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JANUARY 25. 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
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Georgian Pronounces
Vows as Benedictine
John Gordon Napier, of
Ringgold, Enter St. Ber
nard’s Monastery, in Ala
bama, as Brother Bernard,
0. S. B.
Mrs. George Allen
Dies in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga.—Father Cuth-
bert Bender, O. S. B., assistant
pastor of the Immaculate Concep
tion Church, officiated at services
held here for Mrs. George Pierce
Allen, who pied in Atlanta on
January 14, following an ex
tended illness. Funeral services
were held in New York City.
The daughter of the late Rich
ard Hite, editor of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal, Mrs. Allen
was the former Miss Mary Hite.
She was the great-great-great-
granddaughter of John Quincy
Adams.,
Mrs. Allen left Memphis short
ly after her graduation from St.
Mary's convent there. She and
her sister later edited a weekly
newspaper in Fort Smith, Ark.,
hand-setting type themselves on
Ihe stories they wrote.
She was the widow jaf George
Pierce Allen, Atlanta merchant,
to whom she was married in 1890.
Mrs. Allen later moved to New
.York, where she remained until
retuning to Atlanta because of
ill health.
Mrs. Allen is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Allen, of
Atlanta; a son. William George
Allen, of Arlington. Va., live
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
BROTHER BERNARD, O. S. B.
(Special t« The Bulletin)
CULLMAN, Ala. — A former
Ringgold, Georgia, boy, John Gor
don Napier, recently confirmed his
intention of entering the religious
life as a Benedictine brother, by
pronouncing his triennial vows at
St. Bernard’s Abbey. Brother
Bernard, as he will be known in
religion, made his profession at
a Pontifical Mass celebrated by
the Right Rev. Boniface Seng, O.
S. B.. Abbot of St. Bernard's.
Although Brother Bernard’s
father. T. C. Napier, of Ringgold,
was not able to attend, Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick Farrell, of Ringgold,
and Mr. and Mrs’. Jack Jones, of
Chalanooga, Tenn., were present
to witness the impressive cere
mony.
Because of his youth, Brother
Bernard will be obliged to wait for
threg years, until he is twenty-
one. before pronouncing his final
vows as a Benedictine.
Brother Bernard attended gram
mar school at Burning Bush, Ga ,
and attended Notre Dame High
School, in Chattanooga, for one
year. He completed-his high school
course at St. Bernard's College.
Assisting Abbot Boniface were
Father Urban White, O. S. B.,
Father Adrian Donauer, O. S. B.,
Father Damian Gusmus. O. S. B.',
Father Richard Jax, O. S. B., Fath
er .^loysius Plaisance, O. S. B.,
Father Bede Luibel, O. S. B., Fath
er Raphael Salasek, O. S. B., all
of St. Bernard’s Abbey.
Brother Bernard became a pos
tulant in June, 1345, and entered
the novitiate in December of that
year.
OLDEST U. S. PRIEST
DIES IN NEW ENGLAND
NATICK, Mass. — Monsignor
Michael F. Delaney, believed, here
to be the oldest Catholic priest in
the United States on active duty,
died at the age of ninety-six. He
had been pastor of St. Patrick's
Church here for fifty-six years,
and only recently celebrated the
seventy-first anniversary of his
ordination and had completed
plans for a Christmas parly for
the children of the parish.
MRS. W. M. CAIN
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. W. M. Cain were
held January 9 from the Immacu
late Conception Church. Father
Joseph R. Smith officiating.
MISS MAUDE MOORE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.-^-Funeral ser
vices for Miss Maude A! Moore,
who died/January 5. were held
from the Sacred Heart Church.
Miss Moore was a clerk in the
office of the auditor of traffic of
the Central of Georgia Railway
for tv. : enty years.
Miss Moore was the daughter of
Mrs. Mary O’Brien Moore and the
late James A. Moore. In addition
to Her mother. Miss Moore is sur
vived by six sisters, Mrs. Eliza
beth Brock, Mrs. J. O. Summer
lin, .Mrs. George Lucken, Mrs. L.
C. Mathews; Mrs. J. Ormond
Lloyd and Miss A»n Moore; four
brothers, William N. Moore, Hen
ry J, Moore, Charles E. Moore,
and Bernard M. Moore, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
MOTHERS’ CLUB HOLDS
MEETING IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—An interesting
meeting of the Mothers’ Club of
the Sacred Heart School, held on
January 8, was well attended.
Plans for a new first-aid room
were discussed and the mepibers
heard talks by Miss Gertrude
Corrigan, on the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia, and
Mrs. William J. McAlpin, on af
filiation with the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
Members and friends of Mrs. E.
J. Feehtel, president of the club,
regret that she is leaving Atlanta
to make her home in Jacksonville.
In the short time that she has
headed the club, Mrs. Feehtel has
conducted its meetings and af
fairs in a gracious and efficient
manner.
Following the business session
there was a tea, with Mrs. F. X.
Kerseher as hostess.
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EDWARD G. HERMAN
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Edward George Herman,
who died December 31, were held
from the Sacred Heart Church,
Father J. E. O’Donohoe, S. J„ of
ficiating.
Mr. Herman is survived by his
mother. Mrs. William A. Herman;
three sisters, Mrs. Thomas H.
Brittingham, Augusta, Mrs. Rob
ert Arthur, Athens, Sister Mary
Louise, C. S! J,, Kansas City, Mo.;
two brothers. William A. Herman.
Jr., and Marion J, Herman. Au
gusta, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
DUVAL A. LONCON
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Duval A. Loncon, who
died December 14, were held from
Oiir Lady of Lourdes Church at
Port Wentworth.
A native' of Sorrel, La.-. Mr. Lon
con had made his home in Savan
nah since 1920. He is' survived
by five brothers, Anthony Loncon.
George Loncon, Morris Loncon,
Sidney Loncon and Russell Lon
con; three sisters, Mrs. August
Barras, Mrs. Sidney Rachou and
Miss- Inez Loncon,’ all of Savan
nah. and a number of nieces and
nephews.
MRS. SARAH COOPER
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Sarah Reilly Coop
er, who died December 18, were
held from the Sacred Heart
Church.
The widow - of John Cooper,
Mrs. Cooper is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Barry; three neph
ews, W. A. Barry, Frank Barry
and John Barry, anj several
grand-nieces nad grand-nephews,
all of Savannah.
Rev. Thomas F. Cashiii,
Formerly of Augusta,
Ordained in Nashville
FATHER CASHIN
(Special to The Bulletin)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Rev.
Thomas F. Cashin. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick O’Brien Cashin, of
Memphis, formerly of Augusta,
Ga., was ordained • to the priest
hood on December 21, by the
Most Rev. William L. Adrian, D.
D., Bishop of Nashville, at the
Cathedral of the incarnation in
Nashville.
On December 22, Father Cash
in celebrated his first Solemu
High Mass at the Sacred Heart
Church in Memphis, with the
Right Rev. Monsignor Louis J.
Kempheus, the pastor, as assis
tant priest; the Rev. Carl Fass-
nacht, deacon; the Rev. Paul Mor
ris, subdeacon, and the Rev.
James Murphy, master of Cere
monies.
The sermon was delivered -by
Father William Morgan, assistant
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, and
professor of English at the Cath
olic High School for Boys, who
spoke eloquently of the dignity
and honor of the priesthood, of its
cherished traditions, and of the
tremendous responsibility facing
the newly ordained piiest.
Father Morgan congratulated
the parents of tile new priest, not
only on the fact that their only
son whs now a priest, but more
so because their example had
piayed such a prominent part in
leading their son to the altar.
In the evening, Father Cashin
was honored at a reception at the
home of his parents..
Among the relatives and friends
of Father Cashin. who attended
his ordination were Father Harold
J. Barr, pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church, Augusta, pa.; Sister Mary
Thomas, C. S. J., his aunt, and
Sister Mary de Sales, C. S. J., 6f
Mount St. Joseph Convent, Augus
ta; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bohler,
Lawrence Cashin. Harry Cashin,
and Miss Cecile Ferry; all of Au
gusta. and Mr. and Mrs. Gerard M.
Carroll, and Louis Sylvester, bf
Long Island, City, N Y.
Father Cashin was born in Au
gusta, Ga.. in 1921. He attended
the Sacred Heart parochial school
and high school in Memphis; the
Christian Brothers’ College here,
the University of Tennessee, St.
Ambrose College. Davenport, la.,
and completed his study for the
priesthood at Kenrick Seminary
in St. Louis. He will serve as a
priest of the Diocese of Nashville.
K. of C. in Charleston
to Confer Degrees
(Special (o The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Bishop
P. N. Lyftch Council, No. 704,
Knights of Columbus, will confer
the first, second and third degrees
on a class of seventy-five cah-
didates at a ceremonial which will
be held on February 9, William
J. Wolff, grand knight of the
council, has announced.
The class which will be named
in honor of Manual II. Brown,
warden of Bishop Lynch Council,
will include candidates from
Charleston and oilier places in
South Carolina and Georgia.
The committee making arrange
ments for the initiation is headed
by Daniel J. Sullivan.
NEW ORGANGIVEN TO
CHURCH IN ALBANY
ALBANY, Ga. — St. Theresa’s
Church here has a new Hammond
organ, the gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. McCormack, members
of the parish.
- The new organ, which lias been
on order for two years, arrived in
time to be used during the ser
vices on Christmas Day.