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Malvern Again Smashes Attendance Record
as of
December, 1946
Number 5
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. ‘I Volume 8
‘ Our Annual Dinner to Be Held January 29
Gifts of Wise Men-of Malvern By Frank Love
Circulation Last blonth 20,645
Louis F. Budenz,
Ex-Communist,
Guest Speaker
Smart Retrealants
Will Make Eafly
8141 Retreatants
Thus Far Mark
Greatest Year
Con gratulalions to
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Captains, Associates
For Job Well Done
Excelsior!
Again upward and onward
go the Men of Malvern as the
thirty-fourth year of their
steady march in leading men
to that “place where they
may refresh themselves with
faith" brings a new record of
. achievement.
In the fifty retreats held in
this glorious year of 1945, with
one remaining, 8141 men have
passed beyond the sacred por-
tals of St. Joseph’s-in-the-
Hills to spend forty-eight
hours in adoring and glorify-
ing God, veneratlng His Holy
v Mother and communing with
1 -the Saints.
did and everyday world they
.. have gone to seek surcease
amid the peace and quiet of
the woods and rolling hills; to
get close to nature and to na-
ture's God, and they have
come away refreshed in body,
in mind and in spirit.
And in the doing they have
created new human records
for this spiritual endeavor
which, sponsored by laymen,
seems to have been pleasing
to the Creator Himself Who
has smiled so benignly upon
it, and in this eventful year
has allowed it to surpass all
previous endeavors.
Had the capacity of the Re-
treat House been greater,
more men could have been ac-
commodated; for the Cap-
tains’ Chairman has told us
that more than 1000 men had
to be turned away Irom the
various week-ends.
Truly are our Captains and
their Associates to be congrat-
ulated ior a magnificent job
carried out with sublime self-
effacement; but perhaps in an
even greater degree may we
credit the ability and versatil-
ity of our Retreat Masters,
whose zeal and erudition have
eased the sore of heart, revi-
“ talized the weary, and caused
lven those most spiritual-
Xninded to strive for greater
and better understanding of,
the things that are God's.
Thus does our League close
its thirty-fourth year in a
blaze of glory. But what of the
future? The vista of 1947
arises before us and its hori-
zon stretches in a glorious arch
that, we hope, means a bridge
of greater and ever greater
achievement in the vineyard
of lay retreats. Spurred on by
our clerical mentors, and with
God's help, new heights shall
be attained.
out of the welter of the sor- -
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Three Vice-Presidents
At the meeting of the Phila-
delphia Real Estate Board,
“Realtors," held on Thursday
evening, November 21, three
Men of Malvem were elected
to the post of vice-president:
John J. McDonald, for the
Central Philadelphia District;
Fred J. Bohrer, for the North
Philadelphia District, and
John J. stapleton, for the West
Philadelphia District.
The organization is a na-
tionally connected body, being
afhliated with the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards and the Pennsylvania
Real Estate Association. Each
of the men will take oihce as
of December 1 for one year.
We offer hearty congratula-
tions, the while we pray for
successful administration .
He's Inspector Now
Police Captain Lawrence J.
Carmody, popular Associate
Captain of the Qulgley-Mee-
han Group, was recently pro-
moted to the rank of Inspector.
We extend our hearty con-
gratulations.
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Record Breaker
John J. Crowley, West Cath-
olic Group. was the '7579th re-
treatant to attend St. Jo-
seph's-in-the-Hills this year,
making him the all-time rec-
ord-breaker in attendance.
John has been a retreatant
since 1934, his annual attend-
ance having been interrupted
to serve in the armed forces in
the South Pacific. He is the
father of Peggy Anne and
Mary Ellen.
Seven-Three News
Associate Captain George
Taylor. Jr., and Mrs. Taylor
are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a son.
James Bonelil, our talented
artist, has just returned home
after long service in the armed
forces in Korea. It was Jimmy
who painted the portrait of Dr.
Gibbons, which was presented
by the Seven-Three Group.
With sorrow we report the
passing of Frank McNally, who
died on November 27. We ex-
tend our sincere sympathy to
the members of his family.,
May he rest in peace. I
She's or Bride
Miss Margaret Mary Dough-
erty, daughter of Secretary
James A. Dougherty, became
the charming bride of Thom-
as W. Davin, on November 9, in
the Church of the 'I‘rans[igu-
ration at the nine o'clock
Moss, which was celebrated by
the Rev. William A. Ferry. The
brlde’s sister, Josephine, was
maid of honor, and Thomas
Durkin was best man. ,
Recently discharged from
the United States Navy as a
full lieutenant, Mrs. Davin saw
three years’ active service in
the South Pacific. She and
her husband are residing in
McKce's Rocks, Pa.
We extend our sincere con-
gratulatlons and best wishes to
the happy bride and groom.
Kicked Winning Goal
William Leighton, Ji'., son of
C. A. Captain Bill Leighton,
and 31 member of his group,
kicked the winning goal for
Villanova Junior Varsity in the
recent game against Prince-
ton, final score being 13-12.
Reservations
Ever the rallying point of a
new season, the time when we
have lighted the beacon that
each recurring year has shone
upon a more successful sea-
son, the Annual Dinner Reun-
ion of the Men of Maivern is
scheduled to be held on
Wednesday evening, January
29, 1947.
As usual, it will be held in
the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
where each year a most whole-
some get-together of Malvern-
ites has spread the glory of the
Retreat Movement until the
aiifair has come to be looked
upon as the outstanding so-
cial function of the Catholic
life of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia.
Each year the committee
has striven to outdo the suc-
cess of the year just passed,
not in numbers, since the ca-
pacity of the hotel has been
taxed repeatedly, but in its
presentation of speakers and
features that will set it up as a
thing apart. This year is to be
no exception since the speak-
er will be a man of interna-
tional reputatlon, Louis F. Bu-
denz, who comes to us 2252 pro-
ponent of Christianity, whose
knowledge of the Wiles and
snares of the Communists may
be the ladder to lead the un-
wary from the pit into which
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Iohn Green Escapes
In Serious Accident
Captains’ Association Chair-
man John E. Green had an
almost mirculous escape from
death in a very serious accl-
dent last month, when his car
was hit by another and turned
over several times before land-
ing upside down. John was
unconscious when pulled from
the wreckage, but revived
quickly and refused hospital-
izatlon. His hands were badly
cut, his head and shoulders
bruised, but the doctor feared
the worst effect to be shock.
The accident occurred at
Charles and Levlcl-r Streets,
about 5.30 o'clock on Sunday
evening, when John was on
his way to his brother's house
for dinner. The impact must
have been terrinc. However,
that part is a closed chapter to
John‘s mind. He believes that
his special patron, the Little
Flower, acted as a buffer in
preventing a fatal outcome.
Happily, John was able to
return to work after a week's
rest, and, while he still feels
the effects, is working every
day. Deo gratias!