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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 25, 1947
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Cardinal Villeneuve,
Archbishop of Quebec,
Dies in California
CARDINAL VILLENEUVE
<N. C. ff. C. News Service)
LOS ANGELES.—Victim of a
heart attack, His Eminence Rod
rigue Cardinal Villaneuve,
63-year-old Archbishop of Que
bec, died at Ramona Academy in
neighboring Alhambraon January
15.
Although the Cardinal had been
ill for several months and arrived
here from New York for a period
of recuperation and rest, his
death was sudden and came as a
profound shock.
Cardinal Villaneuve appeared
to be in fair health after he arose
and moved about the Academy.
He was stricken with the heart at
tack at 7 a. m.' and died an hour
later. With him at his bedside
were Msgr. Paul Nicole, his sec
retary; Dr. Lawrence Quillin, a
physician, and a Sister-nurse of
the Ramona Convent. A few mo
ments after the Cardinal was
stricken, Monsignor Nicole an
notated him and administered the
Last Rites of the Church. Less
than an hour after the Cardinal's
death, Monsignor Nicole offered a
Solemn Mass of Requiem for the
repose of his soul. More than 350
elementary and high school stu
dents of Ramona Academy assist
ed at the Mass and afterwards re
cited the Rosary.
The body of Cardinal Ville
neuve left here by airplane to be
flown to Quebec. Arrangements
for this last journey recall that
in the closing years of his life, the
Cardinal became an aviation en
thusiast. His interest in flying
was heightened when he made his
first trans-ocean flight in 1944 to
visit Canadian troops in Britain.
France and Italy. On this ocrn-
sion, he made a number of visits
to the front lines. The prelate,
who was the fourth Cardinal in
Canada’s history, was a close
friend of both Pope Pius XI and
Pope Pius XII. He also was a
warm friend of the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and of Brit
ain’s wartime Prime Minister,
Winston Churchill.
From all parts of Canada, from
all creeds and from all walks of
life expressions of sorrow and
tributes to his greatness as a not
ed leader and warm friend follow
ed the announcement of the
death of Cardinal Villeneuve.
Non-Catholic leaders across
Canada, as also the secular press,
joined in paying eloquent tribute
to the memory of Cardinal Ville
neuve. Among the non-Catholic
leaders- who voiced public sorrow
; and sympathy were the Most Rev.
Derwyn T. Owen, Primate of All
Canada of the Church of England
in Canada; Rt. Rev. John Dixon,
Anglican Bishop of Montreal; Rt.
Rev. Dr. T. W. Jones, Moderator
of the United Church of Canada;
Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, of
Holy Blossim Temple of Toronto,
and others.
Typical of the sorrw felt at the
death of Cardinal Villeneuve by
non-Catholic leaders in Canada
v. _ . that voiced in Toronto by Dr.
Jones, Moderator of the United
Church of Canada,, who said:
"At the meeting of the Cana
dian Council of Churches held
recently in the city of Quebec,
.when the illness of the Cardinal
was reported to us, I joined with
my fellow members of the coun
cil, in the prayer that if God so
willed, he might be restored to
. health and strength. But God in
£U« providence has called him
MONSIGNOR SHEN,
FATHER O'CONNELL
ON RADIO PROGRAM
WASHINGTON — (NC) — Msgr.
Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic
University of America, recognized
as one, of the foremost radio
orators, will open a series of ad
dresses on Sunday, January 26
which will continue until’Easter
Sunday, April 6, on the Catholic
Hour radio program, it has been
announced here by the National
Council of Catholic Men, producer
of the program. The Catholic
Hour is broadcast each Sunday
evening from 6:00 to 6:30 p. m.,
EST, by the National Broadcasting
Company.
At the same time, the N. C. C.
M. announced that the speaker
during February on the Hour of
Faith programs, which it also
produces, will be the Rev. Thomas
E. O’Connell, pastor of St. Paul’s
Church. Richmond, Va., and a
leader in the Catholic Committee
of the South. The Hour of Faith
is carried each Sunday morning
from 11:30 a. m. to'noon on the
American Broadcasting Company
network. Father O’Connell’s gen
eral subject will be “Four Men
And A Man”. Music on the broad
casts will be provided by a m'ale
quartette and instrumental en
semble directed by Paul Creston.'
The general theme of Monsignor
Sheen’s series will be “Light Your
Lamps” and will deal with com
munism as treated in the Encycli
cals. The individual topics will
be: “Signs of Our Times”, Jan
uary 26; “Is Communism the
Enemy of the Western World,”
February 2; “The Philosophy of
Communism,” February 9: “Com
munism and the Church,” Feb
ruary 16; “How to Meet Com
munism,” February 23; “Com
munism and Woman”, March 2;
“Communism and Marriage,”
March 9; “Communism and the
Revival of Passion,” March 16;
“Russia and the Faith”, March 23;
“Russia and Our Lady." March 30
and "The Resurrection”, April 6th.
from his labors and his suffer
ings.
“As a Cardinal of the Roman
Catholic Church in Canada, Car
dinal Villeneuve was entrusted
with a very great responsibility
and it is well known that he dis
charged the public ofices of that
important position with dignity
and with grace. His passing will
be a great loss, especially to the
Church of which he was so out
standing a leader. I would add my
prayers to the many that will be
lifted up throughout Canada to
day beseeching Almighty God to
comfort and sustain with His Di
vine Grace all those umo were
united with the late Cardinal in
the familv relationship and bonds
of Church fellowship.”
CARDINAL VILLENEUVE
GUEST OF BISHOP WALSH
IN CHARLESTON LAST YEAR
CHARLESTON, S. C;—News of
the death of His Eminence Rod
rigue Cardinal Villeneuve. Arch
bishop of Quebec, recalls his brief
visit to Charleston last spring,
when he was returning from Rome
where he had attended the Con
sistory at which His Holiness Pope
Pius XII had elevated four Ameri
can Prelates and a number of
others to the Cardinalate.
Disembarking in Charleston,
Cardinal Villeneuve was" cordially
welcomed by Bishop Emmet M.
Walsh of Charleston and the clergy
of the city, who went out in a
Coast Guard cutter to the Santa
Marta, which had anchored in
Charleston harbor. After being
greetod by Bishop Walsh who
boarded the liner, the Canadian
Prelate and his party were trans
ferred to the Coast Guard boat for
the trip ashore.
During the day which he spent
in Charleston, while waiting for a
train to take him to New York, the
next stop on his trip to Quebec,
Cardinal Villeneuve was the guest
of Bishop Walsh at luncheon, and
had opportunity to visit the
famous Magnolia Gardens and
other points of interest around
historic Charleston.
A SERIES OF SEMINARS lor
Protestant church leaders dealing
with legislative and political ac
tion will be held in Washington,
D. C., during January and Febru
ary. The first churchmen’s semi
nar is being sponsored by the co
operative committee of the North
ern Baptist Convention, Presby
terian Church in the U. S. A,,
United Council of Church Wo
men, the Women’s Division of
Christian Service of the Methodist
Church, and the Congregational
Churches. ., ,
ON NATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMS
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen (left), of Catholic University, who
on Sunday, January 26 (6 P. M. EST) inaugurates a series of ad
dresses on the Catholic Hour, nationwide network program pro
duced by the National Council of Catholic Men, in cooperation with,
the National Broadcasting Company. "Light Your Lamps” is the.
general title of Monsignor Sheen's talks. On the Hour of Faith, na
tionwide program, beginning February 2, the Rev. Thomas E. O'Con
nell (right), of St. Paul’s Church, Richmond, Va., will give 14ie first
of four talks on “Four Men and a Man.” The Hour of- Faith, also an
N. C. C. M. program, is broadcast each Sunday at 11:30 A. M., EST,
(NC Photos)
MONUMENT TO NAVY HERO
UNVEILED IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A monu
ment, erected to the memory of
Lieutenant Charles E. Traynor,
Jr., who lost his life in the sink
ing of the submarine, U. S. S.
Albatross, attached to the Asiatic
fleet, on December 13, 1944, was
unveiled on December 22 in
Bonaventure Cemetery.
Impressive ceremony attended
the unveiling, in which cadets
from the Benedictine Military
School participated. The invocation
at the exercises was by the Rev.
G. E. Clary, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, while Father
Bede Lightner, O. S. B., gave the
benediction. The memorial ad
dress was delivered by Father
Robert Brennan, O. S. B., pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church.
Joseph Canty, a friend of
Lieutenant Traynor, unveiled the
monument, after a volley had
been fired by the cadets, a bugler
sounded "Taps.”
Mrs. Charles E. Traynor, mother
of the naval hero, and a number
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Station WBBQ,
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at 1:30 p. m., the “Faith in Our
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The local broadcast of “Faith
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Christmas ^Midnight Mass
Broadcasted in Waycross
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYCROSS, Ga. — The Mid
night Mass offered at St. Joseph’s
Church here was broadcast over
Radio Station WAYX. The broad
cast, the first of a Mass celebrat
ed here, was sponsored by the
Waycross Columbus Club.
Father John H. Hillman, S. M.,
was celebrant of the Mass, and
the church choir, with E. M.
Heagarty, Jr., Miss Vonceil Pharr
and Miss Isabelle Mcscure as solo
ists, and Mrs. C. O’. Pharr, as or
ganist, rendered “The Mass of the
Holy Infant,” composed by Antho
ny Schindler.
B. W. Cunningham, a member
of the Knights of Columbus Club
here, was the commentator. John
J. Tobola, manager of Station
WAYX, and also a member of the
Columbus Club, personally operat
ed the monitor station which had
been set up in the church, while
Edward Legare, was on duty at
the station.
The broadcast was well receiv
ed by the listening audience in
Waycross. and the Columbus
Club and Station WAYX have
been highly complimented for
making the broadcast of the Mid
night Mass possible.
REQUIEM MASS for Lewis J-
Valentine, New York’s esteemed
“Cop’s cop,” who was the city’s
Police Commissioner for eleven
years and who recently returned
from Japan where he aided Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur in a re
organization of that nation’s po
lice department, was offered at
the Church of Our Lady of Guad
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