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Published by the
Catholic Lay
men's Association
ol Georgia
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed"
Vol. XXVIII No. 9 FORTY PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947.
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Catholic Laity of Georgia to Convene in Columbus
To Participate in Convention Program
MONSIGNOR MOYLAN
The Right Reverend Monsignor
Joseph E. Moyian, Vicar General
of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlan-
ta, who will offer the Mass which
will open the annual convention of
the Catholic Laymen's Asociation
of Georgia.
FRED WIGGINS
Fred Wiggins, of Albany, vice-
president of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, who
will respond on behalf of the vis
iting delegates to the address of
welcome at the convention in Co
lumbus.
FATHER DEIMKL
Father Herman Deimel, pastor
of Holy Family Church. Columbus,
at whose instance the 1947 con
vention of the Laymen's Associa
tion was invited to Columbus.
HUGH H. GRADY
Hugh H. Grady, of Savannah.
Treasurer of the Catholic Lay
men^ Association of Georgia, who
will submit the annual financial
report to the convention to be held
i Columbus.
JOHN B. McCALLUM
John B. McCallum, of Atlanta,
Secretary of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, who
will record the proceedings of the
convention in Columbus.
CLARENCE HAVERTY
Clarence Haverty, of Atlanta,
chairman of the committee which
will propose the adoption of a
number of amendments to the By-
Laws of the Laymen’s Association
at its ann|ial convention.
HUGHES SPALDING
Hughes Spalding, of Atlanta,
who will present the annual report
of the Endowment Fund Com
mittee at the Catholic Laymen’s
Association Convention.
ESTES DOREMUS
Estes Doremus, of Atlanta, who
has headed the Catholic Laymen’s-
Association as its president lor the
past year, and who will preside at
the session of its annual conven
tion to be held in Columbus.
DOCTOR BERRY
Dr. Arthur N. Berry, who as
president of the Columbus Branch
of the Catholic Laymen's Associa
tion of Georgia, will welcome the
delegates to the annual convention
of the Laymen's Association.
Retreat for Men to
Be Held in Savannah
October 3rd to 5th
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Hugh H.
Grady, president of the Savannah
Laymen’s Retreat League, has an
nounced that the annual Retreat
for Catholic laymen will be held
at Camp Villa Marie, from the
evening of Friday, October 3, to
the afternoon of Sunday, October
5.
Father Florence D. Sullivan, S.
J., newly appointed pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, Augusta,
will be retreatmaster.
The committee on arrangements
will- include Joseph A. Logan,
James Collins, M. C. McCarthy,
J. C. Sipple, and Mr. Grady.
Reservations may be made by
prospective retreatants through
the local committee or through the
office of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association in Augusta.
MARIST FACULTY MEMBER
TAKING SPECIAL COURSE
ATLANTA, Ga.—Father John
McDonald, S. M., of the faculty of
Marist College, is at the Catholic
University of America, in Wash
ington, D. C., for a six-months
special study course.
Father McDonald, former ath
letic director and coach at Marist
College, is the present president
of the Georgia Interscholastic
Athletic Association.
32nd Annual Convention of
Catholic Laymen s Association
to Be Held on October 26th
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—On Sunday.
October 26, the Feast of Christ
the King, Columbus will be host
to the thirty-second annual con
vention of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia; 5 gather
ing which is expected to attract
hundreds of the outstanding mem
bers of the laity of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, men and
v/omen, to this city.
Delegates to the convention,
who will come from all sections of
Georgia, are assured of a hearty
welcome as this is the first time in
ten years that the Catholics of
this city have felt that they were
in position to extend an invitation
to the Association to meet in this
city.
In the years immediately pre
ceding the war, and during the
war, Columbus was taxed to its
fullest capacity to accommodate
I the throngs of visitors who were
attracted here because of the lo
cation of For! Benning, one of the
country’s largest military posts, so
there was no chance to provide
accommodations for visiting dele
gates to any convention.
The conditions which have pre
vailed here in recent years no
longer ex>st to an extent that
would make it inadvisable for a
gathering such as the Laymen's
Association convention to be held
in this city, and assurance is given
that all who attend will be gra
ciously welcome.d.
All details or the convention
program have not ■ yet been ar
ranged. but the present plan is to
open the convention with Mass, to
be celebrated at the Church of
the Holy Family by Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylon, Vicar General
of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlan-
ta.
Immediately after the Mass, the
convention will assemble for the
morning session, at which the va
rious convention committees will
be apopinted, and the reports of
the officers will be submitted.
Officers of the Association who
will present reports to the con
vention will be John B. McCal
lum. of Atlanta, secertary; Hugh
H. Grady. Savannah, treasurer;
Alvin M. McAuliffe, Augusta, audi
tor; Hugh Kinchley, Augusta,
executive secretary.
Reports will also be submitted
by Hughes Spalding, of Atlanta,
treasurer of the Endowment Fund
Committee ,ol the Association, and
by the presidents of the local
branches of the Association in the
cities throughout the state.
A committee, headed by Clar
ence Haverly, of Atlanta, and in
cluding Dr. T. H. McHatton,
Athens; Henry M. Dunn, Savan
nah, and Robert E. McCormack.
Albany, will present to the con
vention for consideration a num
ber of amendments to the Consti
tution and By-Laws of the Asso
ciation.
Dr. Arthur N. Berry, president
of the local branch of the Lay
men’s Association in Columbus,
will welcome the delegates from
other parts of the state, and the
response will be made by Fred
Wiggins, of Albany, vice-presi
dent of the Laymen’s Association.
Estes Doremus, ol Atlanta, who
was elected president of the Lay
men’s Association at the conven
tion held in Savannah last Oc
tober, will preside at the morning
and afternoon sessions, and will
make his report after the reports
of the other officers have been
heard.
Every effort will be made to
transact as much of the business
of the convention as possible at
the morning session, which will
adjourn around noon, for lunch
eon, which will be served at the
Ralston Hotel.
Matters of business which have
not been disposed of at the morn
ing session will be first on the
agenda when the convention re
convenes after lunch. Reports of
the committees on Credentials,
Resolutions, Memorials and Nomi
nations will be made at the after
noon session, at which the annual
election of officers will be held.
Present elective officers of the
Laymen’s Association are Estes
Doremus, Atlanta, president: Fred
Wiggins. Albany, vice-president;
John B. McCallum, Atlanta, sec
retary; Hugh H. Grady. Savannah,
treasurer; Hugh Kinchley. Augus
ta, executive secretary; Miss Ce-
cile Ferry, Augusta, financial sec
retary; Dr. • T. II. McHatton,
Athens; Bernard J. Kane, Atlan
ta: C. A. McCarthy, Savannah;
Charles Sutherland, LaGrange;
Fred Mills, Albany: Bernard S.
Fahy, Rome; Miss Anna Rice, Au
gusta; Mrs. J. Mark Mote, Colum
bus, and Miss Mary Long. Macon,
executive committee members.
Martin J. Callaghan. K. S. G.,
of Macon, was named honorary
vice-president of the Laymen’s
Association at the convention in
Savannah last year.
A highlight of the afternoon ses
sion will be the closing remarks
by Monsignor Moyian.
Dr. Berry, president of the Co
lumbus Branch, has announced
the appointment of Edward G.
Suelzer as general chairman of the
local convention committee. Mr.
Suelzer is now selecting the vari
ous sub-committee chairmen and
members.
Ralph McGowan, assistant man
ager of the Ralston Hotel, will
serve as chairman of the hotel res
ervations committee, and requests
for hotel reservations may bp ad
dressed directly to Mr. McGowan.
Miss Pauline Marcus. 818 Broad
way, Columbus, has been appoint
ed chairman of the luncheon res
ervations committee.
On the evening previous to the
convention there will be a recep
tion and dance for the visiting and
local members of the Association
at the Catholic Club.
. Each Diocesan local and parish
organization in Georgia is entitled
to representation at tlfe conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia by one dele
gate. Each parish in the Diocese
of Savannah-Allanta is entitled to
two delegates, a man and a wom
an. The pastors and various or
ganizations are requested to give
the matter of representation their
attention, and to send the names
of their delegates and alternates
to the headquarters of the Asso
ciation in Augusta as soon as pos
sible, as the various committees
are selected from the delegates.
Representatives thus appointed
and other members of the Lay
men's Association who expect to
attend the convention are remind
ed that hotels in most places are
still finding it difficult to accom
modate ' all those who would be
their guests, so those who desire
hotel accommodations in Colum
bus are urged by the convention
committee to make their require
ments, the time of their arrival
and probable length of stay,
known to the reservations eom-
mitlee in Columbus as soon as
possible.
It is also advisable for those
who expect to attend the luncheon,
whether or not they require hotel
accommodations, to ask that places
be reserved for them. Both hotel
and luncheon reservations should
be made no later than is absolute
ly necessary.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE to the
senior and junior members of the
Catholic Daughters of America
was given by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII to Miss Beatrice Hoff
man of Mount Kisco, N. J„ national
director of the Junior Catholic
Daughters of America, who was
received by the Holy Father in a
private audience at Castelgandol-
fo. Miss Hoffman went to Rome
to attend the congress of the In
ternational Federation of Catho
lic Worn