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OCTOBER 2U, 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L HYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
Atlanta Minister Terms Jesuits
“Zealous Christian Workers”
The Rev. Louie D. Newton, Pastor of Druid Hills Baptist
Church, Discusses 400th Anniversary of Found
ing of the Society of Jesus
In his column, '‘Good Morning,”
which is a daily feature of The At
lanta Constitution, the Rev. Louis ».
Newton, pastor of the Druid Hills
Baptist Church, in Atlanta, made the
following comment in regard to the
Society of Jesus:
Four hundred years ago Ignatius
Loyola, a Basque soldier turned saint,
got the Society of Jesus formally
recognized by Pope Paul III. He or
ganized the Society i.n 1534, but it was
not until September 27, 1540, that the
Pope gave the movement his official
sanction.
Every student of religion is famil
iar with the long history of these
zealous Christian workers, and the
400th anniversary of the Jesuits is an
event of world-wide interest. The
members of the Society in the United
States now number 5,440. the largest
number in any nation. The society
has established 14 universities in this
country, the largest being Fordham
University in New York. Others are:
Georgetown. St. Louis; Marquette,
Creighton, Loyola of New Orleans;;
University of San Francisco, Santa
Clara, Loyola in Los Angeles, Loyola
in Chicago. Xavier, John Carroll,
University of Detroit and Conzaga.
The Jesuits devote themselves to
preaching, teaching and missionary
work. The members are forbidden
to accept ecclesiastical honors, and
they # follow a strict self-discipline,
“seeking to keep their minds sharp,
their spirits obedient, their black-
cassocked persons unattached to any
one locality.” The Superior general
of the Society at the present time is
Polish Wilodmir Ledochowski.
Speaking at Fordham University a
few days ago in commemoration of
the 400th anniversary of the Society,
the Very Rev. Robert Ignatius Gan
non, S. J., summarized his order's
first four centuries as follows: “A
checkered career, a career which for
bright light and black shadow has
not been equaled in the history of
the Church.”
Italian Prelate Assails
Fascist’s Attacks on Pope
NEW YORK.—Attacks leveled
against His Holiness Pope Pius XII
by Roberto Farinacci, editor of Italy's
Regime Fascista, have drawn a sting
ing rebuke from the Most Rev. Gio
vanni Cazzani. Bishop of Cremona,
Italy, in a letter by His Excellency
which has been reproduced in II
Crociato, Italian Catholic weekly
published here.
Condemnation of the works of Al
fredo Oriani. as well as the paternal
concern of the Holy Father for war
sufferers in the countries most seri
ously affected, is the reason Bishop
Cazzani says, for these “offensive at
tacks upon the Holy See and the Holy
Father as though the Pope, in the
present bloody conflict among great
European nations, were taking a po
litical stand and one that was against
Italy.’' The Bishop adds that the
works of Oriani were played on the
Index “not for political reasons but
because of the many and grave errors
that they contain with respect to
Catholic dogma and morals: errors
which Oriani himself, sometime be
fore his death, reconciling himself
with God and with the Church, re
pudiated, and repented.”
DISTRUST AND AVERSION
“It is sad, and particularly so for
upright Italians who are Catholic
not merely in name but in spirit and
fact,” Bishop Cazzani declares, 'when
those who ended the tragic discord
between Church and State in Italy
would sow distrust and aversion to
the Pope in the minds of the Italian
people, and particularly at a time as
grave as this when it is to the su
preme interest of the nation to main
tain that spiritual unity, the fruit
of the Conciliation, which increased
the prestige of Italy and its govern-
met in the eyes of other nations."
The Holy Father, the Bishop of Cre
mona reminds, shows no political
partiality in his efforts to alleviate
the spiritual and material suferings
of war victims, and does so regardless
of color, nationality, creed, regime or
political system.
“In solemn and repeated acts and
in important discourses,” Bishop Caz
zani says, “the Holy Father has al
ways expressed his paternal compre
hension and compassion for the suf
ferings of so many innocent victims
of the war- the aged, women, babies
—without distinction as to race or
country; likewise he has reproved in
human violence and violations of nat
ural, private and international laws
no matter who committed them.
“It is unreasonable to pretend that
the Holy Father pronounces judg
ments condemning individual inci
dents of war, or that anyone, in the
face of contradictory reports from
those interested and government cen
sorship in each country, could de
termine with reliability the sincere
and complete truth.”
Bishop Cazzani declares that similar
charges were made during the World
War, and compares these with pres
ent efforts to involve the Vatican
in international political conflicts and
thus implicate “the great moral au
thority—recognized as such by all
peoples, even non-Catholics—to the
advantage of a specific political group
or some political and social ideol
ogy”
ABOVE POLITICAL CONFLICTS
“The Pope and the Church stand
above all political and economic con
flicts, and proclaim and defend—for
all equally—the laws of justice, hu
manity and evangelical charity, and
the conditions essential to true peace
in true justice, for individuals, na
tions, the governed and the govern
ing. ’ Bishop Cazzani said.
The Lateran Treaty, the Bishop
points out. gave assurance that the
Pope would have entire freedom in
the exercise of his most lofty aposto-
late. It is a matter of supreme po
litical, as well as other, interest, and
certainly a solemn obligaion of honor
the Bishop believes, that “Italians and
their government avoid and prevent
pronouncements and manifestations
that might give the impression of
lessened freedom of the Head of the
Church in his lofty function of teach
er and defender of faith and morals,
and representative on earth of the
Divine Paternity of all peoples.”
Chief among the errors in Oriani’s
works were the assertions that the
Garden of Eden is a legend; that Cre
ation is a fable; that Original Sin
and Redemption are myths; that
Christianity can’t prove its divine
origin, and that modern Catholicism
is idolatrous.
To Preach at Convention Mass
BISHOP WALSH
His Excellency the Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.. Bishop of
Charleston, who will deliver the sermon at the Solemn Pontificial Mass
which will be celebrated in the Cathedra] of St. John the Baptist, Savannah,
to open the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.
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(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The priests,
Brothers and seminarians who regis
tered in compliance with the “Selec
tive Training and Service Act of
1940” will be put in Class IV-D in the
classification of registrants, which be
gins immediately. Class IV, which is
subdivided into six separate alloca
tions, embraces registrants who • are
exempted from service by law, who
are granted a deferred status by law,
or who are physically unfit for mili
tary service.
This information is contained in a
letter which has gone forward to the
Archbishops and Bishops of the Unit
ed States and to the Provincials and
General Superiors of religious com
munities and brotherhoods at the di
rection of the Administrative Board
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference. It is based on informa
tion made available by the National
Headquarters, Selective Service Sys
tem, here.
The Ordinaries and religious Su
periors have been advised by this
communication that the date for reg
istration in Puerto Rico and Alaska
has not yet been set; that the date for
registration in Hawaii has been fixed
for Saturday, October 26; that the
Virgin Islands are not included in
the provisions of the act, and that
citizens of the United States residing
in the Philippine Islands and Virgin
Islands are not obliged to register un
til they return to the United States
or its territories.
All priests, Brothers and seminar
ians between the ages of 21 and 36
years, whether citizens of the United
States or aliens residing in the United
States, were obliged to register under
the Selective Training Act, but they
are specifically exempt from service
under the law. Today’s activity re
lated entirely to registration.
Section 360 of Selective Service Reg
ulations, made available by the Na
tional Headquarters here, differen
tiates between a “regular minister”
and a “duly ordained minister,” but
places both—together with divinity
students—in the exempt Class IV-D.
A “regular minister of religion” is
held to be one “who customarily
preaches and teaches the principles
of religion of a recognized church,
religious sect, or religious organiza
tion of which he is a member, with
out having been formally ordained as
minister of religion; and who is
recognized by such church, sect, or
organization as a minister.” A “duly
ordained minister of religion” is one
“who has been ordained in accord
ance with the ceremonial ritual or
discipline of a recognized church, re
ligious organization, to teach and
preach its doctrines and to administer
its rites and ceremonies in public
worship; and who customarily per
forms those duties.”
The Archbishops, Bishops and re
ligious Superiors have been advised
that priests and deacons come under
the designation “ordained ministers”
as used in the regulations; that
Brothers of all categories, whether
lay or teaching, come under the des
ignation of “regular ministers,” and
that setstnai tans preparing for the
priesthood, scholastics and novices
in religious communities preparing
for the priesthood or brotherhood
are designaed as “divinity students.”
‘The exemption for divinity stud
ents is determined by the type of
school in which they are enrolled,”
the letter authorized by the N. C. W.
C. Administrative Board advises.
“Students in theological or divinity
schools which have been functioning
for at least one year previous to Sep
tember 16. 1940, are exempt from the
terms of the act. Students within the
draft age studying in minor or pre
paratory seminaries, recognized as
such for one year, participate in the
exemption of this act.
“If a registrant ceases to have the
status of ‘regular minister’ or ‘divin
ity student,’ he has the obligation to
notify the local draft board of the
changed status and he then will be
removed from the exeept Class IV-D
and placed in whatever class his cir
cumstances indicate.”
DEATHS
MISS MAMIE YOUNG
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. —Funeral services
for Miss Mamie Frances Young,
widely known in Catholic circles of
West End, was held from St. An
thony’s Church, October 8, the Rev.
N. F. Quinlan officiating.
Miss Young is survived by six
nieces, Mrs. E. A. Rogers, of At
lanta; Mrs. P. T. Leary, of Cleve
land, Mrs. M. M. Morgan, of Greens
boro, Mrs. W. M. Wallace, cf De
catur, Mrs. R. E. Merriman and
Mrs. Lucy Donnelly, of Atlanta, and
Mrs. J. M Ellison, of Kentucky; two
nephews, F. J. Young and Alfred
Young, of Atlanta.
DEATH IN ATLANTA
OF JAMES DUFFEY
ATLANTA, Ga. — James Duffey,
retired merchant, who formerly op
erated a dry goods store on Mitchell
Street, died here October 16, funer
al services being held from the Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. John
Emmerth, S. M., officiating.
Mr. Duffey is survived by his wife
and several nieces and nephews.
MRS.. WILLIAM T. HOOKER
DIES IN KINSTON, N. C.
KINSTON, N. C. — The funeral of
Mrs. William T. Hooker, member of
a prominent local family, was held
from the Church of the Holy Trinity
September 28.
Surviving are her husband: her
mother, Mrs. C. V. King, of Balti
more; a sister, Mrs. B. S. Hayden,
Jr., of Baltimore; a nephew. B. S.
Hayden. Ill, of Pikesville. Md.
Mrs. Hooker came to Kinston from
Maryland many years ago and mar
ried into one of the oldest families in
the city.
MIS DORCAS HENLEY
DIES IN RALEIGH, N. C.
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral services
for Miss Dorcas Henley, whose death
took place October 9. were held from
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, the
Rev. J. Lennox Federal officiating.
Miss Henley is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Marion P. F. Wyatt, of Ral
eigh, and Miss Jamie Henley, of Gas
tonia; and thre brothers. A. H. Hen,
ley, of Los Angeles, W- R. Henley, of
Goldsboro, and Rex Henley, Wilming
ton.
MRS. MARY N. GIDDONS.
NEWTON GROVE, N. C.. DIES
NEWTON GROVE, N. C. — Fun
eral services for Mrs. Mary N. Gid-
dons, who died here October 13. were
held from the Church of the Holy
Redeemer.
Surviving Mrs. Giddons are her
husband, ,T. K. Giddons’; four daugh
ters, Mary Giddons, Lena Giddons,
Bertelle Giddons, and Bernadette
Giddons; two sons, Leo Giddons and
Edward Giddons.
JAMES J. HAFEY. of Chicopee,
Mass., was buried October 13 follow
ing a Requiem Mass in Holy Name
Church, celebrated by his brother,
the Most Rev. Wili am J. Hafey,
Bishop of Scranton.
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GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara. D.D.. J.U.D.. Bishop of Savannah,
Atlanta. State Chaplain
Thomas J. Gilmore. Atlanta. State Deputy
William T. Walsh. Savannah. Past State Deputy
George T. Flynt. Atlanta. Stale Secretary
R. S. Heslen. Augusta, Treasurer
Leo Leonard, Columbus. Advocate
Thomas J. Canty, Savannah, W’arden
ATLANTA COUNCIL,
NO. 660
Granu Knight
Brian F. O’Brien,
627 Woodlawn Avenue, S. Ji.
Financial Secretary
George T. Flynt,
1356 Laner Blvd., N. E.
Council Meets 1st and 3rd
' Wednesdays, at 8 P. M., at
the Council House, 1200
Peachtree St., N. E.
Club House Open Every Day
and Evening at the Above
Address.
SAVANNAH COUNCIL
No. 631
Jos. N. McDonough
Grand Knight-
J. B. McDonald
Financial Secretary
Frank Puder, R. S.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesdays, 8 P. M.
3 West Liberty Street
Savannah. Ga.
Bishop Gross Council
No. 1019
Louis C. Kunze
Grand Knight
Jos J. Spano,
Financial Secretary
Meets First and Third Wednes
day, 8 P. M. 802 Broadway
Catholic Club Bid*.
Patrick Walsh Council
No. 677
James B. Mulherin
Grand Knight
R. S. Heslen, Financial Sec.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
1012 Greene St Augusta. Ga.
Macon Council, No. 925
Chas. Le A. Adams, Sr.
Grand Knight
Herman Huhn
Financial Secretary ^
Meets the First and Third
Tuesday, 8:15 P M.,
in Milchell Hall of the Catholic
Club. 521 New St.
Mulberry St_ Macon. Ga.
Henry Thomas Ross
Council, No. 1939
J. Boyd Touhey. Grand Knight
Kenneth E. Ammons,
Financial Secretary
P. O. Box 391 n
Meets Second and Fourth Tues
days at Knights of Co
lumbus Hall.
Brunswick. Ga.