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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORG 1A_
MAY 31, 1945
THE BULLETIN
The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen's
Association ol Georgia. Incorporated
HUGH KINCHLEY. Editor
216-217 Southern Finance Building, Augusta, Ga.
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1944-1945
BERNARD S. FAIIY, Rome President
MARTIN J. CALLAGHAN, Macon Vice-Pies.
J 11 McCALLUM. Atlanta Secretary
HUGH GRADY. Savannah Treasurer
HUGH KINCHLEY. Augusta Executive Secretary
MISS CECILS FERRY, Augusta Financial Secretary
A i\1 McAULlFFE. Augusta Auditor
Vol. XXVI.
May 31. 1945
No. 5
Entered as second class matte! June 16. 1921. at the Post
Office at Augusta. Ga.. under act ol March. 18^3 ac
copied tor mailing at special rate of postage provided tor
in Section 1103 Act of October 3. 1917 authorized Sept.
1. 1921
Member of N C W C. News Service ,P® 1 J£5t2 1 stM^ 5
Service the Catholic Press Association ot the United states
the Georgia Pres6 Association and the National Editorial
Association.
Published monthly b, the ‘'atl.olk laymen s Assoc,,tio»
of Georgia, Inc., with the Approbation of the mom «av
erend Bishops of Raleigh, <:i,a r leston and S»rainn.h-At
lanta. and of the Right Reverend Abbot-Ordinary or nei
mont. -- — "■ 1 "*
Raleigh to Welcome a New Bishop
C LERGY and laity of the Diocese of Raleigh are
anticipating with universal enthusiasm the
coming of the Most Reverend Vincent b.
Waters D. D., who will be solemnly installed as the
thfrd Bishop of Raleigh,'in the Sacred Heart Lathe-
dial in that city, on the fifth of June. the
Since the announcement was made through the
Apostolic Delegation in Washington that « p ie »
the neighboring Diocese of Rchmond had been
Chnsen bv His Holiness Pope Pius XII as the sue
cessor to the Most Reverend Eugene J. ML-Guinne
in the See of Raleigh, they have been lelrned
at what they have heard about the gentle leainea,
zealous, missionary minded priest who is to be then
“ ra.^ttS.I^S.e which h,. b..n »!«.
.sound practical judgment, administrative ab y,
piety and kindly personality, warrant for him
", .. - elcome from priests and people, and a* they
will get to know him better they will grow moreand
more grateful to the Holy See for having selected
such a man to be their Bishop. n . .
Those of the Diocese of Raleigh know that Bishop
Waterses a Southerner, and thus well acquainted
with the problems of the Church in the South and
tliey know, that as Director of the M'^'^ Jtand o
the Diocese of Richmond, he has been
ways and means of solving those P robl ?™ 8 \ £f e ’.
know that he has had the advantage of theological
training in Rome, the center of Christianity, and
the fountain head of Catholicity. they know that
he has gained administrative experience while serv
ing as secretary to the Bishop of R ^monU, a.
Chancellor of that Diocese, and as its Vite-Of
fK \Ve niaV tell them that while he was in Richmond, j
Bishop Waters, in addition to his duly in the chan
cery office, was engaged in building up a Diocesan
Rb. ary From all sources, he gathered books, manu
scripts and pictures of historical interest, all ot
which are now in the library. His activity ini th s
project led also to the founding ot the Catholic
Historical Society of the Diocese of Richmond, ot
which he was the moving spirit.
Soon after coming to Richmond Bishop 1 eter .
Ircton founded the Nocturnal Adoration Society
among the men of the parishes in Richmond and
appointed the priest who is now the Bishop ®*
Raleigh, as its first director, an assigment winch he
f unfilled with exceptional success
Bishop Waters has been greatly inteiestcd in
Catholic evidence work. He collected pictures on
religious subjects, such as llie life of Christ, ha
lantern slides made rrom them, and in Ins mission
ary journeys gave illustrated lectures of Catholic
and non-Catholic audiences. He devoted a great- deal
of his time, and spent a substantial sum of money on
this feature of his missionary labors.
Catholics believe that the selection of a new
Bishop is an expression of the wisdom of Divin.
Providence. Catholics are assured that the Vicar ot
Christ exercises the authority of Almighty God on
earth, and the light of faith enables them to recog
nize in the person of a new Bishop, a successoi o
the Apostles, upon whom Christ bestowed the power
to teach, govern, sanctify and save mankind.
So believing and so knowing, there can be no
doubt that 111? priests and people of the Diocese of
Raleigh will welcome the coming of Bishop Wateis
with great iov. and that all members ot his, new
flock will unite under his leadership and join him m
his efforts to advance the Faitl. of Chi ist in Noit
Carolina. . ,, , , . ,. „
This I hey will do with confidence that under the
guidance Bishop Waters the Diocese of Raleigh
will move forward in the path of notable progress
along which his illustrious predecessors in that bee
made such remarkable advancement.
A Hall-Century in the Priesthood .
M ANY of bur priests are privileged to mark with
Silver Jubilee celebrations their completion
of twenty-five years of priestly service, but to
have served in the priesthood for fifty years is a
singular grace that not so many priests are granted
ii is. therefore, a cause tor exceptional jubilation
that Monsignor Andrew Keene Gwynn, pastor ol
St Mary’s Church in Greenville, South Carolina,
was able to commemorate last week, Ins Golden
Jubilee, and The Bulletin joins that vast multitude
that are his friends, in extending to him its most
sincere congratulations on the occasion oi the
fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. .
To his Bishop, his brother priests ol the Diocese
of Charleston, to the members of his congregation
and the vast host of those, Catholics and non-Cath-
olics, who cherish his friendship, it is a souice ot
deepest gratification that the priestly zeal and years
of devoted service to the Church in South Cat ol
have been regarded with favor far beyond Helmuts
of the Diocese in which he served, even in_tne
Eternal City of Rome, and that His Holiness Pope
Pius XII has deemed Monsignor Gwynn to be worthy
of receiving the rare distinction and honor of being
appointed a Prothonotary Apostolic. .
Merely an outline of wliat has been accomplished
by this zealous and devoted priest convinces tha
he well deserves the honor which ha6 been ac
corded him by the Holy See.
Few priests in this country have ■ “
church-building which is comparable to his. Shoitly
after his ordination, when he was serving as pastoi
of the parish in Aiken, and in charge of its extend
ed mission territory, he was responsible for .he
renovation of Holy Trinity Church m Orangebuig,
and for the erection of the Sacrdil Heait Chuith in
Blackville. » . .
Forty-five years ago, when he became pastor ot
St Mary’s parish in Greenville, he found t-ltere a
small frame church, which he replaced with the
present stately edifice, the beauty of which he has
Tiiis office has received so
many, and such highly compli
mentary comments on the article
about the Trappist Monastery at
Conyers, and the interview with
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, which were writ
ten by Wellington Wright for The
Atlanta Constitution, and later
published in last month's issue of
The Bulletin, that it is believed
our readers would like to know
something about this brilliant
writer on the staff of the morning
newspaper in Atlanta.
Mr. Wright was born at Gog-
gins, Georgia, attended the public
schools and later Mercer Univer
sity, in Macon. His newspaper ca
reer began with The Macon Tele
graph. He was then for eleven
years with The New York Herald,
where .he covered politics, eco
nomics and social questions. After
serving in the first World War,
and receiving a Purple Heart and
the Silver Star medals, he was a
political reporter on The New
York Telegram for seven years,
covering the city, state and nation
al political scenes. For four years
he toured Europe as a free-lance
journalist, meanwhile engaging in
the study of political philosophy,
economics and sociology at the
Ecole Politique and the Sorbonne
Caswell Adams, whose syndi
cated column, distributed through
the International News Service,
appears in The Augusta Chronicle,
among other newspapers through
out the country, brought out re
cently that President Harry S.
Truman, a Baptist, has his own
Ideas about Catholics not missing
Mass on Sunday.
While he was in the United
States Senale, the present Presi
dent of the United States was fly
ing across country one Sunday
morning on committee business
with Senator James Mead, of New
York, and others.
Senator Mead remarked that it
would be the first Sunday in
years that' he had been obliged to
miss Mass, upon which Senator
Truman immediately spoke to the
pilot, who obeying instructions
brought the plane down at Al
buquerque which was not a
scheduled stop in the flight. As
the plane taxied across the land
ing field, Senator Truman turned
to Senator Mead and said: “Jim,
you’re not going to miss Mass.’'
(Mr. Adams, who was formerly
publicity director for Fordham
University, and on the staff of
The New York Herald-Tribune,
happens to be married to a cousin
of the editor of The Bulletin.)
present stately edifice, tlie neauiy oi wmw.. *•-- j n Paris. Upon his return to New
enhanced through the passing years. In Greenville, Yo rk, he en g a g e d in research in
also through his inspiration and efforts, the magmfi- | cconorn i cs an d sociology, in pub-
eent parochial school building has bcen construct- , icity and pub lic relations, and
ed St Francis Hospital was secured, and Gallivan I was one 0 f (he aides to the pub-
Memoiial Hall was placed at the disposal of his licity 0 f the Democratic National
• I. • -1 AAtvimimif V Cnmtnilfaa fllirinCt thf* T)r(*SlQCIl“
parishioners and the community.
His fruitful zeal was not confined to Greenville,
but flourished throughout the surrounding mission
area The results of his endeavors may be seen at
St. Paul’s Church in Spartanburg, now a separate
progressive parish. He built St. Joseph s Chuieh in
Anderson, which also as a resident pastor now. He
erected the chapel at Clemson, where the Paulist
Fathers are now established. He built St. Francis
Church in Walhalla, Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Greenwood. All examples of the finest in liturgical
Great has been the material advancement of the
Church in the Piedmont section of South Carolina
in the years of Monsignor Gwynn’s devoted service
there, but the spiritual progress, that is more im
portant, has been even greater.
. Personally, Monsignor Gwynn is beloved not only
by his own parishioners and the Catholics to whom
he has ministered, but he his admired and highly
respected by those who arc not of the household of
the Faith. For two generations he has been regard
ed as one of the Piedmont section’s most valued
citizens, and from his friends of the Hierarchy, in
the priesthood, in Religion, and of the laity comes
the prayerful wish that God will grant Monsignor
Gwynn many more years of usefulness in his
sacred calling, years such as those which have passed,
devoted zealously and faithfully to the cause of
Christ and His Church, and for the betterment of
his fellowmen.
Committee during the presiden
tial campaign in 1940.
Two years ago, Mr. Wright re
turned to Georgia, and shortly af
terwards joined the staff of The
Constitution.
He is a member of the Presby
terian Church.
Our Lady of Victory! Pray for Us
T HIS War in Europe lias ended. Hostilities-ceased
officially on May eighth, the Feast of bt
Michael the Archangel, victorious leader ot the
first battle against Satan and the forces of evil.
Even more significant is the fact that tb '® st ®P
wards restoration of peace came m May. He montl
of Mary, and -aises liooe in the hearts ol the tai -
ful that real peace might he achieved by Octobci,
the month of the Rosaiy.
This association of thought regarding the end ot
the war and intercession of the Blessed \ I'gin was
heightened by President Truman’s selection ol May
thirteenth as a dav of national thank’giving -«» vic
tory jn Europe and conrmomoralion ot the wav (tcau.
It was also Mothers’ Day and already a day ot
special prayer for Catholics, who had bcen asked to
join in an international recitation of the Rosaiy,
made possible through (he facilities of a nation
wide radio chain and short-wave broadcasts to the
nation’s fighting forces abroad. And May thirteenth
had further significance for Catholics because two
great events occurred on this' day in 1917: the first
apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, Queen of the
Rosary, and the cqiscopal consecration of His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII.
In calling for prayers for peace throughout these
years of warfare, the Holy Father has always laid
special stress on intercession of the Blessed Virgin,
to whom he has ever had special devotion, and on
(he efficacy of the prayers of children, for whom
the Mother of God has revealed her special love by
making them the witnesses almost exclusively of
her apparitions on earth.
The witnesses at Fatima were ten-year-old Lucia
Santos and her two eousins, eight-year-old Francisco
and seven-year-old Jacinto Marto. The Marto child
ren died—Francisco, in 1919, and Jacinto, in 1920
hut Lucia still lives, as Sister Maria Lucian of the
Seven Dolors.
Portugal was a neutral country, and it is most
unlikely that the three little peasants of Fatima were
kept informed on world events. Just as one of the
strongest arguments in support of the authenticity
of the apparitions at Lourdes was Bernadette
oublrous’ unfamiliarity with the secular or ec
clesiastical meaning of the term “immaculate con
ception,” the messages at Fatima dealt with some
subjects beyond the comprehension of Lucia,
Francisco and Jacinto.
With the passage of the years, the Fatima mes
sages regarding Russia and the outbreak of a more
extensive and devastating war have acquired addi-
ional significance.
During the first and second apparitions, Our Lady
if Fatima stressed the importance of recitation oi’
the Rosary. On the day of the third apparition regu
lar recitation of the Rosary was recommended as a
most effective means for bringing the war to an
end. Then came the prophecy which has been cited
so frequently since the present war began:
“If what i tell you is done, many souls will be
saved and there will be peace. This war will end;
but if they do not cease to offend the Lord, not much
time will elapse before—and precisely during the
next Pontificate—another and more terrible war will
commence. . .To prevent this I ask the consecration
of the world to my Immaculate Heart, and Com
munion in reparation on the first Saturday of each
month, if my requests are heard, Russia will be con
verted and .here will bn peace. Otherwise great
errors will he spread through the world, giving rise
to wars and persecutions . . . Bui, in the end, my
mmaculate Heart will triumph and an era of peace
will be conceded to humanity.”
While many mothers on this Mothers’ Day in 194.).
had special reasons for giving thanks that war had
ended in Europe, there were countless others whose
thoughts were centered upon Asia as they prayed,
as we all ought to pray, that the intercession of Our
Lady of Victory, will bring to the world, peace in
the truth, in the justice, in the charity of Christ.
His Eminence Michael Cardi
nal von Faulhaber, Archbishop of
Munich and Freising, narrowly
escaped death on the day forces
of the American Seventh Army
took Munich, the capital of Ba
varia. All through the war the
Cardinal had remained in Mu
nich, experiencing many severe
air raids that caused heavy dam
age to his residence, to the Ca
thedral and most of the other
churches in the city. On April 30,
soon after the Cardinal had in
spected his chapel, an American
shell, fired at German pockets of
resistance along the Isar River
nerby, hti the building, but land
ed in the street without explod
ing. .. .
The American Army authori
ties established contact with the
Cardinal shortly after entering
Munich, a fact of which he was
deeply appreciative.
“That’s our uncle,” is what two
youngsters of St. John the Evan
gelist School, in Denver, say as
they point with pride to the pic
ture of President Harry S. Tru
man. They are David and Marion
Wallace, in the fifth and third
gardes respectively, who are re
lated to the President by mar
riage. Their father, a convert, is
a brother of Mrs. Truman. The
Wallace ‘children went to Wash
ington in January for the inau
guration of their uncle as Vice-
President and were guests of the
Roosevelt grandchildren at the
White House.
Discussing the Most Rev. Vin
cent S. Wateis, D. D., newly con
secrated Bishop of Raleigh, The
Catholic Review, of Baltimore,
said:
“He is a man of exceptional in
tellectual attainments, has execu
tive ability, and has been untiring
in his work as a priest . . .
“Many of us . . have followed
I he work of Bishop-elect. Waters
with interest. We know the mag
nificent work he has done, espe
cially his zeal for the missions,
his zeal in winning converts to
the Church, his interest in I lie
men in the Armed Forces who
have been trained within the
boundaries of the Diocese of Rich
mond ...”
. Frequently seen among decora
tions in San Francisco for the
United Nations Conference on
International Organization is a
full length picture of St. Francis
in monk’s robes, sometimes with
and sometimes w.ithout “The
Prayer of St. Francis” printed
beneath in bold letters. The pic
ture of St. Francis and this pray
er have been reproduced in large
size in secular newspapers and
arc displayed in the show win
dows of a number of the city’s
| stores, large and small.
Among the less macabre stories
told about the experiences of the
U. S. Marines on Iwo Jima is one
about the Rev. C. F. Suver, S. J.,
of Seattle, chaplain with the Fifth
Division. Father Suver is the
priest who offered the first Mass
on top of Suribaci Yama, a brief
hour after the flag had been rais
ed there by men of his outfit. He
is over six feet tall.
At a certain point in tho battle
for Iwo, Father Suver saw one of
these “ash cans” hurtling towards
him from the Japanese lines. He
decided that absence of body was
as necessary as presence of mind
and with becoming haste dashed
away and leaped feet, first, one
hand upraised in his precipitate
descent into a deep crater. The
“ash can” landed where he had
been, it threw up a geyser of vol
canic ash which buried Father
Suver, happily alive. H c. was in an
upright position and his upright
hand was all that remained above
ground. It served as a life-line
dose for a diver in the depths.- By
wiggling the arm a bit. the impris
oned priest managed to avoid com
plete suffocation. Rescuing Ma
rines saw his free hand move and
excavated him frorg the tomb.
Sergeant Walter Wood, of Silver
Springs, Marine Corps Combat
Corresondent, in a release to the
NCWC News F.rvice, from Oki
nawa, revealed that one week af
ter the landing of the Marines
on Okinawa, a Mass of Thanksgiv
ing was celebrated on this “door
step” to Japan by Lieut. Michael
P. Sinigelskis, of South Boston,
Mass., a Navy chaplain, for “Ihe
help God .gave us on this opera
tion.”
Father Smigelskis said the
Mass in a sweet potato patch on
a terraced hillside outside the
farming town of Inubi.
“Our victory show's that God is
with US’,” the chaplain said, and
he led Marines' in prayers of
thanksgiving. They prayed also for
theit comrades who had given
their lives during the occupation
of the island.
A cold early morning wind swept
the hillside, as the Marines knelt
to receive Holy Communion. The
men who came in from the lines
carried their weapons with them.
Enemy snipers were in nearby
hills.
“John Dooley, Confederate Sol
dier” has been chosen by the
Catholic Book Club as its “Book
of the Month” for May. The vol
ume, latest publication of the
Georgetown University Press, is
edited by the Rev. Joseph T. Dur
kin, S. J„ professor of American
History in the Georgetown
Graduate Sehool. It carries a
foreword by Douglas Southall
Freeman, authority on Civil War
history.
“Salute to Valor”, by the Rev.
Timothy J. Mirfvey. O. M. I„ re
ceived first award in the “religi
ous broadcast” group in the ninth
exhibition of educational radio
programs sponsored by the Ohio
State Universitiy Institute for Edu
cation by Radio. Father Mulvey’s
story, broadcast on the Catholic
Hour under’ the sponsorship of the
National Council of Catholic Men,
was cited by the Institute for “ex
cellent writing and production of
dramatic biography, highlighting
religious experiences and project
ing spiritual values. H. K.