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AUGUST 30. 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
Rectory, School and Convent
Being Dedicated for Colored
Parish in Lafceland, Georgia
(Special to The Bulletin!
LAKELAND. Ga.—A parochial
school, a convent and a rectory for
the Church of Our Lady Queen of
Peace here, is being dedicated on
August 28 by Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, Vicar General of the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, who is
administering the affairs of the
Diocese in the absence of the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.,
J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-At-
lanta, who is presently serving as
Regent of the Apostolic Nuncia
ture in Bucharest. Romania.
The CohA-cd parish in Lakeland
is a charge of the Oblates Fathers
in Douglas, and tHo sermon at t Ho
dedication ceremony was de :
livered by the Very Rev. William
A. Robbins. O. M. I., of Washing
ton. D. C.. Provincial of the
Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Since the Church of Our Lady
Qu:cn of Peace was dedicated in
1941, it has been served by the
Oblates Fathers from Douglas, but
the completion of the rectory will
'..able the parish to have a resi
dent pastor. Father Francis X.
McCarron. O. M. I., is the pastor
of the parish in Lakeland, arid his
new home is an attractive and
comfortable six-room dwelling.
The new school o. Our Lady
Queen of Peace, which will open
this fall, will be the first rural
Colored School in the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta. The school
building has • four large class
rooms, an office for the principal,
and modern, well-equipped rest
rooms. More than fifty pupils
have already been enrolled, and
the school will begin with kinder-
garden and elementary classes to
the fifth grade.
Erected to be the home of the
Sisters Third Order Regular of St.
Francis, of the Allegheny, N. V.,
community, who will teach in the
school, the convent will have six
rooms, a chitpel and a laundry.
The Allegheny community of
Franciscan Sisters was founded in
3859. The Order numbers 800 pro
fessed Sisters. 30 novices and 25
postulants. It conducts five acad
emies. four high schools, fifty
grammar schools, one college, one
preparatory school and two
training schools for nurses. It op
erates eleven hospitals, a day
nursery, two rest -houses, four
homes for working girls, one
home for the aged, a sanitarium
and two social service centers.
The community is represente'd
in the Archdioceses of Boston,
Newark and New York, and in the
Dioceses of Albany, Brooklyn,
Buffalo. Camden, Hartford, Og-
densburg, Pittsburgh, Portland
'Maine!. Providence, Raleigh,
Rochester, St. Augustine. Syra
cuse and Trenton, in the United
States, and in Jamaica, British
West Indies.
In the neighboring Diocese of
St. Augustine, the' Franciscan
Sisters of the Allegheny commu
nity conduct SI. Francis Xavier
narochial school in Fort Myers,
Fla.: St. Joseph’s Academy, in
Lakeland. Fla,. St. Paul’s Paro
chial School, St. Petersburg, Fla.,
and St. Benedict’s School for Col
ord pupils, in Tampa.
The Order operates three hos
pitals in Florida. St. Francis Hos
pital. Miami Beach: St. Anthony’s
Hospital. Si. Petersburg, and St.
Joseph’s Hospital. Tampa.
W ASIIINGTON—(NCI—Ordain
ed to (lie priesthood only six years
ago. the Most Rev. John H. Boc-
cclla. T. O. R.. who is 37, has
een elected the 103rd Minister
General of the Third Order Reg
ular of St. Francis, the first
American to hold that office in
the 500-year history of the Order,
according to word received from
Rome at the community's head
quarters here.
The election was held in con
nection with the 99th General
Chanter of the Order in the
Basilic, - of SS. Cosmas and
Dapilan in Rome. Father Bocce*lla,
for the last two years, has been
serving as Provincial of the Pro
vince of the Most Sacred Heart
■f Jesus with headquarters in
Loretto. Pa., which will celebrate
the 100th anniversary of its found
ing this fall.
Father Boccella is a native of
Audubon. N. J.. and was educated
at Catholic Schools at Haddon
Heights and Camden, N. J. He
entered the Novitiate of St. Fran
cis in Loretto in 1932 and went
to the Angelic College in Rome
to complete his studies, but was
forced to return to this country
in 1939 when World War II start
ed. He finished his studies at the
Catholic University of America,
here, and was ordained on March
29. 1941. by Bishop Ravmond A.
Kearney. Auxiliary of Brooklyn.
Following his ordination, he
taught dogmatic theology at St.
Francis Seminary in Loretto and
In 1944 was named Suptrior of
the Portiuncula House of Studies
in this city. The following year
he was named provincial.
ONE cure for the juvenile crime
wave sweeping this country is
through better religious training
of youth, D. K. Brown, special
agent in charge of the Savannah
field division office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, said in
addressing a recent meeting of the
Optimist Club in Savannah.
Distinctive Millinery
From
GLENDALE SHOP
119 Broughton Street East
Savannah, Ga.
American Priest Elected
Minister General of Third
Order Regular Franciscans
Pas.tor at Tybee
MONSIGNOR MOYLAN
The Right Reverend Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General
and Chancellor of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta. who is pastor
of St. Michael’s Church, Savannah
Beach, on Tybee Island, on the
Georgia coast.
Priest in Charge
FATHER MALONEY
Father Cornelius E. Maloney,
Superintendent of Schools for the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who
is temporarily serving as priest in
charge of St. Michael's parish at
Savannah Beach, Georgia.
DISTINGUISHED JURISTS
SPEAK AT GATHERING OF
GEORGETOWN ALUMNI
Eighteen members of Congress,
alumni of Georgetown University,
in Washington, D. C., were guests
of honor at the recent 158th an
nual dinner of the university’s
alumni association.
Carl B. Rix, president of (lie
American Bar Association, also an
alumnus, deplored what lie termed
the "iconoclastic teaching in the
field' of law in recent decades.”
Declaring that this teaching is to
a large extent responsible for the
confusion of ideas in the world to
day, he added that! it ignores “the
great unchangeable body of the
common law which is based on the
inalienable human rights and
freedoms.”
Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws, of
the District of Columbia, another
speaker, declared: "I and many
other alumni of Georgetown who
are members of the Protestant
faith were given every opportu
nity and not the slightest distinc
tion was made between Catholics
and Protestants. This was an in
spiration to men of other faiths
and a demonstration that Catho
lics, Protestants and Jews can go
arm in arm not only in time of
war but also through business and
professional fields.”
Best Wishes
. SHEPPARD
FURNITURE CO.
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Furniture, Jewelry, Electrical
Appliances
* 220 Broughton Street, West
Savannah, Georgia
JOHN STATTS, u member of St.
Peter’s parish, in Scranton. Pa.,
has been awarded a Papal decora
tion, the gold Lalcran Cross, as a
result of his efforts, while he was
with (he American forces in Italy,
to relieve distress in a shell-bat
tered orphanage there. He receiv
ed the medal by mail from the
presiding Canon of the Lateran
Basilica in Rome.
During the war, Mr. Statts was
a member of a unit whose shells
rendered a Catholic orphanage
impossible of occupancy and left
the youngsters without a home
and without food. When the chan-
lain called the attention of the
Catholic soldiers under him to
this fact, it was Statts who took
the lead in remedying the situa
tion.
The Sisters who were assisted
by Mr. Statts have sent his moth
er a hand-painted medallion of the
Mudoiia,
ALUMNI OF SAVANNAH
BENEDICTINE SCHOOL
HOLD CLASS REUNION
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Dr. Walter
ITorovitz was elecied president cf
(he class of '39 of the Benedictine
Military School at the eighteenth
annual reunion of the class held on
August 1 on the root garden of
the Hotel Whitney.
Other officers chosen. Thomas
Anglin, vice-president; Frank Ru
der. secretary, and Julian Halligan,
treasurer. Mr. Ruder and Mr. Hal-
ligan were re-elected to serve per
manent ly.
"You and your sons will make
the Benedictine School of (lie fu
ture. just as you and your fathers
made the Benedictine School of
the past,” Father Bede Ligblner.
O. S. B.. principal of the military
school, told jnembers of the class.
As guest speaker 5t the gather
ing. Father Bede said: “You have
done much by encouraging study
and leadership in the annual pres
entation of your cup to the out
standing cadet of the freshman
class. You can do more by'search
ing out deserving boys and send
ing them to your alma mater and
by living up to the ideals of Bene
dictine School—that is by being
leaders in your various fields of
endeavor and by working always
for the material and spiritual
growth of the school from which
you graduated.”
Anthony Halligan. Jr., was pre
sented the class cup as the out
standing cadet-freshman of the
past school year.
A Christmas reunion committee
composed of Thomas Anglin, Wil
liam Wolfe, James Engle and
John M. Brennan was appointed.
The class members enjoyed a
buffet supper prepared under 1 He
supervision of A. J. Stubbs, ca
terer of I he Hotel Whitney.
Minister General
IN connection with the filming
of tiie play, “Joan of Lorraine,”
featuring Ingrid Bergman in the
title role of St. .Joan of Arc,
France’s national heroine, the Rev.
Dr. Paul Doneoeur, S. J., editor of
(lie French weekly L’Etude, out-
staiding medieval scholar and au
thority on the life of St. Joan, has
arrived in Holywood for consul
tation with producers of the new
film. Father Doneoueur made a
tour of several studios witli Joseph
I. Breen, head of the production
code, and Father Andrew Snoeck,
of Belgium, his interpreter.
Rev. John H. Boccella, T O. R.;
native of Audubon, N. J., seventh
provincial of the Franciscan';
Community at Loretto, Pa,, who’
has been elected Minister Gen-'l
eral of the Third Order Regular ;
of St. Francis, at’ the elections
just held in Rome. The first'
American elected to this post, he
was ordained in 1911. JNC Pho-jj
tos)
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FATHER Frederick Pfanzelt of
Dachau, Germany, lias been named
a Domestic Prelate with the title
of Right Reverend Monsignor by
the Holy Father in recognition of
the services he rendered to the
inmates of the concentration camp
located near tlie town under the
nazi regime.
Even though he was strictly for
bidden to go near the camp, Fa
ther Pfanzelt succeeded in estab
lishing close contacts beyond the
barbed wires, particularly witli
the priest prisoners whom he was
able to aid in establishing a mod
est chapel in one of the barracks.
Father Pfanzelt also organized a
widespread campaign upon the
people of iris parish and its neigh
borhood to raise food supplies
which were sent to Dachau prison
ers in spile of Gestapo threats.
MYRON C. TAYLOR, President
Truman’s personal representative
to the Vatican, was received in
audience by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII, on August 26, at the
Pontiff's summer residence at
Castelgandolfo, South of Rome.
QUEEN OF PEACE, PRAY FOR US!
An original representation of Our Lady of Fatima, painted by Marian
Jones, of Milwaukee. It appears on the jacket of the newly-published
American edition of “Our Lady of Light,” by Pere G. DaFonsecaJ
S. J.„ and Canon C. Barthas, which relates the authentic story of the
'miracles, apparitions and prophecies connected with the events in
the Diocese of . Fatima, Portugal, just 30 yffu^ago. (NC Photos^