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THE BULLETIN’ OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
GEORGIA
MARCH 31, 1945
HEV. FELIX DONNELLY
ORDAINED IN ATLANTA
Young Pennsylvanian, Who
Has Made Home in Atlan
ta for Twelve Years, Will
Serve as a Priest of the
Diocese of Savannah-At
lanta
FATHER DONNELLY
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga — His Excellency
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah -Atlanta,
ordained the Rev. Felix Gerald
Donnelly as a priest of the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, at the
Cathedral of Christ the King here,
on March 17.
Father Donnelly is a native of
Pennsylvania, but has made his
home in Atlanta, where he was a
member of St. Anthony's parish,
for twelve years. The newly
ordained priest celebrated his first
Solemn High Mass at St. An-
thonys Church on Sunday, March
18th.
Officers of the Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass, celebrated by Bishop
O'Hara at the ordination were:
the Very Rev. Daniel J^ McCar
thy, V. G., Rome; the Very Rev.
Edward McGrath, S. M.„ and the
Rev. Joseph R. Smith, Atlanta,
deacons of honor; the Rev. Vin
cent Brennan, S. M., deacon of
the Mass; the Rev. Valentine
Becker, S- M., subdeacon, and the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Moylan,
Atlanta, master of ceremonies.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph F.
Croke, Atlanta, acted as sponsor
for the new priest.
Officers of Father Donnelly’s
first Solemn High Mass were,
Monsignor Croke, assistant priest;
the Rev. James Conlin, Savannah,
deacon; the Rev. Nicholas Quin
lan, Savannah, subdeacon, and the
Rev. John J- O’Shea, Atlanta, mas
ter of ceremonies. The Rev. John
Emmerth, S. M.. and the Rev.
Richard Kinsclla, S. M., were
chaplains to Bishop O’Hara, who
presided and delivered the ser
mon-
During the early 1930’s, Father
Donnelly was employed in the
steel industry in McKeesport, Pa.,
where the depression hit hardest.
Coming to Atlanta, to yisit the
i Rev. Nicholas Quinlan, whom he
'had met at Belmont Abbey Col
lege, he found prospects were
brighter in Atlanta than they were
at his home in Pennsylvania, so at
the suggestion of Fattier Quinlan
he located in Atlanta, working for
a while at the commissary at
Fort McPherson and. later with
the Fruit Growers Express.
lie was active in Catholic Youth
Organization work, and a member
of the dramatic club and the glee
club of the parish CYO group. He
organized and trained a junior
choir from the membership of
the Young People’s Club. During
his years of study for the priest
hood he spent his vacations here.
Born in Erie, Pa., he is the
6on of Felix G. Donnelly and the
late Mrs. Theresa White Don
nelly. His parents had eleven, chil
dren. nine of whom are living.
When Father Donnelly was only
a yeaOld. his father and mother
moved' back to McKeesport, their
native city. He attended the
j parochial -school and St - Peter's
Ilir'h School in McKeesport, and
Belmont Abbey College in North
Carolina.
He began his study for the
priesthood at St. Charles College;
Catonsville, Md . from which he
graduated in 1939, completing his
philsophical course at St. Marys’
Semipary, Baltimore, and St. Ber
nardSeminary, Rochester, N. Y.
L’ ^F' ftcmber, 1942, he returned
’ to St' Mary's Seminary for his'
tli ■olouical course.
Wb'de at St. Mary's, he was a
member of the seminary choir and
Richard M. Kane
Reported “Missing”
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Kane, At
lanta, Advised Their Young
est Son Is Missing in Action
in Germany
(Special to Tfie Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard J. Kane, who have had
two of their four sons in the na
tion’s service killed during the
past year, have just been notified
by the War Department that an
other son, Pvt. Richard M. Kane,
has been missing in action in Ger
many since March 4.
Private Kane, youngest of the
four brothers, is twenty years old
and enlisted in the Army upon
graduation from Marist College in
1943. He received ba6ic training
:' Fort Benning, and was later
transferred to the University of
eorgia", and then to Camp. Gor
don, in Augusta. Last September,
he was sent overseas and since
then had seen action with an arm
ored infantry unit.
Lt. John Brady Kane was the
first son of Mr. and Mrs. Kane to
be killed in action—in France last
August. Lt. Norman Kane gave
his life in action in Germany a
few weeks ago.
The fourth brother, Lt. Vincent
: me, is stationed at Pensacola,
Fla., as an instructor with the Na
val Air Forces.
Bernard J. Kane, father of the
young men, was president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia from 1940 to 1943.
AT CLOSE OF MISSION AT ROBINS FIELD—Pictured in the chapel of the U. S. Army Air Base,
Robins Field, Georgia, is the khaki-clad congregation that attended the closing service of a mission con
ducted by the Rev. Harold W. Riley, C. S. C., of the Holy Cross Fathers’ Mission House, North Easton,
Mass. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, and
Vicar Delegate of the Military Ordinariate, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a number ot
soldiers at the service. Chaplain Michael R. O’Donohoe and Chaplain William J. Walsh, of Robins Field,
who arranged for, the mission, sent cards to the pastors and relatives of the men who made the mission,
knowing that they would be pleased to know of the manifestation of practical faith by their parisioners
or relatives in the service of their country. (Photo by Base Photographic Section, Robins Field, Ga.)
Boy’s High School
Students in Augusta
Present Minstrel
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Two capacity
audiences which gathered in the
Music Hall of the Municipal Audi
torium on the nights of March 15
and 16, were delighted with a
minstrel show presented by stu
dents of the Boys’ Catholic High
School. -v.
Douglas LaMar acted as inter
locutor, the soloists were William
Thompson, Joe Henderson, Harry
Nevin, Douglas LaMar and Thom
as Maxwell, and the comedians
were Jack Lenz, Edward Cashin,
Bill Eubanks, Bob Jeffries, Au
gustine Punaro, Archie Johnson,
and Gordon Dixon.
One of the outstanding features
of the performance was the “Gay
Nineties” number, in which Rich
ard Brotherton, William Boat
wright, Harry Best, Philip Kelley,
Walter Carlson, Harry Lawless,
Bernard Mulherin, Louis Mul-
herin, Raymond Beard and Claude
Burpee took part.
Another highlight Of the per
formance was a “Jitterbug” dance
by Thomas Pons and Walter In
gram to the music of a jazz orch
estra composed of Robert Jeff
ries, Frank Doyle, Jack Sikes, Au
gustine Punaro, Walter Carlson,
Sandy Arnold and Phillip Carl
son. William Hughes, assisted by
William Hogan, offered a magical
act, and Jerry Curley, a tap dance.
The production was directed by
Brother Benedict Henry, princi
pal of the school; costumes were
by Mrs. Henry Fromme, and stage-
settings by Coleman Harris. Miss
Agnes Gouley directed the orch
estra, and the dance numbers were
under the direction of Mrs. Theo
dore Price.
Appearing in the tableau at the
finale were Miss Marion Weigle,
as a Red Cross Nurse; Miss Mary
Schweers, as a WAC; MisS Jane
Markwalter,- as a WAVE, Miss
Mary Bohler, as a Cadet Nurse,
William Barrett, as a soldier,
Henry Schwartz, as a sailor, and
George Cashin,'as a Marine' _
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SUMMERVILLE, S. C. — Mr!
and Mrs. Charles Harold Newsom,
of Summerville, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Martha Frances Newsom, and
Lieutenant John Conrad Zotz,
U. S. Army, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad John Zotz, of Manhasset,
Long Island, on February 20, at
St. John the Evangelist Church
here, the Rev. Jaipes. A. McElroy
officiating.
an active member of the Catholic
Evidence Guild, preaching Catho
lic doctrine on the street corners
of Baltimore. He also taught a
class in Religion at a nearby mili
tary school.
Father Donnelly has five broth
ers and three sisters, two of his
brothers being in the armed forces
and another' expecting to enter
the service In the near future.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS
PAYS TRIBUTE TO BISHOP O’HARA
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tribute to
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, on
the occasion of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his ordination,
was paid by The Savannah Morn
ing News in tile following edito
rial:
“The city of Scranton, Pa., the
third largest in the Keystone
State, is situated in the beautiful
Lackawanna valley, from whence
the river of that name fails gent
ly down into the stately Susque
hanna.
“To this valley many years ago
came bands of sturdy Welshmen
and Irish folk from the old coun
try, and from here for genera
tions they have taken a vital part
in the affairs of the city, the
state and the nation. Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes lived in the
valley as a boy when his father
was pastor of a Welsh church.
“In Scranton the Irish folk are
loyal members of the Catholic
Church and so it was that 50
years ago a lad was born there
who was to play an important part
in.the religious life of Savannah.
His name was Gerald Patrick
O’Hara. From childhood his moth
er wanted him to be a priest—and
he became one 25 years ago, after
studying in high schools and col-
leges in Pennsylvania, at St.
Charles Seminary at Overbrook,
near Philadelphia, and finally for
six years at the Pontifical Semi
nary in Rome.
“As a young priest he became
the secretary to a great prince of
the church, Dennis Cardinal
Dougherty, Archbishop of Phila
delphia.
“A profound student, and whole-
souled in his devotion to his faith,
young O’Hara’s leadership was
given deserved recognition when
he became Vicar General of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia, a
post he held from 1929 to 1935,.
when he became Bishop of the
Savannah-Atlanta diocese-
“It is to honor his quarter of
a century of service in his church
that a silver jubilee celebration
in honor of Bishop O’Hara will
be held here on April 5, marked at
9:30 a. m. by a solemn pontifical
Mass of Thanksgiving at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
“His own people' and his many
friends and admirers outside his
fold will be glad to know that this
distinguished prelate, who is still
young in years, has rounded out a
quarter of a century of excep
tional service in behalf of his
Master, and they will wish for
him many fears of continued spir
itual leadership in the difficult
times ahead.”
Catholics of Georgia to Take Part in
United National Clothing Collection
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D„ Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta,’ has addressed
a letter to the pastors of all
Catholic churches in Georgia,
asking them to urge the paticipa-
tion of the members of their con
gregations in a campaign for cloth
ing which will be conducted during
the entire month of April under
the direction of the United Na
tional Clothing Collection Com
mittee, which is headed by Henry
Kaiser.
Although an immense amount of
■clothing was collected last year
for the desperately poor people in
the liberated countries of Europe
—eighteen million pounds from
Catholic churches alone in two
campaigns—the demand for cloth
ing in Europe and other parts of
the world far exceeds the supply.
Last fall, under the auspices
of the UNRRA, 17,613 pounds of
clothing were contributed through
the churches of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta, a generous re
sponse which brought high praise
from officials of the UNRRA and
the War Relief Services Bureau of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
To meet tile desperate needs still
prevailing, another campaign for
clothing, on a -far wider scale, is
to be conducted next month. A
goal of 150,000,000 pounds has
beeh established and will be ob
tained through the participation oi
all groups and agencies in every
state, city and village.
The clothing collected will be
distributed free to the war strick
en peoples of Europe, the Philip
pines and the Far East.
Considerable thought to the
manner in which Catholic churches
throughout the country should
participate has been given by the
War Relief Services of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, under the chairmanship of
the Most Rev. Edward Mooney,
Archbishop of Detroit.
It is now evident that in every
community clothing collection
committees will be formed, and
representatives of the various
churches will be invited to serve.
Industrial establishments, schools,
fraternal and labor organizations
and churches will be requested to
act as collecting groups and to
provide depots from whieli cloth
ing will be shipped to the Treas
ury Procurement Warehouses.
War Relief Services of the N.
C. W. C., wil be officially repre
sented on the United National
Clothing Collection Committee by
Archbishop Stritch of Chicago,
(Archbishop Spellman of New York,
Archbishop Mooney . of Detroit,
Supreme Knight Francis P. Mat
thews, jof the Knights of Colum
bus, and John S. Burke, prominent
Catholic layman of New York
City.
For the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta, the Rt. Rev. T. James Mc
Namara, rector of the Cathedral
of §t. John the Baptist, in Sa
vannah, has been appointed Dio-
cesao director for the clothing
campaign. He will be aided by a
Diocesan committee made Up of
all pastors of Catholic churches
in Georgia, assisted by local com
mittees selected from the laity.
Solemn Profession of
Sisters of St. Joseph
at Convent in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Three young
women, two of them from Savan
nas ,and one from Atlanta, receiv
ed the Religious habit of the Sis
ters of St. Joseph of Carondelet,
and one novice pronounced her
final vows at an impressive cere
mony held on the Feast of St, Jo
seph in the chapel of Mount St.
Joseph’s Convent here.
His Excellency, the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.,
Bishop oF Savannah-Atlanta, pre
sided and celebrated the Mass. In
an eloquent address to the young
women who were to be received
and professed, Bishop O’Hara
spoke feelingly of the great need
of sanctity in all walks of life to
day, and congratulated the aspir
ants to the life of a Religious for
choosing “the better part.”
Assisting in the sanctuary were
the Very Rev. Thomas A. Bren
nan, V. F„ of Augusta; the Very
Rev. Bpnifaco Bauer, O. S. B., Sa
vannah; the Rev. Maurice McDon
nell, O. S, B., Charlotte; the Rev.
George Lewis Smith, Aiken; the
Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe, S. J., the
Rev. Joseph J. Malloy, the Rev.
Henry Honcck, the Rev. Angel
Pengson, the Rev. James J. Camp
bell, the Rev. George Laugel, S.
M. A., all of Augusta, and Frater
John Oetgen, S. S. B., of Belmont
Abbey.
The young women who were re
ceived as Sisters of St. Joseph
were Miss Elizabeth Ogilvie, Sa
vannah, who will be known in re
ligion as Sister Victoria Marie;
Miss Margaret Mary Oetgen, Sa
vannah, who is now Sister Mary
Pauline, and Miss Doris Holford,
Atlanta, now Sister Mary Vincent.
Sister Marguerite Marie McMa
hon, of Savannah, who graduated
from Mount St. Joseph in 1942,
pronounced her first vows.
Serving in the sanctuary were
Jack Lenz, Edward Cashin, Nor
man Boatwright and George Cash
in. The attendents were Betty
Bohler, Claire Armstrong, Francia
Chesser 1 , Virginia Ethercdge,
Grace Ethcredge, Patty Ward,
Louise Rinker, Loretta Kearns,
Connie Henderson, Martha Arm
strong and Patricia. The Mass
was sung by students ot the senior
and junior classes of Mount St.
Joseph Academy, with Miss Mary
Adelaide Thompson at the organ.
CRAFT CLASS OPENS
AT AUGUSTA USO CLUB
AUGUSTA, Ga.—A new activity
of the Men’s Division of the USO
Club operated by the National
Community Service' is a craft
class, which was started recently
under the direction of Miss Kath
erine Mealing, who has as her as-
assistants Mrs. Robert Jeffries and
Miss Elizabeth Schweers.
The program will include work
with- leather, bloc linoleum, wood
carving and plastics.
In addition to service men, the
class includes Misses Marion
Knuck, Eleanor Knuck, Martha
Blandenburg, Marianne Matheny,
Betty Mariott and Ann Markwal
ter.