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TIIE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST ?,0, 1947
Father John Mercer, S. M.,
Succeeds Father Hasson as
Pastor of Brunswick Parish
(Special to The Bulletin l
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Father
Philip A. Hasson. S. M.. who for
the ]Jast six years has been pas
tor of St. Francis Xavier Church
in Brunswick; and the Southeast
Georgia Missions, which include
St. Joseph’s Church. Waycross; St.
William's Church, St. Simon's Is
land: the Church of the Nativity of
Our Lady, Darien; Our Lady Star
of the Sea Church, St. Mary's, and
<be Immaculate Conception
Church, Ludowici. has been trans
ferred to Holy Name of Mary
Church, Algiers, La.
F ‘.her John T. Mercer. S. M .
who served as assistant pastor of
St. Francis Xavier Church hero,
from 1935 to 1938, will succeed
Father Hasson as pastor of St,
Francis Xavier parish and its mis
sions.
During his pastorate in Bruns
wick, Father Hasson has made
substantial contribution to the
advancement of the parish and its
parochial school. He has taken a
prominent part in local civic af
fair'. particularly in youth and
welfare work, and was a leader in
USO work during thp war years.
For several years he was chap
lain of the Brunswick Lodge, B.
P. O. Elks.
Father Hasson installed a cen
tral oil heating plant for the par
ish buildings, redecorated, the
church, procured a new organ for
tile church, and made many other
improvements in the church prop
erty.
A native of Philadelphia. Fa
ther Hasson was ordained as a
priest of the Society of Mar y twen-
ly-seven years ago. lie mad • Ins
preparatory studies at the Marist
Seminary, in Washington, D. C.,
• and entered the Marist novitiate
at St. Mary’s Manor, South Lang-
horne, Pa., then completed his
study for the priesthood at the
Marist College on the campus of
the Catholic University oi Amer
ica in Washington.
He taught at Jefferson College,
in Louisiana, and was a member of
the faculty of Marist College in
Atlanta, assistant pastor of the Sa
cred Heart Church, Atlanta, and
spent seventeen years as a mem
ber of the Marist Mission Band
before coming to Brunswick as
pastor.
A farewell reception was ten
dered Father Hasson by members
of St. Francis Xavier parish on
August 11, under the auspices of
Henry Thomas Ross Council,
Knights of Columbus, the Altar
Society and other parish groups.
Father Leo F. Zieborth, S. M.,
first: assistant pastor of St. Fran
cis Xavier's, acted as master of
ceremonies. During the evening a
musical program was rendered by
David O'Hagan, of St. Simon’s Is
land, with Mrs. Mae Wright Par
ker, of Brunswick, as accompa
nist. Miss Margaret, McGarvey,
poet- laureat ol' Glynn County, en
tertained with several of her orig
inal poems.
Father Hasson was presented
with a purse and numerous other
gifts by his friends in Bruns
wick, where he was held in high
est esteem by the Catholic and
non-Catholic people.
Father Mercer was born in At
lanta. the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John T. Mercer. He was or
dained to the priesthood at the
Marist College, in Washington. D.
C.,'in 1925. by Mo£t Rev. Thomas
Wade, S. M„ D. D., Vicar-Apos-
t< lie of the North Solomon .Is
lands:
His first assignemnt was as as
sistant pastor of St. Francis Xav
ier Church, in Brunswick, where
he was stationed for three years.
Since 1938. Father Mercer has
been a member of the Western 1
Band of the Society of Mary, with !
headquarters in St. Paul, Minn.
Mrs. Crowell Dorr
Funeral in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. Crowell
Doughty Dorr, wife of the late
Frank X. Dorr, died on July 25
in New York City, alter an ex
tended illness.
Mrs. Dorr was a native of Au
gusta, the daughter of the late!
James P. Doughty, Sr., and Mrs.
Laura Bignon Doughty, a de-
scendant of one of the pioneer
Catholic families of this city.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Hugh Mulherin, Mo
bile, Ala., and Miss Laura Dorr.
New York City: a son, Frank J.
Dorr, New York City; two broth
ers, James P. Doughty, Jr.. Au
gusta, and LeGardc. S-. Doughty,
Augustas three sisters, Mrs. Mae
Doughty McCutchen and Mrs.
James M. Farmicr. Augusta, and
Mrs. Elise Doughty Cuyas, of
California; five grandchildren,
and a number of nieces and
nephews. ,
THE MEDAL OF HONOR, one
of tiie Hungarian government’s
highest honors, has been confer
red on Thomas J. Fox, represen
tative in Hungary of War Relief
Service- -National Catholic Wal-
fare Conference in recognition of
his work in that country. In De
cember, 1946, Mr. Fox was awai'd-
ed the Magistrate’s Cross of the
Knights of Malta by Prince Carl
Ludwigstroff, Grand Prior of the
Knights of Malta in Austria.
When Lieut. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, U. S. A., visiting Nanking
w on his special tour of study in China undertaken for President Tru
man and the State Department, he .visited the Archbishop of Nan
king and American Jesuits stationed there. Shown in this picture
are, left to right: Archbishop Paul Yu Pin of Nanking, General
Hfedemeyer and the Rev. Paul O'Brien, S. J., of the California Prov
ince of the Society of Jesus. (NC Photos)
Bishop Walsh Dedicates
Convent at Dillon, S. C.
Completion of Residence lor Sisters of St. Mary of the Third
Order of St. Francis Will Enable SL Eugene’s Hospital to
Accomodate a Greater Number of Patients
FATHER MERCER
The Rev John T. Mercer, S. M.,
who has been appointed pastor of
St. Francis Xavier Church, Bruns- j George
wick, and the Southeast Georgia
Missions.
Goes to Louisiana
FATHER HASSON
The Rev. Philip A. Hasson, S.
M., who has served as pastor of St.
Francis Xavier Chrueh, Bruns
wick, for the last six years, and
who is now pastor of Holy Name
of Mary Church, Algiers, Louis
iana.
HOSIERY ASSOCIATION
HONORS JOSEPH TURBIDY
MEMBER OF ROME PARISH
ROME, Ga. — Joseph L. Tur-
bidy. vice-president of (he Rome
Hosirey Mills, was elected chair
man of the board of directors of
the Southern Hosiery Manufac
turers Association at the associa
tion's convention held last week
in Roanoke, Va.
Mr. Turbidy, a member of St.
Mary’s parish in Rome, has been
active in t lie work of the local
branch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia.
(Special to The Bulletin)
DILLON. S. C.—The Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop-f
Charleston, formally dedicat*"*i
the new convent of the Sisters of
SI. Mary of the Third Order of
St. Francis, who conduct St. Eu
gene’s Hospital here, celebrating
on Apgust 25. a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass of Dedication in the
new chapel, which was dedicated
to the Sacred Heart.
Monsignor Martin C. Murphy,
V. F., of Columbia, was assistant
priest.: Father Michael Sugrue,
S. A., of Lumberton, N. C.. and
Father William A. Tobin, of Flor
ence, attended Bishop Walsh as
deacons of honor; Father Louis
R. Williamson, of Ilartsville, was
deacon of the Mass, with Father
Lewis Smith, of Aiken,
subdeacon, and Father Joseph
Murphy, of Charleston, and Fa-.
| ther Charles ... Sheedy, pastor of
| St. Louis Church, in Dillon, and
I chaplain of St. Eugene's Hospital,
' as masters of ceremony,
i Among the clergy assisting in
j the sanctuary were Father J. W.
i Carmody and Father Leo Hu-
| baez. of Charleston; Father Thom
as Haggerty, O. M. I., and Father
St. John E. Paint, of Sumter: Fa
ther Maurice V. Shean, Congr.
Orat., and Father Edward Clinie-
ly. Congr. Oral., of Rock Ilill; Fa-
ther Richard C. Madden, of Myr
tle Beach; Father Anthony Mc
Cabe. O. P„ Columbia; Father J.
Lawrence McLaughlin, Moultrie-
ville: Father Anthony J. Haekelt,
C. S. Sp., Hai tsville. and several
of the Army chaplains stationed
at Fort Bragg.
Reverend Mother Mary Con
cordia, Mother General of the
Sisters of St. Mary of the Third
Order of St. Francis, and Sister
Sylvester, from St. Louis, were in
Dillon for the dedication cere
mony.
Also in attendance at (lie ded
ication ceremony, were Mayor Rod
Carmichael, of Dillon; Dr. Vic
tor Branford, chief of staff at St.
! Eugene’s Hospital, and other
I members of tiie medical profes-
| sion; Sister Bernadette, superin-
j tendent, and the other Sisters of
j the hospital staff, and a number
of the friends of the hospital,
Catholic and non-Catholic. from
Dillon and (he surrounding area.
Plans for the three-story brick
structure were executed by Har
old Tatum, Charleston architect,
and the Southeastern Construc
tion Company, of Charlotte, N. C.,
were the builders.
The new building, which is lo
cated to tiie rear of St. Eugene's
Hospital, is connected with I he
hospital at the three floor levels.
A .two-story wing of the convent'
building contains a chapel and a
community room for the Sisters.
| Quarters for the resident chap-
| lain of the hospital and for visit
ing clergy are provided for on
lure, was completed in November,
1943. at a cost of approximately a
quarter of a million dollars.
Fiffv beds have been available
for the accommodation of pa-
t hints, but the conversion of the
portion of (he fourth floor for
merly used as a chapel and as
nuartejrs for the chaplain and the
Sisters in rooms for patients, will
nrovidc space for twenty more
liens.
St. Eugene’s Hospital, the only
hospital in Dillon County, was
made possible through the efforts
and generosity of members of the
medical profession and oilier cit
izens of IJttlon. combined witli
those of-Bishop Walsh.
The site for the hospital was
donated by the Dillon . County
Commissioners, and the City of
Dillon furnished free water and
sewerage bonnections, paved
streets and sidewalks, and other
aid to the project. Contributions
for individuals and firms in Dil
lon covered a substantial part of
the cost of equipping and furnish
ing (he hospital.
Plans for the hospital building
were executed bv Father Michael
Melnerncv, O. S. B.. of Belmont
Abbey, who was the architect for
a number of hospitals in Hie Car-
olinas.
Tiie Sisters of St. Mary of the
Third Order of St. Francis, who
operate the hospital, have their
Mofherhou.se and novitiate in St.
Louis. The Order is devoted to
Hie operation of hospitals and
conducting schools of nursing in
that connection. Its foundations
in the Archdioceses of Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Louis, and in
tiie Diocese of Charleston. Kansas
City and LaCrosse. include twelve
hospitals, four training schools
for nurses, and a rest home.
with a separate entrance.
St. Eugene’s Hsopital. a mod
ern^ l'our-story fireproof struc-
NEW CONSULTANT FOR
FAY ORGANIZATIONS
Father Philip J. Kenney, assist
ant to the General Secretary of
the National Catholic ^Welfare
Conference, has been appointed
Consultant to the N. C. W. C. De
partment of Lay Organization, a
post newly-established by the N.
C. W. C. Administrative Board.
Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of
San Antonio, is Episcopal Chair
man of the Department; of Lay Or
ganizations, and Bishop Emmet
M. Walsh of Charleston is the
Episcopal vice-chairman.
Father Kenney has relinquished
his position as Assistant lo the N.
C. W. C. General Secretary and
in his new post will assist priests
and laymen appointed by their
Bishops to initiate and continue
programs of Catholic Action
through lay organizations.
A native of Lowell, Mass., and a
priest of I lie Diocese of Manches
ter, Father Kenney was ordained
in Rome in 1939. Prior lo his ap
pointment as Assistant to the
General Secretary of tlie N. C. W.
C., in December, 1945, he was As
sistant Chancellor of the Diocese
of Manchester.
Best Wishes
From
WFRP
1230 KC
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA