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MARCH 31, 1944
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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When Charleston Cathedral Parish
Served Breakfast to Its 10,000th Guest
AT CHARLESTON CATHEDRAL BREAKFAST CLUB—Honored guests upon the occasion when the 10,-
000th service man to enjoyed the hospitality of the Parish of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in
Charleston, S. C.. included, left to right, Captain Donnelly, U. S. Navy; Colonel Barnwell, of Florence, S.
C., the guest speaker; His Excellency the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston; the
Right Rev. Monsignor James J. May, rector of the Cathedral, and Captain Ryan, U. S. Coast Guard. Four
service men attended when the custom of serving breakfast to service men and women after Masses at the
Cathedral on Sunday mornings was begun on April 19, 1942. To date, more than 13,000 members of our
armed forces have enjoyed the gracious hospitality of the Cathedral parish in Charleston.
Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome,
Heads Catholic Laymen s
Association of Georgia
(Special to The Bulletin)
ROME, Ga. — The present presi
dent of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia comes from
one of Rome’s outstanding Catholic
..families. Since their coming to
Rome in 1873, the Fahy family
has been intimately connected with
the Catholic life of this city, and
it was no surprise to any Roman
to learn that at its annual con
vention held in Augusta last Octo
ber, the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia chose Bernard
S. Fahy, of Rome, as its president.
One of fourteen children, born
to Thomas Fahy and Mrs. Sarah
Jonas Fahy, Bernard Fahy is the
second oldest living child.
Ilis father established the Fahy
Department Store in Rome in
1873, coming to this city from the
town of Portuna, County Galway,
Ireland.
His mother was one of the most
widely known and most beloved
women in the Diocese of Savannah,
and for more than fifty years was
a moving spirit among the Catho
lics of this section of Georgia. She
was most active in the movement
which resulted in the erection of
St. Mary’s Church, and was prom
inent in the work of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia
which is now headed by her son.
At the time of her death, in 1934.
she was vice-president of the local
branch of the Association.
Bernard Fahy, known better to
his friends as “Duke,” received his
Contrast
The cost of living is on the up-and-up. Food is
higher, clothing is higher, rent and furnishings, fuel
and taxes are higher. Almost everything we buy has
increased in price.
These costs have been going up steadily—for
many years. The cost of living has been rising ever
since the depth-of-the-depression days. It has in
creased more than 25 per cent just in the last three
years.
By contrast, electricity is cheaper than ever be
fore. The average kilowatt hour used in the homes
of Georgia cost less in 1943 than in any previous
year. Less than in 1940, or 1933 or 1929 or any
other year.
In fact you now get twice as much electricity for
your money as you did twelve years ago.
Electricity is one of the few items in the family
budget still at the old, pre-war price level—in fact,
lower than pre-war.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO MR. B. S. FAHY
Our distinguished fellow-citi
zen of Rome, Mr. B. S. Fahy, has
won distinction for his home town
in being elected president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia.
able honor. Especially at a criti
cal time in the world’s history
when a return to Christianity is so
essential for the salvation of man
kind.
To be chosen as the leader of
a state-widq organization seeking
to promote Christian principles
and Christian living is a considcr-
In selecting Mr. Fahy for this
responsibility, the Catholic Lay
men’s Association has made a
wise choice. We congratulate him
and the Catholics of Georgia.
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
J. J. McDONOUGII, Vice-President
BERNARD S. FAHY
elementary and high school educa
tion m the public schools of Rome.
In company with four of his bro
thers, he attended the University
of Notre Dame, from which he
graduated with high honor, being
Hie valedictorian of his class. 1905.
Following his graduation he en
tered the advertising field, work
ing in Maryland, Texas and Louisi-
ania, and then going to Atlanta
where he was advertising manager
for Chamberlain-Johnscn-Dubose
until his father’s death in 1917.
Upon the death of his father,
at no small sacrifice of his person
al ambition, he returned to Rome
to aid his brother in the adminis
tration of The Fahy Store here.
He has been the head of that busi
ness since that time.
Despite the press of business af
fairs, he has always found time and
interest to take a prominent part
in the Catholic life of Rome. No
doubt he inherited this interest
from his parents, both of whom
left a reputation as leaders in
Catholic affairs. His father was in
strumental in procuring the build
ing which was the first Catholic
Church in Rome, a small frame
structure. His mother, by her con
stant charity, planted the seed
which blossomed into the zealous
cooperation of all of her children
in Catholic life in the community.
Mr. Fahy is a member of the
choir of St. Mary’s Church. He
counts it no small honor to have
the opportunity on occasion to
serve the priests at the altar. His
zeal and ability is always at the
disposal of his pastor, but he has
now cast off the restrictions of
parochial activity, and though he
still counts it a privilege to serve
his own parish, the horizon of his
service had been widen to en
compass the State of Georgia.
His many friends in Rome,
Catholic and non-Calholic, feel
that the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation has gained an enviable
reputation for itself throughout
the nation, but that added lustre
will be given to it by its selection
of Bernard S. Fahy as its presi
dent.
Associated with Mr. Fahy in the
operation of The Fahy Store in
Rome are his brothers, Albert Fahy
and Leo Fahy, and his sister, Miss
Jane Fahy. His brother Charles
Fahy. is the Solicitor General of
the United States. Another bro
ther, Ambrose Fahy, holds an im
portant post with the State De
partment in Washington, while
Joseph Fahy is supervisor of con
struction for the Veterans Bureau
in Washington. One of his sisters
Miss Agnes Fahy, has been for
some time connected with the
Housing Administration in New
York City. Miss Sarah Fahy is en
gaged in social service work in At
lanta, at Our Lady of Lourdes Mis
sion, while another member of the
family is Sister Peter Claver, of
Ihe Missionary Servants of the
Most Blessed Trinity, in Alabama.
Mr. Fahy’s nephew. Major Al
bert Fahy, Jr., is serving with the
United States Army in England.
His wife is the former Miss Rosa
Kingbury, of Atlanta.
CONFIRMATION IN
DIOCESE OF RALEIGH
RALEIGH, N. C.—-His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Eugene J
McGuinness, D. D , Bishop of Ra
leigh, administered the Sacrament
of Confirmation to a class of fifty-
five, on March 5th, at St. Mary's
Church, Wilmington, and on March
19 confirmed a class of ten at.
St. James Church, Hamlet, and a
class of twenty-five at St. Mary’s
Mission Church, Laurinburg, N.
C.