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JULY 27. 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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BISHOP O'HARA ADMINISTERS
CONFIRMATION IN AMERICUS
AMERICUS, Ga.— On July 10. the
Most Rev ere.id Gerald P. OHara.
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, distrib
uted First Holy Communion and ad
ministered the Sacrament of Confir
mation at St. Mary's Church, which
is served by the Rev. Thomas A.
Brennan, pastor, and the R'ev. James
E. Doherty, assistant, at St. The
resa's Church, Albany.
FATHER THOMAS BRENNAN,
OF ALBANY. IN HOSPITAL
^V.LBANY. Ga.—The many friends
■ the Rev. Thomas Brennan, pastor
of St. Theresa’s Church here, will
learn with sincere regret of his ill
ness. Father Brennan is at St. Jos
eph's Infirmary, in Atlanta.
CHARLES STCI.B SPEAKER
AT UNVEILING CEREMONY
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Charles C. Stulb,
former grand knight of Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus, who
served as an officer of the 82nd Di
vision during the World War, was the
principal speaker at the unveiling of
Richmond County’s World War Me
morial on Greene Street.
JOHN Z. ROURKE NAMED
TO PILOTAGE BOARD
SAVANNAH, Ga.—John Z. Rourke,
superintendent of Rourke’s Iron
Works, has been appointed a mem
ber of the Savannah Pilotage Com
mission to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of John Flannery Gleason.
Apostolic Delegate, Bishop O’Hara
Speakers at Washington Meeting
Catholic Prison Chaplairfs Adopt Prison-Aid Program at
Session .Addressed by Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — As he completed
his retreat His Excellency the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
Apostolic delegate to the United
States, was informed that Catholic
prison chaplains were meeting in the
National Capital. He accepted their
invitation to say a few words to them,
and imparted the Apostolic Blessing.
About 60 chaplains from all the
leading penal institutions of the
country listened to addresses and dis
cussed their problems throughout the
week. A program outlining the duties
of prison chaplains and embbdying
their experiences through the years
will be published in a manual for-the
use of the chaplains and as a basis
for the development of a training
course in seminaries. The program
also outlines the chaplains’ relation
ships to the outside community, in
cluding released prisoners and fami
lies, and public and private social
agencies.
Speakers at the closing session yes
terday, in addition to the Apostolic
Delegate, were the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O'Hara. Bishop of Savannah-At
lanta. and the Rev. George A. O'Mea
ra. chaplain at the California State
Prison at San Quentin. The Rev. John
P. Byne, chaplain at the Federal Re
formatory in Chillicothe. Ohio, pre
sented the report of the Committe on
Summary and Review.
Moral, Spiritual Rebirth
“I have been making my retreat."
Archbishop Cicognani said, “and just
as 1 came back about two hours ago
I heard that the chaplains of the pris
ons were holding a meeting to discuss
their problems. I accepted with plea
sure your invitation to come among
you. You work for the moral and
spiritual rebirth of souls. You work
among those who perhaps are aban
doned and are looked upon with a
kind of distrust and lack of charity.
You look upon them as Our Lord did.
You known that Our Lord Jesus
Christ may say to each one of them
any moment, today you shall be with
me in Paradise.
“Mary Magdalene was considered
by the good people of her own place
with distrust, a public sinner, but
Our Lord said much is forgiven her
because she loved much. And many
times in prisons you meet hearts full
of love and so disposed to receive
your glad tidings of forgiveness and
redemption. You remember the many
meetings that Our Lord had v/ith this
kind of people. You meet often the
lepers of society. You bring to them
the immense treasure of the charity
of Christ, the charity necessary to
transform their lives and fill them
with new hope and great purpose.
“Upon you and this work I invoke
in the name of the Holy Father the
Apostolic Blessing. It is extended to
each one of you, to each of the fields
of your work, and to all those people
who are entrusted to your care. May
you always be apostles speaking with
the charity of Christ."
Bishop O'Hara’s Address
Bishop O'Hara also emphasized the
supernatural character of the .chap
lain's work. .
"Whether inside or outside of jail.”.
he said, “there is only one way by
which souls are to be regenerated
and saved, and that is in accordance
with the methods taught us by Our
Lord Himself. These methods are
calculated to produce marvelous re
sults when they meet with human co
operation. Something else than psy
chiatry is needed to effect real
change in the human heart and will,
and we may be sure that Divine Wis
dom devised the best plan when It
pointed to the church and the Sacra
ments and to the supernatural helps
as the best means for effecting a
spiritual regeneration.
“There are not many men who will
not ultimately succumb to the charm
and influence of a humble, unselfish,
disinterested priest. What can be
more touching than Our Lord's love
for sinners. He bore the charge, “This
man eateth with sinners.’ without
apology. The parable of the Prodigal
Son. Our Lord's treatment of Mary
Magdalene, of the woman taken in
adultery, and HU forgiving St. Peter,
His last-minute effort to soften the
heart of Judas — all show us the
boundless priestly. Christ-like love
and sympathy that the chaplain must
have for hU flock.
“Father O'Merar said that more than
90 percent of those in prison today
will within three years be living next
door to us. and that it is necessary
to make the public prison-conscious,
so that it will demand and support
the best possible methods for rehabil
itating the prisoner and returning
him as a self-respecting and worthy
member of society. He revealed the
I results of a census he made several
I years ago among the prUoners in
San Quentin, showing that 90 per cent
of these prisoners were caught in
criminal acts.
“I think the answer is there,” he
continued. “If we endeavor to keep
out of crime without religion, we
shall fail.”
Twelve recommendations were
made by the report of the committee
on summary as follows: That a full
time Catholic chaplain be provided
for every penal institution; that
training courses be prepared for
Catholic prison chaplains; that assist
ant chaplains be appointed for ev
ery institution; that a suitable place
of worship be provided in every penal
institution, the objective being a
Catholic chapel; that Mass be cele
brated every Sunday and Holy Day
. of Obligation within prisons; that re
ligious education suitable to the
needs and background of inmates be
provided; that a committee be or
ganized to review and disseminate the
best technique employed by chap
lains in religious counselling; that in
mates be allowed to approach the
chaplain at any time, or the chaplain
be allowed to go to them; that the
chaplain have his private office in
the prison; that baptismal and mar
riage records of inmates be secured
as a matter of routine; that chaplains
secure the assistance of both private
and public agencies in caring for the
needs of both inmates of prisons
and their families: that chaplains co
operate to the fullest extent with pa
role boards; and that Bishops bring
to the attention of their pastors the
peculiar problems and difficulties of
prison chaplains.
It was decided to hold a similar in-
stitute for prison chaplains next year,
the place of meeting being left open
for later decision.
The Rev. Henry E Phillips. Chap
lain of the Federal Penitentiary in
Atlanta, and the Reverend Robert
Brennan. Catholic Chaplain of the
State Penitentiary at Reidsville,
Georgia, were among those who were
in attendance at the convention.
BISHOP O’HARA AMONG
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION SPEAKERS
(Bv N. C. W- C. News Service)
ST- LOUIS.—Subsidization of the
patient rather than the hospital was
urged by the Most Rev. Karl J. Alter,
Bishop of Toledo, here as a proper
means by which the Government can
meet any need for extended hospital
care.
Speaking at the silver jubilee con
vention of the Catholic Hospital As
sociation of the United States and
Canada, Bishop Alter said:
“If there is urgent need of more
hospitals, then the state must see to it
that they-come into existence. But it
should do so by encouraging-private
effort. It' should make provision for
indigent or poor patients through so
cial insurance, so that hospital costs
can be met and proper care extended.
The sound principle which should be
operative here is that of subsidizing
the patient and not the institution.”
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, touched
upon the hospital building programs
launched in cities, counties and states.
He called upon the nursing Sisters to
carry on the great works of charity
for which they have been noted in the
past.
“The poor belong to us. because
they are God’s”. Bishop O’Hafa said,
“Our great concern should be to keep
the love of the poor, particularly in
these tragic days in which the world
is getting' the poor to believe that the
Church is not interested in them, and
is not greatly concerned about their
physical welfare.
“Let us, therefore, my dear Sisters,
continue the noble traditions the
Church has established in the field
of hospitalization by giving as much
free treatment as we possibly can to
the poor”.
Atlanta Deanery
N.C.C'W. Convenes
Quarterly Meeting of At
lanta Deanery Council of
Catholic Women Held
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — The quarterly
meeting of the Atlanta Deamry
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Women was held here June
23, with the St. Anthony’s Parish
Council as hosteses.
The meeting opened with Mass, cel
ebrated at St. Anthony's Church, with
a luncheon at the Ansley Hotel, and
the business session following.
Addresses were made by the Right
Rev. Monsignor Joseph E- Moylan, V.
F., and by Mrs. Reybum L Watkins,
the diocesan president.
Arrangements for the convent ion
were made by the following commit
tees: General chairman. Miss Nell
Jentzen; luncheon. Mrs. John Ryan,
chairman. Mrs. Godfrey Hoch and
Mrs. H- H. McLaughlin; registration.
Miss Henrietta Cain, chairman, Mrs.
Grover Heyser, Mrs- John McGee, and
Miss Agnes Stephens: finances. Mrs
E. C. Brisbane, chairman, Mrs. T. W.
Dealy, Mrs- George Gunning, and
Mrs. A. L„ Winn; decorations. Mrs. 3.
H. Cahill, chairman, Mrs. O. H- Jent
zen, Mrs. J. J- Bart, Mrs. James Jar-
dina, Mrs. George Hinton, Miss
Ryan, and Miss Mary Brisbane; res
ervations, Mrs. A. F.- Campbell, chair
man, Mrs. H- H. Smith, Mrs. Harris
Hurst. Mrs. McEntire, Mrs. George
Rudolph, Miss Helen “ Birmingham,
Miss Mary McTiernan; hospitality,
Miss Henrietta Masseling. chairman.
Miss Daisy Blackwell, Miss Bessie
Nell Rafferty, Miss Aimee Clohecy.
Miss Virginia Mackey. Miss Betty Sei
bert. Miss Evelyn Webb, Miss Marie
Merkling. Mrs. W- A. Brand, Mrs. L.
P. Bowen, Mrs J. J. McConneghey,
Mrs. J. W, Masserling, and Mrs. Gu*
Deiters.
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Secular Newspaper
Lauds Heroic Nuns
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BOSTON.— Tribute to four nuns
who recently set sail to serve in the
leper colony in the West Indies is
voiced in an editorial entitled
“Speaking of Our Rights” which ap
peared in the Boston Traveler.
“Through the land on the glorious
Fourth of July rang many voices that
contained phrases about liberty, free
dom. the bill of rights and all that
sort of thing. The big idea was that
we wanted to keep these blessings,
the editorial said,
“Naturally we do. ‘But _ what is
each and every one of us going to do
about it as an individual? It always
seems that it is some other fellow
who is to make sacrifice that we may
enjoy these rights.
“\Vhile wilful boys and men the
world over were exercising what
they happen to consider their right
to do this or that." four nuns of Med
ford received little publicity about
what they were doing, nor did they
desire publicity.
“On a ship bound for Jamaica in
the West Indies were four nuns of
the Missionary Society of Mary.
Their destination was the leper
colony in Jamaica, where they will
nurse patients. The writer of this
editorial has seen a colony of lepers,
for one day. The hideous memory
cannot be erased. These four nuns
volunteered to go live and serve in
such a colony, indefinitely.
“Like the rest of us. the four nuns
of Medford. Mother Mary Mark, Sis
ter Mary Germaine, Sister Mary
Bernardine and Sister Mary Zita,
have their rights. But unlike many
of us. the four nuns of Medford are
more interested in their duties.
“This editorial, were they to read
it. would embarrass the gentle nuns.
They would protest that their duties
were not heroic but duly humble, as
be f its God’s law. These four mes
sengers of mercy consider duty a
divine privilege, the opportunity to
serve a blessing.”
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