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Announce Pilgrimages to
North American Shrines
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
The Confraternity of Pilgrims
which exists for the purpose of
making the religious shrines and
heroes of North America better
known, of leading devout pilgrim
ages to those shrines, and of help
ing the sick poor to make pilgrim
ages to them, has announced its
twenty-first annual pilgrimage to
the Shrines of the North, featur
ing the feast day of Ste. Anne de
Beaupre, July 2d; the* 09th anni-
! versary of the- birth of Brother
Andre, C. S. C , at St. Joseph’s
Oratory, Montreal, on August 9;
; the feast day of he Shrine;of Our.
'Lady of the Holy Rosary, the As-
i sumption, August 15, and including
a Catholic tour, featuring a week’s
vacation cruise of the Great
Lakes with a two-day visit at the
Shrine of the American Martyrs.
The Confraternity conducts its
pilgrimages in strict conformity
with that definition and it invites
to its pilgrim ranks all who would
share the thrills that flow from the
solemn dignity of such a formal
expression of faith and hope.
The Shrines of the North, in
the order which the pilgrimages
visit them are—that of the North
American Martyr Saints, near
Midland, Ontario, which stands
close by the shore of Georgian
Bay, near the ruins of Old Fort
Ste. Marie (1639-1649), western
outpost of the great mission em
pire of the 17th century, from
which five of the eight canonized
Martyrs went to their deaths; that
of Our Lady of Martyrs, at Auries-
ville, N. Y„ where once stood the
Indian village of Ossernenon,
where three Martyrs died, St.
Isaac Jogues, the Black Robe of
cherished memory, and his com
panions, St. Rene Goupil and St.
John de la Laude, and where
bloomed “The Lily of the Mo
hawks.’’ Kateri Tekawitha, the
Iroquois maiden, whose process of
canonization is now in progress,
and who is expected to be the first
'North American-born person to
reach the altars of the Church;
that of St. Joseph, first patron of
the Northlands, at the Oratory on
Mount Royal, built by Brother An
dre, C. ( S. C.; that of Our Lady of
the Most Holy Rosary, at Cap de la
Madeleine, where on the site of the
Mother House of the early mis
sions, stands this beloved old stone
church, (lie oldest in North Amer
ica, in its original quaint charm,
preserved through the instrumen
tality of the miraculous “Bridge
of Ice.” and the shrine of Ste.
Anne, “the Lourdes of America.”
At Caughnewaga, the largest
Indian reservation in Canada, the
famous choir will sing the Mass,
using their native Iroquois. This
is the only choir in the world al
lowed to use a modern form of a
modern language when singing the
services of the Church- By special
indult dating back to mission
times this group is permitted to
use their own Indian dialect.
Full details in regard to the
pilgrimages may be be obtained by
writing to Confraternity of Pil
grims, 4817 Chicago Avenue, Min
neapolis, 7, Minn.
CO J , EGK , AN , D ACADEMY ’ BELMONT-The group of buildings pictured above are
r a rn?ln der, ‘ f rf'? r00f s‘T uctures ° f s acred Heart Junior College and’Academy, Belmont,
Mercv sin™ 1809 of ’f Brmn g f 9I y°H n 8 women which has been conducted by the Sisters of
Mo * her Ma 7 Maura Buckheit is Superior of the Convent. Sister Mary Hildegarde
is directress of the college and academy.
Sacred Heart College, Academy,
Belmont, Established 50 Years Ago
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BELMONT, N. C.—Sacred Heart
Junior College and Academy of
Belmont observed its Fiftieth An
niversary ni 1943. In honor of the
obesrvance a Solemn Pontifical
Mass was celebrated by the Right
Reverend Vincent G. Tavlor, O. S.
B., D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of Bel
mont, at which the sermon was de
livered by the Right Rev. Msgr.
Arthur R. Freeman, P. A., pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, Charlotte.
In 1868, when the Diocese of
Charleston was divided, and
North Carolina created a separate
vicariate, Father James Gibbons,
later the beloved Cardinal Gib
bons, was consecrated Vicar Apos
tolic of North Carolina-
_ Shortly after his arrival in North
Carolina, Bishop Gibbons learned
of the work being accomplished by
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
in Charleston, and applied for a
group of teaching Sisters to staff a
school in Wilmington, and as a re
sult of his application a number of
Sisters of Mercy from Charleston
went to Wilmington where in 1869
the Academy of the Annunciation
was opened as a boarding school
for girls.
In 1879, a representative of the
Benedictine Monastery in Latrobe,
Pa., came to Belmont. N. C., to
look over a site offered them by
the zealous advocate and promoter
of education, Bishop Gibbons, for
the establishment of an Abbey and
a school for boys. The Benedictine
Fathers accepted Bishop Gibbons’
offer and the foundation of the
present flourishing Belmont Ab
bey and school was laid the follow
ing summer.
In 1888, when North Carolina
was under the administration of
Bishop Northrop, of Charleston,
the care of both North and South
Carolina became such an arduous
task that the Rt. Rev. Leo Haid, O.
S. B., Ahbot of Belmont, .was con
secrated Bishop and installed in
Wilmington as head of the Vicari
ate of North Carolina.
Bishop Haid had for some time
desired a girls’ school at Belmont,
and on October 18, 1891, he
wrote to the Superior of the Moth-
erhouse of the Sisters of Mercy at
Wilmington, stating that a neigh
bor offered to sell his home and
land, between the monastery and
the town of Belmont, and that the
situation was all that could be de-
scired for a convent school. Bish
op Haid proceeded to close the
deal, and in August. 1892. a group
of Sisters left the Motherhouse in
Wilmington to take possession of
their new home in Belmont. The
Belmont building was not yet
completed when the Sisters arriv
ed. There were no doors, no way of
locking up. When the Sisters start
ed upstairs they realized that
darkness was overtaking them and
there were no provision for light—
not a candle or lamp In their pos
session- It was a memorable night
—in a strange house surrounded by
woods without either locks or
light.
The Sisters lost no time in pre
paring for the first school session,
and in September of 18®2 the
Sacred Heart Academy was opened
at Belmont with a registration of
21 students—12 boarders and nine
day students. The first student en
rolled was Miss Mary Applewhite,
of Cronlye, N. C. The first grad
uate was Miss Mary Goforth, for
merly of Belmont, now Sister Mary
Ignatius of the Benedictine Sisters
In 1894, the Sisters of Mercy
opened St. Ann’s orphanage for
girls at Belmont. It was the first
Catholic orphanage in North Caro
lina, and Sister Clare Lockfaw, of
beloved memory was in charge, a
position she held until her death
in 1926. The orphanage was later
transferred by Bishop Hafey to
Nazareth, a town about two miles
from Raleigh.
Through the years the Sisters of
Mercy of Belmont have spent their
energies in the Christian develop
ment of the moral, social and intel
lectual lives of their students. The
Belmont school for girls conduct
ed by the Sisters of Mercy ranks
high as an educational institution.
Sacred Heart Academy is fully ac
credited by the North Carolina
State Department of Education and
it is a member of the Southern As
sociation of Secondary Schools and
Colleges. Its library more than ful-
' fills the requirements of a standard
’ library and contains almost 7,000
volumes.
In 1935. the name of Sacred
Heart Academy was changed to Sa
cred Heart Academy and Junior
College. The Sisters had extended
their field of education; they were
prepared to supply academic, phy
sical and moral training of high
school graduates in two-year col
lege courses.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Lee
Howard spoke on the relief and
control of cancer and the forma
tion of the Women’s Field Army
at the April meeting of the Cath
olic Women’s Club.
The NCCS will be in charge of
the cancer control drive, with Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly, Mrs. Charles F.
Powers, Mrs. H. T. Wilson, and
Mrs- T. F. Walsh, Jr., as the com
mittee in charge. Miss Gertrude
Williams, director of the NCCS
Women’s Division, gave an inter
esting talk of the activity of the
division.
The club decided to sponsor a
dance for the Women’s Division on
April 26, and will hold the annual
election of officers at the May
meeting. The nominating commit-
tee is composed of Mrs. Kelly,
APRIL 22, 1944
ENTERTAINMENT AT
RALEIGH USO-NCCS
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—II. K. With
erspoon was in charge of the en
tertainment program given on
April 2 at the USO Club operated
here by the National Catholic
Community Service.
Cpl- Pat Chandler, formerly wtih
Shep Field's orchestra, was mas
ter of ceremonies. He presented
Staff Sgt. Dusty Orlando, pianist;
Miss Mary Lee Holder, vocalist;
Mis? Ce.cile Munps and Sgt. Louis
Brickman, of Camp Butner, in a
sketch; and Pvt. Jeff Perlman, a
well-known radio, entertainer,
prior to entering tfife service. Cor
poral Chandler gave imitations of
Hollywood stars, and John
Vaughan was the accompanist.
Assisting Mrs. Charles S. Biggs,
club hostess, during the week-end
activities were Misses Dorothy
Redmond, Marjorie Spain and Eve
lyn Cheek. Mrs. Charles E. John
son and Mrs. Louis A. Craig were
the senior hostesses.
Private Dan Hartigan, of Fort
Bragg, former director of the
club, was a week-end visitor. P. B-
Edelen is his successor as director
of the USO-NCCS Club here.
OBLATE MISSIONARY
PREACHES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Very Rev.
Frederick M. Gilbert, O- M. I.,
pastor of St. Paul's Church, Doug
las, and Superior of the Oblate
Fathers’ Mission Band, preached
at the evening services during
Holy Week and at the Masses on
Easter Sunday at St. Mary's-on-
The-Hill Church in Augusta.
Father Gilbert also conducted
the annual Retreat for the stu
dents of Mount St. Joseph Aca
demy, during the first three days
of Holy Week.
Mrs. Powers( Mrs. J. P. McMahon,
Mrs. Lawrence Dunn and Miss
Catherine Quinan.
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NEW GYMNASIUM AT BELMONT—Pictured above is the gymnasium,
recently completed at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Caro
lina. Modern and well equipped, it offers the students many facilities
for physical development and athletic diversion.
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