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Vol. XXXIII. No, 5 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 17, 1952 ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAR
WILL LEAD NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN—More than 300 delegates attended the
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mittee; Dr. George R. Ellis, Washington, D. C., treasurer; Francis I. Nally, Toledo, president; Albert
J. Sattler, New York, vice-president; Judge David McMuIlan, St. Louis, secretary.—(NC Photos).
Holy Father Exhorts Women of World
To Adopt the Cause of Peace as a
'"Mission from God and Humanity"
Francis Nally of Toledo
New President of National
Council of Catholic Men
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.—An appeal to
the women of the world to embrace
the cause of peace as “a mission
from God and humanity” was
sounded by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII. He spoke in Italian to dele
gates from 45 countries attending
the 13th international Congress of
the World Union of Catholic Wo
men's Organizations.
The Holy Father termed women’s
work for peace today “the most ex
tensive perhaps assigned to you by
Providence up to the present,” and
“more social and salutary” than
anything they have done in the
past. The theme of the women's
meeting was, “World Peace and the
Responsibilities of Christian Wo
manhood.”
The Pope declared that if all wo
men were to translate their innate
hatred of war into “concrete ac
tion to impede war,” the total of
“such imposing efforts” could not
fail to attain its end.
The Papal audience came at tlje
conclusion of five-day sessions dur
ing which the Catholic women dis
cussed factors threatening “the
peaceful stability of nations.”
Among those attending were Unit
ed States delegates, including Mrs.
Gerald B. Bennett, Grand Rapids,
Mich., president of the National
Council of Catholic Women; Miss
Margaret J. Mealey, Washington,
D. C., executive secretary of the
Council; Mrs. Edwin G. Becker,
president of the Cincinnati Re
gional Council of Catholic Women;
and Mrs. Henry Mannix, Mt. Kis-
co, N. Y., U. S. member of the
Bureau of the WUCWG, and vice-
president for the Western Hemi
sphere.
“The responsibility of Christian
womanhood toward effecting the
peace of the world is not limited to
any particular group or country but
must be the principal considera
tion of Catholic women’s organiza
tions everywhere.”
This reminder was given by Mrs.
Gerald B. Bennett of Grand Rap
ids. Mich., president of the Nation
al Council of Catholic Women, dur
ing the 13th International Con
gress of the World Union of Cath
olic Women’s Organizations.
“No one,” said Mrs. Bennett,
“who is attending this Congress
called by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII to acquaint the women of the
world with conditions affecting the
Church today, could again consci
entiously limit her vision to only
particular needs and demands of
her own environment.”
Discussing present-day needs
and the obstacles to peace, Mrs.
Bennett told the delegates that “a
vision, however, deadly, and a faith,
however destructive, can only be
confronted with a positive faith
and a larger vision of man. . . .
The revolutionary forces unleash
ed in the world today have not been
generated by the demand for bread
alone, but because the status and
dignity and other natural rights
have been denied too long.”
The six-day sessions, attended
by 200 women from 26 countries,
comprised an extensive program of
general and workshop sessions.
They were marked, according to a
member of the U. S. delegation,
by an enthusiastic interest and de
votion which proved the burning
desire of women in all countries to
contribute to the cause of peace.
The U. S. delegates attended the
general audience in which the Holy
Father appealed to the women of
the world to embrace the cause of
peace as a mission of God and
humanity. On the following day,
ten of the eleven U. S. delegates
were also received in special audi
ence by the Pope in his private li
brary.
Ave Maria Hour
Wins Reliqious
Program Award
COLUMBUS. —(NC)—The Ave
Maria Hour was given First Award
for Religious Radio Programs
heard nationally at the Sixteenth
American Exhibition of Education
al Radio and TV programs, held at
Ohio State University here.
Dr. I. Keith Tyler, director of
the Institute for Education by
Radio and TV at Ohio State, an
nounced the award prior to the
opening of the annual convention
at the Institute. The exhibition
covers all types of educational work
being done in the communications
field.
“This award is an incentive for
us to aim for even greater achieve
ment,” said Father Terence Cum
mings, S. A., director of the Ave
Maria Hour.
The Ave Maria Hour is a week
ly half-hour radio drama produced
by the Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison,
New York. The usual format is to
tell the story of a Saint or other
hero of God as a means for en
couraging listeners to follow the
will of God in hope hnd confi
dence. Several special series have
been based on fiction stories con
cerned with the Sermon on the
Mount and the Ten Command
ments.
The weekly dramas are at pres
ent being heard on more than 350
stations in the United States and
on more than 300 stations overseas
through the facilities of the Armed
Forces Radio Service. In addition,
the Ave Maria Hour is shipped to
the Philippines, Ceylon, Bermuda
and the West Indies. Plans are now
in progress for introducing the
program to China and Japan.
The program is directed profes
sionally by Carlo DeAngelo, vet
eran New York radio and TV pro
ducer. The Ave Maria Hour cele
brated its eighteenth anniversary
of continuous broadcasting last
1 month.
Abbot Boniface Seng
Resigns as Abbot of
Sf. Bernard’s Abbey
ST. BERNARD, Ala. — (NC)—
Abbott Boniface Seng, O.S.B., 84,
announced his resignation and call
ed for the election of a Coadjutor
Abbot at a meetig of the capitulars
of St. Bernard's Abbey here. Abbot
Seng also has been president of
St. Bernard’s College.
He was elected the fourth Abbot
of St. Bernard’s on January 4, 1939.
He has been a priest for 55 years.
Born in Chicago on September
15, 1867, he was educated in paro
chial schools and was attending
St. Ignatius College when he de
cided to study for the priesthood
and transferred to St. Vincent’s
Archabbey at Latrobe, Pa. He
came to St. Bernard’s Abbey in
1892 and was ordanied here on
February 26, 1897.
On the golden jubilee of his
priesthood in 1947, Abbot Seng
was honored by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII, who gave the Abbot the
right to wear the Cappa Magna.
A month later, he received another
honor from the Pope and was in
vested by Bishop Thomas J. Toolen
of Mobile, with the violet zucchet-
to, the purple skullcap ordinarily
worn only by Bishops.
The document from the Pope be
stowing the zucchetto stated: “This
signal and exceptional honor is be
stowed on you personally and is
an indication of His Holiness’ ap
preciation of your long and fruitful
years of priestly labors.”
Senator McCarren Says
Irish Will Never Join
Movement to Harm U. S.
NEW YORK.—(NC)—Any move
ment for the destruction of the
United States will never be joined
by a son of Ireland or anyone with
Irish blood, U. S. Senator Pat Me-
Carran of Nevada declared in an
address here.
The Senator spoke before the
American Irish Historical Society
in the Biltmore Hotel, where he
was awarded the organization’s
gold medal bestowed annually on
an outstanding American of Irish
ancestry.
The Nevadan, who is chairman of
the Senate Internal Security Com
mittee, assailed the laxity of laws
which permit enemies of the gov
ernment to enter the United
States. He termed the current
world situation “a war between
civilization and those interested, in
the welfare of free men, and the
enemies of civilization whose sup
port stems from the centers of
communism.”
Joseph Scott, Los Angeles lawyer
and publicist, presented the award
to Senator McCarran. Last year’s
recipient was Archbishop Richard
J. Cushing of Boston. Among
others honored in past years are:
His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, Archbishop of New
York; the late Lieutenant General
Hugh A. Drum; and John S. Burke,
New York businessman and philan-
UuopisL
TOLEDO, O.—It was a talking
convention, as well as a listening
one—this 32nd annual meeting of
the National Council of Catholic
Men here in Toledo.
Some 300 men from every sec
tion of the country—the largest
turnout in NCCM convention his
tory—showed up for the two-day
sessions, and every one was given
an opportunity to “express his
views in a program devoted princi
pally to workshops and panel dis
cussions.
At the closing business session
Francis Nally of Toledo, who had
served as first vice president of
the NCCM, was elected president
to succeed Stewart Lynch, Wilm
ington (Del.) attorney. Mr. Nally
is news editor for The Catholic
Chronicle, newspaper of the Tole
do diocese, and a correspondent for
the N. C. W. C. News Service.
Other officers elected Were: Al
bert J. Sattler of New York, vice
president; Judge David McMuIlan
of St. Louis, secretary, and Dr.
George Ellis of Washington, D. C.,
treasurer. The officers, with Mr.
Lynch serving as member-at-large,
comprise the NCCM’s executive
committee.
Five members of the board of
directors were elected: James
Hanrahan of Brooklyn, N. Y., to
serve for the Province of New
York; Joseph Lemp of Pittsburgh
to serve for the Province of Phil
adelphia; John O’Connor of In
dianapolis to serve for the In
dianapolis province; Judge Mc-
Mullan to serve for the St. Louis
province, and Henry Montecino of
New Orleans, to serve for the New
Orleans province.
The convention closed with a
general meeting in the Macomber
Vocational High School auditor
ium. Bishop George J. Behring of
Toledo, host to the convention, pre
sided and Mr. Lynch served as
chairman. The formal speakers
were Bishop William T. Mulloy of
Covington, and James M. O’Neill,
educator and author, whose latest
work, “Catholicism and American
Freedom,” has been acclaimed as
the Catholic reply to the book
“American Freedom and Catholic
Power,” by Paul Blanshard, anti-
Catholic writer.
The opening session of the con
vention was addressed by Bishop
Allen J. Babcock, Auxiliary of De
troit and Assistant Episcopal Chair
man of the Department of Lay
Organizations. National Catholic
Welfare Conference. He told the
Catholic men that they must be
fortified with great zeal in order to
bring back to their homes and
parish organizations the decision
to be reached at the convention
which would make “for a more
moral America.”
Other opening session speakers
Bulletins
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN,
Auxiliary of New York and Na
tional Director of the Society for
the Propagation of the Faith, is
now writing a regular weekly col
umn for the Saturday edition of
The New York Journal-American.
HIS EMINENCE Alessio Cardi
nal Ascalesi, Archbishop of Naples,
died on May 10. His death reduced
to forty-seven the number of mem
bers of the College of Cardinals.
FATHER JOHN J. TOOMEY,
veteran Maryknoll Missioner and
a graduate of St. Charles College,
Catonsville, Md., is listed by the
State Department among Ameri
cans held as prisoners by the
Chinese communists.
JAMES B. MULHERIN, chair
man of the Retreat Section of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, announces that plans are
being made to hold the annua! Re
treat for men at St. Joseph’s Home,
Washing ton, July 11-13.
included the Rev. Lawrence J.
Ernest, moderator of the Toledo
Diocesan Council of Catholic Men;
James P. Lavey. Toledo Council
president, and Toledo’s Mayor
Lloyd E. Roulet, a 32nd-degree
Mason who welcomed the delegates
to the 32nd annual convention.
Immediately after the opening
session, the gathering broke up in
to the workshop and panel ses
sions which virtually were the or
der for the rest of the convention.
There were workshops on strength
ening family life; on youth; on civil
and social action; on communica
tions; on legislation. All possible
phases of work in these fields were
discussed.
Father J. A. Greeley
Speaks at May Day
Rally, New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — (NC) — In
making May Day a time for prayer,
consecration and reparation “we
are not inaugurating, but renewing
an ancient custom,” Father James
A. Greely, S. J., declared at cere
monies held in Jackson Square
here.
The only new element, he de
clared, is that today the Christian
ceremonies are “a counter cele
bration” to offset those who would
“do away” with Christ and His
Mother.
The demonstration here was
sponsored by the Mariology Com
mission of the National Federa
tion of Catholic College Students,
and was the occasion of a rededi
cation of the Archdiocese of New
Orleans to the Immaculate Heart
of Mary by Archbishop Joseph F.
Rummel.
“It was in the sixteenth century
that the people of France dedicated
this first day of May, in a very
special manner, to the Mother of
God,” Father Greely said, “so that
there is a special appropriateness
in our gathering here this May
Day and reconsecrating ourselves
and our archdiocese to the Immac
ulate Heart of the Virgin Mother.
We are not inaugurating, but re
newing an ancient custom. The
only new element we add to this de
votion is that we make it now a
counter celebration to offset the
efforts of those who would do away
with the Mother, whom we honor;
the Child, Whom we love, and the
Eternal Father, Whom we adore.”
“To the sophisticated and the
smart alecks,” Father Greely con
tinued, “it must appear like a
strange combination to see the
Holy Rosary held in challenge to
the Hammer and Sickle. It is not
one-half as efficient as the sharp-
pointed sickle which can dig deep
and lacerate a victim. But the
Rosary is not intended for hurting,
but for healing. The crucifix on
the Rosary is usually a weak bit
of metal or a frail piece of wood.
It is not one-half as efficient as
the strong hammer, that can readi
ly strike down and subdue a vic
tim. But the crucifix is not in
tended to strike down, it is meant
for raising up. It is not used to
subdue, but to liberate. The raised
clench first that wields tbs ham
mer and sickle indicates hatred
and a determination to wound and
destroy. The hands folded in
prayer, like church steeples point
ing heavenward, indicate faith,
love and a desire to serve. Place
in those hands the chaplet of the
Rosary and you have a powerful
weapon—a weapon not for war, but
for lasting peace.”
Father Greely is assistant pastor
of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception here and was formerly
an assistant pastor at the Sacred
Heart Church in Augusta, Ga.
Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison
opened the program by welcoming
the May Day demonstrators. Arch
bishop Rummel gave Benedictio*
of the Blessed Sacrament.