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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 26. 1940
Catechetical Congress
to Be Held in Charleston
First Regional Conference of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctri®e of the Province of Baltimore to
Be in Session / November 2, 3 4
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(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON,, S. C. — At the in
vitation of the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh. D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, the First Regional Catechetical
Congress of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine will be held here,
■with headquarters at the Francis
Marion Hotel, under the sponsorship
of His Excellency the Most Rev.
Michael J. Curley, D. D., Arch
bishop of Baltimore and Washing
ton. •
The Congress will be under the
! t-o-sponsorrhip of their Excellen
cies the Most Rev. John J. Swint,
D. D„ LL. D., Bishop of Wheeling;
the Most Rev. Edmund J. Fitzmau-
lice, D. D.. Bishop of Wilmington;
the Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, D.
D„ Co-adjutor Bishop of Rich
mond; the Most Rev. Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D.. Bishop of Raleigh;
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D.
C.. J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta; the Most Rev. Joseph P.
Hurley, D. D.. Bishop of St. Au
gustine; and the Right Rev. Vin
cent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D.,
Abbot of Belmont Abbey.
The Rev. John J. McCarthy, of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Charleston, is the General Chair
man. and the various local commit
tee chairmen will be: Committee on
Attendance: In charge of the laity—
the Right Rev. Joseph L. O'Brien,
Ph. D.; in charge of Priests — The
Rev. J. J. Guinea; in charge of Sis
ters — Mother M. Francis: in charge
of College Students, the Rev. J. L.
McLaughlin.
' Hospitality Committee: The Rev.
Henry F. Wolfe, the Rev. M. R. Daly,
Committee on Literature and Exhi
bits; the Rev. J. Alexis Westbury.
Committee on Arrangements for
Masses, the Rev. W. J. Cox. Commit
tee on Arrangements During Con
gress: the Rev. Michael J. Reddin.
Committee on Information: The Rev.
Anthony A. Plikunas. the Rev. A.
W. Calner. Committee on Ways and
Means: The Rev. Jeremiah W. Car-
mody, the Rev. W. G. Doyle, and
the Rev. John L. Manning, D. D..
treasurer. A large number of priests
and laity have been selected to as
sist these committees.
The Diocesan Directors of the
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
for the Province of Baltimore in
clude the Rev. John J. Duggan. Bal
timore; the Rev. Wilbur F. Wheel
er, Washington; the Rev. E. P. Kil
galen, Norfolk; the Rev. John J.
O’Brien. Clarksburg, W. Va.; the
Rev. Joseph D. Sweeney, Wilming-
tbn. Del.: the Rev. Michael J. Begley,
Wrightsville Beach; the Rev. Joseph
G. Cassidy, Savannah; the R't. Rev.
P J. McGill, St. Augustine; the Rev.
John J. McCarthy, Charleston.
Special arrangements are being
made to accommodate Sisters who
will attend, by Mother Francis and
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
at the Motherhouse on Legare Street.
Invitations to attend the Congress
have been extended to prelates
priests, religious teachers, and lay
men and women throughout the Bal
timore Province and it is anticipat
ed that this gathering will be suc
cessful from every standpoint.
University and college students
from eight states will take part in
a week end convention of their own
during the congress. Catholic stud
ents from Clemson. Winthrop, the
University of South Carolina, and
other up-state institutions, will 'oin
with students from the Citadel and
the College of Charleston to take a
prominent part in the program.
Charleston Prelate
Speaks to Civitans
GUEST SPEAKER
Monsignor
America’s
Principles
O'Brien Urges
Return to the
of the Ten
Commandments
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.-The Amer
ican nation is softening and the youth
are a "bunch of sissies”, the Right
Rev. Monsignor Joseph L. O’Brien,
pastor of St. Patrick's Church, and
director of Bishop England High
School, told members of the Civitan
Club at a recent meeting in the Fran
cis Marion Hotel.
‘Young people have become too
accustomed to movies, parties and
entertainments, he said. Quoting the
late Will Rogers, he said that Ameiica
is riding to the poorhouse, but it
will get there on rubber-tired wheels.
In the schools the pupils are only
too willing to let their teachers do
the work and then accept the grades.
They are not able to undergo physical
trials and are too much attached to
their mother's apron strings. Con
scription will take care of that to a
large extent, he said, and will put
many of them “on their own” foe the
first time.
"Let’s not call Hitler a fool,” said
Monsignor O'Brien. “We have been
wishing for the past ten years that
he would be defeated and we have
cited proof that he cannot stand be
cause of this or that, but he has, and
he has crushed Europe like a walnut.
"Hitter has made a religion out
of ‘Deutschland Uber A lies' and the
German people have accepted that
as a religion and are fighting for it.
“He has built the German race to
a nation of physically strong people
that believe implicitly in their cause.
“We Americans have lost the prin
ciple that would push us on. The
youth has been allowed to decay. The
nation must be brought back to the
principles of the Ten Commandments
which guided the founders of this
country.
"I repeat, build what you may. You
can have a wall of airships that
would stretch from Charleston to San
Francisco, and battleships from New
foundland to the Argentine, but there
must be a principle to fight for.
France would not have fallen had
it had a united people, and America
must profit by what has happened.
Unless we return to the Ten Com
mandments, we are merely building
a brick highway to be covered with
the concrete of totalitarianism.
MONSIGNOR READY
Right Rev. Monsignor Michael J.
Ready, General Secretary of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
who addressed the Charleston Dio
cesan Council of N. C. C. W. in
Columbia.
Hampton L. Myatt
Dies in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Hampton Lee Myatt.
were held from the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, _the Rev. John
McCarthy officiating.
Mr. Myatt was a native of
Charleston, the son of Captain Frank
R. Myatt and Mrs. Lou Theresa
Murphy Myatt. He was a World
War veteran and was employed at
the Charleston Navy Yard.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Mary Fosberry; one daugh
ter, Marguerite Myatt; three sons,
Thomas Francis Myatt. Harry Carr
Myatt, and Richard Murphy Myatt
five brothers, James R„ Frank R.,
Richard M., Leslie R., and Captain
Harry C. Myatt; five sisters. Mrs.
M. J. Hennaberry, Mrs. Eugene
Cross. Mrs. Frank Sheetz. Mrs. Al
vin Eisenbuckner, and Mrs. M. J.
Oliver.
Preliminary Program of First
Regional Catechetical Congress
MRS. THOMAS V. S. ROWAND
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Bridget Ann Row-
and, widow of Thomas V. S. Row-
and, were held from St. Patrick’s
Church. September 28.
A native of Charleston, Mrs. Row-
and was 83 years old. She was the
daughter of John Byrne and Mrs.
Katherine Kenna Byrne, both of Ire
land.
She is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. George P. L. Murphy, eight
grandchildren and one great-grand
child.
FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
—r r the—
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
In the Province of Baltimore
TO BE HELD AT
Charleston, S. C., November 2-4, 1940
Make all reservations through—
REV. HENRY F. WOLFE. 888 KING ST.. CHARLESTON. S. C.
Convention Headquarters:
FRANCIS MARION HOTEL. CHARLESTON, S. C.
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MRS- BAILEY A. PATTERSON
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Pat
terson. who died October 4 in Los An
geles, were held from the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, the Right
Rev. Monsignor James J. May offi
ciating.
Mrs. Patterson was the widow of
Hailey A. Patterson. She was 62 years
old and native of Charleston, the
daughter of the late John Edward
Keregan. of Augusta, and Mrs. Jane
Doogan Keregan. of Charleston.
She is survived by a brother, Law
rence Keregan, of Conoga Park. Cal.;
a nephew, Dr. John K- Walsh, of Flor
ence, and three nieces, Mrs- E. L. War
ren, of Laurinburg, N. C-, Miss Mary
Katherine Walsh and Miss Anastasia
Walsh, both of Charleston.
MRS. DAMIAN HEITERER
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah Heiterer,
who died October 12 at the residence
of her daughter, were held from the
Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
Henry Wolfe officiating.
Mrs. Heiterer -was bom in Colum
bia. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Lyons. both of Ireland.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Chris L. Rowland and Mrs.
John J. Conlon; four sons, Theo
dore, Philip, John, and Richard L.
Heiterer, all.of Charleston: a sister,
Mrs. Margaret Muller, of West Palm
Beach: twenty-one grandchildren
and eleven great-grandchildren.
MRS. FRANK A. DONNELLY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Margaret Bernard
Donnelly, wife of Frank A, Don
nelly, who died October 3, were held
from* St. Mary's Church, witii the
Rev. William Doyle officiating.
Mrs. Donnelly was sixty-two years
old, a native of Charleston, and was
a daughter of Michael O'Connor
and Mrs. Mary Morrisey O’Connor,
both of Ireland.
1.—GENERAL SESSIONS
.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
8 P. M.—Memminger High School
Auditorium.
“What Is The Confraternity?”
Honorary Episcopal Chairman: The
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston.
Presiding: The Right Rev. James J.
May, V. G.
Address—“Go Forward to New
Conquests for Christ”—the Most Rev.
Edwin V. O'Hara, D. D., Bishop of
Kansas City.
Address—“Adapting Means to the
Altered Conditions of the Times"—
The Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph. D.,
University of Notre Dame.
Dramatic Presentation: Cathedral
Youth Council.
Closing Remark*—The Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.,
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
10:30 A. M.—Pontifical Mass,
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Celebrant: The Most Rev. John J.
Swint. D. D., LL. D., Bishop of
Wheeling.
Sermon: The Most Rev. Peter L.
Ireton, D. D., Coadjutor Bishop of
Richmond.
3 00 P. M.—Gloria Theatre: ‘The
Catholic Home”.
Honorary Episcopal Chairman: The
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D..
J. U. D.. Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
Presiding: The Rev. . Joseph B.
Sweeney, of Wilmington, Del.
Address: "How Parents Must Teach
Religion in the Home”, The Most Rev.
Joseph - M. Corrigan, D. D., Rector
of The Catholic University of Ameri
ca. Musical Entertainment: Student
Nurses of St. Francis Xavier Infirm
ary of Charleston.
Address: “Parental Responsibility
in the Teaching of Religion”. The
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara. D. D.,
J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
Musical Program. Address: “Fishers
of Men”, Miss Miriam Marks. C. of
C. D. Headquarters, Washington
D. C.
8:00 P. M.—Gloria Theatre—“Adult
Education”
Honorary Episcopal Chairman:
Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton. D. D.,
Bishop of Richmond. Presiding: The
Rev. Joseph G. Cassidy, of Savannah,
Georgia.
Address: “Aims and Methods of
Adult Religious Education”. The Most
Rev. John J. Swint, D. D„ LL. D.,
Bishop of Wheeling.
Musical Program.
Address: “Adult Religious Discus
sion Cluhs”, Rev. E. P. Kilgalen, of
Richmond. Va. Address: “Mission
Problems”. The Rev. Maurice Fitz
gerald, C. S. P.. Clemson College.
S. C. (Short Panel Talks bv several
laymen have been arranged).
II—SPECIAL SESSIONS
University and College Students
November 2-3
Chairman: The Rev. J. L Mc
Laughlin, Chaplain of Newman Club
at The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
Host Newman Club: The Newman
Club of the College of Charleston.
(This two-day weeK-end session
for University and College Students
and their Chaplain will include a
prepared entertainment program).
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
General Session—8:00 P. M. A
Memminger Auditorium I
the
SUNDAY SESSION AFTER
PONTIFICAL MASS
Addresses on ‘ Catholic Leadership”
by The Rev. John F. Cronin. S. S.,
of St. Mary’s Seminary. 'Baltimore,
Md.; The Rev. John A. O’Brien, Ph.
D., Notre Dame University^foi merly
Chaplain at the University of Illinois)
and The Rev. Donald Cleary, Resi
dent Chaplain of the Newman Club,
Cornell University, Ithaca. N. Y.
INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS
' OF RELIGION
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL
Monday. November ,4th
Francis Marion Ball S»»m
9:30 A. M—Presiding: Rev. E. P.
Kilgalen, Richmond, Va.
Address: "Practical Methods for
Practical Catechists” by the Rev.
Aloysius J. Heeg. S. J., The Queen’s
Woik. St. Louis, Mo.
Address: “Doctrinal Content for
the Teacher”, by the Rev. John J.
Collins, S. S. Catholic University of
America.
(Classroom demonstrations, to he
given in the Bishop England High
School, are planned.)
CLERGY LUNCHEON
Monday. 1?:30 P. M.
, Francis Marion Hotel
General Discussion Leader,
Most Rev. Edwin V. O’Hara. D. D.,
Bishop of Kansas Citv.
SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
Monday, 4 P. M.
Presiding: Rev. John J. O'Brien,
Wheeling, West Virginia.
Address: “School Year Religious
Instruction of Secular High School
Students”, the Rev. Cornelius B.
Collins, Providence, R. I., (newly
appointed National Director of the
Confraternity).
Address: “Psychology of Religious
Education”, Right Rev. Joseph L
O'Brien, Ph. D., Diocesan Superin
tendent of Schools, Charleston.
Discussion: Classroom demonstra
tion of methods: Rev. A. J. Heeg,
S. J.
Remarks: The Most Rev. Emmett
M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton.
EXHIBITS
The Knights of Columbus H»10 <a
few doors from Hotel Headquarters) _
will be the location for an exhibi-/
tion of Religious Projects, Con-\
fraternity Materials, and Commercial
Displays of Literature during the
entire Congress.
Address correspondence on Re
ligious Projects to the Rev. J. A.
Westbury, 91 Anson Street, Charles
ton.
Clergy Transfers in
Charleston Diocese
New Appoint ments by
Bishop Walsh Announced
by Chancellor’s Office
DAVID A. FRANCIS
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — David
Alexander Francis, custodian of the
County Center, died here October 8,
funeral services being held from St.
Patrick’s Church.
A son of David A. Francis, of Con
necticut, and Mrs. Catherine Stalvey
Francis, of Charleston, he was a na
tive of this city. For many years Mr.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Transfer
of five priests of the Diocese of
Charleston, effective the first of
this month, were made by the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.. Bishop
of Charleston, and announced by the
Rev. Dr. John L. Manning, Chan
cellor of the Diocese.
The R'ev. Maurice R. Daly, who
has been an assistant at the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist in this
city, has been transferred to St. Jo
seph’s Church, here where he will
be assistant to the Rev. J. Alexis
Westbury.
The Rev. Louis R. Williamson, as
sistant at St. Joseph's Church, has
been appointed assistant pastor of
St. Anne’s Church, Sumter, where
the Rev. John P. Clancy, is pas
tor.
The Rev. Charles L. Sheedy, assis
tant pastor at Sumter comes to the
Cathedral here as assistant pastor.
The Rev. Charles J. Baum, assis
tant pastor at St. Joseph's Church,
Anderson, goes to Columbia to be
an assistant to the Very Rev. Martin
C. Murphy, pastor of St. Peter's
Church.
The Rev. Thomas D. O’Shaughnes-
sy, who has been assistant at St.
Peter’s Church and St. Patrick’s
Chapel in Columbia, becomes assis
tant pastor of St. Mary's Church,
in Greenville, where the Right R'ev.
Monsignor A. K. Gwynn is the pas
tor. .
Father Baum
Leaves Anderson
Becomes Assistant at St.
Peter’s Church, Columbia,
S. C.
Francis was connected with -the South
Carolina Power Company and in 1938
was made custodian of the Center.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Minnie Crosby Francis; three sons,
John David Francis, Joseph William
Francis, and David A. Francis, Jr.;
two daughters, Mrs. George L. Pye,
and Miss Minnie Lou Francis.
MISS HAZEL HOLLINGS
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Miss Jazel St. J. Hol-
lings were held from St. Patrick’s
Church September 22, with interment
following in SL Lawrence Cemetery.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ANDERSON, S. C.-Many friends
here, Catholic and non-Catholic, of
(he Rev. Charles J. Baum, who has
been assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s
Church since 1935, learned with re
gret of his transfer to Columbia,
where he will be assistant to the
Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy, pas
tor of St. Peter's Church.
In the five years that he has
spent in Anderson Father Baum lias
not confined his work to the local
church but has regularly served at
St. Andrew’s Church, Clemson Col
lege, the Church of St. Francis of
Assisi, Walhalla, the Church of the
Sacred Heart, Abbeville, and the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Greenwood. He has also ministered
to the Catholic’s groups of Newber
ry, McCormick, Fair Play, HartweJl,
Ga., and other places which are at
tached to the Anderson Mission ter
ritory, of which the Rev. Henry L.
Spiesman is pastor.
Father Baum is a native of Char
leston, the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Baum. He received his
early education in the Catholic
schools of Charleston, and later at
tended St. Charles College, Cutons-
ville. Md, and St. Mary’s Seminary,
Baltimore, where he was awarded
B. A., M. A. and S. T. B. degrees. .
He was ordained May 20, 1934, by (
the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D.
D., Bishop of Charleston, and before
coming to Anderson had served at
St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, St.
Peter's Church, Beaufort, and at
Parris Island, as assistant at the
Cathedral in Charleston, and at St.
Joseph’s Church in Charleston.
Father Baum has also served as a
member of the faculty of the Bishop
England High School in Charleston.
Father Baum has spoken frequent
ly over Radio Station WA1M, both
on the regular morning devotional
period and on special occasions. He
has traveled extensively, visiting
every state in the Union except two,
and has also visited in Canada, Mex
ico and Cuba.