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TWENTY SIX
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 24, 11)46
Holy See Honors Georgia Priests and
Bestows High Honors on Georgia Laymen
Sermon Delivered By Monsignor McNamara ai
Funeral Services for Mother of Bishop Walsh
(Consumed on page 2H>
venter, ami to restore it to its an
cient glory and splendor limited
(he number of its commanders and
knights.
The present decoration is a gold
cross of white enamelled surface,
in the center of which is impressed
(lie image of Saint .Sylvester, sur
rounded by a blue enamelled cir
cle bearing the inscription in let
ters of gold “Sane. Sylvester. P.
JVI. ” On the opposite side in the
center are the Pontifical emblems
with the date of the Gregorian res
toration, 1841, and tlial of Pope
Pius X, 1905, impressed in Homan
numerals of gold on a blue sur
face. The badge is Ihe cross of the
Order attached to a silver star.
The present uniform consists of a
black coat, with one row of gilt
buttons, with cuffs and collar of
black velvet, embroidered in gold,
black trousers, with gold stripes,
a bi-cornered hat of rough silk,
adorned with a Papal-colored cock
ade. and a sword with a hilt of
mother of pearl ornamented with
gold and worn suspended from a
gilt belt. The ribbon of the deco
ration is black bordered with red.
THOSE WHO ARK HONORED
Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy
was born in Flushing. Long Island,
and completed his study for the
priesthood at St. Charles College,
Catonsville, Md., and at St. Mary’s
Seminary- Baltimore. He was or
dained to the priesthood. May 21,
1982. at the Cathedral of St. John
Ihe Baptist in Savannah, by the
Most Rev. Michael ,T. Keyes, S. M„
I), D.. at 1 hat time. Bishop of Sa
vannah.
He served as assistant pastor al
the Cathedral in Savannah at the
Immaculate Conception Church in
lUtlanta. and in 1929 was made pas
tor of St. Mary’s Church In Rome.
In 1928. he was made pastor of Ihe
Blessed Sacrament Church in Sa
vannah. He was next assigned to
St. John the Evangelist Church,
Valdosta, and then served on Ihe
South Georgia missions with the
Motor Chapel, Queen of the Apos
tles, Later he served as pastor of
the Sacred Heart. Church, Mil-
ledgeville, and as pastor of St.
Theresa’s Church, Albany. Since
April 1945. Monsignor Cassidy has
been rector of the Cathedral of
Christ the King in Atlanta.
He has served as Diocesan Di
rector of the Catholic Rural Life
Conference, and is the Diocesan
Director of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine. In 1942 he was
made a Papal Chamberlain, with
the title of Very Reverend Mon
signor, by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII.
Father Edward J. Dodwell, of
Philadelphia, was ordained to the
priesthood at the Cathedral of Sts.
Peter and Paul, in that city, in
June, 1939. by His Eminence Den
nis Cardinal Dougherty. Arch
bishop of Philadelphia.
His first assignment as a priest
of the Diocese of Savannah- '1-
lanta was as assistant pastor of St.
Mary’s-on-the-Ilill Chureh in Au
gusta.
He is tile son of Mrs. Katherine
Dodwell and the late John J. Dod
well. of Philadelphia, llis study
for the priesthood was made at
St. Charles Seminary. Overbrook,
Pa.. Ihe North American College,
in Rome Italy, and al St Mary's
Seminary in Baltimore.
After serving some months in
Augusta, Father Dodwell entered
the School of Canon Law at the
Catholic University of America, at
Washington- D. C., for post gradu
ate study. Returning to the Dio
cese in 1942, after receiving his
doctorate degree, Father Dodwell
was assistant, pastor at the Blessed
Sacrament Church, Savannah,
then assistant rector of Cathedral
of Christ the King in Atlanta, lie
\,as next made pastor of St.
Michael’s Church. Gainesville, and
in February, 1945. was made pas
tor of Our lady of Lourdes
Church. Port West worth.
In February of this year. Father
Dodwell relinquished the pastor
ate of the parish at Port Went
worth in order that lie might de
vote liis entire time to his duty
as Officialis of the Diocese of Sa-
vannah-Atianta. a post he has
held for the last thire years.
Augustus J. Long of Macon, who
has been made a Knight of Saint
Gregory. one of the founders of
v *lhe Catholic Laymen's Association
of Georgia, and served as its first-
president. He was born in Macon,
August 30, 1872. and has always
made his home in that city. Now
retired, he was for many years
engaged in the grocery and to
bacco business in Macon. From
1908 until 1912. he served as a
member of the Board of Commis
sioners of Bibb County, and in
1917 was elected president of the
Macon Chamber of Commerce, and
gendered great service ■ as chair
man of its transportation commit
tee. A member of St. Joseph’s
parish, lie lias been prefect of the
Young Men’s Sodality, president
of the Ancient Order of Hibern
ians. secretary of the Catholic
Knights of America, and Grand
Knight of Macon Council. Knights
of Columbus. In 1898. be married
Miss Kate Scheich. of Milwaukee.
Martin J. Callaghan, now serv
ing as honorary vice-president of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia, was one of the found
ers of the Association and for
thirty years lias been most active
in its work.
Mr. Callaghan is a native of
Wolverhampton. England. He came
to Macon in his youth and for a
number of years was associated
in business with Mr. Long. In 1898,
Mr. Callaghan married Miss Mary
Agues Sanders. Several years sub
sequent to the death of his first
wife, he married Miss Margaret
Mary Kennington, of Macon. They
have two daughters and two sons,
both of the daughters being Domi
nican Nuns. Miss Catherine Cal
laghan, known in Religion as Sis
ter Rila Marie, O. P., is teaching at
St. Theresa’s High School in De-
Iroil, and Sister Martin Marie. O.
P., the former Miss Margaret Cal
laghan. is principal of St. Mary’s
School. Rome. Ga. The two sons,
Martin J. Callaghan. Jr., and
Frank .1. Callaghan, live in Macon.
Active in ihe work of the
Knights of Columbus as well as in
that of Ihe Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation. Mr. .Callaghan did much
lo promole Ihe Laymen’s Retreat
movement in Georgia.
Mr. Callaghan was one of the
founders of Mac o n Council,
Kniglits of Columbus, and has
been one of its most faithful mem
bers for many years. He has head
ed the council as its grand knighl
and has served it in other offices.
He is a leader in the work of the
St. Vincent de Paul Society and
ihe Holy Name Society, and in the
I Ancient Order of Hibernians. He
j is one of the mosl devoted mem
bers of SI. Joseph’s parish in
Vlacon, and in recognition of his
service to "Church and Pope." the
Papal Medal “Pro Kcclesia et
Pontifice’ was conferred upon him
(hree years ago by If is Holiness
Pope Pius XII.
These new appointments will
bring the number of Knights of
Saint Gregory in the Diocese of
Savannali-Atlanta to three, that
dignilv having been conferred on
John W. Gleason, of Savannah by
Ills Holiness Pope XI in 1938.
Hughes Spalding, prominent At
lanta attorney, and general coun
sel for Ihe Trust Company of
I Georgia, is president of the par
ticular council of the Society of
j St. Vincent de Paul in Atlanta,
1 and has for years been most ac-
! live in the work of that organiza-
I lion. In 1939 lie was named as one
I of the three representatives of the
i Province of Ballimore on the
| Superior Council, and has been
| instrumental in the organization of
a large number of conferences of
the society in Georgia.
He lie - alsty been Interested in
Ihe work of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia,
which at one time had as its presi
dent. his lather, the late Colonel
Jack J. Spalding. K. M.. K. S. G.
Mr. Spalding is now treasurer of
the Endowment Fund Committee
of Ihe Laymen’s Association.
lie is a graduate of Georgetown
University and of tile Law School
of I he* University uf Georgia. He
was al one lime chairman of Ihe
Board of Regents of the University
of Georgia. Tie served in World
War 1 as a lieutenant in the Field
Artillery. Mis. Spalding is Ihe
former Miss Bolling Phini/.y, of
Athens, Ga.
Prominent in the religious, so
cial and civic life of Atlanta. Mr.
Spalding was recently one of the
co-chairmen of Ihe campaign in
which a fund ol a million dollars
was raised to build an addition lo
St. Joseph’s Infirmary. He is di
rector of Rich's, Inc., in Atlanta.
Clarence ITaverty. of Atlanta, is
the son of ihe late James J,
Haverty, K. S. G , and the late Mis.
Clara Malone Haverty. He grad
uated from Boy’s High School in
Atlanta, in 1898 arid began his
business career with the Rhodes-
Haverty Furniture Company iii At
lanta.
In close association with his
fdther. for many years ho con
tributed lo the building of ttie
widespread interests of the Havci-
ty Furniture Company, which he
lias headed, as president, since
1938.
He is also president of the
Haverty Realty and Investment
Company and vice-president and
director of the Rhodes-Haverty In
vestment Company, and chairman
of the board of directors of the
Fulton National Bank. He served
as a member of the Atlanta Gen
eral Council from 1911 lo 1912. was
at one time president of tlie At
lanta Ad Men’s Club: former vice-
president of Atlanta Retail Mer
chants Association, and has taken
part in numerous civic movements
of worthwhile proportions. He was
recently made president of the Na
tional Retail Furniture Associa
tion. ^
He is a member of the parish of
the Cathedral of Christ the King,
and was chairman of the finance
committee which assisted in found
ing and building its parochial
school. He has been active in the
work of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, serving us
chairman of its finance committee.
He was one of the co-chairmen of
the recent St. Joseph’s Hospital
Fund campaign.
Mrs. Haverty is the former Miss
Elizabeth Rawson of Atlanta. They
have one son. Rawson Haverty,
and two daughters. Mrs. Frank
M. Ridley, Jr., and Miss Betty
Haverty.
Bernard J. Kane, immediate past
president of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, and at
present a member of its executive
committe, who was born in Chat
tanooga, Tenn., has made his home
in Atlanta since 1896. He is an ex
ecutive of the Fulton Bag and Col
ton Mills in Atlanta.
A member of the parish of the
Cathedral of Christ the King. Mr.
Kane is particularly active in the
work of the parish council of the
■Society of St.. Vincent de Paul, lie
is a member of Atlanta Council.
Knights of Columbus, and headed
the Atlanta Branch of the Catholic
Laymen's Association for seven
years before he was made presi
dent of Ihe state-wide organization
in 1940.
Mr. Kane and his wife, the lor-
mer Miss Marie Helen Brady, had
six children, four sons and two
daughters. All four of their sons
served in the Armed Forces in the
war. two of them, Lieutenant John
Brady Kane and Lieutenant Nor
man Kane giving their lives in
their country’s service in the
European theater of operation.
Another son, Richard Kane, first
reported missing in action was
later reported as a prisoner in
Germany. After escaping from a
German prison camp, he was for
some months in an Army hospital
in- France. Lieutenant Vincent
Kane, served with the Navy Air
Forces The two daughters. Miss
Josephine Kane and Miss Mary
Anna Kane, attend school in At
lanta.
Mr. Kane is one of the most
highly respected business men in
Atlanta, and participates in numer
ous civic affairs. He is a member
of the board of directors of St.
Joseph’s Home. Washington, Ga.
Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Fahy.
He attended Spring Hill College
and later graduated from the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, being
valedictorian of his class. For some
years he was advertising manager
lor Chamberl a in-Jolmson-Dubu.se
in Atlanta. Upon the death of his
father, he became associated with
other members of his family in
■ Ihe operation of Ihe department
store established bv his father in
1873.
Mr. Fahy married Miss Rosa
Kingbury of Atlanta. He is a
brothel’ of Charles Fahy. former
Solicitor General of the United
Slates, who is now in Germany as
sisting in the prosecution of Ger
man war criminals.
He lias headed Ihe Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia since
1943. and will preside at its an
nual convention to be held in Sa
vannah in October. He is also a
member of the board of directors
of SI. Joseph’s Home in Washing-
Ion. Ga.
Robert Emmett McCormack, of
Albany, upon whom the lloly See
has conferred the honor of Knight
hood in the Order of Saint Syl
vester. was born in Nashville,
Tenn., the son of Michael Malachy
McCormack, a banker of that city,
SAVANNAH, Ga., — In the
course of the sermon which he
delivered at the Solemn Pontifical
Requiem Mass offered by the
Mosl Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D..
Bishop of Charleston, al the fune
ral of his mother. Mrs. Wilhelmina
Jennemann Walsh, of this city,
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, said:
"We are assembled here this
morning to pay a final tribute of
respect to that which was mor
tal in the life of this valiant wo
man. As we think of her summon
ed into the Presence of God, we
are reminded of her sterling vir-
turfes and are gratful that we are
the beneficiaries /of the example
which these virtues reflect . . .
"Looking back over the years,
which the good God vouchsafed
lor her. we realize that Bethlehem
and Calvary are not isolated events
of history, but are history and un
less so viewed history is meaning
less and life but a blind alley from
which there is no escape
“Some nineteen hundred years
ago. from Bethlehem’s eave there
was offered to God a perfect and
and Mrs. Katherine Cauley Mc
Cormack.
He attended the parochial school
conducted bv the Sisters of Mercy
in Nashville, and completed his
high school education at St. Ber
nard’s, Cullman, Ala., where he
received the modal for the highest
scholarship and was valedictorian
of the class of 1910.
After graduation from St. Ber
nard’s, he entered the candy man
ufacturing business. In 1911 and
1912 he worked with Ihe Eagle
Candy Company, Nashville, from
1912 to 1915, lie was associated
with the Martin Biscuit and Can
dy Company, of Birmingham. Dur
ing the first World War. he served
as a lieutenant in the infantry, act
ing as instructor in officers’ train
ing camps.
In 1919, after being released
from the Army. Mr. McCormack
was impressed by whal he had
heard of Albany. Ga., and decided
to locate in that city. Ho establish
ed, the Famous Candy Company,
which was succeeded by the Mills-
McCormack Candy Company, and
which in 1924, became the Bobs
Candy and Peanut Company, a
concern which is now one of the
largest in its field in this coun
try. Mr. McCormack and Ihe
business he heads, have contributed
greatly to his adopted city. Albany.
In 1920, Mr. McCormack was
married lo Miss Anne Louise Kel
ler, daughter of the distinguished
organist and choirmaster of the
Cathedral of St. Andrew, Little
Rock, Ark.. Joseph J. Keller, K. S.
G.. and Mrs. Caroline Judith Wal
ker Keller. Bishop John B. Morris,
of Little Rock, officiated al the
marriage.
Mr. and Mi’s. McCormack have
three children, Miss Anne Louise
McCormack. Robert Emmett Mc
Cormack, Jr., and Miss Mary Be
al rice McCormack.
The Keller family, of which
Mrs. McCormack is a member, lias
given to the Church: Father Greg
ory H. Keller, S. T. D., pastor of
St. Mary’s . Church. Helena, Ark.,
and Sister M. Beatrix, of Mount
de Chantel Convent of the Visita
tion, Wheeling. W. Va.
Since coming to Albany, in 1919.
Mr. McCormack has been a lead
er in Catholic activity. With Ihe
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh D. I) ,
Bishop of Charleston, who was
I lien pastor of St. Theresa’s
Church, Albany. Mr. McCormack
was instrumental in founding a
council of the Knights of Colum
bus in that city, and served sever
al terms as its grand knight, lie
has been active in the work of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, and is a member of the
hoard of directors of St. Joseph’s
Home, Washington.
Ife played an important part, as
chainhan of Ihe Catholic Commu
nity Center committee, ip Ihe es
tablishment of a parochial school
in Albany last year, and while aid
ing practically every effort of the
Diocese of Savannali-Atlanta, lie
has been one ol (lie outstanding
benefactors of his alma mater, SI.
Bernard’s College.
Monsignor Moylan stated Ihal
announcement regarding the dates
of the formal investitures of the
new Domestic Prelates and the
Papal Knights and Chamberlains
would have to await the arrival ol
the briefs and decorations from
Vatican City. It is probable that
Ihe formal conferring of the Papal
honors on the seven Georgia lay
men will be held in their respec
tive parish churches.
clean oblation, the first time that
the race of men had made an of
fering to God commensurate with
His infinite dignity.
"Since then, Bethlehem, that is
Jt?sus and Mary, is continued in
those valiant women, whom God
sets apart as tabernacles for those
who ultimately are to become
other Christs, priests . . .
“As we sorrow with them whose
loss is greater, than ours, there is
a divine envy for the memory llvat
is theirs, not only of one whose
life makes real Bethlehem and
Mary, but Calvary and Christ and
the years that intervene between
Bethlehem and Calvary as well.
Here was tlfe privilege of sharing
realistically in the perpetuation of
(he Apostolic Band, whose mem
bers were the chosen friends and
personal selections of Christ ....
"What joy in the midst of sad
ness. what comfort under the
weight of sorrow, is the heritage of
those who survive her. What mu
nificent claims are hers as she ap
pears before God in judgement. A
good life pleads her cause, but:
more, another Christ, as he stands
at the altar, and yet more other
Christs, whose priesthood finds its
realization in him. whose son is
luj-rs."
Many Georgia Priests
Present at Funeral of
Bishop Walsh's Mother
SAVANNAH. Ga., — Quite a
number of priests serving in the
Diocese of Savannali-Atlanta were
present in the sanctuary of the
Cathedral of St. Jphn the Baptist
here when funeral services were
held on July 15 for Mrs. Wilhel
mina Jennemann Walsh, mother of
the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
D. D.. Bishop of Charleston.
Members of the clergy in Geor
gia, where Bishop Walsh served
as a priest before being named to
the See of Charleston, in addition
to those who were officers of the
Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass,
were: Monsignor Joseph E. Moy
lan, V. G.. Administrator of the
Diocese of Savannah - Atlanta;
Monsignor Joseph F. Croke. At
lanta: Monsignor Joseph G. Cas
sidy. Atlanta: Father Dan J. Mc
Carthy, Pori Wentworth; Father
Boniface Bauer, O. S B.. Savan
nah: Father Edward P. McGrath,
S. M., Atlanta; Father Felix Don-
nley. Atlanta: Father Philip Has
son, S. M., Brunswick; Father
Francis McGrath, Father Henry J.
Burke, Statesboro: Father Thomas
A. Brennan. Father Paul Milde, O.
S. B., Father Terence Keenan, O.
S. B., Father Timothy Flaherty, Q.
S. B„ Father Waller Donovan,
Father Marion Schwalbe, O. S. B.,
Father John A. Morris. Father
Adolph Gall, S. M. A.. Father John
Corcoran, S. M. A.. Father James
Conlin. Father Coyne, S. M. A.,
Savannah, Father John J. Ken
nedy. Valdosta: Father John
O'Siica. Thomasville,
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral in Savan
nah. delivered the sermon at the
Mass’ Father Joseph R. Smith, of
Atlanta, was a deacon of honor:
Father Thomas. I. Sheehan. Deca
tur, was subdeacon, and Father
George Duly and Father James II
Conlin, of Savannah, were masters
of ceremony.
Al the request of the Charleston
Diocesan Council of the National
Council of Catholic Women, a
Mass for the repose of the soul of
Mrs. Walsh was offered at the
Cathedral in Savannah on the
first Friday in August.
Memorial Windows
Installed in Chapel of
Convent in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S. C. Newly in
stalled slained-glass windows have
enhanced the beauty and (he litur
gical dignity of the chapel of SI.
Mary’s Convent of Ihe Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy in Greenville.
The new. windows were placed
in the convent chapel as memo
rials. The Good Shepherd window
was donated by Ihe children of the
late Harold Gallivan in memory
of their father; the St. Bernadette
window is a memorial to Lawrence
A. Dowling, the gift of members of
his family; the St. Joseph window
is in memory of Gerald and Nora
O'Brien: the window of the Sa-
cr d Heart, in which is also rep
resented St. Margaret Mary, is a
memorial to Charles Wendlinger,
and the Annunciation window is a
memorial'to Solomon Eassy.