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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, March 22, 1958.
Georgia Born
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reared in Savannah, has held
appointments in the city of his
birth, with time out for special
studies in Canon Law at Wash
ington and Rome. After being
named Vice-Officialis of the
Diocese and Assistant Pastor of
Our Lady of Lourdes, Port
Wentworth, Monsignor McDon
ald was appointed Chancellor of
the Diocese in 1952. Upon the
death of the late Father “Dan”
McCarthy, (also native-born) he
was named Administrator pro
tern of Our Lady of Lourdes,
while retaining his present po
sition of Chancellor.
Well known, especially to the
youngsters of Savannah, Tybee
and Valdosta is Father Thomas
II. Payne, pastor of St. John
the Evangelist, Valdosta. After
his graduation from Commercial
High School in Savannah, Fa
ther Payne entered the Semi-
Priests —
nary and was ordained in the
class of 1950 from St. Bernard’s
Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. Af
ter his ordination by Bishop
Francis E. Hyland, Father
Payne spent five years in Sav
annah as assistant at the Ca
thedral and Blessed Sacrament
Church. For two years, he was
Administrator of St. Michael’s
Savannah Beach, from 1955 to
1957 when he was appointed to
the Valdosta Church.
Holy Famliy Church in Co
lumbus boasts two native Geor
gia priests. Father William P.
Dowling, assistant to Father Dei-
mel, was born in Savannah, and
ordained in 1954. After two
years as Assistant at Blessed
Sacrament, Savannah, Father
was transferred to Columbus in
August of 1957. He was Spiritual
Director of the Savannah Curia
of the Legion of Mary from 1956
to 1957.
DCCW
Announce Rules For
MARSHAL AND HIS AIDES LEAD PARADE
Michael McCarthy, Aides Hugh Grady and Nicholas Kenny
—(Savannah Morning News Photo)
Convention Exhibits
McCarthy leads savannah
IRISHMEN IN 102ND PARADE
At the February Board meet
ing in Dublin, it was announc
ed that Bishop McDonough re
quested that our exhibit for the
1958 convention, which will be
held in Augusta April 19 and 20,
consist of a shrine in honor of
Our Lady. The exhibit will be
the type shrine that would be
used in a home.
These exhibits will be judged
and displayed for the pleasure
of everyone attending the con
vention.
Let me point out that it is not
necessary to spend a large sum
of money on these shrines. It
may not be necessary to spend
any money at all. Just use your
ingenuity and borrow the love
liest statue in your parish. Then
you have an excellent beginning.
Give your imagination and tal
ent a free hand and you will
construct one of the most attrac
tive home shrines in the Diocese.
Also think of all the pleasure
you will bring to those attending
Altar Society
Meets At Albany
ALBANY — The March meet
ing of St. Teresa’s Altar Society
and Parish Council of Catholic
Women was heid in the CYO
Hall.
Mrs. Franklin Rhodes reported
that the recent barbecue had
been a great success. A beautiful
afghan, donated by Mrs. Alfred
Maloof, was displayed, and this
piece of needlework will be used
to raise funds for the Church.
The president, Mrs. W. J. Kai
ser, gave a most interesting and
informative report on the Spring
meeting of the Columbus Dean
ery C. C. W. Mrs. Clark Davis,
of Macon, is the newly elected
Deanery President.
Mrs. Kaiser stated that the
Annual Convention of the Sav
annah Diocesan Council of Cath-
olic Women will be held on Ap
ril 19 and 20, in the Bon Air
Hotel, in Augusta. Two student
delegates, representing the CYO
of St. Teresa’s Parish, will be
chosen to send to the Youth
Rally which will be held in con
junction with the D. C. C. W.
Convention.
The pastor, the Rev. Marvin
LeFrois, continued a series of
talks on the Mass. Father Le
Frois makes his instructions
more interesting by illustrating
with color slides.
the convention.
Here are the rules to follow:
1. Size — necessarily small for
home use. Completed exhibit
must not exceed 16” in width
by 24” in height by 12” in depth.
(Only tables will be furnished
for exhibitors. Therefore, we
suggest that you make a card
board niche for your exhibit
suitable in size and color to
compliment your shrine. Re
member that your exhibit may
be any size as long as it does
not exceed 16” by 24” by 12”.)
2. Each parish or affiliate is
entitled to only one exhibit.
3. All exhibits must be in
place in the Plantation Room of
the Bon Air Hotel by 2:00 p. m.
Saturday, April 19.
4. The judging will begin at
2:30 p. m. (There will be three
judges — one from each Dean
ery.)
5. The awards will be made
as follows: 1st place — Blue rib
bon and award; 2nd place — Red
ribbon; 3rd place — Yellow rib
bon.
Kindly notify the convention
committee as to whom will be in
charge of your exhibit. And
please, remember that we will
be delighted to answer any ques
tions.
Forty Hours
At Augusta
AUGUSTA — The annual
Forty Hours Devotion came to
a close at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill,
Augusta on March 11th. The
closing was marked by a Solemn
Mass and Procession of the
Blessed Sacrament. The Very
Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., pas
tor, was celebrant. He was as
sisted by Father Peter F. O’
Donnell, S.J., pastor of Sacred
Heart, and Father Arthur Welt-
zer, pastor of St. Patrick’s. Fa
ther Ralph Seikel, assistant at
St. Mary’s was master of cere
monies.
The practice of Forty Hours
began in Italy during the middle
ages, and gradually spread
throughout the Catholic world.
The Forty Hours Devotion is
held to pay honor to the Blessed
Sacrament, and represents the
forty hours that Christ lay in
the tomb before His Resurrec
tion.
SAVANNAH — More than
50,000 persons lined the streets
of downtown Savannah to wit
ness the 102nd annual St. Pat
rick’s Day parade.
Leading the marchers was
Marshall Michael C. McCarthy.
Mr. McCarthy is the immediate
past president of the Catholic
Community Center and a past
grand knight of Savannah Coun
cil 631, Knights of Columbus.
McCarthy is a native Savan-
nahian and a graduate of Ben
edictine Military. School, where
he was the first commander of
the cadet corps. He is 69 years
old and was born in Savannah
of Irish-Catholic parentage. He
is an almost daily communicant
of the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
McCarthy is a member of
AUGUSTA — The Savannah
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women is sponsoring a Youth
Conference at the same time as
its Convention, April 19-20, in
Augusta. A similar conference
was held for the first time last
spring and was so successful that
the Council decided to sponsor
it again this year.
Letters have gone out from
the Diocesan Youth Director,
Rev. Herbert Wellmeier, to all
the pastors in the Diocese of
Savannah, asking them to send
two delegates (preferably a boy
and a girl) to the Conference.
Transportation will be arranged
with the women of the parish
who are going to the Convention
and hospitality will be planned
by the Augusta Deanery Youth
Committee of which Mrs. E. J.
McMahon is chairman.
Plans for the conference are
as follows:
Saturday, April 19, 12-2:30—
Registration in lobby of Bon Air
Hotel.
2:30 — Meeting and panel dis
cussion—Bon Air Hotel.
8-11:30 p. m. — Square and
Round Dance — Aquinas High
School.
Sunday, April 20 — 8 a. m. —
Youth will join with Diocesan
Council for Convention Mass.
the Cathedral Athletic Assn, and
Cathedral Holy Name Society.
He is a past president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association;
a member of the board of di
rectors of the Catholic Com
munity Center; member of the
board of directors of the Female
Benevolent Society, which ope-
rates St. Mary’s Orphanage
Home; past district deputy of
the Knights of Columbus; past
faithful navigator of the Immac
ulate Conception General As
sembly, Fourth Degree, K. of C.;
a member of the Hibernian So
ciety, The Irish American
Friendly Society and is a past
general chairman of the St. Pat
rick’s Day ■ Parade committee,
and a member of the local Lion’s
Club.
9:15 a. m, — Communion
Breakfast — Crystal Room —
Bon Air Hotel.
Speakers at the breakfast will
be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. J. O’
Connor, pastor of the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception. Af
ter the breakfast no formal pro
gram is planned so that the
young people will have an op
portunity to see , the sights in
Augusta, returning to the Bon
Air Hotel early in the afternoon
to join their parties for the trip
back home.
Overall planning for the
Youth Conference is being done
by Father Wellmeier and Mrs.
Wm. C. Broderick, Diocesan
Youth Chairman, with local ar
rangements in Augusta being
handled by Rev. Ralph E. Seik
el, principal of Aquinas High
School, and Mrs. McMahon.
RESERVATIONS FOR THE
BREAKFAST AND HOSPITAL
ITY SHOULD BE MADE WITH
MRS. W. H. HOLMES, JR., 2515
Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Ga.
Although it is hoped that each
parish will send two delegates,
all Catholic high school boys and
gills are invited, as well as
members of single adult clubs
in the Diocese.
STOP AND THINK
Our tragic 1957 fatality record
should make it easy for every
one to choose at least one New
Year’s resolution.
Confirmation
At Statesboro
S fATESBORO — More than
forty children and adults were
confirmed at St. Matthew’s
Church, Statesboro on February
28th. Confirmation was admin
istered by His Excellency, the
Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc
Donough, Auxiliary Bishop of
Savannah. Bishop McDonough
was assisted by Very Rev. Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald, Chancel
lor, Father Robert Rademacher,
Pastor of St. Matthew’s, Father
William Tegeler, also of St.
Matthew's, and by Fathers Jos
eph Nagele and John Barry of
Sylvania.
After the Confirmations, His
Excellency officiated at Solemn
Benediction, assisted by the at
tending clergy.
STATESBORO CONFIRMATION—The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop,
pictured as he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mathews, Statesboro.
(Dobbs photo)
Youth Conference At
Augusta April 19-20
Saint Mary’s
Home Guild
Organized
SAVANNAH — At the invita
tion of his excellency, Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough, hun
dreds of women attended a
meeting at St. Mary’s Home on
East Victory Drive in Savannah
op Sunday, March 9th for the
purpose of forming an organiza
tion to be known as St. Mary’s
Home Guild. Those attending
will be known as the charter
members. Tours of the home
preceded the meeting and were
conducted by the Sisters, after
which the senior girls served re
freshments. All then entered the
auditorium for the meeting.
Father John Toomey, spiritual
moderator, conducted the meet
ing. Sister Mary Michael, su
perior of the home welcomed
the guests and Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough talked on the
need for additional funds, to be
gotten fi'om dues for member
ship, sponsors or patrons, in or
der to maintain the home on its
present standard. He reminded
the gathering that the girls were
not there through any fault of
their own, and that it is indeed a
privilege to assist in such a work
of mercy.
The officers were then instal
led by Father Toomey. They are:
President, Mrs. Arthur T. Flem
ing; Vice President, Mrs. Antho
ny B. Purdy; Secretary, Miss Re-
ginia Lytgen; Treasurer, Mrs.
Walter M. Crawford; and Parlia
mentarian, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
Sr.
The home will be the setting
for the Day of Recollection and
quarterly luncheon meeting . of
the Savannah Deanery, D.C.C.W.
on Wednesday, March 26th with
Mrs. Owen Porter, president,
presiding. The Day will start
with a conference at 10:30 a. m.
followed by a Dialogue Mass at
11:30, luncheon will be served
at 12:30 after which the meeting
will be conducted, concluding
with another conference and
Benediction in the afternoon.
All who were at the meeting
Sunday were urged to attend the
Day of Recollection as well as
those who were unable to at
tend, but are interested in be
coming members of the guild.
The results of the membership
drive for the guild, now under
way, will be given at the meet
ing on March 26th. A great deal
of enthusiasm was shown by
the group, and it is felt that the
guild is well on its way.
ALBANY
AUXILIARY
ALBANY — The K. of C.
Auxiliary held its February
meeting in the K. C. Hall. In
the absence of Mrs. Fred Mills,
president, Mrs. Victor Hcidger-
ken, vice president,. presided.
Mrs. Joseph Scott. Jr. was wel
comed as a new member.
The members were reminded
of the St. Patrick’s Day dance,
to be sponsored by the Knights
at the VFW Club and were
asked to help with the decora
tions. The dance is open to mem
bers and their friends.
After a short business session
the meeting was turned over to
Mrs. Bill Starr, program chair
man for the month of February.
A social hour was enjoyed. The
next meeting will be held on
March' 25, in the K. C. Hall.
At Augusta, April 19th
James T. Vocelle
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Banquet Speaker
London Marks
Anniversary Of
Popes Coronation
LONDON, (NO—Many mem
bers of the British government,
diplomats to Great Britain and
leaders in Church and civic af
fairs attended a Pontifical Mass
in Westminster Cathedral mark
ing the 19th anniversary of the
coronation of His Holiness Pope
Pius XII.
Archbishop William Godfrey
of Westminster presided at the
Mass which was of added sig
nificance since it was celebrat
ed on the Feast of Pope St.
Gregory the Great, who had sent
St. Augustine of Canterbury
from Rome to convert the Brit
ons.
The week before, Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah and Apostolic Dele
gate to Great Britain, gave a
reception to mark the Pope’s
birthday. Leading Catholics and
non-Catholics of London — pol
iticians, diplomats, journalists,
prelates and clergy — attended
the gathering at the Apostolic
Delegation. Several members of
Parliament also attended.
At a ceremony following the
Mass in Westminster Cathedral,
Archbishop O’Hara was present
ed with a portrait of the Pope,
the work of a non-Catholic
British artist, which will be sent
to the Vatican.
The painting had been com
missioned for a London church.
After its Completion, a decision
was made to present it to the
Pontiff, who had granted Leon
ard Boder, the painter, a num
ber of sittings. •
Benedictine
Riflemen Win
Championship
SAVANNAH — Benedictine’s
rifle team succeeded in captur
ing the Savannah championship
by defeating Savannah High and
Groves High in matches held on
March 5.
The cadets, coached by Mas
ter Sergeant Fred Word, fired
an 883 out of a possible 1000,
taking the lead among Savan
nah’s high schools.
Harold Sharpe, of the Bene
dictine team, took the city high
scoring title by firing 184 out of
a possible 200.
Other high scoring cadets were
Tony Battle, Richard Buchner,
Bob Shuman, and Russell Her
bert.
Coach Word reports that the
cadets have been making even
higher scores at their practices
and hopes that they will rate
high in the regional matches
which will be held in April.
MISSION AT
ST. ANTHONY’S
SAVANNAH — The Rev. Ber
nard Krimm, C.SS.R. was the
preacher at the Mission recently
conducted at St. Anthony’s Par
ish, Savannah. The Mission op
ened March 9th and closed Sun
day, March 16th. The Mission
was marked by a very fine turn
out, said Father Albert L. Tun-
otte, pastor, expressing confi
dence in the spiritual life of his
parish.
The Mission consisted of
morning Mass at 6:30 followed
by a short instruction, and eve
ning sermons followed by Ben
ediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment at 8:00 p. m.
During the same week there
was a special Mission for the
children of the parish. This was
a three day Mission given on
March 12, 13 and 14.
AUGUSTA — “THE CATHO
LIC’S ROLE IN A CHANGING
WORLD” is the title of the ad
dress which will be given by Mr.
James T. Vocelle, guest speaker
at the Nineteenth Annual Con
vention of the Savannah Dio
cesan Council of Catholic Wo
men.
Though Mr. Vocelle now re
sides in Tallahassee, Florida,
JAMES T. VOCELLE
GEORGIA is proud to claim him
as a native son. He was born in
St. Mary’s, Ga., is a graduate of
St. Mary’s High School, and At
lanta Law School, and was ad
mitted to the Georgia Bar in
1916. At the age of twenty-three,
he was elected to the Georgia
Form Chapter
Of Spring Hill
Alumni Ass’n
AUGUSTA —- An organiza
tional meeting of an Augusta
area chapter of the Spring Hill
Association was held in the rec
tory of Sacred Heart Church.
The principal function of the
organization will be the promo
tion of Catholic higher educa
tion in general and Spring Hill
College in particular.
Spring Hill is a coeducational
liberal arts college located in
Mobile, Alabama. It is operated
by the Jesuit Fathers and is one
of the oldest colleges in the
South.
Patrick R. Mu! her in was elec
ted president. Wish Markwalter
was named first vice president;
Harry Best, Jr., second vice
president; Bill Lenz, secretary;
Louis Muiherin, Jr., treasurer;
Rev. Peter F. O’Donnell, S.J.,
chaplain; Jack Markwalter,
membership chairman; Wm. A.
Herman, social chairman; Gran
ville H. DeWitt, student chair
man, and Bill Ollinger, publicity
chairman.
Father O’Donnell addressed
the group. He stressed the im
portance of Catholic higher ed
ucation, stating the need of the
humanities as a background to
the physical sciences; he further
stated Spring Hill offered ex
cellent courses in both fields. He
also noted that a sizable num
ber of scholarships to Spring
Hill were available every year.
In the near future several
members of the alumni group
will address the juniors and
seniors of Acquinas High School
in Augusta and other high
schools in the area. They shall
point out the educational oppor
tunities that await at Spring
Hill.
Plans are being made to honor
Rev. Aloysius J. Mulry, S.J.,
chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospit
al in Augusta, on the occasion
of his Golden Jubilee in the
Jesuit Order.
Legislature and served two
years.
He moved to Vero Beach, Fla.,
in 1924, and was first County
Attorney of Indian River Coun
ty upon its creation in 1925. He
held the office of City Attorney
at Vero Beach for four years.
Mr. Vocelle has served in many
capacities, in the state of Flori
da, under several administra
tions. He was appointed by Gov
ernor Holland, on competitive
merit examination, to serve on
the first Parole Commission of
Florida in 1941. He was appoint
ed State Beverage Director by
Governor Millard F. Caldwell,
and Governor Dan McCarty ap
pointed him Chairman of the
Florida Industrial Commission
in 1953, and he is currently serv
ing, in this office, under the ad
ministration of Governor LeRoy
Collins.
The Vercelli. Medal was
awarded to Mr. Vocelle, in 1952,
as one of the outstanding Cath
olic Laymen of this country. He
is a Fourth Degree Knight of
Columbus, a member of the Ro
tary Club, Elks, and American
Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. Vocelle have six
children, all of whom are gradu
ates of Florida colleges. Mrs.
Vocelle is the former Mary Del
ia Schmitt, of Jacksonville.
Mr. L. B. Vocelle, youngest
son of the Vocelles, is a part
ner in the law firm of Vocelle
and Vocelle.
BOOK SHOP
TO PRESENT
RADIO SERIES
SAVANNAH — The Notre
Dame Book Shop in Savannah
will present a radio series of
more than usual interest begin
ning March 24. Bishop Fulton
J. Sheen’s “Life is Worth Liv
ing” will be heard on WSAV-
Radio (630 on your dial) from
9:30 until 10. There are thirteen
programs in all and they will be
heard at the same time on suc
cessive Monday nights.
In the first program, to be
heard Monday;, March 24,
broadcasting’s best known cler
gyman gives his “ghost writ
ers”—who lived 1900 years ago
—the credit they deserve. It is
entitled “My Four Writers.”
Arrangements for this presen
tation were made by Msgr. i'.
James McNamara, spiritual di
rector of the book shop, and Mr.
Jack Ahern, executive of
WSAV-Radio.
Edward Shepard
At Tech Session
SAVANNAH — Cadet Lieu
tenant Colonel Edward Shep
pard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward G. Sheppard of Savannah
and a senior at Benedictine Mil
itary School attended a session
at Georgia Tech from February
20 to 22,
This sessions is an annual
project to encourage the more
gifted students to enter the en
gineering profession.
Sheppard 1 , whose trip was
sponsored by the Georgia Socie
ty of Professsional Engineers,
was chosen to represent Bene
dictine at the meetings held in
connection with the observance
of National Engineers’ Week.
Distribute
600 Magazines
Archbishop
Presides At
Prelate’s Funeral
NEWCASTLE - ON - TYNE,
England, (NC) — Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah and Apostolic Dele
gate to Great Britain, presided
at the funeral of Bishop Joseph
McCormack of Hexam and New
castle, who died (March 2) after
a long illness’.
The Requiem Mass was sung
by Archbishop William Godfrey
of Westminster, and the sermon
was preached by Archbishop
John Carmel Heenan of Liver
pool.
Bishop McCormack, who had
been Bishop of his see for 21
years, was born in the Archdio
cese of Birmingham in 1887. He
was ordained to the priesthood
in 1912. He was consecrated
Bishop of Hexham and New
castle in 1937.
Cana Conference
At Augusta
THE FAMILY AND PAR
ENT EDUCATION COMMIT
TEE of the AUGUSTA DEAN
ERY COUNCIL OF CATHO
LIC WOMEN extends a most
cordial invitation to all mar
ried couples to attend a Cana
Conference, on Friday, March
28, from 7:00 p. m. to 10:00 p.
m„ at St. Marys' Parish Hall,
on Monte Sano Avenue, in Au
gusta. ,j|
Rt. Rev. T. J, McNamara,
V.F., of Savannah, Dr. Chas.
Muiherin, and Mrs. Henry
Holmes, of Augusta, are the
speakers. The Very Rev. Dan
iel J. Boui'ke, V.F., of Augusta,
will serve as moderator.
The conference will close
wilh fhe renewal of the mar
riage vows and Benediction of
fhe Blessed Sacrament.
BRUNSWICK—During Cath
olic Press Month, more than 600
Catholic magazines were distrib
uted to families of the parish.
Sponsored by the Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine the maga
zines were distributed by the
children of St. Francis Xavier
School.
The Confraternity committee
which was in charge of this dis
tribution was composed of Mrs.
Duncan Wallace, Mrs. Robert
Rocmer and Mrs. Thomas
Soughty.
Conyers Retreat
For B. C. Cadets
CONYERS — Over the week
end of March 2, several students
of Benedictine School in Sav
annah made a retreat at Con
yers Abbey of Our Lady of the
Holy Ghost. Cadets making the
retreat were John,Hutton, Wat-'
ter Cramer, Gene Brinson, Billy
Summerlin, and Eugene Hahne.