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VOL. XXI. No. 9
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 issued MONTHLY—$2.00 a year ***
Bulletins
THE AMERICAN JESUITS as a
group are celebrating the fourth cen
tenary of their foundation by sending
48 missionaries to Alaska, British
Honduras, Ceylon, China, India, Iraq,
Jamaica, and the Philippines, thus in
creasing the number of Americans
Jesuit missionaries to 625.
St. Francis Xavier, the first Jesuit
missionary, left for India in- 1540, the
same year the Society of Jessus was
approved in Rome. Twenty-six years
later, in 1566, Father Pedro Martinez,
first Jesuit missionary to America,
was martyred in what is new the
State of C^orgia.
THE UNITED STATES has pros
pered and become great, ‘because it
lias respected the rights of the indi
vidual not only in material matters
but especially in matters pertaining
to his soul and conscience,” writes
Archbishop Joseph Schrembs. bishop
of Cleveland, in the 'Cleveland Plain-
Deaier.
EXPRESSIONS OF HIS DEEP sym
pathy with the French people in their
hour of tribulation and of his confi
dence that e nation will rededicate
itself to the “great spiritual Christie *
mission” are contained in a letter His
Iloiiiness Pope Pius Xfl has address
ed to the members of the Hierarchy
of France.
MR. AND MRS. OLIVA DIONNE,
parents of the famous quintuplets,
marked the fifteenth anniversary of
their wedding on September 15. The
family attended Mass in the Dafoe
nurserv. celebrated by the Rev. Vic
tor E. Pilon. The quintuplets, who
recently made their First Communion,
received Communion at the Mass.
FATHER GABRIEL RICHARD,
only Catholic priest to serve in the
Congress of the United States, “richly
deserves to be remembered,” Presi
dent Roosevelt wrote in a letter to the
chairman of the Gabriel Richard Mon
ument Committee.
On the spot where Father Richard
celebrated Mass in a little log cabin
125 vears ago, the people of Michigan
will dedicate a heroic statue to his
memory October 16.
REVEREND DR. WALTER CAR-
ROLL. of the Diocese of Pittsburgh,
lias been called to Rome to serve in
the Secretariat of State of the Holy
See, it was announced by His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delagate to th *
United States.
Father Carroll becomes the third
priest from the United Statese to be
called to this important post at the
Vatican. The first was Monsignot
Francis J. Spellman, now Archib.'shop
of New York, and the second. Mon-
signor Joseph P. Hurley, who lias just
been named Bishop of St. Augustine.
ALTHOUGH THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH'S “foreign missionary” is
large, it is sadly inadequate to meet
the colossal mission problem, declared
tthe Most Revi Richard J. Cushing,
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, in the
first of his current series of addrsses
over tlie “Catholic Hour.”
A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY of
“How Church News is Distributed in
the Daily Press” is presented in an
article in the Lutheran, official organ
of the United Lutheran Church. The
survey shows that while the Catholic
Church receives more space than any
single Protestant group, the total of
the five major Protestant denomina
tions is almost twice as great.
ANOTHER LINK between old Or
leans and New Orleans was forged
with the blessing of chapel to St.
Isaac Jagnes, the first in the Diocese
of New Orleans to bear the name of
any of the North American Martyrs
and for the Indians of Lower Pointe-
au-Chene and Isle Jean-Charles. It
will also be used as a school.
GOVERNMENT CO - OPERATION
with the people’s-own private organi
zations. as advocated in the great so
cial Encyclicals, will end the danger
of Total-States the Rev. R. A. Mc
Gowan. Assistant Director of the De
partment of Social Action, National
Catholic Welfare Conference, de
clared in an address delivered in Ro
chester.
BISHOP JOSEPH HURLEY
TO BE CONSECRATED !N
ROME, OCTOBER SIXTH
VATICAN CITY — The solemn
consecration of the Most Rev. Joseph
P. Hurley as Bishop of St. Augus
tine, Florida, has been fixed to take
place on October 6 in the chapel of
Propaganda College in Rome. It is
prol-able that His Eniminence Luigi
C-,. Mn'dione, Pa-at ^"crctary
of State, will be the consccraior.
OBSERVE QUADRICENTENNIAL
Observing the 400th anniversary of the establishment of their So-
:iety, the Jesuits today number more than 26,000 ordained priests.
Pictured at an unpretentious desk at his headquarters.in Rome, is
the Very Rev. Vlodimir Ledochowski. Superior-General of the So
ciety of Jesus. (From March of Time film. "The Vatican of^Pius
XII.”) N.C.VV.C.
Nation s Catholics Observe
President’s Day of Prayer
Churches of All Dioceses Thronged as Faithful, at Urg
ing of Ordinaries, Respond to Chief Executive’s Plea
WASHINGTON— In churches in
every archdiocese and diocese of the
country, the faithful, under the guid
ance of their Ordinaries and pastors,
responded to the appeal of President
Roosevelt for a “Day of Prayer” for
the restoration of world peace and
for the preservation of our country.
Members of the Hierarchy issued
special messages to their clergy and
laity and the Catholic Press publish
ed editorials and special articles -ail
ing for full cooperation. Special
services were held in many churches
and prayers for peace were said at
all IVIasses.
In the Archdiocese of San Francis
co. “Day of National Prayer” featur
ed a three-day Eucharistic Congress
extending from Friday through Sun
day. The Most Rev. John J. Mitty,
Archbishop of San Francisco, urged
all to receive Holy Communion on
the Day of Frayer and the churches
were thronged at all Masses. It was
estimated that 50 000 participated in
the Archdiocesan Eucharistic Con
gress. •
PEOPLE S PLEA RECALLED
In the Archdiocese of Detroit, the
faithful responded in great numbers
to the 'appeal of their Archbishop, the
Most Rev. Edward Mooney. "I am
confident.’’ Archbishop Mooney had
said, “mat the priests and people of
this Archdiocese will give devout and
hearty response to this admirable
suggestion. Instead, this response will
be all the more earnest because this
appeal of our Government authori
ties is perfectly in line With the im
passioned pleas for prayers for peace
which our Holy Father, Pope Pius
XII, has seized every occasion to
make since the outbreak of hostili
ties.”
The Most Rev. John J. Glennon,
Archbishop of St. Louis, also had is
sued a special appeal for peace pray
ers. “We implore Almighty God,"
he said, “to restore peace to a trou
bled, war-ridden world. Everyone
in the whole nation, we hope, will
pray, each in his own way, appealing
to the Father of Infinite Mercy for
His protection and His peace which
‘passeth all understanding’.”
In the same city, the Radio League
of the Sacred Heart conducted a Holy-
Hour for Peace Sunday. This hour
of special prayer and devotion was
broadcast over Station WLW.
A Holy Hour for Peace held in
Marquette University Stadium, Mil
waukee. Sacred and patriotic music
were interspersed with prayers and
meditation. The Most Rev. Moses E.
Kiley. Archbishop of Milwaukee,
presided.
The Most Rev. John Gergory Mur
ray, Archbishop of St. Paul, directed
that the Litany of the Blessed Vir
gin be recited at the end of the ser
mon at all Masses. The faithful obey
ed the request of the Archbishop to
“unite in the response beseeching our
beloved Mother of God to obtain for
all who dwell in this land arr increase
of faith in God, a spirit of trust in
His Divine Providence and an un
swerving obedience to His divine law
of the two-fold love of God and
neighbor that all may become one
■■ ■ ! i rich other in union with the
Blessed Trinity for the salvation of
all and the security of America.”
LITANY AT ALL MASSES
In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles,
the Litany of the Blessed Virgin and
the prayer for the civil authorities
were recited at every Mass at the di
rection of the Archbishop the Most
Rev. John J. Cantwell. The Blessed
Sacrament was exposed in all
churches in the afternoon and eve
ning and prayers for peace recited.
Catholics of the Diocese of Indian
apolis responded wholeheartedly to
the appeal of their Ordinary, the
Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter. "We di
rect,” His Excellency's message said,
“the pastors to recite from the pul
pit. so that all can hear and partici
pate, at all Masses on this Sunday,
the beautiful prayer of Archbishop
Carroll for civil authorities, conclud
ing with the Litany of the Blessed
Virgin, the Queen of Peace.”
An eloquent plea for participation
in the “Day of Frayer” was made
by the Most Rev. Charles D. White,
Bishop of Spokane. In accordance
with his request special services were
held in all parishes. Because Sunday
was the Feast of the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin. Bishop White said, it
was “a most fitting day, indeed, to
implore the Prince of Peace, through
her intercession, to hear our pray
ers.”
In the Diocese of Savannah-At-
lanta, where the collect from the
Missa Pro Face has been read regu
larly at Masses for tlte past five
months, the Most. Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara .addressed a pastoral letter to
the clergy of the Diocese directing
that the Litany of Blessed Virgin be
recited after Masses on the day which
had been set aside by President
Roosevelt as a national day of pray
er for peace, and that the supplica
tion “Queen of Peace—Pray for us,”
be repeated three times.
Holy Father Will
Broadcast to U. S.
By MSGR. ENRICO PUCCI
(Radio, N. C. IV. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — Ilis Holiness
Pope Pius XII will deliver a mes
sage directly to Catholics of the- Unit
ed States Saturday, October 19, on
the eve of Mission Sunday. It pre
viously had been announced tiiat the
Holy Father would be heard in the
United States on Thursday, October
IT.
The broadcast of His Holiness’ mes
sage to American Catholics on the
subject so dear to his heart — the
mission activities of the Church —
is the result of a special request of
the National Office of the Society for
tlie Propagation of the Faith in New
York City.
The Holy Father also will speak
over the radio to Argentine Catholics
on the occasion of the National Eu
charistic Congress in that country on
OdrJcr 13. and to the Catholics of
Chile on October 21. : ;
Bishop O’Hara Protests
Baptist Paper’s Editorial
.
Expressions of Regret at Its Publication Bring Forth
Further Attacks on Holy Father and Catholics by
The Christian. Index, of Atlanta
An editorial published in The
Christian Index, the organ and prop
erty of the Baptists of Georgia, in its
issue pf September 12, 1940, drew 'he
following telegraphic reproof from
His Excellency the Most Reverend
Gerald P O’Hara. Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta:
1 HAVE JUST LEARNED OF
YOUR VILE EDITORIAL ON HIS
HOLINESS POPE PIUS THE 12TH.
FOR SHAME SIR. IN THE NAME
OF THE COMMON DECENCY ANp
CHRISTIAN CHARITY I PROTEST
AGAINST SUCH A- LACK OF
CHRISTIAN SPIRIT. FORTUNATE
LY SUCH OUTBURSTS. REFLECT
THE SENTIMENT OF NOT MANY
OF OUR BAPTIST BRETHREN IN
GEORGIA.
In the issue of The Christian Index,
dated September 19, 1940. -there ap
peared on the editorial page a photo
static copy of the telegram receiv
ed from Bishop O'Hara, and on the
same page an editorial, which was
headed—“Editor Reproved By Cath
olic Bishop,” and which -read as fol
lows :
“For daring to bring to the atten
tion of Baptists in Georgia a fact long
established in the history of the
Christian era, that the Roman
Church changes to the winning side
with tlie tides of battle, Bishop Ger
ald P. O’Hara of Atianta-Savannah
Diocese takes us to task. On this
page is a photostatic copy of the
Bishop’s telegraphic castigation. He
is highly incensed that a Baptist
editor dared speak of the chameicon-
iike characteristics of the Roman
Church. He fears not only its ef
fects on Baptists, hut of his own con
stituency, many of whom are un
happy and bewildered as a result of
trying to justify the shifting friend
ship of tile Pope from one political
power to anottier. in a frantic effort
to lie on the “power” side when
Europe is left bleeding and almost
lifeless at- the feet of its cruel con
querors. Grave and terrible as have
been the military and political coups
of recent years, they have not been
without humorous sides, not the least
cf which lias been the efforts of
Pius XII to grab glory from so.caiied
peace movements which resulted in
little more than publicity for the
Pope in liis bid for favor with tlie
powerful.
“Bishop O’Hara’s telegram has- ref
erence to the editorial in last week’s
issue of this paper. “Pius XII, Tlia
Great Straddler'’, which he may call
viie, but which he must call truth.”
In the same issue The Christian
Index carried an editorial demanding
that apportionment of U. S. Army
chaplains be made on a basts of the
number of evangelical and Catholic
Church members actually in service
or training, and not in proportion to
census figures.
There was also an editorial which
quoted an editorial in The Baptist
Times, of London, which asserted,
among other things, that the present
conflict in Europe looked like a re
ligious war—“the Roman Catholic
Church and the dictators on the one
hand, and the Protestant nations of
the old world on the other.”
St. Augustine Marks 375th
Anniversary of Founding
Apostolic Delegate Officiates at Mass—Bishop of
Charleston Delivers Sermon—Members of
Hierarchy Attend
Myron C. Taylor
Returns to U. S.
President’s Personal Repre
sentative to the Vatican
Tells of Papal Audience
(By N. C. W. C. New's Service)
NEW YORK.—Myron C. Taylor,
President Roosevelt’s personal repre
sentative at the Vatican, and Mrs.
Taylor arrived home aboard the
American Export liner Excalibur,
saying “we' are especially glad to get
home at a time when America must
make important decisions on great in
ternational questions affecting its
present and its future.”
Saying he felt fine and that he is
recovering satisfactorily from his re
cent serious operation, Mr. Taylor
told reporters that he had a 90-minute
audience with His Holiness Pope Pius
XII before leaving Rome, but said
he would discuss the nature of the
conversations only with President
Roosevelt.
Mr. Taylor spoke of the decisions
confronting the United States in a
brief written statement. The state
ment added that “in arriving at these
decisions, it is the duty of every citi
zen to inform himself thoroughly and
to bear his part of the responsibil
ity.” “I am confident that, as in the
past, our decisions will prove wise
and just.”
His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, receiv
ed the presidents representative in
a private audience just before his
departure for the United States, .the
first since the latter was taken ill
some months ago.
Mr. Taylor thanked the Holy Fath
er for his many expressions of benev
olence during Mr. Taylor’s illness,
and expressed great joy at being able
to fulfill the high duties entrusted to
him by the president of the United
States. Pope Pius reconfirmed his
high appreciation of President Roose
velt and his personal representative.
The Sovereign Pontiff rejoiced in Mr.
Taylor's recovered health, and ex
pressed tlie wish that it would be
always better.
Following the audience with the
Holy Father, Mr. Taylor visited His
Eminence Luigi Cardinal Magnione,
Papal Secretary of State.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Thous
ands crowded the Cathedral here
when His Excellency, the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos
tolic Delegate to the United States,
celebrated a Solemn High Pontifical
Military Mass originally scheduled
to be held at Ft. Marion but trans
ferred to the Cathedral because of
rain. The ceremonies were in cele
bration of the founding of St. Au
gustine.
A procession of liturgical splendor
moved through the city and into the
Cathedral. Assisting officers of the
Mass were: Deacon of the Mass, the
Rev. Patrick Nolan, pastor of . St.
Joseph's Church, Lakeland; Fla.;
Sub-Deacon, the Rev. John Kelleg-
han, Sanford, Fla.; Archpriest, the
Rev. Thomas Comber, pastor of the
Little Flower Church. Coral Gables,
Fla., and the Rev. Charles Crowley,
S. S. J., pastor of St. Benedict's
Church, St. Augustine; Master of
Ceremonies the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo
Binz, of the Apostollic Delegation.
The sermon was preached by the
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D„
Bishop of Charleston. In the course
of his sermon Bishop Walsh i-ecalled
the history of St. Augustine and
stressed the fact that the Spanish
settlers came to Florida r.ot to ex
terminate the Indians but to instruct
them in the Catholic Faith. He call
ed St. Augustine the “Cradle of the
Faith in the New World”, and in
closing he asked of the vast con
gregation. “Let us pray that the voice
of old St. Augustine be heard and
the lesson she teaches be learned.
Also in the Sacristy were the Most
Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop
of New Orleans, the Most Rev. Ed
ward F. Hoban, Bishon of Rockford,
and the Most Rev. Emmanuel B.
"Ledvina. Bishop of Corpus Chrisd,
and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. J. McGill.
Vicar Capitular, of the Diocese of St.
Augustine.
At the elose of the Mass the Papal
blessing was imparted to nil nres-
ent bv Archbishop Cicognani. Mon
signor Binzs led in prayers for the
Holv Father.
Tlie last event of the program was
the Solemn Pontifical Benediction
with the Apostolic Delegate officiat
ing.- The sermon was delivered bv the
Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Code, of the Cath
olic University of America.
The opening event of the celebra
tion took place at Ft. Green with the
presentation i>f a historical pageant
depicting the founding of the citv by
Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles. More
than 250 persons took part.