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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Physicans Astounded By Cure
At Lourdes of a Dying Sister
X-ray Had Shown Nun Near Death from Intestinal Con
sumption—Cured After Third Visit to Pool, and Is Now
in Perfect Health.
Paris.—The Semaine Religieuse of
the Laval diocese has just published
A detailed and thoroughly authenti
cated report of the miraculous cure
at Lourdes of Sister Marie Gertrude,
23 years of age, of the providence
of Mayenne.
Sister Marie-Gcrtrude had begun
to suffer from intestinal trouble in
1917. Since 1918 she was afflicted
with frequent fits of vomiting, had
lost all appetite and felt as if she
had been poisoned. She was able
to take no nourishment but milk
and soft food. In 1919 the symp
toms became worse, and the intes
tines ceased to function. An opera
tion for appendicitis was performed
at the hospital of Laval on May 4,
1919. Both the Laval surgeon and
the doctors called in consultation
from Mayenne told the nun who.ac-
companicd the patient that Sister
Marie-Gcrtrude was suffering from
a serious case of tuberculosis of the
intestines, that her condition was
very grave and a cure very improb
able.
Given Up By Physician.
• In 1920 her health became still
worse. A second operation was con
sidered. A prominent Paris sur
geon, Dr. Sauve, was summoned and
after making an x-ray examination
declared that the adhesions of the
intestines were complete in several
places. After a preparation of fif-
j teen days, during which every ef
fort was made to fortify the patient
for the operation, Dr. Sauve declar
ed that her condition was so pre
carious that he refused to operate.
All hope seemed lost.
During another year the attacks
followed at more frequent intervals.
In view of the powerlessncss of hu
man science, the mother superior
had recourse to the power of the
blessed virgin, and had Sister Ma-
rie-Gertrude admitted to the na
tional pilgrimage to Lourdes. Dr.
Chabrun of Mayenne delivered the
following certificate of incurabil
ity:
“I, the undersigned, doctor of
medicine, declare that Sister Ma
rie-Gcrtrude, of tlie providence of
Mayenne, is afflicted with abdomi
nal trouble resulting from tubercu
lar lesions, and I think she is in
curable. Mayenne, June 4, 1921.
(Signed) Dr. Chabrun.”
The sister left for Lourdes in Au
gust with the pilgrims of the Laval
diocese. Dr. Bicquet, who accompa
nied the Laval group, visited Sis
ter Marie-Gcrtrude several times
during the journey, and certified
that he found her condition very
serious, showing symptoms of grave
abdominal lesions, pain, fever, ex
treme weakness, nausea, etc. After
reaching Lourdes, injections of mor
phine had to be given several times.
During the entire journey the sister
was able to take no nourisnmen*
beyond a little white wine and a
biscuit, and during the first two
days at Lourdes she took a few
spoonfuls of bouillon.
Cured After Third Visit.
On the morning of Monday, Aug.
21, after the third bath in the pool,
the swelling in the abdomen sud
denly disappeared. The patient felt
a stinging sensation over the whole
body, and the pain ceased. Her
strength returned immediately. Sis
ter Gertrude left the pool and re
turned to the hospital alone, where
she ate a full meal with a normal
appetite, a thing she had not been
able to do since the beginning of
her illness. The next morning, Aug.
22, she was examined by the doc
tors of the Lourdes medical bu
reau, who declared that the intes
tines were supple and the condition
satisfactory, but withheld their fi
nal decision for lack of sufficient
knowledge concerning her illness.
On Sept. 10, Dr. Francois, who
made the x-ray in 1920, made an
other examination after which he
staled that the intestines had re
sumed their normal position. On
the same day Dr. Bicquet signed
a certificate in which he said: “J
do not hesitate to pronounce the
word cure,” adding that absolutely
no improvement in Sister Gertrude’s
terrible condition had been observed
^eforc the bath in the pool.
Physician Astonished.
Dr. Sauve, the Paris specialist,
passed through Mayenne the follow
ing October and certified: “I saw
Sister Gertrude again on Oct. 10,
1921, completely transformed, with
“:ione of the symptoms previously
observed, but in flwtrfshtng nealth.
I consider it a point of honor to
declare that if the present condition—
of Sister Gertrude lasts a year, I
shall consider her case extraor
dinary, and that I have never seen
a similar one in the course of my
practice.”
ADOPT PRIESFS PLAN
To Ward Off Hailstones from
French Vineyards.
..Paris—The use of guns to ward
off hailstones has become very
general in certain sections of
France, especially those where the
principal vineyards are located. It
has excellent effects in scattering
the cloudsand thus preventing the
damage caused by hail.
Althougt the practice has only
been in use a short time, a bocu-
ment has just been found which
shows that it had been recommend
ed exactly one hundred years ago
by a priest in Gascony, the Abe Mar
tin, pastor of Benque.
Abe Martin sent to the chamber
a petition asking for the use of ar
tillery against clouds. The petition
was read January 2, 1882 and pro
voker general laughter. Abe Mar
tin was considered to be mad and
was quickly forgotten.
Nevertheless, his idea was sound,
as proved by the general practice
today.
AMERICUS CATHOLICS
To Hear Work of Laymen’s
Association Explained.
Americas, Ga.—The work of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia will be explained to the
Catholics of this city by Publicity
Director Richard Reid, of Augusta,
after the 11:30 mass Sunday morn
ing, Feb. 26, according to an an
nouncement by Rev. Leo M. Keenan,
pastor of the Southwestern Georgia
missions, in which Americus is lo
cated. It is believed that the Cath
olics of this city will organize a lo
cal branch of the association, as the
Catholics in Moultrie, Fitzgerald and
Thomasville recently did.
BIGOTRY MISSING
In South Ireland, Says Prot
estant Baronet.
Dublin,—Sir James Cotter, Rock-
forest, Mallow, County Cork, a
Protestant Baronet, has published
an “Appeal to Ulster” in which he
states there can be no real settle
ment of the Irish problem until the
two parliments of Dublin and Bel
fast sit as one. In the course of his
appeal he says:
“Those of us who have no preju
dice in the matter feci that the ad
vances towards this end should
come from the North of Ireland, as
it is there that the strong religious
feeling, the real cause of the breach,
really exists.
“In the south you find no such
feeling. There all denominations
live and have always lived in per
fect peace and friendship, and Ro
man Catholic priests and Protes
tant clergymen are very often close
friends and work together for the
common good of the community.”
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BISHOPS EXPRESS FILIAL
DEVOTION TO NEW POPE
Washington, D. C.—The Ad
ministrative Committee of the
National Catholic Welfare Coun
cil has dispatched to Pius XI, the
newly elected Supreme Pontiff,
the following cablegram:
The National Catholic Wel
fare Council of the United
States of America, through
its Administrative Committee
most respectfully sends to
Your Holiness this expres
sion of our filial devotion
and obedience, and our fer
vent prayers for a long and
blessed pontificate.
Most Rev. Edward J. Han
na, Archbishop of San Fran
cisco, chairman.
Right Rev. Peter J. Mul-
doon, Bishop of Rockford,
vice chairman.
Most Rev. Austin Dowling,
Archbishop of St. Paul.
Right Rev. Joseph Sch-
rembs, Bishop of Cleveland.
Right Rev. William T. Rus
sell, Bishop of Charleston.
Right Rev. Edmund Gib
bons, Bishop of Albany.
Right Rev. Louis S. Walsh,
Bishop of Portland.
The new Pontiff, on the day of
his election, gave a special bless
ing to the National Catholic Wel
fare Council and to the Catholic
papers of America, on the request
of Monsignro Enrico Pucci, Rome
correspondent of the N. C. W. C.
News Service.
BROTHERS’ BOY WONDER
TYPIST
Boston, Mass.—Richard Callahan,
of the Christian Brother’s School,
Waltham, Mass., recently hung up
another record for typewriting, av
eraging a net speed of 60 words
per minute for fifteen consecutive
minutes without error. Young
Callahan has won every award offer
ed by the Remington and Under
wood companies in New England.
In the Novice International Contest
held in New York in 1920 he came
third among trained and seasoned
typists, averaging 86 words per
minute on an Underwood. Young
Callahan performs all the tests of
professional typists, such as adding,
answering questions while writing
backwards, etc., keeping up a speed
of 60, 70, 80 words per minute.
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LACK OF RELIGION
OLAMED FOR CRIME
“Defective Intellect” Excuse
for Wrong-Doing Finds No
Favor With Catholic Jurist
in Chicago.
Chicago, III.—A lack of religion,
not a lack of reason is responsible
for crime. Warped morality, not
warped mentality makes the crim
inal in the greater numbers.
Wrong intent, not wrong intellect
brings about the violation of our
laws, and result in offenses against
public morality. These are the
conclusions of Superior Judge Mar
cus Kavanagh, Catholic jurist, and
they are based on his experience of
more than a quarter of a century
in the courts of Chicago.
The Catholic jurist takes issue
with the criminologists Ferri, Ellis,
Garofola and other lesser lights
who take from the criminal moral
responsibility for his sins, by at
tributing his offenses to a defect
ive intellect. Judge Kavanagh’s
views created a sensation among
local jurists, most of whom had
been led to adopt the theory of
moral irrcsponsiblity has a defense
for crime. The judge made his
declaration before the German club,
and his words carried weight be
cause of his known judgment and
experience, and the proof he offered.
“It is the disposition rather than
the intellect, the heart rather than
the mind, that makes the criminal,”
he said. “No man in this country
questions the intelligence of the
American soldier. Yet Dr. Herman
Adler, state criminologist, has
found that the intelligence of the
average criminal is equal to that of
the white American soldier.
“Negro criminals rank higher in
intelligence than did the negro
soldiers. This proves that a crim
inal is a criminal because he
chooses to be, rather than because
of any mental twist.
“That religious persons run less
to crime than the non-church going,
is proved by the fact that the
Province of Quebec (Catholic) with
a population equal to that of Chi
cago, has had but one serious crime
against a woman in sixty years,
while Chicago averages one a year.”
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AUGUSTA, GA.
POPE BENEDICT’S DEATH
GRIEVES MAJ. GEN. BLISS
Washington, D. C.—Maj. Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss, who was a mem
ber of the American Commission
to Negotiate Peace at the end of
the World War, and previously
representative of the United
States on the Supreme War Coun
cil at Paris, has written to Bight
Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of
the Catholic University, to ex
press his condolence for the
death of Pope Benedict. The un
timely death of “the two most
beloved Popes,” Benedict and
Pius X, General Bliss says, was
caused by the War. The Pontiff’s
death he calls a “loss to the
whole world.”
General Bliss’ letter to Bishop
Shahan follows:
“My Dear Bishop Shahan:
“To me one of the saddest
things about the recent war is
the fact, as is generally believed,
that it has caused the untimely
death of 'two of the most be
loved Popes, loved and honored
by Protestants as well as Catho
lics. The one died wh j attempt
ing to prevent the strife; and
now the other, after fruitless at
tempts to end it and then wear
ing himself out in efforts to
mitigate its horrors and in bind
ing up its dreadful wounds.
“But, if the prayers of the
righteous avail much, after death
as well as before as I am sure
they do,—he is still praying for
the peace on earth which he had
so much at heart while here.
“I join with you and your as
sociates in sorrow for this loss
to the whole world, and because
it is a world loss it can be so no
less to me than to you.
“With warm and sincere re
gards, I am,
Cordially yours,
(Signed) TASKER H. BLISS.”
At present General Bliss is gov
ernor of the Soldiers’ Home here.
He has been retired from active
service after a distinguished ca
reer as a soldier beginning with
his graduation from West Point
Academy in 1875.
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