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Pastors of Augusta Churchs SEPTEMBER 28. 1940 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA VACATION SCHOOL AT GRIFFIN CLOSES Religious Instruction Given Georgia Children During Four-Week Session NINE (Special to The Bulletin) GRIFFIN, Ga.—The Sacred Heart Vacation School, of Griffin, • which opened on August 5, with Mass cele brated by the Rev. Joseph R. Smith, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, Atlanta, closed on Septem ber 1. with Mass celebrated by the Rev. Thomas P. O'Brien, C. S. V., who is in charge of the Mission here* The vacation school was well atend- ed, about twenty-five children at tending the daily instructions, some of them coming from a distance of fifteen or twenty miles. The instruc tors were Sister Mary Bernadine, R. S. M.. and Sister Mary Kateri, R* S. M., of St* Vincent Academy and the Cathedral School, Savannah. A demonstration of Catechetical instruction given by the Sisters of Mercy was presented for the parents anu friends of the children attending the school. The younger students portrayed the parables of the Ten Leoers and the Prodigal Son, while the Junior High group explainer the ceremonies of the Mass and dramat izes incidents in the life of Berna dette of Lourdes. On the closing day of the school, five of the smaller children received First Holy Communion. Previous to the closing all of the children were enrolled in the Sodality of the Bless ed Virgin Mary. Miss Mary L. Curry was elected president, Miss Kate Mc- Laurin, secretary.- All of the students of the school attended the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism to Joy Agnes Culter. elev nvears old, of Sunny- side, Ga. WOMEN’S RETREAT AT MT. DE SALES REV. J. E. O’DONOHOE, S. J. Sacred Heart REV. LEO M. KEENAN St Patrick’s Institute of Street Preaching Ends Second Successful Year (By N. C. W. C. News Service) -MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The National Catholic Institute of Street Preachmg just brought to a close at St. Josephs Preparatory School here, with iuial outdoor sessions at Tahlequah and Checotah, saw a Bishop, 15 priests, two seminarians and three laymen taking part in the deliberations. In the course of the Institute, suc cessful outdoor meetings were held in Fort Gibson, Checotah, Tahlequah, Webbers Falls, in downtown Musco gee and in Maxie Park. More than 55 talks were delivered in the four days the Institute centered at" St. Joseph’s here. Hundreds of questions were answered relative to Catholic teachings and practices. More than 3,000 copies of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ful ton J. Sheen's prayerbook, “Prayers for Our Times”, were distributed. As many as 320 persons listened to a sin gle lecture. On two days, groups of priests visited the National Cemetery near Fort Gibson and conducted me morial services for the dead. Visits also were made to the historical stockade at Fort Gibson and to Sum ner’s Ranch at Yahola, near Haskell, Okla. Participating in the Institute werq the Most Rev. Albert L. Fletcher, Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock; the Rt. Rev.Msgr. James P. Gaffney, Rector of St. John's Seminary, Little Rock; the Rev. John O'Donovan, S. S. C., Georgia Women in Annual Retreat at Academy in! Macon REV. GEORGE LAUGEL, S. M. A. Immaculate Conception REV. HAROLD BARR St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill (Special To The Bulletin) MACON, Ga.— The nineteenth an nual retreat for women of the Dio cese of Savannah-Atlanta was held at Mt. de gales Academy here Au gust 23-26, with the Rev. Ronald A. . MacDonald, S. J., of Tampa, Flor ida. as retreat-master. Those who attended the retreat we ' Miss Kathleen Starr, Miss Eliz abeth Satzky. Miss Irene Pfeifer, Mrs. R. I. Uhrbach, Miss Marvis Keane. Mrs. E. V. Munson, Miss Mar garet Deal. Miss Edyth Turner, Miss Margaret Redding. Mrs. Mary Gerna- zian. Mrs. W. R. Murray, Mrs. Lucile Neal, Mrs. W. A. Wells, Mrs. A.W. Chisnell, Mrs. Rosa Nassar, Atlanta; Miss Mary Brosnan, Miss Agnes Brosnan, Albany; Mrs. P. H. Rice, Mrs. Nellie Bresnshan, Miss Anna Rice, Mrs. Wofford Thompson, Mrs. Jarp.es J. Joy, Augusta; Mrs. G. H. Donnelly, Mrs. Regis G. Lomax. Mrs. Wiliam J- Cassidy, Mrs. M. J. Calla- * ban. Mrs. Charles Adams, Mrs. John J. McBrearty, Mrs. J. P. McGould- rick, Mrs. James C. Sanders. Mrs. Margaret Embry, Mrs. J. H. Embry, .Miss Mary Horne, Miss C. Brady, Mrs. A. Huthnance, Miss Julia Mc Creary, Miss Frances Jones, Mrs. Duncan Brown. Mrs. W. B. Dove, Mrs. Anastasia M. Garvin, Miss Mary Roach. Macon; Miss Mary F. Miles, Mrs. Regis O. Tarver. Savannah; Mrs. R. W. Hatcher, Mrs. Y. A. Little, Miss Eernice Fleury, Milledgeville; Miss Daisy L. Renfroe. Abbeville; Miss Sue Mixon, Mrs. B. J. O Brien, Val dosta: Mrs. Claude Foster, Miss Nan nie Valeir, LaGrange; Mrs. Jane Oli ver, Lithia Springs: and Mrs. John B. Greene, Upper Darby, Pa. Parish Is Center of Catholic Life Says Apostolic Delegate His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicogna- ni Delivers Discourse at Celebration of 37 5th Anni versary of Founding of First North American Parish Crescent Laundry Company Up-to-Date Laundry Work, Dry Cleaning and Dyeing 519 Second St Phones IS—11 MACON, GA. Out-of-town work done on short notice. Raymond Bloomfield Secy. Catholic Funeral Director Sam Greenberg &Co. 274 Ivy Street. N. E. Phone Walnut 7969 ATLANTA. GA. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) ST. AUGUSTINE' — The impor tance of the parish, t‘he center of Catholic life and the normal point of contact between Christ and the faithful,” was stressed by His Excel lency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovan- ni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States in an address deliv ered at a reception in the civic center in connection with the 375th anni versary of the founding of -it. Au gustine. Hailing as ‘‘indeed an unusual event” the celebrations marking the 375th anniversary of the establish ment of the City of St. Augustine, coinciding with the establishment of the first Catholic parish on the North American Continent, Archbishop Ci- sognani said he would leave to others the historical and other aspects of the occasion, and for his part “speak of a particular phase of today s so lemnity, that of the parish, whose normal and religious significance transcends its own limits and consti tutes in itself an institution of prime importance.” The Apostollic Delegate said that “to speak of parish life here today is to focus attention on the bene ficent work” of the late Bishop Pat rick Barry of St. Augustine “as cu rate, parish priest and Bishop.” ORIGIN OF PARISH Beginning with a discussion of the origin of the parish, Archbishop Ci cognani spoke as follows: “Its primacy is that of prayer and of the spirit. There are today in the United States 18,733 churches, parish es and missions. Certainly there were churches and parishes in the terri tory that is now the United States before the establishment of the Am erican Catholic Hierarchy in 1789. They were under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of London, Quebec, Mex ico and Cuba. Among all of them whether founded before or after the establishment of American dioceses, this parish of St. Augustine is the first example and the model of that unit which is the center of Catholic Life and the normal point of con tact between Christ and the faithful. Hence the lofty significance of to day’s religious celebration. “The parish is in fact ^hat definite territory with a church under the direction of a priest, to which the faithful of that area belong. In that priest, they recognize their father, their benefactor, their counsellor and their guide in life. However various ly he may be called among different peoples, the priest is most fittingly and affectionately called ‘Father’ — the father of the souls entrusted to him. Although the word ‘parish’, de rived from the Greek, signifies ‘a dwelling nearby/ he who is in charge of a parish, must live within it, as lives the shepherd with his flock. Vice-Superior of the Columban Fath ers, Omaha; the Very Rev. Daniel H. Conway, S. J.. Rector of St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s, Kans; the Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Leven, of Tonkawa and Blackwell, Okla.; the Rev. Co- well O’Neill, of Ottawa, Kans., Direc tor of Catholic Rural Life of the Di ocese of Leavenworth; the Rev. Charles Bus well, of Tonkawa, Okla.; the Rev. Valerian Berger, O. S. B.. of Burlington. Ia.; the Rev. Richard Wersing, C. S. Sp., of Tulsa; the Rev. Aloysius Lisco, of Blackwell, PRia.; the Rev. Vernon Johnson, on Enid, Okla.; the Rev. Auguset P. Koeperich, Director of the Confranternity of Christian Doctrine for the Diocese of Concordia; the Rev. Paul V. Brown, of Muskogee; the Rev. Thom as Green, of Caldwell, Kans.!; the Rev. Thomas Glynn, Director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine for the Diocese of Wichita; th«^ Rev. Joseph B. Campbell, of Muskogee; Anthony Isenbart. of Alva, and Ner- bert Luecke, of Okenee, Okla., semi narians; John J. Craig, of Tulsa, Na tional Director of Catholic Ediv-ence Guilds; Jack Kinsey, of Muscogee, and William Craig, of Tulsa.* This was the second National Insti tute to be held this year in Musco- kee Catholic Missions parish. The first Institute was held in July when over 60 talks were given to non-Cath- olics in Haskell, JHTagoner, Eufaula, Webbers Falls and Tahlequah. Frank C* Walker, a Catholic, Becomes Postmaster General Successor to James A. Far ley Is Eighth Catholic to Serve in Cabinet were those of dioceses, with a Bishop at the head. The Apostles and many of the first Bishops had spread the gospel going from place to place. But to consolidate and intensify their apostolic work, it became necessary to mark off territories and people. In this manner dioceses came into be ing. For the same reason, that is, to intensify and deepen the spiritual life of the faithful — further limita tions and divisions were made, and thus parishes came into existence. Previously, the Bishop had been the only parish priest in a city. But be yond the city, there was the country side. where many Christians resided. Oddly enough country - folk were more inclined to pagan superstition than city - dwellers and conse quently had great need- of having the gospel preached to them. Hence the first parishes were in the country. Later on, with the growth of cities and the increase of the faithful, they were established there also. “We call the church ^Mother’ be cause tt is her role to give to her children the life of grace, to educate and instruct them, to nourish thetn with the teachings of Christ, to feed them with the Bread of Eucharist, to sustain them amid life's hardships, to recall them to duty if they are way ward, and to assist them when they are troubled in spirit. Just as our earthly mother has need of a home in which to fulfill her role, so also does the Church. For this reason she has chosen the parish as the place in which to fulfill her mother role. There the priest, living with his people, as though in a- family, learns to know them, and to provide for their needs in such a way. however, as to make the parish like home itself . . PAROCHIAL LIFE “The great legislator and restorer of parish life was the sacred Council of Trent. Promulgated but a year be fore the foundation of this first par ish of America, it made parish life the center of that magnificent re ordering of discipline among the clergy and faithful. Here is the sort of life that, as a result, came to be established in this Parish as in all others. The pastor must reside within his parish. Every Sunday he should preach the word of God. not things profane or irrelevant to religion, however learned they may be. He must give catechetical instruction, teach piety without any shade of sup erstition. The basis of that piety must be the Mass and /the Eucharist. He must exercise a kindly vigilance over moral abuses; nor be intimidated in the giving of his precepts. The shep herd of souls as the ‘pattern of the flock from the heart’ (1 Peter V, 3), should always be able to say to his parishioners: ‘My children, of whom I • am in labor again, until Christ be formed in you’ (Galatians, IV, 19). They in turn ‘beloved sons in faith' (Special to The Bulletin) WASHINGTON.—With his appoint ment as Postmaster General of the United States, announced by Presi dent Roosevelt at his . Hyde Park home. Frank C. Walker becomes the eighth Catholic to serve in a Presi dent’s cabinet since the founding of this country. He is the 319th Cabinet officer named in the history of the United States. It is also notable that Mr. Walker, former treasurer of the Democratic National Committee “and former Chairman of the National Emergency Council, is the third Catholic to serve in a Cabinet post under the present Chief Executive. In fact, President Franklin D. Roosevelt has named four Catholics to his cabinet—nearly one-half of all the Catholics who have been named to such office. Sen ator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, named Attorney General before President R’oosevelt's first inaugura tion, in 1933, died before he took the oath of office. Among the 319 Cabinet officers this country has known, three others be came Catholics after serving as ad visers to the Chief Executive. At least two others were known to have been baptized Catholics but were not considered Catholics at the time of their nomination or service in the Cabinet. . , _ . Mr. Walker will be the th'rd Catho lic to hold the office of Postmaster General. . He will be the first Cath olic to succeed another Catholic in a Cabinet office. Frank Comerford Walker was born at Plymouth. Pa.. May 30, 1886, the son of David and Ellen (Comerford. Walker. He was educated at Gon- zaga University, which he attended from 1903 to 1906. and at the Univer sity of Notre Dame, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1909. He.was admitted to practice before the Montana bar in 1909, and was Assistant Attorney of Silver Bow County, Mont, from 1909 to 1912, and was elected a member of the Montana Legislature in 1913. He was a first lieutenant in the World War. Mr. Walker became Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee in 1932, later resigning the office. He became Executive Secretary of the President's Executive Council in 1933. and Chairman of the National Emer Catholic Welfare Work Is Theme of Film Production As a matter of fact, the first ter- (I Tim. I, 2), should show him sin ritorial, divisions made in the church cere affection and obedience. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) LOS ANGELES.—The .trial.-,-, of a typical .Catholic family in times of misfortune and the manner in -which they are met through the aid p£ the social agencies of the Church form the theme of “We Meet Human Needs”, first color motion picture of Catholic welfare activities whicji, was previewed here this week. Featured in the three-reel film are Jeanette MacDonald, who sing’s Gou nod’s “Ave Maria”, and her husband, Gene Raymond, who narrates tl»e story dealing with the Church in so cial action. The production was filmed- with the approval and under the supervision of the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, acting through the Rt. Rev. “Msgr. Thomas J. O'Dwyer of the Catholic Charities Bureau, under whose aus pices it will be distributed through out the United States. Costs qf pro duction were donated by an anony mous Catholic layman. Drama is woven about the simple story of an ordinary Catholic family which has seen the seamy side' Of life in such a manner as to portray the activities of all the family welfare, child welfare and health agencies of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, The Church in social action is phown meeting the problems of soul and body, from maternity and day homes to institutions where aged men and women are "cared for in the twilight of life. The special fields of the Confrater nity of Christian Doctrine and the Catholic Youth Movement are por trayed and defined in the film ag one of the functions of hospitals, clinics, and health agencies, the activities in behalf of neglected and dependent children and problem bovs an<J girls as well as the work for the poor, the sick, the orphaned and the 1 aged, whether individuals or families,, RAJKOT COLLEGE, owned by the State of Rajkot on the Kathiawar Peninsula, has been placed under the management of the Society of, Jesus beginning with this academic year. Thakur Saheb. ruler of the State; is a Hindu in religion the latter office to return to private business. In addition to being a mem ber of the firm of Walker and Walker since 1914. Mr. Walker has been ac- Theatres, Inc., and other interests. He is a trustee of the University of anu LlldUllldU VJi. U1C t acat. IV/IUJ.L “ , . - . . - c gency Council in 1935. He resigned Notre Dame and the University of .. ... . , . to C TKo rTmi/oreitir rtf Alflhro tive in the direction of Comerford er in 1934. Scranton. The University of Notre Dame and the Montana School of Mines conferred the honorary de gree, Doctor of Laws upon Mr. Walk- GREALISH, POTEET & WALKER FUNERAL DIRECTORS 519 GKEENE STREET AUGUSTA. GEORGIA The Liberty National Bank and Trust Co. SAVANNAH. GEORGIA C. S. SANFORD, President N. K. CLARK Vice-President and Trust Officer HUGH 11. GRADY Assistant Cashier and Assistant Trust Office* R. H. GIGNILLIAT Cashier G. W. UPCHURCH Assistant Cashier Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation