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Catholic Lay
men's Association
of Georgia
"To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed"
Vol. XXXIII. No. 11
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, 1952
ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAR
CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA HOLDS
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION IR WAYCROSS
Marshall Wellborn, of Rome
Again Elected as President
Most Reverend Francis E. Hyland D. D. ( J, C. ,D.,
Offers Convention Mass—Reverend Joseph G,
Cox of Philadelphia Addresses Afternoon Session
AT GEORGIA LAYMENS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION—Pictured above at the annual conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, held in Waycross, are, left to right, Father
Joseph G. Cox, J. C. D„ ol Philadelphia, the guest speaker; the Most Reverend Frands E Hyland,
D D J. C. D. Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, and Father W ilham I. Collins, S. M., ol ol.
Joseph’s Church, Waycross.—(Photo by Flanders Studio).
PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS IN LAYMEN’S CONVENTION PROGRAM—Prominent among those
participating in the annual convention of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia, pictured,
left to right, are Frank Tassone, of Waycross, re-elected a member of the Executive Committee;
John M Brennan, of Savannah, elected Secretary; Edward M. Stone president of the Waycross
Branch- Mayor Sam Odum of Waycross, who welcomed the visiting delegates; Marshall Wellborn,
of Rome, who was re-elected President of the association, and Harvey Hill, ot Atlanta, who was re
elected Vice-President.—(Photo by Flanders Studio).
9,109 Students Attending
Catholic Schools in Georgia
Hullctias
ATLANTA, Ga. — Father Cor
nelius L. Maloney, Ph.D., Super
intendent of Schools for the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, has an
nounced that for the 1952-53 school
year, Catholic schools in Georgia
have a total enrollment of 9,109
students.
This enrollment, the largest in
the history of the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, includes 590 pupils
in kindergarten or nursery schools.;
7.147 elementary grade pupils, and
1,372 high school students.
There are ten high schools in the
Diocese, eight for white students
ad two for Colored students;
thirty-three elementary schools,
twenty-six for white pupils and
seven for Colored pupils.
In the white elementary schools,
which have a total enrollment of
5,490, there are 4,745 Catholic
pupils and 545 non-Catholic pupils
In the Colored elementary schools
there arel,657 pupils, 510 Catholic,
1.147 non-Catholic.
In the high schools for white
students, there are 1,194 students,
958 Catholic students and 236 non-
Catholic students. In the high
schools for Colored students, there
are 178 students, 67 of whom are
Catholics, til non-Catholics.
Savannah is the city in Georgia
with the greatest number of stu
dents in Catholic schools, 2.584;
Atlanta, next with 2,141, and Au
gusta, third with 1,340.
Other Georgia towns with Catho
lic schools are Albany, Athens.
Brunswick. Chamblee, Columbus,
Decatur, Fort Oglethorpe, Griffin,
Lakeland, Macon, Milledgeville,
Rome, Savannah Beach. Thunder
bolt, Valdosta, Washington and
Waycross.
Religious Orders conducting
schools in the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta include the Benedic
tine Fathers, the Marist Fathers,
the Marist Brothers, Sisters of
Mercy, Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet, Grey Nuns of the
Sacred Heart, Missionary Francis
can Sisters of the Immaculate Con
ception, Sisters of St. Dominie
(Adrian, Michigan), Sisters of
Notre Dame de Namur, School
Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament, Sisters
Adorers of the Most Precious
Blood, Missionary Sisters of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and
Sisters of the Third Order Regu
lar of St. Francis (Allegany, N. Y.).
Sister Mary James, C. S. J., is
Superviser for the Elementary
Grades, and the Educational Psy
chology Consultors are T. George
Forna, M. A., Ph D., and Monsig
nor Leo M. Byrnes, M. A. LL.D.
BISHOP PATRICK J. BYRNE,
Apostolic Delegate to Korea, now
presumed dead, could easily have
escaped his fate. He and other
Catholic foreign missioners and a
number of Korean priests were
seized by the Reds in the summer
of 1950. But all could easily have
fled south before the advancing
armies. They preferred to risk
arrest, imprisonment, suffering,
perhaps dea*h in the hope of ren
dering spiritual service to the
Korean people.
Nuncio to Ireland
Offers Mass for
Late Ambassador
DUBLIN (Radio, NC)—Francis
P. Matthews, late U, S. ambassador
to Ireland, was lauded for outstand
ing Catholic loyalty by Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara as he offered a
Requiem Mass for him at the Uni
versity Church here.
Archbishop O’Hara is Papal
Nuncio to Ireland and Bishop of
Sav .mah-Atlanta.
Those present at the Mass in
cluded President Sean T. O’Kelly,
members of the government and a
number of foreign diplomats.
Mr. Matthews, who was repeat
edly honored by the Holy See,
Archbishop O’Hara said, served his
country with unsurpassed loyalty
and devotion at a time of excep
tional difficulty and crisis. He
ended his life in his country’s for
eign services as ambassador to the
land ot his forefathers which he
dearly loved, the Archbishop added.
COMMENTING on the U. S.
Presidential election, the Vatican
Radio said that “the people of the
world will rejoice at the election
of such a prominent international
figure as Eisenhower.”
“It is now certain,” the station
said, “that under his leadership
the United States wilt continue to
hold its pre-eminent position in
the efforts to solve the great
problems facing humanity.”
GENERAL -JOACHIM SHIN,
commanding the Korean Marine
Corps, has entered the Catholic
Church with his wife and four chil
dren. Dr, John Chang, former
Prime Minister and ex-Ambassa-
dor to the United States, was
sponsor for the family.
THE ATLANTA Christian Coun
cil, a Protestant ministerial group,
has approved a motion to petition
the school boards to release city
and county public school children
an hour each week for religious
instruction.
AT THE 14th ANNUAL MEET
ING of the Association of Eve
ning: Colleges, held at the Atlanta
Division of the University of
Georgia, Father Henry J. Wirten-
burger, S. J., director of the Eve
ning College of Commerce, Uni
versity of Detroit, was elected
president of the association-
(Special to The Bulletin) |
WAYCROSS, Ga. — Marshall j
Wellborn, of Rome, was re-elected j
president of The Catholic Lay- j
men’s Association of Georgia for j
a second term at the Thirty-sev- j
enth annual convention of the as- j
sociation which was held at the
Ware Hotel on October 26, and j
Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G., of!
Macon, one of the founders of the |
Laymen’s Association, continues j
as honorary vice president, an of
fice to which he was elected at
the 1946 convention held in Sa
vannah.
E. M. Heagarty. of Waycross ;
identified with the work of the
Catholic Laymen's Association
since it was founded thirty-seven
years ago. was elected honorary
vice president at this meeting.
Other officers of the association
Who were-re-elected were Harvey
Hill, of Atlanta, yice president;
Joseph P. Meyer, Columbus, treas- !
urer. John M. Brennan, of Sa
vannah, replacing Charles C.
Chesser of Augusta as secretary.
Hugh Kinchley, of Augusta, ex- j
ecutive secretary of the associa-j
tion; Cecile C. Ferry, Augusta, fi- j
nancial secretary, and Alvin M.
MeAuliffe. Augusta, auditor, who I
hold office by appointment of the
president under the provisions of j
the Constitution and By-Laws of ■
the Laymen’s Association, as
amended by the convention, were j
reappointed by President Well- j
born, with the approval of the ex-
ecutive secretary.
Re-elected to membership on the
executive committee were Fred i
| Wiggins, Albany; Mrs. L. Eugene
| Mock, Albany; Dr. T. H. McHatton,
Athens; Bernard J. Kane, K. S. S.,
Atlanta; Estes Doremus, Atlanta:
Joseph L. Owens, Brunswick;
Holst C. Beall. Macon; Hugh H
Grady K. S. G., Savannah; and
Frank Tassone, Waycross.
Newly elected members of this
committee are Miss Annette Dan-
ielly, Columbus, and Charles C.
Smith, Americus who replace Mrs.
Richard H. Fleming, of Columbus
and John M. Brennan, of Savan
nah.
The gathering was honored by
the Most Reverend Francis E. Hy
land, D. D. J. C. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who
was celebrant of the Mass offered
at St, Joseph's Church.
Following the Mass, the morning
session, held in the Lyric Theatre
with President Wellborn, presid
ing, opened with the singing of
the National Anthem by the as
sembly, and prayer offered by His
Excellency Most Reverend Fran
cis E. Hyland, D. D. J. C. D.
First in order of business was
the appointment of the following
committees by President Marshall
Wellborn: Nominating Committee
B. J. Kane, K. S. S., Atlanta; Leo
J. Leonard, Columbus; Alan Mock.
Albany; Miss Gertrude Corrigan,
Atlanta; M. s. John B. McCallum,
Decatur; Valentine Stanton, Way-
cross; Miss Kitty McKenzie, Sa
vannah; N. T. Stafford, Savannah;
and Mrs. William C. Broderick,
Thunderbolt. Resolution Commit
tee: Leo Fahy, Rome; E. H. Sulli
van, Sandersville; Mrs. O. T. Ke
nan, Albany; Mrs. Clem McGowan,
Atlanta; Mfs. Joseph E. Kelly, Sa
vannah; S. D. Nimmer, Black-
shear; Miss Jewel Cason, Way-
cross; Miss Margaret Spath, Atlan
ta; and Mrs. Frank Hanna, Doug
las, Memorials Committee; N. J.
Pascullis, Macon; Victor Burdo,
Atlanta; Mrs. W. H. Freeman, Col
lege Park; Miss Mary Campbell,
i Atlanta; Mrs. Charles ScharCea-
burg, Columbus; Miss Jane Fahy,
Rome; Miss E..M. Stone, Waycross;
Mrs. C. A. McCarthy, Savannah;
and Mrs. P. D. -Joines, Brunswick.
Greetings Committee; Mrs. Frank
Tassone. Waycross; Louis Baug-
non. Atlanta: Joseph Kunze, Co
lumbus; Tan"., P. Palmer. Savan
nah: Francis A. Snyder, Thomas-
ville; Harry M, Wilson, Waycross;
James Nichols. Valdosta: Mrs.
George Kratzer, Fitzgerald; and
Dr. Etta Joel, Jesup.
Annual reports of officers were
submitted by John M. Brennan,
Savannah, who replaced Charles
C. Chesser of Augusta as State
Secretary; State Treasurer, James
P. Meyer, Columbus; Executive
Secretary Hugh Kinchley, K. S. G.,
Augusta; and President Marshall
Wellborn of Rome.
The annual report of Hughes
Spalding, of Atlanta, Treasurer of
the Endowment Fund was submit
ted by Martin J. Callaghan, K. S.
G., of Macon, chairman of the
committee.
Next in order of business was
the reports of the various local
branch presidents.
An interesting and informative
address, “The Catholic Layman
Yesterday and Today” was deliv
ered by our guest speaker Rever
end Joseph G. Cox, J. C. D., Rec
tor, St. Thomas More High School,
Philadelphia, which proved to be
the highlight of the convention.
Congratulatory messages for the
success of the work of the Lay
men’s Association were received
from the Holy Father, Pope Pius
j XII, Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah-
; Atlanta, and Bishop Michael J.
Keyes, D. D., of Washington, D.
j C., and Father John H. Hillman of
California.
Georgia Catholics
Urged to Contribute
To Clothing Drive
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Most
Reverend Francis E. Hyland, D. D.,
J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, has announced
that in cooperation with War Re
lief Services — National Catholic
Welfare Conference, the annual
Clothing Drive to aid the refugees
and homeless people of the war-
torn lands of the world, will be
taken up throughout the Diocese
the week of November 23-30, un
der the direction of Father Cor
nelius L. Maloney, Ph. D.
Another winter faces the home
less and the up-rooted and our
Priests overseas continue to beg
for clothing for those many mil
lions of expellees and refugees in
Europe and the Far East. In Korea
the situation is unchanged and
millions of the helpless victims of
the war will look to the Catholics
of America for help. Out of
China come appeals that are heart
rendering.
Parish organizations are being
urged to assist in the collection
of clothing and shoes.
A DOMINICAN NUN, Sister
Aidan Quinlan, was an innocent
victim of the recent riots in South
Africa. The rioters stoned and
overturned the car in which the
Irish-born assistant doctor at St.
Peter Claver Clinic in a native
suburb of Durman, was driving and
set it a fire. She was burned t<»
death,in the flaming automobile-