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Published by the
Catholic Lay
men’s Association
of Georgia
VOL. XXIII. No. 6
lltlin
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
FORTY PAGES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 27, 1942
ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
Annual Reports of St. Mary's Home, Savannah
NINETY-TWO GIRLS
CARED FOR DURING
YEAR AT ST, MARY’S
Sisters of Mercy in Charge
of Home in Savannah Ex
press Gratitude to Many
Benefactors
St. Mary’s Home, Savannah, Georgia
The following- report was sub
mitted to the annual meeting of
the Female Orphan Benevo
lent Society by the Sisters of Mer
cy who conduct St. Mary's Home
in Savannah:
The total number of children
► cared for at the Home during the
past year was ninety-two. Sixteen
t of this number have been provided
L with homes and occupations, leav-
r ing seventy-six now residing at the
Home.
Special contributions have been
i received at the Home from the
L Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara,
‘ D. D., J. U. D., the Benedictine
Fathers, Sacred Heart Church;
► Father J. H. Conlin, Father D. J.
r Bourke, Father J. C. Croke, St.
Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., St.
Vincent’s Academy, St. Joseph’s
Infirmary, Dr. W. B. Crawford,
Sr.. Dr. W. B. Crawford, Jr., Dr.
J. Reid Broderick, Dr. G. H. Fag-
gart. Dr. J. J. O’Connor, Dr| John
^ Hedges, Dr. G. H. Lang, Dr. R. A.
Dooley, Dr. P. J. Thomas. Dr. John
Hodge, Optician: Board of Chat
ham County Commissioners; Chat
ham County Farm, Savannah Order
of Elks, Lion’s Club, Savannah
i Aerie No. 53 Order of Eagles, Lady
Collectors, Rotary Club, Morrison
Sullivan Dry Goods Company,
► Daniel Hogan Company, Try-Me
L Bottling Company, Belford Com-
^ pany, Buchsbaum Bros., State De
partment of Public Welfare, Mr.
Weis of the Savannah Theatre, also
Lucas Theatre.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gleason,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh
Mrs. P. H. Rice, Augusta, Ga., Mrs.
Kate Flannery Semmes, Mr. James
Rourke and family, Misses Helen
k atid Mary Dunn, Mrs. Margaret
McNally and family, Leon Lieveris,
Miss Kate Latham, Mr. James Con
ners, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reinstein,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Burnham, Mrs.
James A. Gross, Miss Margaret
McNally, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mul-
herin, Mrs. Preston Herbert and
, family, Brier Cliff, N. Y., Miss
Margaret Steeg, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Steeg, Misses Annie and
Nellie Keller, Miss May Anderson,
and nurses of St. Joseph’s Infirm
ary, Particular Council St. Vincent
de Paul Society, Atlanta, Ga., Miss
Nell Jentzen, Mr. John Jentzen,
Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Wil-
V liatn Verhy, Miss Edvige Gliamas,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Sheehan, Mr.
i W. J. Flood, Miss Eleanor Doyle,
Miss Johanna Daly, Miss Helen
Marie Kenney, Henderson Bros.,
Sipple Bros., Albert Goetta, Sun
shine Biscuit Company, Young
Peoples’ Catholic Club, Silva’s
Book Store, C. H. Holm and family,
Mr. James Copps, Mr. W. H.
Robertson, Park and Tree Com
mission, Mrs. Catherine Sheppard,
Miss Annie Maddock, Miss Kate
Maddock, Mrs. John Foran, Mrs.
L. H. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. J.
^P. Doyle, Mrs. J. Calvitte, Mrs.
|Hfannah McDonough, Mrs. Mar-
”guerite Murphy, Miss Kate Mur
phy, Mrs. Edward J. Fogarty, Mrs.
J. P. Miller, Mrs. Martin Roberts,
Mrs. Conneff, Mrs. James Collins,
Mrs. Arthur Pierce, Miss Veronic
Higgins. Mrs. M. A. Spellman, Mrs.
A. C. Norman, Mrs. Bessie Hines,
Miss Frieda Petit, Mrs. Mildred
Walsh. Mrs. Salas, Ryan’s Business
Dedicated in 1938, the modern and substantial new' St. Mary’s Home, on Victory Drive, in Savannah,
is the home and school for orphan girls of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. Under the patronage of
the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, the Sisters of Mercy, with Sister Mary Mercedes, R. S. M., as
superior, are carrying on the wonderful work which was begun in Georgia by members of that re
ligious order ninety-seven years ago.
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North Georgia Towns
Become Gharge of
Rettaplorist Fathers
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce
ment is made by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, that the RC-
demptorist Fathers are coming to
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
and will be in charge of parish and
missionary work in North Georgia.
The Rev. John Walsh, C. SS. R.,
formerly assistant pastor of Holy
Trinity Church. Orangeburg, S. C.,
has been assigned by the Very Rev.
William T. McCarty, Province of
the Redemptorist Fathers of the
Eastern United States, to, be the
first Redemptorist at the Sacred
Heart Church in Griffin, and the
Rev. James McCann, C. SS. R.,
now stationed at St. Alphonsus Re
treat House, Tobyhanna, Pa., will
be in charge of the mission at Dal
ton.
The Church of the Sacred Heart
in Griffin has been served by
priests from the Immaculate Con
ception Church in Atlanta. The
mission in Dalton, where there is
no church, and mass is said in pri
vate homes, has been a charge of
the Rev. James H. Grady, pastor
of St. Mary’s Church in Rome.
FATHER JOHN F. CRONIN,
S. S., of St. Mary’s Seminary, has
been appointed permanent arbi
trator for the men’s clothing in
dustry of Baltimore, and will have
sole jurisdiction over all labor and
contractual dispures.
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BISHOP O’HARA’S
REPORT COMMENDS
SISTERS OF MERCY
His Excellency, as President
of Female Orphan Benevo
lent Society, Expresses
Appreciation
BISHOP O’HARA
His Excellency the Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U.
D„ Bishop of Savannah-AUanta, who as President of the Female
Orphan Benevolent Society, directs St. Mary's Home, Savannah.
TO THE CATHOLICS OF GEORGIA:
I beg to call your attention to the Female Orphan Benevolent Society
which has been in existence for many years in this diocese and whose pur
pose is to help support Saint Mary’s Home for orphan girls in Savannah.
In this issue of The Bulletin , is published an application for member
ship in the above mentioned society. The advisory hoard of Saint Mary's
Home ask that those who can afford membership in the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society and who are not enrolled among its members make use
of this application. It can be mailed to Post Office Box No. 2, Savannah
Georgia. ’
Faithfully yours in Christ,
( y Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
The Most Reverend Gerald I*.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah - Atlanta, presented the
following report, covering the op
erations of St. Mary’s Home, in
Savannah, from May 1, 1911, to
April 30, 1942, to the annual
meeting of the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society, of which or
ganization His Excellency is the
President.
Surveying in retrospect the year
that has elapsed since the last An
nual Meeting of the Advisory
Board of St. Mary’s Home, all of
us have reason to thank God for
bestowed upon the
luring the past twelve
Sisters in charge have
__ _ ve edification to
this commuprty^by their devotion
dren,
with tenderest solicitude, provid
ing for their intellectual needs by
giving them a sound education for
their material needs by.sheltering,
clothing and feeding them; for
their spiritual needs by directing
their minds and hearts to God and
setting their footsteps in the path
of virtue.
To Sister Mercedes and her de
voted Community of Sisters of
Mercy, go our profound gratitude
for the excellent manner in which
they have managed the Home and
by the good example that they
have given to the girls themselves.
And if the girls who graduate
from St. Mary s Home have proven
themselves to be a credit to the
Institution, this is due in a very
large measure to the self-sacri
ficing work of the Sisters. May
God bless them for all they are
doing for St. Mary’s Home.
During the year the health of
the children has been excellent.
There were no deaths and no seri
ous illness to report.
Mr. John W. Gleason has con
tinued, as usual, his superb inter
est in St. Mary’s Home by his daily
concern for everything that per
tains to the welfare of both the
Sisters and the Orphans. I must
say that the best benefactor of
St. Mary’s Home is Mr. Gleason.
Not a day passes that he does not
devote a large part of his time to
the Home. He visits it frequently,
knows the history of each girl, and
worries about the children when
difficulties arise as though they
S’ere his very own. Such unselfish
interest is rare, and I gladly avail
myself of this opportunity to ex
press public thanks to him for all
that he has done for the Institu
tion. His careful management of
the finances of St. Mary’s is es
pecially worthy of mention.
I wish to single out for special
mention, also, the lady collectors
for their unwearying interest in
the Home. They have taken upon
themselves the voluntary task of
being, so to speak, “beggers for
Christ,” going from door to door,
soliciting help for St. Mary’s Home
by securing memberships in what
is legally known as “The Female
Orphan Benevolent Society.” They
do for St. Mary’s what they would
never dream of doing for thern-
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