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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, October 3, 1959
In the September 19th edition we erroneously listed the
Priests and Religious Communities teaching in the Catholic
Schools of the Diocese. We are happy to rectify our faculty
listing with the following breakdown obtained from the office
of the Superintendent of Schools of the Diocese of Savannah.
COMMUNITY SCHOOL
I. PRIESTS
Diocese of Savannah Aquinas High, Augusta
O.S.B. (Order of St. Benedict) Benedictine Military,
Savannah
S.M.A. (Society of the African Immaculate Conception High,
Missions) Augusta
St. Pius X High, Savannah
II. BROTHERS
F.M.S. (Marist Brothers) Aquinas High, Augusta
III. SISTERS
A.D. PP. S. (Sisters, Adorers
of the Most Precious
Blood)
C.S.J. (Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondolet)
I.H.M. (Sisters, Servants of
the Immaculate Heart of
Mary)
O.S.F. (Missionary Franciscan
Sisters of the Immaculate
Conception)
O. S.F. (Third Order Regular
of St. Francis, of
Allegany)
P. B.V.M. (Religious Sisterhood
of the Presentation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary)
R.S.M. (Sisters of Mercy of the
Union)
S.B.S. (Sisters of the Blessed
Sacrament for Indians
and Colored People)
St. Teresa’s, Albany
Aquinas High, Augusta
Mt. St. Joseph’s, Augusta
St. Francis Xavier, Brunswick
Sacred Heart, Savannah
St. John’s, Valdosta
St. James, Savannah
Immaculate Conception
High, Augusta
Immaculate Conception,
Augusta
St. Anthony’s, Savannah
St. Benedict’s, Savannah
St. Mary’s, Savannah
St. Pius X High, Savannah
St. Michael’s, Savannah
Beach
Queen of Peace, Lakeland
St. Joseph’s, Waycross
Sacred Heart, Warner Robins
Sacred Heart, Augusta
Holy Family, Columbus
Pacelli High, Columbus
Mt. DeSales Fligh, Macon
St. Joseph’s, Macon
Blessed Sacrament, Savannah
Cathedral, Savannah
St. Vincent’s Academy,
Savannah
Nativity, Thunderbolt
St. Peter Claver’s Macon
There are other priests, secular clergy as well as African
Missioners, Jesuits, Marists and Oblates of Mary Immaculate,
who teach classes on a part-time basis in all the elementary
schools.
First Fail
Meeting Of
Aquinas PTO
Mrs. Joseph J. O’Connell,
president of the Aquinas High
P. T. O. presided over its first
fall meeting September 8th.
Rev. Ralph Seikel, school mod
erator, introduced members of
the faculty. Mrs. O’Connell an
nounced chairmen and officers
for the year: f inance, Mrs. Den
nis Kearns and Mrs. Henry
Rinker; Social Activities, Mrs.
R. E. Pate; Membership, Mrs.
William Sheehan; Program,
Mrs. S. Paul Plerndon; Hos
pitality, Mrs. Henry Holmes;
Room Representative, Mrs. Dan
J. O’Conner; Health and Social
Service, Mrs. A. Paul Carter;
Publicity, Mrs. Eugene Long;
Vice-President, Mrs. B. A. Cal
lahan; Secretary, Mrs. Robert
Henry; Treasurer, Mrs. Harriss
D’Antignac.
Delicious refreshments were
served by Mrs. Henry Holmes
Columbus
DCCVV To
Meet Oct 14
MACON — The fall meeting
of the Columbus Deanery Coun
cil of Catholic Women will be
held in Americus, on October
14, St. Mary’s Church as host,
Father Henry Madden, O. F. M.,
Pastor'.
Registration will be from
from 10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
in the Sunday School Building
to the right of the church. A
Dialog Mass will precede the
meeting at 11:30 a.‘ m. offered
by Msgr. Herman Deimel.
Luncheon will be served at
12:30 at the Americus Country
Club, with the business im
mediately following. Reverend
Marvin LeFrois will be the
principal speaker.
Mrs. J. J. Dembowski, vice-
president, has announced that
committee chairmen will give a
resume of plans for the year.
Reservations for the luncheon
are $2.50, and should be made
with Mrs. Joseph Pefferman,
419 Jones Drive, Americus, or
with the parish chairman, not
later than October 12.
and Mrs. Worth Andrews from
a beautifully appointed tea
table.
ADOPTS C.R.S. ORPHANS
Thomas E. Flanagan, U. S. Director of the U. S. Information
Service in Djakarta, Indonesia, a native of Boston, and his
wife are shown here with the two Chinese orphan girls they
have adopted through the office of the N.C.W.C.—Catholic
Relief Services in Hong Kong. Seated on Mrs. Flanagan's
lap is Antonietta Maria, 3*2, and between the couple is Anna
Guiseppina, 5)2 years old. The two girls were abandoned
almost immediately after birth and turned over by police to
the orphanage. (NC Photos) J
First Home And School Mooting
Of Year At Biassed Sacrament
SAVANNAH —- Mrs. William
J. Lynch presided at the open
ing meeting of the Blessed Sac
rament Home and School Asso
ciation. The new faculty mem
bers were introduced and are
as follows: Mrs. Lottie Blakely,
Mrs. Catherine Rolacz, and Sr.
Denis Marie, RSM.
The activities of the year will
begin this Sunday morning
with a cake sale to be held in
the school auditorium. On Oc
tober 28th a Halloween Party
will be held with Mrs. Daniel
Russell and Mrs. A1 Orsini serv
ing as co-chairmen.
Monsignor Thomas A. Bren
nan, pastor, announced that Oc
tober 9th and 12th will be holi
days in order that the faculty
may attend a Teacher’s Insti
tute. Sr. Mary Jude spoke on
the aims and desires of the
teachers to instill a Catholic
education in the student body.
The following committee
heads were appointed by the
president: program, Mrs. Daniel
Russell; parliamentarian, Mrs.
Arthur Fleming; lunchroom,
Mrs. Jos. Byrnes; knicknacks,
Mrs. Dan Corcoran; milk, Mrs.
Wm. Robertson; hospitality,
Mrs. Edward Daly and Mrs.
Wm. Cliett; publicity, Mrs. Wm.
Lloyd; sick, Mrs. Thos. Anglin;
health, Mrs. Salvitore Aliotta,
and Girl Scouts, Mrs. Jos. Mul
ler.
The following will serve as
class mothers; Mrs. M. E. Aber
nathy; Mrs. Anthony Purdy,
Mrs. Thos. Gutman, Mrs. Frank
Rossiter, M r s. Fabian O’Con
nell, Mrs. Frank Downing, Mrs.
Walter Parker, M r s. Richard
Powers, Mrs. Eugene McDon
ald, Mrs. Wm. Cannon, Mrs.
Frank Skeffington, Mrs. Louis
Scott, Mrs. Wm. Harris, Mrs.
Leslie Hubbard, Mrs. Fred
Doyle, and Mrs. Jack Fulton.
900 Attend
Barbecue
At Augusta
AUGUSTA — The Aquinas
High School P.T.O. held a bar
becue September 22nd at the
Julian Smith Casino. The barbe
cue, prepared by Mrs. Jeff Bar
ton, was served from 6 to 8:30
p. m. to approximately 900 peo
ple.
Mrs. Dennis Kearns and Mrs.
Henry Rinker were co-chairmen
in charge of the barbecue. Those
assisting in serving were Mrs.
Aucel Dyal, Mrs. Walter Smith,
Mrs. Hinton Roberts, Mrs. D. F.
Whaley, Mrs. Robert Henry, Mrs.
Paul Carter, Mrs. A. T. Cole,
Mrs. Joseph Leonard, Mrs. W. D.
Moore, Mrs. J. P. Mulcay, Mrs.
A. J. Torontine, Mrs. Wm. Shee
han, Mrs. J. A. Johns, Mrs. Mich
ael Riggin, Mrs. Joseph Lyons,
Mrs. A. J. Salmon, Mrs. B. A.
Callahan, Mrs. Lee Etheredge
Jr., Mrs. Joseph Curtis, Mrs.
L. A. Tyler, Mrs. R. A. Pate,
Mrs. Harry Prince, and Mrs.
Eugene Long.
Mrs. Albert Gary, cake chair
man, was assisted by Mrs. Rob
ert Emerson and Mrs. L. J.
Ward. The folowing ninth grade
students passed the cake: Patri
cia Armstrong, Kay Campbell,
Laura Gary, Maureen Herman,
Judy Kirch, Cheryl Lewis and
Mae Mulherin.
Mr. Worth Andrews took up
tickets during the barbecue.
ST. MARY’S
GUILD TO
MEET OCT. 11
SAVANNAH — On Sunday,
October 11th at 3:00 p. m. the
Saint Mary’s Home Guild will
hold its semi-annual meeting.
The meeting will be followed
by a social with Mrs. Grant
Goldenstar in charge.
Bishop Thomas J. McDon
ough will be present and pro
nounce Benediction.
cute his blueprint for commu
nist dominatio n,” Cardinal
Spellman said.
“The flame of religious fervor
which burned so brightly in the
days of our fathers has sunk so
low that we see no wrong in
attempting to join forces with
men who burn churches, de
stroy temples and murder those
who bless the name of God,” he
declared. “We are now reaping
the bitter harvest of generations
of religious apathy and indif
ference.”
Meeting Of
Albany P. T. A.
ALBANY — St. Teresa’s
P.T.A. held the first meeting of
the 1959-1960 term on Septem
ber 24th in the school audi
torium with President Ray
Dwornik presiding. Father Mar
vin LeFrois opened the meet
ing with a prayer. The minutes
of the last meeting were read
and approved.
Sister Miriam introduced the
members of the faculty and re
quested that all children use a
book bag to carry their books,
also that uniforms would be
worn as of October 1st. Sister
asked when children are absent
from school that parents write
a note of excuse also if neces
sary, phone calls could be made
to the Convent between the
hours of 5 to 6 and 7 to 8. The
room count was taken and won
by Sister Mary JoAnn’s 1st
grade.
The President introduced the
chairmen and the room moth
ers. They are: membership, Mrs.
Ralph Will; welfare, Mrs. Em
mett Heidt Jr.; program, Mrs.
Bob McCormick Jr.; hospitality,
Mrs. Gerard Finnegan, Mrs. Or
ville Vierling, Mrs. Bill Mock,
Jr.; chairman of the room
mothers, Mrs. Sam Bender.
Father LeFrois welcomed the
Sisters and lay teachers and
urged all parents to give their
full cooperation to the teachers,
all members were invited to
view the 3 new classrooms re
cently completed. Father an
nounced there will be an Ath
letic Program this year direct
ed by Mr. Ed Philbin.
The annual P.T.A. carnival
will be held on October 17th,
Chairman of the carnival is
Mrs. Aaron Duke.
It was announced school in
surance will be renewed this
year. P.T.A. meeting will be
held the 2nd Thursday of each
month, the next monthly meet
ing will be October 8th. The
teachers will be available im
mediately before the meeting to
talk with parents. Dancing
classes will be held this. year
by Mrs. Maude Evelyn Mur
phy and will cost $4.00 a month
per child.
Savannah Services
James E. O'Mara
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for James Emmett O’Mara
were held September 17th, at
the Sacred Heart Church, Rev.
Terence Keirnan O. S. B. offi
ciating.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
E. S. Devereaux and Miss
Florence O’Mara, both of Savan
nah, and two nieces.
Joseph L. Conners Sr.
Savannah Services
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Joseph L. Conners, Sr.,
were held September 17th at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Survivors are two sons, Jos
eph L. Conners, Jr., Savannah,
and William P. Conners, Miami,
Fla.; a brother William J. Con
ners, Savannah; seven grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
^ U. S. Catholics to Be Consecrated to Mary
November 20 will be a nationwide Day of Dedication. On this, the day that the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (above) is formally dedicated in Washington, D. C.,
Catholics throughout the country will be consecrated to the Mother of God in their
parishes. The Blessed Virgin Mary is patroness of the United States under the title of her
Immaculate Conception, The National Shrine has been built by all the Catholics of the
country under the leadership of their bishops. This view shows the main facade of the
Shrine, with scaffolding removed, as it is made ready for the dedictory ceremonies. Photo
by Rent. (NC Photos)
AUGUSTA D.C.C.W. LUNCHEON
PLANNED OCTOBER 4th
AUGUSTA — Rev. Edward
Shields, S.J., Pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the annual fall
luncheon meeting of the Augus
ta Deanery Council of Catholic
Women, at one o’clock, on Oc
tober 4, at the Elk’s Home, 519
Greene Street. Father Shields
will speak on “Your Community,
Your Responsibility.”
The speaker, a native of New
Orleans, was for fifteen years
Director of the Loyola Philaris-
tai, one of the largest and most
active groups of women in that
city. He is a graduate of the
Jesuit High School in New Or
leans where he later taught Lat
in, English and Religion, and
served as faculty advisor for the
“Blue Jay,” the annual yearbook
of the school.
Father Shields received his
Organize
Executive Board
At St. Michaels
SAVANNAH — The officers
of the Altar Society and the
Home and School Association,
as well as the parishioners who
hold offices in the Deanery and
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women, met recently under the
direction of Father John Cud
dy, the pastor, to organize an
executive board for the Parish
Council of Catholic Women.
Mrs. Edward J. Fahey, Jr.
was appointed president for the
1959-1960 term of office. Mrs.
Nell Devine was appointed vice
president, Miss Margaret Spell
man was appointed secretary
and Mrs. Frank H. Golden was
appointed treasurer.
Sacred Heart
Program On
WBBQ, Augusta
AUGUSTA — The Sacred
Heart radio program is car
ried each week to listeners
in Augusta area through the
facilities of Station WBBQ.
This informative National
Catholic program is present
ed each Sunday evening from
7:45 to 8 p. m.
C, C. 0. Sponsors
Seminars
At Dublin
DUBLIN — The annual
C.C.D. series of Seminars for
regular and substitute teachers
in the parish school of religion
is now being conducted.
This series is being conducted
by Mrs. Geva Alexander and
Mrs. Kitty Kellam, chairman
and vice-chairman respectively
of the parish school of religion.
These ladies are experienced
teachers at Dublin High School.
Several other members of the
Sunday School staff are also ex
perienced teachers in the Geor
gia public school system.
Services For
Mrs. G. F. Bohler, Sr.
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Margaret Daly
Bohler were held September
17th, at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill
Church, Rev. Kervin Bolland
officiating.
Survivors are two sons, James
Daly Bohler and George F. Boh
ler, both of Augusta; four grand
children and a number of nieces
and nephews.
M.A. degree in Philosophy from
Gonzaga College, Spo k.a n e,
Washington, in 1930, was ordain
ed in 1937, in St. Mary’s College,
St. Mary’s, Kansas, and complet
ed his last year of Jesuit Studies,
the following year, in Seattle,
Washington. He was Professor of
Philosophy for eighteen years at
Loyola University and Secretary
of the University for two years.
While teaching at Loyola, he also
served as an assistant pastor in
the Church of the Most Holy
Name of Jesus.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J.
Bourke, V.F., Spiritual Moderat
or of the Augusta Deanery
Council of Catholic Women, will
be celebrant of the 11 a.m. Mass,
at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church,
1420 Monte Sano Avenue. The
ladies are requested to receive
Holy Communion in a body at
this Mass preceding the lunch
eon.
Mrs. L. J. Ward will preside
at the business session.
National Day Of Prayer
October 7th
THE WHITE HOUSE
By The President Of The United States
Of America
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS this continent was chosen by men and women
of profound religious conviction, seeking a free land where
they and their children might worship God and follow Plis
commandments as they understood them; and
WHEREAS our Nation was conceived in the same faith
and dedicated to the same purpose; and
WHEREAS in this tradition, by a joint resolution ap
proved April 17, 1952 (66 Stat. 64), the Congress has provided
that “the President shall set aside and proclaim a suitable
day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of
Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn
to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and
as individuals.”:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
President of the United States of America, do hereby set
aside Wednesday, the seventh day of October, as a National
Day of Prayer; and I call upon my fellow Americans to join
in prayer on that day.
Let us give thanks for the bounty of Providence which
has made possible the growth and promise of our land.
Let us give thanks for the heritage of free inquiry, sound
industry, and boundless vision which have enabled us to
advance the general welfare of our people to unprecedented
heights.
Let us remember that our God is the God of all men,
that only as all men are free can liberty be secure for any,
and that only as all prosper can any be content in their good
fortune.
Let us join in vigorous concern for those who now endure
suffering of body, mind or spirit, and let us seek to relieve
their distress and to assist them in their way toward health,
well-being, and enlightenment.
Finally, let us rededicate ourselves and our Nation to
the highest loyalties which we know; and let us breathe
deeply of the clean air of courage, preparing ourselves to
meet the obligations of our day in trust, in gratitude, and in
the supreme confidence of men who have accomplished much
united under God.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be
affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this thirtieth day of
July in the year of our Lord nineteen'hundred and fifty-nine,
and of the independence of the United States of America the
one hundred and eighty-fourth.
DWIGHT
By the President:
DOUGLAS DILLON,
Acting Secretary of State.
D. EISENHOWER.
Weakening floral And Religious
Strength Of America Is One Of
Reds’ Main Aims, Cardinal Says
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
WEST POINT, N. Y„ — His
Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman warned that inter
national communism has made
weakening “the moral and reli
gious fiber of America” a prin
cipal goal.
“America is under spiritual
siege and her defenses are
crumbling,” the Archbishop of
New York stated in an address
at the dedication of a new chap
el at the U. S. Military Aca
demy.
“The rugged, uncompromising
morality of our fathers has
yielded to the simple question,
‘What’s in it for me?” Cardinal
Spellman said. “Is this not the
same question Benedict Arnold
asked himself when he first con
sidered his acts of treason?”
“Is it too much to say that the
swelling tide of loose living and
personal immorality is also a
form of treason?” he asked. “Al
though it is a treason of pleasure
and selfishness committed by
foolish and thoughtless men, still
it weakens our national fiber
and draws us closer to destruc
tion.”
Cardinal Spellman pointed
out that the history of all na
tions enslaved by communism
shows that their downfall be
gan with “communist propa
ganda first appealing to the
selfish desires of the weak, and
later communist tanks crushing
them in the streets of their own
cities before they could taste
the fruits of their sins.”
The Cardinal asserted that
the same plan of conquest “is
in motion in our own land to
day.”
“So successfully has it been
carried out,” he said, “that many
Americans are beginning to feel
that rather than endanger our
standard of living, we should
take another look at the pos
sibility of cooperating with the
enemy.”
The Cardinal described as a
“narcotic” such slogans as “con
sumer competition” and “peace
ful coexistence.” He pointed out
that “liaison with the assassin
can end only in the death of the
victim.”
“The litany of our national
transgressions is a sordid tale—
betrayal of the common good
for personal gain, destruction of
the home for personal pleasure,
dishonesty in public office for
personal profit, and so on down
the miserable categories of de
pravity,” he declared.
“Slowly but surely,” the
speaker asserted, “the individual
and his pleasures are becoming
the norm of morality and the
object of every judgment.”
“To be profligate in our per
sonal lives is truly treason, be
cause it aids the enemy to exe-
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra L. Williams
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
SAVANNAH — Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra L. Edwards of 732 Maupas
Avenue, Savannah, celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
on Tuesday, September 15. The
former Miss Stella M. Engel
and Mr. Edwards were married
in St. Patrick’s Rectory on Sep
tember 15, 1909 by Father
Schonhardt.
Mr. Edwards is a well-known
barber, having operated the Ed
wards Barber Shop on Bull
near Bryan Street for many
years, until 1957 when the
building he occupied was razed
to make way for the new Mor
rison’s Cafeteria. He is now
associated with the Palace Bar
ber Shop.
Mrs. Edwards has devoted a
great part of her life ,to : doing
philanthropic and parish work
and is still an active member of
the Catholic Women’s Club. She
and Mr.. Edwards have been
communicants of Blessed Sacra
ment Church for the past forty
years and were members of its
choir for many years.
Msgr. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Church, celebrated a Nuptial
Mass for the Edwardses on
Tuesday morning and this was
preceded by *the renewal of
their marriage vows. That eve
ning they were honored at
Johnny Harris’ Restaurant with
a dinner for members of the im
mediate family. No formal re
ception was held but many
well-wishers called on the
couple during the day to con
gratulate them.
Though Mr. and Mrs. Ed
wards have no children they
enjoy the love and esteem of
two generations of nieces and
nephews and a wide circle of
relatives and friends.