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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOUC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
OCTOBER 25, 1941
ROSARY PAGEANT AT
ST. JOSEPH’S, MACON
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. An animated Rosary
pageant was presented at St. Joseph s
Church, under the direction of Mrs.
A. A. Benedetto. Introductory cere
monies were conducted by the Chil
dren of Mary Sodality, of which
Miss Ala Cassidy is president, and
by the Mothers’ Club, headed by its
president, Mrs. L. L. James.
The procession, forming a living
Savannah Marks Father Lissner's
Golden Jubilee of Ordination
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta, who delivered the ser
mon at the Solemn High Mass cele
brated at the Church of St. Benedict
the Moor here on Sunday, October
19, praised highly the work of the
Very Rev. Ignatius Lissner, S. M. A.,
and the Society of the African Mis-
& 'SByffiSASB SfeMfcsr- *• -
the rosary with the congregation. A
living cross, formed by a group of
seven led by Martin J. Callaghan,
president of the Holy Name Society,
led the procession. The. large beads
of the rosary were represented by
men of the parish, with each of the
small beads being represented by a
woman or a girl. The heart of the
rosary „was represented by Mrs- Her
man Huhn, Mrs. Clark Davis, and
Mrs Charles LeHardy Adams. A
sermon and benediction of the Bless
ed Sacrament concluded the devo
tions.
Father Slavin Speaks at
Georgia State College
(Special fo The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — The Rev.
Joseph R. Slavin. O. P., Ph. D..
professor of Philosophy at the
Catholic University of America,
Washington, D. C., delivered a force
ful address at Georgia State College
in connection with the observ
ance of Columbus Day. Doctor
Slavin, who was attending the
regional conference of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine in
Savannah. was accompanied and
introduced by Hugh H Grady, as
sistant cashier of the Liberty Na
tional Bank and Trust Company, who
introduced him.
Dr. Slav!p's talk was enthusiasti
cally received by the audience of
students, teachers and visitors. He
stressed the three essentials of man:
Necessity of religion and the sanctity
and dignity of family life.
ored people in Georgia.
The Mass was celebrated by Father
Lissner, in commemoration of his
completion of fifty years in the priest
hood. The Very Rev. Boniface Bauer
O S B.. pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, Savannah, was Deacon; the
Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pastor of
St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church, Au
gusta, was Subdeacon and the Rev.
A. Ramstein, S. M. A., assistant pas
tor of St. Benedict’s Church, master
of ceremonies.
Father Lissner, who was horn at
Wdlxheim, in Alsace in 1867, was or
dained a priest of the Society of Afri
can Missions at the Major Seminary
in Lyons, France, in 1891.
For a number of years he was en
gaged in missionary work among the
natives of Dahomey, in Africa, where
he preached, baptized, and erected
churches and schools, often with his
own hands. . ,
Coming to Georgia in 1907, Father
Lissner erected six churches ^nd
seven schools before the close of 1913-
Father Lissner was responsible for the
building of the Church of St. Bene
dict the Moor, St. Anthony s Church,
and the Church of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary in Savannah, and the
Immaculate Conception Church, m
Augusta; the Church of Out Lady of
Lourdes, in Atlanta, and St. Peter
Claver’s Church in Macon. All of
these are now flourishing colored-
^Father Lissner also founded St.
Odilia’s Mission in Los Angeles, and
the Blessed Martin Porres Mission in
Tuscon, Ariz. In May of this year he
attended the dedication of the splen
did school in St. Aloysius parish m
New York City by the Most Rev
Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of
New York. In charge of this school
are the Handmaids of Most Pure
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CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
IN AUGUSTA PROUD OF
ITS FOOTBALL TEAM
AUGUSTA, Ga. — While thus far
their prowess on the gridiron might
have failed to place them in the
class with the "Fighting Irish” of
Notre Dame, no one who has seen
them in action will deny that the
football team of the Boys’ Catholic
High School in Augusta is surpassed
in fighting spirit‘by Leahy’s squad
or any other eleven in the United
States.
On its most recent appearance the
team played a great game against the
"B” Varsity eleven of the Richmond
Academy in Augusta, the heatedly
contested struggle ending in a 7 to
7 tie score.
Coached by Brother francis An
thony,. of the Marist Brothers, who
conduct the .Boys’ Catholic. High
School, the youngsters, a scrappy ag
gregation, have been giving a splen
did account of themselves against
teams that greatly outweighed them.
Members of the squad are Fomum
Smith, Rudolph Elsey. Bert Hester,
Thomas Wheeler. Edward Sommer,
John Nevin, Mackey Mulherin, Noel
Schweers. Peter Franklin, Patrick
Murphy, George DeMore, Richard
Bowles, Anthony Peleggi, Charles
Weigle, Archie Gleason. Harry Nevin,
Andrew Thompson. Norman Boat
wright. The manager cf the team is
Jack Lenz, with Edward Cashin, as
sistant manager.
Georgia Pastor Is
School Bus Driver
Heart of Mary, Negro religious, who
owe their origin to Father Lissner.
It was his daring yet simple concept
that encouraged Mother Theodore
Williams to form her little band of
Sisters in Savannah, and to send them
to Tenafly, N. J„ and then to New
York. .
Father Lissner is now Provincial
of St. Anthony’s Mission, the provin
cial house of the *society of African
missions in Tenafly. ■ ...
FATHER LISSNER HONORED
AT RECEPTION IN SAVANNAH
On the evening of October 2, at
St. Benedictine's School in Savannah,
Father Lissner was tendered a public
reception. The speakers included
Bishop O'Hara, the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh. D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. James
McNamara, rector of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, Savannah;
the Rev. Edmond Schlect, S. M. A.,
of Los Angeles, and the Very Rev.
Anthony P. McAndrews, S. M. A.,
Silver Springs, Fla.
The Rev. G. Obrecljt, pastor of St.
Benedict's, arranged a musical pro
gram and playlet for the reception.
Charles Jordon, on behalf of the col
ored Catholics of Savannah, presented
Father Lissner with a purse.
Representative laymen of the col-
ored parishes in Augusta, Atlanta and
Macon, with those of the three col
ored parishes in Savannah, attended
the Mass and reception.
Savannah Parent-Teachers
Hear Father Cassidy
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Rev.
Joseph G. Cassidy, who was in
charge of the arrangements for the
Second Regional Catechetical Con
press of the Confraternity cf Christ
ian Doctrine, addressed the Parent-
Teacher Association of the Cathed
ral Parochial School on the meaning
of the congress, stating that the con
fraternity is a Catholic society esta
blished for the teaching of catechism
and for the fostering of an ardent
levc for knowledge of things spiritu
FotlowiiUf Father Cassidy*s_ address
the following standing committee ap
pointments were announced: Lunch.
Mrs. Robert Ledbetter, chairman;
Health. Mrs. Joseph Kelly, chairman.
Mrs. William Hernandez. Mrs. Fred
Roughen; Welfare. Mrs. Kenneth
Hiltz. chairman. Mrs. Walter Schaaf;
Publicity, Mrs. D. J. O'Connor, chair
man; Entertainment. Mrs. William
O'Hayer, chairman, Mrs. Charles
Holm. Mrs. John Daly. Mrs. Harvey
and Mrs. Gross; Membership. Mrs.
Joseph A. O'Leary, chairman. Mrs.
Matthew Dunn.
Father Cassidy also snake to e
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Sacred Heart and Blessed Sacrament
parochial schools.
ATLANTA CATHOLIC CLUB OF
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN HOLD MEETINGS
ATLANTA. Ga. — A group ot
interesting meetings have been held
recently by the Atlanta Catholic
Club of Business and Professional
Women. Miss Catherine Chapeau,
who attended the National Eucharis
tic Congress at St. Paul, gave an
illuminating account of that magni-
cent demonstration of faith at a house
warming at the new home of the
Misses Bragassa when members of
the club were entertained.
Mrs. Margaret Madgwick was
hostess to the club at a buffet supper
at her home for the September meet
ing, at which Mrs. Mary White, the
club president, presided.
The nominating committee for the
selection of a slate of officers for
the coming year was appointed- Miss
Elizabeth Eleanor Rafferty heads the
committee as chairman, with Miss
Bessie Bragassa and Mrs. Maud
Grenor as co-chairman.
The October meeting was. 1., 13 at
North Fulton Park, members and
their guests enjoying a steak supper.
Priests are known for unique work
among the members of their parish
and in the community in which they
may be stationed, but one of the most
unusual services is being rendered
by the , Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan,
pastor of Our Lady of I»urdes\
Church, at Port Wentworth, near
Savannah. .
Father Sheehan, in addition to his
regular pastoral duty, is driving the
school bus which transports children
frim his parish to the Cathedral
School in Savannah each school day
morning and brings them back home
each afternoon.
Previously the Catholic children
living at Port Wentworth were re
quired to solve their own transpor
tation problems. Through the Cath
olic Charities of the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta. the Catholic Missionary
Society of Georgia, and his parish)* n-
ers. a bus was acquired. Then the
question of the expense of a driver
arose and Father Sheehan volunteer
ed to serve in that capacity.
.The pastor at Port Wentworth has
found that driving the bus has given
him a better opportunity to know
the children of the parish and then-
parents. and it has nlSo been ine
means of enabling children of 5he
parish to attend Catholic schools rn
increasing numbers.
MRS. MARTINA WAIN WRIGHT
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Martina Wainwright who
died October 14, were held from St.
Anthony’s Church, the Rev. Nicholas
J. Quinlan offiicating.
Mrs, Wainwright is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Martina Caudle and
Miss Mary Wainwright; and a son,
George Wainwright.
MRS- MAMIE ZWEARMAN
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON. Ga.—The Rev. Michael
McNally, S. J., of St. Joseph’s
Church, officiated at the funeral
of Mrs. Mamie Zwearman, who died
September 27. Mrs. Zwearman is
survived by one brother, Dr. W. W.
Billingilea, Atlanta; one sister-in-
law, Mrs. Victoria Billingslea, Ma
con, and by several nieces and
nephews.
THREE CLYDE-MALLORY
VETERANS ARE RETIRED
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Three vet
eran employes of the Clyde-Mallory
Lines were retired recently under the
company’s retirement plan. James A.
Sloan, a member of St. Joseph's . ar-
ish, had been with the line for forty-
four years. Michael C. Kiley, of Our
Lady of Mercy parish, had been thir
teen years with the lines, and George
H. Gibbs, of the Cathedral parish,
had been in the employ of the lines
for fbrtyUhree years.
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PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
SACRED HEART, SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Standing eoni-
■riittees were appointed at the first
fall meeting of the Sacred Heart
School Parent-Teacher Association?"
Mrs. James Nueslein, newly elect-
d president presided, and the guest
speaker was the Rev. Joseph G. Cas
sidy who spoke on the Catechetical
Congress of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine to be held in Sa
vannah, and urged the members
present to attend as many of the ses
sions of the congress as possible.
Mrs. Frank O'Donnell was in charge
of a shrimp supper held on October
21, at the Country Club, and Sister
M. Estell and Mrs. A. S. Wade were
named co-chairman of the committee
to arrange for a Hallowe'en Party
fo be held October 29.
The following standing committees
were appointed: lunches, Mrs. D. W.
DuPont; membership, Mrs. Robert
Morrissey; health, Mrs. Harold Mul
herin; welfare, Mrs. Robert D. Ryan,
house, Mrs. John J. Connors; Mrs.
H. F. Coneff; sick, Mrs. John D.
Ware, Mrs. John F. Ccnoly, Mrs. P.
J. Fogarty.
Serving the Fourth
Generation
. . . with an eye to the fifth. For 61
years High’s has served four gene
rations of the same family, and each
generation has had fair dealing and
has commended us to the succeeding
generation.
Through the years Atlanta and
Georgia have come to look to High’s
for better values, more service, mer
chandise needs for the home and
every member of the family, as a
good store in which you may shop
with confidence.
It is to you that we owe our long life
and dedicate our future growth.
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