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HIE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 25, 1947
Catholic Press Association
Sponsors Short Story Contest
AI MfcLCHlTK RITE MASS IN ATLANTA—Shown above is the congregation which attended a Mass
celcbiatcd at the Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta, according to the Byzantine liturgy by Arch
bishop Joseph Maloof of Baal bee. Lebanon, Syria, one of the most distinguished me tbers of' the Uniat
Ifierachy in the Near East. Members of Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus, who served as an honorary egcort and guard of honor to Archbishop Maloof,"are pictured as
160 y kS e «f S rnhth g V,' G0SPel - Thil ' d dcgrec members of Atlanta Council, No.
00. Knights of Columbus, who attended the Mass in a body, occupy the pews behind the Fourth Degree
edher AUant n an??o, t n he r * h Y° n f eEal l° n ' Archbishop Maloof thanked the members of the K. of C. and
Ra rLm . nriit ^ F ? £?, Urte Y shown him - Ifis remarks were translated by Father Michael
^oung-Cour^y of The 1 AuS 1 Journal" ° l ° AU "“ WUh lh * Melchite ™ate.-Photo by Jack
Laymen’s Association
President Addresses
, Holy Name Society *
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Estes Doremus,
president of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia, was
the guest speaker at the Com
munion breakfast of the Holy
Name Society of the Immaculate
Conception parish, held on Jan
uary 12.
Mr. Doremus spoke on the work
that the Laymen’s Association lias
been doing in Georgia over a
period of thirty years in combating
anti-Catholic prejudices, and told
of some of the plans of the asso
ciation for expanding its efforts
in the future.
Recently, Mr. Doremus discussed
the work of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation before a meeting of the
Newman Society at Emory Univer
sity and before a meeting of the
National Council of Catholic Wom
en here.
Dradlin* for the short story contest
sponsored by the Cetholic Press Associa
tion is March 31, 1947, at midnight.
Any Catholic writer mey submit es
meny manuscripts as he pleases to:
CONTEST CHAIRMAN
CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
BOX 389
DAVENPORT, IOWA
Stories must not impugn faith or mor-
t «•«. Religious themes are not essential.
Manuscripts must not .exceed 4000
words, be typewritten, double-spaced,
on sheets 8*/2 x I I inches, and accom
panied with a self-addressed stamped
envelope. The name and address of en
trant must also appear in the upper left
hand corner of the manuscript. All en
tries must be postmarked not later than
midnight of March 31. 1947. The prize-
winning stories become the property of
Ahe Catholic Press Association.
Prizes
First prize - $150
Second prize - $125
Third prize - $100
Fourth prize - $ 75
Fifth prize • $ 50
DAVENPORT. Ia. —(NCi— A
determination nqf to “leave the
great moral problems of our day
to the handling of- non-Catholic
writers in or out of fiction" was
expressed by the Literary Awards
Committee of the Catholic Press
Association in announcing the
CPA's 1947 nation-wide short story
contest for Catholic writers.
First prize in the contest is $150
and there are four other prizes
ranging down to $50, according to
the announcement, released by the
Rev. B. L. Barnes, managing editor
of The Catholic Messenger, Daven
port diocesan weekly, and chair
man of the Literary Awards Com
mittee. Thorough and expert at
tention is guaranteed to each
manuscript submitted.
Rules of the contest are as fol
lows:
(D The contest is open to all
Catholic writers. Authors may sub
mit as mhny manuscripts as they
please.
(2> Stories may deal witli any
theme not repugnant to Christian
doctrine or morals. Religious
Ihemese are not essential.
Cl) All manuscripts must be sub
mitted lo: Contest Chairman. CaUi-
olic Press Association, Box 389,
Davennort, Iowa. •,
^4) All entries must be post
marked no later than midnight of
March 31 1947.
15) The prize winning stories
become (he property of the Catho
lic Press Association.
(fi) All manuscripts must not ex
ceed 4.000 words, be typewritten,
double-spaced, on sheets B»x 1 1
inches, and accompanied with a
self-addressed stamped envelope.
The name and address of entrant
must appear in the upper left hand
corner of the manuscript.
First prize is $150: second. $125:
lbird. $100: fourth. $75. and fifth,
$50. The Literary Awards commit-
lee of CPA will announce the
winners May 22-23, 1947.
In commenting upon (lie contest
rules. Father Barnes stated:
'There is of course no such
thing as a (heme ‘repugnant lo
Christian doctrine or morals.' Wc
are not going to leave the great
moral, problems of our day to the
handling of non-Catholic writers
in or out of fiction. What wc mean
is that the handling of the theme
must not be such as would impugn
faith or morals.”
“Fiction succeeds or fails io the
extent that it interests its readers,"
lie added. "It solicits their interest
Partly by arousing their sympathy
with the leading character. They
sympathize with him to the extent
that he is 'right' while his antagon
ists, who unjustly oppose him in
his effort (o change a situation
which he finds intolerable, are
'wrong'. To this extent all fiction
is moral—it fails even as fiction if
it does not rest noon 11>-> nt'<F
man’s judgment of what is right
and wiiat is wrong, fair or unlair.
iust or unjust. But you have to
keep telling a story in fiction: the
minute you stop to preach a ser
mon. you’re through; and fiction
that tries to edify, or ennoble, or
teach—in a word, to do anything
but tell a story—both fails as fic
tion and does disservice to morali
ty."
“On the other hand,” Father
Barnes said, "a Catholic writer can
go at a short story as a Catholic—
by doing his very best on it. We’re
hoping that the best short stories
American Catholics can produce
will turn up in this contest.”
With Father Barnes on the Com
mittee of the Literary 1 Awards
Foundation of the Catholic Press
Association, sponsors of the con
test. are Humphrey Desmond, Mil
waukee. president of the Catholic
Press Association; the Rev. Frank
lin J. Kennedy, editorial manager
of the Catholic Herald Citizen,
Milwaukee, and EdvVard A. Har-
ligan, assistant editor of the Cath
olic Digest of St. Paul. Contest
judges will be announced later.
Atlanta Brancli of
Laymen's Association
Plans Annual Meeting
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—Thomas J.
O'Keefe, president of the Atlanta
Blanch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia,. has an
nounced that (he annual meeting
of the Atlanta Branch will be
held on Sunday, February 23, fol
lowing the 8:00 o’clock Mass at
the Immaculate Conception
Cliti rch.
Breakfast will be served in the
Immaculate Conception parish
hall, and the speakers will include
Monsignor Joseph E. Moylari,
Vicar General of the Diocese of
Savannah-At] an la: Estes Doremus.
president of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, and
Hugh Kinchley, executive secre-
larfy of the' association.
Present officers of the Atlanta
Branch, in addition lo Mr.
O'Keefe, are William G. Coyle
executive vice-president; Miss
Aimee Clohecy, secretary-treas
urer. and tlie following parish vice-
presidents. Mrs, Harvey Hill and
John T. Nee, Cathedral of Christ
tlie King; Miss Gertrude Corrigan
and Raymond Brooks, Sacred
Heart, Mrs. It. H. Brai don and
Dan Keegan, Immaculate Concep
tion, Mrs. John L. Ryan and F.
C. Moroy, St. Anthony’s, and Mrs.
II. A. Gcrickc and James I,. Har
rison. St. Thomas More parish.
Decatur
Mixed Marriage Riles Now Permitted in
Churches in the Diocese, of Charleston
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.--His Ex
cellency the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D.. Bishop of Charles
ton. announced, in a letter which
was read in all Catholic churches
in South Carolina on Sunday, De
cember 29, that in the Diocese of
Charleston, effective December
27, 194G, a marriage ceremony be
tween a Catholic and a non-Cath
olic might be performed in any
church of the Diocese.
Tlie ban against mixed marri
ages taking place in churches has
been lifted in recent years in the
Dioceses of Savannah-Atlanta and
Raleigh, but this is the first time
such a dispensation lias been
granted generally in the Diocese
of Charleston.
Under the decree of Bishop
Walsh, the pastor of the parish
church must apply in writing to
the Diocesan Chancery Office in
each case in which the privilege
is requested, stating the reason
lor asking that the marriage be
performed in the church; that the
customary promises will be sign
ed. and that the pre-nuptial in
struction on the nature of mar
riage. its indissolubility, its lights
and duties will be given, and fur
ther, the date and hour of the
contemplated marriage must be
given.
No Nuptial Mass, is to be cele
brated in connection witli (he
ceremony. T*ie official garb of
the officiating priest will be the
cassock and surplice. The cere
mony will take place within the
sanctuary. No mixed marriage
will be permitted in the church
on Sunday nor after 6 p. m. on any
week day. Music and decorations
will be permitted, but must be
within ecclesiastical regulations
and no singing in the vernacular,
except of approved Catholic
hymns, will be permitted.
Bishop Walsh stated that the
concession is not to be construed
as,encouraging afternoon wed
dings for Catholics, and that the
vyell-established and truly Catho
lie custom of being married witn
a Nuptial Mass is to continue lr
be the rule for two Catholics.
“The growing custom in Ihe
Dioceses of America of allowing
mixed marriages in tlie church i-
due to a desire on the part of
the Bishops to give a more re
ligious character to the ceremony
of a mixed marriage and to im--
press upon the parties the pro
foundly sacrad character of their
marriage bond,” Bishop WrVh
declared.
Tlie first such marriage in the
Diocese of Charleston was on De
cember 28, when Miss Frances
Delores Cochran and Mr. Harold
W. Thomas were married in St
Patrick’s Church here, with Fath
er J. Lawrence McLaughlin <if
ficiating.
BROADCAST OF MIDNIGHT
MASS AT CORDELE CHURCH
CORDELE, Ga. — The High
Mass offered at midnight on
Christmas at tlie Church of the
Little Flower, in Cordele, by
Father* Aloysius Hopkins, O. F.
M., was broadcast over Radio Sta
tion WMJM.
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