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RICE, JOHN T. Corporal. Deceased. Battery B, 102d F. A. Worcester. French croix de guerre with bronze star. ROBERTS, FRANCIS J. 1st Lieutenant. Worcester. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
ROCHE, HARRY B. Bugler. 104th infantry. Springfield. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
ROY, JOHN W. Private. Co. H, 104th infantry. Worcester. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
RYAN, WILLIAM P. Captain. Medical Corps. Holyoke. French croix de guerre with silver star.
ST. LAWRENCE, LOUIS E. Captain. Co. H, 9th infantry. Holyoke. French croix de guerre with silver star.
SHERIDAN, PHILIP I. Sergeant. Battery A, 120th F. A. Worcester. French croix de guerre with silver star.
SLATTERY, ROBERT G. Private. Headquarters Company, 104th infantry. Springfield. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
STACK, WILLIAM A. Lieutenant. 175th field artillery. Holyoke. French croix de guerre.
STEFANIK, JOHN. Private. Co. G, 104th infantry. Chicopee. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
SUCHOCKI, BOLESLAW. Sergeant. Co. D, 1st Engineers. Worcester. French croix de guerre with bronze star. SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY J. Sergeant. Co. G, 101st infantry. Worcester. French croix de guerre with bronze star. THEBERT, WILLIAM F. Private. Co. K, 23d infantry. Springfield. French croix de guerre with bronze star. THOMPSON, ANDREW W. 1st Lieutenant. 102d F. A. Worcester. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
TISDELL, WALTER A. 1st Lieutenant. 104th infantry. Worcester. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
TRIBA, ROBERT J. Private. 5th Machine-Gun Battalion. Webster. French croix de guerre with bronze star. TURANO, JOHN. Private. Deceased. 23d infantry. Worces- ter. French croix de guerre with palm.
TWISS, ROBERT S. 1st Lieutenant. 104th infantry. Worces- ter. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
WHITE, ARTHUR F. 2d Lieutenant. Worcester. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
WAITIKUS, MARTIN. Private. Co. D, 103d infantry, Gardner. French croix de guerre with gilt star.
ZAMBRYCYSKI, ALEXANDER. Private. 9th infantry. Worces- ter. Italian War Cross.
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Some ome DISTINGUISHED Visitors
Two NOTABLE VISITORS TO OUR DIOCESE
An unusual photograph of Cardinal Hayes and Cardinal Mercier, taken in New York, soon after the latter's memorable visit to Springfield. Cardinal Hayes attended the funeral service of the late Right Reverend Bishop Beaven.
Cardinal Mercier, of Belgium, addressing a multitude of admiring citizens from the steps of the Springfield Municipal Auditorium.
Cardinal Mercier, as Springfield's guest of honor, seated at the banquet table, with Bishop Beaven and Mayor Adams.
Some Distinguished Visitors
HILE it is obviously impossible to refer to all the distinguished guests of our diocese during the past century, we like to recall in passing how highly honored we were by several of our post-war visitors. However, one or two of our earlier visits cannot be omitted. It is not gen- erally known that our first American cardinal, who was also the second Archbishop of New York, spent his first night as cardinal on American shores. in our diocese. in 1875. We refer to John Cardinal McCloskey. a close friend of our then vicar- general, Rev. Patrick Healy. of Chicopee. It would appear that the newly created cardinal ar- rived from Rome a day earlier than expected. and so hastened to spend a night with his friend at Holy Name rectory, Chicopee, returning to New York the following day, for the warm welcome of his archdiocese. Some of the "old timers" of today. who then were school children in Chicopee, re- member how Father Healy called them together to receive the blessing of America's first cardinal. even before he imparted it to his own archdiocese.
The venerable Cardinal Mer- cier, celebrating Mass in St. Michael's Cathedral, Spring- field.
Another visit of great moment. which has spe- cial significance in the light of current events, was that of Father Mathew, Ireland's fearless preacher
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A MEMORABLE INCIDENT OF MARSHAL FOCH'S VISIT TO SPRINGFIELD Marshal Foch pays his respects to Right Reverend Bishop O'Leary, at the episcopal residence.
of total abstinence, with his pledge of total ab- stinence from all intoxicating drink. He came to America in 1849, preached his doctrine of total abstinence, among other places, from the steps of the old city hall at Worcester, and enrolled hun- dreds of thousands under a banner to which con- science, and not constitutional enactment, bound them. His achievement of enrolling 7,000,000 in
the total abstinence cause, O'Connell called a "mighty miracle." Perhaps the last survivor of those who took the pledge from Father Mathew personally has passed away, but we all remember them and how sacredly they kept their promise. His presence began that temperance movement which multiplied Father Mathew societies through- out our diocese, inspired such temperance orators
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HIS EXCELLENCY, PAUL CLAUDEL Ambassador of France to the United States. Honored Guest of Assumption College, Worcester, in 1929.
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as Bishop Conaty and Dr. McCoy, and a host of others, and made the diocesan field day of the Temperance Union an annual gathering, which showed the solidarity of the temperance movement and the possibilities of healthy recreation, without the artificial stimulus of strong drink.
Twenty years ago, Holy Cross commencement was honored by the presence of that great American church- man. James Cardinal Gib- bons, of Baltimore. Worces- ter did him honor in royal manner, with splendid parade and public banquet. The cardinal delivered the ad- dress to the graduates at Holy Cross commencement, on "The Need of Our Time," and drew the indisputable conclusion that America's primary need is men of character, and con- sequently institutions which train men of character. The Worcester enthusiasm was a tribute to the Americanism as well as the Catholicism of the distinguished prelate.
In this post-war period. our diocese has been honored by many great Catholics, champions of human freedom against the encroachments of in- justice and unbelief in its manifold forms. First, came the great Cardinal Mercier, the quiet scholar of Louvain, most profound thinker in Flanders' historic seat of learning, who rose to heroic stature amid the crushing of his people during the Ger- man invasion. Unarmed. girt by hostile forces, he yet raised his voice against oppression, thundered defiance in the face of the Teutonic war machine. and weekly, from his pulpit at Brussels, preached perseverance and trust in God to a sorely tried people which followed his leadership, and in it found national salvation. His wonderful reception in the Auditorium at Springfield, the crowds who knelt to receive his blessing and-shower their bless-
The venerable Brother Andre; renowned mystic of Montreal, and humble servant of St. Joseph.
ings on him at the Cathedral, are never to be forgotten scenes in the varied story of our diocese. His reception marked also the last great occasion on which Bishop Beaven appeared. for he acted as host to the cardinal during his Springfield visit.
The enthusiasm which marked the visit of Bel- gium's war cardinal was duplicated when Marshal Foch came to the episcopal city. The high spot of his visit, in its unbounded en- thusiasm, when he passed the Cathedral grounds, where Bishop O'Leary was reviewing the parade, and thousands, in- cluding the Cathedral pupils, were massed in solid phalanx to do honor to the distinguished guest. The Marshal stopped his auto- mobile when he espied the Bishop, left his place and hastened to do homage to our Springfield shepherd. Bishop and Marshal chatted for a few moments in the language of la belle France, and then the procession moved on, while Catholic Springfield applauded the great Catholic leader who had brought order out of chaos, to smash the Hindenburg line. on the western front. The artist of the Mirror staff. an eye-witness of the scene, sketched in charcoal the meeting of the great spiritual leader and the great military chieftain, and we reproduce his effort else- where.
Then came that saintly Polish hero who recalls the age of the martyrs-Archbishop Cieplak, saved from the official butchery of Soviet Russia by the protest of an indignant world. He was the leader of the courageous Polish priests who, in a Soviet court of law, refused to promise not to say Mass, not to teach Christian doctrine, not to ad- minister Catholic sacraments. All expected to pay for their loyalty to Christ by death, and most of them did. The exposure of the trial and its mockery
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RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP GINISTRY Heroic chaplain at Verdun
VERY REVEREND ARCHBISHOP CIEPLAK Heroic Polish martyr
of justice by Captain McCullagh was heard round the world, and the great Archbishop was reluc- tantly released. He visited the Polish parishes of our diocese, but was honored by all classes which still recognize the grandeur of the Christian con- fessor. He was called to his reward during his American visit, partly, no doubt, because of the hardship of his brutal imprisonment.
Bishop Marie André Charles Ginistry, hero chaplain at Verdun, visited the Assumption Col- lege in the closing days of 1928. He was in America to gather funds for a monument to the unknown soldiers who laid down their lives that the German war machine might not pass. He had gathered up three hundred boxes of their scat- tered remains, which he resolved to inter under a monument commemorative of the spirit which
thrilled the world in the simple rallying cry : "They shall not pass."
Every year, we are told, the aged Brother André, the wonder worker of St. Joseph's Ora- tory, Montreal, slips away from his beloved shrine to visit the Connecticut Valley where, in his youth, he labored as farm hand and mill operative. Many of his devoted clients are in our midst. for hundreds of the favors which his prayers have gained have come to members of our fold. Perhaps his story is as remarkable as any of our age. Born of poor parents, always of feeble frame and never of rugged health, this humble, illiterate son of Catholic Quebec has become an international figure, and has attained an age of fourscore years and six. His fervent love for his patron. St. Joseph, and the swelling
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GILBERT K. CHESTERTON Noted author and convert, plants a tree on Mount St. James, commemorating his memorable visit to Holy Cross College.
ranks of those for whom his intercession has obtained their requests, have resulted in a mag- nificent basilica, now being constructed on the heights above Montreal.
We all remember the coming, in 1929, of Am- bassador Claudel, the distinguished representative of France at Washington, and a Catholic literary light of the first magnitude. He came, technically, as the guest of Assumption College, in whose cele- bration of twenty-five years of successful work he participated, but he was honored by Catholic and non-Catholic institutions alike in the Heart of the
Commonwealth, making extended visits to both Holy Cross College and Clark College, which con- ferred honorary degrees upon him. He glad- dened the hearts of pupils in the French parochial schools, and the orphans in charge of the Grey Nuns by visits to them all. and was guest of honor at a mammoth civic meeting in Mechanics Hall.
On December 12, 1930, Holy Cross gave appro- priate welcome to Gilbert K. Chesterton, England's gifted convert, who worked his intellectual way from agnosticism into the bosom of the Catholic Church. Holy Cross' souvenir program paid tribute
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HIS EMINENCE WILLIAM CARDINAL O'CONNELL Archbishop of Boston and Metropolitan of New Eng- land Province, who pre- sided.
MOST REVEREND ALFRED H. SINNOTT, D. D. Archbishop of Winnipeg, Canada, Consecrating Bishop.
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RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE GUERTIN, D. D. Bishop of Manchester, Assistant Consecrating Bishop.
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MOST REVEREND MICHAEL CURLEY, D. D. Archbishop of Baltimore, As- sistant Consecrating Bishop.
DISTINGUISHED PRELATES WHO VISITED SPRINGFIELD TO OFFICIATE AT CONSECRATION OF RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP THOMAS M. O'LEARY, D. D., BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD
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ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. BENSON
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CATHOLIC LEADERS AND APOLOGISTS OF INTERNATIONAL FAME
to him in the fourteen languages spoken at the Worcester College, and right royally introduced, to the Heart of the Commonwealth, the genial author of "Orthodoxy" and "Everlasting Man," and "The Thing," the doughty champion of Catholic truth, who has crossed lances successfully with a Shaw, a Wells, and an Inge. The glamorous pageantry of the Catholic ages characterized the Crusaders' welcome to a crusader.
We once heard Dr. Walsh say that he wrote his superb work, "A Catholic Looks at Life," to call attention to the fact that the Church which harbors the breadth and diversity of views reflected in the beliefs of Catholics noted in that book cannot be accused of restricting unduly the horizon of human thought. As we glance at these few among Spring- field's many distinguished guests, we may be par- doned the observation that the Mother Church of Father Mathew cannot be hostile to true tem- perance ; the Mother Church of a Gibbons cannot be hostile to American institutions; the Mother Church of a Mercier and a Foch cannot be opposed to human liberty ; the Mother Church of a Claudel and a Chesterton cannot be accused of shackling human genius. The Mother Church of them all is the Catholic Church.
And so, our Catholic guests of international repute are a living refutation of current attacks on Peter's Bark, and indicate also that the name and fame of our diocese have gone far beyond its territorial limits. Catholic literary men and women, too, have often honored us with their presence and enlightened us with their message. Dr. Walsh and T. A. Daly and Denis A. Mc- Carthy and Bourke Cochran and Hilaire Belloc and Admiral William S. Benson, noted convert to the faith, and a host of others, have charmed audiences in every corner of our dio- cese. Hither, also, came a Father Tierney, S. J., to plead the cause of Mexico's sorely tried Catholics ; a David Goldstein and a Martha Moore Avery, with their gospel auto, to refute socialism and its kindred errors, and later to wage valiant intellectual warfare in defense of the Cross. Here, orators of national renown protested the expul- sion of the French congregations, while the ear of Catholic Springfield listened in rapt attention, and the generous hand of Catholic Springfield was extended in sympathetic relief. In a word, the great heart of our diocese has always beat true to the noblest Catholic traditions and the American principles of human liberty.
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Some Outstanding Catholic Leaders in Public Life Business and the Professions
James Dlanoch
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Catholic Leaders in Public Life Business and the Professions
HOUGH most of our Catholic lay- men are sons or grandsons of immigrants, many have attained marked distinction and positions of leadership in their chosen spheres. The roll call of Catholic doctors, lawyers, teachers and business men is a long and honorable one, and, did space permit, we would gladly give it in its en- tirety. It is a subject in which we take too much pride to permit of its omission. Hence, we must treat it summarily, and, in many instances, give names as types of the men whose success thrills Mother Church with deepest joy.
It is only just, also, to recall that the success of the sons and grandsons of immigrants speaks volumes for the self-sacrifice and generosity of these "hewers of wood and drawers of water" who, in the sweat of their brow, made possible their children's triumph. It was an humble Polish mother who recently said to us that she would send her fifth boy to college, even though she had to sell her home. The present position of Catholics in business and the professions is a direct legacy from ancestors whose pride was their children and whose sole earthly ambition was to lift the next generation above the hard labor of the humble sphere in which they themselves had toiled. God answered their prayers, rewarded their self- sacrifice, and the result is that Catholics occupy positions of trust, are men of light and leading, in the arts of commerce, the halls of scholarship, the inner circle of the law courts, and among the disciples of Aesculapius.
As we glance down the lists of our successful professional men, we are struck by the fact that most of those who have attained outstanding suc- cess began with a thoroughly Catholic education and are a vital advertisement of Catholic school efficiency. Their number is legion. We can only pick and recall at random :
Worcester's eminent physician and surgeon ; Dr. M. J. Fallon, laid the foundation of his classical
scholarship in the classrooms of Holy Cross Col- lege, where Dr. E. J. Mahoney, of Springfield, and Dr. S. A. Mahoney, of Holyoke, also pursued their pre-medical courses in the classics and philosophy.
The distinguished senior senator from our state, David I. Walsh, won his baccalaureate degree in the same halls of culture, while Representative Granfield received his degree at Notre Dame.
Seldom has our Supreme Bench of Massa- chusetts, whose decisions command the respect of the nation, had a keener legal mind, a more lucid reasoner, than the Hon. James B. Carroll, who received his collegiate degree at Holy Cross.
The first time that the Knights of Columbus selected their state head from outside of Boston, they came to our diocese and honored themselves by honoring John E. Swift, of Milford, a graduate of Boston College.
Many a difficult case in law, involving Catholic interests, has been handled ably by Daniel P. Callahan, of Worcester, whose recent victory in the O'Connor case attracted wide attention in the legal profession. Attorney Callahan is a graduate of Holy Cross College and Catholic University.
Attorney William G. McKechnie, of Springfield, staunch defender of the Church in many warm legal battles, President of the Hampden County Bar Association and an ornament of the legal pro- fession, is a Georgetown alumnus. It was he who drew the charter for the College of Our Lady of The Elms and presented its petition to the legisla- tive committee at Boston.
Dr. John F. Gannon, Superintendent of Schools in Pittsfield, an educator of proven ability who has just been honored by election to the Presidency of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, is a Holy Cross graduate.
It is also worthy of note that the present Presi- dent of the New England Power Association is a native of Worcester and a graduate of Holy Cross College-Frank D. Comerford. Mr. Comerford is recognized as an outstanding legal authority in his field.
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Irving T. McDonald, Librarian, Holy Cross College, Worcester, and author of several volumes, is also a graduate of Holy Cross College.
TN THE business field our Catholic laymen, against great obstacles and entrenched wealth, have progressed slowly but surely. We like to re- call that the late Richard Healy, of Worcester, after one failure in business, in company with a partner. was not satisfied with a legal decision which freed him from all responsibility, but by his own efforts paid every cent of his original indebtedness. God blessed him for his noble example of conscientious- ness. He died the wealthiest Catholic in Worcester. wealthy enough to remember generously a dozen deserving causes and still provide amply for his relatives and friends.
We like to think that all our Catholic business men would emulate the truly Catholic example of Mr. Healy. Few of them attained his distinguished success. Many of them have given their energy and talents to develop the enterprises of others. Many a prominent firm and corporation, which has no Catholic connotation in the public mind, has been made what it is by the administrative ability and loyal service of Catholic managers and foremen and salesmen. We know, too, that firms favorably known for the fair treatment accorded to Catholic employees, to whom they have given a fair field and no favor, have never had reason to regret it.
Why should we not resent it when we hear that such a concern wants no Catholics in the office? or such a bank wants no Catholic officers or directors? All fair-minded Americans agree that such men are not Americans, and, if they will not have Catholic clerks, they should not have Catholic customers. The principle that the customer is al- ways right is being extended to the case in which the customer is right in demanding that his re- ligion be kept out of his business relations.
Our Catholic laity have "gone higher" in every sphere of life in our great commonwealth. They are no longer scattered groups, trudging miles and miles across hill and dale to assist occasionally at Holy Mass. The sacrifices of the pioneers are no longer exacted of us, but our crowded churches, with the faith of the Breton peasant's wife every- where emulated, show that our sturdy forbears labored and suffered not in vain : they handed their faith and their loyalty to a grateful and worthy posterity.
St. Vincent de Paul Leaders-We point with pride to the fact that, in their hour of splendid achievement. many of our Catholic laymen have remembered their less fortunate brethren and ex- tended to them the helping hand of Catholic charity. Elsewhere we tell more in detail the work of our St. Vincent de Paul conferences. We here add brief sketches of the Catholic laymen who, amid the claims of business and profession, find time to carry on the work of Ozanam for the deserving poor of our parishes. The leaders of our particular conferences are :
Edward A. Hall. Springfield : Vice-President of Mercy Hospital Corporation; President, Central Council, St. Vincent de Paul Conference of the Diocese ; President, Particular Council, St. Vin- cent de Paul, Springfield; Director of Family Welfare Board, Springfield; Vice-President of Springfield Cooperative Bank; author of several works on early Catholic history in the Connecticut Valley. It was Mr. Hall who delivered the address of welcome to each of Springfield's three Catholic bishops.
John L. McLaughlin, Pittsfield : President, Pitts- field Chamber of Commerce ; President, Particular Council, St. Vincent de Paul, Pittsfield ; director, City Savings Bank, Pittsfield; prominent mer- chant of Pittsfield.
Daniel P. Callahan, Worcester : Treasurer, St. Vincent's Hospital Patrons Society ; Trustee, St. Vincent's Hospital ; President, Worcester Particu- lar Council, St. Vincent de Paul; reorganizer of many of Worcester's St. Vincent de Paul confer- ences; for many years member of Worcester School Committee ; prominent Catholic lawyer and trusted adviser of Church in many difficult legal cases; graduate of Holy Cross College and Catholic University.
Patrons Societies-In recent years, our Catholic laymen have come to the relief of our larger hos- pitals by forming patrons societies, whose mem- bers guarantee the interest upon the hospitals' indebtedness and enable the hospitals to apply any profit they may have for the diminution of the principal. St. Vincent's Patrons Society, at Worces- ter, showed the way in this field, and was soon fol- lowed by the similar group who volunteered to relieve the financial straits of the Mercy Hospital, in Springfield. Extensive building programs, im- peratively demanded by the crowded conditions of both institutions, had caused staggering mort-
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HON. DAVID I. WALSH Massachusetts' Senior Senator in the United States Congress .
JOSEPH P. CARNEY President Gardner Trust Company Gardner
CLEMENT F. COOGAN President City Savings Bank Pittsfield
DENNIS D. O'CONNELL President Bancroft Trust Company Worcester
DR. S. A. MAHONEY President Park National Bank Holyoke
DANIEL F. DOHERTY President Westfield Savings Bank Westfield
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ATTORNEY DANIEL P. CALLAHAN Worcester President, Worcester Particular Council
EDWARD A. HALL Springfield President, Central Conference of the Diocese, President, Springfield Particular Council OUTSTANDING LEADERS OF THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF THE SPRINGFIELD DIOCESE
JOHN L. MCLAUGHLIN Pittsfield President, Pittsfield Particular Council
gages, which would have seriously handicapped the work of both had not the two flourishing lay organizations rallied to their support at the in- vitation of Bishop O'Leary. The Catholic laymen who have labored in season and out as officers of these societies to bring about the success attained are :
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