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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 30, 1944
Former Vicar General of Diocese
of Savannah, Dies in New Jersey
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Word has
been received here of the death of
the Rev. Vincent Raphael Foley,
O. F. M., formerly a priest of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, at
St. Bonaventure’s Monastery, Pat
erson, N. J., on iBetpember 11. He
was at one time rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
and also pastor of the Blessed
Sacrament Church here, and for
a time during »the Episcopate of
the Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes,
S. M., served as Vicar General of
this Diocese. In poor health for
some months, Father Vincent
Raphael passed away quietly in his
sleep.
He was born in St. Joseph’s par
ish in New York City, the son of
the late Timothy Foley and Mrs
Catherine Foley. After attending
Cathedral College in New York,
he completed his theological
course at St. Joseph's Seminary,
Dunwoodie, Yonkers, N. Y. Dur
ing his seminary course a plea
was made for priests to volunteer
for the Diocese of Savannah, and
Father Vincent Raphael offered
himself for that work. He was
ordained in the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception, Albany,
N. Y., m 1916, by his former pas
tor at St. Stephen’s, the late Most
Rev. Thomas F. Cusask, D. D. t
Bishop of Albany. From 1916 un
til 1932 he labored with great fruit
for souls in the Docese of Savan
nah, where his first assignment
was as assistant pastor of the Im
maculate Conception Church in
Atlanta. He then served as assist
ant at the Cathedral here, later as
rector of the Cathedral, and was
pastor of the Blessed Sacrament
Church in 1932 when he resigned
to enter the Order of Friars Minor.
Entering the Franciscan Order
in August, 1932, at Paterson, N. J.,
he made his profession of simple
vows a year later. After his pro
fession he was assigned to St. Bona
venture’s Seminary, Allegheny,
N. Y., as assistant prefect. His
next assignment was to Holy Name
College, Washington, D. C., as pro
fessor of pastoral theology. For
three years, from 1939 to 1942,
he was stationed at St. Bonaven
ture’s Monastery, in Paterson, and
in 1942 was transferred to St.
Thomas Aquinas Church, Beach
Haven, N. J., with charge of two
outlying missions in Tuckcrton and
Barnegat. While there, property
was purchased for a new church
in Tuckerton. Only a week before
his death he had been transferred
back to Paterson, to do Retreat
work.
He is survived by a siiiter, Sis
ter Mary Vincentia, of the Sisters
of Charily of Mount St. Vince.,t,
New York, and two brothers, Jo
seph Foley. New York, and John
Foley, Asbury Park, N. J.
As a priest of the Diocese of
Savannah, Father Vincent Raphael
was known as Father Timothy A.
Foley, but upon entering the Fran
ciscan Order, as is customary, he
took the name of the Rev. Vincent
Raphael Foley.
Funeral services were held from
the Monastery in Paterson, with
the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara, rector of the Cathedral
FATHER FOLEY
York, and port chaplain of New
York City. A large number of Sis
ters of Charity of Mount St. Vin
cent, New '' rk, to which com
munity belongs Sister Mary Vin-
eentia, a sister of Father Vincent
Raphael, was likewise present at
the Mass. Representative of the
Franciscan Sisters, Sisters of
Charity of St- Elizabeth, and
Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn
were also in attendance.
Before imparting the final abso
lution, Bishop McLaughlin spoke
a few words. While it is customai'y
in the Franciscan Order not to
have eulogies preached at funerals
of its members, declared the Bish
op, and he had no desire to violate
that custom, he felt nevertheless
that the occasion warranted the
pointing out of a salutary lesson to
all who were preesnt. He dwelt
upon the fact that Father Vincent
Raphael always sought the fulfill
ment of the Divine Will. In this
search lies the path of perfection,
he said. Father Vincent Raphael’s
life affords a precious lesson for
every Christian, for his single pur
pose in life was the doing of God’s
holy will, even when this entailed
enormous sacrifices, such as he
had made-
Burial took place in the Fran
ciscan plot of Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery, Paterson. The novices’
choir sang the “Benedictus” and
responses, while the committal
prayers were read by Monsignor
McNamara of Savannah.
Savannah Newspapers
Eulogy of Sister Ursula
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Sa
vannah Morning News paid edi
torial tribute to Sister Ursula,
of the Sisters ol’ Mercy, who
died this month, in these words:
SISTER MARY URSULA.
A long life of service to stricken
humanity came to a close yester
day when Sister Mary Ursula, R.
S. M., passed away in her 94th
year. Most of the years of her
long life was spent in the ser
vice of St. Joseph’s Hospital,
where her kindly ministrations
brought comfort and the restora-
SISTER MARY URSULA
DIES IN SAVANNAH
Bishop O’Hara Officiates at
Funeral for Sister of Mercy
Who Had Served in Geor
gia for 69 Years
SAVANNAH. Ga.— Funeral ser
vices for Sister Mary Ursula Bowe,
R. S. M., former Superior of St.
Joseph’s Hospital, who died on
Scplmber 7, after a short illness,
were held in the hospital chapel,
the Pontifical Mass of Requiem
being offered by the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, Mishop of Sa-
vannah-AUanta, with the Rev.
George Daly and the Rev. James
Campbell assisting. Bishop
O’Hara also delivered the ser
mon, on the course of which he
spoke of the services of Sister
Ursula to humanity in the long
years that she had been a member
of the Sisters of Mei'cy.
Assisting in the sanctuary were
the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara, rector of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist; the Very
Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, Chan
cellor of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta; the Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B., the Rev. Aloysius
Wachter, O- S. B., the Rev. Nor-
bert McGowan, O. S. B., the Rev.
Robert Brennan, O. S. B, all of
the Sacred Heart Church; the
Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan, of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church; the Rev.
Eugene Kearney, S. S. V., of St.
Thomas Vocational School; the
Rev. John Hayes, S. M. A., of St.
Anthony’s Church, and the Rev.
Francis Underwood, O. S. B., of
St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Sisters representing all com
munities in the city attended the
funeral Mass; which was sung by
a choir of Sisters from the hospi
tal and St. Vincent’s Convent, with
James B. Copps, director of the
Cathedral choir, at the organ.
Mrs. Janies Reilly and Mrs.
Gertrude Quinn, nieces of Sister
Ursula, came to Savannah from
Providence, R, I., to attend the fu
neral services.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
W. B. Crawfor d, Dr. Robert
V. Martin. Dr. St. Julian deCara-
deuc, Dr. John C. O’Neill, Dr. J.
Reid Broderick and Mr. E. J.
Whelan. The active pallbearers
were Charles F. Powers, C. A. Mc
Carthy, Allen Crawford, Belknap
Bourne, W. E. Saxon and J. D.
St-apleton.
STATES NIGHT PARTY
AT MACON USO-NCCS
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—Service men and
civilians in t military area from
New York and New Jersey were
honored on the evening of Septem-
' ’ 11 at the USO-NCCS Club,
when the monthly states night
1 ty was given. McKibben Lane.
Macon lawyer, was master of cere
monies.
Popular and classical numbers
were played on the accordion by
Marian Chapman, while a vocal
quintette of soldiers entertained
with songs. The singers were Pvt.
Thomas Chapman, Hartford,
Conn.; Pvt. Joseph Freitas, Fall
River, Mass.; Pvt. Tony Demarad-
zki, Northhampton, Mass.; Pvt.
Norman Camara, Fall River, and
Pvt. Charles .Cipoltoria, Balti
more. With Mrs. McKibben Lane
as accompanist, Pvt. Arthur Chip
pendale appeared In a comic nov
elty song and dance routine. Joe
Ellen Cureton, of Macon, sang
several classical selections.
SAVANNAH CYO GROUP
SPONSORS USO-NCCS DANCE
To Conduct Novena
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Catholic
Young People’s Association spon
sored a dance under the auspices
of the USO-NCCS Division at the
Liberty Street USO Club on Au
gust 30. The dance was for all
men and women in the service and
women in war production work.
Miss Kitty McKenzie was chair
man of the committee in charge.
Miss 'Margaret Mary Down and
Miss Helen Laffiteau presided at
the punch bowl and Miss Frances
Morton and Miss Mary Keller
were at the registration desk.
Ninety-four years of age at the
time of her death, Sister Ursula
was one of the oldest Sisters of
Mercy in the United States. She
had devoted sixty-nine years of
her life to religious service and
was one of the first nurses to care
for marine men at St. Joseph’s
Hospital. Active and alert
throughout her long life, Sister
Ursula was known for her devo
tion to duty, the kind and cheer
ful manner of her unceasing care
of (he sick, the afflicted, the poor
and the aged. She was always in- 1
terested in people and visited ,
nearly every patient in the hospi-1
tal every day.
Sister Ursula was born in the
town of Limogue, County Kilken
ny, Ireland, on March 1, 1859
Benedict XV, Pius XI and Pius
XII; she had lived during the epis
copates of all of the Bishops of
Savannah, from Bishop Gartland,
in 1850, to Bishop O'Hara, the
present Bishop of Savannah-At
lanta. She came to America when
the thirteenth president of the
United States, Millard Fillmore,
was in the White House, and she
had lived under nineteen other
Presidents. She witnessed the sol
diers of the Confederacy march
ing off to war in 1861, and saw the
heroic defenders of the Lost Cause
return to their homes after Lee's
surrender. She saw her adopted
city of Savannah develop and
prosper and contributed to its wel
fare and culture by her presence.
In her long, faithful and holy life,
she helped countless souls, living
and dead.
FATHER HAROLD GAUDIN
IMcLcllan Photo)
The Rev. Harold A. Gaudin, S. J.,
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Ma
con, Ga., will conduct a Novena in
honor of Our Lady of the Rosary
of Fatima at Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, Port Wentworth, Ga.,
from October 5 to 13.
In 1917, when the Lady of the
Rosary appeared at Fatima, in
Portugal, the world was torn by
war, and today the world is in the
midst of another war, the most
devastating conflict that has ever
involved the nations of the earth.
The purpose of the Novena which
the Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan, pas
tor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Port Wentworth has announced
is to give members of that parish
a special opportunity, durin'g the
month dedicated to Our Lady of
the Rosary, to have a share in
bringing about the end of
the war, a blessing which Our
Lady of Fatima said could come to
mankind only through her inter
cession.
UMBERTO TUPINI, a member
of the Cabinet of the new Govern
ment of Italy, has been received
in audience by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII. The Holy Father also
received in private audience four
Italian generals.
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here representing the Most Rev. tients from all walks
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta.
The Most Rev- Thomas H. Mc
Laughlin. Bishop of Paterson, pre
sided at the Solemn Funeral Mass
offered in St. Bonaventure’s Mon
astery Church. Paterson, N. J., on
September 14. The Mass was of
fered by the Very Rev. Bertrand
Campbell. O. F. M.. Minister Pro
vincial of the New York Province
of the Franciscan Order- The Right
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
V F., rector of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist. Savannah.
Ga-, was assistant priest; the Rev.
Aidan Burns, O. F. M., pasto ■ of
St. Mary’s Church, Pompton
Lakes, N. J.. was deacon of the
Mass; the Rev. Patrick J- Howard,
O. F. M., vicar of St. Bonaventurc’s
Monastery, was subdeacon, and the
Rev. Donatu Walsh, O. F. M-,
pastor of Sacred Heart Church.
Rochelle Park, N. J., was master of
ceremonies. The Chaplains to Bish-
»p McLaughlin were the Rev
Adalbert Callahan. O M-, and
the Rev. Gerard F. Fitzsimmons,
O. F. M., of the Paterson Monas
tery-
Present at the Mass were sixty
Diocesan and Franciscan priests,
besides the Right Rev. William A.
Courtney, P. IL, pastor of St. Ste
phen’s Church, New York City, in
which parish the deceased friar
was born and reared and offered
his first Mass 28 years ago, and
the Very Rev. Msgr. John J
O’Donnell, U. S. N. R., pastor of
the Shrine Church of the Sea, New
tion of well being to Countless pa- the year the Diocese of Savann h
of life.
Whether from high or humble sta
tion. rich oi' poor, Sister Ursula
administered to them all . - God’s
children, and many are the per
sons, now scattered over the face
of the globe,, who will recall her
kindness as she sought to brighten
and restore them in days of ill
ness.
The hospital when Sister Ursula
came to it as a youg woman only
a few years in this country from
her native Ireland, was not the
inodernly equipped substantially
housed institution of today. The
going was hard but Sistei Ursula
and her associates never faltered,
and what they accomplished stands
as an ever-enduring monument.
It is given to few people'to have
the span of life that Sister Ursula
enjoyed and she did enjoy it and
her consecrated work even as the
years piled one, on the other to
ward the century mark. She was
active and keen of mind almost
to the very day when she answer
ed the inevitable summons, pass
ing serenely into the light of her
laith and with prayers for her
eternal peace on the lips of the
many who had received the solace
of her spiritual radiance and hands
so skillful in making easier the lot
of the ill.
LEOPOLD AMERY, British
Minister to India, was received in
an audience at Vatican City re
cently by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII.
was established. She came to the
United States when two years old
and lived with her family, first at
Milford, and later at Dedham,
Mass.
Coming of a highly respected
and deeply religious family, she
was the daughter of Philip Bowe
and Mrs. Marjs Larkin Johanna
Bowe. She came to Savannah in
1875 to enter the novitiate of the
Sisters of Mercy at St. Vincent’s
Convent, where she pronounced
her final vows on July 2, 1877.
Sister Ursula dedicated herself
and her talents' to the glory of
God and the service of men and
her works of mercy continued
throughout her life of nearly a
century. For five years after her
profession she was assigned to St.
Joseph’s .Hospital, which was then
passing nirough a crucial period in
its history. She later received as
signments at Augusta and Atlanta.
Returning to Savannah, Sister
Ursula was assigned to St. Mary's
Home, then at White Bluff, and
finally returned to St. Joseph’s
Hospital. Stricken sailors from
foreign shores, stevedores on the
docks, cotton workers, the pover
ty-stricken and the wealthy of the
city have all received her kind
and sympathetic ministrations. In
the summer of 1876 she was one
of the Sisters who aitftd in caring
for the victims of the yellow fever
plague which swept the city.
Her years of service in religion
embraced the pontificates of six
Popes Pius IX, Leo XIII, Piu* X,
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