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AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. OCTOBER 14, lHXt
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Catholic Laymen's Association to Meet in Macon
Bulletins
( By N. C. W. C. News Service)
THE MOST REV. RALPH L.
HAYES, formerly pastor of St. Cath
arine of Siena Church. Pittsburgh,
has been consecrated Bishop of the
Diocese of Helena. Montana.
The Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bish
op of Pittsburgh was the consecra-
tor, and members of the Hierarchy
from all sections of the country, and
more than 500 priests were present.
Among the prelates attending was
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop
of Charleston.
REV. FELIX LABUDA, pastor of
St. Michael’s Church, at Trcsckow,
Pennsylvania, brought rescue to three
miners who had been entombed in a
coal mine.
The miners were trapped when a
pillar they were blasting suddenly
collapsed. After rescue crews bored
a hole through tons of-debris. Father
La Buda crawled through the small
opening in an endeavor to administer
the Last Sacraments to the imprison
ed miners.
He found them standing some dis
tance away in water up to their
shoulders. None of them could swim
and the water between them and the
rescue outlet was eight feet deep.
Father La Buda returned to the sur
face with the news and other miners
with ropes dragged them to safety.
THE MOST REV. CHARLES HU
BERT LEBLOND, was consecrated
Bishop of St. Joseph, Missouri, at St.
John’s Cathedra], Cleveland, where
he served as assistant priest follow
ing his ordination 24 years ago.
A few days preceding his consecra
tion Bishop LcBlond was the guest of
honor at a dinner tendered by the
Cleveland Rotary Club, which pre
sented him with a token of its appre
ciation of his many civic benefactions.
RELIGIOUS VACATION SCHOOLS
experienced a fruitful year last Sum
mer when more than 2,000 schools
were conducted, an increase of 500
over the preceding year. Of particu
lar interest is the fact that the growth
of the schools, which now form a
network over the length and bfvadth
of the land, hss been greatest during
the years of economic depression.
THE REV. DR. FRANCIS J. HAAS,
Director of the National Catholic
School of Social Service, whose ser
vices were called upon by President
Roosevelt in framing the national re
covery program when he was ap
pointed a rticmber of the Labor Ad
visory Committee of the NRA, has
been requested by the Chief Execu
tive to assume additional duties of
civic leadership and has accepted ap
pointment as a member of the Na
tional Labor Board.
A nationally known economist,
widely known for his efforts in be
half of social justice in line with the
great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII
and Pope Pius XI, Dr. Haas has given
generously of his time and energy in
the preliminary work of setting up
the National Recovery Administra
tion.
THE MOST REV. JOHN M. Mc-
NAMARA, Auxiliary Bishop of Bal
timore, gave the invocation at the un
veiling in Washington, of the new
memorial statue of Samuel Gompers,
late labor leader and president of the
American Federation on Labor.
GOVERNOR FLOYD B. OLS6n. ol
Minnesota, in an address deliver
ed before the thirteenth “hnnual con
vention of the National Council of
Catholic Women held this week in
St. Paul, praised the work done in
that state by Mrs. Thomas P. Ryan,
president of the St. Paul Archdioce
san Council of Catholic Women,
whom . whom he recently named
State Chairman of the N. R. A. Con
sumers' League.
Three thousand attended the first
civic meeting of the convention and
received through His Excellency the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicog-
nani. Apostolic Delegate to the Unit
ed States, a message, of greeting and
the blessing of His Holiness, Pope
Pius XI.
Notable Figures at Charity Conference
Seventeenth Annual Session
to Convene on October 29th
A Prince of the Catholic Church, the President of the United States, and
the Delegate of the Pope of Rome, with other outstanding dignitaries ot
Church and State participated in the National Conference of Catholic Chari
ties concluded last week in New York. More than forty American prelates
attended. Among the principal speakers were His Excellency the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (right), Apostolic Delegate to the United States;
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (center) and His Eminence Patrick Cardinal
Hayes (left), Archbishop of New York.
President Roosevelt Attends
Catholic Charity Conference
REV. CHARLES L. DIAMOND, C.
S.SP., of Philadelphia, Rev. Joseph G.
Noppinger, C.S.SP., of Baltimore, and
Rev. Reymond A. Wilhalm, C.S.SP.,
of Sharon, Pa., have sailed from New
York, for East Africa. These young
missionary priests were ordained in
1932, and have spent a year in post
graduate study.
Attacks on Religion
Vain, Says President
During the course of his
address before the National
Conference of Catholic
Charities, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt said: Those
people in other lands, and 1
say tills advisedly, those in
other lands who have sought
by edict or by law to elim
inate the right of mankind
to believe in God and to
practice that belief, in every
case discovered sooner or
later that they arc tilting in
vain against an inherent, es
sential, undying quality, in.
deed a necessity of the hu
man race, a quality and
necessity in very fact which
in every century has shown
an essential progress, and I
speak of religion.”
NEW FINANCE PLAN
WILL AID PASTORS
Parish Burdens Are Lifted
by Centralization System in
Diocese of Syracuse
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SYRACUSE, N. Y.—A new central
ized financing plan has been put into
effect in the Diocese of Syracuse by
the Most Rev. John A. Duffy, Bishop
of the Diocese, for the purpose of aid
ing parishes crushed under the oner
ous burden of financial-obligations and
also to relieve pastors to a large ex
tent from financial labors.
Under the new plan, all financial
matters of parishes throughout the
diocese, beyond the ordinary expen
ditures, will be controlled by the
diocese, Bishop Duffy being of the
opinion that the assets of parishes in
good standing, clear of debt and with
surpluses, should be used to aid those
parishes suffering from heavy finan
cial obligations. The Bishop seeks to
secure funds to refund parish mort
gages at lower rates of interest. The
greater part of such funds, according
to the plan, will come from parishes
having surpluses and no proximate
development projects. Other money
acquired by gift is to be used as a re
volving fund to aid parishes unable to
meet obligations. The financial trans
actions of all parishes are to come di
rectly to the Bishop’s desk for his
personal attention.
Nation's Chief Executive,
Apostolic Delegate, and
Cardinal Hayes Present at
Brilliant Closing Session
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The President of the
United States climaxed what un
doubtedly was the greatest gathering
of charity workers ever held in this
country, when following talks by a
galaxy of brilliant speakers, he ad
dressed the closing banquet session
of the National Catholic Charities
Conference here, declaring that the
nation would rise triumphant over its
present difficulties because its spirit
springs from faith in the divine guid
ance of God. and that religion is an
essential auality of the human race.
The addresses of the head of the
nation, the representative of His Hol
iness Pope Pius XI. a Cardinal, two
members of the President’s Cabinet, a
director of the governmental emer
gency relief activities, United States
Senator Robert F. Wagner and former
Governor Alfred E. Smith were heard
by audiences that included leaders in
Catholic welfare work from all sec
tions of the country. Illness prevent
C. L. A. PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
The Seventeenth An n u a I
Convention of the Catholic
Laymen's Association of Geor
gia will be held in Macon. Sun
day, October 29th.
The Officers of the Associa
tion extend an invitation to
every Catholic in Georgia to
attend the coming convention,
which will be one of the most
interesting and important ses
sions in the history of the as.
sociation.
Our Publicity Director, Rich
ard Reid, will bring to the
Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia a special message
from the Holy Father, and will
give an account of his recent
Holy Year pilgrimage to the
Eternal City.
Benedict Elder, of Louisville,
Kentucky, one of the ablest
Catholic laymen in the United
States, will also address the
convention.
With paved highways, re
duced railroad rates, and con
venient schedules, it is q*ir
hope and wish to make the
1933 convention the most suc
cessful since the Catholic Lay
men’s Association began its
campaign to promote a friend
lier feeling among Georgians
irrespective of creed.
Your presence will be evi
dence of your interest in the
work of the association, and
will contribute toward making
this convention a success.
P. H. RICE,
State President.
Legion Names Priest
National Chaplain
ed the participation of Governor Her
ein
bert Lehman, <^f New York, who sent
his Lieutenant Governor to represent
the State.
Approximately forty members of
the Hierarchy attended the sessions of
the conference which were held in the
Metropolitan Opera House and the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
President Roosevelt struck a direct
blow at materialism when he declar
ed that the “people of the United
States will recognize and. I believe,
recognize with firmer faith than ever
before, that spiritual values count in
the long run more than material val
ues.”
‘Out of the valley of gloom,” said
Very Reverend Monsignor Robert F.
Keegan, president of the conference,
who introduced President Roosevelt,
“an eager people is following the torch
held aloft by him who is our most
distinguished guest of honor this eve
ning. We rejoice in the signal favor
which he and his gracious lady con
fer upon the National Conference of
Catholic Charities by their presence
here. And while we have the most
profound respect for his exalted of
fice, may I say that we love him for
the man and the friend that he is."
Monsignor Keegan said that no man
in American history has devoted him
self more unselfishly to the public
weal than President Roosevelt.
Church Responds to Call
The impression was gathered from
the brilliant assemblage and its im
posing list of speakers that this Con
ference of Catholic Charities was the
answer of the Catholic Church to
the call of relief work during the com
ing winter. Veteran Catholic experts
in social work and welfare and relief
activities presented reports outlining
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The Rev. Robert J. White
Honored by Legionnaires
at Chicago Convention
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
CHICAGO-The. Rev. Robert J.
White, World War veteran, former
assistant district attorney of Massa
chusetts, and a member of the fac
ulty of Catholic University of Ameri
ca Law School, was elected nation
al chaplain of the American Legion
at the organization's convention here
last week.
Father White has a distinguished
record of service in the Navy and in
the field of law. Early in the World
War, Father White enlisted in the
Navy, attaining the rank of lieuten
ant. Following his graduation from
law school, Father White practiced
law, later serving as an assistant dis
trict attorney of Middlesex County,
Massachusetts. He resigned from
that position in 1927 to study for the
priesthood in thanksgiving for an ap
parent miracle which saved his life
in an illness incurred from disability
received in the course of war ser
vice.
BENEDICT ELDER
WILL BE SPEAKER
RICHARD REID BRINGS
MESSAGE FROM POPE
Bishop Keyes to Officiate
at Solemn Pontifical Mass.
Large Attendance Expected
Macon, the city in which was held
the first meeting of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia, will be
host on Sunday, October 29. to the
seventeenth annual convention of the
Association, a gathering which will
bo honored by the presence of the
Most. Rev.'Michael J. Keyes, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah, and which will
be attended by delegates and visi
tors from every section of the State
of Georgia, as well as from other
states.
Invoking God's blessing upon the
assembly, Bishop Keyes will be cele
brant of a Pontifical Mass which will
be offered at St. Joseph's Church,
the Rev. Felix J. Clarkson. S. J.,
pastor, and will also address the con
ventional the morning session.
Benedict Elder, editor of The Rec
ord, Louisville. Ky., and a distin
guished member of the legal pro
fession. will bo the principal speak
er at the afternoon meeting.
Mr. Elder has taken an active in
terest in the work of the Catholic
Laymen's Association of Georgia
since its establishment, and has at
tended practically every annual con
vention. He has served a term as
President of the Catholic Press As
sociation of America and is consid
ered to be one of the most able and
best informed Catholic laymen in the
United States.
Message From The Holy Father
Richard Reid, Publicity Director of
the Association, and Editor of The
Bulletin, its official organ, will bring
to the gathering a special message
and greetings from His Holiness,
Pope Pius XI.
Mr. Reid, who is now crossing the
Atlantic on a return voyage from an
extended tour of Europe, was one of
the hundreds of thousands of Cath
olics from all parts of the world who
made the Holy Year pilgrimage to
Rome. While in the Eternal City,
the publicity director of the Asso
ciation was accorded the distinctive
privilege of a private audience with
the Holy Father.
His Holiness manifested consider
able interest in the work of the As
sociation and extended his blessing
on its campaign of Catholic Action
in Georgia. Mr. Reid will tell the
convention of his interview with the
present occupant of the See of St.
Peter, and relate some of the inter
esting incidents of his trip, which
included visits to Rome, Venice,
Florence. Nice, Milan, France, Eng
land. and Ireland.
Immediately after the convention
Mass at St. Joseph’s Church, the
convention will open its morning ses
sion, at which it is expected that all
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Pope Blesses Georgia Laymen
and American Catholic Press
(By N. C W. C News Service)
VATICAN CITY—In a private au
dience granted Richard Reid, presi
dent of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States, His Holi
ness Pope Pius XI gave his blessing to
the association and its members, and
to all aiding the Catholic Press in
any way
Mr. Reid was presented to the Holy
Father by the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph
A. Breslin, Vice-Rector of the North
American College at Rome.
His Holiness inquired about the
number of Catholic publications in
the United States, their circulation,
and other details of the American Ca
tholic Press, and when advised of its
extent and scope and said in part:
“We give our blessing to the Ca
tholic Press of the United States most
gladly. There is no instrument which
can do more good for the Church
than the Catholic Press, particularly
in these days.
“We express the hope and prayer
that the work of the Catholic Press
will ever have God’s blessing and
bear abundant fruit- We bless not
only the Catholic Press but all those
who are working with you and all
those who are aiding the Catholic
Press in any way."
His Holiness expressed gratifica
tion at the work of the Catholic Press
in the United States, as indicated by
its growth and effectiveness, and he
volunteered a special blessing to the
particular work in which Mr. Reid is
engaged, that of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia. Ilis
Holiness ended the audience by
graciously saying in English: ”We
grant you every blessing according
to your desire."