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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 5, 1933
GAMP ST. MARY ENDS
ITS FIFTH SEASON
Bishop Walsh Officiates at
Closing of Splendid Vaca
tion School Session
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Camp St.
Mary, conducted under the auspices
of the Diocese of Charleston and
under the direction of the Rev. H
F. Wolfe, chancellor of the diocese,
completed its fifth session on Sun
day. July 23. The camp is located
at Guerard’s Point, Bluffton, on the
planation of Mr. William Pinckney,
whose devotion to the cause of reli
gion has made possible its erection
and maintenance, and whose kindly
personality has added considerably to
the hospitable atmosphere of Camp
St. Mary.
The session started on Sunday, July
2, at the ten o’clock Mass. In the
first address to the pupils, Father
Wolfe stated the purpose of Camp
St. Mary, namely, to furnish con
centrated religious instruction for the
mission children of lower Carolina
who during the year are deprived of
this benefit of parochial life. Ke add
ed that with this in view every de
partment of camp life would be sub
ordinated to this aim.
The statf included three Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy of the Charleston
Diocese, four seminarians, a doctor,
two nurses and a large and efficient
corps of lay assistants. In addition to
the usual departments, a department
caring for camp recreation was organ
ized and a complete schedule out
lined Registration exceeded con
siderably that of preceding years, the
total enrollment being approximately
140.
A new feature of this year's morn
ing program was the spiritual read
ing given by Father Wolfe each morn
ing after Mass. Explanations follow
ing the reading made this devotional
exercise most instructive and enlight
ening. The text chosen was the Life
of Francis Cullinan, S. J. Among
other spiritual advantages were the
daily recitation of the Rosary, Bene
diction and instructions by the
reverend director of the camp. These
instructions cetnered on the Mass and
were illustrated by the moving pic
ture of the Mass.
Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell Is
Twenty-Five Years Ordained
Vicar-General of Diocese
Has Also Been Quarter of a
Century in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin.)
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Church, and vicar-gen
eral of the Diocese of Savannah, is
observing -a double silver jubilee,
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
ordination, which took place June
21, 1908, and the completion of a
quarter of a century of service in
the City of Savannah. Respecting
Monsignor Mitchell’s wishes, there
was no formal observance of his
silver jubilee as a priest, and the ob
servance of his twenty-fifth anniver
sary in Savannah was marked only
in an informal manner, the Most
Rev. Mitchell J. Keyes, D.D., Bishop
of Savannah, and the clergy of the
city observing it with Monsignor
Mitchell, the laity also presenting
their felicitations.
Monsignor Mitchell was born in
Columbus, Ga., December 23. 1880,
and educated in the local schools and
the high school there, graduating in
1896. The following year he took a
post-graduate course in the high
school, and after three years with
Columbus business houses, he went
to New York where he was engaged
in similar work. He then became
connected with the Hearst news
papers in the real estate department
and general reporting.
In the meantime Monsignor Mit
chell had become a Catholic, and re
sponding to the call to devote his
life to the service of God at the altar,
he entered St. Joseph’s Seminary,
Dunwoodie, N. Y., in November, 1904.
Four years later, June 21, 1908, he
was ordained a priest for the Diocese
of Savannah by the Rt. Rev. Ben
jamin J. Keiley, D,D., Bishop of Sa
vannah. After a month at the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion. Atlanta, Father Mitchell came
to the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Savannah, and he has been in
Savannah constantly since.
Classes were held five days a week
from nine to one, with the exception
of a short rest period just before noon.
The outline of studies suggested in
the Vacation School Manual for 1933
as used as far as possible. The sched
ule included Catechism, Prayers,
Liturgy, Instruction on the Mass,
Church Music and Church History.
The classes in Church History was
given daily by Father Wolfe from 12
to 12:45 and was attended by all
senior pupils and many staff mem
bers. One hour each afternoon was
devoted to study and Saturday morn
ing was given over to weekly reviews
in each subject.
Camp recreation included initiations
to camp societies, supervised dancing,
baseball games, daily swims, song
fests, moving pictures and campfire
A special feature of this year’s pro
gram was the camp movie, a serial
showing preparations for Camp St.
Mary, the arrival of the director, staff
and pupils and various stages of camp
work to the last event of importance.
No event of the week was more
eagerly anticipated or more heartily
enjoyed. Dr. Scharlock, the camp
physician, was instrumental in organ
izing the Camp St. Mary Stamp Club.
He outlined a program for next year
and announced prizes for best stamp
collections before the next session.
Closing exercises began on Friday,
July 21, with the Mardi Gras Carnival,
and continued through Saturday and
Sunday. The main event of Satur
day was the singing of the Missa de
Angelis, a High Mass prepared for
during three weeks of intensive work.
Field Day events followed on Satur
day afternoon and the closing exer
cises of Camp School took place in
the evening. On this occasion Father
Wolfe explained the plan of selecting
new junior staff members from the
student body and announced that
the choices for 1934 were: Miss Vir
ginia Mixson, of Yonges Island; Miss
Geraldine Lowman .of Orangeburg;
Miss Georgia Anna Folse, of Holly
Hill; Hayes Patterson of Hardeeville;
William Cunningham, of Williston
and Jack Boulware, of Bluffton.
The Sunday schedule began with
Bishop Walsh’s Mass, at which a
large class of children received their
first Holy Communion. The closing
Mass at 10:30, said by Father George
Jit Dietz, of Aiken, was attended by
numerous friends from Savannah.
Charleston and the various missions
of Lower Carolina. On this occasion
Bishop Walsh gave a brief history of
Camp St. Mary from its inception
five years ago. Reviewing the in
conveniences and deprivation to
which the director, staff and people
of the colony had been subjected in
order to establish and support the
Camp in the days of its infancy, he
noted the improvements of each year
and the development to the present
efficient organization. In closing, he
stated that Camp St. Mary, now a
permanent diocesan institution, had
served as the inspiration and model
for other Religious Vacation Camps
being organized in other sections of
South Carolina and elsewhere.
Monsignor Mitchell served as as
sistant at the Cathedral, secretary to
Bishop Keiley, chancellor of the
Diocese, rector of the Cathedral and
vicar-general of the Diocese, and
when Bishop Keiley resigned in 1922,
the then Father Mitchell was ap
pointed administrator of the Diocese.
He succeeded Father Emmett M.
Walsh, now Bishop of Charleston, as
pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, and
in April. 1932, he, with the Rev.
James A. Kane, Augusta, and the
MONSIGNOR MITCHELL
Rev.. Jos. F. Croke, Savannah, was
invested as a member of the Papal
Household with the rank of Mon
signor .
Monsignor Mitchell was active
years ago in cooperating with a
group of laymen, headed by Capt.
P. H. Rice, K.C.S.G., then state de
puty of the Knights of Columbus, in
distributing literature among non-
Catholics in Georgia, and this was
the first stirring of the movement
which resulted in the formation of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia. He has been active in the
missions around Savannah, particu
larly at Rocky Ford and at Port
Wentworth.
Monsignor Mitchell is regarded as
one of the leading authorities on the
history of Savannah, and as perhaps
the leading authority on the early
Catholic history of the Diocese, his
articles on the subject being es
teemed as the standard in this field.
For his work on Pulaski and his
part in the Pulaski observance a
few years ago he was honored by
the Polish government. He has
served on several important public
commissions. particularly in con
nection with his historical observ
ances, the most recent instant being
in connection with the Savannah bi
centennial program. He is chaplain
of the Francis Bartow Camp, Sons of
Confederate Veterans, a loyal Geor
gian, an ardent American, beloved
by all who know him, Catholic and
non-Catholic. and, first and foremost,
a priest of God.
12 th Annual Retreat
This Week at Macon
Mt. de Sales Host to Women
Rotreatants There
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—The twelfth annual
retreat for women at Mt. de Sales
Academy here opened Tuesday
night of this week, and will close
Friday morning. The advance reg
istration was most encouraging and
it is anticipated that this will be one
of the most successful retreats of
the series which stated in 1922. The
retreatants are guests of the Sisters
of Mercy. Rev. O. M. Poche, S. J„ is
retrea (master.
Y.G.
Miss Mary L. Brosnan Re
tires After Several Success
ful Terms of Office
(Special to The Bulletin)
ALBANY. Ga.—Mrs. Y. G. Hils-
man, one of the most active members
of the Albany branch of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia, was
elected president of the local associa
tion at the annual meeting held here
July 23. Mrs. Hilsman succeeds Miss
Mary L. Brosnan, who has been
president for several terms and under
whose- direction the Albany branch
has made one of the finest compara
tive records of Georgia. Miss Bros
nan remains as chairman of the wo
men’s executive committee.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing included Garrett Fleming, vice-
president; Miss Mary Mock, secre
tary; William J. Rakel, treasurer.
Executive committee: Men, R. E- Mc
Cormack, chairman, N. F. Dugan,
Fred Wiggins, H. F. Davis; women,
Miss Mary L. Brosnan, chairman, Mrs.
James L. Bacon. Mrs. R. E. McCor
mack, Mrs. G. A. Hernandez.
Miss Julia O*Connell
Dies in S. Carolina
Sister of Archbishop O’Con
nell Member of Distinguish
ed Pioneer Family
(Special to The Bulletin)
FORT MILL, S. C. — Mi- Julia
O’Connell, the last save one of the
famous O’Connell family of this city,
and a sister of the late Most Rev.
Dennis J. O’Connell. D. D„ Bishop
at Richmond, and titular Archbishop
died here recently, at the age of 80.
Miss O'Connell was born in Ire
land September 22, 1852. When she
was three months old the family
moved to Columbia, where it re
mained through the War Between
the States, coming to Fort Mill in
May, 1866. The family lived here
since, and it was from here that her
brother went forth for his studies for
the priesthood and a career which
was was to make him rector of the
Catholic University of America, aux
iliary Bishop of San Francisco. Bishop
of Richmond and titular Archbishop.
The famous Fathers O’Connell of the
Carolinas, one of whom wrote “The
Catholic Church in the Carolinas and
Georgia,” were her uncles.
Surviving Miss O’Connell is Miss
Mary O'Connell, her sister, the last
of her and Archbishop O’Connell’s
generation of the family; a nephew,
Charles O'Connell, Philadelphia, and
a niece, Mrs. W. J. Hickey, Washing
ton, D. C.
The Rev. Alphonse Shelby, S. J.,
pastor of St. Anne’s Church, Rock
Hill, of which Fort Mill is a mission,
officiated at the Requiem Mass at
the funeral, assisted by the clergy of
Columbia, and the Very Rev. J. D.
Quinn, pastor of St. Anne’s Church,
Sumter. Interment was in the family
plot in Columbia.
Mrs. Ellen Norton,
Tampa, Dies at 86
Funeral of Former Savan-
nahian at Cathedral
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The funeral of
Mrs. Ellen Norton widow of John W.
Norton, and a widely known member
of Cathedral parish, was held from
the Cathedral July 28, the Very Rev.
Msgr. Jos. F. Croke, rector, officiat
ing. Interment was in Cathedral Cem
etery.
Mrs. Norton was born in Dublin,
Ireland, 86 years ago, and had lived
in Savannah nearly all her life. Two
years ago she went to Tampa to make
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Louis F. Saverese, and it was in Tam
pa that death came to her. Surviv
ing in addition to Mrs. Saverese are
three other daughters, Mrs. Stephen
Leonard, Savannah, Mrs. Frank
Wamsley, Colorado Springs. Colo.
Mrs. Slater Call. Scranton, Pa., and
two sons, John W. Norton, New Or
leans, and Harry J. Norton, Savan
nah. 4
The meeting Was held in the rectory
of St- Theresa’s Church and the Al
bany branch has arranged, with the
hearty approval and wholehearted
cooperation of the Rev. Thos. A.
Brennan, pastor, to conduct the an
nual campaign for members Sunday.
The spirit existing in Albany is one
of the finest to be found anywhere;
although Catholics are comparatively
few and this is a center of a mission
territory twice as ; large as the en
tire state of Massachusetts, with per
haps less than a thousand Catholics
sprinkled through it, in the tour
through it arranged by Father Bren
nan for David Goldstein and Theo
dore Dorsey last spring they received
a reception equal in cordiality to any
(hey were accorded in any part of the
United States. The manner in which
the Layman’s Association is and has
been supported in Albany, is an indi
cation of the support given all Catho
lic activities, and the splendid Catho
lic spirit prompting it does much to
explain the situation here, a spirit
which brings a gratifying reaction
from the noh-Catholics of the sec
tion.
ROME, GA., MAN GETS
MEDAL FROM OLD ROME
Louis Maloof Receives It for
Poem on Holy Father
ROME. Ga. — From Rome of the
seven hills to Rome in the hills of
North Georgia has come a medal from
the Holy Father to Louis Maloof in
recognition of a poem. “The Bishop
of Rome”, Mr. Maloof sept to the
Vatican some time ago. The Rome
News-Tribune reports that the poem
was sung by the choir at St. Mary’s
Church here some time ago.
MRS. ANNIE R. OWENS, former Sa-
vannahian who had made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Thorne,
in Charleston for the past few years,
died there late in July; the funeral
was held from Sacred Heart Church
there with interment in St. Lawrence
Cemtery. Mrs. Owens was 68 years
old and is survived by her daughter
and five grandchildren.
MRS. JULIA DWAN, widow ot
John J. Dwan. a member of Cathedral
parish died July 23 at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Walls. The
funeral was held from the Cathedral
with a Requiem Mass, with inter
ment in Cathedral Cemetery,
MISS MARY AMBROSE IS
U. D. C. PRIZE WINNER
First in Sacred Heart Junior
High Essay Contest
ATLANTA, Ga.—Among the many
honors which have come to students
of Sacred Heart School was that of the
gold medal presented by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in the
essav contest in junior high, and won
by Miss Mary. Ambrose. Miss Am
brose is the daughtei of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Ambrose, and four years ago.
when but ten years of age, she had
the honor of having verses of hers
1 published in the Atlanta Constitution.
Miss Lena Hanlon of
Atlanta Parish Dies
Father Hanlon Officiates at
Funeral Mass for His Sister
FR. WILLIAM POWER
60 YEARS A JESUIT
Former Superior of Jesuit
Fathers in South Observes.
Jubilee at Key West
(Special to The Bulletin)
KEY WEST, Fla.—The Rev. Wil
liam Power, S. J., former superior of
the Jesuit Fathers in the South and
one of the best known members of
the order in the United States ob- '!
served his diamond jubilee as a Jesuit
at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Church:
here July 22, and the observance was)
at the urgent request of Father
Power, made as simple as possible,;
Father Power said the jubilee Mass®
and at the community dinner the day:
following Mayor Malone of Key West:
who lives opposite the church, wri
the only guest.
Father Power was born in Dublin
in 1855, and entered the Society of•],
Jesus at Grand Coteau, La., July 22, ;,
1873, 60 years ago. Immediately after)
his ordination about 13 years later, 1
he gave the Lenten series at the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion, New Orleans, starting a careery
as a pulpit orator and missionary dis- V
tinctive even among the Jesuit Fath
ers. He was superior of the Jesuit
Fathers of the South from 1897 to)
1S05, continuing his work as mis-i ,
sionary and retreatmaster in every*
part of the country after his terms!
as superior were finished.
Immediately after the war Fr. Pow-M
er spent several years as visitor for!
the Jesuit Fathers in Canada, Ire-' *
land,: Belgium and Australia, and in -v
Australia he and Father Albert Pow-’ '
er, S. J., delivered a series of lecjM
tures which have become famous;
throughout the English - speaking
world, and widely published. He has-'
served on the faculty of Loyola Uni-_.
versity. New Orleans, and in recent’'
years has been stationed in Florida i’
Father Power’s eloquence, learning
and ability are exceeded only by hia
humility; had he had his own way
completely, his Diamond Jubilee
would have passed without notice ani •
especially without publicity. -
BISHOP TOOLEN IS §
SPEAKER IN OMAHA
h
Addresses Vincentian Quar<
terly Meeting There
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Miss Lena Han
lon, sister of the Rev. William Han
lon, S. M. of the Marist Fathers, and
widely known in Atlanta, died here
July 16 after an illness of several
weeks. Miss Hanlon was a member of
Sacred Heart Church from which her
funeral was held with a Solemn High
Mass of Requiem at which Father
Hanlon, who is stationed in Pennsyl
vania, was celebrant, with the clergy
of the parish and city assisting. In
terment was in Oakland Cemetery.
Surviving Miss Hanlon in addition
to Father Hanlon are three other
brothers, R- T. and J. W. Hanlon, At
lanta, and Joseph Hanlon in Ireland;
and four sisters, Mrs. J. L. Brown and
Mrs. J. E. Connors. Atlanta, Mrs.
Hugh Councel. Washington, D. C., and
Mrs. A. J. McDevitt, Atlanta.
MRS. WILLIAM H. WALL OF
ATLANTA PARISH DIES
Mrs. William H. Wall a well known
member of Sacred Heart parish, died
here recently at the age of 67 after
an illness of several weeks. Surviv
ing Mrs. Wall are two sisters. Mrs-
Charles Austin, Waverly, N. Y„ and’
Mrs. Henry Bishop, Port Angelis,
Wash., and a brother, Charles North-
rup, Sayre, Pa. The funeral was held
from Sacred Heart Church with a Re
quiem Mass; interment was in Green_
wood Cemetery.
RAYMOND T. DOYLE
DIES IN ATLANTA
The funeral of Raymond T. Doyle,
a member of St. Anthony’s Church,
was held from St, Anthony’s July 18
with a Requiem Mass, the Rev. H. F.
Clark, pastor officiating. Interment
was in West View Cemetery. Pall
bearers were Fred R. Jones, Thomas
Ray, T. D. Arrington, A B. Sheffield,
T. B. Mims and L. M. Boyd.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service) i
OMAHA, Neb. — The Most Rev.
Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile!
and his brother, the Rev. William
A. Toolen, pastor of St. Edward'S .
Church, Baltimore, Md., were guests
of honor at the annual quarterly
Communion Breakfast attended by
200 members of the Omaha Particular
Council of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, held here.
The Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummek
Bishop of Omaha, was celebrant of
the Mass and preached the sermon.!
Bishop Toolen, who was on his was.
to the Pacific Coast, stopped off in
Omaha between trains to celebrate
Mass at St. Peter's Church. Follow
ing the Mass, he went to the Com
munion Breakfast and was invited by
William P. Lynch, president of the
Omaha Patricular Council, to addreW
that body.
“I am glad to find the spirit of St.
Vinc.nt de Paul and Blessed Fred
erick Ozanam so vibrant in Omahi
today,” said Bishop Toolen. “There
is need for great charity in these dis
tressing times. You men who are
volunteering your time to this great
work of charity are surely to be
commended.”
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FR. BENEDICT NEW
ABBEY COLLEGE HEAD
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Father Cornelius Joins Bene
dictine School Faculty at
Savannah
BELMONT. N. C. — The Rev.
Benedict Rettger, O. S. B., has beeii
appointed rector of Belmont Abbey
College, Belmont, N. C., Rt. Rev.'
Vincent Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., pres-fct.*)"
ident, has announced. The Rev.
Cornelius Selhuber, O. S. B., the re---'''
tiring rector, becomes professor of
modern languages at the Benedictine
School, Savannah, Ga.
Father Benedict, the new rector, is
an experienced teacher and educa
tional executive. He is a Pennsyl-.
vanian, but has spent his years since
graduating from Abbey College ip
educational work in Carolina and
Virginia. He holds a graduate de- .
gree from Villanova. Chemistry and
mathematics are his specialities. For
eight years he was rector of the
Benedictine College, Richmond, Va.
Since 1930 he has been head of the
department of education at the Ab
bey. , . •
Father Cornelius is an educator of
note and under his rectorship Bel
mont Abbey College has made splen
did strides. He is no stranger to Sa
vannah, having been a member of
the faculty of Benedictine School on
a previous occasion.