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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. XXI. No. 6 SIXTEEN PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 22, 1940 issued MONTHLY—J2.00 a YEAR >* Bishop O’Hara Preaches to Congregation of 140,000 Bulletins REFERENCE TO HIS HOLINESS, Pope Pius XII as “the moral leader of Christendom” is made in an edi torial published in the Washington Post, secular daily newspaper. “A SYMPOSIUM ON BIRTH CON- TROP,” a 72-page pamphlet which treats of this subject from its moral, social, legal, and economic aspects, has just been published by the Na tional Catholic Welfare Conference. OF THE 1,969,788 patients In Cath olic hospitals of the United States last year 57.8 per cent were non-Catholies, it is revealed in the 1910 Directory Number of Hospital Progress, official journal of the Catholic Hospital Asso ciation of the United States and Can ada. REV. ARTHUR J. SAWKINS. pas tor of Immaculate Conception Church, Toledo, in an address over the “Cath olic Hour” declared that the only ones who fear any conflict between science and religion “are, first, those who do not know true science or se condly, those who do not know true religion.” Delivering the third in a series of four addresses in the “Catholic Hour” Father Hawkins spoke on “The Crea tion of Our World.” THE SUPREME KNIGHT of the Knights of Columbus, Francis P. Mat thews. of Omaha, was awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, by Marquette University at commence- mnt exercises held in Milwaukee. SAN MARINO, California, a com munity which for years barred tlte establishment or erection of churches of any denomination, has its first place of worship, a combined chapel and residence dedicated to SS. Fe- licitas and Papetua.. The center of parochial life is an historic old adobe. Benedictine Clerics Take Final Vows Make Solemn Profession at St. Leo Abbey ST. LEO, Fla.—Having completed four years of monastic life, the Ven. Frater Gregory (Valentine) Traeger, O. S. B., and the Ven. Frater Vin cent (George K.) Crawford. O. S. B., made their solemn profession in the St. Leo Chapel. June 18. the Right Rev. Francis Sadlier, O. S. B„ D. D„ Abbot of St. Leo, celebrating the Mass and receiving the vows of the young monks. The Rev. Benedict Weigand. O. S. B., was master of ceremonies. Frater Gregory was born in Vier- heim, Germany. He came to Ameri ca with his parents shortly after the World War. After attending the parochial school in San Antonio, Fla.,' he entered St. Leo College Preparatory School, and later attended St. Bernard’s College. He entered the novitiate at St. Leo in 1936, and recently received minor orders in preparation for” his ordina tion to the priesthood. Frater Vincent was born in Orlando, later moving to Jacksonville, where he was received into the church. Be fore entering the novitiate at St. Leo he was a student at St. Charles Col lege, Catonsville, Md„ and at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He is completing his study for the priest hood at St. Leo Seminary. BIRTHDAY MASS IN QUINTUPLETS’ CHAPEL (By N. C. W. C. News Service) CALLANDER, Canada — Opening the sixth birthday celebrations of the famous Dionne quintuplets here the Rev. Victor Pilon, parish priest of Corbeil. celebrated mass at an im provised altar in the quints’ nursery. Each girl carried a rosary into the little chapel and the parents and grandparents of the girls received Holy Communion. The little girls themselves will receive first com munion in the near future. Special permission was obtained from the Most Rev. C. L. Nelligan, bishop of Pembroke and head of the Canadian Catholic Chaplain Service, to transfer candles and the chalice from the little church in the nearby Freneh-Canadian settlement of Corbeil to the nursery so that the mass could be celebrated. Young Daniel Dionne, brother of the quints, was the server at mass, after which Father Pilon gave the quintuplets Iris blessing. ... , Cardinal Dougherty Marks Golden Jubilee A scene at the Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia where 140.000 persons attended the Sc-lenm Pontifical Field Mass which climaxed the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ordination of His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara. Bishop of Savannah-Atlauta. who delivered the sermon at the Mass, appears in the pulpit at the lower right. (N. C. W. C. Picture.) American Ambassador to France Visits Joan of Arc’s Birthplace Ambassador Bullitt Presents Altar, Donated by Americans, to Domremy Church Where the Saintly Warrior Maid Was Baptized and Worshipped Religious Census Shows 19,914,937 U. S. Catholics Bureau of Census Publishes Figures Obtained in 1936 By M. MASSIANI (Cable, N. C. W. C. News Service) PARIS— United States Ambassa dor Wiliam A. Bullitt presented to the village church at Domremy, birthplace of St. Joan of Arc, an altar donated by Americans. At the foot of the statue of the Saint, in this church where she was baptized and worshiped five centuries ago, the Ambassador placed a white rose in the name of President Rooseevlt. After Minister of State Lauis Martin and the Most Rev. Roger Beaussart. Vicar Capitular of Parfis, had spoken, Ambassador Bullitt praised the virtues of the France of today that puts into action the vir tues of Joan of Arc. Donations for the altar, the Am bassador said, had come from "Cath olics and Protestants who wish to ex press to their French brothers their faith that Christians are right and that the spiritual forces of the earth will triumph over the forces of Sat anism.” Americans, he added, "know on which side stand right, justice and Christian decency, and on which side are wrong, cruelty and bestiality.” and “believe in France because they know that in the heart of each Frenchman there burns al ways, whether he is conscious of it or not, the flame of Joan or Arc.” “They are certain,” he added, "that this flame will never be put out and that, whatever may come, it will never be conquered.” "We know.” the Ambassador said, "that the French blood flowing >o- day is being spent for all the values of two thousand years of Christian civilization.” In conclusion, the envoy said: “Guard France! In the service of God and man let your spirit lead to Christian victory,” Episcopalian Magazine Lauds Peace Efforts of Pope Pius ’The Living Church’ Also Expresses Approval of Appointment of Myron C. Taylor (By N. C. W. C. News Service) MILWAUKEE—Lauding the peace efforts of His Holiness Pope Pius XII. The Living Church, publication of the Episcopalian Church in the Unit ed States, says that there is ample justification for President Roosevelt’s appointment of Myron C. Taylor as his personal representative to the Vatican. “As the war in Europe spreads to new areas and threatens to engulf more nations,” The Living Church says, “it is worth while to note for the record that Pope Pius XII has made courageous efforts to limit the strife both in its methods and in its extent. Unfortunately the din of battle and the cries of bombed civil ians and refugees have almost drowned out his voice.” The magazine declares “it was a brave thing for the Pope to condemn roundly the invasion of the Low Countries at a time when Italy’s entrance into the war on the Ger man side seemed imminent.” It adds that “his plea to the belligerent pow ers not to bomb civilians and open cities was also timely and courage ous.” “Even at the last moment when the entry of Italy into the war appeared to be a matter only of days or hours. Pope Pius XII appears to have used strenuous efforts to keep that coun try out of war and to prevent the spgead of hostilities into Southeast ern Europe. “We honor the Holy Father for these efforts to keep the war from spreading, even though they have been unsuccessful. As we have said lie fore, the Vatican and the United States Government are two of the greatest agencies for peace in the world that is increasingly geared to war. That is justification enough for the appointment of Mr. Taylor as the President's special repVesenta- tive at the Vatican and for such co operation between the Pope and the President as may have any hope, however remote, of mitigating the evils of war or hastening the coming of peace.” NEW HEADQUARTERS OF HOLY GHOST FATHERS (Special to The Bulletin) NEW YORK, N. Y.—The Ho Ghost Fathers of the province of t United'States have purchased a thre story 25-room residence at 1615 Ma Chester Lane, N. W., Washingto D. C.. as a home for the officii of the province, it was announc by the Very Rev. George J. Collit C. S. Sp.. provincial. It will al house missionaries of the order w will pursue graduate studies at t Catholic University. The province has jurisdiction ov 58 houses in Alabama, Arkansas, Co nectieutt, Louisiana, Michigan, N< York, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvan Rhode Island, South Carolina and Puerto Rico and Kilimanjaro, E; Africa. .......... WASHINGTON-The Catholic pop ulation of the United States in creased by 5,704,182, or approximately 25 percent, in the period 1906-1936, covered by the four censuses of reli gious bodies in the twentieth cen tury. according to the figures obtained in the 1936 religious survey of the Bureau of Census, just published. In 1906, the census reported 14,210.755 members of the Catholic Church, while in the last, or 1936. survey, the figure reached 19,914,937- Catholic churches in the same period in creased from 12,572 to 18.409 and Ca tholic church edifices from 11.381 to 16,637. According to the census figures. 8,274 of the Catholic churches, or 44.9 percent, were in urban territories, and 10,135. or 55.1 percent, in rural areas. Catholic distribution was shown to be: 16,041,764 in urban areas, or 80.6 percent, and 3,873.173, or 19 4 percent, in rural territories. A total of 6,825 parochial schools with 2,095.254 students and 65,001 of ficers and teachers is reported in the figures. A percentage of 73.3, or 5,001, of these instiutions were in urban areas, while 1,824 or 26.7 percent, were in rural sections. Strong Catholic population areas in the statistics—States with a million or more Catholic residents—were in dicated to have been located in New York, with 3,075,428; Pennsylvania, 2.- 275.062: Massachusetts. 1,696,708; Illi nois, 1,448,650; New Jersey, 1.390,966; and Ohio, 1,052,101. A statement on the “History, oc- trine and Organization” of the Catho lic Church is contained in the pamphlet. A footnote states the article is substantially the same as that published in Vol. II of the “Report on Religious in 1936”, but has been revised by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Ready, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and approved by him in its present form. Dean of Marist Brothers Dies At Poughkeepsie POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y.-The Rev. Brother Ptolemeus of the Marist Brothers, died June 13 after an ex tended illness. He was the , dean of the Marist Brothers in the United States, having been a member of the order over 61 years. During his long life Brother Ptole meus served in many capacities of authority and responsibility. Before coming to this country he had been director of the largest technical school conducted by the Marist Brothers in France. He was at one time provin cial of the United States. His last position was that of director-general of the provincial house, St. Aim’s Hermitage, at Poughkeepsie. DELIVERS SERMON AT JUBILEE MASS IN PHILADELPHIA : Vast Throng Attends Ceremony Marking the Golden Jubilee of Cardinal Dougherty (By N. C. W. C. News Service) PHILADELPHIA—In one of th« greatest demonstrations of Catholic faith ever witnessed in this city. 140,- 000 persons assembled in the Muni cipal Stadium June 3 to assist at a Solemn Pontificial Mass which mark ed the golden jubilee of the ordina tion of His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadel phia. Previously, 52,000 men. members of the Archdiocesan Union of Holy Name Societies, had paraded from South Broad street to the stadium. At St. Agnes’ Hospital, the Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, Auxiliary Bish op of Philadelphia, and other digni taries of the church reviewed the paraders. Churches and other Cath olic institutions along the line of march were decorated with the papal colors. Within the stadium a great altar, designed after that in the Basilica of St. Peter at Vatican City, had been erected. In the procession to the altar Cardinal Dougherty was es corted by six Papal Chamberlains. Following came the Most Rev. Eu gene J. McGuinness. Bishop of Ral eigh: the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara. 3ishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who de livered the sermon, and the Most Rev. James P. McCloskey, Bishop of Jaro. Fhiliopine Islands, one of the members of the band of missionaries who accompanied Cardinal Dough erty when he was assigned to that diocese more than 30 years ago. Assisting Cardinal Dougherty in celebration of the votive mass in honor of the Holy Ghost with the special intention that “the United States may be averted from War”, was his nephew and Chancellor oj the Philadelphia Archdiocese, the Rt. F.'ev. Msgr. J. Carroll McCormick. Deacon of the mass was the Rev. Dr. Francis L. Burns; subdeacon, the Rev. Hubert J. Cartwright. The Rev. Joseph M. Corr, was master of cere monies. In his sermon Bishop O'Hara dra matically described the ceremony in the Basilica of St. John Lateraan, Rome, a half-century ago. when Den nis Joseph Dougherty, son of a Penn sylvania arthracitc coal mining fam ily, and a brilliant young student in the North American College in Rome, awaited his ordination to the priest hood by Cardinal Parocchi. Bishop O'Hara stressed the dignity of the priest as “the only hope of civilization and all true social re form and regeneration.” At the conclusion of the Mass, the Jubilarian ascended the pulpit and in a voice moved by emotion ex pressed his thanks to all those who participated in the celebration of his Golden Jubilee. When the Cardinal concluded his remarks. Monsignor McCormick read the announcement that by special di rection of His Holiness Pope Pius XII. in his message of congratula tions to the Cardinal-Archbishop, “all here present who are truly contrite and who have confessed their sins and partaken of Holy Communion.” were granted a plenary indulgence. The solemn ceremonies were ended by the singing of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name,” and the “Star Spangled Banner.” Savannah Knights Observe Flag Day SAVANNAH. Ga.—Savannah Coun cil, Knights of Columbus, held Flag Day exercises, following the initiation of a class of candidates in the first degree. Walter P. Powers, veteran mem ber of the council, served as color- bearer and upon his entrance with the flag the members saluted the national emblem and renewed their pledge of allegiance. Grand Knight A. J. Ryan, Jr., administered the pledge. Accompanied by Arthur Dunn, the council organist, the mem bers sang the national anthem. The Divine blessing was invoked by the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke. Following the program, Thomas Corcoran, lecturer, and bis Ptvai^, tee served a buffet suggas, “ ..a