JANUARY 29, 1938 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA THREE-A
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Significance of Ceremony of Installation
Msgr. Corrigan Explains It
in Radio Broadcast on Eve
of the Ceremony at Raleigh
Mass Marks Jubilee
of Msgr. O’Brien
(Radio address on the eve of the
installation of Bishop McGuinness
livered over WPTF, Raleigh, by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Corrigan,
U. D., rector of the Catholic Univer
sity of America, Washington, D. C.,
and like Monsigncr McGuinness. a
priest of the archdiocess of Phila
delphia).
It is a gracious privilege which is
mine this evening of offering to the
people of Raleigh through the
courtesy of Station WPTF the signifi
cance which one, not of your com
munity, sees in the distinguished
event which takes place in this city
tomorrow. Nor is it in the least un
fitting that this interpretation • be
given by one not of your commun
ity, since from the very beginning of
organized Catholicity in this State of
North Carolina the Church in Am
erica has witnessed one after an
other of those charged with episco
pal authority in your state called
forth to more and more responsible
positions in the religious program of
these United States. Indeed the only
Bishop who ever exercised author
ity in North Carolina and died here,
was the devoted Bishop Leo Haid,
who lived and died within the mon
astic walls of Belmont Abbey.
Just seventy years have passed
away since the young Father James
Gibbons was made the first Vicar
Apostle of North Carolina and conse
crated Titular Bishop of Adramyt-
tum. Four years later he was made
Bishop of Richmond, Va., still keep
ing his charge here, and five years
after that promoted to the See of
Baltimore to live out that distin
guished career which was to make
his name beloved throughout these
United States and held in benedic
tion by Catholics and non-Catholics
alike. He was succeeded by the
Most Reverend John J. Keane, who,
ten years later, was called to the Rec
torship of the then emerging Catho
lic University of America, and who
was finally appointed Archbishop of
Dubuque. The zealous Bishop
Northrop was transferred to Char
leston. Bishop Haid, as we have
said, alone laid down his burden the
last Vicar Apostolic of the State of
North Carolina.
It may be helpful to some of my
listeners to say that a Vicariate Apos
tolic is an ecclesiastical district still
in a missionary territory. A Bishop
rules this territory, not as its own
proper Bishop but as a delegate of
the Holy See. Vicars Apostolic have
no cathedral church as they have no
territorial diocese, though they us
ually exercise, by delegation, the
same powers as a Diocesan Bishop.
On the death of Bishop Haid, the
progress of Catholicity made it de
sirable that Raleigh be made a Cath
edral City and the State of North
Carolina made a Diocese. Accord
ingly, in 1925, Raleigh received its
first Bishop, the Most Rev. William
Joseph Hafey, lately called by the
Holy Father to administer the See
of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
A Bishop is the supreme ecclesias
tical ruler of the Diocese. Bishops
are successors of the Apostles as the
Pope is the Successor of St. Peter.
They govern their flocks, in the name
of God, as representatives of Christ;
they are not delegates of the Holy
See. though they are subject to its
authority. .They experience their own
powers by virtue of their office.
They can not act against common
law; but subject to this a Bishop can
enact those laws which he considers
for the good of his Diocese, and he
i< in the first instance in all eccles
iastical trials. He has the direction
of his clergy, the conduct of divine
worship, the administration of eccles-
i a s t i c a 1 property, building of
churches, erection of parishes. It is
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MONSIGNOR CORRIGAN
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the duty of Bishops to enforce the
observance of Canon Law, safeguard
the faith, and correct abuses. Bishops
are bound to reside in the Diocese
and are to preach in person. They
offer Masses for the people on pre
scribed days, and as the first op
portunity offers, they complete the
pastoral visitation of the Diocese.
Since 1925, the life of Raleigh as
a Diocese, the Catholics of this dis
trict have had the devoted care of
Bishop Hafey. This community has
watched his going to his new field of
labor with regret, but knowing that
the call of obedience was one at which
he would not falter. That he is fol
lowed by grateful and loving mem
ories will be no deterrent to the
whole-hearted welcome which the
Catholic people will offer to his suc
cessor in the Cathedral tomorrow
when Bishop Eugene Joseph Mc
Guinness appears before priests and
people with the commission of the
Holy Father to rule the Church of
Raleigh.
In the centuries-old history of the
Catholic Episcopate, men of faith
and men without faith have alike
paid tribute to that noble succession
of priestly leaders who have ever
shared the lot of the people entrust
ed to their care.
From that pulpit shall be defended
the sanctity of marriage, the dignity
and responsibility of parenthood, the
loving care of little children in the
holiness of home life. There will be
expounded the conscientious duty of
a faithful laborer and his right to a
fair share in the product of his work
that he may care well for those he
loves. Yet, on the other hand, there
will be defended, the right of private
property and wealth rightly gained
be safeguarded, in the possession of
its owner, while he is taught that
over what he needs for prudent
provision for himself and his loved
ones, his possession is a stewardship
from God for which his charity must
answer. Such the preaching of a
Catholic Bishop!
This attitude of a Catholic Bishop
is the Church's guarantee to the
State of the fidelity and loyalty of
the Catholic people to their duties,
both as citizens and Christians.
These significances, so heartening in
these distressing times, make clear
why Bishops, priests and people, led
by a Cardinal of Holy Church, have
flocked to your City of Raleigh for
the installation to a new Bishop,
latest proof of the vitality in the
Silver Anniversary Was An
ticipated by Bishop Eng
land Alumni, Charleston
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The sil
ver jubilee of the ordination of the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph L. O’Brien, S.
T. D., pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church and rector of Bishop Eng
land High School, which was antici
pated by the Bishop England High
School alumni and student body
with a testimonial dinner at the
Francis Marion Hotel in October, as
recorded in The Bulletin at that
time, was marked by a Jubilee Mass
at St. Patrick’s December 15, with
Monsignor O'Brien as celebrant; the
faculty and student body of the
school as well as parishoners and
other friends from the city assisted
at the Mass. Monsignor O’Brien was
ordained at the Catholic University
at Fribourg, Switzerland, December
15, 1912. Spring Hill College con
ferred on him the degree of Doctor
of Sacred Theology and the Holy
Father elevated him to the rank of
a member of the Papal Household
with the title of Rt. Rev. Monsignor.
An orator and educator of note, Mon
signor O’Brien is also an author of
national reputation, his latest work
being an authoritative life of the
great Bishop England.
MRS. GORMLEY DIES
IN CHARLOTTE PARISH
Msgr. Freeman Says Regime
oi Bishop McGuinness Starts
Under Brightest of Auspices
All Citizens Extend Him
Cordial Welcome, Admin
istrator of Diocese Asserts
in Welcoming Address
(Address of the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Arthur R. Freeman, LL.D., Ad
ministrator of the Diocese of Ra
leigh, at the installation of His
Excellency, Bishop McGuinness.)
The Vicariate of North Carolina
and the Diocese of Raleigh has each
had its difficulties and handicaps.
But both have enjoyed special bless
ings from Almighty God. These di
vine benedictions have centered in
the particular chief shepherds ap
pointed under the providence of God
by successive pontiffs reigning in the
See of Peter.
The beloved Bishop Gibbons, who
like St. Francis of Assisi, appealed
to every acquaintance, the eloquent
Keane, the cultured, scholarly Nor
throp, the peace-loving and the
peace-engendering Leo Haid, in turn
directed the destinies of the mission
ary territory termed the Vicariate of
North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Mrs. Jane
Gormley, for the past nineteen
years a resident of this city, died
here recently at the age of *9. Mrs.
Gormley was a native of Philadel
phia, and is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. G. E. Buckley, of Charlotte,
and Mrs. A. A. Snyder, Philadel
phia, and five brothers, John N., An
drew T., James J., Matthew S., and
Joseph F. Stewart, all of Philadel
phia. The Rev. Lennox J. Federal,
of Swannonoa, officiated at the
Requiem Mass here at St. Peter’s
Church; interment was in Philadel
phia.
life and work of the Church of
Christ.
The Bishop you welcome tomor
row, the Most Rev. Eugene Joseph
McGuinness, is a priest from the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia. From
his very early priesthood, he has
been associated with the work of the
Propagation' of the Faith. It was
from the office of that society in
Philadelphia that he was called to
take a part in the great home mis-
■sion work of the Catholic Church
Extension Society, where his life to
the present has been spent in caring
for the scattered missions of the
West and Southwest. At the time of
his selection by the Holy Father for
this Bishopric of Raleigh, he was
the Vice-President of that national
organization. The number of
Bishops and of priests from the East
and the West who have gathered in
this Cathedral City for the ceremony
of tomorrow, bear witness that, as
Raleigh has given the national
Church, the distinguished figures of
a Cardinal Gibbons, an Archbishop
Keane, a Bishop Northrop, and now
a Bishop Hafey, so, in return, a na
tional figure has been chosen to
guide the destinies of the Church in
your city and state. Under the
leadership of Bishou McGuinness
there will be no stay in the splendid
progress which has marked this Dio
cese in these past years. The
Church of Raleigh thus will con
tinue to maintain its place of honor
and loyalty among the more than
hundred Sees which now make up
the glory of the Church in America.
To the Diocese of Raleigh, estab
lished in 1924, came as the first head
the zealous, hard-laboring, progres
sive Bishop Hafey, builder of
churches and schools, organizer and
inspiring leader of men.
Many though the accomplishments
of these Bishops be, the labors of
each and all have crystalized in
three unchanging directions—in the
heroic sacrifices of the clergy and
sisterhoods both departed and living
now, in the lives and sanctity of the
laity, and in the regard, friendliness
and good will of our fellow citizens
of the state.
The salutatory influence of former
shepherds will be perpetuated by
the second Bishop of Raleigh. Long
known in this and other lands for his
devotion in building up the Church
in sections where it it is weak in
numbers, eminent for attracting
hearts by the cords of Adam, nota
ble for his ambition to imitate St.
Paul in making himself one with all
in order to win all, as revealed by
his episcopal motto, “omnia omni
bus”, “all things to all men,” he is
truly a worthy successor to the lead
ers of the past.
ADMINISTRATOR
Your Excellency, Bishop McGuin
ness, we receive you whole-hearted
ly as the emissary of His Holiness the
Pope. Most happily do we welcome
you for yourself. Your clergy, dio
cesan and religious, your sisterhoods
ever generous in giving themselves
for the honor of God and the good of
souls, all promise you their co-opera
tion, loyalty and obedience, an obed
ience originating in respect for the
authority existing in the Church and
augmented by the fullest confidence
in your fatherly guidance. You will
find, too, I must say, a cordial recep
tion from the citizens of the Com
monwealth whose esteem for things
of the spiritual order leads them to
evaluate highly all those striving for
the inculcation of loftier forms of
morality and religion.
The administration that starts to
day begins under the brightest pos
sible auspices. The Diocese and the
city are more than honored by the
presence of His Eminence, the Cardi
nal Archbishop of Philadelphia. We
are stimulated by the coming of
Their Excellencies from near and
remote dioceses. We are encouraged
by the large representation of Mon
signori, priests, religious communi
ties and the laity. To one and all
we express deepest gratitude for the
MONSIGNOR FREEMAN
sacrifices made in our behalf and
for the solicitude manifested in the
cause of the Raleigh Diocese. To all
our honored visitors a most cordial
welcome is extended.
We of the Diocese of Raleigh may
well look hopefully to the future of
the Church in North Carolina. The
blessings of God have descended
through a long period of planting
and watering. If human labors and
sacrifices continue to be united with
divine assistance, we are assured in
the years ahead an increased harvest
of spiritual fruits for the kingdom of
Christ.
Sacred Heart Parish
Organ Is Dedicated
Bishop Walsh Officiates,
Father Mackin Delivers
Sermon
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop
of Charleston, dedicated the new or
gan at Sacred Heart Church, the
Rev. Henry F. Wolfe, pastor, at cere
monies at which the sermon was de
livered by the Rev. Thomas J.
Mackin. pastor of St. Francis de
Sales Church, Columbia, an author
ity on liturgical art and music. The
organ was given to the church by
Mrs. James F. Condon as a memorial
to her late husband, a devout mem
ber of the church and parish. The
organ was designed by Father Wolfe,
and constructed by a leading firm of
organ manufacturers. Bishop Walsh
officiated at Solemn Benediction af
ter the dedication ceremony, assist
ed by the local and visiting clergy.
Work Starting on New
Church in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The con
tract for the erection of the new
Church fo Our Lady of Perpetual
Help, Chattanooga's second church,
has been awarded and work is now
starting on the $65,000 edifice in the
parish, of which the Rev. Harold
Shea is pastor. The church will be
of Gothic design and it is anticipated
that it will be finished about the
middle of the year-
Cardinal, Bishops and Priests at Raleigh
lire installation ot oisnop mcuuinness, attended oy ins eminence, Cardinal Dougherty, nine Bishops, over twenty monsignors and more than 200 priests was the largest nihrrin, ~t
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