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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XI, NO. 20.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 25, 1930
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR.
Dr. Selden P. Delany
Discusses Conversion
Former New York Episcopal
Hector Terms Conviction of
Truth of Church Over
whelming
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK — Dr. Selden P. De
laney, formerly rector of the Protes
tant Episcopal Church of St. Mary
the Virgin, who recently announced
his conversion to Catholicism, sets
forth some of the considerations
which led to his decision in an ar
ticle entitled “Thirty Years an Anglo-
Catholic’^ in a recent issue of The
Commonwealth.
Summing up his discussion of the
Anglo-Catholic position, of which he
has been for years a leading expo
nent, Dr. Delany concludes that
“since there is increasing evidence
in contemporary history that the Ro
man Catholic Church is the most
vigorous and flourishing presentation
of the religion of .the Gospel,” while
“Anglo-Catholicism is losing ground
in the Anglican Church, and is a
negligible factor in the religious
forces of the modern world,” the
Anglo-Catholic “is inevitably driven
to the conclusion that he must make
his submission to Rome.”
“For many years,” he writes, “I
have proceeded on the assumption
that God had placed me in the Angli
can ministry and was counting on
me to help develop the Catholic
movement, so that some day the
whole membership of the Anglican
Church might be Catholic in convic
tions and practices, and then re
union with the rest of Catholic Chris
tendom could soon become a reality.”
Now, after many years of effort
in this direction, Dr. Delany ex
presses himself as disillusioned and
discouraged with Anglo-Catholicism.
The movement “is not making any
headway. It is seriously divided into
the two camps of the pro-Romans
and the Liberal Catholics. In Eng
land (it) has slumped badly since the
failure to put through the revision o
the book of Common Prayer. The
proposed new Prayer Book brought
to light the cleavage that had long
existed among Anglo-Catholics—In
the American Episcopal Church the
authorities are suspicious of the Ca
tholic movement; and many of the
younger clergy, who have been train
ed in the seminaries to carry on
their ministry along Catholic lines,
find it difficult to obtain positions. In
my own parochial and editorial
work I have felt increasingly that I
was walking back and forth in a
blind alley, out of touch with the
main flow of life in the Episcopal
Church.”
“The case for Rome keeps coming
back at us like a medicine ball. We
may handle it successfully many
times and hurl it away from us with
determination. There may come a
time when it bowls us over. Mr. G.
K. Chesterton says somewhere that
it has been the experience of many
who have joined the Roman Catholic
Church that they have first gone
through many moments of disturb
ance, from which they emerged, sat
isfied to remain where they were;
but one day the conviction of the
truth of the Roman position became
so overwhelming that they could not
avoid making their submission. That
has been largely my experience.
Many a time in my ministry I have
felt the attraction of Rome, but I
got over it Now it is different. This
is no passing fancy. I have lost my
Living for Country Also Is
Noble, Cardinal Tells Legion
New York Cathedral
Attains Majority
St. Patrick’s Finished 21
%
Years. Msgr. Lavelle Rector
Nearly Fifty Years
(BY N. C. W. C. Service)
NEW YORK. — The twenty-first
anniversary of St. Patrick’s Cathed
ral was observed October 5 in a pon
tifical high Mass celebrated by Msgr.
Michael J. Lavelle, rector of the
Cathedral, and attended by 3,500
persons. The Rev. William B. Mar
tin, rector of Holy Family Church in
New Rochelle, and for 19 years as
sistant at the Cathedral, preached
the sermon.
Father Martin lauded Monsignor
Lavelle, who has been rector of the
Cathedral for nearly 50 years, for his
work in connection with the admin
istration of the affairs of the cathed
ral parish.
Admiral Benson at
Legion Convention
In Address at Boston He
Urges Veterans to Oppose
Selfish Minorities
Papal Dispensation
for Royal Couple
King Boris and Princess
Giovanni Make Promises
Usual in Mixed Marriages
ROME.—The Holy See has granted
• dispensation from the impediment
to the marriage of King Boris of Bul
garia, a member of the Orthodox
Church, and Princess Giovanna of
Italy, a Catholic, it has been an
nounced. The Holy See, it was
added, has been given a written pro
mise that any children bom of the
Union will be baptized and educated
in the Catholic faith.
It was also announced that the
Vatican has granted permission for
the marriage to take place in the Ba
silica of St. Francis of Assisi, and
that the ceremony will take place on
Saturday, October 25. The wedding
will take place, it is said, in the lower
of the two famous churches of St.
Francis of Assisi, which are built one
atop the other. The tomb of St.
Francis is in this church.
The town of Assisi is said to be
planning an elaborate celebration of
the event. The streets of the town
will be specially illuminated and the
populace will appear in their ancient
native costumes.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.;
BOSTON, Mass.—An appeal to the
American Legion to “defeat the in
sidious and selfish minorities” that
are trying to change, and, in many
instances, succeeding in changing the
system of the United States Govern
ment established by the early pa
triots, was made by Admiral W. S.
Benson, chief operation officer of
the navy during the war and noted
Catholic layman, at the closing ses
sion of the Legion’s twelfth annual
convention.
Admiral Benson asserted that it was
the. duty of the Legion to stem the
tide of the “persistent and pernicious
minorities” as it was the duty of the
soldiers to defeat the “enemy they
met on European battlefields.”
“Persistent and pernicious minori
ties,” Admiral Benson said, “have
already brought ruinous changes in
our system of government and are
attempting to accomplish further de
partures from our traditional policies.
... Of the two, the groups and the
cabals that are seeking to undermine
our institutions, to warp our constitu
tion, to destroy our ideals in order
that they may succeed in their ef
forts to control the government for
their own ends are to be dreaded. For
they are within our own lines and
are protected by the very government
they would subvert.”
As a mark of gratitude to the
American nation, General Gourard,
representing France, bestowed a silver
loving cup upon the Legion.
Christian Brothers
Open New College
Their Catholic U. House of
Studies Is Dedicated
RICHARDSON GIBSON
Patrick Henry Kin a Prominent
Catholic Dies
NEW YORK. — Richardson Gibson,
Son of the late Senator Randall Lee
Gibson of Louisiana, a nephew of the
late Chief Justice Edward D. White,
and a descendant of Patrick Henry,
died here October 19. He was a
Catholic.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
WASHINGTON—There is not an
important idea in modem methods,
systems or institutions of education
which St. John Baptist De La Salle,
founder of the Institute of the Broth
ers of the Christian Schools, did not
anticipate, the Rt. Rev. Bishop
Thomas J. Shahan, Rector Emeritus
of the Catholic University of America,
declared at the dedication of De La
Salle College at the Catholic Uni
versity of America here October 16th.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and Chan
cellor of the Catholic University, of
ficiated at the dedication of the col
lege, which is to be the principal
house of studies of the Institute of
the Brothers of the Christian Schools
in the United States. This year, in
cidentally, marks the 259th anniver
sary of the founding of the Institute
of the Brothers of the Christian
Schools. The Rt. Rev. Thomas C.
O'Reilly, Bishop of Scranton, attended
the exercises.
At De La Salle College here, the
young Brothers of the New York and
Baltimore Provinces will receive not
only a complete college course end
ing with the bachelor’s degree, but
also a full normal school training fit
ting them to do most efficiently the
work of Christian education. The
Brothers trained at this college will
carry on the work of teaching in the
Archdioceses, of New York, Baltimore
and Boston and the Dioceses of Pitts-
bugh, Albany, Brooklyn, Scranton,
Buffalo, Syracuse, Detroit, Fall River,
Manchester, Newark and Providence.
In these dioceses at present there are
700 Brothers conducting five colleges.
25 high schools and many parochial
schools.
Archbishop of Boston Ad
dresses Legionnaires at
Mass at Opening of Con
vention There
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BOSTON.—Paying high tribute to
the exploits and spirit of the Amer
ican soldiers who participated in the
World War and recalling the deeds of
many Catholic overseas battalions
who “added a new and glorious page
to the record of Catholic loyalty to
America and her institutions,” His
Eminence William Cardinal O'Connell,
Archbishop of Boston, addressed over
4,000 persons October 6 in the Cathe
dral of the Holy Cross assembled to
attend the Mass celebrated before the
opening of the National Convention
of the American Legion here.
Major O. L. Bodenhammer, national
commander of the American Legion,
other high ranking officers of the Le
gion, distinguished soldiers and guests
from abroad, including General Henri
Etienne Gouraud, military commander
of Paris, and about 1,500 members of
the Legion attended the Mass and
heard His Eminence tell the assem
blage that “patriotism and religion
are twin virtues.” General Gouraud
was accompanied by his host, Con
gressman A. Piatt Andrew.
Besides the Legion officials, and
the members of the party accompany
ing General Gouraud, were Mayor
Curley of Boston, his daughter, Mary,
Maj. Gen. William B. Hickie, who
commanded the 16th Division in the
war, and is a senator in the Irish Free
State, Lt. Col. Thomas F. Murphy, of
the 101st Regiment and other celebri
ties were present.
The Rev. George F. Kettell, of New
York, national chaplain of the Legion,
was the celebrant of the Mass. The
sermon was preached by the Rev.
Harry M. O’Connor, director of the
Catholic charitable bureau. The Rev.
Dr. Neil Crhnin, administrator of the
Cathedral, greeted the guests.
The Cardinal and Commander Bo
denhammer and General Gc... aud ex
changed greetings after which His
Eminence delivered his address.
In pointing out the relationship be
tween patriotism and religion His
Eminence declared that “the purer
and more fervent the religious spirit
of the people the stronger and more
enduring is its patriotism.”
“In pagan antiquity.” he went on,
“it was patriotism allied with relig
ion that inspired Greek and Roman
warriors to fight for their altars and
their fires. And when the glory that
was Greece and the grandeur that
was Rome were succeeded by Chris
tian civilization, the old pagan con
cept of patriotism was refined, en
nobled and elevated by the teaching
of Christ. . . .”
“If the time should ever come,” Car
dinal O’Connell continued, “which
God forbid, that our beloved country
will be driven again to face the hor
rors of war in defence of her rights,
her liberties and her sacred honor, we
know from traditions of the past that
the conflict will not be of her seek
ing, nor undertaken for mere military
glory or for gain or conquest, and we
know, too, that the Catholics of this
land, guided by the unfailing light of
eternal principles, will as before, fight
valuiantly and die bravely in the just
defense of their country.
“The duty is made all the more im
perative by the changing temper of
the times. The insatiable thirst for
riches, the insensate rush for pleas
ure, and the growing disregard of
laws, which are deplorable features
of contemporary American life, are
symptoms that fill every true lover
of America with apprehension.
Here, then, is the true patriot's
real work—to cling fast to the funda
mental principles of religion and mor
ality, on which our nation was es
tablished and through which alone it
can endure, to guard the integrity of
the family, which is the unit of hu
man society, and to foster, strengthen
and sustain the religious influences
and institutions which alone can de
velop a worthy citizenship.
“Go forth, therefore, from this holy
place with firm faith and undying
confidence in the power and the will
ingness of God to help you. Put on
the armor of God, the shield of faith,
and the breastplate of justice, the
sword of trust and the helmet of
salvation, and fight against the moral
evils that are a more deadly and more
sinister threat against the nation’s
life than the armed attack of any out
side foe. May God bless you, my dear
men of the American Legion, and di
rect your actions in the convention
by His Holy inspiration, and may He
grant you ever His gracious assistance
to carry on the noble work you are
accomplishing for His honor and
glory, the salvation of your own souls
and the welfare of our beloved coun
try.”
ANGLICANS SCORE
BIRTH CONTROL
Group of Ministers,' Including
Two Americans, Repudiate
Lambert Pronouncement
DR. JOHN G. COYLE
Distinguished New York physician,
educator, author and lecturer, who
will deliver the principal lay address
at the fifteenth annual convention ot
the Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia at Columbus November 9.
Columbus Ready for
C. L. A. Convention
Plans Practically Complete.
Reports Forecast Splendid
Attendance November 9th
Plans for the fifteenth annual con
vention of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia, which will be
held in Columbus November 9, are
practically complete, and reports from
all sections of Georgia indicate that
it will be one of the most successful
conventions in point of attendance
held thus far.
Officers and members of the asso
ciation were shocked to learn of the
sudden death of Mr. J. M. Tobin,
president of the Columbus branch,
who at the time he was stricken was
busy making preparations for the
meeting, but Mr. Tobin and his as
sociates had done their work so well
and had gone so far with the pro
gram that it will be possible to hold
th econvention as scheduled. Mrs. H.
C. Smith, Mr. Tobin’s predecessor as
president of the Columbus branch, is
his successor as director of the prep
arations for the convention; she was
already chairman of the general com
mittee.
The convention will be graced by
the presence ofthe Rt. Rev. Michael
(Continued on Back Page.)
The Essay Contest conducted
under the auspices of The Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia closed October 20 with
entries from all the larger cities
of the state and some of the
smaller ones. The essays are
already in the hands of the
judges and it is anticipated that
the names cf the winners will
be available for announcement
at the Columbus convention.
The interest manifested in the
essay contest was most encour
aging; the Laymen’s Association
is particularly indebted to the
clergy and religious and the of
ficers and members of the asso
ciation whose generous coopera
tion insured the success of the
contest.
(By N. C. W.- C. News Service)
LONDON.—Declaring that “we as
priests can only denounce such prac
tices as mortal sins,” a number of
Anglican clergy, including two Am
ericans, have addressed an open let
ter to the Bishop of Monmouth,
president of the forthcoming New
port Church Congress, requesting him
to give tlie members an opportunity
to repudiate the Lambeth decision on
birth control.
Their letter is as follows:
“Oxford.
“My Lord Bishop:—
“Whereas in the wording of the
Lambeth Report a majority . of the
Bishops of the Anglican Communion
seem to have given their countenance
to methods of ‘Birth Control’ which
have been recognized everywhere
among Christians as constituting
prievous sin, methods which have so
far been repudiated unreservedly by
the Communion to which we belong,
and to whic h the rest of the Church
in the West neither gives nor ever can
give its sanction, we venture respect
fully to express a hope that some op
portunity may be afforded members
of the forthcoming Church Congress
in Newport of repudiating a sugges
tion, which, over and beyond the im
mediate evil consequences, will serve
only to widen the breach between
ourselves and the many millions of
our fellow Christians throughout the
world.
“The matter is pressing because at
any moment our penitents may be
asking for direction, and because we
as priests can only denounce such
practices as mortal sins. •
“In saying this we are not unmind
ful of the conditions under which
many of our poorer brethren have to
live and of the call there is to all of
us to promote every possible improve
ment in these conditions. But even
here there is, we think, no evidence
to show that our richer brethren on
the whole are any better, morally
speaking, than those less fortunate
than themselves: while the ignorance
on the entire subject of Holy Matri
mony has, we are sure, much to an
swer for.
“There are. no doubt, thousands of
others who feel with ourselves; and
if we alone are taking this step to
day it is because the interval between
now and the meeting of the Congress
is so short, and because the Confer
ence at which this Letter was drawn
up afforded an opportunity which
your Lordship’s own Letter to the
Press seemed to suggest of saying out
respectfully but plainly what we
know is passing in so many minds;
and because unless protests of this
kirfd are forthcoming we are confi
dent that many will feel constrained,
as a matter of duty, to withdraw from
the Anglican Communion.”
SIGNATORIES TO LETTER
The letter bears the signatures of
the following clergymen of the An
glican Communion: A. N. Acheson,
Down Ampney, Glos.; T. Bowyer
Campbell (Diocese of Maryland); S.
M. Harris, Egmanton. Notts.; B. E.
Joblin, St. Saviour’s. Hoxton; Spencer
Joqes, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos.; W.
B. Monaban. St. Swithun’s. Worces
ter; R. R. Nattrass, St. Margaret’s.
Liverpool; J. C. Orr. Whitwell; H. K.
Pierce (Diocese of New York); P. J.
Shaw. All Saints’, York, and Roger
Wodehouse, St. Paul’s, Oxford.
K. OF C. SECRETARIES REUNION
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.— The secretaries who
served with the Knights of Columbus
during the late war in the home
camps, on transports and in the A.
E. F. are planning their annual din
ner-dance reunion to be held on Sun
day evening, November 9. at their
headquarters in the K. of C. Club
Hotel, here.
Laymen's Organizations Need
of Day, Bishop Tells N. C. C. M.
Kansas City Prelate Reminds
Laity That Forces of Evil
Are Organized
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-History proves
that when Catholics are not closely
bound together by the bond of faith
and all that such a bond implies,
the outbreak of a storm will find them
unprepared to meet opposition suc
cessfully, the Rt. Rev. Thomas F.
Lillis. Bishop of Kansas City, de
clared in his sermon at the Pontifical
High Mass which opened the tenth
annual convention of the National
Council of Catholic Men here Octo
ber 19th. Bishop Lillis’ topic was
“The Need of Catholic Laymen’s
Organizations.”
“For the success of her mission,"
Bishop Lillis said, “the Church has
looked not so much to the endeavor pf
the individual, but rather to the com
bined efforts of Catholic organiza
tions. The individual, left to his own
resources, will soon become dis
couraged, but his strength is vastly
increased when he finds himself en
couraged by the example and inspira
tion of others, all striving for the
same end. When earnest men and
women openly and fearlessly declare
the great principles of their religion
and translate these principles into
living actions, they are prepared to
defend their faith and their rights,
whenever and wherever occasion de
mands it. Indeed, the spirit of asso
ciation is the spirit of the age. and
when the forces of evil are combining
everywhere to promote the cause of
evil, we cannot remain idle but must
join shoulder to shoulder in union
with our brethren to defend justice
and truth with the spirit of soldiers
on the battlefield whenever Mother
Church calls us.