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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 25, 1955,
GREGORIAN INSTITUTE HELD
IT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
SUNDAY SCHOOL GRADUATES
Unique Exercises Mark Close
Of Shrine Sunday School Session
(By Van Buren Colley)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Grego
rian Institute of America made
its first visit to the South at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception, June 6-10, 1955. Students
from all over Georgia, Wisconsin
and Missouri came to the Shrine
to study under the Reverend Rich
ard B. Curtin and Mr. James B.
Welch.
The faculty presented methods
Of singing and teaching Gregorian
Chant and Polyphony, and dis-
. cussed the problems of the Parish
musicians. Classes were held in
the Immaculate Conception
School daily from 9 to 3, with
lunch in the school cafeteria. The
association of the students with
the teaching of the faculty, as
well as the close acquaintance
ship of the students with each
other, proved a valuable aid to
the students who will return to
their respective places through
out the South to carry on their
work.
An unusual feature of the week
of study with the Gregorian study
was the program of special music
presented each evening for the
students at the Shrine.
On Monday, June 6, at 8 p. m.,
there was a Solemn High Mass
honoring the Gregorian Institute
students. The officers of the Mass
were,: Celebrant, Reverend Rich-
,'ard B. Curtin, Faculty of the Gre
gorian Institute; Deacon, Rever
end Emanuel Traynor, C. P.; Sub-
Deacon, Reverend John Staple-
ton, Assistant Pastor of Our Lady
of Assumption Church, Chamblee,
Ga.; Master of Ceremony, Rever
end R. Donald Kiernan, Adminis
trator, Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception.
The Proper of the Mass was for
the Feast of St. Norbert. directed
by the Reverend Edward Kelly,
S. M. The Ordinary of the Mass
was under the direction of Mrs.
Howard C. Smith, Director of the
Music at Our Lady of Assump
tion, Chamblee, Ga. The choir
sang the Missa Choralis by Re-
fice. The All City Catholic Choir
was upon this occasion expanded
to a Diocesan Choir of 35 voices,
with singers from Savannah, Ath
ens, and Augusta. This choir is
©pen to all men who would like
to join, beginning their new seas
on July 14. Organist for the Mass
was Mrs. Homer F. Edwards. Jr.,
B. A., B .Ch. Mus., B. Mus., M. A.,
Director of Music, Organist for
the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, and Gregorian Insti
tute Summer Session Manager.
Mrs. Edwards played the Toccata
in E. Minor—Pachelbel; Prelude
and Fugue in C Minor—Bach; and
Basse et Dessus de Trompette—
Cleram bault.
On Tuesday evening at 8 p. m.
there was presented a program of
vocal music. The Collegium Musi-
cum, directed by Mr. Homer F.
Edwards, Jr., sang the Ave Verum
Corpus—Byrd; O Seigneur, Loue
Sera—Sweelinck; Eram Quasi Ag
nus—Vittoria; O Mangum Myste-
rium—Vittoria; Blessed Saviour,
Our Lord Jesus—Hassler; Salva
tion is Created—Tsechnekoff; O
Hex Gloriae—Palestrina; Alleluia
•—Thompson; Cantate Domino—
Schultz.
The Collegium Musicum is an
independent choral organization
brought together by Mr. Edwards
to sing Polyphony. Among the
thirty voiced choir will be found
faculty and students of Emory
University and townspeople. The
choir is open to membership to
anyone who wishes to sing this
style of music.
The Catholic Men’s Choir, di
rected by Mrs. Smith, sang the
Ecce Sacerdos—Pontificale; O Fi
ji'i, et Filiae—Traditional arrang
ed by Mrs. Smith; Omni Die, Die
lvlariae—Hohnerlein, arranged by
Rossini, and the Sanctus and Ag
nus Dei by Refice.
The Senior Male Choir of the
Immaculate Conception, directed
by Mrs. Edwards, sang' first the
Dies Irae, Dies Ilia from the Mass
for the Dead in Memoriam for
the late Very Reverend Monsig
nor James J. Grady, Pastor of the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception, who died April 26, 1955.
They also sang the Victiamae
Paschali Laudes—Sequence for
Easter; Magnificat—Solemn Tone
arranged by Grass; and the Jesu
Dulcis Memoria from the Feast of
the Holy Name of Jesus.
The Senior Male Choir for the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception is now a vested choir
of men who wish to specialize in
Gregorian Chant. They have been
presented in Griffin and Fort
Valley, as well as in three parish
es in Atlanta. They have been
honored by invitations to sing the
Titular Feast of two churches in
Georgia.
Wednesday evening at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Edwards played an organ
concert on the organ of the
Shrine. The organ was rebuilt by
John T. Widener, Jr., from a
Tracker Action 3 manual organ
with pedals. Approximately 85%
of the old organ was used in the
rebuilding and this instrument is
now proclaimed one of the finest
in the south. It has a new Schantz
Console, three manuals and Ped
als—61 note: Compass of Man
uals CC—G4; Compass of the
Pedals CCC—G, with Electro
Pneumatjc Action.
Mrs. Edwards played the Pre
lude. Fugue and Chaconne—-Bux
tehude; Our Father Who Art In
Heaven — Buxtehude; Concerto
del Signor Torelli—Walther; Fu
gue in G—Bach; Perpetuum Mo
bile, Etude for pedals alone—
Middelschulte; Chorale No. 3—
Franck; Postlude on Wachet Auf
—L’s Martin. Mrs. Edwards al
ways includes a group dedicated
to the Mother of God. In this con
cert she played to Toccata and
Kyrie on the “Cum Jubilo” Mass
—Frescobaldi; Three setting of
the Magnificat by Buxtehude,
Pachelbel, and Dupre; and a Peal
written by Mrs. Edwards for this
concert on the “Salve Regina.”
Mrs. Edwards has been present
ed in concert in Atlanta; Mon
treal, Canada; St. Louis, Missouri;
Lynchberg, Bedford, and Roan
oke, Virginia; and Washington,
D. C. This was the third concert
this year she has played at the
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception.
On Thursday evening at 8 p.m.
there was a Solemn High Mass
honoring the Gregorian Institute
Students. The officers of the Mass
were: Reverend Felix J. Donnel
ly, Pastor of Sacred Heart Church,
Warner Robins, Ga.—Celebrant;
Deacon—Reverend Joseph F.
Ware, Assistant Pastor of Parish
of St. Thomas More, Decatur. Ga.;
Master of Ceremony—Reverend
R. Donald Kiernan. Reverend
Richard B.' Curtin, visiting facul
ty member for the Gregorian In
stitute, preached the sermon.
The mass was sung by the Sen
ior Male Choir of the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception, di
rected by Mrs. Edwards. The Or
dinary was the Mass lx, Cum
Jubilo; the Ambrosian Gloria;
Credo III; Offertory—Magnificat
—Solemn Tone; Sequence—17th
Century arranged by Mrs. Ed
wards. The Proper for the Feast
of Corpus Christi was_ sung by
the Male Choir of the Shrine anti-
phonally with the members of the
faculty of the Gregorian Institute
who were in the Sanctuary.
On Friday at 1 p. m. Father
Kiernan entertained the faculty
and students at a luncheon. He
introduced each member of the
By Van Buren Colley)
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception in
Atlanta was the scene of d very
impressive ceremony Sunday,
June 5th. A unique closing ex
ercise was conducted for the
boys and girls attending public
schools and obtaining their reli
gious education under the Sun
day School program.
All of the children attended
the 10:30 mass in the pews re
served for them by classes. A
separate section was reserved for
the parents of hte children that
they might be present at this oc
casion. Immediately after mass
each child attending the Sunday
School the . past year was pre-
Gregorian Institute who express
ed their pleasure in being guests
of the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception and their pleasure in
Southern hospitality. Speaker for
the day was the Very Reverend
Monsignor Cornelius L. Maloney,
Ph. D., Superintendent of Schools,
Diocese of Savannah - Atlanta.
Monsignor Maloney welcomed the
summer session as a great step
forward for music in the diocese.
He briefly sketched the formal
history of music in this diocese
which had its greatest impetus
at the National Convention of the
National Catholic Music Educa
tors Association which met in At
lanta in 1953, by invitation of
Archbishop O’Hara. He especially
commended Sister Mary Barbara,
R. S. M., Supervisor of Music for
the Diocese, for her aids to school
music.
Although the Gregorian Insti-
tue officially closed with the
luncheon on Friday, many stu
dents stayed for the important
Pilgrimage to the Trappist Mon
astery of Our L^dy of the Holy
Ghost, Conyers, Ga. At 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, 25 students left the
Shrine in cars and reached the
Monastery for High Mass cele
brated by the Right Reverend
Dom M. Robert McGann, O. C.
S. O., Abbott of the Abbey of
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, at
9:45 a. m. Following mass was
next and then the students left
the chapel to attend a tour of the
grounds. A picnic lunch was
served in the Guest House and all
attended the Service of None. The
students received the special
blessing of the Abbott, before re
turning to Atlanta for scheduled
trains and busses to all parts of
the country.
sented a certificate by Father
Kiernan as an award for attend
ance and completion of the reli
gious instruction prescribed dur
ing the year. The certificates
printed on Parchment paper and
signed by. Father Kiernan as
Rector and J. Alton Baumgart
ner as Sunday School superin
tendent were very attractive and
will be a cherished remembrance
of the occasion.
It was quite fitting that this
last day of Sunday School should
be a special day. The enrollment
this year was almost triple the
number attending the previous
year and the largest group in
many, many years. Old timers
at the Shrine can’t remember
this many attending Sunday
School classes the past twenty
years. Another glowing tribute
to the venerable old church
which during the past several
years has sparked forth with new
life and added new achievements
to its historical glory. ,
When the sessions were begun
last fall a new problem faced
the Sunday School program. The
good sisters who had been hand
ling the instructions previously
were unable to give of their ex
perience, knowledge and time,
largely because of the far dis
tance to travel each Sunday.
With an extremely large num
ber of boys and girls desirous of
learning more about their faith
it was necessary to make the
chartge to lay teachers. The
young ladies who gave their time,
effort and patience did an excel
lent job teaching the children
and handling the calsses. All
connected with the Sunday
School, and especially the par
ents'of the children, will be for
ever indebted to Misses Grace
Perry, Barbara Etheredge, Ceil
Keeley and Mrs. Lillian Milne
and Mrs. Louise Cook, the teach
ers at the Shrine the past year.
They too were given a certificate
along with a present as a small
token of appreciation for their
attendance, cooperation and ex
cellent presentation of the re
ligious instructions assigned dur
ing this year.
You do better work with that
friendly conversation or that in
timate confidence than with
making speeches in public be
fore thousands of people.
Never thless, when speeches
have to be made, make them.
Sister Cordelia
Observes Jubilee
ATLANTA, Ga.—Sister Mary
Cordelia of the Notre Dame Sis-
sters recently celebrated her
Golden Jubilee.
Sister Cordelia, sister of Mrs.
Elizabeth Gippert of Sacred
Heart parish, is a member of
the faculty at Holy Angels Aca
demy Fort Lee. N. J.
Mrs. Gippert attended the
celebrations which were held at
St. Peters Cathedral, Willimgtdn,
Del and at Ronoake, Va.
Mrs. Robider
Dies At Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Margaret Con
nor Robider were held June 2nd,
at the Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors are a sister, Miss Em
ily Connor; two step-daughterS,
Mrs. Michael J. Egan and MfSs.
George Tucker, and several, niec
es and nephews.
WILLIAM FOREMAN
SERVICES HELD
NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C. --
Funeral services for William E.
Foreman were held June 8th at
Our Lady of Peace Church, Rev.
Joseph Murphy officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Nell Riley Foreman; daughter,
Mrs. Charles H. Pitts, Jr. of Av
ondale Estates, Ga., and three
grandchildren.
ANTHONY GENONE
SERVICES HELD
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mr. Anthony P. Genone
were held June 10th at the Im
maculate Conception Church,
Rev. Father Donald R. Kiernan
officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mr. and.
Mrs. F. Earl Davis, Mrs. Harry
DeBorde, Birmingham; Mr. and
Mrs. John Genone, Mr. and Mrs.
Lollie Jerome Genone, grandchil
dren and great grandchildren.
MRS. C. D. MILTON
SERVICES HELD
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Funeral
services for Mrs. C. D. Milton
were held June 9th at the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist, Rev.
Marvin LeFrois officiating.
Survivors are one grandson,
Billy Milton, Jacksonville, Fla.,
and two sisters-in-law, Miss Lu
cille Milton, of Savannah, and
Mrs. R. A. .Heath, of Wadley,