DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n Of Georgia
Serving
Georgia's 88
Southern Counties
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Vol. 38, No. 23.
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1958.
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D.CC.W. Convention At Augusta April 19 & 20
Will Erect
Grotto to Our
Lady of Lourdes
PORT WENTWORTH — Our
Lady - of Lourdes Church will
erect an outdoor grotto in honor
of Our Lady of Lourdes, it was
announced by Father Francis
Donohue, administrator of the
parish. The grotto will be con
structed by the men of the par
ish, members of “Our Lady of
Lourdes Mens’ Association.”
Preliminary work has already
begun, announced Mr. William
Sullivan, .president of the men’s
association. “A great deal of the
materials necessary for the con
struction have .already been se
cured,” he said, “through the
zeal, time and effort of our
membership a n d through the
generosity of benefactors and
well-wishers/’
“This grotto will be an exter
nal and public manifestation of
the love of our people for Our
Lady of Lourdes, and as far as
we know it will be the only
wayside shrine of its type in
the Diocese,” said Father Dono
hue. The grotto will be located
on the south side of the church
just off U. S. Route 17.
Recollection Day
For Columbus
Deanery Priests
COLUMBUS — A day of re
collection for the priests of the
Columbus Deanery was held at
St. Teresa’s Church in Albany
on April 15.
The Days program was carried
out under the direction of the
Rev. Herman Deimel, pastor of
Holy Family, Columbus and
Vicar Forane of the Columbus
Deanery.
Conference For
Diocesan Youth
BOTH ANNIVERSARY—Mr. and Mrs. John L. Armstrong of
Augusta are pictured with the Most R.ev. Thomas J. McDonough,
auxiliary-bishop ot the Diocese. The picture was taken April
12th, GOth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong.—
(Morgan Frtz photo).
Mr. And Mrs. John L. Armstrong
Priest-Son Celebrates Mass
On Parents 7 $0th Anniversary
AUGUSTA — The Bon Air
Hotel will be convention head
quarters this weekend for the
nineteenth annual Convention
of the Savannah Deanery Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
Also meeting in Augusta will
be Youth from all parts of the
Diocese gathering for the Sec
ond Annual Diocesan Youth
Conference. This conference is
being sponsored by the Deanery
Council of Catholic Women.
Registration for the Diocesan
Convention will begin at noon on
Saturday, with the opening ses
sion scheduled for 2:30 p. m.
Following the first session will
be a workshop on Organization
and Development, and Public
Relations. Father Francis Don
ohue, Pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, in Port Went
worth, and Editor of the Dio
cese of Savannah Edition of
THE BULLETIN, will serve as
moderator for this workshop.
Mr. Pat Rice Mulherin, Miss
Mary Sullivan, Mrs. L. J. Ward
and Mrs. Ernest Dinkins are the
participants on this program.
Mr. James T. Vocelle, promi
nent Catholic layman, and
chairman of the Florida Indus
trial Commission, will be the
principal speaker at the ban
quet, in the Crystal Room, Sat
urday evening. “The Catholics’
PRAYERS
REQUESTED
SAVANNAH — The prayers
of the faithful 'of the Diocese
of Savannah are requested for
the happy repose of the soul of
the Rev. Bernard Zellers, C. S. V.
Father at one time served as
Director of the St. Thomas
Home for Boys.
Father Zellers died of a heart
attack in Chicago, March 24th.
AUGUSTA—The Rev. Gerald
Armstrong, S.J., was celebrant
of a Solemn High Mass on the
occasion of the GOth wedding an
niversary of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Armstrong.
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, D.D., J.C.D., auxili
ary-bishop presided at the Mass
and delivered the sermon.
Officers of the mass which
was held at Sacred Heart
Church on April 12th, in addi
tion to Father Armstrong, were
Father Ralph Seikel as Deacon
and Father Nicholas Quinlan as
Sub-Deacon. Master of Cere
monies was Robert Farley.
Serving the Mass were four of
Role in a Changing World” is
the title of Mr. Vocelle’s ad
dress.
Though Mr. Vocelle now re
sides in Tallahassee, Florida,
GEORGIA is proud to claim
him as a native son. He was
born in St. Mary’s, Georgia, is
a graduate of St. Mary’s High
School, and Atlanta Law School,
and was admitted to the Georgia
Bar in 1916. At the age of twen
ty-three, he was elected to, the
Georgia 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
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NEW MONASTERY—Renovations are nearing completion on
the new Carmelite Monastery located at Coffee Bluff, Savannah.
Pictured here is the front of the former residence which will soon
be occupied by the Carmelite Nuns. The lower picture shows
the Chapel which is now under construction.
the Armstrong’s grandchildren,
Edward Armstrong Jr. of Al
bany, Edward Rhodes, Philip
Rhodes and John Bernard
Rhodes of Augusta.
Clergy present in the sanctu
ary were the Very Rev. Michael
Kennelly, S.J., Rector of Gesu
Church, Miami; Very Rev. Dan
iel J. Bourke, V.F., pastor of
Sf. Mary’s, Augusta; Rev. Peter
F. O’Donnell, S.J., pastor of
Sacred Heart, Augusta; Rev.
Murphy W. Ross, S.J., assistant
at Gesu, Miami; Rev. Louis
Hahn, S.J., assistant at Sacred
Heart, Augusta; Rev. John
Crean, assistant St. Mary’s, Au
gusta; Rev. Arthur Weltzer, pas
tor, St. Patrick’s, Augusta; Rev.
A. J. Gall, S.M.A., pastor, Im
maculate Conception, Augusta.
Immediately following the
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Monastery
Renovations
Nearly Complete
SAVANNAH — Building and
renovation are almost completed
on the Carmelite Monastery lo
cated at Coffee Bluff in Sav
annah. The monastery, formerly
a large private estate, will be
the home of seven Discalced
Carmelite Nuns who will arrive
when construction has ended.
Open house will be held in
May upon completion of the
monastery and the public will
be invited to tour the premises
and will be given a glimpse into
the life of the Carmelite Nuns,
The Sisters will live a com
pletely cloistered life of prayer,
morti fication, contemplation
and work. They will make altar
breads to be used in the Mass,
as well as the sacred vestments
used in Liturgical Functions.
The Discalced Carmelite Nuns
are perhaps best known to
American Catholics through St.
Therese of Lisieux, a young
Carmelite Nun who died in
1897 and was shortly thereafter
raised to the honors of the altar
as St. Therese of the Child
Jesus, familiarly known as
“The Little Flower.” It is
thought-that the parents of St.
Therese will also be named
among the ranks of the Saints.
Discuss Youth Councils
Msgr. Joseph Scheider
Speaker At Conferences
SAVANNAH — At recent
Clergy Conferences held in the
Diocese of Savannah, Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph Scheider address-
MSGR. SCHEIDER
eel the attending priests on
Catholic Youth Councils on a
Parish level. Monsignor Schei
der spoke at the request of
Bishop McDonough, who has di
rected that every parish inaug
urate a youth program geared
to the high school boys and
girls.
Monsignor Scheider is Na
tional Director of the Youth De
partment of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference. Priests
were briefed on the organiza
tion and aims of the Catholic
Youth Councils.-
It was noted that at the na
tional Convention of Catholic
Youth Councils held in Phila
delphia last fall, 18,000 dele
gates and observers received
Holy Communion, With 150
priests assisting at distribution
during the Mass. Monsignor
Scheider cited the rapid growth
of Catholic Youth Councils in
Dioceses comparable in size and
number to the Diocese of Sav
annah, in assuring the priests
of the workability of a youth
program based on the Council
type organization.
The conferences were held in
Savannah for the Priests of the
Savannah and Augusta Dean
eries and at Albany for the
Priests of the Columbus Dean
ery. The program was under
the direction of Rev. Herbert
Wellmeier, Diocesan Youth Di
rector and closed with an ad
dress by His Excellency, Bish
op McDonough.
Georgia Medical Ass’n Award ^
For Or. Francis X. Mulherin
AUGUSTA — Dr. Francis
Xavier Mulherin, a veteran of
43 years of practice, has been
nominated by the Richmond
County Medical Society for the
coveted General Practitioner of
the Year award, made annually
by the Medical Assn, of Georgia.
The award will be made at
the Georgia group’s convention
in Macon April 30- May 3.
Son of the late William A.
Mulherin and Mary Ann Roche
Mulherin, the nominee began
practice here in 1915 with his
brother, the late Dr. William A.
Mulherin, a prominent pediatri
cian and a past president of the
MOST REV. THOMAS J.
McDonough, auxiliary-
bishop
MRS. ROBERT H. MAHONEY
NATIONAL PRESIDENT
N.C.C.W.
MRS. NORMAN L
BOATWRIGHT
DIOCESAN PRESIDENT
MSGR. P. J. O'CONNOR
YOUTH SPEAKER
Collins.
For the Saturday afternoon
session of the Youth Confer
ence, Rev. Ralph E. Seikel has
arranged a panel discussion in
which four boys and girls from
Augusta will give their opin
ions on several interesting top
ics.
Father Seikel will serve as
Moderator and the floor will be
open for discussion after the
panelists have given their talks.
The Diocesan C.C.W. and the
youth attending the youth con
ference will attend 8:0-9 a. m.
Mass, on Sunday, at St. Marys’-
on-the-Hill. The Most Rev.
Thos. J. McDonough, D.D.,
J.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the
Diocese of Savannah, will be
the celebrant of the convention
Mass.
Right Reverend Monsignor
Patrick J. O’Connor, Pastor of
the Diocesan Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, in Atlan
ta, will be the principal speak
er at the Savannah Youth Con
ference, Sunday at the Bon Air
Hotel.
The election of officers will
be held at the morning session
of the Deanery C.C.W. This ses
sion will begin at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Robert H. Mahoney will
be the principal speaker at the
luncheon. “Our Lady of Good
Counsel” is the title that the
National President has chosen
for her talk.
Mrs. Mahoney, of Hartsford,
JAMES T. VOCELLE
GUEST SPEAKER
Connecticut, has twenty-six
years of know-how and experi
ence behind her busy job of
directing a lay leadership pro
gram for nine million women.
In 1931, the National Council
of Catholic Women invited
Mary Louise Hannan to address
a banquet. There was good rea
son for choosing Mary Hannan
to speak to the women. Though
a young woman, she held a
bachelor’s and a master’s degree
from Trinity College, as well as
a doctorate from the Catholic
University of America. She was
an instructor in Latin and
Greek at Trinity College and
an active leader in Kappa Gam
ma Pi. She had much to offer
the women and was interested
in their work.
In 1933 Mary Hannan was
married in the Trinity College
Chapel to Robert H. Mahoney.
Together, they toured Italy,
France, England and Ireland.
Mr. Mahoney, now Assistant
Superintendent of Schools in
Hartford, takes a keen interset in
his wife's Council work.
Mrs. Mahoney has held many
offices in religious and civic or
ganizations. Some of them are
as follows: National Treasurer
of Kappa Gamma Pi, member of
Governor’s Fact-Finding Com
mittee on Education, 1948-1950,
and president for two years of
Connecticut Conference on So
cial Work. She is the recipient
of the following honors: Ameri-
Bren
REV. JOHN D. TOOMEY
SPIRITUAL MODERATOR
Holy Family
Student Places
In Spelling Bee
COLUMBUS — Third place i
the Muscogee County Spellir
Bee was won
by Rosemary
Brennan,
eighth grade
student of
Holy Family
School, Co
lumbus. Rose
mary is the
d a u g hter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
3523 Trinity Drive.
This year Holy Family School
for the first time participated
in the Muscoge County Spelling
Bee, which is sponsored by rhs
Atlanta Journal in conjunct urn
with the Annual National Spoil
ing Bee. Thirty-six schools eo °
represented in this contest.
Prior to the Muscogee Cooniy
Spelling Bee, a spelling contest
was held in the eighth grade
Holy Family School to select t!
champion speller of the school
and a substitute.
canism Citation by Hartford
Chapter of B’nai B’rith, 1951,
Award of Merit, Conned.::;:
State Department of Education
for services to education. Dele
gate, White House Coco • - ■
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American Medical Assn.
Dr. Mulherin, is a life mem
ber of the Richmond County
Medical Society; member of the
Medical Assn, of Georgia, Amer
ican Medical Assn., Alpha Kappa
Kappa Medical fraternity and
of St. Marys’ Church.
In 1913, he married Miss
Eulalia Fueger of Savannah and
they have eight children, two
of whom are physicians. They
are Frank X. Mulherin Jr.,
Richard W. Mulherin, Dr Joseph
L. Mulherin, Dr. C. Stephen
Mulherin, Mrs. Charles Thebaud
all of Augusta; Mrs. Polk S.
Land, of Columbus, Ga. and Mrs.
Owen M. Owens of California.
NEW CHANCERY BUILDING—Work is progressing on the new Diocese of Savannah Ch
eery Building, now being constructed at Abercorn and McDonough Streets. Plans call ior com
pletion of the new office building by the Fall of the year.
