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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 24, 3940
Officers of Jubilee Mass
Assisting in the Sanctuary at the Solemn High Mass in Commemoratio n of the 40th anniversary of Monsig
nor A. K. Gwynn, as pastor of St. Ma ry’s Church, were (front row, left to right) George Thomas' of Green
ville, Rev. William Mulvihill, of Greenville, Rev. Chas. Baum, of And erson. Rt Rev. Msgr. Charles D.
Wood ,P. A., of Middletown, N. Y., Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph L. O 'Brien, of Charleston, the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, Bishop of Charleston, Rev. F. O. Ferri, of Spartanburg, Monsig nor Gwynn, Rev. Sidney Dean, as
sistant pastor of St. Mary's, Rev. T. D. O'Shaughnessy, of Columbia, Walter Johnson, of Greenville," Rev. John
Pearson, of Charlotte, Rev. George Smith, of Aiken, and Paul Sardis, of Greenville. (Back row, left to right)
Rev. T. J. McGrath, Columbia, Rev. John Clancey, Sumter, Rev. Maurice McDonnell, of Charlotte, Rev. HenrJ
L. Spiesmann, of Anderson. Rev. Edward Keller, of Beaufort, Rev. Michael McEnery, O. S. B., of Belmont, N.
C. Rev. ,Paul Plummer, of Greenville, and Lieut Terrance Finnegan, of Camp Jackson.
—Courtesy Greenville News.
Franciscan Sisters of Poor
Conduct Greenville Hospital
Greenville N. C. C. W.
Renders Fine Service
The Greenville Chapter of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women is
a leading group in the religious,
charitable, and civic life of the Pied
mont section of South Carolina, and
is prominently identifed with every
worthwnile activity.
Study Club sessions are ^proving
most instructive and are being well
attended, while the members of the
chapter have been busy with the
charitable work that is required dur
ing the Christmas season and the win
ter months when the problem of re
lieving the suffering of the poor and
unfortunate is increasingly difficult.
The officers of the chapter include:
Mrs. George Fish, president; Mrs.
Thomas Cantwell, vice-president;
Mrs. J. H. Rascob, treasurer; Mrs. I.
C. Sease, recording secretary; Mrs.
Otto Schwiers, corresponding secre
tary; advisory, Mrs. C. A. Fraser and
Mrs. J. L. Sowers. Mrs. J. C. Magara-
han, president of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women for the State
of South Carolina, is a member of the
Greenville Chapter.
SOUTH AMERICA
WELCOMES PRELATES
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also motored out to Lujan, 40 miles
from Buenos Aires, where he paid a
short visit to the Basilica which con
tains the image of the Virgin of Lu
jan, Patroriess of the Argehtine Re
public, and to the interesting histori
cal museum there.
RIO DE JANERIO—When His
Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougher
ty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, ar
rived in Rio de Janeiro, an impres
sive reception was tendered him
both by the ecclesiastical and the
civil authorities. The Cardinal was
the guest of the Government
throughout his stay. Minister of
Foreign Relations Oswaldo Aranha,
returned by plane from Rio Grande,
shortening his vacation so as to re
ceive the Cardinal personally. A
large number of Catholic Associa
tions and of the clergy of Rio de
Janeiro awaited the Cardinal on the
quay, with Cardinal Deme de Sil-
veira Cintra, Archbishop of Rio de
Janeiro, who left his summer resi
dence in Petropolis, so as to welcome
the American prelate.
A formal luncheon was held in the
beautiful Palacio Itamaraty, seat of
the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
Cardinal Dougherty also was Cardi
nal Leme's guest in Petropolis at
luncheon. Other formal luncheons
were tendered him by the Papal
Nuncio, His Excellency the Most Rev.
Aloysius Masella, and the American
Ambassador, Jefferson Caffery. In
the course of his visit to Brazil, Card
inal Dougherty stayed in Sao Paulo
as the guest of the Governor of the
State.
The address of welcome on behalf,
of the Brazilian clergy was delivered
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joaquim Nab-
uco, who prior to entering the priest
hood was a member of the Brazilian
diplomatic corps and was at one time
stationed in Washington.
"Living far down the southern
Hemisphere, we seldom have the
honor of receiving visiting Cardi
nals,” Monsignor Nabuco said. “Your
Eminence’s visit at the present mo
ment has, we know, great signifi
cance. We are all aware of your great
services to Church and Country.
"We all follow with kindred in
terest the great work being done by
the Church in the United States. We,
who are few. envy your abundant
clergy, your innumerable parochial
schools, your National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, your flourishing
churches, and above all your great
Catholic University, which has just
commemorated its semi-centennial
jubilee All this means that the
American Hierarchy has so organized
Holy Mother Church in the States,
so as to make her fit and ready to
fight the evil powers now trying to
paganize the Americas.
“But there is one very recent event
in the history of Church and State in
your country to which I must neces
sarily refer: President Roosevelt’s
recent letter to His Holiness Pope
Pius XII. in which he announced ihe
sending to the Holy Father of a spec
ial repi esentative ‘in order that our
parallel endeavors for peace and the
alleviation of suffering may be as
sisted.’ It is unnecessary to say, and
it is a mater of reioicing to every
Catholic country, that the President's
suggestion was immediately accept
ed, and that Mr. Myron Taylor has
been named personal envoy of the
President to the Vatican.
“In regard to our Country, if Your
Eminence should cross it from East
to West or North to South, you would
find one common link between Bra
zilians, aside from our nationality
and language. That link is the faith
of our people. In the poorest spots
of our hinterland Your Eminence will
always meet a cross and a shrine
of Our Lady. Brazil is a very Cath
olic country, and the faith is part of
our very life.
“We know the great interest with
which at the present moment the
Catholics of North America look to
the Catholics of this hemisphere for
mutual cooperation and understand
ing. and I express the feelings of the
Brazilian people and clergy, when I
say you can all count on us, for we
shall try our very best to correspond
to this interest and work for this ap
proach. We beseech Your Emin
ence to transmit to the Catholics of
the United States our best wishes
for the continued prosperity and
progress of the Church in your great
country.” , : v
Established in 1932, St.
Francis Hospital Classed
Among Finest in Carolina
GREENVILLE, S. C.—St. Francis
Hospital, here in Greenville, is con
ducted by the Congregation of the
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis,
founded in 1845, in Germany, by
Frances Schervier, and who conduct
some of the largest and finest hospitals
in the country.
Sister Gregory is superintendent of
the hospital here which is affiliated
with the Provincial House in Cin
cinnati, Ohio.
The property which is now St.
Francis Hospital, was formerly operat
ed as the Emma Booth Memorial Hos
pital, by the Salvation Army, but had
been obliged to close due to finan
cial difficulty encountered during the
years of depression following 1929.
Through the efforts of Bishop Walsh,
with the cooperation of Monsignor
Gwynn, and the physicians of Green
ville, the buildings were acquired by
the Sisters at a cost of $100,000.00. in
April 1932. Plans for remodeling
were immediately put into effect and
in May 1932 the Sisters of St. Francis
came to Greenville to take charge ol
the hospital under the supervision ol
Sister Camikka.
After the interior and exterior of the
building had been completely reno
vated, and new equipments and fur
nishings installed, the hospital was
dedicated at exercises at wnich Bishop
Walsh presided.
The first patients entered the doors
of St. Francis Hospital on July 18.
1932. After operating the hospital for
three years, the Sisters discovered
that the institution was not large
enough to care for the number of pa
tients seeking admission, and a new
wing, costing $110,000.00 was added to
the structure. The Duke Founda
tion contributing a donation towards
its construction.
The new addition is four stories
high and is furnished thioi'ghcut with
the latest in hospital equipment, in
cluding the installation during the
past year of an Infant Respirator, oi
as it is generally termed, an infant
sibze “iron lung”, which has proven
its value many times.
The fourth floor is reserved for ma
ternity patients, and the new delivery
room is equipped with built-in ceil
ing lights that eliminate shadows com
pletely, the former delivery room
now being used as an extra operating
room. During the past year 425 babies
were born at St. Francis Hospital, in
cluding 7 sets of twins.
The first, second and third floors
accommodate patients in wards and
private rooms. Each room is fur
nished in up-to-date furniture, which
tends to give a home atmosphere.
Each room is wired for private tele
phone and radio, and is air-condition
ed.
In the rooms and corridors of the
various floors, drapes anti curtains,
made by the Sisters themselves, com
bine to produce a comfortable and
homelike effect. On each floor ot
the new addition is a solariumm with
balconies where patients can secure
fresh air and sunshine. The floors
in the corridors are covered with in
laid rubber, and the ceilings are acous
tically treated to make the halls vir
tually Sound-proof. A food elevator
runs directly from the main kitchen
to a kitchenette on each floor, from
where it is served to the patients.
One of the principal features of the
new wing is the X-ray room on the
first floor. The outfit includes a
shock-proof and ray-proof table and
other equipment, and the walls of the
room are lead-lined, and a lead-im
pregnated glass separates the opera
tor from the room. The machine can
produce 130,000 volts and operates
silently. A new portable shock-proof
X-ray machine is also on hand and
can be taken to patients in any part of
the building.
There is a concrete driveway from
the street to the rear of the hospital,
where a private parking space affords
the doctors easy access to the hospital
even during rush hours. y
On the first floor is also situated
the Chapel, for the use of the Sisters,
nurses, employes, and patients. A
resident chaplain takes care of the
spiritual needs of the community and
hospital.
The hospital has a bed capacity of
114, including 20 bassinets. During
the past year, 4527 patients were treat
ed, the total number of hospital days
being 31,759. Already the hospital
has outgrown the 1935 addition, and
as soon as funds are available the
building will be further enlarged.
No outside funds are received to
ward the support of the hospital ex
cept that provided by the Duke En
dowment for the charity patients. This
amounts to one dollar per day for
each person who is unable to pay the
regular rates. Neither national, state,
nor local benefits are granted ihe in
stitution. Most of the finances are
met through the fees of the paying
patients. Fees of doctors and special
nurses are paid by the individual pa
tient, but the services of the Sisters
are given without pay. The wages
of employes. including internes,
nurses, house doctors, and f ie upkeep
of a home for nurses, are included in
tile expenses of operation.
The staff includes the following
physicians and surgeons:
Active and Associate Staff
Dr. T. B. Reeves, Dr. H. M. Allison.
Dr. G. C. Albright, Dr. C. O. Bates.
Dr. L. W. Boggs, Dr. Lonita Mae
Boggs, Dr. W. T. Brockman, Dr. R. A.
Brown, Dr. R. L. Cashwell, Dr. McN.
W. Carpenter. Dr. J. H. Crooks, Dr. F.
M. Daniels, Dr. R. M. Dacus. Jr., Dr.
W. C. Hearin, Dr. I. Grimball. Dr. J.
W. Jervey, Jr., Dr. W. S. Judy, Dr.
Gertrude Holmes, Dr. J. E. Lipscomb.
Jr., Dr. L. H. McCalla. Dr. B. C. Mc-
Lawhorn, Dr. M. Nachman, Dr. A. M.
Northrup. Dr. J. D. Parker, Dr. T.
Parker. Dr. R. W. Pollitzer, Dr. E. B.
Poole, Dr. H. F. Ross, Dr. A. M. Scar
borough, Dr. W. W. Simmons, Dr. K.
S. Smith. Dr. J. W. White, Dr. D. N.
Wyatt, Dr. H. P. Bailey, Dr. H. M.
Whitworth.
Consulting Staff
Dr. J. L. Anderson, Dr. A. E. Brown,
Dr. H. C. Bruce, Dr. E. W. Carpenter,
Dr. R. A. Blakely, Dr. J. Fewell. Dr.
W. S. Fewell, Dr. F. Jordan. Dr. J. G.
Murray, Dr. H. Smith, Dr, J D. Saund
ers, Dr. E. C. Earler, Dr. B. C. Bishop.
Courtesy Staff
Dr. L. Allen, Dr. P. T. Bates, Dr.
T. G. Goldsmith, Dr. O. M. Yoodlet.
Dr. A. J. Graves, Dr. J. W. Kitchen,
Dr. J. B. Wallace, Dr. J. K. Webb.
Resident Staff
Dr. J. E. Croslsnd, Dr. T. C. Fur
man, Dr, J. F. Robinson.
Mobile Civic Clubs
Hear Father O'Leary
President of Spring Hill
College Completes Series
of Instructive Talks
MOBILE, Ala. — The Rev. William
Doris O'Leary, S. J., M. D., president
of Spring Hill College, has recently
completed a series of lectures deliv
ered before verious clubs in Mobile.
The first of the series. “Hearts Worn
on the Sleeves”, was delivered before
the Engineer's Wife. This was follow
ed by a talk before the Child Study
Club on the subject of "Problem
Children.” To the Historical Society
of Mobile. Father O'Leary spoke on
the “Qualities of George Washington.”
FATHER COURTNEY
RETREAT MASTER
SPRING HILL. Ala. — The Rev.
Louis J. Mulry, S. J.. Student Coun
sellor of Spring Hill College, has an
nounced that the Rev. James W.
Courtney. S. J., will conduct a three-
day students’ retreat starting on
March 6. Father Courtney has recent
ly completed a mission at St. Mary's
Church, Greenville. South Carolina,
and another at St. Mary's-on-the-Hill,
Augusta, Ga.
American Youth
Congress Assailed
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on the refusal of the AYC to expel
Communist members.
The Soviet Press also emphasized
for its readers that declarations made
by President and Mrs. Roosevelt that
reflected on Soviet Russia were “very
coldly received’’ by members of the
American - Youth Congress “Insti
tute”.
Congress Assailed
Both the American Youth Congress
and Mrs. Roosevelt’s- warm sponsor
ship of that group were attacked by
Westbrook Pegler in one of his syn
dicated columns, entitled “Trojan
Hobby Horse.”
Mr. Pegler said “plainly, the Com
munists in the Youth Congress, to
say nothing of the Fellow Travelers
who are only pledges, so to speak,
with the right to renege, and not
mere critics but opponents of the
American form of government and
prospective enemies of the Nation.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been seen feeding
sugar to this Trojan steed—which is
not a dashing charger, however, but
a sway-backe'd plug.”
While some will contend 'that it is
against the American principle “to
kick out the Young Communists be
cause of their belief,” Mr. Pegler
said, “it is no offense against the
most liberal Americanism to cancel
the credentials of those who have
chosen to un-American or foreign-
ize themselves to the extent of mem
bership in the Communist Party.”
Referring again to Mrs. Roosevelt's
sponsorship of the AYC’s “Citizen
ship Institute” in Washingtin, Mr.
Pegler asserted:
“Stubbornness and overconfidence
were Mrs. Roosevelts faults here.
She was in the wrong from the start,
because even the most generous
Americanism does not call for exec
utive hospitality to anti-Americans,
even incidentally. No question of
tolerance was involved. Mrs. Roose
velt, nevertheless, chose to risk her
personal and official prestige and,
for the first time, lest.”
Columbus Forms
Brotherhood Group
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—At a meeting
Columbus citizens, Catholic, Protes
tant. nad Jewish, to form a brother
hood group, E. G. Suelzer was elected
co-chairman to represent the Catho
lic faith. Three co-chairmen were
chosen, the others serving with Mr.
Suelzer being Maurice Rothschild,
repreesnting the Jews, and Kendrick
Kierce, representing the Protestant
denominations. Dr. J. Calvin Reid,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, heads the group as chairman.
A. W. Gottschalk, of Washington,
Southern area secretary of National
Conference of Christians and Jews,
and former pastor of the First Chris
tian Church, Baltimore, was the guest
speaker. Rabbi Herbert S. Waller pre
sided as temporary chairman.
GRAYM00R FOUNDER,
FATHER PAUL, DIES
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Francis of Assisi. Some one suggest
ed she write to the Superior of the
Associate Mission in Omaha. Miss
White was to become Mother Lurana
Mary Francis, S. A.. Mother Foun
dress of the Sisters of the Atonement.
As Sister Lurana and some com
panions were preparing to leave for
Omaha to establish the Sisters of the
Atonement, word came from the Su-
peiror of the Associate Mission that,
after much prayerful study, he had
come to the conclusion that the claims
of the Papacy were true, that he was
about to resign his office in Omaha
and that he probably would become
a Catholic. With this word, two ot
her companions went to Omaha, but
Sister Lurana remained in her family
home at Warwick, N. Y., where she
eventually met Father Paul on St.
Francis Day, October 3, 1898. From
this meeting evolved the first steps
toward the formation of the Society
of the Atonement.
Establish Graymoor
Finding a property at Garrison-oiW
the-Hudson that was judged ideal for
the founding of the Society of th*
Atonement, Sister Lurana arrived!
there with her sister. Miss Anni^
White, and a servant girl, on Decem
ber 15. Miss White left the next day
to join her mother in California and
Sister Lurana set to work getting the
house in. order. Property nearby bef
came available to Father Wattsonj
and in October of the following year
—1899—he took up residence at Gray
moor and established the First Con
gregation of the Society of the Atone
ment
Vocations abounded from the be
ginning until Father Paul felt he
should proclaim on all occasions that
Rome was the center of Christen
dom. Soon all the pulpits in the
Episcopal Church were closed to him.
To meet this situation The Lamp was
published in 1903. and this publica
tion brought tire Graymoor commun
ity in closer touch with all forces,
especially in England, working for the
reunion of the Episcopalians or Ange-
licans with Rome. Soon the cam
paign of the pen was supplemented
by the Church Unity Octave—eight
days of prayers.
The first fruit of the Church Unity
Octave was the reception of the en
tire Society of Atonement itself into
the Catholic Church. This took place
in October, 1909.
Society Grows
At the time of its corporate recep
tion into the Catholic Church, the
Society of the Atonement consisted
of two Friars, making up the First
Congregation; five Sisters, constitut
ing the Second Congregation and 10
Tertiaries. or members of the Third
Congregation, who live in the world.
In 1939, or 30 years later, the priests,
clerics and lay Brothers of the First
Congregation—Franciscan Friars of
the Atonement—numbered 176; the
members of the Second Congregation
—the Franciscan Sisters of the Atone
ment—numbered 230. and the Third
Congregation—Tertiaries—had about
2,000 members.
Closely associated with the Society
of the Atonement are the members
of the Rosary League and the Union-
That-Nothing-Be-Lost, the Society's
misisonary association, the aggregate
membership of which is about 100,-
000.
Houses of the Ffiars and Sisters of
the Atonement are now established
also in Washington, New York, Phil
adelphia, the States of Texas and
California, British Columbia, North
ern Alberta, Canada. Ireland. Eng
land and jAesisi and Rome in Italy.
Closely associated with the history
of Graymoor. motherhouse of the
Friars of the Atonement, is the work
for the Brothers Christopher. Early
in the history of Graymoor, "the way
faring man” discovered the Francis
can hospitality which was part of the
life of the place. And in providing
accommodations for them. Graymoor
discovered the wayfarers to be “an
gels in disguise.” For among them
were skilled artisans and workers at
various callings, through whose
hearty co-operation Graymoor’s ma
terial structure grew. Besides these
Brothers Christopher who reside cm
the Mount of the Atonement in con
siderable numbers, much after the
fashion that skilled laborers resided
at monatseries. in the Middle Ages,
Graymoor also feeds, lodges and
clothes thousands of poor men at its
gates each year.
Father Paul James Francis was or
dained to the priesthood by Cardinal
Farley in the Chapel of St. Joseph’s
Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, K,
Y., on June 16, 1910. He made his
professions in religion on the Fens*
of the Conversion of St. Paul in 19ES
and observed the silver jubilee of hi*
ordinatic* in 1935.