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JUNE 2G. 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Complete Redecoration of
St. Mary’s Church, Americus
(Special to The Bulletin)
AMERICUS, Ga. — The task of
painting and redecorating St.
Marys’ Church here was begun by
the Rev. Godfrey Weitekamp, O.
F. M., shortly after his coming
here as the first resident pastor of
the parish in this city, has now
been completed.
The dome and roof of the church
was repaired, and the exterior of
the building painted all white. The
interior of the church has also
been repainted, but in a light buff,
with a darker buff trim. The main
altar has ben remodeled, and two
side altars, one in honor of St.
Joseph and the other in honor of
St. Anthony, have been installed
by Father Godfrey.
At the same time that St. Mary’s
Church here was beening redecor
ated, extensive repairs and im
provements were made at the
Church of the Little Flower, in
Cordele, which is also a charge
of the Franciscan Fathers station
ed here.
BISHOP O’HARA CONFIRMS
AT ST. MARY’S AMERICUS
AMERICUS, Ga. — The Most
Rev- Gerald P. O'Hara, Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, recently admin
istered the Sacrament of Confir
mation at St. Mary’s Church here,
those confirmed Thomas Lovelace,
Jr., and Benjamin Cindrick, of St.
Mary’s parish, three cadets from
Souther Field, and the wives of
three officers stationed at the Air
Force Training School.
Bishop O’Hara was assisted by
the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph G.
Cassidy, pastor for St. Theresa’s
Church, Albany: the Rev. Godfrey
Weitekamp, O. F. M., pastor, and
the Rev. Sebastian Rabin, O. F. M.,
assistant pastor of St. Mary’s.
Music during the service was ren
dered by a choir of cadets from
Souther Field, under the direction
of Lieutenant Gerald Barry.
In the course of his sermon,
Bishop O’Hara praised the cadets
on the excellence of their singing,
and paid tribute to the missionary
work done in Georgia four cen
turies ago by the Franciscans, and
to what is being done now by mem
bers of the Order of Friars Minor
in the territory of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta which has been
alloted to their charge.
SAVANNAH CONTESTANTS
WIN A. O. H. AUXILIARY
ESSAY CONTEST AWARDS
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Second na
tional prize in the Annual Nation
al Irish History Essay Contest,
sponsored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
was awarded to Miss Nancy Bar-
ragan, a student at St. Vincent
Academy, for her essay on “The
Part Played in the World of Music,
Song, Poetry and Drama, on Stage
and Screen, and in Radio, by Am
ericans of Irish Ancestry. Miss Pa
tricia Persse, also a student at St.
Vincent’s, was awarded a prize by
the State Board of the A. O. H.
Auxiliary for her essay on the same
subject. Last year, Miss Janet Spil-
lane, another St. Vincent student
was a winner in the national essay
contest.
MISS DOYLE, AUGUSTA,
COMPLETES 25 YEARS
WITH TELEPHONE COMPANY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Miss Alice
Doyle, who became associated with
the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company in Augusta in
1918, recently received a 25-Year
Service Award. Miss Doyle is the
organist at the Sacred Heart
Church in Augusta.
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Hot Springs?
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grounds, airy verandas, and
good board at reasonable prices.
In charge of the Benedictine
Sisters and next to St. John’s
Church—write for information:
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591 W. Grand Ave.
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St. Mary’s Church,
Americus, Georgia
Father Sebastian Rabin
Assistant at Americus
(Special to The Bulletin)
AMERICUS, Ga. — The Rev.
Sebastian Rabin, O. F. M., has been
appointed assistant to the Rev.
Godfrey A. Weitekamp, O. F. M.,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Am
ericus. \
Father Sebastian has been stat
ioned at St. Francis of Assisi Mon
astery in New York City, and with
forty-five other Franciscan priests
was attached to the widely known
St. Francis of Assisi Church, near
the Pennsylvania Station. This
church, known in New York as the
“Breadline Church,” was where
the Franciscian Fathers distribut
ed some $80,000 worth of food dur
ing the depression era, when the
line of men seeking coffee and
sandwiches often extended along
31st Street up to 7th Avenue,
around 32nd Street, over to 6th
Avenue.
A native of Philadelphia, Father
Sebastian attended St. Joseph’s
Seraphic Seminary, Callicoon, N.
Y. He entered the Franciscan
Novitiate in Paterson, N. J., in
1934. His philosophical study was
made at St. Stephen’s Monastery,
Croghan, N. Y., St. Anthony’s Mon
astery, Butler, N. J., and St. Bona-
venture’s College, St. Bonaventure,
N. Y. His theological study was
completed at Holy Name College,
on the campus of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, Washington,
where on June 9, 1942, he was
ordained to the priesthood, by the
late Most Rev. Joseph Corrigan,
rector of the University. He was
first appointed to St. Anthony’s
Church. Asheville, N. C., then to
St. Francis Assisi Church, New
York.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT
ST. BENEDICT’S, GREENSBORO
GREENSBORO. N. C. — Closing
exercises of St. Benedict’s School
were held on June 4 in the parish
hall, ihe Very Bev. Hugh Dolan,
V. F., pastor of St. Benedict’s
Church conferring diplomas on
the members of the graduating
class, who were presented by the
Rev. Walter Higgins, assistant pas
tor. The class included Mary Ann
Brewer. Julia Airne Coyle, Loret-
to Coyle, Joseph Harrison, Fran
ces O’Connor, Dolores Rierson,
Mary Sherwood, Dorothy Thomas
and Lawrence Thomas.
The address to the graduates
was delivered by the Rev. Vincent
Stokes, J. C. B., assistant pastor of
St. Benedict's Church. The award
for excellence ,in Christian Doc
trine. donated by Father Dolan,
was awarded Joseph Harrison. Ad
Deum Per Mariam medals were
pr.sented to Julie Anne Coyle,
Loretto Coyle, Frances O'Connor,
Dolores Rierson, and Dorothy
Thomas, members of the Children
of Mary. Musical numbers on the
program were accompanied by
Mrs. Charles Kempton. pianist.
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in service in a needed spiritual way, may we sug
gest that you cooperate with .the Defenders of the
Faith. Full particulars on request. Address:
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH
Father Richard Felix, O. ^ B., Director
Conception. Missouri
Redemptorists Acquire
Dalton Property for
Use as Recory-Chapel
(Special to The Bulletin)
DALTON, Ga.. —The “Green-
hurst” property on South Thorn
ton Avenue, famed Dalton land
mark, has been purchased by the
Redemptorist Fathers, and is being
converted into a chapel and rec
tory for which purposes the build
ing will be used until priority re
gulations will permit the con
struction of a church here.
Dalton is included in the North
west Georgia mission territory
which was assigned to the Redemp
torist Fathers last June by the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, when
the Rev. James McCann, C. SS. R.,
came to Dalton to be the first
resident priest of the newly or
ganized parish of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help which was estab
lished here at that time.
Since then, Father McCann has
also been named pastor of St.
Mary’s Church in Rome, and St.
Bernadette’s Church, Cedartown,
to replace the Rev. James H.
Grady, now serving in the chap
lains’ corps of the U. S. Army.
Father McCann, who has as his
assistants, the Rev. Daniel Mc-
Glone, C. SS. R., and the Rev.
Raymond Govern, C. SS. R., is
also in charge of the newly formed
parish of St. Elizabeth, Rossville.
For the present, Mass is being
celebrated at ‘Greenhurst” each
Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock.
TEXAS COLLEGE OFFERING
INSTITUTES FOR RELIGIOUS
Incarnate Word College, San
Antonio, Texas, announces the of
fering of two special courses for
religious, to be given for two weeks
in the month of July.
One, “Institute on Canon Law
for Religious,” to be conducted by
Rev. J. D. Hannan, from the School
of Canon Law, Catholic University
of America, Washington, D. C., is
designed for superiors and mis
tresses of novices in religious com
munities.
The second course, “Institute on
Mental Prayer in the Formation
of Young Religious,” to be con
ducted by Rev. Louis O’Hara, C.
S. P., Los Angeles, California,
should prove of paramount inter
est in view of the great difficulties
ordinarily experienced by young
religious in the practice of mental
prayer.
Courses will run from July 5
to July 16, and schedules will be
so arranged that participants may
take advantage of both series. The
institute on mental prayer will be
held in the morning sessions of the
first week, and that on canon law
in the afternoon. The following
week the schedules will be revers
ed.
Institutes such as these have
been offered in various parts of
the country and have been well
received. It is to be hoped that re
ligious of the Southwest will ap
preciate and utilize the opportuni
ty afforded them of attending
these courses in a centrally locat
ed city like San Antonio, Texas.
New St. Denis Church,
Bennettsville, S. C.
AIKEN PASTOR SPEAKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Rev.
George Lewis Smith, pastor of St.
Mary Help of Christians Church,
Aiken, S. C., was the guest speak
er at a recent meeting of the
Kiawanis Club of Augusta. Father
Smith, who spoke on the life of
St. Thomas More, was introduced
by Hugh Kinchley.
CONFIRMATION IN
DIOCESE OF RALEIGH
DALEIGH, N. C. — His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D., Bishop of Raleigh,
recently completed a tour of the
Diocese, in the course of which he
administered the Sacrament of
Confirmation at Sacred Heart
Church, Salisbury: St. Philip’s
Church. Statesville; St. Francis of
Assisi Church, Lenoir; the military
camps at Fort Bragg and Greens
boro; the Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Raleigh, and St. Monica’s Mission,
Raleigh. Many of those who were
confirmed were converts.
ATLANTA CATHOLIC
HEADS LEGION POST
ATLANTA, Ga. — William A.
Brand, a member of St. Anthony’s
parish here, who saw action in the
Meiyse-Argonne battles as a Ma
rine in World War I, is the newly
elected commander of West End
Post, No. 147. American Legion.
AT A CELEBRATION in New
York marking the 400th anniver
sary of the death of Coperincus,
renowned Polish astronomer and
scientist, the Rev. Michael J.
Ahearn, senior professor of sci
ence at Weston College, Mass.,
paid glowing tribute to his mem
ory on behalf of the American
Catholic scholars. Messages from
President Roosevelt, and from dis-
tingb'is&ett' sCieritDti-Aer^ read. 1
Pictured above is the Church of
St. Denis, in Bennettsville, South
Carolina, which was dedicated on
May 2 by the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Char
leston.
The new church was made pos
sible through the generosity of
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Judge, of New
York, who provided a sum for the
erection of the chapel in memory
of her late husband, Denis A.
Judge, in honor of whose patron
the chapel is named. A generous
donation toward the erection of
the chapel was also made through
the Catholic Church Extension So
ciety of the United States.
Bennettsville is a mission of St.
Mary’s parish, Hartsville, where
the Rev. Louis R. Williamson is
pastor. At present, due to the lo
cation, there of Palmer Air Field,
there are a large number of Cath
olics in Bennettsville. The officers
and cadets stationed at Palmer
Field contributed a substantial
part of the funds used to furnish
and decorate the church.
St. Denis’ has at least one
unique feature, a stained-glass
window bearing the symbol of St.
Bernadine of Sienna, patron of the
Air Corps, and the wings and
motto of the Army Air Force. The
window is dedicated to the mem
ory of all men who have trained at
Palmer Field.
The new church is of attractive
and devotional mission style, con
structed and decorated in accord
ance with designs executed by the
Rev. Michael Mclnerney, O. S. B.,
noted priest-architect of Belmont
Abbey.
The Mass of dedication was
celebrated by Father Williamson,
with the Rev. Howard V. Lane,
pastor of St. James’ Church, Ham
let, N. C., assisting. Present in the
sanctuary were the Rev. John P.
Clancy, the Rev. Timothy J. Mc
Grath, the Rev. Philip E. Reed, O.
M. I., and the Rev. Herbert Mor
ris, O. M. I., Sumter; the Rev.
John Haak, Cong. Orat., Rock Hill,
and the Rev. Vincent Stokes, of
Hamlet. Aviation cadets served the
Mass, music for which was ren
dered by girls’ choir of St. Mary's
Church, Laurinburg, N. C. **
Following the dedication cere
mony, Bishop Walsh and the at
tending clergy were honored
guests at a reception at the Coun
try Club.
MAY PROCESSION AND
COMMENCEMENT HELD
IN ATLANTA CHURCH
ATLANTA, Ga—For the first
time in the history of the Immacu
late Conception parish, the annual
May Procession and the com
mencement exercises of the paro
chial school were held this year
in a double ceremony.
Nine graduates of the parish
school were awarded diplomas by
the Rev. Joseph R. Smith, pastor
of the Immaculate Conception
Church, who also presented the
Jeannette Brown memorial medal
for general excellence to Joseph
Saloms, who also received the
Christian Doctrine Award, donated
by Mrs. V. M. Reynolds. Homer
Robertson received mention as
second honor student.
An inspiring sermon, appro
priate to the occasion, was de
livered by the Rev. David Dorsch,
of St. Ursula’s Church, Baltimore.
Vacation classes were begun at
the Immaculate Conception School
on June 9, and will continue to
July 2, with Sister Mary Con-
suela, R- S. M., and Sister Mary
Ita, R. S. M., conducting the
classes for children who attend
public schools.
RELIGIOUS VACATION
SCHOOL IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, N. C. —Following
the close of the regular session of
the O’Donoghue School, the facul
ty, composed of Sisters of Mercy
from Belmont, conducted a re
ligious vacation school for the
benefit of Catholic children at
tending public schools. A good
number attended. Special courses
were given for high school stu
dents, aimed at meeting current
problems. At the conclusion of the
religious school the attending pu
pils received Holy Communion in
St. Patrick's Church.
Announcement has been made
that another grade will be added
to O’Donoghue School next fall.
This change will afford two years
of high school courses. Ultimately
a full high school program of four
years will be offered by the Sis
ters of Mercy at O'Donoghue.
FIRST AID CLASSES
AT SAVANNAH SCHOOLS
SAVANNAH, Ga., — First Aid
classes have been completed at
both the Cathedral and Blessed
Sacrament Schools. Twenty-two
boys and twenty girls were enroll
ed in the class taught £y Mrs.
James Gross at the Cathedral
School, and thirteen girls were in
the class taught at the Blessed
Sacrament, school, by .Ml'S- Har
old Muiherin.
Rev. Joseph J. Murphy
Assistant at Hartsville
(Special to The Bulletin)
HARTSVInLE, S. C.—The Rev,
Joseph J. Murphy, who was or
dained to the priesthood on April
25, at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, in Charleston, by the
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston, has been ap
pointed assistant to the Rev.
Louis R. Williamson, pastor of the
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Mother, Hartsville.
ATLANTA ESSAY CONTEST
WINNERS AWARDED MEDALS
ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Kath
leen Mitchell, chairman of medals
and essays for the Atlanta Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Con
federacy, announced that among
the winning essays submitted in
this year’s contest on the subject
“Sam Davis—the Boy Hero of Ten
nessee,” were those written by
Jack Sullens, of Marist College,
who won the medal given by Mrs.
Moreland Speer in memory of her
Father, Dr. E. J. Roach; Nancy
Mugford, Sacred Heart School, the
medal given by Mrs. Charles T.
Hopkins in memory of her mother,
Mrs. J. Carroll Payne; Betty Breen,
Immaculate Conception School,
the medal given by Misses Rose
and Dorothy Moran in memory of
their mother, Mrs. Mollie Sheehan
Moran; Bernice Allen. St. An
thony’s Parochial School, the
medal given by Mrs. John P. Arm
strong in memory of her father,
Aaron Neal Cox.
ST. VINCENT’S ALUMNAE
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. James
Harte. retiring president gave a
splendid report of the year's acti
vity at the meeting of the St. Vin
cent Academy Alumnae Associa
tion held June 8. Officers who
were elected to serve for the com
ing year were Miss Johanna Daly,
president; Mrs. Peter R. Schreck,
first vice-president; Mrs. Andrew
Doyle, second vice-president; Miss
Mary Geuger. third vice-president;
Miss May Ethel Flynn, recording
secretary; Miss Rita Trapani, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs.
Mary N. McCarthy, treasurer.
AFTER MANY VAIN AT
TEMPTS to get information from
the Soviet government concerning
prisoners of war heldi in Russia’,
the Vatican Information Bureau,
through Vatican Radio, has several
times lately told the world of its
failure, declaring at the same time
that efforts are still being made to
get news. of . the. .prisoners and to
establish contact with theta-