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JUNE 26, 1943 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE News Review of the Catholic World Monsignor McEnte'gart Bishop of Ogdensburg (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bryan Joseph McEnte- gart, Executive Director of the War Relief Services of the Nation al Catholic Welfare Conference, has been named Bishop of Ogdens burg, it is announced in word - - ceived from the Holy See at the Apostolic Delegation here. Bishop-elect McEntegart suc ceeds to a See left vacant by the death of the Most Rev. Francis J. Monaghan, fourth Bishop of Og densburg, November 13, 1942. He is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, a native of New York City, and a distinguished figure in the field of social work. MONSIGNOR MICHAEL J. READY, General Secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Confer ence, was one of a small group of religious leaders who visited the WAAC Training Centers at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga., at the invitation of Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell, Commander, Army Service Forces. The entire tour was made in Gen eral Somervell’s plane. When inviting this group of re ligious leaders to visit these camps which serve as training centers for more than 60,000 women now- enrolled in the Corps, General Somervell said; “I have taken the position that provision for the spiritual welfare of the WAAC should, if anything, be given more complete than for the Army as a whole.” AN OUTSIDE TRIBUTE to the Church comes from the Rev. Gil bert Pawson, Anglican vicar of St. Peter’s, Cowleigh, Malvern, Eng land, who writes in his parish ma gazine: “Today all are interested in the social doctrine of the Popes, and we who are not Roman Catho lics should surely have a mind large enough to admit that if the whole world had listened to and acted upon what they said the building of a new order might never have been launched, as it is now going to be, on a sea of blood and tears.” CATHOLIC HOSPITALS of the United States, devoted to “service and mercy,” are “an integral part of American life and fill a vital need,” members of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada were told at their annual convention in Pitts burgh by Maury Maverick, Direc tor of the Government Division of the War Production Board. Among those attending the con vention was the Rev. George Lew is Smith, Director of Hospitals for the Diocese of Charleston. AT THE ANGLICAN SYNOD held at Saint John, New Bruns wick, Canada, the Rt. Rev. W. H. Moorehead, Bishop of Fredericton, emphasized the need of religious teaching in the public schools of New Brunswick. The present sys tem, said the Anglican Bishop, “en courages the fallacy that essential education can be completed by secular instruction” and added that “Religion, of course, must form the very basis of any educa tion worthy the name, and that education with religion omitted is scarcely education at all.” FATHER FRANCIS X. LA- SANCE, author of prayer books and devotional writing, celebrated the sixtieh anniversary of his or dination May 24 and received a letter from His Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicog- nani. Apostolic Delegate to the United States, informing him that His Holiness Pope Pius XII ex tended ‘from the depths of his heart his special Apostolic Bene diction.” REV. LEO J. RYAN, pastor of Sacred Hear Cathedral, has been named Vicar General of the Di ocese of Richmond by the Most. Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond. Bishop Ire- ton also announced the appoint ment of the Rev. Robert O. Hick man, assistant pastor of St. Agnes Church, Arlington, as Chancellor, succeeding the Rev. Vincent Wat ers, now director of the Diocesan Missionery Fathers. EIGHT JAPANESE internees at Camp Manzanar, California, are now' receiving instructions in Cath olic doctrine from two Japanese Maryknoll Sisters also interned with them. An additional 17, pre pared for the Sacrament of Baptist by the same Sisters, were recently received into the Church. are busy days at the Vatican’s Information Office for Prisoners of War and Refugees, w'here these pictures were taken recently. Above is Archbishop Evrienoff, director of the office. Low'er picture shows the dispatch of outgoing mail w'hich carries Information to many lands, easing the war’s heartaches for thousands of anxious relatives. (N.C.W.C.) ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF MISS MARY BROSNAN (Special to The Bulletin) ALBANY, Ga. — A rare bit of drama unfolded on the stage of the Municipal Auditorium on June 3 when the oldest Albany school teacher, in point of service, inad vertently “stole the show” from the graduating class of the Albany High School at the commencement exercises. The recipient of a tremendous ovation, which roared through the spacious auditorium, when the senior class paid tribute to her, earlier on the program and ac companied its sentiments with a gift, Miss Mary L. Brosnan was honored even further for her fifty years of devoted services to the school system of Albany. "At the request of the Albany Parent-Teacher Council,” H. T. McIntosh, president of the Board of Education, announced in an un herald part of the program, “the Board of Education has unani mously voted to rename the Mon roe Street School, the Mamie Brosnan School.” It was not until an ovation that last fully five minutes has subsided that Miss Brosnan—who has taught thousands of Albany citizens, in cluding grandfathers and grand mothers of girls and boys on the stage—could make a speech of thanks. Miss Brosnan is a devoted mem ber of St. Theresa’s parish in Al bany, and one of the most active members of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. BISHOP YU PIN CITES GROWING INFLUENCE OF CHURCH IN CHINA NEW YORK. — Although we should give due attention to the sacrifices and the war now being engaged in by the Chinese people, we should think principally of the future of that great nation, the Most Rev. Paul Yu Pm, Vicar Apostolic of Nanking and leader of social work in Free China, de clared in an interview here. “Today, in China,” Bishop Yu Pin said, “the Church has a new position. It has a rising popular ity with the whole nation. Many leaders of China have confidence in the Catholic Church. They see that the Church is open to and in terested in all men.” Bishop Yu Pin pointed out, in post-war China, the Church is go ing to play a large role. The main source of its growing strength is in the great social welfare pro gram which the Church possesses. One of the reasons for the Bishop’s trip to this country was to study American Catholic social service activities. “We have co-operated in all fields in leadership in national interests,” the Bishop said. “Very often the individual Catholic feels that the only aim of the missioner is to convert individuals. To have Holy Father Speaks to 20,000 Workers of Italy Refutes Charge That Re sponsibility for War Rests on Church (By N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY. — Addressing one of the largest audiences ever held in the history of the Vatican, His Holiness Pope Pius XII told 20,000 workers that “the whole complex structure of society is in need of adjustment;” that the problems of labor merit speciai at tention, but that the solution does not lie in the field of revolution. Holding up to his listeners “the divine model of the Christian worker—Christ the Carpenter,” the Holy Father warned that “the social revolution claims to raise the working class to power,” but is in reality “an empty word, and a mere show incapable of realization in fact.” He said it yokes and binds the working class “to the force of State Capitalism,” and “like the other social systems and orders which it claims to fight, it classifies, regulates and presses all into a fearful war instrument which demands not only the blood and health but also the goods and property of the people.” Pope Pius spoke out against “propaganda of an anti-religious inspiration” which, he asserted, is circulating among the people and especially among the working classes This propaganda, he said, would have the people believe the Pope wished the war; that the Pope supports the war and supplies money for its continuance; that the Pope does nothing for peace. Asserting that “never, perhaps, was there launuched a calumnj more monstrous than this or absurd than this,” the Holy Father listed some of the enormous efforts put forward by himself and his prede cessors to head off this war, and his own efforts to mitigate the suf ferings of this war after it started despite the „ efforts of the Holy See. “When (he truth of the facts and our work,; will have been reveal ed,” His Holiness declared, “they will be confounded who malicious ly try to throw on the Papacy the responsibility for all the blood that has flowed in the battles on land, in the air in the sea and in the ruins of cities ” “PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE,” an 894-page volume prepared un der the direction of the Bishops’ Committee on the Pope’s Peace Points, has been published by the National Catholic Welfare Confer ence, setting forth the peace pro nouncements of five Popes, from Leo XIII to Pius XII. this only in mind would be a trag ic mistake. The aim of the mis sioner is ever to build a finer and greater civilization. Catholic Editors in Convention Denounce A ttacks on Religion By BURKE WALSH (Staff Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service) TOLEDO, O..—Directing atten tion to signs of a systematic and implacable campaign against the Catholic Church both here and abroad, the Catholic Press Asso ciation of the United States de nounced all attacks upon religion, “especially at this critical mo ment,” and demanded that all or gans of opinion in this country, se cular and religious, “respect the sincerity of our efforts to assist the Government and the nation in present emergency.” The action came as the Associa tion brought to close its Thirty- third Annual Convention held here. Six members of the Hierarchy were present at the various con vention sessions, and the Most Rev. John Mark Gannon. Bishop of Erie and Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department. National Catholic Welfare Conference, told the delegates “we do not take sec ond place to any editorial group in the United States.” Bishop Gan non said the outstanding phe nomenon in the life of the Church today “is the rise and develop ment of the Catholic Press in the United States,” and he told the editors and publishers that the Bishops of this country “are de lighted with what you are doing in the field of Catholic journalism ” The Most Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne and a char- ter member of the C. P. A. called upon the editors to “help wake up our people” to the work of the Na tional Organization for Decent Lit erature, the risting tide of juvenile delinquency and other present day concerns. “Having aroused them.” he added, “they may help to awak en those outside the faith to the dangers that surround us.” OTHER BISHOPS PRESENT The Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, Bishop of Toledo, was host to the convention- Other members of the Hierarchy in attendance were the Most Rev. Thomas IC. Gorman, Bishop of Reno and Assistant Epis copal Chairman, N. C. W. C. Press Department; the Most Rev. Edward F. Hoban, Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland, and the Most Rev. Paul Yu Pin, Vicar Apostolic of Nan king. A. J. Wev, General Manager of the Catholic Press Union. Cleve land, was re-elected President of the Association- Other officers re-elected arc: The Very John J. Considine. M. M.', Editor of The Field Afar, Maryknoll, Vice-President: the Rev. J. Fred Kriebs, Editor of The Witness, Dubuque, Secretary; Chas. S. Murphey, Business Man ager, of The Catholic Review, Bal timore, Treasurer: the Rev. Daniel J. Kelly, Editor of The Catholic Week, Birmingham, Director of the Newspaper Section; the Rev. Hya cinth Blocker, O. F. M-, Editor of The St. Anthony Messenger, Cin cinnati, Director of the Magazine Section, and Prof. J. L. O’Sullivan. Dean, Marquette University School of Journalism, Milwaukee. Direc tor of the School Press Section By resolution the association re affirmed its loyalty to His Holiness Pope Pius XII; offered continued support of his efforts to bring back peace and tranquillity to this afflicted world, and pledged “its every resource and talent to con vey to all Christians a plain and practical understanding cf the Holy Father’s peace program.” The Association expressed again its profound respect for His Excel lency the Most Rev. Amleto Gio vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele gate to the United States, and to the Members of the American Hierarchy. It “reasserted in the present emergency its unwavering loyalty to the President of the United States in his struggle to preserve the nation and to safe guard the traditional liberties of the American people.” SCORE ATTACKS ON RELIGION “In view of information emanat ing from reliable sources in Eu rope,” said another resolution, “that a systematic, implacable op position, which seems to be bred of the fact that the Church will stand out at the end of this war more influential than ever; and that dif ficulties of many kinds are being put in way of Pope Pius XII’s un selfish efforts to bring relief to war sufferers; and that an anti- religious propaganda of obscure origin is increasing alarmingly in Europe—the Catholic Press Asso ciation expresses its abhorrence of I all attacks upon religion and the Church, especially at this critical moment when the collaboration oi all moral and spiritual forces is im peratively necessary.” “The Catholic Press Associa tion, said another resolution, “ex presses regret at what seems to be a systematic and sustained attack upon the Catholic Church on the part of certain periodical maga zines in America. The Catholic Press will continue to do dll in its power to promote unity of feeling and of effort amongst the people of this country, but in all fairness we demand in return that all or gans of opinion, secular and reli gious, shall respect the sincerity of our efforts to assist the Govern ment and nation in the present emergency. In view of collabora tions in men and money mad; by Catholics, we assert our right to be spared attacks upon our religion and our patriotism; and we shall not fail to vindicate that right.” Declaring that “certain disturb ing groups” in this country "are interposing obstacles” to the State Department’s policy of maintaining friendly relations with the Govern ment and people of Spain,” the convention revealed that the Cath olic Press Association is lending “its whole-hearted support to the American Government in Its policy of maintaining friendliness be tween the United Slates and Spain, and its support of every worth while and honest effort create a better understanding and a great er feeling of cooperation between Latin-American countries and the United States.” Speaking at a luncheon session, Bishop Noll noted that Drew Pear son, Walter Winchell and other col umnists had charged collusion be tween the Postmaster General and the National Organization for De cent Literature. He vigorously de nied this, as well as the canard that the N. O. D. L. has asked publish ers of magazines to submit “dum mies” of forthcoming issues to that organization. Bishop Noll drew attention to the fact that the Post Office De partment today is proceeding un der a law passed many years ago which proscribed from second- class mailing privileges publica tions that are indecent. Cooperation from large sellers of magazines has been “very good from the beginning.” Bishop Noll said, on the basis that they were anxious to keep their publications from inclusion on lists of maga zines that the N. O- D. L. evaluat ed as indecent. Bishop Yu Pin greeted the dele gates at the luncheon “not onlv in my own name, but also in the name of the Catholic Press in China.” The Bishop, .who is one of 25 member; of the Advisory Com mittee of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shale, is also a distinguished leader of the Catholic Press in his country. NEED TO WRITE TRUTH IN WAR-TIME STRESSED BY C. P. A. SPEAKER (By N. C. W. C. News Service) TOLEDO, Ohio. — While it may seem to some that “war-time is no time for truth”, it is his opinion that it would be wise to “speak and write truth in war-time even mere than before,” the Rev- James M. Gillis, C. S. P„ Editor of The Cath olic World, New York, declared in an address delivered here at the annual convention of the Catholic Press Association of the United States. “Government of the people and by the people,” he said, “in a cri sis surrenders—perhaps necessar ily—to government by exccuilve order, and fortunate is the people which recovers control of its own government when the crisis has passed. It is essential, therefore, that in a people’s government, the people should know what is hap pening at all times.” DECATUR PARISH GROUP HOSTESSES AT OPEN HOUSE ATLANTA, Ga. — On June 6, hospitality was extended to service men and women at the weekly open house at the Knights of Co lumbus Home by the St. Thomas More division of the Catholic War Service Council of the Atlanta area, which includes Decatur. Refreshments were served and entertainment included group sing ing under the direction of Mrs. Lois Allen Wallace, with Ray Wil- mer as master of ceremonies. Mrs. William K. Wyany, Mrs. Elmer Whitham. Mrs. Grace Chisolm, Mrs. Maie Gewinner and Miss Leila Cordes acted as hostesses.