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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) .