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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 25, 1940
FATHER O’HARA
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Bev. Jeremiah O’Hara, As
sistant at St. Patrick’s
Church, Augusta, Suc
cumbs to Heart Attack
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Reverend
Jeremiah O’Hara, for the past twen
ty years assistant pastor of St. Pat
rick's Church, in Augusta, died fol
lowing a heart attack on the night of
May 6.
Father O’Hara had not been in the
best of health for some months, and
on the day previous to his death had
suffered a slight collapse- Another
and more severe attack caused Father
O’Hara’s physician to be summoned
quickly, but he failed to respond to
emergency treatment, and passed
away shortly after the Rev. Leo M.
Keenan, pastor of St. Patrick’s, had
administered the last rites of the
Church.
In the presence of a congregation
which filled St. Patrick's Church on
the morning of May 9, the Most Rev.
Gerald P- O’Hara. Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta pontificated at a Solemn
Mass of Requiem for the repose of
the soul of Father O’Hara, whose
body was taken to Savannah for inter
ment in the priests’ section of the
Cathedral Cemetery-
Officers of the Mass were the Very
Rev. James T. Reilly, S. M., pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta; arch-
pirest; the Very Rev. Martin C. Mur
phy. pastor of St. Peter’s Church,
Columbia, S. C., and the Rev. Henry
A- Schonhardt. rector emeritus of
St. Patrick's Church, Savannah, dea
cons of honor; the Rev. Gustav
Obrecht, S. M. A.. Pastor of the
Church of St. Benedict the Moor, Sa
vannah. deacon; the Rev. James E-
King. Administrator of Sacred Heart
Church, Milledgeville, sub-deacon:
the Rev- Joseph Kavanagh, Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, Savannah,
master of ceremonies; and the Rev.
Harold Barr, pastor of St. Mary’s-
on-the-Hill, Augusta, assistant mas
ter of ceremonies.
Present in the sanctuary were the
Right Rev. Msgr. T. James McNa
mara. rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist , Savannah; the
Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph F- Croke,
pastor of St Anthony’s Church, At
lanta; the Rev. IJ. J. Kennedy, pastor
of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens, the
Rev. Charles McBennett, O- M. I-,
Cathedral of Christ the King, At
lanta; the Rev. Peter McDonnell, S.
J.. pastor of St. Joseph's Church,
Macon ;the Rev. Alphonsus Sittler,
S. M. A., pastor of St. Peter Claver
Church, Macon; the Rev. James H.
Gradv. pastor of St .Mary’s Church,
Rome; the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke,
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Sa
vannah; the Rev. Michael Doona,
Blessed Sacrament Church, Savan
nah: the Rev- Nicholas Quinlan, St.
Anthony's Church, Atlanta; the Rev-
Aloysius Wachter. O. S. B.. Sacred
Heart Church, Savannah; the Rev.
John Crean, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church. Washington; the Rev. J-
E. O'Donohoe, S. i-J., pastor of Sa
cred Heart" Church, Augusta; the Rev.
James A. Greeley, S. J.. Sacred Heart
Church, Augusta; the Rev. David J.
Foulkes, Jesuit Mission Band, Augus
ta; the Rev. George Laugel, S. M- A-,
pastor of Immaculate Conception
Church, Augusta; the Rev. Michael
Manning, St.-Mary’s-on-the-Hill, Au
gusta; the Rev. George Dietz, St.
William’s Church. Wards, S. C-; the
Rev. George Lewis Smith, St. Mary
Help of Christians Church, Aiken, S.
C„ and the §ev. Joseph M.
Phelan, S. J., Philadelphia; the Rev.
John Corcoran, S. M- A. Immacu
late Conception Church, Augusta.
Father O'Hara, a native of Troy,
New York, completed his theological
course at St. Bernard’s Seminary,
Rochester, and was ordained for the
Diocese of Savannah in 1904. He had
served on the mission of Milledge
ville and Albany, and at St. Pat
rick's Church in Savannah, before
coming to Augusta. He is survived by
a sister. Miss Julia O’Hara, of Troy;
and a brother, Thomas O'Hara, of
Chicago.
Redemptorist Priest
Observes Jubilee
Rev. Richard J. Keenan,
C.S.S.R., Comm’emorates
Silver Anniversary of
Ordination
NEWTON GROVE, N. C.—On May
29, the Rev. Richard J. Keenan,
C.SS.R-. of the Church of the Holy
Redeemer. Newton Grove, Sampson
County, North Carolina, will observe
the twenty-fifth anniversary of hi3
ordination to the priesthood by cele
brating a Solemn High Mass, Coram
Episeopo.
Father Keenan was born m Rox-
burv. Mass., January 18, 1883, and his
early training at Mechanics Art
School, in Boston, fitted him for the
work he has done in the West Indies
and Newton Grove. He attended St.
Mary’s College. North East, Pa., and
after his novitiate in Ilchester, Mary
land, was sent to Espous to continue
and complete higher studies. He was
ordained by Cardinal Farley at Mt.
St. Alphonsus, New York, in 1915.
The sermon at the Jubilee Mass
will be delivered by the Rev. A. J.
Petranek, C.SS.R., rector of the col
ored parish of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Charlotte.
The school children will entertain
with a program at the parish hall on
May 24 in compliment to Father Kee-
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Southern Catholic Women
Assemble in Birmingham
Youth Problems Studied at Regional Conference of
National Council of Catholic Women—Bishop
O’Hara and Bishop Walsh Attend Meeting
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
BIRMINGHAM.—To bring untiy
and harmony into the lives and the
works of the Catholic womanhood of
America is the primary purpose of
the National Council of Catholic
Women, the Most Rev. Thomas J.
Toolen, Bishop of Mobile, said in ad
dressing tthe closing session of the
First Southern Regional Conference
of the N. C. C. W. here Including
many members of the Hierarchy, rep
resentatives were presen from di
oceses throughout the South.
Participating in the meetings were
the Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel,
Archbishop of New Orleans and Epis
copal Chairman of the Department of
Lay Organizations, National Catholic
Welfare Conference; the Most Rev.
Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augus
tine; the Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow,
Bishop of Natchez; the Most Rev.
Francis R. Cotton, Bishop of Owens
boro; the Most Rev .Emmet M. Walsh,
Bishop of Charleston; the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara. Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta; the Most Rev, Eugene J.
McGuinness. Bishop of Raleigh; 'he
Most Rev. William L. Adrian, Bishop
of Nashville, and the Most Rev. Jules
B. Jeanmard. Bishop of Lafayette.
Also participating were the Rt. Rev.
Francis Sadlier, O. S. B„ Abbot of St.
Leo Abbey, St. Leo, Fla.; the Rt. Rev.
Columban Thuis, Abbot of St.
Joseph’s Abbey, St. Benedict, La.,
and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Ready. General Secretary of the
N. C. W. C.
Bishop Toolen Speaks
“What a great work there is to be
done for God by our Catholic
womenhood,” said Bishop Toolen.
“I think I voice the sentiment and
feeling of every Bishop in the South
when I say that the harvest is ripe,
the fields are white for the picking.
In the past ten years a great change
has come over our Southland. That
hatred, bigotry, prejudice that we
found on every side has disappeared
and our neighbors and our friends
not of our faith are anxious to know
our belief and our practice. They see
the Catholic Church as the bulwark
against destruction of home, of our
most beloved ideals, of our institu
tions, of our country. If we are to
make use of this God-given oppor
tunity we need to be awakened to our
duty to God, to our country. We must
be ready to sacrifice our time, our
wealth, ourselves for the cause and
in all this we need harmony and uni
ty. These two words are the slogan,
the keynote of this gathering and this
is the meaning of the N. C. C. W. If
it exists for any purpose it is to bring
unity and harmony into the lives and
works of the Catholic womenhood of
America.
More than 600 delegates to the Con
ference. representing a membership
of 15,000 heard members of the clergy
and the lay leaders of their organi
zation discuss a wide variety of prob
lems to be faced and tell of oppor
tunities for the spread of Catholic
Action in the South.
“Catholic women today have a
greater opportunity than ever before
to live and explain the teachings and
ideals of the Catholic Church to non-
Catholics, few of whom ever meet a
priest,” said Miss Laura Thornburgh,
Chairman of the Nashville Diocesan
Study Club.
Speaking on the value of the Catho
lic parent-teacher association. Sister
M. Sacred Heart, Superior of the Conr
vent of the Blessed Sacrament, here,
said:'
“Our Catholic teachers, from the
very nature of their vocation, are not
in a position to mingle with the world
where they would possibly come ;n
contact with the parents, hence, it is
of utmost importance especially in
our Catholic schools, that we have a
well-functioning parent-teacher asso
ciation. Exchange of view and ideate
is always a happy means of bringing
about a sympathetic attitude between
home and school with the result that
the teacher is better able to view her
pupils as individuals having a distinct
individuality, rather than mere^' a
portion of a group.”
Two youth sectional meetings were
held, one for youth itself and one for
sponsors. At a youth sponsors panel,
lead by Miss Anne Sarachon Hooley,
National Youth Chairman, the follow
ing took part: Miss Kattiryn E. Rid-
dock of Charleston. Mrs. Bernard
O’Neill of Natchez. Mrs. Leo Cain of
Springfield, Mrs. Frank Crawkord of
Indianapolis, and Miss Anna Rose
Kimpel, Field Secretary for Youth of
the N .C. C. W. All stressed the great
need for leaders in their own dioceses
and the high qualifications necessary.
Training courses were discussed.
“The Loss of Youth” was the sub
ject of the Rev. Malcolm Riera, Dean
ery Youth Chaiman of Mobile, who
emphasized the great need for inter
esting all young people in the CYO
through a balanced program of activi
ties.
In the general discussion that fol
lowed Bishop Walsh praised the spon
sors for the work they are doing and
again stressed the real need of ade
quate leadership.
“The Extension of Religious Educa
tion and Shrines” was the subject of
Mrs. P. J. St. Romain, President of
the Lafayette Diocesan Council. She
made reference to the Confraternity
of Christain Doctrine as an essential
form of Catholic Action for lay per
sons who devote themselves to re
ligious instruction.
Religious Correspondence School
Completes Second Year’s Course
Provides Only Means for Religious Instruction for Hun
dreds of Children of Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — The second
year for the Religious Correspond
ence Course for the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta has been completed.
Three hundred and ninety-five chil
dren of this diocese, many of whom
have no other means of receiving re
ligious instructions, have completed
the second year of this course. This
is one of the many diocesan projects
supported by the Confraternity of the
Laity and has been the instrument
of giving to many an opportunity of
learning the “reason for the faith that
is within them.”
The Course was started in the year
1938, when over three hundred chil
dren were enrolled for this mode of
instruction. The past year, however,
has been even more successful and
the number enrolled not only sur
passed our expectations, but the re
sults were equally satisfying.
The Course is divided into three
grades, of which the first covers the
ages from seven to ten, the second
from 11 to 15, and the third from 16
to 21. The ordinary instruction will
cover a period of three-year cycles
and as each cycle is completed the
advance will mean an added period
of religious training. Thus a child
entering upon this work at the age
of seven will be under instructions
for at least nine years. Many of these
children live in the rural areas of
our diocese and this form of instruc
tion is the only means of keeping
them versed in the catechism lessons.
This in itself makes the work worth
while.
The method followed is very simple.
Each week a child receives a lesson
in catechism, to which are attached
five questions. The answers to these
must be returned to the priest in
charge of this work by the following
Monday morning. The corrected pa
pers are returned with the new les
son. Thus the work continues from
week to week until approximately 26
lessons, including the examinations,
have been received by the child. At
the end of the term a report card is
mailed to the pupils on which the
number of credits gained by the
year’s work is listed. Each year a
pupil can gain two credits. After six
have been received the pupil re
ceives a certificate of merit. While
this work is discontinued during the
summer months, the instruction of
. the children is continued in the local
parish vacation school or at Villa
Marie. Thus, by the instructions of
the Sisters and the continuance of
this by the method of the Corre
spondence Course the children of the
diocese, who otherwise might have
few occasions for studying their faith,
are cared for and protected.
The outstanding students for the
past year, who shall be the recipients
of prizes to be presented at Camp
Villa Marie during the summer ses
sions by His Excellency, the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, are;
First Grade: First honors, Jack
Courtenay, Gainesville; second hon
ors, Alice V. Fleury, Griffin.
Second Grade: First honors, Helen
Jabaley, LaGrange; second honors.
Frances Mulherin, West Point; Betty
Solomon. LaGrange.
Third Grade: First honors, Marga
ret Baron, Port Wentworth; second
honors, Emmaline Najjar, Cedar-
town.
NEW NORTH CAROLINA
CHURCH COMPLETED
Rev. James C. Croke
Ordination, May 18
Three Successive Genera
tions of Croke Family
Have Entered Priesthood
(Special To The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.— The ordination
of the Rev. James C. Croke to the
priesthood, May 18, marks the third
successive generation of that family
to enter the priesthood, but even
more rare is the fact that the repre-
hentatives of these three generations
are living. Such is the distinction
of the Croke family of Waterford,
Ireland.
The ordination of the Rev. James
C. Croke follows that of his great-
uncle, the Very Rev. John A. Croke,
S. J., rector of Manresa House, Roe-
hampton, London, England; and that
of his uncle, the Right Rev. Monsig
nor Joseph F. Croke. pastor of St.
Anthony’s Church, Atlanta.
Rev. James C. Croke is the son of
Mrs. Margaret Croke. and the late
Alexander Croke, of Waterford, Ire
land. He attended the Christian
Brothers school in Waterford, Ire-
come to the United States where he
studied for the priesthood at St.
Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, and at
the Sulpician Seminary, at the Catho
lic University, in Washington.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders was
administered by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta, assisted by the clergy
of the Diocese. The newly ordain
ed priest celebrated his first Solemn
High Mass on Sunday, May 20, at
the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Father Croke was honor guest at a
luncheon at the DeSoto Hotel, ten
dered by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Jo
seph F. Croke, and also at a recep
tion held at the residence of Mrs.
Claudia Gannon. Monsignor T.
James McNamara also was host at a
luncheon for Father Croke and the
prelates and priests participating in
the ordination ceremony and Father
Croke’s first Solemn High Mass.
JOHN MOCK, ALBANY,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known and Beloved
South Georgia Catholic
Dies After Long Illness
GEORGIA LAYMEN'S
RETREAT JULY 19-21
Annual Retreat for Men Will
Be Conducted at St.
Joseph’s Home, Washington
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Announcement
is made by James B. Mulherin.
Chairman of the Retreat Section oM
the Catholic Laymen’s Association o®
Georgia, that the annual retreat foe
men, which is held each year at St-
Joseph’s Home, Washington Ga.,
will begin on the evening of Friday,
July 19, and close on the afternoon of
Sunday, July 21-
In former years it has been the cus
tom to begin the retreats at Washing
ton on Thursday evening and close on
Sunday morning but at the meeting
held last summer it was voted to be
gin the retreat on a Friday evening
and concluded on Sunday evening so-
that the men who were attending
would lose less time from their busi
ness pursuits.
The Rev. John Crean, manager of
St. Joseph’s Home, desires that those
who expect to make the retreat make
reservations as early as possible. Re
servations may be made through Fa
ther Crean, or through Hugh Kinch-
ley, Executive Secretary of the Lay
men's Association, Southern Finance
Building, Augusta.
CATHOLIC COLLEGE
FOR MIAMI BEACH
Sisters of St. Dominic Will
Conduct New Barry Col
lege for Women
Church of St. Lucian, at
Spruce Pine, to Be
Dedicated in July
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPRUCE PINE. N. C. — Plans are
being completed by the Rev. Stephen
A. Sullivan, Pastor of St. Lucian’s
Church, here for the solemn dedica
tion of the new church on Sunday,
July 7.
Tie new church, which is of na
tive bluestone, was built by A. J.
Burner and Son, of Ashville. from
plans executed by Lindsey Gudger,
also of Asheville. Adjoining the
church is the priests’ house, which is
of frame construction.
Gothic in design, the interior of the
church is finished in pine wood, with
walnut trim. In carrying out the
landscape plan for the church grounds,
pine trees and rhodedendron, native
to this section, will predominate.
Construction of the church building
and rectory has been completed and
the interior decorations will be fin
ished, and the furnishing installed in
time for the formal dedication.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ALBANY, Ga. — Mr. John H. Mock,
well-known and beloved Catholic
gentleman of Albany, died in Phoebe
Putney Memorial Hospital here, April
17, following a lengthy illness. Fun
eral services were held from St. The
resa’s Church, the Rev. T. A. Bren
nan, pastor, saying the requiem Mass.
The Rev. J. E. Doherty preached the
funeral sermon.
Prominent in Albany’s civic and
county affairs, Mr. Mock had held
several offices, and at different times
was associated with the advertising
ond editorial departments of The Al
bany Herald, in the columns of which
appeared a splendid tribute to him.
A former secretary of the Albany
Chamber of Commerce, chairman of
the board of city tax assessors, and
holder of other positions of trust and
responsibility, Mr. Mock had been
prominent in the life of the commu
nity for many years. He was widely
popular, and his death brought sad
ness to a host of friends.
He represented Dougherty Coun
ty in the Georgia Legislature for sev
eral terms, and had served as a di
rector of the Albany-South Georgia
Fair Association, and as president
of the Association of Georgia Fairs
and Expositions. He had served also
as chairman of the Dougherty Coun
ty Democratic Executive Committee,
and on the city and county boards of
education and as a trustee of the Car
negie Library Association. For a
number of years he was exalted
ruler of the Albany Lodge of Elks,
and played a prominent part in the
development of Albany during his
long career of public service.
Mr. Mock was born in Albany, Jan
uary 15, 1978. He was the grandson
of John V. Mock, one of the pioneer
settlers, who came to Albany in 1844.
He received his early education in
Albany schools, later receiving his A.
B. degree from Spring Hill College,
Mobile, in 1896. He was for a num
ber of years connected with the firm
of Mock and Rawson, one of the
oldest retail establishments in Al
bany, and later entered the brokerage
business.
He is survived bv his wife, the
former Miss Kate Herbert Pinkston;
two sons, Ray Mock, of Albany, and
John Mock, Jr., of Washington, D. C.;
a daughter, Miss Mary Mock; and a
sister. Miss Gertrude Mock.
BISHOP GIVES BENEDICTION
AT GOVERNOR’S INAUGURAL
BATON ROUGE, La. —Catholics,
Protestants and Jews had parts in the
religious ceremonies for the inaugu
ration of Governor Sam Houston
Jones and Lieutenant-Governor Marc
M. Mouton.
The Rev. Benjamin F. Rogers, pas
tor of the Mangum Memorial Metho
dist Church of Shreveport, who is a
former pastor of Governor Jones at
Lake Charles, gave the invocation,
and Rabbi W. G. Peiser, of Baton
Rouge, offered the prayer. The bene
diction was pronounced by tire Most
Rev. Jules B. Jeanmard, Bishop of
Lafayette, native city of Lieutenant-
Governor Mouton. .
(Special to The Bulletin)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Miami
Beach is to have a new college for
women, Barry College, named in
honor of the Most Reverend Patrick
Barry, D. D„ Bishop of St. Augus
tine. It will be conducted by the Sis
ters of St. Dominic, of Adrian, Mich
igan. under the direction of Rever
end Mother Mary Gerald-
The college will occupy a forty-acre
tract of land located in Northeast Se
cond Avenue at One Hundred and
Eleventh Street in Miami Shores, and
exclusive residential section of Great
er Miami.
Present plans call for the erection
of five buildings, the Administration
building, which will contain offices,
classrooms, library, are and musio^
studios, and laboratories for biology®
bacteriology, chemistry, and physics^
which will be furnished with the la
test equipment. Two residential units
will contain lounges, reception rooms,
private and twin bedrooms. The
dining hall will accomodate four
hundred and the chapel five hundred
The curriculum will be organized
on the divisional plan. The follow
ing groups will be set up. each un
der the direction of a chairman who
will be an expert in the field: Reli
gion and Philosophy. Language and
Literature, Natural Science, Fine
Arts. Elementary and Secondary Ed
ucation, Home and Family Life-
The college will be staffed largely
by memebrs of the Adrian Communi
ty holding higher degrees from the
best American and European univer
sities. and by clerical and lay pro
fessors of distinction.
In this, the first Catholic college
in Florida, will be incorporated the
finest traditions of an Order that
has been engaged in educational work
in the Church for more than seveii
hundred years.
Convent At Augusta
Has Been Remodeled
“Open House” at Sacred
Heart Convent Upon Com
pletion of Extensive Re
pairs
AUGUSTA. Ga. — The Alumni of
the Sisters of Mercy sponsored a re
ception and silver tea, in the nature
of an “open house” at the Sacred
Heart Convent upon the completion
of extensive repairs to the building
which is the home of the Sisters, of
Mercy, who conduct the Sacred Heart
parochial school.
Improvements and repairs have
been made to both interior and ex
terior of the building, which has
been served for many years, and the
structure now presents a most attrac
tive appearance.
The chapel has been redecorated
after the walls and ceiling had been
replaced.
Former students of the Sisters of
Mercy, and their friends, attended
the reception, and had opportunity
to inspect the remodeled convent
building.
Mrs. A. W. Lucky. Jr„ presided at
the tea table, assisted by Mrs. Nor
man Boatwright, Mrs. W. A. Herman,
Mrs. C. C. Kemp and Miss Gargaret
Funk.
Sister Martina Joseph. R. S M.. su
perior of the convent, and the Sisters
attached to the convent, also assist
ed in greeting the guests.
MRS. EVA CHAPMAN _
DIES IN ATLANAT r
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Eva Louise Chapman were
held from the Immiculate Concep
tion Church. April 23. the Bev, Joseph
R, Smith officiating. . „
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