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SEPTEMBER 19, 1936
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
First Vacation School Gratifying Success
Scenes at Religious Vacation Camp
—Savanah Press Photos Developed by Rich
Girls on way to outdoor chapel for Sacrament of C onfirmation, the Sisters accompanying them.
Bishop O’Hara at Confirmation ceremony at Camp Maryfield.
Accounts of Assassinations
of Religious in Spain Mount
BISHOP CONFIRMS 77
CHILDREN AS CAMP’S
SESSION IS CLOSED
Fifty More Receive First
Holy Communion in Open
Air Chapel by Vernon River
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., Bishop ot
Savannah, administered the Sacra
ment of Confirmation to 77 children
at the close of the first Georgia Re
ligious Vacation Camp, attended by
about 150 children from every part
of Georgia; 50 children received their
first Holy Communion. The Sacra
ments were administered at the out
door chapel; it is probably the first
time that Confirmation was admin
istered at a ceremony outdoors in
Georgia since Bishop Altamirana _de
Cabeza came to Georgia to adminis
ter the Sacrament to 1,200 Indians in
1606, a year before Jamestown and
14 years before Plymouth.
The Religious Vacation Camp was
successful beyond the most optimis
tic hopes of Bishop O’Hara and those
associated with him in the undertak
ing. The Rev. James H. Grady was
director, the Sisters of Mercy were
in charge of the girls, the Sisters of
St. Joseph of the boys and they were
assisted by a splendid staff of coun
sellors, nurses, nhvsicians and oth
ers.
The camps were located on the
Vernon River not far from Savan
nah, with separate camps for the
girls and boys; in additional to the
Benedictine Camp, the adjoining
camp was rented. Savannah Council,
Knights of Columbus, which con
tributed one hundred dollars toward
the expense -of the camp, also assist
ed generously in transportation of
the children, brought them to the
camp, and brought them back. In
many cases this required overnight
absence from home, so great were
the distances. Where the children
could not be reached by the auto
mobile committee, bus or railroad
transportation was provided.
All the services at the camp were
held at the outdoor chapel. The chil
dren, all of them from communities
in which there are no Sisters, and
many of them from places with no
resident priest, lived during the
weeks of camp in a Catholic atmos
phere; they were taught their cate
chism, Bible history in the upper
classes, the meaning of the ceremo
nies, and the boys were taught to
serve Mass. It was in most cases the
first close contact the children had
had with their Church.
Bishop O’Hara at the closing cer
emony after his sermon to the chil
dren expressed his grateful thanks to
those responsible for the success of
the camp, and said that plans will be
made to extend the movement next
year. His Excellency was assisted at
the ceremony by Father Grady, Fa
ther J. W. Kavanagh and Father A.
Gall. S.M.A.
Savannah Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, sponsored a picnic for the
children at the camps on a Sunday
afternoon, C. A. McCarthy acting as
chairman of the committee; other
members of the committee, appoint
ed by Grand Knight Thomas J. Can
ty, were John P. Stapleton and J. B.
McDonald.
Bishop O’Hara termed the camp
church “The Chapel of Our Lady of
Savannah”. Stations were erected in
the camp grove, and the Way of the
Cross was conducted outdoors. Camp
Mayfield was the beautiful name
given to the camp. Two nurses,
members of the alumnae of St. Jo
seph’s Hospital, were in constant at
tendance. One of the entertainment
features was a trip to the beach at
Tybee as the guests of Bishop O’Ha
ra. The program of instruction was
interspersed with an abundance of
entertainment, and an abundance of
healthful food was provided.
Frank P. O’Neill of
Atlanta Parish Dies
Former Philadelphian Leader
in Cotton Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Frank P. O’Neill, who died
in a local hospital here late in Au
gust, were held in Philadelphia,
where his body was taken for inter
ment. Mr. O’Neill was well known
in the cotton business and was pres
ident-treasurer of the East Point
Warehouse Company, cotton ware
house. He came from Philadelphia
to Atlanta about six years ago; he
was vice-president of O’Neill Broth
ers of Philadelphia and Atlanta cot
ton waste firm.
A Mass of Requiem was held at
Sacred Heart Church, the Rev. Leo
Ziebarth, S. M., officiating, at the
time of the funeral was being held
in Philadelphia.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Mary V. Donnelly, and Mrs. Cath
erine Eastwood, of Philadelphia, and
three brothers, Michael O’Neill, of
Collingswood, N. J., Joseph L.
O’Neill, of Phoenixville, Pa., who
was associated with him in business,
and Arthur I. O’Neill, of Atlantic
City, N. J.
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ed shot or crucified.
The General Curia of the Passion-
ist Fathers has been informed that
the monastery of that congregation at
Dalmiel in Catalonia was destroyed
and the Provincial and 31 Religious
stationed there killed. Two near-by
smaller Franciscan communities were
reported destroyed and the Religious
masacred.
L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO has
Dublished an article concerning the
fate of hostages in the Spanish Civil
war. Their murder, it says, would be
a crime against reason, justice and
humanity. Societ" it declares, must
prevent such atrocity and cannot
pardon it.
BISHOP TORTURED — Refugees
from Spain arriving in Port-Vendres
on the French frontier bring stories
of the torture inflicted upon the Most
Rev. Eustaquio Nieto y Martin, Bish
op of Siguenza, before his execution
by Reds, of daughters of aristocrats
and insurgents stripped of their
c' 'King, subjected to abominable
treatment and then butchered on the
altar of the Church of Santa Maria at
Baeza in Andalusia, and of other
crimes and orgies too horrible to re
late that have accompanied the civil
war in that country.
These refugees bring further con
firmation of the execution of the
Most Rev. Manuel Basulto y Jimen
ez. Bishop of Jaen, his aged mother
and his sister, together with several
hundred prisoners at Villaverde, and
of the killing of the Most Rev. Sal-
vio Huix Miralpeix. Bishop of Leri-
da. The account of the massacre at
Villaverde also is confirmed in a
message received from Gen. Quiepo
Llano.
EYE-WITNESS to the burning of
the historic Cathedral of Valencia and
ten other famous churches in that
city, the Rev. Baldomero Marcilla,
head of the Spanish Department at
Seton Hall College. South Orange, N.
J., has arrived safely after harrowing
experiences in his native land. He
was in Madrid on the eve of the out
break of the civil war and had the
sad experience of seeing his ances
tral home and chapel in Albacete
burned to the ground by a Red mob.
“Sixty churches were burned in the
Diocese of Valencia, including my
own little family chapel in Alba
cete. I myself was present when Val
encia's Cathedral was burned. I saw
the Bishop’s home set on fire. In all I
was present at the burning of eleven
churches. No effort was made by the
police or any of the authorities to re
strain the crazed mob or to protect
the property. Civil guards were
standing about in the crowd that
watched the edifices go up in flame.
The excuse was given that after all,
when the fury should die down, la
bor would benefit by having to re
build these structures. But who will
replace the priceless art treasures
that went up in flames?”
No less than 400 members of the
clergy and Religious fell victims to
the hatred the Spanish Reds bear the
Church and were slain in the first
five days of the civil war in the city,
the Very Rev. Florindo Rubini, Pre
fect-General of the Ministers of the
Sick (Camillian Fathers), declared on
his arrival here after having narrow
ly escaped execution in Spain. He
saw thirteen priests, six laymen and
five diocesan priests killed with axes.
He also mentioned other horrible
deeds
THE BISHOP OF CORDOBA, 1 * the
Most Rev. Adolfo Perez y Munoz,
who was spending a vacation at Rey-
nosa near Santander in the zone oc
cupied by Leftists succeeded in es
caping to Palencia after a hazardous
and exhausting two-day journey.
Bishop Perez is 73 years old. Another
dispatch, from Corunna, confirmed
the killing of the Most Rev. Croce
Laplana y Laguna, Bishop of Lagu
na.
At the beginning of the trouble,
Red militia searched his abode for
arms and money. They found nothing
of value except the prelate’s episco
pal ring which they took. The Bishop
was kept a prisoner in his residence.
One morning he was informed that
he had been condemned to death and
would be shot the first time Reynosa
was fired upon by the insurgents.
During the night, disguised as a peas
ant, he managed to escape accompa
nied by four members of his house
hold. After two days of perilous trav
el they reached a village outside the
Red jurisdiction and were given
shelter by the pastor. When the Right
ist authorities at Palencia learned of
the Bishop’s whereabouts, they sent
a small detachment of troops to es
cort him to Palencia.
FUNERAL OF MARTYR
BISHOP IS DESCRIBED
A correspondent reports to La
Croix from Pamplona, Spain, an ac
count of the funeral of Lcolea of the
Most Rev. Eustaquio Nieto y Martin,
Bishop of Siguenza, who was burned
alive by the Reds. His story was ob
tained from Luis Blasco del Cacho,
color-bearer of the 18th Infantry
Regiment, who was in Lcolea at the
time.
“The whole village stood about the
burned house,” he said, “while four
officers removed the charred remains
of the venerated prelate. When the
remains appeared, the crowd shout
ed: Viva Espagna!”
ATLANTA HOSPITAL
HEAD TRANSFERRED
Mother Loyola, Beloved Sis
ter of Mercy, Goes to St.
Joseph’s, Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Rev. Mother
M. Loyola, who in thirteen years at
St. Joseph’s Infirmary has been re
sponsible for greater progress than
perhaps any hospital in this entire
section has experienced in that time
has retired as supervisor and has gone
to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah, as
counsellor.
Mother Loyola is a member of the
Golden family, Savannah pioneers
and long prominent there and
throughout Georgia. For many years
she was connected with St. Vincent’s
Academy, Savannah, and St. Mary's
Academy. Augusta, where she earned
a reputation as one of the state's
most competent educators; hundreds
of Georgia women trained by her and
under her direction hold her in grate
ful and affectionate reverence.
Thirteen years ago. Mother Loyola
was appointed supervisor of St.
Joseph’s Infirmary, Atlanta, and she
immediately started a program of im
provement which has established the
hospital, already one of note, as one
of the finest in the South. Mother
Loyola expanded the facilities of the
hospital, increased its capacity,
modernized its equipment and crown
ed her achievements with a beautiful
new chapel. Under her direction also,
the St. Joseph’s Infirmary Training
School for Nurses has become one of
the leaders in the South, its graduates
winning high and even the highest
honors time after time.
Some years ago Mother Loyola was
named provincial of the Sisters of
Mercy in Georgia; the residence of
the provincial usually is in Savannah
at the motherhouse, but the mag
nificent work she was doing in At
lanta prompted the authorities to per
mit her to remain at the infirmary
while acting also as provincial.
Mother Loyola is being succeeded
in Atlanta by the Rev. Sister M.
Brendan, who has had wide exper
ience in hospital work in the East and
in Georgia; recently Sister Brendan
has been in charge of St. Anne’s Hall
here.
Catholic Historical
Series by Miss Kite
Philadelphian Provides It for
Use in Catholic Schools
“The Catholic Part in Making
America”, a series of short stories,
covering the period from 1565 to 1850,
has been issued by the Dolphin Press,
Philadelphia; they are the work of
Miss Elizabeth Kite, archivist of the
American Catholic Historical So
ciety. The series, intended for use
in Catholic schools, provide one story
about great events for reach work;
the series sells for fifty cents, or
forty cents in hundred lots. Miss Kite
is an authority on colonial and
American history and has been as
signed a place in the manuscript divi
sion of the Congressional Library for
her researches.
Savannah Holy Name
Society Plans Outing
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Brother Igna
tius Robert and Brother Richard
Aloysius, formerly Robert M. Michel
and Eugene C. Michel of Savannah,
now members of the Marist Brothers,
recently visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Michel, here. Brother Ig
natius, graduated from the grammar
school here in 1924, was the first Sa-
vannahian to enter the order; he has
received his B. S. degree from Ford-
ham and is studying for his M. A.
degree at Columbia. Brother Richard
is a member of the faculty of Mt. St.
Michael’s School, New York, where
another former, Savannaliian. Broth
er Francis Anthony, formerly Will
iam L. Gleason, is also teaching.
BISHOP OFFICIATES
AS SCHOOLS OPEN
Changes Made in Faculties
of Schools at Savannah
(Speical to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The schools
of the Diocese of Savannah opened
last week with what will undoubt
edly be a record attendance; the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah, officiated at
the Mass of the Holy Ghost at the
Cathedral, attended by the pupils
of St. Vincent’s Academy and the
Marist School. Bishop O’Hara was
assisted by the Rev. Harold J. Barr,
rector of the Cathedral, the Rev. Jo
seph W. Kavanagh and the Rev.
James H. Grady. Bishop O'Hara de
livered the sermon, welcoming the
pupils back, pointing _ out their, op
portunities, and their responsibili
ties.
MARIST SCHOOL, where Brother
Joseph Damien is again principal,
has four new teachers, Brother
Peter, succeeding Brother Timothy,
who has been transferred to Haver-
straw. N. Y.; Brother Leonard, in
the third grade, in place of Brother
Stephen, who has been transferred to
New York; Brother Claude, in the
second grade succeeding Brother
James, who has been sent to
Brownsville, Texas, and Brother
Victor, succeeding Brother William
in the seventh grade, Brother Wil
liam having been transferred to the
Central High School in Morris, Mass.
Other members of the Marist fac
ulty are: Brother Thomas, in the
eighth grade; Brother Edward, in
the sixth: Brother Francis in the
fifth, and Brother Mark in the first
grade.
ST. VINCENT'S—There are three
new teachers at St. Vincent Gram
mar School. Sister M. Mercedes,
teaching in the fifth grade; Sister
Mary Jeanne, teaching in the seventh
grade, and Sister M. Finbarr, in the
second grade. These places were
made vacant by the transferring of
Sister Margaret Mary to Augusta
and Sister M. Columba to Atlanta.
Sister M. Stanislaus, the third mem
ber, has been assigned to the Acad
emy. where she will teach music.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL held
its opening with a Mass in the
Sacred Heart Church. The Rev.
Aloysius Wachter, O. S x B., was
celebrant.
Two new teachers have been sta
tioned at the school. They are Sis
ter Mary Louise, teaching in one
section of the fifth grade in place of
Sister Rita, who has been trans
ferred, and Sister Delores Marie,
teaching in the other section of that
class. The complete faculty of the
school, of which Sister M. Augus
tine is principal, follows: Sister Rose
Columba, first grade; Sister Regina
Joseph, second grade; Sister Mar
cella. third grade; Sister Anthony,
fourth grade; Sister Mary Louise
and Sister Delores Marie, fifth
grades; Sister Johannes, sixth grade;
Sister deChantal, seventh grade, and
Sister Electa Marie, eighth grade.
Georgians Received,
Professed at Nuns
Seven Young Women Take
Vows at Baltimore
BALTIMORE, Md.—Several young
women of Savannah were professed,
or received into the novitiate at ser
vices in the Motherhouse of the Sis
ters of Mercy in August.
Miss Helen Theresa Dunn, daugh
ter of Mrs. Catherine Dunn and Miss
Yolande Cafiero, daughter of Mrs.
M. Cafierro, were received as novices.
Sister Mary Gloria, who was for
merly Miss Helen McNally, daugh
ter of Mrs. Frank McNally, took her
final vows. Sister Gloria had been
associated with St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Savannah, for some time.
Those who were professed were
Sister Mary Julie, who was Miss
Natalie Maggioni. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Maggioni; Sister Via
Marie, who was Miss Catherine
Leech, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Leech: and Miss Mary
Canty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
F. Canty, all of Savannah.
Those who went from Savannah to
be present at the services included
Mrs. J. O. Maggioni, Paul Maggioni.
Miss Frances Maggioni. Mrs. Frank
McNally, Miss Mary McNally, Mr.
and Mrs. John F. Canty, Mrs. M.
Cafiero. Mrs. Corina Cafiero Maura,
who visited Sister Amalia — Sister
Amalia was formerly Miss Cafiero,
Mr- and Mrs. J. B. McDonald, and
their two daughters. Ann and Eleanor
who went to Baltimore to visit Sis
ter Mary Incarnata. who was for
merly Miss Genevieve McDonald, and
Miss Mary Gildea, Miss Inez Coleman
and Mrs. William H. Thompson, who
visited Sister Mary Daria, sister cf
Miss Gildea and daughter of Neil
Gildea. She was fomerly Miss Eliza
beth Gildea.
MISS HELEN OETGEN
ENTERS NOVITIATE
Miss Helen Oetgen left Savannah in
September for Baltimore to enter the
novitiate of the Sisters of Mercy.
Miss Oetgen is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Glenn Oetgen, Savan
nah. She is a graduate of Sacred
Heart School and St. Vincent’s High
School, where she made a fine
scholastic record. , , , ,