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FEBRUARY 23. 1946
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
Boohs Worth Reading
Catholic Laymen’s Association Library
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON,
by Maisie Ward. 685 pages,
Sheed & Ward, New York, pub
lisher. $4.50.
Maisie Ward’s biographical work
on Gilbert Keith Chesterton, the
many-sided English genius whose
monumental accomplishments puts
him among England’s great, is
splendid. While the book of ne
cessity touches Chesterton's
achievements in high spots, it is a
valuable contribution; and it does
no more than create a desire to
know more about him, it will have
served a great purpose.
If Chesterton is to be under
stood, he must be studied rather
than read. A mind that washed
so many shores of thought and
painted them in such beauty, is
worthy of earnest study.
An outstanding New England
university offers a course in
Chesterton. Its requirements is
a year’s work for those who sign
up. It is reported to be one of
the most popular courses at the
university. And in this connection
it would be a splendid thing if
Chesterton clubs were organized
for the purpose of making a sys
tematic study of the man and his
works. To say the least it would
open new avenues of thought as
well as give pleasure and profit
to those participating. In view
of the troubled world we find our
selves living in today, a study of
Chesterton is very timely. To
pursue the matter further, the va
rious clubs could hold a state
wide meeting annually which
should prove profitable and de
lightful for Chestertonians.
Ward has given the family
papers of Chesterton and his be
loved wife Frances and their h&p-
py married life. Chesterton’s boy
hood, school and college days are
carefully traced as well as his the
ological development before he
came to know Catholics and the
high spirited love letters he
wrote. We go with him to Rome
and Jerusalem, Poland, France,
Ireland and the United States; and
most of all, the travels of his re
markable mind, the development
of which led to his joining the
Catholic church although he was
very long about doing it.
There is so much in Ward’s
work, that it is not possible to
write a comprehensive review of
the biography, but suffice it to say
that among Chesterton’s books
are:
The Ballad of the White Horse,
Charles Dickens. Come to Think
of It, Eugenics and Ollier Evils,
The Everlasting Man, Fancies
Versus Fads, Four Faultless Fel
ons, Generally Speaking, tJereties,
The Incredulity of Father Brown,
The Innocence of Father Brown,
Manalive, The Man Who Was
Thursday, Orthodoxy, The Outline
of Sanity, Poems. The Poet and
The Lunatic, The Resurrection of
Rome, The Return of Don Quixote,
“MARCH OF DIMES’* BALL
AT MYRTLE BEACH USO
MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. — A
considerable sum was realized on
behalf of the Infantile Paralysis
fund at a "March of Dimes’’ ball
held at the USO-NCCS Club here,
with Cpl. Peter Benydos and Pfc.
Leo Ampolla successfully hand
ling the sale of tickets on a dime-
a-dance basis.
Miss Virginia Prim, who reign
ed as "queen of the ball,” led in
the number of dance tickets re
ceived, with Miss Lucille Jordan
and Miss June Chandler being
next in order.
A group of hostesses from the
club, which included Miss Hattie
McCabe, Miss Virginia and Miss
Lucille Benton, visited the Base
Hospital with Miss Emily May
Wilson, assistant director of the
club, and distributed fruits, can
dy, chewing gum and homemade
cakes to the patients.
The round-table discussions
which are held at the club on
Sunday afternoons are proving
most popular. A discussion of the
question, "Is Industry Striking
Against Labor?" was held with
Pfc. Jack Orr, of the Base Special
Service Office, as moderator.
ERTON
Robert Lewis Stevenson, The
Thing—Why I Am a Catholic,
Tremendous Trifles. What I saw
in America, What’s Wrong With
the World, William Cobbett, The
Wisdom of Father Brown. All Is
Grist and The Collected Poems
of G. K. Chesterton.
Lovable and brilliant person
that he was, Chesterton drew,
countless friends and followers to
him. The book reveals this side of
him and his love for humanity.
Chesterton, Maurice Baring and H.
F. Belloc were known as the Three
Musketeers; all three were off
shoots of the Oxford Movement.
But of the three minds, Chester
ton’s was the greatest in several
respects.
Among his many ties to Ameri
ca was his beloved friend the
late Dr. William Lyon Phelps of
Yale University, who Augusta was
fortunate enough to claim among
her winter residents. These two
fine minds and gracious charac
ters visited several times in their
respective homes in England and
America. Chesterton’s ties and
“association with the great minds
of Europe were as extensive as any
Englishman who has lived and
worked in the world of literature
and religion in many, many years.
And when he died it was with rea
son that the Pope offered his sym
pathy, not to the Catholics alone,
but to all the people of England.
And once again, to appreciate
Chesterton, he must be studied,
rather than read. But to under
stand many of the fine things in
his books and the man. the reader
must have more than a passing
knowledge of his beloved wife,
Frances. 'She _not only influenc
ed him in many ways, but added
twenty years to his great and
fruitful life—fruitful for humani
ty.—(W. A. LUFBURROW.)
This book is available at the Li
brary of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia.
HOLY FATHER RECEIVES
NUREMBERG PROSECUTORS
ROME.—(RNS)—Three Ameri
can attorneys who are serving as
prosecutors at the trial of Nazi
war criminals in Nuremberg,
were received in audience by
Pope Pius XII. The trio consisted
of Thomas Lambert, of Los An
geles; Morton Rome, of Baltimore,
and Walter Bruno, of Davenport,
Iowa.
Patrick H. Rice to Head
Augusta Catholic Center
AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the Feb
ruary meeting of the advisory
committee of the Catholic Com
munity Center, which began op
erations a few weeks ago in the
building on Greene street which
had been operated a USO Club
by the National Catholic Com
munity Service, Pat H. Rice was
elected president of the new or
ganization, Mrs. Gene Howerdd
was elected vice-president; Miss
Marian Knuck was elected secre
tary, and Otto Pope, treasurer.
The Very Rev Msgr. James J.
Grady, V. F., pastor of St. Mary’s-
on-The-Hill Church, is the direc
tor of the Center; the Rev. J. E.
O’Donohoe, S. J . pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, is modera
tor, and the Rev J. Joseph Mal
loy, of St. Patrick’s Church, is the
director of youth activity.
Already the Center has become
a popular gathering place for the
young people of the city, and more
than five hundred have enrolled as
members. A full program, with
recreational, social, educational
and religious aspects is being
planned for the Center which is
destined to be in truth the center
of Catholic activity in Augusta.
Miss Ann Markwalter, formerly
secretary of the USO-NCCS Club,
will serve as executive secretary
of the Center.
Election of the first officers of.
the Center was unanimous follow
ing the presentation of a slate to
the meeting by a nominating com
mittee which included Mrs. Dan J.
O’Connor. Mrs. J. E. Sheehan, Jr.,
and Hugh Kinchley.
Heading Augusta Community Center
President
PAT H. RICE
Elected as first president of tl^e
Catholic Community Center in Au
gusta is Patrick H. Rice, business
manager of The Augusta Chronicle.
Vice-President
MRS. GENE HOWERDD
The newly organized Cathqlu
Community Center in Augusta will
have as its vice-president, Mrs.
Gene Howerdd.
Catholics in North Carolina
Hear About ‘The Grail Movement’
DAY OF RECOLLECTION
FOR CATHOLIC LAYMEN
OF CHARLOTTE, N. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE. N. C.—The Rev.
Maurice Shean. Cong. Orat.. of
The Oratory of St. Philip Neri in
Rock Hill, S. C., will conduct a
one-day Retreat for members of
the North Carolina Laymen’s Re
treat Association at St. Patrick’s
Church on March 3.
Following the 9:00 o’clock Mass,
a Communion-breakfast will be
served at the O’Donoghue School.
Conferences will be held at the
school throughout the day* and
the exercise in close with Holy
Hour devotions in the afternoon.
It is hoped that the series ol
one-day Retreats that are now
being sponsored will stimulate in
terest in the annual three-day Re
treat held each year in July at
Belmont Abbey.
NAVY AIR CORPS OFFICER
FROM AUGUSTA PROMOTED
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Frank Fitz
gerald Rox, of the U. S. Navy Air
Force, a member of St. Mary’s-on-
The-Hill parish here, has been
promoted to the rank of lieuten
ant. Lieutenant and Mrs. Rox,
the former • Miss Ann Edelblut,
of Augusta, are now making their
home in Coronado, California,
where he is presently stationed.
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C. — Miss Mary
Louise Tully, from Grailville,
Loveland. Ohio, has just complet
ed a series of talks of the Grail
Movement before various groups
in North Carolina.
On February 11, Miss Tully
spoke before a group of the clergy
at Newton Grove;' on February 12.
she spoke to the students of Notre
Dame Academy, Southern Pines,
and the Sacred Heart Academy,
Belmont; on February 13, to stu
dents at the O’Donoghuw School,
Charlotte, and on February 14 to
students of St. Genevieve-of-the-
Pines, Asheville, and to the clergy
of the Asheville Deanery of the
Diocese of Raleigh.
The Ladies of the Grail are a
community which combines the
religious. . ith the secular life.
The/ were founded in Holland, in
1921. They have a regular novit
iate of three years ard take vows
of poverty and chastity and a
pledge of obedience. Their reli
gious habit, the same as that
worn by the Blessed Virgin in the
apparitions at Lourdes, is worn
only in their convents. The partic
ular feature of this community lies
in its form of activity. They work
in the worlo. and dress as lay wom
en. With this manner of life they
combine a definite religious life
with regular devotions and strict
observance of their conslitution.
Their work has a thre-fold as
pect: Work among nou-Catholics,
principally through Retreats; work
in the foreign missions, the organ
ization and training of Catholic
girls to become active in the lay
Apostolate.
They particularly aim to use
and dev°lo > the natural and ac
quired talents of their members in
furthering the cause of the
Church. In the -hird aspect of
their work, training girls to be
leaders of other Catholic girls,
they have notable success. In Hol
land and in England their prog
ress has been remarkable. In the
Netherlands, after less than ten
years of work and operating with
comparatively few Sisters, their
work among girls, called the
“Grail MoVement," had enrolled
twenty thousand followers.
The Ladies of the Grail came to
th>. United States in 1940. Thev
have made an humble beginning
b:.' have high hopes for their es
sentially spiritual movement in
the favorable atmosphere of this
country. It is an Order that seems
to fulfill- a need peculiar to our
age and undoubtedly will arouse
the interest of Catholic 'girls.-
The Grail Girls themselves take
r. vows, but simply pledge them
selves to work for the extension of
Christ’s Kingdom. They are free
to marry, and indeed, are encour
aged to do so. Under the leader
ship of the nuns—the Ladies of
the Grail — who are at the back
and head of the movement, the
girls, who do not leave their own
homes, nevertheless may become
real disciples in carrying out the
t-sk of winning the world to God.
Dominating the movement is
the principle of free development
< individuality. Every member of
the Grail has a special work to do
for God in a special way. The
Grail’s self-imposed task is to
discover each member’s talent
then train it so as to liberate it for
the free expression.
ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH, CHARLOTTE, N. C.—One of the most imposing religious edifices in North
Carolina is St. Patrick’s Church in Charlotte, which was erected six years ago as a memorial to the
parents of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phelan. Plans for the structure were executed by the Rev. Michael Mc-
Inemey, O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey. The Right Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Freeman, P. A., Vicar General
of the Diocese of Raleigh, is the pastor. The Rev. Frederick A. Koch and the Rev. Patrick N. Gallagher
arc the assistant pastors.
Charlotte Men’s Club
Hears Interesting Talk
on Eucharistic Congress
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Guest
speaker at the February meeting
of the Catholic Men’s Club was
Mrs. P. A. C. Ellis, world traveler
a.id authoress, no residing in
Gastonia.
Mrs. Ellis, who was presented by
George J. Fella, program commit-
t: hairman, gave a detailed and
lost interesting account of the In
ternational Eucharistic Congress,
which she had attended some
years ago in Manila. At that Con
gress, His Excellency the Most
Reverend Michael J. O’Doherty,
Archbishop of Manila, who spoke
at the meeting of the Men’s Club
last month, was Papal Legate.
The supper was served by the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
O’Donoghue School, under the
leadership of Mrs. Julius A.
Schachrer, Jr., and Mrs. H. F.
Simmons.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR
CHURCH IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Women
members of St. Patrick’s parish in
Charlotte who had sons or daugh
ters in the nation’’s armed forces
during World Wa. II have pre-
- nted to the church a bronze me
morial tablet honoring the six
men of the parish who evade the
supreme sacrifice in the conflict
recently ended, John E. Arbor,
Robert E. Dawson, III, Guy E.
Hoole, William J. Mueller and
Mark A. Osborn.