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VOL. XV. No. 5.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 19, 1934
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men’s Association
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Bulletins
( By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CARDINAL O’CONNELL, Arch
bishop of Boston, will be fifty years
a priest June 8, and the Archdiocese
is preparing to mark the occasion
with a celebration dominantly spirit
ual.
THE “BIRTH CONTROL” bill
which came up in the Senate May 10
was “passed over” after Senator Rob
inson of Arkansas, majority leader,
asked for an explanation of it. Sena
tor Walsh then suggested that it be
passed over. Vice-President Gamer
then so ordered.
A MISSIONARY to the Indians,
Father Mathieu C. Descoteaux, at In
dian Island, Me., lost his life in re
turning to his mission near Old
Town, when his motorboat was car
ried! over the falls of the Penobscot
River. He was ordained by Arch
bishop Curley at Baltimore in 1925.
11)0,099 PERSONS are expected to
attend the Pontifical Mass May 30 at
Baltimore Stadium as a part of the
Tercentenary Celebration. His Ex
cellency, the Apostolic Delegate, wjll
preside, and Archbishop Curley Will
officiate.
FATHER ANDREW WHITE, 'S. J.,
pioneer Jesuit missionary of Mary
land, was honored May 8 at exercises
marking the third centenary of his
coming to St. Mary’s City, Md. Tile
Rev. John LaFarge, S. J., of the staff
of America, delivered the principal
address.
LOUISIANA’S Bishops, Archbishop
Shaw of New Orleans, Bishop Jean-
mard of Lafayette and Bishop Des
mond of Alexadria, have issued! a
joint pastoral expressing their dis
approval of the Child Labor Amend
ment to be considered by the coming
session of the Louisiana Legislature.
Bishop of Trenton
THE MOST REV. MOSES E.
KILEY, Bishop of Trenton was con
secrated on March 17, in the Ameri
can Church of Santa Susana, in
Rome, where he has been Spiritual
Director of the North American Col
lege since 1926. This photo was taken
in Rome immediately following
Bishop Kiley’s consecration. He has
since returned to the United States.
A FLORIDA jury at Jacksonville
has convicted Edward Young_ Clarke,
formerly titular head of the Ku Klux
Klan, and Martha Ann Clark of mis
use of the malls in connection with
the organization of Esskaye, a secret
society.
FATHER WOUCTERS, pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church, Ilennessy, Okla.,
chaplain in the World War, has been
awarded the Croix dc Feu, the Cross
of Fire, by the Belgian Government,
the sixth decoration he has received'
for bravery under fire.
.10,000 ATTENDED the open air
Mass at Vincennes, Ind.. May 8 mark
ing the centennial of the Diocese of
Vincennes, now the Diocese of
Indianapolis. His Excellency, the
Apostolic Delegate, pontificated
B ! shop Ryan of the Catholic Univer
sity of America, delivered the ser
mon.
MSGR. JOHN A. RYAN of the
Catholic University of America, start
ed a series of three addresses Sunday
over the Catholic Hour of the N. C.
C. M., through the National Broad
casting Co. network. Monsignor
Ryan’s series will be on the Catho
lic teaching on our industrial sys
tem. Rather Daniel A. Lord, S.J.,
finished his splendid series May 6.
DR. SELDEN DELANEY, formerly
rector of the Episcopalian Church of
St. Mary the Virgin, who was ordain
ed in Rome at the Church of St.
John Lateran March 17, has arrived
in New York to start his work as a
priest. Father Delaney spent four
years in the study of theology at
Beda College, Rome, after entering
the Church. He is now a priest of
the Archdiocese of New York.
CLEVELAND HOST TO
C. P. A. CONVENTION
Bishop Schrembs and Bishop
McFadden Among Notables
to Address Editors
(By N. C. W. C. News Service) ..
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The program for
the annual meeting of the Catholic
Press Association, to be held at
Cleveland May 24 to 26, inclusive, on
the invitation of the Most Rev. Jo
seph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland,
was announced here by Rich
ard Reid, editor of The Bulletin of
the Catholic Laymens Association of
Georgia and president of the C. P. A.
Bishop Schrembs will address the
convention’s dinner meeting the eve
ning of May 26, and the Most Rev.
James A. McFadden,,Auxiliary Bish
op of Cleveland and Chairman' of the
Board of Directors of The Catholic
Universe Bulletin, official newspaper
of the Diocese of Cleveland, will wel
come the delegates. The Catholic Uni
verse Bulletin is 60 years old this
year.
The convention will open with a
magazine session on the morning of
May 24. Tire Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albert
E. Smith, Editor-in-Chief of The
Baltimore Catholic Review and Vice-
President of the C. P. A., will say
the opening prayer. Mr. Reid will
then extend greetings as President of
the Association, after which Monsig
nor Smith will take charge of the
magazine program. The Rev. Har-
(Continued cn Page Eight)
Work Starts on Restoration
of Georgia Spanish Missions
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON—On the bank of a
tributary of the Altamaha which ebbs
and flows with the Georgia tide, in
the dripping gray of the live oaks and
hanging moss, there stand the falling
walls of ancient Santo Domingo Mis
sion. constructed of a strange, strong
blending of shells and lime and sand
nearly four centuries ago.
This holy place, 17 miles northwest
of Brunswick, Ga., on the tip of a 250
acre strip taken out of his coast coun
try Altamaha Plantation, was donated
to the State of Georgia by Gator
Woolford for development as a his
toric shrine and state park.
Restoration of this area of Atlanta
started May 13 under the State Park
Emergency Conservation Work or
ganization.
The task of restoring the old Santo
Domingo Mission will not be an easy
one, for nothing is left except the
three and a half walls of a rectangu
lar structure, about the size of a
country church, really the old chap
el; and the octagonal walls of the old
fortress, about the size of a small
town band stand. No signs remain of
doors, furniture, fixtures or a roof.
To follow the original as nearly as
possible the structures will be put
back with the shell and lime and
sand mixture.
Besides restoring the buildings, the
Civilian Conservation Corps will
clear the thickets on the high ground
around the mission, improve the tim
ber and perhaps open up the old
fields in the area. State Forester B.
W. Lufburrow is in charge of this
work.
Auxiliary Bishops Consecrated
for New York and Chicago Sees
BISHOP O’BRIEN IS
ELEVATED AT CHICAGO
His Excellency, the Apostolic
Delegate, Presides — Car
dinal Mundelein Con
secrates Auxiliary
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO—Members of the Hier
archy from Alaska to Panama, presi
dents of Catholic universities and
colleges, Abbots, Diocesan Adminis
trators, representatives of religious
Orders and widely-known laymen at
tended the consecration April 25 of
the Most Rev. William D. O’Brien, as
titular Bishop of Calinda and Auxi
liary Bishop of Chicago. Canada and
Panama were among the foreign
countries represented, while prelates
from such widely separated United
States possessions as Alaska and
Puerto Rico came to felicitable the
noted supporter of American mis
sionary activity. More than half of
the seating capacity of the Cathedral
was reserved for the clergy, in add
ition to the large sanctuary.
His Eminence George Cardinal
Mundelein, Archbishop of Chiago,
was consecrator, the co-consecrators
being the Most Rev. Bernard J. Sheil,
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, and the
Most Rev. Joseph P. Lynch, Bishop of
Dallas. Present in the sanctuary were
His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, and his
brother, the Most Rev. Gaetano
Cicognani, Papal Nuncio to Peru. The
sermon was delivered by the Most
Rev. John Joseph Mitty, Co-adjutor
Archbishop of San Francisco.
Members of the Hierarchy present
included the Bishop or official rep
resentatives of every Diocese in the
Souht as well as most of those from
other parts of the nation.
BISHOP McAULIFFE
NAMED TO HARTFORD
Auxiliary and Seminary
President Succeeds Late
Bishop Nilan There
WASHINGTON — The Most Rev.
Maurice Francis McAuliffe has been
named Bishop of Hartford to succeed
the late Bishop John Joseph Nilan.
according to word received here from
Vatican City.-
Bishop McAuliffe. who is.president
of the St. Thomas Preparatory Semi
nary of the Diocese of Hartford, lo
cated at Bloomfield, became Auxil
iary Bishop of Hartford in 1926. A
month ago it was announced that
Bishop McAuliffe had been appoint
ed Coadjutor Bishop and Apostolic
Administrator of the Diocese of Hart
ford. However, as Bishop Nilan died
before Bishop McAuliffe took pos
session of the new office, the appoint
ment did not have effect. *
Bishop McAuliffe was bom at
Hartford, June 17, 1875. He attend
ed Mt. St. Mary’s College Emmits-
burg, Md., the Seminary of St. Sul-
pice, near Paris, and St. Willibrord’s
Seminary. Eichstatt, Germany. He
was ordained to the priesthood on
July 29, 1900, and the following Sep
tember was named a professor at St.
Thomas’ Seminary. He became vice
president of the Seminary in 1906,
and president in 1921. On November
4, 1925, he was named Titular Bish
op of Derco and Auxiliary to Bish
op Nilan. He was solemnly conse
crated at St. Joseph’s Cathedral,
Hartford, on April 28. 1926. Bishop
Nilan was the consecrating prelate,
and the co-consecrators were Arch
bishop John Gregory Murray of St.
Paul, then Bishop of Portland, Me,
and the late Bishop Hickey of Provi
dence. The sermon was preached by
the late Bishop Shahan, rector of the
Catholic University of America and
former chancellor of the Hartford
Diocese.
ARCHBISHOP M’NICHOLAS, of
Cincinnati and Bishop Alter of
Toledo, have expressed their opposi
tion to the sales tax in Ohio, a meas
ure which Archbishop McNicholas
says“ means taxing the milk of
babies and poor children. It means
taxing the meat, the vegetables, the
bread of poor families ... In a word
it means not only taxing but taking
away from them some of the neces
sities of life.”
Consecrated Bishops
Two newly elected United States
bishops were consecrated on May 1.
The Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey
(above), the new Bisliop of Amarills,
Texas, was consecrated at Los An
cles. (Photo by Southwest Studios.)
The Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue
(below), was consecrated in New
York City as Auxiliary Bishop ot
New York. (Photo by E F. Foley.)
BISHOP PRECIADO TO BE
CONSECRATED MAY 31
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
SAN ANTONIO. —Impressive cere
monies will be held in San Fernando
Cathedral here May 31, when the
Most Rev. Jose Maria Preciado, C. M.
F„ of this city, will be consecrated
Bishop of Colon. Panama. The Mcst
Rev. Arthur J. Drossaerts Archbish
op of San Antonio, will be consecra-
tor and the co-consecrators will be
His Excellency the Most Rev. Leo-
poldo Ruiz y Flores, Apostolic Dele
gate to Mexico, and the Most Rev.
John Joseph Maiztegui, Archbishop
of Panama. The Most Rev. Joseph P.
Lynch, Bishop of Dallas, will preach
the sermon.
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
LOS ANGELES. — Concluding a
week of intensive activities that com
prised the most important Catholic
event ever held in the West, Catholic
Action Week, sponsored by the Most
Rev. John J. Cantwell, Bishop of Los
Angeles and San Diego, more than
1.500 persons attended a banquet held
May 3 in the Fiesta Room of the Am
bassador Hotel. ,
Graced by the presence of His Ex
cellency the Most Rev. Amleto Gio
vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate
to the United States, and featured by
the impressive ceremonies in St. Vi-
biana’s Cathedral attendant upon the
consecration of the Most Rev. Robert
E. Lucey as Bishop of Amarillo, the
events of the Catholic Action Week
were attended by leaders from every
diocese in the West. Representatives
were present from 20 states, and from
hundreds of cities of the West as well
as many Eastern cities.
Sessions held during the week in
cluded those on Catholic Education,
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine,
the Society of St. Vincent do Paul,
CARDINAL OFFICIATES
AT NEW YORK RITES
Archbishops Mitty and
Mooney Co-consecrators of
Bishop Donahue, Successor
of Late Bishop‘Dunn
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—A throng of nearly
5.000 persons filled St. Patrick’s Ca
thedral when the Most Rev. Stephen
J. Donahue was consecrated Titular
Bishop of Medea and Auxiliary Bish
op of New York, in the presence of 51
dignitaries of the Catholic Church.
His Eminence Patrick Cardinal
Hayes, Archbishop of New York,
consecrated the prelate, who hence
forth will assist him in guiding the
1.300.000 Catholics resident in this
most populous See in the United
States.
The co-consecrators were the Most
Rev- John J. Mitty, Coadjutor Arch
bishop of San Francisco, and the
Most Rev. Archbishop Edward A.
Mooney, Bishop of Rochester.
Other members of the Hierarchy
present included: Archbishops John
T. McNicholas, O.P., of Cincinnati,
and John Gregory Murray, of St.
Paul, and nearly 50 Bishops, includ
ing practically all of the Bishops of
the Southeast.
In the procession Cardinal Hayes-
was escorted by the following dis
tinguished laymen: George MacDon
ald. who is a Papal Marquis; Gerald
Borden, Morgan J, O’Brien, Thomas
F. Farrell, George J. Gillespie, and
Alfred J. Talley. Former Governor
Alfred E. Smith. Postmaster General
James A. Farley, and Lieut. Gov.
M- William Bray occupied special
places in the Cathedral during the
ceremony. Other distinguished lay
men either in attendance on Cardi
nal Hayes or present at the cere
monies included: John J. Raskob,
Luigi Criscuolo, former Mayor John
P. O'Brien, Basil Harris, Cornelius F.
Kelley, William M. Larkin, Byrnes
MacDonald, Henry MacDonald, James
J Phelan, John T. Smith, A. Muller
Ury and Richard P. Lydon.
Bishop Donahue’s three brothers
and five sisters occupied the first
pews on one side of the Cathedral’s
center aisle, and received the first
blessing of the newly consecrated
Bishop.
Cardinal Hayes made a brief ad
dress at the luncheon, following the
consecration. Others to speak in
cluded Archbishop Mitty. who pro
posed a toast to His Holiness Pope
Pius XI, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Michael J. Lavelle, Rector of St. Pat
rick's Cathedral, who paid tribute to
Bishop Donahue and presented the
newly consecrated Bishop with a
purse subscribed by the priests of the
Archdiocese. Bishop Donahue re
sponded to the address. Msgr. Robt.
F. Keegan was toastmaster.
NEW YORK LAITY HONOR
NEW BISHOP AT DINNER
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.— Thirty-two Arch
bishops and Bishops attended the
banquet in honor of the Most Rev.
Stephen J. Donahue, newly conse
crated Titular Bishop of Medea and
Religious Vacation Schools, the So
cial Workers’ Guild, the Regional
Catholic Rural Life Conference, the
Regional Conference of the National
Council of Catholic Women, the
Council of Catholic Nurses, the Cath
olic Conference cn Industrial Prob
lems, the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith, the Catholic Hospital
Association, the Parent-Teacher As
sociation and the Catholic Association
for International Peace.
In addition to the Apostolic Dele
gate and Bishop Cantwell, members
of the Hierarchy participating in the
events of the Catholic Action Week
included the Most Rev. Edward J,
Hanna, Archbishop of San Francisco;
the Most Rev. Rudolph A. Gerken,
Archbishop of Santa Fe; the Most
Rev. Robert J. Armstrong, Bishop of
Sacramento; the Most Rev. Daniel J.
Gercke, Bishop of Tucson; the Most
Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, Bishop of
Reno; the Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey,
Bishop of Amarillo; the Most Rev.
Bernard J. Mahoney, Bishop of Sioux
Falls, and the Most Rev. Edwin V.
O’Hara, Bishop of Great Falls.
(Continued on Page EighU '
Catholic Action Week Draws
Representatives of 20 States