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Vol. XXXIII. No. 10
THIRTY-TWO PAGES AUGUSTA; GEORGIA, OCIOBER 25, 1952
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Leading Participants in Waycross Convention
Waycross Will Be Host to
37th Annual Convention of
Georgia Laymen's Association
BISHOP HYLAND 1 FATHER COX
The Most Reverend Francis E. ! The Reverend Joseph G. Cox, J.
Hyland Auxiliary Bishop of Savan- j C. D., Rector of St. Thomas More
nah-Atlanta, who will pontificate j High School., Philadelphia, who
at the convention Mass and deliver will be the guest speaker at the
the concluding address at the after- | Georgia Laymen’s Association con-
noon session. 1 vention.
, MR. WELLBORN
I Marshall Wellborn, of Rome;
1 President of the Catholic Laymen’s
! Association of Georgia, who will
preside at the association’s 37th
annual convention being held in
1 Waycross.
Archbishop O'Hara Denounces
Bulgarian Communists' Death
Sentence for Catholic Leaders
To Welcome Delegates
DUBLIN —(NO)— The Papal
Nuncio here described the real
reason behind the Red sentencing
of Catholic leaders in Bulgaria as
their refusal to break with the
Church.
In protesting against the “mon
strous injustice” which sentenced
Bishop Eugene Bossilkoff of Niko
pol to death, Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta and Papal Envoy toT eland,
said:
“Undoubtedly the real reason
why Bishop Bossilkoff and the
priests were condemned to death,
and others, given long sentences,
was their fidelity to the Church
and their steadfast refusal to
abandon it.”
Archbishop O’Hara has had con
siderable experience on how things
go in a commurfist country.. He
himself was ousted from Red
Rumania after serving as regent of
the papal nuniature there for
several years.
Archbishop O'Hara said he was
convinced that the defenders as
well as those “testifying” against
them had been subjected “to the
usual ghastly preparatory treat-
ment” exemplified in the case of
Cardinal Mindszenty.
“We are reliving the age of the
early martyrs of the Church,” the
Nuncio said. “We admire the
great heroism of our present-day
witnesses to the faith and the
Christian world is proud of them.
At the same time. . . it is our
Christian duty to pray fervently
daily that this period of persecu
tion may soon end and a brighter
day dawn for Church and world. ’
Pope Calls on Catholics of the World
To Join in Battle Against the "Enemy"
That Threatens Church and Humanity
BY REV. JOSEPH J. SULLIVAN
(Correspondent, N.C.W.C. NEWS
SERVICE)
ROME—Before a tremendous
crowd in St. Peter’s Square here,
His Holiness Pope Pius XII called
upon the Catholic faithful through
out the world to join in battle
against the “enemy” that threatens
the unity of the Church and the
security of mankind.
In speaking of the “enemy,” the
Pope referred to “the authors and
propagators of the horrible calumny
that the Church wants war.” He
spoke also of those who continue
to work that Christ may be “a
stranger in the universities, in the
schools, in the family, in the ad
ministration of justice, in legisla
tive activity, and in the assembly
of nations where peace or war is
determined.”
Delivered from a special throne
erected atop the steps of the main
entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, the
Pope’s talk climaxed special week
end celebrating marking the 30th
anniversary of the men’s branch of
Italian Catholic Action. From all
parts of Italy, tens of thousands of
visitors—farmers, shepherds, shop
keepers and white collar workers—
had swarmed into Rome by rail
road and bus for the observance.
“All faithful of goodwill must
arouse themselves and accept their
share of responsibility for the out
come of this fight for salvation,”
the Holy Father told the mass
audience, which numbered an
estimated 200,000 persons. About
150,000 of the crqwd were mem
bers of the Catholic Action group.
MAYOR ODUM
The Honorable Sam Odum,
Mayor of Waycross, who will ex
tend an official welcome to the
delegates to the 1952 convention of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.
WAYCROSS, Ga.,—The thirty-
seventh annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen's Association of
Georgia will be held here on Sun
day, October 26, the Feast of Christ
the King, with the Most Reverend
Francis E. Hyland, D. D., J. C. D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta offering a Pontificial Mass
at St, Josephs Church, and speak
ing st the closing session.
Father Joseph G. Cox. J. C. D.,
Rector of St. Thomas More High
School. Philadelphia, will address
the afternoon session of the con
vention, his subject to be 'The (
Catholic Layman, Yesterday and I
Today.”
Marshall Wellborn, of Rome, 1
president of the Laymen’s Associa- j
tion. will preside at the conven- ;
tion's morning session which will
be held at 10 o’clock in the Lyric
Theatre, and at the afternoon ses-1
sion which will be held at 3 i
o’clock in the Municipal Audi- i
torium.
As a special feature of the eon- j
vention program, the Columbus
Branch of the Laymen’s Association
will present a demonstration meet
ing in the assembly hall of St.
Joseph Academy on the evening
before the convention.
George Gingell, president of the
Columbus Branch, will preside and
Charles Scharfenberg will intro
duce the speakers, who will be Leo
Leonard and Miss Anette Danielly.
J. P. Meyer, a former president of
the Columbus Branch, will offer a
critical comment on the discus
sions. The meeting will be followed
by an informal reception with
officers.
Following the demonstration
meeting, the officers and members
of the Waycross Branch will en
tertain the visiting delegates at an
informal reception.
The Mass which will be celebra
ted by Bishop Hyland at 8 o’clock
will open the program on Sunday,
October 26. Father William I. Col
lins, S. M., of St. Joseph’s Church,
has announced that there will also
be Mass at 7, 9 and 10 o’clock.
The morning session, which be
gins at 10 o’clock, will be opened
with prayer by Bishop Hyland,
after which the assembly will join
in singing the National Anthem,
comprising half the total enroll
ment.
“Today not only the city of
Rome and Italy, but the whole
world is threatened,” Pope warned.
“You do not need to be told who
the enemy is or what dress he
wears. He is everywhere and in
the midst of all. He knows how to
be violent and deceitful. In these
last centuries he has attempted to
bring the intellectual, moral and
social disintegration of the unity
in the mysterious organism of
Christ. He has sought nature
without grace, reason without
faith, liberty without authority, at
times authority without liberty.” j
His voice sounding strong and j
clear, the Pontiff went on to |
describe the enemy as having be- j
come “ever more concrete, with a
boldness which still engenders
atsonishment.” First, he sa;d, the J
enemy proclaimed it wanted Christ, i
but not the Church. Then it as-1
serted it wanted God, but not
Christ.
“Finally,” the Pope added, “the
impious cry was raised. ‘God is
dead,’ and even the cry, ‘God never
existed.’ And now we have an
attempt to build the w'orld’s struc
ture on foundations which we do
not hesitate to designate as a thing
principally responsible for the
threat which overhangs humanity:
an economy, law' and politics with
out God.”
The Pope told the men that
modern humanity is disorientated,
lost and without faith, and needs
the light and guidance of the
Faith. He asked them; “Do you
Bulletins
A NOTED BELGIAN SCHOLAR,
the Reverend Dr. Gommer De
Pauw, who served as a soldier dur
ing World War II, has been ap
pointed professor of moral theol
ogy at Mount St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Einmitsburg, Md. Taken
prisoner at Dunkirk, he was im
prisoned by the Germans, but
escaped and managed to complete
his study for the priesthood.
Father De Pauw’s war record was
augmented by active service with
the Belgian underground army.
W'ith Miss Gloria Fechtel as accom-
! panist.
| Edward M. Stone, president of
! the Waycross Branch, will welcome
I the visiting delegates, with Thomas
Coleman, president of the Albany
Branch, responding.
Following the appointment of
committees by the president, re-
| ports w'ill he submitted by Charles
| C. Chesser, Augusta, state secre-
j tary; J. P. Meyer. Columbus, state
treasurer; Alvin McAuliffe, Augus
ta. auditor; Hugh Kinchley, K. S.
G.. Augusta, executive secretary,
and Mr. Wellborn, as president.
| Reports w’ill also be made by the
1 presidents of the local branches
j throughout the state; Mr. Cole
man, of Albany, John T. Buckley,
Augusta; Mrs. Louis McCall. Amer-
icus; Robert A. Arthur, Athens;
Thomas J. O’Keefe. Atlanta; Josey.i
L. Owens, Brunswick; George Gin
gell, Columbus; J. Sherman Smith,
Decatur; S. F. *McCann, Douglas;
Mrs. Mark White and Chris Schau-
fele, Dublin; George Mansour, La-
Grange; Robert E. McCrary, Macon;
Michael Bolek, Marietta; Reginald
Hatcher, Milledgeville; Joseph Car
rasco. Newnan; Colonel Hubert A.
McMorrow, Rome; Andrew J. Ryan,
Jr.. Savannah; Frank A. Snyder,
Thomasville; Robert Bruce, Val
dosta; Edward M. Stone, Waycross.
The report of the Endowment
Fund Committee will be submitted
by Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G„
chairman, of Macon.
Luncheon will be served at 1
o'clock at the Ware Hotel and the
Phoenix Hotel.
At the afternoon session, the
visitors will be welcomed by Mayor
Sam Odum of Waycross and by C.
W. Barfield, secretary of the Way-
cross Chamber of Commerce.
Responses to the welcomes will be
j by Harvey Hill, of Atlanta, vice-
j president, and Martin J. Callaghan,
K. S. G., of Maeon, honorary vice-
president.
Committee reports and the elec
tion of officers will be next in
order of business.
Father Cox, the guest speaker,
will be presented by Bishop Hy
land. who will be heard in closing
remarks and who will give the
benediction. Adjournment will fol
low the singing of “Holy God, We
Praise Thy Name.”
His Holiness Pope Pius XII Urges
Religious Orders to Adapt Customs
To Conform to Modern Conditions
f,
DR. CHARLES A. HUFNAGEL,
an eminent heart surgeon and 1937
Notre Dame University graduate,
has for the first time in medical
history successfully fitted a patient
with an artificial aortic valve. Ac
cording to a story in Time maga
zine, the pioneering surgery trans
formed a desperately . ill young
women into a vigorously hopeful
person free from angina pain suf
fered for months.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
has elevated the Prefecture Apos
tolic of Taipah, Formosa, to an
Archdiocese and named Father
Joseph Kuo, presently Prefect
Apostolic, to be the first Arch
bishop.
wish to be heralds of this light
and messengers of this Faith?” The
answer came in a mighty volume of
“Yes!”
VATICAN CITY.—(NC)—Adapt
ation to modern conditions, at
least in non-essentials, was urged
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII as
a cure for the “crisis” of insuf
ficient religious vocations.
The Pontiff addressed the appeal
to the Mothers General and other
Sisters whom he received in audi
ence at the conclusion of the First
International Congress of Mothers
General of Religious Congrega
tions which held three-day ses
sions in Rome.
Speaking in French, the Holy
Father said that what he termed
the “crisisf’ arising from the lack
of vocations could be attributed,
among other things, to the reten
tion of customs and usages which
were perfectly acceptable in an
other cultural period, but are out
moded and non-essential today.
“We ask you,” the Pope declar
ed, “courageously to conform every
time that your Sisters and your
own experience tell you that the
moment has come to take account
intelligently of present-day forms
of life.” He Was referring at this
point to a talk a year ago to dele
gates to the first international con
gress of teaching nuns in which he
urged superiors and general chap
ters to adapt schedules, regula
tions and customs arising from
past conditions to new circum
stances
“Take care.” Pope Piu-S urged,
“that the customs, the manner of
life or the growth of your religious
families do not constitute a barrier,
or a cause of failure of vocations.
We refer to certain usages which,
if they had a meaning in another
cultural frame, have it no longer
today, and in which a truly good
and courageous girl would find
nothing but obataeles to her own
vocation.”
Th Pontiff said that “religious
garb must always express consecra
tion to Christ; it is this which
everyone expects and wants.” But
he said it should also conform to
modern demands and correspond
to the needs of hygiene. He added
that he had been unable adequate
ly to voice his satisfaction when
some congregations during the
past year had put some of these
ideas into practice.
“In those thing which are not
essential,” the Pope advised the
Mothers General, “adapt your
selves as far as reason and a well-
ordered charity counsel.”
BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN,
National Director of the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
has advised William J. Sullivan,
past faithful navigator, Archbishop
O’Hara General Assembly. Fourth
Degree K. of C., Atlanta, that the
memorial chalice given by the as
sembly for use on the missions, had
been sent to Mother Clare, of the
Diocese of Quillon, India, for use
in the convent chapel there.