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TWENTY-TWO
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 27, 1952
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
New Parish Is
Established in
Greenville, S. C.
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Mass is.
now being offered each Sunday in
the temporary chapel which is
serving Greenville’s newest parish,
which was established last month
by the Most Reverend John J. Rus
sell, D. D., Bishop of Charleston,
who has appointed Father Ed
ward Chmely as the first pastor.
Father Chmely has been assistant
at St. Joseph’s, Charleston.
The property upon which the
new Church of the Most Holy
Rosary will be erected, consists
of a large tract of land located at
3510 Augusta Road in the midst
of Greenville’s modern and rapid
ly growing South sfde. A house,
which stands on the property, has
been converted into a chapel and
a rectory. The new parish, which
embraces the territory south of
Faris Road, numbers 396 pa
rishioners, many of whom are
located at nearby Donaldson Air
Base.
The first recorded visit of a
priest to Greenville was in 1850,
when Father John Barry, who later
became the second Bishop of Sa
vannah, visited the city and found
two Catholic families there.
Greenville’s first Catholic
church, a wooden structure, St.
Mary’s, was dedicated in 1876.
The present St. Mary’s Church was
erected in 1903, three years after
the present pastor of St. Mary's,
Monsignor A. K. Gwynn, P. A.,
tame here as pastor.
St. Anthony's Friary, serves the
Colored parish in Greenville which
was established in 1939, as a
charge of the Order . of Friars
Minor.
St. Mary’s School, in Greenville,
Is conducted by the Sisters of
Charity of Our Lady of Mercy.
St. Anthony’s School is conducted
by the Sisters of St. Francis of
Penance and Christian Charity.'
St. Francis Hospital, in Green
ville, is operated by the Sisters of
the Poor of St. Francis.
Nativity School PTA
Meets in Thunderbolt
THUNDERBOLT, Ga—Mrs. J.
Armand Lloyd, president of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Nativity School announced the ap
pointment of class mothers at the
first fall meeting.
Appointments include: First
grade, Mrs. Alex Oppelt, Mrs. J.
M. De Rouen; second grade, Mrs.
G. M. McGinnis; Mrs. J. F. Jaug-
stetter; third grade, Mrs. Gilbert
Werntz, Mrs. Lester R. Linton;
fourth grade, Mrs. Michael Couni-
han. Mrs. George Hesse; fifth
grade. Mrs. Crisalli.
Committee chairmen named
were Mrs. William A. Leonard,
health; Mrs. H. A. Bigelow, lunch
eon: Mrs. Laurence Salter, Mrs.
Tuten. program; Mrs. Alex Oppelt.
hospitality; Mrs. Edward Lasser.
membership; Mrs. Arthur Cannon,
by-laws; Mrs. James R. Bryant.
Mrs. Mary Farrell, publicity.
Sister Mary Finbarr, R. S. M..
principal of the school, welcomed
the mothers and asked their co
operation in making the school
year a successful one.
Welcome
St. Joseph's Hospital
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i LWAYS interested in the progress of Augusta . . .
^ and in the development of its many facilities for
the public welfare . . the Citizens & Southern Na
tional Bank joins with all Augusta in welcoming the
magnificent new St. Joseph's Hospital—destined to
play an integral and irryjorfant part in the community
•—and in offering sincere good wishes to the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Corondeiet for a long and successful fu
ture.