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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 31, 1945
Parent-Teacher Associations
In Charleston Hold Meetings
(Special to The Bulletin) ,
CHARLESTON, S. C.—At the
March meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association of St. Pat
rick's School, announcement was
made that Mrs. Fred Bolchoz
would be chairman of the commit
tee to conduct a rummage sale on
.March 31.
Mrs. Raymond Thompson, presi
dent, gave a report on the main
tenance drive conducted recently
for the National Council of Ca
tholic Women, and Mrs. Mitchell
Sirgany, secretary, read the min
utes of the last meeting.
Pupils of the third and fourth
grades presented a program after
the meeting, featured by' a recita
tion from Robert Louis Steven
son's “A Child’s Garden of Verses”
and a costume number, "Happy
Little Eskimo”. Piano accompani
ments were played by Joan Dursee
and Mary Ann Calder.
ST. JOSEPH’S u
r Plans for a game party to be
held in April were discussed at
| the March meeting of the Parent-
’ Teacher Association of St. Jo
seph’s School, and Mrs. George
Runey was appointed chairman of
the committee which will stage the
event.
A program, “A Evening with
Joyce Kilmer,” was presented after
the meeting by pupils of the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth grades. A
sketch of the life of the poet
was read by Jo Ann McCarthy and
several of his outstanding poems
were recited in unison -by groups
of pupils. His best known poem,
“Trees”, was sung by the entire
group.
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL -
The Rev. C. L. Sheedy, assistant
pastor of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, was the guest
speaker at the March meeting of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Cathedral School. Father
Sheedy’s subject was “Generosity
to God.”
Mrs. George Brandes presided,
and Mrs. Perry McKelvey was ap
pointed chairman of a committee
to arrange for a party to be given
for the first grade pupils. Mrs.
Allan Gould was appointed chair
man of a committee to arrange for
a benefit party in April.
Mrs. Norman Cannon, Mrs. Jen
nings Cauthern, Mrs. Louise Gar-
no, Mrs. William Reagan, Mrs. An
drew Sage and Mrs. McKelvey will
serve as hostesses for the April
meeting of the Charleston Dean
ery Council of the .National Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
If SACRED HEART SCHOOL
S* The March meeting of the Par-
tent-Teacher Association of the
Sacred Heart School was con
ducted by Mr. J. B. Clarey, presi
dent. >
The monthly message of the
president of the National Council
of Catholic Women was read by
Mrs. H. T. Sturcken, and the at
tendance prize waf awarded Mrs.
J. L. DeAntonio. The association
voted to make a donation to the
Florence Crittenton Home.
The Rev. Henry F. Wolfe, pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, asked the
cooperation of the members in the
collection of clothing during April
when the United National Clothing
campaign will make an effort to
secure wearing apparel for the
destitute peoples of liberated
Europe and the Philippines. FaQiQr
Wolfe is chairmhn of the Dioeesah
committee of the War Relief Ser
vice of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, which is one of
the collecting agenices.
BISHOP ENGLAND
The Right Rev. Msgr. Joseph L.
O’Brien, rector and founder of the
Bishop England High School, was
the guest speaker at the March
meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association.
Monsignor O’Brien, who was
presented to his audience by Mrs.
J. J. Dodds, chairman of the pro
gram committee, explained the
work of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews in its ef
forts toward promoting amity and
a better understanding among
Catholics, Protestants and Jews.
Mrs. A. -M. O’Neill, recently ap
pointed chairman of the member
ship committee, read the amend
ments to the constitution which
were adopted at the meeting. Mrs.
C. A. Santos read an article on
“Family Life” from the monthly
message of the National Council
of Catholic Women.
New members who were intro
duced at the meeting were Mrs.
William Roland, Mrs. Basil R.
Kerr, Mrs. George S. Spain and
Mrs. Miohael Inabinett.
Mrs. J. C. McManus will head a
committee from the Sacred Heart
parish who will serve refresh
ments at the April meeting.
Chaperons for Friday evening
dances at St. Patrick’s Hall were
announced as. Mrs. W. W. Whel-
sall and Mrs. McManus, March 9tli;
Mrs. Michael Runey and Mrs. W.
J. Bean, March 16; Mrs. Santos and
Mrs. Virgil D. Svendsen, March 23.
The attendance prize was awarded
Mrs. Spain.
DURING THE NAZI occupation,
the 800 residents of a Lorraine
hamlet bordering the Siegfied line
had recourse to their patroness,
St. Joan of Arc, and to the Blessed
Mother. They prayed that their
village might be spared. When the
enemy finally was routed, a check
up showed that only three shells
had landed in the town. No dam
age was done and not one of the
800 was killed.
ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF IWO
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'across Iwo Jlma u Culhohc Chaplain gives Holy Communion to three
men kneeling on the bultleheld There was no time to set up an
'altar, the Chaplain followed his troops. The names of the men were
[apt given 6y the war pool photographer who look this picture
.Acme photo. (NCWC)
Mass During Lull in Action
A Catholic chaplain wearing khaki vestments, celebrates Mass on
Suribachi Yuma during a pause in the battle for Iwo Jima. Members
of the Fifth U. S. Marines are pictured attending. Two of the Marines,
wearing helmets, hold a poncho to break the wind and prevent the
chalice, candles and missal from being blown from the altar. INP
photo.—(N. C. W. C.)
BOOK REVIEWS
By EILEEN HALL
THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC
ALMANAC FOR 1945 (St. Antho
ny’s Guild Press). $1.00.
If you have received the Catho
lic Almanac in past years, you
know what a wealth of interesting
and valuable information it con
tains. If not, you have a treat in
store for you. The 1945 edition
came off the press in February,
and those who ordered it in ad
vance of publication have already
had the pleasure of reviewing the
important-from-the- Catholic - view
events of 1944, and innumerable
other data.
Whether you want to know how
to address a letter to a Bishop, the
names of the North American
martyrs (including Georgia’s own),
all about the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, or any of
a list of things too long to enumer
ate, you’ll find the answer fn the
Catholic Almanac.
MIRROR OF CHRIST, FRAN
CIS OF ASSISI, by Isidore
O’Brien, O. F. M. (St. Anthony’s
Guild Press). $2.50.
A selection of the Spiritual Book
Associates, and written with all of
Father O’Brien’s lyric charm, dem
onstrated earlier in his “Life of
Christ” and “Enter St. Anthony,"
as well as countless pamphlets
and magazine articles.
The Little Poor Man of Assisi
and many of his friends “come
alive” for the reader, and many
of the delightful legends are re
tained. If you’ve never intimately
known St. Francis and the Fran
ciscan ideals, you'll know them
and love them before you finish
Father O'Brien’s book; and you’ll
never forget them.
THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY,
by Paul Hanly Furfey (Bruce).
$2.00
We’re glad the word “mystery”
is in the title of Father Furfey’s
book. (Everyone loves a mystery,
of course.) Otherwise, a glance pt
the table of contents might fright
en some .of us away, who like to
look at the world through rose-
colored glasses, blissfully forget
ful of such things as "iniquity”
and “social problems.” And to
be turned away from this book
would be to miss an inspiring and
daring challange. . . . an examina
tion of conscience, If you wish.
If you can “take it” though, he’ll
arouse your fighting spirit, and
leave good resolutions and won
dering what more you can do.
Then you’ll be glad to discover
that sentence in the last chapter,
“If we wish to transform the world
and restore all things in Christ,
we must press close to the Mass,
the great source of charity and
supernatural life.”
Incidentally, Father Furfey is
“professor and head of the de
partment of sociology of the Cath
olic university,’ so you see, he is
well able to observe the unheroic
trends of Catholics who fear to
profess and practice their beliefs
unequivocally in the face of mod
ern materialism. We especially
recommend chapter six, “The
Mammon of Wickedness,” and
chapter ten, “Conformism and
Race.’ They’re more beguiling
than they sound,
CHOCTAW INDIAN AWARDED
TROPHY IN WAYNESVILLE
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.—Philip
Martin, in the junior class at St.
John’s High School here was
awarded the trophy for good
sportsmanship at the end of the
Haywood County Basketball Tour
nament. The tournament was spon
sored by the Waynesville Com
munity Recreation Council, and
the good sportsmanship trophy is
awarded by the sponsors of the
tournament to the one athlete who
has distinguished himself above all
other players in the tournament
by ,£ood, all-around playing, and
gentlemanly conduct.
Philip Martin, a full Choctaw
Indian, was born March 26, 1926,
on the Choctaw Reservation, at
Philadelphia, Miss. He attended
the Tucker Day School there from
1932 to 1937. He enrolled in the
Cherokee Indian School, Cherokee,
N. C., in the fall of 1937, and trans
ferred to St. John’s High School
for the second semester of this
year.
An altar boy at * St. John’s
Church, here, where the Rev. Am
brose Rohrbacher is pastor, the
young man is known for his court
esy, sense of humor and pleasant
disposition.
Vatican Magazine
Lauds Work of the
NCCS Club in Rome
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
ROME—The excellent work car
ried on by the American Catholic
Club for Allied forces, an affiliate
of the National Catholic commun
ity service, is praised highly in an
article published in Ecclesia, offi
cial organ ot the Vatican Informa
tion Office.
“The tide of men who pass daily
through St. Peter’s” the article re
lates, “to visit the Tomb of the
Aposlle v and through the Bronze
Door to receive the Apostolic
Blessing of the Common Father of
all over-flows throughout the day
into the American Catholic Club
for Allied forces at the very foot
of the beard approach to St.
Peter’s and within the shadow of
the commanding cupola of Mich-
aelangelo and the welcoming arms
of the colonnade of Bernini. The
Pentecostal throng of young men
from many nations, from the Am
ericas, Europe, Africa, Asia and
Australia, seem to want to linger
near St. Ppter’s and the home of
the Holy Father as if the better to
preserve the deep memory of their
visit to the Vicar of Christ and
the Tomb of the first Pope.”
The article emphasizes that not
all the visitors to the club are Am
erican servicemen and that in in
spiration, in organization as well
as in location, the club is well pre
pared to receive all with a truly
Catholic welcome.
“There is a school of thought,”
the article continues, “even dem
ocratic countries, that leisure pro
grams for servicemen are strictly
a secular function bereft of any
religious background. Fortunately,
this opinion is not widespread
among American soldiers. They
welcome the interest of the church
in this field and they do not hes
itate to express themselves openly
and frequently on the subject.
“After, a visit to the Club, one
soldier wrote thus: ‘Father, I came
into the Club after being in the
battle-front. I was tired, hungry,
in need of a bath and generally
bored with life. At the Club I got
food, laundry and pressing service,
a hot shower, all free, and a chance
to rest. But most of all I talked
with you and went to Confession.
I am leaving clean. Tomorow I’m
going to Mass and Communion at
St. Peter’s and then I’m going to
see the Pope. I am ready to go
back to the front and I am writ
ing home to tell Mother what a
grand place this is.... ’ This is
typical comment. The men, non-
Catholic and Catholic alike, ad
mire the Church for her interest in
them. They like to see the Church
following them all over the world
to minister to their religious needs
and to shelter them in their few
free hours.”
Best Wishes
J. FURMAN MASON
Optometrist and Optician
371 King Street - Phone 2665
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