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Published by the Catholic Lay men's Association of Georgia. “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective at Creed” VOL,. XVin. No. 12 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 21, 1937 ISSUED MONTHLY—J2.00 A YEAR Bishop-Elect McGuinness to Be Consecrated in Cathedral at Philadelphia December 21 The Bishop-Elect of Raleigh The Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, S.T.D., J.U.D. BISHOP MCGUINNESS NOTED AS PRELATE, AUTHOR AND EDITOR Native of Pennsylvania, He Was Extension Society Official for Eighteen Years The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene J. Mc- ©uinness, First Vice-President and General Secretary of the Catholic Church Extension Society, who be comes the second Ordinary of the Diocese of Raleigh, succeeds to a See left vacant by the transfer of the Most Rev. William Hafey, first Bishop of Raleigh, to the Diocese of Scranton as Coadjutor to the Most Rev Thomas . O'Reilly. Tire BishopAlect of Raleigh was bom at Hallertown, Pa., on Septem ber 6, 1889, the son of Daniel and Mary (Flood) McGuinness. He at tended Holy Infancy School in Beth lehem. Pa., and the Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Philadelphia, where he was ordained to' the priest hood on May 22, 1915. He holds the LL.D degree from Villanova College, Villanova, Pa., the degrees, J. U. D. and S. T. D. from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, P. I., and the degree of Ph. D. frbm Little Rock College. Following his ordination to the priesthood, Bishop-elect McGuinness became successively a curate at St. Paul's Church, St. Agatha’s Church, St. John's Church and the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, in tire City of Philadelphia. He served as Assis tant Director of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation ofthe Faith in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1917 to 1919. In 1919, the Bishop-elect was named Field Secretary of the Catholic Church Extension Society, an office he held until 1921, when he was named Second Vice-President and Director of The Child Apostles and the Order of Martha—the children’s and women's auxiliaries, respective ly, of Church Extension. With this elevation. Father McGuinness suc ceeded Father William D. O'Brien, now Bishop O'Brien, Auxiliary to His Eminence George Cardinal Munde lein. Bishop O'Brien had been pro moted from Second Vice-President to First Vice President and General Secretary, succeeding the Most Rev. Emmanuel B. Ledvina, who had been named Bishop of Corpus Christi. In 1925, Bishop O'Brien, then Monsig nor O'Brien, was named President of the Catholic Church Extension So ciety. succeeding the Most Rev. Fran cis C. Kelley, who was appointed Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. When Bishop O'Brien was named president, Father McGuinness was named first vice-president and gen eral secretary. He had been execu tive secretary of the American Board of Catholic Missions since 1923. His Holiness Pope Pius XI created him a Domestic Prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor in 1929. Bishop-elect McGuinness, though best known as an administrator and for his great zeal for the Missions, is also a writer of note. He has been associate editor of Extension Maga zine, official organ of the Home Mis sions and is the author of “The “Rosary, Its History and Use” and “Life of the Little Flower.” Bishop McGuinness was one of thirteen children, eight of whom, a brother and six sisters in addition to His Excellency, are alive today. Three of his sisters and a niece are mem bers of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, Pa- His eldest sister, Mother Mary Bethany, is the superior of Ascension School, Philadelphia, and another sister, Mother Rose Vin cent, is superior of St. Athanasius School, also in Philadelphia. It is interesting to note that the three priests who have held the post of general secretary of the Catholic Church Extension Society, Monsignor Ledvina, Monsignor O’Brien and Monsignor McGuinness, have become Bishops, and the presidents, Monsig nor Kelley and Monsignor O’Brien, to mention him in both capacities, have also become Bishops. Bishop McGuinness was honored November 30 with an informal dinner tendered him by Catholic laity, with Homer J. Buckley as chairman, at the Chicago Athletic Club, and another dinner, December 6, at the Illinois Athletic Club with J. A. Kennelly as chairman; similarly honored him. BISHOP OF RALEIGH TO BE CONSECRATED BY THE CARDINAL Bishop O’Brien of Chicago and Bishop Lamb of Phil adelphia Co-consecrators (Special to The Bulletin) PHILADELPHIA, Pa—The RL Rev. Msgr. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D.. Ph. D-, 3. U. D„ since 1919 an official of the Catholic Church Exten sion Society, and for a number of years first vice president and gen eral secretary, will be consecrated the second Bishop of Raleigh at the Ca thedral of Sts. Peter and Paul De cember 21 by His Eminence, Denis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop . of. Philadelphia, with the Most Rev. Wil liam D. O'Brien, D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago and president of the Catholic Church Extension So ciety, and the Most Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, D- D., Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, as co-consecrators. The sermon will be delivered by the Most Rev. Francis Clement Kel ley, D. D., Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and formerly president of Extension- A special train from Chi cago to Philadelphia will bring friends of Bishop McGuinness from the scene of his labors for eighteen years, and Bishops and priests from every section of the country will at tend the ceremony. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Free man, LL. D„ Administrator of the Diocese of Raleigh, will head the del egation of priests from th Diocese to Philadelphia. Other priests of the Diocese who will attend include the Rev. James P. Manley, Nazareth, the Rev. R. F. Vollmer, O. P., Raleigh, the Rev. Herbert Harkins, Mt. Airy, the R-v. William J. Dillon, Pinehurst, the Rev. Leo G. Doetterl, Henderson, the Rev. Thomas A. Williams, South ern Pines, the R< /. Philip J. O’Mara, Hendersonville; the Rev. William F. O'Brien, Durham, the Rev. Maurice McDonnell, O. S. B., Charlotte; the Rev. Richard E. Barrett, Kinston; the Rev. Timothy J. Holland, S. S. J-, Wilmington; the Rev. Andrew V. Graves, S. J.. Revere; the Rev. Mi chael A. Irwin, New Bern; the Rev. John Murnane, O. M. C.. St. Helena; the Rev. Cornelius Diehl, O- S. B., Winston-Salem; the Rev. Edward L. Gross, Edenton, and the Rev. Michael A. Carey, Elizabeth City. Bishop McGuinness to Be Installed Jan. 6 at Cathedral of Sacred Heart in Raleigh Consecrated the second Bishop of Raleigh in Philadel phia. the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, S.T.D., J.U.D., will be installed at the ’ Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Raleigh January 6, at ceremonies which will be attended by Bishops from various sections of the country and particularly from the South, among them Bishop" McGuinness’s predecessor in the See, the Most Rev. William J. Hafey, DJ>., Coadjutor Bishop of Scran ton, who twelve years ago was enthroned in this same Cathedral as the first Bishop of the See. , A dinner for the prelates and clergy participating in the ceremony will follow the ceremony, and it will be served at the Sir Walter Hotel. In the evening Bishop McGuinness will be tendered a civic welcome to the city and state. Sacred Heart Cathedral was erected as the parish church of Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina, a decade and a half ago by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas P. Griffin, then pastor, and later Cathedral rectorfand chancellor of the Diocese. When the Holy Father erect ed the Vicariate-Apostolic of North Carolina into a Dio cese, Raleigh was chosen as the See City, and Sacred Heart as the Cathedral Church. A second parish now serves the colored Catholics of the city. The Most Rev. Michael 'J. Curley, D.D., Archbishop of Baltimore, was administrator of the new See pending the appointment, consecration and installation of Bishop Hafey, who had been secretary to Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Curley's chancellor. At the death of Mon signor Griffin, some time after the consecration of Bish op Hafey, His Excellency appointed the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur Freeman, LL.D., of Goldsboro, rector of the Ca thedral and chancellor; when the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Chris topher Dennen. then pastor of St Mary’s Pro-Cathe dral, Wilmington, resigned as vicar-general. Monsignor Dennen succeeded him. Monsignor Freeman is now Administrator of the Diocese of Raleigh. Bishop McGuinness comes to a Diocese with one of the smallest Catholic populations in the country both nu merically and in point of proportionate population, de spite the fact that during the episcopate of Bishop Ha fey the number of Catholics has nearly doubled, and yet one of the largest in area. The Diocese of Raleigh embraces all of North Carolina except the eight coun ties of the Abbatia Nullius of Belmont. The Diocese is 48,580 square miles in extent, and stretches from the Atlantic to the Appalachian Mountains, touching the states of Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Geor gia. Its greatest length is 490 miles. Its eastern extrem ity washed by the Atlantic, only one state, Tennessee, separates it from the Mississippi, and its western mis sions are directly south of Kentucky, Ohio and Eastern Michigan. In returning to Philadelphia for consecration, therefore, Bishop Mc Guinness is returning to his native Diocese and to the scene of his early priestly labors. He joins the ranks of the priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who have been elevated to the Ppiscopacy. The first Bishop of Savannah, die saintly Bishop Gart- land, was from the Archdiocese, as is the present beloved Bishop of Sa- vannah-Atlanta. Bishop Becker of Savannah, Bishop Haid, the prede cessor of Bishop McGuinness's pre decessor as North Carolina’s ordinary. Bishop Gross of Savannah, later Archbishop of Oregon City, and Bish ops' McGill and Brennan of Richmond were all natives of Pennsylvania and from the Province of Philadelphia if not from the Archdiocese itself. An other distinguished son of the Arch diocese is the new Archbishop of Newark, the Most Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, D. D„ formerly Bishop of Trenton and Bishop of Newark. Testimonial Dinner to Honor the Bishop His Native District Will Tender It to Bishop McGuinness ; : (Special to The Bulletin) PHILADELPHIA. Pa. — The Holy Name Societies of the Lehigh Valley District of the Archdiocese of Phila delphia will honor the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness. D. D., Bishop-elect of Raleigh, with a testi monial dinner at the Americus To- tel, Allentown, December 28. Bishop McGuinness was bora and educated at Bethlehem, Pa., and is the first native of the Lehigh Valley to be raised to the episcopacy. It is anti cipated that seven hundred guests will be present at the dinner. il|!i si 1