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SIX THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NOVEMBER 27. 1954. Catholic 7/Mmuti ’a, page EDITED BY MRS. SAVANNAH-ATLANTA DIOCESAN JOHN RHENEY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN Says: "Average Woman Will Decide Issues If NEW OFFICERS OF N. C. C. W, Elected to head the National Council of Catholic Women aich has just concluded its 27th national convention in Boston ..e the following officers, left to right: Miss Kathryn McCarthy, Ms. Carmel, Pa., secretary; Mrs. August G. Desch, Chicago, 111., president;, Mrs. Albert R. Spillman, Hempstead, N. Y., first vice iesident, and Mrs. R. G. Warner, Jr., Nashville. Tenn., treasurer. Albany PTA Hears Representative Of Catholic Digest ALBANY, Ga. — The Parent- Teacher Association of St. Te resa’s School met November 10th, in the school auditorium with Mrs. Edwin Anderson ,vice pres ident, presiding for Mrs. Dermot Sherriwell, Jr., president, who was ill. Father Daniel Bourke opened the meeting with prayer. Father Bourke introduced T. E. McMann, “Catholic Digest” representative, who spoke on the advantages of Catholic literature. The meeting was turned over to Mrs. Herman Turner who in troduced Miss Petty Jones, Wom an of the year. She gave a very interesting talk on the cultural advantages that Albany has to offer. The first grade won the atten dance prize. After the meeting a social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Zack Lee serv ed refreshments. PRESIDENT SAYS FAMILIES MUST BE KEPT SPIRITUALLY "RICH, STRONG AND FREE" (N. C. W. C. News Service) BOSTON, Mass., President Eis- w.inower said here that this na tion will “remain strong and se- ot e and great” only as long as we keep “our families spiritual ly 'ich, strong and free.” NORTH BROAD ST !i ii The Chief Executive also de clared that today the possibility of peace “is more promising than at any time in recent years.” He addressed the 27th Nation al convention of the National Council of Catholic Women. The 2-4228 ROME, GEORGIA delegates to the gathering are representatives of eight million women throughout the nation. Speaking on efforts toward world peace, the President said that essential to this cause is an understanding of the bonds which make brothers of all men. “The desire to be free, the de sire to realize one’s own capa • cities, the desire of justice, the respect for reason, willingness to sacrifice for one’s children, love of home and love of peace—all these lie deep in the hearts of all peoples”, he said. This must be so, he continued, for “it is this divinely inspired faith which gives promise to our qxiest for peace.” The President was met at Lo gan airport here by a delegation which included Patrick McDon ald, president of the Boston Council of Catholic Men, Dr. Ce cilia McGovern, president of the Boston Council of Catholic Wo men, Governor Christian A. Herter, United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall and Bost on’s Mayor John B. Hynes. On the stage in the auditorium were more than a dozen mem bers of the hierarchy, including Archbishop Albert G. Meyer of Milwaukee, Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Bir- mingham, and Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of Dallas-Fort Worth. Also present was Msgr. How ard J. Carroll, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference and Miss Margaret Mealey, executive secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. William H. Dalton, (Continued on Page Seven) j HOTEL GENERAL FORREST NEW • FIREPROOF • MODERN R. W. HACKETT, Mgr. 125 Rooms With Bath "Air-Cooled" Free Parking Space ROME, GEORGIA :i RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN HINES I RUSSELL PHARMACY Phone . . . ARCHBISHOP RICHARD CUSHING ADDRESSES BOSTON CONVENTION (By William E. Ring, Staff Writer, NCWC News Service) BOSTON, Mass.—A woman will decide the issues for or against Christendom' in the crisis of the present age, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston told the 27t.h National Council of Catholic Wo men (NCCW) convention here. He identified this woman as the “average woman,” for, he said, ours is the “age of the average woman.” • The five-day gathering, at which President Eisenhower ap peared, was characterized as the greatest assembly of Catholic wo men in the nation’s histox-y. Near ly 2,000 came from all sections of the nation, and were joined by 3,000 from the Boston and New England area. Some 20 members of the Am erican Hierarchy took part in va rious meetings, panels and work shops. As the convention opened, it was announced that Mrs. William H. Dalton of Augusta, Me., presi dent of the NCCW, had been hon ored by the Holy Father with the mejial “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.” An overflow crowd in Mechan ics Hall heard Archbishop Cush ing’s address at the first general public meeting. Archbishop Henry J. O’Brien of Hartford, Conn., gave the invocation and served as honoi'ary chairman. Mrs. Dal ton presided. Mayor John B. Hynes of Bos ton and Dr. Cecilia McGovern, president of the Boston Archdio cesan Council of Catholic Women, gave addi’esses of welcome. Dr. Richard Pattee, National Catholic Welfare Conference consultant on international affairs, spoke on “The Catholic Layman in the Contemporai’y World.” The Arch bishop’s topic was “The Modern Apostolate.” The convention formally opened with a Solemn Pontifical Mass of fered by Ai'chbishop Cushing in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Archbishop Albert G. Meyer of Milwaukee gave the sermon. Archbishop Meyer told the con gregation that as members of the NCCW they have the opportuni ty, as well as the obligation, to help restore the family to its rightful dignity and its full vigor as the basic cell of the social or ganism. He added that to do this, they must begin by developing to the fullest possible extent the divine idea of woman’s dignity which is climaxed in the figure of Our Lady. At the session in Mechanics Hall, Archbishop Cushing told his audience: “I am speaking to the avex-age woman present, not the ideal woman. As a matter of fact, there probably isn’t an ideal wo man. The difference between the two is real and important. The average woman has one great ad vantage over the ideal—she ac tually exists,” the Archbishop re marked. Addressing himself to this “av erage woman,” Archbishop Cush ing appealed “to her spiritual sense and her apostolic power be cause she is at the controls of his tory itself in the present crisis of our age.” From the time of temptation in the garden of paradise, almost every age has had its crisis, the Archbishop declar-ed. Christian histoi’y has seen many crises and in most of them a woman was at, or close to, the controls which set the decisive direction. Ours is an age of crisis, he said. But in our age we cannot look to queens to' do for Christ and for the Chi’istian commonwealth what once a woman like Empress Hel ena or Queen Clothilde was in a position to do. “No dramatic captivating girl seems likely to step forward in our age, as did St. Joan in hers, to influence the imaginations, in spire the wills and unite the hearts of the discouraged, the de feated and the divided,” the (Continued on Page Seven) BUSY BEE CAFE ROME'S LEADING RESTAURANT ROME, GEORGIA Best Wishes RANSOM FLORAL COMPANY FLORISTS ROME, GEORGIA