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Member oi me Na tional Catholic Wel fare Conference News Service "Ghf T&ulltUn Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Associationsf'Ceor^a “TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" The Only Catholic Newspaper Between Baltimore and New Orleans TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XIII.. No. 23 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 10, 1932 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR News Briefs ( By N. C. W. C. News Service) BISHOP OF ANGERS IS SIXTY YEARS A PRIEST PARIS.—The Diocese of Angers has just celebrated with impressive cere monies the sixtieth sacerdotal jubilee of its venerable Bishop, the Most Rev. Joseph Rumeau, who has been ordi nary of that diocese for 34 years. In extending the felicitations of the French Hierarchy, Cardinal Verdier praised the work of Bishop Rumeau as ordinary of his diicese and as a man of letters, stressing particularly the 400 pastoral letters published by Bishop Rumeau. 400 LONDON POLICE AT MASS FOR WAR VICTIMS LONDON.—Lord Trenchard, Com missioner of the Metropolitan Police, who is not a Catholic, was at the head of 400 Catholic members of the police force who, in uniform, attended Requiem Mass at Westminster Cathe dral for their comrades who fell in the World War. A former policeman, the Rev. Harold Carter, was the sub deacon of the Mass, which was cele brated by Canon Howlett, president of the Catholic Police Guild, which arranges the annual celebration. FRENCH PRIEST OFFICER OF LEGION OF HONOR PARIS. — General Gouraud, Mili tary Governor of Paris, was a recent visitor to the headquarters of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost Fath ers where he pinned on the soutane of Father Brottier the rosette of Of ficer of the Legion of Honor. Father Brottier. who rendered excellent ser vice in Senegal, is now director of an orphanage in Paris. He also con ducted a campaign in France that re sulted in the construction of the mag nificent cathedral of Dakar. NEW AUXILIARY BISHOP OF PADERB0RN NAMED PADERBORN, Germany. —At the suggestion of the Most Rev. Caspar Klein. Archbishop of Paderhorn, the Holy Father has just appointed the Rev. Augiist Baumann, pastor of St. Anna’s Church in Dortmund, Auxil iary Bishop of Paderborn. U. S. PRIEST RECEIVES RARE DEGREE IN ROME ST. LOUIS.—The Very Rev. Joseph E. Lilly, C.M., of the faculty of St. Mary's Seminary, Perryville, Mo., is the recipient of an unusual honor at Rome, where he is now studying. A cablegram received at Provincial Headquarters of the Vincentian Or der here announces that he has re ceived the degree Licentiate of Sacred Scripture. After another year’s study in Palestine, Dr. Lilly will return to Rome for his examination for the Doctorate of Sacred Scripture, an ex tremely rare degree. FIRST WOMAN EVIDENCE SPEAKER IS LICENSED WASHINGTON.— The first woman ever licensed by a Catholic Guild in this country, as far as is known, made her debut on the outdoor platform of the Washington Guild November 21. She is Mrs. Frank O’Hara, wife of the head of the Economics Depart ment of the Catholic University of America and sister-in-law of the Most. Rev. Edwin V. O’Hara. Bishop of Great Falls. Memphis Plans Monument to Nun-Nurses of 1878 Plague New N.C.C.M. Head Dr. Thomas E. Purcell, of Kansas City, Mo., who was elected presi dent of the National Council of Catholic Men at its 12th Annual Conference just held at Pitts burgh. Dr. Purcell, a prominent Catholic layman of Missouri, is a Knight of St. Gregory. N.C.C.M. CONVENTION HELD IN PITTSBURGH Dr. Thomas Purcell, Kansas City, Succeeds Walter Johnson as President PITTSBURGH—With four Bishops and many other high Church digni taries and outstanding Catholic lay men present, the twelfth annual con ference of the National Council of Catholic Men convened here with delegates attending from all parts of the country. The delegates were officially welcomed to Pittsburgh by the Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh. Walter T. Johnson, president of the N. C. C. M., was general chairman of the meetings, with Joseph H. Rei man, of Pittsburgh, a member of the national executive committee, pre siding at the opening session. Speakers at the morning session were: Most Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland and Episcopal Chairman of the Departasent of Lay Organizations, National^ Catholic Welfare Conference; Mr. Johnson, who gave the President’s Address; Francis R. Lowther, National Executive Secretary, who made their reports. The Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Bishop of Omaha and Assistant Episcopal Chairman of the Depart ment of Lay Organizations, N. C. W. C., and . the Most Rev. John J. Swint, Bishop of Wheeling, also attended- the conference. Sister Aloysia, One of Surviv ing Nun-Nurses, to Attend Dedication Exercises Bernard J. Bothwell, president of the Bay State Milling Company, Boston, spoke at the session devoted to “Unemployment,, Its Causes, Re- Continued on Page Eight) N.Y. Radio Meeting Protests Mexican Injustice to Church (By -I. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK.—At a radio mass meeting held November 17 to protest the treatment of the Catholic Church in Mexico, former Judge Alfred J. Talley, speaking over WLWL, the station conducted by the Paulist Fath ers, declared that “investment of American capital in such a country is folly, and American investors should be warned and protected against it, because no government that perse cutes its people, as Mexico today is persecuting hers, can endure.” Judge Talley offered a resolution, copies of which are to be sent to the State Department at Washington and the President of Mexico, calling on “all fair and liberal-minded people o* all religious and of no religion to ex press their horror at the existence of this unspeakable oppression imposed upon a people living on this conti nent.” The Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S. J., editor of America and Miss Mary G. Hawks, president of the National Council of Catholic Women, were among the speakers. More than 10,000 votes for the res olution on Mexico offered by Judge Talley have been received at Station WLWL. At the conclusion of the meeting broadcast over the Paulist Fathers’ station, a request was made that listeners register their approval of Judge Talley’s resolution by mail. Responses have been received from points in Florida, as far West as Ohio and from Canada. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) MEMPHIS, Tenn.—St. Agnes Acad emy, the only Dominican convent, here, will soon be the scene of a monument dedication that will be of interest to many througnout the land. The monument will be erected to the memory of the Dominican Nuns who served during the yellow fever days here. It will be a huge cross and will stand on a knoll in the ex tensive convent grounds. On the cross will be carved the names of those who served in the days of Yel low Fever. Both the old St. Agnes Academy, and La Salette, also operated by the Dominicans, as a boarding school for girls, were at one period of the scourge used as hospitals. The cross, erected by the help of the Memphis members of the International Federa tion of Catholic Alumnae, will be dedicated in May, when the I. F. C. A. Dixie Conference, will hold their con vention at the convent. One of the unusual features of the dedication will be the part taken in it by Sister Mary Aloysia, who was one of the outstanding nurses of that day, and who will carve her own name on the cross. In 1878, Sister Aloysia was one of the youngest members of the Order, and is today but little beyond 70. She has charge of the Students’ Hall of the Academy. Sister Mary Bertrand, another sur vivor also of St. Agnes, was, like Sis ter Aloysia, very young at' that time. She was orphaned by the fever, and soon afterward joined the Dominican Order. Other surviving nurses in various Dominican convents over the country are: Sister Reginald Condon, Sister Cecelia Kennedy, Sister Francis Mahoney, and Sister Dominica Canty. Sister Mary Thomas O'Meara was the only one of the original seventeen nuns left in St. Agnes Convent after the fever of 1878 had spent itself. She was experienced in the care of Yel- loy Jack, having served in the scourge of 1873. She died in 1914. Sister Aloysia, then scarcely more than a school girl in years, was a teacher in the old St. Peter’s Parochial School—razed last year. She was sta tioned at La Salette Acadertiy and (Continued on Page Ten) ARCHBISHOP DAEGER OF SANTA FE DIES Fall in Garage Fatal to Belov ed Franciscan Prelate of the Southwest (By N. C. W. C. News Service) SANTA FE.—The Most Rev. Albert T. Daeger, O. F. M., Archbishop of Santa Fe, died here December 2, three hours after he had fallen a distance of 10 feet into the basement of a gar age, receiving a fractured skull. Archbishop Daeger had gone for a walk, and is believed tc have receiv ed his fatal injury as he was entering the garage to chat with employes, as was his custom. The basement of the garage was dark, and it -s thought that the Archbishop did not see the steps as he entered through the door leading from the street. Archbishop Daeger was 60 years old. Mission Board Aids Missionary Dioceses Several Southern Bishops At tend Chicago Meeting (By N. C. W. C. News Service) CHICAGO — The American Board of Catholic Missions announces the allotment of $308,234.71 to missionary dioceses and missionary activities in different parts of the United States and its possessions. More than 50 members of the hierarchy were in Chicago for the annual meeting of the Board or to appear before the executive members of the Board to state their needs. In presenting the report of the Board on distribution of funds dur ing the last year, His Eminence Geo. Cardinal Mundelein, president, said: “Considering the times and circum stances thereof, it is favorable, in deed. The shrinkage has been less than 20 per cent of the preceding prosperous year.” Every diocese in the South was assisted with sums varying from $3,- 333 to $6,666. Several Bishops from the South attended the meeting. Enters Monastery Dr. Ernest Perrier, vice president of the National Swiss Council and president of the State Council of Fribourg, who has deserted a bril liant political career to enter the Benedictine Monastery of La Pierre Qui Vire in Burgundy. He was a member of Parliament, many times delegate to the League of Nations, and presiding officer of the last Disarmament Conference. He is 51 years old. BISHOPS CALL FOR CLEAN LITERATURE CRUSADE IN U. S. National Catholic Welfare Conference*in Annual Meet ing Deplores Flood of Im moral Books BISHOP KEARNEY IS INSTALLED IN WEST Archbishop and Nine Bis hops at Ceremony at Cath edral in Salt Lake City (By N. C. W. C. News Service) SALT LAKE CITY — An Arch bishop and nine Bishops were pres ent November 25. at the solemn in stallation of the Most Rev. James E. Kearney as the fourth Bishop of Salt Lake. The Most Rev. John J. Mitty, Co adjutor Archbishop of San Francis co, whom Bishop Kearney succeeds in the Diocese of Salt Lake, officiat ed at the installation. The other pre lates present included: The Most Rev. Louis B. Kucera, Bishop of Lincoln; the Most Rev. Stanislaus V. Bona, Bishop of Grand Island; the Most Rev. Edward J. Kel ly, Bishop of Boise; the Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, Bishop of Reno; the Most Rev. Robert J. Armstrong, Bishop of Sacramento; the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, Bishop of Los An geles and San Diego; the Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, Bishop of Denver; the Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Bish op of Omaha, and the Most Rev. Pat rick A. McGovern, Bishop of Chey enne. Archbishop Mitty delivered the ser mon at the installation. Bishop Kear ney also spoke, replying to a wel come extended by Archbishop Mitty and the welcome extended by the Rev. Patrick Kennedy, of Ogden, who spoke on behalf of the priests of the diocese. A large number of priests present at the installation represented a number of States and several religi ous Communities. Among the priests present were a group of a dozen from New York, where Bishop Kear ney was formerly pastor of St. Fran cis Xavier Church, in the Bronx. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON—The Bishops of the United States, assembled at the Catholic University of- America here for their annual meeting, pledged their “sincere and effective coopera tion” with the National Welfare and Relief Mobilization Committee; con demned “the increasing flood of immoral and unmoral books, peri odicals, pamphlets” as “one of the most potent factors” in the “debas ing of the individual and the public conscience.’’ The meeting was attended by two Cardinals, seven Archbishops and 58 Bishops, His Eminence William Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, presided at the opening sess ion, His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, presided at subsequent session. The following Archbishops and Bishops were elected by the meeting to constitute the Administrative Committee of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the new Com mittee’s personnel being the same as that of the last year: The Most Rev. Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco: the Most Rev. John T. McNicholas. O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati; the Most Rav. John Gregory Murray, Archbishop of St. Paul; the Most Rev. Thomas F. Lillis, Bishop of Kansas City; the Most Rev. Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland; the Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, and the Most Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne. The reports of the chairman of the N. C. W. C. Administrative Com mittee and of the Episcopal Chairmen of the N. C. W. C. Departments were presented and discussed, then approved by the Bishops. In pledging cooperation with tht National Welfare and 'Relief Mobi lization Committee, the resolution of the Bishops says: “In view of the most extraordinary conditions which threaten so many of our fellow citizens with want and misery during the coming winter, the Bishops of the National Catholic- Welfare Conferesce urge upon then people in the United States full co operation with the effort of the National Welfare and Relief Mobili zation Committee to avert the wors( consequences of the economic de pression. They pledge themselves to sincere and effective cooperation with the' Committee in its work and they pray that Almighty God may bless and prosper its every endeavor.” The resolution in condemnation of indecent literature stated that “it would be blindness not to recognize the looseness and laxity of morals which both hastened the economic chaos of the world and now plays its part in extending laxity in public morals, loss of public decency; and consequently, a lowering of the standard of citizenship.” The resolution also charges that “great metropolitan dailies, literary journals, carry laudatory advertise ments of books that have always been known as obscene;” that “publishers repeatedly issue new books outdoing the old ones in obscenity;” that “public opinion has influenced the (Continued on Page Four.) Five More Churches Forced to Close in Mexico City By CHARLES BETICO (Special Telegraph, N. C. W. C. News Service) MEXICO CITY — Five more churches in the Federal District have been closed by order of the President in fulfillment of his threat made at the time of the publication of the Papal Encyclical Acerba Animi. One of these is the Passionist Church at Taeubapa here. The other four are in Mexico City proper: Guadalupe Hermitage Chapel. Rev. Jose Ordon ez, pastor; St. Michael’s, Rev. Jose Espinosa, pastor; Monserrat Church, Rev. Nicasio Cepeda, pastor, and a church in Los Ninos Heroes street which was constructed wholly by Mexican Catholics. The last named was the first of this group to be clos ed and has been turned over to the Secretary of the Treasury for any purpose for which he may see fit to use it. Prior to this three churches had been closed by decree of President Rodriguez. San Juanica at Tacuba, San Andres Acahualtongo at Atzcapo- zalco and the Church of the Incarnate Word in Mexico City. A number of Catholics in Guadala jara have been imprisoned on the charge of attending “public worship”, because many had to stand on the steps and in the streets in front of the churches during Mass when they were unable to find room within the churches. As only one priest for ev ery 25,000 inhabitants is allowed by law in the State of Jalisco, and these can officiate only in the churches for which they are registered, it is im possible to have enough Masses on Sunday to enable all those who wish to attend to be accommodated with in the edifices. The police ordered all those standing outside the church es to move on. Some did, but others who refused to obey the command, were imprisoned and will have to pay a fine in addition.
