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Vol. XXVII, No. 11
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 23, 1946
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Bulletins
Among Leading Participants in
N. C. C. W. Convention Program
MOTHER URSULA BENZIG-
ER, Superior of Manhattanville
College of the Sacred Heart, has J
been elected to the Council Gen
eral of the Society of the Sacred
Heart to serve as an Assistant
General of the world-wide com
munity.
FATHER JOHN J. DOUGHER
TY, professor of Scripture and
Hebrew at Immaculate Concep
tion Seminary, Darlington, N. J.,
will give a series of four ad
dresses on the general theme,
“Advent, Souvenir of Promise,”
on the Catholic Hour during De
cember.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
has named Bishop George Jos
eph Donnelly, Auxiliary of St.
Louis, the seventh Bishop of
Leavenworth.
A DECLARATION that the ut
ter collapse of the Nazi regime
constituted a sentence of divine
justice against Hitler and his sys
tem for being anti-God was con
tained in a public statement made
by Hans Frank, former Nazi gov
ernor of Poland, before his execu
tion at Nuernberg. The Nazi of- j
ficial. who had become a convert i
to the Catholic faith while in '
prison, told Father Sixtus O’Con
nor, a U. S. Army chaplain, be
fore going to the gallows, that he
offered his life in atonement for
bis sins.
A REMINDER that democracy
is based on the God-given rights of
man was coupled with a warning
that there are many things which
parade in the name of democracy”
but which upon examination prove
to be bogus,” in an address dcliv- !
ered in Washington by Cardinal j
Stritch of Chicago, as he accepted
a meritorious service award from
the War and Navy Departments on
behalf of the National Catholic
Community Service.
RELIEF SHIPMENTS with a
gross weight of 55,187,224 pounds
and valed at $15,325,388.13 were
made by War Relief Services—Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, during the fiscal year end
ing September 30, 1946, the agency
established in the early months of
1943 as the foreign relief agency
of N. C. W. C. by the Adminis
trative Board of Bishops, states in
its annual report to the board of
trustees.
MISS CRAVEN
Miss Ruth Craven, Executive
secretary of the National Council
of Catholic Women, who will at
tend the convention of the Char
leston Diocessan Council, N. C. C.
W., being held ,in Greenville.
MRS. BULTMAN
Mrs. Charles F. J. Bultman, of
Columbia, President of the Char
leston Diocesan Council of the N.
C. C. W. who will preside at the
convention to be held in Green
ville.
New Decree Permits Priests to
Administer Confirmation to
FRANCISCAN DIGNITARIES
from all parts of the world arc
converging upon Rome for the
beatification of the twenty-nine
martyrs of the Chinese Boxer Re
bellion persecution on November
24. Of the twenty-nine persons
to be beatified, twenty-six were
members of the various branches
of the Franciscah Order.
Mrs. Henry Mannix, of Brooklyn,
president of the National Council
of Catholic Women, who will- ad
dress the Convention of the Char
leston Diocesan Council N. C. C.
W.
BISHOP WALSH
Most Reverend Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, who will offer the Solemn
Pontifical Mass at the Convention
of the Charleston Diocesan Coun
cil, N. C. C. W.
Editors Withdraw From
the Protestant Magazine
NEW YORK. — (NC) — In pro
test against the rigid control of
administration and policy of The
Protestant by its editor, Kenneth
Leslie, six members of the staff of
the monthly publication have re
signed to form an organization of
their own.
Th e group includes Pierre van
Paassen, contributing editor; the
Rev. Mr. James M. Freeman,
managing editor; three associate
editors, and a member of the edi
torial advisory board. According
to the withdrawal statement, this
leaves Mr. Leslie as the only re
maining member of the executive
staff of the magazine, which was
founded in 1938 to combat fas
cism in America.
Mr. Leslie's actions have re
sulted in the “tragic collapse” of
The Protestant and Its activities,
the statement of the withdrawing
editors declared. The new enter
prise of the dissidents, it was
stated, would enlist the coopera
tion of "all democratic groups and
agencies, both religious and lay,
engaged in the fight against anti-
Semitism, anti-Catholicism, and
anti-Negroism ”
Those in Danger of Death
VATICAN CITY — (Radio,NC)
—The new issue of Acta Apostolir
cae Sedis, official Vatican publi
cation, contains the text of a de
cree issued by the Sacred Congre
gation of the Sacraments under
which priests, acting as “extraor
dinary ministers,” may administer
the Sacrament of Confirmation to
those in danger of death from se
rious illness.
Summarizing Catholic doctrine
regarding this Sacrament, the de
cree explains that Confirmation,
although not an absolute neces
sity for salvation, is one of the
most wonderful means of fortify
ing the Christian soul in the daily
right against temptation.
It is then pointed out that in
these days many faithful die with
out the Sacrament of Confirma
tion, either because they die be
fore they have the use of reason or
because there had been no Bishop
to confer the Sacrament.
In order to obviate such diffi
culties standing in the way of re
ceiving the Sacrament, the Con
gregation, acting in accordance
with directives given by His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII, proposes the
following;
(1) It is affirmed that, under
revealed doctrine, Bishops are the
only ordinary ministers of the
Sacrament of Confirmation, and
priests only extraordinary minis
ters.
(2) Lest the Sacrament might be
lacking to so many young and
adults in danger of death, priests
having the care of souls are grant
ed, through a general indult of
the Holy See, the faculty as ex
traordinary ministers of confirm
ing those among their faithful and
others in their territory who be
cause of serious illness are in dan
ger of death.
The decree, which was dated
September 14, becomes effective
on January 1, 1947. The decree
also provides for the special ritual
to be followed by priests acting as
extraordinary ministers of Con
firmation.
NEW NOVEL COMMENDED
A review of Francois Mauriac's
new novel, “A Woman of the
Pharisees," is the principal item
in the Fall Fiction Survey of the
Newsletter of the Catholic Book
Club. “Animal Farm,” by George
Orwell, is also considered in the
survey.
Charleston Diocesan Council of the
National Council of Catholic Women
Convenes in Greenville, November 23-24
GREENVILLE, S. C. — More
than 100 members, including dele
gates from thirty affiliated organ
izations, throughout South Caro-
lint, have made reservations to
attend the annual convention of
the Charleston Diocesan Council
of the National Council of Cath
olic Women which will be held at
I Gallivan Memorial Hall on No-
| vember 23-24.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop
| of Charleston, will offer a Sol-
! emn Pontifical Mass at St. Mary's
j Church, at which the sermon will
j be delivered by Father John F.
Cronin, S. S., Assistant Director of
the Social Action Department of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
i Among those who will take
part in the convention program
will be Mrs. Henry Mannix, of
Brooklyn, president of the Nation
al Council of Catholic Women;
Mrs. William J. McAlpin, of At
lanta, member of the national
board of directors of the N. C. C.
W.; Mrs. Charles F. J. Bultman,
of Columbia, president of the
' Charleston Diocesan Council of
1 N.C.C.W., Miss Ruth Craven, ex
ecutive secretary of the N.C.C.W.,
from Washington, D. C., and Miss
Anna Magarahan, of Charleston.
Mrs. Mannix will speak on
“Marriage as a Career.” The
mother of nine living children
and one deceased, she is a prac
ticing attorney in the State of
New York. She received her de
gree in law from Fordham Uni
versity.
The first session of the con
vention will be held on the eve
ning of November 23, with Mrs.
Bultman presiding. The invoca
tion will be offered by Monsignor
Andrew Keene Gwynn, P. A., pas
tor of St. Mary’s Church, and
Mrs. Leonard Becker, of Spartan
burg, president of the Greenville
Deanery Council, will welcbme
the visitors. The response will
be made by Miss Jeannett Lowry,
president of the Charleston Dean
ery Council.
Mrs. William L. Brigham is
general chairman of the local con
vention committee, and the reg
istration committee includes Miss
May McGrath, of Anderson; Mrs.
Jenkins Mikell, of Greenville,
and Mrs. Joseph Renn, of Ander
son.
Special music will be rendered
under the direction of Mrs. Hamp
ton P. Burbage, chairman of the
music committee. A reception
will bring the convention to a
close. Refreshments will be
served by Mrs. William Healy and
Mrs. W. A. Bindewald.
Respect for Man as Man
Must Underlie True World
Peace, U. S. Bishops Affirm
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON.-—A ringing call
to leaders and to nations to “se
cure men everywhere in the enjoy
ment of their native rights,” was
sounded by the Archbishops and
Bishops of the United States in a
statement issued here following
their annual general meeting at
the Catholic University of Amer
ica.
“At the hotton of all problems
of the world today is the prob
lem of man,” the statement as
serts, warning that “unless those
who bear the responsibility of
world leadership are in basic
agreement on what man is, there
is no way out of the confusion
and conflict which block the road
to real peace.”
The statement was issued in the
name of all the Archbishops and
Bishops at their annual general
conference at the Catholic Uni
versity here, and was signed by the
ten members of the Administra
tive Board of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference.
Turning a searching light
upon “the menace to man as
man,” the statement, titled “Man
and the Peace,” says this threat
“looms large' in the outstanding
questions which engage the at-
| tention of the victorious allies.”
I Regarding the 'procrastination in
i the making of the peace, the
! Bishops’ statement says “in some
j instances agreements which were
I pointed to the safeguarding of
basic human rights, reached in
'conferences, have been repudiated
by the action of one of the vic
tors, and these repudiations have
been tolerated by the other na
tions which were parties to the
agreements.” “In an effort to
preserve unity,” the statement
adds, “fatal compromises have
been made, either explicitly or by
tolerance of shocking aggressions.”
The statement says some sort
of particular national advantages
is necessary for the comnlon good
of the international community,
but “the tragic fact” is that the
cleavage existing among the vic
torious allies “touches issues on
which there can be no compro
mise.”
“While it is slated that the
Western Democracies and Russia
with her satellite governments in
the countries of Eastern Europe
are at a stalemate over questions
of security against aggressions,t he
fact is that undeLving these ques
tions there is the question of man,
as man,” the statement declares.
“Throughout the war our battle
cry was the defense of native
freedoms against Nazi and Fascist
totalitarianism. The aftermath of
the war has revealed victorious
Soviet totalitarianism no less ag
gressive against these freedoms
in the countries it has occupied.
Totalitarianism does not acknowl
edge and respect these freedoms.
It persecutes the citizen who
dares assert his native rights.”
“How can there be a beginning
of even a tolerable peace unless
the peacemakers fully realize that
human life is sacred and that all
men have rights?” the statement
says.
The Bishops say “human life is
even more precious and sacred”
for those who profess the Chris
tian name, and that " it is not
possible for us to be complacent
and inactive while any of our
brothers in the human family
groan under tyranny and are de
nied the free exercise of their
human rights.”
The Bishops conclude their
prayer “for light and strength for
those who in our country bear the
responsibility of making decisions
for us in the peace conferences;
and, indeed, for all the peacemak
ers.”
The prelates who signed the
statement, members of the N.C.-
W.C. Administrative Board are*
Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Arch
bishop of Chicago, Chairman;
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop of New York, Secretary;
Archbishop John Gregory Murray
of St. Paul, Vice-Chairman; Arch
bishop John J. Mitty of San Fran
cisco; Archbishop Joseph F. Rum-
mel of New Orleans; Archbishop
Richard J. Cushing of Boston;
Boston; Archbishop James Hugh
Ryan of Omaha; Bishop'John Mark
Gannon of Erie, Treasurer; Bishop
John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, and
Bishop Earl J. Alter of Toledo.
ARCHBISHOP PAUL YU-PIPf
of Nanking, China, has become
the owner of a radio station in
Shanghai. His purchase of Sta
tion XXMHA from U. S. llark-
son, an American citizen, put*
him in control of one of the best
known and most up-to-date radio
stations in China. The station fea
tures daily non-commercial eve
ning programs of the U. S. Arm
ed Forces Radio Service.