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THIRTY-FOUR
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 21, 1935
Two Benedictine Abbots Have Been Pastors at Greensboro
Felicitations From Greensboro
Compliments
of
Carolina Baking Co.
0 Boy Vitamin D Bread
and
Delicious Southern
CAKE
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Arnold Stone Go.
of N. G.
Incorporated
Wilbert Asphalt
Waterproof Burial Vaults
Greensboro, N. C.
Sold by All Leading
Funeral Directors.
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MICHAEL HUDSON, Sec.-Treas. T. B. BROWN, Manager
BELK’S DEPARTMENT STORE
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GREENSBORO, N. C.
BEST WISHES
Winchester-Ritch
Surgical Go.
Hospital and Physicians’
Equipment and Supplies
EVERYTHING FOR THE
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111 North Greene St
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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Motor Go.
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MOTOR CARS, TRUCKS,
BUSES AND TAXICABS
PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS
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COMPANY
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Materials, Stains,
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Greensboro, N. C.
St. Benedict’s School
St. Benedict's School, Greensboro, the Rev. Eugene Egan, O. S. B, pas
tor. The Dominican Sisters are in charge of the school.
Birth Control Race Suicide,
Cardinal Hayes Declares
In Formal Statement From C athedral Pulpit His Eminence
Reiterates Catholic Teaching on Subject
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—From the pulpit of
St. Patrick’s Cathedral. His Emi
nence Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Arch
bishop of New York on the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception voiced
“measured, deliberate and emphatic
condemnation of the effrontery” of
those persons who, at a recent meet
ing at Carnegie Hail here, advocated
birth control for families on relief.
“I regret exceedingly,” Cardinal
Haves said, “that I am compelled to
day to take the place of the Advent
preacher but the importance of my
subject makes it necessary. I regret
also that 1 am to speak, on a topic
which I would rather not refer to in
public. Circumstances, however,
make it impossible for me to remain
silent.
‘In the course of a recent meeting
at Carnegie Hall, the Catholic posi
tion on birth control was misrepre
sented. As Cardinal Archbishop of
New York 1 rise to voice measured,
deliberate and emphatic condemna
tion of the effrontery of those who
at this meeting advocated birth con
trol for families on relief. As shep
herd of my flock and as a citizen, I
feel it my duty to cry out in warn
ing against those who would fly in
the face of God and bring ruin and
disaster to the land and to the civili
zation that some among us, at least,
still cherish. President Theodore
Roosevelt called birth control by its
true name, race suicide.
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“History bears testimony to the
part that the refusal of parenthood
has played in the decline and fall of
the great civilizations of antiquity.
Today in our own country the same
process is already well under way.
Its population is no longer reproduc
ing itself. If judged by this standard,
the United States is already a dying
nation. Yet these Prophets of Deca
dence call for fewer and fewer
births. As one who gives place to no
man in love for his country I regard
such as false prophets. . . .
“The position of the Catholic
Church with regard to birth control
is one of everlasting loyalty to the
law of God as exnressed in nature,
promulgated on Mt. Sinai in the
Ten Commandments and taught by
Christ the Redeemer of the world.
There can be no possible compro
mise. Changing conditions of no age,
of no land, of no people can modify
or destroy the fundamental law of
morality that is given to man by
God Himself. The Church, is not free
to take any other stand.”
CATHOLIC EDITORS
WILL MEET IN OHIO
FATHER EUGENE NOW
PASTOR OF PARISH
Native of Georgia and
Former Pastor at Savan
nah—School Flourishing
Columbus Is Selected for
1936 Convention
Arthur O’Connor
Florist
Designs, Cut Flowers,
Potted and Bedding
Plants.
Greenhouses;
South Elm Street,
Greensboro, N. C.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Catholic Press
Association of the United States, for
the Jubilee Convention marking its
twenty-five years of life, will go
back to Columbu3, Ohio, where it
was bom a quarter of a eentnry ago.
May 28. 29 and 30 are the dates- (At
lanta, Ga.. was host in 1935).
These decisions were reached at a
meeting of the executive board of the
association held here at the Centre
Club. The Most Rev. James J- Hart
ley, Bishop of Columbus is one of
the founders of the association and
has for many years been its Honorary
President. His invitation was sup
plemented by letters from prominent
civic bodies of Columbus.
An informal dinner, tendered to the
members of the board and of the com
mittee by the Catholic publishers of
‘he New York district, provided a
oleasing interval between sessions.
Charles H. Ridder. as chairman of the
local entertainment committee, pre
sided. Dr. Max Jordan, foreign rep
resentative of the National Broad
casting Company, told of interestin'?
experiences, which often were also
amusing, in arranging religious
broadcasts abroad, including the ring
ing of the bells in the Holv Land at
ChriVmas time, a radio program from
the Catacombs, and the singing of
Christmas hymns over the radio in
German monsteries.
Presiding at the meetings of the
board was Joseph J. Quinn, presi
dent of the Association and Editor
of The Southwest Courier, Oklaho
ma City. Other board members pres
ent were the Rev. Wilfrid Parsons,
S. J„ Vice-President of the Associa
tion and Editor of America, New
York; Mr. R’dder. Treasurer of the
Association; Joseph H. Meier. Secre
tary of the Association and Publish
er of The Catholic Press Directory,
Chicago; Richard Reid, Editor of
The Bulletin, Augusta, Ga.; Dr
Thomas P. Hart, Editor of The Cath
olic Telegraph, Cincinnati; the Rev.
J. W. DePencier, O. S. M., Editor of
Our Lady of Sorrows, Chicago, and
Benedict Elder, General Counsel and
Editor of The Record, Louisville.
Patrick F. Scanlan, Managing Edi
tor of The Tablet, Brooklyn, also
St- Benedict’s parish in Greensboro
has the distinction of having had as
pastor two Benedictine Fathers who
later became abbots, the Rt. Rev.
Charles Mohr, O. S- B.. D. D., found
er of St. Leo Abbey in Florida, whom
death claimed in recent years, and
the Rt. Rev. Vincent Taylor, O. S. B„
D. D-, now Abbot-Oordinary of Bel
mont Abbey.
Abbot Charles first attended St,
Benedict’s nearly a half century ago;
Greensboro was then the mission cen
ter of such places as Winston-Salem
anc. Salisbury, now themselves mis
sion centers under the direction of
the Benedictine Fathers-
For nearly a quarter of a century
Abbot Vincent was pastor of St,
Benedict’s Church, and his long resi
dence, exemplary character, genial
personality and outstanding ability
established him and the Church he
served so well and loved so ardently
firmly in the hearts of the people.
When elected Abbot of Belmont in
succession to the beloved and vener
able Bishop Haid, Greensboro felt
that it was losing not only a personal
ity but an institution.
For a number ot years the Rev.
Eugene Egan, O- S. B-. has been pas
tor of St. Benedict’s, and he has suc
ceeded Abbot Vincent not only in his
official capacity as pastor but in the
personal affection in which Abbot
Vincent was held by the community.
Father Eugene is a native of Atlanta,
and has served as rector of Belmont
Abbey College, Belmont N. C- and of
Benedictine School, Savannah. He
was then appointed pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, Savannah, and prior
of the Benedictine Community
there; his present position in Greens
boro is but a duplication of the
place he held in the esteem of the
people of Savannah.
When his canonical terms of office
in Savannah expired, he was named
pastor at Greensboro, succeeding Fa
ther Lawrence McHale. O. S. B., who
is now a beloved member of the fac
ulty of Benedictine College, Richmond.
Father Eugene has been in Greens
boro since, although in recent
months he has, to the deep regret of
his friends, not been in good health.
They wish him a speedy recovery and
permanent return to health.
Father Eugene, with his experience
as an educator at Belmont and at
Benedictine College, Savannah, where
he also was in charge of Sacred
Heart School, felt the need of a
school in the Greensboro parish, and
he acquired a fine old mansion which
he converted into a parish school,
with the Sisters of Charity of St. Vin
cent de Paul in charge. The school,
started with only a few children, now
has an enrollment in excess of one
hundred and has achieved a leading
place among the schools of the city;
many of the. pupils are not Catholics.
Father Eugene is assisted at St,
Benedict’s by the Rev. Edward A.
Rigney, who has a record of splen
did service on the missions in vari
ous parts of the state. A number of
thriving organizations reflect the
flourishing spiritual life of the par
ish-
Lighting of Outdoor
Trees Began in 1913
The practice of lighting outdoor,
living Christmas trees is said to have
started about 1913. Only in recent
years has it attained widespread
popularity, however- Last year such
trees were illuminated in front of
several millions of homes.
The National Christmas Tree at
Washington was first lighted by Pres
ident Coolidge in 1925-
BISHOP JOSEPH C. PLAGENS,
for the past ten years auxiliary Bish
op of Detroit, has been named Bishop
of Marquette, Mich., succeeding the
late Bishop Paul Joseph Nussbaum.
C. P- Bishop Plagens was bom in Po
land and came to the United State*
with his parents at the age of four.
MATANUSKA Colony’s first twins,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Rossi ter, have been baptized by Fa
ther F. Merrill Sulzman. pastor of
the Catholic mission including the
settlement.
attended sessions in his capacity as a
member of the Literature Bureau of
the Asosciation,. and made a report
for the Bureau.
Mr. Quinn, as chairman of the U.
S. Committee for the World Catho
lic Press Exhibition, presided also at
the sessions of the committee, and
these were attended by Mr. Ridder,
Mr. Reid and Frank A. Hall, direc
tor of the N. C. W. C. News Ser
vice, Washington, D. C„ who ar«
members of the committee.