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SIXTEEN
JULY 30, rv40
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Bishop O'Hara Sends Message to
Annual Meeting of St. Mary's Home
SAVANNAH, Ga.—From Bucharest, Romania, where he has been
serving' as Regent ad Interim of the Apostolic Nunciature since. Jan
uary, 1946, His Excellency the Most Revererid Gerald P. O’Hara.
D. D„ J. U. D„ Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who also holds the of
fice of President of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, under
the auspices of which St. Mary’s Home is conducted by the Sisters
of Mercy in Savannah, has written the following letter which will
be read at the annual meeting of St. Mary’s Home, whieh will be
held on an early date not yet announced:
Apostolic Nunciature,
Bucharest, Romania,
26 June, 1949
To the Sisters of Mercy,
To the Officers and Members of the Advisory Board,
St. Mary’s Home,
Savannah, Georgia.
On the occasion of the special annual Meeting of the Advis
ory Board of the institution in which you are assembled, it gives
me sincere pleasure to send all of you my greetings and best
wishes. I greatly regret that circumstances still make it im
possible for me to be with you.
This meeting affords me a welcome opportunity to give ex
pression, once again, to those sentiments of deep gratitude that
day by day, all through the year, are never absent from my heart,
as I reflect on the goodness of God Who has given to the diocese
such faithful helpers and collaborators as you. You, dear Sisters,
dear Members of the Board, dear Lady Collectors and all bene
factors, are enabling the diocese to provide a safe refuge for
the girls who come to St. Mary’s after bitter circumstances have
broken up their own homes. You make it possible for the diocese
to remain faithful to a tradition of the Church. It has been the
genius of Christianity from the beginning to help alleviate suf
fering of every kind. (St. Paul took collections for the poor of
Jerusalem.!
It makes no difference what form suffering takes; an intel
lectually and morally tormented Augustine of the fourth century
finds refuge in the Church’s arms and addresses to Her the cele
brated words: “Too late have I known Thee, O Beauty ever
ancient, ever new”.) A Newman in the nineteenth, in anguish of
soul writes his immortal “Lead Kindly Light” and finds safe
haven from his religious doubts and the encircling gloom in the
light of the Catholic Faith that led him kindly Home. Let
Molokai be peopled with the outcasts of society and the Church
sends a Father Damien to share their lot. Let cancer ravage
the bodies of the poor who have no means with which to afford
the medical care that their unhappy condition calls for, and a
gentle American Lady, Rose Hawthorne, a convert to the Cath
olic Church, sends her Dominican Sisters to minister ever so
sweetly to them. Let the slave-ships arrive at Cartegena with
their Holds foul, infected, and festering with disease and a Father
Claver (St. Peter Claver, S. J.) is there to meet them to take
poor slaves into his very arms, as Our Blessed Lord Himself would
have done, to minister to their souls and bodies alike.
There is no mere rhetoric, no flight of poetic fancy in those
words of Our Lord: “Whatsoever you do unto these, My least
brethren, you do unto Me” He who waits upon the poor, the
suffering and the outcast is actually ministering unto our dear
Jesus Himself. Hence the sublime dignity of such an apostolate.
In this connection it is interesting that Our Lord often appeared
to His Saints disguised as someone in mortal need of help. He
Loved poverty and suffering too much not to have often assum
ed their forms. The lives of such Saints as Martin de Tours,
St. John of God, St. John Columbini exemplify what I am so
feebly trying to say.
There is, indeed much selfishness in the world and hosts
of people who live for themselves alone. But there are, thank
God hosts of others too who dedicate their entire lives or at
least devote much of their time and means to the welfare of their
less-fortunate brethren who are often even strangers tc them.
It is no small thing to belong to the category of those of whom
Our Lord said: “Blessed are the merciful”.
The gratitude that I would voice to all of you, my dear friends
and benefactors of St. Mary’s—Sisters, Members of the Board,
Lady Collectors, contributors—is directed also to not a few others
whom J ask to please accept this public testiminial of sincere
thanksgiving. I refer to those professional men who have cared
for the health of all at St. Mary’s, each in his own specialty, with
out thought of compensation. I include also those service clubs
and others, both as groups and individuals, who have contributed
to the support and welfare of all at St. Mary’s Home. Their
deeds are noted in Heaven. Need I say more?
If among so many friends and benefactors of our girls’
orphanage I would venture to single out one as worthy of spe
cial commendation, it is Sir John W. Gleason, who this very
year completed a quarter of a century of unflagging daily de
votion and attention to St. Mary’s Home. I unite with all his
many friends in congratulating him on the Papal Testimonial
of praise and commendation that he received in the form of a
particular Blessing from Our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, glor
iously reigning. This uncommon kind of Silver Jubilee is worthy
to be called to the attention of all.
• Affectionately and devotedly yours in Christ,
“IT IS A BAD WILL that does not mention God as a
legatee. If we provide for the orphans by leaving their names
as beneficiaries of our charity in the disposition we make of
our worldly goods we are doing something for God, something
for His orphans and much for ,our own soul. God cannot
resist the prayer of a little child whose angels see the Father’s
face in heaven."
All gifts and legacies intended for the orphans of St.
Mary’s Home should be made payable to the “Female Orphan
Benevolent Society,” Which is duly incorporated under the
laws of Georgia.
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta
IN MEMORIAM
Deceased Members of Female Orphan Benevolent Society
ALBANY
Brosnan, Mrs ui»i J.
Brosnan, Miss Mary L.
Wiggins, Mrs Man-.tret
ATLANTA
Bloomfield, Josepn Patrick
Bloomfield. Patrick Joseph
Bodenheimer, Mrs. N.
Burke, Mrs. Louise C.
Clarke, Rt. Rev H. F.
Connelly, Mrs. Agnes B.
Conway, J W.
Donnelly, Mrs. Catherine E.
Donohue, Miss Kate
Flynn, James P.
Gatins, Miss Mamie
Gatins, Miss Regina
Graham, John M.
llaverty, James J
Heller. Mrs. Catherine
Hickey, James
Hungerford. Mrs. Julia
Kaiser, Mrs. A. J
Kattenborn. Mrs. H. D.
Kennedy, Miss Mary A.
Kennedy, Rev. Robert F
Kuhn, Mrs. Alice
Lynch, Mrs. Hannah M.
Lynch. James J
Lynch, Mrs. James J.
MacDonald, Miss Mae
MacDonald. Miss Margaret
Masseling, Miss Henrietta
Masseling, Mrs. J. W.
Murphy, Mrs. Phoebe A.
Nolly. Mrs Mary
O'Keefe, Mrs. Thomas J.
Payne. J Carroll
Payne. Mrs J Carroll
Rousseau, Thomas A.
Russell, Mrs. T. E.
Satzky, A.
Satzky, Mrs. A.
Satzky. Anthonv V
Schikan, Miss Minnie
Spalding. Col. J J-
Spalding, Mrs. J J
Spalding. Dr R D.
Vignaux, Pierre W.
White. John F
AUGUSTA
Armstrong, Mrs Annie
Carr, Mrs. Frank
Carson. Luke
Carson. Mr’ L"ko
Cosgrove, Mrs. E. J., Sr.
Doyle, Mrs. James
Doyle, John P
Ferber, Mrs. R. C.
Funk, Mrs. S.
Gallagher, Miss Hattie
Gallagher, Hugh
Gallagher. James
Kane. Rt Rev James A.
Keenan, Rev. Leo M
Kearney, Mrs. J. E.
O’Callaghan. Mrs. Catherine
O’Hara. Rev. Jeremiah
Rice, Matthew S
Rice, P H
Vaughan, Mrs Annie T
BRUNSWICK
Ross, J. D
Ross, Mrs. J D
Wright. Mrs .! R
COLUMBUS
Cleghorn, Miss* Kate
Connor, Miss Mary
Holmes, Florence l
McSorley. Mrs. Alice Needham
Names. Miss Mary Ann
Needham. Richard
Woodruff. Mrs M L.
MACON
Benedetto. A A
Cassidy, Rev. E. T.. S. J.
Cassidy. P J
Cassidy, Mrs. P. J.
Horne, Miss Amelia
Hurley John
Hurley. Mrs. John
Hurley. Mrs t a..
Mays, Mrs. Mary
O’Hara Ellen
Sheridan. J V
MILLEDGEVILLE
Briordy. Miss E.
Hatcher. R W
Horne. Henry
Trainor. Mi’s Annie
ROME
Fahy. Mrs Albert
Fahy, Thomas
Fahy. Mrs. Thomas
Fahy. T. W.
Fahy. Mrs. T. W.
Hubbard, Mrs W T.
Miller. Mrs Margaret
SAVANNAH
Ambroses Mrs. A.
Allen, Benjamin J.
Bnllantyne, Joseph J.
Ballantyne, Thomas J.
Ballantyne, Mrs. Thomas J.
Ballantyne, Wm. T.
Barrett, M J.
Barrett, Patrick
Barrett. Mrs. Patrick
Bazin, Very Rev Louis
Becker. Most Rev. T. A.
Bel, Mrs. Anne R.
Black, Miss Annie
Blake, Mrs. Wm. S.
Blun, Henry. Sr.
Blun. Major Henry
Bodell, Mrs. Catherine
Bodell, Mrs. Wm. L.
Boyle, Miss Mabel
Brady, Miss Eloise
Brennan. Patrick
Brooks, Col. Jordan F.
Brooks. Mrs. Jordon F.
Buckley. Mrs. Mary P.
Budreau, J. L.
Burke, James A.
Butler, Col. John G.
Butler, Mrs. John G.
Butler, Harry G.
Byrnes. Mrs. Joseph M.
Cafferty, Very Rev. Edward
Canty. John F.
Canty. Mrs. John F.
Cardan. Mrs. M
Cash, Mrs. Margaret
Coffey. Mrs. P. J
Conley. Mrs. Nellie
Conlin, Rev. James H.
Copps, James B
Cosgrove, Mrs. Sarah
Craig. Joseph, III
Crawford. Mrs. Mary A.
Crohan, John
Crohnn, Mrs John
Cronk, Mrs. Stella E.
Curran, John F
Curtis, Mrs. Hugh
Dnhlent. Rev. Joseph A.
Dailey. John A.
D’Amore, Frank
Davis, Joseph F.
Devereaux. Miss Kate
Dillon. Miss Agnes
Dillon, Herbert P.
Dodd. Mrs. E. M
Doherty, Miss Mary
Doherty, Mrs. Nora
Dooley, Mrs. Maria M.
Dooley. Thos. J.
Doyle, Andre’” McC.
Doyle, James P.
Doyle. M J.
Dreyer, Mrs. Timothy L.
Duggan. Mrs. Margaret
Dulohery. Cornelius, Sr.
Dunn. Mrs. L. J.
Dunn, Dr. M F.
Dunn. Mrs M F.
Dunn. A. Matthew
Egan. M J
Egan, Rev Eugene, O.S.B.
Feeley. Miss Ann
Feeley, John
Feeley, Mrs. John
Feeley. R. G. .
Feeley. Michael
Feeley. Miss Julia
Feeley Wm H
Fitch, Mrs. Lillian
Fitzgerald, Miss Ellie
Fitzgerald. Mrs. Thelma M.
Fitzsimmons, Miss E. C.
Flanagan. Mrs. P. S.
Flannery, Capt. John
Flannery, Mrs John
Flannery, John McMahon
Flood. Miss Catherine
Flood. Thomas
Flood. Mrs Thomas
Fogarty, A. W
Fogarty. Michael
Fountain, Mrs. N. A.
Fox, Mrs. Bridget
Gannon. A. J
Garity, John J.
Gearon Mrs. Maria
George. Mrs. C M.
Gleason, Mi*s Alice L.
Gleason, Mrs. E. C.
Gleason. John F
Gleason, Joseph J
Gleason. Mrs Joseph J.
Gleason. P F.
Gleason, Mrs. P. F.
Goette, Mrs. John A.
Golden. John W
Golden. Mrs. John W-
Grady. Mrs Alice
Grady, Hugh, Sr.
Grady, James H.
Grady, Miss Mary Ellen
Graham. Mrs. Mary E.
Grevemberg, Mrs. Blunehe
Greene, Mrs. R. A.
Gross. James A.
Gross, Most Rev. „W- H., D. D.
Hagood, Geo. S.
Handiboe, Capt. Michael
Harkness, Mrs. Blanche
Harte. Hugh
Harte. James H.
Harte. James H. Jr.,
Harte, John H.
Harty, Anthony J.
Harty. Mi-s. John F.
Hayes. Rev. John
Healey, Mrs. Bridget
Healey. Thomas
Ilefferinan, Joseph W.
Henderson, Mrs. Jas. E.
‘ James, Harvey
Jordan. Mrs. Anna M.
Jordan. Miss Elizabeth C.
Jordan, Thomas J.
Joyce, J. Read
Joyce, T. K.
Kaineron, Lieut. Frederick
Kearney. James F.
Kearney. Mrs James F.
Kelioe, Mrs. Joe
Kehoe, William
Kehoe, Mrs. Wm.
Keiley, Most Rev. B. J., D.D.
Kelly, Mrs. Sarah A.
Kenny. T. J
Knox. Rev. Thomas J.
Laffiteau, Mrs. Mary F.
Leacy. Mrs. H. F.
Leche, Mrs. Corinmj
Leech, Mrs. Wm. J.
Little. Mrs. Eva H.
Logan. Mrs. Joseph A.
Lomel, Mrs. Mary Ellen
Lynch. Mrs James F.
McAJeer, Henry J.
McAuliffe, James J.
McCarthy, J. Frank
McCarthy, Rev. John S.
McCarthy, Joseph
McCormick, Andrew
McCrohan. Miss Anne M.
McDonough, John J.
McDonough, Mrs. John J.
McGouldrick. James J.
McGouldrick, Mrs.^ James
McGovern. Leo.
McGovern. Miss Loretta
McGowan. James J.
McGrath, James
McKenna. James H., Sr.
McKenna, Mrs. James H., Sr.
McMahon. Rev. P. H.
McMahon. Capt. John
McMahon. Mrs. John
McNally, Frank, Sr.
McNamara, P. J.
McPhelen, Mrs. John
McQuade, John F.
MeQuade. Mrs. Margaret
McOuade. Michael
Maddock. James R.
Maddock. .Toseph B
Maddock, Miss Katherine
Maggiont, G Phillip
Mnggioni. Mrs Louis P.
Maggioni, Louis P.
Mahany. Mrs. James J.. Sr.
Mahany. Eugene
Mahany, James J.. Sr.
Mahany. James J Jr.
Malloy, Miss Mary
Massett, J R
Merkle, A J.
Mcrkle. Mrs. A. J.
Miles, Mrs Katherine KL
Miller, Mrs. Nellie
Mooney, Thomas J.
Moran. James E.
Moran. Mrs. James E.
Murphy, Mrs. Jennie
Murphy, Mrs. T. C.
Nagle. James
Nolan, John E.
Nugent, Thomas
Nugent. Mrs. Thomas
O’Brien Michael A.
O’Byrne. Michael A.
O’Connor, Daniel A.
O’Connor. Edw. F Sr.
O’Connor. Mrs. Edw F., Sr.
O’Connor, Miss Elizabeth
O’Connor. Miss Helen
O’Connor Dr Henry I.
O'Connor. Jerry
O’Connor, Miss Katherine
O'Connor. Patrick
O’Connor. Mrs. Patrick
O’Connor. P J
O'Connor Mrs P J.
O'Dell, W. J.
O'Donohue. Mrs. A. M.
O’Donovan, Mrs. Julia M.
O'Donovan. Richard
O’Hara, Arthur J.
O’Hara, Mrs. Arthur J.
O’Leary. Mrs. M. J.
O’Leary, Mrs. Mary
O’Neill, Very Rev. J. F.
Palmer, Joseph
Palmer, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly
Pano. Pope
Persse. Mrs. J. D.
Persse, J. Harry
Peters, Mrs. Elise CafWo
Peters, Mrs. George
Peters, N. J
Powers. Patrick
Powers. Mrs. Patrick
Powers, Walter P.
Prendergast, Chas. F.
Prendergast, Miss Ellen
Prendergast, F. T.
Prendergast, Miss Fannie
Prendergast, Mrs. M. F.
Prendergast, Miss Nellie
Prindible. John
Prindible, Mrs. John
Puder. W. B
Puder. Mrs. W. B.
Ray, Mrs. Mary J.
Reed, Dr. James B.
Reddy, Miss Annie
Reich, Rev. Chas M.
Read, Dr. James B.
Reid. Mrs. Mary J.
Reid, Miss Mary
Reid. Dr. Robert S.
Reilly, J K.
Reilly. Rev. M. T.
Reilly. Peter
Reiserer, Rev. Joseph
First Chaplain at Home
Robinson, Miss Annie
Roe. Richard E.
Ronan, J. T.
Rourke, Judge John
Rosis, Mrs. M. J.
Rosis. Miss Rufina
Ryan. John C.
Saunders. A. Lloyd
Semmes. Raphael 1’.
Sexton, Mrs. Maria
Sheehan, Timothy
Sheehan. Mrs. Timothy
Sherlock, J Raymond
Shields, Thomas E.
Small, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stapleton, John D.
Strous. Mrs. Margaret
Sullivan, Lieut. John F.
Sullivan. Miss Kate
Teynac, Mrs. Mary E.
Thomas, Mrs. Geo. W.
Trott. Fred J
Walker. Mrs. Nana Lamer
Walsh, Charles V.
Walsh, Miss Johanna
Walsh, Thomas F
Walsh, Mrs. Wilhemlna
Whelen.t Mrs. Nellie G.
Whelen. R^v Peter
White, T. Edward
Wilkinson. r ;>wTenoe J.
Wilson. Hnrrv T
THUNDERBOLT
Bannon. Mrs Anne M.
Bannon. Jr.mo« F
WASHINGTON
Benson. James A
Hynes, James A
Hynes. Mrs Jame? A.
WAYCROSS
Cason. W A
Cason. Mrs. W. A.
Heagarty. Mrs. Edw. M-
O’Connell. Thomas
O’Connell Mrs Thomas
WAYNESBORO
Lassiter Mrs Agnes Walsh
JACKSON VILLE. FLA.
Cronin.' Jeremiah
Cronin Mrs Jeremiah
GETHSEM ANI, KY.
Dunne. Abbot Frederic
LEXINGTON, KY.
Coyne, Miss Anne
Wall. Ml«« Fmue
NEW YORK CITY
Crohan Mrs Surah S
Shen. Dennis
PHILADELPHIA
Jackson F. R.
BALLINA. IRELAND
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