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About The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1938)
JANUARY 29, 1938 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVE-A 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. O : O J 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.” 0 1 MULLIN-BROOKS O 'o n n 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 i o— CAMPBELL-IIEARST i —O 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. O -O WALKER-HERMAN O O 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. O O TURNER-RYAN O O 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. O — O | EDWARDS-McLAUCHLIN | o— -o 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. O- O o- 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. O — O 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. O— 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. O 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. O o o- FENNELL-RAHN -O 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. O O o- AXFORD-RAMP -O 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
