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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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NEW SACRED HEART CHURCH, CHARLESTON
New Church at Spruce Pine
North Carolina Dedicated
Monsignor Freeman Officiates at Dedication of St.
Lucian’s Church, of Which the Rev. Stephen
Sullivan Is the Pastor
Shown above is the new Sacred Heart Church, with adjoining rectory, which was erected upon the site of
the church and rectory which was destroyed by the tornado which swept Charleston two years ago. The new
church was dedicated in November, 1939, by the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.. Bishop of Charleston,
j (The sermon at the Solemn Pontificial High Mass of dedication was delivered by the Right Rev. Monsignor
i. Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic University of America. The Rev. Henry Wolfe is pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, with the Rev. James J. Guinea, as his assistant. The Rev. Michael Mclnerney, O. S. B., of Belmont
j Abbey, N. C., designed the new church which is constr ucted of brick. One of its striking features is the cru-
i ,dfi* over the entrance.
Sacred Heart Parist Boasts
Charleston’s Newest Church
The Rev. Henry F. Wolfe Is Pastor of Congregation
Composed Largely of Young Married Couples
(Special To The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The new
Sacred Heart Church and rectory,
replacing the buildings destroyed in
the tornado of September 29, 1938,
was solemnly dedicated by his Ex
cellency, the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D. Bishop of Charleston,
November 29, 1939.
This parish is unique inasmuch as
the congregation represents chiefly
young married people who are rais
ing their children with true Catholic
fervor and buying their own homes.
This parish unusually well organ-
bed by the founder, the late Father
John J. Hughes, supports a Holy
Name Society, Mr. Gerald McMahon,
president. St. Vincent de Paul Con
ference, Dr. T. M. Scharlock. presi
dent, St. Ann's Society, Mrs. Howard
Adams, president, Ladies of Charity,
Mrs. Howard Adams, president,
league of the Sacred Heart. Confra
ternity of the Blessed Sacrament,
Mi. Frank F. Bellinger, president,
Parent Teachers’ Association. Mrs.
Bertha Florio. president, Sodality of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, Miss Pau
line Sturcken. president.
The Study Clubs under the direct
ion of the Rev. James J. Guinea, as-
Jjslant, manifest exceptional success,
•leather Guinea in order to foster de
motion to the Blessed Sacrament, keep
clubs together and focus atten-
on has the members receive Holy
Communion the first Sunday of each
month. Father Guinea is also di
rector of the parish Youth Council
that gives much satisfaction.
Bishop Walsh administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation on Sun
day, March 17, to 94 children and 8
adults, converts.
In the annual May Procession,
Sunday May 19, there were 298
children which did not represent the
total number of children who could
have been in the procession. The
May Queen was Miss Evelyn Sou-
beyroux, assisted by Miss Eleanore
Condon and Miss Leonie Haring.
Tile choir is under the direction
of Mrs. Thomas F. Mosimann.
The Holy Name Society assisted
by all the societies of the parish suc
cessfully presented this past spring
the combined Glee Clubs of Belmont
Abbey College and Sacred Heart
College for Women. Belmont, North
Carolina. About 57 young men and
women were guests in the homes of
the parishioners.
The majority of the children of the
parish attended the parochial school
and Bishop England High School.
The parochial school is filled to ta-
pacity.
One of the. most important events
in the parish is the house to house
annual October visit for contribu
tions to reduce the parish debt and
meet the interest. The congregation
respond to this readily.
§4feko£ Vincent Presides at
Lost Colony” Anniversary
High Mass Celebrated in Connection With
Commemoration of Founding of Colony on
Roanoke Island
- <Sp**rial to The Bulletin)
flANTEO, N. C —The Rt. Rev.
ncent G. Taylor, O. S. B:, Abot-
Tdinary of Belmont Abbey, pre-
ded and delivered the sermon at the
rst Solemn High Mass ever cele-
|$i*ated on Roanoke Island in the three
f pnd a half centuries of its document-
‘ history.
The Mass was arranged in connec-
; Bon with the 353rd anniversary of the
I? pounding of the famous “Lost Col
li •ny” of Roanoke Island, and the
9 fourth summer season of Paul Green’s
“ historical drama “The Lost Colony’’.
. Arrangements for he celebration of
j Abe Mass were made by D. Bradford
! Fearing, president of the Roanoke Is-
,'iand Historical Association, which
presents the historical drama as a
non-commercial venture.
Dispensing with the canopy that
ordinarily covers the stage of the
Lost Colony Theatre for the Sunday
morning religious services, the Mass
was celebrated in the full sunlight
as storm clouds gathered in the
southwest.
Celebrant of the Mass was the Rev.
Arthur J. Racette, of St. Ann's
Church. Edenton with the Rev. Wil
liam J. Lepage, S. S. E.. of Eliza
beth City, as deacon; with the Rev.
Frederick A Nelan, of New York, as
sufc-deaeon. The Rev. John A. Brown,
of Raleigh, was the master of cere
monies. The Rev. Michael Carey, of
Elizabeth City, assisted Theos Crofik,
diicctor of the Lost Colony Choir
which had studied the Latin of the
3'flass in order to sing during the ser-
,v|ce& The altar yas njggjggd SsA
decorated by Mrs. Bradford Fearing
and Albert Bell.
ABBOT DELIVERS SERMON
The sermon as the Mass, which was
delivered by Abbot Vincent, was s.
ringing challenge to Americans to
hold fast to the ideals that brought
civilization to these shores.
Too many in America, Abbot Vin
cent declared, have lost sight of the
heritage of Roanoke, the stamina and
spirit of many ^nations. many races
and many creeds from which a nation
was built to become the citadel of
religious and political freedom on
the earth.
America must be made impregnable
against every possible attack from
within and without through any one
of our manifold institutions, spiritual,
political or economic, he said, and
into this sound body politic must be
breathed by us who are proud of
our nation and of the privilege of
living under its flag, a new spirit, a
new soul, else we shall be num
bered with the nations of the earth
which have lost their souls—not as
these heroic colonists who trod this
bit of earth, who, lost, found them
selves, but at the utterly lost
IN A DISCOURSE on the subject
of good reading, delivered on the
Feast of St Ignatius Loyola, His
Holiness Fope Pius XH, admonish
ing his bearers never to forget that
there are both good and bad books
and publications, cited the example
of that Saint, who was brought to
the exemplary practice of his re
ligion through the reading of good
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Colored Missionary
Work Inaugurated
at Wilson, N. C.
Rev, Jamees Walsh, C.SS.
R., Placed, in Charge of
New Mission
(Special to The Bpulletin)
WILSON. N. C.—Redemptorist Fa
thers have begun missionary work
among the colored people of this sec
tion of the State of North Carolina,
the Rev. James Walsh, C.SS.R., who
has been doing missionary and parish
work in Brooklyn, having been ap
pointed pastor of the new mission.
MONSIGNOR MICHAEL IRWIN’S
INVESTITURE SEPTEMBER 25
NEW BERN, N. C.-His Excellency
the Most Reverend Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D., Bis'hop of Raleigh,
will formally invest the Right Rev
erend Monsignor _ Michael A. Irwin,
pastor of St. Paul's Church here, as
a Domestic Prelate , on September 25.
REV. GEORGE A. FLAN1GEN, Ed
itor of The Register, Tennessee Edi
tion, was chosen arbiter of a dispute
between the Newspaper Printing
Corporation and the Mailers’ Union,
an affiliate of the International Typo
graphical Union.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPRUCE PINE, N. C. — The new
Church of St. Lucian here was dedi
cated on August 8 by the Right Rev
erend Arthur Freeman, P. A., Vicar
General of the Diocese of Raleigh, and
pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Kin
ston, N. C.
Upon his arrival the previous eve
ning, Monsignor Freeman was guest
of honor at a dinner given at St.
Lucian’s Rectory, by the Rev. Ste
phen Sullivan, pastor of the new
church. Among those present were
the Rev. Thomas F. Carney, Pastor-
Emeritus, of St. Edward's Church,
High Point, and the Rev. Francis
Gorham, pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
Goldsboro.
At the solemn and impressive cere
mony of dedication, which began
with a procession of the clergy from
the rectory to the church, Monsignor
Freeman was assisted by the Rev.
John J. Manley, former Superin
tendent of the Catholic Orphanage at
Nazareth, as deacon; and the Rev.
Philip J. O’Mara, pastor of Immacu
late Conception Church. Henderson
ville, as sub-deacon. Father Gorham
and the Rev. Robert J. MacMillan,
Diocesan Superintendent of Schools,
acted as masters of ceremonies, Fa
ther MacMillan also served as
chanter.
The sermon at the dedicatory Mass
was delivered by Father Carney, the
first pastor of Spruce Pine, who
spoke brilliantly of the purpose and
work of the Church in this commun
ity. At the end of the Mass, Mon
signor Freeman spoke briefly to the
members of the congregation, con
gratulating them on the encourage*
ment and cooperation they had given
their pastors in the development of
the parish.
Attending in the sanctuary were
members of the clergy from various
sections of North Carolina, the Rev.
Louis Bour. the Rev. Ronald Scott,
O. F. M.; the Rev. James King, of
Asheville; the Rev. Maurice McDon
nell, O S. B., and the Rev. Philip
Tierney, O. S. B-, of Charlotte; the
Rev. Lennox Federal, of Raleigh; the
Rev. Andrew V. Graves, S. J., of Re
vere; and the Rev. Stephen Sullivan,
pastor of St. Lucian's.
Immediately after the services at
the church a dinner was ^served the
clergy and laity at the Topliff Hotel.
In the evening, at a special dinner
given in his honor. Father Sullivan,
the pastor, thanked his parishioners
for the assistance they had given him
in planning the dedication. He em
phasized the necessity of the parish
advancing spiritually as well as ma
terially and urged that personal am
bition for honor and glory be put
aside to use every talent God has
given to advance the work of Ihe
Church.
The new church, which is con
structed of native bluestone with the
interior finished in native pine wood,
was constructed by A. J. Darner and
Son. of Asheville, from plans drawn
by Lindsey’ Gudger.
MASONIC LODGE AIDS
MISSIONARY PRIESTS
(By N. C. W. C. News Service
HEATHSVILLE, Va. — The local
Masonic* Lodge lent valuable assist
ance to Fathers Edward L- Stephens
and Vernon J. Bowers when the two
Richmond priests brought their mis
sionary trailer-chapel—“St. Mary of
the Highways”—to this one hundred
per cent Protestant town.
In preparation for the priests* in
formative mission here the Masonic
Lodge, whose ha)l stood next to the
site selected for the mission, sent over
all the available chairs from the hall
to help in seating the outdoor audi
ences that w r ent to hear the mission
aries’ programs.
Father Stephens report*- that every
evening large numbers attended the
mission, some of the listeners coming
as far as 10 miles in farm trucks. All
of them were Protestant^.
CATHOLICISM IN JAPAN., is
spreading steadily, the Most Rev.
Marie Joseph Lemieux, Bishop of
Sandai, Japan, and a native of Que
bec, said on his arrival in Quebec te
spend a holiday with relatives.
Though conversion to the Faith may
not be made at a very rapid rate,
the steadfast faith of those convert
ed is worth the effort, Bishop Le
mieux said.
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