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AUGUST no, 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
Choir of Savannah
Cathedral Sponsors
“Scholar Cantorum”
John J. Owen Jos. A. O’Leary
HARRIS BLOCK COMPANY
GRANITE BASE
Also
LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCKS
C. of Ga. Terminal, Foot Zubly
St. (South of Bay St. Viaduct)
Dial 8377 * P. O. Box 972
SAVANNTH, GA.
Mrs. Charles Woodruff
Dies in Columbus
■ FIRST RETURN HOME IN 20 YEARS FOR NUNS
The O'Driscolls, Cavanaughs, Kilkennys, Forties of Dublin, Killarney, Glocca Morra anti Tipperary
were happy and proud when the above-pictured Sisters of St. Joseph of Tipton, Indiana, landed at
Shannon Airport after their flight across the Atlantic. The first time the Sisters had travelled by air
and the first return to their native Eire in more than twenty years brought the Sisters notice in
many papers throughout the country. Recently returned, the Sisters said conditions were good in Ire
land and that the faith of the old sod was still undimmed by the problems of the times. The Most
Rev. John G. Bennett, Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, has given the Irish-born nuns of the com
munity permission to return to their native Eire every ten years. (NC Photos)
COLUMBUS, Ga.— Mrs. Mary
Lou Woodruff, beloved pioneer
citizen of Columbus, died on Au
gust 1, following an illness of
.several months. Funeral services
were held from Itte Church of the
Holy Family.
Mrs. Woodruff was the daughter
of Captain John R. Mott who serv
ed on General Benning’s staff dur
ing the War Between the States,
Her mother was the former Miss
Anna E. Chapman, of Columbus.
She was the granddaughter of
Randolph L. Mott, who settled in
Columbus before the War Between
the States, and for whom Mott's
Green, the property on which the
Columbus Public Library now
stands, was named. The old family
homestead was in the location of
the present office of t lie Muscogee
Manufacturing Company.
Mrs. Woodruff’s husband, the
late Charles B. Woodruff, retired
official of the Eagle and Phenix
Mills, died in 1924.
Surviving are two sons. Ran
dolph Mott Woodruff. Fort Worth,
Texas. and Frank Woodruff, Bos
ton. Mass., and three grandchil-
d ren.
MICHAEL OAPOSSELA
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral serv
ices for Michael Capossela, who
died July 2.1, were held at the
Sacred Heart Church, Fatligy John
Emmerth, S. M., officiating.
A native of Italy, Mr. Capossela
came to America in 1901. He join
ed the Southern Railway system as
a young man and remained with
that company for forty years. At
the time of his death he was chief
clerk of the rate division and one
of the oldest clerical employes of
the railroad.
Mr. Capossela had been a resi
dent of Atlanta since 1928. He
was a fourth degree member of
Atlanta Council. Knights of Co
lumbus, and a member of the
American Legion.
Survivors are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. William W. Mur
phy and Miss Mary Capossela, both
of Atlanta: two sisters, Mrs. Jer
ry Delisio and Mrs. A. Branca; a
brother, John Caposella, all of
Washington, and one grandchild.
MRS. RAYMONDE JEROME
DIES IN GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Raymonde
Olivier Jerome, of Easley, were
held at St. Mary’s Church here,
Father William Crogham official
ing.
A native of Paris, France, Mrs.
Jerome had I raveled extensively,
her husband having been in
government service. For some
time they were stationed at Bal
boa, Canal Zone, but recently had
been with their daughter, Mrs.
Andree R. Edwards, in Easley.
In addition to her husband,
George G. Jerome, and her daugh-
Sister Martina Joseph
Returns to Sacred Heart
Parochial School, Augusta
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Sister Mar
tina Joseph, It. S. M., formerly
principal of the Sacred Heart
School here, who for the last four
years has been principal of St.
Joseph’s Parochial School, in Ma
con, lias returned to Augusta,
where she will again serve as
principal at the Sacred Heart
ter, Mrs. Edwards. Mrs. Jerome is
survived by a son, George F.
Jerome, of Easley; her mother,
Mrs. Marie Antoninette Tissot, of
Paris; four brothers, George
Olivier, Louis Olivier, Fernand
Olivier and Roger Olivier, all of
Paris, and one grandchild.
School, and as teacher for the sev
enth and eighth grades.
Other members of the Sacred
Heart School faculty for the com
ing year will be Sister M. Berch-
mans, It. S. M., who will teach the
fifth and sixth grades; Sister M.
Ha, R. S. M., who will teach the
third and fourth grades, and Sis
ter M. Consuela, R. S. M., who
will teach the first and second
grades.
Classes will be resumed on
Tuesday, September 2, at 9 a. m.
THE HOLY FATHER lias
chosen the Rev. Dr. Michael Kel
ler. rector of Osnabrueck Sem
inary, to be the new Bishop of
Muenster, Germany. The appoint
ment fills a See vacant since the
death last year of His Eminence
Clement Cardinal von Galen, hero
of pre-war and war-time resist
ance to the nazis.
Pius XII Proclaimes
Sainthood of Blessed
Louis de Montford
VATICAN CITY—(Radio. N. C’.>
—Blessed Louis Marie Grignon de
Montfort, who founded two reli
gious organizations and whose
motto through life was “For God
Alone", was formerly placed in
I he ranks of the Saints when His
Holiness Pope Pius XII offiicated
at canonization ceremonies in St.
Peter’s Basilica, festively be
decked and filled «to overflowing
by the faithful for the occasion.
As soon as the Holy Father Had
pronounced the words which
acknowledged the French-born
founder of the Missionaries of the
Company of Mary and the Daugh
ters of Wisd-.ni, was a Saint, the
bells of St. Peter’s thundered out
the tidings and the message was
taken up by the bells of the 500
churches throughout the Eternal
City.
St. Peter’s massive pillars were
decorated with ancient damask
hangings. Canvases picturing the
new Saint and the miracles at
tributed to him hung from the bal
conies. Thousands of burning can
dles ar.d electric lights added to
ihe spectacle of the occasion.
St. Louis Marie Grignon de
Montfort was »orn of poor par
ents in Brittany in 1673. From
childhood, he devoted himself to
Ihe service of God. Through the
generosity of several charitable
persons, the expense of his educa
tion was defrayed and in 1700 lie
was ordained a priest. He ex
pended his efforts on mission
work in France and to carry out
the work, he founded the Mis
sionaries of the Company of Mary
and the Daughters of Wisdom.
He died in 1716 at the age of 43
and was beatified by Pope Leo
XHI in 1886. The priests of the
community he founded, which has
its motherhouse at St. Laurent-
sur-Sevre, France, labor in the
United States in the Dioceses of
Brooklyn and Lafayette in.Indiana.
The Daughters of Wisdom number
5.000 ancl labor throughout Hie
world.
The cure of Sister Gerard was
attributed to Saint Louis Marie
Grignon.
She had been pronounced dying
from advanced tuberculosis and
had received the Last Sacraments
when Blessed Louis was invoked
in her behalf. The came day she
was cured. Two days later she
was hack at her usual labors and
still is active at the Vandea con
vent.
Pope Pius received in audience a
delegation of pilgrims who had
come to Rome for the canoniza-
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A “schola
cantorum.’’ offering instruction in
CMdcsiastical chant, polyphony
and choral work was held in Sa
vannah this month under the di
rect ion of Joseph A. Law. of Tow-
anda, Pa., with Miss Patricia Bar-
ragan. organist: A. J. Handiboe,
choir master, and Edward P. Daly,
president of the James B. Copps
Cathedral Memorial Choir, as
sisting.
Mr. Law, after attending the
• University of Scranton, graduat
ed from St. Charles College. Ca-
tonsville. Md., in 1944. He then
completed his philosophical
course al Old St. Mary’s Semi
nary. in Baltimore, and is now in
tile third year of his theological
course at St. Mary’s Seminary,
Roland Park, Md. After His ordi
nation he will be a member of the
Society of St. Sulpice.
AH'. Law is a student of the late
Dr. Felix M. Gatz, of tHe Uni
versity of Scranton, and also a
student of music under Father
Eugene Walsh, S. S., and Father
John C. Seiner. S. S., director of
the famous choir of St. Mary's
Seminary, and president of the
Gregorian Institute for Church
Music.
From the time that His Holi
ness Pope Pius X issued his En
cyclical “Motu Proprio.’ on the
subject of church music. Ihe Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist
has been outstanding among (lie
churches in this country in exem
plifying (he standards set forth
by the Papal Encyclical.
This was accomplished through
the genius of the late James H
Copps. then organist and choir
director at the Cathedral, and
recognized as an authority in the
ficltj of liturgical music.
Speaking of Mr. Copps. Monsi
gnor T. James McNamara, rector
of the Cathedral, said: “He al
ways sought to have his talent
serve Ihe altar and not the altar
his talent. For this reason the
memory of Mr. Copps will he
perpetuated wherever the stand
ards of excellent church music
are exemplified.’’
The purpose in holding the
“scholar cantorum’’ was to per
petuate flic standards set for the
Cathedral adult choir by Mr.
Copps.
FATHER PATRICK J. BYRNE,
M. M., Superior of the Mary-
knoll Missions in the Kyoto I’re-
- -cturc of Japan, has received
notice from the Holy See of his
appointment as Apostolic Visitor
to Korea, with the powers of an
Apostolic Delegate. Father Byrne,
a native of Washington, D. C., re
mained in Japan throughout the
war.
tion and extolled Ihe virtues of
the new Saint in an address to
them.
Gifts of Wounded
Eight Purple Heart m e d a 1 sj
awarded to servicemen woundedl
in the late war are fixed in this]
new monstrance at St. Joseph's
Church, Rochester, N. Y. It is 1
fashioned entirely from gifts of
precious metals and stones. Three
of the men whose Purple Hearts
are mounted in the monstrance
are dead, l Courier Journal Photo).