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EFBRUARY 29, 1936
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
Bishop O'Hara Announces Diocesan Appointments
Southern Jesuits on
Missions of Ceylon
Father Cassidy Gives Re
treats—Mr. O’Connor Goes
to India for Theology
(Special to The Bulletin)
TRINCOMALER, Ceylon. — Mr. J.
J. O’Connor, S.J., after 16 months of
teaching in the college of St. Michael
at Batticaloa, has been sent away to
Kurseong for his theological studies.
Kurseong is the Jesuit theologate for
all of India, and is situated almost
at the extreme northern limits of In
dia, up in the Himalayas. On clear
days, Mt. Everest can be seen from
there. There are some ten missions
in India. Burma and Ceylon which
send their scholastics to St. Mary’s,
Kurseong, for theological studies. In
fact the numbers are too great for
the one house, and another is to be
opened in 1937, in Poona, Central In
dia. The American Jesuits from Chi
cago who are in charge of Patna mis
sion study theology at Kurseong. The
Americans from the Southern Prov
ince, U. S. A., will in'the future be
sent to Poona.
The Rev. Mr. Ignatius Glennie, S.
J., who arrived in the mission last
August, has been sent to the Papal
Seminary at Kandy, Ceylon, for his
theological studies.
The Rev. Edward Cassidy, S.J., a
native of Macon, Ga., has been ac
tively engaged in giving English
closed retreats in different places in
the mission. Only two days after his
arrival he gave a closed retreat to
the laymen of Batticalos. There were
some 30 exercitants. In December he
gave a retreat to the nuns of the
Apostolic Carmel, at Kalmenai, in
the south of the mission. And at the
end of the year, he took the senior
boys of the college (St. Michael’s,
Batticaloa) throuhg the Spiritual Ex
ercises.
It is fortunate, and very much to
the advantage of the newcomers in
this mission field, that the language
of the educated people (at least) is
English. It is the official language of
the country, and the knowledge of it
is a requirement for most govern
ment positions. The mass of the peo
ple, of course, speak their own lan
guage: Tamil. Father Cassidy is de
voting some private study to the
learning of Tamil, under a native tu
tor. At present there are enough na- j
tive priests • in the mission to take j
care cf the most important works,
the parishes. But there is a crying
need for priests and Tamil speaking
priests to evangelize the people in
the jungle villages and outposts. One
missionary (and he a man of poor
health) has a chain of mission posts
that are strung along in a line reach
ing from Maha Oya to Vagare — a
distance of over 100 miles. And these
are only touching the surface. There
are villages and settlements in the
interior, in the jungle, where the
missionary seldom if ever penetrates.
Some of the people there have never
seen a white man. They are extremely
shy. their language is something quite
different from the Tamil spoken in
the villages; they are poor and needy,
at the mercy of mosquitoes and epi
demics, crop failures and storms.
Mr. Barras, the fourth member of
the detachment that arrived this year
—he came from Louisiana—is hold
ing down the post of prefect of games
at St. Michael’s, as well as prefect
of the boarders. He has started a mis
sion stamp bureau, and is collecting
Ceylon postage stamps from far and
wide, to be serf to the Ceylon Mis
sion Stamp Bureau, at Spring Hill
College This bureau is in charge of
Father Burns, and the Rev. Mr. J.
Schwing, SJ.
MSGR. JOS. A. BRESLIN. vice
rector of the North American Col
lege at Rome, formerly a Papal
Chamberlain, has been named a Do
mestic Prelate hy the Holy Father.
A Georgia
Product
Made for Our Southern
Climate.
Monsignor Mitchell, Monsig
nor Kane, Father Moylan,
Father McCarthy Are
Named Vicars-Foraine
Monsignor Croke Is Superintendent of
Schools of Diocese-Four Deans Named
Savannah Dean
Heads Schools
FATHER BARR NOW
CATHEDRAL RECTOR
Augusta Dean
The appointment of the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Josep.h F. Croke, chancellor of
the Diocese’ of Savannah, as Dioce
san Superintendent of Scools, the
erection of four deaneries in the Di
ocese with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
D. Mitchell, V. G., pastor of St. Pat
rick’s Church, Savannah, the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane, pastor of
St . - Mary’s-On-The-Hill, Augusta,
the Very Rev. Joseph E. Moylan,
pastor of the Church of the Imma
culate Conception, Atlanta, and the
Very Rev. Dan J. McCarthy, pastor
of Holy Family Church, Columbus,
as deans* and vicars-foraine, the ap
pointment of the Rev. Harold J.
Barr as rector of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, Savannah, suc
ceeding Monsignor Croke, and the
naming of he Rev, P. J. O’Connor,
assistant at St. Anthony's Church,
Atlanta, as assistant at St. Mary's,
Augusta, were made early in Febru
ary by the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah.
The appointment of Monsignor
Mitchell as vicar-general, of Mon-
signer Croke as Chancellor and of
the Rev. James H. Conlin as pastor
of St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta,
were announced in the previous is-
use of The Bulletin. Monsignor
Mitchell was vicar-general and Mon -
signor Croke Chancellor under
Bishop Keyes, and Monsignor Mit
chell served in that capacity also un
der Bishop Keiley.
A The offices of Diocesan Superin
tendent of Schools and of deans or
vicars-foraine are new in the 'Dio-
cese. Monsignor Croke as rector of
the Cathedral has for the past sev
eral years been in charge of Marisv
School and St. Vincent’s Grammar
School, Savannah, and his work in
that capacity, as well as others, has
been notable. His retirement as rec
tor of the Cathedral to devote his
entire attention to the schools of the
diocese will mark a new era in the
history of Catholic education in the
See, and is an indication of the ex
tent and scope of the Catholic school
system in Georgia.
The work of Catholic education is
of intense interest to Bishop O’Hara
who in his parish in Philadelphia
had a school with over 2,000 pupils
taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
His years as secretary to His Excel
lency. Cardinal Dougherty, as Auxil
iary Bishop and as vicar-general of
the Archdiocese brought him in
close touch with the school system
there, with its 143,387 pupils, and His
Excellency before coming to Geor
gia and since arriving here has ex
pressed himself as being impressed
by the proportion of Catholic chil
dren in Catholic schools in this
state.
The office of vicars-foraine is a
new one in the Diocese of Savannah
and deans appointed are the senior
pastors in their respective territories.
‘They are the special representatives
of the Bishop in their deaneries. An
other appointment announced is that
of Father Barr as assistant chancel
lor as well as rector of the Cathe
dral, succeeding Father Conlin
whose appointment as pastor of St.
Anthony Church, Atlanta, occasion
ed his retirement from the Savannah
office.
The list of Diocesan appointments
by His Excellency, Bishop O'Hara,
including the Board of Diocesan
Consultors, who served in that ca
pacity under Bishop Keyes, follows:
RURAL DEANS: for the First Dis
trict of Savannah, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jo
seph D. Mitchell, V. G., V. F., for th->
District of Augusta, Rt. Rev. Msgr.
James A. Kane, V. F.; for the Dis
trict of Atlanta, Very Rev. Joseph
E. Moylan, V. F.; for the District of
Columbus. Very Rev. Daniel J. Mc
Carthy, V. F.
COUNCIL OF VIGILANCE, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell, V. G.;
V. F„ Rt. Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane,
V. F., Very Rev. Joseph E. Moylan,
V. F„ Very Rev. Daniel J. McCar
thy, V. F.
VICAR GENERAL: Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph D. Mitchell, V. G., V. F. -
CHANCELLOR: Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph F. Croke.
VICE-CHANCELLOR: Rev. Har
old J. Barr.
BOARD OF CONSULTORS: Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell. V.
G„ V. F„ Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F.
Croke, Rev. Joseph R. Smith, Rev.
Harold J. Barr, Rev. James H. Con
lin.
OFFICIALIS: Very Rev. Joseph E.
Moylan, V. F.
DEFENSOR VINCULI: Rt. Rev.
Msgr, Joseph D. Mitchell, V. G„ V.
F.
PROMOTER OF JUSTICE: Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane, V F.
PRO-SYNODAL JUDGES:'. Very
Rev. Joseph E. Moylan V. F„ Rev.
Peter McDonnell, S. J., Rev. Joseph
G. Cassidy.
PARISH PRIEST CONSULTORS:
MONSIGNOR MITCHELL
MONSIGNOR KANE
Cathedral Rector
REV. HAROLD J. BARR
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell,
V. G., V. F„ Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
F. Croke, Very Rev. James T. Reil
ly, S. M., Rev. Leo M. Keenan, Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, Rev. James E.
King.
PARISH PRIEST EXAMINERS:
Rt. Rev. Msgr, Joseph D. Mitchell, V.
G. , V. F., Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F.
Croke, Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O.
S. B„ Rev. John E. O’Donohue, S. J.,
Rev. Joseph G. Cassidy, Rev. T
James McNamara.
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD: Rt,
Rev. Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell, V.
G„ V. F„ Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F.
Croke, Rev. Joseph R. Smith, Rev.
Harold J. Barr, Rev. James H. Con
lin.
DIOCESAN SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jo
seph F. Croke.
Knights at Savannah
Hear Msgr. Mitchell
He Delivers Address on His
tory of Georgia on Georgia
Day Program There
N.C.C.W. Convention
in Texas Oct. 18-21
CHICAGO. —The invitation of the
Most Rev. Christopher E. Byrne,
Bishop of Galveston, and the Gal
veston Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women, extended to the National
Council of Catholic Women to hold
its sixteenth annual convention in
Galveston, was accepted by the Ex
ecutive Committee of the National
Board at a meeting here.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell, V. G.,
pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, ad
dressed the Savannah Council,
Knights of Columbus on the history
of Georgia at its Georgia Day meet
ing, covering the subject in a com
prehensive and interesting fashion.
Monsignor Mitchell is one of the
leading authorities on the history of
Savannah as well as on the history
of the Diocese. Grand Knight Hugh
H. Grady presided; a buffet supper
followed, under the direction of
Louis C. Mathews.
THE COUNCIL sponsored a success
ful cabaret and dance for the mem
bers the eve of Washington’s Birth
day and the Fourth Degree Assem
bly held an oyster roast at Marist
School, with the Parent-Teacher As
sociation in charge of arrangements.
BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH
has organized a dramatic club to
represent the parish in the City Dra
matic Tournament, the organization
meeting being arranged by Father
Thomas L. Finn of the parish.
MARIST SCHOOL marked the
opening of the marble season with
the launching of a tournament in
which 300 youngsters of the school
are participating.
HENRY B. BRENNAN represented
Georgia at the winter meeting of the
American Bar Asociation’s commit
tee on unauthorized law practice in
Chicago recently.
THE CATHOLIC WOMEN’S Club
quarters at the Catholic Association
Building has undergone renovation,
under the direction of the house
committee.
FATHER THOMAS L. FINN was
the principal speaker at a recent
meeting of the Hioly Name Society of
Blessed Sacrament Parish; he spoke
on his recent visit to Ireland. James
F. Glass, Jr., president, presided.
SACRED HEART PARISHS Holy
Name Society, of which William A.
Saunders ns president, sponsored an
oyster roast on the campus Febru
ary 14. John G. Butler, Jr., was
chairman.
CATHOLIC BEQUESTS IN
WILL OF WM. B. PUDER
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The will of
William B. Puder, Confederate vet
eran and former chief of the Savan
nah Fire Department, who died here
in January at the age of 91. provides
bequests of one hundred dollars each
for the Bishop of Savannah, the
Marist School for Boys and St. Jo
seph’s Orphanage at Washington. Ga.;
the will was filed here last week. The
bulk of the estate is left to members
of his immediate family.
Deaneries of the Diocese
SAVANNAH DEANERY: The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph D. Mitchell, V.
G., V. F.. Counties: Chatham. Ef
fingham, Screven, Jenkins, Bullock,
Chandler, Evans, Toombs, Tattnall.
Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Charl
ton, Camden, Brantley, Wayne,
Glynn, McIntosh, Long, Liberty
Bryan.
AUGUSTA DEANERY: The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Jas. A. Kane, V. F. Coun
ties: Richmond, Burke, Emanuel,
Treutlen, Montgomery, Wheeler,
La u r e n s, Johnson, Wilkinson,
Twiggs, Jones, Baldwin, Washing
ton, Jefferson, Glascock, McDuffie,
Warren, Hancock, Putnam, Jasper,
Columbia, Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes
and Lincoln.
ATLANTA DEANERY: The Very
Rev. Joseph E. Moylan, V. F. Coun
ties: Fulton, Dade, Catoosa, Walker,
Whitfield Fannin, Gilmer, Union,
Towns, Rabun, Chattooga, Gordon,
Murray, Pickens, Lumpkin, White,
Habersham, Stephens, Floyd, Bar
tow, Cherokee, Dawson. Forsyth,
Hall, Banks, Franklin, Hart, Polk,
Paulding, Cobb, Milton, Gwinnett,
Jackson, Madison. Clarke, Elbert,
Oglethorps, Carroll. Douglass, Camp
bell, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Clay
ton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale, New
ton, Walton, Oconee, Morgan, Pike,
Troupe, Meriwether, Spalding, La
mar. Monroe, Butts, Upson.
COLUMBUS DEANERY: The Very
Rev. Dan J. McCarthy, V. F. Coun
ties: Muscogee, Harris. Talbert, Tay
lor. Crawford, Bibb, Schley, Chatta
hoochee. Marion, Macon. ” Peach,
Houston, Blackley, Stewart, Webster,
Sumter, Dooley, Pulaski. Dodge,
Wheeler, Quitman, Randolph, Ter
rell, Lee, Crisp, Wilcox, Telfair, Jeff
Davis . Coffee, Ben Hill, Irwin, Turn
ner, Worth, Dougherty, Calhoun,
Clay, Early, Baker, Mitchell, Col
quitt, Tift. Berrien, Atkinson. Miller,
Sminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas,
Brooks, Cook, Lowndes, Eckles, Lan
ier, Clinch.
VERY REV. DAN J. McCARTHY
Marist Cadets Plan
for Holy Week Mass
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Marist Cadets
will participate in the 34th annual
Maundy Thursday Mass April 9, and
in the profession of the Blessed Sac
rament after the Mass. A committee
of cadets has been appointed to ar
range for the participation.
CADET LIEUT. David Ansboro has
been named captain of Company A
of the Marist College Cadet Corps,
Lieut. L. Fincher succeeds Captain
Ansboro as first lieutenant of the
company, Cadet Lieut, Baya Stevens,
Company B, has been transferred to
Company A, and Cadet Color Ser
geant Joe Valdez is named lieutenant
of the second platoon, Company B.
being succeeded as color sergeant hy
Cadet Bates Block, Major Lewis F.
Pagel, U. S. A., retired, Command
ant. announces.
Time Extended for
Cashing Irish Bonds
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The time in
which application can be made for
repayment of the Republic of Ire
land Bonds would be extended to
June 30, 1936, by a bill introduced in
the Dail Eireann by the Minister for
Finance, the Irish Free State Lega
tion announced here. The bill al
ready has received its second read
ing and will doubtless become a
law, it was said.
The actual work of repayment is
being handled by Garth Healy of
117 Liberty Street. New York City,
and to date nearly $4,000,000 has
found its way back to subscribers.
The total subscribed for the bonds
amounted to nearly $6,000,000.
Funeral of Infant in
Parish at Brunswick
(Special to The Bulletin)
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Claoel Claudette Kennedy,
11-month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Kennedy of St. Francis
Xavier, parish here, who died late
in January, were held here with the
Rev- F. M. Perry, S. M., pastor of
ficiating. The little girl had been ill
only two days.
Dean at Columbus