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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Vol. 40, No. 23 MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1960
Serving
Georgia's 88
Southern Counties
Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n of Georgia
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
Bishop To Be
Imimki By Apostolic Delegate
Bishop’s Brothers To Act As
Chaplains For Installation
Ministers to Bishop McDon
ough will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Martin J. McDonough and the
Rev. William F. McDonough, his
brothers, who will also be his
chaplains.
Assistant priest to His Excel
lency will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., while his
masters of ceremonies will be
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J.
McDonald, J.C.D., Rev. Herbert
J. Wellmeier, Rev. John J. Cud-
Construction
Started On
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SAVANNAH — Construction
has begun on an additional
eight classrooms and cafetorium
at St. James Catholic Church,
according to an announcement
by the Very Rev. John D.
Toomey, pastor.
St. James school contains kin
dergarten through the eighth
grade.
The cafetorium will accommo
date 500 persons and will be
used exclusively as the parish
church for several years until a
large permanent church is con
structed. The present church,
which has become inadequate
for St. James’ expanding con
gregation, will be converted into
a gymnasium and social hall. A
covered passage-way will con
nect the present school building
to the new one.
The new classrooms will ac
commodate 350 pupils. Early
registration at St. James School
several weeks ago indicates an
enrollment of approximately 700
students for next term. The Sis
ters of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary and'five lay teachers com
prise the present faculty.
The new school building and
cafetorium is about 18,000 square
feet. Of concrete block, it will
have terrazzo floors, acoustical
ceiling, and winter-summer air
conditioning throughout.
Architect for the building is
Ben P. Ritzert, A.I.A. Stelts
Construction Co. was awarded
the contract of $162,00.
dy and the Rev. William V.
Coleman.
Officers of the installation
mass will be as follows:
Celebrant, Most Rev. Edigio
Vagnozzi, Ph.D., S.T.D., J.C.D.,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States. Preacher will be the
Most Rev. Thomas J. McDon
ough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Savannah. The Right Rev. Msgr.
T. James McNamara, P.A., V.F.,
will serve as assistant priest.
Deacons of honor will be the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Thomas A. Brennan
and the Rt. Rev. Herman J. Dei-
mel, V.F. Serving as deacon for
the mass will be the Very Rev.
John D. Toomey, S.T.L. The
Very Rev. Bede Lightner, O.S.B.,
will be sub deacon and the Right
Rev. Msgr. Gerald V. McDevitt,
J.C.D., will act as master of
ceremonies. Notary for the in
stallation mass will be the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDon
ald, J.C.D. Seminarians of St.
John Vianney Seminary and the
Cathedral altar boys will serve
as minor officers.
SPECIAL
SUPPLEMENT
APRIL 30TH
The Savannah Bulletin
will issue a special 24 page
tabloid supplement on the oc
casion of the Installation of
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.,
J.C.D., as Tenth Bishop of the
Diocese of Savannah.
This supplement will be in
cluded in our issue of April
30th, which will give com
plete coverage to the Instal
lation ceremonies.
Imm
Award For
Aquinas Student
AUGUSTA — The Elk’s Club
of Augusta selected Anne Smith,
a senior at Aquinas High
School, for “The Most Valuable
Student Award.”
The presentation was made at
the Elk’s Club on March 31st. In
recognition for her outstanding
achievement, Anne was present
ed with a fifty dollar savings
bond.
l', —-— A
MOST REV. EGIDIO VAGNOZZI, Ph.D., S.T.D., J.C.D.
Apostolic Delegate To The United States
Savannah Site Of Twenty-First
D.C.C.W. Convention Apr. 30-May 1
SAVANNAH—Catholic women of the Diocese of Savan
nah will gather here for the 21st annual convention of the
Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, April 30th
and May 1st.
Convention preparations are
under the supervision of the
Very Rev. John D. Toomey, Spi
ritual Moderator with Mrs.
George W. Chandler of St. Mich
ael’s parish, Savannah Beach,
General Chairman.
Reservations for the Conven
tion should be made directly
with the DeSoto Hotel, Savan
nah and luncheon and banquet
reservations can be made by
SKETCH OF NEW ADDITION ST. JAMES, SAVANNAH
contacting Mrs. John A. Phil
lips, Reservation Chairman, 23
Nancy Place, Savannah.
Business sessions will be held
on Saturday afternoon and Sun
day morning. The Saturday af
ternoon session will be a group
discussion titled “Towards a
More Eucharistic Life.” The pro
gram will be presented by the
Spiritual Development Commit
tee. Mrs. R. E. Streadman is
chairman of the panel discus
sion. Participants in this discus
sion are Rev. Felix Donnelly,
pastor of the Nativity of Our
Lord, in Thunderbolt, Sr. Mary
Thomasine, R.S.M., Mrs. John
Brennan and Miss Julie Miller.
The banquet on Saturday
night will have as principal
speaker, The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Martin H. McDonough, Director
of the Pontifical Society for the
Propagation of the Faith of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The subject of the address will
be “The Catholic Challenge.”
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Savannah will be celebrant of
the Convention Mass which will
be offered at 8 a. m. -Sunday,
May 1st, at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
The Cathedral Parish Council
of Catholic Women will be host
at a Continental Breakfast to be
served on Sunday morning in
the Cathedral Day School Cafe
torium.
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CATHEDRAL SCENE OF
COLORFUL PAGEANTRY
SAVANNAH — The program, commemorating the sol
emn installation of His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Thomas Joseph McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., as the tenth Bish
op of the historic See of Savannah, will begin Tuesday,
April 26, and will conclude on Wednesday, April 27.
Tuesday marks the arrival of
His Excellency, The Most Rev
erend Egidio Vagnozzi, Ph.D.,
S.T.D.,J.C.D., Apostolic Delegate
to the United States, and Wed
nesday, the actual day ol instal
lation. Archbishop Vagnozzi
comes to Savannah at this time
to formally install Bishop Mc-
Donougn as Ordinary of the
Diocese of Savannan in succes
sion to His Excellency, the Most
Reverend Gerald Patrick O’
Hara, D.D., J.U.D., who until
his resignation recently was the
Bishop of Savannah. Archbishop
O’Hara serves currently as the
Apostolic Delegate to Great
Britain.
On nis arrival Tuesday morn
ing at the Union Station, Sav-
annah, at six-thirty Archbisnop
Vagnozzi will be greeted by
Eisnop McDonough, who will be
accompanied by the Clergy of
tne Diocese and representative
laymen of the installation com
mittee. At tne Union Station a
motorcade, under police escort
will xorin and proceed to the
Cathedral rectory.
At 12:00 o’clock (noon) on
Tuesday on tne plaza, front
ing tne Cathedral tnere will be
a rormal reception to Archbish
op Vagnozzi and Bishop Mc
Donough by the schools of the
Diocese of Savannah. Ail stu
dents of the Catholic schools of
Savannah and Chatham County
from the third grade through
the twelfth, together with dele
gations of pupils from the other
schools of the Diocese will as
semble on the Cathedral plaza
at 11:45 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. On this occasion there will
be a special musical program by
the Benedictine School Military
Band, botn in advance and af
ter tne assembly. During the as
sembly there will be group sing
ing, under the direction of Mrs.
Joseph C. Schreck, chairman of
the music committee of the in
stallation. Following the group
singing, two young ladies of St.
Vincent’s Academy, Savannah,
escorted by an officer detail
from the Benedictine cadets,
Savannah, will make a presenta
tion of formal scrolls from the
schools of the Diocese to both
Archbishop Vagnozzi and Bish
op McDonough. The school re
ception will conclude with Mon
signor McNamara, chairman,
presenting His Excellency, Bish
op McDonough, v/ho in turn will
present the distinguished visitor,
Archbishop Vagnozzi. As the
school reception concludes the
Benedictine School band will
play “The Star Spangled Ban
ner.”
At 6:30 o’clock, the evening of
Tuesday, April 26, there will be
a formal dinner, tendered by
His Excellency, Bishop McDon
ough and the clergy of the Dio
cese in honor of His Ex
cellency, Archbishop Vagnozzi.
Presiding on this occasion will
be the Right Reverend Monsig
nor T. James McNamara, P.A.,
V.F., General Chairman of the
installation program. This cler
gy dinner will be held in the
Gold Room of the Hotel DeSo
to. Chamber music during the
dinner will be by the Theodore
Henkle Ensemble and vocal so
los will be by Mrs. Thomas Tra
pani, accompanied by Mrs. Jos
eph C. Schreck.
Wednesday, April 27th, the
day of solemn installation, the
program begins with the Solemn-
Pontifical Mass, which will be
preceded by the actual ceremony
of installation. Participating in
the processional and the reces
sional of these liturgical func
tions will be members of the
Fourth Degree Assembly,
Knights of Columbus from
throughout the Diocese; a detail
from botn Hunter Air Force
Base and Fort Stewart; an of
ficer detail from the Benedic
tine Cadet Corps; papal honor-
ees; as well as tne clergy of the
Diocese and the visiting clergy,
who come to honor our Bishop
on this momentous occasion.
Tde ceremony of installation
will begin promptly at 11:00 o’
clock and tne processional, in
advance of the ceremony, will
move from the Catnedral rec
tory at 10:45. The musical pro
gram for these liturgical lunc-
tions will be sung by the Catne
dral James B. Copps Memorial
Choir, under the direction of Mr.
E. J. Deacy, choirmaster, assist
ed by Mrs. Joseph C. Schrecx,
Cathedral organist.
Following the Mass of instal
lation at 12:45 o’clock in the
cafeteria of the Cathedral Day
School, dinner will be served the
Sisters in attendance. The mus
ical program for this dinner
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Joseph O. Tegerson, Jr., co-
cliairman of the music commit
tee for the installation program.
H i s Excellency, Archbishop
Vagnozzi and His Excellency,
Bisnop McDonough will speak
briefly to the Sisters at the din
ner.
At 1:00 o’clock, the installation
dinner, honoring Bishop McDon
ough, will be held in the ball
room and the Cotillion Room
of the Hotel DeSoto. Presiding
on this occasion will be Mon
signor McNamara and speaking
will be the Right Reverend
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke,
V.F., Bishop MdDonough and
Archbishop Vagnozzi in the or
der indicated. Soloist at the din
ner will be Mrs. Thomas Trap
ani, accompanied by Mrs. Jos
eph C. Schreck. Chamber music
for the dinner will be by the
Professor Weigand Trio.
The two days of commemora
tion of this historic event of
installation will conclude with
a brilliant civic reception in the
ballroom of tiie Hotel DeSoto
the evening of April 27 from
8:00 to 10:00 o’clock. Beautiful
pageantry will mark the recep
tion. In advance of the formation
of the reception line, which will
include the platform guests of
the civic reception, there will
be a brief speaking program at
which Dr. Thomas J. McGold-
rick of Savannah will preside.
The Honorable W. Lee Mingle-
dorff, Jr., Mayor of Savannah,
will speak in behalf of the City
Announce Lay
Committees
The following will comprise
the lay committees for the in
stallation ceremony:
Honorary chairmen: The Hon.
James P. Houlihan, Sr., K.S.G.;
Hon. John W. Gleason, K.S.G.;
Hon. Daniel J. Sheehan, K.S.G.;
Hon. Alvin M. McAuliffe, K.S.G.;
Hon. John W. McDonald, K.S.G.;
Hon. Patrick H. Rice, Jr., K.S.G.;
Hno. Robert E. McCormack,
K.S.S.
Host city committee’s general
lay chairman: Mr. Julian C.
Halligan; Co-chairman, Mr. Jos
eph Hutton; attendance commit
tee chairman, Mrs. Owen Por
ter; Co-chairman, Mrs. Edwin
Mulligan; Publicity committee
chairman, Mr. Francis P. Ros-
siter; Co-chairmen, Mr. John
Markwalter and Mr. Jack Mc-
Quade.
Registration committee chair
man: Mrs. A. J. Schano; co-
chairman, Mrs. James B. Wil
liams; decorations committee
chairman, Mrs. James J. Col
lins; co-chairman, Mrs. James W.
Howe; music committee chair
man, Mrs. Joseph C. Schreck;
co-chairman. Mrs. Joseph O.
mittee: chairman, Mr. Eugene
Summerlin; co-chairman, Wai-
Tergerson; transportation com-
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of Savannah; Mrs. N. I. Boat-
right, president of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, will
speak in behalf of the Laywo-
men of the Diocese; and the
Honorable Robert E. McCor
mack, K.S.S., will speak in be
half of the Laymen of the Dio
cese. Following these brief ad
dresses Monsignor McNamara
will present His Excellency,
Bishop McDonough, who in turn
will present His Excellency,
Archbishop Vagnozzi.
Archbishops and Bishops at
tending will include: The Most
Rev. Joseph P. Hurley, D.D.,
Archbishop, Bishop of St. Aug
ustine; Most Rev. Francis E. Hy
land, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Atlanta; Most Rev. Coleman F.
Carroll, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Miami; Most Rev. J. Carroll Mc
Cormick, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop
of Philadelphia; Most Rev.
Francis McSorley, O.M.I.; Most
Rev. Joseph H. Hodges, D.D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond;
Most Rev. James A. McNulty,
D.D., Bishop of Paterson, N. J.
Abbots attending are the Rt.
Rev. Dom Augustine Moore,
G.C.S.O., Conyers, Georgia and
the Rt. Rev. Dom Anthony
Chassagne, O.C.S.O., Monks
Corner, S. C.
Monsignors attending: Rt.
Rev. T. James McNamara, P.A.,
V.F.; Rt. Rev. Daniel J. Bourke,
V.F.; Rt. Rev. Charles Baum,
V.F.; Rt. Rev. Martin C. Murphy;
Rt. Rev. P. J. O’Connor; Rt. Rev.
Martin J. McDonough; Rt. Rev.
Joseph J. Bernardin; Rt. Rev.
John J. McCarthy; Rt. Rev.
George Lewis Smith; Rt. Rev.
Michael J. Regan; Rt. Rev. John
J. Graham; Rt. Rev. Thomas A.
Brennan; Rt. Rev. Herman J.
Daniel, V.F. and the Very Rev.
D. C. Hamburger.
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