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by Oscar Stra 4t
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MAY 25, 1940
THREE ORDAINED BY
BISHOP OF RALEIGH
Confers Holy Orders on the
Eev, Lawrence Newman,
the Rev. Philip B. Edelen,
Jr., and the Rev. Thomas
E. Curran
_THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Three Priests Ordained for Diocese of Raleigh
1 to The Bulletin)
Raleigh, n. c. — with impres-
53ve ceremony at the Cathedral of
the Sacred Heart, on May 2, His Ex
cellency, the Most Rev. Eugene J
McGumness, D. D„ Bishop of Ra-
ieigh, ordained three young men to
the priesthood.
It was the first time that Bishop
Mcouinness had administered the
SaCTament of Holy Orders, and one
. ‘hree ordained, the Rev. Phil-
JP B. Edelen, Jr., of Raleigh, was the
hrst priest ordained from the Cathe
dral Parish.
hi addition to Father Edelen, Bishop
McGumness ordained the Rev. Law-
r f" ce C. Newman ,of St. Paul’s pa
rish New Bern, and the Rev. Thomas
Curran, of St. John the Evange
list parish, at Roanoke Rapids. Walter
Higgins, a student at Mt. St. Mary’s
Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland,
who will be ordained to. the priest-
nooc at his home in Camden, New
Jersey, was made a deacon.
Assisting in the ordination cere
mony were the Rev. J. Lennox Fed-
eral, S. T L., rector of the Sacred
Heart Cathedral; the Rev. John A
Brown, assistant, at the Cathedral;
the Rev. Thomas A. Williams, pas-
lor qf. St. Anthony’s Church, South
ern Pines; the Rev. Nicholas Bliley,
O. S. B., V. G-, Belmont Abbey; Pre-
wnt in the sanctuary were Right
Rev- Monsignor William O'Brien,
Durham; the Rev. Maurice McDon-
. G. S. B., Charlotte; the Rev
Michael A. Irwin, New Bern; the Rev
Peter Denges. of Roanoke Rapids;
the Rev. Francis J. Gorman, of Golds
boro; the Rev. James J. Noonan.
Goldsboro; the Rev. Peter McNemev
Rocky Mount; the Rev. William J
McLaughlin, C- SS. R„ Newton Grove,
the Rev. John B. MoGuirk, of Wil-
son; the Rev- Vincent L. Cottam, O.
£?’ »•’ Fayetteville; the Rev. Walter
F. Mack, O. M. I., Fayetteville; the
Rev. Eugene H. Livelsberger, Durham
the Rev. Patrick N. Gallagher, Pine-
"“Jur 1 Francis J. Morrisey, Nazareth
Mr and Mrs- L. C. Newman, of
New Bern; Mr. and Mrs. John Cur
ran of Roanoke Rapids, and Mr.
and Mrs. Philip B. Edelen, of Ra
leigh, parents of the newly ordain
ed priests, witnessed the ceremony.
• REV. JAMES MANLEY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
Wilmington, N. C., Dies at
Walter Reed Hospital
(Special to The Bulletin)
WILMINGTON, N. C. - Most Rev-
eiend Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D..
Bishop of Raleigh pontificated at a
Solemn Mass of Requiem for the re-
ix>se of the soul of the Rev. James
Manley, pastor of St- Mary’s Church
here, who died at the Walter Reed
Hospital, Washington, April 30. Fol
lowing the services Father Manley's
body was laid to rest at Belmont
Abbey, with militarv honors
During the World War Father Man-
ley had served with the United States
Army as a Chaplain, and was one of
• the first American soldiers to set
foot on German soil. He was wound
ed four times- While his body rested
in state in St. Mary’s Church, mera-
bers of the veterans’ organizations
maintained a guard of honor.
Father Manley was an outstanding
leader in Catholic Youth Organization
work in North Carolina. He was active
in the promotion of amateur sports
-particularly boxing. He had "Coached
several Golden Gloves teams and
was reported to be the only priest
mi the country who acted as coach and
adviser of a boxing team. Several
years ago he developed championship
teams that participated in tourna-
tne n t s at Madison Square Gar
oen.
He came to Wilmington nine years
having served as pastor
T ]r .y° n > Hendersonville, and as
chaplain at St Leo's Hospital, Greens-
boro He is credited with establishing
the first parochial school in the Dio
cese of Raleigh, at Hendersonville
Father Manley's loss will be great
ly te*t, as he had won the devotion
and esteem of a host of friends. Ees-
pecially will he be missed by the
young people, in whom he had al
ways shown a genuine interest.
The Rev. Michael J. Begley. Pastor
Sacred S Heart ^Cathech-a 1 "^were^left to^rigto^toe ^ftev " j i Eugene J- McGuinness, D.D., Bishop of Raleigh, at the
Philip B. Edelen, Jr„ of Srf.'lnd Av C ’ N< \ w Bern, N. C.. the Rev.
shown standing behind Father Edelen and Father Curren C ’ of Roanoke Bishop McGuinness is
Bishop M’Guinness Observes
Silver Jubilee of Ordination
Celebration at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh, Also
Commemorated Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Mon
signor Freeman’s Ordination to the Priesthood
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C. — With elaborate
ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral
her, May 22, the Most Reverend Eu
gene McGuinness, D. D„ Bishop of
Raleigh commemorated the twenty-
fifth anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood. At the same time the
Right Reverend Monsigneur Arthur
R. Freeman, V. G., former Rector of
the Cathedral, and now pastor of
Holy Trinity Church, Kinston, ob
served the silver jubilee of his ordi
nation. .
Solemn Pontifical High Mass was
celebrated at the Cathedral, the Most
Reverend William D. O'Brien. D. D.
LL. D-, Titular Bishop of Calinda’
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, and
President of the Catholic Church Ex
tension Society, delivering the ser
mon.
The jubilee celebration began with
a reception in honor of Bishop Mc
Guinness in the Colonial Room of
the Sir Walter Hotel, on the evening
of May 21, and His Excellency was
guest of honor at a dinner at the Sir
Walter following the services at the
Cathedral.
Ordained in 1915
Bishop McGuinness was born at
Hallerton, Pa-, and attended Holy
Infancy School in Bethlehem, Pa,
and the Seminary of St. Charles Bor-
romeo, Philadelphia, where he was
ordained to the priesthood May 22,
1915. He holds the LL.D- degree from
Villanova College, a Ph. D. from
Little * Rock College and the degrees
of J. U, D. and S. T. D. from the Uni
versity of Santo Thomas in Manila.
Following his ordination, Bishop
McGuinness became successively a
curate at St. Paul’s Church, St- Aga
tha’s Church, St. John's Church and
the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul
in Philadelphia. In 1919 he was
named field secretary nf til.. Catholic
Church Extension Society and in 1921
he was made second vice president
and director of the Child Apostles and
the Order of Martha. Later he was
appointed executive secretary of the
American Board of Catholic Missions
and, m 1929, was created a domestic
prelate with the title of Rt. Rev.
°f Star of the Sea Chapel. Wrights-
vill, delivered the eulogy at the fun
eral services-
Monsignor- He was made bishop of
Raleigh in elaborate ceremonies here
in 1938.
Progress in Diocese
Since Bishop McGuinness came to
Hiocese of Raleigh, seven new
churches have been erected in th
territory under his episcopal jurisdic-
bon; Church of rhe Holy Child. Pine
Bluff; S acied Heart Church, White-
vilie; St. Patrick’s Church, C arlotte;
Church of the Holy Redeemer. Kill
? eVl1 ^ ’ St. Lucian's Church
Spruce Pine; St. Joseph’s of the Hills,
Leaksville Spray; St. Catherine of
Sienna Church, Wake Forest St Pat-
rick’s Church, at Fayetteviile, built
before Bishop McGuinness came to
Raleigh, was dedicated by His Ex
cellency, who has also remodeled the
interior of the Cathedral here and
the Chapel of the orphanage at Naza-
reth.
Bishop McGuinness has inaugurat
ed missionary work among the col
ored people at Charlotte. Durham,
Newton Grove, Winston-Sale'm, and
Lhzaoeth City. New schools have
been opened at Waynesville, Rocky
Mount, and Scuthern Pine-:, and sev
eral parishes, foimerly missions were
opened, among these being Sacred
Heart, Uhiteville; St. Frances de
Mt 01i^ Un bert ° n ’ a ” d S '" Mar >' s
Monsignor Freeman
Monsignor Freeman, a native of
Goldsboic, now >s pastor of Holy Trin
ity Cnurch at Ku.ston. He receiv-
ed his cdiege education at Mount
Maiy s College, Emmitsburg,
Md and made his theological studies
at Belmont : Abbey Seminary, where
he was _ ordained to tne priesthood
6 ’J' 15 ; Aft ?1 16 years as pastor
of, S- Marys Church, Goldsboro,
where he established a parochial
school oe was appointed rector of
Sacied Heart talnedral in Raleigh
He has served on the board of
consu Iters of the diocese since Sep
tember 11, 1925, as vicar general of
the diocese s.nce November 10. 1883
and as index of vr-* • :
REV. T. E. GORRAN
SINGS FIRST MASS
Father Curran First Priest
Ordained From Roanoke
Rapids, N. C.
little flower gamp
For girls in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 12 miles from Asheville
offers unique feature of learning conversational- French
Swimming, dancing, tennis, basket ball, volley ball’ dramatics.
CAMP RATED “A” BY STATE AUTHORITIES.
ASHEVILLE
Address
REVEREND MOTHER
Si Genevieve -of-the-Pmes
NORTH CAHOtim
— novemoer It 1 . 1883,
at.d as judex of the Diocesan Matri-
monuil Court. He served as chancel-
• u , , le diocese until June It- 1938
when he was made pastor at Kinston!
In December of 1934, Pope Pius XI
elevated him to the rank of d, mestic
premte w-th the title of Rt. Rev
Monsignor.
Bishop McGuinness
Dedicates Convent
(Special to The Bulletin)
e ,™SON ^ c. - M ost Reverend
Eugene J. McGumness. D- D., Bishop
of Raleigh, will pontificate at a Sol-
emn Mass which will be celebrated
m St ™* r **> s Church on Sunday,
May 28, m connection with the bless
ing of the new St. Theresa s Con-
, ac Y 5rckn « announcement
made^by the Rev. Francis J. McCourt,
7'n a S° admin -
_ , ^fHunent of Confirm.-intion
u^Wdson. and at St. Elizabeth’s j
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N C—The
R , e Y'- Tho V la * Edward Curran, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Curran of this
city sang his first Solemn Mass on
Sunday May 5 at the Church of St
John the Baptist. He is the first
priest to be ordained from this young
parish, which is only nine years old
Ihe assistant priest of the Mass was
th 0 rim r et r r . M - Bfnges, pastor of
the Catholic Church here; the deacon
was the Rev. Vincent Campbell. O.
£ R ’ g r 9 fe£ i s° r at the Benedictine
High School, Richmond, Va • the
, Y as ‘be Rev - William
Rabil, of Weldon, N. C.
An eloquent sermon on the Holy
Priesthood was delivered by the Verv
Rev. Charles Kastner, O. S. B, pas-
*° r °f. the Cathedral, Mary ’ Hein
of Christians. Belmont, N. C- The
Rev. Peter McNerney, pastor of the
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Rocky Mount, N. C., and the
R f. v -, J . 0 , h , n McGuirk, pastor of St.
Elizabeths Church, Farmville N C
were present in the sanctuary. ’ "
Mr Jay Sanders, popular director
of St- Johns choir, and Mrs. Ameel
Rabil, our versatile organist, arrang
ed a grand musical program for this
festive occasion. The ladies of the
altar society decorated the church
artistically while a friend of the
parish had the church painted for the
celebration. e
Following the Mass, a delicious
tov q F et m WaS r- SerVed at ‘ he rectory
for Father Curran’s relatives and
friends by Mrs. Sterling Gary and
Mss Gary and Miss Nannie Gary of
Halifax, N. C. A beautiful chalice
to lhe - voun £ priest
caf 6 g!fts many oiher ecclesiasti-
Among the guests were Ven. Sister
E 6 f*fi, a S d Ven ' Bister Mary
^ bleenof the Sisters of St- Dominie,
Raleigh, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. James
°/A„ ,S u C,ly; Miss Margueriet
Kelley, of Dorchester, Mass-; and the
fwe sisters of Father Curran: Mrs
v t .X', Maye , r - of Irver-River Edge,
■f-> ^ rs - John R. Shunny, of New
York City; Miss Margaret j. Curran,
of New York City; Miss Kathleen
C Curran of Boston, Mass.; and
Miss Cecilia Curran, of New York
. Another sister, Mrs. Harry
C. Virtue, of Bergenfield, N. J. was
unable to be present-
Glee
mont
rection of
cently
tom-
ends
"nils years
cities to its schedule
performances before
major cities of North and
olina.
Miss
derson,
tured
gan of
piano
Miss
Sulphur
companist
also for the
at the Solemn Pontifical
the Belmont Abbey Cathedral.
Outstanding on this year
were “My Hero” (from
late Soldier”) by
Rosary” by
anga”—a song
“The Lord Is a Mighty,
aelssohn.
The members of the club
varied sections of the countrvi
following states being represd
New York, West Virginia.
New Hampshire, North C?i
South Carolina, Georgia. Term
Louisiana, and Pennsylvania,
members are from Havana. Cui
Joe Glee Clubs have been enh s i
astically received at every correrl
and return engagements have tVed
requested. ^
ATHLETIC BANQUET
AT SACRED HEART
The annual athletic banquet
held at Sacred Heart'College, M
in one of the private dining
the school. Coach Max A. Patrish
dressed the girls, congratulating t
°n the fine spirit and cooper;■
which was shown this vear dul
the basketball season. The team
1 ( out of 20 games.
PLEASE
RECITAL PLEASES
LARGE AUDIENCT
The anual piano recitals were
May 16 and 17 by the Saint C
Music Club in the Sacred Heail
lege auditorium. Composition
Prokofieff, Ibert, Albeniz, - iWJrm
inoff, Lecuona, and other outstanc
modern composers were well rer
ed. A two piano number,
Dialoguee” by Boeliman mam
pleasing finale. A large and appre
tive audience was present. •
On May 31, Miss Mary Elizai|
Moor, and Miss Dorothy Hogan
pils of Sacred Heart College art
give a combined vocal and piano
cital.
RENOWNED SOPRANO
HEARD IN CONCERT
Miss Marie Houston, world' re
nowned soprano, appeared recently in
a musical program at Sac ed Heart
Junior College. The carefully selected
repertoire consisted of the ever fa
vorite American Indian love Ivricst.
gay melodies of Switzerland and Cuba
as well as lovely old French and’Jtei.
■an songs of the earlier centuries A
costunje authentic in every detail
3 upils of St. Monica's,
Raleigh, Excel in Music
RALEIGH. N. C. - The Junior
Chorus of St. Monica’s Schc^l, ^hkh
is conducted by Servants of the Im
maculate Conception Heart of Ma
ry, under the direction of the Domi-
Fa * h f u rs ’ won highest honor
rating at the State Music Cor test
Festival held in Greensboro. The pu^
pils from St. Monica’s were especially
commended by the judges for their
i 3h .- aSln|r ’ / ha<i,n E- accuracy,
rhythm, diction and interpretation.
Norma Wall, St- Monica’s iunior
entrant tn the piano
State Musi* Festival
worn by Miss Houston during tacri
group of songs to complete a ne-feet
picture of the national dress of each
country.
Miss Houston just* returned
United States after a tour of
Norway, Sweden, Denmark"
South America, New Zeala
Australia.
Two groups of piano solos
played by the assisting artist
lhelma Pickering, who is an
plished artist.
DOCTOR EVA ROSS
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
Miss Eva J. Ross, Ph D., well known
sociologist delivered a lecture to the
students of Sacred Heart Cohere tm
the subject of “The Gra.l YoJS
Movement . Miss Ross explained its
significance to the development of
religious life among young women,
and its far reaching influence in Enx%
land and on the continent.
Miss Ross, who is an author of
books on sociological and- econonA.
cal questions, is a noted inter nrtiof^.
i , Iec ' turer . .having appeared i-lortl
student audiences at Oxford
London universities in Englani
sociological societies in Fiance
land and Belgium and to many . .A.
ieges m the United States. She
h 1 r T B ' A' <JcRrc,r at die Unf.
veisity of London, and her D*^-tora*«
at Yale University.
ANNUAL MAY PROCESSH>\
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY N
ann io al ¥ av P r °oession warn
for?^, LrL waf the
°4nv T fl and Impressive lea.
mony The procession which waa
formed outside the chapel, pror, ed«l
tKl° UR X< dl0 main campus grounds td
the grotto, where the Blessed Noth*
er was crowned by Miss Anita'
istany of Havana Cube
coronation Sok***c Benetl
given by Rt. Rev. A
Taylor O. S. B. who was
Rev. Gregory Eicbenlaub n E_
S ev ' Sebastian Doris-, O. S E
Rev. nmothy Flannija.,-.. o £. £
latter was Master a* Ceremonies.'
fomied admirably well befoie a
and appreciative audience and
fleeted much credit
Tlie Frances R-
pastor of Si