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Vol. XXVI. No. 7 FORTY-SIGHT PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JULY 28, 1945 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” Bulletins IN A DECREE issued by the Sacred Congregation of the Affairs of Religious, on July 14, the Most Rev. Valentine Scliaaf, O. F. M„ American-born educator and author, was named Minister Gen eral of the Order of Friars Minor. Father Scliaaf has been in Rome for the last six years as a mem ber of the Definitorium General, the council that advises the Min ister General of the., community at the General Chapter of the Order. THE ANNUAL REPORT of the Sacred Rota for the year 1944 shows that exactly one-half of the 64 petitions for annulment of marriage were denied. In the ma jority of cases in which an affirm ative decrees resulted, the invali dating cause was “fear and force.” This is the lowest number of mar riage annulment cases considered by the Rota since 1939 when 42 out of 56 pleas were denied. EDWARD L. HEARN, former Supreme Knight of the Knights •f Columbus, died last week. He headed the K. of C. from 1899 to 1909. He had received many honors from the Holy See, having been named a Papal Count, a Knight of St. Gregory, a Knight of St. Silvester and a Private Chamberlain of the Cape and Sword. Among honors from for eign nations were the Legion of Honor of France and the Order of Leopold II of Belgium. Dur ing World War 1, he was active in K. of C. work abroad and served as director of its charitable activity in Rome. Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, Announces Expansion Program Construction to Begin Soon on New Maternity Wing Costing $486,000 and Addition to Nurses’ Home Cost ing $320,000— Hospital to Have New Kitchen, New Heating Plant and Other Improvements IN AN IMPORTANT DECISION affecting the conducting of a pub lic school on the premises of a re ligious institution, tlic Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut has upheld procedings brought by . the City of New Haven to recover tuition fees from the Town of Tor- rington for children attending a public school .supported -by pub lic l'Qnds, conducted in a Catholic orphanage. The decision ruled out a contention that the school is not public school because it is con- dutced and maintained in a religi ous. atmosphere for “children of one sect,” declaring that the fact that ail of the children who attend the school are of the Catholic Faith is not determinative of the question. A Special Plea In the Chapel of the U. S. Army General Hospital at Camp Butner, North Carolina, on June 28th, the Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D. D., Bishoifepf Raleigh, administered the Sacrament of Con firmation to a class or service men and women. Bishop Waters is pictured as he confirms Pfc. Gerald J. Hahn, of Ogdensburg, N. Y. 1 he Kbv. Charles McLaughlin, assistant pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, Durham, stands to the left, with the Rev. John A. Brown, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Pinehurst, at the right.— <U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo). Pope Invokes Divine Guidance for America in Receiving Congressmen Mrs. Thomas G. Garrison (above), of Golden, Colo., president of the National Council of Catholic Women, with headquarters in Washington, has issued a special appeal for the collection and mak ing of clothing for children and Sisters In the devastated areas of Europe, the Philippines and China, in response to a request from the Rt. Rev Msgr Patrick A. O'Boyle, Executive Director of War Relief Services — NCWC. Chase-Statler Studios. (NC Photos) (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service) VATICAN CITY—Unless peo ples are given security in their so cial, cultural, political, economic and religious life, the work of post war reconstruction will amount to no more than the building of new houses and prisons, His Holiness Pope Pius XII told a group of United States Congressmen whom he received in audience, some weeks ago. The Congressmen, including members of a House committee on naval appropriations, are making a study of reconstruction problems in Europe. Following their own private audience with the Holy Father, they presented Admiral Ezra Allen, director of the Navy budget office, and other Navy De partment officials. The -Holy Father, who already had given his blessing to the Unit ed States, its President and its leg islators, said to the joint group: BLESSES U. S. NAVY “And Our blessing We very gladly extend to the Navy and to you its most distinguished repre sentatives here present. The greatest Navy in the world: May its most cherished, its most suc cessful mission of the future be to protest and defend a most precious treasure, of this world: Peace— peace among all nations because all nations are at peace with God, governed in a spirit of justice, equity and Christian charity. “May God bless you all.and all your dear ones.” The members of the. House of Representatives received by His Holiness included Representative Harry R. Sheppard of California, Noble J. Johnson of Indiana, Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi, Walter C. Ploeser of Missouri, Pete Jarman of Alabama and Rob ert A. Grant of Indiana. “This- is not the first time in recent months that members of your legislative body, of both.the upper and lower chambers, have been received by Us; and their visits have always left a particu larly gratifying and encouraging impression,” the Holy Father said. “We know that they came to Eu rope, as you have come, to see con ditions at first hand, not out of mere curiosity but in a spirit of fraternal interest, with the hope and desire of being useful in the arduous, almost frightening task of reconstruction facing the peo ples of ravaged Europe today. “It does-seem at times a terrify ing task. And yet people must be saved from precisely this fear or terror, which leads so easily to their grasping at any specious and flattering solution to their prob lems that may be offered by un scrupulous and* selfish leaders. TASKS OF RECONSTRUCTION “The work of reconstruction will be long and hard—let that be recognized by all—and much ma terial help will be needed to carry it through but, besides this help and more important than this help, the people must be given a firmly-grounded sense of security for the present and the future: Se curity in their social and cultural life, security in their political and economic life, security in their re ligious life. Without this recon struction will not go beyond the building of new housers and pris ons. “Europe will always be grateful for the assistance America has given and wishes to give. May the light of God’s Holy Spirit guide her, her President and her legis lators in this mission so worthy of her great heart, of ensuring to sadly distraught people a world re constructed on the Christian prin ciples of justice and charity, wherein all will enjoy the liberty of the children of God. “With this prayer on Our lips, We beg God to bless you person ally, your dear ones at home and all for whom you pray.” U ARMY CHAPLAIN TWICE DECORATED ST. PAUL.—The Silver Star Medal for valor and the Purple Heart for wounds has been award ed the Rev. Mark A. Farrell, Army chaplain and priest of the Arch diocese of St. Paul, in the Philip pine Islands. The citation states that Father Farrell was adminis tering the Last Rites when the enemy laid down a barrage near Limon in Leyte, and regardless of shells falling nearby, continued his ministrations and assisted in caring for and evacuating the wounded (Special to The Bulletin) CHARLOTTE, N. C — A $908,- 000 expansion program at Mercy Hospital, with a construction to begin within the next sixty or ninety days on the first unit, has been announced by L. W. Dris- K. S. G.. chairman of the building committee of the hospi tal advisory board, and Sister Raphael, Mother Superior and superintendent of the hospital. The program provides for the ei etion of a modern maternity wing of the hospital, at a cost of $486,000; a complete new kitchen, dining room, cafeteria arid a cold storage unit to be built in the basement of the present hospital, at a cost of $50,000; a complete new heating plant and engineer ing facilities, costing $52,000, and an addition to the nurses’ home, to cost $320,000. FWA AID SECURED The Federal Government, through the Federal Works Ad ministration, will participate in the program by allowing a grant of $193,000 as an emergency ex penditure to help relieve what surveys have shown is an acute shortage of hospital beds in this area, Mr. Driscoll said. In explaining the acute' need for more beds at the hospital, Confirmation at Camp Butner, N. C. Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of Raleigh, Confirms Class of Service Men and Women (Special to The Bulletin) CAMP BUTNER, N. C.—On the evening of June 28, in the quiet atmosphere of the quaint little chapel of the U. S. Army General Hospital, at Camp Bkitner, the Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to twenty-three officers and enlisted men and women of this post. Bishop Waters was assisted in the administration of the Sacra ment by the Right Rev. Msgr. Wil liam F. O’Brien, pastor of the Im maculate Conception Church, Dur ham; the Rev. Charles McLaughlin, of Durham, and the Rev. John A. Brown, of Pinehurst. The service men and women who were con firmed had received instructions from Chaplain Leonard J. Lewan- dovvski and Chaplain H. F. X. Mc Dermott, of Camp 3utner. Following tlje administration of Confirmation, Pontificial Benedic tion of the Blessed Sacrament Was giver, by Bishop Waters. Those confirmed were: Pfc. Adelbert J. Schaffner, Erie, Pa.: Col. Thomas F. Graham. Fayette ville. N. C.: Lieut. Mary II. Burke, lloone. Iowa; Cpl. David H. Mar tin. Anderson, Ind.: Pfc. Joseph I. Pillitteri. Garfield, N. J.: Pvt. An thony J. Suchyna, Depew, N. Y.; Pvt. Donald J. McGrady. Fort Wayne. Ind.: Staff-Sgt. William A. Kisko, Bayojne. N. J.; Pfc. Fred erick A. Rodgers, Middletown, Ohio: Staff-Sgt. Albert J. Pacella, Pittsburgh; Pvt. Donald J. Graen- ing, Crystal Lake, 111.; T-4 Dorothy L. Barbrick, Muskegon, 111.; Sgt. John J. Ryan, Quincy, Mass.; Cpl. Waldo A. Sorgi, Brooklyn; Cpl. Stanley J. Niovich, Johnstown, Pa.; Pvt. Charles P. Graham, Pensa cola, Fla.; Pfc. Gerald J. Hahn, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; T-4 Martin M. Vucek, Pittsburgh; T-4 Ralph Cheverine, Canonsburg, Pa.; Tech- Sgt. Norman Bowberg, Trenton, N. J.; Sgt. Donald J. Lyons, Camden, N. J., and Pvt. Joseph Micalc, Brooklyn. The sponsor's were Major J. Wallace and Captain I. Simmons. Army Nurses Corps, of Camp Butner. Mother Raphael and Mother Mary Bride, one of the founders of the Mercy Hospital, forty years ago, said that the present hospital has a capacity of 150 beds, but that the hospital is car ding for as many as 180 to 190 pa- . tients in a determination to give service to the sick. This has been | accomplished by turning all sun parlors into wards, and most pri vate rooms into two and three patient rooms. Even the halls have been utilized to provide a place to care for the sick, the Sis ters said.’ When the demand for hospital ization reached the point where the present facilities had been utilized to the last square inch, the hospital authorities decided that there was pressing need for expansion. APPEAL WAS MADE In January an appeal was made to the Federal Works for a grant which would clear the way for a building program. Fred Piper, field engineer for the Richmond. Va., office came to Charlotte and made a survey. Later the appli cation was transferred to Atlanta, Ga., office and Field Engineer Warren Young was assigned to further studies of the situation. During the course of these en gineer studies the Unitpd States Health Service joined in the in vestigations. The final decision was that the shortage of beds was acute and that the government should allow a small grant from the war time emergency funds provided by the Lanham act with the condition that the money should be used to provide addi tional beds for caring for the sick on this area. GRANT APPROVED The grant has now been ap proved by the Federal Works au thorities and signed by President Truman, according to information furnished Mr. Driscoll yesterday by Congressman Joe W. Ervin in Washington. Mr Ervin has assist ed in the work of presenting the Mercy appeal to the Federal au thorities and yesterday the hospi tal authorities expressed appre ciation for his assistance in the matter. Senators Josiali Bailey and Clyde R. Iloey also were in strumental in getting the project approved, it was said. The actual project as passed by the Federal Works authorities calls for 65 beds. These are to be provided for in the first four floors. The hospital itself will then build two more floors which will bring the capacity of the whole structure to 100 £eds. The basic project is to cost $386,000 with the government furnishing half or $193,000. This will finance the construction of a basement and fou. floors of the new wing with two more floors to be added when the first four are completed. The two additional floors will cost $100,000. The government participates only in the construction of the first four floors of the. new hos pital wing with the hospital au thorities undertaking the financ ing of the whole $908,000 pro gram less the $193,000 Federal grant. TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION The construction will, of course, be of brick and concrete to con form with the present hospital buildings. The plans and specifi cations are already prepared and the contracts will be let as soon as possible with estimates that the work will be completed on the first unit in six or seven months after actual ground is broken. In .preparing for the new ma-, terpity wing Mother Raphael visited the outstanding maternity hospitals of the country and the plans . for the new Mercy unit (Continued on Page 36)