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JUNE 21, 1952 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIFTEEN Pontifical Masses of Thanksgiving and Requiem Mark Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Benedictine School SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving commemorating the fiftieth anni versary of the founding of Bene dictine Military School was cele brated on June 3 at the Sacred Heart Church by the Most Rev erend Francis E. Hyland, D. D., J. U. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Savan- nah-Atlanta. Father Thomas I. Sheehan, of the class- of ’15, pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Decatur, was the assistant priest; Father Paul Milde, O. S. B., former prin cipal of Benedictine, now of Bel mont Abbey, was deacon of the Mass; Father John Coleman, S. M. A., pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Church, subdeacon; Father Leo Frierson, O. S. B., of the class of ’16, and Prior of the Benedictine community in Richmond, Va., and Father Thomas A. Brennan, of the class of ’13, and pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Church, were deacons of honor, Father Michael Regan and Father Norbert Mc Gowan, O. S. B., masters of cere mony. The sermon at the Golden Jubi lee Mass was delivered by Father William J. Harty, S. J., of the class of ’13, now pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, New Orleans. The choir was under the direction of Harry Persse, with Miss Margaret Steeg as the organist, and the ushers were members of the alumni, headed by Thomas Bey- tagh, of the class of ’42. On June 4, A Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem for the repose of the souls of deceased members of the faculty and alumni was offered at the Sacred Heart Church by the Right Reverend Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D; D., Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont. Father Joseph Tobin, O. S. B., Prior of Belmont Abbey, was the assistant priest- Father Boniface Bauer, O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey, and Father Gregory Eichenlauh. O. S. B., of Gastonia, N. C., were the deacons of honor; Father Paul Milde, O. S. B., of Belmont, was , deacon of the Mass; Father Steph- j en Dowd, O. S. B., of Richmond, Va., .was subdeacon; Father Nor bert McGowan, O. S. B. arid Fath- ; er Raymond Geyer, O. S. B., were j masters of ceremony. Music for the Mass was render- | ed by the junior choir of the Sacred Heart Church. Outstanding Members Honored by Savannah Catholic Women's Club SAVANNAH, Ga. — Honorary memberships were conferred on Mrs. H. T. Wilsop and Mrs. J. P. McDonough at the supper meeting of the Catholic Women’s Club held on June 10 at the Catholic Com munity Center. The honor was in recognition of their outstanding services to the club, and each was presented with a corsage. Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly announced the appointment of the following standing committee chairmen: Auditing, Miss lola Crawford; Edu cation, Mrs. A. J. Sehano; Mrs. Charles F. Powers, Mrs. Katherine Huggins; Entertainment, Mrs. John E. Buckley, Mrs. J. P. Mc Donough, Miss Regina Lytgen, Miss Rosalie Manan; House, Mrs. J. H. Mitchelson, Mrs. J. J. Downs; Social, Mrs. C. A. McCarthy, Mrs. Harold Lund, Mrs. Dorothy Copes; Membership, Miss Helen Roe Nugent, Mrs. J. Harold Mulherin; Visiting. Mrs. H. T. Wilson, Mrs. J. B. Earnest; Press, Miss Marie L. Ray; Welfare, Mrs. D. W. Du pont. Father Norbert McGowan, O. S. B.. congratulated the club on the splendid success of the Corporate Communion on Penetcost Sunday, when five hundred Catholic worn- men of the city received Holy Communion as a group. A musical program was pre sented by Miss Mary Anne Thomas and Miss Celine Hiltz, vocalists, and Miss Margaret Steeg, pianist. HULSEY'S "The keody-to-Wear Store" T07 SeaDk Bronsfard Gainesville, Ga. THE BOOK SHOP STATIONERY — OFFICE SUPPLIES — GIFT'S GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA - ALL ROADS LEAD TO GULF PRIDE SERVICE SI1IICI SERVICE WITH A SMILE Corner Broad and Green Sis., Gainesville, Ga. FIVE MEMBERS OF FIRST GRADUATING CLASS AT BENEDICTINE SCHOOL—Pictured above are five men who were among the first to register in 1902 when the Benedictine Military School was opened in Savannah. Left to right as they appeared at the Golden Anniversary Dinner of the alumni at the Hotel De Soto are D. VI 7 . Dupont, J. M. Trapani, John R. Berry M. C. McCarthy and T. A. Furlong. A sixth member of the class, J. W. Petit, also attended the jubilee dinner. (Photo by Bob Heriot, Savannah Camera Company—Courtesy of The Savannah Morning News). Leader in Union of | ALUMNI OF SAVANNAH'S BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL JOIN IN CELEBRATING GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THEIR ALMA MATER Sisters ol Mercy Dies in Maryland WASHINGTON, D. C.—(NCI- Mother Mary Carmelita Hartman, first superior general of the Sis ters of Mercy of the Union in the United States, died at their moth- erhouse in suburban Bethesda, Md. Solemn Requiem Mass for Mother Carmelita was offered on May 23 by her cousin, Monsignor John S. Spence, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Washington and pastor of St. John the Baptist de la Salle Church, at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Baltimore. Mother Carmelita was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Henry C. Hartman and Mrs. Adelaide G. Hartman. She joined the Baltimore Sisters of Mercy at Mount Wash ington, Md., in 1893 and made her final profession there in 1895. She taught in Baltimore schools con ducted by her community until 1901 when she came here to be come superintendent of St. Cath erine’s Residency, a home for businesswomen. In 1903 she open ed St. Aloysius’ School for boys here as principal. In 1904, she re turned to Baltimore as superior of Mercy Hospital, serving there un til 1917. She was elected Mother Superior of her community in 1923, a post she held until 1929. In 1927, she was asked by a number of communities of Mercy nuns to take the initiative in unit ing their various communities and in 1929 the Holy See issued a de cree approving the union. At the first chapter meeting of the united community in 1929 in Cincinnati she was elected Mother General and was reelected in 1935. In 1941, she was elected Vicar General of the community. The United Sisters of Mercy now have 6,358 members. They conduct eight colleges, 104 high schools, 406 elementary schools, eight cateche tical schools, five summer camps, 17 residences for business wom en, twelve child-caring homes, twelve homes for the aged, 95 hos pitals and 58 schools of nursing in this country. In the Diocese of Savannah-At- lanta, the Sisters of Mercy of Sa vannah, and the Mother McAuley Sisters of Mercy, of Macon, sepa rate communities, were incorporat ed into the Sisters of Mercy of the Union. Chorles Daniel Bickers filbert- B. Wells - Bickers £ r Wells SUCCESSORS TO DOZIER & DOZIER 216-217 Jackson Bwilidlimig Gainesville,, Georgia Graduation Exercises Held at St. Angela \cademy in Aiken AIKEN, S. C.—Five seniors re- Members of the graduating class The baccalaureate Mass was SAVANNAH, Ga.—Former stu dents of the Benedictine Military School, from the graduates who entered the school in 1902 to the members of the class of 1952, toasted their Alma Mater at a col orful Golden Jubilee banquet held on June 3 at the Hotel De Soto, with the Most Reverend Francis E. Hvlarid, D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Savanah-Atlanta; Father Bede Lightner, O. S. B., principal of Benedictine Military School, and Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., as speakers. Toastmaster William Otegen sounded the keynote for the gath ering when he declared that there is no business or profession that has not benefited from the services of men who were trained at the Benedictine School. Indicative of the ‘bond of unity” of which Father Bede spoke, was the placing of Benedictine’s class of 1902 and this year’s graduating class side by side in the center of the banquet hall. Father Bede called that bond the ‘‘mark of a cadet,” and attributed the school’s greatness to the loyalty and affec tion existing between he Benedic tine Fathers and the Benedictine cadet.s Mr. Ryan, who was a member of the class that graduated in 1919. said that Protestants, Jews and Catholics attended the school where the Benedictine Fathers taught that ‘ love of God” was the common ground on which all could meet and live together as human beings. The Benedictines taught loyalty to God first, Mr. Ryan added, "and that’s what make B. C. men good citizens, good husbands and good fathers.” Bishop Hyland said it was im possible to estimate the great con tribution made by Benedictine School to Savannah’s civic life dur ing the past half-century. Taking occasion to reply to critics of "the Catholic schools, Bishop Hyland noted that the Church is educating 4,000,000 of her children in this country today with no help from public funds. In these days of burdensome taxes, Bishop Hyland said you would think the taxpayers, would be thankful that they did not have to erect buildings and pay teachers to instruct this great number of chil dren, and warned that those who are trying to do away with private schools would not achieve unity hut only uniformity. His Excellency declared that a Catholic school is “as truly funda mentally American as the very origin of our country.” From Ireland, came a letter of congratulations to the Benedictine Fathers from Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, who is now serving as Papal Nuncio-in Dublin. Captain Eddie Thomson, mili tary commandant at Benedictine for many years, was given several rousing ovations. One came after it was announced that the class of 1902 had voted to place a plaque in the balls at Benedictine in his honor. Benedictine alumni from every walk of life crowded into the ban quet hall lor the Jubilee fete to meet old classmates and teachers and to reminisce over the days of John Scott, Colonel Jordan F Brooks and ’other stalwarts of the Maroon and White. Distinguished guests, who were presented by Father Robert Bren nan, O. S. B., Prior of the Bene dictine community in Savannah, and rector of Benedictine School, included the Right Reverend Vin cent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Ab bot-Ordinary of Belmont; Mayor Olin F. Fulmer, of Savannah; Judge James P. Houlihan. K. S. G., chairman of the Chatham County Commission, and Foreman Hawes, president of Armstrong Junior College. T. A. Furlong, credited with be ing the first student to register at Benedictine College, as Benedic tine Military School was called in 1902, was also introduced by Fath er Robert, as were D. W. Dupont, J. M. Trapani, John R. Berry, M. C. McCarthy, and J. W. Petit, who were among the first students to register when the school opened fifty years ago. Music for the occasion was by Rudolph Jacobson’s orchestra, with Edward P. Daly and Harry Persse as vocal soloists. The committee on arrangements for the Golden Jubilee celebration included Father Robert, Father Cuthbert, William F. Oetgen, H. Sol Clark and Paul K. Helmly. Morist College in Aflonta Holds 51st Annual Commencement ATLANTA, Ga. — Forty-five members of the senior class at Marist College received their di plomas at commencement exercises held on May 29 in the Sacred Heart Auditorium. Monsignor James J. Grady, pas tor of the Immaculate Conception Church, delivered the address to the graduates and the valedictory address was delivered by Gordon Azar. Other members of the graduat ing class were; Robert Dale Andrew, Richard Joseph Azar, Shelby Paul Barre, Jere Lee Bennett, Paul Wentroth Brandenburge, James Newton, III, John Charles Brennen, Richard Stewart Briggs, Norris Fowler Brooks, Jerome Thomas Callahan, John Joseph Cotter, Jr., Donald Joseph Duckworth, Charles Fred erick Eaton, David Lucas Glancy, Neal Ellis Gunn, Allen Jude Ham mer, Penn Gay Holman, Phillips Townsend Hutchison. Herbert Ronald Jacobson, Jo seph Aloysius Kane, Jr., Donald Thomas Kelley, Carlis Eugene Kirkpatrick, Jr., Joseph Lewis Langston, Hugh John Lee, Antho ny George Maloof, John Robert Markley, Slater Eugene Marshall, Jr., Peter John McEvoy, Lee Stan ton Payne, Jr., Wiiliam Little Ram sey, Jr., Richard John Reynolds, III, Harry Theodore Ridlehoover, Jr., Thomas Irving Scott. Alan Myron Smith, Charles Da vid Snitzer, Howard Douglas Stapp, Robert Ernest Trimyer, Richard David Weimar. Jr.. Lawrence Wil liam White, Richard Stanton White, Jr., William Watkins Wynn, Dan iel William Yike, Jr., and Robert Louis Yike. IN THE GRADUATING CLASS of 1952 at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indianapolis, was Miss Mary McNamara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reid McNamara, of Ful ton, N. Y., and a niece of Mon signor T. James McNamara, of Sa vannah-