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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 27, 1943
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION
HELD AT SHAW FIELD
At Shaw Field Chapel
(Special to The Bulletin)
SUMTER, S. C.—Catholic offi
cers and enlisted men stationed at
the Army Air Force Basic Flying
School, at Shaw Field, Sumter
turned out in large numbers to at
tend services and as visitors be
fore the Blessed Sacrament during
the Forty Hours Devotion which
was held at the Post Chapel
March 7-9.
The devotions were opened
with a Mass celebrated by the
Rev. Herbert Morris, O. M. I., of
St. Jude’s Church, Father Morris
also delivered the sermon, his
subject being “The Purpose of
the Forty Hours Devotion.” At the
evening services his sermon topics
were “The Consoling Benefits of
the Sacrament of Penance,” “Our
Lady Immaculate,” and “The Mass
and the Blessed Sacrament.”
Closing exercises consisted of
recitation of the Litany of the
Saints, prdyers for Peace, the Act
of Reparation and Consecration to
the Sacred Heart, and Solemn
Benediction. The Rev. John P.
Clancy, pastor of St. Ann's Church,
was celebrant, with the Rev. Phil
ip Reed, O. M. I., of St. Jude’s
Church, and the Rev. Ralph Nea-
gle, Chaplain 100th Division, U. S.
Army, as deacon and subdeacon.
Father Morris, Father Reed, and
the Rev. A. W. Calner, Chaplain of
the U. S. Army Air Force, Shaw
Field, celebrated Mass each eve
ning, and Father Calner directed
the congregational singing at the
services.
Doctors at the station hospital
postponed an operation for an
hour in order that two Army
nurses might attend services at
the Chapel.
It was an unusual sight to see
the men, just having finished their
hard tasks at the flight line, rush
to the chapel in their grease-coat
ed coveralls, gasping for breath,
slip off their coveralls and ap
proach the altar rail for Commun
ion.
Chaplain Calner, who arranged
for the Forty Hours declared that
if the devotion of the men of the
United States Army Air Force at
Shaw Field is any criterion, the
folks at home can rest assured
that service men will pray as well
as fight their way to victory, for
they are devoted to their God as
well as to hte cause of their
country.
PARENT-TEACHERS
MEET IN CHARLESTON
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C—The
March meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Assoc, of the Sacred Heart
School was opened with prayer
by Sister Mary Sebastian, principal
o 1 the school. Mrs. Eugene L.
Condon, president, conducted the
meeting at which the work of the
filter center was explained by
Capt. J. B. Price, of the United
States Army, and Paul E. Trouche,
Jr., of the Civilian Defense Corps.
Mrs. J. A. Chevrier, secretary,
read her report for the month and
was given a vote of thanks for her
service as chairman of the child
welfare committee. Mrs. Claude
W. Blanchard reported on the
successful results of a subscription
campaign for The Bulletin.
Mrs. John W. Nunez, Mrs. Ida
Lansdowne and Mrs. R. A. Lemay
were named members of a perma
nent committee to assist at the
USO Club. Miss Geraldine Con
don, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Condon, entertained with vocal
selections, Mrs. Tracy Sturcken
accompanying.
The Rev. Herbert Morris, O. M. I., of St. Jude’s Church, Sumter,
delivered a series of sermons during the Forty Hours Devotion held
recently at the Chapel of the Army Air Force Basic Flying School.
Shaw Field, S. C. Father Morris is pictured speaking to the aviation
cadets who attended the devotions in large numbers.
Sf. Peter’s Church, Columbia,
Serves Parish Founded in 1824
MARDI GRAS PARTY HELD
AT ATLANTA PARISH SCHOOL
ATLANTA, Ga.—A successful
Mardi Gras party, sponsored by
the Parent-Teacher Association of
Christ the King School was held
on March 9. Mrs. T. J. Tully
was chairman of the general com
mittee, special committees being
headed by Mrs. Grady Black, Mrs.
John Grant, Jr., Mrs. William
Green, Mrs. Godfrey Alexander,
Mrs. Harold Page, Mrs. Harry
Moyer, Mrs Frank Upchurch, Mrs.
Norville Wilson , Mrs. Robert
O’Brien and Mrs. William Hart
ramp.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—St. Peter’s
Church in South Carolina’s capi
tal city is one of the largest and
most beautiful in the Diocese of
Charleston. The Very Rev. Mar
tin C. Murphy, vicar forane of the
Columbia Deanery, has been the
pastor of St. Peter’s since the fall
of 1934. Previous to this time he
served for eleven years as pastor
of St. Francis de Sales’ Church
in the Shannon area of Columbia.
In the early years of his priest
hood, Faher Murphy was a curate
at St. Peter’s during the pastorate
of the late Very Rev. Thomas J.
Hegerty, V. F., the builder of St.
Peter’s Church. Father Hegerty
was the pastor of St. Peter’s for
more than thirty years and his
remains are buried in the vesti
bule of the church.
In the nearly ten years that he
has been pastor of St Peter’s,
Father Murphy has maintained the
parish buildings in excellent con
dition and has instituted many
permanent improvements. Last
year, a new Kilgen organ was in
stalled in the church to replace
the venerable instrument that had
seen so many years of faithful
service.. A list of the names of
those who contributed to the new
organ fund is placed in the organ
loft.
A little over a year ago the en
tire sanctuary of the church was
artistically decorated by Nevino
Nataloni, the well-known artist-
decorator of Charlotte, N. C., ex
amples of whose work are to be.
seen also in several other churches
of the Diocese of Charleston.
St. Peter’s Church is the only
church in the diocese in which
the Angelus is rung automatically.
Last year an electrical system was
placed in the tower of the church
in connection with the old church
bell; by pressing a lever in the
vestibule of the church the bell
may be tolled for funerals. An
other lever regulates the ringing
of the bell for Sunday Masses and
other services.
Established in 1824 St. Peter's
is one of the oldest parishes in
the diocese and in its long and
eventful history has had but six
pastors. The church is conven
iently located downtown but one
block from Main Street. Despite
its situation in the heart of the
city there is a well-kept graveyard,
abounding in monuments of his
torical interest, in bafcl: of the
church building, where numerous
remains of the earliest parishion
ers of the congregation are buried.
St. Peter’s Church in Columbia
has perhaps the largest supply
of Catholic pamphlets available
in the diocese. Hundreds of
pamphlets are sold each year and
the two large racks in the church
vestibule are continually being
supplied with the latest output of
Catholic publishers in the pamph
let field.
St. Peter’s Church is well-known
to hundreds and thousands of peo
ple in all parts of the country and
in various parts of the world.
Since the reactivation of Fort
Jackson in the past few years and
with the establishment of the Co
lumbia Army Air .Base, both in
the vicinity of Columbia, every
Sunday witnesses a large number
of soldiers at the Masses at St.
Peter’*. Mothers, wives and other
relatives of tire soldiers are num
bered among the numerous visi
tors to St. Peter's, particularly on
Sundays. Many who called Co
lumbia its vicinity home for pe
riods of varying lengths of time
and who got to know and love the
devotional character of St. Peter’s
Church are now serving the na
tion in the armed forces in Eng
land, Northern Ireland, in North
Africa, in Australia, and in other
parts of our war-torn world. The
solid piety of the soldiers, both
officers and enlisted men, reflect
ed in the frequent reception of
the Sacraments of Penance and
Holy Eucharist and in other ways,
has been a source of inspiration to
the priests, nuns and people of St.
Peter’s parish.
Four Masses are offered in St.
Peter’s Church each Sunday. The
Low Masses begin at 7, 9 and 12
o’clock and the High Mass begins
at 10 a. m. The Perpetual Novena
devotions in honor of Our Lady of
the Miraculous Medal, which have
been in progress for the past four
or five years, are held every Mon
day evening of the year at 7:30
o’clock.
The clergy of St. Peter’s Church
minister to the spiritual needs of
the Catholics who are inmates of
the South Carolina State Hospi
tal (for the mentally ill) and of
the South Carolina Penitentiary,
both located in Columbia. Mass
is offered at both of these insti
tutions occasionally.
MUSICAL PROGRAM AT
SAVANNAH USO-NCCS
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Norbert
Goebel, guest soloist was heard in
a program at the USO-NCCS Club
on March 7. with Mrs. Albion Gru
ber accompanying. Miss Elizabeth
Leacy conducted a quiz program,
and Mrs. Norbert Goebel, Miss
Betty Haines, Miss Agnes Ray and
Miss Mary Cronk acted as hos
tesses.
MONSIGNOR McNAMARA
ON WAR FUND BOARD
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Right
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, has accepted an
appointment to the Georgia Plan
ning Board of the National War
Fund, Inc., which includes all
war appeal agencies with the ex
ception of the Red Cross.
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