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JANUARY 29, 1938
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Missionary Societies of Georgia Expanded
NEW ORGANIZATION
PLAN IS APPROVED
BY BISHOP O’HARA
Father McNamara Diocesan
Director—Miss Kate Walsh
Is Chairman of Georgia
Missions Division
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A new plan of
organization for the missionary or-
S nizations of Georgia approved by
e Most Kev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D.
D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, is
announced by the Kev. T. James Mc
Namara, the present Diocesan Di
rector of the Society for the Propa
gation of the Faith. The new organi
zation will be known as the Catholic
Missionary Society of Georgia, for
Home and Foreign Missions, with
the Diocesan Office at Milledgeville,
Ga., Box 304.
The organization will conduct its
activities through five divisions: A,
the Diocesan Branch, the Society for
the Propagation of the Faith; B, the
American Board of Catholic Mis
sions; C, the Georgia Missions Divi
sion; D, the Association of the Holy
Childhood; E, Catholic Students'
Mission Crusade. The plan approved
by His Excellency follows:
MEMBERSHIPS: All Catholics
within the state are eligible for
membership and are, indeed, expect
ed to hold membership in the socie
ty. Outside the state, Associate
Members may be enrolled. Member
ship dues the same for both classes
of membership.
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DUES
A, DIOCESAN BRANCH: The So
ciety for the Eropagaiton of the
Faith: Three classes of memberships,
Ordinary, $1.00 a year, 60 cents of
which goes to Foreign Missions, 40
cents through the American Board
of Catholic Missions to Home Mis
sions; Special, ?6.00 a year; and Per
petual or Life Membership, $40.0,0
paid within a year. The living as
well as the dead are eligible for
membership in this Division.
Many and unusual spiritual priv
ileges are enjoyed by members of
this division. The Special Member
ship entitles the member to enroll
nine others besides himself to share
in these privileges. There is no so
ciety in the Church more heavily
enriched with spiritual privileges
than this Society for the Propagation
of the Faith. A Diocesan Branch of
this society within our Diocese en
ables the Diocese of Savannah-At
lanta to share in the distribution of
funds of the American Board of
Catholic Missions, a disbursing ag
ency for funds collected throughout
the country.
B, .AMERICAN BOARD OF
CATHOLIC MISSIONS: Activities of
this board are comprehended by the
activities of the Diocesan Branch,
the Society for the Propagation of
the Faith.
C, GEORGIA MISSIONS DIVI
SION: Miss Kate Walsh, Savannah,
chairman; Miss Margaret McNally,
Savannah, 321 East Liberty Street,
secretary - treasurer. Membership
dues in this division of the Catholic
Missionary Society of Georgia, for
Home and Foreign Missions, shall
consist of one cent a week. It is sug
gested that a box be placed in the
rear of the church for collection of
dues of this division. Twenty-five
per cent of the fund thus realized
may' be retained by the local or par
ish branch and distributed directly
to support some' missionary activity
within the Diocese. Under no cir
cumstances will this be used for lo
cal parochial needs, save in those
parishes, which by their very nature
are reckoned missionary parishes.
The remaining 75 per cent is to be
sent monthly to the Diocesan Office
of the Catholic Missionary Society
of Georgia, for Home and Foreign
Missions, Box 304, Milledgeville,
Georgia.
Masses will be said each quarter
for the living' and deceased members
of this division of the society.
D, ASSOCIATION OF THE HOLY
CHILDHOOD: Children enrolling
in the Association of the Holy Child
hood shall be considered members
of the Diocesan Society, that is the
Catholic Missionary Society of Geor
gia, for Home and Foreign Missions.
To this end there should be estab
lished in each of the elementary
schools of the Diocese and in the
Parish itself where there is no
school, a branch of the Holy Child
hood Association.
A small donation on the part of
the child entitles the child to mem
bership iti the association. In addi
tion to the small donation the mem
ber is required to say daily one
“Hail Mary” and the invocation
“Holy Virgin Mary,” “Pray for us
and the poor pagan children.” Col
lections over and above the small
donations, above referred to, shall be
considered donations to the Georgia
Missions Division.
E, CATHOLIC STUDENTS’ MIS
SION CRUSADE: Branches of the
Mission Crusade, called Units, shall
Bishop Outlines Plan
for Consolidation of
Missionary Societies
The following letter from the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D- D., Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta, to the Kev. T.
James McNamara, Milledgeville, Ga.,
Diocesan Director of the Society for
the Propagation of the Faith, explains
the consolidation of the missionary
societies of the Diocese:
“Dear Father McNamara:
“It is my wish that there should be
a Missionary Society in each of the
parishes of the Diocese. This Society
should have concern for both home
and foreign missions.
“At present we have The Catholic
Missionary Society of Georgia which
has done and is doing a generous
work to aid the priests of our own
Georgia Missions. Further, we have
organized within the Diocese a branch
of the Pontifical Society for the Pro
pagation of the Faith. This Society,
as you know, looks to supplying the
needs of both home and foreign mis
sions.
“Now it is my thought that we can
accomplish more toward the attain
ment of the ends of these two so
cieties by having a single missionary
agency within the Diocese. This agen
cy shall be known as the Catholic
Missionary Society of Georgia, for
Home and Foreign Missions, and shall
be charged with carrying out the pur
pose of the Catholic Missionary So
ciety of Georgia, as originally estab
lished and also the purpose of the
Pontifical Society for the Propaga
tion of the Faith as that purpose ap
plies to the Diocese of Savannah-At
lanta-
“I would appreciate it if you would
acquaint the pastors of the Diocese
with my wishes in this matter and
further, assist them toward the estab
lishment of branches of this single
agency within their respective par
ishes.
“With best wishes, I remain, dear
Father
“Faithfully yours in Christ,
—[— GERALD P. O’HARA
“Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.”
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MULLIN-BROOKS
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—A marriage of
unusual interest to Savannahians
took place recently in Vicksburg,
Miss., that of Miss Helen Mullins, of
Savannah and Detroit and William P.
Brooks, of Vicksburg, formerly of
Savannah, the Rev. Hubert M. Mul
lins, of St. Paul’s Church offiicating.
be established in each high school
within the Diocese. Each Unit must
pledge its members to a threefold
program on behalf of Catholic mis
sions, including educational work,
prayer and sacrifice.
FUNDS: Membership dues, collec
tions, ec., shall be sent direct to the
Diocesan Office, Box 304 Milledge
ville, Georgia, by the secretary-
treasurer of the local branches. That
portion of the funds, thus realized,
specifically designated for the Geor-
Missions, shall in turn be forwarded
by the Diocesan Office to the secre
tary-treasurer of the State Board of
Missions, a disbursing agency for
such funds.' This board, meeting
quarterly under the presidency of
His Excellency, the Bishop, will dis
burse these funds according to the
needs of the Georgia Mission.
The personnel of the State Board of
Missions shall consist. of the chair
man of the Georgia Missions Divi
sion, the secretary-treasurer of
same, and the various chairmen of
the local branches of the Catholic
Missionary Society of Georgia, for
Home and Foreign Missions. A quo
rum for the quarterly meetings of
the State Board of Missions shall
consist of those members actually
attending a given meeting.
Other activiti.es of local branches
will include: Re-mailing of Catholic
Literature, making of altar linens;
visiting of missions and other such
like activity.
Organization of Local Branches: In
each parish shall be a chairman; a
secretary-treasurer; and promoters
(collectors). The number of promot
ers shall be determined by the size
of the parish. Certain of the promot
ers shall be designated promoters of
the Society for the Propagation of
the Faith; others designated promot
ers for the Georgia Missions Division
of the Catholic Missionary Society of
Georgia, for Home and Foreign Mis
sions. hr parishes where there are
schools, the organization of the chil
dren shall be instituted and super
vised by the school authorities. In
non-school centers the same shall be
done by the pastor or his delegate.
The parish branch may be estab
lished as an independent society
within the parish or it may be in
corporated into the structure of a
society already existing within the
parish.
PATRON: The Patron of the Cath
olic Missionary Society of Georgia,
for Home and Foreign Missions,
shall be St. Francis Xavier and each
member is required to say daily one
“Our Father,” one “Hail Mary,” and
the invocation, “St. Francis Xavier,
pray, for us,"
Georgia Marriages
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CAMPBELL-IIEARST
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Hie Very Rev.
James T. Reilly, S.M., pastor of Sa
cred Heart Church, officiated at the
marriage in the parish church of Miss
Catherine Wood Campbell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Reck Camp
bell of this city, and Randolph Ap-
person Hearst, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Randolph Hearst, of New
York, a marriage of national inter
est. David W. Hearst, twin brother
of the groom, was best man. Brides
maids were Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, Jr., and the Misses Sarah
Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth Barge, Nan
cy Stair, Anne Atkins, Clare Haverty,
Emily Smith and Helen Hill Hopkins.
After the reception at the Piedmont
Driving Club, Mr. and Mrs. Hearst
sailed from New York to Nassau on
their honeymoon.
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WALKER-HERMAN
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Rev. John
E. O’Donohoe, S.J., pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, officiated at the mar
riage of Miss Mildred Walker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hous
ton Walker, a graduate of Tubman,
and Junior College of Augusta and
the University Hospital Training
School for Nurses, and William An
drew Herman, Jr., an alumnus of
Richmond Academy and Spring Hill
College, and a certified public ac
countant here. Both are members of
widely known Augusta families.
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TURNER-RYAN
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ATLANTA, Ga. — The Rev. John
Emmerth, S.M., of Sacred Heart
Church officiated at the marriage
here of Miss Sarah Turner, of At
lanta, and James C. Ryan of Del-
avan, 111. Many relatives and
friends of the groom came from Il
linois for the ceremony. After the
wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Ryan
will reside in Pittsburgh, where Mr.
Ryan is with the Westinghouse Elec
tric Company.
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ATLANTA, Ga. — The Very Rev.
Joseph E. Moylan, V.F., pastor of the
Co-Cathedral of Christ the King, of
ficiated at the marriage here of Miss
Juliette Carr Edwards, daughter of
Mrs. Nellie Nix Edwards and the
late W. F. Edwards, and Henry Hora
McLauchlin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. McLauchlin, Sr., of Decatur.
After the wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs.
McLauchlin will live in Atlanta.
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BADGETT-ORSINI
MACON, Ga.—The Rev. M. McNal
ly, S.J., officiated at the marriage at
St. Joseph’s Church of Miss Emma
Badgett of Savannah, formerly of
El Paso, Texas, and Sebastian J. Or-
sini, formerly of Savannah, now of
Fort Valley. Mrs. Orsini is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Bad
gett of Savannah; Mr. Orsini is a
graduate of Benedictine School, Sa
vannah. class of 1934, and of Bel
mont Abbey College, 1936. He is
now owner and operator of a West
ern Auto Association store at Fort
Valley, where he and his bride will
make their home.
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LUPO-SIGONA
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The marriage
of Miss Mary Antoinette Lupo of
Savannah and Francis Sigona of
Brooklyn, N. Y., was solemnized at
St. Patrick's Church. After the re
ception at the home of the bride,
they left on their wedding trip; they
will live in Brooklyn.
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TURNER-KUNZE
COLUMBUS, Ga.—The Very Re\
D. J. McCarthy, V. G., pastor of Hoi
Family Church, officiated at th
marriage here of Miss Ruby Turne
and Mr. Louis Thomas Kunze, mem
bers of widely known Columbus fam
ilies. Mr. Kunze is the son of Mi
and Mrs. Albert Kunze, Sr. After th
wedding trip to Florida, they wi]
live in Columbus.
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GOEPPER-CHEEK j
ATLANTA. Ga.—The Very Rev. Jo
seph E. Moylan, V. F., pastor of the
Co-Cathedral of Christ the King, of
ficiated at the marriage of Miss Anna-
belle Goepper, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Goepper, and Dewey Frank
Cheek, a marriage of unusual in
terest here. After the wedding trip,
Mr. and Mrs. Cheek will live in At
lanta.
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SAVANNAH. Ga.—Tile Rev. James
J. Grady of the Cathedral officiated
at the marriage of Miss Marie Ellis
Fennell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Frank Fennell, and George C. Rahn,
both of Savannah. After the wed
ding trip they will live in this city.
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. J. J.
Kennedy, of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill,
officiated at the marriage of Miss
Rose Marie Axford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Axford, and Adrian
Fermon Ramp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pierre St. Clair Ramp, members of
pioneer Augusta families. After the
wedding trip they will live in Au
gusta.
BENEDICTINE ELEVEN
SEASON SUCCESSFUL
Savannah Cadets Although
Thrice Defeated, Conquer
ed Strong Gridiron Rivals
(Special to The Buletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Harvey
James was elected eaptain of the
Benedictine eleven and Joe Rob
ertson alternate capain at the
election meeting just before
Christmas. Twenty-three play
ers and the manager were pre
sented maroon and white jacekts
at the annual dinner at Hotel Sa
vannah, the presentation being
made by Bishop O’Hara in the
name of the Mothers’ Club.
(By Frederick Palmer)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Jack Thompson,
newly appointed coach of Benedic
tine and recent graduate of Spring
Hill College, opened his 1937 grid
campaign by calling his first prac
tice on Monday, August 23. About
forty hopefuls reported to the new
coach and his capable assistant, Carl
Shirk, and earnestly began to pre
pare for the opening game with
Orangeburg High School of Orange
burg, S. C., on September 25th.
A heavy, confident Benedictine
team took the field that Friday
afternoon and remained the aggres
sor throughout the game. The cadets
however, lacked scoring punch -until
the fourth quarter, when a concert
ed sixty-eight yard drive, climaxed
by Halfback Dan Baran’s touchdown
plunge from the two-yard line, re
sulted in the 6 to 0 B. C. victory. In
this game the Cadets displayed a
fine offensive team, particularly of
the razzle-dazzle type, which they
exhibited all year. The line work
of Joe Robertson, guard; Harvey
James, center and the backfield work
of Dan Baran, halfback, and Cap
tain Jack Macher, quarterback was
outstanding.
The following week a badly crip
pled B. C. team went down in de
feat to the strong Lanier High School
team, 25 to 0 on a rain-soaked field
in Macon. The cadets put up a stub
born fight and played well in de
feat. The Macon team was runner-
up for the state title.
Benedictine bounced back into the
win column the following Friday by
defeating Bolles Military Academy, 7
to 0. As in the Orangeburg game,
the cadets were the aggressor, but
lacked the scoring punch until the
third period, when diminitive Tom
my Fogarty, playing his first game
of the season at end, caught a pass
from Captain Macher on the Bolles
forty-yard line and raced over the
goal to score. Captain Macher added
the extra point. The two teams bat
tled on even terms the rest of the
game.
An opening date the following week
was welcomed by Coach Thompson
and his Assistant Coach, Shirk, who
put their charges through a gruelling
offensive drill. This later proved
successful when the next week the
cadets went on a scoring spree to
crush Carlisle Military Academy, of
Bamberg, S. C„ 23 to 0.
After this victory the cadet sup
porters were jubilant, and even more
so when the cadets journeyed to Au
gusta to win from one of its major
rivals, Richmond Academy. This
game saw Frank McTeer halfback,
playing in the absence of injured
Johnny Power, play the role of hero.
The cadets were trailing 7 to 12 with
only five minutes left to play when
“Shank”, as he is dubbed by his
teammates, scored from the Rich
mond seven-yard line behind beauti
ful blocking. He previously passed
well, to put the cadets into scoring
position. The Benedictine team took
this thrilling game, 13 to 12. Billy
Hagins and Frank McTeer in the
backfield with Joe Robertson, Bobby
Gordon, and James McGuire on the
line, played fine ball.
The B. C. stock went down some
what when on the following Satur
day the cadets observed “home-
coming” day and lost to Porter Mili
tary . Academy. The Charlestonians
won, 14 to 6. The B. Ci team led 6
to 0 for three periods, when they
seemingly folded up and allowed the
rival cadet team to score twice. Law
rence Morgan, James Evans and
John Power, at end, tackle, and half
back respectively, played an out
standing game for B. C.
In Brunswick the following Fri
day the cadets battled to a scoreless
deadlock with Glynn Academy, an
other ancient rival, on a rain-soaked
field. Both teams battled on a fairly
even terms throughout the game with
neither team gaining much of an ad
vantage. . This was the last game
on the schedule before the annual
Thankgsgiving class with their tradi
tional rival. Savannah High School
The game with Savannah High
School was the most thrilling game
played all season. The confident
though underdog Benedictine team
took the field in good shape.
In losing 12 to 19 the Benedictine
team covered itself with glory Trail
ing 0 to 13 at the half, the cadets
came back in the last half to score
MRS. JULIA CALHOUN
IS DEAD IN ATLANTA
Stricken on Train in Raleigh
in Way to Visit in East
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs* Julia D. Cal
houn, a member of one of Atlanta’s
pioneer families, died last week at
Raleigh, N. C., while en route to
Lancaster, Pa., to join her daught-
ter, Mrs. C. J. Murphy of Atlanta,
who was visiing there. Mrs. Calhoun
was stricken on a train and taken
to a hospital in Raleigh. Mrs. Cal
houn was the widow of Lawrence W*
Calhoun, widely known in railroad
circles, and the daughter of the late
Capt. James D. Donnelly, one of the
early builders of the city. Surviving
her besides her daughter are two sis
ters. Mrs. Annie D. Connally and Mrs.
Lottie D. Wynne, Atlanta; four broth
ers, Charles H. Donnelly, R. E. Don
nelly, Frank Donnelly, Atlana, and
T. I- Donnelly, Jonesboro. The fu
neral was held from Sacred Heart
Church, the Kev. John Emmerth, S.
M., officiating at the Requiem Mass.
Interment was in West View Ceme
tery.
MR. AND MRS. ALLEN
LOSE INFANT
Marion Smith Allen, two-month-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P- Allen,
Jr., died last week. The Very Rev.
Joseph E. Moylan, V. F., pastor of
the Co-Cathedral of Christ the Ging,
officiated at the funeral services. In
termen was in West View Cemetery.
Surviving besides his parents are his
brother, J- P. Allen, II, and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Al
len, Sr., and Marion Smith, after
whom he was named. He was a great-
grandson of the late Senator Hoke
Smith, once a member of Grover
Cleveland’s cabinet.
TENNESSEEPRIESTS
DOMESTIC PRELATES
Father Siener Prothonotary
Apostolic—Fathers Harde
man and Grady Monsignori
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Very
Rev. Albert A. Siener, V. G., rector
of the Cathedral here, was made a
Prothonotary Apostolic and the Very
Rev. John F. M. Hardeman, P- R.,
pastor of Holy Name Church, and the
Very Rev. Francis D. Grady, pastor
of the Immaculate Conception, Knox
ville, were made domestic prelates
with the rank and title of Monsignor,
the Most Rev. William Adrian, D. D.,
Bishop of Nashville, announced after
receiving news of the appointments
from Rome.
Monsignor Siener. a brother of J. P.
Siener, of Spartanburg, S. C., is a na
tive of Chattanooga, and was edu
cated there, at St. Charles College in
Maryland and at the North Amer
ican College in Rome, where he was
ordained in 1917. He served as pastor
of St. Thomas’ Church, Memphis,
before returning to Nashville two
years ago as Cathedral rector and
Vicar-General. The rank of Pro-
thonotafy Apostolic in addition to
making him a member of the Papal
Household entitles him to Pontificate
at stated periods during the year,
with the permission of the Bishop.
Monsignor Hardeman, a convert to
the Church, has spent 28 years in the
priesthood, and has been pastor of
Holy Name parish for 12 years; last
year lie was made dean of the Middle
Tennessee District. Monsignor Grady,
secretary and chancellor under
Bishop Byrne, has been pastor ait
Knoxville since 1917; a few years ago
he was responsible for the establish
ment of the Catholic High School in
Knoxville.
REV. FRANCIS C. DOYLE, pastor
of St. Bridget’s Church, Whistler,
Ala., died late in December at the
age of 64 after an illness of several
weeks. Father Doyle was a native of
Orilla, Canada; he was ordained June
9, 1899, at Rochester, N. Y. Bishop
Toolen of Mobile Pontificated at the
funeral Mass, at the' Cathedral in
Mobile, and the sermon was deliv
ered by Monsignor E. J. Hackett,
Prot. Apos., V- G. Interment was at
Father Doyle’s boyhood home in
Canada.
two touchdowns and allow the Blue
Jackets one. James Evans at tackle;
Joe Robertson and Vincent Pinckney
at guards, and Billy Hagins and Jack
Macher, quarterback, played out
standing football for B. C. This
game marked the close of Jack
Thompson's first season as head foot
ball coach at Benedictine which was
a very successful one, having won
four, lost three, tied one. It also
marked the close of the following
boys’ high school football careers:
Captain Jack Macher, alternate cap
tain; James Evans, Vincent Pinckney,
Lawrence Morgan, Robert McLaugh
lin, Robert Gordon. Bernard Wright,
John Johnson and Daniel Baran, all
lettermen.
Three cadets were honored in the
all G. I. A. A. football selection:
Harvey James, center and Vincent
Pinckney, guard, making the second
team. Jack Macher was given honor
able mention.
The Benedictine team amassed a
total of 67 points, to its opponent* Hi
