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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. X., NO. 12
AUGUSTA, GA., JUNE 29, 1929
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
Mexican Religious Peace Basis Reached
Catholic School Pupil Wins
National Flag Essay Contest
News Briefs
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. Louis, Mo.—Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John J. Tannrath, rector of the
Cathedral here and chancellor of
the diocese, died here June 18 of
cancer in his 66th year. His lather
was a steamboat captain on the
Mississippi and a Federal officer
in the War Between the States.
Monsignor Tannrath and his en
tire family were converts.
Conducted Neptiations
LONDON.—Rev. Mother Angela,
born in 1847 of Protestant par
ents. converted to Catholicity in
] 865, and for 64 years a religious,
61 of them in the missions of In
dian, died early in June in Poona,
India.
PUBLICATION
FOR NUNS
COLLEGEVILLE. Minn— The
monks of St. John's Abbey are
planning a publication for Sisters,
the first issue to appear in Sep
tember. It will be known as
“Sponsa Regis.” “Spouses of the
King.” The monks already pub-
' lish the liturgical review here.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade
is in session in Washington; a
thousand delegates are registered
from all parts of the country.
CHINESE BANDITS
PUNISHED
HANKOW, China.—Six Chinese
bandits who participated in the as
sassination of three American mis
sionaries in Hunan provnce several
weeks ago have been killed or cap
tured. the American consulate has
been advised. The slain mission
aries were Rev. Godfrey Holbein,
Baltimore; Rev. Clement Seibold,
Dunkirk, N. Y„ and Rev. Walter
Coveyou. Petoskey, Mich., all Pas- i
sionist Fathers.
ALBANY. N. Y.—The expansion
of The Evangelist, diocesan paper
here, under the editorial direction
of Rev. John‘O'Connor, has led to
the appointment by Bishop Gib
bons of Rev. William T. Taaffe.
of Troy, as assistant editor.
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Addressing
15.000 people in the congregation
and a vast radio audience. Rt. Rev.
William Turner, D. D„ Bishop of
Buffalo, at a solemn Pontifical High
Mass at Goat Island. Niagara
Falls, in memory of Father Louis
(Continued on Page Ten)
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz
y Flores, Apostolic Delegate to
Mexico and leader of the
Mexican Bishops, is shown
above as he was about to enter
the National Capital in Mexico
for a conference with President
Portes Gil; these conferences
led to the signing of the religi
ous peace pact, thereby termi
nating, it is hoped, the situation
which the Archbishop's ap
pearance in civilian dress well
illustrates.
Newspaper Apologizes for
False Statements on Foch
Boston Post Expresses Re
gret for Publishing Inter
view Revealed as Fake
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
NEW YORK—An expression of
regret has been published by the
Boston Post for publication in
that newspaper of an article pur
porting to have contained an inter
view with a “close friend of the
late Marshal Foch” in which an at
tempt was made to cast doubt
upon the Catholic beliefs of the
great war leader.
The retraction on the part of the
newspaper followed investigation
by “America”, a Catholic review of
the week published in New l^rk.
The Post article, signed by one
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Springhillian to Be
Ordained at Woodstock
(Special to The Bulletin.)
MOBILE,' Ala.—Among the Jesuits
who will be ordained at Woqdstock
College, Md., this week is Rev. Henry
Allain St. Paul, S.J., a native of New
Orleans, and a member of the faculty
here from 1922 to 1926. Mr. St. Paul
was educated by the Jesuits at Jesuit
High School and Loyola University.
New Orleans, entered the Jesuit Novi
tiate at Macon August 14, 1915, and
made his philosophical studies at Mt.
St. Michael’s College, near Spokane,
Wash., and his theological studies at
Woodstock.
Commencement News From Few of
Many American Catholic Colleges
(From N. C. W. C. News Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—More than 450
received degrees at the 111th an
nual commencement exercises of
St. Louis University here early in
June.
WORCESTER, Mass. —Holy
Cross College conferred degrees on
245 at its 75th annual commence
ment exercises. The honorary de
gree of Doctor of Laws was con
ferred on Edward V. Killeen, K. S.
(J.. Brooklyn, and James M. Kier-
nan. president of Hunter College
of Columbia University, and the
degree of Doctor of Literature on
Rev. Francis P. Donnelly, S. J.
widely known author.
BROOKLYN, N. Y—St. John’s
College here conferred degrees on
a class of more than 700 June 12.
Hon. William C. Redfield, secre
tary of commerce in President
Wilson's cabinet, the commence
ment speaker, and Senator Robert
Wagner were awarded honorary
degrees of Doctor of Laws.
BALTIMORE, Md—Loyola Col
lege here conferred the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws on Gov
ernor Albert C. Ritchie, of Mary
land at the commencement exer
cises here.
NEW YORK, N. Y—Cardinal
Hayes and former Governor Smith
v ere speakers at the commence
ment exercises at Manhattan Col
lege here. A son of Governor Smith
was among those receiving the de
gree of Bachelor of Arts in course.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Fordham
University conferred the degree of
Doctor of Laws on Governor Frank-
Syracuse Boy First at
Washington. Four of Eight
Finalists Were Pupils From
Catholic Schools
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
WASHINGTON—Robert L. Sul
livan, a pupil ot Cathedral Catholic
High School, Syracuse, N. Y., won
the championship in the boy's divi
sion o( the First Annual Nation-
Wide Flag Contest of the United
States Flag Association, sponsored
by the Hearst newspapers, in the
final competition held on the East
steps of the United States capitol
here June 14th.
Mary S. McGomgal. a pupil of the
Willard School, Troy. N. Y., won
the championship in the girls’ divi
sion.
Robert Sullivan, by virtue of this
victory, becomes Boy National Flag
Champion, and Mary McGonigai,
Girl National Flag Champion. Merle
M. Clarke, of Sauit Ste, Marie
Senior High School. Sauit Ste.
Marie, Mich., and Alma Groves of
Byromville, Ga„ who won second
place in their respective divisions,
become Boy and Girl National Flag
Escort. The four victors will be
taken on a trip around the world,
beginning June 28, from San Fran
cisco.
The judges of the June 14th
"finals” were: For the boys—Sena
tor Pat Harrison, of Mississippi;
William L. Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend
ent of Public Schools in the District
of Columbia. For the girls, Rep
resentative Ruth Bryan Owen, Miss
Jessie Dell, of the United States
Civil Service Commission, and Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, in charge of
the dramatic and pageantry de
partment of the District of Co
lumbia a public schools.
Four of the eight- finalists, se
lected from among the 36 regional
champions, are Catholic school pu
pils.
The Catholid school pupils among
the regional champions are:
Joseph Connors of St. John's
Parochial School, Pittston, Pa.,
representing the Second Region;
Robert L. Sullivan of Cathedral
High School, Syracuse, N. Y-, rep
resenting the Fourth Region; Ed
ward Callahan, of Aquinas Insti
tute .Rochester, N. Y„ representing
the Fifth Region; Thomas P. Der-
dock of St. Joseph’s Orphanage,
Pittsburgh, Pa., representing the
Eighth Region, and Piker A. Ospi-
tal of St. Mary’s High School,
Stockton, Calif., representing the
Sixteenth Region.
Catherine Higgins of St. John’s
School, Watertown, Mass., repre
senting the First Region: Mary C.
Varnhorn of St. Catherine’s Normal
Institute, Balfimore, Md., repre
senting the Sixth Region; Elaine E.
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BISHOP DENNY SCORES
DR. CANNON’S POLITICS
Bishops and Clergy Return
Churches Will Be Reopened
Government to Register No Priests Except Those Ap
proved by Bishops—Religious Teaching of Young Per
mitted in Churches, But S till Barred From Schools,
Private as Well as Public—Rights of Citizens to Pe
tition for Change Recognized
MEXICO CITY—Religious peace again is to reign in Mexico. The
exiled bishops and clergy are to return and the churches are to be re
opened. This was assured the afternoon of June 21 when there was
made public here the terms of a i agreement reached between Archi -
bishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, and Pro
visional President Emilio Portes Gil.
The announcement of the sign ing of the peace pact was made
after two meetings June 21 between President Portes Gil and Arch
bishop Ruiz and Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco. Following a con
ference earlier in the afternoon, the President again met with Arch
bishop Ruiz and Bishop Diaz at 4 p. m. to affix their signatures
to the accord. It was more than an hour later when statements pre
pared for the press were distributed and publication restricted until
the following morning. The release to the press included signed
statements of the President and the Apostolic Delegate.
Ambassador Morrow Among Those
Who Were Active in Settlement
The terms of the agreement are
said to be in all essential particu
lars, the terms of an accord reach
ed by former President Calles and
the Rev. Dr. John J. Burke, Gener
al Secretary of Hie National Catho
lic Welfare Conference at a- meet
ing at San Juan Ulua in April,
1928, but not ratified.
In the negotiations which have
been held -here during the last sev
eral days between President Portes
Gil and Archbishop Ruiz, there
were several who played important
roles though they were not changed
with the responsibility of the prin
cipals. Chief among these was
United States Ambassador Dwight
W. Morrow, who, when it seemed
that the negotiations between the
representatives of the Church and
the Mexican Government had
reached an impasse, employed his
good offices to re-establish amica
ble relations.
Others whose efforts assisted in
bringing about a solution of the
problem were the Rev. Dr. Edmund
A. Walsh, S. J., vice-president of
the Georgetown University, Wash
ington, D. C\, who came to Mexico
about six weeks ago with the au
thority of the Vatican and assisted
in solidifying sentiment within the
ranks of the representatives of the
Church; Senor Miguel Cruchaga
Tocorn'al, former Chilean Ambassa
dor in Washington, who cooperated
with Dr. Walsh, and Bishop Diaz,
who assisted Archbishop Ruiz and
attended the conferences with
President Portes Gil.
On making public the announce
ment of- the restoration of religious
peace in Mexico, signed statements
were given out by President Portes
Gil and Archbishop Rui~" embracing
the terms of the agreement. That
of the President said:
sations took place as a result of
the public statement made by
Archbishop Ruiz y Flores on May
2 and the statement made by me
on May 8th.
“Archbishop Ruiz y Flores and
Bishop Diaz informed me that the
Mexican bishops have felt that the
constitution and the laws, particu
larly the provision which requires
the registration of ministers and
the provision which grants the
separate states the right to deter
mine the maximum number of
ministers, threaten the identity of
the church by giving the state the
control of its spiritual offices.
“They assure me that the Mexi
can bishops are animated by a sin
cere patriotism and that they de
sire to resume public worship if
this can be done consistently with
their loyalty to the Mexican Re
public and their consciences. They
stated that it could be done if the
church could enjoy freedom within
the law to live and exercise its
spiritual offices.
“I have had conversations with
Archbishop Ruiz y Flores and Bis
hop Pascual Diaz. These conver-
“I am glad to take advantage of
this opportunity to declare publicly
and very clearly that it is not the
purpose of the constitution, nor of
the laws, nor of th,e Government of
the Republic to destroy the identity
of the Catholic Church or of any
other, or to interfere in any way
with its spiritual functions. In
accordance with the oath of office
which I took when I assumed the
provisional government of Mexico
to observe and cause to be observ
ed the constitution of the Republic
and the laws derived therefrom,
my purpose has been at all times
to fulfill honestly that oath and
to see that the laws are applied
without favor to any sect and with
out any bias whatever, my admin
istration being disposed to hear
from any person, be he a dignitary
of some church or merely a private
(Continued on Page Eleven)
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Methodist Bishop Sees
Danger to His Church in
Political Activities
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
RICHMOND. Va. — Ultimate di
vision of the Methodist division of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South unless political activities of
churchmen cease was predicted by
Bishop Collins Denny, June 20.
Bishop Denny was speaking in
opposition to sending to President
Hoover a resolution which had been
offered by Bishop James Cannon,
Jr., dry leader and political cru
sader of the church. Bishop Can
non’s resolution was incorporated
as an amendment to a conference
report on temperance and social
service.
A violent session was precipitat
ed by the discussion of political ac
tivity of the church, and the presid
ing elder was obliged to make fre
quent rulings as to who had the
floor. Bishop Denny charged that
Bishop Cannon, in his speech June
19 had neglected to mention that
the resolution had not been unani
mously approved by the Methodist
College of Bishons. Both he and
Bishop Warren A. Candler of At
lanta, Bishop Denny said, had dis
sented.
“I feel very deeply about this,”
Bishop Denny said. “I do not think
it is within the sphere of the
church to do such things. I fear
that it means the ultimate divi
sion of the Methodist Church, for
many will refuse to be dragged, as
a church, into politics.”
Father Burke Recalls Efforts
Leading to Mexican Settlement
(Bv N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The Most Rev.
Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States and
formerly the Apostolic Delegate, to
Mexico, on June 22 issued the fol
lowing statement on the agreement
for the settlement of the religious
problem in Mexico:
“Needless to say, I am most grat
ified to hear of the solution of the
religious conflict in Mexico. A con
tinuation of the mutual good-will
and cooperation which have effect
ed the settlement will mean an era
of peace and prosperity for the
Mexican nation.” '
The Rev. Dr. John J. Burke,
General Secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, issued
the following statement:
“The work of adjusting the re
ligious situation in Mexico rested
mainly with the Most Reverend
Fumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, and until
a month ago Apostolic Delegate to
Mexico. Under his leadership and
guidance negotiations began as
early as February, 1927, with ex-
President Calles. As general sec
retary of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, I went to Mex
ico twice to interview ex-President
Calles—the latter time accompa
nied by Archbishop Ruiz. These
were the first effective steps toward
a settlement. When Archbishop
Ruiz was appointed Apostolic Dele
gate to Mexico, he assumed com
plete charge and to him must be
a
credited the settlement
nounced in the press.
“When the Bishops of Mexico de
cided to suspend public worship,
they did so because of the interpre
tation given to the law of regis
tration for priests made the life of
the church impossible. The present
adjustment does not by any n eaus
give that liberty to the church
to which she is by every right en
titled: nevertheless. it doc i ac
knowledge the corporate right of
the church and the authority of the
bishop of the diocese. The bish
ops, therefore, may return with
dignity and the right of tlie church
to exercise its spiritual functions,
is recognized. The adjustment, in
the words of Archbishop Ruiz, is
the opening of an era of mutual
good will and respect in which
all Mexicans will labor in com
mon for the welfare of their father-
land. Our own government here,
and our Ambassador to Mexico/
gnve every assistance which their
office would permit , and every
courtesy that might rightly be ex
tended to us as citizens in help
ing our fellow Catholics in Mexico.
“Under the leadership of the
Mexican hierarchy, which lia3
shown loyalty to church and to
country, patience and self-sacri
fice throughout this long trial, the
Mexican people face a future
wherein the nation will be more
united than ever and its long-es
tablished religious traditions sbfne
with even greater glory.”