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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 13, 1929
Bishop Walsh Officiates At
Charleston Lenten Services
Pontificates Also at Solemn
Mass Easter at Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
Charleston, S. C.—Rt Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, D.D., Bishop of Charles
ton, pontificated at the High Mass
at the Cathedral Easter ,wtih Mon
signor McElroy, as assistant priest.
Father Kennedy and Father Long,
deacons of honor, Father O’Brien,
deacon of the Mass, and Father Mc
Elroy, sub-deacon. Bishop Walsh
delivered the sermon. Father May
delivered the sermon at Solemn Pon
tifical Vespers in the evening. Holy
Thursday Bishop Walsh pontificat
ed, with Father Hughes as assist
ant priest, Father Fleming and Fa
ther Kennedy deacons of honor, Fa
ther Reddin, deacon of the Mass,
Father Long, sub-deacon, the dea
cons of the oils were Father West-
bury, Father Wolfe and Father Mc
Elroy. At tenebrae, Father Wolfe
sang the first lamentation, Father
Fleming the second, and Father
Hughes the third.
Miss Gleason Sodality President.
Miss Emily Gleason was elected
president of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sodality of St. Joseph’s parish at a
recent meeting; other officers elect
ed included Miss Anne Dawson, vice-
president ; Miss Rosebud Kelly, sec
retary; Miss Ethel Holseburg, treas
urer. Father Westbury is chaplain
and moderator. The Sodality will
stage a minstrel show later in April,
John Moisson, Jr., is directing it.
At a recent meeting of the St.
Anne’s society of Sacred Heart
church, Father Hughes spoke on the
advisability of forming a Ladies’ Aid
Society. The St. Anne’s Society
sponsored an Easter egg hunt April
I. and a dance the Friday after
Easter.
A card party was conducted at
Columbus Hall, April 2, under the
auspices of the Holy Name Society
of St. Joseph’s church, with John
J. DeAntonio as chairman.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the An
cient Order of Hibernians will spon
sor a tacky party, April 15 at Co
lumbus Hall; Mrs. Charles A. Den
nis is chairman. Members of the
Auxiliary recently visited the
Charleston Home and served delica
cies to the old folks there; Mrs. Pat-
trick Hanley was chairman of the
committee.
Mrs. M. A. McLaughlin was gen
eral chairman of a committee of the
Bishop England High school P. T.
A. which sponsored a party April
1 for the benefit of the school an
nual.
Bishop England Five Returns.
The Bishop England High school
basketball s^uiad arrived home from
Chicago, March 28, after participat
ing in the Loyola university tour
nament, and making a fine impres
sion. De La Salle, of Chicago, won
the tournament, defeating St. Stan
islaus college of Bay St. Louis, Miss.,
the only other southern team enter
ed, in the finals. Bishop England
High defeated a North Dakota op
ponent and then lost to one from
Iowa. The trip to Chicago was made
by machine, and the squad was en
thusiastic about its reception there.
Those making the trip in addition to
Rev. Jos. L. O’Brien, principal, and
Coach John Douglas were John Mi
chel, Rufus Michel, Burmester, Cant
well, Dengate, Igoe and Mauro.
John J. Rascob, widely known
Catholic layman and chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
was a recent visitor here, he and
his party visiting Magnftlia and Mid
dleton Gardens. They were enter
tained by local leaders.
Dr. and Mrs. von Prittwitz, the
German ambassador to the United
States, and his wife, recently visi
tors to Charleston, were entertained
while here by Consul J. A. Von I
Dohlen.
PRAY FOR OUR DEAD
Cornelius James Powers, 63, wide
ly known truck planter and produce
man, and a member of St. Mary’s
church; he retired from business
some time ago because of ill health.
His wife was Miss Mollie Vaughan,
of Augusta; she died some time ago.
Surviving him are a sister, Miss
Mary Powers, and three daughters,
Mrs. Paul R. Weidner, Miss Mary
Vaughan Powers and Miss Marga
ret M. Powers.
Mrs. Elizabeth O’Callaghan, one of
the oldest members of Cathedral
parish and mother of C. J. O’Callag
han, lecturer of P. N. Lynch coun
cil. Knights of Columbus.
Mrs. Annie C. Roberts, a widely-
known member of Sacred Heart par
ish.
Mrs. Catherine Nunan Connolly,
wife of William J. Connolly, a mem
ber of St. Joseph’s church.
MASS BY PROF. WEISZ
SUNG EASTER AT MACON
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Macon, Ga.—A Mass composed by
Prof. J. G. Weisz, for more than a
half-century organist at St. Joseph’s
Church here, was rendered for the
first time Easter Sunday at High
Mass under the direction of Profes
sor Weisz, who is perhaps the dean
of church organists and choir direc
tors in the South.
COL O’LEARY INJURED
Savannah K. of C. Leader Re
covering From Accident
Special to The Bulletin.
Savannah, Ga.—Col. M. J. O’Leary,
one of the most widely known of
ficials of the Knights of Columbus
if the country, who was injured by
a fall from a train near Millen on
his way from Augusta to Savannah
April 5, is reported by physicians
to be resting comfortably here and
to be well on the road to recov
ery.
Colonel O’Leary’s escape from
more serious injury is regarded as
at least marvelous. Leaving Au
gusta about 9:30 Friday night, he
prepared to alight from the train at
Millen to get a lunch during a lay
over there before retiring to his
berth. Going to the rear of the
train when it was still some dis
tance from the station, a gust of
wind blew off his hat. He loosened
his hold to catch his hat, lost his
balance, and toppled over from the
platform of the moving train to the
ground. Here he remained from
shortly after 11 until he recovered
consciousness about five in the
morning. Dragging himself to a
house nearby, he succeeded in
arousing the occupants and getting
help; they carried him to Millen by
machine and he was brought by
train to Savannah. Physicians
found that although he lost several
teeth, was badly bruised and cut
tained no fractures and are confi
dent of his early and complete re
covery.
Rev. Jeremiah O’Hara of
Augusta Observes Jubilee
Honoted at St. Patrick's On
25th Ordination Anniversary
(Special to The Bulletin)
Augusta, Ga.—Rev. Jeremiah
O’Hara of St. Patrick's Church was
twenty-five years ordained Tuesday,
April 9 ,and clergy and laity from
several cities in two states and
from other points gathered here for
the jubilee celebration.
Father O'Hara was celebrant of
the jubilee Mass, Rev. James A.
Kane of Augusta deacon, Rev. D.
J. McCarthy of Columbus sub-dea
con, and Rev. Jos. E. Moylan of
Atlanta and Rev. Harold Barr of
Augusta masters of ceremony. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. C. A.
Kennedy of Charleston. In his ser
mon Father Kennedy after dwelling
on the dignity of the priesthood
referred to Father O’Hara’s quar
ter of a century of work in the
Diocese of Savannah and asserted
he could pay him no greater tribute
than to say that he was a priest
of the sick and the poor, to whom
he has devoted special and untiring
attention during his priestly career.
A dinner for the clergy was served
after the Mass at St. Patrick’s Rec
tory, and in the evening Father
O’Hara was tendered a reception.
Father O'Hara’s sister from Troy,
N. Y., was among those at the jubi
lee Mass. Clergy present in addi
tion to the officers of the Mass and
Rev. H. A. Schonhardt, pastor, were
Rev. Jos. F. Croke, chancellor, Rev.
Jos. D. Mitchell, Rev. T. J. McNa
mara and Rev. John Kennedy, Sa
vannah; Rev. T. A. Cronin, S. J.,
and Rev. Alfred J. Laube, S. M. A.,
Augusta, Rev. H. A. Clarke, Rev. A.
Wolfe, S. M. A., and Rev. Jos. G.
Cassidy, Atlanta; Rev. James A.
King. Athens; Rev. William Quin
lan, Sharon; Rev. T. A. Brennan,
Albany; Rev. Joseph Smith, Willa-
cooehee; Rev. Peter Fust, S. M. A.,
Macon; Rev. N. A. Murphy and Rev.
M. C. Murphy, Columbia, S. C., Rev.
Daniel O’Brien, Georgetown, S. C.,
Rev. J. D. Quinn of Sumter, and
Rev. A. J. Westbury, Charleston.
A delegation of laity from Savannah
also came to Augusta for the jubi
lee observance; Father O’Hara was
stationed there before his removal
to Augusta nine years ago.
Landing of Ponce De Leon
Commemorated in Florida
Five Thousand See Scene Re-
Enacted in St. Augustine
(Special to The Bulletin.)
St. Augustine, Fla.—The landing
of Ponge de Leon at Eastertime over
four centuries ago were re-enacted
here April 2 in the presence of 5,-
000 people on the brow of the hill on
the north side of old San Marco and
on the seawall and battery when
Ponce de Leon, impersonated by E.
Noble Calhoun, sailed up Mantanzas
Bay in the quaint caravel Dolores
and landing with his company of
Spanish soldiers and priests took
possession in the name of God and
the King of Spain. Priests from the
Cathedral blessed the land in the
self-same Latin used by the priests
of the sixteenth century. This was
the beginning of the annual com
memoration of the landing of Ponce
de Leon, an event which brings vis
itors to the Ancient City from all
parts of the country and even from
Spain.
Rev. Louis Forde, Aiken,
Priest Twenty-Five Years
Honored At Silver Jubilee
Celebration at Columbia
Special to The Bulletin.
• Columbia, S. C.—Rev. Louis E.
Forde, for many years pastor of
Mary, Help of Christians Church,
Aiken, and a native of Colmbia came
back to his home parish April 8 to
observe the sliver anniversary of his’
ordination to the priesthood.
Father Forde was celebrant of the
jubilee Mass, assisted by Rev. N. A.
Murphy, pastor of St. Peter’s
church, where the Mass was sung,
Rev. T. J. McGrath, pastor of St.
Paul’s church, Spartanburg, and
Rev. H. L. Spelsman of St. Peter’s
church. Many of the priests of the
Diocese were present at the Mass, at
which a special program of music
was rendered by the choir under the
direction of Mrs. Curran Jones.
In the evening a reception was
tendered Father Forde at the home
of his niece and nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Fisher. Among the out
of town guests were Mrs. E. T.
Branigan of Greenville,, a sister of
Father Forde; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
L. Forde of Louisburg, N. C., his
nephew and niece; Mrs. E. T. Hall of
Charlotte, Mrs. I. T. Sease and her
three daughters of Greenville, Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Claffy and their son
Robert of Fort Motte.
As pastor of the Aiken parish Fa
ther Forde is widely known not only
to the Catholics of South Carolina
and neighboring states but he is
also well known to visitors to the
South from all parts of the country,
who respect, admire and love him
for his deep sincerity and gentle
ness as well as for his priestly zeal.
Bishop Toolen Consecrates
Mobile Church’s Altars
St. Mary's New Church Place
of Ceremony—Little Flower
Church To Be Dedicated
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Mobile, Ala.—Rt. Rev. Thomas J.
Toolen, D. D., Bishop of Mobile, of
ficiated March 25 at the consecra
tion of five marble altars in the new
St. Mary’s Church, of which Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Eaton, y. G.,
is pastor. The altars are of Ala
bama marble with imported statues
by Italian sculptors; they are val
ued at about $25,000. Miss Nettie
Arata donated the main altar in
memory of Miss Lena A. Arata; the
Children of Mary gave the Blessed
Virgin's altar, Mrs. James J. Feore,
St. Joseph’s, in memory of her hus
band ; Mr. and Mrs. Hnery C. Mur-
nan the Lady of Lourdes altar, in
memory of their parents, and the
Sacred Heart League the Sacred
Herat Altar.
Bishop Toolen will dedicate the
new Chureh of the Little Flower
here next Sunday, April 14. R<yr.
James F. Byrnes is pastor, and ser
vices have been held in the rectory
pending the erection of the church at
Government Street and Fulton Ave
nue.
Bishop Toolen pontificated at the
Solemn High Mass Easter at the Ca
thedral, of which Rev. J. R. O’Don-
oghue is pastor. Rev. P. S. Littleton
delivered the sermon. During Holy
Week the local press carried several
instructive articles by Father O’Don-
oghue on the services of the week.
The Students’ Spiritual Union of
Mobile, of which William Hewes of
Spring Hill College is president,
held its first public meeting March
21 in the auditorium of McGill In
stitute. Students from McGill, Bish
op Toolen High School, Visitation
Academy, Convent of Mercy, Spring
Hill High School and Spring Hill
College are members. A very inter
esting program of discussion of
thinsg Catholic was presented by the
members.
The annual retreat for students ot
Spring Hill High School and Col
lege, conducted by Rev. Louis Mul-
ry, S. J., of New Orleans, closed
Holy Saturday.
The Ignatian Retreat League, of
which Bishop Toolen is honorary
president, Bishop Gerow honorary
vice-president, Capt. J. M. Walsh,
president, and Rev. Daniel P. Law-
ton, S. J., spiritual director, held a
mass meeting at Mercy Convent re
cently to make plans for the com
ing year, and it is anticipated that
the retreat movement will flourish
here this year as it never did even
in its successful years before.
Although outhitting their oppon
ents 5 to 1, the Spring Hill College
baseball stars were defeated in an
early season game 3 to 1 by the Mo
bile team of the Southern League.
Under Coach Daly and Rev. R. T.
Bryant, S. J., faculty director, the
nine anticipates a successful sea
son.
The feast of St. Joseph, patron
saint of Spring Hill College, was
observed here March 19 with a Sol
emn High Mass, and an outdoor ser
vice was held in the evening at the
shrine. Bishop Toolen and pastors
and priests from the city participat
ed in the ceremonies. 4
ORDINATION MAY 9
Ordination of Thomas L.
Finn at Cathedral May 9
Widely Known Savannahian
to Sing His First Solemn
High Mass There May 12
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Savannah, Ga.—Thomas L. Finn,
one of the best known Catholics in
Savannah, who deserted a promising^
business career six years ago to study
for the priesthood, will be ordained
in the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist by Rt. Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, D. D., Bishop of Savannah,
on Ascension Thursday, May 9, and
will sing his first Solemn High Mass
at the Cathedral the following Sun
day.
The place the future Father Finn,
a lieutenant in the army during the
World War, scoutmaster and cotton
man. holds in the esteem of Savan
nah is indicated by an article in the
March 30 issue of the Savannah
Morning News, which says that
much genuine interest surrounds Fa
ther Finn’s ordination and his tak
ing the religious vows. In the fall
of 1923, he began his academic and
theological training at St. Mary’s
Seminary after a number of years
in the business and commercial
world. Prior to this decision to pre
pare himself for the priesthood, he
was connected for a number of years
with the Espy Cotton Company.
Father Finn has many friends
among Savannahians because of his
activity in affairs outside of business.
Some years ago he was prominent in
the work of the old Catholic Library
association and became its president
on May 15, 1916, and directed its so
cial and athletic programs with much
success and satisfaction. Later, when
young men were entering training
camps for army commissions during
World war duty. Father Finn attend
ed an. officers’ training school at
Fort Oglethorpe and was awarded a
commission as lieutenant in the reg
ular army.
Later, Father Finn gave his atten
tion to Scouting, and as scoutmas
ter of Troop 14, Marist" School, he
won the affection and esteem of
many boys who passed through its
ranks during the time of his leader
ship. He also became prominently
identified in the Scoutmasters’ Asso
ciation, and until the time of his en
tering the seminary his knowledge
of the subject and happy knack for
directing boys induced other scout
masters to seek his counsel on mat
ters of organization and pointers on
handling youths.
Father Finn’s magnetic personal
ity, his executive ability, and busi
ness experience give him a prac
tical equipment for ministerial du
ties that is so much desired. His
constant application to his studies
has made him a most successful the
ological student, it has been learned
here among his friends, and last year
he was the honor man of his class.
Aside from being ordained in Sa
vannah, it is a matter of pardon
able pride to him that Father Finn
should be received into the priest
hood in the parish where he received
his early religious education and
where he worshipped as a devout
Catholic for so many years. This fact
is equally as touching to members of
his family who have and do now re
side here. They are his mother, Mrs.
Mary F. Finn; sister and brothers,
Miss Catherine Finn, John T., Wal
ter L., and William R. Finn.
ORGAN RECITAL EASTER
EVENT AT GREENVILLE
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Greenville, S. C.—The new pipe or
gan at St. Mary’s Church, of which
Rev. A. K. Gwynn is pastor, added
to the solemnity of the Easter ser
vices. In the evening before vespers
Mrs. W. D. Parry rendered a pro
gram. Soloists at the Easter High
Mass included Mrs. H. P. Burbage,
Mrs. W. R. Phillips, William Tim
mons, Byrd Miller and J. L. Sowers.
Other members of the choir are the
Misses Mary Katherine Witflcamp,
Mary O’Brien, Thelma and Marie
Carpan, Sophia and Della Syracuse
and Doris Sense.
Bishop Keyes Pontificates
At Cathedral Easter Sunday
Is Also Celebrant at Holy
Week Services at Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
Savannah, Ga.—Bishop Keyes
pontificated at the Solemn High
Masses Holy Thursday and Easter
Sunday at the Cathedral. Easter
Father Petit was assistant priest,
Father Wilfrid, O.S.B., and Father
Deimel, deacons, of honor, Father
McNamara deacon of the Mass,
Father Knox sub-deacon, and Father
Croke master of ceremonies. Holy
Thursday Father Foley was assis
tant priest, Father Mitchell and
Father Obrecht, deacons of honor,
Father. McNamara deacon of the
Mass, Father Joseph, O.S.B., sub
deacon, and Father Croke master of
ceremonies. The Passion Good Fri
day was sung by Father Mitchell,
Father Petit and Father Wasser,
S.M.A. Rev. George F. Fox, O.M.I.,
of Tewksbury, Mass., delivered the
sermon at the tenebrae services at
Sacred Heart Church.
A Mass for the repose of the
soul of Marshal Foeh was celebrat
ed at St. Patrick’s Church, Rev. Jos.
D. Mitchell, pastor, March 25 and the
following day one was offered up
for the same intention at the Cathe
dral, Rev. Jos. F. Croke, rector.
Fort Screven fired a salute of twen
ty-one guns the day of the Mar
shal’s funeral, one gun at dawn and
one every half-hour until sunset.
Flags at the Fort, the post office,
the custom house and other public
buildings were at half-mast, and the
American Legion likewise paid the
deceased hero similar tribute.
It is anticipated that Paderewski,
the great pianist and first prime
minister of the Polish Republic, who
is coming to America on a concert
tour in the fall, will come to Savan
nah in connection with the sesqui-
centennial commemoration of the
death of Count Pulaski, who died
here fighting for American liber
ties.
Funeral services for W. Frank
Godbold, widely known member of
the Chatham County police force,
were held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, of which parish
he was a member, with interment
in Catholic Cemetery. Rev. T. James
McNamara officaited. Officers of
the police department and prominent
citizens were active and honorary
pallbearers.
J. 0. Maggioni Re-Elected
Savannah Societies’ Head
Federation Elects Other Offi
cers—Other Catholic News
of Savannah
Savannah, Ga.—J. O. Maggioni was
re-elected president of the Savannah
Federation of Catholic Societies at
the annual meeting held March 24.
Other officers named included James
R. Conners, vice-president; W. D.
Thompson, treasurer; John F. Mc
Carthy, secretary. The members of
the federation will receive Holy
Cdmmunion in a body at Sacred
Heart Church next Sunday, April 14.
The mission conducted at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist by
Rev. Joseph Petit, S. M., and Rev.
Philip Hasson, S. M., of the Marist
Missionary Band, Washington, D. C.,
was well attended and a splendid
success. Father Petit is recalled as
a former pastor at Brunswick and
was also stationed in Atlanta, where
Father Hasson was likewise station
ed at Sacred Heart Church. Father
Hasson is a former chaplain of the
Georgia State Council, Knights of
Columbus.
Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah, participated in
the observance of the Feast of St.
Joseph at the Home for the Aged at
the Little Sisters of the Poor, offi
ciating at Benediction and serving
delicacies to the old folks.
Very Rev. Maurice McDonnell, O.
S. B., pastor of Sacred Heart Church
and prior of the Benedictine commu
nity, was confined to St. Joseph's
Hospital for a few days with a hea
vy cold but is again at his duties.
ATLANT/T“WH00PEE” is
GRATIFYING SUCCESS
Special to The Bulkftin.
Atlanta, Ga.—A great bazaar
known as a “Whoopee,” was a
principal post-Lenten social affair
here, and was a brilliant success. It
was held in a downtown building,
and the proceeds went to the Colum
bian club fund. J. C. Gavan was
chairman, and the committee includ
ed John P. Bardey, R. A. Magill,
Grand Knight Lewis F. Gordon,
Frank Gillespie, Paul Hanley, Eve
lyn Harris, J. B. McCallum, George
Flynt, John Diehl and J. A. Harvey.
FR. RYAN ESSAY PRIZE.
Atlanta, Ga.—Among the medals to
be awarded during 1929 by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy for es
says by members is the W. O. Hart
medal for the best contribution on
Father Ryan, Poet-Priest; His Con
nection with the Confederate Army.