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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 i. 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 Zrinest... J^o/t £ nnie a I tent STEAK RANCH RESTAURANT