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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS OF GEORGIA
Savannah K. of C.
Hosts at Orphans
Christmas Party
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Santa Claus
greeted more than two hundred
youngsters who attended the an
nual Christmas party given by Sa
vannah Council, No. 631, Knights
of Columbus for children from
nine orphan homes in and around
Savannah.
Those present were children
from -St. Mary's Home the Episco
pal Home. Children's Home of
Chatham County, Mary Telfair
Home, Julia McLeod Chapter
King’s Laughters, Edwin Gould
Foundation, Savannah Female Or
phan Asylum, and St. Thomas Vo
cational School.
Before the arrival of Santa Claus,
the children enjoyed a musical pro
gram presented by a chorus of
girls from St. Vincent’s Academy,
with Mrs. A. D. Bergen at the
piano. While Christmas carols
were being sung, a living picture of
the Nativity scene was portrayed
on the stage by other students
from St. Vincent’s.
The genial Santa Claus then ap
peared and distributed gifts for
all the children, and candy, cake,
ice cream, and other refreshments
were served.
Arrangements for the entertain--
ment were handled by the follow
ing committees:
General Committe—John Bren
nan. chairman; Daniel J. McFeeley,
vice-chairman; Thomas J. Corco
ran, E. P. Daly, Harry Robinson,
Harold McCarthy, L. J. Steiber, L.
G. Whelan, T. J. Canty. W. F.
Jenkins, W.. J. Frain. Lloyd Tuttle,
George Brown, E. V. Rogerson.
Paul Peters.
Refreshment Committee—Mrs.
T. J. Dowling, chairman; Mrs. J. J
Clancy, Sr., Mrs. Marguerite Mur
phy, Miss Lelia McDonough, Miss
Marguerite Dowling. Mrs. Law
rence Steibine, Mrs. A. J. Schano
Mrs. Harry Robinson, Mrs. Thomas
J. Corcoran, Mrs. .P. J. Buttimer.
Mrs. C. H. McCarthy, Mrs. D. V.
O'Driscoll. Mrs. J. A. Kearney
Miss Rita McManus, Mrs. John
Brennan, Mrs. Samuel Ledlie. Mrs.
Frank Puder, Mrs. Francis Kelly
and Mrs. Joseph Folliard.
Program Committee—Mrs. A. D.
Bergen, chairman; piano-accordian
selections by Marino Orsini; ta
bleau and Christmas carols led by
Mrs. Frances Elmore: stage and
decoration, Francis Kelly.
Assistant to Santa Claus—John
J. Fogarty.
Transportation Committee—A.
J. Schano. chairman: Carlos Des-
posito. Michael C. McCarthy.
George Steiber, E. V. Rogerson,
Lloyd Tuttle, J. Francis Kelly, P.
J. Buttimer, Henry Hanson.
Among Speakers at
Atlanta Conference
RALPH McGILL
Among the distinguished speak
ers who will address the Catholic
Conference on Industrial Prob
lems to be held in Atlanta next
month will be Ralph-McGill,. Edi
tor of The Atlanta Constitution,
who will speak on “The Place of
the South in the Future Economic
Reconstruction Program”.
Experts to Discuss
Economic Problems
T
JANUARY lift. 19-13
Distinguished Speakers to Appear
on Industrial Conieren&e Program
MASS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
CELEBRATED IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Marking the
beginning of the second semester
of the scholastic year, the Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, pastor of St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church, cele
brated a Missa Cantata at St. Pat
rick's Church on January 25 for
the students of Mount St. Joseph's
Academy, the Boys’ Catholic High
School, and the Sacred Heart Pa
rechial School. Assisting clergy
included the Rev. J. E. O'Donohoe,
S. J., pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. Bernard Brady.
©. M. I., the Rev. Francis Kamin
sky. and the Rev. Martin Killian.
O. P.
Brother Benedict, F. S. M.. Prin
cipal of the Boys’ High School,
directed the children who sang
the Mass in plain chant.
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Namara, General Conference
Chairman, such conferences have
been conducted by the Social
-Action Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference in
many cities throughout the coun
try, always sponsored by the Ordi
nary of the Diocese. The initial
assembly in the South was held
in New Orleans by invitation" of
the Most Reverend Archbishop
Rummel. Another followed in
San Antonio, sponsored by the
Most Reverend Archbishop Lucey.
The Atlanta meeting, however, is
the first meeting, he repeated, to
be held in the “Old South”.
SAVANNAH PARISH
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
INSTALLS OFFICERS
CHARLESTON COUNCIL OF
CATHOLIC WOMEN MEETS
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Mrs.
George Williams, president, pre
sided at the monthly meeting of the
Council of Catholic Women held
at the Manigault Mansion.
The sunshine committee report
ed having visited the Charleston
Home on Christmas Day for the
purpose of distributing gifts. The
child welfare committee reported
making a quantity of aprons, and
that Christmas seals had been sold
by members at Condon's Depart
ment Store during the holidays.
The Rev. John J. McCarthy, as
sistant rector of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist was guest
speaker at the meeting.
Mrs. James J. Kennedy was wel
comed as a new member, and a
social period followed the business
session.
SAVANNAH. Ga—Frank Ander
son was installed as president of
the Holy Name Society of the
Blessed Sacrament Church at a
meeting held January 8. Walter
Murphy, a past president, officiat
ed at the installation of the new
president, and praised Thomas J.
McGinn, the retiring president for
his successful administration.
The Rev. John Murphy, O. P.. ( as
sistant pastor of the Blessed Sac
rament Church, spoke to the mem
bers on the origin and history of
the Holy Name Society.
A committee was appointed to
make preparations for the annual
oyster roast which will be held on
Washington’s birthday. The Rev.
Michael Doona will work with this
committee.
NEW CHAPLAIN AT
CAMP JACKSON
COLUMBIA, S. C—First Lieu
tenant Thomas A. Whelan is the
latest addition to the staff of
chaplains at Fort Jackson, where
he has been assigned to a station
hospital unit.
Chaplain Whelan, a native of
Baltimore, was commissioned as
first lieutenant in November,
1942. When called into the ser
vice he was assistant pastor of St.
Mary’s Church. Baltimore. A
graduate of Princeton, Father
Whelan also attended the Univer
sity of Insbruck, Austria, and the
International College in Switzer
land.
. ATLANTA, Ga.—Subjects . of
vital interest will be discussed
by distinguished speakers, mem
bers of - the clergy, representa
tives, of employers, l^bor, econo
mists, government Officials and
others at the. Catholic Conference
on Industrial Problems which will
be held here on February 8 and 9.
In reviewing the program which
is now’ being arranged, the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Moylan, who
is serving as local chairman of
the Conference, declared “The
breadth and scope of the program
and the social importance of the
subjects to be discussed will ap
peal to all thinking persons. The
Church’s reason for concentrat
ing attention on these subjects is
clearly set forth in the Encyclicals
of Leo III and Pius XI, when
in unmistakable language the chil
dren of the church are told that all
social problems of moral and re
ligious importance find their solu
tion in the acceptance and appli
cation of Christian principles. At
a time like this it is our patriotic
duty to give attention to problems
related to production, to morale of
the people, and to Post-War Re
construction.”
The conference will include six
sessions, morning, afternoon and
evening each day at 10 a. m., 2
p. m., and 8 p. m. The closing ses
sion will follow an informal din
ner at the Ansley. Hotel where
all sessions of the Conference
will be held.
At the opening session, Ralph
McGill, Editor of The Atlanta
Constitution, will speak on “The
Place of the South in the Future
Economic Reconstruction Pro
gram.” C. H. Gillman, Regional
Director for the CIO will speak
on “Labor's Place in the Pro
gram,” and the concluding speak
er at the opening session will be
Sister Vincent Ferrer, O. P., from
Rosary College, Silver Forest, Illi
nois, whose subject will be “The
Encyclical and the Crisis of Civil
ization.”
Announcement has been made
that two of the speakers at the
closing session and dinner meeting
will be the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara. Bishop of Savannah-At-
lanta, wl-ose subject will be “The
Challenge of the Encyclicals."
and a distinguished Catholic theol
ogian and economist, the Right
Rev. Morisignor John A. Ryan, for j
many years teacher of Theologj !
and Ethics at the Catholic Uni ;
versity of America, and who has
served as the director of the De-.
partment of. Social Action of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer- j
ence since that organization was'
founded. “Monsignor Ryan will dis- 1
eus# “The Bishops and Social Re-'
construction.”
Other sessions will deal with
“Price Practices During Peace
and War Time,” “Women in AVar,
Industries,” “Wages, Prices, and
the Encyclical.”-“Labor Relations!
in Production,” “Stabilizing Em
ployment Through the War Man
power Commission,” “Possible
Amendments to the Social Secur
ity Law,” “Legislation and the En
cyclical.”
“Economic Problems of the
South,” “Industrial Development
of the South,” “and “A Chris-
tion Social Order” are other sub
jects to be discussed during the
Conference.
Among those who will appear
on the Conference program are
the Rev. William H. Rentjes, C.
SS. R., New Orleans, and the Rev.
Raymond A. McGowan, assistant
V/
Director'of the Social Action De
partment of the N. C. AV. C„ and
secretary-treasurer of the Cath
olio- Conference on Industrial
Problems, Washington, D. C., wjio
is said by those who have heard
him to be a dynamic speaker and
the moving Spirit in the Confer
ence. The Rev. Edgar Schmiedler,
O. S. B., former director of the
Rural Life Bureau of tfje'-'N. C.
AY. C.. and hfead of the Family Life
Division; and the Rev. Andrew
Capesius, O. S. B., of St. Ber
nard's. College. Cullman, Alabama,
are also scheduled for addresses.
One well-rounded prograin is
scheduled for the evening of Feb
ruary 8, when the subject “Labor
Relations in Production,” will
claim the attention of the Confer
ence. An jemployer, a labor man,
■and a priest, Father McGowan,
will be th^ speakers.
Miss Jfary Anderson, Director
of the AVoman’s Bureau of the U.
S. Department of Labor, is sched
uled for a talk on “Women’s
AVorkers in AVartime.” Miss An
derson is an authority on all mat
ters relating to women in indus
try. She has given immeasurable
service to employers and women
workers throughout the country in
setting up standards for working
conditions.
It is expected that the Confer
ence will attract attention
throughout the South, and that
all Dioceses of the Province of
Baltimore will be represented.
Increased Activity
at Atlanta Colored
Clinic and Mission
REQUIEM MASS FOR
GENERAL OF JESUITS
AT AUGUSTA CHURCH
AUGUSTA, Ga.—On December
22, a Solemn Mass of Requiem w as
offered in the Sacred Heart
Church here for the repose of
the soul of the Very Rev. A'ladimir
Ledochowski, General of the So
ciety of Jesus, who died in Rome
on December 13. The Rev. J. E.
O'Donohoe, S. J., was celebrant of
the Mass with the Rev. James A.
Greeley, S. J., deacon, and the
Rev. J. J. AVallace, S. J., sub
deacon.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Colored
Mission and Clinic of Our Lady
of Lourdes, established here in
1940, has expanded so rapidly that
it has moved to a new home at
348 Forrest Avenue, N. E., to carry
on its work.
The mission, which is conduct
ed by Catholic women who vol
unteer their services, has been
rewarded with many practical dem
onstrations of what can be accom
plished in a difficult field, accord
ing to Miss Sarah Fahy, who is
the director of the mission.
Miss Fahy pointed out that the
mission provides medical atten
tion, medicine and food, a bureau
of employment, day nursery and
a domestic science training school.
The mission needs more active
mebers for teaching and social
service work, books, clothing, fur
niture, and funds to help defray
the expense necessary to its ex
panding activity, Miss Fahy said.
Miss Fahy, member of a prom
inent Catholic family of Rome,
Ga., is a sister of the Honorable
Charles Fahy, solicitor general of
the United States. One of her
sisters, now Sister Peter de Claver
the Missionary Servants of the
Most Blessed Trinity, is engaged in
social service work in New Jersey.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The Rev.
Henry F. AVolfe, pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, was the speaker
at the recent meeting of the
Catholic AVomen’s Club.
Mrs. AValter Murphy, president,
conducted the meeting, and Mrs.
Ransom S. Hooker, chairman of
the committee of housing Army
and Navy Pelfpnnel of the Civil
ian Defense Council, spoke on the
shortage of living quarters in the
city. Mrs. James F. Condon, Jr.,
was appointed chairman of a com
mittee to arrange for a St. Val
entine’s Day tea for the AVAAC’s
and WAVE’S. MrA Bernard Ep-
person, of St. John's parish. North
Charleston, was welcomed as a
new member.
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CHARLESTON, S. C., The Rev.
St. John Patat, assistant pastor of
St. Patrick's Clwrch, addressed the
members of the Youth Council of
St. Patrick's parish at a recent
meeting of that group. Miss Agnes
Comar, president, conducted the
meeting, and Miss Dorothy Beatty,
secretary-treasurer, submitted
report. The cast for the play which
will be given in the near future
was selected.
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