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Published by the
Catholic Lay
men’s Association
of Georgia
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
Vol. xxix, No. 10 THIRTY-TWO PAGES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 23, 1948
ISSUED MONTLY—$3.00 A YEAR
BRUNSWICK TO BE HOST TO
CATHOLIC LAITY OF GEORGIA
To Take Prominent Parts in Laymen s Convention
Mr. Haverty, one of Atlanta's
mosi prominent Catholic laymen,
a Papal Chamberlain of the Sword
und Cape, who will introduce
Father Gerald G. Walsh, S. J., the
hues), speaker at the Georgia Lay
men's convention.
Bishop of Charleston
Confirms Largo Class
At Savannah Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—Bishop Em
met M. Walsh, of Charleston, ad
ministered the Sacrament of Con
firmation to a class of fifty-seven
children and forty adult converts
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist here on the evening of
October 3.
Assisting Bishop Walsh in the
service were Father Robert Bren
nan, O. S. B., Prior of the local
Benedictine Community and Fath
er Thomas A. Brennan, pastor of
the Blessed Sacrament Church.
The following children were con
firmed by Bishop Walsh:
Joan Buggilt, Caroline Balcon,
Stephen Blessington, Dorothy
Blount, Carl Brunner, Richard Bul-
timer, Constance Cela, Paul Col-
lini, Virginia Colllni, James Craw
ford, Robert Darsey, Helen Maria
Davis, Francis Z. Dolan, Imelda
Fallon, Patricia Ferrars, Pauline
Fit/.gerald, Mary Ellen Gaundry,
Mary Joan German, Lewis, Gray
son, Gail Gruber.
Patricia Hamilton, Harriet Hoff
man, James Hogan, Dorothy John
son, Eugene Mason, Mary Francis
Moreno, Margaret McCarrity, Ed
ward NeSmith, Carolyn Pleasant,
John Uampulla, Frank Rossiter,
Jr., Joseph Ryan, Peter Savanich,
Arnold Se.vden. Faye Smith, James
Stephens, Marcia Summerlin, John
Reckling, Francis Blanton, James
Llamas.
Herman Hohnerlein, John Jarvis,
MARTIN J. CALLAHGAN
Mr, Callaghan, of Macon, hon
orary vice president of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association, and a
Knight of St. Gfegory, who, as
chairman will submit the report
of the Endowment Fund Commit
tee to'the annual convention.
Dedicate Gymnasium
At St. Leo’s Military
School in Belmont
BELMONT. N. C.—The new
gymnasium of St. Leo's Military
School here was dedicated on Oc
tober 9 by the Right Reverend
Vincent G. Taylor. O. S. B., D. D.,
Abbot-Ordinary or Belmont
The dedicatory address was de
livered by Father Bede Lightner,
O. S. B., principal of Benedictine
Military School, Savannah, and
formerly rector of Belmont Ab
bey College.
The new gymnasium will be
known as Brendan Hall, in com
pliment to Father Brendan Dooley,
O. S. B.. of Belmont Abbey, chap
lain and athletic director at -it.
Leo's School, whose efforts
extending over a period of
five years, were responsible for
the erection of I he building.
Brendan Hall will enable the
students of St. Leo's to arrange
a full program of winter sports
and will also serve as a recreation
center.
Designed by Father Michael Mc-
Inerney, O. S. B., priest-architect
of Belmont Abbey, the new struc
ture tills an urgent need and
stands as evidence of the energy
and determination of Father Bren
dan, who labored untiringly for its
completion.
Francis Smith, Burt Smith, Car-
roll Leatham, Katherine Huggnesf
John Robinson, Corine Carpenter,
Frank McKenzie, Herbert Craw-
lord, Patricia Fox, John Gornto,
Theresa Casey, Sonia Connell,
Phyllis Clay, Martina Beckman.
FATHER MERCER
The Rev. John Mercer, S. M., j
pastor of St. Francis Xavier |
Church, Brunswick, and the South
east Georgia Missions, whose par
ish will be host to the 1948 con-
vi ntion ol the Catholic Laymen's
Association of Georgia.
REPRESENTATIVES OF
CATHOLIC PRESS TO
MEET IN ATLANTA
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—Mmbers ol *he
Southern Region of tHo Catholic
Press Association of the United
States, representing Catholic news
papers and magazines published
in Virginia, the Carolinas, Geor
gia, Florida. Alabama. Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma,
will hold their annual meeting in
Atlanta,, November 10-11.
Monsignor Thomas J. Prender-
gast, editor of The Guardian, of
Little Rock, who is president of
the Southern Region, will preside
at the convention sessions, which
will be held at the Ansley Hotel,
Father Paul Brussard, of St.
Paul, editor of The Catholic Di
gest, and president of the Cath
olic Press’ Association, will attend
the Southern regional meeting,
the program of which will be open
ed with the celebration of Mass
by Monsignor Joseph E. Moyjan,
Vicar General of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta.
Other officers of the Southern
Region who will attend the meet
ing are Hugh Kinchley, editor of
The Bulletin, Augusta, Ga., vice
chairman; Monsignor Joseph Bru-
nini, Natchez Diocesan editor of
Catholic Action of the South;
secretary, and Father Frank Wade,
editor ot The Catholic Week, Bir
mingham.
MONSIGNOR MOYLAN
The Right Rev. Monsignor Jo
seph E. Moylan, Vicar General of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,
who will celebrate the conven
tion Mass and who will speak at
the closing session.
ESTES DOREMUS
Estes Doremus, of Atlanta, pres
ident of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, who will
preside at the sessions of the
association's annual convention in
Brunswick.
FATHER WALSH
The Rev. Gerald G. Walsh, S. J„
distinguished educator, historian
and author, of Fordham Univer-
eity, who will be the guest speaker
at the Laymen's Association Con
vention.
Laymen s Association to Hold
Annual Meeting in Southeast
Georgia for the First Time
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—On Sunday,
October 31, the Feast of Christ
the King, the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia will hold
its thirty-third annual conven
tion at the Oglethorpe Hotel in
Brunswick. It will be the first
lime in the history of the Lay
men’s Association , which was
founded in 1916, that it has chos
en to hold a convention in a
Southeast Georgia city.
The convention proper will "open
with a Mass to be celebrated at
St. Francis Xavier Church, at 9
o’clock, by Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, Vicar General of the dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, who is
administering the affairs of the
Diocese in the absence of Bishop
Gerald P. O’Hara, who is pres
ently serving as Regent of the
Apostolic Nunciature in Bucharest,
Rumania.
At 10 o'clock, at the Oglethorpe
Hotel, the morning session of tlie
convention will be called to order
by Estes Doremus, of Atlanta,
who has headed the Laymen’s As
sociation as its president for the
past two years.
After the assembly has joined
in singing the National Anthem,
Monsignor Moylan will offer the
opening prayer.
The visiting delegates will De
extended a welcome on behalf of
the Laymen’s Association in
Brunswick by Wright Parker, ex
ecutive vice president of its Bruns- -
wick Branch. The response to
the address of welcome will be
made by Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
president of the Savannah Branch.
First in order of business will
be the appointment by President,
Doremus of the committees on
credentials, resolutions, memorials
and nominations.
Reports of the officers of the
Association, John B. McCallum, of
Atlanta, secretary, Hugh H. Grady,
Savannah, treasurer; Alvin M. Mc-
Auliffe, Augusta, auditor; Martin
J. Callaghan, K. S. G., Macon, hon-
ary vice president and chairman
of the Endowment Fund commit
tee; Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, ex
ecutive secretary, concluding with
Hie annual report of the presi
dent, Mr. Doremus.
Next in order will be the re
ports by the presidents of the
j various iocal branches of the As-
1 sociation throughout the state; Eu-
i gene E. Clark, Jr., Albany; Dr.
i T. H. McHatton, Athens; Harvey
Hill. Atlanta; John T. Buckley, Au
gusta; Joseph L. Owens, Bruns
wick; Dr. Arthur N. Berry, Colum
bus; Fiank Hanna, Douglas; It.
Habenicht Casson. Macon; Regi
nald Hatcher, Milledgeville; Jo-
j sepli Carrasco, Newnan; Marshall
] Wellborn, Rome; Mrs. JoS’eph E.
I Kelly, Savannah; Don E. Nichols,
I Valdosta, and Harry B. Wilson,
| Waycross. ^
j Following the reading ol" 1 com
munications by the secretary, there
; will be an open forum session,
after which there will be a recess
for lunch.
Luncheon will be served in the
hall loom of Hie Oglethorpe Ho
tel with Joseph L. Owens, presi
dent of the Brunswick Branch, act
ing as toastmaster.
Louis C, Purdey, executive sec
retary of the Brunswick Chamber
of Commerce, will welcome the
visiting delegates to the city, and
the response to his welcome will
be voiced by Bernard J. Kane,
K. S. S., of Atlantu, a former
j president of the Association,
j Father John Mercer, S. M,, pas
tor of St. Francis Xavier Church,
Brunswick, will say a few words
of greeting lo the Catholics from
other parts of Georgia, and Mrs.
James Sloan will offer a group of
vocal selections, with Mrs. May
Parker as accompanist.
At the afternoon, session, which
will convene at 3 o’clock, the con
vention committee chairmen will
submit their reports and the an
nual election of officers will be
held.
The Laymen’s Association is
privileged to present as the guest
speaker at its 1948 convention,
Father Gerald G. Walsh, S. J.. of
Fordham University, a distinguish
ed educator, author and historian,
whose renown as an orator ex
tends throughout the United
States and abroad.
Father Walsh will be presented
to his audience by Clarence Hav-
erty, of Atlanta.
After Monsignor Moylan's clos
ing remarks, and the imparting of
a benediction, the convention will
adjourn with the singing of “Holy
God, We Praise Thy Name.”
On Saturday evening, preced
ing the convention, arrangements
have been made to have one of
the seafood suppers, for which
Brunswick is famous, served at
Oak Bluff.
This will be in (he nature of
a "Dutch treat” affair, the indi
vidual delegates paying for their
own tickets, which will cost .ji2.00.
In order that the committee
making arrangements for 'he
shore dinner may know how many
to prepare for. delegates who ex
pect to attend should request Jo
seph L. Owens, president of i lie
Brunswick Branch, to make reser
vations for them. He may he ad
dressed at the Coastal Chevrolet
Company, 1002 Gloucester Street,
Brunswick.
Those who expect to attend the
convention and who have not yet
secured hotel accommodations are
advised lo request reservations
from the Oglethorpe Hotel at once.
Members of the Xaverian Club,
I lie Catholic Youth Organization
in Brunswick, will lie hosts and
hostesses at a dance which will
be given at the Oglethorpe Hotel
on tlie evening before the con
vention, and while this entertain
ment is beinjg sponsored particu
larly for the younger generation,
it will also assume the form of a
reception for all the visitors.
Four Priests ef the
Diocese of Charleston
(Spcciul to The Bulletin)
CHHARLESTON, S. G.—Bishop
Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston
has announced four new assign
ments for priests of the Diocese
of Charleston.
Father Gerald Ernst, formerly
pastor of St. Anne’s Church, Rock
Hill, has been appointed pastor
(if St. William's Church, Ward, and
pastor of the Immaculate Concep
tion Church, Edgefield.
Father Peter K. Berberich, for
merly assistant pastor of St. Mary
Help of Christians Church, Aiken,
will be ilic assistant pastor of
Ward and Edgefield.
Father Charles J. Molony, who
lias been serving as assistant pas
tor of the Blessed Sacrament
Church, in Charleston, since his
ordination last May, will succeed
Father Berberich as assistant pas
tor of St. Mary Help of Chris-
lions Church, Aiken,
Father Francis J. Winum, C. O.,
formerly attached lo St. Anne's
Church. Rock Hill, lias been ap
pointed assistant pastor of the
Blessed Sacrament Church, Char
leston.
As previously announced, Fath
er Maurice Shean. C. O., \va»
elected Provost of the Oratory of
St. Philip Neri, at Rock Hill, nui.
pastor of St. Anne’s Church there,
upon tile resignation of Father
Gerald Ernst last month.