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Catholic Lay
men's Association
of Georgia.
'“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors irre
spective of Creed”
VOL. XIX. No. 1.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 29, 1938
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Bishop Me Guinness Installed at Raleigh
Scranton. Bishop Hafey is at
Bishop McGuinness in the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Raleigh, after his installation as Ordinary of
31 Bishops, Abbots at Consecration
CARDINAL OFFICIATES
IN THE CATHEDRAL
IN PHILADELPHIA
At the Installation of Bishop McGuinness
CARDINAL OFFICIATES
AT INSTALLATION OF
BISHOP OF RALEIGH
Record Carolina Gathering
of Bishops and Priests at
Historic Ceremony-
Bishop Francis Clement Kel
ley of Oklahoma City and
Tnlsa Delivers Sermon
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The "Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness was con
secrated second Bishop of Raleigh, N.
C-, December 21, by His Eminence
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia.
The ceremony in the Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul was attended by
31 Archbishops, Bishops and mitred
Abbots. It was witnessed by 2,200 per
sons, including 500 members of the
clergy, who crowded the Cathedral.
The co-consecrators were the Most
Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, Auxiliary Bish
op of Philadelphia, and the Most Rev.
William D. O’Brien, Auxiliary Bishop
of Chicago.
The sermon was preached by the
Most Rev. Francis C. Kelley, Bishop
of Oklahoma-Tulsa. The Rev. Joseph
M. Corr, of Philadelhia, was master,
of ceremonies.
In his sermon, Bishop Kelley dealt
with the growth of the Church in
America and noted that the Hierar
chy has “a united voice at last; as
well as intelligent .counsel and no lit
tle unification of effort.”
‘ A picture of the Bishops of these
United States living about 40 years
ago still hangs in some rectories and
colleges, but I doubt if even one of
the group shown in it is now living,”
Bishop Kelley said. “The compara
tively small number of the clergy of
that day still alive remember most
of these dead Bishops and can read
ily recall what manner of men they
were as well as the conditions they
confronted; and there were great men
amongst them. But would they know
the world of the Bishops of today?
In 40 years the Church in America
has changed from the status of a mis
sion to leadership in the world of
missions. In 40 years our educational
institutions have advanced beyond all
expectations; and especially is this
true of the Catholic University which
even now is one of the largest and
most important graduate schools in
the nation.
“We have a united voice at last; as
well as intelligent counsel and no lit
tle unification of effort. We are car
ing for the scattered flock better than
ever before through our home mis-
sioanry societies; especially the one
from which the new bishop has come.
Successful organizations have been
set up in many dioceses to grapple
with that most pressing of all present
problems, that of youth. At long last
we haye begun to realize the impor
tance to tile great cities of the rural
places. Our people are learning to act
as well as pray together in lay re
treats and meetings. Our art and ar
chitecture, once a reproach, are be
ing vitalized by a nation-wide inter
est in the Liturgy. No longer needing
to use the trowel exclusively, we are
using the pen and making a press
for which we need not blush. Long-
wanted books are issuing from the
shops, not only of our own pioneer
publishers, but from those which 40
years ago would not willingly have
turned a wheel to print them. Truth
societies are lavish with their contri
butions to enlightenment. Catholic
thought flies out on the air and is
welcomed when it calls from the
highways and hedges.
His Eminence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia (center), after the installation of the
Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D., (right), at the first Bishop of_Raieigh, and now Coadjutor Bishop of
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C—With His Emi
nence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty,
Archbishop of Philadelphia, presiding
and the largest gathering of Bishops
and clergy in the history of North
Carolina in attendance, the Most Rev.
Eugene J. McGuinness, D.D., First
Vice-President and General Secretary
of the Catholic Church Extension So
ciety, was installed as the second
Bishop of Raleigh at Sacred Heart
Cathedral here January 6. Bishop
McGuinness was consecrated Decem
ber 21 by His Eminence in the Cathe
dral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadel
phia, of which Archdiocese he was a
priest.
Quoting the admonition of St. Paul
to St. Titus and St. Timothy: “Be thou
an example to the faithful in word, in
conversation, in charity, in faith, in
chastity,” His Eminence in his address
after the installation of Bishop Mc
Guinness said that “we have every
reason to feel confident that the new
shepherd of the Diocese of Raleigh will
be an example to his flock. His blame
less priestly life is the best guarantee
that he will fill the expectations of
the Holy Father in choosing him.”
“Our many hospitals and orphan
ages are imitating the Good Samar
itan all over the land. Our social and
charitable works are becoming more
and more effective. Forty years ago
the Church in America was plough
ing. Today it is seeding. Tomorrow,
if we are worthy of opr calling, the
harvest will be ready for our succes
sors. Never before have we had more
to resist, but we do resist and there
fore we live. Never before has there
been for the Church in America a
greater opportunity to resist and
thus to live. What would the bish
ops of 40 years ago have thought
had they had the vision of prophets?
; “My. Jriend;, ,ft. is,, into, .{this; changed
world, of duty, (baf S’QU ; enter toda^
(• oi'C-ri 9<t* J.r.JM Otis’ fi>r•; M i
See by Cardinal Dougherty. The chaplains to Bishop McGuinness are (left) the Rev. William F. O'Brien, pastor
of St. Mary’s Church, Durham, and (right) the Rev. William J. Dillon, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Pine-
hurst, pioneer priests of the Diocese.—Courtesy the Raleigh News and Observer.
as an anointed successor of the Apos
tles. But you go prepared. Scarcely
an activity called for today failed
in the past to carry its message and
appeal to your desk. You have for
a quarter of a century lived a life
of ordered and planned labor in the
service of the missions. You have
learned the lesson of patience by
being patient. Loyalty and Truth
have been your chosen friends. The
hungry have eaten from the basket
you held out to them. You have
therefore every reason to thank God-
that your whole priestly life seem
ed to have been planned by Divine
Providence to prepare you by char
ity for this day.”
The ceremony was attended by the
three sisters of Bishop McGuinness,
all members of the Sisters of St. Jo
seph; Mother Mary Rose Vincent, of
S,t. Athanasius! Convent, Fhiiadel-
Mii( d-r.fj ifv -i >U , I. r. -■> !
■i‘t i pif-f: , ' >■ j, .hi-; * * s i I
phia; Mother Mary of Bethany, of
the Ascension Convent, Philadelphia,
and Sister Mary Daniel, of the Sa
cred Heart Convent, Vineland, N.
J. Sister Eugene Joseph, S.S.J., of
the Cathedral Convent, Philadelphia,
a niece, also was present.
PRELATES ATTENDING
Members of the Hierarchy attend
ing included Archbishops John T.
McNieholas, O.P., of Cincinnati;
Francis J. L. Beckman, of Dubuque,
and James C. McGuigan, of Toronto,
Canada.
Bishops John Mark Gannon, Erie;
Edward F. Hoban, Rockford; Hugh
C. Boyle, Pittsburgh; Patrick Barry,
St. Augustine; William J. Hafey, Co
adjutor of Scranton, whom Bishop
McGuinness succeeds as Bishop of
Raleigh; Edmond J. FitzMaurice,
Wilmington; Edwin V. Byrne, San
Juan, Puerto Rico; Emmet M. Walsh,
Charleston;, James E, Walsb, M.M,,
Superior General of Maryknoll; Ger
ald P. O'Hara, Atlanta-Savannah;
Aloysius J. Willinger, Ponce, Puerto
Rico; James E. Cassidy, Fall River;
James E. Kearney, Rochester; Jo
seph E. Ritter, Indianapolis; John A.
Duffy, Buffalo; Christian H. Winkel-
mann. Auxiliary of St. Louis; Moses
E. Kiley, Trenton; Stephen J. Don
ahue) Auxiliary of New York; Fran
cis P. Keough, Providence; Raymond
A. Kearney, Auxiliary of Brooklyn;
Thomas H. McLaughlin, Paterson;
George L. Leech, Harrisburg; Peter
L. Ireton, Coadjutor of Richmond;
Joseph R. Cremont, S.J.. Vicar-Apos
tolic of Alaska, and Paul Yu-Pin,
Vicar-Apostolic of Nanking, China.
The Rt. Rev. Vincent G. Taylor,
O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Belmont
Abbey, and the Rt. Rev. Frederic M.
Dunne, O.S.B., Abbot of the Abbey
of Our Lady, of Gethsemani, also
.attended. . ' . .
CARDINAL COMMENDS
bishop McGuinness
Bishop McGuinness in the full flush
of his manhood is fitted for the hard
work of governing his extensive ter
ritory, His Eminence asserted, "and his
extensive experience of eighteen years
with the Catholic Church Extension
Society, to tire entire satisfaction of
his superiors, taught him thoroughly
the needs of a Diocese large in area
and small in Catholic population. But
he places his trust in Gcd, and after
God to you, his faithful flock.”
Cardinal Dougherty recalled the dis
tinguished predecessors of Bishop Mc
Guinness in North Carolina—Cardinal
Gibbons, whose lucid, simple instruc
tions to the people of the vicariate he
incorporated into “The Faith of Our
Fathers”, which has gone through 110
editions and has been reprinted in sev
eral languages; the beloved Bishop
Northrop, who served as vicar-aposto
lic until appointed to Charleston; and
the “holy, learned, zealous Bishop
Haid, an ornament to the American
hierarchy and to the Benedictine Or
der of which he was a member.”
BISHOP HAFEY’S
NOTABLE LABORS
The admonition of the Holy Ghost
against praising a man during his life
time curtailed his remarks about Bish
op Hafey, His Eminence said, in re
ferring to his “unceasing, untiring,
most brilliant labors. He spared no
pains to raise the necessary funds. He
overlooked his own comfort, and he
taxed his health and strength for the
good of this Diocese. The Holy Father
has placed him over a much more nu
merous flock, but undoubtedly Bishop
Hafey as long as he lives and where-
ever Divine Providence places him
will keep you in mind and heart.
Thank God for a worthy successor to
Bishop Hafey, set over you by the
Holy Ghost. May God continue to
bless this portion of His Vineyard."
REV. M. A. IRWIN of New Bern. N.
C., read the Papal Bull and the Rt
Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Freeman, rec
tor of the Cathedral, administrator
of the Diocese and a native of the state,
in which his family has been promi
nent for generations, delivered the ad
dress of welcome.
MONSIGNOR FREEMAN
IN ADDRESS OF WELCOME
“We receive you wholeheartedly as
the emissary of His Holiness the Pope,”
Monsignor Freeman said, “Most hap
pily do we welcome you for yourself.
Your clergy, diocesan and religious,
your sisterhoods ever generous in giv
ing themselves for the honor of God
and the good of souls, all promise you
their cooperation, loyalty and obedi
ence, an obedience originating in re
spect for the authority existing in the
Church and augmented by the fullest
confidence in your fatherly guid
ance.
“You will And, too, I must say, a.
cordial reception from the citizens of
the commonwealth, whose esteem for
things of the spiritual order leads them
to evaluate highly all those striving
for the inculcation of high forms o t
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