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Vol XXVI. No. 5
IHIRTY-TYO PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 31, 1945
Published by the
Catholic Lay
men’s Association
ol Georgia
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
★ ★ ISSUED. MONTHLY—$2 00 A YEAR
Monsignor Gwynn, of Greenville,
Invested as Prothonotary Apostolic
on 50th Anniversary of His Ordination
MONSIGNOR ANDREW KEENE GWYNN
. IIo . lines£( l P°Pe Pius XII has conferred the dignity and title of
* , 1 oll, “ notal 'y Apostolic, the highest rank, except the Episcopacy it-
Reve^nH h M an , be ° n American priest, on the Right
rhnrli, D r Monsignor Andrew Keene Gwynn. pastor of St Mary's
w h 0r . eenv,n ®’ Sou,h Carolina, the new honor corning coincident
priesthood! gn ° r ynn ' S CC,eb,ation ot his Cokton Jubilee in the
EDITORS OF GREENVILLE NEWSPAPERS
PAY TRIBUTE TO MONSIGNOR GWYNN
Bulletins
FHHjIP KAUFMAN, member of
a Jewish family who became Inter
ested in the Catholic religion
through an acquaintance, was or-
daiued to the priesthood as a
member of the Order of St. Bene
dict, on May 28, at St. John’s Ab
bey Church, Collegcville, Minn.
FATHER RALPH ANTONUCCI,
Army Chaplain and priest of the
Diocese of Buffalo, died of wounds
received in action on the German
front a few days before the cessa
tion of hostilities, the War De
partment has announced.
FRANK J. SHEED, noted lec
turer, author and publisher, who
delivered an address at the an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
held in Savannah in 1940. will
speak on the Catholic Hour pro
gram. which is produced by the
National Council of Catholic Men
in cooperation with the National
Broadcasting Company. Mr.
Sliced will be the speaker on the
programs which will be heard on
June 10, 17 and 24, and his sub
jects will be, “The Present State
of Religion”, "The Desperate
Necessity of Revival" and “The
Chances of Revival.”
A VALUED CITIZEN HONORED
Greenville people generally, re
gardless of their religious affilia
tions, join heartily in the sincere
congratulations to Monsignor A. K.
Gwynn on the observation this
week by the members of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church of his Golden
* marking the completion
ol fifty years of service with bis
church.
During the many years ot his
lite and service in Greenville Mon
signor Gwynn has become widely
recognized by the people of this
sectipn as one of Greenville’s most
constructive and valuable citizens
and one who has constantly sought
to further the cultural and civic
interests of this .community. The
Greenville - citizenship .joins with
the congregation of ,S(. Mary’s in
their rejoicing over his successful
attainment of this milestone in
bis long and fruitful career, and
sincerely hopes for his active con
tinuance in this service for many
more years.—(The Greenville
News).
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius
XII has named the Most Rev. Wil
liam J. Hafey, Bishop of Scranton,
an Assistant to the Pontifical
Throne, it has been announced by
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Amleto Giovanni G’icognani, Apos
tolic Delegates to the United
States. This dignity has been con-
ferred upon Bishop Hafey in rec-
ognition of his achievements as
priest and bishop.
FIFTY GOOD YEARS
Citizens generally join with the
congregation of St. Mary s Catholic
Church in felicitating Monsignor
A K. Gwynn upon the completion
of half a century of faithful ser
vice with the church.
Monsignor Gwynn has been an
outstanding citizen of the com
munity as well as a leading church
man and he has participated in
various and many enterprises for
Greenvilles’ betterment, working
shoulder to shoulder with people
of other faiths.
And in the nobility of his char
acter he has set an example that
has been wholesome for all.
We congratulate him on this
anniversary and wish him many
more of them.—(The Greenville
Piedmont).
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C—The
honor and dignity of a Prothono T
tary Apostolic, the highest eccles
iastical. distinction, except the
Episcopacy itself, which has ever
been acorded to any Ameri
can priest was conferred on the
Right Rev. Monsignor Andrew
Keene Gwynn, pas’or of St. Marys'
Church in Greenville, by His Holi
ness Pope Piux XII.
The designaiton of Monsignor
Gwynn as a Prothonotary Aposto
lic, at the request of the Most Rev
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of
Charleston, was coincident with
the observance by Monsignor
Gwynn of the fiftieth anniversary
of his ordination to the priesthood.
Formal announcement of the
recognition by the Holy Sec of
Monsignor Gwynn's half-century of
priestly service was made from
the pulpit of St. Mary's Church
on the morning of May 22. by the
Rev. John .1 McCarthy, of
Charleston, who read to the con
gregation the official notice from
the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani. Apostolic Delegate 16
tile United States.
Bishop Walsh then invested
Monsignor Gwynn with the mitre
and ring, insignia of the rank of
a Prothonotary Apostolic, and
granted him the privilege of ob
serving the Golden Jubilee of
his ordination by celebrating a
Pontifical Mass.
Officers of the Mass, at which
Bishop Walsh presided, were the
Rev. Ivo McElroy, O.F.M.. of Beach
Haven, N. J., formerly pastor of
St. Anthony’s Church here, assist
ant priest; the Rev. John M. Done-
Ion, C. S. P.; of Clemson. deacon;
the Rev. Joseph J; Murphy, of
Spartanburg, sub-deainon, and the
Rev. Sydney Dean, assistant pastor
ol St. Mary's, and Father Mc
Carthy, of Charleston, masters of
ceremony.
The sermon was delivered by
the Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph
L. O’Brien. S. T. D„ LL. D„ pas
tor of St. Patrick’s Church and
rector of Bishop England High
School in Charleston.
ABBOT ATTENDS
The Right Rev. Vincent U. Tay
lor, O. S. B., D. D., Abbot- Ordi
nary of Belmont, was present in
the sanctuary, with the Rev. J.
Edmund Burke, of Camden, and
tc Rev. Edward J. Donahue, C.
SS. R., of Orangeburg, attendin
him as chaplains.
The Rev. Thomas McLaughlin,
O. F. M„ pastor of St. Anthony's
Church here, and the Rev. John
P. Clancy, of Sumter, were; dea
cons of honor to Bishop Walsh.
Assisting clergy included the
Right Rev. Msgr. John L. Manning,
D. D. Chhncellor of the Diocese
of Charleston; the Right Rev
Msgr. Martin C. Murphy. V. F
Columbia: the Very Rev. Vincent
Scharff, Cong. Orat., Hock Hill;
Chaplain Anthony A. Cirami, O.
S. A., Greenville Army Air Base;
the Rev. Charles J. Baum, Dillon;
the Rev. John Haak, Cong. Orat.,
Rock Hill; the Rev. J. Alexis West-
burg, Charleston; the Rev. Maurice
R. Daly, Anderson; the Rev. Fran
cis A. Gorman, O. F. M., Ander
son: the Rev. L. E. Forde, the Rev.
Albert A. Faase, the Rev. Leon
J. Hubacz, Columbia; the Rev.
George Lewis Smith, Aiken, the
Rev. Louis R. Williamson. Harts-
villc; the Rev. Basil McKee, O.
S. B., Belmont, N. C., the Rev.
Maurice McPonnell, O. S. B.,
Charlotte; the Rev. Francis Ferri,
Spartanburg; the Rev. Gordon
Krahe, O. F. M., Greenville: the
Rev. J. Lawrence McLaughlin the
Rev. St. John Patat, the Rev.
Charles Lawrence Shcedy, Charles
ton; the Rev. Michael Mclnerney,
O. S. B„ Belmont, N. C., the Rev.
C. Edward Llufrio C. S. I 1 .. Clem
son; the Rev. Howard Lana, Hend
ersonville, N. C., and the Rev. Jo
seph J. Malloy, Augusta, Ga.
, Many friends of Monsignor
Gwynn. Catholic and non-Catholie,
made up the large congregation,
and among those attending were
Monsignor Gwynn's sisters. Mrs.
C. C. F. Hammond, Kalhwood, S.
C., and Mrs. Richmond Irvin Bowie
At Investiture Ceremony
on the occasion ol the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of
vL! r a 10 hc P™Mhood, ll ' e Right Rev. Monsignor Andrew
Keene Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, South Caro-
’ , was hl ghly honored by His Holiness Pope Pius XII, who con-
ened upon hnn Ihed.gnity of a Prothonotary Apostolic. Following
®® 1 ® b, ,f tlon ot h's Golden Jubilee Mass and his investiture with
„ J Y Monsignor Gwynn, wearing the mitre, was photo-
r - 'h U> u "I W ! 1 „ ’ e Most R ev - Emmet M. Walsh. D. D„ Bishop ot
Charleston, left, and the Right Rev. Vincent G. Taylor O S B D D
Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont, and the Rev. Sydnev F Dean assistant
sstwSS^r* »»* J 8S4 ot The'
i Washington, D. C.; a niece, Miss
Mary Hammond. Katliwood, and a
nephew, Harry Hammond. Katli-
vood. ,
Following the Mass, there was a
luncheon for the clergy at Gal-
livan Memorial Hall, with Bishop
Walsh as the principal, speaker.
A NATIVE OF MARYLAND
Born in Baltimore, Monsignor
Gwynn has been a resident of the
Piedmont section of South Caro
lina since boyhood, having been
reared in Spartanburg. He at
tended Wofford College, Spartan-
bui g. All Hallows College, Dublin
Ireland, and Mount St. Marys
Seminary. Emmitsburg, Md lie
was ordained in 1895 by the late
Right Rev. Henry P. Northrop,
then Bishop of Charleston.
Alter a few months as assistant
pastor of Si Joseph’s Church,
Charleston. Monsignor Gwynn
was made pastor of the parish in
Aiken, and in 1900 succeeded the
late Rev. Dr. Joseph Budds. as
pastor of St. Mary’s Church in
Greenville, where lie lias served
for forty-five years.
PROTHONOTARY
APOSTOLIC
By virtue of his appointment as
a Prothonotary Apostolic, Monsig
nor Gwynn becomes a member ot
the highest college of prelates in
the Roman Curia.
During the persecution of the
early church in the third century
certain men of prudence, piety anil
religious zeal were selected by
the Pope to keep the records and
data ol the acts of tlie martyrs
and the circumstances of their
death.
In later antiquity seven were
appointed for the City of Rome,
one for each of its regions or dis
tricts, and were known as the
seven region notaries, who. on the I
further development of the papal <
administration and the accompany
ing increase of the notaries, re
mained the supreme palace
notaries of the Papal chancery. In
the Middle Ages the Protliono-
taries were very high Papal offi
cials, and were often raised direct
ly from this office to the cardin-
alate.
RIGHT TO PONTIFICATE
On account of their dignity and
to distinguish them from other
notaries, they were designated
; prothonotaries. or first notaries
In tlie year 337 Pope Julius I
assigned to them the duly of draw-
mg up all decrees and enactments
concerning faith and discipline.
Since the sixteenth century the
Popes also have appointed honor-
aiy prothonotaries, who enjoyed
Hie same privilege's as the seven
legional notaries of the Prothono-
tarial College at Rome.
The Prothonotaries Apostolic
“ad Instar participantium,” to
whose rank Monsignor Gwynn has
been raised, are “ad instar”, or
like those participating, because
while no taking an active part in
the work of the Roman Court, as
do the seven first prothonotaries
of the college at Rome, neverthe
less like them they have the privi
lege of a private chapel, and of
celebrating Pontifical Mass and
other Pontifical ceremonies at
stated times.
They use the same external in
signia of a Bishop, and their rank
is next to the Bishop in proces
sions and in all ecclesiastical func
tions. it is the highest dignity
in the prelacy, outside the episco
pacy itself, to which a priest in
America can be raised. It makes
Monsignor Gwynn a member of
the papal household and of the
Roman Court.
In 1905. Pope Pius defined
anew the rights and privileges of
the prothonotaries. Among them
air the recording of the acts of
the consistories and canonizations,
the preparing of Papal bulls, the
use of Pontificals and a** repre-
sentation in tlie Congregation of
te Propaganda de Fide. The Pope
colliers the dignity of the
I prothonotary, but lie docs so only
at the request of the Bishop of
I the Diocese to which the priest is
attaclieo
MOSHE SIIFRTOK, Chief of the
I olilical Bureau of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine, discussed the
plight of European Jewry and Jew
ish reconstruction in Palestine
with His Holiness Pope Pius X111
in an audience at the Vatican, ae-
corc^jng to a wireless dispatch from
Rome to the New York Times. Mr
Shertok was er. route to the Uni
ted Nations’ Security Conference
in San Francisco.