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MARCH 31, 1944
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Story of Chiang Kai Shek’s Crucifix
Related by Missionary From China
Callaghan McCarthy
Dies in New Bern
NEW BERN, N. C. — Callahan
Joseph McCarthy, one of New
Bern’s most prominent and public
spirited leaders, died of a heart
attack on March 15, following a
short illness. Funeral services
were held from St. Paul’s Church,
the Right Rev. Msgr. Michael A.
Irwin officiating.
The Requiem Mass was offered
by the Rev. Lawrence Newman,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church. Golds
boro, and a cousin of Mr. McCar
thy, and the sermon was- delivered
by the Right Rev. Msgr. Michael
A. Irwin, pastor of St. Paul’s
Church here. Among the clergy as
sisting in the sanctuary were the
Very Rev. Msgr. J. Lennox Federal,
rector of the Sacred Heart Cathed
ral, Raleigh; the Very Rev. Msgr.
Cornelius Murphy, of Wilmington;
the Very Rev. Peter McNerney, of
Rocky Mount; the Rev. Charles
Gable, of Greenville; the Rev.
Thomas A. Williams, of Kinston;
the Rev. Julian Endler, C. P., and
Hie Rev. Stephen Aylward, of New
Bern.
City office in New Bern were all
closed, as a tribute to respect to
Mr. McCarthy, during the time of
the funeral services.
Born in New Bern, Mr. McCarthy
owned and operated the grocery
and supply business established by
his father, the late T. J. McCarthy,
in 1871. His mother was the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Colligan McCarthy.
For two terms he served as may
or of New Bern, including the
period in which the city celebrated
its bicentennial. For about thirty-
five years he was a city alderman,
and served one tcrhi as mayor pro
1cm. He was also city treasurer
lor two years.
He was a director of both (lie
New Bern Morris Plan Bank and
the New Bern Building and Loan
Association, and for some time was
vice-president of the Morris Plan
Bank.
Throughout his life, he was in
tensely interested in every civic
movement which tended toward
(he betterment of the community.
He is survived bv his wife, Mrs.
Caroline Willis McCarthy, to whom
lie was married in 1940: a step
daughter. Mrs. John II. Cushman,
of Norfolk. Va.. and a stepson. CpI.
George T. Willis, now serving over
seas with the U. S. Army.
LIEUTENANT HOULIHAN.
OF SAVANNAH. COMMANDS
LST BOAT AT ANZIO
SAVANNAH, Ga , — A battered
LST boat named the “Janfu” and
commanded by Lieut. James P.
Houlihan, Jr., of the U. x S. Coast
Guard, was one of several such
craft which was busily engaged in
the harbor of Anzio, Italy, deliv
ering vital supplies to the Fifth
Army which landed on that beach
head.
The “Janfu,” whose commander
is tlie son of Judge James I*. Houli
han, chairman of the Board of
Commissioners of Chatham Coun
ty, and Mrs. Houlihan, has made
a number of trips to Anzio. It has
six holes in its bottom, two davits
out of order, two steel frames
cheered off the, port side, and a
moderate bucking amidship. hut
it appears to have many more
trips in its system according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Italy.
MONSIGNOR FEDERAL ON
PROGRAM IN RALEtGlI
RALEIGH, N. C— The Very
Rev. Msgr. J. Lennox Federal, rec
tor of the Sacred Heart Cathedral;
the Rev. Lee C. Sheppard, pastor
of Pullen Memorial Baptist
Church; Rabbi Harold L. Gelfman,
of Temple Belli Or, and Dr. An
drew W. Gottsehall, Southern Re
gional Director of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews,
spoke at a public meeting held at
the Ambassador Theatre in Raleigh
in observance of Brotherhood
Week. Joseph Daniels presided.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK, — The story of
Chiang Kai-Shek's crucifix was
told here by the Rev. Charles L.
Meeus, naturalized citizen of China
and priest of the Vicariate of
Kaimen, Kiangsu, China. Father
Meeus arrived in the United States
shortly before Christmas and is
stationed at the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade in Cincinnati.
Three years ago, Father Meeus
was received by the Generalissimo
at his residence in Chungking and
the next day received from him an
autograph with the words. “Love
your country; love your people.”
"That same week I flew to Hong
kong preparing to sail for the
United States with a consignment
of books and I decided to send the
Generalissimo my missionary cross,
which had been given me by my
father in Belgium when 1 first left
for China,” Father Meeus said. “I
had an inscription put on the hack
of the little silver crucifix by a
Hongkong engraver. It read: "To
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
from the Four- year-old Boy
Charles Meeus.”
Father Meeus explained that he
became thrilled and confused at
the meeting with the Generalissi
mo, and in response to a question
about his age, he replied “four
Spartanburg USO Club
Observes Anniversary
’ (Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C.,— Miss
Charlotte Walker was chosen
Queen of the Mardi Gras ball given
at the Cleveland Hotel under the
auspices of the USO Club operated
in Spartanburg by the National
Catholic Community Service. Miss
Walker selected Pfc. George Matri-
cian as King. Music for the danc
ing was furnished by the 162 Army
band from Camp Croft.
Corporal Bernard Mock, of the
34th battalion, was master of cere
monies, with Pvt. Bill Wilson as
sisting. The grand march, led by
the King and Queen, was reviewed
by General Francis B. Logan, of
Camp Croft, who made a brief
talk and crown the royal rulers of
the Mardi Gras ball.
Presented to the court were
General Logan, Mr. and Mrs.
James G. Crowley. Lieut. Col. and
Mrs. Francis B. Beatty, Major and
Mrs. Francis E. Dorsey, Capt. and
Mrs. A. J. Schidzig, Lieut, and Mrs.
Francis Scannell, and Mr. and Mrs.
Martin J. O’Brien.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. J. E. DuPre, Mrs. E. P. Joyce,
Mrs. Leonard Becker and Mrs. L.
C. Dodge, to the 600 guests who
attended.
CAECILIAN CLUB FORMED
BY PIANO PUPILS OF
SPARTANBURG SCHOOL
SPARTANBURG. S. C. — The
music department of St. Paul the
Apostle parochial school has or
ganized the Caecilian Club for the
purpose of encouraging the pro
gress and sharing the musical ex
periences of its piano pupils. A
two-hour program is given each
month and the pupils perform for
one another’s criticism and en
joyment
Miss Marilou West is president
of the club, and those who took
part in the February program were
Fred Pollila, Thomas Armstrong,
Marilou West, Martha Jane Merch-
er. Rose Armstrong, Sarah Shields,
Patricia Stenberg, Nad Katherine
Beatty.
MISS HELEN O’CONNELL
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
IN M1LLEDGEVILLE, GA.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Miss
Helen O’Connell, of Augusta, has
arrived in Milledgeville to begin
work with the Public Health De
partment of Baldwin County.
Miss , O'Connell, a graduate of
the University Hospital in Augusta,
served as assistant to the superin
tendent of nurses there until she
took up public health work. She
received her public health training
at Peabody College, Nashville,
Tenn,. and has been public health
nurse in Glascock County for three
years.
Miss O'Connell, formerly a mem
ber of the Sacred Heart parish in
Augusta, will serve with Mrs. Mari
anna W. Ussery, also formerly of
Augusta, and sister of the Rev.
John D. Toomey, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church in Milledge
ville.
CAPUCHIN FRIAR TO
CONDUCT "IRE ORE”
AT RELEIGII CATHEDRAL
RALEIGH. N. C.—The Rev. Dr.
Cyrian Tussey, O. F. C. Cap, of
New York City, will conduct the
"Tre Qre” devotions at the Sacred
Heart Cathedral on Good Friday,
and will also preach at the Masses
years”—the number of years since
his ordination.
“I confided the crucifix to Our
Blessed Mother,” he continued,
"asking her to see that it would go
through the mails straight to the
big black teakwood desk of the
Generalissimo. I must admit that
my only hope of its ever reaching
there was through the special help
of Our Lady.
“About three months ago in
Chungking, we were having a Boy
Scout meeting and 1 was introduc
ed to a bright-eyed Scout leader
named Chiang Kei-kwo.
“ ’By the way,’ he said. ‘I know
your name. My father has a small
crucifix on his desk and it is in
scribed with your name on the
back. He lias kept it there in front
of him for nearly three years now.’
I breathed a prayer of thanks to
Our Lady. My missionary cross
had reached the big black teak-
wood desk. The scout talking to me
was Chiang Kai Shek’s son.”
Father Meeus hopes to raise
$20,000 to rebuild the seminary of
his mission “blown up by the Jap
anese in exactly three seconds.”
“I returned from China just be
fore Christmas,” he said, “and I
wish 1 could be back. The Ohio
River banks are fascinating but I
have a job to do on the banks of
the Yangtse kiang.”
Miss Ann Berry, of
Greensboro, Enters
Mary knoll Novitiate
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENSBORO, N. C., — Miss
Ann Berry, fourth daughter, and
ninth of the thirteen children of
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Bcrxy, of
Greensboro, received the white
veil of a novice in a ceremony held
on March 7, in the chapel of the
Congregation of the Foreign Mis
sion Sisters of St. Dominic, Mary-
knoll Cloister, Maryknoll, N. Y.
Miss Berry, who will be known
in religion as Sister Zoe Marie,
received her elementary educa
tion at St. Benedict’s parochial
school in Greensboro, and gradua
ted with honors from St. Joseph’s
College, Emmitsburg, Maryland,
last June.
Present lor the ceremony were
her parents'; two brothers, Stephen
Berry, student at St. Benedict’s
School, Greensboro, and Thomas
Berry, a cadet at the Cardinal
Farley Military Academy, Rhine-
cliff-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.; an aunt,
Mrs. Katherine Ralston, Hender
son. N. C.; her sister-in-law, Mrs.
James Fant Berry, wife of Lieut.
Col. James F. Berry, of the 8th
Army Air Force in England, and
her maternal grandmother. Mrs.
J. F. Looram, of Elmhurst, N. Y.
Sister Zoe Marie’s mother was
chosen by the Golden Rule Found
ation as the "All American Mo
ther of 1942.” Her brother, the
Rev. Thomas M. Berry, C. P., was
ordained a priest of the Passionist
Order in May, 1942. Two of her
sisters are also in religion, being
members of the Daughters of
Charity of St. Vincent dc Paul.
Four of her brothers arc wearing
uniforms of the United States
Army, Navy or Murine Corps.
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN
NEWLY FORMED IN LAGRANGE
TO SPONSOR RADIO PROGRAM
LaGRANGK, Ga., —The recently
formed Council of Catholic Men
has succeeded in securing from
time lo time on the local station
WLAG for a Catholic radio series,
“The Highway to Heaven”. It
consists of twenty-six recordings
in explanation of the Apostle’s
Creed which were made available
gratuitously, by Father Richard
Felix, O. S. B., of the Defenders
of the Faith, Inc., in Conception,
Mo. The series began March 8fh
and will be heard once a week
for twenty-six weeks at the same
time. 9:15 -9:30 every Wednesday
evening.
Officers of the local Council of
Catholic Men are Charles Suth
erland, chairman: Nasor Mansour,
vice-chairman, and Robert Mc-
Tigue, executive secretary.
SAVANNAH GRAND KNIGHT
GIVEN FAREWELL PARTY
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Savannah
Council, No. 631, Knights of Co
lumbus, entertained with a buffet
supper on February 21 in honor
of Lawrence .1. Sleiber, who re
signed the office of grand knight
of tlie council to enter the United
Slates Marine Corps.
Arrangements for the party
were made by W. F. McKay, lec
turer of the council, and a com
mittee composed of Dan J. Mc-
Feeley, W. F. Jenkins, Russell
Audessey, John Buckley, Eugene
Butler and Lois Audessey.