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TWELVE
MAY 23, 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Sisters in Augusta Study Home Nursing
A class composed of Sisters of St. Joseph, Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concep
tion, and a lay woman demonstrated how to care for patients as taught in the home nursing course spon
sored by the American Red Cross in Augusta. The nurse in white uniform is Mrs. C. M. Burpee, in
structor. The patients are Barbara and Rose Mary Burpee. The Sisters beside the beds are Sisters
Mary Bernard and Mary Angelus. Standing, from left to right are, Sister Mary Aurelia, Sister Claire
Agnes, Sister William Francis, Sister Roberta Joseph, Sister Agnes Carmel, Sister Mary Thomas, Mrs.
Josephine Klein, Mother Wilford, Sister Catherine, Sister Mary Blanche, Sister St. Andrews. Others in
in the class, who do not appear in the picture are Sister Mary de Sales, Sister Celeste Marie, Sister
Rose Margaret, Sister Lillian Joseph, Sister Loretta Joseph, Sister Mary Agatha, Sister Louis Marie, all
of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.—(Photo Courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle.)
Catholic Committee of the South
Honors Mother Katherine Drexel
Brunswick Observes
Annual Festival of
Our Lady of Fatima
oitUNSWICK, Ga.—On Sun
day, May 10, the ever impressive
and beautiful procession in honor
of Our Lady of the Rosary of
Fatima was held at St. Francis
Xavier Church. The exquisite
statue of Our Lady of Fatima, on
a flower banked litter, was borne
on the shoulders of four swarthy
fishermen, in a procession more
colorful this year than usual. First
came the altar boys, then the
school girls wearing white dress
es and blue veils, then followed
the members of the Confraternity
of Our Lady of the Rosary, mem
bers of Brunswick’s fishing col
ony, then the clergy, and lastly
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
D. D.. Bishop of Savannah-At-
lanta, in cope and mitre.
The procession entered the
church after circling the block,
and then continued along the aisles
until the statue was directly” be-
for the altar. Then, while Bishop
O'Hara blessed the service flag
of the parish, bearing thirty-five
stars, representing the men and
the one woman, an army nurse,
from Brunswick, and its missions
who are now in the armed ser
vice of the United States, the
children’s choir sang the hymn,
“Mary Help Our Valiant Sol
diers.”
Following the procession and
blessing of the flag, the Rev.
Maurice Driscoll, C. SS. R., cele
brated a Solemn Mass Coram
Episco, the Rev. Joseph G. Calla
han, S. M., deacon; the Rev. Wil-
' liam M. Hanlon, S. M., subdeacon,
and the Rev. Philip A. Hasson,
S. M., pastor of St. Francis Xavier
Church, as assistant priest.
The sermon, in Portuguese, was
preached by Father Driscoll, who
for seven years served as a mis
sionary in Brazil.
The services were the climax of
a triduum, preached by the Re-
demptorist missionary.
Music for the Mass was ren
dered in the Gregorian chant by
the Children’s Choir under the
direction of Mother Rose Anita,
augmented by members • of the
Ladies’ Sodality of Our Lady of
Rosary of Fatima.
After the Mass the whole con
gregation proceeded to the water
front, where in accordance with
the annual custom, Bishop O'Hara
blessed the fishing fleet.
At the early Mass eleven chil
dren of the parish had received
their first Holy Communion from
Bishop O’Hara, who later admin
istered the Sacrament of Con
firmation to a class of forty-nine,
twenty-two of whom were adults,
and of these nineteen were con
verts. Sponsors for the children
were chosen from the older chil
dren who were members of the
Junior Legion of Mary and the
Children’s Crusade of Prayer.
There was a general Communion
of the parish at the Mass in honor
of the Silver Jubilee of Pope
Pius XII.
MAY FESTIVAL
HELD IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—The annual
May festival, sponsored by the
Sacred Heart Chapel Guild, under
the direction of Miss Kay Flynt,
was held on the grounds of St.
Joseph's Infirmary.
Mrs. Raymond W. Bowling was
general chairman, sub-committee
chairmen being Mrs. Robert F.
Henry, Mrs. John Maert, Mrs.
Duncan Peeoples, Miss Nell Jent-.
zen, and Mrs. Frank White, presi
dent of the Chapel Guild.
ATLANTA K. OF C.
AUXILIARY
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Knights of Colum
bus entertained service men from
Lawson General Hospital, the
Quartermaster Depot at Conley,
Fort McPherson and the Naval
Reserve Aviation Base at an open
hopuse at Columbian Hall on May
17. Mrs. Clifton Porter and Mrs.
William McAlphin were hostesses
for the affair. On the previous
night the service men were eter-
Jained by Atlanta ' Council, K. of
C„ at a dance.
Holy Father s Radio
Address on Jubilee
Pleads for Peace
(Continued from page seven'
often, said the Pope, “we have
spoken on many occasions but once
more we must speak today in view
of the sufferings of humanity. We
read daily of the victims of this
horrible war of destruction; we
read of the unspeakable grief of so
many families; the grave disturb
ances of all social and political
orders, not to mention the gigantic
moral and material losses that all
humanity is suffering. This is not
only a front of war,” said the Pope,
“this is also a front of its victims.”
Particularly, he wished to em
phasize the importance of the fam
ily, the cradle of all life, especially
of spiritual Christian life. An ap
peal, said the Pope, must be made
that the family remain a bulwark
amidst the dangers of this age. It
was in this connection that he re
ferred briefly to the schools, again
intimating that anti-Christian in
fluences were coming from schools
in the totalitarian countries.
“We also appeal,” the Pope went
on, “we also appeal to the states
men in order that they restore
peace to the world, a peace of true
justice and moderation, based on
a free understanding and mutual
agreement, even if it were not the
kind of peace they expect. Such
wisdom will win them the grati
tude of all humanity; such wisdom
will be truly in keeping with the
spirit of Christ.”
The concluding statement of the
Pope’s address led up to his plea,
“Let us all revive the spirit of
charity in the sight of the human
task of reconstruction we all will
be facing, after this most horrible
war of human history is over.”
NORTH AUGUSTA SCOUT
ROUND-UP POSTPONED
KINSTON, N. C.— Announce
ment was made by the Rev. Thom
as A. Williams, Chaplain of the
North Carolina Catholic Youth
Committee, that because of ex
treme shortage of gasoline and
other difficulties, it was necessary
to postpone the Round-up of Cath
olic Boy Scouts, as well as the
Catholic Girl Scout Round-up,
which was scheduled to be held
at Belmont May 15-17.
Father Williams also announced
that the Ad Altare Dei Altar Boy
Award and the new Ad Deum Per
Hariam Catholic Girl Award may
be received this year at school
commencements or at any other
time designated by local pastors.
Those who desire the awards
should have their pastors apply to
office of the North Carolina Cath
olic Youth Committee in Kinston
for it, including in the request that
the boy or girl has completed all
requirements. Applications should
be filed two weeks before the date
that the awards are required. The
price of these awards is ?1 each.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
RICHMOND, Va.—Presentation
to Mother Katharine Drexel,
foundress of the Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament for the Indians
and Colored People, of the second
annual award of the Catholic Com
mittee of the South, climaxed a
session of the Commutes third
annual convention here which was
devoted to “The Church and the
Negro ”
Unable to be present because of
illness, Mother Katharine was rep
resented in receiving the award
from the hands of the Most Rev.
Peter L. Ireton, Coadjutor Bishop
of Richmond, by Mother Mary of
the Visitation, her successor as
Superior of the Congregation, A
eulogy on behalf of the Church
was given by the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta.
The award is presented each
year to a person, regardless of
race or creed, who has made a sig
nificant contribution to the wel
fare and progress of the South.
Mother Katharine received the
award this year “for her inspiring
devotion and remarkable accom
plishments in the cause of the
Christian education of her fellow
Americans.” First recipient of the
award was Dr. George Washington
Carver, of Tuskegee Institute, Tus-
kegee, Ala.
Mother Katharine gave up
great wealth to found the Sisters
of the Blessed Sacrament some 50
years ago, under the inspirations
of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, to
whom she had presented a plea
for more workers in the vital apos-
tolate of Colored and Indian Mis
sions in the United States.
Daughter of a wealthy Philadel
phia family, she devoted her en
tire fortune to the work of the
Congregation she founded, and es
tablished the motherhouse at the
former Drexel family home in
Cornwallis Heights, Pa. At 83, she
continues’ active in the commun
ity’s work.
The text of the inscription on
the plaque awarded Mother Kath
arine follows:
“The Catholic Committee of the
South honors itself in honoring
venerable Mother Mary Katharine
Drexel, foundress of the Sisters of
the Blesed Sacrament for the In
dians and Colored people, for her
inspiring devotion and remarkable
accomplishments in the cause of
the Christian education of her fel
low Americans. As she ennobled
the lives of so many others, ~> may
her life be enriched with every
blessing by the Divine Master,
Whom she has served so well, is
the humble prayer of the Catholic
Committee of the South in its third
annual convention assembled at
Richmond, Virginia, April 28,
1942.’*
Paul D. Williams, of Richmond,
Executive Secretary of the C. C. S.,
was chairman of the meeting at
which the presentation was made.
At the session which preceded
the presentation, the Rev. Edward
Murphy, S. S. J., Dean of Philoso
phy at Xavier University, New
Orleans, reviewed the patriotic,
cultural and educational contribu
tions that have been made to the
United States by the Colored and
appealed for courtesy as the “first
step” in direction of charity and
co-operation between races.
Participating in a panel discus
sion on ‘The Negro in National
Defense” at the same session were:
Morgan Reynolds, Foreign Editor,
The Nashville Banner; Wiley Hall,
of Richmond; Dr. Gordon R. Han
cock, of Virginia Union Univer
sity, Richmond; P. B. Young, Edi
tor, Norfolk Journal and Guide,
Norfolk, Va.; Dr. T. W. Turner, of
Hampton Institute, Hampton
Roads, Va., president of the Feder
ated Colored Catholics of the Unit
ed States, and L. R. Reynolds, of
Richmond, Director of the Virginia
Commission on Interracial Co-op
eration. The Rt. Rev. Vincent G.
Taylor, O. S. B., Abbot-Ordinary
of Belmont Abbey, Belmont, N. C.,
presided and Dr. Elizabeth Walsh,
of the Catholic University of Am
erica, Washington, D. C., was chair
man.
Rev. W. D. O’Leary, S. J., presi
dent of Spring Hill College, Rev.
Edgar Schmiedeler, O. S. B„ Di
rector of the Family Life Bureau,
N. C. W. C., Ralph McGill, execu
tive editor of The Atlanta Consti
tution, and Dr. Frances Rothert, U.
S. Children’s Bureau, New Or
leans, participated in a discussion
of “The Family and the South,”
with Richard Reid, editor of The
Catholic News, presiding.
“SOCIAL JUSTICE”
CEASES PUBLICATION
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—Social Justice
Magazine has ceased publication
and has abandoned the second-
class mail permit granted it more
than six years ago, E. Perrin
Schwartz, president of Social Jus
tice Publishing Company and
editor of the magazine, informed
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker.
The postmaster general imme
diately issued an order stating
that “now, therefore, the pub
lisher, owner, and editor of the
publication “Social Justice” hav
ing abandoned formally the sec
ond-class mail privileges accorded
it, it is hereby ordered that the
authorization of admission of
“Social Justice" to the second-
class mail privileges under the
Act of March 3, 1879, as amended,
is herein and hereby revoked”.
At the same time, the Post
Office Department made public
a telegram from the Rev. Charles
E. Coughlin of Royal Oak, Mich.,
to the Postmaster General which
read;
“I approve the action of the pub
lisher-owner of “Social Justice"
abandoning the seconcL-class mail
privelege accorded to it under the
Act of March 8, 1879, as amend
ed”.
Mr. Schwartz’s notice to the
Post Office Department, the Post
master General’s order, and Fath
er Coughlin’s telegram were made
public after the publisher of
“Social Justice” had failed to ap
pear at a hearing opened by the
postal authorities yesterday after
noon, when the publisher was to
show cause by admission of
“Social Justice” to the second-
class of mail matter and second-
class mail privileges should not
be revoked. It was announced,
however, that “prior to the time
set for the hearing”, Mr.
Schwartz’s notice, bearing date of
May 4, 1942, was served upon the
Postmaster General.
DETROIT—The Most Rev. Ed
ward Mooney, Archbishop of De
troit, has made public here the
following statement:
“I am gratified to learn that the
question between the 1 Post Office
and “Social Justice” magazine, in
volving a priest of this diocese,
has been disposed of as reported
in the papers.
“Regardless, however of how
the matter might have been dis
posed of, I had a definite and ex
plicit commitment from Father
Coughlin on May 1 that, from
that date forward, his severance
of all connections, whether direct
or indirect, with the magazine
would be absolute and complete.
“My understanding with him is
sufficiently broad and firm to ex
clude effectively the recurrence
of any such unpleasant situation.”
VESSEL NAMED FOR
CONFEDERATE HERO
MOBILE, Ala.—A cargo vessel,
launched here on May 11 for ser
vice with the United States mari
time commission, was named for
the late Admiral Raphael Semmes,
Confederate naval hero of the War
Between the Stales.
Admiral Semmes was a member
of one of the South’s most promi
nent Catholic families.
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