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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 10, 1928
Cardinal Mundelein Praises
File Spirit of Protestants
Publicly Acknowledges Cour
tesy and Cooperation - of
Non-Catholics of Chicago
Chicago—His Eminence Cardinal
Mundelein has publicly acknowledge
ed Ihe courtesy and cooperation of
irbn-Catholic people of Chicago dur
ing the period of preparation for the
Eucharistic Congress and while the
city is filled with thousands of the
Catholic clergy and laity. This
friendly disposition of nou-Catholics
has made a most favorable inipres-
s on on Catholic visitors, who see
its manifestations in the kindnesses
to their pilgrims in lavish decora
tions on places of business conduct
ed by those not of the Faith, and in
the outpouring of the city’s popu
lation, regardless of creed, at every
demonstration that marks the pro
gress of the Congress.
In an interview with the news
paper men of Chicago and other
cities, His Eminence Cardinal Mun
delein expressed admiration and
gratitude for the generous spirit
that has characterized his non-
Catholic fellow citizens.
“Ten years ago this could not have
happened,” he said. “Please say for
me that never before in history has
an event so unified and harmonized
tile people of this great city, and
that, to me, is the most noteworthy
indication of the trend of the times.”
His Eminence bespoke for thd
Congress a spiritual upbuilding of
the community.
“From Catholics gathered here one
great chorus of prayer w-ill rise,” he
said. “If our plans arc realized, one
Communion in our churches on Sun
day (the dav of the formal opening
of the Congress'). Blessings will
come not only upon the supplicants,
hut upon their families, their homes
this city and country, and upon our
non-Catholic brethren who have
shown themselves so cordial to our
guests.
“I can not emphasize too strongly
my appreciation of the courtesy and
hospitality our non-Catholic fellow
citizens have shown and arc show
ing. Their spirit of cooperation has
been of immeasurable help to us.”
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Lights of Candles Held hy 150,000
Holy Name Men Inspiring Scene
By GRATTAN KERANS.
(Staff Correspondent of the N. C. W.
C. News Service )
Chicago.—Like a patch of God’s
garden of the skies brought down to
earth with the scene at Soldiers’
Field June 22 when the lights went
of 150,000 tapers held in the hands
of worshippers twinkled and scin
tillated during the Solemn Benedic
tion in the evening. High in the
southern heavens hung a radiant
moon. Outside the great stadium
and all about it glowed myriads of
these flowers of light.
By far the most celestial of the
ceremonies and solemnities of the
Congress thus far was this spectacle
at Soldiers’ Field Tuesday night
Like all the other outpourings of the
Church’s splendors, this demonstra
tion, too, was addressed to the Holy
Eucharist. On the altar raised thir
ty fce>t skyward, while the candle.s
flickered and the 200,000 men sang
the hymns of the Benediction—for
there was a cityful more of men
than of tapers—Christ was there as
the Lord and Host of the world.
By 7 o’clock—an hour and a half
before the time appointed—the scats
of the gigantic Stadium seemed fill
ed to the very last of them. Yet
these men—youth with bright eyes
and quick step; middle age less
alertly; old age, unsteadily, kept
coming. In ranks, in formless
groups, in twos and three, and sing
ly, they came. For more than two
hours the great city, standing back
there half a mile, seemed to empty
itself of its denizens that Christ
might have them at His feet here,
under His heavens.
All the crowds at the great func
tions of the Eucharistic Congross
here have defied accurate calcula
tion. One only knows that their
numbers are vaster than one has ev
er seen before. But there are some
helps to the computation of the
throngs that, have swarmed into the
Stadium. This stadium will accom-
modae without utter congestion not
fewer than 160,000. With the arena
packed—as it was last night—and
with the last inch of space in the
aisles and nooks fully occupied, at
least 200,000 may bet brought within
the walls. And there were that
many last night, beyond a doubt.
Outside the walls, in the open park
all about, the multitude must have
been equally numerous. Imagine
then, a host of men—there were
scarcely any women there—equiva
lent in numbers to the population of
a city as large as Milwauukee!
Cardinals, Bishops, priests and
laymen who have attended other
Eucharistic Cougrcsses have seen
no sight like this. And they say so.
Nor was it the attraction of a spec
tacle that drew these men to Sol
diers’ Field. It was a greater and
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
W. H. MITCHELL, Macon, State Deputy.
A. M. BATTEY, Augusta, State Secretary.
JAMES H. LYNCH', Albany, Slate Treasurer.
W. A. SAUNDERS, Savannah, State Advocate.
JOSEPH F. 0’BRIF.N Brunswick, State Warden.
REV. PHILIP HASSON, S. M., Atlanta, Slate Chaplain.
Atlanta Council No. 660
J. J. LaHatte, Grand
Knight
George T. Flynt, Financial
Secretary.
Meets Every Tuesday
Evening 8 P. M., at
Knights of Columbus
Building.
18 E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah Council
No. 631
(os. O. Maggioni, Grand Knight
J. II. Murphy, Financial Sec
retary
J. B. McDonald, Recorder.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday, 8 P. M.
3 W. Liberty Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
J. Coleman Dempsey,
Grand Knight.
R. S. Heslin, Financial
Secretary.
Meets Second and
Fourth Thursday of
Each Month
1012 Greene St. Angnnta, Ga.
Macon Council No. 925
Julius E. Loh, Grand
Knight.
J. V. Sheridan, Financial
Secretary.
Meets the First and
Third Tuesday, 8 P. M.,
at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
567 Mulberry St., Macon, Ga.
FATHER PRENDERGAST COUNCIL,
No. 2057, Albany, Ga.
J. H. Lynch, Grand Knight. N. F. Dugan, Deputy Grand Knight,
Meets second Tuesday in, each month at Knights of Columbus Hall.
Bishop Gross
Council No. 1019
Columbus, Ga.
J. M. Tobin, Grand Knight;
Robert Grier, Financial Secre
tary; George J. Burrus, Record
ing Secretary.
Meets First and Third Tuesday,
8:00 P. M., at Knights of Colum
bus Hall, Broad and Thirteenth
Street, Columbus, Ga.
holier impulse than that. It was
love for Jesus Christ in the Holy
Eucharist!
Rt. Rev. Edward F. Hoban, Bishop
Auxiliary of Chicago and president
of this Congress, presided at the
meeting, which was the third gener
al session. Anthony Matre, presi
dent of the Archdiocesan Union of
the Holy Name Union, whose con
tribution, largely, this contribution
to the glory of the Holy Eucharist
was, served as chairman. The ad
dresses were delivered by Rt. Rev.
Augustin Hloand, Bishop of Kataw-
ice, Upper Silesia, who spoke in Po
lish; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ignalz Seipel,
former Chancellor of Austria, who
spoke in German; His Eminence
Cardinal Reig y Casanova, who
spoke in Spanish; Most Rev. Joseph
Paliea, Vicegerent of Rome, who
spoke in Italian, and his Eminence
Cardinal O’Donnell of Ireland, and
former Senator David I. Walsh of
Massachusetts, who spoke in Eng
lish.
Following the addresses His Em
inence Cardinal Mundelein gave the
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment. It was at this moment that
the tens of thousands of candles
were lighted and held aloft by the
worshippers, who sang in a tremen
dous unison “O Salutaris,” and “Tan
turn Ergo.” As a last pledge of hom
age to Christ in the Eucharist, the
men sang “Holy God, Wie Praise Thy
Name.”
This ceremony, with the addresses
and the religious and patriotic mu
sic which accompanied it, was
broadcast throughout the country
Guests in all of Chicago’s leading
hotels heard all.
Cardinals Pay President
Respects at White House
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on the same day went to the White
House where he presented the good
wishes of the King of Spain, with
wheih he had been especially charg
ed before leaving his native coun
try. President Coolidge expressed
his great pleasure at receiving
these greetings and at the call of
tlie cardinal, and bade His Eminence
take back wiith him to the King
and to the Spanish government his
own salutations. He then again
expressed his pleasure at the sue
cess of the congress.
Cardinal Reigzy Casanova was ac
companied by the Rt. Rev. Fedele
Garicai Martinez, apostlic admin
istrator of Calahorra, Spain, and a
small party which included the Rev.
Manuel Grana, Madrid correspond
ent of the N. C. W. C. News Service.
The party visited the Catholic Uni
versity today.
Twenty-two members of the Irish
delegation to the congress arrived
in Washington Saturday for a
three-day visit, headed by the Most
Rev. Bishop Edward Doorley. They
warmly praised the congress, de
claring it an overpowering expres
sion of faith. Having visited New
York, Buffalo and Boston the con
gross, when they left here today
they went to Philadelphia, after
which they will go to New York to
sail.
Another congress visitor to arrive
here was the Rt. Rev. Marcos Sergio
Godoy, bishop of Zulia, Venezuela.
Bishop Godoy visited the N. C. W
C| headquarters, in which he ex
pressed deep interest. He will go
to Nyw York from here.
Toledo, O.—Cardinal Czernoch
primate of Hungary, officiated at
the laying of the cornerstone of the
million-dollar cathedral here June
27. More than 10,000 Catholics gath
ered before the temyporary altar on
the spot where the permanent altar
will stand, me Rt. Rev. Dr. Sam
uel Stritch, bishop of the Toledo
diocese, preached.
A box containing a Eucharistic
Congress medal, a medal of Pope
Pius XI, a United States gold coin
and church documents were placed
in the cornerstone.
The cathedral, which is to -be
known as Queen of the Most Holy
Rosary, will be completed by Christ
mas, 1928,
Midland, Ont. — Will iam Card inal
O'Connell, of Boston, accompanied
by 500 pilgrims fresh from the Eu
charistic Congress, arrived here June
26. The party will be taken imme
diately to the new shrine to the
martyred Jesuit Fathers, Jean de
Brobeuf and Gabrie Lalemont, at
Fort St. Marie, where the mission
aries were killed by Indians more
than 300 years ago.
Madison, Wls.—More than 100,000
tourists, who attended the Eucha
ristis Congress in Chicago, are trav
eling over Wisconsin roads on their
vacations, according to anQestimnte
made by Elmer S. Hall, state conser
vation commissioner.
Wisconsin motor travel, always
heavy at this time of the year,
slowed up during the Chicago re
ligious gathering, Mr. Hall said.
Thousands of Wisconsin tourists
stopped, to attend the congress.
500,000 AT MASS
So Checkers at First Stad
ium Ceremony Estimate
(Ry N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Chicago.—Fully 500,000 per
sons, believed to be the greatest
crowd ever assembled for a re
ligious ceremony, filled, over
flowed and eddied around Sol
diers’ field for the Mass of An
gels ceremonies between 5:30
and 10 a. m. Monday, June 21, ac
cording to Commissioner of
Public Works A. A. Sprague.
The figure was estimated by
six expert counters, named by
Commissioner Sprague, '-'ho were
stationed at the 8th, 11th, 12th,
and 18th street bridges and 23d
street viaduct, over which
throngs passed.
The counters tallied 357,439
people on the bridges but at one
time the crush became so great
that they were swept away from
their posts, some for as long as
forty-five minutes. They esti
mate that at least 150,000 passed
by in this interval, bringing the
total to well over 500,000.
Eucharistic Throngs Leave
City-Legate Goes to Coast
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Georgia Marriages
MICHEL-O’CONNOR.
Savannah, Ga.—Miss Anne Michel,
daughter of Dr. Leon Michel, and Dr.
John J. O’Connor were united in
marriage at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist July 3- A nuptial
Mass followed the ceremony. Miss
Marie Michel was inaid of honor and
Frank O’Connor best man. After a
wedding trip to New Orleans Dr. and
Mrs. O’Connor will live in Savan
nah where Dr. O’Cbnnor is a prom
inent dentist.
Atlanta, Ga.—The marriage of Miss
Ruth Winifred Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Janies W. Wilson, and
John Thomas Graham was solem
nized June 12 at Sacred Heart
Church with a nuptial Mass. Miss
Moy-a Graham -was maid of honor,
James Wilson, Jr., best man, Clar
ence Wrigley, groomsman, and Mich
ael Kelly, T. K. Wrigley, Sidney
Laird and Ernest Trotti, ushers.
GREEN-PAULL.
Macon, Ga.-—-Rev. Thomas Madden.
S. J., pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
officiated at tc marriage June 26 of
Miss Clcophas Greene, daughter of
Mrs. Mamie Irene Greene, and Mat
thew Pauli. Miss Margaret Greene
was his sister’s maid of honor, Mon
roc Moore best man, and Russell
Scandrett and Albert Sheridan, ush
ers. Mr. and Mrs. Pauli left after the
ceremony for Savannah where they
sailed for New York and Boston
They will live in Macon.
Savannah, Go.—Rev. James McNa
mara officiated at the marriage at the
Cathedral June 22 of Miss Eugenia
Agnes Kiernan, daughter of Mrs. Ma
ry Kiernan and the late P. H. Kier-
nan, and Joseph William M’Avoy.
Miss Ruth Kiernan was her sister’s
maid of honor and Robert E. O’Con
nor best man. After the reception
Mr. and Mrs. M’Avoy saileld for New
York for their wedding trip.
M.cK EON-RIVERS.
Augusta, Ga.— Rev. Jeremiah
O’Hara officiated at the marriage re
centty of Miss Margaret Mary Mc-
Keon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam McKeon, and Samuel Howard
Rivers. Mr. and Mrs. Rivers will
live in Augusta where Mr. Rivers is
engaged in the cotton oil business.
HUTCHINS-FERINGA.
Columbus, Ga.—Rev. Jos. E. Moy
lan officiated at the marriage June
17 of Miss Katherine D’Arcy Hutch
ins, daughter of George Kennard
Hutchins and the late Mrs. Clara
McCaffcy Hutchins, and Lieut. Peter
Anthony Feringa, U. S. A. Miss
Hutchins is a member of a leading
Baltimore rind Georgia family;
Lieutenant Feringa is a native of
Holland, a graduate of Lehigh Uni
versity, and the son of an Episco
palian minister. His family lives in
New York. The honeymoon will be
spent in North Carolina and New
York.
HIRT-F1TZGERALD.
Savannah, Ga.—Miss Margaret Ma
ry Hirt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.
C. Hirt, and George L. Fitzgerald
were united in marriage June 28 at
the Cathedral, a nuptial Mass fol
lowing the ceremony. Miss Mary
Russell and Mrs. Wm. O Hayes, Jr
were the bride’s attendants. After
the reception Mr. and Mrs. Fitzger
aid left on a wedding trip.
McCORMICK -FREEMAN.
Savannah, Ga.—Very Rev. Fr. Eu
gene, O. S. B., rector of Sacred
Heart Church, officiated June 29 at
the marriage of Miss Mary Eliza
beth McCormick, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William McCor
mick, and John Freeman. The at
tendants were Miss Marguerite Mc
Cormick and Iverson Lord. A nup
tial Mass followed the marriage. Af
ter the reception Mr and Mrs. Free
man left for a wedding trip.
Chicago had Cardinal Bonzauo and
a few other cardinals as ils guests
for a few more days. Tile Papal Le
gate remained in Chicago with Car
dinal Mundelein until Monday, when
he went to St. Louis to consecrate
the magnificent new catheral there
and to participate with Archbishop
Glennon, in the celebration of the
centenary of the archdiocese.
Returning to Chicago, Cardinal
Bonzano will stop hero for 24 hours
before leaving for Seattle. Wash.,
where he will be the guest of Bishop
John O’Dea. Bishop O’Dea is a per
sonal friend of the legate.
Cardinal O’Donnqll, of Ireland,
will remain in Chicago for several
days, visiting nearby points of in
terest. ‘ccompanied hy Bishop Pe
ter Muldoon, of Rockford, he visit
ed Aurora, 111 Saturday. He was
the guest of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, South Bend,
Ind., Sunday.
Cardinal Piffl, of Austria, and
Cardinal Von Faulhalrer, of Ger
many together with Monsignor Sci-
pel, former Chancellor of Austria,
eft Saturday for Springfield, 111, to
attend a meeting of the German
Catholic Central Verein. The Ger
man prelate will go east after the
Springfield gathering, to sail for
his homeland. Cardinal Piffl sails
July 7, after visiting Buffalo, Wash
ington arid Philadelphia in the or
der named.
Cardinal Hayes stayed in Chicago
until Monday when he went to St.
Louis, thence to go to New York.
Cardinal Charost sails for home
July 7. Cardinal Dubois will visit
Washington, Baltimore and New
York before embarking July 24.
Cardinals Charost and Dubois, of
France, have gone to Montreal, in
company with a large party of
Frencli-Canadians .returning home
from the congress.
Meantime^ most of the million
pilgrims Of the congress departed
for their homes cither Friday or
over to the week-end. Railroads
still were swamped with the traf
fic Sutin-day and Sunday.
Nation, State and City
Honor Cardinal Bonzano
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ed that he take back to Mr. Coolidge
this message:
“In no other country is there
greater religious freedom than in
America, and in no other country
lias the Catholic Church made
greater progress.”
Mayor Ilever and Governor Small
preceded Secretary Davis in offering
the city’s homage and hospitality to
the Cardinal Legate and the other
Cardinals. After Secretary Davis ad
dress there followed reiterations of
the welcome by Samuel Iqsull, pres
ident of the Commonwealth Edison
company, who was the voice of the
non-Calholics of the city, and Rob
ert Sweitzer, K. S. G., county clerk
and treasurer of the Archdicesan
Association of Catholic Charities.
When, as his time to address the
gathering was announced by the
chairman, Cardinal Bonzano arose,
with one of his delightful smiles
lighting his face and his dark eyes,
the applause that had gone before
was but a gale contrasted with tke
hurricane cheering and clapping
and clamor that swept the Coliseum
now. Every man and every woman
of the thousands pressed and pack
ed into the Coliseum rose in seats
and aisles, tossed hats in the air,
waved flags and hunting and papers,
stamped feet in' a thunderous tat
too, and brought every muscle of
their bodies to the assistance of
their voices in registering their joy
and admiration.
The other Cardinals and the Bish
ops and priests on the platform
were visibly impressed by this dem
onstration in which, with decorous
reserve, they shared heartily.
Cardinal Bonzano’s address, like’
all the others of the evening, was
halted frequently by vociferations of
approval. It was a mass of men
and women of all conditions and
their hearts expressed their feelings
for the Holy Father’s representative
in the homely fashion which their
admiration prompted by cheering
and handclapping.
On the platform were grouped ten
Cardinals, Princes of the Catholic
church, a score of Archbishops and
Bishops, a great company of priests,
and many lay personages from
many lands. There were monks in
habits of black, of brown, or white.
Lo Pah Hung, great Chinese mer
chant and his son; Indians—one of
them a priest—Filipinos, negroes,
men of oriental features and com
plexions were there behind the car
dinals and Bishops. It was one of
the numerous glimpses Chicago
caught of thd diversity of races, na
tions and tongues which the Eucha
ristic Congress had summoned here
from every quarter of the globe.
Both the exterior and the interior
of the Coliseum were brilliant in
tho red, white and blue of American
flags and the chief places of honor
over the platform. The robes of
Cardinals and Bishops gave a still
richer touch of color as their scar
let and purple shone against tha
darker dress of priests and monks.