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DECEMBER 20, 1947 SEVENTEEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 1 Solemn High Mass, Reception and Page Mark Observance of Diamond Jubilee of St. Peter’s Parochial School, Columbia (Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBIA, S. C, Best Wishes From W. T. GRANT CO I honor were reserved in the church, | were: Mrs. Anna McIntosh, Mrs. I George McIntosh. Mrs. Ella Ben nett, Mrs. Margaret Gardner, Miss Mary Anderson, Mrs. Mamie Poat, Mrs. Margaret Davis, Mrs. Anne Robertson. Mrs. Lena Strobel 1 Thornton, of Columbia, and Mrs. George Weddenfeller Epperson, of Sumter. Ursulinc Nuns who teach at Ursuline High School and St. Peter’s School, ard members of other Religious Orders, attended the Mass, with a congregation which overflowed the church. Members of the Knight? of Colum bus acted as a guard of honor to the officiating clergy. RECEPTION HELD AT ST. PETER'S SCHOOL In the evening a reception was held at St. Peter’s School, with Mrs. Alma Schwartz, president; Mrs. W. H. Lock a, vice-president: Mrs. Edward If. Kliour.v, secretary: Mrs. Joseph Abdalla, treasurer; Mrs. Shelby De Borde. historian: Mrs. Ted Kiene. Mrs. John O'Dris coll, Mr?. John M. Brennan. Mrs. John M. Flynn, Mrs. Beniamin B. Bellinger. Mrs. Edward T. Engel, Mrs. J. B. Younginve, Mrs. A. A. Bomba, Mrs. J. I. Danielson. Mrs. Charles F. Bultman, Mrs. John Colcolough. Mrs. Louis Blaze Mrs. James Wainscotl, and Mrs. J. H. Bass, members of the Parent- Teacher Association of St. Peter’s School, acting as hostesses. Mobile Diocesan Priests Appointed Domestic Prelates Commem orating the seventy-fifth anniver sary of the founding of St. Peter’s Parochial School, a Solemn High Mass, Coram Episcopo, was Cele brated at St. ‘ Peter’s Church, on December 7, by Monsignor Mar tin C. Murphy. V. F., the pastor, with Bishop Emmet M. Wals’i of Charleston, presiding. Also present in the sanctuary were Abbot Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B., of the Abbey-Nullius of Belmont, Belmont, N. C.. and Mon signor Andrew Keene Gwynn, P. A., pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Greenville. Among the clergy assisting in the sanctuary was Father Louis E. Forde, a native of Columbia, now chaplain at Providence Hos pital here, who attended St. Peter’s School in 1872 and is the only sur viving man who went to the school when it first opened. Other priests assisting at the Mass were Father Sebastian Doris, O. S. B., Belmont, N. C.; Father Gerald Ernst, C. O., St. Philips, Oratory, Rock Hill, Father Alfred Kamler, pastor of St. Fran cis de Sales Church, Columbia; Father Thomas Jellico, assistant pastor of St. Francis do Sales Church; Father Joseph Gredler, C. SS. R., Father George Lewis Smith, and Father Peter K. Ber- berich, Aiken; Father Albert A. Faase, Georgetown; Father John Haak. C. O.. and Father Vincent Scharff. C. a. Rock Hill: Father E. R. Craven, O. P., of St. Mar tin de Porres Mission, Columbia; Chaplain Patrick J. Barrett and Chaplain John Krska, Fort Jack- son. Father John J. Murray, C. SS. R., of New Smyrna, Fla., was deacon of the Mass, and Father Frederick H. Suggs, assistant pas tor of St. Peter’s Church, sub- deagon. BISHOP WALSH DELIVERS SERMON In the sermon which he deliver ed at the Mass. Bishop Walsh stressed the value of religious education, declaring: “During the first fifty years of the life of our Republic, the reli gious school was the typical American school, but with the rise of the public school system, the difficult problem that confronted public authority in a nation of divided religious alliance was solved by banning the formal teaching of religion from the cur riculum With thg pas-ing of a century of such education many thoughtful Americans believe the solution was hasty and short sighted. “In the training of children, omission is often as effective as AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (Special to The Bulletin) MOBILE, Ala Bishop Thomas J. Toolen of Mobile has announc ed that His Holiness Pope Pius XII has honored three priests of that Diocese by elevating them to the dignity of Domestic Prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor. The three Alabama priests hon ored are Monsignor James ‘ P. Byrnes, pastor of the Church of the Little Flower, in Mobile; Mon signor Francis J. McCormack, pas tor of St. Anthony’s Church, Bir mingham, and Monsignor Waller H. Royer, pastor of St. Matthew’s Church, Mobile. Monsignor Byrnes and Monsig- nor Royer are natives of Mobile, Monsignor Byrnes being a brother of Monsignor Leo F. Byrnes, Sup erintendent of Schools of the Dio cese of Mobile. Monsignor lloyer has two brothers in the priesthood, Father Joseph Royer, pastor of SI. Stephen’s Church, Pensacola, Fla., and Father George Royer, pastor of St. James Church, Gads den, Ala. Monsignor McCormack is a na tive of Milton, Mass., and he and Monsignor Byrnes and MonsLuor Royer all completed their study for the priesthood at Mount -,(.. Mary's College and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmiisbure, Md. REYNOLDS FURNITURE CO WE BUY AND SELL ALL KINDS OF NEW AND USED FURNITURE WE SELL FOR LESS Augusta, Georgia 1250 Broad SL A^FEOVIO STARK - EMPIRE Laundry Cleaning Dying Rug Cleaning — Safety Storage Augusta, Georgia ATLANTA ALTAR SOCIETY SPONSORS ANNUAL TEA W. E. RAINES CO ATLANTA, Ga.—The annual lea, given under the auspices of (he Altar Society of the Sacred Heart Chutch, was held on the afternoon of December 2, at the home of Mrs. Mae MeAlpin. Officers and members of the ex ecutive board of the society who assisted the president, Miss Mary McGuire, in receiving and serving tlic guests were Mrs. William J. MeAlpin, Mrs. Robert School e, Mrs. E. O. Tallman, Mrs. J. C. Monaghan. Mrs. Ernest Trotli, Mrs. J.Hollis. Mrs. M. T. Lambert and Mrs. M. C. Murphy. 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William Osborn and Peter Peraldo, rendered “Ecce Sacerdos Magnus” (Elgar) as a processional; Asperge; Me” (Rogers) (lie Kyrie, Credo, Sanclus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei from “Missa Regina Pads (Yon); “Ave Verum Corpus” (Mozart), and “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” (Ritter), as a recessional. IN BOTTLES AND AT FOUNTAINS HOLLEY FUEL CO Coal — Wood -- Kindling Heating Oil PHONE 7(5 AIKEN, S. Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y. FRANCHISED BOTTLER: PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF AUGUSTA Former students of old St. Peter’6 School, for whom places of