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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" Vol. XXXIII. No. 10 THIRTY-TWO PAGES AUGUSTA; GEORGIA, OCIOBER 25, 1952 ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YSaK 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.