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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 24, 1945
Marist Missionary
Conducts Novena at
Savannah Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A novena in
honor of Our Lady of Lourdes
was conducted at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist from Febru
ary 3 to February 11, the Feast
of Our Lady of Lourdes, by the
Rev. Peter F. Quinn, S. M.. of the
Marist Mission Band from Wash
ington, D. C.
Father Quinn’s sermon topics
during the novena were: “Why
Lourdes? It’s Message to the
World,” “Mary’s Favorite Confi
dante and Messenger,” “ Lourdes
and Prayer,” "Lourdes and the
Hail Mary,” Lourdes and Kind
ness,” “Lourdes and Purity,"
“Mary Our Mother.”
With the Rev. William Loner-
gan, S. M., Vice-Provincial of the
Marist Fathers, and former pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church in At
lanta, Father Quinn some few
years ago conducted a highly suc-
cessfull mission at the Cathedral.
For the past several years Father
Quinn has been preaching during
novenas in different sections of
the country, recently in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington and Chicago. Father Quinn
has visited Lourdes, France, on
three occasions.
This Ncvena, held anually at
the Cathedral is to commemorate
the apparitions of the Blessed Vir
gin Mary in the grotto of Massa-
bielle, Lourdes, France, in the
year 1858. As the result of these
appearances to Bernadette Soubi-
rous Lourdes has become one of
the most famous shrines in the
world. Franz Werfel, noted author
and distinguished refugee from
Nazi Germany, ascribing his es
cape from the Nazi persecutors to
the intersession of Bernadette
with Our Lady of Lourdes, wrote
his beautiful and moving story,
“The Song of Bernadette” as a
token of gratitude and thanksgiv
ing.
Washington Letter
By J. J. GILBERT
AT LAYMEN’S BREAKFAST IN ATLANTA—Pictured at the Com
munion breakfast held in connection with the annual meeting of the
Atlanta Branch of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia, are.
left to right, the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta; Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, executive secretary
of the Laymen’s Association; Felix J. Commagere, who was re-elected
president of the Atlanta Branch at the meeting which followed the
breakfast, and Bernard S. Fahy, Rome, president of the. Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia.—(Photo—Courtesy of The Atlanta
Journal).
ST. VINCENT’S ALUMNAE
SPONSORS DANCE AT USO
Felix Commagere Re-Elecied President
of Atlanta Branch of C. L. A. of Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Service men
and women employed in war pro
duction work were invited to at
tend a dance given at the Women's
Division USO-NCCS Club on Jan
uary 31, under the auspices of the
Alumnae Association of St. Vin
cent’s Academy.
An orchestra from Chatham
Field furnished the music for the
dance, arrangements for which
ATLANTA, Ga. — On Sunday,
February 4, after assisting at a
Mass celebrated by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D„ J. U. D.,
at the Sacred Heart Church, mem
bers of the Atlanta Branch held
their annual meeting following a
breakfast which was served in the
auditorium of the Sacred Heart
Parochial School, and re-elected
Felix J. Commagere as president
of the local unit of the state-wide
association.
Bishop O’Hara, who was the
principal speaker at the break
fast, also delivered the sermon at
the Mass. His Excellency was as
sisted in the distribution of Holy
Communion by the Rev. Francis
M. Perry, S. M.
Speakers at the breakfast, in
addition to Bishop O'Hara, were
Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome, presi
dent or the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia, and Hugh
Kinchley, of Augusta, executive
secretary.
In the course of his remarks at
were made by a committee which t th ‘“ ^eakfast Bishop O'Hara ex
included Misses Johanna Daley . , ,, wis]l that every mem
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pressed the wish that every mem-
ber of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation would spend one hour
before the Blessed Sacrament
each month, in praVer for the re
turn of the people of Georgia to
the Faith of their fathers.
John B. McCallum, of Atlanta,
secretary of the State Association,
adressed a word of welcome to
the visitors, and Fred Wiggins, of
Albany, a member of the Lay
men's Association, responded.
A nominating committee, head
ed by John M. Harrison, and in
eluded Dan Sutter. Mrs. Elizabeth
Nichols and Miss Bess Bragassa.
presented a list of nominees for
officers of the Atlanta Branch for
the coming year. There'were no
nominations from the floor, and
in addition to Mr. Commagere,
who will again serve as president.
! the Atlanta Branch elected the
! following other officers: Miss May
Haverty and Thomas J. O’Keefe,
executive vice - presidents; Miss
Aimee CLohecy, secretary-treas
urer and as parish vice-president,
UrO. Eplcr and Mrs. IV. R. Wey-
*uth. Immaculate Conception;
! W. G. Coyle and Miss Gertrude
Corrigan, Sacred Heart; Mrs. Alex
j Smith and John Nee. Cathedral ol
j Christ the King; Miss Nell Jent-
; zeVi and A.. J. Kaiser, St. Antho-
; n Vs, and Mrs. W. A. Gericke and
I j. T Harrison, St. Thomas More-
parish
Following the meeting of the
Atlanta Branch, a called meeting
of the Executive Committee of
the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion of Georgia was held, with
President B. S. Fahy, of Rome,
presiding.
The meeting was honored by
the attendance of Bishop O’Hara,
and officers and executive com
mittee members attending were:
Martin J. Callaghan. Macon; vice-
president; John B. McCallum. At
lanta, secretary; Hugh Kinchley,
Augusta, executive secretary; C.
A. McCarthy, Savannah Fred
Wiggins, Albany, Mrs. Edward
Sheridan, Macon, Mrs. Lee Annis
Simmons, Atlanta, and Bernard J.
Kane, Atlanta, committee mem
bers. , ,
After setting up a budget, es
timating the cost of conducting
the Laymen’s Association and
publishing The Bulletin, its offi
cio! organ, during the coming
year, executive committee as
signed quotas of contributing
members to be secured by the
various branch associations
throughout the state, and adopted
resolutions in memory of Aris
tide A. Benedetto, of Macon, one
of the most devoted and beloved
members of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation. whose death occurred
shortly after the annual conven
tion in Atlanta last fall.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Word
reaching Washington from a Sou
thern Baptist convention meeting
in New Orleans has caused some
observers to recall with wonder
ment an incident which a similar
meeting caused in the capital less
than a year ago.
At the recent New Orleans meet
ing, Dr. Everett Gill, Jr., of Rich
mond. Va., secretary for Latin
America of the foreign mission
board of the Southern Baptist
convention, said the mission field
in Latin America is growing and
expanding now as never before.
“Over half.of our staff of 500 is
in that field despite; closed areas.”
Dr. Gill said. “Two-thirds of all
our mission work is being done in
Latin America, and now that
Churches and institutions in this
country are out of debt we want
to enlarge our world missionary
program. This April 50 new mis
sionaries leave for the field.” Re
calling incidents of a recent visit,
he told of seeing one Baptist mis
sionary whose wife is a nurse and
whose church is a boat that takes
him to out of the way places. The
missionary, he said, holds medical
clinics on the boat after religious
services.
All this served to recall to ob
servers in ’ Washington that last
Spring a Southern Baptist conven
tion in Atlanta adopted a resolu
tion viewing “with deepest regret
and growing alarm the persistent
campaign of the official circles of
the Roman Catholic Church in the
United States to rid Latin America
of Protestant missionaries.” In
view of the resolution, correspon
dents asked the then Secretary of
State Cordell Hull this question:
“Has any official agency or repre
sentative of the Catholic Church
asked the State Department to
deny or delay the issuance of a
passport to Protestant mission
aries in general or to any Pro
testant missionary specifically on
grounds of religious affiliations.’
Secretary Hull’s answer was an
emphatic “No”. The Secretary
added just as firmly that there is
no discrimination- in the issuance
of passport on the grounds of re
ligious affiliation. The assertion
has been reiterated by Secretary
of State Stettinius. So the time
the question Was asked Secretary
Hull, it was ascertained that of the
passports being issued for all
areas, Protestant missionaries were
getting twelve to every one ob
tained by a Catholic missionary.
(N‘ C. W. C. News Service)
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Probe of Policy of
U.S. Toward Vatican
THE FOURTH INAUGURA
TION of Franklin D. Roosevelt
as President of the United States
was commemorated by a Votive
Mass offered in the Church of St.
Louis de Francais in Moscow, by
the Rev. Leopold Braun, A. A.,
the only Catholic priest allowed
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
(Special to The Bulletin)
NASHVILLE, Tenr—A resolu
tion petitioning Chai .nan Tom
Connally. or the Sern.e Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, to order
an immediate investigation of the
status of the United States’ rela
tions with the Vatican was adopt
ed by the executive committee of
the Southern Baptist convention
at its meeting held here on Feb
ruary 6.
The resolution also asked that
the investigation include corre
spondence of tlie Rev. Louie D.
Newton, pastor of Druid Hills
Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., with
(lie State Department concerning
President Roosevelt’s appoint
ment of Myron C. Taylor as his
personal representative to the
Holy See.
Dr. Newton is first vice-presi
dent of the Southern Baptist Con
vention and associate secretary of
(he Baptist World Alliance.
The resolution charged that Dr.
Newton has sought to secure in
formation relative to Mr. Tayloi s
appointment from the President
and the State Department since
1939, and that his inquiries had
been “consistently evaded by va
rious spokesmen of the State De
partment.
The further charge was made
in the resolution that Secretary
of State Edward R. Stettinius had
written a letter to Senator Con
nally some weeks ago in which he
accused Dr. Newton “of not seek
ing information in good faith,
thus impugning Dr. Newton’s mo
tive and assailing his character as
a loyal citizen ol the United
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