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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”
VoT. XXIX. No. 3
FORTY PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 27, 1948
ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAR
ON ST PATRICK'S DAY—Meeting at a SI. Patrick's Day fele in
New York are. His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop
of New York: Harry S. -Ti nman, president of the United States, and
John A. Coleman, president Of the New J'ork unit of the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick. President Truman is wearing the medal of the
Friendly Sons, recently conferred upon him. UNP NC Photos).
Masonic Magazine Publishes
Catholic Side of School Question
Parish Chairmen Appointed for
Bishop’s Building Fund Drive in
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
Charles C. Chesser, chairman, Fa-
1948 Laetare Medal
Awarded 1o Former
Postmaster General
NOTRE DAME, Ind (NO—
Frank C. Walker, warlime post
master General and former chair
man or the Democratic National
Committee, has been announced as
1948 recipient of the Laetare
Medal, awarded annually since
3883 by the University of Notre
Dame to an outstanding Catholic
layman or iaywoman.
Mr. Walker, who served as Post-
Master General from 1940 to 3945,
when he resigned to return to pri
vate business in New York, is the
fourth Notre Dame Alumnus to
receive the award. The last pre
vious alumnus so honored was
Dr. Albert F. Zalinr, scientist, In
3925. The 15)47 medal was award
ed to William G. Bruce, Milwau
kee publisher and civic leader.
Announcing the award. Father
John J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C., pres
ident of Notre Dame, said that “as
a Cabinet member for five years
during the trying priori of World
War 11. and in many other po
sitions of responsibility in the
Government of the United States,
Mr. Walker has been for many
years an ideal public servant.
“In liis extensive business' re
lationships, and in Iris personal
and family life, he has exemplified
at all times the highest Christian
and American principles. He has
given generously of his-time and
resources to every good r arise, and
tire University of Notre Dame is
especially proud to honor this
noble and gifted alumnus and j
member of I he Associate Board of |
La-v Trustees at Notre Dame.”
Mr. Walker was one of President
Roosevelt s* closest advisers, serv
ing in such top Government posi
tions as executive secretary of
the President's, Executive Council,
head of the National Emergency
Council, and head of the Division
of Application and Administration
of the Public Works Program.
President Truman naine^ him in
1945 to serve as an alternate rep
resentative for the United States
at the first session of the United
Nations General Assembly, held at
London in 1945.
The Laetare Medalist is a World
War 1 veteran, married and the
father of two children. Born at
Plymouth, Pa., in 1888, he was
raised in Montana and attended
Gorizaga University in Spokane,
Wash., before entering tire Law
School at Notre Dame. In 1913
he was elected to (he Montana
State Legislature.
BRO. FRANCIS PATRICK
MARKS GOLDEN JUBILEE
AS CHRISTIAN BROTHER
(Special to The Bulletin)
PITTSBURGH. Pa. — On March
1. Brother Francis Patrick, who at
one time was a member of tire
faculty of the Catholic High
School, in Augusta. Ga., completed
fifty years of service as a Christian
Brot her-.
A native of Ireland, Brother
Francis came to this country just
prior to entering the junior noviti
ate of the Brothers of thr' Chris-'
tian Schools, at Ammendale. Md.,
on March 1, 1898.
After his years of scholastic and
novitiate training, Brother Francis
tauglr in several parochial schools
in Philadelphia, and high schools
in Augusta, Baltimore, and at
West Catholic High School. Phila
delphia. In later years he taught
at the Brothers’ nofmal school, at.
La Salle College, Philadelphia, and
at Scranton University. He is pres
ently stationed at Central .High
School in Pittsburgh.
bishop john ii. McNamara,
Vicar General of the Archdiocese
of Washington lias been named
as Assistant at the Pontifical
Throne l>y Hit Holiness Pope,
Pius XII.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The month
ly Masonic Trestle Board maga
zine oldest Masonic publication
west of the Rocky Mountains, pub
lished here, in its latest issue
throws its pages open to the ex
position of the Catholic side of
the* question of public aid to
parochial schools. In its leading
editorial the magazine slates:
“In these columns \ve have con
sistently championed the Public
School system and indicated the
dangers inherent in any weaken
ing in the barrier between Church
and Slate, At various times we
have found occasion to criticize
! the Parochial School system anfl
lire unceasing efforts of the pow
ers behind it to weaken the Pub
lic School and ‘chisel in’ upon
Public School funds.
"But We recognize, too. that there
are two sides to every question.
On page six . we present the
‘other side.’ This lake- the' form
bl an article by one of the leading
Roman Catholic educators of tire
West, in it. he, defends the Pa
rochial Schools and makes a plea
for tolerance.
To some it may . appear strange
that such a contribution should ap
pear in a publication which has
vigorously denounced I hat which
the article defends. But this is
America, glorying in freedom of
thought, freedom of speech, free
dom of discussion. And tolerance
is the solid foundation upon which
this nation lias been built. Tol
erance, too, is one of our Frater
nity’s. proudest attributes. So it
is witlr pride, rather than apology,
that, we have opened our columns
to worthy exponent of the Pa
rochial Schools’ case. We arc
convinced of the justice of our
convictions but believe that noth
ing can be lost by free and open
disfcussion.”
The editorial invites replies to
the articles by Msgr. James T.
O’Dowd, superintendent of schools
for tire San Francisco Archdiocese,
entitled “The Catholic Partner in
American Education.” Monsignor
O’Dowd traces Ihe history of the
parochial school system i'rom co
lonial days down to tlic present
time antj points out that Catholic
schools -exist in recognition of the
right of parents to send their chil
dren to a school of their choice—
a right based on natural law and
upheld irt a number of cases ad
judicated by tire U. S. Supreme
Court.
He reminds tlrat American par
ents have exercised that right to
insure that their children will be
instructed in religious tenets as
Well as other necessary studies.
He points out that the U. S. Con
stitution is based ‘upon the as
sumption that man has innate dig-
nlty because ire is a free crea
ture with body and soul, an intel
lect and will, emotions and social
needs.” He contends that the
“education of such a man cannot
be cut up into separate, watertight
compartments any more than can
his very person.”
Many national leaders, he writes,
have been iron! upon “cutting off
from everyday life an Important
part of morality and culture,", and
while these, men did not profess
atheism, they have wholehearted
ly supported secularism.
“Secularism has been defined
as Ihe denial of religion's rele
vancy." Monsignor O’Dowd writes.
"That many prominent educators
have begun to he alarmed by lire
logical outcome of secularism may
bo noted front a reading of the
1947 study ot the American Coun
cil on Education entitled ‘The
Relation of Religion to Public Edu
cation.' The plant 1 but is not
tended carefully and regularly all
loo often withers and dies. That
religion has fallen into such a
parlous condition is too evident to
stress here. The issue is such as
to demand much more than mere
protest oi- sectarian fear. It is
a tremendous challenge that oniy
those who are opposed to religion
as suelt will dismiss.” (NC)
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
FOR SAVANNAH BEACH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Monsignor
Joseph E. Moyian. Vicar General
of tire Diocese of Savannah-Allan-
ta, lias announced that a parochial
school is to he erected this sum
mer' for St. Michael’s Church at
Savannah Beach
The school building, which will
be 150 feel long by 25 feet wide,
will contain four class rooms and
will be constructed of concrete
block and stone. It ‘is expected
Ural the building will be complet
ed in tirpe for Ihe opening of the
school year next lali.
Missionary Sisters of the Im
maculate Conception will teach in
the school. >
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Enlistment of
all volunteer’ working personnel
throughout the Diocese of Savan-
nali-Atlanta in the $1.000,000 Bish
op’s Building Fund is nearing
completion, it has been announc
ed b.v Monsignor Joseph F. Cioke,
general chairman of the cam
paign.
Monsignor Croke staled: “The
wholehearted cooperation from
every parish in our Diocese is
most gratifying. In every section
of tile stale, our efforts to raise
$1,000,000 to provide funds to
erect new churches, chapels and
parochial schools will be spear
headed by an army of several
thousand Catholic men and, wom
en. vThrough their unselfish -de
votion to our<**mse, through their
giving of their time, efforts and
means, and through their person
ally contacting every Catholic
family in Georgia, wc are confi
dent of the ultimate success of our
crusade.
“This is no bit or priss appeal;
long and careful preparation has
gone into this mighty effort to in
sure the complete success of this
undertaking.”
The campaign committee, wit'll
the list of parishes and their re
spective chairmen and pastors, is
as follows:
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE *
His Excellency lire Mosl Rever
end Gerald P. O’Hara.. Honorary
Chairman; the Right Reverend |
Monsignor Joseph E. Moyian. V.
G., Honorary Vice-Chairman: the
Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph
F. Croko. General Chairman.
Parish Chairmen and Pastors:
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Savannah. Dan J. Sheehan, chair
man, Monsignor T. James McNa
mara, pastor: Sacred Heart'
Church, Savannah. Colonel George
Butler, chairman. Father Robert:
Brennan. O. S. B., pastor: Blessed
Sacrament Church, Savannah.
Dr. Michael Egan, chairman, Fa
ther Thomas A. Brennan pastor:
St. Anthony's Church, Savannah,
John DeCotau. chairman. Father
Charles Canavan. S. M. A., pastor;
St. Benedict's Church. Savannah,
Paul Steele, Chairman, Father Jos
eph Feeley, S. M. A., pastor: St,
Mary’s Church. Savannah. James
Kettles, chairman. Father Bar
tholomew Keohane, S. M. A., pas
tor.
St. Theresa's Church. Albany,
II. F. Wiggins, chairman. Father
Daniel J. Bourke. V. F.. pastor;
St. Mary's Church, Americas.
Madison E. Dill, chairman. Fattier
Godfrey Weitekamp, O. F. M..
pastor: Sacred Heart Church,
Gr iffin, Henry L. Eskew Sr., chair
man. Father John W. Doherty.
G'.SS.R.. pastor: St. Peter's
Church. LuGratigr. Naser Man-
sour. chairman, Father .1. Joseph
Molloy, pastor.
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Church, Lakeland. A. I). Miller,
Jr., chairman. Father Francis Me-
Carron, O. M. I., pastor: St. Jos
eph’s Church. Macon, 1 tolst C.
Beall, chairman, Father Robert
Bryant, S. J.. pastor; St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens, Dr. T. 11, Mc-
Hallon, chairman, Father Robert
Brennan, pastor.
Immaculate Conception Church,
•Atlanta. Robert Cole, chairman,
Father Joseph R. Smith, pastor.
St. Anthony's Church, Atlanta, A.
M. Deiters, chairman, Monsignor
Joseph F. Croke pastor; Sacred
Heart Church, Atlanta. Raymond
Brooks, chairman, Father Harry
Hayes, S. M., paster: Cathedral of
Christ the King, Atlanta. Bernard
J. Kane, chairman, Monsignor
Joseph G. Cassidy, pastor;' St,
Thomas More Church, Decatur,
Robert Andrews, chairman, Fa
ther Cornelius jE. Maloney, pas
tor: Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
Atlanta. Paul King. chairman,
Father Michael McKecver, S. M.
A., pastor.
St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta,
tlrer Harold J. Barr, pastor : Sa
cred Heart Church, Augusta, J. P.
Price. chairman. Father Flor
ence D. Sullivan. S. .1., pastor; St.
Mary'-s-on-The-H ill Church, Au
gusta, Thomas H. Brltlingliain.
chairman, Monsignor James J.
Grady, pastor: Immaculate Con
ception Church. Augusta, Edgar
L. Matthews, chairman. Father A.
J. Gall. S. M. A . pastor.
St. Paul's Church, Douglas,
Frank J. Hanna, chairman, Fa
ther Frederick V. Gilbert, O. M.
I., pastor; St. Michael’s Church,
Gainesville, George A. Crisp,
chairman. Father Michael Man
ning, pastor; St. Francis Xavier
i Church, Br unswick, Joseph . L.
j Owens, chairman, Father John T.
Mercer, S. M., pastor; Sacred
Heart Church. Milledgeville. Mi
chael T. Landy, chairman. Rather
John D. Toomey, pastor; St. Peter
Claver Church, Macon, Robert
Thomas, Sr., chairman. Father
Daniel Cannon. S. M. A., pastor.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
Port Wentworth. Charles Guil-
| lotto, chairman, Father Dan J. Mc-
I Cai’thV, pastor; St. Mary’s Church,
Rome. Joseph L. Turbldy, chair
man, Father James H. Grady,
pastor; Iioly Family Church. Co
lumbus, William Fortson, chair
man, Father' Herman Deimel, pas
tor: St. Augustine's Church,
Thomasville, John Larkin, chair-
j man. Father John J. O'Shea, pas
tor: St. John the Evangelist
Church, Valdosta. Robert L.
Bruce, chairman. Father John J.
I Kennedy, pastor; Church of the
I Nativity. Thunderbolt. Dr. F. 1C.
Duccv. chairman, Father John A.
Morris, pastor.
St. Joseph's Church. Washing
ton. George Poelio. chairman. Fa
rther John Crean. pastor 1 ; St. Jos-
! eph's Church. Dalton, Patrick
Crowe, chairman. Father Joseph
li. Driscoll, C'.SS.K., pastor: St.
Michael’s Church, Savannah
Beach, John J. Powers, chairman,
Monsignor Joseph E Moyian., pas
tor: St. Matthew's Church, States
boro, Father’ Edward Smith, pas
tor; Our Lady of Good Hope
Church, isle of. Hope, Malcolm
McKenzie, chairman. Father Ter
rence Kernnn, O. S B.. pastor;
St. Joseph's Church, Marietta,
I’homas J. Griffin, chairman. Fa
ther II. T. Hayes, S. M., pastor; St.
Joseph's Church, Wa.vcross, Val
entine Stanton, chairman, Father
John II. Ilillmann, S. M.. paslor.
Immaculate Conception Church,
Dublin. John 11. Maloney, chair
man, Father Walter J. Donovan,
pastor.
Marist College, Atlanta,
Equipping Audio Visual
Auditorium jxi New Annex
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—In Ihe recent
ly completed annex building of
Marist College, one of the larger
classrooms is being converted into
an Audio Visual auditorium.
Equipment ready for use is a
Baloptican slide and strip film
projector, a 16-ihm silent projec
tor, and a recorder for voices. A
new 1,6-mm sound projector will
also be put into use.
The Visual-Air room will be
used for many purposes- Tire mili
tary department will have access
to the room to show films for mil
itary instruction. The U. S. Army
uses motion picture projection on
a large scale in every type of train
ing, and tire Marist cadets will now
he able to obtain such instruction
on their own campus.
A member of the faculty lias a
complete line of motion picture
and still cameras, and it is expect
ed that a complete photographic
department, with facilities for tak
ing, developing, printing and en
larging pictures will be made
available to the student.