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Vol XXVIII. No. 3
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 29, 1947
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Sacred Heart College,
Belmont, Expanding
Library and Laboratory
!Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont Christian Fraternity, Dignity of Labor,
Were Lessons Taught by St- Benedict,
Declares Holy Father in Encyclical
(Special to The Bulletin)
BISLMONT, N. C.—To accomo
date a student body that is stead
ily growing in numerical strength,
the Sacred Heart College has re
cently made improvements and
expanded its library and labora
tory facilities. To provide space
for the many volumes being add
ed to the library shelves, a maga
zine loom has been opened in
Victory Hall where the hundreds
of bound magazines which are
kept for reference may be filled.
More than three hundred feet, of
steel shelving have been added to
the main library.
Because of the lack of space,
the college library is limited at
present to 8.000 volumes in the
reference rooms and several thou
sand books are distributed aboui
the college in departmental li
braries. On an average. 800
volumes are added each year. In
addition to current weekly maga
zines and daily newspapers, the
library subscribes 1o fifty maga
zines of educational, cultural and
vocational interest. The librarian,
Sister M. Helen, a graduate of
the Library School of Peabody
University, and a member of the
American Library Association, re
unites of each student a course
in library science to facilitate the
use of the library and to foster
appreciation of the many advant
age-' it offers.
An increase in the number of
students in the Chemistry depart
ment necessitated providing new
laboratory tables and new equip
ment. At present, life Junior
College laboratory is equipped for
laboratory work in high school
chemistry, general college chemis
try. analytical and organic chemis
try. Students at the Sacred Heart
College receive terminal courses
in chemistry, and the preparatory
courses required for further work
in Medicine. Dentistry, Nursing,
Home Economics and Medical
Technology.
Bulletins
ACCORDING to latest figures
released by the Supreme Council,
the South Carolina State Council
of the Knights of Columbus, head
ed the list of all jurisdictions of
the Order with 201 per cent of its
quota of membership gains report
ed as attained h.v March 42.
IN HIS lll'KltlKD six-week tour
of the United States, His Emi
nence Conrad Cardinal von Prey-
sing, Bishop of Berlin, visited fif
teen cities scattered across the na
tion from New Volk to San Fran
cisco and New Orleans. His Emi
nence was entertained by three
Cardinals, and eleven Archbishops,
and met some forty Bishops and
thousands of the clergy.
“OUR LADY OF LIGHT," a vol
ume on the worldwide message of
Fatima, translated and abridged
from the French of Canon C. Bar
illas and the Key. G. De Fonseca,
S. .1.. has Been chosen as the April
selection of the Catholic Literary
Foundation.
FIRST PUBLIC SHOWINGS of
“Citiy.cn Saint.” a biographical film
about the life and works of St.
Francis Xavier Cabrini. will be
held in Constitution Hall, New
York City, April 12 - 14. The mo
tion picture was completed last
month in the New York studios of
RKO-Pathe.
ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE
literary contests ever conducted
under Catholic or any other aus
pices has been announced by The
Christophers, who are offering a
total of $30,000 in three awards
for the best book-length manu
scripts submitted before November
IX, 1948. Manuscripts may be eith
er fiction or biography, adventure,
romance, mystery, or any choice
of the individual—so long as the
entries are based on Christian
principles, and not against them.
RIGHT REVEREND VINCENT G. TAYLOR, O. S. B„ I). D.
One of the best known and most beloved members of the Benedic
tine Order in the United States is the Right Reverend Vincent George
Taylor, O. S. B,, D. D , Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont, who was blessed
as Abbot on March 19, 1925. as the successor of Bishop Leo Haid,
O. S. B., D. D., the first Abbot-Ordinary of Belmonl, who had died in
July, 1924. Abbot Vincent, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, is a graduate
of Belmont Abbey College, of which he is now president. He was
ordained to the priesthood in 1902. and had served with distinction
as pastor of St. Benedict’s Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, for
twenty-two years, when he was selected to succeed Bishop Haid as
Abbot of the Abbatia Nullius of Belmont.
VATICAN CITY — (Radio. NC)
-Consider your fellowmen as
Brothers in Christ; as members,
regardless, of race, nationality or
social class, of one Christian fam
ily. and respect the dignity of both
manual and mental work—these
were the lessons of St. Benedict,
which apply to our calamitous
times as well as they did to the
stormy period in which he lived.
His Holiness Pope Pius XII drew
this conclusion in an Encyclical
letter "Fulgens Radtatur." address
ed to the Bishops of the, Universal
church on the occasion of.the 14th
centenary of (Jie death of the saint
ed founder of I lie Benedictine Or
der. It was Pius Xll’s ninth ency
clical in the eight years of his
pontificate.
In his letter the Holy Father ap
pealed for material means to re
store war-shattered Montecassino
Abbey, lie said the resurrection of
the motheriiou.se of the Benedic-
tines is a debt “undoubtedly owed
Benedict by human society.”
He referred to his unsuccessful
efforts “by persuasion, admoni
tions and protests" to save the
famous abbey, where Benedict
wrote his Rule and where a noted
school of copyists labored in the
eleventh century, and commented
that “it seems as if the mother-
house of the Benedictine Order
wished Jo participate in the mourn
ing and adversities of Us chil
dren.”
In the Dark Ages, the Pontiff
declared, the disciples of St. Bene
dict were almost the only persons
who concerned themselves with
preserving the works of Roman
civilization and contributing again
to the advance of the arts and sci
ences. England, Holland, . France,
Germany, Denmark, the Scandi
navian countries and llic Slavonic
peoples can boast of these monks
Belmont Abbey, Belmont, North Carolina
In the aerial photograph above
are pictured some of the build
ings of Belmont Abbey and Bel
mont Abbey College, Belmont,
North Carolina, in the midst of
which appears the stately Abbey
Cathedral which was dedicated
under .the patropage of Mary,
Help of Christians, more' than
Half a century ago.
The Right Rev. Vincent G. Tay
lor. O. S. B . D. D„ is Abbot-Ordi
nary of Belmont and president
of the college. The Very Rev.
Joseph T. Tobin, O. S. B„ D. D.,
is Vicar General of the Abbatia-
Nullius and Prior of the Abbey.
The Very Rev. Sebastian* Doris,
O. S. B.. is Sub-Prior of the Ab
bey, and the Rev. Bernard Ross-
wog, O. S. B., S. T. D„ is Chan
cellor of the Abbatia Nullius of
Belmont and Rector of the Ab
bey Seminary. . The Rev. Cuthbert
E. Allen, O. S.l B., is Rector of
Belmont Abbey 'College, and the
college faculty includes Father
Boniface Bauer, O. S. B., Father
Brendan Dooley. O. S. B.„ Father
Gabriel Stupasky, O. S. B.,’ Fath
er Walter Coggin, O. S. B., Fath
er Wilfred Foley, O. S. B., Father
Henry Boilman, O. S. B., Father
Martin Hayes, O ,S. B., Father
Paul Milde, O. S. B., Father Fran
cis O. Ferri, Prater Anthony Ca
hill, O.S. B.. Frater Andrew Do
ris, O, S. B., Frater Augustine
Crawford, O. S. B„ Frater Ray
mond Geyer. O. S, B., Frater
Matthew McSorley, and Frater
Raphael Bridge, O. S. B
Father Floria Checkhart, O. S.
B„ is treasurer of the college, and
-iJiiiis
Father Anselm Biggs, O. S. B.,
also a member of the faculty, is
at present doing post-graduate
study at the Catholic University
of America.
Lay members of Belmont Ab
bey College faculty are Howard
Wheeler, David Gorney, Miss
Mary Ann McKee, Miss Nora
l.eza. Mrs. Mary Frances Lay and
Sc-nora Astorga.
Priests in residence at Belmont
Abbey are Father Michael Mcln-
erney, O. S. B., Father Alphonse
Buss, O. S. Ba Father Maurus
Buckheit, O. S. B.. Father Basil
McKee, O. S. B., Father Richard
Graz, O. S. B., and Father Char
les Kastner, O. S. B., pastor the
Abbey Cathedral and Father Ade-
lard Bouvilliers, O. S. B.. who is
organist at the Abbey Cathedral.
as "the authors of civilization," he
said.
"With this chosen miiilia the
Kingdom ol God was reaffirmed
everywhere,” His Holiness stated,
lar surpassing by peaceful con
quest Rome's armed domination.”
In comparing the period in
which St. Benedict lived and
worked to that of today, tile Holy
Father also expressed his belief
that Christ lurnishes continuous
assistance to ills faithful, that “the
more furious are the enemies to
llic Christian name and the more
violent are the tempests tossing
(lie bark of Peter, with everything
in decadence and devoid of hope
ol human aid, then more than ever
the presence of Christ is felt, with
divine promises and assistance,
raising his gladiators for the pro
tection of the Catholic faith and
lor winning new triumphs.”
“Benedict rose is if bv divine
decree,” lie said, "in the dark
ages when not only the Church but
civilization and mankind were in
great danger from internal disso
lutions and from the downfall of
the Roman Empire.”
“The life, virtues and work of
the saint hold many lessons appli
cable to our times,” Pope Pius
stated; "Firstly, to worship God,
to observe his laws both in pub
lic and privale, to adore Him and
love Him as a charitable Father,
and through love of God to love
our fellowmen, whom w'e should
consider as brothers in Christ ir
respective of race, nationality or
social class, so that all peoples.
States and nations form one Chris
tian family.
"Secondly, there is the lesson
to honor and respect the dignity
of work both manual and menlai.
Workers, under the example of
Jesus, who consecrated human toil
by divine sweat in the manual la
bors of His youth, shoiild learn by
their labors not only to serve their
own personal maintenance and
well are but also the good of the
civil community, keeping their
minds fixed on the celestial life,
where alone true peace, rest and
unending happiness is available.”
Mass Celebrated in
Nation’s Capital on
Pope’s Anniversary
WASHINGTON. — (NC) — His
Holiness Pope Pius XII does not
rely on “material weapons,” but
‘fortified with divine guarantee”
and “strengthened by his faith in
God,” he "breathes a serene confi
dence in an air of moral grandeur
beiore the peril which now hangs
over all from the shadow of Soviet
Russia and her communist satel
lites,” the Rev. Dr. John Tracy
Kllis. of the Catholic University of
America, declared during a Solemn
Mass commemoration the eighth
anniversary of (he Holy Father’s
coronation.
The Mass was offered in the Na
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception here by Msgr. Joseph
i MeShea, secretary of the
Apostolic Delegation. His Excel
lency Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
■Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to
the United States, presided.
Among the large diplomatic rep
resentation present at the Mass
were envoys from several countries
within the Soviet orbit or influ
ence: Yugoslavia, Finland, Czecho
slovakia and Hungary.
Two members of the Hierarchy,
Bishops John M. McNamara and
Lawrence J. ShChan, both Auxili
aries of Baltimore and of Wash
ington, members of Congress, a
number of Monsignori, and a large
group of priests. Religious and lay
people were in attendance.
I he gathering of diplomats in
cluded the Ambassador from Italy,
El Salvador, Colombia, Czecho
slovakia, China, Haiti; the Minis
ters from Spain, Uruguay, France,
Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland, Finland,
Hungary, Syria. Austria; repre
sentatives, from England. Yugosla
via, Venezuela, Switzerland. Nor
way, Belgium, Turkey, Iran, Aus
tralia, Bolivia, Portugal, New Zea
land, and Jan Ciechanowski, the
former Ambassador from Pol ami.