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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 25, 1939
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WORLD GRATEFUL FOR
GOODNESS OF LIFE OF
POPE, EDITORIAL SAYS
(From Hie Charleston, S. C., News
and Courier)
The death of no king, no president,
no dictator, of no other bishop or
clergyman, could cause the wide
spread grief that the death of the
Pope causes. Nor can anyone have
doubt of the sincerity of this grief.
Extending to the remotest parts of
the earth as the Roman Catholic
Church does, the bond of reverence
and affection unites its head in
Rome with its members, the noble
and the humble, the rich and the
poor. In the same way members
of smaller bodies of churchmen
hold their bishops and pastors in
honor and love. The interesting
truth is that in the world is no other
pastorate like the Pope’s in extent,
and that in all its parts the bond
holds . . .
It seems to The News and Courier,
the existence in health of a Christ
ian organization far-spread in the
earth as the Roman Catholic Church
is should and does renew in all
Christian people courage for the-bat
tle which is pitched, and in the grief
which the followers of Pope Pius
XI experience because of his death all
of them should share. They have
a right to share too in thankfulness
for the purity and the goodness of
his life and for the work that he
did for God and mankind.
BUCKFAST ABBEY in England
has elected Dom Bruno Fehrenbacher,
O. S. B., abbot. He entered the Ab
bey as a novice after he heard a
monk from Buckfast speak in his na
tive Germany; he became a natural
ized Englishman" in 1935.
St. Leo College Prep.
School
Accredited High School
Conducted by the Benedictine
Fathers
Ideal Location
St. Leo Pasco County, Florida
A Georgia
Product
Made for Our Southern
Climate.
Michael W. Daly of
Augusta Parish Dies
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Michael W. Daly,
a member of a widely known Au
gusta Catholic family, died here
early in February after injuries sus
tained when he was hit by an auto
mobile. Mr. Daly was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .Daly,
the former for many years a leading
contractor of the city; he was con
nected with the Charleston and
Western Carolina Railroad. Sur
viving Mr. Daly are his wife, Mrs.
Augusta Lass Daly, his son, Thomas
J. Daly, his daughter, Miss Mary
Daly, one brother, John J- Daly, and
one sister, Miss Frances Daly. The
funeral was held from Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. John E. O’Dono-
hoe, S. J., officiating. Interment
was in West View Cemetery.
DR. SGANLAN GIVEN
HONOR BY ALUMNI
Brooklyn Editor Awarded
Medal for Services
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BROOKLYN, — Before a notable
gathering of more than 200 Catholic
priests and laymen, the annual award
of the Brooklyn Alumni Sodality was
presented to Patrick F. Scanlan, Man
aging Editor of The Brooklyn Tablet,
for distinguished Catholic service in
1938.
Charles Gorman, president of the
Sodality, extolled the guest of honor
for his zealous and intelligent activi
ties in behalf of religion. The Very
Rev. Gerald Treacy, S. J., president
of Brooklyn Preparatory School,
complimented the Sodality on its
choice and spoke briefly on Catholic
Action.
Dr. Scanlan, in accepting the
medal, paid tribute to all those who
contributed to the success of the
diocesan paper. He praised the Most
Rev. Thomas E. Molloy, Bishop of
Broklyn, for his encouraging and in
spiring support. “In all the discussion
about a free press, free speech and lib
eralism in the United States today,”
he said, “Bishop Molloy far outshines
all voluble enthusiasts and is the
finest exponent of real Catholic free
dom and true American liberalism.”
Mr. Scanlan then lauded the Board of
Editors, the Board of Directors, the
business department, the priests of
the Diocese and the laity who worked
as a unit for the advancement of the
paper.
Atlanta Girls Win
Honors at Fontbonne
Miss Kay Flynt Basketball
Captain, Miss Mackey
Senior Council President
ATLANTA. Ga. — Miss Kay Flynt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Flynt, and a graduate of Sacred Heart
School here ,has been elected captain
of the basketball team of Fontbonne
College, St. Louis. Miss Flynt and
her sister, Miss Lorraine Flynt, who
is a freshman at Fontbonne, starred
at basketball as well as scholastical
ly at Sacred Heart School before go
ing to Fontbonne, which is in St.
Louis.
MISS VIRGINIA MACKEY, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Mackey,
also a graduate of Sacred Heart
School ,is president of the senior
council at Fontbonne. Miss Mackey
and Miss Kay Flynt are members of
the staff of The Font, the college
publication.
The College of Saint
Teresa, Winona
Minnesota, on the Scenic
Upper Mississippi River
A Catholic College for Women.
Accredited by the Association of
American Universities; by the
North Central Association: and
by the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Nursing. Degrees:
B. A.. B. S. and B, S.
in Nursing.
100 acre campus. 9 col
lege buildings. College
Placement Bureau
serves the Graduates.
Alumnae in 38 States
and 11 foreign countries.
Collegiate Church,
Saint Mary of the Angels
“SERVING THE SAVANNAH ZONE SINCE 1889”
THE LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Savannah, Georgia.
“On the Busy Corner”
Bull and Broughton Street Savannah, Georgia
Msgr. Kane Once Chancellor JAMES A. MAGILL OF
and Rector of the Cathedral ALBANY PARISH DIES
Native of Massachusetts, He
Was Ordained for Diocese
Thirty-Four Years Ago
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ligious came from the funeral Mass
in Augusta in the morning to Sa
vannah, 130 miles away, for the ab
solution and interment in Savannah
in the afternoon. Pallbearers were
W. T. Walsh, Hugh H. Grady, Joseph
D. Sheehan, A. J. Ryan. Jr., C. A.
McCarthy, M. C. McCarthy, J W.
Lang and J H. Harte. Bishop O’Hara
officiated at the interment in the
priests’ section of Cathedral Ceme
tery, assisted by the clergy.
Monsignor Kane was born in Wor
cester, Mass., sixty-four years ago, and
educated in the local grammar
schools and at Classical High School,
then entering Holy Cross College.
From Holy Cross he went to St. An
selm’s College, Manchester, N.H., and
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore; he
was ordained in Baltimore by Cardi
nal Gibbons December 17, 1904, and
said his first Mass in Worcester.
Coming to Georgia immediately af
ter his ordination. Monsignor Kane
was assigned by Bishop Keiley as as
sistant at the Cathedral and then
named his secretary. Later he be
came chancellor of the Diocese, and
accompanied Bishop Keiley to Eu
rope, spending three months with
him there in the days of Pope Pius X.
In 1909, Monsignor Kane was ap-.
pointed pastor of St. Patrick’s Church
in Augusta, which was then laboring
under a- heavy debt; four years later,
in 1913, he had liquidated the debt for
the golden jubilee of the consecration
of the church and centennial of the
parish, an observance in which four
Bishops participated, Bishop Keiley
of Savannah, Bishop Henry Pinckney
Northrop of Charleston Bishop Den
nis J. O’Connell of Richmond and
Bishop Edward P. Allen of Mobile.
Monsignor Kane’s next assignment
was as rector of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist in Savannah,
which also was struggling under a
debt contracted for the erection of
the Cathedral after the old edifice
was burned. So successful was he
in this post that by the time he re
ceived his next appointment the debt
was paid off. and the Cathedral was
consecrated June 3, 1920.
Monsignor Kane was then, in 1919,
appointed pastor of the new St. Marys
on-the-Hill parish in Augusta. He
started his work there by saying
Mass in the only building on the
property acquired for the parish,
which still serves it as the rectory.
He soon had the church started, and
in a few months it was completed.
From time to time the church has
been improved and it was recently
repainted; the grounds have been
extended and other property acquir
ed, making the parish plant one of
the most attractive in Augusta, on a
particularly splendid and expansive
site in one of the most desirable sec
tions of The Hill.
Appointed his secretary and chan
cellor and pastor of three parishes by
Bishop Keiley, the next Bishop of
Savannah. Bishop Keyes, further
honored him by naming him a
member of the Papal Household with
the rank and title of Rt. Rev. Mon
signor, the first Augusta priest to be
so honored, and one of the first group
to receive this distinction in the his
tory of the Catholic Church in Geor
gia. The third Bishop of the Diocese
under whom Monsignor Kane served,
Bishop OHara, demonstrated his re
spect for his ability and his esteem
for him personally by naming him
dean of the Augusta district, one of
four districts in Georgia.
Monsignor Kane was the oldest of
the Diocesan clergy both from the
standpoint of years of service and
of years. He was a modest, retir
ing, self-effacing man, whose domi
nant interest in life was the service
of God through devotion to his par
ish and its people. He seldom left
the city or his parish except when
duty required it, and yet his benefi
cent influence permeated the commu
nity and won for him the respect,
admiration and affection of thousands
not of the fold. In recent years be
cause of failing health he had not
been as active as formerly, his duties
being largely taken over by the as
sistant pastor, Father John J. Ken
nedy, for whom he had the affection
of an older brother for a younger
one on whom he relies and depends.
He bore his sufferings patiently,
making heroic efforts to say Mass
even when his strength was fast van
ishing.
The affection in which he was held
in his parish was indicated by the
great outpouring of people who spon
taneously attended Mass the morning
after his death to receive Holy Com
munion for the repose of his soul, al
though there was time for no an
nouncement or for any organized ef
fort, since he died after nine oclock
at night. The love of the people for
their pastor was further indicated by
the large numbers who responded to
the invitation to form guards of hon
or through the night as Monsignor
Kane's remains lay in state in the
church he built and where he labor
ed for most of his priestly life.
he will of Monsignor Kane left the
sum of one hundred dollars to the
Altar Society of St. Mary's-On-The-
Hill and one hundred dollars for
Masses. The remainder of the modest
estate is left to his two sisters, Miss
Catherine Kane, his housekeeper for
many years, and Miss Nellie Ksre.
Monsignor Kane's parents died when
Fr. Barr Chaplain
in Army Reserves
REV. HAROLD J. BARR, pastor of
St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill, Augusta, was
recently commissioned as a chaplain
in the United States Army Reserve
Officers Corps by President Roosevelt,
and given the rank of first lieutenant.
The picture of Father Barr shown
here was taken at Fort Benning.
ATHENS PARISH BIDS
FR. BARR GODSPEED
St. Joseph’s Congregation
Presents Him Purse
ATHENS, Ga.—St. Joseph’s Parish
bid the Rev .Harold J. Barr, pastor
for the past two years, farewell on
the eve of his leaving to become pas
tor of St. Marys-On-The-II 11
Church, Augusta, and at the same
time it extended a welcome to its
new pastor, the Rev. John J. Ken
nedy, who comes to Athens from St.
Mary’s in Augusta, where he was as
sistant pastor at St. Mary’s for the
past six years.
Dr. T. H. McHatton was spokesman
for the parish and presented a purse
to Father Barr as a token of the
parish’s appreciation of his services
during his time as pastor.
One year ago St. Joseph’s Church
was rededicated by Bishop O'Hara,
after the church was completely len-
evated under the direction of Father
Barr. While not among the larger
churches of the state, it is now one of
the most beautiful and one of the
most liturgical, and the dedication of
the church was an event of major
'importance in the parish history.
Another event of great importance
not only to the parish but to the com
munity during Father Barr’s pastor
ate here was the opening of St.
Mary's Hospital, dedicated by Bishop
O’Hara at a notable ceremony last
summer. Father Barr was in charge
of the program, which was attended
by three Bishops and an Abbot-Ordi
nary.
Previous to coming to Athens,
Father Barr was rector of the Cathed
ral in Savannah. While here the de
veloping of the Newman Clubs was
one of his major concerns, and in
1937 the cenvention of the Newman
Clubs of the Southeast was held in
this city, with the Newman Club of
the University of Georgia, of which
Father Barr was chaplain, as host,
and Bishop O’Hara as the principal
speaker.
Mr.Hatcher Honored
by Trade Magazine
National Hardware Retailer
Pays Tribute to Him
The Hardware Retailer, national
trade magazine in its January issue
carried a large picture of the late
R. W- Hatcher and an extended
tribute to him. Mr. Hatcher was
elected president of the National Re
tail Hardware Association in 1925 in
Philadelphia and presided at the
Indianapolis Convention in 1926: he
had previously been a member of
the national board of governors, be
ing elected at Pittsburgh in 1919. The
article outlines Mr. Hatcher’s life
from his birth in Macon County,
through his education at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, and his en
trance into the hardware business
in 1894. Mr. Hatcher, the article
said, was active in the organization
of the Georgia Hardware Associa
tion in 1906, served the state and
Southeastern Associations as presi
dent, and was one of the best known
hardware men in the nation. Mr.
Hatcher’s work for Sacred Heart
Parish. Milledgeville, and the Cath
olic Laymen's Association are em
phasized.
he was young and his sisters reared
and educated him.
Was One of Leading Citizen^
of South. Georgia City
ALBANY. Ga.—James Arthur Ma
gill, one of the leading citizens of
this city, president of Bob's Candy
an& Pecan Company and official au
ditor of Dougherty County, died Lera
early in February after ten days’ ill
ness following an emergency opera
tion. In addition to being one of the
most widely known citizens of this
city and section, he was one of the
most popular, his kindly and charit
able disposition winning him count
less friends.
Bom in Milledgeville, Ga., May
26, 1878, the son of James Arthur
Magill and the former Mary Eliza*
beth Kerr, both formerly of Augus
ta, Mr. Magill was reared in Atlantal
and educated at St. Joseph’s, Wash
ington, Ga. He was for many years
connected with the Southern Cotton
Oil Company in Atlanta and active
in Sacred Heart parish. In 1923 he
came to Albany to practice the pro
fession of certified public accounting
and he soon established himself as a
leader in the community; he was
recognized as one of the state’s fore
most authorities on taxation ques
tions and problems of financial pro
cedure.
Since coming to Albany, Mr- Ma
gill has been a widely known mem
ber of St. Theresa’s Church and al
ways a member and supporter of the
Catholic Laymen's Association. He
was a member of the Rotary Club
of Albany for many years. Surviv
ing are his wife, who was MisS
Annie Cashin of Atlanta, two sisters,
Miss Mary E. Magill and Miss Mar
garet J. Magill. Chicago, and one
brother, A. K. Magill, Montgomery,
Ala. The late Richard A. Magill o4
Atlanta was his brother.
The Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pa»*
tor of St- Theresa’s Church, was
celebrant of the Requiem Mass at
the funeral at St. Theresa’s ChurehrS
pallbearears were; Active, M. M. Wig
gins, Fred Wiggins, Fred Fryer, H.
E. McCollum, M. W. Tift, George
Mock, Robert Logan and C. IX
Tounsley: other leaders were hon
orary palbearers. Interment was i*
West View Cemetery, Atlanta.
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Catholic Funeral Director
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274 Ivy Street, N. E.
Phone Walnut 7909
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