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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 21, 11127
400 Children Participate
In Charleston Pageant
captain rice seventy Georgia Physicians Elect
Presented For Benefit of
University Fund of Sisters
—Other Charleston News
C. L. A. President Honored;
on Reaching Three Score Ten
Dr. Mulherin President
(Special to The Bulletin).
Charleston, S, C.—A beautiful pag
eant, “America, Yesterday and To
day,” prepared under the direction ol
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy,
was presented May 3 for the benefit
of the fund to send Sisters to the
atholic University of America at
Washington, and was such a splen
did success that it was repeated a
few days later for the benefit of the
Mississippi Valley flood sufferers.
More than 400 children were .includ
ed in the cast, making it one of the
largest even seen in Charleston, and
the history of the country was re
enacted in three episodes. I he pag
eant was witnessed by audiences
which filled the Academy of Music.
Among those receiving bachelor
of arts or science degree at the Col
lege of Charleston last week were
Miss Louise McAulifTe of Augusta
and the following graduates of Bish
op England School: John Francis
Tobin, Alice Frances Moran, Andrew
John Kelly, Mary Frances Kinsley,
Dorothy Speisseggar, Elizabeth Ce-
cile Rice and Caroline Picault Aimer
Graduates of Bishop England school
awarded scholarships last October ai
the college were A. J. Kelly, Marv F.
Knisley, Elizabeth Lynch, Catherine
Tobin and Elizabeth C. Rice.
Thomas F. Mosimann, one of the
most widely known educators in the
state, vice-principal of Ihe High
School, of Charleston, has been elect
ed principal to succeed Robert V
Rovall, who has resigned and will
retire at the end of the present
school term. Mr, Mosimann is a grad
uate of the high school and of the
College of Charleston and ior the
past eight years has been vice-prin
cipal of the Charleston High School,
he has been teaching in Charleston
schools for twenty years.
Governor Richards recently ap
pointed M. I). O’Donnel coroner ol
Charleston County to serve the un-
expired term of the late Capt. John
G. Mansfield. Mr. O’Donnell, who is
a member of Cathedral parish, is a
native o£ Charleston, where he was
horn in 1863, and served as coroner
before 1902 to 1913.
Bishop England Parent-Teachei
Association will give r.n entertain
ment May 28, Mrs. Joseph Barbot,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee reported at the May meeting
at which Mrs. T. W. Reynolds pre
sided. The association lias been as
sisting in the American Legion pop
py sale and the work for the relief
of Hie Mississippi flood sufferers.
John P. Grace, former mayor of
Charleston, has been appointed a
member of the highway board oi
South Carolina by Governor Rich
ards.
Col. James Armstrong is schedul
ed to deliver the Memorial Day ad
dress-at Springfield, S. C.
Rev. Jos. L. O Brien’s sermons at
the Cathedral are being heard by
large congregations; on May 8 his
text was: ‘I am the Vine; ye are til.
branches,”
Augusta, Ga.—Capt. P. H. Rice,
K. C. S. G., president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, was honored by a din
ner tendered him by friends and
in numerous other ways on the
occasion of his seventieth birth
day, May 15. Captain Rice was
born in Augusta and has been
in business here for nearly a
half century. He is a former
president of the Augusta Mer
chants Association, director in
several financial institutions,
and his firm. Rice and O'Con
nor Shoe company, is one of the
oldest in the country. He was
first grand knight of Augusta
Council, Knights of Columbus,
farmer state deputy and now a
national director of the order.
For many years he headed the
Sacred Heart Cadets, a temper
ance organization, and he_ has
bee,n president of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia since 1919. He and Mrs.
Rice, who was Miss Elizabeth
son of Savannah. with their
family observed the anniversary
in the home to which they, came
as bride and groom forty-one
years ago.
Sister WL De Neri Sheridan
Dies at Macon Conyent
Mt. de Sales Mourns Passing
of Sister of Mercy Forty-
Five Year a Religious
Special to The Bulletin. .
Macon, Ga.—Sister Mary de Neri
of ML de Sales Academy, a member
of one of the most widely known
and highly respected, Catholic fami-
ies in Georgia and for forty-five
years a'member of the Sisters of
Mercy, died here May 3, after an ex
tended illness.
Sister de Neri was Miss Mary
Sheridan, a native of Macon, where
she was educated. She entered the
Sisters of Mercy while in her ’teens,
and her life for the past forty-five
years was devoted to the service ot
God in the class room and in the
homes of the poor and afflicted.
Many years of her life were spent as
a member of the. faculty of St. Jo
seph’s Academy, Columbus. Ill health
forced her to relinquish her duties
some time ago and she bore her suf
ferings with edifying fortitude.
Surviving Sister de Neri are two
sisters, Mrs. John ,T. Ahern and Miss
Julia Sheridan; four brothers, Rob
ert E., Chris. F., Patrick J and Ed
ward A. Sheridan, all of this city;
and a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held from
the chapel of Mt. de Sales Academy
May 4, Rev. Rene McCrcady, S.J.,
chaplain, officiating. Interment was
at Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers
were M. J. Redmond, J. L. McCreary,
M. J. Callaghan, J. D McMurray, A.
J. Long, Sr., and Judge Augustine
I). Daly.
BISHOP TO CONFIRM
Classes in Atlanta and Sav
annah. Parishes
(Special to The Bulletin)
Savannah, Ga.—Rt. Rev. Mi
chael J. Keyes, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, will confirm a large
class in the Cathedral Sunday,
June 5. On May 29 he will con
firm classes at Sacred Heart
Church and Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, Atlanta. He adminis
tered the Sacrament of Confir
mation at Holy Family Church,
Columbus, May 15, and at Sacred
Heart and Immaculate Concep
tion Churches, Augusta, a week
before.
DR. W. A. MULHERIN
^Continued from Page One)
the S. M. A. 4 being the second larg
est medical association in America.
He also organized in each of six
teen southern states and the District
of Columbia a State Pediatric So
ciety, the object being to teach
Southern practitioners more about
the care of babies and children,
theieby developing stronger and
healthier youngsters. In 1921 he or
ganized the Southern Pediatric Sem
inar, which conducts an intensive
post-graduate pediatric course dur
ing the month of August at Saluda
N. C., with a faculty from the va
rious Southern universities and
other pediatricians. Dr. Mulherin is
dean of the Seminar, a post he has
held since its inception.
Abbot Vincent’s Silver
Jubilee As Priest May 24
Jos. F. Gatins, Jr., Atlanta,
Dies After Long Illness
Georgian, Widely Known on
Two Continents, Was Mem
ber of Prominent Family
Belmont Prepares to Honor
Its Distinguished Abbot-Or
dinary on Anniversary.
St. Joseph’s Sunday school picnic
this wi
was on Tuesdi - of this week at the
Ashley River, the pupils being trans
ported by automobiles. The Holy
Name Society sponsored the picnic
with John J. De Antonio as chair
man. The Council of Catholic Wo
men arranged a supper for the same
day. May 17.
The National Hospital Day was ob
served at St Francis Xavier Infirm
ary by throwing open the beautiful
new building for the inspection ol
the public.
Rev. W. J. Cox recently addressed
the Study v.lub of the Council of
Catholic Women on “The Church in
England, Scotland and Wales.”
The annual Cathedral pien'e will
be held at the Faber place May 18
Another event of importance recent
ly was the successful bazaar and
dance at Knights of Columbus Hall
for the Navy Yard Catholic Church,
under the direction of Rev. M. J.
Reddin.
The Cathedral Grammar School at
a recent meting at whih Mrs. Clar
ence G. Thompson presided, made a
liberal donation to the Red Cross
fund for the Mississippi River vic
tims.. In a spelling contest at the
meeting Master A O Neil was winner
with Master Charles IJudds runner-
up.
St. Francis Xavier Alumnae at
the recent meeting made arrange
ments for the annual banquet in
June.
St. Patrick’s P. T. A. gave a suc
cessful card party recently at the
home of Mrs. Frank Duffy.
Fr. Martin Murphy Dined
As He Leaves For Ireland
Death of Mrs. I .aura A. Doran.
Mrs. Laura A. Doran, a devoted
member of St. Patrick’s Church and
widely known for her many works
of charity despite her efforts to
avoid hav’ng her acts of charity
known, died here a few days ago.
The charity of Mrs. Doran contin
ued beyond the grave; in her will
she left among other bequests $5,~
000 to the pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church for Masses for the repose of
the soul of her father and mother,
her late husband and herself, $1000
to the superintendent of the Orphan
Asylum. $1,000 to St. Francis Xavier
Infirmary, $1,000 to St. Patrick’s
Church, and $5,000 and her house-
(Special to The Bulletin).
Columbia, S. C.—Rev. Martin C.
Murphy. Pastor of St. Francis de
Sales church in Shandon and be
loved chaplin of Bishop England
Council, Knights of Columbus, left
Sunday afternoon, May 8 for Ire-'
land, to witness the ordination of
his brother, Rev. John Murphy, at
Maynooth College, Dublin.
In his honor a delightful bon
voyage dinner was given at the rec
tory of St. Peter’s by Rev. N. A.
Murphy. The guests were the Rt.
Rev. John J. Monaglian, D. I)., for
merly Bishop of Wilmington, Del.
Rev. J. W. Carmody of Florence,
Rev. J. I). Quinn of Sumter, Rev.
T. J. Mackin of Camden, Rev. G. .T.
Dietz of Aiken missions and Rev.
H. L. Speisman of St. Peter’s. Sun
day morning after Mass Father Mur
phy was presented with a purse con
taining about $250. He was happi
ly surprised at the thoughtfulness
of his parishers and the Knights
of Columbus and thanked them
warmly. The presentation was by
Grand Knight Wilfred If. Wells.
His reputation and activities are
not merely Southern, hut national.
He was vice-chairman in 1920 of the
pediatric section of the American
Medical Association, the largest med
ical association in the world, and is
a member now of its most impor
tant committee, “Ihe Abraham Ja
cobi Fund.” He is also a member
of the national committee of the A.
M. A., with Dr. Julius Hess, of Chi
cago, and Dr. F. P. Gengenback, of
Denver, charged with the duty of
studying the teaching of pediatrics
in American universities and report
ing on it with recommendations. He
has been accorded the unusual honor
of being assigned a place on the
A. M. A. pediatrics program three
times within the past six years. He
has been senator of the National
Association of American Teachers of
the Diseases of Children, the mem
bers of which are professors of
pediatrieSMn the American universi
ties, and a fellow of the American
College of Physicians, an honor con
ferred only for great achievement in
medicine.
I>r. Mulherin is the author of nu
merous articles which have graced
the leading medical journals of this
and other countries: mapy of his
articles on pediatrics have been
translated into foreign languages. He
was secretary of the pediatric sec
tion of the Southern Medical Asso
ciation in 1919 and it s chairman in
1920; in 1921 he was elected first
vice-president of the Southern Medi
cal Association.
Despite his many activities in
medical circles, Dr. Mulherin finds
time for other interests. He has
been intensely interested in the
work of the Laymen’s Association
since its inception and ip a mem
ber of Patrick Walsh Council,
Knights of Columbus. He was a
member of Sacred Heart church for
years; recently lie removed to St,
Mary’s-on-the-Hill. In 1904 he was
married to Miss Hattie Butler, and
they have four sons.
(Special to The Bulletin).
Belmont, N. C.—Rt. Rev. Vincent
Taylor. O. S. B., I). D., Abbot-Ordi
nary of Belmont, will be twenty-five
years a priest May 24, and the Fath
ers of Belmont and other clerical
aud lay friends from several states
will gather at the Abbey on that day
to honor him on the completion of a
quarter of a century of fruitful
labor as priest and prelate. The pro
gram., which will include a Pontifi
cal High Mass, is being arranged un
der the direction of Very Rev. Will
ibald Baumgartner, O. S. B.
Abbot Vincent was born in Nor
folk, Va., September 19. 1877, ami
was educated there and at Belmont
College. Following his graduation
at Belmont in 1897. he entered the
Benedictine Order and was ordained
May 24, 1902. Shortly afterward he
was assigned to St. Benedict s par
ish. Greensboro, N. C., where he la
bored for twenty-two years, build
ing up a flemishing congregation and
winning the admiration and affection
of the people. Catholi-sand non-Gath-
olic. He was pastor at Greensboro
when elected Abbot-Ordinary at Bel
mont August 20, 1924, to succeed the
venerable Rt Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B.,
D. 1)., Vicar Apostolic of North
Carolina and first Abbot of Belmont.
His blessing as Abbot took place the
following March 19, the feast of St.
Joseph, Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
I), D., Archbishop of Baltimore, of
ficiating.
The esteem in which Abbot Vin
cent was held at Greensboro is in
dicated by an editorial in the Grtens-
boro Daily News congratulating him
on his election as Abbot and express
ing regret at his departure. In its
lengthy tribute to Abobt Vincent, the
Daily News, referring to attacks on
Ihe Catholic Church, said: “But
there is to such attacks an answer
and only one answer, to such at-
acks,” the life of Abbot Vincent.
Since becoming Abbot-Ordinary of
(Special to The Bulletin.) )
Atlanta, Ga.—Joseph F. Gatins, a
member of one of Atlanta’s best
known families and widely known
in this country and France, died here
May 8 in his forty-fifth year after
an extended illness. Mr. Gatins had
been in failing health for about four ^
years and had not left his rooms
since December.
Mr. Gatins was born in Atlanta
April 25. 1882, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Gatins, who survive him.
He was graduated from Boys’ High
School and the University of Geor
gia and did post-graduate work at
Yale. In 1914 he married the Com-
tesse Egle de Villeume Soinhreuii, a
member of a prominent continental
family, in Paris. He was a member
of the Captital City club here and
the University and Yale clubs in
Necv York. In his younger days he
rode in many eastern and FJnglish
amateur sporting events and was an
active member of the Elkridge Fox
Hunting club of Baltimore. He had
many and varied business interests
in Atlanta and elsewhere.
Besides iiis parents and widow, he
is survived by one son, J. F. Gatins,
III, of Paris; a brother, Benjamin
K. Gatins, of Rumson, N. J.; a sis
ter, Mrs. Howell C. Jackson, of New
York, and two aunts, Mrs. John E.
Murphy and Miss Mamie Gatins of
Atlanta.
The funeral services were held,
from Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Em
met M. Walsh, pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church, a close friend of
Mr. Gatins, officiating. Interment
was in the family vault at Oakland
cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry
English, Hix Stafford, Edward Inman,
Janies Alexander, Major Graham
Johnson, Gus Ryan, Clark William-
son and Gerald O’Keefe.
Noted Athletes to Officer
Marist Summer Camp
ng
Belmont, the Abbey and College have
spiel
D. W. BR0SNAN, ALBANY
Again Honored in Connection
with Fire-Prevention Record
(Special to The Bulletin)
Albany, Ga.—Albany and its fire
department, of which D. W. Bros-
nan is chief, ^gain received the
award of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States for the best
fire prevention record in the coun
try. the award being made in Wash
ington. The Georgia delegation in
addition to Mr. Brosnan included
Gov. Clifford Walker, Mayor E. H.
Kalman of Albany, Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Davis and W. B. Haley,
president of the Albany Chamber
of Commerce. The conferring of
the award was witnessed hv 2,000
Chamber of Commerce delegates
from all parts of the United States.
As a specialist in children’s dis
eases Dr. Mulherin is brought in
contact with thousands of little
ones, and they regard him as a
friend rather than as a physician.
He was pediatrician at the old Au
gusta Hospital from 1905 until it
was succeeded by the University
Hospital; he has been pediatrician
Ihere since 1908 and at the Wil-
henford hospital since 1910. Not
onlv his eminence in his profession
but his gentle, kindly personality
endear him to all who know him,
and it is doubtful that any man in
Richmond county or indeed in Geor
gia is more admired and beloved
than the new president of the Geor
gia Medical association.
continued the spleudd work of
Bishop Haid and liis pioneer Bene
dictines and they are now flourish
ing as they never did before. The
Abbey dales to 1885; in 1910 it was
made an “abbey nullius,” the only one
in the United States, an abbey inde-
pent of any Diocese and itself hav
ing a diocesan territory of eight
North CaroFna counties with an area
of over 3,000 square miles. The
Benedictine Fathers of Belmont Ab
bey whom Abbot Vincent heads have
charge of several parishes in the Dio
cese of Raleigh outside the. abbatial
territory and conduct flourishing
schools and parishes in Richmond
and Bristow, Va., and Savannah.
Cornerstone of Hospital
Is Laid At Jacksonville
Bishop Barry Officiates at
Ceremony at Sisters of
Charity’s New Institution
S, Carolina Council Will
Meet in Greenville May 30
(Special to The Bulletin)
Columbia, S. C.—At the regular
meeting of Bishop England council,
Knights of Columbus, May 12, two
delegates the state convention at
Greenville, were elected. They are
Grand Knight Wilfred B. Wells and
hold effects, etc., to the Sisters of The delegation was later received Past Grand Knight Jolm i. Cor-
Meixy of Charleston. by President Coolidge. mack.
(Special to The Bulletin)
Jacksonville, Fla.—Rt. Rev. Pat
rick Barry, 1). D„ Bishop of St. Au
gustine, officiated at the laying of
the cornerstone of the new St. Vin
cent’s Hospital May 12, arid he with
Hon. Alston Cockrell were the prin
cipal speakers. The cornerstone lay
ing was the feature of the hospital’s
observance of national hospital day.
The John B. Lucy orchestra fur
nished the music and altar hoys
from St. Paul’s Church and Boy
Scouts from Immaculate Conception,
Holy Bosarv and St. Paul’s parish
assisted in the ceremonies, as well
as the local clergy.
Work on the new infirmary was
started in February and it is anti
cipated that it will be ready by
February, 1928. The Sisters of Char
ity took over the hospital in 1916
when it had seven patients; it was
then known as Dc Soto Sanitarium.
Twice since they have been forced
to expand their facilities,, and the
new hospital, which is designed by
Gerald Barry, who is supervising the
construction work, will cost approx
imately one million dollars and will
he one of the finest and iriost Jnod-
ern hospitals in the country. It
has a majestic location, overlooking
the St. John’s River.
(Special to 'Hie Bulletin.)
Atlanta, Ga.—-Harold E. Barron,
track coach at Georgia Tech, will
serve as director of the 1927 ses
sion of the Marist Camp at Lake
Rabun in the beautiful North Geor
gia mountains, according to a re
cent anounccment by Very Rev. M.
A. Cotter, S. M., president of Ma
rist College. Coach Joe Bean of
Marist will he in charge of athlet
ics, and he and Mr. Barron will lie
assisted by a galaxy of athletic
stars, including Dave Y’oung, Geor
gia Tech, National Swimming Cham
pion and Olympic candidate, Ed
Hamm, another Olyrifpie team pros-
E ect, Southern broad jump record
older and sprint star, Bill Crowder,
Tech all-round star, and others
equally notable.
The Camp Marist contingent will
leave Atlanta Wednesday, June 22,
on a special train, and advance res
ervations insure a record attend- t
ance. Applications arc being re
ceived not only from Georgia but
from many other states, including
some as far away as New York and
Texas, and it is anticipated that the
camp enrollment, which! is limited,
will he completed within a few days.
Gamp Marist is a Catholic insti
tution, but it is open to boys of
good character, regardless of relig
ious belief. The camp has a resi
dent chaplain from the Marist fac
ulty. Director Barron, who is a
teacher and coach at Georgia Tech,
is widely experienced in boy camps,
having been connected with leading
New England summer camps for the
past several years. Mrs', Barron will
serve as assistant director.
The Camp is located on one of the
most beautiful spots in the Blue
llidge Mountains of North Georgia,
120 miles from Atlanta, at one of
the entrances of the Nantahala For
est Reservation. It is on Lake Ra
bun, a beautiful expanse of clear,
cool mountain water, seven miles
long and 2,000 feet above sea level.
'Hie main camp building is the
lodge, 100 by 40 feet, serving as
kitchen and dining room and also as
a re reation hall on rainy days- In
addition to athletics, there are num
erous non-athletic activities orga
nized by the director and counsel
ors, and tutoring may lie arranged
for those desiring it. The food is
prepared under the direction of an
experienced dietition. Information
about the camp may he secured
from Very Rev. M. A. Cotter, S. M.,
Marist College, Atlanta, or Mr. Har-
rold E. Barron, 795 Peachtree
Street, Atlanta.
In the Next Issue
The next issue of The Bulletin
will contain several stories of Sou
thern Catholic activities set up for
this number but forced out because
of the great demand made on our
space. The next issue will feature
the'installation of Rt. Rev. Thomas
J. Toqlen, D.D., Bishop of Mobile,
in Immaculate Conception Cathedral
in his See City, as well as the pro
ceedings of the Catholic Press con
vention.