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TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. XIV., No. 20
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1933
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY- J2.00 A YEAlt
MACON HOST TO C. L. A. CONVENTION
Bulletins
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BISHOP RYAN
ARCHBISHOP REDWOOD, of New
Zcland, born in England ninety-four
years ago, will observe the sixtieth
anniversary of his consecration as
Bishop of Wellington on St. Patrick’s
Day of the coming year.
BISHOP SCHREMBS, of Cleveland,
has issued a public statement de
nouncing organized efforts to bar
Catholics from public school posts in
that city, where Bishop Schrembs has
repeatedly appealed to Catholic tax
payers for generous support to the
public school system.
DR. CHARLES C. CONROY, pro
fessor of Church History at Los An
geles College, Diocesan Junior Sem
inary, has been made a fellow of
the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
SENATOR DAVID I. WALSH, of
Massachusetts, delivered the princi
pal address at the opening of the Da
vid L. Barrett public school at All-
ston, Boston, Mass., the school being
named for a World War veteran, a
member of Base Hospital No. 5 and
Mobile Hospital No. 6 units in France,
who died in his home at Allston
November 6, 1919, from the effects of
gas suffered in France.
CARDINAL VILLENEUVE, Arch
bishop of Quebec, and Cardinal Haye^
Archbishop of New York, were among
the prelates present at the golden ju
bilee of St. Jean Baptiste’s Church
in New York. Cardinal Hayes re
called the fact that at one time New
York was under the jurisdiction of
the Bishop of Quebec.
BISHOP VEIIR, of Denver, in a
statement published in the Informa
tion Bulletin of the National Confer
ence of Jews and Christians, deplored
racial and religious persecutions, and
declared that “personal religious con
victions need not be sacrificed, nor
violated, nor made colorless” in the
development of the fraternal spirit
which eliminates such persecutions.
PRIESTS for Civilian Conservation
Camps are urgently needed, it was in
dicated by reports of Bishops in the
annual summaries of mission prob
lems sent to the American Board of
Catholic Missions. Funds for the sup
port of the priests and for their mod
est expenses are not available.
THE NRA plan may be an approach
to the social order outlined by Pope
Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI in their
encyclicals on the subject, and seems
also to be a .necessary intervening
step, the Rev. R. A. McGowan, as
sistant director of the Social Action
department of the N. C. W. C., de
clared in a recent address before the
third annual seminar of the National
Conference of Jews and Christians in
New York.
AURIESVILLE, the shrine of the
North American Martyrs, has been
visited by 100,000 pilgrims since April
1 of this year, the Rev. Peter F. Cu-
sick, S.J., director, reports.
CHICAGO BANDITS, five in num
ber, threatened death to three priests
at St. Columbanus’ Rectory when
they refused to reveal the hiding
place of between $900 and $1,000 in
pansh funds. The bandits forced them
to lie on the Poor for nearly an hour
until they located the money and es
caped.
FATHER JOSE GARCIA, god-child
of the famous Kit Carson, observed
his seventy-fourth birthday at Trini
dad, Col., recently; he is chaplain of
the hospital there.
The Most Rev. James Hugh Ryan,
D. D., Ph. D., rector of the Catholic
University of America, consecrated
Titular Bishop of Modra recently at
the National Shrine of the Immacu
late Conception, Washington, D. C
N. C. C. Af. Asks for a
Pledge From Russia
Demands Religious Freedom
for Recognition
An Associated Press dispatch
from Washington Tuesday stated
that President Roosevelt is seek
ing an understanding on religious
freedom in Russia “before an an
nouncement of Russian recogni
tion.”
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The following
resolution, adopted by the National
Council of Catholic Men, regarding
the proposal to have the United
States accord diplomatic recognition
to Soviet Russia, has been made pub
lic here:
“Profoundly convinced that denial
of the existence of Almighty God by
any government, and the hostility of
any government to the teachings and
practice of religion makes meaning
less and of little value any obliga
tions which such a government might
contract, the National Council ot
Catholic Men , is firmly opposed to
recognition of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics by the United
Staten, and calls upon all citizens of
our own Faith and all others of like
mind to register promptly with their
Senators and Representatives in
Washington their earnest protest
against such recognition.
“If for cogent reasons known to
the President of the United States,
recognition be deemed necessary at
the present time, we, the National
Council of Catholic Men. ask that the
government of the United States, de
mand at least recognition and proc
lamation of the fundamental right of
liberty of conscience and liberty of
worship by the government of the
Union of Soviety Socialist Republics
as a condition of recognition.”
Public Aid for Our Schools
: Is Urged by Non-Catholics
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
DALLAS—“Church-related schools”
are in the fullest sense public and
should be entitled to the advance of
funds from the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, it was declared at
the annual conference of the Ameri
can Association of Colleges held here.
Dr. Robert L. Kelly, a non-Catholic,
executive secretary of the associa
tion, told the meeting the distinctions
made between public and private
schools is entirely erroneous.
The ordinary distinction, he said, is
that a “public” school is one that re
ceives state aid and a “private” school
one that operates without assistance.
The only private schools, he pointed
out. are those that are operated for
profit.
The growing conviction among non-
Catholic educators that religion plays
an indispensable part in education
was brought to the fore at a session
devoted to the topic “Christian Edu
cation Today”.
Edmund D. Soper, of Ohio Wesley
an University, president of the asso
ciation, said the modern attitude on
the separation of religion and educa
tion is all wrong and praised the large
number of Americans who insist that
there must be a joining of the two.
Catholics and Lutherans, he reminded,
have always maintained this princi
ple^ in theory and practice.
Laymen 9 s Convention Honors
Noted Friends of Its Work
Senator David I. Walsh and
Benedict Elder Named Hon
orary Vice-Presidents
C. L. A. President
A. M.BATTEY ELECTED
PRESIDENT-MEETING
HONORS CAPTAIN RICE
Names Him President Eraer-
ALFRED M. BATTEY
John B. Touhey, Mrs. T. C. Styles;
Columbus, L. C. Kunze, Mrs. H. C.
Smith; Cordele, P. F. Fitzgibbons,
H. M. Goin; Fitzgerald, George Krat-
zer; Macon, M. J. Callaghan, Mrs. E.
A. Sheridan; Milledgeville, R. W.
Hatcher, Mrs. J. A. Home; Rome, B.
S. Fahy, Mrs. Sarah Fahy; Savannah.
Henry B. Brennan. Mrs. J. P. Mc
Donough; Washington, G. A. Poche,
Mrs. F. W. Gilbert; Waycross, E.
M. Heagarty, Mrs. John Cason.
COLORED SEMINARIANS
ARE NOW SUB-DEACONS
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. LOUIS—Three colored semi
narians of St. Augustine's Seminary,
here, received the subdeaconate from
the Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow,
Bishop of Natchez, recently. His
Excellency celebrated the Mass, inthe
course of which he conferred the
order upon the three seminarians.
After 14 years of work these semi
narians are the first fruits. The or
dination to Deaconate will be con- |
ferred upon the same seminarians by
Bishop Gerow on November 30. They
will be ordained to the priesthood
next spring.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Bishop Keyes Repeats Warm
Approval ofC.L.A. Activities
^Special to The Bulletin
MACON, Ga. — The annual con
vention of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia here October 29,
which elected Alfred M. Battey pres
ident, and Capt. P. H. Rice. K. C. S.
G., president emeritus honored two
distinguished friends of the organi
zation, Hon. David I. alsh, U. S.
Senator from Massachusetts, and
Benedict Elder, former president of
the Catholic Press Association, edi
tor of The Record, official organ of
the Diocese of Louisville, and a lead
ing member of the Kenucky Bar, by
naming them honorary vice-presi
dents.
On two occasions, Senator Walsh
has journeyed to Georgia from Mass
achusetts to address state conventions
of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion, to Macon in 1927 and to Atlanta
in 1931, and these two adresses stand
out as among the most memorable
ever delivered on such occasions in
the Diocese of Savannah. Senator
Walsh, in addresses to Catholic gath
erings in the East, has repeatedly
cited the work of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation as an example for the laity
elsewhere, and has encouraged the
work in other ways.
Mr. Elder is one of the country’s
leading authorities on the dissipating
of religious prejudice, and a friend
of the Laymen’s Association since its
earliest days. In the seventeen years
of its existence he has missed only
one convention, that in Savannah in
1925.
In addition to the officers elected
and mentioned elsewhere on this
page, the following state vice-presi
dents from the various cities were
named:
Albany: R. E. McCormack, Miss
Mary Brosnan; Atlanta, Jack J.
Spaulding, K. S. G., K. M., Mrs. Mae
McAlpin; Augusta. E. J. O’Connor.
Mrs. John P. Mulherin; Brunswick,
Wyoming Senator Is
Georgetown Alumnus
WASHINGTON.—Joseph C. ’O’Ma-
honey. First Assistant Postmaster
General, who has been named by
Governor Leslie A. Miller, of Wyom
ing, to suceeed the late Senator John
B. Kendrick of that state, attended
Georgetown University here.
Mr. O’Mahoney was bom as Chel
sea, Mass., November 5, 1884, and was
a newspaperman in his native state
and in Colorado. He entered public
life as secretary of Senator Kendrick
and later practiced law in Cheyenne.
He was an ardent uspporter of for
mer Governor Alfred E. Smith’s can
didacy in 1928, and became a member
of the Democratic National Commit
tee in 1929. He was President Roose
velt’s western manager in the 1932
presidential camoaign. He became
First Assistant Postmaster General
last March.
Archbishop Curley
Lauds Red Cross
Urges Aid in Its Annual
Roll Call
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The national
recovery program needs the help
of the Red Cross and, consequent
ly, the Red Cross will need the
help of the whole American peo
ple, the Most Rev. Michael J. Cur
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore, who
is one of the Red Cross Incorpora
tors, said in a statement issued
here. The annual roll call of the
Red Cross will he held from No
vember 11 to November 30.
‘Today, while hope has been re
newed and economic recovery k
gradually becoming a fact,” Arch
bishop Curley said, “we must keep
in mind that suffering is still witii
our people and the work of the
Red Cross is as much needed now
as It was during the past two oi
three years. In fact, if the work
of the President of the Nation Is
to be a success, it will need the
support of every organization op
erating In the field of relief-giv
ing.”
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. — The Most Rev.
Michael J. Keyes. D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, who attended his first
convention of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia in Macon 11
years ago, only ten days after his con
secration as Bishop, and who has
not missed a single convention in the
intervening years, ignored illness to
attend the 1933 gathering, and al
though he was not able to remain
through the sessions of the conven
tion he came to the convention hall
early in the day to address the dele
gates and visitors and pay tribute to
the work of the Association.
Bishop Keyes presided at the Sol-
enj High Mass at St. Joseph's
Church which opened the conven
tion, and of which the Rev. F. J.
Clarkson, S. J., pastor of St. Joseph's
Church, was celebrant, the Rev. Wil
liam J. Harty, Jr., S. J., deacon, the
Rev. W. J. Regan, S. J., sub-deacon,
and the Rev. Joseph B. Carbajal. S.
J., master of ceremonies. Father
Clarkson delievered the sermon, em
phasizing the part that Catholic Ac
tion plays in the promotion of the
Kingdom of Christ, on which feast
the convention was being held.
The first requirement for Catholic
Action is that it must be authorized
by episcopal authority. Father Clark
son said, and he recalled that the
Most Rev. Bishop of Savannah has
itus After Fourteen Years
of Service as President
Holy Father Sends Blessing:
to Annual Convention
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MACON. Ga.—Alfred M. Battey. of
Augusta. Ga.. was elected president
of the Catholic Laymen's Association
of Georgia at the eighteenth annual
convention here October 29. suc
ceeding Captain P. H. Rice, K. C.
S G., who was named president
emeritus, after 14 years of service as
head of the association.
A cablegram from Cardinal Pacelli,
Papal secretary of state, to the Most
Rev. Michael J. Keyes. Bishop of Sa
vannah. conveyed the blessing of the
Holy Father to the association.
Mr. Battey, a former grand knight
of Patrick Walsh Council, Knights of
Columbus . Augusta, and former
president of the Augusta branch of
the Layman’s Association, has served
as state vice-president and member
of the finance committee for a num
ber of years. He is a native of Au
gusta, a member of pioneer Georgia
families, and was educated at Sacred
Heart College here and at the Sor-
bonne in Paris. He is a brother of
Captain Louis Lc Garde Battey, who
died in battle in France and after
whom the Augusta post of the Ameri
can Legion is named. He is a mem
ber of the firm of Wm. E. Bush &
Co., a leading investment banking
house.
Captain Rice, whom Mr. Battey
succeeds, was one of the moving
spirits in the organization of the
Laymen’s Association in 1916. For
over 50 years he has been prominent
in Catholic organizations in the
Southeast, and served the Knights of
Columbus as grand knight, . state
deputy, master of the Fourth Degree
and on the supreme board of direc
tors- In 1922 he was made a Kinght
Commander of St. Greory by the
Holy Father.
J. J Haverty. K. S. G , of Atlanta,
was named first vice-president, John
B. McCallum, of Atlanta, recording
secretary- Miss Cccile C. Ferry, of
Augusta, financial secretary; Thomas
S. Gray, of Augusta, treasurer, and
Richard Reid, of Augusta, publicity
director.
Bishop Keyes presided at the
Solemn High Mass at St. Joseph’s
Church, which opened the conven
tion. The sermon was delivered by
repeatedly expressed his endorsement
of the work of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association.
The address of Bishop Keyes was
delivered at the morning session; he
was indisposed after the Mass but
after a short rest he came to the
convention meeting to greet its mem
bers and to give it his blessing and
encouragement.
What the Association has done in
the past has his wholehearted ap
proval , Bishop Keyes said, and
knowing the spirit and ability of the
officers of the Laymen’s Association,
and the manner in which its activi
ties have been conducted. His Ex
cellency said that he has every con
fidence in the future efforts of the
organization.
The Laymen’s Association has no
other purpose than the extending of
the Kingdom and spirit of Christ on
the earth .that,kingdom which is not
of this world,'and that spirit which,
were it to become prevalent, would
mean so much to the world, to the
United States, and to Georgia, Bishop
Keyes asserted, and he expressed his
warm approval of the manner in
which the members of the Associa
tion were laboring to further the or
ganization's object. Bishop Keyes
closed by giving his blessing to the
work of the Association and by ask
ing that the delegates and visitors
kneel for his blessing, which he then
bestowed.