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APRIL 13, 1929
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Catholic Hear East Roll
Call Sunday, April 21
Pontifical Society Consolidat-
. es Efforts For Relief in
Stricken Territory
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
New York.—Sponsored directly by
Pope Pius XI the Catholic Near
East Welfare Association will con
duct its third annual roll-call ana
nationwide appeal on Sunday, Aprn
21, it was announced from head
quarters here. Forty-three dioceses
have thus far accepted invitations
to take part.
In making this announcement, the
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., vice-
president. of Georgetown University
and president of the association,
stated that on his recent visit to
the Vatican, His Holiness had ex
pressed gratitude for the support of
American Catholics in the past and
the hope that this year’s appeal
would meet with the same generous
response.
The Catholic Near East Welfare
Association was founded by decree
of the Holy See in 1926, and subse
quently created a Pontificial society
to consolidate the efforts of all
American Catholic organizations
then soliciting funds for the relief
of Near Eastern refugee families,
orphans and Russian emigres in
Europe and the Near East. Funds
collected by the association are dis
bursed by direction of Pope Pius
wherever His Holiness deems the
need urgent.
The basic work of the association
is the support of orphanages, train
ing schools, religious foundations,
hospitals and clinics in Syria, Pales
tine, Greece and Bulgaria. The Pon
tificial Institute of Oriental Studies,
where the association maintains its
international headquarters in Rome,
is also dependent on the American
society for its financial support.
The association also acts as an
emergency relief body when the need
arises. Following the Porto Rico
hurricane, last year, it assembled
a medical unit, with the aid of St.
Vincent’s Hospital, New York City,
consisting of two doctors and six
nurses, who were the first to arrive
in the devastated area.
Vanderbilt Assists Manila College.
(By N. C. W. G. News Service).
Manila.—It has just been an
nounced that while William K. Van
derbilt was visiting here recently on
his yacht, “Ara,” he donated $1,000
to the College of the Good Shep
herd.
The multimillionaire had learned
that the institution was not able to
accommodate all those who wished
to attend it because of lack of dormi
tory facilities. The gift will be used
towards the construction of a new
home. —
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EXILED MEXICAN NUNS
Arrive in San Francisco
Which Gives Them Refuge
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
San Francisco.—Thirty-two sis
ters of the Order of Perpetual
Adoration, exiled from Mexico,
have arrived in San Francisco to
make this city their future hosne.
The sisters, driven from Gua
dalajara two years ago by the
Mexican government, were crowd
ed in the Mexican settlement in
San Diego when the Rev. D. J.
Karanaugh of St. Ignatius col
lege found them during a recent
visit there. They are being
cared for temporarily by the
members of St. Agnes’ parish.
Ohio Legislative Committee
Kills “Bible Reading” Bill
Columbus, O.—The compulsory Bi
ble reading bill which tied the Ohio
legislature in a knot four years ago
has been unceremoniously lulled in
the schools committee of the house.
By a vote of twelve to one, the mea
sure which had been sponsored by
the Ku-Klux Klan and the Junior Or
der of American Mechanics, is irre
vocably dead. The committee, over
whelmingly rural in its make up,
voted to '.'indefinitely postpone” the
measure, which in legislative par
lance means its death.
Perhaps the vote would not have
been so convincing had not the com
mittee hit upon the device of taking
a secret ballot. A basket was passed
and members asked to drop in a
slip of paper recording their votes.
"Yes” was to mean "death” and
“no” to mean continued life for the
measure. When the count was tak
en great surprise was shown by both
members and newspapermen present
that only one vote was cast for the
Klan bill. The man who cast the
solitary vote in favor of the bill re
mained anonymous.
Within the last few days the legis
lature also refused to pass the bill
which would make it impossible for
any person not a citizen to be em
ployed on public work or have a
contract for it.
Commenting editorially on the
shelving of the Bible reading bill the
Cleveland Plain Dealer said:
"The Bible bill dies a happy if
not ignominious death. By a vote of
12 to 1 it is killed in the house com
mittee, with the other member fa
voring it carefully guarding his iden
tity.
"The defeat of this bill signifies
the decline in the influence of the
Ku-Klux Klan in Ohio. It recognizes
also the fundamental American prin
ciple that religion is not a matter
of public education. From the leg
islative point of view it also means
that the whole program will not be
tied up as it was four years ago in
the fight over this measure. Thus
from every point of view the death
of the Bible bill is fortunate. It is
to be hoped that this will be the last
Ohio legislature in which such a
measure is introduced.”
Father of Boys Accused
of Theft Shoots Priest
Chicago.—The Rev. Charles A.
Erkenwick, pastor of the Church
of the Holy Ghost, was shot and
probably fatally wounded March 29,
by the father of two boys, whose
arrest Father Erkenwick had caused
on the charge that they were en
gaged in robbing church poor boxes.
The shooting occurred in the
church yard, where FatheT Erkens-
wick was conversing with a group
of men when he was approached by
Gaetano Menna, the boys’ parent.
Menna thrust a letter in the priest’s
hand and then shot him three times
as he started to read it. One of
the bullets entered the body oi
Father Erkenswick.
The letter was written by one of
the youths, who were arraigned in
the Boys’ Court today. It told their
father that the priest was respon
sible for their arrest. According to
the police, the boys, Paul, 19 and
John, 18, have confessed robbing
more than 30 churches.
Police announced they would seek
a psychopathic test for the priest’s
assailant. Paul Menna was released
from a home for the feeble minded
last October.
Daughters of Confederacy
Honor Fr. Ryan at Atlanta
Mrs. Rapier Addresses Chap
ter on His Life—Father
Dagneau a Speaker
Belmont Junior Athletic
Association Presents Play
Belmont, N. C.—The first annual
play of the Junior Athletic Associa
tion of Belmont Abbey College, pro
duced here recently, was a splendid
success. The reproduction of the-
Winnie Winkle comic strip was a
feature.
St. Patrick’s day was observed
here with a solemn High Mass, of
which Rev. Walter O’Brien, O.S.B.,
was celebrant, Rev. F. Norbert Mc
Gowan, O.S.B., deacon, and Rev. F.
Philip Tierney, O.S.B., sub-deacon.
Father Healey delivered the sermon.
Pupils of Sacred Heart Academy un
der the direction of Rev. F. Fran
cis, O.S.B., sang the Mass. St.
Patrick’s Day coming on Passion
Sunday, It was observed the follow
ing day, and the customary holiday
was given then. '
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—“Father Abram
Ryan, the Poet-Priest of the Con
federacy," was the subject of dis
cussion at the March 19 meeting of
the Atlanta chapter, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, and the
following day at the meeting of the
Crawford Long chapter; Mrs. Paul
E. Rapier was the principal speaker
at both meetings.
At the Atlanta chapter meeting,
Miss Susanne Adair, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Adair, added
color and atmosphere to the meet
ing by singing Father Ryan’s “Con
quered Banner”; she was attired in
the costume of the sixties. Rev.
Philip H. Dagneau, S. M., principal
of Marist college, also spoke in
formally and delivered the invoca
tion.
Mrs. Rapier covered the story of
the life of Father Ryan as a young
man, as a priest anil as a chaplain
of the Confederacy, said the At
lanta Constitution in its story about
the meeting, one illustrated with a
two column cut of the soloist in
Southern costume. The Constitu
tion account continuing says that
John Rapier, of Mobile, Ala., inti
mate friend of Father Ryan, and
publisher of the first edition of his
poems, was given the first book
from the press by Father Ryan, and
that book is the prized possession
of the daughter-in-iaw, Mrs. Rapier,
and the volume was exhibited. Mrs.
Sid Holland, a pioneer of Atlanta,
and Mrs. J. H. Ruddell, formerly of
Augusta, cherish memory of their
childhood friendships with Father
Ryan. Mrs. Ruddell told of the close
friendship between her parents and
the priest, of his visits to their
home, and the room ready and
waiting for him at all times, always
known as “Father Ryan’s room.”
She distinctly remembers the day
when, as a little girl of 6, she was
seated on one arm of his chair,
while he used the other arm for a
desk and wrote the beautiful verses
he dedicated to her, giving the
simple heading "To Kittle.” She
also showed a photograph which he
had presented to her parents.
Mrs. Holland held sacred her mem
ories of Father Ryan, for the prayer
book which he had given her while
her neighbor in Atlanta was taken
from her by one of Sherman’s men.
Mrs. Ben F. Taylor, formerly of
Nashville, read a letter from Mrs.
Conroy, of Clarksville, Tenn., in
whose home “The Conquered Ban
ner” is said to have been written.
Mrs. Conroy told of incidents con
nected with the writine of this
famous poem and other interesting
facts concerning Father Ryan, who
lived in her home ror quite a while.
Mrs. Taylor also told of the Boys’
High school now under construc
tion in Nashville, Tenn., which will
be known as the Abram J. Ryan
High school.
Mrs. Robert Otis exhibited a pho
tograph of the priest in an old-
fashioned oval frame, which is the
prized possession of her husband,
having been given to his mother,
the late Mrs. Mary Cline Otis, by
Father Ryan. Mr. Otis, like Paul
Rapier, bears the distinction of hav
ing been baptized by Father Ryan.
Mrs. Henry Kuhrt, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan, pio
neer citizens of Atlanta, remembers
Father Ryan visiting their home
when she was a child. She read
some fine, exquisitely comforting
lines, another unpublished work of
Father Ryan. This copy was sent to
Mrs. Kuhrt several years ago by
the late Miss Mary O’Keefe, close
friend of Father Ryan, who had
the original paper.
A life-size oil painting of Father
Ryan, painted in Atlanta 60 years
ago by the late Mr. Maier, father of
Armine Maier, well known Atlanta
jeweler, was exhibited in the chapter
house on Juniper street, and was
presented by Father Ryan to Mrs.
McKeon, sister of the late Mrs. Mar
tin Dooley and Mrs. James Flynn,
and has a place of honor in the
home of Mrs. Clyde Haynes, who
was Miss Helen Flynn.
“Upper Room” Presented
By Jacksonville Parish
Immaculate Conception Play
ers Score Great Success
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Jacksonville, Fla.—“The Upper
Room,” the famous Lenten play by
Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, was
presented here Monday of Holy Week
for the choir fund of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception. The
play was under the direction of Rev.
James J. Meehan and was a distinct
success. The cast and characters
included the following; Achaz, F. M.
Holbrook; Samuel, Margery Jones;
Mary Magdelene, Frances Daubert;
Joseph of Arimathea, J. F. Fitz-
gibbons; Mary, Theresa Mead; Ju
das, A. N. O’Keeffe; Peter, Rodbam
Home; John, Billy Christian; Lon
ginus, Owen I. AUee; Veronica, Jos
ephine Maner, ,
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