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Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n Of Georgia
Vol. 39, No. 3
U. S. World's Fair
Reflects Christian
CARNEGIE GRANTEE Rev.
Broiher James M. Kenny, S.J.,
(above) of Morristown, N. J.,
business manager of ihe service
enterprises at New York's Ford-
ham University, has been
awarded a Carnegie Foundation
grant to attend the 1958 Short
Course in College Business Man
agement. Awarded to one person
in each state, the grant will
place him at the University of
Omaha this summer. (NC Pho
tos)
Requiem For
Fatuer Reilley
PHILADELPHIA — The Rev.
James T. Reilley, S.M., native
of Savannah, and former pastor
of St. Francis Xavier Church,
Brunswick, died in a Phila
delphia hospital, June 27th.
A native Georgian, Father
Reilly was born in Savannah on
January 18, 1889, and received
his early education at the Con
vent School of the Sisters of
Mercy in his native city. He
pursued his higher education
under the direction of the Marist
Fathers in Washington, D. C.
Here, too* he prepared for the
priesthood.
On June 20, 1912, Father Reil
ly was ordained by the Most
Reverend John E. Gunn, S. M.,
Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi,
and one of the predecessors of
Father Reilly as Pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta,
from 1898 to 1911.
As a young priest, Father
Reilly taught at Marist Semi
nary, Washington, D. C., and at
St. Mary’s, Van Buren, Maine.
In 1920, he began his pastoral
work by serving the English-
speaking Catholics of Mexico
City, Mexico, for four years. On
his return to the States, he serv
ed as Assistant Pastor in Bruns
wick, Georgia, Algiers, Louisi
ana, and Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1932, Father Reilly became
Pastor of St. Francis Xavier
Church in Brunswick, Georgia.
He then was named pastor at
Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta.
After serving as Pastor of
Sacred Heart Church for six
years, Father Reilly became
pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Buchannon, W. Va., and sub
sequently assisted in churches
in Richwood, W. Va., and
Wheeling, W. Va.
Since 1953, Father Reilly has
been retired at St. Mary’s
Manor, Penndel, Pa.
Requiem For
Sister Mary Ryan
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Sister Mary Ryan were
held June 24th at St. Mary’s-
on-the-Hill Church, Rev. Daniel
J. Bourke, V.F. officiating.
A native of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Sister Mary was the daughter of
the late Michael T. Ryan and
Ann L. Lynch of New York. She
had been in Augusta four
months.
Sister Mary was received in
religion in Atlanta in 1913 and
the profession of faith in 1915.
She taught school at Sacred
Heart School in Atlanta, Savan
nah,, Sharon, St. Joseph’s Home
in Washington, Ga. and St. Jos-
By Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara
This appraisal of the Woriel’s
Fair was written by Monsignor
McN anuira, Rector of the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
Monsignor visited the Brussells’
Fair following the Diocesan Pil
grimage to Lourdes.
We entered the Fair with a
critical mind, for we had read
in European editions of the
American Press criticisms of the
American Pavillion at the Fair.
We felt a challenge, as Ameri
cans travelling in Europe, to
see for ourselves. What we saw
was exhilirating, captivating
and pleasing. Like a precious
gem, the American Pavillion
stood out, and its location spell
ed out a symbolism for us.
Certainly the design of the
Pavillion is equisite and the
design as executed beautiful to
behold. To the seeing eye it was
as well an engineering triumph.
A vast expanse with no visible
supports save the outer walls,
the roof of the Pavilion took on
an added beauty. The whole
building and its exhibits seem
ed to radiate liberty and free
dom and the atmosphere of lei
sure that dominated the Pa
vilion both exteriorly and in
teriorly seemed but to stress
this liberty and freedom.
Unlike the Soviet building,
directly across from it, the
American Pavilion had no idle
display of heavy, ponderous ma
chinery; but again to the seeing
eye there were toy models in the
American exhibits that suggest
ed all the ponderous machines
of the Russian exhibits and
more. Whether done intention
ally or not, the fact remains
that a reflective comparison of
the machinery aspects of the
American and Soviet Pavilions
suggest the wisdom of childlike
qualities as stressed by Our Di
vine Lord. Nothing of force and
power was in evidence in or
about the American Pavilion.
Indeed, the polyglot tongue that
struck the ear as one moved in
and out among the tables of the
outer rim of the Pavilion was so
thoroughly American in that it
suggested that unity enriched
by differences which is the cha
racteristic note of democracy in
our Nation.
All nationalities were enjoy
ing the leisure of the American
Pavilion and spelled out their
differences was not only their
speech but the foods they were
munching as well. On the other
hand, the lawn space of the So
viet building across the way was
loaded with ponderous machine
ry and so crowded accordingly
that leisure seemed foreign to
the concept of the people whom
the building represented.
The contrast between the de
signs of the two buildings and
their respective exhibits illus
trates dramatically the radical
difference between our Ameri
can Way of Life and the Russian
concept of life; between life as
lived in a democracy rooted in
religious values and life as lived
in a totalitarian State. This con
trast is strikingly brought out
when one reflects that there is
no personality dominating the
American Pavilion, no statues,
colossal or otherwise, or heroes
of the past or present.
No sooner does one enter the
Soviet Pavilion than he rea
lizes that the Soviet concept of
the Race of Men is a classless
society wherein all will become
proletariat and unity, enriched
by valid differences, will be re
duced by force into a sterile
uniformity. Giant statues of a
male and female worker greet
one as one enters the Soviet
Pavilion and these are so situ
ated as to suggest pseudo ador
ing angels to Lenin, the colos
sal statue of whom dominates
eph School in Brunswick.
She is survived by a brother,
Frank Ryan of Brooklyn and a
nephew, Matthew Ryan, also of
Brooklyn.
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
Serving
Georgia's 88
Southern Counties
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1958
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
Papal Status for Missionaries
An American congregation of priests and brothers, founded
in Alabama in 1929,—the Missionary Servants of the Most
Holy Trinity has been granted pontifical status according
to a Decree of Praise issued by the Holy See. A Vincentian
priest, the late Father Thomas A. Judge, (left) was founder
of the congregation which labors in 17 archdioceses and
dioceses of the United States and Puerto Rico. Father
Thomas O’Keeffe, M.S.SS.T., (right) of Silver Spring; Md.,
is its Custodian General. (NC Photos)
Archbishop At Cathedral Reopening
Australia's Cardinal
Received By Queen
Exhibit
Values
the total scene of the Pavilion.
To Father Daly, my companion,
and to me it all seemed like a
sort of idolatry and in reflect
ing we were happy in the
thought that our American Pa
vilion was free of any sugges
tion of the deification of our
Nation’s leaders.
If there was anything offens
ive either on the facade or in
the interior of the American
Pavilion. Father Daly and I did
not witness it. It is possible that
we did not see all. There was
so much to be seen and so much
fatigue in seeing that it is pos
sible we may have missed some
thing. What we saw made us
doubly proud that we were
American citizens and native to
the American soil. Even in the
Art Exhibit, which we review
ed lastly because it was so un
impressive, we saw nothing of
fensive to good taste. I must say
in passing that we expressed re
gret that it was there and then
concluded that it too had its
value in that it did point up the
tolerance of our Native Land.
Deliberate or otherwise the
location of the American Pavil
ion with one side facing Civitas
Dei, the Church’s Exposition,
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Urge Caution
Regarding Alleged
Apparitions
MADRID (NC) — Church au
thorities have recommended the
utmost reserve in regard to al
leged apparitions of the Blessed
Virgin to a group of children
from the village of Jorcas in
the province of Teruel in east
ern Spain.
Scattered reports concerning
the alleged visions have appear
ed here in the Catholic press.
They give the following account
of the events alleged to have oc
curred:
Eight children of the villiage
of Jorcas claim to have had a
series of apparitions of the
Blessed Virgin, beginning on
June 6, the day after the feast
of Corpus Christi, and ending
on June 20. Seven of the eight
children made their First Com
munion on Corpus Christi. They
range in age from 7 to 16.
LONDON, (NC) — His Em
inence Norman Cardinal Gilroy,
Archbishop uj. ^j Austral
ia, was receive u y ner Majes
ty Queen Elizaoetn il at Wind
sor Castle.
The Cardinal is here with 600
members of the Australian cen
tennial year pilgrimage to
Lourdes. Most of the pilgrims
accompanied him to Windsor,
and tne Queen spoke to many of
them individually.
Cardinal Gilroy’s visit to the
British Isles includes trips to
Scotland and to Ireland.
A major facet of his schedule
was the solemn reopening of St.
George’s cathedral here, with
the Cardinal presiding, on July
4. The cathedral, the only major
church in the London area de
stroyed during the World War II
airraids, is the seat of the Dio
cese of Southwark and one of
three Catholic cathedrals in
greater London, Bishop Cyril C.
Cowderoy of Southwark offici
ated at the reopening, and about
three dozen other bishops, in
cluding His Eminence John
Cardinal D’Alton, Archbishop of
Armagh and Primate of all Ire
land and Archbishop Gerald
P. O’Hara, Bishop of Sav
annah, Ga., and Apostolic Dele
gate to Great Britain, were
present.
The day after Cardinal Gil
roy’s arrival here, he flew to
Scotland to preside at the cen
tenary of the arrival in Scot
land of the Marist Brothers, in
one of whose Australian schools
he was educated.
Welcoming the first cardinal
to visit the land of John Knox
for over 60 years, Scots Catho
lics gave a tumultuous greeting
to Cardinal Gilroy when he
landed to the skirl of bagpipes
at Renfrew airport.
With the Cardinal at the Mar
ist centenary dinner in Glasgow
that night were Scotland’s two
archbishops, the Most Revs.
Donald Campbell of Glasgow
and Gordon Gray of St. An
drews and Edinburgh: five oth
er, Scottish bishops, and Scots-
born Brother Justinian, Assist
ant Superior General of the
Marists.
Thousands of people crowded
Glasgow’s Clyde Street to watch
Cardinal Gilroy go in procession
into St. Andrew’s Cathedral, the
first member of the Sacred Col
lege to pay an official visit to
this 100-year-old church. Arch
bishop Campbell celebrated the
Marist centenary Mass and the
Cardinal preached.
Named At Macon Meeting
Mrs. A. J. Schano Nominee
For Board Of Directors
MACON — Mrs. A. J. Schano,
of Savannah, is the unanimous
choice for nominee for the
N.C.C.W. Board of Directors,
from the Savannah Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women.
Mrs. Schano was appointed as
nominee at the semi-annual
luncheon and board meeting of
the D.C.C.W., which was held
on Wednesday, June 25, at the
Moose Club in Macon. The elec
tion of the N.C.C.W. Board of
Directors will be held at the
convention in St. Louis, Mo., in
September.
Mrs. Schano is a past presi
dent of the Savannah-Atlanta
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women, of the Savannah Dean
ery C.C.W., and also of the Sac
red Heart Home and School As
sociation, and the Sacred Heart
P.C.C.W. of Savannah. She has
served as diocesan and deanery
chairman of the Home and
School Committee, and deanery
chairman of the Organization
and Development Committee.
She is a member of the Savan
nah United Community Service
General Committee, past chair
man of the Women’s Division of
the U. C. S. Fund Drive, mem
ber of the Women’s Division of
the State Civil Defense Organi
zation, and the Savannah Can
cer Society.
Mrs. Schano, the former Mar
garet Irlbacher, attended St.
MRS. A. J. SCHANO
Augustine’s School, and is a
graduate of Mt. Mercy Academy,
in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She
is a graduate of Pittsburgh Hos
pital School of Nursing, which
is conducted by the Sisters of
Charity. She was president of
the Alumnae of the School of
Nursing in 1929, and a member
of the board of directors from
the Sixth District of Pennsyl
vania State Nurses Association,
from 1930-1932.
The nominee is the mother of
four children, and the widow
of the late A. J. Schano, who
was Asst. Mgr. of the American
Oil Co., in Savannah, at the time
of his death, this past Decem
ber.
Mr. and Mrs. Schano came to
Savannah in 1932, after their
marriage in St. Raphael’s
Church, in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Schano is thoroughly
Catholic, intellectually and spi
ritually, and is most capable in
organizational work.
Father John D. Toomey, Spi
ritual Moderator of the D.C.C.W.
announced that Miss Lucia
Sgalbazzini, of Milan, Italy, an
exchange student, would arrive
in the States, on July 21, and
shortly after come to Savannah,
where she will reside with Dr.
and Mrs. Jos. Pacifici, of 40
East Fiftieth Street. Miss
Sgalbazzini is enrolled as a stu
dent at St. Vincent’s Academy.
Mrs. Katharine Huggins, of
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Jesuits Leave Macon
Msgr. Sheehan Installed
As Pastor Of St. Joseph's
Hold Reception
For New Pastor,
Jesuit Fathers
MACON — The Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.
J.C.D., auxiliary bishop, presid
ed at the installation ceremon
ies of Rt. Rev. Monsignor Tho
mas I. Sheehan as pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church on Sunday,
June 29th.
Ceremonies transferring St.
Joseph’s Parish administrator-
ship from the Jesuits to Secular
priests of the Diocese were held
jointly with the installation cer
emony. Bishop McDonough was
celebrant at the 11 a. m. Mass
at which the ceremonies took
place.
A letter from His Excellency
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’
Hara, D.D. J.U.D., Bishop of
Savannah and Apostolic Dele
gate to Great Britain addressed
to the members of St. Joseph’s
parish was read at the cere
monies.
Paying tribute to the Jesuit
Fathers who have served the
parish since 1887, His Excel
lency wrote:
‘Great and profound as have
been the affection and esteem
that I have had for the Society
of Jesus all my life, that affec-
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tion and esteem have been in
tensified by the splendid spirit
of cooperation that the Jesuit
Fathers have shown in the pres
ent circumstances. May the
Good God richly reward them
and the great Society of which
they are members for what they
have done for the Church and
for souls in this part of the Dio-
ese.’
Benediction of the Most Bless
ed Sacrament was held at 5:30
p. m., at the church, and was
followed by a reception given
by Bishop McDonough in honor
of both Monsignor Sheehan and
the Fathers of the Society of
Jesus.
Monsignor Sheehan was or
dained in the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, Savannah, on
May 29, 1930. He served at the
Cathedral until September of
that year when he was assign
ed as an assistant at St. Tere
sa’s Church in Albany and to
serve on the southwest Georgia
missions.
In July of 1935, he was named
as Manager of St. Joseph’s Home
in Washington. He served in
this capacity for one year when
in July of 1936, he was named
as the first resident pastor of
St. Augustine’s Church in
Thomasville.
Father Sheehan returned to
Savannah in January of 1940
as the first pastor of Our Lady
of Lourdes Church, Port Went
worth. In February of 1945, he
was named as the pastor of St.
Thomas More Church in Decat
ur.
It was during his administrat
orship of this parish in Decatur
that all the buildings were erect
ed, and a short time ago Monsig
nor Sheehan announced to the
people of this parish that the
entire debt on the parish had
been paid.
For outstanding work as a
priest on the missions and as an
administrator of a large parish,
His Holiness, Pope Pius XII,
elevated Father Sheehan to the
rank of Domestic Prelate with
the title of Right Rev. Monsig
nor, last year.
The Rev. Carmine Benanti,
S.J., retiring pastor of St. Jos
eph’s had served in the post for
six years, and prior to that was
stationed at Mobile, Ala., and
New Orleans, La. The parish
honored Father with an “Ap
preciation Night” prior to his
departure from Macon.
Leaving Macon for other as
signments are the Rev. Lester
F.X. Guteri, S.J., and the Rev.
Donald Barrilleaux, S.J.
Replacing these priests as
Monsignor Sheehan’s assistants
are The Rev. Daniel Myszka,
newly ordained, and a priest of
the Diocese of Buffalo, now serv
ing temporarily in the Diocese,
and the Rev. Joseph L. Stranc,
newly ordained. Father Stranc
is a native of Philadelphia.
RT. REV. MSGR. THOMAS I. SHEEHAN
FAMILY HAS PRIMARY DUTY
OF PROVIDING VOCATIONS
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
CHICAGO — The family has
the primary responsibility of
nurturing religious vocations to
help the Church remodel the
world according to Christ’s
teachings, a Bishop declared
here at the Serra International
convention.
Coadjutor Bishop Thomas J.
McDonnell of Wheeling told
some 2,500 Serrans at their 16th
annual convention that thou
sands of priests and Religious
are needed to overcome the
“terrific handicap” the Church
faces “in preserving and reach
ing all nations with the teach
ings and commandments of
Jesus Christ.”
“If the world today is to be
remodeled to the Christian way
of thinking, doing and saying,
the priesthood of Jesus Christ is
needed,” the Bishop asserled.
“The priest carries on the work
of Christ in the person of Christ.
He is Christ’s tool in rebuilding
a fallen generation.”
In citing the Church’s urgent
need for vocations, Bishop Mc
Donnell said that “thousands of
priests, Brothers and Sisters are
needed to assist overworked
pastors, teachers and mission
aries in America.”
“Other thousands,” he con
tinued, “are needed to replace
Europe’s ruined dioceses and in-
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tor of the newly erected parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, Colum
bus, is pictured with the parish’s First Communion Class. The
lower photo was snapped during a Sunday School Class.