Virginia CDA Group
Makes N. C. Retreat
PINEHURST — Twenty-six
Catholic Daughters of America,
Court Richmond 1210, Richmond,
Virginia, journeyed to Maryhurst
Retreat House here last Friday for
a weekend of spiritual exercises.
The group of women arrived via
Seaboard Airline Railway at near
by Southern Pines, where Bishop
Waters greeted them and. a char
tered bus brought them here.
Driving along the highway, sing
ing praises to the Blessed Mother
and enjoying the aroma of the
magnolias and stately pines, the
women thought of the wonders of
God and their great privilege of
being able to be here.
Father John A. Brown, pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, joined
the Daughters of Jesus, who staff
Maryhurst, in welcoming the
group.
Bishop Waters related the his
tory of this lovely home here dur
ing dinner. His Excellency was
the retreat master for the week
end.
The Most Reverend Bishop ex
plained the Mass and in one of his
sermons gave the group the inspir
ing thought that we knock three
times on the door to say to God
first, “I am sorry” — second, “I
praise Thee” — third, “I believe.”
“We shall always keep in our
hearts and minds the inspiring
thoughts given to us b£ Bishop
Waters — priceless treasures to
take with us into Eternity,” de
clared the Richmond CDA’s, “to
gether with the wonderful hospi
tality of the good Sisters.”
St. Patrick's Hill
Scene of Jamboree
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anticipated and Father Regan has
stated that additional tents will be
made available for those in need
of them by contacting the Diocesan
Scout Headquarters at Nazareth.
Representation at the Jamboree
will be on the Deanery division
and arrangements are being made
through the Deanery Scout Chap
lains, Fr. James R. Jones, Raleigh;
Fr. Vincent I. Erb, Asheville; Fr.
Mark Reitzan, Charlotte; Fr. John
G. O’Brien, Greensboro; Fr. Ed
ward Beatty, New Bern; Fr. James
F. Keenan, Rocky Mount, and Ft.
James E. McSweeney, Wilming
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Mrs. Harry Tatum
GOLDSBORO — Requim
Mass was offered here Monday,
May 23, for Mrs. Harry Tatum of
St. Mary’s parish.
Mrs. Tatum’s death was unex
pected; she is survived by Mr.
Tatum and one daughter, Mae, of
the home.
Monsignor Edw. Gilbert, pastor,
celebrated the funeral Mass.
•
Suzanna Zajac
HAVELOCK — Suzanna Zajac,
five-year-old daughter of Chief
•Warrant Officer and Mrs. Joseph
Zajac, was killed by a Navy bus
near here recently which is pro
vided to transport the Annuncia
tion school children.
Investigators called the acci
dent unavoidable and absolved the
driver of any blame.
The family is from Wilkes
Barre, Pa., and are the parents
of three other children. One child
died last year in Alaska while on
a tour of duty at that point.
Father Frank J. Howard, pastor
of Annunciation parish, offered
the Mass of the Angels. The school
children sang the Mass. Interment
was in Arlington Cemetery.
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Mrs. George Lentz
CONCORD — A Requiem Hfigh
Mass was offered last Saturday
morning at St. James Catholic
Church here for the repose of the
soul of Mrs. George Lentz, 82, who
had been a life long member of
the parish. The Reverend Thom
as E. Curran, pastor, officiated.
Interment was in the church
cemetery. The choir from O’Dono
ghue school, Charlotte, sang the
Mass.
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Mrs. John Eck, Sr.
GASTONIA — A Solemn Ponti
fical Mass was celebrated on Fri
day, May 20, for Mrs. John Eck,
prominent Gastonia woman, who
died at her home following an ex
tended illness.
The Mass was offered at St.
Michael’s Church by the Right
Reverend Vincent G. Taylor, O.
S. B., Abbot Ordinary of the Bel
mont Abbey Diocese. Interment
was in the Abbey cemetery.
A devoted church worker, Mrs.
Eck was one of the earliest mem
bers of St. Michael’s Church. She
was active in the War Mothers
organization, the Catholic Wo
men’s Guild, and a member of
Court Charlotte, CDA.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Eck
is survived by a son, John Eck, Jr.,
local accountant and lawyer; and
three sisters, Mrs. John Mullen,
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hours on Sunday to get to Mass,
who saw their first church, a con
verted home, destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Jean A. Miller, one of the
first Kannapolis converts, speaks
of days during World War II when
her husband was away in service;
it took her from 8:30 in the morn
ing until 2:30 in'the afternoon to
attend Mass in Concord. After tak
ing two buses, she waited on a cor
ner for a friend to take her on to
church, then repeated the routine
returning home.
But it is to her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Marie Miller, and her family
to whom the younger Mrs. Miller
and other parishioners give most
credit for the determination to
have Mass offered in1 Kannapolis.
Born in Paris, France and reared
in New York, today at 92 Mrs.
Miller still has apostalic zeal, regu
larly attends Mass and goes to
many church social functions.
It was in the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Gladys Burton, that Mass
was first regularly celebrated in
Kannapolis. The pastor was Fa
ther Francis L. Funk of the Re
demptorist Order. The few par
ishioners who attended the first
Masses in Kannapolis included al
so Mrs. J. W. Helms, Mrs. J. E.
Powell, Mrs. Anna Youngs, Mrs.
T. J. Ball and Mrs. Bill Beverage,
whose sons now serve as altar
boys; Mrs. Simone Nabors and her
brother, Dick Sweeney; B. E.
Haval, soloist in St. Joseph’s choir,
and Mrs. Haval, a Kannapolis girl
who became a convert while serv
ing in the WACS, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Andresky, who have become
known throughout the diocese for
their work in the NCCLA.
It was this small group who
formed the nucleus of the first
St. Joseph’s Church, one of two
homes purchased in 1940. The oth
er is still used as the rectory but
on Holy Thursday, 1949, the
church was completely destroyed
by fire. And on Easter Sunday
morning Mass was celebrated in
Whitley’s Funeral Home chapel
with an ironing board serving asi
an altar.
This was the year when Father
Michael J. Downing, also a Re
demptorist, became pastor of St.
Joseph’s. The new church, and the
one parishioner attend now, is a
converted Army chapel, purchased
from Camp Davis near Wilming
ton. The first Mass was said at
Midnight, Christmas Eve, 1990.
Another Redemptorist who was
to become known and loved in
Kannapolis by Catholics and non
Catholics alike was Father Paul
Laicher.
And now St. Joseph’s is “on its
own,” a full-fledged parish with
Father Stephen A. Sullivan as its
pastor.
These will be the things in the
minds of Catholics attending the
Communion Breakfast this Sun
day. Someone will remark that of
the group only three or four hus
band-wife teams were both origi
nally Catholics. In some cases
whole families are converts. •
Mrs. Powell will think of the
years here, of her daughter Patri
cia who was married in May with
the first Nuptial Mass ever cele
brated at St. Joseph’s.
They will tell stories about Fa
ther Funk, Father Downing, Fa
ther Laicher and their assistants
who were responsible for the
Mooresville Church but well
known here. They will say that
since this is an extra-special year,
Armand Drolette has prepared an
extra-special breakfast. And Mr.
Drolette will look at Mrs. Dro
lette and their five daughters and
be proud of much more than the
meal itself.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Shaver will
line their seven small children up
at the table, say “be good,” and
smile to themselves when people
marvel over how they “manage.”
Father Raymond Donahue, pas
tor of St. Charles’, Ahoskie, will
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• As a consequence, Mrs. Farris
had to teach her children their re
ligious lessons and their prayers.
She made arrangements for their
baptism during one of the infre
quent visits to Farmyille by Fa
ther Rabil.
Respite the handicaps of lan
guage — she had to learn English
— and the lack of Catholic
churches and schools in the Con
way and Farmville areas, Mrs.
Farris implanted in her children
the same faith and love for the
Church that she holds.
Three of her children are found
at the Communion rail frequently,
one almost daily.
Her 21 grandchildren either at
tended or are now enrolled in the
Catholic schools in Wilson and in
Rocky Mount.
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fought for legislation aimed at
stamping out communism and sub
versive in New York. '
His selection to be the principal
lay speaker at the NCCLA con
vention here was announced today
by Bishop Vincent S. Waters.
be the guest speaker. He will dis
cuss Catholic Action in this par
ish and the accomplishments of
the past ten years. He will be in
troduced by Father Stephen A.
Sullivan, pastor.
Other special guests will be Fa
ther Thomas J. Curran of St.
James Parish, Concord, and Fa
ther James J. Cowan, pastor of
Our Lady of Annunciation, Albe
marle. Concord, where many Kan
napolis parishioners formerly at
tended mass, was at one time a
mission of Albemarle.
Armand Drolette is chairman of
the annual breakfast and Joe M.
Cannon, program chairman.
St. Joseph’s parishioners will
say a thanksgiying prayer that all
this is theirs and then they will
think of tomorrow — of living the
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