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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 28, 1942
New Church at Alapaha, Georgia,
Dedicated on Armistice Day
(Special to The Bulletin)
ALAPAHA, Ga.—Saint Anne's
Church here was dedicated on
November 11th, by the Most Rev
erend William D. O'Brien, D. O.,
LL. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Chic
ago, with the Most Reverend Ger
ald P. O'Hara, D. D. J. U. D.,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, pre
siding. Thirty-five priests and a
large number of the laity were
present.
The new church in Alapaha was
built by the Catholic Extension
Society of America, of which
Bishop O'Brien is director. It. is
a white frame building, located
in Alapaha on the Tifton road.
Reverend Francis P. Conlon, O. M.
I., of Douglas, is the pastor of the
church.
Among the priests who attended
the dedication were: Rt. Reverend
Monsignor Joseph F. Croke of At
lanta: Very Reverend Monsignor
James J. Grady, Chancellor of the
Savannah- Atlanta Diocese; Very
Reverend William Lonergan, S. M.,
Atlanta; Very Reverend Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B.. Savannah.
Rev. Phillip Hassen, S. M..
Brunswick: Rev. Harold Gaudin,
S. J., Macon; Rev. H. A. Schon-
hardt, Atlanta; Rev. Thomas L.
Finn. Atlanta; Rev. James King,
Albany; Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
Augusta: Rev. Thomas F. Sheehan,
Savannah; Rev. Herman Deimel,
Valdosta; Rev. Nicholas Frizelle,
Dublin; Rev. Joseph Kavanagh,
Savannah; Rev. John Hayes, S. M.
Rev. Daniel J. Bourke
Appointed Pastor of
Parish in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—The Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke, who has been
serving as administrator of the
Blessed Sacrament Church here
since October of last year, has
been appointed pastor.
Father Bourke, a native of Ire
land, came to the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta following his or
dination in 1934. He has served
as assistant pastor at the Cathed
ral of St. John the Baptist and
as assistant at the Blessed Sacra
ment Church here, at the Im
maculate Conception Church, in
Atlanta, and as administrator at
St. Mary's-on-The-Hill, Augusta.
REV. JAMES II. CONL1N
NAMED CHAIRMAN OF
SAVANNAH HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Rev.
James H. Conlin, formerly pastor
of the Church of the Blessed Sac
rament here, has been appointed
chaplain at St. Joseph's Hospital
in this city.
Father Conlin was granted a
leave of absence last fall on ac
count of illness, and while his
health has improved, he has not
yet entirely recovered, and is not
at Wiis time able to assume the
burden that is attached to
parochial work.
A., Savannah; Rev. Edward Dod-
well, D. C. L., Atlanta; Rev. James
H. Grady, Rome; Rev. Frederick
J. Higgins, O. M. I:, Fayetteville,
N C.; Rev. Philip Reed, O. M. L.,
and Rev. Daniel Foley, O. M. I.,
Sumter, S. C. Rev. Michael Man
ning, Thomasville; Rev. Joseph Ro-
beck, S. M. Brunswick: Chaplain
Donnelly of Turner Field, Albany;
Chaplain Ennis, of Spence Field,
Moultrie; Chaplain I. Boeckler, of
Moody Field, Valdosta; Rev. Fred
erick Gilbert, O. M. I„ Rev. Joseph
Barry, O. M. I- Rev. Bernard Brady,
O. M. I.: Rev. Charles McBennett,
O. M. I.; Rev. James Campbell,
O. M. I.; Rev. Francis P. Conlon
O. M. I., of Douglas; and Rev
Alexander Olalia, of Manilla, Phil
ippine Island, now' stationed in
Albany.
The dedication ceremony con
sisted of a Low Pontifical Mass,
celebrated by Bishop O'Brien, and
the sermon of the occasion was de
livered by Bishop O'Hara.
Bishop O'Hara and Bishop
O'Brien were visitors at the Army
Air Corps Training Detachment
while in Douglas and were the
guests of Captain J. T. Stickney.
Commandant, Captain A. Clyde
Spinks, adjutant, and First Lieu
tenant Vincent Carderelia.
Following the dedication cere
mony the officiating prelates and
clergy, and members of the con
gregation, were guests at a bar
becue dinner, arrangements for
which were made by Miss Anna-
fcelle Murray.
Atlanta Cathedral
Schedules Mass at
3 P. M. Each Sunday
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—On November
1, the Feast of All Saints, the
Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Moy-
lan, rector of e the Cathedral of
Christ the King, added to the reg
ular schedule of Sunday Masses at
■ the Cathedral, a special mass for
those who are engaged in defense
work or serving ivith the armed
forces, a mass which will be cele
brated each Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
Monsignor Moylan was the
celebrant of the first afternoon
mass to be celebrated in this city,
which is becoming more and more
of a military center, bringing in
thousands of men and boys at
tached to the armed forces, in ad
dition to the thousands who are
engaged in war work. The after
noon mass will fill a need for
those who are unable, or find it
inconvenient, to attend the earl
ier masses eaeh Sunday.
Under'thi rules 'governing aft-
^Augusta Deanery
N. C. C. W. to Sponsor
One Day Retreat
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev.
James A. Greeley, S. J., assistant
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
will conduct a one-day Retreat for
the local councils of the National
Council of Catholic Women, at
Mount St. Joseph's Auditorium on
December 6th.
This Retreat will be a da^ of
recollection and reparation, and of
prayer for those serving in the
nation’s armed forces. After at
tending Mass in their parish
churches, more than one hundred
and fifty women will spend the
day at the convent.
The day of recollection and de
votion will begin at 10 o’clock with
prayers before the Blessed Sacra
ment which will be exposed on the
altar of the convent chapel. At
10:15 there will be,a meditation;
“God's Judgment on the World,”
in the auditorium. At 11 o'clock,
the Rosary will be recited in the
chapel to invoke the intercession
of the Blessed Virgin on behalf
of those serving with the nation's
armed forces. At 11:30 there will
be a conference on “The Spirit of
Reparation.”
During luncheon, which will be
served at the convent at 1 o’clock,
the text of the Statement of the
Archbishops and Bishops of the
United States on “Victory and
Peace,” issued at the recent meet
ing of the American Hierarchy in
Washington, will be read.
The period from 2 o'clock until
2:30 will be devoted to private de
votions before the Blessed Sacra
ment. At 2:30, the Way of the
Cross will be recited for the re
pose of the souls of those who have
given their lives in defense of the
nation. At 3 o’clock there will be
a meditation on “The Prayer of
Victory,” and the day’s devotions
will close with the Holy Hour,
from 4 until 5 o’clock, with Bene
diction.
The one-day retreat is being
sponsored by the Department of
Extension of Religious Education
of the Augusta Deanery of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women.
Reservations may be made through
Miss Jane Cosgrove. -
Dedicates St. Anne’s
Church at Alapaha
Father Pengson Is Welcomed
to St. Patricks. Aususta
BISHOP O’BRIEN
The Most Rev. William D.
O’Brien, D. D„ LL. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Chicago, who officiated
at the dedication of the new St.
Anne’s Church at Alapaha, Geor
gia. The Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D„ Bishop of
Savannali-Atlanta, presided and de
livered the sermon.
AN ARMY ON ITS KNEES
PRAYING FOR THE ARMY IN
THE FIELD—-JOIN THE LEGION |
OF MARY IMMACULATE.
Augusta Catholics extended a
cordial welcome to the Rev.
Angel Pengson, new assistant pas
tor of St. Patrick’s Church, at a
reception tendered Father Peng
son by the members of St. Pat
rick’s parish at the rectory on
Thursday evening.
In the absence of the Very Rev.
Leo M. Keenan, pastor of St.
Patrick’s, who was prevented
from attending because of illness,
the Rev. John E. O'Donohoe, S.
J., pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, presented Father Peng
son to the members of the parish
and their guests.
Father Pengson, in a gracious
acknowledgement of his welcome
to Augusta, expressed his grati
tude to the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-At
lanta, for offering a haven in
Georgia to him w'hen he was
obliged to leave Italy and was
not able to return to his home in
the Philippines, and expressed his
appreciation of the cordial recep
tion w’hich he had been accorded
here.
A priest of the Archdiocese of
Manila, Father Pengson was com
pleting a post-graduate course at
the Georgian University in Rome
when the United States entered
the war against the Axis. Forced
to leave Italy, where he was re
garded as an enemy alien, Father
Pengson came to this country
with other refugees from Europe
, and the Orient on the steamship
Drottingham, which sailed from
Lisbon some months ago, and ac
cepted the invitation of Bishop
O'Hara to make Georgia his home
for the duration.
Father Pengson said that he
had had no news of his family in
the Philippines for about a year.
He has a sister who is a member
of a religious order in Manila,
and a brother who was a Lieuten
ant in the Philippine" army.
During the evening a program
of music was rendered by Mrs.
Hugh Kinchley, violinist, and
Miss Agnes Gouley, pianist, with
vocal selections by Mrs. Nellie
Bresnahan and Corporal James
Mullins.
Arrangements for the reception
were made by a committee from
St. Patrick’s parish which includ
ed Miss Catherine Callahan, Miss
Jo Mae Scully, Mrs. Marion Bu
ford, Mrs. James A. Wren, Mrs.
Sam Lambert, Mrs. A. W. Lucky,
Jr., Mrs. Ethel K. Lynch, and Mrs.
Jerry Scully.
Misses Edna Mae Wright and
Miss Edith Loyal presided at the
punch bowl, with Misses "Regina
Ward, Martin Arthur, Eleanor
Anne Carr, Margaret Lyons and
Loyloa Stulb assisting in serving
the guests.
The flowers which decorated
the rectory were donated for the
occasion by members of the Au
gusta Fire Department - at Station
No. 7.
ernoon and evening masses for the
military and naval forces and
civilian war workers, the follow
ing regulations must be observed
by those who approach Holy Com
munion: They must abstain from
alcoholic beverages of all kinds
from the previous midnight, must
abstain from solid food for four
hours prior to the mass, and from
liquids, other than akoholie, for
one hour prior to the mas*.
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