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SIXTEEN
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMBTS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 22, 1947
Knights of Columbus
Sponsor Broadcasts on
Safeguards for America
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — (NC) —
Arrangements for broadcasting a
series of six radio programs,
"Safeguards for America," over
some 200 stations in the United
States and Canada, have been
completed by the Supreme Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus. Cen
tral theme of the broadcasts, in
the form of dramatic sketches,
will be the contrast between con
ditions of life under American
democracy and the situation of
labor, religion and personal lib
erty in the Soviet Union and in
communist-controlled lands.
The broadcasts will not run si
multaneously in the various parts
cl' the country but the first was
scheduled for February 17. The
program i$ designed as a patriotic
feature of the organization’s ob
servance of its 65th anniversary
this year. The script for the pro
grams, which will be supplied to
stations as transcriptions, was
writen by James M. Weldon and
directed by Sherman Reilly.
K. OF C. PROGRAM
BEING HEARD OVER
WRDW IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The first of
six patriotic broadcasts, “Safe
guards for America," presented
by the Supreme Council of the
Knights of Columbus and spon
sored locally by Patrick Walsh
Council. No. 677, was heard over
Station WRDW on February 18,
from 10:45 to 11 p. m.
Succeeding broadcasts in the
series will be broadcast over;
Sation WRDW at the same hour
on the five Tuesday nights to
follow.
The first sketch was a vivid re
enactment of the arrival of I,enin
in Moscow during the first world
war, the early days of the revolu
tion. the birth of the dreaded
Cheka and its effects upon the
lives of Russia’s patient millions.
The condition of the working
man under Communist rule is
the theme of the second in the
series of broadcasts. Freedom of
religious worship and freedom of
education, as they are interpret
ed in the Constitution of the
United States and the constitu
tion of the Soviet Union, are the
material of the third in the se
ries of radio dramas. The import
ance of hunger, force and fear as
campaign arguments in Soviet
Russia and its satellite countries
is made strikingly clear in the
fourth broadcast of the series.
The operation of the Comintern,
"brain trust” of world revolution
is the topic of the fifth broadcast
in the series. “Let’s look at the
record," is the challenge that
dominates the action in the sixth
program of the series.
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“FAITH IN OUR TIME”
on
UIBBQ
Augusta
Sundays at 1:30 P. M.
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Tune in on
“THE FAMILY
. THEATRE”
STATION
UIBBO
Augusta
Thursdays, 10 P. M.
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ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH. CHESTER—'Among the churches served
by priests of the Congi^gation of the Oratory from St. Philip’s Oratory
in Rock Hill, S. C., is St. Joseph’s Church, Chester, pictured above.
Relaxation of Lenten Regulations
Ended in Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Relaxation £f
Lenten Regulations in thp Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, which pre
vailed during the war years
through special dispensation of
Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara, has end
ed, and in a Pastoral Letter read
in all churches of the Diocese on
Quinquagesima Sunday, the follow
ing regulations for Lent, which for
merly held force, were announced
as having been restored for the
Lenten season this year:
All the weekdays of Lent from
Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
are fast-days of precept, on one
meal, with the allowance of a mod
erate collation in the evening.
Both fast and abstinence end at
noon on Holy Saturday.
The following persons are
exempt from the obligation of
Fasting: Those who are under 21
or over 59 years of age: the sick
and the convalescent; all those
whose health or daily duties would
be seriously compromised by fa-t-
ing; nursing women; all those
whose occupations are of a very
laborious or exhausting nature;
all those who have been dispensed
by ecclesiastical authority. ’
The use of flesh meat is allowed
at every meal on the Sundays of
Lent, and at the principal meal on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. (Ember Saturday ex
cepted.)
The use of butter, cheese, milk
and eggs is allowed every day at
the principal meal as also at the
collation. Whenever flesh mSat is
allowed, the taking of fish and
meat at the same meal is no longer
forbidden.
A small piece of bread, with a
cup of coffee, tea or chocolate, may
be taken in the morning.
Where it is not convenient to
take the principal meal at noon,
it is lawful to invert the order,
and take a collation about noon
and dinner in the evening.
Dripping and lard may be used
in preparing food.
On Sundays there is neither fast
nor abstinence.
Those who are exempt in any
way from the precept of Fasting
may eat meat at the three meals
on meat days.
By a special Indult granted to
the Bishops of the United States,
working people who cannot easily
observe the common law of the
Church, are dispensed from the
obligation of abstinence on all days
of the year, except Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, the forenoon of Holy
Saturday and Christmas Eve. This
dispensation does not exempt from
the additional obligation of fasting
where such exists. It includes,
however, not only the individual
workmen in whose favor it is
granted, but all the members of
their families as well. In return,
it is expected that those who avail
of this Indult will endeavor to
enter into the spirit of the holy
season of Lent by voluntary acts
of mortification and penance.
By dispensation of the Holy See,
men serving in the Army or Navy
are allowed meat on all days of
the year except Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday, the forenoon of Holy
Saturday and the eve of Christ
mas.
“The Family Theatre”,
Promoting Practice of
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Loretta
Young, Don Ameche and James
Stewart, motion picture stars, par
ticipated in the first production
of “The Family Theatre," a new
series of weekly radio dramatic
presentations to promote the
practice of daily family prayer,
especially the rosary, which is
being broadcast at 10 p. m., East
ern Standard Time, Thursday
over th Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem, and heard in Augusta over
Station WBBQ.
“The Family Theatre" program
was organized by Father Patrick
Peyton, C. S. C.. a priest of the
Congregation of the' Holy Cross,
the religious order that adminis
ters the University of Notre
Dame. He is receiving the cooper
ation of perhaps the greatest ar
ray of top-flight motion nicture
and radio talent ever assembled
for a dramatic program
Convinced of the need for fam
ily prayer, Father Peyton believes
that “the -restoration of family
prayer would not just be a means
to restore family life and society,
but it is an absolute, necessary
means.*' He has enlisted the aid
of the motion picture and radio
industries to prove that family
prayer is modern and up-to-date
in every respect, and above all.
would result in “a changed coun
try and a changed world."
The script for the initial pro
gram of the series was written
by True Boardman, while music
for that broadcast was directed by
Meredith Willson. Dee Engelbach
directed that broadcast and the
one heard on February 20. and
will direct the program on Feb
ruary 27.
Other motion picture stars to
participate in subsequent pro
grams of “The Family Theatre"
are Don Ameche, Gregory Peck,
Bing Crosby, Charles Boyer, Irene
Dunne, Pat O’Brien, Ruth Hussey,
William Gargan. Joe E. Brown,
Charles Bickford, Jeanne Crain,
Radio Broadcasts,
Family Prayer
Dennis Day, “Filbber” McGee and
Molly, Barry Fitzgerald and
Frank McHugh.
For radio directors “The Fam
ily Theatre” will have the best
in Hollywood These directors
have agreed to supervise three
broadcasts each. Production de
tails are being taken care of by
Bob Longneeker, radio head of
(he San Jaffe Agency. Mutual
network has assigned Charles Bu-
lotti, Jr., and Nee Tollinger to as
sist in production of the pro
grams.
Participating in the program on
February 20, which was titled
“Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,”
were Beulah Boni and Walter
Brennan.
Blessed Sacrament PTA
in Savannah Hears
Talk on Study Clubs
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Father E.
Bissionette, P. P., a priest of the
Diocese of Hcarst, in Canada, for
merly pastor of Guardian Angels
Church, Gogama, in Northern On
tario, now serving as assistant
pastor at the Blessed Sacrament
Church in Savannah, gave an in
teresting talk on Study Clubs at
(he meeting of the Parent-Teach
er Association of the Blessed Sac
rament School on February 12.
Before the meeting a play was
presented by pupils of the fourth
grade under the direction of Sis
ter Regina Joseph, R. S. M.
Committee chairmen and mem
bers appointed to cooperate with
the Knights of Columbus in spon
soring a series of pre-Lenten en
tertainments were Mrs. J. F. Ran-
itz, Mrs. Joseph Sheehan, Mrs. E.
F. Hartnett, Mrs. Carl Moss, Mrs.
Arthur Rourke, , Mrs. James F.
Glass, Mrs. Herbert McKenzie,
Mrs. Charles Kiene; Mrs. I. E.
Smith, Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs.
Victor Jirjm and Mrs. Charles
Moore.
Dr, John Henry Johns
Dies in Westminster
WESTMINSTER, S. C. — Dr.
John Henry Johns, prominent
physician, farmer and hardware
store owner of Westminster, died
on January 28, funeral services
being held from St. Anne’s
Church, Fairplay, Father John
M. Donelon, C. S. P., officiating.
A member of the South Carolina
State Senate from 1936 to 1940,
Dr. Johns was born in Oconee
County. He was the son of the late
Dr. James Andrew Johns and Mrs.
Mary Jane Fulton Johns.
Active pallbearers were David
Moon, Herbert Moon, W. H. Boos
ter, J. H. Cobb, Davis Stribling
and Luther Field, with members
of the Oconee County Medical As
sociation serving as an honorary
escort.
He attended the University of
Valparaiso, in Indiana, and later
received his degree in medicine
from Atlanta Medical College in
1898. After that he served as an
interne at Grady Hospital, Atlan
ta, for two years, and was then
house surgeon at St. Joseph’s In
firmary, Atlanta, for five years.
Later he joined the faculty of
the Atlanta Medical College,
where he was professor of anat
omy for five years. In 1909, he re-
turend to enter the practice of
medicine in Oconee County.
He was a member of the Oco
nee County Medical Society, the
American Medical Society, and
was master of Tabor Grange, hav
ing been for years active in the
Grange work in South Carolina. It
was mainly through his efforts
that Oconee Hospital was estab
lished here some thirty years ago.
While living in Atlanta, Dr.
Johns married Miss Margaret
Mullin, a registered nurse, lie Is
survived by his wife; two sons,
Harry Johns and Kenneth Johns,
of Westminster; Mrs. Ernest
Rowe, of Manning, Miss Kather-
ins Johns and Miss Muriel Johns,
of Weslmnister. He had four
grandchildren. Marion, Kenneth
and Kathleen Rowe, and Elaine
Johns.
Stores in Westminster were
closed during the hours of his fu
neral out of respect to Dr. Johns.
THOMAS E. POWERS, SR.,
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Thomas E. Powers, Sr.,
who died February 16, were held
from the Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Mr. Powers, who was born in
Savannah, Aprii 7, 1880, spent his
entire adult life on the local
riverfront. He is survived by two
sons, Thomas E Powers, Jr., and
Wright C. Powers; two daughters,
Miss Eleanor Powers and Miss
Marie Powers; four sisters, Mrs.
Eugene H. Luke, Mrs. Estelle P.
McCracken, and Miss Eugene
Powers, of Savannah, and Mrs.
James F. Walsh, Bridgeport, Conn.,
a granddaughter, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
B. I). 1IIPPS
DIES IN DALTON
DALTON, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for B. H. Hipps, who died
January 26, were held from St.
Joseph’s Church, Father Joseph
Driscoll, C.SS.R., officiating.
Mr. Hipps is survived by three
daughters, Miss Margaret Hipps,
Mrs. Della Pritchett and Mrs.
Wesley Jordan; a grandson, Rob
ert Daniel Jordan, all of Dalton,
and a sister, Mrs. Della Hicks, of
Toledo, Ohio.
CONDUCTS NOVENA AT
ST. PETER’S, COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Father Ed
ward A. Sellman, C. M-, of the
Miraculous Medal Novent Band >f
the Vincentian B’atiiers, from Phil
adelphia, conducted a Novena to
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
at St. Peter’s Church here, begin
ning on (he Feast of the Purifica
tion.
MT. ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY .
STUDENTS. AUGUSTA. HEAR
TALK ON CATHOLIC PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In connec
tion with the observance of Cath
olic Press Month, students of the
high school at Mount St. Joseph’s
Academy heard a talk on the
Catholic Press, delivered by Hugh
Kinohley, editor of The Bulletin.
The speaker was introduced by
Miss Patricia Van Sant.
THE NAVY BRONZE STAR
medal for meritorious service as
a chaplain aboard the USS Sara
toga has been awarded to Father
Maurice S. Sheehy, head of the
religious education department at
the Catholic University of Amer
ica. .——
Abbot Boniface of
St. Bernard’s to
Celebrate Jubilee
(Special to The Bulletin)
CULLMAN, Ala.—Abbot Boni
face Seng, O. S. B., of St. Ber
nard Abbey, will reach thfe fif
tieth anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood on Febru-
ar- 26.
Two celebrations of the event
will be held, a private one for
the members of the Benedictine
community at the Abbey and the
student body of St. Bernard’s
College, of which Abbot Boniface
is president, on February 27, and
the other, which is expected to be
of nationwide significance, on
April 9.
The privilege of wearing the
“Cappa Magna” will be bestowed
.on Abbot Boniface by the presi
dent of the American Cassinese
Congregation of Benedictines,
Abbot Mark Braun, O. S. B., mak
ing the presentation in the name
of His Holiness Pope Pius Xlf
%/ho made the grant.
His Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch, D. D., Archbishop of Chi
cago, has been invited to preside
at the public celebration in April,
and Father Lambert Gattman, O.
S. B., chairman of the jubilee cel
ebration committee,' states that
reliable sources affirm that Car
dinal Stritch will accept the in
vitation.
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- Hear
Monsignor
Fulton Sheen
y
on
“THE CATHOLIC
HOUR”
Station WTNT
Augusta
Sundays at 6 P. M.
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Hear
“The Hour of Faith”
over
Station WGAG
Augusta
Sundays, 11:30 A. M.
Produced by the National
Council of. Catholic Men
in cooperation with the
American Broadcasting
Company.
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“Safeguards
for America”
A series of dramatic
radio broadcasts being
presented by the Knights
of Columbus as a patrio
tic feature of their 65th
anniversary, now being
heard at 10:45 each Tues
day night over Radio Sta
tion
WRDW
Augusta
Under the Auspices of
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
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