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JULY 31. 1937
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
RETREATS ARE HELD
IN NORTH FLORIDA
Father Ruggeri Retreat-
master at Jacksonville
and Loretto
(Special To The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,—Two splen
did retreats were conducted here re
cently by the Rev. William Ruggeri,
S. J., widely known retreat master
of the Southern Province of the
Jesuit Fathers, one for women at St-
Paul’s Church, sponsored by the
Jacksonville Deanery of the National
Council of Catholic Women, and the
other for men at St. Joseph’s Acad
emy. Loretto, sponsored by the North
Florida Retreat Association. Both re
treats were splendidly attended; the
program was the regular order fol
lowed in closed retreats.
WILLIAM DeHOFF of Jacksonville
was a member of the committee of
ten from the Florida Anti-Slot
Machine Organization credited with
outlawing slot machines from the
state; by the act of the legislature
the machines will be outlawed after
October 1.
JOSEPH F. MARKON, librarian at
the Public Library, represented Jack
sonville at the conference of the
American Library Association in New
York at the Waldorf-Astoria late in
June.
DR. JULIA L. KLINE, girl scout
commissioner of Duvall County, made
the acceptance speech when the local
Kiwanis Club presented a bath house
to the local Girl Scout Council.
EIGHT MEMBERS of St- Paul’s
Parish Boy Scout Troop attended the
national jamboree in Washington,
D. C.
..IMMACULATE CONCEPTION’
Church's Sodality closed its program
until September with a review of
Bishop Noll’s study of Communism,
“It Can't Happen Here.” Papers were
read by Miss Anne Hazlinger and
Miss Ella Daughtrey.
BISHOP KENNY Council, K. of C.,
South Jacksonville, observed its
seventh anniversary with a banquet
attended by State Deputy J. B. Clark,
State Secretary, Leo Bowles, and the
Rev. J- J. Meehan, LL.D., chaplain.
The banquet also honored C. A. Hart
ley, who completed his seventh term
as grand knight, and the incoming
grand knight, Charles. I. Bennett.
MISS REGINA CARTER of St.
Paul's parish sailed recently for a
summer in Europe; she will attend
the Salzburg Music Festival and the
International Dance Congress in
Paris,
MRS. FRANK V. MORIARTY was
re-elected president of St- Paul’s
Guild at the annual election meeting.
Mrs. J. W. Powers is vice-president,
Mrs. H. L. Rpbertson secretary and
Mrs. J. P- McHugh, treasurer.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION So
dality at its June meeting arranged
for a social in honor of the graduating
class at St. Mary’s Home.
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Jesuits Ordained for South
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Jesuit Fathers ordained for the New Orleans Province, which includes
all the Southeast as well as the Southwest, are pictured above. They are
(above) Father William G. Coyle, New Orleans, Father Louis F. Hatrel,
New Orleans, Father Edward W. Shields, New Orleans, and Father John M.
Gonzales, formerly of Guanajuato, Mexico; (below), Father John T. Linehan,
who was ordained for the Ceylon missions, Father Peter F. O'Donnell, Al
giers, La., Father James D. Carroll, Boston, Mass., and Father Raymond
Levell, Fall River, Mass.
DIAMOND JUBILEE
OF SISTER URSULA
Beloved Savannah Sister of
Mercy Entered Convent in
1877
SAVANNAH, Ga„— That rare
event in the life of a religious com
munity, the diamond jubilee of one
of its members, again gladdened the
hearts of the Sisters of Mercy here
when Sister Ursula Bowe, one of the
most beloved member of the order,
observed the sixtieth anniversary of
her entertaining the convent on July
2.
Sister Ursula entered the Sisters of
Mercy in Savannah July 2, 1877,
when the shadow of the War Be
tween the States still was hanging
over the South. Taking her vows in
Savannah, Sister Ursula, who was
reared in Massachusetts, served for
years in Augusta and Atlanta, and
there are hundreds in those cities
who even after these many years re
call her devoted service as a religi
ous.
It is in Savannah that Sister Ursula
has served in recent years, and she
is now attached to St. Joseph’s Hos
pital, where she has been for a long
time. She was in Savannah many
years ago when the government en
gaged the Sisters to care for the sick
soldiers of the army and navy. Sister
Ursula is the second oldest member
of the Sisters of Mercy from the Sa
vannah motherhouse, and her num
erous friends throughout Savannah,
Georgia and in other states flooded
her with good wishes for many an ad
ditional year of happy, joyous, ser
vice.
REQUIEM MASS SUNG
FOR CHARLESTON NUN
CHARLESTON, S. C. — At the
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, a
solemn requiem high mass was sung
for the repose of the soul of Sister
M. Collette Kelly, whose death took
place in Philadelphia on July 16.
The Rev. Charles A. Carmen, of
Hallowell, Pa„ a nephew of Sister
Collette, was celebrant, the Rev. John
L. Manning, D. D„ deacon, the Rev.
John J. McCarthy sub-deacon, and
the Rev. George L. Smith, master of
ceremonies. Present in the sanctuary
were the Rev. M. J. Reddin, the Rev.
John P. Clancy, the Rev. John
Walsh, the Rev. Ward S. Cleary, C. S.
Sp., and other clergy.
A sister of Mercy for nearly forty
years, Sister Collette had engaged in
various duties with the order, hav
ing been for the past four years at
St. Mary’s Convent, Greenville.
Pallbearers were John P. Grace,
Walter F. Livingston, John Maguire.
Dr. T. M. Schallock, Robert T.
Touhey and John F. Riley.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.— The Rev- John
Mullins officiated at the marriage at
the Cathedral late in June of Miss
Thelma Mary Maher, daughter of
Mrs. A. C. Maher, and Marion L.
Dean. After the wedding trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean will live in Savannah,
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CAMP ST, ANN’S ENDS
SUCCESSFUL SESSION
More Than One Hundred
Fifty Receive Religious In
struction and Enjoy Camp
Life
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Camp St.
Ann, at Rocky Bottoms, Pickens
County, on die Pickens-Brevard
Highway, completed its sixth suc
cessful season on July 18, with the
largest number of children in atten
dance in its history.
More than a hundred and fifty
children attended the religious vaca
tion camp, and among the towns rep
resented by one or more children
were Walhalla, Anderson, Seneca,
Ware Shoals, McCormick, Columbia,
Shandon. East Over, New Brookland,
Bishopviile, Cheraw, Camden, Oak-
grove, Florence, Latta, Greenville,
Catechee, Sumter, Calzell, Spartan
burg, Georgetown, Charleston, and
from the rural districts of the north
ern half of the. state.
Under the supervision of Camp
Director, the Rev. Sydney F. Dean,
assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
Greenville, the camp personnel con
sisted of Sister M. Catherine, Sister
M. Annunciata, Sister M. Ursula, and
Sister Mary; with eight seminarians;
the Rev. Mr. Richard C. Madden and
the Rev. Mr. Louis Williamson, of
the Sulpician Seminary, Catholic
University, Washington; Mr. Edward
A- Keller, St. Bernard’s Seminary,
Rochester; Mr. John S. Steele and
Mr. Joseph Murphy, St. Mary’s
Seminary, Baltimore; Mr. Ronald
Anderson, and Mr. Robert Canavan,
Congregation of the Oratory, Rock
Hill. Brother John Nedley and
Brother Robert Canavan, Congr.
Orat., Rock Hill; and one lay coun
sellor, Mr. Gabriel Joseph, of Co
lumbia.
The girl counsellors included
Misses Margaret Niggel and Cathe
rine Collins, Columbia; Veronica
Monahan, Charlotte: Veronica Mont
gomery, New York_ City; and Mary
Russell Booth, Greenville, while the
camp infirmary was in charge of
three nurses; the Misses Marie Pat
ton, Grace Voyles, and Marjorie
Morris, all of Greenville.
Meals to satisfy the appetites in
spired by camp life were prepared
under the direction of a trained die
tician, Richard Smith, of Greenville,
anc. his efficient staff.
St. Ann’s is one of the two camps
organized by the Most Reverend Em
met M- Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of
Charleston, for the religious instruc
tion of the children of the rural sec
tions of the diocese and afford op
portunity for the children to gain a
more thorough knowledge of the
Faith in pleasant and healthful sur
roundings, while a program of rec
reation and entertainment is en
joyed.
On Sunday, July 11, Bishop Walsh
administered the sacrament of Con
firmation to a class of 22 children,
and on Saturday, July 17, 5 children
were baptized. The Rev. Joseph Mc-
Corristin. of Camden, New Jersey,
was celebrant of the mass on July
18, when some twenty children re
ceived their first Holy Communion.
At the commencement exercises,
the Right Rev. James J. May, V. G.,
of Charleston, presided, and an in
teresting program was presented.
Among the clergy wno visited the
camp during its three week session
were, in addition to those mention
ed, the Rev. John J. McCarthy, Char
leston; the Rev. F. O. Ferri, Spar
tanburg; the Rev. John P. Clancy,
Sumter; the Rev. Linus Verhelst, O.
F. M-, the Rev. T. J. McGrath, and
the Right Rev. Monsignor A. K.
Gwynn, of Greenville.
CHARLES T. LEDLIE DIES
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Funeral services
for Charles T. Led lie were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
July 26.
John Downing Dies
in Savannah Parish
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—John Downing,
one of the oldest members of Cathe
dral parish, and for thirty-five years
foreman of the paving department of
the city, died here late in Juhe after
a short illness- Mr. Downing was
born in Kerry, Ireland, anc came to
Savannah when a boy; he had lived
here since, except for a period dur
ing which he served in the United
States Navy. He was for many years
active in the annual St. Patrick’s Day
parade and in Irish and Catholic or
ganizations. Surviving are his sister,
Mrs. Dora Galvin, of Driminomoree,
Kerry, Ireland, and by several nieces
and nephews in Savannah and Ire
land. The Rev. Harold J. Barr,
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens,
officiated at Mr. Downing’s funeral at
the Cathedral, held with a Requiem
Mass- Interment was in Cathedral
Cemetery.
MRS. LEILA G. GALLETTA
DIES IN SAVANNAH AT 20
The death of Mrs. Leila George Gal-
letta, wife of James S. Galletta, at the
age of 20 after an illness of two weeks
brought great sorrow to f cred Heart
parish and to the city. Mrs. Galletta
was born here April 5, 1917, and had
lived in the city all her life. Sur
viving in addition to her husband
are her daughter, Yvonne, her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles N- George,
and her brother, Norman Love, all
of Savannah. The funeral was held
from Sacred Heart Church with in
terment in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
OF MRS. LOUISE McGOWAN
The funeral of Mrs. Louise Mc
Gowan, widow of Daniel P. McGow
an,' whose husband was connected
with The Savannah Press for many
years, was held from the Cathedral
with a Requiem Mass; interment was
in Cathedral Cemetery. Mrs. Mc
Gowan was born in Bamberg, S. C-, 76
years ago; she lived in Savannah
since her marriage, except for a
period of several years previous to
her husband’s death when he was
connected with a Brooklyn, N. Y.,
newspaper. Surviving Mrs. McGowan
are her sister-in-law, Mrs. F. B.
Ruwe, and several nieces and neph
ews.
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
OF MRS. LEILA ADREVVS
The funeral of Mrs. Leila Andrews,
wife of J. E. Andrews of Atlanta, who
died in that city, was held from Bless
ed Sacrament Church with interment
in Bonaventure Cemetery. Mrs. An
drews was a native of Macon and had
lived in Savannah for many years pre
vious to going to Atlanta; she had
many friends in these three cities.
Surviving in addition to her husband
are one son, Paul E. Andrews, Atlan
ta, her daughter, Mrs. Carl Vickery of
Miami, and two cousins, Mrs. E. L.
Edwards and James L. Engel, Sr., of
Savannah.
ROY GEORGE RYAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
Roy George Ryan, a veteran of the
World War where he served at the
front in France as a lieutenant, died
late in June at the age of 47. Mr. Ryan
was a member of the American Legion
and of the Disabled Veterans. Surviv
ing are his wife, Mrs. Amelia Bridge
Ryan, and his son, Roy George Ryan,
Jr. The funeral was held from the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament with
interment in the Hillcrest Memorial
Park.
FREDERICK J. VON KAMP
OF SAVANNAH PARISH DIES
Frederick J. Von Kamp, for twen
ty-eight years connected with the
Central of Georgia Railway, died late
in June after a short illness. He was a
widely known member of Cathedral]
parish, from which his funeral was’
held, with a Requiem Mass; interment
was in-Cathedral Cemetery. Surviving
are his wife, Mrs. Lena Von Kamp,
his daughter. Miss Louise Von Kamp,
his son, Fred J. Von Kamp, Jr., two
sisters, Miss Margaret Von Kamp and
Mrs. J. H. McKenna, all of Savannah,
and his aunt, Mrs. James McCormick,
New York.
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
OF MRS. ANNA O’NEIL
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Maria
O’Neil, one of the oldest and best
known members of Cathedral parish,
was held from the Cathedral, with in
terment in Cathedral Cemetery. Mrs.
O’Neil, the widow of the late Dennis
O’Neil, was born July 2, 1856; surviv
ing are her daughters, Mrs. John J.
Clancy and Mrs. Hart T. Wilson, six
granddaughters, one grandson, and
several nieces and nephews.
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COLLINS-CIUCEVICH
SAVANNAH, Ga-— Father Aloy-
sius, O. S. B., officiated at the mar
riage at Sacred Heart Church with a
Nuptial Mass of Miss Mary Ann Col
lins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Thomas Collins, and John Edward
Ciucevich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Ciucevich. Mr. and Mrs- Ciucev
ich will make their home in Savannah
after the wedding trip.
ATLANTA ENSIGN ON DUTY
ABOARD USS. ‘RICHMOND’
(Special to The Bulletin
ATLANTA, Ga.—Ensign Eugene de
Golian, Jr., a former student of Ma-
rist College, and a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy, Ann
apolis, of the class of 1937, has been
assigned to the U. S. S. Richmond, of
the Pacific fleet.
FR. KING'S BROTHER
SILVER JUBILARIAN
Rev. Christopher King Priest
of Diocese of Alany 25
Years
(Special to The Bulletin)
ALBANY, N. Y. — The Rev. Chris
topher J. A. King, pastor of St. Co-
lumba’s Church, Schenectady, N. Y„
and one of the leading priests of the
Diocese of Albany, observed the sil
ver jubilee of his ordination late in
June, the Most Rev. Edmund F. Gib
bons, D. D., Bishop of Albany, presid
ing at the jubilee Mass and the Rev.
James E. King, pastor of the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, Valdosta,
Ga., brother of the jubilarian, acting
as deacon of the jubilee Mass. The
Rev. Robert M. Gibson, New York,
was sub-deacon, the Rev. John F.
Bourke, of Walterviliet, N. Y., mas
ter of ceremonies, and the sermon
was delivered by Father King's class
mate, the Rev. George B. Fuller, pas
tor of Corpus Christi Church and
chaplain of Catholic students at Co
lumbia University, New York.
A native of Troy, and a graduate of
Niagara University and St. Joseph’s
Seminary at Dunwoodie, N. Y., Fath
er King was ordained by the late
Bishop Burke, of Troy; at first as
sistant at the Cathedral, he was ap
pointed pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, Ravenna, in June, 1921, and
of St. Catherine's, Schenectady, in
1935.
ELECTION THIS YEAR
OF ABBOT PRIMATE
Most Abbots of U. S. Going
to Rome for Occasion
WASHINGTON, D. C.— Practically
all of the 25 Benedictine Abbots of
the United States will travel to Rome
for the election of a new Primate of
the Benedictine Order throughout the
world in September of this year.
The Rt. Rev. Martin Veth, O.S.B.,
Abbot of St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchi
son, Kan., stopped in Washington this
week en route to Rome. Sailing in Au
gust, he plans to visit the Buckfast
and Downside Abbeys of his Order in
England. From there he will go to
Paris for a visit with one of his re
ligious, the Rev. Lucien Senecal, O.
S. B„ who is studying there. On the
trip from Paris to Rome he will visit
the Abbeys of Engelberg and Einsie-
deln in Switzerland, arriving in the
Eternal City in time for the election
on September 29. The Primate’s term
of office is 12 years.
The present Primate, the Rt. Rev.
Fidelis von Stotzingen, O.S.B., former
Abbot of the Abbey of Maria Laach,
Germany, who has been in office fotv
24 years, was a contemporary of Abbot
Veth in student days at St. Anselmo’s
in Rome.
Abobt Veth plans to return to this
country toward the end of October
after a visit to Monte Cassino, cradle
of the Benedictine Order.
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Marriages
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SAVANNAH, Ga.— The Rev. Chas.
Dougherty, S. M„ of Brunswick offi
ciated at the marriage of Miss Ruth
Brady and Thomas McKenna, Jr„
members of widely known Savannah
families, solemnized at the Cathedral
with a Nuptial Mass. The Rev. John
Mullings assisted Father Dougherty.
After the wedding trip to the North,
they will live in Savannah.
HOLLAND-WALSH
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SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, officiated at the mar
riage of Miss Mary Cecil Holland
and Anthony L. Walsh, solemnized
at the Cathedral with a Nuptial Mass.
Mr. Walsh is a nephew of Bishop
Walsh; after the wedding trip. Mr.
and Mrs. Walsh will live in Savan
nah. —
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SODEN-JUNG
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DOVER, N. J.,—A marriage of un
usual interest to New Jersey, New
York and Georgia was that of Miss
Marie Soden, daughter of Mrs. Teresa
A. Soden and the late Patrick Soden
of Dover, and Alphonse Jung, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Jong, of Macon,
solemnized at St. Mary’s Church here.
The Rev. Gerald J. McGarry, cousin
of the bride, officiated at the cere
mony and at the Nuptial Mass, as
sisted by Father Moore, S. J-, student
counsellor at Fordham University,
and other members of the clergy.
After the wedding trip through New
England and Canada, Mr. and Mrs.
Jung will live in Macon.
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REV. A. C. BADEAUX of Lockport,
La., has been appointed Chancellor
of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
by Archbishop RummeL
SAVANNAH, Ga-—Miss Inez Eliza
beth Cole- an, daughter of CoL Sheft-
all, and Francis P. Rossiter were
united in marriage at Sacred Heart
Church at a Nuptial Mass, the Rev.
Father Aloysius, O. S. B., officiating.
Both are members of widely known
Savannah families, and will live in
Savannah after the wedding trip.