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DECEMBER 1G. 1933
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
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Bishops of United States Hold Annual Meeting <g
N. C. W, C, DISCUSSES
RECOVERY PROBLEMS
Conference Services Have
Been Expanded During Cur
rent Economic Crisis
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON. — Declaring that
"our country is, no doubt, at the part
ing of the ways” and that “new for
mulae must be found for the chang
ed adjustments and relations between
Church and State, between govern
ment and religious, or private, insti
tutions, the Most Rev. Edward J.
Hanna. Archbishop of San Francisco,
presenting his report as Chairman of
the Administrative Committee. Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference, to
the General Meeting of the Bishops
here, bespoke "deliberate counsel on
the part of the Bishops, and the hand
ing down of that counsel and that
guidance to our laity.”
“We must have a common mind
with regard to it,” Archbishop
Hanna said, “and yet a common mind
in all this changing, delicately-shad
ed panorama is almost impossible.
But we can approach to a common
mind, and in the re-making of the
world we can guide our people not
alone in the statement of Catholic
principles but in the application of
those principles to our Social, poli
tical, economic life.”
A continuing committee of prelates
whose Sees are in Eastern, Western
and intermediate sections of the Unit
ed States has ben appointed by the
Administrative Committee of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference to
study, observe and report back to
that body on the evils of immorality
in motion pictures.
The continuing committe is compos
ed of the Most Rev. John T. McNicho-
las. O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati;
the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell,
Bishop of Los Angeles and San .Diego;
the Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop
of Pittsburgh, and the Most Rev. John
F. Noll. Bishop of Fort Wayne.
The Most Rev. Edward J. Henna,
Archbishop of San Francisco; Arch
bishop McNicholas. the Most Rev.
John Gregory Murray. Archbishop of
St. Paul; the Most Rev. Thomas F.
Lillis. Bishop of Kansas City; the
Most Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop
of Cleveland, Bishop Bovlc and
Bishop Noll.
N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE—Dis
patches of the N. C. W. C. News Ser
vice are now printed in 71 Catholic
publications in 15 different countries,
the Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle. Bishop
of Pittsburgh and Episcopal Chairman
of the Press Department of the Na
tional Catholic Welfrre Conference,
reported to the General meeting of
Bishops.
Saying that Catholic papers general
ly have experienced perhaps their
most difficult depression year, Bishop
Boyle added, however, that it was
gratifying to report that in the last
year there is no record of a single
Catholic newspaper in this country
suspending publication.” “On the
other hand,” he continued, “two new
papers have been established, two
have increased their size and two
have reported satisfactory financial
rehabilitation alter going through cri
tical periods wtih a prospect of sus
pension. One paper has confidently
launched a campaign for 100.000 sub
scribers.” *
SOCIAL ACTION—The N. C. W. C.
Department of Social Action made
progress last year in all phases of its
activities, especially in its work on
industrial questions, family life, and
Catholic Action program, or study
ment of the National Catholic Welfare
and seminaries, the Most Rev. Thomas
F. Lillis. Bishop of Kansas City and
Episcopal Chairman of the Depart
ment. reported to the General Meet
ing of the Bishops. The Department’s
fields of work are Industrial Rela
tions. Citizenship. Rural Welfare,
Family Life, Social Welfare and In
ternational Relations. Some 85^000
books and pamphlets were distribut
ed by the Department last year, and
17 new pamphlets made their ap
pearance. Of these 17, five were pro
duced by the Department itself while
the remainder were from associations
auxiliary to the .Department.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT — With the
question of tax exemption actively
agitating the minds of persons in
several quarters, the Legal Depart
ment of the National Catholic Wlefare
Conference has begun the study of
the problem of tax exemption as it
affects the Church and religious in
stitutions, including schools, the Most
Rev. John Gregory Murray, Arch
bishop of St. Paul and Episcopal
Chairman of the N. C. W. C. Legal
Department, reported to the General
Meeting of the Bishops. A full re
port containing analyses of laws and
court cases arising under these laws,
together with the history and philo
sophy underlying tax exemption,
should be completed at once, the
Archbishop added.
Bishop’s House
Savannah, Ga.
MY DEAR PEOPLE:
Again I come to appeal to you in favor of the orphans
of Georgia. In spite of the fact that depression is les
sening, we still have many of our dear Saviour’s chil
dren to take care of. Some come to us because they
have nobody else on whom they have a right to call on
for assistance; others claim our protecting care because
in their own homes they asked for bread and there was
no bread.
All these we must take care of, imitating our Divine
Saviour, Who left His Father’s Home to give Himself up
for our sake even unto the death of the Cross. I beg of
you, therefore, to be generous in the collection to be
taken up in all the Churches of the Diocese on Christ
mas Day If necessary, even make sacrifices for this col
lection. As your Bishop I can assure you that whatever
you give in the name of Christ Jesus will be returned to
you in some way even in this world.
Wishing you all the blessings which the Divine In
fant Jesus brought to earth on the first Christmas Night.
I remain.
Devoted yours in Christ,
MICHAEL J. KEYES,
Bishop of Savannah.
C. L. A. WORK LAUDED
AT AUGUSTA DINNER
Civic Club Sponsors Program
Honoring Catholic Effort
AUTOMOBILE TOURS at new
churches in Paris are a favorite form
of Sunday afternoon diversion there.
There are seven new churches in the
northern section of the city alone.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Representative
citizens and organizations of Augus
ta recently paid high tribute to Rich
ard Reid, president of the Catholic
Press Association and editor of The
Bulletin, organ of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, for his
services to the city and for "bringing
about a better feeling among Geor
gians, irrespective of creed.”
The honor was accorded Mr. Reid
at a “Richard Reid Day” luncheon,
sponsored by the Augusta Exchange
Club, of which the Catholic Press
Association head is a member and
past president. Other service organ
izations joined in the tribute to Mr.
Reid. Senator William M. Lester
presided as toastmaster at the lunch
eon.!
Col. Daniel G. Fogarty, prominent
attorney here, delivered the princi
pal address. He lauded Mr. Reid’s
civic leadership and initiative and
traced the honor guest’s career. The
program was broadcast over Station
WRDW.
Mr. Reid, in his response, praised
the people of Georgia and related in
cidents of his recent trip to Europe.
“On my visit to Rome,” he said,
“when the Holy Father was told that
I was from Georgia, His Holiness in
dicated his acquaintance with our
work and was tremendously interest
ed in it. He was acquainted with
the splendid co-operation accorded
our organization by Protestants and
Jews toward the elimination of pre
judice and bitterness.
The Augusta Herald, secular daily,
in an editorial, felicitates Mr. Reid,
declaring the tribute “a most fitting
one and deserved in every particu
lar.” The Augusta Chronically edi
torially expressed itself in similar
vein.
Augustan Awarded
Silver Star Honor
Charles C. Stulb, Jr., Dec
orated for War Exploit
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Charles C. Stulb,
Jr., former grand knight of the Pat
rick Walsh Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, and formerly commander of
the Louis LeGarde Battey Post of the
American Legion, is the first Augus
tan to receive the Silver Star decora
tion conferred by congress for distin
guished service in the World War. Mr.
Stulb. who served as lieutenant, has
already been awarded the Purple
Heart.
Lieutenant Stulb, on the morning of
October 7, 1918, commanding one of
the assault platoons in the attack on
Cornay, when the platoon on his right
had been practically annihilated, and
that on his left had withdrawn, re
organized his platoon and the rem
nants of another, and for six hours
he held his advanced position, al
though both flanks were exposed and
the platoon cut off. Late in the af
ternoon Lieutenant Stulb and his pla
toon repulsed an attack by the Ger
mans, and the holding of this ad
vanced post, the key position domi
nating three French villages then in
the hands of the enemy, was regarded
as one of the most important exploits
in the recovery of the territory.
Mrs. C. C. Stulb, Sr.,
Dies in Augusta
Death Claims Members of
Leading Families There
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. Ella Riordan
Stulb, wife of Charles C. Stulb, Sr., a
member of one of Augusta’s most
widely known families, died here late
in November after an extended ill
ness. Mrs. Stulb was born in Au
gusta. where her parents were pio
neers; she was married to Mr. Stulb
forty-four years ago, on the day that
Jefferson Davis died. Surviving in
addition to her husband, a leading
Augusta business man for many
years, are two daughters. Mrs. C. J.
F. Bultman, Columbia, S. C.. and
Miss Loyola Stulb, Augusta; three
sons. Marion C. Stulb, Charles C.
Stulb, Jr., formerly grand knight of
the local Council of the Knights of
Columbus, and Warren Stulb, all of
Augusta; two sisters. Mrs. J. W. Wel-
ton, Charleston, and Miss Nona Rior
dan. Augusta; seventeen grandchil
dren and a number of nephews and
nieces.
The funeral was held from St. Pat
rick’s Church, with a Requiem Mass,
at which the Rev. Leo. M. Keenan,
pastor, officiated. Interment was in
Magnolia Cemetery.
MISS HELEN HUGHES, one of the
most widely known members of Sa
cred Heart parish, died late in No
vember. Miss Hughes was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
Hughes and a lifelong resident of Au
gusta. Surviving ar^two sisters, Mrs.
M. J. Callahan, Augusta, and Mrs.
Anna Kelly. Savannah; a brother.
William Hughes, Augusta, and a num
ber of nieces and nephews. The fun
eral was held from Sacred Heart
Church with a Requiem Mass.
MISS IIANORA LYONS, 72. one of
the oldest members of St. Patrick’s
Church, died late in November after
a short illness. The funeral was
held from St. Patrick’s Church with
a Requiem Mass, the Rev. Jeremiah
O’Hara, officiating. Interment was in
Magnolia Cemetery. Surviving are
one sister. Mrs. L. C. Tice, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
MRS. MARY CLARKE, 69, widow
of Dr. Osmond Clarke, died Septem
ber 1 after an illness of seven days.
Mrs. Clarke was Miss Mary Cal
laghan, and was born in Baltimore;
she had lived in Augusta since her
marriage to Dr. Clarke in 1880. She
is survived by a number of nieces
and nephews, among them J. W.
Clarke, Atlanta. The funeral was
held from Sacred Heart Church, the
Rev. Michael Cronin, S. J.; officiating
Interment was in Magnolia Cemetery.
MRS. MARIE LEONORA HEUBEL,
native of Orangeburg, S. C. t where
she was born 53 years ago, but for the
last forty years a resident of Au
gusta, died here in November after a
short illness. Surviving Mrs. Heubcl
are three daughters, the Misses Dor
othy, Mattie and Catherine Heubel;
three sons, John, George and Clin
ton Heubel; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Byrd,
and a brother, Joseph Cartledge. The
funeral was held from St Mary’s-on-
The-Hill, the Rt. Rev. Msgr, James
A. Kane, pastor, officiating. Inter
ment was made in West View Ceme
tery.
MRS. MARY DAVENPORT, 72. a
native of Augusta and for the past
six years a resident of Girard, Ala.,
died in Girard late in November.
The funeral was held from St. Pat
rick’s Church here with interment in
Magnolia Cemetery, Surviving are
her daughter, Miss Nellie Daven
port, Girard; a son, Paul C. Daven
port, Columbus; two grandchildren, a
great-grandchild and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Father Bernard of
Belmont Abbey Dead
(Continued from Page Onc»
laus Bethel. O.S.B., of Savannah. Ga..
the Rev. Albert Goetz, O.S.B., Ashe
ville, N. C., the Rev. Michael Irwin,
New Bern. N. C., the Rev. William
O’Brien. Durham, N. C., the Rev. Ge
rard Rettger, O.S.E.. Gastonia. N. C.,
the Rev. Melchoir Reichert, O.S.B.,
the Rev. Ambrose Gallagher, O.S.B.,
the Rev. Maurice McDonnell. O.S.B.,
the Rev. Philip Tierney. O.S.B., of
Charlotte, N. C., the Rev. William
Regnat, O.S.B., Salisbury, N. C.. the
Rev. Jerome Finn, O.S.B., Winston-
Salem, N. C., the Rev. Robert Bren
nan, O.S.B., Richmond. Va.. the Rev.
William J. Dillon, Southern Pines. N.
C., and the Rev. Thomas J. Mackin,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Father Bernard passed away on
Wednesday morning, November 29.
atfer an attack of angina pectoris,
having been fortified with the last
rites of the Church.
Father Bernard's life was one of
great activity in the cause of relig
ion and education. Throughout the
Southeast he was reckoned a lead
ing Catholic schoolman. Belmont
Savannah and Richmond were fields
in which he labored to sow the seed
of Christian learning.
He was bom in Erie, Pa., on June
12. 1866. His early education was re
ceived in the local schools, from
which he went, as a candidate for
monastic life, to St. Vincent's Col
lege, Latrobe, Pa. Upon finishing his
novitiate, he pronounced the monas
tic vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience July 11, 1886. In 1885 he
volunteered to form one of the band
of pioneers, under the Most Rev.
Bishop Haid, who brought Catholic
education to Belmont and to the
South. At Belmont on December 20,
1889, he was ordained to the priest
hood.
Immediately thcrcafterward. Father
Bernard, though scarcely more than
a boy, was made procurator of the
Abbey and placed in charge of all its
temporalities. Teaching, mission work
in Lincolnton, Hickory, Concord, and
Salisbury, and the executive work of
molding the materials of the grow
ing community filled his life until
1896, when Bishop Haid appointed him
rector of St. Mary’s College, now Bel
mont Abbey College. His talent for
organizing and teaching found a broad
opportunity to display itself. Students
from all over the South and many
from the North were attracted to Bel
mont. In 1900 the college was totally
destroyed by fire. Undaunted, Father
Bernard, under the leadership of Bish
op Haid and with the undivided co-
opeartion of his fellow workers, built
a new, a bigger and a better col
lege.
In 1902 Father Bernard was sent to
organize a Catholic day military
school in Savannah. Ga. Though a
day school with military diciplinc was
a new experiment, he saw the fit
ness of the scheme and courageously
opened the Benedictine School. The
beginnings were hard, but Father Ber
nard knew no temptation to retreat.
Forward was his march. And his vic
tory was a school of established char
acter, an honor to the city.
While building Benedictine School.
Father Bernard was pastor of a grow
ing congregation, the Sbcred Heart
Church. In this parish he was to be
a pioneer parochial school organizer in
Georgia.
Ill health caused his resignation in
1922 after 20 years of successful work.
A year spent in parish work in South
ern Pines, N. C., brought hopes of
health and a desire for activity. In
ly23 he went to Richmond, Va., where
he became Prior of the Benedictine
community there and rector of the
Benedictine High Schoo^. His accus
tomed optimism and courage display
ed themselves in the increased parish
activities, the building of a priory,
and the school morale of the cadet
corps. A weakened heart caused his
retirement again in 1926.
In 1928, nothing daunted, Father
Bernard began again to work for
Christ and for youth. In that year
the Rt. Rev. Abbot Vincent appoint
ed him treasurer of Belmont Abbey
College, the position he occupied to
the time of his death.
Death has taken from the South a
real priest and a real educator. The
name of Father Bernard Haas will be
remembered in Catholic circles long
as a synonym for dynamic optimism.
Father Bernard is survived by the
following immediate relatives: Two
brothers, Rev. Louis Haas, O.S.B., La
trobe, Pa.; John Haas, Erie, Pa., and
three sisters, Mrs. Annie Rectenwald,
Mrs. Elizabeth Eichenlaub, Mrs.
Frances Illig, Erie, Pa.
Benedictine Loses
Thanksgiving Game
Fails to Repeat Ovet Ancient
Rivals, Savannah High
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Benedictine
School, which last year defeated its
ancient rival, Savannah High in the
annual Thanksgiving Day game, fail
ed to repeat, and was taken into
camp to the tunc of 25 to 0. Over
7,500 witnessed the game, which cli
maxed the local gridiron season.
AT THE CRIB
By KENTON KILMER
(Son of the late Joyce Kilmer)
His tiny, wax-pink fingers
I Jkr young vine tendrils
curled,
There lies the Vine whose
vintage
Will bring life to the world.
His eyes, bright sparkling,
radiant,
Give promise of the light
Of heavenly truth, triumphant
Over the dark of night.
His soft light hair will darken
To brown-gold of ripe grain.
Ilis flesh, at time of harvest
Will give us life again.
His warm red mouth will open
To speak the word of love.
He lies there, smiling, silent,
As Mary bends above.
Mrs. Mary E. Doyle
Dies in Savannah ”
Widow of James A. Doyle.
Widely Known in Georgia
(Special to The Bulletin >
SAVANNAH. Ga. — The death here
recently of Mrs. Mary Ennis Doyle,
widow of the late James A. Doyle*
brought sorrow not only to Savannah
but to her wide circle of friends
throughout Georgia and neighboring
states.
Mrs. Doyle was born in Savannah,
the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ennis, pioneer Savannah res
idents. Before her marriage, Mrs.
Doyle taught in the schools of the
city. She was ill for an extended pe
riod before her death, and bore her
sufferings with Christian resignation.
The funeral was held with a Requiem
Mass from Sacred Heart Church, ol
which she was a devoted member,
with interment in Cathedral Ceme
tery.
Surviving Mrs. Doyle are three sons
Fred G. Doyle. Robert W. Doyle and
James A. Doyle, the latter of Atlan
ta; two daughters. Miss Nan Doyle,
Savannah, and Miss Helen Doyle,
Fitzgerald: a brother. John C. Ennis:
a sister, Miss Margaret A. Ennis, and
three grandchildren.
FUNERAL OF JOHN E.
HAYES FROM CATHEDRAL
[
The funeral of John E. Hayes, a $
lifelong resident of Savannah, where I
he was bom 76 years ago, was held *
from the Cathedral with a Requiem J
Mass interment was in Bonaventure i
Cemetery. Surviving Mr. Hayes are »
three sons, John F., Chicago. Eugene., j
A.. Waynesboro, and Joseph A.. Ar***^
lanta; a daughter, Mrs. Mae H. O'Neal I
of Savannah; seven grandchildren and :
two great-grandchildren.
MRS. MARY V. BIS1IOFF
DIES IN SAVANNAH
Mrs. Mary Bishoff, widow of the
late Martin Bishoff, died late in No
vember after an illness of several
months. Mrs. Bishoff was born in
Savannah 79 years ago. The funeral
was held from Sacred Heart Church,
with a Requiem Mass; interment was
in Cathedral Cemetery. Mrs. J. Wil
liam Lang, Mrs. BishofTs daughter, is
her only surviving relative.
Rules for Christmas
Spirit Suggested
The following have been recom
mended as ‘‘four observances which
will help to keep the Christmas spir
it in Christmas”;
1— Send Christmas greetings which
are religious in character, cards which
bear the sacred images of Christian
art.
2— Give Catholic reading matter—^
books, subscriptions to Catholic news
papers and magazines—for Christmas.
3— Be generous to the poor. Some
people make their Christmas giving
a selfish bounty, bestowing only an
those from whom they hope to get a
return.
4— Forgive old enemies and get rid
of grudges and of ill-will.
The beautiful and celebrated Christ,
mas hymn "Holy Night, Silent Night"
was written on Christmas Eve, 1811, 2
and was sung that same night in St >
Nicholas’ Church, Oberndorf. Austria. *
The pastor of the church, the Rev. ’
Josef Mohr, wrote the words, while J
his friend Franz avier Gruber, the
church organist, set them to music.
EPIPHANY CHILDREN’S DAY
The great day for children in Spain
is the Feast of the Epiphany. January
6, or “The Day of the Kings” as they
call it For days beforehand the chil
dren are in a state of great excite
ment, and before they go to bed put-
their shoes (not their stockings) out
side on the balcony, so that they wil*
be of easy access as the “Kings” pi
around the town distributing UX
treasures.