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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AFKEL 30, 1937
NEW JERSEY LAWYER
ORDAINED IN ROME
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
Father Smith to Serve Dio
cese of Charleston—Char
lestonian to Be Ordained
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. - The Rev.
Mr. Laurence Sheedy, an alumnus of
Bishop England High School and a
native of Charleston, will be ordain
ed to the priesthood in May at the
Cathedral here by the Most Rev. Em
met M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston.
(By K. of C. News Service)
ROME. — The Rev. George Lewis
Smith, state advocate of the Knights
of Columbus of New Jersey, and for
merly a widely known practicing at
torney of the state, was ordained to
the priesthood March 13, at the Bas
ilica of St John Lateran by Cardi
nal Marchetti-Selvaggiani, and offer
ed his first Holy Mass at the Church
of Santa Susanna in Rome on Passion
Sunday, March 14, 1937. The Very
Rev. Michael Browne, O. P., rector
of the Angelicum, the Dominican
University, was assistant priest, and
the sermon was preached by Rev.
Thomas L. O’Neill, C. S. P., the Su
perior of the Paulist Fathers in
Rome.
Father Smith was a lawyer at
South River and an active member
of the New Jersey Bar for almost 10
years. For the past five years he
went to Europe part of each year to
pursue his ecclesiastical studies at the
Beda College.
He is a member of Our lady of
Victory Council, Sayreville, New
Jersey, present Navigator of the
Fourt Degree Assembly of Our
Lady of Victory, a past District Dep
uty in New Jersey, and one of the pi
oneer promoters of the Laymen’s Re
treat Movement in New Jersey. He
has been a member of the Speakers’
Bureau of the Knights of Columbus,
and has taken an active part in the
affairs of Columbianism in New Jer
sey. He traveled extensively in Eu
rope and the Near East and was in
much demand as a speaker at Knights
of Columbus events.
Father Smith was ordained for the
Diocese of Charleston, South Caro
lina, where he intends to go as soon
as he has finished his studies in
Rome.
NEILL O’DONNELL OF
SUMTER, S. C„ DIES
Was Leading Citizen of
Community for Half-
Century
(Special to The Bulletin)
SUMTER, S. C.—Neill O’Donnell,
one of Sumter’s leading citizens and
for many years one of the best known
Catholic laymen in South Carolina,
died here late in March after an ill
ness of about three weeks. He was
seventy-seven years old.
Born in Ireland, Mr. O’Donnell came
to the United States at the age of fif
teen, settling in Pennsylvania with his
family. Coming to Charleston, he
traveled the state for a busines con
cern, and in 1883 he organized the
O’Donnell and Company in Sumter, a
mercantile business. This business
he conducted until the time of his
death; some years ago he sold out the
grocery and dry goods departments.
He was an organizer of the First Na
tional Bank of Sumter, of which he
became president in 1910, continuing
in that capacity until it was acquired
by the South Carolina National Bank;
he has since been chairman of the
board. He was a large landholder in
this section, and interested in a num
ber of enterprises.
Mr. O’Donnell was a devoted mem
ber of St. Anne’s Church, and inter
ested in all Catholic activities. The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. K. Gwynn, V.F.,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Green
ville, and dean of the Greenville dis
trict, officiated at the Requiem Mass;
clergy from all sections of the Diocese
attended. Interment was in Sumter.
Mr. O’Donnell’s wife, Mrs. Catherine
Bogin O’Donnell, died some years ago.
Mr. O’Donnell served on the Board
of Education of Sumter for more than
35 years, and was chairman at the time
of his death. He was a life member of
the Tourney Trust Fund and treasur
er of the Board of Trustees of the
Tuomey Hospital; he also filled many
other civic positions of influence and
honor.
Georgia K. of C. Meet
in Atlanta May 9
GEORGIA’S State Council of the
Knights of Columbus will hold its
annual convention in Atlanta May 9,
with Atlanta Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, A. J. Crocy, grand knight,
as host, and State Deputy John J.
McCreary, of Macon, presiding.
NORTH CAROLINA’S K. of C.
State Convention will be held in
Council, State Deputy V. Palmer Joe
presiding. „ . _
New Posts for Clergy Are
Announced byBishopO’Hara
CATHEDRAL RECTOR
DIOCESAN SCHOOL HEAD
Msgr. Jos. F. Croke
Rev. T. James McNamara
SUMMER SCHOOL DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT AT COLUMBUS
Rev. Joseph G. Cassidy
Rev. J. Joseph Malloy
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, has announced
the following appointments among
the clergy of the Diocese:
RT. REV. MSGR. JOS. F. CROKE,
chancellor of the Diocese, and Dio
cesan Superintendent of Schools, has
been named rector of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, a post held
by Bishop O’Hara previous to the es
tablishment of the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta. Monsignor Croke retires
as Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools, but continues as chancellor.
REV. T. JAMES McNAMARA, pas
tor of Sacred Heart Church and the
Middle Georgia Missions, has been
named Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools, succeeding Monsignor Croke,
and continuing as pastor at Milledge-
ville.
REV. JOS. G. CASSIDY, pastor of
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Savannah, has been named Diocesan
Director of Summer Schools, retain
ing also his post as pastor of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
REV. J. JOSEPH MALLOY of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Sa
vannah, has been named assistant to
the Very Rev. Dan J. McCarthy, V.
F., pastor of Holy Family Church, Co
lumbus. Father Malloy’s particular
work will be attending to the spiritual
needs of the Catholics at Fort Ben-
ning, 300 in number. The Rev. John E.
Monahan, Major-Chaplain, U. S. A.,
has bee ntransferred from Fort Ben-
ning to the office of the Chief of
Chaplains in Washington, and his suc
cessor will not arrive until Novem
ber. ,
VACATION SCHOOL plans are now
being made and will be announced
in the near future. Bishop O’Hara
plans to have such schools in as many
communities as possible throughout
the state, supplementing the Religious
Vacation camp plan of last year.
Fr. Reilly's Silver
Jubilee May 12th
The Very Rev. James T. Reilly,
S. M, pastor of Sacred Heart Church
and superior of the Marist Com
munity in Atlanta, a former Savan-
nahian, will observe the silver
jubilee of his ordination in Atlanta
May 12, Bishop O’Hara presiding at
the Silver Jubilee Mass.
Holy Father Honors
Two Alabama Priests
Msgr. Hackett Prothonotary
Apostolic—Dr. Sands
Monsignor
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MOBILE—His Holiness Pope Pius
XI has appointed the Rt Rev. Msgr.
E. J. Hackett Vicar General of the
Diocese of Mobile and pastor of the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep
tion here, a Prothonotary Apostolic
and has named the Very Rev. Eu
gene L. Sands, pastor of St. Paul’s
Church, Birmingham, a Domestic
Prelate with the title of Right Rev
erend Monsignor, the Most Rev.
Thomas J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile,
has announced.
Monsignor Hackett’s elevation in
dignity comes as a reward for his
invaluable services rendered as pas
tor and diocesan official, Bishop
Toolen said. The Bishop also pointed
to Monsignor Sands’ nearly 25 years
of splendid pastoral service in the
Diocese. Father Sands is said to be
the first native of the Diocese of
Mobile to be elevated to the rank of
Domestic Prelate, and Monsignor
Hackett to be the first priest in the
history of the See to be named Proth
onotary Apostolic. He is a native of
Massachusetts.
BISHOP CONROY of Ogdensburg,
N. Y’, has granted permislon for the
raising of a purse on the occasion of
his golden jubilee on condition that
it be used for the establishment of
a diocesan newspaper. •
FAMILY REUNION BY
INTEREST OF PRIEST
Anderson, S. C., Man Mis
sing for Third of Century
FR. O’KEEFFE GIVES
PILGRIMAGE SERMON
Heavy Rains Bai Procession,
But Fail to Dampen Fervor
at St. Augustine Ceremony
MAY ENGAGEMENTS
OF BISHOP O’HARA
Confirmation Last Week at
St. Joseph’s in Athens
(Special to The Bulletin)
ANDERSON, S. C.—A Texas priest,
the Rev. T. P. O’Rourke, who recently
passed through Anderson, has been
responsible for the reunion of a
Spanish-American war veteran to his
relatives, who had not heard from him
since shortly after he left here for
Cuba in 1896. He is Clarence Murphy,
who volunteered with an Anderson
Regiment, was discharged at Colum
bia as physically unfit, tried again
with another unit, was accepted and
served in Cuba.
The last his family heard from him
was in 1903, and he was given up for
dead. Father O’Rourke, on his way
from Texas to New York, asked Of
ficer Marcvell Stuart if he knew of a
Clarence Murphy who once lived in
Anderson. Mr. Stuart said he knew
him well, and had been in the army
with him. Father O’Rourke said that
Mr. Murphy lived at his mother's
house for years and often talked of
Anderson. This thought came to him
as he passed through Anderson, and
prompted the inquiry.
All Mr. Murphy’s seven brothers
and sisters, save one, Mrs. Thomas
Speer, are dead. She wrote to her
brother after getting his address from
Father O’Rourke, and received a joy
ful answer saying that he would come
back to Anderson in October for a
visit. , . . -
(Special to The Bulletin)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., — Heavy
rains prevented the annual proces
sion in connection with the pilgrim
age to the Shrine of Nuestra Senora
de la Leche, the spot where Mass
was first said in the United States,
but it did not dampen the fervor of
the numerous members of delegations
which came from far and near to par
ticipate in the ceremony.
At the appoitned time the services
were held at St. Agnes Church, the
priests of the Cathedral and from oth
er cities participating. This was fol
lowed by the broadcast of the ser
mon of the Rev. J. H. O’Keeffe, of
the Cathedral over WFOY, the ser
mon which was scheduled to be giv
en at the Shrine. The Cathedral choir
under the direction of Mrs. C. C.
Bagwell rendered special music. Miss
Hazel Crichlow, Miss Helen Ponce,
Mrs. Noel Mier and William Speng-
ler participating in the musical pro
gram.
Father O’Keeffee in an eloquent and
scholarly discourse, gave a brief re
sume of the history of the shrine, and
painted in glowing words a picture
of early days when the Cross was
first planted on this site and the task
of the missionary priests was started
in the New World. He told how in
this way the priests, fired with mis
sionary zeal, were carrying out the
precepts of earlier priests who had
carried the cross of Christ over the
countries of Europe, and the brave
crusaders who had thundered at the
gates of Jerusalem to rescue the Sa
cred City from the hands of the in
fidel.
In tracing the history of the shrine,
Father O’Keeffe told how it had been
destroyed first by the hand of man,
and then by the elements, being re
built each time in order that it might
fulfill its mission in calling men to
God- He pointed out that the Cath
olic Church is therefore familiar
with a “restoration” program, and
realizes the tremendous value of keep
ing alive those things which have
come down through the centuries.
Very beautiful was the speaker’s
discussion of the Virgin Mary, and
her part in the Christian religion. He
pointed out that because of the Vir
gin Mary's sacred role, and the ven
eration in which Christ held His
mother, the whole status of woman
hood has been changed through the
centuries.
Capt. Jos. M. Walsh
Is Dead in Mobile
Leading Citizen There Fath
er of Former Jesuit Prov
incial of the South
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Jo
seph’s Church, Athens, the Rev. Har
old J. Barr, S. T. B.., pastor, Friday,
April 23, and will conduct a mission
of one week at St. Mary’s Church,
Rome, the Rev. James H. Grady, pas
tor. starting April 25.
The engagements of His Excellency
for the next few weeks follow:
Tuesday, May 4, 2:30 p. m.—Preside
at Ecclesiastical Conference, St. Vin
cent’s Academy, Savannah.
Thursday, May 6. 9:30 a. m.—Cele
brate Pontifical Military Mass, Sa
cred Heart Church. Savannah.
Monday, May 10, 7 a. m.—Say Mass
and give first Holy Communion, St.
Mary’s Home, Savannah.
Sunday, May 16, 11 a. m.—Pontifi
cal Mass in celebration of Pentecost
Sunday, Cathedral, Savannah.
Wednesday, May 12.—Preside Sil
ver Jubilee Mass of the Very Rev.
James Reilly, S. M, Sacred Heart
Church, Atlanta
Saturday, May 22.—Conduct ordi
nation to priesthood, Cathedral, Sa
vannah.
Sunday, May 23, 4 p. m.—Adminis
ter Confirmation, Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, Savannah.
Monday, May 24.—Celebrate Mass
and preside at Commencement Ex
ercises of graduates of Nursing
School of St. Joseph’s Hospital,
vannah. This will take place in the
Cathedral.
Sunday, May 30, 11 a. m.—Sing Pon
tifical Mass in Cathedral on occasion
of Pope’s 80th birthday.
THE ORDINATION May 22 will be
that of the Rev . James Grady, of
Boston .studying for the piresthood
for the Diocese of Savannah; he will
be the first priest ordained by Bishop
O’Hara since he was installed as
Bishop of this Diocese. Bishop O’Hara
officiated at the ordination of many
priests as Auxiliary Bishop of Phila
delphia. The ordination of Father
Grady will give the Diocese two
Father James Gradys, the other be
ing a native of Savannah and now
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Rome.
(Special to The Bulletin)
MOBILE. — Funeral services for
Captain Joseph M. Walsh, native and
life-long resident of Mobile, where
he was an outstanding business fig
ure, were held from the family resi
dence and the Spring Hill College
Chapel with the Requiem Mass cele
brated by his son, the Rev. Joseph M.
Walsh, S. J., formerly provincial of
the Society of Jesus in the South.
On behalf of the Bishop, monsig
nori, priests and friends of Mobile,
words of condolence were expressed
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. E. J. Hackett,
prot. Apost, V. G„ to the family
of the deceased and comment made
on his many charities and mani
festations of good will toward the
whole community. The Rev. F. C.
Doyle, pastor of St. Bridget's Church,
Whistler, officiated at the services
at the home and the Very Rev.
John J. Druhan, S. J., those at the
interment.
Prominently identified with the
marine industry here, Captain Walsh
had been ill for twelve weeks before
he died at his home last Sunday at
the age of 83. His father had been
identified with stevedoring interests
here, pnd he entered the business
as a young man. He was president
of the Walsh Stevedoring Company,
director of the Merchants National
Bank and the Alabama Dry Docks
and Shipbuilding Company and the
oldest life member of Mobile Council
of the Knights of Columbus. He
was formerly president of the Mobile
Chamber of Commerce and beloved
particularly for his many charities,
of which he took care that the public
knew little.
Harry V. McAuliffe
Is Dead in Augusta
Business Leader There Ac
tive in Catholic Efforts
RABBI JOSUAH STERN of Em-
manu-El-Temple, Montreal, has is
sued a statement lauding the Holy
Father for his recent encyclicals
against Communism and Nazism.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Harry V. Mc
Auliffe, a member of a pioneer Au
gusta Catholic family, vice-president
of the Augusta branch of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
and one of the city’s most highly re
spected citizens died here early in
April after an illness which became
serious only two weeks before his
death.
Born in Augusta 53 years ago, he
was a lifelong resident of the city,
was educated at St. Patrick’s Com
mercial Institute, and entered the
wholesale grocery business as a
young man. For many years he was
a partner in the firm of Morris, Bell
and McAuliffe Co. and in recent
years was connected with the South
ern Grocery Co. His parents, the
late Michael McAuliffe and Marga
ret Murphy McAuliffe, were natives
of Augusta. He was a devoted mem
ber of St. Patrick’s Church and active
in the Knights of Columbus; he was
chairman of the committee of the
Council arranging for the visit to the
city of the Mine Creek, S. C., congre
gation in late April, and was ac
tive on committees in connection
with the C. L. A. convention in No
vember.
Surviving Mr. McAuliffe are his
wife, Mrs. Reine Gelissen McAuliffe,
two daughters. Miss Mary McAuliffe
and Miss Helen McAuliffe, both of
Augusta, two sisters, Mrs. Chester A.
Zeidler of Birmingham and Mrs,
Elizabeth Muse of Augusta, two
brothers, J. Leo McAuliffe of Beau
mont, Texas, and J. P. McAuliffe, of
Augusta, an aunt, Miss Annie Mur
phy of Augusta, and three nieces. The
funeral was held from St. Patrick’s
Church with a Requiem Mass, the
Rev. Leo M. Keenan, pastor, officiat
ing. assisted by clergy of the city. In
terment was in Westover Cemetery.
Chattanooga Greets
Monsignor Sullivan
Distinguished Pastor Re
turns From Eucharistic
Congress at Manila
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Francis T. Sullivan, pastor
of the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul,
was tendered a “welcome home” din
ner on his return from the Eucharis
tic Congress in Manila early in April.
Grand Knight George Foodley, of the
K. of C. presided, and the address of
welcome was delivered by County
Attorney T. Pope Shepherd. Monsig
nor Sullivan was also the guest of
honor at the April meeting of the
Laymen’s Dinner Club, at which the
guest speaker was Dr. Alexander
Guerry, president of the University
of Chattanooga.