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FEBRUARY 28, 1948
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
GEORGIA
Boy Scout Geo. Vieira, Brunswick,
Awarded “Ad Altare Dei” Medal
THIRTEEN
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—With the
approval of MonsignOr James J.
Grady, Director of Scouting for
Ihe. Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,
the “Ad Altare Dei” medal, high
est award bestowed upon a Scout,
has been awarded to George
Vieira, of Boy Seoul Troop 9,
sponsored by Henry Thojnas Ross
Council, Knights of Columbus.
Presentation of the award to
Scout Vieira was made at an im
pressive ceremony, the first of its
kind in the history of the Oke-
fenokee Area Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, by Father John
T. Mercer, S. M., pastor of St.
Francis Xavier Church, before a
large gathering which included a
number of Scout officials.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 9
marched into the church with their
troop flag, while members of the
Girl Scout Troop at St. Joseph's
School, sang the appropriate
hymn, ‘‘An Army of Youth.”
With the Boy Scouts were G.
Lin Adams, Scout Executive of
the Okefcnokec Area Council;
James Hearn, Field Executive for
(he Coastal District; C. J. Bunting,
District Commissioner; Edward
Parker, deputy grand knight, and
Manuel Boa, warden, of Henry
Thomas Ross Council, Knights of
Columbus.
Father John H. Hillmann, S. M.
scoutmaster and chaplain of
Troop 9, spoke on Scouting under
Catholic auspices and explained
the meaning of the ‘‘Ad Altare
Dei
blessed by Father Mercer, who
presented it to Scout Vieira. The
services closed with Benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament.
Following the services at the
church, there was an informal
gathering at Xavier Hall, where
Scout Vieira and his mother, Mrs.
Olivia Vieira, received the con
gratulations and best wishes of
their friends.
The “Ad Altare Dei" award is
made to Scouts for distinguished
service to the Church through the
Scout movement. This is the first
time in the history of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta that the
award has been made to a Boy
Scout, though the award has been
made previously to adults active
in promoting the Scout program.
In order to attain the award, the
Scout must be at least a First
Class Scout, he must have given
the equivalent of 250 hours of
service to the Church, as an altar-
boy. He must pass a thorough
examination in Christian Doctrine,
must receive the approval of his
parents, his pastor, his Scoutmas
ter, troop chaplain and that of
the Diocesan Director of Scouting,
through whom the award must be
made.
HONORING BOY SCOUT IN BRUNSWICK—Star Scout George Vieira, of Boy Scout Troop 9,
sponsored by Henry Thomas Ross Council, Knights of Columbus, in Brunswick, Georgia, has been
awarded the “Ad Altare Dei” Medal. Pictured with Scout Vieira, following the presentation cere
mony. are, left to right: Manuel Boa, warden of the K. of C. council; Edward Parker, deputy
grand knight, of the K. of C. Council; G. Lin Adams, Scout Executive, Okefcnokec Area Councii;
Mrs. Olivia Vieira, mother of the bonoree; Scout Vieira, recipient of the award; Father John T.
Mercer, S. M.. pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, who made the presentation; C. J. Bunting,
District Commissioner, Coastal District, Boy Seoul*, and James Hearn, Field Executive, Coastal
District. Boy Scouts.—(Photo by Caples Studio'
Archbishop Cushing Defies Critics of
Church to Establish Any Instance of
THE DOCUMENTARY FILM, Catholic Disloyalty to United States
War Against War, depicting the I *' J
activities of the Holy See for
world peace before, during and
after World War II, received its
award. The medal was then first preview in Rome. |
(N. C. W. C. News Service) ■ for our lay people and certain
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groups who have inspired recent
attacks against Catholics, were
criticized severely by Archbishop
Richard ,T. Cushing of Boston, in
a strongly-worded address here to
Archbishop Cushing urged that
all Catholics “read and ponder
cnre/ully” the answer to the Mani
festo issued by Archbishop John
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•
-s , _ , - - - , T. McNicholas. O.P., of Cincinnati,
the Knights of Columbus, whom Chairman of the National Catholic
he called upon to “give the lie to Welfare Conference Administra-
those who assert that a complete tive Board, and counseled that “all
Catholic is less than 100 per cent: Catholic people especially Catb-
an American.” 1 olie men like yourselves, must he
The Boston prelate spoke at the; prepared to state the case for the
State dinner of the New Hamp- Church and against the bigots if
shire Knights of Columbus. Bishop i w c are ever to silence the charge
Matthew F. Brady of Manchester,> of Catholic disloyalty among poo-
presided. The Archbishop levelled | pie still so strongly influenced by
a great portion of his criticism anti-Catholic traditions and habits
against the newly-formed Protes-! of thought.”
tants and Other Americans United He recalled an address he de
fer the Separation of Church and live-red last fall dealing with the
State
separation of Church and State
Archbishop Cushing called upon ! problem and said an antl-Catholic
the Knights to “close ranks around ! magazine commented editot ui'l.v
Mission Conducted at
Church in Kingstree
(Special to The Bulletin)
KINGSTREE, S. C.—The first
Mission conducted at St. Ann’s
Church here since it was given
the status of a parish, came to a
most successful conclusion on
January 25. The mission was giv
en by Father Lawrence P. Sulli
van, C. S. C., of the Mission Band
of the Fathers of the Holy Cross,
with headquarters at North Easton,
Mass. This band of missloncrs,
which is headed by Father Thomas
C. Duffy, C. S. C., conducts mis
sion in large and small parishes
all along the Atlantic seaboard.
Practically every member of the
parish was a regular attendant at
(be mission services, and on one
evening a motorcade brought a
group of Knights of Columbus
from Georgetown to attend the
mission services.
At the closing service of the
mission, at which members of the
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your Bishops and your priests" i that some of the authorities he i parish renewed their baptismal
and to give "no man ground to at- cited—Cardinal James Gibbons, vows, about a third of the persons
tack Catholicism because of your | Archbishop John Ireland, M-gr.
imperfect Americanism.” John A. Rvan. former Governor
“Demonstrate, for all the world , Alfred E. Smith—were dead and
“ e ;’ ', hc Areh ^*]i°P exhorted., (heir, pronouncements did not | ence and Father Patrick T . Quin
that to be a good Catholic is to necessarily reflect the sentimen.s nas , or of th>» mrsh t„„.„
be a good American - and that, of living Catholic leaders. The ,
to be a Calholic American is to be | Boston prelate added: “Well, t0 -! Jsslhtcd 1 jUler Su!llvan Jt "»e
the best, the happiest, the most! night I make my own and proclaim
loyal person in this world or the as vour?. the words uttered by
next." I Archbishop McNicholas in accents
Archbishop Cushing said that unmistakable and clear to all
two great and closely related pile- ; whose minds arc fair and whose
nomcna are prevalent in the na- hearts are clean from prejudice
lion. One is the storm of talk - • • "The' Catholic Church is com-
against the Catholic Church. Hier- mitted to no form of government,
arehy and institutions, whipped She gets on with every govern-
up by a small, powerful minority nlenl that upholds the basic free-
of non-Catholics, chiefly clergy- doms. No group in America is
men. Tile other is a tempest of talk seeking union of Church and
in behalf of the so-called civil lib- State; and least of all are Calh-
erties of communists, communist j olios. We deny absolutely and
sympathizers and communist ideas, j without any qualification that the
He stressed that often times tho c j Catholic Bishops of the United
whose names appear in the lists States are seeking a union of
of organizations against Catholics Church and State by anv endeav-
also appear among the “special urs whatsoever, either proximate ,»nj- campaign of the so-called lib-
pleaders on behalf of the Reds.” or remote. “ I eri , K ,, tuJ .- ma u minority groups.
He said that a distinguished Bigotry dies nard, Archbishop ! “What is it that these people
Protestant recently remarked: “I Cushing said, and “ere long the! now fear?” Arch! > hop Cu lung
am afraid that if it came to a : fomenters of anti-Catholicism will continued. “Have thev read (he
show-down between collaboration return" and point out that Arch-j ecord or American history and
with Catholics and collaboration I bishop McNicholas “and the rest ‘bund there any slight trace of
with communists, clergymen like of us are alive . . . accommodating Catholic treachery’ Are they pre-
the ministers who went to Yugo-1 ourselves to the mood of the pre:-| pared to cite so much as a single
slavia for Tito would align them- I ent” while the danger lies in the instance of Catholic disloyalty to
selves with the Marxists rather future. He added: "There is only the United States in all the rears,
in the congregation were non-
Catholics.
Father William A. Tobin, Flor-
| closing exercises of the mission.
BISHOP OF ST. AUGUSTINE
BACK FROM YUGOSLAVIA
ON VISIT TO DIOCESE
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla—(NC)—
Bishop Joseph F. Hurley of St. Au-
gurtine. who has been serving for
more than two years as Regent, ad
Interim of the the Apostolic Nun
ciature in Belgrade. Yugoslavia, is
home on a visit to his Diocese.
Bi«hop Hurley was accompanied
on his trip to (he United States by
his secretary, Father Donald Dai
ley.
than with the Catholic pridsts and
people!”.
Archbishop Cushing made it
plain he does not believe that the ! group stand trial or suffer
few Protestant clergymen whose
one answer to weasel talk like, as many as theirs, that we have
that . . . No sane man ever asks | been here as a people? If they
that the present generation of any read the story, happily brief, of
re-
1 reason to this R"’ u % lic they will
names constantly appear on anti-
Catholic and pri)-communist state
ments, “speak for the larger and
saner element among our non-
Gatholic neighbors, but they do
speak—and what they say is a
threat to the future faith and free
dom of our children . . . and what
they say is being repeated with
greater and greater insistence.”
He added that “even though they
only speak for themselves, they
must be answered and they shall
be answered."
He congratulated the officers of
the Knights of Columbus for their
immediate denunciation of the
manifesto issued by Protestants
and Other American United. Quot
ing some excerpts from the Mani
festo, the Archbishop said those
“are words which sting the very
souls of Catholic Americans . . .
re-echo publicly the ancient, pri
vately whispered insinuations
against Catholic civil loyalty
which turned the land of our an
cestors into places of fear and
fierce conflict, of civil disabilities
crimination because of what might j find the names of Benedict Arn-
be done—but in all prouahillty ; old. o( Aaron Burr and of others-—
vyill never be done—by people
who have not yet been horn.”
Archbishop Cushing said that
the “architects ol antagonism” say
they have no quarrel with the
Catholic laity, but claim that the
Catholic Bishops are guilty of ag
gressive activities agai"‘-t the
but they will lind no Catholic
names or associations. Th?y should
know this well—for they sought
hard to pin the me of con
spiracy on any Catholic individual
or group wl’ n m they con’d accuse
under any title. Once Utsir kind
labored with me lit and main to
American Constitution and tradi- j charge a poor women, ".lrs. Sur-
lions. He described this as an at- 1 ’-at;.'with the pi'i>’«r Of Abraham
tempt to divide prle Is and people | Lincoln, himself! ,J o r®lf-rcshect-
The Boston prelate reminded j ing authority would todav talk of
critics of the Catholic Bishops that ‘“athoiic complicity in the foul
since the day of Aichbithoo John deed . . .
Carroll of Baltimore, the “father | "Where are the traitors among
of the American Hierarchy.” who American O'hrllcs?” Archbishop
dates back to before the begin- ] Cu bing asked. “Where are 111 se
ning of the Republic, there have , who have been led by their loyally
been almost (iOO Catholic Bichops to Rome into disloyalty to Wash-
coirco-pled for service in the] ington? The simple fact is: they
United States. He defied them to' do not exist . . . And Protestants
name one who was a traitor. | and others united against us know
He also recalled the vicious, un-| they do not. Let these critics do
fair anti-Catholic campaigns of : the honorable thing: let them state
the A. P. A.’s of the 1890's and their case against us fairly or
(lie fiery bigotry of the Ku Klux j else withdraw it! But let them
Klan of a generation ago, liken- cease attacking Catholic loyalty
ing these movements to the pres-i to these United States!”