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TWENTY-EIGHT
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MARCH 31, 1944
Sister Agnes Patricia,
Dominican Nun,
Dies in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N. C., —Sister Agnes
Patricia, of the Dominican Sisters
of the Third Order of St. Dominic,
a member of the faculty of the
Cathedral Latin High School, died
on March 18, funeral Services being
held from the Sacred Heart Cathe
dral here, with interment at Mount
St. Mary-on-Hudson, Newburgh,
N. Y., where the Motherhouse of
the Order is located.
The Pontifical Mass of Requiem
was offered by the Most Rev. Eu
gene J. McGuinness, D. D., Bishop
of Raleigh, with the Very Rev.
Msgr. J. Lennox Federal as arch
priest; the Rev. Edward Gross and
(he Rev. Lawrence Newman, dea
cons of honor; the Rev. J. Jerome
Hickey, deacon of the Mass; the
Rev. Joseph A. Sands, subdeacon;
the ltev. John A. Brown, master
of ceremonies, and the Rev.
Charles McLaughlin, assistant mas
ter of ceremonies.
Present in the sanctuary were
the Right Rev. Msgr. William F.
O’Brien, Durham; the Rev. Wal
ter J. Tierney, O. P., the Rev.
John S. Dillon, O. P„ Raleigh;
the Rev. John A. Risacker, S- J.,
Durham; the Rev. Aloysius Adler,
the Rev. Francis Scheuricli, Naza
reth.
Sisters of St. Dominic from
Durham and Elizabeth City, Sis
ters of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, from Raleigh, Sisters of
Mercy from Nazareth, and Sisters
of the Precious Blood, from Ra
leigh, with students and others
to whom Sister Agnes had en
deared herself as counsellor and
friend, formed the congregation
which filled the Cathedral.
Sister Agnes Patricia is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. B. A.
Hughes, and a sister, Mrs. Clar
ence Harris, of Rochester, N. Y.
and a brother, Frederick Hughes,
now in his country’s service.
Sister Agnes Patricia came to
Raleigh from St. Mary’s High
School, Paterson, N. J., two years
ago. She taught commercial sub
jects and Spanish here. She receiv
ed her A. B. degree from Villanova.
and has been a Dominican Nun for
twenty years.
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY IN COLUMBIA—Members of the Altar Society of St. Francis de
Sales Church, in Columbia, South Carolina, have been most gracious in extending hospitality to those
in the armed forces who might be stationed in th e Columbia area. One of the most successful ol
these entertainments for service men was the party given on St. Valentine’s Day with the enlisted
personnel of the 345th Infantry as special guests. Pictured above, with some of their guests are tne
members of the Altar Society who served as hostesses, Miss Eleanor Cantwell, Mrs. John V. Huff
man Mrs William Cormack, Mrs. B. B. Bellinger, Mrs. Edward Clerc, Mrs. Henry Jumper Mrs. J. L.
Nelson and Mrs. John Kehoe, and the Rev. T. J. Mackin, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church.
BISHOP ALTER ASSAILS
SECULAR POSITION ON
MODERN FAMILY LIFE
JAMES JOSEPH SNEE
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for James Joseph Snee who
died February 13tli were held from
Sacred Heart Church the Reverend
M. A. Collins, S. M.,' officiating.
Mr. Snee is survived by his wife,
two daughters. Miss Angela Snee
and Mrs. W. P. Reynolds, of At
lanta; five sons; James E. Snee, D.
A. Snee. R. E. Snee, Joseph 3’. Snee
and Marion A. Snee, all of Atlan
ta.
CHARLES CAROLLO; 35-year-
old father of ten children, has
been accepted by the United
States Army for general military
service. He is a member of St.
James parish, Leland, Miss., and
of the Knights of Columbus.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON, — Although the
"position of the Church is funda
mentally that of democracy which
stands for the rights and liberties
of the individual,” the Most Rev.
Karl J. Alter, Bishop of Toledo,
in the principal address at the
opening of the Family Life Con
ference here at the Catholic Uni
versity of America, reminded that
the Church “rejects the right of
the State to forbid marriage or de
cree divorce, cofnpel sterilization,
birth control, compulsory secular
education or mere civil marriage.”
"We realize,” Bishop Alter point
ed out, “that as a result the loyal
and faithful Catholic of today faces
a difficult dilemma. His loyalty to
God will be interpreted as disloyal
ty to his government. There can be
no agreement in principal, but only
a modus vivendi between the
Church and such States as arrogate
to themselves supreme and un
restricted authority in these mat
ters touching the family.”
The three-day conference was
sponsored by the Family Life Bu
reau of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, in cooperation
with other N. C. W. C. departments.
Bishop Alter is Episcopal Chair
man of the N. C. W. C. Social Ac
tion Department. Other speakers
at the opening session included the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick J. McCor
mick, Rector of the Catholic Uni
versity, who gave the address of
welcome; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John
M. Cooper. Professor of Anthropo
logy at the university, and Mrs.
Robert A. Angelo, President, Na
tionai Council of Catholic Women.
Edward J. Heffron, Executive
Secretary of the National Council
of Catholic Men, presided.
Kinston Pastor to
Direct NCCS Activity
at Colleges in N. C.
ELEANOR BULTMAN, OF
COLUMBIA, COMPETES
IN DISCUSSION CONTEST
FATHER WILLIAMS
KINSTON, S. C.,— The Nation
al Catholic Community Service, a
member agency of the USO, has
appointed the Rev. Thomas A. Wil
liams, pastor of Holy Trinity
Church in Kinston, to supervise
religious programs for military and
naval personnel on college cam
puses, in the Diocese of Raleigh
and the Abbey Nullius of Belmont
which include all of North Caro
lina.
About twelve North Carolina
institutions will benefit from the
supervision of Father Williams,
who will make frequent visits to
all colleges in this state where
men of the Army and Navy are re
ceiving specialized training.
Catholic Youth Organizations in
North Carolina, which are under
Father William’s direction, will co
operate in the work.
Father Williams is well prepar
ed for such a task since lie has
been spiritual director of the CYO
organizations in the Diocese of
Raleigh for eight years. He found
ed, edits and published The North
Carolina Catholic Youth News, of
ficial organ of the CYO in this
state.
(Special to The Bulletin)
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Miss
Eleanor Bultman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles F. J. Bultman.
Columbia, S. C„ a senior student
of Ursuline College, Louisville,.
Ky., is one of eight winners of
the Central Region, (Indiana, Ken
tucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania) in the Na
tional Discussion Contest spon
sored by the Office of Coordinator
of Inter-American Affairs and the
American Council on Education-
This contest is sponsored annually
and has attracted entrants from
more than 500 collegiate institu
tions which are grouped by re
gions. Miss Bultman’s essay was
selected from approximately 100
contestants in the region.
The eight contestants will meet
at the University of Michigan,
Ann Axbor, Mich,, on March 31.
At this contest Miss Bultman will
discuss, “Inter-American trade
and Commerce as a Basic for
Permanent Cooperation."
The first-place winner of the
regional contest will have his
expenses paid to and from the
National finals to be held in
Washington about April 14, and
will also receive an award of $500
for study and travel in Mexico
during the summer of 1944.
Bishop Walsh to Ordain
Two Members of Oratory
Congregation, Rock Hill
(Special to The Bulletin)
ROCK HILL, S. C.—On Low
Sunday, in St. Anne’s Church,
Rock Hill, the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, D. D-, Bishop of Charles
ton, will ordain the Rev. William
Coyle and the Rev. Maurice Shean,
of the Congregation of the Ora
tory, to the priesthood. Bishop
Walsh will be assisted by the Very
Rev. Vincent Scharff, Cong. Orat,
Provost of the Oratory of St.
Philip Neri here, the Rev. John
McCahill, rector of the Church
of the Assumption, New York
City, and the Rev. John Haak,
Cong. Orat, of Rock Hill, will
act as chaplains.
Both of the young men who will
be ordained priests of the Con
gregation of the Oratory are
natives of New York City. They
completed their philosophical and
classical study at St. Mary’s Col
lege in Kentucky and their theolo
gical courses at St. Meinrad’s
Seminary in Indiana.
The Rev- William Coyle will
celebrate his first Solemn High
Mass on April 23, in St. Andrew’s
Church, Flushing, N. Y., and the
Rev. Maurice Shean will offer his
first Solemn Mass in Our Lady
of the Assumption Church, Bronx,
N. Y., on April 30.
NCCW Deanery Council
Meets in Greenville
Members of Columbia
Parish Are Extending
Hospitality to Servicemen
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.— Since be
fore the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, members of St. Francis de
Sales parish have been gracious in
extending hospitality to men in
the armed forces, and while this
activity has not been given much
publicity, the men in uniform have
been the guests of'the parishion
ers of St. Francis de Sales Church
at a number of entertainments
given in the Shandon section of
Columbia where the parish is locat
ed.
Under the direction of the
Rev. Thomas J. Mackin, pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church, these
entertainments have been spon
sored by the Altar Society, with
Mrs. John V. Bultman, Mrs. Wil
liam Cormack, Mrs. B. B. Belling
er, Mrs. Edward Clerc, Mrs. Henry
Jumper, Mrs. J. L. Nelson, Mrs.
John Kehoe and Miss .Eleanor
Cantwell as hostesses. Officers of
the Society are Miss Eleanor Cant
well, president; Mrs. J. V. Bultman,
vice-president; Mrs. Carl Niggle,
secretary, and Mrs. John Kehoe,
treasurer.
KING AND QUEEN OF MARDI GRAS—Private George Matri-
cian and Miss Charlotte Walker are shown in the robes they wore as
| King and Queen of the Mardi Gras ball held at the Cleveland Hotel,
Spartanburg, S. C., under the auspices of the USO Club operated by
i the National Catholic Community Service.
NCCW in Greenville, S. C.,
Busy Making Scrap Books
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Mem
bers of the Greenville Council of
Catholic Women have armed them
selves with a new weapon of war,
scissors, and are busy clipping and
snipping material to make scrap
books for men in.the armed forces.
This should be a popular wartime
activity, for scrap books are fun,
any way you look at them.
A few books of cartoons were
sent to soldiers stationed in re
mote outposts and the response
was so favorable that it was im
mediately decided by the USO to
sponsor the making of scrap books
as a volunteer service.
Some of the books that are be
ing made here by the National
Council of Catholic Women, under
the leadership of Mrs. Jack Kear
ney, their president, are being
sent to the hospital at Camp Croft
and others to the ports of em
barkation to be enjoyed on ship
board and others to go wherever
there are service men who will en
joy them.
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE. S. C. — A meet
ing of the Greenville Deanery
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Women was held by Galli-
van Memorial Hall on February
16, with members from Spartan
burg, Anderson and Greenville at
tending. Mrs. Martha O’Brien pre
sided and Mrs. Jenkins Nickel act
ed as registrar.
Reports of the activities of the
various councils showed much war
work accomplished, and Spartan
burg’s work for the USO and the
Red Cross was outstanding. Ander
son also reported much activity,
and Greenville reported splendid
work through the Parent-Teacher
Association for St. Mary’s School
and varied war activity.
A message from the president of
the Diocesan Council, Mrs. Leo
Lowry, of Charleston was read,
and Mrs. O’Brien stressed the read
ing of a message from the nation
al president at each meeting so
members might be informed of the
work that Catholic women were
doing throughout the country.
Speakers at the meeting were
the Rev. Ivo McElroy, O. F. M.,
of St. Anthony’s Friary, Green
ville, and Sam J. Francis, director
of USO-NCCS in Spartanburg,
Greenville and Asheville.
Miss Winifred Bahan, who was
introduced by Mrs. William Brig
ham, the program chairman, de
lighted with several piano selec
tions.
Officers of the Deanery Council
for the coming year were elected,
Mrs. William Brigham, of Green
ville being named president; Mrs
Martha O’Brien, Spartanburg,
vice-president; Miss Louise Collins,
Spartanburg, secretary, and Miss
May McGrath, Anderson, treasur
er. The nominating committee was
headed by Mrs. N. E. Dowling.
Mrs. Jack Kearney, president of
the Greenville Council, welcomed
the visitors, and Mrs. Otto Sch-
weirs served as hostess for the
social hour which followed the
business session.
St. Patrick’s Day Ball
Held in Aiken, S. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
AIKEN, S. C.—The 49tli annual
St. Patrick’s Day ball, given for
the benefit of St. Mary Help of
Christians Church, and its mis
sions which has come to be a tra
dition in Aiken, was held on
March 17 at the Aiken Municipal
Auditorium.
The committee in charge in
cluded John Trinkl, chairman.
Miss Ruth Hayes, secretary, and
the Rev. George Lewis Smith, pas
tor of St. Mary Help of Christians
Church, treasurer.
Patronesses were Mrs. J. Fred
eric Byers, Mrs. William Butler
Duncan, Mrs. Edward J. Eyre, Mrs.
William Russell Grace, Mrs.
Howell Howard, Mrs. Harry La-
Montague, Mrs. Huston Rawls,
Mrs. Marshall Russell, Mrs. Win-
throp Rutherford and Princess
Helen Rospigliosi.
BISHOP ENGLAND SCHOOL
GRADUATE BOMBS GERMANY
CHARLESTON, S. C. — First
Lieut. William S. Harrington, navi
gator of the Flying Fortress, “Li’l
One,” who was recent home on
leave from Walter Reed Hospital
in Washington, where he is recov
ering from wounds sustained in
action during November, has parti
cipated in twenty raids over Nazi
held territory.
He is a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Harrington. He at
tended Bishop England High
School and St. Gregory’s College,
in Ohio, later attending St. Mary’s
Seminary and Fordham University.
He was lead navigator is such
raids as those of Kassel, Regens
burg, Schweinfurt, Bordeaux, and
Paris, and on one raid which be
gan in England and ended m
Africa. He was also on a raid over
Poland, and has been awarded the
Air Medal, with two oak leaf clus
ters, the Purple Heart and the
Distinguished Flying Cross.