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APRIL 28, 1934
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
Charleston Host to Annual N. C. C. W. Conference
BISHOP WALSH SINGS
PONTIFICAL MASS AS
CONFERENCE OPENS
Campaign for Support of Re
ligious Vacation Schools
Planned — Mrs. Reynolds
Reelected President
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The parti
cipation of every Catholic woman in
the State of South Carolina in three
important Catholic Action projects
will be enlisted by the Charleston Di
ocesan Council of Catholic Women,
according to action taken at the an
nual convention of the council just
held here.
The three projects planned are: the
extension of the religious vacation
school movement; the furtherance of
the retreat movement; and the expan
sion of the study club project.
The members of the council, thru
their delegates, pledged themselves to
assist in the spread of the vacation
schools by conducting a three-day
campaign in May and in the course
of the drive to solicit every Catholic
woman of the diocese, each for fi
nancing the schools. They also prof
fered their personal aid in the direc
tion of assembling children for the
schools and conveying them to the va
rious centers where the summer in
struction will be given. The vacation
school assistance was voted with the
approval of the Most Rev. Emmet
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston.
In furtherance of the retreat move
ment the Council decided to enlist the
support of every Catholic woman in
the diocese for the closed retreat to
be given at Aiken from August 6 to 8.
Similar help for the study club
movement was promised.
Outstanding in the report of the
study club work of the diocese, was
one conducted in Charleston with a
membership of 12 women, devoted to
the studying of the gospel of 9t.
Mark. A public school teacher, who
drew maps of the Holy Land, aided
and the director of the club became
a member of the public library so as
to have access to literature for re
search work.
Another club of 11 members made
up of Catholic women from three
towns, the central city being 15 miles
away from each of the others, meets
twice monthly for study of the litur
gy of the Church. The same group
has a motor corps that conveys ten
children daily to a Catholic parish
school 32 miles distant.
Among the resolutions was one rec
ommending the appointment of a spe
cial committee to seek the help of the
National Council of Catholic Wom
en in furthering a youth movement
program in the diocese. Mrs. Basil
Kerr was named chairman of this
special committee, which will include
chairmen of various groups engaged
in youth work in the diocese.
Richard Reid, editor of The Bulle
tin, of Augusta, Ga., and president of
the Catholic Press Association, spoke
on the Catholic Press at one of the
sessions. Bishop Walsh in the course
of the convention urged support of
The Bulletin.
Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, of Cleve
land, represented the National Coun-
Bishop Walsh, Father O f Brien
Urge Support of The Bulletin
In his eloquent and scholarly sermon at the Ponti
fical Mass, April 8, at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, marking the formal opening of the annual con
ference of the Charleston Diocesan Council of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women, the Rev. Dr. Joseph
L O’Brien, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church and rector of
Bishop England High School, described personal sanctifi
cation as the first requirement for successful Catholic
Action, this by daily Mass and Communion wherever
possible, even at a sacrifice, and then by zeal for prayer.
Of the many features of Catholic Action toward
which the members of the Charleston Diocesan Council
should bend their efforts, Father O’Brien selected two
for discussion, the support of Catholic education, in both
the parochial school system and the religious vacation
school movement, and the support of the Catholic press.
After quoting the words of the Holy Father on the ne
cessity of the Catholic Press, and citing the efforts of
Bishop John England of Charleston, the founder of the
Catholic Press in the United States, Father O’Brien said:
“In this country unfortunately we have but one
daily. There is need for more but at present there is not
enough solidarity of effort among us to undertake their
support There are many weekly publications of worth
and excellence, and several monthly magazines of high
merit. The choice is varied. You should subscribe to
one or more of them, not as a duty but as a pleasure.
There is one I wish to call to your attention; one that for
years back has done yeoman service for Catholic Action
here in the Southland. It has patiently battered through
walls of bigotry, professional and political. It has merited
your loyal support. So' I say to you—subscribe to it, ex
tend to it your right hand in encouragement. I mean
the GEORGIA BULLETIN.”
The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, in his address ‘before the conference later in
the day quoted Father O’Brien’s endorsement of THE
BULLETIN and emphasized it. South Carolina as well
as Georgia has been the beneficiary of the work of THE
BULLETIN His Excellency said in recalling the record
of THE BULLETIN in mitigating prejudice; he urged >
the officers and members of the Charleston Diocesan
Council to give it their earnest support.
cil of Catholic Women in explaining
the work of the council.
MRS. REYNOLDS AGAIN
HEADS CHARLESTON N. C. C. W.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mrs. Thom
as W. Reynolds was re-elected presi
dent of the Charleston Diocesan
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Women, at the closing meet
ing held at the Fort Sumter Hotel
April 9.
Other officers elected include Mrs.
G. Leo Lowry, of this city, first vice
president; Mrs. J. B. Joncas, of Co
lumbia, second vice president; Mrs.
H. P. Burbage, of Greenville, third
vice president; Mrs William Moses,
of Sumter, recording secretary; Mrs.
William McC. Williman, of Charleston,
corresponding secretary; Miss Madge
Turner, of Greenwood, treasurer;
Miss May McGrath, of Anderson, au
ditor. Group representatives were
elected as follows: Mrs. John C. Mo-
lony, of Charleston, Parent-Teacher
Associations; Miss Rose I. Speisseg
ger, of Charleston, Sodality; Mrs. C.
W. Geraty, of Yonges Island, Altar
Societies; Mrs. J. W. Bond, of Co
lumbia, Council of Catholic Women;
Mrs. J. Roberts, of Columbia, Aid
Societies.
The convention formally opened at
a Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, with the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop
of Charleston, as celebrant, the Very
Rev. James J. May, V. G., assistant
priest, the Rev. J. J. Hughes and the
Rev. Louis E. Forde, deacons of hon
or, the Rev. C. A. Kennedy, deacon,
and the Rev. J. J. McCarthy, master
of ceremonies. The Sermon was de
livered by the Rev. Dr. Jos. L.
O’Brien.
The convention sessions were held
at the Fort Sumter Hotel, Mrs. T. W.
Reynolds presiding. Father May de
livered the invocation at the opening
meeting, Mrs. G. Leo Lowry, presi
dent of the deanery council gave the
address of welcome, and Miss Eleanor
Cantwell, president of the Columbia
deanery, responded. After reports
from the various organizations.
Bishop Walsh introduced Richard
Reid, editor of The Bulletin and pres
ident of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States, whose sub
ject was the Catholic Press and its
relation to Catholic Action.
After the Mass Sunday there was a
luncheon at the Fort Sumter Hotel,
at which Bishop Walsh, the clergy
and visiting speakers were guests of
honor. This was followed by a ses
sion at which the principal addresses
were delivered by Bishop Walsh,
who was presented by Mrs. Reynolds
and Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, Cleve
land, Ohio, representing the national
office, who was presented by Mrs. H.
P. Burbage, president of the Green
ville deanery. The Rev. Henry F.
Wolfe delivered the invocation. Busi
ness meetings were held Sunday eve
ning and Monday morning.
In his address, Bishop Walsh ex
pressed his great pleasure at the
splendid attendance at the conven
tion; practically every parish in the
Diocese was represented. He outlin
ed the main objectives of the Council
of Catholic Women in the Diocese of
Charleston, the extension of the re
ligious vacation school movement, the
extension of the lay retreat move
ment, the extension of the study chib
program, and the support of the Cath
olic Press, particularly The Bulletin.
The religious vacation schools gather
the children of the communities
where there are no Catholic schools
into camps in the summer time for a
course of religious instruction, and
Bishop Walsh emphasized the neces
sity for such work in order to pre
serve the faith especially in the rural
districts. He urged attendance at the
retreat for women at St. Angela Aca
demy, Aiken, August 6-8, as an aid to
their Catholic Action work and also
as a new starting point for the re
treat movement for women in the
state.
Speaking on the Catholic Press,
Bishop Walsh referred to his early
connection with the Catholic Lay-
2,000 AT DEDICATION
OF CALVERT CROSS
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. CLEMENTS ISLAND, Md. —
With Governor Albert C- Ritchie, of
Maryland, calling upon the people of
his state to rededicate themselves t®
the principles laid down by Sir
George Calvert, the first Lord Balti
more and carried out by his sons, Ce
cil and Leonard Calvert, and with the
Very Rev. Edward C. Phillips, S.|J,
Provincial of the Maryland-New York
Province of the Society of Jesus, as a
spiritual descendant of Father An
drew White, SJ„ thanking God for
the blessings conferred on Maryland
in the past 300 years, the three hun
dredth anniversary of the Founding of
Maryland was celebrated here at
St. Clement's Island, by the dedi
cation of a great memorial cross “on”
or “near the spot” on which Leonard
Calvert, Father White, Father Al-
tham-Gravenor, S.J., Brother Ger-
vase, S.J., and the other Maryland
Pilgrims erected another cross to the
honor and glory of God on March 25,
1934.
Two thousand pilgrims from Balti
more, Washington and Southern
Maryland, together with a few from
more distant points, attended the
tercentennial ceremonies.
men’s Association of Georgia and to
what the Association and The Bulle
tin have accomplished in the miti
gating of prejudices. South Carolina
has been the beneficiary also of the
work of the Laymen’s Association and
The Bulletin, Bishop Walsh said, and
this in no meagre way, and he urged
the officers and members of the Dio
cesan Council to give their earnest
support to the Catholic Press and par
ticularly to The Bulletin, which he
said deserves so well of the Catholics
of the Diocese of Charleston.
Mrs. McCarthy, representing the
national office of the N.C.C.W. at
Washington, made an inspiring ad
dress on the purposes and efforts of
the National Council of Cathobc
Women, and complimented the
Charleston Diocesan Council on what
it has accomplished despite the lim
ited Catholic population of the Dio
cese.
The Junior N. C. C. W. held its con
ference in connection with the senior
conference, and Miss Rose McDeritt
of Greenville was elected chairman,
succeeding Mrs. T. Ritchie Simmens
of Charleston.
The delegates and visitors were the
recipients of Charleston’s famed ar.d
generous hospitality, and numerous
social events were held in connection
with the conference. A feature of the
convention program was a ride around
the city to visit the places of interest
and beauty which bring thousands to
the city from all parts of the coun
try and world, and particularly in the
spring.
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