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MARCH 27. 1937
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
St. Patrick's Day Observances in Southeast
Savannah Hibernian Society
Hears President, Governors
at 125th Anniversary Dinner
Father Harty, S. J., Gover
nors of Georgia, Carolina
and Pennsylvania Speak
Bishop Pontificates
at the Annual Mass
Fr. Kennedy of Augusta De
livers Sermon at St. Pat-
(Special To The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Savannah ob
served St. Patrick's Day in its usual
colorful manner, starting with the
annual Mass of the day at St. Pat
rick's Church, of which the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara. D. D., Bishop
of Savannah, was celebrant and at
which the Rev. J. J. Kennedy, Au
gusta. delivered the sermon, and
ending with the 125th annual dinner
of the Hibernian Society, addressed
by President Roosevelt, whose mes
sage was telephoned, the Rev. Wm.
J. Harty, S. J., a son of Savannah,
and the Governors of Georgia, South
Carolina and Pennsylvania. The
parade which followed the Mass was
one of the largest in many years.
FATHER KENNEDY, after recall
ing the glories of Ireland’s past, and
the fervor and sacrifice and suffer
ing and scholarship on which those
glories rested, and the devotion of
Ireland to the. faith today, asked:
“What of the future? The future is
in the hands of God and in the
hands of the highly cultured phal
anxes of young Irishmen today. They
are building in Ireland today a na
tion that can take care of its own
needs. They are-erecting bulwarks to
permit nationhood and making sure
of the continuance of the Irish
people, literature, traditions, but
above all, their priceless heritage of
the Catholic faith.’’
BISHOP O’HARA IN
BANQUET ADDRESS
Is Principal Speaker at St.
Patrick’s Day Dinner of
Irish Jasper Greens
CHARLESTON MARKS
ST, PATRICK’S DAY
Senator Stanley Hibernian
Dinner Speaker—Jas. Con
ner Named President
THE PARADE formed at St. Pat
rick's Church immediately after the
Mass .with T. J. Fogarty, retired
Chief of the Savannah Fire Depart
ment, again as marshal. William J.
Ryan was general chairman of the
parade committee. Mayor Robert
Hitch and city and county officials
reviewed the parade at City Hall,
Bishop O’Hara and the clergy and
Sisters at the Catholic Association,
and the Governors, officials of the
Hibernian Society and army officers
at the De Soto Hotel.
Captain John J. Clancy, executive
officer of the Savannah Police De
partment, was parade marshal, head
ing a detail of mounted officers.
Among the units participating in the
parade were the Benedictine Cadets,
the Benedictine drum and bugle
corps, the Savannah High School
band, the Savannah High School R.
O. T. C., the Irish Jasper Greens, the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, the
Firemen’s Band, Marist School boys,
the Sacred Heart School boys, the
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and
a number of other units, making
the parade one of unusual excellence.
The weather for the day was per
feet.
EDWARD C. BRENNAN was re
elected president of the Hibernian
Society at the annual meeting at
noon. Christopher P. H. Murphy was
relected vice-president, John J. Pow
ers. treasurer, John L. Sullive, sec
retary and Jerome F., Sullivan, as
sistant secretary. Augustine T. S.
Wright and Dr. Daniel J. McCarthy
were elected active members to fill
vacancies. Richard J. Powers v/as
transferred to non-resident member
ship and James W. McGuire was
elected a non-resident member. The
nominating committee included Jose
ph B. Maddox, chairman, Col. John
G. Butler, Judge J. P. Houlihan,
Jpmes J. Monahan, Judge Gordon
Saussy and C. A. McCarthy. A buf
fet luncheon followed the meeting.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.. Bishop of
Savannah, \yas the principal speaker
at the annual St. Patrick's Day din
ner of the Irish Jasper Greens. 118th
Field Artillery, at the Savannah Ho
tel. Capt. F. E. Ducey was toastmas
ter. Bishop O'Hara referred to the
glorious history and splendid tradi
tions of Jasper Greens, and com
mended its patriotism and the sacri
fices of its members in defense of the
country.
He urged the members of the Bat
tery not to forget they were observ
ing the feast day of a saint, saying
that the trouble with the world to
day is due in great measure to the
fact that it has forgotten God, there
by bringing want in the midst of
plenty.
A. J. RYAN, JR., assistant solici
tor-general of the Superior Court,
responded to the toast: “Savannah”,
Father Michael Manning to : “The
Day We Celebrate”, and Lt. Col. Carl
W. Robeson: “Our Regiment. Corp.
Joseph E. Johnston spoke for “The
Greens”. Adj. John E. Stoddard,
commander of the Georgia military,
who was in Savannah with Governor
Rivers, spent some time at the dinner
and spoke briefly. Entertainment was
furnished by E. P. Daly, A1 Handiboe
and Charles Hughes.
REV. JOS. G. CASSIDY, pastor of
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
delivered the principal address-at the
St. Patrick’s Day luncheon of the Ki-
wanis Club at the De Soto Hotel. Re
ligion is the source of true happiness,
Father Cassidy said, and he illustrat
ed the point by the life of St. Patrick
and the history of the Irish people.
Charles E. Powers presided at the
meeting and introduced Father Cas
sidy.
REV. LEO FRIERSON, O. S. B„
of Sacred Heart Church and Bene
dictine School, in an address before
the Lions Club at its weekly lunch
eon the day after St. Patrick’s Day,
directed the attention of the mem
bers of the club to the fact that the
St. Patrick’s Day observation started
with a Mass. That, Father Leo said,
is typical of those of Irish extraction,
and a source of edification and en
couragement to all religious-minded
men in this materialistic age.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.,—'The 1937 ob
servance of St. Patrick’s Day in
Charleston will live in the memory of
the city as one of the most impressive
within the memory of those now liv
ing. Its great feature was the observing
of the centennial of St. Patrick's parish
and the golden jubilee of the present
church there, at which the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.. Bishop of
Charleston, presided, and the Rev. Dr.
John L. Manning, * chancellor of the
Diocese, delivered the sermon. The ob
servance, under the direction of the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Jos. L. O'Brien, S. T. D.,
pastor, is covered elsewhere in The
Bulletin.
JAMES CONNER, whose father,
grandfather and great-grandfather
were presidents of the Hibernian So
ciety in Charleston in their day, was
elected ,to that post at the annual meet
ing of the society on St. Patrick’s Day,
the 136th annual meeting of the organ
ization. Mr. Conner succeeds Hon.
John P. Grace, former Mayor of Char
leston. William A. O’Brien, whose
grandfather was president of the Hi
bernian Society, was elected vice-
president, L. A. McLaughlin secretary.
Herman C. Grube treasurer, and J. P.
Connolly chairman of the managing
committee.
—HON. A. OWSLEY STANLEY, for
mer United States Senator from Ken
tucky, was the principal speaker at
tlie 136th annual dinner of the Hiber
nian Society the evening of St. Pat
rick’s Day at famed Hibernian Hall,
one of the finest affairs of the long
line of St. Patrick’s dinner dating to
the first years of the nineteenth cen
tury. Senator Stanley’s toast: was
“The United of America.”
VERY REV. M. C. MURPHY, pastor
of St. Peter’s Church, Columbia, and
dean of the Columbia district, respond
ed to the toast: “The Day We Cele
brate,” and State Senator John F. Wil
liams of Aiken to: “South Carolina.”
who died within the year, responded
to the toast on “The Day We Cele
brate”, and it was one of the finest
addresses heard at a Hibernian So-
MRS. BRADY MARRIED
TO FREE STATE ENVOY
President’s Saint Patrick’s
Day Address Telephoned to
Savannah, Boston Banquets
It gives me great pleasure from this
quiet spot in the Georgia hills to
greet my friends of the Charitable
Irish Society of Boston and the
Hibernian Society of Savannah.
Although we think of ourselves
sometimes as a very young civiliza
tion, I know of no better illustration
of our historic background than the
story of the origin of the great Irish
societies formed for charitable pur
poses along the whole line of cur
Atlantic coast.
You in Boston, celebrating ycur
two hundredth anniversary, are the
oldest of the family. You in Savan
nah, celebrating your one hundred
and twenty-fifth anniversary .are the
youngest. Celebrating this 17th of
March are your other brothers—the
Friendly sons of St. Patrick in the
city of New York and Philadelphia,
and the Hiberian societies in Balti
more and Charleston.
In all of these generations your so
cieties have lived up to the noble
legend, “Non sibi sed aliis”—not for
ourselves but for others. You have
aided not only your own members
but many others who might be de
serving of your charity. You have
aided not Irishmen alone or the de
scendants of Irishmen—you have con
tributed greatly to the good of your
communities as a whole.
I have a particularly tenderness for
St. Patrick’s Day for, as some of you
know, it was 'on the 17th of March,
1905, that a Roosevelt wedding took
place in New York City to the ac
companiment of the bands playing
their way up Fifth Avenue to the
tune of “The Wearin’ of the Green”.
On that occasion New York had two
great attractions—the St. Patri-k’s
Day parade and President Theodore
Roosevelt, who had come from Wash
ington to give the bride away. I
might add that it was wholly natural
that in the spotlight of these two at
tractions the bride and the bride
groom were almost entirely over
looked.
Today, therefore, I am getting even
—taking an actual part, even though
it be by telephone, in a celebration
in the North and another celebration
in the South.
Yes, I am always thrilled by St.
Patrick’s Day—the day that Irishmen
the world over garner to their hearts
and souls their tenderest memories,
recall the ancient glories o: Erin and
renew their allegiance to the great
apostle of 1,500 years go. Through
all the vicissitudes of these 15 cen
turies—through tramplings and burn
ings—through war and slaughter—in
time of plenty or in times of famine
—Ireland, and the descendants of Ire
land, have been faithful to the herit
age of St. Patrick.
The same devotion and steadfast
ness to the cause of liberty within the
homeland itself have accompanied
the Irish wherever they have gone-
even to the far corners of the earth.
Our own country owes a great debt
to their contribution to its upbuild
ing. They have borne arms in our
wars both in the colonial and the na
tional periods. In commerce, agricul
ture and industry, in the arts and
sciences, in literature, in the profes
sions and in the councils of state
they have shown special aptitude and
peculiar talent.
There is a further happy co
incidence in this greeting which I am
sending to Boston and to Savannah.
My children are the direct descend
ants of pioneer settlers of both your
citices — Savannah through their
mother and Boston through their
father Furthermore, I am proud to
participate in these celebrations and
to have this fellowship with organ
izations which in former years were
addressed by predecessors of mine in
the presidency of the United States.
“Not for ourselves but for others.”
That motto can well be the inspira
tion of all of us—not for the fine
purposes of charity alone, but also for
our guidance in our public and pri
vate service. Selfishness is without
doubt the greatest danger that con
fronts our beloved country today.
Good old St. Patrick was the epitome
of unselfishness. May we follow in
his footsteps.
Archbishop Murray Offi
ciates at N. Y. Ceremony
ciety dinner in many years. Father
Harty recalled^the contribution that
the Irish made to the civilization and
Inisfada, Long Island, to the _Society
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—A simple ceremony
at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
marked the wedding of Mrs. Gene
vieve Brady, widow of Nicholas F.
Brady, and William J. Babington Ma-
cauley, Minister of the Irish Free
State to the Vatican. The wedding
ceremony was performed by the Most
Rev. John Gregory Murray, Arch
bishop of St. Paul, who also celebrat
ed the nuptial Mass.
Present at the ceremony were the
Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, rector of the
church, who recently announced the
gift by Mrs. Brady of her estate at
St. Patrick’s Day in
Boca Grande Parish
Observed With Annual En
tertainment and Social
culture of Europe in the early
Middle Ages and since that time,
all through the Christianizing in
fluence of St. Patrick, and he called
on those of Irish blood to stand fast
today for those principles which St.
Patrick inculcated into the Irish
mind and heart, for the world and
our own nation are urgently in need
of their perpetuation.
MONSIGNOR MITCHELL, pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, entertained
the Bishop and clergy at luncheon
at the DeSoto Hotel after the Mass
and parade.
THE DINNER at the De Soto in
the evening was attended by about
£00 members of the Hibernian So
ciety, their distinguished guests, and
friends. Bishop O’Hara, who addres
sed the 12-lth annual dinner last
year, was a guest of honor. All the
five hundred men attending the din
ner were in formal dress.
Lilting Irish airs were played
throughout the evening, and Irish
solos rendered by talented vocalists.
President Brennan was toastmaster,
and presented the speakers. At 10:30,
the address of President Roosevelt
published elsewhere in this issue, was
received by telephone. Twenty-five
years ago, on the occasion of the So
ciety's centenary, the principal ad
dress was delivered by President
Taft in person.
GOVERNOR RIVERS of Georgia
was the first speaker on the pro
gram, the Central of Georgia Rail
road holding its night train to At
lanta for one hour in order to enable
him to return to the Capitol for the
legislative session the morning fol
lowing. He paid tribute to what the
Irish have done for the nation and
for the state in their pioneer days
and in every day since.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON of South
Carolina recalled the great pleasure
which had been his in attending sev
eral dinners of the Hibernian Society
in Charleston, and the factor that
those of Irish blood had been in the
upbuilding of the State of South
Carolina. Governor Johnson spoke
informally and curtailed his address
in order to clear the way for the re
ception of President Roosevelt's mes
sage.
FATHER HARTY, pastor of the
Holy Name. New Orleans, son of the
late William J. Harty, for many
years one of the most prominent
members of the Hibernian Society,
GOVERNOR EARLE of Pennsyl
vania responded to the toast: “The
United States of America”, and he
emphasized the devotion of the Irish
to democracy, and the influence they
have wielded in the United States in
preserving and furthering its spirit.
He asserted that the United States
is meeting the challenge of the pres
ent day as St. Patrick’ met the chal
lenge of his day when he brought
Christianity to pagan Ireland. AH
three Governors lauded President
Roosevelt and his program. Father
Harty in his address asserted that the
Constitution must not be sacrificed
by the rampant greed of materialism,
and on the other hand, the nation
must avoid the financial imperialism
which centers in the few the wealth
which belongs to the many, and
of Jesus, and the Rev. J. Harding
Fisher, S. J., rector of the Novitiate
of St. Isaac Jogues, WarnerviUe, Pa.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held aboard the liner Conte di
Savoia, on which the couple sailed
for Rome. Mrs. Brady is a Papal
Countess, Laetare Medalist and the
only woman ever awarded an honor
ary doctorate by Georgetown Uni
versity.
Richard McKenna of
Savannah Parish Dies
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Richard F. Mc
Kenna, widely known Savannahian,
died late in February after an illness
of several months. Mr. McKenna was
a native of Savannah, and is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Crowley
McKenna: three daughters, Mrs. Wil
liam J. McCormack of Brooklyn, N.
Y„ Mrs. Thomas J. Canty, and Mrs.
Isabella Tetterton of Savannah; four
nieces, Mrs. Marguerite McEllinn, Mrs.
James J. Powers, and Mrs. William T.
DeBorde of Savannah, and Miss Ve
ronica Rahilly of Washington, D. C.;
one nephew, James H. McKenna of
Savannah.
Mr. McKenna was for many years
prominently connected with the city
government, serving for some time as
plumbing inspector. He had served
the city for twenty-seven years, at the
time of his retirement on pension four
years ago. Funeral services took place
at the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist. Interment was in Cathedral
Cemetery.
(Special ot The Bulletin)
BOCA GRANDE; Fla.—The out
standing social event of the winter
season at this famous resort on
Florida’s west coast was the gala
Saint Patrick’s night dance conduct
ed for the benefit of the southwest
Florida missions of which the Rev.
Lawrence J. Flynn is pastor. The af
fair was held at the Boca Grande
Hotel Golf Club, and over one hun
dred and fifty couoles danced to the
music of Buddy Berk and his ten-
piece band, one of Florida’s most pop
ular orchestras. The club house was
gaily decorated in green, and all those
attending were presented with Saint
Patrick’s Day emblems. Refresh
ments were supplied gratis by the
hotel management. The guests and
the help alike look forward each year
to this affair which was inaugurated
by Father Flynn when he took over
the pastorate of these missions four
years ago. The proceeds are used for
the continuance of the work on these
missions, vhich, during the remainder
of the year after the three month
tourist season ends, are Florida’s
poorest. At the end of the affair
Father Flynn gave a short inspiring
talk in which he explained the work
ing of scattered missions, at the same
time expiessing his gratitude to those
who contributed toward the success
of this annual affair.
IRISH DAILY LAUDS
NOVEL OF GEORGIAN
Cork Examiner Commends
Recent Book by Mrs. Ger
trude Capen Whitney
which is guaranteed to them by the
natural law itself.
L A. DOWNS, president of the
Illinois Central Railroad and chair
man of the board of the Ocean
Steamship Company, formerly of Sa
vannah, was a guest of honor at the
dinner, as were members of the
staffs of the three governors and
other distinguished guests.
Augusta Civic Clubs
Honor St. Patrick
Father Greeley Addresses
Exchangeites and Hugh
Kinchley Kiwanians
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. James A.
Greeley. S. J., formerly dean of
Loyola University, New Orleans, and
a former member of the editorial
staff of “America” in New York,
spoke before the Exchange Club of
Augusta on “The Source of Irish
Humor” at the St. Patrick’s program
of the club March 18. A program
of Irish songs was rendered by Mrs.
Hugh Hanson, with Robt. J. Watson
as accompanist. Richard Reid pre
sented Father Greeley, and Alfred
M. Battey was a guest of honor.
HUGH KINCHLEY
KIWANIS SPEAKER
Hugh Kinchley addressed the Ki-
wanis Club on St. Patrick’s Day at
its weekly luncheon, and spoke on
the spirit of Ireland and its influence
on Europe and America. T. J. Kearns
was program chairman.
The Cork Examiner in Ireland re
cently carried a commendatory re
view of the latest work of Mrs. Ger
trude Capen Whitney, Augusta, Ga.,
“In the Fulness of Time”, a review
which The Augusta Chronicle reprints
with editorial approval. Mrs. Whit
ney’s novel, “Yet Speaketh He”, in
which the central figure is Dennis
Cahill, who sacrificed his life to save
a drowning child in the Augusta Ca
nal, is her best known work among
readers of The Bulletin. The Cork
Examiner says of “In the Fulness of
Time”:
“This is an American novel writ
ten by an American for Americans,
but foreigners interested in peoples,
their manners, and customs and turns
of thought will find it interesting.
The United States is an immense
country inhabited by communities
that differ vitally in spite of the
standardization that has gone on for
almost two centuries. There is a vast
difference in many ways between the
natives of Pennsylvania and those of
Georgia. Here we are provided with
contrasts. Miss Betty Jane Desselblew
and her niece, Mary Lou Warner, of
the Georgian cotton country, are ac
cidentally landed miles to the north
amongst a settlement of Quaker wheat
farmers. The elder lady is represent
ed as a typical Southerner, speaking
the Southern dialect, while the
younger is modem. There is trouble
among the Quaker farmers, for even
their adhesion to the Quaker dialect
and Quaker principles are sorely tried
bv a newcomer who seeks to stop
old rights of way and to encroach on
ancient principles. Then there is a
massing heir and two or three ro
mantic lines- But for an outsider the
best of the novel is the character
study of the elements that go-to make
up an American nation.”
ESTILL, S. C., CONVERT
RECEIVED INTO CHURCH
(Special to The Bulletin)
EST1LL. S. C.—James K. Calvitte of
this community was received into the
Catholic Church recently by the Re-
demptorist Fathers at Orangeburg. S.
C. Witnesses to the ceremony were
Mrs. Calvitte, Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins of
Estill, and Mrs. E. M. Smith. Miss Mar
garet Smith, Miss Betty Clarke. Miss
Nellie Keller and Miss Annie Keller
of Savannah.