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MARCH 31, 1944
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE-
Vatican Recruit.
To meet the vastly increased du
ties of the Vatican guard in war
time, an urgent appflal was issued
to augment the forces to guard
the property of the Holy See. In
this picture, a young recruit "is
measured in" for service with the
famed Palcntine Guard, whose
duty it is to guard the numerous
buildings within Vatican City and
those in Rome which enjoy extra-
- territoriality, (N.C.W.C.)
MACON PASTOR FILES
NATURALIZATION PAPERS
MACON, Ga. — Among twenty-
five persons, representing eight
different nationalities, who have
filed petitions for naturalization in
the office of the Clerk of the. Uni
ted States Court here, and who
will be given lire oath of allegi
ance on April 17, is the Rev. John
Prendergast. S. M. A., pastor of
St. Peter Claver’s Church, a Bri
tish subject.
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH
ACADEMY IN AUGUSTA
AWARDED “SCHOOL V”
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The entire
student body of Mount St. Joseph
Academy has cooperated 100 per
cent in every endeavor sponsored
by religious or civic authorities.
Sodality groups of the high school
and grammar departments, mis
sion crusade, high school girls’
choir and boys’ choir has respond
ed to every call for service.
Patriotic projects have found en
thusiastic response, even the little
tots of the first and second grades
helping with the task of collecting
waste paper and scrap metal.
During the Fourth War Loan
Drive, pupils at Mount St. Joseph's
were instrumental in selling $15,-
025 in bonds and $177 in stamps
the totals sold for the year amount
ing to $23,800 and , $370.
The Victory Corps is a very
active organization, as is the
Physical Fitness Program, directed
by Mrs. E. H. Putnam, M. A.,
and an Army sergeant from Dan
iel Field. Mrs- C. M. Burpee,
B. A., R. N„ conducts a Home
Nursing Course.
In recognition of meritorious
service the school was awarded
the “School V’’ flag, which was
xaised with ceremony on Feb
ruary 16. Members of the Vic
tory Corps, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts and Patrol Boys attended
in uniform. The flag was blessed
by the Very Rev. Thomas A. Bren
nan, pastor of St. Mary’s-on-tlie-
llill Church, and pupils who took
prominent parts in the program
were Mary Van Sant, Marianne
Mulherin, Mary Catherine
Scliweers, Jane Marriott, Miriam
Weigle and James Cavanaugh.
LIEUT. GAVAN DUFFY, an of
ficer in the British Army, and a
Catholic, is the hero of the rescue
of thirteen American nurses and
several Army Air Force men
whose plane made a forced land
ing in Albania after losing its
way on a flight from Sicilly to
Bari. The lieutenant, who had
been dropped by parachute in
Albania on a secret mission some
months earlier, rescued the party.
The journey back to the Allied
lines took a month during which
the nurses had several times to
be ferried across swollen streams,
the men standing up to their
shoulders in icy water.
DURING AN AERIAL attack on
Rome, on the night of February
12, a flare fell on the roof of (he
Vatican above (he quarters of the
Papal Secretariate of State. It was
extinguished by Vatican City fire
men.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
OBSERVED IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In observance
of St. Patrick’s Day, the patronal
festival of the parish, a High Mass
was celebrated at noon on March
17 at St. Patrick’s Church by the
Rev. Joseph J. Malloy, with the
Rev. Henry Honeek assisting. Fa
ther Malloy also delivered the
panegyric on the Patron Saint of
the sons and daughters of Erin.
COURAGEOUS ITALIAN
PRIESTS are exposing themselves
to Neo-Fascist reprisals by shelter
ing Jews and escaped war prison
ers, according to an article in
“Populo a Liberta”, Swiss news
paper, the Office of War Informa
tion in Washington reports. The
article states that the clergy are
active in Italian committees organ
ized to aid victims of Fascism.
Observe Pope’s Anniversary
Diplomats from a score of nations and distinguished Government
officials were among those attending a Solemn Mass in the National
Shrine of the Immaculate ponception, Washington, marking his fifth
anniversary of the coronation of His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Arch
bishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, who presided at the Mass, greets (upper photo) Dr. Don Julian
R. Cacercs, Ambassador from Honduras. Lower photo, Belgian Am
bassador van der Straten-Ponthoz, his wife, and Gerald Campbell (right)
of the British Embassy.—Reni Newsphotos. (N. C. W. C.)
V-AWARD FOR MOUNT ST. JOSEPH’S. AUGUSTA— Sister Mary Bernard, principal of the school, is
shown as she delivers the certificate which witnesses the award of a “School V” to Mount St. Joseph
Academy, Augusta, by the Georgia Wartime Education. Margie Cashin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ed
ward Cashin, a student in the eighth grade, accepted the certificate on behalf of the pupils. The pre
sentation was made at a meeting of the Mothers’ Club, held March 14, with Mrs. James B. Mulherin
presiding. (Photo by Frank Christian—Courtesy The Augusta Herald).
BROTHERHOOD WEEK
PROGRAM AT CAROLINA
TEACHERS COLLEGE
GREENVILLE, N. C.—The Rev.
Maurice Tew, C. P., pastor of St.
Gabriel’s Church here, the Rev.
Charles Jones, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church at Chapel Hill,
and Rabbi Gold, Jewish chaplain
at Seymour Johnson Field, Golds
boro, joined in presenting a
Brotherhood Week program at
East Carolina Teachers College.
THE DEATH of the Rev. Theo
dore Laboure, O. M. I., Superior
General of the Oblate Fathers of
Mary Immaculate, in France on
February 18. has been reported to
the Oblate College affiliated with
the Catholic University of Ameri
ca. From 1908 to 1932, Father La
boure, a native of France, was en
gaged in missionary work in
Texas.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, at a
recent press conference, denounc
ed Germany for having “used the
holy city of Rome as a military
center,” saying that the Allied
forces have tried scrupulously,
“often with considerable sacrifice
—to spare religious and cultural
monuments, and we shall continue
to do so.”
MARTIN CONROY, nationally
prominent Catholic laymen, died
in New York on March 6. He was
a member of the Board of Regents
of Georgetown University and
president of the Georgetown Na
tional Alumni Association. He was
Director of the Selective Service
System for New York in World
War I and served as Coordinating
Adviser to the New York Selective
Service headquarters in 1940 and
1941. He was United States Attor
ney for the Southern District of
New York from 1933 to 1935, and
a Knight Commander of St. Gre
gory the Great-, a Knight of the
Holy Sepulchre, a Knight of Malta,
and had served as a director of the
National Council of Catholic Men.
There is a fifth dimension by which we measure the stature of a man
or an institution—it is the width of the heart . . . the understanding
which links men to each other or a store to a community.
For 77 years Rich’s has stood strong and broadhearted in the affec
tion of Atlanta and the South!
We shall continue to be measured by the depth of our courtesy, the
broadness of pur hospitality and the circumference of our service.
Honor . . . Integrity . . . Service
Best Wishes
FROM
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BAKING CO.
BAKERY PRODUCTS OF MERIT
SINCE 1841 *
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA