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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 23, 1935
Prelates, Priests From Nine
States Honor Fr. McCarthy
Bishop, Five Monsignors,
Thirty-Seven Priests at
Silver Jubilee Ceremony
(Special to The Buleltin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—A Bishop, five
monsignori and thirty-seven priests
from nine states gathered here to
honor the Rev. Dan J. McCarthy,
pastor of Holy Family Church, on
the occasion of the twenty-fifth an
niversary of his ordination.
Father McCarthy, a native of Sa
vannah, was ordained in the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist, Savan
nah, February 16, 1910, on the an
niversary of his birth. He has always
lived in Georgia except for the time
spent in his studies for the priest
hood at Belmont Abbey, North
Carolina, and St. Bernard’s Semi
nary, Rochester, N. Y.l and when he
was in the army during the World
War.
He has served on the Southwest
Georgia Missions, Albany, and as
pastor of the Central Georgia Mis
sions, Milledgeville, as first pastor of
the Church of the Blessed Sacra
ment. Savannah, and as pastor of
Holy Family Church, his present
post. He has been chaplain of the
Savannah Post of the American Le
gion, and of the Legion’s Georgia
State Department; he is now chap
lain of the. Post at Columbus, state
chaplain of ,the “40 and 8" Society,
and a Major in the Reserve Corps of
the United States Army.
Father McCarthy was celebrant of
the jubilee Mass, with the Rev. H. A.
Schonhardt, Sharon, as assistant
priest, the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
Albany, Ga., deacon, the Rev. T. J.
McNamara, Milledgeville, sub-dea
con, and the Rev. Thomas I. Shee
han. Albany, master of ceremonies.
BISHOP WALSH
DELIVERS SERMON
The sermon was delivered by the
Most Rev. Emmett M. Walsh. D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston who at the time
of Father McCarthy's ordination
twenty-five years before, acted as a
lay master of ceremonies; Bishop
Walsh was then a student for the
priesthood. Father Brennan and
Father McNamara were altar boys at
the ordination ceremony of 1910, at
which the late Bishop Keiley offi
ciated-
The Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes,
D. D„ Bishop of Savannah, was sche
duled to preside at the silver jubilee
Mass marking Father McCarthy's or
dination, but was obliged to change
his plans at the last moment.
Bishop Walsh spoke of Father Mc
Carthy's career, tracing it, from his
personal knowledge and contact
through the years, from Father Mc
Carthy's boyhood days, through his
college and seminary course, and
then down the years of his priest
hood, years which have seen him
laboring in Georgia from the Atlantic
coast to the Alabama and Florida
lines. He emphasized the great dig
nity and responsibility of the priest
hood. and the admirable manner in
which Father McCarthy has shown
himself worthy of the dignity and
borne the responsibility.
After the Mass the visiting prelates
and priests were entertained at a
dinner at the Waverly Hotel, at
which the Rev. Harold J. Barr of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
who also was reared in Savannah
and is one of Savannah's contribu
tions to the priesthood of the Dio
cese, presided as toastmaster.
Speakers at the dinner were Bishop
Walsh, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis T.
Sullivan. Chattanooga, Tenn., the
Very Rev- Philip Dagneau, S. M., At
lanta, the Rev. J. F. Monahan,
Major-Chaplain U. S. A., Fort Ben-
ning, the Rev. F. J. Clarkson. S. J.,
Macon and the Rev. Louis O'Connoi,
Urbana, 111.
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SILVER JUBILARIAN
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The Rev. D. J- McCarthy
SISTER M. PATRICIA
OF CHARLESTON DIES
Sister of Mercy Was Recent
Golden Jubilarian
CHARLESTON. S- C.—The Rev.
Sister M. Patricia Hancock, beloved
member of the Sisters of Our Lady of
Mercy died at St. Francis Infirmary
in February of bronchial pneumonia.
Sister Patricia had celebrated her
golden jubilee but two weeks before.
Sister Patricia was formerly Miss
Laura Hancock, the daughter of the
late Thomas Hancock and his wife,
Elizabeth Golden Hancock She spent
her many years of devoted service of
God in the classrooms of the various
schools of the Order. The greater
number of them, however, were pass
ed at St. Joseph Academy, Sumter,
S. C., where her gentle and lovable
character endeared her to all whom
she taught.
Surviving Sister Patricia are three
sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth T. Gavaghan,
of Charleston, Mrs. M- B. Tighe of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. J. L.
Powe, of Hartsville, S. C., and one
brother. Joseph A. Hancock.
The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D.
D-, Bishop of Charleston, officiated
at the funeral of Sister Patricia, in
the Convent Chapel; the clergy of the
Cathedral and of the city officiated.
Interment was in the Sisters’ Section
of St. Lawrence Cemetery
FORMER ATLANTAN, NUN,
DIES IN WILMINGTON
Sister Mary Monica Flynn of
Delaware Convent Member
of Leading Ga. Families
(Special to The Bulletin)
WILMINGTON, N. C. — The Rev.
Sister Mary Monica Flynn, daughter
of the late John H. and Katherine
Daugherty Flynn, of Atlanta, died
here late in February at the age of
69. Sister Monica was a member of
one of Atlanta’s pioneer and most
prominent Catholic families, and she
is related to many widely known
Georgians. She was a member of
the Visitation Sisters for over forty
years and one of the most widely
known and beloved members of the
order. The funeral and interment
were in Wilmington.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
WIDELY OBSERVED
Notables Address Charleston
and Savannah Hibernian
Societj r Annual Dinners
St. Patrick’s Day was observed in
the usual thorough way in the South
Atlatnic States by those of Irish birth
and extraction, as well as by their
friends.
Two of the outstanding observ
ances were in Savannah and Char
leston. In Savannah, after the Mass
at St. Patrick's Church, at which His
Excellency, Bishop Keyes, presided,
and the sermon was delivered by the
Rev- James T. Reilly, S.M., Bruns
wick, the annual parade was held,
with John J. Bouhan as grand mar
shal. The annual meeting of the Hi
bernian Society was held at noon and
the annual dinner at night; the
speakers were Hon. Eugene Tal-
madge, Governor of Georgia, Hon.
Millard Reese of Brunswick, and the
Rev. P. J. O'Connor, of Atlanta.
President Richard Charlton was
toastmaster. The Irish Jasper Greens
and other organizations also had cel
ebrations.
In Charleston the principal speak
ers at the 134th annual banquet of
the Hibernian Society were Hon.
Patrick A. McCarran, United States
Senator from Nebraska, Governor
Olin D. Johnson, of South Carolina,
and the Rt. Rev- Msgr. Jos. L. O’Bri
en, D.D., pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, and principal of Bishop Eng
land High School. Dr. Norman Lea,
president, preyed; Hon. John P.
Grace, formerly mayor of Charleston,
was scheduled to succeed Dr. Lea as
president, he having been nominated
for the office in anticipation of Dr.
Lea’s retirement.
Reports of these meetings will be
published in the next issue of The
Bulletin.
Father Freeman of Raleigh
Is Invested as a Monsignor
INVESTED AS MONSIGNOR I
□ — C
Bishop Hafey Officiates as
Vicar-General of Diocese
of Raleigh Is Honored
MONSIGNOR FREEMAN
SISTER BORGIA OF
SAVANNAH NUNS DIES
St. Joseph’s Hospital Official
Member of Sisters of Mercy
There Sixty Years
Rev. P. A. Ryan, S.J.,
Is Pastor at El Paso
In the afternoon the visitors were
iuests on an automobile ride around
lolumbus, after which they were en-
ertained at Fort Banning by the
leadquarters staff of the post.
In the evening a supper was served
t the Catholic Club, and a reception
o Father McCarthy followed. One
>f the features of the jubilee was the
paying off of the indebtedness on the
latholic Club Building the day of
he jub'lee, the latest of the achieve-
nents of Father McCarthy's parish
inder his leadership. The hundreds
ittending the reception included
lumerous non-CathoJics as well as
he members of the parish.
'Die children of the parish and city
>articipated in the celebration by
irescnting a great pageant in honor
>f Father McCarthy at Holy Family
School, the parish school conducted
>y the Sisters of Mercy, the children
jresented a purse to Father Mc
Carthy they raised themselves. The
lollowing morning the children all
•eceived Holy Communion for their
aastor in the convent chapel.
The prelates and priests present at
:he jubilee to honor Father Mc
Carthy included Bishop Walsh, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Jos. D. Mitchell, V. G.,
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos. F. Croke, Savan
nah; Rt. Rev. Msgr. H. F. Clark,
Atlanta; Rt. Rev. James A. Kane,
Augusta; Rt. Rev, Francis T. Sul-
(Special to The Bulletin)
EL PASO, Texas. —The Rev. P. A,
Ryan, S. J-, formerly pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, Augusta, Ga., and at
Rock Hill, S. C., has been named
pastor of the Church of the Imma
culate Conception here, where he has
been acting pastor for several
months. The appointment of Father
Ryan is particular welcomed as an
indication of his return to health.
Father Ryan has served as vice-pres
ident of Loyola University, associate
editor of Jesuit Missions, director of
the Jesuit Seminary Endowment
Fund and in other positions of great
importance, and was pastor at Au
gusta when the Jesuit parish observ
ed the golden jubilee of the coming
of the Jesuits to Georgia.
Celtic Cross Over
Fr. Murphy’s Grave
(Special to The Bulletin
COLUMBIA, S. C—A Celtic cross,
recalling his native land, to which he
was so devoted, has been erected
over the grave of the late Very Rev.
Dean Nicholas A. Murphy, V. F., pas
tor of St. Peter’s Church, who died
some months ago. Father Murphy is
buried in the churchyard of St. Pe
ter’s parish.
SAVANNAH, Ga-—The Rev. Sister
Mrffia Borgia Thomas, who entered
the Sisters of Mercy in Savannah 60
years ago this week, died here Sat
urday after an extended illness.
Sister Borgia was a native of
Charleston, where she was bom De
cember 7, 1854. and lived for a num
ber of years in Augusta, where she
entered the Sisters of Mercy.
With the exception of a few years
many years ago, Sister Borgia had
spent her entire life as a religious in
Savannah at St. Joseph’s Hospital;
she was a skilled pharmacist and
chemist, and had been in charge of
that department for many years.
Sister Borgia was beloved by thou
sands of patients whom she had
served at St. Joseph's over a period
of two generations; her health began
to fail her about five years ago and
made it necessary for her to curtail
her activities.
Surviving are her niece, Mrs. Henry
M. Ward. Savannah, her nephew,
Preston Herbert, Briar Cliff, N. Y-,
and by several great-grand-nieces
and grand-nephews. The funeral was
held from the Chapel of St- Joseph's
Hospital, with interment in the Sis
ters’ section of Cathedral Cemetery.
Reception This Week
of Augusta Sisters
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N- C.—The Rev. Arthur
R. Freeman, rector of Sacred Heart
Cathedral and chancellor and vicar-
general of the Diocese of Raleigh, was
invested as a domestic prelate with
the rank and title of Rt. Rev. Mon
signor at a ceremony at the Cathe
dral March 5 at which the Most Rev.
William J. Hafey, D. D-, Bishop of
Raleigh, officiated-
Father Neal of the Cathedral read
the Papal Rescript, after which
Bishop Hafey blessed the insignia of
the office and invested the new mon-
signor in his robes of office.
Monsignor Freeman was celebrant
of the Mass, Father Manley of the
Orphanage deacon, Father O’Mara of
Hendersonville sub-deacon, and Fath
er Williams of the North Carolina
Apostolate master of ceremonies.
The sermon was delivered by
Bishop Hafey, whose text, from the
second epistle of St. Paul to St- Tim
othy, was: “Let the priests who rule
well be esteemed worthy of double
honor.” Bishop Hafey applied this
text to the life and achievements of
Monsignor Freeman, who was pastor
at Goldsboro before coming to Ral
eigh, and who is a member of a
pioneer North Carolina Catholic fam
ily.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Christopher
Dennen of Wilmington, North Caro
lina’s only other monsignor, and
clergy from every section of the Dio
cese attended the investiture. A
luncheon was served the clergy and
visitors at Cathedral Hall after the
Mass; the Catholic Daughters of
America were in charge of the lunch
eon, with Mrs. Julian V. Hoffman
as chairman.
In the evening a public reception
was tendered Monsignor Freeman,
with Bishop Hafey, Monsignor Free
man and officers of Catholic organi
zations in the receiving line. The
Catholic Boy and Girl Scouts assist
ed in the program. Speakers includ
ed Bishop Hafey, J. J- Mallard, rep
resenting the parish, and Miss Con
stance Gaynor, representing the Cath
olic Daughters of America. Mr. Mal
lard for the parish presented a car
to Monsignor Freeman, and Miss
Gaynor for the Catholic Daughters of
America presented a gift. The Ral
eigh Music Club entertained during
the reception with a special program.
MAGON GIRL ENTERS
SISTERS OF MERCY
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Six young ladies
are receiving the habit and two will
make their first vows as members of
the Sisters of St. Joseph at the Moth-
erhouse of the order at Mount St-
Joseph this week. Four of the young
ladies receiving the habit are from
Georgia, one from Michigan and one
from California. All will serve in
Georgia.
livan, Chattanooga.
The Very Rev. Philip Dagneau, S.
M„ Rev. Edward P. McGrath, S. M.,
Rev. Herman Deimel, Rev. Harry
Phillips, Rev. Charles Vogel, Rev.
F. J. Weiss, S. M. A-, Rev. P.
J. O’Connor, Atlanta; Very Rev.
Boniface Bauer, O. 8. B„ Rev. James
H. Grady, Rev. Harold J. Barr, Rev*- -
Jos. R. Smith, Savannah; Rev. M.
F. Cronin, S. J., Augusta; Rev.Thos.
A. Brennan, Rev. Thos. I. Sheehan,
Rev. John Mullins. Albany; Rev.
James T. Reilly, S. M., Rev. Marion
Perry, S. M-, Brunswick; Rev. James
E King. Rev. Nicholas Quinlan,
Athens; Rev. H. A. Schonhardt,
Sharon; Rev. Thos. L. Filin, Wash
ington; Rev. John Crean, Columbus;
Rev. J. F. Mohanan, Fort Benning;
Rev. F. J. Clarkson, S. J., Macon;
Rev. T. J. McNamara, Milledge
ville.
The Rev- William D. Buckley,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. Louis M.
O’Connor, Urbana 111.; Rev.
Joseph Holland, Boston, Mass.; Rev.
Richard Needham, S. J., New Or
leans, La.; Rev. V. F. Keinberger, O.
P„ New York; Rev. Donald Barry,
C. S. P., Winchester, Term.; Rev.
Eugene Snyder, C. M., Rev. Thomas
Crossley, S. M., Opleika. Ala.; Rev.
Nelson Shrader, C. M-, Phenix City,
Ala.; Rev. George C. Royer, Eufala,
Ala.; Rev. Ambrose Brennan, Broth
er Benedict, Holy Trinity, Ala.; Rev.
Michael Mclnemey, O. S. B., Bel
mont, N. C.
Savannah C.L. A. to Meet-
Atlanta Campaign Success
Miss Mary Josephine Thom
as Goes to Pennsylvania
(Special to The Bulletin >
MACON, Ga—Miss Mary Jose
phine Thomas, youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas of this
city, left recently for Dallas, Pa.,
where she entered the Mercy Novit
iate at Misericordia Collete.
Miss Thomas was graduated in
June from Mount cte Sales Academy,
where she led her classes throughout
the years and was first honor gradu
ate of the Class of 1934.
Of their three daughters, Mary is
the second Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have
given to serve God. The other be ng
Sr. M Patricia, also a Mercy nun,
now stationed at St. Joseph s Con
vent in Columbus, Ga.
Spring Hill Debaters
Arrange Schedule
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Savannah
branch of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia, of which Judge
James P. Houlhan is president, will
hold its annual meeting at the Catho
lic Club at noon, March 31, and 'the
meeting will be addressed by State
President Alfred M. Battey and Rich
ard Reid, publicity director, Augusta.
The Savannah branch is a leader
among the branches of the association
in the state, and has included among
its local leaders some of the most in
fluential Catholics of Georgia. Plans
for the coming year will be made at
the meeting March 31, including plans
for the annual convention, to be held
in October. Th most previous state
convention held in Savannah was ad-
dresed by Admiral William S. Ben
son, U.S.N., retired, in one of his last
public appearances before his death.
The officers of the Savannah
branch of the association in addition
to Judge Houlihan, president, are Ms-
Joseph E. Kely, Joseph F. Wright,
Mrs. Elton E. Wright, vice-presidents;
Miss Helen Roe Nugent, secretary;
Walter B. Murphy, treasurer; directors
are Henry B. Brennan, Julian F. Cor-
ish, Francis Dooley, Fred G. Doyle,
Robert F. Downing, Miss M. Dugan,
Cornelius Dulohery, Mrs- Claudia R.
Gannon, Hugh Grady, Jr., Charles F.
Groves, Mrs. Henry B. Heller, Mrs.
Lee Howard, Mrs. J. P. McDonough,
Mrs, Margaret McElin, M. C. McCar
thy, Mrs. M. J. O’Leary, C. F. Pow
ers, Miss Kate Quinan, John S. Rob-
ertsonn, W. A- Saunders, Dan J.
Sheehan, Mrs. Helen Stacy, Thomas
F. Walsh.
(Special to The Bulletin)
Atlanta, Ga., —The Atlanta branch
of the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia in a one day campaign to
which, the pastors ad clergy of the
parishes of the city rendered splendid
cooperation succeeded in practically
securing sufficient pledges to mean
its quota for the work of the state
organization for 1935, and the officers
of the association, under the leader
ship of President Bernard J. Kane
and Russell Bellman, treasurer, are
now engaged in a follow-up cam
paign to enlist the support of those
missed in the one-day church cam
paign.
Last year the Atlanta branch of the
association, as in previous years, paid
its pledge in full, and the local offi
cers and J. J. Haverty, K.S.G., chair
man o fthe state finance committee,
have assured the state association
that it will do no less this year. The
local officers of the association in ad
dition to Mr. Kane and Mr. Bellman
are C. L. McGowan, senior vice-
president; Miss Bess Nell Rafferty,
vice-president from Sacred Heart
Parish; Phil Keeney, vice-president
from Immaculate Conception Parish,
and Miss Nell Jentzen, vice-president
from St. Anthony's Parish, Miss Mary
Frances Higgins, secretary, and the
members of the executive committee- Georgia.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPRING HILL, Ala.—The Spring
Hill College debating team will begin
March 20 a most impressive inter
collegiate schedule. The varsity de
bating team comprises Frank Skef-
gingham, '35, Savannah, Ga-; Charles
Moseley. ’37, of New Orleans, La.;
John Henry, ’36, of Columbus, Miss.,
and Alfred Wetterman, ’36, of Alex
andria, La-,
The subject for all of the debates
is the intercollegiate topic, “Resolved:
that the nations should agree to pre
vent the international shipment of
arms and munitions.” The schedule
follows: March 20, Louisiana State
University at Baton Rouge; March 21,
Southwestern Louisiana Institute at
Fayette, La.; March 22, Loyola Uni
versity, at New Orleans; March 25.
Mississippi State College for Wom
en, at Spring Hill; April 5, Auburn,
at Auburn; April 6, Birmingham-
Southern College, at Birmingham,
luncheon and radio debate; April 8,
Louisiana State University, at Spring
Hill; April 11, Loyola University, at
Spring Hill.
Alumni of Spring Hill met at the
college on February 24 for the first
general reunion since the centennial
celebration in 1920. About 150 gradu
ates of the “college on the Hill” came
from the states of Alabama, Georgia.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida, to
hold a general meeting, elect officers
and discuss plans for the expansion
of Spring Hill-
Frank Gillespie, of Atlanta, a grad
uate pf the class of 95. spoke in be
half of the representatives from