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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 31, 1936
FATHER J.J. HUGHES
OF CHARLESTON DIES
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CHARLESTON MOURNS
PRIESTS
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Pastor Emeritus of Sacred
Heart Church Was Ordain
ed Thirty-Six Years
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The Very
Rev. John J. Hughes, pastor emeritus
of Sacred Heart Church- died late in
December after an illness of two
months.
Father Hughes was the third oldest
priest in point of service in the Di
ocese of Charleston, and retired as
pastor of Sacred Heart Church in
1933 because of failing health, which
did not become serious until two
months ago.
Born in Philadelphia October 4,
1870, Father Hughes was educated in
the schools of his native city, at
Villanova College. St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Baltimore, and St- Bonaven-
ture Seminary, Alleghany, N. Y.
He was ordained October 29, 1899,
for the Diocese of Charleston by
Bishop Northrop.
His first assignment was on the
Greenville missions, November - 1,
1899, where he remained until Jan
uary 5, 1904, when he was assigned
to St. Patrick’s Church, Charleston.
Here he remained four years- until
appointed to the Aiken Missions Jan
uary 8, 1908, where he remained un
til January 29, 1909, when he was ap
pointed to St. Peter’s Church, Co
lumbia. , |
On October 5, 1913, Father Hughes
was placed in charge of the Summer
ville parish and missions; he built
the Waterboro and Yonge’s Island
Churches and the rectory at Sum
merville. Returning to Charleston
February 1. 1918, he became pastor
of Holy Rosary Church, remaining
there until he became the first pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, which he
built, in June, 1921. Here he re
mained until his retirement in 1933,
and here he made his home as pas
tor emeritus since his retirement.
Father Hughes was a man of great
leal, a kindly, priestly man, beloved
by his parishioners and all who knew
him. The Most Rev. Emmet M.
■Walsh, D. D.- Bishop of Charleston:
officiated at the Pontifical Mass at
the funeral of Father Hughes, as
sisted by the priests of the Diocese.
Interment was in the priests’ section
of St. Lawrence cemetery.
Very Rev. John J. Hughes
Rev. Herman Grones,
Belmont Abbey, Dies
Injuries Sustained When Hit
by Auto Fatal to Former
Pastor of Concord, N. C.
(Special to The Bullefn)
BELMONT, N. C—The Rev. Her
man Grones, O. S. B., died early
Saturday afternoon, January 4- in
Mercy Hcs.ital, Chario'te, of in
juries suffered the previous evening
when he was struck by an automo
bile. The accident occurred near the
Abbey while Father Herman
w:s walking in the road. The driver
of the car said that he did not see
Father Herman in time to avoid the
accident.
Father Herman was born in Mayen,
Pruss'a. March 17. 1874, and c:me to
Ame ica when a child with his par
ents. The family settled in Oregon.
After reaching maturity, the son en-
ter:d St- Mary’s Seminary. Ba’t’more.
After pursuing studies there for some
time, he made application for en
trance to the Benedictine Order at
Belmont Abbey. On July 30, 1918, he
was ordained to the priesthood by the
late Bishop Haid.
Rev. Joseph Schmodry, C. S. Sp.
FATHER SCHMODRY,
CHARLESTON, DIES
Holy Ghost Father, Former
Professor of Theology, a
Priest Forty-One Years
The following three years Father
Herman was assistant pastor of St*
Mary’s in Richmond, Va., and later
he was chaolain at the government
hospital in Oteen. N- C., for a year.
Following this appointment he hed
charge of St. James Church in Con
cord. N. C., for a period of eighteen
years- During these years Father
Herman endeared himse f to h's peo-
g le, particularly to the poor for whom
e never tired spending himself.
During the past year he had been re
tired from active work due to ill
health.
On Monday afternoon, January 6,
the mortal remains of Father Her
man were moved from the Abbey
parlor to the Cathedral in solemn nro-
ces'ion. There Matins and lauds of
the Dead were recited by the com
munity. Tuesday morning at 10:3) a
Solemn Pontifical Mess of Requi'm
was sung by the Rt. Rev. Vincent
Taylor, O. S- B., D. D.. Abbot of Bel
mont Abbey, with Verv Rev. A1
phonse Buss, O. S. B-, Prior, as as-
-iis'ant priest. The Rev. Gerard Fett-
ger O. S. B„ and the Rev. Herbert
McGowan. O. S. B., were deacons
of hono": the Rev. Charles Kastner,
O- S. B-,' and the Rev. Sebastian
Doris, O. S. B., were deacon and sub
deacon respectively; the Very Rev.
Nicholas B iley, O. S. B.. and Fr.
Anthony Byrne. O. S. B-. were mas
ters of ceremonies. Besides the resi
dent members of the commun'ty the
following were present: The Rev.
James Man'ey Wilmington; the Rev-
Thomas Mackin. Spartanburg; the
Rev. James Cowan. Albemarle; the
Rev. Arnold Walters. O. F. M., Le
noir; the Rev. Ambrose Gallagher,
. ►£). S. B.; the Rev. Maurice McDon
nell. O- S. B.; and the Rev. Philip
Tierney, O- S. B.. Charlotte. A rep
resentative delegation from Concord
likewise was present.
After the singing of the Libera” in
terment took place in the Abbey
cemetery.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The Rev.
Joseph A. Schmodry, C. S. Sp., for
merly professor of theology in semi
naries in this country and Europe,
and for the past eight years assistant
at St. Peter’s Church here, died Janu
ary 5 after forty-one years of priest
ly labor as a member of the Congre
gation of the Holy Ghost.
Father Schmody was -bom in Kay-
.‘xrsberg, Alsace, France, August 1,
1868, the son of Mr. and Mrs. An
toine Schmcdry. He was educated in
his native city, in Mesnieres, where
he received his secondary and classi
cal education, at Langonnet, Brittany,
where he made his studes in philo
sophy, at Cbevilly, where he studied
theology, and at the Institute of Paris,
where he received his university de
grees in arts and letters.
Ordained December 22, 1894, Father
Schmodry was named professor of
philosophy and theology at Cellule
and then at Chevilly, Paris; in 1898 he
was appointed to a similar post at the
seminary of the Holy Ghost Fathers
at Cornwells, Pa. Asking his su
periors to be assigned to parish and
missionary work, he labored among
French, German and Bohmian groups
in Detroit in 1900, and in the lumber
town of Chippewa Falls, Wis., some
time later; he also labored in Canada,
Portsmouth, R. I., and in Louisiana,
where he went in 1912.
Fourteen years ago the ardous
labors of Father Schmcdry took their
tax in his health, but he refused to
be idle, and continued his work to
the limit of his ab’lity and even, he-
yond; for eight years he gave of all
his strength to the parishioners of St.
Peter’s Church for colored Catholics
here. He bore his sufferings bravely
and cheerfully, and died on the Feast
of the Epiphany, January 5.
The funeral was held from St.
Peter’s Church, his associates of the
Congregation of the Holy Ghost and
ihe clergy of the city assist’ng at the
Requiem Mass. The sermon was de
livered by the Rev. George J. Col
lins, C. S. Sp., New York, who re
called Father Schmodry's life of toil,
sacrifice and cheerful suffering, and
ills desire to remain always in the
background despite his great talents
as a teacher and in other directions.
15 Archbishops and Bishops
at Bishop Smith’s Funeral
Archbishop McNicholas Cele
brant of Mass—Archbishop
Stritch Delivers Sermon
(Bv N. C. W. C- News Service)
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Fifteen Arch
bishops and Bishops and three Ab
bots attended the funeral of the Most
Rev. Alphonse J. Smith, sixth Bish
op of Nashville, here. Bishop Smith
was buried in the Priests’ Mound in
Calvary Cemetery, the first Bishop
to be buried there. Another Nash
ville Ordinary, Bishop Richard P.
Miles is buried beneath the altar of
St. Mary’s Church.
The burial followed services at the
Cathedral of the Incarnation, ’with
the Most Rev. John T. McNicholas,
O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati,
celebrating the solemn requiem Mass.
The Most Rev. Sfcunuel A. Stritch,
Archbishop of Milwaukee, deliver
ed the sermon.
Bishops and Abbots present were:
The Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, Bish
op of Toledo; the Most Rev. John A.
Duffy, Bishop of Syracuse; the Most
Rev. John A. Floersh, Bishop of
Louisville; the Most Rev. Michael J.
Gallagher, Bishop of Detroit; tht
Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow, Bish
op of Natchez; the Most Rev. James
A. Griffin, Bishop of Springfield in
Illinois; the Most Rev. James J. Hart-
lev. Bishop of Columbus; the Most
Rev. Francis W. Howard, Bishop of
Coving on; the Most Rev. Emmanuel
B. Ledvina, Bishop of Corpus Chris-
ti; the Most Rev. John B. Morris.
Bishop of Little Rock: the Most Rev.
Joseph E. Ritter, Bishop of Indian
apolis; the Most Rev. Thomas J.
Toolen. Bishop of Mobile; the Most
Rev. William D. O’Brien, Auxiliary
Bishop of Chicago; the Rt. Rev. Ab
bot Ignatius Esser, O.S-B.. St. Ber
nard’s Abbey, the Rt. Rev. Abbot
Frederic M. Dunne. O.C.S.O., Ab
bey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. and
the Rt. Rev. Abbot Ambrose Reger,
O.S.B.. St. Bernard’s Abbey.
The Rev. E. F. Callahan Ciarkes-
ville, and the Rev. Louis J. Kemp-
hues, of Memphis, were deacons of
honor at the Mass. The Rev. Ralph
Pfau, of Indianapolis, and the Rev.
Jerome Pfau, of Terre Haute, neph
ews of Bishop Smith, were deacon
and subdeacon.
In his sermon, Archbishop Stritch
referred to Bishop Smith as a “great
man of God.” “Bishop Smith,” he
said, “had a great intellect, he was
scholarly, he possessed great human
ity and ability of expression, but we
must pay tribute to him chiefly as
a great man of God.”
The chief ambition of Bishop
Smith, whom he had known since
childhood, Archbishop Stritch said,
was to save souls for God To this,
he said, he subordinated all other
phases of his Episcopal work. He
also paid tribute to Bishop Smith’s
devotion to Blessed Virgin.
Bishop Morris officiated at the fi
nal ceremony in the cemetery.
Bishop Smith, son of the late
George J. and Mary Dittaen Smith,
was bom November 14, 1883 at Mad
ison. Ind- He was educated in Jas
per College, Jasper, Ind., St. Greg
ory's Seminary, Cincinnati, St.
Mary’s College, St. Mary’s Kan., and
ihe North American College and the
Pontifical University of the Prop
aganda in Rome.
Returning to Indianapolis, July 1,
1908, he became assistant pastor of
the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul,
and remained there for 13 years. On
June 1. 1921, he was made pastor of
the parish of St. Joan of Arc, In
dianapolis. He received notification
from Rome that he had been ap
pointed Bishop of the diocese ot
Nashville on December 21. 1923, suc
ceeding the late Bishop Byrne.
Bishop Smith was the youngest 9f
a family of ten children. _ His
brother, the Rev. George Smith of
Indianapolis, and three sisters pre
ceded him in death. He is surviv
ed by five sisters, two of whom are
Sisters Alphonsine and Majella of
St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Terre Haute,
Ind.
Abbeville Church Is
Fifty Years Erected
Sacred Heart Church, Abbeville, S.
C., was 50 years dedicated in De
cember, and the golden jubilee was
appropriately marked by ceremonies
at which the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston,
presided The Abbeville parish is
one of the most historic in Upper
South Carolina; it is on the Ander
son Missions, of vhich the Rev.
Henry Spiesman is pastor. A future
issue of The Bulletin will contain a
history of the jubilee parish and
other matter of kindred interest.
Sister M. Elizabeth
Dies in Charleston
Former Public School Teach
er Was Member of Faculty
of Bishop England High
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The Rev.
Sister Mary Elizabeth of the Sisters
of Our Lady of Mercy, a beloved
member of the order since her en
trance nine years ago, died here
January 23 after a short illness.
Sisters Mary Elizabeth was former
ly Miss Ida Kelly of this city, where
she was born, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs William Kelly; she was a
teacher in the public schools of Char
leston when she entered the Sisters
of Our Lady of Mercy in 1927. She
had done special work at Marywood
College, Scranton, Pa., and at the
Catholic University of America, and
served as principal of Cathedral
Grammar School before becoming a
member of the faculty of Bishop
England High School. Sister Mary
Elizabeth was particularly interested
in the religious vacation schools, and
served effectively for several seasons
at Spartanburg and Caesar’s Head.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos. L. O’Brien,
D. D., rector of Bishop England High
School, officiated at the Solemn High
Mass of Requiem for the repose of
the soul of Sister Mary Elizabeth the
Rev. Dr. J. L. Manning, was deacon
and the Rev. John McCarthy sub
deacon. Interment was in St. Law
rence Cemetery.
Surviving Sister Mary Elizabeth
are her father, her sister, Mrs. J.
Allen Morris, and four brothers.
Joseph M. Kelly, Charleston, and
William. Jr„ Andrew, and George
L. Kelly. Chattanooga.
Sister Mary Elizabeth was one of
the most beloved Sisters of Our Lady
of Mercy in the Diocese, and her
services at Cathedral school. Bishop
England High School and the religi
ous vacation schools endeared her to
■hundreds who had the privilege of
being her pupils.
Marist Missions in
Southeast Georgia
(Special To The Bulletin)
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—A series of mis
sions will be given in Brunswick
and its adjacent mission territory in
February by the Marist Mission Band
of Washington, D. C. The Bruns
wick missions are under the direction
of Father F. M. Perry, S.M., pastor,
assisted by Father Joseph G. Cal
laghan, S.M., and Father John Mer
cer, S.M.
Father Philip Hasson, S.M., will
conduct a triduum at Darien Febru
ary 8-11, and at Ludowici February
12-15; he will conduct a week’s mis
sion at Waycross February 16-23.
Father William Lonergan, S.M., su
perior of the Mission Band, after fin
ishing a mission in Boston, will con
duct one at the Church of St. Fran
cis Xavier. Brunswick, the week of
February 16.
Negress Dies in Brunswick
at Established Age of 109
MAYOR OF KNOXVILLE
John T. O’Connor Chatta
nooga Speaker
(Special To The Bulletin)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Hon. Jno.
T. O’Connor, mayor of Knoxville, was
the principal speaker at the Decem
ber meeting of the Laymen’s Dinner
Club here. Mayor Bass of Chatta
nooga was a guest of honor.
(Special To The Bulletin)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — “Aunt Janie”
Jackson, born 109 years ago in slav
ery on St. Simon’s Island, died here
January 6 in the freedom of the
Catholic Church. “Aunt Janie” was
a Catholic from her youth; for many
years she attended daily Mass, and
only ill health or the most inclement
weather would keep her from St.
Francis Xavier Church each morning.
The Rev. F. M. Perry, S.M., pastor
of St. Francis Xavied parish, offici
ated at the funeral Mass, attended by
a large number of her white as well
as her colored friends. She never
married.
“Aunt Janie” was born July 4. 1826,
on St. Simon’s Island, the property
of Benjamin Cater, then owner of
Kelvin Grove Plantation, then located
on the present site of the home of
Mrs. Maxfield Parrish. At the age
of 12. she was sold as a slave to the
du Bignon Plantation on Jekyl Is
land, where she remained until Abra
ham Lincoln issued his Emancipation
Proclamation.
“Aunt Janie” was the daughter of
“Jack”, who was born an African
prince and who was married to a
“country born Negro womar ” after
he was sold into slavery in this coun-
MOTHER GABRIEL DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Bishop Keyes Presides at
Funeral of Pioneer Sister of
St. Joseph at Augusta
try. In 1858, when the last slave ship,
the Wanderer, to enter this country.
“Jack” learned that the new slaves
were from his part of Africa. He
sought them out, and when their
owners discovered that “Jack” could
converse with them, they made them
their interpreter and placed him in
charge of them. After emancipation
he took his family to Anguilla, four
teen miles from Brunswick, to live,
and for thirty years he regularly
walked that distance to visit and con
verse with his people.
“Jack” died when well over one
hundred. “Aunt Janie” had a sister,
Pender Hamilton, two years older
than she, who died at I' ufuskie. S.
C., three years ago at the age of 108.
She has a cousin, Julia Rush, Atlan
ta. who is 109 years old. “Aunt Ja
nie” was active up to her final days,
her only sign of great age being fail
ing but still very serviceable eye
sight. Her knowledge of Negro spir
ituals and songs brought from the
Bahamas and from Africa by slaves
was unusual, and even in recent
years she appeared on programs on
St. Simon’s Island; Mrs. Maxfield
Parrish, now owner of the plantation
where “Aunt Janie” was born, had
her interpretation of the sp !v ituals
preserved on phonograph records.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. Mother
Gabriel Hynes, formerly mother
provincial of the Sisters of St. Jos
eph in Georgia, one of the oldest
members of the order in the Dio
cese, and a member of one of the
eldest and leading Catholic families
of the state died here early in Jan
uary at the age of 86. Mother Ga
briel had been active until stricken
by pneumonia a few days before her
death.
Born at Locust Grove, Taliaferro
County, Ga., September 17, 1849,
Mother Gabriel had been active un
til stricken by pneumonia a few
days before her death.
Born at Locust Grove, Taliaferro
County, Ga., September 17, 1849
Mother Gabriel was a member of a
family which traced its ancestry
back to the Maryland pioneers of
Revolutionary days. She entered the
Sisters of St. Joseph at Washington,
Ga., in 1880; during her long years
in religious life Mother Gabriel
served as superior at Washington,
Sharon and Augusta, as mistress of
novices, superior-general of the or
der in Georgia, and in recent years
as assistant provincial. She came to
Augusta from Washington in 1913
when the motherhouse was trans
ferred after fire destroyed the Sis
ters’ convent there, and had been in
Augusta since.
In every’ capacity in which she
had served the order. Mother Ga
briel was a true religious, untiring,
zealous, kindly, charitable. Some
years ago she suffered an injury
which to some extent handicapped
her, but her unfailing good nature
never failed and she was busily and
happily active until her final brief
illness.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes,
S. M., D.’ D., Apostolic Administra
tor of the Diocese of Savannah, pre
sided at the funeral Mass, at which
the Rev. John J. 1 Kennedy, chaplain
at Mt. St. Joseph’s, officiated. The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane, pas
tor of St. Mary’s-On-The-Hill, and
clergy from Augusta, Savannah,
Athens, and Atlanta attended. Inter
ment was in the Sisters’ Section of
Westover Cemetery.
Surviving Mother Gabriel are her
sister. Miss Margaret Hynes of Sa-
vanah; four nieces, Mrs. Kate Flan
nery Semmes and Mrs. Fred G.
Doyle, Savannah, Miss Mary Helen
Hynes, Sarasota, Fla., and Miss Mary
Hynes, Athens, Ga., two nephews,
F. X. Hynes, Athens, and A. J.
Hynes, Suffolk, Va., and several
grandnephews and grandnieces.
Among Mother Gabriel’s cousins are
Sister M. Augustine of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, and Mrs. Jeremiah Mc
Carthy, Miss Genevieve Harty- Wil
liam J. Harty and Mrs. Edward F.
O’Connor. Jr., of Savannah.
ST. MARY DE SALES
DIES IN ATLANTA
Was Native of Savannah and
Member of Pioneer Family
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Rev. Sister
Mary de Sales Doyle, a member of a
pioneer Georgia Catholic family and
a native of Savannah, died here early
in January after an extended illness.
Sister Mary de Sales was one of
the oldest members of the Sisters of
Mercy in Georgia; she was born in
Savannah 79 years ago. and spent her
life as a religious worker at St. Vin
cent Acadamy until her recent re
moval to Atlanta. For 25 years she
was in charge of the department of
music at the Academy. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Doyle, widely known Savan-
nahians and was known in the world
as Miss Fanni- Doyle; her years ol
self-sacrificing and cheerful service
as a Sister of Mercy endeared her to
many successful classes of pupils,
many of them today leaders in
Georgia and elsewhere.
The Rev. James T. Reilly, S. M,
pastor of Sacred Heart Church, At
lanta, officiated at the Requiem Mass
at the funeral, assisted by clergy of
the Diocese; interment was in the
Sisters Section of West View ceme
tery. Surviving are her nieces, Miss
Margaret MacDonald and Miss Mary
MacDonald, Atlanta, and her cousin,
Mrs. W. P. Stapleton, Savannah,
Fr. Cronin Conducts
Greenville Retreat
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C, — The Rev.
Thomas Cronin, C. SS. R., superior
of the Redemptorist Fathers at
Orangeburg, conducted the retreat
for the Sodality of the Blessed Vir
gin at St. Francis Hospital here early
is January. Father Cronin gave the
four meditations a day; a question
box v/as a feature of the retreat.
Officers of the sodality are Miss
Madeline M. Patrick, president; Miss
L Frances McGrath- vice-president;
Miss Alice M. Howard, secretary and
treasurer; Sister Demetria, directress,
and the Rev. T. J. McGrath, spiritu
al director, who sponsored the re
treat.