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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 28, 1947
“Peter’s Pence” Collection on
Feast o/ Saints Peter and Paul
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce
ment has been made by Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General of
the Diocese of Savananh-Atlata,
that a “Peter’s Pence” collection is
to be taken up in all churches of
the Diocese on Sunday, July 29,
the Feast of Saints Peter and
Paul.
In a letter addressed to the pas-
toes of parishes throughout Geor
gia, Monsignor Moylan has urged
them to do what lies in (heir pow
er to make this year's collection (lie
largest contribution ever offered to
the Holy Father of Christendom
by the Catholics of this state.
Monsignor Moylan's appeal on
behalf of the “Peter's Pence” col
lection was made in the following
letter which was read to the con
gregations attending Masses in the
churches of the'Diocese on June
22:
“To My Dear Catholic People:
“From time immemorial, the
Faithful throughout the world es
teemed it a distinguished honor
that they were offered an opportu
nity to make each year a small gift
of money to the Holy Father, Cer
tainly in England, where the term
‘Peter’s Pence’ arose to denomi
nate this collection, there is unde
niable historical evidence of its
existence as a custom in the Ninth
Century and a law in Ihe Four
teenth.
“The bankrupt condition of the
world and its appalling want need
not be emphasized. But it is impor
tant you realize that the Holy Fa
ther must almost entirely depend
upon the Church in America. Lit
erally, millions arc looking to the
Vicar of Christ, in Whom alone
they may have hope for help, in
this terrible time of atrocious
need. Bribes are offered for food
and security if they will sell their
immortal souls into the slavery of
atheistic tyrannies,—and men can-
not long endure the agony in their
chiildren’s eyes.
“We come to you with ouryear-v.
ly appeal for the Holy Fattier, urg
ing to the utmost generosity in
this tragic hour. Around us is ev
ery evidence of peace and plenty;
about Him, the wreckage of a civ
ilization with starvation and dis
ease and all the haunting misery
suggested by the Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse riding gaunt and
awful — more dreadful than the
rubble of cities through which
they stalk. Come then to His aid in
aiding these children of disaster
and bring Him a measure of con
solation in the knowledge that His
people in Georgia are keenly
aware of His difficulties and re
main His loyal supporters in this
hour of destiny.
“Confident that your charity will
rise to the occasion in this collec
tion. which will be taken up off
Sunday, June 29, the Feast of the
Apostles, Sts^ Peter and Paul, I
beg to extend to you the Blessings
of the Holy Father and the prayers
of our beloved Bishop.”
St. Johns Camp for
Girls, Waynesville,
Opens Eighth Season
WAYNESVILLE, N. C. — (Spe
cial'—St. John’s Camp for Girls
will open its eighth season this
summer. Conducted by the Sisters
of St. Francis, it is the only camp
unjier Catholic auspices in the
Southern mountains. It is open to
girls six to fourteen years of age.
St. John’s Camp combines the
active life of a camp with the
comforts of a city home. An ex
perienced staff of camp directors,
including - chaplain, physician and
registered nurse, is in charge of
the daily program. A graduate
dietitian supervises the modern
all-electric kitchen. Every effort
is made to maintain health
through correct diet, exercise and
rest. '
The campers live in comfortably
..furnished quarters of St. John's
campus. The girls swim, ride, and
play tennis daily. The camp has
an enrollment capacity of one
hundred.
The camp will last eight weeks
from June 23 through August 16.
FIRST COMMUNION AT
CHURCH IN DALTON
DALTON, Ga, — Six children,
members of St. Joseph’s parish.
. Susan Dyslin, Billy Woodward,
F Jimmy Chapman, Barbara Peters,
Norman McDonald and Mary
Janice McDonald, received their
first Holy Communion on June 8
at St. Joseph's Church.
father V, J. 0 Connor
Addresses Benedictine
Graduates in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Qa.— “Your fu
ture, is not an easy one, entering
as you do upon Ihe world scene
today. You will live in a chang
ing world and still be obligated to
cling to unchanging principles,”
Father P. J. O'Connor, of the
faculty of the Catholic University
of Amertca. told the graduating
clpss of the Benedictine Military
School at colorful exercises mark
ing the forty-fifth annual com
mencement of the school.
Father O’Copnor, who is "him
self an alumnus of Benedictine
Military Academy, told the fifty-
one graduating cadets, with eight
World War II veterans among
them, that much thought, energy
and money had gone into the
years of training to prepare them
for life, and cited the sacrifice
of parents, tile zeal of the Bene
dictine Fathers and the vital con
cern of the Catholic Church in the
education of youth.
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
superintendent of schools for the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, pre
sided a...', presented the diplomas.
He was assisted by Father Robert
Brennan, O. S- B., prior of the
Benedictine community in Savan
nah. and by Father Bede Light-
ner, O. S. B., principal of the
school.
Cadet Colonel J. Reid Brode
rick was awarded the Father Rap-
heal Trophy, donated by the class
of 1924, for being the ideal cadet
in the graduating class, and also
received a watch, presented by
Friedman Jewelers, to the gradu
ate having the highest scholastic
average.
Other awards included the
Bishop O'Hara medal for excel
lence in Religion, donated by the
Sheehan family in memory of Dr.
D. J. McCarthy, to Cadet Cpl. Ed
ward J. Hobbs; scholarship medal
for having the highest general
average in the school, donated by
Judge James P. Houlihan, to
Cadet Cpl, Edward J. Hobbs;
Thomas Dooley Memorial Medal,
for military excellence, to Cadet
Capt. John P. Flanagan; gold
medal for highest average in
chemistry, donated by Dr. J. Reid
Broderick, to Cadet Sgt. Maj.
Robert Harper. Jr., and gold
medal for military diligence, do
nated by the Girardeau family,
also to Sergeant Major Harper.
The graduates were J. Reid Brode
rick, Jr., John Ilurold Mulherin, Jr..
John Patrick Flanagan, Thomas Ed
ward White, William James Bremer,
Jr., William Marvin Girardeau, Madi
son Z. Brower, Jr., William Green Sut-
live, Peter Meldrim Cooley, Jr.. Marion I
Joseph Lowe, John Paul McAleer, Jr.,
Francis Cannarclln Mathews, Jr.,
James Patrick Dolan, John Jeremiah
Griffin, Jack Hardy Robbins. Richard
George Saunders, Donald Joseph Iiiltz,
Irwin David Bergrin; Anthony Michael
Fogarty, Jack Lewis Ogtesbee. LeVerne
Joseph South. Jr., Harvey Joseph Sut-
live, Jack Elf red Landers. Robert
James McGrath, Walter Joseph Ronan,
Walter Sylvester Schaaf, jr., LaCouni
L. Anderson, Jr.. Everett Joseph Carter,
Lawrence- Sheridan Conncff, John Al
bert Diamond, Joseph Eugene Dotson,
William Leech Fogarty, RoJdy James
Hatch, Roland T. Irish, William Royal
McCall, John Joseph McCracken,
Thomas Clouse Madison, David Francis
O'Leary, James Francis Poe, John Ed
ward Schexnayder, Murray Mendel Sil
ver. Joseph Aloysius Vonwr.ldcr. Robert
Aloysius Ware, William^ Kilro.v. Thomas
E. Mahnny, Leon Martin, Clayton L.
Moore, John Stephens, O’Lenry. Joseph
Sauers, Thomas Michael Spillane. Wil
liam J. Waters.
In presenting the members of
t he class for their diplomas,
Father Bede addressed the former
sei*vice men as “veteran,” and re
marked that one of the members
of the class who returned to the
school to complete his education,
after serving his country in World
War II, Leon Martin, was a mar
ried man.
DISPENSATION FROM
ABSTINENCE GRANTED
ON FOURTH OF JULY
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce
ment has been made by Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General
of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlan-
ta, that by virtue of an Indult
granted by the Holy See through
the Sacred Congregation of the
Council, to the effect that Ordina
ries of places in the United States
^ay grant a dispensation from the
law of fasting and/or abstinence
on civil holidays, such a dispensa
tion has been granted for the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta on Fri
day, July 4, and Catholics in Geor
gia are absolved from the obliga
tion of abstinence and may eat
meat on that day.
Paul Hayes Elected
Grand Knight by
K. of C. in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Paul R. Hayes,
formerly deputy grand knight, has
been elected grand Knight of Pat
rick Walsh Council. Knights of
C'ojumbus, lo succeed Charles ('.
Chesser, who has beaded the local
K. of C. Council for the past year.
Other officers of the council,
elected at a meeting held on June
9, and who will take office in July,
are Patrick Mulherin. deputy
grand knight: Joseph M. Kinehley,
chancellor: Fred Mulholland. re
cording secretary; .1. P. Price,
treasurer: Eugene Kerr, advocate;
Owen ,T. Scliweers, warden; Frank
J. Sherman, inside guard, and Jos
eph Hightower, outside guard.
William II. Doughty was chosen
to serve,as a trustee of the coun
cil. with Bernard Doris and Victor
Markwaller.
Alfred M. Battey, Hugh Kinch-
ley, Charles C. Chesser and Law
rence J. Ward were named to the
board of directors of the K. of C.
Home Company.
NEW ASSISTANTS AT
ST. MARY'S, AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Father Mar-
rellus Cikan, O. S. B.. of St. Pre-
copius Abbey, Lisle, Illinois, who
has been granted a leave of ab
sence for a year by Abbot Abrose
Ondruk, O. S. B. of St. Procopius,
to serve in the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta, has come to Augusta
where he will assist Monsignor
James J. Grady, pastor of St.
Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church.
Father Marcellus is a priest
with wide experience, having
been a member of the faculty of
St. Procopius College, has served
as a pastor in Chicago, and was
designated by his Abbot to do so- 1
eial service work among the poor
of that city. He was active in Ked
Cross work in Chicago, and was
on the Benedictine Mission Band
tor several years.
Father Francis Knott, S. J.. of
(he faculty of Loyola H^gh school,
Baltimore, will also serve as an as
sistant pastor at St. Mary’s-on-the-
Hill Church here during the sum
mer months.
WINNERS IN ESSAY CONTEST
AUGUSTA, Ga,—Betty Beeson,
daughter of Mr. and Mis. James
T. Beeson, a student at Mount St.
Joseph Academy, was awarded
first prize in the recent essay con
test sponsored by the Annie
Wheeler Auxiliary of the. United
Spanish-American War Veterans.
Mary Noel Peters also a student
at Mount St. Joseph's, was award
ed second prize in the contest.
PAPAL MEDAL PRESENTED
MISS LINNA BUESETTE
WASHINGTON. — (NO — The
Papal Medal “Pro Ecclesia et
Ponlifice,” awarded by His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII to Miss Linnn
E. Bresette, field secretary of Ihe
Social Action Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, was presented to her at a
reception at the National Catholic
School of Social Service here.
: —I
OLD FRIENDS MEET IN MACON—Father Francis X. Farmer, S. J.
who has been serving on the Jesuit mission in China, was in Macon
Georgia, recently visiting old friends, including the Rev. W. B. Burke
(light), himself a veteran in U)e Chinese mission field. Father Farmer,
who was for a number of years a Methodist missionary in China,
was associated in that work with Mr. Burke. Born in Conyers, Father
Farmer spent his childhood and young manhood in Covington. After
attending Emory College and Vanderbilt University, he entered
the Methodist ministry, and after a course at a missionary training
school in New York, he went to China in 1901. Returning to this
country in 1915, he continued his study of the Catholic religion,
which he had begun in China, and in May of that year was received
into the Church by Ihe late Bishop Benjamin J. Keiley, in Sa
vannah. Determined to become a priest of the Socjety of Jesus,
he entered the Novitiate of the French Jesuits in England, and
after his ordination returned to China as a Catholic missionary.
He has returned now, alter twenty-three years in China, to visit
his mother, in Atlanta. While in Macon, Father Farmer was the
guest of Father Robert Bryant, S. J., pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church.—(Drinnon Photo—Courtesy of The Macon News).
Altitude 3,000 Feet
“Highest Girls’ Camp East of the Rockies”
St. John’s Camp for Girls
Up in Waynesville, North Carolina
Near the Border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cool Summer Climate All Land and Water Sports
No Mosquitoes Cultural Program
50 ACTIVITIES WITHIN REACH OF CAMPERS
ARCHERY
ari;s
BADMINTON
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
BOATING
BUS SCIENCE
CAMPING
CRAFT’S
CROQUET
CYCLING
CHEMISTRY
DANCING
DARTS
DOM. SCIENCE
DRAMATICS
FENCING
FIELD HOCKEY
FIRST AID
FISHING
FRENCH
GARDENING
GOLF
HANDBALL
HIKING
INST. MUSIC
LANGUAGES
LAWN BOWLINQ
LIBRARY
MT. CLIMBING
MOVIES
NATURE STUDY
PAINTING
PHOTOGRAPHY
PICNICS
QUblTS
HIDING
ROLLERSKATING
SI-IUFFLEBOARD
'SEWING
SKETCHING
SOFTBALL
STAGE TECHNIQUE
SPANISH
SWIMMING
TABLE TENNIS
TENNIS
TRIPS
TUTORING
VOCAL MUSIC
VOLLEY BALL
RESIDENT-STAFF
Rev. Sister Mary Amadeus, O. S. F. Director
Miss Louise Burdick, B. A., Asst. Director
Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, Camp Chaplain
R. Stuart Roberson, M. D., Camp Physician
Mrs. Lewis C. Willett, R. N., Nurse-Dietitian
Eight Week*: June 23 through Augu*t 16
RATES: 1 Week, $30.00; 8 Week*, $210.00
Write for Descriptive Folder
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
Phone 40 Waynesville, North Carolina