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Published by the
Catholic Lay
men’s Association
of Georgia.
VOL. XVIII NO. 1
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 30, 1937
“To Bring About
Friendlier
Feeling Among
, Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed
ISSUED MONTHLY —$2.00 A YEAR
Eucharistic Congress in Manila February 3-7
Cardinal, Bishop O’Hara Visit Cardinal Pacelli
Photograph taken in the office of His Eminence, Eugenio Cardinal Pa celli, Papal Secretary of State, on January 9, as His Eminence, Dennis
Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Papal Legate to the International Eucharistic Congress at Manila, the Most Kev. Gerald P.
O'Hara. D. D., Bishop of Savannah, and their party took leave of Cardi nal Pacelli as they are about to depart from Rome for Manila. Left to
right: Rev. S. Burgio, C. M., the Rt .Rev. J. Carroll McCormick, D. D., daa ncelorof the Archiocese of Philadelphia, Bishop O’Hara. His Eminence,
Cardinal Dougherty, His Eminence, Cardinal Pacelli, Mr. A. L. Fitzpatrick, K. S. G., of Philadelphia, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Boehn, Rt Rev. Msgr. Carl Grano,
Papal Master of Ceremonies, and Mr. Charles Marella—Photograph by Feli ci, Fotografia Pomtificia.
500,000 TO ATTEND
CEREMONIES -- FINAL
PREPARATIONS MADE
President Quezon Offers
Residence to Cardinal
Dougherty, Papal Legate
BISHOP GALLAGHER OF
DETROIT DIES AT 70
End Comes to Noted Prelate
After Illness of Ten Days
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
DETROIT. — The Most Rev. Mich
ael J. Gallagher, priest for nearly 44
years, Bishop for more than two dec
ades and Ordinary of the Diocese of
Detroit for nearly 19 years, died in
Providence Hospital here January
20. He was 70 years of age and had
been suffering from a throat ailment
for about 10 days. He was taken to
the hospital the morning of his death
In the nearly 19 years that Bishop
Gallagher governed the Diocese of
Detroit, the Catholic population in
creased from 386 to 607,434, it isre-
vealed by a study of copies of The
Official Catholic Directory. In the
same time the number of churches
with resident pastors increased from
174 to 291; and the total number of
all churches from 246 to 345. The to
tal number of priests in the diocese
increased from 318 to 800, and the to
tal number of diocesan priests from
254 to 587. Parishes and missions
with schools increased from 102 in
1918 to 201 in 1936, and the number of
pupils in parochial schools increased
from 44,436 to 102,395 in that time.
At Bishop Gallagher’s invitation, 10
religious communities opened houses
in the Diocese of Detroit. The Bishop
also saw five hospitals established
under his direction, gave the Diocese
a modem $4,000,000 seminary,a Chan
cery office building which enabled
the efficient centralization of
diocisan business in one place, and
witnessed the erecting of other in
stitutions and buildings, the cost for
which totals many millions of dollars.
Bishop Gallagher was bom at Au
burn, Mich., on November 18, 1866,
and attended St. James’ School, ..Bay
City, Mich, and Assumption College,
Sandwich, Ont.; Mungret College,
Limerick, Ireland, and the Univer
sity of Insbruck, Austria.
Following his ordination to the
priesthood on March 19, 1893, Bishop
Gallagher first served as an assistant
pastor in the towns of Carrollton and
Hemlock in his native Diocese of
Grand Rapids. From 1898 to 1912, he
was Chancellor of the Diocese of
Grand Rapids, and from 1912 to 1916
he was Vicar General of that See. On
September 8, 1915, he was consecrated
Titular Bishop and Coadjutor to
Bishop Henry Richter, of Grand
Rapids. He became Bishop of Grand
Rapids in December, 1916, succeeding
Bishop Richter, and on July 18, 1918,
was transferred to the See of Detroit.
His installation as Bishop of Detroit
took place on November 18, 1918.
Bishop Gallagher was zealous in his
Warnings against the dangers of Bol-
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Papal Legate and His Party
Arriving in Manila Tuesday
Bishop O’Hara Preaches at Cardinal’s Mass on Nor
mandie, Officiates at Other Ceremonies
BISHOP DUFFY NAMED
BUFFALO ORDINARY
His Eminence Dennis Cardinal
Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadel
phia, Papal Delegate to the Eucharis
tic Congress at Manila, the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., Bishop
of Savannah, and the other members
of the Legate’s party will arrive in
Manila Tuesday of next week, and
after the welcome by Archbishop
Dougherty of Manila, the party will
go to the Presidential Palace which,
through the courtesy of President
Manuel L. Quezon, will be the Le
gate’s headquarters while he and his
party are in Manila.
Cardinal Dougherty, Bishop O’Hara
and their party left New York on the
S. S. Normandie of the French Line
shortly after noon December 27. The
following day, Sunday, Bishop O’Hara
delivered the sermon at the official
Mass, at which His Eminence presid
ed: the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Carroll Mc
Cormick, chancellor of the Archdio
cese of Philadelphia, was celebrant
of the Mass, at which Bishop Edwin
V. Byrne of San Juan, Puerto Rico,
assisted. All the priests on board at
tended the Mass, as did Capt. Pierre
Thoreux, commandant of the Nor
mandie, and his major staff. Earlier
in the morning Bishop O’Hara said
Mass in the chapel and gave Holy
Communion.
The day following, a member of the
crew was stricken suddenly and
Bishop O’Hara administered the Last
Sacraments; the stricken man died
and His Excellency officiated at the
Requiem Mass, the remains being
kept aboard for interment at Havre.
The captain and his major staff at
tended the ceremonies.
Captain Thoreux entertained at
dinner one evening for Cardinal
Dougherty, with Bishop O’Hara, Bish
op Byrne, Monsignor McCormick,
Monsignor Edward Hawks and Mon
signor Bernard McKenna as special
guests. Because of the presence
aboard of the Papal Legate, the Nor
mandie flew the Papal flag on its trip
across.
The party after arriving at Havre
proceeded to Paris, where the night
was spent at the King George V Hotel,
starting for Rome the day following.
The Italian government placed a spe
cial car at the disposal of the party
from the Italian border to Rome.
At Rome, Cardinal Dougherty and
his party went to the Ambassador Ho
tel. His Eminence said he was greatly
pleased with his travel to Rome, de
spite a rather rough ocean crossing.
At all of the principal stops in France
public authorities visited the Cardi
nal Legate and showed him every
honor. At the Italian frontier the Car
dinal Legate was met by representa-
Bishop O’Hara was “some
where cast of the Suez” on the
first anniversary of his instal
lation as Bishop of Savannah,
but his distance from Savan
nah and Georgia did not pre
vent Georgia organizations and
individuals from sending him
anniversary greetings and good
wishes by cablegram and radio.
The messages were relayed to
him on the S. S. Conte Rosso
via Alexandria, and His Ex
cellency graciously acknow
ledged them and sent his
thanks for them and his heart
felt good wishes and blessing
to the senders of the messages
and to his people in the Dio
cese of Savannah and Geor
gians in general.
fives of the Government and invited
to travel in a royal carriage put at his
disposal.
When Cardinal Dougherty, his Le
gate to the Eucharistic Congress, was
shown into his presence at the Vati
can, Pope Pius embraced His Emin
ence affectionately.
With regard to his illness he re
grets only that it compels him to lim
it his activities in behalf of the
Church, His Holiness Pope Pius XI
said when he received Cardinal
Dougherty in audience.
Speaking from his bed, the Holy Fa
ther told Cardinal Dougherty that he
wishes the most successful result for
the Manila Eucharistic Congress, es
pecially for the pacification and uni
fication of the world. The Philip
pines, His Holiness added, constitute
the only Christian nation in the Far
East and, consequently, are peculiarly
adapted to be center of unification.
Referring to his illness, Pope Pius
said it is the first time he has expe
rienced physical suffering, and he
asks only the grace to be patient and
resigned as a Pope should.
Cardinal Dougherty said following
the audience that he found the Holy
Father looking very well and strong
and that if he hadn’t known His Ho
liness was ill he would never have
believed it.
Upon his arrival in Rome January
2, accompanied by Bishop O’Hara and
the other members of his party. Car
dinal Dougherty was greeted at the
station by His Eminence Eugenio
Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of
State, who embraced him very cor
dially. Others present to greet Car
dinal Dougherty included Count Pig-
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Bishop of Syracuse Trans
ferred by the Holy Father
WASHINGTON, — The Most Rev.
John A Duffy, Bishop of Syracuse,
has been transferred to the See of
Buffalo, it is announced in word re
ceived from Vatican City. He will
succeed the late Bishop William Tur
ner, sixth B'shop of Buffalo, who died
July 10, 1936.
Bishop Duffy has governed the
See of Syracuse since 1933. Before
that he was Vicar General of the
Diocegs of Newark for nearly a de
cade, and still earlier Chancellor of
the Diocese of Newark for nine years.
Bishop Duffy was bom at Jersey
City, N. J., October 29, 1884, the son
of Patrick Joseph and Anna Maria
(Smith) Duffy. He attended St. Brid
get’s parochial school and the Jersey
City high school, and then entered
Seton Hall College, South Orange,
N. J., from which he graduated with
the degree Bachelor of Arts in 1904.
Following study at the North Ameri
can College in Rome, he was ordain
ed to the priesthood June 13, 1908. He
received the degree Doctor of Sacred
Theology.
Upon his return to the United
States, Bishop Duffy’s first assign
ment as a priest was as Assistant Pas-
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BY PABLO S. KATIGBAK,
(By Clipper Airmail to N. C. W. C.
News Service)
MANILA, P. I.—The Catholic Phil
ippines are feverishly but rapidly and
efficiently pushing preparations for
the Thirty-third International Eucha
ristic Congress into their final stages.
Executive officials of the Congress
are leaving no stones unturned to
make the solemn religious manifesta
tion, to take place here February 3-7,
one of the world’s outstanding events
in 1937.
Congress officials estimate that the
daily attendance during the five days
of the Congress will be from 400,000 to
500.000. Seventeen oceanic liners will
bring to Manila about 70 Bishops. 400
priests and many thousands of Cath
olics from all the Catholic countries
of the world. Father Ignatius Fealy,
pastor at Woodlawn, Md., will fly to
the Congress by regularly scheduled
airplanes.
The executive committee of the
Congress—estimated in the neighbor
hood of $250,000—including the build
ing of the impressive altar on the Lu-
neta, Manila’s beautiful public park,
will be paid for bv the thousands of
Catholics in the Philippines, through
voluntary contributions.
As thousands are expected from for
eign shores, the question of housing
them adequately looms as a problem.
Congress officials believe that all of
the city’s lodging accommodations
will be taxed to the limit during the
Congress.
In this connection, Manuel L. Que
zon, President of the Commonwealth
of the Philippines and a devout Cath
olic, as are members of his family,
has just offered Malacanan Palace,
historic headquarters of former Span
ish and American Governors-General
and at present home of the Philippine
Chief Executive, to His Eminence,
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Papal
Legate to the Congress. Word has
been received at Congress headquar
ters that the Paoal Legate will arrive
here February 2 on the “Conte Ros
so.”
STAMPS TO BE ISSUED
Commemorative postage stamps for
the Congress'will be issued on Febru
ary 3. the day of its opening. The
Philippine Director of Posts has
granted the Congress the exclusive
use of the cachet or seal. A sub-sta
tion of the post office will be install
ed at Congress headquarters to facili
tate the task of distributing the offi
cial stamps of the Congress.
The Catholic Church of North
America will be well represented at
the Congress. Seven groups are arriv
ing from the United States February
1 on the “Empress of Russia.” Cardi
nal Dougherty is Legate, and is ac
companied by Bishop Gerald O’Hara
of Savannah. The delegations and
their respective heads are as follows:
Extension Society, the Most Rev.
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Physicians Report No Change
in Condition of Holy Father
The condition of the Holy Father is
such that he has been able to grant
private audiences to distinguished
personages in recent days, one of the
most important being that last week,
when he received five members of
the German hierarchy. Cardinal Ber
tram, Cardinal von Faulhaber, Car
dinal Schulte, Archbishop von Galen
and Bishop von Preysing. He receives
Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of
State regularly, and other Vatican
officials periodically. His most nota
ble audience was that with Cardinal
Dougherty. Papal Legate to the Eu
charistic Congress at Manila, before
he had recovered as much as in re
cent days.
His Holiness still suffers greatly,
and he offers his sufferings each day
for a particular intention—for sin
ners, for the dying, for Spain, for
Russia. He has been able to sit up
in a specially constructed chair, but
the time he spends in the chair is
now limited. He assists at Mass in the
chair or in bed. He prays not that
he will be spared pain, but that 1
will suffer with the patience that b
comes a Pope, and with his mind <
the example of the sufferings of Oi
Blessed Lord, There is no change
the clincal aspect of the Holy Fa the)
condition.
His Holiness has postponed the
opening of tile Pontifical Academy of
Science, planned for February 6, the
fifteenth anniversary of his election
to the Pontificate. But he has ordered
that regardless of what happens, the
International Eucharistic Congress at
Manila is to go on as scheduled. He
refuses to spare himself, and this
gives his physicians concern. His
nights are often disturbed by great
pain. The prayers being offered up
for him throughout the world are a
source of great consolation to His
Holiness. He was particularly touch
ed by a letter from a little French
child who said he wished that he
could change places with the Pope;
“then,” said the child, I would bless
you, because I love you.”