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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 20, 1940
Little Sisters of the Poor Observe Golden Jubilee
Participants in Golden Jubilee of Little Sisters
—Evening Press Photo, developed by Photocraft.
Sister Noel Gabriel (front row, right) who has been a member of the Savannah community of the little Sis
ters of the Poor for the entire half century of the community took part in the Golden Jubilee observance, as did
the other prominent nuns pictured with her. Seated to the left of Sister Gabriel is Mother Clothilde de Marie, mo
ther provincial of the little Sisters in this province, who came from Baltimore for the occasion. Standing, left to
right, are Mother Pauline, of Richmond, Va.; Mother Patrick of the Blessed Sacrament, the good mother in Sa
vannah; and Mother Celestine, of Washington, D. C.—(Photograph through curtesy of Savannah Evening Press).
The President Acknowledges
Savannah Resolutions
In response to the message forwarded to President Roosevelt following
the adoption at the Richard Reid testimonial dinner in Savannah, of a Resolu -
tion, commending his enlisting the aid of the forces of religion in the cause
of world peaoe, the following letter has been received;
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, January 3, 1940
My Dear Dr. Broderick:
The President has asked me to acknowledge your telegram of
December twenty-ninth and to thank you very much for your ex
pression of approval with reference to the recent appointment of
Myron Taylor.
I am. Very Sincerely yours,
EDWIN M. WATSON
Secretary to the President.
DR. J. REID BRODERICK,
Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
Savannah, Georgia.
The message addressed to President Roosevelt follows;
“The Catholic Laymen’s Association at a testimonial dinner to Richard
Reid, representing 23,000 Catholics in Georgia, heartily indorses your re
splendent efforts to bring about world peace, and congratulates you on the
excellent appointment of the Hon. Myron Taylor as your representative
peace envoy to the Holy See, and also the appointment of Dr. Adler and
Dr. Buttrick to the peace conference table. May God bless your endeavor
with achievement and success.”
SAVANNAH COMMUNITY
ESTABLISHED IN 1890
MARKS ANNIVERSARY
Solemn Pontifical High Mass
in Commemoration — Re
ception Held at Home
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Little Sis
ters of the Poor, and those who are
under their care, celebrated the
golden jubilee of the founding of the
Savannah home on January 6. the
humble nuns, and their genial guests
at the home for the aged and poor,
receiving numerous congratulations
upon the fiftieth anniversary of the
establishment of the institution.
The observance was begun with a
solemn pontifical high mass, cele
brated in the presence of the Most
Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop
of Charleston with Right Reverend
Vincent Taylor, O. S. B., Abbot-Ordi
nary of Belmont, North Carolina,
being the celebrant.
Officers of the mass were the Right
Rev. Monsignor T. James McNamara,
assistant priest; Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B„ and the Rev. James
H. Conlin, deacons of honor; the Rev.
Thomas I. Sheehan, deacon of the
mass; the Rev. A. Gall, S. M. A., sub
deacon; the Rev. Norbert McGown,
master-of-ceremonies. The sermon
at the mass was delivered by the Rev.
Robert Brennan, O. S. B., of the
faculty of Benedictine College, Sa
vannah.
Nuns from aH of the religious
houses in Savannah, many benefac
tors of the home, and as many resi
dents of the home as were able to at
tend were present at the mass, and
many of the Savannah clergy, be
side those who were officers of the
mass were present in the sanctuary.
. The clergy, religious, and residents
of the home were guests at a lun
cheon at the home, and during the
afternoon there was a reception at
the home, which was open for in-
•^spection.
Founded in 1890, the local com
munity of the Little Sisters of the
Poor has grown to its present size,
with its handsome home located on
Blast Thirty-Seventh Street Fifty
years ago five nuns, one of whom,
Sister Gabriel, is still active at the
home, came to Savannah to estab
lish ai home in which the aged and
poor would be cared for and com
forted. At first the Little Sisters lo
cated on Perry Street but after a
short period their accommodations
could not meet the demand upon
them, and they secured their present
site in 1894. Through the generosity
of Captain John Flannery, and
others, additions were made to the
original structure.
Three visiting nuns, including the
mother provincial of the province,
were among those who participated
in the anniversary celebration.
Mother Clothilde de Marie, head of
the Little Sisters of the province of
Baltimore attended the jubilee, as did
Mother Pauline, of Richmond, Va.,
and Mother Celestine, of Washing
ton, D. C. Mother Patrick of the
Blessed Sacrament is the good mother
of tlie local community, with eighteen
sisters and more than a hundred resi
dents-in her charge.
St. Joseph's, Macon,
Forms Study Club
MACON, Ga.—In accordance with
the statute of the First Synod of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,. “that
adolescents of high school age. who
attend public schools, be provided
with, courses of higher religious in
struction’’, a Study Club and Class
of Instruction conducted by the
Reverend Michael McNally, S- J., at
St- Joseph’s Church, in Macon. There
is no Catholic high school in the
city, and more than twenty young
men, who attend the public high
school, have enrolled for the classes.
James P. Houlihan, Jr.
Savannah Bank Director
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company,
James P. Houlihan, Jr., was elected
a director.
The new director has been a mem
ber of the Savannah bar since 1933,
when he became the first lawyer ad
mitted by Judge John Rourke, Jr.,
of the Chatham Superior Court. He
is a member of the Savannah and
Georgia Bar Associations and was re
cently named Georgia ^chairman for
the Junior Bar conference’s public
information program.
A graduate of Benedictine College,
he also studied at Georgetown Uni
versity. later meriting his LL. B. de
gree at Harvard. He is associated
with the legal firm of Anderson,
Cann ; and Dunn.
REP. JENNINGS RANDOLPH, of
West Virginia, revealed on the floor
of the House of Representatives last
week that a plea that diplomatic re
lations with Soviet Russia and the
United States be broken off had been
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
IN MILLEDGEVILLE
New Unit Organized in
Sacred Heart Parish by
the Rev. James King
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga. — Under
the direction of the Rev. James King,
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
a branch of the Holy Name Society
has been organized in Milledgeville,
with the following officers: Reginald
Hatcher, president; Paul J. Boesen,
vice-president; T. H. Coleman secre
tary, and W. P. Hickey, treasurer.
Enrollment was held on Sunday,
January 14, following the early Mass,
at which joining with members of
the Holy Name Society* throughout
the United States the newly organ
ized branch approached Holy Com
munion in a body. After Mass, a
breakfast was served at the rectory
by the parish council of the N. C. C.
W..
Since its recent organization the
Sacred Heart Parish Council, Nation
al Council of Catholic Women, has
sponsored a reception for the young
people of the parish and the students
of Georgia State College for Women
and Georgia Military College.
Members of the council sent Chr ist
mas boxes to twelve boys at St. Jo
seph’s Home, in Washington.
Each Monday evening, the Study
Group, headed by Edward O’Connor,
meets at the rectory for instruction
by Father King. The current sub
ject of study is '‘The Mass”.
Representatives of the N. C. C.
W. of the Augusta Deanery will be
the guests of the Parish council on
the second Sunday in February.
Mass will be said at 10 o'clock, fol
lowed by the session, after which a
luncheon will be served.
Officers of the Milledgeville Coun
cil, which will entertain on this oc
casion are: Miss Mary Simpson, pres
ident; Mrs. Louis Horne, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Paul J. Boesen, secretary,
and Mrs. Y. A. Little, treasurer.
Missionary Priest
Savannah Visitor
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga.— The Reverend
Cormac Shanahan, C. S. P., of Union
City, N. J.. who for a number of
years has served in the missionary
field in China, with the Passionist
Fathers, spoke, to the Catholic Young
People's Association at its January
meeting, discussing the growth of
the Catholic Church in China, and
enlightening those present in regard
to the habits and customs of the
Chinese people.
From 1926 to 1934 Father Shanahan
was active in the mission field of
West Hunan, China. Returning to.
this country in 1934, he was stationed
at Union City, N. J., where until the
present time he served as procurator
of the Chinese missions. His work
in this capacity was to provide the
material needs of the priests in the
mission fields of the Orient.
Recently Father Shanahan has been
assigned again to the work afield
and stopped in Savannah en route to
China. He will travel via the Pana-
Officers Installed
by Chapel Guild
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—At the January
meeting of the Sacred Heart Chapel
Guild, the following officers were in
stalled: Mrs. John J. McGee, presi
dent; Mrs. H. W. Kreps, first vice
president; Mrs. Reybum L. Watkins,
second vice president; Mrs. Slater
Marshall, recording secretary; Mrs.
Jerome J. McCarthy, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Harris Hurst, trea
surer. Board of Directors: Mrs. S.
A. Ferlita, Mrs. T. J. Sullivan, Mrs.
R. L. Blahnik, Mrs. J. E. Richardson.
Committee chairmanships an
nounced were: Mrs. S. Duncan Pee
ples, general chairman of Study
Clubs; Group Chairmen being Miss
Daisy Blackwell. Mrs. J. K Leamy,
Mrs. T. J. Sullivan. Mrs. A. F.
Kruckeburg, Mrs. R. I. Blahnik, Mrs.
T. G. Ware. Parliamentarian, Miss
Daisy Blackwell; Publicity comittee,
Mrs. L. W. Roberts, chairman, Mrs.
Albert S. Adams, Jr., co-chairman;
Hospitality committee, Mrs. S. Dun
can Peeples, chairman, Mrs. Forress
B. Fisher, co-chairman; Sick commit
tee. Mrs. Jerome J. McCarthy, chair
man; Mrs. H. B. Cogbum, co-chair
man; Parochial School committee,
Mrs. Frank M. White, chairman, Mrs.
Harris Hurst, co-chairman; Transpor
tation committee, Mrs. J. E. Richard
son, chairman; Mrs. Harris Hurst, co-
chairman; Sewing committee, Mrs.
Rees L. Hoy, chairman; Miss May
Flint, co-chairman; Telephone com
mittee, Mrs. Chas. R. Murphy, chair
man, Mrs. E. R. Holliday, co-chair
man; Ways and Means, Mrs. T. J.
Sullivan, chairman; Mrs. Edward
Mugford, co-chairman; Patrol Boys,
Mrs. J. J. McIntosh, chairman.
THE REV. THOMAS F. COAKLEY,
pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Pitts
burgh, reports that the Free Employ
ment Bureau operated by the parish
found work for 5,392 in 1939. Of this
total, 234 were permanent positions.
Islands, and Indo-China to reach his
station at West Hunan.
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Augusta Herald
Lauds Talk by
Father Barr
Editorial Endorsement Is
Given Campaign Against
Indecent Literature
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Highest praise
was given the Reverend Harold Barr,
pastor of St.-Mary’s-on-the-Hill, in
an editorial published in The Augus
ta Herald following a talk which
Father Barr made before the Kiwanis
Club of Augusta in the interest of the
campaign against indecent literature.
"We are pleased to let him know
that we are definitely on his side in
this crusade,” read the editorial, “and
hope he will continue to strike out
against this menace to morals.”
The writer went on to say Father
Barr was rendering a real communi
ty service in his expose of the social
menace of pornographic publications,
and urged those who stood for de
cency and righteousness to rally to
the support of effort to rid the news
stands of (he nation of reading matter
that aroused the baser side of a per
son’s nature.
In a letter addressed to the Editor
of The Herald. Father Barr disclaim
ed any individual credit, stating that
his talks on the subject were being
made under the auspices of the local
Council of Catholic Women.
Since his appearance before the Ki
wanis Club. Father Barr has deliv
ered a similar talk io the Parent-
Teachers Association of the William
Robinson School, in Augusta.
Father Brennan Named
Savannah K-C Chaplain
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Announcement
has been made by the Most Rever
end Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta. that the Rev. Rob
ert Brennan. O. S. B.. lias been ap
pointed chaplain of Savannah Coun
cil, No. 631, Knights of Columbus,
succeeding the Rev. Henry A.
Schonhardt, who has been transfer -
red to Atlanta.
SISTER M. LOYOLA
DIES IN SAVANNAH
After Spending Sixty-Tbree
Years of Her Life as a
Sister of Mercy
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Announcement
of the unexpected death of Sister M.
Loyola McCrohan, at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, on January 3, brought deep
sorrow to her former pupils and a
wide circle of friends and admirers
throughout the state, where for many
years, as a Sister of Mercy she had
devoted her life to the instruction of
youth and the care of the sick.
Funeral services were held from
the chapel of St. Vincent’s Convent,
the Rev. Harold Barr, pastor of St
Mary’s-on-the-Hill. Augusta, and a
relative of Sister Loyola, saying the
requiem moss and prononuncing the
absolution. Interment was in the sis
ters’ section of the Cathedral Ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Dr. J. Reid Brod
erick, Dr. John Paul Jones, Dr. M. J.
Egan, Harold Mulherin, Charles F.
Powers, Robert D. Ryan. John Mc
Laughlin, Sr., Edward C. Brennan,
and Anthony Hardy.
Prior to entering religious' life, in
which she spent sixty-three years,
Sister Loyola was Miss Mary E. Mc
Crohan. She entered the novitiate of
the Sisters of Mercy on September 8,
1876, and was professed on Septem
ber 24. 1879.
For thirteen years Sister Loyola
taught at St Vincent’s Academy, la
ter going to Augusta, where for thir
ty-seven years she taught at St
Mary’s Academy. In 1929 she was ap
pointed Mother Superior of the Sa
vannah Community of the Sisters of
Mercy, after which she assumed the
post of superior at St. Joseph's In
firmary, in Atlanta, where under her
supervision the hospital was remod
eled and enlarged to become one of
the leading institutions of its kind m
the South.
She is survived by a sister, Miss
Annie McCrohan, of Savannah.
All schools conducted by the Sis
ters of Mercy, in the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, were closed on the
day of her funeral, at the direction of
the Right Reverend Monsignor T. J.
McNamara, diocesan superintendent
of schools, as a tribute of respect to
Sister Loyola.
rev. john mccrearv
CLAIMED RY DEATH
Member of Jesuit Mission
Band Dies at Rectory of
Sacred Heart Church in
Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Reverend
John McCreary, S. J., for many
years a member of the Jesuit Mission
Band of the New Orleans Province,
succumbed to a sudden heart attack
on Sunday morning, January 8. just
after rising to say an early mass at
the Sacred Heart Church.
Bom in Macon, Ga., February 3,
1866, Father McCreary was the son of
the late John McCreary and Julia
Welch McCreary. He is survived by
a brother William McCreary, of
Macon; and two sisters, Sister M.
Berchmans, of Mt. de Sales Academy,
Macon, and Miss Julia McCreary,
also of Macon.
Father McCreary was a member of
the Society of Jesus for 55 years, en
tering the order in 1885, after he had
completed his preparatory education
at Pio Nona College, in Macon.
He was ordained June 29, 1900 by
Cardinal Gibbons, and sang his first
mass the following day. He served
as vice president of the old Immacu
late Conception school in New Or
leans, and as vice president of St.
John’s College, Shreveport, La. As
the rector of the Jesuit High School
in New Orleans he supervised the
construction of the million dollar
school erected there.
In a religious order distinguished
for great educators and outstanding
nulpit orators, Father McCreary was
considered to be one of the most
able teachers and an eloquent
preacher. He was well-known
throughout the South where he had
conducted missions and given re
treats in practically every city of im
portance. Father McCreary was re
treat-master for the first laymen's
retreat held in Georgia, at St. Stanis
laus College, Macon, and recently re
turned for one of the retreats at
Washington, Ga.
Funeral services were held from
the Sacred Heart Church. Augusta,
the Reverend J. E. O'Donohoe, S. J..
pastor, saying the requiem mass and
pronouncing the absolution. Present
in the sanctuary, besides the priests
attached to the Sacred Heart Church
and other Augusta parishes, were
the Very Reverend James J. Grady,
Chancellor of the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta, the Reverend John J.
Kennedy, of Athens, and the Rev.
Michael McNallv. S. J., of SL
Joseph’s Church, Macon.
Interment was in the cemetery of
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala
bama, where Father McCreary had
been at one time a student.
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