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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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she works for her own living, and she is an employer
of labor. Her influence is needed in a conciliatory
way with employer and employee.
Socialism must be faced and discussed. It has al
ready crept so largely into our different state gov
ernments that it is hard for the average mind to say
what it is and what it is not.
Happily our Cardinals, our Bishops and Archbish
ops are solving our problems for us. They have
formed the National Catholic Welfare Council, which
every Catholic man and woman in the United States
is asked and urged to join under the subdivisions of
the National Laymen’s Council, and the National
Council of Catholic Women. Thousands of Catholic
clubs throughout the United States, as well as indi
viduals, have already affiliated with these organiza
tions; in fact, all through the war they did effective
work under the National Catholic War Council which
has been changed to the Welfare Council by our
Hierarchy.
These National Councils have already affiliated
with international associations of Catholics. They
have stretched their hands across the ocean in a
veritable league of nations, for we must realize the
sadly negletced fact that one who speaks a different
language is yet our brother. Sympathy and under
standing will prevent wars in the future, especially
when founded on religion.
These Councils will in no way interfere with clubs
which join. On the contrary, they will encourage all
existing activities and calls for enlargement.
Here is the bond which will unite us all, yet leave
us our independence. A yearly convention will be
held to which each organization will send a delegate,
and conference on important subjects will take place
throughout the year.
The Welfare Council embraces also a department
of education, department of laws and legislation, de
partment of social action, department of press and
publicity.
The following pamphlets, most helpful to all organ
izations, will be sent free to those applying:
( 1 ) Social Reconstruction.
(2) A Program for Citizenship.
(3) The Fundamentals of Citizenship.
(4) Outlines of a Social Service Program for Cath
olic Agencies.
(5) Girls’ Welfare.
(6) The Church and Reconstruction.
Write to 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington,
D. C.
The Welfare Council has established community
houses throughout the country where social service
work is being done on a large scale. It has in suc
cessful operation the National Service School for
Women at Clifton, where our Catholic wdmen are
being trained for this work, which is closely akin to
Red Cross and Associated Charities activities.
Thus a new field has been opened up to our women
of altruistic minds.
Our Hierarchy urges each community to establish
its own community house, where it may look after
the wants, the aspirations, the amusement of its con
gregation.
Here Catholic societies will meet, lectures will take
place, classes in all needed subjects will be held, cul
tural and practical, for one can not neglect home
economics. Here our children might meet for story
telling, lessons, etc.; here dances, well chaperoned,
and various amusements for our young men and wo
men might be welcome. In the same building in
many cities young business women away from their
home towns are accommodated in the care of a suit
able matron.
Let us all join this National Council and show
forth to the world the spirit of Christ which is that
of an ever active charity. The world is in turmoil
and confusion because it has forgotten the fact that
our lives must be founded on the rocks of Christ,
which is His Church, for all else is vanity.
ST. ANTHONY’S MISSION.
One of the smaller churches in the Diocese that
is steadily growing is that of the Mission of St. An
thony of Savannah, one of the colored parishes that
is doing such great good so unostentatiously. Father
Dahlent, who recently passed to his reward, was for
merly in charge, and now the work is well carried on
by Father Zimmerman. In writing about his charge
recently, he said:
“This is a comparatively new Mission in the rural
district, i. e., W. Savannah. Begun about ten years
ago there were no Catholics then here at all. All our
members are converts; we have now, however, a
good congregation, a nice church and a separately
built school with over 60 children attending. The
church, the school, the rectory and entrance lodge,
built to accommodate the teachers, are all standing
on our own ground, somewhat over four acres, of
very useful ground laid out nicely in large playground
for the children, vegetable garden, orchard, vineyard
and poultry yard. The orchard, planted some seven
years, gives now a large return in peaches, pears,
plums, figs, pecans, and the young trees are a good
shelter for the bees from which we got twenty gal
lons of strained honey, besides a great number of
section boxes. The poultry yard, stocked with about
a hundred white leghorns, a good return, as the eggs
are so high, thus our little industries keep up the in
situation with the help that Mgr. Burke, director of
the Catholic Missions for colored, sends us regularly
towards our schools. We enjoy peace and respect
with all the surrounding people, and the Mission is
slowly but steadily, growing.’’
It is hoped that our members are reading Vicar
General J. D. Mitchell’s articles in current numbers
of Truth. They are elevating, instructive and il
luminating. And in this connection it may be added
there are many things in every number of this ex
cellent magazine which every Catholic in Georgia
should read. Truth should be on every reading table
in the Catholic home.