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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah - Atlanta
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
Vol. XXXVI, No. 2
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1955.
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ST. ANNE’S DEDICATED
Joint Meeting To Stress
Church's 'Greatest Need'
His Excellency the Most Rev. William D. O’Brien of the Catholic Church Extension Society is
pictured as he blessed the Chapel of St. Anne’s, Richmond Hill. The new chapel is the former Mar
tha Mary Chapel which was build by Henry Ford. The building was purchased by the Diocese
and now serves the Catholics of the Richmond Hill area. Necessary alterations were made possible
through the Extension Society. The Rev. Michael J. Regan is in charge of the Chapel. (Andrew
Bunn photo)
PRIEST BROTHERS ASSIST
AT SILVER JUBILEE HASS
Clerical
Appointmeats
His Excellency, Bishop Hy
land, wishes to announce the fol
lowing changes and appoint
ments among the diocesan cler
gy:
Rev. Thomas H. Payne, from
assistant rector of the Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, Sav
annah, to Administrator pro tern
of the Church of St. Michael,
Savannah Beach.
Rev. Ralph Seikel, newly or
dained, to assistant rector of the
Church of the Blessed Sac
rament, Savannah.
Rev. Francis J. Donohue, as
sistant rector of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, Savan
nah, to the office also of Dioce
san Director of the Confraterni
ty of Christian Doctrine, Sav
annah.
Rev. Joseph F. Ware, from as
sistant rector of the Church of
St. Thomas More, Decatur, to as
sistant rector of the Church of
St. John the Evangelist, Hape-
ville.
Rev. Leonard F. X. Mayhew,
newly ordained, to assistant rec
tor of the Church of St. Thomas
More, Decatur.
Rev. John Mulroy, newly or
dained, to assistant rector pro
tern of the Co-Cathedral of
Christ the King, Atlanta.
Rev. Robert Teoli, newly or
dained, to assistant rector of the
Church of Saint Theresa, A1
bany.
GRIFFIN, Ga. — A very rare
event took place recently in
Sacred Heart, Griffin, Ga. The
Rev. Walter Kuhn C.SS.R. cele
brated his silver jubiliee, assist
ed by his three brothers, who
are also priests of the Redemp-
torist Order. At his Solemn High
Mass of Thanksgiving, his old
er brother, Father Stephen Kuhn,
chaplain of Fort Howard Md.
was master of ceremonies: his
younger brother, Fathers Gerard
and Kenneth were his deacon and
sub-deacon respectively.
Father Walter Kuhn, after fin
ishing St. Patrick’s Parochial
school, Erie Pa. enrolled at St.
Mary’s College North East Pa.
for four years of high school
and two years of college. Enter
ing the novitiate at Ilehester,
Md. he resumed his studies for
the priesthood at Mt. Saint Al-
phonsus Seminary. Esopus N. Y.
and was ordained there in June
of 1930. After his second noviti
ate, Father Kuhn was appointed
as a professor at the Redemp-
torist preparatory college at
North East. After several years
of teaching, he was assigned to
the foreign missions in the Vir
gin Islands. Over the years he
has occupied parish posts in New
York, Philadelphia, and Balti
more. Now he is the present pas
tor of Sacred Heart, Griffin, Ga.
Father Kuhn is the son of the
late Mr. Joseph Kuhn and Mrs.
Elizabeth Kuhn of Erie Pa. Due
to her advanced age of eighty-
two, his mother was unable to
attend his jubilee Mass in Grif
fin.
“JOTTINGS” IS
NEW FEATURE
“Jottings”, by Barbara C.
Jancks, makes its first appear
ance in this issue of The Bul
letin.
Miss Jencks, who is on the
staff of The Providence Visitor,
diocesan newspaper, is a convert,
becoming attracted to the Church
shortly after her graduation from
college.
Arthur of two books, “Christ’s
Own”, a history of religious or
ders for women and a travel
book, “Irish Jauntings,” she is
at work on a third, “Saints for
Women Who Work.”
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Of high in
terest to the people of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta will
be the Ninth Regional Congress
of The Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine, which will be held
at the General Oglethorpe Hotel,
Wilmington Island, Savannah,
October 21, 22, 23, 1955. Sharp
ening the interest of the priests,
religious and laity of the Diocese
in this all-important Congress
will be the Fortieth Annual Con
vention of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association, which will take
place in conjunction with the
Congress. The Congress will
bring to the Diocese of Savan
nah-Atlanta priests, religious and
laity from the many dioceses,
constituting the Province of Bal
timore. This means, then, in at
tendance will be delegates from
Deleware to Florida. Already
five Bishops have accepted invi
tations to address the Congress
on matters, relating to lay-par
ticipation in the work of the
hierarchy. Religious and lay
leaders of national prominence
have likewise indicated that they
will be on hand to enrich the
program of the Congress through
active participation in its Work
shops.
Long a leader in the field of
Catholic Action and translating
in a very and practical sense
the call of Saint Pius X to re
store all things in Christ, the
Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia will find in the Con
gress an identity of aims and ob
jectives and through the pro
gram of the Congress orienta
tion and direction in the chal
lenging days ahead. Bishop Hy
land reflecting on the magnifi
cent achievements of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association and
the world-wide acclaim that
these achievements have brought
to the Diocese of Savannah-At
lanta has expressed himself as
particularly pleased that he has
been enabled to bring to the
Laymen’s Association in conven
tion a program so rich in promise
as that of the Ninth Regional
Congress of The Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine.
No society or confraternity in
the Church enjoys a greater dis
tinction and position in the
Church. It is the Confraternity
pre-eminent and according to
Canon Law it takes priority over
all other societies and confra
ternities.
It is required that it be or
ganized in every parish Its ac
cent is on lay-participation. As
Saint Pope Pius X expressed it,
“The greatest need in the Church
to save society is an organized
group of Catholic lay people in
every parish throughout the
world, at the same time virtu
ous, well-instructed, determined
and really apostolic.”
Through its forty years of his
tory the Laymen’s. Association
has brought about a friendlier
spirit among Georgians, irrespec
tive of creed. Like so m a n!y
Apollos (Acts. 18,24; I Cor. 3,6.),
the members of the Laymen’s
Association through their under
standing of the good-will of
Georgians generally have been
enabled to defeat the profession
al bigot and the panderer of in
tolerance within the State and
have created a condition wherein
the many seek a fuller under
standing of the Church, her
teachings and her practices. Now
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JUBILEE MASS
Rev. Richard Morrow, newly
Rev. Joseph Beltran, newly or-
ordained, to assistant rector pro
tern of the Church of St. Patrick,
Augusta.
dained, to assistant rector pro
tern of the Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, Atlanta.
These appointments are effec
tive immediately.
Shown celebrating his Jubilee Mass is the Rev. Walter Kuhn C.SS.R. assisted by his three
brothers, who are also priests of the Redemptorist Order. His older brother, Father Stephen Kuhn,
was Master of ceremonies: his younger brothers Fathers Gerard and Kenneth were his Deacon
and Sub-Deacon.