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Vol. XXXIV No. 5
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 23, 1933
ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAH
Zamo Villa Marie
Ordained for Diocese
Catholic Music Educators Association
Holds Biennial Convention at Atlanta
To Open June 21
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Camp Villa
Marie, under the patronage of His
Excellency, Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara, and under the direction
of Father Andrew McDonald, will
•open on June 21st and close on
July 31st. The Camping season
will be divided into two sessions;
the first session will be a relig
ious session, open to children from
areas in the diocese where there is
no Catholic school. It will run
from June 21st to July 11th.
The Second session, which is
recreational in character, will run
from July 15th to July 31st. It
is open to all children between
the ages of 8 and 17. The chil
dren will be under the super
vision of the diocesan seminarians,
as well as the religious Sisters of
Mercy.
The fee for the recreational ses
sion is $20.00 per week per child.
If more than one child comes from
the same family, the fee is $16.00
per week per child. However,
every camper must remain for two
weeks.
Applicants for the religious ses
sion should consult their pastors;
those for the recreational session
may receive application blanks
either from their pastor or direct
ly from Father McDonald, P. O.
Box 1560, Savannah, Ga.
Bulletins
THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION of the Philippines
has protested in Manila, that some
school superintendents were using
their powers to force parents to
send their children to public
schools.
The protest was made in a letter
signed by the president of the
Catholic group, and addressed to
the Secretary of Education. Mr.
Paredes charged specifically that
the superintendent of the Abra
Province had refused to give cards
to elementary school graduates to
prevent them from enrolling in
Catholic and other private schools.
THE PROFOUND RESPONSI
BILITY of the families to protect
the spiritual and material interests
of children was emphasized in a
papal message to the fourth con
gress of the International Catholic
Child Bureau held at Constance
Germany.
More than 400 delegates from 19
countries attended the congress of
the Bureau, which was founded in
1947. It is an organization aimed
at studying childhood problems
under all their aspects, except
specific school concerns. Head
quarters of the organization is in
Paris.
THE FIRST MASS since 1538,
when the community was dis
possessed. has been offered at
Clare Priory in Suffolk, eastern
England, the first home of the Au-
gustinians in England.
The old house has been returned
to Catholic hands and in a room
temporarily converted into a chapel
tile first Mass was offered by
Father Joseph Curtis, O. S. A.,
former Prior of St. Augustine’s in
Cork. Ireland.
A RADIO MESSAGE from His
Holiness Pope Pius XII on Pente
cost Sunday (May 24) will be the
high point of the Danish National
Catholic convention which opens
here on May 22.
His Eminence Josef. Cardinal
Frings, Archbishop of Cologne,
will celebrate Pontifical Mass in
Copenhagen Stadium in the
presence of all the Bishops of the
Scandinavian Countries.
THE SEVENTEENTH annual In
stitute on Industry and Social Ac
tion will take place at Catholic
University of America from June
14 to 20. it has been announced.
Sponsored by the Social Action
Department of the National Catho
lic Welfare Conference, the In
stitute will deal with the prob
lems of women workers in indus-
try, the professions and other
ttekts.
REV. JOHN J. CUDDY
REV. JOHN D. STAPLETON
ATLANTA, Ga. — The sixth Bi
ennial Convention of the National
Catholic Music Educators Associa
tion was held at the Biltmore ho
tel here from May 3 through 6.
This convention commemorated the
fiftieth anniversary of Pope Pius
X’s Motu Propio, a treatise on Sa
cred music and the 10th anniver-
versary of the founding of the Na
tional Catholic Music Educators
Association.
The Very Reverend Monsignor
Thomas J. Quigley, Pittsburgh, Pa.
was reelected president of the As
sociation in. its final session on
Wednesday.
Also reelected were: the Very
Rev. Edward J. Goebel, Milwaukee,
Wis., first vice-president; Sister
Mary Georgia, Dubuque, Iowa, re
cording secretary; and Clifford A.
Bennett, Toledo, Ohio, treasurer.
Dr. Theodore Marier, director of
music at Boston College, Mass.,
was elected second vice-president.
His Excellency the Most Rev
erend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J.
U. D., Archbishop-Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta opened the convention
with the celebration of a Pontifi
cal Mass at the Cathedral of Christ
the King on Monday, May 4. Mu
sic at this mass was furnished by
a choir composed of Atlanta Paro
chial School students from the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Following the mass the delegates
convened at 11 a. m. in the Exhi
bition Hall in the Biltmore hotel,
to hold its first general meeting.
Principal speakers at this session
were the Right Reverend Monsig
nor Frederick G. Hochwalt, Ph.D.,
secretary-general of the National
Catholic Educational Association,
and the Very Rev. Msgr. Henry C.
Bezou, superintendent of schools
in the archdiocese of New Orleans.
At 8:30 that evening a concert
was presented by the Xavier Uni
versity Choir from New Orleans,
La., under the direction of Norman
Bell.
On Tuesday, May 5, the day’s
activities were opened with the cel
ebration of a Pontifical Mass at
9:00 a. m. at the Co-Cathedral. The
ALBANY, Ga. — The Most Rev
erend Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., J.
U.D., Archbishop Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta was guest of honor at
a reception given him by members
of Saint Theresa’s parish on the
evening of May 6th.
On the following day the Arch
bishop inspected the new St. The
resa’s School. This was the first
time that he had seen the new
building.
The May 7 issue of the Albany
Herald contained an account of
the reception given in honor of
Archbishop O’Hara. This article
was written by Jimmy Robinson,
Herald managing editor and quoted
the archbishop as saying “The
Church is living the life of the
catacombs behind the Iron Curtain
in Europe.” He said that the peo
ple behind the Iron Curtain attend
secret masses and hold private
meetings in their homes, “but the
faith remains strong neverthe
less.”
The Archbishop said his first few
months in Bucharest were “nor
mal,” then on March 19, 1947 the
Communists arrested the first
Catholic priest who, after a protest
was freed in three weeks.
“Endless persecutions” followed.
Some of the priests were released
but others detained.
Archbishop O’Hara said that in
1948 the Communists of Romania
changed their tactics and their con
stitution attempting to “national
ize” the Romanian church, separat
ing it from the Vatican. This at
tempt failed because the Catholics
refused to transfer their allegiance.
Following this refusal the gov
ernment started mock trials, based
on trumped-up charges, and forced
confessions, a general campaign
against the Catholic Church. Many
l of the officials died “in the worst
Right Reverend Robert McGann,
O.C.S.O., Abbot of Our Lady of
the Holy Ghost Abbey officiating.
Music at the mass was sung by the
Trappist Choir of the Monastery
at Conyers.
The Very Reverend Monsignor
Thomas J. Quigley, Ph.D., conduct
ed Tuesday's general meeting
which was held at 11 a. m. Mon
signor Quigley in addition to be
ing the president of the Associa
tion is editor of their publication
THE BULLETIN, and superinten
dent of the Catholic schools in the
diocese of Pittsburgh.
The evening session began at
8:30 and consisted of a concert,
given by the southern High School
Students Chorus composed of more
than 200 voices and a public con
cert given by the Atlanta Sympho
ny String Quartet.
The Students Chorus was under
the direction of Maynard Jacob
Klein, associate professor of cho
ral music and director of the choir
at the University of Michigan.
Although not officially opened
until Monday two special sessions
were held Sunday by the liturgical
department. These gatherings
proved especially interesting to
choir directors in the Atlanta area.
More than 650 delegates attend
ed the three day meeting the ma
jority of which were nuns and cler
gy, as one of the primary aims of
the Association is to raise the stan
dards of music education in Catho
lic schools throughout the nation
The Reverend Cornelius L. Ma
loney, superintendent of schools
was general chairman and host to
the convention, first ever to he
held in the South.
Committee chairmen included:
Registration, Mrs. Edwin M. Scha
fer; Hotel Reservations, Mrs. Or
ville May; Student Chorus, Mrs
Lawrence J. McEvoy; Student
Housing, Mrs. Charles L. Harris,
and Mrs. W. Rieker; Transporta
tion, Mrs. Russell Bellman: So
cial for Sister Delegates, Mrs. P.
J. Doran; Luncheons, Mrs. Joseph
Brennan; Tickets, Mrs. Frank Bos
ton, Jr.; Ushers, Sister Marie Ce
line, C. S. J.
prisons in all of Europe,” said the
Archbishop.
Archbishop O'Hara then told of
his own expulsion from Romania,
his return to America and later
his assignment to Ireland.
Archbishop Makes
Visit to Augusta
AUGUSTA. Ga. — Archbishop
Gerald P. O'Hara. Bishop of Savan-
nah-Atlanta, visited Augusta on
April 28th to tour the cities Cath
olic schools and inspect the recent
ly completed St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal which is conducted by the Sis
ters of St. Joseph of Corondelet.
The Archbishop stated that he
was greatly pleased with the new
hospital, remarking “My visit at
St. Joseph’s included an inspection
of the building in all its parts. I
admired the perfection of the
building and its equipment. It is
modern-in every detail, and I am
sure it will be a great benefit to
the community.” He was accom
panied on his tour of the hospital
by Mother Eulaila and Sister Mary
Louise.
The Archbishop, accompanied by
Alvin M. McAuliffe, called on
George A. Sancken, Sr., and W.
Inman Curry to express his sin
cere gratitude for “their splen
did cooperation” in building the
Catholic Hospital.
Father John J. Kennedy, V. F.,
was host to the Archbishop at a
luncheon for the clergy of the
city.
Following the luncheon there
was a tour of the Catholic schools
of Augusta. Schools visited by
Archbishop O’Hara included Boys
Catholic High School, Mount Saint
Joseph’s Academy, Sacred Heart,
and the Immaculate Conception
school.
Two Priests Are Ordained for Diocese
Of Savannah-Atlanta on May Fourteenth
SAVANNAH, Ga. — On Ascen
sion Thursday, May 14, the Rev.
John J. Cuddy and Rev. John D.
Stapleton were ordained priests of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
Father Stapleton, a native Sa-
vannahian, and the son of Mrs.
Catherine Storer Stapleton and the
late John D. Stapleton, was or
dained at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist:. -
On Sunday morning, May 17,
Father Stapleton celebrated his
first solemn high mass in the Sa
cred Heart Church, Savannah, of
which parish he is a member.
Officers of the mass were Arch
priest, the Very Rev. Robert J.
Brennan, O.S.B., pastor of Sacred
Heart Church; deacon, Father Fe
lix G, Donnelly of Warner Robins;
subdeacon, the Rev. Richard C,
O’Connell, assistant pastor of St.
Francis of Assisi Church, Roch
ester, N. Y.; master of ceremonies,
the Rev. Andrew J. McDonald, J.C.
D., chancellor of the diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta.
Father Stapleton attended the
Marist Brothers School and then
entered the Benedictine Military
School where he graduated in
1943. He received his A. B. de
gree from Georgetown University,
Washington, D. C„ in 1947 and
completed his philosophical and
theological studies at St. Bernard’s
Seminary, Rochester, N. Y.
On the same day at St. Jo
seph’s Cathedral, Hartford, Conn.,
the Rev. John ,T. Cuddy was or
dained by the Most Rev. Henry J.
O’Brien, D.D., bishop of Hartford,
for work in the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta.
Father Cuddy celebrated his
first solemn high mass May 17 at
St. Joseph’s Church, New Haven,
Conn. Sermon at this mass was
delivered by the Right Reverend
Monsignor Patick J. O’Connor, di
rector of the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception, Wash
ington, and a priest of the Savan
nah-Atlanta Diocese.
Bishop Hyland
Confirms Class
At Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ga.—A Class of
210 adults and children received
the Sacrament of Confirmation at
the Holy Family Church on the
afternoon of April 22. Bishop
Francis E, Hyland. D.D., J.U.D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta conferred the
Sacrament.
Assisting in the services were the
Reverend James J. Salway and the
Reverend Mark Sterbenz. Father
John Regan was master of cere
monies.
Clergy present in the sanctuary
included Father Phillip MeCon-
ville, Father Edward Bank, Fath
er Ignatius S.D.S., Father Gustine,
S.D.S., Father Damien, M.S.S.S.T.,
Father Frederick, M.S.S.S.T., Fath
er Martin Dennehy, and Father
Herman Diemel, pastor of the Holy
Family Church-
A native of New Haven, Father
Cuddy is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael P. Cuddy, New Haven.
He attended St. Boniface School
and Hillhouse High School. While
at Hillhouse he was a member of
the Sentinel Editorial Board. In
his junior year he received the
Harvard Club Award. He attend
ed St. Thomas Seminary, Bloom
field, Conn., graduating from there
in 1947.
Fr. Cuddy attended St. Mary’s
Baltimore, receiving his A. B. de
gree in 1949 after which he pur
sued his theological studies, at the
Theological College, Catholic Uni
versity of America.
JOSEPH F. KUNZE
RE-ELECTED STATE
DEPUTY OF K. C.
JOE F. KUNZE
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — At the 51st
annual convention of the Georgia
State Council, Knights of Colum
bus held here on May 17, Joseph
F. Funze of Bishop Gross Council
No. 1019 Columbus, was re-elect
ed state deputy.
Other officers re-elected to serve
with Mr. Kunze are Eugene B.
McDonald, Savannah, state secre
tary; R. Habenich Casson, Macon,
state advocate; John T. Chesser,
Augusta, state treasurer, and
James J. Calvin, Atlanta, state
warden. Father Herman J. Deimel,
Columbus has been appointed state
chaplain.
The convention opened with
Mass at 9 a. m. at Saint Francis
Xavier Church with Father Vin
cent Brennan, S. M. of Atlanta
as celebrant.
FATHER JOHN J. CONSIDINE,
M.M., editor of Maryknoll, The
Field Afar, has arrived in Hong
Kong for a ten day visit as part of
a wide survey of mission work and
world conditions.
Archbishop O'Hara Honored at Albany
Describes "Life Behind Iron Curtain"