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FOUR THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FEBRUARY 28, 1948 SttlUtttt The Official Organ of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia, incorporated. HUGH KINCHLEY, Editor 216-217 Southern Finance Building, Augusta, Ga. ‘ ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1946-1947 ESTES DOREMUS, Atlanta President M. J. CALLAGHAN. Macon, Honorary Vice-President FRED WIGGINS. Albany Vice-President J. B. McCALLUM, Atlanta Secretary HUGH GRADY, Savannah Treasurer HUGH KINCHLEY. Augusta . Executive Secretary MISS CECILE FERRY. Augusta Financial Secretary A M McAULIFFE. Augusta Auditor VOL. XXIX FEBRUARY 28, 1948 No. 2 Entered a* second class matter June 15, 1921 at the Post O/fice at Augusta. Georgia, under the Act of March 3 1879. accepted for mailing at special rate of postage e rovldcd In paragraph 4. section 538, Postal Laws and cf it la I ions as modified bv mmcraph (I Minuter of N C. W C News Service. Religious News Service, the Catholic Press Association of the United Elates the Georgia Press Association, and the National Editorial Association Published monthly hjr the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia Inc., with the Approbation of the Most Rev erend Bishops of Charleston and Savannah-Atlanta. and of the Right Reverend Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont. Catholic Press Month B ECAUSE February is Catholic Press Month, and because the publication of the Bulletin is one of the major projects of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, this month has been select ed as the time when the Laymen’s Association launches its annual membership campaign. Bishop Michael J. Ready, of Columbus, Epis copal Chairman of the Press Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, has sounded the keynote of Catholic Press Month in these words: “If we do not make use of the buckler and lance of the Catholic Press in this crisis, we are stupidly ignoring our great and effective arms. Faith and courage should be interpreted as action to advance the cause of Christ as well as to defend it. The Catholic at this historic hour must act with the facts in his mind and inspiration in his soul. He must be awake, alert, informed. “And where are those facts and this inspiration to be found, day in and day out, except in our Catholic Press? “There are present grave issues in our country which have a profound religious and moral signifi cance. The issues which directly affect the welfare of Catholic citizens just as really influence the general welfare of the whole national community. “If we must defend our country and our Church against a recurring intolerance which shows itself in election years and among a certain group of politico religionists, w.e shall meet the issue square ly and fairly. In that defense we are as confident of the approving judgment of our fellowmen as we are in the ability of our Catholic Press to con- epicr error with truth”. The Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia must be firmly entrenched to resist any new on slaughts against the Church. Essential to its ex istence is an enrollment sufficiently large to be the sounding-board* of Catholic opinion and senti ment. In its current appeal for contributing members, the Laymen’s Asssoeiation solicits the generous support of the Catholic laity of Georgia. The officers of the Association regret that in creasing costs of publication have made necessary the announcement in these pages that the sub scription rate of The Bulletin has been increased to $3.00 per year. They ask Catholics of Georgia to remember this when making their contributions toward the support of the Laymen’s Association and its efforts to make the Catholic Church better known and bet ter understood in Georgia. Years of Lost History L AST month in these columns The Bulletin told of the martyrdom in Georgia of five Franciscan Friars who were among the in trepid Spanish missionai ies who came to these shores to preach the Gospel of Christ to the In dians, not long after Christopher Columbus had landed on San Salvador. It was in 1597 that these Franciscan mission aries, F’alher Pedro do Corpa, Father Bias Rodriguez, Father Francesco do Verascola, Father Miguel Aunon and Brother Antonio Badajoz were slain by the Indians. Although some historians give Cumberland Island, in Georgia, as the place of the death of Father Pedro Martinez, the first Jesuit martyr of North America, Father Michael Kenny, S. J., appears to have good grounds to support his con tention that while it was at Cum' erland Island that Father Martinez lirst landed on American soil, it was in Florida that lie met his death at the hands of the Indians in 1566. Father Martinez Was, therefore, not presented here last month as one of the Georgia martyrs. At Aquiai, Virginia, on the Washington high way, a tablet has been erected to the memory of eight heoric Jesuits missionaries, who, coming from Spain to labor among the Indians of that legion, erected in 1570 the Img Chapel of the Rappahannock, dedicated to Our Lady of Ajacan. These Jesuit missionaries, who were headed by Father Juan Baptist* de Segura, who had prev iously served among the Indians in Georgia, were also slaughtered by (lie natives. The Spanish Mission phase of Georgia’s his tory, to which these martyrdoms are related, is, unfortunately, to many Georgians an unopened book, for a number of them declare that they had never heard of the Martyrs of Georgia until they read about them in The Bulletin. It is deplorable (hat our people today know so little about that period of the history of Cath olic Church in Georgia, the glorious era of the Spanish Missions which produced martyrs for the Faith here in our own Slate. The State of Georgia is preparing to open to the public as a recreational center, Jekyll Is land, for many years a winter resort for wealthy visitors from the North. Father Francisco de Avilo, a Franciscan mis sionary, who escaped death in the Indian up rising in 1597, but who was wounded and held Work for the Salvation of Souls A T the invitation of Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston, a group of Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd have come to Batesburg to extend into South Carolina the sublime work for the salvation of souls in which members of that Religious Order have been engaged for more than three hundred years. The' work of these Sisters, as their name in dicates, is the work of the Divine Shepherd Himself. They have read and re-read the Gospel story of the Good Shepherd who leaves the ninety and nine to seek the sheep that has gone astray. Their hearts have been touched by His longing to bring back those who have strayed from the path of virtue and they, too, have left the ninety and nine good works, so ably done by other zealous workers, to seek and save the straying sheep. The School in Batesburg will be known as St. Euphrasia Training School. It will follow the pat tern of the school in Baltimore. As progress is made, the advantages given to the girls in Balti more will be offered to the charges of the Sisters in Batesburg. In the Baltimore school a complete educational program is followed. It consists of elementary and commercial schools, home economics (including plain sewing), home nursing, first aid, beauty cul ture training and group activities. The grade school consists of the elementary and intermediate classes so that the pupils are enabled to continue in their proper scholastic status. The commercial course offers a thorough train ing in shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, filing, mimeographing, adding machine practice and ele mentary accounting. A qualifying certificate is earned at the completion of a two-year course. The home economics course affords the girls the opportunity of becoming efficient, economical housekeepers. They are encouraged in the develop ment of sound habits in personal cleanliness and receive practical lessons in laundering and caring for their clothing, together with other useful house hold duties. In this department, we find the girls demonstrating many skills: home sewing, dress making, knitting, crochetting and embroidery. Classes in home nursing and first aid help the in structed to fit themselves for future emergencies. The beauty culture course embraces every phase of modern cosmetology. Under the guidance of a qualified teacher, the students merit a State certificate after passing the required tests. The arts and crafts unit is the solution to the problem of useful productive activity. Dolls and other stuffed toys give the workers a field in which to display their ingenuity. Greeting cards are hand-painted and party favors and gifts are ornamented for every occasion or celebration. The school orchestras in each department in clude brass instruments, wood-winds and strings. Under the able direction of an accomplished di rector and several instructors, the students acquire an appreciation of good music and a true sense of the value of unity and cooperation. A well-trained glee club and dramatic groups enable the talented members to increase their skill and attract those who desire to learn to apply themselves to the arts. Various social events which occur when birth day time or feast day celebrations permit, aid the girls in their preparation for becoming "new mem bers” ot the social groups to which they belong. These functions help them to become useful, happy citizens. Group aclivities are iostered through the active principles which form the working of a club pro gram. These engagements help in the develop ment of individual hobbies and encourage original creative effort. Those who are intellectually in clined, find a place in the various educational clubs. Those who prefer handwork and creative art are offered many fine fields of growth in the social clubs. In both sections, the participants are encom passed by an ideal atmosphere of friendliness and a cheerful “working together” spirit. Outdoor activity in a spacious yard provides incentive for basketball, roller-skating, competitive games and other “fresh air sports.” Indoor leisure time pleasures include a variety of selected current mdtion pictures, radio programs, the use of record playing machines and the piano for entertainment purposes; reading and sowing for those who prefer quiet industry or pastime. Ping-pong and bad minton aie popular sports in the recreation room. There is also a Home Store which displays many delightful and delicious products for the girls to buy as their tastes suggest. The chief aim of all the activity is character building. The girls arc taught first their duty to God and thir neighbors, and then they are aided in the formation of high ideals and principles which become their guides as they help themselves to a realization of the beauty and meaning of life. In the new foundation at Batesburg, as in ail others conducted by the Sisters of the Good Shep herd in the United States, all girls of normal mental and physical capacity will be admitted. They will be received from ; 'blic and private placing agencies as well as from parents or guardians, with out distinction of creed or nationality. The Diocese of Charleston is blessed in the coming of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd whose work for the salvation of souls will be a fruitful field for many miracles of grace. Dixie Musings Dr. Morris Wee, executive sec- I Personalities and events in retary of the student service com mission of the National Lutheran Council, speaking at the thirtieth annual meeting of the council, in Richmond, Va., last month, said: “What the students think today will be the condition of America tomorrow. The imperative need before the church is to shape the thinking of students so that they recognize religion as a necessary and accountable factor in educa tion and all of life. “The Christian church,” he con tinued, "must challenge the irre ligious educational philosophy and make its religious witness on every campus in America.” Reporting that the commission of which lie is executive secretary is expanding its student work in this country and Canada, Dr. Wee saiddhat Lutheran service centers are to be built on thirty-five cam puses, and declared that "Pagan influences on the American cam pus all for an aggressive ministry by the Lutheran churches of America. The spiritual vacuum which endangers all society in our time is the fruit of an educational policy which for thirty years has ignored God.” On the same day that Dr. We,e was speaking in Richmond, George E. Sokolsky, whose syndicated column appears in The Charles ton News and Courier and other newspapers, commented on an article written by Dr. Nathan Schnaehner for the current issue of the American Jewish Yearbook. This article, entitled, “Church, State and Education,” states Col umnist Sokolsky, “shows-what the law has been and is concerning American history are depict ed in fourteen clerestory win dows of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Worcester, Mass. The church is believed to be the first in the East to use the his torical theme in this connection. Prepared by John Terrence O’Duggan, of Boston, noted de signer of stained glass, the win dows show the discovery of Amer ica by Columbus, the discoveries of Coronado and Balboa, and the work of missionary explorers of the Southwest, Midwest and the Canadian border country. The American Revolution is rep resented by a panel showing Gen eral George Washington with Bar ry and Koscuisko. Charles Car- roll represents the several Cath olic signers of the Declaration of Independence. Catholics in Co lonial times are shown in the settlement of the Maryland col ony by Lord Baltimore. Milestones in the history of Catholicism in this country por trayed in the windows are the death of the North American mar tyrs at the hands of the Mohawks, and the establishment of the Cath olic University of America at Washington, D. C. Another window depicts the discovery of oil near Cuba, N. Y., by a French Catholic clergyman. Still another shows Dr. Julius A. Nieuwland of Notre Dame Uni- vei sity in the laboratory at work on his discovery of synthetic rub ber. Which reminds that one of the windows in St. Anne’s Church, Sumter, South Carolina, is a me morial to the Confederate dead, window of its kind in any church in the South. It includes in its design the “Stars and Bars,” the battle flag of the Southland in the stirring days of 1861-65. religion in the schools of toe va- sa j(j ^ jj e tj, e on j y s tained-glass lious parts of.the United States. While his summary of the history of this" subject is of value, what he misses altogether is that athe ism may be taught our children, but not the Word of God, not the Bible, not the Psalms, not toe Propneis, not toe Aposues. Karl Marx is legal in the schools, but not Isaiah or St. Mark. They suf fer from Biblical affiliation. “For many, this is a serious question,” Mr. Sokolsky adds. “They say that religion has no place in the schools. But has anti- religion a place? . . . m a woru, all the talk of Church and State has nothing to do with the fun damental question, which is what is being (lone to offset and coun teract ilieir corruption by teach ers who are atheists and wno propagandize an atheistic concep tion ol morals in public schools? u£' &cmi<«cimer*s u* ucui oofcs not deal with this at all. Unfortu nately, most of those who discuss concerned Under the auspices of toe Mayor and City Council of Atlanta and toe Atlanta Historical Society, a pageant marking toe centennial of the first council meeting of the City of Atlanta was held on February 2. Among the prominent Atlantans taking part were Thomas J. O’Keefe, who had the role of James A. Collins, a member of the nrst council; Slepnens Mn- j ehell, who impersonated Leonard C. Simpson, another 1848 coun cilman; William Brooks Angier, who impersonated his great grandfather, Dr. Nedom L. Angier, and Charles J. Lynch, Jr., who im personated his grandfather, James Lynch, one of the founders of Georgia’s Capital City. A group of World War Veterans this question are too with money tor bus rides and too j rii‘5 “el “*l»» £f « laleBh *»? MUml who shall get them out ol the taxpayer's money, but they do not worry about the poi son that is daily being led into the mind ot their own children, poisons that have already produc ed an unmeasurable debasement of man in Europe and projects here a society tout knows no bet ter guide ii.nn the rule of reason and necessity, the passion for self- salislaclion and indulgence.” captive, was in charge of San Bonaventura Mis sion on Jekyll island at the time. Dr. John Tate Manning, in his book, "The Spanish Missions of Georgia”, gives reason to be lieve that some remnants of the ruins of St. Bona ventura Mission, and of Santiago de Oeone Mis sion may be found on Jekyll Island. With aid from the Rockefeller Foundation and other sources, a number of the Missions in California have been restored. It is hoped that a movement will be begun to restore the Missions on Jekyll Island so (hat they may one day become a shrine which will attract devout pilgrims as well as pleasure seekers to the island. Robert R. Otis, of Atlanta, formerly a mem ber of the publicity committee of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, long active in the Georgia Historical Society, and presently chairman of the executive committee of toe So ciety for Georgia Archaeiogy, is completing a work which will be titled "Georgia’s 220 Years of Lost History—1513-1733”. Publication of this work will be eagerly awaited by those who would wish that all Geor gians could become better acquainted with the history of the prc-Colonial period in Georgia, toe days ol the Spanish Missions. A St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Burse lias been announced in Oklahoma City by Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness, Coadjutor of Okla- noma City’ anu ruisa. me xuud has a special significance lor Cath olics ol Oklahoma since it was Bishop Francis C. Kelley of Okla homa City and Tulsa who preach ed the sermoh at the funeral Mass for Mother Cabrini in Chicago in 1917. Many of them had never oper ated a gasoline pump before, but for three weeks members of the K. of C. council in Arlington, Virginia, took daily tricks at the service station of Edward Ken nedy while Mr. Kennedy, father of four small children, was hos pitalized for a serious illness. Oth er K. of C. members drummed up business for their incapaci tated fellow-member, to keep the cash register ringing when the need was greatest. Archbishop Mar lvanios of Tri vandrum, India, was a recent visi tor at the White House, where he talked with President Truman re garding the history of Christianity in India. The distinguished In dian Prelate was accompanied to the White House by Henry F. Grady, U. S. Ambassador to India; M. Asaf Ali, Ambassador of In dia to the United States, and by Father Bartholomew Paytas, S. A., Director of toe Church Unity Octave. Foreign Wars. The group, members of various religious denominations, decided unanimously to name the post the John Knuck Post in honor of John Knuek, Jr., who was killed in ac tion on the Island of Leyte in 1944. The young soldier in whose memory the new VFW Post is named, was the son of the late John Knock and Mrs. Jane Sher man Knuck, former Augustans, who moved to Florida some years ago to become pioneer members of St. John the Apostle parish in Hialeah. <■ Two other sons of Mr. and Mrs. Knuck, William Knuck and Fran cis Knuck, served in the nation's armed forces during the war. William Manners author of "Father and the Angels,” spoke on February 15, at the Standard Club, at a meeting sponsored by the Council of Jewish Women and the National Conference' of Christians and Jews. Mr. Manners was introduced to his audience by Estes Doremus, president of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia. Frank Leahy, coach of the foot ball team at the University of Noire Dame, was the featured guest speaker at the second annual meeting of the Touchdown Club held on February 9 in Athens, Ga. While in Athens, Coach Leahy was the guest of Wally Butts, coach of the footbal team at the University of Georgia. Lytle Hull, columnist for The Sparta (Georgia) Ismaelite, writing recently on “The Dark Ages”, declared; “What few rays of light shone upon the bleak scene of Western Europe issued from the Church of Rome. Steadfastly this —even then great Christian edifice —stood sentinel against the forces of darkness and evil—as it does today.” —H. K.