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Cardinal Dougherty Officiates as Atlanta
Christ the King Co-Cathedral Is Blessed
VOL. XX. No. 1
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 28, 1939
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Archbishop Curley
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Cardinal Dougherty
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AT THE DEDICATION
The Co-Cathedral of Christ the King
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ARCHBISHOP CURLEY
SINGS PONTIFICAL
DEDICATION MASS
Monsignor Corrigan Delivers
Sermon at Historic Cere
mony—Four Archbishops,
Many Bishops Present
With His Emenince, Dennis Cardi
nal Dougherty, Archbishop o£ Phila
delphia. officiating, and the mos
Rev. Michael J. Curley, D. D., Arch
bishop of Baltimore and metropolitan
of the Province of Baltimore, singing
the dedicatory Mass, the beautifu
and stately Co-Cathedral of Chris
the King was dedicated here Wed
nesday, January 18, * in one of the
most impressive and historically sig
nificant ceremonies in the history o
the Church in the entire South At
lantic States.
Attending the ceremony in addition
to His Eminence and Archbishop
Curley were three other Archbishops,
ten Bishops, five Abbots, twent;
Monsignori and one hundred an,
twenty priests, the greatest gatherin
of prelates the state and perhaps tin
Southeast have even seen. The num
ber of nuns at the ceremony also is
believed to have set a record for the
state.
The dedication of the Co-Cathedra!
preceded the Mass, the procession
leaving the rectory for the church,
into which the congregation had no!
yet been admitted. The dedication
consisted in the blessing of the ex
terior of the church, the blessing ot
the interior and the blessing of the
altars. The Most Rev. Gerald O’Hara,
D. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
had anticipated Wednesday's cere
mony by dedicating the minor altars
two days before.
After the ceremony of blessing or
dedication, the Cardinal and his at-,
tendants returned to the rectory,
where the formal procession for the
Mass was formed. First came the
cross-bearer, then the Marist Broth
ers from Savannah^ the clergy, the
superiors of religious orders, mon
signori, who are members of the Pa
pal Household, Abbots, Bishops,
Archbishops, the Bishop of the Dio
cese, the celebrant of the Mass an.
his attendants, and His Eminence'and
his attendants.
The Rev. T. James McNamara, rec
tor of the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, Savannah, was archpriest to
His Eminence, the Rev. Salvator M.
Burgio, C. M., of Philadelphia, mas
ter of ceremonies to the Cardinal,
and the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
Hon. E. D. Rivers
Bishop OHara welcoming distinguished guests to Atlanta. Left to right, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph M Cor
rigan, D. D , rector of the Catholic University of America, who delivered the sermon at the Mass. Archbishop
Curley of Baltimore, metropolitan of the province, who officiated at the Solemn Pontifical Mass, and Bishop
Papal Blessing Sen!
for the Dedication
His Eminence, Eugenio
Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secre
tary of State, in a radiogram to
His Excellency, Bishop
O’Hara, received the day of
the day of the dedication of
the Co-Cathedral of Chris!
the King, conveys the blessing
of the Holy Father in these
words:
“On the occasion of the
blessing of the new Cathedra!
of Christ the King the Holy
Father gladly imparts hie
Apostolic Benediction to Hit!
Eminence. Your Excellency,
your Diocesans and all partici
pating.”
The Most Rev. Amleto
Cicognani, D. D., Apstolic Del
egate to the United States,
also sent his felicitations and
blessing in a telegram to
Bishop O’Hara.