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FOURTEEN 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. New Year Greetings From CITIZENS JEWELRY CO. 195 Mitchell St., S. W. Atlanta, Ga. New Year Greetings MR. AND MRS. T. W. GREVE ATLANTA,' GEORGIA New Year Greetings From DR. JOSEPH M. IIART CHIROPODIST Conually Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. COMPLIMENTS CAPITOL FISH COMPANY ATLANTA, GEORGIA GRACIE’S MILLINERY TWO SHOPS 44 Broad St., S. W. 121 Alabama St., S. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA HUEY DRUG STORE • PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED WITH CARE 1002 Gordon St., S. W. Atlanta, Georgia WEST END ECONOMY SHOE SHOP B. W. MOORE, Prop. ra. 9012 813 Gordon St., S. W. Atlanta, Ga. JACK GAMADANIS, Mgr. TOM LLOYD DRY CLEANING LAUNDRY 459 NORTHjVVE., N. E. 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