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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 24, 1940
St. Mary’s Parishioner s
Greenville, Present Play
Fortieth Pastoral Anniversary of Monsignor Gwynn Oc
casion for Presentation of Stirring Drama, “The Seal
of Confession”
(Special to The Bulletin!
GREENVILLE. S. C.—An entertain
ing feature of the commemoration of
Monsignor A. K. Gwynn’s fortieth
pastoral anniversary as pastor of St.
Mary's Church, was the presentation
of a three act play, “The Seal of Con
fession”, at Gallivan Memorial Hall,
by. St. Mary’s parishioners.
Staged under the direction of Sam
Francis, with an excellent cast, the
dramatic offering, which had the se
crecy of the confessional as its theme,
was presented in the manner of a
Broadway production, the perform
ance being highly successful from an
artistic as well as a histrionic stand
point.
As an overture St. Mary's School
Choir rendered the following selec
tions:
“Canoe Song” Pestalozza
“Sleep, My Princess”
Mozart’s Cradle Song
“Summer Winds, Blow” (The Blue
Daube) Strauss-Wilson
The Cast of Characters
Father Robiac Joseph Murphy
Madame Robiac. His Mothers
Miss Lilyan Wilkinson
Julia. His Niece .. Miriam Goldsmith
Charles. His Nephew . Carroll Carpin
Loser. Sacristan Richard Grassy
Suzanne, Housekeeper
Miss Sue Brannigan
Lazare Joseph Carpin
Mayor Vivonne tJ. C. Magarahan
Clerk Hugh Goldsmith
Notary Francis McNamara
Dr. Ravot J. L. Sowers
Dr. Lalumiere Richard Eassy
Carillac Lewis Barbare
Madame Lunelle
Mrs. J. C. Magarahan
Villemauer Eugene Brigham
Canon Howard Caldwell
Rector Jack Egan
Monsieur Tournon Richard Eassy
Madame Tournon
Mrs. Hugh Goldsmith
Agnes Lancy ....... Miss Jean Fraser
Catherine Vernay
Miss Edna Seaman
Maurice Joseph Carpin
Not only did the players gain en
thusiastic applause of the audience
for their display of histrionic talent,
but those who composed the stage
crew, and those who handled other
details of the performance, also were
highly complimented.
Besides the director. Mr. Sam
Francis, and the assistant director.
Miss Lilyan Wilkinson, the production
staff included: Mrs. I. C. Sease, Mrs.
Florence Brothers, and Miss Sue
Brannigan, Costumes; Mrs. J. C. Ma-
garaghan and Miss Jeanne Fraser,
Properties; A. C. Gray and Lee Par
sons, Make-up: Mrs. I. C. Sease and
Mrs. Florence Brothers, Scenery; Jack
Egan, Stage Manager; Richard Eassy,
Stage Carpenter.
The membership of the anniversary
committees included: Dramatics, Sam
Francis, Richard Eassy. Miss Sue
Brannigan, Mrs. A. J. Schwiers; Pub
licity, Mrs. J. H. Rascob, Mrs. J. C.
Magarahan. Miss May Bissinnar;
Program, W. A. Bindewald, Francis
McNamara, Mrs. H. P. Burbage;
Spiritual Bouquets, Alvin Watson,
Charles Kloeckler, Mrs. Hugh Gold
smith, Miss Ruby Berry. Miss Jeanne
Fraser, Mrs. Matthew Ousley; Music,
Mrs. H. P. Burbage, Mrs. Henry
Keith.
Publishers of the Greenville News
and Greenville Piedmont were gener
ous in giving space in their columns
to announcements in regard to the
performance, while invaluable assist
ance was given by Mr. Dick Lasliley,
of the Carolina Theatre. Furniture
used on the stage during the play
was loaned for the occasion by
Greenville Furniture Exchange.
Spiritual Bouquets
When the curtain had descended on
the Epilogue of “The Seal of Confes
sion”, Monsignor Gwynn was present
ed with Spiritual Bouquets from St.
Marv’s School, by Miss Jane Gold
smith; from the Junior Council, by
Miss Christine Scruggs; from St.
Mary's Guild, by Miss Jean Fraser;
from St. Mary’s P.-T. A., by Mrs.
Hugh Goldsmith; from the Council of
Catholic Women, by Mrs. Matthew
Ousley; from the Council of Catholic
Men, by Alvin Watson; and from the
Knights of Columbus, by Richard
Eassy.
A substantial purse, testimonial of
the high esteem in which Monsignor
Gwynn is held by the people of
Greenville, was-presented to the pas
tor of St. Mary’s by Mrs. A. B.
Scruggs, who was one of those who
composed the small group of Catho
lics residing in Greenville when
Monsignor Gwynn began his pastor
ate in 1900.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend
Emmett M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, with appropriate remarks,
brought the evening's entertainment
to a close.
Noted Kentucky Layman,
Col. P. H. Callahan, Is Dead
Served as Honorary Vice-President of Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, Which He Helped to Es
tablish and Promote—Headed Knights of Columbus
War Activity and Religious Prejudice Committees
Noted Convert
Rev. Dr. William E. Orchard, of
Great Britain, former minister,
and an outstanding convert to
Catholicism, who has arrived in
America for a series of lectures.
Under the auspices of the St.
Paul Guild, which was organized
to aid convert clergymen. Dur
ing his tour of the United States,
pr. Orchard will speak at numer*
~ ous non-Catholic colleges.
(N.C.W.C.)
MRS. WM. G. SUTLIVE,
OF SAVANNAH, DEAD
Wife of Editor of Evening
Press Succumbs to Sudden
Heart Attack
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Mrs. Josephine
Laffiteau Sutlive, wife of William
Green Sutlive, editor of The Savannah
Evening Press, died suddenly follow
ing a heart attack on January 29, at
her home in Savannah, bringing sor
row to a wide circle of friends.
Born in Savannah, the city had been
her home throughout her life. She
was the daughter of the late Stani
slaus Mark Laffiteau and Margaret
Carey Laffiteau. She married Mr.
Sutlive in 1898.
Surviving are her husband: four
sons. John L. Sutlive. of Savannah;
William Kirkland Sutlive, of Black-
shear; Carey Rutherford Sutlive. of
Washington. D. C.: ana Charles Mark
Sutlive. of Savannah: a daughter, Miss
Josephine Laffiteau Sutlive: a brother,
Gustavus D. Laffiteau; seven grand
children and several nieces and neph
ews.
Funeral services were held from
the Sacred Heart Church.
MRS. MARIA McM. DOYLE
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Col. Patrick
Henry Callahan, industrialist, Catho
lic layman, and former prominent
Prohibition leader, died at his home
here, at the age of 73, on February 4.
Colonel Callahan was an active
leader in many fields, including in
dustry, economics, religious tolerance,
peace, charities. An ardent exponent
of Catholic social principles, he pio
neered a quarter of a century ago in
the Louisville Varinsh Company, of
which he was president, in develop
ing a profit-sharing system for em
ployees known as the Ryan-Calla-
h.iii Plan. With the depression, prof
its shrank and the profit-sharing plan
in his firm for a time became in
operative. but Colonel Callahan
achieved the record of retaining ev
ery emloyee on the payroll through
out the hard times.
A native of Cleveland and a
Knight of St: Gregory the Great since
1922, Colonel Callahan spoke in many
parts of the country on the Papal En
cyclicals and the application of their
principles to the stabilization of
American business and industry. For
this work he was awarded the New
man Memorial Award for 1931 by the
Newman Foundation. He was at one
time vice-president of the Catholic
Conference on Industrial Problems,
chairman of the organizing committee
of the Catholic Association for Inter
national Peace and vice-president of
the National Conference of Catholic
Charities.
Colonel Callahan’s dominant inter
est, however, was in the field of in
ter-religious good will and tolerance.
He headed the Knights of Columbus
Committee on Religious Prejudice
from 1914 to 1916. and was one of the
authors of the idea behind the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
He also sought to promote the wel
fare of the Negro and was one of the
principal organizers of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
After the United States entered the
World War. Colonel Callahan was
named to the important post of chair
man of the Knights of Columbus
Committee on War Activities and was
# a member of the committee of Cath
olic agencies which recommended the
establishment of the National Catho
lic War Council, precursor of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference.
Colonel Callahan declined an offer
of the chairmanship of the Tariff
Commission extended to him by Pres
ident Wilson so that he could under
take the chairmanship of the Kinghts
of Columbus Committee.
He was a nationally known leader
in the campaign for Prohibition and
for the Amendment’s retention. He
served for one year as chairman of the
International Anti-Alcohol Confer
ence in Geneva and was at one time
secretary of the Association of Cath
olics Favoring Prohibition and head
of the Cooperative Committee for
Prohibition Enforcement of the Na
tional Child Labor Committee.
In his youth Colonel Callahan play
ed professional baseball with the Chi
cago White Sox, having as a team
mate Billy Sunday, the late evangel
ist. He was a close personal friend of
William Jennings Bryan, the great
commoner. He was a prodigious writ
er on economics, business, and reli
gious tolerance as well as Prohibi
tion. He was a Colonel on the staffs
of two Kentucky Governors.
Funeral services were held from
Cathedral of the Assumption. The
Right Rev. Msgr. Daniel A. Driscoll,
Rector of the Cathedral, was cele
brant of the Solemn Mass of Requiem,
assisted by the Rev. Joseph Emrich,
deacon, and the Rev. Joseph Wheat-
ley, sub-deacon, the Rev. Raymond
Treeee, master-of-ceremonies. The
Rt. Rev. Monsignor R. C. Ruff, pastor
of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul,
and a number of priests, assisted in
the sanctuary.
Colonel Callahan is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Julia Cahill Callahan; two
sons, John M. Callahan and Robert E.
Callahan; a daughter, Miss Edith Lee
Callahan; and two granddaughters,
Misses Patricia and Barbara Calla
han, all of Louisville.
MRS. MARY. KIERNAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Mary R. Kiernan, whose
death occurred at her home. Jan
uary 21. were held from the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist.
Born in Savannah, December 7,
1858, Mrs. Kiernan was the daugh
ter of the late John David Robinson
and Anne Kehoe Robinson, and the
widow ct Patrick H. Kiernan.
Surviving are two daui-gters, Mrs.
Joseph W. McAvoy and Miss Ruth
Kiernan; a brother, C. V. Robinson;
and several nieces and nephews.
SAVANNAH, Ga.,—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Mafia McMahon
Doyle, where death took place on
January 28, were held from Sacred
Heart Church.
Mrs. Doyle was the widow of Rich
ard Doyle, and a native of County
Clare, Ireland. She had spent the
greater part of her life in Savannah.
She is survived by three sons, John
F. Doyle. Dennis J. Doyle, and Rich
ard L. Doyle, all of Savannah; three
daughters. Mrs. W. L. Dufour, of Sa
vannah; Mrs. C. L. Adams, of Macon;
and Mrs. J. P. Mahoney, of Savannah;
several grandchildren and great
grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.
MRS. IDA S. WERNTZ
FUNERAL FROM CATHEDRAL
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Ida Sykes Werntz, who died
on February 5, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mrs. Werntz was a native of Ashe
ville, North Carolina, and was 65
years of age. She had made her home
in Savannah for over thirty years.
Surviving are her husband, James
C. Werntz; one daughter, Mrs. F. O.
Altman, of Savannah; two sons, John
H. Sykes, of Heyward, N. C., and
Walter H. Sykes, of Waycross; three
brothers, R. C. Braswell and Thad-
deus M. Braswell, of Alferson, Okla
homa, and Cornelius Braswell, of
Asheville; one sister, Mrs. Frank E.
Buffington, of Chester, Pa., three
grandchildren and three great-grand
children.
MRS. ANNIE PRITCHARD
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Annie D. Pritchard,
widow of Charles F. Pritchard, who
died February 8, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mrs. Pritchard was an active mem
ber of the Catholic Women’s Club, of
the Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club, and the American Red
Cross, and other civic organizations.
She was a charter member of the
Catholic Women’s Club.
She is survived by a daughter. Mrs.
Robert !J. Ledbetter, three grandchil
dren, Robert, Marianna, and Joan
Ledbetter; three sisters, Mrs. George
L. Turner, Mrs. K. P. Deegan and
Miss Agnes Deegan, and several
nieces and nephews.
Organ of Georgia Methodists
Approves Taylor Assignment
Editorial Appearing in Recent Issue of Wesleyar-
Christian Advocate, Official Organ of Georgia Method
ism, Commends Action of President Roosevelet in
Sending Personal Representative to Vatican
MR. ROOSEVELT'S PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE POPE
At Christmas time President Roose
velt appointed Myron C. Taylor as
his personal representative to confer
with the Pope of Borne concerning
the war situation of the world. It
seems to be the hope of our chief
executive that with the Pope and
other influential world leaders of re
ligion he may be able to work effec
tively for peace.
At the time of the appointment of
Mr. Taylor, the President invited to
the White House to discuss with him
the war situation Dr. George A.
Buttrick, president of the Federal
Council of Churches, and Rabbi
Cyrus Adler, president of the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
The Christian Century, along with
certain denominational groups, has
protested against the appointment of
Mr. Taylor. The Christian Century
accuses the President of wanting to
establish diplomatic relations with
Rome as a political state; The Chris
tian Century claims that the appoint
ment is an affront to Protestant
churches, that the calling in of Dr.
Buttrick and Rabbi Adler was a
camouflage, that the President really
cares nothing for Protestants and
Jews, but really wants to do political
honor to Rome.
This writer would like to go on
record as approving the President’s
appointment. Whether the Protes
tants like it or not, the Roman
Catholic is the one great united, or
ganized world church; and it has the
powerful world influences of any.
church. If our chief executive can,
in these awful hours, work out with
the Pope, whose influence is world
wide, any kind of program that will
shorten the war and bring peace,
let us wish him God-speed.
It seems to me, on the face of it,
that the most appropriate and there
fore the most effective means of ap
proaching the problem of peace is to
bring to bear upon the problem the
religious thinking of Jews, Protes
tants. and Catholics all around the
earth. If there were a world-head
of Protestantism (it is to the ever
lasting shame of Protestantism that
it is so hopelessly divided), the Presi
dent would surely confer with such
a head. If there were a world-head
of Jewry, the President would con
fer with such a person. The Presi
dent did the next best thing. He
conferrel with the head of American
Protestantism^so far as it is organiz
ed, in the Federal Council of
Churches. He conferred with the
person who might be taken' as the
head of American Jewfy. Certainly,
if the President can lead Jews.
Catholic, and Protestants to give ear
nest consideration to the cause of
peace, it will be a worthy effort.
Some groups have ceased to dis
cuss the President’s effort to bring
peace, and have given their entire
attention to the discussion of whe
ther or not the President is giving
too much honor to Rome. These are
dreadful hours. Certainly denomina-
tionalism and petty intolerance of the
Catholic church should not cause any
Americans to block what, on the
face of it. appears to be a perfectly
sincere move on the part of President
Roosevelt.
Twice I have used the phrase, “on
the face of it.” Why not accept it at
face value? Why assume that the
President is a liar? Why assume that
lie is trying to undermine some Am
erican tradition? He is the only
world statesman at this hour who
is sincerely trying to do anything
that will bring peace. If his appoint
ment should prove sinister, the coun
try could have it withdrawn. Don’t
condemn him without giving him a
trial. Unless you can offer some
better plan, stop criticizing!—NAT G.
LONG.
(The Editorial above is reprinted
in full as it appeared in the Febru
ary 9. 1940 issue of the Wesleyan
Christian Advocate).
Charleston Diocesan NCCW
Board Meeting in Columbia
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA. S. C.—Members of the
Board of Directors of the Charleston
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
held the third meeting of the fiscal
year at the parish hall of St. Peter's
Church, the session being opened by
Mrs. J. Carroll Magarahan, of
Greenville, the diocesan president.
The Rev. T. J. Mackin, pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church deliver
ed tile invocation, and also spoke to
the meeting, praising the organiza
tion for the progress that has been
made during the twenty-five years
which it had served the diocese. He
urged those present to make an ef
fort to attend the Regional Confer
ence to be held in Birmingham.
Mrs. Magarahan made her annual
report and the board of directors
found special interest in her account
of the Conference of Catholic
Women held in San Francisco last
September, during which the dele
gates were entertained by the Cath
olic Mayor of San Francisco and his
wife.
Other officers and chairman of
standing committees, who attended
the meeting or submitted reports
were:
Officers: 1st vice-president, Miss
Maizie Slater, Orangeburg; 2nd
vice-president, Mrs. Frank P.
Schachte. Charleston; 3rd vice-pres
ident, Mrs. Joseph V. Renn, Ander
son; recording secretary, Mrs. M. P.
Conlon, Charleston; treasurer. Miss
Eleanor W. Cantwell. Columbia, au
ditor, Mrs. Ella V- Hurley, Charles
ton.
Group representatives: Aid soci
ety, Miss May Condon. Charleston;
Council of Catholic Women, Mrs.
W. C. O'Driscoll. Charleston: Guild,
Mrs. J. H. Dunlap, K'ock Hill; So
dalities, Mrs. R. I. Speissegger,
Charleston; P.-T. A-, Mrs. John
Vaughan, Charleston; Altar society,
Mrs. J. R. Walton. Charleston,
youth organizations, Miss Catherine
Biddock, Charleston.
Committee chairmen: finance,
Miss Eleanor Cantwell, Columbia;
activities. Mrs. Clarence Frazier,
Greenville; organization and devel
opment, Miss Wright; family and
adult education, Mrs. Frank P.
Schachte, Charleston; religious edu
cation and shrines in home, Miss
Agatha Spellman. Anderson; immi
gration and international relations,
Mrs. Curran L. Jones, Columbia;
industrial problems. Mrs. Mae Mc
Grath, Anderson. School of social
service—Study clubs, Mrs- James
Crowley, Spartanburg: publicity,
Mrs. Leonard Becker. Jr., Spartanb-
burg; libraries and literature. Leg
islation, Mrs. John Vaughan, Char
leston.
Study Clubs Discussed
The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
Bishop of Charleston, was unable
to be present, but the subject he
has stressed so much, study clubs,
was discussed with interest by the
assembled board. Mrs. James Crow
ley. of Spartanburg, chairman of
study club groups for diocese, re
ported on the number of clubs now
operating, members, ''and subjects,
namely; Pope Pius XII Encyclical
on “Christian United,” ‘The Church
in United States History”, the Pope’s
Encyclical on “Labor”, and various
pamphlets on current events. The
Women’s council in Anderson have
launched a movement to encourage a
campaign against the sale of indecent
literature through newsstands and
magazine agencies. This was a major
objective of the National Council of
Catholic Women in years past, cul
minating in the campaign for the
Neely Biff before congress on
Block-Booking and Blind-Selling”
of magazines and newstands, where -
by in order to procure reputable
magazines, news agencies had to
take a certain amount of indecent
literature.
Charleston Convention
Mrs. Frank P- Schachte. of Char
leston. on behalf of that city, invited
the Diocesan council to hold its an
nual convention in Charleston. The
date set is March 30. All planning
to attend were urged to make reser
vations at least one month before that
date, as the Charleston gardens will
be in bloom at that time, and hotels
will reserve rooms for tourist trade.
A representative from the National
council will attend the convention,
and the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh.
Bishop of Charleston, will invite
some nationally known clergymen to
preach at the Pontifical High Mass
which will be celebrated in the
Cathedral on Sunday March 31. Tlie
convention will terminate on Monday
with a business session.
Mrs. J. Carroll Magarahan read a
letter from Miss Agnes Regan, sec
retary of national council, announc
ing a regional conference to be held
in Birmingham, Alabama, April 28,
29. The conference was held last
year in Dubuque, Iowa, and was a
great success. These conferences are
planned to discuss regional problems,
and to attract a greater number of
leaders than are usually able to at
tend the national conventions. Eigh
teen dioceses were represented last
year, and 804 delegates entered dur
ing the two-day session. Several wo
men will go from Charleston Diocese,
and speak on problems of the sec
tion.
Announcement was made of the an
nual drive for_funds for the summer
vacation camps for religious instruc
tion also a retreat was planned to be
held during the month of August.
The retreat will consist of three day*
spent by those attending in prayer,
absolute silence, and in attending
lectures and masses given by some
prominent clergyman of the Diocese,
The retreat was held in 1939 at St.
Angela's Academy in Aiken. No
place has been set for this year.