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TOE BULLETIN OF TOE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 30, 1949
Catholic PAGE
EDITED BY MRS. JAMES L. GROGAN
SAVANNAH-ATLANTA DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
Retreats for Women
At Mount de Sales,
Macon, During August
MACON, Ga. — Every Catholic
woman in Georgia is urged to make
a special effort to attend one of
the Retreats for lay women which
will be conducted next month at
Mount de Sales Academy in Ma
con, There will be a week-end
Retreat, starting Friday, August
19, at 9 p, m. and closing on Sun
day, August 21, at 3 p. m., which
should be attractive to business
and professional women who are
not able to give up three days in
the middle of a business week.
There will also be a mid-week
Retreat, which begins on Tuesday,
August 23, at 6 p. m., and closes,
Friday, August 26, at 8 a. m.
Housekeepers and homemakers
who cannot well be away from
home over week-ends, are asked to
tafce advantage of the mid-week
Retreat.
Both Retreats, of course, are
open to any women who wish to,
attend either of them. Business
and professional women and home
makers are asked to select the
dates which are most convenient
to them as individuals.
Those who expect to attend eith
er of the Retreats are asked to
write directly to Mount de Sales
Academy, Macon, for reservations.
Registrations close two days in ad
vance of the opening of each Re
treat.
Announcement has been made
that Father James Buckley, S. J.,
assistant pastor of the Sacred
Heart Church, Augusta, will be the
retreatmaster for both Retreats.
Diocesan Council
Board Meeting
Held in Macon
MACON, Ga. — The executive
board of the Savannah-Atlanta
Diocesan Council of Catholic Wom
en met here on June 27, with
thirty-six members from all over
Georgia attending. Father John D.
Toomey, of Milledgeville, spiirtual
director of the Diocesan Council,
and Father Robert Bryant. S. J.,
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Macon, were present at the meet
ing.
Those attending went on record
as opposing Federal aid to educa
tion under the provisions of the
Barden Bill on the ground that the
measure discriminates against
pupils attending parochial schools.
A report was made on the work
for Displaced Persons, whom the
Council has been instrumental in
bringing to Georgia. Mrs. John H.
Shearhouse, Port Wentworth, in
ternational relations committee
chairman, announced that thirty
Catholic families have been
brought to the state through Sa
vannah and two families through
Milledgeville. Most of them are
BeUled in farming communities.
Mrs. Daniel J. O’Connor, of Au
gusta, president of the Diocesan
Council, presided. Reports were
submitted by the presidents of the
four Deanery Councils and com
mittee chairmen presented outlines
of their plans for the coming year.
A special plea for help and co
operation was made by the chair
man of the War Relief committee.
Plans for a state-wide Novena
In iionor of Our Lady of Fatima, to
be sponsored by I he Diocesan
Council were dicussed. It is planed
to hold Novena devotions in every
parish in the Diocese.
The meeting followed a lunch
eon at the Massee Apartments.
MRS. A. S. LUCAS, of Birming
ham, president of the National
Council of Catholic-Women, has re
ceived a letter from Archbishop
Alcide Marina, Apostolic Nuncio
to Lebanon, thanking ‘‘the noble
Catholic women of America who
sent such an abundance of clothing
for our destitute Palestinian refu
gees.” Mrs. Lucas disclosed that
the N. C. W. C. is continuing its
support of war relief programs
initiated by War Relief Services.
The collection of worn clothing is
carried on without interruption
tor*>nahout the year.
OFFICERS OF DIOCESAN COUNCIL—Officers of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women, pictured at the meeting of the board of directors held recently in Macon, are, left to
right: Miss Gertrude Corrigan, Atlanta, second vice-president; Mrs. Joseph Ocampo, Savannah,
first vice-president; Mrs. D. J* O'Connor, Augusta, president; Mrs. Richard H. Fleming, Columbus,
fourth vice-president, and Mrs. Marion C. Stulb, Augusta, third vice-president.—(Drinnon Photo by
L. A. Cumbie—Courtesy of The Macon Telegraph)
DIOCESAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It is my wish to speak to you at
this time as individual members of
the Council of Catholic Women
and to commend those who have
given unselfishly of their time in
the past and to encourage more
Catholic women and girls to parti
cipate actively in this field of
Catholic Action.
Catholic women since the time
of Christ have done much for souls
and for society by their prayers,
example and good works. Consider
how much more the services of
good Catholic women are needed
today to combat wordliness and
the evils of the times, to say noth
ing of the many “isms” that are
plagueing the world at this time.
In the past we have thought of
a Catholic woman’s time being de
voted to the management of a
home and family, or to the life of a
religious. These duties must cer
tainly continue, but to them must
be added the further role of sacri
fice where she willingly consents
to take an active part in the social
and political life of her community.
We cannot leave everything for
our priests to do, they are too few.
We, therefore, should strive to be
come more active and better in
formed so as to assist them in
every possible way in spreading
the Kingdom of Christ on earth.
I entreat every individual
Catholic woman to consider her
self part and parcel of her parish
group of the Council of Catholic
Women and in so doing to en
deavor above all else to exert every
effort of her being to become
more spiritual and more prayerful
since we are all dependent on the
mercy of God for any good we
may accomplish.
MRS. D. J. O’CONNOR
Diocesan President
Study Clubs
Life to-day is so full, too full.
There is no time for real thinking
unless we positively make it. So
much of our thinking is done for
us, or, at least, we are exposed on
all sides to ideas and points of view
that may or may not be good. We,
as individuals, need to be informed
and on our guard if our thinking is
to remain sound, if we are to be
able to pick the true from the
false. The woman so fortified will
be as leaven for good at home, in
the community, in group activity,,
in every sphere she touches.
The obligation of the Catholic
woman to be a lay apostle and
strive to bring the teaching of
Jesus Christ to life’s problems is
the reason why the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women included in
its list of national committees a
basic one on Study Clubs.
A Discussion or Study Club is
composed of a limited number of
from eight to twenty, informally
guided by a leader whose place
it is to stimulate participation of
the individual members. These
clubs develop original thinking and
confidence in self-expression and
offer an opportunity to broaden
knowledge. There are many Study
Clubs now active in the Savannah-
Atlanta Diocese—but room for
many more. You are urged to form
more Study Clubs in your parish or
community, and please report such
activities to your Study Club
Chairman. This is truly Christ’s
idea of Catholic Action as He made
the promise “Where a few are
gathered in My name, I am in their
midst”.
RECEIVED IN AUDIENCE by
His Holiness Pope Pius XII on
June 28 were Bishop Laurence J.
Fitzsimori of Amarillo and U. S.
Senator Herbert O’Conor of Mary-
land.
Editor's Note
Sorry that we have no news
this month from the Savannah
Deanery Council or the Colum
bus Deanery Council. Of course,
clubs have a “summer slump”
the same as business, but there
must be no let up in Catholic
action. We know that the Sa
vannah Deanery is doing a won
derful job taking care of dis
placed persons and that Colum
bus is undoubtedly keeping pace
with the time. We hope that all
of the Deanery Councils in the
Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council will cooperate and send
all news items for our Woman’s
Page.
Mrs. John Everett Marriott has
accepted the chairmanship for
chaperones to attend dances and
other entertainments at Camp
Gordon. Mrs. Vivian Hunter has
been appointed* chairman of the
chaperones for the Saturday
night dances given for soldiers
by the Knights of Columbus.
Both of these appointments are
very responsible assignments and
we ask the cooperation of all
members Of the Augusta Dean
ery Council. When asked to serve
as chaperone by one of these
committee chairmen, please
make every effort to do so.
—A. L. G.
STUDENT FROM SAVANNAH
ON DEAN’S HONOR ROLL
AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY
SAVANNAH^ Ga. — Hugh R.
Brown, Jr., a ^student at Xavier
University, Cincinnati, Ohio, Has
been on the dean’s list of honor
students for the semester ending
in June.
Mr. Brown, a graduate of Bene
dictine Military School here, and
a veteran of service in the U. S.
Navy, is a sophomore candidate for
a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.
TIDINGS OF THE
AUGUSTA DEANERY
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Augusta
Deanery Council’s loss is the Co
lumbus Deanery Council’s good
fortune as the Albert Rices are
leaving Augusta to make their
home in Columbus.
. Mrs. Rice is well known through
out the Diocese, being the immedi
ate past treasurer of the Savannah-
Atlanta Diocesan Council, and has
given unselfishly of her time and
talents to Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, parochial and Diocesan acti
vity.
Mr. Rice, formerly assistant
manager for Sears-Roebuck in Au
gusta, has been transferred to the
Sears store in Columbus.
The Sacred Heart Parish Coun
cil, Milledgeville, mailed a num
ber of SWAN soap wrappers to the
Catholic CARE Soap Campaign
headquarters in Boston, so that
Lever Brothers, manufacturers of
SWAN soap, will send a compli
mentary shipment of soap over
seas through War Relief Services
N. C. W. C.
This Council, through the ef
forts of its president, assisted in
locating a family of displaced per
sons on a local dairy farm and
in furnishing a home for them.
Announcements regarding the
Rthreats for women to be conduct
ed in August at Modnt de Sales
Academy, Macon, were made to the
congregations of churches through
out the Diocese and attendance
at the Retreats is being promoted
through personal contacts with
prospective retreatants.
Mrs. Marion C. Stulb, president
of the Augusta Deanery Council,
has announced the following ap
pointments of committee chair
men:
Organization and Development,
Miss Jennie DeWeen; Cooperation
with Catholic Charities, Mrs. Leon
ard Markwalter; Cooperating with
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine, Mrs. Margaret Johnson;
Parent-Teacher Associations, Mrs.
Charles Thompson; Family and
Parent Education, Mrs. Lawrence
Ward; International Relations,
Miss Mary Cline, Milledgeville;
Legislation, Mrs. Ben Boeckman;
Literature and Library, Mrs.
Joseph Manelly; War Relief, Mrs.
Norman Boatwright; Public Re
lations, Miss Anna Rice; Shrines
in Homes, Mrs. William Lucky;
Study Clubs, Miss Betty Marriott;
St. Thomas Vocational School, Mrs.
Joseph Hughes.
Twelve members of the Augusta
Deanery Council, headed by their
president, attended a workshop
conference held at Tubman High
School July 19, to study recom
mendations growing out of the re
cent survey of schools in Rich
mond County.
Atlanta Deanery
Council Holds
Meeting in Athens
ATHENS, Ga. — The summer
meeting of the Atlanta Deanery
Council of Catholic Women was
held here on June 26, and was
largely attended, the representa
tion including members from Grif
fin and Marietta as well as the
delegation from Atlanta.
Mass was offered at St. Joseph’s
Church, after which a buffet lunch
eon was served beneath the trees
in the grounds of the rectory. The
meeting followed '.he luncheon.
Reports were submitted by
chairmen of the committees on
Legislation. Public Relations,
Shrines in Homes, Study Clubs and
Ways and Means.
The presidents of two affiliated
councils, Mrs. Robert McWhorter,
of Athens, and Mrs. Raymond
Buckley, of Marietta, read papers
giving items of interest concern
ing their respective parish councils.
Miss Virginia Chambers of the
Sacred Heart Parish Council, in
Atlanta, gave an interesting ac
count of her recent trip abroad.
Mrs. R. S. Freeman, Atlanta, re
ported on the convention of the
Diocesan Council held in Atlanta.
Mrs. John S. Carrell, St. An
thony’s parish; Mrs. Joseph
Monaghan, Sacred Heart parish,
Mrs. Hugh P. Hill, Cathedral
parish, and Mrs. Raoul Patron, of
St. Anthony’s parish, Atlanta, gave
a resume of the Family Life Con
ference held in Atlanta during
May. Mrs. Patton substituted for
Mrs. W. W. Huggins, of Sacred
Heart parish, Atlanta, who took
part in the original conference.
Miss Gertrude Corrigan, presi
dent of the Deanery Council, who
conducted the meeting, made the
session so interesting and informa
tive that the members adjourned
with reluctance. Miss Corrigan was
complimented for her careful plan
ning and organization of the
Deanery Council meetings.
Retreats for Women
Held at St. Angela
Academy in Aiken
(Special to The Bulletin)
AIKEN, S. C.—Father Patrick
Walsh, O. P., of the Domincan Mis
sion Band, with headquarters in
Columbia, conducted two Retreats
for lay women at St. Angela Acad
emy here, the first Retreat from
June 20 to June 23, the second
Retreat from June 24 to June 26.
Attending the first Retreat were
Mrs. C. J. Niggel, Sr., Mrs. N. R.
Bayard, Mrs. Charles Narey, Mrs.
G. W. Collins, Mrs. Charles F. J.
Bultman, Mrs. J. L. Auers, Mrs.
W. P. Thompson, Columbia; Mrs.
William Greene, Mrs. George A.
Durban, Jr., Mrs. Wyman Schroe-
der, Miss Annie L. Ricketts,
Aiken, and Mrs. Martha Claffey,
Augusta, Ga.
At the second Retreat were Mrs.
Blanche Jordan, Miss Mary E.
IioAhe, Miss Marguerite Painter,
Miss Virginia Beard, Mrs. E. A.
Jenkins and Mrs. Charles Bultman,
Columbia; Miss Ellen King, Mrs.
Jesse W. Miller, Mrs. C. A. Fran
cis, Mrs. J. M. Mock, Mrs. J. C.
Magarahan, Miss Anne Magarahan,
Mrs. S. J. Eassy, Greenville; Miss
Mary L. McAlister, Miss Mary
Bevis, Mrs. Edmond JKracke, Miss
Elizabeth Lucas, Charleston; Mrs.
Leo Hayes, Miss Jewel DuFrehn,
Miss Louisa Watson, Mrs Marian
M. Culley, Aiken; Miss Ann Kah-
ron Heath, North Augusta, and
Miss Retta Jervey, Jacksonville,
Fla.
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W. W. B.