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JUNE 27, 1942 THREE THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA News Review of the Catholic World Catholic Press Leaders for Coming Year At the closing session of the 32nd annual convention of the Catholic Press Association of the United States, held in Birmingham, Ala., officers elected for the coming year, pictured above left to right in clude: Rev. Hyacinth Blocker, O. F. M„ of JSt. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, magazine section chair man and member of the Board; Rev. Daniel J. Kelley, of The Catholic Week, Birmingham newspaper chairman and member of the Board; A. J. Wey, of The Catholic Universe Bulletin, Cleveland presi dent: Very Rev. John J. Considine, M. M., of The Field Afar, Maryknoll, N. Y„ vice president; Charles S. Murphy, of the Catholic Review, Baltimore, treasurer, and the Rev. J. Fred Kriebs, of The' Witness, Dubuque, Iowa, secretary. Dean J. L. Sullivan of the School of Journalism of Marquette University’ Milwakee, chairman of the school press section, wa s not present when this picture was taken (N C W C. News service). Special Wartime Decree Allows Evening Mass in Military Chapels JOSEPH QUINN HEADS SOUTHERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF C. P. A. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Joseph J. Quinn, Managing Editor of The Southwest Courier, Oklahoma City, was elected President of the Southern Regional Conference of the Catholic Press Association of the United States at its meeting here. Other officers elected were the Rev. Herbert O’H. Walker, S. J., Associated Editor of The Queen’s Work, S. Louis, Vice-President, and Hugh Kinchley, Editor of The Bulletin, Augusta, Ga., Secretary- Treasurer. The Rev. Daniel J. Kelly, Editor of The Catholic Week, Birming ham, was host to the Conference at a dinner at Tutwiler Hotel, at which Francis Watters, of The Catholic Week, was toastmaster, and at which the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter M. H. Wynhoven, of New Orleans, retiring president of the Catholic Press Association, was the principal speaker. IN CHURCH SERVICES, at least, a general may sometime take the place of a private. The private, first class, who acts as assistant to the post chaplain at Mitchel Field, Long Island, was otherwise engag ed one morning and unable to serve Mass at the appointed hour. When he arrived later, serving Mass for Father Paul J. Giegerich was Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Hanley, Jr., Chief of the Material and Sup ply Division of the Army Air Corps. WITH MEXICO AT WAR with the Axis powers, the Most Rev. Luis M. Martinez; Archbishop of Mexico, and the Most Rev. An tonio Guizary Valencia, Bishop of Chihauhua have issued statements regarding the duty of Catholics to uphold the Civil Government. IN A CEREMONY unusual in the annals of the Church on the Pacific Coast more than 2,200 con verts were confirmend in St. Vi- biana’s Cathedral, Los Angeles; the Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles; the Most Rev. Joseph T. McGucken, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, and the Most Rev. Philip G. Scher,’ Bishop of Monterey-Fresno. The class included converts of the past year from all parishes of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. QUEEN WILHELMINA of the Netherlands has received from His Holiness Pope Pius XII his best wishes and assurances that his prayers are being offered for her and “the noble Netherlands na tion,’’ according to Aneta, Nether lands Indies news agency. The communication from the Vatican was in reply to a message from the Queen in which she congratu lated the Pope on the silver jubil- lee celebration of his consecration as a Bishop. THE HOLY SEE is helping to feed British prisoners of war held by the Japanese in Hong Kong and Singapore, it was reported in the House of Commons by the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, who said that as supplies by sea cannot arrive for some time, ar rangements have been made through the good offices of the Vatican for the purchase by local missionary organizations of such supplies as can be obtained local ly, and for their distribution to the camps. A UNIQUE CEREMONY was held at St. Joseph’s Church, New Bern, N. C., on June 7, when the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh, imparted the Nuptial Blessing to nine mar ried couples, all converts, and members of the Colored parish in New Bern. These converts were either married before entering the Church, or cases where the non- Catholie partners entered the Church after marriage. The Rev. Julian Endler, C. P., is pastor of St. Joseph’s, and has been engaged in missionary work among Colored people for fourteen years. (Continued From Page One) the first afternoon Mass this week. They had just completed their daily round of training duties, and some 30 of them received Holy Communion after observing a four-hour fast. Coming at this time word of this extraordinary privilege re calls strikingly a plea for the cele bration of evening Mass made Dy Bishop Joseph M. Corrigan, late Rector of the Catholic University of America-—who has iust died— at the twenty-eighth International Eucharistic Congress held in Chi cago in 1926. Then Rector of St. Charles Borromeo’s Seminary near Philadelphia, Bishop Corrigan said: “The measure" of eternal life which may be rightfully ours in this testing time reaches its high est perfection in the beautiful n- timacy with Jesus Christ accorded to the human soul in the precious moments of Holy Communion. Nor is it necessary to believe that this union ceases as long as the bonds of love securely hold the soul to its Incomprehensible Love. REPETITION IS DESIRABLE “All desirable, however, in such love is the repetition as often as may be of that sublime act of un ion which is precisely Holy Com munion. Of the yearnings of lov- I ing hearts throughout the world for such happy repetition of Holy Communion in the stress of daily life is born the legitimate hope that there may be swept away any unnecessary restraint upon the soul’s free access to the great hu man heart of God. If this hope soars to the sublime must it .iot look forward eagerly and confi dently to the time when the return of evening Mass will bring to thou sands of faithful souls the oppor tunity of Holy Commutiion that is not possible to them in the early hours of the morning? “To the workers of the world striving to keep faith with their loving Lord in the face of work, anxiety and hourly temptation, what % safeguard and what a pow er of holiness it would be that they were looking forward to die peace and consolation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the coming of God to their hearts at the close of every day. How sancti fied would every day become if union with Jesus Christ was pos sible to every devout soul ” The Bishop said “the plea of love from the hearts of the peo ple and from the hearts of the priests needs only perseverance to make it powerful to sweep away whatever be the restraints that have been able to erect themselves into barriers between the hearts of God’s people and the heart of God ” UNTIL ELEVENTH CENTURY The Catholic Encyclopaedia in dicates that Mass was celebrated in the evening up to the eleventh century. It states that in the first ages, during the night before every feast, a vigil was kept. In the eve ning, the faithful assembled in the place or church where the feast was to be celebrated and prepared themselves by prayers, readings from Holy Writ, and sometimes also by a sermon. On such occa sions, as on fast days in general, it is stated, Mass also was celebrat ed in the evening, before the Ves pers of the following day. After the eleventh century, The Catholic Encyclopaedia adds, .he fast, Office and Mass of the noc turnal vigil were transferred to the day before the feast; and even now the liturgy of Holy Saturday (Vigil of Easter) shows, in all its parts, that originally it was not kept on the morning of Saturday, but during Easter Night. The day before the feast was henceforth called vigil. Some who have contended that William Shakespeare “knew noth ing of Catholicism” have put for ward as an argument the fact that in “Romeo and Juliet” he speaks of “evening Mass.” In refutation of this, students have pointed out examples of the practice of occa sionally saying Mass in the after noon. One of the places where this was wont to happen was Ver ona itself, scene of “Romeo and Juliet. ” ONLY FOR EMERGENCIES Catholic chaplains serving with American armed forces in the first World War enjoyed a special privi lege with regard to the celebra tion of Mass granted by the Holy See. However, in the case of the first World War, the privilege of celebrating Mass in the afternoon and evening seems to have been enjoyed only by those chaplains serving with troops overseas, and was to be exercised only in emer gency situations. For example, overseas chaplains apparently could not plan to have evening Mass on regular days of the week, as is possible, even within territor ial United States, under the new ly-granted privilege. The chap lains in the first World War cele brated Mass in the evening when their troops were suddenly order ed into the front line, or to an at tack, and they would not be able to hear Mass or receive Holy Com munion next morning. “It certainly was a wonderful dispensation on the part of the Holy Father to allow us to say Mass al any time of the day or night,” wrote the Rev Francis A. Kelley, who served with the 27th Division in all of its engagements in France. “So often jnen are called quickly forward that the movement orders are not bxecuted until the afternoon of the night on which they are to go forward. If we did not have this dispensation from the Holy Father, and if men were not allowed to approach the Sacraments without fasting, many would go forward with only the Sacrament and of Penance; now, they go forward fully fortified in soul, and its reflection is found in their courage and bravery xhibit- ed at all times.” Chaplain Kelley was cited seven times for bravery, and received the Distinguished Cross, the Mili tary Cross of Great Britain, the Croix de Guerre of France, and the Conspicuous Service Cross. He was the first National Chaplain of the American Legion. EVENING MASS AT FORT BRAGG FORT BRAGG, N. C. — Mon signor Fulton J. Sheen of the Catholic University of America celebrated the first evening Mass at 6:00 o’clock in the post play grounds. The altar was set up in the Band Stand. About two thou sand soldiers participated. The Ninth Division Band played a number of Catholic hymns during the Mass. There was also congrega tional singing. Monsignor Sheen also delivered the sermon. REQUIEM MASS FOR GENERAL TINKER AT CHURCH IN TAMPA TAMPA, Fla. — Officers and men with whom he served, civil ians of Tampa who knew him as the civic-minded first commander of MacDill Field, and members of his family paid tribute to Major General Clarence L. Tinker at a solemn Requiem Mass celebrated at the Sacred Heart Church here. Those attending the Mass in cluded members of the personnel of the U. S. Third Air Force from Maj. Gen. Walter H. Frank, com mander, down through all ranks of commisisoned officers and enlist ed men. The Most Rev. Joseph P. Hurley, Bishop of St. Augustine, delivered the eulogy over the flag-draped catafalque before the altar, upon which the Mass was offered by the Rev. Edmund J. Griffin, senior chaplain of the Third Air Force, with the Rev. William J. Gaynor, chaplain at McGill Field, and the Rev. F. J. O’Brien, chaplain at Drew Field, as deacon and sub deacon. Mrs. Clarence L. Tinker, wife of the General, and their daughter, Mrs. Byron E. Brugge, and their son, Gerald Edward Tinker, were in the congregation that filled the church. Chinese Catholic Center Dedicated in Los Angeles (By N. C. W. C. News Service) LOS ANGELES. — High tribute was paid the Church’s ministry to her Chinese children by Chinese Counsel H. H. Chang as the Mcst Rev. John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles, presided over im pressive ceremonies marking the formal dedication of the Chinese Catholic Center here. A girls’ Chinese drum corps, at tired in native costumes, and a Chinese Boy Scout troop partici pated in the ceremonies, held in the gymnasium of Cathedral High School which adjoins the Center. “Here, today,” said Archbishop Cantwell, “we are planting a tiny seed. The dedication of a Chinese Catholic Center in Los Angeles is significant and timely. In our great American democracy we have a place in our hearts, and in our temples, for the Chinese peo ple. IV e have not merely a fratern al kinship of brother to brother; we consecrate ourselves in another relationship — which is that of mother to child. The kindly Moth er Church, knowing no racial bar riers or political compromises, stretches out her arms to inclose in her embrace the Chinese peo ple of this community. “The Church is no stranger to China. For hundreds of years she has labored in that vineyard and today numbers three million Cath olics in her fold. Here in Califor nia, the people 'of China, exiled from their homeland, yet like the Israelites of old, find themselves deeply rooted in the promised land. “Here, the Church raises up for them an altar whereon they may sacrifice to the true and living God and a Communion table where they may partake of the Body of their God, and beyond all human concept become brothers indeed, they with us and we with them.” The Rev. James Cowhig, of the St. Columban’s Society, Director of the Center, addressed the con gregation in Chinese. Eighty pupils are enrolled in the Chinese Catholic Center School, presided over by Dr. Stanley Chan. Thirty-nine Chinese were bap tized during the past year and there are at present twenty cate chumens. General Tinker, Hawaiian Air Chief, Killed in Action (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON, D. C. — A Cath olic gentleman in the United States Army who lost his life while lead ing his men on a perilous mission in the recent battle of Midway Island was paid warm tribute on the floor of the United States Sen ate today. The soldier was Major General Clarence L. Tinker, U. S. A., Com manding General of the Hawaiian Army Air Forces. He was of Osage Indian blood and attained the highest rank ever won by a native Indian in the armed forces of the United States. Senator Charles O. Andrews of Florida told his col leagues in the Senate that General Tinker “was fifty-four years of age, and was the first American Gener al reported lost in action since we went to war, after Pearl Harbor.” The General, like his entire fam ily, was a Catholic. THE cATHOLITE, student pub lication of the Boys’ Catholic High School in Augusta, in a recent is sue, expresses the gratitude of the Marist Brothers and the students at the school to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Brittingham, who gen erously contributed a substantial number of valuable volume to the school library. BANNED SINCE 1899, religion has been restored to the schools in Brazil. The restoration has been effected through revision of the curriculum of secondary and senior schools made after careful .study by a committee appointed by the government.