{"id":8343,"date":"2023-01-09T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=8343"},"modified":"2024-11-20T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T17:10:38","slug":"flannery-oconnors-appearances-in-the-georgia-catholic-diocesan-paper-the-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=8343","title":{"rendered":"Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s Appearances in the Georgia Catholic Diocesan Paper The Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Daniel Britt, Mandy Mastrovita, and Donnie Summerlin<\/em><\/p>\n

The Digital Library of Georgia, in conjunction with our partners at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah, recently digitized the historic Bulletin<\/em> newspaper (1920-1962) and made it publicly available on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bulletin<\/em> was first published in January 1920 as the official organ for the Catholic Laymen\u2019s Association of Georgia and shortly became Georgia\u2019s leading Catholic newspaper.<\/p>\n

In 1963, the publication split into two separate diocesan papers, the Bulletin<\/em><\/a> (Archdiocese of Atlanta) and the Southern Cross<\/em><\/a> (Diocese of Savannah). Among the paper\u2019s vast array of content, it [still] includes reviews of Catholic written works.<\/p>\n

From 1956 to 1964, Georgia writer Flannery O’Connor<\/a> regularly contributed to the paper\u2019s book reviews section. However, her first appearance in the publication was where she was credited as a budding cartoonist.<\/p>\n

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The Bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, June 26, 1943, page 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stephanie Braddy, Director of Archives & Records Management, Catholic Diocese of Savannah, notes that for O\u2019Connor researchers \u201cthe articles offer further insight into Ms. O\u2019Connor\u2019s wit and personality, as well as her firmly held beliefs related to writing, and Catholicism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well-known as a devout Catholic, she reviewed 143 titles spanning genres in both nonfiction and fiction, but, more specifically, she almost always explored Christian subject matter.<\/p>\n

As evidenced by her desire to review works by controversial figures such as the French Jesuit priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, O\u2019Connor displayed a deep interest in increasing her intellectual engagement with Catholicism.<\/p>\n

Matt Davis, Director of Historic Museums at Georgia College & State University, observes that : \u201cFlannery O\u2019Connor kept a very strict schedule during the last years of her life in Milledgeville.\u00a0 \u201cRising early to attend mass, she would then spend the remainder of her morning writing as her health allowed. With easy online access to O\u2019Connor\u2019s work in The Bulletin<\/em>, the public and scholars of all levels have been provided another window to show how her faith and writing intertwined.\u201d<\/p>\n

These reviews were intended for a Catholic audience and focused on religious topics. As a result, they provide insights into O\u2019Connor\u2019s writing process not readily found in her works of fiction.<\/p>\n

In his introduction to Leo J. Zuber\u2019s compilation of O\u2019Connor book reviews The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O\u2019Connor<\/em>, Carter W. Martin remarks, \u201cone of the pleasures. . . is to savor the quality of Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s mind at work on the serious intellectual content of her faith. Here is confirmation, if we need it, that her art arose from religious convictions that she subjected to intense scrutiny not only in her heart but in her mind as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below, we\u2019ve curated select pages from the Bulletin<\/em> featuring writing by and about Flannery O\u2019Connor. The paper\u2019s run is available on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website, https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/gua1449731\/<\/a> , and O’Connor’s appearances have been gathered together here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Connor\u2019s first book review appeared in the Bulletin<\/em>\u2019s March 3, 1956 issue, an issue in which her collection of short stories, entitled \u2018A Good Man is Hard to Find,\u2019 was also reviewed. Regarding her first book review, O\u2019Connor noted to Notre Dame professor John Lynch, \u201cAs for fiction, the motto of the Catholic press should be: We guarantee to corrupt nothing but your taste.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Bulletin, March 3, 1956. https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/gua1449731\/1956-03-03\/ed-1\/seq-15\/<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

In an unusually lengthy three-column Bulletin article, O\u2019Connor reviewed Pierre Teilhard de Chardin\u2019s \u2018The Phenomenon of Man.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The Bulletin (Monroe, Ga.), February 20, 1960. https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/gua1189460\/1960-02-20\/ed-1\/seq-3\/<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

A front-page editorial for The Georgia Bulletin\u2019s book supplement section, by O\u2019Connor, entitled \u201cFiction is Subject With A History – It Should Be Taught that Way.\u201d She argues the importance of a firm understanding of the past, writing that \u201cmany students go to college unaware that the world was not made yesterday…”<\/p>\n

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The Georgia Bulletin (Atlanta, Ga.), March 21, 1963. https:\/\/gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu\/lccn\/sn22193774\/1963-03-21\/ed-1\/seq-8\/<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Daniel Britt, Mandy Mastrovita, and Donnie Summerlin The Digital Library of Georgia, in conjunction with our partners at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah, recently digitized the historic Bulletin newspaper (1920-1962) and made it publicly available on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. The Bulletin was first published in January 1920 as the official organ … <\/p>\n

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