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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF CEORGIA
MAY 31, 1945
Atlanta Deanery NCCW!
Quarterly Meeting Held
K. of C. Home in Atlanta
Mecca of Service Men
for Over Three Years
THE CATHOLIC COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH
lias announced (he publication ol' (lie Report of the Pro
ceedings and Addresses of its Fifth Annual Meeting,
held in Memphis, Tennessee, April 25-27, 1944.
A limited number of copies are available, and may
be secured, at one dollar the copy, from the Executive
Headquarters, 925 Fourqurean Lane, Richmond, Vir
ginia.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Atlanta Coun
cil. No. 660, Kniglits of Columbus,
was, on May 26, host for the one
hundredth and seventy-sixth time
to a Saturday night dance for ser
vice men and service women, at
its home on Peachtree street.
This project had its inaugura
tion in January, 1942, at the sug
gestion of Father William A. Ma
guire, S. M., who at the time was
chaplain of the council and who,
with members of the council, had
seen the need for such activity. .
William J. McAlpin was the first
chairman and he is largely respon
sible for organizing the work un
der the present plan. The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Atlanta Council,
under tlie direction of Mis. Mae
McAlpin, have cooperated most
earnestly and the success of the
program is due largely to th
efforts, with a generous measure
of credit to John J.. McManus,
chairman of the Servicemen’s En
tertainment committee of Atlanta
Council.
In addition, the Council provid
ed the facilities for the use of its
home on Sundays by the Catholic
War Services Council.
Attractive young ladies, enroll
ed as junior hostesses from friends
and acquaintances, together with
the homelike atmosphere of the
place, has attracted service men
and the friendly reputation has
spread to many distant camps.
Though no questions are asked
as to creed and men and women
of all denominations are welcom
ed, a Catholic atmosphere is pro
vided in the reception rooms and
halls of the Club.
The cheerful junior hostesses,
faithful in attendance, do much to
make a pleasant hour for the
stranger. During the past six
months, two volunteer dancing
teachers have given lessons to be
ginners.
An evening “bright spot" for a
service man far away from home
is the birthday cake awarded e;fth
Saturday evening to a soldier or
sailor with the nearest birthday.
All evenings close with the singing
of the National anthem, an inspira
tion in the surroundings with all
their implications of the war.
One of the most appreciated fea
tures in the serving of coffee,
sandwiches and doughnuts by the
Ladies Auxiliary refreshment com
mittee.
Towards the end of 1942, the K.
of C. Council became affiliated in
this work with the National Cath
olic Community Scrvice-USO and
through it continues its functions
through its volunteer members and
the members of the Auxiliary, the
advice of the NCOS and the fi
nancial aid from the USO has en
abled it to increase its service to
thou informed guests.
The members of the committee
have been faithful in their service
and have made sacrifices of time
and effort. They feel amply re
paid in the knowledge that they
liave in some small measure add
ed to the happiness of the men and
women, away from home, serving
their country in the aimed forces
of the Unied States., They also
feel that in this work {hey arc car
rying on in the traditions of the
Knights of Columbus for patriotic
service.
NEW OFFICERS NOMINATED
BY SAVANNAH PTA GROUP
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The nominat
ing committee of the Patent-
Teacher Association of the Sacred
Heart School reported at the
meeting held May 1. nominating
Mrs. A. J. Schano for the office
of president; Mrs. Robert Morris,
vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Bandy,
second vice-president; Mrs. Joseph
F. Frewer, recording secretary;
Mrs. Dallas McClelland, corres
ponding secretary, and Mrs. F. X.
Beytagh, treasurer.
The meeting enjoyed a talk by
the Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O.
S. B., pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, and Mrs. Edward A. Stan
ton was appointed chairman of the
committee to arrange for the grad
uation breakfast.
Pupils of the third grade pre
sented “Strange Happenings in a
Toy Shop ”
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—His Excellen
cy. the Most Rev. Gerald P.
ON MOTHERS’ DAY IN WAYCROSS—Officers and enlisted men of
vVaycross Army Air Field are shown enjoying the hospitality of the
members of the National Council of Catholic Women at a Communion-
breakfast served at the home of Mrs. T. Johnson Moore, Waycross,
Georgia. Mrs. Mary LaMotl Friberg, chosen as “Catholic Mother of
Waycross”. is at the center of the group at the speakers’ table. To the
right of Mr,s. Friberg is Lieut. Col. Bernard A. Law, guest speaker,
and to her left. Chaplain Paul Golembiewski, of the Air Field, and
Father John H. Hillmann, S. M., in charge of St. Joseph’s Church in
Waycross.
State Department Declines to
Comment on Reported Trial of
American Priest in Moscow
O’Hara, D. D , J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Allanta. and the Very
Rev. Monsignor Joseph G. Cassi
dy, rector of the Cathedral of
Christ the King, were the guffst
speaker^ at the quarterly meeting
of the Atlanta Deanery Council
of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of lift National Council of
Catholic Women, held al the Ans-
ley Hotel on May 27.
Mrs. John Leamy, president of
the Deanery Council, conducted
the meeting, at which standing
committee chairmen submitted re
ports on their varied activities
such as religious and social work,
war services, Red Cross and other
endeavors.
As there will be no convention
of the Diocesan Council this year
on account of travel restrictions,
the Deanery Council session also
included a discussion of the work
of the N. C. C. W. in Diocesan and
national aspects.
MISS RAFFERTY TO HEAD
DEANERY COUNCIL
Mrs. William J. McAlpin. retir
ing president of the Diocesan
Council, reported on the forum
meeting which had been held in
Athens, and. Mrs. John J. McGee,
chairman of the nominating com
mittee, presented for offices in
the Deanery Council; Miss Eliza
beth Rafferty, Atlanta, president;
Mrs. Walter F'ay, Marietta, record
ing secretary; Miss Virginia
Mackey, Atlanta, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. George Flynt,
Atlanta, treasurer. All of the
nominees were unanimously elect
ed.
Members of the Atlanta Deanery
^expressed their gratitude to their
president, Mrs. Leamy, for the able
and untiring service which she has
rendered to the N. C. C. W. and
every Catholic activity in Georgia,
and voiced their sincere regret
that the transfer of Mr. Leamy to
Cleveland, as representative of the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, means that the fam
ily will soon leave Atlanta to" make
their home in the Ohio city
A vote of thanks was extended
to Mrs. Raymond W. Bowling, one
of the most active and most valued
members of the N. C. C. W. in At
lanta, who is leaving in June for
her new home in Baltimore.
Members of the Chapel Guild
of the Sacred Heart Church were
hostesses to the meeting and enter
tained with a luncheon at the Ans-
ley Hotel.
(By N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The U. S. De
partment of Stale as well as the
Soviet Russian Embassy here de
clined to comment on a report that
the Rev. Leopold Braun, A. A.,
American priest who for more
than ten years has served'as chap
lain for American Catholics in
Moscow, is being brought before
Russian courts to answer charges
that last October he assaulted a
Russian workman in the French
»Embassy in Moscow, where the
priest has been staying since 1934.
The report of the pending court
action against Father Braun is
contained in a syndicated article
by Constantine Brown, prominent
newspaper columnist, who writes
from Washington.
“The American Embassy is re
ported to have asked permission
for -an official representative to be
present at, the trial,” Mr. Brown
writes, surmising that the action
“may have wide diplomatic reper
cussions. “It has produced a stir
in foreign quarters in Moscow,"
he adds.
While, according to the article,
“the penalty which may be impos
ed on Father Braun is not likely to
be severe,” the charge brought
against him, that of striking a So
viet citizen, “is considered by most
diplomats as an excuse on the
part of the Politburo to ‘hang’
something on him.”
“The presence of a Catholic
clergyman,” Mr. Brown goes on,
“who while not having diplomatic
immunity, was held in high esteem
by the' entire foreign "diplomatic
corps in Moscow, is said to have
become so irksome to certain So
viet authorities that, according to
some reports, his name formed a
topic of conversation between Pre
mier Stalin and President Roose
velt at Yalta.”
Diplomatic relations between
Russia and Vatican have “deter
iorated" in recent months, Mr.
Brown points out, recalling the
continued attacks on Pope Pius by
Russian radio stations, and “under
these Circumstances, the trial cf
Father Braun on an alleged ‘as
sault’ charge is being watched by
the foreign offices of most coun
tries represented in Moscow.”
Mr. Brown cites an alleged in
cident involving Father Brown and
sfli'mises that “the fact that this
incident eventually leaked out
may have annoyed the Soviet au
thorities sufficiently to press the
charges of. the alleged assault,
which is the only cause for the
trial of Father Braun.”
This incident is reported to have
been “a slight verbal conflict” be
tween the American priest and
the Russian Commissar for Reli
gious Affairs. “When, it was an
nounced from Moscow,” Mr. Brown
writes, “that freedom of religion
had been fully re-established in
the Soviet Union. Father Braun is
said to have called on the assistant
commissar to ask whether under
thc new religipus laws he could
open a Sunday school in Moscow.
Father Braun, who was born in
New Bedford, Mass., in 1903, was
teaching languages at Assumption
College in Worcester, Mass., until
1934 when he accompanied the
| newly appointed United States
Ambassador to Russia. William
Bullitt, Jr., to Moscow. This was
in the same year that the United
Stales recognized Soviet Russia.
As part of the agreement, which
was negotiated between President
Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinow,
Russian plenipotentiary, the So
viets guaranteed religious freedom
to American nations in Russia.
President Roosevelt insisted that
i tangible proof of this fact be given
i lo the people of the United States.
At that time, the Most Rev. Eu-
, gene Neveu, also a member of the
Augustinian Fathers of the As
sumption, was Apostolic Adminis
trator at Moscow, lie applied for
jail assistant, and Father Braun was
j selected. Soon after his arrival in
: the Russian capital. Bishop Ncvau
i returned to France for a holiday,
| but was never able to obtain a
I visa for his return lo Moscow.
In view of these circumstances
I Father Braun never dared leave
| Moscow and has lived in the Rus-
i sian capital ever since. He offers
j Mass in the old French church,
, St. Louis des Francois. The Am-
i eriean priest suffered great hard
ships, particularly during the war
] when the Germans penetrated to
the outskirts of the capital. Father
j Braun and five member of the
i United States embassy staff were
I (he only Americans left In Moscow
| during these critical weeks.
ALUMNAE DAY PROGRAM
AT SAVANNAH HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Alumnae
day was observed at St. Joseph’s
Hospital School of Nursing on
May 7. Mass was offered by the
Rev. Robert Brennan, O. S. B.. in
the hospital chapel, after which
breakfast was served in the
nurses’ dining room, with Sister
Mary Gloria, R. S. M., as hostess.
During the afternoon there was
a reception for the class of 1943,
with Sister Gloria extending
greetings and the Right Rev.
Msgr. T. James McNamara as
speakei*. There was also a roll call
of all classes from 1901 to 1945.
Student Activity
at St. Genevieve’s
(Spctial to The Bulletin)
ASHEVILLE. N. C.—May was
a month crowded wjtli events at
St. Genevieve-ol-the-Pines.
World Sodality Day, Mothers'
Day, and a Day of Prayer and
Thanksgiving for victory in
Europe were all observed on May
13. The annual May procession
was held, with Dorothy Ann Mc
Allister selected to place the
floral crown on the statue of Our
Lady of the Grotto. New mem
bers received into the Children
of Mary included Betsy Winn.
Frances Marie Redmond Carol
Pitman, Theresa Guilka and Mar
garet Guilka.
The Rev. Stephen Meany, S. J..
chaplain of the Army Ground and
Redistribution Service in Ashe
ville, delivered the sermon, speak
ing on devotion to the Mother of
God. The Rev. Joseph Gallagher,
chaplain at St. Gencvicve-of-the-
Pines, gave Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament following the
procession.
Graduates of the three depart
ments at St. Genevieve’s have
been feted by other classes on
several occasions. The college
freshmen were host at a banquet
for the sophomores at The Manor
on May 10. The freshman class
of the-academy gave a “Heavenly
party” for the seniors on May 5,
the sophomore took the seniors on
a picnic, and the junior class en
tertained them at a banquet. The
seventh graders entertained for
the eighth grade students on May
12, and Class Day events were the
picnic on May 15 for college
students and an assembly program
on May IB for the high school
girls.
In the realm of sport, outstand
ing events were Field Days and
tennis tournaments. The gram
mar school held its field day, May
16, with the following team lead
ers; Green team, Jack Saekett,
captain, Ruby Keeler, sub-cap
tain; Gold team, Gretchen Long,
Captain, Rusty McKellar, sub-cap
tain; Blue team, Bill Berner, cap
tain, Connie Shuford, sub-captain.
On May 20, the college students
and faculty entertained at an
“open house” party for students’
parents and friends. Art students
held their annual exhibition, and
class officers served refreshments.
The last dramatic event of the
scholastic year was -the college
students’ production of “Letters
to Lucerne,” present on May 23,
with a cast which included June
Perry, Terrell Weaver, Barbara
McCormick, Peggy Ilyder, Mari
lyn Magee, Judy . Doyle, Martha
Xidis, Betty Lou Bass-and* Gerry
Carter.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered on June 1; Alumnae
Day will be June 2, College and
Academy graduation, June 3,
Grammar School closing exer
cises, June 4.
The Right Rev. Vincent G.
Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Abbot-
Ordinary of Belmont, <vill preside
at the Academy and Junior Col
lege; commencement.
LIEUTENANT SHERIDAN,
MACON, LIBERATED
MACON. Ga.—Lieut. Phil 1.
Sheridan, son ol Mrs. Edward A.
Sheridan, was liberated May 16
from St.ilag Luft 1 at Barth, Ger
many. has been flown from there
to Rhcims, France, and expects to
be home by mid-June. He had
been a prisoner of war since Feb
ruary 22, 1944.
U. 8. Army Signal Corps photo
OFFERING MASS IN GERMANY—A few anc. Pat
ton's Third Army had entered the town of Bliealf. Germany, American
infantrymen of the 4th Infantry Division had the parish church cleared
of broken glass and rubble and ready for Divine Worship. Father
Cajetan R. Sullivan, C. P., assistant divisional chaplain of the 4th
Division, is pictured offering Mass. Chaplain Sullivan was assistant
retreat director at the Bishop alloy Retreat House. Jamaica, N. Y..
from 1938 until January 1941, when he was commissioned in the Army
as a chaplain. He landed in Normandy on D-Day with some of the
^"oops which led the invasion forces, and was with the 4th Division
when it fought at the breakthrough al St. Lo and in the drive on
Cherbourg. Chaplain Sullivan, who was stationed for some months
at Camp Gordon, near Augusta, Georgia, was promoted to the rank of
major last December, and has been awarded the Bronze Medal.—U. S.
Army Signal Corps photo—Courtesy of The Tablet, Brooklyn).