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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. » 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. jPlTPrfs .Sif. faTnrt;Wnmz> 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- (Conlinued on 8-A) (Continued on 8-A>