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Best Wishes
To
The Southern
Cross
From
Nativity Church
Thunderbolt
GREETINGS FROM ALL AT
Saint Michael’s
Savannah Beach
Franciscan Sisters
Parish Council Of Catholic Women
Home & School Association
Greetings And
Missionary Priest
Lost In Plane Flight
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Fa
ther Philip Carrigan, S.M.A. of
the Society of African Missions
was lost off the coast of West
Africa, in a mission plane,
early this month. Reports from
Mission Headquarters at Mon
rovia, Liberia indicate that Fa
ther Carrigan left Monrovia,
Dec. 3, on a routine flight to
his Mission at Sasstown.
The flight would normally
carry him about a mile off the
Christmas
Luncheon
At Augusta
AUGUSTA - St. Mary’s Pa
rish Council held their monthly
meeting in St. Ann’s Hall. Fol
lowing the meeting a covered
dish luncheon was enjoyed by
the members and their guests.
Mrs. Vola Jacobs, Mrs. Ber
tha Battey, and Mrs. Joey Law
rence entertained with a beau
tiful selection of Christmas mu
sic.
Mrs. John Radeck, president,
presided at the business meet
ing and announced that Miss
Anna Rice had been allocated
funds to buy a birthday gift
for a fifteen year old girl at
St. Mary’s Home in Savannah.
Mrs. A. C. Bledsoe, visita
tion chairman, is receiving ar
rangements and gifts from
members to be carried to the
elderly and shut-ins of the pa
rish, during the Christmas sea
son.
the coast, over the ocean, and
last only a short time. How
ever, no word has been heard
from him since that date. An
intensive search has been made
over the area but no trace of
the plane has been found. Father
Carrigan obtained his pilot’s
license in Liberia a few years
ago and since has been a mis
sion pilot in that territory.
A veteran of World War II,
Father Carrigan served three
years in the South Pacific and
was awarded the Purple Heart
Medal.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank J. Carrigan of Brighton,
Mass, and received his educa
tion in Boston College before
entering the Society of African
Missions.
He completed his theological
studies at Catholic University
of America and was ordained
at the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, Washington, D. C.
in 1955. At that time he was
assigned to his mission in Li
beria, West Africa.
The Society of African Mis
sions (S.M.A. Fathers) is an
international organization of
Missionary Priests who have
been working on the coast of
West Africa for over a hundred
years. The American Province
of the Society staff the Vicari
ate of Cape Palmas, Liberia.
The S.M.A. Fathers have been
working among the Negroes in
Georgia for the past fifty years.
At present they are located in
Augusta at Immaculate Concep
tion Church, in Savannah at St.
Benedict’s, St. Mary’s and St.
Anthony’s, in Macon at St. Peter
Claver and in Atlanta at Our
Lady of Lourdes.
The Southern Cross, January 5, 1963—PAGE 1-B
BISHOP McDONOUGH ORDAINS AT SAINT LEO ABBEY - The Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, Bishop of Savannah ordained three Benedictines December 18th in the abbey
church of Florida's Benedictine Abbey. Frater Martin Guiteras and Frater Joseph
Houbrick were ordained deacons and Frater Paul Romfh was ordained subdeacon.
Rev. Oscar Burnett, O.S.B. Ordained By Bishop Reh
Rev. Oscar Burnett, O.S.B.
SAVANNAH - The Rev. Os
car Burnett, O.S.B., was or
dained to the Priesthood on
December 22nd at Belmont Ab
bey Cathedral, Belmont, N. C.,
at the hands of the Most Reve
rend Francis J. Reh, D.D.,-
LL.D., Bishop of Charleston,
S. C.
He offered his first Solemn
Mass on Christmas Day at 10:00
A.M., in Sacred Heart Church,
here.
Father Oscar is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar C. Bur
nett. Sr., of Savannah. His bro
thers are Alexander A. Burnett,
Richmond, Va., and Mortimer
P. Burnett, Savannah. His sis
ters are Miss Margaret Bur
nett and Mrs. Mary Agnes
Schwalb, both of Savannah.
Born September 17, 1926,
Father Oscar grew up in Sa
vannah, attended the parish
school and Benedictine Military
School. Air Corps service for
two years followed. As a vet
eran he belonged to George K.
Gannam Post #184,
Higher education was pursued
at Armstrong College and the
Off-Campus Divison of Georgia
University at Savannah. He gra
duated from Emory Univer
sity’ s Lamar School of Law with
the LL.B. degree. He belonged
to the Phi Delta Phi Legal
Fraternity and was president of
the Gamma Chapter of Chi Phi
Fraternity.
Before entering into the pra-
tice of law, Father Oscar was
associated with Crawford and
Co., Insurance Adjusters, At
lanta. In 1951 he opened his
own office in Savannah, continu
ing practice until the time of
his entry -into the religious
life as a Benedictine monk. Dur
ing this time he belonged to
the American, Georgia, and Sa
vannah Bar Associations, held
presidency of Benedictine Ath
letic Association for two terms,
and was an officer of Savannah
Council #631, Knights of Colum
bus.
During his theological pre
paration Father Oscar taught
a course of Advanced Business
Law in Belmont Abbey College.
Congratulations And Best Wishes
From
Social Club
Presents Check
To Pastor
ALBANY - The social club
of St. Clare’s parish presented
the pastor with $69.25, the re
sult of their Baby Contest which
closed last Sunday.
The winner of the contest
was Miss Deitre Laverne Mor
ris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Morris.
The second prize went to
Miss Rosalyn Christian, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Christian.
Mrs. Morris and Christian
very generously donated their
prize money back to the church.
The proceeds will go toward ob
taining drapery for the parish
hall.
Best Wishes
From
Saint John Evangelist
School
Valdosta
Pastor And People Of
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PARISH
Port Wentworth, Georgia