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JULY 8,
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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
- HARVARD HONORS HIM
Hon Alfred E. Smith (left), former governor of New York, photo
graphed with Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, at the re-
cent eftnmencement exercises at Harvard University, where Mr.
Smith received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Although
Mr. Smith never attended a college he has had several honorary
degrees conferred upon him.
Farmer’s Duty Is to Live,
Not Produce, Bishops Say
Industrialization of American Farms Opposed in State
ment of Prelates of the Province of Cincinnati
Greenville Deanery
in N.C.C.W. Meeting
Anderson Host to Quarterly
Gathering of Council
(Special to The Bulletin)
ANDERSON, S. C. — The Catho
lic Women’s Club of Anderson was
hostess to the Greenville Deanery
Council for the quarterly meeting
held June 15, at the home of Mrs.
John A. Lyons. About seventy-five
were present and visitors registered
from the following places: Spartan
burg 12; Greenville 26; Traveller’s
Rest 2; Pendleton 1; Greenwood 3;
Columbia 1; and Augusta 1. Four
members of the clergy were present:
Rev. T. J. Mackin, Spartanburg; Rev.
Sidney Dean, Greenville; Rev. Mar
tin Murphy, Columbia; and Rev. C.
O'Sullivan, Anderson.
Receiving were Mrs. Lyons, Mrs.
Henry Wood, and Miss Agatha Spell
man,* president of the local club. The
guests were registered by Mrs. Ar
thur Ward and Mrs. J. V. Renn. Mrs.
Hampton P. Burbage, Greenville,
president of the deanery council, pre
sided. The meeting was opened with
the hymn, “O Sacred Heart, O Love
Divine.”
The officers were then presented as
follows: vice president, Mrs. C. M.
McClure, Anderson; secretary, Mrs.
Henry Wood, Pendleton; treasurer,
Mrs. J. P. Seiner, Spartanburg. The
corresponding secretary, Mrs. James
Bridgeman, Greenville, was unable to
attend. Others introduced were Miss
Madge Turner, Greenwood, who is
diocesan treasurer, and Miss May Mc
Grath. Anderson, diocesan auditor.
Splendid reports were given by all
affiliated clubs, and numerous com
mittees were appointed.
Mrs. C. M. McClure, deanery chair
man of study clubs, made a talk on
this important phase of the work and
proposed plans for the coming year.
A delightful vocal solo, “Carmena”,
II. Lane Wilson, was sung by Miss
Madge Turner of Greenwood.
Rev. Sidney Dean, director of the
Religious Vocation Camp for Upper
Carolina gave a most interesting fore
cast for this summer’s camp, which
will be held 16 miles north of Pickens
during August. He expects a large
attendance, and said the faculty will
be composed of five Sisters of Mercy
from Charleston, four seminarians,
and four counselors besides the direc
tor. Rev. Martin Murphy offered the
closing prayer.
After adjournment a delightful so
cial hour was spent. The guests were
invited into the dining room where
Mrs. A. A. Lotspeich and Mrs. F. X.
Minich served refreshments, assisted
by the Misses Mary McClure, Doro-
1hy Jacobs, Margaret Lyons, . Irene
Friend and Marjorie Jacobs.
The house was artistically decorat
ed with a variety of beautiful flow
ers and was a lovely setting for this
enjoyable meeting. The committees
for this meeting included: decora
tions, Mrs. John Lyons. Mrs. F. X.
Minich," and Mrs. Henry Wood; re
freshments, Mrs C. M. McClure, Mrs.
J. V. Renn and Miss Spellman; en
tertainment, Mrs. Henry Wood, Miss
Mary McGrath, Mrs. McClure; regis
tration, Mrs. Arthur Ward, Mrs. J. V.
Renn; pages, Misses Mary McClure
and Dorothy Jacobs.
Encyclical Basis of
Recovery Alumni Say
Catholic Federation Urges
Support of Recovery Act
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—Major economic pro
posals adopted in the form of resolu
tions by members of the National
Catholic Alumni Federation, which
concluded the sixth annual conven
tion here, call for full support of
the Administration’s National Indus
trial Recovery Act, and at the same
time offer, several definite recom
mendations based cn the Encyclical
of Pope Pius XI in which “certain
broad ethical principles were laid
down which should govern social re
construction.” Forty-seven Catholic
colleges and universities were repre
sented at the convention.
The committee on resolutions,
of which R. Dana Skinner, Associate
Editor of The Commonweal, chair
man. declared that in the Encyclical
of Pope Fius XI, the Holy Father “is
obviouslv seeking what might be
termed the Funomic, or well-ordered
State, as distinct from the Com
munistic State, on the one hand, and
the individualistic State, working on
the worn out rrinciple of Laissez
Faire, on the other.”
The Federation elected Edmond B.
Butler, of New York, as president to
succeed Redmond F. Kerman, also of
New York.
Other officers elected are: Charles.
P. Birmingham, of Boston; Charles
E. Bvme, of River Forest, 111.; Joseph
M. Murphy, of Washington, D. C.,
and Roy A. Bronson, of San Fran
cisco, vice-presidents; Leo E. Mc-
Givena, of New York, treasurer;
John T. Balfe. of New York, secre
tary: James K. Secry, of New York,
assistant secretary, and the Rev. Dr.
Maurice S. Sheehy, assistant to the
rector of the Catholic University of
America, chairman of the commit
tee on organization.
Jacksonville Guild
Has 10th Anniversary
St. Paul’s Society Observes
It With Special Program
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —St. Paul’s
Guild observed its tenth anniversary
recently with a reception at the par
ish house at which the principal ad
dress was delivered by the Rev. D.
A. Lyons, pastor of St.. Paul’s
Church. The new officers of the
Guild are Mrs. Josephine M. Maner,
president; Mrs. Fred M. Bultman,
vice-president; Mrs. T. T. Coppedge,
secretary; Mrs. E. Stanwix-Hay,
treasurer.
A silver rosary was presented to
Mrs. G. B. Sawyer, retiring presi
dent, for her excellent work; Mrs.
George P. Coyle made the presenta
tion. Other retiring officers were
Mrs. May Scanlon , vice-presdent;
Mrs. John Sands, secretary, and Mrs.
Hay, treasurer. Past presidents in
addition to Mrs. Sawyer are Miss
Frances Connally, deceased; Mrs.
Frederick J. Waas, Mrs. Vincent
Armstrong. Mrs. Neal Tyler. Mrs.
Alma Bisbee and Mrs. Joseph M.
Erskine.
Fr. Plunkett Heads
Holy Ghost Fathers
(Bv N. C. W. C. News Service)
PITTSBURGH.—Official word from
the Most Rev. Louis LeHunsec. Su
perior General of the Holy Ghost
Fathers, Paris, has just been received
at Duquesne University, here, nam
ing the Very Rev. Christopher J.
Plunkett as Provincial of the Ameri
can Province of the Order. Father
Plunkett, whose first station was at
Duauesne in 18S4, arrived, here last
week from Arecibo, Puerto Ri^o,
where he was nastor and head of the
Holy Ghost Mission.
As Provincial, Father Plunkett
succeeds the Very Rev. Eugene
Phelan, who served in. that office for
the last 23 years. The new Ameri
can Provincial was bom in. Ireland
and educated at Blackrock College
end the Royal University of Ireland.
He also studied in Paris for five
years, and came to the United States
in 1823.
FR. BROSMAHAN NAMED
SERVITE PROVINCIAL
Father DePincier, Widely
Known Editor, Associate
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO.—The Very Rev. 'Patrick
Brosnahan O.S.M., Pricr of the Mon
astery of Our Lady of Sorrows here,
was elected Provincial of the Ameri
can Province of the Servite Fathers
at a Provincial Chapter held here
recently. The Most Rev. Raphael
Baldini, O.S.M., Prior General of the
Order, presided at the chapter.
The Rev. Jerome DePincier, O.S.M.,
editor cf The Messengerof Our Math
er of Sorrows, was chosen Associate
Provincial.
Father Brosnahan formerly was
Provincial of the American Province
for two terms.
Cardinal Consecrates
Bishop in New York
Father James T. G. Hayes, S.
J., to Go to Philippines
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK—In a ceremony filled
with all the solemnity and ritual of
nineteen century old Aoostolic tradi-
tons, the Most Rev. James T. G.
Hayes, S. J., a former New York boy,
was consecrated Bishop of the Dio
cese of Cayagan, Philippine Island,
by His Eminence Patrick Cardinal
Hayes at the Church of St. Ignatius
Loyola. The new Bishop will leave
to take up his new duties within a
few weeks.
Assisting the Cardinal in the con
secration, as co-consecraters, were
the Most Rev. John M. McNamara.
Auixiliary Bishop of Baltimore, and
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia.
The sermon was preached by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. William Quinn, Pro
tonotary Apostolic and National Di
rector of the Propagation of the Faith.
OFFICERS OF CONSECRATION
The officers of the consecration
ceremony, in addition to His Em
inence the Cardinal, and the co-con-
secrating Bishops, were the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. John P. Chidwick, assisting
priest; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Lavelle and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Pat
rick BresHn, deaccns of honor; the
Re-v. Msgr. John Belford, dean of the
Mass.: the Rev. Edwin J. Sinnott.
sub-deacon cf the Mass; the Very
Rev. Edward C. Phillips and the Rev.
Edward J. Sweenwey. chaplains to
Bishop Hayes, and the Very Rev.
Msgr. Stephen J. Donahue and the
Very Rev. Msgr. John J. Casey. Mas
ters of Ceremonies.
In the sanctuary also were the Most
Rev. John C. Collins, titular Bishop
of Antiohellc; the Mcst Rev. Thomas
A. Emmet, S. J.. Bishop of Jamaica,
and the Most Rev. Armand Bahl-
man O. F. M„ visiting from South
America, and nearly one hundred
other members of the clergy from
all dioceses of the United States.
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS
PILGRIMAGE MEMBERS
Participate in Pilgrimage of
International Journalists
(Rv N. C. W. C. News Service)
ROME—Americans were among the
members of the Pilgrimage of Ca
tholic Journalists to Rome, a fore
runner of the Universal Catholic
Press Congress to be held in 1935 to
commemorate the seventy-fifth an
niversary of the Osservatore Romano.
The Rev. Father O’Rourke, S. J.,
rector of the Biblical Institute, Rome,
represented the Jesuit publications of
America, while the Rev. J. J. Con-
sidine, M. M., Director of Fides Ser
vice, accepted the request of the com
mittee on arrangements to represent
the other press interests in America.
The committee on arrangements
asked Father Considine to speak for
the United States at the gala assembly
of the natons held at the Gregorian
University June 3, at which 22 coun
tries were represented. Father Con
sidine expressed the good wishes of
the Catholic press interests of America
and sounded a note for stronger
organization.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CINCINNATI—The first duty of the
farmer “is not to produce, but to
live”, and “there should be in the
occupation of the farmer a dignity
and independence that are not pos
sible in the collective mass production
enterprises of modern industry” the
Bishops of the Province of Cincinnati
assert in an extended and considered
statement that they just issued on
“Froblems of Agriculture from the
Standpoint of Catholic Principles.”
“These are considerations,” t he state
ment adds, “of greater moment to
our farm population than good prices
for farm products.”
The Bishops express opposition to
the industrialization of American
agriculture and to the system of corp
orate farming, saying thpt “the farm
is primarily a place to live and to
make a living.” The Bishop favor,
“in the first place, a system of co-
Alabama Pastor Is
Honored on Jubilee
Rev. Francis McVeigh, O S.
B., Tnscumbia, Priest
2 5 Years
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — The Church
of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was
crowded to capacity June 25, to wit
ness the opening services of the pro
gram honoring the silver jubilee of
the pastor, the Rev. Francis Mc
Veigh, O. S. B., whose ordination to
the priesthood took place in St. Jo
seph Hospital chapel, Memphis, June
16, 1908.
Father McVeigh was celebrant of
the Solemn High Mass. Following
the Mass, a dinner was served by the
Altar Society, honoring Father Mc
Veigh. Thomas McVeigh, of Mem
phis, who is visiting his brother,
Father McVeigh, was one of the
chief speakers. He read a tribute in
verse, written for the occasion, by
Susan Russell, of the N. C. W. C.
News Service, ’Washington, D. C.
Father McVeigh is the nephew of
Sister M. Anastasia, who. 40 years
ago, with_the late Sister M. Alexis,
founded St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mem
phis, and who last year, by special
request, went from the Mother
House at LaFayette, Ind., to resume
her work in that institution, taking
charge of an entire section of the
hospital.
The Silver Jubilee celebration, be
ing the first of its kind in ihis sec
tion of Alabama, the Mass was at
tended by many Protestants.
BERLIN — Prince Eugcn Konstan
tin Georg Maximilian zu Schaum-
burg-Lippe, a member oC one of the
leading Catholic families of Europe,
and Miss Heign Lee Rochet bourg,
granddaughter of the late Admiral
Miller of the United States Navy,
were united in marriage at Hem burg
von der Hoehe near Frankfort re
cently.
Jesuit Beats
The Venerable Joseph Mary Pig-
natelli, S. J., son of a noble Span
ish family, was beatified on Sun
day, May 21.. He was born in
Saragossa in 1737 and died in
Rome in 1811. He was an out
standing figure in Italy during the
period of the suppression of the
Society of Jesus and aided great
ly in securing the restoration of
that Order. The process of his
beatification was begun in 1842,
under Gregory XVI, The above
photograph was made from a rare
engraving in Georgetown Univer
sity Library.
operation among our farmers cn the
basis of neighborhood unity, local
interest and local market, as far as
may be convenient.”
Asserting that “the declining birth
rate of our country, if not cheeked,
will be the forerunner of national
decay,” the Bishops state that “our
rural districts today are the source
of our available actual surplus of
population.”
“It is only by following the princi
ples so clearly outlined by the illus
trious Pontiffs. Leo XHI and Piux XI,
that oui; agricultural masses shall
maintain their freedom, their in
dividuality, their independence as
American farmers and safeguard
themselves 'from the adoption of the
system of tyranny of forced labor
found in countries where agricultural
labor is being reduced to the sQte of
serfdom”, the Bishops say in con
clusion.
FR, HAAS ADVISOR OF
U. S, RECOVERY GROUP
(By N. C. VV. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON.—A Catholic priest
—the Rev. I>r. Francis J. Haas, Di
rector of the National Catholic School
of Social Service—is one of seven
persons whose appointment to the
Labor Advisory Committee of the
National Recovery- Administration
has been announced here.
Dr. Leo Wolman, Columbia Uni
versity professor, is chairman of the
committee to which Dr. Haas has
been appointed. Other members in
clude: William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor;
John Fray of the metal trades de
partment of the A. F. of L.; Joseph
Franklin, President of the Interna
tional Boilermakers’ Union; Sidney
Hillman, President of the Amalga
mated Clothing Workers, and Rose
Schneiderman, Secretary of the Wo
men’s Trades Union League.
California Continues
Private Schools’ Tax
Effort to Eliminate It Fails
at tbe Pol's
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SACRAMENTO. Cal. — latest re-
turns show that the State of Califor
nia apparently has voted to continue
as the only State in the Lin ion which
assesses a tax against private non
profit s?hools. On the basis of in
complete returns it is estimated that
out of a million and a quarter votes
cast cn the proposal to amend the
State Constitution and eliminate the
unjust tax on private schools the pro
position was defeated by more than
a quarter of a million.
Returns from 8.924 out of 9.347 pre
cincts showed: Yes, 497.906; No. 719,-
576.
A particularly bitter campaign was
waged by opponents of the amend
ments in San Francisco and the mea
sure fared much better in Los An
geles. Catholics of San Francisco
worked hard in the pre-election cam
paign to bring about elimination of
the tax, but an analysis by reliable
observers indicates that many Catho
lics in the State did not go to the
polls.
Catholic Press and
Sodality Convention
National Gathering of St.
Louis Pledges Its Support
The following resolu ion was pass
ed by fhe National Sodality Conven
tion. ia St. Louis, June 17 and IS:
“Whefeas: Tim diocesan paper is the
organ upon which we depend in a
specie! way for infoimation concern
ing matters of our diocese, and tor
direct information concerning other
matters of likewise importance, and
also that it is the medium through
which cur bishops address themselves
to their spiritual children, he it
“Resolved: That the National So
dality Convention of parishes go on
record as wholeheartedly supporting
the wish of Our Holy Father and the
Bishops of the United States in the
matter cf circulating the diocesan
paper by encouraging Catholics *w
subscribe to, or otherwise secure the
diocesan paper wherever possible.’’
NEW YORK — The Most Rev. Jas.
Anthony Walsh, Superior General
and Co-Founder of the Maryknoll
Missioners, sailed June 2, for Rome
where be was consecrated Bish
op. A number of prelates and mem
bers of the laity accompanied him.
..LONDON — The latest book of
Bishop Kelley ef Oklahoma City,
“The Forgotten God”, is highly com
mended by The Tablet and The Uni
verse, leading Catholic newspapers
here.