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OCTOBER 26, 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Located in one of the finest sections of Wilmington. N. C., yet not far from the business district, St. Mary's
Pro-Cathedral, one of the finest edifices in North Carolina, now has; as its pastor the Kev. Cornelius E. Murphy.
Construction of the new rectory at St. Mary's was begun early this year by the former pastor, the Rev. Janies
A. Manley, who died during April.
Wilmington Has Had Resident
Priests for Nearly 100 Years
CHARLOTTE FETES
L. W. DRISCOLL, K.S.G.
Newly Invested Knight of
Gregory Honored at
Banquet
(Special To The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.- Announce
ment was made at a dinner given on
the evening of October 17 in honor of
L. W. Driscoll, of Charlotte, who was
recently invested as a Knight of St.
Gregory the Great, that Mr. Driscoll
and his wife will provide the funds
for the erection of a church at LLn-
ville. The church, now under con
struction. will be dedicated to St. Pat
ricia, and will be a memorial to Miss
Marian Patricia Driscoll, a daughter
who died in 1934.
Catholic and Protestant friends of
Mr, Driscoll gathered at the Hotel
Charlotte where a group of them
were complimenting him with a din
ner. Announcement of Ml. Driscoll’s
activity as an outstanding Catholic
layman, which result in the bestowal
of Papal Knighthood upon him by His
Holiness. Pope Pius XII, was made
by the Most Reverend Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D. Bishop of Raleigh,
who also made known the gift of the
church at Linville, to the Diocese.
Bishop McGuinness, he principal
speaker, also spoke of the ills of the
times. The deification of the state
means the dethronement of God, he
said. Citizenship, culture, efficiency
and materialism are not substitutes
for religion, he continued. “The
world-saving power of Christ is the
only force that can produce peace.
What is peace? Aquinas defines it as
the work of justice. Justices pre
pare principles born of the eternal
verities. Without God, consequent
ly. nations war because men have
failed in the two great command
ments, love of God and love of
neighbor,” the Bishop said.
Dr. Oren Moore spoke in tribute
to Mr. Driscoll and told the char
acteristics of courage, astuteness of
vision, and love of his fellow woman,
saying that Mr. Driscoll possesses
these. Fred Helms and Hamilton
Jonies spoke briefly in appreciation
of Mr. Driscoll. To these Mr. Dris
coll responded expressing deep ap
preciation for the demonstration of
friendship and the interest shown in
the honor he had received from the
Holy Father. He said that to receive
such a distinction from si eminent a
character as Pope Pius is enough for
any man in a life time, but when
local friends from every creed join
with him to rejoice over the occasion,
“it is more than I deserve, but it
gives me a challenge to live up to
those high ideals.”
The Rev. J. A. Redhead, pastor of
Second Presbyterian Church, offered
the invocation, and the Rev. Maurice
McDonnell. O. S. B.. pastor of St.
Peter’s and St. Patrick’s churches, in
troduced the speakers. George
Dowdy was the toastmaster.
Parent-Teacher Groups
Meet in Charleston
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON. S. C. — The Rt.
Rev. Monsignor James J. May, rector
of the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, addressed the first fall meeting
of the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Cathedral School. The Rev.
John J. McCarthy, assistant pastor of
tlie Cathedral, also spoke, and Mrs.
Gerald M. Carter presided.
Mrs John C. Molony rendered a
report of the deanery meeting, and
Mrs. Carter told of the convention of
the Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women held in Columbia. Mrs.
James Furlong announced that a
card party would be given by the
association early in December.
Mrs. William J. Kanapoux has been
appointed chairman of the card tour
nament which will be sponsored by
the Parent-Teacher Association of the
Sacred Heart School. Assisting Mrs.
Kanapaux were Mrs. Henry G. Con
don. Mrs. Wallace Whetsell, Mrs.
William F. Condon, Mrs. Daniel Har
ing. Mrs. J. B. Clarey and Miss Mar
garet Hanley.
BISHOP ENGLAND
PARENT-TEACHERS
The first fall meeting of Bishop
England High School Parent-Teach
er Association was held with the
newly elected president, Mrs. Charles
J. Geilfuss, presiding.
An inspiring address was delivered
by Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph L.
O’Brien, addressing the mothers as
‘parent-teachers'’, stating that after
all the mother is the greatest teacher,
and asking that the mothers study
religion with their children, and that
the only thing to save democracy
would be religion.
Committee chairmen, appointed at
the meeting were, Mrs. Harry Santos,
child welfare; Mrs. Henry G. Condon,
publicity; Mrs. Howard Ryle, hospi
tality: Mrs; William F. Condon, mem
bership; and Mrs. Charles Dennis,
finance.
Plans for a card party to be given
at St. Patrick’s Hall, November 15,
were outlined. Mrs. Charles Den
nis will be in charge, assisted by Mrs.
T. Joseph Smith, Mrs. W. T. Stur-
ken, Jr., Mrs. J. J. Reynolds, Mrs.
Harry Santos, Mrs. Ernest Douglas,
Mrs. Raymond Thompson, Mrs.
Joseph Morris, and Mrs. M. A. Prince.
Officers of the club include Mrs.
Daniel Maguire, vice-president, Mrs,
Tracy Sturcken, secretary, and Mrs.
T. Joseph Smith, treasurer.
First Resident Pastor Ap
pointed in 1845—Father
Cornelius Murphy Now
Pastor at St. Mary’s
WILMINGTON, N. C.—For almost
a hundred years Wilmington has had
a resident pastor, the first being the
Rev. Thomas Murphy, who came to
this city in January, 1845.
It is doubtful if any parish in the
South has had so few and yet such
distinguished pastors in a span of
nearly a century. After Father
Thomas Murphy, who died in 1863,
were famed and learned Dr. Corco
ran. Father White, Father Gross, and
Father Moore;.
For forty-seven years St. Mary's
Church had as its pastor the Right
Reverend Monsignor Christopher
Dennen, who was raised to the dig
nity of a Domestic Prelate by the
Holy Father in 1923 at the request of
the late Bishop Haid. Monsignor
Dennen had served as vicar general
to Bishop Haid, and continued as
Vicar General when the Diocese of
Raleigh was established until his re
tirement from active priestly duty.
The Rev. James Manley, who had
been Monsignor Dennen’s assistant,
succeeded him as pastor at St. Mary's,
Serving in that capacity until his
death in April of this year.
Upon the death of Father Manley,
the present pastor, the Rev. Cornelius
E. Murphy, formerly Superintendent
and Dean of Missions, at Regina An-
gelorum, Mission Center, of North
Carolina Apostolate at Nazareth, was
appointed as pastor of St. Mary’s by
the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness,
D. D., Bishop of Raleigh.
The R'ev. Thomas W. Colgan is
Father Murphy's assistant, while the
Rev. William S. O’Byme formerly as
sistant pastor at St. Paul s Church,
New Bern, has been given charge
of the Wilmington Missions north of
Cape Fear River, with Lis head
quarters at St. Mary's.
ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH
BUILT IN 1846
The cornerstone of St. Thomas
Church in Wilmington, was laid by
the Rev. Dr. P. N. Lynch in 1846,
shortly after the death of the illus
trious Bishop England. Dr. Lynch,
who later became Bishop of Charles
ton, delivering the sermon at the
ceremony. This church served the
city until the erection of St. Mary's
Pro-Cathedral by Monsignor Dennen,
about thirty years ago. The old
church was then devoted to the work
among the colored people with Fath
ers of the Society of St. Joseph in
charge. The work among the colored
people is now flourishing with the
Rev. Timothy J. Holland, S. S. J.. as
pastor of St. Thomas Church, where
the parochial school for colored chil
dren is conducted by Franciscan Sis
ters of Baltimore.
Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina
conduct St. Mary's School, one of
the pioneer Catholic schools in the
Carolinas.
Wilmington has always been a
mission center, and is still faithful
to that tradition. The mission sta
tions now served by Wilmington in
clude Montague. Artesia, Chonquapin,
McNeilis, and Wallace.
MRS. KATIE U. MONK,
NEWTON GROVE, N. C.
NEWTON GROVE. N. C.—Mrs.
Katie Usher Monk, wife of John M.
Monk, and prominently connected in
this section, died Saturday, October
19. Funeral Services were held from
St. Mark’s Church here, with the
Rev. Richard Keenan, C. SS. P., of
ficiating.
Surviving Mrs. Monk are three
daughters, Mrs. Enoch Godwin, of
Benson, Mrs. L. F. Packer and Mrs.
R. E. Warren, Newton Grove; one
son, Bernard Monk; three sisters,
Miss Mary Usher and Miss Florence
Usher, of Rosehill. and Mrs. P. B.
Gregory, Newton Grove; eight broth
ers, R. D. Usher. Teachey. J. R. Usher,
Los Angeles, R. M. Usher, Chatta
nooga, P. H. Usher. Newton Grove,
Edwin Usher, Haywood Usher,
Charles Usher, and Leo Usher, all of
RosehilL, _.
Pastor at Wilmington
FATHER MURPHY
The Rev. Cornelius E. Murphy, pas
tor of St. Mary’s Church, Wilmington,
North Carolina-
Wilmington Layman
Dean of Knights of
St. Gregory in N. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
WILMINGTON, N. C—Michael J.
Corbett, President of the Corbett Se
curities Company, of Wilmington, is
one of the seven Catholic laymen of
North Carolina who held membership
in the Papal Order of the Knights of
St. Gregory the Great.
Born in Ireland, Mr. Corbett has
spent the greater part of his long
life in North Carolina, where in 1884
he married Miss Josephine Deans.
Mr. Corbett is a writer of note, and
has contributed articles to The New
York Times, Commonweal, and other
secular and religious publications.
Orangeburg Church
Corner-stone to Be
Laid October 27th
New Church of Christ the
King to Serve Colored
Parish
(Special to The Bulletin)
ORANGEBURG, S. C.—On the af
ternoon of Sunday, October 27, the
Most Reverend Emmet M- Walsh, D-
D., Bishop of Charleston, will offi
ciate at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Church of Christ the
King, which is being built to serve the
Colored Catholics of this city.
Priests of the Redemptorist Order,
who are in charge of the Church of
the Holy Trinity here, will also be in
charge of the new parish which is be
ing established for the purpose of
aiding missionary work among the
colored people of this section of South
Carolina.
The new church will be a substan
tial structure, to be constructed of
brick, and wilt be able to accommo
date a congregation of several hun
dred.
The Rev. Joseph T- Daley, C. SS. R„
is pastor at Orangeburg, and his as
sistants include the Rev. Thomas Gil-
hooley, C. SS. R., the Rev. Lawrence
Lynch, C. SS. R-, the Rev. John
Walsh, C. SS. R.. and the Rev. James
Cotter, C. SS. R.
The Redemptorist Mission at Or
angeburg also serves the Sacred
Heart Church, Blackville; St. There
sa’s Church. Springfield; St. Mary’s
Church, Allendale: and St. Ann’s
Church. Four Holes; as well as mis
sion stations at Fort Motto, Bamberg.
Woodford, St. Matthews, and Barn-
■ well,
CHARLESTON MARKS
COLUMBUS DAY
Knights of Columbus Hosts
at Banquet and Ball—Ra
dio Programs Presented
(Special To The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, Si. C.— In obser
vance of Columbus Day, the mem
bers of P. N. Lynch Council, Knights
of Columbus, celebrated at a ban
quet and dance.
The banquet was held at the Fran
cis Marion Hotel, Seth J. Ferara,
chairman of the committee in charge,
acting as toastmaster. The Rev.
John J. McCarthy, assistant rector
of the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, invoked the blessing. After
opening remarks by the toastmaster,
a welcoming address was made by
Andrew J. Pinto, grand knight of P.
N. Lynch Council, who was follow
ed by Father McCarthy who spoke
on "The Day We Celebrate.”
Louis M. Shimel, assistant district
attorney, ^poke on "The United
States.” and William P. Donelon, of
Columbia, past state deputy, spoke
on “America.”
Musical selections on the program
were rendered by Miss Emelia Ferri
and Edward Marcil with Miss Eliza-
zeth Kennedy at the piano.
Officers of P. N. Lynch Council in
cluded in addition to the grand
knight Homer M. Free, deputy grand
knight; William C. Ehrhardt, chancel
lor; M. F. Mahoney, recorder; Mathew
J. Oliver, warden; T. J. Liddy, treas
urer, emeritus; John J. McGrane, fi
nancial secretary; James A. Clarkin,
treasurer; James P. Furlong, advo
cate; Joseph F. Hanley, lecturer; C. 'J.
Murphy, John F. Tobin, and Dan J.
Sullivan, trustees.
COLUMBUS DAY RADIO
PROGRAMS IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The ight
ev. Monsignor Joseph L. O'Brien, rec
tor of Bishop England High School
and pastor of St. Patrick’s Church,
delivered an address on ‘‘Christo
pher Columbus” as a feature on a Co
lumbus Day program broadcast over
Station WTMA at noon on October 12.
In the evening Ansel D. Moore was
the speaker on a program broadcast
over Station WCSC.
Wilmington Plans
Memorial to Late
Father Manley
(Special to The Bulletin)
WILMINGTON, N. C.—At a meet
ing held several months ago, which
was attended by Jews, Catholics, and
Protestants, plans were discussed for
the erection of a gymnasium and an
auditorium as a memorial to the Revl
James A. Manley, who at the time
of his death in April of this year,
was pastor of St. Mary's Church in
this city.
Father Manley was an outstanding
leader in Catholic Youth Organza-
ton work n North Carolna. He was
actve in the promotion of amateur
sports, boxing in particlular. He has
coached several “Golden Glove” teams
and was believed to have been the
only priest in the United States who
acted as coach and adviser of a box
ing team.
He was a World War veteran, hav
ing served as a chaplain with the
United States Army. He was one
of the first American soldiers to set
foot on German soil- He was wound
ed four times and never fully re
covered from the effects of his
wounds. He died at the Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington, and was
buried with military honors at Bel
mont Abbey.
During the nine years that he was
stationed in Wilmington Father Man-
ley gained the friendship and esteem
of the entire community. Catholic and
non-Ca cholic, and evidence of which
is found in the proposal to erect a
gymnasium and auditorium to Iris
memory, , , a- .....
CARDINAL GIBBONS
WAS IN WILMINGTON
AS VICAR-APOSTOLIC
Illustrious Prelate Resided
in Wilmington When North
Carolina Was a Vicariate
Apostolic
WILMINGTON, N. C— Perhaps
Wilmington’s greatest distinction is its
connection with the illustrious and be
loved American Prelate, His Eminence
James Cardinal Gibbons, who at the
time of his death was Archbishop of
Baltimore.
It was at the old St. Thomas Church
here that Cardinal Gibbons resided
when as Vicar-Apostolic of North
Carolina, he was on the threshold of
his great and historic career. He lived
in a few small rooms attached to the
church, and there in these rooms were
writterr - many chapters of that im
mortal work, “The Faith of Our
Fathers”, one of the best-sellers
through the years and generations.
MONSIGNORIRWIN'S '
FORMAL INVESTITURE
Pastor of St. Paul’s Church,
New Bern, North Carolina
Invested as Domestic Pre
late
NEW BERN. N. C—With impressive
ceremony the Most Rev. Eugene J.
McGuinness, D. D., Bishop of Ra
leigh, formally invested the Right
Rev. Monsignor Michael A. Irwin,
pastor of St- Paul's Church in this
city as a Domestic Prelate of the
Papal Household.
Monsignor Irwin was invested at a
Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated by
Bishop McGuinness at St. Paul's
Church, where Monsignor Irwin has
served for twelve of the forty years
of his priesthood that he has given
to the Diocese of Raleigh.
Bishop McGuinness was attended
by the Rev. Lawrence Newman, St.
Therese’s Church, Wilson, and the
Rev. Edward T. Gilbert, pastor of
St. Agnes’ Church, Washington. N.
C.. deacons of honor. The Rev-
Francis J. Gorham, pastor of St.
Mary’s Church, Goldsboro, was as
sistant priest; the Rev. Cornelius Mur
phy, pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
Wilmington, was deacon of the Mass;
the Rev. Charles J. Gable, pastor of
St. Peter's Church, Greenville, N.
C, sub-deacon; the Rev- John A.
Brown, of Nazareth, master of cere
monies; and the Rev. Thomas Wil
liams, pastor of St. Anthony’s
Church, Southern Pines, assistant
master of ceremonies.
The Rev. Julian Endler, C. P.; pas
tor of St. Joseph’s Church, of New
Bern, who delivered the sermon;
eulogized Monsignor Irwin and nar
rated the story of his splendid ser
vice to the Diocese of Raleigh since
his ordination at Belmont Abbey in
1900.
The Most Rev- James E. Walsh,
M. M., of Maryknojl, and the Most
Rev. Vincent Taylor, Aobot Ordinary
of Belmont, headed attending pre
lates, among whom were the Right
Rev. Monsignor Charles DuBoise
Wood, P. A. Middletown, N. Y.; the
Right Rev- Francis Joseph Magri,
D- D., V. F., pastor of St. Paul's
Church. Portsmouth. Va.; the Right
Rev. Monsignor Arthur R. Freeman,
V. G. LL. D„ P- A., pastor of Holy
Trinity Church, Kinston; the Right
Rev. Monsignor William F. O'Brien,
pastor of St. Mary's Church. Durham;
the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas J.
McDonnell, national director of the
Society of the Propagation of the
Faith, New York. Also assisting in
the sanctuary were many priests from
North Carolina and Virginia with the
Very Rev. Martin C- Murphy, Colum
bia, S. C., the Rev. Joseph Daley,
C. SS R., Orangeburg, S. C.! the
Rev. Thomas Stapleton. Ambler. Pa.;
the Rev- Elmer Stapleton, Phila
delphia; the Rev. Paul Termer, Buf
falo, N. Y.; the Rev. Benjamin A. J.
Crane, Buffalo; the Rev. Edward J.
Hanrahan, S. J , Woodstock, Mary
land. a cousin of Monsignor Irwtn;
the Rev. Thomas C. Healey, Harper’s
Ferry, West Virginia.
Relatives of Monsignor Irwin and
others here for the occasion included
his brother, Joseph D. Irwin, Ports
mouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Irwin, Jr-. Portsmouth: Miss Brigid
Agnes Irwin, and Mrs. J. Fulcher- his
sisters, Portsmouth; Miss Mary Rose
Fulcher, a niece, Portsmouth; Mrs.
Cornelius J. Irwin, sister-in-law,
Buffalo; Cornelius Irwin, a nephew,
Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Irwin, Portsmouth: Mrs Daniel J.
Kiley. Daniel J. Kiley, Jr., Miss Eliza
beth Kiley, of Portsmouth.
Monsignor Irwin was guest of honor
at a dinner given at the Gastonia
Hotel with move than two hundred
in attendance. Father Endler acted
as toastmaster and the speakers in
cluded Judge William J. Lnnsche. Jr.,
L. C. Newman, and Albert Ellis,
attorney of Jacksonville, N. C. Mr.
Newman presented Monsignor Irwin
with a substantial purse, and in his
acceptance the prelate expressed his
appreciation and gratitude.
Music for the Mass was rendered
by a choir under the direction of
Mother Pauline, with Miss Daisy
Swert organist. Edward T. Gilbert,
,al Washington ,sang at the dinner, u