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TWENTY TWO
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 28, 1940
CHARLESTON BEGINS
CHARITY CAMPAIGN
I* N. Lynch Council Knights
of Columbus, Sponsors
Drive for Catholic Charity
Fund
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S C.—The Asso
ciated Catholic Charities inaugurated
a campaign for funds during the last
week of September, the campaign be
ing sponsored by P. N. Lynch Council,
Knights of Columbus. Grand Knight
Andrew J. Pinto is chairman of the
men’s division, with Albert J. Von
Dohlen publicity chairman.
With the closing of the Community
Chc:t. the Associated Catholic
Charities finds itself without funds,
and the campaign will be a complete
canvass of the Catholic people of
Charleston.
The following parish chairmen have
been named by Mr. Pinto: Cathedral,
William C. Ehrhardt; St. Mary’s,
James P. Furlong; St. Joseph's,
Arthur B Moore: St. Patrick’s. Ray
mond O’Keefe; Sacred Heart. Mat
thew Condon; Our Lady of Mercy,
William 1,1. Rowland.
Since the Community Clrtst ceased
operating, ~ the Associated Catholic
Charities has endeavored to relieve
distress among the needy Catholics,
without direct appeal. It now be
comes necessary, in order to continue
this assistance, that this campaign be
inaugurated, and an opportunity be
given every Catholic in the city to
contribute.
Catholic Young
People Orgtmize
in Spartanburg
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—The Cath
olic Young People of Spartanburg
met and organized for the first time
in June, with a Dutch luncheon.
Young ladies of Greenville were
their guests.
The club decided unanimously that
the parish hall was in need of reno
vation and that they should assist
the Council of Catholic Women in
raising funds for that purpose.
Two successful benefit parties
have been held and the proceeds
will go towards paying for a part of
the repair work that is being done.
The Catholic Young People are
planning a trip to Walhalla. where
they will attend Mass, and after
wards enjoy a luncheon.
North Carolina
Catholic Daughters
Sponsor Retreat
RALEIGH, N. C.— The annual re
treat sponsored by the Catholic
Daughter of America was held at the
Sacred Heart Academy, Belmont, Au
gust 31-September 2, with the Rev.
Robert MacMillan of the Raleigh
Apostolorum Mission Center. Naza
reth, as retreat-master.
Seventy women attended the exer
cises of the retreat, at the close of
which an organization was formed to
foster the retreat movement among
the women of North Carolina. Miss
Mary Williams, of Charlotte, was
named president: Miss Elizabeth Bul
lard, Wilmington, vice-president:
Mrs. W. D. O’Donoghue. Charlotte,
secretary-treasurer; and Miss Anne
Zeman, Fayetteville, publicity chair
man.
Special representatives through the
state were selected, these being Mrs.
Virginia E. Miller, Asheville; Miss
Elizabeth Lawrence. New Bern; Mrs.
William Wilhair. Roanoke R:\ids;
Mrs. John Eck, Gastonia: Mrs. Ma
loney, Southern Pines; Mrs. H. B.
Spears, High Point; Mrs. W. L. Earn
hardt, Concord; Miss Mary Harshaw,
Lenoir: Mrs. L. H. Bledsoe, Winston-
Salem: Mrs. W. A. Jarrell, Charlotte;
Mrs. James E. Ford. Belmont; Mrs.
Patrick E. Young. Raleigh; Miss Nan
Gary, Halifax; Mrs. W. O. Allen,
Greensboro; Mrs. E. J. Gallagher.
Salisbury, Misses Katherine, Nell and
Mary Sheehan, Wilmington; and Miss
Anne Zeman, Fayetteville.
CHARLESTON CATHOLIC
WOMEN PLAN TOURNAMENT
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Arrange
ments for the annual bridge tourna
ment which will be held under the
auspices of the Catholic Women’s
Club at the Fort Sumter Hotel in No
vember, are being made by a commit
tee composed of Miss Dorothy Sulli
van, chairntan; Mrs. Roy Baugh, Mrs.
Edward Owens, Mrs. W. A. Griffin,
Miss Helen Eiserhardt and Miss Mar
garet Cade.
Miss Madeline Mossimann and Miss
Alice Moran have been chosen to
represent the club at the N. C. C. W.
conference to be held in Columbia,
with Miss Dorothy Sullivan and Mrs.
Roy Beaugh as alternates.
Mrs. Jennings Cauthen is in charge
of the arrangements for the next
meeting of the club which is to be
held at the Ashley Hall plantation in
October.
Pastor Traces Development of
Church in Piedmont Section
(Special to The Bulletin)
By The Reverend Francis O. Ferri
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—It was a
little over a decade ago that I came
to the Piedmont section of South
Carolina. Fresh from ordination, I
received my first assignment as jun
ior assistant to the then and present
Dean of the Piedmont District, the
Right Reverend Monsignor Andrew
K. Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, Greenville, S. C. (My fel
low-assistant and senior was the late
Father Christopher O’Sullivan, a
priest possessed of an unusual kind
and gentle spirit, who was most suc
cessful in attracting and soundly
influencing Ihe young people who
came in contact with him). I was
not long in this area before 1 became
profoundly impressed by the out
standing accomplishments of Mon
signor Gwynn. When he arrived at
the turn of the century to care, for
the vast territory committed to his
charge h e found a small frame
church and a small frame rectory in
Greenville, and more substantial
cl’.urches in Spartanburg and Abbe
ville. His territory included the
counties of Greenville. Spartanburg,
Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Abbe
ville, Greenw'ood, McCormick, Lau
rens, Union and Cherokee, and pos
sibly an even greater area. During
those first three decades Monsignor
Gwynn had built the present brick
Church of St Mary’s, Greenville, the
present brick rectory.
He had brought the Ursuline Nuns
from Columbia, erected for them a
convent and school buildings. Fine,
substantial churches had been built
under his charge at Anderson,
Greenwood, Walhalla. Later came
the large parish school building and
the ' 'Gallivan Memorial Hall at
Greenville. Spartanburg. Union and
Cherokee counties had been separat
ed from the Greenville missions and
placed under a pastor resident in
Spartanburg. In a section of our
country where the work of propagat
ing the faith is necessarily slow, and
progress is by almost imperceptible
degrees, his was an outstanding
achievement. Possessing an almost
professional skill as a draughtsman.
Monsignor Gwynn planned each
structure with meticulous care, and
succeeded, with aid from this and
other sections of the country, in
clearing debt after debt as building
followed building. The physical ac
complishment was great, but no true
measure of the man. A far truer in
dex of his apostolic labor was the
fine Catholic temper of the flock
and the honor and respect in which
the Church was held by those not of
the Faith. When, after two years. I
was transferred to Charleston, I had
no idea that the next decade would
witness an even more phenomenal
development in. the Piedmont area of
our state.
Just prior to my departure six of
tlie counties which had been eared
for from Greenville were organized
into a parish with Anderson as a
center with a resident pastor and as
sistant. The number of priests in
the old Greenville missions had in
creased to five, and where ont par
ish had existed, three were now
function ing.
At this writing, a decade after my
Present Pastor
REV. FRANCIS O. FERRI
Pastor of the Church of St. Paul
the Apostle, Spartanburg, S. C.
departure from Greenville, when I
find myself once -again in service in
Piedmont South Carolina, there are
instead of five priests, thirteen, with
three more expected to begin their
labors. Instead of three parishes,
there are six. A splendid Catholic
hospital has been erected at Green
ville. The Franciscans, the Redemp-
torists and the Paulists have come
to share our labors, and the Fathers
of the Oratory of Saint Philip have
been assisting in caring for the
Catholics of Union County. So phe
nomena 1 a growth in opportunities
for bringing the Faith to the inhab
itants of this part of the state ought,
under God, to bring about a harvest
of souls far beyond our dreams of a
decade or two ago.
Three organizations have been no
tably successful not only in unifying
and canalizing the activities of our
Catholic laity but in fostering con
tacts between the Catholics of this
area. The various units of the Coun
cil of Catholic Women have furnish
ed us representation on civic and
charitable committees, and done
much charitable work. The more re
cently organized Council of Catho
lic Men, under^lhe dynamic leader
ship of its deanery officers, gives
every indication of ever increasing
activity in realizing some of the aims
of Catholic Action. The Youth
groups are similarly enthusiastic, and
have already done much in fostering
the spirilual and social activities of
its members, and in deepening their
grasp and realization of the teachings
of the Church and their implications.
Finally, tribute ought to be paid
to the Reverend Sidney F. Dean, the
Sisters of Our Ladv of Mercy and
the councillors of Camp Saint Anne,
a religious vacation camp which has
behind it many seasons of notable
work in the development of the Faith
in our young people on the missions
and in places where a parish school
has yet not been established.
Revised New Testament to Be
Exhibited for First Time
PRESIDENT. “BING’’ .CROSBY,
Vice-President Pat O’Brien and Man
ager Bill Quigley, of the Del Mar
Turf Club. San Diego, Calif., turned
over the facilities of the race track
one day last month to the San Diego
Knigts of Columbus- Funds raised
will be distributed to charity under
the personal supervision of the Most
Rev. Charles F. Buddy. Bishop of
Sm'SHi&k
LOS ANGELES.—Advance proofs
of the definitive form of the Revision
of the New Testament of the English
Catholic Bible will be shown for the
first time at the National Congress of
the Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine here October 12-15.
The Congress will be marked by a
regional meeting of the Catholic Bib
lical Association of the United States
under the direction of the Rev. Jo
seph L. Lilly, C. M., President of the
Association.
The greater part of the revision
text has already been set up in galley
form, it is reported by the Rev.
Charles H. Pickar, O. S. A., Secretary
and Archivist of the Biblical Asso
ciation’s Revision Committee. It is
expected that publication will occur
in early 1941.
An exhibit of the association’s work
will be one of the features of the
Catechetical Congress. On display
will be a first edition of the Douay-
Rheims Old Testament and several
early printed editions of the Bible.
There will also be pictures of pages
from the Codex Caraflanus made
from two photostatic copies of this
codex procured from the Vatican Li
brary. They are now being employed
as critical aids in the Revision of the
Old Testament, work’ on which was
begun in 1938. Biblical scholars have
long recognized the critical value of
this codex in any revision of the
Bible.
Language, phraseology, prefaces,
footnotes and external forms are in
cluded in the Revision of the New
Testament, which has been the work
of a committee of members of the
Catholic Biblical Association, formed
in 193G following a preliminary meet
ing of Catholic scripture scholars call
ed together by the Most Rev. Edwin
V. O’Hara, Bishop of Kansas City,
and chairman of Jthe Episcopal Com
mittee on the Confraternity.
Obsolete words and forms have
been eliminated. The retention of the
’use'bf‘ “thb6“,‘ “tlibU" ’ahd' “thine’* has
been approved, but pronouns refer
ring to Christ and to God will not
be capitalized. The text is arranged
in paragraphs. Furthermore the text
is divided according to topics and
sub-topics, the topican divisions serv
ing as chapter headings and the sub-
topical being indented. Finally, chap
ter and verse enumerations are sale-
gated to the margin.
The Revision Committee for the
New Testament is made up of 20
members and the editorial board re
sponsible for the Revision consists
of 12 priests, among whom the vari
ous departments of the Revisions are
divided.. The majority of them are
professors of Sacred Scripture in
seminaries throughout the United
States. A similar editorial board and
Revision Committee, the latter con
sisting of 28 reviewers, was appoint
ed in January, 1939, for the work in
connection with the Old Testament.
Each reviser, with the Latin Vul
gate, authorized version of the
Church, as his source and with the
Greek original and an existing Eng
lish version at hand for the sake of
comparison, as well as other versions
that may be foirnd useful, translates
the part assigned" to him into simple
and dignified English. Whenever
necessary, footnotes are added to
clarify the obscurities of the text and
each book of the work is prefaced
by a brief introduction, dealing with
the author, genuineness, purpose and
date of composition. In addition, the
reviewer also prepares a popular com
mentary, which will be published af
ter the text appears in print. Manu
scripts of revisers are submitted to
the editorial board and after exam
ination they are returned with sug
gestions and criticisms. The revisor
then goes over his work again care
fully and resubmits it to the editorial
board. Once the board is satisfied
with its fitness and accuracy, the ma
terial is passed on to two theological
censors, who in turn pass judgment
on it. Finally it goes to the Episcopal
Committee for approval. • • ’ *
SISTER MARY IMELDA
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Sister Mary Imelda Bergin,
of the Convent of Our Lady of
Mercy,, who died August 31. were
held at the Convent Chapel with the
Rev. Dr. John L. Manning officiat
ing.
Sister Imelda was fifty-two years
old. a native of Kilkenny, Ireland,
and the daughter of Edward Joseph
Bergin and Mrs. Catherine Mary
Harding Bergin. She had been a
Sister of Mercy for thirty-three
years. She had ben a member of the
faculty of the Bishop England High
School here and had taught at St.
Angela’s Academy, Aiken.
She is survived by three sisters,
Sister Mary Regina, of the Convent
of Our Lady of Mercy, and the Misses
Anna and Elizabeth Bergin, of Phil
adelphia.
WILLIAM J. RAY,
OF CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for William J. Eay. a seaman
on the Gray Robin, who died in
Baltimore. August 23, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
James A. McElroy, of Summerville,
officiating.
Mr. Ray is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Alexander Moore of Summer*
ville.
GEORGE C. ROWLAND
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S. C. — Funeral
services for George C. Rowland,
whose death took place September 5,
was held from the Church of Our
Lady of Mercy, the Rev. A. A. Pliku-
nas, officiating.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Rebecca Mosely Rowland: five
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Lunney. Jr.,
Miss Virginia Rowland. Miss Jessie
Rowland. Miss Dorothy Rowland, and
Miss Ellen R’owland; two sons, Har
mon Clermont Rowland and George
Christopher Rowland, Jr.
MISS ELIZABETH RYAN
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S. C —Funeral ser
vices for Miss Elizabeth Ryan, who
died September .11, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
Henry Wolfe, officiating.
A native of Charleston, Miss Ryan
was the daughter of John Ryan and
Mrs. Margaret Gorman Ryan, both of
Ireland. She was employed with the
Loretta Hat Shop for many years and
had made her home with her nieces,
Mrs. T. C. Seel and Mrs. Homer Free.
FRANK FOSBERKY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
CHARLESTON, S. C — Funeral
services for Frank L. Fosberry, who
died September 2. were held from the
Cathedral of. St. John the Baptist, the
Rev. Morris R- Daly, officiating.
MRS. PATRICK O’SHAUGHNESSY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S- C.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Mary T. O’Shaughncs-
sy, who died September 18, were held
from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James J.
May officiating.
Mrs. O’Shaughnessy was the widow
of Patrick O’Shaughnessy, a native of
Charleston, and a daughter of the late
John Mullin and Mrs- Rose Farelly
Mullin. both of Ireland. She is surviv
ed by a sister, Miss Rose P. O'Neill of
Charleston.
MRS. JACKSON J. BENNETT
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary Theresa Ben
nett, wife of Jackson J. Bennett, who
died September 8, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
Henry Wolfe officiating.
Mrs. Bennett, a native of Wilming
ton, N. C.. and the daughter of Pat
rick J. White and Mrs. Mary Ann
Carroll White, was seventy - two
years old.
Surviving are her husband, four
daughters. Sister Mary Laurentia,
Miss May E. Bennett, Mrs. Jack H.
Gercken, and Mrs. Frank Wertan 1 .
six sons, Thomas W. Bennett, James
F. Bennett, Leo H. Bennett, Jack E.
Bennett, Harry E. Bennett, and Eu
gene Bennett, and fourteen grand
children, all of Charleston. Mrs. Ben
nett's grandsons acted as pallbear
ers.
MRS. ARTHUR ANDERSON
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S. C. — Mrs. Mary
Alma Bean Anderson, wife of Ar
thur E. Anderson, died September
11, funeral services being held from
St. Patrick’s Church.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her
husband; four children, Theresa, Ar
thur E., Jr., James P., and Bernard
Anderson; her mother, Mrs. Margar
et Rozier Bean, of Athens, Ga.; a
sister, Miss Elizabeth Bean; and a
brother, William J. Bean.
MRS. HENRY WITT
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. ~C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Mae Margaret Witt,
widow of Henry F. A. Witt, who died
August 25, were held from Our Lady
of Mercy Church, the Rev. A. A.
Plikunas officiating.
Mrs. Witt was thirty-six years old,
and had been employed as an exam
iner at the American Tobacco plant
here. She is survived by a daughter,
Alice Marie Witt, and a son, Henrv
Witt.
p. j. McCarthy
DIES IN IOWA
CHARLESTON, S. C. — News has
been received here of the death of P.
J. McCarthy, chairman of the board
of directors of the McCarthy Im
provement Company, at his home In
Davenport. Iowa, on August 2t.
Mr, McCarthy's company Is engag-
Many Pupil Nurses
Enter St. Joseph's
Infirmary, Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The largest
number of preliminary students ever
to enter the St. Joseph's School of
Nursing will begin their regular
training period this year announced
Sister Mary Gloria of the St. Joseph’s
Hospital. Twenty-nine student nuises
begin their course this month.
In order to accommodate the larg
est class in its history, the hospital
has renovated its Nursing Home,
and Miss Lena Rose, instructor of
nursing, is expected to make all nec
essary preliminary preparations to
wards opening the new term.
The staff of supervisors will con
duct part of the training for the
nurses, and in addition to Miss Rose
and Sister Mary Joan, director of
nurses, the Sisters of Mercy at the
hospital and the department siyier-
visors will be included on the in
struction staff. Lectures during the
year will be conducted by priests
and doctors.
Those young women who will be
gin this year’s nursing course are
from Savannah and surrounding
towns. Twenty-one are from here,
and the others are from seven other
places. The complete list follows:
From Savannah: Misses Imogene
Aranda, Mary Arnett, Nina Amma-j
tuna. Teresa Bolton, Josephinpf
Bradley, Betty Brennan. Lillie
Bunger, Bernice Engel, Lillian l/uh-
ey, Louise Hadsell, Helen Jaweirek,
Mary Ellen Hussey, Ellen Qfdetta
Mays, Frances Newsome. Catherine
Oetgen, Claire O'Reilly, BetbV Par
ker, Joan Pierce. Loretta /Russell,
Helen Ryan, and- Frances Wl/ite.
Miss Julia Barchan. Augufeta; Miss
Ida Coburn. Hardeevillg), S. C.;
Misses Lily Mae Darby "apid Vanessa
Weekley. both of Yemassee, S. C.;
Miss Helen Ruth McGcWan, Way-
cross; Miss Dorothy Heines. Pem
broke; Miss Madelyri Mitchell,
Americus; and Miss Juanita You-
mans, Dorchester.
Sister Mary Joan stated yesterday
that she was gjpased to have such a
large class this year. ’ “We’ve a great
many more patients this year than
ever before, and we need more
nurses,” she said. Increased activity
at the hospieal, she explained, was
due in part to the Hospital Service
Association as a number of persons
who otherwise would not be able to
go to the hospital, are now taking
advantage of this^servici.
ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL
IN OPERATION 6J YEAR
SAVANNAH, Ga.—St. Joseph’s
Hospital, one of the oldest hospitals
in point of service in Savannah, ob-i
served its sixty-fifth anniversary
September 24. with the celebration
of Mass in the hospital chapel, tha
nurses' choir providing the music.
Operated by the Sisters of Mercy,
the hospital has cared for the people
of Savannah and this area for more
than three-score years. '
A reception was held at the hospit
al, and those persons who were bom
in the hospital were particularly in
vited to be present.
LOUIS JOSEPH MALOOF, who has
just enrolled at Loyola University of
the South, New Orleans, is completing
a biography of Father Abram Ryan,
chaplain of the Confederate Army and
priest-poet.
ed on the Santee-Cooper project, and
he had spent some time here in con
nection with the work.
He is survived by his wife; four
sons, Paul F. McCarthy, Charles J.
McCarthy, Joseph T. McCarthy, and
Thomas B. McCarthy; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Thomas McQuail, Mrs,
James Chamberlain. Mrs. Myrol Mur
phy, Miss Alice McCarthy and Sis
ter Mary Virginia, of the Sisters of
Charity in Chicago; two sisters, Mrs.
Arthur Ebeling and Mrs. Herman
Machael; and one brother, Thomas
J. McCarthy, all of Davenport.
FRANCIS F. SCARPA
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C—Funeral ser
vices for Francis F- Scarpa, employee
of the Clyde-Mallory lines, whose
sudden death took place Sept. 2,
were held from St. Mary's Church,
the Rev. Jeremiah W. Carmody of
ficiating.
Mr. Scarpa, a native of Charleston,
was 65 years old, the son of the late
Captain Joseph Scarpa, of Venice,
Italy, and Mrs. Margaret Fei Scarpa,
of Germany.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Miss Jennie Monserrat; two sisters,
Mrs. Matilda Geilfuss and Mrs. David
F. Kearney, and several nieces and
nephews, including Alderman Charles
J. Geilfuss.
M. V. JOHNSON
DIES IN COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA. S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for M. V. Johnson were held
from St. Peter's Church, the Very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy, officiating.
Mr. Johnson, who was connected
with the Hart Electric Company,
came to Columbia from Augusta four
years ago.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Johnson, Augusta;
his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth
Brown, of Columbus, Ga.; three sons,
M. V. Johnson, Jr., of Fort Francis,
Wyoming: Wesley E. Johnson and
James Sidney Johnson, of Columbia;
three daughters. Miss Eleanor John
son and Miss Reever Johnson, of
Washington, D. C., and Miss Aquilla
Johnson, of Columbia; one brother,
Joseph I*. Johnson, of Portsmouth,
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