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% Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” VOL. XX. No. 5 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 20, 1939 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Holy Father Makes New Appeal for Peace Bulletins THE CONGRESSIONAL Record re printed the plea for peace of the Holy Fathers at Algiers May 7, the address being inserted on motion of Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico. WILLIAM BULLITT, United States Ambassador at Paris, will preside at the St. Joan of Arc ceremonies at Rouen, May 21. CARDINAL VILLENEUVE, Arch bishop of Quebec, has arranged for special prayers for “Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Canada"’ on the occasion of their visit to the Do minion. New Archbishop of N. Y. Will Be Installed on May 23 Naval Academy Post for Father O’Hara MRS. GILBERT K. CHESTERTON who died recently, left the Chesterton residence, Beaconsfield, where Ches terton wrote many of his books, to the Catholic Church at Beaconsfield. The Chesterton Memorial Church in the parish in which Chesterton was re ceived into the Church will receive §10,008. FORDHAM University has given fif teen cf its alumni to the hierarchy of the United States, the fifteenth be ing Archbishop Spellman, a member of the class of 191L CONGRESSMAN John G. Alexand er of Minnesota, a non-Catholic in a twenty-minute address to the House of Representatives, paid an eloquent tri bute to the efforts of the Holy Fath er to maintain peace, and urged that the Pope be asked to call a world peace conference. MSGR. LAVELLE, for sixty years at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, will be honored on the diamond jubilee of his ordination with a great banquet at the Commodore Hotel June 6. Monsignor Lavelle requested that plans for a civic observance of the event be cancelled in order to concen trate on the welcome to Arclibishop- elect Spellman. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR has add ed his endorsement to the London Catholic Herald’s appeal for a world peace conference based on Christian principles. The Archbishop of York has also written his approval of the movement. MARYKNOLL SISTERS, twelve in number, have completed a course of study in Girl Scout arts and crafts un der the direction of Girl Scout offi cials. They will utilize their knowl edge in the Orient, where they use the Girl Scout program in their work. A JESUIT BISHOP and nine Jesuits are held captive by Chinese bandits in China; the Bishop is the Most Rev. Frederick Melendro, S.J. Their lives are in danger; Bishop Melendro in a touching letter has offered up his life to Almighty God in. the hope that he will be the only victim. REV. DR. J. P. MONAGHAN, pas tor of St. Margaret Mary’s Church. Staten Island, N. Y. .will start a series of addresses over the Catholic Hour program May 28 at 6:00 Daylight East ern Time. The Catholic Hour is broad cast over the NBC network under the auspices of the National Council of Catholic Men. Dr. Monaghan has chosen as his subject “Toward the Re construction • of the Social Order’’. 168 COUPLES were married on “Wedding Day” at Fonds-Verrettes, Porto Rico. Father Guymard and his assistant officiating. Since April 15 there have been 173 marriages in the parish. The Very Rev. John F. O’Hara, C. S. C., president of the University of Notre Dame, is one of the six mem bers of the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy ap pointment of President Roosevelt. WORLD PROPAGATION OF FAITH CONGRESS Plans Being Made for Great Gathering in 1942 BY. MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI (Vatican City Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY. — A great world congress of the Propagation of the Faith is being planned. The proposal that such a demon stration be held, in 1942, was made in a resolution adopted by General Superior Council of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and the Secretatriat of the So ciety was charged with drawing up a tentative program. The date 1942 was chosen because it will be the twentieth anniversary of the trans fer of the international headquar ters of the Society, from France to Rome, and its establishment as a Pontifical association. At almost the same time it was made known that the beatification of Pauline Jaricot, Foundress of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, will be urged. JUDGE I. MOSS IVES, whose book, “The Ark and the Dove”, a history of early Maryland, was selected as a Catholic Book-of-the-Month in 1936, died in Danbury, Conn., in April Judge Ives, who was not a Catholic, was completing a biography on Charles Carroll when he died. Ex-Red Leader Says Stalin Sought Mastery of Spain (By N.C.W.C. News Service) PHILADELPHIA.—Testimony of a former high Soviet official that Rus sian Soviets sought political control of Spain in the recent civil war; that the nucleus of the International Bri gade was 500 to 600 foreign Commu nists sent from Russia; that Stalin instituted a reign of terror in so- called Loyalist Spain in which nu merous Loyalist leaders were liqui dated to give the .Communists an upper hand in the Leftist government; that men trusted by the authorities at Moscow were in societies allied with Comunist centers abroad in such organizations as Friends of the Soviet Union and the many Leagues for Peace and Democracy, is published in the Saturday Evening Post in an article entitled “Stalin’s Hand in Spain.” The article is written by W. G. Krivitsky, a former General in the Red Army. As chief of the Military Intelligence in Western Europe, he was in charge of the major secret operations of the Soviet abroad dur ing a large part of the period of the Spanish civil war. He broke with Stalin in 1937 after the purging of top-ranking generals of the Red Army and after two attempts were made upon his life in France he came to the United States as a refugee. The article states that Stalin’s in terest in Spain was due to his convic tion “that he could create in Spain a regime controlled by Moscow.” “With Spain in his pocket,” the ar ticle adds, “he could command a gen uine and durable alliancewith France and the British Empire. At the same time, his intervention would rekindle the faith of the Soviet adherents abroad, shaken by his purge of the Bolshevik old guard." Archbishop Cicognani Will Preside as Archbishop Spellman Assumes Duties (By N.C.W.C. News Service) NEW YORK. — As details of the ar rival and solemn installation of the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman as Archbishop of New York were made public at the Chancery Office here, it was revealed that Archbishop Spell man is at present in retreat at the Jes uit retreat house of Manresa at Soudi Norwalk, Conn., where, while making a retreat with his Fordham Univer sity classmates in 1911, he decided to study for the priesthood. Archbishop Spellman will interrupt ' his retreat twice, it was also announc ed. Next Sunday, May 14. he will ad minister the Sacrament of Confirma tion to members of his parish in New ton Center, Mass. He will return to his rectory at Newton Center again on Sunday, May 21, to administer First Communion to the children of his par ish. At all Masses on Sunday, May 21, the Archti.slx p will deliver a fare well message to his people. In the af ternoon, according to custom, he will participate in the annual May proces sion of the parish. Archbishop Spellman will leave the parish that might and return to Man resa. There he will await the arrival, on the following day, May 22. of the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, ad ministrator of the Archdiocese of New York since the death of Cardinal Pat rick Hayes, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Lavelle, rector of St. Pat rick’s Cathedra], who will escort him to New York. The installation ceremony will open with a pontifical procession from the rear of the Cathedral to Fifth- Avenue and in through the main doors, where the Archbishop-elect will be met by Monsignor Lavelle, as rector of the Cathedral, with the usual ceremony of greeting. In the - procession will be students of Cathedral College, semi narians from Dunwoodie, secular priests,*members of religious orders, monsignori, bishops and archbishops from other dioceses. Bishop Donahue, as celebrant of the Mass, Archbishop- elect Spellman, and the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Apostolic Delegate to the United States, who will formally install Archbishop Spell man. Lay members of Papal Orders will act as escorts to the Archbishop- elect and the Apostolic Delegate. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, it New Abbot Blessed for Arkansas Abbey The Rt. Rev. Paul M. Nahlen, O S. B., president of Corpus Christ! College, Corpus Christ!. Texas, who was elected third Abbot of New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Ar kansas. Abbot Paul will be blessed at Subiaco, June 20, by Bishop John Morris of Little Rock. (N.C.W.C. photo.) (Continued on Page Four) DeVALERA SENDING HIS VICE-PRESIDENT European Conditions Concel His Proposed Trip Here (By N. C. W. C. News Service) CHICAGO. — Eamon DeValera. Prime Minister of Ireland, has ap pointed Sean T. O’Kelly, vice pres ident of Ireland, to. represent their country at the International Irish Congress to be held nere May 18-22. Premier DeValera had to cancel his scheduled visit because of conditions in Europe. Among the highlignts of the cele bration will be the unveiling of a plaque in the United States Court House commemorating Commodore John Barry, Father of the American Navy and a native of County Wex ford. Ireland. Holy Father Sends Blessing to Archbishop Curley as He Approaches Silver Jubilee (Ny N. C. W. C. News Agency) BALTIMORE. —A letter of es-r teem and affection from His Holi ness Pope Pius XII signed by the Sovereign Pontiffs own hand has been received by the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Batlimore, on the occasion of His Excellency’s silver jubilee. The letter follows: “We shall not allow Our good wishes to go unexpressed as you with your good people happily cele brate the twenty-fifth anniversary of your episcopate. What experience can be more acceptable to you. what more gratifying to your people than the pleasant recollection of the many heavenly favors which God has willed to shower on you during these long years and those benefits which you yourself in your fatherly care and solicitude have conferred on your flock! “Therefore, in Our eagerness to augment this happiness and the gen eral joy of your people. We gladly congratulate you bv this letter on the celebration of this sacred event, and eagerly do We pray God that your clergy and your faithful gen erally, closely linked to you by the bonds of piety and charity, not only may continue to stand firm but may press forward more and more each day in the steadfast purpose of the Christian life. “In order that the solemnities of this jubilee may lead to greater spiritual progress. We are giving you the faculty of imparting in Our name and by Our authority Our blessing. This blessing, to be given to the attending faithful after the Pontifical Mass of the day appointed for the festivities, will be endowed with a plenary indulgence, to gained according to the usual condi tions. Meanwhile, as an augury of heavenly favors and in testimony of Our especial esteem. We impart to you. Venerable Brother, to your Auxiliary Bishop, and also to your clergy and to the people committed to your charge, with fervent love in the Lord, Our Apostolic Benedic tion.” CRUSADE OF PRAYER ASKED IN ALGIERS CONGRESS MESSAGE Requests That Month of May Be Entirely Dedicated to Peace Petitions By MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI (Vatican City Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY — His Holiness Pope Pius XII on May 7 pressed forward with his universal crusade of prayer for peace. Comparing the clamor of the cur rent armaments race to the rear of the sea, the Sovereign Pontiff, in a radio address to the Algiers National Eu charistic Congress, said he wished the Month of May “entirely dedicated” to prayers for peace, and repeated his appeal that especially children of fer up their supplications to God. Thus was forcefully recalled to the world that, less than 24 hours after his election to the Papacy, Pope Pius XII proclaimed to all nation by means of radio that peace for all the world was the “first wish” welling in his paternal heart. Taking note of the fact that nations are “trembling in constant anxiety,” and that souls are being greatly trou bled by false doctrines, His Holiness said in his radio discourse. “Here, O beloved children of the noble French nation, you are united in thousands around Christ present in the Holy Eucharist, to offer Him a further solemn act of adoration and reparation. “In the course of recent years, Af rica has more than once seen these ceremonies. Carthage, mindful of hav ing given hospitality to more than 39 Councils within its walls, was the starting point, with its International Eucharistic Congress. Then, with reg ional and national Congresses, the movement spread to South Africa, the Congo, Madagascar and Tripoli. Today the triumph of the Holy Eu charist has been celebrated on a coast which for so long a time was called barbarous. “Our heart exults with joy at tak ing a two-fold part in it. We are, in fact, really present in two ways: vis ibly in the person whom we have chosen as our Legate, so that he should preside over the Eucharistic days in Our name, that is to say, Our beloved son, the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris; invisibly, but really, with Our prayers joined to those of your holy and enthusiastic throng. Neither the waves of the sea nor the roar, as it were of armaments, of surf raging on the shore could withstand your mystic impetus. Notre Dame de la Garde (the great sentinel statue of Our Lady overlooking the harbor of Marseilles) has sent you to the Ma donna of Africa, and in this Holy Host there irradiates from both these hills the faith shown to you by the Prince of Peace—Who is also author of that peace which is today so ar dently supplicated by a human so ciety now so troubled. “This is what has brought you here and encouraged you. This is what unites Us intimately to you in this Month of May, which We wish to be entirely dedicated to prayer (and par ticularly the prayer of children, who (Continued on Page Three) Prayer Not Diplomacy Chief Peace Weapon of the Pope By MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI (Vatican City Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY. — While most ex aggerated stories are being circulated in the secular press, attributing to His Holiness Pope Pius XII certain steps in behalf of European peace, Osservatore Romano maintains the utmost reserve, and Vatican circles make no comment at all. These sources merely limit them selves to denying the exaggerated, or invented, news, especially the report that the Pope would help the heads of governments or the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy, France, Ger many, England and Poland to assem ble at the Vatican at a meeting over which he himself would preside, in an effort to settle peacefully the ques tion at issue between Germany and Poland, and all other questions which might endanger peace. As was said to us at the Vatican, the mere enunciation of such a statement be shows its absurdity. The truth is that the Pope lias al ways interested himself, and today more than ever, in the great cause at peace, but in the ordinary way. name ly, through normal diplomatic con tacts.' This is why, in recent days. Papal Nuncios have been in touch with the heads of governments and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, to com municate to them the ardent desire and prayers of the Holy Father, that peace may not be compromised and that questions at issue between va rious factions may be solved by pa cific means, pointing out that this may be done if all show themselves well disposed. On the other hand, the Pope has continued to count more and more on the prayers for peace offered up by the Faithful, and this is why he has permitted no occasion to pass with out mentioning the crusade of prayer for peace, especially on the part of children, which he has announced for the present Month of May.
