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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia. ‘To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Aming Neighbors Irre spective of Creed’ VOL. XVn. No. 8 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 22, 1936 ISSUED MONTHLY— $2.00 A YEAR Number of Religious Killed in Spain Mounts Bulletins rev. b. j. McIntyre, o.f.m., noted Franciscan orator, started a se ries o£ three discourses on “Charac teristic Christian Ideals” August 16 over the Catholic Hour, sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Men over the N. B. C. network. BISHOP WILLIAM O’BRIEN, Chi cago Auxiliary, has been reappointed president of the Catholic Church Ex tension Society for his third term by the Holy Father at the request of His Eminence, Cardinal Mundelein. NOTRE DAME University’s annual retreat for laymen, held early in Au gust, was this year attended by 1,200, a record attendance. The Rev. John B. Delaunay, C.S.C., of the University of Portland, was retreat master. FATHER ALCINE CYR, S.M., lias been named provincial of the Marist Fathers of the Boston Province, suc ceeding Father Henry de la Chapelle, S.M., who was before the division of the Marists into two provinces pro vincial of the American province in cluding Georgia. Father Cyr was at one time president of the Marist Col lege in Mexico City. MEXICAN CATHOLICS in the Dio cese of Saltillo, despite their own troubles and impoverishment, have sent a check for $69.80 to Bishop Boyle of Pittsburgh for the aid of the vic tims of the flood in that Diocese. FIRE ON THE EARTH by the Rev. Dr. Paul Hanly Furfey of the Cath olic University of America is the Au gust selection of the Catholic Book a Month Club.| It is published by Macmillan and is described as a clar ion call for Catholics, rousing them to genuine, supernatural Catholic ac tion. -a | ALTOONA BISHOP-ELECT □ a Bishop James E. Walsh New Head of Mary knoll Society Succeeds Late Bishop James A. Walsh, Co-Founder With Father Thomas Price (By N. C. W. C. News Service) MARYKNOLL, New York— The Most Rev. James Edward Walsh, of Cumberland, Md., Vicar Apostolic of Kingmoon, South China, was elected Superior-General of the Catholic For eign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) at . an Extraordinary Chapter of the Society here. Bishop Walsh succeeds the late Bishop James Anthony Walsh, found er and first Superior-General of the Society, who died April 14. There is no relationship between the late Bishop Walsh and his successor. MSGR. R. T. GUILFOYLE MSGR, GUILFOYLE IS NEW ALTOONA BISHOP Erie Chancellor Succeeds Late Bishop McCort Bishop Walsh was born in Cumber land, Md., April 30, 1891, the son of William E. and Mary (Concannon) Walsh. His father was a lawyer of Cumberland; his mother came from Montegut, La. Bishop Walsh is a brother of Judge William C. Walsh, of Cumber land, and of Rev. John F; Walsh, also a Maryknoller, now stationed at the Maryknoll College, at Scranton, after several years service in what is now Manchukuo. Three sisters have entered religion: Sr. M. Rosalia, of the Mission Helpers, Towson, Md., Sr- M. Joseph of the Notre Dame Convent, Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico; and Sr. Mar guerite, St. Joseph’s College, Emmitts- burg, Md. Other sisters are Mrs. F. L. Werner, of Baltimore, and Miss M- G. Walsh, of Cumberland. REV. SYLVESTER JUERGENS has been officially installed as the pro vincial of the St. Louis Province of the Society of Mary, with ceremonies at Chaminade College, Clayton, Mo., where he was formerly president. REV. ALFRED H. RABE, S.M., has been named president of St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, for the fourth successive term of three years. St. Mary’s is conducted by the Marianists, an order distinct from that laboring in Georgia. ARCHBISHOP JOACHIM LIMA, S.J., of Bombay, India, died recently at the age of 59. Archbishop Lima was a priest before he joined the Jesuits in his native Portugal in 1899; after a number of years in India, he suc ceeded Archbishop Goodier, S.J., of Bombay, in 1928. BISHOP-ELECT M. S. Garriga will be consecrated coadjutor of the Dio cese of Corpus Christi September 21. Archbishop Drossaerts of San Anto nio will be consecrator and Bishop Ledvina of Corpus Christi and Bish op Muench, of Fargo, co-consecra- tors. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON, D. C. —The Very Rev. Msgr. R. T. Guilfoyle, Chan cellor of the Diocese of Erie, has been appointed Bishop of Altoona, according to word received here. Monsignor Guilfoyle succeeds the Most Rev. John J. McCort, who died April 21, 1936, and becomes the third Ordinary of the See. Monsignor Guilfoyle has served for 13 years as Chancellor of his di ocese. Aside from his active work in that very important post, Mon signor Guilfoyle centered much of his interest in children’s homes and in the Harborcreek Training School for Boys. Born in DeLancey, Pa., he was educated at St. Bonaventure’s Col lege and Seminary, Allegany, and was ordained to the priesthood in Buffalo on June 2, 1917. His first assignment was at St. Stephen’s Church, Oil City, where he served until 1921, when he became secre tary to the Most Rev. John Mark Gannon, Bishop of Erie. At the death of the Rev. James Conlin, rector of the Cathedral and Chancellor, he was appointed to the latter post in November, 1923, and the following year was made Papal Chamberlain with the title Very Reverend Monsignor. He has also served as Diocesan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Msgr. Baker Dies in Buffalo at 96—Was “Padre of Poor” MSGR. NELSON BAKER came to Georgia a few years ago to se lect the marble he used in mag nificent Basilica he erected at Lackawanna, N. Y., making the trip by automobile. He delivered one of the principal addresses at the Buffalo convention of the Catholic Press Assocation in 1932, he then being 92 years old. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) LACKAWANNA, N. Y. — The Rt- Rev. Msgr. Nelson H. Baker, who in the labors of more than half a cen- * tury built here what is one of the largest and best known groups of charities anywhere in the world, died in Our Lady of Victory Hospi tal late in July in his 96th year. Monsignor Baker, to whom many referred affectionately as the “Padre of the Poor,” was known throughout the United States and even beyond the confines of this country. He was one of the oldest priests in the United States, had completed more than 60 years of priesthood, had served as Vicar General of the Di ocese of Buffalo fot upwards of 33 years, and was a Domestic Prelate for more than a quarter of a cen tury. Msgr. Baker was bom in Buffalo, February 16, 1841. He spent his early years in study and then in business before entering the semi nary to prepare for the priesthood His father was Lewis Baker and his mother Caroline Donnellan Baker. His mother was a Catholic but his father was not and their son was not baptized until he was ten years old. After spending a few years as a partner in the flour and grain busi ness of Meyer and Baker, he decid ed to become a priest and entered Niagara University. He had received his elementary education in the public schools and studied religion and Latin with the Jesuit priests of St. Michael’s Church, who later started Canisus College. Q- i. HEADS MARYKNOLLERS ■i ALL CHURCHES BUT TWO IN BARCELONA DESTROYED BY REDS Defenseless Nuns Brutally- Murdered — Communists Shoot Priests on Sight Bishop James E. Walsh, M. M. Beatification of Franciscan U. S. Martyrs to Be Sought 109 Martyred on This Con tinent, 65 in U. S., Five in Georgia, Five in Florida (By N. C. W. C. News Service) SANTA BARBARA, Cal— At the eighteenth annual meeting of the Franciscan Educational Conference held here, the Conference, which rep resents 16 Franciscan, Conventual and Capuchin Provinces in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Australia, has as its subject, “The Franciscan History of North Ameri- i.” As a result of the Conference, the Friars determined to open a Francis can historical research institute at St. Bonaventure’s College, Allegany, N. Y., to attempt a correlation of Fran ciscan archives throughout the United States, and to publish a textbook of Franciscan history in the United States on the colonial and national periods. The Rev. Marion Habig, O. F. M„ of Washington, D. C., in a paper en titled “Franciscan Martyrs of North America,” said there have been 109 Franciscan martyrs on the continent, 65 of whom were killed'in the United States; six in California, six in Ari zona; 31 in New Mexico, nine in Tex as; five in Florida; five in Georgia, and one each in Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska and Colorado.Fr. Habig said the proto-martyr of the United States was Fray Juan Padilla, killed in the Panhandle of Texas in 1542, and the proto-martyr of Canada was the Franciscan, Father Nicholas Viel, 1623. At the close of the conference, a peti tion signed by 51 of the Friars was sent to the Franciscan Postulator General in Rome asking that steps be taken towards introducing the cause of beatification of the various groups of Franciscan martyrs. The Rev. Thomas Plassmann, O. F. M., president of St. Bonaventure’s College, Allegany, N. Y., was re elected president of the Conference. Father Vincent Mayer. O. M. C., of Washington, D. C., was re-elected vice-president; Father Claude Vogel, O. M. Cap., of Washington, D. C., was re-elected secretary, and Father Habig was re-elected editor of Fran ciscan Studies. Methodist Minister Becomes a Catholic St. Joseph, Mo., Pastor Re ceived Into the Church (By N. C. W. C. News Service) ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—The Rev. Frank Fitzpatrick, pastor of the South Park Methodist Espicopal Church, here, has been received into the Catholic Church. On July 2, he resigned his pastorate in the Methodist Episcopal Church and last Thursday made his profes sion of faith and was received into the Catholic Church by the Very Rev. Charles F. Buddy, rector of St. Joseph’s Cathedral. An energetic young man with a brilliant scholastic carrer, Mr. Fitz patrick, in his work as pastor of the South Park Episcopal Church, has been a popular minister, especially among the younger people of his par ish. The foUowing cabled dispatch from a special correspondent has been re ceived by the N. C. W. C. News Ser vice headquarters in Washington. Re layed to Paris from Spain and cabled from the French Capital, it gives un censored first-hand information of conditions in those areas of Spain visited by the killing of clergy and nuns, church burnings and other acts of violence that have accompanied the strife between the forces of the Leftist Government and the insur gents. Much of this information is confirmed by refugees arriving in Paris, London and Vatican City. (Cable, N. C. W. C. News Service) PARIS—The burning of churches by mobs in Madrid, which began on the day following the outbreak of the civil war, has continued and some of the finest edifices in the Spanish Capital are in ruins, among them the historic Cathedral of San Isidro. Church burnings are reported in many other cities and towns. Most of the churches in Valencia are said to have gone up in flames, including the Cathedral in that city. In Barce lona, it is known that only two church structures have been left standing- The burning of churches in Malaga also has been extensive. When this correspondent left Mad rid the city was outwardly quiet. Valencia, at that time, also was said to be outwardly tranquil, with no signs of the rebel activities that have been referred to in some news dis patches. Anti-Fascist committees have seized control of the principal buildings in Madrid and other large cities and they are being used as troop headquarters. The guard placed by the govern ment in charge of the historic Church of San Jose in Madrid has desecrated a statue of the Christ Child. The troops now refer to it as the “Child Communist.” The word “dynamite” has been scrawled across a globe on which the foot of the Christ Child rests, a pistol has been bound to the raised right hand and a red flag draped in the left. Below there is a placard which reads: “I have been betrayed by the Fascists because I have become a Communist”. When a mob arrived to bum the famous Church of La Concepsion, in Goya Street, a group of taxicab drivers intervened, informing the mob that the city’s principal oil and gasoline deposit was just across the street and the burning of the church might result in a conflagration of serious proportions. Thus, the church was saved. A number of priests and Religious Continued on Page Ten) 400 Barcelona Priests Slain London Newspaper Reports Never strong physically, Father Baker was ill for several months and his superiors were certain that he would never live to be ordained. But then, as on several occasions Continued on Page Ten) REV. WM. H. MEEGAN, director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Buffalo, was elected president of the Diocesan Directors of the Catholic Charities at the annual meeting of the directors held in connection with the Catholic Charities convention in Seat tle. BY GEORGE BARNARD (Cable, N. C. W. C. News Service) LONDON.—Heavy firing that is heard each day in Madrid between 2 and 3 p. m. marks the execution by government troops of priests and nuns and of citizens of the Spanish capi tal accused of sympathy with the Rightist revolt, a refuge Englishman told the Daily Telegram here. The firing, he said, always lasts at least an hour. The Tangier correspondent of the Daily Mail says the number of priests slain in Barcelona totals 400. Bernard Malley, a refugee from Ma drid, tells me churches and con vents there have been destroyed. Priests are being shot at sight. Some have been dragged from their hiding places and butchered in the streets. The Mass has been banished. “The dream cities of Spain, vast centers of medieval art, with their centuries of associations with the Faith and the Fatherland have suf fered far more terribly than did any Roman city at the hands of the bar barian invaders,” he said. George Ogilvie-Forbes, prominent Catholic and Counsellor of the Brit ish Embassy at Spain, is returning voluntarily to Madrid and has been appointed by the British Foreign Of fice to take charge of the Embassy. He was home on leave when the re volt began. He will try to reach Ma drid via Marseille and Valencia. Newspapers here have praised his courage. The British Ambassador to Spain and his staff are now on the French side of the border. Refugees of many nationalities who fled from Madrid and were taken aboard a British warship at Barcelona heard their first Mass in a fortnight on the deck of the vessel. The Mass was offered for the Bishops, priests, nuns and lay victims of the amssa- cres. The rector of St. John of God Hos pital, Scorton, Yorkshire, has re ceived the news that 18 religious of St. John of God have been slain at Calaselles and that othqrs have been murdered in Barcelona, where they conducted hospitals. At Sitges, near Barcelona, refugees arriving here said, children are being encouraged to mock the religious ob jects which have been taken from the churches. They don stolen sacred vestments and bestraddle cruicifixea and tug them for hobby-horses, , ,.i