Newspaper Page Text
Member of Ihe National
Catholic Welfare Con
ference News Service.
Xjtet J&uUttw
Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens AssociationsfGeorgia
**TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED"
The Only Catholic
Newspaper Between Bal
timore and New Orleans
YEN CENTS A COPY.
VOL. VII, No. n.
AUGUSTA, GA., MAY 9, 1926
ISSUED semi-monthly
$2.00 A yea;
Methodist Bishop Lauds Heroic
Spirit of the Catholic Church
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
New York.—Tile, “heroic spirit” retained by the Catholic
church was signally praised in his Conference sermon in Wash
ington Square Church by Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of Pitts
burgh, presiding over the 127th annual New York Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church in session in this city.
The Catholic Church has always given its ministers “the ut
most freedom of expression of the spiritual convictions that
moved them,” declared the Bishop, who had also disclaimed any
defense of the Catholic Church.
“I am no defender of the Roman Catholic CWtrch, for I al
ways have maintained that when Home was Christianized the
Church of Christ was in some measure Romanized and not al
together for its own good,” said Dr. McConnell.
“Bat the Church of Borne has a certain worldly and spirit
ual wisdom which we might well heed. In the days when Spain
was persecuting and oppressing tile Indians a humble Dominican
priest raised his voice in protest. The objections of kings and
princes failed to keep him still. And Pope after Pope to whom
the great crowned heads of Europe appealed refused to inter
cede. To still a voice like that, they said, would be to quench
the very spirit upon which the Church was founded. It has al
ways been the policy of the Church of Rome, once its ministers
acknowledged the leadership of the Pope, to give them the ut
most freedom of expression of the spiritual convictions that
moved them.”
Dr. McConnell declared that unless the Christian Church
stops making adjustments to meet changes in governmental pol
icy, social tendencies and the demands of vested interests, it will
be deprived of “great heroic and prophetic leaders.”
Knights Plan, Bishop Endorses
State Pilgrimage to Chicago
Pi AINU EDITORS
URGE HIGHER MORALITY
Journalists Condemn Abuses
Favor Columbus Light
house at Santo Domingo
(By N. G. W. C. News Service)
Washington — Suggestive adver
tisements were condemned and the
supression of “all horror-producing
or intimate details in news regarding
crimes or scandalous events” was
recommended in resolutions passed
by the First Pan American Congress
of Journalists, which closed here re
cently Representatives of the press
of twenty North, South and Central
American republics attended the
Congress.
Suppression of the names of mi
nors of both sexes who may commit
crimes also was recommended in the
resolutions, and the Congress for
mally declared that its members, in
treating news in general, should lim
it as far as possible “(hat which is
merely sensational, trivial or likely
to create antagonisms or jealousies.”
Another resolution recommended
to all members of the Congress that
they conduct a press campaign in
their respective countries urging the
erection on 4he coast of the city of
Santo Domingo, the oldest city of
America, or a “monumental light
house in honor of Christopher Co
lumbus. Discoverer of tile New
World.” To that end efforts were
recommended “that the Governments
of America may ratify Resolution
No. 6i of the Fifth International
Conference of American States,”
which deals with the project. T]j,e
Congress also bespoke the influence
of the press “that the peoples and
Governments contribute morally and
materially to the early realization of
this work, as the greatest common
homage of the American Continent
to the Discoverer."
Suggestive and obscene advertising
was vigorously condemned in an ad
dress before the Congress by Dr.
Ramio Guerra of “Diario de la Ma
rina,” Havana, Cuba, and at the con
clusion of his address he received
prolonged aplausc.
With regard to most of these mat
ters there are newspapers which al
ready have establish strict rules,
said the speaker, but he strongly
urged that this practice be made gen
eral and proposes the following reso
lution, which formed the basis for
that adopted by the Congress:
“That every advertisement winch
tends to exploit or promote vice,
even if but indirectly, or one which
is not based on honest and legiti
mate business, should be refused or
suppressed.
“Accounts and details of terrible
crimes that produce intense nausa
upon the reader” were condemned
by Dr. Tiburcio Castaneda, also of
‘Diario de la Marina,” Havana. He
recried “such abjection of th human
race, which, pictured thus, is a thous
and times more cruel than the wild
beasts which are guided bv instinct
and not by the divine touch of char
ity that God has placed in the heart
of man.”
Dr. Juan Jose Tablada of “ElUni-
versal,” Mexico City, added the dec
laration: “'lh rough the great desire
for opportunity and pretext of sen
sationalism, news that appears in
nocuous, figures that seem truthful
. . . sow alarm and spread panic.
. . . It is sad to see how poli
tics and exalled party spirit often
do not measure the irreparable dan
ger that tlie misrepresentation of
truth, falsification and exaggeration
may have for the concord or even
for the peace between nations.”
Herbert F. Gunnison, president of
the “Brooklyn Daily Eagle,” in the
course of his address made a plea for
talerance. .
“Next iu importance to informa-
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
New York.—Mother Mary Alphon-
sa Lathrop, Superior of the mother-
house and novitiate of ihe Sisters
of St. Dominic, Congregation of St.
Rose of Lima, here, and daughter of
Nathaniel Hawthorne the novelist,
has received a gold medal from the
Rotarv Club for service to humanity.
Mother LoUirop’s work for the al
leviation of the suffering of dcsti-
cancer victims won her the award.
She has devoted herself to this apos-
tolatc for many years, being the
New Chicago Parishes
Seven Recently Established,
Showing Church’s Growth
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Chicago.—The formation of
five new parishes in Chicago and
two in nearby suburban towns
recently testifies to the wonder
ful growth of the Chicago arch
diocese. Only a year ago eight
new parishes were established
by His Eminence, Cardinal Mun
delein.
JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE
NEAR CLEVELAND BURNS
Fire Destroys St. Stanislaus’
College at Parma, Great
Catholic Center
.(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Cleveland—St. Stanislaus house of
retreats and tertianship, in charge
of the Jesuits at Parma, a south
western suburb of this city, was de
stroyed by fire which began at 7
o’clock April 12 and continued for
three hours. The loss is estimated
at $250,000. The tliirty^iiy priests
making their home in the novitiate
were in the chapel at the time the
alarm was given.
It has not been definitely deter
mined how the fire was started.
Father Rurrowes and thirty of the
terlains left on Tuesday night for
Prairie du Chien, Wis., where the
students will complete their studies
at Campion College.
The retreat house was a three
story building of brick and stone
It was built many years ago.
At the time of its establishment
,the novitiate of St. Stanislaus was
an isolated locality, but with the
growth of the city and its suburbs
has become almost a part of Greater
Cleveland.
founder and director of St. Rose’s
Free Cancer Hospitar in New York,
which also has a country house in
Westchester county With the legal
title “Servants of Relief for Incura
ble Cancer,’ ’her community works
only in New York and lias 27 Sis
ters, 2 novices and 2 postulants.
Mother 1-athrop, who was Rose
Hawthorne, was born in Massachu
setts in 1851 and thus is now 75
years old. She was married in 1871
to George Parsons Lathrop, a Uni
tarian, and both became Catholics in
1891 .
Special Train Will Leave Sa
vannah for Eucharistic
Congress June .17
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Savunah, Ga.—The Diocese of Sa
vannah will send a pilgrimage to
the Eucharistic Congress jn Chicago
on a special train leaving here June
17, and the pilgrimage, which is be
ing sponsored by the Knights of Co
lumbus, has the hearty approval of
Pit. Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah. Bishop Keyes
has sent a letter to the pastors of
the Diocese advising them that the
pilgrimage has his endorsement and
expressing the hope that the state
be well represented at the Chicago
Congress.
It was at first suggested that
there be two pilgrimages from Geor
gia, one from the Knights of Co
lumbus and one from the Diocese,
but during a conference with Bishop
Keyes he decided that-one pilgrim
age would facilitate matters and
sanctioned the Knights of Columbus
undertaking.
The special train will leave Savan
nah the evening of June 17 at nine
o'clock, going to Birmingham where
it will proceed over the Illinois Cen
tral to Chicago The Augusta dele-
gaitno will he picked up at Millen,
and the Macon delegation at Macon,
the Brunswick, Waycross, Albany
.and Columbus delegations at Colum
bus, and those from Atlanta, Athens,
Griffin and Home at Birmingham,
completing tlip train. The special
will leave Chicago the evening of
June 25, arriving iu Savannah the
morning of June 27.
It is stated that the round trip
from Savannah to Chicago, with low
er berth both ways, is $76.12, or
$71.76 for the round trip with upper
berth, with rates from other cities
in proportion. As the General Com
mittee expects one million visitors
in Chicago for the Congress and the
housing facilities of the city will be
taxed to their utmost capacity, the
officials of the city will he taxed to
their utmost capacity, the officials
in charge of the pilgrimage declare
that it is, imperative that railroad
and hotel accommodations he made
at once.
The members of the committee in
charge of the pilgrimage, all mem
bers of the Savanah Fourth Degree
Assembly, are W. J. Kenney, Jr.,
chairman; J. O. Maggioni, in charge
of Councils, J. T. McCullough, rail
road reservations, 1) J. Sheehan,
hotel reservations, and N. T. Staf
ford, secretary to the chairman.
The committee hopes that every
city in Georgia will be well repre
sented on the pilgrimage and asks
that those anticipating going get in
touch with it at once. The address
of the chairman, W. J. Kenney, Jr.,
is Cotton Exchange Building, Savan
nah. Those planning to go to the
Congress from neighboring states
which will have no pilgrimage of
their own, are invited to join the
Georgia party.
(Continued on Page 3)
Rotary Medal For Service Given
Religious, Hawthorne's Daughter
Bishops Protest Mexican
Injustice Toward Religion
Polar Fliers At Rome
Pope Receives Them and
Gives Them His Blessing
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Rome.—Pope Pius XI on April
5 received the members of the
Amundsen-Ellsworth Nobile po
lar expedition in a private au
dience. The explorers were pre
sented by the Norwegian rep
resentatives at the Vatican.
His Holiness evidenced great
interest in the project and told
the members of the party that he
is watching developments and
hopes to hear of their success.
He has been taught by his per
sonal experiences as a mountain
climber to appreciate the diffi
culties of their undertaking, he
said.
The Pontiff blessed the party
as it was taking leave.
CADINAL BONZANO TO 8E
CHICAGO PAPAL LEGATE
Former Apostolic Delegate
P o p e’s Representative—
Canadian Delegate Coming
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Chicago—His Eminence John Car
dinal Bonzano, formerly Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, has
been named 'by Pope Pius XI to be
the Apostolic Legate to the Twenty-
eighth Eucharistic Congress to be
held here June 20-24, Cardnal Mun
delein has been advised.
Advice of the appointment closely
follows the announcement by Cardi
nal Mundelein that both New York
and Chicago will celebrate the arri
val of tile Holy Father’s representa
tive to the Congress.
“While Chicago will not be lack
ing in its welcome,” Cardinal Mun
delein declared upon his return here
from a conference with Cardinal
Hayes in New York, “it will seek to
set no limit on the Eastern ^ebra-
tion and will have no hard feelings
if Chicago is outdone by the Eastern
city.'’
Cardinal Bonzano was appointed
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States by Pope Pius X on February,
1, 1912. He remained at that post
for 10 years, heading the delegation
here nearly twice as long as any
one of his three predecessors and
leaving only to he elevated to the
Cardinalate in December 1922. He
conducted the Papal affairs in this
country during the troublesome days
of the World War and won high com
mendation from many quarters for
his services.
-1
Four special trains will hear 900
Mexican Catholics in a single party
to the Eucharistic Congres, the Coji;-
gress headquarters here has been in
formed. The delegation will arrive
Sunday morning, June 20, and will
immediately march in a body to a
(Continued on page TO)
Persecution Violation of
Agreement With United
States They Declare
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington.—The administrative
committee of the National Catholic
Welfare conference, after consider
ing tile Mexican situation at a three-
day meeting here, issued a state
ment in which it reviewed the events
leading up to the present persecu
tion and called upon the Catholic
people of the United States to in
terest themselves as a body and to
hold meetings at which the United
States government would be asked
to use its good offices for the res
toration of religious justice in Mex
ico.
The administrative committee also
look four other steps in the Mexi
can situation:
1. It announced that it will form
a national committee of prominent
men and women who will give spe
cial attention to making belter
known the facts of the religious per
secution in Mexico and to extend
their aid to the Catholics of, Mex
ico.
2. It directed the National Coun
cil of Catholic Men and the Na
tional Catholic Council of Women to
send out to all their affiliated or
ganizations to arouse the interest of
their members iu the Mexican situ
ation, and to plan public meetings
whereat Catholics and their non-
Catholic brethren would speak
against the injustices of the present
Mexican government.
3. It announced that in its re
port of its work of this meeting to
the Bishops of the country it will
ask the Bishops to announce in
their dioceses a triduum of prayer
to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the pa
troness of Mexico, for help and re
lief to the Mexican people in their
present distress and that the hands
of the persecutor may he stayed.
4. It announced that it has aboir
ready for the press a handbook giv-J
mg information up to date on the*
Mexican religious situation, with .■ ,
review of the main facts that let*!
up to it.
hollowing is the statement issued
by the administrative committee:
Our fellow Catholics in Mexico are
today suffering a most unjust and
far-reaching persecution at the hands
ot the present Mexican government.
Churches have been confiscated,
priests exiled, tile people deprived
of religious ministration, the teach
ing of religion banished from the
schools. On March 6, 1926, the Mex
ican government created a special
bureau in the office of the attor
ney general to care for the rapid
increase of church property daily, be
ing seized by the government.
Much attention is given to the
completion of commercial treaties
with Mexico. It is far more impor
tant, far more essential, that we as
Americans should ictively interest
ourselves in securing for the peo
ple of Mexico the fundamental rights
of religious, educational and civic
freedom.
The constitution of Mexico, in
force since 1917, includes in its anti-
religious provisions all churches and
ministers of every denomination.
(Continued on Page Ten)
Mexican Bishop ts Indicted For
Criticizing Government's Program
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Mexico City.—Very Rev. Don Jose
Manriquez y Zarate, Bishop of tiuc-
jutla, has hen indicted because of
the publication of his pastorial let
ter in wich he declares that “Mexi
can Jacobinism has decreed the
death of the Catholic Church in our
country.” The pastoral said that the
most serious part of the whole sit
uation is the suppression of free
speech and the denial of the right of
appeal.
Foreigners who are ministers of
the Gospel may be prevented from
entering Mexico under the terms of
a law adopted by the Mexican gov
ernment March 13 but not given
publicity at that time. The law for
bids the entrance of any alien whose
profession is one that may not he
legally exercised in the country, and
this automatically would bar clergy
men.
The people of Michoacan are dra
ping their homes in mourning, clos
ing their houses and appearing on
the streets only when necessary as
a protest against the anti-Catliolic
and anti-religious campaign being
conducted by the government. The
situation is tense and only the strict
orders iSued by the Archbishop re
quiring the people to refrain from
any display of violence prevents
heated conflict, observers say.
The Secretary of Hducatian, Dr.
Puig, is attaching great importance
to the luncheon invitation tendered
him at Washington by President
Coolidge and interprets it as an
endorsement of the attitude of the
Mexican government toward the
Catholic Church. A statement from
the White House declares however
that an invitation to luncheon is
merely a courtesy extended to any
member of a cabinet of a foreign
country who visits Washington.
The proposed closing of all Catho
lic schools by April 22 unless they
agree to abide by the law forbid
ding religious instruction in pri
vate schools has been postponed. A
committee, will consider the objec
tions to the law.