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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 30, 1952
Cardinal Presides
Al Last Rites tor
Senator McMahon
NORWALK, Conn.—(NO—Sen
ator Brien McMahon of Connecti
cut, achitect of the Nation’s atomic
enery program, “had a passon for
peace” that was “tempered with
reason,” Bishop Henry J. O’Brien
of Hartford declared at his funeral
here.
“He was a man who contributed
much to the welfare of the State
and Nation,” the Bishop sail. “His
loyalty to God arid to the teaching
of the Catholic Church were admir
ably evidence in his high concept
of duty.
“He had a deep sense of social
justice reflected in all his activities
in the Senate. He had a passion
for peace, but tempered with rea
son.
“As chairman of the Commit
tee on Atomic Energy he felt heavy
responsibility. He had hopes this
new force might be channeled for
the betterment of the human race,
and might serve to promote peace.
“It was far this he labored and
toward this he directed his energies
during the past few years?
“His devotion to duty, singleness
of purpose, his integrity, his high
sense and appreciation of the
privilege of life in the public ser
vice made him a man respected
by his colleagues and by the people
of our State, who were justly proud
of him as their representative in
the Senate of the United States.”
His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, Archbishop of New
York, presided at the Solemn
Requiem Mass in St. Thomas the
Apostle Church, which was crowd
ed by church dignitaries and lead
ers in the Nation’s public life.
Bishop John J. McEleney, S. J.,
Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica, was
with the Cardinal in the sanctuary.
Other clergy present included
.Monsignor Howard J. Carroll.
General Secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, and
Father Joseph M. Moran, who
represented Archbishop Patrick A.
O’Boyle of Washington.
Representing President Truman
was the Secretary of Labor,
Maurice J. Tobin. Jack K. McFall,
Assistant Secretary of State, repre
sented Secretary of State Dean
Acheson.
Other dignitaries included Jus
tice Tom Clark of the Supreme
Court, Governor John Lodge of
Connecticut and three former Gov
ernors of that state, and former
U. S. Attorneys General Homer
Cummings and J. Howard McGath.
Fellow members of the Senate
attending Senator McMahon’s
funeral included Herbert H. Leh
man of New York, Blair Moody of
Michigan, John Pastore and Theo
dore F. Green of Rhode Island,
George D. Aiken of Vermont,
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire,
and William Benton of Connecti
cut. Also present were several
members of the House of Repre
sentatives and of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Celebrant of the Mass was
Father Henry E. Flannagan. pastor
of St. Thomas the Apostle Church.
Senator McMahon, a native of
Norwalk, was chairman of the
Joint Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy. He died (July 28)
of cancer at Georgetown University
Hospital in Washington shortly
after his name was placed in nomi
nation for the Presidency at the
Democratic National Convention.
Knights of Columbus
In Atlanta Plan to
Confer 4th Degree
ATLANTA, Ga.—Plans are being
made by tbe Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara General Assembly, Knights
of Columbus, for the exemplifica
tion of the fourth degree in Atlanta
on October 12, Columbus Day.
All third degree members of the
K. of C. who desire to be initiated
in the fourth degree with the Co
lumbus Day class are urged to
make application as soon as possi
ble through any member of the
general assembly or through Henry
C. Taylor, financial secretary of At
lanta Council, No. 660.
Newly installed officers of the
general assembly are: Thomas J.
Griffin, faithful navigator; William
J. McAlpin, faithful captain; Henry
-C. Taylor, faithful admiral; William
Jordan, faithful pilot; William Van
Goidstnoven. faithful comptroller;
George Flynt, faithful purser; Ed
ward Schanno, faithful inner senti
nel; Anthony Troncone, faithful
outer sentinel, and Joseph Mc-
Keaney, faithful scribe.
A chalice, with the names of all
deceased members of the assembly
engraved on it, has been purchased,
and will be presented to Bishop
Fulton J. Sheen, Director of the
Apostolic Delegate Tells Congress of
Religious Need for Vast Expansion
Of Catholic Schools in United States
NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Need for
vastly expanded Catholic educa
tional facilities in this country was
indicated by the Apostolic Dele
gate as the first National Congress
of Religious of the United States
got under way here.
The “imposing numbers of
schools and institutions of teach
ing Brothers and Sisters are cer
tainly impressive, but you must be
aware ot the reality,” His Excel
lency Archbishop Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani told congress partic
ipants.
“The reality is this—that almost
two million Catholic children
would like to be admitted into our
schools but canot by reason of the
lack of teachers and schools.”
He compared the number of
parishes—15,000—with the num
ber of elementary schools-—9,000.
“This is a problem which offers
itself for your attention,” Arch
bishop Cicognani said.
The Apostolic Delegate to the
United States presided and spoke
at the Solemn Pontifical Mass
opening the congress’ first full day
of activities.
At a later session in the congress
a veteran nun educator proposed
that a “Share the Sisters” move
ment be inaugurated on a nation
wide scale to expand Catholic
education.
Sister M. Patrick of Marygrove
College called for maintaining a
ratio of one lay teacher to four
religious in each Catholic school.
This, she explained, would free
Sisters to staff new schools.
Sister M. Madeleva; president of
St. Mary’s College, told fellow
religious at the congress that
“theology for Sisters is perhaps one
of the richest developments of the
religious life in our times.”
She said theology has come to be
regarded more and more as “basic
in the program and order of studies
now offered to our young Sisters
in the novitiates and houses of
study.” Older Sisters also, she de
clared, are eager for the study of
theology.
Sister Madeleva founded the
Graduate School of Sacred The
ology at St. Mary’s College, Notre
Dame, Ind., in 1942. The school is
open to Sisters and lay women.
Half a dozen similar schools have
come into existence between 1942
and 1952.
Necessity of special training for
mistresses of novices and superiors
was stressed at the congress by
the Very Rev. Paul Philippe, O. P.,
member of the Commission for Sis
ters of the Sacred Congregation of
Religious. The French-born Domin
ican addressed the more than 1,200
Mother Generals, Mother Provin
cials, and other higher superiors
who represented some 400 religious
communities of women at the
Former Aide of Canon Cardijn Tells
Seminarians of Founder of Jocists
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (NC)—
The success secret of Belgium’s
famous Canon Joseph Cardijn,
founder of the Jocists, was impart
ed here by tbe Rev. William Jans,
S. V. D:, to a group of seminarians
from the southeast section of the
country,
Father Jans, who worked with
Canon Cardiin for 10 years in the
Joeist movement in Belgium, said;
“Cardijn knew that' the- fires of
zeal would be extinguished very
soon if they were burning in
kindling of enthusiasm instead of
burning in the good fuel of con
viction. This is so because the dis
appointments of Catholic Action
always are greater than the con
solations and the encouragements.
That must be remembered and
prepared for.”
Now stationed at Pine Bluff,
Ark., Father Jans spoke at the
, three-day sessions of the Semi-
■ narians’ Catholic Action Study in
! St. Augustine’s Seminary here. A
; dozen speakers treated all angles
j of Catholic Action during the ses-
j sions. Tbe program was arranged
: by the Catholic Committee of the
j South.
j To prepare for the priest’s part
in the lay movement of Catholic
| Action, Father Jans advised the
! seminarians to study education
: and sociology. He said: “To make
! a lay apostle is a work of education,
j To understand the people you have
j to know their surroundings and
| their homes, their jobs and their
family histories.
Outlining the Jocists’ see-judge-
act technique, Father Jans said:
“Cardijn started with the facts.
He wanted the members of the
movement to be aware of facts.
Every study circle was asked to
collect facts.”
“Cardijn has been criticized as
failing to give enough spiritual
formation to the members of the
movement,” Father Jans said.
“The facts have made the critics
change their minds. It is true that
the Catholic Action movement does
not require many spiritual ex
ercises but a stress is put on a deep
inner spiritual life.”
Building of a lay apostolic or
ganization among girl students of
Bishop Toolen High School, Mo
bile, Ala., was described by the
Rev. Vincent D. Warren, S. S. J.
Started in 1946, the organization
now has 92 members who work in
rural sections outside of school
hours.
They do catechetical work, bring
food and clothing to the poor, and
make contacts for convert work.
“Though the immediate results
have not been tremendous,” said
Father Warren, “ours is a long
range program.”
The need for rural Catholic
Action based on “leadership train
ed on organic lines, not artificial
ly,” was outlined by the Rev. Alex
ander O. Sigur. In the rural com
munity, he said, “a real Catholic
Action cell, working from no pre
conceived and rigid program, but
from reality and life,” is needed.
“The changing social scene needs
men who think with the Church in
its spiritual and social program,”
he told the seminarians. Father
Sigur is stationed at the Catholic
student center of Southwestern
Louisiana institute, at Lafayette,
La.
Bishop Richard O. Gerow of
Nachez welcomed the seminarians
to the sessions and offered the
Solemn Pontifical High Mass which
opened the study.
Among the other speakers in
the three days of sessions were
the Rev. Vincent J. O’Connell,
S. M., of New Orleans, CCS in
dustry relations chairman, and
Philip S. Ogilvie, CCS executive
secretary.
“BREAD FROM HEAVEN,” a
novel by Henrietta Buckmaster
about Czech refugees settling in the
United States, is the August selec
tion of the Catholic Book Club in
New York. Random House is the
publisher.
Parochial School
leaching Staffs Are
Named in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Teaching as-
I signments for the coming year in
, the parochial schools of the city
j conducted by the Sisters of Mercy
| have been announced as follows:
| Cathedral School: Sister M. Ka-
teri, R. S. M., principal and
1 seventh grade teacher; Sister M.
Columba, R. S. M., eighth grade;
Sister M. Agnes, R. S. M., sixth
grade; Sister M. Regina Joseph,
R. S. M., fifth grade; Sister M.
Thomasine, R. S. M., fourth grade;
Sister M. Rosarii, R. S. M., third
grade; Sister M. Godfrey, R. S. M.,
second grade; Sister M. Anina, R.
S. M., first grade.
Blessed Sacrament School: Sis
ter Margaret Mary, R. S. M., Su
perior, and sixth grade teacher;
Sister M. Ellen, R. S. M., principal,
and fourth grade teacher; Sister
M. Ambrose, R. S. M., eighth
| grade; Sister M. Stanislaus, R. S.
i M., seventh grade; Sister M. Car-
1 meiita, R. S. M., fifth grade; Sis
ter M. Consuela, R. S. M., second
! grade; Sister M. Aurelia, R. S.
j M., third grade; Sister M. Annette,
R. S. M., first grade.
! Sister M. Finbarr, R. S. M., will
be the principal and teach the
j third and fourth grades at Our
Lady of the Nativity School, Thun-
! derbolt. Sister M. Kieran, R. S.
j M., will teach the first and second
1 grades, and a teacher is yet to be
appointed for the fifth grade.
At St. Vincent Academy, Sister
M. Amabilis, R. S. M., Superior,
will serve as principal. Other mem
bers of the faculty are Sister M.
Patricia, R. S. M., Sister M. Alma,
R. S. M., Sister M. Neil, R. S. M.,
Sister Michael Joseph, R. S. M.,
Sister M. Felicitas, R. S. M., Sis
ter M. Fidelis, R. S. M.
j At the Sacred Heart School, con
ducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet, Mother Ursula, C.
| S. J., wil be the principal. The
kindergarten class will be in
| charge of Mrs. A. H. Gregory, a
■ graduate of Mount St. Joseph Col
lege, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Gre
gory will also be in charge of the
i girls’ athletic program. The phy-
! sical program for the boys will be
| directed by Father Martin Hayes,
O. S. B.. of Benedictine Military
School. The lunch room program
I will again be under the direction
! of Mrs. Edna McDonough,‘and Mrs.
j Bartholomew Shea, president of
j the Parent-Teacher Association.
| The complete faculty list will be
I announced later.
The faculty at the Sacred Heart
] School will include: Sister Marife
Therese, eighth grade; Sister
| Frances Teresa, seventh grade;
! Sister Agnes Joseph, sixth grade;
Honor Founder
KNIGHTS Of COLUHBUS
SSf
This specially designed medal,
worn by delegates attending the
70th annual convention of the
Knights of Columbus, in Los An
geles, August 17-21, bears a like
ness of the priest-founder, Father
Michael J. McGivney, and com
memorates the centenary of his
birth at Waterbury, Conn., August
12, 1852. The Order has a total
membership of 829.634. the larg
est in its 70 year history. (NC
Photos).
Mother Ursula, fifth grade; Sister
Aloysia, fourth grade; Sister Mary
Carol, third grade; Sister Cecilia
Joseph, second grade; Sister Anna
Bridget, Sister Daniel Joseph, first
grade. Sister Daniel Joseph will
also teach music.
Society for the Propagation of the
Faith, who will present it to some
missionary priest.
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