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“To Bring About
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VOL. XXIV. Xo. 2 TWENTY PAGES AUGUSTA. GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 27, 1943
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Bulletins
STRESSING the First Com
mandment, the Vatican Radio in
a German language broadcast to
Germany asserted that any State,
which offers a substitute for
church, religion and God “is
bound to find a miserable end at
its appointed hour,” it was report
ed in New Y'ork by the Office of j
War Information.
THE WINDSOR DAILY STAR, i
secular daily of Windsor, Ontario. :
Canada, has published an editor
ial urging all denominations to
follow the example of Catholic
churches and leave their doors
open during the day. “In this time
of strife and anxiety,” the editor
ial says, “many people are finding
their thoughts turning more and
more often to spiritual things.
There is a craving for the solace
of religion, and even those who
have no very deep religions con
victions feel that they would
benefit from. a. few. moments
snatched from the rush of the
day’s duties to be spent in quiet
reflection. Logically, the place
for this is a church. Unfortunate
ly, most churches remain closed
except during hours of sendee, and
the person who would like to sit
quietly for a few moments in
communion with God, or merely
in contemplation, finds himself
faced by a locked door.”
THE HISTORIC General llos- i
pital of Quebec will mark its j
250th anniversary in April, thus
ranking among the oldest hospi
tals on the continent. Because of
the war there will not be any ex
tensive observance of the occa
sion other than in the community
of the Hospitaller Sisters of St.
Augustine, who direct the hospi
tal. The Hospitaller Sisters of j
St. Augustine date back to 1155
when four cloistered Sisters of
St. Augustine went to Dieppe in
Normandy to establish the Hotel
Dieu there.
Interior, St. Mary’s Church, Greenville
Completely remodeled and enlarged last year, the interior of St. Mary's Church, Greenville. South
Carolina, represents the fulfillment of a cherished desire of the Right Rev. Monsignor A.. K. Gwynti.
who has been its pastor for more than forty years. Remodeled and redecorated under the direction ot
Monsignor Gwynn, according to designs executed by the Rev. Michael Mclnerney. O. S. B.. noted priest-
architect of Belmont Abbey, St. Mary's is one of the most beautiful churches iii the South. The main
altar, of strict liturgical design, is based on an altar that was unearthed during excavations of a sixth cen
tury church, and which is now in a museum in Paris. The tabernacle is of gold-plated bronze, lined with
cedar. The altar itself is a solid block of Tennessee marble. The stained glass windows behind the
altar may be lighted from the outside at night and are masterpieces. The testor and teredos are of carv-
ed‘white oak. exquisitely executed.
Non-Catholic Leader Ranks Catholic
Church ‘No. 1 Bulwark’ of America
XII emphasized anew that Poland
is one of the countries nearest his
heart in a discourse delivered at
an audience accorded to members
of the Polish Embassy in Vatican
City. The Holy Father declared
himself convinced that Poland
will rise again from her present
sufferings, sent his blessings to
the entire Polish nation, to the
President of Poland and to the
Polish Government.
REMINDING that the popula
tion of the Philippines is more
than 80 per cent Catholic, who
have lived in peace and friend
ship with their non-Catliolic
neighbors, “whether Protestant,
or Jewish, or Mohammedan, or
pagan,” President Manuel L.
Quezon, of the Philippine Com
monwealth, in a statement issued
from his headquarters in Wash
ington, denounced the Jauanese
policy of anti-Semitism in the oc
cupied islands.
OSSERVATORE ROMANO an
nounces that the Cause of Beatifi
cation of Pope Pius X has been
definitely introduced, following
the approval of the Holy Father
and favorable action of the Cardi-
naiatial Commission.
CONTENDING PUBLIC
SCHOOLS and colleges should en
courage students “too seek phil
osophical and religious teaching
outside their own walls,” Prof.
Louis J. A. Mercief, of Harvard
University, asserted that Ameri
can educators who have capitulat
ed to atheistic philosophies, must
do a “right about face” unless
they want “to betray their coua-
try and the world.”
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
OMAHA. — The Catholic Church
“ranks as the Number One bulwark
against radicalism in this country,”
Sam W. Reynolds, a non-Catholic,
president of the Omaha Chamber
of Commerce, declared in a speech
at a luncheon held by that organi
zation as its participation in the
celebration of the 65th anniversary
of the founding of Creighton Uni
versity.
Mr^eynolds said Creighton has
a statt of “some 300 distinguished
educators, including 50 Jesuit
Fathers, who labor for the welfare
of this community without compen
sation.” “An enormous contribu
tion to charity is made by the
clinic of tile Medical college, which
has furnished over 35,000 free
treatments a year,” he declared.
Similar contributions, he said, were
made by the dental clinic and the
dispensary of the university’s
pharmacy college, “to say nothing
of the St. Catherine and St. Joseph
Hospitals, which are affiliated with
the university.” Mr. Reynolds esti
mated the cost of duplicating these
free contributions of the university
would run into hundreds of thou
sands of dollars for Omaha tax
payers.
Creighton has played its full
part in national defense, Mr. Reyn
olds cited, through its R. O. T. C..
which has 600 cadets, and through
its alumni, which has sent 2.000
men into the armed forces. Mr.
Reynolds also stated Creighton was
doing its part to defend the coun-
ti y “against attacks from within."
He declared some of America's
largest educational institutions
“are hotbeds of radicalism,’’ under
the guise of American freedom,
where “subversive doctrines" which
seek to destroy our fundamental
Americanism and poison the minds
of the youth’’, flourish. He added:
.“I want to state that no such
thing exists at Creighton—it never
has and it never will. Not being a
Catholic myself. I am not sure of
the reason for this, but my guess is
that the Church is such an ancient
institution that it has come to rec
ognize these time-worn, crackpot
philosophies for what they are, re
gardless ot the modern mask or
camouflage they may adopt today.
The Church knows there is nothing
new in dictatorship. It has seen
dictatorship march across the pages
of history for centuries and is not
fooled when it masquerades as
Fascism, National Socialism, Na
zism. or even as Bureaucracy. Nor
is it deceived when the ancient,
time-worn doctrine of taking from
him who has and giving to him who
has not parades under the name of
Communism. Socialism or any
other new nom de plum.”
Mr. Reynolds, who is widely
known is Masonic circles and who
was a pioneer in American Legion
work in Omaha, concluded:
“I am proud of tlie battle the
Legion has made for fundamental
Americanism for the last 25 years.
I am jealous of its record as a bul
wark against un-American activi
ties. It stands second to but one
institution as a defender of Ameri
canism — the Catholic Church
ranks as the Number One bulwark
against radicalism in this country
-—the Legion ranks second.”
THE NAZI CONTROLLED
press in Holland, according to re
ports received in New York by the
Netherlands Information Bureau,
has descended to name calling and
refers to His Holiness Pope Xlt
as “The English Parson.” The Nazi
papers accuse the Pope of “bet
ting heavily on the plutocratic-bol-
shevist horse,” the reports stated.
| Auxiliary Bishop of
j Scranton Consecrated
; Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta
j Co-Consecrator of the Most
Rev. Martin J. O’Conner,
; New Auxiliary of Scranton
! -
| (By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SCRANTON, Pa., — In the pres-
r cnce of more than 30 Members of
the Hierarchy, hundreds of
clergy and Religious, and a con
gregation which filled St. Peter’s
Cathedral, the Most Rev. Martin
J. O'Connor was consecrated Titu
lar Bishop of Thespiae and Aux
iliary Bishop of Scranton.
The Most Rev. William J. Hafey,
Bishop of Scranton, was the conse-
crator and the co-consecrators
were two former residents of this
diocese—the Most Rev. Gerald P..
O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-At-
lanta, and the Most Rev. George
L. Leech, Bishop of Harrisburg.
The sermon was preached by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen of
the Catholic University of America.
Prominent among the members
of the laity attending were Gov
ernor Edward Maftm of Pennsyl
vania, Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker. Mayor Howard J. Snow
don, Chief Justice George W.
Maxey of the Pennsylvania Su
preme Court, members of the City
Council, school officials and indus
trial and business leaders.
At a dinner at the Hotel Casey
following ihe consecration cere
mony, at which Bishop Hafey was
host to the visiting prelates and
clergy. Bishop O'Connor was pre
sented with a purse of $15,000. a
substantial portion of which, he
announced, will be used as a fund
for aged and infirm priests of the
Diocese. The purse was present
ed on behalf of the priests of the
Diocese by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Patrick -T. Boland.
Bishop O'Connor, who served as
an enlisted man in the first world
war, is widely known for his writ
ing and as a public speaker. He
formerly served as' Editor ot The
Catholic. Light, diocean weekly.
He lias spoken frequently over the
radio and lias been an energetic
worker in civic and welfare move
ments.
At the time of iiis elevation to
tlie Hierarchy, he was Vicar
General of the Diocese and Rector
of the Cathedral.
The new Bishop sang his first
Pontifical Mass at the Catherdal
Sunday. On February 10 he war
installed as pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
Among other members of the
Hierarchy attending the cere
mony were, the Most Rev. Moses
E. Kiley. Archbishop of Milwau
kee: the Most Rev. Joseph F. Rum-
rnel, Archbishop of New Orleans;
tlie Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuin-
ness. Bishop of Raleigh, the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh. Bishop of
Charleston: Most Rev. John F.
O'Hara. C. S. C.. Military Dele
gate: *the Most Rev. John M. Mc
Namara. Auxiliary of Baltimore
and of Washington; the Most Rev.
Leo Binz. Coadjutor of Winona,
and tile Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton,
Coadjutor of Richmond.
NEWMAN CLUB HOLDS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
COLUMBIA, S. C. — On Febru
ary 14, members of the Newman
Club of tlie University of South
Carolina approached Holy Com
munion in a body at St. Peter's
Church. Following the Mass, break
fast was served at St. Peter’s rec
tory.
During the meeting which fol
lowed breakfast, the annual elec
tion of officers was held. Miss
Ceeile Roberts being elected pres
ident: Richard Ovvings. vice-presi
dent: Thomas L. Lindley. treasur
er. and Miss Margaret Ann Monek-
lon. secretary. The Rev. Charles J.
Baum, assistant pastor of St
Peter's Church, is the club chap
lain.