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MAT 25, 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOUC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
Georgia Colored Catholic Laymen
Organize at Meeting in Augusta
Delegates From Colored
Parishes in Atlanta, Macon,
Savannah, and Augusta,
Name Edgar Matthews, of
Augusta, General Chair
man
AUGUSTA, Ga.—On Sunday, May
5, the colored Catholic laymen of
Georgia met in Augusta for the pur
pose of forming a permanent organi
zation. Delegates representing the
colored parishes in Atlanta, Macon,
Savannah, and Augusta were in at
tendance. —
Edgar L. Matthews, of Augusta,
General Chairman of the organiza
tion, presided and in his opening ad
dress said: “The colored Catholic
laymen of Georgia, realizing the need
of Catholic Action in a world where
men seem to have forgotten God,
have joined themselves together with
the hope of doing their part to bring
the Light of the True Faith to the
colored people of our beloved state.
Too long have we stood idly by and
watched our good Priests and Sisters
bear the burden in the heat of the
day. With never a thought that a
great part of this task should be
borne by us. With 7,000,000 colored
people in America having no church
or religious connections, we realize
that here is a gold mine of potential
converts for the Catholic Church if
we will put forth a little effort to
have them know the truth. Daily
we come in contact with thousands of
them, _ not thinking that we possess
a Divine Gift that they should also
share. So live in your community
that your lives will be an inspiration
to_ our non-Catholic friends. Doing
this, we will be carrying out the work
of Our Lord. Our priests and sisters
have given us their loyal suoport
and encouragement and we 'must
march on _ to victory over indiffer
ence and ignorance. To attain our
goal we must at all times be able to
give intelligent information to our
non-Catholic friends. We must, with
the cooperation of our Priests, have
instruction classes in each parish that
our parishioners may better under
stand the faith. Let us join hands
and work for our churches and our
schools, by so doing we will lighten
the burden on our Priests and Sisters,
help ourselves and our children, and
render honor and glory to God.”
At the morning session, which was
attended by the priests attached to
1he four Catholic churches in Au
gusta, the Very Rev. Ignatius Lissner,
American Provincial of the Society
of African Missions, Tenafly, N. J •
the Rev. Gustav Obrect, S. M A ’
pastor of the Church of St. Benedict
the Moor, Savannah; and the Rev E
J. Weiss, S. M. A., paster of Our
L^dy of Lourdes Church, Atlanta; the
Executive Secretary of the Catholic
Laymen s Association of Georgia,
Hugh Kinchley, spoke on “Catholic
Action. Musical selections were
rendered by a quartette.
Following the morning sessions, the
Re\. George Laugel, pastor of the
Immaculate Conception Church, and
ihe Rev. John Corcoran, S. M. A„ as
sistant, were hosts to the visiting
clergy at a luncheon at the convent
of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters.
Delegates to the convention were en
tertained by the local members at a
luncheon at the Tasty Shop.
At the afternoon session a consti
tution and by-laws were adopted,
plans for a Retreat to be held in Au
gusta in August were discussed, and
plans for instruction classes were
made. The following officers were
elected;
Edgar L. Matthews, Augusta, gen
eral chairman; Henry ~D. Watkins,
Macon, vice-chairman: Paul J. Steele,
Savannah, treasurer; V. C. Clinch, At
lanta, secretary. Father Weiss is the
spiritual director of the organiza
tion.
Savannah has been selected as the
next meeting place, at a date agree
able to Bishop O’Hara, who, because
of previous engagements, was not
able to attend the meeting in Au
gusta.
Spring Hill Graduates
to Hear Monsignor O’Brien
(Special to The Bulletin)
MOBILE. Ala. — Announcement is
made by the Rev. Dr. William D.
O’Leary. S. J., President of Spring
Hill College, that the Right Rev.
Monsignor Joseph L. O'Brien, S. T.
D., LL. D., Pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church. Charleston, S. C., will deliv
er the Baccalaureate address on Sun
day, May 26. Monsignor O’Brien’s ad
dress to the graduates will be: “To
Whom Much is Given.”
MRS. FRANCIS S. BLAIR
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Hannah Moore
Blair, wife of Francis S. Blair, who
died April 23, were held from Sacred
Heaxt Church, the Rev. Henry Wolfe,
pastor .officiating.
Mrs. Blair, a native of Walterboro,
was born July 8, 1896, the daughter
of J. E. Moore and Mrs. Mary Belle
Holcombe Moore. She had made her
home in Charleston for over twenty
years.
She is survived by her husband and
a son, F. S. Blair, Jr., of Washington.
MRS. ELLA BEAUDROT
DIES AT NAVY YARD
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Mrs. Ella
Beaudrot, wife of William L. Beaud
rot, died April 27 at her home at the
Charleston Navy Yard.
Funeral services were held from St.
Johns’ Church, with the Rev. M. J.
Reddin officiating.
A native of Charleston. Mrs. Deud-
rot was the daughter of Clarence
Baltzegar and Mrs. Eugenia Baltze-
gar.
She is survived by her husband and
a sister. Mrs. Lucia Shaw, of Char
lotte, N. C.
MISS CASSIE WEEKLEY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Cassie I. Weekley,
who died April 25. were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
She was the daughter of Charles
Ryan and Mrs. Mary Doyle-Ryan.
Surviving are two sons. Edward W.
Weekley and Charles L. Fisher, and a
daughter. Mrs. Charles S. McCarley,
of West Palm Beach.
JOSEPH ADAM KLINE
DIES IN COLUMBIA
CHARLESTON, S. C.-Funeral ser
vices for Joseph Adam Kline, whose
death took place in Columbia, May
I, were held from St. John's Church,
in North Charleston, the Rev. Michael
J. Reddin, officiating.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Kline was
the son of George J. Kline and Mrs.
Anna Mary Lansinger Kline. He was
forty-three years old.
Mr. Kline was a member of the
Charleston Lodge of Elks, and active
in veterans’ organiaztions, being a
member of Palmetto Post, of the
American Legion, and of Rear Ad
miral J. J. Raby Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. His wife, Mrs. Nonie
Rentz Kline, is state president of the
V. F. W. Auxiliary.
Surviving, in addition to his wife
are three brothers and four sisters.
| WINS PER—HOWARD
0-— o
AIKEN, S. C.,—With the third
Nuptial Mass celebrated at St. Mary-
Help-of-Christmas Church, since the
year 1876, Miss Edith Evelyn Howard,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., was married on
May 7 to Samuel F.'Winsper, Jr., of
New Bedford, Mass., and Clearwater,
S. C. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Harold Barr, pastor of St.
Mary’son-the-Hill Church, Augusta,
assisted by the Rev. George Smith, of
Aiken.
Miss Lucille Melan was the maid of
honor, and the bride’s only attendant.
James Winsper, brother of the groom,
of New York, was the best man. The
ushers were Joseph O'Connell and
Douglas Rupprecht.
Mrs. Winsper is the daughter of
Mrs. Florence Howard, of Brooklyn,
and the late John J. Howard. Mr.
Winsper is the son of Samuel F.
Winsper, of New Bedford, and the
late Mrs. Sarah McCarthy Winsper.
He holds the position of manager of
the Seminole Mills, at Clearwater,
where the couple will make their
home.
Police Sergeant
Dies in Charleston
Funeral Services for H. L.
Calder Held From St.
Patrick’s Church
CHARLESTON, S. C.-Funeral ser
vices for Police Sergeant Henry L.
Calder, whose death took place May
9. were held from St- Patrick's
Church, the Right Rev. Monsignor
Joseph L. O’Brien, officiating.
Sergeant Calder was sixty-five
years old. and a native of Charleston.
He was the son of Henry L. Calder
and Mrs. Elizabeth Cahill Calder.
A veteran of the Spanish-American
War, Sergeant Calder began his ca
reer with the Charleston police de
partment in 1901. He left the force in
1904, returning as chief clerk at
the police station later. Again leav
ing. he returned a second time in
1928, and served several years as a
detective- In 1938 he was appointed
orderly sergeant.
In addition to his police work, Ser
geant Calder worked from time to
time with railroads and had served
as house detective at the Francis
Marion Hotel, and as an officer of
the juvenile court.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Alice Hayden; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Joseph B. Sottile, Miss
Marie Calder and Miss Betty Calder;
two sons, Harry C. Calder and John
Francis Calder; two brothers, Leo
R. Calder, of Charleston; and George
R- Calder, of Sumter; two sisters,
Mrs. Johu J. Brennan and Mrs. J.
K- Jennings, of Sumter; a grand
daughter, and several nieces and
nephews.
Flags at the Charleston police sta
tion were at half-mast as a tribute to
the veteran officer.
JAMES ANTHONY McKENNA k
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C—Funeral ser
vices for James Anthony McKenna,
who died May 4, were held from St.
Joseph's Church, the Rev. J. Alexis
Westberry. officiating.
Mr. McKenna, who was a native of
Charleston, was thirty-five years old.
He was the son of John Joseph Mc
Kenna and Mrs. Mary Mansfield Mc
Kenna.
Surviving are thre sisters, Mrs. R'.
E. Lee, Mrs. J. C. Bullwinkle, and
Miss Catherine McKenna; three
brothers. William A. McKenna, Gar
rett J. McKenna, and Eugene F. Mc
Kenna; and several nieces and neph
ews.
RUSS MARY G. MURPHY,
RETIRED TEACHER, DIES
CHARLESTON, S. C.-Funeral ser
vices w’ere held from St. Patrick’s
Church for Miss Mary G. Murphy,
retired teacher in the public schools
of Charleston, who died at her home
in Windermere, May 6, in her 80th
year.
Miss Murphy, who retired ten years
ago, had taught here for fifty years.
She was seventh grade teacher and
head of the girls grammar department
at Courtenay, after which she taught
the eighth grade at Memminger.
Born in Charleston,, she w’as the
daughter of Martin Murphy and Mrs.
Catherine Molloy Murphy, both of
Ireland.
She is survived by two cousins, Mrs.
Frank B. Moran and H. L. Molloy.
JOHN JOSEPH TEAGUE
SUFFERS FATAL INJURY
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for John Joseph Teague,
whose death resulted from injuries
received in an accident several days
before, were held from St. Patrick’s
Church, May 17, burial with full mili
tary honors following at St. Lawrence
Cemetery.
Mr. Teague, a leader in veterans’
organizations, was fifty-three years
old, a native of Charleston, and the
son of William F. Teague and Mrs.
Mary Ann Robinson Teague.
He was a past commander of the
Rear Admiral J. J. Raby Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was ser
vice officer of Palmetto Post No. 112
of the American Legion, and at the
time of his death was commander of
the Military Order of Cooties.
Surviving ore his mother, a sister,
Mrs. W. R. Davey, and several nieces
and nephews.
Congratulations to Our Good
Neighbor for Sixty Years
ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL
On Its Sixtieth Birthday
STEINERBRU BREWERY
Atlantic Company
247 Courtkmd Street, N. E.
‘ ’ ATLANTA, GA, ^ >
Retired Columbia
Merchant Is Dead
Death in Roanoke, Va., of
John Fitzmaurice—Funeral
in Columbia
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Funeral ser
vices for John Fitzmaurice, 82, who
died suddenly April 28, at his home in
Roanoke, Va., W’ere held from St.
Peter's Church, the Rev. Martin C.
Murphy, the pastor, officiating.
Mr. Fitzmaurice, a retired mer
chant, had formerly oerated for fifty
years one of th leading dry goods
stores in Columbia.
He w’as a native of Ireland, and is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Katherine Spratlin, of Roanoke; Mrs.
Lillian Wheat, of Charleston; Mrs.
Mary Ethel Boling, of Tampa; Miss
Genevieve Fitzmaurice, of Roanoke;
four sons, Alex Fitzmaurice, of Bir
mingham; William Fitzmaurice. Ber
nard Fitzmaurice and George Warren
Fitzmaurice, of Roanoke, and a sis
ter, Miss Mary Fitzmaurice, of
Roanoke. Charles A. Brady and Mrs.
Marie B. Walker, of Columbia, are
nephew ana niece. .b. r , ri , t ,,.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE
•TOR HOME AND
DIOCESAN DIRE'.
Rev James J. Graot
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Sa* r
222 EAST HARRIS ST,
Savamhajj. Ga^
‘She Shall Crush the Serpent 9
His Excellency, Most Reverend Wil
liam Bouter, Bishop of Nellore, India,
has a fund of stories concerning his
years of mission work in that coun
try, but the following is particular
ly timely for the month of May, de
dicated, as it is, to the veneration of
the “New Eve.”
“I remember on one occasion,”
writes the Bishop, “when a group of
30 or 40 catechumens were standing
before me for Baptism. I asked one of
them, i boy of 16 years the question:
Do you renounce Satan?’ The an
swer was: ‘No, I do not renounce him’-
I was surprised for he was one of
our best catechumens who bad al
ways been very anxious to be bap
tized. When I came near him I no
ticed that he was possessed; his eyes
looked terrible, foam was on his
mouth and he was trembling.
“We started the Rosary and after
the first decade I repeated my former
question only to receive the same
negative reply. W’e completed the ro
sary and once more 1 asked: ’Now I
Lady, in the name of her Immaculate
ask you in the name of our Blessed
Conception, do you renounce Satan ’
At once came the answer: Yes’, 1 do
renounce him’. All fear .had gone
and he was baptized. When Iasked
him later on for an explanation, he
told me that when I first questioned
him he was held back by a mysterious
power which prevented him from re
nouncing the devil — a feeling which
gave him a fear and abhorence of
the Sacraments till the name of Mary
was pronounced. We experience this
so often. The power of Satan and the
power of God and His blessed Moth
er."
Three Centuries of Devotion
Do you remember the early days
of the New Deal activities when great
plans for the future promised to put
Passamaquoddy. Maine, prominently
on the map? Those plans seem to
have petered out somehow. Not so
th» faith of the 475 industrious In
dians who live in that district. "The
Indian Sentinel” informs us that
“their little reservation is situated on
the southeastern tip of the State of
Maine, on Passamaquoddy Bay. Here
is located St. Anne’s Mission, an off
spring of the old Abenaki Mission
which was established 300 years ago.
The faithful Indians have remained
wonderfully loyal to the Faith during
all this time, despite wars, persecu
tions and many other adversities, in
cluding deprivation of a priest for
considerable intervals.”
ttftli Anniversary of Jesuits
“This year the Society of Jesus,
more familiarly known was the Je-
suits. celebrates the 400th anniversary
of its foundation, an event most wor
thy of commemoration and comment
Begun when the so-called ’Reforma
tion’ was making great inroads on
the Catholic peoples of Europe, the
Society was able in a few years to
undertake the most diverse kinds
of work — foreign missions, teaching,
preaching, counseling, etc. All these .
activities were entered upon ’ad ma-
jorem Dei Gloriam’ (for the greater
glory of God). The Society particu
larly promoted the glory of God-when
its members, many of them men of
brilliant attainments, turned back
the advance of the Reformation anil
led the counter-attack which culmi
nated in the historic Council of Trent.
’’Today the Society is among ihe-
largest in total membership in the
Church. Throughout the world, amid
the snow and ice of Alaska, in the
torrid jungles of the equator and in
the temperate zones, Jesuits are en
gaged in countless projects for Christ
and His Church. Everywhere they
display the same spiritual energy, the
same devotedness to the salvation of
souls and the greater glory of God,
that marked their holy founder and
his first disciples.” — The Sign, May,
194C.
India Awaits the Harvest
Monsignor Thomas Pothacamury,
Bishop-elect of Guntur, India, gives
consoling facts concerning the pro
gress ot Catholicism in his native
land. "A stiiking feature in the ex
pansion of the Church in modern
times,” he states, “is the rapid in
crease in the number of Indian priests.
There are now 2,600 diocesan priests
and 400 priests of religious orders
and congregations. Whereas theie waT-
not a single Indian Bishop in 1887,
there are now 14.”
AN ENLIGHTENING VIEWPOINT
Desmond Strir.ger in the April 1940
number of “China” reminds us that
while charity begins at home, ii chjes
not end there. ‘It is not solely by the
perfecting of its cells that the tody
grows”, Mr Stringer states, “but by
the addition of new cells. Likewise
in the mystical Body. Thus the slo
gan, “There's China (or Africa, or
India) enough at home’, is not only
wrong but idiotic; wrong because of
its rank individualism, idiotic be
cause it denies that growth is essen
tial for a body to achieve its proper
stature. The two means of pir.yer
and alms must be divided proportion
ately between the ’perfecting’ func
tion and that of the ‘adding 1 or grow
ing. The ’perfecting’ of the Church at
home to the stunting of the mystical
Body’s growth is intrinsically wrong.”
ST. JOSEPH’S
INFIRMARY
1880-1940
A Word of Appreciation
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Atlanta and this entire section the pride which they feel in
St. Josephs Infirmary, and joins with them in sincere and
grateful appreciation of the splendid service to humanity
which it has continuously performed throughout its notable
60-year history.
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