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JUNE 21, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
1,000 Sisters to
Attend National
Congress of Religious
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (NC) —
More than 1,000 delegates from
women’s communities throughout
the country are expected to at
tend the first National Congress
of Religious of the U. S. here Aug
ust 10-14. Priests, Brothers and
nuns will participate.
His Excellency Archbishop Am-
leto Giovanni Cicognani, Aposto
lic Delegate to the United States,
will make the inaugural address to
the congress at a Pontifical High
Mass. • - ,
Archbishop John F. O’Hara, C.
S. C„ of Philadelphia will give a
sermon on the eve of the congress,
which will be held at the Univer
sity of Notre Dame. He is a former
president of the university. Solemn
Benediction will be celebrated by
Monsignor P. Arcadio Larraona,
Secretary of the Sacred Congre
gation of Religious.
Other distinguished guests at
the congress will include Father
Edward L. Heston, C, S. C„ Pro
curator of the Congregation of the
Holy Cross, who will come from
Rome. European authorities on the
religious life will address the con
gress.
In the words of His Holiness
Pope Pius XII, the congress aims
“to deepen and strengthen the reli
gious life throughout the world as
an effective antidote against the
widespread evils and dangers of
these troubled times.’*
Subjects of general interest to
be discussed are:
Training in the positive aspects
of the religious vows; problems in
volved in the practice of poverty
and the common life in religious
communities today; special prob
lems of religious obedience in
modern times; theology for Sisters;
modern convenience ..and comfort
in their relation to the religious
spirit; the lay teacher in Catholic
schools; the liturgy; and vocations
for foreign missions.
Mother M. Gerald Barry, O. P.,
Superior General of the Domini
can Sisters, who is Executive
Chairman of the National Commit
tee of Sisters for the Congress, has
named Mother M. Rose Elizabeth,
Superior General of the Sisters of
Holy Cross, to be in charge of hos
pitality for the Sisters attending
the Congress, who will reside on
the Notre Dame campus. All Sis
ters’ reservations should be made
through Mother M. Rose Elizabeth,
St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame,
Ind.
Reservations for men religious
at the Congress will be taken by
the Very Rev. Francis J. Connell,
C. SS. R., Dean of the School of
Sacred Theology at the Catholic
University of America, Washing
ton, D. C. Father Connell is Ex
ecutive Chairman of the National
Committee for Men Religious for
the Congress.
State Deputy Norbert
Re-Elected by K. of C
In North Carolina
GREENSBORO, N. C.—J. Paul
Norbert, of Greensboro, was re
elected State Deputy of the North
Carolina State Council, Knights of
Columbus, at its thirty-second an
nual convention held here.
Judge John E. Swift, of Boston,
Supreme Knight of the K. of C.,
was the principal speaker at the
convention banquet.
Other officers elected by the
State Council were: Louis Minnick,
Charlotte, state secretary; Justos
Rios, of Winston-Salem, state trea
surer; Francis Manley, of Ashe
ville, state advocate; Charles F.
Powers, Jr., of Raleigh, state war
den. Joseph Williams, of Char
lotte, and Harry W. Clody, of Ral
eigh, were named as alternate,
delegates to the Supreme Council
convention.
SAILING FROM NEW YORK
on June 11, on the S. S. Libertie,
were Father Andrew Doris, O. S.
B., of Richmond, Va., C. Victor
Markwalter, Jr., and Bernard J.
Doris, of Augusta. Their trip to
Europe will include visits to
France, Italy, England and Ire
land.
FATHER CELSUS R. WHEEL
ER, O. F. M„ guardian of St.
Bonaventure Seminary, St. Bona-
venture, N. Y., is the new Pro
vincial of Holy Name Province of
the Order of Friars Minor, the
.Franciscan Province which is rep
resented in the Diocese of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta.
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH AND RECTORY, GAINESVILLE — Pictured above is St. Michael’s
Church, Gainesville, Georgia, with the parish rectory adjoining. Dedicated in April 1933, by the
Most Reverend Michael J. Keyes, S. M., D. D., then Bishop of' Savannah, the church ’which is built
of granite from Stone Mountain, was designed by Father Michael Mclnerney, O. S. B., noted priest-
architect of Belmont Abbey At the time the church was built, Gainesville was a mission of St.
Joseph’s Church, Athens, where Father James E. King, now of Warner Robins, was then pastor.
After the establishment of the parish of the Co- Cathedral of Christ the King, in Atlanta, the church
in Gainesville was served by priests attached to t he Co-Cathedral until 1942,’ when Monsignor Ed
ward J. Dodwell, was appointed the first resident pastor of St. Michael’s. In February, 1945,
Monsignor Dodwell was made pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Port Wentworth, and
St. Michael’s was again served from the Co-Cathedral in Atlanta, until the fall of 1945 when
Father Michael Manning was appointed reside nt pastor in Gainesville. The rectory of the church
has been recently enlarged.
James J. Brennan
New Grand Knight of
K. of C. in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ga. — James J.
Brennan, who served as warden of
Bishop Gross Council, No. 1019,
Knights of Columbus, last year, has
been elected grand knight of the
council to succeed Joseph F. Kunze,
who has been named State Deputy.
Other new officers of Bishop
Gross Council are; Roy H. Giglio,
deputy grand knight; Philip W.
Gilrowy, chancellor; Joseph Hall,
treasurer; John Green, advocate;
Philip Batastini, recording secre
tary; James Schomburg, warden;
Lee Windier, inside guard; William
L. Ruff, outside guard; Salvador
Spano, Roy H. Giglio, Joseph F.
Kunze, trustees. Michael Brum is
the financial secretary of the coun
cil.
Officers Elected by
Cathedral School
PTA in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Scott
Graves was elected president of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Cathedral School to succeed
Mrs. K. P. Eagle.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Hugh DeLoach, vice - president;
Mrs. Virginia Davis, secretary;
Mrs. Walter Dexter, treasurer.
Nominations were presented by a
committee headed by Mrs. William
H. O’Hayer,
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St, John
the Baptist, and Sister M. Kateri,
R. S. M., principal of the Cathe
dral School, congratulated the new
ly elected officers and thanked
the retiring officers and class
mothers for their help in making
the 1951-52 school year successful.
Forty Hours Devotion
At St. Francis Xavier
Church in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—Father Ed
ward P. Ward, O. M. I., of the
Oblate Fathers’ Mission Band,
from Douglas, delivered the ser
mons at the evening services of
the annual Forty Hours Devotion
held at St. Francis Xavier Church.
Registration for the coming
school year were held at St.
Joseph’s School on May 25. The
Sisters of St. Joseph of Caronde-
let, who conduct the school, have
announced that in addition to the
regular grammar school grades, a
kindergarten class will be taught
at the school starting with the
opening of the new school year.
Frank Barragan, Jr.
Savannah, Promoted by
South Atlantic Gas Co.
. . SAVANNAH, Ga.—Frank Bar
ragan, Jr., young Savannah execu
tive, has been elevated to the post
of secretary of the South Atlantic
Gas company.
Mr. Barragan, a member of the
Blessed Sacrament parish, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barra
gan. His wife is the former Miss
Ruth Clingon, and they have three
children. He is the brother of
Sister M. Fidelis, R.S.M., and of
Mrs. Joseph Schreck, organist at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Previously, Mr. Barragan had
served as special assistant to Presi
dent Hansell Hillyer in charge of
customer relations. He was admit
ted to the Georgia bar last year.
nounced that a temporary cafeteria
would be in operation when the
school opened again in the fall. It
was also announced that the school
grounds would be landscaped and
beautified.
Mrs. J. F. O'Brien
Named Glynn County
"Mother of the Year"
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—Mrs. J. F.
O’Brien was selected as Glynn
County’s “Mother of the Year for
1952” by a committee on behalf
of the Merchants Association, and
received a wide variety of gifts
in connection with the honor.
Mrs. O’Brien, who is a native of
Glynn County, has eleven chil
dren. Three sons are in their
country’s service at present and a
daughter is married to a service
man and is residing in Italy where
her husband is stationed. The
children range in age from six to
twenty-five years.
Glynn County’s “Mother of the
Year” is an active member of the
Little Flower Circle of St. Francis
Xavier Church, and of the Parent-
Teacher Association of St. Joseph’s
School. Mr. O’Brien is. employed
at the Brunswick Marine Construc
tion Company.
Sponsors Bid for
Bishop Sheen's
TV Program
NEW YORK.—(NC)—A number
of offers have been made to the
Dumont network for commercial
sponsorship of the highly success
ful television programs of Bishop
Fulton J. Sheen, Auxiliary of New
York. But there is no immediate
indication any will be accepted.
The telecasts are “live” in nine
of the largest cities while 26 oth
er centers receive “teletranscrip
tions,” in which programs are re
corded on motion picture film. The
remarkable response to -the talks
of the national director of the So
ciety for the Propagation of the
Faith is shown in the fact that his
Tuesday night program has caus
ed Milton Berle, who has a pro
gram at the same time on another
network to lose the No. 1 spot in
all recent TV surveys.
Mr. Berle’s comment on this de
velopment was applauded along
“Radio Row”. He said; “If I am
going to be knocked off the top by
anyone, it’s better that I lose to
the One Bishop Sheen speaks for.”
Bishop Sheen thanked Mr. Berle
in a letter for what he termed “a
gracious and a generous tribute.”
The Bishop said:
“This remark of yours deserves
to be ranked with Lincoln’s when
he said, ‘We must not inquire if
God is on our side, but rather if
we are on His side’.
“Your tribute was nothing less
than an act of worship and your
willingness to have the Good Lord
get a higher Nielsen rating than
yourself is also a lesson to me. I
must remember that if the pro
gram becomes popular it is not
because of the voice that speaks,
but of the Word of Whom I speak.”
j Final decision on sponsorship of
j the program rests with Bishop
j Sheen but a Dumont spokesman
S said “unless something unusual oc
curs, the series will be maintained
in its present unsponsored status
as a Dumont public service fea
ture.”
Mrs. Henrietta Peuffier
Funeral in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. M. C. Henrietta
Grandjean Peuffier, wife of the
late Captain Benjamin Peuffier, of
the Augusta Fire Department, who
died May 20, were held at the
Sacred Heart Church, with Father
James M. Buckley, S. J., offering
the Requiem Mass.
A native of Paris, France, Mrs.
Peuffier was the daughter of the
late Joseph Grandjean and Madame
Mary Veillard Grandjean, of
Alsace. She had resided in Au
gusta for seventy-five years.
Mrs. Peuffier is survived by two
daughters, Miss Pauline Peuffier
and Miss Henrietta Peuffier, both
of Augusta; two sons, Benjamin
C. Peuffier, of McAllen, Texas, and
Joseph G. Peuffier, of Spartan-
Retreat for Men to
Be Held August 8-10
At Camp Villa Marie
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Julian
Sipple, chairman of the Savannah
Retreat Section of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
has announced that the annual Re
treat for men at Camp Villa Marie,
GrimbaH’s Point, near Savanjiajh,
will be held from the evening of
Friday, August 8, to the afternoon
of Sunday, August 10.
While this Retreat is being con
ducted mainly for men in the Sa
vannah area, Catholic laymen from
other sections of Georgia, or from
South Carolina, are invited to at
tend. Reservations may be made
through the Chancery Office of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, 222
East Harris Street, Savannah.
Officers of the Savannah Re
treat Section, in addition to the
chairman are: Thomas J. Fogarty,
Frank A. Winders and Anthony
Harty, vice-chairmen, and Joseph
Logan, Jr., secretary.
burg, S. C.; two granddaughters,
Mrs. John F. Jubeck of Augusta,
and Mrs. Julian Barnette of Spart
anburg; three grandsons, George C.
Peuffier, Castle Air Force Base,
California, George G. Peuffier, of
Eagle Pass, Tenn, and Robert W.
Peuffier, of Camp Roberts, Cali
fornia.
BLESSED SACRAMENT PTA
Mrs. R. C. Brower has been
elected president of the Parent-
Teacher Association of the Blessed
Sacrament School, other officers
named being Mrs. Thomas J. Ma
honey, vice-president; Mrs. Wil
liam C. Harris, secretary, and Mrs.
Ned Hartnett, treasurer.
Mrs. Victor Jiran, the retiring
president was presented a gift
in appreciation of her splendid
service to the association.
Christ the King School
PTA in Atlanta Elects
Officers for 1952-53
ATLANTA, Ga.—At the June
meeting of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation of Christ the King School,
Mrs. H. A. Kane was elected pres
ident; Mrs. Clay Threeton, first
vice-president; Mrs. George Trem-
mel, second vice-president; Mrs.
Michael Weidel, Jr., corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Homer Starr, re
cording secretary, and Mrs. George
Belkofer, treasurer.
At the final meeting of the
current school year, when the new
officers were installed, Monsignor
Joseph G. Cassidy, rector of the
Cathedral of Christ the King, an-
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION LEADERS HONORED—Four past presidents of the Catholic Hospital!
Association received honorary keys during the 37th annual convention held in Cleveland. The
awards were presented by Bishop William O’Connor (center) of Springfield in Illinois, the Associa
tion’s Episcopal Chairman. Past presidents, left to right; Monsignor George Lewis Smith, Aiken,
S. C.; Monsignor Maurice F. Griffin, Cleveland; Monsignor John W. Barrett, Chicago; Monsignor John
R. Mulroy, Denver; The Reverend Dr. Alphose M. Schwitalia, S. J., president-emeritus, was un
able to attend.—(NC Photos) .