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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" Voi. XXXIII. No. 7 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JULY 26, 1952 ISSUED MONTHLY-—*3.00 A year FATHER HESBURGH NEW PRESIDENT OF NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Father Theodore J. Mehling, C. S. C., Provincial of the Indiana Province of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, has announced that Father Theodore Hesburgh, C. S. C., thirty-five year old native of Syra cuse. N. Y.. has been named fif teenth president of the University of Noll e Dame. Father Hesburgh succeeds Fath er John J. Cavanaugh, C. S. C. Father Cavanaugh becomes a mem ber of the Provincial Council of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, with residence at Notre Dame, and is assigned for special assistance to the president of the University. His six-year term, marked by major developments in many fields of plant and academic organization, was terminated by Canon Law because the president of Notre Darne is also religious superior of the Notre Dame com munity. For the past three years, Fath er Hesburgh has been executive vice-president of Notre Dame. A graduate of Gregorian University, Rome, and the Catholic University of America, Father Hesburgh was an auxiliary chaplain at Fort Meyer, Va. during World War II. He came to Notre Dame in 1945 to teach religion, and was chaplain of the married veterans attending the University. He was head of the de partment of religion in 1948 for the year preceding his appointment as executive vice-president. Father Edmund P. Joyce, C. S. C., formerly of Spartanburg, S. C.. acting vice-president in charge of business affairs, was named to succeed Father Hesburgh as ex ecutive vice-president of Notre Dame. Father Joyce was a certified public accountant for eight years following his graduation from Notre Dame in 1927. He was or dained in 1949 arid assigned to the business office of the University as assistant to the vice-president. Retreat for Men Held at Belmont BELMONT, N. C.—Father Mau rice V. Shean. C. O., provost of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Rock Hill, S. C., conducted the Retreat for men held at Belmont Abbet, July 18-20. The Retreat was sponsored by the Catholic Men’s Retreat Movement of North Caro lina, which is headed by George Gettier, of Charlotte^and Fred C. Ray, of Charlotte, was in charge of reservations. Bulletins HIS EMINENCE Samuel Cardi nal Stritch. Archbishop of Chicago, pronounced a most impressive and thoughtful invocation before the 14.000 persons gathered in Chi cago as the 1952 Republican Na tional Convention got under way. THE SLAUGHTER of 15,000 Po lish officers twelve years ago, 4,- 000 of them in Katyn forest of western Russia, was blamed offi cially on Russia in the report of a Congressional committee, which urged the House to forward its re port to the United Nations for ap propriate action against Russia in the UN. General Assembly and before the World Court. CONGRESS has given final ap proval to a bill raising to 20 per cent the amount of an individual’s income that may he exempt from income tax because of contribu tions to religiou,s education, or charitable organizations. PRESIDENT TRUMAN has sign ed a bill granting permanent resi dence in the United States to four Polish Nuns who came here after being imprisoned, beatefr and ex pelled from China by conununisis, I AT EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN BARCELONA — Pictured above, leading the Rumanian delegation and various other refugee groups in the concluding procession of the recent International Eucharistic Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, is Monsignor John C. Kirk, a priest of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who is presently serving as President of the Rumanian Catholic Mis sion in Europe, with bis headquarters in Madrid. During the years that the Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, Archbishop- Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, was Regent of the Apostolic Nuncia ture in Bucharest, Monsignor Kirk was secretary of the Nunciature in Rumania. Bishop and Abbot Officiate at Funeral Services in Atlanta For Father Joseph R. Smith ATLANTA, Ga.~Father Joseph Reeves Smith, pastor of St. An thony’s Church here, died on July 8, after being stricken with a cere bral hemorrhage a few days be fore while returning from a visit to the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost at Conyers. Funeral services were held at St. Anthony’s Church, where Father Smith served as pastor since No vember of last year when he suc ceeded the late Monsignor Joseph R. Croke. The Most Reverend Francis E. Hyland, D. D., J. C. IX. Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, pre sided in the sanctuary at a Low Mass of Requiem, which was of fered by the Right Reverend Dora Robert McGann, O. C. S. O.. Ab bot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost. Bishop Hyland pronounced the absolution and spoke briefly, expressing sympa thy and asking the prayers of the congregation for the repose of the soul of the beloved priest. Bishop Hyland was attended by Father Thomas I. Sheehan, pastor of St. Thomas More Church, De catur, and Father Harry Hayes, S. M., pastor of the Sacred Heart Church. Atlanta, as chaplains. Abbot Robert was assisted in celebrating the Mass by Father Simon Cherkauskas, O. C. S. O.. and Father Joachim Tierney, O. C. C. O., of Conyers, with Father George Daly, assistant pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, as master of ceremonies. Assisting Bishop Hyland during the absolution were Father Thomas A. Brennan, Savannah; Father Valentine Becker, S. M., Atlanta, Father Vincent Brennan. S. M. Atlanta; Father John D. Too- mey, Milledgeville. Father Thomas j Dubay, S. M., Atlanta. Monsignor Cassidy recited the prayers at the temporary burial j services in the crypt of West View Cemetery. Present in the sanctuary were Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy, rec tor of the Co-Cathedral of Christ j the King, Atlanta; Monsignor T. James McNamara, rector of the Ca thedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah; Monsignor Edward Dod- well, J. C. D., chaplain of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Can cer Home, Atlanta; Monsignor James J. Grady, pastor of the Im maculate Conception Church, At lanta, and more than forty priests of the Diocese of Savannab-Atlan- ta. The pallbearers were Raoul Pa- | FATHER JOSEPH R. SMITH | tron, Eugene Mitchell, Robert Cal- j laban, Thomas Bergen, John Jent- | zen, Ben Jordan, Leo Volker, i Thomas O’Keefe, Eugene Bris- | bane and Damon J. Swann. Fourth Degree members of the ; Knights of Columbus served as a j guard of honor at the funeral, at j the recitation of the Rosary, and during the Office of the Dead. ; Members of the Nocturnal Adora tion Society of St. Anthony’s par ish, members of the Altar Society the Needlework Guild, and the Par- I ent-Teacher Association of St. An- I thony’s School, also served as guards of honor while Father : Smith's body rested in state in the ' church. Born in Washington, Ga., a mem ber of a prominent Wilkes Coun ty family, Father Smith was a con vert to the Catholic Chruch. Short- j ly after entering the Church he began his study for the priesthood at Belmont Abbey College, in North Carolina, and continued his study at St. Charles College, Ca- tonsville, Md., St. Mary’s Semi nary, Baltimore, and the Sulpician Seminary at the Catholic Univar sity of America in Washington, D, C. He was ordained May 31, 1923, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, by the Most Reverend Michael J. Keyes, S. M., D. D., then Bishop of Savannah, His first Solemn High Mass was celebrated at the Sacred Heart Church. Augusta, with the Most Protestant Minister Declares Professor O'Neill's Book Answers Blanshard's Attack on the Church (N.C.W.C. News Service) NEW YORK.—Dr. Daniel A. Pol ing now sees the Catholic Church in the United States from the view point of Prof. James M. O’Neill and his work, “Catholicism and American Freedom.” He has abandoned the position he once took of looking on the Church from the standpoint of Paul Blan shard and his two anti-Catholic books. “American Freedom and Catholic Power,” and “Communism, Democracy and Catholic Power.” , 'The widely known Presbyterian churchman and author says so in a review of professor O’Neill’s book in the Christian Herald, pub lished here, of which Dr. Poling is editor. “In a commendatory review of Paul Blanshard's best seller. ‘Amer ican Freedom and Catholic Pow er.' ” Dr. Poling states, “I wrote: ‘The volume cannot be evaded . . . ! what it affirms will stand unless answered and disproved.’ I review ed Dr. Blanshard’s second book in the same spirit. A careful reading of ‘Catholicism and American Free- j dom’ by James O’Neill, chairman of the department of speech of Brooklyn College, makes one thing crystal clear: Every reader of the Blanshard book owes it to himself to read now the O’Neill book. “Indeed this volume is just about j ‘must’ reading for every literate American — Jew, Protestant and Catholic. As a Protestant v so knows why he is a Protestant, who is the sixth generation in an un broken line of Protestant clergy men. I am bound to write that, on material submitted, supported and defended in the two volumes, James O'Neill answers Paul Blan- shard. Dr. Blanshard now has his right to rebut.” Dr. Poling observes that Profes sor O’Neill’s hook “renders Ameri can freedom and presently our ba sic unity a significant timely ser vice.” He points out that Mr. O’Neill in answering questions, raises other questions which remain unanswered and that it “would he impossible in one volume to cover all the ground now opened by the deep-cutting plows of these two writers.” ‘I hope, however,” Dr Poling continues, "that in the interest of American unity, controversial writ ing might now cease and a volume be forthcoming written on the theme, ‘Here we stand, Americans alii’ It is high time that repre sentative American citizens, lit erate, intelligent and patriotic, loy al each to his own faith, sit down together and find their common ground—find it, possess and hold it against any attack of bigotry and anti-God totalitarianism.” 7,500,000 Patients Treated in 1951 in Catholic Hospitals of U. S. and Canada ST. LOUIS.—(NCI—At least 7.- 500.000 persons received treatment through Catholic health and hos pital services in the U. S. and Canada during 1951. This was reported with publica tion of the 1952 Catholic Hospital Directory compiled here by Hos pital Progress, official journal of the Catholic Hospital Association. Editors of the directory said 4.- 150.000 acutely ill patients sought medical care in Catholic general hospitals during 1951. and that al most 800,000 babies were born in the hospitals. ‘With reports reasonably com plete, it is clear that not less than 7.500.00 persons received , treat ment either as bed patients or through clinics and emergency ser vices of this group of hospitals,” the editors declared. From 1949-51. according to a di rectory table, there were 1.125 Catholic hospital and health agencies of all types in the Unit ed States and its possessions. Short-term hospitals totaled 806, and long-term hospitals 44. V grand total of 139,756 beds were provided by all facilities. In this country psychiatric ser vices ranked highest in long-term facilities with 17 hospitals, tuber culosis second with 15. Five hos pitals provided services for Hie chronically ill. “So far, only a few general hos pitals. Catholic and non-Catholic, have organized special depat- ments or nursing units for the care of the chronically ill.” the di rectory commented. “This r- a problem which should be faced by the majority of hospitals.” Directory editors said at least 24 new Catholic hospitals opened their doors during 1951 in the U. S. and Canada. These hospitals were founded in 12 Slates and four Canadian provinces. The States were Arkensas, Cali fornia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minne sota, Nebraska. New Jersey, New Mexico, and Rhode Island. Reverend Emmet M. Walsh. D. D., now Coadjutor Bishop of Youngs town, and then a priest of the Dio cese of Savannah, delivering the sermon. Father Smith served for several years on the Southwest Georgia Missions, with headquarters at St. Theresa’s Church, Albany, and with the mission^ at Alapaha and Willa- coochee as his particular charge. In 1929, he was appointed assist ant pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta, where he remained for three years, until he was named administrator of the Blessed Sac rament Church in Savannah. From 1936, until last November, Father Smith was pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta, The years during his pas torate saw the establishment in his parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home, and he was most devoted in his interest in the work of the Sisters of St. Domi nic of the Congregation of St. Rose of Lijna on behalf of the victims of incurable cancer. Father Smith maintained close and friendly relations with the Trappists since they founded a monastery in Conyers, and Father Smith’s request that he be buried in the Abbdy cemetery at Conyers was granted by Abbot Robert. Surviving Father Smith are two sisters, Mrs. P. B. Wise, Bogart, and Mrs, M. A. Pope, of Washing ton, Ga., and several nieces and nephews. Educators Taken on “Catholicism Tour" CHICAGO, 111. —(RNS)—Thirty- eight educators, studying in a sum mer workshop on human relations at Northwestern Univeristy here, went on a “Catholicism in Chi cago” tour as a part . of their course. The course, designed to give teachers and schopl admiinstrators a better understanding of religious, racial and nationality groups, was co-sponsored by the University’s school of education and the Na tional Conference of Christians and Jews. Most of the educators were of Protestant back-grounds. The educators took the oppor tunity during the tour to ask ques tions of priests and Nuns they met. Questions included: “Is the Pops the head man of all the Churches? Does he always stay in Rome? Does a priest have trouble hearing in the confessional? As the tour ended, Edward G Olseon. course director, said: “Oui of each visit comes some under standing of the way other people worship and also some apprecia tion of what those ways of wor ship mean to them. I don’t have tt accept it or agree with it, but if 1 understand it I’M more sympathe tic to tlie folks that do accept thos ways of worship,”