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TEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA'’'MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FEBRUARY 18, 1956 CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE JESUITS SERVING AUGUSTA Jesuits at Sacred Heart Church and College during these years were: Under Father O’Shanahan, Fathers Wm. A. Wilkinson, pres ident of the College, C. Ruhl- mann, N. Davis, F. Garbely, James Lonergan, Michael Ken ny, J. J. Gudgeon, Patrick Mar- nane, Messrs., John Salter. J. Lambert, R. Brooks and E. J. Cummings, the later president of Loyola University of the South and Provincial; under Father Wilkinson, most of the foregoing plus Fathers A. L. Maureau, J. Oberholzer, A. de Stockeper, L. Meyer, John Brislan; Henry A. Devine, and D. J. Foulkes;- under Father Sherry, Fathers Loner gan, Rene Macreadv, Davis, Ken ny, H. Fleuren, J. Chanard, Mey er, Devine, L. C. Bashnal, Maur eau, Paul E. Elfer, John M. Cronin, James McLaughlin, P. T. Phillips, Peter McDonnell, Andrew Brown, Patrick Red wood, Michael Tiernan, Linus A. Schuler, Thomas F. Stritch, ; Michael Walsh, John Buckley, ^ouis Stagg 'and Thomas Hegar- <y; under Father Salter, Fathers Lonergan, Schuler, McLaughlin, Thomas H. Borteil, Stagg, James J.. McKervey, Fleuren, Red mond; under Father Ryan, Fath ers A. C. McLaughlin, Elfer, Macreadv, Oliver Semmes and John Brennan. NEW PARISH FOR NEGROES The Diocesan clergy and the ■ iesuit Fathers had through the years ministered to the compara tively few Negro Catholics of Augusta. As early as 1880 the Missionary Franciscan Sisters jf 'the Immaculate Conception had an orphanage and novitiate ‘here, but they closed after a tew years. The Sisters resumed work there on the Feast of the immaculate Conception, Decem ber 8, 1901, and the following year, on Octboer 4, 1902, Bishop i Have Your Doctor Phone Us Your Prescription Peachtree Road Pharmacy 4084 PEACHTREE RD„ N. E. PHONE EX. 4651 BROOKHAVEN, GA. MECHANICS OVERALL LAUNDRY 251 WALKER ST., S. W. MU. 8-2146 ATLANTA, GA. WE REPAIR SHOES EXPERTLY ClAIRMONT SHOE REPAIR 141 CLAIRMONT AVE. DECATUR, GA. DE. 3676 Keiley dedicated their new orphanage on Marbury Street. Here at St. Benedict’s Home be tween 1902 and 1910 they pro vided a haven for 120 homeless or neglected Negro children; the Jesuit Fathers at Sacred Heart Church were chaplains at the home and the mission. In this period they baptized 64 colored persons. In 1909 the Society of African Missions, which had started their apostolic Georgia work in Sav annah under the leadership of Father Ignatius Lisener, Pro vincial, took charge of the mis sion in Augusta. Then known as that of St. Francis Xavier, it was located in a store at 1254 Marbu ry Street. Father Eugene Peter was the first pastor, assisted by Father J. B. Baillent; the latter was succeeded the year follow ing by Father Alfred J. Laube. In 1912 Father Laube became pastor, remaining in that capaci ty for over 23 years. FRANCISCAN SISTERS Father Peter had opened a school on Florence Street with the Missionary Franciscan Sis ters as teachers. Father Laube and Father Alphonse Barthlen, his assistant for a decade, took up the work started so zealous ly and ably by Father Peter, They labored with such energy and effectiveness that within a few years the parish had a com modious church, dedicated by Bishop Keiley to the Immaculate Conception, a splendid school, a substantial rectory and, subse quently, a large parish hall, one of the finest groups of religious building's in the city or area, and certainly the finest serving Ne groes. In 1922 there were 150 girls and 180 boys in Immaculate Conception School and 25 child ren in St. Benedict’s Orphanage, with 11 Missionary Franciscan Sisters in charge of them. ST. MARY'S-ON-THE-HILL Augusta had a disastrous fire in 1916 which swept from the center of the city to the east boundary. The property loss ran into the millions, and hundreds of homes as well as much busi ness property was destroyed. Fortunately all the church prop erty was out of the path of the flames. Many who lost their homes did not rebuild on their old sites but went to The Hill section, nationally famous as a winter resort. Among them were a number of Catholic families, making a new parish in that sec tion advisable. Bishop Keiley in 1918 com missioned Father McMahon, pas tor of St. Patrick’s Church, to do the preliminary work, and then acquired a most desirable tract of land with a substantial house on . Mbnte Sano Avenue, on the ridge of The Hill. In 1919, Father James A. Kane, who was rector of the Cathedral in Savannah, was named pastor. Camp Hancock nearby, where tens of thousands of soldiers had been trained in World War I, as in the Spanish-American War, was disposing of some of its buildings. Out of purchases he made, Father Kane erected an attractive and commodious church; the house on the prop erty he remodeled as a rectory. Mass was said 7 in the rectory un til the. dedication of the church on November 30, 1919. ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY St. Joseph’s Academy, Wash ington, where for 35 years the Sisters of St. Joseph had been educating and training girls from Southern families, with Sister Sacred Heart personify ing its spirit, was destroyed by fire on November 21 1912, thus reducing to ashes the physical indication of a work they inaugurated in 1876. On the ad vice of Bishop Keiley they de cided to rebuild not in Washing ton but in the more populous Augusta. They secured a splen did tract of land in the health ful Hill section; the cornerstone of the new school was laid July 6, 1913. The academy flourished in its new location; its building wSs one of the finest education al structures in the South. But again tragedy struck it; financial reverses including a bank failure and other circum stances. over which the Sisters had no control made it necessa ry for them to give up their magnificent school, which be came the famous Lenwood Hotel and is now. a government hos pital for disabled veterans. In 1916 the academy, which was also the motherhouse of the Sis ters of St. Joseph in Georgia, moved to Chateau La Vert, a beautiful estate, also in The Hill section of Augusta, not far from St. Mary’s Church. This fine old Southern home, which had Ge orge Washington as a guest in 1794 and Lafayette in 1825, was acquired by the Sisters through the generosity of Mrs. Kate Flan nery Semmes, a friend and bene factress of the Order and of ma ny other Catholic activities through the years. THE WASHINGTON PARISH The Sisters of St. Joseph con tinued to care for St. Joseph’s Home in Washington and to con duct Sacred Heart Seminary for Boys in Sharon. There were 105 pupils at the school in Augusta in 1922—it was now known as Mt. St. Joseph Academy — 70 boys in the Sharon school and 45 boys in the orphanage at Washington. Father J. B. David succeeded the beloved Father O’Brien as pastor in Washing ton when he died May 11, 1900, remaining until 1906, with Fath er Hennessy relieving him for a time in 1902. Father T. J. Mor row was there in 1907 and 1908, Father McMahon prior to 1914, and Father Schadewell from that time until after Bishop Keiley’s retirement. With the exception of a few years, all of Father O’Brien’s priestly life was spent with the parish and the orphans in Wash ington; he served in Augusta as assistant in 1873 and as pastor from 1889 to 1894, and he was pastor of the Church of the Im maculate Conception in Atlanta from 1878 to 1880. At his death his close friend, Bishop Thomas D. Beaven of Springfield, Mass., went to Washington to officiate with Bishop Keiley at his fun eral. At Sharon, the Church of the Purification was under Father David, pastor at Washington, from 1900 to 1907, when he mov ed from Washington to Sharon; he died June 13, 1909, after 16 years of service in the Diocese. Father M. J. Higgins, S.J., of Macon attended the parish in 1909 and 1910, Father Bazin. V. G., was pastor from 1910 to 1916, and Father William Quinlan then started his long pastorate of 17 years there. FATHER BAZIN'S DEATH Father Bazin ended his long career of 48 years as ,a priest of the Diocese of Savannah when he died October 21, 1916, as pas tor at Sharon. He became pastor of the Church of the Assump tion, Macon, in 1868, immediate ly after the war, remaining there until 1882 when he went to Sav annah as chancellor. Vice-presi dent of Pio Nono College in 1877 and 1878 when he was also pastor at Macon, he was pres ident from 1884 to 1886, when the college became the novitiate of the Jesuit Fathers. He was pastor at St. Patrick’s from 1886 to 1889, pastor at Washington from 1889 to 1894, chancellor of the Diocese the two years fol lowing, and then the successor of Bishop Keiley as pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Con ception, Atlanta. He went from Atlanta to St. Patrick’s, Augusta, as pastor in 1907, and to Sharon in 1909; when Father Keiley became Bishop he suceeded him as vicar general. He served not merely in the cities to which he was assigned but in their far-flung missions. Ony Bishop Keiley and Father McMahon in his time had the opportunity of knowing so many Georgians, Catholic and non-Catholic, as he. PASTORS IN MILLEDGEVILLE Milledgeville, where Sacred Heart Church was being attend ed by the Jesuit Fathers from Macon at the time of Bishop Keiley’s consecration, had Fath er Eugene O’N. Boyd as pastor in 1901; it was attended from St. Patrick’s, Augusta, in 1902, and had Father H. A. Schonhardt as pastor in 1903 and 1904. Father R. M. Hamilton was pastor from 1905 to 1910, when Father Daniel J. McCarthy succeeded him. When Father McCarthy was named pastor of the new Parish of the Blessed Sacrament in Sav annah in 1919, Father T. J. Mor row began a decade of service on the Milledgeville missions, which included Gordon, Sanders- ville, Dunlin, Sparta, Dudley, Eastman, James, Gordon,Hawk- insville and Wrightsville. (To Be Continued) (Copyright 1956) EKONOMIE BINDER CO., Inc. MANUFACTURERS Loose Leaf Binders—Any size, style or grade, stock or special. .Including Catalogue Binders. • All the Standard Sizes carried in stock for immediate delivery or Special Sizes made to order. FACTORY TO USER "One to a Million" WAlnui 2818 154 Piedmont Ave„ N. E. ATLANTA, GA. ^SWARMING? CALL INSPECTIONS LARGEST I See Your Classified Directory for Or kin Office Nearest You GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Very Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, Stale Chaplain, Albany, Ga, Henry C. Taylor, State Deputy, Atlanta, Ga. Joseph F. Kunze, Past State Deputy, Columbus, Ga. George W. Hughey, State Secretary, Albany, Ga, William O'Dowd. State Treasurer, Augusta, Ga, R. H. Casson, State Advocate, Macon, Ga. V. J. Ryan, State Warden, Savannah, Ga. Ed. P. Dalv. District Deputy, First District James J. O'Shea, District Deputy, Second District Patrick R. Mulhertn, District Deputy, Third District ATLANTA COUNCIL NO. 660 LOUIS C. BAUGNON Grand Knight HENRY C. TAYLOR Financial Secretary Council Meeting 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8 P. M. at the Council House, 1200 Peachtree Street, N. E. Club House open every evening at the above address PATRICK WALSH COUNCIL 677 FRANK C. HESLEN Grand Knight J. N. SCHWEERS, SR. Financial Secretary Meets 2nd and 4th Monday Visiting Brothers Welcome 2575 Henry St., Augusta, Ga. "MACON COUNCIL NO. 925 N. J. PASCULLIS Grand Knight ROBERT M. HOBSON Financial Secretary 2986 Houston Ave. Meets the First and Third Tuesdays at 8:15 P. M. 541 New Street, Macon, Ga. SAVANNAH COUNCIL NO. 631 JOHN M. KENNEY Grand Knight Joseph m. McDonough Financial Secretary 3 Liberty Street West Savannah, Ga. BISHOP GROSS COUNCIL NO. 1019 PHILIP J. BATASTINI Grand Knight JAMES J. O'SHEA Financial Secretary Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays 8 P. M., 802 Broadway K. C. Hall Columbus, Ga. HENRY THOMAS ROSS COUNCIL NO. 1939 R. J. CLANCEY, Grand Knight JOHN H. STILES, Financial Secretary Meets Fourth Tuesday at Xavier Hall Brunswick, Ga. ALBANY COUNCIL NO. 3607 CLARENCE R. SHOEMAKER, Grand Knight C. H. BELL, Financial Secretary Council Meets Second and Fourth Monday at 8:30 P. M, 400 N. Jefferson Street