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OCTOBER 19, 1929
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Famous Anglican Minister
Recalls His Shrinking From
Paining Those He Loves by
Taking Conscientious Step
SAVANNAH MARRIAGES
Noted Minister TellsJWhy
He Entered Catholic Church
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BY GEORGE BARNARD
(London Correspondent, N. C. W. C:
News Service.)
L O N D O N—The reasons which
prompted the Rev. Vernon Cecil
Johnson, popularly known as Father
Vernon, one of Anglicanism’s most
”amous preachers, to join the Church,
re. given by him in a book “One
rd. One Faith,” which is to be pub
lished here on October 15th.
By the courtesy of the publishers,
SheecT and Ward, I am able to quote
from the preface some striking pas
sages which explain in Mr Vernon
Johnson’s own words how he arrived
at his momentous decision—a decision
which caused a sensation in Church
circles here. *■
Mr. Johnson says: “It will be seen
that the supreme reason, behind all
others, was that I could not resist
the claim of the Catholic Church to
be the one True Church founded by
Our Lord Jesus Christ to guard and
teach the truth to all men till the
end of time.
■ “She alone claims to be infallibly
-guided by the Holy Spirit in her
teaching; she alone possesses the
authority and unity necessary for
such a Divine Vocation; and she
alone, in the apacy, gives any
effective and working meaning to the
position of St. Peter in Scripture.
“It was tne positive fact of the Ca
tholic Church from which I could
not escape.
“Thus the state. of the Church of
England was a very secondary diffi
culty and only served to confirm my
growing belief in the Catholic
Church . . .
“I first met with the Catholic
Church as a living reality at
Lisieux in 1925. Readers may won
der why it was that it was so long
before I took the final step.
“The answer is that I am just a
very ordinary Englishman; and, as
such, I had within me, bred in my
very bones, all the dread and fear
and suspicion of Rome, and the dis
trust of what I considered ecclesias
tical intrigue and Italian government
—the latent hostility which I had in
herited as part of the usual English
education and tradition—all this I
had to a quite extraordinary degree.
“Thoroughly insular, I had never
been abroad till 1925. And. so far as
I can remember, till then I had only
spoken twice to a Catholic priest,
and then both times only casually.
I had never been to a Catholic
service, and had only occasionally
looked in at Catholic churches.
BURKE-MANUCY
Rev. Raphael Adams of New York,
an pride of the groom, assisted! by
Rev. T. J. Knox, officiated at the
marriage of Miss Lucille Gonzaga
Burke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Burke, and James Edward
Manucy, Jr., solemnized at the
Savannah Cathedral with a Nuptial
Mass. Miss Ellen Burke was her sis
ter’s maid of honor and Miss Rose
mary Burke and Miss Nell Fitzgerald
were bridesmaids. Mr. Manucy’s fa
ther 'was his best man, Val Seyden,
Jr., and David Fitzgerald grooms
men and Marvin. O’Neal, Jr., and
Joseph Harmon ushers. After the
wedding reception Mr. and Mrs.
Manucy left on a wedding trip by
automobile; they will live in Savan
nah.
SOLTERIE-MeCARTHY
Rev. Fr. Joseph, O. S. B., officiated
at the marriage of Miss Nadina Sol-
terie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D.
Solterie, to Charles Harold McCar
thy, solemnized at Sacred Heart
Church with a Nuptial Mass. Father
Joseph was assisted by Rev. Fr. Al-
oysius, O. S. B., of Sacred Heart
Paris and Rev. T. James McNamara
of the Cathedral. The bride was giv
en in marriage by her father; her
sister, Mrs. William H. Morgan, was
matron of honor, Miss Myrtle Young
of Charleston and Miss Mary Mc
Carthy bridesmaids, James Brugge-
mann best man, John Bremer and
Joseph Sheehan groomsmen and Ar
thur Kearne and William McKay
ushers. After the reception Mr. and
Mrs. McCarthy left on a wedding
trip to Florida; they will live in
Savannah.
Many Entertainment
Features at Savannah
Knights of Columbus and
Catholic Women’s Club
Plan Events. Belmont-
Benedictine Game Saturday
AMSTERDAM—Sir Ruys de Beer-
enbrouck, prime minister, and three
members of the newly formed cabi
net of Holland are Catholics, in
cluding the minister of waterways,
minster of defense and minister of
labor.
Among the entertainment features
planned for the delegates and visitors
to the Catholic Laymen’s Association
convention in Savannah a week from
Sunday are a luncheon at the De
Soto Hotel Sunday, at which the Sa
vannah branch will be host, a recep
tion at the Catholic Club after the
meeting, sponsored by the Catholic
Club Saturday evening from nine to
twelve, at which Savannah Council
of the Knights of Columbus will be
host, and other features.
Saturday afternoon at three o’clock
Benedictine College’s football team
will meet Belmont College of North
Carolina in one of the great games
of the season for each team. The De
Soto Hotel will be headquarters for
the convention and the morning, ses
sion will'be held there; the after
noon session will be held at Benedic
tine Hall to accommodate the larger
audience which will greet Admiral
Benson. The local committees have
arranged to transport the visitors
from the hotel to Benedictine Hall.
CEMETERY FOR VATICAN
NEW CONCERN IN ROME
ROME.—A matter of importance
in affairs of the Vatican State is pro
vision of a cemetery, either on land
belonging to one of the many Orders
in Rome, or on a tract to Ija-acquired.
There is no available land within
Vatican City. Two other plans sug
gested are to ask the Italian govern
ment to set aside sufficient land for
the purpose, and to seek a portion of
Verano cemetery for the purpose.
ST. PAUL BUILDING GUIDE
HOUSE
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
ST. PAUL—The three-story addi
tion to the Catholic Guild House
here, which will serve as a home for
Catholic young women of St. Paul
and the Northwest, will be dedicated
within four months, Mrs. John
Meagher, chairman of the building
committee, announced at a meeting.
An additional $5,000 is needed to com
plete the structure. Contributions
totaling $35,000 already Lave been
made toward it.
SISTERS OF CHARITY
AID STARVING CHINESE
Georgia Railroad Bank
AUGUSTA, GA.
Established 1833
Total Resources Over $13,000,000
PEKING. — Fides-N. C. W. C.) —
An instance of the true Chuistian
spirit displayed by nuns in China is
shown in \ the action of Sisters of
Charity at Paotingfu, a Chihli city
on the route to Manchuria.
The Sisters meet each train bear
ing the thousands of emigrants flee
ing to Manchuria because of famine
in their own province, and ration out
to every person aboard two morsels
of Chinese bread. In addition, they
administer to the sick and baptize
the infants, many of whom are at
the point of death from starvation.
“It takes warm water and soap to get a fellow
clean.”—Recent Novel.
PLENTY OF HOT WATER
Instantly Wheri You Use
A GAS WATER HEATER
The Gas Light Co. of Augusta
"I say all this because people gen
erally, and Catholics spec'ally, do
not seem to realize ' u'terly s
arated from one another Catholicsm
and Anglo-Cathlocism arc; .
“It was not till I began to realize
that Rome’ might possibly be right
that I began to relaize also how
deep set in my own subconscious
self was this distrust of ‘Rome.’
"Thus, even after things I'-.rme in
tellectually fairly clear, it was all
something outside me. I was still
bcund in the bonds of ■—■ and
fear.
“From the. other side, another rea
son which held me back was the
overwelming shrinking from taking
a course which must give pain to
countless souls whom I loved so
dearly. Also I was convinced that I
ought not to lay down a ministry
which had been so greatly blessed
so long as there was anv possibility
of being able to go on .
“To those who have always been
Catholics the argument of this book
will seem absurdly simple . . . But
they are within, they know the
Church and it is their home.
“To the soul outside, groping to
wards the light, it is just leaving
home and countless dearlv loved
scenes ( and faces and deliberately
stepping into exile: it is an act of
apparent place of exile is its
home . . .
“It has been my experience of
those souls who have taken a sim
ilar step that it is not an ear 7 action,
taken in a moment of emotion, hut
a path of very great suffering, taken
almpst entirely in the dark, only il
lumined by the certainty which comes
by faith."
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Schonhardt, Pastor. Masses, Rev. James A. Kane, Pastor.
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6:30. Daily 7.
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Cronin, .S'. J., Pastor. Masses. —Rev. Alfred Laube, S. M. A.,
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days, 6:30, 7:30. 9:30.
MURPHY
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BOOKS, STATIONERY,
KODAKS AND FILMS
Expert Developing
812 Broad Street -
Augusta, Ga.
F.DELBLUT FURNITURE CO.
Complete House Furnishings and Antiques
319 and 321 JACKSON STREET
PHONE 227 AUGUSTA. GA.
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GODIN SPECTACLE CO.
956 Broad St. 956
Augusta, Ga.
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NOTED BRITISH CATHOLIC
DIES SUDDENLY AT GOLF
(By N. C. VV. C. News Service)
LONDON — While playing golf at
his country house at Littlestone.
Kent., Sir John Gatti, chairman of
the London County Council 1827-28.
collapsed and died. He was 57 years
of ace. Of Swiss parentage, the late
Sir John was educated by the Jesuits
at. Stony hurst and then went to
Oxford. At the age of 22 he quali
fied as a barrister but he did not
follow law. 'Eighteen years ago h<^
was mayor <4 Westminster.
He was proorietor with his broth
er of the Adelphi and Vaudeville
theaters here and had been presi
dent of the society of west and the
ater managers. He also was identi
fied with several commercial under
takings. v
HARPER BROS.
Art Store
426 Eighth St. Phone 730
\ AUGUSTA. GA.
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The Quality Store
Complete House.
Furnishings
708-710-712 Broadway
Augusta, Ga.
MR. MARION A. O'CONNOR
Announces to his friends and customers
that he has acquired an interest in the
ST EL LI N G SHOE COMPANY
' Augusta, Ga.
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STULB’S
Restaurant'
Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
Opposite the Monument
Specializing in Sea Foods
of all kinds.
W. J. Heffernan,
C. P. Bvne, Proprietors.
Boiler Flues, Shafts,
Pulleys, Hangers, Belt
ing, Packing, Lacing,
Pumps, Injectors.
BOILERS
Tank and Stack, Pipe,
Mill Supplies for Mills
and Public Works: Low
Prices.
Cotton, Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Fertilizer, .Mill Machinery, Supplies and
„ Repairs and Castings
Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply Store
Augusta^ Ga.
Capacity 200 Hands. Three*Hundred Thousand Feet Floor Space