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SEPTEMBER 19, 1936
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
Additional Retreats for Laity Held in Georgia
THIRD RETREAT FOR
MEN THIS WEEK-END
AT SAVANNAH BEACH
Bishop O’Hara Also Retreat-
master, as at Two Previous
Retreats at Washington
(Special to The Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, Ga.—Thirty Geor
gia men attended the second retreat
for laymen held at St. Joseph's Home
from Thursday evening, August 20,
to the following Sunday morning,
the first time in the history of the
retreat movement in Georgia that
two retreats have been held. The re
treat was given by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., Bishop of
Savannah, who gave the first retreat
in July also. The second retreat
brought the number of retreatants
at the men’s retreat this year to sev
enty.
A third retreat will be held at Ho
tel Tybee from Friday evening, Sep
tember 18, to the following Sunday
afternoon, and this also will be con
ducted by Bishop O’Hara. The ex
penses of the retreat will not ex
ceed those of the retreats at St. Jo
seph's Home, and the location of the
hotel on Savannah's famed beach
makes it an ideal place for the retreat.
All interested in making the retreat
are cordially invited, but early reg
istration is essential.
Hon. James P. Houlihan, president
of the Savannah Branch of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
has been appointed captain of the
Savannah retreat; associate captains
are Hugh Grady, Fred G. Doyle, A.
J. Ryan, Jr., W. A. Saunders, James
F. Glass, Thomas F. Walsh, Jr., T. J.
Canty, Joseph A. Rossiter, Jr., Wal
ter B. Powers, J. R. Connors, A. J.
Kearney, Frank Anderson, John W.
Davis, Joseph Sheehan, E. F. Sutton,
C. A. McCarthy. Savannah Council,
Knights of Columbus, is co-operating
in the retreat. Reservations may be
made through Judge Houlihan, the
members of the committee or the of
fice of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation of Georgia.
At the Washington Retreat, second
section, Bishop O’Hara introduced the
innovation for Georgia of having the
Stations of the Cross in the open; sta
tions were erected in a beautiful
grove by the Rev. John Crean, man
ager of the home and host to the men,
and Bishop O’Hara officiated at the
ceremony. On the way to the stations
the retreatants recited the rosary.
They also served at Mass and at the
various other ceremonies, and on the
night before the closing of the re
treat, each man spent 20 minutes alone
with the Blessed Sacrament exposed
on the altar, the adoration continu
ing from 8 o’clock Saturday night
until the start of the retreat Mass
Sunday morning.
The retreatants held a business
meeting Saturday night, Richard Reid,
Augusta, presiding, and the action of
the retreatants of July in nominating
R. W. Hatcher, of Milledgeville, as
chairman and Mr. Reid as secretary,
was ratified; both were first elected
at the first retreat in Macon in 1921
and have served constantly since.
The retreatants expressed their heart
felt gratitude to Bishop O’Hara, to
Father Crean and to the Sisters of
St. Joseph at the home, giving them
credit for the success of the retreat
and pledging themselves to make the
1937 retreats larger and more success
ful than ever before. It was voted,
with the approval of Bishop O’Hara,
Father Crean and the Sisters, to have
two retreats next year, and the offi
cers were requested to consider hav
ing one of them at the beginning of
the week instead of having both on
week-ends.
Bishop O’Hara administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation to twenty
of the boys at the home at a cere
mony the morning of the closing of
the retreat, Father Crean assisting
him. Each of the boys had one of
the retreatants as a sponsor, the boys
and their sponsors going in proces
sion to the sanctuary, wherei His Ex
cellency administered the Sacrament,
while the sponsor placed his hand on
the shoulder of the boy for whom he
was sponsor. The participation of the
retreatants in the ceremony added to
its impressiveness and to the happi
ness of the boys on the memorable
occassion. Bishop O’Hara questioned
the boys in his kindly fashion and
found them splendidly prepared by
the Sisters and Father Crean, and he
then made a fatherly, friendly talk
to them which made them feel the
importance of the occasion and their
Bishop’s, -their Church’s and God’s
\deep concern for their welfare. At
the. end of the ceremony Bishop
O’Hara requested the boys to take a
pledge not to indulge in intoxicating
liquors before reaching the age of
21, and urged them to renew the
pledge at that time.
At the meeting of the retreatants,
at which Mr. Reid presided, after
the grateful thanks of the retreat
ants were expressed to Bishop O’Hara,
Father Crean and the Sisters for
Mrs. J. Bonar White
Given Notable Honor
Widely Known Atlantan Na
tional Treasurer of Auxiliary
of Medical Association
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mr. J. Bonar
White. widely known in local Catho
lic circles and a leader also in other
activities in Atlanta, was elected
treasurer of the Woman’s Auxiliary
of the American Medical Association
at its recent national convention. Mrs.
White is also chairman of the nation
al finance committee and is chair
man for child hygiene for the Georgia
Congress of Parent-Teachers. The na
tional president of the Auxiliary is
Mrs. Robert E. Fitzgerald, a leader in
Wisconsin Catholic circles.
Father Joseph, O.S.B.
Leaves for Belmont
Father Benedict Rettger
Transferred to Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rev. Jos
eph Tobin, O. S. B., of the faculty of
Benedictine School has been appoint
ed prefect of discipline at Belmont
Abeby College, and has been suc
ceeded here by the Rev. Benedict
Rettger, O. S. B., who will teach
physics.
Other member sof the faculty will
be Rev. Stanislaus, Bethel, O. S. B.,
principal of the school, and professor
of mathematics and English; Rev.
Cornelius Selhuber, O. S. B., profes
sor of German; Rev. Norbert McGow
an, O. S. B., profesosr of Latin; Rev.
Aloysius Wachter, O. S. B., professor
of chemistry; Rev. Paul Milde, O. S.
B., professor of religion; Rev. Peter
Trizzino, O. S. B., professor of math
ematics and history. Rev. Brother
Samuel Evans of Graymoor, N. Y„
professor of Latin, English and His
tory, and Charles E. Traynor, Jr.,
professor of mathematics and direc
tor of athletics at the school and head
football coach.
Members of the coaching staff be
sides Mr. Traynor are Carl Shirk, as
sistant varsity coach; Bernard Glah-
erty, freshman coach; Edwin Mazo,
basketball coach; and Thomas Keene,
boxing coach.
The military department of the
school has Captain Stephen S. Ke-
zewski, U. S. A., professor of military
science and tactics, as its head, and
Sergt. Recy L. Rickson, as instructor.
DAVID BOLTIN is the new presi
dent of the Class of 1933, Benedictine
School, succeeding John Engel, who
presided at the annual banquet of the
class at the De Soto Hotel. John
Powers was elected vice-president,
Joseph Echreck secretary, and Ed
ward Redmond treasurer.
Marist Among Those
Massacred in Spain
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The Rev. Anas-
tasius Darcia, S.M., of the faculty of
Immaculate Conception College, a
preparatory seminary in the Province
of Barcelona, Spain, has been slain
by the Leftists, according to word re
ceived at the Marist Seminary here.
After the killing, the message said,
the Marist educator’s body was de
capitated. He was 39 years old and
was one of three priests apprehend
ed by the Reds. One of these, a na
tive of France, escaped across the
border. The fate of the other has not
been learned.
making the successful retreats pos
sible, Bishop O’Hara and Father
Crean expressed their admiration for
the manner in which the men made
the retreat and for their interest in
the retreat movement and the way
in which they are making the move
ment flourish. Bishop O’Hara said
he was proud to have at his right
hand such a group as those who com
pose the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion of Georgia, and he brought to
the retreatants, the members of the
Laymen’s Association the affection
ate greetings of Bishop Michael J.
Keyes, > whom Bishop O’Hara had
seen but a few days before in New
Yorkk, where Bishop Keyes was rest
ing after his return from Ireland.
Those attending the second retreat
at Washington included John T. Gra
ham, Barnett A. Bell, G. P. Donnel-
lan, Stephens Mitchell, Edwin M.
Schafer, Dwight T. Hollowell, Walter
Murphy, Elkin Franklin, Hughes
Spalding, Jr., Robert B. Troutman, .Jr.,
Robert Umback, Donald Medley and
William H. Carver, Atlanta, Thomas
P. Kearney, James B. Kearney, J. P.
McAuliffe, Charles O’Connor, Henry
Caver Philip Armstrong and Billy
Webster, Augusta; William Sheehan,
Dalonegha; Thomas Duffy, James; J.
W. Fountain and J. G. Hatfield, Ivey;
M. J. Callaghan, A. A. Benedetto, W.
T. McCreary, J. P. McGoldrick, W. D.
Jarrett and Wm. C. Shafer. Macon.
Georgia Junior Federation of
Catholic Clubs in Meeting
FOREIGN WAR VETS I Bishop O’Hara, Father Need
ham and Father McCarthy
HEAR FATHER GUINEA . Speakers at Columbus
Charleston Priest Served in
Ranks During World War
(Special to The Bulletin
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The princi
pal address at the memorial services
of the first state convention of the
South Carolina Veterans of Foreign
Wars, held here recently, was deliv
ered by the Rev. James J. Guinea,
of Sacred Heart Church, Charleston,
who served as a soldier in the
trenches during the World War. Fa
ther Guinea started his studies for
the priesthood after the war. Other
speakers at the convention included
General Charles P. Summerall, May
or Burnet Maybank, Commander
Willard Rice, national executive
from Washington, Commander Rob
ert E. Miller, U. S. N., Navy Yard
chaplain, and other notables.
Father Guinea served as a private
soldier in five sectors during the
World War, was decorated with the
medal of the Order of the Purple
Heart “for military merit”, and was
recommended for the Distinguished
Service Cross. He saw service and
action in the Ypres Sector with the
Second British Infantry Brigade, at
Arras with the First British Infantry
Brigade, and with the American
Army in the Battle of St. Mihiel, in
the Limey Sector and the battle of
the Meuse Argonne. Father Guinea
is a member of the Army and Navy
Union, the Disabled American Vet
erans Association, the Lightning
Division Veterans Association, chap
lain of the Niagara Frontier Post of
the American Legion, and of the
General Mark L. Hersey Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Benevolent Society
Assists the Aged
Charleston Organization
Aids Home for Women
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON. S. C.—One of the
charitable activities of the South
Carolina Diocese fostered by the
Cathedral Benevolent Society, is The
Catholic Women’s Home, situated on
Broad Street on Cathedral Grounds —
in truth the site of the “first Catholic
School" in the Carolinas and Georgia
originated through Bishop England's
plans and furthered by The Chris
tian Brothers, who conducted this
school for the further education of
many of our leading Catholics.
During the late war period. this
building was used as a home for the
young women workers who assisted
in making uniforms for men enlisted
in the service. Sometime later it be
came a home for “The Newman
Club”, fostered and encouraged by
its great leader and benefactor,
Father Charles Devineau, whose in
terest meant so much to Catholic
Youth in general but especially to
those of college age. Even now his
influence remains as was attested at
his anniversary Mass.
The problem of financing The Ca
tholic Home is left to the chairman
and her committee. Twice a year
plans are perfected for gathering
coffers During Lent mite boxes are
distributed, and a generous harvest
is reaped. In October, a car plan
is sent to those interested in “The
Home" Charity, and through two
public appeals, enough has been
forthcoming to finance the coal, light
and extra expenses connected with
keeping these poor, worthy souls
comfortable- Many donations are
received from interested benefactors.
At present there are twelve worthy
women in The Home, enjoying the
comforts of a furnished room, light
and water, free with ice in summer
daily and furnace heat in winter. The
rooms are comfortable, but each one
must have a sufficient pittance for
eating maintenance. As most of our
old ladies are nearing three score
and ten, their problem of diet means
cereals, fruit juices, eggs, etc., light
diet according to hospital rules. They
get along very comfortably.
Another activity of the Benevolent
Society is a Sewing Bee. Aprons,
shoe bags discarded clothes, repaired
but useful, are sold, and now, at the
end of five years activity, the officers
and members are grateful to the
kindly disposed folks who have as
sisted them in carrying on this charit
able work. Especially are they grate
ful to those deceased benefactors
who have so materially aided in
forming a nucleus which some day
it is hoped to use in planning a home
worthy of the South Carolina Dio
cese and Catholic Action.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D._, Bishop of
Savannah, was the principal speaker
at the quarterly convention of the
Georgia Junior Federation of Catho
lic Clubs here the third Sunday in
August; it was the second time His
Excellency had so honored the or
ganization, he having addressed the
previous convention also at Atlanta
in the late spring.
The delegates attended Mass at
Holy Family Church, and the Very
Rev. Dan J. McCarthy welcomed
them to the city and to the conven
tion. The Rev. Richard Needham, S.
J., of New Orleans addressed the
convention on Catholic Action.
Luncheon was served at Spano’s
Cafe and the program concluded with
a supper meeting and social at the
Catholic Club. The business sessions
were devoted to a discusion of the
activities of the federation and to re
ports on them.
The clergy present at the conven
tion in addition to Bishop O’Hara,
and Father McCarthy included the
Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pastor - at
Albany, the Rev. George Daley, pas
tor at LaGrange, and the Rev. Thom
as I. Sheehan, pastor at Thomasville.
Vincent Camerio of Macon was
elected president of the federation,
succeeding Salvadore Spano of Co
lumbus. Those attending the conven
tion included the following:
MACON: Henry Kennington, B.
Cassidy, Robert Dey, Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Callaghan, Mr .and Mrs. Nick
Camerio, P. J. Murphy and the Misses
Marie Kennington, Mary A. McNas-
ky, Cecilia Cassidy and Sarah Thom
as.
LAGRANGE: John Jabaley, Charles
Jabaley, Jr., the Misses Adeline Va-,
leri, Bette Sutherland, Anne Solomon
and the Rev. George Daley.
ALBANY: Ryan Mock, Hay Mock,
Daniel Dugan, Willis Melner, John
Mock, Jr., Billy Mock, and the Misses
Margaret Mock, Betty Mock, Mary
Cosgrove, Catherine Fleming, Made
line Rakil and Pauline Fleming.
COLUMBUS: Mark Mote, Merel
Kennon, Arthur Shannon, Salvador
Spano, Raymond Krebs, Vince
Spano, Paul Kennon, Kirk Scanlon,
Barto Sapno, Armand Westbrook,
Joseph Spano, and the Misses Louise
Starratt, Sara Kennon, Alma Mote,
Mary Scanlon, Lucy Wingate, Ger
trude Bouchard, Carolyn Greene, Al
ice K. Johnson, Jeanne Bouchard,
Julia Bagley, Henel Wynne, Ailean
Scanlon, Mary Rainey, Ann West
brook. Dorothy Westbrook, Margery
Zettler.
ATLANTA: Sacred Heart: John
Courter, Jr., Rudell Chadwick, Jos
eph Keiley, William Jordan, Jr.,
Francis Manghum, Rene Martin, Jos
eph Connolly, Fred Murphy, Clem
ent McGowan, William Bruckner,
Robert Havbenreiser, Max Bips, John
Shaner, and the Misses Eleanor Raet-
tig, Angelo Courter, Anna McConne-
ghey, Ruth Seibert, Elizabeth Keiley;
Immaculate Conception: John Den
son, Robert Johann, Aldo Garoni, J.
Thomas Clark, Clement Gernazian,
Billy Epler, Stephen Gernazian, F.
M. Baumgartner, John Bips, Jr., G. J.
Epler, and the Misses Rosa Johann,
Bernardine O’Leary, Frances Hack-
man, Ella M. Andrews, Katherine
Warren, Marie Winkleman, Inez
Fornara, Leona' Van Mansfield. Alice
Bladon, Eloise Clark, Elsie Winkle-
man, Rose Riordan, Kathleen Rior-
dan, Helen Uffilman, Martha Epler;
St. Anthony’s: Gilbert LeBaron, Jr.,
F. J. Fitzpatrick, Carl Rappold, B.
Rappold, Byrd Keith, A1 Schwartz-
walder, James Pfiefer, Thomas Ke-
hoe, Robert Elelena, S. J. Keith. Jr.,
and the Misses Dorothy McNulty,
Marie Rockwell. Myrtle Sueliva, Car
oline Keith, Kathleen O’Keefe, Irene
Mansch. Teresa Cline.
Officers of the Columbus Club, host
to the convention, include Mark
Mote, president. Miss Sara Kennon,
vice-president. Miss Gertrude Bou
chard, treasurer, and Miss Julia Bag-
ley, treasurer. Salvador Spano was
•chairman of the convention commit
tee.
GAINESVILLE HOST TO
FLORIDA N.C.C.W. BOARD
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-The mid
year board meeting of the St. Augus
tine Diocesan Council of the National
Council of Catholic Women will be
held in Gainesville November 5, Mrs.
George P. Coyle, Diocesan president,
announces. The meeting will be held
at Crane Hall of the University of
Florida, at the invitation of the Rev.
J. P. O'Mahoney, director of Crane
Hall and chaplain of the Newman
Club-
HILAIRE BELLOC has been nam
ed editor of “G. K.'s Weekly" in
London, joining the board which
owns the paper.
AUGUSTO CIUIACI, president of
Italian Catholic Action, died in Rome
early in September at 47. He was di
rector of the Vatican Printing Office.
The Holy Father, greatly grieved by
his death offered Mass for the repose
of his soul.
SIXTY-FOUR ATTEND
RETREAT AT MACON
AT MT. DE SALES
Rev. Austin Wagner, S.J., Is
Retreatmaster at Fifteenth
Annual Exercises
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—Sixty-four retreat
ants, sixty-three of them from Geor
gia, attended the fifteenth annual re
treat for women held at Mt. de Sales
Academy here August 25-28 the largest
number of women ever to attend a
retreat in this state. The retreat was
given by the Rev. Austin Wagner, S.
J., of the Jesuit Mission Band of the
Province of New Orleans.
The retreatments were guests of the
Sisters of Mercy at Mt. de Sales
Academy, where all the retreats have
been held since the first one in 1922.
Many of the retreatants who have
been making them through the years
were present; a most encouraging note
was the presence of a number of
young ladies at the retreat, some of
them- in their ’teens.
The rereatants remained at Mt. de
Sales throughout the retreat. The Sis
ters made every possible arrangement
for the convenience of the retreatants
and Father Wagner’s splendid- dis
courses proved him an ideal retreat-
master. The Rev. Robert Bryant,S.J.,
who was scheduled to give the re
treat was appointed pastor of St.
Ann's Church, West Palm Beach,
shortly before the retreat, and Fath
er Wagner, who gave the retreat in
1932, was appointed to give the re
treat in his place. At the closing
breakfast, the Friday morning after
the Tuesday evening on which the
retreat started. Miss Julia McCreary,
secretary of the retreatants, expressed
her and the retreatants’ pleasure and
gratitude to Father Wagner, the Sis
ters and all others who helped to
make the retreat the success it was.
Those making the retreat included:
MACON—Mrs. Chas. L. Adams, Sr.,
Mrs. Dan Tarver, Mrs. J. P. McGoul-
drick. Mrs. Frank Huthnance, Mrs. J.
O Miller. Mrs. H. P. Wrigley, Mrs. J.
V. Sheridan, Mrs. Chris F. Sheridan,
Mrs. J. M. Molloy, Mrs.A. A. Bene
detto. Mrs. Duncan Brown. Mrs. Paul
Wehrcamp, Mrs. M. J. White, Miss
Mary E. Roach, Mrs. Denis Cassidy,
Mrs. A. W. Worcham. Miss Julia Mc
Creary. Mrs. Wm. J. Cassidy and Mrs.
G. H. Donnelly.
ATHENS—Mrs. Elizabeth .Callahan,
Mrs. Lawrence Costa. Miss Eleanor L.
Chase, and Mrs. W. E. Hines.
ATLANTA—Miss Helen H. Hopkins
Miss Carroll Hopkins. Miss Eleanor
Spalding, Miss Elizabeth Hopkins,
Mrs. Stuart P. Stringfellow. Mrs. El
len S. Anderson, Mrs. H. C. Fraas,
Mrs. John Shikany. Mrs. W. M. Ma-
loof Miss Margaret Maloof, Mrs. W.
A. Wells, Mrs. A. W. Chisnell, Miss
Margaret Redding. Miss Kathryn Mo-
Lin, Miss Mary Azar. Miss Wadia
Nassar, Mrs. W. D. Williamson.
AUGUSTA—Mrs. P. H. Rice, Miss
Annie Rice. Miss Fannie Battey. Miss
Mary Hill, Mrs. E. C. Muse and Miss
Cecile Ferry.
COLUMBUS—Mrs. L. M. Mingle-
dorff. and Miss E. Deignan.
ALBANY—Miss Mary Brosnan and
Miss Agnes Brosnan.
..SAVANNAH— Miss Margaret M.
McCarthy. Miss Elizabeth Fleurv,
Mrs. B. A. Fleury, and Mrs. J. M.
Keating.
OTHER CITES represented included:
Newnan—Miss Maybelle Mansour.
Miss Regina Manosur. Griffin— Miss
Rosa Nassau. Miss Fefie Smaha. Val
dosta—Mrs. J. F. Fender. Mrs. B. .T.
O'Brien. Milledgeville—Mrs. R. W.
Hatcher, Mrs. J. A. Little. Tifton—
Miss Janie McCartney. Hardwick—■
Miss Bernice Flury. I -ithia Springs—
Mrs. Jane Oliver and Mrs. Caroline
Frawley from Newport, Tenn.
Young Atlantan Dies
In Swimming Pool
John W. Turner, Jr., Son of
Leading Physician
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—John W. Turner,
Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. John W.
Turner, the former a leading Atlanta
physician, died here recently after be
ing found unconscious in the bathing
Pool of the Brookhaven Country Club.
The young man, 17 years of age. and
universally known as Billy, had been
swimming in the pool and was an ex
pert swimmer; his disappearance be
neath the water was not noted at the
time- After he was discovered uncon
scious he was rushed to St. Joseph's
Infirmary, but could not be revived.
Billy was a sophomore at the Uni
versity of Georgia last year and in
tended to start the study of medicine
this fall. He was a member of Sacrcdj
Heart Church, from which the funeral
was held with a Requiem Mass, t' ;
Rev. Philip H. Dagneau, S.M., offici
ating. Interment was in West View
Cemetery. Surviving in addition to hia
parents are two sisters, the Misses
Mathilda and Olga Turner, and a
brother, August. .. (