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AUGUST 30, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
FATHER CARMINE BENANTI, S. J., IS
NEW PASTOR AT ST. JOSEPH'S, MACON-
FATHER BRYANT GOES TO SHREVEPORT
MACON, Ga. -— Father Car
mine Benanti, S. J., who has been
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Mo
bile, Ala., for the past six years,
has been appointed pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church in Macon, to
succeed Father Robert T. Bryant,
S. J., who becomes pastor of St.
John Berchman Church, Shreve
port, La.
Two new assistant pastors have
also boen appointed for St. Jos
eph’s Church, Father James U
McCown, S. J., and Father Eugene
E. Bannin, S. J. They replace
Father Russell L. Dornier, S. J.,
and Father Antonio Bouvier, S.
J., who* have been given new as
signments.
Father Benanti, the new pas
tor here, was ordained in 1938,
and after spending a year at St.
Mary’s College, St. Mary’s, Kan
sas, spent the next year at Our
Lady of the Martyrs Tertianship,
at Auriesville, N. Y. From 1940
to 1942, he was student advisor
at the Jesuit High school in New
Orleans, and then after serving
for a year as a member of the
faculty of Loyola University of the
South, in New Orleans, was ap
pointed pastor of Holy Name of
Jesus Church on the university
campus. He was next appointed
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in
Mobile.
Father Benanti was ordained to
the priesthood in 1924, by Bishop
Paul Schulte of Kansas City.
Father McCown, a native of
Mobile, comes to Macon from
Shreveport, where he was a mem
ber of the faculty of St. John’s
High school. Previously he had
been stationed at Xavier Hall, the
Retreat House at Pass Christian,
Miss., and had taught at the Je
suit High school, Dallas, Texas.
Father Bannin, a native of
Brooklyn, comes to Macon from
Our Lady of the Martyrs Tertian-
ship at Auriesville, N. Y., where
he had been stationed for a year.
Previously, he had been stationed
at St. Mary’s College in Kansas.
Father Bannin is a native of
Brooklyn.
Members of St. Joseph’s par
ish tendered Father Bryant and
Father Dornier a farewell recep
tion at St. Joseph’s Hall on the
eve of their departure for their
new assignments. A musical pro
gram was presented under the
direction of Mrs. S. A. Giglio, or
ganist at St. Joseph’s.
FATHER BENANTI
A.
Members of St. Joseph’s parish
will tender a reception to Father
Benanti, Father McCown and Fa
ther Bannin on the afternoon of
September 7, at which time the
new pastor and his assistants will
be accorded a gracious welcome.
The Very Reverend W. A.
Crandall, S. J., provincial of the
New Orleans Province of the So
ciety of Jesus, has also announc
ed the appointment of Father F.
D. Sullivan, S. J., formerly pas
tor of the Sacred Heart Church,
Augusta, to succeed Father Ban-
anti as pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, Mobile. Since leaving Au
gusta, Father Sullivan has been
pastor of the Immaculate Concep
tion Church in New Orleans.
Captain James Leonard
Given Farewell Party
By K. of C. in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus, en
tertained at the K. of C. Home on
August 2 with a “Shipwreck Par
ty” in honor of Captain and Mrs.
James Leonard.
Captain Leonard, one of the
most popular members of the coun
cil, was leaving for a new post of
duty in Europe, and the party was
in appreciation of his work for the
Newman Clubs to
Hold Convention at
Purdue University
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — (NC) —
Delegates from some 600 Newman
clubs in this country will attend
the national Newman Club Federa
tion convention here at Purdue
University from September 4 to
7, it has been estimated.
The Newman Clubs promote the
spiritual welfare of some 300,000
Catholic students in secular uni
versities and colleges of the coun
try. Highlight of the convention
will be the presentation of the
John Henry Newman award to atr
outstanding layman. Past re
cipients of the ward are Mrs.
Clare Booth Luce and Myron Tay
lor.
Another feature of the conven
tion will be the offering of Divine
Liturgy according to the Ruthen-
ian Rite in St. Thomas Aquinas
Chapel on September 5 by the
Rev. Desider Simcoe, pastor of St.
Mary’s Greek Catholic Church,
Trenton, N. J. Father Simcoe is
married and the father of five
children. The Ruthenian Rite is
one of the 19 rites in the Catho
lic Church, some of which have
married clergy.
Bishop John G. Bennett of La
fayette in Indiana, will offer a
Solemn Pontifical Mass in the
chapel on September 7. Bishop
Leo A. Pursley, Auxiliary of Fort
Wayne, former Newman Club
chaplain, will preach the sermon
on “The Informed Catholic.”
Industrial relations, Newman’s
idea of a university, organiza
tional and functional techniques of
the Newman Clubs, and traditional
and current campus problems will
be among the topics for panel dis
cussions. Dr. Vincent Smith, scien
tist-philosopher of the University
of Notre Dame, will address the
closing session of the convention.
Five medical students of the
University of Pennsylvania formed
the first club in 1893 and chose as
their patron John Henry Cardinal
Newman, who was a convert to the
Catholic Church at the age of 45
after a distinguished career in the
Church of England.
FEMALE ORPHAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING IN SAVANNAH
Treasurer’s Report Discloses Expenses of Operating St. Mary’s
Home Exceeded Income During 1951-52 Fiscal Year.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The annual
meeting of the Female Orphan
Benevolent Society, Inc., under the
auspices of which St. Mary’s Home
is conducted by the Sisters of Mer
cy here, was held in the office of
the rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
In the absence of the Most Rev
erend Francis E. Hyland’, D. D., J.
C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta, who is acting as Pres
ident of the society while Arch
bishop O’Hara is away from the
Diocese, the meeting was called by
John W. Gleason, K. S. G., Vice-
President and Treasurer, acting
through Monsignor T. James Mc
Namara, secretary of the society.
Members of the Advisory Board
attending, with Monsignor Mc
Namara and Mr. Gleason, were
Walter B. Murphy, William H. Sex
ton, John M. Brennan, and John G.
Butler, Jr. Mr. Butler was attend
ing his first meeting since his des
ignation as a member of the board
to succeed his uncle, the lately de
ceased, E. George Butler.
The report of Mr. Gleason as
Treasurer showed that in order to
meet expenses for the fiscal year
which ended April 30, 1952, it was
necessary to go into the capital as
sets which form a sinking fund for
the protection of St. Mary’s Home.
Because the income for the year
was less than the expense entailed
in operating the home, the Advis
ory Board urged an intensive cam
paign for new memberships and
that memberships in the future be
scaled upward. At present, the
memberships in the main run $3.00
a year per member. It was the feel
ing that practically all of the pres
ent subscribers would willingly
increase their contribution and
that there are many Catholics in
Georgia who would be glad to be
come Patrons, or Life Members
of The Society.
According to the By-Laws of the
Society: “Any person paying info
the- Society the sum of $100.00 in
money or interest bearing security
of the same par value at least,
shall be styled a Patron of the so
ciety and hold membership for life
with such privileges and induce
ments as may be granted by the
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
The thought on the part of
some members of the Board was
that there were those Catholics,
who held War or Savings Bonds,
who would gladly turn these over
to the Society for the support of
the orphans of the Diocese.
It was the unanimous recom
mendation of the Advisory Board
that in future the annual meeting
would be held at St. Mary's Home
as soon as possible after the end
of the fiscal year, and that in ap
preciation of the splendid and gen
erous work of the Lady Collectors,
an invitation should be extended
them to attend the annual meet
ing, and further that an invitation
be extended through the pulpits of
the Diocese to the Catholic people
generally to attend.
order while stationed in Augusta.
A buffet supper was served and
dancing was enjoyed. All members
of the council and their friends, as
well as other friends of Captain
and Mrs. Leonard were invited.
Old clothes or nautical costumes
were the dress for the evening.
Arrangements for the party were
made by Major W. A. Ackert.
Fifty Golden Years Tel! the Story of
Savannah Council, Knights ol Columbus
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SAVANNAH
By JOHN M. BRENNAN
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Savannah
Council, No. 631, Knights of Co
lumbus, was instituted in 1902 by
Supreme Director D. J. Callaghan.
There were forty-eight charter
members, and the original officers
of Savannah Council were:
James L. Murphy, grand knight;
J. D. Persse, deputy grand knight;
E. M. Connor, recording secretary;
C. A. McCarthy, financial secre
tary; E. M. O’Brien, treasurer; Jos
eph F. Doyle, chancellor: P. J.
O’Connor, advocate; John J. Pow
ers, lecturer; M. J. Barrett, ward
en; John G. Butler, inside guards;
Horace Brooks, outside guard; D.
J. Hogan, William J. Haylow, M. J.
O’Leary, trustees. Father Aioysius
O'Hanlon, O. S. B., was the first
chaplain of Savannah Council.'
Savannah Council was the first
to be instituted in Georgia. Atlan
ta Council, No. 660, and Patrick
Walsh Council, No. 677, were
granted charters later in 1902. Ma
con Council, No. 925, was charter
ed in 1904; Bishop Gross Council,
in Columbus, in 1905; Henry
Thomas Ross Council, in Bruns
wick, was granted its charter
shortly after.
Fifty Golden Years have passed
since Savannah Council was found
ed and down through the years
Columbianism has been strength
ened and made manifest in the
lives of its members.
Originally, meetings were held
at the C. L. A, Hall from 1902 to
1904, at the Guards Hall in 1904,
and the Lyons Building on Brough
ton Street in 1909. Later, Savan
nah Council moved into quarters
at Bull and Jones Streets in 1910.
It now occupies the commodious
quarters of the Catholic Commu
nity Center at 3 West Liberty
Street in Savannah, this having
been accomplished by the union of
all Catholic Societies under one
roof under the leadership of Col
onel M. J. O’Leary, Grand Knight
in 1923. Another sterling Catholic
gentleman. Colonel John G. But
ler, recently deceased, successfully
conducted a campaign for Stock
subscriptions, to which fund the
Catholic Library Asoociation and
the Knights of Columbus contribu
ted their respective properties,
and combined in the purchase of
the aforementioned Center.
The mark that is characteristic
of Savannah Council's activities is
that of “Catholicity.” Savannah
Knights have so distinguished
themselves by their works. They
espouse with sincere faith the
truths of the Catholic Religion, its
principles of Christian morality,
and exercise the cardinal prin
ciple of the Order, “Charity.” The
present Catholic activities pro
gram is being handled by Past-
Grand Knight Eugene McDonald,
u/hn hue Qrk nanaTilv Vipadprl this
Fiftieth Anniversary Program.
No one individual is responsi
ble for the rapid rise of Colum
bianism in Savannah, and the
State. This must he attributed to
the cooperation and coordination
of the officers.
The Savannah Degree Team has
been active in exemplifying the
Major Degree throughout the State
of Georgia, and in Florida and
South Carolina, under the leader
ship of Thomas J. Corcoran.
Savannah is fortunate in having
a Fourth Degree Assembly, which
was organized in 1920 under the
administration of Grand Knight
William A. Saunders. Since that
time, the Assembly has been in an
important phase of Knights of Co
lumbus work in Savannah. The
Assembly was honored last year by
the elevation of Past-Faithful
Navigator Nicholas T. Stafford to
the office of Master of the DeSoto
District which comprises all of the
Assemblies in Georgia. In connec
tion with this Anniversary there
was Fourth Degree exemplification
and banquet.
Both Third and Fourth Degrees
work in harmony and carry out the
second principle of our Order,
“Unity.” All of the Knights profess
the other principle of our Order,
“Brotherly Love.’’ Altogether, the
Council and the Assembly propose
to continue to be a credit to the
Order and to the Church by reason
of their Catholicity, their Faith,
and the Charity of their works.
Catholic University |
Offers Scholarships *
In Music Department
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Twenty-
nine scholarships available for the
year 1952-53 are announced by
John Paul, head of the Department
of Music at the Catholic University
of America. Student musicians of
undergraduate level who intend
to major in music on a full time
basis are eligible to compete for a
variety of scholarships which will
be awarded by audition. Candi
dates must qualify under general
university requirements for ad
mission.
AH scholarships will be granted
for an effective period of one full
school year, and will be of two
types: twelve half-scholarships
valued at $300 each, and seventen
scholarships valued at $100 each.
Half scholarships will >e available
to players of wind instruments
only. The remainder will include
a variety of musical specalists.
Application for audition must be
made on or before September 15,
Blanks for application may be ob
tained from The Secretary, De
partment of Music, Catholic Uni
versity of America, Washington,