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j AUGUST 25, 1945 _Tng_BUGLKTtN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVE Victory Day Pastoral of the Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga.—Upon tlie announcement of the accept ance of surrender terms by the Japanese government, His Ex cellency the Most Rev. Gerald 1». O’Hara, D. I)., J, U. 1>„ Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, addressed the following pastoral letter to the pastors of all Catholic churches in Georgia: The war in the Pacific is over. Japan has surrendered and we fall on our knees in thanksgiving to the God of mercies and of all c in solation for this unspeakable blessing. It is impossible to com prehend all the implications of the happy news which flashed . around the world this Tuesday past. The ending ol the war in the Pacific means that now nowhere in (he world are our boys in danger. The firing lias ceased and we can now begin to wait patiently until, as the skein of post-war complica tion is unraveled, our boys and girls in the Services will come home to a grateful people and that peace which their unlold sacrifices, and their incomparable bravery, gallantry and heroism have won lor the world. Te Deum Laudamus! We thank Thee O God, wc praise Best Wishes FROM TONY SHEEHAN AUGUSTA. GEORGIA Compliments —of— H. B. DUPREE Manager iA‘P ESTABLISHED . .185, £ SUPER MARKET 1025 Greene Street Augusta, Georgia H&S Is the Answer to Your Dry Cleaning T roubles Fully Equipped Prompt and Efficient Service Satisfaction Guaranteed CASH and CARRY Call Us... Dial 2-8643 1282 Broad St. Augusta. Ga. Thee, we bless Thee, we adore Thy Infinite mercy because Thou Hast heard our prayers! To Thee. O Immaculate Mother of God. Our Lady of Victory, and Queen of Peace to whom so often, with breaking hearts during the sad years of the war, we have rais ed our voices lo thee, we offer our humble thanksgiving. Sunday, August J!) will be a day of official thanksgiving in all the Catholic churches of the diocese. Once again (he Blessed Sacrament is to be exposed all day for die adoration of our people who will need no urging lo flock to their churches and chapels in great numbers to express, in the pres ence of our Sacramental Lord, heartfelt sentiments of deepest gratitude. The principal Mass next Sunday is to be a' Mass of thanks giving. It should be a Solemn Mass or at leasl a Mass Cantata wher ever possible. In tlfe midst of unspeakable joy that wells up within our souls, we cannot help thinking of those boys of ours who on so many battle fields of the world laid down lhe;r lives for their brethren and qnw sleep, wc piously (rust, the sleep of the just. Their young lives wore cut short. In the full bloom of youth (hey were called away from this world: but they have not died in vain. To their loved ones who mourn their loss, again we offer our heartfelt sympathy. We bid them look up to God who is the Lord of the living and the dead, who will give them strength to bear their heavy cross patient ly in flic realization that there will come a time when they, will see again the loved ones whom ihc Silver Star Medals Awarded Posthumously to John Brady Kane and Norman Kane, Sons of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Kane, Atlanta Angel of Death look front them. Countless millions of hearts crush ed lo earth with sorrow during the past years of war are fifed to overflowing with undying grati- (ude to those who by the sacriiice of their lives brought back (he blessing of peace to his poor world. “Amen.-amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat'fall into the ground and die. it remains alone. Bui if it die. it brings forth much ■fruit.’’ The dead live in the gratitude of those for whom they died. Their sufferings and their sacrifices will never be for gotten. It is for us. the living to show ourselves worthy of such immense sacrifices. It is for us to prove by the intensity of our Christian liv ing and by our sincerity of our faith and charity that we are. in deed, grateful to God, our Father in Heaven. To the members of the Armed Forces of our country, both the living and the dead, we pay today our tribute of admiration, affec tion and gratitude. Now that final peace has come, may the heads of nations so chart the course of fu ture history that never again will such sacrifices be called for. It is our fervent prayer today that the God of Wisdom may guide and strengthen those who will be re sponsible for shaping the destinies of nations in the future so that lasting peace will come to the world, a peace that all men will have merited by virtuous living. The world has tried to live without God and we have tasted the bitter fruits of apostasy. In vain will the rulers of nations meet and plan unless all the peoples of the world first return Jo God. Howsoever no ble their objectives and howsoever sincere statesmen are in living up to the high nobilily of their ideals for international peace-, their la bors will be in vain unless the jus tice and charity of Christ be at the heart of all their plans. “Unless the Lord build the house; they labor in vain that build it,” and as St. Paul tells us, there is no other foundation on which man can build than that which is laid to Jesus Christ. Only then will the future state of the world be peace ful if the God of natons, and His Holy Law be the foundation of ev ery nation’s life. Let not the trag ic folly of the past by which im pious. and cruel men, even in high places, strove to banish God from the world that He created be re peated in the future. (Special to The Bulletin) ATLANTA. Ga. — With the splendor of the sacred liturgy of the Catholic church, and the so lemnity of military ceremony, tri bute was paid to the memory of two young Atlantans at an im pressive and inspiring service Held al the Cathedral of Christ (tie King on August 12, when during a Pontifical Mass, offered by His Excellency the Most Rev. Gerald t. O Hara. D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanla. Silver Star Medals, awared posthumously to Lieut. John Brady Kane and his brother, Lieut. Norman Joseph Kane, were presented to their par ents, Mr. and Mis. Bernard J. Kane, by Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks, commanding general of Hie Fourth Service command. The presentation took place be fore the high altar of the Cathe dral. which was adorned with gleaming candles and crimson flowers. Flanking the altar steps were the American and Papal Flags, while Ihe wails of the sanc tuary were lined with flags of the United Nations. Bishop O’Hara was assisted in the celebration of the Mass by the Very Rev. Edward I*. McGrath, S. M.. pastor ol Ihe Sacred Heart church, and by the Rev. Francis M. Perry, S. M„ assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart church. The Right Rev. Monsignor Jo seph E. Moylan, Vicar General and Chancellor of the Diocese of Sa- vannah-Atlanta, formerly rector cf the Cathedral here, and a close friend of the Kane family, acted as master of ceremonies, while the sermon al the Mass was delivered by the Very Rev. Monsignor Jo seph G. Cassidy, the present rec tor of the Cathedral. Present in the sanctuary were the Right. Rev. Monsignor Joseph F. Croke. pastor of S’ Anthony’s church; the Rev. Thomas I. Shee han, pastor of St. Thomas More church. Decatur; the Rev. John Kirk, assistant rector of the Ca thedral. and the Rev. Lawrence M. Brock, S. J., assistant chaplain ol the Fourth Service command. Pfc. Richard Kane, youngest of Ihe four sons of the Kane family, who is home on furlough after having escaped from a German prisoner-of-war camp, served as an acolyte, with Robert Ormsby. William Gailmard was the cross bearer; David Carley. erozier bearer, and Emmet Wrigle.v. mitre bearer. Lieut. Col. Charles A. Rawson read the citations, and Major William W. Hersey acted as aid°- de-eamp to General Brooks Atlanta Brothers Honored Posthumously LT. JOHN BRADY KANE Second of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Kane, of Atlanta, to give his life in battle, Lieuten ant Norman J. Kane, who was kill ed in action in the European the atre of war in February of this year, lias been awarded the Sil ver Star Medal posthumously. Lieutenant Kane,.like his brother. Lieutenant John Brady Kane, who was similarly honored, was a mem ber of the Cathedral parish in At lanta. LIEUT. NORMAN KANE By direction of the President of the United States, the Silver Star Medal has been posthumously awarded to Lieutenant John Brady Kane, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Kane, of Atlanta. Lieu tenant Kane, who was attached to an armored infantry regiment, died in an Army hospital in Eng land as a result of wounds sustain ed while serving with the Ameri can forces in France last sum mer. AN ORGANIZATION which proposes to “classify motion pic tures whose casts include divorced actors or actresses" and to discour age the public from viewing such pictures has oeen formed in St. Paul, Minn., under the name of Motion Picture Research Society, Inc., Hollwood producers and tlie Hayes office have been notified on the plan to list pictures with divorced stars. The citations were as follows: “By direction ol the President, Ihe Silver Star has been poslhu- mouslously awarded to First Lieut. Jolin B. Kane, armored infantry, for gallantry in action on August 2. 1944. When his machine gun squad was struck by heavy enemy artillery fire and several men wounded. Lieutenant Kane disre garding the heavy fire, raced across an open field in order to secure litters for the wounded men. Lieutenant Kane’s utter dis regard for his own personal safety and complete devotion to duty was an inspiration to the men' who served under him and reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.’ ’ By direction of the President, the Silver Star lias been posthu mously awarded Second Lieut. Jo seph N. Kane, infantry, for gallan try in action on February B. 1945, During an advance an infantry company became pinned down by machine gun and small arms lire from a strongly fortified enemy position. Second Lieut. Kane, realizing the probable consequence of his act, advanced’through the unremitting fire to a commanding but dangerously exposed position and began firing his rifle into the hostile stronghold. His courage ous act enabled a machine gun crew to set up its weapon and tire in conjunction with hint, which re sulted in the subsequent capture of the strongpoinl. Though he was mortally wounded in this op eration, his heroic feat will be an undying inspiration to his com rades. His gallantry was in ac cordance with high military tradi tion.” Lieut. John Brady Kane died in England, on August 8. last year, of wounds received in action in France several days before. He bad been in tlie Army since June, 1941. He was stationed at Camp Wheeler, Macon, and then attend ed Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning. where lie received his commission on August 21 1942. Lieutenant Kane graduated from Marist College, where lie was ca det major in tlie R. O. T. C. Corps, in 1938. He later attended the Georgia School of Technology, in the mechanical engineering de partment. He was twenty-five years old. Lieut. Norman Kane, who had been in the Army for about a year and a -half, was commissioned last December and was sent over seas in January of this year, be ing killed in action several weeks later. He was also a graduate of Marist College. Ptc. Richard Kane, who served as. acolyte at the Memorial Mass for his brothers, was captured by the Germans on March 4. of this year, and escaped from Stalag 12. Recaptured, he was being taken back to the prisoner-of-war camp for court-martial, and tlie possi bility of a sentence of death, when he escaped a second time, and after a series of thrilling ex periences succeeded in making His way. to meet the advancing Am erican forces. After some months in a hospital in France, he return ed home on furlough. Another brother. Lieut. Vincent Kane, is on special duty as a pilot at the Naval air station, New Cumberland, Pa., and was not able to secure leave to attend the ser vices in memory of His brothers. Attending the services with Mr. and Mrs. Kane were their two daughters, Miss Josephine Kane and Miss Mary. Ann Kane. Mr. Kane is an executive of the Ful ton Bag and Cotton Mills in At lanta. and is the immediate past president of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, lie was recently named chairman of the National Catholic Community Ser vice council in this city. ’ Mrs. Kane, who before her marriage was Miss Brady, of Atlanta, has been prominently identified with the National Council of Catholic Women and other religious and civic activities. Home Missioners Visit Sandersville With Motor Chapel Bishop O’Hara presided at the presentation ceremony which was held in the presence of a congre gation which filled the spacious Cathedral. The full text of His Excellency's sermon appears else where in these pages. Mrs. Lawrence McEvoy directed the mixed choir of fourteen voices which sang during the Mass. Bach's “Come Sweet Death” was used as an organ prelude, and Bach’s “Toccato in D Minor” was used as a postludc by Mrs. Homer Edwards who presided at the organ At the request of the family, fa- vorie hymns of Lt. John Brady Kane and Lt. Norman Kune were rendered during the services: “To Jesus Heart All Burning”, sung by Mrs. William Horne; “Ave Maria”, (Bach-Gounod). sung by Mrs Mc Evoy: “Ave Vertim Corpus ”, (Saint Sadis); “Adore Te De vote”, (Gregorian); "Salve Regina”, (Special to The Bulletin) SANDERSVILLE. Ga —At tin invitation of the Rev. John D. Toomey. pastor of St. William's Church the-Rev. Edward Smith, of the Home Missioners of America, from Statesboro, conducted a mis sion from the motor chapel Queen of the Apostles, on the old school grounds, just opposite the San dersville Women's Club, from Au gust 10 to August 17. Attentive audiences, represent ing some of Hie leading families of Sandersville, gathered about the motor chapel each evening to hear Father Smith and Father Toomey explain Catholic doctrines and practices, and answer the ques tions which are usually asked of the speakers on such occasion. Father Toomey expressed him self as being well pleased with the success of the outdoor mission, and was gratified at the courtesy with which the pcqple of Sanders- ville greeted what was probably the first opportunity many of them had had to hear something about Hie Catholic Church from Catholic sources. The purpose of bringing the Home. Missionary priest to San dersville was outlined by Father Toomey in a letter which he addressed .to his non-Catholic friends, in which he stated that the purpose of the outdoor meet ings were lo give them an oppor tunity to know more about tlie Catholic Church. , “Religious motion pictures will be shown,” lie continued, “brief explanations will be given and ample opportunity for asking questions will be afforded. The meetings are free, and no collec tion will be taken up. This is simply a good will gesture on our part toward a greater unity in American life. 1 hope that you will welcome this opportunity to hear about Catholic Faitli, its teachings and its practices, and I believe you will find these out door meetings most interesting. We will be glad to answer any questions you may ask. “These meetings are not religi ous services. If you wish to at tend a Catholic service, you may do so at any time in our church. You are always welcome, and for those who are further interested, I am starting a Bible class in Sep tember at the church.” Splendid publicity was given the open-air meetings by James Sey mour, editor of The Sandersville Progress, who carried tlie an nouncement on the front page of his paper. (pregorian), by tlie choir. The congregation and ehoit joined in singing "The Star Span gled Banner” at the end of tlw. Mass.