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r OCTOBER 23, 1948 THE .BULLETIN OK THE CA'l'HUUC LArMKn'fi A65ULlAIlun (Jr UEAJttCrlA otT nn fh k i i ■ . *»uiN GKOtio.iJ \ii%a j. ort uui.ui.iuuj HOSPITAL—The scene aoovo snows liie ground breaking ceremony with which the construction of the $2,000,000 St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Jeorgia, was begun. Leaders in the campaign to secure a Sisters’ hospital for Columbus v/ho took part in the ground-breaking ceremony were: Andrew Prather, Jack B. Key, Sister Laurentine, of the Third Order of St. Francis, from Pittsburgh. James Woodruff, Sr., C. J. Swift and John Illges, Jr., with several Franciscan Sisters of the Community who will operate the hospital when it is completed. —(Photo—Courtesy of The Columbus Ledger) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Regional Conference in Jacksonville Work of Constructing St* Francis Hospital in Columbus Well Under Way (Continued from Page Three) sessions included: Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary of St. Augustine, who gave the address of welcome: Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara of Kansas City, Mo., chair man of the CCD Episcopal Com mittee; Bishop Emmet M. Walsh, of Charleston; Bishop Thomas J. Toolen, of Mobile; Bishop Peter L. Ireton, of Richmond, and Bishop Vincent S. Waters, of Raleigh, and Abbot Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey, N. C. Messages from His Holiness Pope Pius XII and Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of St. Augustine, who at present is Regent ad Interim of the Apostolic Nunciature at Bel grade, Yugoslavia, were read to the Congress. The Pope, message, conveyed through Msgr. Giovanni B. Montini, Substitute Vatican Sec retary of State, said that the Holy Father was “deeply interested in the laudable activities of the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine” and imparted to the participants in the Congress his paternal Aposto lic Blessing. Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy, of Atlanta, Director of the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine for the Diocese of Savannah-At- lanta, presided at a general lunch eon for the clergy and acted as the discussion leader. At a clergy session on ‘‘The Function of the Confraternity in the Modern World,’’ Monsignor' Cassidy spoke on “The Import ance of the Parish CCD Executive Board,” and Monsignor George Lewis Smith, of Aiken, S. C., dis cussed “The Confraternity in a Rural Parish.” Father John J. McCarthy, Direc tor of the Confraternity of Chris tian Doctrine in the Diocese of Charleston, led a discussion on “Putting Religious Information to Work.” Sister Mary Alma, R. S. M., of Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Ga., was one of the speak ers on the program devoted to demonstrations of teaching Reli gion in urban elementary school. Mrs. Caroline McCollum Palmer, of Cordele, Ga., former president of the National Council of Catho lic Women, presided at the session devoted to Confraternity School Year Religious Education in El ementary Grades.” Other highlights of the congress included a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche, the shrine of Christian mother hood, in St. Augustine. The Hier archy, clergy and laity traveled in a motorcade to the shrine, where Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given. Enrollment at Albany’s St. Theresa’s School Has Reached Capacity ALBANY, Ga.—Enrollment at St. Theresa's School this year has reached a total of one hundred and twenty pupils, who have over flowed from the school building into the parish hall, where kinder garten classes are held, and into the rectory where the seventh and eighth grades are taught. Seventy-five of the pupils are non- Catholics. St. Theresa's School is accred ited by the Georgia State Board of Education. It has become an in tegral part of the life of Albany. The local health department gives the school the full use of its fa cilities and the city police de partment regularly assigns an of ficer to direct traffic, and of ficials and teachers of the public school system have been most co operative. Sisters Adorers of the Most Precious Blood conduct the school, with Sister M. Louise, principal; Sister Margaret Anne, Sister Mir iam. Sister Hubert, Sister Eugene and Sister Lawrence completing the faculty. Mrs. John D. Paulk, Jr„ is presi dent of the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation, the other officers being Mrs. Thomas Coleman, vice presi dent; Mrs. Tescar Williams, sec retary, and Mrs. Joseph Brooks, treasurer. Former Parishioners In North Augusta Honor Monsignor George Smith NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C.—Mon signor George Lewis Smith, pas tor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken, who established and was the first pastor of Our Lady of Peace Church, in North Augusta, was tendered a reception on the evening of November 14 in the parish hall, by Father Jo seph J. Murphey, the present pas tor, and members of the parish. Several hundred of Monsignor Smith’s friends in North Augusta gathered to extend their congratu lations to him upon his recent ele vation to the dignity of a Domes tic Prelate. Miss Betty Knuck, on behalf of Monsignor Smith’s former parish ioners presented him with a check. Mrs. W. C. Knuck and Miss Eleanor Knuck presided at the elaborately decorated table from which refreshments were served by Mrs. A. L. LaMontagne and other members of the parish. (.Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBUS, Ga. — Splendid progress is being made on the con struction of St. Francis Hospital for which ground was broken three months agt>. Erection of St. Francis Hos pital at a cost of approximately $2,000,000 is the rr-uit of a de termined effort which was launch ed here in February, 1946, when a hospital building fund cam paign was conducted, under the general chairmanship of Jack B. Key. Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, of the Pittsburgh foundation, have agreed to match the amount contributed toward the erection of flic hospital by individuals and firms of Colum bus, and about a third of the cost of the building will come through a Federal grant under the provisions of the Hill-Burton Act. Plans for the hospital were exe cuted by Schmidt. Garden and Erikson, of Chicago, a firm of specialists in hospital architec ture. Biggers and Lockwood, of Columbus, are the associated architects. After the plans and specifica tions had been approved, bids for the construction of the hospital were asked for, but the lowest bid submitted was $199,300 more than the funds available for the build ing of the hospital. It was found that it would re quire $300,000 more than was at the disposal of the building fund committee in order to build the 154-bed hospital as planned. The Sisters of St. Francis agreed in increase their contributions, and within ten days, individuals and firms in Columbus donated another $160,000 in response to an appeal on behalf of the hospital building fund. Jordan Construction Company, of Columbus was low bidder at $1,545,999 when new construction bids were opened. Since the decrease in the amount anticipated, Mr. Key ex plained, some additions to alter nate specifications were permit ted. It would require, accord ing to Mr. Key’s estimate, from a year to a year and a half to com plete the structure. The Federal government will pay approximately one-third of the cost. Individuals and firms in Columbus have donated about $660,000 toward the cost of erect ing, equipping and furnishing St. Francis Hospital, and the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, of the Pittsburgh foundation, are contributing funds in an amount equal the generous donations of the people of Columbus. The original campaign for the local funds, which were to be matched by the Sisters, launched in 1946, yielded ' about $500,000, and when it was found that the rising costs had pushed the cost of construction considerably above original estimates, another drive was launched this summer and the prompt and generous re sponse yielded an additional $160,- 000. Mr. Key said, however, that when the new bids were called for that the committee planned to leave out specifications for about $150,000 worth of work. Now, he added, due to the local contributions, and the lower re construction bids, “we were able to pul back about $50,000 of the work.” In Columbus, in connection with the building of the hospital, and the purchase of equipment is Sis ter Laurentine, who is Educational Director of the St. Francis Hos pital Training School for Nurses, in Pittsburgh. Sister Laurentine was president of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association from 1942 to 1946, and has served as a member of the board of directors of the Association since 1939. She was chairman of the Pennsylvania State Nursing Council for War Service from 1942 to 1946, and is chairman of the committee on ac crediting of the National League of Nursing Education. She graduated in nursing at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, and was awarded a B. S. degree at the Catholic University of America, later doing post-graduate study at the University of Chicago. Sister Laurentine served as member of the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing Examiners from 1936 to 1942 and was chairman of the board from 1939 to 1942. While she has had some experience ni hospital administration, her activ ity has been mostly in the field of nursing education. New Assignments For Georgia Priests Father George Daly at Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta—Father Marcellus at St. Mary’s, Augusta SAVANNAH, Ga.—Announce ment has been made by the Chan cery Office of the Diocese of Sa- vannah-Atlanla of the transfer of Father George Daly, who has been assistant pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist here, lo Atlanta, where he will be assisl- ant pastor of the Immaculate Con ception Church. Father Marcellus Cikan, O. S. B., who has been serving as assistant pastor of the Immaculate Conven tion Church, Atlanta, has bc^n transferred to Augusta, where ho will be assistant pastor at St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church. Father Daly, who is a nat've of Brooklyn, N. Y., came to Sa vannah with his parents as a child, and was the first graduate of Marist Brothers’ School, estao lished here in 1919, to be ordaired te tho priesthood. After com pleting his study for the p ' - hood at St. Charles College. I i- tonsville, Md., and St. Mary’s Sc i- inary, Baltimore, he was or V iu- ed in 1935, at the Cathedral h?;e, by Bishop Michael J. Keyes, S. M , D. D., now of Washington, D. C. He has served as assistant pas tor at St. Peter’s Church, ..a- Grange, Blessed Sacr. mcit Church, Savannah, and St. Mary’s- on-The-Hill, Augusta, and since 1942 at the Cathedral here. Father Marcellus, serving in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta on leave from St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, ill., is a priest of wide ex perience. He has been a member of the faculty of St. Procopius Col lege, served as a pastor in Chi cago, where he was active in social service work, and for several year was a member of the Bene dictine Fathers’ Mission Band. He was 'stationed in Augusta during the summer of 1947, and before going to Atlanta served at Bless ed Sacrament Church in Savan nah, Father Germain Taylor, O. S. B.. of St. Bernard's College, St. Bernard, Ala., who is temporarily serving in the Diocese of Sav:. i- nali-Atlanta, will continue as : s- sistant rector of the Cathedral here, and Father Arthur Welt -r, a priest of the Diocese of Ro chester, N. Y., will also continue to serve as assistant pastor of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill, in Augu-ta. NEW SCHOOL OPENED AT FORT OGLETHORPE DALTON, Ga.—Forty pupils were enrolled when the new St. Gerard's School was opened at Fort Oglethorpe in a building formerly used as an officers’- club, where the cafeteria used by the officers has been converted into a cafeteria for the school chil dren, and the school property, which covers thirteen acres, pro vides a swimming pool .two tennis courts and ample playground space. The School is conducted by School Sisters of Notre Dame, members of the Order which is conducting the Sacred Heart parochial school in Griffin, Ga. Sister Gabriel is the superior, and the teaching staff includes Sister Dorina, Sister Baptista and Sister Dorothy. For the present, the school, which serves a mission parish of St. Joseph’s Church, Dalton, where Father Joseph Driscoll, C. SS. R., is pastor, will offer kindergarten classes and the first five grammar grades. } Concluding a Novena in honor of St. Gerard, a Solemn High Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Church in Dalton, with Father Raymond Govern, C. SS. R.. as cel ebrant; Father Joseph Driscoll, C. SS. R., and Father Anthony Kalb, C. SS. R., assisting. Father Driscoll delivered the sermon and the boys choir of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Chattanooga, sang ARCADE DRUG CO. 1116 Broadway Phone 7787 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Best Wishes Restaurant and Drive-In 700 Lin wood Boulevard COLUMBUS, GA. 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