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SIXTEEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATnOLlC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MAY .11, 1945 Rev. P. J. O’Connor Named Assistant Treasurer of Catholic Sisters College FATHER O’CONNOR (Special to The Bulletin) WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Rev. Patrick J. O’Connor, of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, has been appointed assistant treasur er and procurator of the Catholic Sisters College, an integral part of the Catholic University of Amer ica here. His new duties will en tail the business and financial management of the college,- with which he is not unfamiliar, as he previously served there when first joining the faculty of Catholic University in 1936. After graduating from the Ben edictine Military School in Sa vannah, in 1920, Father O'Connor attended the Catholic University where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1924. He then spent two years in the American Acad emy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, prior to starting his study for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. Joining the faculty of Catholic University, in 1936, he was made dean of men in 1937 and served in that capacity until 1939, at the same time filling the post of pro curator of the Catholic Sisters College. His present posts at Catholic University include assistant pro fessor of eloquence in the School of Sacred Theology and the Bas- selin Foundation, where he gives special attention to voice culture, elocution and public reading and speaking. He is also a member of the staff of the Preachers’ Insti tute, which trains young priests in nulpit oratory, and is Universi ty Director of the Alumni Associa tion. Father O’Connor has made recordings of the revised Gospels which are now being used widely in Catholic seminaries as models of pulpit delivery, and he is fre- «uently featured as a Catholic ra dio broadcaster and speaker %t Retreats and other speeial devo tions. Father O’Connor was ordained at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in Savannah, on May 25, 1933. by the Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, S. M., D. D., at that time Bishop of Savannah. He serv ed as assistant pastor of St. An thony’s Church. Atlanta, and as assistant pastor of St. Mary’s-on- The-Hill Church, Augusta, before going to the Catholic University in 1936. During the summer of 1942. Father O’Connor returned to Georgia to serve St. Thomas More parish in Decatur while the pastor, the Rev. Thomas L.. Finn, was on vacation. FATHER P. J. O’CONNOR CONDUCTS RETREAT FOR STUDENTS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga.—The Rev. Dr. P. J. O'Connor, associate profes sor of Sacred Eloquence at the Catholic University of America, and a member of the faculty of the School of Sacred Theology, con ducted a retreat for the students of Christ the King High School, May 17-18. Father O’Connor is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O’Con nor. of Savannah. He has a bro ther, Daniel J. O'Connor, and two. sisters, Miss Josephine O'Connor and Mrs. Harry Persse, who live in Savannah." FATHER OWEN MONAGHAN, C. P.. Army Chaplain who was recently awarded the Bronze Med al and Silver Star in the Pacific area, was killed on Luzon, his parents, in Chicago, have been no tified. Miss Moran Heads Catholic Women’s Club, Charleston (Special to The Bulletin) CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss Alime Moran is the new president of the Catholic Womens’ Club, having been elected at the annual meeting held May 20 at Brewton Inn. Other officers elected were Mrs. George Tuttle, vice-president; Miss Margaret Cade, recording secre tary; Mrs. Frances Kinsley, corre sponding secretary, and Miss Doro- f Sullivan, treasurer. The club voted to establish a scholarship to the College of Charleston, eligible to a girl grad uate of Bishop England High School. Miss Rose Marie Kelly was appointed chairman of the scholarship committee. It was a- so voted to contribute to a fu-'a to be used to purchase oooks for th~ Coast Guard recreation center. Misses Kelly, Cecile Rice, May- belle Metzler, Madeline Mosimann and Katherine Riddock, Mrs. Jul ian Conlon, Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Eu gene Condon, Mrs. Roy Meyers and Mrs. Edward Owens, members of the club, assisted the American Legion Auxiliary in a “Poppy Day” sale. Miss Metzler was named chair man of a committee on visiting hospitals. The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charleston, was a guest at the breakfast and spoke briefly. BUY WAR BONDS Augusta Deanery NCCW Quarterly Meeting Held AUGUSTA, Ga.—The quarterly meeting of the Augsuta Deanery Council of the NaUonal Council of Catholic Women was held at Mount St. Joseph Auditorium on April 29, with Mrs. Joseph L. Her man, president of the Deanery Council, conducting the meeting, which was opened with prayer by the Very Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, pastor of St. Mary’s-on- The-Hill Church. Reports were submitted by Miss Anita Yarborough, chairman of the committee on the Propagation of the Faith; Mrs. Marion Stulb, social service; Mrs. P. H. Rice, Jr., study clubs; Mrs. Norman Boat wright, Parent-Teacher Associa tions, Miss Anna Rice, mission society, and Mrs. James Mulherin read the report of Mrs. Catherine Mobley, chairman of the Red Cross committee. Reading of these reports dis closed that the number of affiliat ed parish councils would be in creased to include Dublin and Sandersville; that at the request of the Council a Mass was offered in honor of Our Lady of Good Counsel to implore Divine guid ance on the delegates amending the United Nations Conference at San Francisco; that the council had sponsored an essay contest on the subject of "Shrines in Homes”, and that the winner in the high school group was Alice Erbelding, a freshman at Mount St. Joseph Academy, and the grade school winner, Johanna Kearney, of the Sacred Heart School. “Federal Aid to Education” was discussed by Hugh Kinchley, exe cutive secretary of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, who was the guest speaker. The election of officers lor the coming year was held, Mvs Joseph L. Herman being re-elected presi dent; Miss Louise Gardiner, re cording secretary, and Miss Elea nor Bennett, corresponding secre tary. Miss Frances Casey was named as treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mrs. Harold Gilbert. The presi dents of the parish councils serve as vice-presidents of the Deanery Council. At the conclusion of the meet ing refreshments were served by Mrs. F. X. Mulherin, president of St. Mary’s-on-The-IIill Council; Mrs. Joseph Mulherin, president of Sacred Heart Council, and Mrs. Marjorie Bedenfield, president of St. Patrick’s Council. ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga.—Winners in the essay contest sponsored by the Savannah Deanery Council of the National Council of Catholic Women, on “Shrines in the Home”, were Miss Phyllis Sarat, a sophomore at St. Vincent Acad emy; Miss Marianna Copps, eighth grade, Cathedral School, and Miss Lourdes Sheehan, fifth grade, Blessed Sacrament School. The essay from the high school group and that from the higher grammar school group, were sent to the Diocesan Council NCCW to be judged in the state-wide con test. Military Mass as Thomasville 350 Anmversar y of Soldiers and civilians gathered to attend the first Solemn Mili tary Mass ever to be offered in the Thomasville section of South Georgia. A forceful and edifying demonstration of Catholic Faith was the Solemn Mass which was celebrated on the grounds of St. Augustine’s Church, in the center of Thomasville, by Chaplain Col- man J. Hynes, of the Finney Gen eral Hospital, with the Rev. Mi chael Manning, pastor of St. Au gustine’s Church, as deacon, and the Rev. John Devane, pastor of St. Margaret’s Church, Monticel- lo, Fla., subdeacon. Lieut. Wil liam F. Donoghue, M. C„ of Fin ney General Hospital, was master of ceremonies; Lt. Edward M. Strobel, M. A. C., Finney General Hospital, thurifer, and Lieut. Jos eph A. McAuley and Lieut. Ed ward J. Walsh, of the Thomasville Army Air Field, were acolytes. Enlisted men from the Air Field served as a guard of honor. The Mass was chanted by a military choir, from the hospital and air base, with Lieut. Janina Pikula as soloist. The Mass was broadcasted over Station WPAX, and relayed to the wards of Finney General Hospital for the -benefit of the Catholic bed-ridden patients. Fol lowing the Mass, some two hun dred Army nurses, officers and enlisted men, of both Army in stallations, were guests of the NCCS at a luncheon at the Amer ican Legion Home. WINS SCHOLARSHIP TO MARYMOUNT COLLEGE CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss June Ann Carr, daughter of the late S. Berry Carr and Mrs. Carr, of Rivers plantation, Meggett, has been awarded one of the four But ler memorial scholarships to Mary- mount College, Tarrytown, N. Y. The scholarship, valued at $500 a year, or a total of $2,000, vas awarded on the basis of her high school record, an English essay, and a scholastic aptitude test and general culture test. One of the scholarships has been established.as a memorial to the Very Rev. Mother Butler, of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; second in memory of Sir James Butler; a third was founded by the Marymount Mothers’ club, and the fourth is the gift of the Marymount ’ alumnae association. Death of St. Philip Neri Observed in Rock Hill (Special to The Bulletin) ROC. HILL. S. C„—On May 28, ! the Oratory of St. Philip Neri here 'commemorated the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of St. Philip Neri, founder of the Congregation of the Oratory, On May 30. the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles ton, celebrated a Solemn Pontifi cal Mass in St. Anne’s Church. It was a Votive Mass in honor of St. Philip Neri. and was offered for victory and peace and for those serving in. the armed forces. A panegyric on the life of St. Philip Neri was delivered by the Rev. Ambrose Smith, O. P., of Colum bia. The Mass also marked the solemn closing of a novena to the Holy Ghost, in honor of St. Philip Neri, made by the Fathers of the Oratory and members of the Neri Guild. A special leaflet and pamph let on the life and mission of the Saint was prepared as a souvenir of the anniversary, and may be obtained on request. The Congregation of the Ocjitory was established at Rock Hill in 1924. At present there are thirteen Fathers and nine seminarians in the Congregation. With the Very Rev. Vincent Scharff, as provost, the ' Fathers have charge of five counties in the north central sec tion of South Carolina, a parish of about 3.500 square miles in area. The first Congregation of the Oratory was founded in Rome, July 15, 1575. At present there are con gregations in Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Bolivia and Colombia. THOSE WHO NOW SEE “the terrible consequences of their er rors could have been spared had they listened to the Church,” His Holiness Pope Pius XII declared in an address delivered after the presentation of credentials by Jacques Maritain, new French Ambassador to the Holy See. CONGRATULATIONS TO BISHOP O’HARA ON HIS SILVER JUBILEE JOHN H. HARLAND COMPANY Lithographing Printing Office Supplies 10 Pryor Street Bldg. ATLANTA, GEORGIA WALnut 5738 Compliments of Texas Dealer Let's all back those gallant boys who are dying for us on the far-flung battlefields on the Pacific. Let's all buy bigger bonds and more of them, to speed the victory over Japan. EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE - BUY MORE, MORE, MORE! DURING THE BIGGEST WAR LOAN DRIVE OF ALL!