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NOVEMBER 18. 1933
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE
Bishop Haley Commends People of the South
GEORGETOWN HONORS
ROBT. DOUGLAS, JR.
Father Julian Gives PAPAL BLESSING OUTSIDE VATICAN
Retrat at Belmont
—
Carolinian, Great Grandson
of Stephen Douglas, Named
Law Class President
(By N- C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—With the election
of Robert R. Douglas, Jr., widely
-Jcnown youthful traveller and writer,
as president of the morning class of
Georgetown University Law School,
£ ^attention is called to the fact that
r \fr. Douglas is the great-grandson of
(Stephen A. Douglas, the “Little
Giant” of the Lincoln-Douglas de
bates.
‘ Young Robert Douglas, who grad
uated from the Georgetown College
/of Arts and Sciences in 1932 and re
ceived his Master of Arts degree this
year, is from Greensboro, N. C., and
is the third generation of his family
to graduate from t he Jesuit institu
tion in this city. His father was a
member of the class of 1896, while his
grandfather, Robt. M. Douglas, grad-
nated in 1867 and later received the
honorary degree, Doctor of Laws.
Mr. Douglas sprang into national
prominence in 1928 when, as a youth,
he accompanied Mr- and Mrs. Martin
Johnson on an expedition to Africa.
Mr. Douglas later wrote a book on
the trip He later made two trips to
Alaska with the Rev. Bernard R.
Hubbard, S. J., the “Glacier Priest”,
and wrote another book describing
the 1931 expedition of Father. Hub
bard in which the priest-geologist ex
plored the great Alaskan volcanoes
. on foot and by plane.
I At the completion of his law course,
• Mr. Douglas plans to return to his
I home in North Carolina and enter
txis father’s law offices.
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—The Rev. Julian
Finley, O. F. M., of the Holy Name
Province of the Franciscan Fathers,
New York, and now located at
Lenoir, N. C., conducted the annual
retreat for the students of Belmont
Abbey October 25-28.
BELMONT ABBEY ANNUAL
STAFF IS APPOINTED
The staff of the first annual to be
published by Belmont Abbev Col
lege has been announced as follows:
Charles F. Lightner. Swissvale, Pa.,
editor-in-chief; William Baran, Sa
vannah, business manager; Charles
Freeman, Charlotte, N. C., literary
editor; James P. Harte, Savan
nah, sports editor; James Fla
herty, Camden, N. J., Edgar
Lewis, Washington, D. C., Cullen
Hoffman, Mt. Holly, N. C., James
Dixon, Maysville, N. C., Francis
Heazel, Asheville, James Cronin,
Savannah, assistant editors, one from
each class; George Albright, Belmont,
assistant business manager; James
Loven, Charlotte, N. C., advertising
manager; Moffat Carson, Gastonia,
N. C., assistant advertising manager;
Denis Kearns, Augusta, circulation
manager; Edward Sheehan, Augusta,
social editor.
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Belmont Benedictine
Publishes Poetry
Father Placid’s Fourth Book
Just Off the Press
Mrs. Rosa Cerniglia
Of Atlanta Parish Dies at the
Age of 73
BELMONT, N. C—Father Placid.
O. S. B., M. A., well known poet and
critic of North Carolina, has just
published his fourth book of poems:
“Silver Maid and Other Poems”. It
is printed by the Abbey Press, Bel
mont, N. C.
The name of the volume is taken
from the title poem which is 360 lines
long. It was well received when read
over Station WBT, Charlotte, N. C.,
last June. It is the story of Joan of
Arc, written in couplets, with a mod
em touch. Other outstanding poems
in the small volume are “Expectan
cy”, which appeared in The Bulletin
and 80 other Catholic papers last
Spring, and a copy of which was sent
to President Roosevelt by the author,
“Brother William” which appeared in
the Oglethorpe University publication
“Bozart and Contemporary Verse”,
and the sonnet “Utopia”, which ap
peared in the “Kaleidograph”, Dallas,
Texas, and which will appear in a
national anthology at the end of the
year.
There arc 46 pages to the small
book. It is bound in silver paper. It
priced at one dollar.
Father Placid is head of the de
partment of English at Belmont Ab
bey College, critic of the North Caro
lina Poetry Society and associate-edi
tor of the North Carolina Poetry Re
view, a magazine whi<;h is quickly
taking the fancy of poetry lovers of
the South. ....
His other works are "Pageant of the
Beads”, “Benedict”, “Paintings”, all
books of poetry. He has written a
novel, ‘Trackless Fugitives”, two
books of essays and a work called
“Notes for a Survey Course in Eng
lish Literature.”
Father Placid broadcasts every
Sunday evening at 5:30 p. m. from
Station WBT, Charlotte, N. C.
Benedict Elder
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga—Mrs. Rosa Cemig-
lia, widely known member of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion, died here November 2 at the age
of seventy-three.
Mrs. Cerniglia was the widow of
Joseph Cerniglia, who was prominent
in the wholesale produce business be
fore his death several years ago. She
was formerly Miss Rosa Cefalu, and
was bom at Cefalu, Italy, a town
named for her family. Surviving are
four sons, John, James, Thomas and
Joseph Cerniglia, two daughters, Mrs.
John Danton and Mrs. S. A. Ferlita,
and two brothers, Vincent and Charles
Cefalu, Atlanta.
The funeral was held from the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion, of which she was a pioneer
member. Interment was in West
View Cemetery.
Students at Belmont
Academy Give Drama
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT. N. C.—The student
body of Sacred Heart Academy
honored Mother M. Raphael on her
feast day recently by presenting
“Queen by the Grace of God”, a
drama in three acts. Members of
the' cost included the Misses Helen
Lewis, Rebecca Grimes, Margaret
Middleton. Anne Mason. Nina Mc
Guire, Ruth Echols, Bridie Madden,
Annie Elmore, Teresa Kabas, Gloria
Powers, Jacquelyn Hess, Constance
Hess, Mary C. Kabas. Carolyn Jane
Hess, Helen Buxton, Margaret Jones,
Grace M. Lawless, Eleanor Gittings,
Sara Sanders, Frances Mason, Caro
lyn Keenan, Margreta Gollner, Eve
lyn Rae. Catherine Diggle, Nancy
Tatum, Barbara Hoole, Edith Adams,
B *vc Iv Fox and Annie Martinez. Miss
Regina Rae and Billy Senn entertain
ed with solos during intermissions.
SAME SOUTH PRAISED
BY BISHOP ENGLAND,
LOVED GY CARDINAL
Bishop of Raleigh in Cath
olic University Lecture Dis
cusses Missionary Needs of
This Part of the Nation
His Holiness Pope Pius XI, once more departed from the territory of
the Vatican City, when on October 11, he motored through the
streets of Rome to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to nssist in the
celebration of the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin. He
is shown here on the balcony of the basilica giving the solemn Papal
Blessing to the thousands assembled there, many of whom were
Holy Year pilgrims from many lands. (Pucci photo.)
Catholic Press Is ‘Crusade in
Defense of Religious Truth’
Charles T. Burns of
Savannah Parish Dies
Former Police Official Was
Retired This Year
Gives His Impressions of the
Convention
St. Genevieve Class
Elects Its Officers
(Special to The Bulletin)
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Miss Louise
V«*n Volkenburg of Asheville, was
elected president of the freshman
class of St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines at
a recent meeting. Miss Nancy Jo
Fold. Asheville, was elected vice-
president, Miss Eula Lee Kirven,
Smithville, Ga», secretary, and Miss
Sara Jarrett, Asheville, treasurer.
St Genevieve’s baseball teams have
also organized, with Miss Bernice
Pietri, Wilson, N. C., captain of the
Red Sox and Miss Marion Berley,
Black Mountain, N. C., captain of the
Blue Sox. The first game, closely
contested and very exciting, ended
in a 16 to 14 victory for the Blue Sox|
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Charles T.
Burns, for thirty years, until his re
tirement in March, a member of the
Savannah Police Department, and for
thirteen years a member of the de
tective department, died here late in
October, after a long illness.
Mr. Bums was born in Savannah
February 161867. He was a member
of St. Patrick’s Parish, of the Knights
of Columbus and of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, as well as of other
organizations.
Surviving Mr. Bums are his widow,
Mrs. Annie C. Burns; a stepson, John
F. McCarthy; a brother, James
Bums; a sister, Mrs. Marcella Mid
dleton, and several nieces and neph
ews.
The funeral was held from St. Pat
rick’s Church with interment in Hill-
crest Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Judge John Rourke, T. J. Dooley, M.
Harvey, Frank J. O’Donnell. John C.
McCarthy and Joseph McCarthy.
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woS an ainosphere in he very town,
and when he came to the shrine of
the Little Flower he felt as we feel
at the moment of consecration in
the Mass. There was devotion mani-
gest; one almost felt like removing
his shoes as he was treading on holy
ground. Yes, next to the Vatican
and Rome, Lisieux left with him the
most sacred and long cherished mem-
“So* to the meeting in Macon was
the Reverend Felix J- Clarkson, S. J.,
pastoi of St. Joseph’s, Macon, a
;:.'ntucky boy, who preached the
jubilee sermon of our own beloved
Father Hogarty last June, who
cherishes that love for Kentucky and
Kentuckians which never fails or
dies.
GREENSBORO KNIGHTS
Plan Communion Breakfast
and Memorial Services
(Special to The Buletin)
GREENBORO, N. C.—The Knights
of Columbus of Greensboro, N,
Lutfy, grand knight, will receive
Holy Communion in a body at St
Benedict’s Church, of which the Rev.
Eugene Egan, O. S. B„ is pastor,
Sunday. November 19, and have their
annual Communion breakfast imme-
diatley after. In the afternoon the
annual memorial services of the
Council will be held. Richard Reid,
Augusta, Ga., editor of The Bulletin
and president of the Catholic Press
Association, will deliver the addresses
on these occasions.
So Chicago Editor Tells Con
vention of National Council
of Catholic Men
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Mrs. John C. Sancken
Dies in Augusta
Beloved and Popular Matron
111 Several Months
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. John Clar
ence Sancken, one of Augusta’s most
beloved and popular women, died
here Sunday, after an illness of sev
eral months.
Mrs. Sancken was fonnerly Miss
Nell Riordan, daughter of Mrs.
Nora Riordan and the late Timothy
Riordan. pioneer Catholics of the city.
Some years ago she was married to
John Clarence Sancken, who survives
her; surviving also in addition to her
mother, aie three daughters, Miss
Mary Sancken, Miss Martha Sancken
and Miss Nell Sancken; two sons,
John Clarence Sancken, 111., and Her
man Sancken, a sister, Miss Frances
Riordan, and two brothers, John H.
Riordan and Schonhardt Riordan.
The funeral was held from St.
Patrick’s Church with a Requim
Mass, the Rev. Leo M. Keenan, pas
tor, offiicating, assisted by clergy of
the city. Interment was in Magno
lia Cemetery. Pallbearers were Chas.
W. Crawford, Thomas Whisnant,
honorary; John C- Fraser, Marion
O’Connor, Thomas J. Teague. Josenh
P. Logan, L. P. Newman, Arthur J.
Balk, Lawrence F. Cashin and
Charles Smith, active.
CHICAGO.—The Catholic Press was
termed a crusade for the defense of
religious truth by the Rev. Timothy
Rowan. Ph.D., News Editor of 'Hie
New World, in an address delivered
before the thirteenth annual conven
tion of the National Council of Catho
lic Men. Father Rowan spoke on
“The Catholic Press and Its Influence
on Catholic Life."
As champion and defender of re
ligious truth, he said, the Catholic
newspaper has an influence not only
on Catholic life but non-Catholic life
as well. “Who.” he asked, can mea
sure the influence of the Catholic
Press in its various attacks on the
anti-Christian, irreligious and im
moral theories and practices of the
present day?”
“While fulfilling the function as
crusader for religious truth.” Father
Rowan said, “the Catholic Press also
promotes moral and civic virtue.
“Ever kind of strange doctrine
eventually breaks in print in the daily
newspapers. There is no need to go
into detail nor to cite examples of th,
base, immoral, degrading reading mat
ter which is engulfing the world like
a great tidal wave.
“Against this sort of so-called mod
ern journalism the Catholic Press has
been called into being by Divine Pro
vidence. As the promoter of moral
and civic virtue, almost single hand
ed, the Catholic Press prudently but
vigorously and unceasingly attacks
the anti-Christian and immoral prac
tices which frequently find, seem'ng-
ly at least, endorsement in the daily
press.
“In this field of activity the Catho.
lie Press and the Catholic Church
have received recognition from Presi
dent Roosevelt and the United States
Government. While the field of the
influence of the Catholic Press is un
limited, its methods are defined and
limited. It seek* to defend religious
truth and promote moral and civic
virtue not by wielding political
power, not by influencing legislators
to coerce citizens into accepting the
regulations and precepts of the Catho
lic Church, but rather by educating
men and women and children, and by
convincing them of the truth and jus
tice of her position.” \
(Special to The Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Asserting
that the attitude of the people of the
South toward Catholics and the
Church is misunderstood and that
such hostility as does exist is very
much exaggerated in other parts of
the country, the Most Rev. William
J. Hafey. D. D . Bishop of Raleigh,
in a lecture on "The Missionary
Needs of the South” delivered at the
Catholic University of America de
clared that the South is ready to give
the Church a fair hearing and that it
the same South that Bishop England
praised and Cardinal Gibbons loved.
Bishop Hafey s lecture was spon
sored by the Catholic University
Conference of Clerics and Religious
of the Students’ Mission Crusade and
was attended by an audience of 600
which filled McMahon Hall. The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. David O'Dwyer of the Ca
tholic University, presented Bishop
Hafey, who was accompanied by the
Rev. Wm. Dillon .one of the pioneer
missionaries in North Carolina. The
Baltimore Catholic Review features
Bishop Hafey's lecture in its current
issue, and said in part:
Bishop Hafey opened his talk with
an excerpt from the sermon deliv
ered by Bishop Ryan at the conse
cration of Bishop Shaughnessy on
September 19. The excen>t dealt with
the need of an apologetic which will
meet the demands of the day. It is
necessary that the great Catholic
minds study the people who are seek
ing truth and to whom Catholics must
bring the truth. Fortified by this
knowledge a new presentation of the
Faith must be formulated so that it
may be understood, appreciated and
grasped by those outside the Church.
Bishop Hafey expressed full agree
ment with the words of Bishop Ryan
and during the course of the evening
he demonstrated by his discussion of
the needs of the South, the necessity
of knowing the people and the de
mand for a new manner for express
ing the beliefs of Catholicism.
His Excellency stated that he would
limit himself to a certain section of
the country, the section he knows the
best—the South. In his consideration
he included seven states: Tennessee,
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, North Carolina and South Caro
lina.
THE REV. LEO P. WIIOLEY, O.M.I.
a native of Lowell, Mass., who was
ordained at the Catholic University
in June, has been assigned to mis
sionary work in the Yukon by the
Arctic Ocean. Two of his classmates,
the Rev. Jerome Marien and the Rev.
Harold Conley, have left for mis
sionary work in South Africa.
These lands comprise one-eighth of
the area of the United States; and in
like manner they contain one-eighth
of the population of the United States.
North Carolina, the most populous
of the seven states, possesses the small
est number of Catholics—8,734 or one
to every 400 This is a peculiar sit
uation knowing that North Carolina
is only 270 miles from Washington
and the Catholic University.
Bishop Hafey declared that the ex
istence of the anti-Catholic spirit in
the South is over-emphasized in the
country. The attitude of the people
Is good and the Catholic priest can
obtain a fair hearing. He quoted
Bishop England’s praise of the people
of the South, uttered one hundred
years ago. He spoke of Cardinal Gib
bons’ love of the South and his vis
ion of a great conversion there some
day. The important question is the
method of teaching these people. Ra
dio and books are helpful but there is
nothing that compares to the human
voice speaking to the human heart.
The method of the Apostles cannot be
improved upon.
The men who are to labor in the
field of the South must have the
highest qualifications, special prepa
ration. burning zeal and love for
these missions, he said. They must
go into the country districts first
where the people are close to the soil
and have an opportunity for solid
thought. In such districts a perma
nent foundation for the conversion of
the South can be laid.
Bishop Hafey concluded his lecture
with some concrete instances of the
work many of his priests are per
forming. He spoke words of praise
for the orders and congregations
which have entered his diocese: the
Redemptorists, the Passionists, the
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the
Jesuits, the Joscphites and the Fran
ciscans.
Monsignor O’Dwyer called upon
Father Dillon for a few remarks.
Father Dillon related some interest
ing anecdotes describing his exDeri-
ences with his friend. Father Price,
the co-founder of Maryknoll, when
they labored together in North Caro
lina. He referred to some of the pen
ances and mortifications performed
by this saintly priest, which, he said,
were a preparation for the future that
lay ahead of him.