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VOL. XX No. 12
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 23, 1939
ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
Published by the
Catholic Lay
men’s Association
of Georgia
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed’’
Monsignor Gwynn
MONSIGNOR GWYNN
GREENVILLE PASTOR
FOR FORTY YEARS
Parishoners Will Mark An
niversary of Beloved South
Carolina Priest
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE. S. C. — The Rt.
Rev. Msgr. A. K. Gwynn, V. F., pas
tor of St. Mary's Church*and dean
of the Piedmont District of South
Carolina, one of the most widely
known clergymen in the South, will
be honored by his congregation and
by Greenville the first Sunday in
January on the fortieth anniversary
of his appointment as pastor here.
Plans for the program are now be
ing completed.
A native of Spartanburg, Monsig
nor Gwynn was educated in the lo
cal schools; - Wofford College, All
Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland,
and ML St. Mary's Seminary. Em
mitsburg, Md. Ordained by Bishop
Henry Pinckney Northrop in Charles
ton, he served at St. Joseph's Church,
Charleston, and then as pastor at Ai
ken, where he built Sacred Heart
Church. Blackville, and renovated
Holy Trinity Church, Orangeburg.
At the turn of the century, the
then Father Gwynn was named pas
tor at Greenville. He found a con
gregation of' seventy persons and a
little frame church. He erected the
present splendid church, the fine
rectory and large and model school;
the congregation has grown from
seventy to seven hundred, many of
them converts. The establishment of
St. Francis Hospital was the realiza
tion of his vision of years.
Twice his mission territory was di
vided and former missions in Spar
tanburg and Anderson have become
parishes in their own right and mis
sion centers. He erected St. Paul's
Church, Spartanburg. St. Joseph’s
Church , Anderson, St. Francis’
Church, Walhalla, and Our Lady of
Lourdes Church. Greenwood, and he
was instrumental in the erection of
the chapel of Clemson College, do
nated by the late James F. Galli-
van. As Bishop Emmet Walsh, of
Charleston, said, when Monsignor
Gwynn was honored on the occasion
of the thirty-fifth anniversary of his
appointment as pastor. “Under God
Monsignor Gwynn has been the prin
cipal cause of all this progress” not
only in Greenville but the mission
territory, served by seven priests
where he labored along four score
years ago.
Elmer Lay den Lauds
Georgia Tech Coach
Casts His Vote for Bill Alex
ander as Coach of the Year
As Charleston Church Was Dedicated
Bishop Emmet M. Walsh is shown here dedicating the new Sacred Heart Church, Charleston, of which the
Rev. Henry F. Wolfe is pastor. The Rev. Joseph Driscoll, C.SS.R., and the Rev. Michael Reddin are deacons of
honor, the Rev. Jeremiah W. Carmcdy, deacon, the Rev. James J. Guinea, sub-deacon and the Rev. George B.
Murphy. C. S. Sp., holy water bearer.
DR. WALSH DEPLORES
“SOWING OF HATRED”
Georgetown Vice-President
Says No True Catholic Can
Support Such Efforts
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BROOKLYN — Speaking before a
capacity audience at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music on the subject of
“Catholicism and the World Crisis,”
the Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S.
J., Vice-President of Georgetown
University, deplored the “sowing of
hatred” among races and classes in
this country when unity is “the im
perative duty of the hour.”
Father Walsh warned that “the
cult of hatred is one of the most
noxious manifestations of this de
moralized age and has in some quart
ers been elevated to a State princi
ple.” It should be resolutely ex
cluded from the United States, he
added.
“The rising tide of anti-Semitism
in this country,” he continued, “has
assumed proportions that call for
the vigilant and vigorous concern
of every right-minded American who
cherishes the precious liberties guar
anteed by the Bill of Rights.
“And speaking particularly for the
Church to which I have the privilege
to belong, no Catholic, be he priest
or laymen, can support such abhor
rent activities without wounding the
very faith which he professes. He
not only sins against charity and
justice by attributing to a whole race
the crimes of a few, but he is fash
ioning a boomerang of religious in
tolerance that may one day recoil
on his own head, and on his own
Church.”
A Southern “Church of the Year
News reports published in news
papers throughout the nation assert
that Elmer Layden, coach of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame eleven, cast
his vote for Coach Bill Alexander of
Georgia Tech as “the coach of the
year.” Explaining his vote to sports
writers at the Army-Navy game in
Philadelphia, Coach Layden said: “I
don't believe anybody could have ac
complished any more with the mate
rial he had than Alex. And I know
that no team in the country right
now has an offense quite as bewil
dering as his. He gets my vote.”
Georgia Tech lias played Notre Dame
for the past two years, and each year
lias given the Notre Dame eleven a
scare.
Many beautiful churches have been erected in the South during the year now drawing to a close, but few
can compare in beauty with St. Patrick’s Church, Charlotte, designed by the Rev. Michael Mclnemey, O. S. B.,
and dedicated by Bishop McGuinncss on Labor Day. It is the gift of J. H. Phelan, K. S. G„ and Mrs. Phelan in
honor of Mr. Phelan’s deceased parents; Mr. Phelan is a native of Charlotte. The Rev. Maurice McDonnell,
O. S. B., is pastor at Charlotte; the church was dedicated by Bishop McGulnness and the sermon was delivered
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Corrigan, D. D., rector of the Catholic University of America.
CHARLESTON'S NEW
CHURCH OF SACRED
HEART DEDICATED
Edifice Replaces One De
stroyed When Tornado
Swept City Over Year Ago
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The new
Sacred Heart Church, replacing the
former edifice destroyed by the tor
nado of September 23. 1938. was ded
icated by the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston,
Wednesday morning, November 29
The officers of the Solemn Pontifi
cal High Mass, at which His Excel
lency. Bishop Walsh was celebrant,
were the Rt. R'ev. Msgr. James J.
May, V. G., assistant priest; the Rev.
Michael J. Reddin. pastor St. John’s
Church, North Charleston, and .the
Rev. Joseph Driscoll. C.SS.R., pastor
of Sacred Heart Mission House, New
Smyrna, Fla., deacons of honor; the
Rev. Jeremiah W. Carmody, pastor
of St. Mary’s Church, deacon; and
the Rev. James J. Guinea, assistant
pastor Sacred Heart Church sub-
deacon. The Right Rev. Fultori J.
Sheen, J. C. B„ Ph.D.. S. T. D„
LL.D.. of the Catholic University -of
America delivered the sermon. ,
Processional cross-bearer was the
Rev. A. W. Calner; masters of Cere
mony. the Rev. John J. McCarthy
and the R’ev. Charles Baum; acolytes,
the Rev. Maurice Daly and the Rev.
S. Laurence McLaughlin; mitre-
bearer. the Rev. Louis Williamson;
crozier-bearer, the Rev. William
Doyle; book-bearer, the Rev. Lau
rence Sheedy; gremial-bearer, the
Rev. Richard Madden; candle-bear
er. the Rev. Edward Keller; holy-
water, the Rev. George B. Murphy,
C. S. Sp.; censor-bearer, the R’ev.
John Walsh. C.SS.R.
The choir was directed by Mrs.
Elise Mosimann. organist.
The main window of the church
with its heroic image of our Cruci
fied Savior is dedicated “To the
Catholics of the City of Charleston
and those of the diocese whose gen
erosity made this church possible.
And also to non-Catholic friends and
business men of Charleston who
gave generous aid.” This stands as an
everlasting memorial of the grati
tude of the members of Sacred Heart
Parish for great kindness when , the
congregation had great need of it.
And it likewise speaks eloquently of
the good-will that exists between
Catholics and non-Catholics. ■.
Since the church was not large
enough to accommodate all who at
tended the dedication there was> a
special radio broadcast oyer WCSC
and WTMA from 11 to 12 noon. Loud
speakers were provided outside the
main entrance of the church.
A luncheon for the clergy was
served at the Francis Marion Hotel.
Music was under the direction! of
Mr. G. Theo Wichmann.
FATHER WOLFE 15
YEARS ORDAINED
He Has Done Notable Work
in Several Parts of Diocese
of Charleston • •
The Rev. Henry F. Wolfe, paster of
Sacred Heart Church, is a native of
Washington, ID. C. He attended 'St.
Mary's parochial school, Washing
ton. the Holy Ghost Apostolic Col
lege. Cornwells, Pa., Mt. St Mary’s
College and Seminary, Emmitsburg,
Md., where he studied philosophy
and theology, and one year of theol
ogy at St. Mary’s Seminary, Balti
more. Md. He completed his theolog
ical course at Belmont Abbey, North
Carolina, whither the late Bishop
Russell sent him especially to famil
iarize himself with local conditions
in the South where he was to labor.
Father Wolfe holds the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts,
conferred on him by Mt. St Mary’s
College. Emmitsburg. Md. He was
ordained by Bishop Russell in the
Cathedral of Charleston on Sunday,
May 4, 1921.
Father Wolfe served the Yonge’s
Island, Walterboro. and Catholic
Hill (colored) Missions 1924-27, was
assistant rector of the Cathedral the
following year, and assistant and
administrator of St. Patrick’s, Char
leston, 1928-29. During the next four
years he was Chancellor of the'Dio
cese, attending the HardeeviUe-
Pinckney Colony Missions, serving as
director of the Propagation of the
Faith and director of the Summer
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