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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 21, 1929
Pope Blesses Connie
Mack for His Charity
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
PHILADELPHIA. — Cornelius Mc-
Gillicuddy—Connie Mack to the base
ball world—is the recipient of the
Papal Blessing for himself and his
family for a kindness he showed
seminarians at the North American
University, in Rome.
Students at the university, talking
with some visitors to Rome last
summer, remarked that they would
like to play more baseball, but were
hampered by the lack of bats and
balls. One of the visitors suggested
that they write Connie Mack and
ask him for the equipment; this was
done and as a result the seminarians
received seven dozen American
League baseballs and twenty-five
regulation bats.
To show their appreciation, the stu
dents obtained the Blessing for the
manager of the world champion Ath
letics, which was delivered to him last
week.
BAZAAR AX MACON
(Special to The Bulletin.)
MACON. Ga.—The ladies of St.
Joseph’s Church sponsored an at
tractive Christmas bazaar which
started December 7th and lasted
through December 14th. The pro
ceeds of the bazaar will be devoted
to St. Joseph’s School.
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/’■'NN the evening of January 16, 1881, nine Catholic men of New
'—'Haven, Connecticut, pushed back their chair; from the supper
table, buttoned up their coat collars and walked to he parish house
of St. Mary’s Church, there to discuss with Reverend Father Michael
f. McGivney, the young curate of the parish, plans for the formation
of a fraternal organization which Catholic men could join without
jnscientious diffinilty. Father McGivney had observed the attraction which
oath-bound societies held for the men of his parish and realized tha: there was
need for a Catholic organization which would combine the attractions of fraternal
benefits, selected membership and secret initiation and vet be not oath-bound and
inly secret upon - op- ; 'e o c rp’n ' •
1 or many hours cney uiscussea p.ans .or such a fraternity and when the nine men
sgain stepped out into the frosty night, the ground work for the organization
which was to become the Knights of Columbus, had been laid. Other meet ngs
ollowed and at the third, the name of the Order was adopted. Petition for a chatter
w as speedily made and on March 19, 1881, the Knights of Columbus became the
first national fraternal organization to be incorporated in Connecticut. Applica
tions immediately poured in from all parts of New Haven but the founders, exer
cising the conservatism which has been the Order's unfailing safeguard since the
beginning, proceeded very cautiously with the work of completing organization
of the Order. It was decided that a ceremonial should be written in three sections
or degrees and these three degrees are the basis of the current first three degrees It
was further decided that only Catholic and American allusions should be used in
ihe ritual. The work of completing the constitution required several months of
esearch and its publication was postponed until the society found sufficient funds
or this purpose :n 788?, > *
On May ib, ibbz exact.y lour months after the first meeting, the election of the
first Supreme Council was held. Immediately following the creation of the Supreme
Council, which was to be the authoritative body of the Order, there was held the
election of the first subordinate council, named then, and still named San Salvador,
No. 1, of New Haven. On June 15, the constitution was unanimously adopted but
it was not until July 7,1883, that the ritual of the Order was completed and Father
McGivney, with the other Supreme Officers, laid it before Bishop McMahon. It
met with his whole-hearted approval and with this stamp of the Church’s favor
on it, the Order was ready to take its place with the leading orders of the nation.
— Next Week —
GROWTH OF THE ORDER
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K. of C. NOTES
(Special to The Bulletin-
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The members of
Savannah Council attended Solemn
Vespers at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist on the Feast of the Im
maculate Conception, the members of
the Fourth Degree appearing in
regalia. Rev. T. James McNamara,
faithful friar of the Assembly, and
Rev. Fr. Stanislaus, O. S. B., chap
lain of the Council, officiated; the
sermon was delivered by Rev. John
J. Kennedy. Previous to the vespers
the newly elected officers of the
assembly, headed by F. A. Leutwyler,
faithful navigator, were installed,
State Deputy N. A. Stafford conduct
ing the installation at the request of
A. A. Baumstark, master of the fourth
degree of De Soto Province.
cial events. A dance sponsored by
the Council and an entertainment
by the Assembly are scheduled for
the holidays. The Council is also
sponsoring a Christmas tree celebra
tion.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-The local
Knights of Columbus presented a
splendid charity show of twenty-one
acts at the Temple Theatre Decem
ber 11 for the benefits of its Christ
mas fund for the orphans. The
program was one of the most am
bitious of its kind ever presented by
a local fraternal organization.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Patrick Walsh
Council. Knights of Columbus, of
which Dr. John E. Marriott is grand
knight, is arranging for its annual
dinner dance at the Bon Air-Vander-
bilt early in January. John T. Buck-
ley. lecturer, is chairman of the gen
eral committee. The Council is very
active these days, with largely at
tended meetings and numerous so-
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
N. T. STAFFORD, Savannah, State Deputy.
COLEMAN DEMPSEY, Augusta, Past State Deputy.
V/. A. SAUNDERS. Savannah, State Secretary.
FRANK GILLESPIE. Atlanta, State Treasurer.
AUGUSTIN DALEY, Macon, State Advocate.
<’. J. FECHTEL, Waycross, State Warden.
ATLANTA COUNCIL
No. 660
John J. Bradley, Gland Knight
111! Rosedale Drive, N. E.
J. 1. Oberst, Financial Secretary.
T431 Beecher Street, S. W.
Charles R. Cannon, Recorder
1?(V* Peachtree. N. E.
Mect‘ : Every Monday, 8 p. m„ at
jeei Peachtree, N. E.
Patrick YValsh Council
No, G77
DR. JOHN E. MARRIOTT
Grand Knightr
R. S. Heslin, Financial Secretary. •
New Club Home—Handball—
Showers—Radio.
Visiting Brothers Welcome.
1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga.
SAVANNAH COUNCIL
No. 631
J. J. McManus, Grand Knight.
J. B. McDonald
Financial Secretary.
A. R. Winkers. R. S.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday. 8 P. M.
3 West Liberty Street
Savannah, Ga.
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Macon Council, No. 925
Julius E. Loh, Grand Knight.
M. J. Carroll, Jr.. Financial
Secretary.
Meets the First and
Third Tuesday, 8 p. m.
at Knights of Columbus
Hall
Mulberry St., Macon, Ga.
Bishon Gross Council
Henry Thomas Ross
No. 1019
Council, No. 1939
LOUIS C. IvUNZE
JAMES M. JONES
Grand Knight.
Grand Knight.
G. CECIL JONES
JAS. J. SPANO
Financial Secretary.
Financial Secretary.
JOS. P. O’BRIEN, Jr.
Meets First and Third Wednes-
Recording Secretary.
day 8:00 P. M., Columbus Hail,
Meets Second and Fourth
18 Twelfth Street
Tuesdays at Knights of
Columbus Hall.
COLUMBUS, GA.
BRUNSWICK, GA.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Atlanta Council
received Holy Communion in a body
at the eight o’clock Mass December
8 at St. Anthony’s Church, Rev. H.
A. Clark, pastor. A Communion
Breakfast followed the Communion.
The Council under the leadership
of Grand Knight John J. Bradley is
sponsoring a most active program, in
cluding weekly meetings. Dr. Thomas
Kane, M. D., delivered the first of
the series of educational talks at the
December 9 meeting. The December
23 meeting is scheduled as a “Musical
Surprise Meeting”; the Children’s
Party will be December 29 and the
Council Members’ Christmas Party
the day following. The K. of C.
Luncheon is held every Thursday at
12:30 at the Blue Room of .the Ans-
Iev.
ATLANTA, Ga. — A committee
from Atlanta Council composed of
Richard A. Magill, chairman, Frank
■Gillespie, M. T. Bothe and Dr. Louis
P. Kane, is raising its annual fund
for the Christmas tree for the orphans I
at St. Joseph’s, Washington, Ga.
A Learned Protestant
on the Middle Ages
Usually when some Protestant
speakers have occasion to refer to the
Middle Ages they characterize them
as the “Dark Ages,” says the St.
Joseph,' Mo., Tribune. The purpose
of this reference, of course, is to cast
a slur on Catholicism by imputing
that the period in which the Popes
were the rulers of the civilized world
was a period of unenlightment. Be
cause of this quite general practice,
it is a pleasure to quote from the ad
dress of a learned Protestant, Everett
Dean Martin, in which, speaking at
The People’s Institute in New York
City, he took quite a different view.
Mr. Martin said, in part:
“I am not a Catholic at all, but
there is one thing about the Catholic
Church that has always tremendous
ly interested me. If you were to say
to the Catholic Church in the Middle
Ages, “Show me your works; tell me
why you exist,’ it wouldn’t have said,
We put sewers down the main
streets,’ or ‘we have bathrooms in
every workingman’s home,’ or ‘We
have lifted the multitude a millionth
of an inch in a thousand years.’ It
would have said, ’Look at our Saints.’
One Saint in an age can make the
whole life of that age qualitatively
different. In other words, one Saint
is’ enough to ‘redeem’ a whole age of
“ en.
“When everyone ‘goes in’ for wis
dom in the way men once went in
for glory of war or pious sainthood,
I believe that for the first time in
Here is one spokesman who sees
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