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12 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA jar.red zr, S. Carolina Laymen Attend Retreat at Inn in Camden Rev. F. J. Clarkson, S. J., of Macon, Retreatmaster at Annual Spiritual Exercises St. Mary’s Parish, St. Petersburg Erecting Church to Cost $226, ORDAINED 25 YEARS Charleston, S. C.—About thirty- five South Carolina laymen, more than a score of them from Charles ton, are at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. C., this week for the annual retreat for the laymen of the Diocese, which is being conducted by Rev. Felix Clarkson, S. J., pastor of St. Jos eph’s Macon. This is the fifth an nual retreat sponsored by the Cath olic Laymen’s Retreat League of South Carolina, the officers of which include W. B. Leonard, president, F. B. Moran, president emeritus, and M. A. Condon, secretary. Forty Hours’ Devotion was held re cently in St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Bernard W. Fleming, pastor. Fath er Long, Father Tobin and Father O’Brien delivered the sermons on successive nights. Father Fleming delivered the prin cipal address at the April meeting of the Parent-Teacher association of Bishop England High School. The meeting .endorsed a proposal to pur chase poppies from Charleston Post, American Legion, for the benefit of disabled world war veterans. Rev. James J. May, rector of the Cathedral, addressed the April meet ing of the Cathedral School P. T. A. The association will conduct a card party in the school hall April 24. An Easter Egg hunt was held shortly after Easter for the benefit Df the Church of Our Lady of Mer cy; Mrs. M. A. Prince was chair man. A coffee party for the bene fit of the parish will be given April 83, with Mrs. Charles Church as Chairman. The JU»ior Sodality of the Cathe- iral is planning to present a play It the Academy of Music about the middle of May. The Athletic Association of Our Lady of Mercy Academy sponsored a card party shortly after Easter. Rev. J. J. Hughes, pastor of Sa cred Heart Church, was the princi pal speaker at a recent meeting of the St. Anne’s Sewing Society. Dr. T. E. Bowles read an inter esting and instructive professional paper at the April meeting of the Alumnae Association of St. Francis Xavier Infirmary Training school for Nurses. Tiie- Council of Catholic Women sponsored a bridge supper at the Council Hall recently. The Holy Name Society of St. Joseph’s Church conducted a succcessful card party after Easter. Six new members were welcomed at the April meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H„ at which Mrs. J. Fred Condon presided. BISHOP WALSH TO ORDAIN CHARLESTONIANS MAY 16 (Special to The Bulletin) Charleston, S. C. — Sidney Dean and Frank Ferri, members of Cathedral parish, who have been making classical, philo sophical and theological studies for the past eight years in the seminary preparing themselves for the priesthood, will be or dained at the Cathedral May 16 by lit. Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston. Father O’Riordan’s Parish Previously Erected $250,000 in Buildings Since 1921 Carolina Priest Noted Architect Miss Caroline Flynn Heads Atlanta Club of Women Succeeds Miss Helen Birming ham Who Retires (Special to The Bulletin.) Atlanta, Ga.—At the monthly meeting of the Atlanta Catholic Club of Business and Professional Women, held April 2, Miss Caroline Flynn, Vice-president, was elected president to fill the unexpired term of Miss Helen Birmingham, who has served most successfully as presi dent since October, 1927. It was with deep regret that the club ac cepted the resignation of Miss Bir mingham. Under her guidance it has had some of its most prosper ous and happy terms. Miss Bir mingham will fill the vice-presi dent’s office for the unexpired term. Miss Flynn is a charter member of the club and has served in the capacity of Treasurer and Vice- President at different times. She is one of the most popular members of the club. At this meeting it was voted to purchase a piano for the use of the Catholic Club of Business and Professional Women at its club room at 1200 Peachtree street. MARIAN CLUB PRESENTS PLAY IN CHARLOTTE Our Lady of Mercy Recital. The annual piano recital of the mu sic department of Our Lady of Mer cy Academy was held in Cathedral Hall, and it reflected great credit on the participants and their teachers. The most difficult numbers were rendered with ease and precision. Among those participating were the Misses Mary Conlon, June Carifinas, Laura Svendsen, Evangeline Bou- vette, Cornelia Duffy, Anne Thorne, Virginia Svendsen, Frances Cos grove, Mary Elllitt, Edna Cains,, Ev elyn Condon, Dorothy Herrington, Sadie Mauro, Natalie Dowling, Eliz abeth Becker, Elizabeth Kennerty, Ruth Bolchoz, Mary K. McLoy, Mary McGregory, Lucile Oldmixon, Sarah Harvey, Stella Margaret Brandes, Dorothy Ruasch, Winifred Lanigan, Mary F. Sloan, Vivian Mc Kay, Mignonette Ham and Eunice Kearney. Young-Howard.— Rev. James J. May officiated at the marriage at the Cathedral of Miss Kathryn Win ifred Young,- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Young, and John Thomas Howard. Miss Ruby Young was maid of honor and Thomas J. Leshinski best man. A wedding re ception followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Howard will live in Char leston. Charlotte, if. C.—The young ladies of the Marian Club under the direc tion of Miss Anne Zeman presented delightful comedy entitled “For the Love of Mike,” April 9, in St. Peter’s School Auditorium. The cast carefully selected interpreted the respective parts in a most de lightful manner. The Marian Club deserves every encouragement in anything it un dertakes. The proceeds of entertain ments it sponsors are donated to the beautifying and furnishing of the sanctuary. Recently it presented Rev. Ambrose Gallagher, O. S. B. , St. Petersburg, Fla The founda tion of St. Mary’s new Catholic church, which when completed will cost about $226,000, was laid March 30, the building of the walls start ed April 5, and on December 1 of this year the parish, of which Rev. J. J. O’Riordan is pastor, expects to be able to worship in its ' new church, which it is planned to make one of the finest in the South. It will have a seating capacity of 1,000. The erection of the new St. Mary’S Church is another step in the prog ress of Catholicity in St. Petersburg, progress which has accelerated into a gallop during recent years. St. Mary’s was established as a mission by the late Bishop Moore in 1892; until 1921 it was attended by the Jesuits from Tampa. In 1921 the then Bishop Curley appointed Fa ther O’Riordan pastor. During his eight years of service here St. Paul’s School and auditorium at Twelfth Street and Nineteenth ave nue, North, St. Joseph’s Church, Twenty-first street and Twenty-sec ond avenue, South, and St. Mary’s Rectory have been built and land valued at $20,000 acquired. On this property, valued at $250,000, a debt of only $91,000 remains. The exterior of the new church will cost $126,000, fhe interior $50,000. and the furnishings $50,000. A cam paign for fund3 early in March brought in $31,000. J. U. Bethel was chairman of the campaign commit tee, M. Dougherty, vice-chairman; Vincent Murphy, secretary, and Fa ther O’Riordan, treasurer. The team captains in the women’s divi sion were Mrs. Elizabeth Bouton, Mrs. Etta O’Neil ,Mrs. Thomas A. Conniff, Miss Jean Smith, Mrs. Geo. La Fleur and Mrs. Henry L. Taylor; in the men’s division John E. Boyle, Frank Mosebarger, George A. Mc- Crea and John J. Murphy. Lieuten ants were: Women, Mrs. O. J. Cow art, Mrs. F. J. McGarry, Mrs. Fred Dillman, Mrs. Hugh R. Murphy, Mrs. Byrne V. Heuber and Mrs. Mary E. A. Owens; men, M. S. Col lier, J. A. Flood, Fred Dillman and A. P. Hennessy. Father Michael of Belmont Has Designed Great Church es in Several States Fr. NL A. Murphy Observes Silver Jubilee as Priest Bishop Walsh to Deliver Ser mon at Jubilee Mass at St. Peter’s Church, Columbia (Special to The Bulletin.) Belmont, N. C.—The awarding of the contract for a new parochial school and Community, center for St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, S. C., Very Rev. A. K. Gwynn, pastor, again calls attention to the work of Very Rev. Michael Mclnerny, O. S. B., priest, monk, architect of Bel mont Abbey. The plans, details and specifications for the new Catholic plant at Greenville were made at Belmont Abbey. The school will ac commodate about 400 pupils and the Parish hall will seat over 1,000. There will be a fully equipped stage, while a completely furnished cafe teria will serve the children with lunches, etc. The building itself i3 of brick and reinforced concrete, fireproof throughout. (Special to The Bulletin) Columbia, S. C.—Rev. N. A. Mur phy, pastor of St. Peter’s Church here and one of the most widely known priests in the Southeast, is observing the silver jubilee of his ordination Wednesday of this week and prelates and priests from all parts of South Carolina and adjoin ing states and from various other parts of the country are in Colum bia to honor him on his anniversary. ST. PETERSBURG’S ST. MARY’S FIVE CHAMPIONS pastor, with a magnificent imported Steve Reynolds were cape, stole and benediction veil. good. Jacksonville, Fla.—The St. Paul’s Athletic and Dramatic Association presented “All on Account of Polly’ here recently and added new laurels to its reputation. There was not weak spot in the cast. Miss Irene Scanlon, James Grady, Miss Vernie Schier, Mrs. Sidney Gober, John Grady, Miss Sarah Murphy and particularly Georgia Coart of Appeals Sustains City Court in K. of C. Libel Case Former Holy Name President Dies The Holy Name Society of St. Jos eph’s parish, twenty-seven years in' existence, saw the ranks of its for mer presidents broken for the first time in the death recently of John F. Hoffman, a widely known mem- bre of the parish. Mr. Hoffman was active for many years in Catholic Work. The Holy Name Society at tended his funeral in a body. The funeral of Leon James Mur ray, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeon James Murray, was held recently from Sacred Heart Church, of which he was a member. Interment was in St. Lawrence Cemetery. JACKSONVILLECroToF A. OFFICERS ARE HONORED Jacksonville, Fia. — An informal reception was tendered the newly elected officers of Court Immacu late Conception, Catholic Daughters of America, after an Easter card party sponsored by the court at tne Columbian Club. The newly elected officers are Mrs. G. H. McIntyre, grand regent; Mrs. W. H. O'Neil, vice-regent; Miss Helen Moeller, treasurer. . Special to The Bulletin. Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia court of appeals in an opinion handed down April 6 sustaining the action of the city court of Savannah in overruling the demurrer of Mrs. Ed. C. Alumbaugh, accused of criminal libel in the circulation of the fake “oath” of the Knights of Columbus and other similar matter, asserted that "there can be no question as to the libelous nature of the print ed matter in the case at bar” and that “there is highly respectable authority in other states that a class or a fraternal order may be libeled.” The defendant in her objection to the accusation on which she was tried said that the accusation “does not aver that said Knights of Columbus is a natural person or an artificial person, but is merely a fraternal order.” The court of appeals ruled that the lower court was not in error in proceeding with the trial of Mrs. Alumbaugh with out awaiting for the appelate court to pass on the validity of the de murrer. She was subsequently con victed and sentenced. Mrs. Alumbaugh was charged with criminal libel for defaming N. T. Stafford, A. R. Winkers and T. F. Walsh, members of Savannah council, Knights of Columbus, through circulation of the fake “oath” and similar matter. The de murrer to the accusation, brought to the court of appeals, after it was overruled by the city court in Sa vannah, contended in substance that the matter circulated, even if false, did not specifically libel those named in the accusation, and ob jected because it was not asserted in the accusation that the defendant knew at the time that the alleged “oath” was false; it also claimed that the matter alleged to have been distributed was an absolutely privi leged communication because of its appearance in the Congressional Record, The lower court had over ruled the demurrer on each and every ground. One the first ground, the court of appeals quoted cases in other states to the effect that while the publication of the matter in ques tion may not directly impeach the honesty and integrity of those nam ed in the accusation, it does, in a most direct and vital way, assail their loyalty as citizens by charging them with the taking of a obligation which is in itself a violation of their oath of allegiance and of the essential duties and bonds of Amer ican citizenship, and exposes them to public hatred, contempt and ridi cule, the essence of libel. A specific allegation that the de fendant knew of the falsity of the alleged “oath” was not necessary, the court of appeals ruled, since the accusation that the matter was false and untrue and was malicious ly circulated covered that point. On the question of privileged com munications, the court quoted a ruling by the supreme court of Georgia that “a wilful falsehood can never be uttered in good faith and therefore can never be the sub ject of privileged communication.” It asserted further: “The privilege (of privileged communications) extend ed to legislative bodies will not be extended to include words spoken by them unofficially, although spoken in the legislative hall while the legislature is in session. It would be as dangerous as illogical to say that the mere fact that some thing had been printed in the Con gressional Record would import its verity and warrant any private per son in publishing it for any pur pose. The alleged oath may have been published in the record without any purpose to indicate or intimate that it was the oath of the Knights of Columbus. It may have been so published to show precisely the con trary.” Mrs. Alumbaugh is now appealing from the sentence of a $500 fine or six months imposed on her after conviction in this case, Father Murphy will be celebrant of the jubilee Mass, and Rt. Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston, will deliver the sermon. Assisting Father Murphy will be Rev. C. A. Kennedy, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Charleston, as dea con, Rev. Martin C. Murphy, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, Co lumbia, sub-deacon, and Rev. H. L. Speisman of St. Peter’s Churcn, master of ceremonies. Chaplains to Bishop of Walsh will be Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Murray, pastor of St. Elizabeth’s Church, Baltimore, and Rt. Rev. Msgr. John T. McElroy, V. G., pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, Charleston. Among the distinguish ed churchmen who have accepted •invitations to be present is Rt. Rev. Vincent Taylor, O. S. B., Abbot- Ordinary of Belmont. Rev. M. C. Murphy, pastor of St. Francis de Sales church here, is general chair man of the arrangements committee. The night before the jubilee ob servance Bishop Walsh will confirm a class at St. Peter’s Church. On Wednesday evening an informal re ception will be held in the parish hall, Mrs. J. J: Roberts being in charge of the arrangements, assist ed by Mrs. Curran Jones and the choir. Mrs. T. J. Royster and her committee are in charge of the ban quet which will follow the jubilee Mass, with Mrs. A. A. Craig in charge of decorations. The toast master will be Rev. Daniel O’Brien of Georgetown. John J. Cormack is chairman of the publicity committee. Father Nicholas A. Murphy was born in County Cork Ireland, stu- ied philosophy and theology at the famous All Hallows College, Dublin, and was ordained in Dublin in 1904. He first came to Greenville, spend ing five years in the Piedmont as assistant to Very Rev. A. K. Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s church there. Later he served as assistant to Father Wright at St. Patrick’s Church and to Father Budd’s at the Cathedral in Charleston, then going to Columhia as assistant to Father Hegarty. Bishop Northrup then ap pointed him pastor of St. Ann’s Church, Sumter, succeeding Father Forde, who was transferred to Aiken. In 1917 Bishop Russell ap pointed him pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Spartanburg, and chaplain at Camp Wordsworth, where he re mained for five years, then going to St. Joseph’s Church, Charleston, as pastor. Four years ago he succeed ed Father Hegarty as pastor of his toric St. Peter’s parish, Columbia. Father Murphy is widely known as an orator, and he is much in demand in all circles for lectures on his travels, which have taken him to many unfrequented parts of the world. He is as popular as he is widely known; and in the Diocese of Charleston he is Defensor Vin- culi and a member of the Synodal Board of Examiners. He has two cousins laboring in the the Diocese, Rev. T. J. McGrath, pastor at Spar tanburg, and Rev. Sister Mary Fin- bar of St. Joseph’s Convent of the Sisters of Mercy in Charleston, Father Michael, who is a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Belmont, enjoys the reputation of being an expert in church architecture, de signer of altars and church ornamen tation. He is a very .busy man and has much more work offered than he can accept. Many requests have to be declined. His principal work is and has been in the South, though he has also done work for churches in the North. He planned, prepared specifica tions and details, and superintended the group of Sacred Heart Church and Rectory and Benedictine College in Savannah, Ga.; in Virginia a most imposing monastic group con sisting of St. Benedict’s Church, a Basilica St. Benedict’s Priory and Benedictine School; in South Caro lina, a Catholic church at Green wood, convent and church at Wards, and the new school and parish cen ter for Father Gwynn, at Greenville; in Pennsylvania, the St. Peter’s rec tory, St. Pius CJiurch, Convent and school at McKeesport. In North Carolina he has practic ally designed and built tne largest Catholic properties in the state. Among these are several institution al buildings, churches and chapels. The leading buldings are St. Joseph’s Sanatorium for the Sisters Nazareth Orphanage at Nazareth; dormitory and administration building of the Sacred Heart College, Belmont; gym nasium at Belmont Abbey; Mercy Hospital and Nurse's Home at Char lotte; O’Donoghue Hall and St. Pe ter's Convent at" Charlotte; rectory of St. Lawrence at Asheville; St. Michael’s Church, Gastonia; St. Leo Church and rectory Winston-Salem; St. Mary’s school, convent and mis sion for colored people at Greens boro; chapel for St.. Genevieve's Col lege, Asheville; St. Edward’s Church, High Point; convent and school at Salisbury; Sacred Heart Church, an architectural gem, and ecclesiastical Rest House at Pine- hurst ; Dominican Convent at Raleigh; churches at Kinston, Hendersonville and Greenville; schools, convents and missions for colored at Wash ington and Elizabeth, and about 20 smaller churches and chapels throughout the state. Father Michael was born at Lock- Haven, Pa., in 1877, and moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., with his parents when a boy. He learned his profes sion from W. A. Thomas, noted ar chitect of Pittsburgh, former profes sor of architecture in Kings College, London. He served and practiced un der this able teacher till 1900 when he felt the call to a higher life and en tered Belmont College to prepare for the priesthood. Even as a student he was consulted by the fathers and missionaries of -. .,rth Carolina when they .iad to plan any improvements in their plants and so from that time to this, midst all his studies preparatory for the priesthood, and later on as teacher in the college, he has been kept very busy. Of late years he has given most of his time to this branch of architecture, but still finds time to attend the little mountain mission of Tyron, in the North Carolina “Switzerland.” Fath er Michael is vicar-general to the Rt. Rev. Abbot Ordinary Vincent Tay lor. At present he is preparing plans for a new parochial school at Greensboro, whic<. Father Eugene Egan, O. S. B., intends to build, and he is also designing a new Memorial Catholic Chapel to be erected at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, by W. H. Carmichael, an alumnus of U. of N. C. Travel 40 Miles to Attend Mission Held in S. Georgia Albany, Ga.—Rev. J. A. Petit, S. M., of the Marist Missionary Fath ers of Washington, D. C., held a mission in the Chur.ch of ’St. John the Evangelist, Valdosta, the first mission ever to be given on the missions of that part of the state. Catholics from other Missions as far as 40 miles from Valdosta at tended almost all the services. Con siderable interest was shown in the Mission by non-Catholics. After completing the Mission i Valdosta Father Petit began ov. St. Theresa’s Church, Albai 1