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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 25. 1947
Laymen's Association
Executive Committee
Holds Special Meeting
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga. — A special
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia was held at
the Ansley Hotel on January 5,
with Estes Doremus, of Atlanta,
president of the association, pre
siding.
The meeting was honored by
the presence of Monsignor Jos-'
eph E. Moylan, Vicar General of
the Diocese of Savannah, who of
fered the opening and closing
prayers. —
Officers in attendance, in ad-
dilion to the president, were,
Marlin J. Callaghan, Macon, hon
orary vice-president; Fred Wig
gins. Albany, vice-president; John
B, McCallum, Atlanta, secretary;
llugh Kinchley, Augusta, execu
tive secretary, and the following
members of the executive board,
Bernard J. Kane, Atlanta, Ber
nard S. Fahy, Rome; C. A. Mc
Carthy, Savannah: Dr. T. H. MT>
Hatton, Athens, Miss Mary Long,
Macon.
Local branch presidents at
tending were Thomas J. O’Keefe,
Atlanta, and MarshalL Wellborn,
Rome. Dr, Arthur Berry, presi
dent of the Columbus Branch,
was represented by M. D. Streak
er, and R. Habenicht Casson,
president of the Macon Branch,
was represented by Miss-Mary
Horne.
Principal business transacted
at the meeting was the adoption
of a budget for the coming year
and the assignment of member
ship ouotas to the various local
branches.
President Doremus appointed
Clarence Haverty, of Atlanta, as
chairman of a committee which
will be charged with the duty of
presenting a revision of the Con
stitution and By-Laws of the
Laymen’s Association at the next
annual convention. Appointed to
serve with Mr. Haverty on this
committee are Dr. T. H. McHat-
ton Athens, Henry M. Dunn, Sa
vannah, Robert E. McCormack,
Albany, and James P. Flynn, At
lanta.
Catholic Women’s Club,
Savannah, Announces
Standing Committees
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Standing-
committees for the year were an
nounced by Mrs. H. T. Wilson,
president, at the meeting of the
Catholic Women’s Club held on
January 14. They are as fol
lows;
Membership, Mrs. E. Cafiero;
auditing, Mrs. Charles Molony,
Mrs. J, F. Curran and Miss Eliza
beth Moriarty; house, Mrs. J. P.
McDonough; library, Mrs. T. F.
Walsh; education, Miss Frances
E. Moran; social, Mrs. Arthur
Pierce; press, Miss Winifred
Quinan; visiting, Mrs. Waller
Crawford; welfare, Mrs. Joseph K.
Kelly, Sr.
Members from the club at large
on the board are Miss Helen Roc
Nugent, Mrs. T. P. Wright, Mrs.
J. Harold Mulherin. Mrs. J. P.
McMahon, Mi’s. L. J. Dunn, Mrs.
Charles F. Powers.
The meeting opened witii the
offering of prayer for the repose
of the soul of Mrs. Maria Goelte.
a charter member of the club.
Mrs. Kelly reported on the
recent Chri'-lmas party given by
the club for guests of the Little
Sisters of 'he Poor, and Mrs. Mu!-
hcrin renorted on the recent meet
ing of the Savannah Deanery,
Council of llie N. C. C. W. held
in Brunswick.
It was voted to donate $25 to
War Relief Services. .National
Catholic Welfare Conference, and
donation of used clothing, for the
people of war-impoverished lands,
was a l kcd of the members.
New YEAR’S EVE SERVICES
AT CIIURCII IN DALTON
DALTON, Ga. — Special ser
vices were held at St. Jos',nil’s
Church here on Row Year’s Eve.
Father Joseph Driscoll. CSS.R..
pastor of St. Joseph’s, in announc
ing (lie services, stated that “It: is
far more fitting to spend the last
hours of (he year in grateful wor
ship and in humble prayer to God,
than to spend it in riotous cele
bration and sinful revelry. Christ
ians should make it a day of
atonement.”
The entire congregation of St.
Joseph’s Church received Holy
Communion at the 8:30 o’clock
Mass on the morning of New
Year’s Day
St. Theresa s P. T. A.
Meets in Albany
ALBANY, Ga. — The January
meeting of the Parent-Teachers
Association of St. Theresa’s School
was held in the parish hall Its
high light was a ta4k on child wel
fare by Dr. Lilliari Ingram.Numer
ous reports w-ere read indicating
the many activities of the associa
tion during the past month.
Just before Christmas the chil
dren of the school were entertain
ed at a Christmas party bv the
members of the P.-T. A., under the
chairmanship of Mrs. James Calls.
The children exchanged gifts "and
members of the children’s choir
rendered a selection of Christmas
carols. .
'l'he carol singers of the school
visiled the Phoebe Putney Hospital
on the Sunday before Christmas
and on each of the floors gave a
selection of carols that were much
appreciated by the patients and
I lie nurses.
_ The members voted to donate
$200 for the purchase fo books
for the school library, Sister M.
Louise, Principal, being commis
sioned to purchase the bpoks. It
was also voted to purchase a mo
tion picture projector and screen
for the school, together with films
to the value of $50 for visual edu
cation purposes. Father Daniel J.
Bourke, pastor of St. Theresa’s
Church, has aiieady purchased a
complete set of slide films on the
Baltimore Catechism and the Mass
for the religious education of the
children and for use in adult study
groups.
ALTAR SOCIETY MEETS
The monthly meeting of the St.
Theresa’s Altar Society was held
in the parish hall on January 12,
with Mrs. James Gallagher the
newly elected president, presiding..
The reading of the financial re
port for the year showed that after
spending about $2,000 for the re
novating of the convent chapel and
the supplying of flowers for St.
Theresa’s Church during the past
year there was still a balance of
over $500 in the treasury. It was
planned to purchase carpets for
the sanctuary and church.
The society will sponsor a
spaghetti supper on Shrove Tues
day in the Parish Hall, Mrs. Henry
Wiggerman volunteered to head
the committee in charge, and it
is hoped that the affair will prove
enjoyable and profitable.
YOUTH GRtTup ACTIVE
The Young Peoples’s Association
has been quite active during the
holiday season. On December 23
the members enjoyed a social at
the parish hall. On January 13 a
business and social was held. Mrs.
Bob Slate read a paper on the First
Council of Nicea telling of the
condemnation of Arius and the
fixing for the Christian world of
the date of the Easter observances.
A weiner roast has been plan
ned for January 27, the expenses
of which are donated by Fred Wig-'
gins, who has been taking a keen
interest in the activities of the
club.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
DALTON CHURCH DURING
CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE
(Special to The Bulletin)
DALTON, Ga.—Special Masses
giul prayers will he offered at St.
Joseph’s Church here during the
Church Unity Octave, which be
gins on (lie Feast of St. Peter’s
Chair in Rome, January 18, and
ends on the Feast of the Conver
sion of St. Paul, Father Joseph
Driscoll. C.SS.R., the pastor, has
announced.
Father Driscoll stated that the
Masses and prayers would be of
fered “for a return to unity of
faith so that there might be one
flock and one Shepherd.”
Through the local newspapers.
Father Driscoll extended an invi-
lation to all to attend the ser
vices and to visit I he chapel for
prayer and meditation during the
day. For (hose who are interested,
Catholic literature and books are
available at the parish library.
FATHER HARTY SPEAKS
AT MEETING OF TAMPA
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
TAMPA.. Fla.—Father William
J. Harty, S. J., a native of Savan
nah, Ga., now pistor of the Sgcred
Heart Church in Tampa, was lhe
guest of honor and principal speak
er at the meeting of the Catholic
Woman’s Club held on January 7.
A musical program was present
ed by Alice Andre and Aldonin
Radkowski. Among the hostesses
were Mrs. T. D. Fitzgerald, Mrs.
Timothy J. Twomey, Mrs. Patrick
Lyons and Miss Madeline Savur-
ese. all of whom are former resi
dents of Savannah, now 'iving in
Tampa.
Father Alfred Laube
Returning !o Georgia
To Be Pastor of St. Peter
Claver Church in Macon—
New Assignments for Other
Priests of the Society of
African Missions
FATHER LAUBE
MACON, Ga.—Announcement
lias been made that Father Alfred
J. Laube, S. M. A., for many
years pastor, of the Immaculate
Conception Church in Augusta,
lias been appointed pastor of St.
Peter Claver Church in Macon.
Father Laube was born in
AJsaee-Lorraine in 1880. of Swiss
parentage, his father having been
superintendent: of schools in
Hindlingen. He attended elemen
tary schools in his native city;
his academic course at; Maastricht,
Holland; his classifcal course at
Clermont College, in France, and
completed his study for the priest
hood at seminary of the African
Missionary Fathers in Lyons,
France. By a special dispensation
of His Holiness Leo XIII, he was
ordained in 1903, although he
had not reached the canonical age
for ordination.
He first served in Ireland, and
then in Egypt, where he was a
missionary among the Arabs. He
returned to France in 3907. and
after a short time came to the
United States.
For more than twenty-five years
he was stationed in Augusta,
where he was pastor of the im
maculate Conception Church from
1909 to 1938. After leaving Au
gusta, he was stationed at St.
Augustine Chursh, East St. Louis,
111., and at St. Rose Church, Lima,
Ohio.
For llie last several years, Fath
er Laube was stationed in Charles
ton, S. C., where lie served as
assistant pastor of Our Lady of
Mercy Church, and during the
war years as chaplain for German
prisoners of war interned in the
Charleston afea.
Last fall lie left Charleston for
Tenafly, N. J., where he became
co-editor of one of the publica
tions of the Society of African
Missions,
Father Alphonse Koch, S. M. A.,
assistant pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Church in Augusta,
goes to Macon, as Father Laube’s
assistant.
Father Bartholomew Keohane,
S. M. A., who has been serving
as a missionary in Logas, Nigeria,
British Wcsl Africa, comes to
Augusta to replace Father Koch as
assistant pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Church.
Father Michael J. McKeever,
S. M. A., the former pastor of st.
Peter Claver Church, Macon. Is
now pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church. Atlanta, and
Father Daniel Cannon, S. M. A.,
formerly assistant pastor of the
Colored parish in Macon, goes to
Atlanta as assistant pastor of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church.
Father William Dunne, S:, M
A., who has been assistant pastor
of Our Lady of Lourdes Church
in Atlanta. is leaving January
20 for Cairo. 111., where he will
be stationed at St. Columba
Church.
Father Dunne, who has made
many friends during his stay in
Atlanta, was tendered a farewell
reception on the eve of his dc-
parlure by members of tli Knigots
of Columbus and the Catholic
Youth Organizations in Atlanta
CHItlSTM AS BENEFACTIONS
by Pope Pius XII consisted of
money and goods sent to war suf
ferers in forty nations on all con
tinents. Principal recipients were
war prisoners, civilian internees,
displaced persons, and homeless
children of all nationalities.
HERBERT D. CLARK, presi
dent of the Northern Baptist Con
vention in 1937, has made a gift
of $2,500 to Notre Dame Church,
for renovation of the interior of
that edifice. The gilt of the prom
inent Baptist layman was an
nounced by Father E. D. Gravel.
worth Adams, Mass., to be used pastor of the church.
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