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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
WAYCROSS CATHOLICS PROUD
OF THEIR REMODELED CHURCH
South Georgia Parish Now Boasts of Structure the Peer of
Any of Its Size in Dixie, Although It Has No Resident
Priest.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH, WAYCROSS, GA.
Waycross, Ga.—“One of the most
beautiful Catholic Church -in Geor
gia”—that is the way the Catholics
of Waycross describe the recently
remodeled St. Josephs church in this
city. Visitors who cannot be accused
of allowing local pride to affect
their judgment admit that the esti
mate of the Waycross Catholics has
a very sound baisis.
St. Joseph’s Church is not very
large but in the beauty of its ap-
ponitmepts find its location it does
not fear comparison with any edifice
in Georgia, This in spite of the fact
that there are but 90 Catholics in
the Ware County city and the parish
is not able to boast of a resident
priest.
The first church in Waycross was
erected mainly through the eforts
of Miss Hannah DcVanney and the
late Jeremiah Cronin, of Savannah,
and dedicated b. Bishop Becker in
1889. Mass was celebrated there
monthly by a priest from Bruns-
wickk. The late Father Ilennessy is
s ill remembered by the older Catho
lics for his services during this
period.
In 1897 the little Waycross congre
gation was called upon to sustain
the loss of their modest church. A
storm which ravaged this section of
the state almost completely destroy
ed the structure. The little band of
undaunted Catholics started to erect
a new church and much of the credit
for the second building is due the
women of the congregation. Mrs. W.
A. Cason emulated Miss DcVanney
and her work for the first structure,
and in 1898 the Catholics of the
city were again able to worship in
a substantial building. The destruc
tion of the first Catholic church in
Waycross and its replacement seem
ed to have been the business of
everyone in Waycross for all the
people of the city, irrespective of
creed, came to the assistance of the
little congregation in its hour of
need. It was about this time that
the Marist Fathers came Bruns
wick and were given charge of the
Waycross mission.
The present St. Joseph’s Church
was made possible by the sale of
part of the property owned by the
parish, property which covered an
entire square in the very heart of
the city, and deeded to the church
years ago by Henry B. Plant, famous
as a railroad man and capitalist.
The second church was remodeled
recently, and the result was so start
ling and pleasing that the Waycross
Journal-Herald quoted some who had
not followed the progress of the
work as asking what became of the
old building. Dan W. Morgan, presi
dent of the Waycross Branch of the
Catholics Laymen’s Association, di
rected the work of remodeling the
edifice and he is credited with
transforming not only the church it
self but the neighborhood as well,
to the delight of the non-Catholics
of the city, as well as the members
of the congregation.
Since Marist Fathers took charge
of the Brunswick Misions, of which
Waycross is one, the pastors have
been Rev. P. J. Luckic, Rev. J. P.
Cassagne, Rev. F. Ries, Rev. J. A.
Ries, Rev. M. A. Cotter and the pres
ent zealous head of the Missions,
Rev. J. A. Petit. Rev. J. J. Murphy,
S. M., assistant to Father Petit,’ at
Brunswick, has been particularly de 1
voted to the Waycross church. Mass
is said each Sunday. The church has
a flourishing Holy Name Society
and a branch of the Catholics Lay
men’s Association of Georgia;
although there is no resident priest
in the city, the congregation practi
cally has the services of one from
Brunswick, about forty five miles
away.
The Waycross Catholics, less than
one hundred in number, children in
cluded, have made almost unbelievc-
able progress in the past few years.
They are not resting on their laurels
however, and hope to do even great
er things in the future.
Albany Catholics Win
“Go-To-Church” Honors
Albany, Ga.—St. Theresa’s
Catholic Church finished first in
a recent “go-to-church Sunday”
campaign with a record of a
fraction under one hundred per
cent. The total enrollment of St.
Theresa’s is 118; the attendance
campaign Sunday was 117. The
Presbyterians finished second
with 60.1 per cent, or 167 in at
tendance out of a membership of
261.
The enrollment and attendance
of the other congregations in
tho city were: Methodists, mem
bership, 1,003; attendance, 379;
St. Paul’s Episcpal church, mem
bership, 250, attendance, 112;
First Baptist, membership, 656,
attendance, 350; Byne Memorial
Baptist Church, membership, 210,
attendance, 121; Temple B’Nai
Israel, membership, 225; attend
ance, 107.
INDIAN DIRECTOR
Fr. Hughes, Los Angeles
Succeedes Late Mgr.
Ketcham.
Philadelphia,—Rev. Wm. Hughes
pastor of St. Basil’s church, Los
Angeles, has been appointed director
of tho Bureau, of Catholic Indian
Missions to succeed the late Right
Rev. Monsignor William Hi Ketcham
under whom ho served as assistant
director from 1910 to 1916. The ap
pointment was made by His Emi
nence Cardinal Dougherty, Arch
bishop Hayes of New York, and
Archbishop Curley of Baltimore who
constitute the board of the Catholic
Negro and Indian Missions.
Father Hughes comes to this po
sition with ability and experience to
qualify him for the important wor.
which the Bureau is doing for the
education and religious training of
the Indians. He Is a native of Sac
ramento and is now 42 years old
After graduation from St. Mary’s
College, Oakland, he pursued philos
ophical studies at the Catholic Uni
versity and subsequently completed
his theological course at St. Joseph’s
Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y.
GRAND KNIGHTS HONORED.
Columbus, Ga.—L. C. Kunze, grand
knight of the Columbus Council,
Knights of Columbus, has been re
elected a director of the Columbus
Kiwanis Club.
Alfred M. Battey, grand knight of
the Augusta Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, has been elected a director
of the Kiwanis Club of Augusta.
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NEWMAN CLUB ACTIVE
Augusta Literary Institute
Elects Officers.
Augusta, Ga.—The Newman Club
of St. Mary’s Academy, St. Patrick’s
Parish, has elected the following of
ficers for the school term: President
Miss Helen Mulheriu: vice president,
Miss Crowell Dorr; secretary, Miss
Catherine Bresnahan; treasurer,
Miss Margaret Sheron; librarian.
Miss Jessie Dorr.
The Newman Club of St. Mary’s
was organized twenty years ago as
a literary organization for the mem
bers of the senior class in higher lit
erature. Since the start of the pres
ent school year Dante, Cranshaw,
Wiseman, Manning, Newman, Ben
son, Coventy, Patmore and Frances
Thompson have been studied, and or
iginal addresses- on the lives and
works of these authors have been
delivered by the Misses Loyola
Stulb, Helen Mulherin, Crowell Dorr
Mary O’Gorman, Jessie Dorr, Mar
garet Sheron, Louise Dorr, Louise
JIcAuliffe, Mary Bohler and Margar
et Callahan.
MSGR. KIERAN DEAD
Phildelphia—Right Rev. Monsig
nor Kieran, D. D-, pastor of Ft.
Patrick’s church here, died yester
day, which wa: the fifty-fourth an
niversary of the celebration of his
first mass. He was one of the old
est and best known of the Catholic
clergy of this archdiocese.
RECORDS SHOW
FOUR DIOCESES
EXCEED WAR QUOTA
(Continued from page 1.)
hpw far this quota will be exceed
ed in the records depends largely
on the co-opcration that will he
given during the coming year by
different parish organizations and
Catholic societies.”
The Historical Records depart
ment has this week arranged for an
exhibit at the meeting of the Cath
olic Historical Association in St.
Louis and it is expected that with
the interest engendered as a result
of presenting the details of the
work to Catholic historians that
new impetus will be given to the
work of making a complete record
of what Catholics contributed to the
nation during the world conflict.
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