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TEN THE BULLETIN OF rHE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA W. P. BERGEN, SAVANNAH, FORMER MARINE' OFFICER, IN ARCHITECTURAL FIELD SAVANNAH, Ga. — William Petty Bergen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Bergen, a former lieuten ant in the Marine Corps, has be come associated professionally with his father, in ihe field of architecture. Young Mr. Bergen, who grad uated from Benedictine Military School in 1939, recently graduat ed from Georgia Tech, where he resumed his study of architecture after serving for about three years with the Marines. He served in the Pacific The atre for two years and was award ed the Purple Heart for wounds received in the invasion of Angar Island. He was married in February of last year to Miss Kathleen Budde, of Fort Mitchell, Ky. SL Leo College Prep. School Accredited High School Conducted by the Benedictin* Fathers Ideal Location St Loo Pasco County. Florida CHRISTMAS PARTY IN SAVANNAH—Guests of the Little Sisters of the poor in Savannah, Georgia, were entertained during the holi days by members of Savannah Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of (. olumbus, and an entertaining musical program was presented Pic- tured above, standing, left to right, are a group of the Fourth Degree K. of C. in Savannah Confer Fourth Degree (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH. Ga. — A class of more tlian a hundred candidates received the honors of the fourth degree at an exemplification held » hy Savannah Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, on January 19. at the Armstrong Junior College auditorium. The class, named in honor of Father Thomas I. Sheehan, pastor of St. Thomas More Church, De catur, included candidates from Charleston, Brunswick, Rome, Augusta. Macon, Columbus and Savannah: Family Communion at the Ca thedral of St. John the Baptist, at the 8 o'clock Mass, began a full day of activity for the-K. of C. Following the degree ceremo nial there was a reception at the K of C. Hall, for whfch a com mittee headed by John Buekley made arrangements. In the evening the candidates were entertained at a banquet at the General Oglethorpe Hotel. P. J. Buttlmer, faithful navigator of the Savannah Assembly; acted as toastmaster, and Ihe speakers in cluded Father Walter J. Donovan, who spoke on "Patriotism:” N. T. Stafford, whose topic was “Amer ican Liberty,” and Father Shee han, former faithful friar of Sa vannah Assembly, who expressed his appreciation at having the class named in his honor. A musical‘program was render ed during the dinner by Jacob son's orchestra, and later in the evening there was an “open house” party at the K. of C. Home. Thomas J. Canty, master of the DeSoto Province of the Fourth Decree, which includes Georgia and South Carolina, was in charge of the ceremonial. J. J. McDon ald was chairman of the urogram committee: E. P. Daly, chairman of Ihe music committee: John M. Brennan, chairman of the regis tration committee, and Hugh H. Grady, chairman of the banquet Cdmmittee. The special committee which selected Ihe name for Ihe elass was comnn'rd of J. O. Macmoni, C A. McCarthy. J. T. McEllinn, Charles F Powers. Ezra Edwards, John J C'mcy, Henry B. Heller, John V. R>’an. Dan J. Slm^han, J imes M ’Mahon, and Dr. VV. F. Crawford. members and entertainers, Samuel Fasola, Eugene G. Butler, Vestus J. Ryan, Charles E. Butler, H. E. McKenzie, Hugh H. Grady, Carlos J. Desposito, W. F. McKay,. Miss Monica Ulivo, Ken Helmly, Frank Cul- !um, Emmett Moylan, E. P. Daly and C. O. Domingue.—(Photo by Southern Photo Service—Courtesy of Savannah Illustrated World ) Catholic Committee of the South Executive Board to Convene in Charlotte, on January 28-29 Father Roy Aiken. Assistant Factor of Charleston Parish (Special (o The Bulletin). COLUMBIA,' S. C. — Father Hoy Aiken, who has been serving a-, assistani pastor at St. Peter’s Church in Columbia, lias been ap pointed assistant pastor of the Biassed Sacrament Church in Charleston. Father Aiken was ordained to the priesthood last spring after completing his theological study at St Mary's Seminary in,. Balti more. (Special to The Bulletin) CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Executive board members of (he Catholic Committee of the South will be in Charlotte, January 28, to com plete plans for the committee’s 1947 activity, it was announced by Father Vincent J. O’Connell. S.' M., of New Orleans, general chairman of the C.’C. S. The program committee will meet.the next day, January 29, to make plans for the 1947 conven tion. Appointments of the heads of the six CCS departments will be made at the executive board meeting. Father O'Connell said. Reorganization of diocesan com mitters of the eleven southeastern states is also expected to be ac- comulished. “The Charlotte meeting is sure to intensify and accelerate the work of the Catholic Committee of the South,” declared Father O’Connell." Board members seem resolved to set a faster pace.” Oilier mptters for the. execu tive board will act on are: A summer school at Loyola Univer sity, open to clergy, religious and lailv alter the spring semester ends; labor legislation and other bills presented to the 80-th Con gress affecting business, labor and farming; means of closer co operation between CCS and other Southern regional groups and or ganizations; plans for.a budget to cover this year’s work of* the re gional and diocesan committees^ review of the program outlined at the convention last September, and reports of diocesan activities under way for this year. Most Rev. Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of Raleigh, will preside at the program committee meeting. Topics for panel discussijn and speakers will be chosen for the 1947 convention in October. In vitations of Mayor Herbert E. Baxter of Charlotte and of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce are to be accepted for the conven tion. Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, is CCS Episcopal chairman. Others expected at the two meetings are the officers: Father O’Connell; Edward MacClcments, Charlotte, vice-president; A. J. Cummings, New Orleans, executive secretary, and John E. Eck, Gastonia, N: C„ treasurer, and the following mem bers: Paul D. Williams, Rich mond, Va., president, Southern Regional council; Dr. A. L. Sta bler. Birmingham; Rev. Killiam J. Castel, pastor, St. Rita’s parish New Orleans; Very ReV. Msgr. Hubert A. Lerschen, Rayne, vice- president. National Catholic Ru- dnl Life conference; Rev. Thomas E. O’Connell, Richmond, Va., for mer CCS chairman; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo M. Byrnes, superin tendent. parochial schools of Mo bile; Rev. Frank Giri, Grove Hill, Ala.; Roger Baudier, K. S. G.. New Orleans, editor, Catholic Ac tion of the South; Rev. George Lewis Smith, Aiken, ~. C,; Rev. John F. Cronin. Washington, di rector, social action department, NCWC; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Merlin F. Kearney, Memphis, 1944 CCS chairman, and Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, Ga., editor, Tfie Bulle tin, former CCS vice-chairman. U. S. Derived Real Benefits From Myron Taylor’s Mission to Vatican NEW YORK. —<NC)— There can be no doubt of the benefits derived by the United States from contact with the Government of Vatican City, Dr. Leo Francis Stock of Washington, D. C., dis tinguished authority on American history, wrote in a letter to the New York Times, citing the fact that Myron Taylor during wartime was able to furnish the President with the first positive information tljat Japan was ready for capitula tion. ‘‘The importance of this in formal ion alone justified Mr. Taylor’s appointment.” he said. Answering a writer to the Times who had criticized the Taylor mis sion, Dr. Stock raised the ques tion of whether "meddling by any religious group in the rights and prerogatives of our Government to he represented at any court in the world is not in it«elf contrary to the very principle” qf separa tion of Church and State which they are ’’-io eager to uphold.” “Vatican City is a Government not only do facto but also de jure,” Dr. Stock points out. “The legitimate character of that Gov ernment, measured by the. law qf nations and the force of histori cal events, cannot be questioned. The Pope as head of this state enjoys the rights, privileges and. immunities of any ruler. Corres pondingly, the United States has the right to be represented at that court.” “The Vatican has the best in telligence service in ail the world,” he stated further. “It has the means of gathering informa tion from all corners of the globe not possessed by any other nation. The importance of maintaining contact with such a news center cannot be overestimated, and es pecially at this period of political and social unrest.” In the same Issue of the Times in a letter signed by eight Protes tant editors and two other Prot estant leaders attacking Archbish op James H. Ryan of Omaha for a previous letter to the Times in support of the Taylor mission, calling for a Congressional inves tigation into the “financing, aif- ’.horization and responsibilities” of he Taylor mission, and demand ing the “cancellation of the status” of the Apostolic Delegate to the United State*. Savannah Assembly Sponsors Party at Little Sisters” Home SAVANNAH, Ga. — Members of Savannah Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, gave their annual Christmas par ty for the Little Sisters of the Poor on the afternoon of Decem ber 29, with about 200 people vis iting the home. Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given in the convent chapel by Father .George Daly, faithful friar of Sa vannah Assembly, with Father Hugh Haggarty, O. S. B., as dea con, and Father Adolph Gall, S. M. A., as subdeacon. Father Peter Trizzlno, O. S. B , was master of ceremonies. Following the services in the chapel presents were distributed to the Little Sisters of the Poor and the guests at their home. Ah entertaining musical p'ro- gram was presented under the direction of John Moylan, was featured by vocal selections ren dered by Kenneth Helmly, who won acclaim as a singer with the dramatic department of the Cath olic Young People’s Association; Miss Monica , Ulivo, soloists with the St. Vincent Academy Glee Club, and a quartette composed of Mr. Moylan, John Mulligan, Frank Cullum and Emmett Moylan, with Claude Dominigue as accompanist. Fourth degree members attend ed in full regalia, and the party was arranged for by a committee which included Eugene G. 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