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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 26. 1940
CATHOLIC U. RECTOR
AWARDED DEGREE
Interior of Chapel, Nazareth, N. C.
Bishop Corrigan Honored
by Fordham at Jesuit
Quadricentennial Observ
ance
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Most Rev. Jo-
se[>h M. Corrigan, Rector of the Cath
olic University of America, was
awarded the honorary degree. Doctor
of Letters, by Fordham University
as part of a celebration at Fordham
of the approbation of the Society of
Jesus by Pope Paul III 400 years ago.
Other celebrations were held in
Jesuit communities throughout the
world, a« the ‘ birthday" of the Jes
uits was observed.
The most Rev. Francis J. Spellman,
Archbishop of New York, who grad
uated from Fordham in 1911, presided
at the celebration as "both father and
son” of Fordham.
The Very Rev. James P. Sweeney,
S. J., Provincial of the Society of
Jesus Maryland-New York Province,
represented the Very Rev. Vladimir
Ledochowski, Superior General of
the Society of Jesus, who resides in
Rome. Father Sweeney read the
apostolic letter Poire Paul wrote on
September 27. 1540, recognizing the
great society.
Conferring the degree on Bishop
Corrigan, Fordham's citation said that
both the Society of Jesus and Ford
ham University were deeply grateful
to the Sovereign Pontiffs for the
many favors they have conferred, and
in token of gratitude wished to con
fer the university’s highest honor on
the Rector Magnificus of the Pontifi
cal University of this country.
Bishop Corrigan recalled that Jes
uits were among the early martyrs in
this country.
"When our nation was formed and
the Church of the United States topk
its place among the hierarchies in
communion with the Holy See, ’ he
added, “again it was a Jesuit who was
to father the episcopate of this coun
try. and John Carroll became the
first Bishop and the first archbishop
of the primal See of Baltimore. 1
Bishop Corrigan said that the his
tory of the United States gave the
society of Jesus lasting claims for
grateful appreciation from every
Catholic in this country.
FOUGHT FALLACIOUS IDEA
Recalling the beginning of the So
ciety of Jesus, Bishop Corrigan de
clared an idea that began then that
Shown above is the interior of the Father Price Memorial chapel of the
Catholic Orphanage at Nazareth, N. C„ which was recently renovated The
Rev. John A. Beshel is superintendent of the Orphanage, which is conducted
by the Sisters of Mercy for boys and girls.
More Catholic Chaplains
Needed by U. S. Army
Morale Division Desires to Assign 27 5 Additional Priests
to Active Duty with Greatest Peace-time Force in
Nation’s History
Sacred Heart Convent, Raleigh
Shown above is the Sacred Heart Convent, Raleigh, N. C., where the
Dominican Sisters conduct the Cathedral Parish school.
liberty and of popular sovereignty
which resounded at the birth- of our
independence.
“It is a happy privilege to be part
of this scene and to offer congratula
tions to every Jesuit here present or
not. Surely w e may allow our
•‘man can stand alone and may dis- not. Surely w e may allow our
miss God" has been fought by the thoughts to turn in loving homage
, . . i ! -1- _ .J M l I rfm P t inrf T/A t flP
Jesuits valiantly ever since. Bishop
Corrigan added that “all the .world
is witnessing today, in the air, over
the British Isles, and the Continent
of Europe, and nearby Africa" is
traceable to that idea. Had the world
listened to the Jesuits, there would
have been no French Revolution, no
Stalin and no Hitler, he declared.
"In all the efforts of the Society
it is an understatement to say they
have deserveu ne grateful recogni
tion which should be made manifest
in the course of this glorious anni
versary,” said Bishop Corrigan. "They
have earned a very special place of
honor in our country, inter-twined
as their history is with our very ori
gin as a free and independent coun
try. The fellow-religious of Bellar-
mine should be proud to know that
from him were learned the accents of
and most respectful greeting to the
gracious figure of the Father General
in Rome, Father Ledochowski, m his
simple but adequate Generalate, as
he keeps this Solemn anniversary.
"Our hearts and our minds will
then leap at once across the great
piazza to acclaim in loving sympathy
the great Pontiff, the Holy. Father,
Pope Pius XII, to whom this scene
will carry the consolation of the un
swerving loyalty of devoted sons."
The Very Rev. Robert I. Gannon,
S J., President of Fordham. said the
400 years of the “checkered career
of the Society of Jesus, with its
"bright lights and black shadows ,
has been unequalled in the history of
the Church. He said the Society has
trod a perpetual road of exile "com
parable only to the eternal road of
Judah.”
Eighteenth Annual
ixchange Club Fall
Fair anil Exposition
NOVEMBER 4-9
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Livestock
- Flowers
Farm Exhibits
Poultry
Again Featuring the Massifs and New
WORLD OF MIRTH SHOWS
FIREWORKS - FREE ACTS - EACH NIGHT
ADMISSI0H TO GROUNDS .... I Be
AUGUSTA EXCHANGE
CLUB’S EXPOSITION
OPENS NOVEMBER 4
Promising to eclipse the previous
seventeen Fall Fairs in brilliance and
magnitude, the Augusta Exchange
Club’s annual exposition will open
on November 4 for a full week’s
showing in Augusta.
Hundreds of dollars in cash prizes,
in addition to yards of blue, red and
white ribbons, scholarships and tro
phies, will be distributed among live
stock, poultry and hog producers and
4-H Club and farm club groups re
warding them for their efforts to im
prove and diversity the" rural indus
tries. Several score such exhibits have
been entered in the competition.
Bright McConnell. Richmond Coun
ty farm agent, said that he expected
a banner fair for the agricultural
leaders in the twin-states area.
Featuring the midway this fall will
be the nationally known World of
Mirth Shows, a huge three-train ex-
travaganza of rides, sideshows, freaks
and amusements. This is the second
appearance of the Shows in Augusta
and officials of the fair vouch for the
company's honesty and cleanliness.
Free aerial acts by the daring Gro-
tefents and beautiful fireworks dis
plays will be staged nightly m the
midwav for the benefit of the thous
ands of fair-goers and fun-seekers
expected to throng the grounds din
ing the exposition.
JOHN BAUMGARTNER
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. —Funeral services
for John Baumgartner, who died Sat
urday en route to St. Louis, were
held October 21 from the Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. John Em-
merth, S. M. officiating.
Mr. Baumgartner was a native of
California. He is survived by his wife,
one daughter, Miss Anna Baumgart
ner- a son, John Baumgartner, Jr.;
three brothers, Joseph Baumgartner
William Baumgartner, and Charles
Baumgartner, all of California; three
sisters, Mrs. J. T. Collins, Mrs. Her
man Rademacher, and Mrs. Frank
Loftus, of California.
MRS. BRIGHT McGRATH
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices foe Mrs. Beidget McGeath. who
died October 30. were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
MRS. MRYTLE WITHERS
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral services
for Mrs. Myrtle Withers, who died
October 20, were held from St. An
thony's Church, the Rev. Nicholas J.
Quinlan officiating.
Mrs. Withers is survived by her
husband, E. E. Witners, a daughter.
Miss Margaret Withers; a son, Eu
gene Withers, and two sisters, Mrs.
Billie Lasales and Mrs. Milton Wil
liams, and three brothers, W. F. Bo
gart, R. B. Bogart, and W. H. Bogart
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. - With the set
ting up by the War Department of a
Morale Division as its operating
agency for matters pertaining to the
recreational and welfare activities of
the greatest peace-time army in the
history of the United States, it be
came known that the Army is seek
ing to enroll 275 additional Catholic
chaplains for active duty by April 1.
At the office of Army Chief Chap
lain William R. Arnold, it was stated
that the Army has need of 1,000 new
chaplains. On .the basis of one Cath
olic chaplain for every three non-
Catholic chaplains, it was stated that
275 more priests will be needed for
army service. One chaplain is added
to the Chaplains’ Corps for every ad
ditional 1,200 officers and men
brought into active service, a chap
lain being assigned to every regiment,
or equivalent army unit, and to hos
pitals and the various army head
quarters.
In its call for additional chaplains,
Chief of Chaplains Arnold said, the
army is receiving the co-operation of
the Most Rev. John F. O’Hara, C. S.
C.. Military Delegate. Many of the
priests recently assigned to chaplain
duty, he said ,are members of Relig
ious Orders.
RESERVE CORPS INCREASE
Authorization also has been receiv
ed to increase the Chaplains’ Reserve
Corps from 1,050 to 1,750. At present
the spiritual needs of the Army are
being cared for by 325 chaplains of
the Regular Army and 139 Reserve
Chaplains who have been called to
active duty. While the age limit for
chaplains in the Regular Army is 34
years, that of the Reserve Corps is
42 years.
In connection with the setting up
of the Morale Division, the Adjutant-
General, Major-General Emory S.
Adams, has been designated Morale
Chief of the Army.
At the office of the Adjutant Gen
eral it was stated today that, while
the collaboration of civilian organi
zations will be welcomed, the Army
itself will control all morale activi
ties within the army posts and camps.
It was stated, however, that such
civilian organizations as set up quar
ters outside the posts.and camps will
be encouraged.
In the period of American partici
iation in the World War, 1917-18, the
National Catholic War Council, the
Knights of Columbus, the Young
Men’s Christian Association, the Sal
vation Army, the Jewish Welfare
Board and the other organizations es
tablished “huts" and recreational
centers within the great cantonments
in this country and in A. E. F. cen
ters overseas.
Mobilization regulations of the War
Department provided that: “At the
proper time the Secretary of War will
invite the several civilian welfare or
ganizations to name representatives
to constitute, together with represen
tatives of the War Department, an
agency to be designated as the .War
Department Advisory Welfare Coun
cil. This council will act as the co
ordinating agency in connection with
the activities of the national civilian
welfare organizations.”
ADVISORY COUNCILS
The mobilization regulations fur
ther state that: “At the proper time,
corps area and department comman
ders will be authorized to organize
corps area or department advisory
welfare councils in the same manner.,
and for the same purpose as indicat
ed above for the War Department.
Advisory Welfare Council."
At the office of the Adjutant Gen-'
eral it was stated today that designa
tion of such national, corps area and
department advisory councils will
not be undertaken in the present
peace-time mobilization.
Matters pertaining to the religious
.needs of the army, it was stated, will
continue to be under the direct su
pervision of the office of the Chief of
Chaplains.
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