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-THK^BTJLLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION of GEORGIA
Annual Retreat for Georgia Laymen
Conducted at St, Joseph's Home
(Special to The Bulletin)
JULY 26, 1947
Officers of St, Mary's Home
WASHINGTON, Ga.—The
twenty-seventh annual Retreat for
men, sponsored by the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
was held at St. Joseph’ Home,
from the evening of July 11 to
the afternoon of July 13, with
Father John E. Curley, S. J., of
the Southern Jesuit Mission Band,
with headquarters at St. Joseph's
Church, Mobile, as the retreat-
master.
In the opinion of the fifty-three
men who made the Retreat, one
of whom had attended all, and
many who had attended a good
number of the Retreats since the
lay Retreat movement was inaugu
rated in 1921, this year’s Retreat,
given by Father Curley, was one
of the best in the series in sev
eral respects. •
The annual business meeting of
the Retreat Section of the Lay
men’s Association was held at the
close of the exercises and James
B. Mulherin, of August, was re
elected chairman of the Retreat
Section. Local chairmen selected
were Norman J. Wrigley, Atlanta;
Miles J. O’Connor, Augusta; Mar
tin J. Callaghan, K. S. G., Macon;
Dr. T. II. McHatton, Athens;
Reginald Hatcher, Milledgeville;
J. H. Wiggerman, Albany; Albert
Fahy, Rome, N. E. Shay Marietta,
Phil Sheridan, Griffin. The
nominating committee was head
ed 'by B. J. Kane, of Atlanta.
Headed by John J. McCreary, of
Macon, a committee composed of
Charles Anton Moran, Atlanta; J.
H. Wiggerman, Albany; Phil J.
Sheridan, Griffin, and Andrew N.
Thompson, Augusta, presented a
set of resolutions which were
unanimously adopted.
Resolutions included an expres
sion of determination to further
the lay Retreat movement in Geor
gia, and a welcome to the new
comers who were making their
first Retreat with the group.
One resolution offered was in
the form of an affectionate pledge
of devotion to His Excellency the
Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., Bishop fit Savan-
nah-Atlanta, with a promise of
prayers for the success of the mis
sion on behalf of the Holy See in
which Bishop O'Hara is now en
gaged in Romania.
Other resolutions were in the
nature of expressions of gratitude
to Father Curley, the retreat-
master, and to Father Edward
Fenwick, O'. P., of the Dominican
Mission Band, Columbia, S. C.,
who is serving as director of St.
Joseph’s Home in the absence of
Father John Crean, and to the
Sisters of St. Joseph and the boys
at the Home for their gracious hos
pitality and for their very sub
stantial contribution to the suc
cess of the Retreat.
Those attending the Retreat
were; B. J. Kane, K. S. S„ C. H.
Shirley, William H. Shelton,
Charles Anthony Moran. Dan Sut
ter, John M. Harrison, Thomas W.
Duffy, Matt C. Carroll, Richard
Kane, and W. A. Brand, Atlanta.
P. H. Thompson, Jerry E-
Lyons, Andrew Thompson, W. H.
Dimmock, Hugh Kinchley, J. L.
Grogan. J. E. Sheehan. Jr., E. J.
O'Connor, John W. Burke, Thomas
P. Kearney, W. A. Lyons, J. P.
McAuliffe, J. B. Mulherin, Owen
Schweers, Loilis J. O’Connell, J.
Tobin Barrett, L. F. Cashln,
Charles C. Chesser, Lawrence
Laughlin, Richard Bowles, Pat
Mulherin, Miles O’Connor and
William Lyons, Jr., Augusta.
Chris R. Sheridan, J. P. Mc-
Golderick, Charles LeH. Adams,
P. McGolderick, Jr., P. G. Mc-
Nelis, Charles W. Weller, Harry
J. Bernhardt, John J. McCreary,
M. C. Connolly, M. J. Mallaghan,
K. S.G., .Walter H. Wilson, Jesse
H. Cheves and J. C. Garvin, Ma
con.
Neil Edward Shay, Marietta;
Robert Arthur, Dr. T. H. McHat
ton, Athens; Phil J. Sheridan,
Griffin; Reginald Hatcher, Mill
edgeville; James R. Gallagher, and
J. H. Wiggerman, Albany.
BISHOP O’HARA
President
His Excellency the Most Rev
erend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J.
U. D., Bishop pi Savannah-Atlanta,
who is presently in Romania, as
Regent of the Apostolic Nuncia
ture in Bucharest, also serves as
President of the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society, under the
auspices of which St. Mary’s Home
in Savannah is conducted by the
Sisters of Mercy.
One of Bishop O’Hara’s first
projects upon coming to Georgia
twelve years ago was to plan and
carry into reality the building of
the present St. Mary’s Home on
Victory Drive. I
JOHN W. GLEASON, K. S. G.
Vice-President-Treasurer
Active for many years in the
interest of St. Mary’s Home, Sa
vannah, Mr. Gleason has again
been elected vice-president and
treasurer of- the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society.
Mr. Gleason, now retired, was
prominently engaged in the cotton
business in Savannah for more
than hall a century. Some years
ago he was honored by His Holi
ness Pope Pius XI with Knight
hood in the Order of St. Gregory
the Great.
Mrs. Gleason, who was Miss
Lilliam McGovern, of Columbus,
has been no less active on behalf
of St. Mary’s Home than Mr.
Gleason.
MONSIGNOR McNAMARA
Secretary
The Right Rev. Monsignor T.
James McNamara, rector of the 1
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
in Savannah, has been re-elected
secretary of the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society, under whose
auspices St. Mary’s Home for
orphan girls is conducted by the
Sisters of Mercy.
Assisting the president and other
officers of the Society in direct
ing the affair of St. Mary's Home
are the members of the Board of
Directors: E. George Butler, Wil
liam J. Bremer, John M. Brennan,
Dr. William,B. Crawford, Hugh H.
Grady, Walter B. Murphy, M. C.
McCarthy, James H. McKenna,
Peter hoe Nugent, C. F. Powers,
William H. Sexton and Elton E.
Wright.
Bishop Thomas Boland
Appointed Ordinary of
Diocese of Paterson
Death in Macon of
Mrs. Herman Huhn
Protestant Seminary Professor Endorses
Public School Bus Transportation for
Pupils Attending Parochial Schools
(Copyright, 1947, By Religious
News Service)
NEW Y O R K.—Dr. Reinhold
Niebuhr, professor at Union The
ological Seminary here and one
of the country’s outstanding Prot
estant churchmen, has endorsed
the use of public school buses for
transporting children to parochial
schools.
In his regular weekly column
syndicated by Religious News Ser
vice Dr. Nibuhr declared that since
Catholics pay school taxes and tax
themselves besides to maintain
parochial schools, the use of state
school buses for their children is
justified.
“Some issues must be decided
from the standpoint of the wis
dom of the policy rather than le-
galistically,” he staled. “Since
Catholics pay school taxes and tax
themselves in addition to maintain
their parochial schools, it would
hardly seem too great a conces
sion to permit the use of state
school buses for their children.
“At any rate the argument that
this policy imperils democracy is
an hysterical one. There is no
other democracy in the world
which does not go further than we
in the use of state funds for the
support of religious instruction.”
Dr. Niebuhr, charged that the
American principle of complete
church-state separation has re
sulted in the "official seculariza
tion of our culture.”
“Though I think it is important
to resist all pressure which would
give any religious group a special
advantage in our nation,” he said,
“it might be worth noting that
there is no one ideal solution of
the problem of the relation of
church to stale. * Our American
principle of complete separation is
a valuable heritage, but no one can
deny that the price we pay for it
is the official secularization of our
culture.
“We are religiously the most
pluralistic nation on earth and we
may therefore be grateful for the
fact that our founding fathers
adopted the only constitutional
principle which would make this
religious pluralism viable. But it
is dangerous to make a fetish of
the constitutional principle and to
insist that even a slight conces
sion is in violation of the princi
ple.”
Dr. Niebuhr pointed out that if
carrying parochial school children
in state buses is a violation of the
Constitution, the policy of the U
S. Government in regard to Army
chaplains is an even greater viola
tion.
“Since practically the beginning
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WASHINGTON. _ His Holiness
Pope Pius XII has named the Most I
Rev. Thomas A. Boland, Auxiliary !
Bishop of Newark, to be Bishop of I
Paterson, New Jersey, it is an- j
nounced at the Apostolic Delega- j
tion here. Bishop Boland succeeds j
to a See left vacant by the death of
Bishop Thomas H. McLaughlin in
March.
Bishop Boland, who becomes the
second Ordinary of the Diocese of
Paterson, has been Titular Bishop
of Hirina and Auxiliary Bishop of
Newark since 1940. He was born
in Orange, N. J., February 17,1
1896, attended Seton Hall College I
in New Jersey and the North I
American College in Rome. He was j
ordained to the priesthood in the
chapel of the North American Col
lege on December 23, 1922, and
following his ordination took
courses at Fordham University in
New York.
From June to September, 1943,
Bishop Boland served as assistant
at St. Catherine’s Church, Hill
side, N. J. He then joined the fac
ulties of Seton Hall High School
and College. He also taught Sacred
Scripture, Moral Theology and
Canon Law in the Immaculate
Conception Seminary, Darlington,
N. J. Between September, 1938,
and May 1939, he served as Ad
ministrator of St. Anthony’s
Church, Union City, and Our Lady
of Lourdes Chapel. He became a
member of the diocesan curia in
1933 and Chancellor of the Arch
diocese of Newark in 1938. He has
also held numerous other diocesan
offices.
The Diocese of Palersori, which
was. established December 16,
1937, embraces the Counties of
Passaic, Morris and Sussex in the
State of New Jersey, and has a
Catholic population of 134.989, ac
cording to the 1947 edition of The
Official Directory.
MACON, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Sarah Mulholland
Huhn, widow of Herman Huhn,
Sr., who died July 13, were held
at St. Joseph’s Church, Father
Robert T. Bryant, S. J., officiating.
, Mrs. Huhn was born in Macon
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Mulholland, and had lived
here all of her life. She was an
active and devoted member of St.
Joseph’s parish, a member of the
Altar Society, and president of
the League of the Sacred Heart.
Surviving are two sons, Herman
Huhn, Jr!, and Christian Huhn;
two daughters, Miss Nelle Huhn
and Mrs. A. J. Gausch, Jr., and
two grandchildren, Charlene Huhn
and Herman Huhn, III, all of Ma-
FATIIER JOSEPH O’CALLA
HAN, S. J., only chaplain in U. S.
history to be decorated with the
Congressional Medal of Honor, the
nation’s highest award for brav
ery, has been assigned to work in
connection with the new Jesuit
mission for Japan and the Caro
line Islands.
Best Wishes
DeSoto
Beauty
Salon
SAVANNAH, GA.
of our history,” he said, “the Am
erican Army has enrolled chap
lains from all denominations to
serve the religious needs of the
men of our Army and Navy. The
chaplains must submit to the gen
eral discipline of the Army and
arc paid by the Army.
“On the whole no one lias chal
lenged this policy because no one,
not even the professional atheists,
has been sufficiently interested in
this issue. But if the policy were
rigorously challenged its consti
tutionality could hardly be up
held.
“It is certainly less constitution
al than the reading of Scripture
passage in public schools, which
has frequently been accepted as
compatible with the principle of
separation of church and state; and
It is probably less constitutional
than carrying parochial school chil
dren on state buses.” ,
Best Wishes
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