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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” Vol. XXIX No. 2 THIRTY-TWO PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 28, 1948 ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAH John M. Brennan, Savannah, Succeeds C. A. McCarthy on C. L A. Executive Committee (Special to The Bulletin) ATLANTA, Ga. — At a meeting of the executive committee of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia, held on January 18, at the Ansley Hotel, President Estes Doremus, who presided, appoint ed John M. Brennan, of Savannah, to succeed C. A. McCarthy, of Savannah, as a member of the executive committee, and the ap pointment was confirmed by the vote of the members of the com mittee present at the meeting. Mr. McCarthy, who has been active in the work of the Lay men’s Association since its foun dation in 1916, served some years ago as a member of its important publicity committee, and also as president of the local branch of the Association in Savannah. When the Constitution and By- Laws of the Association were amended in 1941, at the annual convention held in Rome, and an executive committee of nine mem bers was provided for in place of a number of vice-presidents, Mr. McCarthy was made a member of that committee and had served in such capacity until the meeting in Atlanta when he submitted his resignation because of his health. Mr. McCarthy’s resignation was accepted with regret and Mr. Brennan was then named to re place him on the executive com mittee. The meeting was honored by the attendance of Monsignor Jos eph E. Moylan, Vicar General of the Diocese of Savannah-Allanta, who offered the opening and clos ing prayers. Officers of the Association who were present were: Martin J. Cal- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Proof that it pays to advertise Catholic truth is pouring into headquarters of the Supreme Council, Knights of Columbus. The first of six advertisements to be published by the Supreme council appeared the last week of January in the American Weekly and Pathfinder magazine. By Feb ruary 2, 11,500 requests for pam phlets had been received. The first week brought letters from every state excepting Ver mont and Delaware, and the re quests for a wide variety of Cath olic information. A remarkable number asked for information on Catholic topics which were not even mentioned in the advertise ment. Some of those writing in asked for information as the basis for speeches, and a substantial num ber of requests were for permis sion to reproduce the advertise ment in local newspapers and oth er media. Many asked for pam phlets in bulk quantities for dis tribution to friends and acquaint ances they thought might be inter ested in the Catholic faith. The Knights of Columbus have received national publicity as a result of fhe advertising program. Time carried a story of the cam paign in its January 20 issue. Pathfinder had mentioned it in its section on religion December 31. So great was the demand for bulk supplies of booklets offered in the advertisement that, the Supreme Council found it neces sary to place a limit of three on the number of booklets to be sent free. A charge of five cents each will be made for the booklets in large quantities. Articles in the first booklet eover such topics as “Do Catholics Want to Rule AmerlcaT .. . “Aren’t the Public Schools Good Enough for Catholics?” . . . “The Open Bi ble Was Never Closed.” ... “Toler ance, Noblest of Virtues or Great est of Crimes?” .,, “But Are All laghan, K. S. G., Macon, honorary vice-president; Fred Wiggins, Al bany, vice-president; John B. Mc- Callum. Atlanta, secretary, and Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, execu tive secretary. Members of the executive com mittee who attended were Bernard J. Kane, K. S. S„ Atlanta; Ber nard S. Fahy, K. S. S., Rome, Dr. T. H. Mediation, Athens, James Foster, Waycross, and Mrs. J. Mark Mote, Columbus. Invitations to attend the meet ing had been extended to the va rious local branch presidents throughout the state. Thomas J. O’Keefe, president of the Atlan ta Branch, and R. Habenicht Cas- son, president of the Macon Brancjh, were present. Mrs. James Foster attended as the represen tative of E. M. Ileagarty, president of the Waycross Branch, and Pctro Stephens represented Fred Mills, president of the Albany Branch, who advised by telegraph that he would not be able to reach At lanta in time for the meeting. Dr. Arthur Berry, president of the Columbus Branch, was another who was unable to reach Atlanta for the meeting, having been halted en route because of the condition of the highway due to the freezing weather. After some discussion, the pro posal of Mr. Fahy, seconded by Mr. Wiggins, that the subscrip tion price of The Bulletin should he advanced to $3.00 a year, was unanimously adopted. A budget covering expenditures for the year was adopted and quotas for contributing member ships were assigned to the various branches. Non-Catholics Headed for Hell?" . . . “Do Catholics Really Adore Images or Statues?” Other articles cover such topics as prayers for Hie dead, ceremony and display in the church, devout Catholics who were famous scientists, and the responsibilities of parents in the matter of religion. Secretary General and Councillor of Sisters of St. Joseph, Visit Augusta AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mother Eileen, a General Councillor, and Sister M. Paul, Secretary General of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Caronde- let, recently visited Mount St. Jos eph Convent in Augusta. Mother Eileen, who is from St. Paul, Minn., who was making her first visit to Georgia, and Sister Paul, expressed themselves as be ing well pleased with the accom plishments of the students at Mount St- Joseph Academy. Father Patrick Connell, assist ant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, was the speaker on a Catholic Press Month program at the school. Visual education was introduced at Mount St. Joseph’s this month with the exhibition of the motion picture film, “Mexico.” Members of the Sodality of Our Lady entertained the student body at a skating party at the Y. W. C. A., with-Miss Philomena Andrews, Miss Catherine Mealing, Mrs. John W. McDonald and Mrs. P. H. Rice as sponsors. Miss Catherine Mealing, coach of the basketball teams at Mount St. Joseph’s, has been commended by the Red Cross for her services in water safety for the past sev eral years. MASS was offered for the first time in the vicinity of Albany, Illinois, a century-old Mississippi Valley village, when St. Patrick’s Church of neighboring Coffey’s Corners, acquired the local Pres byterian church and moved m Member of C. L. A. Executive Board JOHN M. BRENNAN One of the outstanding young Catholic laymen of Savannah, John M. Brennan, who has been elected a member of the Executive Com mittee of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of C. A. McCarthy. Mr. Brennan, a past giand Knight of Savannah Council, Knights of Columbus, and a former district deputy of the K. of C., is engaged in the practice of law in Savannah. Resigns as Executive Committee Member c- a. McCarthy Cornelius A. McCarthy, of Sa vannah, long and prominently ac tive in the work of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, who has tendered his resignation as a member of the Executive Commilee of the Association be cause of his health. Press Chairman Bishop Michael J. Ready of Co lumbus, as Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, is a leading spirit in the nationwide observance of February as Catho lic Press Jtowtfc,—4NC Photos). K. of C, Advertising Campaign Attracts Great Interest—Brings Many Requests for Information Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta Planning Campaign to Raise $1,000,000 Building Fund (Special to The Bulletin) ATLANTA, Ga. — Preparation for an all-cut solicitation of the Diocese of Savannah-Allanta in $1,000,000 Bishop's Building Fund, to raise funds with which to erect new churches, chapels and paro chial schools, is now being intensi fied, it was announced by Mon signor Joseph F. Croke. pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta, who has been named general chairman of the campaign. in reporting campaign progress to date, Monsignor Croke reveals that this is the first Diocesan- wide project to be undertaken in the past several years, and the goal sought is ten times larger than any previous appeal. Monsignor Croke declared: "We are faced today with a serious sit uation in this Diocese. Present existing religious and educational facilities are woefully inadequate for all our Catholic people in this area. We need more churches, more chapels, and more schools. In an area containing more than 59,000 square miles, we have only forty parishes. Our priests have been forced to undertake long and difficult journeys to hold ser vices in private homes, in hotels— anywhere, in fact, that affords the necessary space. If the Church is to continue to grow in Hie State of Georgia, we must provide im mediate additional habitats for the Blessed Sacrament. It therefore becomes necessary for us to make another appeal for financial assis tance to fulfill these Diocesan needs- Through the unselfish gen erosity of every income-producing Catholic in this Diocese, we are confident this deplorable condi tion wil be alleviated. Monsignor Croke further reveal ed' that His Excellency the Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, heart ily endorses and blesses this effort to provide proper care and educa tion for every present and future Catholic family in this area. The solicitation phase of the To Head Campaign MONSIGNOR CROKE The Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph F. Croke, pastor of St, Anthony’s Church, Atlanta, who lias been designated general chair man of the Bishop's Building Fund Campaign which will be launched throughout the Diocese of Savan nah-Atlanta, in April, in an effort to raise $1,000,000 which will be used to erect Catholic churches, chapels and schools in Georgia- campaign, scheduled to begin the week of April 20, is under the guidance of the various parish chairmen. In each of the forty parishes, the lay chairman is to enlist vice-chairmen, who in turn arc to enlist captains, who in turn are to enlist the balance of the worker's needed for their respec tive teams. Thus the framework, upon which depends the success of the campaign, will be com pleted. Bishop O’Hara Extends Thanks to Catholics of Georgia for Food Sent to People of Rumania SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some months ago, in response to an ap peal from Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara of Savannah-Atlanta, pre senting serving as Regent ad In terim of the Apostolic Nunciature in Bucharest, Romania, the Cath olics of Georgia collected and shipped to Rumania a generous supply of canned and packaged foodstuffs. The shipment was delivered and in the following letter, which was read in the churches of the Dio cese on the last Sunday in Jan uary, Bishop O’Hara expressed his gratefulness In these words: “With heart overflowing with gratitude I wish to express to my beloved people in Georgia my pro found appreciation of their great generosity and charity in sending to us a huge consignment of food for distribution in Rumania. “If it were possible, I should like to write an individual letter to each pastor in the Diocese and, indeed, to each of those who con tributed to the special food cam paign that was conducted for Ru mania by the Diocese of Savannah- Atlanta. Unfortunately, circum stances do not permit me to write so many letters and so I must con tent myself with this general let ter, which I trust will come to the attention of all and each who in any way had a part in providing us and so many other people in this country with an abundance of the necessities of life. “In voicing by own gratitude to you I am also echoing the senti ments of the many wiio were the recipients of your bounty. From countless, grateful hearts in this far-off country in Southeastern Europe will arise to Heaven fer vent prayers for those whose kind ness, generosity and charity brought them so much help and happiness. “The gratitude of all of us is trebled and intensified by the realization of the many sacrifices that were involved in the con signment sent to us. It meant con siderable thought and extra work on the part of our priests in or ganizing the campaign; ip collect ing the various articles contribu ted; in labelling, packing and shipping them. On the part of our Georgia people, it meant sacri fices of time and convenience and money in purchasing the food and in delivering it to the collection points. We are deeply mindful of the immense effort that was in volved in the help that was sent us, and, as I said above, this in tensifies our gratitude and places all of us here still greater in your debt. “May God in His Infinite good- nes.s—tlie God of Love in whose Sacred Name so much was done for us, be your reward in time and in eternity for what you hav* done. “To our priests, especially la Monsignor Moylan, and to the pas tors of the Diocese, go my special thanks for their great goodness in organizing the special food cam paign and in cooperating so gen erously to promote it. It certainly will be no small gratification for them to know that among those who have received quantities of food shipped from Georgia, were the clergy here—their brothers in Christ. “With affectionate regards and a blessing to each of you.'' xl