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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE
Abbeville, S. C. r Church Dedicated Half-Century
FUTURE BISHOP WAS
IN CHARGE IN 1885
Greenwood’s Pretty Church
Was Dedicated 10Y ears Ago
Abbeville, which is located about 35
miles from Anderson, contains one of
the five churches attended by the
clergy of Anderson. The Church of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Abbe
ville has served the needs of the
Catholics of that community for more
than fifty years. The building, which
is described as a beautiful example of
the Norman-Gothic type of architec
ture, was erected through the muni
ficence of the Enright family of Ab
beville and under the direction, of
the Most Rev. John J. Monaghan,
D.D., Bishop of Wilmington, Del.,
who was at that period a priest of
the Diocese of Charleston and in
charge of the Abbeville mission. Fit
ting religious rites, described in the
Abbeville Medium of that day, mark
ed the dedication of the church.
On December 17, 1935, the Golden
Jubilee observance of the church was
held with proper solemnity. The
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D.D.,
Bishop of Charleston, presided at the
services and delivered a masterful
discourse. Msgr. A. K. Gwynn, who
has been called the “Father of the
Church in the Piedmont Section of
South Carolina”, was the celebrant of
Solemn Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament; the Rev. Thomas
Mackin, rector of the Church of St.
Paul the Apostle in Spartanburg, was
deacon, and the sub-deacon was the
Rev. Charles J. Baum, assistant rec
tor of the Abbeville Church, served
as master of ceremonies. The Very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy, V.F., dean of
Columbia, and the Very Rev. Thomas
Cronin, C.SS.R., rector of the Church
of the Most Holy Trinity of Orange
burg, acted as deacons of honor to
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Bish
op. The choir of St. Joseph’s Church
of Anderson rendered an appropriate
program of music. The edifice was
crowded to capacity, many non-Cath-
olic friends, including three of Abbe
ville’s ministers, attending the ser
vices. Three prominent men of the
congregation, Messrs. J. Ed. Roche,
George Flynn and Edward Comely,
served as ushers on this occasion.
Holy Mass is offered in the Abbe
ville church at least three times a
month.
PAPAL BLESSING GIVEN
GREENWOOD PARISHONER
Holy Father Conferred It on
Mrs. W. H. Turner at Re
quest of Bishop Russell
Hie dedication of the church at
Greenwood was the occasion of the
announcement of a rare honor for
a member of the parish, the con
ferring of a special blessing from
the Holy Father on Mrs. W. H. Tur
ner at the request of the Most Rev.
William T. Russell, D. D., then
Bishop of the Diocese of Charleston.
Bishop Russell died early the fol
lowing year and Mrs. Turner, for
many years a leader in Catholic ac
tivities in this section, and the moth
er of Miss Madge Turner of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
has also died since. Bishop Russell
announced the honor in the follow
ing letter to the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. K.
Gwynn, V. F., of Greenville, then
in charge of the Greenwood parish
as a part of the Greenville parish
territory; the letter, read at the ded
ication ceremonies, follow:
“My dear Father Gwynn:
“It is a great disappointment in
me not to lie able to felicitate the
good people of Greenwood on the
completion of their new church for
which they have made so many sac
rifices. I wish to assure one and
all who have in any way contribut
ed to the success of the undertaking
that I heartily congratulate them on
the good work they have completed.
“There is one especially whom I
feel I can honor on this occasion
without exciting any envious feel
ings. After returning home from
my visit a year ago I felt that seme
special recognition should be given
to the good lady who all these years
has done so much for Catholicity in
Greenwood, one who has been a
model wife and mother, all of whose
children are a credit to her, one
whose family has represented the
Catholic Church in its truest char
acter amongst the people of the
community—Mrs. Turner.
"Therefore, I wrote Rome asking
for a special blessing from our Holy
Father for Mrs. Turner and her fam
ily. This blessing was Specially pre
pared by the Pope’s own personal
artist and it is signed by the Holy
Father himself. I may mention that
the Holy Father seldom signs any
documents, but I asked this special
favor for Mrs. Turner in recognition
for all she has done.
"I have delegated Father O’Brien
to present this document to Mrs.
Turner at the end of his sermon in
the church.
“Sincerely yours in Christ.
“WILLIAM T. RUSSELL.
“Bishop of Charleston.”
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
The beautiful Church of Our Lady
of Lourdes in Greenwood was com
pleted and dedicated in 1926. The
church, which is built m conformity
with the requirements of the litur
gy, was a gift of Mrs. Joseph F. Gal
lagher, of Philadelphia, Penn. The
building was dedicated on November
21, 1926, by the Most Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, D.D., then Bishop of Savan
nah, who officiated in the unavoid
able absence of the Most Rev. Wil
liam T. Russell, D.D., late Bishop of
Charleston. Bishop Keyes, on this oc
casion, administered the Sacrament of
Confirmation to a class of candidates.
Monsignor Gwynn, ehen in charge of
the congregation, celebrated the Mass
and MOnsignor Joseph L. O’Brien of
Charleston delivered the sermon. The
music for the day’s festivities was
supplied by the choir of the Sacred
Heart Church of Augusta, Ga., assist
ed by Miss Madge Turner of Green
wood.
On the day of the dedication of the
church a special papal blessing was
conferred on Mrs. W. H. Turner and
her family in recognition of their
many years of faithful service to the
Catholic Church in Greenwood.
During the five years preceding the
erection of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church a temporary building (a K.
of C. war hut) served as the place
of worship for the Catholics of the
community. This building was known
as St. Mary's Church.
The Catholics of Greenwood (in
cluding the dozen Catholic boys at
tending Bailey Military Institute),
Ware Shoals and nearby points assist
at service at the Greenwood church
where Holy Mass is celebrated on at
least three Sundays of the month.
President Asks United Front
Against Forces of Irreligion
All Religion Attacked, Chief
Executive Says ’in ‘Brother
hood Day’ Address
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—An appeal to
all believers in a Supreme Being to
unite to meet the challenge of irre
ligion and a declaration in favor of
the maintenance of education free
from governmental or group dicta
tion were contained in two national
ly-broadcast addresses, by President
Roosevelt.
The appeal for a united front to
fight irreligion was made in an ad
dress on the occasion of the observ
ance of “Brotherhood Day”, sponsor
ed by the National Conference of
Jews and Christians. The President
spoke from the study of his home
here. He pointed out that it is not
a particular group that is being at
tacked but all faith.. The president
said in part:
“There are honest differences of
religious belief among the citizens of
your town as there are among the
citizens of mine. It is a part of the
spirit of Brotherhood Day. as it is
a part of our American heritage, to
respect those differences. And it is
well for us to remember that this
America of ours is the product of
no single race or creed or class. Men
and women—your fathers and mine—
came here from the far corners of the
earth with beliefs that widely varied.
And yet. each in his own way laid
his own special gift upon our national
altar to enrich our national life. From
the gift that each has given, all have
gained.
“This is no time to make capital
out of religious disagreement, how
ever honest. It is a time, rather, to
make capital out of religious under
standing. We who have faith cannot
afford to fall out among ourselves.
The very state of the world is a sum
mons to us to stand together. For as
I see it, the chief religious issue is
not between our various beliefs. It
is between belief and unbelief. It is
not your specific faith or mine that
is being called into question—but all
faith. Religioun in wide areas of the
earth is being confronoted with ir
religion; our faiths are being chal-
U. of Georgia Meets
Holy Cross in 1937
The University of Georgia foot
ball eleveii will meet Holy Cross
College in Boston October 16 of next
year, announcements from the ath
letic authorities of both institutions
state. Holy Cross is located at Wor
cester, 44 miles from Boston, where
the game will be played. During the
past year Holy Cross was undefeat
ed, and was tied but once, by Man
hattan. Harvard, Brown and Col
gate were among the victims of Holy
Cross this season.
lenged. It is because of that threat
that you and I must reach across the
lines between our creeds, clasp hands
and make common cause.
“To do that will do credit to the
best of our religious tradition. It
will do credit also to the best in
our American tradition. The spiritual
resources of our forebears have
brought us a long way toward the
goal which was set before the nation
at its founding as a nation.
. “Yet, I do not look upon these
United States as a finished product.
We are still in the making. The
vision of the early days still requires
the same qualities of faith in God
and man for its fulmillment.
“No greater thing could come to
our land today than a revival of the
spirit of religion—a revival that
would sweep the homes of the nation
and stir the hearts of men and wom
en of all faiths to a reassertion of
their belief in God and their dedi
cation of His will for themselves and
for the world. I doubt if there is any
problem—social, political, or eco
nomic—that would not melt away be
fore the fire of such a spiritual
awakening.
“I know of no better way to kindle
such a fire than through the fellow
ship that an occasion like this makes
possible. For Brotherhood Day, after
all. is an experiment in understand
ing; a venture in neighborliness.”
Father Monaghan Erected
Edifice With Generous As
sistance of Enright Family
ANDERSON MISSIONS
TOUCH TWO STATES
Seven Large Counties From
Georgia to North Carolina
Are in Its Territory
Saint Joseph’s Parish of Anderson
is, territorially, one of the largest in
the Diocese of Charleston. Situated
in the northwestern portion of South
Caolina it touches the states of North
Carolina and Georgia. The Anderson
Mission includes seven counties in
South Carolina: Anderson, Abbeville,
Oconee, Greenwood, Pickens, McCor
mick and Newberry; the priests of St.
Joseph’s care for the scattered Cath
olics of Hart County in Georgia which
borders the Anderson parish.
Some interesting facts regarding the
Anderson Missions are: the parish
embraces an area of more than 4,000
square miles or more than a tenth of
the territory of the Diocese of
Charleston. Within the confines of
the parish is to be found a popula
tion exceeding 300,000 people-. The
Catholic population of the parish
numbers less than 500 souls. Five
churches are located in the mission
territory, those of St. Joseph's in An
derson. St. Andrew’s at Clemson Col
lege, St. Francis of Assisi at Walhal-
la. the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Abbe
ville, and Our Lady of Lourdes in
Greenwood.
Among the institutions of higher
education that are located in the An
derson Mission territory are: Clem
son College at Clemson, Anderson
College in Anderson, Newberry Col
lege in Newberry, Erskine College at
Due West, and Lander College and
Bailey Military Institute in Green
wood.
More than 20 newspapers, daily and
weekly, are published in the differ
ent cities and towns within the An
derson parish.
Church in Kentucky
Reaches 150th Year
The Record Marks Anniver
sary With Notable Issue
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LOUISVILLE—“One hundred and
fifty years of Catholicity in Ken
tucky”, is thetheme of a special sup
plement issued iwth the current edi
tion of The Record, official publica
tion of the Diocese of Louisville, of
which Benedict Elder, is editor.
The Record makes no pretense of
presenting a considered and complete
history of the period, but offers a
“picture of the principal events of
the history of Catholicity in Ken
tucky during that time”, and ex
presses the hope that “from these
events all devoted Catholics can draw
a sketch while those ableto go to
the sources may write a history; it
is the spirit of the thing that counts.
“From this diocese established in
1808, the first diocese in the West’,
says the paper, “have gone Bishops
to San Francisco, Santa Fe. New Or
leans, Charleston. Richmond, St. Paul,
Nashville. Peoria. Alta (Springfield).
111., and Superior, not to speak of
two who returned to Baltimore, the
mother diocese of America, namely,
Archbishops Francis Patrick Kenrick
and Martin John Spalding.” it is
further stated.
“Mentioning these, however, does
not account for the influence which
the Diocese of Louisville exercised
upon the organization of the dioceses
of all this Middle West territory from
the Alleghenies to the Mississippi and
Northwest, 28 in all including five
Archdioceses. The history of the
early pioneers in Kentucky is bound
up in the archives of these dioceses,
not a one of which can omit the
activities of priests for their territory
designated by Bishop Flaget in his
spiritual direction over them from
this pioneer See in the West estab
lished in 1808.”
Some of the articles contained in
the Supplement are: Addresses of the
Most Rev. John A. Floersh, Bishop
of Louisville, and of others, at the
sesquicentennial celebrations held at
Holy Cross, Ky., on August 18, 1935;
sketches of the various Bishops of
Louisville; reviews of Catholic charit
able works nd educational activities
in the See; discussions of Catholic
pioneers and their works, and “100
Years of Catholic Journalism in Ken
tucky.” The supplement is pro
fusely illustrated.
Little Flower Camp
Plans Fifth Season
Sisters of St. Genevieve’s
Conduct It in N. Carolina
(Special to The Bulletin)
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Little Flower
Camp, situated in the “Heart of the
Blue Ridge Mountains”, near Ashe
ville, will start its fifth season the last
part of June.
The camp has progressed rapidly
since its organization five years ago;
indicative of this is the increase in
the number of campers from six in
1932 to 45 in 1935.
All buildings have been constructed
to combine rustic attractiveness with
comfort and protection. A large new
lodge and a new sleeping porch will
be added this season. Modem plumb
ing, running hot and cold water in
sure proper sanitation. Pure water
and well-balanced meals provide a
healthful diet. A private lake on
the camp property furnishes excellent
facilities for water sports.
Basketball, tennis, volley ball, swim
ming, boating, dancing, skating,
handicrafts, and nature lore are
among the interesting features of
camp life. Horse back riding will also
be an exciting addition to camp acti
vities this summer. The riding circles
constructed for beginners, and the
bridle paths laid out, have been high
ly praised by a most competent and
experienced riding master.
Attention is called to a unique fea
ture; the camper’s opportunity of
learning French through play activity,
such as vocabulary building games,
conversation, folk songs and
dramatization of short plays.
Little Flower Camp is limited to
60 girls, between the ages of six and
16, who may enjoy six weeks of
wholesome outdoor life under care
ful and loving supervision.
Many registrations have been al
ready made for the camp re-opening
the last part of June, and parents who
think of sending their daughter to
Little Flower Camp are advised to
make reservations as soon as possible.
For particulars, address: Rev. Mother
Superior, St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines,
Asheville, N. C.
MRS. ANNIE G0ULEY OF
AUGUSTA PARISH DIES
Was Widow of A. J. Gouley
and Widely Known in City
(Special to The Bulletin)
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs, Annie Eliz
abeth Gouley, a member of one of
Augusta's most prominent Catholic
families, a native of the city and a
lifelong resident here, died last week
after an extended illness. Mrs. Gou
ley was the widow of A- J. Gouley,
for many years one of Augusta’s
leading merchants and widely
known citizens. Mrs. Gouley was a
member of Sacred Heart Church,
from which the funeral was held
with a Requiem Mass; interment was
in Magnolia Cemetery. Surviving
Mrs. Gouley are two daughters. Mrs.
Harry Markwalter and Miss Agnes
Gouley, organist at St. Patrick's
Church, a son. Paul Gouley, and her
sister, Miss Margaret Walsh, all of
Augusta.
THERESE NEUMANN, the stig
matized peasant girl of Konners-
reuth, who partakes of no food or
drink whatever, still receives occa
sional visits with the permission of
the Bishop of Regensburg Her
mystical sufferings with Christ con-
tnue, particularly on Friday.
0. F. TOLLY &
SON
Established 1858
Ambulance Service
Funeral Directors and
Embalmers
AH Modem Equipment
711 N. Main St.
Phone 514
Anderson, S. C.
UTILE FLOWER CAMP
For girls in the Blue Ridge Mountains 12 miles frem Asheville
offers unique feature of learning conversational French.
Swimming, dancing, tennis, basket ball, volley ball, dramatics, music,
arts and crafts, nature lore, horseback riding, exploring trips, all
under careful supervision.
Address
REVEREND MOTHER
St. Genevicve-of-the-Pincs
Asheville, North Carolina