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MAY 21, 1927
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Thirty-One Baptized At
St. Benedict’s, Savannah
Bishop Keyes Subsequently
Confirms 84 Members of
Fr. Obrecht’s Parish.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Savanah, Ga.—The congregation of
St. Benedict’s Colored church wit
nessed the impressive ceremony o'
the Solemn Baptism of thirty-one
children and adults April 17. This
was the laigcst class in the his
tory of the church to be baptized
at one time. The baptismal cere
monies began at 5 p. m. and lasted
until G p. m. The class was divi
ded into three groups. Rev. Father
Obrecht, pastor, baptized one group
Rev. Father Wassler, another, and
Rev. Father Fust the third. The
church was filled with both Catho
lics and non-Catholics and many
tears were shed by those who wit
nessed the beautiful ceremony. Sol
emn Benediction was afterwards
given by the above mentioned priests
and our Eucharistic King from His
Altar Throne bestowed a Solemn
Blessing on the new members of the
fold.
Two weeks afterward, April 31, the
sam6 group with additional mem
bers of the children of the parish
solemnly approached the altar to re
ceivc their Rlessed Lord for the first
time. The Altars were beautifully
decorated with white roses and lil-
lics. Many non-Catholics were pres
ent on this occasion, also, and ex
pressed their admiration on seeing
the beaming countenance of those
children - and adults who received
tlieir First Holy Communion.
Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes. D. D-.
Bishop of Savannah, assisted by
Rev. Joseph F. Oroke, chancellor
and the clergy of St. Benedict’s
church, conferred the Sacrament of
Confirmation on 84 members of the
parish. Bishop Keyes celebrated
Holy Mass at 8 o’clock and all tho e
who were to be confirmed had the
happiness of receiving Holy Com
munion from his hands. He deliv
ered a beautiful sermon appropri
ate for the occasion to which the
congregation paid the greatest at
tention. After the ceremony was
over the entire congregation enthu
siastically pressed around the Bish
op to receive his blessing, proving
their great joy at having him-in
their midst.
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Bishop Keyes Receives Novices of
Sisters of Mercy at Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Savannah, Ga.—-Always fraught with
deep significance, the ritual pres
cribed for entrance upon the relig
ious life was never more impressive
ly curried out than when on Tues
day, April 26, Miss Marcella Kennedy,
Jaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aiden Ken
nedy, of Dublin, and Miss Mai'ia Gua
dalupe O’Brien, daughter of Mrs.
O’Brien, and the late P. J. O Brien,
of Savannah, formerly of Mexico
City, were received into the Order
of Sisters of Mercy by Rt. Rev. Mi
chael J. Keyes, I>. D., bishop of Sa
vannah, in the chapel of the convent
of St. Vincent de Paul. As postu
lants, the young women liad com
pleted the six months of probation,
and the ceremony marked their en
trance into the novitiate of the or
der. Miss Kennedy will he known
in religiom as Sister M. Rosarii, and
Miss O Brien as Sister M. Carmelita
The chapel altars were beautifully
decorated, the soft light of wax can
dles, and a profusion of roses a^i
fresh spring fiowers lending theft
loveliness to the devotional atmos
phere. Present in the sanctuary
were Very Rev. T A. Foley, V. G.
rector of the Cathedral; Rev Joseph
F. Croke, chancellor; Rev. T. J. Mc
Namara and Rev. Father Knox.
Led by the Sister cross-hearer the
procession, in which was reflected
the beauty and dignity of medieval
ceremony, entered the chape.; the
white-veiled novices and the profes
sed religious bearing lighted can
dles; the clergy, the bishop ano
chaplains. The novices-elect, attir
ed as brides, walked belween the
Very Reverend Mother Superior, and
the Reverend Mistress- of Novices.
During the procession the hymn, ‘ 0
Gloriosa Virgina," was sung by the
cantors. —
After the bishop had vested, the
postulants advanced to the altar and
received from him lighted candles of
pure beeswax, symbolic of Christ, tin
light of the world. Bishop Keye:
then addressed the assembly. His
text was, “Mary hath chosen the bet
ter part, which shall not he taken
away from her.”—Luke X-42,
The bishop spoke of the election of
the religious life by the two younc
postulants, of their quick and gen
erous response to the divine call ir,
dedicating themselves in the flower
of youth to the service of God. He
illustrated the values of this life of
service apart from the world, in
which these young women would
walk close to the Christ whose call
Iheir pure young hearts had answer
ed, to learn of Him to he meek ant!
humble in heart, and who, through
the union of their sacrifice with that
of the cross, would receive the re
ward of divine promise: ‘Mv child,
give me thy heart, and let thy eyes
keep My ways. .... And I will
espouse thee to Me forever. And I
will espouse thee to Me in justice,
and judgment and in mercy, and in
commiserations Be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give
thee the crown of life.”
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I the religious life, as the work of the
world must be carried on, the bishop
said, many souls receive the call to
walk with Christ in the priesthood
and in the religious orders, whose
desire thus to consecrate themselves
to the service of God is frustrated by
parents who place their own worldly
estimates of success in life—a type
of success that often means the de
struction of peace and the loss of
immortal souls—above the eternal
values that crown the work of those
souls chosen by God to become bear
ers of His love and peace to men.
In speaking of the distant coun
tries from which the young sisters
had come, the bishop said that in
these two brave young souls was met
Ihe expression of the faith implant
ed and nurtured in the Americas and
in Mexico by the missionaries of
Catholic Spain and holy Ireland. He
said that Mexico, the. native land of
Sister Carmelita, was suffering now
the religious persecution that Ire-
and, the homeland of Sister Rosari,
had suffered for centuries, but that
the fcarfu; ojipression was now hap
pily ended lor Ireland, and that
through the vision, the faith, the
onstancy and sacrifice of strong
young souls like those then before
him, would come the dawn of relig
ious peace in troubled Mexico.
At the conclusion of the address
the postulants went forward to the
altar and asked for the holy habit
of religion. The interrogation by
the bishop followed, in which he ask
ed them if their desire to enter upon
the religious life was of their free
wi l, and accompanied by a firm in
tention to perserve unto the end to
carry the sweet yoke of Christ, sole-
y for the love and fear of God. Has
ing again publicly reaffirmed their
intention, the postulaants retired to
the convent, to he invested by the
ieverend Mother Superior and Mis
press of Novices with the habit of the
Novice of the Order. During this in
terval the Psalm, “In Exitu Israel,
was intoned by the Sister Cantors,
bile at the epistle side of the altar
the bishop blessed the habit and re
ligious insignia to be conferred upon
the novices; the black habit, the em
blem of lowliness of heart, and an
udex to religion, by which they will
be known among all other women
o be dedicated to the service of Goa ;
the white veil and white church
.oak, emblematic respectively of
purity and " immorality, and the
.cather cii e, symbolic of the
yoke of Christ.
Having been vested, the novices
•etujned to the chapel with the
Reverend Mother Superior and Mis
tress of Novices, while the “Quae est
Ista,” from the canticle of Canticles,
vas sung by the choir. Standing be-
ore Ihe altar the two novices re
peated the words of renunciation::
“The empire of the world, and nil
he grandeur of this earth, I have
espised for the love of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
“My heart hath uttered a good
word: 1 will speak my works to the
king:
“I have chosen to-be an abject in
the house of my Lord Jesus Christ,
whom 1 have seen, whom I have
loved, in whom I have believed, and
oward whom my heart in-clincth.”
Then followed the solemn prostra
tion, that most profound tribute of
human worship, during which the
ancient hymn “Veni Creator Spirit-
us” was sung.
The ceremony was concluded with
the psalm:
“Behold how good and how pleas
ant it is for the brethren to dwell
together in unity: For there the
Lord hath commanded blessings,
and life for evermore.”
Bishop Keyes was the celebrant of
the mass following the receplion cer
emony. Hymns sung during the
mass were: “Ave Maria” (Wallace),
it the offertory; “O Sponse Mi ” and
“Domine non sum Dignus.” Mrs. J.
J. Gaudry assisted the choir.
Sister Carmelita is a granddaugh
ter of Mr. Michael A. O’Brien, the
oldest in point of service and one
of the most beloved of Savanuah ed
ucators.
STAGE STAR NOW NUN
Miss Madeline LaVarre En
ters Convent in Indiana
(By N. C. W. C. News Serxvice.)
New Albany, Ind.—Miss Made
line LaVarre, erstwhile star of
the stage, took her novice
vows in the order of the Sisters
of Mount Carmel, here May 8,
and will be known henceforth as
Sister Joan of the Cross. Her
father, Ike Rose, who, at the
age of 61 years, is appearing on
the Loew Vaudeville Circuit,
was present at the ceremony.
Miss LaVarre, who during her
stage career won the adulation
of two continents, was the
daughter of Sarahet, an Austra
lian dancer, and Ike Rose. She
was educated in a Belgian con
vent and immediately upon grad
uating began her work on the
61egitin ate stage v
She played to/ two years in
London in Bruce Bairnsfather’s
“The Bette ’Ole”. For two years
she was with the Winter Gar
den shows In New York, and
then was starred with A1 Wood’s
musical comedies in New York
and Chicago.. Later she ap
peared on the B. F. Keith’s Cir
cuit.
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the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene J. Don
nelly, pastor of St. Michael’s church,
Flushing, on his golden jubilee,
May 26. This date will not only
mark his fiftieth anniversary as a
priest, but also his thirty-fifth year
as rector of St. Michael’s, and a half
century of service in that parish.
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Pretty Augusta Marriage
Augusta. Ga.—Rev. H. A. Sclion-
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May of Miss Marie Piequet Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith, and Edwin Morris May, son
of Percy E. May. Miss Helen May
was maid of honor, Mrs. J. Harold
Smith, of New York, a sister of the
bride, matron of honor, and Charles
Smith, best man. After the recep
tion and wedding breakfast, Mr. and
Mrs. May left for their wedding
trip. They will live in Augusta. Mrs.
May is descended on Ion; mother’s
aide from the Carrs and the Pic-
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