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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 29, 1938
Members of Bishop’s Family at Ceremony
First Bishop of Raleigh
Celebrant of Second Mass
of Installation
(Continued From Page 1-A)
morality and religion.”
Monsignor Freeman recalled the
work of Bishop Hafey, who came to
Baleigh when this Diocese was es
tablished in 1924.
Concluding, he said that "the admin
istration that starts today begins under
the brightest possible auspices. The
Diocese” and the city are more than
honored by the presence of His Emi
nence, the Cardinal Archbishop of
Philadelphia. ... To one and ail we
express deepest gratitude for the sac
rifices made in our behalf and for the
solicitude manifested in the cause of
the Baleigh Diocese.”
RESPONSE MADE BY
BISHOP McGUINNESS
In a short sermon Bishop McGuin-
ness told of the history of the oflice of
Bishop. “All of us are first disciples,
and as we graduate to Apostleship, the
duty of showing forth the beauty and
stability of this God-given gift be
comes a serious obligation. The most
apt way to fulfill our commission is to
teach by our lives the excellence of
our Doctrines, and then by the elec
trons of prayer to prepare tire way for
our separated brethren. ‘As ministers
of Christ and dispensers of the mys
teries of God' we are dependent upon
your cooperative spiritual aid to main
tain these high ideals.
"To my priests, I am a brother priest;
to my people, a father whose ambi
tion will be to absorb you in the great
bosom of the church.”
"1 am overwhelmed by the fact that
I am called to succeed the zealous,
dynamic Bishop Hafey, but I am hu
man enough to be proud that my hum
ble self has been linked to such giants
of God. May the Sacred Heart of Je
sus under whose aegis His Cathedral
Church is chartered, look down with
favor upon us this day and always,
and may we be inspired by the Chari
ty of Christ to be all things to all men
—that we may save all.”
BISHOP HAFEY
OFFICIATES AT MASS
The Most Rev. William J. Hafey, D.
D., Coadjutor Bishop of Scranton, who
twelve years before was himself in
stalled as first Bishop of Raleigh in
the same Cathedral, was the celebrant
of the Pontifical Mass which followed
the installation ceremonies. The beau
tiful granite Cathedral, two blocks
from the stately North Carolina state
capitol on the city's main boulevard,
was able to accommodate only a frac
tion of those seeking admission. Nine
Bishops, twenty monsignori, over two
hundmd priests, including large dele
gations from Philadelphia and Chicago,
headed by His Eminence, the Cardinal,
representatives of many religious or
ders of women, state officials, univer
sity and college presidents, and laity
from all parts of North Carolina as well
as, from the .East and Middle West
came to Raleigh for the ceremony. The
combined choirs of Sacred Heart Cath
edral and the Pro-Cathedral at Wil
mington furnished the music for the
Mass.
Among the members of the family
of Bishoo McGuinness at the instal
lation were his three sisters who are
members of the Sisters of St. Joseph
in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,
Mother Mary Bethany, Mother Rose
Vincent and Sister Mary Daniel.
The installation marked the first ap
pearance of a Cardinal at a ceremony
in the state since the creation of the
Diocese of Raleigh, and one of the
few in the history of the Church in
the Southeast. Two years ago this
month. Cardinal Dougherty officiated
at the installation of the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, D.D., as Bishop of
Savannah, now the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta.
Relatives of Bishop McGuinness who attended the installation at Raleigh are shown above with His Excellency. They include Mother
Mary of Bethany and Mother Rose Vincent, Philadelphia, and Sister Mary Daniel, Vineland, N. J., his sisters, and Sister Eugene Joseph, Phil
adelphia, his niece, all members of the Sisters of St. Joseph; his other sisters, Miss Elizabeth McGuinness, MrSjJohn D. Hartigan and Mrs. Bernard
J. McFadden, all of Bethlehem, Pa.; his brother, William E. McGuinness, Bethlehem; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas P. McGuinness and her
daughters. Miss Mary and Miss Alice, Bethlehem; his brcther-hi-iaw, John D. Hartigan: his nieces and nephews, John D. Harugan, Jr., Daniel
Hartigan, Eugene Hartigan, Bernard J. McFadden, Jr., Eugene J. McGuinness, Daniel A. McFadden, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Mahoney; Miss
Alice McFadden, Miss Catherine Hartigan and Miss Mary E. McGuiness, all of Bethlehem, and Mr. and Mrs. James V. McFadden, New York; Other
relatives at the consecration included his cousins. James Martin, Allentown, Pa., Leo McIntyre, James McIntyre, Bethlehem; and Mother M.
Ludmilla, O. S. F_ Wilmington, Del., and Mother M. Gererosa, O. S. F_ Baltimore. Among other lay guests, close friends of the Bundy who were
present were Mrs. Frank Rawsey, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Hogan, and Miss Mary Conway, Bethlehem, Pa.; Harry DeWaele, Miss Mar
garet Vasey, Miss Agnes Moylan and Raymond Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia, and Joseph Gallagher, Brooklyn. Courtesy of the Raleigh News and
Observer.
ops now governing Sees in the Unit
ed States, and thirteen Coadjutor and
Auxiliary Bishops. The Holy Father
has also, Bishop O'Hara said, appoint
ed American priests Bishops or Vicars-
Apostolic in the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, Hawaii, Panama, Jamaica, Brit
ish Honduras, the Soloman Islands,
the Barbados. China and India. Dur
ing the Pontificate of Pope Pius XI,
he asserted, the number of clergy in
the United States has grown from 22,-
049 to 31,108; the number of students
in seminaries from 8,698 to 22.049; the
number of churches from 16,615 to 18,-
387. and the numberhf seminaries from
113 to 197.
PONTIFICAL MASS
IN NATIVE PARISH
Bishop McGuinness Of
ficiates at Bethlehem, Pa.
World Saved by Catholicism
N. C. Daily Says Editorially
Raleigh Times Recalls Church as Saviour of Civilization
When Wars Had Plunged Europe Into “Dark Ages”
INSTALLATION DINNER: The vis
iting Bishops, prelates and clergy were
guests at a dinner at the Sir Walter
Hotel after the ceremony, His Emi
nence delivering the invocation and
Monsignor Freeman presiding. Speak
ers were Bishop O'Hara, whose toast
was: ' The Holy Father”, the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D.D., Bishop of
Charleston, who welcomed the Bishops
to the Province of Baltimore, and
Bishop McGuinness.
BISHOP O HARA in his toast to the
Holy Father, recalled the mighty
achivements of His Holiness" m various
fields, and the progress of the Church
in the United States in the decade and
a half since his coronation. His Holi
ness, Bishop O'Hara said, created two
American Cardinals. Cardinal Munde
lein and Cardinal Hayes; named Car
dinal Dougherty legate "a latere” to
the International Eucharistic Congress
at Manila last year; appointed two
American prelates, Archbishop Caru-
ana and Archbishop Mooney, to high
diplomatic posts; and made Archbish
op Paschal Robinson and Archbishop
Philip Bernardini from this country
Papal Nuncios.
The Holy Father has increased the
number of American ecclesiastical pro
vinces from fourteen to nineteen, cre
ated nine new Dioceses, appointed
thirteen of our nineteen Archbishops,
six of whom were first made Bishops
by him, Bishop O’Hara recalled; he
has appointed fifty-pine of Jthg> Bish-
BISHOP WALSH pointed out that
the Southeast, to which Bishop Mc
Guinness comes, has a Catholic history
antedating by generations that of any
other part of the country, and that
Catholic missions dotted Florida, Geor
gia and the Carolinas before the Eng
lish came to Plymouth or Jamestown
or the Dutch to New York; here were
the first Jesuit and Franciscan mar
tyrs in the present territory of the
United States. Bishop Walsh traeed
the history of the Province of Balti
more through the generations, with
special emphasis on that part over
which Bishop McGuinness will labor,
with its Cardinal Gibbons, its Bishop
England, its Judge Gaston, its Father
Price.
The great history of the Church in
the Carolinas and tire South Atlantic
States is but one of the things about
which those laboring in this territory
should be happy, Bishop Walsh said;
another is' the glorious opportunity
confronting the Church in this section.
There is misunderstanding of the
Church in these states of such a na
ture that there is always the possi
bility of designing and able leaders to
fan it into flame, His Excellency as
serted, but on the other hand nowhere
is there a greater opportunity fpr tire
spread of divine truth. Here, he said,
will be found Christian-hearted peo
ple, reverence for the Scriptures, a
strong sense of public morality, and
that generosity of spirit characteristic
of the Southern people, making it the
choicest of fields for the missionary
confident of Divine truth. The hap
piest priests and Sisters in the United
States are in the South, Bishop Walsh
asserted.
BISHOP McGUINNESS in his re
sponse, after expressing his gratitude
to His Eminence, the Bishops, priests
and people for their presence, encou
ragement and kindnesses to him, said
that a chain is as strong as its weakest
link, and that he would appeal to the
populous Catholic sections of the coun
try to strengthen the link that is the
Diocese of Raleigh. In this work, he
said he proposed to be as much of a
“Marco Polo” as Bishop Hafey. He
urged those at the installation from
a distance to go to the Diocesan Or
phanage to see the work being done
there for the homeless little ones of
North Carolina.
MONSIGNOR CORRIGAN’S
ADDRESS OVER RADIO
Hie Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Cor
rigan, D.D., rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, delivered a radio
address over WPTF on the significance
of the installation ceremony. The
newspapers in their accounts of the
warm welcome tendered - Bishop Mc
Guinness compared it with the com
ing of Cardinal Gibbons as vicar-apos
tolic in 1868, the young vicar-apostolic
“having not a place to lay his head”
in most parts of his vast missionary
Diocese.
(Special to The Bulletin)
BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The Most Rev.
Eugene J- McGuinness, D. D., came
home to his native city and parish
the Sunday after Christmas to of
ficiate at his first Pontifical Mass at
the Church of the Holy Infancy; his
three sisters who are members of the
Sisters of St. Joseph and other mem
bers bf his family were among those
in the great congregation assisting at
the Mass.
The Rev. A. B. Caine, pastor of
Holy Infancy Church, was the assist
ant priest. The Rev. Scott A. Fasig,
pastor of the Church of the Holy
Ghost, Bethlehem, and the Rev. Jo
seph J. McPeak, pastor of St. Ursula's
Church, Bethlehem, were the dea
cons of honor; the Rev. John W.
Mundy, pastor of SS. Simon and
Jude’s Church, Bethlehem, was the
deacon of the Mass, and the Rev. Jo
seph P. Mooney, pastor of St. Anne’s
Church, Bethlehem, the' sub-deacon-
The Rev. Joseph T. Kane, assistant
pastor of Holy Infancy parish, was
master of ceremonies. The sermon
wsa preached by the Rev. Thomas L.
Clooney, pastor of the Church of St.
Athanasius, Philadelphia, a native of
Holy Infancy parish.
Bishop McGuinness addressed the
congregation near the close of the
Mass and thanked the members for
their kindness towards him on this
happy occasion.
Immediately after the Mass the
Bishop was the guest of the Holy In
fancy parish at a banquet given in
the Hotel Bethlehem; over 400 people
were present. At the same time over
80 nuns were served by the same
hotel in the auditorium of Bethlehem
Catholic High School. Father Caine,
pastor of Holy Infancy Church, made
the opening address in which he said
the gathering was a display of re
ligious spirit toward the sacredness
of things in life. He also congratu
lated the Bishop and the members
of his family on behalf of the parish,
which sponsored the reception.
Dr. Francis J. Conahan, a member
of Holy Infancy parish, was the toast
master and introduced the follow
ing guests as speakers: Mayor Rob
ert P- Feiffle, of Bethlehem; Joseph
T. Winters, who spoke in behalf of
Holy Infancy parish; President Judgo
Russell C. Stewart, of Northampton
County; Martin J. Hildenberger, gen
eral chairman of the committee, and
Bishop McGuinness.
Martin J. Hildenberger presented
Bishop McGuinness with a crozier,
the gift of Holy Infancy parish.
BISHOP WELCOMED
IN NATIVE DISTRICT
700 Attend Banquet at Al
lentown — Bishop Leech
Delivers Principal Address
: j:
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BISHOPS' PRESENT in addition to
Bishop Hafey, Bisbap Walsh- and Bish-
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(Special to Hie Bulletin)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D„
was welcomed back to his native dis
trict with a great banquet at the Am
ericas Hotel here, sponsored by the
Holy Name Societies of Lehigh and
Northampton counties of the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia, over 700 men
and women and 76 members of the
clergy attending.
The principal address was deliv
ered by the Most Rev. George Leech,
D. D. Bishop of Harrisburg, himself
a son of the Archdiocese, and Martin
Hildenberger, past president of the
Holy Name, Reigonal Holy Name So
ciety, extended the best wishes of
the Union and presented His Excel
lency a substantial check to be used
for the missions of his Diocese.
op O’Hara included the Most Rev.
Patrick Barry, D.D., Bishop of St. Au
gustine; the Most Rev. Edmond Fitz-
mauriee, D.D., Bishop of Wilmington;
the Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, D.D.,
Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond; the
Most Rev. John M. McNamara, D.D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore; the
Most Rev. William D. O’Brien, D.D.
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago; and the
Rt. Rev. Vincent G. Taylor, O.S.B.,
D.D., Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont.
Provincials of several religious orders,
presidents of universities and colleges,
religious and secular, and other nota
bles were also among, those present.!
In his response, Bishop McGuin
ness expressed his heartfelt thanks,
and assured those contributing to the
fund that it would be used where
most needed and most effective in
his new field of labor. President
George E. Yundt was toastmaster at
the dinner. Prelates and public of
ficials of the Lehigh-Northampton
County districts were special guests
at the dinner.
Bishop Leech, in his address dwelt
upon the historical and biblical facts
concerning the Episcopacy, with spe
cial stress upon the work of the
Bishops in the American mission
fields. He emphasized the providen-
tital character of the selection of
Bishop McGuinness for the Raleigh
Diocese, since the experience of
Bishop McGuinness as officer of the
Catholic Church Extension Society
prepared him espeically for this type
of missionary work in the South.
In the closing address Monsignor
Fink, as spirtual director of the Re
gional Union, complimented the Holy
Name men upon their latest achieve
ment and encouraged them to con
tinue their part in- Catholic Action
in its diversified forms of Boy Scout
work .study dubs, parish schools
and higher education. Attention was
called to the future developments or
the Church in the Lehigh alley and
every Holy Name man was asked to
participate in every parochial ac
tivity for the ultimate growth of
Catholicism in the Lehigh Valley.
The affair was opened with prayer
by the Rev. Dr. Petro and the dos
ing prayer was offered by Bishop
McGuinness who also gave the as
sembled guests his episcopal bless
ing. ; ( . j ‘ ! t T >-t 1 i t *
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(Editorial appearing in The Raleigh
Times of January 6, 1938)
Raleigh is today being honored by
a great occasion that is being brought
to it by a force that literally saved
civilization when even God’s experi
ment seemed to have failed.
There is being installed in Raleigh
its second Roman Catholic Bishop.
Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness
comes to us with pomp and cere
mony.
Headed by a Cardinal Prince of
the Church the dignitaries are here.
There are Cardinals and Bishops and
the rank and file. They make a
great company, and the honor accru
ing to the classic little church of;
North Carolina granite on Hillsboro
Street will produce what will be
come a historical occasion. So well,
so good. We are more or less used
to occasions in this community.
What we would emphasize, how
ever, is the fact that we have 'a
Bishop of Raleigh. We now have in
North Carolina a well organized
branch of the oldest Christian relig
ion. We are in the way of showing
the world that in the matter of belief
in the Christ we are not to be rank
ed with the people who in Congress
are called “Insurgents.” We may not
believe wholly in the old Faith, but
we respect it.
There is no manner of doubt that
Catholicism saved the world. It did
so by infinite sacrifice, through the
immolation of innumerable martyrs.
There was a time when Europe,
then the very heart of the world, was
gasping for breath. Wars had re
duced its inhabitants to the point at
which they looked to acorns for sub
sistence. The time was what the
history books call the “Dark Ages.”
What happened? Irish priests
went to that dread area. They gave
the word “missionary” its original
and immortal significance. They car
ried with them not only spiritual
faith, but the torch of learning to the
ignorant. They saved Europe when
it was mired in the slough. They,
realistically, saved the world!
The new Bishop has a name that
sounds like Erin, and his roots un
doubtedly are in the old sod.
There is no question that he brings
with him to his new honor the faith,
the joy in living, the charity and the
human touch that distinguished the
Master to whom he is dedicated.
DEDICATION OF CHURCH
BY BISHOP MCGUINNESS
Church of Holy Child at
Pinebluff, N. C., Completed
(Special to The Bulletin)
PINEBLUFF, N. C.—The Most Rev.
Eugene J- McGuinness, D. D., Bishop
of Raleigh, will dedicate the Church
of the Holy Child here Sunday, Jan
uary 30, at eleven o’clock. Pinebluff
is on the Southern Pines Mission,
with the Rev, Thotaah A. Williams, as
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