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EIGHT—A 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: '~>i '■ BISHOPS' PRESENT in addition to Bishop Hafey, Bisbap Walsh- and Bish- •. < ;«• i < si- i)»? > -It (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 * I'(I! l-C '5 J i : • dj d'v) j Ptl ; (• r (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 i Ipnsbwl > iJG: ■ ’ _c i ! ’ < /.• i ;«.or ii <t - j> ; c • I • t i ■] < < i 11 > • i 1 ’ i M t CARDINAL OFFICIATES AT INSTALLATION OF bishop McGuinness
