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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 30, 1952
SPECTACULAR RALLY IN LONDON CLOSES
FAMILY ROSARY CRUSADE IN BRITAIN
LONDON. — (NC) — One of the
most spectacular Catholic demon
strations London has ever witness
ed brought to a triumphant end the
15-week Family Rosary Crusade
conducted in Great Britain by the
Rev. Parick Peyton, C. S. C., Amer
ica’s ace champion of family pray
er.
Scene of the demonstration, in
'which many of Britain’s Catholic
organizations cooperated, was the
Empire Stadium at Wembley, on
the outskirts of the capital. A ca
pacity crowd of 100,000 persons
welcomed the Irish-born Rosary
campaigner as he took his seat on
the platform, together with His
Eminence Bernard Cardinal Grif
fin, Archbishop of Westminster
and many other Bishops and pre
lates.
In preparation for the event,
members of the Guild of Catholic
Artists had painted a 12-feet high
picture of Our Lady of Fatima,
which towered above the stadium,
scene of the 1948 Olympic Games.
Underneath was blazoned the slo
gan made famous by Father Pey
ton— “The Family That Prays To
gether Stays Together.”
The rally opened with a recital
by the band of Her Majesty’s Irish
Guards at the end of which the
national anthem was played. Then
followed a Rosary pageant by play
ers from Catholic amateur groups
from all three Dioceses of the Lon
don area — Westminister, Brent
wood and Southwark. As the Joy
ful Mysteries were being enacted,
a huge living Rosary was formed
by boys and girls of the three dio
ceses, assisted by the Children of
Mary. During the enactment of the
last of the Glorious Mysteries, the
Coronation of Our Lady in Heaven,
groups appeared representing
saints renowned for their devotion
to the Mother of God.
Then Cardinal Griffin led the
way to the platform from the Royal
Box where the other Bishops and
Father Peyton had viewed the
performance. They were accom
panied by a guard of honor of the
Knights of St. Columba as the great
throng, among whom were many
non-Catholics, rose to its feet.
Father Peyton was introduced
by Cardinal Griffin, who recalled
the successful rallies the American
priest had conducted in eight dio
ceses since coming to Britain last
April. Then came the high-spot of
the final demonstration—a simply-
worded, inspiring talk in which
Father Peyton spoke of the world’s
great need of prayer and benefits
of peace and spiritual grace that
are available to families and na
tions through the intercessory
power of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Father Peyton reached the Lon
don area late in June after having
begun his crusade in the Dioceses
of Hexham and Newcastle and of
Middlesbrough and then carried it
through the Midlands. His goal was
a million pledges of daily family
prayer.
Crowds often reaching record
proportions gathered in various
cities to hear Father Peyton speak.
In Birkengead, some 80,000 per
sons assembled for an afternoon
rally. At Birmingham, there were
70,000 on the ground of the famous
Aston Villa football club. In Ches
ter, Coventry, Stoke, Nottingham,
Oxford and many other towns,
monster crowds also assembled.
During the two-weeks preceding
the final rally at Wembly Stadium,
Father Peyton addressed many
thousands gathered at Canterbury,
famous pilgrimage center associat
ed with the name of St. Thomas a’
Becket, and visited St. Augustine’s
Cross at Ebbsfleet, on the Island
of Thanet, which marks the spot
where St. Augustine of Canterbury,
Apostle of England, landed 1,355
years ago.
Subsequently, Father Peyton trav
elled hundreds of miles through the
Southwark Diocese, covering Kent,
Surrey and Sussex. In the Brent
wood Diocese, the last on his sched
ule, he addresser a large gathering
at the West Ham football ground,
on the northeastern tip of the Lon
don area.
At the Canterbury rally, Father
Peyton was accompanied on the
platform by Douglas Hyde, one
time communist and now news edi
tor of the Catholic Herald of Lon
don, who said it is the duty of
Catholics to make every home and
family a fortress of the faith
against the threat of atheistic ma
terialism. Another speaker was
Bishop Cyril Cowderoy of South
ward, who recalled that Canter
bury laso was associated with St.
Thomas More, whom he described
as the father of a family “where
commonsense and goodness reigned
because it put God in the first
place.”
One of the most notable features
of Father Peyton’s crusade was the
impression it made on non-Catho-
lices, and the friendly help they
gave it. In Hastings, a former An
glican vicar, the Rev. John Ste
phenson, holder of the Military
Cross for bravery, and new pastor
of Tunbridge Wells, invited all
local clergymen to attend the rally
held there. A similar instance oc
curred in Birmingham, where
Canon Bryan Green urged his peo
ple to hear the American priest.
Dioceses Naming Chairmen to Supervise
Observance of Catholic Bible Week
WASHINGTON.—(NC) — Forty-
nine dioceses have appointed chair
men to supervise special events
ranging from television shows to
library exhibits for Catholic Bible
Week, September 28 to October 5.
Occasion for the week is the
500h aninversary of the printing
of the first book—a Catholic Bible
—from movable type by a devout
layman, Johann Gutenberg. The
United States is issuing a com
memorative stamp in observance
of the anniversary on September
30.
Sponsors of Catholic Bible
Week are the Episcopal Committee
and the National Center of the
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine, together with the Catholic
Biblical Association of America,
Headquarters of the National Cen
ter is here.
Catholic Bible Week also will be
observed abfoad. The Catholic
Centre at Mazenod Institute, Ba
sutoland, South Africa, has writ
ten to the Confraternity center for
a special kit with suggestions for
marking the week. And The
Southern Cross, Catholic weekly
published in Cape Town, South
Africa, has requested material for
publication on the Gutenberg anni
versary.
“The belief is still widespread
in this most Calvinist of countries
that the Bible is an exclusively
Protestant book, and we would
very much like to make the maxi
mum use of ihR coming oppor
tunity to disabuse our Dutch Re
formed friends of. this notion,”
wrote Andrew Murray the paper’s
managing editor.
Here in Washington, the Cath
olic University of America has
drawn up three pages of sugges
tions for a Catholic Bible Week
libray exhibit. They were prepar
ed by Eugene P. Willgins. library
director. All institutional members
of the Catholic Library Association
will receive copies.
U. S. dioceses are planning
special displays at hotels, churches,
schools, and in department store
windows. Widespread press, radio,
and television coverage of the
Bible Week is anticipated. In many
Sees pastors will give special ser
mons on Sunday, September 28,
schools will study the Scriptures
as part of the religion lesson dur
ing Bible week, and Biblical dis
cussions by parish groups or so
cieties are scheduled.
In the Altoona Diocese a short
play will be prepared by upper
grade students in the Catholic
schools, and presented before the
student body.
The Cincinnati Archdiocese is
planning to have explanations of
the Gutenberg story—with empha
sis on the Catholic aspect—at all
parish society meetings during
Bible Week.
A feature of most observances
will be widespread display of ar
ticles and illustrations in the Cath
olic press. Columbia, magazine
published by the Knights of Co
lumbus, is carrying an article on
the Gut nberg Bible in the Sep
tember issue. Thomas E. Kissling
is the author.
Extension magazine will have a
special article in its October issue,
and Our Sunday Visitor is plan
ning a special Bible Week Issue.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
has issued an Apostolic Constitu
tion which decrees the creation of
a Supreme Council of Emigration,
under the direction of the Sacred
Consistorial Congregation. At the
same time the Holy Father created
th. new office of Delegate for Emi
gration who will promote and co
ordinate the “Vast pastoral activi
ties on behalf of emigrants of all
nationalities,” -
C. L. A. Thomasville
Branch President
FRANCIS A. SNYDER
The newly elected president of
the Thomasville Branch of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, F. A. Snyder, is a native
of New York City. He attended
parochial schools in New York and
in New Jersey, where he moved in
1923. He attended Seton Hall Prep
and Seton Hall College in South
Orange, N. J. He has been con
nected with the Clark Thread
Company, of Newark, since 1932,
coming to Thomasville in July.
1947, when a manufacturing plant
of the company was located here.
He was appointed general manag
er of the Thomasville plant in Oc
tober, 1951. He is the secretary-
treasurer of the Holy Name So
ciety of St. Augustine’s Church,
and member of the Thomasville
Rotary Club. Mrs. Snyder is the
former Miss Armine E. Tarbox, of
Belleville, N. H.
Miss Sarah Ann May
Funeral in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Miss Sarah Ann May, who
died July 29, were held at St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church, with
Father Harold Barr offering the
Requiem Mass.
Miss May was born in Augusta,
the daughter of the late James
T. May and Mrs. Sarah Ann Kinch-
ley May. She was one of the best
known employes of the post of
fice in Augusta for many years.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Fannie M. Webster, of Augusta;
five nephews, Frank X. May, Wil
liam W. Webster, and Marion M.
May, Augusta, Harry G. May, Nor
folk, Va., Robert H. May, Martins-
berg, Va.; five nieces, Miss Grace
Walton. Washington, D. C., Mrs.
John Kennerdy, Savannah, Mrs.
Paul Hotfelder, St. Louis, Mrs.
Wilber Coggins, Macon, and Mrs.
Sarah McDonald, of Jerusalem,
Palestine, and a number of cou
sins.
WYANDER H. TANNER
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON, Ga.—Funeral services
for Wyander Hillman Tanner, who
died on August 4, were held at
St. Joseph’s Church, Father Rus
sell Dornier, S. J., officiating.
Mr. Tanner was born in Wash
ington County, the son of Isaac S.
Tanner and Mrs. Mary Joyner Tan
ner. He had lived in Macon for
fifty years, coming here from
Round Oak. He was a retired
track foreman for the Central of
Georgia Railway.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Myrtle Pournelle,
Macon; two sons, Hillman B. Tan
ner and Marvin R. Tanner, Macon;
two daughters, Mrs. Leo H. Volker
and Mrs. F. C. Etheridge. Atlanta;
a sister, Mrs. N.. N. Nasworthy,
Millen; fourteen grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren and
several nieces and nephews.
MRS. JOSEPH S. MIDDLETON
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Gertrude Jiran Mid
dleton, wife of Joseph S. Middle-
ton, who died July 22, were held at
the Church of the Most Blessed Sac
rament.
Mrs. Middleton, a native of Sa
vannah, is survived by her hus
band; two brothers, Edward J.
Jiran and Victor T. Jiran, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
A REQUEST that the Republi
can and Democratic Presidential
nominees clearly state their posi
tion on United States diplomatic
relations with the Vatican was sent
to General Eisenhower and Gov
ernor Stevenson by Protestants
and Other Americans United for
Separation of Church and State.
Best Wishes
\
DR. M. D. COLLINS
Superintendent of Schools — State of Georgia
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