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TWENTY-TWO THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 27, 1952 ^ ' • -Sy" ^ OLDEST MANUSCRIPT BIBLE IN AMERICA: Believed-to be the oldest complete manuscript Bible in America, is this rare volume from the Bible Collection of the Friedsam Memorial Library at St. Bona- venture University, St. Bonaventure, N. Y. It is a complete Latin Vulgate Edition of the Holy Bible from the translation by St. Jerome, completed over 750 years ago. Comprising the entire Old and New Testament it was entirely written by hand by an unknown scribe iwhose 90,000 lines have left us a monument of devotion to the Word of God. (NCWC) AUGUSTA CONCRETE BLOCK COMPANY MANUFACTURERS Concrete Block Perma - Stone Route 4—Box 365-B, Hamburg ot Fifth Street Bridge 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 The CiTKFNs & Southern National Bank Athens Atlonto Augusta Mo con Savonnah * | Valdosta Thin Hattie Is « Wember af the Federal ltepa»it Insurance Carparatian 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.