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MAY 23, 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Holy Family Church, Columbus
Holy 1 amily Church, Columbus, Georgia, serves a parish that
was established in 1835 when the memorable Bishop John England,
of Charleston, whose Diocese then included Georgia in its wide ex
panse, appointed the Rev. James Graham as the first resident priest
for Columbus. The present beautiful Holy Family Church was erect
ed in 1881, and the congregation moved from the little Church of St.
Philip and St. James that had served the parish since its foundation.
Si. Joseph's Academy, the parochial school, has been conducted by
the Sisters of Mercy since 1862. Sister Mary Barbara is the present
superior.
Nation’s Catholics Pay Tribute
to Holy Father on Silver Jubilee
Holy Father's Jubilee
Observed in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga., — In observ
ance of the twenty-fifth anniver-
£ sary of the consecration of His
Holiness Pope Pius XII as an
Archbishop, a Solemn Pontifical
Mass was celebrated in the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist by His
Excellency the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop
of Savannaii-Atlanta.
Officers of the Mass included
the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara, rector of the Cathedral,
assistant priest; the Rev. Brendan
Dooley, O. S. B., of the Sacred
Heart Church, and the Rev. G.
Obrecht, S. M. A., pastor of St.
Benedict's Church, deacons of
honor; the Rev. Thomas I. Shee
han, pastor of Notre Dame de
Lourdes Church, Port Wentworth,
deacon; the Rev. John Toomey, as
sistant rector of the Cathedral,
subdeacon, and the Rev. Joseph
W. Kavanagh, assistant rector of
the Cathedral, master of cere
monies.
Many other priests of the city
were present in the sanctuary, and
with a congregation that filled the
Cathedral assisted at the Mass and
heard an eloquent sermon deliv
ered by Bishop O’Hara.
Holy Father’s Jubilee
Observed in Raleigh
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—On May 13,
the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuin-
ness, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh, was
the celebrant of a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass, offered in the Secred
Heart Cathedral in commeraora^
tion of the twenty-fifth anni
versary of-the consecration of His
Holiness Pope Pius XII as Arch
bishop.
The Very Rev. Msgr. Dennis A.
Lynch, Chancellor of the Diocese
of Raleigh, was archpriest; the
Rev. J. Lennox Federal, rector of
the Cathedral was deacon; the Rev.
Jerome Hickey, assistant rector
of the Cathedral, subdeacon; the
Rev. Edward L. Gross, pastor of
St. Catherine of Siena Church,
Wake Forest, and the Rev. Ed
ward Clancy, O. P., assistant pas
tor of St. Monica’s Church, Ral
eigh, deacons of honor, and the
Rev. John A. Brown, pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, Pinehurst,
master of ceremonies. The ser
mon was delivered by Father Fed
eral.
SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL
LATIN HIGH SCHOOL
RALEIGH, PRESENTS PLAY
RALEIGH, N. C.—An entertain
ing play, “The Tin Hero,” was
presented on the evening of May
13 by students of the Sacred
Heart Cathedral Latin High
School, conducted by the Domini
can Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Dominic. Sister Grace Electa,
the principal, directed the play,
and the cast included Bradford
Johnson, Thomas Wolff, Walter
Lee Horton, Jackie Poole, Mary
Sneed, Gayle Kane, Mary Anne
Bauer. Dorothy Steinberg, Mar
garet Cummings, Helen Field and
Sarah Stronach.
REV. JUSTIN GOODWIN, S A
ASSISTANT AT HIGH POINT
HIGH POINT, N. C.—The Rev.
Justin Goodwin, S. A., of Wal
pole, Mass., has recently been ap
pointed assistant pastor of Christ
the King Mission here, where the
Friars of the Society of the Atone
ment is engaged in missionary
work among- the Colored people.
The Rev. Bernadine Watson, S. A.,
is the pastor.
Heads Columbus
Catholic Laymen
One of the most active local
branches of the Catholic Yaymen's
Association is that in Columbus,
of which Henry F. Murphey is
president. Other officers of the
Columbus Branch are F. X. Pro-
furao, first vice-president; Albert
R. Turner, second vice-president;
Mrs. John B. Byrne, secretary, and
Mrs. George R. Connor, treasurer.
Charleston Observes
Jubilee of Pius XII
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—In ob
servance of the Silver Jubilee of
the Archepiscopal consecreation
of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, a
Solemn Pontifical Mass was cele
brated in the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist by the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph
L. O'Brien, pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, reviewed the life of His
Holiness and referred to him as a
pope of continuous prayer, of
vision and of excellent talents.
Deacons of honor at the Mass
were the Rev. J. W. Carmody, pas
tor of St. Mary's Church, and the
Rev. Henry F. Wolfe, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church. The Rev.
Francis O. Fcrri, pastor of St.
Paul’s Church, Spartanburg, was
deacon of the Mass, with the Rev.
J. Alexis Westbury, pastor of St.
Joseph's Church, sub-deacon. The
Rev. John J McCarthy, assistant
rector of the Cathedral, acted as
master of ceremonies.
The Right Rev. Monsignor A. K.
Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, Greenville, and more than
twenty priests of the Diocese of
Charleston, were present in the
sanctuary.
Bishop O’Hara Celebrates
Mass at Fort Oglethorpe
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga., —
His Excellency the Most Rev. Ger
ald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D.,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, cele
brated a Pontifical Field Mass at
Fort Oglethorpe on Sunday, May
17, with a congregation of several
thousand officers and enlisted
men attending.
Officers of the Mass included
the Right Rev. Monsignor Francis
T. Sullivan, pastor of Sts. Peter
and Paul Church, Chattanooga;
the Rev. J. Harold Shea, pastor of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church. Chattanooga, the Rev.
Joseph W. Kavanagh, of Savannah,
Chaplain Cornelius F. Cahill and
other chaplains stationed at the
Fort.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Twenty-two million Catholics
throughout the United States join
ed with the entire Catholic world
in solemn tribute to His Holiness
Pope Pius XII on the occasion of
the silver jubilee of his episcopal
consecration on May 13, 1917. A
spiritual note predominated in the
observance, amid ceremonies rare
ly if ever equalled in their uni
versality and diversity in the his
tory of the Church in this country.
Members of the Hierarchy,
priests, religious and laity in every
Diocese united in prayer for the
intention of the Holy Father, with
prayer for peace, so characteristic
of Pious XII's Pontificate and of
his efforts for the past 25 years,
stressd above all. Solemn Pontific
al Masses on the day of the jubi
lee, May 13, or on the following
day, Ascension Thursday, climax
ed the observance in every Dio
cese, while in some places solemn
observancs were held on the Sun
day preceding or following the
Jubilee as well.
A special feature of the jubilee
observance was the preparation of
a nation-wide spiritual bouquet.
The life of the Holy Father and
his work for peace and for a better
world order, as well as tributes
by Archbishops and Bishops in the
form of pastoral letters, were fea
tured in the Catholic Press. Radio
programs, both local and on na
tionwide networks, were numer
ous, with the broadcast of the
Holy Father’s jubilee message to
the world and of the Apostolic
Benediction holding the chief
place among them.
The spiritual bouquet for the
Holy Father was prepared in every
Diocese in the country, at the sug
gestion of His Excellency the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States.' Parishes, schools and in
stitutions in each Diocese sent
their spiritual bouquets to the
Chancery office, whence they
were forwarded to the Apostolic
Delegation in Washington, D. C.,
to be sent to His Holiness as a
tribute from the entire Catholic
population of the United States.
Many Ordinaries directed that the
prayers of the children be sep
arately tabulated, as a special of
fering from those most dear to the
heart of Christ and of His Vicar
on earth.
Catholic newspapers and peri
odicals from coast to coast fea
tured special articles on the jubi
lee, the Papacy and the present
Pontiff.
The central observance of the
nation was a Solemn Pontifical
Mass at the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception at the
Catholic University of America in
Washington, D. C., on Thursday.
Archbishop Cicognani pontificated
and the sermqn was preached by
the Most Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan,
Rector of the Catholic University.
In other Sees Archbishops and
Bishops pontificated at Masses on
Wednesday or Thursday. Many of
these were for the clergy and re
ligious. while a special Mass for
the laity was celebrated the fol
lowing Sunday. In virtue of spe
cial faculties conferred by the
Vatican, Archbishops and Bishops
imparted the Apostolic Benedic
tion to their people at these Mass
es.
Solemn octaves, triduums and
Holy Hours of prayer for the Pope
were held in many places. In most
Dioceses each priest, or one priest
in each church and chapel, was di
rected by the Bishop to offer a
Mass for the intention of the Holy
Father, and the faithful were urg
ed to receive Communion, at that
Mass if possible, as a pari of their
spiritual bouquet for the Pope.
Major radio networks of the na
tion broadcast programs originat
ing in Vatican City and in the
United States in observance of the
jubilee. The last part of the Holy
Father’s address to ,the world on
May 13, his Apostolic Benediction,
and a summary of the address in
English by Max Jordan, former
chief of the National Broadcast
ing Company's European staff,
were carried by the N. B. C. Red
network.
The network of the Mutual
Broadcasting System carried the
program simultaneously, with the
summary given by the Rev. John
P. Delaney, S. J„ of New York,
former Assistant Director of the
Vatican Radio Station. Later in
the day, the M. B. S. carried an
address on the jubilee by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, of
the Catholic University of Ameri
ca.
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY'S
graduating class of 558 seniors
heard J. Edgar Hoover, Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, make this assertion at the
98th annual commencement ex
ercises, which were attended by
5.000 persons
New USO-NGGS Club
Opened in Columbus
Handsome Center Will Be
Operated Jointly With the
Jewish Welfare Board
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The new
United Service Organizations
building, which will be operated
jointly by the National Catholic
Community Service and the Jew
ish Welfare Board, was formally
dedicated on May 8, a feature of
the dedication being the presen
tation of the cantata, “Joan of
Arc,” by the Community Chorus.
This new and ' splendid USO
structure is a spacious recreation
center, and a project that fills a
civic need.
On Mother's Day an open house
was held at the center, under the
auspices of the NCCS and the
JWB.
On the night of May 7 a Mili
tary Maids Ball was given, and on
May 12 there was a dance for the
2nd Armored Division. On May
14 the Junior Catholic Club and
the Junior Hadassah sponsored a
Post Compliment Dance, and on
May 15 the Columbus Little Sym
phony orchestra was heard in con
cert. On May 16, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the NCCS
and the JWB, sponsored another
dance.
Eugene Bergmann, is the NCCS
director at the new center, which
is one of the finest in the country.
Bishop McGuinness
Offers Mother s Day
Mass at Fort Bragg
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
FORT BRAGG, N. C.—The Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness,
Bishop of Raleigh, was celebrant
of a Solemn Pontificial Mass
which was the highlight of the
Mother’s Day observance aj this
military post.
The Rev. Cornelius B. Collins,
Religious Consultant of the Na
tional Catholic Community Ser
vice, preached the sermon. The
Rev. John A. Brown of Asheville,
N. C., was master of ceremonies.
Chaplains filled the other offices
at the Mass.
Despite that gasoline rationing
confined participation in the Pon
tifical Mass to members of the
Ninth Division. Over 3,000 soldiers
were present. Communion break
fasts were held in other sections
of this large military reservation,
and thousands of soldiers received
Holy Communion in the 18 chapels
of the post.
The choir at the Solemn Pon
tifical Mass was ccmposed of mem
bers of the Abbey School and
Sacred Heart Academy, Belmont,
N. C. Following the Mass, Bishop
McGuinness blessed the standards
of the Ninth Division.
More than 3,000 soldiers attend
ed the Mass, the reason that a
greater number did not being that
the commanding officer had limit
ed attendance to men of the 9th
Division, as a gasoline rationing
measure.
Assisting Bishop McGuinness
were the Rev. Cyril H. Miron, O.
Praem, archpriest; the Rev. Joseph
Tardiff, O. F. M., deacon; the Rev.
James J. Lyons, S. J., subdeacon;
the Rev. Florimond Vanholme, S.
S. E., and the Rev. Timothy And-
rysiak, T. O. R., deacons of honor,
all Army chaplains, and the Rev.
John A. Bown, pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, Pinehurst, master
of ceremonies.
Following the Mass a reception
was tendered Bishop McGuinness
at the Officers’ Club House.
SAVANNAH OBSERVES FEAST
OF ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The feast of
St. Benedict the Moor was ob
served with solemnity at St. Ben
edict’s Church here, a Solemn
High Mass being celebrated by
the Rev. A. Ramstein, S. M. A.,
assistant pastor, with the Rev.
Gregory Eichenlaub, O. S. B„ dea
con, and the Rev. G. Obrecht, th<
pastor, as sub-deacon. The ser
mon was delivered by Um ?tt
Daniel J. Bo ink*.
Best Wishes
The Phenix-Glrard Bank
PHENIX CITY. ALA.