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Vol. XXVI. No. 4.
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 28, 1945
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Bishop O’Hara Celebrates
Jubilee Mass in Atlanta
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—In observance
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his' ordination to the priesthood,
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., celebrated a Sol
emn Pontifical Mass at the Cathe-
ral of Christ the King in Atlanta,
on April 10.
Tile sermon was delivered by the
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston, and present
in the sanctuary were the Most
Rev. William' L. Adrian, D. D.
Bishop of Nashville; the Most
Rev. -Arthur L. Fletcher, D. D.,
Auxiliary Bishop of Little Rock;
the Right Rev. M. Frederic Dunne,
O. C. S. O., Abbot of the Abbey of
our Lady of Gethsemani, Trap-
pist, Ky., and the Right Rev. Boni
face Seng, O. S. B., Abbot of St.
Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Ala.
Officers of the Mass were the
Very Rev. Edward Dodwell, J. C.
D., Savannah, assistant priest; the
Very Rev. Edward P. McGrath,
S. M., Atlanta, and the Rev. F. J.
Weiss, S. M. A., Atlanta, deacons
of honor; the Rev. James McCann,
C. SS. R., Dalton, deacon of the
Mass; the Rev. Godfrey Weite-
kamp, O. F. M., Americus, sub
deacon, the Rev. Joseph R. Smith,
Atlanta, processional cross-bearer;
the Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh,
Consohocken, Pa., and the Rev.
Bernard Brady, O. M. I., Douglas,
masters of ceremony.
Bishop Walsh was attended by
the Very Rev. Cornelius P. Hoff
mann, C. SS. R., Richmond, Va„
and the Rev. Edward Smith,
Statesboro, as chaplains. Bishop
Adrian was attended by the Rev
•William Maguire, S. M., Atlanta,
and the Rev. Edward Llufric, C.
S. P., Clemson, S. C. Chaplains
to Bishop Fletcher were the ltev
Edward Divine, Branchdale, Pa.,
and the Rev. William H. McCook
Summit Hill, Pa. Chaplains to
Abbot Frederic were the Rev. Jo
seph Toye, Heckecherville, Pa.,
and the Rev. George Lewis Smith,
Aiken, S. C. Chaplains to Abbot
Boniface were the Very Rev. Dan
iel j. McCarthy, V. G., Rome, and
the Rev. Philip M. Hasson, S. M.,
Brunswick.
Assisting in the sanctuary were
the Rt. Rev. Msgr, James E. Heir,
Pottsville, Pa., the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph E. Moylan, and the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Joseph F.. Croke, At
lanta; the Very Rev. Msgr. James
J. Grady, Savannah; the Very Rev.
Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, Albany;
the Very Rev. W. D. O’Leary, S. J.,
M. D., Spring Hill, Ala.; Lieut.
Col. William J. Walsh, Robins
Field, Ga.; Chaplain Brian Keany,
Fort Benning; Chaplain, Michael
English, S. J., Fort Oglethorpe;
the Rev. Andrew Walls, S. M., the
Rev. John O’Shea, the Rev. John
McDonald, S. M., the Rev. John
Emmerth, S. M.. the Rev. Gerald
Emmerth, S. M„ the Rev.' Gerard
Kinsella, S. M., the Rev. Felix
Donnelly, the Rev. John Dowling,
the Rev. Henry E. Phillips, the
Rev. Philip H. Dagneau, S. M., the
Rev. Marion Perry. S .M.. the Rev.
Vincent Brennan, S. M.. the Rev.
John V. Mulvey, S. M. A., the
Rev Paul Risk, Atlanta; the Rev
Valentine Becker, S. M., and the
Rev. Michael J. McKeever, Wash
ington, D. C., the Rev. J. Robert
Brennan, Athens; the Rev. Thomas
I. Sheehan, Decatur; the Rev
Hugh Taylor, O. S. B„ Athens;
the Rev. Maurice R. Daly, Ander
son, S. C., the Rev. John D.
Toomey, Milledgeville; the Rev.
J. Gilbert McCormick, C. SS. R„
Griffin; the Rev. James Rice
Philadelphia; the Rev. Frank Mc-
Kernan, Glenolden, Pa.; the Rev.
James E. Doherty, LaGrange; the
Rev. Michael McNally, S. J„ Ma
con; the Rev. Herman Deimel,
Columbus; the Rev. Francis Mc
Grath, Statesboro; the Rev. Angel
Pengson, Augusta; the Rev. Rap
hael Adams, O. F. M„ Callicoon,
N. Y.; and the Rev. Seraphim
Ocampo, of the Philippine Islands,
who is temporariy stationed at
the Immacuate Conception Church
in Atlanta.
Dr. A. L. Stabler, K. S. G., of
(Continued on Page 15)
At Bishop O’Hara’s Jubilee Mass in Savannah
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, stands in the center
above, with the Right Rev. Francis Sadlier, O. S. B„ Abbot of St. Leo’s Abbey, St. Leo, Fla - the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh. D. D., Bishop of Charleston; the Most Rev. Edwin V. Byrne D D Archbishop of
Santa Fe, and the Right Rev. Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B„ Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont Abbey, Belmont,
N. C., following the celebration of a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
in Savannah, in observance of the twenty-fifth Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.— Photo-
Courtesy of The Savannah Evening Press).
K. of C. Supreme Directors
Hold Meeting in Atlanta
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Supreme
Council of the Knights of Colum
bus, headed by Supreme Knight
Francis P. Matthews, of Omaha,
held its spi'ing quarterly meet
ing in Atlanta. April 13-14, at the
Ansley Hotel.
Others officers of the Supreme
Council who were in attendance
were: Supreme Chaplain, the
Right Rev. Msgr. Leo M. Finn, of
Bridgeport, Conn.; Deputy Su
preme Knight John E. Swift, Bos
ton; Supreme Secretary Joseph F.
Lamb, New Haven; Supreme
Treasurer, Leo M. Flynn, Chi
cago; Supreme Advocate Luke E.
Hart, St. Louis, and the following
members of the Board of Direc
tors: William J. Guste, New Or
leans: Francis Fauteux, Montreal;
Ray T. Miller, Cleveland; Michael
F. Walsh, Brooklyn; Edward Mol-
kenburg, San Francisco; Philip
McGowan, Ottawa; Stephen A.
Cain, Seattle; James W. McCor
mick, Westerly, R. I.; Michael J.
Hewlett, Chicago; John F. Mar
tin, Oklahoma City; John A.
Flanigan, Baltimore; James M.
Donolioe. Huntington, w. Va., and
Dr. C. D. Kerrigan, Davenport,
Iowa.
Also at the meeting were: Wil
liam J. Mulligan, Bridgeport,
Conn., Supreme Master of the
Fourth Degree; John S. Conway,
assistant supreme secretary; Leo
F. Craig, superintendent of
agents; Richard H. McCarthy,
manager of investments, and D.
F. Sullivan, recorder of the
Board.. Francis J. Heazel, K. S.
G. , of Asheville, former Supreme
Treasurer, was also in Atlanta for
the meeting.
Members of the Supreme Coun
cil met the funeral train of
President Roosevelt as it stopped
at the Terminal Station in At
lanta en route from Warm
Springs to Washington, and
adopted the following resolution
on the death of the nation’s Chief
Executive:
BE IT RESOLVED. That the
Supreme Board of Directors of
the Knights of Columbus at its
regular quarterly meeting held
in Atlanta, Georgia, April 14,
1945, voicing the sentiments of
the five hundred thousand mem
bers of the Order in the United
States, Canada, New Foundland,
Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Mexico and the Philippine Island,
records its expression of pro
found sorrow in the death of
President Franklin Delano Roose
velt.
Occurring at an hour when
with anxious ear it awaited the
announcement of his successful
accomplishments in the field of
battle, the world was shocked to
have that hour filled with the
mournful news that the inscrut
able will of the Creator had call
ed humanity’s benefactor to his
just reward.
We join in griff the millions
whose affection to him was pas
sionately borne, and we kneel in
humble prayer for the repose of
his soul and for the continued
welfare of the great republic
which he so nobly led.
BE IT RESOLVED, That this
resolution be spread upon the
minutes of this meeting, and
that a copy thereof be forwarded
to his bereaved family, and to His
Excellency Honorable Harry S.
Truman, President of the United
~tates.
<> KARA OBSERVES SILVER JlIBILEj.;—Prominent among those who joined with the Most
Rev Gerald P. O Hara, D. D„ J. U. D„ Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, at the Cathedral of Christ the King
m Atlanta, in the celebration bf the twenty-fifth anniversary of His Excellency’s ordination to the priesl-
hood were left to right: the Right Rev. Boniface Seng, O. S. B„ Abbot of St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman
Aia ; the Most Rev. William L. Adrian, D. D.. Bishop of Nashville; the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D.
D., Bishop of Charleston; His Exxcellency Bishop O’Hara; the Most Rev. Albert L. Fletcher D. D
X; G A \A uxlll , ar y Blsh °P of Little Rock, and the Right Rev. Frederic M. Dunne, O. C. S. O, Abbot oC
the Abbey of Our Lady 0 f Gethsemani. Ketucky.— Photo Courtesy of The Atlanta Journal)
Supreme Knight Matthews,
who is a director of the United
States Chamber of Commerce,
met with the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce on April 16, at the in
vitation of Carlyle Fraser, who is
a vice-president of the national
body.
Governor Arnall
Welcomes K. of C.
Officials to Georgia
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Honorable Ellis
Arnall, Governor of Georgia, ex-*
pressed his regret at not being
able to extend a personal welcome
to the Supreme Board of the
Knights of Columbus, which held
its quarterly meeting here April
13-14, in a letter addressed to
Henry C. Taylor, grand knight of
the Atlanta Council of the K. of
C.
Governor Arnall’s letter, which
was read at one of the sessions of
the Supreme Council, was as fol
lows:
“I will greatly aprpeciate it if
you will express to Supreme
Knight Francis P. Matthews and
the Supreme Council of the
Knights of Columbus my regrets
that I am not personally able to be
At Invitation of Cardinal Dougherty,
Bishop O’Hara to Celebrate Jubilee
Mass at Cathedral in Philadelphia
SAVANNAH, Ga. — At the in
vitation of His Eminence Dennis
Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop
of Philadelphia, His Excellency
the Most Reverend Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, will celebrate
a Solemn Pontifical Mass Coram
Cardinali, at the Cathedral of
Saints Peter and Paul, in Phila
delphia, on May 3.
Bishop O’Hara, who is cele
brating this month the twenty-
fifth' anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood, served for
present to welcome them to Geor
gia.
“Due to a long standing engage
ment out of the City, I am denied
the pleasure of meeting these
esteemed gentlemen and convey
ing to them my high regards and
best wishes.
“We are delighted to have them
in Georgia and I hope their stay
will be pleasant and serviceable."
several years as secretary to
Cardinal Dougherty, and was
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadel
phia at the time of his appoint
ment as Bishop of Savannah in
1935, and the Mass in Philadel
phia will be an extension of the
observance of his Silver Sacerdo
tal Jubilee.
The sermon at the Mass will be
delivered by the Right Rev,
Monsignor John J. Bonner, D. D.
LL.D., Superintendent of Schools
for the Archdiocese of Philadel
phia, who like Bishop O’Hara,
was a member of Our Lady of
Sorrows parish in Philadelphia
before entering the seminary.
Monsignor Bonner delivered the
sermon when Bishop O’Hara was
consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of
Philadelphia in 1929.
Following the Mass, Bishop
O’Hara will be honored at a testi
monial banquet which will be
given at the Bellevue Stratford
Hotel.