· North Carolina Cäthfolik
Volume I.
Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, January 12,1947
Number 14
State's Ideal Catholic Family
Will Win Trip, Valuable Prize
Somewhere in North Carolina a Catholic family is going to win the honor of being named the
Ideal Catholic Family of North Carolina, a free all-expense trip to the convention of the Catho
lic Committee of the South and the choice of either a complete set of the Catholic Encyclopedia
or a complete Christmas crib.
The North Carolina Catholic is sponsoring this state-wide contest to choose the ideal Catho
lic family. There will be other prizes during the contest which begins immediately and will ex
tend until next October. Each week a picture of one of the finalists in the contest will be print
ed in this paper, along with a story telling why this Catholic” family is qualified for the State-wide
Asheville Knights
Form New Assembly
For Fourth Degree
A New Assembly of the Fourth
Degr&, Knights of Columbus, was
established on January 1st in
Asheville.
The new assembly will be
known as the “St. Lawrence As
sembly, 1695, Asheville, N. C.”
Sir Knight W. Fleming Browne
was elected Faithful Navigator.
The new assembly is the third
in the diocese. The others include
the general assembly at Raleigh
and the assembly at Charlotte. Be
longing to the general assembly
are Fourth Degree knights from
Fayetteville, Raleigh, Greensboro
and Wilmington.
The new assembly was authoriz
ed by Raymond B. Streb, Master
of the Fourth Degree for the Dio'
cese district.
Assist All Is Stand
Taken by the Church
On School Problem
Detrojt.—(NC)—Regarding the
question of Federal aid to educa
tion, the Catholic Church stands
for equal assistance to all pupils
^and their parents, Catholic or
Protestant, whose need for meet
ing required State standards has
been proven, Archbishop John T.
McNicholas, O. P., of Cincinnati,
emphasized in an address here be
fore 600 members of the First
Friday Club. ^
The Archbishop, who is Chair
man of the Administrative Board
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference and President-Gener
al of the National Catholic Edu
cational Association, pointed out
that under a current Federal aid
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honor. Each family whose pic
ture is printed in the North Car
olina Catholic will receive a large
reproduction of a painting showing
the Holy Family.
What is the ideal Catholic fam
ily, First of all, all the members
of the family must be practiciiig.
Catholics. This is the only quali
fication in the contest. Every
Catholic family in every parish in
the state, this includes the Abbey
Nullins of Belmont, is eligible. We
hope that we will get entries from
every parish. *
We will print as many pictures
as we think are acceptable en
trants for the final prizes. We
hope that we will secure enough
entries to print at least one pic
ture each week. If there are suf
ficient entries we will print more
than one picture.
Entries must be sent to the
North Carolina Catholic, Nazareth,
N. C. A group picture of the fam
ily/must accompany every entry.
This should be a portrait, when
ever possible a glossy print should
be sent. A snapshot is not accepta
ble because it will not reproduce
well enough for newspaper use.
Along with the portrait there
should be a statement of why this
family should be named the Ideal
Catholic Family of North Carolina.
The members of the family in the
pictures should be identified, left
to right. If they include school
children then the school they at
tend should be listed. (Ideally
school children should attend
Catholic schools but this is not al
ways possible so where it is im
possible for children to attend
Catholic schools, the non-attend
ance will, of course, not count
against the family.)
If any of the members of the
family are converts are listed then
this should be noted. We are
proud of our converts in North
Carolina. You might list also
whether or nol members of the
family are native North Carolin
ians. (This will not be a factor in
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Basic Structure of Catholic Church
Is Theme of Catholic Hour Speaker
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK — A sketch of the
basic structure upon which the
Catholic Faith rests was drawn
by the Rev. John J. Dougherty,
Scripture professor at the Immac
ulate Conception Seminary, Darl
ington, N. J., in an address this
evening on the Catholic Hour ra
dio program, which is produced
by the National Council of Catho
lic Men and broadcast by the Na
tional Broadcasting Company.
He emphasized that the first
tenet of the Catholic Faith is that
it is a revealed religion, made
known by God, Himsell in direct
communication with man through
Christ.
“This visitation of God to the
world,” Father Dougherty said, “is
the basis of Catholic Christianity.
When that idea is caught attitudes
that seem unreasonable take on ai
different aspect. For example? if
I believe that through Christ direct
contact is established betggeeii Gpd
and man, and then I can be shown
that he taught divorce to be un
lawful, my unalterable attitude to
ward divorce will be better under
stood. You may pity me for be
lieving as I do, you may feel that
I am missing out on a lot of fun,
you may even consider me a fool
as the Greeks did the ^Christians of
old, but you must at least under
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Catholics Sweep
Top Positions
In Radio Poll
Catholics took the first three
positions and four out of the first
six places in Jimmy Fidler’s na
tion wide poll to determine who
is the most popular person in the
world.
The poll, which drew tens of
thousands of votes, gave Pope
Pius third position—a remarkably
high place considering the fact
that the vote came exclusively
from this country, which is still
predominately non-Catholic.
First place was taken by Bing
Crosby and second by Frank Sina
tra, both Catholics. Sixth place
was given by the voters to Mon.
signor Flanagan of Boys Town.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt won
fourth place and General Eisen
hower placed fifth.
Baptist Irishman
Owes Debt *
To St. Christopher
Washington. — (NC) — A St.
Christopher Medal figured in a
prominent and dramatic episode
during the opening session of the
House of Representatives in the
80th Congress here.
Opening roll call—which is a te
dious and lengthy process—was in
progress. In the rear of the House
chamber, Representative John E.
Lyle of Texas, was talking with
a fellow Texan, Representative
Lyndon B. Johnson, who is an
alumnus of Georgetown University
law school, and comes from John
son City, Tex. The conversation
got around to “good luck” pieces.
Representative Lyle pulled out
his key chain and exhibited a St.
Christopher Medal, after noting
that Representative Johnson had
one also. Mr. Lyle recalled that
the medal was a gift from Msgr.
John J. Lannon, rector of the Cor
pus Christi Cathedral, in the leg
islator’s home town.
Mr. Lyle related that Monsig
nor Lannon had given him the
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Well-Known Catholic
Dies in Hamlet
Last rites for Ambrose William
Gallagher, M. D., age 50, were held
from St. James Catholic Church
in Hamlet. Requiem Mass was of
fered by the Reverend Vincent
Stokes of Greensboro assisted by
the Reverend John Beshel, pas_
tor. Other priests, in attendance
were the Reverend Howard V.
Lane of Hendersonville, the Rev
erend Michael Carey of Laurin
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State Department Commanders and Field Organizers of the Catholic
War Veterans met in Washington to plan their annual convention,
to be held in Cleveland in June, 1947. Pictured on that occasion are,
left to right: Daniel J. Herlihy, Akron, O., convention chaiman;
Max H. Sorensen, CWV national commander; Frank W. Hayes,
Bronx, CWV Adjutant General, and Eugene Taggart, Philadelphia,
newly-appointed head of the Washington office of the Catholic War
Veterans, (NC Photos)
People Urged to Join His Holiness
In 39th World Wide Unity Prayer
Washington.— (NC)—In keeping with the ^encouragement
bestowed by the recent Pontiffs, His Holiness Pope Pius XII will
offer Mass on January 18, Feast of St. Peter’s Chair at Rome
and opening day of the Church Unity Octave, for the success
of the world-wide prayer movement which is designed to bring
about the promised one fold and one Shepherd, according to
word received here by the Church
Unity Octave Committee.
Continuing until January 25,
Feast of the Conversion of St.
Paul, the ceremonies this year will
mark the 39th annual observance
of the movement inaugurated by
the late Father Paul Francis,
founder of the Society of the
Atonement. Father Francis along
with his community of friars and
nuns at Graymoor Monastery,
Garriison, N. Y., were received
from Anglicanism into the Catho
lic Church a year after he found
ed the unity prayer movement.
From its humble beginning in
this country, the movement now
has grown to world-wide propor
tions and outstanding observances
are held in Alaska, the Philippines,
Ireland, England, France, Ger
many, Italy, Greece, India and
China, as well as in other coun
tries.
The most recent land where the
movement has been adopted is
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President Bieruit
Fails to Tell
Facts, Say Catholics
Warsaw.— (NC)—Gl.aring mis
representations were made by
President Boleslaw Bierut of the
Warsaw Government in his inter
view on religious matters given to
Ksawery Pruszynski, counselor to
the Polish embassy in the United
States, according to charges ap
pearing in a number of Catholic
weeklies in Poland.
Summarizing the whole inter
view, Tygodnik Powszenchny,
Catholic weekly of Cracow, stated
that President Bierut touched on
(1) the relations of the Polish
State with the Holy See; (2) con
ditions for the Church in Poland,
and (3) the representation of
Polish Catholics in parliament.
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Mountain Priest Wins Friendship
Of Mountaineers by Being a Friend
Nine years ago when Father An
drew V. Graves came to Revere,
a little mountain settlement in
western North Carolina, his re
ception was cool for the mountain
people had never known a priest
before.
Today he is greeted by Catholics
and non-Catholics alike as “Fath
er.” He has won his place in his
community — thanks to the tall,
husky Jesuit’s knowledge of sports.
Father Graves was an all
around athlete back in his Gonzaga
high school days in Washington,
D. C., and one of the first things
he did upon his arrival in the vil
lage was to go to the backlot
where the boys played baseball.
Soon he was giving them pointers
and before long he was their man
ager, scheduling games for them
in the nearby*towns.
In three years, Madison county
had a 16 club league and Father
Graves piloted the Revere team
through to the pennant. When the
war came the league disbanded but
last year it was revived and Re
vere combined with Marshall to
form a new club. Again Father
Graves was asked to serve as man
ager.
This year Madison, Yancey and
Buncombe counties decided to
form a Tri-County Leaigue. AH
their first meeting the representa
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