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y / Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia mlltlin “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” VOL. XXIII. No. 7 SIXTEEN PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JULY 25, 1942 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Bulletins THE FIRST DECORATION awarded to any clergyman by the British authorities in the present war was conferred upon a Catholic priest from Ireland. A DECREE forbidding the wearing in public of the Cross, the symbol of Christianity, has been issued by the Nazi Reich Commissioner in Holland, ac cording to information reach ing the Netherlands Informa tion Bureau in New York. The decree was reported to have been based on the ground that the display of the Cross is a “hostile demonstration.” Prev ious reports indicated that the practice of wearing the Cross had become general, first among Catholics as a visible token of their faith and later among non-Catholics as well. THIRTY . IRISH STUDENTS were ordained in Ireland for the English and Scottish mis sion at ceremonies held by four Irish Bishops on one Sunday. jPriests are needed in England because of the demand for chaplains to the forces and be cause of the appointment of priests to care for children scattered to relatively safe areas in the country. POSTMASTER GENERAL FRANK C. WALKER has made public an order revoking the second-class mailing privileges of “Headline Detective,” “Front Page Detective,” and “College Humor” for reason that these magazines contain objectionable material. AT THE REQUEST of the Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of New York, Mili tary Vicar, His Holiness Pope Pius XII has designated the Blessed Virgin under the title of her Immaculate Conception as the patroness of the Military Ordinariate of the United States. TIRE RATION RULE FOR CLERGYMEN IS FURTHER DEFINED (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — An amend ment to the tire rationing regula tions, published in Victory, offi cial publication of the office of Emergency Management, further defines eligibility requirements in some respects for clergymen and doctors. Heretofore, doctors and “min isters” applying for tires were re quired to show that their cars were needed and used in making professional calls. Under the amendment, it must now be shown that the car is absolutely neces sary because there is no other practicable means of transporta tion. If it is necessary, however, for the applicant to answer emer gency calls as a part of his pro fession, he may be issued a cer tificate to enable him to use his car between his home, his office and hospitals, or sick rooms. The amendment requires that “a vehicle operated by a physi cian. surgeon, farm veterinary or practising minister, to be eligible for tires and tubes, must be used 'exclusively’ for professional ser vices or religious duties instead of ‘principally’ as heretofore.” The modified rule also extends the eligibility of ministers to “any religious practitioner qualified to administer to the religious needs of the members of a congrega tion.” Priests From Manila Find Refuge in Georgia TWO PRIESTS FROM PHILIPPINES FIND A HAVEN IN SAVANNAH Two priests from the Philippines, who have been studying in Rome, Italy, and who are prevented from returning to their native land because of the war, have been given a haven in Savannah by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. The priests, shown with Bishop O'Hara, will be guests of His Excellency for the duration of the war. In the picture, left to right are the Rev. Angel V. Pengson, Bishop O’Hara and the Rev. Alexander Olalia.—(Savannah Evening Press photo, developed by Photocraft.) Morals Must Be Restored to American Education Declares Secular Columnist Lippman “TIME” MAGAZINE AGAIN OFFENDS (By n; c; W| C. News Service) NEW YORK.—The restoration to the American academic system of moral training as the first step in education is essential if West ern civilization is to survive, Wal ter Lippmann, non-Catholic schol ar and journalist, wrote recently in his syndicated column under the title, “A Rendezvous.” “When the war is over,” he said, “we have a rendezvous with our selves to consider, as a matter of high priority, the restoration and the reconstruction of American education.” Condemning an academic sys tem* which produces men ungov erned by human wisdom, Mr. Lippmann said: “This is what happens when specialized sciences which are concerned with human affairs are studied without knowl edge of the tradition of wisdom the discipline of a moral educa tion. “All the great educators, be ginning with Plato and Aristotle, have insisted that training in the art of distinguishing good and evil must precede the making of practical judgments in human af fairs. Milton, himself a sharp critic of the scholastic education of his day, designed a pian of education in which he took special care to postpone the study of politics until the pupil had learn ed ‘with some judgment’ to ‘con template upon moral good and evil.’ ” “In the American schools and colleges,” Mr. Lippmann continu ed, “we have gone very far towards abandoning the idea that an education should be grounded upon the deliberate training of the mind and upon a discipline in making of moral choices. We ha”c been told to jump over these ancient preliminaries and induct the -pupil directly into the study of the burning issues of contem porary life. “That produces a little learn ing with no wisdom, some ac quaintance with a few books and no knowledge of human experi ence. a thin intcllectualism which is not reason. It turns out re formers without moral restraint, humanitarians without human re spect, philanthropists without philosophy and enthusiasts with out religion. “This century, we have been told, will belong to the common man. We may be certain, I be lieve, that it will belong to ty rants, demagogues, and mediocri ties if the schools do not restore to the common man the heritage of his culture. For men cannot remain free if they are not edu cated in the things which have caused men to conceive freedom and to cherish it and to enhance it. “If Western civilization is to survive and renew its vitality, we shall have, therefore, to revive and renew our schools.” Holy Father Applauded at His First Public Audience Since Illness (By N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY—His Holiness Pope Pius XII was enthusiastically applauded by 2,000 persons assem bled at the Vatican, as he held his first public audience since his recent illness. The Holy Father, appearing fully recovered from his indisposition, spoke for 20 minutes. Dealing with family life in his discourse, the Supreme Pointifl made mention of the minor of fenses of egoism which arise to disturb conjugal life and urged his hearers to strive for that humility and thoughtfulness of others which should characterize the lives of Christian spouses. When he had concluded his dis course the Holy Father mingled with the audience. Approaching a group of men blinded in the war, he addressed to them words of encouragement and consolation and gave them his blessing. He also blessed a number of mothers and infants. One mother had come to Rome expressly to give birth to her child in the Eternal City. The child was baptized in St. Peter’s and given the Christian name of Peter. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON—“A most un warranted-’’ interpolation and infer ence on the part of Time,’ weekly secular news magazine, in an article on a joint statement by officials of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference and the National Con ference of Catholic Charities con cerning the employment of mothers in war industries, is critized by John S. Gilchrist, Secretary of the N. C. W. C. Bureau of Information, in a letter to the magazine. An article in the June 15 issue of Time entitled “Catholics v. WAACs,” stated: “Nearest ap proach to an official Catholic stand came from the National Catholic Welfare Conference. It voiced one ever present Catholic fear: that the State will use the war as an excuse for assuming control of children. ‘Only as a last resort,' said the N. C. W. C., ‘should mar ried women with children be em ployed (in the armed forces).’ ” Mr. Gilchrist writes that the “part of the paragraph in paren theses is no factual reporting.” but an attempt of the magazine to “torture truth merely to fit” its own purpose. “Nowhere in the report was there any mention of the WAACs or of women in the armed forces,” Mr. Gilchrist asserts. “The le- port, as sent out to the Catholic press of the United States by the N. C. W. C. News Service was headed ‘EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHERS IN WAR INDUSTRIES “ONLY AS LAST RESORT” IS URGED.’ As stated above, the four words ‘in the armed forces’ did not occur in the statement. It was, however, a most unwarrented interpolation and inference on the part of Time.” CATHOLIC COLLEGE THANKED FOR AID TO SIGNAL CORPS (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW ORLEANS — Brigadier General Carlyle H. Walsh, com manding the Third Air Force of fice, Tampa, Fla., has written to the Very Rev. P. A. Roy. S. J.. President of Loyola University of the South, commending the uni versity for placing its basic elec tricity equipment at the disposal of Signal Corps instructors. (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Prevented by the war from returning to their native land, two brilliantly educat ed young priests, native of Manila, Philippine Islands, have found sanctuary in the Diocese of Sa vannah-Atlanta. The Rev. Alexander Olalia, S. T. L., J. C. L., and the Rev. Angel V. Pengson, S. T. L., J. C. L., will be guests of the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.. Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, for the dura tion of the war. The initials following the names of the young priests stand for de« grees in sacred theology and canon law that they received at the Gre gorian University in Rome, Italy, where they have studied for the past six years. They were recently invited by the United States government to come to this country and their transportation was arranged on a diplomatic ship, the Drottning- holm, of Swedish registry, arriv ing at Jersey City on June 30, from Lisbon. Portugal, to which port they had traveled from Rome. Father Olalia was ordained at the South American College in Rome and Father Pengson was ordained in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Manila in 1936. Both priests are 29 years of age, scholarly in their conver sation and speak English fluently. Interviewed by a representative of The Savannah Evening Press in Bishop O’Hara’s library, the priests said they had a quiet and uneventful crossing on the Drottn- ingholm, and saw no submarines. When questioned as to how they acquired such an excellent com mand of English, when they were reared in the Philippines and fur ther educated in Italy, they called attention to the fact that in Man ila, one of the first equisites of an education in the public schools is a substantial knowledge of the English language. All children there, they said, arc taught Eng lish as a matter of course. They said many South Ameri cans came over on the ship with them, but u’ere reticent as to hap penings in Italy or the progress of the war there. Neither of the priests was in the Philippines at the outbreak of the war with Japan as they have been in Rome for a number of years. Bishop O’Hara expressed hi* pleasure at having both Father Olalia and Father Pengson with him, and expressed the belief that with their education and know ledge of world-wide conditions, they wmuld be most useful here. Bishop O’Hara has announced that Father Pengson has been given a temporary assignment as assistant to the Rev. John J, Ken nedy, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens, while Father Olalia will serve as assistant to the Rev. James King, pastor of St. Theresa’s Church, Albany. Upon the arrival in Savannah, the two priests from the Philip pines were tendered a reception at the USO-NCCS Club. Bishop O'Hara was host on the occasion, and the reception committee in cluded J. Francis Kelly, club director, Mrs. John Lyons, Mrs. D. T . Colvin. Miss Nell Clary. Mrs. Katie Wilson, Mrs. Joseph O' Leary, Mrs. Harold Mulherin, Mrs. A. J. Schano. Mrs. Elise Howkins Mrs. C. R. Gannon, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Mrs. J. T. Dowling and Mrs. Jennie Bauhan. The musical program included numbers by Jacobson's orchestr and songs by Mrs. Frances Elmore with Miss Margaret Steeg accom panist.