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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 26, 1946
Father Pengson, Priest From Philippines,
Who Served in Georgia During the War,
Appeals for Aid for His Destitute Parish
JESUIT GENERAL-AND
AIDE
AUGUSTA, Ga, — Father Angel
Pengson, one of the priests from
the Philippines who was study
ing in Rome at the time of the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
and who was obliged to leave
Italy, where he then had the sta
tus of an enemy alien, is now
back in his native Philippines
after spending the war years in
Augusta, where he served as as
sistant pastor at St. Mary’s-on-
the-Hill Church and St. Patrick's
Church.
Father Pengson writes that he
is now serving as administrator
of St. Francis Church, General
Trias, Cavite, Philippine Islands,
and that he and his two assistants
have 15,000 parishioners under
their charge.
He says that he is doing all in
his power to help his people who
need plenty of material as well as
spiritual aid after the cruel and
unhappy years of Japanese occu
pation. “The atrocities and bru
talities perpetrated by the Japan
ese were horrible and beyond hu
man description and imagination.
I hate to talk about it. My only
brother, who was a lieutenant in
the Medical Corps of the Army
was massacred with his wife and
two small children. His oldest
child, a boy of five years, surviv
ed as is safe with my mother. My
only sister, a Religious, is teach
ing in one of the Sisters’ schools
in the city of Tuguegarao, Caga
yan.”
Father Pengson included in
his letter an appeal to his friends
in Georgia for any aid that they
can give him for his people. In
his parish, which is in a town
twenty miles from Manila, he has
nearly four hundred chilren un
der instruction who are to re
ceive their first Holy Commu
nion before Christmas. “My big-
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ther Pengson writes. “Many of
the children are really poor and
do not even have the white cloth
ing and veils that is customarily
worn by first communicants. I
v/ant to make this happy event in
their lives as impressive as possi
ble.
“The children’s parents or oth
er relatives canont afford to buy
clothes for them, nor can I, for I
have been spending my .own
money ever since I came here to
help them secure the necessities
of life.
“So, I am trying to collect
some donations here and there
from friends in order to purchase
some white material that the
women of the parish will gladly
make into garments and veils for
the children. I will gratefully ac
cept any gift or donation my
friends want to send me, that is
why I am appealing to my friends
in Georgia. Anything that they
can give will be appreciated by
these poor children, who will al
ways remember their generosity.”
Father Pengson says that his
parishioners lost all their prop
erty and belongings during the
Japanese occupation, and that
while there is no scarcity of food,
the prices are terrifically high,
and beyond the buying power of
the war-impoverished people.
Any of Father Pengson's
friends wko may wish to contrib
ute anything toward aiding the
members of his war-devastated
parish, may send their donations
to the office of The Bulletin for
forwarding to the Philippines.
739,840 PERSONS from all parts
of the world visited the historic
Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre,
near Quebec, Canada, this season,
the greatest number of pilgrims in
any single year in the 288-year-
old history of the shrine. Since
the first pilgrimage in 1658, more
than 16,000,000 persons have visit
ed the famous shrine.
Pictured in Rome, at the recent meeting of the Jesuits of the world
are the Very Rev. John Baptist Janssens, S. J. (left), of Belgium,
the newly-elected General of the Society of Jesus, and the Rev. Vin
cent A. McCormick, S. J., elected American assistant to the General
Photo by Press Association. (NC Photos)
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MACON, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs. B.
If. Prescott, of Macon, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Jane Prescott, to Mr. Allen
Butler, of Allenton, R. I„ at the
rectory of St. Joseph's Church
here, Father Jerome Mullin, S.
J. ; officiating.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Miss Fran
ces Evelyn Moore, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Moore, of
Adel, and Mr. John F. Ifolec,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Holec, of Savannah, were married
at the Church of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Port Wentworth. Father
Dan J. McCarthy officiating.
SAAD-KOURY
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GREENVILLE, S. C. — Mrs.
Thomas Koury announces the
marriage of her daughter, Miss
Victoria Koury, to Mr. Alfred
Saad, Jr., on October 3, at St.
Mary's Church, Father Ronald
Anderson officiating.
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CARRATELLO-EVANS
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SUMTER, S. C.—Mr. and Mrs.
Tracy S. Evans, of Miami Beach,
formerly of Sumter, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Anna Jo Evans, to Mr. Phil
ip Carratello, of Paterson, N. /.,
at St. Anthony’s Church. Pater
son, Father Modesto Valenti, S.
C., officiating.
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MACON, Ga. — Mr. and Mrs.
Walter W. Sams, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Ophelia Hayden Sams, to Mr.
Vincent Francis Schulte, Jr., at
the Sacred Heart Church in At
lanta, Father Edward P. McGrath,
S. M., officiating.
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SAVANNAH. Ga. — Mr. and
Mrs. James J. McQuillan an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Ann Lucille Mc
Quillan, to Mr. John Edward
Scott, son of John W. Scott and
I he late Mrs. Sara Davis Scott, at
the Blessed Sacrament Church,
Father James II. Conlin officiat
ing.
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CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss
Helen Clara Donato, of Mount
Pleasant, and Mr. Thomas P. Pa-
turzo, of Sullivan's Island, were
married on October 10 at Stella
Maris Church, Father George
Steigper, of Georgetown, officiat
ing. Mrs. Paturzo is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donato.
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Flint S. Hendrix announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Eetty Barbara Hendrix, to Mr.
Oswald Wilson Grealisli, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Grcalish,
on' October 12, at the Sacred
Heart Church, Father J. E.
O’Donohoe, S. J., officiating.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Miss Martha
Walraven. of Atlanta and Miami,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Clay Walraven, and Joseph Ter-
eshinski, stellar right end for the
University of Georgia football
team, were married on October 12
at St. Joseph’s Church, Father
Hugh Taylor, O. S. B., officiating.
SMITH-HANRAHAN
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Miss Lil-
liaji Maier Hanrahan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Michael Hanra
han, of Washington. D. C., and
Mr. Edwin Dewilt Smith, son of
John Loe Smith, of Piedmont,
were married on September 28 at
St. Gabriel’s Church, Washing
ton. Father Louis W. Albert offi
ciating.
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GREENVILLE, S. C.—Miss Sa
rah Lois Parker, daughter of Mrs.
Cordie Wright Parker and the
latg Ernest Reid Parker, of Cher-
ryville, N. C., and Mr. Robert Lee
Graham, son of Mrs, Elizabeth
Snyder Graham and the late Rob
ert Lee Graham, of Greenville,
were married on October 5 at St.
Patrick’s Church, Charlotte, N. C.,
Father Patrick N. Gallagher offi
ciating.
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DANIEL-BARBARE
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Crum, of Green
wood, announce the marriage of
their «isler, Miss Marion Qaniel,
lo Mr. Harold Bernard Barbare,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bar-
bare, of Spartanburg and (Green
ville; at St. Mary’s Church here,
Father Ronald Anderson officiat
ing.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. — Miss Mil
dred Johnson, of Cusseta, and Mr.
John Edward Lechowsky, Jr.,
were married on September 28, at
Holy Family Church.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Miss Minnie
Beatrice Hesling and Mr. Jerome
J. Kilpatrick were married at the
rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church, Father Aloysius Wachter,
O. S. B. .officiating.
NCGW Deanery Council
Meets in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Committee
chairmen were appointed at the
meeting of the Savannah Deanery
Council of the National Council
of Catholic Women held on Octo
ber 14. They were as follows;
Organization and Development,
Mrs. D. J. Colvin; Cooperating
with Catholic Charities, Mrs. Wal
ter Crawford; Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, Miss Eleanor
Doyle; Parent-Teacher Associa
tions, Mrs. A. J. Schano; Family
and Parent Education, Mrs. J. F.
Ranitz; International Relations,
Mrs. Joseph Ocampo; Legislation,
Mrs. W. C. Broderick; Library and
Literature. Miss Johanna Daly;
National Catholic School of Social
Service, Mrs. H. T. Wilson; Public
Relations, Miss Kate Latham;
Shrines in Homes, Mrs. John Z.
Ryan; Study Clubs, Mrs. Joseph
Ocampo, St. Thomas Vocational
School, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly;
Ways and Means, Mrs. Hugh
Ilelmly; Overseas War Relief, Mrs.
Edna McDonough.
Miss Helen Roe Nugent, presi
dent of the Savannah-Atlanta Dio
cesan Council, gave a report on
the national convention held in
Kansas City, and Mrs. J. Harold
Mulherin, Deanery Council presi
dent, reported on the Diocesan
Council meeting held in Macon.
Mrs. Mulherin asked the en
dorsement of two motions made
at the convention, first that mem
bers of the Deanery Council re
ceive Holy Communion on All
Saints’ Day for the success of
Bishop O’Hara’s mission in
Europe, and second, that the mem
bers promote devotion to Out’
Lady of Fatima.
Father Robert Brennan, O. S.
B., who was a speaker at the
meeting, chose devotion to • Our
Lady of Fatima as the subject
of his talk.
Monsignor T. James McNamara
spoke on the work of the National
Council of Catholic Women, stress
ing its accomplishments during
the war period, and asked that
members of the N. C. C. W. assist
in compiling a record of all Catho
lic men and women from their
respective parishes who served in
the Armed Forces.
The presiden* announced the
appointment of Miss Margaret
Burnette as corresponding secre
tary, and stated that the National
Council is sending a list of war
brides coming lo this country to
the local councils in the places
where they will locate. Two have
already been listed as becoming
residents of the Savannah Dean
ery area.
Prizes for the essay contest on ,
“Our Lady of Fatima” were
awarded to Phyllis Saraf, of St.
Vincent Academy; Charlotte Mc-
Gilliard, of the Cathedral School,
and Catherine Westcott, of the
Cathedral School.
Father John Ryan, C. S. V.,
spoke on the work being done by
the boys at St. Thomas Vocational
School.
Reports were made by the sev
eral parish councils, and the co
operation of the members was
asked in connection with the col
lection of clothing for the people
of Europe by Mrs. J. P. Mc
Donough, chairman of the com
mittee in charge of the campaign.
The program concluded with a
group of vocal selections by Mrs.
Edward Deacy, with Miss Mar
garet Steeg accompanying.
The meeting was held at SI.
Thomas Vocational School. Parish
councils represented were the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Sacred Heart, Blessed Sacrament,
in Savannah; Our Lady of
Lourdes, Port Wentworth; St.
Michael’s, Savannah Beach; The
Nativity of Our Lord, Thunder
bolt. Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament was given in the school
chapel after the meeting.
SAVANNAH COUNCIL. K. OF C.
HONORS FOlSMER OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga. — At a social
meeting of Savannah Council,
Knights of Columbus, State Dep
uty John J. McCreary, of Macon,
presented emblems to former
grand knights of the council, John
J. Powers, J. P. McMahon, J. CL
Maggioni, N. T. Stafford, James
F. Glass, Hugh H. Grady, Thomas
J. Canty, Joseph B. Sheehan, An
drew J. Ryan, Jr„ Joseph M. Mc
Donough, John M. Brennan, A. J.
Schano, L. S. Steiber, M. C. Mc
Carthy and L. Gordon Whelan.
A eulogy to the deceased grand
knights of the council was deliv
ered by Father Robert Brennan,
O. S. B., chaplain of the council.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing a turkey supper was served
by Lecturer Walter Dexter and
his committee.