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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 (Continued from Page One) (Continued from Page One) 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 (Continued from Page One) 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. 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