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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XI, NO. 19.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 11, 1930
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—52.00 A YEAR
Extension Society
Lauded by Pope
Seven Cardinals and Over
One Hundred Bishops Ccm-
jnend It on Silver Jubilee
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO, 111.—His Holiness Pope
Pius XI, seven Cardinals, three-Apos
tolic Delegates, 12 Archbishops and
more than 100 members of the Amer
ican hierarchy have extended con
gratulations to the Catholis Church
Extension Society, which observes its
twenty-fifth anniversary October 18.
The October issue, or Silver Jubilee
number of Extension Magazine, organ
of the Society, is an edition of one-
half million copies of more than 200
pages each, and contains a complete
record of the disbursements of the
Society to the various missionary dio
ceses of the United States and its de
pendencies. Every Missionary Prov
ince of the United States and its de
pendencies is represented in the Sil
ver J.ubilee edition by letters from
Us Archbishop or Bishop.
As told in figures, the appeal of the
Extension Society to the clergy and
laity of the country is described as
unparalleled in the history of the
Home Missions of any country in
the world. The record of the years is
given as follows:
1905— $1,934.60
1906 34,080.79
1907 41,338.93
1903 75.481.64
1909 121.809.16
1910 176,395.20
1911 307.967.15
1912 268,984.13
1913 282,879.87
1914 265,531.08
1915 335,899.58
1916 343,921.30
1917 384,316.97
1918 465.360.53
1920 575.561.18
1921 480.537.73
1922 485,654.34
1923 721,422.01
1924 757.750.46
1925 878,084.00
1926 1,066.912.59
1927 1.147.299.04
1928 1,396.610.24
1929 1,662,605.26
The Catholic Church Extension 'So
ciety was founded in 1905 by the late
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago and
Father Francis C. Kelley, of Lapeer,
Mich., now the Rt. Rev. Bishop of
Oklahoma, and has for its purpose
the assisting of home missions of the
United States and its dependencies.
The first meeting was held in the
Home of the late Archbishop Quig
ley in Chicago on October 18. 1905,
and was attended by Archbishop
Bourgade, Santa Fe Archbishop Quig
ley, Chicago; Bishop Hennessy, Wich
ita; Bishop Muldoon, then Auxiliary
Bishop of Chicago; Father Kelley,
Father Van Antwerp, of Michigan;
Father Roche, of Nebraska; Father
O’Reilly, of Missouri; Father Graham,
Of Michigan; Father Duffy, of South
Carolina; Father O’Brien, of Michi
gan; Father Jennings, of Ohio; Joseph
A. Roe. of Michigan; W. P. Breen, of
Indiana; A. A. Hirst, of Pennsyl
vania; M. A. Fanning, of Ohio; Simon
A. Baldus. of Ohio. Of these bishops,
priests and laymen, as far as is known,
the following survive: Mr. Baldus,
Mr. Roe. Bishop Kelley, Father Gra
ham, Mr. Fanning, Father Jennings
and Fat'.er O'Reilly.
Father Kelley immediately started
Extension Magazine to tell the Cath
olic people of the country the story
of the Home Missions. Mr. Baldus,
one of the original founders of the
Society, was named managing editor
of the magazine, in which position he
has remained ever since, acknowledg
ed among the Catholic editorial fra-
temitj' as one of the leaders of his
profession.
O-
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I W. L. IGOE • 1
| Elected President of the National |
| Conference of Catholic Charities.
Ford Presents Car
to Anton Lang
JIanufacturer Deeply Im
pressed at Obferammergau
(By N. C, W. C. News Service)
OBERAMMERGAU. — Henry Ford
and Mrs. Ford were among the ca
pacity audience that attended on
September 28 the last performance
Of the Passion Play here for this
season. When the curtain had been
rung down, the automobile magnate
told Anton Lang, the former
“Christus,” and prologuist of the
play this season, that both he and
Mrs. Ford were deeply impressed
.With the performance.
Mr. Ford particularly praised the
high artistic quality of the presenta
tion and promised that he and his
Wife would return to Oberammergau,
which both thought a charming vil
lage. The manufacturer climaxed his
.Visit here by offering Herr Lang the
choice of an automobile which he
might select at Munich,
Figures on the attendance at the
Passion Play this year discloses that
the 80 performances drew 383,000 visi
tors, of whom 50,000 were Americans.
W. L. Igoe Catholic
Charities President
St. Louis Layman, Former
Member of Congress, Elect
ed at Annual Conference
56 Bishops, Thousands of Priests Attend
National Eucharistic Congress at Omaha
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
WASHINGTON—'William L. Igoe, of
St. Louis, Mo., prominent Catholic
layman and former member of Con
gress, was elected president of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities at the closing • session of its
sixteenth annual meeting here Octo
ber 2nd.
Mr. Igoe succeeds Thomas F. Farrell
of New York, the first lay president
of the Conference, who served for
two years. Mr. Farrell was elected
treasurer, an office he held before
serving as president.
The conference voted to meet in
Indianapolis, Ind., in 1931, and chose
Omaha, Neb., as the scene of its 1932
meeting. \
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
Other officers elected were as fol
lows:
Vice-presidents, the Rt. Rev. Msgr.,
F. H. Gavisk, of Indianapolis, the Rev.
M. J. „udge of Hartford, Conn., the
Rev. Hubert C. LeBlond of Cleveland,
John J. Nelligan of Baltimore, and
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. George T. Walsh
of Houston, Texas; secretary, the Rev.
Dr. John O’Grady of Washington, D.
C.; Assistant Secretaries, the Rev.
Francis Mellen of Washington, D. C.,
and Miss Alice Padgett of Washing
ton. D. C.
The following were elected new
members of the executive committee;
Frank Bruce of Milwaukee, Mrs.
Leon C. Fink of Detroit, the Rev.
Thomas J. O’Dwyer of Los Angeles,
the Rev. Thomas R. Reynolds of Bos
ton, the Very Rev. Msgr. R. M.
Wagner ,of Cincinnati, and the Very
Rev. Peter M. H. Wynhoven of New
Orleans.
Among resolutions adopted at the
closing session of the meeting were
those joining “with our Holy Father,
Pope Piux XI, in supplication to Al
mighty God for the relief of those in
Russia who are oppressed because of
their religious belief” and praying
“that religious liberty may soon pre
vail in that country”; expressing “on
behalf of the Catholic workers in the
field of charity in the United States
the most sincere sympathy with the
people of the Dominican Republic
who have suffered so severe an af
fliction” and extending the confer
ence’s “sincere offer of moral and
material support in the arduous task
of rehabilitation”; bringing to the at
tention of its members “the program
of observance of the 200th anniver
sary of the birth of George Washing
ton which is to take place in 1932.”
Another resolution adopted by the
conference expressed to Pope Pius
XI “its continued and undying loyal
ty” and offered “its thanks and ap
preciation for his blessing.” Another
resolution adopted by the Conference
expressed its “respect and gratitude
to the Honorable Herbert Hoover,
President of the United States, who
received the delegates of the Con
ference at the White House.”
Boston Jesuit Is
Bishop of Jamaica
BOSTON. — The Rt. Rev. Thomas
A. Emmet, S. J., was consecrated Vi
car Apostolic of Jamaica, British
West Indies, at St. Mary’s CHurch
here September 21. His Eminence,
William Cardinal O'Connell, Arch
bishop of Boston, was the conse-
crator.
Bishop Emmet former headmaster
of Georgetown Preparatory School
at Garrett Park, Md., and for some
years a member of the faculty at
Georgetown University, Washington,
D. C., goes to Jamaica to succeed Rt.
Rev. Joseph N. Dinand, S. J., who
resigned because of ill health. For
the last two years, the new Bishop
has been stationed at St. Mary's rec
tory here.
The Rt. Rev. John B. Peterson,
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, and the
Rt. Rev. John M. McNamara, Auxil
iary Bishop of Baltimore, were the
co-consecrators.
The Very Rev. James M. Kilroy, S.
J., Provincial of the New England
Province of the Society of Jesus, and
the Very Rev. Edward C. Phillips,
S. J., Provinical of the Maryland-
New York Province of the Society of
Jesus, were chaplains to Cardinal
O’Connell.
The Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S.
J., president of Georgetown Univer
sity, was among the many distin
guished persons attending the conse
cration, and it is expected that, be
fore going to Jamaica, Bishop Emmet
will visit Washington, where George
town University will give a reception
in his honor.
President’s Greeting
to Omaha Congress
(By Special Telegraph to N. C. W. C.
OMAHA, Nebr.—Following is the
text of the letter of greeting from
President Hoover to the Sixth Na
tional Eucharistic Congress, read by
His Eminence George Cardinal Mun
delein, Archbishop of Chicago, at the
great public Eucharistic demonstra
tion here:
“I will be obliged if you will ex
press my cordial greetings to the
meeting this evening of the Na
tional Eucharistic Congress at
which I am informed you will
preside, and my appreciation of
the value of spiritual Ideals and
of religious observance in the life
of our nation which are indis
pensable foundations of the so
cial order and of enduring politi
cal institutions.
(Signed)
“HERBERT HOOVER.
“President of the United States
of America.”
The day before, the Most Rev.
Fumasoni-Biondi, Apostolic Delegate
to the United States, had read to
the Congress a letter from His Holi
ness Pope Pius XI, bestowing the
Pontificial Blessing upon the great
Congress and expressing confidence of
its success. On Monday, Governor
Weaver of Nebraska and Mayor Met
calfe of Omaha extended their wel
comes. Thus, the Congress received
greetings from the Holy Father, from
the President and from the Gov
ernor of the State and the Mayor of
the city in which it was being held.
2,640,000 Start Studies for
Year in Catholic Schools
10,481 Catholic Institutions
of Learning in U. S. Throw
Open Their Doors
$290,000 SCHWAB GIFT TO
CATHOLIC COLLEGE
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Charles M.
Schwab, steel magnate, on a visit to
this city, presented St. Francis Col
lege. Catholic school at Loretto, of
which institution he is an alumnus,
a gift of $200,000 for the construction
of a new science hall, college au
thorities have just disclosed.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A total of
2,640,000 students are beginning the
1930-31 scholastic year in 10,481 Cath
olic institutions of learning in this
country, according to an estimate just
made by the Department of Educa
tion of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference. The estimate was
arnved at by the careful combination
of all the enrollments reported by
Catholic schools last year with t'jat
annual increase in pupils that has
been constant with Catholic institu
tions for a number of years past. The
increased number of Catholic schools
was available from definite reports
on file in the department’s office.
The department also estimates that
the Catholic schools of this country
are staffed this year by 89,452 instruc
tors.
Working its estimate out in detail,
the N. C. W. C. department of educa
tion finds the following:
That there are 2,283,000 pupils in
7,811 Catholic elementary schools.
That there are 228,000 students in
2,235 Catholic high schools.
That there are 102,000 students in
171 Catholic colleges.
That there are 9,000 students in 77
Catholic normal schools.
That there are 18,000 students in 187
Catholic seminaries.
Six new Catholic colleges for wo
men are included in the department’s
estimate. The only one of these that
is of senior college grade is the new
Mundelein College for Women in
Chicago, which, it is said, is unique
because it is the only skyscraper col
lege for women in the United States.
It is a 15-story structure. This in
stitution reported a heavy registra
tion for its opening year.
The fact that five new Catholic
junior colleges for women are opening
this year is in line with the present
educational policy of separating the
first two years of college work, be
cause of the greater advantage it is
said to give the student in the senior
half of college life. The new Cath
olic junior colleges for women re
ported are Aquinas Junior College,
Davenport, Iowa; Springfield Junior
College, Springfield, Illinois; Mt. St.
Scholastica Junior College, Atchison,
Kansas; Sacred Heart Junior College
and Academy, Louisville, Kentucky,
and Mt. St. Joseph Junior College, St.
Joseph, Kentucky.
N.C.C.W. Convention
Closes in Denver
Miss Mary Hawks Reelected
President. Family Educa
tion Plan Launched
50,000 Laymen at
Single Ceremony
2 5,000 in Line of March in
Solemn Procession. Cardi
nal Mundelein and Apostolic
Delegate Among Speakers
(By Special Telegraph to N. C. W. C.
News Service)
OMAHA, Neb.—The Sixth National
Eucharistic Congress came to a mag
nificent close September 25 with a
religious spectacle as inspiring as any
ever held in the United States, when
25,000 marchers and thousands of
spectators along the mile route cf
the solemn public procession of the
Blessed Sacrament braved chill winds
and a drizzling rain to pay an impres-’
sive tribute to Christ, The Euchar
istic King.
The great procession followed im
mediately after the final session of
the Priests’ Eucharistic League, where
the Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop
of Cleveland and patron of the con
gress, who presided, declared this
meeting to be “the greatest National
Congress ever held in the history of
the United States.”
JESUIT ARCHBISHOP
AUXILIARY AT LONDON
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LONDON. — Archbishop Goodier,
S. J., comes here October 1 to re
place the late Bishop Bidwell, Aux
iliary Of Westminster. He will re
side at St. Mary’s, Chelsea, and as
sist Cardinal Bourne in dioocesan
work. Archbishop Goodier was
Archbishop of Bombay from 1919 to
1926. The death of Bishop Bidwell
left Cardinal Bourne with only one
Auxiliary, Bishop Butt,
(By Special Telegraph to N. C. W. C.
News Service)
DENVER, Colo. —Pointing to the
fact that the Christian ideal of the
family is being threatened and vio
lently assailed by the exponents of
birth control, companionate marriage
and eugenic legislation, with abun
dant evidence that such attacks on
so-called traditional morality are
being introduced insidiously into halls
of learning as well as halls of legis
lation, tbs National Council of Catho
lic Women, which closed its tq»th an
nual convention here October 1, re
solved that a vigorous campaign of
resistance and a constructive program
of family education be launched.
The program will include character
and parent education and education
for parenthood. The resolution also
calls for the appointment of a nation
wide committee to undertake study
on this subject.
The Council’s officers were re
elected. as follows:
President, Miss Mary G. Hawks of
Summit, N. J.; First Vice-President,
Mrs. Wallace C. Benham of Cleve
land: Second Vice-President, Mrs.
Henry J. Keyser of Milwaukee; Third
Vice-President, Mrs. George F. Sa-
tory of Wabasha, Mini}.; Treasurer,
Mrs. Agnes M. Bacon of Pawtucket,
R. I.; Directors: Miss Mayme G.
Carey of Wheeling. W. Va.; Mrs.
James Downey of Birmingham, Ala.;
Miss Anne Sarachon Hooley of Kan
sas City, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas P. Horan
of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Harry A.
LeBerge of Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. C. B.
Mendel of Houston, Texas; Mrs. A. S.
Musante of San Francisco, Calif., and
Mrs. M. J. O’Fallon of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. William J. Hotz of Omaha was
elected a new member of the Board.
Another resolution adopted by the
convention pointed to the fact that
the Scottish Rite Masons of the Sou
thern Jurisdiction, on September 27,
misrepresented and attacked the
Papal Encyclical on Education, de
claring it to be a shrewd attack on
the American ideals of education, and
that literature sent out by the Scot
tish Rite Masons declares that every
American child should be compelled
by the State to attend only public
schools. The resolution then .pro
tests against the attack on the En
cyclical and declares that the Catholic
principle of education in religion “is
absolutely necessary for the training
of our children and is not a reflec
tion on the public school system.”
It calls attention to the fact that
the United States Supreme Court has
ruled that parents have the right to
determine where their children shall
be educated in accord with Catholic
teaching and practice, and reiterates
“our allegiance to the ruling of the
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In the evening of the day before,
Wednesday, 50,000 people filled every
available place in the great stadium
of Creighton University for the pub
lic Eucharistic demonstration spon
sored by the Holy Name Society.
NATIONAL RADIO
BROADCAST
The addresses delivered by Cardinal
Mundelein and Judge Martin T. Man-
ton of New York at this great Wed
nesday evening demonstration were
broadcast by the Columbia Broad
casting Company over nation-wide
network of stations. The Eucharistic
Congress Male Choir of 100 voices di
rected by the Rev. Edward M. Glea
son sang.
The climax of the procession was
the solemn Pontifical Benediction be
stowed by His Eminence, the Most
Rev. Pietro Fumasoni Biondi. Aposto
lic Delegate to the United States, as
the wind died down momentarily.
The drizzling rain stopped falling
shortly before the canopy under
which the Blessed Sacrament was
borne reached the high open-air al
tar erected on the grounds of St. Ce
cilia’s Cathedral.
Father Franckhauser
Writes of Congress
Augusta Pastor Describes
Magnificent Demonstration
of Faith at Omaha
(The following splendid account of
the great National Eucharistic Con
gress at Omaha was written at the
request of the Bulletin by Rev. J.
B. Franckhauser, S. J.. pastor of Sa
cred Heart Church, Augusta, one of
the Southeasts’s representatives at the
Congress.. We believe that Father
Franckhauser’s article will bring
heme the Congress to our readers
more effectively than anything else
we have read on the magnificent
gathering.—Ed. The Bulletin).
BY REV. J. B. FRANCKHAUSER.
S. J.
(Pastor of Sacred Heart Church,
Augsnta, Ga.)
A glance at the Eucharistic Con
gress program reveals that it was
physically impossible for anyone to
i assist at all the meetings and exer
cises crowded into the three days.
The main features of this program,
speeches, sermons and lectures will
be published in bock form at an
early date.
Without referring in detail to the
devotional exercises such as the nu
merous masses every morning in the
35 parish churches of the city. Holy
Hour exercises and night watches,
which were as it were the soul of
the celebration. I will restrict my ob-
servatons to matters concerning the
laitv in general.
The civic receptions, for which
nearly 20,000 men and women occu
pied every available seat in the huge
AK-Sar-Ben Coliseum, took place on
Monday night. Seotember 22. Mayor
Richard L. Metcalfe, of Omaha, and
Governor Weaver, of Nebraska, spoke
glowingly of their respect for their
Catholic fellow citizens, in sincere
messages of welcome. Paul L. Mar
tin, a prominent attorney, spoke for
the Catholics of the diocese of
Omaha. The Apostolic Delegate and
Bishop Schrembs responded in ad
dresses in which they expressed their
gratefulness for the civic receptions
which Omaha has thus far given to
the National Eucharistic Congress.
Every delegate I met spoke highly
of the sincere welcome by the Cath
olic organizations and the generous
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