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JULY 27, 1946
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ONE—A
GENERAL MacARTHUR
HOST AT LUNCHEON FOR
AMERICAN BISHOPS
TOKYO.—(Cable, NC) — Bish
ops John F. O’Hara, C. S. C., of
Buffalo, and Michael J. Ready of
Columhus, who are in Japan on a
mission to study Church condi
tions and opportunities, were
luncheon guests of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur, who had returned
from Manila where he witnessed
the ceremonies inaugurating the
Philippines Republic as an inde
pendent nation. Previously the
two U. S. prelates had been en
tertained at luncheon by Lieut.
Gen. Robert L. Eiichelberger,
Eighth Army commander, at his
headquarters in Yokohama.
The Bishops were to leave To
kyo again for visits to heavily-
bombed Osaka, Kyoto, and Naga
saki. accompanied by the Revs.
Patrick J. Byrne, Maryknoll mis-
sioner from Kyoto; Bruno Bitter, S.
J., rector of the Catholic Univer
sity of Tokyo; Edward J. Lam
bert, Army chaplain from Du
buque, and Patrick O’Connor, S.
S. C., editor of The Far East, who
is in the orient as a special corre
spondent for the N. C. W. C. News
Service.
Mother Cabrini’s Sfforts
Helped All Civilization
Says Washington Star
CHARLESTON DEANERY
NCCW HEARS ADDRESS
ON SOCIAL WELFARE
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Father
Edmund Northorst, O. S. B., pro
fessor of social science at St.
Meinrad’s Seminary, St. Meinrad,
Ind., spoke on “Social Welfare
work” at the quarterly meeting of
Charleston Deanery Council of the
National Council of Catholic Wom
en, held on June 28, at St. Patrick's
Hall. Father Edmund defined so
cial welfare and discusses the
many problems confronting work
ers in that field.
Mrs. Charle F. J. Bultman, of
Columbia, president of the Charles
ton Diocesan Council, also ad
dressed the meeting. Miss Jean
nette Lowry, president of the
Deanery Council, presided, and a
report on the Retreats for women
held at St. Angela Academy, Aiken,
was given by Mrs. Edmund Kracke,
committee chairman.
Mrs. W. I. Cormier reported on
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(NC)-e
Commenting on the canonization
of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini,
first United States citizen named
to sainthood, The Washington
Star observes that although “her
story often has been told,” the
“importance of her labors cannot
be emphasized too often.”
“The honors which have come
to her,” The Star says, “were earn
ed by selfless service to the poor
and lowly, especially to the com
munities of Italian peasants who
left their native land to settle in
New York, Chicago, New Orleans
and other great cities of the Unit
ed States in the years between
1889 and 1917. Those dates mark
the boundaries of Mother. Ca
brini’s career in the western
world. She was nearly forty when
she arrived; she was sixty-seven
when she died, and by curious
coincidence she left exactly sixty-
seven institutions—schools, hospi
tals, orphanages — to keep her
name bright through the discern
ible future.”
The editorial states that al
though miracles have been per
formed in proof of her merits, ac
tually, “it would be difficult to
imagine anything more marvel
ous than her own devoted .and
triumphant life.” The Star relates
that she was small and frail as a
child and no one, seeing her
then, would have believed she
would survive to mature woman
hood.
“Her energy was so consuming,
even when she had passed middle
age.” the editorial concludes,
“that she literally exhausted her
associates. Up to the last she was
ceaselessly active, and her work
goes steadily on under the influ
ence of her compelling example.
The whole of civilization is ad
vantaged by that circumstance.”
Catholics of Columbus
Participated Actively
in Work of USO-NCCS
Pastor in Columbus
the progress being made on the
fund to provide a scholarship at
the National Catholic School for
Social Service, and urged all who
had not contributed to the fund to
do so as soon as possible.
Refreshments were served after
the business session by members
of the Parent-Teacher Association
of St. Patrick’s School.
Say “R C for me!” That’s the quick way
•t V. r '
to get a frosty bottle of Royal Crown Cola.
NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY
10th Avenue and 10th Street Columbus, Ga.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—When the
United States began mobilization
of its Armed Forces, in the months
prior to the attack on Pearl Har
bor, the Catholic citizens of Co
lumbus began searching for ways
and means to do their share in the
pre-war effort. Their sons and
daughters were joining the mili
tary services, but (here was also
a job to be done on the home
front. Fort Benning was expand
ing rapidly to meet the ever in
creasing demand for trained
troops. Hundreds of thousands of
soldiers were to receive their
training there. The people of Co
lumbus realized that much of the
responsibility for providing leisure
time activities for the men in
uniform was to be theirs, and
formulated plans accordingly,
leading citizens of all religious
beliefs, working together to share
in the over-all program that was
so necessary.
One of the first local organiza
tions to sponsor dances and other
entertainments for the men at
Fort Benning was the Junior
Catholic Club of Columbus. With
only $2 in its treasury, the club
undertook to sponsor a dance each
week for the soldiers stationed
here. The men enjoyed the
dances and the spaghetti suppers
that were held under the aus
pices of the club from February,
1941.
Among the guests were mem
bers of units that were destined
to win fame in later ’ years on
the battlefields of World War II,
the famous Fourth Infantry Divi
sion, the Second Armored Divi
sion, the 29th Infantry Regiment,
the 124th Infantry Regiment, and
other outfits that trained at Fort
Benning.
The club’s activity was well
directed by its officers, Anthony
Allen, president, and Miss Jeanne
Bouchard, secretary-treasurer, aid
ed by Miss Gertrude Bouchard and
Miss Kathleen Jones, dance com
mittee chairmen.
When the National Catholic
Community Service came into
existence as a member agency
of the United Service Organiza
tions, a USO-NCCS recreational
center was opened in the Catholic
Club.
Later, the NCCS joined with
the Jewish Welfare Board in the
operation of USO Club on Ninth
Street. Father Dan McCarthy
was the first Catholic moderator
of the club, and r.any of its pro
grams were sponsored by mem
bers of the Holy Family parish.
Three members of the parish
are at present on the Operating
Committee of the club. Mrs.-War
ren B. Scanlan is co-chairman of
the volunteer committee; Louis
Kunze is chairman of the Operat
ing Committee and also chairman
of the NCCS committee, and Rich
ard Fleming is a member of the
Operating Committee. Father
Herman Deimel is now the mod
erator of the club.
Throughout the war years and
into the post-war era, the Catho
lic group has aided constantly in
every way possible. They assumed
the responsibility of visiting hos
pitals, and their turn at the host
ess hour each Sunday afternoon.
For every special affair they had
representatives on hand to share
in the task of making "a home
away from home” for the service
men and women.
It is not possible to list the
names of all of those who have
contributed time and effort to
USO-NCCS work, but each and
every one earned the gratitude of
those of the Armed Forces who
left Columbus with pleasant recol
lections of happy hours spent in
this city.
Bishop Muench, of Fargo,
Military Vicar Delegate
U. S. Forces in Germany
ROME—(NC) — His Excellency
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Ci-
cognani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States; Bishop Aloisius J.
Muench of Fargo. North Dakota;
Monsignori who came from tile
United States to attend the sol
emn canonization of Saint Frances
Xavier Cabrini and Catholic Chap
lains who came here from various
parts of the European Theater of
Operations were guests at a din
ner in the American Catholic
Club for Allied Froces, conducted
by the National Catholic Commu
nity Service near St. Peter’s Ba
silica, following the ceremonies
It was announced that Bishop
Muench, who is en route to Ger
many to serve in a liaison capacity
FATHER DEIMEL
The Rev. Herman Deimel, who
is completing his third year as
pastor of The Church of the Holy
Family, Columbus, Ga., is a native
of. Fitzgerald. He was ordained
in 1928, at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, in Savannah,
by the Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes,
S. M., D. D., at that time Bishop
of Savannah.
After serving for a time as
assistant rector of the Cathedral
in Savannah, Father Deimel was
made administrator of the parish
in Willacoochie. He later served
as chaplain at the Federal Pen
itentiary in Atlanta, and as pas
tor of St. John the Evangelist
Church, Valdosta, and of St
Peter’s Church, LaGrange.
between the Catholic Church au
thorities and the American Mili
tary Government, has been nam
ed the new Military Vicar Dele
gate for the American armed
forces in Germany. Speaking
briefly at the dinner, Bishop
Muench invited the half-hundred
chaplains present to meet with
him today to discuss common
problems.
Msgr. Walter S. Carroll, a priest
of the Diocese of Pittsburgh at
tached to the Papal Secretariate of
State, introduced Archbishop Ci-
cognaiy to the dinner guests, and
His Excellency, in a brief address,
pointed out that the great Amer
ican national holiday, July Fourth,
Americans Granted
Audiences by Pope
VATICAN CITY.—(NC)—Bish-
ops, prelates and laity from the
United States who came to the
Eternal City for the canonization
of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini,
have been received in audiences
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII.
The Holy Father granted a spe
cial audience to Bishop Aloisius
J. Muench of Fargo. The Bishop is
en route to Germany to serve as
liaison between the Church in
Germany and the U. S. occupa
tion forces. He also has been
named as the new Military Vicar
for U. S. armed forces in Ger
many.
Bishop Charles P. Greco of Al
exandria, La., also was received in
audience.
Others received by the Pope in
cluded Msgr. John J. Bingham, of
New York Catholic Charities;
Msgr. Edward C. Prendergast, of
New Orleans, and Msgh Maurice
J. Bouhgeois, of Lafayette, La.,
both of whom took active parts in
the canonization ceremonies; and
Mrs. Walter Rich and Mrs. Allan
Ryan.
Myron C. Taylor, personal rep
resentative of President Harry S.
Truman to the Holy See, who at
tended the canonization rites, was
received in a special audience.
The Holy Father also received
Miss Katherine McKiever, mem
ber of the staff of the N. C. W. C.
News Service, and Mrs. Frances
Parkinson Keyes, well known au
thor, in another audience.
A SOLEMN TE DEUM in the
Church of San Francisco el
Grande, in Madrid, celebrated at
the request of the Spanish Culture
Institute of the Foreign Affairs
Ministry, was a high point in
Spain’s observance of the birth of
the Republic in the once-Spanish
Philippines. The Spanish press
published several articles on the
work of Spanish missionaries hi
the Islands.
had been followed three days la
ter by a great religious festival,
the canonization of Saint Frances
Xaxier Cabrini, bringing special
blessings to America. Archbishop
Cicognani also praised the work
of Catholic chaplains.
Archbishop Cicognani voiced
the hope that the NCCS Club here
would remain open to continue its
work, which he warmly praised.
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