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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
IN CATHOLIC CIRCLES
GEORGIA NOTES.
The collection for the starving children in the coun
tries of Central Europe, taken up in the churches of
the Diocese Sunday, January 23d, amounted to
$3,882.84.
This splendid sum is a tribute to the generosity of
the Catholics, of Georgia, who, by the way, have
never been found wanting when need and suffering
was brought to their attention.
The amounts contributed by the different churches
follow:
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah,
$733.35; Sacred Heart Church, Augusta, $567.75;
Sacred Heart, Atlanta, $565.00; Sacred Heart, Savan
nah, $475.00; Immaculate Conception, Atlanta,
$300.00; St. Joseph’s, Macon, $225; St. Patrick’s,
Augusta, $200.95; St. Anthony’s, Atlanta, $150; St.
Mary’s, Augusta, $121.25; St. Joseph’s, Washington,
$120; St. Teresa’s, Albany, $110; St. Francis Xavier’s,
Brunswick, $102; Holy Family, Columbus, $65.48;
St. Patrick’s, Savannah, $58.06; Sacred Heart, Mil-
ledgeville, $53; St. Joseph’s, Athens, $22; the Church
of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sharon,
$14.
Rev. H. A. Schonhardt, who has been acting pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta, since the death of
Very Rev. P. H. McMahon, V.G., has been appointed
pastor.
Rev. Jeremiah O’Hara, formerly assistant at St.
Patrick’s, Savannah, goes to Augusta as assistant to
Father Schonhardt.
Rev. Emmett M. Walsh, formerly pastor of St.
Teresa’s Church, Albany, Ga., is now pastor of St.
Patrick’s, Savannah. Father Walsh is succeeded at
Albany by Rev. Leo M. Keenan, formerly assistant at
the Cathedral.
Rev. Thomas P. Hayden, formerly chaplain at
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, goes to Savannah as assistant
at the Cathedral.
Rev. H. F. Clark, of Athens, whose “parish” em
braces 11,500 square miles in Northeast Georgia, a
territory ten times as large as the state of Rhode
Island, lectured on his work before the Missionary
Society of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Sa
vannah, January 20th.
Rev. Daniel Murphy, S.J., of St. Joseph’s Church,
Macon, was called to New Orleans early in January
to officiate at the funeral of his twin brother, Rev.
Philip T. Murphy, S.J. The interment took place at
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala. The Laymen’s As
sociation extends its sympathy to Father Murphy.
The Sympathy of the Laymen’s Association is also
extended to Mr. Alvin McAuliffe, chairman of the
auditing committee, whose mother, Mrs. Margaret
Moore McAuliffe, died in Augusta January 25th, after
an extended illness.
Rt. Rev. William Turner, D.D., Bishop of Buffalo,
N. Y., in a sermon at Sacred Heart Church, Augusta,
Sunday, January 23d, lauded the Catholics of Georgia
and Bishop Keiley for the work which is being done
through the Laymen’s Association. He expressed
himself not only as pleased, but as surprised at its
success, and stated he hoped to see Catholics in other
parts of the country do what Georgians were the first
to attempt.
Bishop Turner was in Augusta for a short rest,
and was a guest at the Bon Air. He had left the city
before the hotel burned, however.
Another distinguished visitor to Augusta during
January was Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson, D.D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, who was a guest at the
Partridge Inn. Bishop Anderson officiated at ser
vices at both St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Churches,
and also honored the Catholic Laymen’s Association
by visiting the executive offices. Bishop Anderson
is a native Bostonian, and during his yputh intoler
ance was rampant there. The work that was done
in Massachusetts generations ago he expects to see
the Catholic Laymen’s Association do in Georgia.
Mr. Richard A. Magill, now a member of the pub
licity committee, of the Laymen’s Association, was
re-elected president of the Associated Charities of
Atlanta at a meeting February 8th.
Rev. O. N. Jackson, pastor of St. Anthony’s Churfch,
Atlanta, expects to have work on the upper part of
the church started this summer. The basement,
which has been completed for years, now serves as
a place of worship for the parishioners. When com
pleted the church will be one of the finest in the
state.
There was planted on Christmas Day in St. Pat
rick’s Church yard an eight-foot memorial tree that
is to bear the name “Father Mac’s Tree.” It was
planted in front of the church and just to the left of
the entrance gate—the church that Father P. H. Mc
Mahon served practically the whole of his manhood
life. This tree, Cedrus Deodara, is of beautiful pyra
midal form, growing ultimately sixty to seventy feet,
and is a tree that is classed as being among the im
mortal trees.
This memorial tree is the gift of Mr. N. L. Willet.
Father McMahon and Mr. Willet came to Augusta at
the same time and between these two men in all of
these years there was a warm friendship.
The Catholics of this city are certainly going to
always remember that this tree in the churchyard, is
a memorial tree. They are not going to think of it
only as being an imposing evergreen cedar of shapely
form, and with a history going back to the Himalayan
Mountains and with a quality within it that makes it
well nigh mortal. Even above and beyond these
things they are going to think of it as a notable tree
because it bears the name—“Father Mac’s Tree.”
Since the above note appeared in T. D. M.’s column
in The Augusta Chronicle, five more trees of the
same family have been set in a row in St. Patrick’s
Churchyard. Next to Father Mac’s is one to keep
green the memory of James J. Farrell, the founder of
this publication. Another will throw its branches
heavenward to recall the sacrifice of Captain Louis
LeGarde Battey, who died leading his company into
battle on the fields of France. The memories of Fa
ther James O’Brien and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCarthy
will be perpetuated in the same way.
Mr. Willet is the originator of the idea, and he
states the trees will reach a height of 75 feet. The
Farrell, Battey and O’Brien trees were made possible
by friends, and children of Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy
are responsible for the other two.