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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 21, 1937
Athens Hospital Is Acquired
by Bishop for the Diocese
/
Atlanta Parish for Colored
Observes Its Silver Jubilee
After Renovation, It Will Be
Reopened in the Spring.
St. Joseph’s Church Re
novation Is Completed
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATHENS, Ga—The Most Rev. Ger
ald P. O'Hara, D. D., Bishop of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, has completed ar
rangements for the acquiring by pur
chase of St. Mary's Hospital here; the
hospital will be completely renovat
ed and supplied with new equip
ment, and it is planned to open it in
the spring. Bishop O'Hara is now
arranging for an order of Sisters to
conduct the hospital.
St. Mary’s Hospital was establish
ed in Athens about fifteen years ago
by a prominent local physician and
it flourished during his lifetime. The
announcement that it is to become a
Catholic hospital is cordially received
in this city, a center of Southern cul
ture and the home of the University
of Georgia-
St. Mary's will be the third Cath
olic hospital in Georgia, the others
being St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sa
vannah and St. Joseph’s Infirmary in
Atlanta, both conducted by the Sis
ters of Mercy.
Another indication of Catholic
progress in Athens is the renovation
of St. Joseph's Church, the Rev. Har
old J. Barr, pastor, which is expect
ed to be completed in time for the
Midnight Mass Christmas- The in
terior of the church has been made
to conform in spirit with the beauti
ful exterior; the ceiling has been re
placed, the rafters redecorated and
other improvements made, the work
being done under the direction of
Cletus Bergen, A. I. A., Savannah,
and Rambush, the famed ecclesiasti
cal designers, of New York.
10,000 AT SAVANNAH
BENEDICTINE GAME
Cadets Lose Spectacular
Gridiron Clash, 19 to 12
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Nearly 10,000
spectators saw Savannah High School
eleven nose out Benedictine School,
19 to 12 in the annual Thanksgiving
game, one of the most spectacular
ever seen here. Savannah High
scored 13 points in the second quar
ter and added a touchdown in the
final; Benedictine came back in the
third and fourth quarters with a
touchdown in each Benedictine was
in the running of the last minute of
play.
The Benedictine-Savannah High
game is one of the most colorful prep
school games in the Southeast. This
year between the halves the Bene
dictine School presented a silver cup
to Coach John A. Varnedoe. principal
of Savannah High School and for
ten years coach of the Savannah High
team, as a token of good will from
Benedictine School.
The night before the game the
Benedictine Association sponsored a
dinner and “pep” meeting at the
Hotel Savannah. Speakers were Wil
liam J. Kehoe. Judge Emanuel Lewis,
representing Savannah High. Coach
Jack Thompson and Pather Benedict
Rettger, O. S. B.. principal of Bene
dictine School. Mrs._ Rita Seay Aprea
entertained with vocal selections.
Letters were presented to twenty-
one Benedictine players at the an
nual banquet, sponsored by the athle
tic associaiton. of which Dr. E. J.
Whelan is president.
V
Mrs. J. E. Lyons Dies
in Augusta Parish
Native of New York, She
Was Widely Known Mem
ber of St. Mary’s
*— ; *.
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Mrs. Anna Her-
nen Lyons, wife of Jerry E. Lyons,
and one of the most widely known
and beloved members of St. Mary’s-
on-The-Hill, died here early in De
cember, after an illness of about
two weeks. Mrs. Lyons was active
in parish work and was particularly
beloved for her charity. A native
of New York, she had lived in Au
gusta for the past twenty years.
Surviving Mrs. Lyons are her hus
band and her sister. Miss Margaret
Hernen, of Augusta. A Requiem
Mass was offered at St. Mary’s De
cember 4th, the Rev. John J. Ken
nedy officiating. Funeral services
were held the following day, Sun
day, after whihc the remains were
forwarded to New York for inter
ment at Calvary Cemetery.
Pallbearers were H. D. Ford. Rob
ert Bresnahan. F. B. Pope, Thomas
W. Reese. E. J. Hallahan nad Henry
J. Erbelding. A tribute to Mrs.
Lyons in The Augusta Chronicle re
called her many charities and the
esteem in which she was held in the
city.
FATHER MOYLAN NAMED
CONGRESS DIRECTOR
He Will Promote Diocesan
Attendance at International
Ceremonies at Budapest
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Very Rev.
Joseph E. Moylan, V- F.. pastor of the
Co-Cathedral of Christ the King, has
been appointed by His Excellency,
Bishop O'Hara, spiritual director to
promote attendance at the Interna
tional Eucharistic Congress at Buda
pest May 23 to 29. The American
Express Company has prepared a
number of tours for those attending
the Congress, which enable those
participating to visit Rome and other
centers of Europe; further details
will appear in the next issue of The
Bulletin. It is hoped that the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta will be
well represented at one of the great
est in the history of the Congresses.
SISTERFELICITAS
DIES IN SAVANNAH
Beloved Sister of Mercy
Sixty Years in Order.
Was a Native of Augusta
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Sister M. Felici-
tas Hickey, for nearly sixty years a
member of the Sisters of Mercy, died
here last week at St. Joseph’s Hos
pital, at the age of 77.
Sister Felicitas was born in Au
gusta February 3, 1860, a member of
a widely known family there, and she
entered the Sisters of Mercy at St.
Vincent’s Convent here in 1877. Pro
fessed in 1879, she had served in all
convents of the Savannah Sisters in
Georgia, in Atlanta, Augusta and
Savannah, and her self-sacrificing
ministrations throughout the years
endeared her to three generations of
Georgians in widely separated parts
of the state.
Surviving Sister Felicitas are a
number of nieces and nephews from
Augusta, including John Sheehan,
William Sheehan, Edward Sheehan,
Miss Cassie Hueber. Mrs. J. L. Arm
strong, Mrs. W. M. Herman, Mrs.
Victor Markwalter, -Mrs. C- C. Kemp,
Miss Nellie Sheehan, Miss Jenny
Sheehan of Augusta and Mrs. Her
man Corley of Atlanta. Several of
her relatives were with her when she
died.
The funeral was held with a Re
quiem Mass at St. Joseph's Hospital
Chapel. Interment was in Cathedral
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. J.
Reid Broderick, Dr- P. J. Egan, Dr.
E. J. Whelan. J. H. Heagarty, J. H.
Hart and M. H. McKenna.
Clayton Hunter of
Augusta Parish Dies
Accident Fatal to Native of
Newberry, S. C., at 46
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Clayton M.
Hunter, a widely known member of
St. Mary’s parish, died here Saturday
of accidental asphxiation. He was
discovered in the bathroom of the
family home by his son, and efforts
to revive him were futile. Mr. Hunter
was born in Newberry, S. C., 46 years
ago and had lived in Augusta for 25
years. He was connected with the
Castleberry Food Co., covering the
South Carolina territory. Mr. Hunter
is survived by his wife, the former
Miss Vivian Renkle, two sons, Antone
and Clayton M., Jr.; a daughter, Miss
Helen Hunter, all of Augusta; two
brothers, Malcolm Hunter, San Diego,
Cal., and Earl Hunter. Belton, S. C.;
a sister. Miss Helen Hunter, Bates-
ville, Miss., and several nieces and
nephews. Tne funeral was held from
St. Mary’s on-The-Hill Church: the
Rev. J. J. Kennedy offticating. Inter
ment was in Westover Cemetery.
KEK WEST CITIZEN
Honors First Son of the City
to Study for the Priesthood
(Special to The Bulletin)
KEY WEST, Fla—The Key West
Citizen recently carried a picture and
extended article about the Rev. Mr-
J. F. Beaver, S. J., son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F Beaver, a scholastic of St
Charles College, Grand Coteau, La ,
the first native of Key West to enter
the Jesuit Order or to become a
priest.
WILLIAM PHELAN, son of Mrs.
W. J. Phelan of this city, is one of
six students at S~ring Hill College
selected as representatives of the col
lege in “Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities”. Louis Wil
son of Key West, a student at Loyola
University. New Orleans, has been
similarly honored.
SAVANNAH MINISTER
TO BECOME PRIEST
Episcopalian Rector, Dr.
Horsfield, Received Into
Church in Philadelphia
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A statement
from the office of the Rt. Rev. Middle-
ton S. Barnwell, D. D., Bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Georgia and pub
lished in the newspapers of Savannah
states that “the Rev. Geoffrey Hors
field, formerly in charge of St. Paul’s
Protestant Episcopal Church, has re
signed and has been received by the
Roman Catholic Church as a candidate
for the priesthood in that church. The
Rev. Mr. Horsfield is now in Rome,
where he is studying for the Roman
Catholic priesthood at Beda Col
lege.”
The Savannah Press states that
Bishop Barnwell received a letter from
the Rev. Mr. Horsfield stating the facts
as outlined. “He has written him a
courteous letter in reply, wishing him
all happines and blessing in his new
undertaking. The Bishop further stat
ed Father Horsfield had served most
effectively at St. Paul's Church and is
followed into his new field of work by
the love and affection of his former
parishoners.” .
Mr. Horsfield was a friend of the
Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D., re
tired Bishop of Savannah; when he
resigned as rector of St. Paul’s, he ap
proached the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D„ Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, with the expectation of enter
ing the Church. Bishop O’Hara sug
gested that he confer with others who
had taken the same step, and then, ac
cording to the N. C. W. C. News Ser
vice at Washington, on October 27 he
was received into the Church by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward F. Hawks, rec
tor of St. Joan of Arc Church, Phila
delphia, and was confirmed by His
Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty,
Archbishop of Philadelphia. At the ex
press wish of Bishop O’Hara, he has
left for Rome to study at the Beda
College.
Mr. Horsfield was born at Cam
bridge. N. Y.. and is the son of an
other Episcopalian clergyman, the Rev.
Frederick H. Townsend Horsfield, who
was a rector in that town for 20 years.
He was reared at Oxford, N. C., to
which place his father removed. He is
a graduate of Princeton and of the
Old Episcopal Seminary, Alexandria.
La. He also studied at the General
Seminary in New York.
Most of his ministry in the Episco
palian Church has ben spent in Phil
adelphia, where he was curate at St.
Mark's and St. Clement's churches and
later vicar of Holy Nativity chapel of
St. Luke's church. In recent years he
had been rector of St. Paul s church.
Savannah.
Welfare Association
Hears Bishop O’Hara
His Excellency Addresses
Annual Savannah Meeting
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D.. Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, delivered an ad
dress at the annual meeting of the
Savannah Welfare Society at the De
Soto Hotel, the principal meeting of
the society during the year.
SPLENDID MISSION
BY MARIST FATHERS
The mission at the Cathedral given
by Father William I. Lonergan, S. M..
and Father Peter Quinn. S. M.. of
the Marist Fathers Mission Band
from Washington. D. C., was success
ful from every standpoint. The mis
sion lasted two weeks, the first for
men and the second for women.
ST. VINCENT’S Academy basket
ball team will open its season Jan
uary 7th in Jacksonville, where it
will play the Immaculate Conception
School girls. Miss Lee Buckley is
coach, Miss Margaret Cooper cap
tain and Miss Marguerite Coleman
manager. Miss Buckley played on
the Mt. St. Joseph's team in Au
gusta, serving as captain and man
ager in 18 successive years.
BROTHER EUGENE conducted a
first aid cousre at Marist School
under the auspices of the Red Cross.
CATHEDRAL Holy Name Society
and the Cathedral Young People's
Association will sponsor a boxing
program this season with Meyer
Sable as coach.
To Our Readers
Parishes and Catholic organizations
in the Southeast are asked to include
in their New Year's resolutions one
to send important news to The Bul
letin for publication. It will be
helpful if The Bulletin is put on
the mailing list for parish and organ
ization publications. Matter for The
Bulletin should be as concise as pos
sible; a large number of brief items
is much more interesting than one
item of minor importance covering
the same space.
TIMOTHY SHEEHAN DIES
IN SAVANNAH PARISH
Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan Of
ficiates at Father’s Fun
eral at Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Timothy Shee
han, one of the most widely known
members of Cathedral parish, and
the father of the Rev. Thomas I.
Sheehan, pastor of St. Augsutine's
Church, Thomasville, died here early
in December, after a short illness.
Born in Ireland, in County Cork,
Mr. Sheehan lived most of his life in
Savannah; he had been active until
recently in the business in which
he was associated with his son, Dan
J. Sheehan. He was a member of
Savannah Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, of the Holy Name Society of
Cathedral parish and of other Ca
tholic organizations.
Father Sheehan was celebrant of
the Requiem Mass, assisted by many
priests of the city and Diocese. Pall
bearers were W. J. Bremer, Judge
J. P. Houlihan, Charles F. Leech, C.
Harold McCarthy, M. F. McCarthy.
William C. McDonough, Edward
Murphy and John Z. Rourke.
Mr. Sheehan is survived by his
wife, Mrs, Johanna Sheehan; three
sons, the Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan,
pastor of St. Augustine’s Church, in
Thomasville; Dan J. Sheehan and
Joseph D. Sheehan, both of Savannah;
tree daughters, the Misses Marie A.
Seehan, Margaret Sheehan and Han
nah Sheehan, all of Savannah; a
brother, James Sheehan, Savannah,
and six sisters, Mrs. Margaret Murphy,
of Savannah; Mrs. Mary Lamberson,
of Jersey City, N. J.; Mrs. Nora
Weldon, of Pleasantville; Mrs. Bridget
O’Donohue; Mrs. Kate Sullivan and
Mrs. Hannah Callahan, all of Ire
land.
REV. J. A. GREELEY
GOES TO PALM BEACH
Augusta Jesuit Is Assigned
to Florida Parish
AUGUSTA. Ga.—The Rev. James
A. Greeley, S. J., assistant pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, has been trans
ferred to Florida and will be in
charge of St. Edward’s Church, Palm
Beach. Father Greeley, a former
member of the editorial staff of
America m New York, and formerly
dean of Loyola University, New Or
leans, has during his, stay in Au
gusta addressed numerous civic
clubs, and recently returned from
New York, where he gave a series
of retreats. He delivered the ser
mons at the annual Forty Hours’
Devotion at Sacred Heart Church,
and gave the retreats for men and
women in the Diocese this stlmmer.
PATRICK WALSH Council. Louis
O'Connell grand knight, held its an
nual memorial exercises the last Sun
day of November, with Father John
J. Kennedy, Joseph Kinchley, Rich
ard Reid and John T. Buckley as the
speakers, assisted by officers of the
Council. The members of the Coun
cil received Holy Communion at St.
Patrick's Church last Sunday.
RICHARD REID delivered the prin
cipal address at Waynesboro late in
November when the Waynesboro Ex
change Club, newly organized, re
ceived its charter.
MISS TERESA PUNARO of Sacred
Heart parish, now studying music in
New York and singing with the New
York Opera Guild, was recently
awarded a scholarship by the Tau
Alpha Fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon
for the study of voice in New York
for a year.
| CHESSER-ROPER |
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The Rev. Leo M. Keenan, pastor
of St. Patrick's Church, officiated at
the marriage of Miss Rosemary
Chesser, daughter of Mrs. W. L.
Chesser, and Ralph W. Roper. Jr.,
son of Dr and Mrs. Ralph W. Roper.
Miss Chesser was educated at St.
Mary’s and Mt. St. Joseph's. Mr. and
Mrs. Roper will live in Augusta.
O — O
O'HARA-PHILLIPS
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane,
pastor of St. Mary's-on-The-Hill. of
ficiated at the marriage here of Miss
Frances O'Hara, daughter of J. P.
O'Hara, Sr.; and Daniel Ellis Phillips,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Phillips,
of Harlem. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
will make their home in Harlem.
FATHER BAUM MAKES
ARMISTICE RADIO TALK
ANDERSON, S. C.—The Rev.
Charles J. Baum delivered the radio
address over Station WAIM at Ander
son, S. C. Father Baufh is assistant
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church.
Bishop O’Hara Officiates at
Pontifical Mass at Our
Lady of Lourdes Church,
Father Weiss, Pastor
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Most Rev
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop
Savannah-Atlanta, officiated at
Pontifical Mass which marked
silver jubilee of Our Lady of Lour
des, the parish for colored Catholics
conducted by the Society of African
Missions, and one of the pioneer par
ishes in the South for the colored
people- The Very Rev. James T.
Reilly, S. M., was assistant priest, the
Rev- Herman Deimel and Father
Fechtel were deacons of the Mass,
the Rev. Thomas L. Finn and the
Rev. A. Sittler, S. M. A-, deacons of
honor, and the Rev. James H. Con-
lin, master of ceremonies.
Bishop O’Hara at the Mass and
civic program, and in the Silver Ju
bilee Booklet paid high tribute to the
Fathers of the Society for African
Missions for what they have accom
plished through their twenty-five
years of self-sacrificing labors for the
colored people of Atlanta and Geor
gia; he also commended the Sisters
of the Blessed Sacrament who con
duct the parish school. It is an oc
casion, His Excellency said, of more
than local rejoicing: “It interests all
our parishes, and all unite with the
priests and people of the diocese in
tendering felicitations to Father
Weiss and his parishioners on the
day that marks the completion of
twenty-five yefrs of parish life.”
The origin of Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish goes back to tire days of the
venerable Bishop Keiley, and to the
day of consecration of Father John
M. Gunn, S. M., pastor of Sacred
Heart as Bishop of Natchez. The
Very Rev. Ignatius Lissner, S. M.,
American provincial of the Society
of African Missions, came to Atlanta
for the consecration August 29. 1911,
and, securing the blessing of Bishop
Keiley on his work, he started laying
the foundation of the parish. The
plan for the new parish was mis
understood by some Atlantans be
cause of misrepresentation—the anti-
Catholic feeling was strong then—but
the difficulty was finally overcome,
Father Lissner says, principally
through the good offices of Col. Jack
J. Spalding. K. S. G-
The site on North Boulevard was
secured, the church started, and on
November 2, Bishop Keiley dedicated
the church. Father Lissner singing
the High Mass Coram Episcopo, with
Father Dahlent and Father Dangelser
as deacon and sub-deacon. and
Father Laube as, master of cere
monies. Father Rapier, S. M. A., then
pastor of Sacred Heart Church, and
Father Peter, S. M. A., were chaplains
to Bishop Keiley, who delivered the
sermon, and Father Obrecht, S. M. A.,
of Savannah, directed the choir.
Father Michael Scherrer, S. M. A.,
was appointed pastor of the church,
and the work of starting the school
was inaugurated- The first teaching
staff was non-Catholic, but the fol
lowing year Mother Katherine Drexel
sent her Sisters of the Blessed Sacra
ment to conduct the school, and the
order has taught there since, doing a
noble and self-sacrificing work. 'Die
original outlay for land and build
ings was $33,276.21, augmented ’from
time to time; there is at tlie present
time a debt of 12,000 on the prop
erty.
Father Scherrer was succeeded as
pastor when his health failed after
ten years by Father Hess, who after
a few- years was transferred to Ten-
afly, N. J., when Father Eugene Peter
succeeded him, remaining until ill
health likewise forced him to retire.
Father Wolfe was the next and
able pastor and labored until his
lamented death, when the present
vigorous and able pastor, Father F.
J. Weiss, who represented Father
Lissner at the general chapter at
Lyons this year, succeeded him.
Father V. R. Baechtel is assistant
pastor.
Birmingham Pastor’s
Funeral in Lowell
Rev. Edward J. Shea Was
Native of Massachusetts
(Special to The Bulletin)
LOWELL, Mass.—The Rev. Edward
J. Shea, a native of this city and
pastor of the Church of Our Lady
of Sorrows, Birmingham, Ala., who
died early in December, was held
from St. Peter’s Church here, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Hackett,
V. G., officiating at the Solemn High
Mass of Requiem, with the Rev. John
J. O'Shea, of Birmingham, as dea
con; the Rev. John J. Costello, of
Lowell as sub-deacon. The Rev.
Daniel J. Kelley, of Birmingham, de
livered the sermon. Father Shea
made his theological studies at Mt.
St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg.
Md., and was ordained about 15
years ago for the Diocese of Mobile
by the late Bishop Allen. Practi
cally all of his priestly life was spent
in Birmingham.