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Member of the National Catholie Welfare Con ference News Service. Official **TO BRING ABO Tjht HiuXXttm r b • Only Catb.allc Newapaper Between Bal timore and New Orleans TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. III. No. 13. AUGUSTA, GA.[ JULY 10, 1926 ISSUED semi-monthly $2.00 A YEAR GREATEST RELIGIOUS GATHERING CLOSES PRESIDENT GOOEIDGE IS GREETED BY PRELATES Spanish Cardinal Presents King’s Respects^-Germacn Pilgrims Thank America Washington.—The week-end and this week have been numerous groups of distinguished pilgrims to the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago stopping at Washington for a view of the national capital of the United States. These visits likewise have been the occasion for the expression by President Coolidge of his pleasure at the success of the congress and at the cordiality with which Amer ica has received her numerous guests. This expression^ came when groups visited the White House to pay their respects to the president. The lit. Rev. I)r. Ludwig Sebastian, bishop of Speyer, Germany, headed a distinguished group of pilgrims who arrived Friday evening. Sat urday morning they were received at the White House. Dr. Dieckhoff, charge d’affaires of the German em bassy, presenting them to the presi dent. The purpose of the visit Mr. Coolidge was told, was to thank America through the president, in the name of the German pilgrims to the congress, for the courtesy and hospitality they had encountered on their visit to the United States. President Coolidge received the delegation cordially. He told his visitors that lie had watched the Eucharistic Congress very' closely and was greatly pleased at the man ner in which the American people had received their foreign guests. He was glad, he said, that the over seas pilgrims were returning carry ing with them such a good impress ion of the relationship existing in America between the state and all religions. He, asked them to convey his good wishes to their country men back home, and concluded by wishing them a happy voyage back to their native lands. President Emphasizes Need of Religion In Message to Legate (By N. C. W. C. News Service). Chicago— President Coolidge’s message to Cardinal Mundelein on the occasion of the public reception given to Cardinal Bonzano, Pa pal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, in this city June 18, empha sized the necessity for religion in the life of a nation. “If our country has achieved any political success, if our people arc attached to the Constitution, it is because our institutions are in harmony with their religious beliefs,” Mr. Coolidge wrote. The full text of the message is the following: “The White House, Washington, D. C., June 16, 1926. “Your Eminence: “The invitation to attend the Eucharist Congress, extended through you, has been received. I regret that my engagements arc such at this time, looking after those matters which naturally arise at the end of a session, that it is impossible for me to accept. “It is reported to me that this will probably be one of tbe larg est religious gatherings of recent days held in America. Our country has long been under the imputation of putting too much emphasis on material things. Perhaps we have been the subject of that kind of criticism not so much because we are really more interested in ma terial prosperity than others but because in that direction we have been more successful than others. But no doubt a most conclusive answer to such criticism lies in the fact that material prosperity cannot be secured unless it rests upon spiritual realities. “It is impossible to create a commercial system which is not built on credit, confidence, and faith. Without the elements of hon or and honesty there can be no economic advance. If the require ments of character l>e withdrawn from our business structure the whole fabric would collapse. “The same principle applies to our government. The day of the despot has passed. No country’ attempts to rely on force but on reason to justify its institutions. No government can long endure unless its people arc convinced that it is a righteous government. If our country has achieved any political success, if our people are at tached to the constitution, it is because our institutions are in har mony with their religious beliefs. “It is for these reasons that the religious life of the nation is so important. Its free exercise is guaranteed by the fundamental law of the land. If America is advancing economically, if it is the abiding place of justice and freedom, it is because of the deep re ligious convictions of its people. “Very .cordially yours, “Calvin coolidge.” Million Pilgrims at Mundelein Eucharistic Throngs Leave City-Legate Goes to Coast Dr. Dieckhoff tendered the party a tea at his residence Saturday af ternoon at which they met a group of guests included among whom were the llev. John J. Burke, G. S. P., general secretary of the National “ Catholic Welfare Conference, and Monsignor Dougherty, vice-rector of > the Catholic University of America. ( In ihe course of the day they vis- ■j iled the Catholic University. I Accompanying the group as an j American mentor was the Rev. Fer dinand A. Bank, of Kenmore, N. Y. • Before leaving. Father Bank visited /the House of Studies of the Sisters ; of Mary at the Sisters College at Catholic University. Cardinal Beigy Casanova of Spain, was the first of the cardinals to reach Washington, following the congress. He arrived Sunday, and r (Continued on page 2.) Chicago.—Chicago, host to the greatest throngs in its history dur- in the Euchariistic Conress, is get ting back to normal. The pomp and ceremony of the greatest religious demonstration modern Christendom has known is history, but it is not forgotten here. The exodus of visiting cardinals began Saturday, June 25. when Car dinal Dougherty, of Philadelphia, left on the Broadway Limited for his home. Cardinal Beig y Casa nova left shortly afterward for To ledo, where he, with Cardinal Czuor- noch, was to he the guest of the Bt. Bev. Samuel A. Stritch, bishop of Toledo and participate in the dedication of a new church. Car dinal O’Connell, of Boston, left for a lake cruise back to his See city. (Continued on page 2) HI uLUOlivb ULflLIVIUNI Drenching Rainstorm Only Adds to Impressiveness of Fmal Congress Exercises (Staff Correspondence of the N. C. W. C. News Service) Chicago.—After five days filled with manifestations of love for Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the 28tlx International Eucharistic Con gress closed June 24 with vivid cere monies and vast throngs of wor shipers climaxing, all the splendor and solemnity that had gone before, bishops, priests and laymen who had attended all the most recent and most magnificent of previous Eu charistic Congresses described this as the greatest and most glorious of them all. Hew York and Chicago Ministers Commend Eucharistic Congress (By N. C. W. C. News Service) New York—“Intelligent churchmen f all communities can see the pos- hilities for good in the Eucharis^- 4 ic Congress,” declared Dr. Ralph W. Socman of the Madison Avenue methodist Episcopal Church here in a sermon on “Are Churches Becom ing Broader?”, in which he praised * the growing spirit of tolerance with in the denominations. , “It would seem that the period of acrid controversy is coining to a . close,” continued Dr. Sockman. “Only a few propagandists seeking publicitv rather than spirituality are trying to keep the fires of dissen sion burning. It would be a great religious gesture if a united Pro testantism could promote sui'h a Congress as that now being staged by the Roman Catholic Church at Chicago.” . .Chicago—Speaking to a group of his own clergy, Bt Rev. Charles P. Anderson, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago, declared that the Eucharistic Congress will be of vital interest to the people of all faiths. “The Eucharistic Congress will doubtless he one of the greatest religious manifestations ever seen in Chicago,” said Bishop Anderson. “Our churchmen should he interested in this great meeting, which brings to the city religious leaders from all parts of the world.” Resolutions extending best wishes for the success of the Congress were adopted a few weeks ago 'by the eighty-ninth convention of the Episcopal diocese. Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd, paslor of the First Congregational church said; “T 0 all Uie host of pilgrims who come from across the sea to join their prayers and praises with (lie still larger company who journey out of every city and hamlet of our country to the Eucharistic Congress we open the gates of our city and the doors of our hearts in most cordial welcome.” The Eucharistic Congress will turn the people to Christ and that is needed, declared E. J. Davis, sec retary of the Better Government Association. “For that reason I know the vast mass of religious people out side of the fold of the Roman Catholic Church join in wishing the Congress to he a success in its religious efforts, and they join in extending a hearty welcome to all who parti cipate in it, “Mr. Davis said. The last functions of the Congress were the celebration of Pontifical High Mass and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament by His Eminence Cardinal Bonzano. Papal Legate; a sermon by Cardinal Hayes of New York, and a mighty pageant-like procession of many thousands cir cling St. Mary’s Lake, at Mundelein. There in the thousand acres of woqdland, grass and flowers, with the silvery surface of the lake mir roring the beauty of it all, Jesus Christ received a measure of hom age affection and adoration such as mankind in all the history of the Catholic Church has seldom or never accorded Him. Not even the maj esty of ritual attending beatifica tions and canonizations, in the Ba silica of St. Peter’s in Home, said those who had witnessed these, could match the gorgeousness anc impressiveness of this series of function in a setting of forest, blos soms and shimmering Waters at Mundelein yeterday. In front of the chapel of the Im maculate Conception, at the north end of the pretty lake, and oil the rim of a little amphitheater, stood the altar at which the Pontifical Mass was celebrated and from which the great procession moved later in the day. The whole facade of the chapel was hung with a drapery of scarlet and gold, while all about flut tered American flags and the ban ners of many nations. Above the altar in letters of white was the (Continued on page 11.) Salt Lake’s New Bishop The Rev. John J. Mitty, pas tor of St. Luke’s Church in the Bronx, N. Y., has been appointed bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, which constitutes the largest diocese territory rally in the United States. Bishop Barry and Twelve Brothers and Sisters Meet At Eucharistic Congress Chicago 111.—Thirteen brothers and sisters, one of them a bish op, two of them priests and one a nun, are enjoying the first re union they have h£>i in 25 years at the Eucharistic Congress here. They are the Bishop of St. Au gustine Fla., the Rt. Rev. Pat rick Barry, a native of County Claire, Ireland, and his next of kin, now scattered throughout the world. Two brothers, the Rev. Joseph Barry, of Ballywilliam, County Tipperary, Ireland, and the Rev. William Barry, of Miami, Fla., are priests. One, Sister Mary Gerald Barry, of Adrian, Mich., a nun. The other brothers and sisters are Mrs. Mary Barry Cullen, of Chicago, III.; Lawrence Barry, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Gerald Barry, of Chicago, 111.: James Barry, of Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Susan Barry Ilalloran, of Chicago. 111.; Jack Barry of San Francisco, Califor nia; Michael Barry, of Inagh, County Claire, Ireland; Frank Barry of Los Angeles, Calif., and Richard Barry, of Oakland, Cal. NATION, STATE, CITY HONOR PAPAL LEGATE President Coolidge Sends Special Greeting to Chicago —Secretary Davis Speaks (By N. C. W. G. News Service Staff Correspondent.) Chicago.—President Coolidge for the nation, Governor Small for the State of Illinois, and Mayor Dever for the city joined some twelve thousand Americans and foreigners at the Coliseum June 18 in paying Chicago’s second public tribute in honor and reverence to Cardinal Bonzano, Papal Legate to the Eucha ristic Congress, to eight other Car dinals, and to Cardinal Mundelein, host of all. The president’s parti cipation in this great civic reception to the Cardinal Legate and the oth er Princes of the Church was by a greeting he sent to Cardinal Munde lein and by the presence of Secre tary of Labor Davis, acting as his special representative. The whole evening was punctuated with demonstration. Most of these were of course, proofs of the pleas ure which the audience expressed at the presence of the Cardinal le gate, the other eminent visitors, and Cardinal Mundelein, whose guests they are during the Congress. But there were deafening cheers also for certain sentiments in the adress of Secretary Davis. One unmistakable reference to the existence of animus against Catholics in this country and another equally apparent allu sion to the persecution of the Cath olic Church in Mexico were met with storms of approbation. “If there is any prejudice against Catholics in America,” said Secre tary Davis in the course of his ad dress, “it comes from persons who make a specialty of prejudice, and, like all other countries, we have a few who do.” Only those on the platform and near it could have heard the last words of the statement. The crowd sensed its meaning before it had ut terance, and a din of cheering and haudclapping drowned the remain der of the sentence. A few minutes later in the Secretary’s address came the statement which the twelve thousand gave application to condi tions in Mexico. ‘I can promise you, you will al ways find in America—no matter what conditions may prevail in other sections of this hemisphere— the freedom to teach your faith to young and old and to be mission aries to us all.” There was a full minute of ap plause for this utterance. President Coolidge’s message to Cardinal Mundelein was read by Dennis F. Kelly, K. S. G., chairman of the meeting. Before introducing Secretary Davis, Mr. Kelly request- (Continued on page 2.) Legate Thanks Non-Catholics For Their Phrt in Success of Congress By N. C. W. C. News Service) Chicago—Cardinal Bonzano, Papal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, has extended lvis gratitude to the non-Catliolics of Chicago and Amer ica for their cooperation in making the recent religious demonstration one of the greatest in the history of Christendom. The non-Catliolics, the Cardinal said, “aided and helped the Congress in a thousand ways and most surely contributed much to its success.” Following is the formal statement of His Eminence: “Because I know the United States and its people, I came to Chicago for the Eucharistic Congress ex pecting great things. I know the American people; I lived among them for ten years. “I know the splendid zeal and energy and resourcefulness of the Hierarchy, clergy and people, and so it is that I had anticipated the glori ous success of this first Internation al Eucharistic Congress to he as sembled in the United States. “Now, however, I am frank to say that the Congress exceeded my most sanguine hopes. It was glorious and inspiring and stupendous. I really have no words to tell how profound- impressed I am by all that has oc curred. “This demonstration of faith in Our Blessed Lord in the Blessed Eucharist will live long in nty mem ory as I am certain it will live in the memory of all who were a part of it. “I wish to take this occasion to say a word of thanks from my heart for the magnificent cooperation which made this Congress the glori ous spiritual triumph that it was. I thank the great Archbishop of Chic ago, Cardinal Mundelein, who con ceived the plans and personally saw to their careful execution. “I thank the great body of Chicago Catholics who so loyally and gener ously and whole-heartedly supported (heir Cardinal in this undertaking. I thank the Hierarchy of the United States and American Catholics gen erally, wihout whose help and co operation the Congress would not have succeeded. “And I am profoundly grateful to the American non-Catholics in Chic ago and elsewhere who in a most generous fashion aided and helped the Congress in a thousand Mays and most surely contributed very much to bridg about its fine suc cess.”