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MARCH 27, 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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DANCE AT SAVANNAH
USO-NCCS CLUB
SAVANNAH, Ga.—An orchestra
from Fort Screven furnished music
for a dance at the USO-NCCS Club
on the night of March 20. Mrs.
William E. Hines. Mrs. R. J. Welsh,
Mrs. D. J. Colvin, Mrs. Jennie
Bohan, and Miss Kate Crombly
acted as chaperons, Mrs. T. J.
Dowling, Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs.
obert Jiran, Mrs. William Leonard,
Mrs. W. A. Dawson, and Mrs. Fred
Holtz served refreshments, and
Mrs. Harry T. Wilson and Miss
Margaret McNally welcomed the
soldier guests.
Blessed Martin de Porres Mission, which serves the colored Cath
olics of Columbia,, South Carolina, is a charge of the Dominican Fath
ers,, with the Rev. Gerald Mark O’Dowd, O. P.„ as pastor. The Mis
sion is also headquarters for the Rev. Ambrose Smith, O. P., Dominica*
missionary. ..
Columbia Deanery, NCCW
Holds Quarterly Meeting
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Colum
bia Deanery Council of the
Charleston Diocesan Council, Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
held its quarterly meeting March
9, with the Rev. Thomas J. Mackin,
pastor of St. Francis de Sales
Church offering the opening pray
er.
Miss Eleanor Cantwell, deanery
chairman for war activities, re
ported that members are engaged
in practically every form of Red
Cross volunteer service. Mrs.
Curran Jones, chairman of the
Women’s Defense Council of Co
lumbia. made a brief talk, after
which Mrs. Charles Bultman in
troduced Miss Jean Brabham, as
sistant director of the USO-NCCS,
who outlined what is being done
through that organization.
The annual election of officers
was held, Mrs. Charles Bultman, of
Columbia, being elected president;
Mrs. Henry Commins, Sumter,
vice-president; Mrs. John Bur-
kette, Columbia, secretary, and
Mrs. J. V. Bultman. : Columbia,
treasurer.
Providence Hospital, Columbia, S. C.
ST. PETER’S P.-T. A.
HOLDS MEETING
COLUMBIA, S. C. — The regu
lar monthly meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Association of St. Pet
er’s School was held on March 9,
with Mrs. Charles Bultman pre
siding, and Mrs. Dotterer, of Girl
Scout Headquarters, as the guest
speaker.
St. Peter's P.-T. A. sponsors a
Sunday morning nursery, the
group has a monthly quota of gar
ments to make for the Red Cross,
and is active in other phases of
war work.
The present officers are Mrs.
Charles Bultman, president; Mrs.
James Hanihan, vice-president;
Sister M, Josephine, secretary, and
Mrs. Ludwig Blaze, Jr., treasurer.
FATHER MICHAEL McINERN-
EY, O. S. B., noted priest-architect
of Belmont Abbey, North Caro
lina, lectured recently at the Med
ical School of St. Louis Universi
ty on Hospital Architecture and
Hospital Floor Plans, which is a
part of the course given for de
grees in Hospital Administration.
Housekeeper Wanted
WANTED—A middle aged
settled woman as house
keeper in priest’s house in
Columbia, S. C. Must be a
good cook, neat, clean and
quiet in person and willing
to give some attention to
the pastor’s aged mother.
Only two persons in rectory
regularly. References re
quested and correspondence
regarding salary expected.
Address: The Rector, 2809
Wheat Street, Columbia, S.
C.
Attractively and substantially constructed irom designs executed, by the Rev. Michael Mclnerney,
O. S. B., priest-architect of Belmont Abbey, Providence Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, is one of
the modernly equipped institutions of its kind in the South. Since its completion in 1938, it has beeii
operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, who also operate the Divine Saviour Hospital in
York, South Carolina. The Bev. L. E. Forde is resident chaplain at the hospital
Magnificent New Organ Installed at
St. Peter’ Church, Columbia, S. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C. — St. Peter’s
Parish at Columbia, S. C., is be
ing congratulated on the new or
gan, which was installed during
the past year.
With stringent restrictions on
the building of organs and the
practical impossibility of getting
permission to build an organ dur
ing these times, St. Peter’s Church
was able to have its instrument
installed by ordering it several
months in advance, so that the
actual installation of the organ
took place just before the dead
line prohibiting further installa
tions of organs.
The instrument is a 2-manual
organ, known as a KILGEN LI
TURGICAL ORGAN, built by the
famous old firm, The Kilgen Or
gan Company of St. Louis, Mo.
It is of classical tonal character,
and its tonal arrangement is such
that it acts as the perfect accom
paniment for Catholic services,
having been especially designed
both for this purpose and to meet
the acoustical requirements of the
Church.
The . instrument was installed
in specially prepared tonal cham
bers in the choir loft and screened
by panel work and display pipes of
conventional design. The Pastor,
Father Martin Murphy, has ex
plained that in order to get the
best results from an organ for
use in a Catholic church, it must
be specially voiced for this pur
pose; and because the new instru
ment was built in this way, it has
proved eminently successful for
accompanying Catholic services.
The organ building company is
unique in that the Kilgen family
have been building organs for
more than 300 years. There is a
tradition that the first KILGEN
ORGAN was built by an ancestor
of the present head of this firm,
Eugene Kilgen, back in 1640.
Their work was done from an
European factory at that time, but
they have been in the United
States since 1851, and their long
record of production includes
such famous instruments as those
in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New
York; St. Louis Cathedral and
St. Francis Xavier's, St. Louis; St
Ignatius’, Chicago; St. Vincent’s,
Los Angeles;" Shrine of the Little
Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan; St.
Joseph’s Cathedral, St. Joseph,
Missouri; St. Edward’s, West Palm
Beach, Florida; Augustinian Sem
inary, Washington, D. C.; Sacred
Heart, Baltimore; St. James’,
Philadelphia, and many others of
equal prominence.
The company is at present de
voting its entire manufacturing
facilities to the building of air
craft for the War Department, but
it is maintaining its large service
department for the duration and
expects to return to organ build
ing as soon as the war ends. How
ever, it has been accepting orders
for delivery at the end of the war.
The organ at St. Peter’s has
been praised by music critics and
priests for its beauty of tone and
its expression, because of the fact
that the tone quality is' especially
designed to meet the acoustical
requirements of the Church.
PRIESTS IN COLUMBIA
APPOINTED AUXILIARY
MILITARY CHAPLAINS
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C. — The very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy, V. F.,
pastor of St. Peter's Church, and
the Rev. Charles J. Baum, assist
ant pastor, have both been named
auxiliary chaplains of the Military
Ordinariate by the Most Rev.
Francis J. Spellman, D. D., Arch
bishop of New York .and Military
Vicar.
The appointment as auxiliary
chaplains were made recently,
with the approval of the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, because of the many
contacts that the clergy of St.
Peter’s have daily with Catholic
members of the armed forces who
are located in large numbers at
the military establishments in the
vicinity of Columbia.
Bell of St. Peter*s
Church in Columbia,
Rings by Electricity
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Through thi
generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Johi
Crowley, of Cork, Ireland, who fot
many years have rested in the St
Peter's Cemetery here, during th«
time that the late Rev. Thomas J
Hegarty was pastor of St. Peter’s
a bell was installed in the tower
ing spire of St. Peter’s. Church.
Recently, the Very Rev. Martin
C. Murphy, V. j\, the present pas
tor of St. Peter's, has installed a
device by which the old bell is
rung by electricity instead of the :
old rope-pulling method.
The new equipment which was
installed by the Verdin Machine
Company, of Cincinnati, in Feb
ruary last year, has three motors
and when the switch is turned on
the 3,500 pound bell, installed in
1911, is swung in a 480-degree
arc and its full volume and tone
is brought forth. The Angelus is
rung three times each day by a
unit that is controlled the same as
the swinging ringer, and when the
switch is thrown on the bell will
toll automatically at the rate of
one stroke each 12 seconds.
In his sermon on the Feast of
the Annunciation, Father Murphy
called attention to the early use of
bells in the Christian church, as a
reminder of the Angel’s message
renouncing the Incarnation of the
Second Person of the Blessed Trin
ity. to call the faithful to wor
ship. and to proclaim the departure,
of a soul upon the occasion of
someone’s death or funeral. i
Course of Instruction
in Catholic Teaching
Given in Charleston
ALTAR SOCIETY IN ATLANTA
SPONSORS BOOK REVIEW TEA
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Altar So
ciety of Christ the King Cathedral
sponsored a benefit book review
and tea on March 17 at the Knights
of Columbus Club.
Mrs. Emma Garrett Morris gave
a resume of the careers ot the
Soong sisters of China, which was
of timely interest due to the pres
ence of Madame Chiang Kai-shek
in the United States at this time.
Reservation were made through
Mrs. William McAlphin and Mrs.
O. K. Alcera.
MISSION AT ST. ANTHONY’S
CHURCH IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—From March
14 to March 21 the Rev. Francis P.
Conlon, O. M I., superior of the
Oblate Fathers at Douglas, Ga.,
conducted a mission at St. An
thony’s Church here.
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C — A special
course of instruction in Catholic
teaching is being given every
Wednesday and Friday evening at
the rectory of the Cathedral of St,
John the Baptist.
The Rev. John J. McCarthy,
assistant rector of the Cathedral,
states that “some of the members
of the class have signified their
intention of studying in prepara
tion for baptism; others are in
quiring for correct information
about Catholic truth. The lectures
will be informal, and will be fol
lowed by answer periods in-which
reply will be made to questions
submitted in writing."
Father McCarthy will teach all
the class. Those attending will
have completed thirty hours in
struction by June. Some of the
work will be covered by assigned
reading to be done at home. In
dividual instructions can also be
arranged by appointment each
week. A tour of the Cathedral,
and a motion picture in colors of
the Mass, wilt be featured during
the first two weeks of the course.
Persons who can attend some
of the classes, but not all, because
of working hours and defense
work, are welcome to attend
whenever they find it convenient.
THE REV. R. A. McGOWAN,
Assistant Director of the Depart
ment of Social Action of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, has been named by President
Roosevelt to a committee which
will advise the Chief Executive on
changes in the Organic Law of
Puerto Rico which he will propose
to Congress.
Colored Mission, Columbia