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SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEVENTEEN Holy Cross Augusta (Continued from Page Twelve) gust and followed with a breakfast at the Hotel Richmond. The breakfast was in charge of John Burke. John ny, the newest member in the club, as a one -man committee deserves much cret as he did a magnificent job. The Ritual Committee has planned a gala night, for everybody. They are going to initiate all new. members se cured by the Membership Committee on their recent drive- From all echoes the new members -are going to have a hard time. However, the entertain ment committee has taken pity on them and is planning a party to be held immediately after the initiation for all those who are able to contin ue with the other members. The club wishes to thank the exec utive committee of the Georgia Fed eration of Junior Catholic Clubs and in particular Tommy Kehoe, for their acceptance of the Holy Cross Club in to the Federation at the meeting in Augusta. Since the convention mem bers have become quite enthused about the pins and the course at Villa Marie. Several have already signed up for the entire course and others are making plans to attend on the week ends. Also in progress are plans for the play to be put on in the latter part of November or the first part of De cember. The play has already been selected and the problem of select ing the cast is now receiving atten tion. In the ping pong tournament which the club has been holding, the finals have not yet been played. Thus far some high class ping pong has been witnessed and the finals are to be played with Johny Kearns and Neal Franklin as the finalists- Columbus Augusta Cor Jesu Club (Continued from Page Twelve) Junior Catholic Club . (Continued from Page Twelve) tendance will far exceed that of past conventions. More information ahout this convention will appear in the next issue of the CYO page. It is most encouraging to see so many new faces at the meetings of the club. It is the fond hope of the Juniors that these new faces will be permanent and will become active members. However whether they are prospective members or just visi tors they are always welcome. It is ation and also as a token of the lojA alty of all, the club presented him with a wrist watch. Father Manning in his usual wit ty manner, but this time with a touch of sadness, thanked all for their kindness and stated that he would always remember his many friends here. Refreshments were served to conclude the evening of farewell and parting. Father Barr and a group of club members spent the evening of Au gust 15th. entertaining the less for tunate children of Gracewrood. Be ing moderator of the club Ire asked the club to accompany him on that mission of bringing joy to less for tunate little ones and the response was most gratifying. Those going along were Katherine Kearns, Billy Brotherton. Gerald Rex, Bill Kearns, Billy Brittingham, Mike Hummell, Bob Rucker and Bryan Mulherin. ' Following the convention the members of the club are resting for a short time before going ahead with a vast fall and winter pro gram. The club extends its thanks to His Excellency Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara for his attend ance and very timely and encourag ing talk, also to Father Grady for his presence. They also wish to thank Father Kennedy for his splen did talk and Father Barr for his in terest in the convention as well as the other members of the clergy who attended. To the clubs and all the delegates the thanks and apprecia tion of Car Jesu as all of you as sisted the club immensely-to make what is believed a very successful and interesting meeting and con vention. Atlanta Blessed Chanel Club (Continued from Page Twelve) the wish of the club whether you are a visitor or members that you will visit the group often. A nickleodian which was pur chased recently has been installed in the clubhouse and at the present time is very popular with all. The recent social was a tacky dance which went over with a bang. The committee in charge is to be thanked for their very successful ef forts in promoting this long needed social. Misses Genevieve Bruin and Ger trude Bouchard were delegates at the last convention in Augusta and report that a very successful and lively meeting was held. y Congratulations and Best Wishes SHOE COMPANY Always Busy of his year as president he was called home due to the illness of his fath er. " He has decided to remain there and his back home gain is the Blessed Chanel’s loss. Another very important change has been made in the club. Father Bar rett has been appointed Moderator of the Blessed Chanel Club to succeed Father Maguire. The club has suf fered a severe loss in losing Father Maguire but it is certain that the ad dition of Father Barrett will be a very happy one. In the short time that Father Barrett has been at Sacred Heart he has won a host of friends and this coupled with his interest in the club and young people should be a boom to the Chamelites. To Fath er Maguire a vote of thanks. It never rains but it pours and along with the loss of Joe McGowan also is the loss of the Moderator. To you. Father Maguire, for all you have done for the club since you have been with us we offer a prayer for your future success and sincerely say ’ God Bless you and thanks a ^million for all you have done for us.” A club library has been formed un der the able leadership of Lawrence Burtchaell. This library shall be composed of Catholic literature, monthly periodicals as weU as print ed volumes. To finance this new idea it shall be up to the newly formed entertainment committee to raise the necessary funds. Any contribution will be gratefully accepted as long as these contributions are Catholic or pertain to Catholicism. Harriet Coyle has been appointed chairman for the entertainment com mittee and Peggy O’Shea has been appointed new head of the literary. Peggy’s task will be to take care of all publicity in all the papers and a huge task awaits her. Savannah C. Y. P. A. (Continued from Page Twelve) THE SOCIETY FOR THE -FOR HOME A ">. DKDCESAN D1RD Rev James J. Grady FOREIGN MISSIONS C EAST HARRIS ST, Savannah. Ga. Lay Apostles Needed Today vention in Savannah during October. The club has been asked to assist in making the meeting a huge success. It is the first time die younger group has been asked to cooperate. Without hesitation the C. Y. P. A. pledged one hundred per cent cooperation to the Laymen. A drive for new members will start soon. Marie Davis is in charge and it will continue until the latter part of October. As the drive starts open house will’ be held so that the pros pective Members can view the ad vantages members now enjoy. The call to service of the National Guard has taken from the ranks of C. Y. P. A. two very valuable mem bers namely, William Oetjen and Myles McManus. John Sullivan as head of the study club submitted his plans for the coming year. Frances Morton, head of the social committee, announced an old-time trolley ride as the social of the month of September. Due to the National Guard training and other reasons which necessitated withdrawals from committees the fol lowing changes are announced by President Hernandez. Fiances Welch to succeed Larry McCarthy on the entertainment com mittee. John Sullivan to succeed William Oetjen as sergeant-at-arms and athletic director; Jack Moylan as business manager of the boxing team and Joe Macher and John Coun- ihan have been appointed to the box ing team. Also outlined at the recent meeting were the various activities for the coming months. It was announced that classes would include sewing, cooking, commercial and internation al code. The international code is a new cause and will be under the di rection of Jack Pacetti. Atlanta Immaculate Conception (Continued from Page Twelve) ed at the convention regarding the CYO pins and orders are now being taken for the little green and gold pins bearing the proud insignia of the CIO-Ga. Fed. of Junior Catholic Clubs. Hilda Johann capped top honors in tennis. She met all competition with the will that, ranks her as queen of tennis in I. C.’s tourna ment of sports. There is still much debating and discussion as to the change of the name of the club. The selection which was to take place has nar rowed down to two names and thev are ‘‘Immaculate Conception Club” and “Regina Caeli Club.” The change was suggested after the club's decision that the name. Young People’s Catholic Club, of the Im maculate Conception Church, was too long. The debating has been strenu ous. however, lacking a two-thirds majority for either name, the club is still without a new name. Membership is increasing, as three new members joined the ranks of I. C. They are Mary Louise Buelterman, Eleanor Wells and Bet ty Sears. To the present officers who will retire from office upon election goes a vote of thanks for their fine work in establishing the Immacu late Club as the leading club of the federation. To the new officers goes the usual pledge of cooperation and support in whatever they attempt. “The most urgent need of the day is to form in each parish a group of lay people who are well informed, resolute and courageous— who are truly apostles.” These words ore attributed to Pope Piups XI. who thus summarized the vital need of the Catholic Church in these trying and seemingly disastrous times. The laity of 1940, as describ ed by the late Souvereign Pontiff, would hold in their hearts no rem nants of bigotry, for their knowledge of religion would be founded upon the strong rock of truth, and sustain ed by a universal charity. Resolute and courageous there would be no deviation from the path of duty, re gardless of ridicule, distrust and even persecution. In the final analysis, the need for which Pope Pius XI pleaded is the formation of a laity, whose daily lives will prove they are truly members of the one, holy, Catholic, apostolic Church. SCHOOL DAYS For the boys and girls of America the advent of the month of Septem*- ber marks the termination of summer holiiJsTs and the beginning of the school year. We are not going to of fer any admonitions for conduct dur ing the coming study periods; parents and teachers are the guides in such matters. However, there is one sug- gestion to be made. As children of this great nation _you are free, not only to acquire a worthwhile educa tion, but to receive instruction in your religion as well. The youth of other nations are not so fortunate. Would not gratitude impel you there fore to show some appreciation for the great favors you enjoy? How about a daily prayer for the mission apostolate? One "Our Father”, one “Hail Mary” and the invocation “St. Francis Xavier, pray for us”, is not a great deal to ask, but this prayerful remembrance has been called “the very nourishment of the mission^.” SMILIN' THROUGH “Of all the possessions owned by a missionary,” states The Challenge, “his sense of humor is probably one of the most priceless. Without^ it, he simply could not exist as a mission- er. “It is perhaps the most versatile of all his faculties; it can be summoned in an instant and can divert the tide of fortune or misfortune into an en tirely different channel. It can avert disaster, transform defeat in to triumph, and is a general shock- absorber for its possessor.” ASTONISHING FACTS The Rev. W. Howard Bishop has made a comprehensive study of con ditions in the United States from the religious standpoint and has unearth ed some startling facts. He has found that "in cur nation there are at present sixtv-five million unbeliev ers. i.e., sixty-five million people who claim membership with no church whatsoever, either Catholic or non- Catholic.” Do you realize that this total repre sents practically one-half the entire population of this country? There is the consoling side to the picture showing that of the remaining one- half, one-third are Roman Catholics so that we may feel that the Church is really established here. Such be ing the case, not only must mission ary activity continue here, but must extend to those far-off lands where the establishment of Christianity V still in the formative state. LANDING BLIND 4 Have you ever been a passenger cn a plane that is “ianding blind’ ? Or, maybe, worse still, you were the pilot. You will remember the feel ing of being imprisoned in uncer- t a i n t y, wondering mcmentardy, whether you would see for a last split second a fence, a building, a mountainside—striving with the puny force of your will to push back that blanket of fog. or rain, or sleet that was confining all the past and all the future into the living flash of the present. If you ever have “landed blind” ..you will understand something of what the missionaries are feeling *o- day. The world, locked in deadly conflict, the future deep-shrouded U'ith the clouds of war; will there be any food for those orphans; can they keep that hospital . going; can they be sure of their own lives and liberty? By the Catholic faith that is in you. by the charity of Christ that urges us, by the memory of 2000 years of glorious struggle, rally to the cause of the stricken missions in this their darkest hour: (Australian Catholic Missions.) ACTION JUSTIFIED With Her divinely inspired wisdom Holy Mother the Church has always recognized the nationalistic trend among the peoples entrusted to Her care. Thus we find the Apostles and early Fathers of the Church install ing, as soon as possible, a hierarchy ar.d clergy indigenous to the lands they evangelized, and this plan has continued through the centuries. With present day restrictions in Japan the various Protestant denom inations who have not adopted the same policy are confronted with many difficulties. By contrast we find that the Holy See has fostered and maintained a native clergy in Nippon. The Metropolitan of the Empire and the Bishop of Nagasaki are Japanese; every parish in (he archdiocese of Tokyo has been en trusted to native priests. While the Episcopal Church which is now un der fire, has expended $23,000,000 for mission work in Japan. Catholicism has built the edifice of Her Christ ianity upon the solid training of a native clergy. ARE WE FAILURES? Many of the missionaries who visit ed the offices of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith during the past two years, have remarked that the Chinese, Indians, Africans and Oceanic peoples wonder why, if the church teaches the doctrine of love, so many so-called Christian peoples are warring one against the other. Truly there is a scandal-giving pos sibility in the present crisis and one that is hard to explain to peoples who have but lately learned of the teach ings of a loving and forgiving Re deemer. There is one point to be remember ed however—it is not Christianity which has failed. Rather the indict ment must be laid at man’s own door - —man who has turned a deaf ear to the doctrines of Christ and then blames Him for the disaster which human greed, injustice and insatia ble ambition has wrought. Because we live in the midst of this catastro phe our perspective is destroyed and we fail to realize that Christianity was founded on what the world would hail as failure. She has faced defeat and destruction before, but, long after the bones of Her con querors have been reduced to dust, She has lived and flourished, the perennial flower of eternity. FIRST CALL FOR 1940 Mission Sunday, by - order of the Holy See, will be observed by Cath olics throughout the world on Octo ber 20. We are cognizant of the fact that ‘‘the world” this year will be definitely limited in its response and that America, alone of ail nations free from the immediate actuality of war, offers the lone hope for mission aid. Appreciating the seriousness of the situation the Sovereign Pontiff lias graciously agreed to speak to the Catholics of the United States direct ly from Vatican City over the Nation al Broadcasting System in a coast-to- coast hook-up on October 39, from 1:30 to 2 p. m. If you have been in different to the tremendous need of our missions up to the present time, let us hope that this appeal from the Vicar of Christ on earth will quicken your charity to aid in the greatest of all works—the extension of God’s Kingdom on earth. THE CONQUEST OF SOULS CONTINUES “Few mission reports from war- torn China are more fascinating than that concerning the work done by the Chinese Sisters of St. Francis in Hankow. In spite of anxious hours, the Sisters treated 136,551 patients and cared for 17.299 refugees. During free time the Sisters instructed 74,964 adults in religion and prepared 1519 for Baptism. In their orphan ages are some 200 infants; their schools htnse an enrollment of. 1922 pupils. These figures seem to pro vide plenty of opportunity for work, but the Government—to show its ap proval of the Sisters’ efforts—has honored these good women by ap pointing them to give anti-cholera in jections in area where ignorance of vocation has made people timid. Don’t be deceived, there is no army of Sisters in this Community, early sixty-three.” —Australian Catholic Missions. HISTORIAN S VIEW To let religion underlie foreign pol icy is a high piece of wisdom, for nations clash through differences of culture, and differences in culture arises from difference in religion— (From Cromwell by Hilaire Belloc). A JAPANESE JUBILEE Coincident with the recent ruling made by Japan concerning foreign missionaries comes news that the > ear 1940 marks the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the Japanese Ca tholics who held staunchly to their faith for 200 years without the minis tration of a single priest. It was on March 17. 1865 that the Reverend M. PetitjeJan .member of the Society of Paris Foreign Mis- sioparies. was confronted by a group of 12 cr 15 persons who demanded to know' “where is the Virgin Mary?” Conducted to the altar of Our Lady the little group disclosed that they formed a representation from the thousands of Japanese who had con served their faith despite the most severe persecutions. "This”. as Father Prudent Monfette, O- F. M„ Superior of the Franciscan College of Nagasaki, remarks, “constitute^ the amazing resurrection of the Church in Japan—a resurrection which is unique i in the history of the church.”