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f PAGE 12—THE BULLETIN, April 30, 1960
Cardinal Tiserant Honored At
Civic Reception In Savannah
SAVANNAH — Hundreds and
hundreds of Catholics and non-
Catholics gathered at the Hotel
DeSoto on the night of October
15, 1950, to honor His Eminence
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant at a
civic reception, held in connec
tion with the commemoration
of the one hundredth annivers
ary of the founding of the Dio
cese of Savannah.
Speaking to the throng, which
included members of the clergy
and laity, Cardinal Tisserant,
whose position as Secretary of
the Sacred Congregation for the
Oriental Church enabled him to
be in touch with conditions in
lands behind the Iron Curtain,
where most, of the Catholics
united with Rome are members
of the Eastern Rites, declared
that there were signs of religious
feelings in Russia despite the
pressure against religion. He
said Russian soldiers in the Sat
ellite nations had been observed
either buying or stealing relig
ious articles to send home.
Russia he stated, did not abol
ish churches by a decree, but
imposed such heavy taxes on
them that it is impossible to
maintain a building to house a
religious congregation.
“Children of Russia are kept
busy constantly to keep them
from going to church,” he add
ed. “Any priest caught teaching
religion to a boy or girl is con
demned to prison for two or
three years.”
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Cardinal entered.
Following the Mass, Archbish
op O’Hara was host to clergy
and Papal Knights at a luncheon
served in the grand ball room
of the DeSoto Hotel.
After luncheon, Archbishop
O’Hara paid tribute to the
priests serving in the Diocese
for their loyalty and devotion
and Cardinal Tisserant said that
he was pleased that he had been
privileged to bring the blessing
of the Holy Father to the cen
tennial of the Diocese. Bishop
Hyland read a message of greet
ing from the Most Reverend
Michael J. Keyes, S.M., D.D.,
former Bishop of the Diocese of
Savannah, then of the Marist
College, in Washington, D. C.,
and also a communication ex
pressing the best wishes of the
Congregation of Mikve Israel
Synagogue in Savannah.
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta,
spoke briefly at the reception, as
did Hughes Spalding, of Atlanta,,
chairman of the Board of Re
gents of the Univ. of Ga., who.
presented greetings to Cardinal!
Tisserant in the name of Gover
nor Herman Talmadge, Mayor-
Otis F. Fulmer, who welcomed
His Eminence on behalf of the-
City of Savannah; Fred Wiggins
of Albany, president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia, and Mrs. Roy Rich
ardson of Warner Robins, vice-
president of the Savannah-At-
lanta Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women, who voiced greet
ings in the name of the Catholic-
laity of Georgia.
Thomas Thaddeus Dunn, local!
business and civic leader, pre
sided and acted as master of'
ceremonies.
Headed by Nicholas T. Staf
ford, Master of the DeSoto pro
vince, and L. J. Steiber, faithful
navigator of Savannah Assem
bly, Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus, served as a guard of
honor.
Also acting as an escort to the-
attending Prelates, who in addi
tion to Cardinal Tisserant and!
Archbishop O’Hara were Coad
jutor Bishop Emmet M. Walsh
of Youngstown; Bishop John J.
Russell of Charleston; Bishop
Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh;
Auxiliary Bishop John M. Mc
Namara of Washington; Auxili
ary Bishop Thomas J. McDon
ough of St. Augustine; Auxiliary
Bishop Francis E. Hyland of
Savannah-Atlanta; Abbot-Ordi
nary Vincent G. Taylor, O.S.B.,.
of Belmont; and Abbot Francis.
Sadlier, O.S.B., of St. Leo Ab
bey, Fla., were several Papal
Knights.
These included Clarence Hav-
erty and Hughes Spalding of
Atlanta, who are Papal Cham
berlains, of the Sword and Cape;
John W. Gleason, Judge James.
P. Houlihan, Hugh H. Grady,.
Savannah; Hugh Kinchley, Au
gusta, Richard Ried, New York
City, Knights of St. Greg
ory, and Bernard J. Kane,,
of Atlanta, and Robert E. Mc
Cormack of Albany, Knights of
St. Sylvester.
Cardinal Tisserant had arriv-
ed in the city early that morn
ing and was greeted at the Un
ion Station and escorted to the
rectory of the Cathedral of St,
John the Baptist by a motorcade
under escort of motorcycle of
ficers. The Cardinal then offer
ed Mass in the Chapel of SH
Vincent Convent.
More than 2,000 pupils of the
Catholic schools in Chatham.
County attended the 9 o’clock:
Mass at the Cathedral which
was celebrated by Archbishop.
O’Hara, with Father Michael Re
gan and Father Felix Donnelly
assisting. The sermon at the-
Mass for the parochial school
children and Catholic high
school students of the county
was delivered by Cardinal Tis
serant.
As illuminated scroll, contain
ing a transcript of a spiritual
bouquet from the students of
Catholic schools of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta was pre
sented to His Eminence by Miss.
Shirley Parnell, prefect of the
Cathedral Sodality, Miss Nancy
Morrisey, perfect of the Sacred
Heart Sodality, and Miss Isa
belle Powers, perfect of the
Blessed Sacrament Sodality,
who were escorted by staff of
ficers of the ROTC battalion of
Benedictine Military School.
During the Mass, the 130 voic
es of St. Vincent Glee Club and
the Cathedral School Choir, join
ed in singing Latin hymns.
Habersham & Gaston Streets
Savannah, Georgia
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PONTIFICAL BENEDICTION—His Eminence Eugene Cardinal Tisserant is pictured at the
altar of St. Benedict the Moor Church, where: he gave Pontifical Benediction of the Blessed Sac
rament while in Savannah for the centennial celebrations in 1950.—(Andrew Bunn Photo.)
IDiocesan Centennial
(Continued from Page 12)
Lather William J. Harty, S.J. of
Tampa; Father P. A. Ryan, S.J.,
oc New York; Chaplain James
I .ullivan, Chaplain Ambrose T.
McGinty, Parris Island, S. C.;
Father Roy Aiken, Charleston,
. Father John B. Roeder, Wash
ing !on, D. C.
Music for the Mass was ren
dered by James B. Copps Me
morial Choir, under the direc-
1 on of A. J. Handiboe, with
Miss Patricia Barrigan, organ-
: t, Robert Howard was president
(:i the choir, and members in
cluded E. P. Daly, John Joiner,
Frank Widers, Joseph Kameron,
.Sergeant Perk Chapell, D. V.
G’Driscoll, Audley Spellman,
Vestus Ryan, C. F. Russell, Dave
Fitzgerald, John Fitzpatrick, C,
Q. Duprey, Henry Brown, Tho
mas Fahey, James Morel, John
Smith, Colonel J. B. Knapp, Ed
ward Walsh, Hinckley Murphy,
E. J. Deacy and Albert Decker.
At the conclusion of the Mass
Archbishop O’Hara spoke briefly
from the pulpit of the Cathedral
expressing his gratification and
appreciation of Cardinal Tisse-
rant’s participation in the ob
servance of the Diocese centen
nial and thanking all those who
had in any way contributed tow
ard making the commemoration
of the 100th anniversary of the
Diocese a memorable occasion.
Bishop Hyland read the mes
sage from His Holiness Pope
Pius XII, extending greetings
and blessings to the Diocese
upon its centenary. The Apos
tolic Benediction was then im
parted by Cardinal Tisserant.
Pews on the Gospel side of the
middle aisle of the Cathedral
were occupied by members of
the clergy who were not in the
sanctuary. Pews on the Epistle
side of the middle aisle were
filled by the Sisters of the vari
ous Religious Orders serving in
Georgia. Members of the laity
filled to capacity all other pews
in the spacious edifice.
As the procession of the cler
gy, Papal Knights and Altar
boys proceeded along the side
walk from the rectory of Harris
Street to the entrance of the
Cathedral on Abercorn Street,
Fourth Degree Knights of Col
umbus acted as a guard of hon
or, while at the main doorway
of the Cathedral four trumpeters
from Benedictine Military
School sounded a fanfare as the
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