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TWENTY-FOUR
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NCCW Diocesan
Council Directors
Meet in Augusta
( AUGUSTA, Ga.— The quarterly
meeting of the board of directors
of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Women was held in Au
gusta on January 26, with Mrs.
John Lyons, vice-president, of Sa
vannah, presiding in the place of
Mrs. William J. McAlpin, of At
lanta, the Diocesan president, who
was unable to attend because of
illness.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, D.D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, and the Right
Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Moylan, of
Atlanta, spiritual director of the
Diocesan Council, attended the
meeting and both made brief talks.
Officers of the Diocesan Coun- 1
cil who attended were Mrs. Lyons,
Mrs. John Leamy, president of the
Atlanta Deanery Council, and Mis.
A. W. Lucky, Jr., president of the
Augusta Deanery Council, who
are also vice-presidents of the
Diocesan Council; Miss Helen Roe
Nugent, Savannah, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Leo Sullivan, Atlanta,
corresponding secretary, and Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly, Savannah, par
liamentarian.
Diocesan committee chairmen
who submitted reports to the
meeting were; Mrs. M. C. Roberts,
Augusta, study clubs; Mrs. Sarah
C. Van Sant, Augusta, industrial
relations; Mrs. Joseph L. Herman,
Augusta, library and literature;
Mrs. Grover Heyser, Atlanta, Na-
national School of Social Service;
Miss Kate Latham, Savanah, pub
lic relations; Mrs. Frank White,
Atlanta, Parent-Teacher Associa
tions; Mrs. John McCreary, Macon,
legislative; Miss Anna Rice, Au
gusta, organization and develop
ment, and Mrs. Kelly, of Savan
nah, religious education.
Announcement was made of the
appointment of Mrs. Slater Mar
shall, of Atlanta, as Diocesan trea-
•tfi^rer to fill the vacancy occasion
ed by the resignation of Miss
Anita Cassidy, of Macon, who is
entering the U. S. Navy Nurses
Corps.
An invitation to the Diocesan
Council to hold its annual conven
tion in Augusta this year was ac
cepted, and the dates for the
convention will be announced
later.
The meeting following a lun
cheon which was served in the
Sun Room of the Bon Air Hotel.
Guests at the luncheon included
Bishop O’Hara, Monsignor Moy
lan, the pastors of the four Au
gusta parishes, the Very Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, V. F„ the
Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe, S. J., the
Rev. Joseph J. Malloy, and the
Rev. George Laugel, S. M. A., and
Hugh Kinchley, executive secre
tary of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia.
FRANtf EGBERT
AUGUSTAN IS NAMED
COAST LINE AGENT
IN COLUMBIA, S. C.
* Possum Supper at
Augusta USO-NCCS
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Coleman Dempsey were hosts to
hundreds of service men at an old
fashion ’possum supper on the
night of February 6, at the USO
Club operated here by the Na
tional Catholic Community Ser
vice. with Crescent J. Bride as di
rector. The supper was one of the
events of the week-end observance
of the third anniversary of the
United Service Organizations. An
honor guest was Francis J. Me-
Gahren, regional supervisor of the
N.C.C.S., from Atlanta.
Open house was held at the
club during the day and in the
evening a musical program was
presented with Mr. Dempsey as
master of ceremonies.
The program was ■ as follows:
“God Bless America,” sung by the
assembly. Songs of the Gay
Nineties, by the musical trio, John
McMahon, Jim Fogelsong, Joe
Trucalli.
Vocal selections, in addition to
the group singing, included num
bers by John McMahon, Joe Tru
calli, Jim Fogelsang, Miss Kathe
rine Battle, Miss Jackie Winn, Miss
Vnn Fleming, Miss Agnes Harper,
Miss Betty Marriott, and Mrs. Noel
Schweers, with Mrs. Dempsey, as
accompanist. Joseph Kinchley of
fered a cartoon-monolog.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Frank Egbert,
for some years chief clerk in the
office of the commercial agent
of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road here, has been appointed
commercial agent at Columbia,
S. C.
Mr. Egbert, son of Mrs. Kathryn
Egbert and the late Frank Egbert,
Sr., was connected with the Geor
gia Railroad before going with the
Coast Line. His promotion was
unusual and quite a compliment
to his ability, as he skipped two
grades in the normal route of
railroad promotions, the positions
of traveling agent and soliciting
agent.
For some years he served as
director of the choir of; St. Mary’s-
on-the-Hill Church in Augusta.
His brother, Walter Egbert, who
was also connected with the Au
gusta office of the Atlantic Coast
Line, entered the Army Air Force
two years ago.—(Photo, courtey
of The Augusta Herald).
LAWRENCE J. WARD
RETURNS TO AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Lawrence J.
Ward, of Augusta, formerly travel
ing freight agent of the Central of
Georgia Railway in New Orleans,
has been transferred to Augusta,
where he will serve in the same
capacity.
Mr. Ward, a member of St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill parish, has
been connected with the Central of
Georgia since 1926, having served
in Augusta and Chattanoga before
going to New Orleans in 1941.
His wife is the former Miss Mary
Sancken of Augusta. They have
three children.
Jn cooperation with other USO
units in Augusta, Crescent J. Bride
NCCS director and his staff, took
an active part in the huge USO
anniversary party given at the
Municipal Auditorium, with
wounded soldiers from the Oliver
General Hospital as guests of
••fllonor. Alvin M. McAullife, audi
tor of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation, and a member of the
local UUSO Council, was general
chairman of the affair, which was
• tremendous success-
CHARLESTON DEANERY
COUNCIL OF NCCW HOLDS
QUARTERLY MEETING
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
regular quarterly meeting of the
Charleston Deanery of the Dio
cesan Council of the National
Council of Catholic Women, was
held on February 11 at the Wo
men’s Division USO Club, with
Mrs. Archie Willis, the president,
conducting the meeting.
Mrs. Ernest Douglas, secretary,
called the roll of officers and read
the minutes of the previous meet
ing. Miss Emily Riley, corres
ponding secretary, read the treas
urer’s report and all correspond
ence.
Mrs. Willis asked for volunteers
for the USO scrap book service,
requesting that those interested
confer with Mrs. Mattie Duane.
Plans were then discussed for a
day of prayer and recollection to
be held in the near future.
The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
D.D., Bishop of Charleston, was
the guest speaker. Bishop Walsh
expressed }iis appreciation of the
splendid work which is being
done by the officers and members
of the Council.
Following His Excellency’s ad
dress, reports were read by the
various committee and organiza
tion chairmen. Mrs. John Lewis,
library chairman, read an article
on Catholic Press Month. Miss
Rosalie Kelly spoke on! juvenile
delinquency.
Mrs. G. Leo Lowry, president
of the Charleston Diocesan Coun
cil, and a member of the Board of
the National Council of Catholic
Women, spoke on “The Strength
of Organization.”
Following the business session
members of the Council of Catho
lic Women were hostesses at a
social hour, ,
Valdosta Pastor
Addresses Cadets
at Moody Field
VALDOSTA, Ga. — The Rev.
John J. Kennedy, pastor of St.
John the Evangelist Church, who
served as a chaplain with the Aus
tralian Expeditionary Force dur
ing the World War, delivered an
address to the graduates of avia
tion class 44-B, at exercises held
on February 8, in the Post Theatre
at Moody Field.
Father Kennedy advised his lis
teners to have constant “recourse
to that commisariat where true
and unfailing courage are invari
ably on hand . . . your religious
faith.” He declared that courage,
based on one’s belief in God gives
to man an indifference to difficul
ties that incited him to real hero
ism when heroic deeds are de
manded.
“I am not so concerned about
any rewards for valor you may
achieve,” continued Father Ken
nedy, “as medals and ribbons do
not matter so much in the Val
halla of American heroes, and
among those who will distinguish
themselves by extraordinary bra
very before the bloody war will
end, there will be too many names
of gallant men to permit immortal
remembrance of each by their
country. The thing that matters,
is that those who die take wings
with souls unsmirched by vice."
In conclusion Father Kennedy
warned the graduates against fol
lowing the example of the return
ed soldiers of the last war who re
mained apathetic as “they saw
their country drift toward impro
vidence and corrupt politics.”
Father Kennedy was introduced
by Col. H. F. Muenter, Comman
dant of Moody Field, as a “gentle
man with a distinguished military
record.”
FEBRUARY 19, 1944
Rev. John Kirk Ordained for
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
Ordained in Athens
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH
ACADEMY IN AUGUSTA
AWARDED SCHOOL ‘V’
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mount St.
Joseph High School has been
awarded the “School V” for meri
torious wartime service, an honor
similar to the Army and Navy “E”
given industry for efficient pro
duction.
The award signifies that the
school has qualified for member
ship in the ’43-44 Georgia High
School Victory Corps by adopting
a program of activity contributing
directly to the war effort. Mount
St. Joseph is among the first
group of schools in Georgia to re
ceive this honor.'
Notification of the award came
to Sister Mary Bernard, the princi
pal, from Dr. O. C. Aderhold, state
director of the Georgia victory
school program which is sponsored
by the state department of educa
tion and the Wartime Education
commission.
It was accompanied by an ap
propriate certificate and authoriza
tion to display the new “V” flag
recently approved for schools
which have been accorded this hon
or. The flag, five by three feet
in size, carries a large red “V”
bordered in white and centered on
a blue field. The flag has been or
dered for the school and a pro
gram is being planned for the flag
raising ceremony.
To earn membership in the vic
tory corps, the school’s program
gives emphasis to such subjects
as physical fitness, wartime citiz
enship, mathematics and communi
ty services. The students have been
enthusiastic in their cooporation
in all war actiivty by school or
city.
Most Reverend Gerald P.
O’Hara, Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta, Officiates at
Ordination in St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens, of First
Member of That Parish to
Enter the Priesthood
FATHER KIRK
The Rev. John C. Kirk, of
Athens, Georgia, who was ordained
as a priest of the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, on February 6, by
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah - Atlanta.—
(Photo by H. J. Slayton—Courtesy
of The Atlanta Constitution.)
ONE DAY RETREAT FOR
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
OF AUGUSTA PARISH
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Plans for a
one-day Retreat, to be given in the
chapel at Mount St. Joseph’s Con
vent, on Sunday, .March 12, were
made at a recent meeting of the
Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s-
on-The Hill Church.
The Retreat will be conducted by
the Rev. Robert Brennan, O. .S. B.,
of Savannah, Catholic chaplain at
the State Penitentiary in Reids-
ville.
The Retreat will be given for
men of that parish and their
friends, and arrangements are
being made by a committee head
ed by James B. Mulherin and in
cluding John L. Armstrong, Wil
liam A. Lyons, Miles O’ponnor and
Albert Rice, with the cooperation
of William W. Doughty, president
of the society, and the Rev. Mar
tin Killian, O. P., its spiritual di
rector.
Crescent J. McBride, director of
the USO-NCCS Club in Augusta,
was the guest speaker at the meet
ing, his subject being “Juvenile
Delinquency.” A committee was
appointed to study the youth prob
lem with a view of the society’s
assisting in anyway possible toward
seeking its solution.
Boys’ Catholic High School,
Augusta, Awarded “V-Flag”
AUGUSTA, Ga.— With impres
sive ceremony, following the cele
bration of the Mass of the Angels
in the school chapel, the “V Flag”
of the Boys’ Catholic High School
was blessed by the Very Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, V.F., pastor
of St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church,
on February 15, and now is flown
from a Flagpole on the campus
as a tribute to splendid contribu
tion which the faculty and stu
dents of the school have made and
are making to the nation’s war ef
fort.
The Mass which was celebrated
by Father Brennan, was followed
by Benediction of the Blessed Sac
rament, given by the Rev. J. E.
O’Donohoe, S.J., pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church. The ser
mon was delivered by the Rev. J.
J. Malloy, administrator of St.
Patrick’s Church.
Present at the Mass and the
flag-raising ceremony was Rever
end Brother Louis Omer, Provin
cial of the Marist Brothers who
conduct the Boys’ Catholic High
School.
MASS FOR PARISHIONERS
SERVING IN ARMED FORCES
A Solemn High Mass was offered
for all of the men and women from
St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill parish, who
are serving in the armed forces on
February 11, by the Very Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, V. F., with
the Rev. Angel Pengson as deacon,
and the Rev. Martin Killian, O. P.,
subdeacon. The sermon will be de
livered by the Rev. Robert L. Rost
er, C. PP. S., chaplain at the Army
Air Base.
One hundred and twenty-three
members of St. Mary’s parish are
listed on its honor roll, one of
them, Lieutenant James F. Mulli
gan, having lost his life in line of
duty.
MONSIGNOR CASSIDY
ADDRESSES MEETING OF
PILOT CLUB IN ALBANY
ALBANY, Ga.—The Very Rev.
Joseph G. Cassidy, pastor of St.
Theresa’s Church, was the guest
speaker at the weekly meeting
of the Albany Pilot Club held on
January 26, sharply criticizing the
startling tragedies of pagan bar
barism and human injustices, now
shaking the foundation of society.
Monsignor Cassidy urged his
hearers to live so that the men
who were risking their lives to
correct such terrible conditions
would not make sacrifices in vain
and to apply religious charity at
heme by providing wholesome rec
reation -for soldiers in our midst
so that they would not seek harm
ful diversions.
The program was under the
direction of Mrs. W. M. Van Cise
and Mrs. C. L. Tassmann. Mrs.
Robert E. Thornton presided.
(Special to The Bulletin)
_ ATHENS. Ga.— The Rev. John
C. Kirk, who was ordained to the
priesthood by His Excellency the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara. D.D.,
J.U.D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlan
ta, at St. Joseph's Church here on
February 6, holds the distinction
of being (he only native of Athens
to enter the priesthood in the His
tory of St. Joseph’s parish.
Because of the serious illness of
his mother, Father Kirk request
ed that the ordination ceremony be
held in St. Joseph’s Church here,
rather than in the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist or in the Cathe
dral of Christ the King, Atlanta,
where it otherwise would have
have been held in May.
In compliance with this request,
Bishop O’Hara conferred the Sac
rament of Holy Orders in the
parish church of the new priest,
who was ordained for the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta.
Assisting Bishop O’Hara in the
ordination were the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph E. Moylan, rector of the
Cathedral of Christ the King, At
lanta, who served as master of
ceremonies; the Right Rev. Msgr.
Joseph F. Croke, pastor of St. An-
thany’s Church, Atlanta; the Rev.
Francis Marion Perry, S. M., of the
Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta; ttie
Rev. Christopher King, of Sclincc-
tady, N. Y.; the Rev. Daniel
O’Sullivan, of New York City, and
the Rev. James E. King, pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kirk, parents
of Father Kirk, were present for
the ceremony, which was attended
by a congregation of several hun
dred, including members of the
parish and friends of the newly
ordained priest.
Among those from out-of-town
who were present were Mrs, Alice
Watts, of the Post Office Depart
ment, Washington, D. C.; M. If.
Ackerman, Atlanta; Mrs. John F.
Victory, Grand Regent of Court
Forest Glen, Catholic Daughters
of America, and Mrs. Gertrude
Brennan, state secretary for Mary
land of the Catholic Daughters.
Sisters Loretta Joseph, one of
the two members of St. Joseph's
parish to enter the convent, at
tended, but Mother Genevieve, the
other member of the parish who
is a Religious, was unable to be
present on account of illness.
Following the services at the
church, Bishop O'Hara and Father
Kirk were guests of honor at a
dinner given at the Georgian
Hotel.
Father Kirk has three brothers
in the armed forces, E. J. Kirk,
stationed at the Charleston Navy
Yard; Sullivan Kirk, of the United
States Navy, Bainbridge, Md., and
Harry L. Kirk, of the U. S. Army,
Keesler Field, Miss. His three
sisters are Mrs. R. F. Hardeman,
Mrs. Max Pinson and Mrs. Leo
Seabolt, all of Athens.
Seven years ago, when he was
employed at the post office in At
lanta, as secretary to the postmas
ter and affiliated with the office
of the postal inspectors, Father
Kirk gave up his position to be
gin his study for the priesthood at
St. Charles College, Catonsville,
Md., later entering St. Mary’s
Seminary, in Baltimore, where he
will return to complete his theo
logical course.
FIRST SOLEMN MASS
Father Kirk celebrated his first
Solemn High Mass at St. Joseph’s
Church on Sunday, February 13,
with the Rev.'. James E. King as
archpriest; the Rev. George Daly,
of Savannah, as deacon; the Rev.
Edward Dodwell, pastor of St.
Michael’s Church, Gainesville, sub
deacon, and the Rev. James V.
Cleary, O. M. I., assistant pastor
of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens,
master of ceremonies. The ser
mon was delivered by Bishop
O’Hara,
FATHER WOLFE ADDRESSES
U. D. C. IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The Rev.
Henry F. Wolfe, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, spoke at
the regular meeting of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy held
on February 10 at the home of
Mrs. J. Sumter Rhame.
Father Wolfe selected as his
subject the contribution of the
Right Reverend P. N. Lynch, late
Bishop of Charleston, to the Cause
of the Confederacy.