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JULY 27, 1946
ELEVEN
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Catholic Evidence Guild Lay Speakers
Tell People of Western North Carolina
About Catholic Doctrines and Practices
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.—Once
again girls from Rosary College,
River Forest, Illinois, have re
turned to St. John’s Mission, with
headquarters at Waynesville, to
tell the people of Western North
Carolina truths about the Catholic
Faith.
This year their street-teaching
tour began in the town of Sylva,
during the week of June 24, fol
lowed by other weeks ■ at Bryson
City, Franklin and Andrews.
The girls speak from the end-
gate of their station-wagon in the
town square, on the main street,
in a vacant lot, a park, or in any
place that is accessible to a large
number of people. The talks are
given each evening from Monday
through Friday, and on Saturday
afternoons. The Saturday meet
ings are held in the afternoon to
reach the mountain folks who
crowd the main street of the
county seat each Saturday. When
ever the town government per
mits, a public address system is
used, enabling the speakers to be
heard within a radius of half a
block.
The Catholic Evidence Guild of
Rosary College is now conducting
its twelfth year of work in the
lay apostolate. This is the fifth
year that it has sent speakers to
the mountain regions of Western
North Carolina.
Included in the group this sum
mer arc: Miss Mary Virginia
Doyle, of Rockford, 111., who has
just received her degree in eco-
noics and political science and
who plans to enter the business
field next year; Miss Marjorie
Malay,, of Gas City, Ind., who
will be a senior at Rosary Col
lege next year, and who is major
ing in economics and minoring in
philosophy; Miss Georgeanne
Dunne, of Oak Park, 111., who
will begin her third year at Rosary
College this fall, and who will
major in speech, and Miss Helen
McGrath, of Akron. Ohio, also a
student at Rosary College. Miss
Doyle and Miss Malay have done
street-teaching in previous years
in this section of the country.
Two Sisters of St. Dominis, of
the Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, com
munity, Sister Hilaire, O. P., Ph.
D., and Sister Marie Williams, O.
P., A. B., members of the faculty
of Rosary College, accompanied
the girls on their month’s stay in
North Carolina.
The girls received their Evi
dence Guild training at Rosary
College, under the direction of
Right Rev, Msgr. Reynold Hillen-
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brand, of Hubbards Wood, 111., and
Rev. Charles Burnickel, of Oak
Park.
Each night two talks are given
At the end of each, questions
relating to the subject matter are
proposed by one of the girls for
the speaker to answer. At the
conclusion of the program, the
girls mingle with the audience and
answer any questions their listen
ers might ask. This informal way
of , meeting people brings the
best result and seems to be more
satisfying and enlightening to all.
This year the subjects discussed
included the Church, the Bible,
Confession, Purgatory, the Saints,
the Sacramentals, Prayer, Heaven
and the Infallibility of the Pope.
The principal aim of the Street-
teaching tours is to dispel erron
eous opinions occasioned by mis
representations of the Catholic
religion.
It is truly an amazing fact that
only 12,000 of the 4,000,000 people
of North Carolina are Catholics.
This is the least Catholic section
of the United States.
Much has been said about for
eign missions, but it is the opinion
of Catholics who have traveled in
this section of the country that
their greatest mission field is the
Southland of our own nation.
This is the reason why girls, who
have dedicated themselves to
Catholic Action, volunteer to
spend their summer vacations in
the South, providing instruction to
those who are interested in
Catholicism.
Waynesville, where St. John's
Church and school are located, is
the center of the street-teaching
mission, and the far-flung parish
among the Great Smoky Moun
tains, • where Father Ambrose
Rohrbacher is pastor.
C. D. of A. in Raleigh
Initiate New Members
RALEIGH. N. C.—With impres
sive ritual, Cort Bishop Hafey, No.
1088, Catholic Daughters of Am
erica inititated Mrs. J. W. Brooks,
Mrs. J. H. Dugan, Mrs. W. M.
Kulash, Mrs. Frank J. Sasfedek,
and Mrs. B. Shehdan as new
members in the auditorium of the
Cathedral School at a ceremonial
at which Mrs. John W. Kane,
grand regent of Court Charlotte,
presided, and at which an address
was delivered by Father Charles
O’Connor, chaplain of the local
court.
Following the ceremonial, a re
ception for the new members was
held in the club room, the recep
tion committee including Mrs. P.
B. Edelen, Mrs. B. A. Dubois, Mrs..
J. J. Fallon, Mrs. James P. Mal-
lette, Mrs. Lillian Streb, Mrs. J.
V. Hofmann, and Mrs. C. S. Biggs.
Officers of Court Bishop Hafey,
who took part in the ceremonial in
addition to Mrs. Kane, the grand
regent, were: Mrs. Paul C. West,
vice regent; Mrs. Patrick E.
Young, prophetess; Mrs. J. V.
Hofmann, lecturer; Mrs. Orali
Mills Russell, historian; Miss Elsie
McClure, treasurer; Mrs. Raymond
Streb, fianancial secretary; Mrs.
James P. Mallette, monitor; Mrs.
J. N. Stronach, sentinel; Mrs. J.
B. Clements, organist, and Mrs.
Lillian Streb, Mrs. C. J. Emnett,
Mrs. L. M. Sneed, Mrs. L. C.
Murchison, Mrs. B. A. Dubois, and
Mrs. Peter Ellison, members of the
board of trustees.
Ancient Castle to
Be Given Jesuits
NEW YORK — (NC) — Princess
Eugenia Ruspoli, the former Miss
Eugenia Berry, of' Oak Hill, Ga.,
stated upon her arrival here from
Italy that she plans to give her
ancient castle at Nemi, near Rome,
to the Society of Jesus. She told
reporters the castle, which is more
than a thousand years old, had
been sacked during the war by
German troops, who carried away
thirty truckloads of furnishings
and art treasures.
'32 CLASS AT BENEDICTINE
REORGANIZED IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A reorgani
zation dinner meeting of the class
of 1932 at the Benedictine Mili
tary School was held at the De
Soto Hotel. June 26, and Sylvan
Garfunkel was elected president
of the group to succeed Jack But
ler, who was president of the
club when it ceased meeting upon
the outbreak of war.
Present at the meeting, in ad
dition to Mr. Garfunkel and Mr.
Butler, were Joseph Puder, N.
Kaplan, Patrick Walsh, Joseplt-
Steeg, John Jarvis and William J.
Clary. Efforts are being made to
re-cnlist all members of the class
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College Girls Speak of the Catholic Church to
Open-Air Audiences in Western North Carolina
Miss Helen McGrath, of Akron,
.Ohio, is pictured, left, lecturing
on Catholicism from the gate end
of a station-wagon in Western
North Carolina. Miss Georgeanne
Dunne, center, another student at
Rosary College, River Forest, III.,
with the Catholic Evidence Guild
speakers in North Carolina. Miss
Marjorie Malay and Miss Mary
Virginia Doyle, right, speaking on
Main Street, Bryson City, N. C.
Record Attendance at Retreat for
Catholic Laymen in North Carolina
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C—The North
Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Re
treat Association held its annual
Retreat at Belmont Abbey, July
19-21, with an attendance of 110,
the largest in the history of the
association.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Vincent S. Waters, D. D., Bishop
of Raleigh, and the Right Rev.
Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D.,
Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont spoke
as the closing exercise of the Re
treat, which had been conducted
by Father Patrick Walsh, O. P.,
director of the Dominican Mis
sion Band, Columbia, S. C.
At a business session, held fol
lowing the religious exercises, the
Retreat Association elected
George L. Gettier, of Charlotte,
as president, and Leo Lacy, of
Charlotte; L. V. O’Callaghan, of
Southern Pines, and B. A. Lewis,
of York, S. C., as vice-presidents.
Attending the Retreat were:
Benjamin F. Patrick, A. D. Car-
roll, Dennis J. Dunn, J. V. Wil
liams, Julius A. Schachner, Jr.,
George L. Gettier, John Gerard
White, .Bernard I. White, F. C.
Ray, E. L. Pennell, C. Joseph Ar-
meen, Jr., John K. Civil, G. C.
Harris, M. L. Lacy, M. L. Lacy,
Jr., George F. O’Brien, J. L. Spen
cer, J. Preston Hoover, L. Mueller,
James B. Wcdenfeller, A. J.
Neilson, C. A. Breen, J. Spalding
Reilly, Robert H. Moeller, John
J. Such, Seaborn Harold Mil
ner, Louis Hoover, J. A. Low
ry, William Spairf, John M.
O’Connor, Rush Peterson, Frank
Toomey, James T o o m e y, J.
William Heinz, II. H. Cauble,
J. O. Thorp, James Kearns,
Michael Pclone. F. J. Beatty, J.
C. Crates, John Morbell, Charlotte.
John E. Eck, Patrick A. Mc
Donnell, L. A. Heifer, Michael
Ellis, Denton Vlasservich, James
Jacobs, Joseph Coffey, Gastonia;
A. R. Shields, G. R. Hart, Lenoir;
Louis B. Anderson, R. B. Van
Wagner, L. H. Bryan, H. F. Cain,
Anthony Redmond, Anthony Red
mond, Jr., William E. Guilka,
Fleming Browne, Sr., Francis J.
Heazel, Asheville; Joseph Peter
son, John R. Chamber, Henry W.
Peterson, E. J. Gallagher, T. D.
Bradley, Salisbury.
Robert A. Goodman, Glenn
Wishon, Brown E. Miller, Con
cord; Clarence B. Redmond, Jr.,
H. A. McDaniel, Jesse E. Turling
ton, Lumberton; M. A. Angelo,
Thomas V. Angelo, Winston-
Salem; E. H. Lorenson, John M.
O’Callaghan. Raymond M. Kane,
L. V. O’Callaghan, Sr., Joseph P.
O’Callaghan, L. V. O’Callaghan,
Jr., R. D. Hurst, Southern Pines
John Cummings, H. G. Clemens,
K. OF C. IN RALEIGH
RE-ELECTS GRAND KNIGHT
RALEIGH, N. C.—Grand Knight
Dan Brady and Deputy Grand
Knight Henry Cooke, re-elected
to those offices, have begun their
second terms with Father Thomas
Price Council, Knights of Colum
bus. Henry Lucas was elected
recording secretary of the coun
cil, and Rudolph Roy is the new
warden.
Committee appointments in
clude M. J. Cowderj, chairman of
the membership committee; D. J.
Ifartigan, chairman of the lapsa-
tion committee: A1 Goodwin, gen
eral chairman of the entertain
ment and program committees,
with Henry Cooke and Dave Myers
as vice-chairmen.
George Cooper, W. H. Kulash,
Raleigh.
John Wasilik, Jr., Franklin;
Leonard Dunavent, Dellwood;
Marion Holcombe, Waynesville;
E. N. Evans, Bryson City; J. Bay-
lis Rector, Weaverville; Dr. A. W.
Gallagher. Hamlet; F. J. McAn-
drew, Rockingham; Peter Endres,
T. J. Jones, Hendersonville; Wil
fred A. Jarvis, John G. Cummings,
A. J. Sanvageau, Jr., William
Berry, Greensboro; George W.
Brooks, William Wolhair, James
Ford, Harry Maier, Joseph
Thomas. Belmont.
Joseph Fay, William Eick, Mat
thew Bouknight, George Fritten,
Rock Hill, S. C.; R. R. Lewis, T.
J. O’Connor, Florence, S. C.; B.
A. Lewis, York, S. C., John Sed-
inger, Charleston, W. Va.
ST. THERESA’S CHURCH, ALBANY — The ivy-clad walls of St. Theresa’s Church, Albany, Geor
gia, were erected in 1860, but the completion of the in terior of the structure was interrupted by the War
Between the States, and the church was not formal ly dedicated until 1879. During the war-torn years
from 1861 to 1865, the building was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers of the Confederacy. The
parish has had a resident pastor for more than sev enty years, and among the distinguished priests who
served as pasor of St. Theresa’s and its far-flung mi ssion territory was the present Bishop of Charleston,
the'Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D. The present pastor is the Very Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, who is also
Vicar Forane of the Columbus Deanery.