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men’s Association
of Georgia
Vol. XXVI. No. 4.
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among *
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL h, 1945
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Bulletins
RELIGIOUS BOOK WEEK
will be observed May G-13 under
• he auspices of the National Con
ference of Christians and .lews.
A catalogue of 200 books has been
published, the titles being divid
ed into Catholic, Protestant, Jew
ish and Good Wills sections. The
books will be displayed in book
stores, public, college and school
libraries throughout the country
and special programs are planned
for the week.
REV. PETER J. QUINN, Army
chaplain, a priest of the Diocese
of Natchez, celebrated the first
Mass that a group of German Sis-
tres had been able to attend on
Holy Thursday in five years. An
other of his Masses, he writes,
was thronged by Americans, Ital
ians, Poles, Czechs and French,
liberated by Americans the day
before.
WOVEN AROUND A LETTER
written by a young Protestant
soldier before he was killed in
action In New Guinea, a radio
play entitled “Letter from Paul,’'
will be presented on the “Catho
lic Hour,” Sunday, April 29, it
has been announced by the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men,
producers of the program broad-
east in cooperation with the Na
tional Broadcasting Company.
THE RECENT STATEMENT
issued by the Archbishops and
Bishops of the Administrative
Board of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference entitled “Or
ganizing World Peace, and the
statement issued by the Archbish
ops. and Bishops last November,
entitled “International Order,”
have been printed in leaflet form
by the N. C. W. C. and are now
available. Orders for 250,000
copies have already been receiv
ed.
REPRESENTING His Holiness
Pope Pius XII, His Excellency the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Ci-
cognani, Apostolic Delegate , to
the United States, called at the
White House on the day funeral
services were conducted for
President Roosevelt and convey
ed the condolence of the Holy
Fa (her.
Consecrator
BISHOP IRETON
The Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton,
Coadjutor Bishop and Apostolic
Administrator of the Diocese of
Richmond, who will consecrate
the Most Rev. Vincent S. Water,
D. D., as Bishop of Raleigh.
Co-Consecrators
Most Rev. Vincent Waters to Be Consecrated
Bishop of Raleigh, in Richmond, on May 15th
Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Coadjutor Bishop of Richmond, to Be Consecrator, Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, and Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, Bishop of Charleston, to Be Co-Consecrators at Rite to Be Held at the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart—Monsignor Jeremiah Minihan, Chancellor of the
Archdiocese of Boston, to Deliver the Sermon at Mass of Consecration
Monsignor Gwynn
to Observe Golden
Jubilee as a Priest
GREENVILLE, S. C. — The
Right Rev. Msgr. Andrew Keene
Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s
Church here, will celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of his ordi
nation to the priesthood on May
23, by offering a Solemn High
Mass, Coram Episeopo, at St.
Mary’s Church, with His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of Charles
ton, presiding. The sermon will
be delivered by the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph L. O’Brien, S. T. D.,
LL.D., of Charleston.
On May 20, Monsignor Gwynn
will celebrate the 9 o’clock Mass
at St. Mary's Church, and all
members of the parish have been
asked to attend and to receive
Holy Communion. Following the
Mass a parish Communion break
fast will be served at the Poinsett
Hotel. Reservations for the break
fast must be made by May 10.
On May 22, Monsignor Gwynn
will celebrate a High Mass, which
will be sung by pupils of St.
Mary’s School. In the evening, a
play, “Song of Bernadette,” will
be presented by members of the
parish.
Following the Jubilee Mass on
May 23, there will be a luncheon
for the attending clergy at Galli-
van Memorial Hall, and in the
evening there will be a reception,
at which Bishop Walsh will be
the principal speaker.
Monsignor Gwynn, who has
spent more than forty years of
his half-century in the priest
hood as pastor of St. Mary’s
Church in Greenville, was ordain
ed for the Diocese of Charleston
by Bishop Northrop, in 1895, at
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Em-
■bUshurg, Md.
BISHOP O’HARA
The Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., who will
be one of the Co-Consecrators of
the new Bishop of Raleigh.
BISHOP WALSH
The Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles-
lon, who will be one of the Co-
Consecrators of the new Bishop
of Raleigh.
(Special to The Bulletin)
RICHMOND. Va.—The Most
Rev. Vincent S. Waters, D. D.
Vicc-Offiicalis of the Diocese ol
Richmond, and for the last twe
years director of the Richmond
Diocesan Mission Band, will be
consecrated Bishop of Raleigh at
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
in Richmond on May 15, by the
Most Rev. Peter L. Ireton, D. IX.,
Coadjutor Bishop and Apostolic
Administrator of Richmond, with
the Most- Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D.. Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta, and the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of
Charleston, as Co-Consecrators.
The sermon at the Mass of
Consecration will be delivered by
the Right Rev. Msgr. Jeremiah
Minihan, Chancellor of the Arch
diocese of Boston, and the Right
Rev. Msgr. John A. Kellihcr, Ph.
D„ S. T. D„ Offiicalis of the
Diocese of Richmond, will act as
Notary.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Leo J.
Ryan, rector of the Sacred Heart.
Cathedral, will be the assistant
priestr the Right Rev. Msgr. Arthur
It. Fr<Vman. P. A., Vicar General
and Administrator of the Diocese
of Raleigh, and the Right Rev.
Msgr. William F. O’Brien, of Dur
ham, N. C., will be deacons of
honor. The Rev. Francis J.
Byrne, D. D., Superintendent of
Schools for the Diocese of Rich
mond, will be deacon of the Mass.;
the Rev. Thomas E. O’Connell, of
Richmond, sub-deacon of the
Mass.
Bishop O'Hara will be attended
by the Right Rev. Msgr. Dennis
A. Lynch, Chancellor of the Dio
cese of Raleigh, and the Right Rev.
Msgr. James Gilscnan, of Roanoke, j
as chaplains. Bishop Walsh will i
be "attended by Hie Right Rev.
Msgr. James A. Brennan, of Rich
mond and the Very Rev. Msgr. J.
Lennox Federal, of Raleigh.
Bishop-Elect Waters will be at
tended by the Rev. Vernon J.
Bowers, of Richmond, and the Rev.
Chester P. Michael, Richmond.
The Rev. Thomas F. Finne
gan, of Richmond, will be sub
deacon for the Cross, the Rev.
Francis J. Blakely, of Richmond,
will be director of music, and the
Rev. Robert O. Hickman, Chan
cellor of the Diocese of Richmond,
the Rev. Walter J. Schwitz S. S.,
Washington, D. C„ the Rev. Corne
lius M. Cuyler. S. S., ' of St.
Charles Seminary, Catonsville,
Md., and the Rev. Justin D. Alc-
Clunn, Arlington, masters of cere
mony.
Assistants to Bishop-Elect
Waters will be the Very Rev. Ed
ward L. Stephens, Alexandria,
mitre; the Rev. Kenneth M.
Rizer, Richmond, ring; the Rev.
F. Harold Nott, Richmond, crozier;
the Rev. Anthony Korkemaz, Rich
mond, gloves. Bearers of Offer
tory Gifts will be, the Rev. Car-
roll T. Dozier, Petersburg, the
Rev. Paul V. Heller, Norfolk, the
Rev. Robert F. Bs.utie, Alexandria,
the Rev. Robert E. O’Kane. Rich-
To Be Consecrated Bishop of Raleigh
MUM KEV. VINCENT S. WATERS, I). D.
Vice-Ofl'icialis and Director of the Mission Band of the Diocese of
Richmond, who will be consecrated as Bishop of Raleigh, on May 15 in
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, Virginia. ’ i
mond, the Rev. Francis Bradican,
Norfolk: and the Rev. L. L.
Speight Alexandria.
The Rev. J. Bernard Moore,
Portsmouth, and the Rev. Leo F.
Creamer, Richmond, will serve as
acolytes. Masters of ceremony for
the procession will be Father Hick
man, Father McClunn, the Rev.
Leo J. Massei, Richmond, and the
Rev. Ernest L. Unlerkoefler, Rich
mond.
Following the Mass of Consecra
tion. the new Bishop will be guest
of honor at a luncheon for the
prelates and priests, in the Vir
ginia Room of the John Marshall
Hotel.
On May 20, Bishop Waters will
celebrate a Solemn Pontifical
Mass at the Cathedral here, and
on May 27 will celebrate a Solemn
Pontifical Mass in St. Andrew’s
Church, Roanoke, liis home parish.
Bishop Waters will be formally
installed as the third Bishop of
Raleigh, at the Sacred Heart
Cathedral in theft city, on June
5th.
The new Bishop of Raleigh was
born in Roanoke, August 15, 1904.
the son of Michael Bernard
Waters and the late Mrs. Mary
Frances Crowley Waters. He at
tended Belmont Abbey College,
Belmont, N. C.. St. Charles Col
lege, Catonsville. Aid.. St. Alary’s
Seminary, Baltimore, and the
North American College in Rome.
He was ordained to the priest
hood in Rome, in 1931, by His
Eminence F r a n cose o Cardinal
Marchetti-Selvaggiani, now Vicar
General of Rome.
As a priest of the Diocese of
Richmond, Bishop-Elect Waters
served ns assistant pastor at Holy
Cross Church, Lynchburg, assis
tant rector of tire Cathedral in
Richmond, as Diocesan Notary,
Assistant Chancellor, Director of:
the Diocesan Mission Band, and
Vice-Ol'ficialis.
He will succeed to the See
made vacant by the appointment
of the Most Rev. Eugene J. Mc-
Guinness, D. D„ the second Bishop
■of Raleigh, as Coadjutor Bishop of
Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The
Diocese of Raleigh, created in
1924, had as its first Bishop, the
Most Rev. William J. Hafey, I).
D.. now Bishop of Scranton.
Pope Pius XII Eulogizes President Roosevelt
in Message of Sympathy to President Truman
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY. —In a mes
sage of condolence upon the
death of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, His Holiness Pope
Pius XII expressed to Harry S.
Truman, the new President, “his
profound sense of grief born of
the high esteem in which We
held this renowned statesman
and of the friendly relations
which he fostered and maintain
ed with us and with the Holy
Sec.”
News of the President’s death
was received at the Vatican at
12:30 a. m„ April 13. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini,
of the Papal Secretariat of State,
immediately communicated the
news to the Holy Father, who
sent President Truman the follow
ing cablegram:
“The unexpected and sorrowful
word of the passing of the Presi
dent brings to our heart a pro
found sense of grief born of the
high esteem in which We held
this renowned statesman and of
the friendly relations which he
fostered and maintained with us
and with the Holy See.
“To the expression of our con
dolence We join the assurance of
our prayers for the entire Amer
ican people and for their new
President, to whom We extend
our fervent good wishes that his
labors may be efficacious in
leading the nations at war to alt
early peace that will be just and
Christian.”
Later in the day, at an audi
ence which the Holy Father regu
larly grants to soldiers of the Al
lied nations, the Pontiff prefaced
his remarks with these words lo
members ot the United Slates
armed forces:
“We express to the members of
the American forces here present
our deepest condolences upon the
death of Mr. Roosevelt, the be
loved President of the United
States.”
The tragic news of the sudden
death of President Roosevelt was
received with deep sorrow
throughout Vatican circles.
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