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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 25, 1942
Oppression of Church by Nazis
Revealed by German Prelate
New Colored Church, Wilson, N. C.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — A consistent
effort on the part of Nazi authori
ties, by misleading slogans, by
outrageous oppression of the
Church and by the threat of dis
charging individuals from their po
sitions, to force German Chris
tians, Catholic and Protestant, to
renounce their faith, is revealed in
a document which has become
available in this country.
The document is the text of a
sermon delivered at New Year’s
Eve services in the Munich Cathed
ral by His Eminence Michael Car
dinal von Faulhaber, Archbishop
of Munich and Freising, on De
cember 31, 1941. In that sermon,
entitled “Leave the Church?
Thrice No!’’ Cardinal Faulhaber
gave his people a threefold answer
to the question: “Will you leave
the Church?”; reviewed the per
sistent oppressive measures of the
preceding year, and predicted an
even more intense campaign of
pressure for apostasy during 1942.
NEW DEMANDS FORESEEN
“In the past year the war against
the Church has culminated in the
demand to leave the Church,” he
declared. “Clear indications give
promise that in the new year this
demand will be made with renewed
emphasis and that the question,
'Will you leave the Church or will
you resign your position?’ will be
raised again, louder than before.
Drawing a sharp contrast be
tween the peaceful relations reign
ing among the various Christian
confessions in Germany and the
“saddest of all wars, the war
against the Church,” His Eminence
said, with echoes of last summer’s
Fulda pastoral of all the German
Bishops, that the Christian confes
sions “know that it is a question
now of the very existence or anni
hilation” of Catholicism and Prot
estantism alike
While Catholic soldiers at the
front “stand shoulder to shoulder
with other German men” and
Catholics at home share in every
war sacrifice, “still the Church at
home is treated with constant dis
trust, is spied upon, and oppressed
by exceptional restrictions, and
buildings belonging to the Church
and to Religious are confiscated on
a far larger scale than private
ones,” His Eminence declared.
After scoring some of the insidi
ous and “satanic” slogans and
catch phrases tossed about by
Nazi officialdom to induce Catho
lics to apostatize, Cardinal Faul
haber went on to review the op
pressive measures that have been
brought to bear against the
Church.
BARRED FROM SCHOOLS
Stating that the first of these
measures were directed against re
ligious instruction in the schools,
he told how priests in some sec
tions had been assured officially
that religious instruction would be
allowed, but had then been pre
vented from giving it by being per
sonally barred from teaching
through special interdicts. “It
seems like a reversion to the times
of Nero or Diocletian,” he said,
“when we hear that there are
places where teachers are spied
upon to see if they still make the
Sign of the Cross or use the old
school prayers ”
A recent “outrage that cries to
heaven,” he said, is the ban on the
use of paper for new editions of
the catechism and religious books.
Other measures of oppression
were cited in the sermon. His
Eminence declared that in upper
secondary school grades no religi
ous instruction at all is any longer
allowed ;a blackout regulation
against youthful “loitering” is be
ing used to prevent Catholic at
tendance at evening religious
study-hours, while other young
people are allowed to go to shows
until 9 p. m.; under one edict the
Church is forbidden to acquire
land or real estate of any kind;
church bells are to be confiscated,
only the smallest one in the pos
session of each church being left.
This latter, however, said Cardi
nal Faulhaber, Catholics “will
consider a patriotic sacrifice, not
an arbitrary measure against the
Church.” The measure applying
1 To Dedicate New
Chapel at Convent
in Southern Pines
to youth and religious training, he
said, “can have but one purpose:
to alienate the young systematical
ly from the Church and thus pre
pare the way for apostasy.”
AGE-OLD STRUGGLE
“I will not leave the Church, be
cause I will not let my light "be
darkened,” was the third answer
the Cardinal offered his people to
meet the official demand of apos
tasy. Reviewing the doctrines of
the Church that in a special way
have been “a light” to the world,
he said the “Christ Whom they
want to take away from the Ger
man people” is “the Judge Who
will try even the great of this
earth|” “The spectacle that passes
before our eyes on the stage of his
tory today is like a chapter of the
Apocalypse,” he added . “It is a
part of the age-old struggle be-!
tween Light and Darkness. ”
“With all his soul your Bishop
feels with you, how hard this deci
sion is for a public officer, for
members of professions dependent
on the State, and especially for the
head of a family,” Cardinal Faul
haber continued. But he warned
against the feeling that one might
salve his conscience with the state
ment: “I am only leaving the
Church outwardly, but in my heart
I remain with her.”
The sermon ended with a trib
ute to the “many souls full of the
spirit of sacrifice” among the
Catholics of Germany, and to the
“many real confessors and martyrs
whose names some day should be
gathered in a book of heroes.”
The Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Wilson, North Carolina,
dedicated on March 29 by the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D„
Bishop of Raleigh. The new church, which will serve the Colored
Catholics of Wilson, will be in charge of the Redemptorist Fathers.
St. Alphonsus Rectory, Wilson
(Special to The Bulletin)
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.—The
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,
who foi the past five years have
conducted Notre Dame Academy
in Southern Pines, have been
obliged to enlarge their building
due to the increased enrollment
of boarding school pupils. The new
addition contains, besides' an at
tractive study, recreation room
and dormitory space, a beautiful
liturgical Chapel capable of ac
comodating sixty persons.
The Chapel, to be known as
the Chapel of Notre Dame, will be
dedicated by His Excellency the
Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness,
D. D. v J3isliop of Raleigh, on May
12.
Pictured above is the rectory of the recently dedicated St..
Alphonsus Mission for Colored in Wilson, N. C., where the Rev. Francis
J. Walsh, C. SS. R., is pastor, and the Rev. Joseph Ellison, C. SS. R.,
is assistant.
Monsignor Fulton Sheen
to Conduct Mission in
Sanford, North Carolina
(Special to The Bulletin)
SANFORD, N. C. — The Right
Rev. Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen,
of the Catholic University of Am
erica, noted radio speaker of
“Catholic Hour” fame, will con
duct a Mission for Colored people
here during the month of June.
Missionary work among the Col
ored people here was recently tak
en over by the Holy Ghost Fath
ers, with the Rev. Anthony F.
Hackett, C. S. SP., as the first
pastor.
OUTRAGES THAT VIOLATE
all rules of morality and conven
tions of international law are
charged to the Nazi conquerors of
Poland in “The Polish White
Book,” which has been published
in New York. In its 240 pages the
“White Book” presents an exhaus
tive account of the systematic de
struction which, the Polish govern
ment in London charges, has been
carried on against Polish nationals
and Polish institutions. Included
in the “White Book” are copies of
documents from official German
and other publications, and sworn
statements of eye-witnesses to
atrocites and other acts of perse
cution of the most violent type.
One of the primary targets of the
invaders, the “White Book” says,
is the Catholic Church. In Poland,
where the vast majority of the
population are Catholics, the Nazis
have dealt their most severe blows
at ^ie Church, it declares.
Expanding Colored
Missionary Work in
Diocese of Raleigh
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—An extensive
program of development of mis
sionary activity among the Col
ored people of the Diocqse of Ral
eigh has been undertaken by Ills
Excellency the Most Rev. Eugene
J. McGuinness, Bishop of Raleigh.
Within the past few weeks new
Colored Missions have been dedi
cated at High Point, Wilson, and
Lumberton.
Ground was broken recently for
a new Colored church in Golds
boro, where the Rev. Thomas
O’Connor, C. SS: R., is the pastor:
Construction of a Colored Mis
sion at Elizabethtown has also be
gun, and the Franciscan Friars of
the Atonement from Graymoor,
Garrison, N. Y., are opening a
new Colored parish in Murphy.
The Society of the Fathers of
Mercy have taken over the white
and Colored missionary work in
Wadesboro, formerly a mission
station of St. James Church, Ham
let. The Rev. Ambrose McAdams
C. SS. R., pastor of Our Lady
of Victory Church, in Southern
Pines, broke ground on March 31
for a new Colored parochial
school there.
MRS. R. S. MILLETT
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Louise Hillburn Mil
lett, formerly of Atlanta, and
widow of Robert Spalding Millett,
were held from the Sacred Heart
Church, the Very Rev. William
Lonergan, S. M., officiating. Mrs.
Millett was drowned on the night
of March 21 when the automobile
in which she was riding plunged
from the Overseas Highway about
10 miles from Key West, Fla.
Bishop McGuinness
Dedicates New Colored
Church at Wilson, N. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
WILSON, N. C. — On Palm
Sunday, His Excellency the Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuiness, D. D.,
Bishop of Raleigh, dedicated the
new St. Alphonsus Church, which
will serve the Colored parish in
Wilson.
The ceremony began with the
laying of the corner-stone, the
blessing of the church and rectory,
and concluded with the celebra
tion of a Solemn Pontifical Mass.
Assisting Bishop McGuiness in
the celebration of the Mass and
the dedication were the Very Rev.
William T. McCarthy, C. SS. R.,
Provincial of the Redemptorist
House, Brooklyn, archpriest; tie
Rev. Francis J. Walsh, C. SS. R.,
pastor of St. Alphonsus, and the
Rev. Bernard Licking, C. SS. R. f
Provincial Consultor, Brooklyn,
deacons of honor; the Rev. Thom
as Maher, C. SS. R.,' Southern
Pines, deacon of the Mass; the
Rev. John A. Brown, of Pinehurst,
master of ceremonies.
The sermon at the Mass was de
livered by the Rev. William T.
McCarthy, C. SS. R., and Bishop
McGuinness spoke at the conclu
sion of the service.
A choir of forty-two voices,
from Mother of Mercy Colored
school, in Washington, N. C., sang
during the Mass.
In the afternoon, Bishop Mc
Guinness administered the Sacra
ment of Confirmation to twenty
converts.
The Rev. Francis J. Walsh, C.
SS. R., is pastor of the new
church, which is named St. Al
phonsus in honor of St. Alphonsus
Liguori, founder of the Redemp-
torists, and the assistant pastor is
the Rev. Joseph Ellison, C. SS. R.,
who is also establishing a Colored
Mission at Rocky Mount, where
the building of a new church has
already begun.
JAMES T. McKENNA
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — James T.
McKenna died here on April 17,
funeral services being held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Anne R. McKenna; a daughter.
Miss Mary McKenna; two sons, J.
T. McKenna, Jr., and John H. Mc
Kenna; three sisters, Miss Nell
McKenna, Mrs. George W. Gard
ner, and Mrs. Thomas Flaherty; a
brother, John H. McKenna; three
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
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GROUND BROKEN FOR
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ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.—
Ground has been broken for the
church which will serve the newly
established Colored parish here,
the Rev. Francis J. Walsh, C. SS.
R., pastor of St. Alphonsus Church
in Wilson; the Rev. -Joseph Elli
son, C. SS. R., his assistant, and
the Rev. Peter McNerney, pastor
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church in Rocky Mount, officiat
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The new church, which will be
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the Redemptorist Fathers, and is
expected to be completed by
September.
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