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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MARCH 2i, 19.>7
Bishop O’Hara Continues His
Interesting Description of
Eucharistic Congress Trip
HOLY FATHER REPEATS
WARNING AGAINST REDS
Encyclical Letter Pleads for
Better Working Conditions
(Continued From Page One)
Singapore, in British Malaya. .After
two days we entered the Straits of
Malacca, and for hours sailed along
in full view of the coast of Sumatra.
Late in the afternoon before our ar
rival in Singapore a procession of
the Blessed Sacrament was- held, in
which most of the passengers took
part. The venerable Bishop Thomas
Heylan, of Namur, Belgium, presi
dent of the Permanent Committee of
International Eucharistic Congresses,
carried the Blessed Sacrament under
ah improvised canopy, which the
sailors of the “Conte Rosso” had made
that day.
Starting from the chapel, we pro
ceeded around the deck, chanting the
“Pange lingua”. At the forward part
of the ship, just below the bridge,
a temporary altar had been erected,
and from here His Eminence, Cardi
nal Dougherty, surrounded by all the
bishops on board, gave Benediction,
just as the sun was setting. The
people knelt on the forward deck.
The scene was indeed most impres
sive. The sea was calm, and the
western sun diffused a golden light
over the assemblage. How sweet it
was to hear several hundred voices
chanting the familiar “Tantum ergo
over those distant waters! How thrill
ing to kneel when Benediction was
given perhaps for the first time at
sea in the East!
SINGAPORE—The next morning,
bright and early, we sailed into the
Harbor of Singapore. As we neared
the city from the open sea, one of
the most prominent sights to meet
our gaze was that of the Church of
the Little Flower, glistening white in
the morning sun. Seven years ago I
had met the pastor of this church, a
Chinese priest named Father Lee, and
I was not surprised to find that he
was the first one to come on board
when the “Conte Rosso” docked at
her pier. Speaking perfect English,
wearing a broad smile, and bubbling
over with excitement, Father Lee
welcomed us to Singapore.
An elaborate program had been
• planned for the day that we were to
remain in Singapore. This plan gall
ed for a visit to every church, school
and other institutions in and near
the city. To carry out the full pro
gram was a formidable task, partic
ularly because of the intense heat,
but His Eminence. Cardinal Dough
erty. went through with it bravely,
concluding the day’s activity by
giving Benediction in the Cathedral
of the Good Shpherd before an im
mense crowd that jammed the edifice.
Hundreds were unable to get inside
the church, and had to content them
selves with a distant view of the
sanctuary through doors and win
dows. The Cardinal and his party re
turned to the boat at six o’clock,
their very cassocks dripping with
perspiration.
Singapore is a busy city; most of
the population is Chinese, though the
government is British. It stands as
one of the most important key cities
of the Orient because of its position
along the great water route to the
Far East. One of the most interest
ing sights of the city is the jinrikisha.
This is a Japanese word, or rather
a compound of three Japanese words,
that is “jin”, meaning man, “riki”,
power, and “sha” meaning carriage.
Fleet Chinese runners can be seen
hurrying along every street, pulling
behind them their strange vehicles.
For a few cents one can be taken in
a jinrikisha to any part of the city.
Americans like to try them, but
usually wear an expression of em
barrassment whilst riding in them.
Not the least of the strange spec-
acles of the city are the portable rest
aurants that are so common. The
restaurateur is cook, waiter and dish
washer, all in one. A kind of wood
en yet resilent yoke rests on the back
of his neck, and extends out beyond
his shoulders to about the length of
his arms. From each end of the yoke
hangs a metal apparatus, about three
cubic feet in dimension, and filled
with shelves and small compartments.
In these he keeps his stove, his store
of foods and his dishes, and at a
moment’s notice he can prepare a
little meal more or less appetizing for
the busy passerby.
SOUTH CHINA SEA
Singapore was our last stop be
fore Manila. Crossing the South
China Sea, we approached the end
of the long sea voyage from Naples
on the night of the last clay in Jan
uary, which was Sunday. After din
ner that night, it was announced on
board the “Conte Rosso” that a mes
sage of welcome, in honor of the
Papal Delegate and of all the pas
sengers on the “Conte Rosso" would
be broadcast from Manila. At the
appointed time, gathered about the
radio in the main salon, we heard the
voice of the Mayor of Manila bidding
us welcome to his city. He was fol
lowed by the Most Rev. William Fin-
neman, Auxiliary Bishop of Manila
and chairman of the executive com
mittee of the 33rd International
Eucharistic Congress, who gave a
similar greeting. We knew then that
we were near our destination, and
the kind words of the speakers made
us feel at home even before we
reached Manila.
surounded by gaily decorated
launches and other small craft,
screeching a welcome to the Papal
Legate by means of their sirens.
Around and around the “Conte
Rosso” they circled, flying banners
on which were inscribed v/ords of
welcome. Church and city officials
came on board to greet the Cardinal,
and conducted him to the presiden
tial launch, which was moored to
the side of our ship.
Other boats were there to conduct
the bishops and other dignitaries to
the shore, and when all was ready,
there began what the newspapers
called a “fluvial procession”, made
up of the boats carying the Papal
Legate and other official visitors, and
of the craft that made up;the escort.
A bright young American naval of
ficer, Commander Kessing, was in
charge of the Cardinal's launch. In
less than fifteen minutes we arived
at the Admiral’s landing and stepped
on shore. There a large throng of
people had assembled, headed by
Archbishop Michael O’Doherty of
Manila and Mr. Posedas, the Mayor
of Manila. A microphone was thrust
in front of the Cardinal, through
which he delivered his first official
address to the Filipino people, ex
pressing his delight in being back
again in the Islands where he was
bishop from 1903 to 1916. He con
veyed the greetings of Our Holy
Father and gave the papal blessing.
A young American Jesuit, whose
name I did not get, was there with
a microphone broadcasting a descrip
tion of the landing of the Cardinal
and the greeting given him. Appro
priate addresses were made by the
Archbishop of Manila and by Mayor
Posedas. after which His Eminence
and party were driven in open auto
mobiles to the Cathedral. The streets
were lined with Filipino people from
the landing all the way to the Cathe
dral, cheering and waving American
and Filipino flags as the Cardinal s
car advanced. The local clergy
augmented by visiting bishops anc
priests, awaited His Eminence, the
Papal Legate, at the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception for the for
mal and official liturgical welcome.
The “Te Deum” was sung by a choir
of seminarians, after which His Emin
ence imparted the papal blessing.
After this ceremony and a visit to
the Blessed Sacrament, the Cardinal
and his party were brought to the
Malacanan palace, the “White House
of the Philippines, since it is the of
ficial residence of the President of
the Philippine Commonwealth, Mr.
Manuel Quezon, as it had formerly
been the residence of the American
Governor General of the Islands. This
palace was to serve as the official
residence of the Cardinal and those
with him during the Congress. In
the absence of Mr. Quezon, who had
gone to Washington to attend a trade
council which involves Philippine
economic relations with the United
States His Eminence was greeted by
the President’s wife. That evening
Mrs. Quezon gave a formal reception
in honor of the Papal Legate, which
proved a very brilliant affair. More
than 1,500 people attended.
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from the Holy Father.
Whoever removes civil power from
the scale of earthly values and ele
vates it to be the supreme ruler over
all, even religious values, “perverts
and falsifies the order created and
imposed by God,” the Encyclical de
clares.
Whoever “dares place beside Christ,
or, worse still, above Him or against
Him, a simple mortal, even though
the greatest of all time, let him know
that he is a senseless prophet of ab
surdity,” the Letter adds.
The Holy Father sends to the re
ligious of Germany an expression of
gratitude and sympathy. He con
demns the opposition in Germany to
confessional schools of Christian edu
cation. and obstacles which have been
placed in the way of liberty and the
right of parents in regard to the edu
cation of their children.
“With paternal emotion,” His Holi
ness says, “we feel and suffer pro-
fuondly with those who have paid
such a great price for their attach
ment to Christ and to the Church;
but the point has now been reached
where there is a question of the final
and highest end, of salvation or of
perdition, and therefore the only way
to salvation for the believer is that
of generous heroism.”
SAN ANTONIO HOST
TO TAMPA N, G. G. W.
MANILA—Very early on the morn
ing of Monday, February 1st, the
“Conte Rosso” entered Manila Bay,
that body of water made famous in
the Spanish-American War. Shortly
after daybreak we anchored in the
harbor and our ship was immediately
MR. LO PA HONG: It was at the
Malacanan that I met again one of
the most famous Chinamen in the
world, Mr. Lo Pa Hong, whom I had
seen at the Chicago Eucharistic Con
gress, in 1926, and whom I had enter
tained in Philadelphia that same year.
Mr. Lo Pa Hong is one of the most
decorated men in the world, having
been honored many times by the
Pope as well as by various govern
ments for his religious, charitable and
patriotic activities. He is a very
wealthy man, and devotes most of his
income to the maintenance of some
seven or eight institutions in Shang
hai, which is his home city. In these
institutions he houses over 7,000 peo
ple, the sick, the aged, the homeless,
the wayward. Because of this noble
work he should be ranked among
the most celebrated philanthropists
that have ever lived. His devotion
to St. Joseph is most touching. Of
this Saint he talked frequently and
familiarly, as thoufh he were a kind
and generous neighbor living next
door to him, so to speak, to whom he
could go at any hour with the assur
ance of receiving what he asked.
His devotion to Our Lady is also
edifying. I remember how during
the long ceremonies of the Chicago
Congress the rosary was always in
his hand. In 1926, on a certain oc
casion when I was trying to show
him from an electric car the build
ing of the Sesqui-Centennial Exposi
tion in Philadelphia, I noticed that
after a while he took out a prayer
book and began to read it. During
the Manila Congress, since he also
was an official member of the Papal
Legate’s party by appointment of
Our Holy Father, and stayed with
us at the Malacanan Palace, I had
frequent occasion to observe him both
at the palace and at the Congress
ceremony. The rosary was to be
found entwined about his fingers al
most all the-time. I asked him one
day how man ytimes a dav he said
the beads. He replied: “On busy
days I manage to say it only about
twenty times; when I have more
leisure I generally say it thirty or
forty times a day.”
Mr. Lo Pa Hong is an edification to
all who meet him. Be it borne in
mind that Mr. Lo Pa Hong is one
of the busiest business men in the
world, holding important executive
positions. To bear this out I might
mention that he is the general man-
SAN ANTONIO, Fla.-^San Antonio
unit of the diocesan council of the
National Council of Catholic Women
recently entertained the district
council of Tampa in the school au
ditorium beginning at ten o’clock.
The meeting was called to order
by the district president, Mrs. Peter
Weiss, after she had been introduced
by the local president, Mrs. Kasper
Reidman. Reports were read from
units from many South Florida towns.
Father Felix Ullrich, O. S. B., the lo
cal pastor, delivered the inspirational
address. Brilliant talks, stressing the
work of the N. C. C. W„ were made
by the Rt. Rev. Abbot Francis, O. S.
B„ Saint Leo Abbey; Father Felix
Clarkson, S. J.. pastor of Sacred
Heart Church; Father Anthony Keil,
and Father Henry Voss, both of
Tampa.
The election of the district presi
dent was held, Mrs. Weiss being
unanimously reelected. "Hie meeting
concluded with the National Coun
cil Hymnn, “For Christ, the King.”
Luncheon was served in the base
ment of the school, where the tables
v/ere beautifully laid. These were in
charge of Mrs. Bertha Sandt, assist
ed by Mrs. C. P. McCabe and Mrs.
Walter Barnes. Mrs. Albert Keifer
was chairman of the luncheon com
mittee and named the following
voung ladies to assist: Miss Helen
Browne, Miss Catherine Collins. Miss
Eleanor McCabe, Miss Helen Dunne
and Miss Mary Ellen Nally. Mrs.
Kasper Reidman, Mrs. B. V. Lyons,
Mrs. J. H. Dunne and Mrs. Bess C.
Mcllhenny composed the napkin com
mittee.
Mrs. Thomas E. Grady, now a lead
er In the religious vacation camp
activities of the Diocesan Council,
and immediate past president of the
Diocesan Council.
Mrs. J. W. McCollum, Gainesville,
Fla., a past president of the Diocesan
Council and now a member of the
national board of directors of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women.
Mother Mercedes 50 Years
Nun—Sisters Professed
Father Kennedy Officiates at Ceremony at Mt.
Joseph’s Convent in Angnsta
St.
AUGUSTA, Ga—Fifty years ago. on
the Feast of St. Joseph, Mother Mer
cedes Murray pronounced the vows
binding her to the service of her Mas
ter in the Congregation of the Sisters
of St. Joseph of Carondolet. A native
of Georgia, Mother Mercedes entered
the order from Oakland, Cal., where
her family resided at the time.
During the many years of her reli
gious life Mother Mercedes has filled
responsible positions in her commu
nity, one of the most important being
that of Superior of the Deaf Mute In
stitute of St. Louis, Mo. Here for six
years Mother Mercedes worked wtih
untiring zeal and devotion for the
welfare of her handicapped little
charges.
Shortly after the affiliation of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Georgia with
Carondolet, Mother Mercedes was ap
pointed superior of Sacred eart Semi
nary, Sharon; later she held the office
of superior and principal of Sacred
Heart School, Savannah. At present
she is superior of St. Joseph's Home,
Washington. For the past thirteen
years Mother Mercedes has given
generously of her strength and talents
to her native state.
It was fitting that this celebration
should be beld in connection with the
pronouncing of the first vows of six
young Sisters of the Congregation who
shared with Mother Mercedes the
joys and blessing ofthis great feast.
During the day Mother Mercedes re
ceived visits and congratulations from
relatives and friends throughout
Georgia and from other states in which
she has labored.
Editor’s Daughter Is
St. Joseph’s Patient
ATLANTA, Ga.,— Miss Mary Wil
liams, daughter and name-sake of
the late Editor Jim Williams, of the
Greensboro Herald-Journal, was a
patient recently at St. Joseph's In
firmary, Atlanta. The Williams
family is a protestant family which
has patronized St. Joseph’s for two
generations. Harey Williams, now
editor of the Greensboro Herald-
Joumal, was a patient there two
years ago. A sister, Mrs. M. W. Mor
ris, of Cartersville, has been a
patient. Mrs. Charles R. Caldwell, of
Greensboro, another sister has been
a frequent patient and several years
age furnished a room at St. Joseph’s
in honor of her son, Chas. R. Cald
well. Jr.
en several members of their family to
religion. Sister Mary James is a grad
uate of St. Vincent's Academy, Sa
vannah.
Sister Mary Edward, formerly Miss
Marie Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Lang. Savannah, who was edu
cated at Sacred Heart School, St.
Vincent’s Academy and Savannah
High School.
Sister Mary Aloysius. formerly Miss
Catherine Curran of Fresno, Cal.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
Curran, a graduate of Fresno High
School.
Sister Robert Joseph, formerly Miss
Mary Catherine Sutton of Green Bay,
Wis., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Sutton, a graduate of St. Joseph's
Academy, Green Bay, Wis.
The clergy at the ceremony in ad
dition to Father Kennedy, who was
celebrant of the Mass, were the Rev.
Eugene Egan, O. S. B., Belmont Ab
bey. N. C., the Rev. Maurice McDon
nell, O. S. B., Charlotte, N. C., the
Rev. F. X. Exler, Green Bay, Wis., the
Rev. Aloysius Wachler, O. S. B., Sa-
vannah, the Rev. John Crean, Wash-
ington, Ga., an dthe Rev. J. E. O'Don-
ohoe, S. J., the Rev. James Hart. C. M.,
and the Rev. George Laugel, S. M. A.,
Augusta.
The Rev. J. J. Kennedy, chaplain of
Mount St. Joseph’s Convent, as the
representative of His Excellency,
Bishop O’Hara, presided at the pro
fession and the pronouncing of tem
porary vows of the Sisters, who were:
Sister Margaret Mary, formerly Hiss
Mary Toomey, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Toomey of
Wasington, Ga. Sister Margaret Mary
was educated at St. Joseph's Acad
emy, Washington.
Sister Mary James, formerly Miss
Theresa McDonald of Savannah,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B.
McDonald of that city, who have giv-
Billy Hanley, Lawrence McLaugh
lin and Bob Rucker were altar boys,
and the flower girls were the little
Misses Flora Lenz, Kay Cashin, Mar
gie Cashin, Lois Bartley, Patricia
Kearns, Mary McDonald, Katherine
Marriott, Mary Elizabeth Cogbum,
Dorothy Armstrong and 9ally Mobley.
Guests from out of the city includ
ed Mrs. E. H. Stanley, Mrs. W. B.
Brewer, Miss Margaret Brewer, At
lanta, Miss Doris Kersh, Pell City,
Ala., Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McDonald,
Mrs. G. S. Hagood, Miss Leila McDon
ough, Mrs. Paul. Mrs. John Kenny,
Mrs. J. Collins, Mrs. John Stephens,
Mrs. Conners, Mrs. Coniff, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Lang. Mrs. W. Bischoff,
Miss Kathleen Godbold, Frank God-
bold, Savannah, Mis. C. A. Buckheit,
Charles A. Buckheit, Jr., Miss Marie
McMahon and Miss Sarah McMahon,
Marion, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Sutton, Robert Sutton. Miss Nina Ag-
amite and W. H. Manders, Green Bay,
Wis.
John E. O’Neill Dies
in Columbus Parish
ager of the Chinese Electric Power
Co., Ltl., of Shanghai; general man
aged of the Chapei Electricity and
Water Works, Ltd., Shanghai; general
manager of the Shanghai Inland
Water Works, Ltd., Shanghai; general
manager of the Ta-Tung Navigation.
Ltd., Shanghai; managing director of
the Central Hospital, Peking: presi
dent of Sacred Heart Hospital.
Shanghai; director of the Hospital of
St. Joseph. Shanghai; Chinese Con
sular of the Shanghai-French Mu
nicipal Council, etc., etc.
When one thinks of his tremen
dously busy life, of his multiple busi
ness interests, and of the incessant
calls upon his time in the many
high executive positions that he holds,
and at the same time realizes that
this man manages to spend literally,
hours in prayer every day, beginning
with the serving of Mass, a custom
which he has observed for 45 years,
there come to the mind the miserable
excuses of even petty business men
who will tell you that they are too
busy to bother about church *nd the
interests of their souls. I consider
it one of the great privileges of my
life to have known this outstanding
Catholic layman, who lives on the
other side of the world in a pagan
country.
In my next letter I will tell you
something of the Congress itself and
of our journey home by way of
China and Japan.
Was One of Most Widely
Known Citizens of City
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — John Emmet
O'Neill, one of the most widely known
and popular citizens of Columbus,
died here last week after a short ill
ness. Mr. O'Neill, universally known
to his friends as “Jimmy”, was appar
ently recovering from an attack of
pleurisy when he was stricken with
pneumonia. He was for a number of
years district manager for the Bur
roughs Adding Machine Co., and in re
cent years was connected with the Co
lumbus Office Supply Co. He was
active in the affairs of Holy Family
Church and had served the Catholic
Laymen's Association as vice-presi
dent from Columbus. He was promi
nent in tbe Columbus Rotary Club.
SJr. O’Neill, was bom in Charleston,
July 22, 1881. and came to Columbus in
1915. Surviving are his wife, who was
Miss Imogene Carr of Baltimore, two
sons, J. E. O'Neill, Jr., of Annapolis,
Md., and Spalding O'Neill of Colum
bus, a brother, T. M. O’Neill of Char
lotte, three sisters, Mrs. Franklin New
ell of Minneapolis, Mrs. Murray Butler
of Seattle, and Mrs. William B. Buck
ner of Augusta, and several nieces and
T oastmistress
MRS. R. STUYVESANT PIERRE-
PONT, the toastmaster at the.banquet
April 1 of the St. Augustine Dio
cesan Council, was born in New York
City only child of Anne Godwin and
Alfred de Castro, granddaughter of
Parke Godwin, owner and editor of
New York Evening Post, and grand
daughter of the poet, William Cullen
Bryant, she spent a great deal of her
youth abroad. She was married in
1910 to R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont at
the old Bryant homestead at Ross-
lyn, L. I. They have three children,
a married daughter, two sons and a
granddaughter. Her greatest outside
interest is the Book Shop of the St.
Paul Guild, 117 East 57th Street, New
York City, which is actively connect
ed with convert workers in Far Hills,
New Jersey, where they farm 350
acres, spending winters in Florida.
Mrs. Pierrepont will address the
group Thursday morning on the
“Book Shop”.
nephews. The funeral was held from
Holy Family Church, the Rev. Dan J.
McCarthy, V. F„ pastor, officiating at
the Requiem Mass. Interment was in
Linwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Paul R. Moore, Raymond Krebs, M. M.
Murphy, Louis C. Kunze, A. F. Kunze
and John M. Bryant.