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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia l mlMin “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” Vol. XXiX No. 1 TWELVE PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 17, 1948 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Federal Funds Being Sought for Catholic Hospital in Augusta AUGUSTA, Ga.—Members of the local committee which is head- inn the movement for the erection ol a Catholic Hospital in Augusta, met on January 10 with John E. Ransom, director of hospital con struction of the Georgia Depart ment of Public Health. Also attending the meeting were Sister Mary Thomas, C. S. J., and Sister Mary Louise, of the Sis- ters ol' St. Francis of Carondelct, from St. Louis, the Order which will operate the hospital when it is completed. 11 was* decided to make applica tion for federal funds to supple ment those donated by citizens of Augusta and those made possible i-i the Sisters of SI. Joseph. Plans e made to prepare the applica- 1 on for a federal grant which will be ubmitted within the next two v ( eks. at which time a statement will be made to the public as to funds how on hand and the esti mated amount needed to complete the hospital. It is anticipated that a period of six weeks will be nec essary for the application to clear and a decision to be reached. In making the announcement, George Sanckcn, chairman of the committee, said "We were delight ed to learn that the Augusta proj ect for a Sisters hospital is eligible to receive federal aid for since re ceiving our contributions, the building costs of such a hospital as proposed have increased to where it was beyond the amount we would ordinarily have avail able. Naturally, if we are success ful in our application, and we be lieve we will be, it is hoped that actual construction will begin as soon as the application has been approved.” Sends Message From Romania Bulletins ASSERTING the public schools in this country have drifted “far away from moral and spiritual teachings.” Methodist Bishop Uharlcs S< Selecman, of Dallas. Texas, declared at a conference of the Association of Evangelists of the Methodist Church, in Louis ville. Ky., that “the time has come to establish Protestant paroehial schools” to teach religion and morality. AN ENGLISH NOVITIATE of the Congregation cl Adoration Re- paratrice has just been opened at the Chelsea, London, convent that stands in what was once the garden of St. Thomas More's home. The mulberry tree under whose shade St. Thomas More used to sit with his daughter, Meg, is still there, but his view of the Thames is blocked by the ruins of the con vent chapel, bombed in 1940. MOST REVEREND GERALD P. O'HARA. D. D.. J. U. I). This most recent photograph of His Excellency the Most Rev erend Gerald P. OTlura, 1). D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah- Atlanta, has just been received by The Bulletin from Romania, where Bishop O'Hara has been serving for the last year as Regent ad interim of the Apostolic Nunciature in Bucharest. Romania, in 19158, had 1,428,813 Catholics of the Romanian Rite, or about seven per cent of the total population. Latin Rite Catholics number 1,200,000 or slightly more than six per cent. There is a Latin Archbishop in Bucharest and there are five other Dioceses of the Latin Rite in Romania. Bishop O’Hara has been invited to be the Consecrator of the Most Reverend Anthony Durcovici, newly appointed* Bishop of Jassi, one of the Latin Rite Sees in Romania. Monsignor John C. Kirk, who went to Bucharest with Bishop O’Hara as iiis secretary, spent a part of the month of December in Rome, where he was accorded the privilege of a private audience with His Holiness Pope Pius XI1. Bishop Walsh and Bishop Keyes to Be Participants in Church Unity Octave Rites in Nation’s Capital A NEW PHASE of education has been inaugurated at the Uni versity of Notre Dame with the formal opening of WND, Notre Dame’s first official radio station, fo broadcasts to students on the campus. Station WND can be re ceived only in buildings on the campus and operates under a pro vision of the Federal Communica tions Commission. SISTER MARV LIGUORI, head of the department of business edu cation at St. Mary’s Dominican College in New Orleans, has been appointed to form a southern unit of the Catholic Business Educa tion Association, and will organ ize Catholic business educators in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. MYRON C. TAYLOR, President Truman’s personal representative to His Holiness Pope Pius XII, called at the White House on January 10 and afterwards told re porters that he had had a “gen eral conversation” with the Chief Executive. In response to ques- tlons regarding his mission, Mr. Taylor said he had no comment or referred the reporters to the President. i (N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON — Symbolic of the program's intention, the fulfill ment of Christ's prayer, “that they all may be one,” churchmen from distant corners of the earth will be among the prelates who will participate in the national capi tal’s 40th anniversary observance I of the Church Unity Octave, a j world-wide devotion. | Long regarded as this country’s outstanding observance of the Octave, held annually from the Feast of St. Peter’s Chair at Rome, January 18, to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, January 25, the ceremonies here will be held in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of tjie Catholic Univer sity of America. The rituals an nually attract hundreds of per sons from all sections of the East. Highlight of the ceremonies will be the Celebration of Divine Lit urgy according to the Syro-Malan- kara Rite by Archbishop Mar Ivanios from far-off Trivandrum, India, which will open the observ ance on the day dedicated to “The Return of Ihe Other Sheep to the One Fold.” The sermon will be given by Msgr. Thomas J. McMa hon, national secretary of the Cath olic Near East Welfare Associa tion, and hymns from the Oriental Liturgy will be sung by the com bined choir's of St. Josaphat’s and Atonement Seminaries. At the evening service, Bishop Thomas J. McDonnell, Auxiliary of New York and national direc tor of tile Society for the Propaga tion of tiie Faith, will preside and officiate at Solemn Benediction The sermon will be given by the Rev. Bartholomew Paytas, S A, director of the Church Unity Oc tave, of Graymoor, N Y His Excellency Archbishop Am- leto Giovanni Cicognani, who came here in 1933 as Apostolic Delegate to the United States, will preside at the services of January 19, dedicated to “The Return of the Oriental Separatists” The Rev. Dr Frederic Chase, professor at St John's Seminary; Brighton, Mass, will give the address Services on January 20 will be dedicated to “The Submission of Anglicans to the Holy See,” which will be the subject of Ihe ad dress by Msgr Edward Hawks, of Philadelphia, noted convert to Catholism from Anglicanism Msgr Patrick J McCormick, rector of the Catholic University, will pre side Bishop Michael J. Keyes, S.M., retired Savannah-Atlunta prelate, will preside at the January 21 ser vices, for the intention “That the Lutherans and other Protestants of Continental Europe Return to the Fold” The Rev Ralph Han drail, O S A, Villanova College professor, will give the address . Bishop Emmet M Walsh of Char leston, will preside and deliver (lie address on “The Return of All Christians in America with the Chair of St. Peter, which will Bishop O’Hara’s Christmas and New Year Greetings to Clergy and Laity of Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta * C/4r ^K C N NOU MANl K Dear Beloved in Christ: Bukarest, December, 1947. Once again it is my happy privilege to wish you joy and Heaven’s every blessing at Christmas time and on each day of the new year. Today you will hear the timeless, exquisitely beautiful stdry of our Saviour’s birth, as told by the Evangelist of the Holy Childhood. Christian writers, poets and artists, each in his own way, have vied with one another in rendering the homage of their skill to the Bethlehem scene, but no artistry can equal the matchless beauty of the simple words of St. Luke, set like jewels in the Gospel narrative: “and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn.” Today ears that are attuned to heaven’s Christmas symphony of joy will hear angelic melodies interwoven with the “Gloria in excelsis Deo.” Hearts aglow with Christian faith will heed the Angels’ invitation to come to the manger-throne, to kneel, with shepherds and with kings, in adoration before the infant King, the Word made flesh dwelling amongst us, to share our exile here on earth that we may one day share His glory beyond the skies. Christ the Lord lias come to earth to point the way to Heaven, and blessed arc they who walk (he path that He has shown. How hard and rough is the wood of (he manger . . . like the wood of tlie cross that is to be! Between the crib and the cross there will be spent a life sueli as this poor world never knew before, and has not known since. It is to be of utter devotion and complete dedication to a cause that greatly concerns ourselves. Christ our Lord has been born into this world and all its sordiness, selfish ness and sinfulness, because He loved us. His life was lived for love of us and for that love He died for us. Nor is that all. He waits for us in Heaven. He waits tor us to come to Him through obedience and humility: through charity and faith; through justice, purity, penance, patience, prayerfulness, and the living of the Sermon on the Mount. No other patli can lead to Him. Even though it be the way of the cross, there is no other. Since that first Christmas night our Lord, in a very true sense has never left tiie world. He still dwells amongst us as He Himself has promised: “Behold I am with you all days even to the consummation of .the world.” Our Lord lives in His Church, not only in the Blessed Sacrament, but continually in every soul in the state of grAe; so true is this that each such soul can truly say: “I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me.” This is a thought worth pondering over. It is a truth never to be for gotten. Through the grace of God our Lord lives within us—the Companion of our earthly life through the long and often weary days; in sorrow and in joy, in failure and in triumph; our Light when all is dark around us, our strength when weakness plagues us; our one unerring guide, Who leads us by the hand in life and holds us in His arms in death. Such is tiie Christ of our heart’s love; such our God and Saviour and Friend, Whose birth in time we solemnize today; such the love he bears to each of us. A happy Christmas, then, to each of you and may the Infant Jesus enrich your lives with every grace and favor and raise His hand in benediction over you. Blessings beyond all counting descend upon you, dearly beloved in Christ! Blessings visible and invisible temporal and spiritual, for time and for eternity, be yours this day and every day. And may the Queen of Angels, Mary, flic Mother of God and our Mother, “our file, our sweetness and our hope”, make intercession for us. May iter merits make up for our unworthi- nexs and render us deserving of those blessings, rich, rare and singular, that God reserves for those whom He loves most! This is the Christian prayer of Yours devotedly and affectionately. Bishop of Savannah-Allanla. be the intention of tiie Janu ary 22 ceremonies i “The Return of Lapsed Catholics to the Sacraments” will be the intention of January 23 Bishop Peter L, Ireton of Richmond, will preside and speak on the day’s intention The Rev John Oesterreieher of (he Church of the Assumption, New York, noted ' convert from Judaism, will be the speaker at services on January 24, dedicated lo “Conversion of the Jews.” Msgr. John J. Reilly, director of the National Shrine of tile Immacu late Conception, will preside. Bishop John M. McNamara, Ad ministrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and of Washington, will preside and officiate at Solemn Benediction on January 25, the closing service of the Octave dedi cated lo “The Missionary Conquest of the World for Christ.” The Rev. Luke Missett,. C. P., of the Preachers’ Institute at Catholic University and professor of Holy Cross Seminary, Dunkirk, N. Y_ will be the speaker. THt■•NttflONAl FOUNDATION (ON INFANTlif 'PARAiySIS"