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THE RTTT.r.KTTN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 18, 1933
CHARLESTON IS HOST
TO NEWMAN CLUBS
Michael Williams, Editor of
the Commonweal, Addresses
Provincial Convention
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Michael Wil
liams, editor of The Comonweal, and
one of America’s most distinguished
lay leaders, was the principal lay
speaker at the annual convention of
the Southeastern Province of the
Newman Clubs, held here November
4 and 5.
Kenneth Brastcd of the University
of Florida Newman Club was elected
chairman by the convention, Ben
Mattingly, Georgia School of Tech
nology, vice-chairman; George E.
Morris, College of Charleston, corres
ponding secretary; Miss Mqry Pick-
ney, University of South Carolina, re
cording secretary; John W. Meehan,
University of Georgia, publicity
chairman .and the Rev. James E.
King, chaplain of the University of
Georgia Newman Club, chaplain.
The province includes South Caro
lina, Florida, and Alabama, University
of Georgia, University of Florida,
Georgia Tech, Florida State College
for Women and the College of
Charleston.
Dr. Williams was introduced by the
Very Rev. James J. May. V. G., rector
of the Cathedral; his address was de
livered at a public meeting at the
Victory Theatre. Dr. Williams, who
has recently returned from an exten
sive tour of Europe, denounced the
“absolute state’’ and called on Catho
lics and all Christians to unite
against it; he particularly urged col
lege students and members of New
man Clubs to take an active part in
the battle against this expression of
paganism.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph L. O’Brien,
rector of Bishop England High School
and pastor of St Patrick’s Church,
delivered the principal address at the
convention banquet, at which M. A.
McLaughlin, Esq., was toastmaster.
The local Newman Club was host to
the convention, under the direction
of its officers, Bernard Ferri, presi
dent, and Miss Mary Cleary White
side vice-president. The Rev. James
E. King, provincial chaplain, was
celebrant of the convention Mass at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Mission Starts at
Savannah Cathedral
Father Harty and Father
McCreary Conducting It
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga—A two weeks’
mission started Sunday at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist, Very
Rev. Msgr. Joseph F. Croke, rector,
the first week being a mission for
women, followed by one for men.
The mission is being given by Jesuit
Fathers, the Rev. John M. McCreary,
S. J.. a native of Macon, and the Rev.
William J. Harty, Jr., S. J., a native
Savannarian, and former member of
Cathedral Parish.
BISHOP KEYES BLESSES
GRAVES AT CEMETERY
The Most Rev. Miohael J. Keyes,
D. D., Bishop of Savannah, officiated
at the blessing of the graves at Cath
olic Cemetery here the first Sunday
in November, an annual custom on
the Sunday following All Saints’ Day.
FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION
AT ST. BENEDICT’S
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos. D. Mitchell,
V. G, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church,
delivered the sermon at the Sunday
night services of the Forty Hours’
Devotion at St Benedict’s Church No
vember 5. and the Rev. Harold Barr
of the Cathedral delivered the sermon
Monday night. Bishop Keyes of
ficiated at the closing services, assist
ed by the clergy of the city.
CAPT. FLANNERY’S NAME
ON BICENTENNIAL ROLL
The name of the late Capt. John
Flannery, one of Savannah's most
distinguished citizens, and the father
of Mrs. Kate Flannery Semmes, will
be carved on the roll of honor of
the bicentennial of the founding of
the colony of Georgia. Captain Flan
nery, captain of the Irish Jasper
Greens during the War Between the
States, was bom in Ireland Novem
ber 24,. 1835, and died in Savannah
May 9, 1910.
COLUMBIA MEN ATTEND
COMMUNION BREAKFAST
Father Martin Murphy Spon
sors Shandon Program
Abbot Ambrose Blessed and
Installed at St. Bernard’s
MSGR. DENNEN RETIRES
AS VICAR-GENERAL
Father Freeman Succeeds
Him in Diocese of Raleigh
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Christopher Dennen, pastor
of St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Wil
mington, N. C., has asked to be
relieved of his duties as vicar-
general of the Diocese of Raleigh,
a post he has filled for a number
of years. The Most Rev. William
J. Hafey, D. D., Bishop of Ral
eigh, has granted his request, and
appointed the Very Rev. A. R.
Freeman, rector of the Cathedral
of the Sacred Heart here, vicar-
general, Father Freeman continu
ing also as chancellor of the dio-
father McDermott
IS DEAD IN MOBILE
Bishop Toolen, Bishop Gerow
at Funeral of Beloved Ala
bama Pastor
(Special to The Bulletin)
MOBILE, Ala. — The Rev. Joseph
McDermott, pastor of St. Vincent de
Paul Church, died suddenly Tues
day, October 24, in the church rec
tory. He was born about 66 years
ago, spending his youth and early
manhood in his native city, St.Johns,
New Brunswick, Canada. There, his
primary education was obtained,
while his collegiate and philosophy
courses were made at Mt. St. Mary’s
College and Seminary, Emmitsburg,
Md. He made his course in the-
logy at Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis,
Mo., and was there ordained.
Immediately after his ordination,
Father McDermott came to the Dio
cese of Mobile where he labored for
about 30 years until God called him
to his reward. For two years he was
an assistant to Rt. Rev. Msgr. Cor
nelius O’Callaghan, D. D., V. G., at
St. Vincent's, Mobile, and then went
to the missions. He became pastor
of St. Anne’s Church, at Decatur,
Ala., where for nine years, living in
the sacrisity of the church, he labor
ed with great success in that mission
outpost. Transferred to the Sacred
Heart Church, Pensacola, Fla., he re
mained there seven years until his
return to Mobile, where he became
pastor of St. Matthew’s Church, re
maining five years until his transfer
to St. Vincent’s, where, until the
time of his death, he had been pas
tor for six years. His entire priestly
life, about thirty years, was given
generously to the Diocese of Mobile.
It resulted in a fruitfulness which
only God can amply measure and
fittingly reward.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was
celebrated by the Most Rev. Thomas
J. Toolen, D. D., Bishop of Mobile.
The Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow, D.
D., Bishop of Natchez, was present in
the sanctuary together with many
priests from throughout the diocese.
The sermon was preached by Rev.
Emmett B. Kennedy, pastor of St.
Joan of Arc Church, Mobile. Inter
ment was in the priests’ lot of the
Catholic Cemetery. Mobile.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Members of
the Holy Name Society of St. Francis
de Sales Church received Holy Com
munion in a body last Sunday, the
Mass and Communion being followed
by a Communion breakfast in the
vestry rooms. The Very Rev. Mar
tin C. Murphy, pastor, sponsored the
breakfast, one of a series of parish
activities reflecting the splendid
spirit in the parish and the optimism
of Father Murphy and his parishon-
ers for the future of St. Francis de
Sales’ congregation.
ST. ANTHONY’S MARKS
ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
First Mass Said There in
1903 by Bishop Keiley
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—St. Anthony s
parish, the Rev. H. F. Clark, pastor,
rcccrtly observed the thirtieth anni
versary of its first Mass, which was
offered in the fall of 1903 by the then
BishoD Keiley, assisted by the Rev.
O. N. Jackson, first pastor, in the
rectory where two rooms had been
made into a chapel. . ,
There was no church in the parish
then; now there is a magnificent
church and Father Clark is finishing
a splendid school, indications of the
spiritual progress of the parish as
well as of its material development.
HIGH PRAISE FOR POEMS
OF KEY WEST AUTHOR
Miss Marie Cappick’s Work Appears
in Many Publications of Distinction
KEY WEST, Fla.—The Key West
Citizen recently devoted an extend
ed article to the poems of Miss Marie
Cappick, a member of the local
parish. Miss Cappick’s poems have
been praised by such eminent critics
as Lucia Trent and Ralph Cheyney
of Boston, George Allan England,
and have appeared in numerous
magazines, among them the Sentinel
of the Blessed Sacrament, Pen
Woman, Better Verse, Gulf Gleam,
Verse Craft of Emory University,
Atlanta, Tale Spins, Popular Poetry
Magazine, and others from Florida to
St. Paul and Boston.
Bishop Toolen Officiates,
Bishop Albers Preaches at
Alabama Ceremony
(Special to The Bulletin)
ST. BERNARD. Ala .-The Rt. Rev.
Ambrose Reger, O. S. B., D. D., was
solemnly blessed and installed as the
third Abbot of St. Bernard here on
the Feast of the Maternity of the
Blessed Virgin at Sacred Heart
Church, Cullman, the Most Rev.
Thomas J. Toolen, D. D., Bishop of
Mobile, officiating.
The sermon was delivered by the
ost Rev. Joseph Albers, D. D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, in
which archdioces Abbot Ambrose
has labored for over ten years be
fore his election as Abbot of St.
Bernard, of which abbey community
he was and is a member.
Abbot Ambrose was assisted at the
Mass by the Rt. Rev. Vincent Taylor,
O. S. B., D. D., Abbot-ordinary of
Belmont, N. C., and the Rt. Rev.
Alcuin Deutsch, O. S. B., Abbot of
St. John’s, Collegeville, Minn. Bishop
Toolen was assisted by the Rev.
Fathers Philip, Andrew, Stephen and
Fabian of St. Bernard Abbey. The
Very Rev. Father Benedict, O. S. B.,
notary, read the Papal Mandate.
Monastic life was the theme of the
sermon of Bishop Albers, the prim
ary end of a monastery being the
salvation of the souls of those dwell
ing therein, with the Abbot as “the
very heart of the organization, the
very pivot on which all movement
of the monastery would turn.”
Sister Mary Grace, O. S. B., was
organist and the Sister Anastasia,
O. S. B., had charge of the girls from
the Academy. The Rev. Fr. Sylvest
er, O. S. B., directed the combined
choirs.
Abbot Ambrose was born at Sau-
lorn, Bavaria, July 1, 1872, and re
ceived his early education in his na
tive and neighboring cities and at a
boarding school near Munich. He
entered the Benedictine order at St.
Bernard Abbey here, and made his
novitiate at Belmont Abbey, N. C., the
Very Rev. Bernard Seng, O. S. B., of
North Carolina and the Rev. Leo
Mayer, O. S. B., of Florida being his
companions. After his ordination he
served as a missionary in Alabama,
as pastor at Corbin, Ky., and then
as pasior at Ripley, O., where he was
located when elected to succeed the
late Rt. Rev. Bernard Menges, O. S.
B., D. D., who died June 5.
In addition to his work as mission
ary, pastor and educator, he dis
tinguished himself in the later ca
pacity by his work for Catholic
education at Corbin and Ripley, Ab
bott Ambrose is an author of note,
the various phases of Benedictine
activity being his special field.
BISHOP GEROW AND
MANY PRELATES PRESENT
Prelates present in addition to
those already named include the
Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow, D. D.,
Bishop of Natchez, Abbot Philip
Ruggle, of Conception Abbey, Mo.,
Abbot Alfred Kock of St. Vincent’s
Archabbey, Pa., Abbot Martin Veth
of St. Benedict Abbey, Kansas, Ab
bot Columbian Thuis of St. Joseph's
Abbey, La., tne Rt. Rev. Msgr. E. J.
Hackett, V. G., Mobile, the Rt. Rev.
John M. Mogan, V. G., Nashville, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Murphy, Mem
phis, the Rt. Rev. W. A. Kerrigan,
LL. D., Birmingham, the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Francis Sullivan, Chattanooga,
and also one of the largest gather
ings of the clergy the Diocese of
Mobile has ever seen.
Editor to Address
Press Association
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Richard Reid,
editor of The Bulletin of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
will address the convention of the
First District Press Association here
Friday. Newspaper editors from 20
Georgia counties will attend, and R.
E. Ledford, of Vidalia, will preside.
Addresses will also be delivered by
U. S. Senators Walter F. George and
Richard B. Russell, of Georgia.
General Paul Malone
Visitor in Columbus
(Special to Hie Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Major-General
Paul B. Malone. U. S. A., former
commandant of the Infantry School
at Fort Benning, and now command
ant of the Infantry School at Fort
Benning, and now commandant of the
Baltimore Corps Area of the United
States Army, was a recent visitor at
Fort Benning, and was enthusiasti
cally welcomed by his numerous
friends hero.
GEORGIA NURSES
ATLANTA MERCY
HONOR
SISTER
Sister Mary Theresa Elected
Association Vice-President
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rev. Sister Mary
Treresa Byerly, of the Sisters of
Mercy at St. Joseph’s Infirmary, At
lanta, was elected vice-president of
the Georgia State Nursing Associa
tion at the annual convention meet
ing held here during the past week.
Miss Annie May O'Connell was nam
ed a lay member of the advsory
board. Miss O’Connell is president
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the An
cient Order of Hibernians in Au
gusta.
AUGUSTINS HONOR
FATHER WILKINSON
Former Pastor, Now of
Miami, Tendered Surprise
Golden Jubilee Dinner
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. W. A.
Wilkinson, S. J., of Gesu Church, Mi
ami, Fla., who recently observed his
golden jubilee as a Jesuit, was hon
ored at a dinner at Golden Camp
Club, Augusta, by his former parish-
oners, students and other friends.
Father Wilkinson came to Augusta
to make his annual retreat, and while
he was in retreat a group of Augusta
men arranged the dinner without his
knowledge; it was held the night he
came out of retreat.
James B. Mulherin, a leading mem
ber of the Augusta Bar and a former
pupil of Father Wilkinson at Sacred
Heart College, was toastmaster;
speakers were Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C.
S. G., who delivered the address of
welcome to Father Wilkinson; Alfred
M. Battey, who discussed him as
president of Sacred Heart College; L.
J. Henry, who spoke on him as pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church, and
Richard Reid, who expressed greet
ings from other Jesuit colleges. Oth
er speakers on the program were Al
vin M. McAuliffe and Thomas P. Do
ris.
Father Wilkinson responded by
telling of his affection for Augusta,
where he spent so many years of his
life and where he has, even after
these many years of absence, so many
friends. A number of non-Catholic
former students, prominent in the
business and professional life of Au
gusta, were among those present at
the dinner, which was attended by
nearly one hundred, although arrang
ed hastily.
OBSERVANCE OF JUBILEE
OF FATHER WILKINSON
Miami honored Father Wilkinson
last Sunday on the occasion of his
golden jubilee as a Jesuit, Father
Wilkinson officiating at the jubilee
Mass; the sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Peter P. O’Sullivan, S. J.
Father Wilkinson was bom in York,
England, 70 years ago, and attended
Stoneyhurst College in Lancashire
from 1875 to 1882. Among his fellow
students was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
He entered the Society of Jesus in
Macon, Ga., in 1883, and made his
philosophical and theological studies,
there, at St. Louis University, Wood-
stock College, Maryland, and in Ire
land, where he was ordained at Dub
lin in 1897. He was successively pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church and rec
tor of tiie college, Augusta, president
al«
of St. John’s Colege, Shreveport, La.,
vice president of Spring Hill College,
pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, in the
Barbados, British West Indies, pastor
of St. Joseph’s Church, Macon, and
pastor at Selma, Ala. Father Wilkin
son has been at Gesu Church, Miami,
since 1928.
Holy Trinity, Ala.,
Is Damaged by Fire
Store and Fostoffice at St.
Joseph's Destroyed
(By Special Telegraph. N. C. W. C.
News Service)
HOLY TRINITY, Ala.—Students of
St. Joseph’s School, apostolic school
of the Missionary Servants of the
Most Holy Trinity, here were left
without food as a fire of unknown or
igin completely destroyed the store
and post office, the night of Novem
ber J.
There were 201 students attending
the institution, which is conducted by
the Missionary Servants of the Most
Holy Trinity. *
The Holy Ghost Missionary Cenacle,
motherhouse and novitiate of the
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy
Trinity, is also located here.
Last fall the devastating hurricane
which swept over the West Indies
demolished the school for boys con
ducted by the Order at Rio Piedras,
Puerto Rico.
DR. MAX JORDAN, Berlin corre
spondent of the N. CV. W. C. News
Service, a passenger on the Graf Zep
pelin on its recent flight from Ger
many to the United States, express
ed his opinion that such a mode of
traveling is more pleasant than travel
by steamer. Dr. Jordan participated
ia the broadcasts from the airship.
FR. DePOTTER, S.J.,
DIES IN NEW ORLEANS
Former President of St.
Stanislaus’ College, Macon,
Was Distinguished Educator
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS, La.—The Rev.
James DePotter, S. J., one of the most
distinguished members of the Jesuit
Fathers in the South, died here No
vember 5 at the age of 77. He came
her a month ago from Grand Coteau,
wher he was professor of philosophy
to the Jesuit scholastics at St.
Charles’ College.
Father DePotter’s outstanding
characteristics were kindliness and
gentleness. Fot over fifty years he
had ben teaching in the Jesuit col
leges of the South, and two genera
tions of students mourn his loss.
Bom at Morssel, near Antwerp,
Belgium, July 13. 1855. Father DePot
ter made his earlier studies there at
Tumhout, and came to the United
States in 1875, entering the Jesuit
novitiate at Grand Coteau, La., where
his last days as a teacher were also
spent. After his novitiate and classi
cal and philosophical studies, he be
came a member of the faculty of Im
maculate Conception College, New
Orleans, the forerunner of Loyola
University. In 1884 he went to Wood-
stock College, Maryland, for his the
ological studies, and he was ordained
August 28, 1889, by Cardinal Gibbohs.
After a few years as a member of
the faculty of Spring Hill College as
pro'essor of philosophy, Father De
Potter went to Europe for studies in
ascetical theology, then serving on
the faculties of St. Charles’ College,
Grand Coteau, and Spring Hill Col
lege, Mobile. In 1907 Father DePotter
became socius to the Very Rev. John
O’Connor, S. J., provincial of the Jes
uit Fathers of the South, remaining
in that capacity during the terms of
the Very Rev. Michael Moynihan, S.
J., as provincial also.
In 1918 Father DeoPtter was named
president of St. Stanislaus College,
Macon, Ga., remaining as president of
the novitiate at Augusta and then at
Grand Coteau following the burning
of the Macon college. In 1925 he
went to Mt. St. Michael’s College, Se
attle, Wash., as processor of philos
ophy to Jesuit scholastics there, re
turning in 1927 to Spring Hill Col
lege where he remained as professor
of philosophy until last September,
when he was appointed to the facul
ty of St. Charles’ College, Gran4 Co
teau, where he started his career as a
Jesuit.
The funeral of Father DePotter was
held here with a Requiem Mass; in
terment was in th'* Jesuit Cemetery
at St. Charles’ College, Grand Coteau.
Held in Augusta—Mrs. Gan
non Re-elected President
ft
State Convention of
A. O. H. Auxiliary
AUGUSTA, Ga. —Mrs. Claudia
Gannon, Savannah, was re-elected
president of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians of
Georgia at the annual convention
held here Sunday. Other officers
named were, Mrs. J. J. Callahan. Au
gusta. Miss Mary Reilly, secretary;
Miss Kate Quinan, treasurer and Miss
Katherine Callahan historian.
Reports were made on the various
activities of the state auxiliary, espe
cially the essay contests sponsored by
the organization annually in order to
encourage in the young people of
Georgia of Irish extraction an interest
in the land of their ancestors and in
the contributions that the Irish have
made in the upbuilding of America.
A delegation of twenty came to Au
gusta from Savannah for the meet
ing, the sessions of which were held
in the Knights of Columbus Home.
The convention closed with a dinner
at the Golden Camp Lodge, with Miss
Pnni» May O’Connell, president of
the Augusta Auxiliary, as toast-
mistress. ' Speakers were Mrs. Gan
non, state president and Richard
Reid, who spoke on Ireland, basing
his remarks on his recent visit there.
Msgr. Chas. Wood Is
Ordained 35 Years
Bishop Ryan Delivers An*
niversary Mass Sermon
V
MIDDLETON, N. Y.—The Most Rev.
James H. Ryan, . D., Ph. D., rector
of the Catholic University of
America, recently consecrated Bishop,
delivered his first sermon as a Bishop
at the Mass at St. Mary’s Church
marking the thirty-fifth anniversary
of the ordination of his friend, the
Rt. Rev- Msgr. Charles Dubois Wood,
formerly of Charleston. Bishop Ryan
recalled not only Monsignor Wood’s
services as a priest in the Diocese of
Charleston, where he was noted as a
church builder and restorer, giving
generously of his own means in this
work and in aiding Diocesan institu
tions. but his own benefactions and
those of his family to the Catholic
Unversity of America. Before his re
tirement Monsignor Wood was pastor
of St Mary’s Church in Charleston,
the oldest continuous parish in the
Southeast, and previouly of St.
Anne’s Church, Sumter.
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