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THIRTY-TWO THE BULLETIN OF 1'HE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA AUGUST 25, 1945 Headquarters of 0. L. A. 1 new statue of st. bernadette Located in Aususta The headquarters of the Catho lic Laymen’s Association of Geor gia have always Keen located in Augusta. Its first office was in the Grogan and O'Dowd building on Ninth street, and the next lo cation was in the Herald building. Some years ago, the office of the Laymen’s Association were moved 1o the fourteenth floor of the Southern Finance building, and later to the eighth floor of the same building, and the present of fice is a suite on the second floor ot the Southern Finance Corpora tion building. THE BULLETIN BEGAN PUBLICATION IN 1920 In January ot 1920. with the late James J. Farrell as editor, 9 he Bulletin, official organ of the Catholic Laymens’ Association of Georgia began publication, first quarterly in magazine form, and later semi-monthly in tabloid newspaper form. It was intended originally to serve as a medium through which news of the activity of the association might.be brought to the membership, but its scope was widened in that of a Catholic newspaper, that is now published monthly, and with the approbation of the Most Reverend Bishops of Savannah- Atlanta. Charleston and Raleigh, and of the Right Rever end Abbol-Ordinary of Belmont, serves as the Catholic newspaper of Georgia and the Carolinas. It is a member of the Catholic Press Association of the United States, the Georgia Press Associa tion, and the National Editorial Association. It subscribes to the news service of the National Cath olic Welfare Conference and Re ligious News Service. The present editor of The Bull etin is Hugh Kinehley who in 1940 succeeded Richard Reid, who had succeeded to the editorship upon the death of Mr. Farrell who died toward the close of the yon- in which The Bulletin began pub lication. The staff of The Bulletin, in ad dition to its editor, includes Miss Cecile Ferry, financial secretary of the Laymen’s Association, Miss Ruth Park, and Frank Wallace, and its advertising solicitors, Her man Dessauer and Mis. L. R. Du vall, of Augusta, and Robert J. Morris, of Atlanta. The Bulletin is printed at the plant of The Augusta Herald with the ^hearty and enthusiastic co operation of every member of The Herald's mechanical department, as well as that of its editorial and business offices and mailing room. Harold Partridge and Homer C. Cloud are directly in charge of the make-up of The Bulletin, under the general direction qf Albert Huntington, foreman of The He •- aid’s composing room. Sister Bernadine, Mother Superior of Sisters of Mercy SAVANNAH, Ga. —Sister Mary Bcrnardine, R. S. M.. will become Mother Superior of the Sisters of Mercy here as changes in the order for the coming year were announc ed. *■ She will succeed Sister Martina Joseph, R S. M.. who has been transferred to Macon to be princi pal of St. Joseph’s Parochial School. Sister Bernardine will retain the principalship of St. Vincent's Academy which she has held for many years. She was assistant to the Mother Superior. Sister Mary Gilbert. R. S. M. will become principal of the Cathe dral School to replace Sister Mar tina Joseph. Sister Mary Michael Joseph. R. S. M., has been made assistant to Sister Bernardine as Mother Su perior. Others on the faculty of St. Vincent’s Academy besides Sister Bernardine and Sister Michael Joseph are: Sistei^Mary Patricia, R. S. M., Sister Mary La Salette, R. S. M., Sister Mary Lucille, R. S. M., and Sister Mary Jean, R. S. M. The faculty of the Cathedral School will be Sister Gilbert, prin cipal; Sister Mary Columbia, R. S. M. eighth grade; Sister Mary Ed ward. R. S. M.. seventh grade; Sis ter Mary Carmelila, R. S. M., sixth grade; Sister Mary Finbarr, It. S. M., fifth grade; Sister Mary Thomasine, It. S. M., fourth grade: Sr -r Mary Ita, R. S. M., third grade; Sister Mary Canisia. It. S. M., second grade: and Sister Mary Annette, It. S. M., first grade. Before entering the Sisters of Mercy, Mother Bernardine was Miss Louise Dorr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Dorr of Augusta.. Dr. Christian Petersen, noted sculptor and Associate Professor of Applied Art at Iowa State College, finishes a new statute of St Bernadette for the sanctuary of St Cecilia s Church, Ames, Iowa The statue is Dr Petersen’s original interpretation of the significance of the Saint of Lourdes He designed hiR work from authentic portraits of Bernadette viewed against a background of standard , biographical material. (NC Photos) Pilgrims Gather at St. Anne de Beaupre Shrine in Canada ST. ANNE DE BEAUPRE.— Fourteen thousand pilgrims re ceived Holy Communion and 1,90 Masses were said at this inlerna- tionlly known shrine on the feast of St. Ann. More than 29,000 per sons, the greatest attendance since the beginning of the second World War, were present for the various ceremonies. A number of cures were reported unofficially. Holy Communion was distributed from 9 a. m. until noon without interruption. His Eminence Rodrigue Car dinal Villeneuve, Archbishop of Quebec, celebrated Mass in the Basilica. The Cardinal also assist ed at a Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Norbert Robi- chaud. Archbishop of Moncton. In the afternoon there was the impressive blessing of the sick and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The Most Rev. Fran cis Beckman, Archbishop of Du buque, who annually heads a large pilgrimage to the shrine preach ed the sermon, and also presided when thousands followed the Way of the Cross. Among «(he many other members of the clergy was the Rt. Rev. Msgr. O’Brien, of Durham, Mass., who headed an other group of pilgrims, a number of whom are non-Catholics. Among cures reported, but on which no official comment has been made by the authorities at the shrine, was one of a three-year old boy, Bernard Darcy, of Drum- mondyille, Que., said to have been suffering from a general feeble ness and paralysis almost since birth as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage. According to I/Action ( alliol- iique, French-language daily newspaper of Quebec City, this child was unable to walk, and his parents had 4aken him to the shrine, where he stood up and took several steps. He was taken lo the scene where the sick were to be blessed, and later to the hos pital. Another reported cure is that of A. Simard, 18, of Quebec City, who had been unable to walk for three years because of inflamma tory rheumatism. He had made several pilgrimages to St. Ann’s and to Our Lady ot the Rosary shrine at Cap de la Madeleine. Helped to the statue of St. Ann, he was aided in kneeling there lo recite the Rosary. When he had finished he is reported to have said he fell better and asked his mother to help him up. The boy then walked around the statue twice and then 200 feet in the church. He has been placed under the care of Dr. Jean Dusseault. MISS KATHERINE MORGAN FUNERAL IN GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN, S. C.—Funeral services for Miss Katherine G. Morgan, of Georgetown, who died on July 27, were held from St. Mary's Church, the Rev. John Steigner officiating. Miss Morgan was born in George town a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan. She is survived by a sister. Mrs. Agnes M. Warden, of Georgetown. Writer in “Coronet” Tells of Spirit of St. Christopher s Inn (By N. C. W. C. News Service) GRAYMOOR. N. Y. — Without files, records or experts, St. Chris topher’s Inn, conducted by the Fa thers of the Atonement here, continues tp rehabilitate the spir its of broken men where profes sional sociologists fail, according lo an article in a recent issue ot Coronet magazine. The Inn, dedicated lo St. Chris topher, patron of wayfarers, the author says, is open to everybody. Everything is free. To it come men from every rank and file in life—doctors, lawyers, business men, laborers, and just plain transients. They come because they are broken in spirit and body. Some are alcoholics, some love lorn some nerve-wracked, and most of them penniless and all trying to find new meaning to life. Some guests stay at the Inn only a few weeks, others for years, yet all who leave are clean shaven, with head erect and a firm deter mination to face life anew and overcome its difficulties, the au thor writes. The only thing asked of a man who comes to the Inn is a few hours of work each day. He may work at anything he is in terested in or fitted for, varying from carpentry, masonry, and farming to office work. There are few restrictions at St. Christopher's Inn, the article slates. Drinking, swearing, gam bling are forbidden, and lights go off at 9:30 in the evenings. Each man has a steel locker for his per sonal belongings. There is a daily ration of tobacco and anyone in need of clothing is outfitted at the Inn's tailor shop. The clollves are his to keep. He may walk out of the inn at anytime without explana tion. • Religious services are conduct ed in the morning and evening for those who wish to attend, but. the Father*- make no suggestion I hat guests should be present . They do not luiow how many of i he Brother Christophers, as the guests are called, are Catholics. However, the author states, the Fathers believe that Catholics are often in the minority. St. Christopher’s Inn furnishes about 179,000 meals and 90.000 sleeping accommodations e a c h year. This home of hospitality is the realied dream of the late Very Rev. Paul James Francis, founder of the Society of the Atonement, who was a Protestant minister before his conversion to the Faith. After studying the life of St. Francis of Assisi, he be came so absorbed in the Poverel- lo’s ideals that he founded a community dedicated to poverty and service. Some 39 years ago the community entered the Cath olic Church. FURNISHINGS of the famous “sea going chapel” aboard the former French luxury liner Normandie have been purchased at auction by the Church of Our Lady of Leban on in Brooklyn. Secular Press Attacks On Spain Are Termed Communist-Inspired LONDON. — The increasingly virulent propaganda attack Oil Spain in the British secular press j s causing considerable disquiet among Catholics of this country. Secular writers said the subject of Spain was on the agenda of the Potsdam Conference, and some added that Portugal also was to be discussed. Commenting on this, the Cath olic. Herald warns: “We may be certain that if anything done at Potsdam interferes with the Ibe rian Peninsula this will mean in effect a furl her step along the load to Russian-sponsored com munism in Europe.” To foist communism on Spain, it is pointed out here, vyould ob viously mean a second civil war and. if communism were lo tri umph, the gate " would be at least partly opened for its infiltration into South America. “One suggestion in this propa ganda attack is that the people of Spain should be given an oppor tunity of choosing the sort of Gov ernment they want,” the Catholic Tunics says. “May we suggest that I lie same rule should be applied to the Baltic Stales, to Poland and lo Belgium. If the democrats of the Left really mean that people have a right to choose, why are they endeavoring to cheat the peoples of the various countries out of the regimes they desire? “Take the case of Belgium. The Left demands the King’s abdica tion. All the signs are that the vast majority of the people want the King’s return. “The whole crisis in Belgium was artificial, but it serves to show .that Left Wing politicians desire neither justice nor the will of the people. They Use the notion of popular choice just when it seems to suit their own purposes.” As for Portugal the Catholic Herald says: “In the case of Portugal there is no sort of case for any foreign Dr. Michael J. Egan Named to Savannah Board of Education SAVANNAH, Ga.—Dr. Michael J. Egan has been chosen by the Board of County Commissioners to suceed Dr. J. Reid Broderick as a member of the Board of Public Education for Savannah and Chat ham County. Dr. Broderick, at one time president of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, is leaving office because of the limitation imposed regarding ten ure of office. Judge James P. Houlihan, chair man of the Board of County Com missioners, presenteu Dr. Egan's name and the commissioners have agreed upon his election which will lake place formally in Novem ber. He will become a member of the board in January for a six- year term. Since thp law prohibits school board members from succeeding themselves, Dr. Broderick, whose Cm is drawing to a close, is not eligible for reappointment. During his term on the board Dr. Brod erick has served as chairman of the committee on school employes’ health examination .and in other capacities where his medical know ledge has proved valuable. Dr. Egan, prominent Catholic physician of Savannah, is a broth er of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Martin J. Egan, of Follansbee. W. Va.. and has three sisters who^are Ursu- line Nuns. interference. Britain’s ally, Portu gal, rendered notable service in the latter part of the war. It is being much better governed today than it has been for centuries. In fact the only quarrel anyone can have with Portugal is that it is animated by Christian principles of an authoritarian type abhorrent to the authoritarians and tolalita- rians of the Left. It is, of course, entirely permissible for a Chris tian to wish that Portugal’s politi cal Christianity were democratic as is that of Eire, but this is the business of the Portuguese, not of I he Russian communist rulers, nor of the European Marxists.” Meet Me jat STEVE’S PLACE GOOD LUNCHES FOUNTAIN SERVICE 1140 Broad Street Augusta Our Best Wishes FRUITLAND NURSERIES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA James G. Bailie Mrs. Thomas J. Gwin Best Wishes From A Friend