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Published by the Catholic Lay men’s Association of Georgia “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective ol Creed" Vol. XXVII. No. 2 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 23, 1946 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 a YEAR IMPOSITION OF THE RED HAT Tiie Red Hat, as a special insignia of the Cardinaliate, was intro duced shortly after the Synod of Lyons in 1245 by Pope Innocent IV. In this photo, taken at a former Consistory, the late Pius XI is shown at the moment of the solemn imposition, “Galerum Rubrum," upon one of the Cardinals kneeling at his feet.—(NC Photos). New Appointments and Changes Announced for Clergy of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta Four A merican A rchbishops A mong Thirty-Two Prelates Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals Bulletins IIIS EMINENCE Julc Gerard Cardinal Saliegc, Archbishop of j Toulouse, one of the Prelates elevated to the Sacred College at the Consistory, this week, has been nominated a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French Government in recognition of his patriotic services during the Ger man occupation of France. THE BACCALAUREATE SER MON at the graduation exercises of the School of Medicine and Col lege of Dentistry at the University of St. Louis, on February 28, will be delivered by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, I). D., J. U. 1)., Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. OSSERVATORE ROMANO has emphatically denied Communist charges that Pope Pius XII early in the last war was “at the center of a peace plan” formulated by in fluential German and British circles, which would have favored Germany at the expense of the Soviet Union. HOLY NAME SOCIETIES in the Rochester Diocese have mob ilized against reported atempts to oust J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation and to kill further appro priations by Congress for con tinuance of the House Committee on un-American Activities. UPON HIS RETURN to this country as a member of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Cardinal Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, will be honored with two days of special ceremony, in Nash ville, Tenn., his native city. The plans call for a civic reception and dinner on the evening of March 18, and on flic following day the Cardinal will preside at a Mass to be offered by Arch bishop John A. Floersli, of Louis ville, in the Cathedral of the In carnation. A luncheon for the clergy will follow the Mass and there will be a reception for school children in the afternoon. RUMORS that the health of Pope Pius XII has suffered a serious setback are totally un founded, it was reported in Vati can City. The Pontiff contracted a cold several weeks ago which forced him to cancel a number of public audiences, but his health is not in serious condition. THE WAR DEPARTMENT has disclosed that although a large number of vacancies exists for Catholic chaplains in the regular army, the need cannot be filled at the present rate the applica tions are being received.. Catho lics arc far behind other groups in applications. RICIIAIfD BARTHE, noted Col ored Catholic sculptor, has been chosen by the art committee of the Hall of Fame in New York to execute the bust of Booker T. Washington, Negro educator, who was chosen for inclusion in the Hall of Fame in 1945. U. S. SENATORS GRANTED AUDIENCE AT VATICAN ROME.—(RNS)—Ilis Holiness Pope Pius XII granted an audi ence to Senators James M. Tun- nell, of Delaware, and William F. Knowland, of California, who were in Rome to hold hearings on the disposal of surplus military property. They are members of a sub-committee of the special Sen ate committee investigating the national defense program. Accompanied by a group of American army officers, including Major General Frank Lowe and Brigadier General Theodore Os borne, the senators were assured by the Holy Father of his sympa thy with those “who today carry a heavy weight of responsibility to ward a world encircled by gloom and darkness and groping toward the first steady rays of peace.” Declaring that the burden of peace has now passed, from mili tary leaders to tire heads of stale, the Pontiff told his visitors that peace can only be obtained “from ♦he hands of God. by approaching Him along the path of truth, jus tice. and charity.” (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga. — Announce ment has been made by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.. J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Allanta, of the following assignments -and appointments which he has just made affecting mefnbers pf the Diocesan clergy The Very Rev. Edward J. Dodwcll, J. C. D., pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Port Wentworth, who is Officialis of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, has been relieved of parochial work and will devote himself en tirely to the duly of his Diocesan office. The Very Rev. Daniel J. Mc Carthy, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Rome, will succeed Doc tor Dodwell as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Port Went worth. The Rev. James H. Grady, who lias been serving overseas with the U. S. Army Chaplains Corps, and who lias just completed his terminal leave, will return to Rome, where he was pastor of St. Mary’s Church when he enter ed tiie service. The Rev. Harold J. Barr, who •also has returned to the Diocese after serving as a chaplain with the Army Air Force since 1940, has been appointed pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Augusta. Father Barr, who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Chaplains Corps shortly before he was given his terminal leave, was pastor of St. M&ry’s-on-Thc- Hill Church in Augusta when he was called to active duty as an Army chaplain. The Rev. J. Joseph Malloy, who has been serving as administrator of St. Patrick’s Church in Augusta for tiie last three years. ,nd under whose direction that historic edifice was re-decoratcd and im proved, has been appointed pas tor of St. Peter’s Church, La- Grange. The Rev. James E. Doherty, who has been pastor of St. Peter’s Church, LaGrange, has been trans ferred to the Diocese of Pater son. Father Doherty, a native of New York City, was ordained for the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta in 1938, and has served as assistant rector of the Cathedral in Savan nah, as assistant pastor of St. Theresa’s Church, Albany; St. Patrick's Church, Augusta; Im maculate Conception Church, At lanta, and for some months was in charge of the mission in Slates- box'o, before being made pastor of the parish in LaGrange. The Rev. James E. King, who was pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens, when he was granted a leave on account of sickness in September, 1944, and who has recently served as chaplain at Fin ney General Hospital, Thomas- villc, will become pastor of the Sacred Heart Church at Warner Robins, which has been served by the Jesuit Fathers from St. Jo seph’s Church in Macon since its dedication last summer. *Thc Rev. Charles J. Rethans, who has been absent from the Diocese on leave on account of sickness, has been appointed pas tor of the Church of the Pui'ifica- lion in Sharon, where Father Bari llas been serving temporarily since lie received his discharge from the Army last month. The Rev. William A. Sullivan, a pxiest of the Diocese of Rapid City, where he was pastor of St. Anthony’s Church, M ait us, South Dakota, is to be assistant pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta. VATICAN CITY. — Thirty-two eminent prelates, from nineteen nations, among them four from the United States, were elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals by His Holiness Pope Pius XII at a Secret Consistory held on Feb ruary 18, in the largest mass ap pointment of Cardinals in the Church’s nineteen-century his tory. The Holy Father and twenty- eight of the thirty-seven previous ly named members of the Sacred College were present to partici pate in tiie solemn rite of electing the new Cardinals. The Pontiff, in a brief alloca tion declared the designation of tiie new Cardinals, representing every continent, put into ’hew light” the universality of the Church. The new Princes of the Church from this country are, in .order of their seniority, His Eminence John Cardinal Qlennon, Archbishop ol St. Louis; His Eminence Edward Cardinal Mooney, Ai-chbishop of Detroit; Ilis Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, and Ilis Eminence Fran cis Cardinal Spellman, Archbish op of New York. With the thirty-two new ap pointments, membership in the Sacred College was raised to six ty-nine, one short of the tradition al limit of seventy fixed by Pope Pius V in 1588. The new Cardinals received their red hats and recited • their pledge of fidelity befoi-e the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on February. 21. Three of the thirty-two new Cardinals were not here to re ceive notification of their eleva tion. They were Johannes Cardi nal De Jong, of Utrecht, Holland, and Jule Cardinal Saliege of Tou louse., France, who were ill. and Josef Cardinal Mindszenly, Pri mate of Hungary, whose departure from Budapest was delayed pend ing clearance by Soviet Russia. The inauguration, accompanied by all the color of old world pag- eanti-y, ushered in a new era of Catholic history, resulting, for the first time, in an Italian minority in the college. The secret consistox-y, the first held since 1937, was the first of a week-long scries of rites to com plete the investiture of the new cai-dinals. The Americans received their formal notification of election in the historic 15th century palace of the apostolic chancellory on the Corso Vittorio Emmanuel, one of the principal streets of the city. There they awaited Father Mar tin Gilligan of Cincinnati who had been appointed their special envoy to deliver their tickets of nomination. For this ceremony the new Car dinals wore trains of purple cloth tied with a violet silken knot and silk tassle, a pectoi’ial cross with a cord and a green and gold tasslct a skull cap and violet birett - . Each American was attended by a secretary, trainbearer, herald and valet. The notifications of election wex'e handwritten by Father Gil ligan on official stationery of the Vatican Secretary of State -and sealed in plain envelopes. Each new Cardinal accepted his envelope, glanced briefly at the contents and passed it to his seci’c- taiy to be read aloud. Papal messengers carried news of their elections to other new Cardinals in gx-oups at nine other' ecclesiastical buildings. After the messages came the “calore” visits by ambassadors, ministers, Roman princes, Patri archs* Prelates, Superioi-s of Relig ious Orders and Consultors of the Saci-ed Congregations. In the normal times the new Cai - - dinals would receive notification and the “calore” visits individual ly at their l’esidences but because of continuing transportation dif ficulties they received in groups. It was the first time in history that a Pope named a Far-Eastern Cardinal, in the pex'son ot a Pre late from the ancient and now world-important land of China. The Near-East has had Cardinals, but rarely. There was one in the px-esent College, Cardinal Tap- pouni, of Syria, and the present creation adds one more, Cardinal Gregory Peter XV Agagianian, Patriach Cicilia of the Armenians, who was born in what is now Soviet territory. It was the first time in history Pope named Cardinal bor -i Australia, a new vigorous land determined to assert itself. Aus tralia had one Cardinal previously, a native of Ireland, and has been without repx-cscntation in the Sacred College for many years. it was the first time a Pope had granted recognition to the English-speaking peoples of Can ada. French Canada has had Cardinals before, and had one at present in the person of Cardinal Villeiieuve. In appointing four new Cardi nals fioln the United States in the persons of the veteran, eloquent Archbishop Glcnnon, sec ond oldest member of the Hier archy in th ■ world in point of service; Archbishop dynamic Vat ican-trained. world-known figure; Archbishop Mooney, keen, dip lomatically experienced, earnest, Archbishop of Deti-oit, and scholarly, Tennessee born, Arch bishop of Chicago, this country’s rc presentation in the Sacred Col lege, including Ilis Eminence Den nis Cardinal Dougherty, Arch bishop of Philadelphia, is now five, over a previous maximum of four. The Pope made an impressive increase to. seven from the pre- vious maximum of two Cardinals in South America, and created the first African Cardinal since 1892, when Cardinal Lavigerie, leader of the anti-slavery movement, died. These things signify the broad ening of .the College. European countries have generally been brought up to their previous num bers, the reduction in the number of Italian Cardinals being used to give recognition to new areas, not only China, but also Chile, Peru anti Cuba have their first Car dinals. Altogether twenty-three nations are represented in the Sacred College. It is an arresting thought in the Eternal City that at one time the College consisted entirely of Pre lates stationed in Rome and its environ.. Today there are Car dinals as far distant from Rome ,.s Australia, 10.000 miles away. Chile, 7.000, Argentine, 6,000. Brazil, 5,000, China, almost 6,000. Africa. 5,000 New York and Chi cago over 4.000 miles. Among those present at the ceremony was Franklin Gowen, who rcpi'esented Myron C. Taylor, and brought his greetings to the new Cardinals. Popes’ Palace at Avignon to Be Used as Church (By Religious News Service) PARIS.— (By Wireless) — For the first time since it was con fiscated during the French Rev olution 150 yeai’s ago, the Pope’s Palace at Avignon, France, will again be used as a church. Msgr. Gabriel de Liobet, Bish op of Avignon, has finally suc ceeded in bringing about annul ment of a law forbidding Mass to be celebrated in the palace, and has received a message of con gratulation from Pope Pius XJL During the 14th century, seven Popes, from Clement V (1305) to Gregory XI (1370h goveimed the Church from Avignon instead of Rome. A SIX-WEEK STUDY of Ameri can education methods will be undertaken by Cardinal Tien, S. V. I).. first Chinese member of the Sacred College of Cardinals, who will visit the United States on ilis return trip to China fi'om Rome. During his.stay in this country prior to his departure for the Consistory, Cardinal Tien was much impressed by the American way ot education. .