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TWENTY-TWO
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 31, 1944
Father Henry Wolfe Delivers
St. Patrick’s Day Address to
Charleston Hibernian Society
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — This
nation faces danger of destruction
from within unless every American
makes known at once to the gov
erning powers the kind of country
lie wants to live in and the kind
of peace he wants with other na
tions, the Rev. Henry F. Wolfe,
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
warned in a St. Patrick’s Day ad
dress delivered before the Hibern
ian Society.
Father Wolfe condemned the
“kind of Satanic pride which re
jects and despises the past,” and
cited the heritage of courage,
charity, and love of freedom which
St, Patrick and the Irish people
were instrumental in handing down
to Western civilization.
One of the greatest dangers now,
as the war moves toward the climax
of its physical destruliveness, he
indicated, is the less-understood
danger to the spiritual foundations
of civilization, the breaking of
tradition and inheritance, “the line
of communication with St. Pat-
rik and before him St. Benedict.
To prevent this catastrophe, he
urged, “the sincere support of re
ligion and the promotion of its acti
vities by lay-governments,” say
ing that such support received by
St. Patrick led to the conversion
of Ireland and the spread of the
Faith in Europe.
The speaker cited many out
standing Irishmen who helped
spread enlightenment and over
come tyranny, both in ancient days
and in modern times. Among the
latter were Father McEnroe, of
Charleston, who labored in Austra
lia, and founded the Catholic
Churli and the Catholic press
there, and Bishop John England,
who worked with Daniel O'Con
nell “to liberate the people from
tyranny,” and who did prodigious
work for education in the United
States and helped to found the
Hibernian Society.
He emphasized the part of the
Catholic Church in the South,
FATHER WOLFE
through Bishop Lynch, in the
War Between the States, as minis
ter of the Confederacy to the
courts of Europe and the Vatican.
"New sons of St. Patrick," he
continued, shall work and pray and
teach the new barbarians the way
of peace, that new traditions may
be found in harmony with the
graciousness of the old one, that
a new story of enlightenment may
yet be written, and that a new
sanctuary may become more pre
cious to ages yet unborn arising
out of this awful furnace of war
and destruction unto new and un
dreamed of splendor. * 1 ”
James A. McAlister was reelected
president of the Hibernian Socity
at the annual business meeting. C.
Fletcher Carter, Jr., was reelected
vice-president; Joseph W. Walsh,
treasurer; Gerald F. Carter, secre
tary, and Joseph P. Riley, chair
man of the managing committee.
The Rev. J. Lawrene McLaughlin
was renamed chaplain.
Rector of Charleston Cathedral and
Members of His Parish Gaining
Gratitude of Service Men
CHARLESTON. S. C. — The
Right Rev. Monsignor James J.
May. Vicar General of the Diocese
of Charleston, and rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
here, has been the inspiration and
the guiding spirit which has been
responsible for the splendid ser
vice that the members of his par
ish have rendered the soldiers,
sailors, Marines, and coast guards
men in the Charleston area by
serving breakfast to them for the
last two years, after all of the
Masses celebrated at the Cathedral
each Sunday.
Of course, the service men are
the guests of Monsignor May and
the members of his parish, and all
in the armed forces are gladly wel
comed and everything is free.
Monsignor May and his coworkers
have received what they regard as
most adequate compensation for
their contributions to the nation’s
war effort in this form of hospital
ity to service men.
This compensation, which is a
source of great gratification, is
found in the multitude of letters
of appreciation and gratitude that
come to Monsignor May from
those who have been their guests,
and also from the relatives of the
service men who have been enter
tained. for the men are given post
cards which they can mail home to
till their folks that they have at
tended Mass and enjoyed breakfast
as guests of the Cathedral parish.
The value of the service which
is being given by the Cathedral
parishioners is shown in expres
sions such as these from boys in
the service who are now “some
where overseas;”
' “Just a line to say that the boys
arrived safely in Australia. We
surely do miss those Sunday
morning breakfasts and the out
ings at the beach. Only God knows
how pleasant you made our stay
in Charleston."
“I am very, very sorry that 1 was
not able to come to the Cathedral
to say good-bye before wo left,
but I did not have time. Wo were
shipped suddenly. 1 wil say to you,
the Sisters, and the good ladies.
God’s love and blessing to you all.”
A member of the Cathedral par
ish, now serving overseas, wrote:
“1 am proud to hear of Ihe' splen
did war work you and t he people
of the Cathedral are doing. I know
what it means to be away from
home and to have people think of
you and bo kind to you.”
Mothers of the boys who are en
tertained write to express their
giatitude along the line of these
extracts;
“Although we have never met,
1 feel as though m.v husband and 1
know you very well. First we want
to wish you a Blessed Christmas
and thank you agan and again for
all you have done for our boy. You
have made a home for him down
there.”
‘if have (wo boys in the U. S.
Coast Guard at the base in Char
leston. They write home often and
tell us of your wonderful break-
last on Sundays, and it gives us
pleasure to. know that someone
cares for our boys while they are
away from home.”
One mother wrote to ask that a
Mass be offered for her son on his
birthday. The Mass was offered,
and the boy was given a birthday
party. Another mother wrote: “I
have never forgotten your kind
ness to my son, Robert, when he
was in camp near Charleston. You
arranged for him to have breakfast
after going to Communion, and
made it possible for him to attend
outings at the beach.
Fathers also write, and here is
a sample of the letters from them:
“Our son, age eighteeen, is away
from home for the first time in
his life, and it is grand to know
that you are encouraging our boys
to receive Holy Communion and to
continue their religious habits. We
have heard of the wonderful ‘at
home’ atmosphere which your
nuns, the gilds and "women of the
parish bring to the Sunday break
fasts at your parish house. Thou
sands of parents feel as I do, and
pray for God’s blessing on the
wonderful work you arc doing.”
Commanding' officers recognize
the value of what the Cathedral
parish is doing to build up the
morale of the men in their com
mands, one of them wrote, in ap
preciation of the courtesy, “1 want
to fliank you on behalf of the boys,
members of the football team, and
myself, for the turkey dinner you
gave us Thursday night.”
Another officer wrote: “1 have
had good intentions since Christ
mas of thanking you for the
Christmas gifts brought here for
the men at Fort Sumter. It was
unfortuante that they could not
be nearer their homes for Christ
mas, but your thoughtfulness
made it more,like the holiday sea
son than it would have been other
wise.
“1 am taking this opportunity, on
SIXTH SON OF COLUMBIA
FAMILY ENTERS SERVICE
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C. — The sixth
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitaker,
members of St. Peter’s parish in
Columbia, entered the service of
his country recently, possibly
establishing a record for this city.
Graeme M. Whitaker, the sixth
son, who volunteered for service in
the Navy, before reaching his 18th
birthday, is stationed at the Naval
Training Station, Bainbridge, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker have
seven sons and two daughters. The
son remaining at home is 16, the
oldest daughter is married to Capt.
W. F. Ganeau, of Fort Bragg, N
C.
Private James C. Whitaker, Jr.,
the oldest son. has been in the
service a year and a half, and is
stationed at Fort Jackson. Lieut.
Eugene M. Whitaker, entered the
Army some time before the attack
on Pearl Harbor. He is stationed at
the Ordnance Training School,
Aberdeen, Md. Lieut. Charles B.
Whitaker, who is a physician, was
in the medical reserve, but has
been on active duty for some time
at Brooks General Hospital, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. Robert S.
Whitaker, store-keeper-2-c, has
Squadron, “somewhere in South
America.” He also has been in the
been in the Navy a year and a half.
He is presently stationed at New
London, Conn. Pfc. William C.
Whitaker is in the Air Transport
Army a year and a half.
MONSIGNOR O'BRIEN
SPEAKS IN MIAMI
CHARLESTON, S. C„ — The
Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph L.
O’Brien, pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church, Charleston; Dr. Julian B.
Feibelman, of New Orleans, and
Dr. Robert W. Searle. of New York,
were the speakers on a Brother
hood Week program presented in
Miami, Florida, under the auspices
of the National Conference of
Christians and Jews.
Monsignor O’Brien was the guest
speaker at the Discussion Hour
held at the USO Men’s Club on
March 14, reviewing and leading
a discussion of the Hieden’s book,
“Dec Fuehrer.”
behalf of the cast of ‘A Soldier’s
Dream’,” another officer wrote, “to
tender my deepest and warmest
appreciation with theirs for the
most enjoyable supper and dance
we have ever had the privilege of
attending.”
Even tlie guest speakers at the
breakfasts appreciate being invit
ed, one of them, a non-Catholic col
onel, wrote : “Words cannot ex
press the great honor you bestow
ed upon me when you allowed
me to speak at your breakfast. I
certainly enjoyed the service be
fore me the breakfast, and I know
1 received a great benefit from
it ”
In such letters as those which
have been quoted and in the
smiling faces of their guests, Mon
signor May, the good Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy, and the mem
bers of the Cathedral parish in
Charleston, are finding their re
ward for a noble service, gracious
ly and happily rendered.
Martin T. Powers, Jr.
Dies in Plane Crash
off California Coast
CHARLESTON, S. C.—First
Lieutenant Martin Thomas Pow
ers, Jr., naval aviator, U. S. Ma
rino Corps Reserve, was killed on
March 11 when the dive bomber
in which he was flying crashed
into the ocean off San Francisco.
Lieutenant Powers was a native
of Savannah, the son of Martin
T. Powers and Mrs. Margaret
Persse Powers. He attended the
Bishop England High School here
and upon graduation went to The
Citadel for a year. He then at
tended Georgetown University,
Washington, D. C., for two years,
later graduating from Spring Hill
College, Mobile, Ala., in 1942. He
entered the Naval Air Coi'ps in
July of. 1942 and received his com
mission as a second lieutenant in
the Marine Corps Reserve in June
of last year. Some months ago
he was promoted to the rank of
first lieutenant. He was in his
twenty-third year.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by three brothers, Perrse
Powers, a naval aviation cadet at
the University of Georgia, Wil
liam Powers, a student at the Uni
versity of South Carolina, and
Joseph Powers, who is attending
Bishop England Higli School here.
A Solemn High Mass of Re
quiem was offered for the repose
of the soul of Lieutenant Powers
on March 16 at St. Patrick's
Church with members of the facul
ty and students of the Bishop Eng
land High School, of which the
young officer had been a graduate,
attending in a body. The Right Rev.
Msgr. Joseph L. O'Brien, rector of
the school, was celebrant of the
Mass, with the Rev. Dr. John L.
Manning and the Rev. Lawrence
McLaughlin, members of the
school faculty, as deacon and sub
deacon. The choir was under the
direction of Mrs. William Mc
Laughlin.
Funeral services for Lieutenant
Powers were held from the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist here
on March 21.
Charlotte Men’s Club Hears
Priest, Minister and
Rabbi on ‘Tolerance’
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — The Rev.
Cuthbert Allen, O. S. B., of Bel
mont Abbey College, and president
of the North Carolina Conference
of Universities and Colleges; Rab
bi Philip Frankel, of the Temple
Beth El, and the Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, minister of the Moravian
Little Church on the Lane, partici
pated in a panel discussion of “The
Protestant, Jewish, and Catholic
Attitude Towards Religious Tol
erance”, at a discussion panel held
in connection with the monthly
meeting of the Catholic Men’s
Club, held on March 18, at the
O’Donoghue School. John E.
Crowley, president of the club, act
ed as chairman, and the discussions
were followed by an open forum.
Requiem Mass Offered
and Superior General
of Nuns in Asheville
(Special to The Bulletin)
ASHEVILLE, N. C. — A solemn
Requiem Mass was -offered in the
chapel of St. Genevieve-of-the-
Pines on February 29 lor the re
pose of the soul of Reverend Moth
er Lucille Decliaille, Superior
General of the Religious of Chris
tian Education, who died on No
vember 21, 1943, at the Mother-
house of the Congregation in La
val, France. The Rev. Thomas G.
Roche, chaplain at St. Genevieve-
of-the-Pines, was the celebrant, the
Rev. Joseph Gallagher was deacon,
and the Rev. Henri Blanc, sub
deacon.
News of the death of the Super
ior General of the Religious of
Christian Education reached Ashe
ville on February 27 in a cable
gram from the Academy of Saint
Gabriel in Rabat, French Morocco,
addressed to Mother Jannin, Su
perior of St. Genevievc-of-the-
Pines.
Reverend Mother Dechaille vis
ited America several times, her
last trip to the United States be
ing in 1936, when she spent sev
eral weeks in Asheville and also
schools conducted by the Relig
ious of Christian Education in
Massachusetts.
Born in Nates, September 21,
1875, she entered the congregation
in 1896; taught in Normandy and
Belgium, and in 1913 was appoint
ed local Superior of the con
vent in Tournai, Belgium, which
was then the Motherhouse. In
1919, the General Chapter of the
Congregation elected her Superior
General, and in this capacity she
has served the cause of Christian
education devotedly and capably
for a quarter of a century.
CATHOLIC WOMEN SPONSOR
GREENVILLE RADIO PROGRAM
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Monsi
gnor Fulton J. Sheen, national
ly known radio speaker, was pre
sented locally over Station WMRC
in a transcribed war relief pro
gram sponsored by the Council of
Catholic Women, of which Mrs.
Jack Kearney is president.
Monsignor Sheen spoke of “The
Refugee Christ” and the presenta
tion was in connection with the
campaign on behalf of the Bishops’
War Emergency and Relief Com
mittee.
MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE AN-
TONELLI, who long served as a
professor at the Roman Seminary
and who was the author of many
important and valued texts on
moral theology, died at Vatica
City, February 28,
BREAKFAST IN CHARLESTON—Thousands of service men have en
joyed the breakfasts which are served each Sunday morning at the
Cathedral Breakfast Club in Charleston, S. C., where members of the
parish of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, with the cooperation of
the National Catholic Community Service, a member agency of the
USO, welcome the men and women in uniform after the Masses at the
Cathedral each Sunday morning. A typical menu offers; fruit, bacon and
eggs, hashed brown potatoes and sausage, waffles, toast, buns, sweet
rolls, and coffee, while cigarettes are distributed after the meal.