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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 28. 1940
PLAN ELABORATE PROGRAM FOR LAYMEN’S CONVENTION
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
TO PONTIFICATE AT
CONVENTION MASS
Savannah to B’e Host to
Georgia’s Laymen’s 2 5th
Annual Session, October
26 and 27
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Elaborate pre.
parations being made here for
the reception and welcome to His
Excellency, the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Del
egate to the Unitel States, who will
honor with his presence the twen
ty - fifth annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen's Association of
Georgia, which will be held here
on Sunday, October 27, and on the
previous afternoon and evening.
His Excellency the Most Rev. Ger
ald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, Honorary Chairman, and Dr.
J Reid Broderick, Chairman of the
General Committee in charge of the
arrangements for the convention,
have made known the tentative ,pro-
gram for Saturday, October 26, and
Sunday, October 27.
On the afternoon of Saturday, Oc
tober 26, the Apostolic Delegate will
receive greetings and official wel
come upon his arrival at the Union
Station, and will be conducted
through the heart of the city to the
Cathedral Rectory, which will - be
his headquarters while he is in Sav-
annah.
The band and cadet corps of Ben-
edictine College, and the High School
boys will form a part of the escort,
citv officials of Savannah and the
merchants of the City are cooperating
and the streets along the route will
be decorated for the. occasion. _
On Saturday evening, at 8 o clock,
there will be a public reception in
honor of His Excellency in the ball
room of the De Soto Hotel.
On Sunday morning, October 27, at
3 o’clock. His Excellency the Apos-
tollic Delegate will celebrate Solemn
Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral ot
St. John the Baptist. The sermon at
the Mass will be delivered by the
Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, D.
D., Bishop of Charleston.
After the Mass the Apostollic Dele
gate will be taken on a tour about
tlie city.
At 11 o'clock, at the Knights of
Columbus Hall, the business session
of the Catholic Laymen’s Association
Convention and the election of offi-
cers. will be held.
At 1 o’clock there will be a lun
cheon in honor of the Apostolic Del
egate at the De Soto Hotel. Dr J.
Reid Broderick will present His Ex
cellency, who will be the only speaks
er.
The Public Session of the Conven
tion will be held at the Municipal
Auditorium on Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock, and will open with the
singing of the National Anthem.
Included on the program of the af
ternoon meeting will be an address of
welcome, by the Honorable Thomas
Gamble. Mayor of Savannah, and
greetings from Dr. J. Reid Broderick,
President of the Catholic Laymens
Association of Georgia, who will pre
side. _
Hugh Kinchley. of Augusta, Execu
tive Secretary of the Laymen s As
sociation. will render a report of the
year’s activity, and will be follow’ed
by Richard Reid, former executive
secretary and now Editor of the Cath
olic News, New York, who will speak
on “The Laymen’s Association in
Retrospect.”
Mr. Frank J. Sheed, of London,
England, and New York, will he the
next speaker, his topic not yet having
been announced.
He will be followed by Honorable
Clare Gerald Fenerty. Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia,
whose subject will be “Some Catholic
Contributions to America.”
Bishop O’Hara will make a few
remarks, and present His Excellency,
the Most Reverend Amleto Giovani
Cicognani, Archbishop of Laodicea,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States.
During the program a combined
choir made up of all the choirs of the
Savannah churches and the parochial
school children, under the direction
of Mr. James B. Copps, choirmaster
of the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist. will render several selections.
The Convention will close with
Solemn Pontifical Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, which will be
given from an altar which will be
erected upon the stage of the Muni
cipal Auditorium.
Georgia Priests at New Posts
REV. MICHAEL MANNING
Pastor at Thomasville
. MICHAEL DOONA
At. St. Patrick’s, Augusta
Savannah Laymen Discuss
Plans for Convention
Dr. J. E-eid Broderick, President of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, Names Convention
Committee Members and Outlines Functions of
Various Committees
REV. NICHOLAS FRIZELLE
At St. Theresa's, Albany
REV. J. ROBERT BRENNAN
Immaculate Conception, Atlanta
New Assignments
for Georgia Priests
Bishop O’Hara Announces
Changes Involving Four
Priests of Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta
FATHER MANNING IS
TENDERED FAREWELL
AUGUSTA, Ga.— On the eve of his
departure to his new assignment in
Thomasville, the Rev. Michael Man
ning. was guest of honor at a fare
well party given by members of the
Cor Jesu Club and parishioners of
St. Patrick’s Church.
Father Manning was nresented with
a wrist watch by the Cor Jesu Club
and the parish members gave him a
radio, and he was also complimented
with a farewell dinner by Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Curtis.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—On September
3 the Most Reverend Gerald P.
O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta announced four
changes in assignments of Diocesan
clergy.
The Rev. J- Robert Brennan, who
has been stationed at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, in Savannah,
has been made assistant to the Rev.
Joseph R. Smith, pastor of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception in
Atlanta-
Father Brennan will replace the
Rev- Nicholas Frizzelle, III., who will
go from Atlanta to St. Theresa’s
Church in Albany.
The Rev. Michael Doona, of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament in
Savannah has been made assistant
to the Rev. Leo M. Keenan, pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, in Augusta.
Father Doona will replace the Rev.
Michael Manning, who has been sta
tioned at St. Patrick's Church in
Augusta since the death of the Rev.
Jeremiah O'Hara, several months ago.
Father Manning has been named
pastor of St- Augustine’s Church, at
Thomasville, and will also be in
charge of the missions at Bainbridge,
Camilla. Iron City. Moultrie, Pelham
and Ochlocknee.
Father Brennan is the first student
from the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
to study at the North American Col
lege in Rome, going there in the
summer of 1936- He is a graduate
of the Marist School in Savannah,
and was a student at St. Mary’s
Seminary, in Baltimore, before going
to Rome.
Father Frizelle is the son of Mr.
and Mrs- N. J- Frizzelle, Jr., of Sa
vannah. and was ordained in June,
1939. At the time of his ordination
he held the distinction of being the
youngest priest ever ordained at the
Cathedral here- He is a graduate
of the Marist Brothers’ School here-
and studied for the priesthood at St.
Charles Seminary. Catonsville, Md.,
and at St. Mary's Seminary in Balti
more.
Father Manning is a native of Ire
land. and was stationed at the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament in Savan
nah, and at St. Theresa’s Church in
Albany, before going to Augusta last
year as assistant at St. Mary’s-on-
The-Hill Church, from which he was
transferred to another Augusta par
ish. He studied at All Hallows Col
lege. in Dublin, and at St. Brendan’s
Seminary in Killarney. He was or
dained to the priesthood four years
ago-
Father Doona is also a native of
Ireland, where he was ordained in
1937. Later in that year he came to
Savannah, where he has since been
stationed at the Blessed Sacrament
Church. ' . , __
Noted Speakers
at Convention
Frank J. Sheed, Judge
Fenerty, and Richard Reid-
Lay Speakers at Savannah
Convention
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Catholic lay
men of national and iternational
prominence will address the after
noon session of Silver Jubilee Con
vention ■•‘of the Catholic Laymens
Associations of Georgia which will
be held in Savanah, Sunday. Octo
her 27, at the Municipal Auditorium.
Frank J. Sheed, author, lecturer,
and founder of the publishing house
of Sheed and Ward, who will be one
of the speakers, has had many years
of experience on the lecture plat
form.
An Australia of Irish descent, he
took a degree in Law from Sydney
University, but on coming to Eng
land, decided to establish a Catho
lic publishing house instead of prac
ticing law.
In addition to his writing and
publishing activities, Mr. Sheed is
Master of the Westminster Catholic
Evidence Guild, whose purpose is to
teach Catholic doctrine and explain
the Catholic point of view. Mr. Sheed
is in charge of training Guild speak
ers in London and had addresser
thousands of outdoor meetings in
England and America.
Honorable Clare Gerald Fenerty,
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Philadelphia, will speak on
“Some Catholic Contributios to Am
erica.”
He has served as a member of the
faculty of the law school of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, as a mem
ber of the Philadelphia Board of Law
Examiners, as assistant district at
torney, and as a Member of Con
gress.
Judge Fennerty served with the U.
S. Navy during the World War, and
is a Lieutenant Senior Grade in the
Naval Reserve. He bolds a certiifi-
cate in International Law, from the
U. S. Naval War College, and has
contribluted verse and prose to mag
azines and newspapers. He is a mem
ber of the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, anr holds
a reputation as an orator.
Richard Reid,' now editor of the
Catholic News, was for seventeen
years Executive Secretary of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, and Editor of The Bulletin.
He received the Laetare Medal from
the University of Notre Dame in 1936
and is a Knight of St. Gregory.
Mr. Reid needs no introduction to
the Catholics of Georgia, with whom
he was for so man yyears associated
in the work of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation, a work in which he is still
keenly interested.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Plans for Twen
ty-fifth Annual Convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, which will be held here on
Sunday, October* 26, were discussed
at a luncheon meeting, at which Dr.
J. Reid Broderick, president of the
Association, named the members of
the various convention committees,
and outlined their duties.
Dr. Broderick directed the atten
tion of those present to the fact that
the Laymen’s Convention this year
would be signally honored as His
Excellency the Most Reverend Anleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, had accept
ed the invitation of the Most Rever
end Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, and would cele
brate the convention Mass and also
address the afternoon session.
Bishop O'Hara has consented to
serve as the Honorary General Chair
man of the Convention Committee,
and Dr. Bioderjck, as President of
the Laymen’s Association, will act as
General Chairman.
The Reception Committee, which
will arrange for proper reception of
the Apostolic Delegate at the rail
way station, is to request of railway
officials permission to decorate the
station, see that a police escort is
provided, arrange to have the Bene
dictine Military School cadets at the
station, the parochial school children,
with American flags, and to arrange
lor transportation for the Apostolic
Delegate and his party to the Bishop’s
House, and about the city during his
stay in Savannah.
Hon. James P. Houlihan is Chair
man of this committe, which includes
Hon. John Rourke, Peter Roe Nu
gent, P. J. McNamara, John J. Bou-
han. A. J. Ryan, John Clancy, John
W. Gleason, Thomas F. Walsh, Joseph
E. Mendel, Fred G. Doyle.
The Transportation Committee will
assist the reception committee in re
ceiving the Apostolic Delegate, and
will also provide cars for visiting dig
nitaries, clerical and lay. and handle
traffic, arrangements with the Sa
vannah Police department. William
J. Kehoe is chairman of this commit
tee, which includes Francis Dooley,
Anthony Harty, Thomas J. Canty,
George F. Hoffman, James P. Houli
han, Jr. *■
The Finance Committee will have
as its chief duty to provide for funds
to cover the expenses of the conven
tion and Walter B. Murphy will be
chairman of this committee, which
will include Hugh Grady,—W. H.
Sexton, Cletus Bergen, Daniel J.
Sheehan, R. F. Downing, John J.
Bouhan. James P. Houlihan, E.
George Butler. Fred G. Doyle, Wal
ter J. Smith, M. J. McCarthy, Daniel
J. O’Connor, Charles F. Powers.
The Public Reception Committee
will arrange for the reception which
will be given at the De Soto Hotel
on Saturday evening, October 26. co
operating with the decoration com
mittee in regard to the decorating of
the reception hail and dining room.
Thomas F. Walsh, K. S. G., will be
the chairman of this committee,
which will include M. B. Cosgrove,
John Sullivan, Charles Walsh, Joseph
F. Griffin. Fred G. Doyle, Dr. M. J.
Egan, Dr. William B. Crawford. C. A.
McCarthy, Charles Hogan, Wm. J.
Bremer, James P. Houlihan.
John Rourke. Peter Roe Nu
gent, P. J. McNamara, John J. Bou
han, A. J. Ryan, John W. Gleason,
Dr. John P. Jones. Dr. J. E. O’Neill,
Dr. Lawrence B. Dunn, Joseph
Cafiero, Colonel Sheftall Coleman,
Mrs. C. Gannon, Mrs. J. J. Powers,
J. H. McKenna, Dr. James Heagarty,
Dr. E. J. Whelan, Robert Ryan, J. J.
O'Neill, Henry Dunn, Mrs. John
Hawkins, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Mrs.
Charles F. Powers. Mrs. Walter C.
Hartridge, Elizabeth Leacy, Mrs.
John Lyons, Nellie Lyons, Mrs. Harry
T. Wilson, Mrs. Julian Wingo, E. F.
O'Connor, Dr. Richard Dooley, Dr.
John J. O’Connor, Joseph McDon
ough, Joseph B. Maddock, John J.
Magee, John J. Clancy. Joseph O.
Maggioni, Harold Mulherin. John D.
Robinson, Dr. Daniel J. McCarthy,
Leonard Beecher, Julian Hartridge,
Joseph Logan, Arthur Funk, Elton
Wright, Mrs. Lee Howard.
M, E. Cody,' P. G. McMahon. T. T.
Dunn, W. H. Sexton, E. J. O'Connor,
Victor Schreck, Ed Brennan and
Henry Brennan.
The Music Committee will arrange
for the music at the Mass, and also
for music at the reception on Satur
day evening and at the luncheon on
Sunday. This committee, which will
be headed by J. B. Copps, will in
clude Miss Margaret Steeg, Miss
Annie Duggan, and Mrs. Joseph E.
Kelly. Mrs. J. Reid Broderick and A1
Handiboe.
The Luncheon Committee will have
as its first duty the assuring of a large
attendance, at least 500, and will de
cide upon the menu, arrange for
’place cards, distribution of tickets,
and cooperate with the music and
decorations committees. Joseph Mc
Donough is the chairman of this com
mittee, which will include A. J.
Gravenberg, Joseph McAvoy, J.
Reid Joyce, Jr., Harry Palmer, Wil
liam Walsh, Miss Helen Roe Nugent,
Mrs. Arthur Pierce, Mrs. Harold
Mulherin, Miss Rosetpary Hogan.
Mrs; Harry Wilson, Miss Annie Mad
dock, Mrs. J. Reid Broderick, Mrs-
D. J. Sheehan, Mrs. Peter Roe Nu
gent.
The Decoration Committee will be
in charge of the decorations at the
Cathedral, the Knights of Columbus
Hall, the Hotel DeSoto, and the Mun
icipal Auditorium, and is to confer
with city officials about the decora
tion of the city. The Rev. Norbert
McGowan, O. S. B., will cooperate
with this committee, which will in
clude Chris Henandez and Harold
Monson.
The Program Committee will ar
range for a printed program of the
convention with an appropriate cover
design. Chris Murphy is chairman of
this committee, which includes John
Brennan. Julian Corish, Arthur
Pierce, Lawrence Burns.
The Publicity Committee will sup
ply the local newspapers, the Asso
ciated Press, and the radio news ser
vice with prepared articles, before
and during the convention, .f ine
Judge is chairman of this committee
which includes Frank Rossiter, Eu
gene Wiight, Kate -Latham. Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly, Mrs. Irene Grogan,
John Robertson.
The Historical Committee is com
posed of Stephens Mitchell and Mrs.
Marmaduke H. Floyd.
Joseph E. Mendel has been appoint
ed chairman of the Hospitality
Committee, which includes Mrs. C.
Gannon. Mrs. A. D. Dillon, M. C.
McCarthy, Mrs. Wilhelmina Walsh,
F. W. Kelly, C. R. Roberts. Miss
Kate Latham, and Miss Catherine
O’Connor. This committee will be
at the service of those who anti
cipated attending the convention and
would liko to know the names of
those who desire hotel accomrnoda;
tions, and those who, for various
reasons, would want to stay in pri
vate homes.
The invitation committee is head
ed by Mrs. Kate Flannery Semmes,
and includes Miss Mary Miles, as
co-chairman; Miss Margaret McNally,
Mrs. Murtagh A. Spellman. Mrs. Eliza
beth Dreyer, Mrs. Marguerite Murphy,
Miss Leila McDonough, Mrs. Loret-
to Flanagan, Miss Ernestine Walsh,
Miss Josephine O’Byrne and Miss
Margaret Cash.
MRS. McHATTON
DIES IN ATHENS
Mother of Dr. T. H. McTIat-
ton Was Widow of Macon
Physician
ATHENS, Ga. f — Mrs. Henry Mc-
Hatton, long a leader in Macon’s so
cial and civic life, died September
3 at the home of her son, Dr. T. H„
McHatton here. Mrs. McHatton,
who was 80 years old, had been in
failing health for several years.
Mrs. McHatton was born Miss Eliza
Hubbard, of Norwich, Connecticut,
and had spent the greater part of her
life in Macon; where her late hus
band, Dr. Henry McHatton, was a
prominent physician and an influ
ential citizen. Her only son is a
member of the faculty of the College
of Agriculture of the University of
Georgia.
Besides her son, Mrs. McHatton is
survived by a granddaughter, Mrs.
Turnell Hanson, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and two great-grandchildren, Peter
and Eleonore Hanson.
Funeral services were held from
St. Joseph’s here, wita intermint in
Norwich.
Apostolic Delegate
Lauds Memory of
Bishop Barry
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovan
ni Cocognani, Apostolic Delegate to
the United States, in the course of
the address which he delivered at the
observance of the 375th anniversary
of the founding of the City of St. Au
gustine and the establishment of the
oldest parish in this country, paid a
beautiful tribute to the Most Rev.
Patrick Barry, beloved Bishop of St.
Augustine, whose death took place
just a few weeks ago.
“His beloved memory enshrines a
sublime and shining example of self-
sacrificing zeal, of deep piety and of
since forgetfulness of self,” said the
Apostolic Delegate. “It gives us a
better understanding of parish life,
which consists, as far as the pastor is
concerned, in the feeding of souls by
the conscientious administration of
the Sacraments and the preaching of
the word of God. and as far as the
faithful are concerned, in actively and
fervently partaking of these bless
ings. All honor to the momory of
Bishop Barry. May it be indeed a
precious and lasting treasure in the
history of the Church in Florida ami
an inspiration for the pastors of
souls.” 1