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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 27, 1942
PHILIPPINE JESUITS
REPORTED UNHARMED
Chaplain to President Que
zon Describes Part of the
Church in Defense of Is
lands as Heroic
CATHEDRAL IN PATH OF AIR BLITZ
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK—All Jesuit mis
sioned in the Philippines were
safe and none had been harmed at
the time he left the islands at the
end of March, Father Pacifico
Ortiz. S. J., Chaplain to President
Manuel Quezon and his party now
in this country, said at a recep
tion held here. Declaring that the
contribution of the Church to the
defense of the Philippines had
been a heroic one, Father Ortiz
gave it as his opinion that the
Japanese would not attempt to
molest the Church in the islands,
where Catholics are such a large
part of the population.
The Filipino clergy and Re
ligious are allowed full freedom,
while Americans and other enemy
nationals among the clergy and
Religious are under protective
custody, freedom to leave their
premises being denied them.
Among the many acts of repre
sentatives of the Church in the
defense of the Philippines, Father
Ortiz recounted how all Catholic
colleges in Manila were placed
at the disposal of the Government,
many of them being converted into
temporary hospitals; how clergy
arid Religious were formed into
Red Cross units and ministered to
air raid victims, and how Religious
served’as volunteer firemen!
In most cases restrictions im
posed on American priests and
Religious do not impose any real
hardship, the majority of Religious
being grouped together in large
communities, he said. In Manila
these communities are at several
of the large Catholic colleges. As
most of these have extensive
grounds, there is ample oppor
tunity for proper relaxation. At
the Ateneo de Manila, the Jesuit
university, the 160 Jesuits in the
Manila area, with some few other
Religious have taken residence.
Evidence of the Japanese desire to
carry on as normally as possible
is found in their continuance of
the Government Weather Bureau
under Jesuit supervision. Father
Ortiz said.
Every available means is being
taken to assure these Religious
of the necessary food, he said.
The campus of the Ateneo de
Manila about 16 acres, has already
been completely sown with staple
foods. Similar institutions have
adopted the same method.
CONTRIBUTION TO DEFENSE
In declaring the contribution of
the Church to tne defense of the
Philippines a heroic one, Father
Ortiz said he was extremely proud
to recount the unsought recogni
tion the Church’s efforts evoked
from high civic and military offi
cials. The day after the war
started the schools were closed.
Within a few days the Rev. John
Hurley, S. J., as Chairman of the
Auxiliary Board of the Arch
diocese of Manila, placed all the
Catholic colleges—about 20—at
the disposal of the Government
for any use deemed necessary.
Many were immediately organized
as temporary hospitals. Likewise
under Father Hurley’s leadership,
the Religious of the city were
grouped into Red Cross units to
take care of the casualties. Father
Ortiz spoke of riding in the Ateneo
University Bus to the bombed
areas at and nearby Nichols Air
Field at the southern end of the
city to minister to the air raid
victims. He spoke further of the
sinking of S. S. Corregidor with
its huge loss of life. The first 84
survivors from the Corregidor
were quartered at the Ateneo. As
the fires from the bombing spread
the Religious served as volunteer
firemen.
Various Jesuits were placed in
charge of Red Cross work in large
sectors of the city. .Fathers Shan
ahan, and Dowd and a Filipino
Jesuit were in charge of the vital
and exposed port area. That was
how Father Shanahan was sent
with the Red Cross ship evacuat
ing casualties to Australia. Father
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Parent-T eachers
Meet in Charleston
MISS MARY O’CONNELL
OF FORT MILL, DIES
FORT MILL, S. C. — Miss Mary
O’Connell, a life-long resident of
Fort Mill, died on June 17 at Rock
Hill hospital. Funeral services
were held in Columbia.
Miss O'Connell was a daughter
of the late Patrick O’Connell and
Mrs. Bridget O'Connell, both of
whom came to this country from
Ireland. The family lived in
Charleston for a while, then in
Columbia, and finally settled in
Fort Mill and had lived there for
half a century.
She is survived by a brother,
Charles O’Connell, of Philadelphia,
and a niece who lieves in Washing
ton, D. C. One of her sisters, who
was a member of a religious order,
died in China where she had serv
ed for many years as a missionary.
Henry Avery, S. J., was assigned
to care for the enemy internment
camp, several miles outside Ma
nila.
Prior to the war Father Ortiz
was for four years Professor of
Philosophy and Religion at the
Jesuit University in Manila. In
addition, with Father Russell Sul
livan, S. J., he was director of
the Catholic Radio Hour in Ma
nila. On the fourth day of the
war he was commissioned a Chap
lain in the Philippine Army and
assigned to the Presidential party.
. One of the last personal con
tributions of Father Ortiz to the
war effort while at Corregidor
was his daily broadcast on the
Army’s Voice of Freedom Radio
Station.
MESSAGE FROM MINDANAO
On Mindanao the Jesuits have
charge of two of the three Dio
ceses. Already Lieut. Bulkeley
has paid glowing tribute to Father
Andrew Cryini, S. J., in Mindanao.
He has said most of his best work
would, in all likelihood, have
never been effected but for Father
Cervini. The commanding gen
eral in Mindanao, Gen. Sharpe
told Father Ortiz that the Jesuits
were the best friends the army had
in Mindanao. In Mandanao there
was a growing shortage of quinine.
Father Francis Doino, an Ameri
can Jesuit, a chemist, was under
taking to manufacture quinine.
In Mandanao Bishop Hayes, sev
eral of the priests and all of the
schoolastics have retired to an al
most inaccessible mountain range
in the center of the island. There
they have already planted their
crops for the future needs.
Father Ortiz said he feels the
Japanese will not attempt to
molest the Church. With the in
vading forces came two Japanese
Catholic priests precisely to in
dicate the attitude that the Japa
nese have no intention of hamper
ing the Church’s activities.
Father Ortiz left Mindanao with
the Presidential party at the end
of March to fly to Australia. After
three weeks in Australia the
Presidential party continued its
journey on to America.
“EXTENSION” MAGAZINE
FEATURES PICTURES OF
HEROIC CATHOLICS
ALICE BURKE, (seated), was
the queen and CATHERINE LO
GAN was her maid of honor for the
May Festival sponsored by the Sac
red Heart School in Atlanta. —
(Photo — Courtesy of The Atlanta
Journal).
SACRED PENITENTIARY
RULING ON JUBILEE
PRIVILEGED OF ALTAR
exer-
Altar,
Pope
VATICAN CITY.—Priests
cising the privilege of the
granted by His Holiness
Pius XII in commemoration of his
Silver Episcopal Jubilee, may ap
ply the plenary indulgence there
by gained to either the soul for
whom the Masses are celebrated
or any other soul in Purgatory
they choose, according to a deci
sion of the Sacred Pententiary.
By Motu Proprio last month, the
Holy Father extended the Privi
lege of the Altar to all priests at
any altar for the year from May 13,
1942, to May 13, 1943. Under the
Privilege of the altar a plenary in
dulgence is gained for application
to souls in Purgatory. Extension
of the privilege to all priests at
any altar is most unusual. Ordi
narily, it is local, or belonging to
any* priest at a particular or privi
leged altar, personal, belonging to
a particular priest at any altar, or
mixed, belonging to certain priests
at certain altars.
The Sacred Penitentiary must
be asked if the plenary indulgence
granted by the Pope under the
privilege must be applied to the
souls for whose intention the
Faithful ask that the Mass be cele
brated, or if the indulgence can be
applied by the celebrant also to
some other soul at his pleasure.
The Sacred Penitentiary has re
plied independently from the in
tention so that the spiritual fruit
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mrs. Leo
Furlong was elected president of
the Parent-Teacher Association
of the Bishop England High School
at a meeting held on June 1. Other
officers elected were Mrs. J. R.
Ward, vice-president; Mrs. J. C.
Dixon, recording secretary; Mrs.
T. Joseph Smith, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. John B. Florio,
treasurer.
Mrs. Charles A. Dennis served as
chairman of the nominating com
mittee, other, members of which
were Mrs. Clarence Cochran and
Mrs. Victor O'Driscoll.
A pledge of good will was read
to the new officers by Mrs. Charles
J. Geilfuss, retiring president,
who was presented a token of ap
preciation by Mrs. Henry G. Con
don.
Mrs. Joseph Morris was award
ed the attendance prize. Two piano
numbers were rendered by Miss
Teresa Whetsell and the National
Anthem was played .by Miss Joan
Geilfuss.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
. ..CHICAGO—A page of. Catholic
Heroes,. with.. pictures , and brief
accounts of five Catholic priests
and laymen who have signalized
themselves for heroism in. the
course of the present war, appears
in the June issue of Extension
magazine, organ of the Catholic
Church Extension Society of
America.
Heroes to whom tribute is paid
in the June issue are: the late
Father Aloysius H. Schmitt, of
Dubuque, United, States Navy
chaplain in Hawaii; Fattier John
L. Curran, O. P., of Boston, Army
chaplain in the Philippines; Capt.
Patrick W. McIntyre, Jr., of Chi
cago, with United States Army
forces in the Far East; Lieut.
Commdr. Edward H. O’Hare, of
Phoenix, Ariz., U. S. Naval Air
Force in the Far East, and Lieut.
Commdr. Frederick B. Warder, -of
Baltimore, submarine commander
in the Far East.
Father Schmitt was Catholic
chaplain aboard the U. S. S. Okla
homa, and went down with the
ship when it capsized in the Pearl
Harbor attack, after he had sacri
ficed a chance of safety to enable
other men, trapped with him, to
get free. He received a posthum
ous decoration. Father Curran,
regimental chaplain with the
Philippine Scouts at Fort Stotsen-
burg, was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for gal
lantry in action, the nature of
which was not disclosed.
Capt. McIntyre was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross for ac
tion aboard a Flying Fortress
bomber which flew 1,300 miles
from the Dutch East Indies to the
Philippines in a surprise attack
on Japanese shipping. He attend
ed St. Bride’s School, Chicago,
majored in aeronautical engineer
ing at Purdue University and re
ceived his flight training at Ran
dolph Field, Tex., in 1936. He was
assigned to March Field, Cal., and
later to the Philippines.
Lieut. Commdr. O’Hare, a con
vert, received the Congressional
Medal of Honor and advancement
in rank for shooting down, single
handed, five Japanese bombers
and damaging a sixth, a feat de
scribed in the official citation as
“one of the most daring if not the
most daring action in the history
of combat aviation.” Lieut. Com
mander Warder, commanding the
submarine Seawolf, sank a Japa
nese cruiser and a destroyer and
damaged four other enemy ves
sels off the Netherlands East In
dies, and received the Navy Cross
for “especially meritorious con
duct.”
ST. JOSEPH’S
The annual meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Association was held
June 1 with Mrs Annie Penick,
president, presiding. The open
ing prayer was offered by Sister
Mary Grace.
Mrs. Jerry Boyd, the secretary,
read the minutes of the previous
meeting, 'and Mrs. H. A. Ray re
ported on the silver tea given for
the benefit of the Association.
Mrs. Mattie Duane! correspond
ing secretary; read an article on
the annual retreat sponsored by
the Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women to be held at St. Angela
Academy, Aiken, and gifts were
presented the Sisters at St,
Joseph’s by the Association. Sister
Mary Grace thanked the members
for their co-operation during the
school year, and Mrs. Mary Bean
thanked the mothers for their co
operation during the summer
round-up. Attendance prizes were
awarded Mrs. L. A. Hartnett and
Mrs. M E. Murphy.
ST. VINCENT’S ALUMNAE
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga.— Mrs. James
Harte was elected president of the
St. Vincent’s Alumnae Association
at a meeting held on June 5. Other
officers selected being, Mrs. Peter
R. Schreck, first vice-president;
Mrs. Lucille B. Morris, second vice-
president; Miss Mary Ellen Flynn,
third vice-president; Miss Johanna
Daly, recording secretary, Mrs.
Loretta Flanagan, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. Mary N. Mc
Carthy, treasurer. Mrs. William
C. Broderick, retiring president,
was presented with a testimonal
gift.
Best Wishes
from
Joseph A. Mendel
Savannah, Ga.
of the Mass can be of advantage to
two souls—that for which the Mass
is celebrated and that to whom the
priest may wish to apply the plen
ary indulgence.
THE
BARGAIN
CORNER
Best Wishes
BOB’S GARAGE
Savannah, Ga.