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MAY 22, 1937 inn; BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC 1 AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE
—News Review of the Catholic World—
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The above is a facsimile of the original First Communion card of
St. Therese of Lisieux. Her name appears as T. Martin, on the
reverse side. The card is dated May 8, 1884, at the chapel of the
Benedictines at Lisieux. It is reproduced through the courtesy of
Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keyes, author of a life of St. Therese.
KEV. DR. JOSEPH J. WHERLE,
superintendent of schools of the Dio
cese of Erie, was elected president of
the Catholic Educational Association
at its annual convention in Erie.
THE JAPANESE aviators. Ihinuma
and Tsucahoschi, who flew from To
kyo to London in 94 hours were greet
ed by Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secre
tary erf State, in Rome; they were
presented by the Japanese Ambassa
dor to Italy.
BISHOP BREYNAT, O. M. I., Vi
car-Apostolic of Mackenzie, in about
40 flying hours in his newly acquired
plane traveled 5,000 miles and com
pleted a circuit of his widely scatter
ed missions in Alaska. Bishop Brey-
nat is 70 years old; Louis Bisson is his
pilot. The greatest difficulty was the
fogs, which are frequent and thick.
THE HOLY FATHER has given as
the missionary prayer intention for
May prayers for the 300,000,000 souls
in the world today to whom, for va
rious reasons, it is not possible to
preach the gospel. In many parts of
Asia and of the Soviet Republic it is
not possible for priests to penetrate.
REV. JAMES MACELWANE, S.J.,
director of the department of phys
ics at the University of St. Louis, nras
recently elected president of the Mis
souri Academy of Science. *
REV. DR. F. J HAAS, director of
St. Francis Seminary, has been ap
pointed by Governor Philip LaFollette
one of the three members of the State
Labor Disputes Board.
MRS. MANUEL QUEZON, wife of
the first president of the Philippine
Commonwealth, was honored with the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by
Marygrove College at exercises at the
college in Detroit.
REV. TO. J. ENGELEN, S.J.. co
founder of the Catholic University of
Tokyo, Japan, is dead in St. Louis at
$4. He and Father Hoffman organized
the University in 1909; Father Enge-
len was chancellor of the University
until 1915, when he returned to the
United States to become dean of St.
John’s University, Toledo
REV. MICHAEL O’FLANAGAN,
who was restricted to the Diocese of
Elphin in Ireland previous to 1920 by
the ecclesiastical authorities and who
left the Diocese without permission
in 1920 to come to the United States
for Sinn Fein actviities, and who has
for many years been a suspended
priest, arrived in the United States
early in May for a speaking tour for
medical aid to the Spanish Leftists.
OHIO’S LEGISLATURE, through
hostile committees, lias killed all bills
giving aid to private and parochial
schools, despite favorable state senate
action on a bill to give such schools a
grant of $3,500,000. payable to parents
of children attending them.
ZIONS HERALD, a Methodist week
ly in Boston, in a recent issue, pub
lishes an article on Catholic ideals of
social justice by William E. Kerrish.
a widely known Catholic layman of
Brookline.
REV. PETER BROOKS, S.J.. presi
dent of Campion College of the Sa
cred Heart, has been named provincial
of the Missouri Province of the So
ciety of Jesus. Father Brooks, a native
of Watertown, Wis., is 44, served over
seas during the World War as a lieu
tenant, and entered the Society of Je
sus in 1921.
SISTER ANN JOSEPH, 92. of the
Sisters of Charity, Troy. N. Y., died
one day previous to the 70th anniver
sary of her entering the Sisters.
CHICAGO Catholic lawyers have
organized a guild with Leo J Hassen-
auer as high chancellor. Justice Pierce
Butler will be a speaker at the first
Communion breakfast.
MISS MARY V. MERRICK, founder
and president of the Christ Child So
ciety. Baltimore, which is now ob
serving the golden jubilee of its or
ganization. has been honored by the
Holy Father with the Cross Pro Ec-
clesia et Pontifice. Miss Merrcik is a
former Laetare Medalist.
HILAIRE BELLOC left the United
States for his home in England in re
cent days after completing his course
of lectures at Fordham University,
New York,
THE BOY SCOUT investure cere
mony was conducted at services at
the Church of St. Paul the Apostle,
the Paulist Church, early in May. 2.-
000 attending, including 600 Boy
Scouts representing every Catholic
troop in Manhattan.
BROTHER AUGUSTINE, of the
Maryknoll Society, on his way from
his mission field in Korea oh the S.
S. President Coolidge, died late in
April. Brother Augustine was born
Charles Hugh McKernan in Philadel
phia 40 years ago. He had been on the
missions in the Orient for ten years.
THE UNITED PRESS has joined
the Literary Digest in repudiating
Eugene Schnachner, Spanish Leftist
lecturer in this country, who has rep
resented himself as a correspondent of
each of these organizations. The U. P.
states that the man has never been a
correspondent for it; he contributed a
couple of stories and a few tips to
the Madrid manager at one time, and
Edits Catholic Daily
Charles N. Nennig, who has been •
elected president of the Catholic
Printing Company, of Dubuque,
and editor of its publication, the
“Catholic Daily Tribune," the only
English-language Catholic daily
in the United States.
has been told to stop representing
himself as a correspondent of the Uni
ted Press.
THE UNIVERSITY of Pittsburgh
has a Catholic prayer book of Stephen
Foster, composer of “Old Folks at
Home” and other favorites; Foster, an
Episcopalian, used the prayer book a
great deal, as indicated by the wear it
has been given; it is inscribed: “Ste
phen C. Foster’s Christmas gift to
himself, December 25, 1856”.
BISHOP GEROW, of Natchez, or
dained two colored seminarians, the
Rev. Clarence Howard, S.V.D., of
Norfolk, Va., and the Rev. Francis
Wells S. V. D., of St. Louis, at St. Au
gustine’s Seminary of the Fathers of
the Divine Word, Bay St. Louis, Miss.,
early in May.
CORONATION DAY in England
was marked in Catholic Churches by
special Masses in every church, by or
der of the Bishops. A special Mass
was offered at Westminster Cathedral,
the Catholic Cathedral, and the fol
lowing evening a reception was held
at the Archbishop’s House in honor of
the Papal Envoy to the coronation, the
Most Rev. Guiseppe Pizzardo.
BISHOP LOUIS SHVOY, of Alba
Reale, Hungary, the See of which St.
Stephen was Bishop, is in the United
States as a representative of the hier
archy of Hungary in the interest of
the 34th international Eucharistic
Congress in Budapest next May. He
and the Hungarian Minister to the
United States, Hon. John Pelenyi, were
hosts at a dinner to His Excellency,
the Apostolic Delegate in Washington
recently; four archbishops, several
bishops and other notables.
SPAIN IN FLAMES, a Red propa
ganda film, is being protested by
Knights of Columbus in communities
in which it is being shown. The
Knights charge that it is a Commu
nist propaganda film, “partly made by
Soviet photographers and partly own
ed by- the Soviet government”.
REV. PATRICK. MULLIGAN, of
the Capuchin Fathers, a native of the
Diocese of Clogher, Ireland, where he
was bom in 1875, has been named
Archbishop of Delhi and Simla. North
India, succeeding Archbishop Anselm
Kennedy, who has retired.
REV. PATRICK F. RYAN, of the
Dominican Fathers, bom in Cork, Ire
land, in 1882. has been appointed Co
adjutor Archbishop with right of suc
cession to Archbishop John Pius Dow
ling, O.P.. of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
British West Indies. Archbishop Ryan
has twice been provincial of die Do
minicans in Ireland.
THE GRAND RABBI in Rome. Dr.
David Prato, took the Holy Father’s
encyclical on atheistic Communism as
the subject of a recent sermon, saying
that he and his people heeded the
Holy Father’s call and placed at the
service “of this noble cause all our
modest forces”.
MRS. CATHERINE PFLAUM, wid
ow of George A. Pflaum who founded
the Young Catholic Messenger over a
half-century ago, died in Dayton, O.,
late in April at 78. Mrs. Pflaum’s son,
George A. Pflaum, and daughter, Mrs.
Christine Fischer, now carry on the
publication.
SERGT. MAJ. DANIEL DALY, re
tired marine officer, the recipient of
11 medals of valor in his 20 years of
service, died in New York recently at
63. Bom on Long Island, he served
through the Boxer uprising in China,
in Haiti, in Mexico and through the
World War. He was honored also by
the French government—
J. F. CASEY HEAD OF
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
St. Francis de Sales parish had its
Holy Name Society the chief one for
the men of the parish. They receive
Holy Communion monthly and add to
their spiritual program the doing of
whatever other activities they are
called by the rector. On occasion they
serve as acolytes and hold themselves
in readiness to assist in every way
the rector, in his work. The ushers and
collectors are selected from this group.
The officers follow: President, James
F. Casey; secretary, Philip H. Morgan;
treasurer, Joseph A. Keeler. Mem
bers of this society have in their pro
gram the visitation of the sick and
the poor. They have likewise under
taken to help the rector at his call to
tram the new acolytes; they have
taught on occasion in the Sunday
School and have assumed leadership
in some of the parish study clubs.
SISTERS INSTRUCTING
RELIGIOUS GLASSES
AT SAINT FRANCIS
The Rector, Father Mackin, takes
direct charge of the Sunday School.
He is assisted by four of the Columbia
Ursuline nuns and one lay teacher.
The Sunday School meets regularly
throughout the school year. In addi
tion to the instruction supplied at" the
Sunday classes, there are three sup
plementary classes in the course of
the week.
The Sisters teaching the Sunday
classes are Sister Cosma with the High
School group, Sister Josephine with
the Junior High School Group, Sister
Margaret Mary with the senior Gram
mar Grade group, Mother Clare with
the junior Grammar Grade group,
and Miss Marguerite Painter with the
minims group. Sister Margaret Mary
is the Sunday School director.
On Sunday evenings the rector has
a class composed of both Seniors and
Junior High School pupils. This class
is the supplementary instruction class
in addition to the Sunday School. It is
not a catechism class but is conducted
rather on the lines of a seminar, the
purpose being to relate Catholic be
lief and practice to everyday living.
On Wednesday evenings the chil
dren of Grammar Grade age meet and
are in classes taught by Sister Marga
ret Mary and Josephine. This class is
supplementary to the Sunday School
instruction. It is not in either class a
catechism lesson but rather a presen
tation of Catholic belief and practice
as it will affect children of this tender
age. They learn their faith by talking
about it and seeing how to live it
Much good has come from instruction
in this manner, and the classes are
not made burdensome by the imposi
tion of lesons to be learned by heart.
In addition to the regular school-
year instruction in religion some of
the children, especially those in rural
sections of the parish, have been sent
in the summer months to one or other
of the two diocesan summer-school
camps.
St. Francis N. C.C. W.
Is Energetic Group
The National Council of Catholic
Women is represented in St. Francis
de Sales parish through the affiliation
with it of the Sodality of The Bless
ed Virgin and the Society of St.
Francis de Sales. Mrs. John Swygert,
of the parish is state treasurer of
the Diocesan Council. The parish
forms part of the Columbia Deanery
of the Diocesan Council and in the
regional deanery the following par-
isboners hold office: Mrs. Charles
Bultman is treasurer, Mrs. B. B. Bell
inger is secretary, Mrs. John Swygert
is vice-president, and Mrs. P. H.
Morgan is publicity chairman.
Miss Margaret Niggel of the parish
was for some time state chairman of
the Catholic Youth Council, the jun
ior activity of the N. C. C. W. -
In meetings of the Diocesan Coun
cil and in meetings of the Columbia
Deanery, the St. Francis de Sales
Group does its share in extending
hospitality both in conjunction with
the St. Peter’s group and in some in
stances separately. In similar manner
the St. Francis group participates in
civic activities such as Red Cross
work, anti-tuberculosis campaigns,
Child Welfare Work, Social Service
undertakings. Poor Relief and Aid to
Crippled Children. They likewise as
sist the Bishop financially and mate
rially with the work in the Summer
Vacation Catechism Camps. In N. C.
C. W. activities the parish group is
preeminent in its readiness to en
gage in activities under pastoral
supervision, and deserve special men
tion for their constant attitude of at
tention to the guidance of the pas
tor. No work is undertaken unless
they have been called to it by pas
toral authority and in its performance
there has been commendable and
proper obedience to the pastor.
BOY SCOUTS of the District of Co
lumbia* and vicinity held a tour of the
Holy Land Shrines and a rally at the
Franciscan Monastery at the Catholic
University of America early in May.
Columbia P. T. A.
Enterprising Groups
Members of Both Parishes
Participate in St. Peter’s
School Activities
St. Peter’s P.-T. A. has membership
in both parishes; Mrs. Wm. Cormack
is president. Mrs. J. V. Bultman, vice-
president, Mrs. Charles J. F. Bult
man, secretary, and Mrs. Alex Wiles,
treasurer, for the year 1936-1937.
Chairmen of Committees follow:
Finance, Mrs. Henry Jumper; mem
bership, Mrs. L. Regal; hospitality,
Mrs. Geo. Collins; publicity, Mrs. J.
Bond; entertainment, Mrs. Wiles; re
freshments. Miss Corbett; emergency,
Mrs. Wm. Cormack.
The association is a member of both
National and State Organizations,
subscribes to the P.-T. A. magazine
and is associated with the Public Li
brary of the City for supplying books
suitable for various classes at St. Pe
ter’s.
Not only at beginning of school year
but throughout term books are fur
nished parochial school children who
cannot afford to buy them. Lunches
are served underprivileged children
the entire nine months. The P.-T.A.
paid for a child’s upkeep at clinic after
tonsil operation, gave the Sisters a
Thanksgiving Pantry shower, spon
sored a Bazaar for the Ursuline Nuns
in December, bought reference books
as well as a Standard dictionary for
the school, contributed financially
and assisted at dinner, tea, and sale of
articles on “Catholic Day” during
Elind Week held in Columbia, and
sent a check to the Red Cross during
recent flood disaster.
Each year Bishop Walsh is remem
bered with check for the Religious
Vacation School, and the teachers
(nuns) are given a financial remem
brance at close of school. Flowers are
sent sick members—the dead are re
membered by Mass and sometimes
with flowers. Deceased priests and
nuns of the parish are also' listed for
Masses and prayers. The P.-T. A. con
tributed to the County Fund to defray
expense of flowers sent artists during
Music Convention Week, sponsored a
Hallowe’en Party, rummage sales,
card parties, salad sales, suppers, and
the raffling of Afghan (given by a
member) to add to the association’s
treasury.
The P.-T. A. has representation in
all civic affairs, and aids materially in
the progress of the city. The May par
ty, which is always the gala event of
the seqpon, with the crowning of some
fortunate girl queen of St. Peter’s
School, marks Finis to the P.-T. A. ac
tive work among the children.
An Emergency Committee is ever
ready to meet any worthy demand
during summer - months until busi
ness is resumed in September. In the
past the P.-T. A. was a member of the
Diocesan Council, N. C. C. W., and
hopes to renew its membership in the
Fall.
The Sisters are most enthusiastic
members and attend all meetings. The
priests also are always willing to lend
a helping hand.
MRS. A. C. DOYLE HEADS
PARISH ALTAR SOCIETY
The Ladies’ Atlar Society of St.
Peter’s Church has been in existence
a great many years, being the oldest
in existence of the present organiza
tions in the Church. A great deal of
work has been accomplished by them
in times past and at the present also,
everything in the Sanctuary being
Taken care of by the society.
During the past year the society has
paid for candles and flowers for
the altars, Communion Breads,
laundrying of linens and furnished
Cassocks and surplices for the altar
boys. The present officers are: Mrs.
A. C. Doyle, president; Miss Mamie
Cantwell, vice-president, and Mrs. J.
W. Bond, secretary and treasurer.
PAULISTS PUN SALE
OF STATION “WLWl”
Bulova Watch Company Is
Prospective Purchaser
NEW YORK.—WLWL. the Paulist
Fathers' radio station, is to be sold to
a private individual, according to an
announcement made by the station;
The announcement is as follows:
“Radio Station WLWL. operated by
the Paulist Fathers, at 415 West 59th
Street, New York City, is to be sold
to Mr. Arde Bulova, watch manufac
turer. Efforts extending over a long
period of time to make Station WLWL
self-supporting have met with repeat
ed failure. The. financial burden of
carrying the station on its present
limited schedule of fifteen and a half
hours a week has proved too great,
and the Paulist Fathers, having re
ceived an offer from Mr. Bulova, de
cided to retire from broadcasting ac
tivities and sell to him. On May 4 the
Broadcast Division of the Federal
Communications Commission approv
ed the transfer of the license of Sta
tion WLWL from the Paulist Fathers
to Mr. Bulova.
“The Radio world, and Catholics
generally, in the Eastern part of the
United States, at least, know of the
long struggle of this only Catholic
radio station in this part of the coun
try. The station was licensed in 1925.
Tlie very next year its difficulties
began with the authorities in Wash
ington, and continued with the
agencies there that have, in turn, at
tempted to regulate radio activities.
In 1934, WLWL's fight for justice was
carried before the United States Con
gress, in an amendment to a bill to
eliminate monopoly in radio and to
insure equality of opportunity and
consideration for educational, relig
ious, agricultural, labor and other
non-profit associations. The amend
ment was defeated by only a small
margin of votes.
“A radio station of 5,000 watts is
expensive to operate. WLWL has al
ways been' licensed for this power.
Then there are program expenses. The
Catholic Missionary Union, founded
by the late Fathers Doyle and Elliott,
of the Paulist Fathers, to help mis
sionary activities, has contributed
each year toward the support of the
annual dues that helped meet the ex
penses of the station, but both these
sdurces of income were far from suf
ficient. The total expenses for the
year 1936 were over $42,000 and that
was a lower figure than some previ
ous years. With practically no income
from the station, it becomes impossi
ble to continue any longer. However,
the Paulist Fathers' programs will be
continued over WLWL for some
months until Mr. Bulova completes
his arrangements to take over opera
tion of the station.”
SPAIN
(Continued from front page)
on one part of the news almost en
tirely.
In trying to interpret this news edi
torially, the directors of the Ameri
can press have become what he terms
“unconscious propagandists” for the
“Loyalist” government, and he as
serts they have given a false, incom
plete picture of the situation in
Spain.
“Since the first frightful days of
the Spanish tragedy,” he pointed out.
“especially after the massacre of
priests and nuns and lay Catholics
slackened it is demonstrably certain
that by far the greater mass of the
news from Spain by the press as
sociations. and particularly by the
special correspondents of the larger
daily newspapers, has come from
Madrid, from Valencia and from
Barcelona, and the Basque country,"'