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8 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FEBRUARY 1. 1930 CARDINAL HAYES IS BACK IN NEW YORK! Returns From “Ad Limina” j Visit to Rome (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK. Jan. 21.—His Emi nence. Patrick Cardinal Hayes. Arch bishop of New York, returned home January 21 from his “Ad Limina" visit to Rome and a Mediterranean ! cruise. It was. he said, “the long est time I have ever been away- from home," and he was delighted to be back. He plunged immediately into the duties of his office as Archbishop of New York. Declaring, in an interview, that he was “deeply interested” in the en cyclical on education of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, Cardinal Hayes said he did not know of this latest letter of the Holy Fatner until he reached Quarantine. “Even then,” he added, "when I was.asked my opinion of it I thought my interrogators were re ferring to two of the last encyclicals, copies of which the Holy Father gave me himself when I was privileged to have an audience with him.” Cardinal Hayes told his interview ers he was not prepared to say any thing as to the text of the encyclical, because he had not seen it. “I will say however.” he continued, “that the supreme court of the United States, in the Oregon school case, a few years ago. decided as to the right of the parent to educate the child. ... It is a matter of ‘in loco par ents. in the place of parents. Noth ing can take away from the parents the right to educate the child. Tttfe Church is only calling attention to that fact. “The point in regard to the en cyclicals is that they are addressed to the whole worlo—at least to the whole Catholic world. And the Holy Father simply states to his own peo ple this fundamental principle. “After all this is an old thing. We believe that the Catholic child should go to a Catholic school.” Asked his opinion of the five-power naval conference in London. His Eminence said: "I feel from what I have seen that the average man throughout the world is in favor of universal peace and that the last resort should be war—and then only a defensive war. We Catholics pray for peace in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass every day in the year. The Holy Father has written much about peace.” Cardinal Hayes was in Rome when Pope Pius XI left the Vatican to acle- brate Mass in the Church of St. John Lateran. He was in San Remo at the time of the wedding of Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, Florida Priests Increase Nearly 20 Per Cent in Year Number of Parishes With Resident Priests Grows Nearly One-Third in Period The splendid progress being made by the Church in the Diocese of St. Augustine under the leadership of Bishop Barry is indicated by the fact that from 1928 to 1929. in a period of widespread economie depression which did not spare Florida, the num ber of secular priests increased from forty-four to fifty-two, arid the num ber of priests of religious orders from thirty-four to forty-one; the number of priests, therefore increased from seventy-eight to ninety-three in one year. In the same short period the number of parishes with resident priests increased from thirty-four to forty-nine. The Catholic population of the state, 51,014, was substantially the same for both years. The Dio cese of St. Augustine. 46.959, includes all of Florida east of the Apalachicola River. Trie figures are from the offi cial Catholic Directory. There are 18it women in religion in tne Diocese, including novices ana postulants. Twenty parishes have parochial schools; the number of schools is twenty-seven. There are two homes for orphans and two hos pitals in the Diocese. The Jesuit Fathers conduct a school at Tampa, and have parishes there and at West Palm Beach, Key West and Miami. The Benedictine Fathers have an abbey and school, at St. Leo, Pasco County, and labor also at New Port Richey, St. Joseph and San An tonio. The Josephite Fathers are at Jacksonville and St. Augustine, the Redemptorist Fathers at New Smyrna, and the Saiesian Fathers at Ybor City, West Tampa and the Italian Missions. Orders of women in the Diocese include the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Coral Gables, Fernandina, Loretto, Miami, Orlando, Elkton, South Jacksonville and Ybor City; the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul at Jacksonville; the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary at Key West and Tampa; Sisters of St. Do minic at Miami Beach, Fort Lauder dale, Fort Pierce and West Palm Beach; Sisters of St. Benedict at St. Leo, and Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity at Tampa. Savannah Auxiliary, A.O.H., Plans Dinner Will Observe Feast of St. Brigid February 4th (Special ot The Bulletin) SAVANNAH. Ga. — The Ladies’ Auxiliary A. O. H.. held an unusually large and enthusiastic meetirig on Tuesday evening, January 7, at the Catholic Club. Plans for the annual banquet in honor of its patron saint, St. Brigid, were discussed. The ban quet will be held on Tuesday eve ning, February 4, at the Hotel Sa vannah. Mrs. J. J. Clancy is chair man of arrangements with Mrs. Claudia Gannon, Mrs. T. J. Dowling, Mrs. F. H. Oliver. Mrs. Jennie Mur phy, Mrs. James B. McDonald. Mrs. J. H. Heagerty, Miss None Doolin, Mrs. Thomas J. Davis, Mrs. J. J- Fitzpatrick and Mrs. J. J. McGould- rick assisting her. A large card party was held Tuesday afternoon and eve ning, January 21 at the Marist School with Mrs. F. Hermans Oliver in charge with a committee helping her. One of the most interesting features of the meeting was the announcement by President Gannon that a degree team is to s be formed to carry out the ritualistic work of the order. The I team will be formed at an early date ! and it is expected that by' the early I fall everything will be ready to con fer the degrees on a very large class. It has been many years since this ritual work has been done, and it is a very beautiful, instructive cere mony carrying with it an impressive ness which is edifying. The obligation of the order was given to Mrs. A. D. Bergen and Mrs. Jane Murden. Mrs. Charles Farrell and Miss Mary Gannon were receiv ed for membership and several for mer members were reinstated to membership. We award an attend ance prize at each meeting and Mrs. Mary F. Graham was the fortunate member this month. The officers of the division who were elected at the December meet ing were installed by county presi dent, Mrs. T. J. Dowling. After the installation a social hour was greatly enjoyed during which refreshments were served by Mrs. Wm. F. Benet and Mrs. Joseph W. Mehrtens. Mrs. Mary F. Graham contributed largely to the enjoyment of the members by rendering a very delightful musical program. VERY REV. DR. JAMES NUNAN, VICAR-GENERAL Very Rev. Janies Nunan, D. D., rector of the Cathedral of St. Augustine and vicar-general of the Diocese, is an alumnus of Mungret College in Ireland, the Alma Mater of Archbishop Cur ley. Bishop Barry. Bishop Turner and numerous other distinguish ed American priests and prelates, He is one of the most widely known priests in the Southeast, and respected especially for his scholarsliip. PRIEST IN OKLAHOMA STARTS RADIO LECTURES (By N. C. W. C. News Service) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—A new series on the Church was begun here tonight with the_broadcast of “Cath- o’ic Radiofacts,” by the Rev. John J. Walde, pastor of the Corpus Christi Church and one of the pioneer users of the radio for disseminating truth. The topic was: “Will Baptism Save Us?” There will be siv lectures ‘in the series to be given Wednesday eve nings over Station KFJF. Lectures to follow and their i~ates are* “Was Christ Mere Man?” January 29; “Why Catholics Venerate Mary,” February 5; “Is Youth Irreligious?” February 12; “How Old Are the Churches?” February 19; “The" One True Church,” February 26.£ i POPE HONORS HEAD OF TEACHING ORDER Receives Mother General of Religious o.f Christian Edu cation in Private Audience ASHEVILLE, N. C. — On Friday. December twenty-seventh, His Holi ness, Pope Pius XI, received in spec ial audience Reverend Mother De chaille, Superior General of the Con gregation of the Religious of Chris- ian Education. The Mother House ol the Congregation is in Tournai, Bel gium, and among its branch houses is St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines, in Asheville, N. C. During the interview His Holiness expressed'his deep grat itude for t ie Spiritual Bouquet of fered by this Congregation on the occasion of His Golden Jubilee. He inquired about the members and works of the Congregation, relative to which especially consoling and encouraging were his words: "En trusted to you is the most precious treasure that could be entrusted to any one—Christian Education!” In uttering these words did His Holiness perhaps have in mind the subject of one of his future encyclicals? — or | is it a mere coincidence that one of I his future encyclicals issued a few ! weeks later is on “Christian Educa tion?” His Holiness bestowed on Reverend Mother Dechaille and on all the members of the Congregation a very special blessing. During her stay in the Eternal City Reverend Mother Dechaille visited His Eminence, Cardinal Lepicier. Protector of the Congregation of the Religious ot Christian Education.. His Eminence, who had spent some year ' in America, showed great interest in the works of the Congregation in the different countries, and particul- larly happy was he to learn of the apostolic la'oors of the Sisters of Christian Education in the South land. While in Rome, Reverend Mother Dechaille had the great honor and happiness of assisting at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered at St. Peter’s by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, in His Golden Jubilee; of being present at the magnificent ceremo ny of the Beatification of the 136 English Martyrs; and of attending the ceremony of the Beatification of the Scotch Jesuit, Father Jean Ogil- vie. The main purpose of Reverend Mother Dechaille’s visit to Rome was to deposit ‘ with the Sacred Congre gation of Rites, as she had been delegated, the account of the pro ceedings relative to the introduction of the cause of the Holy Founder of the Congregation of the Religious of Christian Education, Father Louis- Marin LaFosse. Ill llllllllllllill lilil In St. Augustine Where History Began on the American Continent— Where Grim Fortress and Palatial Hotel Contrast the Past and the Present— Where Florida Sunshine Brings Health and Happiness— Where Welcome Visitors From the Lands of Snow and Sleet Find Rest and Recrea- 1 tion Beneath the Blue Skies— {There Stand Ready to Serve, in Any Financial Capacity The Banks of St. Augustine