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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 27, 1943
Catholic Women’s
War Service Group
Active in Greenville
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C.—At the
last annual convention of the
Charleston Diocesan Council 'of
Catholic Women, held in Charles
ton in October, a new committee
was formed to be known as the
“Committee of War Service Ac
tivities."
The following report was sub
mitted at the luncheon meeting
of the Greenville Deanery Coun
cil of the National Council pF
Catholic Women, held recently at
the Greenville Hotel:
“In Greenville we have two
Catholic groups engaged in war
service activities,—Greenville
Council of Catholic Women and
Saint Mary's P.-T. A. Courses in
first aid and advanced first aid
have been taken by members of
the Council and the P.-T. A. The
Sisters at Saint Mary’s School
also took the two courses, and a.
Home Nursing Course was also
taken by members of the Council
and the P.-T. A.
In the Council we have chair
man and co-Chairman working on
the salvage committee taking part
in the scrap metal drive of Saint
Mary's School. In connection with
the tin can drive, one of our
Catholic Girl Scouts visited each
school room at Saint Mary’s
School to speak on the drive and
the children of this school * dis
tributed one thousand leaflets in
the city.
We have also organized, and
have members on, the Emergency
Relief Committee, and our Par
ish School Hall is to be used in
case of an emergency as sleeping
quarters and for serving meals.
Members have helped in the
making of curtains for the recrea
tional centers at the Greenville
Army Air Base and the Glider
School.
A chairman from the CounJtl,
and the P.-T. A. are working with
a group of Catholic women at the
Red Cross center, making surgi
cal dressings.
Members also participated in
the sale of war stamps and bonds
at the booths in Woolworth Store
during the month of November,
sixteen of our women volun
teering their services.
Members knit and sew for the
Red Cross and also help in the
bundles for Britain. One member
of our council decorated the
Chapel at the Air Base for Christ
mas Mass.
Some of our members have
worked at the Ration Board help
ing on the rationing of sugar and
gasoline. For the past one . and
half years have been active in
providing spiritual, social and
welfare services for the men in
uniform.
The National Catholic Com
munity Service of Saint Mary's
Parish was organized three
months ago, and since that time
has provided entertainment for
2,838 service men, with suppers,
dances, and home hospitality
events. On the first Sunday of
each month a Communion break
fast is served after Mass, and at
this Communion breakfast on
January 3rd, the honored guests
were the Mothers, Fathers, Sis
ters, and wives of the forty-two
boys who are now in the service
from Saint Mary’s Parish.
Beginning with Sunday, Janu
ary 10th. the National Catholic
Community Service of Saint
Mary’s Parish opened Gallivan
Memorial Hall for a breakfast
snack for the service men. Tables
were also arranged with writing
materials, magazines and news
papers and four ping-pong tables
were in place for the use of the
men in the sendee. This will be
done each Sunday morning from
9 until 12 o'clock.
Every Wednesday night, Galli
van Memorial Hall is open and a
spaghetti supper or a dance is ar
ranged for the men in the service.
All of this , work is carried on by
members, of the Council and the
P.-T. A- with a committee of men
from Saint Mary’s Parish, with
Father Sydney F.-Dean as Mode
rator. •
. All ot" the work in Greenville is
for the Greenville Army Air Base,
the 'Glider School, and the Ser
vice Groups We work as a group
Assistant Pastor
FATHER DEAN
The Reverend Sydney F. Dean,
first assistant pastor of St. Mary's
Church, Greenville, S. CJ, is one
of the most zealous young priests
of the Diocese of Charleston, and
his untiring energy has contributed
toward making St. Mary’s one of
the most progressive parishes in
the Diocese.
FORT BENNING CHAPLAIN
NOW AREAL “SKY PILOT”
COLUMBUS, Ga—Lieutenant
Matthew Connelly, O. S. B„ for
merly of St. Michael’s Church,
Canon City, Colo., Catholic chap
lain of the 505th Parachute Bat
talion, has completed the neces
sary five jumps to qualify as a
jumping chaplain.
Chaplain Connelly was ordained
to the priesthood at Holy Cross
Abbey, the Benedictine Monastery
near Canon City, in 1934. He did
parish work in Boulder, Colo.,
and served as an Army chaplain
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.,
and Camp Shelby, Miss., before
coming to Fort Benning.
On Iris second jump, Chaplain
Connelly sustained a knee injury
and was only adjurged physically
fit to continue his jumping quali
fications after considerable rest.
He volunteered for parachute
duty last August.
MASS CELEBRATED AT
NEW ARMY HOSPITAL
AUGUSTA. Ga.—On February
21, the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of St. Mary's-on-The-Hili
Church, celebrated Mass at the
Oliver General Hospital, where
the first patients had recently ar
rived. Mass was celebrated in
what was formerly the ballroom
of the Forest Hills Hotel, which
property has been converted into
a general hospital by the govern
ment.
1 of Catholic women and not as in
dividuals.
Bishop McCarty
Consecrated as
Military Delegate
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK, N. Y.—In the
presence of almost two score
Members of the Hierarchy from
the United States and Canada,
the Most Rev. William T. McCar
ty, C. SS. R., newly named Mili
tary Delegate, was solemnly con
secrated Titular Bishop of Anea
on January 25 in. St. Patrick’s
Cathedral.
The Most Rev. Francis J. Spell
man, Archbishop of New York,
and Military Vicar, was the eonse-
crator and the eo-consecrators
were the Most Rev. Thomas E.
Molloy, Bishop of Brooklyn, and
the Most Rev. John F. O'Hara. C
S. C., also a Military Delegate.
The sermon was delivered by the
Most Rev. Gerald C. Murray, C.
SS. R., Bishop of Saskatoon.
Among other Members of the
Hierarchy present were the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop ol
Savannah-Atlanta: the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of
Charleston; the Most Rev. Eugene
J. McGuiness, Bishop of Raleigh;
the Most Rev. William J. Hafey,
Bishop of Scranton; the Most Rev.
John M. McNamara, Auxiliary
Bishop of Baltimore, and of Wash
ington, and the Most Rev. Peter
L. Ireton, Cosjutor of Richmond.
An added military touch was
given to the Solemn ceremony by
the fact that Brig. Gen. William
R. Arnold, Chief of Chaplains of
the United States Army, and Rear
Admiral John J. Brady, U. S. N..
(Chaplains’ Corps) Retired, were
deacons of honor to Archbishop
Spellman. Many high lanking of
ficers of the Army and Navy were
present in the throng which ‘filled
the great Cathedral.
Previously ’o his elevation to
the Hierarchy, Bishop McCarty
was Provincial of the Baltimore
Province of the Redemptoiist
Fathers.
49 HOURS DEVOTION AT
ST. MARY’S, SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Forty Hours
Devotion was held at St. Mary’s'
Church here February 5-7, the
Rev. Gustave Obrecht, S. M. A.,
pastor, celebrating the Mass of
Exposition.
Sermons at the evening services
during the devotions were deliver
ed by the Rev. Nicholas Quinlan,
pastor of the Church of the Na
tivity, Thunderbolt, and the Rev.
J. M. Murphy, O. P., of the Bless
ed Sacrament Church. The Rev.
Adolph J. Gall, S. M. A., was cele
brant of the Missa pro Pace.
JASPER JONES, AUGUSTA,
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
AUGUSTA, Ga. -— Funeral ser
vices for Jasper B. Jones, who was
burned to death early on the morn
ing of February 15, when the build
ing in which he occupied an apart
ment was destroyed by fire, were
held from St. Patrick’s Church, tbe
Rev. Angel Pengson officiating.
Mr. Jones is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. F. M. Smith and Mrs.
C. E. McCormick, of Augusta; a
Aviation Mathematics
Course at Benedictine
School in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga—The senior
class at Benedictine Military
School started a new and impor
tant course in aviation mathema
tics with the second semester, ac
cording to announcement made
by the Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub,
O. S. B., principal.
Aims of the new course, said
Father Gregory, are first, a re
view of elementary mathematical
processes, and second,the applica
tion of these processes to the
problems and interests of the arm
ed forces. The Rev. Paul Milde,
O. S. B., is the instructor.
BENEDICTINE CADETS
APPROACH COMMUNION
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Members of
the Cadet Corps of the Benedic
tine Military School received Holy
Communion in a body at the Sa
cred Heart Church on February
5, and later were served breakfast
in the Benedictine Armory by
members of the school’s auxiliary.
The breakfast was served under
the supervision of Mrs. J. W. Ste
phens, assisted by Mrs. Irene Gro
gan, Mrs. James F. Brennan, Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly, Jr., Mrs. Peter
Roe Nugent, and Mrs. J. L. Cole.
The cadets received Communion
in a body and attended a Com
munion breakfast on the first Fri
day of each month.
BENEDICTINE GRADUATE
COMMISSIONED ENSIGN .
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Joseph Lee
Conners, Jr., son of Mrs. Mary P.
Conners, lias been commissioned
an ensign in the United States
Navy Air Corps, receiving his wings
at the Naval Air Training Station
at Jacksonville.
Ensign Conners entered, the ser
vice last i)4arch. In 1937 he gradu
ated from Benedictine Military
School, where, his brother, Cadet
Colonel William P. Conners, now
heads the Benedictine Cadet Corps.
After graduating from Benedictine
here, Ensign Conners attended Bel
mont Abbey College, .later being
employed at the Charleston Navy
Yard.
brother, Albert N. Jones of Charles
ton; an aunt, Mrs. B. D. Ryals, of
Augusta, and an uncle, J. L. Jones,
of Graniteville. *
Hundreds of Officers and
Men Attend Midnight Mass
at Camp Butner, N. C.
CAMP BUTNER, N. C—A con
gregation composed of more than
2,700 officers and enlisted men at
tended the Midnight Mass, which
was celebrated at the Sports Arena
at Camp Butner on Christmas.
More than a thousand of those
attending approached Holy Com
munion.
Lieut. John B. Day. chaplain .of
the 310th Infantry, 78th Division,
a priest of the Diocese of Spring-
field, was the celebrant of the
Mass, with Chaplain Regis Galvin,
O. F. M„ deacon; Chaplain Martin
.O. F. M., deacon; Chaplain Mar
tin J. Collett, O. F. C., subdeacon,
and Chaplain Edward Leyden, a
priest of the Archdiocese of Den
ver. was master of Ceremonies.
The sermon was delivered by
Chaplain Harold Dean, a priest of
the Archdiocese of St. Paul.
An enlisted men’s choir from
the 78th Division units, Station
Complement, and Second Army
troops, under the direction of
Priv. Chester Nowakowski, of the
310th Infantry, sang the Mass,
with Prv. George Frame 311th In
fantry, at the organ. The altar
was erected and decorated by the
303rd Engineers of the 78th Divi
sion.
NEW ASSISTANT PASTOR
AT WILMINGTON CHURCH
WILMINGTON, D. C. — The
Rev. Edward A. Rigney, formerly
assistant pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Church, Henderson
ville, has been appointed as as
sistant to the Very Rev. Msgr.
Cornelius E. Murphy,, pastor of
St. Mary’s Church, Wilmington.
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Carolina, is a charge of the Franciscan Fathers, with the Rev. Ivo
McElroy, O: F. M„ as pastor, and Uie Eev. Thomas A. McLaughlin,
O. F. M., assistant pastor. • — •
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