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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 22, 1944
DR. JOHN P. JONES
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Dr. John
Paul Jones, well-known Savannah
physician, died on April 10, funer
al services being held from the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
A native of Autaugaville, Ala.,
Dr- Jones had practiced medicine
in Savannah for a number of
years. He was born in 1890, the
son of Anthony B. Jones and Mrs.
Maude Howard Jones.
Coming to Savannah in 1918,
after receiving his degree at Em
ory University, he served his in
ternship at St, Joseph’s Hospital,
where he later became president of
the hospital staff.
During the Wotld War he was
medical officer with the Savannah
Volunteer Guard, later being com
missioned as first lieutenant irl the
74th Infantry at Camp Devens,
Mass.
A fellow of the American Col
lege of Surgery, he was a member
of the Georgia Medical Society,
and of several important commit
tees of that organization. He was
also a member of the American
Medical Association, Chatham
Post, of the American Legion, and
a fourth degree member of the
Knights of Columbus
Dr. Jones is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Marie Tully Jones; six
brothers, Raymond Jones, Ollie
Jones, Earle Jones, Robert Jones
and Claude Jones, all of Autauga
ville, and Charles Jones, Montgom
ery, Ala., and two sisters, Mrs.
M«rie Jones Lamarr, Autaugaville,
and Mrs. Maude Herrman, Pitts
burgh.
St. Michael's Church, Gastonia 9 N. C.
of the lint ehnreh« ™ i l r Ml ^ hae . 1 s C liurch, Gastonia, North Carolina, which was the first
Mc n r^v 9 rS and other religious structures erected from plans executed by the Rev. Michael
McTnerney O. S. B noted priest-architect of Belmont Abbey. St. Michael’s was built in 1902 and
he S nt f „ PaSt ° r 18 the * ev ’ A 'l )hons 5 Uuss, G. S. B„ with the Rev. Cuthbert Allen, O S B. serving
the parish for some months on account of the illness of the pastor.
Father Felix, Former Prior of Belmont
Abbey, Who Died in 1924, Was Buried at
Famous Abbey of Monte Cassino, in Italy
Pastor at Gastonia
MRS. ALONZO BUNTON
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Thais Garrity Bun-
ton, of Montgomery Road, who
died in Savannah on April 10,
were held from th? Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist.
i Mrs. Bunton survived by her
husband, Alonzo C. Bunton; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Garrity; four sisters, Mrs. Leah
G. Bunton, Miss Judy C. Garrity,
Miss Rita Garrity and Miss Mary
Garrity; five brothers, James D.
Garrity, John A. Garrity, August
A. Garrity; Jerry B. Garrity and
Thomas Garrity; maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John De-
Paul, New Orleans, and several
aunts and uncles, including Mrs.
Lottie Kelly and Mrs. Anne Gar
ner.
She was a member of Our Lady
of Good Hope parish, Isle of Hope.
CHARLES E. ROUSSEAU
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Charles E- Rousseau, who
died March 27, were held from the
Sacred Heart Church.
A native of Atlanta, Mr. Rous
seau was for thirty years super
visor of bridges for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad. He is surviv
ed by his wife, Mrs. K. C. Rous
seau; a daughter, Mrs. M. M.
Ray, Sr., a son, Charles D. Rous
seau; a sister, Mrs. W. E. Math-
eson, Atlanta, and four grandchil
dren, Miss Betty Ray, M. M. Ray,
Jr-, Charles Ray, and Charles
Rousseau, Jr.
MISS LUCltETIA CASERIO
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON. Ga. — Miss Lucretia
Caserio. who operated Caserio’s
Grocery here, died on April 2, fu
neral services being held from St.
Joseph's Church, the Rev. Harold
Gaudin, S. J, officiating.
Miss Caserio was born in Naples,
Italy, the daughter of John Cas
erio and Mrs. Frances Verilli Cas
erio. She had made her home in
Macon since childhood.
She is survived by a sister. Mrs.
P. DeFlore. Macon; three nieces,
Mrs. Sam Vullo, Miss Marie Cas
erio, and Miss Norma DeFlore; a
nephew. Leonard Caserio; a great-
niece and a great-nephew, Fran
ces Marie Vullo and Phillip Vullo,
all of Macon.
(By WARREN V. HALL)
BELMONT, N. C.—The destruc
tion of the famous Benedictine
Monastery of Monte Cassino, was
a cause of emotion to many who
were distressed that military ne
cessity made it necessary to bomb
and shell that ancient shrine of
religion and culture.
The hope that the Abbey of
Monte Cassino might be spared the
ravages of war was especially keen
here at Belmont Abbey, not only
because like Belmont, Monte Cas
sino was a foundation of the Or
der of St. Benedict, but because
the Very Reverend Felix Hinte-
meyer, O. S. B-, who died in Na
ples on June 28, 1924, was buried
at Monte Cassino.
Father Felix, who for many
years was Vicar General of the Vi
cariate of North Carolina, and
Prior of Belmont Abbey, was en
route to Rome on official business
as the representative of the late
Right Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B„
D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont,
was stricken with paralysis upon
his arrival at Naples, and died a
few days, after. His funeral was
held at the Abbey of Monte Cas
sino, where he was buried.
The history of the fourteen
century old Abbey of Monte Cas
sino, now in ruins,, must thrill the
reader even in its barest detail.
It was located on the high peaks
some eighty miles from Rome, hav
ing been founded by St. Benedict
about 529. It was here that St.
Benedict issued his oelcbrated
Rule, and it was here that he, and
his sister, St. Scholastica, were
buried-
When Monte Cassino was burn
ed by the Lombards in 580, the
Monks fled to Rome, where they
were established by Pope I’ela-
gius II close to the Lateran Bas
ilica where many of them remain
for more than a hundred years,
during which Monte Cassino was
not entirely deserted. It was dur
ing this time that St. Benedict’s
body was removed to FJeury, in
France.
In 718 the Monastery was restor
ed by Pope Gregory II, who en
trusted Abbot Peterson with the
task. The Abbey and Cathedral
were restored and were consecrat
ed by Pope Zachary in person. *
At this period the fame of the
Abbey was great. Among the pro
fessed Monks was Carloman, son
of Charles Martel, who in the bat
tle of Tours swept back the tide
of Moorish invasion; Rachie, a son
of the great Lombard, Duke As-
ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOL, GASTONIA—Opened in September,
1942, St. Michael’s School, Gastonia, N. C., conducted by the Sisters
of Mercy, of Belmont, has more than doubled its enrollment since its
opening day.
tolf, and Warnefrid, the historian
of the Lombards.
Towards the middle of the
ninth century, the Saracens over
ran the Mount, and in 884, Abbot
Bertharus and some of the Monks
were slain. Within two years the
york of restoration was begun,land
it was about this time that the au
tograph copy of the Rule of St.
Benedict was destroyed by fire,
after hundreds of years of exist
ence.
Under Abbot Desiderius, the
Abbey reached its zenith, when in
1087 he was elected Pope under
the title of Victor III. While he was
Abbot the number of Monks
reached 200, and the schools of the
copyists and miniature painters,
became famous throughout Eu
rope.
The buildings were reconstruct
ed on a scale of great magnifi
cence, artists being brought from
Malfi, Lombardy and even Con
stantinople. The new Monastery
was consecrated in 1071 by Pope
Alexander II, assisted by ten
Archbishops, forty-four Bishops,
and many princes, Monks and
laymen.
Later the strategic value of the
Monastery involved it in the
struggles of the times, and in
1239, the Emperor Fredrick II,
drove the Monks from its cloisters
After the restoration the Abbot
was made a Bishop, in 1231. which
proved rather disastrous. Due to
the decline. Pope Urban, who
was himself a Benedictine, col-
lept Monks from other houses,
and in 1370 appointed Andrew of
Faenza as superior-
In 1799, the Abbey was taken
and plundered by the French. In
1866 the Monastery was suppress
ed, with other religious institu
tions of Italy, but the govern- 1
ment allowed the Benedictine ^
Monks to remain in charge.
In 1909, when Dom Gregario,
was elected Abbot, there were 37"!
choir Monks, 30 lay brothers, 126'
students in school as boarders, and
two seminaries with a total of 126
students.
The entrance gate of the build
ings led to three square court
yards, opening out of one another,
with columns of the Doric order,
attributed by some to Bramante.
The columns supporting the ar
cade were probably once used in
the ancient Temple of Apollo. The
latest cliurch, the fourth, was
from the design of Cosmo Fan-
sago. It was begun in 1649 and
consecrated in 1727 by Pope Ben
edict XIII. In richness of marble,
the interior was said to be unsur
passed only by the Certasa of
Pavia. It was astonishingly mag
nificent. Close inspection removed
part of this impression on account
of the prpfusion of marble inlays
and gilding, still it was the finest
example of Florentine mosaic
work in Europe.
The tomb of Pietro di Medici, a
brother of Pope Leo X, by di San-
gallo, was unquestionably the
most beautiful work in the build
ing. Some 1,400 manuscripts, co-
dices and other rare books were of
great historical value. Years ago,
Gladstone prevented them being
transferred to Naples. The great
west door was of the twelfth cen
tury.
Abbot Vincent Attends
Communion-Breakfast of
Gastonia Men’s Club
(Special to The Bullcin)
GASTONIA, N. C. — The Right
Rev. Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B„
D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont,
Colonel Francis Monahan, and
Captain John Donahue, both of
Morris Field, Charlotte, were
guests of honor at' a recent Com
munion-breakfast of the Catholic
Men’s Club in Gastonia.
The breakfast was served in the
main dining room of the Arming-
ton Hotel, immediately after a
Mass which was celebrated in St.
Michael’s Church by Abbot Vin
cent, and at which the sermon
was delivered by the Rev.- Cuth
bert E. Allen, O- S. B., acting pas
tor of the parish.
Edward Gallagher, presided as
toastmaster, and the speaker in
cluded Abbot Vincent, who ex
plained the plans of the parish for
the building of a new church, rec
tory, convent and school, as soon
as priority conditions permit, and
Captain Donahue who spoke on the
part that Catholic laymen are
obliged to play, not only during
the war, but in the peace that will
follow.
A. J. Hammill, president of the
club, conducted the Business ses
sion which followed. Father Cuth
bert outlined the plans proposed by
a special committee to solicit funds
for the erection of the new parish
buildings. The purchase of War
Bonds was adopted as an expe
dient method and a committee was
appointed to receive the pledges of
the members of the parish. $5,000
was set as a goal for the fund for
this year.
FATHER ALPHONSE
The Rev. Alphonse Buss, O. S. B„
pastor of St. Michael’s Church,
Gastonia, North Carolina.
Acting Pastor
at Gastonia
THE VATICAN RADIO broad
casted the Easter Mass of His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII.
FATHER qUTIIBERT
The Rev. Cuthbert E. Allen, O.
S. B., former Rector and vice-pres
ident of Belmont Abbey College,
who has served St. Michael’s
Church, Gastonia, N. C„ in the
absence, due to illness, of the pas
tor, the Rev. Alphonse Buss, O. S.
E.
Father Cuthbert, who is Superin
tendent of Schools for the Abba-
lio Nullius of Belmont, was re
cently elected president of the
North Carolina College Confer
ence, being the first Catholic to
hold that office.
St. Michael’s, Gastonia,
Organizes P.-T.-A. Group
(Special to The Bulletin)
GASTONIA, N. C.—At a recent
meeting of the parents and the
teachers of St. Michael’s School,
Gastonia, a Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation was organized.
The rapid growth of the school
since it was opened two years
ago requires the active coopera
tion of the parents of the students
with the Sisters of Mercy who con
duct the school, and this will be
possible through the organization
of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Officers of the Association, elect
ed at the meeting, were Mrs. Ed
ward Galagher, president; Mrs- A.
•T. Hammill, vice-president; Mrs.
C. Laughridge, secretary, and
Mrs. B. Taylor, treasurer.
The Rev. Cuthbert E. Allen, O.
S. B„ acting pastor of St. Mi
chael’s Church, was the principal
speaker at the meeting. Father
Cuthbert outlined the philosophy
arid objectives of the association.
Mr. Mack Parrish, of the Gas
tonia public schools, also spoke,
and explained the organization of
Federated Parent-Teacher Associa
tions.
A program for thq, remainder of
the present school year was dis
cussed and adopted, and includes a
survey of the health of the stu
dents, school lunches, and discus
sions of current school problems-
LIMESTONE COLLEGE GROUPS
CHORAL GROUPS PRESENTED
UNDER AUSPICES OF NCCS
SPARTANGURG, S. C. — The
Choral Groups, of Limestone Col
lege, Gaffney, S- C., consisting of
56 voices were presented in three
programs on April 2, under the
auspices of the National Catholic
Community Service in Spartan
burg, appearing in the Red Cross
recreational hall of the Camp
Croft Hospital, in the morning, and
at the Service Club at Camp
Croft, afternoon and evening.
The Choral Groups were under
the direction of Miss Katherine
Pfohl, professor of voice and di
rector of choral activities at
Limestone. Soloists on the pro
gram were Mat Frances Ross, Sara
Sarratt, and Annette Hatcher, of
Gaffney; Jane Elliott and Rose
mary Holmes, of Mullins; Blanche
Owen, of Batesburg, and Venita
Bidez, of Copperhill, Tenn. Miss
Rachel Pierce, professor of organ
and music theory at Limestone,
and Miss Harriett Boone, of Or
angeburg, were the accompanists.
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY
Southern Pines, N. C.
A resident and Day School for Girls conducted by the Sisters
of Notre Dame de Namur. College Preparatory Course, Music,
Art, and Secretarial Subjects are offered. Extensive grounds in
the pine covered sandhills of North Carolina afford outdoor
recreation in riding, swimming, boating, tennis, archery, and
oilier sports.
The school is accreditted by the State of North Carolina.
For further information address the Sister Superior.