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MARCH 26, 1938
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
..NEWS REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC WORLD..
INSTALL FIRST NATIVE ARCHBISHOP
Upper photo, scene in the Sekiguchi Cathedral, at the consecration
of Japan’s first native archbishop, the Most Rev. Peter Tatsuo Doi,
Archbishop of Tokyo. Lower photo, the new archbishop ,poses with
his consecrator, the Most Rev. Jean-Alexis Chambon, retiring Arch
bishop of Tokyo, who has been transferred to Yokohama.
FUNERAL OF FLOOD
VICTIMS IN WEST
Mass for Nine in One Cal
ifornia Church
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LOS ANGELES.The bodies of nine
victims of the record-breaking flood
which inundated Southern Califor-
na were placed before the altar in
St. Mary’s Church, Fullerton, while
a requiem Mass was celebrated for
the repose of their souls by the Rev.
P. Penamil.
The victims all belonged to congre
gations of missions conducted at La
Habra, Placentia and Atwood, which
are served from St. Mary’s in Fuller
ton.
All were members of families em
ployed in the citrus orchards of the
Atwood and La Jolla settlements of
Orange County which were practi
cally wiped out by the flood waters.
The bodies of those who> perished
were not recovered until after the
waters had subsided. Some of them
were found in the orchards partially
concealed by the debris.
More than one hundred destitute
Mexicans were cared for by the
priests of St. Mary’s following the
flood which drove them from their
homes. Cots were set up in the pa
rochial school and bedding and other
supplise were furnished by the Cath
olic Welfare Bureau. The Red Cross
and the American Legion also aided
those in distress.
Although practicaly all the homes
were swept away, the mission
churches escaped damage.
JUGOSLOVAKIAN officials who
were excommunicated by the Serbian
Orthdox Church last year for voting
For ratification of a Concordat with
the Vatican, have been reinstated
through the rescinding of the ban by
a vote of the Bishops’ Council of the
Orthodox Church.
LO PA HONG’S heirs have an
nounced that they will endeavor to
carry on the activities of China’s
great apostle of charity.
SOUTH CAROLINA has again de
feated an effort to legalize divorce
when a bill to eliminate the con
stitutional provision failed to secure
the necessary two-thirds majority in
the House of Representatives.
LONDON nuns were guests recent
ly at the reception given by Cardinal
Hinsley, all orders except the cloist
ered orders being represented.
SENATOR DAVID L WALSH ond
Dr Karl Herzfield received the hon
ors of the William Gaston Academy
of Law at exercises at Georgetown
University March 26.
IN BUEONS AIRES a Methodist
Congress presented to the Minister of
Justice and Public Instruction a pro
test against ‘‘religious instruction in
schools and educational institutions
and divers civic activities on the part
of the Roman Catholic Church”.
HERBERT HOOVER was tendered
a public reception at Louvain Uni
versity on the occasion of his visit
to Belgium, and he also visited
Bishop Thomas Heylen of Namur.
MONASTERY, a motion picture of
monastic life, had its New York
premiere under the auspices of the
National Council of Jews and Christ
ians, with many notables in attend
ance. v
ARCH ABBOT RAPHAEL WALZ-
ER of the famed Benedictine Mon
astery of Bueron in Germany has re
signed. and the Rev. Benedikt Baul,
O. S. B., has been named to succed
him.
THE CATHOLIC RURAL Life
Conference will meet this year in
Vincennes, Ind., the wek of Septem
ber 25; it will be the sixteenth an
nual conference. Vincennes was the
site of the original See of Indiana.
ROLAND SAWYER, a Congrega-
tionalist minister and member of the
Masachusetts bar, led opposition to
efforts to repeal a Massachusetts law
providing transportation for pupils
attending parochial and private
schools. Mr. Sawyer asserted that
anti-Catholicism was in back of the
movement to repeal the law.
JEWS were not solely cr mainly
responsible for the rise of Commu
nism in Russia, the Rev. Edmund A.
Walsh, S- J., vice-president of
Georgetown, asserted in a lecture in
Washington. To say so is bad history,
he asserted.
MARYKNOLL SISTERS report the
destruction of their convent at Zeze,
five miles from Kyoto, in Japan, de
fective wiring being blamed for the
fire. Six Sisters in the convent, all
from the United States, were prepar
ing to open a tuberculosis hospital
there.
FATHER COUGHLIN has disasso
ciated himself from all units of the
Social Justice organization. In a re
cent address Father Coughlin ex
pressed his opposition to the forma
tion of an American Labor political
party, at lea;t until such time as the
leaders pledge themselves to the
principles of Christianity and prove
themselves by practicing them.
ST. BERNARD dogs in the Alps re
cently staged a “strike”, refusing to
leave the monastery for their cus
tomary rounds. A few minutes later
an avalanche almost covered the
monastery buildings, one of which
would have killed them and the
monks had they gone out. They were
apparently warned by instinct.
TWENTY COLLEGES in New Eng
land were represented at a peace
conference at Providence sponsored
by the Catholic Asociation for Inter
national Peace. John J. Daunt of
Holy Cross Colege was elected pres
ident. The delegates were told that
St- Thomas Aquinas, a devotee of
peace, was nevertheless no pacifist.
REV. JOHN J. FENTON, Anglican
minister of Toronto, became a Cath
olic shortly before he died, the Tor
onto Catholic Register states.
AMERICA, the national weekly in
New York conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers, is sponsoring a “Bias” con
test, to run through March 31; prizes
run to ?25, Communist and radical
papers are barred. Articles or pic
tures with an anti-Caholic slant in
other papers are eligible; they are to
be sent to the Editor of the Bias
Contest, 329 W. 108th Street, New
York, N. Y., with a letter of not more
than 209 words showing that the ex
ample has a definite anti-Catholic
slant.
BISHOP PAUL YU PIN, vicar-
apostolic of Nanking in China, told a
Boston audience that Nanking has
been bombarded 125 times in six
weeks, and that it is reported to him
that about twenty-five priests and
nuns have been killed.
THE HOLY FATHER has named
Bishop Peter Amigo of Southwark,
near London, an Archbishop on the
occasion of his golden jubilee at a
priest. He remains Bishop of South
wark.
JOHN McCORMACK sang over the
Catholic Hour, sponsored by the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men, Sun
day night, March 6, with Monsignor
Sheen as the speaker.
POPE PIUS has erected 182 vicar
iates, prefectures and independent
missions throughout the world, one-
third of all missions, George Goyau,
noted French historian, asserts.
VICTOR BIDDER, chairman of the
State Board of Social Welfare in New
York State, told the Brooklyn Alum
ni Sodality that the appointment of
Sxnon W. CrTson, Communist, as
assistant to Brough President Stan
ley M. Isaacs of Manhattan, fore
shadows an attempt by the Commu
nists to get control of the city gov
ernment in New York.
BISHOP SHEIL of Chicago recent
ly received the insignia of the Order
of the Purple Heart for wartime ser
vices.
IRISH ENVOY TO U. S.
HONORED AT CAPITOL
Michael MacWhite Paid
Notable Tribute
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON.—“You take with
you from this. Administration our
unadulterated affection, and we
guarantee to underwrite your service
in other countries to which you may
go”
With this unusual spoken tribute
from a Cabinet officer of the U. S.
Government, with communications of
tribute from three other members of
the Cabinet, and with praise from
distinguished representatives of the
American Congress and Judiciary, a
farewell—“a short one, we hope”—
was given here to Michael MacWhite,
Minister of Ireland to the United
States, which was one of the most
remarkable ever seen in the Capital.
While Secretary of Commerce Dan
iel C. Roper spoke the above tribute,
Secretary Wallace, Attorney General
Cummings and Postmaster General
Farley also sent messages of praise
and good wishes, as did also Justices
Butler and Stone of the United States
Supreme Court. Senator Frank Ma
loney of Connecticut spoke applaud
ing the service of Mr. MacWhite.
Mr. MacWhite, responding to the
numerous affectionate farewells that
had been spoken for himself and Mrs.
MacWhite, thanked those present “on
behalf of the people and the Govern
ment I represent.” “God bless you,”
he added, “for the help and the en
couragement you have given us. From
the day I came till the moment I said
farewell to your President, Mr-
Roosevelt, I have received every con
sideration possible. Love of Ireland
means also love of America. I have
considered myself a stranger in this
country, and I never seemed to be so
regarded.”
Newberry Students
Hear Father Baum
He Makes Address at Luth
eran College
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEWBERRY, 3. C. — The Rev.
Charles J. Baum, assistant pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church, Anderson, S. C„
delivered an address late in February
before the faculty and four hundred
students of Newberry College, a Lu
theran institution located at New-
berry, S. C. It is thought that this was
the first time that a Catholic priest
had spoken here. Dr. J. C. Kinard.
president of the college, has invited
Father Baum to speak again on the
occasion of a future visit to Newberry.
7th Congressman
Retracts Signature
North Dakota Representa
tive Says He Was Misled
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Declaring
it was “a mistake, and a serious one,”
Representative Usher L. Burdick of
North Dakota has withdrawn his sig
nature from the congratulatory mes-
sake which 60 senators and con
gressmen recently sent to the parlia
ment of the Leftists in Spain.
Represetnative Burdick makes this
announcement in an extension of re
marks in the Congressional Record.
He becomes the seventh signer of the
document to retract his name.
“We helped none of our citizens by
signing the petition, but grievously
offended millions of our own people
by taking action that was no part of
our official duty.” Representative
Burdick says. “It was something I
didn t intend,” he adds, “and when I
add to that the fact that I am con
vinced I should not have signed the
petition at any time, without know
ing the facts, I must, in good con
science, say I made a mistake and
withdraw my endorsement.”
Austrian Catholics
Fear for the Future
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by Catholics of the present situation;
that His Eminence received encour
aging assurances from Chancellor
Hitler himself, but that, nevertheless,
the situation confronting the Catho
lic Church there is very grave.
Cardinal Innitzer has issued a
statement announcing that Hitler
gave him assurances that the Church
could go about its work uninterrupt
edly, and that it would not regret it
if it gave its support to the new gov
ernment. _ Religious life in Austria
thus far is uninterrupted, and the
churches are crowded.
Yet, despite this, there have been
demonstrations in Vienna against the
Cardinal, and a Berlin Nazi organ
has vigorously attacked him. It is
known that Catholic leaders all over
Austria have been arrested; that
Catholic newspapers have been Nazi-
fied; that the street heretofore nam
ed for the late Chancellor Dollfuss
has been renamed to honor his mur
derer; that an outspoken anti-Catho
lic has been put in charge of prepar
ations for the forthcoming plebiscite
The Cardinal paid a formal call
upon Chancellor Hitler at the latter’s
hotel to assure the German leader of
the loyal co-operation of all Catho
lics. Afterwards the Cardinal issued
a new statement, saying that Chan
cellor Hitler had given his assurances
that the Church could continue go
ing about its tasks and would not re
gret giving its support to the new
government.
Doctor Ohnmact, head of Catholic
Action in Linz, and Doctor Kuehr,
head of the Catholic trade unions in
Vienna.
Other leaders succeeding in escap
ing, notably Father Frederich Muck-
ermann, Dr. Frederick Funder, editor
of the Reichspost, and Dietrich
Von Hiunderbrandt, editor of
Christliche Staendestatt. of Vi
enna. Dr. Funder’s present where
abouts is unknown.
Reports of the arrests of the Bishops
of Salzburg, Linz and Graz have not
been confirmed. The Salzburg Epis
copal Ordinariat was searched by the
police and the Catholic Action head
quarters there closed.
All Catholic newspapers in Austria
have been Nazified. Doctor Franz
Riedel, former correspondent of Ger
mania in Vienna and friend of Von
Papen, has been appointed Commis
sary for the Reichspost, and Otto Ho-
worka has taken Dr. Funder’s place
as editor. The editors of the Salz
burger Chronik and Linzer Volks-
blatt have been arrested.
In the Reichspost the mastwords “A
newspaper for the Christian People”
has been suppressed.
Stamps bearing the late Chancellor
Dollfuss’ image have been recalled.
In Bregenz, Dollmuss Street has been
renamed Planetta Street “in honor”
of the executed slayer of Dollfuss.
and a wreath has been placed on
Planetat’s grave in Vienna by storm
Trooprs.
The new Govrenor of Austria, Dr.
Seyss-Inquart, is known as a prac
ticing Catholic, but anti-Christian
forces among the Austrian Nazis are
very strong. Joseph Buerckel, who
is handling the preparations for the
forthcoming plebiscite, is known
from his activities as Governor of the
Sarre Terirtory as outspokenly anti-
Catholic.
So far, Catholic life in Austria has
not been itnerfered with. The
churches are crowded and there have
been no serious accidents, but the
outlook obivously is most serious.
GERMAN BISHOPS have been of
ficially notified by the Reich Depart
ment for Ecclesiastical Affairs that
participation by German Catholics in
the International Eucharistic Con
gress in Budapest is “undesirable”.
The Bishops have, therefore, can
celled invitations to the faithful to
go to Budapest, and have issued in
structions for special Eucharistic de
votions in the churches of Germany
during thaf period.
HOLY FATHER HONORS
NOTED NEW YORKERS
Services to Church Bring
Awards to Leaders There
BY MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI
(Radio, N. C. W.' C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.—The Acta Apos-
tolicae Sedis publishes the informa
tion that Alfred E. Smith, former
Governor of New York, and John T.
Smith and John S, Burke also New
Yorkers have been made Papal
Chamberlains by His Holiness Pope
Pius XI.
The information also is given that
the Holy . Father has bestowed" the
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Greg
ory the Great upon J. P. Morgan and
Thomas W. Lamont, both of whom
are non-Catholics.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith,
one of the outstanding Catholic lay
men of the country, has long been
associated with Catholic charitable
work. He is one of the recipients of
the Laetare Medal awarded annually
by the University of Notre Dame to
an outstanding Catholic. He was four
times Governor New York State
and in 1928 he was the nominee of
the Democratic Party for President
of the United States.
John S. Burke is a leading mer
chant of New York, and John T.
Smith a prominent attorney. Both
are leaders in philanthropic work.
Among the many notable contribu
tions which Mr. Morgan has made to
Catholic causes and institutions,
which have included assistance in the
restoration of Cathedrals in the
World War area of Europe, was his
contribution to the Vatican Library
of the first photographic copy of the
famous Coptic manuscripts found on
the Egyptian desert more than two
decades ago. On the occasion of the
presentation he was received in pri
vate audience by the Holy Father
and personally thanked by the Pon
tiff, who presented him with a medal
of the first year of his Pontificate.
Restoration and translation of the
Coptic manuscripts was done at Mr.
Morgan’s request by the Very Rev.
Dr. Hnery Hyvernat, professor of
Semitic languages and literatures at
the Catholic University of America.
The discovery of the Coptic manu
scripts occurred about 1910, when
some Arabs, digging in the desert
sands, came across a small case.
Opening it they found it to contain
a number of old parchment volumes
of great value to Biblical scholars.
The manuscripts were purchased by
a merchant who took them to Paris.
He had no knowledge of their value.
Dr. Hyvemant, traveling from
Rome to London, stopped in Paris
and was asked by the owner of the
volumes to examine them, which he
did. Dr. Hyvernat recognized their
great value and they were offered
for sale to Mr. Morgan, who bought
them on Dr. Hyvernat’s valuation-
Mr. Morgan then consulted with
Dr. Hyvernat, who noted that the
volumes were in dire need of repair
and advised that the work of restora
tion be undertaken at the Vatican Li
brary. Brought to Rome, the value of
the volumes was immediately recog
nized by the then Prefect, later Car
dinal Ehrle; the Librarian, later Car
dinal Rampolla, and the Papal Sec
retary of State, Cardinal Merry del
Val. Pope Pius X gave his full con
sent and the work of restoration be
gan. Among the most enthusiastic
participants was Monsignor Achille
Ratti, the present Pope Pius XI, who
had not yet become Prefect of the
Vatican Library but who came fre
quently from Milan to assist in the
work.
A limited number of photographic
copies of the volumes was made and
the first was presented by Mr. Mor
gan to the Vatican Library. It was
received by Father Ehrle and his col
laborator, Monsignor RattL
There are 56 manuscripts in the
collection and those which are dated
are of the tenth century. Those not
dated are even more ancient. Ten of
them contain portions of the Sacred
Scriptures, others lives of Saints,
homilies, etc.
DR. BRYANTeIrAL
RESERVE OFFICIAL
U. of Georgia Professor At
lanta Bank Vice-President
ATLANTA, Ga.—Dr. Malcolm Hr.
Bryan, professor of economics at tiie
University of Georgia, and for the
past year senior economist for the
Federal Reserve Board in Washington,
has been named a vice-president of
the Federal Reserve Boani in Atlan
ta. Dr. Bryan came to the University
of Georgia in 1925 from the School of
Economics of the University of Illinois
Dr. Bryan made retreats at St. Joseph’s
Home in Washington in recent years,
and was subsequently received into
the Catholic Church.
. DR. FREDERICK FUNDER, editor-
in-chief of the Reichspost in Vienna
and Vienna correspondent of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
has escaped from the country after
the Nazis seized his and other publi
cations of Vienna.