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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF QKOKG1A
FEBRUARY 23, 194G
Boys’ High School
Students Present
Minstrel in Augusta
Trappists Plan to Build Magnificent Monastery at
AUGUSTA, Ga—The fifth an
nual Boys’ Catholic High School
minstrel was presented on the
stage of the Music Hall of the
Municipal Auditorium on. -the
nights of January 24 and 25 and
delighted two capacity audiences.
Performing like seasoned troup
ers, members of the cast sang old
favorites and popular songs and
provoked laughter and applause
with hilarious comedy. One of
the show-stopping features was
Thomas Maxwell’s rendition of ”1
Can’t Begin to Tell You," after
the manner of a famous crooner,
which brought squeals and pos
sibly swoons. Other “sweet sing
ers” were Charles Crews, Baron
Holsenback, Marvin Anderson,
Billy Thompson and Robert
llaynie,, who' were supported by a
double quartette which included
Thomas Reese, Bernard Mulherin,
Harry Williams, Louis Thigpen,
Jerry Costa, Thomas Reese, Baron
Holsenback and Marvin Anderson.
Patrick Hogan was the inter
locutor, and Jack Lenz, Archie
Johnson, Torn Pons, Billy Hughes,
Jack Baker and Gordon Dixon,
the end-men.
An amusing sketch, “My Story
Book,” was offered by a cast which
included Danny Cashin, Bill
Boatwright, Harry Best, Phil
Kelly, Dick Brotherton, Bernard
Mulherin, Louis Mulherin, Robert
llaynie and Harry Lawless.
Another skit, based on the
motion picture portrayal of the
life of Chopin, was highlighted by
a piano duo with Robert Haynie
and Walter Carlson in the roles
of Frederick Chopin and Franz
Listz. Ronald Bouchard, Charles
Hooper and Jerry Costa playing
the other characters.
Thomas Doughty, Robert Bres-
nahan, Harry Bouchard and Jerry
Costa appeared in a comedy in
terlude entitled “Napoleon and
Josephine.”
The minstrel was staged under
the direction of Brother Benedict
Henry, F. M. S.; dance routines
were directed by Mrs. Theodore
Price and Miss Pliil Andrew;
scenic effects were by Coleman
Harris, and lighting effects by
Herman Arndt, stage manager of
(he Miller Theatre. The orches
tra was directed by Miss Agnes
Gouley, and the entire perform
ance was recorded by Sam
Forsmark.
ST. THOMAS AUXILIARY
MEETS IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Interesting
reports were given at the January
meeting of the Auxiliary of St.
Thomas Vocational School. The
Rev. Eugene Kearney, C. S. V.,
director of the school, talked on
improvements at the home, and a
repqrt on the new guest room
which has recently been com
pleted was made by Mrs. E. L.
Goodman, chairman of the com
mittee in charge. Mrs t Marlin
Roberts, chairman, reported on
.the infirmary.
Names of four new members of
the Auxiliary were added to the
membership roll at the meeting;
Mrs. Herbert McKenzie, Mrs.
John Ranitz, Mrs. Francis Kelly
and Miss Regina Lytgen.
It was announced that Louis
Stenberger, who had completed
his four year high school course
at Benedictine Military School in
three and one-half years, was
leaving St. Thomas’ for Atlanta
Construction work on the huge
$1,000,000 Monastery of Our Lady
of the Holy Ghost, near Conyers,
Georgia, by the Order of Cister
cians of the Strict Observance
will begin as soon as building ma
terials are available, the Very
Rev. M. James Fox, O. C. S. O.,
Superior of the Monastery com
munity, has announced. Work will
■first be completed on the north
wing, shown at the left of the
architect's sketch reproduced
above, the chapel, and the guest
house, (front right). ■ Behind the
semi-circular sanctuary, (center
rear) will be-the monastery ceme
tery, work on which has already
begun. The new building will re
place the present temporary frame
structure and will call for the re
location of a road now bisecting
the monastery property. The
monks have already started ihe
work of clearing the site for the
new monastery buildings.
Coming to Georgia in March,
1944, twenty-two Trappists monks
and lay brothers were first housed
in the barn of the farm property
at one time owned by Colleen
Moore, of motion picture fame.
For the last year they have oc
cupied a frame monastery build
ing, which was erected by the
monks from timber cut on their
land.
The new monastery will be a
semi-Gothic type of architectural
design, which in reality is a fore
runner of the true Gothic style,
having been used almost a cen
tury before the advent of Gothic
architecture. The style has been
used by all the Abbeys of the
Trappist Order of Monks for 800
years. •
To be built in a quadrangle the
monastery will embrace a garden
framed by an enclosed Cloister.
The only deviation from the true
quadrangle will be two wings, one
of which will extend north from
the rear of the chapel and the
other to extend east from the rear
of the main building.
In discussing the plans, Father
James said construction of the
entire monastery would not be
undertaken at once, but that two
parts of the quadrangle and the
north wing would be built first
and the other two parts of the
quadrangle and the east wing
would be built at a later date.
The guest house will be three
stories high and will house offices
for the Superior, the guests’ din
ing room and sleeping quarters
for approximately sixty overnight
guests. The north wing will
house novice choir members and
novice lay brothers and will have
a separate garden for their use.
The north wing will also be three
stories.
The chapel, the most ornate of
buildings in the Abbey, will fol
low the pattern of .all chapels in
Trappist monasteries, both in Eu
rope and the United States. The
chapel will be rectangular in
shape except for the rear, or east
Ond, which will be crescent
shaped.
The sanctuary will be in the
crescent end of the chapel and
will be several small
around the semi-
main part of the
chapel will be two sets of tiered
stalls facing each other for
senior choirs. Benches for the
novice choir, members and lay
'brothers will be situated in the
rear of the chapel.
A stone spire will be added
upon the completion of oilier sec
tions of the monastery, he said.
Father. Fox said an appeal to
Rockdale county road officials led
them to agree to relocate the road
which bisects the property. Work
has already begun on the project.
The road will be located on the
far side of a ridge skyline which
dominates the monastery.
Another project which is ready
to be started is the construction
»of a second, larger cow bain.
With annexation- of some 300.
additional acres, the farm now
comprises 1,700 acres, which will
be sown in such restilutivc crops
as kudzu and peas, Father James
added. (Photo Courtesy of At
lanta Constitution.)
MONSIGNOR O’BRIEN
DELIVERS LECTURE AT
MARYW00D COLLEGE
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Princi
pal speaker, at the second session
of the Institute on the Secondary
School Library, at Maryland Col
lege, Scranton, Pa., was the Right
Rev. Msgr. Joseph L. O’Brien,
S. T. D.-, LL. D., pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church and rector of
Bishop England High School in
Charleston.
The institute was held this week
and Monsignor O'Brien’s topic was
“The Principal Evaluates His
School Library”. For the last
twenty-five years, Monsignor
O'Brien, a native of Pennsylvania,
has been lecturing on religion and
literature in the summer school
of the Sisters of Saints Cyril and
Methodius in Danville, Pa.
The department of librarianship
at Marywood sponsored the insti
tute to promote the secondary
school library movement in North
eastern Pennsylvania. Librarians
I and educators from the Carqlinas.
SAVANNAH EXCHANGE CLUB
HEARS FATHER O’CONNOR
SAVANNAH, Ga.
The five
fundamentals for peace of Pope
Pius XII were outlined by the
Rev. Patrick ,1. O’Connor, of the
faculty of the Catholic University
of America, before members of the
Exchange Club meeting on Febru
ary 11 at the Hotel Savannah
here.
The fundamentals stressed by
His Holiness, Father O'Connor
said, are: The right of nations to
independence whether they are
large or small, weak or strong;
disarmament; international insti
tutions for all contingencies aris
ing after the signing of peace
treaties, containing -machinery for
revision and for judicial applica
tion of treaty terms in doubtful
instances; meeting the just needs
and demands of nations, peoples
and minorities, even if it means
the revision of existing treaties,
and acceptance by governments
and peoples of the rules of Divine
Law as their behavior norm.
necticut, Ohio and Michigan took
Members of Greenville Parish
Honor Mrs. Hampton P. Burbage
BIDS FAREWELL TO SAVANNAH SCHOOL—The Cadet Corps of the Benedictine Military School
i Savannah, Georgia, staged a farewell inspection and review in honor of Captain J. F. Smith, professor
f military science and tactics, who went on terminal leave on January 28, and among the gifts bestowed
non him by the grateful school was a check which the Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O. S. B„ principal of
he school, is shown presenting to him. Looking on are Mayor Peter Roe Nugent (center) and the Re*
(orbert McGowan, O. S. B., (right) Standing at attention at the far left is Cadet Lieutenant Colonel
William Cleary.—(Photo by Johnny Stipe—Courtesy of The Savannah Morning New*L
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C.—In recog
nition of her service for more
than forty years with the choir
of St. Mary’s Church, Mrs. Hamp
ton P_ Burbage was honor guest
at a luncheon given at the Poin
sett Hotel here on February 13
The Right Rev. Msgr. Andrew
Keene Gwynn, P. A., pastor of
St. Mary’s Church, members of
(lie parish, including members of
the choir, arranged the testimonial
luncheon for Mrs. Burbage.
Guests were seated at a lengthy
table ornamented with huge low
bowls of red and white gladioli,
white snapdragons, red carnations
and fern. Tall’ white candles
gleamed in silver candelabra.
Miss Mary Slattery acted as
mistress of ceremony, and after
paying tribute to Mrs. Burbage,
Monsignor Gwynn, Mrs. Wijliam
L. Brigham, president of the
Greenville Deanery Council of the
National Council of Catholic
Women, Mrs. Henry Keith, Jr.,
organist at St. Mary’s, and others
who have had an important part
in the work of the church and its
choir.
Immediately following her
praise of Mrs. Burbage. Miss Slat-
lery presented her with a hand
some silver cup_ engraved with
the following inscription: “Pre
sented to Mrs. Hampton Philip
Burbage by the members of St.
Mary’s Parish in appreciation of
her long and devoted service as a
•member and leader of St. Mary's
Choir—1902-1945.”
Mrs. Burbage accepted the gift
with a gracious litle speech which
was followed by Monsignor
Gwynn’s glowing tribute to the
guest of honor. He told of Mrs.
Burbage’s arrival in Greenville as
a bride and her immediate affili
ation with St. Mary’s choir, in
which she never failed to give her
best. Mrs. Burbage sang in the
Charleston Cathedral before com
ing here to reside. She was com
pletely surmised and speechless
when Father Gwynn presented her
$500 in Victory Bonds in appreci
ation of her work in the church.
Miss Stella Bobo, who has faith
fully served with Mrs. Burbage
longer than any one else in the
choir, was also the recipient of a
Victory Bond, hers, also a surprise
gift.
Mrs. Burbage was attired in a
becoming suit of gray with a
black, ruffled black chiffon blouse
and large black hat. She wore
on l]er shoulder a purple orchid
sent her by a friend who stated
on an unsigned card that he had
heard her sing at Charleston
Cathedral. Anothqr bit of senti
ment in her costume was several
pieces of handsome gold antique
jewelry that had belonged to her
mother.
Mrs. Burbage recalled with af
fection and appreciation, tlie late
Mrs. L. K. Clyde, a former organ
ist and choir director at St.
Mary’s who was there when the
Charlestonian began her services
with the g r o u p. Monsignor
Gwynn, in the course of his re
marks, also made mention of,the
service rendered ihe parish by
Mrs. Clyde.
The Greenville News in its ac
count of the luncheon honoring
Mrs. Burbage said: “Should
Greenville’s ‘faithful few’ ever be
listed on a tablet in this city, Mrs.
Burbage’s name will undoubted
ly be found among those at the
top.”
On Sunday, following the lunch
eon, the High Mass at St. Mary's
Church was offered for Mrs. Bur
bage, who is retiring as director
of the choir. She will be suc
ceeded by the Rev. Ronald An-
derson, assistant pastor.
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
NAMED TO HOLY SEE
VATICAN CITY—(Radio, NO—
The appointment of Marquis Pas-
quale Diana as Italian Ambassador
to the Holy See has been an
nounced. The post had been fill
ed by a eliarde d’affaires since
1943. Previous to that Count
Ciano was Italian Ambassador to
the Vatican.
Joaquim Diaz Gonzales, Minister
of Venezuela to the Holy See, has
presented his credentials to Pope
Pius XII at an audience in accord
ance with the traditional cere
monies provided by protocol for
such occasions. After the recept
ion, the new minister went to St.
Peter’s Basilica to pray at the
Tomb o£ the ApostUa.