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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEOUGIA
Catholic U. Announces New
Gifts from Benefactors
Mrs. Justine Ward of New
York Gives $1,000,000 for
Liturgical Music School
JAPANESE CONVERTS IN
SEATTLE INCREASING
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington.—A number of gifts to
the Chicago University of America
were announced at a meeting of the
University’s Board of Trustees held
here.
The first gift announced was that
of Mrs. Justine B. Ward, of New
York, who, through a trust fund of
$1,000,000, has provided for the es
tablishment and maintenance of the
University of the School of Litur
gical Music.
Other gifts announced were:
From an anonymous donor, $100,-
000 for the general purposes of the
University (with an annuity clause);
from an anonymous donor, $80,000
for the general purpose of the Uni
versity, and others of lessei
amounts.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and Chan
cellor of the University, has given
to the University, it was also an
nounced, 500 volumes of the Pastor
Historical Collection. Another gift,
made by “several friends,’’ was the
Albani Library of 20,000 volumes,
valued at $25,000.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas J.
Shahan,- Rector Emeritus of the
Catholic University reported to the
Board of Trustees that the debt on
the National Shrine of the Immacu
late Conception, which is being
erected on the University campus,
had been reduced by $50,000, and
that it is expected that by Christ
mas the debt will be entirely cancel
led.
The report of the Rector, the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James H. Ryan, who was
seriously ill at Providence Hospital
here, was held by the Board to be
very gratifying, and was received
with expressions of great apprecia
tion.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Seattle.—With the last two years
the Catholic Mission for Japanese
in this city, conducted by the Mary-
knoll Foreign Mission Society, has
made potable progress. In 1926
there were only 21 Japanese Cathol
ics in Seattle; today there are 136
and a large class of catechumens.
The school, where Mary knoll Sis
ters teach, has an attendance of 158
Japanese children and is yearly add
ing more advanced grades to its cur
riculum.
Last August, a group of the Ja
panese converts united to form the
first Japanese Conference of the
Saint Vincent de Paul Society in
the United States.
Last year, also, the Japanese con
verts of Seattle founded Shinri, a
monthly published in the Japanese
language and already widely circu
lated among the Japanese of the Pa
cific coast cities.
250,000 Albanians Wish to
Return to Catholic Church
Jesuit Missionary Writes De
sire for Union Strong
FILIPINO IS BISHOP OF
NEW LINGAYEN DIOCESE
Baltimore Mourns Bishop
Corrigan, Senior Auxiliary
Archbishop Curley Pontificates
at Funeral—Eight Bishops
and Abbot Present
Missioners Recorded China
Balloon Flight of 1307
Shanghai.—Records of a French
Foreign Mission Society have been
found to contain an account of a hot
air balloon invented by the Chinese
in the year 1307. The balloon, ac
cording to the account, was sent up
as part of the official ceremonies at
tendant upon the coronation of Tim
ur Khan, in the city of Peking.
The records of the Mission Socie
ty contain few details of the flight
beyond the fact that an ascension
was made in the balloon.
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(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Baltimore, Md.—Eight Bishops,
Right Reverend Abbot, numerous
monsignor, a large number of the
secular clergy and representatives
of virtually every religious order and
society in the Archdiocese attended
the funeral of the Rt. Rev. Owen
B. Corrigan, Senior Auxiliary Bish
op of Baltimore, here April 11. Bu
rial was in the Cathedral Cemetery.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore, pontificat
ed at the solemn Mass of requiem in
the Cathedral of the Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. Neraly 15
years before, Bishop Corrigan, as co-
consecrator, had assisted at the con
secration of His Grace as the Bishop
of St. Augustine.
Among those attending the Mass
were: The Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas
J. Shahan, Rector Emeritus of the
Catholic University of America; the
Rt. Rev. John G. Murray, Bishop, of
Portland, Me.; the Rt. Rev. Andrew
J. Brennan, Bishop of Ricnmond;
the Rt. Rev. William J. Hafey, Bish
op of Raleigh; the Rt. Rev. Edmond
FitzMaurice, Bishop of Wilmington;
the Rt. Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Bish
op of Charleston; the Rt. Rev. Thom
as C. O’Reilly, Bishop of Scranton;
the Rt. Rev* John M. McNamara.
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, and
the Rt. Rev. Abbot Vincent Taylor,
O. S. B., Abbmot-Ordinarp of Bel
mont Abbey, North Carolina.
The Rev. P. L. Ire ton, pastor of
Saint Ann’s church, who for 19
years served as assistant pastor to
Bishop Corrigan, delivered the ser
mon.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Woodstock, Md.—Nearly all of the
250,000 schismatics in Albania fer
vently desire union with the Cath
olic Church and throughout the
Kingdom they assist at Catholic cer
emonies and beg leave to confess to
the Catholic missionaries there, a
letter just received at Woodstock
College from the Rev. Paskal Gia-
dri, S. J., missionary in Albania,
discloses.
Father Giadri’s letter reviews con
ditions in Albania and says the de
sire to return to the Catholic Church
has been widely expressed by schis
matics in every station of life.
“Many professors, members of
Parliament and other persons of
high rank,’’ writes Father Giadri,
“often converse with us in the fol
lowing tenor: - We are quite con
vinced that the cause of the unfor
tunate separation was not a matter
of dogma or faith, but exclusively
the ambition of the Byzantine Em
perors to interfere ana dominate in
Church matters, together with the
greed of some persons and the ig
norance of others, and political and
State reasons.’
“They continue in this manner:
We are persuaded that Jesus Christ
did not found a thousand diverse
national churches—slaves of rulers
and blind instruments of human
powers—but one" Church, unique and
universal, and that this Church is
founded ori Peter, to whom Christ
gave the keys to heaven. We be
lieve all that Jesus Christ has
taught us in the Gospels, especially
that which regards the constitu
tion of the Church and the primacy
of jurisdiction of the successors of
St. Peter over the whole Church, as
all the Fathers believe and taught
in all the centuries until the fatal
separation.”
Manila.—A Filipino, Msgr. Ce
sar Guerrero, has been selected
as the first bishop of the new
Diocese of Lingayen. The news
of his appointment was received
with much pleasure in Manila,
his home town.
Msgr. Guerrero is well known
at Rome, having pursued his
studies in theology and canon
law there.
J. G, Lester Elected Head
of Rotarians at Key West
Key West, Fla Joseph L. G. Les
ter, widely-known citizen of Key
West and member of the local coun
cil of the Knights of Columbus, has
been elected president of the Key
West Rotary club for the coming
year. Mr. Lester has been active
in the Rotary club and civic affairs
for some time and is one of the
most popular Rotarians in South
Florida.
About 100 members of the Alum
nae of the Convent of Mary Immac
ulate gathered at the convent early
in April for the twentieth annual re
union and to honor Mrs. Lopez John
son on her golden jubilee. A pro
gram of entertainment was render
ed, and a business meeting held; the
officers of last year were re-elect
ed. A luncheon was served in the
senior room by the juniors. Several
beautiful gifts were presented .to
Mrs. Johnson.
An interesting visitor to Key West
recently was Samuel Feltman, of
Brooklyn, said to be the first Amer
ican wounded in action in the Span-
ish-American war; Mr. Feltman was
nursed back to health by the Sis
ters in the Convent of Mary Immac
ulate, which had been converted into
a military hospital. He called at
the convent to thank the sisters
again for their care of him a gen
eration ago. El Mundo at San Juan,
P. R., recently carried a story about
the wounding of Mr. Feltman and his
subsequent recovery.
Msgr. Seipel Resigns as
Austrian Prime Minister
Opposition to Him as Priest
Partly Responsible He Says
Vienna.—Monsignor Ignaz Seipel,
Catholic Chancellor of the Austrian
Republic, has resigned his post. The
priest-statesman, who has controll
ed the destinies of the republic dur
ing more than half of the years of
its existence, delivered his resigna
tion in a speech to the Cabinet
Council in which he referred to at
tacks “on my priestly office and
my Church.”
“Austria’s progress,” the Chancel
lor said, “is blocked by political ten
sion, for a great deal of which,
though unjustly, the present govern
ment is held responsible. Long-con
tinued agitation and accumulated ha
tred, which so far as concerns my-
»person would be bearable, have also
without reason been cast on my
priestly office and my Churcch.
“I therefore think it right, after I
have been five years as head of the
government, to give the political
parties a chance to find another way
to find our political future.”
• Msgr. Seipel also was Minister of
Home Affairs and Minister of For
eign Affairs and he is to. continue
provisionally in office to dispose of
current business.
The Ministry of Monsignor Siepel
was a coalition of the Christian-SQ-
cial Pan-German and Agrarian par
ties. Dr. Siepel belongs to the first
named. He first became Chancellor
of the Austrian Republic in 1922. In
1924 he resigned, only to return to
power in 1927, when the Ramek gov
ernment, which succeeded his, dis
appeared in a cloud of scandals.
In 1924, while serving as Chancel
lor, he was shot by a Socialist and
for a time his life was despaired of.
There was rejoicing throughout
Austria when it was announced that
he was out of danger. Irf August of
the same year, on the occasion of
his sacerdotal jubilee, Msgr. Seipel
received an autographed letter of
congratulation from the Pope.
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Communion of K. of C. and
Holy Name in St Augustine
Bishop Barry Says Mass and
Speaks at Breakfast
St. Augustine, Fla.—The Knights
of Columbus and the Holy Name So
ciety received Holy Communion in
a body Sunday, April 14, at tne 6:30
Mass, which was celebrated by Rt.
Rev. Patrick Barry, D. D., assisted
by Rev. P. J. McGill. After Mass
a Communion breakfast was served
in the Cathedral Lyceum Hall by a
committee of ladies headed by Mrs.
W. M. Thompuson. Henry Hernan
dez of the banquet hall committee
and W. W. Waite of the Knights of
Columbus. Bishop Barry graced the
occasion by his presence and re
marks ; other speakers included C.
E. Coomes, representing Henry E.
Hernandez, state president of the
Holy Name Society, who was busy
with the banquet arrangements, W.
O. Boutwell, past grand knight, T.
V. Pomar, Sr., past state deputy,
Hon. Eugene Master, Rogero Mick-
ler, past grand knight, and G. F.
Gray, past state deputy of Vermont
State .Council. G. W. Winningham
led the singing, assisted by Joseph
Manucy at the piano.
Babe Ruth and Yankees
Visit Belmont College
(Special to The Bulletin)
Belmont, N. C.—Babe Ruth in
person, heading a delegation of the
world’s champion New York Yan
kees, visited Belmont Abbey Col
lege April 12 and greeted the stu
dent body and faculty. Accompany
ing him were Lou Gehrig, Bob Heu-
sel, Tony Lazzeri, Earl Combs, Mark
Koenig, Mike Grabowski and George
Burns. They were photographed
with the Belmont Abbey baseball
club, and Babe made a short talk,
and afterwards the entire student
body was the guest of the Yankee
management at a game in Char
lotte. The visit of the Yankees to
Belmont was arranged through
Thomas W. White, president of the
Belmont Abbey College Alumni As
sociation of New York City, a close
friend of the Yankee owners, and
the father of Luke White, ’26.
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JUDGE CANNON TELLS OF
POET RILEY IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga Judge Charles B
Cannon was the principal speaker at
the monthly meeting of the women’s
division of the Atlanta chamber of
commerce, April 15, and took for his
subject the life and works of his
friend, James Whitcomb Riley, who
was Judge Cannon’s neighbor for
years in his native Indiana. Judge
Cannon is one of the most active
members of the Knights of Colum
bus in this city.
“Snap Shots,” the publication of
the Georgia Power company, an
nounces in its April issue that Miss
Helen Birmingham, assistant man
ager of the correspondence depart
ment of the power company, has
been named manager. Miss Bir
mingham was until her resignation
recently the president of the Atlanta
Catholic club of Business and Pro
fessional Women, and ifl now its
vice-president. . . .
Rev. Nicholas Bliley, O. S. B.
officiated at the marriage April 2 at
the Cathedral in Richmond of his
brother, Thomas Bliley, '21, and
Miss Carolyn Fagan. Rt. Rev. Vin
cent Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Abbot
Ordinary of Belmont, was present at
the marriage.
Rev. Fr. Cornelius, O. S. B., for
merly dean of discipline at Belmont
is now acting rector owing to the
illness of Father Raphael. Father
Raphael has been able to resume his
classes hut not his duties as rector.
Father Placid, O. &. B., has been
appointed dean of discipline.
Roman Settlement Favored
by Present King’s Father
Rome.—In connection with the re
cent accord reached by the Vatican
and the Italian government, Marquis
Crispoliti reports the following inci
dent to show that King Humbert I,
assassinated at Monza in 1900 and
father of the reigning king, was de
sirous of solving the Roman ques
tion during his reign.
One day while the Sovereign was
visiting an exposition of works of
sacred art which had received both
pontifical and royal awards, J. B
Ghirardi, general secretary of the
exposition, asked him whether this
entente between the Pope and the
King for a sacred artistic exhibition
could not be looked upon as a sym
bol of future and more fundamental
accord between the two sovereigns
The King replied: “Ah, if it only
rested with me! I am not the Pope
who can summon Cardinal Rampolla
and say to him, ’Do this and do
that,’ and have it carried out
commanded. As for me I can in
deed express a desire but my minis
ters only do what they please.”
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