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AUGUST 5, 1933
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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row Discusses the Church in the South
DELEGATE VIEWS INSTITUTES’ WORK
His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, is shown above as he inspected the
work of the Apologetic Institute and the Preachers’ Institute at the
Catholic University of America. The institutes, unique experiments
in this country, were established for religious research and the train
ing of men in practical methods of religious exposition, and offers
courses in voice culture and sermon writing. (Reni photo.) Left
to right: Rt. Rev. Msgr. James H. Ryan, Rector of the University;
Archbishop Cicognani; Msgr. Domenico Tardini, of the Papal Secre
tariate of State, and Very Rev. Francis A. Walsh, O. S. B., Director
of the Apologetic Institute. In the rear, in white religious garb, is
the Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P., Director of the Preachers’
Institute. Four bishops are among those lecturing at the institute.
They are, left to right, insets: Bishop Richard O. Gerow, of Natchez,
Miss.; Bishop-elect Gerald Shaughnessy, of Seattle; Bishop Edwin V.
O’Hare, of Great Falls, Mont., and Bishop John F. Noll, of Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Catholic World
(From N. C. W. C. News Service)
TELLS INSTITUTE OF
APOLOGETICS OF OUR
NEEDS, PROSPECTS
Bishop of Natchez in Lecture
at Catholic University Says
South Increasingly Friendly
Toward Church
(By N. C. W. C. News Service).
WASHINGTON, D. C.— Making a
plea for immediate aci.ton in the
South, the Most Rev. Richard O. Ge-j
row, Bishop of Natchez, lectured be
fore the newly established Apologetic
Institute at the Catholic University
of America late in August.
"The Apologetic needs of the
South,” according to Bishop Gerow,
"mean the presentation of the truths
of divine doctrine, for the purpose of
making converts among the whites
be among the negroes. m
“I feel we have not yet done our
full duty. This course in Apologetics
serves as a witness to our responsib
ility. The last census show
ed the population of this country to
be 122,000,000, of these, 20,236,000 are
Catholics. Last year we had 40,000
converts to the church —this means
one convert for every 502 Catholic
people, or 1.4 per cent for each of the
211,000 priests in the United States. Or
ganized effort has been lacking in
the past—only in recent years is there
a tendency toward organized and
united purpose. This is undoubtedly
because of the zeal and devotion of
Our Holy Father, Pius XI, who is
the spirit in back of the whole move
ment.
"One of the chief difficulties in
spreading the truths of our religion
is the historical background of the
southern people. They have come
from a stock which was most inimi
cal to the church. For example, Vir
ginia established the High Church of
England and discouraged all other
churches, especially the Catholic. The
settlers of the Carolinas were the
samp class of people and of the same
spirit. Georgia allowed freedom of
worship to all except Catholics. Mary
land, a colony founded by and for
Catholics, eventually began persecut
ing members of our faith.
“Furthermore most of the South,
between the Alleghenies and the
Mississippi was settled by groups of
people from the above named states,
bringing inland and spreading a spirit
and teaching hostile to the Catholic
Church.
"In contrast to this, and in order to
show the strong and lasting influence
of ancestry we have only to consider
the Gulf States, settled mostly by the
Spanish and French, where Catholic
faith and tradition still prevail. In
southern Louisiana, the land of Evan
geline and the Acadian people, there
is a spirit and atmosphere decidedly
Catholic.
"A second difficulty in the path of
Apologetics is the rural conditions of
the South where 70.6 per cent of the
population live on farms or in small
towns, often 80 miles from a Catholic
Church. In the beginning priests
were too few. In 1841, there were
only two priests in Mississippi-
other states had even less.
“These two conditions militated
against the Catholic Church and pre
judice flourished. Protestant minis
ters were plentiful, although they
were not necessarily men of educa
tion. These ministers were helped
by politicians and newspaper men,
who realized their attacks on the
Catholic Church were well received
by the people. Accusing the church
of immorality and other crimes made
vivid topics for news writing and
speeches. Thus, prejudice was fost
ered and grew until the culminating
of bigotry was reached a few years
ago 1 with the organization of the Ku
Klux Klan in the South.
"Now is the time for missionary
work in the South; today the South
is in a receptive mood.
"Eight or nine years ago it would
have been practically useless to at
tempt to convert the South. The peo
ple were rabidly anti-Catholic. Then
came the presidential campaign of
1928. This campaign besides reveal
ing the bigotry of the South, helped
the church. In order to defend the
Catholic candidate, the party support
ing him had to explain Catholic doc
trines. As a result, through speeches
and articles, the South came to real
ize for the first time the real mean
ing of Catholicity. Today, Protestant
ministers and people are seeking the
friendship of Catholics.”
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' PROCESSIONS in honor of St.
Anne, the mother of the Blessed Vir
gin, were held in the Archdiocese of
San Francisco and the Diocese of
Los Angeles and San Diego July 23.
More than 100,000 pilgrims marched
in San Francisco, and a comparable
number in Los Angeles,
PADLEY HALL, in the Diocese of
Nottingham, England, where two
priests were arrested and martyred
three hundred and forty-five years
Ego, had Mass again in its chapel in
July for the first time since the trag
edy.
THE VATICAN has a new hydrau
lic nlant, just completed, which suc
ceeds as the source of water supply
there the old aqueduct built by Pope
Faul V., early in the sixteenth cen
tury.
A CONVERT IN INDIA recently
received the Sacraments of Baptism.
Confirmation. Holy , Eucharist and
Matrimony all in one day.
THE REV. EXPEDITUS SCHMIDT,
O. F. M„ an authority on the the
atre, has been appointed stage man
ager of the Bavarian State Theatre
with the approval of the Franciscan
Order, of which he is a member. He
was stage manager of the Cologne
Passion Plays in 1912.
DR. GEORGE SHAW DUNCAN
for sixteen years an Anglican clergy
man, has become a tutor at St.
Michael’s House of Studies for Late
Vocations, where another former An
glican clergyman, Dr. C. A. Brere-
ton, is principal.
FOUR ARABS were among the sev
en deacons who were ordained priests
at Jerusalem in July; the others were
two Italians and an American Car
melite.
FOUR OF THE SLAYERS of Fath
er Othmer Stimnfl, O. F. M., Swiss
missionary at Honan, China, have
been apprehended by the authorities
and executed. Father Stimpfl was
shot by the bandits March 24 and
died a day later.
THE REV. HUGH PLOWDEN-
WARDLAW. formerly Anglican cur
ate at Brighton, England, has been
received into the Church, the Cath
olic Herald announces.
THE REV. FATHER ERX, C. M„
a Swiss missionary in Kiangsi, China,
captured by Chinese bandits several
years ago, is still alive in captivity,
his confreres learn. A ransom of
$20,000 has been demanded. Father
Erx labored in the mission fields
since 1912.
THREE CATHOLIC PRIESTS ar
rested in V/olhynia, Russia, have been
exiled to Siberia, according to reports
reaching Berlin from Moscow. They
were charged with laboring against
the Godless associations.
CYRIL HORSPOOL, who once
heckled members of the Catholic Evi
dence Guild of London and later was
converted by them, was entertained
by the Guild members when he re
turned from Rome where he had been
ordained.
THE BISHOPS of England and
Wales held their annual meeting in
July under the presidency of His
Eminence, Francis Cardinal Bourne,
Archbishop of Westminster.
PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers in the
State of Zacatecas are forbidden by
the state director of Federal Public
Education to attend religious services,
the official order to that effect men
tioning the “painful fact” that they
very often do so.
BISHOP ROBERT DOBSON, aux
iliary Bishop of Liverpool, comment
ing on the reduced ccsts of the Cath
olic Orphanage for Girls conducted by
the Sister of the Notre Dame at Liver
pool, asserted that the British gov
ernment could learn a great deal
abcut balancing its budget from worn
en, and particularly from nuns.
CHOISIR, a French Catholic pub
lication, reports that the story that
Mile. Sandra Ravel, widely known
motion picture actress, is a niece of
the Pope is interesting but not true;
investigation reveals that it is “a
fantasy from beginning to end.”
BROTHER JEROME, assistant rec
tor of Mt. St. Louis College. Montreal,
and a widely known Christian Broth
er, died in Montreal recently. Broth
er Jercme was George M. Fisher, of
Rochester. N. Y.
CALIXA LAVALLEE, author of "O
Canada,” the national anthem of the
Dominion, was honored with special
ceremonies at Montreal, where his
remains have been removed from
Boston, where he died in 1891.
THE REV. LOUIS PALY, O. P„ a
Swiss missionary in Fukien Province,
China, has been captured by bandits,
the German Province of the Domin-
cans, to which Father Paly is at
tached, has been advised.
GOVERNOR FRANK B. MURPHY
cf the Philippines “knows what it
means to strive for national unity.
He is sympathetic with our national
ideals,” La Defensa of Manila says
editorially, also recalling that in Gov
ernor Murphy, who was a prominent
Catholic layman and Mayor of De
troit, “appreciates our spiritual heri
tage.”
PATRICK SHEA, a leading citizen
of Winnipeg, and a liberal benefac
tor of the Church in Manitoba, died
there late in July at 80. Mr. Shea,
who was a Knight of St. Gregory,
was a native of Ireland.
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‘Ave Maria* Suggests
a Song for Editors
And The Bulletin Presents It
With Approval
(From The Ave Maria, July 1. 1933.)
The Catholic Press Association did
not have much time for singing when
it met for its annual convention in
Chicago. Even though it did have the
time, however, it would hardly need
the stimulation of song to keep its
members keyed up to the business of
the various sessions. If the Associa
tion ever does stand in need of a con
vention song, we would like to pro
pose the following “old-timer”, writ
ten many years ago, but never more
appropriate than today. There is
probably no gathering of editors in
America, either religious or secular,
who would not sing the following
lines without at least a touch of yearn
ing in their voices: _
How dear to our heart is the steady
subscriber,
Who pays in advance on the birth of
each year,
Who lays down the money and does
it quite gladly,
And casts round the office a halo of
cheer!
He never says “Stop it; I cannot af
ford it.
I’m getting more magazines now
than I read”;
But always says, “Send it; our people
like it—
In fact, we all think it a help and a
need.”
How welcome his check when it
reaches our sanctum;
How it makes our pulse throb; how
it makes our heart dance;
We outwardly thank him; we inward
ly bless him—
The steady subscriber who pays in
advance!
N. caMinuaymen
IN ANNUAL RETREAT
Fr. Timothy, 0. F. M., Con
ducts It at Belmont Abbey
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—The North Caro
lina Laymen's Retreat Association
held its annual retreat at Belmont
Abbey on July 1-2-3, this being con
ducted by Rev. Father Timothy
Monahan, O F. M.. as retread master.
Retreatants to the number of 33
were in attendance, all sections of
the state from Wilmington to Ashe
ville, being represented.
Those attending the retreat includ
ed: Francis J. Heazel, A. J. Redmond,
J. G. Deshler, Bernard Bach, A. J.
Fischer, John Vaillancourt, John T.
Johnson, Joseph Fieker, William D.
Tharin, Louis Fragge, J. L. Delaporte,
from Asheville; George T. Carey, W.
J. Murphy, T. C. Toomey, C. W.
Godfrey, A. L. Kelley, A. J Neilson,
from Charlotte; Jack V. Berry, C. J.
Hcshall, Dr. C. Palmer Joe, from
Greensboro; N. J. Phelan, John E.
Eck, from Gastonia; William R. Me-
haffey, Bernard Sharp, from Tryon;
William Sheehan, Wilmington; J. V.
Hoffman, Raleigh; C. L. Jones, Besse
mer, City; L. A. Tatum, Belmont.
At the close of the retreat the asso
ciation named regional directors as
follows: Louis Fragge, Asheville; W.
R. Mehaffey, Tryon; John E. Eck,
Gastonia; George T. Carey, Charlotte;
Dr. Palmer Joe, Greensboro; E. J.
Gallagher, Salisbury; D. A. Lockfew,
Wilmington; J. V. Hofmann, Raleigh;
T. A. Lysett, Winston-Salem; L. A.
Tatum, Belmont; J. G. Dshler, Ashe
ville, is president and A. J. Redmond
secretary.
K. of C. Broadcasts
Continue at Augusta
Each Sunday Afternoon at
2:30 Over WRDW
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Louis Mulherin,
whose subject was “Father Abram
Ryan”, was the speaker on Sunday's
weekly program of the Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus, broad
est each Sunday afternoon from 2:30
to 3:00 o’clock over WRDW, Augus
ta, with J. Coleman Dempsey, grand
knight, as announcer. The Sunday
previous James B. Mulherin deliver
ed an address c.n Chief Justice Roger
Taney, and Senator Patrick Walsh
was John L Armstrong’s subject July
16. Appropriate musical programs are
rendered each Sunday by members of
the choirs of the city and others.
DORRILL-McCARTHY — The Rev.
M. F. Cronin,S. J., of Sacred Heart
Church, Augusta, officiated at the
marriage July 30 of Miss Melba
Ivelyn Dorrill, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Augustus Dorrill, and
Newton McCarthy, son of John Mc
Carthy and the late Mrs. Sarah Mc
Carthy, members of well-known Au
gusta families. After the wedding
trip they will live in Augusta.
“PLAYING THE GAME
OF CITIZENSHIP”
How the Catholics of San
Francisco Did It by Return
ing Good for Evil
In the recent election in Ca ifomia,
the citizens of San Francisco were
called upon to vote on two proposi
tions among others, one a law which
would exempt private, non - profit
schools from taxation, the law in
every other state in the Union, and
the other a bend, issue for the erec
tion of public schools.
The Scottish Rite Masons and anti-
Cntholic organizations waged a bitter
—and successful—fight for the defeat
cf the measure which would exempt
such private schools from taxation,
their oppesition being admittedly
based on the fact that most such
schools are Catho ic. The Monitor, of
ficial organ of the Archdiocese of San
Francisco, however, in the issue be
fore the election endorsed the bond
issue for public schools in this fashion
in the frent page column cf the ed
itor, F. Gordon O’Neill:
Now the great powers of Europe
have buried their rivalries in the four
power pact and are looking at Eu
rope’s problem as a whole; let us fol
low their example and build a better
and greater California by looking at
education as a whole.
Or perhaps it would be better for
us to say, let us look at all the chil
dren. God knows we love them all,
no matter what schools they attend.
Let us give them the best we can in
whatever schools their parents choose
for them.
Catholics are under obligation to
practice good citizenship. In San Fran
cisco the physical well-being cf many
children attending the public schools
depends on the affirmative vote of the
Catholic people for the school bonds
to replace fire-traps. We should con
sider thq best interests cf the chil
dren and vote yes for the school
bonds.
Let the rest of the citizens match
us in broad gauge citizenship and give
the children in private non-profit
schools a break. These schools are
good for the community. They put
enough variety in the scheme of things
to prevent a stale uniformity.
There are at least 10 school build
ings made of wood with frame roof,
which were built between 1880 and
1913 in San Francisco. These schools
are liable to rapid and disastrous
fires. Everyone knows what a high
wind means in San Francisco. We
cannot in conscience risk the lives ol
children who attend those schools.
We ought to vote for school bonds
whether the other citizens vote for
Number 4 oo not. But you can bet
ycur life on the fairness of the great
majority, especially if you remind
ycur neighbors that with half San
Francisco Catholic, we will pay out
more in interest on these school bonds
than we will be relieved in taxes on
Number 4. We are playing the game.
And what gees for San Francisco
goes for every county in the state.
The Catholic people are holding up
their end of the public school cost.
Our share of the cost is plenty, be
cause cur people go in strong for
heme owning, and the home owners
pay the best part of school taxes.
You know as a matter of fact most
of the citizens of this state like their
Catholic neighbors, like their children
who go to public schools and private
schools. They just want to be told
that we are for helping the public
in general and holding up our own
end too.
It is a mighty neighborly act for a
Catholic man paying for four chil
dren in a private school, paying on
his home to house them, also going
out to vote yes on a bond issue to
make public schools safe for other
people’s children. He’s playing the
game cf citizenship. All he asks of his
neighbor is what is sometimes called
reciprocity.
Dr. Lombard Leaves
Key West Hospital
Government Places Him in
Charge at Memphis
(Special to The Bulletin)
KEY WEST, Fla.—Dr. M. S. Lom
bard, a member of the local parish
and for six years surgeon in charge
of the United States Marine Hospi
tal at Key West has been transferr
ed to Memphis where he will have
charge of the Public Health Service
Hospital.
Dr. Lombard’s transfer is the occa
sion of great regret here. The Key
West Citizen editorially expresses its
sorrow at his transfer, thereby, it as-»
serts, expressing the feeling of every
citizen; The Citizen recalls that it was
Dr. Lombard who was responsible j
for the idea of the annex at the local
hospital and its erection.