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JUNE 26. 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
Mrs. Charles Dennis
Heads Charleston
Catholic Women’s Club
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Mrs.
Charles A. Dennis was elected
president of the Council of Catho
lic Women at the annual meet
ing held on May 24. other officers
elected being Miss May Condon,
first vice-president; Mrs. Oliver
Goldsmith, second vice-president;
Mrs. Thomas C. Duffy, recording
secretary: Mrs- E. M. Oliver, cor
responding secretary, Mrs. James
N. Stedman, treasurer.
Parish representatives include:
Mrs. L. W. Myatt. Cathedral; Mrs.
L. W Burmester, St. Joseph s: Mrs.
M. Prince. Our Lady of Mercy;
Mrs. Paul Albenesius, Sacred
Heart; Mrs J. H. Walton. St.
Mary's, and Mrs. M. S. Moore, St.
Patrick’s.
Mrs. George R. Williams, re
tiring president, reported that the
child welfare committee had made
303 garments for distribution to
the Charleston Orphan House and
to missions in the state. Twenty-
two new members were welcomed
during the year.
WILMINGTON HOST TO
C. D. OF A. CONVENTION
WILMINGTON, N. C. — The
State Convention of the Catholic
Daughters of America will be held
in Wilmington on Sunday, July 4.
with His Excellency the Most Rev.
Eugene J. McGuinness, Bishop of
Raleigh, presiding at the Mass
which will be celebrated in St.
Mary’s Church to open the con
vention sessions.
Annual Commencement
Benedictine Military
School in Savannah
*Antinazis Enter the Church
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Diplomas
were presented to thirty-three
Benedictine Military School cadets
by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, at
graduation exercises held in the
school armory on June 3. Bishop
O'Hara also addressed the gradu
ates and presented medals and
trophies.
The salutatory address was de
livered by Cadet First Lt. Daniel
Joseph O'Leary, while Cadet Capt.
William Edward Dismer was vale
dictorian. .
Military awards were announc
ed by Lieutenant Colonel John H.
Milam, professor of military
science and tactics.
After the presentation of diplo
mas, the Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub,
O. S. B.. principal of the school,
reviewed the activities of the
school year and announced the
school had again received an honor
rating from the War Department'
Cadets receiving diplomas wer
William Price Connors. John
Joseph Doolen, Jr., James Leroy
Cole, Jr.. James Patrick Grogan,
William Edward Dismer, David
O'Leary Kelly, John D. Stapleton.
Jr., Daniel Joseph O’Leary. Joseph
F. Fogarty. Jr.. Joseph Cafiero,
Jr., John "N. DeGregory, James
Louis Andrews, Stephen Francis
Craig. Joseph Patrick Brennan,
Douglas Henry Guild, Joseph Kil-
lorin, Francis Nicholas Dillon,
James Sullivan Bradley, Flem
Gregory Cliett, Jr.
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Two Antinazis were received into the Church recently when Father
Thomas H. Reilly (center), of Newark. Navy Chaplain attached to
the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C., baptized
Max Antinazi, 18 (left), and Leonard Antinazi; 19 (right). The Anti-
nazi brothers hail from Atlanta, Ga. (N.C.W.C.)
Rev. Walter Coggin, OSB.,
of Belmont Abbey,
Ordained in Richmond
BELMONT, N. C„ —The Rev.
Walter Coggin, O. S. B., of Bel
mont Abbey, was ordained to the
priesthood at the Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart in Richmond, Va.,
on June 19. by the Most Rev.
Peter L. Ireton, Coadjutor Bishop
of Richmond. On Trinity Sunday,
Father Walter celebrated his first
Solemn High Mass at St. Bene
dict’s Church in Richmond.
A native of that Virginia city,
Father Walter was born on Febru
ary 10, 1916. After completing two
year of the college course at Bel
mont Abbey College, Father Wal
ter entered the novitiate, being
sent to St. Vincent Archabbey,
Latrobe, Pa. After a year at St.
Vincent's he attended St. Bene
dict’s College, Atchison, Kansas,
where he received a bachelor of
arts degree. The next four years
were devoted to the study of theo
logy at Belmont Abbey. In addi
tion to his regular study of theo
logy and allied subjects. Father
Walter attended summer sessions
in philosophy and mathematics at
several universities, which study
he is to continue at the Catholic
University of America, in Wash
ington, until September, when he
will return to Belmont to become
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Mercy Hospital
Nurses School
Awards Diplomas
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Twenty-
three nurses were graduated from
the nurses’ school at Mercy Hos
pital on May 20, at the 34th an
nual event of this nature. Six of
the graduates are enlisting for
duty with the armed forces.
L. W. Driscoll, K. S. G„ district
manager of the Office of Price Ad
ministration was the principal
speaker. Dr. Fred Austin, Jr.,
presented the diplomas, and Dr.
Charles W. Robinson preesnted the
pins.
Miss Bertha McCall, of Clover,
S. C., received the pin for the high
est average. It was presented to
her by Dr. Roy B. McKnight. Lieut.
Thelma Lee Johnson, of Lexing
ton. was honored as the graduate
registering highest honors in the
study of obstetrics.
The exercises were held at the
Charlotte Woman's Club, with the
Right Rev Monsignor Arthur R.
Freeman, P. A., Vicar General of
the Diocese of Raleigh, presiding.
Dr. H. L. Newton, president of the
hospital staff, presented the grad
uates, and Dr. Robert T. Ferguson
introduced the speaker.
Merle T. Kesler directed the
musical program in which Miss
Virginia Prunty. Miss Hazel Rose-
man, Jack Farr and W. W. Whiddit
participated.
SAVANNAH CATHOLIC
RADIO PROGRAM ON
AIR FOR SIX Y£ARS
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — On May 30,
the Savannah Catholic Program,
sponsored jointly by the Cathed
ral of St. John the Baptist and Sa
vannah Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, and broadcast each Sun
day over Radio, Station WTOC.
marked the sixfh anniversary of
its inauguration by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara. Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta. on May 30, 1937.
Among those who have been
presented on the program recently
are the Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B., the Rev. Robert
Brennan, O. S. B„ the Rev. Daniel
J. Bourke, the Rev. Francis P Con-
Ion, O M. I., the Rev. George Daly,
the Rev Gilbert Fuchs, O. S. B.,
the Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub, O.
S. B., Dr. Kenneth Duffy, John M.
Brennan, Francis J. Kelly. M. C.
McCarthy. J. M. McDonough, A. S.
Montgomery. A. J. Schano. J. H.
Persse, L. T. Steiber. Wililam T.
Walsh and J. J. Sullivan.
Request for copies of talks heard
on the program are received regu
larly. Most of these come from Sa
vannah, but request cards have
been received from Dover, Daist.
Denton, Gleenville, Millen, and
Industrial College, in Georgia, and
from Bamberg. Charleston. Colum
bia. Frogmore, Hardeeville and
Ridgelar.d, South Carolina.
REQUIEM MASS FOR
MRS. MARGARET BEACH
SAVANNAH. Ga. — A Requiem
Mass was offered at the Cathedral
of St. Johp the Baptist here for
the repose of the soul of Mrs.
Margaret Beach, formerly Mrs. Jo
seph Copps. of Savannah, who died
in Miami on May 20. Funeral ser
vices were held from Gesu Church,
Miami.
BOOK REVIEWS
By W. L. SCHMIDT
“With a Merry- Heart,’’ edited by
Paul J. Phelan (Longmans, Green
& Co.. N. Y-, $3.25) is a treasury of
humor by Catholic writers, some
sixty in all, . of whom one-fourth
are converts. It. is. however, not
Catholic humor that is here pre
sented. There is no such thing. Hu
mor is universal, and is, as the edi
tor states in his excellent intro
duction. “the state of being in
fun.” This state of being, or play
ful reaction, is the result of an
outlook on life, an outlook cf sure
ness, of certitude, based on a
knowledge of the truth. One who
knows and. is convinced of the
truth regards all pretentions to it
as humorous. With this,in mind we
can readily see that among Cath
olics there should be no dearth of
humorists.
But humor is not to be confused
with laughter. The two do not al
ways go together. In reading John
Kieran, H I- Phillips, or W. W.
Whalen you may laugh but this
may be more “the physical effect
produced in the rational being by
what suddenly strikes him as be
ing damned funny,” according ta
Belloc’s definition of laughter.
Joel Chandler Harris will product
laughter while Jewel Miller’s hu
mor will be more quieting in ef
fect. Like an Anthology, this work
presents many writers but very lit
tle writing of each. It will, how-’
ever, facilitate an acquaintance
with Catholic humorists of the past
25 years and encourage reading
more of their works from other
sources.
“The Seven Golden Cities-**' by
Mabel Farnum (Bruce Publishing
Co., Milwaukee, $2.75) is another
story of the treasures that so oc
cupied the minds of the Spanish
Conquistadors on their early ex
plorations into the territories of
the New World. Like the Fountain
of Youth, the Seven Golden Cities
existed only in the minds of In
dians whose peculiar nature it was
to make mountains out cf mole
hills. The nebulous story of the
Seven Cities inspired the adventu
rous conquerors of Mexico, how
ever. and with Coronado as their
leader and Fray Marcos, the Fran
ciscan Missionary as their spiritual
guide and spiritual conqueror, the
small army set out to seek what
never really existed. The myth
came clear to them only atter
hardships and deaths. Coronado
and Fray Marcos lost their repu
tation, especially the latter on
whose reports from previous trips
into Indian territory credence re
garding the Golden Cities was
placed. The book reads like a nov
el. lively and exciting, with Esta-
yan the black and wily Moor arous
ing suspicion and holding interest,
while the non-existence of the
Seven Cities is revealed only at
the end- Another edition of the
Science and Culture Series.
Lovers of aphorisms and maxims
will find interest and plcntv of ad
vice in reading “The Art of World
ly Wisdom” by/Balthasar Gracian
(Macmillan Co., N. Y.. $1.50) trans
lated from the Spanish by Joseph
Jacobs. Gracian was a Spanish
Jesuit 300 years ago. What he
wrote then time has not lessened
in truth. Like the human nature
about which he wrote, the perti
nence of his sayings is the same.
There is an excellent introduction
dealing with Gracian, the times in
which ha lived and the influences
then extant. Though Gracian is
much quoted and his works have
been published many times in Eu
rope, this is the first American edi
tion -of- his writings.
The International C a t h o 1 i <
Truth Society of Brooklyn, N. Y
offers the adult Catholic four in
teresting pamphlets. “Artificia
Birth Control” by Robert E. Lu
cey, D. D.. with emphasis on thi
effects of control on society; “Mix
ed Marriages,” by Rev. G. Bamp
field, showing why the Churcl
does not like them and giving th<
Scriptures as her basis for oppo
sition. And in the Adult Educatioi
Series, Fr. Schmiedeler, O. S. a
Ph- D., has two valuable pan*
phlets, one on “Parenthood,” it
profession, success and proper at
titude to be had towards children
the other on “Childhood Religion,’
in which are given some helpftt
advice on understanding the abilt
ties of children, their intellectua 1
development and steps to be take*
in grounding them strongly k
their religion.
HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS XE
officiated May 27 at the baptisn
of his grand-nephew, Eugene, sot
of Prince Giulio Pacelli. The cer#
mony was private, .....