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VOL. XXIII. No. 4 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 25, 1942 _ ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Holy Father to Observe Jubilee (NEA Service Radiophoto) HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XII On May thirteenth. His Holiness Pope Pius XII will observe the Silver Jubilee of his consecration as Titular Archbishop of Sardi, to which Archepiscopal See he was consecrated on May 17. 1917 by His Holiness Pope Benedict XV, himself, in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the consecration of the present Sovereign Pontiff as an Archbishop will be celebrated throughout the Catholic world, the observance, in accordance with the wishes of Holy lather, to take the form of a spiritual commemoration. In the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, observance of the Arch- episcopal Silver Jubilee of Pope Pius XII will be marked by a Solemn Pontifical Mass which will be celebrated in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah by the Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D„ Bishop of Savannah, on Ascension Thursday. At the request of Bishop O’Hara, pastors of all churches in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta will arrange for Spiritual Bouquets from the members of their congregations to be sent to the office of the Chancellor of the Diocese for transmission to His Holiness. President Indicates Possibility of Vatican-U. S. Relations Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan N. G. G. W. Convention in May AUGUSTA, Ga.—The fourth an nual convention of the Savannah- Atlanta Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Wom en, will meet in Savannah on May 2 and 3, with Miss Anna Rice, of Augusta, the Diocesan president, presiding. Headquarters of the convention will be at the De Sdto Hotel. The program for Saturday, May 2, begins with registration at noon, followed' by a business session at 3:30 p. m. After the business meeting, a visit to St. Thomas Vocational School is scheduled, followed by the Savannah Deanery Council. At 8:30 p. m., a general reception will be held at the De Soto Hotel. The second day’s program will open with a Pontifical Low Mass -which will be celebrated at the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. There will be a business session at 10:30, luncheon at the De Soto Hotel at 1:00 p. m, with the closing session, and the annual election of officers at 3:00 p. m. The theme of the convention will be “Woman’s Role in Our National Emergency”; her patrio tic contribution, and her domestic contribution. The Rev. James A. Greeley, S. J.. assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart Church in Augusta, will be the guest speaker at the conven tion. Mrs. D. J. Colvin, of Savannah, Diocesan chairman of the War Activities Committee of the N. C. C. W., will speak on “The Role of the Catholic Woman in Na tional Defense”. Mrs. Harold Mulherin, Savannah Deanery president, will deliver the address of welcome, and the response will be made by Mrs. Dan J. O'Connor, Augusta Deanery president. Camp McClellan Group Organizes Holy Name Society By N. C. W. C. News Service ANNISTON, Ala.—Four hun dred members of the newly-or ganized Holy Name Society, of the Sixth Regiment at Fort McClellan received Holy Communion and at tended a Communion Breakfast on March 22. The Mass was celebrated by First Lt. M. J. Broussard, Chap lain of the Sixth Regiment, and the sermon was preached by First Lt. B. J. Leahy, Chaplain of the Base Hospital. The Mass was said in the open-air theater at Fort McClellan and was attended by over a 1,000 officers and men. After the Mass the 400 mem bers of the Holy Name Society were driven to the USO Club op erated by the National Catholic Community Service here. At the breakfast Col. Tyson, Commander of the 6th Regiment, Lt. Colonel John M. Bellamy, Post Chaplain, John M. McCloskey, Di rector of the USO Club operated by the National Catholic Com munity Service, Father Broussard, and Corporal Robert Lemm, Vice- President of the Holy Name So ciety made addresses. Colonel Tyson, emphasized the value of religion in the develop ment of a good soldier. Mr. Mc Closkey, spoke of the challenge this war is to the Catholic soldiers, •nd how he should try to meet it. Colonel Bellamy brought to the attention of the soldiers the im portance of the outward signs of their faith (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — Broad indi cations of the possibility of per manent diplomatic relations be tween the Holy See and the United States were given here by President Roosevelt. Asked the direct question at one of his regular press conferenc es if he expects to have a perma nent representative at the Holy See, the President said he could not tell. He added that it is a question of transportation. The President said voluntarily that he understood the Holy See and China were discussing the ex change of diplomatic representa tives. (A dispatch in the last week from Chungking, Capital of the Chinese Government, said that China had made a request to the Vatican for diplomatic relations. An official was quoted as saying that the request had been favor ably received.) President Roosevelt also said that the Government of the United States had not communicated with the Vatican expressing anxiety over the proposal to exchange rep resentatives between the Holy See and Tokyo. The President was told that the British wireless had in recent days announced that Great Britain had called the attention of the Vati can to the anxiety with which it would view the exchange of diplo matic representatives between the Holy See and Tokyo. He was ask ed if the United States had made similar representations. The Presi dent said the .United States had not. He indicated, too, that he did not know about the report of the British representations. Greensboro Honors “Mother of 1942” GREENSBORO, N. C. — Formal recognition of the honor which came to Mrs. William N. Berry, when she was chosen as the rep resentative mother of the United States, “The American Mother of 1942,” was made at a testimonial luncheon held in the Wedgewood Room of the Hotel King Cotton. Officials of civic organizations, particularly those with which Mrs. Berry is identified, attended, and the group that honored Mrs. Ber ry was headed by Mayor Huger S. King, who extended the city’s con gratulations, and Herman Cone, president of the Chamber of Com merce. Mrs. Berry will be formally pre sented with the award at a formal luncheon in New York in May, and on Mothers’ Day will make a nation-wide broadcast, which will be broadcast internationally by shortwave if possible. THE APPEAL of the Most Rev. Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mo bile, for the support of the first Central, Catholic High School in- Birmingham, has resulted in an initial fund of §175,600. North Carolina Catholic Woman “ All American Mother of 1942” Mrs. William N. B-erry, of Greensboro, Honored by Mothers’ Day Committee of Golden Rule Foundation (Special to The Bulletin) GREENSBORO, N. C. — Mrs. William N. Berry, of Greensboro, the mother of thirteen children, all living, has been chosen as “The American Mother of 1942” by the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation of New York City. Mrs. Berry is 52 years old. Her oldest child is 30 years old, and her youngest nine years old. Among her children is an- avi ator in the United States Army, a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy in the class of 1940, who recently escaped death by a para chute descent when his plane crashed. Another son is a midshipman of the class of 1943 at the U. S. Nav al Academy, and a member of the Navy football squad. A third son is to be ordained a priest of the Passionisl Order on May 30. Two of her daughters are Sisters of Chatity of St. Vincent de Paul. Still another son will graduate in Medicine this year from Georgetown University. He has been commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve. There are ma'ny musicians in the family and a painter. All of the children have received a CTatli- olic education. Mrs. Berry has assisted her hus band in establishing and conduct ing a large coal and stoker busi ness, and holds the position of sec retary-treasurer of the firm, the Berry Coal Company. Mrs. Berry was born Elizabeth Vize, of French and English par entage, in Waverly, Kentucky, of which state Mrs. Berry is also a native. She was educated at St. Vincent’s Academy,! St. Vincent, Ky., and the young couple were married when she finished school and had been teaching for two years. - Mr. Berry was with the South ern Railway and they set up housekeeping on a railroad salary in 1910. In - 1913 they came to Greensboro from Kentucky and in 1924 they entered the retail coal business here. Today they operate one of the largest busi nesses of its kind in the South. Announcement of the national honor reached Mrs. Berry after she had finished one of her busiest days — seeing three children off on the train for return trips to school and preparing a fourth for an early trip back to school the next day. Each of the four away- from-home visitors had a school mate as houseguest, so one can easily imagine the activity in the Berry household over the week end. The two youngest' children are the only ones at home except on holidays and special occasions. The Berry home is large and rambling, and away from the heart ol the Irving Park residen tial area. Here, Mrs. Berry says, she “raises her children with a lot of wholesome neglect.” Friends are often invited in, for the Bar ry’s feel lonely sometimes with only six or eight children at home at a time. Mrs. Berry has long been a lead er in the community. She and Mr. Berry operate the successful Ber ry Coal Company, of which she is secretary and treasurer. She has been influential in business, religious and social life. Her pub lic service includes a former presi dency cf the Greensboro Altrusa club, and she is a member of the Woman’s Club, the Catholic Daughters of America, and the Starmount Forest Country club. The thirteen Berry children are: John Vize, general manager of “All American Mother of 1942” MSS. WILLIAM N. BERRY Greensboro, N. C. the stoker division of the Berry Coal company, who is now seek 1 - ing admission into the United States Naval Reserve through ap plication for an officer’s commis sion. He was married in June to a great-granddaughter of Stephen Douglas, who was a candidate for the Presidency of the United States against Abraham Lincoln. Mary Elizabeth, a member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, in charge of the business affairs of the Emergency Hospital, Buffalo, N. Y., and or ganist of the hospital community. She is a graduate of St. Joseph’s High School, Emmitsburg, Md., and the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. William Nathan Berry, Jr., now Confrater Thomas Mary, C. P„ who will be ordained a priest of the Passionist Order on May 30 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Newark, and will celebrate his first Solemn High Mass at St. Benedict’s Church in Greensboro on June 7. j He is the organist at St. Michael’s Passionist Monastery, Union City, N. J., and was a student at Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Md., when he entered the Pas sionate Congregation. Francis Xavier Berry attended Mount St. Mary’s, Emmitsburg, the Catholic University of Ameri ca, and the University of Notre Dame, and will graduate from the Georgetown University School of Medicine this year. He has been commissioned an ensign in the U. S. N. R., and until called to active duty will serve as interne at the Buffalo Emergency Hospital. He is an accomplished artist and has painted a number of portraits. First Lieutenant James Fant Berry, a graduate of West Point in the class of 1940, is attached to a bombing squadron at Westover Field. Mass. Sister Mary Margaret of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vin cent de Paul, formerly taught at St. Dominic’s School, Baltimore, and now teaches Music and Eng lish at the Immaculate Conception Academy, Washington. She is an alumnus of St. Joseph’s, Emmits burg, Md., Woman’s College of .the University of North Carolina, and Nazareth College, Nazareth, Ken tucky. Katherine is Mrs. Richard Mon roe Fuller, of Greensboro. She is now engaged in defense work. She plays the piano. She attended St. Joseph's, Emmitsburg, and the Womans College of the University of North Carolina. Midshipman Joseph Louis Berry is at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an alumnus of Newman Preparatory School, New (Coutiuued on Page 3-AJ