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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SPRING HILL COLLEGE
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Pre-Medical Pre-Engineering
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Jesuit Fathers
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND
A College for Women—A School for Girls
Regular college _ courses lead to degrees. Exceptional ad
vantages in Music and Art. Beautiful park of 64 acres—
basketball, tennis, hockey.
NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL
For younger students. Primary, Academic and Preparatory
courses. Physical training. For catalog, address
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND, Charles St. Ave., Baltimore.
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AUGUSTAN ORDAINED A PRIEST
OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS
On June 26th, the Rev. Eugene J. O’Connor, S. J.,
A. B., A. M., a native of Augusta, Georgia, was or
dained to the Holy Priesthood at St. Xavier’s Church,
St. Louis, Mo., by His Grace Archbishop John
Joseph Glennon, D. D.
Father O’Connor, who was born in Augusta, Geor
gia, on the 4th day of September, 1887, is a son of
the late Michael J .and Johannah Hartigan O’Con
nor, and a nephew and namesake of Captain E, J,
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Mount de Sales Academy
MACON, GA.
Established 1876
Boarding and Day School for
Little Girls and Young Ladies
Conducted by the
SISTERS OF MERCY
For catalogue and general information address
The Sister Directress
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O’Connor, one of the organizers of our Catholic
Laymen’s Association.
Father O’Connor attended the Catholic schools of
his home city, first the Sacred Heart Boys’ School,
under the Sisters of Mercy, then St. Patrick’s Com
mercial Institute, at that time in charge of the
Brothers of the Sacred Heart. While in attendance_
at this school he was prepared for his First Com
munion by the late Father McMahon, and received
confirmation at the hands of Bishop Becker. Later
he was a charter pupil of the Sacred Heart College,
and, as far as we know, is the first alumnus of that
institution to be ordained to the priesthood.
In May, 1905, he entered the Jesuit Novitiate at
Macon to begin that long period of preparation that
has now been crowned by his holy ordination. The
Society of Jesus devotes many years in forming its
priests, and it forms them well, so that the finished
product is the boast of the Church.
Father O’Connor spent five years at Macon; part
of the time in the conning of those spiritual nrin-
ciples that go to make the deep religious; part of the
time in reviewing the classics, ancient and modern,
and going over again the field of college mathe
matics. In 1910 he was sent to Woodstock College.
Maryland, finishing a course of Philosophy and
Science. On the completion of these studies he was
entitled in course to his A. B. and A. M. degrees.
During his stay at Woodstock he received Minor
Orders at the hands of the late beloved Cardinal
Gibbons. In 1913-14 he taught at St. Charles Col
lege, Grand Coteau, La. From 1914 to 1917 he was
stationed at Spring Hill College, Spring Hill, Ala.,
where in addition to his duties as professor in the
High School, he was moderator of the popular Col
lege magazine, “The Springhillian.” In 1917 he
was transferred to New Orleans, and to a new field
of work over and above his classes in the debating
and dramatic societies, where the success of his work
was attested by the college thespians of that year
and their finished productions.
In 1918 Father O’Connor set out for St. Louis,
Mo., to cover the last miles on his long journey to tie
priesthood. He has been engaged during these three
years in the immediate preparation for the Great
Day—one year of Apologetics; two years of Canon
Law, Holy Scripture, Church History and History
of Religions—three years of dogmatic teaching of
the Catholic Church.
A few months ago he was chosen by his superiors
to defend publicly the treatise on the Blessed Sacra
ment. In the course of his studies he has also lec
tured on Spiritism, and more recently on Hypno
tism.
During July and August Father O’Connor will
be stationed in New Orleans, in the capacity of
Latin Professor at the Jesuit Summer School, and
on his return to St. Louis will spend a few days in
Augusta, renewing old friendships, and visiting
again the scenes of his boyhood days.