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FOURTEEN
Father Gaudin, S. J.,
Delivers Sermon at
Nurses , Graduation
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Nursing is
more'than a science, because sci
ence has ho heart and the art of
nursing must be warm and heart
felt. the Rev. Harold A. Gaudin,
S. J., pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, Macon, told the graduat
ing class of the School of Nursing
of St. Joseph’s Hospital at com
mencement exercises held in the'
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
on May 7, with te Most Rev. Ger
ald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.. pre
siding, and presenting the diplo
mas.
'Father Gaudin, who delivered
the baccalaureate sermon at the
Mass, said that the nursing pro
fession is “a career for the unself
ish. It is a career which should
always be entered into with a rev
erence for the sacredness of hu
man life, wherever and in whom
soever that life is found.” He gaye
examples of that reverence which
he had witnessed in the rounds of
duty of nurses who were “always
busy and never hurried.” The
calmness and courage displayed
by nurses in the emergency room
when strong men stood motion
less in helplessness he lauded as
well as the alertness, uncomplain
ing attitude and ability to hide
fatigue whenever suffering hu
manity needed care.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 31, 1945
The twenty-two members of
the graduating class were guests
of honor when the Alumnae As
sociation of St. Joseph’s School of
Nursing’ entertained at a dance
in the Gold Room of the Hotel De
Soto.
■ Officers of the association in
the receiving line were Mrs. Wil
liam J. Oetgen, president; Mrs.
Robert J. Swords, vice-president;
Mrs. Robert C. Tisdel, secretary;
Miss Jean Hymes, treasurer, and
Mrs. J. T. A. Harvey, Mrs. Jennie
^ouhan, Miss Lucy Hall, Miss
Catherine Crumley, Miss Mary
McNally and Miss Ann Moore..
In addition to the guests of hon
or, all graduates of the School of
Nursing of St. Joseph’s Hospital,
and their esports “were invited to
attend, and special guests were
Dr. and Mrs. J. Reid Broderick,
Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Compton. Dr.
and Mrs. William B. Crawford,
Sr., Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egan,
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Elliott, Dr.
and Mrs. G. H. Lang, Dr. and Mrs
John C. O’Neill, Dr. and Mrs. H.
Y. Rigliton, Dr. and Mrs Hiram
F. Sharpley, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. E.
J. Whelan, Dr. and Mrs. William
Cole, Dr. and Mrs. John W. Dan
iel, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Fag-
gart, Dr. and Mrs. II. C. Freeh,
Dr. and Mrs. John S. Howkins,
Dr. and Mrs. E. Nesbert Glcaton,
Dr. and Mrs. Lee Howard, Dr.
and Mrs. Albert J. Kelley, Dr. and
Mrs. Ruskin King, Dr. and Mrs.
Edwin N. Mauer, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert I. Oliver, Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Paderewski, Dr. and Mrs.
C. R. A. Redmond, Dr. and Mrs.
Samuel Rosch, Dr. and Mrs. W.
Kingman White, Dr. and Mrs. Wil
liam I). Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. El
liott Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest
Johnston, Dr. and Mrs. Antonio J.
Waring. Dr. Richard A. Dooley
and and Dr. S. Eisenberg.
NURSES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT ST. JOSEPH’S SAVANNAH—The twenty-two members of the 1945
class of the school of nursing of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah, Georgia, who received their diplomas
on May 7, at graduation exercises held in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist are: Front row, left to
right, Ann Louise Domingue, Savannah; Ann Louise Elliott, Savannah; Vivian Grace Parker, Rocky
Ford; Martha Josephine Seay, Savannah; Ruth Gertrude Strickland, Savannah; Second row, Frances
Emma Maddox, Beaufort; Barbabra Ann Mincey, Savannah; Martha Ann Bradley, Savannah; Agnes
Frances Warner, Savannah; Mary Ann Brower, Savannah; Hazel Lanier, Savannah; third row, Lorraine
Frances Wilkie, Decatur;'Roselle Matilda Moore, Brunswick; Elizaabeth Symons Henngssy, Savannah;
Martha Elizabeth Burch, Richmond Hill; Cora Lee Brunson, Sylvania; back row, Faye Elizabeth Anderson,
Penbroke; Alice Jeannette Ibly, Burton, S. C.; Mary Elizabeth Paul, Savannah; Frankie Juanita Secklinger,
Seabrook, S: C.; Beatrice Winifred Crosby, Coosawa tehee, S. C., and Josephine Margaret Wolbbert, Ella-
belle.—(Photo by Foltz—Courtesy The Savannah Evening Press).
Mrs. Joseph L. Herman
Chosen as Augusta s
“Woman of the Week’ 7
Catholic Missionary Society of Georgia
Complete Quarter - Century of Service
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. Joseph
L. Herman, president of the Au
gusta Deanery Council of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
was chosen as “Woman of the
Week” by The Augusta Herald for
the week.which began with Moth
ers’ Day.
Mrs. Herman was selected not
only for the work which she has
accomplished for the NCCW, but
for her valued service, to all Au
gusta, particularly for her ser
vices in camps and military hospi
tals, as a member of the Red Cross
canteen, and as a volunteer work
er with USO-NCCS.
A native of Knoxville., Tenn.,
Mrs. Herman is the daughter of
Mrs. Katherine Keenan Sheridan
and the late Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. In 1918, she married
Joseph L. Herman, of Augusta,
and has made her home here since
that limp. She and Mr. Herman
have three daughters; Mrs. G. E.
Thrash, who is with Capt. Thrash
at Mitchell Field, Long Island, and
Mrs. Ray Campbell and Miss Ann
Herman, of Augusta. There are
two grandchildren, Raymond and
Nancy Campbell.
YOUTH REVIVAL FEATURES
VENTRILOQUIST MINISTER
(By Religious News Service)
RUSSELLVILLE Ark—A ven
triloquist minister who uses his
"Sammy” as skillfully in a spirit
ual way as Edgar Bergen mani
pulates “Charles McCarthy” for en
tertainment, has concluded a
youth revival in Russellville with
349 high school and college stu
dents making professions of faith
He is Dr. W. W. Enete. for 21
years a Southern Baptist mission
ary to Brazil. He states that “Sam
my” was especially effective in
winning South American youth to
interest in the church.
During his six days in Russell
ville. Dr. Enete and Sammy spoke
to 2,200 students in 11 schools.
4TH DEGREE ASSEMBLY
NOMINATES OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Edward P.
Daly was nominated faithful navi
gator, to succeed Andrew J. Ryan,
Jr., at the May meeting of the
Fourth Degree Assembly of the
Knights of Columbus here. Other
nominations were P. Joseph But-
timer, faithful captain; Hugh H.
Gradv, faithful pilot; Andrew J.
Ryan. Jr., faithful admiral; Cot
nelius A. McCarthy, faithful
Comptroller; Joseph F. O’Lough-
lin inner sentinel; Thomas J
pBurke and James J. McGrath, out-
•r sentinels.
The election is scheduled to be
held June 10, and the successful
candidates will assume office in
July.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The follow
ing report of its activity in the
quarter of a century since its or
ganization has been submitted to
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
by the Missionary Society:-
Twenty-five years of assisting
Georgia . missions; twenty-five
years of helping our zealous and
faithful priests on the missions;
twenty-five years of sending Cath
olic literature, from which they
could gain information and
knowledge of their faith, to Cath
olic neighbors in the rural areas,
is all due to the thoughful and
sympathetic heart and the burning
inspiration of Miss Johanna E.
Walsh.
Over a long period of time, Miss
Walsh gave prayerful and constant
thought to the organization of a
Catholic Missionary Society for
Savannah which would reach the
mission counties. She consulted
with Bishop Benjamin J. Keiley,
of saintly memory, and he imme
diately responded with words of
encouragement and advice, giving
his blessing to her in her work,
and under the leadership of Fa
ther Joseph D. Mitchell, the Mis
sionary Society was founded.
The meeting, for the purpose of
organization, was called for the
evening of February 20, 1920, and
despite most inclement weather,
thera were eleven others who met
with Father Mitchell and Miss
Walsh in the basement of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist:
Mrs. J. F. McCarthy, Mrs. Marie
O’Byrne Altick, Mrs. Frank Mc
Nally. Mrs Hannah McCarthy Mc
Donough, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
Sr., Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick, Miss
Nelson O’Brien, Miss Kate Walsh,
Miss Sally Black, Miss Ernestine
Walsh and Mrs. T. J. Dowling.
Officers elected at the first
meeting were the Right Rev. Ben
jamin J. Keiley, D. D., Bishop ol
Savannah. honorary president;
Miss Joanna E. Walsh, president;
Miss Nellie M O’Brien, vice-presi
dent; Miss Ernestine Walsh, seif
retary-treasurer. Mrs T. L. Drey-
er, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly. Miss
Mamie Judge. Mrs. John W. Glea
son, Mrs. Hannah MeDonough.
Miss Kate Latham, members of
the advisory board. Father Mitch
ell was appointed as chaplain.
After the new Missionary So
ciety had been in operation in Sa
vannah for something over a year,
Bishop Keiley was so greatly im
pressed with its accomplishments
that he decided to establish a
state-wide organization. An .or
ganization meeting was held on
May 5, 1921, at the Bishop’s House,
and the Catholic Missionary So
ciety of Georgia was form&d with
Miss Joanna Walsh as chairman,
Miss Nell A. McCarthy, secretary-
treasurer, and Mrs. R. T. Semmcs,
Mrs. T. F. Walsh r d Miss Kate
Latham as an advisory committee.
With the co-operation of pastors
of churches throughout the Dio
cese of Savannah, branches of the
Missionary Society were establish
ed in the Sacred Heart, Immacu
late Conception and St. Anthony’s
parishes in Atlanta; in St. Pat
rick’s, the Sacred Heart, and St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill parishes in Au
gusta. in St. Joseph’s narish in Ma
con, and in the Holy Family par
ish in Columbus.
The state board served as a
clearing house for the missions of
Georgia. The branches in each
city made contributions to the sup
port of the society, to which the
priests serving in the mission areas
of the Diocese sent in picas for
such assistance as they needed.
Meetings of the state board were
held quarterly at the Bishop’s
House in Savannah, at which time
the requests from the mission
priests were acted upon, after hav
ing been approved by the Bishop.
In order to finance the society,
mite boxes were placed in the
churches, in the parochial schools,
and donations were made by the
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and the Cath
olic Women’s Club, and other
friends of the missions.
The largest project was directed
by Mrs. J. J. McManus in 1933,
when a campaign to collect Oc
tagon soap coupons was inaugurat
ed, and the sum of $1,892.68 was
realized.
During later years, collections
having fallen off, an appeal was
made to the Bishop, and at his
direction a special collection was
taken up on one Sunday each year
in all churches by the members of
the society.
Through the efforts of the
linen committee, altar cloths,
amices, purificators, corporals, fin
ger towels, and palls were sent to
the missions, also rosary beads,
prayer books, medals and vest
ments. Contributions were made
to the annual Diocesan -collection
for the Indian and Negro Missions,
and ordination gifts were made to
newly ordained priests of the
Diocese.
An activity of which the Savan
nah Branch is proud is that of
collecting old gold and silver,
from which four chalices were
made, the first, as a memorial to
the beloved founder and president
of the Missionary Society, being
given to one of the mission
churches, as were two others, and
the fourth, for which other
branches contributed, was given to
Bishop ' Michael J. Keyes. This
chalice, and a paten, were of ex
quisite workmanship, and were
valued by Gorham, of New York,
at $1 600.00.
Mrs. W. G Havens, of Brook
line. Mass., hearing of the Mis
sionary Society’s plan of collect
ing old gold and silver for altar
vessels, sent two handsome silver
goblets which had been given to
her. husband, asking if they might
be given to the missions as a me
morial to him.
The Gorham company lined one
of the goblets with gold, so that
it could be used as a chalice, and
made a paten to match, accepting
the other goblet in payment for
the work
An outstanding achievement of
the Savannah Branch, one of
which it has always been proud, is
that through its efforts the first
religious vacation school was es
tablished in Georgia, at the re
quest of the priests serving the
South Georgia missions.
This first religious vacation
school in the Diocese was estab
lished at Willacoochee in July,
1923, with Miss Joanna Walsh and
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, teaching for
the first two weeks, and Mrs. T. L.
Dreyer and Miss Nellie Keller
teaching the second two weeks.
Classes were held daily except
Sunday, and instruction was given
in catechism, Bible history, and
in the singing of Catholic hymns.
Evening classes -for adults were
held several times a week.
In July, 1924, a religious vaca
tion school was established at
Rocky Ford in the little chapel
dedicated to St. Joseph. The
teachers were Miss Walsh, Mrs.
Kelly and Miss Bessie Daly The
expense of conducting the schools
was taken care of by the society.
The re-mailing of Catholic lit
erature lias been one of the most
important and far-reaching depart
ments of the society. A mailing
list of those in the rural districts
who would appreciate having Cath
olic literature sent to them was
secured with the co-operation of
priests serving the missions, and
many papers, pamphlets and books
were sent to them. For a number
of years the society subscribed for
Our Sunday Visitor and The
Young Catholic Messenger, and
through solicitation of its members
secured Catholic magazines, books
and newspapers. The re-mailing
was done by committees- that vol
unteered to serve for a month at
a time, and one day each week was
set aside for the work. Literature
was mailed out in increasing quan
tity month after month. In the
third year, 3,498 pieces were mail
ed, and during the last twenty-
five years 107,685 pieces of Cath
olic literature were sent to Cath-
dlics living in the rural sections
of Georgia.
In the summer of 1936, a re
ligious vacation school for those
in the rural areas around Savan
nah was held at the Benedictine
camp on the White Bluff road, for
boys, and adjacent to it, on the
Edward Thomson place, there was
a camp for girls. Father James H.
Grady was camp director, and the
Knights of Columbus furnished
transportation to and from the
camp for the children. Several of
the Sisters of Mercy from St. Vin
cent’s Convent, offered their ser
vices as teachers, and a number
of young people volunteered to
serve as counselors. On August
30, 1936. a class of children re
ceived their first Holy Communion
and were confirmed. One of those
in the class was Clotilae DiNitto,
of Brooklet, now a member of St.
Matthew’s parish in Statesbox-o.
Realizing the great need for re
ligious vacation school fpr .the
children of the rural areas, the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bish
op of Savannah,Atlanta, establish
ed Camp Villa Marie, in a magnifi
cent grove on the Herb River at
Grimble’s Point, about six miles
from Savannah. Dormitory, refec
tory and other buildings, an an
attractive chapel were erected, and
the children from the country dis
tricts enjoy the recreational pro
gram that is available, especially
the swimming. This camp was
established in 1938, with Monsig-
ncr Joseph G. Cassidy as direc
tor. Other directors of the camp
have been Father James E. Doh
erty, Father Edward Dodwcll and
CADET NURSES TAKE
INDUCTION OATH AT
CHARLESTON CEREMONY
CHARLOTTE, S. C. — More
than sixty members of the cadet
nurse corps, now being trained at
St. Francis Xavier Infirmary and
Roper Hospital, took their oath
of induction at a special cere
mony held in the Baruch Audi
torium, May 12.
The principal address was made
by Colonel Henry W. Grady, com
manding officer of Stark General
Hospital, and brief talks were
made by Cadet Mary Privette,
of Darlington, Miss Lillie Irwin,
a cadet graduate who joined the
Navy Nurse Corps, and by Lieu
tenant Rose Proteau, a member
of the Army Nurse Corps, station
ed at Stark Hospital after many
months in the Pacific.
The cadet nurses were pre
sented by Miss Marguerite An-
dell, director of nurses at Roper
Hospital, Dr. J. A. Boone, assist
ant dean of the Medical College,
administered the oath, and the
opening and closing prayers were
offered by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
James J. May, Vicar General of
the Diocese of Charleston. Music
was furnished by the 403rd A. S.
F. WAC Band.
JUDGE HOULIHAN TO SERVE
ON STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Judge James
P. Houlihan has accepted an ap
pointment from Gov. Ellis Arnall
to serve on the three-man State
Ports Authority which was created
by act of the 1945 General Assem
bly of Georgia.
Judge Houlihan, formerly presi
dent of the Savannah Branch of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association *
of Georgia, will bring to the State
Ports Authority his experience as
president of the Georgia State Sav
ings Association, as a member of
the Savannah Port Authority and
Savannah Industrial Committee,
Inc., and as chairman of the Chat
ham County Commissioners.
The State Ports Authority is em
powered under the legislative act
to expend up to $15,000,000 in de
veloping docks and other facili
ties at the ports of Savannah and
Brunswick, the money to be de
rived from the sale of revenue cer
tificates.
Father John W. Dowling.
Each summer an average of 250
children from the rural districts
come to Camp Villa Marie for a
two' weeks’ course on instruction
in Catholic doctrine. The teach
ing staff is composed of Sisters of
Mercy, Sisters of St. Joseph and
Francisan Sisters. Counsellors are
seminarians, assisted by members
of the graduating classes at St.
Vincent Academy and the Bene
dictine Military School.
Many places in Georgia which
were mission stations or which
had mission parishes when the
Missionary Society was organized
in 1920, now have parishes with
resident pastors. The latest of
these is at Statesboro, where the
Home Missioners of America are
in charge, and serve a mission ter
ritory embracing Bullock, Effing
ham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven
Candler and Tattnall counties.
Savannah still has two interest
ing missions, one of them being
that of Our Lady of Good Hope,
at Isle of Hope. In 1874, Father
Dom Gabriel, a Benedictine, dams
from France and landed in Sa*
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