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“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors irre
spective of Creed”
VOL. XVII. No. 5
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 23, 1936
ISSUED MONTHLY—J2.00 A YEAH
Holy Father Opens Press Exhibit at Vatican
Bulletins
THE HOLY FATHER on May 31
will observe the 79th anniversary of
his birth. He is in excellent health and
on its birthday he will receive the Di
ocesan directors of Catholic Action
and their assistant director.
MSGR. CHAS. DUBOIS WOOD,
P.A., of the Diocese of Charleston, was
among the prelates at the solemn Mass
of Requiem for Bishop James A.
Walsh, late superior-general of the
Maryknoli Fathers, at the Church of
Santa Sussana in Rome. Bishop Ralph
Hayes, rector of the North American
College, was celebrant. Two Cardi
nals and several Bishops attended.
FINLEY PETER DUNNE, noted
humorist, creater of “Mr. Dooley”,
died in New York late in April at 68.
The funeral was held from St. Pat
rick's Cathedral.
MANILA will be host to the Thirty-
third International Eucharistic Con
gress February 3 to 7 of next year.
Archbishop O’Doherty announces that
after the opening the first day, the
second day will be woman’s day, the
next men’s day adn the day following
children's day.
COMMUNISM can only be stemmed
in the United States by the Catholic
Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J.
Sheen, Ph.D., of the Catholic Univer
sity of America declared in a na
tion-wide radio broadcast from Sta
tion WBAL, Baltimore, May 15.
VERY REV. THOMAS F. CONLIN,
O.P., noted Dominican preacher, is
the Catholic Hour speaker each Sun
day evening over the National Broad
casting Company network in the pres
ent series, sponsored by the National
Council of Catholic Men.
ARCHBISHOP PASCUAL DIAZ,
Primate of Mexico, is desperately ill,
but the physicians in attendance say
that his case is not hopeless.
THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, de
spite reports of its changed attitude
toward religion, is continuing its anti-
religious program. Its weapons are
heavy taxes, denial of juridical rights
to the churches, closing of churches
by “popular vote” under government
supervision, with anti-religious vot
ers imported to affect the result, and
imposition of unnecessary repairs at
fabulous cost, all four methods hair
ing for their aim the defaulting of the
churches to the government.
SUMMER SESSIONS will be held
in 125 Catholic colleges in the United
States, the Departmetn of Education
of the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference announces.
THE CATHOLIC HOSPITAL Asso
ciation will hold its 22nd annual con
vention in Baltimore June 15-19.
FATHER HENRY K. PIERCE, for
mer Episcopalian minister, a member
of a leading Toledo, O., family, or
dained a priest, in Rome for the Arch
diocese of Westminster, is a grandson
of General Charles W. Hill. Federal
leader in the War Between the States.
HIS HOLINESS GALLS
COMMUNISM THREAT
TO PEACE OF WORLD
He Urges Catholic Press to
Carry Warning of Dangers
of Red Radicalism
(Cable, N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — The World
Catholic Press Exposition—astonish
ing in its imposing character and
great beauty—was solemnly inaugu
rated by His Holiness Pope Pius XI
at 11 o’clock May 12. The Exposition
is housed in a specially constructed
pavilion in the Cortile della Pigna
of the Vatican itself.
Present at the simple but striking
effective ceremonies were all the
Cardinals of the Curia, the full di
plomatic accredited to the Holy See,
the Grandmaster of the Order of
Malta, the members of the Govern
ment of Vatican City, the members
of the Papal Court, Roman prelates,
and representatives of all the national
committees for the Exposition. The
grand hall of the Exposition building,
decorated with immense and previous
Gobelin tapestries, with the Papal
throne erected against the back
ground of the colonnade connecting
with the Braccio Nuovo of the Vati
can Museum, provided a fitting set
ting for the glorious spectacle.
Pope Pius, arriving in full regalia
and surrounded by the prelates, Mon
signor and gentlemen of his court,
was greeted with prolonged and en
thusiastic applause.
Count Giuseppe dalla Torre, Presi
dent of the Committee for the Expo
sition, read an address saying that
the Exposition is a consecration of
the Catholic Press to Christ’s Vicar,
and that the act of filial homage ap
plied to those who were prevented
by circumstances from being person
ally present and to whom went forth
the most fraternal and thoughtful
well wishes.
Pope Pius himself desired that this
great meeting, commemorative of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of Osser-
vatore Romano, be held in the
Father’s house, its proper seat, Count
dalla Torre continued, adding that
the Exposition was conceived by the
architectect Giovanni Ponti in the
form of the great cross, whose arms
hold the sons closely to the Father,
while from its trunk the Apostleship
flourishes in the fields of religious
life, Catholic Action and the Mis
sions. This splendid expression of
universal homage to the Pope is
worthy of the firm trust with which
it was carried out despite the un
certainty, difficulties and bad condi
tions prevailing in these times, the
President declared. Firm faith in God,
in Whom all put their confidence, has
triumphed, he said.
It is the hope of the Committee,
Count dalla Torre said, that the Ex
position will result in advantages to
the Press, professionally, technically
and also morally, so that Catholics
may understand that to defend the
good cause efficaciously it is neces
sary to give arms to truth. The Com
mittee also thanks, he said, that this
peaceful, imposing meeting around
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First Mass in Airship Said
as ‘Hindenburg’ Flew Ocean
.. The following radio message to the N. C. W. C. News Service
was sent from the giant dirigibl e “Hindenburg” as the craft sped
over the North Atlantic on the maiden voyage of what is expected to
become regular air travel between Germany and the United States.
BY DR. MAX JORDAN
(Special Correspondent N. C. W. C.
News Service)
ABOARD THE HINDENBURG, AT
SEA.—The first Holy Mass aboard an
airship was said this morning (May 8)
at 8:30 o’clock in the music room of
the “Hindenburg” by the Rev. Paul
Schulte, O. M. I., Germany’s famous
“flying priest”.
Permission to say the Mass was
granted to Father Schulte by His
Eminence Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli,
Papal Secretary of State, through
His Excellency the Most Rev. Cesare
Orsenigo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ger
many. The Mass was served by this
correspondent.
Father Schulte was en route to the
United States to negotiate with
American air pilots for an expedi
tion he is planning to the Arctic mis
sion stations of Canada. He carried
a medallion specially blessed by the
Holy Father at a private audience he
was accorded. At that time His Holi
ness extended his blessing to all pas
sengers aboard the “Hindenburg”.
The Rev. Paul Schulte, O. M. I.,
chaplain of the giant dirigible “Hin
denburg” on its maiden voyage be
tween Germany and the United
States, is the author of “The Flying
Missionary”, which George N. Shus
ter, Managing Editor of The Com
monweal, has translated from the
German and which has just been
published by Benziger Brothers, New
York.
“The Flying Missionary” is the
story of an Oblate missionary in Af
rica who conceived the plan of serv
ing a large number of missions over
an immense territory through the
means of airplane, automobile and
motorboat.
Father Schulte’s book includes an
account of the beginning of NIVA
(Missionary Communications Associa
tion), whose purpose is to provide
and operate modern means of trans
portation in the Catholic mission
fields. _
Bishop Adrian Installed
as Bishop of Nashville
Metropolitan
..The Most Rev. John T. McNicholas,
O. J., S.T.D., Archbishop of Cincin
nati and Metropolitan of the Province
which includes the Diocese of Nash
ville, who presided at the installation
of Bishop Adrian and delivered the
installation sermon.
CATHOLICS OF U. S.
NUMBER 20,735,189
Gain of 212,136 in Year,
Says Catholic Directory.
Priests Increase by 858
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Catholic popu
lation of the United States, including
Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, is
put at 20,735,189 by The Official
Catholic Directory for 1936, publish
ed by P. J. Kenedy and Sons here
and released last week. This is a gain
of 212,136 over the figures given for
1935. Last year the increase was 200,-
459 over 1934, so that the number not
only increased this year, but advanc
ed more rapidly.
Of particular interest is the num
ber of converts in the last year, 'the
total being 63,454.
A substantial gain is shown in the
number of members of the clergy,
the total for diocesan and Regular
priests being 31,108, an increase of
858. The total number of churches
with priests, according to the gener
al summary, is 18,387, this figure
representing an increase of 43
churches.
Four more seminaries have been
established, according to the Direc
tory, making a total of 197. The num
ber of seminaries attending is 22,629.
Colleges for boys are listed at 196.
while colleges and academies for
girls number 658. Seventeen more
high schools are shown, the total fig
ure being 1,151 with 195,821 students
in attendance, an increase over last
year’s figures by 8,873. The statistics
for parochial schools show an in
crease of 48. The total is 7,490. The
number of pupils attending is given
as 2,212,260, an increase of 2,857 over
the statistics of last year.
Orphan asylums total 319. and the
number of orphans is 43,735. There
are 156 homes for the aged, and the
number of hospitals under Catholic
auspices shows an increase of two,
the total figure being 671.
The Directory is printed in the
same attractive form in which it ap
peared last year and shows as light
increase in pagination. A new fea
ture following the alphabetical list
of Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops
and Abbots is a list of the hierarchy
in the order of their seniority.
Archbishop McNicholas, of
Cincinnati, Metropolitan of
Province, Presides at Cere
mony in Tennessee
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NASHVILLE—Distinguished Arch
bishops and Bishops, many Monsig
nori and priests, representatives of
various Orders of nuns and a large
outpouring of the laity witnessed the
solemn installation of the Most Rev
William L. Adrian as the seventh
Bishop of Nashville in the Cathedral
of the Incarnation here May 6.
The Most Rev. John T. McNicho
las, O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati,
to which ecclesiastical Province the
Diocese of Nashville belongs, offici
ated at the installation. Archbishop
McNicholas also preached the ser
mon, noting that the Diocese of
Nashville will have been erected a
century next year. He characterized
Bishop Adrian as “one well fitted by
temperament, by years of prepara
tion in the Eternal City and by edu
cational work carried on over a long
period” to assume the responsibili
ties of the diocese.
Others in attendance included: The
Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, Arch
bishop of Milwaukee: the Most Rev.
John B. Morris. Bishop of Little
Rock; the Most Rev. Joseph
Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland; the
Most Rev. Michael J. Gallagher,
Bishop of Detroit; the Most Rev.
John A. Floresh. Bishop of Louis
ville; the Most Rev. Richard D. Ge-
row, Bishop of Natchez; the Most
Rev. Henry P. Rohlman, Bishop of
Davenport; the Most Rev. Joseph E.
Riter, Bishop of Indianapolis: the
Most Rev. Moses E. Kiley, Bishop of
Trenton; the Most Rev. Gerald T.
Bergan, Bishop of Des Moines; the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop
of Savannah, and the Most Rev.
Joseph H. Albers, Auxiliary Bishop
of Cincinnati.
The Rt. Rev. Ambrose Reger, O.
S. B.. Abbot of St Bernard's Abbey,
St. Bernard, Ala., and the Rt Rev.
Ignatius Esser, O. S. B., Abbot of
St. Meinard’s Abbey, St. Meinard,
Ind, also were present. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. E. J. Hackett, Vicar General
of the Diocese of Mobile, represented
the Most Rev. Thomas J. Toolen.
Bishop of Mobile.
Bishop Adrian himself spoke
briefly at the conclusion cf the cere
monies, pledging his untiring best
efforts in behalf of the welfare of
the Diocese of Nashville.
The installation ceremonies were
preceded by a procession to the Ca
thedral. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies there was a dinner in
honor of Bishop Adrian at St. Ber
nard’s Academy.
In his sermon, Archbishop Mc
Nicholas spoke in part as follows:
“The duties of the new Bishop
will be arduous, as are those of ev
ery Bishop of our country at the
present time. He must be a public
teacher He must teach the very
things that Christ taught in a mod
ern world that has abandoned dog
ma, that scorns Revelation and re
jects creeds. His position must be as
immovable as Eetrnal Truth itself.
“He must be the watchful guar
dian of morals in a pagan world that
has rejected all fixed standards of
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C. P. A. President
JOSEPH J. QUINN
COLUMBUS HOST TO
G, P. A.
Three Bishops on Program
for Silver Jubilee Meeting
May 2 8-30 in Ohio City
(By N. C- W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO.—Twenty-five years of
service will be reviewed at the Sil
ver Jubilee Convention of. the Cath
olic Press Association of the United
States to be held at the Deshler-Wal-
lick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, May 28,
29 and 30, the program for which
was made public here by J. H. Meier,
secretary of the C. P. A.
Three Bishops appear as speakers
on the program. They are the Most
Rev. James J. Hartley, Bishop of Co
lumbus and honorary president of
the C. P. A.: 1ha Most Rev. John F.
Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, and ed
itor of Our Sunday Visitor, and the
Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle. Bishop of
Pittsburgh and Episcopal Chairman
of the Press Department of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference.
The Very Rev. Dr. John J. Burke,
C. S. P., General Secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, also will be a speaker.
Joseph J. Quinn, editor of The
Southwest Courier. Oklahoma City,
and president of the Catholic Press
Association, will preside at the con
vention. Speakers will include the
Rev. James M. Gillis, C.S.P., editor
of The Catholic World, New York;
the Rev. Patrick . Carroll, C.S.C.,
editor of The Ave Maria, Notre
Dame, Ind.; Benedict Elder, editor of
The Record, Louisville, Ky-; Si
mon A. Baldus, editor of Extension
Magazine, Chicago; Michael Williams,
editor of The Commonweal, New
York; the Rev. Francis X. Talbot,
S. J., editor of America, New York;
and others equally distinguished.
The exectuive board of the C. P. A
will meet Thursday evening, at
which time a conference will be held
with Frank A. Hall, director of the
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Farewell Letter to Priests
From Bishop James A.Walsh
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MARYKNOLL, N. Y.—The Most
Rev. James A. Walsh, Superior Gen
eral of Maryknoli, who died April 14.
left a noteworthy message for the
priests of his society, which appears
in the special memorial number of
The Field Afar, May 15.
The letter is as follows:
“Dear Priestly Sons in Christ:
“I make no distinction since we are
all missioners. Whether our daily
tasks are in the home land or on the
field, we are of one heart and one
mild, pledged to the evangelization of
the world, with special interest in
the people entrusted to our care by
Rome.
“I write in the expectation of my
own departure, this time, with God’s
grace, for the life that changes not.
You have been my comfort, my pride
and my joy. I am fully aware that
while much credit has been given
to me, because of my position in the
Society, my work would have been
a failure without the help you have
so generously given me.
“I have known my limitations and
you have borne with them. God
certainly uses the weak for His pur
poses. But, after all. our work is
His work and you will make no mis
take if you look to Him for guidance.
All that He seeks from you is gen
erosity and ready willingness to use
the opportunities—or meet the diffi
culties—which will inevitably pre
sent themselves.
“I have often urged you to appre
ciate what is good in other societies
than ours. Keep up this spirit, but
watch closely that loyalty shall be
a shining virtue in your life—loyalty
to the Society, to your Superiors, to
one another. That we may be one in
Christ, is my prayer.
“Keep me in filial remembrance
and know that, if God finds me
worthy, I will be your helper untU
we meet merrily in Heaven.” _ ,