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a Friendlier
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Vol. XXVII, No. 9
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946
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CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL CONVENTION IN SAVANNAH,
To Welcome Delegates to Laymen s Convention
OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 27
JUDGE HOULIHAN
Chatham County’s welcome to
the annual convention of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia. October 27, will be ex
tended by Judge Janies E. Houli
han, chairman of the Board of
Commissioners, a former president
of the Savannah Branch of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia.
MRS. JOSEPH E. KELLY
At the opening session of the
annual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
which will be held in Savannah
next month. Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
president of the Savannah Branch
of the Association, and chairman
of the convention reception com
mittee, will extend a welcome to
the visiting delegates.
MAYOR NUGENT
Delegates to the thirty-first an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
will be welcomed to the conven
tion city, Savannah, by Mayor
Peter Roe Nugent, who is a mem
ber of tlie Association and one of
Savannah’s outstanding Catholic
laymen.
Redemptorist Priest
Going From Georgia
to Brazil Missions
(Special to The Bulletin!
DALTON. Ga.—Father Edward
Moriarty, C. SS. R., assistant pas
tor of St. Joseph’s Church, in
Dalton, has received an assign
ment to tile Redemptoris Fathers’
missions in the Motto Grosso or
Parana section of Brazil, There
are fifty-five Redemplorists do
ing missionary work in Brazil and
Paraguay, and their mission ter
ritory covers hundreds of thou
sands of square miles.
Father Moriarty has left Dalton
to spend a few days at his home in
Boston before sailing in the early
part of October for South America
with twenty five other Redemp-
trisl Fathers who are on their
way 1o missions in Puerto Rico
and Brazil.
Since coming to Georgia when
the Redemptorist Fathers took
over several parishes in North
Georgia four years ago, has served
in Dalton. Cartersvllle, Rome
and throughout this area. He is
well known in Northwest Geor
gia. through his radio broadcasts.
Daltonians bad opportunity to
wish Father Moriarty every bless
ing in his apostolic work beneath
the Southern Cross at a reception
which was given in his honor on
the eve of his departure.
Catholic Action Day for Priests
Precedes CCS Meet in New Orleans
Makes Public Retraction
of Anti-Catholic Writings
PORTLAND, Ore. —(NO— A
facsimile of a retraction for all
statements derogatory to the
Catholic Church contained in an
“escaped nun’’ pamphlet is car
ried in the Portland Archdioce
san weekly, The Catholic Senti
nel.
The retraction, signed from a
hospital bed by John E. Hosmer,
of Silverlon, Ore., with the man’s
Protestant stepdaughter and slep-
granddaugliter and a Catholic
priest as witnesses, states that the
author was "misinformed about
the matter which 1 printed in the
pamphlet.”
“I am sorry for afty scandal
that 1 gave by my writings,” Mr.
Hosmer wrote, “or in any lec
tures or conversations pertaining
to religious matters. 1 have often
denied the existence of a real
(Special! o The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS—The two-day
session of ttie Catholic Committee
of the South, held here September
1-8-19. was presented by a Social
Action Day for Priests, conducted
underz'the auspices of the Social
Action Department of the Na
tional Catholic Weltare Conier-
ence.
More than 125 Southern priests
gathered at the St. Charles
Hotel for morning and afternoon
sessions at which they heard a
survey of current economic prob
lems ol interest to priests and
an outline of plans for immediate
action In the Sooth. Discussion
leaders were Father George Hig
gins. of the Social Action Depart
ment of the N. C. . C.. and Father
John Hayes, of San Antonio, for
mer associated witli the same de
partment.
In the evening, at the Municipal
Auditorium, representatives of in
dustry, labor and the Church call
ed for more cooperation and bet
ter understanding between labor
and management.
Speakers included E. J. Bourg,
secretary-treasurer of the Louis
iana State Federation of Labor:
Van Bitlncr, director of Southern
organization for the CIO; Louis
Reynolds, vice-president of the
Reynolds Metal Company Rich
mond, Va.. and Father Vincent
O’Connell, chairman of the labor-
industry department of the Catho
lic Committee of the South.
“The American Federation of-
Labor is dedicated to solution of
a problem that is both social and
economic in character,” said Mr.
Bourg. “We wish to establish a
system under which men may
work in a democratic atmosphere
of freedom and justice, relieved
of fear, and repaid in full for the
efforts of their minds and bodies.
Mr. Bittner defended the CIO
against charges of Communism,
and said that “there mav be Com
munists in CIO but if there are
they have no control over the mil
lions who make up the union’s
membership.”
Mr. Reynolds predicted an
all-out war between forces of
Communism and democracy. “It
won’t be a series of miiltarhtic
battles, but will be infinitely more
insidious and complicated than
anything we have been through
before,'’ lie said, urging active and
official opposition lo Communism,
now. and not in the future.”
Father O’Connell said that there
must be a Declaration on Inter-
Dependence made up of a Bill
of Rights in which labor and man
agement must both operate ac
cording to moral ends.
Justice Matthew McGuire,
Washington, D. C., Will Be
Guest Speaker at Gathering
IN A PASTORAL.LETTER AD-
dressed to the clergy and laity of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan,
Vicar General, has made an ap
peal for generous contributions to
the collection which will be taken
up in .all churches of the Diocese
on the first Sunday in October for
the aged and infirm Priests of
the Diocese.
personal God. I now wish lo con
fess that I believe in Hie one true
God and ask his forgiveness for
all the. sins 1 committed 'against
Him and against my fellowmen.”
JOHN HALLEY DOYLE, St.
Vincent de Paul Society leader
for more than filly years in
Washington, D. C., who died this
month, is credited with originat
ing the baseball box score which
Is in use today. Mr. Doyle was
a sports writer with several east
ern dailies before tlie turn of the
century.
DRAB occupation conditions in
Catholic Austria, with, Soviet Rus
sia casting an ever-growing shad
ow in the background, were de
scribed by General Mark W.
Clark, commander of the U. S.
forces in Austria, in an address
before tile Overseas Writers Club
in Washington, 1). C.
DONNA CAMILLA RATTI, sis
ter of the late Pope Pius XI, died
September 13 in Milan, Italy. On
her death-bed she was comforted
by the Apostolic Blessing of Pope
Pius Xll. brought to lier by Car
dinal Shuster, Archbishop of Mi
lan.
A MASS OF REQUIEM for
Capt. Richard II. Clacys, of St.
Charles, 111., and Cpl. Chester J.
Lower, of Enfield, N. Y„ Catholics
who were shot down in an Amer
ican Air Forc^ plane over Yugo
slavia, was offered at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York by Cardi
nal Spellman.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Savannah
will be host on Sunday, October
27. to the thirty-first annual con
vention of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association .of Georgia, a gather
ing which will bring to this city
representative Catholic men and
womeji from all sections of Geor
gia.
Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome, pres
ident of the Laymen’s Association,
who will preside at the conven
tion. lias announced that tlie Hon
orable Matthew McGuire, asso
ciate justice of the United States
District Court for the District of
Columbia, one of the nation's out
standing Catholic laymen, will ad
dress the ‘afternoon session.
Justice McGuire was reared in
Boston and was educated in its
schools. He was graduated from
Boston College High School in
1917 and Holy Cross College with
a B. A. Degree in 1921: and from
the Law School of Boston Univer
sity LL.B.. in 192<>. In June 1941,
he received the degree of Doctor
of Laws from Holv Cross, the
youngest graduate of the college
to be so honored.
During the first World War,
Justice McGuire served in the
Navy.
In 1934 Justice McGuire accept
ed an appointment to tlie Depart
ment of Justice as a special attor
ney in (lie criminal division,
where he helped lo draft the
Lindbergh (kidnaping) law and
other Federal crime statutes pass
ed by the 73rd Congress.
In 1939 lie was named to the
newly created post of Special
Assistant Attorney-General bv At
torney General Frank Murphy and
a year later Attorney General
Robert It. Jackson appointed him
assistant to tlie Attorney General,
in which capacity he had direct
supervision over the F. B. I.. Bu
reau of Prisons. t*»e Immigration
and Naturalization Service and
special legal problems, as well a>
United States Attorneys and Mar
shals.
in 1941 tiie late President
I’ranklin D. Rooscvel; appointed
him Associate Justice of the Dis
trict Court of the United States
lor Hie District of Columbia, in
which capacity he continues to
serve.
One oi the most illustrious and
most highly regarded members of
the Federal judiciary. Justice Mc
Guire is a speaker of exceptional
brilliance, and his participation in
the program ol tlie 194(1 conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia will undoubt
edly make this year’s meeting one
that wilt long be remembered by
all who will attend.
CONVENTION PROG It A M
The convention will open with
Mass lo be celebrated in tlie Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist bv
tlie Right Reverend Monsigi.or
Joseph E. Moylan. Vicar General
of the Diocese of Savannah-At-
lanta.
Immediately following tlie Mass,
the convention will as-emble to
hear reports which will be sub
mitted by John B. McCallum. of
Atlanta, secretary; Hugh H. Gra
dy, of Savannah, treasurer; Hughes
Spalding, of Atlanta, treasurer of
the Endowment Fund Commit
tee; Alvin M. McAuliffe, Augusta,
auditor: Hugh Kinchlcy. Augusta,
executive secretary, and the an
nual report of .President Fahy.
Reports will also be made at
this session by the presidents of
the various branches of the Asso-'
eiation throughout the stale;
Thomas J. O'Keefe, Atlanta: John
T. Buckley. Augusta; Dr. Arthur
Berry, Columbus: Fred Mills, Al
bany: Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Sa
vannah: Robert McTigue, La-
Grange; E. M. Ileagarty, Way
cross; Dr. T. H. Mediation, Athens,
Joseph Carrasco, Nownan; Regi
nald Hatcher, , Milledgevillc; it.
Uabenicht Casson, Macon, and
Marshall J. Wellborn, of Rome.
Following the morning 'session,
luncheon will be served al I lie
DcSoto Hotel, the convention
headquarters.
The afternoon session, which
w'ill be highlighted by the address
by Judge McGuire, will be devoted
to receiving reports of the com
mittees on nominations, resolu
tions. and memorials, and to tlie
election of officers.
An endeavor will be made lo
complete tlie discussion of all af
fairs of the Association, and to
outline plans for the coining year,
as the morning session, but if time
will not permit, any unfinished
business will be added to the
agenda of the afternoon session.
Effort is being made to inter
est tlie young Catholic men and
women in tlie Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta in tlie work of the
Laymen’s Association, and Presi
dent Faliv espeeialtv invites those
of the younger generation to at
tend this year’s convention.
Tlie young people, in particular,
will be entertained on the evening
before the convention, at a dance
at the Catholic Community Cen
ter on Liberty Street, where the
Savannah Branch will hold a re
ception for tli(> visitors.
There is every reason to ex
pect that this year’s convention
will be largely attended, now
that war-time restrictions, which
interfered with attendance for the
last several years, no longer pre
vail.
Fred Mills, president of the Al
bany Branch, reports that Al
bany will be well represented at
the convention and that the
delegates are mailing plans to
charier buses for the trip to Sa
va n nail.
CONVENTION COMMITTEES
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, presi
dent of the Savannah Branch, has
the following committees to handle
various assignments in • connec
tion with tlie convention program:
Dance commit lee, Miss Terry
Lowndes, chairman: Music com
mittee. Chris Hernandez and
Thomas F. Walsh: Refreshment
committee. Mrs. Nellie T. Dow
ling. chairman: Decorations com
mittee, Mrs. J. P. McDonough,
Richard McDonald, Edward Fa
hey: Reception: Mrs. Kelly. Harry
Palmer Miss Helen Hoe Nugent,
Mrs. Harry T. Wilson. Mrs. J.
Harold Mulherin. M. C. McCarthy,
Henry M. Dunn. James M. Keat
ing. Charles Desposito, L. Gordon
Whelan, C. A. McCarthy, E. P. 1
Daly.'A. j. Schano: Luncheon com
mittee. Mrs. T. F. Walsh, Mrs.
William 11. O’Hayer, Mrs. C. \.
McCaithy, Mrs. A. J. Schano, Mrs.
J. W. Ranitz, Mrs. Joseph Ocampo,
Mrs. Katherine Huggins, Mrs. Nell
Devine: Publicity committee, Miss
Kate Latham. Frank Rossiter.
A musical program is being ar
ranged for the luncheon by Mrs.
Rita Seay Aprea and Miss Mar
garet Stecg.
Hugh H. Grady and John M.
Brennan liavS been named as a
committee on hotel reservations.
All delegates from oilier parts
of the state who will require
hotel accommodations in Savan
nah for the convention are urged
to communicate without delay,
with Mr. Grady, at tlie Liberty
Bank and Trust Company, or with
Mr. Brennan, Commercial Build
ing.
The Registration committee will
include Miss Frances Moran. Miss
Winifred Quinn, MKs Jean Butler,
Miss Johanna Daly and Miss
Eleanor Dovlc.