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VOL, v. NO. 18. AUGUSTA, GA,, SEPTEMBER 27. 1924. lssl ‘■ 1>
DEPLORES Intolerance Extracts From President s Address
At Holy Name Society Convention
But It Will Abate, He Tells
Charities Conference—Ex
tols Catholic Patriotism.
Dea Moines, Iowa—Governor Ken
dall of Iowa paid a splendid tribute
to (.atholic loyalty in all great
crises of the Nation in an address
hera September 17 to the 3.500 dele
gates attending the National Confer
ence of Catholic Charities. More
than 5,000 members of the Holy
Name Society marched in procession
prior to the opening of the confer
ence Sunday morning, and fully 9,-
000 crowded the Coliseum to attend
the Pontificial High Mass. Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque delivered
the sermon.
The Coliseum again was crowded
to capacity Sunday evening, when
Mayor Carver, Governor Kendall and
Bishop Drumm extended a welcome
to the delegates. Brother Barnabas,
of Toronto, outlined a proposed pro
gram for boys’ work,
In denouncing attempts to stir up
religious strife, Governor Kendall
said:
“It is inconceivable that any ra
tional intelligence can entertain the
suspicion that Catholics are in col
lusion to subordinate this govern
ment to the Papacy at Borne. They
contributed to establish this Nation
And their best blood, enriched every
timson battlefield of the Revolu-
fon. Kqually with the Protestants
|hcy precipitated that mighty up
heaval, and equally with them they
(indicated the American arms in the
psuing conflict.
v “If it was John Adams, the Pro-
/estant from New England, who
'said: ‘Siuk or swim, live or die, sur
vive or perish, I give my hand and
my heart with this vote,’ it was
Thomas Lynch, the Catholic from
South Carolina, who exclaimed: ‘I
would rather die for liberty than
live without it.’ If it was a Pro
testant officer from New Hamp
shire who shouted from the thick
of conflict: ‘We must beat the red
coats today or Molly Stark is a
widow,’ it writ# a (Catholic Commo
dore from Philadelphia who sang
out to an inquiring Knglish man-
of-war: ‘I’m Jack Barry, half Yan
kee and half Irish, who are you?”
“An impartial reading of history
will demonstrate that Catholics
were as devoted as Protestants to
the principles of liberty in the for
mation of the Republic.
“What has transpired s nee then
io impeach their fidelity? When
Sumter was assaulted and the experi
ment of democratic government was
imperilled, every regiment recruited
to maintain Old Glory in the skies
was composed in part of Catholic
vounteers. Posterity will not un
derestimate their heroism in the
critical juncture, for the record of
that fratricidal struggle cannot be
accurately written without reciting
the unprecedented exploits of Sheri
dan and Shields, of Mulligan and
Meagher, or Kearney and Kilpatrick
—Catholics by profession, lmt Ame
ricans first last, and all the time.
“When we answered the impera
tive demands of an exalted altruism
and undertook the liberation of Cuba
from European despotism, the ap
peal for enlistments was everywhere
responded to without regard to de
nominational differences. From
A our great demonstration which
marks this day in the city of Wash
ington is only representative of
many like observances extending
over our own country and into
I other lands, so that it makes a
truly world-wide appeal. It is a
manifestation of the good in hu-
; man nature which is of tremendous
i significance. More than six centu
ries ago, when in spite of much
; learning and much piety there was
much ignorance, much wickedness
j and much warfare, when there
seemed to be too little light in the
j world, when the condition of the
common people appeared to he sunk
in hopelessness, when most of life
was rude, harsh and cruel, when the
; speech of men was too often pro
fane and vulgar, until the earth
I rang with the tumult of those who
I took the name of the Lord in vain,
'the foundation of this day was laid
in the formation of the Holy Name
! Society.
i It had an inspired purpose. It
j sought to rcdedicatc the minds of
! the people to a true conception of
the r.icrcdncss of the name of the
j Supreme Being. It was an effort to
; save all reference to the Deity from
I curses and blasphemy, and restore
; the lip's of men to reverence and
I praise. Out of weakness there bc-
1 gan to he strength; out of frenzy
j there began to be self-control; out
of confusion there began to he or
der. This demonstration is a mani
festation of the wide extent to which
an effort to do the right thing will
reach when it is once begun. It is
a purpose which makes a Universal
appeal, an effort in which all may
unite.
The important of the lesson which
this society was formed to teach
would he hard to overestimate. Its
main purpose is to impress upon
the people the necessity for rever
ence. This is the beginning of a
proper concent ion of ourselves, of
our relationship to each other, and
our relations to our creator. Hu
man nature can not develop very
far without it. The mind does not
unfold, the creative faculty does not
mature, the spirit does not expand,
save under the influence of revet -
cncc. It is the chief motive of an
obedience. It is only by a correct
FATHER GEROW TO BE
CONSECRATED OCT. 15
Bishop Allen to Confer
Episcopal Dignity on His
Former Chancellor.
Mobile, Ala. -Rt. Rev. Bishop-elect
Richard A. Gerow, whose appoint
ment as-bishop of Natchez Miss.,
was recently announced by the Vat
ican, will he consecrated on Oct.
15. according to announcement made
here. Bishop Edward 1’. Allen of
Mobile, will officiate, assisted by
the Rt. Rev. James B. Jcanard,
1). I)., bishop of La Fayette, La,
and the Bt. Rev. James Aloysius
Griffin, I). I)., of Springfield, 111.
The consecration sermon will be
delivered by Very Rev. T. A. Cum-
•**in«s. S. J.. provincial of the fa
thers of the Society of Jesus in
I attitude of mi in] begun early in
j youth and carried through matur
ity that these desired results are
likely to he secured. It is along
the path of reverence and obedience
that the race has reached its goal
of freedom, of self-government, of
a higher morality, and a more abun
dant spiritual life.
To my mind, the great strength
of your society lies in its recognition
I of the necessity of discipline.
! Our conceptions of liberty under
j the law are not narrow and cramped,
hut broad and tolerant. Our con
stitution guarantees civil, political
and religious liberty; fully, com
pletely and adequately; and provides
that “no religious test shall ever he
I required as a qualification to any
I office or public trust under the
l nited States.” This is the essence
of freedom and toleration solemnly
j declared in the fundamental law of
i the land.
America is not going to abandon
I its principles or desert its ideals.
The foundation on which they were
built will remain firm. I believe
that the principle which your organ
ization represents is their main sup
port. It seems to me perfectly plain
that the authority of law, the right
to equality, liberty and property, un
der American institutions, have for
their foundation reverence for God.
If we could imagine that to he
swept away, these institutions of
our American government could not
long .survive. But that reverence
will not fail. It will abide. Un
numbered organizations of which
your own is one exist for its pro
motion. In the inevitable longing
of the human soul to do right is I
the secure guarantee of our Ameri- j
can institutions. By maintaining j
a society 1o promote reverence for |
the Holy Name you are performing
both a pious and a patriotic ser
vice.
The institutions of our country
stand justified both in reason and
in experience. I am aware that they
will continue to be assailed. But I
know they will continue to stand.
We may perish, hut they will en
dure. They are founded on the
Bock of Ages.
MONUMENT TO “NUNS OF
BATTLEFIELD” UNVEILED
Beautiful Memorial to War
Nurses Presented to Gov
ernment at Washington.
(By N. C. W. (!. News Service")
Washington, I). C.- The memorial,
“Nun of the Battlefields,” erected
by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the An
cient Order of Hibernians to com
memorate the services of the Sister-
nurses of the Civil War. was sol
emnly unveiled here September 20,
and accented on behalf of the
I'nitcd States government, by Col.
G. (). Shirrill, Military Aid to the
President and officer fn charge of
J Public Buildings and Grounds in the
| National Capi'.al. The memorial,
standing on a trangular park in
! the center of Washington s fash
ionable residential district, becomes
a part of the park system of the
District of Columbia.
The memorial exercises were open
ed by Michael Do.iohoe president
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
who. as temporary chairman, intro
duced Colonel Sherrill, the perma
nent chairman. Archbishop Curley
delivered the invocation.
(Continued on page ll.)
Body of Blessed Mariana in France
Incorrupt After Three Centuries
By Rev. Manuel Grana.
(Madrid Correspondent N. C. W. C.
News Service.)
(Madrid.—Madrid is preparing with
great activity to celebrate the third
centennial of the death of one of
her most illustrious daughters, the
Blessed Mariana dc Jesus. The sci
ence which denies miracles, or at
least doubts them, has stood re
cently before her body without be
ing able to deny the palpable fact
of its conservation and without be
ing able to explain it. The sarco
phagus was opened in the presence
of some famous physicians and the
ecclesiastical authorities. The Bish
op of Madrid and the medical men,
in the presence of all these wit-
csses, examined the sacred remains,
and, according to the statement of
the experts, the body of the beati
fied nun has conserved its corporeal
ntegrity and does not show the
slightest indication of corruption. On
the contrary the body exudes a sweet
perfume.
Body to Be Exposed.
Although the Blessed Mariana de
Jesus died in Madrid ou April 17,
1624, the celebration of the centen
nial will not take place until No
vember. It will be conducted with
the utmost solemnity. For three
days the body has been exposed
for the veneration of the faithful,
clad in a new habit, made of silk
by the order of the Sisters of
Mercy of the Capital, in whose
church the body is kept.
The preliminary canonical pro
cess for the beatification of this
holy nun was opened only one month
after her death, such was the fame
of her sanctity. Five months later
the body was examined and except
for the face, which had been dis
figured by smallpox, i» was well pre
served and did not show any sign
of the absence of life.
In 1627, as the last act in the
canonical process, the body was
viewed by seven doctors who declar
ed it to he intact, even including
those parts which were most sus
ceptible to rapid decomposition.
The same observation was made a
hundred and seven years later after
its examination by two surgeons
an»l nine doctors, who also certified
as to its incorruptibility and fra
grance.
His Eminence, William Cardinal
O’Connell. Archbishop of Boston.,
who is in Washington as Papal
Legate to the National Convention
of the Holy Name Society, then de
livered the principal address of the
exercises. The Cardinal stressed
the propriety of erecting the me
morial as a long-delayed recognition
of the services of the nuns who per
formed “deeds less conspicuous, hut
not less noble than of those who
had led the nations army to victory
for the Union and triumph for the
sacred cause of freedom.”
The Cardinal commented on the
fitness of having such a memorial
erected through the efforts of an
organization of women akin in ties
of religion and. for the most part,
in race, with the nuns of the battle
fields. He also took occasion to
point out the intimate connection
between adherence to the teachings
of the Catholic Church and predict
ed that the Catholics of America,
in any future emergency “guided l»y
the unfailing light of eternal prin
ciples, will again, as ever before,
(Continued on Page 11)
Presides At Convention
William Cardinal O'Connell.
N. C. C. M. CONVENTION
AT WASHINGTON, D. C.
Fourth Annual Convention to
Be Held October 28-29.
Noted Catholic Expected.
(By N. Co W. ('.. News Service)
- Washington, I). C. '1 lie fourth
annual convention of the National
i Council of ('.atholic Men will he
held in Washington. October 28-29,
it has been announced here by Ed
ward J. O’Connor, national execu
tive secretary. Affiliated organiza
tions, as well as local councils of
! the N. C. C. M. throughout the
country have been notified.
: Business sessions at the convcn-
i tion will lie held in the building
j at 1314 Massachusetts avenue. North-
I west, in which uational headquar
ters arc maintained.
A solemn Pontifical Mass Tues
day morning at St. Ma!thew’s church,
four blocks from tli;> national head
quarters, will*open the convention
and an open meeting will follow
at 11 o’clock. In the afternoon at
2. and in the morning and after
noon of the following day, busi
ness sessions will he held.
Emphasis this year will he laid
on the activities of affiliated or
ganization, and plans will he made,
it is expected, which will enable
the national office to lead greater
i aid in the work of these groups.
Arrangements have not yet been
completed, but it is expected that a
nias»! m-.M 1 ' 1 ” ' :<* which prominent
I members of the Hierarchy and lai-
: will speak, will lie held in a large
| auditorium in Washington before
I the end of the convention. Offi-
jeers and members of the executive
j committee will be chosen at the
closing session.
j Repeating an event of last year.
Father Edward F. Garescho, S. J..
of St. Louis, a leader in a lnove-
| ment to establish Catholic civic cen-
j ters in the large cities of the
United States, will hold a conference
of delegates interested in the pro
ject, after the convention sessions.
I This gathcr’i'g will take place on
| Thursday, Oct. 30, the day after the
I convent ion.
PRESIDENT BREAKS
RECORD AT HOLV
NAME CONVENTION
Speaks to Largest Gather
ing Ever Addressed by
Chief Executive—Cardinal
O'Connell Presides.
Special to The Bulletin.
Washington, 1). ('. President U.ool-
idge in his address to the Holy
Name Society convention at tho
Washington monument last Sunday
spoke to the largest audience ever
addressed in person by the Presi
dent of the United States, according
to officials at the White House. Es
timates placed the size of the au
dience at 100,000. Mr. Coolidge
spoke at the conclusion of the Holy
Name parade down Pennsylvania
avenue in which 100 1)00 persons par
ticipated.
\ irtually every city in the coun
try was represented in the parade,
which took nearly five hours, or
from 12:30 to 5:20 p. m., to pass
the stand where it was reviewed by
Cardinal O’Connell and Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur. In the line of
march were 100 bands. The Phila
delphia delegation numbered 20,-
000. Fifteen hundred Philadelphia
policemen, led by General Smedley
Butler, eleven hundred policemen
from New York, led by Captain John
Wall, 1,000 postal employees from
New York and 400 New York fire
men. led by Father Costello, chap
lain were among the features of
the parade.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington. 1). The Holy Name
Society, greatest and most numerous
religious body of layman in Ameri
ca, numbering nearly 2,000.000 mem
bers. went into its first truly nation
al convention here September 8.
The morning session, it is estimat
ed. was attended by 2,500 delegates.
That number was more than doubl
ed at subsequent sessions. Other
thousands of friends and relatives
accompanied the delegates.
Delegates and visitors were met
by Washington committeemen and
given the cordial welcome of the
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch
bishop of Baltimore, in which arch
diocese the convention is being held.
The Archbishop’s welcoming thought
that the convention is a great pledge
of love and loyalty to country, as
well as a profound religious act. was
emphasized in the first day’s ses
sion.
Specially Honored by Pope
Most auspicious circumstances sur
rounded the start of the convention.
With the special blessing of Pope
Pius XI on its deliberations, it hail,
shortly before it assembled, won the
supreme gift of the Pontiff- the ap
pointment of a Papal Legate as per
sonal representative of the Holy
See, in the person of William. Cardi
nal O'Connell, Archbishop of Bos
ton and one of the most ardent of
Holy Name men. The honor was
taken by chiefs of the Society as a
most* special recognition of its aims,
set forth in its magnificent pledge
(Continued on page 11.)
Cardinal O’Connell Papal Legate
At Great Holy Name Convention
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington, I). C. The Holy
Name Society, in convention here
received- and acclaimed the personal
eulogy and blessing of Pope Pius
XL, then in two brilliant and sol
emn pageants gave grateful honor
to the Legate of the Holy See and
pledged anew its fealty to America
at the tonii) of her In known Sol-
' dicr.
, It was a day of fervent enthusi-
j asm and deepest reverences for
these thousands of serious-minded
! men here to exemplify the ideals of
! nearly two millions of their fellow
Catholics. For there were mingled
with equal impressiveness expres
sions of the two great tenets of
j the confraternity they represent—
j respect and devotion to the name of
Jesus Christ, and loyalty to country
{through the fundamental teachings
of their Catholic religion.
Six thousand swarmed into the
Catholic University stadium as a
huge escort to His Eminence Wil-
I liani Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop
; of Boston and Papal Legate, and
later sought places in the spacious
l auditorium to hear the Papal letter
of benediction read. Five thousand
journeyed to Arlington National
Cemetery, for the tribute to the na
tion’s war dead. Meantime, tho
business of the convention was not
neglected in the brilliancy of tho
ceremonials; spiritual directors of
the society from all over the coun
try met and deliberated on its wel
fare. It was estimated that thirty
thousand were in the city for the
great conclave.
Reception to Papal Legate.
A colorful reception to the Papal
Legate opened the day. Hundreds
of clergy in their varied habits, the
white of the sons of St. Dominic
predominating, gathered at tho
Oblate House of Studies, where Car
dinal O’Connell is making his head
quarters. They were headed by the
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch
bishop of Baltimore, joint host with
Bishop Shahan, rector of the Univer
sity, to the convention. At the
gates of the university there waited
a great delegation of laymen in
formal morning dress, with tho
white-caped Knights of Mt. St. Sep
ulchre prepared to act as escort of
honor to His Eminence. Then cama
the thousands of delegates.