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TWELVE THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA JANUARY 17, 1948 Co-Operative Club of Atlanta Rendered Valuable Service to Free Cancer Home During 1947 (Special to The Bulletin) ATLANTA, Ga. — Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home was adopted by the Co-operative Free Cancer Club of Atlanta as its special project for the year 1347, and the results ot the efforts of the members of the club to aid the Sisters of St. Dom inic of the Congregauon of St. Rose of Lime, in caring for vic tims of incurable cancer, are most impressive. , Contributing greatly to the com fort of the patients and adding to the facilities of the Cancer Home, here are some of the things that the members of the Co-operative Club did last year: j Furnished and installed new drapes for the patients’ sitting room; painted a large ward and a bathroom on the second floor; re paired the roof; painted the li brary, front office, hall and re ception room on the first floor; furnished and installed metal clotheslines; painted men’s ward and bathroom on the first floor; painted women’s ward and bath on the second floor; furnished a year’s supply of fluorescent lamps: fur nished two metal wardrobes for! patients’ clothing; furnished steel filing cabinet for the office: fur nished six metal bed screens for use in wards; painted the kitchen;. furnished and installed a commer cial size Mix-Master and food-! chopper for the kitchen; repaired and painted roof of janitor’s quar ters; paved concrete walk through grounds; furnished and installed new metal sign on lawn of home, lettered in silver and reading, ‘‘Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home;" supplier' new gar bage cans for kitchen; furnished and installed new fluorescent lighting fixtures in the chapel; in stalled new light fixtures in ward on second floor; gave a power lawnmower to the Home; painted patients’ sitting room on second floor; furnished and installed new furniture in patients’ sitting room, and furnished and installed 4,835 square feet of asphalt tiling for all wards and hallways of the Home. The Co-operative Club Interna tional is a formally organized and regularly chartered business and professional men’s civic service club. Carefully selected men of good business and professional reputation who are engaged as proprietors, partners, corporation officers, owners or managers in legitimate business or professional occupations are accepted as mem bers. Co-operative Clubs anouncc as their purposes the promotion of acquaintances, personal develop ment, creating higher business and civic principles, home town loyal ty, and forwarding the business and social welfare of its members, civic idealism and personal hon orable gain. The first Co-operative CIud was formed in Kansas City, in 1912, and other clubs have since been organized throughout the country. The club enrolls men of all reli gious affiliations, and it is doubt ful if more than a very small mi nority of the Co-operative Club of Atlanta are Catholics. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home was establish ed at 760 Washington Street, S. W , in Atlanta, in 1939, by the Sis ters of St. Dominic of the Congre gation of St. Rose of Lima. Members of this Religious Or der, who are known as the Ser vants of Relief for Incurable Can cer, confine their work to the care of the indigent victims ot incur able cancer, accepting into their Homes sufferers of the dreaded disease, without regard to age, race, creed or color. The Order was founded by Mother Alphonsa, who was Mrs. Rose Lathrop, a daughter of the great American novelist, Nathan iel Hawthorne. It is found in the Archdioceses of New York, Phila delphia and St. Paul, and in the Dioceses of Fall River and Savan- nali-Atlanta. FOUNDRESS WAS HER GRANDMOTHER Mary Caroline Dannat Starr of Orange. Mass., student at Good Counsel College. White Plains. N Y., kneels in the crypt of the college chapel, before the tomb of her great grandmother, Mother Mary Veronica, foundress of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion. Miss Starr bears the same name as her grandmother, before she entered religious life Mother Mary Veronica, a convert, was first superior and co-founder of her Community with Monsignor Thomas Preston in 1886 She died at White Plains in 1904. (NC Photos) Monsignor O’Brien Speaks at Greenville K. of C. Breakfast Honoring Monsignor G wynn Laymen’s Association of Georgia to Plan for Membership Campaign at Meeting of Executive Committee ATLANTA. Ga.—Fstes Doremus, president of the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia, has announced that with the approval of Monsignor Joseph F. Moylan. Vicar General of the Diocese of Savanna h-Atlanta, the Laymen’s Association will launch its annual membership campaign on Sunday. February 8. Under the leadership of Mr. Doremus, who was re-elected pres ident of the Laymen’s Association at the annual convention held in Columbus last October, th<- presi dents of the local branches <>l the Association in the various cities of Georgia will seek to 111- roll every adult Catholic in the state as a member of the Laymen’s Association. Local presidents a.e: Thomas J. O’Keefe, Atlanta; Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Savannah; John T. Buckley, Augusta; Dr. Arthur N. Berry, Columbus; Fred Mills. Albany; Dr. T. H. Mediation. Athens; Marshall Wellborn, Rome; Robert McTigue, LaGrange; E. N. Heagarty, Waycross; L. Habenicht Casson, Macon; Reginald Hatcher, Milledgeville, and Joseph Carras co, Newnan. Plans for the membership cam paign will be discussed at a meet ing of the Executive Committee of (he Laymen's Association which will be held on January 18, at the Ansley Hotel, in Atlanta. Presidents of the various local branch associations were in vited to attend the meeting with the members of the Executive Committee, which includes Ber nard J. Kane, Atlanta; Dr. T. II. McIIatton, Athens; C. A. McCar thy, Savannah; Fred Mills, Albany; Miss Mary Long, Macon; Mrs. J. Mark Mote, Columbus: Miss Anna Rice, Augusta; B. S. Fahy, Rome; and James Foster, Waycross, with the officers of the Lawmen’s As- :Delation, "Estes Doremus, presi dent; Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G.; Macon, honorary vice presi dent: Fied Wiggins. Albany, vice president; John 15. McCallum, At lanta. secretary; Hugh II. Grady, Savannah, treasurer; Alvin Mc- Anliffe, Augusta, auditor, and Hugh Kinehley, Augusta, executive secretary. Join tlic MARCH. OF DIMES JANUARY 15-30 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS ALTAR SOCIETY OF PARISH IN GRIFFIN INSTALLS OFFICERS (Special to The Bulletin) GRIFFIN. Ga.— Newly elected officers of the Altar Society of the Sacred Heart Church were in- tailed at the January meeting, held lit the rectory. Mrs. D. Chap pell Johnson Is the new president of the society; Mrs. Travis Shackel ford, vice president; Mrs. Roger Morgan, secretary. Father John A. Kiimm, C. SS. R, spiritual ad- vuctor of the society, also serves as its treasurer. Mrs. Edward Roberts was named to serve as chairman of the so cial committee, with Mrs W. E. Broome and Mrs. John Simms, as sisting. Mrs. J. E. Powell, Sr., heads the altar committee, and will appoint a sub-chairman to' .have charge of the care and dec orations of the sanctuary for each month of the year. Mrs. Troy Smith was appointed chairman of Hie publicity committee; Miss Mary McGrath will be in charge of the vestments and altar linens; Mrs. C C. Crawford will head the visi tation committee, and Mrs. W. E. Broome, the ways and means com mittee. In appreciation of the efforts and achievements of Mrs. C. R. Hale, retiring president mem bers of the society presented her with a gjl't. (Special to The Bulletin) GREENVILLE, S. C. — Monsi gnor Andrew Keene Gwynn, P. A., who is completing his forty-eighth year as pastor of St. Mary’s Church here, was the honor guest at the quarterly Communion breakfast of Greenville Council, Knights of Columbus, held on January 4 at Hotel Greenville. Monsignor Joseph L. O'Brien, S. T. D-, LL.D., pastor of St. Pat rick’s Church, Charleston, was the guest speaker at the testimonial I breakfast to Monsignor Gwynn. I In his remarks, Monsignor O’Brien outlined the ideals of 1 Bishop John England, first Bishop of Charleston, who was appointed to that See more than a century ago, and went on to describe the seeds of secularism which are combatting the Church today, j Richard A. Bindewald acted as toastmaster, and T. Francis Mc Namara, program chairman, wel comed the guests to the breakfast. Among (lie special guests were | State Deputy Jo'-eph Putnam, of (he South Carolina State Council. Knights of Columbus; Mrs. Jack Kearney, president of the Char leston Diocesan Council of Cath- . olie Women: Mrs. W. L. Snipes, president of the Parent-Teacher 1 Association of SI. Mary’s School, and Mrs. S. J. Eassy, president of Circle 5. I Sam Francis, grand knight of Greenville Council, was presented a certificate of merit for having already attained the 1947-48 mem bership goal of the council. Monsignot Gwynn thanked the Knights of Columbus for the honor they had shown him. It has been the custom of the members of Greenville Council since 1940 to pay a tribute to their beloved pas tor on the first Sunday in Janiir ary of eacii year. The testimonial breakfast fol lowed a Mass celebrated at St. | Mary’s Church by Monsignor Gwynn. I Monsignor Gwynn was ordain I ed to the priesthood, by Bishop j Henry P. Northrop of Charleston, I oil July 29. 1895, and has served | as pastor of the parish here since 1900. Among the structures erected during the years that Monsignor Gwynn has been in charge of the Gieenville parish and its missions are Holy Trinity Church, Orange burg; Sacred Heart Church, Black- Iville; St. Paul the Apostle Church, I Spartanburg; St. Mary’s Church, | Greenville; St. Joseph’s Church, I Anderson; St . Francis Church Walhalla; Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Greenwood; St. Andrew’s Church , Clemson: St Mary’s School and rectory, Gallavan Me morial Hall, and St. Francis Hos pital, in Greenville, and the con vent in Sumter. j National Catholic Community Service, Operating on Its Ou)n, Outlines Vast Peacetime Program Throughout 0. S. “THE SNOB AND TIIE SAINT” is the current selection of the Catholic Book Club in New York. The book is a collection of essays Francis Teresa, who is a member of Nazareth Academy, Rochester. (N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON—A network ot at lensl 29 National Catholic Com- 1 munity Service operations will I icrve major military camps, na- ! val installations and veteran hos- I pitals throughout the United | States during 1948, il has been an- I nounccd al NCCS headquarters here. The operations will be carried ] on independently by the NCCS, i which heretofore has operated 1 through funds of ilie United Ser- I vice Organizations, the USO. j Development of strong leader ship is the primary concern of the NCCS peacetime operations, the announcement staled. Local oper ating committees are being estab lished to organize and plan pro grams on local levels, and in all cases the work is being carried on through the Bishop of the respec tive diocese. Among the cities where the op erations will be conducted are: Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Key West, Fla.; Columbus, Ga.; Belleville and Waukegan, 111,; New Orleans and Shreveport. La.; Bos ton, Mass.; Biloxi. Miss.; Long Branch. N. J.; Canadaigua, High land Falls, New York. N. Y.; Fay etteville. Jacksonville and New Bern, N. C.; . Nurragansett Bay area; El Paso and San Antonio, Texas; Alexandria and Norfolk, Va , Oak Harbor, Seattle and Van couver, Wash.; Washington, D. C., and Rome. Italy. The NCCS stated that local needs are being surveyed to determine the assistance required and wher ever possible the purchase of USO equipment as well as the utiliza tion of available government build ing facilities are being effected. In a number of instances the NCCS operations will be conducted in the familiar places formerly oper ated under the USO program. There will be no interruption be tween the NCCS peacetime opera tions and the end of the USO phase of the work at the end of 1947. The NCCS also announced that plans are under consideration to establish operations in Guam and in Alaska. Bishop Walsh Ordains Subdeacons at Trappist Abbey Near Conyers (Special to The Bulletin) CONYERS, Ga.—On December 20, Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston ordained as subdea cons two members of the com munity of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost here, the Revs. M. Luke, C. C. S. O., and the Rev. M. Guerric, C. C. S. C.z The Trappist monastery here which was established four years ago with a community of twenty- two monks and brothers, now num bers fifty-nine, of whom twenty- nine are novices. Of these novices, eleven are for the lay brother hood of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance and eighteen are for the choir. Of the eighteen, three are already priests who have come to the Trappists after being members of other Or ders. Among the novices are fif teen who are veterans of World War II. Abbot M. James Fox, C. C. S. C., who heads the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, reports that while progress on the erec tion of the permanent buildings which- will replace the present temporary structures at the Abbey is slow, it is steady, and before many years will be completed. Father P. A. Ryan, S, J. Plans Trip to Ireland (Special to The Bulletin) NEW ORLEANS, La.—Father Patrick A. Ryan, S. J., regional editor of Jesuit Mission Press, one of the most widely known priests of the New Orleans Prov ince of" the Society of Jesus, is making plans to pay a visit to his native Ireland this spiing. The Father General of the So ciety of Jesus is giving Father Illyan the trip to the land of his birth to which he has not re turned since he left it as a school boy. In the meantime, Father Ryan is speuking in the interest of Jesuit Missions in churches all over the United States. On last Sunday he spoke to the congrega tions of eight Masses of llie Church of the Immaculate Conception in the center of the business district of New Orleans. The Sunday previous. Father Ryan spoke at Loyola University church, on na tive American priests, and his talk evoked so much compliment ary comment that a recording lias been made of it on two ten-inch records, now being offered for sale by the National Radio Recording Company, in New Orleans. A group of Father Ryan's friends in New Orleans, who attended Loyola University of the South when he was vice, president of the university, are raising a fund to enable Father Ryan to visit England and the European continent as well as Ireland when [he goes abroad. Donations to the I fund are being received by Joseph IM. Ratrtt, 825 Whitney Building, New Orleans. Born in Ireland, Father Ryan received his early education at ihe famous Monfret College. Com ing to the United States, he enter ed the Society of Jesus at St. Stan islaus College, Macon. Ga., on September 12, 1891. He later at tended St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, La., and then taught at the University of San Francisco. His theological study was completed at Woodstock College, in Mary land, where he was ordained lo the priesthood on June 29, J905, by the late Cardinal Gibbons o£ Baltimore. His first assignment was at St. Aloysius Church, Washington, D. C., and he came from there to Loyola University of the South where he taught metaphysics and ethics for seven years. He was the university’s first vice presi dent and Dean. From Loyola he went to the Jesuit College here as minister of the house and pastor of the parish church. In 1918, he was appointed pastor ol the Sacretl Heart Church, Augusta, Ga., where he served for many years. In 1941, when he observed his golden jubilee as a Jesuit, in El Paso, Texas, Father Ryan was ac claimed as the city’s "First Citi zen.” He has also served as pastor of St. Anne’s Church, Rock Hill, S. C., and as pastor of St. Wil liam’s Church, Ward, S. C.