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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.