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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 27. 1943
On the crest of a hill, in a setting of natural beauty, stands St. Mary’s Church in Rome. Georgia.
The handsome stone edifice, designed by the Rev. Michael Mclnernev, O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey, was
dedicated in 1931, and is constructed of Georgia granite. It has the distinction of having one of the fin
est paintings of any church in this country. Above the main altar is an original Corregio, “II Giorna,” the
Madonna of St. Jerome and St. Mary Magdalen. It was presented to the church by the Princess Ruspoli,
of Rome. Italy, a sister of the late Miss Martha Berx-y, founder of the famed Martha Berry School
St. Mary’s Church, Rome, Georgia
St, Mary's Parish in
Rome Becomes Charge
of Redemptorist Fathers
(Special to The Bulletin!
ROME, Ga.—With the departure
of the Rev. James H. Grady, pas
tor of St. Mary’s Church in Rome,
that pai'ish, with the mission parish
of St. Bernadette, in Cedartown,
will become a charge of the
Redeptorist Fathers, who last year
came to the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta at the invitation of the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannali-Atlanta.
The Rev. James McCann, C. SS.
R., has been named to succeed
Father Grady, and the Rev. Daniel
McGlone, C. SS. R., will be assis
tant pastor at Rome.
The newly organized Our Lady
of Perpetual Help parish in Dalton,
of which Father McCann was ap
pointed pastor, will be served from
Rome, as will be a part of the
mission territory in the north
western section of Georgia that
has been entrusted to the Rcdemp-
torists.
Father McCann has spent sev
eral years in Mission work in the
West Indies. Before coming to
Dalton last June, he was stationed
at Tobyhama, Pa., where he was
directing the construction of St.
Alphonsus Retreat House, where
week-end retreats are conducted
for laymen of the Diocese of Scran
ton by the Redemptoi-ist Fathers.
Father McGlone came to Dalton
from the Redemptorist House of
Missions and Second Novitiate,
Annapolis, Md.
The Sacred Heart Church in
Griffin, where the Rev. John
Walsh. C. SS. R., is pastor, and
the Rev. Gerald McCormack. C.
SS. R.. is assistant, is the other
charge of the Redemptorist Fath
ers in Georgia.
Rome, a city whose Catholic his
tory began more than four hun
dred years ago when priests with
the expedition of Hernando De
Soto which explored this region,
celebrated Mass for the Spanish
explorers whenever there was a
pause in the march from Florida
to the Mississippi.
For many years the Catholics
of Rome were ministered to by
the Marist Fathers from the Sa
cred Heart Chui'ch in Atlanta.
About thirteen years ago, the Most
Rev. Michael J. Keyes, S. M., then
Bishop of Savannah, appointed the
Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Cas
sidy. now pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church, Milledgeville. as the
first resident pastor in Rome.
Under the zealous ministrations
of the Marist Fathers, Monsignor
Cassidy, and Father Grady, St.
Mary's parish in Rome has grown
and flourished, and its futui'e as a
charge of the Redemptorist Fath
ers. is replete with promise.
DR. ENRICO CELIO, NEWLY-
elected President of the Swiss
Confederation, is a Catholic and
he succeeds another Catholic, M.
Philippe Etter, who served two
terms.
Priest Relates Hardships
Endured Under Japanese
NEW RIVER, N. C.—Boiled
barley was the only food and one
small cup of water was the only
drink allowed each day to the
American missionaries in Korea
seized as Japanese prisoners after
the attack on Pearl Harbor, re
ports Lt. (jg) John J. Daly, Catho
lic priest now on temporary duty
here as a naval chaplain at Camp
Lejeune, according to the New
River Pioneer.
Lieutenant Daly was one of
eighteen Catholic and Protestant
missionaries thrown into one jail
by Japanese police. They had to
endure confinement hardships for
a month. Although he escaped
the tortures inflicted upon some
of his comrades suspected of be
ing spies, he did have to suffer
pangs of hunger and thirst.
Even greater agonies were suf
fered as war prisoners for the
next six months in a Japanese
concentration camp, until finally
word came that they were to be
exchanged for Japanese held by
the American government.
Upon his arrival in America in
late August, his first act was to
devour a good meal, which he says
he enjoyed more than any before
in his whole life. On October 13
he enlisted in the United States
Navy Chaplain Corps and was
commissioned to his present rank
November 18. He came here after
a ten weeks chaplain course at
the Chaplain school at the naval
operating base at Norfolk.
A native of Worcester, Mass ,
he was graduated in 1930 from
Boston College. After his ordina
tion as a Catholic priest, he went
to Japan as a missionai'y. For
four years he served at a Catho
lic mission in Kyoto, Japan, then
went to Korea for another four
years before being taken prisoner
December 8, 1941. Though he
lost much weight during his im
prisonment from lack of proper
nourishment, he now seems in
excellent health.
VALENTINE DANCE AT
SAVANNAH USO CLUB
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Valen
tine Dance was given at the USO
Club operated by the National
Catholic Community Service on
West Liberty Street on the eve
ning of February 13. A varied as
sortment of bright and colorful
valentines was distributed and the
hall was decollated with stx-eamers
and bamboo carrying out the spirit
of St. Valentine’s Day. Jacobson’s
orchestra furnished music for the
dancers, and refreshments were
served from tables adorned with
lace cloths, low bowls of flowers,
red candles, and red heart shaped
cakes.
Mrs. Harry T. Wilson was chair
man of the committee in charge,
with Miss Margaret McNally as
co-chairman, and with Mrs. Charles
Molony, Miss Eleanor Hutton, Miss
Winifred Quinlan, Miss Grace Mo
ran Miss Frances Moran, Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly and Mrs. Pierce
Toomey assisting in serving and
welcoming the service men.
Holy Name Rally
in Spartanburg
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—More
than 400 members of the Camp
Croft Holy Name Society ap
proached Holy Communion in a
body at a Mass celebrated by the
Rev. Fi-ancis O. Ferri at St. Paul’s
Church on February 14.
Following the Mass, a break
fast meeting was held at the
Cleveland Hotel, with Col. Ray
mond J. Williamson, commanding
officer of the 10th Infantry Train
ing Regiment, as the guest speak
er.
Bearing the national colors and
church standards, and headed by
Brig. General R. W. Buzzell and
other high ranking officers of
Camp Croft, the men walked from
the^ Church of St. Paul the
Apostle through the center of tire
city to the hotel.
Other speakers included the
Rev. Emil J. Lang, S. J., Chap
lain of the 6th Regiment; Ed
mund J. Radzuk, regional super-
visor of NCCS; the Rev. Thomas
McLaughlin, O. F. M., of Green
ville. who' also delivered the ser
mon at the Mass; General Buzzell;
Lieut. Col. Gerald J. Greeve, post
adjutant; Lieut. Col. N. W. Cope
land, chief special service offi
cer; Major Albert Kelley, execu
tive officer, 7th Regiment; James
Crowley, chairman of the Spart
anburg USO committee; Sergt.
Joseph Bui-ns, presidents of Camp
Croft Holy Name Societies, and
Miss Louise Collins and Mrs.
Carrol Johnson, assistant direc
tors of the USO-NCCS Club.
Lieut. John R. Keating, assist,,
ant special service officer, enter
tained with several song selec
tions, Corp. Richard Osgood, ac
companying.
Red Cross Denies Claims
of Birth Control Group
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The National
Home Service of the American Red
Cross does not approve of workers
being referred to birth control cen
ters by its chapters and is making
this disapproval known to “our
Home Service field staff all over
the country so that our greatly en
larged staff everywhere can know
of the position of the Red Cross in
such matters” Charlotte Johnson,
National Dii-ector of the Red Cross
states in two letters made public
here.
The letters were written {>y Miss
Johnson in reply to messages of
protest received from the Rev. Dr.
Edgar Schmiedeler, O. S. B., direc-
tor of the Family Life Bureau of
the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, and Miss Margaret T.
Lynch, executive secretary of the
National Council of Catholic Wo
men, following the publication of
a report of the president of the
New York Federation on Planned
Parenthood, formerly known as the
.Birth Control Federation of Ameri
ca, in which it was stated that the
Red Cross Home Service was re
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MARRIAGES
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MACON, Ga.—Miss Alma Elea
nor Sheridan, daughter of Mrs.
Edward Aloysius Sheridan and
the late Mr. Sheridan, and Lieu
tenant Joseph Irving Dill, of Aber
deen Pi'oving Grounds,' Md.. son of
John Henry Dill, and thf late Mrs.
Dill, of Baltimore, were married
with a Nuptial Mass at St. Joseph’s
Church here on February 17, the
Rev. Harold Gaudin, S. J., officiat
ing.
The bride, who entered with her
brothex*, Christopher R. Sheridan,
was attended by Mrs. Christopher
Sheridan, of Atlanta, as matron of
honor, and by Mrs. Angelo Punaro
and Miss Anita Cassidy, as brides
maid. Ensign, Edward Dill, of the
Naval Air Corps, was his brother’s
best man, and the ushers were A.
A. Benedetto, Martin Callaghan,
Capt. Angele Punaro and Martin J.
Callaghan, Jr.
Vocal selections were rendered
during the Mass by Miss Martha
Claire Huthnance and Miss Fran
ces Jones, with Mrs. S. A. Giglio at
the organ.
Following the Mass a wedding
breakfast was served at the Sheri
dan home.
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CHARLESTON. S. C.—Miss
Octavia Marie Mahoney, daughter
of Mrs. Alma H. Mahoney and the
late Mr. Michael F. Mahoney, and
Mr. Fradcis McBride, of Charles-
ton and Savannah, were married
on February 15 at 'St. Patrick’s
Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
L. O’Brien officiating, with the
Rev. John J. McCarthy assisting.
Mr. McBride is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. McBride, of Savannah,
and is stationed in Charleston
with the U. S. Naval Reserve.
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DURHAM. N. C.—-Miss Eliza
beth Kelly Matthews and Lt. Zen-
on Anthony Shaban were mari-ied
on February 5 at the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, the
Rev. Patrick Tienrey officiating.
Mrs. Shaban is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A’. D. Matthews, of
Durham. Lieutenant Shaban is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
V. Shaban. of Windsor, Vt., and
is stationed at Camp Butner.
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CAMDEN, S. C.—Miss Betty
Carlton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Carlton, of Elloree, and Mr.
Francis J. Sheehan were mai'ried
on February 14 at the l'ectoi'y of
the Church of Our Lady of Per
petual Help, the Rev. J. Edmund
Bui'ke officiating. Mr. Sheehan
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Sheehan, of Camden.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome C. Henson announce the
marriage of their daughter. Miss
Gwendolyn Henson, to Ensign
William B. Henderson, U. S. Navy
Air Corps, at the rectory of the
Sacred Heart Church, on February
6, the Rev. P. H. Dagneau, S. M..
officiating.
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CHARLESTON, S. C —Miss Ver.
non Dukes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Dukes, of Rowesville,
and Private John A. Cecchini, of
Philadelphia, were married on
February 6 at the rectory of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
the Rev. John J. McCarthy of
ficiating. Private Cecchini is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cecchini,
of Philadelphia.
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CHARLESTON, S. C — Mr. and
Mrs. Bertram H. Fuller, of Minne
apolis, announce the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Janet Ann
Fuller, to Mr. Emile L. Erickson, of
Charleston, at St. Joseph’s Church,
on February 14, the Rev. J. Alexis
Westbury officiating. Mr. Erickson
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Erickson. .
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FLORENCE. S. C.—Miss Helen
Marie Robertson, of Union City,
N. J., and Pfc Chai'les Angelo
Longhi, of Jersey City, were mar
ried on Febx'uary 9 at St. Anthony’s
Church, the Rev. William A. Tobin
officiating.
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SAVANNAH. Ga—Miss Bertha
Laritgue, of Baton Rouge. La.,
and First Sgt. James F. Martin,
of Providence, R. T., now stationed
at Fort Screven, were married
on January 30 at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, the Rev.
Joseph Kavanagh officiating.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Miss Helen
Hogan Doyle and Sgt. Burke Emer
son Whitney were married on Jan
uary 30 in the rectory of St. Pat
rick's Cathedral, New York City,
the Rev. William F. King officiat
ing.
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SAVANNAH, Ga—Miss Chris
tina Edna Ruehling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Frederick
Reuliling, and Mr. Alonzo Wai'ren
Garrett were married at the
Chui'ch of the Nativity of Our Lord
at Thunderbolt on Februai'y 7. the
Rev. Nicholas Quinlan officiating.
Mr. Garrett is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Garrett.
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RALEIGH, N. C. — Miss Carol
Temple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fredei-iek Winfield Temple, and
Mr. Robert Elmo Poole, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Elmo
Poole, of Millbrook, were max-ried
on Febi'uary 19 at the Cathedral
of the Sacred Heart, the Rev. J.
Jerome Hickey officiating.
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SAVANNAH. Ga.—Miss Yvonne
Catherine Coffield, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Coffield. of Sa
vannah, and Lieut. James Edward
Lojjin, Jr., U. S. M. C., of Okla
homa City, were mari'ied at the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Per
petual Help in Oklahoma City on
February 10. the Rev. Charles A.
Buswell officiating.
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ATLANTA, Ga—Miss Lillyart
Malone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Malone, of Aledo, 111., and
Pfc. James Barnd. Jr., were mar
i'ied at the Sacred Heart Church,
the Rev. M. A. Collins, S. M., of
ficiating.
Private Barnd is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James II. Bax-nd, of Man
chester, Iowa, and is stationed at
Fort McPhci'son here.
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brennan announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Edna
Fx-ances Brennan, to Lieutentnt
Osborne Romeo Rumph. at the Post
Chapel, Fort Washington, Md.. on
January 25, the Rev. Edward Vin
cent Mooney, C. S. C., officiating.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Miss Roxana
Mitchell, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Mitchell and Mrs. Paul
E. Fitzpatrick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Fitzpatrick, of Utica,
N. Y.. were married on December
27 at the rectory of St. Anthony's
Church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
F, Croke, officiating.