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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 23, 1942
Mother’s Day Observed
Impressively in Augusta
Soldiers Attend Mother’s Day Mass in Augusta
Members of Holy Name Society of Fourth Motorized
Division Attend Mass at Sacred Heart Church and
Parade Down Broad Street
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Some six hun
dred officers and men, members of
the Holy Name Society from the
Fourth Motorized Division, sta
tioned at Camp Gordon, presented
an impressive and inspiring spec
tacle when they attended the Sac
red Heart Church in formation,
and later as they marched down
Broad Street to the Richmond
Hotel where breakfast was served.
The occasion was in the nature
of an observance of Mothers’ Day,
the members of the Holy Name So
ciety approaching Holy Commun
ion at a special Mass that was
celebrated at the Sacred Heart
Church by the Very Rev. Monsig
nor James J. Grady, Chancellor of-
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,
for a congregation that was, with
few exceptions,, in the uniform of
the United States Army. Monsig
nor Grady was assisted in distrib
uting Communion by the Rev. J. E.
O’Donohoe, S. J.. pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, the Rev.
James A. Greeley, S. J., assistant
pastor, and Lt. John J. Callahan,
one of the Catholic Chaiplains of
the 4th Division. The sermon at the
Mass was delivered by Father
Greeley.
Pvt. Albert W. Dubray, of the
29th Field Artillery, and Pvt. Car
men DiGiacomo, of the 8th Infan
try served the mass, during which
hymns in Latin and English wer&
sung by the 8tli Infantry choir,
with Pfc. James Mullen, of the
12th Infantry, as soloist, and with
Pvt. George Schultz as organist.
Throughout the mass, Staff Ser
geant Miller, bearing the Ameri
can flag, stood at parade rest in
the sanctuary, flanked by a color-
guard, with rifles, Privates An
derson and Monoghan.
At the conclusion of the services
at the church, the soldiers march
ed to the hotel, in two battalion#
the first commanded by Captain
Sasso and the second by Captain
Pesnicak. Cadence for the march
ers was furnished by the drum and
bugle corps of the 12th Infantry,
under the direction of Sgt. Robert
Lloyd.
As the marchers neared Eight
Street they passed in review be
fore a reviewing stand upon which
Col. Terence Tully, Lt. Coy. Her-
stood, Lt. Col. Thomas Cross., Lt.
Bert Schmid, Major Peter C.
Schroeder, Mayor James M. Wood-
dall, Monsignor Grady, and other
members of the clergy and other
army officers.
Colonel Tully acted as toast
master at the breakfast, presenting
the speakers who included Colonel
Cross who declared that in his
twenty-five years in the Army he
had always heard that its leaders
should inspire the men in their
commands, and on this occasion he
has found that the men were an
inspiration to their officers.
Monsignor Grady, who delivered
the principal address, told the men
that they were not only soldiers of
the United States, but also soldiers
of Christ, and as true soldiers of
God and country would bring God
back to the world and bring the
world back to God.
Hugh Kinchley, executive secre
tary of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia, in his re
marks called attention to the fact
that from the Tobacco Road 'area,
a section that had been portrayed
as the home of blasphemers and
those addicted to foul speech, had
come a group of men who had
pledged themselves to reverence
the word of God and to refrain
from profanity and improper
language.
Other speakers were Colonel
Schmidt, the Rev. Thomas A. Bren
nan, pastor of St. Mary’s-on-ths-
Hill Church, and Thomas Shepard
director of the local USO Cluo
conducted by the rational Cath
olic Community Service.
The musical program presented
during the breakfast was by Pfc.
James Mullen and Pvt. George
Schultz at the piano.
Arrangements for the commun
ion and breakfast were made by
First Lieutenants John J. Calla
han, Leonard J. Fries, Captain J.
| Sullivan and Arthur O’Leary, the
Catholic chaplains of the 4th Di
vision.
The blessing before the break
fast was invoked by Monsignor
Grady, and the grace afterwards
was said by Major Schroeder, a
Lutheran minister, who is divi
sional chaplain of the “Rolling
Fourth.”
George Crisp Heads
Gainesville Branch
of Laymen’s Ass’n.
(Special to The Bulletin)
GAINESVILLE, Ga.—At a
meeting of the members of St.
Michael's parish, held on the
morning of Sunday, May 10, a
local branch of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia was
organied with George A. Crisp
as president. Other officers elect
ed at the meeting were Richard
Courtenay, vice - president and
William Heinz, secretary-treasurer.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Rev. Maurice A.
Dailey, C. S. V., assistant, rector
of the Cathedral of Christ the
King, in Atlanta, who serves the
parish here, and was addressed
by Bernard J. Kane, of Atlanta,
president of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation.^
While the Catholics of Gaines
ville have taken an active part in
the work of the Laymen’s Associa
tion since its organization more
than twenty-five years ago, no
branch of the association had been
established here.
Station WRDW, Augusta,
Rebroadcasts Program
Presenting Bishop O’Hara
AUGUSTA, Ga.—On Sunday,
April 2G, in connection with the
convention of the Catholic Com
mittee of the South, held in Rich
mond, Va., the Columbia Broad
casting Company’s ‘Church of
the Air” program was broadcast
from Richmond with the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta as the speaker.
The hour of the broadcast con
flicted with pre-arranged sched
ules of Station WRDW in Au
gusta, so Ray Ringston. manager
of WRDW and Louis Rigdon, pro
gram director, arranged to electri
cally transcribe the original
broadcast, and re-broarcasted the
transcribed program later that
day.
As a further courtesy, the
management of Station WRDW
presented the transcriptions of
Bishop O'Hara’s sermon to the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia.
The Rev. Jamgs A. Greeley, S. J., assistant pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, Augusta, is shown-
in the pulpit as he administered tha renewal of the Holy Name pledge to members of the Holy Name
Society from Camp Gordon who comprised the congregation at a special Mass celebrated on Mothers’
Day at the Sacred Heart Church by the Very Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, Chancellor of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta. Upwards of 600 officers and men of the Fourth Motorized Division received Com
munion at the Mass.—(Photo by Pendleton—Courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle.)
Communion-Breakfast
for Augusta K. of C.
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Members of
Patrick Walsh Council, Knights of
Columbus, aproached Holy Com
munion in a body at St. Mary’s-on-
the-Hill Church on April 26 at a
special Mass which was celebrated
by the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of St. Mary’s, and chaplain
of the council.
Following the Mass breakfast
was served at the USO-NCCS
Club. Grand Knight James L.
Bartley presided, and the speaker
was the Rev. James A. Greeley, S.
J., assistant pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church. Arrangements for
the Communion and breakfast
were made by a committee com
posed of James B. Mulherin, John
T. Buckley and John W. McDon
ald, Jr.
MISSION CONDUCTED AT
ISLE OF HOPE CHAPEL
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Rev.
Charles Kastner. O. S. B., rector
of the Cathedral of Mary Help of
Christians, at Belmont Abbey, Bel
mont, N. C., conducted a week’s
mission at the Chapel of Our Lady
of Good Hope, Isle of Hope, early
this month.
The chapel at the Isle of Hope
is served by the Benedictine Fath
ers from the Sacred Heart Church
in Savannah.
SERVICE MEN ATTEND
USO-NCCS SAVANNAH
MEMORIAL DAY DINNER
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—One of the
most brilliant affairs held under
the auspices of the USO-NCCS
Club here was the dinner served
the enlisted men who took part
in the parade of Confederate Me
morial Day.
The large ball room of the cen
ter was attractively decorated, all
flowers being donated by florists
and friends; and 340 enlisted men
from Camp Stewart enjoyed the
dinner. This number was later
increased by men from the Savan
nah Airbase, Fort Screven and the
U. S. Marine Base at Parris Is
land, until the total -number en
joying the hospitality of the Na
tional Catholic Community Ser
vice reached a thousand.
J. Francis Kelly, director of
the UCO-NCCS Club, and Harold
Munson, of the Catholic Young
People's Association, acted as
hosts, and the reception commit
tee headed by Mrs. T. J. Dowling,
included Mrs. Robert Jiran. Mrs.
Jennie Bohan, Miss Margaret Mc
Nally, Dlrs. Loretta Flanagan,
Mrs. William Dawson. Mrs. Wil
liam Johnson, Mrs. Catherine
Kenney, Mrs. C. Dulohery. Mrs.
ATLANTA CANCER HOME
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — All officers
and directors of Our Lady of Per
petual Help Cancer Home, con
ducted here by the Servants of
Relief for Incurable Cancer, were
re-elected at the annual meeting
held at the Home on May 7.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D.,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, con
tinues as president; the Rev. Jos
eph R. Smith, pastor of the Im
maculate Conception Church. At
lanta, remains as vice-president;
Sister M. Rose Huber, treasurer,
and Estes Doremus, president of
the Atlanta Branch of the Catholic
Laymens’ Association of Georgia,
treasurer. Bernard J. Kane, presi
dent of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia, with the of
ficers named, completes the
board of directors.
The report of the treasurer
showed that 148 patients were
cared for during 1941, more than
half of whom were women. Of the
patients cared for at the Home
during the year, only seven were
Catholics.
William Leonard, Mrs. J. J. Sulli
van, Miss Veronica Elliott, Miss
Frances Martin.
Holy Name Society From Camp Gordon Parades in Augusta
After attending Mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Augusta on Mothers’ Day. some six hundred officers and men or the Fourth
Motorized Division from Camp Gordon paraded down Broad Street to the Richmond Hotel where a Communion-breakfast was served. As
‘.lie marchers, headed by a regimental drum and bugle corps, reached Eighth Street, the formation passed in review before Lieutenant Col
onel Thomas Cross, Mayor James M. Wooddall, and other officers from Camp Gordon, and members of the local clergy.—(Photo by Frank
Christian—Courtesy of The Augusta Herald.)