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JANUARY 25, 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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WITH OTHER EDITORS
POLITICS AND RELIGION
The question of relationship be
tween politics and religion—the
exact degree to which they should
be kept separate—has full agree
ment between religionists and
politicians. Both are agreed that
they should be kept apart.
But what we have observed is
that religionist assume the right
to dictate how politics shall bcf
operated, and the politicians are
equally determined to prescribe
the limitations of religion. And
how does this contribute to a sep
aration. Not at all so you can tell
it. And that’s a way with human
nature. Each denies to others the
right to interfere in his sphere,
yet seeks to exercise his own
right to prescribe the limitations
beyond which they shall not go.
Have you noticed that? We
think you have. Well, the whole
truth is that religion—actual re
ligion—will enter into every
sphere of activity in a proper
degree, even including politics
and every-day matters of business.
If it doesn’t participate, then it
is not an actual, wholesome, sav
ing religion. Not everything, how
ever, which busies itself under
the guise of religion is actually
that. Have you observed that.
(The Bulloch Times).
BAVARIAN ANTI-NAZIS
Three charts supplied to corre
spondent Delbert Clark of the
New York Times (Jan. 6) by Bish
op-Scharnagel of Munich provide
food for thought and lead to con
clusions that Mr. Clark did not
see fit to draw. The charts he re
ports, all add up to the fact that
the Catholic Bavarians gave Hit
ler the least support of any group
in Germany. The first chart, pub
lished in -1941, simply shows the
religious character of the Bava
ria:- population. The second, pub
lished in 1946, analyzes the elec
tion trends from 1919 to 1933; in
the 1932 vote, for example, which
put Hitler into power, two Bava-
dian districts gave him less than
20 per -cent, the lowest in the
whole country; the third Bavarian
district gave him 20-25 per cent.
The third chart is a tabulation of
the recent Bavarian Landtag elec
tions “where an identical trend
was observed, although this time
it was tile communist party that
suffered.’’ Of the 1941 document
Mr. Clark says:
It reveals that the anti-Hitler
vote nine years earlier (back to
1932) had followed with almost
complete accuracy the lines of re
ligious preference, with the Cath
olics strongest against him and
(he Protestant communities
strongest for him.
From all this, Mr. Clark con
cludes:
What the charts prove, of
course, is that Bavaria is so solid
ly conservative in its general at
titude that any outstanding polit
ical aberration does not get very
far here, and that Bavarian Cath-
olices are the backbone of this
conservative sentiment.
Well, that’s one way of putting
it. Would it not be just as true to
say that communities with solid
Catholic traditions and outlook
are the surest bulwark against the
degradation of the individual in
his rights and dignity which both
Hitler and communism entail?
And would, not that conclusion
suggest another — that Catholics,
insofar as they live Catholic lives,
have to be in the forefront of
good citizenship?—(America.)
Presbyterian Publication
Denounces Euthanasia
(By Religious News Service)
NEW YORK. — Jn a front page
editorial, The Presbyterian Trib
une, a leading unofficial denomi
national weekly, scored voluntary
euthanasia as a . “negative and
unworthy means” of raising the
level of human society and declar
ed that “mercy killing” should
not be enacted into law.
Pointing out that reputable
Protestant churchmen “Including
some members of the Editorial
Council of The Presbyterian Trib
une,” have endorsed voluntary
euthanasia, the editorial said that
“Christians ought to be more con
cerned with the creation of good
lives than with the limitation or
destruction of inferior ones.”
Legislation for legalizing "mer
cy killings,” which the Euthana
sia Society of America plans to
introduce into the State Legisla
ture, “ought not to be enacted at
all,” the editorial asserted.
, “Medical science, sociology, and
religion can make creative rather
than destructive, contributions to
social well-being,” the publica
tion contended. "Medicine can
relieve physical pain—even the
pain of the hopelessly incurable.
Religion, sociology and psychology
can work together on the task of
regeneration of the human mind
and soul.”
CISTERCIAN ABBEY
BUILDING DESTROYED
CUMBERLAND, R. I.—(NC)—
Despite combined efforts of monks
and firemen, the original monas
tery .building,’ now used as a ma
chine shop and food storehouse,
was destroyed in an early morn
ing fire at the Abbey of Our Ltitiy
of the Valley here on December
30. The year's harvest of pota
toes, carrots, beets and other vege
tables and a quantity of machin
ery, much of it recently purchas
ed from the War Assets Adminis
tration, was consumed in the
blaze, according to Abbot Dom
Edmund Futterer, O. C. S. O.
MELCHITE RITE PRELATE CELEBRATES MASS IN ATLANTA—His Excellency the Most Reverend
Joseph Maloof, Archbishop of Baalibec Lebanon Syria, is pictured as he was imparting the blessing at a
Pontifical Mass which he celebrated in the Melchite Rite at the Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta.
Archbishop Maloof was attended by Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy (left), rector of the Cathedral of
Christ the King, and Monsignor Joseph F. Croke (right), pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta. Father
Michael Bardaouil, a priest of the Melchite Rite, who is accompanying Archbishop Maloof on his tour v of
this country, is pictured at the right, facing the altar. Clergy of the Latin Rite who were present in
the sanctu&ry during the Mass were Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General of the Diocess of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, Father Edward P. McGarth, S. M.,. pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta; Father
F. M. Perry, S. M., assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart Church; Father Joseph R. Smith, pastor, and
Father Cuthbert Bender, O S. B., assistant pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church.—(Photo by
Jack Young—Courtesy The Atlanta Journal).
Printing Job for ' The Columbians”
Turned Down by Georgia Publisher
The publisher of a Georgia
weekly newspaper has turned
down a printing job for the hate-
fos^tering organization known as
the Columbians.
P. D. Mathews, publisher of the
Douglas County Sentinel, in
Douglasville, tentatively accepted
a job of printing a periodical
which had been described to him
as “a patriotic newspaper."
After receiving the material for
To The Catholics of Georgia
With the approval of His Excellency the Most Reverend Gqrald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atianta, and that of the Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General,
who is administering the affairs of the Diocese in the absence of Bishop O’Hara, the annual mem
bership campaign of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia will be launched on Sunday,
February. 2, throughout the State of Georgia.
In order that the work of the Catholic.Laymen’s Association may be continued and expanded
during the coming year, the support of the Catholics of Georgia is needed and solicited.
Members of the laity in the Diocese of Sava nnah-Atlanta who are already members of the
Laymen’s Association are asked to renew their memberships for this year, and any Catholics in
Georgia who are not members are urged to add their names to the Association’s membership rolls.
When we remember the events which brought the Catholic Laymen’s Association into ex
istence thirty years ago, and recall with the President of the United States ‘the sheet wcaicrs and
fiery crosses of 1922,” and read in our daily newspapers that President Truman is asking help to
prevent a new outbreak of “religious bigotry,” cv cry Catholic in Georgia should realize the neces
sity of carrying on the work of the Laymen's Association and be eager to respond to its appeal for
support.
Operation under post-war conditions may be expected to reduce the income of the Lay
men’s Association from other sources, and it will have to depend to a greater extent this year
upon contributions from the Catholics of Georgia.
Consider how much you can afford to contribute, if you have not already enrolled this year
as a contributing member, and fill out one of th •; pledge cards which will be distributed at ser
vices held in the churches of the Diocese of Savannali-Atlanta on Sunday, January 26. Your gen
erous support will enable’the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia to go forward and thiough
its progress in the future give evidence of appreciation of the labor and sacrifices of those who laid
its foundations and carried on its work in the past.
Every Catholic in Georgia should be entirely familiar with what has been accomplished by
the Laymen’s Association in combating anti-Cath olic prejudice and in promoting better feeling
among Georgians, irrespective of creed. Its wo rk has brought renown to the Catholic of Geor
gia, and it is believed with confidence that they will not permit any curtailment of its effort through
the lack of financial support. 5
With sincere wishes that the New Year will bring bountiful blessings to the members of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia and to the patrons of its publication. The Bulletin.
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ESTES DOREMU.S, President,
Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
the publication, Mr. Mathews real
ized that he had in his hands mat
ter which had been grossly mis
represented and he wrote the fol
lowing to a representative of the
Columbians;
“Since talking to you in my
office Thursday, I find it impos
sible to print the paper for
you . . .
“I have been teaching Sunday
School classes for 20 years and
have always taught the very oppo
site of some of the thing; you
refer to and have tried to practice
what 1 preached. A keen con
science would smite me if 1 did
otherwise.
“I know the world is in a bad
fix and a great many things need
to be straightened out, but your
way of straightening them out will
lead only to worse things. People
have gotten too far away from
God and the teachings of the
Bible. Let me refer you to one
verse that is the answer to all
ills (II Chronicles 7:14):
“ ‘If my people which are called
by My name shall humble them
selves and pray and seek My face
and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from Heaven and
will forgive their sins and will
heal their land.”
Mr. Mathews’ decision to fore
go whatever profit he may have
derived from printing the Colum
bians’ publication was applauded
by The Macon Telegraph, in an
editorial which said that the way
to stifle an organization like the
Columbians is for every patriotic
person approached to withhold his
support, patronage and assistance '
in every possible way. The ed
itorial concluded by stating: “The
Columbians have been revealed
definitely as an irresponsible and
dangerous organization."
Monsignor McCormick
Named Auxiliary to
Cardinal Dougherty
WASHING TO N—(NC)—IJis
Holiness Pope Pius XII has named
Msgr. Joseph Carroll McCormick,
•pastor of St. Stephen’s Church,
Philadelphia, to be Titular Bishop
of Ruspae and Auxiliary to His
Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dough-
rety, Archbishop of Philadelphia,
it is announced in word from
Rome received by His Excellency
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to
the United Stales, here.
Monsignor McCormick, who was
Chancellor to the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia from March, 1936,
till December. 1944, was born n
Philadelphia, December 15, 1907,
the son of the late Patrick .1.
and Catharine Dougherty Mc
Cormick. He studied at the
parochial school of Our Mother
of Sorrows in his native city, the_
College Ste. Marie, Montreal; St. *
Charles Seminary, Overbrock,
Philadelphia; the Pontifical Minor
Seminary at the Vatican and the
Pontifical Major Roman Seminary
at the Lateran. He vtfas ordained
in the Basilica of St. John Lateran
in Rome, July 10, 1932, by Cardi
nal Dougherty.
Following his ordination, Mon
signor McCormick continued his
studies in theology at the Roman
Seminary until 1934, when he re
turned to the United States, lie
served as Vice Chancellor of tha
Archdiocese of Philadelphia from
September, 1934, until March,
1936i when he became Chancellor.
HEROIC CHAPLAIN
ON LECTURE TOUR
NEW YORK. —(NC) — FaUier
Joseph T. O’Callaghan, S. J., for
mer Navy chaplain whose heroism
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Franklin during World War II,
won him tlje distinction of being
the only chaplain in history
awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor, has been granted a
leave of absence from Holy Cross
College, Worcester, Mass., to par
ticipate in a series of lectures
which will take him to all parts of
the country.
PAPAL INTERNUNCIO
ARRIVES IN CHINA
SHANGHAI.—(NC)—Archbishop
Anthony Riberi, Papal Internuncio
to China and the Vatican’s first
diplomatic representative accredit
ed to a Far Eastern government,
has arrived here. He was accom
panied from Hongkong by Father
Martin T. Gilligan, American
priest fyom the Archdioceses of
Cincinnati on the staff of the nun
ciature, who had arrived in China
earlier from the United States.
His Eminence Thomas Cardinal
Tien, Archbishop of Peiping,
headed the group of prominent
Catholic and Chinese government
officials who welcomed the Arch
bishop. Archbishop Mario Zanin,
the former Apostolic Delegate to
China, returned to Rome in Sep
tember.