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DECEMBER 25, 1954. THE BULLETIN OF'THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGE ELEVEN MARIAN YEAR PROGRAM AT SACRED HEART On the evening of December 6, at 8 o’clock, the Student body of Sacred Heart Jr. College present ed a Marian year assembly pro gram honoring Our Blessed Moth er, in the auditorium. The Marian year ending on December 8, it is their hope that devotion to Our Lady was spread to those present and that in the few re maining days many indulgences and graces were gained. The setting was most beauti ful and inspiring, centering around Our Lady’s statue. “Mary Our Model,” was pre sented by Kathryn Strother, “St. Dominic and The Origin of the Rosary”, by Jean Foushee, “Story of Lourdes”, by Norma Lee Can non, “Father Peyton and Devo tion to the Family?. Rosary,” by Yvonne Torres, and th£ “Story of Fatima”, by Rose Marie Beshere. “The Magnificat” was recited by the group. The entire group sang hymns to Our Lady. The hymns were: “O Most Holy One”, “Star of the Sea”, “Hail Holy Queen” and the curtain was closed on the singing of Ave Maria. Those in charge of staging were Shirley Long, Dolores Hoover, Esther Marus. Programs: Yvonne Torres. Concluding the program was a movie on “The Story of The Miraculous Medal” produced by the Sister of Charity in Emmits- burg, Maryland. WRITER* POINTS UP INNACCURACIES IN COLOMBIA "PERSECUTION" CASES back: ‘Down with the Protes tants!’ .... Report received by the Catholic , committee from Father Victor M. author of the following, men, examined the debris, thej Grillo, S. J„ pastor at Barranca- professor at the j topographic conditions, and the ! bermeja: The article is a Xeverian Catholic Bogota and the National Univei sity of Bogota and *vice president of the Colombian National Com mittee. for the Defense of the Jaith, Condensed from'' his book, I he Protestant Denominations in Colombia,’' the article points out inaccuracies in the "reports” issued by Protestant representa tives in Colombia. I The Hone Sueh Restaurant 1 B B B B B I ¥ B B B a»aia;^&:^>>iK^a»aad^»aaa8-aai*a»ai»i»iS»38-ai»tii!aaaa8a^a^iasaa»aaa»aia83ia» s'* £ - “ - t C\* ? * '■'=’*{ GUS A. SMARAGDIS, Prop. Augusta's Most Up-to-Date Eating House REASONABLE PRICES 915 Broad Slrei Augusta, Georgia ¥■ & S? SMITH’S SHOE REPAIR FOR FINE SHOE REPAIRING 1517 Walton Way Augusta, Ga. B ■Si c, z « Hi a n « n « S § in .« n n Si « H >4 it s% K S m it H it it it it it it it it a it ; it it it A it B b B B Christinas Greetings and Sincere Appreciation ■@ r PONTIAC MASTER AUTO SERVICE AUGUSTA, GA. S' Si B B In the “handy" bottle ,»-.for thirst and j)leasura Canada Dry Bottling Co., Inc. By Father Eduardo Ospina, S. J, (N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE) Protestant representatives in Colombia who spread charges of “religious persecution” through their “Reports” made fundamen tal errors in compiling so-called cases of persecution. First, they accepted any infor mation from individual without really verifying it. Second, they deliberately ex cluded all information from other side. It was certainly not wrong to collect information. In an in vestigation all data, especially declarations of the offended party, are very necessary for a proper judgment. The mistake in making a final judgment on partial infor mation as if it were the entire and irrefutable truth. The con viction that this information is irrefutable seems to be evident n the way the secretariate of the Evangelical Confederation in Col ombia put it into English and sent it abroad for immediate re lease. The secretariate told a world wide audience a tale of horrible crimes as if the partial concept they had formed were a “death sentence” without appeal. bu illustrate how partial and misleading the “facts” related in the Evangelical “Reports” are, here follow some Evangelical re ports and then findings on the same cases by a Catholic com mittee. The Evangelical report, Bul letin 12, Nov. 30, 1953: “In Molinero (Atlantico Dept.) the newly constructed Protestant church was destroyed by a dynamite bomb at midnigh, Au gust 28, 1953. Financial loss to the congregation is about 5,000 pesos. The side walls and roof were completely destroyed and the church will have to be re built. “Threats of bombing had cir culated for some time, but the church members went ahead with the construction. There 'were no M witnesses to the bombing, though &' the caretaker’s family, living at g same lot, heard the explosion and |J subsequent collapse of the struc-! W ture. I B “The attack was reported the j §) next day to .Sr. Diaz, judge of the I || first court in the municipal, seat ! of Sabanalarga, and an investiga- ! J* tion ordered. To date no action | If has been taken and Sr. Diaz re-j g fuses to disquss the case with church members. “Photographs of the ruins, en closed herewith for the principal news agencies, are available to others on request.” Here’s the report received by the Catholic committee from Bishop Francesco Gallego Perez of Barranquilia? “The chapel in question was built without a strong founda tion. During the night of August | 28, one of the side walls collapsed | || and as a consequence the roof also came down and fell into the building. “The civil authorities at Sa banalarga made an on-the-spot investigation through a conscien tious and experienced engineer, who with two construction fore- 17 niversity of j building materials. They agreed unanimously that the collapse was due to faulty construction. . . I guarantee that the above in formation is the complete truth.” Evangelical Report, Bulletin 4, May-June 1952: “The city of Barrancabermeja, Department of Santander, was in the midst of preparation to re ceive the National Peace Commit tee . . . “The priest. Father Victor Grillo, told the children to stone the church of the Protestants. For about 15 rninutefe the children in the procession threw rocks and stones at the building ... “Sunday night, May 25, the National Peace Committee ended its visit in Barrancabermeja with a mass meeting of all citizens in the public square, half a block from the Protestant church. Dur ing this public demonstration the priests shouted over the loud speakers: ‘Down with the Protes tants-’, and the people shouted “It is false to affirm that Fath er Victor Grillo ordered stones to be thrown. It is true that several children following the procession threw stones. But they did so on their own, for about three mi nutes, until the priest could get out of the procession and stop them . . . “There was a Catholic gather ing of-about 2,500 to 3,000 in the park. All these people can testify that the speakers, Sr. Duque Vil legas, Father Luis Carlos Ramir ez, did not shout: ‘Down with the Protestants!’ They spoke over loudspeakers, but did not men tion the Protestants at all.” The Nativity gave to artists the perfect combination of the essen tials of all true art: Spirit and Matter. The aspiration of artists of all times has been to show the resplendence of the Son of God permeating and emanating from their conception of the Holy Infant. B I ($esl lAJishea MARKS 976 BROAD STREET Dial 4-1850 AUGUSTA, GA. ' I ¥ ^hjerry (Christ mas W. E. RAINES CO. INCORPORATED Building Specialties and Supplies 10—12—14 SEVENTH STREET DIAL 2-5553 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA B B B B I I B s B 1 i B B B I f B B I B B B B B I I B B l s i^^^f****^**^*^***********^**^^********* | § ! 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