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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 27, 1945
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At Installation of Bishop McGuinness
Bishop McGuinness Installed
As the Coadjutor Bishop of
Oklahoma City and Tulsa
tho tak f n nf t / -f h ? time ? f his ,insinuation as Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
rh,n25i^ B «fTu J - McGuinness formerly Bishop of Raleigh, is shown with the Rev. John A. Brown,
V v Rpv SLh n C Q? ,0 T C< r Se 0 Rale ? gh ; ?" d P astor of Sacred Heart Church. Pinehurst, N. C„ and the
mes^dent 1-- ?-! n ’ °? th ® Di . ocesc of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, who is now vice-
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he f°d t R r C p EUg n £ McGuinness is shown blessing the congregation as
no leaves the Cathedral ot Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City following the impressive cerc-
f »h inSta i le cf aS A Coad i ut or Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa by
Rev. John Sullivan of ^,H^ t y ho A n^ bl I^S ° f Sa “. Antonio. Directly back of Bishop McGuinness are the
hurst er N k C W fonowfng e th 0f V UShi R g ’ °j kl f r f ™ nt °f His* iLceltency'is™he‘[fewJohn'A.’Brown,’ ofVfne-
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Universalist Journal Opposes Stand of
Federal Council of Churches Regarding
U. S-Vatican Diplomatic Relations
(By Religious News SCrvice)
BOSTON, Mass.—The Christian
Leader, journal of the Universalist
Church, takes issue with the Fed
eral" Council of Churches in re
gard to a resolution passed by the
Council recently, opposing estab
lishment of diplomatic relations
between the United States and the
Vatican.
An editorial in the Universalist
publicaiton declares: ‘.‘We do not
endorse the Catholic religion by
sending a representative to the
Vatican Slate any more than we
endorse the established Church of
England by sending an ambassador
to that country. The Pope is a
temporal ruler. Wbat then? Why
not treat him in the same way as
any other tempo. 1 ruler The
Pope is a spiritual ruler. What
V
then? Treat him the same as any
other spiritual ruler.
“The Federal Council resolution
answers those who declare that we
are simply sending a diplomatic
agent to a state and not to a church
by saying that in thes case of the
Vatican the two cannot be Sepa
rated in fact from any part of the
life of the state? Can the Russian
Government be separated from an
ti-religious attitudes, now happily
modified, and does anybody pro
pose to get along without an am
bassador to Moscow?”
bishop McGuinness
CONFIRMS STUDENT -
FOR THE PRIESTHOOD
O ft UT infantile
riun I PARALYSIS
JANUARY 14-31
RALEIGH, N. C — On the morn
ing of December 27, following the
celebration of his last Solemn Pon
tifical Mass as Bishop of Raleigh,
the Most Rev. Eugene J. McGuin
ness, Coadjutor Bishop of Okla
homa City and Tulsa, administered
the Sacrament of Confirmation to
Cranor Franklin Graves of Kins
ton, N. C., in the Cathedral rectory
here.
" Mr. Graves, who graduated from
Grainger High School in Kinston
two years ago, with highest honor,
later attended the University of
North Carolina. He was received
into the Catholic Church and bap
tized on September 8, 1944, and
soon after left for St. Charles Col
lege, Catonsville, Md., to begin his
study for the priesthood.
(Special to The Bulletin)
OKLAHOMA CITY, — Solem
installation rites, ornamented with
color, enriched with music and
glowpng with the majesty of Mo
ther Church, added a new and
lustrous chapter to the impressive
church history of Oklahoma in the
Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetu
al Help on January 10, when
twenty-four Archbishops, Bishops
and Abbots, with scores of Monsig
nori flf'H clergy witnessed the
stately splendor ot the liturgy as
the Most Reverend Eugene Ji
^McGuinness was installed as
Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma
City and Tulsa.
As distinguished an assembly of
churchmen as ever gathered in the
Southwest honored the new Coad
jutor by their presence. The pro
cession of prelates, clergy Papal
Knights and laity was resplendent
with colors that flashed brilliantly
in the sun. A spring-like day, born
from blue, cloudless sky, and a
warm^outhwest wind, fluttered
the vestments of the clergy as
they marched in the sunshine that
sent the temperature to the 52-
degree mark at noon. The Cathe*
dial was crowded to the doors.
Viewed from above there was
a riot of color in tho church. On
the high sanctuary walls, green
smilax was entwined in long
streamers that reached down and
formed a background for the
banks of red roses on the altar.
The sanctuary itself radiated with
various shades of red and magenta
that contrasted with the gold of
the twin thrones.
The Gospel throne caught the
attention of most of the congrega
tion for it was here that the in
stalling prelate, the Most Rev.
Robert E. Lucey, Archbishop of
San Antonio, sal for the prologue
rites that ushered in the Solemn
Pontifical Mass offered by the
Coadjutor. The Metropolitan of
the Province,- Archbishop Lucey,
then conducted the new Coadjutor
Bishop to his throne and repaired
to his on the Epistle side of the
sanctuary.
In the meantime, the Right Rev.
John B. Dudek. Chancellor of the
Diocese, read the decree designat
ing Bishop McGuinness the Coad
jutor Bishop of His’Excellency the
Most Rev. Francis C. Kelley, “with
the full power of a local .Ordinary
and the right of future succes
sion."
In the procession to the Cathe
dral were thirty-six Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus, in full
regalia; two Papal Countesses,
seven Knights of St. Gregory, nine
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, one
hundred and thirty-four priests,
eleven Monsignori, four Abbots,
sixteen Bishops, three Arc h-
bishops, and the Metropolitan,
Archbishop Lucey. Bishop Mc
Guinness joined the procession
as it came in front of the rectory
The Rev. Richard R. St. John
was assistant priest at the Ponti
fical Mass; the Very Rev. Victor
Van Durme, and the Very Rev.
John L. Garvey, were deacons of
honor: the Very Rev. Hector
Schaubroeck was deacon pf the
Mass: the Very Rev. Alphonse
Pierets, subdeacon. Archbishop
Lucey was attended by the Very
Rev. W. P. Lamb and the Very
Rev. James Rooney. The cere
monies were directed by the Rev.
Frederick Beckerle, the Rev.
Cecil E. Finn and the Rev. Charles
A. Buswell.
Overall direction of the installs
tion ceremony was by the Right
Rev. Msgr. J, Mason Connor, rec
tor of the Cathedral.
The sermon was preached by
the Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch,
Archbishop of Chicago, who made
it an occasion to lash out at dicta
tors, laud true democracy nad pay
sterling tribute to both Bishop
Kelley and Bishop McGuinness.
“In, our times," he asserted,
“there have been revised in new
garbs political systems which are
the very antithesis of a democ
racy. Leaders by violence or de
ceit secure political control. By
propaganda and force they im
pose their wills on the masse's.
“These leaders recognize no in
nate human rights and reduce the
masses, to the status of a mere
machine. Under stress the masses
fall into hysteria and are a mere
tool in the dictator’s hands. In a
democracy we speak of the people,
in a dictatorship they talk of (he
master.
' “Today a Bishop looks with
tear-stained eyes at the enslave
ment of the masses in many lands,
I At the suffering which godless dic
tatorship’ haye inflicted on. the
world, at the dangers which im
peril the establishment of a ladl
ing peace when victory comes to
our arms. A Bishop has no fear
of genuine democracy, in fact, he
is convinced that in the modern
world it is the sole political form
which can establish a good peace.
He knows that democracy takes its
inspiration from the Gospel of
Christ and he realizes the weight
of responsibility which his of
fice ,as a teacher of the Gospel,
imposes on him.”
Referring to Bishop Kelley
the Archbishop said: “Through
many years there has sounded
from this city through the nation
a pleading, eloquent, courageous
voice, begging that men withdraw
themselves from the Satanic chant
of the siren of materialism and see
on the Cross of Calvary their
blood-stained King and Savior,
Jesus Christ. Bishop Kelley
through the years has used his
rare gift of eloquence, his pen
and his energy in witnessing the
Savior.”
LAUDS NEW COADJUTOR
Lauding the new Coadjutor,
Archbishop Stritch observed:
“Bishop McGuinness, full of
strength and vigor and the desire
to do here what he has done so
very well in North Carolina, takes
up his work among you. He is a
peacemaker the servant of Him
Who promised to men the,peace
which the world cannot give in
his work of serving the Church
he will strengthen the foundations
of true democracy.”
Bishop McGuinness bespoke his
happiness upon being re-associat
ed with his old friend of Extension
days, Bishop Kelley.
More than 265 guests were
present at the installation lunch
eon at which the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Daniel C. Fletcher of Tulsa was
toastmaster, and speakers were
the Most Rev. Robert E. Lucey,
Archbishop of San Antonio; Bishop
Kelley and Bishop McGuinn'css;
the Rt. Rev. Mcgr. Dennis A.
Lynch, Chancellor of the Raleigh
diocese, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Gustave Depreitere, Vicar General
of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
There was a sparkle in Bishop
Kelley's eyes as he spoke, but
toward the end of his talk Iliac
sparkle dimmed, for his eyes be
came moist. He wanted to say
more, for he was moved by the
tremendous ovation he had re
ceived, and then in a gesture
that gripped everyone he leaned
across and grasped the hand ot
Bishop McGuinness in a union
that signified the years of friend
ship which bound them together
and pledged continuation of this
friendship in times to come, in a
broken voice he said: “Thank
God, the right hand is the hand of
welcome. You are welcome, old
friend, and I hope you will be
with us a long time.”
Bishop McGuinness paid a stir
ring tribute to the priests of North
Carolina and then concluded: ‘
“My joy in coming to Oklahoma
is that we can resume our story
of Extension.”
PRELATES ATTENDING
Prelates present at the installa
tion were the Most Rev. Arch
bishops Robert E. Lucey of San
Antonio, Samuel A. Stritch of Chi
cago, Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe,
Urban J. Vchr, of Denver;
and the Most Rev. Bishops
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