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DECEMBER 21, 1935
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
Bishop England Founder of Raleigh Parish
Cathedral of Diocese of Raleigh
27 Are Confirmed in
Anderson, S.C., Class
Bishop Walsh Officiates at
St. Joseph’s Church There
(Special to The Bulletin)
ANDERSON S. C—The Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D-, confirmed a
class of twenty-seven at St. Joseph’s
Church here on the Feast of the Im
maculate Conception. Bishop Walsh
was accc*ipanied to Anderson by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. K. Gwynn. V. F..
pastor of St. Mary’s Church. Green
ville. in whose mission territory An
derson formerly was and who erect
ed St. Joseph’s Church here many
years ago.
Bishop Walsh was assisted in ad
ministering the Sacrament of Confir
mation by Monsignor Gwynn, the
Rev. Henry L. Spiesman, administra
tor of St. Joseph’s parish, and the
Rev. Charles J. Baum, assistant to Fa
ther Spiesman. Bishop Walsh deliver
ed the sermon. Members of the class
were from Anderson, Clemson Col
lege, Fairplay, Greenwood and Hart
well. Ga.. which is served from An
derson.
THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, has
adopted a rule barring from its ath
letic teams any who have played on
the varsity of another college or uni
versity.
Tbe SIR WALTER
Raleigh’s Finest Hotel
ROLAND A. MUMFORD, Manager
Compliments
From
GRANTS
RALEIGH
VISITED CATHOLICS
OF CITY IN 1821
First Church Dedicated by
Him in 1839—It Became
See City in 1925
One hundred and fourteen years
ago the illustrious Bishop England laid
the foundations of the Church in the
Capital Ciy of North Carolina when, a
few months after he arrived in
Charleston to assume his duties as
the Ordinary of the Diocese em
bracing the Carolinas and Georgia,
he visited the city, gathered the few
Catholics there around him. gave
them the Statutes of the Diocese of
Charleston, and promised that the
would send priests to minister to
them.
From that time until 1839 priests
visited the city from time to time,
and in the latter year Bishop England
dedicated the first church, that of St.
John the Baptist. Later the parish
bought a church across fr'-m the
capital, formerly used by the Baptists;
this was abandoned over a half c
tury ago when the pastor. Father
Tames White, a native of the Isle of
Wright in England, acquired the
orient parish property and addea a
chapel to the residence.
Succeeding Father White was a line
of eauallv zealous priests, including
Father Thomas Murphy, the famed
Dr Corcoran. Father M’rk G o>s.
Father Francis, O. S- B-, Father
Charles Mohr. O. S. B.. later the be
loved Abbot of St- Leo in Florida
Father Peter Marion, Father James
Prendergast, Father Thomas Price,
the saintly co-founder of the Mary-
knol] Fathers, and others.
in 1889 Fa’her Thomas P. Griffin
became r,aeo>r of Sacred Heart parish
and in 1910 his ambition of having a
parish school was achieved when he
gave over his residence to the Dom
inican Sisters for that purpose. In
1917 the beautiful granite rectory was
completely, free from debt, and in
1924 the parish had the happiness of
seeing its church completed, a splen
did granite structure, seating 900. and
erected mainly because of the zeal
and contagious enthusiasm of Father
Griffin.
Th- Church was completed but two
months when the Vicariate of North
Carolina became (he diocese of Ra
leigh, and Sacred Heart Church be
came the Cathedral of the New See,
the Most Rev. Wi’liam J. Hafey. D. D.,
taking uo his residence there as first
Bishop July 1. 1925.
Father Griffin continued as rector
of the Cathedral and was named
"haneellor of the Diocese by Bishop
Hafey; at the request of His Excel
lency, Father Griffin was elevated to
♦he rank of Domestic Prelate by the
Holy Father, with the title of Rt. Rev-
Monsignor.
Monsignor Griffin’s self-sacrificing
efforts for the Church in North Caro
lina had taken its toll of his health,
however, and he was called to his
eternal home leaving a record of
achievements that is an enduring
monument to his memory. Not only
Raleigh but the entire eastern section
of the state had known his priestly
ministrahons during his years as pas
tor in the Capital City, and he had
the satisfaction of seeing many of his
former mission stations erected into
parishes and mission centers before
his death.
Monsignor Griffin was succeeded as
rector of the Cathedral by Father
Arthur Raines Freeman, a member of
a pioneer and leading Ca holic familv.
who was pastor of St- Mary’s Church
in his native Goldsboro. Father
Freeman likewise succeeded Monsig
nor Griffin as chancellor, and on the
V icar-General
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& Sons, Inc.
The Carolinas Oldest
Wholesale and Retail
Hardware Store
Established 18G5
Hardware, Builders’
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Radio Supplies.
House Furnishings
Department
Raleigh, N. C.
MONSIGNOR FREEMAN
retirement of the venerable Monsig
nor Christopher Dennen of Wilming
ton as vicar-general, he was appoint
ed to that post by Bishop Hafey.
The Holy Father has honored Ra
leigh’s chancellor and vicar-general
by elevating him to the rank of Do
mestic Prelate with the title of Mon
signor. and in June of this year
Monsignor Freeman’s Alma Mater,
conferred on him the honorary de
gree of Doctor of Laws.
The number of Catholics in Ra
leigh is perhaps smaller in its total
and in proportion to the oopulat on
than that of any o her See City in the
United States: but no place are Ca
tholics held in higher esteem by those
not of the household of the fa : th..
The work of the Dominican Sisters
in the parish school and of the Sister
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary in the school for the colored,
and the heroic efforts of the Sisters of
Mercy at the Orphange at Nazareth,
all supplementing whole heartedly
and with magnificent self-sacrifice
the labors of Bishop, prelate and
priest for the advancement of God’s
kingdom on earth, command the ad
miring approval of all the citizens of
the community- And every effort has
the fullest possible co-operation of
the splendid laity of the Cathedral
City and section.
BISHOP ORDAINED
29 FOR THE DIOCESE
Nine More Than Total Num
ber of Secular Clergy in
Diocese Ten Years Ago
When the Most Rev. William J. Ha
fey, D. D., was installed as the first
Bishop of Raleigh on July 1, 1925, the
number of secular priests working in
the newly established diocese was 20.
In addition there were six Benedic
tines and Josephites.
Ten years later the secular clergy
actively engaged in parochial or mis
sionary labor totals 50, while 25 mem
bers of various religious orders are
found within the 92 counties that
comprise the diocese.
During this decade of years the fol
lowing priests have been ordained for
the Raleigh diocese:
1927—Rev. Philip J. O’Mara.
Rev. Peter M. Denges
1929— Rev. Cornelius E. Murphy
Rev. Peter McNemy
Rev. Francis A. Scheurich
1930— Rev. Eugene P. Carroll
Rev. John A. Beshel
Rev. Howard V. Lane
Rev. Arthur J. Racette
Rev. Patrick N. Gallagher
1931— Rev. Richard J. Barrett
Rev. Edward T. Gilbert
Rev. John B. Murphy
Rev. Denis A. Lynch
Rev. Louis C. Ruth
1932— Rev. Edward L. Gross
1933— Rev. Millard F. Neale
Rev. Michael A. (jjarey
Rev. Thomas A. Williams
Rev. John F. Roueche
Rev. William J. Kuder
1934— Rev. James A. Cowan
Rev. Francis J. Gorham
Rev. Michael J. Begley
Rev. Herbert A. Harkins
Rev. Hugh A. Dolan
Rev. J. Lenox Federal
1935— Rev. Thomas F. Carney
Rev. Robert J. McMillan.
APOLOGETICAL CONTEST
Held for Students of. Key West
School
KEY WEST, Fla.—The Sodality ot
the Convent High School here con
ducted an Apologetical Contest in St.
Cecelia’s Hall of the Convent recent
ly. Those participating included Vil-
na Alfonso, Anna Louise Castillo,
Mary June Crusoe. Margaret Dion,
Dora Medina, Dinorah Mickerson,
Theresa Sullivan, Cecelia Vargas and
May Whalton.
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