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DIOCESE OBSERVES DIAMOND JUBILEE
Tenth Annual Laymen’s Convention
to Be Held At Savannah Oct. 25
Greatest Association Gath
ering Anticipated. — Dele
gates Attend Jubilee Mass.
The tenth annual convention of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia will be held in Savannah
Sunday, October 25, and will coin
cide with the opening of the ob
servance of the Diamond Jubilee-of
the Diocese. The Jubilee iVIass, a
Pontilical High Mass with Rt. Itev.
Michael J. Keyes, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, officiating, will also be
the convention Mass; it will be
celebrated at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist at 9:30. To have
the Jubilee Mass tbe convention
Mass is a great privilege and the
delegates and visitors will show
their appreciation of it by a full
attendance.
There is every indication that
the tenth annual convention of the
Laymen’s Association will be the
greatest ever held, and the great
est Catholic gathering Georgia has
ever seen. There is not a section
of Georgia which will not be repre
sented. Names of delegates and
visitors are already pouring into the
Augusta office, the local officers
cooperating with the state officials
in order that tliey in turn can
lighten the burden of the Savannah
Association which is making ela
borate plans to entertain the con
vention.
A special coach for Saturday
afternoon and a Pullman Saturday
night has been arranged to carry
the Augusta delegation; in addition
many others will make the trip by
machine. The Augusta delegation
will have special Pullmans for the
return trip Sunday night. Other
cities are making similar arrange
ments Roads are reported in good
condition and those who go through
the country in machines will find
conditions splend : d if the same con
ditions prevail then as now.
The state officers of the Lay
men's Association have been all-
vised by railroad authorities who
communicated with the Southeast
ern Passenger Association that
round-trip tickets to Savannah,
placed on sale Saturday morning at
the rate of a fare and a half for the
round tr.p, will he accepted on
trains returning Sunday night and
thereafter during the week of tbe
Georgia State fair.
Every Catholic organization in
the state has a right to send a dele
gate to. the Laymen’s Association
convention; parishes have a right
to representation by two delegates,
a man and a woman, to be appomt-
ed by the pastor. In addition every
Catholic iu the state is invite:! to
attend the convention; those from
other states are also welcome. A
special inflation has been extend
ed to the clergy and religious.
Hotel Savannah will be head
quarters, and special rates are in
effect there. Delegates and visitors
will reg'Ster there Saturday night
and at Benedictine Armory " Sunday
(after The convention Mass. Ses
sions of the convention will open
at Benedict he Armory after the
Pontifical High Mass, President P.
H. • Rice, K C.- S. G., presiding.
After the opening prayer by the Rt.
Benedict Elder to Deliver
Main Convention Address
Benedict Elder, who will de
liver the address at the conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, is one
of the most widely known Cath
olic laymen in the United States.
He is a prominent member ©f
the Kentucky bar, editor of The
Record, the official paper of the
Diocese of Louisville, secretary
of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States and
Canada and an anihor of note.
His book, “A Study in Social
ism,” is a standard work on the
subject. He is a contributor to
many Catholic magazines, par
ticularly in recent months to
Tlu* Commonweal and The Fort
nightly Review, and last Jane
delivered the baccalaureate ad
dresses at two mid-western col
leges. When Indian Territory
became a state he codified the
laws cf the new State of Okla
homa. He was associated with
the Knights of Columbus Relig
ious Prejudice Commission in
its work before the war, and has
always given the Catholic Lay
men’s Association the benefit of
his experience and study on this
question. The members of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia have heard Mr. Eld^r in
extemporaneous five - minute
talks but never in a prepared
address. That is to be their
privilege this year.
Current News
Fire At Notre Dame
South Bond, Ind.—While the cele-
hrration of Founder's Day was being
closed. Tuesday night at the Univer
sity of Notre Dame here fire des
troyed a great agricultural building
on trie campus.
Starting at It) o’clock, flames with
in twenty minutes had enveloped the
large barn on the Dor Road, across
from Harvard Hall, the new fresh
man dormitory. The structure and
most of its contents were beyond
saving when the South Bend fire de
partment reached the scene. The
damage is tentatively estimated at
S65.0IH). partly covered by insurance.
The building was erected in 1905.
Milwaukee Jubilee
Milwaukee, Wis.—The Archdiocese
of Milwaukee on Sunday celebrated
its golden .jubilee with a great out
pouring of the faithful and with
the attendance of some of the most
notable figures in the Cathol c
Church in America, Cardinal Mun
delein of Chicago, first western
cardinal in the country, was ihe
honor guest. At the final event of
the day, a great field ceremony in
the Marquette stadium, His Emi
nence addi-esscd a throng of 15,000.
D. C. Police Chief Dead
Washington, D. C.—Daniel Sulli-
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Monk Wins Calvinist Essay Prize
By Rev. J. Van der Heyden
Louvain Correspondent, N. C. W.
C. News Service)
Louvain—At the new scholastic
.ear’s inaugural ceremonies of *.he
’ti'echt University, the Rev. Father
Friethoff, 0. P., was awarded a
'old medal for his prize-winning
(issertation, “A Comparative Study
if St. Thomas of Aquinas” and of
‘Calvin’s Doctrine of Predestina-
ion.”
The Friar’s work was adjudged by
he Protestant Faculty of Theology
s the best of all the studies of the
ompetitive contest of the year.
The professors no less than the
Indents and guests, three-fourths
f them Calvinists, who filled the
miversity auditorium to its nooks,
lied their necks in wonderment
en, at the conclusion of the in-
,ural oration they behold the
or step from his chair to a ris
ing figure in the front row wear
ing a hooded black mantle over
flowing white robes and carrying
erect a head shaven smoothly hut
for an evenly cut crown of hairs.
The rector, Professor Dr. Nier-
strasz, ended his presentation ad
dress and the eulogy of the prize
winner's scientific production with
the words; ‘"Much will be expect
ed from you in the future. After
this grand debut you may no longer
turn hack, but must remain won
over to science: Noblesse oblige.”
Then the secretary of the Faculty
of Theology read that learned bodys
report on the dissertation. It was
one of unstinted praise.
The heavy gold medal bestowed
upon the laureate bears the queen’s
effigy upon one side and upon the
other an inscription mentioning
why if was granted to C. X. J. M.
Friethoff, student, at St. Thomas of
Acqtiinas Seminary, Huissen.
Bishop of Jubilee Diocese
Rt, Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.
Bishop Keyes is the eighth of the illustrious line who have oc
cupied the See of Savannah during its seventy-five years of existence.
He was consecrated three years a go ttiis month. Under his guiding
1 .hand the Diocese is making rema rkabie progress, particularly in the
| matter of Catholic schools. Bishop Keyes was an educator of na
tional reputation as a priest; he was president of Marist College at the
Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C., when Savannah
claimed him as Bishop.
Diocese of Savannah, Small in Its
See of Savannah
Founded 7SYears
Pontifical High Mass Day of
Laymen’s Association Con
vention Opens Observance.
"The Diocese of Savannah, seven
ty-five years old this year, erected
by the saintly Pope Pins IX in 1850,
will observe its Diamond Jubilee
with a three day celebration start
ing October 25, the date of ihe
tenth annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia. The opening ceremony
will be of a Pontificial High Mass
at 9:30 o’clock in the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, at which Rt.
Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D., Bishop
of Savannah, will pontificate. Bish
op Keyes has extended' an invita
tion to every Catholic in the Dio
cese to come to Savannah for the
Jubilee Mass.
The following day Masses of
thanksgiving will be offered up in
the parishes of the Diocese wherever
possible and the people have been
requested to assist at the Masses to
thank God for the blessings He has
showered on the Diocese and to ask
Him for assistance in the great
work lying ahead. The third day,
Tuesday, will be a general holiday
in the Catholic schools of Georgia,
and special exercises will be arrang
ed in the schools during the Jubi
lee. On the last day oi the Jubilee
many of the clergy of the Diocese
will gather at the Cathedral for
the closing exercises.
The Diamond Jubilee of the Di
ocese of Savannah is a memorable
occasion. Less than twenty-five
times in the history of the Catholic
church in the United States have
dioceses observed such an event.
Savannah, therefore, ranks with tbe
pioneer Dioceses of the country, and
the Catholics of Georgia will no
doubt respond in large numbers to
the invitation of Rt. Rev. Bishop
Keyes to come to Savannah to at
tend the Jubilee Mass, uniting their
prayers not only to those of their
Bishop and his priests but to those
of the sons and daughters of the
Diocese who have passed away and
are now members of the Church Tri
umphant in Heaven. The letter of
Bishop Keyes announcing the Ju
bilee follows:
Numerical Strength, Looms Large
When Judged By Achievements
The Diocese of Savannah is sev
enty-five years old til's year; it was
erected in 1850 during the Pontifi
cate of the great Pope Pius IX., and
thus ranks in age with the older
dioceses of the country. Previous
to that time Georgia was a pari
of the Diocese of Charleston, estab?
lished in 1820. From 1850 lo 185*
Florida was part of the Diocese of
Savanah; in (he latter year it was
made a vicariate aposto ic, and a
Diocese in 1870.
The Diocese of Savannah has had
eight bishops during its seventy-
five years. Bishop Gartland, conse
crated in 1850, died four years
later: Bishop Barry, his successor,
was claimed by death while minis
tering to the ve low fever victims
in 1859, two years after his conse
cration. Bishop Verot, consecrated
in 1858, was vicar apostolic of Flor
ida at the time of Bishop Barry’s
at the time of Bishop aBrry’s death.
He was transferred to the See of
Savannah in 1861 and returned to
Florida in 1870 as the first Bishop
ot St. Augustine. .
las much territory as there is in all
i New England. Its Catholic popula-
] tion is 18.638, according to the 1925
! CathoPc Press Directory, or less
j than one Catholic for every three
| square miles iu Georgia.
The most recent statistics give
the number of secular priests as 25;
I priests of religious orders, 32; stu-
! dents fo r the priesthood, 13. There
\ are twenty-three churches with resi-
| dent priests, 37 missions with
churches, ; 46 stations and 21 chap-
| eis, There are four high schoo ! s,
i five academies, a school for small
> boys, 15 parishes with parochial
| sehoo s, and 4,487 pupils in the
i Cathol c schools of the state, a rec-
I ord equal to that of any Diocese
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October 10th, 1925.
Reverend dear Father:
It is now seventy-live years since
Ihe diocese of Savannah was estab
lished, and we intend to have a
home celebration of this Diamond
Jubilee in a quiet way on October
25th, 26th and 27th.
The celebration on October 25th.
to be held in the Cathedral church
at Savannah, will consist of a Ponti-
firial High Mass at 9:30 a. in., to
which every Catholic in Georgia is
invited.
On Monday, October 26th, it is my
wish that, if possible, every parish
in t diocese, at an hour to suit
the nvenience of the people,
should have a public Mass offered
up iu thanksgiving for the many
blessings which the Church of
Georgia has received.
On Tuesday, October 27th, the
priests and people of Georgia are
invited to attend a Pontificial High
Mass in the Cathedral Church at Sa
vannah at nine o’clock. This, the
last day of the Jubilee, will be a
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Daughter of Heir to Throne a Nun
Bishop Verot’s successor in Sa
vannah was Bishop Persico, who re-
signed in 1872. He later filled other
offices of great dignity and respon
sibility and died in 1895, a Cardinal
in Rome. Bishop Gross, who fol
lowed Cardinal Persico, occupied the
See for twelve years; in 1885 he
was named Archbishop of Oregon
City. Bishop Becker was trans
ferred to Savannah from Wilming
ton in 1886 after eighteen years as
Bishop of the Delaware Diocese, and
Bishop Keiley succeeded him in 1900
resigning in 1922. Bishop Keyes,
eighth in line of Savannah Bishops,
was consecrated October 18, 1922.
'/ The Diocese of Savannah embraces
more territory than most other De
ceases in the country, more than any
east of the Mississippi. It is co
extensive with the state of Georgia,
with its area of 59,880 square miles,
By Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Baron von
Capitaine.
(Cologne correspondent, N. C. W. C.
News Service).
Cologne.—Princess Maria Amelia
Therese, eldest daughter of Duke
Albrecht of Wuerttemberg, formerly
next in iiue of succession to the
throne of the Kingdom of Wuert
temberg, has taken her final vows as
f a Benedictine nun. She will be
known as Sister Regina Benedicta.
The ceremony took place at the
Benedictine Abbey of Eibinger-
M id in gen, near Ruedesherm. where
the princess for some time had been
a novice. The sce.ne of royalty em
bracing the religious life is not
new to the abbey. It owes its very
founding to Prince Charles of Loe-
wenstein, former head of the Catho
lic Assembly, who joined a religious
order and who died a priest onlj'
two years ago.
Furthermore, Princess Marla Ame
lia’s younger sister, Princess Maria
Therese, has been a nun for three
years.
It is also worthy of note in this
connection (hat the former Crown
Prince George of Saxony, who be
came a priest after distinguishing
himself as a general in the world
war, is making a name for himself
as a worker among the poor and af
flicted. Recently Prince George’s
former tutor, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eb-
erhard Klein, once chaplain of tbe
royal court of Saxony, observed his
fiftieth anniversary in the priest
hood, and the prince-priest preach
ed the jubilee sermon. He dwelt on
the exemplary life of Monsignor
Klein, and testified that it was this
example which led him to em
brace Holy Orders. By the express
wish of the former king, the cere
mony was held in the chapel of the
royal castle; and all ‘hr "(embers of
the royal family were present.