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Membfi of ine Na tional Catholic Wel fare CmifMcnct N(*w* Service- X>ht Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Association«fGeoq^a TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER. FEELING AMOMO CCOR.CIAN6. IRRESrECmtor CREED" IV Only Catholic Mewtpaprt lie twee** Baltimore and New Orleans 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.