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T P T I Society Meeting ROME St. Mary’s Altar PAGE 6 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964 M2***' MAYOR ALLEN presents proclamation for Father Thomas O’Reilly Day. Receiving the procla mation is f ather Arthur Murray, Pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Witnessing the presentation are Charles L. Van House, Grand Knight of the Thomas O'Reilly Council of the Knights of Columbus in Decatur, and Mrs. Betty Lynch, President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Council. Mi YOR ALLEN PROCLAIMS Fr. O’Reilly Day To Honor Hero Of Battle Of Atlanta This Sunday, Nov. 15, has been proclaimed Father Tho mas O’Reilly Day by Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen. The famous Catholic priest of Atlanta's Immaculate Con ception Church, now the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, will be honored for saving five churches, the City Hall, and Courthouse from the fire which burned Atlanta 100 years ago during the War Between the Sta tes. THE churches saved were the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip's Episcopal Cathedral, Trinity Methodist, Second Bap tist, and Central Presbyterian. The 9;15 Mass at the Shrine on November 15 will be dedicat ed to Father O'Reilly. At that time, Father Ariithru Murray, O.F.M., will relate much of the history of his famous predeces sor. The Mass will be attended ‘Silver Tea’ Set At St. Thomas’s "An Afternoon in Paris" at St, Thomas More School, De catur, is the theme of this year's "Silver Tea", honor ing the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, This annual event is sponsored by the Home and School Association and will be held in the school's social hall, Sunday Nov. 15 3:00-5:00. All parishioners are cordial ly invited to enjoy "An After noon in Paris' at the schools most prominent social event of the year. *3 / 9* EVEN SHE CAN SCRIBE THE FOOD AND SERVICE AT THE RIVIIM mstauramt by the Honor Guard of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus and by members of the Decatur Council of the Knights of Columbus, which was named after Father O'Reilly. IN THE autumn of 1864 during the siege of Atlanta, Father O'Reilly ministered to the men of the Catholic faith in both armies. In doing so, he Parish Supper At Sacred Heart The annual parish supper of Sacred Heart Altar and Rosary Society will be held Tuesday (November 17) in the cafe teria from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Door prizes, a cake walk fea turing home-baked cakes, and other games will be held. The winner of the grand prize of $1,000.00 will be announced during the evening. Tickets are $1.00 Supper tickets are $1,50 for adults and 75 cents for students. All tickets may be ordered in advance from Mrs. Joseph Brown, TR 4-3712; Mrs. George C. Gardner, TR 2-1631; or Mrs. William A, Knapp, 525-2001. They will also be ava ilable Tuesday at the door. Everyone is welcome. Come and bring your family and friends. To Convention Mrs. J. N, Hickok, Mrs.Glenn L. Crowell, Jr. and Mrs. Herb T. Mallon are among those rep resenting the Northwest Dean ery at the National Council of Catholic Women, now in pro gress in Washington. Their names were omitted from the list of delegates which appeared in last week’s Bulletin. became acquainted with the Catholics in the Federal Army who attended Church during the siege and occupation. When the Federal Comman der ordered Atlanta destroyed, Father O’Reilly went to Gene ral Slocumb of Sherman's Army and informed him that if the Catholic Church were burned, all Catholics in the Federal Army in the South would be compelled to leave the ranks. Father O'Reilly also interced ed for the other churches and the municipal buildings in the area. AS THE citizens returned to their burned out city, the chur ches still standing among the smoking ruins afforded them temporary sheltei\ No other man of his period rendered gre ater aid or assistance to his fellow citizens than Father Tho mas O'Reilly. The November meeting of St. Mary's Altar Society was held Monday at the Rectory with Mrs. Robert Brierly, president, pre siding. Miss Janie Fahy, chairman of the Catholic Charities Commit tee, reported that five members of the Altar Society had done volunteer work for the Cancer Society, making a total of 119 cancer pads. She also announ ced that more pads were needed by the Cancer Society and ask ed for volunteers to meet on Thursday morning at 9:30 at the Cancer Society office to make pads. MRS, WILLIAM Drew was ap pointed to head the World Re sponsibility Committee of the Altar Society, whose chief pur pose in Rome will be to contact students and visitors from foreign countries and make them welcome in our commun ity. Father Dale Freeman, mode rator, spoke to the group about the neighborhood guilds of wo men of the parish which are to be organized in November and urged the women present to rea lize the importance of this new step in parish affairs and to take an active pan when called upon. Mrs, Robert Woodruff re ported on the meeting of the Northwest Deanery of the Arch diocesan Council of Catholic Women held in Marietta on Oc tober 8, which she, Mrs. Brier ly, and Mrs. Richard Hackett attended. She related the high points of the talk on 'The New Liturgy" given by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan. Pius X Winners Father James L. Harrison, principa 1 of St. Pius X, has announced that six seniors received letters of commenda tion from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Je rome Quinn, Stephen Raville, , Mary Poole, Stephen Binion, John Schaeffer and Gregory Beckham were the recipients of this award. BUSINESS EDUCATORS Teachers To Meet In New Orleans Any Time - Anywhere Call a Taxi Radio Cabs DECATUR CO-OP CABS 310 Howard Av#. 24-Hour Service Passengers Insured Trips Anywhere DR 7-3866 - DR 7-1701 DECATUR. CA, IGNATIUS HOUSE RETREATS RT JESUIT PRIESTS Weekends For Men And Weekends For Women 6700 Riverside Drive N. W. 255-0503 Atlanta, Georgia 30328 •dee StudCa WEDDINGS PORTRAITS COMMERCIAL BLACK - WHITE AND NATURAL COl OR 1164 N. HIGHLAND AVE., N,E. A1 LAN TA, GA. TR 6-3716 WE SPECIALIZE IN FINE WEDDING- PHOTOGRAPHY. OUT OF TOWN ASSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED Catholic business educators from 6 states will meet t o dis cuss "Grow Professionally and Become Better Teachers," the theme of the 1964 CBEA (Catholic Business Education Association) convention on November 20-21. The meeting is scheduled to be held in New Orleans at the Sheraton Charles Hotel serving as convention headquarters. SISTER M, Edmunds, presi dent of the Southern Unit will preside over the convention. The Most Reverend J. P, Cody, STD, Archbishop of New Or leans will deliver the Opening Address. "Guidance for the Forward- Meetings Set Theme of the Open House to be held at Christ the King School on Sunday, November 15 is ‘^Garden of Knowledge", Parents are invited to visit their children's classrooms — and meet their teachers, from 2 in the afternoon until 5. Re freshments will be served in the Cathedral Center. The Parents'Association will meeton Monday afternoon, Nov ember 16, at 1:30 p.m. in the Cathedral Center. Guest spea ker will be Sister Mary Vir ginia, G, N, S, H„ Principal, A social hour will follow the meeting. Academy Mass Liturgical renewal chara cterized the First Friday Mass at D'Youviile Academy, Nov. 6, as students participated in the Eucharistic celebration on the school grounds. Celebrant of the Mass was the Rev. John McShane, S.M., Marist Voca tion Director, who urged the student body to fuller awareness of the apostolic work Of the Church in the modern world. Looking Administrator, Teach er, and Student of Tomorrow" will be the topic of National President of CBEA, Sister Edi th Marie, S. C. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr, Tom Wood, Instructor at the IBM Education Center, New Orleans will speak on "Date Processing." Dr. Robert E. Slaughter, Vice President ofMcGraw-Mill Book Company, New York has chosen 'Teachers of Distinction" for his theme. AFTER a luncheon served to the membership, the group will reconvene to hear Professor Mary Connelly of Boston Uni versity, Boston, speak on "Cle rical Practice for the Chang ing Office." The group is scheduled to adjourn at 2:45 with the draw ing for door prizes. Following the meeting cake and coffee were served with Mrs. Drew and Mrs. Stanley Wojeck acting as hostesses. Hot Lunches At St. Joseph High Students at Saint Joseph High School are enjoying a hot lunch program this year. Mrs. Sherrie Burnett, school dietit ian, and her staff of four pre pare lunches for about two- thirds of the student body. Saint Joseph, now a member of the National Lunch Program Society, bought about $5000 worth of new equipment to make this lunch program possible. State aid is given to the school in commodities of food that is plentiful at the time. Memory Ball At Cathedral The Christ the King Adult Council for Youth will hold a "Memory Ball" dance in the Cathedral Center on Saturday, Nov. 21, beginning at 9 p.m. Music will be provided by the Wannie Heston orchestra. Adult parishioners and their friends are invited. Proceeds from the dance will help to de fray cost of the youth program at the Cathedral. Tickets are $4 per couple. The newly formed Adult Council for Youth has as its purpose the coordinating and fostering of the various youth activities of the parish. It is comprised of individual mem bers, plus delegates from var ious parish organizations. THE IHM Falcons, shown above, will be hosts at this Saturday’s first annual Cracker Bowl game at Bean Stadium. The game against Our Lady of Perpetual Help Rams of Chattanooga. The Falcons are CYO champions for 1964 and were undefeated and untied for a 6 and 0 record. Not pictured are Johnny Mangan, who scored the winning touchdown against OLA and Ray Noon an, team manager. Falcon coaches are Bob McLellan, head coach; Bernie Boehnlein; Fred Brown; Dave Fredricks. Bud Caruso is athletic director. Falcons To Host Cracker Bowl The I. H. M. Falcons are host ing the frst annual Cracker Bowl this Saturday, November 14 at Joe Bean Stadium at 11:00 a.m. against Our Lady of Perpetual Help Rams of Chat- anooga. Tenn. This marks the first time that an event of this type for our schools is being tried. With support of the parochial school fans it will be repeated every year. Teams from other areas will be invited from year to meet our C. Y. O. champions. The Cracker Bowl should be the highlight of the grade school season. Many half time acti vities are being planned. After the game, trophies donated by SENIORS Robert Cowhig and Bruce MacDowall of St. Pius X DeKalb Sporting Goods, will be voted in the national election. They were the only seniors who presented t0 the winning team were able to exercise their constitutional rights in this manner. and outstandin 8 P^yer. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Shrine Starts Fall Festival Tonight FATHER GusGuppenbergerhas been assigned to the National Headquarters of the Glenmary Home Missioners in Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Guppenberger has been working in Georgia since 1961, at St. Luke's, Dahlonega and, later, at St. Matthew's, Statesboro. He will serve as Associate Director in the Mis sion Office. SS PETER & PAUL The Fall Festival of the Shrine of the Immaculate Con ception opens tonight at 7;30 and continues through tomor row, Friday. The festival is being held at the Shrine, 48 Hunter St., SW Atlanta. There is no admission charge to the Festival, which was con ceived as an opportunity for the friends and parishioners of Im maculate, the oldest Catholic church in Atlanta, to join togeth er. There are booths display ing a wide variety of merchan dise, from ceramics and food baskets to Christmas gifts. GAMES, refreshments and entertainment have been or ganized by the sponsoring parish groups. A Grand Prize of $1,000 will be awarded as the climax of the Festival. The Festival is the result of the combined efforts of three Meeting To Benefit Free Cancer Home parish organizations, the Lad ies' Guild, the Holy Name and the Home and School Associa tion. Joint chairman is Eddie Gas- perini, vice-chairman is John Camarata. Guild Sponsors Day For Marists Parents, relatives and friends of Marist priests and seminarians attended a day of recollection Sunday, Nov. 8, conducted by Fr. James Hart nett, S.M. at Marist School. The Marist Seminary Guild, which sponsored the event, hopes to make it an annual event. IHM Open House The fourth annual Open House at Immaculate Heart of Mary School will take place on Sun day, November 15, from 2 un til 5 p.m. All parents are cordially invited to come and meet their children's teachers and tour the class rooms. Featured in each class room will be recent and cur rent studies. SERVE CHRIST AS A HOLY CROSS BROTHER For Information Writoi BrottMr'DonoldHonMl, CSC 1D4 Holy Croat School 4950 Dauphioe Street New Orleans, La. 7011T Ed Curtin Presents The Ladies Auxiliary of S, S, Peter & Paul Church, Deca tur, will hold their November meeting at 8 p.m. on Wed nesday, November 18.The guest speaker will be Rev. Patrick Connell, Chaplain at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home. Also as guests will be two of the Sisters on the nursing staff of the Cancer Home. The Catholic Charities Com mittee, headed by Mrs. Olie Fairchild, will sponsor a Christmas Booth. There will be numerous articles for sale for a dollar and less. Among the interesting articles that may be used for Christmas gifts will be homemade candy, decora tive candles, aprons, pot holders and ceramics. ALL OF the items have been donated by the ladies of the parish. The proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase cotton to be used in the can cer pads that are made for the Cancer Home. This is an ex cellent opportunity to "do your Christmas shopping early" and also help a worthy cause. C£. 7-S694 LOUIS ERBS, Chairman of die Archdiocesan Liturgy Con ference, is pictured speaking at Gainesville, as he spoke to the congregations from the Toccoa, Gainesville, Clarks ville and Dahlonega parishes at a Liturgy Conference held for these northeast Georgia communities. CLEAMSM JUHAH’8 <Mv«* to Evory Oortnont Ooataf Into Our moot US Jf, Mote at, TO. I44M . 9niuAance in alt iti jj&mvi! 9ft Wa written, we wAite it. . Sutter & McLellan 1422 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG. JAckson 5-2086 WHERE INSURANCE IS A PROFESSION NOT A SIDELINE,
