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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
Georgians Irre
spective of Creed”
Vol. XXXVI, No. 26.
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1956.
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
DIOCESAN CAMPAIGN PASSES $1,800,000 MARK;
U
DRIVE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS/' BISHOP SAYS
Bishop Hyland
To Dedicate
New Building
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The
new addition to Sacred Heart
Church, a large parish hall with
cafeteria facilities, will be ded
icated by His Excellency, Bishop
Hyland., on. Tuesday, May 29,
after the administration of Con
firmation in the church.
Construction on the hall be
gan in January. The total cost
was nineteen thousand dollars,
N. J. Pascullis of Macon is the
architect. Donald C. Larson,
Milledgeville, is the contractor.
Rev. John D. Toomey, pastor,
has stated that the hall will
be used for all parish meetings,
Sunday School, social gatherings,
and youth groups.
Archbishop
Visits Leeds
LEEDS, England, (NC) —
Crowds of people lined the
streets of this city to hail Arch
bishop Gerald O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta and Apostolic
Delegate to England.
Activity in this city of half
a million, center of woolen and
engineering concerns, came to a
standstill to greet the Delegate.
During the course of his five-
day visit he was officially re
ceived by the Lord Mayor, Sir
James Croysdale, and other ci
ty officials. A public reception,
which had been scheduled for
the town hall, was turned into
an open-air meeting to accom
modate the thousands who want
ed to attend.
The Archbishop preached at a
Solemn Mass in St. Mary’s
Church and addressed a con
ference of Catholic physician;;
at the nearby spa of Harrow-
gate. -
The Delegate was the house
guest of Bishop John C. Heenan
of Leeds.
BISHOP’S HOUSE
222 East Harris Street
Savannah, Georgia
To Our Beloved Laity:
Through your united prayers, work and sacrifice, the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta Fund Campaign has proved suc
cessful far beyond our expectations.
At meetings held during the spring, the Diocesan Com
mittees, as well as your Parish and Associate Chairmen, met.
with me to discuss plans for our campaign. We wanted each
campaign step to be the right one for the development of our
parishes and diocese.
During the weeks that followed these meetings, I asked
the faithful of our diocese to pray with me, that our united
effort might be crowned with success. How fully our prayers
to our Blessed Mother have been answered is demonstrated
in the extent to which we have surpassed our minimum goal.
For the success of this campaign, I thank Almighty God.
And for the generosity inspired by Him, which has made that
success a possibility, I thank you, the staunch Catholics of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
The blessings which shall flow from this great and good
work will be perpetuated in the souls, hearts and minds of all
good Catholics. We, who have contributed our prayers, our
funds, our time and our energies, cannot fail to receive our
“Fair Share” of these blessings.
May God’s blessing be upon you through all the years to
come.
Devotedly yours in Christ,
MOST REV. FRANCIS E. HYLAND,
Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
Best Organized Effort in History;
Predict Final Figure Of 51,900,000
The Bishop’s Fund Campaign for parochial and diocesan
development which ended yesterday (Friday) has reached
the $1,800,000 mark, far exceeding the campaign goal of
$1,250,000. Bishop Francis E. Hyland said the drive was suc
cessful “far beyond our expectations.”
Robert S. Lynch, Atlanta, who
with Judge W. Kirk Sutlive,
Savannah, headed the lay or
ganization, predicted the final
figure would reach $1,900 ; ,000.
The grand total will be an
nounced Sunday at all Masses in
all churches of the diocese.
Bishop Hyland said the “Fair
Share” campaign was the best
organized effort in the history of
the diocese and he was high in
his praise of the 2,500 Catholics
who worked in the organization.
The money pledged by the At
lanta parishes will be used to
build a new co-instructional high
school in Atlanta.
Cash allocations will also be
made for the education of can
didates for the diocesan priest
hood, purchase of land for the
establishment of new missions
and churches, construction of
twelve new mission churches,
financial aid for diocesan insti
tutions including orphanages, es
tablishment of Catechetical cen
ters throughout the state, ex
pansion of social services and for
camp youth activities.
The campaign headquarters
office which has been located at
44 Hunter Street, S. W., Atlan
ta, has been closed. All commu
nications and inquiries regard
ing the campaign should be di
rected to the Bishop’s Fund Cam
paign Headquarters, 2699 Peach
tree Road, Atlanta. The tele
phone number is CH 2587.
The firm of Thomas R. Finn
and Associates, Kansas City,
Missouri, who have been in the
Catholic fund-raising field for
thirty-five years conducted the
campaign which was under the
direction of Roy N. Parsons.
Members of the campaign staff
were Charles McDonell and Tho
mas C. Cauley.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Moy-
lan and Very Rev. Msgr. Corne
lius L. Maloney, PH.D. served
as executive chairmen. Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, V. F.,
and Very Rev. Daniel J. Bourke,
V.F., served as special gifts
chairmen. Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara, V.F., was publicity
chairman.
VILLA MARIE
SESSION FROM
JULY 18 TO AUG. 1
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Camp Villa
Marie will be conducted as a rec-
l'eational Camp for one session of
two weeks, from July 18th to
August 1st. The weekly rate is
§20.00 per child. In the event of
two or more children of the same
family, the rate will be §16.00 a
week for each child. Each child
attending Camp must remain for
the full two weeks.
Application blanks for the ses
sion may be obtained from the
pastors. Additional information
may be obtained directly from the
Rev. Andrew J. McDonald. P. O.
Box 1560, Savannah, Ga.
ADMISSION OF RED CHINA TO
UNITED NATIONS WOULD MAKE
MILLIONS FEEL “SOLD OUT”
By John J. Daly, Jr.
(Staff Writer, N.C.W.C.
News Service)
DALLAS, Tex. — Commun
ism conquers by deceit and then
rules by terror, demanding a
ghastly toll of human lives to
maintain its hold, Father Pat
rick O’Connor, an eye-witness
for more than a decade to the
work of the Reds in the Far East,
said here.
Father O’Connor, a correspon
dent of the N.C.W.C. News Serv
ice whose dispatches from the
Far East on the effects of com
munism in that area have won
him high praise, marked his re
turn to the United States for the
first time since 1946 by speak
ing at the civic banquet of the
46th annual Catholic Press As
sociation convention here.
The Columban priest, a vet
eran newsman and former pres
ident of the association, told
some 1,800 persons at the ban
quet that communists are “ut
terly and dreadfully consistent”
in their methods of overwhelm
ing a country.
Their first step, he said, is to
stoften resistance by deception.
In China, he pointed out, they
masked as land reformers. In
areas where most of the people
are religious, the Reds are slow
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N. J. CAMERIO ELECTED STATE
DEPUTY AT K. C. CONVENTION
Augusta Drive
Now At $179,000
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The drive
for funds for a new Central
Catholic High School here has
reached a total of §179.000.
When * constructed the new
school will be located on
Wheeless Road and will be co-
instructional. The Sisters of St.
Joseph will teach the girls while
the Marist Brothers will teach
the boys. Central facilities such
as labs, cafeteria and gym will
be used alternately by the stu
dents.
ALBANY, Ga.—Nick J. Camerio
of Macon was named state depu
ty of the Knights of Columbus
at the state convention here May
12th and 13th.
Camerio, a fourth degree
knight, has been active in Ma
con Council 925 since 1934. A
life-long resident of Macon,
Camerio has served as grand
knight and official delegate to
several conventions. Mr. Came
rio is President of the Macon
Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, Group
leader in the Christian Family
Movement, and is general chair
man of St. Joseph’s Parish an
nual Mardi’ Gras.
Elected with Camerio were:
Past State Deputy, Henry C.
Taylor, Atlanta; State Secreta
ry, William E. O’Dowd, Augusta;
State Treasurer, Edward P.
Daly, Savannah: State Advocate,
Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Albany; State
Warden, James J. Brennan,
Columbus; Alternate to State
Deputy, John M. Brennan, Sav
annah; Alternate to Past State
Deputy, Joe Kunze, Columbus.
Principle speaker at the Con
vention Banquet was Brig. Gen.
James. F. Glass (ret). General
Glass revolved h i s address
around one theme—attitude —
and embellished it with a num
ber of jokes that kept the 200
delegates in constant laughter.
A man can accomplish more
in life with a positive attitude,
the general said, towards his fel
low man and in his own life.
NICK CAMERIO
. . . Gets K of C post
Remembering how to laugh is
one key to that attitude, he ad
ded.
General Glass is now a practic
ing attorney in Savannah, his
home. He served during World
War II with the 30th Division
artillery, First Army Corps and
on the special staff of the War
Department until 1946, when he
retired from the National Guard.
The Auxiliary was hostess to
the visiting ladies at the tea on
Saturday afternoon. They were
in charge of the luncheon on
Sunday at the V.F.W. and also
in charge of registrations, dec
orations and transportation.