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THE BULLETIN OP THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OP GEORGIA 11 Father Moylan, chaplain of the Columbus Cath olic Missionary Society, at a recent meeting deliv ered a very interesting talk on the need for such an'Organization. He called special attention to the opportunity of assisting the Milledgeville Church and Mission. A large class was given the first and second de grees of the Knights of Columbus during July under the direction of Grand Knight Louis A. Kunze of Bishop Gross Council. . The Columbus Council is now one of the most active in the state. Troup 9, Boy Scouts of America, Columbus, is having a very successful summer. The boys very often go outside the city to camp, and it is an edifying sight to see them, after coming nine miles to Mass on Sunday morning, march down the aisle in regular formation. Rev. T. J. Lennan is rounding out his fourth month as chaplain at Camp Benning, Columbus. For some time Camp Benning was without a chap lain, but the splendid Catholic boys at the camp did not allow that to keep them from the Church and the Sacraments. Father Lennan secured a building at the Camp, and in a few days it blossomed forth as a chapel. Father Moylan has aided Father Lennan very materially in his work. The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hibern ians, held its state convention in Augusta August 7 and 8, and the reports showed the organization to be in a very flourishing condition. The follow ing state officers were elected for the coming year: President, Mrs. Agnes Oliver; Vice-President, Mrs. J. J. Callaghan; Secretary, Mrs. Claudia Gannno; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary A. Beytaugh; Historian, Miss Johanna Walsh. ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH, MACON, GA. (Continued from front cover.) to the period of 1850, and through the tenure of office of Bishop Reynolds. Father Shannahan’s labors became so heavy about 1850 that Rev. J. F. O’Neil came to Macon as an assistant to him. Four years later, Father Shannahan was moved to Charleston; Rev. Ed ward Quigley was pastor at Macon. The succeed ing pastors up to the time of the war were Father O’Neil, Rev. James Hasson and Rev. Thomas O’Reilly. Father O’Reilly was transferred in 1861 to Atlanta to build the Church of the Immacu late Conception there. Rev. Michael Cullinan was the next pastor of the Macon congregation, Rev. William J. Hamil ton succeeding him after two years. When Father Hamilton was moved to the Cathedral at Savan nah, Rev. James F. O’Neil was made pastor. Fath er O’Neil found that the church was too small for his growing congregation, and again purchased a Presbyterian Church, this time on Fourth street, between Walnut and Ocmulgee. The property cost $6,000; the sum of $10,000 was spent in fixing it up, and it was dedicated by Bishop Verot. Very Rev. Father De Fau, vicar general of the diocese became pastor in 1867. The next pastor of the Macon Church was Rev. Louis Bazin, who as sumed charge in 1868, remaining there until his transfer to Atlanta twenty years later. During these years, Rev. James Murphy, Rev. Father Bey- tagh, and Rev. P. H. McMahon, who passed away in Augusta in 1920, were assistants at St. Joseph’s Church. Rev. Father Colbert succeeded Father Bazin, but ^oon died, and then came Very Rev. Theo. W. (Butler, S. J., superior of the J-esuit Fathers in the Southern States, who bought Pio Nono College, now the Jesuit Novitiate in Macon. Bishop Becker gave Father Butler and Jesuit Fathers charge of St. Joseph’s parish. During the administration of Father Butler and his assistant, Rev. Joseph Heindecamp, S. J., the lot on which the present great Catholic Church of Macon is located was selected, and the negotia tions were completed when Rev. Joseph Winkle- reid, S. J., became pastor. The lot was purchased by Mr. Peter Cline of Milledgeville. The founda tions of the church were laid in August, 1889, and on June 15, 1892, the basement of the church which was used for services until 1903, was blessed by Bishop Becker. Rev. Jno. P. McDowell, S. J., was Father Winklereid’s assistant during most of this period. Fourteen years after work on St. Joseph’s Church had been started, on November 11, 1903, the edifice was dedicated. Six bishops assisted at the ceremony, our own Bishop Keiley of Savan nah, Bishop Monaghan of Delaware, Bishop Allen of Mobile, Bishop Northrop of Charleston, Bishop Kenney of St. Augustine and Bishop Donahue of Wheeling. The Macon Catholic Church is one of the finest in the South, a lasting monument to the gener osity and faith of the people of Macon. It sits on the qrown of a hill overlooking the city, and yet it is practically in the business section of the city. No Church in the South has a more ideal location. It throws its spires 200 feet into the air, and the crosses which they support can be seen from every part of the city and in the country for miles around. The structure is of brick and iron, not a piece of wood being used in it apart from the pews. Georgia-made brick, Georgia gran ite and Georgia marble make up the structure. St. Joseph’s at the time of its dedication boasted of the finest set of chimes the South had ever known and they still call the faithful to services when they fling their harmony to the breezes 200 feet above the curb. Almost immediately over the al tar is a great dome, the apex of which is 125 feet above the floor. The massive columns rise a dis tance of 80 feet to meet the roof. Father Winklereid was succeeded in 1907 by Rev. Thomas Madden, S. J., who remained in Macon until 1913, when Rev. Jos. Frankhauser, S. J., became pastor. Father Frankhauser in turn was succeeded by Rev. W. A. Wilkinson, S. J., the present pastor. Rev. D. J. Murphy, S. J., is Father Wilkinson’s assistant in carrying on the work of the flourishing Macon parish. The great Caruso is dead, and he died in the peace of the Church. The end came in Naples, where he went in search of his lost health. He had fewer faults as a singer than as a man, but he never ceased trying to overcome them. The world of men, as well as the world of music, is a heavy loser by his taking off. New England has been set aside as a sub-prov ince of the Jesuit Maryland-New York Province, according to an announcement made early in’ August. Rev. P. F. O’Gorman, S. J., president of St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, has been appointed vice-provincial for New England. Two of the most flourishing and successful Catholic colleges in the United States are in New Eng land, Boston College and Holy Cross College, both in Massachusetts. The Knights of Columbus have changed the form of their official organ, The Columbiad, which .is now known as Columbia. 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