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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 22, 1940
Baltimore Marks
Sesquicentennial
of £/. S. Hierarchy
Apostolic Delegate Among
Pi elates at Impressive
Ceremony
(By N.C.W.C. News Service)
BALTIMORE. — In the presence of
His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicogniini, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, the one
hundred and fiftieth aniversary of
the establishment of the Cathedral
Hierarchy in the United States was
commemorated in the Minor Basilica
of the Assumption of the Blessed Vir
gin Mary here with a Solemn Pon
tifical Mass of which the Most Rev.
Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore and of Washington and
successor to John Carroll, first Cath
olic Bishop in the United States, was
celebrant.
Surrounding Archbishop Oirlev
were the Suffragan Bishops of the
Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore,
many distinguished Monsignori, rep
resentatives of various religious or
ders, numerous diocesan priests, Sis
ters and Brothers, and a large out
pouring of the laity.
His Holiness Pope Pius XII, through
His Eminence Luigi Cardinal Mag-
lione. Papal Secretary of State, rent
a cablegram imparting the Apostolic
Blessing.
Tile Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter Guilday,
professor of American Church His
tory at the Catholic University of
America, preached the sermon, swift
ly tracing the growth of Catholicism
in this country and declaring that
the work that faced Bishop Carroll in
3790 was "one of the hardest tasks
chronicled in the history of the
Church.”
Wreath Placed on Tomb
Following the Mass, the Apostolic
Delegate. Archbishop Curley and the
other Bishops visited the Cathedral
crypt, where Archbishop Cicognani
placed a wreath on the tomb of Arch
bishop John Carroll. Seven former
Archbishops of Baltimore, including
Cardinal James Gibbons, are interred
in the crypt beneath the Cathedral.
Archbishop Carroll himself started
the Cathedral where yesterday’s cere
monies were held, but he did not
live to see it completed. The vener
able edifice has housed three Plen
ary Councils of Baltimore and 10
Provincial Councils. Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, signer of the Declara
tion of Independence, said Daniel
Carroll, one of the framers of ;he
Constitution, worshipped in the
church. Three presidents of the
United States, Chief Justices of the
United States Supreme Court, Arrr-
bassadors and other eminent civil
g ersonages have seen Archbishops of
altimore pontificate within its walls.
Pius II prayed in Basilica
His Holiness Pope Pius XII, as Eu
genio Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secre
tary of State, knelt in prayer in the
Basilica of the Assumption on the oc
casion of his visit to the United
Stales. More than a score of Princes
of the Church have knelt in its sanc
tuary, including Cardinals from more
than a half-dozen foreign countries.
The altar at which Mass was sung
yesterday was a gift to the Most Rev.
Ambrose Mareehal, third Archbishop
of Baltimore, from his former stud
ents in France.
Among those taking part in yes
terday’s observance of the sesqui-
centenial were: The Most Rev. Ed
mond J. FitzMaurice, Bishop of Wil
mington: the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh. Bishop of Charleston; the Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuinnss. Bishop of
Raleigh; the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara, Bishop of Savanah-Atlanta;
Hie Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Co
adjutor Bishop of Richmond; the
Most Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, Rec
tor of the Catholic University of
America; the Most Rev. John M. Mc
Namara. Auxiliary Bishop of Balti
more and of Washington; the Most
Rev. Michael J. Keyes, S.M.. Titular
Bishon of Acropolis, and Abbot Vin
cent Taylor, O.S.B.. of Belmont Ab
bey, -North Carolina.
St- Peter Claver Sodality
Supports African Missions
ST. LOUISj Mo.—Since the out
break of the war in Europe the Sodal
ity of St. Peter Claver, which has as
its aim the conversion of Africa, de
pending upon America for assistance,
and is circulating an appeal from
Monsignor Junqueira, Prefect Apos
tolic of African Missions, in Angola,
Africa, which tells of the pitiable con
dition of the natives of that section
who are victims of a terrible famine.
Almost incredible is the picture of
misery that Monsignor Junqueira
paints in words that should bring a
response from the charitable hearts
of the people of the United States.
Headquarters of the Sodality of St.
Peter Claver, in this country, are at
4624 West Pine Boulevard, St. Louis,
from which is being iss*ued the plea
for aid.
MRS. JAMES F. TERRELL, vice-
president of the Holy Rosary Council
of Catholic Women in New Orleans has
been elected president of Louisiana
Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
.Mrs. Terrell, who has just completed
a term as treasurer of the division,
is permanent chairman of the Father
Ryan Memorial Committee, which has
as its object erection in New Orleans
of a statue of Father Ryan, poet
and chaplain of the Confedereate
Army.
Rev. Edward C. J. Prendergast, pas
tor of St. Rose de Lima Church. New
Orleans, gave the invocation at the
opening session of the Daughters of
tbc- Confederacy Convention.
New Church to Be Dedicated in July
CHURCH OF ST. LUCIAN, SPRUCE PINE, NORTH CAROLINA
Shown above is the new Church of St. Lucian, at Spruce Pine, N. C.,
which will be dedicated on July 7. Plans for the edifice, which is construct
ed of native biuestone, with the interior finished in pine wood, were drawn
by Lindsey Gudger, and executed by A. J. Dumer and Son, of Asheville.
The grounds have been attractvely landscaped with pine frees and rhodo
dendron, native to this section of North Carolina, predominating. The Rev.
Stephen Sullivan is the Pastor.
New Rectory at Leaksville, N. C.
Shown above is the new rectory, just completed, for the Church of St.
Joseph of the Hills, Leaksville-Spray, N. C. The new building is of variegat
ed color-blend brick veneer, similar in construction to the adjoining churcii.
The rectory is equipped with an oil heating plant, which can be converted to
fresh air circulation in the summer months. Interior walls and ceilings are
painted in soft ivory tones, and the floors are of stained oak. The Rev. James
J. Noonan has been appointed the first resident pastor of the parish which
was formerly served from Greensboro. The church was built while the Rev.
William J. Kuder was in charge of the Mission.
Bishop of Omaha
Urges Preparedness
United States Must Hope
for Best, Prepare for
Worst, Says Bishop Ryan
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
OMAHA. Neb.—Pointing out that he
was not ‘‘preaching war”, the Most
Rec. James H. Ryan, Bishop of Omaha,
told Creigton University seniors that
“this nation must prepare itself now.
and not tomorrow, to meet its destiny,
no matter what that destiny may
be.”
The hour has struck for the Ameri
can people to think straight, dispas
sionately, unemotionally to measure
in objectively conceived terms, the
danger to our own security, and to
plan with the aid of our best thought,
the course we are to adopt, the meas
ures we are to use in order to pro
tect and to defend the very exist
ence of the nation and the ideals
for which it stands”, the Bishop said-
"Everything at this hour is small
in comparison with the safety of this
republic, everything is worthless that
does not contribue solidly to its de
fense and preservation- I am not
preaching war to the clacs of 1940.
War I hate as every believer in and
lover of Christ must hate it. I know
that you hate war- But if the choice
is between freedom or slavery, then
every American will make his choice
instantaneously, and that choice is
freedom.
"Nor do I wish you to understand
that war. is upon us in the imme
diate future, it may be and it may
not be. God alone knows. But one
thing is certain—this nation must pre
pare itself now, and not tomorrow,
to meet its destiny, no mater what
that destiny may be.
“If we are to prepare ourselves
the only safe course of action is to
hope for the best but be ready to meet
the worst. This America will as
suredly do, for our President has sent
out the call the length and breadth
of the land.”
Asserting that the Catholic Church
has "seen many powerful dictators
come and go”. Bishop Ryan said the
Church has survived because it has
"always stood for justice, for liberty
and for peace”.
"At no time in the checkered career
of our Western civilizotion”, he ad
ded, “has the Church stood more
openly and more courageously for
justice than she does at this hour.
She continues, through Pope Pius
XII, to reiterate these doctrines in
spite of threats and in the very face
of military might itself.”
JUNIOR HADASSAH, the Young
Women's Zionist Organization of
America, announced that it had with
drawn from the American Youth
Congress because of the failure of
the Congress to “adopt a viewpoint
contrary to the Communist Party
line.”
COMPLETE ATHEISM
AHEAD FOR GERMANY
Soviet Writer Outlines Nazi
Aims—Describes Anti-Re
ligious Activity in Poland
and Russia
(Special Correspondence, N. C. W. C.
News Service)
GENEVA.—Germany's policies in
the field of church legislation are
moving in toward complete atheism,
says Nikolai Pawlowitch Lewitski in
his book, “Hitler and German Athe
ism , just off the press in Moscom.
In recognition of the work done, Le
witski was given the title of profes
sor.
The author tries to prove in his
book that atheism has made rapid
strides in Germany since Hitler’s ad
vent to power. People, he says, were
encouraged to desert the churches
and religious influences in the schools
was virtually eliminated. Though
there are still differences between
the atheist movements in Soviet Rus
sia and Germany, the author con
cludes, the main point is that the
Germanis faith movements are fully
anti-Christian and godless.
The Soviet Secretary of Education
lias issued a decree whereby only
members of the godless association
will be appointed to chairs at col
leges and scientific academies in
Soviet Russia from now on.
Religious symbols of all kinds have
been strictly excluded from the mili
tary cemeteries established in vari
ous parts of Soviet Russia for the
dead of the Finnish War and the dead
could not be buried with religious
rites.
Anti-religious measures continue to
be strictly enforced in the former
Poland now under Soviet rule. In
various towns nine Catholic, two Or
thodox and one Protestant churches
and three synagogues were razed.
In the Ukraine more than 1,000
priests were thrown out of their
homes which were confiscated and
turned over to Soviet military and
officials.
A WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD
editorial lauding the wisdom of His
Holiness Pope Pius XII, has been
reprinted in the Congresisonal Record
on the motion of Representative Louis
C. Rabaut, of Michigan.
“Had the Allies and the Central
Powers”, says the editorial, “listened
to Benedict XV, many of Europe’s
present-day miseries would most like
ly have been avoided. By listening
now to Pius XII, Hitler and' the Allies
could avert a catastrophe which
threatens to hurl Europe into some
species of Twentieth Century Dark
Ages”. - _ ,
Anti-Catholic Animus Marks
‘Religious Liberty’ Group
R-ecall of ‘Peace Envoy’ From Vatican Chief Theme of
Conference Promoted by Protestant
and Jewish Churchmen
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON.—While the nation
grieved over the frustration of the
Administration’s efforts to avoid ex
tension of the war, Washington was
visited this week with a Synthetic
demonstration aimed directly at one
of the President’s chief peace moves,
appointment of a personal represen
tative to the Vatican as a “peace am
bassador”.
Ill-disguised under the euphon
ious title of the “Emergency Commit
tee in Behalf of Religious Liberty”
and beset in its attempt to be subtle
by irrepressible out-croppings of
hostility to the Catholic Church, the
“movement” made its debut in a one-
day session here by sniping at the
President for his effort to cooperate
with His Holiness Pope Pius XII in
the cause of world peace.
The basic purpose of the move
ment-recall of Myron C. Taylor,
President Roosevelt’s personal repre
sentative at hte Vatican—showed up'
at the “conference” and flowered in a
resolution to that effect. This de
spite the committee’s painstaking
diffusion of such smokescreens as the
affirmation in its “call” that “the pres
ervation of our national civilization
depends upon the spiritual unity, the
lofty purpose, and the heroic devo
tion of the American people,” and an
invitation to Postmaster General
James A. Farley, a Catholic, to at
tend and deliver a message.
Farley Sends Message
Mr. Farley did not attend but sent
a message, which was read, with em
phasis on the Postmaster General’s
Catholicism, by Rabbi Norman Gers-
tenfeld, vice-chairman of the com
mittee, at the mass meeting in Con
stitution Hall Tuesday night. Mr.
Farley’s statement asserted, among
other thingsf that “the preservation
of religious liberty is a matter of
conscience and patriotic duty in
which Americans of all faiths may
find a common meeting ground.”
The “common meeting ground” that
evening, however, as the program
wore on and its “religious liberty”
veneer wore thin, proved to be oppo
sition to the Taylor appointment,
voiced in addresses of prominent
Protestant Church leaders and a res
olution adopted demanding that the
President suspend his activity,
through Mr. Taylor, on behalf of
peace in collaboration with the head
of the Catholic Church.
Two of the three main addresses of
the evening dealt with the question
“Separation of Church and State,”
but the speakers on this subject, Dr.
Samuel McCrea Cavert, secretary of
the Federal Council of the,Churches
Q r Christ in America, and Dr.
Charles Clayton Morrison. Editor of
The Christian Century—bore down
with deliberate and sharp emphasis
on a single phase of this general
topic, namely the Taylor appoint
ment.
The addresses also sent out many
other barbs against the Catholic
Church, intensifying the animus in
the atmosphere. Typical of such
shafts was the charge made by Dr.
Cavert that the Lords Baltimore ac
tually contributed nothing to the
establishment of the principle of re
ligious liberty, since their policy of
toleration, he said, was motivated by
expediency. Hoary canards were
resurrected. For example, it was as
serted the Catholic Church is un-
American because, officially and his
torically, it holds that the Church is
above the State, and that should the
United States establish diplomatic
relation's with the Vatican, this
country would thereby be aiding the
ories that are un-American. Pope
Leo XIII was glibly quoted out of
context to bolster these assertions.
Bishop Deplores Division
The mass meeting, which climaxed
a day of seminars and executive ses
sions of the “Findings Committee”,
was not marked entirely by con
demnations and denunciations direct
ed against the Catholic Church. The
presiding chairman of the meeting
himself, Bishop James E Freeman,
cf the Episcopal Church, frankly-
stated in his remarks at the conclu
sion of the session that he did not
wish to be regarded as approving the
statements made in the course of the
evening and added that he felt the
times are so grave religious groups
should set aside differences and unite,
rather than divide, in the cause of al
leviating the present suffering of the
world. Rabbi Louis L- Mann, of Chi
cago. one of the 24 Jewish rabbis who
participated, traced the history of re
ligious liberty in the United States
and paid tribute to the Calverts as
well as to lenders of other religions
for contributions to the founding of
American religious tolerance.
Mr. Farley’s message was the only
approach to a Catholic note in the
movement- The sponsors-of the com
mittee, in laying plans for the organ
ization weeks ago, gave every indica
tion that the committee and its dis
cussions would be non-Catholic. In
the first place, an organization which
for the past 12 years has been devot
ed to the sponsorship of projects deal
ing with problems affecting the three
main religious groups in the United
States — the National Conference of
Christians and Jews was not even
notified of plans for the setting up of
the committee or invited to assist in
the planning of the meeting. The
promoters were Protestant leaders, lay
and clerical, and no invitations were
issued to Catholics to join in the
movement in the early days of or
ganization- Key members of the spon
soring group, notably Dr- Morrison,
have been ardent and vigorous op
ponents of the Taylor appointment
and it soon became eloquently plain
that the projected committee and its
meeting this week had been devised
as a means of demonstrating against
Mr. Taylor’s designation by the Pres
ident as a personal envoy.
It was admitted by one of the lead
ing promoters of the committee that
no invitations had been sent to Cath
olics to join in the movement during
the early days of organization, but
cooler heads later advised caution
with regard to wholesale and overt
exclusion of Catholics from the con
ference. A letter written by a high of
ficial of the committee later stated
that “the prelates of the Roman Cath
olic Church” had been sent invita
tions to intend the conference and at
the opening of the conference another
official declared invitations had been
sent, but he did not explain the time
or nature of the invitations. He added
that Catholics had not responded and
that therefore the conference would
be “forced” to procc :d without hear
ing the Catholic viewpoint.
Nevertheless, a checkup here indi
cated that prominent Catholics of the
Capital had not received invitations.
Leaders contacted included two mem
bers of the Hierarchy who reside in
Washington and prominent members
of the clergy.
The committee issued a list of sub
jects which the conference would
consider as problems closely related
to the question of “religious liberty”.
These included the Social Security
Act as it affected lay employes of re
ligious institutions; conscientious ob
jections; use of tax monies for secta
rian purposes: chaplains in the Army
and Navy. These matters were dis
cussed in sectional meetings; or sem
inars,, and resolutions concerning
them, too, were adopted at the mass
meeting. But the sectional meeting
most heavily attended was that deal
ing with the question of “Relations
Between Church and State” and the
theme of the evening gathering in
Constitution Hall was Mr. Taylor.
The sectional meetings were held at
the Calvary Baptist Church, adjacent
to which is the Washington headquar
ters of the Baptists, where Dr. Rufus
W. Weaver, secretary of the "Emer
gency Committee for Religious Lib
erty”, is located.
Bishop Walsh Presides
at Closing Exercises,
Ursuline High School
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.-The Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, delivered an address to
the graduating class of the Ursuline
High School, and presented diplomas
to Miss Wydette Bernadette Asmer,
Miss Eleanor Kiordan Bultman, Miss
Constance Stella Canarella. Miss
Grace Carmella Serio, and Miss
Jeanne Dorothy Smith, of the acad
emic department, and to Miss Stella
Mary Huttas and Miss Catherine
Aloysius Poston, of the commercial
department.
Miss Bultman was awarded the first
honor scholarship for four years to
Ursuline College, Louisville, Kentuc
ky. This scholarship, valued at J400
is presented annually by the Ursuline
Nuns who conduct the college.
The graduating exercises were held
in St. Peter’s Church, of which the
Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy, is the
pastor, and the program including the
rendition of several sacred numbers
by the graduates and undergraduates,
to the accompaniment of the organ.
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