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' Member of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference * News Service 'Xjlw Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Associat^n^cOTga "TO BEING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER. FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED The Only Catholic News paper Between B al t i m o re and New Orleans- TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. X., N O. 13. AUGUSTA, GA., JULY 13. 1929 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Archbishop McNicholas Again Heads Crusaders Msgr. Thill Re-appointed Secretary - Treasurer at Washington Convention (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—The sixth gen eral convention of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade closed at the Catholic University of America here June 23, with the conferring of high honors upon members who have distinguished themselves is the movement. The Most Rev. John T. Mc Nicholas, O. P„ Archbishop of Cin cinnati, was unanimously re-elected national president of the Crusade. The Rt. Rev. Francis J. Beckman, Bishop of Lincoln, was unanimous ly re-elected chairman of the na tional executive board of the Cru sade. As his first official act. Bishop Beckman reappointed the Very Rev. Msgr. Frank A. Thill, of Cincinnati, secretary-treasurer of the executive board, and lauded the work done by the various officials at the national headquarters, nam ing especially the Rev. Roger C. Straub, of Cincinnati, assistant secretary-treasurer, and J. Paul Spaeth, director of unit activities. The Grand Cross of the Order of Paladin—the supreme decoration of the Crusade-—was conferred upon the following: The Rev. Walter Nott, Director of the Pointifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of Richmond Va.; the Rev. John F. Knue, Director of the So ciety for the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of Louisville, Ky.; the Rev. A. J. Link, Director of the Society for the Propagation of Faith in the Diocese of Buffalo; Sister Mary Loretto and Sister Mary James of Chicago, 111.; the Rev. Michael J. Ready, Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of Cleve land; the Rev. Bernard Foote, S. J-. of St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.; the Rev. Thomas McCarthy, C. S. Sp., field secretary of the Pittsburgh local conference; Miss Mary Louise Colliflower, president of the Washington local conference, and Miss Margaret Meade, presi dent of the Baltimore local con ference. The rank of Paladin Leader was conferred on Sister Mary Philemon, of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, Md„ and Joseph Johnson, president of the Pittsburgh local conference. The Paladin jewel, conferred as a mark of merit on certain Crusaders at tending the convention, was be stowed on_some 400. Phillip Kirrane, S. S. J., of St. Joseph's Seminary, Baltimore, Md.; Fred Weber, of St. Louis Uni- versitv, St. Louis, Mo., and Frances Taylor, of Sacred Heart Junior College. Louisville. ICy.. were elect ed student members of the execu tive' board. Tit© Rose of the South By Denis A. McCarthy, LL. D. Written for the Southern Club of Boston by Denis A. Mc Carthy, LL.D., one of the earliest friends of the Cathoiic Lay men’s Association of Georgia, for which he has lectured in this state, and read by the author at the annual Rose Dinner of the Southern Club at Boston June 6, 1929: O Rose of the-South! You are blooming today With a beauty triumphant o’er death and decay. You are showing the world that the Southland can rise From the gloom of the past with a smile in her eyes. In the depth of your heart there’s a dew drop deep-hid— ’Tis the thought of the deeds that the Jore-fathers did When they wrested your freedom from those’ who would dare Keep the Rose of the South in the vale of despair. You are blooming today as you bloomed when the blue Of your own southern heaven Hast bent above you, And we hail you, and bless, with a feeling that glows The spirit of Dixie that lives in the Rose! O Rose of the South! There were days when you drooped, When the tempest of wrath on your sunny land swooped, When your friends fell in battle, your name on their lips, And the sun of the Southland went dark in eclipse. But those days are long past, and the sun shines again On a land still renowned for its chivalrous men, On a land that still rings with the song and the mirth Of the fairest and best of the daughters of earth. Of a land that is proud to be back in the fold Where the flag of the nation flies high as of old. And the flower of the Northland in love ever grows Entwined with the sweetness and grace of the Rose. So, here’s to the bonnie bright Rose that has sprung From the sod and the soil which the poets have sung. From the sod that is drenched with the blood of the brave. From the soil that is sacred with many a grave. May the Rose of the South never fade from our sight! May the soul of the South never swerve from the right! May the cause of the South be the cause of the rest—• The cause of the North and the East and the West! The cause of the nation, thrice tried and refined, The cause of the people, the cause of mankind. And if ever we stand face to face with our foes, May we stand with the men from the land of the Rose! GENERAL GOURAUD IS U. S. VETERANS’ GUEST 50,000 Attend Mass at Mexican Shrine Religious Services Resumed After Three Years Amid Universal Rejoicing Prince Ordained Priest and Wife Joins Carmelite Nuns Bishop Howard President Secretary for 29 Years Suc ceeds Bishop Shahan—Dr. Johnson New Secretary (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) TOLEDO. Ohio—The Rt. Rev. Francis W. Howard, bishop of Cov ington, Ky., was elected president general of the National Catholic Educational Association at its 26th annual meeting which closeu here June 27th. He succeeds in office the Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, Rector Emeritus of the Catholic University of America, whose resignation was announced (Continued on Page Five) NEWS BRIEFS Wealthy Europeans Give Up Royal Rank to Devote Lives to Religion (By N. C. W. C. News Service ) MILAN, Italy—Prince Ignatius Paterno Casteilo was ordained to the Catholic priesthood July 1st, becoming Father Ignatius of the Order of the Barnabites. July 9th, he bestowed the veil on Donna An gelina Auteri, his wife, who became Sister Maria of Jesus, a Carmelite nun. A little over four years ago, the Prince and his wife presented themselves at the College of St. Barnabas, annexed to the Church of SS. Paul and Barnabas in Via della Commenda, of this city, ask ing for an audienc& with the Rev. Giovanni Matterelli, the Father Provincial. The Prince and his wife were 45 years of age. They had no children and both were quite wealthy. He sought admis sion to the Order of the Barna bites, and she declared her inten tion of becoming a Carmelite nun- (From N. C. W. C. News Service) QUEBEC.—A procession in which 30,000 persons participated, 600 of them priests, featured the five-day Marian Congress here late in June, the first ever held here. The Papal Delegate to Canada and Nev.'found- land presided at the procession; the Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec pontificated at the Sunday Mass. NEW YORK.—Rev. Anthony J. Hastings, recently ordained at St. Patrick's Cathedral, died before taking up his duties in his first parish; his funeral Mass was sung at St. Jerome’s The Bronx, within three weeks after his ordination. He had been assigned to Mt. Kis- co, N. Y. $1,000,000 CONVENT FIRE IN MONTREAL MONTREAL—The Convent of the Sacred Heart at Sault au Rec- ollet, a suburb of Montreal, struck by lightning the afternoon of June 24, was burned to the ground with a loss of $1,000,000; it was in sured for $200,000. The convent, which dismissed its classes for the summer only a few days before, will be rebuilt. Twenty-two con valescent nuns, 79 other Sisters and 30 girls making a retreat, all escaped unharmed. Catholic Summer School of Amer ica, Rev. Dr. Francis P. Duffy, president, and Bishop Conroy of Ogdensburg, honorary president, opened its 38th session here June 30. The Fordham University-Cath olic Summer School extension courses, with degree credits, open ed July 1. The faculty is the most distinguished the school ever had, including members of the faculties of many leading American and Eu ropean universities. LOWELL, Mass.—James O’Sulli van, 83, a native of Ireland, an active member of the St. Vincent de Paul and Holy Name Societies, and internationally known as a manufacturer of rubber heels, died here late in June. He retired from business twenty years ago. CLIFF HAVEN. N. Y.—The LIUUOR-DERANGED MAN SHOOTS AT PRIEST CHICAGO.—Police here arrested a man who gave h(is name as Charles Foster, after he had shot at Rev. Anselm Keenan, O. S. M., while Father Keenan was celebrat ing Mass; he missed Father Kee nan but wounded Richard Murphy, to whom Father Keenan had just given Communion. The man was unknown to Father Keenan. After the shooting Foster turned the gun on himself, inflicting a slight wound. He blamed poisoned liquor for his act. PARIS.—Abbe Henry Breuil, con sidered the greatest authority on matters of archaeology of the Stone Age, the Jiolder of the Eliot Medal in America and an honorary Doc tor of Letters from Cambridge Uni versity, has been appointed to the faculty of the College of France, the highest institution of superior instruction in France, one which does not grant degrees and open to scholars who have received the highest degrees elsewhere. Another priest, Canon Rousselot, inventor of the photography of sounds, has taught there. The interview at the Barnabite College was the epilogue of a long correspondence with the Holy See, in which the consorts told their purpose to the supreme ecclesiasti cal authorities, and asked that they be allowed to enter the religious life as soon as possible. The Father Provincial was able on this occasion to offer his con gratulations to Prince Paterno, who was assigned to the Barnabite Col lege of Monza, where all aspirants to that rule pass their novitiate. He departed at once. His wife was permitted to witness the simple ceremony of his admittance to the house at Monza and then went herself to the convent of the Car melites at Modena, to become sub ject to the strict seclusion fixed by the rule of that Order. An interesting discussion of can non law followed this action of the Paternos. It was pointed out at that time that it was indispensible that both husband and wife, in such instances, embrace Holy Or ders; that the matrimonial tie is a Sacrament that for Catholics may be dispensed with only in very ex ceptional cases. Undet; the old canonical law, it was further pointed out it was necessary for both to become reli gious, while the newer law, not cojjtent with this, provided that tlie married couple Vnust wait for the Holy See to grant these dis pensations when “it knows there is nothing to fear’’ that one of them may return to secular life. It was necessary for the Paternos explicitly to renounce all their wealth and put it at the disposal of good works. The Bishop of Lodi ordained Father Ignatius. General Henri J. E. Gouraud, a distinguished French com mander in the World War and a devout Catholic, who is a guest of honor of the American Rainbow Division at its i s- union at Baltimore, July 13 to 15. The Rainbow Division served under Genera! Gouraud in France. (i ntef national Newsreel.) Apostolic Delegate Calls on President Presents Him Engraved Copy of Roman Treaty (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—The Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, call ing at the White House, last week presented toPresident Hoover a handsomely bound and engraved copy of the treaty between the Holy See and Italy. The Rev. Dr. John J. Burke, gen eral secretary of the National Welfare Conference, accompanied the Apostolic Delegate to the White House. The Apostolic Delegate conveyed to President Hoover the greetings of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, and paid his own respects. (By N. C. W. C. News Service. MEXICO CITY—After a silence of nearly three years the bells of the Churches of Mexico City rang out June 30th calling the Faithful to the celebration of Holy Mass. Throughout the morning the house of worship were crowded to over flowing. A throng estimated at 50,000 at tended the services at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadaloupe, where Archbishop Pascual Diaz. Primate of Mexico, celebrated Mass. He was assisted by Archbishop Fran cisco Oroszcoy Jiminez, whose first appearance in public after his se clusion in the State of Jalisco brought forth tumuluous applause. Cries of “Long live the hero” and “Long live the man who remained at his post” were heard from the great crowd outside the shrine. While the Catholics of Mexico were holding their celebrations. President Portes Cil received a re quest from the Governor of Vera Cruz, leader of the anti-clerical elements, asking permission to stage a demonstration against the Church at Vera Cruz. The presi dent replied that although it was not within his jurisdiction to de cide such a request, he could not give the desired permission since a policy had been adopted which for bid public demonstrations by either side. ' The Most Rev. Pascual Diaz, newly appointed Primate of All Mexico, announced that other churches will be re-opened a3 quickly as the government sur render processes can be completed and the priests returned to their parishes. Because it is under re pair. the National Cathedral will not be/re-opened for the present. Dispatches from San Luis Potosi, where President Portes Gil is vaca tioning, quote him as saying that he will ont permit public demon strations except those of thanks giving in the churches. The execution of Aristeo Pedroza, reported by the War Department to be a priest, was announced July 6th. He was captured at Arandas, Jalisco, according to War Depart ment dispatches, in a clash with federal tropps. Presentations of plays in local theaters dealing with' the settle ment of the religious controversy and containing slighting references to the government, brought an or der from Dr. Jose Manual Puig, head of the federal district govern ment, prohibiting all plays dealing with religious or political subjects. A statement to the press, made by Dr. Puig, said the plays had caused agitation in certain politi cal groups and had spread mis understanding of the government policy. Particular reference was made to a play called “The Bells are Ringing Again.” Mexican Newspapers Rejoice at Peace Prospects There La Prensa: “Mutual unders end ing, mutual good will, effective patriotism, those are the factors brought into action both on the side of the chief of the nation as on that of the representatives of the Church to attain harmony. “With this accomplished it is now the turn of the Mexican peo ple to appreciate the high action of the government and support it with equally great patriotism. “A broad horizon of prosperity opens to Mexico and it will be the fault of the Mexicans if we do not experience a renaissance in in dustry, commerce and agriculture. And now that a new sun rises and a rainbow of peace spans our his torical heavens. La Prensa con gratulates the Mexican nation.” El Universal: “With the govern ment consolidated upon the bases of material peace and the prestige which the solution of the grave religious conflict undoubtedly gives it, and with the way open for the Church, within the law, tj realize its likewise elevated and worthy mission, it can be said that a new era is beginning for Mexico: a new era of well being, of well earned tranquility, of possible economic—development. There is much to be done and we Mexicans must do it. "Without schisms which divide and weaken the Mexican family wi,h no other problems than those which relate to material re construction we can all in frratenal unity work for the Improvement of the present and security of the fu ture.” Excelsior: “The words of Portes Gil as well as the brief phrases that Archbishop Ruiz and Bishop Diaz have addressed to the Mexi can people erase all injuries and dissipate even the shadow of the slightest rancor. They close in an absolute manner and if we were to give free rein to our optimism we should say also that it is forever; they close a wound that has been bleeding in the heart of the Mexi can people eagerly desirous for peace and concord, anxious to re ceive spiritual balm that would comfort and reanimate. There is now a necessity as never before that tolerance should deepen over our institutions sheltering and cov ering all the inhabitants of this territory and opening the horizons to the iight of hope with the rain bow of the biblical promise. “Blessed be this day in which Providence extends us its hand and shows us a full equivalent that we had believed to be darkened for a long time. “The past with all its misfor tunes has defini.ely gone. Let us not meditate on it. Let us con secrate ourselves to comply with the duties of the present in order to prepare for future recovery. Tol erance and the concord as demon strated by the government should have compensation and that should consist in respect and the con sideration which we have won. The government is the legitimate government of the Republic, that of all Mexicans without distinction of creed or of political opinion and as nothing is so necessary among us as.the conservation of the prin ciple of authority so that order should not be disturbed we sincere ly hold that this government will be able to settle its problems without obstacles or complications '*