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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 23, 1940
Army-Navy Auxiliary Bishop
Delivers Address Over Radio
Th-e Most Rev. John F. O’Hara, C. S. C., While Visiting
Fort Benning, Speaks on Program Broadcast by Sta
tion WRLB, in Columbus
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS. Ga. — Upon the occa
sion of his initial visit to Fort Ben
ning. in his capacity as Auxiliary
Bishop of the Army and Navy Dio
cese. the Most Rev. John F. O'Hara,
C. S. C., delivered the following ad
dress on a program broadcast from
Station WRBL:
It is exceedingly kind of Station
WRBL to offer me this opportunity to
greet the people of Georgia on this,
my first visit to the South in my new
official capacity — to administer the
Sacrament of Confirmation to Catholic
Soldiers stationed at Fort Fort Ben
ning.
It is not, however, my first visit to
Georgia. On the contrary, the boun
tiful hospitality shown on previous
visits makes me feel almost as if I
were coming home. This is not only
because of the grand welcome alwavs
extended by my distinguished name
sake, your beloved Bishop Gerald
O'Hara, of Savannah-Atlanta, al
though that does make me feel at
home. There is more. As you know,
the University of Notre Dame was my
home for thirty-one years and three of
the University’s most illustrious re
cipients of its highest honor, the Lae-
tare Medal, were Sons of Georgia:
Admiral William Shepherd Benson,
who was Chief of Naval Operations
during the great war; Col. Jack Spald
ing. lately deceased, attorney of At
lanta; and Richard Reid, who only this
year has left Augusta to take charge
of a larger field of journalistic ac
tivity in New York City.
Mentions Georgians
Mention of Col. Spalding brings a
throb to my heart, and mists the
memory of my last visit here, a year
ago last fall. My host that day was
one of your glorious citizens. Mr. J.
J. Haverty, of Atlanta, and the idea
of my coming was to pay a joint
visit to our mutual friend. Col. Spald
ing. Only a few weeks later, in Lima.
Peru. I received from Mr. Haverty a
cable announcing that Jack Spalding
had gone to his reward, which I un
sure was very great. James Haverty
did not long survive his life-long
friend.
Both of these great citizens of Geor
gia enjoyed in this life the reward
God promised in the Ten Command
ments to those who honor father .rnd
mother. Each lived more than a dec
ade beyond the Biblical allotment of
three score years and ten. Each lov
ed his fellow-man because he first
loved God. Each, blessed by divine
Providence in his undertaking, look
ed upon his earthly possessions as a
Sacred trust to be exercised for he
common benefit of mankind. The si
lent, hidden charities, even more than
those known to the public, blessed
these men and this state. They ..re
not dead, for their deeds and their
good example of open religious life, of
open practice of virtue, division -n
the lines of those who came under
their blessed influence. They stand in
their community as a Spiritual force
that will endure through all time. As
for themselves. Scripture reads for us
the lesson of life eternal: “The souls
of the great are in the hands of God
and the torment of death shall rot
touch them. In the eyes of the unjust
they seem to die, and *.heir going
away is taken for utter destruction;
but they are in peace. Oh, how beau
tiful is the chaste generation with
glory, for the memory there of is '-m-
mortal. because it is known with God
and with men.'' (Wisdom, chapters
three and four).
Urges Need of Discipline
Without too violent a change of
thought, let me give you one striking
instance of the need of good example,
of the urgent need of discipline, of‘he
imperative necessity of religion 'or
the preservation of our national ife.
As I was leaving New York for this
trip 1 received through the mail, 'rom
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, the Uni
form Crime Reports of the United
States and its possessions for the ’ear
1939.
Since all of my work for the past
thirty-one years has been for the
moral and spiritual welfare of young
men, and since I share Mr. Hoover’s
deep concern over the prevalence of
youth in the tragic picture of crime
in America. I turned at once to the
statistics on the ages of those arrest
ed for crime in the United States last
year.
“There were 108,857 persons less
than 21 years old arrested and finger
printed last year. In addition, there
were 93.351 between the ages of 21
and 24. making a total of 202,208 (35
per cent of all the arrests reported)
less than 25 years old.” The largest
group was age 19, it was followed
closely by age 18. The ages 18-24 in
clusive, seven groups, accounted for
164,000 arrests, or 28 per cent of the
total of 576,000 arrests made during
the year. The reports are of arrests,
not convictions, but the picture is
none the less sordid for that. When
we reflect that nearly every third
man who is fingerprinted for crime
is somewhere between the ages of
18 and 24. when youth should be in
the full bloom of glorious develop
ment, we have reason to blush crim
son for our monumental failure.
There is no time in the short space
of this broadcast to analyze the causes
of this failure. Set the home, the
school, the church, the agencies of
amusement, the employer. The wel
fare worker, the author, the publish
er. the lawyer, the doctor, the mayor
and his council, every adult man and
woman in this nation, submit his indi
vidual conscience and the collection
conscience to a thorough examination.
Shall we submit to be branded as the
most lawless nation on earth?
Submits Propositions
Passing by an? attempt at thorough
analysis, I submit two propositions:
first, in the natural order, lawless
youth is undisciplined in mind and
undisciplined in will. Second, in the
supernatural order, lawless youth
lacks the wholesome fear' of God.
lacks all love of God. believes in God
only in an incoherent way.
The crimes for which these young
people are arrested show that their
thought is for pleasure of a moment,
with no sense of responsibility to
God, to neighbor, to themselves. Plea
sure beckons, and they obey. Lar
ceny, burglary, theft, drunkenness and
more sordid crimes committed for a
moment's pleasure, draw those un
disciplined children, at the dawn of
maturity, to a path that may mean a
life of crime.
Every day I bless God for the disci
pline of the army and navy, which
teaches a goodly group of our young
men to think of others as well as
themselves, to restrain a present im
pulse for a future good. In like man
ner I bless God for the camps of
the Civilian Conservation Corps, for
the measure of discipline they im
part to the young men who leave I he
temptations of idleness and train their
bodies, their minds and their wills in
rugged physical labor. And I only re
gret that for young women no simi
lar natural form of discipline is de
vised—for, sad to say, nearly 10 per
cent of the arrests listed between the
ages of 18 and 24 last year were of
women. *
Interest in Religion
But, important as are natural means,
they pale into insignificance when
compared with the supernatural
means that flow from a sturdy belief
God, in the immortality of the
Soul, in eternal life of reward or
punishment, in the power of prayers
and of the other means of grace God
has established to enable us to know
Him and love Him and thus reach
Him in eternity. And alongside the
sordid picture of national decay, I can
point to a rene wed interest in relig
ion on the part of young people, to
a thirst for instruction in religion,
for knowledge of God; I can point to
a vigorous, manly, virtuous piety on
the part of hundreds of thousands of
young people who have seen enough
to know that man trusting in himself
has made of this world a bedlam. May
God bless them all, the good and the
bad. may His grace turn the sinners
from the error of his way, and con
firm virtuous youth in the loyal ser
vice of God and neighbor.
STUDENT ACTIVITY
AT ST. GENEVIEVE'S
Spring Brings Revival of
Outdoor Sports at Ashe
ville School
George T. Johnston
Funeral in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. —George Thomas
Johnston, for nearly thirty years
building superintendent of the Sa
vannah Bank and Trust. Company
building, died at his residence March
4, following a short illness.
Mr. Johnston is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Alice E. Johnston; four
daughters, Mrs. R. E. Stradtman,
Mrs. John R. Jarvis, Miss Gertrude
Johnston, and Miss Helen Johnston;
six sons, Joseph E. Johnston, Charles
R. Johnston, James H. Johnson, Wil
liam F. Johnson, Robert D. Johnston,
and Richard M. Johnston; three
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews, all of Savannah.
Funeral services were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
RETIRED RAILROAD OFFICIAL
CHARLES V. ROBINSON DIES
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Charles Valens Robinson,
who died March 5, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Born in Savannah, Mr. Robinson,
during his eaily manhood was em
ployed by the old Plant System Rail
road, later holding positions with the
Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air
Line and Central of Georgia. Prior
to his retirement, two years ago, he
had been in charge of the export de
partment of the Central of Georgia
for nearly twenty years.
Officers of the Savannah Lodge of
Elks, of which Mr. Robinson was a
member, conducted memorial services
at the grave.
Mr. Robinson is survived by the
following nieces and nephews: John
D. Robinson, Harry Robinson. Wil
liam Robinson. Mrs. Joseph W. Mc-
Avoy, Mrs. Walter S. Schaaf. and
Miss Ruth Kiernan, all of Savannah,
and Miss Conchita Janer and Miss
Maria Janer, of Madrid, Spain. His
only other immediate relative was a
sister, Mrs. Mary R. Kiernan, who
died during January of this year. He
was the son of the late John David
Robinson and Anne Kehoe Bobinson.
EDWARD J. KNAUST
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The funeral of
Edward J. Knaust, who died March
6, was held from the Sacred Heart
Church, with interment in Holy Cross
Cemetery.
For three years a resident of Sa
vannah, Mr. Knaust, a retired real
estate and banking executive, of Chi
cago, was a native of St. Louis.
Surviving are two daughters. Miss
Gertrude Knaust and Mrs William
Kerr, and two grandchildren, ail of
Chicago.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ASHEVILLE, N. C. — The first days
of spring have come to Asheville and
are most welcome at St. Genevieve-
of-the-Pines, where the students are
engaged in numerous intellectual and
social activities. Warmer weather
has enabled the use of the outdoor
basketball courts for practicing and
organization of class teams. Picnics
and hikes, too, have made their re
appearance. On March 2, the boarders
enjoyed the day at Green River, and
the following week they had a weiner
roast at Little Flower Camp.
In union with the Colis de Trianon-
Versailles, the knitting club “Needles
of the Pines,” spent many leisure
moments in February making socks
for the Allied soldiers. Before it was
sent off ,their work was exhibited
to the whole school. The display of
the five dozen pairs Was splendid
proof of the persevering interest and
thoughtfulness of the club members.
The College Dramatic Society pre
sented two one-act plays on Febru
ary 23. The first, “White Iris,” was
a tense drama which in its depth and
tragery formed a decided contrast
with ‘Happy Journey.” This second
was a rollicking comedy given with
out any stage furnishings. Both plays
showed the remarkable ability of the
actresses, whose efforts met with
hearty applause.
March 5 was the date of the Chil
dren of Mary Sodality Meeting. Af
ter discussing current business, and
making plans for the Holy Thursday
Hours of Adoration, ,the members
were entertained by “Graduation
Day,” a play given by the Library
and Social Committees.
A wide variety of programs and
lectures occurred during- the early
part of 1940. The Hilger Sisters pre
sented on February 21. a concert
which was a characteristic display of
their talent, and a delight to all lov
ers of good music. This included se
lections on the piano and violin. On
February 28. Ataloa, a member of the
Chickasaw Tribe, gave a lecture on
the character and customs of the
American Indian, together with songs,
dances, and legends. She awakened
in her audience a renewed interest
in, and a clearer understanding of,
the earliest inhabitants of our coun
try. On March 12, Father Charles
Kastner, O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey,
presented moving pictures of the
Mass, accompanied by a lecture. This
was sincerely appreciated by the stu
dents and Sisters who attended.
Since March 17, St. Patrick’s Day
coincides this year with Palm Sun
day, the College Library Tea will be
transferred to April 3 and the motif
will therefore be that of an April
Shower. The Committees for the Tea
have been named ,and are enthusias
tically wirking for the success of the
affair.
The Academy’s annual operetta is
to be given about April 17, and re
hearsals are now under way. The ti
tle of this year's choice is The Wild
Rose, an entertaining story made
gay with songs. The Students are not
only busy with the practices; they are
also soliciting advertisements for the
operetta program. They have formed
two teams of Roses, the Red and the
White; and their race for “Ads” is a
modern War of the Roses.
Easter vacation extends from March
19 to March 27. From these holidays
the students will return to begin with
new interest the last lap of the schol
astic year.
St. Monica*s Mission
Fills Need in Raleigh
Renders Splendid Service
Among Colored People of
North Carolina City
Brother Basil, F.S.C.,
Golden Jubilarian
Former Principal of St. Pat
rick’s School, Augusta, 50
Years a Christian Brother
(Special to The Bulletin)
EDDINGTON, Pa.-On Sunday,
March 10, prominent members of the
Brothers of the Christian Schools, of
the Baltimore District, joined with
the staff of St. Francis School here
to commemorate the Golden Jubilee
of Brother Eemenus Basil, the present
infirmarian at St. Francis, who on
March 10, 1890 entered the novitiate
of the Christian Brothers at Ammen-
dale, Maryland.
Born in Yorkshire. England. Broth
er Basil came to the United States
in his youth and sought admission
to the Brothers Novitiate- Follow
ing his period of religious and
pedagogical training, Brother Basil
taught at St. Charles and St. Patrick’s
Schools, and La Salle College, in
Philadelphia; at Rock Hill College,
Ellicott City, Maryland; St. Mary’s
School, Jersey City; and at St- Pat
rick’s Commercial Institute, later the
Catholic High School, in Augusta,
Georgia, where he was stationed for
ten years.
Brother Basil served as Director
General of Normal Institute, Ammen-
dale, the novitiate of the Brothers,
and during later years was infirm
arian at the Philadelphia Protectory,
Phoenixville, and at his present post.
The jubilee Mass was sung in the
Chapel by the Rev- Leo J. Kettl. C.
S. Sp„ chaplain, on Sunday morning.
At mid-day a banquet was tendered
him at which tributes were paid by
Father Kettl; Brother Emilian. in the
name of the Provincial; Brother G.
Paul; Brother Edwin, Director of St.
Francis; Brother G. Lucian, Director
of the Philadelphia Protectory;
Brother Anslem. President of La
LaSalle College, Philadelphia; Brother
F. Francis. Principal of LaSalle Cen
tral High School; Brother Giles, Am-
mendale; a classmate of Brother
Basil. Brother G. Leonard was toast
master.
In the afternoon, the students of
Holy Ghost Apostolic College, Corns-
wells Heights, Pennsylvania, under
the direction of Father Joseph Klet-
zel; C. S- Sp.. and Mr. Edward Davis,
presented “Journey’s End” in the
St. Francis Auidtorium-
APRIL ENGAGEMENTS
OF BISHOP O'HARA
Appointments During Holy
Week and on Easter Sun
day Announced
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The office
the Chancellor of the Diocese of S?
vannah-Atlanta has announced rh
following schedule of engagements To
His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Gerald P. O’Hara D.D., J.U.D., for
the month of A.pril:
Friday 12, Saturday 13
Southern Regional Meeting Ameri
can Educational Association, Atlanta.
Sunday, 14
Confirmation, Immaculate Concep
tion Church, Atlanta, 4 p. m.
Confirmation, Christ the King Cath
edral, Atlanta, 8 p. m.
Monday 15, Tuesday 16
Catholic Social Action Meeting, At
lanta.
Sunday, 21
Mass and Confirmation, St. Bene
dict’s Church, Savannah, 10 a. in.
Confirmation, Saint Mary's Church,
Savannah, 2 p. m.
Confirmation, Saint A n t h o n y’s
Church, Savanah, 4:30 p. m.
Sunday 28; Monday 29
Regional Convention, National
Council of Catholic Women, Birming
ham, Alaabma.
Regional Conference
N.C.C.W. April 28-29
First Southern Regional Ses
sion Will Be Held in Bir
mingham
(Spcial to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C. — Splendid prog
ress is being made in the apostolate
among the colored citizens of Raleigh
by St. Monica’s Mission, where <he
Rev. Francis R. Vollmer, O.P., is pas
tor, and the Rev. Orville T. Carl, O.P.,
is assistant.
The altar-boys at St. Monica’s have
recently received new cassocks, which
are patterned after the habit of ihe
members of the Dominican Order that
is in charge of the mission.
At St. Monica’s School, which is
conducted by Servants of the Immacu
late Heart, there was presented a traf
fic problem due to the fact that the
intersection of Tarboro Street and
New Bern Avenue, where the schjol
is located, is on State Highway 64.
A school patrol has been formed,
and under the instruction of Sergeant
Williams, of the Raleigh Police De
partment, a group of boys have been
selected from the student body to aid
the pupils in crossing the busy thor
oughfares.
A Catholic Girl Scout Troop, which
is affiliated with American Girl
Scouts as Troop 25, is under the direc
tion of Mrs. Bertha Edwards, who is
one of the leading social workers in
Raleigh.
PER SVINHUFVUD, former presi
dent of the Republic of Finland, was
received most cordially in a private
audience by Pope Pius XII several
days ago-
(Special to The Bulletin)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The first
Southern Regional Conference of the
National Council of Catholic Women
will be held here April 28 and 29, at
the Tutweiler Hotel.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Thomas J. Toolen, iD. D.. Bishop of
Mobile, assisted by the Mobile Dio
cesan Council of Catholic Women,
will be host to the meeting.
Already six members of the Hier
archy have indicated that they will
be present at the sessions, among
them being the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara. D. D., J. U. D„ Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta; and the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, assistant to the Episco
pal chairman of Lay Organizations of
the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference.
Members of the National Board
who helped plan the program and
who will be in attendance at the ses
sions, include Mrs. J. W. McCollum,
Gainesville, Fla., national president,
and other national officers.
Sec
REV. PATRICK F. O’GORMAN,
S. J., Prefect of Studies at George
town Preparatory School, Garrett
Park, Md., died March 15 at the age
of 72.
GEORGE BARTON, for many years
columnist on the Catholic Standard
and Times. Philadelphia, is dead at
the age of 74.
HOLY WEEK APPOINTMENTS
Palm Sunday, 10 a. m.
Celebrant, Most Reverend Bisho
Assistant Priest, Rev. Thomas I. Slice
han; First Deacon of Honor, Re'
Aloysius Wachter, O.S.B.; Second
con of Honor, Rev. Peter Trizzi
O.S.B.; Deacon of Mass, Rev. Mice
Doona; Subdeacon, Rev. Thomas P
livan, C.S.V.; Master of Ceremon
Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh; Dea
of Passion, Rev. A. Gall, S.M.A.,
G. Obrecht, S.M.A., Rev. A. Ramst
S.M.A.
Holy Thursday, 9 a. m.
Celebrant, Most Reverend Bis'
Assistant Priest, Very Reverend J-
J. Grady; First Deacon of Honor
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara;
ond Deacon of Honor, Rev.
Obrecht, S.M.A.; Deacon of Mass,
Daniel J. Bourke; Subdeacon,
Michael Doona; Master of Ceremon
Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh.
Good Friday 9 a. m.
Celebrant, Most Reverend Bishi
Assistant Priest, Very Rev. James
Grady; First Deacon of Honor,
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara;
ond Deacon of Honor. Rev. Thomas
Sheehan; Deacon of Mass, Jlev. Dan
iel J. Bourke; Subdeacon, Rev. Mich
ael Doona; Master of Ceremonies, Rev.
Joseph W. Kavanagh; Deacons of Pa
sion, Rev. G. Obrecht, S.M.A., Rev.
Gall, S.M.A., Rev. George Daly.
Holy Saturday, 7 a. m.
Celebrant, Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara; Deacon. Rev. Daniel J.
Bourke; Subdeacon, Rev. Thomas Sul
livan, C.S.V.; Master of Ceremonies,
Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh.
Easter Sunday, 10 a. m.
Celebrant, Most Reverend Bishop;
Assistant Priest, Very Rev. James J.
Grady; First Deacon of Honor, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara; Sec
ond Deacon of Honor, Very Rev. Bon
iface Bauer, O.S.B.; Deacon of Mass,
Rev. Michael Doona; Subdeacon, Rev.
Eugene Kearney, C.S.V.; Master of
Ceremonies, Rev. Joseph W. Kava
nagh.
Tenebrae Wednesday
First Lamentation, Rt. Rev. Msgr.
T. James McNamara; Second Lamenta
tion, Very Rev. James J. Grady; Third
Lamentation, Cathedral Choir.
Thursday
First Lamentation, Rev. G. Obrecht,
S.M.A.; Second Lamentation, Rev. Jo
seph Corve, S.M.A.; Third Lamenta
tion, Cathedral Choir.
Friday
First Lamentation, Rev. George
Daly; Second Lamentation. Rev. Nor-
bert McGowan, O.S.B.; Third Lamen
tation, Cathedral Choir.
MONSIGNOR JOHN J. CROWLEY,
known as the “padre of the desert”,
whose parish included the highest and
lowest places in the United Sttaes,
Mt. Whitney and Death Valley, Cali
fornia, was killed in an automobile
accident March 17. Monsignor Crow
ley was recently granted the privi
lege of saying three masses each
Sunday in the desert parish.
ALTAR BOYS AT ST. MONICA’S
Proudly attired in new cassocks, James Goode, Frederick Goode, Roy
Dunstan, Lewyn IVeaver, David Weaver, Edward Haywood. William Lee,
Elivis Hunter, and Carl Evans serve in the sanctuary of St. Monica’s Mis
sion, which serves the colored Catholics of Raleigh.