The Linacre Quarterly

Volume 25 | Number 3 Article 6

August 1958 Minutes of Executive Board Meeting Federation of Catholic ' Guilds: Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, California, June 25, 1958 Catholic Physicians' Guilds

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Recommended Citation Catholic Physicians' Guilds (1958) "Minutes of Executive Board Meeting Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds: Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, California, June 25, 1958," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 25 : No. 3 , Article 6. Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol25/iss3/6 Each mE' n' ,er is responsible, for in �g respective organization o the "White I, ss" and of mailing invit ; which advise of place, time. )nd fVE BOARD MEF 1 (evenins) 3ception that includes MINUTES OF EXEC NG oers, Catholic and non-Can lie, and their families. The notice sf. FEDERATION OF CAT .JC PHYSICIANS' -UILDS be published in all the mo hly bulletin• the groups and annour' at meetings. Secure hospital 'er­ missic post an invitation on bulle SIR FRAN< 1RAKE HOTEL board. SAN FRAN 0, CALIFORNIA Publicity Committee )LI' 25, 1958 Secular Press The meeting was called to order l President, Dr. William J. Egan at 'l:45 a. m. Diocesan Press Rt. Rev. Msgr. William F. Reill; \ .erator of the Oakland Guild. opened the meeting with prayer. Catholic Church Bulletins Entertainment Committee ROLL CALL Officers present: Arrange for refreshments after Mass, served William J. Egan, M D. - President by wives of Guild membc ,. . Ushers Committee Eusebius J. Murphy M.D. - First Vice-President Guild members should form this committee Joseph R. Holoubek. M.D. - Second Vice President and direct the seating. _ � Servers Committee Clement p, Cunningl1am . M.D. - Third V1ce-Pres1dent Represe.ntatives of Affiliated Guilds present: If possible, have Guild members serve the "White Mass." Clyde V. Von der Ahe. M.D. - Los Angeles. Calif. Speaker's Committee W. Moloney, Sr., M.D. - Los Angeles, Calif. The Moderator N. C. Barwasser, M.D - Rock Island, Ill. of the Guild should, if possible, offer The the Mass. G. Haffner, M.D. _ Fort Wayne, Ind. Ordinary of the diocese or some outstanding priest speaker sh, B. N. Lies. M.D. - Wichita, Kansas be asked to give the sermon. uld A F Rossitto, M.O. - Wichita, Kansas Every effort should be mode to. make V�r; Rev. Bernard E. Vogler - Lafayette, La. this a united offering of the "Vv Moss" b all men and women 1ite Harold Chastant. M.D. - Lafayette, La. "in white" who serve the sick. If possibr. e, it should be a Dialogue Anthony Failla. M.D. - New Orleans, La. Moss, with the leaflet missal distr to those attending and following ib, ted Paul Lastropes, M.D. - New Orleans, La. in English, if that is more feasible. An added touch is for all Alice Holoubek. M.D. - Shreveport, La. Guild members to wear a white carnation. Assign all Guild members to a committee William J. Egan, M.D. - Boston, Mass. to give them an active port in the observance of the "White Moss." Aubrey J. Pothier, M.D. - New Bedford. Mass. Geoffrey Brinkman, M.O. - Detroit, Mich. (INVITATION TO WHITE MASS SPONSORED BY THI.! SHRI.!VI.!PORT, John P. Kelly. M.D. _ Minneapolis. Mmn. LOUISIANA, GUILD) John T. Lawton. M.D. - St. Louis, Mo. Eusebius J. Murphy. M.D. - Bronx, N. Y. THE ANNUAL WHITE MASS George F. Price, M.D. - Brooklyn. N. Y. Gerard P. J. Griffin, M.D. _ Rockville Centre. N. Y. FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE MEOICAL PROFESSION AND ALL OTHERS Robert M. Eiben. M.D. - Cleveland. Oh,o DEVOTED TO THE CARE OP THE SICK AND RELATED VOCATIONS Jerome Hochwalt, M.D. - Dayton, Ohio WILL BE OFFERED IN . C. R. Roscoe. M.D. - Philadelphia. Pa. (Rene Goupil) ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Philip V. Daugherty, M.D. - Nashville. Tenn. John Comfort, M.D. - Tacoma. Wash. CORNER OF FOURTH AND MAIN STREETS Oliver F. Bush, M.D. - Dallas. Texas SUNDAY. OCTOBER TWENTIETH. 5:30 P. M. William J. Fitzgerald. M.D. - Albany. N.Y. Rt Rev. Msgr. Thomas A. Markham - Sacramento, Calif.. A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW IN THE CATHOLIC HIGH GYM Fr�nk Darrow, M.D. - Oklahoma City, Okla. NORTH AND FOURTH Others• YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Rt'. Rev. Msgr. William F. Reilly, M.D. - Oaklan d• C a1'f i . Rosalie Reardon, M.D. - San Francisco, Cahf. THE CATHOLIC PHYSICIANS' GUILD Allen Sterling, M.O. _ San Francisco, Calif. Lawrence Steffen, M.D. - Kansas City, Mo. 112 Joseph J. Reidy, M.D. _ Chevy Chase. Md. LINACRE QUARTERLY AUGUST, 1958 113 Thomas Linacre Awan Report of the P · dent more; New Jersey, site of the ew Frank Darrow, M.D., and Ors. Frc, and Wozniak. Special thanks to thew, The annual Thomas ,acre Award is Dr. ·William 1an welcomed all those 1 Hall , and 1is­ attending the , ·ting, in behalf of the i. who helped - Mrs. Egan, Mrs. Murr bestowed on the Cath0 con- p Mrs. Price and Mrs. Cunningham. tributing an· article THE LINACRE Federation, a11 thanked them for the phasis was laid on the import nee spiritual and fi 1cial sacrifices they had QUARTERLY judged b ,he Editorial c. orming the Guilds of the puq ses The Exhibit this year also includ,_ Board to be most valua: n content to made to par1 1te m the annual meeting o Federation, at the same time 11 1in� basic library of textbooks on mrc, of the Exect.. ·, Board. All were encour­ promote the interests of ti ·urnal in its t, individual autonomy in acu, ties moral problems. The one-volume Mc, efforts to express opinions in the light of aged to express their views on the topics a ograms. The benefits derived om Moral Problems by Father Gerald K of the agenda. Dr. Egan advised that Catholic teaching as applied • , medical m rship in the Federation were ,di- S.J.. came off the press in. time for practice. The Linacre Com1,. ttee will his report wo11Jd coincide with those given ca <0 be: (I) the opportunity o re- play at the convention. A ltm,ted nu, for the various committee activities. consider the contributions for 1958 and cc , the official journal; 2) interch �g- of prominent publishing houses gm," make the Award at the winter meeting in,, ·as for activities at the annual md ly sent us some of their publicatim,., of the Executive Board. THE LIN ACRE QUARTERLY "" ,, · meetings of the Executive B 1rd display. It is the wish of the Feder, " In the absence of the Editor, Dr. Egan of Federation; 3) uniting on nat, nal to thank the following for their �o,,p,•_ Memorial Mass reported on subscriptions to the Federa­ pro1,·cts such as the exhibiting at the ation: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York: The first Memorial Mass for deceased tion's official journal and indicated the A.M A. convention, a Catholic Actior en­ Newman Press, Westminster. Md.. Mc­ following statistics: members of Catholic Physicians' Guilds .dn, ,r of great importance, and the Graw-Hill Book Co.. Inc., New York: and the medical profession was celebrated June, 1957 . Wh,te Mass'' on October 18, to h 1or F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia. Pa.: Loyola -subscriptions totaled 8.540 on Wednesday morning, June 25. 8:00 St. L11ke, Patron of Physicians; 4) af­ Press, Chicago, 111.: Weston a.m. at Notre Dame des Victoires Church, November. 1957 ford- oppo rt unity for a Catholic voi< in College Press, Weston, Mass.; Interna­ - subscriptions totaled 8,970 San Francisco. Rev. Flavian Ward, , on the national level: 5) ro­ tional Catholic Truth Society, Brooklyn. O.F.M., chaplain of St. Joseph's Hospital May, 1958 vides an ideal plane of discussion on N. Y. Gratitude is extended to Rev. -subscriptions totaled 9,218 in San Francisco, was the celebrant. which hospital administration and s ,ffs Gerald FitzGibbon, S.J., of Creighton Dr. Gerard P. J. Griffin of the Rock­ The importance of THE LIN ACRE QUAR­ can meet. University, Omaha, Neb., for his contri­ ville Centre Guild and Dr. Eusebius Mur­ bution TERLY was stressed as a publication of of many booklets and leaflets con­ phy of the Bronx Guild served the Mass. reference on medico-moral problems, often Federation Exhibit cerning spiritual care of patients. The Dr. Joseph Holoubek, Shreveport Gmld; quoted by other journals. The president Or. Gerard P. J. Griffin, chairma of Committee felt that the Federation should Dr. George Price, Brooklyn Gmld; Dr. urged the Guilds to encourage members the Exhibit Committee, reported exce ent again thank Mr. Thomas Mahan. whose Frank Darrow, Oklahoma City Guild. to write articles. Each Guild was asked response to the Booth at the A.M.A. on­ generosity provided the display which ar,d Dr. Clement Cunningham, Rockford, to appoint an historian whose writing vention then in progress. Interest 01 the was first used at the 1956 convention of lll., Guild ushered. Physicians and their would be a stimulus for other membe'rs to part of non-Catholic physicians wa as the A.M.A. in Chicago. families attending the A.M.A. conven­ submit material for publication in LQ. great as Catholic members and c her The Chairman also announced to the tion were in attendance. Nurses in uni� The suggestion became a motion and Catholic doctors. He stated that the ,ur­ Board members that the display is avail­ form from St. Mary's Hospital and unanimously passed. pose of the project was to supply ir or­ able to any local Guild wishing to. use it Mary's Help Hospital and Sisters from mation through reprints of articles I ·om at any appropriate meeting. Sh,ppmg the latter hospital also participated. Membership Report THE LINACRE QUARTERLY and other • ub­ and other expenses would. however. be Plans for the future offering of the Mass As of the meeting date, there are 75 lications on medico-moral problems to the responsibility of the sponsoring Guild. will include invitation to all officers and Catholic Physicians' Guilds affiliated with increase readership of the official journal delegates of the A.M.A. requesting their the national ·organization. The total num­ of the Federation; to be a good pub! city Catholic Physician of the Year presence and including all deceased me!"­ ber of Guilds in 1950 was 12 and they medium to further the Guild move1·1ent bers of the Association in the Mass m­ were located in six dioceses. In June, and membership in the Federation. Dr. In lieu of a definite plan for selecting tention. The Bishop of the diocese where 1957, there were 61 Guilds, indicating an Griffin advised that many of the Catholic the Catholic Physician of the Year. the the Mass will be offered will be invited increase of Ii during the past year. A physicians who visited the booth had not Executive Committee made the choice for to participate. report from the office of Monsignor known of Guilds and left enthusr,1stic 1958. Announcement will be made at the McGowan, the Federation Moderator, in­ about formation of groups in their respec­ winter Board meeting. Appropriate ac­ Winter Meeting dicates six new Guilds pending. Word tive areas. Others were members of local knowledgment will be made and a scroll It was voted to hold the winter meeting from the St. Louis office of the Federation Guilds but unaware of the national presented at that time. advises of Guilds pending in Springfidd. organization. of the Executive Board in Minneapolis, i For future selection of the recipient of Minn., December 6-7. The Catholic Phy­ Mass.: Chicago, 111.: Duluth, M nn., and The Exhibit Committee thanked Miss Kansas City, Mo. this honor bestowed annually, it was sug­ sicians' Guild of Minneapolis will be host Jean Read, assistant secretary of the Fed­ to the group. It was further noted that there are thir­ gested that a committee of four or Ave eration, for her efforts in handling the ad­ physicians be named to choose from a list teen States that are not represented in the vance details for the setting up of the Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds, of candidates whose names would be sub­ Committee Reports Exhibit. Gratitude of the Federation is mitted by the respective Guilds. The se­ namely: Arkansas, Georgia, 1daho, Mary­ extended to the following whose time and MEMBERSHIP-Comment was made land, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, lection would not be limited to Gmld on the geographic location of the 75 talent were devotedly given to staffing membership, however. It was further . New Mexico, North Carolina, North Da­ the booth during the days of the A.M.A. Guilds now affiliated with the Federation. kota. Utah and West Virginia. A gen­ M.D., recommended that endorsement of the Because some eighteen to twenty-four convention: Rosalie Reardon, of the local diocese be obtained eral discussion ensued regarding ways Clement Cunningham, M.D., George Bishop months often elapse between inquiries to before submitting names to the committee. organize Guilds and their actual forma­ and means of contacting these areas to Price, M.D., Eusebius J. Murphy, M.D .. encourage the formation and development William J. Egan, M.D., Paul Wienholz. It was moved that the Guilds be in­ tion, it was urged that the member groups appoint a local committee to v,s,t. areas of groups. Three target areas for the M.D., Joseph Holoubek, M.D.. R. J. formed of these suggestions and that _ present are Maryland, with emphasis on O'Laughlin, M.D., S. J. Carnazzo, M.D., action be deferred until the winter of their own dioceses, contactmg Catho­ the first diocese in the United States - Norbert Frey, M.D., Dan Tobin, M.D., meeting. lic physicians in an endeavor to organize 114 LINACRE QUARTERLY AUGIIST, 1958 115 ore groups; e· ise, visits to neighbor ... � _ H ssion. ( Copy of same mailed all mg dioceses " ·, c there are no Guilds ,ted Guilds.) was recommenc •i Contacting the Bishops of the respecti ·c Jioceses was advised to was reported that the su of be the first p1. cdure to be followea. l.00 would be mailed to the 1 �as· Chaplains of ' cwman Clubs and mili­ f the Federation, representin� sur. tary installa,; · should also be contacted om the Jubilee celebration h( l in for the formclt,on of new Guilds. At pres­ 'ark City on June 5, 1957. ent some 5,000 Catholic physicians belong to Guilds, It was indicated that there are usiness possibly 10,000 Catholic doctors in the N United States, representing a great mem­ 1s moved that the Federatio ap- bership potential still ahead. pc \1r. Thomas Mahan an hon ary PROJECTS-It was urged that Guilds ad to the Federation, in ack1 ,wl- sponsor a Memorial Mass at their state ed t of his outstanding contribt ans /1,ittµetaJ "/,u emheattu ue � ,;:vu,,ea,e level, through the State Medical Society, to advancement of Catholic A ion offering same for deceased members of in 1:alf of the Federation. M ion A. M. C. M. Schellen, M.0. that group as well as the Guilds. pa» " (Translakc .,y Miss M. E. Hollander) A insurance plan was presented hat . With the fasting regulations changed, Review by 1t was recommended that evening Mass woul, enable the Federation to carr' out plan, !or a Scholarship Fund. It vas b.e sponsored wherever diocesan permis­ GERALD KELLY, S.J. sion granted and follow same with supper vote, to discuss the matter further a the wint T meeting of the Executive Boa I. influence on his con­ meetings, in the hope that the later hour book defies reviewing in definite might be more convenient. T! e President asked that the Fe :ra­ This sense of the word. It is clusions. Also suggested was family type activ­ tion «cknowledge, with thanks, cont bu· the strict firmly op­ in scope - covering The author is very ities to which the wives of members tions br Mr. Tom Casey of the Ta• pax encyclopedic of. an un­ Corporation and the Merck, Shari · & every conceivable as­ posed to insemination would be invited. A general topic of dual practically This, he says. interest would have to be selected for a Dohme Corporation for the rece tion artificial insemination, and married woman. which followed the Board meeting. pect of but a monstrosity." program. each aspect thoroughly. "is nothing The Board, wishing to express a, ,re­ covering a variety of reasons that , CONSTITUTION-With one cJ:iange of the artifi­ And. for m wordmg of Article 6. Section 1 last ciation to Reverend John J. Flanagan S,J., It gives the history explained and well de­ Executive Director of The Catholic Ios· movement, all are well part to read "Social Action Department cial-insemination he opposes donor insemi­ of the N.C.W.C" instead of "Adminis­ pita! Association, for his years of uid­ the meth­ fended, ance and interest in the Federation, , >ted the needed definitions, nation of a married woman. His trative B o a r d of Bishops of the the methods N.C.W.C.," the revised Constitution was a gift of expenses and $500.00 I ,r a ods of examination. attitude on homologous insemina­ European voyage. during the ho, ,ital public discussed and will be put to vote for of effecting insemination, tion is not so clearly expressed; final ratification at the winter meeting of and medical meetings in Brussels uly, and laws in various coun­ safely say, at the the Executive Board, publication of same 1958. opinion but one can tries, and the religious, moral. and minimum, that he is not enthusi­ having been effected. Meeting adjourned - 1 :00 p. m. im­ professional views on the prac­ astic about it. The general WAYS AND MEANS-The financial Reception, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, is statement for 1957 and proposed budget 1 until 6 p. m. for Catholic physicians and tice. Dr. Schellen has not only pression I gather from the book very for 1958 were presented to the Board for families attending the A.M.A. convemion. visited various countries in order that his conclusions would be those that have to know the practical and clinical much the same as more than once in problems and solutions; he has been expressed also covered a vast range of liter­ these pages. ature and thoroughly digested it. Anyone who is interested in the topic of artificial insemination Readers of THE LINACRE QUAR­ TERLY will be pleased to note that should read Doctor Schellen's book. It is a truly monumental many of its articles are included work. in his citations and have had a Artificial Insemination in the Human Published by Elsevier Press., Inc. (Houston 2, Texas) Bank of the Southwest Building XIII 420 pages $14.00 117 116 LINACRE QUARTERLY AUGUST, 1958