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SEPTEMBER 28, 1946
TIIE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
News Review of the Catholic World
Mohawk Indian Priest
Offers Mass at Shrine
of American Martyrs
AUR1ESVILLE, N. Y.—(NC)—
Attending Mass celebrated by a
member of the same Mohawk In
dian tribe which put Sts. Isaac
Jogues, Rene 'Goupil and John
Lalandc to death on this hilltop
in the New York wilderness 300
years ago. a crowd estimated at
15,000 gathered in the National
Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs
to commemorate the martyrdom of
the Jesuit missionaries.
In his sermon the Rev. Francis
X. Talbot, S. J., former editor of
the Catholic weekly America, and
author of "Saint Among Savage,”
retold to the throng of pilgrims
the story of tomahawking of the
French priest who aspired to be
the Apostle of Christ to the Iro
quois people, the man who sought
to do Christ’s work as a mission
ary doctor, hound by religious
vows, and the youth a missionary
layman, who wished to help con
vert the Iroquois.
Celebrant of the Mass was the
Rev. Michael Jacobs, S. J., who
left the Caughnawaga Indian Res
ervation in Canada to enter the
Society of Jesus and become the
first priest of the five Iroquois
nations. Father Jacobs, once
known as VVisho Karhaionton—
“Michael of the Woods”—is now
superior of the St. Regis Indian
Reservation in New York.
A choir composed of 50 Iroquois
Indians, sang Catholic hymns in
Iroquois tongue at the Mass. They
were led by the Rev. Alfred Bor-
nior, S. J., Bishop Edmund F.
Gibbons, of Albany presided at the
ceremonies. A priest from Czecho
slovakia and one from Canada,
the Revs. George Vavra, S. J., and
John Hochban. S. J., acted as dea
con and sub-deacon at the Mass.
"Three men, 300 years ago, ven
tured into the wilderness of what
is now New York State, and ar
rived at this hilltop above the Mo
hawk River,” Father Talbot said
in his sermon. “Here was the end
of their journey through the pri
meval forests. They never re
turned whence they had come.
They returned, from the summit of
this hill, to the God who had
created them.”
“This hill above the Mohawk
Valley is today a sanctuary of
God," he declared. "This hill was
once a donjon of the demons. To
day it is a shrine of prayer and
peace. Once it was a cauldron of
superstition and hate. Today the
light of Faith illumines it. Once
it was encompassed by the sty
gian black of paganism. Here on
this hill was waged the battle be
tween the men of God and the
tools of Satan. The forces of evil
triumphed here on this hill as they
triumphed on the hill of Calvary.
But not forever. Christ rose from
the dead. Christ raised up from
their blood Saint Isaac Jogues and
At C. C. S. Convention in New Orleans
Ilis Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, center, as he appeared at the public
session of the annual convention of the Catholic Committee of the South, held in New Orleans. Septem
ber 18-19. At the right of Cardinal Stritch, who delivered the principal address at the evening meeting
held at the Municipal Auditorium, is the Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey, Archbishop of San Antonio, who was
one of the convention speakers, and at the left, the Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New
Orleans, host to the convention --(Photo Courtesy of Catholic Action of the South)
Catholic Committee of the South
Holds Convention in New Orleans
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS—Making the
South the bulwark of Christian
democracy by facing its problems
and solving them, was the "Mess
age to the South” given by His
Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago,
who is a native of Tennessee, at
the sixth annual convention of
the Catholic Committee of the
South, which was held here Sep
tember 18-19.
Speaking to a large-audience at
the Municipal Auditorium, at an
evening session. Cardinal Stritch
declared that “the new Southland
thinkers arc interested in secur
ing the inalienable rights for all
and implanting in all an intelli
gent determination to work for
the common good.
Comparing democracy and to
talitarian ways of life. His emi
nence said that in a democracy
"we believe that each individual
is a responsible free human being
before God and man. In a total
itarian state, on th * other hand,
man must follow a blind subser
vience to either leaders or the
state. He is inculcated with the
doctrine that there is no higher
authority than (he state.
“The totalitarian state violates
religious freedom and civic' free-
Saint Rene Goupil and Saint John I dom because , tbere . j* W* u thi . n S
- • — • - - as an inalienable right for the m-
Lalande. Christ has conquered.
Goldsboro Represented at
School of Catholic Action
of Ladies of The Grail
dividual.
"The democratic state is an ad-
] vancc in Christian civilization, for
j its success depend ■> on the free
j collaboration of citizens. It pre-
! supposes intelligence, education,
j and adherence to moral princi-
— I p| es >•
isjiecial to I he Bulletin) ; Naming religion as a strong mo-
GOLDSBORO, N. C. — Eight t bating force in democratic life,
young women of St. Mary’s par- be sa j c * * ba ^ soc ^* bleand
ish in Goldsboro attended the ! ca J hfe are part ol the life ol man
live-day course in Catholic Ac- I ~ but L ™\ of God. observance ol
I he moral law, and the ideals of
Christian truth must color all our
action and thinking if we are to
the Ladies of the Grail, from i be truc t0 our idcak ”
tion held at (he School of Apostn-
late at St. Joseph’s Villa, Rich
mond, Va.. under the direction of
Grnilville. Loveland, Ohio, this
summer. They were, Mrs. Wilma
Richter, Mrs. Lucille V\ illiams,
Mrs- Jean Williams, Miss Toni
Hines, Miss Louise Frick, Miss
Doris Frick. Miss Connie Johnson
and Miss Rosette Farfour.
Tie Rev. Lawrence C. New
man. pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
who attended sessions of the
School of Apostolate, said that
the-course was of tremendous
value to the members of his par
ish who attended. Not only did
they have an opportunity to hear
such distinguished speakers as
Father Paul Furfey, of the De
partment of Sociology at the
Catholic University of America;
Father James F. Coffey PU.D., of
the Brooklyn Diocesan seminary;
Kenton Kilmer, son of Joyce Kil
mer, the poet, and many others,
but they were able to meet more
than fifty other young women,
from Virginia, West Virginia and
the District of Columbia, who are
interested in the work of the lay
apostolate.
I Cardinal Stritcli’s address pre
ceded the presentation of the
1946 award for service to the
South, by the Catholic Committee
of the South, lo David E. Lllien-
thal, chairman of the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Mr. Lilienthai was presented the
plaque by the Most Rev. Joseph
R. Rummel, Archbishop of New
Orleans, who said that Mr. Lil
ienthai had achieved victory over
the Tennessee River because “he
brought to the fray an unshake-
able confidence in nis fellow-man:
the burning love cl an adopted
son for the vast and hospitable re
gion of the South, and a colorful
genius for making every grass
roots farmer a warm friend, and
by steering a true course through
(lie eddying tides of partisan and
political waters.
Addresses of welcome were de
livered to the convention by
Archbishop Rummel, Lt. Gov.
Emile J. Verret. of Louisiana, and
Mayor dcLcsseps S. Morrison. o(
New Orleans. The Vejy Rev.
Thomas J. Shields, S. J., president
of Loyola University of the South,
acted as chairman of the evening
session. The invocation was of
fered by the Most Rev. William
I,. Adrian, of Nashville, and music
was provided by the Holy Cross
College band and the Xavier Col
lege choir.
At the opening session of the
convention, the Most Rev. Robert
E. Lucey, Archbishop of San An
tonio. in an address titled “Rain
bow Over Dixie”, said that leaders
are working through organizations
to give back to the South its heri
tage of hope, justice, and the good
life, but the work is one that re
quires courage. He urged the
forming of discussion groups to
combat racial injustice.
Archbishop Lucey concluded his
address with a direct appeal to the
Catholics of the South, saying,
"The South needs you. The South
is waiting for you. In your hands
are the tools of reconstruction to
build a new era here founded on
Christian principles.”
The economic salvation of the
South will depend on conservation
and utilization of its soil, minerals
and forests, with which it is boun
tifully blessed, former Gov, Sam
1 Houston Jones, of Louisiana, said
at the afternoon session of the
opening day’s program.
Discussing the need for addi
tional taxes for education. Mr.
Jones paid a tribute to Catholics
who. in addilion to doing their
part of finance public education
"dig deep down in their pockets”
to finance their own schools.
Bishop Charles P. Greco, of Al
exandria. presided at this session
which included a panel discussion
under the chairmanship of Paul D.
Williams, of Richmond, president
of the Southern Regional Council,
and former executive secretary
of tlie Catholic Committee of the
South. The participants were
Dr. Lynn Smith, professor of ru
ral sociology at Louisiana State
Universtiy; the Rev. John M.
Hayes. Incarnate Word College,
San Antonio: Dr. Harold Twiggs,
scholarly Negro educator, former
ly of Slate Teachers College.
Elizabeth City. N. C.. and now as
sociate director of the Southern
Regional Council, and Charles
Smith, a graduate of Tulane Uni
versity. who is director of infor
mation of the Federal Housing
Administration.
Bishop Emmet M. Walsh, of
Charleston, presided at the open
ing session, which included the
submitting of reports by Father
Thomas E. O’Connell, of Rich
mond. Va.. chairman of the Cath
olic Committee of the South; by
John E. Eck. K. S. G.. of Gastonia.
N. C.. treasurer, and by A. J.
Cummings, of New OrleaJls, execu
tive secertary.
A welcome to the visitors was
extended at this session by Mon-
signor Abel Caillouet. Vicar Gen
eral of the Archdiocese of New
Orleans, on behalf of Archbishop
Rummel.
At the closing session of the
two-day convention, Father Vin
cent J. O'Connell. S. M., professor
of theology at Notre Dame Semi
nary, New Orleans, was elected
chairman of the Catholic Com
mittee of the South, to succeed
Father Thomas E. O’Connell, pas
tor of St. Paul’s . Church, Rich
mond, Va. Edward MacClemcnts.
of Charlotte, N. C., was elected
vice-chairman, to succeed Hugh
Kinehley, of Augusta. Ga.. who
was elected to that office at the
convention held in Memphis two
years ago. A. L. Cummings, of
New Orleans, and Jchn E. Eck. K.
S. G., of Gastonia, N. C., were re
elected secretary and treasurer,
respectively.
It was announced that Arch
bishop Rummel had been desig
nated Episcopal Chairman of the
Catholic Committee of the South,
lo succeed the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara. Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta. Bishop O’Hara, now in
Vatican City, has served as Episco
pal Chairman of the CCS sinea^it
was organized in Atlanta in 1940.
In a cablegram, addressed to
Monsignor 3’. James McNamara,
of Savannah. Bishop O’Hara ex
tended his affectionate regards to
the Georgia delegation at the con
vention and expressed his regret
at not being able to be with them.
The greater part of the closing
session, at which Bishop Vincent
Waters of Raleigh, presided, was
devoted to an informal discussion
of plans for carrying on the work
of the CCS and to a panel on de
partments of the organization.
Bishop William T. Mulloy, of
Covington, spoke on "Rural Life;”
Father Francis Gi*. of Grove Hill,
Ala. .spoke on “The Southern
A p o s t o 1 a t e,” Father Vincent
O'Connell, S. M., of Ne$ Orleans,
as chairman of the department of
labor and industry, called the or
ganization of labor “not a necessary
evil, but a necessary good,” and
said that the Catholic Church in
social reconstruction presupposes
the organization of labor.
Monsignor McNamara, chairman
of Hie department of racial rela
tions, said that “by refusing to
consider the Negro as the pawn of
power the Catholic Church is re
garded as an anacronizm. The
Catholic Church is so modern that
it insists that no one deny to
others what .he claims for himself.
For one to go contrary to this is
to convict himself of immorality,
and to expose himself to unrepent
ed sin.”
Monsignor Leo F. Byrnifc, super
intendent of schools for the Dio
cese of Mobile, who reporled on
the summer school held at Loyola
University here under the auspices
of the CCS, urged the expansion
of such teaching training schools
for teaching Sisters.
In addition to the Prelates
previously mentioned, other mem
bers of the Hierarchy who honored
the convention with their presence
at. its sessions were: Bishop
Charles Greco of Alexandria, who
offered the Pontifical Mass with
which the convention opened:
Sisters of Mercy
Leave Belmont for
Mission on Guam
BELMONT, N. C. — A depar
ture ceremony will be held at the
Sacred Heart Convent on Octo
ber 10 for three Sisters of Mercy
of the Belmont Community who
are to leave for the Guam mis
sions.
Sister Mary Annette McBen-
nett, of Fayetteville, N. C.; Sister
Mary Louise Weisenforth, of Troy,
N. Y., and Sister Mary Inez Un
derwood, a native of Guam, have
chosen to be sent to the island in
1he Pacific to open a school and
establish a novitiate.
AN INTIMATE PERSONAL
STUDY of His Holiness Pope Pius
Xll appeared in a recent is.-ue of
the Saturday Evening Post. In
his article, Ernest O. Hauser, one
of the Post editors, concludes liis
article by declaring that the Holy
Father “is looking ahead with
even-tempered confidence to the
«ext crisis in which the Roman
Church may find itself, trusting
that it will weather future tem
pests as it has weathered storms
in the past. As supreme ruler
over an organization which for the
last 2,000 years lias helped to
mold our civilization. Pius Xll
realizes that the Church cannot
afford to lose the initiative: in
spiritual warfare, as in mechanized
warfare, defensive action never
wins a fight.”
IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES,
“when clouds of doubt and up-
certainty darken the skies,” it is
more than ever necessary that the
flame of Christian charity be kept
burning bright, His Holiness Pope
Pius Xll told Norris E. Dodd, Un
der Secretary of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, and mem
bers of his staff, who were re
ceived in audience at the Vatican.
THE HOLY SEE has granted
the petition of Monsignor J.
Gerald Kealy, and has accepted his
resignation, tendered for reasons
of health, of the rectorship of the
North American College in Rome.
MYRON C. TAYLOR, personal
representative of President Harry
S. Truman at the Holy See. who
is now in this eounlrv. called at
the White House on September 5
and conferred with the President.
Following his talk with the
President, Mr. Taylor said that the
purpose of his presence in the
United Slates at this time is both
official and personal.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius Xll
received recently in audiences at
Castelgandaifo, Papal summer
residence, Admiral Mare A. Mil-
scher, acting commander of the
U. S. Atlantic Fleet, now on an
official European tour: Vice-
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, and
Lieutenant General John C. H.
Lee.
BISHOP DUANE G. HUNT, of
Salt Lake, has been appointed an
assistant at the Pontifical Throne
by llis Holiness Pope Pius Xll.
Bishop William L. Adrian of Nash
ville; Bishop Francis R. Cotton of
Owensboro: Bishop Albert ' L.
Fletcher of Little Rock: Bishop
Richard O. Gerow of Natchez;
Bishop Jule O. Jcanmard of La-
Fuyette; Bishop William D.
O’Brien. Auxiliary of Chicago;
Bishop Thomas J. Tooleu of Mo
bile.
The Georgia delegation, head'd
by Monsignor McNamara, includ
ed Hugh Kinehley, of Augusla, Ar
thur Montgomery. Atlanta, and
Philip Ogilvie, of Savannah. South
Carolina was represented by Bish
op Walsh and Father George Lew
is Smith, of Aiken. North Caro
lina was represented by Bishop
Waters, Monsignor J Lennox Fed
eral. of Raleigh: Father Maurice
McDonnell. O. S. B., and Father
Patrick N. Gallagher, of Char
lotte: Father Frederick Koch, of
New Bern. Frank Powers, of Char
lotte. and Mr. Eck, of Gastonia.
An invitation to hold (lie 1947
convention of the Catholic Com
mittee of the South in Charlotte,
extended by Father Maurice, was
accepted with acclamation.
The Mass at St. Louis Cathedral,
on the second day of the conven
tion w'as offered by Father Clar
ence Howard, S. V. D., of Bay St.
Louis. Miss.
Much of the credit for the suc
cess of the convention is due to
Father William J. Castcl and Falti
er Vincent J. O’Connell. S. M.,
wtio were co-chairmen of the local
committee.