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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 25, 1940
THE BULLETIN
The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen’s
•Association of Georgia
HUGH KINCHLEY, Editor
R15-816 Lamar Building Augusta. Georgia
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ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1939-1940
DR. J. REID BRODERICK, Savannah President
BERNARD J. KANE, Atlanta 1st Vice-President
J B McCALLUM. Atlanta Secretary
THOMAS F. WALSH, K. S. G., Savannah Treasurer
HUGH KINCHLEY. Augusta Executive Secretary
MISS CECILE FERRY, Augusta, Asst. Exec. Secretary
McAULIFFE- Augusta Auditor
Vr-i. XXI May 25. 1940 No. 5
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The Christian Index Again
VER since the announcement of the appointment of
Myron C. Taylor as President Roosevelt’s per
sonal representative to the Vatican, THE CHRISTIAN
INDEX, official organ of the Baptists of Georgia, has been
protesting Mr. Taylor’s appointment on the ground
that it was a violation of the American principle of the
Separation of Church and State.
In its issue of May 2, 1940, THE INDEX said in an
editorial: “We must also be cautious at this point,
lest submersive influences undermine and destroy our
fundamental law of Separation of Church and State.
Teachers of strong Christian character are the greatest
need of the public schools of our time. This type in
the school room would settle the school problems. ’
There is much to be said in favor of what THE
INDEX declares to be the need of the public schools,
and so strongly do Catholics recognize the necessity of
religious influence in education that they maintain, at
a tremendous cost, Catholic schools, while paying taxes
to support the public school system.
4But, THE INDEX, rushing to the defense of the prin
ciple of Separation of Church and State, evidently
overlooked the fact that citizens who might be Moham
medans or Atheists, for instance, might consider the
insistence for Christian teachers in State supported
schools just as much a threat against the Separation of
Church and State as the endeavor of the President of the
United States to cooperate with Pope Pius XII in ef
forts to bring about the cessation of a conflict that
may develop into the most horrible war in the his
tory of the world.
Many patriotic American citizens, who may. consider
themselves as holding no lesser measure of devotion
to the principle of Separation of Church and State in
the United States, fail to find in the appointment of
Mr. Taylor, as the President's personal representative
at the Vatican any threat against that principle.
Catholic citizens of the State of Georgia see no threat
against the principle of Separation of Church and
State, which THE CHRISTIAN INDEX so ardently de
fends, in the fact that the Reverend Joseph M. Branch,
pf Davisboro, understood to be a regularly ordained
inister of the Baptist Church, holds the position of
laplain of the Georgia House of Representatives. Even
cugh the Chaplain of that branch of the State Legis
lature is paid a per diem and receives an allowance for
travel expense from the public funds of the State of
Georgia.
It would seem that THE INDEX does not consider
such an official connection would give one church a
special status in relation to our government or might
piove to be the entering wedge for undermining a
piineiple of American life.
For though it may be possible that THE INDEX made
Just as vehement a protest against the appointment of
a Baptist minister as Chaplain of the Georgia Legis
lature as it is making against the naming of a peace
^nvoy to the Vatican, it in not recalled that any evi
nce of it ever appeared its columns.
Three Southern Priests
T HE statement that the greatest need of the Catholic
Church in the South is priests can hardly be chal
lenged, and the announcement that a new priest has
been ordained for a Southern Diocese is gladly wel
comed to the pages of The Bulletin.
But there is also a distinct sadness when it becomes
necessary to publish the notice of the death of a priest
|of the South.
In this issue appear notices of the deaths of the Rev-
I t'i end Jeremiah O'Hara, of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta. the Reverend Frank Riemer. of the Diocese of
Charleston; and the Reverend James A. Manley, of
the Diocese of Raleigh.
Particularly is the publishing of such notices a sad
duty, when, the death of Father O'Hara, for twenty
years assistant pastor at St. Patrick s Church, Augusta,
neant not only the departing of a zealous priest, but
the loss of a devoted friend to many readers of
jj>ie Bulletin, and its staff.
fne made many friends who will mourn his loss, and
JFho will offer many fervent prayers that God will grant
rest eternal, just as those who had the benefit
priestly ministrations of Father Riemer and
Manley will remember them in their prayers.
The Methodist Protest
A FTER having noted over a period of several months
the attitude of THE WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN
ADVOCATE, Official Organ of Georgia Methodism, the
sentiments expressed by our Methodist friends, and
an ■ Associated Press news story that delegates to the
Atlantic City General Conference of the Methodist
Church had rejected a resolution condemning “official
relations between the United States and the Vatican”
it was rather surprising to see published later the an
nouncement that the conference had adopted a resolu
tion which urged President Roosevelt to recall Myron
C. Taylor, his personal representative to the Vatican.
While a majority of those attending the General Con
ference voted for the passage of the resolution, there is
a source of gratification in knowing that the Rev. Har
old Paul Sloan, editor of The Christian Advocate, a
leading Methodist publication, had the support of more
than two hundred delegates in his able, though un
availing effort to secure the adoption of an amendment
opposing the the proposal demanding the recall of the
President’s personal representative.
It would not be surprising that from many Methodists
■will come disapproval of the action of the General Con
ference in this instance.
There was so much genuine Christian Spirit in evi
dence at the Methodist General Conference, such as
that displayed in the resolution to abstain from meals
and devote the saving to the relief of the unfortunate,
there is an inclination to believe that the discordant
note discussed above does not reflect the sentiment of
the majority of Methodists of the United States.
An indication of public opinion may be disclosed
in the following quotation from an editorial entitled
“Very Puzzling” which appeared in The Atlanta Journal
on May third:
“President Roosevelt appointed Myron C. Taylor his
personal representative to Pope Pius XII ‘in order that,
as he expressed it, ‘our parallel endeavors for peace
and the alleviation of human suffering may be assist
ed.’ For the same purpose the President invited the
Rev. Dr. George A. Buttrick, president of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in America (a Protes-
tan organization) and Rabbi Cyrus Adler, president of
the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, to come
to Washington from time to time and discuss with him
means of promoting in a war-darkened world those in
terests and ideals which are dear to all who believe in
the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.
Viewed in this broad light, would Mr. Taylors going
to the Vatican be an entangling alliance of Church and
State any more than would Dr. Buttrick's and Rabbi Ad
ler’s coming to the White House?
“However, the General Conference of the Methodist
Church, in session at Atlantic City, now asks President
Roosevelt to recall Mr. Taylor from the Vatican. 'His
appointment,’ the Conference avers, ‘has created a spirit
of uneasiness and resentment in the minds of a great
number of people, and instead of promoting peace has
engendered discord and strife.’ We cannot help won
dering how this pronouncement would impress the Mas
ter of Christianity if He were incarnate on our troubled
earth today, as once he walked the Galilean fields. ‘Dis
cord and strife’ because the leader of a great republic
takes counsel through > messenger, with the leader of a
great family of those who all profess themselves to
followers of the Prince of Peace!
“It is very puzzling.”
Writing, as a World War veteran, and as a pastor of
a Methodist Church, to express appreciation of the edi
torial from which the above was taken, the Rev. Fred
Gwin, Pastor of South Bend Methodist Church, Atlanta,
tells The Journal that its attitude is exactly the way
he sees it, and that “those who oppose the appoint
ment seemed to be moved more by Pharisaic preju
dice than my commonsense Christianity. They would
rather see the war bleed the world to death than the
blood stopped by some remedy that they oppose. This
is a calamity.”
Somehow it is difficult to escape from the thought
that in a great measure the protest against the ap
pointment of Mr. Taylor has arisen more from a feel
ing that the President’s action had given prestige to
the Catholic Church, than from a fear that any principle
of Separation of Church and State had been threaten
ed with violation.
The Asheville Citizen said recently that “Mr. Taylor's
mission has done more to make Protestant Americans
conscious of Rome as a religious center than any event
since the formation of Vatican City as an independent
state.”
Could it be possible that a realization of this might
have caused resentment which prompted much of the
opposition to the presence of Mr. Taylor at the Vati
can?
“These are ominous days,” declared the President of
the United States in his stirring address to Congress
last week. In these days, when a grave national crisis
may be approaching, and it must be admitted that the
armed forces of the United States are woefully and
dangerously unprepared for an emergency, it is not the
time to allow misunderstandings or groundless fears
of imaginary dangers to arouse any dissention among
our people.
Rather let Americans, regardless of creed, color, or
race, join with one another to preserve, protect, and
defend the United States, which gave to each of its
citizens the right to worship God according to the dic
tates of his individual conscience.
As Americans, let us unite in a determined effort
to maintain the peace we have always cherished, if it
be possible, or to defend to the utmost if necessary,
a nation of free people, against any enemy which would
aim to destroy that liberty which is Americas price
less heritage. „
Dixie Musings
Some time between now and the
first of July the office of The Catholic
Laymen's Association of Georgia, and
The Bulletin will be moved.
The records and files, accumulated
over the years that the Laymen’s As
sociation has been in existence have
long overflowed the quarters which
are now occupied and it has become
necessary to have more office space.
A suite of offices on the second
floor of the Southern Finance Corpo
ration have been leased, and the task
of moving from the eighth floor will
be tackled as soon as the new quar
ters have been prepared for occu
pancy.
In this column of the April issue of
The Bulletin, our readers read, if our
readers read this column, an open
letter that the staff of The Queen’s
Work had addressed to Cecil de Mille,
motion picture producer of Holly
wood, in connection with the an
nouncement that he had acquired the
screen rights to the play “The Queen
of Queens”.
In acknowledgement of the letter,
Mr. de Mille has written:
“Thank you for your beautiful open
letter to me about ‘The Queen of
Queens.’
“As you point out, the project of
bringing the story of the Madonna to
the screen will be a tremendous task.
But my associates and I shall have the
inspiration of knowing that we are
engaged in a tremendous purpose.
“We are approaching the hallowed
story of the greatest woman in history
—the story of the motlier of Jesus—
with a deep sense of responsibility
and with the same spiriaual and ar
tistic thrill that impelled the making
of ’The King of Kings.’
“I ask your prayers and God’s
blessing oil our work.”
Perhaps The Florida Catholic,
which succeeded The Bulletin as the
organ of the Diocese of St. Augus
tine, has something in its suggestion
that “it would be a splendid gesture
of Christian friendship if the great
Protestant bodies would send their
own observers to the Vatican. By
doing so, a great advance would have
been made in promoting a real de
fensive program. Protestant Eng
land, Germany, Japan and practi
cally all nations have their repre
sentatives at the Vatican. If the
Methodists and the Baptists and the
Presbyterians had the ear of the Holy
See it would not be difficult to
visualize the issue of great good for
Christian thouhgts and effort. Cer
tainly we could hope for a better
understanding of each other.”
It is with pleasure that The Bulle
tin publishes in this issue the an
nouncement that Cadet Colonel Alfred
Battey, son of the co-chairman of
the finance committee, and former
president of the Catholic Laymen's
Association of Georgia, bad been
awarded the Sheridan Memorial
Sabre, presented annually by the Rich
mond Academy in memory of Cadet
Richard Sheridan, another Catholic
boy who distinguished himself at the
Richmond Academy here and at West
Point, where he lost his life in a
football game-
The Bulletin extends congratulations
to Cadet Colonel Battey, who is car
rying on so splendidly the traditions
of a family which has always rend
ered exceptional service to God and
country.
The winner of the Sheridan Sabre
is a nephew of Captain Louis Battey,
one of the founders of the Laymen’s
Association, who was killed in action
during the World War.
One of our Georgia newspapers, the
other clay, in an account of a series
of revival meetings, said "the evange
list was a successful lawyer before
becoming a Christian”.
Raymond Clapper, noted Washing
ton Columnist, whose interpretation
of current national and world affairs
appear as a feature in Scripps-Kow-
ard newspapers throughout the coun
try, is quoted in an article appearing
elsewhere in this issue of The Bulle
tin.
At the Georgia Press Institute, held
in Athens some months ago. The At
lanta Journal sponsored an address
by Mr. Clapper.
Throughout his talk he held the at
tention of the editors and publishers
of Georgia newspapers who were at
tending the sessions of the Institute,
and made a profound impression
upon his auditors.
Dr. Edward W. Fahey, St. Paul, su
preme physician of the Knights of
Columbus, has informed the supreme
board of directors that the order’s
blood donor groups have saved at
least 2,000 patients a minimum of $50,-
000 for professional blood trans
fusions.
Shedding of one’s blood for Charity
is not martyrdom, but it is certainly
worthy of high commendation.
Mrs. John Mackin, mother of the
Rev. Thomas J. Mackin, pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church, in Co
lumbia, S. C., recently celebrated her
90th birthday.
Born in Random Lake, Wis., some
miles north of Milwaukee, in 1850,
Mrs. Mackin later lived in Milwaukee
and Chicago, and with Mr- Machin,
now makes her home with Father
Mackin in Columbia.
Despite her years, Mrs. Mackin has
retained remarkable vitality. She is
keenly interested in the news of the
day, and maintains considerable cor
respondence, doing all of her own
writing.
Among her prized possessions is a
grant of land to her father, a docu-
.uieni written in long hand, and bear
ing the signature of President Zack-
ary Taylor-
It was the pleasure of the Editor
of The Bulletin to be conducted
through Providence Hospital in Co
lumbia, a tour of inspection that in
cluded visits to chart rooms, patients’
rooms, operating rooms, kitchen, and
other parts of the building in which
the Sisters of Charity of St. Augus
tine, and the staff of graduate nurses,
take such splendid care of the sick
from Columbia and nearby towns. ,
The most striking feature, and one
that was everywhere apparent, was
the spotless cleanliness in which
everything was maintained.
The kitchen in which the food is
prepared for the hundred or more
patients which the institution can
accomodate, was as immaculate as
any one would expect an operating
room to be.
It is no wonder that the whole
City of Columbia is proud of Prov
idence Hospital.
Since questions in regard to reli
gious affiliation are not included in
the assortment of questions that are
being asked by those who are taking
the 1940 United States Census, the
figures published in the Official
Catholic Directory, just issued by P.
J. Kennedy and Sons, New York,
cannot be verified.
Still ,it will be conceded that
this figure was obtained from infor
mation derived from reliable sources,
and is a pretty fair indication of the
Catholic population of the United
States.
There is a wealth of information
contained in the Directory, and it has
an inestimable value in the office of
Every Catholic newspaper in the
country. , ,
Many others besides the publishers
af Catholic newspapers could find it
i useful volume to have around, and
it would not be out of place on the
And continuing of the subject of
books, our many readers who ore
fervent in devotion to the Sacred
Heart should be interested in the
new Missal in leaflet form which has
been published by St Theresa’s Vil
lage in Alabama.
The booklet contains a translation
of the Mass of the Sacred Heart, a
novena, and prayers, an exulanation
of some common liturgical terms, and
more complete rubrics of thj Mass
than are usually found in a missal
of this size. ' , , .
Whatever is realized from the sale
of the leaflet Missal will be devoted to
the work of St- Theresa's Mission
Band.
For seventy-five years “The Aye
Maria” has been a welcome visitor m
many Catholic homes, and on the
publication's jubilee The Bulletin
extends best wishes-
Reverend M. J. Keyes is now Pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church, Emmett
Idaho. 7 . . ,
Father Keyes is remembered in Au
gusta as Brother Macarius, of the
Christian Brothers. He taught at St.
Patrick's Commercial Institute in
1916 1917, and 1918, leaving Augusta
to begin the course of study which
lead to his ordination to the priest-
hood.
According to Eddie Brietz, whose
syndicated column appears on the
sport pages of many Southern news
papers, Pat O'Brien, who will have
the title role in the motion picture,
“The Life of Knute Rockne”, will en
roll his son at the University of Notre
Dame when he arrives at South Bend
where scenes will be filmed on loca-
tion.
The role of “Father Callahan**,
President of Notre Dame, in the film,
will be portrayed by Donald Crisp.
There is no recollection of ever hav
ing seen Donald Crisp cast as a priest,
but he is one motion picture actor
who, though not recalled as ever hav
ing been starred, has never failed to
give a most excellent performance in
his every appearance on the screen.
His interpretation of the character of
“Father Callahan” will be awaited in
anticipation of pleasure.
“Father Duffy and the Fighting
Sixtv-Niilth,” a tribute to the nrted
chaplain written by the Right Rev.
Monsigncr David T. O’Dwyer, of the
Catholic- University of America, has
been published in the Congressional
Record cm the motion of Representa
tive Edward J. Hart, of New Jersey.
Monsignor © Dwyer’s article appeared
in the February issue of ' SALVE
REGINA.
James L. Bartley, a member of St
Mary's parish in Augusta has been
elected vice-president of the Georgia
Warehouse and Compress Association.
He has also been named to the Board
of Directors of the National Ware
house and Compress Association.
That there has been a reduction of
30 per cent in the motor vehicle death
rate in the state of Georgia since 1936
is undoubtedly due in a considerable
extent to the Georgia State Patrol.
Covering the greater part of the
state during the past three years
there has been given opportunity to
observe members of that department
in action, and to note the efficiency
and the unfailing courtesy with
which these officers performed their
duty. (
Now, with their own radio station,
the splendid body of men command
ed by Commissioner Lon Sullivan
should be able to render a wider and
even more valuable service to Geor
gia. H. K.