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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 9 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.