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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. 10 THIRTY-TWO PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 23, 1948 if. if. if. ISSUED MONTLY—$3.00 A YEAR Honored by Holy See "MONSIGNOR GEORGE LEWIS SMITH President of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, and Pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken, South Carolina, who has been elevated to the dignity of a Domestic Prelate, with the rank and title of Right Reverend Monsignor, by His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Father George Lewis Smith, Pastor in Aiken, Invested As a Domestic Prelate Cardinal Mooney to Dedicate Bishop England High School Gymnasium in Charleston AIKEN, S. C.—Father George Lewis Smith, president of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, and pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken, has been elevated by His Holiness Pope Pius XII to the dignity of Domes tic Prelate, with the rank and title of Right Reverend Monsignor. Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston formally invested Mon- sigr.or Smith as a Domestic Prel ate at a ceremony held at St. Mary Help of Christians Church •here on the evening of October 21. Right Reverend M. James Fox', O C. S. O., Abbot of Our Lady of Gethscmani Abbey, Trappist, Ky.; Monsignor Andrew K. Gwynn, P. A., of Greenville; Monsignor Joseph L. O’Brien, S. T. D., LL. D. , of Charleston; Monsignor Mar tin C. Murphy, of Columbia; Mon signor Joseph G. Cassidy, of At lanta; Monsignor Joseph F. Croke, Atlanta; Monsignor John L. Man ning, D. D., of Charleston; Mon signor T. James McNamara, of Sa vannah; Monsignor James J. Grady. Augusta, Monsignor Len nox Federal, Raleigh; Monsignor P. J. McGill, Jacksonville, and Father Donald McGowan, NCWC Director of Hospitals, Washington, D. C., with some sixty or more priests of the Charleston and neighboring Dioceses were present in the sanctuary and a congrega tion of Monsignor Smith Catholic and non-Catholic friends filled the church. The choir, directed by Sister Mary de Neri, with Mrs. F. E. Audrey, organist, included Sister M. Genevieve and students of St. Angela Academy. Following the ceremony, Bishop Walsh and the visiting clergy were guests at a dinner at the Hendsr- son Hotel. An enjoyable program of dinner music was presented by Mrs. Hugh Kinchley, violinist, and Miss Agnes Gouley, pianist, both of Augusta. Monsignor Smith was born at South River, New Jersey, where his family has lived for several generations. After attending high school and college, he was con nected with the South River Com pany for two years before begin ning the study of law. He gradu ated from the New Jersey Law School of Rutgers University with distinction and with the degree of LL B. Subsequently he did grad uate work at the Mercer Beasley School of Law. He was admitted to practice as an attorney and Counsellor at law and as a So licitor and Master of Chancery of New Jersey, and also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He conducted an active law prac tice in New Jersey for many years and was senior member of the legal firm of Smith and Dicker- son. He was active in civic and fraternal affairs, having served as State Advocate of the Knights of Columbus and as a promotor of the Laymen’s Retreat Movement in New Jersey. Monsignor Smith took a leave of absence from his law practice and travelled around the world while considering his decision to enter the priesthood. He then withdrew from his legal firm and entered the Pontifical College Beda in Rome to pursue his theo logical studies. On March 13, 1937, he was ordained to the Priesthood by his Eminence, Fran cis Cardinal Marehetti-Salvagian- ni, Vicar General of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Mother Church of all Christendom in Rome. He volunteered to serve as a priest of the Diocese of Char leston at the invitation of the Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., and came to South Carolina in July of 1937, and was appointed Auditor of the Matrimonial Court of the Diocese of Charleston and assistant rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, serving Saint Mary’s Mission at Yonges Island. In December, 1937, Mon signor Smith was appointed Ad ministrator of St. Joseph’s Church in Charleston and served there ■«q£il coming to Aiken in the au tumn of 1938. During his pastorate in Aiken, (Continued on page Twenty-Four) Bulletins FATHER PATRICK ADAMS, O. F. M., was recently appointed assistant pastor of St. Bonaven- ture’s Church, Allegany, N. Y., after serving for the last five years as assistant pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Rochelle Park, N. J. Father Patrick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lellardy Adams, of Macon, Ga. . THE HOLY SEE has granted permission to some twenty priests in India, who left the Syrian Rite when they joined the Society of Jesus, to resume their Oriental Rite and offer the Sacrifice of the Mass according to it. THERE IS A* CATHOLIC TREND in the world today and Protestants can no longer look upon the Catholic Church “as a remnant of the dark middle ages,” says an article in the Protestant monthly Zcitwende, published in Germany. CATHOLIC CHURCH authorities in Bavaria, Germany, have shown the utmost sympathy with, and understanding of the problems of the U. S. Military Government and have proved very cooperative, said Murray D. Van Wagoner, U. S. Military Governor of Bavaria, a non-Catholic, now on a visit to the United States. FOR THE FIRST TIME since its establishment in 1795, St. Pat rick’s College at Maynouth, Coun ty Kildare, Ireland’s national sem inary, has made a public appeal for funds. The appeal, which will be directed to “the Irish people at home and abroad,” was author ized at a meeting of the Irish Hierarchy held at the college. GEORGE D. BURKETT Mas ter of the North Carolina Province of the Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, has announced that there 'will be an exemplification of the fourth degree on Novem ber 7, at the Sclwyn Hotel, in Charlotte. EVOLUTION, even if it becomes a proven fact, in no way contra dicts Biblical teaching on the cre ation of man, declares an editorial in THOUGHT, quarterly of Ford- ham University. The editorial comments on and quotes an arti cle on “The Christian and the Progress of Science,” written by His Eminence Archille Cardinal Lienhart, Bishop of Lille, for ETUDES, monthly periodical of the French Jesuits. Holy Name Society in Spartanburg to Sponsor Day of Recollection (Special to The Bulletin) SPARTANBURG. S. C.—Under the auspices of the Holy Name Society of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, a Day of Recollection for all of th e men of the par ish will be held on the second Sunday in November, regular Communion Sunday for the socie ty. Father Patrick Walsh, O. P., of tile Dominican Mission Band, from Columbia, will conduct the exercises and will be in the con fessional at St. Paul’s Church on Saturday, November 13, from 4 until 6 and from 7 until 9 p. m. In addition to several confer ences, during the day of recollec tion, there will be Holy Hour de votions and new members of the Holy Name Society will be enroll ed. Following the 8 o’clock Mass on November 14, breakfast will be served in the parish hall for the men who are attending the exer cises, and luncheon will also be served in the parish hall. In the afternoon, a motion pic ture, “Christ the King," will be exhibited by Father Walsh in the parish hall. Father Charles J. Baum, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle parish, has urged all of the men of the parish to receive Holy Communion at the 8 o’clock Mass on Sunday, No vember 14, and to attend the ex ercises ot the one-day Retreat. CHARLESTON, S. C.—Bishop Enjmet M. Walsh of Charleston has announced that His Eminence Edward Cardinal Mooney, Arch bishop of Detroit, will dedicate the gymnasium of Bishop England High School at a ceremony to be held here on November 21 It will be the first time since the dedication of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in 1907, that an American member of the Sacred College of Cardinals has visited Charleston. Cardinal Villeneuve of Canada visited here in 1946. Cardinal Mooney, a native of Mount Savage, Md., who moved with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, when he was a child, at tended St. Charles College, Elli- cott City, Md., and St. Mary’s Sem inary, Baltimore, and completed his study for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome, where he was ordained on April 10, 1909. He returned home and was engaged in pastoral duties until 1934 when he was called to Rome to be Spiritual Director of the North American College. His Eminence was still serving in that post when, in 1926, he was named Apostolic Delegate to In dia. Five years later, he was named Apostolic . Delegate to Japan. In November, 1934, then on a visit to the United States, he was named Bishop of Roches ter In June, 1-934, he be-- the first Archbishop of Detroit. He served for ten years as a mem ber of the Administrative Board of the National. Catholic Welfare Conference. Bishop Walsh stated that all plans for the dedication ceremony had not been completed, but would be announced early next month when the construction work on the new building had been com pleted. In 1944 the school raised a fund of $65,000 for the construction of a gymnasium but the high cost of materials and labor caused a delay in the erection of the struc ture. Last year, a campaign was launched to raise additional funds and the amount needed to com plete the building was subscribed. A contract to erect the build ing at a cost of $148,118 was awarded to Skinner and Ruddock Charleston contractors. Plans for the latest, addition^to the Bishop England High School plant wore executed by Harold Tatum, Char leston architect, with Father Mi chael Mclnerney, O. S. B., of Bel mont Abbey, as associate archi tect. Founded in 1915, and named for Bishop John England, first Bishop of Charleston, classes were held at first in what is now the Ca thedral School on Queen Street. After a year, the high school moved to a building formerly oc- COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Nine teenth Annual Convention of the Charleston Diocesan Council of Catholic Women is being held here, October 23 and 24, with conven tion headquarters at the Columbia Hotel. Mrs. Jack Kearney, of Greenville, president of the Diocesan Council, has anounced the following pro gram for the convention, which will bring to Columbia representa tives of the various deanery and parishes councils of Catholic wom en, and affiliated organizations, from all parts of South Carolina. Saturday, October 23: Diocesan Board meeting, with Dutch lunch eon, Crystal room, Columbia Hotel, I p. m., Registration, mezzaine floor, Hotel Columbia, 2 p. m.; Business sesison, ball room, Colum bia Hotel, 4 p. m.; evening session, ball room, 8 30 p. m.; general re ception, ball room, 10 p. m. Sunday , October 24: Solemn Pontifical Mass, St. Peter’s Church, CARDINAL MOONEY cupied by the Religious of Our Lady of Cenacle, and then to the Gregorian Hall on George Street, where it remained until the main part of the present high school on Calhoun Street, was erected in 1921. A new addition to the original building on Calhoun Street was completed in 1947 at a cost of $115, 000. It is a two-story structure which affords space for science rooms, an auditorium, a lunch room and the principal’s office. The new building will afford locker rooms and showers for, boys and girls and for visiting teams. With seating accommodations for 1,500, the main floor will have a basketball court and a stage. Conference rooms, storage space and quarters for the athletic di rectors will also be provided in the new building. Monsignor John L. Manning, D. D., Chancellor of the Diocese of Charleston, is the present rector of Bishop England High School, having succeeded Monsignor Jo seph L. O’Brien, S. T., LL. D., who organized the first classes, and who served as rector of the school from its founding until last year Diocesan priests and Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy compose the high school faculty, and the stu-' dent body is dfawn from all of the parishes in Charleston and the city’s suburban area. BISHOP DANIEL J. Gcrcke, of Tucson, will commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of his consecration on November 7. Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston, celebrant, 10 a. m.; luncheon, Hotel Columbia, 1 p. m.; business session, Hotel Columbia crystal'room, 5 p. m.; benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Peter’s Church, 5:30 p. m. Monsignor Paul F. Tanner, As sistant General Secretary of the NCWC will preach at the Mass. Speakers include David P. Doyle, legal adviser of the NCWC; Mrs. Wm. J. McAlpin, of Atlanta, Treasurer of the NCCW, and Miss Catherine Jarboe, of Washington, D. C., national chairman of the Family Life committee of the NCCW. Mrs. J. E. Welsh, president of the Columbia Deanery Council, is general chairman of the conven tion committee, with Mrs. L. S. Tompkins and Mrs. Alex Wiles as chairman and co-chairman. Mrs. B. B. Bellinger is serving as chair man of the Credentials-Itegistra- tion committee, ,-j Nineteen Annual Convention Charleston Diocesan Council NCCW Being Held in Columbia