Catholic Record Society - Diocese of Columbus
Society News
November, A.D. 2005

197 E. Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-241-2571
www.catholicrecordsociety.org

Fall Meeting -- November 20, St. Patrick Parish, Columbus

We will meet on Sunday, November 20, at 2:00 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Patrick Parish on Grant Avenue in Columbus. Our program will be "The Letters of Edward Dominic Fenwick: a view of the founding American Dominican friar and first Bishop of Cincinnati in his own words," a presentation by Fr. Luke Tancrell, O.P.

Fr. Tancrell, the collector and annotator of Fenwick's letters, will highlight from Fenwick's own words (1803-1832) the distinctive quality of the man. Presupposed will be knowledge of the basic saga of Fenwick's life-journey (1768-1832), already ably presented to our members by the engaging lectures of Dr. Anthony Lisska and Sister Loretta Petit, O.P. Fenwick's handwritten letters in several languages were for most part not written for publication, a feature which heightens our appreciation of this bravehearted Marylander. Within the body of Catholicism, his challenge was to transplant the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) from England to the frontiers of Kentucky and Ohio and to the Indian villages of the Great Lakes region.

Fr. Tancrell's interest in this project is of many years duration, being himself a member of the Dominican Order since 1953 and obviously appreciative of the work of his Dominican predecessors. A native of Massachusetts, his work in teaching and chaplaincy has brought him to several assignments in the Eastern Province of St. Joseph. Specialists in history who have seen his new book, The Edward Dominic Fenwick Papers, have been well pleased.

Bulletin Editor

If our Bulletin is to continue, we must have a new editor, someone not to write stories but to be in charge of preparation each month, beginning in 2006. If you have any suggestions or are able to volunteer for this position, contact Chairman Pat Mooney (614-279-6665) or Don Schlegel (614-771-9090).

Membership

Society dues remain $15 per calendar year for one person (or two persons at the same address), $25 per institutional subscription. As of September 27, 14 are already enrolled for 2006:

Charles Baker, Little Rock, Arkansas
Rev. Msgr. Thomas Bennett, Columbus
Mary Theresa Boll
Most. Rev. Frederick F. Campbell, Columbus
Agnes Dury, Columbus
Mary & Louis V. Fabro, Columbus
J. Michael Finn, Columbus
Mark R. Gideon, Columbus
Mary Hauslbetz, Columbus
Sr. Margaret Hoffman, O.S.F., Columbus
Rick Jackson, Columbus
Anthony J. Lisska, Granville
James Logsdon, Columbus
Patrick J. and Marg Mooney, Columbus
Lorle A. Porter, New Concord
Rev. Michael J. Reis
Gregory Roddy, Columbus
Donald M. Schlegel, Columbus
Kate Schlegel, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mary Alice Shea, Columbus
Steven Smeltzer, Nashport
Harold J. Wagner, Columbus

See below for a membership renewal form.

Gifts to the Society

We always appreciate donations to our collections and library, especially those of local interest. Recent gifts include:

Irene O'Brien of Masontown, Pa. sent us a treasure trove, consisting of six photo albums and scrapbooks, along with loose photos, that had belonged to the late Msgr. Paul J. Glenn of St. Charles College. There are some 380 photos in this collection, dating mostly from the late 1930s and early 1940s, which we have cataloged and preserved.

The family of the late Msgr. F. Thomas Gallen donated items of interest from his estate:
- program of the 39th Annual Meeting of Principals and Teachers, Parish Schools, Diocese of Columbus (Aug. 21, 1941)
- Parish School Bulletin, Diocese of Columbus, Seventh Year, Oct., 1909 (Report of the Seventh Annual Meeting of Principals of theh Parish Schools of the Diocese of Columbus)
- thirteen later issues of the same report, for 1914, 1921, 1928, 1933, 1934 through 1937, and 1941 through 1945
- Annual Report of the Diocesan Superintendent of Education, Diocese of Columbus; reports for the school years 1951-52, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1956-57, and 1957-58
- American Guild of Organists, Central Ohio Chapter, Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, 14 May 1968
- My Father's Business, diocesan vocations booklet (no date, but from the Ready era)
- Mount Saint Mary Seminary of the West: A Gateway to the Priesthood 1829-1929

Mullay, Camilla, O.P. and Ruth Caspar, O.P., editor, A Place of Springs: A History of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs 1830-1970; Columbus: Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs, 2005. This is the first completely documented history of the congregation, a quite readable and very interesting work. - gift of Sister Ruth Caspar

St. Andrew Parish, Columbus - Mass in Celebration of the Fiftieth Year of the Parish, program
- gift of the parish

Gifts from a generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous (partial list):
- A Pictorial Directory of the Hierarchy of the United States; Washington: National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1962
- A Photo Directory of the United States Hierarchy; Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor; 1978, 1983, and 1988 editions
- Leipzig, Francis P., D.D. (Most Rev.), Longevity and Historical Sketches of the American Hierarchy; St. Benedict [Oregon]: Benedictine Press, 1971
- Code, Joseph B., "The Catholic Hierarchy and United States Culture"; reprint from Thought; Fordham University, Vol. XVI, No. 61 (June, 1941)
- framed photograph of the clergy of the Fifth Synod of the Diocese of Columbus, 1953, with identifying notes
- Pictorial Directory of Priests and Deacons, Diocese of Columbus, 1991
- Emmaus of Columbus, Priests' Pictorial Directory, 1981-82
- Catholic Church Directory of the Coshocton Holmes Tuscarawas Vicariate, 2001
- Schlegel, George J. Rev., Tuscarawas County Churches [published seriatim in the bulletin of Sacred Heart Parish, New Philadelphia], with added lists of pastors and assistant and associate pastors
- St. Bernadette Parish, Lancaster, parish directory, 2000
- St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Zanesville, parish directory with history, 1992
- St. Ambrose Church, Little Hocking, Ohio, dedication booklet, 2003
- Domina. The Official Catholic Directory of the Diocese of Steubenville, 1950, Second Edition. This contains a "Chronicle of the Diocese" from 1947 through 1949.
- Official Yearbook of the Diocese of Toledo; October, 1958
- Diamond Jubilee of the American Foundation 1874-1949, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity; Stella Niagara, 1949

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