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JANUARY 18, 1980
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Citizenship Subject
of Governor Smith
Pope Pius at Jubilee Mass
In Radio Talk Over WLWL
He Deplores Prevalent
Lack of Interest in Civics
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of his constituency is a strong In
centive to the average legislator to
follow the wishes of his party leaders
because the silence of the represent
ed group is a clear indication to the
legislator that they are not interested
and that any way he votes is satis
factory to them.
“Active participation in what Is
going on involves the reading of
newspapers, reading books on govern
ment, keeping oneself informed as to
what is happening in Congress, in the
States Legislature and in the local
government bodies. . . .
“When they deal with a business
corporation, people usually take the
trouble to find the individual at the
head of the department of that busi
ness in charge of the particular mat
ter that affects them. When they
think they have business with the
government they begin at the wrong
end. They start to ask for what they
want from the head of the govern
ment and entirely overlook the re
sponsibilities they themselves carry
and the work which they have en
trusted to the various branches of
the government.
“It is very strange to find after
long experience with the government
of a state, that countless thousands
of people believe that there is noth
ing more to government than the
Mayor, the Governor, or the Presi
dent of the U. S. himself. Ours is a
government of laws and not of men.
The executive can do only what he is
empowered to do by law. The same
applies to all officials. People in
terested in a government reform
write to the governor or to the Mayor
or the President about it although he
may have previously expressed him
self in favor of it. But they do not
seem to think of writing to the con
gressman or the senator or the as-
sesemblyman who has the first say
as to whether or not the law is to
be eriacted. . . .
"Here we have hundreds of thou
sands of people employing a man to
represent them. They make the se
lection themselves, pay him a salary
and do not know who he is and do
not even know where he lives. I
anticipate that this will be answered
by the cynic who will say that we
have a system of party government
an4 the Republican has confidence in
choosing a Republican to follow the
policies of his party just as the
Democrat expects his representative
to receive party guidance. That may
be" perfectly right as to strictly poli
tical questions but how many ques
tions that arise in the government of
a state have any political signifl-
Biskop Lillis Ends
25 Years as Prelate
Kansas City Ordinary Hon
ored. Priest 44 Years
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — With an
archbishop, three bishops, an abbot,
virtually all of his priests, and a large
number of the Sister's of the diocese,
as well as about 1,500 friends among
the laity, present to offer their pray
ers and felicitations, the Rt. Rev.
Thomas P. Lillis, Bishop of Kansas
City, this morning observed his silver
jubilee as a Bishop by celebrating
Solemn Pontifical Mass in his Cathe
dral here.
All the bishops and priests were
present the night before at a banquet
in the bishop’s honor which was de
clared by many to have been the
most elaborate ever given in Kan
sas City.
Archbishop John J. Glennon of St.
Louis, who had been a friend and as
sociate of Bishop Lillis since the two
were young priests in the Kansas City
diocese, and who was the consecrat
ing prelate at the ceremony 25 years
ago, preached the sermon at the
jubilee Mass. He spoke chiefly of his
long association with Bishop Lillies
and in praise of the jubilarian.
The other bishops present were
Bishop Francis T. Tief. of Concordia,
Bishop August J. Schwertner of
Wichita, and Bishop Francis Gilfillan
of St. Joseph. Abbot Philip Ruggle,
O. S. B., of Conception abbey, Mo ,
also was in the sanctuary.
The ceremony served to bring to
gether the three bishops, all former
priests of the Kansas City diocese,
who were consecrated to the episco
pacy in the Kansas City cathedral.
Chinese Bishops to
Visit United States
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SAN FRANCISCO. — Two Chinese
priests, recently consecrated Bishops
by the Holy See. will be the guests
of the Marykoll Fathers in San Fran
cisco next month, on their return
from Rome to China.
The Rev. James G. Keller, M. M..
has announced that he had received
word of the visit of the two Bishops,
the Rt. Rev. Ouarng Cien and the Rt,
Rev. Francis Wang. Bishop Quarng
is the first Vicar Apostolic of Shun-
hing and Bishop Wang the first Vicar
Apostolic of Wanshein.
ment His Holiness proceeded with His
Mass. On his throne in the apse he
read the prayers of preparation with
all the care of a young levite about
to celebrate for the first time and
when at the foot cf the papal altar
he began the “Introibo ad altare
Dei” there was a tremor in his voice
that bespoke his emotion. Fifty years
ago in this same sanctuary on this
same morning there had been emo
tion also, the emotion. of one who
puts his foot upon the 1 .-eshold to
enter; today it was one who has been
led up dizzy undreamed of heights.
As he tranquilly began his Mass,
His Holiness must have found the
thought flashing through his mind,
“What have fifty years brought
forth!” What indeed! They have made
him the vicar of Jesus Christ on
Earth.
At the end, choir, canons and
seminarians joined in a Te Deum and
then mounted the steps of the throne.
each to salute the jubilarian. Mean
while white robed * sisters of the
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary pre
pared a collation in one of the lower
rooms of the museum which, it is to
be remembered, adjoins the cathe
dral. This quickly finished, His Holi
ness mounted the stairs to begin an
examination of this work of years,
his work, the Lateran Missionary-
Ethnological Museum. On his shoul
ders he carried his great red mantle,
on his head his red hat with beneath
the white buchetta peeping out be
hind.
There are some twenty-five halls
and galleries in this new museum,
some very large. His Holiness visit
ed every one and when he had com
pleted them went then to the ma
gazines and to the sales room. He
passed nothing and missed no de
tail. Characteristic of the man, he
was sparing of praise but what he
said he meant and when, repeatedly
an expression of surprise, of pleas
ure, of laudation escaped him, it
rang true.
NINE COMPANIONS OF
MISSIONARY MARTYRED
Priest 20 Years in China Ex
perienced Trying Times
ICHANG, Hupeh China.—(N. C. W.
C., Fides.)—Father Angelo Timmers,
veteran of Ichang vicariate, who cele
brated his golden jubilee as a religi
ous October 6 was a contemporary
of the murder of nine brother priests
during his forty years in China. The
venerable missionary recalls vividly
the Boxer Uprising of 1900 and the
fall of the Empire. When he arrived
in the vicariate of Ichang there were
but 3,500 Catholics, while today the
number exceeds 35,000.
Ichang, where Bishop Jans and three
priests were recently murdered, has
seen a bloody history for the past 30
years. Latest reports announce new
terrors with a civil war commencing
and the foreign residents fleeing for
their lives. The Franciscans are in
charge of the territory.
HOLY FATHER SENDS HIS
BLESSING TO K. OF C.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—An apos
tolic benediction for all Knights of
Columbus is contained in a cable
gram received by Supreme Knight
Martin H. Carmody from Cardi
nal Gasparri, Secretary of State
for the Vatican.
The message reads in part: “The
Holy Father appreciates the as
surance of devotion and loyalty
expressed by the Knights of Co
lumbus and their greetings on the
occasion of his sacerdotal jubilee.
He returns thanks and cordially
imparts apostolic benediction on
them and their good work.”
The cable was in answer to one
from Supreme Knight Carmody in
Which he. in behalf of all members
of the Order, extended felicita
tions to Pope Pius XI on his com
pletion of fifty years in the
priesthood, and on the many con
solations that have come to His
Holiness during the Jubilee Year.
Character Urged as
An^dote for Crime
Archbishop Cflrley Declares
Its Development More Ef
fective Than Laws
CARDINAL O’CONNELL IN
HIS FIRST RADIO TALK
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and prisons, and appealing to poli
tics and power for the solution to
the crime problem, never will suc
ceed, he asserted. “We must appeal
to the hearts of the people. If we
manifest more of the spirit that
touched we could dispense with
many laws.
“Presidential commissions are not
going to solve the problem of the
hour unless to their round-table
discussions they bring the spirit of
the lowly Carpenter.”
The problems for which this solu
tion was advocated the archbishop
listed as corruption in high places,
disregard for law, disobedience to
the home, disregard for the life and
property of our neighbors, and a
careless attitude toward vice, espe
cially in the young.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BOSTON, Mass.—For the first time
in his long career, Cardinal O'Con
nell, senior American Cardinal, spoke
over the radio here, when he stood
before the microphone at Station
WNAC New Year’s Eve and delivered
a greeting. The Cardinal was intro
duced by John Shepard, 3d, who has
| given the use of the station to the
Catholic Truth Hour for one hour a
week. Mr. Shepard said, in introduc
ing the speaker, that his remarks
would be of interest to Catholics, Pro
testants and Jew? alike. Preceding
Cardinal O'Connell’s talk, the station
orchestra played “The Hymn to the
Holy Name” a composition by the
Cardinal.
“Although we have more power,
wealth and prestige,” the speaker
declared, “and more people in our
schools than any other nation, in
spite of all this and all our officers
of the law, laws and prisons, we
have more criminals than any other
nation under the sun.”
Immorality. Archbishop Curley
continued, has wrecked more na
tions than have enemies. The preva
lence of divorce and remarriage he
cited as proof of the immorality now
rampant in the country.
Another proof of the moral decline
of the world cited by the Archbishop
was the beliefs of Clemenceau.
“Clemenceau lived out his 80 years,”
he said, “deriding the idea of the
existence of God and scoffing at
the Freedom of man. When death’s
messenger approached the old Tiger
worked to give the world two
volumes of his philosophical ravings,
the gist of which is that we live and
die like animals.”
Father Talbot, who is literary edi
tor of America, placed the responsi
bility for the literary tastes of the
ELK OFFICIAL DIES
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEWARK, N. J.-Richard P. Roo
ney. former president of the New
Jersey State Elks Association, who
died here recently, was buried from
Good Counsel Church recently.
He was a member of the board of
trustees of the grand lodge, B. P. O.
E.
nation squarely upon the individual,
in the first of a series of four lec
tures on current literature in
America.
The method of suppression by leg
islation, he asserted, is wrong. Or
ganizations like the Watch and Ward
Society of Boston, and the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, he said,
do more harm than good. “There
is no force or legislation that can
suppress an evil literature.” said
Father Talbot. “We cannot legislate
against these books when people
demand them. When there is a de
mand there will always be publish
ers to publish them and booksellers
to sell them.”
The speaker classed all books in
two general groups—the good book
which is a permanent addition to
literature, without being of the “Sun
day school” type, and the volume
appealing to depraved appetites. Re
garding the latter he said, “When
we analyze such books we find sin
in all its forms—sin which is excused
and made into a virtue.”
Augusta Business Directory
H. J. Markwalter
—DEALERS IN—
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IMPORTED SAUSAGE
Foreign and Domestic Cheese of
All Nations.
Telephone 1094 1001 Broad St.
AUGUSTA, GA.
R. H. Land F. J. Bodeker
LAND DRUG CO.
Cor. Broad and Marbury
Streets
AUGUSTA, GA.
W. A. HERMAN, Prop.
PHONE 9455.
1280 BROAD ST.
Augusta Georgia
McDonald & Co.
GROCERIES
The Right Store With the Right
Prices.
1130 Broad St. Phone 1183
Augusta, Ga.
Ed Sheehan Leo F. Cotte •
JOHN J. MILLER & CO.
and
HOME FOLKS
Cigars Soda Lunch
Augusta, Ga.
—CHURCH DIRECTORY—
ST. PATRICK'S — Rev. H. A. ST. MARY’S-ON - THE - HILL —
Schoiihardt. Pastor. Masses, Rev. James A. Kane, Pastor.
Sundays, 7, 9. IX. Week-days, Masses, Sunday, 6:39,8,10:30. Daily
G:30. 7.
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Cronin, S. J., Pastor. Masses, A CONCEPTION
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HARPER BROS.
Art Store
426 Eighth St. Phone 730
AUGUSTA, GA.
Bailie Furniture
Company
The Quality Store
Complete House
Furnishings
708-710-712 Broadway
Augusta, Ga.
Sundays, 6:30. S, 10:30. Week
days, 6:30, 7:30.
Rev. Alfred Laube. S. M. A., Pas
tor. Masses, Sundays, 7, S:30.
PHONE 227
EDELBLUT FURNITURE CO.
Complete House Furnishings and Antiques
319 and 321 JACKSON STREET
AUGUSTA, GA.
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956 Broad St. 956
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WHITNEY-McNEILL
ELECTRIC CO.
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL
Let Us Light Your Home With
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720 Broad Augusta, Ga.
Telephone 1316
Signs and Outdoor
Advertising
MILLIGAN
Advertising Service
Augusta, Ga.
MR. MARION A. O’CONNOR
Announces to his friends and customers
that he has acquired an interest in the
STELLING SHOE COMPANY
Augusta, Ga.
And will appreciate their continued patronage.
MURPHY
STATIONERY CO.
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
KODAKS AND FILMS
Expert Developing
812 Broad Street
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. Byne, Proprietors.
Boiler Flues, Shafts,
Pulleys, Hangers, Belt
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BOILERS
Tank and Stack, Pipe,
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