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DECEMBER 11. 1954. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVE EAT MORE FISH EMBER DAY — DECEMBER 15, 1954 CAPITOL FISH COMPANY, INC. ATLANTA, GA. CL ristmcii Cjrectin 9* LOVELY FASHIONS AT LOW PRICES X t^nns 123-125 Whitehall Si., S. W. — MAIN 675S — Atlanta, Georgia BEST WISHES FROM j. b. withers mm CO. Distributors of HAVA-TAMPA PRODUCTS jScaion 3 (jreetincjd Franco’s Fine Food Delicatessen 3033 Peachiree Road, N. E. — CH 9437 Buckhead, Georgia May the solemn celebration of the High Pontifical Mass, marking the end of this Marian Year, linger in your memories and hearts, and the joyous Christmas season bring you many blessings! Tu,., UivUui PEACHTREE AND BUCKHEAD (dhr Litmus Cjrcetin cj3 Brown-Ingot H 512 W. Peachtree St., N. W. otel Supply borp. ELgin 1041 Atlanta, Georgia ^Jfeuson 3 Cjreelincji TOWN HOUSE RESTAURANT 110 FORSYTH ST. MAIN 6383 ATLANTA, GA. YOU CAN WIN CONVERTS A Mother's Example By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN (University of Notre Dame). “While reading your column in their instruction the Covington Messenger,” said Mrs. Charles Middendorf of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, “I thought of my mother, Mrs. Ann Averdick of Covington, and how she helped to lead two large families into the fold. One of those families has five children and 23 g r a ndchiklren, while the other family has six children. All are now devout C^rtholics.” “That’s a total of thirty-eight persons,” I noted, “who owe their membership in Christ’s Church to your good mother. In the next, generation their number will doubtless pass the hundred mark. How did your mother manage to interest those families?” “The first,” replied Mrs. Mid dendorf, “was the Robert Marqua family. They were neighbors of Mother. Mr. Marqua was an in valid and Mother would drop in to give Mrs. Marqua a little hand with her nfany duties and to speak a cheerful word to her and her sick husband. “Mother explained to them how the sickness could be transmuted into merit by bearing it with pa tience and in a spirit of resigna tion, and by offering it to al mighty God in atonement for one’s past sins. This led to further ques tions and soon Mother was setting forth the consoling doctrine of the communion of saints, temporal punishment and the efficacy of prayer and sacrifice. Mr. Marqua began to see his long-drawn-out illness in a new light.. It gave him consolation and courage to bem- it hravelv and without complaint. Thev looked forward easerlv to Mother’s visits as they brightened up their whole day. “One day Father Bernard Nur- re,' a relative of ours, was visiting us and Mother told him about the Marqua family and how interest ed they were becoming in our faith. She suggested that he visit them. Father Nurre called on them and they were much touch ed by his words of comfort and encouragement. They said they would like to learn more about the religion of which Mother had already told them so much. ■ “Father Nurre was then at St. Patrick’s Church in Covington, and he arranged to instruct Mr. and Mrs. Marqua at the rectory. Though Mother had nine children at the time, she managed to take care of the Marqua children while their parents were taking instruc tions. And when the Marqua fam ily was baptized on March 15, 1919, she was godmother for all of them. It was the happiest day in their lives. Mrs. Marqua is still living and she and her five chil dren and twentv-three grandchil dren' are all faithful and devout Catholics.” “That was real missionary work,” I remarked, “How did your mother win the other family?” “It’s much the same story. Mr. and Mrs. John Chasteen and their children were also neighbors of Mother. Each Christmas Mother would bring over a load of pres ents for the five children, and she found other ways of helping them. Thev were touched bv her little deeds of kindness and love. “Soon the Chasteen family wanted to know more about the religion that prompted a person to be such a good neighbor and friend. Mother told them a lot about it and then arranged for by Father Je rome Heuerman at Mother of God parish in Covington. He received all the family into the Church on July 1, 1950. “Mother knew you wanted to get these details and she had phoned Father Nurre for the date of the baptism of the Marqua family and was talking with him when she suddenly passed away. On a paper in her hand was your name and address. She was a grand and saintly mother and the ten of us children feel we have a friend in Heaven, praying for us.” “I’m deeply touched,” I said, “to think that your mother’s last act was an effort to help me with this column. You have reason to be proud of such a zealous and holy mother. It is such as she who can expect to hear from the Master’s lips the comforting words, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant . . . enter thou into the joy of thy Lord’.” Readers who know of any lay person who has helped to win two of more converts are kindly re quested to sehd the name and ad dress of such a person to Father John A. O’Brien, Notre Dame, Indiana. Christopher Lynch At Sacred Heart ~S>ur3um Chorda rurSum K^orctu (Continued from Page Four) Hiss or Vishinsky? Benedict Ar nold or Vishinsky? "There has indeed been a re vulsion of late against the prin ciple of ‘guilt by association.’ But what’s wrong with the idea of guilt by association? How about that other maxim, 'a man is Ttnown by the company he keeps’? If a man associates with gamblers, will not his boss suspect him and watch him? Would he get employ ment in a bank or even on a base ball team? If a teen-age boy runs with a gang that carries switch knives, black jacks, homemade re volvers, is it unfair and unkind to think that bov no better than the comnanv he keeps? “Finally, why do you sit in a deliberative assembly with a man —a dozen men, perhaps two doz en—who as you know very well will torture you and then shoot vou if they get what they are aim ing at?” Perhaps it was a mistake not to have put those questions to a member of the U. N. But this little piece may prompt some good Americans to a realistic conclu sion about our rubbing elbows with murderers in an organiza tion which purports to enhance the civilization of mankind. “We can’t have statesmen with out having politicians.”—Editorial in The Sign. BELMONT, N. C.—The latest artist to be featured in the Sacred Heart Junior College and Acad emy Artist series was Christopher Lynch, lyric tenor of concert, ra dio and television. He was heard in the auditorium at Sacred Heart on Friday, Dec. 10, at 8 p. m. The young Irishman, a protege of John McCormack, was born in Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland, 30 years ago, and came to this coun try in 1946 as the tenor star for the “Voice of Firestone,” national radio network program. If you want to get rid of some of your ego, listen at the keyhole just after you leave the room.— Ray D. Everson. MANNING’S DINING ROOM Superb Cuisine — Excellent Service GRADE "A" STEAKS Cooked To Your Order Chops • Chicken • Sea Fords; Slenderello Salads • Home Made Pies and Pastries And with the Accent on Appetitie We Suggest One of MANNING'S SPECIALTIES 986 Peachtree St. (At 10th) — Open Daily and Sunday - 11 A. M. to 9 P. M. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR PRIVATE PARTIES Formerly Operators of Cherokee Room Restaurant give him this Doevella. the lightweight suede-soft leisure jacket He’ll like the warm comfort of this all-wool Dovella jacket. ,It tailors beautifully, wears well, and is'here in colors of black, charcoal, maroon, camel and gray. 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