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> THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 17. 1926
THE BULLETIN
The official Organ of the Catholic 1.flymen's Association
of Georgia.
■Richard reid, Editor.
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VOL. VII.
APRIL 17, 1926.
No. 8
Meinb'r of N. C. W. C. News Service and of the Catholic
Press Association of the United States and Canada.
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The Church's Authority
“In the exercise of llie charge that has been con
fided to her (the Church) of teaching, of guiding and
leading to eternal happiness all those who belong to
t}ie Kingdom of Christ, she can not depend upon
another,” declared the recent Encyclical of Pope Pius
XL “Typically Catholic,” non-Catholie Christian critics
lamented, “a step toward the Union of Church and
State, with the State subjected to the Church.”
Going over some back files of The Bulletin we
found in the second issue, published in April, 1920,
a if article by a Bishop in which he commented On an
address delivered by a politician at a convention lie
once attended. An officer of the convention was
much impressed by llie politician's visit.
“He took fifteen minutes to tell us how grateful
we ought to be for a visit from that politician,” ilic
Bishop wrote. “1 had to follow him. All I could say
was that instead of our thanking the politician for
coming there, he ought to thank us for letting him
in. We are not «t lie lackeys of llie slate. We arc not
flunkies put on corners to keep down rioters. We arc
absolutely independent of these things, and when a
man goes into the Christian pulpit to represent the
gospel of Christ arid life prophets of God. he stands
upon the bones of the mighty who have created the
organic •forces out *,of which "civilization-lias arisen.
“The Church, by its very nature, is called upon
to occupy a place" ot priority among all the orders and
organizations to which men can attach themselves. It
ministers to the 1 supreme" want of mankind, namely,
the salvation of the soul, and . in this work it is as
solitary as .Jesus is companionless among the sons Of
men. It is conceivable liiat the lower needs, of the
human race might lie supplied by other agencies, al
though it may lie doubled that the human societies,
philanthropic bodies and reform schemes, Which are
so abundant to Christendom, -would survive very long
if the Church should cease to exist. It is absolutely
certain that no oilier organization would, or could, do
the spiritual work of the Church.'
l lie Bishop commended the, idea 'that the Church
should forsake its spiritual mission “lo accomplish
tasks of secularism.” “The Church is the poorest pos
sible manager of a theatre and the sorriest sort of a
dancing master,” he. said. “But in its own heavenly
sphere it is without a rival or a competitor. When the
Church enters the market pltice. a childish and capri
cious world will neither mourn-when site laments nor
dance when she pipes.
“The priority of the Church rests securely, upon
the proclamation of the gospel which is the power of
Cod unto Salvation to every one that beHevcth. In
the realm of the spiritual the Church is supreme
, among and above all tlie organizations in tile earth.”
The writer of the article above and its solid Catho
lic teaching on the independence of the Church is
spiritual matters was Rt. Rev. Warren Ai Candler of
Atlanta, Bishop of the Methodist, Episcopal Church.
imposed upon by demagogues. Today, as -in Jhe days
of pagan, Rome. Catholics, can point out that they are
at least as loyal as any class in tiie Republic; that
there are no revolutionists or 'communists in their
ranks; that, despite the charges of lack of patriotism
by the classes that, gave the govenment the most
trouble' when the clouds of war recently hovered
over the country, Catholics then led all others in the
proportion of their numbers in the armed
of the nation.
The. Catholic Church is over nineteen centuries
old, ffnd in her pathway* across the nations and through
tire ages she has, prescinding from the assistance
promised her by her Divine Founder, accumulated a
wealth of experience no other institution in the \yorld
has had time or opportunity to gather. The value of
this experience is seen continually in the human side
of the Church. Her organization is at once the ad
miration, the model and tho* despair of great states
men fashioning migblly empires. Coining nearer
home, this experience is exemplified by the organiza
tion of the Church in the United States. H'cr edifices
surpass in number and in value those of any other
denomination. Her universities, colleges, high schools
and grammar schools constitute a larger system than
any other in the land save those erected by the weal
thiest nation on the face of the earth. No other
organization in America can even begin to be com
pared with the Catholic Church in the matter of car
ing for the sick in hospitals, llie homeless aged in
chdcrful institutions, and the fatherless and mother
less little ones in orphanages that ace almost as like
loving homes “as thou art to thyself.”
Even those who will not admit the loving care
bestowed on the Church by* its protecting Founder
grant that its succesS in these and numerous other
directions denote an efficiency born of ages of
thoughtful experience.
Now consider the charge (hat the Catholic Church
is engaged in political plotting in these United States,
and that she has been seeking political domination
since the birth of the nation. In this year of grace,
the one hundred and fiftieth year of the Republic,
although her members constitute eighteen or twenty
per cent of the country's population, they constitute
but nine per cent of the membership of the National
House of Representatives; four per cent of tl)c. mem
bership of llie United States Senate, and not a fraction
of one-one hundredth of one per cent of the member
ship of the Cabinet. Is it reasonable to suppose that
the Catholic Church, so eminently successful in other
directions, would be such a Signal failure in this one
if it had her attention, and especially, as those who
make the charge assert, if (his were her major ambi
tion and aim?
The Masonic Builder docs not think so. Com
menting oh such an assertion in a recent hook, it says
that if the Catholic Church were “a sort of secret
Prussian army, international in character, and mov
ing everywhere in accordance with headquarters,” the
view of those who declare the Catholic Church is in
politics; “it would inevitably have obtained its end by
this time, and llie Pope and his counselors would he
autocratically ruling the world.”
News of injuries sustained in Lou
isville, Ky., by Benedict Elder will
be received with regret by Mr. Eld
ers hundreds of personal friends
among the readers of The Bulletin,
forces*! M r . Elder was hit by an automobile
Dixie Musings
Catholic Comment
THE AGE OF THE BOY
(From the Hartford Transcript^
“I bis is the Age ol' flic Boy !" ex
claim those parents who are boost
ing. .organizations to take care of
their children, so „ that lher them-
near his home the night of March sc]ves can £o)( - JnWol% cIllh; ol . , oolt
30 and was rushed to St. Anthony s
hospital in an unconscious condi-
Catholic Efficiency and Politics
The accusation that Catholics were plotting to over
throw the government was first made in the ancient
Roman Empire nearly nineteen hundred years ago.
On this account merely to lie known as a Christian
was considered sufficient for a sentence of not only-
death but inhuman cruellies at the hands of the con
stituted authorities-. If ever there was reason for
followers of the gentle Christ to defy authority and
to attempt to overthrow it, here was an occasion. Yet
the fearless and fiery Tertullian, oftentimes more
zealous than discreet, declares that despite all this
the Christians were tvyo're loyal .to Caesar titan the
Romans themselves, since they never revolted against
him or even thou girt of taking the vengeance that
could so easily be theirs during the frequent
revolutions in those troubled days.
The accusation was made, then as now, by those
who hoped to profit in one way or another by stirring
up hatred against Catholics, or by honest people
The E.ucharistic Congress
The Bulletin in previous'issues has revealed the
unparalleled plans being made for the Twenty-Eighth
International Euchrastic Congress which will be held
in Chicago June 20-24, and Ibis issue carries additional
interesting stories about the first .gathering of its
kind ever held in Hie United Stales.
The articles reveal there that is hardly a country
in tiie entire world that will not be represented at
the Congress. Cardinals from Rome, bishops, priests
arid laity from llie countries of Europe, Asia, Africa,
Augsralia, South America all are teething in large
numbers. Defeated Germany, tired France and per
plexed Mexico are sending splendid delegations to
hortor tiie Eucharistic King.
If Catholics will 'come half way round tiie globe
to participate in llie Eucharistic Congress, of course
those of America will make the lesser sacrifice re
quired of them to attend. The Diocese of the
Southeast, which are peopled with Catholics as loyal
as those found anywhere, will, if is expected, he well
represented. YVord received at this office indicates
that Catholics from Macon, Augusta, Savannah and
Atlanta are already planning to go to Chicago in June
for the ceremonies. Many in other cities have no
doubt made the same decision.
There are many able to go to Chicago and who
should go to participate in the great observance jn
honor of our Eucharistic Lord who have not given the
subject proper consideration thus far. The demonstra
tion will perhaps he the greatest qf any kind ever
held, considered even from a material standpoint,
and yve weigh our words well as we write them. Rut
the spiritual significance dwarfs the material. We
know from tiie words of our Divine Lord that He at
taches special value to prayers in common. Millions
of hearts will be united in prayer and Holy Com
munion at the Eucharistic Congress. Will yours he
among them?
tion. He recovered consciousness
after a few hours and it was then
learned that his injuries were not as
severe as at first thought. He is
improving rapidly. Mr. Elders ac
cident is one of a series of crosses
sent to the Elder family within re
cent months, a series that included
i*f several seiges of sickness and tiie
Joss by death of one of the tvrip
boys born last, summer. The spirit
in' which these misfortunes are
borne by the "Elder family is evi
dence of its sterling Catholicity. We
pray tiiat Mr. Elders recovery
marks a return to untroubled, days.
We all like encouragement, and no
one appreciates it more titan those
connected with Catholic papers tor
they have greater need ot. it than
the average individual. Young peo
ple do not appear to be as interest
ed in the Catholic press as their el
ders are, and we were pleased tu be
told recently by a young lady that
she was vc'rv familiar with 1 tie Bul
letin. That was encouraging. 1
read it every month when it comes,
she said. That was not so encourag
ing, for The Bulletin, as you ot
course know, is published semi
monthly. The next issue ot t he Bul
letin will be isued three weeks from
this dale instead of two, since it is
issued sdmi-inonthly and not. every
two weeks and therefore is ahead ot
schedule. The editor in the mean
time will attend the meeting of the
Georgia Press Association. 1 hose
who read The Bulletin every month
will not be inconvenienced; we Deg
the indulgence of the others
“There will lie a St. Patrick s .Day
editorial in the Columbus Enquirer-
Sun on March 17, 1927,” .writes .
C. Woodall in bis column in that pa-
per, and he gives his reason tor the
prediction in this fashion;
“Our authority tor this ts the ed
itor, in .person. It seems that little
Miss Katlirine Murrah was keenly
disappointed yesterday moinnio
when slic found on this very page
no editorial reference to the patron
saint of the Emerald* Isle. .Little
Miss Katherine passed her plaint on
to her aunt, the Little Classiilied La-
dv and the result was a pledge Horn
the editor that lu- would Measure
up fullv on the occasion ot the nexl
anniversary of Erin's favorite hero.
The Augusta Chronicle recently
bad a lengthy story about Owen
Carroll, the famous Holv Gross base
ball pitcher,, who was^ training with
Detroit in Augusta. Owenie pitched
fifty-two games in his four years ot
college baseball, wnmmg htty ot
them and forcing one ol Hie "
games, a contest with Bnnceton. «t_°
extra innings. He defeated <
sard and Yale twice a yeai toi tour
vears, and Princeton three out ot
four times. This record Is <;ons del
ed the best ever
baseball, for he pitched llie Hoy
Cross nine. to the intercollegate
championship three years »?$«««*-
sion. His athletic activity did not
interfere with scholastic record,
however; he was always among the
leaders in his class, lie is now with
Toronto, but Ty Cobb expects to
have him on the
Staff soon again.
A—*
IIolv Cross was once noted for the
number of Dig leaguers .and. priests
among its graduates. It still holds
its own in baseball, but 1 here has
been a suspicion that the number ot
its alumni becoming priests is de
creasing The suspicion is not well
grounded. At Easterhme eighty-six
graduates and seventy-tour i on-
grad.iaics, a total of one^ hmidred
and sixty, were studying lot the
priesthood, forty more than were
preparing two years ago. In the past
few years the college lias sent, out
one hundred and seventy-eight men
to seminaries. Of the class "'J-D'’
forty-seven took up priestly studies.
Of 2,973 graduates, 73b are engaged
in H e service of Hie altar. Holy
Cross is still the Mother of Priests.
Statistics from Other colleges along
these lines will be welcomed lor ret-
efence in /The Bulletin, since they
reflect credit oil • both the col
leges and the rising generation in
this materialistic age.
We are. told that society is to
blame for Chapman's career, there
is a grain of truth in this assertion,
just as there is in every other fal
lacy expounded today Chapman
was raised in the crowded city. So
was his brother, who is said to lie a
respected educator in New York. No
were Governor Smith and Cardinal
Haves. Chapman and liot society is
responsible for his shameful end.
just how much Chapmans enyirou-
inent was responsible for hts-iite ol
crime only God knows and He
judges Chapman accordingly, but to
heap the blame on society is to de
ny the doctrine of free will, respon
sibility for pur evil acts and, in the
last analysis, tiie very existence of
God Himself. R. R.
Detroit pitchinj
after increasing their wealth. But
what are our hoys doing.? asks “The
Louisville Record. Bryant wrote
“ThanatopsisV at 'the age of 17;
Shelly, “Queen Mali”, at 21 : Lord
Bryce, “The Holy Roman Empire,”
at 26. William Pitt was Prime Min-
! islcr of Great Britain for 17 years,
beginning at the ag e of 24. Robert
Peel was dominating t lie English
Parliament at 22. .1. T. Delano be
came editor of the London Times
at 23. Schubert, alter writing 600
songs was dead at 30. Raphael had
produced his Madonnas before lie
was 28? Franklin. Hamilton. Jef
ferson, each had erected a monu
ment to his name before they were
as old as the “boys of this genera
tion just coming out of school.”
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS JUSTIFIED
(From The Record, Louisville, Ky.)
“If I were president of this uni
versity.” says Professor E. A. Ross
of the University of Wisconsin, “I
would eliminate the loafers, the
‘boozers,’ the ‘hip-flasks tolcis' and
the fellows who think it's smart to
violate the laws. There are 1.000
black sheep scampering-'around the
campus, leading astray at least 2.000
weakling sheep who might, in good
company, he. persuaded to study. We
could save the people of this" Stale
¥500,000 a year.”
Still, some Catholic parents have
to he persuaded and urged to send
their children to our own higher
schools!
PROHIBITION
(From the Echo, Buffalo, N. Y.)
Father Peter C. Gannon, of tiie
Omaha True Voice, after quoting the
three Cardinals and Fr. Reiner S.
on prohibition, says that it is an op
en question for Catholics and not
likely to prove permanent as a po
licy. Prohibition “is only a passing
phase of-the war against llie abuse
of liquor. It was, perhaps, neces
sary as u means of clearing the sit
uation. There is no doubt that the
American saloon was “an influence
for evil. The saloon lias gone to,
stay, but the Volstead act will pro
bably be modified or repealed m
time. We can afford to be patient
and tolerant while we wait for Hie
country to work out a solution of
the liquor problem. It is not an
easy-task that is before the country.
And certainly prohibition, as we
have it. is not the solution.”
Kegis-
OUR PRIESTS.
(From The Denver Catholic
ter )
A priest must have time for study.
He must have time for preparation
of iiis sermons. He must have time
for the reading of his Oflice, which
takes an hour to an hour and a half
of every day and which binds him
under pain of mortal sin. He must
have lime for his Mass. He must
have lime for the instruction of
converts, each of whom consumes
twelve to twenty hours, distributed
over the same number of evenings.
A priest must have time to meet
tlie people who bring him serious
difficulties for solution and whose
cases often take many hours of his
clay. He must have time for hear
ing confessions,, for-visiting 4lie sick
and the poor, for conducting special
services, for his work in the parish
school, for the work tie must do in
behalf of various societies, and so
on.
A priest gets practically no time.
If his parish is large, to do any so
cial visiting. Do not be offended if
he never conics to your house except
strictly on ecclesiastical business. A
man who is working ten to sixteen
hours a clay—and every priest in a
large Western parish is—cannot find
opportunity for merely social visits,
cuorse remember that the pripriets
course remember that Hie priest,
like all other men, must have some
recreation. If he does not Take it,
his heaRl#is going to fail.
TWO DICTATORSHIPS.
(From the Catholic Sentinel, Port
land).
Mussolini, reviewing seven years
of facisni, says his regime has "solv
ed the problem of capital and la
bor, “the most serious problem of
this century.” But Observers not
connected with fascism report that
the labor problem has been solved in
Italy by the curious method of re
ducing labor to a state of industrial,
servitude. The right to strike, tjiev
say, has been suppressed by violence
and intimidation. Italian workers'
have not merely lost control of the
conditions under which they are to
work, but are forbidden to manifest
discontent by the ordinary means at
their disposal, that is, by quitting
the job.
Europe seems to have two dicta
torships, capitalistic in Italy and
proletarian in Russia. Neither
would appear to be a desirable ar
rangement to live under.