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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 26. 1947
AMERICAN LEGION POST SPONSORS PSYCHIATRIC WARD EOR ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL.
SAVANNAH—James E. Hogan, second from left, commander of George K. Gannam Post, No. 184,
American Legion, is shown presenting Sister Mary Bride, R. S. M., director of St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Savannah, Georgia, a check for $3,000 for the erection of a Psychiatric Ward at the hospital. The Gannam
Post sponsored a drive to raise funds for the establishment of the ward. At the extreme left is Harold
Waters, service officer of the post and chairman of publicity for tile drive; which Senior Vice-command
er Eugene Summerlin, general chairman of the drive, is at the right. Presentation of the check marked
the successful conclusion of the drive instituted during the administration of Edward Ringwald, im
mediate past commander of Gannam Post. Others who had a major part in the campaign were A. Pratt
Adams and Service Officer Waters, who made the original proposal.—(Photo by Foltz—Courtesy of The
Savannah Morning News). *
Savannah P.-T. A. Group
Reports on Its Work
During School Year
SAVANNAH, Ga, — Some idea
of the time and effort that mem
bers of the Parent-Teacher Associ
ation of the Sacred Heart School
devoted to the interests of the
school and its pupils during the
school year which closed last
month can be found in the report
of the Association’s activity during
the year, submitted by Mrs.' A. J.
Schano, its president.
Outstanding in the activity of
the Association was the installing
of some $3,600 worth of modern
lunchroom equipment, and the
serving of nourishing, hot lunches
to the pupils each day x>f the
school year.
Other activity of the Associa
tion included numerous varied and
important endeavors which were
reported, on a monthly basis, by
Mrs. Schano.
In September, a clothing ex
change was established under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Daye, and
its success passed all expectations.
The association assisted in the
celebration of the feast day of
Mother Mary Maurice, C. S. J.,
Superior of the school.
In October, a Hallowe’en party
was given for the pupils, and Mrs.
Schano and Mrs. Anderson repre
sented the Association at the an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
In November, the Association
aided in raising funds for St.
Thomas Vocational School, gave a 1
pantry shower and a Thanksgiving
Day dinner for the Sisters, spon
sored a turkey dinner for the chil
dren and a teen-agers dance, fur
nished chaperones for the Satur
day afternoon dances at the Catho
lic Young People’s Association
club house, and bought a number
of books for the school library.
In December, gave a Christmas
party and a dance for teen-agers,
delivered Christmas baskets to a
number of needy persons, purchas
ed a Tuberculosis Association
bond, gave a Christmas dinner to
the Sisters, and distributed food,
clothing and shoes to a destitute
family.
In January, held a Fathers’
night meeting, attended a meeting
of the Savannah Deanery Council
of Catholic Women, and through
the health committee supplied ty
phoid vaccine for the children.
In February, sponsored a Valen
tine party and staged another
dance for the teen-age group.
In March, sponsored a spaghetti
supper, began serving breakfast to
the children who received Holy
Communion on school days dur
ing Lent, and entertained the Sis
ters on St. Joseph's Day.
In April, assisted with the pre
school clinic, gave another dance
for the teen-age group, sponsored
an Easter party, raised $383 for
the Sisters’ summer school fund,
and assisted in the Cancer Con
trol campaign.
In May, raised an additional
$192 for the benefit of the Sisters’
summer school fund, aided the
March of Dimes campaign, assist
ed in collecting soap and towels
for shipment to Europe, arranged
for transportation of pupils to
Hunter Field to witness a perfor
mance at the Children’s Theatre,
entertained the graduating class
with a formal dance and a dinner,
Three New Saints Are Proclaimed In
Ceremony At St. Peter’s In Rome
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.— His Holiness
Pope Pius XII has proclaimed
three new Saints of the Church:
Joao de Britto, a Portuguese mar
tyr, who died in India in 1693; Fa
ther Giuseppe Cafasso who died in
Turin in 1860; and Bernardino
Realino, Italian Jesuit who died in
1616.
Tens of thousands, including
several thousands pilgrims from
Portugal and the Portuguese pos
sessions in Africa and India wit
nessed the colorful ceremonies in
St. Pet' -’s Basilica. The Portu
guese pilgrims were led by His
Eminence Emanuel Concalves
Cardinal Cerejeira, Patriarch of
Lisbon, and His Eminence Teo-
dosio Clemente Cardinal De Gou-
veia, Archbishop of Lorenzo
Marques.
Among the pilgrims were hun
dreds of natives from the Portu
guese possessions in Africa and
Asia, who,had come to Rome to
gether with Pedro IV, King of the
Congo, who occupied a special seat
in the tribune of the apse of St.
Peter’s. As a gift for the Holy Fa
ther, King Pedro had brought with
him two elephant tu§ks.
King Pedro, who traces his fam
ily back to the Pharaohs of Egypt,
gave expression to his great joy in
being the first of his family to see
the Holy Father face to face. All
the natives, with few exceptions,
were dressed in the European
manner. They entered St. Peter’s
in procession shortly before the
arrival of the Papal procession j
which included whites and Ne- j
groes, Indians and natives from i
Indochina, laity, Sisters, priests'
and students.
Joao de Britto was born of a no- j
ble family in Portugal. As a youth ,
he served as page at the court. At'
the age of 15 he entered the Jes
uits novitiate and after his ordina
tion went to India as a missionary.
Because Of the caste system, he be
came as regards clothes, food and
habits, a member of the Indian
penitential caste. He worked
among the untouchables, with tre
mendous results in baptisms and
conversions thus bringing about a
rebirth of Christian life in India.
The Portuguese king tried in vain
to prevent Father De Britto from
coming to India, not only the first
time but also the second time when
the Saint returned to Portugal af-
served a Communion breakfast on
the day of the annual commence
ment, and furnished flowers for
the decoration of the Sacred Heart
Church for the closing exercises
of the school.
During the school year, lunches
were served to an average of 328
children per day. A total of 52,-
121 lunches were served, many of
them without cost to the pupils or
at less than the established price.
Cash income of the Association
amounted to $12,364.00. Total ex
penditures were $12,281.36, in
cluding $8,385.19 for food; $1,909-
80 for labor; $1,433.98 for equip
ment; and $552.39 for such items
as soap powder, napkins, paper
cups, telephone bills, pantry
shelves, tables, cutlery and dishes.
For the first time, the P.-T. A.
assumed the lighting costs for the
school, and in many other ways
made valuable contributions to the
welfare of the children and the
school.
ter some years to care for mission
ary affairs. His asceticism gave
him an open sesame to the highest
castes as well as to the untouch
ables. In 1693, after the most hor
rible tortures, he died a martyr’s
death.
Father Cafasso was born in 1811
at Castelnuovo d’Asti, birthplace
of Don Bosco, who studied in the
seminary at Turin under Father
Cafasso. Early in life he showed
signs of sanctity, so that he was
called by his companions “san-
tino,” but by others, less favorably
inclined, “Caifasso” (Caiphas) and
was tormented because he had a
raised right shoulder, which gave
him a somewhat hunched appear
ance. Ordained in 1833, he spent
his whole priestly life in Turin’s
“Convitto Ecclcsiastico” for the
perfection of young priests, first as
a subject, then as an assistant, and
finally from 1848 to his death in
1860 as head of the. institution. He
won fame in fighting Jansenism,
bringing back the principles of St.
Alphonsus and restoring the per
sonal santification of the clergy.
He was generous to the poor and
zealous in the care of souls, devot
ing special care to prisoners and
those condemned to death. He was
blessed with the special gift of
touching hardened sinners, so that
not one of the 68 condemned men
whom he assisted died impeni
tent.
Father Realino was born in 1530
in Carpi in Emilia. He was brought
up by his mother, since his father
was away on business. He studied
at the University of Bologna and
entered public life in the service of
Pripces and rulers, serving as
Mayor and magistrate and finally
as Lieutenant General for the
Marquis of Pescara at Naples.
One day, seeing two young Jes
uits and struck by their deport
ment, he followed them and came
to know the Fathers of the New
Society which he finally joined. At
first, he asked admission as a lay
brother but his superiors insisted
on his becoming a priest. He was
sent to Lecce where he spent about
40 years, zealously working in the
care of souls. There he had a
vision of the Blessed Mother bear
ing the Divine Infant. Even before
his death, he was chosen by the
people of Lecce as their town’s
heavenly patrdn.
Gannam Post, American Legion
Sponsors Psychiatric Ward at
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah
Two French Religions
Proclaimed as Saints
VATICAN CITY.—(By Radio)—
The names of two French Reli
gious, both of whom labored in
the early part of the nineteenth
century, were added to the calen
dar of saints when His Holiness
Pope Pius XII solemnly pronounc
ed the canonization of Blessed Mi
chael Garicoits and Blessed Jeanne
Elizabeth Bichier des Ages.
Both new saints, natives of
France, were instrumental in
founding new religious communi
ties. The newly-sainted Michael
Garicoits, who lived from 1797 to
1863, founded in 1832 the congre
gation of Priests of the Sacred
Heart of Betliarram, known
throughout the world as the Beth-
arram Fathers.
Saint Jeanne Elizabeth Bichier
des Ages, born of a French noble
family in 1773. was the co-foun
dress in 1806 of a religious com
munity which took the name of
“Daughters of the Cross.” She died
in 1838.
In his homily, Pope Pius XII
praised the heroism and virtues of
the two newly-created Saints, who
labored in perturbed times for the
restoration of Christian morals and
for the care of the souls and bodies
of aged and infirm. He exhorted
the huge congregation in St. Pe
ter’s Basilica, among them many
pilgrims from France, to emulate
the heroic example set by the two
new saints in the achievement of a
perfect Christian life.
Representatives of the societies
whose founders were elevated to
sainthood had come from France,
Italy, Spain, South American
countries, Palestine and China to
witness the canonizations. Also
among the congregation were
members of the Des Ages family
and several descendants of the
Garicoits family
Two persons whose miraculous
cures were attributed to the inter
cession of Saint Jeanne Elizabeth
Bichier des Ages had also come to
Rome. They were Graziosa Dufau,
who had been pronounced incur
able after she had suffered a spin
al fracture in an automobile acci
dent, and Maria Raschi, who as a
child was miraculously cured at
lh6 very moment when a novena
was completed to implore inter
cession for her .recovery. The
French pilgrims, among whom
were several generals, were re
ceived‘in audience by the Holy Fa
ther on the day following the can
onization.
Among the faithful witnessing
the solemn canonization rites was
Sonora Eva Duarte de Peron, wife
of the President of Argentina, who
was in Rome on a visit.
FRENCH ADMIRAL-PRIEST
REJOINS CARMELITE ORDER
PARIS.—(RNS) — Vice Admiral
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, for
mer French High Commissiner in
Indo-China, who doffed his habit
as a memebr of the Carmelite Or
der to enter the French naval ser
vice at the outbreak of the war, re
joined the monastic community
this month.
Known in religion as Father
Louis of the Trinity, Admiral d’Ar-
genlieu was captured by the Ger
mans in 1940 at Cherbourg, but es
caped to London where he joined
General Charles cle Gaulle. He be
came a Carmelite priest in 1932 af
ter seeing service with the French
Navy during the first world war.
He was head of the French naval
forces in Britain and later went to
San Francisco as a member of the
French delegation to the United
Nations. Early this year he was
decorated with the Military Med
al,. France’s highest military hon
or.
AMERICAN BENEDICTINE
PRIEST-SCIENTIST ENTERS
CARTHUSIAN ORDER IN SPAIN
MADRID (RNS)—A well-known
American priest-scientist, Father
Thomas Verner Moore, O. S. B.,
professor of psychology at the
Catholic University of America,
Washington, D. C., has left the
Benedictine Order to enter the
Carthusian Order at Burgos.
Father Thomas, leading author
ity in the field of psychology,
came from the United States to
Spain recently to deliver a series
of lectures at the University of
Madrid. He was made an honor
ary member of the leading scienti
fic institute in Spain last month.
A native of Louisville, Ky.,
Father Thomas was educated at
the Catholic Unversity of Ameri
ca, Georgetown University Medi
cal School, the University of Mun
ich and John Hopkins University.
He holds the degrees of Doctor of
Philosophy and Doctor of Medi
cine
Ordained in 190 1, Father
Thomas has taught philosophy at
various Catholic colleges. During
the first World War he served
as a captain in the U. S, Army
Medical Corps.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A check for
$3,000 for the erection of a psychi
atric ward at St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal has been presented to Sister
Mary Bride, R. S. M., R. N., super
intendent of the hospital, by James
E. Hogan, commander of George
K. Gannam Post, No. 184, Ameri
can Legion.
Commander Hogan, a veteran of
World War II, made the presenta
tion on behalf of the some 1,200
members of the Post, which spon
sored the drive for funds to estab
lish the ward.
Presentation was made at an in
formal ceremony held at the hos
pital with Senior Vice-Commander
Eugene Summerlip, chairman of
the drive, and Service Officer
Harold Waters, chairman of the
publicity committee, participating.
The ward, already under con
struction, will be completed some
time next month, and its opening
will mark Sister Mary’s second
anniversary as director of the hos
pital.
It is contemplated that the ward
will be a separate department on
the third floor of the hospital
building, with a graduate and a
student nurse and two orderlies on’
duty at all times. The ward will
undergo a sound-proofing process.
Screens for the windows have
already been installed with steel
casings, the windows themselves
being hardly visible from the out
side. They were designed to elimi
nate a "jail-like’* atmosphere for
merly associated with the- deten
tion of the mentally ill.
Sister Mary said that the capaci
ty of the ward would be not less
tlian thirteen patients.
A plaque will be placed in the
ward and on it will be the inscrip
tion: “The drive to procure funds
tfor this ward was sponsored by
George K. Gannam Post, No. 184,
American Legion.”
Commander Hogan, who headed
the campaign for funds expressed
appreciation to the individuals and
firms of the city who contributed
so generously to the fund.
It was stressed that the ward
could accommodate both men and
women patients and will be of.
service to non-veterans as well as
veterans.
Sister Mary pointed out that Dr.
James Craig and Dr. A. H. Center,
psychiatrists at the hospital, had
advocated the establishment of the
ward.
In addition to Comma n d e r
] Hogan and Vice-Gommander Sum-
I merlin, the ward project commit
tee of Gannam Post included
Edgar Terry, William F. Braziel,
George C. Kelley, Irving Gottlieb,
James F. Glass and Tom Russell.
Gannam Post is believed to We
the first American Legion post in
the country to sponsor such a pro
ject.
Gannam Post ,the “baby” Le
gion group of the city, launched
the drive to procure funds lo erect
the ward. A baseball game at
Grayson Stadium, numerous dona
tions from individuals and films
in the city, made up about half
of the fund. The balance came
out of the Gannam Post’s treasury.
The drive was initiated in April
when plans to sponsor the baseball
game were made known. Net pro
ceeds from the game, the season’s
opener, amounted lo $546.61.
In its name the Gannam Post
honors the memory of Sergeant
George K. Gannam, a graduate of
Benedictine Military School, who
was killed in the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, December 7,
1941.
SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY,
Australian nurse noted for her
work in the treatment of infantile
paralysis, was received in private
audience on July 10 by His Holi
ness Pope Pius XIL •
“NO LASTING HOME,” story of
a Boston Irish family by Joseph
Dcver, 27-year-old ex-GI whose
“Fifty Missions,” won a short
story contest sponsored by “Yank,”
the Army weekly, in 1945. is the
August selection of the Catholic
Literary Foundation.
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