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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 25, 1939
HOLY FATHER POPE
OF CATHOLIC PRESS
His Holiness Demonstrated
His Devotion to It on
Many Occasions
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The Conclave for the
election of a successor to
His Holiness, Pope Pius
XI. will start Wednesday,
March 1, it is definitely
announced. His Eminence,
William Cardinal O'Con
nell, Archbishop of Bos
ton, who missed the two
previous conclaves by
hours, is scheduled to ar
rive in Rome that dav.
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(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Though it was a signal character
istic of His Holiness Pope Pius XI
that he maintained a deep and prac
tical interest in a wide variety of
subjects, it is doubtful that he ex
hibited a livelier solicitude for any
thing more than he did for the Cath
olic Press.
The late Pontiff, who was frequently
ly called the “Pope of the Catholic
Press", brought about and carefully
prepared the great World Catholic
Press Exposition—the first of its kind
in history—held at the Vatican in 1936
in connection with a highly success
ful world congress of Catholic jour
nalists.
Although not in the most robust of
health even then. Pope Pius person
ally participated in the solemn inau
guration of the Exposition, and in a
lengthy and important discourse said
the Catholic Press has acquired a
“place of primary merit” in the Cath
olic Church. He issued a clarion
warning against Godless Communism,
and adjured the Catholic Press to car
ry this solemn warning to all the
world, repeating his words and hopes.
In January, 1923, in commemoration
of the tercentenary of the death of
St. Francis de Sales, Pope Pius pub
lished an Encyclical proclaiming Saint
Francis de Sales the patron of the
Catholic Press.
It was Pope Pius XI who said to a
group of Catholic journalists he had
received at the Vatican: “You are
my voice. I do not say that you make
my voice heard, but that you are real
ly my voice itself; for few indeed
would be the number of children of
our common Father who could learn
my wishes and thoughts without the
-aid of the Catholic Press.”
It was also Pope Pius XI. who on
another occasion said: “The power
and influence of the Catholic Press
are so great even seemingly insignifi
cant activity in its favor is of great
importance. . . . Anything you do for
tile Catholic Press I will consider
done for me personally.”
Speaking of the Catholic Press on
January 6, 1926. Pope Pius said: “It
has been said that if the Apostle St.
Paul had lived in our days, he would
have become a pournalist. It is doubt
ful whether this would have been veri
fied according to the letter, but it is
beyond doubt that it would have been
verified in spirit.”
Receiving in audience in 1933, Rich
ard Reid of Augusta. Ga., then Presi
dent of the Catholic Press Association
of the United States, Pope Pius said:
• “We give our blessing to the Cath
olic Press of the United States most
gladly. There is no instrument which
can do more for the Church than the
Catholic Press, particularly in these
days.
“We express the hope and the pray
er that the work of the Catholic Press
will ever have God’s blessing and
bear abundant fruit. We bless not
only the Catholic Press but all those
who are working with you and all
those who are aiding the Catholic
Press in any way.”
INJURIESArTfATAL
TO MRS. DICRISTINA
Former Atlantan Dies After
Auto Accident in Tampa
ATLANTA. Ga.— Mrs. Harry E.
.Di Chiristina, the former Cobbie
Vaughan, of Atlanta, died early in
February from injuries received in
an automobile accident in Tampa,
Fla., in which her husband and three
other persons were injured. A native
of this city, Mrs. DiCristina had made
her home in Florida since her mar
riage about twelve years ago. Her
husband. Harry E. DiCristina, is man
ager of the Holly Hill Products Cor
poration at Davenport. Fla.
- Daughter of Mrs. Oscar Vaughan,
of Washington, who survives her
and tire late Mr. Vaughan, Mrs. Di
Cristina was educated here and at
Manhattanville, N. Y. Surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Marion Tilden, of
Texas, and Mrs. George Geliy of
.Washington.
Funeral services for Mrs. DiCristina
were held from Sacred Heart Church,
the Rev.. John Emmerth, S. M. of
ficiating, with interment in West
JfeiW cemetery,
Milledgeville Honors
Rev. T. J. McNamara
Bids New Cathedral Rector
Godspeed as He Leaves for
Savannah Post
(Special to The Bulletin)
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Mem
bers of Sacred Heart parish and nu
merous other friends gathered here on
the eve of the departure of the Rev.
T. James McNamara to Savannah to
bid him godspeed and to demonstrate
the warm place he had won in the
hearts of die people of the city
through his service here. Father Mc
Namara, pastor of the local parish
and of the Central-Georgia Missions,
becomes rector of the Cathedral in
Savannah, retaining his post of Dio
cesan Superintendent of Schools.
The moniing he left Milledgeville,
the members of the parish and many
from the missions miles distant came
to attend Mass and to receive Holy
Communion for their pastor, who is
succeeded here by the Rev. James E.
King of Valdosta.
In the receiving line at the recep
tion were Father McNamara’s moth
er. Mrs. P. J. McNamara, of Savan
nah; Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Horne,
Mrs. A. Simpson, Dr. Paul Boesen,
William Hickey and Roger Stem-
bridge. Mrs. Paul Boesen and Miss
Mary Cline poured coffee; others as
sisting in the entertaining were Mrs.
W. D. Stembridge, Miss Mary Simp
son, Mrs. Edward O'Connor, Mrs.
Lynwood Smith, and the Misses
Irene Scanlon-, Grace O’Hara, Martha
Glad, Mary Rita Ferguson, Theresa
Cline, Emmaline Nimmer, Catherine
Cline, Elizabeth Horne, Connell Wil
hite, Rosalia Donnelly and Billy Tay
lor. Members of the committees,
who also assisted, were Mrs. Terence
Treanor, president of the Eucharistic
League; Mrs. Y. A. Little, Mrs. Je
rome Sullivan, Mrs. Richard Lamar,
Mrs. Richard Lamar, Jr., Mrs. Abner
Stubbs and Miss Katie Cline.
Father McNamara is universally re
garded as one of the ablest and most
popular clergymen of any denomina
tion who has come to Milledgeville
in many years, he served seven years
in the city, was chairman of the
Baldwin County Welfare Board, for
merly chairman of the Baldwin
County Chapter of the Red Cross, and
active in the Kiwanis Club and other
organizations. Through his efforts
flags for display in the business dis
trict on legal holidays were pur
chased.
Cardinal Commends
Scouting Movement
Archbishop Van Roey Sees
It as Foe of Tatalitarianism
MECHLIN.—His Eminence Joseph
Cardinal Van Koey, Archbishop of
Mechlin, presiding over the winter
meeting of boy scout leaders, made
a solemn declaration in which he
praised the Catholic Scout movement,
because it provides many boys an ex
cellent education and fulfills a cur
rent need.
Scouting, he said, provides bodily
exercise and affords opportunity to
live in and with nature. It constitutes
a training for discipline, for honor and
for self sacrifice, he added, saying
civil education also is fostered as the
boys recognize public authority and
honor the King.
Above all, the Cardinal urged Bel
gian boy scouts to remain faithful to
the Catholic religion, for scouting is
closely related to Catholic Action.
He said many vocations to the priest
hood and the religious life have been
nurtured by Scouting. “I ask all my
priests to favor scouting,” His Emi
nence said.
Citing the present need for scout
ing the Cardinal pointed to “what
happens in dictatorial states,” where
“youth is incorporated, militarized and
forced to labor in official organiza
tions.”
“All this,” he went on, “exists in a
certain way in scouting with this
double difference: Scouting has noth
ing to do with state tyranny, but is
founded on liberty; it aims at the ex
pansion of personality, and not at the
annihilation of it and, instead of work
ing outside, or against, Christian faith
and morals, it animates them.
“If ever any attempt were made to
force upon us some kind of Hitler
Youth, we would say: We do not
want it, we have our scouts,”
KURRUS-MALONE
(Special to The Bulletin)
MIAMI, Fla.—Tiie Rev. Peter Paul
O'Sullivan. S. J.. officiated at the
marriage here of Miss Mary Cathe
rine Kurrus, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James G. Kurrus, and James
Christie Malone, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Malone, the marriage
being solemnized at a Nuptial Mass.
Mr. and Mrs- Malone will live in
Miami, where they are widely
known.
COMMUNISTS paid agitators three
dollars a day to pose as students at
Columbia University and to work to
promote Communism there, Dean
William F. Russell of Teachers' Col
lege, Columbia, asserted in an ad
dress in Philadelphia February 8. One
method used by the Communists,
Dean Russell said, was to prolong
meetings of student councils and
other groups until other students had
returned to their classes, and then
pass what resolutions they wished.
PONTIFICAL MASS
FOR HOLY FATHER
SUNG IN RALEIGH
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C—The Most Rev. Eu
gene J. McGuinness, D. D., was cele
brant of the Pontifical Mass for the
repose of the soul of the Holy Father,
the Mass being offered at the Cathedral
of the Sacred Heart February 17. The
Rev. Dennis J. Lynch was archpriest,
the Rev. Peter A. McNerney, deacon;
the Rev. James J. Noonan, sub-deacon,
and the Rev. Francis J. Morrissey and
the Rev. Cletus J. Helfrick, deacons of
honor; the Rev. John A. Brown and
the Rev. Thomas A. Williams were
masters of ceremony, and the Rev.
Mark Moselein, C. P., delivered the ser
mon. Thirty priests of the Diocese at
tended.
SAVANNAH N.C.C.W.
IN FIRST MEETING
Mrs. Kelly Presides, Father
McNamara Guest Speaker
SAVANNAH, Ga—Mrs. Joseph E.
Kelly, president, presided at the first
meeting of the Savannah Branch of
the National Council of Catholic Wom
en, recently organized in the Diocese.
Mrs. Kelly gave a comprehensive out
line of the activities of the various
departments of the National Council,
and the Rev. T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral, spoke on the
objectives and ideals of the council.
The various committees were appoint
ed, and will be reported in a subse
quent issue of The Bulletin.
SACRED HEART Holy Name So
ciety in a recent meeting directed a
letter to the Rev. T. James McNamara,
director of the campaign against in
decent literature, assuring him of the
active support of the society in the
effort. President A. J. Ryan, Jr., pre
sided, and the Rev. Benedict Rettger,
O. S. B„ was the guest speaker.
HINKLEY MURPHY has been ap
pointed teacher of English in the
Commercial High School by Principal
Ormond M. Strong. Mr. Murphy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. H.
Murphy, is a graduate of Benedictine
School, Armstrong Junior College and
Vanderbilt University.
JOSEPH J. GLEASON, assistant
cashier at the Citizens and Southern
National Bank, completed his fifty-
fifth year with the bank and its pre
decessors February 9. He entered the
employ of the old Southern Bank
February 9, 1883. as a teller.
RICHARD REID was the speaker at
the February meeting of the Catholic
Woman’s Club, at which Mrs. Charles
F. Powers, president, presided; his sub
ject was “The Catholic Press.” Mrs.
Julian E. Wingo was the program
chairman and presented Mr. Reid.
Mrs. John Gaudry had charge of the
musical program, and Miss Sallie Bat
tle entertained with vocal solos. A
series of pictures of Mobile gardens
in color was shown.
Georgia Marriages
ROUX-DOHERTY
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Tiae Rev. Joseph
W. Kavanagh officiated at the mar
riage in the Cathedral of Miss Alice
Marie Roux, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Roux, and William Humph
rey Doherty of Morristown, N. J., a
marriage of unusual interest here and I
in New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Doherty
went to Florida on their wedding trip;
they will live in New Jersey, where
Mr. Doherty is connected with the
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
DOWELL-LUTTGE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Fey. Bene
dict Rettger, O. S. B., officiated at
the marriage at St. Michael’s Chapel,
Savannah Beach, of Miss Marianna
Laird Dowell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Laird Dowell, and Fred
erick H. Luttge, both well known in
this city. After the wedding trip to
Florida they will live in Savannah.
EVANS-O’LEARY
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Very Rev.
Benedict Bauer, O. S. B.. pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, officiated at the
marriage of Mrs. Ruth Evans and
John F. O’Leary, a marriage of wide
interest here. After the wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary will live in Sa
vannah.
CRAWLEY-HALE
SAVANNAH. Ga—Tht Rev. J. W.
Kavanagh of the Cathedral officiated
at the marriage of Mrs. Helen Craw
ford and William Hale, which took
place late in January. Mr.- and Mrs.
Hale will live in Savannah, the home
of both bride and bridegroom.
PAX ROMANA, composed of 45 na
tional federations of Catholic stu
dents, will meet in international con
vention at the Catholic University
of America from August 26 to Sep
tember 2, and at Fordham Univer
sity from September 2 to September
9. Ten members of the hierarchy
have already expressed their inten-
tioa of attending, . . . ..
Annual Performance
of Savannah School
Sacred Heart Students
Present Fine Entertain
ment
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sacred Heart
School presented its annual enter
tainment February 17, with 400 stud
ents participating in the “Spring
Frolics,” one of the most elaborate
productions ever seen in Savannah.
Capacity audiences at the Municipal
Auditorium indicated their enthus
iastic approval of the performance,
which was directed by Miss Alice
Baran, with Mrs. James Gleason as
sisting and acting as accompanist
Committee chairmen included Mrs.
John Canty, program; Mrs. Dallas
McClelland, tickets; Mrs. D. J. Col
vin. costumes, and Mrs. J. Harold
Mulherin and Mrs. John Conners,
properties.
MISS LEILA McDONOUGH. pres
ident of the Auxiliary of Blessed
Sacrament Church, presided at her
first meeting in that capacity Feb
ruary 15. Forty members attended,
and the Rev. James H. Conlin, pas
tor, was the principal speaker. Splen
did reports were made on program
on the Mardi Gras program scheduled
for K. of C. Hall February 21.
TWO BENEDICTINE School grad
uates, Jerome L. Massett and Julian
C. Sipple, were among the four suc
cessful candidates for admission to
the Bar in the recent examination.
Mr. Massett, chief clerk of the Uinted
States Forest Service here, also at
tended Marist School, and took spe
cial work at Georgia Tech and at the
Atlanta Law Review School. Mr.
Sipple, son of Sheriff J. C. Sipple, of
City Court, and Mrs. Sipple, attend
ed Belmont Abbey College, and is
connected with the law department
of the Central of Geoegia Railway.
Reception Ceremony
at Belmont Convent
Dr. Walsh Speaker at
Sacred Heart Junior
College
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT. N. C.—On the Feast of
the Purification, a most impressive
ceremony took place in the chapel
of Sacred Heart Convent, when three
young ladies received the religious
habit. They were Miss Mary Eliza
beth Fitzpatrick of Rochester. N. Y.;
Miss Mafalda Blackwelder of Con
cord, N. C. and Miss Grace Walsh,
daughter of the noted author, Dr.
William James Walsh, of New York
City. In religion, they will be known
respectively as Sister Mary Carmel,
Sister Miriam and Sister Mary Con-
cepta.
The Rt. Rev. Vincent Taylor. O.
S. B., D. D.. Abbot-Ordinary of Bel
mont. officiated, and was assisted
by the Rev. Sebastian Doris, O. S.
B. In the sanctuary were the Rev.
Maurice McDonald, O. S. B., the Rev.
Anselm Biggs, O. S. B.. and the
Rev. James Cowan, of Concord. The
altar was tastefully decorated with
pink chrysanthemums and gladiolas.
The music was furnished by the St.
Cecilia Choir of Sacred Heart Junior
College and Academy.
The following morning, Sister Mary
Patricia Doyle, of Savannah, Ga.,
and Sister Mary Louise Weisenforth
of Troy, N. Y., pronounced their per-
perpelual vows. Sister Mary Chris
tine Beck and Sister Mary Regina
Harris, both of Charlote, N. C., made
temporary vows. On both occasions,
a short but impressive sermon was
delivered by Abbot Vincent. Many
relatives and friends of the Sisters
were present from Charlotte, Con
cord, Savannah and New York.
DR. WALSH SPEAKER
AT SACRED HEART ,
The eminent author, Dr. William
James Walsh of New York City, gave
an interesting lecture on “Present
Day Conditions in Spain” to the stu
dent body of Sacred Heart Junior
College and Academy. As a back--
ground, Dr. Walsh gave a brief re
sume of the entire history of Soain,
beginning from the first ages of the
Church, and taking his audience
through the various events that fol
lowed, such as the Conquest of the
Moors, the Crusades, and relations
of Spain with other nations ail
through the centuries. His presenta
tion of conditions today in Spain
threw light on many things about
which his listeners had been igno
rant. He concluded by warning his
audience that unless the United States
takes a decided stand aeainst the
inroads of Communism, we may, in
the near future, have the harrowing
experience that Spain has endured
for the past two and a half years.
Dr. Walsh is particularly fitted for
lectures of this kind, having done a
great deal of research work on Spain
in preparation for his famous books
“Philip II” and “Isabella”. He has
also come in contact with personal
friends of some of the leading men
of Spain, as well as with newspaper
correspondents who have spent
months in Spain during the present
war.
THE FRESHMAN CLASS of Sacred
Heart Junior College sponsored an
informal dance February 13 at the
Belmont Community House. The
guests were the students of Belmont
Abbey College and the Sophomores
of Sacred Heart Junior College. On
the reception committee were Miss
Betty Pressly. president of the class,
and Miss Edith Gallagher, vice-presi
dent. Music was furnished by a
nickelodeon, and punch was served
throughout the evening. The high
spots of the evening were several
dance contests, prizes being awarded
PONTIFICAL MASS
OFFERED FOR POPE
AT THE CATHEDRAL
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D. Bishop of aa-
vannah-Atlanta, officiated at a Pon
tifical Mass of Requiem for the Holy
Father at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist February 13, one of a
series of Masses for the late Holy
Father here and throughout the Dio
cese. The Rev. T. James McNamara
was archpriest, the Very Rev. Boni
face Bauer, O. S. B., and the Rev.
James J. Grady deacons of honor, the
Rev. James H. Conlin, deacon of the
Mass, the Rev. George Daly sub-dea
con. and the Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh
and the Rev. Norbert McGowan, O. S.
B., masters of ceremony.
In a sermon at the High Mass the
day previous, Bishop O’Hara preached
on the Holy Father, by whom he had
been received in private audience on
several occasions, and whom he saw
give his first blessing “to the city and
to the world” immediately after his
election in 1922 when His Holiness
made history by delivering the bless
ing from the balcony of St. Peter's,
the first gesture which culminated in
the settlement of the “Roman Ques
tion.”
A second Solemn Mass at the Cathe
dral was sung February 15, with Fath
er McNamara as celebrant, Father
Grady as deacon and Father Doherty
as sub-deacon, Father Kavanagh being
master of ceremonies. Children from
both parish schools, St. Vincent’s and
Marist, attended in a body and receiv
ed Holy Communion.
EDITORIAL TRIBUTE
TO FR. McNAMARA
Milledgeville Union-Record
er Calls Departure Great
Loss to City
(From The Milledgeville News-
Recorder)
The announcement that Father T.
J. McNamara will go to Savannah to
make his home is received with sin
cere regret by the people of this city
and county. We suffer a real loss.
Father McNamara came here sev-j^
eral years ago and quickly became a
part of this community. He gave
generously of his time in every
worthwhile enterprise and his in
fluence for good was felt by people
of every denomination.
Father McNamara was especially
concerned with the problem of wel
fare. As director of the Red Cross
drive two years ago, he proved his
ability for leadership and the cam
paign went over with tremendous suc
cess. The plan that was used was
later adopted by other communities,
so successful and effective was its
design. He continued active in the
Red Cross and community chest and
two year's ago when the county wel
fare board was named, he was select
ed ;is a member by Governor Rivers.
He has been an invaluable member
of this committee. He has also serv
ed with credit as a member of the
Kiwanis Club.
Father McNamara has received a
deserved promotion, and- his friends
here are happy for him as much as
they hate to give him up. As he
begins his new pastorate, lie, lias the
best wishes of his friends H6re who
will watch his future with keen in
terest.
Father McNamara has won a big
place in the hearts of our people
and we give up a valuable and an ap
preciated citizen. Our loss will be
Savannah’s gain.
BOY SCOUTS TRIBUTE
TO LATE CARDINAL
National Council of Boy
Scouts Adopts It
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK—Tribute to the lato
Patrick Cardinal Hayes is paid in a
resolution adopted by the National
Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. V
The resolution, lauding “the Cardi
nal of Charity and the Fyiend erf
Youth”, asserts that “Cardinal Hayes
epitomized in his life of service to
the Church and to the Nation and in
his broad sympathies for and interest
in every constructive social welfare
movement, all that is exemplary in
the highest type of American citizen
ship.”
The resolution is signed by Walter
W. Head, President of the Boy Scouts
of America, and James E. West Chiefs
Scout Executive. t
It declares that Cardinal Hayes’ “in
fluence and leadership in the cause
of Scouting and as Honorary Chair
man of the Bishops’ Committee on
Scouting did much to extend the bene
fits of the Boy Scout program ’to
Catholic Youth throughout America."
the winning couple. Chaperons were
Mrs. Pressly. and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ho urea cJ; Belmont, ,, -u