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Vol. XXIV No. 4
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 24, 1943
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Bulletins
Bishop of Charleston
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XII
is speaking on Holy Saturday to '
the organization of Italian Catho
lic Youth, which will be observing
the twenty-fifth anniversary of its
foundation. On Easter His Holi
ness will celebrated Mass for a
group of directors of the associa
tion.
ASSERTING THAT the “Victory
Corps Bill” now before Congress
“would give the United States Of
fice of Education to control the
curricula activities of the secon
dary schools of the country during
wartime”, the National Catholic
Educational Association has ex
pressed its opposition to this meas
ure in a communication to the Sen
ate Committee of Education and
Labor.
FATHER JOHN R. BOSLET, a
Lieutenant Commander in the
Navy and a priest of the Diocese
of Pittsburgh, has been named to
succeed the Rev. Thomas R. Knox,
a priest of the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta, who died recently, as
Catholic Assistant to the Chief of
Chaplains of the U. S. Navy.
INSISTENT REPORTS are heard
in usually very well informed quar
ters that the German Ambassador,
Dr. James von Bergen, is retiring
after a diplomatic mission of 23
years to the Holy See. To succeed
him in this important post, accord
ing to reports, the German Govern
ment is naming Herr von Wies-
zenker, former Secretary of State
to the German Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA
and the Holy See, which culmi
nated with the establishment of
diplomatic relations last year, ac
tually began as far back as the
thirteen century and at a time
when Western, or Christian civil
ization was in jeopardy as it is
today. The threat came from the
Far East. Pope Innocent IV, im
pressed by the victorious renown
of the Great Khan, sought to
penetrate the mysterious Orient
and thereby save the Christian
Occident. Therefore he sent suc
cessive legate to the Mongol
court.
Newly Redecorated and Renovated,
St. Patrick’s Church, Charleston,
Is Serving a Century Old Parish
THE VATICAN RADIO STA
TION has inaugurated a new trans
mission to His Excellency the Most
Rev. Paul Marella, Apostolic
Delegate to Japan, for the Vatican
Information Office, thus helping to
obtain information on war prison
ers.
THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS,
the world’s most famous sisters,
already thrilled over the prospect
of christening the “Quint Victory
Fleet” at the yards of Walter But
ler Shipbuilders. Inc., in Superior,
Wis„ on May 10, will no doubt
just bubble over when they learn
they are to make the trip to the
United States on a Canadian Cor
vette, escorted by U. S. Navy pa
trol vessels.
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS
XII has directed that special pray
ers for the restoration of peace
be offered by the faithful at daily
devotion to the Blessed Virgin
during the Month of May.
CLEVELAND was chosen for
the 1943 convention of the Knights
of Columbus at the concluding
session of the quarterly meeting
of the Supreme Board. The ses
sions will be held August 17 to 19
and will be limited strictly to busi
ness, and only the official dele
gates will be invited to attend.
SOLICITOR GENERAL
CHARLES FAHY, a native of
Georgia, and speaker at the 1942
convention of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, told
more than 800 members of the
Washington chapter, International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae
that the United States and her al
lies must police the world after
the war is over “to maintain ami
ty and justice through internation
al cooperation in friendship,”
The Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., is the sixth Bishop
of Charleston. A native of South Carolina, Bishop Walsh served as a
priest of the Diocese of Savannah before being called to succeed the
Right Reverend William T. Russell, as Bishop of Charleston, in 1927.
Bishop Walsh has contributed much to the progress of the Catholic,signor Quigley had done a good
Church in Soutli Carolina through his zeal and able direction, outstand
ing in his contribution to the Diocese being the development of the edu
cational system and the extension of the hospital system of the Diocese.
HOLY FATHER RECOVERS
FROM RECENT ILLNESS
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service) their respective families.
VATICAN CITY.—Fully recov
ered from his recent indisposition,
His Holiness Pope Pius XII as
sisted at the regular Lenten ser
mon in the Vatican Palace on
April 2.
His Holiness resumed his offi
cial audiences, receiving formally
Nicholas de Kallay, Premier of
Hungary, and his retinue. Also,
Pope Pius received in audience
Ambassador de las Barcenas of
Spain and Count Ciano, the Ital
ian Ambassador, together with
Pope Pius received in audience
Francis D'Arcy Osborne, Great
Britain's Minister to the Holy See,
who left by plane for London on a
brief vacation. The British Min
ister never left the confines of
Vatican City for any reason be
tween June, 1940, and his depart-
urer recently.
Resuming his usual general au
diences. Pope Pius received more
than a thousand persons in the
CHARLESTON, S. C. — In 1937
St. Patrick’s ^parish celebrated the
centenary of fts foundation.
The parish was the third parish
to be established in the city, St.
Mary’s the mother church of the
territory now included in the dio
ceses of Raleigh. Savannah-At.
lanta, and Charleston, dates from
1789. The Cathedral parish dates
from May 19, 1822. On that day
Bishop England bkssed a wooden
structure on the site of the pres
ent Cathedral on Broad Street un
der the patronage of St. Finbar.
Those two churches served the
small number of Catholics in
Charleston until 1837.
Bishop England, in 1828, pur
chased the land for St. Patrick’s.
Part of this land was used as a
cemetery. In January, 1837, the
parish was cut off St. Mary’s and
Mass was celebrated for the first
time in the new parish in a house,
now 415 King Street. In February,
1837, the Reverend Patrick O'Neill
was appointed pastor. It was not
until 1838 that ground was broken
for the erection of a church. On
December 23. 1538, “the humble
but neat edifice was blessed by
Bishop England. It was a frame
building, 50 feet in length. 30 feet
wide and 24 feet high, with a
sacristy behind the altar and a
good plain porch in front.” This
wooden structure remained the
parish church until the present
building was erected and conse
crated to the worship of God in
honor of St. Patrick in 1887.
Fifty years later, by 1937, the
years had taken their toll in wear
and tear on the Church building.
It was sadly in need of remodeling
and refurnishing. It had served its
purpose well and had been, for-
fifty years, a monument to the de
voted parishioners of the eighties.
They, under the guidance of Mon
job. They had given the parish a
church to preserve and cherish. It
was calling for attention.
In 1933 Miss Rosa Riley donated
a sum of money to be used in ren
ovating the basement of the
church. A simple tablet in the
Vestibule of the lower church
reads: “This chapel, dedicated to
the Blesed Sacrament was donated
by Miss Rosa Riley in memory of
the Riley Family; 1938.”
It was this generous gift of Miss
Riley that started the work which
has now been carried through to
completion—the complete renova
tion and refurnishing of the upper
church: the rectory and the
grounds. Today St. Patrick’s is one
of the places in Charleston that
commands the attention of those
who are interested in the devo
tional lovelines of distinct liturgic
al art set in an atmosphere of
first one. Among the pilgrims _ _ ___
were hundreds of newly-married Southern charm
couples. * For the work
renovation,
Complete renovation and redecoration of the interior of St. Patrick’s Church in Charleston, has re
stored and enhanced the impressive beauty-of one of the most attractive religious edifices in South Caro-;
lina. The work of renovation was done by Thomas Sheridan, a member of St. Patrick’s parish, from plans;
executed by the noted priest-architect. Father Michael Mclnerney, O. S. B.. of Belmont Abbey, and
Robert Robbins, famed ecclesiastical artist, at the direction of Monsignor Joseph L. O'Brien, the pastor. J
Father Michael, noted priest-archi
tect of Belmont Abbey, was called
into service as consultant.
To Robert Robbins, a famed ec
clesiastical artist, were given
Father Michael's plans for the
sanctuary and altars for the exe
cution. The construction work was
entrusted to Thomas Sheridan. *a
life long member of St. Patrick's,
and long known as a skilled artisan
and contractor. Mr. Sheridan
brought to the work not only the
deft skill of his hand but also the
deep love of his heart. Like one
of the builders on the Cathedrals
of old, Mr. Sheridan gave the most
minute attention to his work on
his beloved parish church as a day,
Mr. Sheridan saw the building rise
in the days of Monsignor Quigley:
He was happy indeed to have the
opportunity of doing the re-con-
struction work. His contribution is
far more than any mere money
consideration.
The church has been done over
from stem to stem, from top to
bottom. A great new Mohler organ
is now being installed with that
item the l’emodeling work is fin
ished and paid for. The members
of the congregation have lived up
to the best traditions of their
grandparents of a half century
ago. They have beautified the
Lord's house which their fathers
gave to their care. They have rea
son to be proud of their efforts.
Monsignor O’Brien, pastor of
St. Patrick’s, has been in Charles
ton since 1914. He is well known
as the founder and Rector of the
Bishop England High School,
which opened in 1915, and which
was one of the First Free central
ized Catholic High Schools in The
South. Monsignor O'Brien came to
St. Patrick’s in the fall of 1929.
One of his first cares when he
came to St. Patrick’s was the erec
tion of a new parish school build
ing. The new building was blessed
on Sunday, September 21, 1930,
classes were started the next day.
Within a year after going to St.
Patrick’s, Monsignor O'Brien had
the new school building finished.
The school is a gift to the parish.
The whole debt was paid through
the munificence of the Wood Fam
ily of Middletown, New York. In
January, 1934, Monsignor Charles
Dubois Wood, a great benefactor
of the diocese and one always
deeply interested in Monsignor
O'Brien's educational work pre
sented Bishop Walsh with a
$50,000 check "to pay off the en
cumbrances on Saint Patrick's
School.”
Monsignor O'Brien during the
past year has been engaged as
preacher in the military camps
throughout the state, and recently
at Camp Myles Standish in Mass.
He has many requests for such
work during the summer months.
Three of his camp sermons have
been published in the Bishop Eng
land High School Bulletin, and
have been widely circulated among
service men. Of one of these Bul
letins, Bishop O'Hara of the Mili
tary Ordinate. United States of
America says: “You are quite right
and you express very beautifully
the obligation of our young men
to be lay apostles. Catholic edu
cation and frequent of young men
have had a grand vindication in
this war. From everywhere we get
glorious reports of the work done
by these lay missionaries. May God
bless them!”
At present Monsignor is one of
the featured preachers heard over
radio station WTMA, Charleston.
His present series. The Book of
Psalms, heard on Monday evenings
at 8 o’clock has won much favor
able comment from Protestants
and Jews. “As Protestants and
Catholics and Jews are now united
in misery and suffering and in
the degradation of concentration
camps in Europe, it behooves
Catholics and Protestants and
Jews to unite in prayer and sacri
fice in this country in thanks
giving and praise that they enjoy
religious freedom while their
brethren are in chains for on other
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