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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 23, 1933
Bishop Walsh Announces Clergy
Changes in Charleston Diocese
Augusta K-C Radio
Programs Continue
Sunday Afternoon Broadcast
of Patrick Walsh Council
W
Now Regular WRDW
Feature
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Coleman Demp
sey, grand knight of Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus, under
whose direction half-hour programs
have been broadcast each Sunday af
ternoon for the past 35 weeks, over
Station WRDW in Augusta, has ar
ranged to continue this radio feature
indefinitely, and has programs outlin
ed through October.
Henry Heffernan, one of Augusta’s
most prominent young attorneys, is to
speak September 24, on “Catholics
and Higher Education”, Miss Ame
lia Sheftall. a student at the Medical
College of Georgia, sneaks on Octo
ber 1, “Madame Curie” being the sub
ject df her talk.
In connection with the observance
of Columbus Day a special program
is being prepared for October 8. State
Denuty Louis Kunze. of Columbus,
will be the speaker, and his address
will be anpropriate to the occasion.
Rev. Alfred M. Laube, S. M. A„
pastor of Immaculate Conceotion
Church will speak upon “The Rosa
ry” on October 15th. Other speak
ers during the month will be James
A. Young and Victor Markwalter.
Among those who will participate
in the musical features of coming pro
grams are Mrs. Worth Andrews, Mrs.
J, C. Demnsey, Miss Fanny Battey,
Miss Italia Punaro. Miss Theresa Pu-
naro. J. B. Mulherin, Miss Alice
Doyle. Jack Healey, Joseph Healey,
and the choirs of the four Catholic
churches in Augusta.
Speakers on recent programs in
cluded Rev. Leo M. Keenan, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Church, who spoke on
“Catholics and Education”: L. J. Hen-
rv, who spoke on “James Ryder Ran
dall”; C. C. Stulb, Jr„ who spoke on
“Catholics and Labor”, and Rev.
Thomas F. Maher. S. J.
The Knights of Columbus programs
are presented each Sunday afternoon
at half-past two, Eastern Standard
Time, and are among the most popu
lar offerings of the Augusta station.
WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY i s
being given by Catholic papers
throughout the countrv to an address
made by Rev. Harold Barr, of Augus
ta, over station WRDW. on a recent
radio program snonsored by Patrick
Walsh Council. Knights of Columbus.
Father Barr’s able address brought
out the striking parallels between the
provisions of the N. R. A. plan and
Papal Encyclicals.
DORN-OETJEN
The marriage of Miss Hazel Dorn
and Edward L. Oetjen was solemniz
ed August 26 in the Sacred eHart
Church, Rev. Michael Cronin, per
forming the ceremony and offering
the nuptial mass.
Mrs. Oetjen is the daughter of Mr.
J. A. Dorn, and for the past several
years taught in the public schools of
Augusta. The groom holds a posi
tion with the general offices of the
Georgia Railroad.
KEV. SEBASTIAN DORIS, O. S.
B., who has been visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Doris, in Augusta,
has returned to Belmont Abbey,
where he will be instructor in lan
guages, teaching German, English
and Latin.
GERALD ARMSTRONG, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Armstrong, has en-
terer the novitiate of the Society of
Jesus, at Grande Coteau, Louisiana.
BUTLER MULHERIN, 27 yea* old
son of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Mulherin,
of Augusta, who died suddenly while
in an automobile near Sasakwa, Okla
homa, was buried in Augusta on Sep
tember 12.
Funeral services were held from
St. Marv’s-on-tha-Hill, Rt. Rev. Mon
signor James A. Kane, officiating.
Mr. Mulherin, who was well known
and admired in the social ahd busi
ness life of Augusta, is survived uy
his parents, and three brothers. Dr.
Philip Mulherin, of St. Louis; Dr.
Charles Mulherin, of Augusta; and W.
A. Mulherin, Jr., of Augusta.
MRS. MARY HILLIARD SHEA-
IIAN. died at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. T. M. O’Connell, in
this city, on September 1st, after an
illness of one month.
Funeral services were held from St.
Patrick’s Church, Rev. Jeremiah
O’Hara, officiating.
Mrs. Sheahan, a native Augustan,
was the widow of Daniel J. Sheahan,
and is survived by her daughter, and
three sons. J. J. Sheehan, R. H. Shea
han, and D. J. Sheahan, all of Augus
ta.
CHILDREN AID NEEDY
Louisville Parochial School Pupils
Canvass for Supplies
(By N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
LOUISVILLE. — Fifteen thousand
Catholic students of Louisville and
Jefferson counties have just completed
a campaign in which every Catholic
home was visited and clothing and
household articles collected for the
relief of needy families.
The campaign was launched when
a letter to the clergy from the Most
Rev. John A. Flcersh was read in all
churches of the diocese, asking the
faithful to aid in the campaign of
charity. Members of the Holy Name
Society and the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul participated.
REV. CHAS. DUBOIS WOOD
TO BECOME MONSIGNOR
South Carolina Priest, Now
on Leave, Is Named Domes
tic Prelate
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — Announcement
has been made through the Apostolic
Delegation here that the Rev. Charles
Dubois Wood, a priest of the Diocese
of Charleston and a prominent bene
factor of the Catholic University of
America, has been raised to the dig
nity of a Domestic Prelate.
Monsignor Wood comes from a dis
tinguished family, and for many years
did missionary and pastoral work in
South Carolina. For a number of
years he has been actively interested
in the promotion of the Catholic
University of America, where his
investiture will probably take place
in October, according to Bishop-elect
James H. Ryan. Rector of the Uni
versity.
For some time Monsignor Wood has
been absent with permission from the
Charleston Diocese, being on duty in
the Archdiocese of New York, at
Middletown.
Florida Abbot in
Automobile Wreck
Abbot Francis, 0. S. B., In
jured When Car Overturns.
St. Leo’s Prep Enrollment
Increased
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAINT LEO, Fla. — Abbot Francis,
O. S. B., of St. Leo Abbey, was se
riously injured on Sufiday, September
3, when his automobile over turned
on the highway near Lakeland. He
suffered severe bruises, several pain
ful cuts, and internal injury. Rush
ed to Lakeland Hospital, he was in a
serious condition for weeks, but is
now on the road to recovery.
Many new students were added to
the roll of St. Leo Prep upon the
commencement of the new term.
Classes are now being conducted reg
ularly under the faculty which con
sists of 14 members of the Benedic
tine Order.
Father Marion has been named ath
letic director, Father Maurus. profes
sor of commercial subjects, and direc
tor of glee club and choir, will also
act as dramatic director, Father James
has been appointed Prefect of Disci
pline. and Frater Edward Martineau
will be faculty advisor of the school
paper.
Columbia N. C. C.W.
Meets in Springfield
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPRINGFIELD, S. C.—St. Theresa’s
Altar Society was hostess to the
quarterly meeting of the Columbia
Deanery Council of Catholic Women,
Tuesday, August 29.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Miss Eleanor Cant
well, Columbia. S. C., and opened
with prayer by Very Rev. T. A. Cro
nin. C. S. S. R., Orangeburg, S. C.,
and the minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Rev. Thomas A. Cronin, C. S. S. R.,
Orangeburg, gave a very instructive
discourse on the Sign of the Cross.
Mrs. T. W. Reynolds. Diocesan Pres
ident, and Mrs. W. McC, Williman.
Corresponding Secretary, both of
Charleston, S. C., addressed the ladies
and encouraged them in their work.
A social hour was enjoyed by the
forty-eight members and several
guests. The following affiliated or
ganizations were represented: Altar
Society. Blackville, S. C.. St. Theresa’s
Altar Society. Springeld, S. C., Holy
Trinity Altar Society, Orangeburg, S.
C. , Catholic Women's Club, Sumter,
S. C., Sodality of Sit. Francis de
Sales. St. Peter's P.-T. A., St. Peter’s
Aid Society, and the council of Cath
olic Women, all of Columbia, S. C.
The following guests, were present:
Very Rev. M. C. Murphy and Rev.
A. W. Calner, Columbia, S. C., Very
Rev. J. D. Quinn, Sumter, S. .. Rev.
Thomas A. Cronin, C. S. S. R.,
Orangeburg, S. C-, Ur- Paul A. Phil
lips, Springfield. S. C.. Mrs. T. W.
Reynolds and Mrs. W. McC Williams,
Charleston, and Mrs. H. H. Forck, Co
lumbia, S. C.
The meeting was closed with the
Benediction given by Very Rev. J.
D. Quinn. Sumter, S. C.
Very Rev. M. C. Murphy remem
bered the members of the Deanery
who are ill by asking God’s blessing
upen them.
Retreat for Priests
of Savannah Diocese
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH — Priests of the dio
cese of Savannah will assemble at
Hotel Tybee, Tybec, on the evening
of Monday, Sept. 25, for the purpose
of attending a Retreat, which will be
concluded the following Friday mom-
‘ ir.g.
Very Rev.J.J. Hughes Named
Pastor Emeritus—Rev.J.L.
Manning Appointed Chan
cellor — Three Newly Or
dained Priests Receive As
signments
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Fourteen
priests serving in South Carolina are
effected by new assignments an
nounced by Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston.
Very Rev. John J. Hughes, pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church, Charles
ton. who has completed 34 years of
active service, retires as rector, hav
ing been designated pastor emeritus
of the congregation.
The retirement of Father Hughes
will conclude the active career of
the priest who established the Sacred
Heart parish, and rendered ether
constructive service to the diocese.
The Sacred Heart Church and rec
tory were built under his direction
and dedicated in 1921. Several years
ago he started the Sacred Heart par
ochial school.
Father Hughes was ordained by the
late Rt. Rev. Henry P. Northrup, in
1899, arid was engaged for a number
of years in missionary endeavor
throughout the state. He built
churches at -Walterboro, Yonges Isl
and, and the rectory at Summerville.
He came to Charleston in 1918. being
assigned at that time to Holy Rosary
Church.
Succeeding Father Hughes as pas
tor of the Church of the Sacred
Heart, is Rev. Henry F. Wolfe, chan
cellor of the diocese for the past
four years, and formerly assistant
rector of the Cathedral.
Chancellor Appointed
Rev. Dr. John L. Manning, who
has been assistant rector of St. Pat
rick’s Church, has been appointed
Chancellor, and will assume the duty
of assistant rector of the Cathedral.
Dther assignments announced" by
Bishop Walsh include the transfer
of Rev. W. G. Mulvihill from the
Church of the Sacred Heart to Flor
ence, where he will be assistant pas
tor of St. Anthony’s.
Rev. John P. Clancy will be Father
Mulvihill’s successor as assistant at
the Sacred Heart, as well as a pro-
fessor at Bishop England High
School.
Rev. Charles de Vineau will suc
ceed Doctor Manning as assistant at
St. Patrick’s, and will continue as a
member of the faculty of Bishop
England High School.
Rev. John J. McCarthy has been
named vice-chancellor, and will con
tinue as assistant at the Cathedral.
Rev. Francis O. Ferri has been
added to the teaching staff of the
Bishop England High School, and
will be assistant at St. Mary’s in
Charleston. ,
Rev. Christopher O’Sullivan, of St.
Joseph’s Church, Anderson, comes to
Charleston as an assistant at St.
Patrick’s.
Father McGrath Returns
Rev. T. J. McGrath, who has been
absent on leave because ofa lengthy
illness, returns to Charleston as as
sistant at St. Joseph’s.
Rev. James J. Guinea, recenty or
dained, succeeds Father O'Sullivan
as assistant in Anderson.
Rev. Albert McEvoy, priest in
charge at Beaufort and Parris Isl
and, has been transferred to St. Wil
liams’ Church, Mine Creek.
Rev. Albert Kamler, who has been
stationed at Mine Creek, has been
appointed pastor of St. Peters
Church, Beaufort. Included in this
charge is the Marine Barracks at
Parris Island, and missions at Cath
olic Cross Roads, Walterboro, Har-
deeville, and St. Andrew s Church,
near Bluffton.
Rev. Anthony Plikunas, newly or
dained, will be Father Kamler's as
sistant at Beaufort.
All of these changes will become
effective by the first of October.
SEVERE STORM SPARES
CHURCHES IN KEY WEST
(Special to The Bulletin)
KEY WEST, Fla.—No damage was
inflicted upon Catholic churches,
schools, or convents in Key West by
the recent tropical storm which swept
over Florida.
Rev. William J. Power, S. J., has as
sumed the duty of assistant pastor at
St. Mary’s Church, in Key West, and
Rev. F. X. Dougherty, former vice
president of Spring Hill, and athletic
director, has been appointed super
visor of St. Joseph’s School, here.
Rev. P. P. O’Sullivan, formerly as
sistant pastor of Gesu Church, Mi
ami, has returned to that post under
a recent assignment.
Rev. F. X .Dougherty delivered a
lecture, “The Negro Challenges So
cialism”, before St. Joseph’s Society
(colored) in their hall. A large crowd,
many of whom were non-Catholics,
including a Methodist minister, at
tended.
The three Catholic schools of Key
West opened with as many, if not
more, pupils than in 1932. Sister
John of the Eucharist is now Supe
rioress of the Convent of the Holy
Name.
Honored by National
Guard of Florida
Major John 0. McNamara,
Former Georgian, Presented
With Silver Service
(Special to The Bulletin.)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Major John O.
McNamara, formerly of Savannah,
aide to the Adjutant General of the
State of Florida, was presented with
a silver service by the 265th Regiment,
National Guard of Florida, his old
command.
The presentation was made during
the recent summer encampment at
Key West, by Governor Scholtz, as
sisted by Senator Duncan E. Fletcher,
Secretary of State Robert Gray, Ad
jutant General Vivian Collins, and of
ficers and men of the regiment.
This is the first instance when such
an honor has been accorded any of
ficer of the National Guard of the
state.
Major McNamara is the son of
Alderman and Mrs. R. J. McNamara,
of Savannah, and at present is a resi
dent of St. Augustine, where the state
arsenal is located.
Editorial comment in the Daytona
Beach News complimented Major Mc
Namara highly.
SISTERS OF MERCY
GO TO GREENVILLE
Replacing Ursuline Nuns at
Sacred Heart Convent
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Entering
upon another scholastic year with
the largest number of pupils since its
foundation in attendance, St. Mary’s
School, in this city, is now in charge
of Sisters of the Order of Our Lady
of Mercy, of Charleston.
Since its establishment many years
ago this school has been conducted
by the Ursuline Nuns. It was found
necessary by the Mother Provincial
of the Order to recall to New Ro
chelle the Sisters who have been
serving in Greenville, and Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of Charles
ton, has arranged to replace the
teaching staff of UrSuline Nuns with
Sisters of Mercy.
Of the seven Sisters of Mercy who
come to Greenville, four have re
ceived academic degres, and all are
qualified teachers. The order to
which they belong was established
by Bishop England, and for a century
as contributed to the cause of edu
cation in the Diocese* of Charleston.
The necessity which occasions the
departure of the Uruslines from
Greenville is profoundly regretted,
for during the years that the Convent
of St. Mary’s School has been under
their charge, they have accomplish
ed noble work, and the nuns, par
ticularly Mother Patricia, who has
been stationed in Greenville through
out the entire time, have won the
respect and affection not only of the
congregation of St. Mary’s Church,
but of the citizens of Greenville of
all creds.
North Carolina Nun
Is Fatally Injured
Broken-Neck Received in
Fall Causes Death of
Mother Walburg, Belmont
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C. — Mother M.
Walburg Small, for years burser of
the Sisters of Mercy, Belmont, died
August 31, following a fall which re
sulted in a fractured skull and
broken neck.
Formerly Miss Margaret Small, of
Boston, she was a graduate of Mt. St.
Joseph’s Academy, and a member of
the community for nearly fifty years.
Following a solemn mass of
requiem, at which Rev. Alphonse
Buss, O. S. B., was celebrant, and
absolution pronounced by Right Rev.
Vincent Taylor, D. D., of Belmont
Abbey, in the convent chapel, inter
ment was in the monastic cemetery.
New Catholic Church
for Town in Florida
(Special to The Bulletin)
PAHOKEE, FLORIDA — Construc
tion of St. Mary’s Catholic Church
here is nearing completion.
The new edifice, which will serve
the Catholics of this section, will ac
commodate a congregation of over a
hundred, and stucco is being used
as interior and exterior finish. The
structure has a vaulted ceiling, will
be surmounted by a spire, and art
glass Gothic windows will be in
stalled.
Rev. Francis J. Finnegan, who has
been serving congregations at Clewis-
ton and at Canal Point, will be pastor
of the new church. Father Finnegan
led in the effort to have the church
at Pahokee erected, as he did in the
building of the church and rectory at
Clewiston.
Spring Hill Alumni
Assemble in Macon
Football Game Between
Spring Hill and Mercer Oc
casion of Reunion
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON. — An invitation is ex
tended to all former studfents of
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala., re
siding in Georgia, to gather in Ma
con on September 23, for a reunion.
The occasion will be the inaugura
tion of the 1933 football season,
Spring Hill being scheduled for a
game with Mercer.
DAUGHTRY-SULLIVAN
The mariage of Miss Ruth Daugh
try, daughter of Mr. Elerbee Daugh
try, of Portal, and William Patrick
Sullivan, son of Mrs. Margaret Sul
livan, of Macon, was solemnized at
St. Joseph’s Rectory, September 2,
Rev. Felix Clarkson, S. J., officiating.
GREENE-JONES
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Greene, daughter of Mrs. Mamie
Greene, and Mr. James LaVert
Jones, was performed by Rev. Felix
Clarkson, S. J., on Sunday, Septem
ber 10, at the rectory of St. Joseph’s
Church.
After a trip through North Caro
lina mountains, the young couple
will return to Macon where Mr.
Jones is associated with the Sparks
Motor Company.
JOYNER-MUELLER—Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Joyner, of Macon, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Marjorie,
to Mr. Herman Mueller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curt Mueller.
The marriage was performed in
Aiken, South Carolina, September 2,
by Rev. George Dietz, at St. Mary’s
Church.
MISS ANNE MACARIUS HUTH-
NANCE, daughter of Mrs. Frank A.
Huthnance, and the late Mr. Huth-
nance, passed away early in Septem
ber at an Atlanta infirmary where
she had been taken for surgical treat
ment.
Funeral services were held from
St. Joseph’s Church, Macon, of
which parish she had been a member
during the 29 years of her life.
JOSEPH BIRRICH, who died in
Macon on September 17, was buried
from St. Joseph’s Church, Rev. Wil
liam Reagan, S. J., officiating.
Mr. Birrich, a native of Syria, has
been engaged in the mercantile busi
ness in Macon since 1907. Recently
retired, he was visiting in Pittsburgh
at the time of his death.
K. of C. Troop in
Macon Wins Honors
Finishes First in Efficiency
Contest Twice in Succession
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—Troop Six, Boy
Scouts of America, sponsored by the
Knights of Columbus, won the ef
ficiency contest for the third quarter,
with a score of 98 for its var : c-’S
activities, it was announced recently
by V. Carr Sullivan, Scout executive,
The troop also won the award for
the previous quarter. Theo J. Volk is
scoutmaster, and the troop under his
direction is one of the finest in the
Macon Area of the Scouts.
CHURCH’S DESTRUCTION
AIM OF SOCIALISTS
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work and the state will aid them on
ly if they care to renounce their
views. . . .
In the first flush of republican
victory, the people of Spain marched
to the polls and voted for a coalition
of Republican-Socialist government
which they knew would vote the
separation of church and state. But
a large percentage of them did not
vote for a lay state built on the law
of reason in which physical welfare
was to be more important than spir
itual, in which so-called practical
morals were to supplant accepted
ones. These people were astonished,
indignant and rather frightened at
the cold lay spirit of the new regime.
There is another factor. It is the
power of the Socialist unions, which
number 1.000,000 men in this nation
of 23,000,000. Although some of their
leaders, such as Ferando de los
Rios, Minuister of State, assert that
they merely wish to limit the power
of the church, making it purely a
religious institution, it is obvious that
their own conception of the state
clashes with that of the church and
their newspaper, El Socialista, rei
terates from time to time, “The
church must be destroyed.”
During the first months of the re
public, the church burnings, carried
out by about 3,000 organized young
sters, occurred. They drove home
the fact that there is an element
quite willing to use the flame, and
that particularly in a government
in which the Socialists dominate, the
church cannot even count on police
protection.
While radicals and Socialists are
hurrying to complete the foundation
of the kind of nation they desire, it
appears that they are a good deal
more worried about the church’s
winning ultimately than the church
is about their getting a permanent
hold. But one thing the church will
i fight for—its right to teach youth.