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APRIL 27, 1929
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Publishers Commend Bureau of
Apologetics Founded by N.C.C.M.
Catholic Missions Reported
Earned by Reds in China
Bishop O’Shea and Other
Americans in Kiangsi Urged
by U. S. Consul to Leave
By N. C. W. C News Service.)
Peking-. — The Rt. Rev. John
O’Shea, of the Congregation of the
Missions, Codajutator of uic Vicar
iate Apostolic of Kanchow, together
with all other Americans in south
ern Kiangai, have been urged by
the United States Consul General at
Canton to abandon their present lo
cations because of the great danger
in which they have been placed by
Communist uprisings. The Consul
felt that the situation In southern
Kiangsi probably would become
much worse with the coining of the
defeated Kiangsi troops.
So far as is now known, Bishop
O’Shea is still in southern Kiangsi.
Washington, D. C.—Word received
here from China says that Commun
ist uprisings have been experienced
everywhere in Kangan, and that a
number of missions have been
burned and the missionaries forced
to flee.
Bishop O’Shea and all Americans
in southern Kiangsi are safe, but
“Red” activities continue unabated,
according to the latest word had
here from that area. Appeals for
reinforcements of the government
troops have produced no results, and
the military officials admit inability
to protect life and property, it was
also said.
Bishop O’Shea himself has con
firmed he report of the looting and
burning of missions at Hingkuo and
Anyuan, and the burning of mis
sions on Yuan Shing Ku.
The Sisters of Charity of St. Vin
cent de Paul at Kanchow, Kiangsi,
whose safety caused some little anx
iety here, are reported to be in Kan
chow.
The region that is endangered is
the zone between the two contend
ing armies of Kiangsi' and Nanking,
and has been held by a well organ
ized and strong Communist force.
Communications with Kianksi have
been broken, and bandits were at
tacking Sin Feng and Ning Kwo,
according to the latest reports.
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ST. LEO ACADEMY
Accredited High School
Conducted by the Benedictine
Fathers.
Ideal Location
St. Leo, Pasco County, Florida
Appoint Editorial Committee
to Give Practical Coopera
tion—Bishops Endorse Work
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington. — Representatives of
leading American publishers of
Catholic apologetic literature, most-
ing here with representatives of the
Nathional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence and the National Council of
Cahtolic Men, indorsed the forma
tion of the apologetic bureau of the
N. C. C. M. and provided for the
formation of an editorial commit
tee whihh will examine and cata
logue existing literature which is
explantory of the Catholic Faith.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting were: Rev. Wilfred Par-
sohs, S. J., and Rev. Francis
P. LeBuffe, S. J., of the Amer-
ca Press; Joseph C. Menendez,
of the Paulist Press; Alfred F. Ben-
ziger, of Benziger Bros., New York;
John F. McCormick, of the Calvert
Associates, New York; Charles V.
Kelly, of the John Murphy Company,
Baltimore, Md.; Walter C. J. Mhgee,
of the Universal Knowledge Foun
dation, New York; Thomas J. Mc
Ginnis, of the Catholic Truth Socie
ty, Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Rev. George
Johnson, of the Catholic University
of America, Executive Secretary of
the Department of Education, N. C.
W. C.; the Rev. Dr. J. Fulton Sheen,
of the Catholic University of Ameri
ca; the Rev. Felix M. Kirsch, O. M.,
Cap., of the Capuchin College,
Washington, D. C.; Charles F. Dolle,
Executive Secretary of the National
Council of Catholic Men; Grattan
Kerans, Director the N. C. C. M.
bureau of apologetics, and Charles
A. McMahon, editor of the N. C. W.
C. Bulletin.
The Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, Bish
op of Fort Wayne and founder of
Our Sunday Visitor, who was una
ble to be present, sent a letter in
which he indorsed the work under
taken by the bureau. The Rev.
Charles Smith, of the. Catholic Truth
Society of Oregon, sent a telegram,
which was read at the meeting,
while Richard Reid, of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
who also was unable to attend, sent
a letter.
It was agreed among the publish
ers in attendance, that the apologeti-
cal work which is the aim of the
bureau is one which the laity can
undertake with special appropri
ateness and effectiveness. The laity,
it was pointed out, has most fre
quent and intimate contacts with
non-Catholics.
The work of the N. C. C. M. bu
reau was indorsed by the following
resolution adopted at the meeting:
“The representatives of Catholic
publishers present desire to go on
record as indorsing the creation of a
bureau of apologetics (which will be
called the Catholic Evidence Bureau
of the N. C. C. M., if this latter
name if officially approved), and
pledge . co-operation in its work as
outlined.”
It will be the office of the edito
rial committee provided for at the
meeting to make a survey of pres
ent apologetic literature, which in
cludes books, booklets, pamphlets
and leaflets, and to arrange in cat
alogue from those which seem best
suited to the program of the N. C.
C. M. bureau. The number and per
sonnel of this committee has been
left to a sub-committee, named to
consist of Dr. Johnson, Dr. Sheen
and Mr. Kerans.
The Administrative Committee of
the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, meeting at the N. C. W. C.
gram of the bureau of apologetics
and gave their hearty indorsement
to its work.
Anglican Archbishop and
Apostolic Delegate to Meet
Will Confer in Palestine on
Question of Holy Places
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Rome.—According to reports re
ceived here, a conference is to be
held soon in Palestine'between the
Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi,
Apost lie Delegate to the United
States now visiting in the Holy
Land, and the Anglican. Archbishop
of Canterbury, who is expected
there. The subject of the confer
ence, it is reported, will be the set
tlement of the question of the Holy
Places.
Under the provisions of the Pal
estine Mandate, Great Britain un
dertook full responsibility for safe
guarding the Holy Sites. The Com
mission which was provided for in
the Mandate has not yet been ap
pointed to “study, define and deter
mine the rights and claims in con
nection with the Holy Land and the
rights and claims relating to the
different religious communities in
Palestine.”
It is on the question of the ap
pointment of this commission that
the two church dignitaries are ex
pected to confer.
Dr. Barrett of Baltimore
Heads Education Leaders
Named Chairman of Catholic
School Superintendents
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington.—The Rev. Dr. John
I. Barrett, superintendent of schools
in the Arcdiocese of Baltimore, was
elected chairman of the Superin
tendent’s Section of the National
Catholic Educational Association at
its tenth semi-annual meeting just
held at the Catholic University of
America here.
The Rev. Dr. John J. Bonner, su
perintendent of schools in the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia was elected
secretary and the Rev. Daniel J.
Feeny, superintendent of schools in
the Diocese of Portland, Me., edi
tor.
The meeting, said to have been
the best attended and one of the
most successful in the section’s his
tory, was the first at which the de
liberation all centered around one
particular phase of education. All
papers and discussions at the meet
ing dealt with character education.
It was decided that the papers read
at these sessions should be given
some permanent form, in which they
would be available for distribution
among the Sisters teaching in the
Catholic schools.
Speakers at the convention includ
ed Rev. William Lawlor, superin
tendent of schools for the Diocese
of Newark; Rev. Dr. George John
son, executive secretary of the De
partment of Education of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference;
Rev. Francis J. Bredestege, super
intendent of schools of the Archido-
cese of Cincinnati; Very Rev. Msgr.
Joseph V. S. Clancy, superintendent
of schools for the Diocese of Brook
lyn ; Rev. Richard J. Quinlan, su
perintendent for the Archdiocese of
Boston; Rex. Dr. Henry H. Hald,
associate superintendent at Brook
lyn; Rev. Brother Gerald, S. M.,
community supervisor at Kirkwood,
Mo.; Rev. Dr. John M. Cooper, Rev.
Dr. Fulton Sheen and Rev. Dr. Mau
rice S. Sheedy,' of the Catholic Uni
versity; Rev. Luke L. Mandeville,
superintendent for the Diocese of
Lincoln; Miss Mary E. Spencer, of
the N. C. W. C. Department of Edu
cation; Rev. J. J. Featherstone, su
perintendent for the Diocese of
Sranton; Rev. Felix N. Pitt, super
intendent for the Diocese of Louis
ville, and Rev. Joseph H. Ostdiek,
of Omaha.
Jesuits Refuse Indemnity
for Priest’s Death in China
Chinese Government Offered
$30,000 as Reparation
BY M. MASSIANI,
Paris Correspondent N. C. W. C.
News Service.
..Paris. — Following negotiations
with the government at Paris with
regard to damages suffered by
France during the trouble in China,
the Chinese government offered
$30,000 (Mex.) reparations for the
murder of Father Dugout, S. J.
The Mission of the Jesuit Fathers,
conforming to instructions from the
Holy See, refused all indemnity for
the death of the missionary. The
French government has decided to
use two-thirds of the indemnity for
the development of farming in Chi
na. The remaining third will be used
for the construction and mainte
nance of a clinic in the French con
cession at Nanking, where Chinese
may receive medical advice and be
vaccinated against typhoid.
The refusal of the Catholic au
thorities to receive indemnity is
based on the principle that the
Church does not wish to give the
impression to infidels that anything
could reimburse her for the murder
of her sons.
SCOTCH BISHOPS SELL
THEIR SPANISH COLLEGE
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Loudon.—A royal order has been
promulgated in Spain authorizing
the sale by the Scottish episcopate
to the Spanish episcopate of the
Scots College at Valladolid, accord
ing to a message received here.
The charter of the Scots College
was drawn up in 1627 and the King
of Spain has the right to appoint the
rector. His Majesty still does this
on the recommendation of the Scot
tish episcopate.
The college began in Madrid and
v/as transferred to Valladolid in
1771, where it has functioned for 158
years.
Like other English and Scottish
seminaries abroad it was ^founded
during the dark days of the Re
formation period in order to insure
a supply of priests when the train
ing of clergy was prohibited by law
in those islands.
BISHOP OF HAITI 43
YEARS RESIGNS SEE
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Cape Haiti.—Msgr. Kersuzan,
Bishop of Cape Haiti since 1886,
who tendered his resignation to
the Sovereign Pontiff and the
President of the Republic, be
cause of old age and ill heatlh,
has been named Titular Arch
bishop of Sergiopolis.
Msgr. Jan, formerly Titular
Bishop of Metropolis, has been
appointed Bishop of Cape Haiti.
Harold Mulherin, Augusta,
Heads Chamber Commerce
Augusta, Ga.—J. Harold Mulherin,
one of the most prominent of the
younger business men of this city,
was elected president of the Augusta
Chamber of Commerce at a recent
meeting. Mr. Mulherin, who is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mulherin
and a brother of Rev. William A.
Mulherin, S. J., has long been active
in business and civic affairs in Au
gusta, and his election to head the
Chamber of Commerce is a recog
nition of his previous conspicuous
service toward the progress of the
city.
COL O’LEARY RECOVERS
FROM RECENT INJURIES
(Special to The Bulletin)
Savannah, Ga.—Col. M. J. O’Leary,
K. of C. supervisor for the South,
has so far recovered from his in
juries sustained in his fall from the
rear of a train near Millen, Ga., that
he is able to attend to his duties
again.
Rev. T. J. 'Knox, of the Cathedral,
and Mrs. J. E. Wingo were the
principal speakers at the April meet
ing of the Catholic Women’s club.
Father Knox gave an outline of the
history of the Catholic church. Mr3.
Wingo spoke on birds. A commit
tee headed by Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
president, assisted in the recent Red
Cross campaign. Miss Mabel Boyle
was chairman of a committee which
sponsored a card party April 12.
Our Lady’s Sodality of Cathedral
parish sponsored a boat ride Tues
day of this week, April 23. A pic
nic was held by the sodality re
cently at the Benedictine camp.
The April meeting of the Marist
School P. T. A. was attended by 133
members. The fourth grade won the
prize for greatest attendance of
mothers. The association will give
a card party late in April.
HOLY CROSS BROTHERS
TO HAVE SUMMER CAMP
New Orleans, Lv.—The congrega
tion of Holy Cross, which conducts
Holy Cross college here as well as
Notre Dame university and other
colleges elsewhere, will conduct a
summer home for boys at Holy
Cross villa, Waveland, Miss., forty-
eight miles from New Orleans this
summer. The villa o'pens June 13
and closes September 5. Two hours
of work in gramma* and high school
subjects are offered daily during the
six weeks’ period from June 27 to
Augusta 8. The villa occupies five
spacious buildings on a fifteen acre
tract of high land, and is under the
direction of Brother Vincent, C. S.
C., vice president of Holy Cross col
lege.
Philadelphian Appointed
Bishop of Porto Rican See
Bishop Byrne Promoted from
Ponce to San Juan
Rome.—The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edwin
V. Byrne, Bishop of Ponce, Porto
Rico, has been appointed by Pope
Pius to be Bishop of San Juan, Por
to Rico.
Bishop Byrne, first Bishop of the
Diocese of Ponce, one of the young
est members of the American Hier
archy, was widely accclaimed for
the heroism displayed when Porto
Rico, was visited by a devastating
tornado last year. In his diocese
of Ponce the destruction was partic
ularly heavy and there was untold
suffering among the natives.
Churches and religious establish
ments of all sorts were razed.
Through contribution from the dio
ceses of the United States funds have
been made available to carry on a
rehabilitation program and for sev
eral months Bishop Byrne has been
busily engaged in this work.
A native of Philadelphia, he -was
born August 9, 1891, and attended
parochial school there, entering high
school at the age of 12 years. He
entered the Seminary of St. Charles
Borromeo at the age of 16 and was
ordained by Archbishop Prendergast
on May 22, 1915.
Following his ordination he served
at several parishes in and near
Philadelphia. In September, 1920,
while a curate at Our Lady of Lour
des Church, he left that post to ac
company Bishop McCloskey to the
Philippine Islands, where he served
as secretary to the Bishop in the
Diocese of Jaro, lucer becoming Vic
ar General.
At the age of 33 years he was ap
pointed Bishop of Ponce, a new dio
cese formed from a part of the dio
cese of San Juan to which he now
succeeds.
Women in Industry Topic
of Conference in Detroit
Five Hundred Attend Banquet
Which Closes Meetings
Detroit.—Five hundred persons at
tended the closing banquet of the
Conference of Women and Industry,
held here under the joint auspices of
the Catholic Conference on Indus
trial Problems and the Detroit
League of Catholic Women. The
Rt. Rev. John M. Doyle, Chancellor
of the Diocese, presided.
The speakers at the closing din
ner were Dr. James E. Haggerty,
president of the Catholic Conference
of Industrial Problem, speaking on
Pope Leo’s Encyclocal; the Rev. Dr.
John A. Ryan, Director of the De
partment of Social Action of the N.
C. W. C., speaking on “The Church
and Industry,” and the Very Rev.
J. W. Maguire, C. J. V., president
of St. Viator’s College, Bourbonnis,
111., speaking on “Legislation and
Catholic Social Teaching^’ James
Fitzgerald, of this city, presided.
Women Worker’s Problems.
The dinner closed a series of three
meetings and a sermon at a down
town Church. All of the addresses
were direcsted particularly to con
ditions of womei wage and salary
workers and all sessions were held
in the Activities Building of the
new headquarters of the League of
Catholic Women.
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