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FEBRUARY 28, 194S
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE-A
Cana Conference
Held in Albany
(Special to The "Bulletin)
ALBANY, Ga.—Nearly two hun
dred interested participants at
tended a Cana Conference held at
the Woman’s Club under the spon
sorship of the Catholic Young
People’s Association and the St.
Theresa Parish Council of Catho
lic Women.
Father John J. Kennedy, pastor
of St. John the Evangelist Church,
Valdosta, spoke eloquently on the
sancitity and dignity of Christian
marriage, and stated that “the
preservation of Christian mar
riage and its ideals is the most
critical problem in our country
today.”
Dr. Arthur N. Berry, of Colum
bus, speaking from the standpoint
of a physician, outlined the mu
tual considerations of a husband
and wife in the accpmplishmenl j
of a happy marriage.
Mrs. Arthur N. Berry was heard
in an inspiring talk on the Chris
tian Family and offered whole
some solutions to many problems
of the home, and in the rearing of
children ,and urged all mothers to
unite in the common bond of
motherhood to the end that fam
ily life be restored to America.
A spirited discussion followed,
written questions submitted by
the participants being answered (
and explained by the speaker j
whose category covered the sub
ject-
In closing the conference,
Father Daniel J. Bourke, V. F.,
pastor of St. Theresa’s Church,
who served as chairman and intro
duced the speakers, expressed
gratification at the interest shown
in the conference, and said that
it was his hope that similar con
ferences be held by other denom
inations and groups.
At the conclusion of the discus
sion, refreshments were served by
a committee headed by Mrs. J.
D. Paulk. Arrangements for the
conference were made by Mrs.
Ray Pinkston, of Albany, chair
man of the Committee on Parent
and Family Education of the
Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
CAPPING CEREMONY AT ST. JOSEPH’S INFIRMARY, ATLANTA—Fifteen student nurses at St.
Joseph’s Infirmary in Atlanta, Georgia, were recently presented with caps at an impressive cere
mony which marbed the completion of their preclinical period of training. Here, Miss Ethel Mary
Lynch, of Augusta, is being capped by Sister Mary Comile, R. S. M., Director of St. Joseph's, and
Sister Mary Bonavcnture, R. S. M., Director of the School of Nursings. Other student nurses who
received their caps at the ceremony were Misses Gussie Mac Adams, Milledgeville; Mary Collins,
Augusta; Frances Conger, Griffin; Mary Alice Cullifer. Fort Benning; Jane Emmett, Atlanta; Betty
Lou George, Smyrna; Jewel llicks, Rockmart; Patricia Johnston, Palmetto; Ann Patterson, Atlanta;
Marian E. Pittman, Macon; Mary Lee Powell, Quitman; Virginia Upshaw, Alpharetta: Juanita Vick
ers. Albany, and Ida Louise Winkler, Greenville, Ala.—(Staff Photo by Hugh Stovall—Courtesy of
The Atlanta Constitution)
K. of C. Council in
Columbus Is Host to
Prospective Members
Macon K. of C. Council to
Confer Major Degrees
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—Tim E. Harrison,
grand knight of Macon Council,
Knights of Columbus, has an-
nouncecf that plans are being made
by the council to confer the first,
second and third degrees after
Easter the exemplification to be
held under the direction of ‘Dis
trict Deputy Charles C. McCarron,
of Macon. Candidates from Ma
con, Warner Robins, Milledgeville,
Columbus and other places will be
initiated.
Local knights have special in
terest in this year’s annual met
ing of the Georgia State Council,
which will be held on May 16, in
Columbus, as Stale Deputy John
J. McCreary will preside aat the
session.
SUPREME COUNCIL
TO MEET IN TEXAS
Stale Deputy McCreary has been
advised that the 1948 meeting of
the Supreme Council of the K. of
C. will be held in Houston, Texas,
August 17-19, with the Rice Hotel
as convention headquarters.
The supreme convention was
held in San Antonio, Texas, in
1937, when Victor Markwalter, of
Augusta, represented Georgia as
state deputy It is expected that
Georgia will be well represented
at Houston this year.
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Invitations
to attend a buffet supper were
extended by Bishop Gross Coun
cil, Ng. 1019, Knights of Colum
bus, to forty-five prospective can
didates for membership whose
names had been submitted by
Father Herman A. Deimel, pastor
of the Chureh of the Holy Fam
ily in Columbus, and by Father
James J. Salway, C. M., pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, Phenix
City, Ala.
Grand Knight William Fortson
was assisted in making arrange
ments for the event by Michael
A. Brum, recording secretary, and
Dan Trussell, financial secretary.
Grand Knight Fortson welcom
ed the prospective candidates and
other guests and outlined the pur
pose of the gathering, which was
to give local men who were eli
gible for membership an idea of
aims and objeclives of the K.
of C., locally and nationally. Dep
uty Grand Knight William Pfaff
also gave an informative talk and
Financial Secretary Trussell ex
plained how prospective members
could enter the older and told of
its insurance system.
A number of the guests signed
applications for membership dur
ing the evening.
On February 16, Bishop Gross
Council Conferred the first degree
on William South, John Smith,
William Tuminella, James J. Bren
nan and Ted Zebrowsky.
GAINESVILLE PARISH
ALTAR SOCIETY HOLDS
MEETING OF OFFICERS
K. OF C. TO SPONSOR
FAMILY THEATRE RADIO
PROGRAM DURING MARCH
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. _ (NCI—
The Family Theater Radio pro
gram, whose slogan is “the fam
ily that pray together, stays to
gether,” will be sponsored during
the month of March by ;he
Knights of Columbus, it has been
announced here by the Rev. Pat
rick Peyton, C. S. C„ founder
and producer of the program.
Word of the sponsorship was
received by Father Peyton from
Judge John E. Swift, Supreme
Knight, who said the action was
taken by the fraternal organiza
tion’s Supreme Board of Directors.
The radio program recently
celebrated its first year on the air.
It is heard each Thursday night
over the Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem and now is carried on 352
stations.
Father Peyton also has been ad
vised that the Family Theater was
voted the No. 1 favorite in the 1
Milwaukee Radio Readers Poll.
More than 7,000 ballots were east
and were sent in from all parts
of Wisconsin.
GAINESVILLE, Ga.—Dr. Helen
Husted, formerly of New York
City, now head of the chemistry
department at Brenau College,
was elected president of the Al
tar Society of St. Michael’s Church
at the February meeting held in
(he rectory.
Other officers chosen for the
year were Mrs. Charles Edmonds,
vice president; Mrs. Sewell Cheek,
secretary, and Mrs. Mabel Rogers,
treasurer. Mrs. Louis Leroy was
appointed chairman of the public
ity committee.
The nominating committee in
cluded Mrs. Rose McDonald. Mrs.
H. E. Filmore and Mrs. James
Caras. Mrs. William Dunwoody,
retiring president, presided at the
meeting.
As the meeting was held on Feb
ruary, 11, Feast of the Apparition
at Lourdes, the meeting opened
with devotions to Our Lady of
Lourdes.
ATLANTAN ADDRESSES
LIFE UNDERWRITERS
MEETING IN MACON
!
MACON, Ga.—Joseph I. Oberst,
cashier in Atlanta of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and president of the Na
tional Association of Insurance
Cashiers, addressed the February
meeting of the Macon Association
of Life Underwriters.
Mr. Oberst, a member of St.
Anthony's parish, Atlanta, has
been active in the work of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, and with the Knights of
Columbus, having served as grand
knight of Atlanta Council and dis
trict deputy of the second Geor
gia district.
Parent-Teachers
Meet in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C —Mrs.
John C. Lewis, president, con
ducted the February meeting of
tlie Parent-Teacher Association of
the Cathedral School.
The opening prayer was offered
by Sister Mary Vincent, principal
of the school, and Mrs. J. Quinn
Decker, library and literature
chairman, reminded that February
was Catholic Press Month, and
urged the members to subscribe
to and read Catholic newspapers
and magazines.
Mrs. Joseph A. Rabb reported
on the progress of rehearsals of
"The Betrayal”, which was to be
presented under the auspices of
the association at the Gloria
Theatre on February 15 and 22.,
Members of the cast wil be enter
tained following the second per
formance with a reception at the
Cathedral Hall.
It was announced that a Day of
Recollection would be held at the
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy,
on March 9th, and that luncheon
would be served at the St. John
Hotel.
The association will distribute
tickets for the card party which
will be given on March 17 bp the'
Charleston Deanery Council of j
Catholic Women.
Mrs. Jennings Cauthen report-]
ed on the meeting of the Deanery (
Council. Plans were discussed for j
the joint observance of the silver j
jubilee of the association and a:
Fathers’ Night in the spring-
Mrs. Louis Garno was awarded j
the attendance prize, a cake do
nated by Mrs. Norman Cannon.
Father Joseph J. Murphy, spirit
ual adviser of the association,
spoke briefly and offered the
closing prayer.
Archbishop Keough
Installed in Baltimore
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
BALTIMORE.—The sacred her
itage of the Archdiocese of Balti
more, which has “supplied the
vitality of the Church in Amer
ica” and is rooted deeply in the
history of the nation, was recalled
by His Excellency Archbishop
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani Apos
tolic Delegate to the United States,
as he installed the Most Rev.
Francis P. Keough as the eleventh
Archbishop of the country’s pri-
matial See.
Scene of the solemn and color
ful ceremonies was the historic
Cathedral of the Assumption of j
the Blessed Virgin Mary, which'
was elevated to the status of |
minor Basilica by Pope Pius XI. |
Present in the venerable edifice 1
for the rites were six Archbish
ops, 32 Bishops, five Abbots, more
that 50 Monsignori and more
than 500 priests;
Maryland's Governor and Mrs.
William Preston Lane; Senator
and Mrs; Millard E. Tydings of
Maryland; Senator and Mrs. Her
bert R. O’Conor of Maryland;
Mayor and Mrs. Thomas A.
D’Alexander of Baltimore and
members of the Maryland delega-1
tion in the House of Representa
tives, led an array of distinguished
members of the laity and high of
ficials of the National, State and
city governments, in attendance.
ST. PATRICK’S
Mrs. Joseph Sigwald, president,
presided at the February meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation of St. Patrick’s School.
Mrs. P. A. Villcponlcaux read the
minutes of the previous meeting,
and Mrs. Charles Priebe reported
on the successful card party held
in January under the auspices of
the Association. During the social
hour following the business ses
sion, refreshments were served by
Mrs. Fred Bolchoz and Mrs. John
O'Rourke.
MARIETTA PARISH
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
ELECTS NFAV OFFICERS
MARIETTA, Ga—The newly
elected officers of the Holy Name
Society of St. Joseph’s Church in
Marietta, Thomas Griffin, presi
dent; Richard Brown, vice-presi
dent; A1 Sheleny, secretary, and
Ralph Wilkinson, treasurer, were
installed at the January meeting.
Under the auspices of the Holy
Name Society a parish dinner was
given at the Marietta Country
Club on February 10, and the pro
ceeds will be devoted toward the
organization of a Catholic Boy
Scout Troop here.
BENEDICTINE STUDENT
WINS IN ORATORICAL
CONTEST IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—C h a t h a m
County will be represented in the
First Congressional District ora
torical contest, sponsored by the
American Legion, by Malcolm
Brennan, son of late Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Brennan, a senior at Bene
dictine Military School.
Second place winner was also
NEW OFFICERS HEAD
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
OF PARISH IN ALBANY
(Special to The Bulletin)
ALBANY, Ga.—The annual)
election of officers of the Holy
Name Society of St. Theresa's
Church was held at the January
meeting at which Petro Stephens
retiring president, presided. The
newly elected officers are Eugene
E. Clarke, president; Eugene Mock,
Sr., vice-president; Robert E. Mc
Cormack, Jr., secretary-treasurer.
Father Daniel J- Bourke, V. F.,
pastor of St. Theresa’s, thanked
Mr. Stephens and the other re
tiring officers for their splendid
efforts, mentioning the zeal which
inspired the members to form
a guard of honor before the
Blessed Sacrament during the
nights of the recent Forty Hours
Devotion.
At the February meeting, at
which Mr. Clarke, the new presi
dent. ■ presided, plans were out
lined for a more active participa
tion of all the men in the activity
of the society, and a program
would be arranged with the idea
of presenting a guest speaker at
each meeting. Cooperation was
assured Father Bourke in re
sponse to his request to arrange
for Nocturnal Adoration on the
night of Holy Thursday.
FATHER JOHN DOMINIC
WALSH. O. P., head of the West
ern Mission Band of St. Joseph’s
Province, has been given the de
gree of Preacher General by the
Dominican Order.
a student at Benedictine Military
School, Richard F. Curry, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Curry.
Mr. Brennan was awarded a $50
U. S. Savings Bond and Mr. Curry
a $25 bond.
St. Theresa’s PTA
Meets in Albany
• ALBANY, Ga.—Mrs. M. M.
Wiggins, president of the Parent-
Teacher Association of St.
Theresa’s School, conducted the
February meeting. '
Sister M. Louise announced
that a musical program would be
presented by the pupils of the
school at the March meeting,
would present an operetta at- the
Father’s Night meeting to be held
in April.
A demonstration of the new
sound projector recently pur
chased for the school by tire
Parent-Teacher Association, at a
cost of $500, was given at lire
meeting. Last year the association
donated a slide and film projec
tor which has been of much edu
cational value to the school, and
the latest purchases provides St.
Theresa’s School with the best
visual educational facilities in
Albany.
Sister of St. Joseph
Publish Biography of
Mother Mary Agnes
ST. LOUIS. Mo.—A sketch of
the life of their fifth Superior
General, Mother Mary Agnes
Rossiter, who died in 1940, has
been published by the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet.
The one-lrundred-page booklet
was written by Sister M. Lucida
Savage, Ph. D., of the Mother
House, a member of the general
council of the Congregation under
Mother Agnes and author of the
history of the group, “The Con
gregation of St Joseph of Caron
delet 1836-1922.”
Mother Agnes Rossiter, whose
headquarters were at the Mother
House in St. Louis, served as
Assistant Superior General of the
Sisters from 1905 to 1917. and as
Superior General from 1917 to
1936, succeeding the Superior
General that she assisted, Mother
Agnes Gonzaga Ryan, whose
brother, the late John D. Ryan of
New York, was the donor of Ryan
Hall, the administration building
of Fontbonne College.
The period of Mother Mary
Agnes’ administration included
many important events in the his
tory of the five provinces of the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Caronde
let, who marked their hundred
anniversary in the country in 1936,
her last year in office. Tuo
groups of Sisters of St. Joseph
were merged with the Carondelet
community — that of Augusta,
Georgia, in 1922, and that of
Lewiston, Idaho, in 1925. The five
colleges of the Congregation were
o[ ened: Fontbonne, St. Louis, in
1923; St. Catherine's, St. Paul.
Minn., in 1905: St. Teresa's. Kan
sas City, in 1916: St. Rose's. Al
bany, N. Y.. in 1920: and Mount
St. Mary's, Los Angeles . in 1925.
Sixty-nine grade schools were es
tablished, bringing the total of
parochial schools staffed by Sisters
of St. Joseph to one hundred-
eighty-one. High schools increased
in number and size, and hospitals,
schools of nursing and child-care
institutions expanded their build
ings and activit : es.
When Mother Agnes came to
the novitiates of Joseph's in St.
Louis in 1875 from her home in
Rockland. Mich., the Congregation
comprised 411 sisters and forty-
six convents. When she resigned
her leadership, in 1936, it num
bered 2.995 Sisters and one hun
dred seventy-seven convents.
Her extraordinary zeal and
spiritual power linked with great
charity and devotion to duty were
responsible in large measure for
this development.
In her early life she had oeen
a teacher in Mobile, Ala.; Mar
quette and Ishpemin, Mich.; and
Peoria. 111. She died on May 20,
1940, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Kan
sas, Mo., where she was Acting
Supervisor. Funeral services were
held from the Mother House, Car
ondelet, with the late Cardinal
Glennon, Archbishop of St. Louis,
presiding. Interment was in the
Sisters’ Cemetery, Nazareth Con
vent, Lemay, Mo.
FORMER ARMY CHAPLAIN
TO CONDUCT MISSION AT
ST. PATRICK'S, AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Father Harold
J. Barr, pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church, has announced that Fath
er Martin Malloy, C. P., former
Army chaplain, of St. Joseph’s
Passionist Monastery, Baltimore,
will conduct a Mission at St.
Patrick's from Passion Sunday,
March 14 to Palm Sunday, March
21. Father Malloy will also de
liver the sermon at the Solemu
High Mass which will be cele
brated on St. Patrick's Day in ob
servance of the patronal feast of
the parish.