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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XI. No. 3.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 1, 1930
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A SEAR
FEBRUARY CATHOLIC PRESS MONTH
RELIGION IN UTAH
SCHOOL ALLEGED
State Official in Reports
Links Mormon Seminaries
and Public Schools
Cardinal Gasparri Retiring
After Distinguished Career
Papal Secretary of State Under Two Popes, He Served
During World War and While Settlement of Roman
Question Was Negotiated Cardinal Pacelli Successor
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.—I. L.
Williamson, State High School In
spector, has submitted to the state
board of education a report in which
he calls into question the constitu
tionality of the maintenance by the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
Day Saints of seminaries, both in and
out of public school buildings, in
Utah, outside of Salt Lake City.
“The time has arrived,” the l'eport
says, “when the whole question of
the relationship of seminaries to the
public schools should receive careful
and thoughtful consideration. It
should be emphatically reiterated
that the problem is purely a consti
tutional, educational and financial
one and does not involve in anyway,
the question of religious beliefs,
which is a personal matter, or the im
portance of religious education.”
“That the spirit, and perhaps the
letter, of the constitution is violated
fay the practice of giving credit in
the public schools for something
which the constitution prohibits
being taught there, and of making
religious education an indirect bur
den on the public taxpayer, is only
the opinion of a layman,” the report
continued. “It is sufficient to raise
the question and suggest the ease
with which .the point might he set
tled by the state judiciary.”
The report has been discussed by
the board, but, go far as is known, no
action has yet been taken.
Inspector Williamson begins his re
port by referring to the work of pre
paring a list of schools adhering to
those standards set up in 1926, and to
which “public high schools were ex
pected to conform in order to parti
cipate in the distribution of the state
high school funds.”
Cardinal Gaspari who w. 1 re
tire as Papal Secretary o. State
soon, will be succeeded by Car
dinal Pacelli. The following ac
counts of the lives of the retir
ing and new Secretaries of State
is furnished The Bulletin by the
Associated Press.
I theology and canon law in the Roman
Seminary of the Apollinare and the
Catholic Institute of France.
Three aspects need to be analyzed
in studying the close relationship of
the seminaries to the public high
schools, the report states. These are
(1) The statutory and constitutional
aspect; (2) the educational aspect; (3)
the financial or economic aspect.
Regarding the first aspect, the in
spector declares that two questions
present themselves: (1) Do the Old
and New Testament courses given in
the seminaries contain sectarian, reli
gious or denominational doctrine?
(2) If so, is it lawful to give credit
in the public schools for courses
which the law prohibits the public
schools to teach?
“A casual glance at examination
questions and students’ notebooks,
together with occasional visits to the
seminary classes, indicates clearly,”
he says, “that while the courses con
tain much that is valuable from the
standpoint of Bible history, they also
contain teachings which, so far as
known, would be accepted by no
other religious body than the one
under whose auspices the seminaries
are conducted.”
“Unquestionably,” he adds, “the
seminary courses are of such a na-
CARDINAL GASPARRI
Having had the signal honor and
heavy responsiiblity of serving as
Secretary of State under two Popes
Benedict XV and Pius XI, and of ad
vising the former during the ordeal
of the World War and assisting the
latter in the delicate negotiations
that led to the Lateran Treaties, His
Eminence Pietro Cardinal Gasparri is
universally recognized as one of the
most capable and distinguished dip
lomats of modern times.
During his fifty-two years in the
priesthood, Cardinal Gasparri also
acquired an enviable reputation as
one of the Church’s most eminent
scholars and as a man of great per
sonal humility and piety. He is an
emipent historian, canonist and the
ologian, having served on the His
torical Commission appointed by Car
dinal Vaughan to investigate the
question of the validity of Anglican
Orders; having been secretary to the
Special Congregation of Cardinals
created by Pope Pius to codify the
Latin canon law, and having taught
Cardinal Gasparri was born in Vis-
so in the diocese of Norcia, Italy,
on May 5, 1852. After 'his ordina
tion he became secretary to Cardinal
Mertel and at the same time he serv
ed as a member of the faculty of the
Roman Seminary. Some years later
at Paris he became professor of canon
law at the Catholic Institute. Here
he lived 18 years in the shadow of
the Chapelle des Cannes. The rec
tor of the Institute Msgr. Baudrillart
during the ceremony attending the
unveiling of a bust of Cardinal Gas
parri last year, recalled how Msgr.
Gasparri had lived these years in
one of the humble cells of the In
stitute, years which he had deigned
to call the best of his life.
“A life of intense labor,” the rec
tor added, “and constant giving of
himself to his pupils and scholars.
‘He Was,’ one of these has written
to me, ‘a professor who was always
amiable, always accessible at any
hour of the day.’
Named Archbishop
“He followed the rule of the com
munity while in this house, an edi
fying example of the priestly life.
His only distraction was the work
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Church Music Order
by Archbishop Hanna
Secular Hymns Banned From
San Francisco Churches
(Continued on Page Eleven)
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SAN FRANCISCO.—The Most Rev.
Edward J. Hanna, Archbishop qf San
Francisco, in a mandate issued on the
eve of his departure for Rome, has
ordered certain changes in the pres
ent practice of church music, in keep
ing with the provisions of the “Moto
Proprio” of Pope Pius X. made on
November 22, 1903.
Banning from use in the wedding
ceremony, secular melodies such as
“O Promise me.” “I Love You Truly”
and "At Dawning.”
Ruling on use of the organ, saying
that the organ “is the only musical
instrument to be used in the church
and should be played according to
the rules of really sacred music. Mu
sic at requiem low Mass must be
limited to the organ.”
Banning, for use in professionals,
preludes, interludes and recessionals
“such selections as ‘Pilgrim’s March’
from Tannhauser; and the aria ‘Med
itation’ from Saint-Saens’ opera
‘Thais.’ ”
His Grace strongly recommends the
introduction of congregational sing
ing at benediction and Lenten serv
ices, at novenas and the like.
C. U. Summer School
Admits Men, Women
Catholic University”'' An
nounces New Policy
BISHOP BECKMAN IS
NAMED ARCHBISHOP
Ordinary of Lincoln, Ne
braska, Succeeds Late
Archbishop Keane
BISHOP McDEViTT IN
APPEAL ID LAITY
Episcopal Chairman of N. C.
W. C. Press Department
Suggests That Catholic
Committees Cooperate
Dollar a Sunday” Founder
Foresees Its Universality
(By N. C. W .C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The Dollar-a-Sun-
day Club movement, begun eleven
years ago, now affects 6,000 of the
12,000 churches in the United States,
and will be universal in another five
years, Frank M. Sullivan, of Seattle,
Wash., its originator, declared today
in an interview here. Mr. Sullivan
was in Washington on his annual tour
of the country, during which he
usually attempts to visit cities where
the Dollar-a-Sunday clubs are func
tioning.
The Dollar-a-Sunday Club is a
loosely knit organization, without
membership blanks or initiation fees,
which has as its sole purpose the
making of the country “dollar con
scious,” Mr. Sullivan said. He de
clared that the movement was be
gun because of the crying need of an
able financial system for the church,
and as a means of eliminating the
begging from the altar which has
been so necessary hi the past.
The organization now numbers be
tween one and two million mem
bers, according to the founder, and
the work of expanding it is going on
constantly. Mr. Sullivan, who is an
official of a Seattle Bank, formerly
was active in copper mining, and
has now retired. He devotes virtual
ly all his time to his hobbies—the
Dollar-a-Sunday Club and golf.
The financier declared that the
movement has already done much to
redeem the “lost dignity of the church
in money affairs.” He said the time
is not far off when it will be possi
ble for a priest in a parish to men
tion finances only once a year: when
he makes a statement on the money
status of the church. “And that
statement,” Mr. Sullivan added, “will !
not be a plea for added funds, but i
a jubilant report.
“More important than the material
benefit of the club is the spiritual
effect. In the first place, the man
who gave a dollar a Sunday gets a
bigger kick out of his money than
by buying anything a dollar can buy,
in this day. Secondly, the priest is
relieved of worrying about money,
and is able to devote his full men
tality to the spiritual needs of his
parishioners. The dollar to the do
nor is not a large sum of money; the
dollars from all the parishioners,
however, form the backbone of the
individual church's existence.”
An emergency situation created the
Dollar-a-Sunday Club, according to
Mr. Sullivan. He returned from
France in 1919, he said, after having
served abroad with the Red Cross,
to find his old parish in Seatttle in a
deplorable financial condition. The
church had a debt on it of $150,COO.
and was unable to pay even the in
terest on the debt. Mr. Sullivan, ask
ed for advice by the pastor, suggest
ed the Dollar-a-Sunday plan, with
the result that in six years the total
debt had bee • wiped out.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service) (
WASHINGTON. — With the an
nouncement that the summer ses
sions at the Catholic University of
America will begin this year on June
28 and continue until August 8, it is
revealed that for the first time since
its inception, the summer school will
be open to men, as well /is women,
both religious and lay, and that they
will be admitted for either graduate
or undergraduate work.
Altogether, the announcement
states, 121 courses are to be offered
in the graduate and undergraduate
departments. Graduate courses will
be offered in Education, Social Ser
vice, Philosophy, Psychology, Math
ematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Library Science, English, Latin.
Greek, French, Spanish, History and
Music.
Dr. Roy J. Deferrari, Professor of
Latin and Associate Professor of
Greek, is to be director of the Sum
mer School. The advisory commit
tee consists of Dr. John B. Parker,
Professor of Biology; the Rev. Dr.
James M. Campbell. Associate Pro
fessor of Latin and Greek; the Rev.
James A. Geary, Instructor in Com
parative Philosophy; the Rev. Fran
cis P. Cassidy, Instructor in Educa
tion; and Miss Margaret Cotter, reg
istrar.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
ROME—The Rt. Rev. Francis J. L.
Beckman, Bishop of Lincoln, Ne
braska, has been promoted to be
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, it was
announced here today. Bishop Beck
man succeeds the Most Rev. James
John Keane, who died last August.
The Rt. Rev. Francis J. L. Beckman
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October
25,_ 1875. He was ordained to the
priesthood by the Most Rev. Wil
liam Henry Elder. Archbishop of
Cincinnati, June 20, 1902, and was
consecrated Bishop of Lincoln by
the Most Rev. Henry Moeller. Arch
bishop of Cincinnati, May I. 1924.
Bishop Beckman studied for the
priesthood at Mt. St. Gregory Prep
aratory Seminary and at Mt. St.
Mary’s Seminary. His first appoint
ment as a priest was as assistant pas
tor of St. Paul's Church, Cincinnati.
Shortly after this appointment. Fath
er Beckman was sent abroad to make
advanced studies at Louvain and at
the Gregorian College in Rome,
where he received the degree Doc
tor of Sacrtsd Theology.
On his return to the United States,
Father Beckman was made Professor
of Philosophy at Mt. St. Mary’s
Seminary, a position he occupied un
til 1912, when, upon the resignation
of the Rev. Joseph A. Shee, he be
came Rector of the Seminary. Dur
ing Father Beckman’s administration,
the Seminary enjoyed a remarkable
WASHINGTON—February hav
ing been designated as Cathcl'c
Press Month by His Holiness Pope
Pius XI, the Rt. Rev. Philip R.
McDewitt, Bishop of Harris ,urg.
Episcopal Chairman of the Press
Department of the National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference, makes
an appeal to the Catholic people
of the United States for better
support of their religious press
and offers a definite suggestion as
to the form this suppoit should
take.
TEXT OF BISHOP MDEVI1TS
LETTER
The full text of Bishop McDevitt’s
appeal is as follows:
The printed word affects profound
ly the world’s life. It manifests its
greatest power in the daily news
paper. In the Catholic newspaper it
renders service to religion and moral
ity and aids the Church in carrying
out the commission to preach the
Gospel of Christ.
The zeal and energy of the Catholic
Press is using the printed word are
evidenced by the more than one hun
dred Catholic papers in the United
States, with the number of readers
estimated at 5,000,000. Many of these
Catholic paj irs have an honored
place among the influential papbrs of
the country, in everything that char
acterizes high-class publications.
In order that our better Catholic
papers may widen their fielc. of serv
ice, and that other Catholic papers,
less successful, may grow stronger,
certain requirements are imperative.
First, the Catholic Press must have
the suport of the Hierarchy. The
necessity of this co-operation is
obvious not only for the Catholic
Press but for every activity that con
cerns the spiritual interests of Ca
tholics. The Hierarchy of America,
knowing the importance of the Ca
tholic Press, has given to the Catholic
papers not simply words of sympathy
and encouragement, but, through the
News Service of the National Catho
lic Welfare Conference, actual and
material assistance. The readiness
and promptness with which this aid
has been extended during the past
ten years is an assured pledge of
the continued interest of the
Hierarchy.
The second element toward the
success of the Catholic Press rests
with cur Catholic papers themselves.
The sources of power and develop
ment of any enterprise come primar
ily from those who guide its destinies.
Unless editors and publishers visual
ize the possibilities of the Catholic
Press and use the opportunities to
strengthen Catholic papers and make
them acceptable to Catholic readers,
external influences and helps will
be of little avail in making a success
ful paper.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Finally, in the fulfillment of its
purpose and mission, a Catholic paper
(Ccntinued on Page Eleven)
To St. Augustine
Readers
This issue of The Bulletin is
the St. Augustine number, and
contains special news features
as well as advertising from the
Ancient City. Our readers in
St. Augustine arc urged to
patronize the advertisers who
made this issue possible. A
special invitation is also ex
tended to Catholics in St. Au
gustine to subscribe to The
Bulletin, the only Catholic
newspaper in the . Southeast,
and honored by the endorse
ment of the Rt. Rev. Bishop ol
St. Augustine, Rt. Rev. Patrick
Barry, D. D„ whose approval,
dating back to the time of Iris
consecration, has always been
a source of encouragement to
it. The Bulletin wishes also to
thank the clergy, religions and
laity of St. Augustine for their
cooperation in the publication
of tlris number.
Mexican State Warring on
Church, Defies Government
(By Special Correspondence. N. C. [
W. C. News Service.)
MEXICO CITY—Matters have i
taken a decidedly bad turn for the •
Church in the State of Tabasco, with
looting and destruction of churches
occurring directly under the eyes
of officials, and interference with
public worship a widespread evil.
The occurrences followed closely
upon a massacre committed in San
Carlos by soldiers acting under of
ficial instruction. The fury of these
men, apparently, has been incited
against the Church by unscrupulous
authorities, and their energies are
being directed against Cathoiics gen
erally throughout the state. A cor
respondent, ..writing from the place,
reports that “life for Catholics now
is impossible.”
Among the several complaints that
have been received by the Arch
bishop of Mexico City and the Apos
tolic Administrator of the Diocese
of Tabasco, is the charge that statues,
altars and other sacred objects have
been stripped from churches and j
demolished.
The blame for the persecution is
laid upon the shoulders of Tomas
Garrido Canabal, Governor of
Tabasco, and Ausencio Cruz, regard
ed as the power behind the throne.’’
Canabal, it is saiW. is inspired by a
violent hatred for all things Catholic,
and, in his defiance of the terms of
the State-Church agreement, is sup
ported by Cruz.
The general situation is admirably
summed up in a story appearing in
the January 13th edition of Omega,
one cf the Tabasco papers. The
story charges Cruz and Garrido
Canabal with a “barbarism impos
sible to be qualified” and continues
to cite the various cases that have
resulted in protest from Catholics.
The Cathedral Esquipulas. at Vil-
lahermosa. the story states, has been
looted and partially destroyed by the
fanatical bigots. The Cathedral, an
old one, was stripped of priceless
jewels and relics, and the organ was
removed.
This devastation, the story con
tinues, has affected churches in other
towns, principally Jouta, Jalapa and
Atasta.
The federal government is doing
everything in its power, it is said
here, to aid the Bishop of Tabasco
and restore order to the State. This
effort is meeting with difficulty,
however, because Tabasco as a state
never has accepted the agreement
tween Church and Government for
mally. The situation, however, i*
net considered hopeless, and it is be*
lieved order will be restored shortly.