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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 26, 1940
ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
Savannah to Welcome Apostolic Delegate
Attending Catholic Laymen’s Convention
Georgia Catholic Laymenn
Meet in Savannah, Oct. 27
Program of Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of Geor
gia Laymen Includes Reception to Apostolic Dele
gate, Mass, Luncheon, Business Session and Public
Meeting
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The twenty-
fifth annual convention of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia to be held in Savannah Sunday,
October 27, the Feast of Christ the
King, will bring to that historic city
of Georgia one of the greatest as
semblages of Catholic laity in its
history.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Titular
Archbishop of Laodicea, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, will
honor the convention by pontifi
cating at the convention -Mass to be
held in the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, and will address the af
ternoon session of the convention
at the Savannah Municipal Audito
rium.
Convention activity will begin on
Saturday afternoon, when a delega
tion of church and civil leaders,
headed by the Most Reverend Thom
as Gamble, will welcome the Apos
tolic Delegate upon his arrival at
the Union Station, where he will
be greeted by throngs of parochial
school children, and members of the
Catholic parishes of the city, and
then escorted north on West Broad
to Broughton Street, east to Bull
Street, south to Harris Street and
then east to the Bishop’s Residence.
On Saturday evening at 8 o’clock
in the ball room of the De Soto Ho
tel. there will be a public reception
in honor of His Excellency, the
Apostolic Delegate.
THE CONVENTION PROGRAM
Sunday, October 27, 1910.
9:30 a. m. — Solemn Pontifical
Mass, Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, with His Excellency, the Most
Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicog
nani, D. D., as celebrant. Sermon:
His Excellency the Most Reverend
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston.
11:00 a. m. — Business meeting of
the Catholic Laymen's Association
of Georgia, at the Knights of Co
lumbus Hall, with Dr. J. Reid Brod
erick, of Savannah, the president of
the Association, presiding.
1:00 p. m. ■— Luncheon at the
Hotel De Soto, in honor of the Most
Reverend Amleti Giovanni Cicog
nani, Apostolic Delegate to the Unit
ed States. -
3:00 p. m. — Public session of the
Annual Convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia, in
the Savannah Municipal Auditorium.
PROGRAM—AFTERNOON
SESSION
Address of Welcome — The Hon
orable Thomas Gamble, Mayor of
Savannah.
Response — Dr. J. Reid Broderick.
President of the Catholic Laymen's
Association of Georgia.
Annual Report — Hugh Kinchley,
Executive Secretary of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
and Editor of “The Bulletin.”
Address — “The Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia in Re
trospect” by Richard Reid, K. S. G.,
Editor of The Catholic News, New
York. 1
Address — “The Catholic Mind and
Catholic Action” by Frank J. Sheed,
Member of the Catholic Evidence
Guild of London, England.
Address — “Some Catholic Con
tributions to America” by the Hon
orable Clare Gerald Fenerty, Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas, Phil
adelphia.
Address — “The Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia and
the Bishops and Clergy of the Dio
cese” by the Most Reverend Gerald
P. O'Hara, D. D.. J. U. D., Bishop
of Savannah - Atlanta.
Address — His Excellency the
Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Ci
cognani. D. D„ Apostolic Delegate
to the United States.
Benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrament.
Pope Pius XII Appeals to U. S,
Catholics for Aid to Missions
Pray and Give for Spread of Gospel His Holiness Urges
in Broadcast on Eve of Mission Sunday—Pontiff Re
calls Visit to America
By MSGR. ENRICO UCCI
(Vatican City Correspondent, N. C. W.
C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — The “large-
souled liberality” of American Cath
olics gives honor to their name “in
the harvest fields of the Gospel and
among the tillers of Christ,” His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII declared in a spe
cial Mission Sunday discourse broad
cast to the United States over the
Vatican City radio station.
Appealing to Catholics of the Unit
ed States to “gaze on the world and
on the harvest of souls everywhere so
fair to see,” and to behold how waves
of destruction, suffering and count
less human sorrows are casting dan
gers and obstacles in the paths of
“the workers in His vineyard,” the
Sovereign Pontiff asked for prayers
and gifts for the Missions.
"Prayer,” His Holiness said, “is
the sword that pierces the heart of
God and lets flow His love and mer
cy.” “The money you give to help
the poor Missions,” the Sovereign
Pontiff continued, “is a loan made
to the Lord, and the Lord will recom
pense you for it. Christ, Who speaks
and works in the champions of His
Gospel, will grant you to share in
their merits. He will consider as giv
en to Him what you give to them.”
Pope Pius recalled his visit to the
United States as Cardinal Eugenio
Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, in
1936. “Delightful and still vivid in
Our mind,” he said, “is the memory
of Our visit among you, and of the
long journey we made by air across
those fertile regions, amazing with
their mountains and plains, lakes
and rivers. Then it was We came to
know and admire your cities, your
churches and cathedrals, your high
schools, colleges and universities, the
well - balanced spirit of your stren
uous activity, the extraordinary mon
ument of your faith and chairty.”
‘Today,” His Holiness continued,
“though his unworthy successor, We
occupy the Chair of Peter and, while
precious memories, never to be eras
ed, carry Our thoughts to you, Our
gaze stretches far beyond, over the
face of the earth, and the hope that
you will help Us in spreading the
Gospel takes on new life, new
strength, expands and is lifted up to
the sublime heights scaled by your
eager and unselfish zeal to bring the
nations to the feet of Christ.”
Pius XII in Broadcast
Asks Prayers for Peace
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.—Speaking by ra
dio to the closing session of the Third
National Eucharistic Congress of Ar
gentina, held in the city of Santa Fe,
His Holiness Pope Pius XII called
upon the pilgrims to pray to Our
Lord to spread His peace among all
mankind.
Bringing to a close the four-day
manifestation of faith in the South
American Republic, the Sovereign
Pontiff prayed that God's peace may
“extinguish the bitter struggle which
sows death on land and sea and in
the sky, and feeds people with the
bread of pain and bathes them in
tears of blood.”
“Only in Christ, the world's Sav
iour, is there hope,” His Holiness
said, because “in His hands are the
hearts of men, and He knows and
can bring tranquillity to the tumul
tuous waves.”
The Apostolic Delegate
ARCHBISHOP CICOGNANI
His Excellency the Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, who will celebrate the Mass which will open
the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Geor
gia in Savannah. His Excellency will also address the afternoon session of
the convention.
20,000 Priests, Seminarians,
Brothers Register for Draft
Although Exempt From Army Service Clergy and Re
ligious Enroll Under Selec tive Training Service Act
(By N. C. W. G. News Service)
Upwards of 20,000 priests, semin
arians and Brothers registered in
various parts of the United States
in compliance with the Selective
Training and Service Act of 1940.
Although they were required to
register, priests, seminarians and
Religious are specifically exempted
from training and service by the se
lective serevice law itself.
There are 8,160 students in the ma
jor seminaries of this country, it is
shown by a Survey made by the De
partment of Education of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, Wash
ington, D. C. Virtually all of these
are within the ages of 21 and 35 years.
The same survey shows 9,568 stu
dents enrolled in preparatory sem
inaries throughout the country, but
it is estimated that not more than a
sixth of these have yet reached their
majority.
REGISTRATION OF PRIESTS
Taking 25 years as the average age
of ordination, the great preponder
ance of priests ordained in the last
nine years will not yet have passed
the age of 35 years. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Michael J. Ready, General Sec
retary of the National Catholic Wel
fare Association, told the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs last
summer that 1,400 priests were or
dained last year. Taking 1,200 to be
the average annual number of or
dinations over the last nine years, it
would mean 10,300 new priests in that
time. It is believed 9,500 of these
have not yet attained the age of 3G
years.
Estimating the ndmber of Brothers
at 7,000. and assuming about one-
third of these to be within the ages
of 21 and 35 years, this would add
more than 2,000 to the number of reg
istrants.
Of all the registration places in the
United States, Taft Junior High
School in Washington, D. C., prob
ably saw the greatest concentration
of priests, seminarians and Religious.
This was due to the that that this was
headquarters for that area which em
braces Catholic University of Amer
ica, with its two-score of affiliated
colleges and houses of study.
Registering a total of 4,792 indi
viduals, Taft Junior High School was
one of the busiest spots in the Na
tional Capital. It is estimated that
better than one in every six persons
to appear there for registration was
a priest, seminarian or Brother. With
the steminary of the Catholic Univer
sity proper sending 170 men to reg
ister, with 120 going from Holy Name
(Franciscan) College, 75 from the
Dominican House of Studies, 68 from
Holy Cross College, 60 from the Paul-
ist College, 55 from the Scholasticate
of the Missionary Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, 40 from the Carmelite
College, 35 from the Capuchin Col
lege, 14 from the Redemptorist Col
lege, it is evident that well over 800
individuals registered from the Cath
olic University and its affiliated in
stitutions.
Not only in Washington but in
every section of the country, those
in the long queues of registrants were
edified to see Catholic priests im
proving their waiting time by read
ing the breviary.
NUNS AS REGISTRARS
Many newspapers reproduced pic
tures of priests seminarians and Re
ligious waiting to register, or actual
ly registering. Mobile, Ala., papers
reproduced a picture showing a score
or more of Sisters being sworn in to
serve as registrars in that city.
Archbishop Cicognani
Will Be Accorded
Royal Welcome
Bishop O’Hara, Clergy, Civic
Officials, Bands, Benedic
tine Cadets, Laity, School
Children to Participate
MAYOR OF SAVANNAH
IN WELCOMING PARTY
By FRANK ROSSITER
SAVANNAH. Ga.— This historic
city of the Old South, rich in Catho
lic accomplishments, is making ready
to extend a hearty welcome to His
Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States upon hia
arrival of the afternoon of Saturday,
October 26 for the purpose of attend
ing the twenty-fifth annual conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation of Georgia which will be held
here. Sunday, October 27.
Archbishop Cicognoni. representa
tive of the Holy See in this coun
try since 1933, is expected to ani■
at the Savannah Union Station at
4:20 p. m., where he will be greet
ed by the Most Reverend Gerald P.
O'Hara. Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta,
civic, state and government officials
and a delegation of Savannah Catho
lics..
Also at the station to welcome the
Apostolic Delegate, will be a thou
sand flag-waving parochial school
children, singing a hymn of welcome
to the distinguished prelate, who will
be on his first visit to the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta.
MUSIC BY SAVANNAH HIGH
AND BENEDICTINE BANDS
Two bands, that of the Savannah
High School and that of the Bene
dictine Military School, will enliven
the welcome with music. The Sa
vannah High School is a unit of the
public school system of Chatham
County, and its participation in the
welcome to the representative of the
Vatican in the United States is a
gracious gesture of courtesy and
good will on the part of officials of
the local Board of Education, the
school faculty, and its student body.
The Cadet Corps of the Benedic
tine Military School, a unit of the
R. O. T. C., under the command of
Cadet Major Charles H. Ray. and
directed bv Lieutenant Colonel
Severn T. Wallis, U. S. A., profes
sor of military science and tactics,
who is in charge of the cadet bat
talion.
The Benedictine Cadets will act
as a guard of honor to escort the
Apostolic Delegate and the welcom
ing party as they move through the
decorated downtown streets to the
Cathedral .rectory, which will be the
headquarters of Archbishop Cicog
nani during his stay in the city.
In addition to Bishop O'Hara, it is
expected the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh. D. D., Bishop of Charleston;
the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuin-
ness. D. D.. Bishop of Raleigh: and
the Most Rev. William L. Adrian,
D. D.. Bishop of Nashville; will be
among the dignitaries of the Church
who will be in attendance at the
Catholic Layman’s Association con
vention.
On Saturday evening, from 3 un
til 10 o'clock, Archbishop Cicognani
will be honored at a public reception
at the Hotel DeSoto.
MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL
On Sundav morning, at 9:30 o’clock,
the Apostolic Delegate will celebrate
a Solemn High Mass in the beauti
ful Cathedral of St. John the Bap.
tist. Officers of the Mass will be the
Very Rev. Dan J. McCarthy. Vicar
General of the Diocese of Savannah *
Atlanta, and pastor of the Holy
Family Church, Columbus: the Very
Rev. James J. Grady, Chancellor of
tire Diocese of Savannah-Atlant»,
and the Rev. Gustav Obrect. S. M.
A., pastor of St. Benedict’s Church,
Savannah, deacons of honor; the Rev.
James E. Conlin, pastor of the Bless
ed Sacrament Church. Savannah,
deacon: the Rev. Joseph G. Cassidy,
subdeacon; the Rev.-Joseph W. Kav-
anagh. of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, master of ceremonies*, J
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