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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 23, 1933
NEWS BRIEFS
From The N. C. W. C. News Service
DR. JOHN McDOWELL, Modera
tor of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States, extends congratulations
to the Catholic Church on the ser
vice it is rendering in the present
trying times “to the Kingdom of God
and the life of the world.”
Dr. McDowell expresses admiration
for the messages of the Popes, and
affirms great benefits derived from
them in a letter to Patrick J. Ward,
Director of the N. C. C. W. bureau
of Publicity and Information.
MAJOR FRANK CAVANAUGH,
famous football coach and former
gridiron star, died at his home in
Marshfield Mass., August 29, at the
age of 57 years.
As gridiron mentor of Holy Cross,
Dartmouth, Boston College, and Ford-
ham. Major Cavanaugh achieved dis
tinction as a football coach from the
time that he went to Dartmouth as
coach in 1911 until he retired as head
coach at Fordham a year ago.
He enlisted as a private in the A.
E- F. and ended his military service
as Major. He suffered until his death
from the effects of wounds sustained
in France.
REV. DR. JOHN A. RYAN, na
tionally known priest-economist.
Dean of the Faculty of Sacred
Sciences at the Catholic University of
America, and Director of the Depart
ment of Social Action, of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, has
been created a Domestic Prelate, with
the title of Right Reverend Monsig
nor, by His Holiness Pope Pius XI.
CHARLES FAHY. formerly of
Rome, Georgia, and now acting so
licitor for the Department of the In
terior, blocked attempts of Texas oil
producers to restrain Secretary of the
Interior Ickes from enforcing certain
federal regulations relative to inter
state shipment of oil products.
Mr. Fahy, who is the son of Mrs.
Thomas Fahy of Rome, argued the
case before the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, and obtained
a ruling which upheld the president’s
power over industry under the Na
tional Recovery Act.
REVEREND R. KOCH, of St. Ste
phen’s Church, Regina, Saskatcha-
wan, flies 40 miles every Sunday
morning to say mass for the people of
his mission at Cupar.
Working on a regular schedule,
Father Koch says mass first at St.
Stephen's each Sunday, then leaves
immediately for Cupar.
SIR ERIC DRUMMOND, who has
been appointed British Ambassador to
Rome after serving 13 years as Secre
tary General of the League of Na
tions. is one of the most distinguish
ed Catholic laymen of this generation.
Like Sir Esme Howard, now Lord
Howard of Penrith, and former Bri
tish Ambassador to the United States,
Sir Eric Drummond is a convert to
Catholicism, having been received in
to the Church 30 years ago.
REV. JOHN J. PRESTON, pastor
of St. Cecilia’s Church.. Kearny, N. J..
who is sponsoring a plan for the erec
tion of a huge public statue of Christ
in the United States, reveals members
of Congress, non-Catholic as well as
Catholic are among those who have
written to him commending and sup
porting the plan.
PAUL P. PROSSER, Attorney
General of Colorado, has rendered a
ruling for the Most Rev. Urban J.
Vehr, Bishop of Denver which de
clares that the laws cf Colorado leave
a public school board free to retain
Catholic Sisters as teachers, and. also
to lease a Catholic School building
for public school purposes.
Another point - in the opinion
brought out, incidentally, is that
public school authorities could not
take over a parochial school building
and operate it “in the same manner as
when the school was conducted as a
parochial school.”
JOHN S. BURKE, president of B.
Altman & Company, New York City,
has been appointed industrial adviser
for the code of fair competition filed
by the retailers of the nation.
Mr. Burke, who is prominently
identified with Catholic movements,
is a native of Norwich. Connecticut,
became a resident of New York after
completing his college education, and
since that time has been associated
with the firm of which he is now
the head-
RT. REV. MSGR. PAUL MARELLA
auditor of the Apostolic Delegation in
Washington, has been named Aposto
lic Delegate to Japan, and titular
Archbishop of Doclea.
As Apostolic Delegate to Japan.
Monsignor Marella will succeed Most
Rev. Edward A. Mooney, recently
named Archbishop of Rochester, wh'o
was the first priest of the United
States to be named an Apostolic Dele
gate.
Monsignor Marella, who was bom
in Rome in 1895 was formerly Private
Chamberlain to Pope Pius XI. and
came to this country as Charge d’Af
faires of the Apostolic Delegation
when Cardinal Fumanrsi-Biondi was
appointed Apostolic Delegate to the
United States.
REV. CHRISTIAN H. WINKEL-
MAN. pastor of St. Francis de Sales
Church, St. Louis, has been named
titular Bishop of Sita, and Auxiliary
to the Most Rev. John J. Glennon,
Archbishop of St. Louis, by His Hol
iness Pope Pius XI.
PROFESSOR JOHN A. STAUN
TON, of the philosophy department.
University of Notre Dame, has left
for Italy to begin his studies for the
priesthood.
Professor Staunton, a former An
gelical minister, became a Catholic
in 1930. Because of his knowledge of
theology he expects to be ordained
within the next year or two, when
he will return to teach at Notre
Dame. He will be 70 years old next
spring.
THE CATHOLIC TRUTH GUILD
was the subject of an address over the
“Yankee Network” from Station
WNAC, Boston, by William E. Kerrish,
vice-president of the Boston Guild.
The work of David Goldstein and
the late Mrs. Martha Moore Avery
was the pioneer effort in bringing
Catholic teaching to the man in the
street in the United States, Mr.
Kerrish said.
CAPT. JAMES A. MOLIJSON and
his wife, the former Amy Johnson,
trans-Atlantic fliers, were honor
guests at a luncheon given in New
York by the Catholic Actors’ Guild.
They were presented St. Christopher
medals to replace those lost when
their plane crashed at Bridgeport.
FOUR DIOCESE, those of Louis
ville, Dubuque, Grand Rapids Salt
Lake, were the first to accept invita
tions to compete in the first annual
Catholic Youth organization national
baseball tournament at Comiskey
Park, Chicago. September 4 to 9. The
event is being sponsord by Bishop
Sheil of Chicago.
DAVID F. SUPPLE, supreme war
den of the Knights of Columbus,
has given support to the campaign of
the Order of B'nai B'rith- protesting
anti-Jewish activities in Germany.
THE REV. PETER rPORGEVAL a
Belgian missionary in Molokai, and
a former war chaplain who was dec
orated six times for bravery, is un
der treatment for leprosy contracted
while ministering to the lepers at Mo
lokai.
THE VERY REV. FATHER SAN-
CHO, O. P., a native of Zargosa,
Spain, where he was bom 39 years
ago ,and an alumnus of the Catholic
University of America, has been nam
ed president of San Juan de Letran
College at Manila, in the Philippines.
BISHOP PEDRO FARFAN. of Cuz
co, for 26 years one of South Amer
ica’s leading prelates, has been named
Archbishop of Lima.
CROAGHPATRICK, the mountain
of St. Patrick, was visited by 35,090
from all parts of Ireland on the an
nual pilgrimmage. More than 5,000
received Holy Communion.
GOVERNOR ARTHUR SELIG-
MAN, of New Mexico, in an address
at a dinner given in honor of the
Most Rev. Rudolph Aloysius Gerken,
newly installed Archbishop of Sante
Fe, paid tribute to the early Catholic
missionaries in that locality.
“I have spoken in a reminiscent
mood,” said Governor Seligman, “for
no one knows better than the gover
nor of this state how close the
Church is and has been to the ma
jority of our people. It is taught in
our public schools that the first
white man to enter the present do
main of New Mexico was the Fran
ciscan Marcus dc Niza, more than 80
years before the Pilgrim Fathers
landed at Plymouth Rock.”
THE NEW WORLD, official organ
of the Archdiocese of Chicago, has
darted a campaign to bring its list
of subscribers over the 100,000 mark,
the circulation achieved by the Uni
verse of London.
WILLIAM BROSMITH and Chas.
Reardon, leading laymen of Hart
ford, and active in Vincentian work,
have been named Knights of St.
Gregory by the Holy Father.
..MSGR. REDYOND PRENDIV LLE
a native of County Kerry, Ireland,
has been named Coadjutor Archbish
op of Perih, Australia, at the age
of thirty-three.
BISHOP SULLIVAN, S. J.. of Pat
na, has been made a member of (he
senate of the state University of Pat
na.
THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF
America are collecting pledges of co
operation with the NRA.. Already
over 5,000 members employing two
persons or more have signed the NRA
pledge.
BISHOP GALLAGHER, of Detroit,
in a letter to his people expressed
“the hope and the wish that all the
faithful will resolve to aid in every
proper manner the President’s pro
gram for economic recovery now in
progress.”
ABBE LEMAITRE, the famed au
thor of the theory of the expanding
universe, will be an exchange pro
fessor at the Catholic University of
America this year. Ho is professor of
astro-psychics at Louvain,
Appointed Bishop
The Right Rev. Msgr. James H.
Ryan, Rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, since 1928,
has just been appointed titular
Bishojo of Modra by His Holiness
Pope Pius XI.. He is the sixth
rector of the university so hon
ored by the Vatican. Bishop-elect
Ryan is one of the outstanding
figures in the fields of Catholic
education and philosophy in the
United States.
Question Box
Q. When the Apostles baptized
what form did they use?
A. We have no certain knowledge
of the form which the Apostles used.
We do know that in some instances
it was impossible to follow the meth
od of immersion as in the case of
Saint Peter baptizing his jailer. The
spring in the Mammartine prison
would not permit of immersion. It
is hardly probable that immersion
was employed in the instance where
he baptized several thousand. We do
know that immersion was commonly
practiced in the early days of the
church, though the Church at all
times has held that either of the three
forms is valid. At the present time
the practice of infusion is ordered
by ecclesiastical law. The Church
desires uniformity in her liturgy as
in her teaching. There are also many
reasons why immersion is not practi
cal in our day. The one thing that
we are bound to believe under faith
is that the “washing” and the pro
nouncing of words with the proper
intention constitute the -Sacrament of
Baptism.
Q. May a priest charge a certain
specified sum for baptizing and mar
rying his people?
A. The Sacraments are not for sale
and no priest would set a price. A
priest may ask an offering from those
who can afford it, such offering
being not a price for the Sacra
ment but a contribution to the sup
port of religion.
Q. Is it possible that the human
race consists of the fallen angels
by Almighty God?
A. There is absolutely no warrant
for such opinion. On the contrary,
we know from revelation that the
human race is a special creation of
Almighty God. The angels were
pure spirits and as such were com
plete beings. Man is a creature com
posed of body and soul and neither
one is complete without the other.
By death the soul and body are sep
arated, and in God’s designs they
shall be united on the last day and
shall so live for all eternity.
U. So Shipping Board Pays
Trihute to Admiral Benson?
Resolutions Assert He “Fought With Patriotism and
Fortitude to Establish the Groundv/ork for a Strong
Merchant Marine’’ During Crucial Period
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON—The United States
shipping Board, in a resolution adopt
ed here, paid the following tribute
to the late Admiral William S. Ben
son U. S. N„ retired:
“Whereas, Admiral Benson, served
with extraordinary distinction as an
officer of the United States Navy,
both in peace and in war, having been
signally honored and dishonored
for exceptionally meritorious service
by our Government and by many
nations, abroad, and
“Whereas, Admiral Benson on
March 15. 1920, became a commission-
of the United States Shipping
Board and was thereupon designated
as Chairman and served thereafter as
a member of this Board continuous
ly until January 12. 1928, and as
chairman thereof until June 13, 1921;
and
“Whereas. Admiral Benson was on
March 15, 1920, elected a Trustee and
resident of the United States Shipp
ing Board Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion and served as President until
June 21, 1921 and as a trustee be
tween March 15, 1920 and September
30, 1921, and between October 13, 1927,
and until June 8, 1928; and
“Whereas, During the crucial period
immediately following the World War
Admiral Benson was at the helm” of
both the Board and the Corporation,
and the United States Shipping Board
was faced with the serious problems
of completing the war time construc
tion program and the reassignment
of its enormous fleet of vessels to
commercial use in the new depart
ment of the United States foreign
trade shipping service; and
“Whereas, Admiral Benson with
patriotism and fortitude fought to
establish the groundwork for a strong
American merchant marine and
throughout his entire service with this
Board deligently labored in the main
tenance aqd promotion of our
Merchant Marine;
“Resolved, That the United States
Shipping Board hereby formally re
cords its tribute to the eminent public
service of Admiral William S. Ben
son and, expresses its profound loss
of a fortner associate whose honor,
integrity and patriotism won for him
the esteem and admiration of all who
knew him;
“Be it further resolved, That the
Commissioners of the United States
Shipping Board hereby express to the
family of William S. Benscn, sincere
condolences in this bereavement; and
“Be it further resolved. That these
resolutions be spread upon the official
minutes of the United States Shipping
Board and a copy thereof forwarded
to the family of the deceased.”
FRENCH PRIEST 65 YEARS
MISSIONARY IN JAPAN
Father Villion Has Not Left
Country in That Time
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
NARA, Japan—On the occasion of
the sixty-fifth anniversary of his ar
rival in Japan, which he has never
left since that day, the Rev. Aime
Villion, of the Paris Foreign Mission
Society, received a gift of money from
Lyons, France, his native city, as an
expression of the admiration of his
countrymen. Now aproaching his 90th
birthday. Father Villion has an
nounced he will use the money to
erect a student clubhouse in this city.
PRIEST-CHAPLAIN GETS
CONGRESSIONAL HONOR
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO—The Rev. A. L. Girard,
pastor of St. Patrick's Church,
Momence, 111., has just received notice
that he has been awarded by Con
gress the silver star medal with gold (
wreath for '‘gallantry in action". The
medal is awarded to persons who
have distinguished themselves under
fire.
Father Girard was chaplain of the
108th Medical Corps, 33rd Division,
regular army. At present he holds
the rank of chaplain major with the
108th Engineers, a combat unit.
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COLD STORAGE
Q. What should be prepared in a
sick room when a priest calls?
A. Have a table conveniently placed
by the bed of the sick person, cove
ered with a white cloth on which
you should have a Crucifix, at least
one lighted blessed candle, some holy
water, a glass with a spoon portion
of water, a spoon and a small bit of
raw cotton
Q. Please tell me what is the total
Catholic population in Germany and
also the Protestant population?
A. We have not available very late
statistics but approximately one-third
of the population of Germany is
Catholic, and about 90 per cent of the
rest of the population is Protestant,
for the most part members of the
Evangelical Church, or what is called
the Lutheran Church in this coun
try.
Q. Is it true that miracles were
performed at Father Powers’ grave?
If so, why do they close the ceme
tery and deny the people the good
of the miracles?
A. It was not decided officially
that miracles were performed at the
grave of Father Powers. To avoid
possibility of scandal, superstition or
abuse, the authorities wisely decided
to close the cemetery to the general
public. If at any time it be official
ly determined that miracles may be
performed through the intercession
of Father Powers, you may be quite
that Church authorities will
not deprive the people of any bene
fits which they may derive.
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