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NOVEMBER 28. 1942
THREE
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
News Review of the Catholic World
Algeria and Tunisia, in French North Africa, where American troops
have landed, are sites of ancient religious glories, and were visited
by pilgrims to the 30th International Eucharistic Congress, in Car
thage, in 1930. Upper photo, the Basilica of St. Augustine, at Bone
(Hippo), Algeria, near the Tunisian border. Here, in the Episcopal
city of St. Augustine, the Congress pilgrims commemorated the
1,500th anniversary of the death of the great apostle of Africa.
Lower photo, the main avenue and the pro-cathedral in Tunis, capi
tal of Tunisia, 12 miles from the ruins of the ancient city of Car
thage.. (N.C.W.C.)
Archbishop Mooney Again Heads
N. C. C. W. Administrative Board
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of Charleston, Con
tinues as Head of Depart ment of Lay Organisations
Feast of Immaculate Conception
Designated by Bishops of U. S.
as Day of Prayer for Victory
Canadian Cardinal Voices
Disapproval of Article on
‘■Catholic Quebec” in "Life”
(By N.C.W.C. News Service)
QUEBEC.—His Eminence Rod-
rique Cardinal Villeneuve, O.M.I,.
Archbishop of Quebec, has ex
pressed his “absolute disapprov
al'’ of an article on “French Can
ada” which appeared in the Oc
tober 19 issue of Life magazine,
and which professed to deal with
troubles it said have come to
‘ Catholic Quebec” as result of the
war.
After noting that Premier Ade-
lard Godbout of Quebec “was
abliged to protest energetically
against this article,” Cardinal Vil
leneuve said:
“For our part, since they attri
bute to us and to the Church of
French Canada, attitudes and sen
timents which are not ours, we
must express our absolute disap
proval of so flagrant a violation
of the laws of hospitality, and the
rights of justice as well as of the
truth.”
AUSTRALIAN BISHOPS have
been given discretionary power by
the Holy Father to dispense Cath
olics of that country from the ob
ligation of Friday abstinence for
the duration of the war. This
privilege has been granted as a
war-time emergency measure on
account of the difficulty of obtain
ing fish and other staple articles
of diet. An extension of the meat
diet to Fridays is regarded as a
contribution to the maintenance
of health on the home front.
TWO INFORMAL TALKS on
Catholic retreats by Municipal
Judge Perry A. Frey, of Cleve
land, to a group of non-Cathotic
men, adherents of. various
churches, has resulted in a group
of sixty non-Catholics engaging
in a one-day retreat on their own
account with literature provided
by the Society of Jesus as their
program and one of their own
group as the leader.
IN VIEW OF the expected visit
to Phoenix. Arizona, of the Most
Rev. Daniel J. Gercke, Bishop of
Tucson, to preside over public acts
of veneration marking the Feast of
Christ the King, Mayor Newell
Stewart, a non-Catholic, proclaim
ed the day one of “prayer and de
votion” for the entire city, and
asked all the citizens of Phoenix
to join in supplication “that in the
spirit of the soldiers Saints, Se
bastian and Cornelius, our armed
forces may emerge victorious
against the dark powers arrayed
against.uS.”
A SHORT-WAVE BROADCAST
from Europe picked up in New
^ ork quotes the Fascist newspaper
II Regime Fascist* as asserting
that many members of the clergy
in Italy refuse to accept the aims
ot the Axis powers as their own
aims. The broadcaster also quoted
from a letter published in the same
newspaper concerning a sermon
delivered by one member of the
clergy, who is quoted as having
said: “We Catholics have no
enemies. All of us are brothers,
and this refers to all Americans,
Russians, Frencli English, etc. This
is our opinion and no force in
the world will compel us to feel
otherwise.
THE GERMAN NAZIS are en
gaged in “a calculated effort to
root out and destroy the Christian
religion” in a “shameless effort
to substitute a boastful and blood
thirsty paganism for the Sermon
on the Mount,” it is affirmed in
a booklet which has been publish
ed by the National Catholic Wel
fare Council. The booklet, w’hich
bears the title “The Nazi War
Against the Catholic Church,” pre
sents indictment after indictment
against Adolf Hitler and his fol
lowers, based upon Nazi docu
ments, declarations from notable
figures in the Church, including
His Holiness Pope Pius VII, Car
dinal Blond, exiled Primate of Po
land, and members of the German
Hierarchy. It has been printed in
English, Spanish. Portuguese, Ger
man, French and Italian.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The Most
Rev. Edward Mooney, archbishop
of Detroit, was again chosen chair
man of the administrative board of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, when the members of
the Hierarchy chosen to constitute
this group organized here.
The Annual General meeting of
the Hierarchy of the United
States, held at the Catholic Uni
versity of America, here, elected
six Archbishops and four bishops
to form the administrative board
for the ensuing year. These arch
bishops and bishops met at the N.
C. W. C. headquarters and organ
ized as follows:
Archbishop Mooney, chairman;
the Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch,
archbishop of Chicago, vice-chair
man and treasurer; the Most Rev.
Francis J. Spellman, archbishop of
New York, secretary; the Most
Rev. John T. McNicliolas, O. P.,
archbishop of Cincinnati, Episco
pal chairman of the department of
education; the Most Rev. Joseph
F. Rummel, archbishop of New
Orleans, episcopal chairman of the
legal department; the Most Rev.
John J. Mitty, archbishop of San
Francis, Episcopal chairman of the
Department of Catholic Action
Study; the Most Rev. John F. Noll,
bishop of Fort Wayne, Episcopal
chairman of the Department ol
Lay Organizations; the Most Rev.
John Mark Gannon, bishop of Erie,
Episcopal chairman of the press
department; the Most Rev. Karl J.
Alter, bishop of Toledo, Episcopal
chairman of the Department of So
cial Action; the Most Rev. John A.
Duffy, bishop of Buffalo, Episco
pal chairman of the Youth Depart
ment.
Assistant bishops of the admin
istrative board were invited to
serve as follows:
The Most Rev. Thomas K. Gor
man, bishop of Reno, press de
partment; the Most Rev. John B.
Peterson, bishop of Manchester,
department of education; the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, bishop of
Charleston, department of lay or
ganizations; the Most Rev. Walter
A. Foery, bishop of Syracuse, le
gal department: the Most Rev.
Richard O. Gerow, bishop of
Natchez, youth department; the
Most Rev. John F. O’Hara, C. S.
C., military delegate, Catholic Ac
tion Study; the Most Rev. Charles
Hubert LeBlond. bishop of St. Jo
seph, department of social action.
The Most Rev. Aloisius J. Muench,
bishop of Fargo, was named ad
viser to the department of social
action in matters relating to the
Catholic Rural Life movement.
The Most Rev. William B. O’Brien,
auxiliary bishop of Chicago, was
named assistant treasurer.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Ready was again appointed gen
eral secretary of the N. C. W. C.
The Very Rev. Msgr. Howard J.
Carroll was re-named assistant
general secretary.
MONSIGNOR WOOD ATTENDS
DEDICATION OF MARIST
SCHOOL IN ESOPUS, N. Y.
ESOPUS, N. Y. — The Marist
Preparatory School, new juniorate
of the Marist Brothers, was dedi
cated here with a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass celebrated by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Charles Dubois Wood,
P. A. The school replaces the jun-
iorate formerly situated at St.
Ann's Hermitage, Poughkeepsie.
WASHINGTON. — The archbi
shops and bishops of the United
States have designated Tuesday,
December 3—the Feast of the Im
maculate Conception—a National
day of prayer for victory asking di
vine guidance and protection of
our soldiers and sailors.
One hundred and two members
of the Hierarchy were present at
the annual general meeting at
which this action was taken. The
two-day sessions were held at the
Catholic University of America,
here, with the Most Rev. Michael
J. Curley, archbishop of Baltimore
and of Washington, presiding.
ADMINISTRATIVE
BOARD CHANGES
The archbishops and bishops se
lected the following members of
the Hierarchy to constitute the ad
ministrative board of the National:
Catholic Welfare Conference for
the ensuing year:
The Most Rev. Archbishops
John T. MeNicholas, O. P., of Cin
cinnati, John J. Mitty of San
Francis, Edward Mooney of De
troit, Joseph F. Rummel of New
Orleans, Francis J. Spellman of
New York and Samuel A. Stritch
of Chicago. The Most Rev. Bishops
Karl J. Alter of Toledo, John A.
Duffy of Buffalo, John Mark Gan
non of Erie and John F. Noll of
Fort Wayne.
Archbishop Rummel and Arch
bishop Mitty return to the adminis
trative board, but Bishop Alter
becomes a member for the first
time. Archbishop Rummel previ
ously retired from the board in
19-tl and Archbishop Mitty in
1938. Bishop Alter has served for
some years as an assistant bishop
of the board assigned to the de
partment of social action.
The Most Rev. John Gregory
Murray, archbishop of St. Paul;
the Most Rev. Edwin V. O’Hara,
bishop of Kansas City, and . the
Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, bishop
of Pittsburgh, retired from the ad
ministrative board this year after
serving the maximum number of
consecutive one-year terms allow
ed by the rules for the board's con
stitution.
Another unified war emergency
and relief collection was author
ized by the general meeting to be
taken up on Laetare Sunday April
4, 1943. This collection is . taken
up under the auspices of the bi
shops’ relief committee, whose
members are the archbishops and
bishops of the N. C. W. C. admin
istrative board.
The Most Rev. Mariano S. Gar-
riga, coadjutor bishop of Corpus
Christi, was authorized by the
general meeting to represent the
Hierarchy of the United States at
the Eucharistic Congresses to be
held in San Salvador and Yucatan
A sub-committee on seminaries
was set up to function in connec
tion with the N. C. W. C. depart
ment of education. It is composed
of Archbishop MeNicholas, the
Most Rev. John B. Peterson, bi
shop of Manchester, and Bishop
Duffy.
BOARD OF CATHOLIC
MISSIONS
The Most Rev. Moses E. Kiley,
archbishop of Milwaukee, and the
Most Rev. William F. Murphy, bi
shop of Saginaw, were elected
members of the American Board of
Catholic Missions, succeeding Bi
shop Boyle and the Most Rev.
Francis C. Kelley, bishop of Okla
homa City and Tulsa, who retired.
Other members of this board are
Archbishop Stritch, chairman; the
Most Rev. John A. Floersh, arch
bishop of Louisville; the Most Rev.
James E. Kearney, bishop of
Rochester: Bishop Noll, the Most
Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of
Indianapolis, and the Most Rev.
John J. Swint, bishop of Wheel
ing.
The Most Rev. Francis P.
Deough bishop of Providence, was
elected a member of the Episcopal
committee on motion pictures,
succeeding Bishop Boyle, who re
tired. Other members of this com
mittee are Archbishop McNiclio
las. chairman; the Most Rev. John
J. Cantwell, archbishop of Los An
geles; Bishop Noll, and the Most
Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, auxil
iary bishop of New York.
Bishop O’Hara of Kansas City,
chairman; Archbishop MeNicholas,
Archbishop Murray, the Most Rev.
Christian H. Winkelmann, bishop
of Wichita, and Bishop Kearney ot
Rochester were elected to consti
tute the Episcopal committee of
the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine.
Bishop Ritter was elected to the
committee on the national or
ganization for decency in Jitera-
ture. He succeeded Bishop
Keough. Other members of this
committee are Bishop Noll, chair
man; the Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr,
archbishop of Denver; the Most,
Rev. Edmund F. Gibbons, bishop of
Albany; Bishop Alter, and the
Most Rev. Bernard I. Sheil. aux
iliary bishop of Chicago.
The Most Rev. Ralph L. Hayes,
titular bishop of Geropoli and rec
tor of the North American College
in Rome, was elected to member
ship on the committee on the
North American College. Other
members of this committee are His
Eminence William Cardinal O’Don
nell, archbishop of Boston; llis
Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dough
erty, archbishop of Philadelphia:
Archbishop Curley. Archbishop
Spellman, Archbishop Mitty,
Arclibishqp Rummel and Archbi
shop Stritch.
PROPAGATION OF FAITH
Archbishop Rummel was elect
ed to the committee on the propa
gation of the faith, succeeding
Archbishop Kiley. Other members
of this committee are Archbishop
Spellman, chairman; the Most Rev.
Francis J. L. Beckman, archibishop
of Dubuque; the Most Rev. Charles
I F. Buddy, bishop of San Diego, and
I the Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing,
auxiliary bishop of Boston.
The annual general meeting took
cognizance of the long and valued
service rendered to the Hierarchy
in' the United States by Bishop
Boyle and Bishop Kelley, neither
of whom was able to be present at
the meeting. The Most Rev. John
J. Glen non, archbishop of St.
Louis, cited the bishops’ labors as
members of various important
committees, including the admin
istrative board of the N. C. W. C.
The death of Charles A. McMa
hon. for 22 years editor of Catho
lic Action, national monthly mag
azine which is the publication of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference, was announced to the
archbishops and bi-hops as they
opened their general meeting. The
members of the Hierarchy asked
Bishon Duffy to represent them at
Mr. McMahon’s funeral.
Anti-Catholicism
Survey Contained in
Catholic Almanae
PATERSON. N. J —A survey ot
“Anti-Catholicism in the United
States,” and a concise history of
the World’s Famous Cathedrals”
will appear as new features in the
National Catholic Almanac for
1943, now near publication, it was
announced by St. Anthony's
Guild, publishers of the annual
Catholic reference work.
The article on anti-Catholicism
traces the history of the various
prejudices which have fought to
impede the propagation of the
Faith in this country from colonial
times to the present. \nti-Catholic
sections from the charters of
nearly all the Colonies are eitied,
as well as prejudice in even Rhode
Island, sometimes called the most
tolerarit. Also dealt with are the
passage of the Quebec Act in 1733;
the burning of two Catholic schools
in Philadelphia; and the publica
tion of the “American Protestant
Vindicator” and the “Protestant”
as organs of hate. Other move
ments more recent in origin which
come in for consideration are the
“Know Nothing Party" founded in
1852; the birth of the “American
Patriotic Association (A. P. A.’s>:
and finally the two most recent
movements with similar aims, the
Ku Klux Klan and “Jehovah’s Wit
nesses.”