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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, 1947.
ISSUED MONTHLY—00 A YEAK
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Thirty-Second Annual Convention
Georgia Holds
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LEADING PARTICIPANTS IN LAYMEN’SCONVENTION—Shown above seated, left to right, are
Estes Doremus, -of Atlanta, president of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, who presided
at the thirty-second annual convention of the Association, held in Columbus, Georgia, on October 26:
Father Francis X. Clougherly, O. S. B., of-Athens, who spoke at the convention luncheon; Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who offered the convention Mass.
Standing, left to right, Judge Thomas J. Brogan, of Jersey City, N. J., who addressed the afternoon
session of the convention; City Manager* J. A. Willman, of Columbus, who welcomed the convention on
behalf of the city, and Dr. Arthur N. Berry, president of the Columbus Branch of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation, which was host to the convention.—(Columbus Enquirer photo).
Thangsgiving F ood Collection
Li Launched by Catholics of the
United States on November 23
SAVANNAH, Ga — It was an
nounced last week in a letter to all
pastors by Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, Vicar General of thp Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, that an
intensive campaign for Food for
the Starving Children of the war
impoverished countries would be
conducted during the week of
November 23-30.
This new appeal, known as the
Thanksgiving Food Collection, is
being held in cooperation with
the nation-wide campaign of War
Relief Services—National Catho
lic Welfare Conference.
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Savannah, has been
.^pointed chairman of the Dio
cesan organization, and the Dean
ery chairmen are Monsignor Jo-
. seph G. Cassidy, Atlanta; Monsig-
Inor James J. Grady, Augusta;
►Father Daniel J. Bourke, V. F.,
Columbus, and Father George
Daly, Savannah.
The main purpose of this tre
mendous undertaking of Catholic
Action is to give immediate allev
iation to millions of poverty-strick-
' ’ people of Europ and Asia ’./ho
in their desperation to eke out a
living are reduced to becoming
scavengers. It will give millions
generous American Catholics an
opportunity to aid the children
and adults in war-devastated lands
overseas.
In his letter to all Diocesan
directors of the campaign, Mon
signor Edward E. Swanstrom,
executive director of War Relief
Servixs-Nalional Catholic Wel
fare Conference, has called this
campaign a most necessary one.
He stated: The only answer that
the Church can have is one of
;tion, generous and complete, so
that the stock piles of our Catholic
agerieie abroad, r.nw approaching
exhaustion, may be replenished as
the hour of greatest need ap
proaches. During the next year
or more, food and who supplies it
—or fails to do so will probably
call the turn of history in Europe
and when this page of history is
written may it be to the eternal
glory of the Church that it min
istered generously to the stricken
in their hour of need.”
LOCAL COMMITTEES
IN AIKEN PARISH
AIKEN, S. C.—Father George
Lewis Smith, pastor of St. Mary
Help of Christians Church here,
has announced the local commit
tee j handle the Thanksgiving
Food Collection, being conducted
throughout the United States in
cooperation with War Relief Ser
vices - National Catholic Welfare
Conference, will be headed by Mrs.
George Durban, and will include
Mrs. Denzel Carpenter, Mrs.
Wyman Schroeder and Mrs. Louis
Brown.
Father Smith also announced
that the local committee for the
Church of Our Lady of the Valley,
near Langley, would have Mrs.
Samuel Toole and Miss Maude
Smith as members.
At the Church of Our Lady of
Peace, in North Augusta, the food
collection committee is headed by
Mrs. Paul Dorr, and includes, Mrs.
T. Ellis McGee, Mrs. Ted Samol-
sky, Mrs. Sam Fennell and Mrs.
Paul R. Hayes.
THE HOLY GHOST FATHERS
have celebrated the 75th anniver
sary of their coming to the United
States. On November 19, 1872,
the first members of the Holy
Ghost Community, ousted from
Germany by Bismarck’s Kultur-
Kainpf, landed in this country. The
U. S. Province now numbers 500
priests, Brothers and semina
rians.
Dedicate Shrine to
Mother Cabrini at
Savannah Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Following a
novena imploring her intercession,
a shrine in honor of Saint Francis
Xavier Cabrini, the first American
citizen to be canonized a Saint,
was dedicated on November 16 at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist here.
Since the saintly Mother
Cabrini was a native of Italy, who
became a naturalized citizen of the
United States, Monsignor T.
James McNamara, rector of the
Cathedral, offered the .citizens in
Savannah of Italian origin an op
portunity to honor the saintly Ital-
ian-American who was’ the found
ress of the Missionary Sisters of
the Sacred Heart, by donating the
funds needed to cover the cost
of the shrine.
The list of donors, as announced
by Monsignor McNamara, includ
ed: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carano,
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Miolta, Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Caterisan, Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. D’Esposito, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Finnocchiaro, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Gallettini, Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas G. Marano, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Cannarello Mathews, Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Monella, Mr. and Mrs. A. Mareno,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paris, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Porzio, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Ricupero, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Ulivo, and in memory of Marino
and Carmelina Orsini and others.
A memorial tablet of marble
will be erected in the vestibule of
the Cathedral with the names of
the donors inscribed on it.
RUDOLPH MARTIN LIPPERT,
former minister of the Presbyte
rian Church in El Cajon, Califor
nia, has been received into the
Catholic Church by Bishop
Charles F. Buddy, in the Loretta
Chapel of St. Joseph’s Cathedral
in San Diego.
BISHOP JOSEPH T. McGUCK-
EN, Auxilitary of Los Angeles, has
been named Administrator of the
gee, it was announced as the Arch
diocese prepared for the funeral
of Archbishop John J, Cantwell.
Estes Doremus, of Atlanta,
Again Elected as President
Other Officers Re-Elected
Bishop O’Hara and Bishop Keyes
Send Greetings to Convention
Monsignor Moylan Offers Convention Mass—Judge
Thomas J. Brogan, of Jersey City,. Addresses After
noon Session—Father Francis Clougerty, O. S. B.,
Former Missionary to China, Speaks at Convention
Luncheon—City Manager J. A. Willman, of Columbus,
Welcomes Convention Delegates—Many Young Peo
ple Among Georgia Laity in Attendance
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Estes Dore-
mu-. of. Atlanta, was re-elected
president of the Catholic Laymen's
Association of Georgia for a sdfc-
ond term at the thirty-second an
nual convention of the association
which was held at the Ralston
Hotel here on October 26. and
Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G.. of
Macon, one of the founders of the
Laymen’s Association, continues
as honorary vice-president, an
office to which he was elected at
the 19t6 convention, held in Sa
vannah.
Other officers of the association
who were re-elected were: Fred
Wiggins, of Albany, vice-president:
Jolyi B. McCallum, Atlanta, secre
tary, and Hugh II. Grady, Savan
nah, treasurer.
Hugh Kinchley, of Augusta,
executive secretary of the associa
tion; Miss Cecile Ferry, Augusta,
financial secretary, and Alvin M.
McAuliffe, Augusta, auditor, Avho
hold office by appointment of the
president under the provisions of
the Constitution and Bv-Laws of
the Laymen's Association, as
amended at the convention, Were
re-appointed by President Dore
mus, with the approval of the
executive committee.
Re-elected to membership on
the executive committee were Ber
nard .T. Kane. Atlanta: Dr. T. II.
McHatton. Athens; C. A. Mc
Carthy, Savannah; ’ Fred . Mills,
Albany; B. S. Fahy. Rome: Mrs. J.
Mark Mote. Columbus; Miss Mary
Long. Macon, and Miss Anna Rice,
Augusta. „
James Foster, of Waycross, was
elected to the executive committee
to succeed Charles Sutherland, of
LaGrange.
The gathering was honored by
the presence rff Monsignor Joseph
E. Moylan, Vicar General of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who
was the celebrant of the Mass
offered at the Church of the Holy
Family to begin the formal pro
gram of the convention.
Music during the Mass was by
the church choir under the direc
tion of Salvador Spano, and 'in
cluding Miss Marie Marino, Mrs.
Allen Draughon, Mrs. Margaret
St. Clair and Mrs. Howard Miller,
with Mrs. Jack Gaylord at the
organ.
Following the Mass, the morning
session, held in the Civic Room of
the Ralston Hotel, with President
Estes Doremus, presiding, opened
with the singing of the National
Anthem by the assembly, and
prayer by Father George Fahey,
S. M., of Brunswick.
A welcome was extended to the
visiting delegates by Dr. Arthur
N. Berry, president of the Colum
bus Branch of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation, with Fred Wiggins, of
Albany, vice-president of the
association, responding.
First in order of business was
the appointment of the following
committees by President Dore
mus: Nominating Committee; Rich
ard H. Fleming, Columbus, chair
man; Robert McCormack, K. S.
S.. Albany: Thomas J. O’Keefe,
Atlanta; William O’Sliaughnessey,
Macon; Charles C. Chesser, Au
gusta; Marshall Wellborn, Rome;
Anthony Marl in.,Brunswick; T. S.
Griffin, Marietta, and Mrs. W. A.
Knapp, Decatur. Resolutions Com
mittee: Fred Mills, Albany, chair
man; Ogden Doremus. Atlanta;
James E. Foster, Waycross; G. E.
Boulineau, Atlanta; John F. Mc
Carthy, Savannah; Charles C. Mc-
Carron, Macon; Miss Aimee
Cloliecy, Atlanta; Mrs. F. V. Lewis,
Albany; Mrs. Margaret Madgwiek,
Atlanta. Memorials Committee:
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Savannah,
chairman; Pelro Stephens, Albany;
John J. McCreary, Macon; Mrs.
J. Mark Mole, Columbus; Miss
Jane Fahy, Rome; Miss Gertrude
Corrigan, Atlanta; Ryan Mock,
Albany; Mrs. Frank Souto,-Atlanta;
Miss Beatrice McCormack, Albany.
Greetings Committee; .. Richard
Kane, Atlanta, chairman; William
Fortson, Columbus; C. F. Carteaux,
Athens: Miss May Haverty, At
lanta; Mrs. Grace S. Tyson, Ameri-
cus: David Azar, Atlanta; Mrs. C.
R. Hale. Griffin; Frank Spaeth, At
lanta; Mrs. Charles Traylor, La?
Grange.
The minutes of the convention
held last year were then read by
John B. McCallum, of Atlanta,
secretary, after which annual re
ports were submitted by Hugh H.
Grady. Savannah, treasurer; Hugh
Kinchley, Augusta, executive sec
retary, and Estes Doremus, At
lanta, president.
The annual report of Hughes
Spalding, of Atlanta, treasurer of
the Endowment Fund Committee,
was submitted in his absence by
Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G., of
Macon, chairman of the commit
tee. This report was followed by.
that of the auditor, Alvin Me-
Auliffe, of Augusta.
Clarence Ilaverty, of Atlanta,
chairman of a committee consist
ing of Robert McCormack, Albany;
Dr. T. H. McHatton, Athens, and
Henry M. Dunn, of Savannah,
which had been charged with the
task of revising the Constitution
and By-Laws of the Laymen’s
Association, presented the amend
ed Constitution and By-Laws,
which were unanimously adopted.
Next in order of business were
the reports of the various local
branch presidents, Fred Mills, ot
Albany: Thomas J. O’Keefe, At
lanta; Marshall Wellborn, Rome;
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Savannah;
R. Habeniclit Casson, Macon, and
Dr. Arthur N. Berry, Columbus.
BISHOP O’HARA SENDS
MESSAGE FROM ROMANIA
President Doremus then read
the following cablegram which had
been received from Bishop Gerald
P. O’Hara of Savannah-Atlanta,
now serving as Regent of the
Apostolic Nunciature in Romania,
and his secretary, Monsignor John
Kirk, of Athens:
“From the Danube to the Chatta
hoochee, affectionate greetings on
the glorious occasion of your an-
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