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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 31. 1929
Fr. Dean anti Fr, Ferri Charleslon ’ s Wew Priests
Bishop Walsh Raises Them
to Priesthood in Parish of
Their Birth and Boyhood
CHARLES,T®N. S. C— Rev. Sid-
ney Dean and Rev* Frank Ferri
were ordained to the priesthood
here May 16 by Rt. Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, in the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, their parish church,
where they had served as altar
boys. It was the first time that
two sons of the parish were or
dained togehter; the last ordination
of a member of the parish was
that of Rev. J. W. Carmody, of
Florence.
Rt. Rev. Msg!*. J. T. McElroy, i
V. G., was archpriest at the cere- j
mony, Very Rev. John J. Hughes
Very Rev. James J. May, assistant
/to Father Dean; Rev. Joseph L.
O’Brien assistant to Father Ferri;
Rev. John J. Manning, D. D., mas
ter of ceremonies; John Dean,
book bearer, and Favid Dean, cro-
zier and mitre-bearer. The Cathe
dral choir under the direction l f
Mrs. Thomas F. Mosimann, ren
dered a special program of music.
Among the clergy present besides
the officers of the Mass and cere
mony were Rev. Bernard W. Flem
ing, Rev. W. J. Long. C. SS. P.,
Rev. C. A. Kennedy, Rev.- Alexis
Westburv, Rev. W A. Tobin, Rev.
H. F. Wolfe, Rev. James McElroy, I
Charleston: Rev. George J. Dietz,
Aiken: Rev. Frank J. Reimef, Sum
merville: Rev. J. W. Carmody,
Florence; Rev. M. J. Reddin, Navy
Yard; Rev. Alfred Kalmer, Aiken;
Rev. J. D. Quinn, Sumter: Rev:- M.
A. O’Neill. Orangeburg; Rev. T. J.
Mackin, Camden; Rev. Joseph R.
Smith. Albany, Ga.; Rev. Thomas
Finn, Savannah; Rev. John J. Clark,
Washington; Rev. N. A. Murphy,
Rev. Martin Murphy, Columbia;
Rev. P. A. Ryan, S. J., Augusta,
Ga.; Rev. William Barry, Miami
Beach.
After the ceremony, the newly
ordained priests gave their bless
ing to the congregation. A dinner
was served at the Fort Sumter
Hotel with Father Ferri and Father j
Dear as guests of honor. At night
they were honored with a recep
tion at Cathedral School Half, and
present-J with chalices, the gifts of
the Cathedral congregation; Father
May made the presentation ad
dress. They celebrated their first
public Masses at the Cathedral on
successive mornings.
Father Dean is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dean, and an alum
nus of Bishop England High School,
St. Charles College and St. Mary’s
Seminary. Maryland; he completed
his studies at the Sulpician Semi
nary, Catholic University of Amer
ica. Mr. Ferri, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. JL Ferri, is also an alum
nus gf Bishop England High School,
St. Charles College and St. Mary’s
Seminary, and finished his studies
at Bcdmont Abbey, N. C. The or
dinations of Father dean and
father Ferri are the first of Bishop
Walsh in Charleston, and the first
in Charleston in four years, or since
the odination of Rev. Henry Wolfe.
Both Father Ferri and Father Dean
will labor in the Diocese of Charles-
tn; their assignments have not
been announced.
Rev. Thomas L, Finn
Ordained at Savannah
Bishop Keyes Raises Widely
Known Savannahian to
Priesthood May 16th
ORDAINED AT BELMONT
Three Ordained for
Diocese of Raleigh
Bishop Hafey Confers Holy
Orders on Fathers McNer-
ney, Murphy and Scheurich
Rev. Joseph L. O’Brien officiated
at the dedication at the Cathedral
of a splendid Holy Name Society
banner presented by J. Albert
Dphien. Made in Antwerp and im
ported through New York, it is said
to be one of the finest of its kind
in the country. Father May deliv
ered the sermon.
BISHOP ENGLAND ALUMNA
WINS COLLEGE HONORS
Father O'Brien offered the open
ing prayer at the commercement
exercises of the College of Charles
ton, May 15. Miss Catherine Eliz
abeth Tobin. B. A., a graduate of
Bishop England High School, won
first honors; other graduates of
Bishop England to win degrees
were. James P. Furlong, B. S.; Miss
Margaret L. Gibson,'A. B.; William
P. Mclnernv, B. S.; Miss Mary
Henrietta Moran, A. B.; John K.
Walsh, B. S. Miss Tobin won high
honors in two subjects and honors
in five more: Mr. Furlong won hon
ors in one subject; Miss Gibson
high honors in one and honors in
one; Mr. Mclnerny, high honors in
one; Mr. Walsh, honors in three.
Certificates in the Night School of
Commerce and Fnance were award
ed to Miss Helen Geraty, market
ing; B. J Riddock, business fi
nance: B. E. Bicasse, business Eng
lish: Miss Margaret Ferri. French;
Miss Mary K. Walsh, French: all
are graduates of Bishop England
High School. Certificates were
awarded also to Miss Anna M.
Hanley, advertising; E. Clair Mo-
lonv. business Spanish, and Miss
Rose Adele Molony, business Span
ish.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Barbot won
first honorable mention in the poem
contest in the college magazine
poetrv contest.
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John W. Ryan, widely known lo
cal telegrapher, and a member of
Sacred Heart parish, died here re
cently. His widow, son and a
daughter survive, together with
several sisters and brothers.
John J. Murphy, engineer on the
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—Rt. Rev. Wil
liam J. Hafey, D. D., Bishop of
Raleigh, elevated three young rr#n
to the priesthood in the Cathedral
of the Sacred Heart here May 23;
the new priests are Rev. Peter Mc-
Nerney of Edenmore, Ireland; Rev.
Cornelius E. Murphy of Malden,
Mass., and Rev. Francis Scheurich,
Baltimore. The sermon Was deliv
ered by Bishop Hafey. Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Dennen, V. G„ Rev. Francis
J. McCo’urt and Rev. Leo G. Doet-
terl, cf Wilmington, were assistants
to the bishop, Rev. Peter M. Den-
ges was master of ceremonies, Rev.
Philip J. O’Mara assistant master
of ceremonies and Rev. Clarence
G. Lagle, pastor of St. Poufs, Hen
derson, was ecclesiastical musical
director.
In addition to the clergy of the
diocese, the ceremony was attend-
ded by Rev. Harold Purcell, C. P.,
editor of The Sign. Union City, N.
J., Rev. Thomas O'Connell, pistor
of St. Paul's. Richmond, Ya., Rev.
Luke Hay, C. P., director of the
Extension Chapel - Car, and Revf
J. C. Fallon, pastor of St. Can-
isius’. Pittsburgh. Sisters from the
various convents of the diocese and
laity from a number of cities also
attended the ordination.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Rev. Thomas
Lawrence Finn, war veteran, Boy
Scout executive and formerly
prominent in the business life of
Savannah and who deserted a
promising business career to study
for the priesthood, was ordained a
priest at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist by Rt. Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, D. D., here Holy Thursday,
May 9th, and sang his first Solemn
High Mass the following Sunday at
the Cathedral, where he had serv
ed as an altar boy in his boyhood
days.
Rev. T. James McNamara and
Rev. John J. Kennedy were as
sistants to Bishop Keyes at the
ordination, Rev. Joseph F. Crolce,
rector of the Cathedral and chan
cellor, was master of ceremonies,
Rev. Thomas J. Knox, assistant
master of ceremonies, and Rev-
Thomas Brennan of Albany assis
tant to Father Finn. Present in
the sanctuary were Very Rev. T. A.
Foley, V. G„ pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Church; Very Rev.
Maurice McDonnell, O. S. B., pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church; Very
Rev. Ignatius Lissner. S. M. A.,
Provincial of the Lyons Fathers
Church; Rev. Joseph D. Mitchell,
pastor of St. Patrick’s Church;
Rev. Gustavus Obrecht, S. M. A.,
pastor of St. Benedict’s Church;
Rev. Cornelius Deihl. O. S. B.,
Richmond, Va.; Rev. John J. Clark,
Washington, D. C.; Rev. Harold
Barr, Augusta; Rev. Joseph R.
Smith, Albany; Rev. Fr, Wilfrid,
O. S. B., Rev. Fr. Joseph O. S. R„
and Rev. Herman Deimel.
Several hundred friends of Fath
er Finn received his blessing after
the Mass Occupying the first pews
-were his mother, Mrs. Mary Finn;
his sister, Miss Catherine Finn; his
brothers, John T.’ and William R.
Finn, and his cousins, Mrs. Mar
garet McEllinn and James H. Mc
Kenna; his mother received his
first priestly blessing, which was
followed by the blessing of the
others members of his family. After
the Mass Bishop Keyes, Father
Finn and local and visiting clergy
were entertained at dinner at the
Cathedral Rectory. I
Father Finn was assisted at his
first Solemn High Mass by Fath
er Crolce us assistant priest; Rev.
John J. Clark of Washington. D. C.,
who accompanied Father Finn to
Ceorgia on his return from the
seminary, was deacon, Rev. T. J
McNamara sub-deacon, and Rev. T.
J. Kuox master of ceremonies.
The sermon at tile Mass was de
livered by Very Rev. T. A. Foley,
V. G., pastor of Blessed Sacra
ment Church, a close friend of
Father Finn in the days before he
took up studies for the priesthood
as well as since.
After tiie Mass Father Finn en
tertained the clergy at dinner at
Bannon Lodge- In the afternoon a
reception was tendered him at the
home of his mother, and in the eve
ning he celebrated Solemn Bene
diction at the Cathedral.
Father Finn was one of the most
widely known and most popular
young men in the city in the days
of his business career here: he was
a leader in athletic, fraternal, civic
and religious activities. Resolving
to study for the priesthood, he en-'
tered St. Mary’s Seminary six years
ago and his ordination is the cul
mination of these years of study
and training. He will labor in bis
native Diocese of Savannah.
Fr. Alenin, Fr,
Ordained at Belmont
Bishop Hafey Confers Holy
Orders. Benedictines Sing
Masses in Home Cities
REV. PLACID KEPPLE
O. S. B.
REV. ALCUIN BAUDERMANN,
O. S. B.
Mobile Diocese Plans
Centennial Observance
(Special to The Herald.)
BELMONT, N. C.—May 22 was a
joyful day at Belmont Abbey, because
it witnessed the ordination to the
Holy Priesthood of two of its mem
bers, whg> had reached the day looked
to by them for so long a time and for
which they had spent many and try
ing years in preparation. Those or
dained priests were Re^ Fathers Pla
cid Kleppel, O.S.B. and Aleuin Bau-
dermann, O.S.B. On the same oc
casion sub-deaconship was conferred
upon Rev. John T. Driscoll, of the
diocese of Richmond, Va.
The sacrament of Holy Orders wa3
conferred by the Right Rev, William
J. Hafey, D.D., bishop of the diocese
of Raleigh, in the Belmont Abbey
Cathedral at 7:30 a. m. He was as
sisted by Rev. Alphonse Buss, O.S.B.,
and Rev. Nicholas Bliley, O.S.B., as
chaplains. Fr. Sebastian Doris, O.
S.B., was assistant master of cere
monies. Rev. Adelard Bouvilliers,
O.S.B., and Rev. Norbert McGowan,
O.S.B., assisted the newly ordained
priests during the ordination cere
monies.
Present in the sanctuary were the
Right Rev. Vincent Taylor, O.S.B.,
D.D., and the Very Reverend and
Reverend Fathers of the community.
Besides the relatives of the new
priests, there were also present for
the ordination services the students of
Belmont Abbey College, of Sacred
Heart College, and St. Le’o Prepara
tory School, and the members of the
congregation.
At the end of the Ordination Mass,
the newly ordained priests bestowed
their blessing upon their relatives,
friends, and others present for the
occasion. The following evening,
Fathers Placid and Aleuin left for
Newark, N. J., where they cele
brated their first Holy Mass on Trin
ity Sunday, Father Placid at St.
Mary’s Church and Father Aleuin at
St. Columba’s.
Bishop Toolen Issues Letter
on Program Which Will
Mark Event Nov. 10-12
After the ceremony and the con
ferring of the first blessing of the
newly ordained priests, a dinner
was served to them and the visiting
clergy at the bishop’s residence,
Mrs. Margaret Sherrill and Miss
Margaret Sherrill being in charge.
Father Murphy, a native of Mal
den, Mass., is an alumnus of Bos
ton College High School, Holy
Cross College, where he received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917,
and Northeastern University, Bos
ton. where he received his degree
in law. At Mt. St. Mary’s, where
he made his theological studies, he
received a degree of Master of Arts.
Father Scheurich is an alumnus
of the high school department of
St. Mary’s College, Northeast, Pa.,
Loyola College, Baltimore, where
he received his Bachelor’s degree,
and Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary, which
awarded him his Master’s degree.
Father McNerney made his clas
sical and philosophical studies in
Ireland, and. like Father Murphy
and Father Scheurich, is an alum
nus of Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary,
where he made his theological
studies and from which he received
his post-graduate degrees.
Atlanta Women’s Club
Awards Essay Prizes
ferryboat Lawrence, died here re
cently at the age of 63; he was ill
some time. He was at one time
chief of detectives of the local po
lice department. He was a member
of the Cathedral parish and of the
Holy Name Society there. His
widow and two sisters survive.
ATLANTA, Ca.—The May meet
ing of the Atlanta Catholic Club
of Business and Professional Wom
en was held at the Columbian Club.
Miss Caroline Flynn, president, pre
sided. In observance of National
Music Week, a musical program
was arranged by Mrs. Eugene Cal
lahan for the meeting. Mrs. Cal
lahan, besides giving two vocal so
los, rendered beautifully two num
bers on the piano. She was as
sisted in her program by Geo. F.
McNulty and'Robt. J. Gallagher,
two of Atlanta’s well-known sing
ers. Mr. McNulty was accompa
nied at the piano by Mrs. McNulty,
an active member of the club.
The review of Catholic periodi
cals was made by Miss Mary Cro
nin, a new member of the club, who
has only recently come to Atlanta
from Washington, D. C., to make
her home.
The report of the chairman of the
essay committee, Mrs. G. W. Cor
ley, was that Miss Claire McDon
ough is the winner of the pin offer
ed by the club for the best essay
on “Catholic Contribution to Amer
ican History.’’ Thft award is made
to a senior of the Sacred Heart
Parochial School every year for
the best essay on a subject selected
by the club. Miss McDonough will
read her essay at the class day ex
ercises of the Parochial School on
June 5th, and the pin will be pre
sented to lier then. At the close of
the meeting Miss Helen Birming
ham. the retiring president, was
presented with a bansket of flowers.
(Special to The Bulletin)
MOBILE, Ala.— The Diocese of
Mobile will observe"* its centenary
November 10-12, and Rt. Rev.
Thomas J. Toolen, D. D., Bishop
of Mobile, has addressed a letter
to the clergy of the Diocese di
recting their attention to the cen
tennial and asking their coopera
tion and that of their people in
plans for the celebration. It is plan
ned to erect a diocesan maternity
home in memory of Bishop Allen as
a part of the centennial program.
The Holy Name Society of the
Cathedral parish held its semi
annual Communion breakfast at St.
Mary’s late in May and it was
splendidly attended. The speakers
Included Rev. Dr. J. M. Walsh. S.
J., president of Spring Hill Col
lege, Rev. J. R. Donaghue. spiritual
director of the society, E. J. Grove
and Harry Seale.
May processions were held during
the month in the various parishes
of the city.
The Portier Literary and Drama
tic Society of Spring Hill College
presented “W'ho’s Who,” a three
act mystery play, at Bishop Toolen
High School auditorium recently,
and held the breathless attention of
the large audience until' the last
curtain.
Students at Spring Hill College
and Hill School are now in the
‘midst of their final examinations.
A twenty-page issue of The
Springhillian issued recently, one
of the most ambitious ever pub
lished, was devoted to literautre
and has prompted wile and favor
able comment.
Father Placid is a native of Brook
lyn, N. Y., where he was born March
31, 1897. He was graduated from
St. Joseph’s Grammar School New
ark, N. J., and from St. Anselm’s pre
paratory College, Manchester, N. H.
He entered the novitiate at Belmont
Abbey in 1922, remaining here until
1926, when, after making his solemn
vows, he studied for a year at St.
Vincent’s Seminary, Latrobe, Pa. He
then returned to Belmont for his
theological studies. At Belmont
Father Placid has taught American
history and government, ancient his
tory and Greek, acted as assistant
organist and served four years as pre
fect.
Father Aleuin was born in Newark,
N. J., September 20, 1901 and was edu
cated in the parochial schools of that
city, St. Benedict’s Preparatory Col
lege, Newark, and St. Anselm’s Col
lege, Manchester, N. H., from which
he received his Bachelor of Arts de
gree in 1925. He made his novitiate
at St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe,
Pa., and was solemnly professed as a
Benedictine monk at Belmont Abbey
October 2, 1926. While pursuing his
theological studies at Belmont he waa
instructor in Greek.
Wilmington C. D. nf A.
Observe Mother’s Day
Communion and Solemn
Vespers Feature Program
WOMAN PHYSICIAN NUN
Milwaukee Doctor Joins
Maryknoll Missionary-
Sisters
NEW YORK.—Among those
who received the Habit of the
Foreign Mission Sisters of
Saint Dominic at Maryknoll,
N. Y., Hero recently, was a
Doctor of Medicine. The par
ents of Elizabeth Hirschboeck,
who is in religion as Sister
Mary Mercy, reside in Milwau
kee. Ever since Miss Hirsch
boeck was sixteen years old
she had desired to be a medical
missioner, and has worked to
wards this goal.
At Marquette University,
where she took her medicar
course, she was a student of
outstanding ability. She was
an interne for a year at St.
Francis Hospital, La Cross,
Wis., and received an M. D,.
degree from Marquette Uni
versity last June. In October,
she went to Maryknoll.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
WILMINGTON, N. C.—Wilming
ton Court, Catholic Daughters of
America, for the second successive
year sponsored a religious celebra
tion of Mother’s Day at St. Mary’s
Church, and the members of the
Co^urt, Knights of Columbus and
Holy Name Society received C’orn-
muunion at the 7:30 Mass. At eight
o’clock in the evening there was
solemn Benediction at St. Mary’s,
with a.sermon by Rev. John T>
Manley; pastor of St. Therese’s
Church, Wilson, and state haplain
of the Catholic Daughters. Father
Maney spoke* of the virtues of mo
thers. of natural mothers and of the
spiritual mother, Mary.
A special program of music was
rendered, and at the Solemn Bene
diction Rev. F. J. McCourt, chap
lain of Wilmington Court, C. D. of
A. was celebrant, Father Manley
deacon and Father Doetterl sub
deacon.
St. Leo Alumni Sponsor
Social in Jacksonville
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.—The St.
Leo Alumni Association of Jack- >
sonville and friends, sponsored a
card and bunco party May 17 at
St. Paul's Auditorium. Music and
dancing were enjoyed. Mrs. John
Dux and Mrs. Estelle Valcourt
Bisbee, accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. R. L. Barksdale, entertain
ed with several vocal selections.
Mrs. Bisbee sang over WJAX
and is a very popular entertainer,
Mrs. Duy has recently returned
from Europe where for the past
three years she has been studying
under great teachers. Refresh
ments were served by a commit
tee with Mrs. Thomas E. Oldham
as chairman.
The annual meeting and ban
quet of the alumni of St, Leo Ab
bey College is scheduled to take
place late in May at Dade City.