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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 25, 1936
142 CHILDREN AT
CAMP SAINT MARY
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(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The Reli-
ious Vacation School session of
'amp St. Mary’s, Okatee, opened
auspiciously on Sunday, June 21, with
full capacity registration of 142 chil
dren of the missions of the lower half
of the Charleston Diocese. A new cy
cle course of studies was inaugurated
this year for the greater benefit of
the children. Father A. F. Kamler and
the teaching staff report a most suc
cessful session, productive of greater
religious benefit and, with Bishop
Walsh, are most pleased with the de
cided and evident interest shown by
all attending camp.
On July 5, the Most Rev. Emmet
M Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of Charles
ton, administered the Sacrament of
Confirmation to a class of 27. On July
8 five convert children were baptized
by Father Dietz and two by Father
Kamler. First Holy Communion was
received by a class of 16 children.
The religious instruction camp closed
officially with the eight o’clock Mass
on Sunday, July 12. The teaching
staff included: Father Kamler, direc
tor, Rev. Mr. L. Sheedy, Mr. L. R.
Williamson, Mr. L. J. Cross, Mr. L.
Janarelli, Mr. R. Queally, Sister M.
Rita, Sister M. Laurentia, Sister M.
Miriam and Sister M. Agatha. Coun
selors were: Mrs. D. C. Boulware,
Miss K. M. Ryan, Mr. L. A. Michel,
Miss M. Harty, Miss E. Rainsford,
Miss K. O’Brien, Miss A. Baran, Mr.
J. Boulware.
Among the clerical visitors were:
the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Rev.
G. J. Dietz, Rev. J. E. Burke, Rev. Dr.
J. ... Manning, Rev. F. O. Ferri, Rev.
J. P. Clancy, Rev. A. A. Plikunas,
Rev. J. R. Smith, and Rev. F. E. Rie-
mer.,
On the afternoon of July 12 the
Recreational Session of Camp St.
Mary’s began for a period of six
weeks. Thirty-six children from
Charleston, Savannah, Augusta,
Edgefield and Ridgeland registered
for the opening week, and reserva
tions have been made for fifty chil
dren for the ensuing weeks. The Rec
reational Camp closes August 23.
MOTHER REGIS DIES--
S1XTY YEARS A NUN
Beloved Sister of St. Joseph
Entered Order in 1876
AUGUSTA, Ga—The Rev. Mother
Regis Passmore, for nearly sixty years
a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph,
died here July 11, after an illness of
several months.
Born in Ireland, at Armagh, June 11,
1858, Mother Regis came to the United
States with her family while quite
young, and made her home in Au
gusta with her uncle, the late David
Graham. In November, 1876, she
entered the Sisters of St. Joseph at
Washington, Ga., and would there
fore have observed her diamond
jubilee this year.
For many years, Mother Regis was
engaged in teaching at St. Joseph’s
Home, Washington, Loretto School,
Atlanta, at the parish school in
Brunswick and elsewhere in Geor
gia, and many who now have grand
children in the schools of the Diocese
were taught by her in her earlier
years.
Surviving Mother Regis is her broth
er, Brother James Passmore, of the
Redemptorist Order in New Orleans.
The funeral was held at St. Mary’s-
on-The-Hill, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James
A. Kane, V- F., pastor, officiating at
the Requim Mass, assisted by the
clergy of the city. Interment was in
the Sisters Section of Westover
Cemetery. Pallbearers were Marion
Stulb, P. H. Rice, Jr., W. J. Mulherin,
L. J. Henry. Worth Andrews, Jr.,
and Robert Bresnahan.
Forty Attend First Retreat,
Bishop Is Retreatmaster
Second Retreat for Laymen at St. Joseph’s, Washing
ton, Starts August 20
Bishop O’Hara will be re
treatmaster for the second re
treat for laymen at St. Joseph’s
Home from Thursday evening,
August 20, to the following
Sunday morning, the second
retreat being arranged when it
became evident that all desir
ing to make a retreat could not
be accommodated at one time.
Reservations already made
equal about half the quota for
the retreat. All desiring to
make the retreat are requested
to make reservations at once
by writing the secretary, Rich
ard Reid, Southern Finance
Building, Augusta, Ga. The
expenses at this retreat as at
the others will be met by
private voluntary contributions
from the retreatants.
(Special To The Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, Ga.— Forty Geor
gians from various sections of the
state withdrew from the world last
week-end to walk with God under
leadership of their Bishop in one of
the most successful and in many re
spects the most memorable of the
sixteen annual retreats of the laity of
the Diocese of Savannah.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., Bishop of Savannah, a leader
in the retreat movement as Auxiliary
Bidhop of Fhiladephia, where the
movement has attained proportions
perhaps unsurpassed anywhere in
the nation, was retreatmaster and led
the retreatants in their following of
Christ with a series of conferences
the earnestness, compassion and
touching simplicity of which made of
the retreat a memory always to be
treasured.
NOCTURNAL ADORATION
Bishop O’Hara inaugurated at the
retreat the custom of nocturnal ador
ation; from five o’clock Saturday
afternoon to the beginning of the
Mass marking the closing of the re
treat Sunday morning at six o’clock,
there was exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament in the chapel at St.
Joseph’s Home, where the retreat was
held, each retreatant spending twenty-
minutes alone with his God, an ex
perience was doubly impressive in
the still watches of the night and
the very early morning.
The men making the retreat were
servers at Mass, Benediction, the
Stations of the Cross and other ser
vices and ceremonies of the retreat,
many serving for the first time in
twenty or forty years, and some for
the first time in their lives. The
rosary was recited by the men, led
by their Bishop, while they walked
in a body through the grounds of
St. Joseph’s Home.
They were lawyers among the re
treatants, and doctors and business
men, university professors, merchants
and newspapermen, salesmen, manu
facturers, railroad men and farmers;
they ranged in age from seventeen
to seventy, two were not Catholics.
The retreatants were the guests of
the Rev. John Crean, manager of St.
Joseph’s Home, and the Sisters of St.
Joseph, who are in charge of the
Home; they entered Thursday night,
July 16, remaining there until the
following Sunday morning, and main
taining silence except at the periods
,o?t aside for recreation. Father
Crean and the Sisters provided for
the retreatants in the customary gen
erous manner, leaving nothing to be
desired, and anticipating every wish
and more.
At the business meeting of the re
treatants R. W. Hatcher, Milledge-
ville, chairman of the retreat sec
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation of Georgia, under whose aus
pices the retreat was held, presided,
and in the name of the retreatants
expressed heartfelt thanks to His Ex
cellency, Bishop O’Hara, to Father
Crean, to the Sisters of St. Joseph, and
to all who had a share in making the
retreat such a distinguished success.
He referred to the unavoidable ab
sence of Col. Jack J. Spalding, K.
S. G., K. M., a pioneer in the move
ment, who attended the first retreat
at Macon in 1921, and the retreatants
sent him a message of greeting and of
good wishes. The thanks of the re
treatants were also extended to His
Excellency, Bishop Keyes, for all he
has done for the movement, and he
was assured the prayers of all the re
treatants for his speedy and perman
ent restoration to health.
Other matters of routine business
was transacted; the officers of the re
treat section - will be elected by the
retreatants making this and the
August retreat. Father Crean expres
sed his pleasure at having the re
treatants at St. Joseph’s, said he was
edified by their conduct, and refer
red to the Sisters all the credit given
to him.
Bishop O’Hara asserted that the
earnestness of the men and the man
ner in which they made the retreat
were sources of inspiration to him.
He said he was happy to have in his
Diocese men such as the retreatants
and such an organization as the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia, which he commended for spon
soring the retreats as well as for its
other activities. He referred to the
interest of Bishop Keiley and Bishop
Keyes in the retreats, and said that
he knew the retreatants would be
happy to know that Bishop Keyes is
now back in the United States,
having arrived in New York the
previous Monday.
RETREATANTS
Those making the retreat included
E. A. Sheridan, J. J. McCarthy,
Francis Cassidy, M. J. Cassidy, J. V.
Sheridan and Furman Smith. Ma
con; Terence Trainor and R. W. Hat
cher, Milledgeville; James M. Keat
ing and Patrick Keating, Savan
nah; Dr. T. H. McHatton, Dr. Mal
colm H. Bryan and J. H. Mote,
Athens; J. P. Hornsby, Ivy; Hughes
Spalding, Jack J. Spalding, in, Nor
man Wrigley, Norman Wrigley,. Jr.,
John M. Harrison, John M. Harrison,
Jr., William Schroder, John Schroder,
Robert O. Otis, Dr. S. A. Ferlitz,
Henry R. Dawson. Frank Kopp, P. H.
Nabors, M. C. Carroll, George C.
Blohm, Harry Stafford, Jr., Ber
nard J. Kane, C. L. Thomas and J. G.
Englehart, Atlanta, James B. Mul-
’ herin, E. J. O’Connor, C. C. Chesser,
W. A. Lyons, Richard Reid and D. P.
O’Connor, Augusta.
BIGOTED PROPAGANDA
WIDELY CIRCULATED
Mother Rose Columba Heads
Sisters of Saint Joseph
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Rev. Mother
Rose Columba McGinnis, for six years
Provincial of the Augusta Pro
vince of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondalet, was elected Mother Gen
eral at the General Chapter held re
cently at the Mother House. Mother
Rose Columba was the first Provin
cial of the Augusta Province after
the affiliation with the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondalet. She was very
successful in her administration and
brought about many and great im
provements. . She won the love and
confidence of all who came in contact
with her.
Although she left Augusta several
years ago, her kindly character, rare
ability and unerring judgment are
vivid and treasured memories not
only among the Sisters of St. Joseph
in Georgia, but also among their
friends.
Mother Rose Columba is a native of
Mobile and secured her early
education at old St. Patrick’s School,
where many other prominent Catho
lics were educated in the early days.
Mother Rose Columba has held many
important offices in the community,
at one time directress of St.
Joseph’s Academy, St. Louis, Mo.;
Superior of Baraga School, Marquette,
Mich., and of St. Agnes’ School, St.
Louis, Mo.; and Mistress of Novices
at the Mother House and Provincial
of the St. Louis Province.
Mother Clara Graham of the St.
Paul Province was elected assistant
general. Sister Mary Aurelia Maegher
of the Troy Province, Sister Vic
toria Kelly, of the Los Angeles Pro
vince and Sister Mary Paul Green,
of the Augusta, Province, are the
general councillors.
SISTER MARY PAUL GREEN at
the time of her election as a council
lor assistant to Mother Rose Co
lumba, was mistress of noices at Mt.
St. Joseph Convent, Augusta; prev
iously Mother Paul had taught in St.
Louis, Chicago and elsewhere in
schools of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondolet. While her friends rejoice
in the honor which has come to her,
they regret that it means her trans
fer from Augusta to St. Louis.
Delegates to the general chapter at
St. Louis included the Rev. Mother M.
Discolia, provincial, Mother Paul,
Mother M. Genevieve and Mother
Carmelita, i_uj.u-ia._i i-i-^: ■
Faked ‘Catholic Attack’ on
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Appears in Florida
The circular purporting to be an
attack on the Veterans of Foseign
Wars by Catholics, patently distrib
uted by anti-Catholics in order to
incite prejudice against Catholics,
appears to have had a much more
widely distribution than was appar
ent at first.
It appeared in Georgia and South
Carolina, and now its extended use
in the recent political campaign in
Florida is reported. It was direct
ed against Major John O. Mc
Namara, candidate for adjutant-
general, who was defeated by 120,-
000 votes to 90,000. Major Mc
Namara was subsequently elected
state head of the Veterans of For
eign Wars in Florida. He is a na
tive of Savannah and the brother
of the Rev. T. J. McNamara, of
Milledgeville.
Who originated the canard has not
yet been determined; readers of The
Bulletin having information about
its circulation are asked to com
municate the information to The
Bulletin.
Women’s Retreat
at Aiken Aug. 3
Father Paul of Orato-
rians Retreatmaster
(Special to The Bulletin)
AIKEN, S. C.—The annual
retreat for women at St.
Angela Academy, here will
start Monday evening, August
3, at the evening meal and
close the following Thursday
morning. The retreat will be
given by the Very Rev. Paul
Hatch, Orat., Cong., superior
of the Oratorian Fathers at
Rock Hill, S. C., and noted
throughout the country as a
retreatmaster. The retreat is
under the auspices of the Ac
tivities Committee of the
Charleston Diocesan Council,
N. C. C. W. Mrs. G. R. Wil
liams, chairman, and reserva
tions may be made either
through Mrs. Williams at 144
Broad Street, Charleston, or
the Sisters of Our Lady of
Mercy, Aiken, S. C., whose
guests the retreatants will be.
The expenses of the retreat
will be met by private volun
tary contributions. Immediate
reservations are urgently
urged; all women interested,
either in the Diocese or out,
are invited to attend.
DIOCESAN CAMP
OPENING AUG. 2
Father Barr Director—135
Children Already Registered
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—One hundred
and thirty-five children have already
been registered for the religious vaca
tion camp which will open the first
Sunday of August on the Vernon
River.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D.
D„ Bishop of Savannah, who is estab
lishing the camp and is its sponsor,
states that the camp is intended for
those children particularly in the
rural districts who are far removed
from Catholic schools and from the
means of securing instruction in their
religion. Sisters from the religious
communities of the Diocese will be
teachers there, and the children will
live in a religious atmosphere, bring
ing them contact with things Catholic
which is impossible in their home
communities.
The Rev. Harold J. Barr, rector of
the Cathedral, is director of the Camp,
and is receiving applications for
reservations at the Bishop’s House, 222
East Harris Street, Savannah, Ga
This is the first year of the camp, and
there is every prospect that it will be
a magnificent success.
The children who are to attend the
camp will meet at St. Vincent
Academy at the Cathedral in Savan
nah Sunday, August 2. about three
o’clock; they will be registered there
and taken to the camp, which is on
the White Bluff Road about nine
miles from Savannah. There will be
separate camps for boys and girls,
Bishop O’Hara having rented an ad
joining camp to supplement the fa-
filities of the Benedictine Camp.
Savannah Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, is providing transportation
for many of the children from their
homes to Savannah; some of the
Knights will leave Saturday after
noon to bring their charges to Sa
vannah Sunday. They are going as
far away as Valdosta, Albany and
other distant cities for them. Trans
portation will be provided through
other means in cases whe rehte K. of
C. Transportation committee cannot
reach them.
Father Barr will be assisted at the
camp by the Rev. James H. Grady.
There will be Mass and Benediction
each day, and a program of religious
instruction and of recreation. The
wardrobe required for children com
ing to the camp is not extensive,
merely the ordinary clothing they
wear at home each day in the sum
mer time, and their customary Sun
day apparel.
Diocesan Teachers
at Summer Schools
Many Taking Courses at
Colleges and Universities
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Members of
Georgia teaching communities are
utilizing the summer months to attend
summer courses in various colleges
and universities, in most cases doing
work for advanced degrees.
SAVANNAH Sisters of Mercy taking
courses include Sister Columba Cum
mins and Sister Martina Joseph, who
are at the Catholic University of
America, and Sister Amabilis, Sister
Consuela, Sister Consolata, Sister
Stanislaus, Sister Rita, Sister Mar
garet Mary, Sister Michael Joseph
and Sister Imelda are at Mt. St. Ag
nes, Baltimore.
MACON Sisters of Mercy have two
attending the Catholic University of
America and seven at Mt. St. Agnes
College in Baltimore.
AUGUSTA Sisters of Sir. Joseph
are represented by several members
at the Catholic University and at
Loyola University, New Orleans. In
addition, an extension course from
the University of Georgia Depart
ment of Education is being conducted
at Mt. St. Joseph Academy and is
being attended by < Sisters of St. Jo
seph and Franciscan Sisters.
MARIST BROTHERS from Savan
nah are taking courses at Fordham
University and other universities in
the metropolitan area.
THREE ORDAINED FOR
DIOCESE OF RALEIGH
Bishop Hafoy Assigns Fath
er Howard, Father Pearson
and Father Noonan
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C. — Three young
priests have been ordained this year
for the Diocese of Raleigh and have
been given their assignments.
REV. FRANCIS J. HOWARD,
whose home is in Parnell, Mich., has
been appointed by His Excellency,
the Most Rev. Wm. J. Hafey, D. D„
as assistant to the Rev. James A.
Manley, St. Mary’s Church, Wil
mington. To his care will fall a
large number of missions in the
southeastern part of the state.
Father Howard made his course of
studies at the Sulpician Seminary,
Washington, D. C., and at Mt. St.
Mary’s, Emmitsburg, Md., where he
was ordained June 7 by the Most
Rev. John M. McNamara, D. D„ of
Baltimore.
REV. WILLIAM E. PEARSON,
of Pittsfield, Mass., was ordained
June 6 by the Most Rev. Thomas M.
O'Leary, D. D., at the Springfield
Cathedral. After graduating from
St. Joseph’s High School in his na
tive city, he entered Mt. St. Mary’s,
where he pursued his entire colle
giate and seminary courses. Father
Pearson is now assistant to the Rev.
Michael A. Irwin, St. Paul’s Church,
New Bern and attends adjacent mis
sion points.
REV. JAMES J. NOONAN, com
ing to the Raleigh Diocese from
Waterbury, Conn., was elevated to
the priesthood by Bishop McNamara
June 7 with his classmates at Mt. St.
Mary’s. Before entering the semi
nary at the Mount he had been en
rolled at St. Bernard’s Seminary,
Rochester. Father Noonan is sta
tioned for the summer at the Catho
lic Orphanage Camp for Boys, Wild
wood.
PRIEST NEPHEW OF
BISHOP BARRY DIES
Bishop Officiates at Funeral
of Fr. Halloran, Chicago
Accident Victim
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHICAGO, 111. — The Most Rev.
Patrick Barry, D. D., Bishop of St.
Augustine, officiated here late in June
at the Solemn Requiem Mass at the
funeral of his nephew, the Rev.
Lawrence P. Halloran, assistant pastor
of St. Veronica’s Church, who died
from injuries sustained in an automo
bile accident in which his mother,
Mrs. Martin Halloran, and his sister,
Miss Geraldine Halloran, were injur
ed. The Rev. William Barry of Miami
Beach, Fla., and the Rev. Lawrence
Barry, S. J., of Chicago, were re
spectively deacon and sub-deacon;
the Most Rev. B. J. Sheil, D. D., V.
G., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, gave
the final blessing, and the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. D. J. Dunne, pastor of Holy
Cross Church, delivered the sermon.
Father Halloran was bom in Chica
go twenty-eight years ago, was edu
cated at Holy Cross School, Quigley
Preparatory Seminary and at Mun
delein: he was ordained three years
ago by His Eminence, Cardinal Mun
delein, and had distinguished himself
particularly through his work for
young people, especially in the C. Y.
O. Tournaments and in dramatics.
His brother, Martin Halloran, a theo
logical student at Mundelein, was
master of ceremonies at Father Hal-
loran’s funeral.
ALFRED E. SMITH
General Chairman of Holy Name
Convention
NEW YORK—Former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith has been chosen by the
executive council to be general chair
man of the National Convention of
the Holy Name Society, which is to
be hied here September, 17-20. Mr.
Smith lives in St. Vincent Ferrer’s
parich. which is Branch No. 1 of the
Holy Name Society.
Fr. Bryant to Give Retreat
at Mt, De Sales Aug, 25-28
.Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—The Rev. Robt. T.
Bryant, S. J., of West Palm Beach,
formerly director of retreats at Man-
resa near New Orleans, will be the
retreat master for the fifteenth an
nual retreat of the women of Geor
gia at Mt. de Sales Academy here
from Tuesday night, August 25, to
the following Friday morning.
Father Bryant, widely known also
because of his connection with Spring
Hill College where he was for sev
eral years a member of the faculty,
gave the retreats for both men and
women in 1924, the men’s retreat
being held at Augusta and the wo
men’s retreat at Mt. de Sales. The
news that he is to return to Mt. de
Sales this year will be most wel
come especially to those who had
the pleasure of attending the 1924 re
treats s „
The Sisters of Mercy of Mt. de
Sales will be hostesses to the retreat
ants, .who will remain in the spaci
ous academy building during the
days of the retreat. The academy,
not far from the center of the city,
is nevertheless secluded, its splendid
grounds insuring privacy, its fine
quarters and the hospitality of the
Sisters guaranteeing comfort and its
elevated location promising all the
breezes available. The chapel at Mt-
de Sales climaxes the facilities of the
academy for the retreat. The ex
penses of the retreat are met by pri
vate voluntary contributions from
the retreatants. Reservations should
be made as soon as possible by writ
ing the Sisters of Mercy Mt. de Sales
Academy, Macon, Ga. All girls and
women interested in the retreat,
whether residents of Georgia, or not,
are welcome to attend.