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Vol. 41, No. 16 5\ ^
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1961
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Says Council
Won't Begin
Before 1962
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON — The ecu
menical council called by His
Holiness Pope John XXIII
probably will not begin be
fore 1962, according to a U. S
theologian taking part in its
planning.
“Much preliminary work still
remains to be completed,” de
clared Father Charles J. Cor
coran, C.S.C., professor of dog
matic theology at Holy Cross
College here.
Father Corcoran recently re
turned from Rome, where he
took part in consultations of
the ecumenical council’s com
mission for Religious. The
commission considers matters
involving religious communi
ties.
Preparations for the council
are moving, ahead “efficiently
and quietly,” the Holy Cross
priest told the annual Univer
sal Notre Dame Communion
breakfast of the Washington-
area Notre Dame University
Club.
Father Qorcoran said pro
vision has been made for the
expected interest of non-Cath-
olic in the council by the es
tablishment of a secretariate
whose function is to maintain
liaison with those outside the
Church.
Atlanta Requiem For
Rev. C. R. Hageman, S.M.
ATLANTA — Solemn pon
tifical requiem mass was of-
■red this morning for the
Rev. Gerard R. Hageman, S.M.,
assistant principal of Marist
College. Father died last Sun
day in Bedford, Ohio, where
he was visiting for the holi
days.
His Excellency, The Most
Rev. Francis E. Hyland, Bish
op of Atlanta, was celebrant
of the Requiem and gave the
absolutions. Assistant priest
was the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos
eph G. Cassidy, P.A., Deacons
of Honor were the Very Rev.
Joseph W. Buckley, S.M., Pro
vincial and the Very Rev.
Charles J. Willis, S.M., Vice
Provincial and Superior of the
Atlanta Community; Deacon
was the Rev. James L. Harri
son; Sub Deacon, Rev. John
Cotter. Preacher at the Mass
aws the Rev. Vincent P.
Brennan, S.M.
The Holy Rosary was recited
Friday evening in Sacred
Heart Church. The Fourth De
gree Knights of Columbus
served as an honor guard un
til 9 p. m. when they were
relieved by the parents of
Marist students who remained
until midnight.
Pallbearers were members
of the lay faculty at Marist.
The Office of the Dead was
recited by the clergy this
morning immediately prior to
the mass.
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Fa-
REV. G. R. HAGEMAN, S.M.
ther Hageman graduated from
St. Francis College. He then
entered the Society of Mary
and began his studies for the
priesthood in the Marist Col
lege at Catholic University in
Washington.
After his ordination on June
8, 1941, he served as an in
structor at the Marist prepara
tory seminary, Penndel, Penn.
In 1942, he came to Atlanta as
a member of the staff of Mar
ist College, a post he held un
til 1957, when he was sent as
a teacher to the newly opened
Chanel High School. Bedford,
Ohio. Returning to Atlanta in
1959, Father Hageman was ap
pointed to the position of as
sistant principal of Marist.
Services At National Shrine,
New York Cathedral Will Mark
U.S. Unity Octave Observance
Cardinal
Wendel
lies At 59
(Radio, NCWC News Service)
MUNICH, Germany — Jos
eph Cardinal Wendel, Arch
bishop of Munich and Freising,
died suddenly at his residence
here on New Year’s eve. He
was 59.
Cardinal Wendel’s death re
duces membership of the Sac
red College of Cardinals to 81,
not counting four cardinals-
elect named on December 16.
On the evening of his death
the Cardinal presided at tra-
dtiional St. Sylvester’s Day
services at the Cathedral of
Our Lady. Ten thousand Cath
olics attended this year-end
service. Shortly after return
ing to his rooms from this
service he collapsed and died.
Death was attributed to a
heart attack.
The crowning achievement
of Cardinal Wendel’s busy ca
reer was the organization of
the 1960 International Euchar
istic Congress at Munich, July
31 to August 7, which drew
a million pilgrims and a vio
lent propaganda barrage from
communist countries. His
strenuous work in organizing
the congress may have helped
bring on his early death, ac
cording to informed circles
here. He took a personal part
in all phases of organizing the
congress.
During the Eucharistic con
gress Cardinal Wendel gave
first Holy Communion to
about 100 children between
three and eight years of age
who had been prepared for
the sacrament by their par
ents.
The Cardinal was named
Archbishop of Munich on Aug
ust 9, 1952. Prior to this ap- J'iAui-gy and new diocesan
pointment, he served as Bishop I regulations regarding church
of Speyer from June of 1943. I music.
ESTABLISH COMMISSIONS ON
LITURGY AND SACRED MUSIC
Msgr. Toamey,
if. Donnelly
Head Groups
SAVANNAH, Jan. 5th—Two
Savannah priests have been
named to head new Diocesan
commissions, it was announced
today by the Most Rev. Tho
mas J. McDonough, Bishop of
Savannah.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D.
Tc-omey, S.T.L., pastor of St.
James Church Savannah, has
been appointed chairman of
the Diocesan Liturgical Com
mission. Other members of the
commission are the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, V.F.,
pastor of St. Mary’s-on-the-
Hill, Augusta; Rev. Marvin J.
LeFrois, pastor of St. Teresa’s,
Albany and Rev. James Cum
mings, S.M., pastor of St. Fran
cis Xavier Church, Brunswick.
Appointed to head the Dio
cesan Commission for Sacred
Music is the Rev. Felix Don
nelly, pastor of Nativity of
Our Lord Church, Thunder
bolt. Also on the Music Com
mission are Rev. Arthur Welt-
zer, pastor of St. Patrick’s Au
gusta; Rev. George C. James,
assistant pastor, at Blessed
Sacrament, Savannah and Rev.
John Fitzpatrick, assistant pas
tor at St. Joseph’s, Macon.
Both commissions were
formed in response to a recent
decree issued by the Holy See
concerning the Rubrics of the
ADDRESSES CLERGY ON LITURGY—The Rev. Walter Schmitz, noted authority on
the Liturgy, addresses clergy conference held in Savannah to discuss recent decree of the
Holy See affecting the Rubrics of the Mass and the Divie Office. This decree and Dio
cesan regulations concerning church music led to forming of two new commissions for the
Savannah Diocese. Shown here on the speaker’s platform are, 1. to r., Monsignor T. James
McNamara, Vicar General, Father Schmitz, Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop of Sa
vannah.
(NCWC News Service)
Services in the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception, Washington, D. C., and
St. Patrick’s cathedral, New
York, will highlight U. S. ob
servance of the Chair of Unity
Octave January 18 to 25.
The octave, begun in 1908,
is a Catholic prayer campaign
for religious unity. Each of its
eight days is dedicated to a
different intention concerned
with unity.
The annual observance is
promoted by the Society of
the Atonement, whose convert
founder, Father Paul James
Francis, S.A., also began the
Unity Octave. This year the
society is urging prayer for the
coming ecumenical council’s
success in connection with the
octave observance.
Seven bishops will take part
in the octave rights at the nat
ional shrine in Washington.
The schedule of services there
is as follows:
On January 18 (intention:
“The Union of All Christians
in the One True Faith and in
the Church”) Archbishop Pat
rick A. OBoyle of Washington
will offer a Mass at which
Father Angelus F. Delahunt,
S.A., superior general of the
Society of the Atonement, will
preach.
On January 19 (intention:
“The Return of Separated
Eastern Christians to Com
munion with the Holy See”)
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen J.
Kocisko of the Byzantine
Greek Rite Exarchate of Pitts
burgh will preside and preach
at a Mass.
On January 20 (intention:
“The -Reconciliation of Angli
cans with the Holy See”) Aux
iliary Bishop Joseph H. Hodges
of Richmond, Va., will preside
at a Mass. Father Gordon B.
ORDO COMPILER
Father David T. Thomas, a 34-year-old doctor of canon law
and assistant to chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Louis,
is compiling the Ordo for some 52 dioceses in the U. S. this
year. The new Ordo is a series of volumes telling in detail
what rules to follow for saying the office and the Mass in
line with the Holy Father’s new reforms of the breviary
and missal, (NCJ Photos)
Wadhams of St. Thomas Semi
nary, Bloomfield, Conn., will
preach.
On January 21 (intention:
“The Reconciliation of Euro
pean Protestants with the Holy
See”) Auxiliary Bishop Philip
M. Hannan of Washington will
preside at Mass. Father Gus
tave Weigel, S.J., theology
professor at Woodstock (Md.)
College, will preach.
On January 22 (intention:
“That American Christians Be
come One in Union with the
Chair of Peter”) Bishop Han
nan will again preside. Father
Robert J. Slavin, O.P., presi
dent of Providence (R. I.) Col
lege, will preach.
On January 23 (intention:
“The Restoration of Lapsed
Catholics to the Sacramental
Life of the Church”) Msgr.
John K. Cartwright, rector of
St. Matthew’s cathedral, Wash
ington, will preside and
preach.
On January 24 (intention:
“That the Jewish People Come
Into Their Inheritance in Jesus
Christ”) Bishop Vincent S.
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MORAL ISSUES CITED
IN NATIONWIDE STRIKE
OF DELGIAN SOCIALISTS
By Father Elie
Vandenbussche, S.J.
BRUSSELS (Radio, NC) —
Moral and social issues have
been raised in the violent anti
government strike of socialis
tic unions which brought this
country’s economic life to a
virtual standstill.
Despite vehement socialist
denials, many observers hold
that the strike was called to
overthrow the government of
Social Christian (Catholic)
Premier Gaston Eyskens. Os
tensibly the strike was called
to prevent passage of new au
sterity laws designed to bring
the nation’s expenditures into
line with its income, sharply
reduced by the loss of the col
ony of the Congo.
Many Belgians fear that the
socialists seek to throttle dem
ocratic government in Bel
gium.
Catholic moralists and so
cial experts have called the
strike unjustified and entirely
disproportionate. Unions in the
predominantly Catholic north
of the country did not heed the
strike call.
Jozef Cardinal van Roey,
Archbishop of Malines, brand
ed the strike “illegal and un
reasonable.”
Catholic social experts have
stated that the austerity bill
before Parliament is justified
by economic needs and that
it divides the burdens of sac
rifices equally among all
classes. Socialist union leaders
declared in calling the strike
that the higher tax<y and re-
PRAY FOR OUR
(priestly DEAD
REV. PATRICK HOOKE
January 2, 1859
REV. JOSEPH REISERER
January 5, 1880
REV. MICHAEL J. BYRNE
January 8, 1922
O God, IF ho didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotal
office, a share in the priesthood
of the Apostles, grant, we im
plore, that they may also be one
of their company forever in
heaven. Through Christ Our
Lord. Amen.
Clarence Haverty
Rites At Atlanta
duced social benefits would
put the heaviest burden on the
working class.
Premier Eyskens warned in
a nationwide radio address
that the very existence and
function of our institutions are
at stake.” He said his govern
ment would never bow to vio
lence, and he appealed to the
strikers to return to work.
Changes Became Effective January 1st
Laity Can Still Use Present Missals
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ST. LOUIS — Lay people
still may use their present mis
sals at Mass.
This is a reminder from Fa
ther David T. Thomas, a 34-
year-old doctor of canon law
who has been burning the
midnight oil to compile new
ordos for 52 U. S. dioceses, al
most half of all U. S. Sees.
The ordo is a book which
lists the order of changeable
parts of the Mass and prayers
of the divine office through
out the year.
While there are some chang
es in the Mass, there are no
changes in its text, said Fa
ther Thomas, assistant chan
cellor of the St. Louis arch
diocese who is compiling ordos
for the B. Herder Publishing
Company here.
Father Thomas also said the
changes, made public by the
Vatican in August, 1960, are
not the last Catholics can ex
pect.
“Undoubtedly there will be
further help in refoi’m from
the Ecumenical Council. All
the changes are aimed at re
storing the liturgy and getting
away from formalism and rou
tine,” he said.
The first change Catholic
lay people will notice is that
the Feast of the Circumcusion
on January 1 is no more.
The day is now called the
Octave of Christmas. But the
Mass is the same.
Other obvious changes, he
said, are the omission of the
Confiteor and attendant pray
ers before the Communion.
After the priest consumes
the Precious Blood, he will put
the chalice down, open the
tabernacle door, turn to the
people and say:
“Ecce Agnus Dei . . .”
i No confiteor by the altar
boys. No absolution by the
priest.
“The reason,” Father Tho
mas said, “is that the confiteor
and the two following prayers
of the priest already have been
said once, at the beginning of
the Mass. Deleting them at the
Communion does away with
unnecessary repetion.”
Another change is in the
tone of voice used by the cele
brant. There used to be three
tones, now there will be two:
the inaudible and the loud.
The third used to be a “middle
tone,” audible, but quiet.
Also, (during the year, lay
people will notice fewer fa
miliar feasts, Father Thomas
said.
There are two cycles of
feasts: the “sanctoral,” con
cerning the feasts of saints,
and the “temporal,” concern
ing the time of the year, such
as lent or advent.
All feasts are ranked by
“class,” from 1 to 4. The one
given the higher rank is ob
served when two clash.
When feasts from the two
cycles fall on the same day it
is called “occurence,” Father
Thomas said. And the Ordo
explains which one has prece
dence.
For example, the feast of the
celebrated scholar St. Thomas
Aquinas, Class III, occurs this
year on a lenten weekday
which now has a higher class
ranking, Class II.
Thus, thee Angelic Doctor
gets only a commemoration
during the Mass this year.
Every diocese has a different
Ordo, although those for sev
eral dioceses are frequently
combined in one volume.
The feast of the dedication
of a diocese’s cathedi’al, for
example, is a Class I feast in
that diocese, but in no other
hap-
See, unless the patron
pens to be the same.
Also, some feasts vary ac
cording to locality. In two
Missouri dioceses, for example,
the feast of a local beata,
Blessed Philippine Duchesne,
is observed in November, al
though it is not in other dio
ceses.
Another change daily Mass-
goers will notice, Father Tho
mas said, is the fewer number
of daily Requiem Masses, that
is, a Requiem Mass on a day
other than the day of the fun
eral or a specific anniversary
of that day.
The new regulations provide
that a daily Mass for the Dead
is a Class IV feast and can be
said only on Class IV days,
which are “ferial days,” when
normally no Mass is scheduled
other than the Mass of the
previous Sunday.
Under the old regulations,
such Masses could be said on
most days that are classified
as Class III under the new reg
ulations. Now the accent is on
the Mass of the day.
The ordo Father Thomas has
been preparing comes in six
different volurrves.
ATLANTA — Requiem Mass
was offered for Clarence Hav
erty, businessman and out
standing Catholic Layman on
December 24th at the Cathe
dral of Christ-the-Kmg.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Cas
sidy, P.A., Rector of the Catne-
dral was celebrant of the
Mass. Absolutions were given
by the Most Rev. Francis E.
Hyland, D.D. J.C.D., Bishop of
Atlanta.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Haverty was chairman Of the
board of Haverty Furniture
Companies, Inc., largest retail
furniture organization in the
South, and the fourth largest
in sales in the United States.
Mr. Haverty was a Privy
Chamberlain of the Sword and
Cape, having received this ap
pointment in 1946 from tne
late Pope Pius XII. Pope Jonn
XXIII renewed this appoint
ment in 1959.
In 1956 Mr. Haverty was in
vested a Master Knight of the
Sovereign Military Order of
Malta by Francis Cardinal
Spellman in ceremonies which
took place in St. Patrick’s Ca
thedral, New York.
Mr. Haverty was a son of
James Joseph and Clara Ma
lone Haverty, themselves long
prominent in Atlanta life.
In 1909 Mr. Haverty and his
father reorganized the Haver
ty Furniture Co., which had
merged in 1889 with the
Rhodes Furniture Co. The
Knodes-Haverty Building, on
Peachtree Street, is a remind
er of that partnership.
Mr. Haverty was president
of the business from 1938 to
1955, when he became chair
man of the board. He was a
director, former president
(1943), and chairman of the
board (1944) of the National
Furniture Association in 1945
he received its top award for
outstanding contributions to
the industry.
During World War II, Mr.
Haverty was chairman of a
committee representing the
national furniture industry in
meetings with the Federal Re
serve Board to set up credit
controls among retail furni
ture stores.
At the same time, he was'at
member of the board of trus
tees of the American Retail
Federation in Washington, and
in 1945 served as chairman of
these trustees.
He was named a director of
the Fulton National Bank
when it was formed in 1910,
serving until 1938. In 1939 he
was elected chairman of the
board and a member of the
bank’s executive and finance
committee. Last year he be
came the first honorary chair
man of the board of directors.
His son, Rawson, was named
a Fulton bank director this
year.
Clarence Haverty was a di-
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CLARENCE HAVERTY
rector and member of the
executive committee of the
Southern Bell Telephone &
Telegraph Co. since 1943.
He was a former member of
the Atlanta City Council, past
president of the Atlanta Ad
Men’s Club, past vice presi
dent of the Atlanta Retail
Merchants Association, mem
ber of the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce, trustee of the
Atlanta Art Association, mem
ber of the board of curators
of the Atlanta Historical So
ciety, and chairman of the ad
visory board of St. Joseph’s
Infirmary.
Social membership was in
the Capital City Club, the
Piedmont Driving Club, Chi
cago’s Lake Shore Club, and
the Ponte Vedra Club of Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla.
Surviving are his widow,
the former Elizabeth Rawson
of Atlanta; son, Rawson, presi
dent of the Haverty chain;
daughters, Mrs. Frank M. Rid
ley, Jr., and Mrs. Alex W.
Smith, Jr., all of Atlanta; sis
ters, Miss Mary E. Haverty,
Mrs. Russell Bellman and Mrs.
Lon Grove, Atlanta; Mrs. J. C.
McMichael, Miami, and Mrs.
Frank S. McGaughey, Sr.,
Clearwater, and a brother, J.
J. Haverty, Jr., Atlanta.