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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 22, 1944
Sisters of St. Joseph Acquire
St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bern
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW BERN, N. C.—The Catho
lic Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark,
Now Jersey, have recently pur
chased St. Luke’s Hospital and its
Annex, New Bern. The Duke Foun
dation and Bishop McGuinness
contributed very substantial sums
of money towards the purchase of
this hospital. St. Luke’s Hospital.
Incorporated, was founded in 1913
as a private hospital by Doctors R.
Duval .Tones' and Joseph F. Patter
son. This hospital, which is com
pletely fireproof, was built at an
approximate cost of $60,000,00, and
was formally opened in November,
1915. The original hospital had a
capacity of 35 beds, but the nu
merous alterations and improve
ments, valuing $25,000 00, have in
creased its capacity tq 43 beds, and
have made the hospital an up-to-
date and modern institution.. The
Annex to St. Luke’s was begun at
Federal expense in 1943 and is now
ready for occupancy. This new ad
dition will have a capacity of 51
beds, thus bringing the total ca
pacity of St. Luke’s Hospital to 94
beds. St. Luke's Hospital is recog
nized by the American Medical As
sociation and has an accredited
graduate school for student nurses.
During the First World War,
while Doctor Jones was in charge
of the army hospital at Lorient,
France, Doctors Patterson, N. M.
Gibbs, and C. S. Barker assumed
full control of the hospital. The
medical staff and equipment of
the New Bern General Hospital
were trahsferred to St. Luke’s
when the former was completely
destroyed by fire in 1928. During
the great fire of 1922, when near
ly half the city of New Bern was
razed, St. Luke's became the cen
tral hospital, and during that trag
ic period the vigilance and effi
ciency of St. Luke’s staff prevent
ed the outbreak and spread of epi
demics-
The Motherbouse of tiie Sisters
of St. Joseph of Newark, of whom
the Reverend Mother M. Monica is
Superior General, is located at 81
York Street, Newark, New Jersey.
This Community of Sisters has at
the present moment 433 Professed
Sisters, 36 Novices, and 12 Postu
lants. Other hospitals owned and
staffed by these Sisters are: Holy
Name Hospital, Teaneck, N. J.,
with a capacity of 225 beds; St. An
thony’s Hospital. Wenatchee,
Washington, having a capacity of
50 beds; Sacred Heart Hospital,
Eugene, Oregon, having a capacity
of 50 beds; Ketchiken General
Hospital, Ketchikan, Alaska, with
a capacity of 75 beds. Besides these
hospitals the Sisters of St. Joseph
own and manage various orphan
ages, asylums for the blind, and
homes for the aged.
Clergy Changes Announced
in the Diocese of Raleigh
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—According to
announcement made by the Chan
cery Office of the Diocese of
Raleigh, the Most Rev. Eugene J.
McGuinness, D.D.. Bishop of Ral
eigh, has made the following ap
pointments and changes of Dioce-
’san clergy, effective April 27:
The Rev. Paul G. Termer, for
mer pastor of Holy Angels Church,
Mount Airy, has been appointed
chaplain of St. Joseph's Hospital
in Asheville.
The Rev. Thomas J. Colgan, for
merly of St. Therese Church,
Wrightsville Beach, has been ap
pointed pastor of Holy Angels
Church, Mount Airy,
The Rev. Edward L. Gross, for-
mrly of St. Catherine’s Church,
Wake Forest, has been appointed
chaplain of Mercy Hospital in
Charlotte.
The Rev. J. Jerome Hickey, for
mer assistant rector of the Sacred
Heart Cathedral, Raleigh, will suc
ceed Father Gross as pastor of
St. Catherine’s Church, Wake
Forest.
The Rev. William T. McShea,
former pastor of Holy Name
Church, Vanceboro, has been ap-1
pointed pastor of St. Aloysius
Church, Hickory, and its adjacent
missions at Morgantown, Marion,
Newton, and Old Fort.
The Rev. Walter F. Higgins, for
merly assistant pastor of St. Bene
dict's Church, Greensboro, has
been made pastor of St. Mary’s
Church', Shelby, and of the mis
sions located at Forest City and
Kings Mountain. Father Higgins
will reside temporarily at the rec
tory of St. John’s Church, Tryon.
The Rev. Vincent J. Mahoney,
formerly assistant pastor of Infant
of Prague* Mission, Jacksonville,
has been appointed pastor of St.
John’s Church. Tryon, and the
missions at Lake Lure, Ruthcr-
fordton and Spindale.
The Rev. Thomas G. Roche, who
has been chaplain at St. Gene-
vieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville, will
be assistant pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church. Henderson
ville.
The Rev. John J. Hyland, who
has been serving as assistant pas
tor of Immaculate Conception
Church, Hndersonville, will be as
sistant pastor of St. Benedict’s
Church, Greensboro.
The Rev. Francis J. Scheurich,
formerly stationed at the Catholic
Orphanage, Nazareth, has been ap
pointed chaplain of St. Luke’s
Hospital, New Bern.
The Rev. Joseph S. Gallagher,
formerly chaplain of St. Joseph’s
Hospital, in Asheville, will be
chaplain at St. Genevieve's-of-the-
Pines, Asheville.
The Rev. J. D. Kells, of Brook
lyn, N. Y., who completed his
study for the priesthood at Nia
gara University, and who was or
dained for the Diocese of Raleigh
this month at St. James Cathedral
in Brooklyn, by the Most Rev.
I Thomas E. Malloy, S. T. D., Bishop
of Brooklyn, will have as his first
assignment, assistant pastor of In
fant of Prague Mission, Jackson
ville, N. C.
BENEDICTINE GRADUATE
PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
SAVANNAH, Ga. -Lieut. Joseph
Patrick Jaugstetter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Jaugstetter, and a grad
uate of the Benedictine Military
School in the class of 1939, has
been promoted to the rank of cap
tain at the prisoner-of-war camp at
Camp Blanding, Fla., wheFe he is
now stationed.
St.Leo’s Academy, Winston-Salem,
Dedicated by Bishop McGuinness
On Sunday, April 17th, Bishop McGuinness, in the presence of a
large number of visiting clergy. Sisters, and laity, formally dedicated
the recently established St. Leo’s Academy, Winston-Salem, N. C. The
school is conducted by four Sisters of St. Joseph of the College of
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The academy has already
a large enrollment. The Sisters give lessons in music, art, com
mercial subjects, and French.
The academy, which was the former residence of Mrs. M. W.
Norfleet, was purchased by Bishop McGuinness on September 15, 1943.
This beautiful and spacious residence, located in the residential sec
tion of Winston-Salem, was built in 1926 at the cost of $60,000.00, and
•as occupied by the Sisters of St. Joseph on December 24, 1943.
St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bern, N. C.
Pictured above is St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bern, N. C., and its recently completed addition, which
have been acquired by the .Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark, New Jersey, who are arriving in New Bern
this week to take over the operation of this modern and well equipped institution.
Catholic Committee of
the South Convenes in
Memphis, April 25-27
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
MEMPHIS. — The Most Rev.
Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop of
Chicago, will return to his native
Tennessee to deliver the principal
address at the fifth annual conven
tion of the Catholic Committee of
the South, to be held here from
April 25 to 29.
The Most Rev. William L.
Adrian, Bishop of Nashville and
host to the convention, will pontif
icate at Solemn Pontifical Mass in
the City Auditorium, opening the
convention. The sermon will be de
livered by the Most Rev. Peter L.
Ivelon, Coadjutor Bishop of Rich
mond. The choir for the Mass will
be composed of 3,500 school chil
dren.
Archbishop Stritch, who is a na
tive of Nashville, will deliver his
address on Tuesday evening, April
25, sounding the keynote of the
convention. Following this ad
dress, the annual CCS award will
be presented and a'public recep
tion will oe held.
At the session Tuesday after
noon the Rev- Thomas Quigley, di
rector of the Siena Summer
School, wil be one of the principal
speakers. A business session will
be held Wednesday afternoon, fol
lowed by a banquet and the annual
election of officers. The conven
tion will close on Thursday morn
ing.
Plans for the meeting were
drafted by Bishop Adrian, the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bish
op of Savannah-Atlanla; the Rev.
Thomas O’Connell, of Richmond,
and the Rev. M. F. Kearney, of this
city, who is chairman of the local
committee.
Complete Plans for
Summer School at
Siena College
(Special to The Bulletin)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Plans have
been completed for the third an
nual Summer School for Catholic
teachers of the South at Siena Col-
legt in Memphis. Sponsored by the
Catholic Committee of the South
the school is affiliated with the
Catholic University of America,
and will be directed this year by
the Rev. Thomas J. Quigley, super
intendent of schools for the Dio
cese of Pittsburgh.
This yeas, as in the past courses
will be pointed toward developing
an understanding of the specific
environment and culture of the
Southeastern region, and will in
clude the following: School Ad
ministration and Supervision in
the South; History of the South
eastern Region; Materials and
Methods in Citizenship Education
in the South; Special Problems of
the South, and Literature of the
South-
As far as possible the faculty is
selected from Southern dioceses.
On the staff this year will be the
Rev. F. O. Hughes, principal of the
Catholic High School, Pensacola;
Sister M. Declan, Mt. St. Mary’s
Academy, Little Rock; Sister Stel
la Maris, Mt. de Sales Academy,
Macon; Sister Joseph Mary, Naza
reth College, Nazareth, Ky., Sister
M. Agulnata, Siena College, Mem
phis; Sister M. Elizabeth, St. Ce
cilia’s Academy, Nashville, and
Sister Grace Alma, Barry College,
Miami.
Belmont Abbey Territory
Ceded to Diocese of Raleigh
(Continued From Page One)
1882; the Most Reverend H. P.
Northrop. 1882 to 1887; the Most
Reverend Leo Haid, O. S. B., from
1887 until his death on July 24,
1924.
BELMONT ABBEY NULLIUS
By virtue of a Papal Bull, “Apos-
tolicam in Singulas," issued by
Pope Pius X on June 8, 1910, the
counties of Burke, Catawba, Cleve
land, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell,
Polk, and Rutherford, were taken
from the Vicariate Apostolic of
North Carolina and were erected
into that peculiar ecclesiastical
jurisdiction known as an abbey
or diocese nullius. On October
18, 1910, when Right, Rev. Leo
Haid, O. S. B., celebrated his
silver abbatial jubilee, the Ab-
batia Nullius was formally and
solemnly established. Among
the guests present on this occasion
were the Most Reverend Diomede
Falconio, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States; Bishop Northrop of
Charleston, South Carolina; Bishop
Monaghan of Wilmington, Dela
ware; Bishop Keiley of Savannah
Georgia; and Bishop Corrigan of
Baltimore. The Diocesan clergy
were represented by Fathers
Price. Dennen, McNamara, Mar
ion, Irwin, O’Brien, Hannan,
Whearty, and Dillon.
RALEIGII DIOCESE ERECTED
On December 12, 1924, Pope
Pius XI erected the Diocese of
Raleigh, and in 1925 he appointed
the Most Reverend William J. Ha-
fey the first Bishop of the new
See. When Bishop llafey was in
stalled on July 1, 1925, the Catho
lic population of North Carolina
was 6,193 souls who were served
by 23 diocesan priests and three re
ligious order priests. The new
Bishop found in his diocese 21
churches with resident pastors,
three hospitals, and eight parochial
schools. After 12 years of pioneer
ing and fruitful labors Bishop Ha
ley was transferred to the See of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Octo
ber 2, 1937.
THE SECOND BISHOP
Pope Pius XI, on October 13,
1937, appointed Bishop Eugene J.
McGuinness the second bishop of
Raleigh. Bishop McGuinness was
installed by Cardinal Dougherty on
January 6, 1938. When the present
bishop came to North Carolina £he
Catholic population had increased
to 10,191 souls who were minister
ed to by 53 diocesan priests and
26 priesfs of various religious com
munities; there were 52 churchea
with resident pastors, and 24 paro
chial schools.
The Diocese of Raleigh has
made wonderful progress under
the able leadership of Bishop Mc
Guinness who has added 36 secu
lar priests to the diocesan clerical
personnel. The total cost of the nu
merous churches, rectories, con
vents, and schools that have been
erected and the improvements
made during the past six years,
amounts to $971,832.00. All of
these seventy church buildings are
in no way encumbered by debts or
mortgages. Since January 1, 1936,
thirty parishes for both white and
colored, have been established.
A recapitulation of statistics for
the Dioceses of Raleigh shows one
Bishop, 83 Diocesan priests, 54
priests of Religious Orders, 17
clerical students, and 211 Sisters-
The Diocese has 82 churches
with resident pastors, 58 white and
24 colored. There are 35 mission
churches, ,34 white and 1 colored,
making a total of 117 churches,
with 125 mission stations.
Within the Diocese there is one
college for girls, with 53 students,
three academies for girls, with 337
students; and 36 parochial schools;
which included 3 senior high
schools, 4 junior high schools and
29 grammar schools, of which 20
grammar schools, 3 junior high
school and 2 senior high schools
are for white children. For colored
children there are 9 grammar
schools, a senior high school and a
junior high school. Pupils total 2,-
701—1,842 white and 859 colored.
The Catholic Orphanage of
North Carolina, at Nazareth, is a
home for 31 boys and 30 girls.
There are four Catholic hospitals,
which in 1942-43 admitted 11,084
patients.
Baptisms during the last year to
taled 1,137—608 white infants, 269
white adults, 95 colored infants,
165 colored adults. Converts total
ed 434—white 269, and colored
165. Marriages, 955 white, 34 col
ored. Deaths, 148 wdiite; 18 color
ed.
The Catholic population is 12-
073, white 10,243 and colored 1,830.
The total population of the State
of North Carolina, excluding Gas
ton County, is 3,484,092.
MISSION AT AHOSKIE, N. C.—Through the generosity of the Catho
lic Church Extension Society, Chicago, a desirable piece of propertjr
has been purchased in Ahoskie, N. C., by the Diocese of Raleigh. Thi*
newly established mission, known as St. Charles’, is under the charge
of the Rev. Giles Wade, T. O. R., pastor of St. Catherine’s Church,
Tarboro, N. C. The private home, pictured above, which has been
acquired with \he property will serve as a center for parish and mis
sionary activities, and a general store building, nearby, will be
altered and converted into a mission chapel.