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TEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 19, 1936 St. Augustine 9 s First Bishop Heads Scientists Prize Essay of Thomas Brenner, Jacksonville, in Florida State Council, K. of C. Contest “Bishop Verct, the First Bishop of St. Augustine,” was the subject of this year's essay contest spon sored by the Florida State Coun cil, Knights of Columbus, and the contest was won by Themas Brenner, seventeen years old, a pupil in the eleventh grade of St. Joseph’s Academy, Jackson ville, Fla., conducted by the Sis ters of St. Joseph; Sister Mcnica was his teacher. This was the eighth annual contest and was open to the pupils of Catholic high schools and academies in the state and to Catholic pupils of other high schools. The sub ject was selected by the Most Rev. Patrick Barry, D. D., Bishop of St. Augustine, and the essays were judged by Dr. A. J. Hanna of the Department of History and Government, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. State Deputy J. Herman Mauncy presented a silver cup appropriately inscrib ed to Mr. Brenner at exercises at St. Joseph’s Academy. The winning essay follows: The political history and the re ligious history of Florida have been closely interwoven. Each has had its fruitful and fruitless periods. Ponce de Leon, accompanied by mis sionaries was the flagbearer of Christianity in Florida, and in his wake came DeSoto, Menendez and Luna ,all accompanied by missiona ries and all imbued with the deter mination to SDread Christianity on this then uncivilized peninsula. From 1513 to 1857 the jurisdiction of the Church in Florida was under the bishops of Spain, Santiago de Cuba, Havana, St. Christopher, New Or leans, St. Louis, Mobile and Charles ton. During these changes very .little could be done for the progress of re ligion in Florida, because of its great distance from the Episcopal cities and hence, the Council of Baltimore in 1857 appealed to Pius IX to give it a Vicar Apostolic. He appointed Father Augustine Verot. AUGUSTINE VEROT was born in LePuy, France in 1804. After finish ing grammar school, he was sent to the seminary of- St. Sulpice, Paris, where he had as fellow-students. Lacordaire and Depanloun. He was ordained on September 20, 1828, and shortly afterward was admitted in to the Society of St. Sulpice. In 1830, he was sent to Baltimore, where for several years he was professor in St. Mary’s College and in the seminary. Later, in 1852, he. was sent to Ellieotts Mills. He was chosen Vicar Apostolic of the newly erected Vicariate of Florida in 1857 and was consecrated the following year by Archbishop Kenrick. When Bishop Verot first entered his Vicariate, there were but three priests within its boundaries, two at St. Augustine and one at Jackson ville.! He at once urged his people to unite and erect small churches where possible. He also encouraged them to cultivate piety, especially by joining religious organizations. He promised every exertion to ob tain priests to visit all stations regu larly. The churches at St. Augus tine. Key W’est and Fernandina were repaired and new ones were built the PaHtka. Tallahassee and Middle- burg. He had schools for both sexes built at St. Augustine. After much effort, he obtained Sisters of Mercy LANG PLUMBING COMPANY J. W. Lang. Mgr. PLUMBING — HEATING Office 614 West 37th Street Phene 2-3294 SAVANNAH, GA. Soothe TIRED EYES Wash out irritating particles; re- ' i :ve and refresh your eyes with Dickey’s Old Reliable EYE WASH. Used for 60 years. Gen uine in red box. 25c and 50c sizes. Ask your druggist for new large size with dropper. DICKEY DRUG CO., Bristol, Va. YOU Leave Your Family Leave Your Business Leave Your Good Name When You Die . . . HOW DO YOU WISH TO LEAVE THEM? A New York Life Insurance Co. Plan WILL HELP ALL OF THESE. New York Life Insurance Co. Matt C. Carroll, Agent. 1001 Grant Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. who opened an Academy there. He also built schools at other advan tageous points throughout Florida. After thus setting religion on the road to recovery, Bishop Verot left for France and returned in the same, year 1859. He brought with him priests. Brothers and additional Sis ters' for the schools. A church was erected at Mandarin and a priest was appointed to attend that station and St. John’s Beach. . The latter church was soon destroyed by a hur ricane. IN 1861 the Vicariate, poor as it was, sent its tribute to Peter’s Pence to Rome, thereby drawing a touch ing and grateful letter from the Holy Father. Meanwhile the See of Savannah was left vacant and Bishop Verot was transferred to that Diocese. At that time he was in Baltimore get ting help for the Florida missions. He accepted this position reluctant ly and on September 15, 1861, he took his new diocese, remaining, however. Vicar Apostolic of Florida. From September 16, 1861, until 1S70 when he gave up the Diocese of Sa vannah for that of St. Augustine Bishop Verot had his hands full traveling all over the Diocese of Sa vannah and Vicariate of Florida. lie was on the go almost every day. making continuous trips to St. Au gustine, Mandarin, Jacksonville, Tal lahassee, Tampa. Key West and other small settlements throughout Georgia. From time to time he con firmed peonle in these cities. On many occasions he had to say Mass in private houses, there being no church in many small places. He opened retreats in the two states and even preached at one in Ala bama. IN NOVEMBER, 1863, Bishop Verot issued a peace pastoral, saying that the Pope had granted a plenary in dulgence to all who would receive Communion and Dray for peace. He introduced in December, 1863, for the first time, the devotion of the Forty Hours, which took place dur ing the last three days of a Novena in honor of the Immaculate Concep tion. The frightful condition of the Fed eral prisoners in Andersonville aroused Bishop' Verot’s sympathy, and he sent Father Whelan and Father Clavreul to attend to them. In 1864 Bishop Verot and his Vicar General went to Andersonville. where they helped with the care of the prisoners, administering the last Sacraments to many of them. On June 10, 1865, Bishop Verot made his second trip to Europe. He arrived in Paris on June 23. He vis ited Rome, where he obtained an audience with the Holv Father and then visited De Prey, his birthplace. Here he arranged for a colony of the Sisters of St. Joseph to settle in Florida the following spring. He re turned to Savannah in Seotember. He made a visitation of Florida in December, this time going to Key West, where he visited Fort Jeffer son, and heard confessions of the prisoners, especially that of Dr. Mudd, who was in orison for at tending the wounds of Wilkes Booth, assassinator of President Lincoln. Father McVann Records His Press Exhibit Impressions Paulist Father Stationed in Rome Finds Internationa] Catholic Press Exposition a Panorama of the Catholic World The following interesting article on the International Catholic Press Exhibit at Vatican C'ty which brings the exhibit to the readers of The Bulletin in vivid fashion was written by the Rev. James P. McVann, C.S.P., of the Church of Santa Susanna, which serves particularly the English- speaking Catholics in the Eter nal City. Father McVann, whose home is in New' York, is a warm friend of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia and of The Bulletin, and has been over an extended period of years. Rev. L. H. Tibesar, M.M., pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, for Japanese in Seattle, and former pastor at Dairen, Manchuria, who was elected presi dent of the Catholic Anthropo logical Conference at eleventh •annual meeting of that society- just held in New' York City. / Mrs. Mary Reynolds Dies in Savannah IN FEBRUARY, 1867. he returned to Savannah and in April he went on a begging tour through Rhode Island and Connecticut. He then went to Key West by boat, then to Savannah and back to St. Augustine in July. In 1869, he made his third trip to Europe, where he attended the Ecumenical Council, which de clared the infallibility of the Pope. On his return he was given the choice between the well developed Diocese of Savannah and the newly- erected Diocese of St. Augustine. Realizing the greater need in the Florida Diocese, he took St. Augus tine, where he had to labor more than if he had taken Savannah. After Lent he made his first visi tation of Florida, as Bishop. Look ing to the betterment of education he asked the school commission to recognize the Catholic schools and have them supported by taxes, but his efforts failed. In February. 1873, the Sisters of St. Joseph opened a convent in Man darin. and in May of this same year the Church in Jacksonville was ded icated. Bishop Verot again toured Florida in 1874. This was one of his last trios through his Diocese. In June, 1875 he visited Miami and admin istered Confirmation in that city. In May he made his fourth and last visit to Europe, and returned that same year. IN 1876 Bishop Verot’s health fail ed, but remained cheerful, no one suspected any immediate danger. However, after saying Mass on June 10, he breathed his last so suddenly that there was no opportunity to administer Extreme Unction or to recite prayers for the dying. Thus passed one of the most zealous pi oneers of the Catholic religion in Florida. Besides laying a foundation for Catholicity in Florida, Augustine Verot also did much for the mater ial welfare of the state. He was among the first to recognize and to back Florida’s claim on a health re sort, and was untiring in his efforts to promote education, building a number of schools throughout the state. This era of progress inaugurated by Bishop Verot has continued un der the administration of his succes sors, Bishop Moore, Bishop Kenny, Bishop Curley and the present Bishop of this Diocese, Bishop Bar ry. (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mrs. Mary Har ney Reynolds, widow of John M. Reynolds, died here late in August after an illness of several months. Mrs. Reynolds was a native of Au gusta and had lived most of her life in Savannah. Surviving are two sons, John M. Reynolds, Atlanta. and Steven Reynolds, Jacksonville, six daughters, Miss Margaret Reynolds, Mrs. George N. Paul, Mrs. D. L. Mc Clellan. Miss Theresa Reynolds and Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, Savannah, and Miss Sarah Reynolds, Atlanta, and 11 grandchildren- The funeral was held from Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem Mass; interment was in Cathedral Cemetery. MRS. ELLEN LUNCEFORD OF CATHEDRAL PARISH DIES Mrs. Ellen Lunceford. widow of Joseph G. Lunceford. died here re cently after an extended illness. Mrs. Lunceford was born in Atlanta, Sep tember 22, 1861, and had lived here for a number of years. Suriviving are her dauhgter. Mrs. Cora DuFour. Savannah; her son, William Robert Lunceford, Savannah; two grandsons, and several sisters and brothers, including Mrs. John Jones, and Mrs. Rubin Arnold, Atlanta. The funeral was held from the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist with inter- fent in Laurel Grove Cemetery. MRS. CARRIE WHITE DIES IN SAVANNAH The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos. D Mitchell, V. G., officiated at the funeral of Mrs. Carrie White, who died here, after a short illness. Mrs. White is survived by her husband, J. A. White, her son, J. A. White, Jr., and two brothers, Edward Parker, of Au gusta and George Parker, of Savan nah. BENJAMIN MALAGUIS OF BROOKLYN DIES The Rev. Harold J- Barr, of the Cathedral, officiated at the funeral of Benjamin Malaguis. of Brooklyn, who dide here late in August. Inter ment was in Laurel Cemetery. Victor Hugo made one of his char acters say that the press would slay the Church. Set m the heart of the Vatican is an exhibit that gives the lie to his prophecy. For it is the purpose of the World Exposition cf the Catholic Press to show that the Church has turned this mighty en gine of our age to the noblest ser vice, the furthering of the Kingdom of God cn earth. The Holy Father spared no pains to give this exposition the best set ting. You go into the territory of the Vatican City by the St. Anne Gate, pass the Swiss guard, the post- office and telegraph station, turn to the right just short of the entrance, to the Cortile of Saint Damasus, go up the hill a hundred yards to a building that Baedeker does not list, for it was put up for the occasion. C. J. Mueller, Jr., of Macon Parish Dies (Special To The Bulletin) MACON, Ga. — Curt James Muel ler, Jr., assistant manager of the Ma con office of Canada Dry, Inc., died here early in September from burns sustained when a kettle of boiling water he was removing from the stove at his home tipped and splash ed the water over him. Born in Macon 23 years ago, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Curt James Mueller, he was educated at the local schools and attended Mercer University for a year. He then entered the Jesuit novitiate at St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, to study for the priest hood, but ill health forced his retire ment after two years. He later became connected with the Canada Dry cor poration. His father is superintendent of the dye and finishing plants of the Bibb Manufacturing Co. The funeral was held from St. Jo seph’s Church, Father Peter McDon nell, S. J., pastor, officiating- Inter ment was in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Surviving Mr. Mueller, who was an active member of the Knights of Co lumbus and the Shamrock Club, are his parents, two brothers, Herman and James Mueller, an uncle, Robert McCreary, Birmingham, Ala., three aunts, Mrs. N. Fogarty. Mrs. R. H. Elliott and Miss Lena Mae McCreary, Macon. _ „ _ , . From the entrance you can see Rome, its Campagna setting and the half-girdle of mountains beyond. Someone may grumble that up-hili and a walk are not the best introduc tion to an exhibit. But the planner of the show needed"sunshine and air for his items, not to be had huddled away in a comer under the Leonine Wall. He (and the he in this case is the Pope) put his building on the open space before the Little Court of the Pinecone, one of the choicest spots in the tiny papal domain, and (as any lover of art will tell you) set down amid the array of Museum gal leries. In the heart of-the lobby stands a miniature galleon, perhaps ten feet long, four feet abeam, eight or nine feet to the pannants, all made of aluminum, spouting water from every gun, ■ mast, yardarm, that falls back into a pool rimmed with aquatic plants. On the walls raised letter ing tells the place of the press in the world and in the church. To Read the Paper Means to Think With Mankind and Feel With Mankind and Feel W.th Every Man’s Heart. The Condition of the Press is a Sign of the Feelings of a Country. The Journalist Has a Public, Highly Civil Ministry, Which May Rise to the Loftiness of the Priesthood. Before entering the exhibition rooms one must pass through a stanza dedi cated to St. Francis de Sales, heaven ly patron of the Catholic Press, whose likeness looks down from a stained window. Next to it is an inscrip tion which, if it did not come from the pen of Pius XI, certainly speaks his mind: “However one strives towards the triumph of the Catholic cause, this will never be achieved if the press, which is the principal means, is forgotten, The Catholic who does not protect, help, de fend, and make known the Catho lic Press, may be pious, but he does not take into account the times in which he lives, nor has he reached the stage to sec clear ly the present hour”. No harassed circulation manager could plead the cause of his paper more eloquently than that. Now for a general idea of the con tents, with her and there an observa tion. First come two rooms which might be labeled “Before” and :‘Afte- ”. One is an ancient monastic writing-room, just the sort of cubicle where books were copied slowly by hand; the other a likeness of John Gutenburg’s press, faithful even to the sheets hanging on lines to dry. In the next group of halls the visi tor is instructed by char,t picture and running commentary the development of printing, its present scope, the number of readers in the world, the way a newspaper is run. Despite in roads of the radio and the movies, the printed word still is king, as one comparative table shows: Radio has fifty million listeners in the world, movies claim thirty million fans, newspapers two hundred million readers. The Catholic Press is grouped by nations, and to each nation is as signed a hall, large or small accord ing to its needs. Holland has easily the best display. Its great Catholic daily, “De Maashode”, forms the center of a vast journalistic enter prise that makes the Catholicism of Holland the most vigorous in the world. Belgium comes next for the attractivensss of its display, though the chief touch is not one of journali- ism; it is . the half-veiled portrait of Queen Astrid . Austria ranks after that. The country may be political ly a plaything of European diplomacy, but religiously it is vibrant with Catholic aettivity. Conspicuous for its absence is Ger many. Recent decrees have all but wiped out a once powerful Catholic press in that country, and the govern ment forbade any participation in the Vatican Exhibit. Italy has a heavily stocked room, a paper for almost every one of its twohundred and more dioceses,, as well as other sheets for special activities. “Pro Familia” is best-known of these. France, too, has many papers, greatest of all be ing the Paris “La Croix”, which ac cording to some recent statements has the largest mailing list of any paper in the world. Readers of “The Bulletin” will be anxious to know how well the United States is represented. In answer, let it be known tha t the Holy Father assigned it the largest room of the exhibit. On one wall is set forth the great news service set up by the National Catholic Welfare Conference, which from agencies on six continents serves the Catholic and some other papers of the land. On the opposite wall are ranged the papers, magazines and specialized periodicals of Ameri ca. .Due to some misunderstanding, ‘‘The Bulletin”, like a mischievous boy in a panoramic picture, pops up in several places: but we know that the Laymen’s Association will not mind the additional advertsing in the least. After the various nations of all the continents show their wares, we pass into rooms given to particular enter prise: Missions, Education, Catholic Action, Youth, Labor, Church Exten sion. Downstairs is a little theatre where movies are projected showing the activities of the Catholic Press. Sorry to say, our Dutch friend “Dc Maasbode”, seems to have the corner on that. We knew that with some energy and intelligence a splendid fif teen-minute short could be assembled showing the achievements of the American Catholic Press—fifteen feet of Mr. Reid rejecting this manuscript, for example. All these exhibition halls and rooms center about a large throne room which Pope Pius XI uses for recep tions when he visits the exhibit. It is simple to the extreme: a throne on a dais, two walls hung with famous tapestries designed by Raffaele (his Nativity and Resurrection), over the throne a superscription in blocked let ters “Inerranti Veritatis Magistro Veritatis Anna Deduntur”—“To the unerring teacher of truth are given the weapons of truth”. And at the other end of the room, just where one returns to begin his review of all the press activities of the Catholic world, rises another inscription that is at once their description and pur pose. and the purpose of the great exhibition; Here are the countless _ organs in various tongues and voices, all exalting Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. F. and W. Grand 5-10-25 Cents Stores 97 Whitehall St. S. W. 4 Atlanta, Ga. B. S. DOBBS, President G. C. ARMSTRONG, Vice President D. E. WILLIAMS, Sec. and Gen. Mgr. ARMSTRONG AND DOBBS, Inc. COAL and COKE COTTON GINNING BAGGING and TIES Athens, Georgia