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SEPTEMBER 27, 1952 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NINE St, Michael's Parish Council Meeting Held At Savannah Beach SAVANNAH BEACH, Ga.— At the September meeting of the St. Michael’s Parish Council of Catho lic. Women, Mrs. Katherine Hug gins, the president, announced the following committee appointments: Entertainment, Miss Margaret Shea, chairman, Mrs. Guy Burke, Mrs. P. W. Roach, Mrs. M. H. East; Study Club, Mrs. W-. G. Bennet, chairman, Mrs. Joseph J. Hutton, Mrs. William Barfield; Membership, Mrs. Gertrude Van Trump, chairman, Mrs. J. H. Put- ton, Mrs. J. W. Lang; Sunshine, Mrs. Anna Daum; Sick, Mrs. Joel Farrell; Ways and Means, Miss Julia MeadeT chairman, Mrs- J. Conolly, Mrs.- Mary Byrnes, Mrs. Nell Cooney, Mrs. J. Morrissey; Publicity, Mrs. Nell Devine. Officers of the council, in addi tion to the president, are Miss Julia Meade, vice-president, and Mrs, J. Guy Burke, secretary-trea surer. Named as delegates to the meet ing of the Savannah Deanery Council, being herd at the Frede rick Yacht Club, Sea Island, were Mrs. Huggins. Miss Meade Mrs. Roach, Mrs. J. H Tilton, Miss Shea, Mrs. East, Mrs. Mildred Schwartz, Mrs. Laura M. Moore, Mrs. Cooney and Mrs. Devine. RATINGS OF CURRENT BEST SELLERS The Library and Literature Committee of the Atlanta Deanery Council of Catholic Women pre sents thhe following rating of Best 11 prs ” FICTION—Suitable for genera] reading; “Catherine Carter,” John son; Suitable for adults only be cause of advanced content and style; “The Silver Chalice,” Cos- tain; “The Houses in Between,” Spring; “The Gown of Glory,” Turnbull; “The Hidden Flower,” Buck; “The Shining Tides,” Brooks; “Scalpel,” McCoy; Suit able for adults only because of im moral language or incidents; “The Caine Mutiny,” Wouk; “Matador,” Conrad; “My Cousin Rachel,” de Maurier; “The Cruel Sea,” Monsar- rat; Permissible for discriminating adults: “The Golden Hand,” Si mon: “The Alexandrians,” Mills. GENERAL—Suitable for gener al reading: “Witness,” Chambers; “The Seal Around Us,’’ Carson; “Anne (Frank) The Diary of a Young' Girl; “Windows for the Crown Prince,” Vining; Adlai Ste venson of Illinois,” Busch; Suitable for adults only because of advanc ed content and style: “Journey to the Far Pacific,” Dewey; “Subma rine,’.’ Beach. CHRIST THE KING PTA MEETS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga.—Father John McDonough was the guest speaker at the first fall meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of Christ the King School, held on September 15. Mrs. H. A. Kane, presided, and plans were made for the annual tea in honor of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart who teach at the school. MONSIGNOR KIRK RETURNS HOME ON VISIT—Monsignor John C. Kirk, a priest of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who is serving by appointment of the Holy See. as President of the Rumanian Catho lic Mission for Europe, with headquarters in Madrid, Spain, is presently enjoying a-visit to his home town, Athens, Georgia.’ Monsignor Kirk is pictured above with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kirk, of Athens. 1,600 Delegates to NCCW Convention Called Living Antidote to Secularism (N. C. W. C. News Service) SEATTLE.—It is your work “to utter God’s cry of protest” or “ford of support,” Archbishop Richard J. Cushing told the 26th national convention of the Nation al Council of Catholic Women here. “The heavens do not split in or der that God may cry out against graft, special privilege, protected crime or evil political philosophies, all these violations of God’s Will,” the Archbishop said. “It is your work to utter God’s cry of protest. “No angels descend to trumpet approval from the sky of those things which promote the national welfare because they are in accord with God’s Will. “It is your wi?rk to speak up as God would will when there is need of support for virtue, sanity and good order.” Archbishop Cushing gave the keynote address as convention ses sions got into full swing for more than 1,600 delegates, 800 of them from out of town. More than TOO NCCW - affiliated organizations were represented. Theme of the convention was “God’s Will: Our Work.” In another opening' address of the five-day convention Bishop Joseph P. Dougherty of Yakima told the delegates “you are the liv ing antidote to the poison of the new secularist subjectivism.” He described this “new moral ity” as “an insidious concer in so ciety because it cannot be readily detected by its victims, some of whom are among the elect, who re sent beipg told that they have the disease.” Monsignor Howard J. Carroll, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, warned of the effects of religious indifferentism, which he said strikes at women themselves and at institutions “very close and dear to them,” marriage and the school. “It threatens to destroy what only a truly Christian culture has given them—a firm basis for their personal dignity and the enjoy ment of the rights that are its properties,” the N. C. W. C". offi cial declared. Monsignor Carroll detailed how various parts of the National Coun cil of Catholic Women help women fulfill their role in Catholic Action working in union with the Bishops. Margaret Mealey, reporting as NCCW executive secretary, said the number of NCCW affiliates—■ 7,211—represents a growth of over 100 per cent in ten years. Eighty- four of the Nation’s 132 dioceses are affiliated with the national council. Thirty-two diocesan coun cils are 100 per cent organized, she said, and 27 dioceses not organized with diocesan councils still have societies within them “united in our great federation.” “Nineteen of the great national organizations of Catholic women are united in this federation—nine State organizations and 7,183 par ish organizations,” she said. Miss Mealey asserted that the National Council of-Catholic Wom en represents more than seven mil lion Catholic women. Everybody complains about the natiopal'origins plan in the current immigration act. but nobody pro posed a “definite, spelled-out sub stitute” to Congress. This estimate of the present im migration setup was given at the Blessed Sacrament Pa rent-T eac he rs Meet in Savannah SAVANNAH, Ga. —At the Sep tember meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association of the Blessed Sacrament School, the following committee appointments were made: m Hospitality, Mrs. Frank W. Campas; Health, Mrs. Arthur Rourke; Sick, Mrs. F. W. Kilcline; Program, Mrs. Thomas J. Mahoney; Publicity, Mrs. Edward J. Werntz; Membership, Mrs. E. P. Daly; Lunchroom, Mrs. C. J. Scapiro; Girl Scout, Mrs. W. W. Wolfe; NCCW Representative, Mrs. John E. Porter, Class Mothers are; Eighth grade, Mrs. R. S. Downing; seventh grade Mrs. John B. Mock; sixth grade Mrs. John H. Daniels; fifth grade Mrs. James P. Counihan; fourth grade, Mrs. George H. Wilson; third grade, Mrs. Harold D. Cause; second grade, Mrs. Peter L. Scar- dino; first grade, Mrs. E. F. Sul livan, Mrs. Jack Fulton. MONSIGNOR KIRK IS HONORED BY PARISH COUNCIL IN ATHENS .ATHENS,’Ga —The St. Joseph Parish Council of Catholic Women entertained informally on thfe eve ning of September 10, in the school auditorium in honor of Monsignor John C. Kirk, president of the Rumanian Catholic Mission in Eu rope. „ Monsignor Kirk, whose head quarters are in Madrid, Spain, is on vacation in Athens, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kirk. Many of the friends of Monsig nor Kirk gathered to welcome him back to his home city. During the evening, Monsignor Kirk spoke most interestingly of his experiences in Europe and of the work which he is doing among the Rumanian refugees on the continent. Monsignor Kirk came to the United States as the personal dele gate of His Eminence Eugene Car dinal Tisserant, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Orien tal Church, to the national conven tion of the Romanian Catholics of America, held in Aurora 111. Bishop John Boylan of Rock ford presided at the convention, which was attended by dignitaries of Church and State and delegates frhm all of the sixteen Rumanian parishes in this country—the only ‘free” Rumanian Catholic parishes in the world. Monsignor Kirk was the guest speaker at the conven tion. En route to Georgia, Monsignor Kirk stopped in Washington, D. C., where he had an audience and lunch with His Excellency the Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicog- nani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States. National Council of Catholic Wom en convention here by Sarah Wea- dick, assistant director of the Im migration Bureau, National Catho lic Welfare Conference.'She noted that the N. C. W. C. bureau was opposed t« the national origins plan “from the very start.” Politics, economics and social questions are by no means reserv ed for men. , So the delegates to the National Council of Catholic Women con vention here were told by Dr. Eliz abeth Morrissy, NCCW chairma n of social action and professor of economics at Notre Dame College of Maryland; Altar Society and I Parish Council Hold Meetings in Albany ALBANY, Ga.—The September meeting of St. Theresa’s Altar So ciety and the Council of Catholic women was held at the parish hall, with Mrs. Mary Lewis, the presi dent, offering the opening prayer. Minutes of the previous meeting and the treasurer’s report were read and Mrs. Robert E. McCor mack’s reported that she had some aprons and wristlets made for the Sisters at the Cancer Home in At lanta. Mrs. Sam Barnett was named- refreshment committee chairman for the Sunday night socials for service men held at the parish hall. Father Daniel J. Bourke, V. F-> pastor of St. Theresa's Church, spoke on the observance of Cath olic Bible Week, and Mrs. L. E. Mock suggested that the members, in buying postage stamps, ask for the stamp that commemorates the 500th anniversary of the Guten berg Bible. Mrs. Edward S. Armstrong was named general chairman of the barbecue committed, wire Mrs. J. D. Paulk and Mrs. Gus Gotsch as co-chairmen. Mrs. Fleming and Mrs. Strickland were appointed- as a telephone committee. I Parish Council in Gainesville Holds First Fall Meeting GAINESVILLE, Ga. — “Monas tic Life” was the theme of a pro gram presented by Mrs. Otto Thornhill and Mrs. R. M. Van Leer at the first fall meeting of St. Michael’s Parish Council of Catho lic Women. The meeting was opened with prayer by Father Michael Man ning, pastor of St. Michael’s Church, and Mrs. Charles Edmond son, president of the council, con ducted the business session Welcomed as new members were Mrs. Henry Cabulski and Mrs. James Turner, while Miss Mary Kate Bellahan, of Montclair, N. J., was welcomed as a visitor. Mrs. Eugene Lawrence and Mrs. W. E. Lowe vyere hostesses at the social hour following the meeting. As its first project of the sea son, the council sponsored a Bake Day Sale on September 13 at the Georgia Power Company. Mrs. James Caras, chairman of the ways and means committee was in charge of the sale, with Mrs. Wil liam Faw, Mrs, Robert Roper and Mrs. Otto Thornhill assisting. CONSTRUCTION of nine Cath olic health and hospital projects, with an estimated total cost of more than $7,000,000. was author ized during July under the gov ernment’s Controlled Materials Plan,