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'AUGUST 24. 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE
Colored Catholics
Hold First Annual
Retreat in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The first retreat
held for the Colored Catholic Lay
men of Georgia was conducted by the
Rev. John Weaver, O. F. M., of Buf
falo, N. Y., at the Bethlehem Rural
Center, near here, from Friday eve
ning, July 26, to the following Sun
day afternoon.
Retreatants included A. L. Davis,
Isaac Dowse, Oliver Hollingsworth,
Nelson J. King, Earl Miller, William
Mitchell, Ed Smith, Sr., and J. R.
Anderson, from Savannah; James C.
Burley, James H. Thornton, and John
H. Mickens, from Atlanta; Burdell
Harvey, Clarence Hart, and Grange
Hart, from Macon; Edgar Matthews,
F. W. Barnes, Jr., Joseph Colbert,
Robert C. Williams, James Sapp,
James H. Wray, George A. Crawford,
Sam Wilson, John Hughes, William
W. Lee, John Norris, Jasper Thomas,
Peter Horn, C. B. Harrison, William
Hughes, E. L. Matthews, Jr., J. D.
Culbreath, and Charles Williams,
from Augusta.
L. C. Hamilton, the custodian of
the Bethlehem Center, a non-Cath-
olie, attended all of the exercises
during the retreat. Meals served the
retreatants were prepared under the
supervision of John Williams. Al
fred Matthew's served on the altar
during the retreat.
The altar upon which Ma^s was said
during the retreat was provided by
the Franciscan Sisters.
Resolutions expressing thanks to
Father Weaver, the reereat-master, to
those whose assistance had made the
retreat possible, and to the Bethle
hem Community for the use of the
rural center, were adopted at a meet
ing of the retreatants which followed
the closing service of the retreat It
is planned to hold annual retreats
for the colored Catholics of the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta in the fu
ture.
ATLANTA
St. Anthony’s
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of Belmont has been substituting in
a very capable manner. The entire
parish as W'ell as the clut> has bene-
fitted through his fine work. The
club wishes to thank Father Bernard
and state that when the time comes
for him to leave they will reluctantly
say “good-bye, God speed you and
thanks a million ”
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(Special to the Bulletin)
Instead of facing the street in orth
odox fashion, Old Saint Peter’s
Church runs East and West, its side
on Wentworth Street, Charleston. Its
queer position often elicits a curious:
“Why?”. The answer lies in the fact
that the building was once a Jewish
Synagogue. But, since many a year
Charlestonians have forgotten that
a Rabbi ever held sway within those
wolls. For a long while it has been
to the City’s Catholics—both colored
and white—just “Old Saint Peter’s”.
It was no architectural beauties to
attract the eye, but it does seem to
have an atmosphere that attracts the
soul. Its one of those simple spots
where the shopper or shop-worker
stops in to pray quietly for a few
minutes when downtown shopping or
on the way home from work.
Saint Peter’s was the nursery of
Catholicity amongst the Colored of
Charleston. The Parish was in care
of the Diocesan Clergy for almost
fifty years before being confined to
the Holy Chost Fathers in 1917. The
growth of the parish has not been
sensational, but it has been very
steady. There are about seven hun
dred and fifty active Catholics resid
ing in the parish today and a goodly
number of others baptized there have
moved elsewhere in search of work.
Though Saint Peter’s was the nur
sery of the one parish for the negroes
of the City, it did not remain a one-
room structure. To the Church was
added Saint Peter’s Parochial School
on Society Street. It has since proved
too small and is being used as a
Clinic for treatment of Tubercular
Cases. Near the School, the Oblate
Sisters of Providence took up resi
dence in Saint Catherine's Convent
in 1919. Today there are seventeen
Sisters resident there. Their sole
work is to teach the Colored Children
of the City. All the Sisters engaged in
teaching High School classes have
College or University Degrees; those
on the grammar Grades have at least
a Teacher’s Certificate.
The success of the Holy Ghost Fa
thers and of the Sisters of Providence
can best be measured by the growth
of Immaculate Conception School
which was constructed by Bishop
Walsh about ten years ago. Admitted
by all to be the finest Catholic School
Building in the City, Immaculate
Conception has proven,the soundness
of Bishop Walsh’s judgement and
foresight. During the past year, the
Student Enrollment was 644. That was
an increase of 100 over the previous
year, and indications are that there
will be a still greater attendance
when the School bells ring in Sep
tember.
Of the 644 Children enrolled in the
School last year, more than 400 were
not Catholics. That fact is a tribute
to the reputation of the School and
the work of the Sisters. The parents
of those four-hundred-odd children
might have sent the youngsters to a
public school with no cost whatever.
Still, they prefer to send their child
ren to the Catholic School and pay a
nominal tuition fee.
The High School Department has
not grown as rapidly as the Gram
mar School, due to the fact that it
could not provide some of the attrac
tions that the Public High Schools
provide. There were no facilities for
a course in Domestic Science and
facilities for Athletes were below par.
Last September the Rector of Im
maculate Conception High School in
stalled a Domestic Science Labor
atory. equipped in modern fashion.
The Teacher of Domestic Science is
a graduate of Xavier University.
Athletics, too. have come to their
rightful place in the School’s pro
gram. For the first time the High
School put a football team on the
field. The Basketball Season was a
distinct success, bringing victories
over Burke and Avery High Schools
—hitherto Charleston’s leaders on the
court. The new interest in sports has
manifested itself in the School Spirit
and promises to attract new students.
One of the Highlights of the School
Calendar was the Athletic Banquet at
which His Excellency. Bishop Walsh,
presented awards to the Letter-Win
ners and gave a splendid talk on the
importance of athletics to a balanc
ed education.
A few years ago the growth of the
Church amongst the Colored prompt
ed Bishop Walsh to build the new
Immaculate Conception Church,
about two miles from Saint Peter's.
It was originally intended as a Chapel
of Ease, but is doing service as a
Parish Church. Its two Masses on
Sunday and the Novena Services on
Sunday evenings are well attended.
The new Church, as well as Saint
Peter’s and the Immaculate Concep
tion School are under the supervision
of three Holy Ghost Fathers.
Put Religion in Government,
Says Louisiana’s Governor
Governor Sam Houston Jones Declares Politics Should
Be Guided by Moral and Religions Principles
(By N. C. W. £. News Service)
SHREVEPORT, La.—Politics, like
every other activity of human life,
should be guided and motivated by
moral and religious principles, Lou
isiana’s new Governor Sam Hoston
Jones declared in the pulpit of the
First Methodist Church here.
There is badly needed today the
leadership of religious men and
women “of all denominations, Jew
and Gentile, Catholic and Protes
tant,” the Governor said.
“Sometimes,” he continued, “we
hear Christian men and women,
preachers of the Gospel, religious
teachers, saying that politics is too
dirty for decent people to meddle
with. What would you thing of a bus
iness man who would say that his
home was too dirty to be cleaned up?
The State of Louisiana is the great
home of each and every one of you.
If you allow this home to be dirty,
immoral, if you allow injustice and
graft and corruption within this
home, every member of this great
home will suffer. It is up to the
Christian men and women of this
state to see that dirty and immoral
and dishonest conditions do not pre
vail.
"The Bible and its laws are just as
true today as ever. The Ten Com
mandments are just as true today as
they ever were. Man-made laws and
rules of conduct have never super
seded the laws handed down on
graven stone to Moses on the moun
tain-top by the Creator of us all. It
is only when Christian men and
Christian women take no interest in
their state, fail to work with its con
stituted authorities along lines of
probity and virtue that a state falls
into the ways of wickedness and fails
to bring happiness and peace to its
people.
"Politics is simply a means of put
ting public plans or policies into ef
fect. You can't be Christian and not
a good citizen. That great statesman
and orator, Daniel Webster, once said,
'What makes good citizens makes
good Christians.’ And I say to you
that just as true is ‘What makes good
Christians makes good citizens.’
‘‘As Christian leaders you must also
be defenders of the principles upon
which the government is built. God
less doctrines must not be allowed to
creep into our schools or seats of
government. The hatreds of Commu
nism, Nazism and Fascism are not
for peace-loving, God-fearing Amer
icans.
“Nothing great was ever achieved
in the history of the world without
the help of God. The Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution
of the United States have been pre
served because God and the thought
of God dominated those who penned
these two immortal documents. The
Treaty of Versailles, without thought
or mention of God, has scrambled the
nations of Europe and pitted man
against his brother in a bitter war.
Article by Catholic Chaplain in
Atlanta Penitentiary Publication
AUGUSTA
Holy Cross Club
ATLANTA
Immaculate Conception
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actors gave an imitation of the popu
lar Fred Waring turn the dial pro
gram in which one line of about fifty
radio programs taking place at the
same time is given.
Leaving the best until last, the club
is happy .to announce the coming
marriage of Miss Catherine Warren
and Mr. Fritz Baumgartner. This
wedding will take place in Septem
ber. Both Catherine and Fritz are
perhaps the most popular couple in
the club at present. Catherine is the
present vice-president of the club
while Fritz in past years has been a
very active officer as well as a mem
ber. To these both the club extends
their best wishes for a life of suc
cess and joy and happiness, ...
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dications point toward a successful
affair, socially and financially.
The big-monthly meetings are ex
cellent in attendance and interest.
The bsuiness meeting is followed by
a religious instruction in the form of
question and answer, conducted by
Fathers Barr and Daly.
Father Barr, who is Moderator of
both the Augusta clubs, has selected
Father Manning to preside at the
meeting of the Holy Cross Club.
When he is not busy Father Barr at
tends the meetings of both of the
clubs.
At the social meeting once a month
some time is set aside for a speaker
who selects topics of the day to dis
cuss.
One of the aims of the club is to
aid and sponsor the young Catholics
of school age in all their activities
and especially the underprivileged
children who are badly in need of
both spiritual and social training. At
the last convention Father Grady
stated (hat it was the wish of the
Bishop and his own wish that some
thing be done for these small chil
dren. Being the wish of the club and
of the clergy, the club has started
upon this work. More about this
most worthy work will appear in the
next issue of The Bulletin.
The open house for the new mem
bers was a grand success. The house
looked most inviting and all enjoyed
a most thrilling time. The members
are confident that the many visitors
who will come to Augusta for the
convention will say the same as we
have been saying.
Too much praise cannot be given
to the priests of St. Mary’s-on-The
Hill, who have worked unceasingly
and untiringly with the members of
the club. To Father Edward Martin-
eau, O. S. B„ of St. Leo’s, Florida,
who has -been substituting at St.
Mary’s for twm months, the members
owe their everlasting gratitude and
his name is to be placed on the ros
ter of charter members.
Since both Fathers Daly and Barr
are from Georgia it is certain that
they are interested in all the mem
bers of the club, but to have a visit
ing priest from a distant state take
the interest in all that Father Mar-
tineau took, is something in which
all are happy and delighted to the
utmost.
MACON
Piety in Prison Chapels
Equals That in Churches
Declares Father Phillips
The Shamrocks
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members seemed to enjoy this devia
tion from the usual program very
much.
The entertainment committee, un
der the chairmanship of ’Larkin Mul-
herin, planned and carried out a very
enjoyable outing and picnic. This
affair was held the last Thursday of
the month and was given by the
members for the out-going president.
Ed Lackay. The members met at
the club house and were passengers
on a large truck filled with hay.
The truck traveled about seven miles
out in the country where a lunch
prepared by the committee yas then
served.
Through the kindness of H. G.
Lawrence the club enjoyed the hos
pitality of his country estate. After
eating, singing and playing various
games the members took leave of „
this delightful spot and all agreed py time,
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga..—“There is as much
sincere piety and abiding respect for
God in a prison chapel as in any
congregation throughout the land—
perhaps more, since men worship
there with more humility and
penance”, declares the Rev. H. E.
Phillips, Catholic chaplain at the
United States penitentiary here, in
an article published in “The Atlan-
tian”, the prison magazine, in an
issue dedicated to “the Church and
its Missionaries.”
“Many false impressions prevail
about prisons”, says Father Phillips.
“People persisted in considering those
committed to prison as hopeless un-
regenerates. A thing to remember
is that one offense does not make
one's whole character bad. A man
who commits wrong under stress of
temptation, economic need, or drink
is not stripped of his good qualities on
entering a prison gate. Hence it is
possible to meet moral, God-fearing
men in prison. They have learned a
bitter lesson and will never darken
the threshold of a prison again.
Society Is Much to Blame
“Society owes some duties to prison
ers—especially to those who demon
strate repentance ... A little
humility is needed to change the
heartless attitude of some. A little
charity would help repair the evils of
which mankind is not entirely blairie-
less- Many who lapse into crimes
are the products of broken homes.
The true culprits have escaped. One
without moorings or affection may
easily drift into currents of vice.
Evil surroundings are festering places
of crime. Poverty is a prolific and
constant source of evil. True, men
have free will and Divine help, but
why force the brunt of battle on those
who are unloved, underpriviledged,
and I weak? . . . Society should deem
it p bounden duty to remove the
cause of crime rather than wreak its
wrath upon the hapless victims of
its neglect. __ -
It is the chaplain who represents
all that is best and inspiring in the
work of regeneration. Rehabilita
tion is a work of religion. It owes
its origin to religion. It was religious
workers, the forerunners of chap
lains, who went down into dungeons
and cried out against man’s inhuman
ity to man. Punishment was not
intended to kill, but to cure. Men’s
minds must not be warped, their
1 hearts must not be poisoned, their
souls must be uplifted and saved-
... I know no other work that so
challenges the zeal and energy of a
piiest”
In an editorial note, the prison-
magazine says: “We dedicate ibis
issue to our chaplains. . . . An ex
amination of the following pages will,
perhaps, necessitate a reshuffling of
stacked notions about men in prison.
Godless? Men without faith? Non
sense! How could we sustain our
selves if were faithless? True, we
could hardly profess to be a very
religious lot, but neither are we
irreligious. And we are grateful .
for the extensive religious and spirit
ual program here and for the right j
to worship according to our ci;eed. It i
is a full-time and active program and :
not just something with which to put
on a Sunday show of contrition.”
that the committee must be given a
rising vote of thanks for such a hap-