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JHK BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEOKGIA
juf-Y 25. 1P42
Pins Presented to
"Soldierettes” of
Phenix City Parish
j
(Special to The Bulletin)
PHENIX CITY, Ala.—Lt. Col. j
Prank Murphy, associate justice ;
of the United States Supreme i
Court, now serving in the Army, i
presented honor pins to 45 “Sol- j
dierettes” of St. Patrick’s parish j
in Phenix City. The pins were j
awarded girls who had attended !
at least eight socials given for men j
in the service at St. Patrick’s Social j
club.
Commissioner Homer D. Cobb, j
one of the honored guests spoke i
to the assembled crowd. Other j
distinguished guests were Lt. Col. i
George A. Sossaman, Col. Fred '•
A. Safay, Chaplain-Felix Burant, |
Chaplain, P. J. Quinn, Chaplain j
Slarke, Chaplain Storey, Chaplain
and Mrs. Pollard, Fort Benning,
Ga.; the Rev. Patrick Moore, M.
S. SS. T., Holy Trinity, Ala.; the
Rev. Turibuis Mulcahy, M. S. SS.
T. , Holy Trinity, Ala.; and Eugene
J. Bergman, USO-NCCS Director,
Columbus, Ga.
The “Soldierettes" club is one
of the first such organizations
formed in this section and has
been entertaining the soldiers and
parties and dances during the past
year. The club activity is under
the direction of the Rev. James
J. Salway, C. M.. pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church in Phenix, and
Mrs. J. G. Burgess.
St. Lawrence Church, Asheville
St. Lawrence Church, Asheville. North Carolina, is a gem of
ecclesiastical art, and was consecrated in 1920, thg sermon on that
occasion being delivered by Cardinal Gibbons, who at one time was
Vicar-Apostolic of North Carolina. St. Lawrence Church was erected
from plans executed by Rafael Gustavino, famed Spanish architect,
who was brought to Asheville by the Vanderbilts. The Rev. Louis
Bour, V. F., is the present pastor.
The gold pins presented by
Colonel Murphy were engraved
with an eagle and the initials de
signating “Soldierettes Patriotic
Club,” and the letters “M. M.”,
designating “Military Maids.” I he
club is helping to uphold the pro
mise made by President Roosevelt
when he said in regard to the men
in the armed services, “We will
preserve for the wherever they
may be, the morale and spiritual
values of Democratic ideals and
freedoms for which they are fight
ing,” said Father Salway.
Soldierettes receiving pins were
Misses Avanelle Dowdey, Zealon
Brooks, Patsy Brooks. Gertrude
Bouchard, Boots Brock, Mary Berg
man, Helen Cliburn, Jimmie Cow
art, Katherine Cook, Mary Daniel.
Lillyan Davenpqrt, Elsie Davis.
Katherine Deignan, Kathleen
Farrar, Eugenia Ferrell, Carolyn
Goggans, Elizabeth Haines, Ruby
Jean Harrell, Agnes Holmes, Mary
Jane Jenkins, Isabelle Jenkins,
Kathleen Jones. Helen King,
Louise Murphy, Betty Putman,
Margaret Scott, Nell Shavor. Mary
Spear, Lillian Stevens, Willine
Swain, Margaret Swain, Jeannette
Strungfellow, Tina Tompkins, Eve
lyn Tyner, Martha Tignar. Sue
Wynn, Sharleen Wells and Eliza
beth Wolfe.
Chaperon-soldierettes receiving
pins were Mrs. George Wolfe. Mary
Mamine Harrell, Mrs. Jessie Geck-
ler, Mrs. John Deignan, Mrs.
Grady Burgess, Mrs. Allan and
Mrs. Archie Melano. The commit
tee in charge of the Soldierettes'
ball included Mrs. Burgess, Mrs.
Wolfe, Mrs. Harrell. Mrs. Ruth
Morton, Mrs. W. L. Cowderv, Mrs.
Frances Morrelli.
KUNZE AGAIN HEADS
K. OF G. IN COLUMBUS
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga—Louis C
Kunze, a past state deputy of the
Knights of Columbus of Georgia,
was re-elected grand knight of
Bishop Gross Council. Knights of
Columbus, at the recent annual
election of officers. Mr. Kunze
hss served the local council pre
viously as grand knight, and is
one of the outstanding Catholic
laymen of Columbus and one of
the city's influential citizens.
Other officers elected were:
John J. Maroul, deputy grand
knight; John F. Deignan. chancel
lor: Michael J. Bruni, warden;
L. C. Kunze, Jr., financial secre
tary; Anthony Allen, recording
secretary; Albert Chel, lecturer;
Salvador Spano. treasurer; J. T.
Croft, inside guard and H. A.
Huden, outside guard. The Very
Rev. Dan J. McCarthy, V. G.. pas
tor of Holy Family Church, is the
council chaolain.
Asheville Pastor
FATHER BOUR
The Rev. Louis Bour, pastor of
St. Lawrence Church, Asheville,
N. C., has spent 25 of his 26 years
in the parish as administrator and
pastor. A native of Scranton,
Pa., Father Bour attended St.
Francis College, Cincinanti, and
the Catholic University of
America, from which he holds a
degree of Licentiate in Philosophy.
He completed his theological study
at St. Bernard's Seminary, Roch
ester, N. Y., and was ordained in
1916 by the late Rt. Rev. Leo
Haid. O. S. B„ D. D„ Abbot-
Ordinary of Belmont.
RECORDS OF HISTORIC
FLORIDA PARISH ARE
STORED AT NOTRE DAME
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NOTRE DAME, Ind.—Historical
ly important records from the
Church of St. Augustine, St. Au
gustine, Fla., probably the oldest
parish in the United States, will
be stored for the duration of the
war in the archives of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame.
Shipment of the records was
announced by the Rev. Thomas
T. McAvoy, C.S.C., head of the
Department of History at the uni
versity. The documents include
15 volumes of the baptismal, bur
ial and marriage records of the
St. Augustine parish from 1594
to 1763.
The so-called “Golden Book of
the Minorcans” is also included.
This contains the records of the
baptisms, marriages and burials
of the Minorcan Colony, which
came to New Smyrna, Fla., in
1768 and then went to St. Augus
tine as a refugee group in 1777.
In addition, the shipment con
tains the records of the church
wardens of the parish of St. Au
gustine in the 1820s and ’30s. A
micro-film copy of the records has
been retained in the dioeesan
archives in Florida.
Monsignor Sheen Aids
Establishment of North
Carolina Colored Parish
SANFORD, N. C.—A church un
der the patronage of Our Lady
of Lourdes, with a resident pastor,
is to be established on the main
street in Sanford for colored Cath
olics.
When he came to Sanford last
month to conduct a mission, the
1 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, of
the Catholic University of Ameri
ca, Washington, D. C., gave the
Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness,
D. D.. Bishop of Raleigh, $6,000,
Deluding amounts contributed by
a number of radio listeners and
himself, for the foundation for the
colored parish here. In addition
he brought with him altar ma
terials to meet many of the needs
for conducting services.
Monsignor Sheen, during June,
conducted a three-day mission for
a large group of prospective color
ed converts, as the outcome of a
request in a letter written him by
a non-Catholic colored woman, a
member of his “Catholic Hour”
radio audience. He was invited to
the Diocese of Raleigh to conduct
the mission here for the writer
of the letter, and a group who she
represented, by Bishop McGuin
ness.
The writer was a colored school
teacher of Sanford. She said she
and a group of friends had been
listening to Monsignor Sheen's
"Catholic Hour” talks, and want
ed to establish a Catholic church.
After inquiry by Bishop McGuin
ness, the plan to hold a mission for
the group was adopted.
Some 100 colored people attend
ed each of the mission talks, which
were delivered on the lawn of the
Lee County Training School. In
addition to this group, for whom
the mission was conducted, a num
ber of priests and a large group of
the laity. Catholic and non-Catli-
olic, white and colored, attended
the meetings to hear Mosignor
Sheen’s talks. The Rev. Lucian
Lauerman, Director of the Cath
olic School of Social Service.
Washington. D. C., assisted Mon
signor Sheen in the mission exer
cises.
The Rev. Joseph B. Hackett. C.
S. Sp., will be in charge of the
new parish.
WINSTON-SALEM SCOUTS
HIKE TO BAUX MOUNTAIN
WINSAON-SALEM, N. C.—Two
patrols of Troop 58, Boy Scouts,
sponsored by Santa Maria Coun
cil. Knights of Columbus, began
their vacation period with a five-
day camping trip on Baux Moun
tain. The campers were under the
supervision of Scoutmaster Clark
Trent, and were indebted to
Alvin F. Crowder, a member of
the Troop Committee for tbeir
camp site.
Berlin Bishop's Sermon
Openly Challenges Nazis
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK—The Most Rev.
Conrad von Preysing, Bishop of
Berlin, created a deep and wide
spread impression with a sermon
in which he denounced the theory
that would make the State “the
highest expression of divinity,” ac
cording to a radio broadcast from
Stockholm heard here.
The sermon, the report asserted,
was given in connection with an
observance of the twenty-fifth an
niversary of His Holiness Pope
Pius XII’s episcopal consecration,
and a large outpouring of people
cheered the Bishop as he arrived
at and departed from the church.
The crowd gave “three hails for
our Bishop and three hails for
the Pope.”
Pointing out that rights deriving
from God recognize individual
freedom of religious worship,
the broadcast said, Bishop
von Preysing warned that “rights
which are derived from” God can
not be replaced with rights which
are derived from the State.” Many
times in history, he said, there
have been attempts to create pure
ly human rights, but they have al
ways ended in arbitrary action.
Bishop von Preysing is quoted
as saying the real rights of man
can be built only upon an appre
ciation of the fundamental con
ception of man, and that this must
respect “sacredness of all life—
that of the unborn babe and that
of the decrepit old man.”
British radie broadcast heard
CHAPLAIN’S LETTER TELLS
OF FERVOR OF NATIVES,
TROOPS IN NEW CALEDONIA
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
BOSTON.—United States troops
and Colored natives are all par
ticipating actively in Catholic ac
tivities in New Caledonia off thg
East coast of Australia, according
to a letter received by relatives
here from Father Laurence M.
Brock, S. J., formerly of Charles
town, now a United States Army
chaplain “down under.”
“The island is essentially Cath
olic, and the natives are the most
simple and devout Catholics I
have had the pleasure to see in
any part of the world,” Father
Brock wrote in a letter which
has reached his family here.
“I have had the honor of black
boys serving my Mass and they
are quite adept at the Latin.
“Strange as it may seem, some
of them have gone to the univer
sities of Europe; many are able to
speak two or three languages.
What marvelous horsemen they
are! Never use a saddle but they
manage the nastiest horse with
the ease of a fabled Western cow
boy. Whenever they hear of Mass
in the vicinity all of them immed
iately show up and right on time.”
Father Brock is dividing his
time between recreational work
and spiritual guidance for the
troops with whom he is assigned.
here also spoke of Bishop von
Preysing’s sermon and said it
"openly challenged” the Axis in
their fight upon the Catholic
Church.
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From
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Asheville, N. C.