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NOVEMBER 28. 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE—A
Archbishops and Bishops of U. S.
Pledge Every Effort Toward
Promoting This Country’s Cause
i 1 hrongs Attending Victory Mass on
All Saints’s Day in Philadelphia
Hear Cardinal’s Stirring Message
iBy N. C. W. C. News Service;
WASHINGTON.—Gathered here
for their first annual general meet
ing since this country entered the
current World War, the archbi
shops and bishops of the United
States reviewed 11 months of ac-
telerated patriotic endeavor and
prepared themselves for a future
which seems certain to make even
greater demands upon the church
snd her institutions.
Reporting as chairman of the
administrative board of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, the Most Rev. Edward Moo-
Bey, archbishop of Detroit, told the
members of the Hierarchy that the
months since Pearl Harbor “have
brought us a further realization of
the extent and gravity of our na
tional crisis.”
"They have given us clear evi
dence,” Archbishop Mooney de
clared, “that the church and her
institutions of education and social
welfare will be called upon even
more insistently to meet new con
ditions arising from a war econ
omy. The record of achievement
in the past year indicates how well
,we have fulfilled our patriotic
'duty to our country. We face the
greater sacrifices of the future
jwith the same resolute determina
tion to do everything possible to
protect and to promote our Coun
try’s cause.”
WAR PROGRAM S
EFFECT ON CHURCH
Archbishop Mooney said "every
program and policy of government
during these fateful months has
affected in some degree the reli
gious and social mission of the
church.” He added that “some
programs have been proposed by
responsible government officials
which very definitely threatened
the efficiency of religious institu
tions.
The archbishop . said “the vari
ous new tax proposals of the
treasury department were of such
character,” and that “these tend
encies of the treasury department,
especially in the last three years,
have merited our concern.” “We
have protested all such tendencies
at this time especially,” he de
clared, “when the full resources of
our institutions (both in personnel
and in service) are at the disposal
of the government to help win the
war.”
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Archbishop Mooney also report
ed that “many administrative poli
cies have been set up by emer
gency governmental bureaus which
affect all our institutions; “that
the operation of the Elective Ser
vice Act has presented n^ny cases,
haying to do largely with divinity
schools under the specific names
of minor seminaries, institutes,
scholasticates and the like, and
-that serious problems will continue
to present themselves, especially
with the draft age lowered.
“We have endeavored,” Arch
bishop Mooney said, “to protect
our institutions in the now pro
posed ‘manpower’ policy. Unless
our institutions are given proper
recognition as ‘essential or con
tributing essentially to the war ef
fort,’ it will be very difficult if not
impossible to retain necessary
workers to staff them. This ques
tion affects oun cemeteries, semi
naries and a wide variety of other
institutions, not even excluding
hospitals and schools. The ‘war
manpower’ policy -is demanding
our careful attention.”
Stating that the employment of
mothers in war industries has been
a source of concern. Archbishop
Mooney added that “an even more
grave situation faces our Christian
family from the constantly grow
ing groups which promulgate im
moral theories regarding the fam
ily.” He cited the activities of
several groups, calling the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America
one of the most aggressive and
possessed of a huge budget. The
Archbishop cited the work of the
Family Life Bureau, N. C. W. C.,
to counteract the well-organized,
well-financed propaganda of these
groups.
INTER-AMERICAN
SEMINAR CITED
Archbishop Mooney said of the
Inter-American Seminar on Social
Studies, sponsored by the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, that
it “made a notable contribution,
not only to a better understanding
among nationals of many Ameri
can Republics, but especially to a
strengthening of Catholic ties in
the crisis which faces the church
throughout the world.”
Archbishop Mooney reported oc
cupancy of the new headquarters
building since the last general
meeting, and expressed the thanks
of the archbishops and bishops to
the Most Rev. John F. Noll, bishop
of Fort Wayne, and to the contribu
tors to the fund for the Monument
of Christ the Light of the World,
whose generous donation made the
new building possible. The arch
bishop thanked the N. C. W. C.
headquarters staff for a “a fine
sense of loyalty” in the face of “in
creasingly difficult work.”
1 ONE HUNDRED AND TWO
PRELATES ATTENDING
One hundred and two members
of the Hierafchy attended the an
nual meeting of the archbishops
and bishops of the United States
held at the Catholic University of
America, November 11-13.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Cur
ley, archbishop of Baltimore and
Washington, presided over the an
nual meeting at which 17 arch
bishops and 85 bishops were'in at
tendance.
Among those present were the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
bishop of Savanhah-Atlanta; the
Most Rev. Emmet.M. Walsh, bishop
of Charleston, and the Most Rev.
Eugene J. McGuinness, bishop of
Raleigh.
“JAVA HOUR” AT USO CLUB
IN HINESVILLE. GEORGIA
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Service men
were entertained at a coffee and
doughnut party at the USO-NCCS
Club in Hinesville on October 25.
A musical program was presented
featuring vocal selections by Ver-
genne Blondell Jones, with Mrs.
Luther Rollins accompaining, and
the community singing was led by
Corp. D. E. Arco, of Camp Stewart.
The committee in charge included
Mrs. J. Thurman Ellis, Mrs. B. H.
True, Mrs. R. J. Snelking, Mrs. G.
Paul, Mrs. F. C. Harris and Mrs.
W. O. Cantrell.
BUY U. S. BONDS
AND STAMPS
FATHER QUINLAN
PASTOR OF NEW
SAVANNAH PARISH
REV. NICHOLAS QUINLAN
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Harra, D. D., J. U. D., bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, has announced
the formation of a new parish
which will embrace the Thunder
bolt and Wilmington Island areas
just outside of this city. Bishop
O'Hara has also announced that
the Rev. Nicholas Quinlan, assist
ant pastor of St. Anthony's Church,
Atlanta, will be pastor of the new
parish.
Father Quinlan, a native of Ire
land, came to this country in early
youth, making his home in Boston.
He completed his theological
course at Belmont Abbey Semi
nary, and was ordained by the
Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, S.
M., D. D., bishop of ..Savannah, at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Savannah, on May 21, 1932.
First assigned as assistant pas
tor at the Blessed Sacrament
Church, Savannah, Father Quinlan
also served as assistant pastor of
St. Joseph's Church, Athens, be
fore going to Atlanta as assistant
pastor of St. Anthony's Church.
He has been succeeded in Atlanta
by the Rev. John J. O'Shea, for
mer assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens.
The new parish, which will be
dedicated to St. Anne, will include
the Thunderbolt and Wilmington
Island areas and extend toward
Savannah to induce also St. Mary’s
Home on Victory Drive, embracing
a territory formerly served frqm
the Blessed Sacrament Church.
St. Anne’s Church at Thunder
bolt is a re-modelled portion of
the famous old Bannon's Lodge,
which built up a national reputa
tion years ago as a seafood rest
aurant. About five years ago,
alterations to the building gave it
an ecclesiastical appearance, and
Mass has been said there regularly
since that time.
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(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
PHILADELPHIA—Warning that
defeat in the present war would
make the United States “the choice
prize of despoilers,” His Eminence
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia, declared
that “we must sacrifice private in
terests in behalf of the common
good,” and that “no matter how
hard this task may be, we will per
form it without flinching.”
Cardinal Dougherty spoke at a
Solemn Pontifical Mass for Victory
over which he presided in Mu
nicipal Convention Hall here. The
Most Rev. George L. Leech,
Bishop of Harrisburg, was cele
brant of the Mass. More than 21,-
000 were drawn to the great edi
fice for the ceremonies. Sixteen
thousand were present in the main
hall, and the remainder attended
three overflow Masses in other
parts of the convention hall.
The entire ceremony, including
a message from President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, was broadcast over
a national hook-up and was short-
waved to all countries of the world,
with the hope that many men in
the armed services would be able
to hear the voice of Cardinal
Dougherty and of the Most %v.,
Hugh L. Lamb, Auxiliary Bishop
of Philadelphia, who preached the
sermon.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Carroll
McCormick, Chancellor of the
Archbishop of Philadelphia, who
read the President’s message, an
nounced that a spiritual bouquet
made up of 370,583 Masses, 256,-
848 Holy Communions, and 401,-
902 recitations of the Rosary would
be offered up for the President
of the United States.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President Roosevelt, in his mess
age addressed to Cardinal Dough
erty said “I rejoice to know that
this appeal to Almighty God to
grant us victory and peace is to
be made and regret exceedingly
that circumstances which you will
easily recognize prevent my ac
ceptance of the invitation which
you extend.” Cardinal Dougherty
had invited President Roosevelt to
be present at the Mass. .
“In these days of crisis,” the
President also said, “we need more
than ever the guidance that etin
come from On High. We must all
unite in labor and in prayer to
achieve victory and to bring back
to the world an international order
dominated by true Christian prin
ciples.”
Among those present at the Mass
were Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker, Justice Owen J. Rob
erts of the United States Supreme
Court, James V. Forrestal, Under
Secretary of the Navy; Mrs.
Manuel Quezon, wife of the Presi
dent of the Philippines; Governor
Arthur H. James of Pennsylvania,'
Mayor Bernard Samuel of Phil
adelphia, and Rear Admiral Milo
F. Draemel of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
Cardinal Dougherty spoke as
follows:
“To all. who have, in any way,
taken part in this function, thanks
are hereby given.
They are given first, and above
all, to His Excellency, our illus
trious President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, for having sent here a
gracious message of greeting and
good will, in spite of the manifold
official calls on his lime and at
tention as head of the nation, par
ticularly in these trying days of
war^ with its attendant responsi
bilities and anxieties. We trust he
will realize how deeply grateful
we are to him for his thought of
us, and for his beautiful words
regarding this celebration.
“It seems not unlikely that the
present war will usher in a new
era for the greater part of the
modern world; as the onslaughts
of the northern barbarians against
ancient Rome introduced a new
epoch into the old world.
FATE OF EUROPE CITED
“At any rate, should we lose the
war, this land will be the choice
prize of despoilers. It will be
pounced upon by vultures, which
will devour it to the bone. We
shall have the points of bayonets
at our throats and the muzzles of
muskets pressed against our heads.
If one wishes to picture to him
self our fate in case of defeat,
he has only to look at what has
taken place, in the conquired parts
of Europe. We ourselves, then,
must shape the future of our coun
try. It will depend upon us wheth
er we are to win or lose.
“In view of our inexhaustible
natural resources; with a people
never yet conquered; a people
swayed by neither fear, nor
servility, and endowed with an in
domitable will to safeguard against
all enemies our liberty and rights,
we must win, we will win, the
victory.
“To do so unity and sacrifice are
needed. A house divided against it
self will fall; and, therefore, our
nation must not be divided against
itself as far as the war is con
cerned. To win the victory our en
tire people, like a single unit, must
fight shoulder to shoulder under
our commander-in-chief. Such a
course is dictated not only by rea
sons, but also by revelation; for it
has been said; ‘Let every soul be
subject to higher powers: for there
is no power but from God: and
those that are, are ordained of
God.’
K. of C. on Solomons
Battles Many Japs
“In a Little Fight”
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SAN FRANCISCO. — Private
First Class Eugene O. Moore, U. S.
M. C., who was trapped inside his
tank on the Solomons by 65 Japs
and fought his way out with the
help of a nearby Marine sniper,
wrote his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Charles R. Moore, here, that “we
had a little, fight on our hands,
but everything is all light now.”
The letter, dated August 12, ar
rived after a Requiem Mass had
already been offered here in St.
Mary’s Cathedral, where he at
tended. The Mass followed the re
ceipt of a telegram on September
24 from the Marine Corps telling
of his “death” on August 8. The
Rev. Martin Guilfoyle said the Re
quiem Mass, but after official word
on October 7 that Moore was
wounded and not dead, a Mass of
Thanksgiving was said in the
Cathedral by the. Rev. Robert Cull
en.
Moore, who was not seriously
wounded, was in a lank that was
cornered by the enemy, who lip
ped open tlie hatch, threw gren
ades into it and set it afire. Smoke
and fumes drove him out of the
machine after the others in the
crew iiad been killed. The Japs
grabbed him, hurled him to the
ground, kicked him, jabbed him
with a pitchfork, knifed him, then
picked him up and bounced him
off the side of the tank.
“I guess they thought 1 was
dead,” a Marine combat reporter
quoted him as saying in a south
west Pacific hospital after his
evacuation from the Solomons. “I
had quite a bit of blood on me,
and I was unconscious.”
The message of his escape was
received by Mrs. Moore with the
exclamation. “This is the best news
in the world!”
Moore was born in Huron,' S.
Dak., and his baptism took place
in St. Martin’s Church there. As
a boy. he sang in St. Martin’s choir,
and later became a member of
the Knights of Columbus there.
He came to San Francisco in
March, 1941. On October 13,
1941, he enlisted ,jn the Marines,
and received his training at San .
Diego.
Private Moore's experiences afe
regarded as constituting one of the
mpst thrilling stories to conie out
of the present war.
REV. FRANCIS X. DESMOND,
C. M„ has been installed as Rec
tor of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary,
Emmitsburg, Md., succeeding the
Rev. Edward D. O'Donnell, who
died in February. Father Des
mond, a Vincentian, is said to be
the first priest of a religious socie*
ty to become rector of the semi
nary since the Sulpician Fathers
were in charge a century ago. He
has been a member of the faculty
of Our Lady of Angels' Seminary,
Niagara Falls, N. Y, since 1934.