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a, THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA DECEMBER 20. 1947 Manufacturers of MEN’S and BOYS’ PANTS BREMEN, GEORGIA. 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 lucker Jewelry Co., Inc. 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 FRIEDHEIM’S DEPARTMENT STORE ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA limWMIl'MNHMaWC'MmWIMItl Best Wishes EXCEL HOSIERY MILLS 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.