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OCTOBER 26, 194G
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
Past Presidents of Georgia Laymen s Association
A. J. LONG, for many years
one of Macon's leading business
men, was the first president of
the association, being elected at
the organization convention held
in Macon in 1916. Mr. Long was
recently made a Knight of Saint
Gregory by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII.
Coiimbus Club in
Waycross Honor the
Memory of its Patron
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYCROSS, Ga.-"We need to
rejdiscover America in a spirit
similar to that which animated
Christopher Columbus—the spirit
of! zeal for the conversion of the
hdathen,” declared Father Fred
erick V. Gilbert, O/M. I., pastor
of St. Paul’s Church, Douglas, In
an addressed delivered at the Co
lumbus Day dinner of the Way-
crbss Columbus Club.
“A purpose of the voyage of
Columbus was to further the con
version of heathen nations by
finding a new route to the East.
In the early days'of this nation
we had Christian principles placed
in practice by leaders of unswerv
ing character. We have drifted
from that high level.
“The ungodly keep this coun
try from its full fruition,” said
Father Gilbert. “God is blacked
out by might, brotherly love is
blacked out by greed. Let us re
discover America in the light of
reason and love of God.”
Gus Fcchtcl, president of the
Columbus Club, presided as toast
master, and the guest speaker was
presented to his audience ' by
Harry M. Wilson. The groun sing
ing was led by Father John H.
Ilillmann, S. M.. of St. Joseph's
Church here, and B. W. Cunning
ham headed the program and ar
rangements committee. Following
the dinner at the Hollywood Grill,
there was an informal dance at
the Plant Building.
•Among those attending were:
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. J. .M. Slomon, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Stallings, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Flanders, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Flussman, Mr. and Mrs. Ungar,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Spatola, Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Fechtel, Mr. and
Mrs. David Germano, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert James, Mr. and Mrs.
Valentine Stanton, Mr. and Mrs.
B. W ? .Cunningham,
Mrs. Ruth Walker. Mrs. Con
Shanahan. Mrs. Grace Faro, Mrs.
Mary Fribcrg, Miss Helen Nimmer,
Misses Jewel and ^erti Cason,
Miss Mary Louise Friberg, Miss
Ann Clark, Terrell Porter, Philip
Friberg, Jr., John Tobola, Dr. H.
Jasme and Frank Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wilkes, Misses
Clair and Frieda Wilkes, St.
Mary’s; Rev. Frederick V. Gilbert,
O. M. I., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hanna, Mrs. Finn, Miss Willian
Price, and Sam Spatola, Jr., Doug
las; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Nimmer,
Blackshcar; and Father John H.
Hillmann, S. M., of St. Joseph's
Church, Waycross, Ga.
DURING NOVEMBER, Monsi
gnor T. James McNamara, Super
intendent of Schools for the
Diocese of Savannali-Atlanta, will
speak on the general theme, “The
Catholic School in American Lif c >”
over the Catholic Hour, Sunday
radio program, which is produced
by the National Council of Catho
lic Men, and broadcast through the
cooperation of the National Broad
casting Company. Titles of Mon
signor McNamara’s individual talks
will be: “Courage of Crucifixion,”
November 3; “Courage—A Civics
Text,” November 10j “America’s
Triple Arsenal,” November 17; and
“America’s Ideal,” November 24.
COLONEL J. J. SPALDING,
late of Atlanta, and one of Geor
gia’s most prominent attorneys,
succeeded Mr. Long as president
of the Laymen’s Association in
1917. He was honored by the
Holy See with Knighthood in the
Order of St. Gregory the Great,
and was also a Knight of Malta.
CAPTAIN P. II.’ RICE, late of
Augusta, served as president of
the Laymen’s Association from
1919 to 1933. In 1923, His Holi
ness Pope Pius XI conferred up
on him the dignity of a Knight
Commander of St. Gregory.
THOMAS F. WALSH, JR„ Nate
of Savannah, also a member of
the legal profession, was the third
president of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation, succeeding Colonel Spald
ing in 1918. He was also honored
with Knighthood in the Order of
St. Gregory by Pope Pius XI.
BERNARD J. KANE, of At
lanta, an executive of the FuHon
Bag and Cotton Mills, served as
president of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation from 1940 to 1943. Mr.
Kane was recently mad^ a Knight
of St. Sylvester by His Holiness
Pope Pius XI.
DR.. J. REID. BRODERICK,
prominent Savannah physician,
was elected president of the Lay
men’s Association in 1939, and
presided at the Silver Jubilee
Convention, held in Savannah in
1940, when His Excellency Arch
bishop Cicognani, Apostolic Dele-
ALFRED M. BATTEY, of Au
gusta, succeeded Captain Rice as
president of the Laymen’s Asso- gate to the United States, honor-
ciation, serving from 1933 to ed the convention by addressing
1939. its afternoon session.
Mother Agnes of St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines
Appointed Regional Superior of American
Houses of Religious of Christian Education
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Reverend
Mother Agnes Sherry, R. C. E.,
Superior of St. Genevieve-of-the-
Pines, lias recently been appointed
Regional Superior of the Ameri
can Houses -of the Religious of
Christian Education. This ap
pointment is the first of its kind
in the history of this Religious
Order.
Mother Sherry's career has been
both cosmopolitan and varied.
Born in Boston, she was educated
in Boston and New York. She
entered the Novitiate of the Reli
gious of Christian Education in
Farnborough, England, and pro
nounced her final vows in Bel
gium, in 1923.
During the course of her life
as a Religious, which has been de
voted to the education of youth,
Mother Sherry has been stationed
at St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines here,
Jeanne d’Arc Academy, Milton,
Mass., and at Marycliff Academy,
Arlington, Mass.
In the summer of 1945, Mother
Sherry was one of nine American
Religious who attended the Gen
eral Chapter of the Order at Lille,
France, and it was at that time
that she. was made Superior at St.
Genevieve’s. In her appointment
as Regional Superior, Mother
Sherry will continue in her ca
pacity as Superior of the convent
in Asheville.
The Superior Genex-al of the
Religious of Christian Education
is Reverend Mother Mary Louise
Loi'in, former Supei’ior of St.
Genevieve-of-the-Pines, who w^s
elected Vicar-General of the Order
in 1937, and Superior General at
the close of the General Chapter
in 1945.
The Motherhouse of the Order,
formerly located in Belgium, was
destroyed during World War II.
It is now temporarily located near
Paris.
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