Carolina Beach
Carolina Beach. — The initial
meeting on Tuesday, May 14, with
Dale Francis presiding, was held
and the following named members
of the parish were elected to
serve on the committee for the
membership drive of the North
Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation: Thomas Croom, chair
man; and Mrs. Mary Butler,
George Applewhite, and Lester M.
Maguire.
Now that the summer vacation
ists have left the beach, our par
ish has returned to its permanent
congregation and begun preparing
for its fall actiivties.
Preparations for the October
Devotions are being made by our
organist, Mrs. Pearl Register.
—L. M. Maguire.
Smithfield
Smithfield. — Michael Joseph,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ab
dalla, Jr., of Benson, was chris
tened Sunday, August 10th, at St.
Anne’s. The baptismal ceremony
was performed by Father Charles
O’Connon of Raleigh, assisted by
Father John McGuirk, pastor, of
Smithfield.
The godparents were Mrs. Jo
seph Ashcoty of Griffin, Georgia,
and Mr. George Abdalla of Selma,
N.C.
After the ceremony a luncheon
was served at the home of the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Abdalla, Sr., of Selma,
Among the out-of-town guests
were: Father O’Connor, Father
James Tevlin, and Edward Rigney
of Wake Forest; Father Francis
Schurick, of Dunn; Father Thom
as O’Connor, C.S.S.R., of Newton
Grove; and Father John Mc
Guirk of Smithfield.
The North Carolina Catholic
Laymen’s Association was organ
ized in St. Anne’s Catholic
Church in Smithfield. The fol
5 people joined the Lay
sociation: Rev. John B.
Mr. William Sanders,
abeth Sanders, Miss Mar
anders and Mrs. D. Hooper
tha
Sanders all of Smithfield; Mrs.
S. W. Armitage, Mr. R. C. Banks,
Mr. Abdalla J. Abdalla, Mr. Geo.
Abdalla, Miss Josephine Abdalla,
Mr. Joseph Abdalla, Miss Cassie
Abdalla, Mrs. Louis Abdalla, Mr.
Louis Abdalla, Miss Mary Lou
Abdalla, and Mrs. George Abdalla,
all of Selma; Mr. Kelly Joseph of
Benson.
The officers elected were Mrs.
S. W. Armitage, chairman; Mrs.
D. Hooper Sanders, secretary;
Mr. Louis Abdalla, treasurer.
—Cassie Abdalla.
Hickory
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Hickory. — This was quite a
week for St. Aloysius’ Parish,
with losing our old pastor and get
ting a new one all of a sudden.
We seem to have swapped with
Henderson.' We lost^our Father
William McShea to therit and they
lost their Father James King to us.
Pretty sharp trading, we call it,
and it is very hard to tell who got
the best of the bargain. Welcome,
Father King, and God bless you,
Father McShea.
On the occasion of Father King’s
advent, our choir blossomed from
its usual number of two to the
stupendous dimensions of six, and
believe me, they sounded sweeter
than a barrel of canaries. So far,
"we have to be content with hymns,
but before long they will put
forth with a Palestrina Mass the
like of which this part of the
world has never heard. When it
rains, it really pours. For so
many years there was not one
member of our parish who could
so much as punch out the tunes
note by note on our little reed or
gan, but in the course of one
week three ladies who are accom
plished musicians have come into
our congregation. Praise to St.
Cecilia!
Nearly all our veterans are
back at the home altar now. It
was great to see Tommy Scales
all decked out in his Navy Chief’s
rig. He looks fine and dandy for
all his time in China, but his
mother just can’t break him of
the old chopstick habit.
—William D. E. Morgan.
Vanceboro
Vanceboro. — Holy Name Cath
olic Church held its first Annual
Street Preaching Session from
August 12th to 22nd. The servic
es were in charge of Reverend
Michael Giblin, M.S.SS.T., and
Reverend Louis Leuthy, M.S.SS.T.,
both of St. Joseph’s Preparatory
Seminary, at Holy Trinity, Ala
bama. During the first week, the
visiting priests held their meet
ings on the lawn of the Church at
Vanceboro.
Their talks consisted of ex
planations of the main truths of
the Catholic Church, and were
followed by questions and an
swers and technicolor slides on
the life of Christ. An increasing
number of people attended the
meetings each night.
On Tuesday evening, August 24,
Father Michael spoke at Ben
Cameron’s Gas Station at Askins.
Despite a threatening evening, a
good number of the neighboring
people attended the meeting.
The next two evenings, Father
Michael spoke from the court
house steps at Bayboro. Here, too,
between 50 and 60 attended the
meetings and here, more than at
the other meetings, more interest
was manifested by those in at
tendance.
—Mrs. Grover Lancaster, Jr.
Wilmington
Wilmington. — St. .Thomas
School opened September 3, with
many new students in'addition to
the older ones. The older stu
dents felt a little sad as they had
lost the principal, Mother Car
melita, who Jiad been transferred
to Richmond? Va., and Sister Cyp
rian, who had been transferred to
Baltimore, Md.
Nevertheless one of the sisters
who has been here for quite a
few years has been made Mother.
Mother Carlotta can and will do
a splendid job. The only thing
we have to do now is to remember
the new title as we have called
her sister for such a long time.
The new sisters are Sister Da
mien, who was here before for
two years and Sister Ethelrita.
Father Thomas J. Monahan, our
pastor, is well pleased with the
work the Sodality has been doing
around the church. We had a
bingo party that was very success
ful and everyone had a very en
joyable evening.
The Holy Name Society cannot
be left out nor Blessed Martin De
Porres Club. The P.T.A. has done
a wonderful job also. Through
them some work in the class
rooms has been done.
We hope with the coming of
winter we can fulfill all the plans
we are making for the 100th anni
versary of St. Thomas Church.
North Carolina Catholic Lay
mens’ Association is just an in
fant but we hope it will be walk
ing real soon in St. Thomas.
—Rogie B. Campbell.
New Bern
Reverend Father Julian Endler,
C. P., Pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church in New Bern has just re
turned from a pilgrimage to St.
Ann’s Shrine in Quebec.
St. Joseph’s High School opened
Tuesday, September 3 with an
excellent attendance. This year
we are greatly honored in having
on our high school faculty, two
priests, Reverend Simon Yung
fleish C. P., Professor of Latin
and French, and Reverend Leo
Byrnes C. P., Professor of Relig
ion and Supervisor of all atheletic
activities.
It is with great pleasure that
we announce that a former grad
uate of St. Joseph’s High School,
Miss Irene C. Powell of the class
of 1945, returned to Xavier for
her Sophomore year of sudies.
Sunday night, September 15, our
parishioners were honored when
Reverend Daniel Egan, S. A., of
Our Lady of the Atonement par
beautiful stereopticon views of the
ish of Kinston showed some very
Life of Christ. The pictures were
all representations of the artist
Hoffman.
Morehead City
Father Elmer J. Landser, T. O.
R., Pastor of Saint Egbert’s Cath
olic Church, Morehead City, an
nounced recently the new winter
schedule for Masses and Devo
tions.
Sunday Masses are celebrated
at 9:00 an dlfiOO. The 11:00
Mass is followed by Benediction
of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The weekday Mass is celebrated
daily at 7:45 A M. Masses on
holidays are at 6:00 and 8:00.
Confessions are heard every
Saturday evening from 7:00 till
8:00. before all Masses on Sun
days and weekdays, also anytime
during the week upon request.
Devotions in honor of our Bless
ed Mother are conducted each
Wednesday evening at 7:45.
These devotions consists of Ros
ary, Litany of Our Blessed Mother
and Benediction of the Most Bless
ed Sacrament.
Devotions in honor of the Sacr
ed Heart of Jesus are conducted
on the First Friday of eaeh month
at 7:45 P. M. These Devotions
consist of the Rosary, Litany cf
the Sacred Heart, Consecration to
the Sacred Heart and Benediction,
of the Most Blessed Secrament.
Father Paul Graicar, T. O. R.,
Assistant of Saint Egbert’s Parish,
also made the announcement that
the winter schedule of Masses
and Devotions at the Havelock
Mission will be as follow:
Sunday Mass is celebrated at
9:00 in .the Community Chapel,
followed by Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Confessions are haerd before the
Mas?.
Mass is celebrated daily 8:00
A. M. Masses on holidays are at
6:00 and 8:00.
Devotions in honor of the Sa
cred Heart of Jesus are conduct
ed each Friday evening at 7:15.
These Devotions consist of Rosa
ry, Litany of the Sacred. Heart,
Consecration to the Sacred Heart
and Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament.
—R. J. Rogers
A Mission Symposium was held
September 25, in Cardinal Hayes
wigh School, New York, as a fea
ture of the sixth national conven
tion of diocesan directors of the
.Society for the Propagation of the
Faith. Among the participants
were, left to right: Rev. William
F. Masterson, S. J. Philippines;
Rev. Joseph Austin, C, SS. R.,
Brazil; Rev. William Leising, O.
M. I., Central Arctic; Rev. Ber
nard A. Cullen, Director, Mar
quette League for Catholic Indian
Missions; Rev. Lawrence Youn,
Koj;ea; Bishop Francis X. Ford,
China; Very Rev. Msgr. .John J.
Scally, Chairman, New York Di
ocesan Director of the Society
for the propagation of the Faith;
Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Mc
Mahon, National Secretary, Cath
olic Near East Welfare Associa
tion; Rev. Lafayette Yarwood,
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Chaplain, U. S. A.; Rev. Francis
J. Fitzgerald, C. S. Sp., Africa;
Rev. Father Lucas, O. F. M., Hon
duras; Rev. Calvert Alexander, S.
J., Executive Director, American
Jesuit Missionary Association.