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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 27, 1944
WITH OTHER EDITORS
OUK TRAPPISTS’
NEWEST DAUGHTER
Though knowing full well that
the Abbey of Our Lady.of Geth-
semani, Proto-Abbey of the West
ern Hemisphere, having already
three foundations in the United
States, had been considering an
other foundation, this time in
Georgia, Empire State of the
South, from which section, name
ly Savannah, Frederic Dunne en
tered the Abbey of Our Lady of
Gethsemani in 1894, coincidentally
just fifty years ago, we made no
editorial mention nor alluded in
Topics to the forthcoming event,
trusting in the good-will of the
people of Georgia to give the in
coming of the Trappists into their
State due acknowledgment. Our
trust has not failed; the advent of
the Trappists into Georgia March
21, Feast of St. Benedict, founda
tion day of Citeaux, Motherhouse
of the Cistercian branch of the
Benedictine Order, was welcomed
by the people, as expressions in
greetings from pulpit and press
serve to show.
We have seen many, many such
expressions, all evincing good
will. We have been slow in men
tioning them, lest The Record be
suspected of “building up" one of
the most glorious- institutions! of
the Diocese, whereas every insti
tution builds itself. Yet we in this
Diocese love Gethsemani, all the
readers of The Record love Geth
semani. all of them whole-hearted
ly wish the Trappists greater ex
tension. They no doubt will be
glad to read a comment on. the
Trappists’ coming to Georgia, of' a
lop-ranking Catholic' editor' who
lived 25 years in that State, wit
nessed its transition from the time
Georgia w'as the most' archbigoted
State in the Union to the day it
manifested good-will by being one
among eight States of the Union
which did not deflect from their
political traditions because of big
otry — which now welcomes the
Trappists, who, as editor of the
Catholic News, New York, which
in the Catholic press world rates
as the New York Times in the sec
ular press world, in reference to
the coming of the Trappists to
Georgia write thus:
“Georgia, where the former Im
perial Palace of the Ku Klux Klan
is now the rectory of the Co-Cath-
edral of Christ the King, an
nounces the establishment of the
Trappist monks on a 1,465-acre
tract in an area 30 mles from a
Catholic Church. The press of
Georgia gave them a cordial wel
come, not only carrying extended
stories and pictures;—they domi
nated the front page of the Atlan
ta dailies—but editorial writers
and columnists devoted extended
space toward giving the people of
Georgia that background of the
history of the Trappists and their
labors particularly in the field of
agriculture. Ralph McGill, execu
tive editor of The Constitution,
for instance, devoted his editorial
page column to the monks who
are, he said, ‘an interesting and
valuable addition to the economic
and spiritual life of Georgia.’ ‘In
quiet tranquility the Trappists
live out their lives—men who came
from all walks of life, high and
low, rich and poor, finding in the
Order peace of soul and great
happiness,’ Harold Martin, Con
stitution staff writer said in a
feature article ‘For despite the
austerity and restraint under
which they live they are a happy
colony. Lips that may not speak,
may smile, and never a sign of
worry or frustration or regret ever
shows in their faces.’
“Representative citizens of
Georgia always would have wel
comed the Trappists, but 25 years
ago anti-Catholic agitators would
have been able to excite many un
informed persons in the State
against the monks. There were
Catholics in Georgia then who
had little patience with the vic
tims' of such misrepresentation,
who believed in ‘Fighting fire with
fire’. Bui the influence of the
Bishop and the clergy and of the
laity who believed in an active de
fense of the Church but in th e
spirit of Christian patience and
Christian charity prevailed- The
remembered Cardinal Newman’s
counsel that one should always
treat an adversary on the assump
tion that he might one day be one’s
fi iend.”
Thus is exhibited another meas
ure of the fruits of the Trappists
Proto-Abbey in the new world,
which all who read the Gospel re
member that our Savior said to
Martha, who asked Him to chide
her sister for not being busy about
many things: “Mary has chosen the
better part, which shall not be tak
en from her", so the Trappists, and
we welcome more and more the
day when the world, busy about
many things, begins to hold in re
spect—even esteem—--those men
and women who have “chosen the
better part”, which more and
more the world will not presume
to take away.—(The Record, Lou
isville. Kentucky).
THE PRICE OF
PREJUDICE
South America is liberally
sprinkled with evangelists from
the United States who seek to
convey the impression that they
represent the religion, the culture
and indeed the government of our
country.
In this capacity they inform
South American Catholics, most
of whose ancestors were Chris
tians centuries before Martin Lu
ther was born, that they have
come to free them from their
paganism and to bring them Chris
tianity.
Not only has such condescend
ing, supercilious and insulting con
duct made the United States un
popular among tens of millions
below the Rio Grande, but it has
enhanced the prestige of other
foreigners who do not thus abuse
the hospitality extended to them.
“It is a well-known fact that
neither the British nor the Ger
mans have pledged themselves to
convert the ‘pagans’ of Central
and South America”, but evange
lists from North America use the
term “Christian” as the anthithe-
sis of “Catholic” the publication
of the Pontifical Javeriana Univer
sity in Bogota says.
The South American Republics
are our neighbors. They should
be our friends. Our Government
is striving to make them our
friends. But the maintaining of
friendly relations is difficult if
not impossible while the most
vocal citizens of the United States
in South America are evangelists
who insist on outraging the sen
sibilities and insulting the intel
ligence of these “good neighbors”
for no other reason than their own
religion and cultural prejudices.—
(The Catholic News).
A PERSECUTOR RECANTS
The press gave little notice to
the news that the former President
of Mexico and the arch-persecu
tor of the Church, Plutarco Elias
Calles. wisiied to withdraw all his
Father Mackin
REV. THOMAS J. MACKIN
The Rev. Thomas J. Mackin,
pastor of St- Francis de Sales
Church. Columbia, S. C., who in
May of last year, celebrated the
Silver Jubilee of his ordination
to the priesthood.
condemnation of the Catholic
Church.
In the decade between 1924 and
1934, the hey-day of his power,
churches were closed, public wor
ship proscribed, nuns and priests
and pious laity persecuted, anti-
religious laws passed and execut
ed. Even little children’s minds
were poisoned by an education sys
tem that not 'only deprived them
of religion but also respect for
moral values.
In those days, Calles was news.
The American press, while not
admitting the Church was being
persecuted, hailed the activities of
the “Iron Man of Mexico” as a rev
olution of enlightenment. Then,
and during the regime of Calles’
successor, our American Ambassa
dor Josephus Daniels, abetted by
his superiors in Washington, were
coddling and cajoling the Com
munist revolutionaries as friends
of this nation. Nazi and Soviet
methods had their prototype in
Mexico’s persecution of the
Church under the Calles Revolu
tionary gang. But it was only the
Catholics who were being perse
cuted, so it caused little stir
either in the press or in official
Washington.
That arch-persecutor has seen
the light and admits the error of
his ways is not considered news.
That he has avowed his mistake
and now declares that Mexico’s
salvation is best guaranteed by
conservatism and Catholicism, fails
to merit top news rating. Nor is it
treated as commonplace because
the wisdom of his reformed views
is so obviously apparent.
As a matter of fact, the Calles
about-face is hardly any more
startling to Catholics. With de
clining years and influence, it is
not surprising that one who had
sold his faith and convictions for
money and power should attempt
to reform- As the shadow of eter
nity looms, the impetus and in
centives to insincerity lessen.
The Church outlives all its per
secutors, and also those sham de
fenders of right who champion
only causes affecting their own in
terests.—(The Evangelist).
AN AMBULANCE PLANE nam
ed for Father Damien will be
purchased with the $300,00 fund
raised in war bonds by the Catho
lic school students of the Hawai
ian Territory.
INTERIOR OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CHURCH, COLUMBIA — Strictly liturgical in its appointments
is the interior of St. Francis de Sales Church which serves the parish in the Shandon, residential section
of Columbia, South Carolina. The present frame church, erected about twenty-five years ago, will be
replaced by an imposing stone structure as soon as priority regulations will allow. The Rev. Thomas J.
Mackin is the present pastor.
Col. Sheftall Coleman
Funeral in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Colonel Sheftall B.
Coleman, commanding officer of
the 118th Field Artillery, who
died on April 16, were held from
the Blessed Sacrament Church.
Colonel Coleman was associated
with the United States Employ
ment Service here prior to his
death. He was a member of Chat
ham Post, American Legion. A
military salute was fired at the
graveside and a bugler sounded
"taps.”
He began his military career
with the Republican Blues, and
served with that- unit on the Mex
ican border in 1916, and in World
War 1. He became commanding of
ficer of the 118th in 1931, and re
signed the command in September,
1941, alter the National Guard had
been called into federal service.
For some years he was of the ad
ministrative personnel of the Chat
ham County Relief Administra
tion. being appointed manager of
the local office in 1934.
MRS. JAMES HALL
FUNERAL IN IVEY
IVEY, Ga. — Funeral services
for Mrs. James Hall, of Gordon,
who died on April 21, in Macon,
were held from St. Anthony’s
Chapel in Ivey, the Rev. John D.
Toomey officiating.
Mrs. Hall is survived by her hus
band; a son James C. Hall; her
mother, Mrs- Ida Wood; three
brothers, -L. D. Hornsby,’ C. C.
Hornsby, and P. II. Hornsby, and
two sisters, Mrs. Dewey Beck and
Mrs. Rex T. Bloodworth.
JOSEPH L. MeGLONE
DIES IN DECATUR
DECATUR, Ga.—Joseph L. Mc-
Glone, farm manager of the Fed
eral Penitentiary in Atlanta, died
at his home here on May 13. Fu
neral services were held from
Trinity Chapel, with the Rev.
Thomas L. Finn, pastor of St.
Thomas More parish, officiating.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Mc-
Glone had resided here for six
years. He is survived by his
wife, and two sisters, Mrs. W. J.
Chamberlain and Miss Anastasia
McGlone, of Baltimore.
THOMAS FARRELL
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Thomas Farrell were
held April 18 from the Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. John Mo
rel, S. M., officiating.
MRS KATHLEEN LEVINE
fUNERAL IN DUBLIN
DUBLIN, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Kathleen Schaufele Le
vine, member of a prominent Lau
rens County family, who died in
Athens, were held from the Im
maculate Conception Chrch here,
tiie Rev. John D. Toomey officiat
ing.
Mrs. Levine was a native of Dub
lin, the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Schaufele- Prior
to her last illness, she was In
charge of the men’s ward at the
State Hospital at Alto.
She is survived by a brother,
Chris Schaufele, of Dublin; a sis
ter, Mrs. S. C. Snelson, of Toc-
coa; two nieces, Mrs. L. D. Brooks,
of Birmingham, and Miss Barbara
Snelson, Cambridge, Mass., and a
nephew, Christ B. Schaufele, of
Dublin.
CLYDE J. KELLEY
FUNERAL IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Clyde J. Kelley, of Harve
de Grace, Md.,- who died in the
Veterans Hospital at Tupper Lake,
N. Y., were held from the Cathe
dral, of the Sacred Heart here
the Rev- Joseph A. Sands officiat
ing.
Mr. Kelley, a native of Releigh.
was the son of Mrs. Ella Kelley
and the late C. B. Kelley.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mildred Vere Mc
Lean, of Maxton; a son, Clyde Kel
ley, Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Ella
Kelley; four sisters, Miss Elma
Kelley, Mrs. J. H. Hobby, and Mrs.
B. R. Jordan, all of Raleigh, Mrs.
Iidward Strickland, of Wendell,
and two brothers, T. B- Kelley, U.
S. Navy, Jacksonville, and Jerome
Kelley, Wilson.
Jerome L. Morris
Young Atlantan
Killed in Pacific,
ATLANTA, Ga.—Pvt. Jerome
Lecour Morris, aged 21, has been
killed in the Pacific area, accord
ing to a notice received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Morris, from the War Department.
Private Morris attended the
Sacred Heart School and was
graduated from Marist College in
1941. He enlisted in the Army in
January, 1943, and went cveresas
last December. He is a grandson
of the late John Morris, of the old
Keeley Company here.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, are a sister, Miss Olga
Morris, and a brother, Cpl. Frank
Morris, Jr., of the U. S. Marino
Corps, now serving in the Pacific.
MAXIMO COLLINS
DIES IN ATLANTA
vices for Maximo Cecil Collins;
vi'ho died on May 11, were held
from the Sacred Heart Church, the
Rev. M. A. Collins, S. M., officiat
ing.
Mr. Collins is survived by his
wife; two sisters, Miss Olivia H.
Collins and Mrs. Sydney A. Madg-
wick; a brother, J. Edwin Collins;
a niece, Miss Angelyn Collins; two
nephews, Cpl. J. Edwin Collins,
Jr., and Aviation Cadet James L.
Collins.
JOSEPH THOMAS
DIES IN MACON
MACON, Ga—Funeral services -:
for Joseph Thomas, retired mer- ::
cliant, were held from St. Joseph's -|
Church.
Mr. Thomas, a native of Ireland, I
had lived in Macon for more than
forty years. He is survived by his ;j
wife, the former Miss Mary Mur- :
phy; thre daughters, Sister Mary -j
Gratia, Oakland, Md., Sister Patri- j
eia. Mount de Sales Convent, Ma- 1
eon, Mrs. Joseph F. Moran, Ma- •
con: two sons, Joseph Thomas, Jr., :
U. S. Army Air Force, Palm
Springs, Cal., and Air Cadet
Frank Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.; two
sisters, Mrs. John McBrearty and
Mrs. Thomas Travis, Macon.
Mrs. Luke Henry
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Katherine Elizabeth
Henry, wife of L. J. Henry, who
died on May 5, were held from St-
Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church, the
Rev. John J. Kennedy, pastor of
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Valdosta, officaiting, with the
Very Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, the
Rev. Angel Pengson, the Rev. J. E.
O’Donohoe, S. J., the Rev. Charles
McBennett, O. M. I,, and the Rev.
John A- Morris, Decatur, assist
ing.
Mrs. Henry, the daughter of the
late Henry Kennedy and Mrs.
Anne Curran Kennedy, was one
of Augusta’s best known resi
dents and a woman of great per
sonal charm, who had endeared
herself to a wide circle of friends.
She is survived by her husband,
and two daughters, *Mrs. James J.
'Grogan and Mrs. Edwin J. Dorr.
Honorary pallbearers were W. J.
Mulherin, Coleman Dempsey, P. H.
Rice, Jr., Thomas P. Doris Jos
eph P. Campbell, Dr- W. W. Bat-
ley, Dr. Robert L. Leonard, Ben
D. Logan, G. Frank Bohler and
James B. Mulherin. Active pall-
gearers were W, F. Fitzgerald,
Marion C. Stulb, John T. Buck-
ley, Robert Bresnahan, Walter
Smith and Charles C. Stulb.
Mrs. Henry was the oldest
member of St. Joseph’s Alumnae
Association. The faculty and stu
dents of Mount St. Joseph Acad
emy attended the funeral services
in a body, and the school hoir
sang the Requiem Mass.
MISS ELIZABETH VAUGIIAN
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Elizaebth Vaughan,
who died op May 6, were held
from St. Patrick’s Church, the
Rev. Joseph J- Malloy officiating.
Miss Vaughan was the daughter
of the late John F. Vaughan and
Mrs. Mary O’Connor Vaughan;
and was well known and beloved
in this city.
She is survived by two sisters-
in-law, Mrs. P. J. Vaughan and
Mrs. C. J. Vaughan, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Compliments
—of
S. H. KRESS & CO.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA