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SIXTEEN
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 23, 1940
Diocesan N. C. C. W. Convenes April 6-7
ATLANTA TO BE HOST Missionary Society Report,
TO STATE COUNCIL’S
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Noted Dominican Priest Will
Deliver Address — Bishop
O’Hara to Attend
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Arrangements
are being made to welcome delegates
from all sections of the State of Geor
gia who will be coming by train, bus,
automobile, and plane to attend the
annual convention of the. Savannah-
Atlanta Diocesan Council of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
which will be held here Saturday and
Sunday, April 6 and 7.
The business sessions will be held
at the Ansley Hotel, which will also
be the scene of the convention din
ner which will be given on Saturday
evening.
On Sunday morning, at the Cath
edral of Christ the King, the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, will pontificate at
the convention Mass, after which
breakfast will be served in the school
auditorium.
The Very Rev. Henry Ignatius
Smith, O. P., Dean of Philosophical
Studies at the Catholic Univeristy of
America ,will deliver an address at
tlie dinner on Saturday evening.
Doctor Smith is one of America’s
most distinguished preachers, and an
educator of note,, and is one of the
brilliant speakers who has contribut
ed toward making “The Catholic
Hour” one of America’s outstanding
radio features.
Greetings from Mrs. J. W. Mc
Collum, of Gainesville, Fla., who was
elected national president of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women at
the San Francisco convention last
fall, will be heard at the opening ses
sion.
Convention Program
The complete program for the con
vention will' be as follows:
Saturday, April 6—
Registration, Ansley Hotel, 5 to 7 p.
m.
Dinner. Ansley Hotel, 7:30 p. m.
Invocation, His Excellency, Bishop
Gerald P. O’Hara
Address, the Rev. Dr. Ignatius Smith,
O. P., Dean of Philosophy Studies,
Catholic University of Ameria.
Greetings, Mrs. J. W. McCollum, Na
tional President
Message. Miss Lenna Wilson, Field
Secretary, from National Headquar
ters
Summary of 20 Years Work
Twentieth Annual Report of Savannah Branch of Catho
lic Missionary Society of Georgia Reviews Activity
Since Establishment in 1920
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—At the anniver
sary meeting of the Savannah
Branch of the Catholic Missionary
Society of Georgia, Miss Kate A.
Walsh, president, -resented a report
which reviews the achievements of
the Savannah Branch for the twenty
year period which ended February
IS, 1940.
The Report
Most Rev. Bishop, E!ev. Fathers and
Members of The Catholic Missionary
Society:
This annual report concludes the
twentieth year of the existence of the
Catholic Missionary Society.
Outstanding in the year's activities
is the work of the Mailing Commit
tee, wjuch reports 5,000 pieces of
Catholic literature remailed to iso
lated members of our Faith. Most
grateful are we to Miss Agnes Lyons
and Miss Mae Murphy who carry on
this work.
Through the Linen Committee,
Miss Kate Latham chairman;" sur
plices and cassocks were supplied to
the altar boys of the Americus
church. Altar linens and furnishings
were also given to the Catholic
Chapel at the Reidsville Prison and
to the Scout Chapel at Camp
Strachen.
The annual card party, with Miss
Margaret McNally chairman, was a
great success, and yielded a consid
erable sum to our treasury.
In compliance with the wish of
Most Reverend Bishop the So-
Sunday. April 7—-
Low Pontifical Mass and Commun
ion, Christ the King Cathedral, 8 a.
m.
Communion Breakfast, School Audi
torium, 9 a. m.
Business Session, Ansley Hotel 10:30
a. m.
Report of Recording Secretary
Report of Treasurer
Committee Reports, Ten Commit
tees; Five minutes each
Report of Committee on Registra
tion
Recess
Luncheon, 12:30 p. m.
Afternoon Session, 1:30 p. m.
Six Panel Discussions, five speak
ers each, with two-minute limit
Reports of four Deaneries
Historian’s Report
President’s Report
Report of Nominating Committee
Election and installation of officers
Address. Most Rev. Bishop Gerald P.
O'Hara
Adjournment
Benediction of the Most Blessed Sac
rament, Sacred Heart Church, 5:45
p. m.
Buffet Supper, Georgian Terrace Ho
tel, 63 p. m.
FATHER BRENNAN
ORDAINED IN ROME
The Rev. J. Robert Brennan,
of Savannah, Says His
First Mass in St. Peter’s
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Rev. J.
Robert Brennan, of Savannah, who
has been a student at the North Am
erican College, in Rome, was ordained
to the priesthood on March 7, the
Sacrament of Holy Orders being ad
ministered by the Most Rev. Ralph
H. Hayes, rector of the college, in
the Chaoel of Our Lady of Humility.
The ijewly ordained priest is the
son of Mrs. J. F. Brennan, of 516 St.
Julian Street, and was one of sixteen
Americans studying at the North Am
erican College in Rome who were or
dained on that date.
He is a nephew of the Rev. Robert
Brennan. O. S. B., of the Sacred
Heart Church, and a cousin of the Rev.
Thomas S. Brennan, of Albany.
Father Brennan celebrated his first
Mass at the tomb of St. Peter the
Apostle in St. Peter's Basilica, and
said his next Mass at the altar of
the relic of St. John the Baptist, in
commemoration of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, in which
church he was baptized.
ciety became affiliated with the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women.
The union with this great Catholic
movement will, we feel sure, bene
fit us, and help to strengthen,
throughout our country, the cause of
our Holy Faith.
We are deeply grateful to our Most
Reverend Bishop for the gift of a
splendid portrait of our Holy Father,
Pope Pius XII. This comes direct
from Rome and bears with it for
every member, the Apostolic Bless
ing.
We wish also to express our thanks
to our Bishop and to Mrs. R, T.
Semmes for generous donations to
our work, also to the Ladies Auxil
iary to the A. O. H. for the constant
Penny March, to the Morning News
and Evening Press for courteous rec
ognition in their pages, and lastly to
our officers and collectors for their
splendid cooperation.
Looking Backward
At the inspiration of Miss Joanna
E. Walsh and under the leadership
of Very Reverend Joseph D. Mitchell
the Missionary Society was founded.
It had for its aim “help for the Mis
sions of Georgia.” With just twelve
members present, its first meeting
was held on February 17, 1920.
During the first year help to the
amount of $1,000.00 was given to the
church at Moultrie, Ga. This money
was raised outside of the regular in
come of the Society, which in that
year was $1,760.00.
Four beautiful chalices have been
made from old gold and silver col
lected by the members. One of these
was given to a church at Valdosta,
one to Cordele, and the third to a
needy mission. The fourth was pre-
sented to Most R'e verend Bishop
Keyes. It was a most exquisite
piece of workmanship, and represent
ed gold and silver from all over the
state.
Among the early missionary
achievements were the establishment
of catechism classes at Thunderbolt
and Port Wentworth. These were
conducted once a week, and did good
work for many years.
Mission vacation schools, lasting
two weeks, were conducted at Rocky
Ford and Willacoochee.
During these twenty years, funds to
the amount of nearly $23,000.00 have
been handled. This was distributed
to the Missions at the quarterly
meetings of the State Board. Our
Most Reverend Bishop presides at
these meetings &nd directs the dis
posal of the funds.
In 1933. under the fine leadership of
Mrs. John J. McManus, then presi
dent of the Society there was under
taken a drive for Octagon Soap
Wrappers. By agreement with the
Octagon Soap Company, wrappers
were redeemed at one-half cent each.
The drive extended throughout the
state, and eighteen hundred dollars
was realized from this venture.
It has been the privilege of the
Society to carry on its work under
the spiritual guidance of three
bishops, the Most Reverend Benjamin
J. Keiley, of sainted memory, the
Most Reverend Michael J. Keyes,
and our present Most Reverend Ger
ald P. O'Hara. Each bishop has at
all times had the welfare of our So
ciety at heart, and all that has been
accomplished is due to their wise
counsel and able leadership.
In closing, again in the words of
our founder, I make a plea for the
daily rosary, frequent communion,
constant invocation of our patrons
Saint Patrick and Saint Francis
Xavier, and a prayer for our Holy
Father, Pope Pius XII.
Respectfully submitted,
KATE A. WALSH.
According to the financial state
ment which accompanied the report,
during the twenty years of its exis
tence the Savannah Branch has ex
pended $22,913.23 for missionary
work in the State of Georgia. The
largest item of expenditure being
$14,741.82 which was turned over to
the State Board of Missions. Direct
contributions to missions, with ex
penses of religious instruction classes
at Willocoochee, Rocky Ford, Port
Wentworth and Thunderbolt, ac
counted for $4,$31.52, and the re
mainder of the amount expended in
cluded donations to Diocesan collec
tions, lecture expenses, subscriptions
to Catholic publications for missions,
with $1,054.43 covering printing, post
age, stationery and operating costs.
The officers of the Savannah
Branch of the Catholic Missionary
Society of Georgia include, in addi
tion to Miss Walsh, the president,
Miss Kate Latham, first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. J. E. Kelly, second vice-
president; Miss Catherine Cullum,
secretary - treasurer: Miss Katie
Quinan, corresponding secretary;
with and Advisory Board consisting
of Mrs. N. L. Grayson. Miss Margaret
Duggan, Miss Mae Murphy, Miss
Ernestine Walsh. Miss Agnes Lyons,
Miss Leila McDonough, and Mrs.
Hannah McDonough.
Catholic Activity Congress
Meets in Atlanta April 15-16
First Annual Southern Con
ference of Catholic Activi
ties Under Patronage of
Bishop O’Hara
ATLANTA. Ga.—The first annual
meetin" of the Southern Conference
on Catholic Activities will be held
here April 15, 16 under the patron
age of the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
Twelve Southern Bishops have al
ready signified their intention of
sending delegations to the Atlanta
meeting.
The Southern Conference will com
prise 13 Southern States included in
President Roosevelt's report on the
Economic Condition of the South,
which resulted in widespread atten
tion’ to the South as the Nation’s
leading economic problem.
It is the purpose of the Southen
Conference on Catholic Activities
to study the problems of the South
and to suggest possible solutions in
the light of the papal encyclicals.
The Southern Conference will also
consider youth activity, study clubs,
religious vacation schools and other
problems of the Church in the South.
At the Atlanta meeting there will
be round table discussions on labor
and industry in the South, the
Church in the rural South, the
Chdrch and the Negro, Catholic edu
cation, the press and lay organiza
tions. Noted Southern leaders and
national figures will participate.
'MOTHER OF SORROWS’
BY SAVANNAH SODALITY
Passion Play Presented
Under Auspices of St. Vin
cent’s Academy
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—An impressive
performance was the presentation of
the passion play, “Our Lady of Sor
rows’, by the Sodality of Our Lady
at St. Vincent’s Academy, March 14,
in the Municipal Auditorium.
Miss Helen Bums, prominent in
dramatics, played the lead, and the
cast of the play, which was in two
parts, a modern and a Biblical set
ting was: The modern play—
Granny, Rita Trapani; Mother,
Doris Keenan; Mary Martha Brad
ley, Rose, Dorothy Dillon; Mrs. Mil
ler, Marie Lyons; a Rich Lady. Bet
ty Coyle; Women, Loretta Feuger
ond Virginia East; Young Ladies,
Agnes Feuger, Mary Casey, Clinton
Gross, Ann Dyer, Mary Ann Kelly.
The Biblical play cast: Jesus, Eu
gene P. Powers; Blessed Virgin, Hel
en Burns; Veronica, Jane O'Connor;
Rebecca, Jane Butler; Judith, Jose
phine Bradley; Alba, Marguerite
Pinckney; Rachel, Mary Ronan; Mary
Magdalen, Ann Elliott; John. Pat
Buttimer; Judas, John Stapleton;
Angel, Martina Fountain; Satan,
Augusta Girls Awarded
Elks’ Essay Honors
Students of Sacred Heart
Parochial School Winners
In Essay Contest
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Three students
of the Sacred Heart school were
awarded highest horonrs in the
Americanism Essay contest sponsor
ed by the Augusta Lodge of Elks.
Anne Casey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Casey, was first in the
high school division; Fay Dora Brad
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bradley, was first in the grammar
school division; and Mary Van Sant,
daughter of Mrs. Sarah Casey Van
Sant, won second honor in the high
school division.
SAVANNAH SOCIETY
ADOPTS MEMORIAL
in
Our Lady’s Aid Society
Passes Resolutions
Memory of Mrs. Kate E
Miles
(Special to The Bulletin
SAVANNAH, Ga.—At a meeting of
Our Lady’s Aid Society, following
the death of Mrs. Kate E. Miles, who
for many years had been one of the
most zealous and devoted members of
the society, the following resolutions
were adopted.
IN MEMORIAM
And 1 will give thee hidden
treasures, and the riches of con
cealed places, that thou mayest
know that I am the Lord who
call thee by thy name, the God of
Israel Isaias xlv:3
A personality of great worth
passed from the membership of
Our Lady’s Aid Society, a life of
remarkable service ceased, when,
in the Providence of God, Mrs.
Kate E. Miles was called to her
goodly heritage, the fulfilment of
the promise made by Him to
those who here remain faithful
unto the end—the glorious crown
of Life Eternal.
We who worked with Mrs.
Miles know how sincere, how
full, how selfless was her service.
Her name was a household word
among the poor, the sick and the
infirm, and was enshrined, too,
in the hearts of the orphan boys
and girls of our diocese.
It may truly be said of her that
she was tireless in well-doing:
that her noble life was spent, not
for herself but for others.
The inspiring memory she left
to us who remain to carry on the
work of Our Lady's Aid Society,
and the force of her valiant spirit
—marked always by forthright
ness, integrity, justice, and an
all-embracing charity, will be a
powerful stimulus to us to pursue
the beautiful work of our Society
with hope, with courage, and
with zeal.
We shall miss her bright pre
sence; but through our priceless
faith we know that she is more
than ever bound to us in love,
and prayers that the work she,
and we, loved, during our asso
ciation of many years, will ever
succeed.
In full realization and appre
ciation of all that Mrs. Miles was
to Our Lady’s Aid Society for
more than thirty-five years, this
simple tribute is sincerely in
scribed.
VEVA HARTY.
ANNIE LYNCH,
MRS. JOHN W. GLEASON,
AGNES LYONS.
Memorial Committee.
Building of Church
Proposed in Decatur
Consider Construction of
Church to Serve Catholics
of That Section
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Discussion of a
proposal to build a church to serve
the Catholics of Decatur and sur
rounding sections was held at a mass
meeting held March 14 at the Ameri
can Legion Home, in Decatur.
Catholics from Decatur, Druid Hills.
East Lake, Kirkwood, Avondale, and
other near-by communities were 'n-
vited to discuss the proposed build
ing.
The Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, V.F.. dean of the Atlanta
District, presided and presented the
matter for general discussion. The
Very Rev. James T. Reilly, S.J., pas
tor of the Sacred Heart Church, .aid
the Rev. Joseph R. Smith, pastor of
the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, represented those parishes.
ARMY-NAVY BISHOP
AT FORT BENNING
New Auxiliary Bishop of
Army-Navy Diocese, th«
Most Rev. John F. O’HaratP
Visits Army Post in Georgia
-(Special to The Bulletin)
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Most
Rev. John F. O’Hara, C. S. C., Aux
iliary Bishop of the Army and Navy
Diocese, paid his first visit to Fort
Benning on March 9 and 10.
A delegation from Fort Benning
met Bishop O’Hara in Atlanta, and
escorted him to the army post, where
upon arrival he called upon Brigadier
General Bruce Magnuder, acting post
commander. -
The purpose of Bishop O’Hara’s
visit was to meet the Catholic per
sonnel of the post, over whom he has
spiritual jurisdiction and to acquaint
himself with the religious facilities
of Fort Benning as well as to note the
religious problems incident to the
concentration of a large body of
troops.
Bishop O'Hara assisted in the hear
ing of confessions on Saturday after
noon and evening at the post chapel,
where he celebrated Mass on Sunday
morning. After Mass, he addressed
the children of the catechism classes.
He said a second mass for the soldiers
of the First Division, after which
there was a reception for both the
enlisted and commissioned personnel,
a tour of the camp following.
At noon Bishop O'Hara was heard
in a brief talk over Station WRBL,
and had opportunity to meet the
Catholic population of Columbus at
a reception tendered Sunday after
noon by the visiting clergy from
Georgia and Alabama.
The clery of Georgia and Alabama,
who were present for the occasion,
greeted Bishop O'Hara at the home
of Colonel and Mrs. T. J. Cassidy.
The Catholic members of the 24th
Infantry held a reception for the Bi
shop at the N .C. C. Club in the 24th
Infantry area.
The Sacrament of Confirmation was
administered at the post chapel by
Bishop O’Hara later in the afternoon
and after the services he was “at
home” to the Catholic non-commis
sioned officers and their families, as
well as to the enlisted personnel, at
the Catholic chaplain's quarters. In
the evening, Bishop O’Hara was ten^^^
dered a reception and a testimonia^^^^
dinner at the Polo Hunt Club, whic^^^^
was attended by Georgia and Ala
bama alumni of' the University of
Notre Dame, of which Bishop O’Hara
was formerly president.
The confirmation ceremony was
preceded by a liturgical procession to
the Chapel .participated in by the
clergy, students of St. Joseph’s Col
lege, Holy Trinity, Alabama, and the
Altar Boys’ Guild, with the members
of the Catholic Men's Association ser
ving as a guard of honor.'
Solemn Pontifical Benediction fol
lowed the administering of the sac
rament, with the Very Rev. Dan Mc
Carthy, V. G., pastor of the Holy
Family Church, Columbus, as dea
con .and the Rev. Bernard McDonald,
M. S. S. S. T„ Superior of St. Joseph’s
College, as sub-deacon. Music was
rendered by a choir under the direc
tion of Alton L. Graham, with Mrs.
William Schildroth at the organ.
Bishop O'Hara received a class of
seven soldier-converts into the Catho
lic Church soon after his arrival at
the Infantry School.
While at Fort Benning, Bishop
O’Hara was the guest of the Rev. J.
R. Koch, U. S. Army, the Catholic
chaplain.
AUTO TRAILER CHAPEL
NOW AT FORT BENNING
Chadles Lyons. High Priests, Soldiers
and People, Junior Sodality.
The music -was furnished by the
choir of the Junior Sodality.
(Special to The Bulletin)
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Through
the courtesy of the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D„ Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, the Motor Chapel
Trailer, “The Queen of the Apostles”,
is temporarily placed at the disposal
of the Catholic Chaplains at Fort
Benning for use in their religious
work among the Catholic personnel
of the military reservation, both at
Fort Benning and in the First Divi
sion. It is now at the First Division.
“The “Motor Trailer Chapel” will
make it possible for the Chaplains
to conduct conveniently religious ser
vices for each organization while in
camp as well as to provide religious
activities for the men while in the *
field. An added advantage is seen in
the facility the Trailer Chapel offords
the Chaplains of making contacts
with the men of the various organi-
gations and of providing the men with^
ready access to the Chaplains. It^
will make possible the conducting of
religious services where there are
no chapel facilities. A regular sche
dule of visits to the various units is
being' arranged.
FATHER HARTY SPEAKER
AT EDUCATIONAL FORUM
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS. La. — The Reve
rend William J. Harty, S. J„ pastor
of Holy Name of Jesus Church, was
the principal speaker at an education
forum held by the Southern Confer
ence of the American Catholic Philo
sophical Association at the Roosevelt
Hotel