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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21, 1952
Columbus Branch of Catholic
Laymen's Association Holds
Special Demonstration Meeting
COLUMBUS, Ga.—On Sunday, j other branches had begun to fol-
May 18, the Columbus Branch of j' ow the example of the Columbus
the Catholic Laymen’s Association i Br ‘ ,ncl J-
ot Georgia held a demonstration j executive secretary of the Lay-
meeting at which President Mar- j men’s Association, stressed the im-
shall Wellborn, of Rome, and other portance of developing a well in
state officers and executive com-1 formed laity that could join in a
mittee members of the association
were presented, along with several
presidents of other local branches
who had been especially invited to
attend.
George Gingell, president of the
Columbus Branch, who presided,
stated that the demonstration ses
sion was being held to acquaint the
program of Catholic Action which
would make the Catholie Church,
its teachings, its practices and its
history, better known and better
understood in Georgia.
Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G.,
of Macon, honorary vice-president
of the Laymen’s Association, at
tended the meeting, as did Fred
officers of other branches with the j Wiggins and Mrs. L. E. Mock, of
plan of monthly meetings which : Albany, Holst Beall, of Macon, and
the Columbus Branch had found j Mrs. R. H. Fleming, of Columbus,
to be most successful. all members of the executive com-
After the meeting had been mittee.
opened with prayer by Father Her- j Presidents of other branches
man Deimel, pastor of the Church J who were in attendance were
of the Holy Family, Dr. Arthur N.
Berry, a former president of the
Columbus Branch, moved that the
reading of the minutes and- other
routine business be dispensed with, |
and his motion was adopted.
Thomas J. O’Keefe, Atlanta; Rob
ert McCrary, Macon; Thomas Cole
man, Albany, and Charles C. Smith,
Americus.
Other visitors were Mrs. Mar
shall Wellborn, Rome; Morton
The meeting then followed the i Wiggins, Jr., Albany; John Rivard,
pattern of the Catholic Evidence Americus; Mrs. F. V. Lewis, Mrs.
Guild and a discussion of Church ' J. L. Bacon and Mrs. Garrett Flem-
and State Relations was given by ! ing, Albany.
AT LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION MEETING IN COLUMBUS—The presidents of the other local
branches of the Catholic Laymen’s Association throughout Georgia were invited to attend a special
demonstration meeting of the Columbus Branch. Among those attending the meeting and pic
tured above are, left to right: Albert Eversman, Columbus, program co-chairman; Thomas J.
O’Keefe, president of the Atlanta Branch; Geor ge Gingell, president of the Columbus Branch-
Marshall Wellborn, of Rome, state president; Thomas Coleman, president of the Albany Branch’
Charles C. Smith, president of the Americus Branch; Mrs. George Gingell, Columbus program
co-chairman; Robert McCrary, president of the Macon Branch.—Photo by Anne Robertson—Courtesy
of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer).
Mrs. George Gingell and Albert
Eversman. Their talks were fol
lowed by a lively question and
answer period, and a summation of
the proceedings by Father Deimel.
Mr. Wellborn expressed his ap
preciation to the officers and mem
bers of the Columbus Branch for
Officers of the Columbus Branch,
in addition to the president, who
participated in the meeting were
F. B. Miller, vice-president; Mrs.
John B. Byrne, secretary, and Miss
Annette Danielly, treasurer.
The meeting followed a buffet
luncheon which was served by a
setting an example to the other ; committee headed by Mrs. F. B.
local branches of the association, j Miller, Miss Danielly and Charles
and stated that already some of the ! Scharfenburg.
Peter's Pence Collection in the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta on the
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce
ment has been made by the Most
Reverend Francis E. Hyland, D. D.,
J, C. D., Auxiliary Bishop and
Vicar General of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta, that the annual
Peter’s Pence collection for the
Holy Father will be taken up at all
Masses in all churches of the
Diocese on June 29, the Feast of
Saints Peter and Paul.
In a Pastoral Letter announcing
the date for the Peter’s Pence col
lection. Bishop Hyland said:
“It should scarcely be necessary
for me to urge our good people to
contribute generously to this an
nual collection for the Holy Fath
er. Your own love for the Vicar of
Christ and your own loyalty and
devotion to the See of Peter will
naturally suggest generosity ac
cording to your means. I would
like to recommend, however, that
every adult Catholic in Georgia
contribute at least One Dollar to
the Peter’s Pence. If you are
blessed by God with ample means,
please make a more substantial
contribution.
The personal needs of the Holy
Father are few and simple; but he
must have the means that will en
able him to carry on the manifold
business of the Universal Church
from its center in Rome, and he
must be in a position to answer
the many appeals which are made
upon his charity from all parts of
the world.
Since his accession to the
Throne of Peter, our Holy Father
has known untold sorrow. The sad
plight of the world, tottering al
most daily on the brink of war, the
injustice and selfishnes of nations
which fail to heed his constant
pleas and warnings, the persecu
tion of the Church in many areas,
the distress and poverty as so
many homeless people weigh
heavily upon the paternal heart of
Him who represents Christ among
us. Charity to the Holy Father is
charity to all the distressed and
suffering people of the world-
charity that is dispensed as from
the hands of Christ Himself.
Surely the children of the Holy
Father in America, so lavishly
blessed by God and spared at least
the physical miseries and ravishes
of war, will avail themselves of
Peter’s Pence to manifest in a
concrete manner not only their
love for and their loyalty and de
votion to the Vicar of Christ, But
also their sympathy for the dis
tressed peoples of the world who
turn to the Holy Father as to
Christ Himself.
AI DEMONSTRA l ION MEETING OF COLUMBUS BRANCH—Among the officers and executive
committee members of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia attending a demonstration
meeting of the Columbus Branch were, left to right, front row: Fred Wiggins, Albany, executive
committee member; Mrs. Richard H. Fleming, C olumbus, executive committee member- Martin J
Callaghan, K. S. G., Macon, honorary vice-president; Mrs. L. E. Mock, Albany, executive commit
tee member; Hugh Kinchley, K. S. G., Augusta, ex ecutive secretary; Holst C. Beall, Macon, executive
committee member; back row, Marshall Wellborn, Rome, President; George Gingell, Columbus
Branch president; Mrs.- Marshall Wellborn, Rome. —(Photo by Anne Robertson—Courtesy of the Co
lumbus Ledger-Enquirer.
Mass Offered Again
After 400 Years at
Old Abbey in England
LONDON. —(NC)— The Mass
has returned, after a silence of 400
years, to Yorkshire’s old Cistercian
abbey at Kirkstall, near Leeds, on
the, 800th anniversary of its found
ation.
A mile-long procession of 5,000
Catholics marched from Leeds be
hind Bishop John Heenan to the
ruined abbey three miles away,
where Abbot Dom Malachy Brasil,
of Mount St. Bernard’s, Britain’s
oldest post-Reformation abbey,
offered the Holy Sacrifice again in
the Order’s ancient rite.
About 20,000 people crowded the
roofless, but otherwise almost un
touched sturdy abbey church for
the Mass, which was offered on a
temporary altar. Cistercian monks
were assisting at the first service
there since 1539.
Belmont Abbey College and
Preparatory School Award
Diplomas to 58 Graduates
Sunday Masses Now Being Offered
At Recreation Center in Hapeville
ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta, the
Gate City of the South, and a Ca
thedral city of the Diocese of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, has shown a phe-
nominal increase in population in
recent years, a growth which is
being shared by all of the towns
in the Metropolitan area of Geor
gia’s Capital City. One of the
towns in the Atlanta area which
is growing rapidly is Hapeville,
where the Atlanta Municipal Air
port is located.
The number of Catholics in the
Hapeville, East Point and College
Park section has shown an increase
just as been noticed in the Catholic
population of Atlanta, Decatur,
Buckhead, Chamblee, Marietta and
other communities. The Co-Ca
thedral of Christ the King, even
with Mass celebrated on Sunday at
every hour from early morn until
noon, could not accomodate all of
the faithful living with the bound
ary lines of that parish, and the
new parish of Our Lady of the
Assumption was established. The
parish of St. Thomas More
Church, in Decatur, has been a
steady increase in the number of
its parishioners, and large congre-
churches within the city limits of
Atlanta.
Since Low Sunday, Masses have
been celebrated 8, 10 and 12
o’clock at the Recreation Center
in Hapeville, with congregations
reaching a total of 600 persons at
tending. Through the Dourtesy of
the city officials in Hapeville, the
civic center was made available to
the new St. John’s Mission, in
Hapeville, where Father George
Daly is the priest in charge.
Evenutally, it is hoped that a
new parish will be established in
Hapeville and a church erected,
meanwhile, the Catholics of that
section are grateful to the officials
and citizens of Hapeville who have
made it possible for them to at
tend Mass celebrated on a portable
altar at the Recreation Center.
gallons are attending Masses at the lanfa
AMONG THE GRADUATES of
the Medical College of the Univer
sity of Georgia, in Augusta, who
received M. D. degrees this month
were Dr. Fredrie Kratina, son of
Professor and Mrs. Rudolf Kra
tina, of Atlanta, and Dr. Mary
Dorothy White, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank M. White, of At-
Laymen's Retreat at
St. Joseph's Home,
Washington, July 11-13
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The thirty-sec
ond annual Retreat for men, spon
sored by the Retreat Section of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia, will be held at St. Jo
seph’s Home in Washington, from
the evening of Friday, July 11, to
the afternoon of Sunday, July 13,
with Father Felix Donnelly, as the
retreatmaster.
As the number of retreatants
that can be accommodated at St.
Joseph’s Home is limited, all those
who intend to make the Retreat
should make their reservations as
soon as possible. Reservations
may be made direct with James
B. Mulherin, chairman of the Re
treat Section, Southern Finance
Corporation Building, Augusta.
However, if more convenient,
prospective retreatants may make
their reservations through their re
spective local chairman. Local
chairmen are Martin J. Callaghan,
K.S.G., Macon; Robert E. McCor
mack, Jr., Albany; J. Tobin
Barrett, Augusta; Phil Sheridan,
Griffin; C. F. Sutherland, La-
Grange; Reginald Hatcher, Mil-
ledgeville; Leo Fahy, Rome, Leo
Costa, Athens, arid John M. Har
rison, Atlanta.
Father Donnelly, who will con
duct the Retreat this year, is a
priest of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta, who Is presently in charge
of the mission station at Thomson,
and who is in residence at St. Jo
seph’s Home. He has had consid-
BELMONT, N. C.—With tradi
tional ceremony, Belmont Abbey
College awarded diplomas to fifty-
eight members of the graduating
classes of both the college and the
preparatory school.
The Right Reverend Vincent G.
Taylor, O.S.B., D.D., Abbbt-Ordi-
nary of Belmont, presided at the
commencement exercises and pre
sented the diplomas to the gradu
ates. Dr. Eva J. Ross, sociologist
and author of Washington, D. C.,
delivered the address -to the grad
uates.
In the course of her address, Dr.
Ross told the graduates that prac
tical planning, which is both feasi
ble and flexible is necessary in
seeking an eventual occupation, for
which you feel sliited by interest,
temperament, intellectual and phy
sical talents, and specialized educa
tional training.”
“Because of the special form of
education you have received here,
this planning will also include
work to extend a Christian way
of life, for the betterment of man
kind,” she declared.
Highest academic honors for the
74th graduating class at Belmont
went to Harold A. Kusterer, Jr.,
of Richmond, Va., who delivered
the valedictory address. Eight stu
dents graduated with honors: Nor
man A. Bain, of Croset, Va., Man
uel U. Bias, of Barrigada, Guam,
Frank G. Creery, of Richmond, Va.,
Robert J. Kellerer, of Greensboro,
Harold A. Kusterer, of Richmond,
Walter J. Lucas, Jr., of Charlotte,
Edward F. McCaffrey of George
town, S. C., and Richard L. Math
ews, of Washington, D. C.
Hugh R. Shine, of Goldsboro, a
member of the graduating class,
was presented with the Marty
Thomas Trophy for “outstanding
sportsmanship In intercollegiate
athletic competition.
Graduates of the college who
received diplomas were:
William Keville Ach of Ply
mouth, Norman Andrew Bain of
Crozet, Va., J. Daniel Blackwood
erable experience in conducting
Retreats, Novenas and Days of
Recollection, and the announce
ment that he will be retreatmaster
this year will undoubtedly be re
ceived with delight by those who
intend to make the Retreat.
of Gastonia, Manuel Untalon Bias
of Barrigada, Guam, Seth Beason
Brown of Winston-Salem, Shao-
Hsiang Chang of Taiwan, China,
Yi-Chun Chang of Taiwan, China,
John Edward Chesser of Gastonia,
Frank Gorman Creery of Rich
mond, Va., Phil Henri DeTurk of
Chevy-Chase, Md., John Francis
Gallen, Jr., of Lansdowne, Penna.,
Robert Joseph Kelleher of Greens
boro, Harold Aloysius Kusterer,
Jr., of Richmond, Va., R. Lavon
Laye of Belmont, Robert Odell
Lineberger of Dallas, Waller Jo
seph Lucas, Jr., of Charlotte, Ed
ward Fairbanks McCaffrey of
Georgetown, S. C., Joseph Francis
McMahon of Laurence Harbor, N.
J., Richard Lawrence Mathews of
Washington, D. C., Alexander Pat
rick Neilson of Charlotte, John Jo
seph Noble of South Amboy, N. J.,
Herman Eldred Parnell of Bel
mont, Melvin Dean Rabb of Cra-
merton, Thomas Madden Raftery
of Ashland, Va., Malcolm Baxter
Rawlins of Charlotte, Joe Parker
Shackelford of Gastonia, Joseph
Alfred Sheenan of Trenton, N. J.,
Hugh Reilly Shine of Goldsboro,
J. Carroll Thomas of Belmont,
Robert Mark Yaeobi of Hampton,
Va.
Those receiving diplomas in the
Preparatory School are as follows:
John Charles Anderson of Rock
Hill, S. C., Joseph Daniel Bistany
of Charlotte, William Henry Dris
coll of Winston-Salem, Peter Ken-
field Harris of Charlotte, Gerald
M. Leeper of Belmont, W. Darryl
Lippard of Paw Creek, Rodolfo
Patricio Lizama of Cardenas, Cuba,
Raymond Paul John McDermott of
Belford, N. J., Edward Aloysius
McDonald of Charlotte, Pardoe Mi
chael Martin of Washington, D. C.,
Jerrell Bernard Mock of Savannah,
Ga., J. William Mundy of Indepen
dence, Va., Francisco Manibusan
Palomo of Barrigada, Guam, Jo
seph Anthony Pecoraino of Fay
etteville, Timothy Rory Ros of
Georgetown, S. C., Gerald Preston
Sinkoe of Charlotte, Richard Louis
Spencer, Jr., of Charlotte, George
Edwin Stuart, III, of Camden, S.
C., Guy Franklin Titman of Lo
well Francis Carlos Torres, Jr., of
Agana, Guam, Charles Patrick
Wade of Portsmouth, Va., John
Walaee Williamson of Chambers-
burg. Pa.