prize on gradu
ation from the University of
Cincinnati in 1948 and has been
Pan - American Swimming
Champion and a member of the
All American Swimming Team.
He was a Night Fighter Pilot
in the United States Navy dur
ing World War II.
He is married to the former
Miss Mary Elaine Fette and is
By Manfred Wenzel
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
BONN, Germany — No one
seems to know what is behind
the recent outbreak of neo
nazism in Germany that has
led to anti-Semitic incidents
and the defacing of Catholic
churches.
Some people claim it is the
result of a communist plot to
dis-credit Germany. Some
blame it on juvenile delinquen
cy. Others cite still different
reasons.
The outbreak began on
Christmas Eve when nazi swas
tikas were painted on a new
synagogue in Cologne along
with anti-Jewish slogans. At
the same time black paint was
splashed over Cologne’s mon
ument to nazi victims which
bears the words: “This memo
rial recalls the most shameful
period in German history.”
Since that time numerous
similar incidents have occurred
in towns and cities in widely
scattered parts of this country
and have even spread abroad.
Nazi swastikas and mottos
have also been smeared on
Catholic churches and Church
properties in Speyer, Bingen,
Gelsenkirchen, Allensberg,
Lauda and Urfeld.
One of the most recent inci
dents took place in Bingen,
where a Catholic community
center was marked with two
swastikas and the words: “Heil
Hitler — we’re going to re
turn.” Someone also phoned a
rectory in Bingen and said:
“Here is the German Reich’s
party. Tonight we will raise the
swastika at your place.”
Germany’s leaders have been
outspoken in their denuncia
tion of the outbreak. Following
the defacing of the Cologne
synagogue, which he had help
ed to dedicate last September,
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
told Rabbi Zwi Asaria: “All de
cent Germans join me in con
demning this atrocious act.” He
has also called for stiffer pen
alties for persons “stirring up
hatred against groups because
of their natural origin.”
President Heinrich Luebke
protested against the “hideous
ness” of such acts and blamed
the German people in a radio
speech for an “over-estimation
of material achievements as op
posed to intellectual, spiritual
and moral values.”
Meanwhile, everything is be
ing done to find out which per
sons or organizations are re
sponsible for the nazi outbreak.
The government has an
nounced that police will spare
no efforts to discover the
“string pullers” behind the in
cidents and that everything will
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THE WORK OF HOODLUMS!
The people of Wurzburg, Bavaria, were greatly offended by
the recent acts of hoodlums in the city. The above religious
exhibit, property of the Catholic Youth organization, was
wantonly damaged. When the glass was replaced, it was
again smashed by the gangs roving through the city at
night. (NC Photos)
Bishop McDonough Speaker
AUGUSTA DEANERY COUNCIL
HOLDS MID-WINTER LUNCHEON
AUGUSTA — The Most Rev
erend Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough, Administrator of the
Diocese, addressed the mid
winter luncheon meeting of the
Augusta Deanery Council of
Catholic Women held Wednes
day, Jan 12th, in the St. Mary’s
Parish Hall. His subject, “Ex
planation of the Passion Play
at Oberamergau” was chosen
because 1960 is the year for the
next play which is only staged
every ten years.
The Bishop traced the origin
of the play from 1633 when the
villagers were afflicted with the
black plague and prayed to be
spared; and if spared, they
would have a Passion Play. As
promised, the Play has been
held every ten years in co-
memoration of the passion and
death of our Lord. He described
the participants, their family
backgrounds and their charac
terizations.
During the business session
conducted by Mrs. Laurence J.
Ward, president, Mrs. William
H. Barrett announced as chair
man of the committee on fam
ily and parent education that
the deanery council is bring
to Augusta Mr. Charles Keat
ing to give a public address on
“Indecent Literature and What
We Can Do About It” on Feb
ruary 5th. The renown lecturer
is founder of the Citizens Com
mittee on Indecent Literature
and will come from Cincinnat-
ti, Ohio, where he is a promi
nent attorney and dedicates his
free time to the crusade against
obscenity. The address will be
held at Lawton B. Evans
School Auditorium and the
public is invited to attend. No
admission will be charged.
Mrs. J. Lee Etheredge, Jr.,
presented the president with a
gavel at the opening of the
meeting. A granddaughter of
the late Mrs. W. W. Battey, Sr.
the gavel was used when she
served a» charter president of
the Daughters of Isabella.
Mrs. Ward named Mrs. Al-
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C. H. KEATING, JR.
the father of five children
ranging from nine years to one
and a half years of age.
Citizens for Decent Litera
ture is a civic organization com
posed of Catholics, Protestants
and Jews which asks that laws
for protection against obscenity
which are already on the sta
tute books be enforced. C. D. L.
wishes to awaken the public
to the dangers of obscene lit
erature to the youth of today
and is already gaining support
in this endeavor from many na
tional civic and religious orga
nizations.
Mr. Keating is giving his time
to come to Augusta without any
personal remuneration and
there will be no admission
charge for the lecture.
Mrs. Wm. H. Barrett is chair
man of the Family and Parent
Education Committee.
AUGUSTA LUNCHEON—Pictured here is the head table and a portion of the crowd which
gathered for the mid-winter luncheon meeting of the Augusta Deanery Council of Catholic
Women.