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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XI., No. 21
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 8, 1930
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A TEAK.
15TH ANNUAL C. L A. CONVENTION NEXT SUNDAY
W. T. Johnson Again
N.C.C.M. President
Appeal for Catholic Radio
Hour Made at Kansas City
Meeting of Men’s Council
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
KANSAS CITY. Mo.—Walter T.
Johnson of Kenton. Ohio, was re
elected president of the National
Council of Catholic Men at the clos
ing session of the annual convention
here October 21.
Mr. Johnson who now enters his
sixth year as president, insisted up
on being relieved of that duty. The
assurance of his fellow directors that
they would continue their most active
support in the enlarging program cf
the Council, and their urgings
amounting to demands, prevailed up
on him however to continue in the
chair.
Other officers re-elected were
Joseph M. Tally of Providence, R. I..
vice-president; James E. Deery of
Indianapolis, Ind., secretary, and
Francis R. Lowther of St. Louis, Mo.,
treasurer. Charles F. Dclle of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, was re-appointed exe
cutive secretary.
The following members of the
board of directors whose terms of
office had expired were re-elected
to serve three years: James E. Deery,
Joseph M. Tally, Joseph A. Moyni-
han cf Detroit, and Charles F. Dolle.
Dr. B. H. Swint of Charleston, W. Va.
was elected to membership on the
board.
A resolution was adopted express
ing gratitude to the Holy Father,
Pope Pius XI. for the Apostolic ben
ediction which His Holiness sent to
the Council through Cardinal Pacelli,
secretary of state. The Papal bene
diction was bestowed in response to
a cablegram of filial devotion sent
His Holiness by the convention.
THE REV. JAMES M. GILLIS, C. S.
P., editor of The Catholic World,,
Catholic Hour Radio Speaker.
Fr. Gillis Catholic
Radio Hour Speaker
Noted Editor of Catholic
World to Start Series of
Addresses November 9th
BISHOP SCHREMBS’ PRAISE
The Council’s accomplishments to
date were compared to the founda
tion of a beautiful cathedral now
taking shape, in closing remarks by
the Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bish
op of Cleveland and Episcopal chair
man of the N. C. W. C. Department
of Lay Organizations. Bishop
Schembs also paid high tribute to the
Rev. Dr. John J. Burke, C.S.P.. gen
eral secretary of the N. C. W. C.. for
his continued faith in and work for
the Council
Father Burke also spoke briefly,
pointing out the accomplishments
now recorded and declaring that,
with his fellow members, he felt
the past was only a challenge to
greater achievements in the future.
Telegrams were received from Isaac
Adler, vice-mayor of Rochester, N.
Y.. and J. C. McCurdy, president of
the Rochester Chamber of Commerce,
inviting the members of the Council
to hold their next annual convention
in Rochester, and pledging the sup
port and co-operation of city of
ficials and business men.
A total of eighteen resolutions
were adopted. The Catholic Radio
Hour was commended as a “most
exceptional nation-wide opportunity
to make better known the teachings
of our Catholic Faith.”
"We respectfully appeal,” this reso
lution stated, “to all of our Catholic
people, to our Catholic organizations,
for the continued and further finan
cial help necessary to sustain a
worthy and capable program. We
appeal to the mto interest themselves
locally in the broadcast; to express
their appreciation to their local sta
tions; to invite non-Catholic friends
to listen-in- and in every way to
co-operate in athis great Catholic
work. We express here our deep
(Continued on Page Eleven)
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The Rev. James
M. Gillis. C. S. P„ of New York City,
Editor of The Catholic World, will be
the next speaker in the Catholic
Hour”, which is sponsored by the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men and
is broadcast over a network of the
National Broadcasting Company from
Station WEAF in New York.
It also is announced that Michael
Bataeff, the distinguished Russian
basso-profundo. has joined the Paulist
Choristers and was heard as a
soloist in the “Catholic Hour” for the
first time Sunday. November 2, when
he chanted the hymn “Dies Isre” in
Gregorian style. He will sing in the
“Catholic Hour” at frequent intervals
during the next two months.
The Rev. John A. McClorey, S. J.
of Detroit.University, who has been
the speaker in the “Catholic Hour”
each- Sunday since September 28. con
cluded his series on November 2 with
an address on the Divinity of Christ.
Father McClorey’s addresses have
everywhere been received with great
favor, those in charge of the “Catho
lic Hour” report.
Father Gillis is widely known, not
only as an editor, but also as a
lecturer and writer. He is the author
of “False Prophets” and “The Catho
lic Church and the Home,” both of
which have been highly and generally
praised by critics. He is to deliver a
series of eight addresses in the
“Catholic Hour,” his subjects being
Conscience and The Commandments.
POPE SENDS MEDAL
TO MOROCCAN CHIEF
By M. Massiani
(Paris Correspondent, N. C. W. C.
News Service
PARIS — The Sovereign Pontiff
lias sent to a powerful Moroccan
chief, the Alcayde El Gaoui, Pasha
of Marrakech, a beautiful medal in
recognition of his generous" gifts to
the charitable works of missionaries.
Monsignor Vielle, Bishop of Moroc
co made the presentation.
Pittsburgh Votes Catholic
Hour Most Popular Feature
The Convention Program
The fifteenth annual convention of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia will be held in Columbus,
Ga., Sunday, November 9.
The Ralston Hotel will be headquarters. A regis
tration committee will greet the delegates and visitors
Saturday night and Sunday morning. The Sunday pro
gram follows:
9:00 A. M.— Convention Mass at Holy Family
Church, Rev. D. J. McCarthy, pastor.
10:15 A. M.—Morning session of the convention at
the Ralston Hotel, President P. H. Rice,-presiding.
Opening prayer, Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah.
Address of welcome, Mayor Dimon. Response, Mr.
•Jack J. Spalding. „
Appointment of committees.
Annual reports of State President Rice, Thomas S.
Gray, state treasurer, and Richard Reid, publicity
director.
Reading of communications.
Address, Benedict Elder, editor of The Record,
Louisville, Ky., and president of the Catholic Press As
sociation of the United States.
Open Forum.
1:00 P. M.—Adjournment for lunch. The Columbus
branch will be host at the luncheon at Spano’s Sea Food
Restaurant.
2:30 P. M.—Convention reconvenes at the Ralston,
First Vice-President J. J. Haverty presiding.
Reports of commitees.
Election of officers.
Address, Dr. John G. Coyle, New York.
Closing remarks, Bishop Keyes.
Closing prayer.
Closing hymn.
Adjournment.
After the adjournment, the visitors will, time per
mitting, be taken on an automobile ride through Colum
bus and its suburbs.
In the evening they will be entertained at a buffet
supper at the home of Mrs. H. C. Smith, general chair
man of the local convention commitee.
COLUMBUS TO BE
HOST TO MEETING
Bishop Keyes Guest of Honor
—Dr. John G. Coyle, New
York, to Deliver Address
Church Building Programs
Mitigating Unemployment
Archbishop Stritch’s
Installation Nov. 19
Cardinal Mundelein to Pre
side at Ceremony in Cath
edral at Milwaukee. Ngw
Archbishop a Tennessean
Surpasses All Others in Poll
of Radio Fans Conducted
by Secular Daily
Among the many interesting reac
tions to the “Catholic Hour” brought
to the attention of those in charge of
its broadcast is the result of a poll,
recently conducted by The Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegraph among its readers.
The paper sought to determine:
The most popular Pittsburgh radio
announcer: the most popular Pitts
burgh radio artist; the most popular
Pittsburgh radio program; the most
popular Pittsburgh station; the most
popular network program; the most
popular announcer; the most popular
outside station.
The “Catholic Hour” was voted the
most popular network program, re
ceiving a total of 4.992 votes to the
3.502 votes given to “Amos ’n’ Andy,”
the next most popular. The Catholic
Evidence Guild programs were a
close third, receiving a total of 3,218-
votes. Combined, the two Catholic
programs received' a total of 8,120
votes—more than double that of the
next most popular program.
Incidentally, the poll revealed that
among the paper’s readers' the Rev.
Dr. Jerome D. Hannan. Secretary to
the Rt. Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop
of Pittsburgh, a lecturer in the Catho
lic Evidence Guild programs every
other week, was the most popular
network artist, receiving a total of
5.410 votes as compared with 4,004
given to Floyd Gibbons, who was
second in popularity. The Rev. Dr.
Janies R. Cox. Rector of Old St.
Patrick’s Church, Pittsburgh, who
broadcasts daily and Sunday from
his church, was voted the most popu
lar local artist, polling 16,664 votes as
compared with 6,817 accorded the
winner of second place. The program
coming from Old St. Patrick's was
voted the most popular local broad
cast, receiving a total of 14,133 votes
as compared with 5,201 votes register
ed for the program ranking second.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The Most Rev.
Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop-elect
of Milwaukee, will arrive here from
Toledo on November 18, and will be
solemnly enthroned the following
morning, November 19, at St. John’s
Cathedral.
His Eminence George Cardinal
Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago,
will conduct the ceremonies of en
thronement, and the Rt. Rev. Paul P.
Rhode. Bishop of Green Bay, will be
the celebrant of the solemn High Mass
on this occasion. Following the cere
monies. the clergy of the Archdiocese
of Milwaukee will tender a formal
dinner to His Grace, who is a native
of Nashville, Tenn., and a former
Memphis pastor.
Milwaukee pastor and representa
tives of local parishes will go to To
ledo on Monday, November 17, and
will return with the Archbishop the
following day. A large delegation of
Toledo clergymen and laymen also
will make the trip here, it is under
stood.
There will be no formal welcome for
tile new Archbishop at the depot upon
his arrival, but he will be taken im
mediately to the Archbishop’s resi
dence. The city of Milwaukee will be
given the opportunity of greeting the
new Archbishop at a great public re
ception to be held in the auditorium
on December 3.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard G. Hraudt.
Vicar General and Chancellor of the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee, is in gen
eral charge of the plans for the local
reception. The Very Rev. A. J. Mu-
ench, Rector of St. Francis Semi
nary, i3 chairman of an executive
committee making plans for the trip
of Milwaukee priests to Toledo.
Six Projects in Georgia
Alone This Year Involved
Expenditure of Third of
Million Dollars
Six building projects involving an
expenditure of nearly a third of a
million dollars is the contribution of
the Catholic Church in Georgia now
and in recent months toward the re
lief of unemployment and the accele
ration of business in this state.
A similar situation exists in the
other states of the Southeast. If every
Diocese in tire Southeast is expend
ing the same amount, a conservative
estimate since all but two Dioceses
have a much larger Catholic popula
tion. the amount of Catholic construc
tion work in this section will push
the three million mark.
ST. JOSEPH’S, ATLANTA
Tire renovation and enlargement of
St. Joseph's Infirmary, Atlanta, of
which Mother M. Loyola is superior,
is the biggest recent project in Geor
gia; it has been completed at an esti
mated cost of $150,000. Another story
was added to the North Wing, to
house the entire operating room suite.
Tire former smaller operating suite
was added to the obstetrics depart
ment. Two new wards were added to
Haverty Hall and the chapel was
practically rebuilt. In the' work of
renovation and enlargement Messrs.
J. J. Haverty. Jack J. Spalding,
K. S. G.. and J. Carroll Payne of
the advisory committee were parti
cularly active.
MT. ST. JOSEPH’S. AUGUSTA
Another project of major impor
tance to the state was the erection
of the new chapel and assembly hall
at Mt. St. Joseph Convent. Augusta,
the motherheuse cf the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Georgia. This building,
erected at a cost of $40,000, is cne of
the finest of its kind in Georgia and
fills a long felt want at Mt. St. Jo
seph’s. It is particularly attractive in
its style of architecture, combining
rare beauty with perfect utility.
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Convention Mass to
Open Day’s Program
Benedict Elder and Other
Notables to Speak
Columbus will be host Sunday to
the fifteenth annual convention of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, a gathering which will be
honored by the presence of Rt. Rev.
Michael J. Keyes. D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, and which will be at
tended by delegates and visitors from
every section of Georgia as well as
from other states.
Dr. John G. Coyle of New York,
one of the most widely known Ca
tholic laymen in the country, will
deliver the principal lay address at
the afternoon session. Benedict Elder,
editor of The Record, official organ
of the Diocese of Louisville, presi
dent of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States and a dis
tinguished member of the Kentucky
Bar, will address the morning ses
sion.
The Ralston Hotel will be head
quarters for the convention, and the
convention sessions will be held
there. A committee from the local
association will welcome the dele
gates and visitors Saturday evening.
The program Sunday will start with
a Mass at the Church of the Holy
Family, Rev. Dan J. McCarthy, pas
tor; the Mass will be followed by
Benediction. The morning session of
the convention will open immediately
after the Mass, in the convention hall
at the Ralston, with President P. H.
Rice, K. C. S. G., presiding. Bishop
Keyes will say the opening prayer.
The address of welcome will be de
livered by Hon. Homer Dimon.
mayor of Columbus, who welcomed
the previous convention in 1924, and
in the same capacity.
After the response to the address
of welcome and the appointment cf
committees. President Rice. Thomas
S. Gray. Augusta, slate treasurer, and
Richard Reid, publicity director, will
submit their annual reports. After
the reading of communications. Mr.
Elder will address the convention:
his address will be followed by an
open ferum. The convention will ad
journ for lunch at one o'clock.
The Columbus branch of the Lay
men's Association will be host to
the delegates and visitors at the
luncheon, which will be served at
Spano’s Sea Food Restaurant. The
ccmmitteee in charge of the lunch
eon includes Mrs. R. S. Grier, Mrs,
John B. Lee and Mrs. A. M. Bryant.
At the afternoon session First Vice-
President J. J. Haverty, of Atlanta,
chairman of the finance committee,
will preside. The business before
the meeting will include the Eeports
cf committees, including the resolu
tions committee, and election of of
ficers. Dr. Coyle will then deliver
his address and the convention will
close with informal remarks by
Bishop Keyes.
The Columbus branch of the Lay
men's Association has left nothing
undone to make the convention a
success, and the local committees in
the various cities have also been
active in working up delegations.
The death of James M. Tobin,
president of the Columbus branch,
when convention plans were already
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The winners in the Es- j
j say Contest conducted by j
the Catholic Laymen’s As- |
sociation of Georgia will }
be announced at the Co- j
liunbus convention. The j
judges have nearly com- |
pleted their work, and the (
results of their delibera- |
tions should be ready for |
publication then, barring [
unforeseen circumstances, j
The judges are Very Rev. |
Jos. D. Mitchell. V. G., )
| Savannah: Evelyn Harris,
j Atlanta, and Benedict
jl Elder, Louisville, Ky.
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