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VOX. III. NO. 19.
AUGUSTA, GA., OCTOBER 25, 1922.
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Attendance At
Convention To
Break Records
Hundreds Announce Positive
Intention of Going to Ma
con for Laymen’s Associa
tion Meeting Next Sunday.
BISHOP KEYES TO MAKE
ITS PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
Dr. Slattery, Benedict Elder
and Others on Program.
Royal Entertainment Plan
ned for Delegates.
CONVENTION NOTES.
The seventh annual conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen’s
Asaociation of Georgia, which
will lie held in Macon Sunday,
October 29, will open with Mass
at St. Joseph’s Church at 9:30.
The first session will be held
immediately after Mass .in the
basement of the church. Presi
dent P. H. Rice, K.C.S.G., pre
siding.
Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes,
D. D., Bishop of Savannah, will
make his first appearance in the
Diccesc outside Savannah when
he addresses the convention in
the afternoon.
Dr. Michael J. Slattery, exec
utive secretary of the National
Council of Catholic Men, Wash
ington, D. C., Benedict Elder of
Louisville, Ky., will also address
the convention.
Hotel Dempsey will lie con
vention headquarters. The de
legates and visitors will be en
tertained here with a dinner at
1:30 P. M.
The morning session/ will close
promptly at one o’clock. The
meeting will reconvene at three.
The convention should close at
five or five-thirty P. M.
The Macon committee has ar-
L ranged for the visitors an auto-
~ mobile trip around the city af»
ter the convention adjourns.
Macon, Ga.—The Macon members
of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion of Georgia have completed the
last detail of the arrangements for
the seventh annual convention of
the Association, which will be held
at St. Joseph’s Church Sunday morn
ing, October 29.
The convention will open with
Mass at 9:30, after which the first
session will be held in the base
ment of the church. The morning
session will end at one o’plock,
when the delegates and visitors will
he entertained by the members of
tile Macon branch witli a dinner at
Hotel Dempsey. The convention
will reconvene at three o’clock.
The morning session will he de
voted to reports of the officers, the
appointment of committees, and an
open forum. In the afternoon the
committees will report, and the con
vention will be addressed by Rt. Rev.
Michael .1. Keyes, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, Dr. Michael J. Slattery,
executive secretary of the National
Council of Catholic Men, Washing-
tor., I). C., and Benedict Elder,
Louisville, Ky. This will be the
ihst appearance of Bishop Keyes in
his Diocese outside Savannah since
his consecration there October 18.
The officials of the Laymen’s As
sociation are confident that this
will lie tin? largest convention in
the history of the organization, al
though there have been other con
ventions which have been attended
by 300 delegates from cities other
than that in which the convention
was held. The credentials committ-
tee had last Wednesday the names
of nearly- two hundred delegates,
With more arriving in every mail,
and several cities to be heard from.
Macon has been preparing for the
convention for months, and have
planned royal entertainment for the
delegates and visitors. They will be
the guests of the Macon members
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SAVANNAH’S NEW BISHOP
Bishop Keyes Elevated
To Episcopal Dignity
In Savannah Cathedral
Consecrated by Archbishop Curley, Assisted by Bishops
O'Connell and Bishop Barry in Presence of Greatest
Gathering of Prelates and Priests in Tistory of Diocese
—Thousands of Laity in Attendance.
Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.
Bishop Keyes Formally Welcomed
With Public Reception at De Soto
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Father Mitchell, Jack J. Spalding and Mayor Stewart Greet
Him in Name of Clergy, Laity and City of Savannah—All
Must Unite to Work for Georgia Bishop Says.
Savannah, Ga.—The beautiful Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist witnessed for the first time the consecration of a
bishop when Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D., formerly pres
ident of the Marist College at the Catholic University of
America was effevated to Episcopal dignity Wednesday, Octo
ber 18, in the presence of the greatest gathering of prelates
the state has ever seen, seventy priests, and a congregation
of Catholics and non-Catholics which not only filled the spac
ious Cathedral as it was never filled before, but packed the
vestibules of the edifice and pverflowed to the plaza which
mr\’ks the approach to the stately edifice.
. mst Rev. Michael J. Curley, D. D., Archbishop of Balti
more, and formerly ’Bishop of the adjoining Diocese of St.
Augustine, was the consecrator, with Rt. Rev. D. J. O’Con-
nel, D. D., Bishop of Richmond, and Rt. Rev. Patrick Barry,
D. D., Archbishop Curley’s successor in the See of St. Au
gustine, as co-consecrators. Rev. Dr. T. J. Healey of the •
Catholic University, delivered the consecration sermon,
which is reproduced elsewhere in this issue.'
Archbishop of New Zealand Among
Prelates Present at Consecration
Fully two thousand people of all
shades of religious belief attended
the public reception to Bishop
Keyes at the I)e Soto Hotel at five
o’clock the day of his consecration
to welcome him formally to the city
and state. Every inch of the beau
tiful and spacious reception room
of the De Soto Hotel was occupied,
and additional hundreds were in the
adjoining corridors. Behind a low
table, almost buried in glorious red
roses, stood the new Bishop of Sa
vannah, with Very Rev. Jos. D.
Mitchell, administrator prior to the
consecration, and Rev. T. A. Foley,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Raptist, on either side. Arch
bishop O’Shea, of New Zealand, and
the other visiting prelates occupied
seats near the place reserved for
Bishop Keyes.
Father Mitchell welcomed Bishop
Keyes on behalf of the priests of
the diocese. He said they wel
comed him first because he was the
choice of the pope for this diocese,
but they welcomed him, too, for
himself. When Father Mitchell add
ed that if they could have chosen
and could have had foresight he
was sure they would have chosen
Bishop Keyes themselves, there was
an outburst of applause which show
ed how responsive his people were
to their new bishop and how sin
cerely they welcomed him.
“We would have chosen you,” said
Father Mitchell, “because we want
you, and because we need you in
Georgia. In spite of what some
people say about Georgia there is
good spirit and good feeling in Sa
vannah between Catholics and non-
Catholics, and they work harmon
iously together for those things that
are for the general betterment, for
social, civil and religious advance
ment.”
Speaking for the Catholic laity,
Jack .T. Spalding, of Atlanta, said
that the laity, too, wished to extend
to Bishop Keyes a cordial, hearty
welcome. He assured him that he
would find in his diocese a fertile
field and splendid opporuntiy, and
that he could count on the loyal sup-
| port of a people who stand for
obedience, to the authority of the
church and obedience to civil law
and authority.
Mr. Spalding’s Address.
“Perhaps,” said Mr. Spalding, “the
trials we havp been through to
gether lately have made us more
loyal and bound us together more
closely. I believe the majority of
people in the state are law-abiding
and respect authority and civil gov
ernment. The people of your dio
cese welcome you. Under your lead
ership we will go forward and will
sustain and support you. You will
find us ready, willing and anxious
to serve.”
M. A. O’Byrne, introduced Murray
Stewart, Mayor of Savannah, who, in
his cordial speech of wefcome, re
called his own acquaintance as a
boy with Bishop "Gross, his memory
of Bishop Becker, his friendship
with Bishop Keiley. “My good friend
Bishop Keiley, than whom I have
known no sweeter, lovelier charac
ter, no more courteous gentleman,
no finer scholar, no truer Chris
tian.”
This reference to Bishop Keiley
was applauded with the greatest
warmth and it was some lime lie-
fore the Mayor could go on.
As a representative of the people
of Savannah and speaking for them,
lie welcomed Bishop Keyes as a citi
zen of Savannah, a worthy succes
sor of the Catholic bishops who had
preceded him here, and one with
whom he would he' happy to join
hands in work for the good of the
city and its people.
Great applause greeted Bishop
Keyes as lie at last stood up to
speak and lie showed plainly the
emotion he felt at this generous re
ception. His voice was low at first
and charged with feeling as he spoke
of the welcome Savannah had given
him all the way from Washington
to Savannah, first sending on a
party to accompany him here, then
welcoming with the great procession
of school children and the publit
demonstration on his arrival Tues
day, and finally holding this rccep-
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Present at the ceremony besides
the prelates already named were
Most Rev. Dr. O’Shea, S. M, auxil
iary Archbishop of Wellington, New
Zealand, Rt. Rev. Leo R. Haid, O. S.
B„ • I). I)., Vicar-Apostolic of North
Carolina and Abbot of Belmont Ab
bey and College; Bt. Rev. Edward
P. Allen, I). D., Bishop of Mobile;
Bt. Rev. William T. Russell, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston; Rt. Rev. John
F. Gunn, D. D., Bishop of Natchez,
and Bt. Rev. Thomas J. Sliahan, D.
1)., rector of the Catholic University
of America at Washington. Very
Rev. Henri De La Ghapelle, S. M„
provincial of the Society of Mary,
of which Bishop Keyes was a mem
ber, and Very Rev. Emil Mattern,
S. J., provincial of the Society of
Jesus for the Province of New Or
leans, al^o came to Savannah for
the ceremony.
The priests of the Diocese of Sa
vannah present at the ceremony, be
sides Very Rev. Joseph I). Mitchell,
administrator, and Rev. T. A. Foley,
rector of the Cathedral, were Rev.
II. I-'. Clark, Athens; Rev. O. N.
Jackson Atlanta; Rev. Mitchell
Scherrer, L.A.M., Atlanta; Rev. L.
Burg, L.A.M., Atlanta; Rev. Nemc-
tallah Attalah, Atlanta; Rev. Jere
miah. O’Hara, Augusta; Rev. James
A. Kane, Augusta; Rev. P. A. Ryan,
S.J., Augusta; Rev. Alfred Laube,
L.A.M., Augusta; Rev. Joseph Petit,
S.M., Brunswick; Rev. Henry
Schlenke, Columbus; Rev. Joseph E.
Moylar, Columbus; Rev. W. A. Wil
kinson, S.J., Macon; Rev. M. Pfleger,
L.A.M.. Macon; Rev. William. Quin
lan, Sharon; Rev. William llalligan,
Rev. Thomas. Hayden, Rev. E. Peter,
L.A.M.; Rev. Emmet Walsh, Rev. D.
J. McCarthy, of Savannah, and
others.
Marist Fathers Present.
Among the Marist Fathers at the
consecration were the Very ReV.-
Charles Du Bray, Washington, D. C.;
Rev. Thomas Larkin, S. M., of Wes
terly, Rhode Island; Rev. John J.
Goergen, Langliorn. Pa.; Rev. ,T. A".
Petit, Brunswick, Ga.; Rev. James
A. Horton, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. P. F.
Quinn and Rev. Michael A. Cotter,
New Orleans; Rev. Richard H.
Smith, and Rev. Mark McElkerney,
Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. Daniel C. O’
Meara, Rev. Nicholas A. Weber and
Rev. Thomas Wade, of the Marist
College, Washington.
The other priests present, includ
ing a number of close friends of
Bishop Keyes in the Archdiocese of
Baltimore, were the Rev. John Cron
in, of Kansas; Rev. Patrick J. Bres-
nahan, Rev. William Barry and Rev.
I). A. Lyons, Jacksonville, Fla.; Rev.
Thomas F* Finn, Springfield, Mass.;
Rev. Alonzo J. Olds, St. Cyprian’s
Church, Washington; Rev. W. Car-
roll Milholland, S. S., St. Mary’s
Seminary, Baltimore, who was mas-
ter-of-ceremonies at the consecra
tion; Rev. Bernard J. McNamara, St.
Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Bal
timore; Anthony S. Vicban, S. S.,
Joseph M. Haug, S. S., Rev. Joseph
V. Connolly, Boston; Rev. Thomas
J. Lennan, chaplain in the United
States Army and formerly assistant
pastor of St. Andrew’s Church, Bal
timore; Rev. Thomas A. Judge, C. M.
Cottonton, Ala.; Rev. James Loftus,
Itev. Michael Fox, Orlando, Fla.;
Rev. Nicholas A. Murphy and Rev.
C. AC Kennedy, Charleston; Rev.
Ambrose Gallagher, O. S. B., Jerome
Finn, O. S. B., Rev. Eugene Finn and
Rev. Anslem Cappe, O. S. B., all of
Belmont Abney.
Scores of religious, including'
Christian Brothers, Marist Brothers
and representatives of the Sisters
of St. Joseph, the Sisters of Mercy,
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy,
the Franciseon Sisters, the Sisters
of the Poor, the Sisters of the Bless
ed Sacrament and other orders wit
nessed the consecration ceremony.
The magnificent Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, always splendid,
seemed more majestic than ever the
morning of the consecration. Long
before the ceremony was scheduled
to start every available seat was
taken. Although the weather was
threatening and rain fell at inter
vals, fully 1,000 people- were gath
ered in front of the Cathedral at
8 o’clock, one hour and a half be
fore the ceremony was scheduled to
start. Despite the great congrega
tion, only a part of which could
possibly be seated in the immense
Cathedral, the ushers handled the
situation with a precision and dis
patch that entirely eliminated con
fusion.
The procession of the clergy, pre
lates and Bishop-elect from the
Episcopal Residence to the Cathed
ral was omitted owing to the in
clement weather, and they entered
from the sacristy, passing through
the sanctuary to the body of the
church; and then back to the sanc
tuary and to the altar, while the
choir sang, “Ecce Sacerdos Mag
nus.”
Then started the low Mass and
consecration ceremony, at which the,
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