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SEPTEMBER 28, 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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St. Paul’s Church, Spartanburg
St. Paul’s, Spartanburg,
Has Interesting History
Columnist Praises
Postmaster General
Writing From Washington
Ernest Lindley Lands
Frank C. Walker.
WASHINGTON.—It happens that
the late Postmaster General and the
man who has succeeded him in that
Cabinet position are both Catholics.
It also happens that the one, James
A. Farley, was paid striking tributes,
in and out of Congress, as he was
leaving office, and that his succes
sor. Frank Walker, has received sim
ilar tributes as he entered it.
An example of the latter is the com
ment of a Washington “columnist”,
Ernest Lindley.
“Despite the President's pleas,” he
writes. “Walker probably would not
have accepted v the Postmaster -Gen
eralship, even now, if his friends had
not told him that he owed it to his
children to include a Cabinet title in
his record. Having taken the job,
however. Walker will work at it con
scientiously.
“Walker is a man of high integ
rity and sturdy idealism of the late
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon
tana, who was his mentor and-first
hero m politics. He is imbued wi >
the high principles of social justice
set forth in the great Papal Encycli
cals Rerum Novarum and Quadra-
gesino Anno.
"Walker has another valuable as
set; a personality which acts as a
solvent. He gets along well with al
most everybody.
"More than a year ago this column
wrote that the President needed
trank Walker in Washington to as
suage tire bitter intramural conflicts
of his administration. For that task,
Walker has been called in a.little too
late. But he will add a big measure
of tine idealism mingled with good
sense to the Cabinet in this time of
crisis.”
That the two Postmasters General
happen to be Catholics is not really
as significant as it is sometimes rep
resented to be. There are many
Catholics in public office of one kind
or another whose religious convic
tions are known only to their closer
friends. We have gone a long way
on the road of tolerance. Discrim
ination on religious grounds has, for
the moment at least, been thoroughly
discredited, whether that discrimina
tion has been for or against anyone
selected or elected to public office-
But that a news commentator (in
cidentally, one who is not a Catholic)
should mention the fact that a mem
ber of the Cabinet “is imbued with
the high principles of social justice”
embodied in the Papal Encyclicals is
unusual, if not significant. It bears
out the conclusion that more and
more people are turning to funda
mental religious principles for guid
ance.
It is no longer fashionable to be
rationalistic or agnostic and to re
gard religion as a more or less obso-
lute guide to human conduct. As a
matter of fact, it is the one thing
upon which communism and Nazism
have vented their wrath and, by the
same token, it is becoming associated
with the democratic order of living.
On more than one occasion the Pres
ident himself has stressed the need
of it in the conduct of private as well
as public affairs. Interdenominational
friction appears to be giving way to
a more unified recognition of its prac
tical value, especially at the present
time when war has loosed hatred and
antagonism against which nationalism
has not been able to prevail.
MOUNT DE SALES, MACON
BEGINS 65TH SESSION
MACON, Ga.—A newly’ furnished
social room, improved , auditorium,
with new stage equipment and other
improvements greeted students of
Mount de Sales Academy when the
school opened its 65th session this
month.
Approximately sixty students were
registered for the opening and addi
tional registrations are expected.
Twenty-four of the number are
boarding students.
The most distance points represent
ed in the new . student body, includ
ed Puerto Rico and Winnepeg, Can
ada.
Nuns at Belmont
Observe Jubileees
Abbot Vincent Presides
at Impressive Ceremony
at Sacred Heart Convent
Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C. — Never did the
chapel of Sacred Heart Convent, Bel
mont, North Carolina, look so beau
tiful as when, at the feet of Most
Reverend Abbot Vincent Taylor, O.
S. B., D. D., of Belmont Abbey, in the
presence of many priests, religious,
and laity, six Sisters of Mercy renew
ed their vows — one a golden jubiia-
rian, tire others silver j ubilarians.
The Most Reverend Abbot Vincent
presided at a Colemn High Mass,
which was sung by the Reverend
Father Sebastian, O. S. B., assisted
by the Reverend Father Alcuin, O.
S' B., deacon, and the Reverend Fra
ser Gabriel, O. S. B.. sub-deacon. The
Reverend Father Michael. O. S. B.,
and Reverend Father Gregory, O. S.
B., were chaplains to the Abbot. Rev.
erend Frater Daniel was Master ol
Ceremonies. In the Santtuary were
Reverend Frater Basil, O. S. B., Rev
erend Father Maurus, O. S. B„ Rev
erend Frater Bade, O. S. B.. Vener
able Frater Timothy, O. S. B., Ven
erable Frater Terence, O. S. B„ and
Venerable Frater 'Walter, O. S. B.
A well - timed Sisters’ choir render
ed Carnevoli’s “Stella Matutina.”
Most Reverend Abbot, in an address
to the jubilarians, congratulated them
on their splendid^ achievement Jn
God's service. To their surprise and
joy, at the conclusion of the address
a special message from His Holiness,
Pope Pius XII. was read and the
Apostolic Blessing bestowed upon
them. After the Mass, the entire .com
munity greeted the celebrants. With
the singing of “All Together Gather
Round You,” a song composed for
the occasion, a day of festivities be
gan.
The golden jubilarian is Sister Mar
garet Mary Wheeler, former Mother
Assistant at Sacred Heart Convent,
a native of ■ Wilmington, North Caro
lina. The silver jubilarians are Sis
ter Mary Alphonsus Heagney. sup
erintendent of Mercy Hospital. Char
lotte, North Carolina, of Limerick,
Ireland; Sister Mary Columbia Bar
rett. Dean of Sacred Heart Junior
College. Belmont. North Carolina, of
Mayo, Ireland; Sister Mary Elizabeth
Hergenrother, former superintendent
of St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville,
North Carolina, of Bavaria. Germany;
Sister Mary Rita Dever. of Mayo,
Ireland: Sister Mary Dorothy Woert-
man .of Brooklyn. New York.
Mother Mary Brendan Joyce, Mis
tress of Novices for nine years at Sa
cred Heart Convent, whose untimely
death a few years ago brought im
measurable grief to a wide circle of
friends, would also have been one
of tlie celebrants of the Silver Jubi
lee.
Archbishop Curley Scores
Attacks on Americans of
German, Italian Lineage
(Bv N. C. W. C. News Service)
BALTIMORE. —Unfounded attacks
upon Americans of German and Ital
ian, lineage were denounced by the
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch
bishop of Baltimore and of Washing
ton.
“During the so-called World War,”
said Archbishop Curley, “when Am
erica was fighting Germany, we had
marvelous American patriots who
never carried a gun, but whose pat
riotism consisted of baiting splendid
German-Americans who were born
here and some of whom died fighting
for America.
“Today, the Americans who bear
Italian or German names are the ob
jects of hatred on the part of many
of our so-called American heroes, a
olt of whom are getting married to
avoid conscription.
‘The next thing we shall probably
have in this country will be a proc
lamation forbidding the speaking of
Italian or German ,the latter a lan
guage deemed absolutely essential for
practically every type of graduate
work.
“We may need guns instead of
broom handles, but one thing is cer
tain we need a little more charity
and, I might add, a little more intel
ligence.”
HOLY NAME SOCIETY OF
SPARTANBURG PARISH
RECENTLY REORGANIZED
SPARTANBURG, S C.—The Holy
Name Society of the Church of St.
Paul the Apostle, Spartanburg, S.
C.. after, a number of years of in
activity, underwent a re-organization
in January, 1940. The pastor, Rev.
Francis O. Ferri appointed Mr- John
P. Siener as acting president until
such time as duly authorized officers
might be elected. Under the direction
of Mr Siener the society took an
active part in the formation of Lenten
discussion clubs and many of its
members acted as leaders of these
groups. During April the Holy Name
Society was represented by fifteen
delegates at the Convention of Ca
tholic Men, which was held in
Charleston, S. C. This meeting mark
ed Te organization of a Diocesan
Council of Catholic Men and the Holy
Name Society became affiliated with
the state wide body at this time-
Or. June 9. 1940 a Communion break
fast was held at the Cleveland Hotel
and was attended by approximately
sixty men including a contingent
from St. Mary’s Parish, Greenville,
S. C., representing the male choir,
which had sung the Mass preceding
the breakfast. At this time was
held the election of officers for the
coming year and the following men
v/ere decided upon in an open
quorum: President, Ned Joyce, Jr.;
vice-president, Mark McDonald; sec
retary, Barker Kaminer; treasurer,
Martin O'Brien.
Since its beginning the Holy Name
Society has attended Mass and Holy
Communion in a body on the second
Sunday of each month and, with the
advent of Fall, will inaugurate a
season of varied activity in Catholic
Action.
Columbia Deanery
Catholic Youth
Council Meets
(Special To The Bulletin)
SUMTER, -S. C.— On Wednesday,
September 4, the Catholic Youth
Councils of Orangeburg, Columbia,
and Sumter met in Orangeburg to
form the Columbia Deanery Couni
ciL ,
The meeting was held at Lee’s
Pond where a picnic lunch was serv
ed before the business session was
called to order.
The Very Rev. Joseph T. Daley, C.
S. S. R.. of Orangeburg, introduced
the president of the Orangeburg
Club, Miss Catherine Bly, who wel
comed the visitors and presented Miss
Eleanor Bultman, of Columbia, who
presided.
Officers selected at the meeting
were Miss Mary Jennings, Sumter,
president; Miss Wydette Asmer, Co
lumbia, vice-president; Miss Rita
Mathews, Sumter, secretary; and
Miss Mignon, Orangeburg, treasurer.
Quarterly meetings of the Deanery
will be held in September, Decem
ber, April and June of each year.
The next meeting is scheduled to be
held in Columbia in December.
Noted Prelates Were Among
Pastors of Church in South
Carolina City
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—St. Paul’s
Church, in this city, is not only able
to boast one of the most beautiful al
tars in the South, but it also has a
parish history that is interestinng.
The Most Rev. Henry Pinckney
Northrop, Bishop of Charleston,
blessed the corner-stone of the
Church of St. Paul the Apostle here
on October 18. 1883. After a struggle
for funds by the Rev. John J. Mon
aghan the church was erected and
solemnly dedicated.
E. Foggette was the architect, but
it is believed'that Father Monaghan
had a great part in making the
plans for what was then an ex
traordinarily well designed church,
so well built that fifty years later it
is staunch and in no need of substan
tial repair.
Father Monaghan also erected a
beautiful church at Abbeville, S. C.,
and was not long in winning recog
nition for his priestly zeal. In 1897
he was consecrated Bishop of Wil
mington,’ Delaware.
The celebrant of the Mass at the
time of the dedication of the enlarg
ed St. Paul’s Church, was the Rt.
Rev. Monsignor A. K, Gwynn, V. F„
who as a boy had attended Mass in
his home and the homes of other
Catholic families in Spartanbprg.
Until the coming of the Rev. Ber
nard Fleming, the Spartanburg con
gregation had been attended from the
Piedmont missionary center at
Greenville. Father Fleming was i the
first resident pastor at St. Paul’s,
but after a time it was found neces
sary to serve the parish again from
Greenville.
With tlie World War, and an Army
camp in Spartanburg, the Rev. Nich
olas Murphy was appointed pastor.
He was succeeded by the Rev. T. J.
Mackin, now in Columbia. Other
priests who have served the parish
have been the Rev. Alexis Westbury.
the Rev. Henry L. Speisman, the
F.’ev. T. J. McGrath, End the Rev.
Michael O'Neill, who was once ad
ministrator.
The growth in recent years made
it apparent that the old church
was inadequate for the increased
congregation, so a building program
was inaugurated during the admin
istratorship of the Rev. Linus Ver-
helst, O. F. M., and during the ad
ministratorship of the present pastor,
the Rev. Francis O. Ferri, the Rev.
Michael Mclnemey, O. S. B., of Bel
mont was consulted, and the church
was enlarged, and rededicated.
The remodelectd St. Paul's is so de
signed that the altar immediately ar
rests the attention when one enters
the church. The altar, which is
strictly rubrical, is unquestionably
one of the handsomest in this section
of the country. It is the joint gift of
Leslie P. Dodge, in memory of his
wife, the former Mia Calus, and of
Masters Sandy, Haddie Gerry, and
James Gerry.
Stations were donated by Miss Ag
nes Storer, of Newport, Rhode Is-
CHARLESTON CLERSY
IN ANNUAL RETREAT
(Special. To The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The an
nual retreat for the priests of the
Diocese of Charleston was held at
Villa Ambrose, Myrtle Beach, Sep
tember 9-13.
The Very Rev. Nicholas Higgins,
of the Capuchins, Order of St. Fran
cis, from' Providence. Rhode Island,
was the retreatmaster.
About thirty-five secular priests of
the Diocese of Charleston' attended
the retreat.
Bishop England
High School Opens
(SPECIAL TQ THE BULLETIN)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Bishop Eng
land High School reopened Septem
ber 9, and the parochial school open
ed on September 16, with the Right
Rev. Monsignor Joseph L. O Brien,
D. D.. LL. D„ again as rector.
The following faculty will include
the Rev. John L. Manning. S. T. C.,
M. A„ vice rector; the Rev. Law
rence McLaughlin, M. A., the Rev.
William Doyle, M. R.: Sister Gene
vieve, M. A.; Sister Charles, B. A.;
Sister Ignatia, B. A. Sister Jerome.
B .A.; Sister James, B. A.; Sister
Loretta, B A.; Sister Miriam. B. A.,
librarian; Sister Eleanor and Sister
Margaretta, B. A., junior department.
Sumter Reserve Officer
Enters Active Service
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(Special to The Bulletin)
SUMTER, S. C. — William J. Bren
nan, second lieutenant in the Officers'
Reserve Corps of the U. S. Army,
who recently transferred from the
Field Artillery to the Ordnance De
partment, has been called to duty at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in
Marylland.
Lieutenant Brennan graduated from
The Citadel, in Charleston in 1938,
receiving a B. S. degree in chemistry,
and was awarded a master's degree
by the Georgia School of Technology
last June.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Brennan, of Sumter, and a member of
St. Anne’s parish in this city.
Veteran Fire-Fighter
Honored in Charleston
(Special To The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.— Peter Man-
dich, a member of the parish of St.
Patrick's Church, who has seen ser
vice with the Charleston Fire Depart
ment for more than fifty years, has
been presented with a gold watch and
chain by his comrades in the depart
ment. .
Mr. Manrich was officially retired
on August 1 to end a • career that
staited June 15, 1888 when he was
appointed a substitute callman. Dur
ing his more than a half century of
fire fighting he has served in various
companies of the department, but in
recent years had been night man at
headquarters.
He served his entire career without
ever having been reported for the
violation of any regulation. “His rec
ord was perfect”, said Chief John H.
Wohlers, who sent Mr. Mandich in
one of the department cars on a
tour of all fire stations that .he might
express his appreciation for the gift
from his comrades. *
land, by the Vogel family, in mem
ory of Mrs. Helena Renz Vogel, and
by St. Paul's Council of Catholic
Women.
One of the beautiful windows in
the church is the gift of Monsignor
Gwynn.
A beautiful lawn and an attractive
rectory make the Catholic property
in Spartanburg a credit to the devo
tion of its pastors and congregation.
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