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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 31. 1943
Officers of St. Mary’s Home
Treasurer Vice-President
MONSIGNOR McNAMARA
The Right Rev. Monsignor T.
James McNamara. Rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
in Savannah, has again been re
elected as Treasurer of the Female
Orphan Benevolent Society, under
the auspices of which St. Mary's
Home for orphan girls of the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta is con
ducted by the Sisters of Mercy.
Mossignor McNamara, who is a
member of one of the prominent
Catholic families of Savannah,
serves also in the capacity of sec
retary of the Female Orphan Be
nevolent Society.
JOHN W. GLEASON, K. S. G.
Active for many years in the
interest of St. Mary’s Home in
Savannah, Mr. Gleason has again
been re-elected vice-president of
the Female Orphan Benevolent So
ciety.
For many years engaged in the
cotton business in Savannah, Mr.
Gleason, an outstanding Catholic
layman of that city, was honored
by Pope Pius XI with Knighthood
in the Order of St. Gregory the
Great.
Mrs. Gleason, who before her
marriage was Miss Lillian McGov
ern, of Columbus, is also active on
behalf of St. Mary’s Home.
Archbishop Mooney Condemns
Fascists for Endangering Rome
DETROIT—While sternly con
demning the Fascist government
of Italy for jeopardizing the sacred
character of Rome by making it a
“safe arsenal”, hiding under “the
cover of sanctity and culture”, the
Most Rev. Edward Mooney, Arch
bishop of Detroit and chairman of
the Administrative Board of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, expressed the hope that,
having taught the Axis a lesson,
the United Nations will not again
run the grave risk to our “moral
idealism” that a bombardment of
the Eternal City involves.
Asserting that “one shudders”
at ’the risk run in the bombing
of Rome, Archbishop Mooney
pointed out that the shrines of
Christian Rome are the special
care of the Holy Father, and that
Pope Pius XII “has pleaded in
sistently for the preservation of
this unique heritage from the dan
gers of war.”
The Archbishop said the
Sovereign Pontiff’s plea “was
flagrantly disregarded by those
who made the environs of Rome
an apparently safe arsenal’, and
that “it has indeed been literally
respected in the detailed instruc
tions” given to the American fliers
who bombed military objectives in
the Eternal City.
Archbishop Mooney s statement
follows:
“In a broad view of the war
and its issues, it is a matter of
surprise and regret that our mili-
Bombed Sicily
WILLIAM H. WRIGLEY, HI
In a letter addressed to his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs- Everett Wrig-
ley, of Atlanta, Lieutenant Wil
liam H. Wrigley. Ill, gave a thrill
ing account of his experiences as
the pilot of one of the Flying Fort
resses which participated in the at
tack on Sicily during the invasion.
The group in which Lieutenant
Wrigley served received a citation
for its part in the battle, entitling
each member of the' group to a
medal. Lieutenant Wrigley already
has won the air medal for com
pleting five missions.
tary authorities felt constrained to
take the moral risks involved in
the bombing of military objectives
in Rome.
“No one, of course, will take
seriously the crocodile tears of
Fascist propaganda. The Fascist
government could have given ab
solute and unfailing protection to
the priceless monuments of reli
gion and culture which make the
Capital of modern Italy a city
unique in all the world; it could
have declared Rome an open city
and acted in sincere conformity
with that declaration.
“On the other hand, no one can
fail to be impressed by the elab
orate precautions which our mili
tary authorities took to avoid
damaging what all men of culture
hold dear and hundreds of millions
of Christians hold sacred. But
with full weight given to these
considerations, the sense of sur
prise and regret remains-
“The City of Rome is the Episco
pal See of one who more than any
other man on earth worked and
prayed and pleaded to save man
kind from war’s desolation and
destruction; who preached more
insistently than any man on earth
the principles of justice and char
ity that would have insured peace
with honor to all nations.
“Vatican City is indeed the sym
bol of his moral independence and
supra-national status; but Rome
and not merely Vatican City is his
diocese; Saint John’s in the Later-
an, not Saint Peter’s in the Vati
can; is his Cathedral; the agencies
of his world-wide spiritual admin
istration are not concentrated in
the Vatican, but scattered through
out the city of Rome, which for
centuries was his city as well as
his See; the shrines of Christian
Rome are his special care, the his
toric monuments of ancient Rome,
the treasures of art which make
almost every street a museum have
come down to us through the cus
tody of his predecessors.
“He has pleaded insistently for
the preservation of this unique
heritage from the dangers of war.
Millions have prayed that his plea
would prevail. His plea was fla
grantly disregarded by those -who
made the environs of Rome an
apparently safe arsenal. It has in
deed been literally respected in
the detailed instructions which
governed the precision bombing of
military objectives in the immedi
ate vicinity of the Eternal City.
“But one shudders to think of
the moral risks which have been
taken. This war will not be won
merely on land or sea or in the
air; it must be won in the hearts
and minds of men. A stray bomb
released by mistake over Rome
may do moral harm to our cause
that far outweighs the military
value of the most accurate de
struction of enemy supplies.
“May we not hope at least that,
having shown the ineffectiveness
of enemy strategy in hiding sup
plies under hte cover of sanctity
and culture, we will not subject to
further risk the moral idealism
that distinguishes apd ennobles
our cause.”
Anniston USO-NCCS Sponsors
Fathers’ Day Observance
In Foreign Theater
(Special to The Bulletin)
ANNISTON, Ala. — Fathers of
the men of the Sixth Regiment of
Fort McClellan, as well as the fa
thers of the nation, were honored
on Fathers’ Day when the men
attended Mass, received Holy Com
munion, and enjoyed a break
fast at the USO Club, operated by
the National Catholie Community
Service in Anniston.
Mass was celebrated by Monsig
nor Robert Sherry, chaplain of the
Station Hospital, at the Sixth
Regimental Chapel. Before enter
ing the Armed Forces Monsignor
Sherry was pastor of St. Gabriel’s
Church, in Cincinnati.
Immediately following Mass the
men were brought to Anniston in
busses, where they formed lines at
the Bus Terminal, and marched to
the' Club through the streets of
Anniston. Over 425 men were led
by their commanding officer,
marching to the music of the Sixth
regimental band.
The guests of honor at the
breakfast were the parents of the
winners of the Father’s Day' con
test held by the Cycle, weekly
publication of Fort McClellan. The
parents of the winners were
brought to the Fort from all parts
of the country, and * were enter
tained for three days, Private E. C.
Crangle sat at the speakers’ table,
as did his father. John Crangle,
of Buffalo, New York, who spoke
on behalf of the fathers of the
contest winners.
Others at the speakers table
were Colonel Tanzola, commander
of the Sixth Regiment, Colonel
George O’Connell, commander of
the Station Hospital, Col. Martin
Meany, commander of the Inter
ment Camp; Capt. Robert Sherry,
Chaplain of the Station Hospital;
Lieutenants Vaston, and Laurie, of
the 6th Regiment.
John B. McCloskey, Director of
the Club, after attending Mass
with the men at the Fort, welcom
ed them to the club and served
as toastmaster.
Entertainment for the Breakfast
was in charge of Corporal Lucien
Pinet, and Corporal Larry De
Santis, both men being Chaplain’s
assistants.
The breakfast was in charge of
Mrs. John Fay, and she was as
sisted by the “V” Girls and the
wives of officers and enlisted men,
under the direction of Miss Nan
La Brum, Program Director of the
Club. Among those who served
were Misses Mary Galbraith, Marie
Fink, Margaret Fink, Mae Canada,
Virginia Canada, Jeanne Kilgore,
Mrs. John B. McCloskey, Mrs.
Maureen Barrett, Mrs. Anne Sch-
licht, Mrs. Henry Gedman, Mrs.
Marie Durso. and Mrs. Harry Kil
gore.
NOTRE DAME CLUB
at fort McClellan
A Notre Dame Club has been
organized at Fort McClellan, un
der the auspices of the USO Club,
operated by the National Catholic
Community Service in Anniston,
Alabama.
The Members, who on the first
meeting numbered over 50 sol
diers, attended Mass, which was
celebrated at the Third Regimental
Chapel, at Fort McClellan, by
Monsignor Robert J. Sherry. Chap
lain of the Station Hospital- Fol
lowing the Mass the men came to
Anniston to partake of a Break
fast which was served at a local
hotel.
The speakers at the Breakfast
were Col. Martin Meany, Com
mander of the Interment Camp;
Colonel George O’Connell, Com
mander of the Station Hospital;
Chaplain Robert Sherry. Chaplain
of the Station Hospital; the Rever
end Herman Cazalas, Rector of the
Sacred Heart Church. John B. Mc
Closkey, Director of the National
Catholic Community Service, act
ed as Master of Ceremonies.
MISS HANNAH T. SHEEHAN
COAST GUARD ORCHESTRA
AT SAVANNAH USO CLUB
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Coast
Guard orchestra of fifteen pieces
played for the dances given at the
USO club operated by the Nation
al Catholic Community Service,
on Liberty Street, on the evening
of July 9. Open house was held
in the reception rooms with Mrs.
H. T. Wilson and her committeee
welcoming the service men.
On the same night a dance for
the 789th Battalion was given at
the USO-NCCS Club in Hinesville.
Mrs. J. P. McDonough and Mrs.
Eugene Moore were the chaperons
and refreshments were served by
Mrs. R. J. Snelling, Mrs. Lloyd
Wilcox and Mrs. Iron Ross.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION
COURSES IN CEDARTOWN
CEDARTOWN, Ga.—The Rev.
Raymond Govern, C. SS. R., is
continuing sessions at St. Berna
dette’s Church each Thursday
night.
Non-Catholics as well as Catho
lics are invited to attend, and
questions discussed at a recent
session included: “Is there any
difference between a Catholic
Bible and a Protestant Bible? Does
the Catholic Church forbid the
reading of the Bible? What special
qualification has the Catholic
Church to interpret the Scriptures?
What about private interpreta-
Miss Hannah Sheehan,
U. S. Army Nurse From
Savannah, Now in India
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Miss Han
nah T. Sheehan, widely known Sa
vannah nurse, who enlisted in the
United States Army Nurses’ Corps
in February, last year, has arrived
safely in one of the foreign theat
res of war. She sailed from this
country on a hospital ship in April,
and has arrived in India.
A graduate of the Cathedral
School and the Savannah High
School. Miss Sheehan attended the
St. Vincent Nursing School in
New York, from which she gradu
ated.
Returning to Savannah she did
valuable orthopedic work for the
Savannah Health Center and later
with the United States Department
of Public Health at the Marine
Hospital. It was while on the staff
of the hospital that she enlisted in
the armed forces.
Since joining the Army Nurses’
Corps, Miss Sheehan has served at
Fort Jackson, S. C., Fort Devens,
Mass., and Fort Kilmer, N. J.
BISHOP McGUINNESS
CONFIRMS SOLDIERS
RALEIGH. N. C. — On Sunday,
July 4, the Most Rev. Eugene J.
McGuinness, D. D.. Bishop of
Raleigh, administered the Sacra
ment of Confirmation to more than
a hundred soldiers at the Anti-
Aircraft School at Camp Davis, N.
C.
Bishop McPuinness celebrated
Mass in one of the camp theatres
with about 2,000 of the camp per
sonnel in attendance.
On August 4, Bishop McGuin-
ncss is tr» confirm a class of sol
diers at Camp Bulner, N. C.