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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 29, 1942
Patrick Walsh Council’s Radio
Program Was Heard Over WRDW
for More Than Four Years
. For more than four years, the
Knights of Columbus Program,
sponsored by Patrick Walsh Coun
cil was a regular Sunday feature
broadcast by Radio Station
WRDW in Augusta.
Early in January, 1933, at a
meeting of the council, Father
Harold Barr, at that time chaplain
of the council, and now serving
as chaplain with the U. S. Army
in Australia, suggested that the
council sponsor a radio program,
and arrangements were made to
broadcast a K. of C. program each
Sunday afternoon.
The first program was present
ed on January 29, 1933. with the
Rt. Rev. Monsignor James A.
Kane, then pastor of St. Mary's-
on-the-Hill Church, as the speak
er. Musical numbers on the open
ing program were rendered by
Clyde Dudley, of New York, with
Mrs. Coleman Dempsey accom
panying. and Mrs. Paul Punaro,
with Miss Itala Punaro accom
panying.
Among those who were intro
duced as speakers on the K. of C.
Hour were the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.. Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta; the Very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy, Columbia,
S. C.; the Rev. Harold Barr; the
Rev. Alfred Laube. S. M. A., the
Very Rev. Leo i\I Keenan, the
Rev. George Dietz, of Wards, S.
C.; the Rev. J. L. Dorn. S. J., the
Rev." Thomas Maher, S. J.. the Rev.
John J. Kennedy, the Rev. D J.
Foulkes, the Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe,
the Rev. A. W. Calner, of Beau
fort; the Rev. George Laugel. S.
M. A.; the Rev. James M. Gillis,
C. S. P.. of New York; the Rev.
P. J. O’Connor, the Rev. Sebastian
Doris. O. S. B.. the Rev. James A.
Greeley, S. J.. the Rev. John
Toomey; the Rev. Frederick E.
Smith, pastor of the First Piptist
Church; the Rev. O. L. Middle-
brook, pastor of St. James Meth
odist Church; the Rev. F.. C. Lu
cas, pastor of the First Christian
Church; the Rev. Marvin M. Mac-
Ferrin, pastor of the Greene
Street Presbyterian Church; the
Rev. Lawrence Fenwick, pastor of
the Church of the Good Shep
herd: the Rabbi Joseph Leiser.
Congregation of the Children of
Israel; Col. John D Twiggs Ma
jor Frank Royce, Captain John
J. Jones, of Waynesboro; C’apt.
Donald Spicer. U. S. M. C.; Louis
Mulherin, V. G. Dorr. Charles C.
Stulb, John T. Buckley, Hugh
Kinchley, Henry Heffernan, Dr.
J. E. Marriott, John L. Armstrong,
Herbert Gray, Victor Markwalter,
Dr. Leonard JKnowles, Lee Trim
ble, L. J. Henry, Bernard Frank
lin, Henry G. Howard, George
Hains, Charles Brotherton, Jr..
T. P. Kearney, James O’Connell,
William Walsh, Savannah; Bene
dict Elder. Louisville. Kentucky;
Louis C. Kunze, Columbus: Mrs.
W. W. Battey, Sr., Mrs. Harry
Craig, Mrs. John T. Buckley, Mrs.
W. J. Mulherin, Miss Annie Mae
O'Connell, Miss Catherine Ham
mond, and Dr. Amelia Sheftall.
In addition to a brief talk, eith
er on Catholic doctrine, Church
history, or some subject appro
priate to the day of the broad
cast, vocal and instrumental mu
sical numbers were heard on the
programs which enjoyed tremend
ous popularity with radio-listeners
in the Augusta area.
Much of the success of the
radion program sponsored by Pat
rick Walsh Council was due to
Coleman Dempsey, who directed
and announced the programs from
the time the series began in 1933
until it was discontinued in May
1938. Mr. Dempsey was assisted
in the arrangement of the pro
grams by Mrs. Dempsey, who was
also accompanist of many of the
singers heard during the broad
casts.
PERSECUTION of the Cath
olics of Alsace by Nazi authorities
is reported on information receiv
ed in London by the Polish Cath
olic Press Agency. Many semi
naries and convents are reported
to have been closed. A number of
priests arc reported to have been
sent to concentration camps.
Others are said to have been de
ported.
Past Grand Knight
J. C. DEMPSEY
John Coleman Dempsey, a
Fourth Degree member, w a s
Grand Knight of Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus, Au
gusta, from 1925 to 1927 and from
1933 to 1934. He is a Past State
Deputy of the K. of C. of Georgia,
and directed the series of radio
programs that vrere broadcast un
der the auspices of the K. of C. in
Augusta.
Newly Published
“Everyman’s Theology”
Recommended to Laymen
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
TRENTON, N. J.—A plea for
Catholics to ‘ know” more through
ly the truths of their Faith is made
by the Most Rev. William A. Grif
fin. Bishop of Trenton, in his fore
word to the primer of theology
for the layman, “Everyman’s The
ology,” which has been released
by the Bruce Publishing Company,
Malwaukee.
The Rev Leo Rudloff, O. S. B.,
Superior of St. Paul’s Priory, Key-
port, N. J., is the author. The
Benedictine Fathers of St. John’s
Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., trans
lated the book from the eighth
German edition.
Bishop Griffin states in part:
“Too often even so-called well-
instructed Catholics are content
with ‘believing’ the truths of their
holy religion without ‘knowing’
them. As a consequence, to bor
row a thought from St. Paul, they
are not able to ‘give a reason for
the faith that is in them’,
“Knowing means -more than
merely believing, it implies some
thing more personal and practical
more intimate and confidential
than believing requires. Can the
Catholic layman then pretend to,
much less profess, a knowledge of
the truths of faith (in all of which
he believes), unless he studies
those truths in themselves and in
their relations to each other.
“Though he believ^, his insuf
ficient knowledge sometimes em
barrasses and keeps a sincere in
quirer after the truth from em
bracing the true faith. Such a
Catholic may try to quiet his con
science by telling his inquirer to
go to the priest, which in almost
every instance will not be done.
It is not to the priest that the sin
cere but timid non-Catholic ad
dresses the question that has been
disturbing his soul, but to the
Catholic man or woman alongside
of him at the workbench or the
lunch counter, or in the bus or rail
road train
“ ‘Everyman’s Theology’ is a
very useful aid in the fulfillment
of the serious obligation, incum
bent upon all Catholics, of keep
ing themselves thoroughly instruct
ed on the truths of faith, and of
having a ready answer when their
non-Catholic neighbor asks an in
telligent question concerning those
truths.”
A SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS
was offered in the Convent of the
Helpers of the Holy Souls for the
Dowager Grand Duchess Marie-
Anne of Luxembough who died in
New York. Present in the chapel
were the Grand Duchess Char
lotte, ruler of Luxembourg, her
husband. Prince Felix, their chil
dren. and other relatives.
WOMEN’S RETREAT
HELD IN MACON
MACON, Ga. — The twenty-
first annual retreat for lay women
of the Diocese of Savannah-At-
lanta, sponsored by the Catholic
Laymen's Association of Georgia,
with the cooperation of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
was held at Mount de Sales Acad
emy here^from August 18 to Au
gust 21, with the Rev. Felix J.
Clarkson, S. J., as retreatmaster.
Those attending the retreat
were:
ATLANTA: Miss Margaret P..
Redding, Mrs. N. P. Anderson, Mrs.
W. A. Wells, Mrs. A. W. Chisnell,
Mrs. P. F. Jacobus, Mrs. John
Sampson, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. John
F. Maertz, Miss Josephine Smith,
Mrs. Rose Nassa, Miss Rosaline
Salome, Miss Helen Dillard.
AUGUSTA: Mrs. W. J. Mul
herin, Mrs. Ethel K. Lynch, Mrs.
P. H. Rice, Miss Anna Rice, Mrs.
Charles Stulb.
COLUMBUS: Mrs. M. L. Wood
ruff. Mrs. H. J. Murphy, Mrs. Van
Marcus.
MACON: Miss Julia McCreary,
Mrs. J. P. McGoldrick, Mrs. J. F.
McBrearty, Mrs. A. F. Devlin, Mrs.
Joe Thomas, Mrs. John McBrear
ty, Miss Gladys H. Donnelly, Mrs.
W. F. Murphy, Mrs. H. P. Wrig-
ley. Miss Mary E. Roach, Miss
Frances C. Jones, Miss Anita Cas
sidy, Mrs. Holmes J. Smith, Mrs.
A. A. Benedetto, Mrs. W. H. Sher-
rer, Mrs. Wm. J. Cassidy, Mrs.
Charles Lellardy Adams, Mrs. J.
E. Macken, Mrs. F. A. Huthnance,
Mrs. J. E. Richardson, Miss Mary
E. Stephens, Mrs. E. A. Sheridan,
Mrs. W. B. Dove, Mrs H. Loynd,
Mrs. James Saunders, Mrs. Charles
Adams, Mrs. M. J. White.
SAVANNAH: Mrs. Wm. E.
Hines, Mrs. Walter M. Crawford,
Mrs. Nonie T. Dooling, Miss Nellie
Dowling, Mrs. J. E. Dillon.
ALBANY: Miss Mary Brosnan,
Miss Agnes Brosnan.
BAINBRIDGE: Mrs. E. V. Mun
son, Mrs. W. W. Batho.
CEDARTOWN: Miss Emaline
Nazzer.
MILLEDGEVILLE: Mrs. R. W
Hatcher, Miss Mary C. Simpson.
COLLEGE PARK: Mrs. Jane M.
Oliver.
ROCKY FORD: Miss Mollie
Lehr.
SANDERSVILLE: Miss M.
Louise Sulivan.
SY'LVANIA: Mrs. I-. ,T. Dunn.
VALDOSTA: Mrs. B. J. O’Brien.
Miss Anne Stricha.
U. S. Protestant Editor
Lauds Cardinal Hinsley
New Assistant at
St. Mary’s-on-the-
Hiil Church, Augusta
REV. FRANCIS KAMINSKY
AUGUSTA, Ga—The Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D„
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. has
announced the appointment of
the Rev. Francis B. Kaminsky as
assistant pastor of St. Mary’s-on-
The-Hill Church, and Father Kam
insky has already assumed the
duty of one of the assistants to
the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of the Catholic parish on
The Hill. The Rev. John A.
Morris, who has been assistant
pastor at St. Mary's for some
months, will also continue to
serve in that capacity.
Father Kaminsky, who has
served as a priest of the Diocese
of Harrisburg, Pa., since his
ordination in 1932, is a native
of Allentown, and was educated at
St.' Vincent’s College and St. Vin
cent’s Seminary, conducted by the
Benedictine Fathers in Latrobe.
Pa. He was ordained to the priest
hood by the late Most Rev. Philip
McDevitt, D. D., Bishop of Harris
burg at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in
that city, and his first assignment
was as assistant pastor at St. Pat
rick’s Church in York, Pa
Later Father Kaminsky served
as assistant pastor at St. Edward’s
Church, Shamokin; St. Vincents’
Church, in Hanover, and the
Church of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lancaster,
Pa
Father Kaminsky has neen
granted a transfer from the Dio
cese of Harrisburg, and comes to
Georgia as a priest of the Diocese
ol Savannah-Atlanta.
1 CO,COO VISIT SHRINE
OF BROTHER ANDRE
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MONTREAL, — More than 40,-
000 devout pilgrims visited St.
Joseph’s Oratory here at the close
of a novena marking the anniver
sary of the birth of Brother Andre,
the humble porter who founded
the now internationally - noted
shrine on the slopes of Mount
Royal.
Brother Andre, who was born
cn August 9, 1845, at St. Gregoire
d’Iberville. Que., was the sixth of
eleven children of Isaac Bessette,
a poor wheelright and joiner. He
entered the Holy Cross Congrega
tion as a porter, which position he
occupied for some 40 years, and it
was during this time that students
and their parents recognized his
great sanctity and began pilgri
mages to a small shrine which was
erected on Mount Royal in honor
of St. Joseph. The present great
Basilica on Mount Royal can be
seen for miles. Brother Andre
died on January 6, 1937, at the
age of 91.
It is estimated that nearly 100.-
000 persons visited the shrine dur
ing the present novena.
A Midnight Mass was said at
the altar beside the tomb of Bro
ther Andre on the eve of August
9, and some 12,000 persons were
present.
From midnight and until late in
the morning 40 priests heard Con
fessions and distributed Holy
Communion. It was stated that
25,000 of the pilgrims received
Holy Communion. Mases were
said continuously from midnight
until noon
Several favors were reported
during the closing days of the
novena. Fernand Marchand, of St.
Roch de l’Achigan, reported that
he had lost the sight of one eye
and hope had been given up by
three specialists. However, he re
ported that while attending the
novena his sight had been restor
ed.
Miss Rita Beaudoin, who stated
she had not walked for six years,
suddenly dropped her crutches as
she neared the entrance and walk
ed up the steps with some effort.
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MILWAUKEE—Tribute to His
Eminence Arthur Cardinal' Hins
ley, Archbishop of Westminister,
as “one of the most forceful figures
in British Church life today” is
paid by Clifford P. Morehouse,
Editor of The Living Church,
weekly Episcopalian publication
here.
In an editorial reporting his visit
with Cardinal Hinsley in Britain,
Mr. Moorehouse says he was most
favorably impressed by the Cardi
nal, who. he recalls “was most
cordial and friendly and expressed
great interest in American reli
gious life." v
Mr. Moorehouse cites the Cardi
nal’s definite conviction that Am
erica and Great Britain must stand
together.” adding that “the firm
determined, united action of these
two great democratic nations is
vital if we are to win not only the
war but the peace.” “In the union
of free peoples, led by these two
free countries and gradually em
bracing all mankind,” the Cardinal
is quoted as stating, “is to be found
the hope of a world in which there
can be no war. It is not enough
to be willing to die for our coun
try; we must learn to live for hu
manity.”
ATLANTA PARISH GROUP
ENTERTAINS SOLDIERS
ATLANTA, Ga.—On Sunday,
August 9, the Altar Society of the
Sacred Heart entertained soldiers
from Lawson General Hospital,
the Quartermaster Depot at Con
ley, the Naval Reserve Aviation
Base and Fort McPherson at an
open house at the K. of C. Home.
Mrs. Stephens Mitchell, Mrs.
Clement McGowan and Mrs. Mae
McAlpin were hostesses, and a
musical program was arranged by
Miss Marion Rinehart and Woody
Taylor.
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