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MAY 23. 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Catholic Population of
United States, 22,556,242
Figures Published by The Official Catholic Directory
Show Gain of 263,141 in 1941—Converts Total 82,-
087, Setting New Record—36,580 Members of Cler
gy Highest Figure in Country’s History
MARTIN CALLAGHAN
HEADS CATHOLIC
LAYMEN IN MACON
NEW YORK—Catholics in the
United States, Alaska and the Ha
waiian Islands now number 22,-
556,242 according to the Official
Catholic Directory for 1942, just
issued by P. J. Kenedy and Sons
here. With all of the Archdioceses
and Dioceses this year showing
substantial gains, this figure rep
resents an increase of 263,141 over
last year. Archdioceses with Ca
tholic populations in excess of
one million are Chicago with t,-
543,471; New York with 1,111,718,
and Boston with 1,065,969. Brook
lyn with 984,905, continues as the
largest Diocese.
The Archdioceses now number
twenty and there are 97 Dioceses.
Fewer changes than usual in
the Hierarchy were made during
the year. The Most Rev. Urban
J. Vehr became Archbishop of
his former Diocese on November
15, 1941, while the Most Rev. Jo
seph C. Willging was appointed
Bishop of the new Diocese of
Pueblo, December 8, 1941. The
Most Rev. William Patrick O’Con
nor was appointed Bishop of
Superior, December 31, 1941, as
successor ot the Most Rev. Theo
dore H. Reverman, who died July
18, 1941. The Most Rev. Sidney
Matthew Metzger, Auxiliary
Bishop of Santa Fe, was transfer
red and * appointed Coadjutor
Bishop of El Paso. The Most Rev.
James J. Sweeney was appointed,
May 20, 1941 Bishop of the new
Diocese of Honolulu. The Most
Rev. Laurence J. FitzSimon, was
installed as Bishop of Amarillo on
November 5, 1941. The Most Rev.
Edward G. Hettinger, on Decem
ber 8, 1941, was appointed Auxi
liary Bishop of Columbus. The
Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome
was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop
of St. Cloud, March 3, 1942. The
Most Rev. Vincent Wehrle, O. S.
B.., retired Bishop of Bismarck,
N. D., died November 2, 1941.
The number of Cardinals re
mains two. Archbishops in the
United States number 22 and ad
ditions among the Bishops have
raised their total to 126, an ad
vance of four over the figure for
1941.
fn deference to the request of
the United States Government, the
Official Catholic Directory for the
first time is publishing a large
list of priests—without addresses
-—Chaplains in the Army and
Navy.
The 1942 Directory reports an
increase of 741 in the number of
clergy over the figures for 1941,
as there are now 23,818 diocesan
priests, an increase of 409. and
12,762 Religious Order Priests, an
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advance of 332, or a total of 36,580,
the largest number of ordained
clergymen yet recorded. The num
ber of parishes with resident
priests has grown by 71 to a total
of 13,315, while mission churches
have increased 31 to total 5,670,
bringing the total number of
Catholic Churches to a new rec
ord, 18,985. The slight advance in
the number of Catholic Churches
is evidentally due to the shortage
of building materials and the de
parture of many priests as Chap
lains with the Armed Forces.
The unprecedented number
of converts for several years past
has again been topped by a still
greater increase, for 82,087 con
verts reported for 1942, indicates
that 5,382 more converts entered
the Church during 1941-42 than
in the preceding year.
Greensboro Parochial
School Students Heard
in Radio Broadcasts
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENSBORO, N. C.—Pupils
of St. Benedict’s School, conduct
ed by the Sisters of Charity of
St. Vincent de Paul, marked the
Episcopal Jubilee of Pope Pius
XII by dedicating to the Holy
Father their radio program on
May 13. With Mrs. Carrie Banks
at the piano, St. Benedict’s stu
dents sang the “Mass of the
Angels”, “Ave Maria” and “Panis
Angelicus” The Rev. Hugh Dolan,
pastor of St. Benedict’s Church
intoned and explained the various
parts of the Mass, and urged
listeners to the program to unite
their prayers for the intention of
His Holiness that a just and last
ing peace would come to the
world.
The previous week, students at
St. Benedict's presented a patri
otic program, featuring such num
bers as “My Own United States,”
“Wonderful Mother of Mine”,
“Ave Maria” and the Catholic
Actin hymn, “Christ the King,”
in which loyalty was pledged to
God and country.
St. Benedict's Boy Scout Troop
returned from the annual Camp-
o-ree held at Camp Graystone
after receiving an A-l" rating for
various activities and appear
ance. Robert Alexander, of the
troop, was made an Eagle Scout
Miss Katherine Kelleher, sec
retary of the Children of Mary,
won the local division of the na
tional essay Contest sponsored by
the Catholic Daughters of
America. The theme of the essay
was “What the Bill of Rights
Means to Me”.
DOUGLAS AND MISSIONS
SUMMER MASS SCHEDULE
DOUGLAS, Ga. — The Oblate
Fathers, of St. Paul’s Church here,
announce the following schedule
of Masses for the summer months:
Douglas: 1st Sunday—8; 2nd,
3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays, 11:30;
Holydays, 6:15, 8:15; Daily, 8:15.
Alapaha: St. Bridget’s Church—
1st Sunday, 10; 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Sundays, 9:30.
Fitzgerald: — St. William's
Church—1st Sunday, 11:30; 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th Sundays, 8.
Willacoochee: Holy Family
Church—1st Sunday. 8; 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th Sundays, 10.
Lakeland, Queen of Peace
Church—1st Sunday, 10; 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th, 8; Holydays, 7:30, first
Friday, 7:30.
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MACON, Ga.—Martin J. Cal
laghan, one of the founders of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, and its vice-president, is
also president of the local branch
of the Association in Macon. Other
officers of the Macon Branch are:
J. C. Sanders, honorary vice-presi
dent; Herman R. Hahn, Mrs.
Charles LeH. Adams, Edward
Lackey, vice-presidents; Charles
E. Smith, corresponding secretary;
Miss Alma Cassidy, recording sec
retary, and Miss Julia McCreary,
treasurer.
The executive committee in
cludes A. A. Benedetto, chairman,
Dr. W. D. Wells, Charles E. Smith,
Raymond McDonnell, Mrs. J. V.
Sheridan, Mrs. Regis Lomax and
Miss Genevieve Weisz.
JUDGE FEAGIN ADDRESSES
USO-NCCS LAW CLUBS
MACON, Ga.—Judge R. Doug
las Feagin, of Macon’s Municipal
Court, was the speaker before the
Soldier-Civilian Law Club spon
sored by the USO-NCCS Club of
Macon when at one of the April
meetings he discussed the divorce
laws of Georgia. Members of the
bar from Michigan, Florida and
Pennsylvania compared the sta
tutes and decisions of their own
states with those of Georgia.
At a May meeting, Walter T.
Johnson, of the Macon bar, pre
sented the interesting details of an
important case in his experience
relating to the perfecting of land
titles in equity as distinguished
from the customary and better-
known land registration at law.
This club was organized serveral
months ago by Henderson Morri
son, Jr., of New York City and
Camp Wheeler, with the co-opera
tion of W. H. Mitchell and other
USO-NCCS club members, and it
has had weekly programs prepared
by members of fiercer University
Law School faculty, the Macon
Bar Association, and Camp''Wheel
er Judge Advocate’s staff.
Pvt. Morrison’s legal ability
earned him an appointment to
the Judge Advocate’s enlisted pre-
sonnel at Camp Wheeler, from
which he was later promoted and
transferred. Another active mem
ber, Sgt. Dave V. Kerns, of Tampa,
Fla., was promoted from the same
office and transferred Succeed
ing Mr. Morrison' in that office
and also as co-director of the club
is Pvt. William Friedman, of Pit
tsburgh, Pa., a recent speaker on
the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Re
lief Act of 1940, who is expected
by local USO-NCCS club members
to be likewise promoted and trans
ferred to a responsible post.
AUGUSTAN MADE HONORARY
CITIZEN OF BOYS’ TIME
AUGUSTA, Ga.—J. B. Fuqua,
manager of Radio Station WGAC,
has received notice from the Right
Rev. Monsignor Edward J. Flana
gan, of Father Flanagan’s Boys’
Town, that he has been named
an honorary citizen of Boys’ Town,
Nebraska.
For some time the transcribed
Boys’ Town program has been a
regular feature broadcasted by
Station WGAC.
SAVANNAH K. OF C.
NOMINATE OFFICERS
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A. J. Scha-
no, deputy grand knight of Savan
nah Council, No. 631, Knights of
Columbus, has been nominated to
j succeed John M. Brennan as grand
knight. Others nominated for of
fices in the council are L. J. Steib-
er, deputy grand knight; Leon
Michael, chancellor; Francis Pu-
der, recorder; J. A. Kearney, treas
urer; Carlos Deposito, advocate
Joseph Rossiter, Jr., warden; Wil
liam X. Robinson, inside guard; J.
P. Doyle and Edward Rogerson,
outside guards; Edward Rabin,
■ Henry Ray and M. C. McCarthy,
i trustees. The election of officers
will be held in June. R. J. Led-
; better was chairman of the nomi-
! nating committee.
Thomas J. Canty, a member of
Savannah Council, recently elected
state deputy, made a report to the
meeting on the state convention
Hugh Grady, L. G. Whelan and
A. P. Monella were appointed to
the sick committee for the month,
and the council voted to purchase
$500 additional war saving bonds.
It was announced that the first de
gree initiation of the class, which
will be-dedicated to the Rev. Rob
ert Brennan, O. S. B., the council
chaplain, will be conferred on May
27. The sound motion pictures,
“Attack on Pearl Harbor” and
“The Commandos” were shown af
ter the meeting.
A class in Red Cross First Aid
has been organized among mem
bers of the Council, by William T.
Walsh, with Nicholas Stafford as
instructor. A group of officers and
members of the council, neaded by
T. J. Canty, W. T. Walsh and T. J.
Corcoran attended the major de
gree exemplification by Father
Maher Council in Jacksonville on
May 10.
An essay contest on St. Bene
dict, for third and fourth academic
classes at Benedictine Military
School was sponsored by the Coun
cil, Anthony Oetgen and John
Stapleton being awarded the War
Stamp prizes. .
The Council will hold an all-day
outing at Villa Marie on May 31,
Lecturer C. H.'McCarthy and Har
ry Robinson being in charge of .ar
rangements. The Council has pur
chased additional War Bonds, total
purchases to date being $1,400.
On May 15, Judge John Rourke,
Jr., of the Superior Court of
Chatham County, signed the peti
tion of the council for a renew'al of
its charter. The request for renew
al was signed by John M. Brennan,
grand knight, and Francis V. Pu-
der, recording secretary. Attorneys
for. the council were Andrew J.
Ryan, Thomas F. Walsh, John J.
Sullivan and James W. Hennessv,
Jr.
Miss Aimee Clohecy Heads
Cancer Home Auxiliary
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — The annual
election of officers of the Auxil
iary of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Cancer Home was held re
cently at the home of Mrs. C. L.
McGowan.
Miss Aimee Clohecy was re
elected president of the Auxiliary,
with Mrs. J. J. McConneghey, Sr.,
first vice president. Other officers
elected include Mrs. Grover Hey-
ser, treasurer; Miss Helen Au-
clair, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Walter Bryant, recording
secretary; Mrs. Bernard J. Kane,
Mrs. James A. Smith, Mrs. C. L.
McGowan, Mrs. George C. Gard
ner, Mrs. H. H. McLauchlin, Mrs.
Arthur Davis, Mrs. C. M. Haasl,
Mrs. J. I. Oberst, Mrs. E. C. Bris
bane, Mrs. James M. Osborne.
Mrs. G. B. Alexander, Mrs. John
Fitcher, Mrs. Theresa Sheddean.
vice-presidents.
Membership committee: Mrs.
R. W. Bowling and Mrs. R. F. Hen
ry. Decorations, Mrs”. John B. Mc-
Callum, Mrs. J. A. McGill, Mrs.
W.'A. Tadlock, Miss Daisy Black-
well. Ways and Means committee:
Mrs. George Donnella, Mrs. Estes
Doremus, Mrs. W. H. Carver. Pub
licity: Mrs. Mae McAlpin, Miss
Elizabeth O'Neill.
. The Auxiliary is now conducting
an intensive drive for members
and those wishing to join are re
quested to call a member of the
committee.
NCOS Sponsors Rally
of Holy Name Society
in Spartanburg, S. C,
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C —
Mothers’ Day was fittingly ob
served at the USO Club operated
in Spartanburg by the National
Catholic Community Service.
The Rev. Anthony Feeherry, C.
P., one of the Catholic chaplains
at Camp Croft, was celebrant of
a Field Mass celebrated on the
lawn of St. Paul’s School, at which
the sermon was delivered by the
Rev. Francis O. Ferri, pastor of
St. Paul’s Church.
Immediately after the Mass a
Communion breakfast was served
at the Hotel Cleveland, with the
Rev. Ambrose Gallagher, O. S. B.,
of Belmont Abbey; Harry J.
O’Haire, personnel director of the
NCCS, from Washington,’ D. C.,
and Private Joseph Burns, of
Camp Croft, as speakers.
Vocal selections were rendered
by Private Marty McKenna, who
dedicated his numbers to the
mothers of the soldiers who were
in attendance.
Honored guests at the break
fast were mothers of members of
the Holy Name Society who were
visiting their sons on the occa
sion. Other invited guests includ
ed Major Gerald P. Greeve, the
Rev. Joseph Raney, Father Wuest,
Father McGuire, Father Regan,
Father Whelly, chaplains at Camp
Croft; Thomas Armstrong, J. G.
Crowley, Ned Joyce, Sr., Martin
O'Brien, Jamile Francis, J. P.
Siener, and Sam Francis, director
of the USO-NCCS Club here.
Each mother was presented with
a corsage by the NCCS committee
of Spartanburg, and each soldier .
attending was given a missal and
a Mothers’ Day remembrance
card.
From 10 a. m. until noon, there
was open house at the club, re
freshments being served by the
Junior Council of Catholic Women.
In the afternoon the Senior
Council of Catholic Women spon
sored a hospitality event for ser
vice men, and entertained visiting
mothers of the men at a recep
tion.
Later the members of the
Holy Name Society from Camp
Croft joined with the children of
St. Paul’s parish in the annual
May Procession, which was fol
lowed by a sermon by Father
Feeherry and Benediction in the
open air.
Motion pictures were shown at
the club in the evening.
Music for the Mass and after
noon services was sung by the
children’s choir of St. Paul's
Church and the Holy Name choir
from Camp Croft, with Sister
Francis Georgia directing, and
Mrs. E. D. Mercker at the organ.
Sergetant L. William Watson,
president of the Holy Name So
ciety at Camp Croft, headed the
committee that arranged for the
Mothers’ Day rally.
BISHOP KELLY TO
CONDUCT RETREATS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH, N C.—His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Clement
Kelly, D. D., Bishop of Oklahoma
City and Tulsa, will conduct a Re
treat for the priests of the Diocese
of Raleigh at the Catholic Orphan
age at Nazareth, beginning June 8,
and will also be the retreat mas
ter for a laymen’s Retreat at
Nazareth from June 12 to 14.
Compliments
Dunlap
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