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JUNE 23, 1956.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
O'DONOGHUE INSTALLED AS
ALUMNI NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Richard S. O’Donoghue, ’48,
of Charlotte, N. C., was installed
as the National President of the
Belmont Abbey College Alumni
Association for the years 1956-
58. He is sales representative
for the Dictaphone Corporation,
is married to the former Miss
Patsy Ballard, and has three
children.
Other National officers instal
led were Edward A. Sheehan,
’35, vice president, of Augusta,
Georgia, who is-also president of
the Augusta Chapter of the
Alumni Association; and John P.
Sherry, ’49, secretary, of Nor
folk, Virginia, also president of
the Norfolk Chapter.
During the Alumni Day cere
monies twenty-two members of
the Class of 1956 were inducted
into the Alumni Association.
Greetings were received from
the Most Reverend Joseph L.
Federal, Auxiliary Bishop of Salt
Lake City, Utah, who was nam
ed National Honorary President
for the term 1956-58. Bishop
Federal is a member of the Class
of 1927 and is the brother of
Howard C. Federal, formerly of
Charlotte, N. C.
More than 100 alumni and
friends attended this meeting,
which was held on the college
campus at Belmont. Retiring of
ficers of the National Associa
tion are James J. O’Connell, ’31,
of Atlanta, Georgia, president;
Bernard J. Doris, ’31, of Augus
ta, Georgia, vice president; and
Richard S. O’Donoghue, ’48, of
Charlotte, N. C., secretary, who
is the new National president.
Since 1952, 520 new elementa
ry schools and 120 high schools
have been opened. An estimated
8,543 new teachers in the ele
mentary schools and 3,968 in high
schools have been added.
One of the firms that has fnrnished lumber
and special millwork for some of the build
ings designed by Father Michael Mclnerney,
0. S. 8., priest-architect of Belmont Abbey,
takes this space in The Bulletin to pay its
sincere tribute to Father Michael's profes
sional ability and his unfailing personal
courtesy and consideration.
Best Wishes to Father Michael
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More Than 200,000 Members
0E9TLINES RESCUE MH OF
ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY
NOTRE DAME, Ind.—The spir
itual and material rescue work
being done by the Conferences of
St. Vincent de Paul has produced
“edifying results” according to
Rev. Thomas A. Lahey, C. S. C.
in a pamphlet published here by
Ave Maria Press (God’s Poor and
You, 32 pp., 15c).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Some of the society’s accomp
lishments recounted by the au
thor were:
“In a certain restricted locality:
78 baptisms arranged for; 13 con
verts made; 38 marriages recti
fied; 189 children enrolled in par
ochial schools; 93 children brought
to religious instruction classes;
and 49 brought back to their re
ligious duties.
“In a seaside city, 658 visits
were made to ships bringing 301
men to Mass and 376 to Confes
sion. The members involved dis
tributed 13,000 Catholic maga
zines, 1,339 prayer books, 2,194
rosaries, 2,063 scapulars. 686
medals, and 61 books of instruc
tion.
“In a larger city, over a period
I of a year’s time, 1,364 baptisms
were arranged for; 2,958 children
were enrolled in Catholic Schools;
and 2,594 people were brought
back to their religious duties. In
addition, 1,362 jobs were secured
for the needy; 903 marriages were
rectified; and 29,546 families were
assisted in one way or another in
their difficulties.”
GROWTH
Recent statistics show that, since
the foundation of the society in
1833 by Frederick Ozanam, mem
bership has grown to well over
200,000, representing about 17,500
Conferences in 5 continents.
"PERSON-TO-FAMILY ACTION
“Most of the ordinary activities
of the St. Vincent de Paul Soci
ety”, explained Father Lahey,
consist primarily in seeking out
and visiting the unfortunates of
the neighborhood to help them in
a personal and private way with
out publicity of any kind. Ordin
arily the confidential and kindly
nature of this assistance creates
a relationship through which the
utimate spiritual purpose of the
visitor can be accomplished in a
casual and effective way.”
Head Of Belmont's History Department
Translates Book By Ludwig Hertling
A History of the Catholic
Church, an English translation
of Geschichte der Katholischen
Kirche by Ludwig Hertling, has
been recently completed by the
Reverend Anselm G. Biggs,
O.S.B., Ph.D., Head of the De
partment of History at Belmont
Abbey College.
This one-volume history of the
Church appeared originally in
1949 in Berlin and the transla
tor has brought the original up
to the present.
The author, Father Ludwig
Hertling, is a Jesuit, born in
1892, who first taught at Inns
bruck University, but since
1933 has been on the faculty of
Church History of the Pontifical
Gregorian University at Rome as
px-ofessor of Ancient Church His
tory. He is the author of
several works dealing with ear
ly Church History and with as-
cetical theology.
Father Anselm, the translator,
who is a Benedictine, has been
on the faculty of Belmont Abbey
College since 1936. He received
his Ph.D in History from the
Catholic University in 1949 and
his doctoral dissertation publish
ed at that time is entitled Diego
Gelmirez: First Archbishop of
Compostela. This new History of
the Catholic Church in English
will be published in the fall by
the Newman Press, Westminster,
Maryland.
FORMOSAN FIRST-GRADER
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