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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference News Service. TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. VI. NO. 10. jQuUttm Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens AssociationsfGeorgia “TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" AUGUSTA, GA., MAY 30, 1925. 5 The Only Catbalic Newspaper Between Bal timore and New Orleans ISSUED SEMI-MON mu V $2.00 A YE A It l k fc- MONSi&NOBIIOLLNAMED Gen. Wood Highly Praises Jesuit BISHOP OF FOOT WAYNE School Cadet Corps in Philippines Editor of Our Sunday Visitor to Head Diocese in Which He Was Born and Worked: (By N. C. W. C. News F vice) Ft. Wayne, Ind.—The 7 Rev. Msgr. John F. Noll, of Huntington, Ind., i)oi'n at Ft. Wayne of a father who also was horn here 83 years ago, is to return to his native city as ils bishop. Wort was received May 13 that the Holy See has named him bishop of Ft. Wfrae to succeed the Rt. Rev. Herman Joseph Alerd- ing, the venerable prelate who died here recently. Bishop Noll is a voluminous writer. He is known chiefly through out the United States, however, as the editor of Our Sunday Visitor, which is distributed at Catholic church doors in every state in the union. Occupying a rural pastorate, he found his genius’ in the estab lishing and building up of this little weekly paper which today is read by more than 3,000000 persons every Sunday: The vast success of this work has overshadowed other high ly successful writing he has done. He iS fifty years old, the date of his birth being January 25, 1875. While bn the paternal side his ancestors were Americans for years before him, his mother was horn near Cork, Ireland. He received his early education in the Brothers’ school at Fort Wayne. At 13 he went to St. Lawrence col lege, Mt. Calvery, Wis., for his classics, and thence to Mt. St. Mary’s seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Ills course in philosophy' and theology'. He was ordained June 4, 1898. After serving nine months as as sistant at Elkhart and Logansport, Ind., lie was made pastor of' Ligo- nier, with Kendallville and two or three other places as missions. He also held pastorates at New Haven and Hartford City, Ind., before lie was given charge of St. Mary’s parish, Huntington, in July', 1910. When Bishop Alerding assigned Father Noll to Huntington, it was to give him a parish which had no debt, whose church was a beauti ful memorial edifice built by' Bridget Roche. His bishop wanted him to have ample time to take care of tiie work which the publication of the parish monthly entailed. Because between sixty and seventy pastors desired to haw even their local “copy” printed at Huntington, that they might receive the finished magazine ready for distribution, it became necessary for Father Noll to get possession of a printing plant. When, in 1912, a great anti-Catho- lic drive began, Father Noll con ceived the idea of a one-cent paper for distribution at the church door, to place in the hands of Catholics the answer to the charges of their enemies, and to instruct them well in their faith. This was the genesis of Our Sunday Visitor, launched May' 5, 1912. It seemed to he the need of the hour, and became popu lar at once. Its circulation grew so rapidly that within a few years it had the largest number 'of readers of any Catholic paper in the world. Today, some 60,000 copies reach homes directly by mail, and nearly 500000 are distributed before the exits of churches on Sunday'. Once (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Paris.—General Charles Mangin, whose fame will be immortal in French history for his defense of Verdun in the World war, died here May 12. He was less than 60 years old at his death; in the war he was one of the youngest of the French army commanders. Americans know him from the fact that he com manded American divisions in the war. He received the Last Sacraments Monday and his family were gather ed about him when he died. His gentle, exemplary family life was well known. General Mangin’s military career was stormy because of his invari able direct tactics. He won the most brilliant vistories, then was deprived of his commands. In the end, however,' he was exonerated, was placed on the Superior War council and was decorated with the McKinley Home Site At Canton, O., Location Catholic Hospital. By N. C. W. C. News Service.) Canton.—The site of the for mer home of the late President McKinley in this city will be come the location of a portion of a> new and modern Mercy hospital, according to plans of Bishop Joseph Schrembs and the Sisters of Charity in charge of the hospital. The institution now uses the old McKinley home as an annex but the. purchase of additional property will enable constructon of a hospital second to none. The home of the former presi dent will be removed from its present site to one adjoining the national memorial to McKin ley in the western section of the city. The old building retains many of the McKinley posses sions. THRONGS OF RUSSIIS RETURNING TO CHURCH Great Movement to Rome From Orthodox Church Re garded as Most Significant. (By r N. C. W, C. News Service) Peking, China,—Reports reaching here tell of a break by thousands from the Russian Orthodox church to the Roman Catholic faith at Har bin, which has a Russian population of 100,090. Significance of the highest order is attached to the event by com mentators because, they point out, the break is nonpolitical, whereas virtually all previous movements in European Russia for return to Rome were political. Impressive dimensions have been attained by the Harbin split, and some writers even are advancing prognostications for the whole or Russia. One of the most startling of these latter is that Russia is to become the mediator between west ern and eastern Catholicism. Harbin is north of Peking and Mukden, and west of Vladivostok, on the Siberian railway'. Most of its large population are still loyal to the memory of the czar. The city is now reported divided into two hos tile camps over the question of a return to the guardianship of the Roman Catholic church. Never before, it is said, has such a movement been more likely to produce permanent results. The Russian Orthodox church was an integral part of the political old Russia, and with the latter structure torn down, the great obstacle is re moved. Furthermore, it is pointed out, the validity' of religious orders in the eastern church is unques tioned by Rome, so that the trans fer of allegiance would mean no change in ritual and would he com paratively' easy, leaving to the Russians all the ancient rites which they' love so much. Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. It was recognized throughout all vicissitudes that he was one of the strongest and most capable military men in France. He was particularly hated by the Communists. They called him “the butcher” because of the directness and vigor with which he pushed his operations. His fellow generals maintained he only carried out his military missions resolutely and with courage. In the important Soissons-Rheims attack, he commanded the • First, Second and Thirty-Second American divisions. He was always proud of that fact. It was he who conceived and executed the attack which won back the Douamont fort at Verdun, one of the most brilliant strokes in the war. In July'. 1918, with De- goulette he planned and carried out the great counter offensive on the German right flank which won the first of the final scries of Allied victories. Inspector General of U. S. Army Also Pays Splendid Tribute to its Excellence. (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) Manila, P. I.—The cadet corps of the Ateneo de Manila, the Jesuit college here, and the spirit of the collage itself, have jjust received the liighest plaudits of no less per sonage than Gen. Leonard Wood, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Major Ahearn. Inspector-Gen eral of the United Statesc Army in the Islands. “I have never seen a belter school battalion anywhere,” was Major Ahearn’s recent verdict on the Ateneo cadets. General Wood a few days ago paid the corps a remarkable tribute Cadets to the number of 250 were at the training camp in hile-high Baguio, drilling, when the General paid a visit to the town. Early one morning while he was in his man sion he heard the boys singing at Mass. He went over immediately and watched all the exercises of the morning. To the chagrin of his household,'he did not return to Mansion House for his breakfast until 10 o’clock. Recently, General Wood, addres sing the Ateneo students, said: “You boys ' are getting a fine training here, and it will prepare you to be of great service to vour country in time of need. It "will train your character, train you to discipline, to respect for lawfully- constituted authority', to love God and country'. “I look forward to the dav when every school in the Philippine Islands, at least all the more im portant ones, will have military' training. Every school ought to have it. “You are lucky' lads to be here in this school, receiving the direction of such a head. I refer to Father Byrne. Father Byrne always up holds and teaches loyalty to the flag and loyalty to the highest prin ciples. to law and order, and respect for lawfully-constituted authority. “Every time that Father Bvrne has spoken in public, he has ren dered a public service. I repeat, you boys are a lucky lot to be under such a man as Father Byrne. Don’t lose the opportunity* hut make the most of it.” ■ The excellence of the Ateneo Corps has attracted country-{wide attention. Two years ago in com petition with 18,000 students parti cipating, it was the onlv Catholic organization in line and won first prize. In the great Manila Carni val in February, it won the two cups awarded senior cadet groups. In both cases it competed against organizations of much older stu dents from the tyvo biggest uni versities in the country. Last December the Ateneo Battal ion was invited to take part in the Regular Army maneuvers at Ft. Mc Kinley, and unheard-of privilege never before granted to a school corps. Meanwhile, the Ateneo is gaining high recognition in scholastic en deavor and in social work. It is now ranked as second to none in these departments, as well as in military training. War Hero Priest to Serve Colony of Molokai Lepers (By N. C. W. C. News Service) KJalaupiapa, Molokai.—Father Peter Henri d’Orgeval, war hero of France, five times cited for bravery in action, has come to Molokai, “ls!e of the lepers,” to*-* bury himself in. possibly the most courageous service known to man—the care of the unfor tunates who dwell there. He is one of a. group of French priests recently arrived on the island. Father d’Orgeval became known as the “fighting chaplain of France.” He never spared himself in his ministrations on the battlefield. Marshal Joffre was so impressed by his record that he recommended him for the Legion of Honor. It is sacrifices such as this which bring cheer to those ex periencing a living death here. They have seen it before, in Father Damien, first apostle of the island, and the now aged Brother Dutton, who forsook the life of a dashing cavalry officer to live beside, aid and comfort them. Father d’Orgeval has en tered on his life here with the same smiling fortitude as nis heroic predecessors. (Continued on Page 11) General Mangin, Hero of Verdun Defense, Dies At His Paris Home Archbishop of Cincinnati Rome Canonizes Four New Saints MOST REV. JOS. CHARTRAND, D.D. Bishop Chartrand Succeeds Archbishop Moeller—Bis hop McNicholas Promoted. Rome.—Bishop Joseph Chartrand, of Indianapolis has been appointed archbishop of Cincinnati, and Bishop John T. McNicholas, of Duluth, has been named bishop of Indianapolis. Born May 11, 1878, Joseph Char trand was of pioneer French stock who helped found Kaskaskia, an early settlement in the great Mis sissippi valley. He is now a little beyond his prime, at 55 years of age. God willing, many years of usefulness and honor in the arch- episcopal purple and as wearer of the pallium are before him. His high school and college training was under the Jesuits of St. Louis, and his studies for the priesthood at Innsbruck university, Austrian Ty rol. He was ordained September 24, 1892, by Bishop Chatard. who made him cathedral assistant pastor, sec retary to the bishop, and then cathe dral pastor. When Bishop Cliatard’s impaired health required a coadju tor, Father Chartrand was appoint ed, with the title, “Bishop of Flavius,” and succeeded to the see of Indianapolis, September 7, 1918, at his reverend superior’s death, much as Archbishop Moeller had done, following Archbishop Elder, at Cincinnati, twenty years ago. Bishop McNicholas was horn in Ireland forty-eight years ago and came to this country with his parents in childhood. He was edu cated at St. Joseph’s college, Phila delphia, St. Rose’s college, Spring- field, Ky., and St. Joseph’s college, Somerset, Ohio. A member of the Dominican order, he was ordained in 1901 and served as professor at Dominican House of Studies, Somer set, Ohio, from 1904 to 1905 and at Dominican college in Washington from 1905 to 1907. He was conse crated bishop of Duluth September 3, 1918. Sts. Teresa, Peter Canasius, Postel and Barat Raised to Honors of Altar. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Rome.—Never in modern times has Rome witnessed such spectacles as those of the last eight days. In one week alone, four new saints have been canonized. Each time the gorgeous ancient rite has been trav ersed which gave to Catholic every where a new object of veneration. Each time the matcl»4ess- panoply and magnificence of the great Uni versal church have hurst upon the Eternal City. The full might and glory of the Church have been invoked, in triumphant abandon for the joyous four-fold event. Its stateliness and color, no less than its profound meaning, have awed all Rome. On each occasion Romans by tens of thousands, joined by other thousands here from all over the world, have swarmed the Vatican grounds. They have stream ed into the great Basilica of St. Peter’s until it was packed, then swirled about the stately portico, blackening the plaza and cramming all the approaches. Impressed as all have been with the events of the last eight days, there is also here an air of ex- peclfftion. For within another short week, two more will receive' the halo of sainthood, and again the great Holy Year ceremony will he repeated. " Six saints canonized in two weeks Rome cannot recall such lavish pouring of the Church’s cere monial grandeur. Last Sunday 40,000 watched the Holy Year week of climax begin, when the simple Carmelite nun Teresa, the “Little Flower,” was proclaimed a saint amid indescrib able enthusiasm. At night they saw revived in her honor the ancient cus tom of illuminating the exterior of the Basilica of St. Peter’s —, a custom which has lain dormant since the temporal power of the Popes ended in 1870, The sudden flare of 7,500 great lanterns and torches bathing the huge structure in leap ing fire, itself was probably the most spectauclar sight modern Rome has seen. Thursday witnessed a repetition of the same full ceremoniials and the lighting once more of the exterior of the Basilica, when the Blessed Canisius, the great Jesuit doctor of the Sixteenth Century, was raised to sainthood. Hundreds of pilgrims from the United States ailtnded with peculiar reverence, for the new saint is much venerated in America At Buffalo. New' York, is the only college in the Western World named for this educator and apostle. Again, today, the great rite was enacted, this time for the canoni zation of the Blpssed Postel and Bie— - Barat, two wonderful women who founded religious orders and by their piety made them secure. The Religious of the Sacred Heart, foun ded by Mother Barat were the eighth Order of whom to go to the United States, establishing themselves there in 1818. Since that date, these de vout teaching Sisters have founded manv schools in that country, whose thousands of graduates must have greeted the day of Mother Barat s canonization with joy. The first Sacred Heart foundation in the United States was at St. Charles. (Continued on page ll.) Denver Sister, Born in Tennessee, Completes Seventieth Year qs Nun (Bv N. C. W. C. News Service.) Denver—Sister Vincentia Kelly, of the Sisters of Charity of Leaven- worthv has just celebrated an ex ceptionally rare jubilee. It marks the seventieth year of her entrance into convent life. Sister Vincentia, who has been stationed at Mt. St. Vincent’s Home for boys here for thirty-one years, is the last living member of the twelve original pioneers who founded the Leavenworth convent. Although she is now 86, she still teaches music and cares for the sacristan’s work. Her simple piety and devotion have for years been the subject of comment among members of her order. For ten years, she has had per mission to return to the mother- house, but each time she has gone, she has become so lonely for the boy charges at St. Vincent’s that she has returned. She refused to take a two week’s rest in prepara tion for the jubilee, preferring to continue her work. Four passes, one by Bishop Tihen, were said at St. Vincent’s in honor of the jubilee, after which the jubilarian left for Leavenworth for a further obser vance of the occasion. Sister Vincentia was born in Ten nessee in 1839 and entered the Sisters of Charity order in 1855. Here the Leavenworth order was born, and Sister Vincentia has seen it grow from the twelve who went to Leavenworth in a steamboat to a life of hardship to a membership of 470 Sisters earing for 8,899 stu dents and more than 16,000 hospital patients a year. The community now has 12 hospitals, three orphan ages. three academics, and 36 paro chial schools.