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TWENTY TWO
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA VMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 30, 1947
Officers of Benevolent Society
BISHOP O’HARA
JOHN W. GLEASON
MONSIGNOR McNAMARA
Officers of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, under the auspices of which St. Mary’s Home
is conducted in Savannah, Georgia, are Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara of Savannnh-Atlanta, president
(left), John W. Gleason, K.S.G , vice-president-treasurer (center), and Monsignor T. James McNamara,
secretary (right), wth an advisory board which includes E. George Butler. John M. Brennan. W. J.
Bremer, Hugh H. Grady, James H. McKenna, Peter Roe Nugent, Charles F. Powers, W. H. Sexton,
Klton E. Wright, Walter B. Murphy, M. C. McCarthy and Dr. W. B. Crawford.
Church for Colored Catholics
Being Dedicated in Valdosta
Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, of the
Allegany, New York, Community to Conduct Parochial
School in Colored Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace
K. OF C. IN AUGUSTA HEAR
TALK BY ARMY CHAPLAIN
(Special to The Bulletin)
VALDOSTA, Ga. — The new
church of St. Francis Assissi,
which will serve the Colored Cath
olics of Valdosta, is being formal
ly dedicated on August 28 by Mon
signor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar
General of the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta. with the Very Rev.
William A. Robbins, O. M. L, Pro
vincial of the First Ameridan
Province of the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, from Washington. D.
C„ delivering the dedicatory ser
mon.
A Colored mission was estab
lished in Valdosta in August, 1943,
by the Oblates Fathers located in
Douglas, and services were first
held in a tent.
Largely through the generosity
of Father Francis Finigan and the
members of the Sodality of the
Blessed Virgin in .is parish, St.
Francis Assisi, Medford, Mass., the
construction of a church was be
gun in the fall of 1944. Mass has
been celebrated in the basement
of the church since the structure
was sufficiently ccmpleted to per
mit the use of the lower floor.
The church will accommodate a
congregation of more than a hun
dred persons. It is constructed of
cement blocks with a roof of alu
minum. The lower floor will have,
in adition to an assembly hall, four
rooms which may be used as
Sunday School class rooms. The
upper floor will be the church,
with an office and living quarters
for the priest in charge at the
rear of the building.
For the present, the Colored
parish in Valdosta is a mission of
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church,
in Lakeland, where Father Francis
X. McCarron, O. M. I„ is pastor.
The new church will be the
third new church erected in the
territory of the Oblates Fathers
since they came to the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta in 1939, the
others being St. Anne’s Church.
Alapaha, dedicated in 1942, and
the church at Lakeland, dedicated
in 1941.
The dedication ceremony is be
ing held in the afternoon, follow
ing luncheon which will be served
on the school grounds.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Chaplain An
thony J. Zukaitis. of Oliver Gen
eral Hospital, was the guest'speak-
er at the meeting of Patrick
Walsh Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, held on August 25.
Father Zukaitis, who is a priest
of the Diocese of Superior, had
the opportunity of interviewing
Therese Neumann, the stigmatiz
ed peasant woman of Konners-
reuth. Bavaria, while serving with
the U. S. occupation forces in
Germany. His talk was based on
her remarkable experiences.
* MOTHER ANNA MARTINA, of
the Little Sisters of the Poor
convent at Cemerino, Italy, has
been chosen Superior General of
her community at the general
chapter held in Rome.
Phil Morgan, Columbia,
Retires After Thirty
Years With Produce Firm
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Philip H.
Morgan, has retired this month
after being conected for 30 years
with Pearce-Young-Angel Com
pany, wholesale produce firm, and
its predecessor, C. C. Pearce and
Company.
Mr. Morgan is a fourth degree
member of Bishop England Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, and at
one time headed the local K. of
C. council as its grand knight. He
is president of the men's club of
St. Francis de Sales parish, and
is chairman of the Boy Scout
committee.
Born in Savannah, Mr. Mor
gan graduated in 1907 from Bel
mont Abbey College, and after his
graduation returned to Savannah
where he was connected for some
years with R. G. Dun and Com
pany.
In 1917, Mr. Morgan moved to
Columbia to join C. C. Pearce and
Company. The first territory as
signed to him was Fort Jackson,
where nearly 100,000 soldiers
were stationed during World War
I.
Later Mr. Morgan became the
sales representative of the Pearce
Company in Columbia and Rich
land County, then added New
berry, Batesburg, Leesville and
Car Je- to his territory.
During World War II, Mr. Mor
gan once more had Fort Jackson
as his territory, working the en- ,
tier maneuver area.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan are mak
ing plans to enjoy a trip to Cali- 1
fornia. 1
MERCY HOSPITAL IN
MACON MARKS ITS
THIRD ANNIVERSARY
MACON, Ga. — The third anni
versary of the opening of Mercy
Hospital here by the Sisters of
! Mercy of the Union was marked
i by the celebration of a special
j Mass in the hospital chapel and by
a dinner in the nurses’ dining
, room.
Three years ago the Sisters of
I Mercy acquired the building l'or-
■ m ’y operated as the Oglethorpe
i Infirmary, located on the home
i place of the Olin J. Wimberly
I family, on the north side of Ogle
thorpe street, between Tattnall
and mi streets, about a mile
from the business center of the
city. The Sisters took over the
operation of the hospital on. Aug
ust 1, 1944.
Sister Mary Gloria, R. S. M.,
formerly of St. Joseph’s hospital
in Savannah, is (he present super
intendent. The hospital staff in
cludes six ' Sisters, nine graduate
nurses, eleven nurses’ aides, a
number of orderlies and other
employes.
About seventy physicians have
been granted the privilege of ad
mitting patients to the hospital,
which has a present capacity of
about forty beds.
One of the halls of the hospital
has been recently renovated to
give better service, and the X-ray
department is being enlarged to
accomodate new equipment which
is being installed.
Best Wishes
Some years ago, when Monsi
gnor Joseph G. Cassidy, now rec
tor of the Cathedral of Christ the
King, in Atlanta, visited the town
of Lakeland, on the borders of
Okefenokee Swamp in Southeast
Georgia, with the Trailer Chapel
Queen of the Apostles. So much
interest and enthusiasm was
shown that it was felt that regu
lar instructions should be given
the many Colored people who de-
‘HAVE A MEDAL STRUCK*
sired to- learn more about the
Catholic Church.
Bishop O’Hara, therefore, di
rected the Oblates Fathers, locat
ed in Douglas, to undertake these
instructions.
Those who were taking instruc
tions wished for a church in
which to worship and their offer
to build the church themselves if
materials would be provided was
accepted and the construction of
the church followed. Plans for the
building were executed by Cle-
lus Bergen. Savannah architect,
and the construction was super
vised by Joseph Dioguardi, of
Quitman.
120 Broughton St., East
Savannah, Ga.
TAKE HOME
PETER PAN
It’s Good BREAD/
The canonization, July 27, of St. Catherine Laboure, of the Daugh- j
ters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, recalls this painting of the
Third Apparition of Our Lady of St. Catherine on November 27, 1830.
This was the occasion when the Sairu heard a voice saying: "Have
a Medal struck after this model. Tholfwho wear It will receive great
graces, especially if they wear it around their neck." The mission
•ntrusted to St Catherine Laboure was the spread of the Miraculous
Medal. <NC Photos)
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