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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBBt 29,1947
GREENVILLE COUNCIL
OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
HOLDS FALL MEETING
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GREENVILLE. S. C—The first
fall meeting of the Greenville
Council of Catholic Women was
held on November 11 at Gallivan
Memorial Hall, with Mrs. John H.
Sowers presiding.
In commemoration of Armistice
Day, a prayer for the repose of the
souls of men who had made the
supreme sacrifice in both World
Wars was offered by Father Ron
ald Anderson, after which a salute
was given to the United States
flag.
Mrs. Ralph Barron, delegate of
the local council to the recent
convention of the Charleston Dio
cesan Council, reported on that
meeting.
Mrs. Jack Kearney, of Green
ville, who was re-eelcted presi
dent of the Diocesan Council,
brought the message from’ Bishop
Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston.lt
was recommended that study clubs
bC. organized throughout the Dio
cese of Charleston as the pending
divorce bill in the South Carolina
legislature makes it imperative
that every Catholic woman in the
state be informed as to the atti
tude of the Church on that ques
tion.
Members were urged to coop
erate in the campaign for canned
goods which is being conducted
this month under the auspices of
War Relief Services - National
Catholic Welfare Council, and it
as voted to send a check to the
friendship Train to purchase a
case of condensed milk for Euro
pean war sufferers.
A social session followed the
business meeting.
Mother Provincial of
Franciscan Sisters
Visits Spartanburg
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Moth
er Mary Florisenda, O. S. F., Pro
vincial pf the St. Joseph’s Prov
ince of the Institute of the Third
Order of the Sisters of St. Fran
cis (Philadelphia Foundation) from
Baltimore, is visiting Spartan
burg where members of that Or
der conduct St. Paul's Parochial
School.
Sister Anne Clotilde, School Su
pervisor for the Province, is in
Spartanburg with Mother Flori
senda.
Sister From England
Opening Convalescent
Home in North Carolina
(Special to The Bulletin)
HIGH POINT, N. C.—Five Sis
ters of the Congregation, Poor
Servants of the Mother of God, ar
rived in New York on November
10 aboard the Queen Mary from
Southampton, England, en route
to High Point where they will
open a convalescent home.
They were met at the pier by
Sister Grace Electa, O. P., former
principal of Cathedral High
School, Raleigh, and by Mrs. Mc-
Kegney, a relative of Bishop Vin
cent S. Waters of Raleigh.
After spending a few days visit
ing medical centers in New York
City, the Sisters came to High
Point where they have established
residence in the George Penny
Estate, which has been given them
for their use. Sister Patrice is
the Superior of the group.
Mrs. L. C. Riebling
Heads Spartanburg
Council of Women
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C. — The
Spartanburg Council of Catholic
Women, which holds its regular
meetings on the first Monday of
each month, in St. Paul’s parish
hall, has as its president, Mrs. L.
C. Riebling, other ofifeers being
Mrs. Springs Steele, secretary,
and Mrs. Alice Abernathy, treas
urer.
The local council is affiliated
with the Charleston Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, and
one of its members, Mrs. Leonard
Becker, Sr,, who serves as presi
dent of the Greenville Deanery
Council, is also a vice-president of
the Diocesan Council.
Members of the council take
part in various forms of religious,
charitable and civic activity, and
have rendered particularly valu
able assistance through their par
ticipation in campaigns to collect
food and clothing for the people
of war-devastated nations.
To further its works of relief
and charity, the council is making
plans to sponsor a bazaar during
December.
SACRED HEART MOTHERS’
CLUB SPONSORS TEA
AT RICH’S. ATLANTA
ATLANTA,' Ga.—The Mothers’
Club of the Sacred Heart School
sponsored a fashion show tea at
Rich’s on November 14, with Mrs.
John Kelley, Mrs. John McGee,
Mrs. Joseph M. Brown and Mrs.
B. J. Keiley Heading the commit
tee ia charge.
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Spartanburg, S. C.
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St. Paul’ Church and School, Spartanburg
COLUMBIA DEANERY
CLERGY MEETING IS
HELD IN ORANGEBURG
ORANGEBURG, S. C.—Pastors
and assistant pastors of the Co
lumbia Deanery held their regular
meeting with the Redemptorist
Fathers in Orangeburg on No-,
.vember 13, with the Very Rev.
Joseph T. Rodig, C. SS. R., pastor
of Holy Trinity Church, acting as
host.
Monsignor Martin C. Murphy,
Uicar Forane of the Columbia
Deanery, and pastor of St. Peter’s
Church, Columbia, presided at a
business session at whihe vrious
matters of importance were dis
cussed and several resolutions
adopted.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing dinner was served at the Holy
Trinity rectory. After dinner mat
ters of social interest were dis
cussed and a program for future
social activity in the Deanery was
outlined.
Among those attending the
meeting were:' Monsignor Murphy,
Father Frederick Suggs, Father
Alfred Kamler, Father Thomas
Jellico, Father Michael Walsh, O.
P. and Father F. E. Fenwick, O.
P., of Columbia; Father William
Doyle, of Greenwood; Father Law
rence Sheedy, of Dillon, and Fath
er Albert Faase, of Georgetown,
were guests at the meeting.
The December meeting of the
CATHOLIC WOMEN IN
SPARTANBURG PLAN
HOLIDAY CARNIVAL
SPARTANBURG, S. C .— The
Spartanburg Council of Catholic
Women is making plans for a pre-
Christmas Carnival to be held at
St. Paul’s parish hall on Decem
ber 2. —
Mrs. Lois Reibling, president of
the council, has appointed Mrs. A.
L. Price general chairman of the
committee in charge, with Mrs.
Leonard Becker as co-chairman.
' Booths will be set up for the
sale of fancy work, housemade
cakes and candy, and there will
be .a program of entertainment for
the children.
Subcommittee chairmen include;
Mrs. Charles Cook, country store;
Mrs. Ned Joyce and Mrs. J. Sein
er, fancy work-and doll booth;
Mrs. Warren Cathcart and Mrs. J.
Beckholt, cake and candy; Mrs.
Tom Armstrong, white elephant
sale; Mrs. Reibling, Mrs. James
Shield, Mrs. C. Abernathy, re
freshments; grab bag and fish
pond, Mrs. A. C. Barbare; .decora
tions, Mrs. J. E. Dupre; Mr. and
Mrs. ohn Hotels, Christmas cards
and gift wrapping, and Mrs. John
O’Neil, transportation.
priests of the Columbia Deanery
will be held in Ilartsviile, with
Father Louis R. Williamson, pas
tor of St. Mary’s Church, as host.
CITY NEWS AGENCY
M. B. HUGHES
Best Wishes
BELL LAUNDRY
The cornerstone of the Church
of St. Paul the Apostle, in Spar
tanburg, South Carolina, was
bussed on October 14, 1883 by the
beloved and revered Bishop Henry
Pinckney Northrop, then Bishop of
Charleston, and the structure
which was enlarged and renovated
ten years ago according to plans
designed by Father Michael Mcln-
erney, O. S. B., noted priest-archi
tect of Belmont Abbey. The beau
tiful liturgical altar which now
adorns the edifice is an outstand
ing example of ecclesiastical art
and a tribute to the zeal of Father
Francis O. Ferri, who was pastor
when it was installed in 1937.
The late Bishop John J. Mona-
glian of Wilmington was the first
pastor of the parish, which was
originally a mission of St. Mary’s
Church, in Greenville, and the
first resident pastor was Father B.
W. Fleming.
Other priests who have served
St. Paul’s Church through the
years have been Monsignor An
drew Keene Gwynn, P. A., of
Greenville; Father M. J, Reddin,
Father C. A. Kennedy, Father
Nicholas Murphy, Father J. Alexis
Westbury, Father M. A. O’Neill,
Father Henry L. Spiesman, Father
Henry F. Wolfe, Father T. J. Mc
Grath, Father Thomas J. Mackin,
Father Linus Verholst, O. F. M..
Father Blaise Switzer, Father
Richard C. Madden, Father Joseph
Raney, Father Joseph J. Murphy.
Father Charles J. Baum is the
present pastor of the parish which
embraces all of the territory in
Spartanburg and Cherokee coun
ties, including besides Spartan
burg, Lyman, Woodruff, Tucapau,
Enoree, Blacksburg, Roebuck Pau
line and Duncan.
- Two Masses are offered in the
church each Sunday, at 8 and 10
o’clock, the latter. Mass being - a
High Mass on first, third and fifth
Sundays of the month. The church
choir is under the direction of Sis
ter M. Synesia.
Shown to the left of the church
is the parish school, conducted by
the Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Francis of the Philadelphia
Foundation, which was established
six years in the building which
was formerly the parish rectory.
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