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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Vol. 40, No. 17 MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,. 1960 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year 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 - 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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- (Continued on Page 8) 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.