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AUGUST 20. 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
News Review of the Catholic World
Former Member of
Klan \Auxiliary
Becomes a Nun
(Special to The Bulletin)
OKLAHOMA CITY—When Miss
Sarah Jane Davies of this city
Was received into the Church by
the Rev. James A. Garvey, Direc
tor of the Associated Catholic
Charities of the Diocese of Okla
homa City and Tulsa, she gave
him as a souvenir her receipt for
membership dues in the Kamelias,
leminine division of the Ku Klux
Klan. Miss Davies has now become
Sister Mary Virginia, a member
of the Parish Visitors of Mary
Immaculate at Marycrest, N. Y.
Her interest in the Church was
first aroused when as a consultant
to the Public Welfare Commission
she heard Father Garvey argue
eases before that body. She is a
graduate of the School of Law
of the University of Tulsa and a
member of the Oklahoma State
Bar.
The religious order of which she
has become a member is engaged
in training and supplying mission
ary Sisters to assist various parish
es in developing a missionary and
charitable apostolate to neglect
ful and needy families, cooperat
ing by visitation. The order con
ducts a number of Social Mission
Centers in several Dioceses.
THE U. S. ARMY has commis-
lioned its first Colored Catholic
chaplain. The Rev. John Walter
Bowman, Colored priest of the
Society of the Divine Word, has
been commissioned a captain and
is attending the Chaplains School
at Harvard. Father Bowman, a
native of Washington, D. C., was
ordained in 1939, and has been
serving in Louisiana.
K. OF C. FLEDGE WAR AID
Apostolic Delegate Addresses
K. of C. Convention in Memphis
Archbishop Cicognani Tells Knights of Columbus They
Have Carried High. Ideals of Love of God,
Home and Country
Pledging their aid in the nation’s all-out war effort and consecrating
the membership anew, “in holy patriotism to the blessed task of holding
high before the eyes of all mankind the Cross which Columbus planted
on our soil,” the Knights of Columbus concluded their 60th annual
convention, at Memnhis, Tenn. Pictured on that occasion are Supreme
Knight Francis P. Matthews, with the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, who was celebrant of the solemn Pontifical
Mass opening the sessions. (N. C. W. C.)
“MILITANT- CATHOLICS" in
France were paid high tribute for
their underground anti-collabora
tionist activities, in an article in
the last issue of Feuille, clandes
tine paper published by French
Protestants.
“The militant Catholics in our
country,” Feuille wrote, “have
taken a place which is important
and, we do not fear to say pre
ponderant, at the head of the
movement of resistance, in which
very often they have taken the
initiative and of which they re
main the inspiration.”
ANNOUNCEMENT made over
the official Japanese radio that
the educational system of the
Philippine Islands is to be com
pletely organized under Japanese
military administration makes
known a crime "primarily against
the defenseless children of a
noble. Peace-loving nation,” Wil
liam F. Montavon, former Super
intendent of Schools in the Philip
pines and now Director of the Le
gal Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, de
clared in a statement issued in
Washington. “The overwhelming
majority of the Philippine nation
Is Catholic. This blow against the
Philippine educational system is a
blow- against Catholicism which
we in America cannot help but
measure along side Japanese
avowals of good will to Christi
anity.”
Knights of Columbus Session
Pledges Support to President
in Defense of Our Freedoms
“A B S O L U T E CONTRADIC
TION” between Nazi philosophy
and “the ideal of human grandeur
according to Christianity.” was
stressed by His Eminence Joseph
Cardinal Van Roey, Archbishop
•t' Malines and Primate of Bel
gium, in the an address to the
Federation of «Catholic Women
there.
THE WARNING uttered by His
Holiness Pope Pius XII in his
Easter, 1941, address, in which he
declared that a nation invading
another country must treat the
inhabitants humanely and with
justice, was repeated in a Vatican
City broadcast directed to Ger
many, which was heard in London.
FATHER RAYMOND A. PUNDA,
•f St. Stanislaus Church, Mil
waukee, has been assigned as a
chaplain at Fort Bragg, N. C.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The mem
bership of the Knights of Co
lumbus was declared “determined
to risk all that we possess in de
fense of our fredom” in a reso
lution adopted at the sixtieth an
nual convention of the organiza
tion which closed here August 20.
Expressing confidence in “the
final victory of our arms,” the
resolution said:
“Such fears as we do entertain
arise from no thought of military
defeat but from certain disturb
ing tendencies we see in our
midst—tendencies as deadly ini
mical to our freedom as Hitler’s
panzer divisions. The enemy from
without will be vanquished. We
are determined in our patriotism
that shallow minds will not
achieve .what enemy armies can
not accomplish.”
The resolution deplored “at
tempts by pressure groups to in
terfere with and to dictate the
strategy of our competent mili
tary leaders.” At the outset it
was stated that the resolution was
prompted by “the instructive and
inspiring sermon delivered to us
by His Excellency the Most Rev.
Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop of
Chicago.” Archbishop Stritch
preached at the Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass celebrated by his Excel
lency the Most Rev. Amleto Cicog
nani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, with which the
convention was formally opened.
Other resolutions reaffirmed
the organization's opposition to
“any form of Communism”; pledg
ed loyalty and devotion to Presi
dent Roosevelt in his conduct of
the war; praised efforts to elimin
ate the distribution of indecent
literature, and called upon pub
lication agencies to cease the dis
tribution of publications which
have been denied the use of the
mails.
Francis J. Heazel, of Asheville,
N. C., was elected Supreme Treas
urer of the K. of C., at the closing
session. He will serve out the
unexpired term of the late D. J.
Callahan of v Washington D. C.
Elected to the Supreme Board of
Directors were William T. Mur
phy, Calumet, Mich., and Michael
F. Walsh, Brooklyn.
Individually as well as collec
tively, the Knights of Columbus
are supporting the nation’s war
effort. Supreme Knight Frauds
F. Matthews said in his address
at the States Dinner which was
one of the outstanding features of
the convention.
“The all-embracing ideals com
prehended in the objectives for
which the United States are fight
ing could not find the Knights
of Columbus insensible to their
sacredness of indispensable char
acter,” he said. “Collectively and
individually, as a society' and per
sonally, we are contributing to the
holy cause of freedom which must
consume the total resources of
modern Christian civilization until
the universal justice of the Prince
of Peace is actually and perma
nently established throughout the
world.”
Supreme Secretary Joseph F.
Lamb, outlining the general con
dition of the organization in his
annual report, stated that during
the past year there has been a net
increase of membership of 9,871.
The total membership of the or
ganization of 424,823 distributed
218,381 in the insurance class and
206,442 in the associate. Total
benefits and payments made to
members during the year amount
ed to $4,271,113.63. Eighteen new
Councils were instituted, bringing
the total to 2,480.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. —- Any at
tempt to weaken the sacred bonds
of union of the home is “nothing
else but a deadly attack on the
security of the nation itself.” His
Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States,
said in addressing the Knights of
Columbus at their sixtieth annual
convention here.
His Excellency, who was the
celebrant of the Solemn Pontifical
Mass with which the convention
was formally opened, spoke at the
States Dinner, at which other
speakers were the Most Rev. Wil
liam L. Adrian. Bishop of Nash
ville and host to the convention;
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker and Francis P. Matthews,
Supreme Knight of the K. of C.
Archbishop Cicognani, told the
Knights of Columbus the services
they have rendered to God and
country have won for them uni
versal esteem. “You have carried
high the flaming torches of the
supreme love of human life: love
of God, love of home, love of
country,” His Excellency said.
“The Order of the Knights ot
Columbus which is. by its charter,
primarily a fraternal insurance or
ganization, would seem to have
scope merely the protection of the
individual,” the Papal Delegate
said. “In reality, its aim is emi
nently social: to make of its mem
bers loyal Catholics and upright
citizens. From the very first days
of your foundation this predomi
nant idea has been in a constant
process of realization and perfec
tion.”
Asserting that a good Catholic
is necessarily a good citizen. His
Excellency continued:
“The same holds good for Cath
olic associations. The more faith
ful they are in cooperating with
the sanctifying mission of the
Church and in following her wise
guidance, the more profound will
be their impression on social life,
and the deeper will be their pa
triotism in the service of their
country. Association of various
kinds can be said to be truly liv
ing in the spirit of the Church
when their religious activities are
coordinated with the Church and
for the Church, which is repre
sented., above all, by the Bishops.
Then it is that the way to pro
gress is smoothed, that the means
they use take on new efficacy,
their zeal acquires new claims to
confidence, their co-workers deep
en their spirit of union and perm'
anent good results are assured.
We must ever bear in mind tha^
the Church which is ‘the pillar
and mainstay of truth’ was made
one and holy by God Himself.
“As guardians and courtiers of
the home, you have made the
family the focal point of your
mission. While the glory of the
great deeds which have been ac
complished by the Knights of Co,
lumbus in the sixty years of their
existence is due mainly to the ef
ficiency of their organization and
is, of course, reflected on you the
members, nevertheless the special
glory which is merited by a
spiritually healthy and robust
home is one which belongs to each
individual member.
“At the same time it is the
Order's chief claim to honor, be
cause it is the riche; t gift, the
most constructive contribution it
can offer to the country. Thus it
is that love of homo and love of
country are forger., as it were,
into one and the same bond of
greater Christian perfection. It is
cur fervent prayer that this two
fold bond of love will always he
the outstanding characteristic of
every Knight of Columbus.”
BISHOP OF NASHVILLE
SPEAKS AT BANQUET
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mo:t
Rev.] William L. Adrian, Bish-tj
of Nashville and Episcopal host
to the sixtieth annual convention
of the Knights of Clumbus, sno'c*
at the States Dinner which was a
feature of the convention. In the
course of his remarks, Bishop
Adrian paid tribute to the mem
bers of the K. ot C. for their “out
standing Catholic lay leadership.”
“For many, many years now the
Knights of Colum bus. as an or
ganization, lias been to me a syno
nym for outstanding Catholic lav
leadership,” Bishop Adrian said.
“And in this opinion I have been
greatly confirmed bv that high
eneonium spoken of this organi
zation by our late Holy Father
when he proclaimed I he Knight*
of Columbus, ‘the m&ilerh ad
vance-guard and standard-bearer.,
of Catholic Action.’ What a glori
ous title and honor! One that
should touch the pride of every
worthy Knight. And my appeal to
you tonight is that you may man
fully strive to be deserving of
such a soubriquet.”
Marines Throng Chapel
at North Carolina Base
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW RIVER, N. C. — United
States Marines thronged the new
ly-erected base chapel here when
the first Mass was celebrated In
the building by Father Francis
Sullivan, S. J., chaplain. Base
Chaplain Joseph Patrick Mannion
was still in the Confessional when
Lieutenant Sullivan began his ser
mon.
The sermon emphasized the
blessing of living in a country
where the Government is solici
tous toward the spiritual welfare
of its fighting forces.
“Let us thank God for this great
America,” Chaplain Sullivan said
“which, unlike the totalitarian na
tions seeking to destroy religion,
has erected this chapel here in
your midst and bids'you to enter
and worship your God freely.”
Chaplain Mannion continued to
hear Confession throughout the
Mass and Holy Communion was
distributed again after the Mass
was completed.
The New River plant is the larg
est Marine Corps training base in
the country. __ - .
Protestant Journalist Sees
Proselytizing as Obstacle
to Closer Pan-Americanism
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. PAUL.—The single most se
rious obstacle to closer Pan-Amer
icanism is the activity of Ameri
can Protestant missionaries in
South America, writes John W.
White in the current issue of the
Catholic Digest, published here.
Mr. White is an American Prot
estant newspaperman who has
spent 25 years traveling in South
America. His article, “Protestant
Missioners to Catholic Heathen,”
asserts that the so-called Protes
tant missionaries working in South
America “personify better than
any other American activity that
smug superiority and holier-than-
thou attitude of ours which always
has exasperated the South Ameri
can people and made it impossible
for us to get onto a basis of friend
ly and mutual understanding with
them. ”
Mr. White says these Protestant
missionaries “are nullifying prac
tically all our sincere efforts to
win the friendship of the South
Americans” and are the “strong
est reason why South Americans
do not like us and believe us to
be insincere and hypocritical in
our efforts to get closer to them. ”
Mr. White explains that the civ
ilized Catholics of South America
resent deeply the implication that
they are heathens, so in' need ol
“saving" that American Protes
tants must send “missionaries” to
them. By this proselytizing, he
adds, the “missionaries do more
harm than good, even from a
purely religious point of view, be
cause they deprive their ‘con
verts’ of the impressive and sol-
elm ritual of the Catholic Church,
which they have known all their
lives, and give them no equivalent
in return for it.”
The writer further charges that
American Protestant missionaries
are always ready to lend support
to anti-clerical politicians” and
thus involve themselves “in the
internal politics of the countries
in which they are supposed to be
occupied only with religious mat
ters . ”
TO QUALIFY AS INSTRUC
TORS in high school classes that
may be started by the govern
ment this fall, six Sisters ol
Charity of Seton Hill have joined
a class of Army glider pilots and
secondary school teachers in 3
preflight aviation training course
at St. Vincent's College. Latroba