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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 15, 1930
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St. Paul’s Church One of South's Finest
Ninety Per Cent of
Parish in Societies
Dozen Catholic Organiza
tions Flourish at St. Paul’s
Reached through the medium of
the various organizations of St.
Paul's Church, nearly 90 per cent,
of the parish are included in so
cial, spiritual and athletic activi
ties.
Twelve societies are listed as a
part of the St. Paul’s membership.
Of the twelve, one is international,
four are national and seven are lo
cal.
Known as the Third' Order of St.
Francis. the international order,
which is composed of members of
St. Paul's parish, is perhaps one of
the most austere lay organizations
in this country. Women who enter
this branch of the church service
devote themselves as far as possi
ble to a life of charity, and prayer.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
The Knights of Columbus, a na
tional organization, known through
out the country, has a branch here.
Meetings are held on the first and
third Wednesday at Fraternal hall on
North Beach Street. Socials, card
parties and charity work are a part
of their accomplishments here.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
The Holy Name society, another
of the national orders for men is a
purely spiritual organization, for
the purpose of promoting a greater
respect and reverence for the name
of Christ as well as for the personal
sanctification of its members.
Two Scout troops, one of Boy
Scouts of America and one of girls
complete the national organizations.
Boy Scout troop No. 4 was the
fourth to form in Halifax county.
The Boy Scout activity is one of
the finest in the country and is rec
ognized as one of the best organiza
tions provided for our American
boyhood.
The Brownie Scouts is a junior
branch of the Girl Scouts. Tire Girl
Scout order is known throughout the
world and although not an interna
tional society, there are similar or
ganizations in nearly every country
abroad.
Of the seven organizations which
belong only to the church of St.
Paul, five work solely for the bene
fit of the church. St. Paul’s Ush-
er| guild is composed of the ushers
of the church.
The ambition of the guild is to
give information concerning the
church building, pews and general
interior of the edifice in addition
to giving the attention necessary
for the parishioners’ comfort and
ease during religious devotion.
CARE OF ALTAR
As Artist Pictures St. Paul’s
w&.
REV. WM. MULLALLY
ST. PAUL'S PASTOR
His Courage and En
thusiasm and Cooperation
of People Built Church
. The architect pictures the new St. Pauls Church, Ridgewood and Cypress streets
view above is as it is seen from across the street intersection.
Daytona Bcacli, Fla. The
St. Paul’s Has Five
Buildings in Bloch
Catholic Property Among
Most Valuable in City
Care of the altar and its linens
and also the flowers for the serv
ices are the honor of the Altar so
ciety whose attention to these de
tails are the work of the members.
Also pertaining to the altar is
the Altar Boys club. Membership
has greatly increased since thebuild-
ing of the new church, and though
the requirements of the club are
unusually strict, the organization is
perhaps orje of the most coveted of
the dozen. Four boys are used dur
ing the services, and these boys must
be familiar, not only with the Latin
which is expected of them, but must
understand thoroughly the ceremony
in which they take part. Training is
given by the sisters and the priest
in charge.
St. Paul's Sewing Guild and the
Peninsula Sewing Circle are the
Lvo needlework clubs of the chutch
who are instrumental in providing
the hand made articles which, are
placed on sale at the Halifax Coun
try Mid-Winter Carnival. Both
societies meet weekly at the homes
of the members.
BODY AND SPIRIT
Two of the widely diversified or
ganizations of the church are the
League of the Sacred Hearty and
St. Paul's athletic association. One
pertaining to the spiritual needs of
the body and the other to the physi
cal. The Sacred Heart is a devo
tional order.
A playground which consists of
-7,000 square feet, is a part of the
recreation provided by the athletic
association. Basketball, baseball
and tennis are featured by the club,
team play being particularly
stressed.
Completion of the new steel, tile
and stucco Church of St. Paul
marks the most advanced stage in
progress that this church has ever
reached in Daytona Beach, with a
full city block of property and five
buildings in use.
The property includes a frontage
on Ridgewood Avenue of 300 feet,
from First Avenue to Cypress Street,
extending back on each street 323
feet, and even a greater distance
over a 100 foot frontage in the cen
ter. The center 100 feet extends
through First Street to a length of
572 feet from Ridgewood Avenue.
Facing the Ridgewood frontage are
the new building at the north side,
the parochial residence of Rev. Wil
liam J. Mullally in the center, at 360
North Ridgewood Avenue, and a
wooded garden on the south side.
Back of the wooded lot and facing on
First Avenue is the community
house or parish house, which has
been used as a church since its erec
tion in 1924. It is now being used for
additional classes which it is almost
impossible to house in St. Paul’s
parochial school. The community
house is a long low one-story build
ing of simple Spanish design, perma
nently constructed for use as a tem
porary church, at a cost of about
$12,000.
MAYOR REOUESTEO
CITY'S FIRST MASS
Asked Bishop to Send Priest
for Marriage in 18 82
Tlie school, to the rear of the new
church and the priest's residence, is
a large white frame building which
formerly did duty as a hotel, and
which W'as purchased and moved to
its present location when the school
was started a few years ago. Near
the school and community house is
the fifth b.uilding, St. Paul's convent,
where the sisters make their home.
The rear of the property is used
for playground and is well equipped
with athletic and play paraphernalia.
The new tennis court of St. Paul's
Athletic Association has been com
pleted here; there are courts for va
rious other outdoor games, and slides,
swings and other machines for chil
dren.
No effort is overlooked in the
equipment which lias been construct
ed and which is steadily undergoing
improvement, to lead and oversee
the spiritual, mental and physical
development of members of the
church members.
Fr. Turner, Brother
of Bishop, Is Dead
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. —The Rev.
Dr. John F. Turner, pastor of St.
John the Evangelist Chureb, died
January 27 in Buffalo at the house
of his brother, the Rt. Rev. William
Turner, Bishop of Buffalo. Ho was
51 years old.
Father Turner was born in County
Limerick, Ireland, and came to the
United States in 1904, after having
been ordained in Rome.
Requiem Mass was celebrated in
Buffalo for Father Turner. Burial
was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Father Turner was a brother also
of the late, Very Rev. Patrick Tur
ner, D. D., pastor of St. Peter's
Church, Montgomery, Ala.
Jobbing along a sand road through
swamp and palmetto scrub, some
times lost in the mosquito infested
marsh, Alexander Arekstetter, his
wife and seven children who had
left their beloved Germany for the
Florida, which their brother, John
Woltz, had painted as a veritable
land of promise, looked about them
in complete dismay. Daytona, their
destination, was a three-day journey
by horse cart from Enterprise,
where they had arrived by paddle-
wheel boat from Jacksonville, after
making the trans-Atlantic passage.
Daytona in the year 1882 was then
barely a settlement. A few log
houses straggled along the river
front. The meeting place of the peo
ple was a general store, to which a
small schooner brought supplies on
the average of once every three
months. When word reached the
settlement that the white sails had
been sighted off the entrance of the
inlet there was an assembly gath
ered at the wharf long before the
schooner had reached the turn of
the river, for her cargo was limited
and supplies long awaited were sold
almost immediately.
Mournfully the Achstetter family
thought of their comfortable home
land. Speaking a strange tongue
they were forlorn aliens denied even
the solace of their religion. There
was no Catholic church in the com
munity, and no priest to make even
a yearly visitation. The climax of
the situation came when Mary Aeh-
stetter and George Dittman, 'her fi
ancee who had accompanied the
family from Germany, announced
their intentions of marriage. It was
then that Alexander Achstetter
realized that unless a priest was ob
tained his daughter would be mar
ried outside the church.
Hearing the troubles of the Ach
stetter family. Dr. George M. Wal
lace. mayor of the village, sent word
to the Right Reverend Bishop Moore
of St. Augustine, requesting a priest
be sent to Daytona. In May of 1882
Father Kenny, of Palatka, arrived to
hold the first mass known in Day
tona. In the tiny log cabin home of
them uncle, George Woltz, Mary
Achstetter was married to George
Dittman. A- crude altar had been
erected in a corner of the little
place, and there Father Kenny ad
ministered the Holy Sacrament. This
was the first Catholic marriage to
take place in Daytona. Thereafter
a mission priest came from St Au
gustine or Palatka once or twice a
year, usually arriving by mail
coach, in order that the Dittman
and Achstetter families might make
their yearly duty.
Annual Carnival to
Start February 28
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The Midwinter Carnival of St.
Paul's parish, an annual affair here,
will be held February 28 to March 4,
and it is anticipated that this week's
affair will surpass the successful car
nivals of former years. The carnival
will be held on the parish grounds,
which are covered for the affair by a
metal roof.
Church at Daytona
Beach Cost $220,000
Magnificent Edifice Has
Seating Capacity of 3,500
Less than six years ago the first
plans for the building of the new
$220,000 church for St. Paul’s par
ish were made, when Father Wil
liam J. Mullally, with keen fore
sight, realized the needs of his par
ish and decided that the new
church must be large enough to
accommodate an ever growing city.
The building opened to the public
with midnight mass Christmas Eve
services in 1927.
A parochial hall was built and
completed in December of 1921,
for temporary use os a church
while the erection of a larger edi
fice was in progress. In January,
1927, the building fund of St. Paul'.,
church received its first large do
nation in the form of two checks
for $25,000 each given by George
F. Johnson, wealthy shoe manufac
turer of Binghampton, New York,
and Nicholas P. Young of Brooklyn.
Card parties, dances and the regu
lar revenue of the church have fur
ther increased the fund.
Gerald A. Barry, of Chicago and
Jacksonville, was engaged as archi
tect, by Father Mullally. while
Hayes and Kroeger. contractors of
Jacksonville were to do the actual
construction work, which was be
gun approximately a year ago.
The floor plan of the new church
is an exact replica of the famous
St. Patricks cathedral in New York
city. Smaller in size, but accurate
in detail. Its capacity is 1,300
seats.
The exterior of the-church is of
three coat tan stucco, with the en
trance guarded by two massive
doors which are the accurate repro
ductions of the basilica in Valencia,
Spain. Within the _ huge doors,
opened only on special occasions,
are two smaller doors, which fol
low the old world custom of usage
for enhance when the big doors
are closed.
Over the doors of the church is a
niche, holding the patron saint of
the parish; St. Paul, holding in his
hands a sword and a script. Sur
mounting the dome of the church
is a cupola, topped by a globe and
cross which may be seen from
many miles away as one of the
highest sky marks of the city.
Entering the narthex, the main
entrance of the church on Ridge
wood, avenue, the baptismal font
is on one side of the doors, and the
stairway leading to the large choir
loft, on the other.
The beauty of the nave draws its
inspiration from the Renaissance
period of Italian architecture. Tall
colonades, which form the support
ing walls, curve in the graceful
lines of beauty. An unusual fea
ture of the architecture is that
there are no angles in the church;
the curved or rounded design being
used.
White stucco walls make an aus
tere interior softened by the stain
ed glass windows which shed a soft
glow of deep purple over the nave.
These windows will later be re-
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Beautiful St. Paul’s Church of Day-
; tona Beach stands as a monument to
J the courage, enthusiasm and zeal of
Father William Mullally, one of the
most widely known priests of the
Diocese of St. Augustine and the
pastor of one of the largest Catnolic
edifices in the South.
Father Mullally was ordained May
31, 1917, by Cardinal Gibbons at Bal
timore, immediately after completing
his theology course at the famous St.
Mary's Seminary in that city. During
the foilowing summer he served as
assistant at the Church of St. Philo-
mena in the fashionable summer re
sort of East Hampton, Long Island.
The following autumn Bishop Curley
of St Augustine, now Archbishop of
| Baltimore, appointed Father Mullally
j pastor at DeLand.
I Arriving at DeLand October 14, 1917,
UTather Mullally found a great task
j confronting him. In addition to the
! church at DeLand, Father Mullally
i also had charge of the parisnes -t
i New Smyrna and Enterprise. Travel
I between the cities was difficult owing
j to sandy roads and irregular train
! service. For five years he labored
i zealously in this field, and he was
i then appointed pastor of St. Paul's
parish, Daytona Beach, succeeding the
venerable Father John F. O’Boyle,
whom weight of years forced to re
linquish his pastoral duties after
many years of valiant service.
Father Multaliy soon realized that
the growth of Catholicity in Daytona
Beach made the erection of a new
church necessary. The congregation
had for years been worshiping in a
frame edifice, to which additions had
been made from time to time until
there was no more room on the prop
erty for expansion. With the approv
al of Bishop Barry, who had suc
ceeded to the See of St. Augustine,
Father Mullally acquired the present
property on Redmond Avenue, and in
the fall of that year the building of
the parochial hall was begun; this
hail was to be the temporary church
until the church could be erected.
On the Sunday before Christmas in
1924 the first Mass was said in the
parochial hall.
Father Mullally continually worked
for and dreamed of the day when the
parish would be able to erect the
magnificent edifice he planned for the
new site. In his efforts he had the
loyal and effective support of his par
ishioners, and only three years after
the completion of the parochial hall
and temporary church, Mass was said
in the new' St. Paul’s, described else
where in this issue and erected at a
cost of $220,000.
It is probably that no parish of the
size of St. Paul's in the South has a
church W'hich surpasses this stately
edifice in size and beauty, and the
erection of the church is indicatory
of the character and zeal of its pas
tor. Father Mullally faces big tasks
W'ith courage and enthusiasm and
with the ability to perform them that
surpasses even his courage and en
thusiasm. The erection of St. Paul’s
Church is but a reflection of his
work in the spiritual field; it is but
one of many evidences of the progress
of the parish under his direction,
and although the most conspicuous
is perhaps not the most conclusive.
Despite his numerous duties as pas
tor, Father Mullally finds time to
devote to the civic upbuilding of
Daytona Beach. He is a member of
the Rotary Club and of other organi
zations and there is no one in Day
tona Beach held in higher esteem by
all classes of citizens than he. as the
felicitations which poured in on him
from all sides when the church was
completed indicated.
CARDINAL MUNDELEIN
0NCE GUEST 0F parish
Daytona Beach had the distinc
tion of entertaining Cardinal Munde-
lin of Chicago, and his party for an
extended stay three years ago. Car
dinal Mundelin was accompanied by
several prelates and priests from Chi
cago and Father Mullally looked after
the comfort of the Cardinal and hi#
party while they were here, guesia a4
a local tourist hotel.