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TWENTY SIX
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 26, 1946
Officers Elected By
Altar Society of
Americus Parish
(Special to The Bulletin)
AMERICUS, Ga. — Mrs. C. E.
Long was elected president, and
Mrs. M. E. Dill was elected secre
tary-treasurer of the Altar Society
of St. Mary's Church at a meeting
held on October 4 at the Friary.
Many members of the society
were present at the meeting whicli
was featured by a talk by Father
Daniel J. Bourke, V. F.. pastor of
St. Theresa’s Church. Albany, on
ihe life of the Trappist monks at
the monastery near Conyers,
where the priests of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta recently com
pleted their annual Retreats.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
refreshments were served by Mrs.
.1. H. Thurman, the retiring presi
dent.
Mrs. C. E. Long, president of the
Altar Society. Mrs. Julius Shy, and
Mrs. Harry Crawford represented
St. Mary’s parish al the recent
meeting of the Deanery Council
of the National Council of Catholic
Women held in Columbus.
Father Godfrey Weitkamp. O.
F. M., and Father Stephen McMa-
ho... O. F. M.. also attended the
meeting, at which an invitation
was extended the Deanery Council
to hold its next quarterly meeting
in Americus.
The Tifton Mission of St. Mary’s
Church sponsored a benefit bar
becue at the American Legion
Club there on October 8. to raise
funds towards the building of a
church in Tifton.
Trappists Plan to Build a Magnificent Abbey in Georgia
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Shown above is an architect’s
drawing of the huge. $1,000,000 Ab
bey of Our Lady of the Holy
Ghost, which the Order of Cisterci
ans of the Strict Observance have
already begun erecting on their
vast property near Conyers, Geor
gia.
Work has already commenced on
the north wing, shown at the left
of the sketch, the chapel, and the
guest house, front right. Behind
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the semi-circular sanctuary, center
rear, will be the Abbey cemetery, I
work on which has also begun.
The new monastery will replace
the present temporary frame
structure and will face the new
load that is being built to the
property from Lithonla. It will be
of the scmi-Gothic. type of archi
tectural design, the style which
has been used for all Abbeys of
the Trappist Order for 800 years.
To be erected in a quandrangle,
the monastery will embrace a gar
den surrounded by an enclosed
cloister. The only deviation from a
true quadrangle will be the two
wings, one extending north from
the chapel and the other east from
the main building.
Some distance away from the
site of the main buildings of the
Abbey, a new live stock barn, of
brick, is nearing completion.—
In commemoration of the Ab-
I batial Blessing, Bishop O'Hara,
' sent from Rome, mosaic fragments
j from the ruins of the great Bene
dictine monastery, Monte Cassino,
destroyed in the war .just ended,
to be imbedded in the new Abbey
now in the progress of construc
tion. Thus, one of the oldest Ab-
bves of the Old World will be
linked with the newest Abbey of
the New World, here in Georgia.—•
(Photo—Courtesy of The Atlanta
Constitution).
The Altar Society of St. Mary’s have at leas < a P»'t-time resident
Church sponsored its first card P nes *'
party of the fall season on October
11. Mrs. C. E. Long headed the
committee in charge, with Mrs.
M. E. Dill as chairman of the re
freshment committee.
A spaghetti supper will be spon
sored by members of the congre
gation of the Little Flower Miss
ion. in Cordele, on October 29,
at the Community Center. Mrs,
Butler and Mrs. Campbell arc
heading the committee in charge.
The proceeds will be used toward
furnishing two rooms in the house
The recently formed Newman
Club at Georgia Southwestern Col
lege. in Americus, held its first
meeting on October 22.
A perpetual novena in hunor of
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
has been opened at the Chapel of
St. Jerome which served the Col
ored mission in Americus. Father
Stephen McMahon, 6. F. M., is in
charge of the chapel, which was
dedicated in April of this year by
Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy, of
at Cordele so that Cordele may Atlanta.
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of Mechanical Engineers
(.Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. —The election
of Eugene W. O'Brien, Atlanta
publisher and chairman of the
FuRon County Planning and /oil
ing Commission as head of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers for (lie coining year has
been announced at national head
quarters of the society in New
York.
When lie takes office following
ilie annual meeting in December,
Mr. O’Brien will be the first
Southerner to become president
of the society, a seventy-year-old
organization with a membership
of 80,000.
Mr. O’Brien lias been vice-presi
dent and a director of W. R. C.
Smith Publishing Company here
since 1920. In 1927 lie became
editor-in-chief fo the Southern
Power Journal and later manag
ing director.
He has been a member of file
A. S. M. E. since 1921 and served
as vice-president in 1924-1920.
He is also a member of the Am
erican Institute of Electrical En
gineers. He served as engineer
ing consultant to the War Produc
tion Board of War Manpower
Commission.
Mr. O'Brien is a director of
Ihe Atlanta Athletic Club, East
Lake Country Club, national di
rector of the American Society of
Planning Official, charter member
of tile Georgia Engineering So
ciety, and a member of Atlanta
Council, Knights of Columbus,
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ARMY CHAPLAINS ATTEND
SPECIAL SERVICES HELD
AT ST. JOSEPH’S, DALTON
DALTON, Ga.—Sixteen Catho-
lis chaplains from the. Army Chap
lains Training School at Fort
Ogletlirope . attended special ser
vices which were held at St.
Joseph’s Church here on tlie even
ing of October 16. in observance
of the Feast of St. Gefard Majella,
a Rcdemptorist lay-brother, born
in the south of Italy in 1723, whose
life of prayer and humble obedi
ence drew down upon him marve
lous supernatural graces. lie work
ed many miracles in his life, and
| they have been multiplied since
his death in 1756. Devotion to him
lias been fostered by the Redemp-
torist Older and his intercession
is now implored throughout the
world.
Following the services, the chap
lains were guests of Father Joseph
Driscoll, C. SS. R., pastor of St.
Joseph's, and members of his
parish, al a buffet supper, served
in tlie rectory garden.
MISS AGNES l’AHY
VISITS AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Miss Agues
I Faliy, of the public relations staff \
of (lie National Tuberculosis As- j
t socialion in New York City, was ]
! a recent visitor in Augusta where i
i she lollowed ■ with interest the |
I progress of a county-wide health j
survey being conducted in Uich-
I mond County. j
Miss Faliy, who is u native of ]
Rome, Ga., is a sister of Bernard
S. Faliy, president of tbe Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
Her recent visit to Iter native
state, during which she visited
Atlanta, Savannah and Rome, as
well as tilts city, was for the pur
pose of conferring wilti various
Tuberculosis Associations in this
state and ,to aid (hem in making
plans for their work in the coin
ing year.
She is a graduate of Trinity
College, Washington. D. C„ and
was formerly connected witti the
magazine section of The Atlanta
Journal, later serving on the staff
of The Ledger, in Newark, N. J.
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Officers Installed
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Thomas
J. Canty, master ot the DeSoto
Province of the Fourth Degree,
Knights of Columbus, installed
(lie newly elected officers of Bish
op Lynch Assembly on October
22.
Officers installed were Arthur
10. Anderson, faithful navigator,
Albert J. Sottile, faithful admiral;
W. T. MeClaughlin , faithful cap
tain; Joseph .1. Comar. faithful
comptroller: J. J. McDonald,
failhful pilot; George M. Traylor,
faithful outer sentinel: W. L.
Schaehtc" faithful inner sentinel;
W. L. McAltan and J. B. Clurey,
faithful patrons, and Father Jos
eph Murphy, faithful friar.
Following tlie ceremonial there
was a buffet supper, a musical
program under the direction of
Mrs. W. T. McLoughlin, and a
dance. Mrs. W. J. Croghan headed
(lie committee arranging for the
nipper.
GAINESVILLE PASTOR
RETURNS PROM IRELAND
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Father
Michael Manning, pastor of St.
Michael’s Church, has returned
from a visit to his native Ireland,
and reports that lie found condi
tions in Eire as good as ever, possi
bly better.
Father Manning left New York,
by plane, of July 2, and returned
there October 7. He arrived in
Ireland on July 2, and upon arrival
made plans for a family reunion.
One of his brothers, who was
wounded in the war was unable to
.join tlie other members of the
family, so Father Manning went to
England to see him.
For a year she was secretary of
I lie National Public Housing Con
ference. She became a member of
(lie public relations staff of the
National Tuberculosis Association
in May 1944,
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