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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 20. 1947
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Joint Religious
Radio Institute
Held in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N. C.—(HNS)—Prot
estant ministers, Catholic priests
and Jewish rabbis attended a three-
day Religious Radio Institute
here, sponsored jointly by the
North Carolia Council of Churches,
the North Carolina Catholic Lay
men’s Association, B’nai B’rith and
the North Carolina Jewish Wom
en’s Association.
Arranged by. the state office of
the National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews, the Institute
covered such topics as devotional
programs, religious news broad
casts, and radio sermon.
Everett C. Parker, director of
the Joint Religious Radio Com
mittee, New York, told those at
tending that the Institute was con-;
cemed with "goals which are ap
plicable to all religious broadcasts
and in which differing theological
points of view can find their own
mode of expression.
"A community where religion is
not strong”, he said, “is a dying
community. By means of radio,
religion can now reach all the
people, but religion must present
compelling programs if it is to
reach these people.”
Elinor Inman, head of religious
broadcasts for the Columbia
broadcasting System, told the In
stitute that "religion on the air is
r service function of the Church
to (he people of the community.
Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Ra
leigh, welcomed the Institute and
commended the joint undertaking.
Oratorian Fathers Conduct Flourishing
Colored Mission Center in Rock Hill I T , * i i
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St. John’s Camp for
Girls to Have New
Location This Year
WAYNESV1LLE, N. C—St
John's Camp for Girls in the
heart of the Great Smoky Moun.
tains, has acquired a new camp
site consisting of 35 acres on
Hyatt Creek, five miles- south
of Waynesville, one mile west
of U. S. Highway 19A-23. The pro-
erty was purchased from J. D.
and Elzy Caldwell.
Miss Louise Burdick, physical
education director of Cardinal
Rtritch College, Milwaukee, Wis.,
and assistant director of St. John’s
Camp for Girls, arrived here this
week to supervise construction on
the camp site. Buildings for a
dining hall, kitchen and craft shop
will be made from war surplus
materials purchased from Fort
Jackson, S. C. A swimming pool
is also being constructed.
Five acres of the camp will be
cuRivated. Fruit trees have been
planted, and a playground, tennis
court, archery field auil bridle
path are being planned. Miss Bur
dick stated Thirty acres of the
camp site consist of forest. Pure
drinking water is supplied by six
springs in the area, and all sani
tary arrangements are approved
by the county health department.
The camp will open its ninth sea
son June Zl, 1948. tor girls -six
to 15 for two four-week sessions.
Conducted by the Sisters of St.
Francis of Assisi, St John’s Camp
for Girls is the only camp under
Catholic auspices in the Southern
Appalachian Mountains. At an
altitude of 3,300 feet it is the
highest girls camp in Eastern
America.
Descriptive folders and other in
formation on the camp can be
obtained from the director, Rev.
Sister Mary Gertrude, O. S. F.,
St. John’s High School, Waynes-
ville, N. C.
ROCK HILL, S. C.—St. Mary's
Church, which serves the Colored
Catholics of Rock Hill and the sur
rounding area was completed on
the Fourth of July in 1946, from
plans executed by Father Michael
Mclnemey, O. S. B., of Belmont
Abbey. «
The building is composed of
three units—a church, a rectory,
and a recreation center—and is
surrounded by about seven acres
of land in the center of the Col
ored community of Rock Hill.
The parish is a charge of the
Oratorian Fathers, with Father
Edward Wahl, C. O., as pastor, and
Father James Sharpies, C. O., as
assistant pastor.
It is not a large parish as H
has only recently been founded,
nine converts having been re
ceived the first year since the
church was built, and twelve per
sons are now under instruction
preparatory to their entering the
Church.
The recreational center, which
is dedicated to Blessed Martin
de Porres, is the only place of
supervised recreation for Colored
youth in York County. It is well
attended and has a registration of
more than a hundred teen-age
boys and girls.
« Many forms of recreation are
available, such as motion pictures,
games, dances, etc. The parish
sponsors a Boy Scout troop and
a Senior outfit of Scouts. At pres
ent a basketball team is being
formed by Father James. The
parish softball team won the
championship of the city league
this year.
Courses are offered by the Fath
ers in Cooperative Civics the Cath
olic Church and the Negro, which
is a course on Catholic theology
or race relations and some other
sociological s u bj e c t s. Leather-
craft and other crafts are being
taught by the Fathers.
The recreation center is oper
ated by the members of various
clubs. The children are respon
sible for the cleaning, upkeep and
maintenance of the club. This is
done through the officers of the
club and by sponsoring fund rais
ing events.
Services at the church are well
attended, especially on Sunday
night for Benediction and dia
logue sermons, it is not uncom
mon to find a congregation en
tirely non-Catholic.
Pastor of Colored
Parish in Rock Hill
JEWELERS
FINE DIAMONDS and WATCHES
ROCK HILL, Si-C.
SWMWUMK
FATHER EDWARD
The Rev. Edward Wahl, C. O.,
pastor of St. Mary's Church, which
serves the Colored parish in Rock
Hill, S. C.
Catholic Women’s Club
Meets in Walterboro
(Special to The Bulletin)
WALTERBORO, S. C —The
Catholic Women’s Club met on
December 4. at the rectory of St.
Anthony’s Church, with a large
attendance.
Three new members, Mrs. C.
B. Woods, Mrs. H. C. Strickland
and Mrs. C. O. Long, were wel
comed and there was a general
discussion of plans to care for the
altnr linens and to provide for the
decoration of the altar.
Gratitude was expressed to
Miss Lucia Patterson for her long
years of faitful service as a mem
ber of the Altar Society, and to
L. P. Patterson who is caring for
the church grounds and for the
heating system of the church.
Arrangements were made for
d.cornting the church for Christ
mas and for the Christmas music.
Mrs. E. G. Bailey was unani
mously elected to fill the vacant
office of vice-president of the club,
and it was announced that the next
meeting wo>>w t* held on Jan
uary 8tb.
Many G! Vocations
Cause Trappists to
Appeal for Funds
DUBUQUE — (NO — "Trappists
have to make an appeal for funds
or turn down the many GI’s who
see in the original rule of St.
Benedict the only salvation forj
the world now at odds with
materialism.” Abbot Eugene Mar- 1
(in of New Mellcray Monastery
here said in commenting on the
recent appeal for building funds
made by this Trappist monastery
for the first time since its found
ing nearly 100 years ago.
“Up to the present time,” Abbot
Martin said, ,‘with God’s help and
our own labors, we have been
self-supporting, and complacent in
our simple life. But now, with
the end of the war, God has seen
fit to interrupt this complacency
by sending us an influx of GI
vocations. We must either refuse
further aspirants or erect ad
ditional buildings. We have de
cided to do the later if at all
possible.” t
New Mellcray was founded on
the banks of the Mississippi River
in December, 1849 by a little band
of Trappists from Ireland. Since
then, amidst trials and hardships,
the monastery has grown and
flourished.
BISHOP LYNCH COUNCIL
K. OF C. IN CHARLESTON
NAMES BUILDING COMMITTEE
CHARLESTON, S. C.—A build
ing committee, headed by William
F. Condon, has been appointed to
sot up plans for the immediate
restoration of the Knights of Co
lumbus Hall which was extensively
damaged by fire.
On the committee with Mr. Con
don are William Leonard, Homer
M. Free, J. J. Comar, J. J. Dean
and John T. O’Hagan. Mr. Leon-
a d is the last surviving member
of the original building commit
tee of Bishop Lynch Council,
Architectural plans for rebuild
ing have been drawn and bids
have been solicited, Grand Knight
Daniel J. Sullivan, has announced.
The council has given a vote of
thanks to the local organiaztions
which offered use of their facilities
to the K. of C. These were the
Jewish Community Center, The
Grecian Society, the Hibernian So
ciety. the Y. M. C A. and the
Charleston Lodge of B. P O
Elks.
Best Wishes
Our Catholic Friends
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UNION, S. C.-
National Junior College
Honor Society Grants
Charter to Belmont
BELMONT. N. C — Belmont Ab-
| bey College has been granted a
chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa,
'national junior college honor so |
ciety, according to word received (
at the college from Mrs. Margaret |
Mosal, Canton, Miss., secretary of
the society. !
The chapter at Belmont Abbey (
College, which will be known as
Zeta Lambda, will be formed^ im
mediately after the Christmas hol
idays.
Phi Theta Kappa was organized
in 1918 and has been officially
approved by the American Asso
ciation of Junior Colleges. Jtt has
eighty existing chapters.