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DECEMBER 20, 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
News Review of the Catholic World
Holy Father Fills Sees of
Baltimore and Washington
Bishop Francis P. Keough of Baltimore - Monsignor
Patrick A. O’Boyle, of New York, Named Archbishop
of Washington - Three Other Bishops Appointed —
New Diocese of Austin, Texas, Created By Holy See
(N. C. W, C. News Service)
WASHINGTON —His Holiness
Pope Pius XII has disunited the
Archdiocese of Washington from
the Archdiocese of Baltimore, fill
ing both Sees; has erected a new
Diocese of Austin, Texas, and has
made in all live episcopal appoint
ments affecting Sees in the United
States, it is announced in word
from the Vatican received at the
Apostolic Delegation here.
Bishop Francis P. Keough of i
Providence was promoted to be
Archbishop of Baltimore.
Mosignor Patrick A. O’Boyle,
Director of Charities of the Arch
diocese of New York, is named'to
be Archbishop of Washington.
Monsignor A. R. Zuroweste,
editor of The Messenger, official
paper of the Diocese of Belleville,
is made Bishop of Belleville.
Monsignor Louis J. Reicher,
Chancellor of the Diocese of Gal
veston, is named first Bishop of
the new Diocese of Austin.
Monsignor Wendelin J. Nold,
pastor of Christ the King Church,
Dallas is appointed Titular Bishop
of Sasima and Coadjutor with
right of succession to Bishop
Christopher E. Byrne of Galveston.
In disuniting the Archdiocese of
Washington from the Archdiocese
of Baltimore, the Holy See detach
ed five counties from the Balti
more See and united them to the
former. The Archdiocese of Wash
ington which becomes immediately
subject to the Holy See, will com
prise the District of Columbia,
and the counties of Montgomery,
Prince Georges Charles, Calvert
r.nd Saint Mary’s, in the State of
Maryland.
The Archbishop of Washington
will be the Chancellor of the
Catholic University of America,
and, although immediately subject
to the Holy See. will take part in
the meetings of the Bishops of
the Province of Baltimore.
The new Diocese of Austin will
be made up of the following Comi
ties, detached from ' the Arch
diocese of San Antonio and from
the Dioceses of Galveston and Dal
las: Coleman, Brown, Mills, Ham
ilton McCulloch, San Saba, Lam-
pasa, Coryell, McLennan, Lime
stone, Bell, Falls, Robertson, Ma
son, Llano, Burnet, Williamson,
Milam, Brazos, Blanco,, Travis,
Bastrop, Lee, Burleson, Washing
ton, Hays, Caldwell, Austin, and
the parts of Fayette and Colorado
Counties north of the Colorado
River.
ArchbislioD-Elect Francis P.
Keough of Baltimore, who speaks
French fluently and is exception
ally well versed in French litera
ture labored with distinguished
success in the Diocese of Prov
idence, which includes a large
number of French-speaking people
of Canadian descent. lie has won
renown as a brilliant orator and
an excellent administrator. After
the recent annual meeting of the
Hierarchy in Washington, he was
made assistant to the Chairman of
the Administrative Board of the
N. C. W. C. He has always mani
fested the deepest interest in the
Catholic press, pointing out on va
rious occasions that the Catholic
press needs and merits support
now more than over before.
Archbishop-Elect Keough is a
native of New England, where he
was born in New Britain. Conn.,
on December 30, 1891. He re
ceived his primary education at
Mary’s School in New Britain, go
ing thence to St. Thomas prepara
tory seminary in Hartford. His
studies in philosophy and theology
at St. Sulpice Seminary in Isay,
France, were interrupted- by
World War 1 and he completed his
course in the sacred sciences at
St. Bernard’s Seminary in Roches
ter. He was ordained June 10,
1916, at St. Joseph’s Church, Hart
ford, by Bishop John J. Nilan, then
Ordinary of the diocese.
After three years’ service as
assistant pastor at St. Rose’s par
ish in Meriden, Conn., he was
named diocesan director of the
Catholic Mission Aid Society and
at the same time assigned as
Assistant Chancellor of the Dio
cese and chaplain of St. Agnes
Home, West Hartford. In 1925, be
took up residence at the, chancpry
in Hartford and assumed 'fcMOpod-
Fill Baltimore, Washington Sees
ditional duties of Secretary to
Bishop Nilan.
Nine years later, the new Arch
bishop-Elect was appointed Bishop
of Providence, filling the See that
had become vacant through the
death of Bishop William A.
Hickey. He was consecrated on
May 22, 1934, with His Excellency
Archbishop Amleto ' Giovanni
Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to
the United State, officiating. He
was installed by the late Cardinal
O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston.
Archbishop-Elect Patrick Aloy-
sius O’Boyle of Washington, has
for many years played a distin
guished role in organizing and ad
ministering the work of Catholic
charities, both at home and abroad.
For four years he served as Execu
tive Director of War Relief Ser
vices N. C. W. C. Last August he
was named Executive Director of
the great Catholic Charities in the
Archdiocese of New York.
A native of Scranton, Pa., he was
born July 18, 1896, attended St.
Paul’s parochial and high school,
St. Thomas preparatory school and
St. Thomas College, all in Scranton,
prior to entering, in 1916, St.
Joseph’s Seminary. Yonkers, N. Y.
Ho was ordained May 21,*1921,
in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New
York, by the late Cardinal Hayes
and served for five years as curate
at St. Columba’s parish, in New
York’s lower West Side. " At that
time already he became deeply
Interested in social questions and
in 1926 was made executive direc
tor of the Catholic Guardian So
ciety. For two years he studied
at the New York School of Social
Work and from 1033 to 1936 he
was Assistant Director of the child
care department of Catholic
Charities of the New York arch
diocese.
In 1936, he became Executive
Director of the Mission or tile Im
maculate Virgin at Mount Lorelto,
Staten Island, a home caring for
more than 1,000 dependent chil
dren. He headed this institution
for seven years, and during this
time, in 1941, he was named a
Papal Chamberlain with the title
of Very Reverend Monsignor.
In August, 1943, he was appoint
ed Executive Director of War Re
lief Services- N. C. W. C., which
under his direction developed into
a great world-encircling agency
for the relief of war victims with
out regard to race, nationality or
creed. On June 21, 1944, His
Holiness Pope Pius XII created
him a Domestic Prelate with the
title of Right Reverend Monsignor.
Last July, Archbishop-Elect,
then Monsignor, O’Boyle was
named a Consultor of the Arch
diocese of New York by llis
Eminence Francis Cardinal Spell
man, who had previously appoint
ed him executive director of
Catholic Charities.
Bishop-Elect Albert Rudolph
Zuroweste of Belleville, successor
to the late Bishop Henry Althoff.
was born April 26, 1,01, in East
St. Louis, 111. He studied at St.
Francis College, Quincy, 111., and
prepared for the priesthood at
Kenrick Seminary. St. Louis. After
his ordination on Jdne 8. 1924, in
Belleville Cathedral by Bishop
Althoff, he served as a curate until
he was appointed, in 1931, Super
intendent of St. John’s Orphanage.
After four .years’ service there, he
was named Superintendent of Cen
tral Catholic High School for Boys
and in 1940 became pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church, East St. Louis.
Since 1934 he has been editor and
manager of The Messenger, weekly
ournal of the Diocese of Belle
ville, and since 1944 director of
Catholic Charities. In recognition
of his distinguished services, he
was created a Domestic Prelate
with the title of Right Reverend'
Monsignor.
Bishop-Elect Louis Joseph Reich
er, Ordinary of the newly-created
Diocese of Austin, Texas, was
born June 14, 1890, at Piqua, Ohio.
He studied at St. Jerome’s Sem
inary, Cincinnati, and St. Mary's
Seminary, La Porte, Texas. Decem
ber 6, 1918, he was ordained for
the Diocese of Galveston by Bishop
Christopher E. Byrne at St. Mary’s
Cathedral in Galveston. In the
following year,, he was appointed
Chancellor otithe Galveston dio-
Ilis Holiness Pope Pius XII has severed the Archdiocese of Wash
ington from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and filled both Sees. Bishop
Francis P. Keough (left) of Providence has been promoted to be Arch
bishop of Baltimore and Monsignor Patrick A. O’Boyle (right) Director
of Charities for the Archdiocese of New York, has been named Arch
bishop of Washington, which becomes immediately subject to the Holy
See.—-(NC Photos).
Elevated to the Hierarchy
Named by His Holiness Pope Pius XII as Bishop of Belleville,
Illinois, is Monsignor Albert R. Zuroweste (left), editor of The Mes
senger, official paper of the Diocese of Belleville. Appointed first
Bishop of the new Diocese of Austin, Texas, is Monsignor Louis J.
Reicher (right), Chancellor of the Diocese of Galveston.—(NC Photos).
K. OF C. IN CHARLESTON
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
CHARLESTON, S. C.—P. N.
Lynch Council, No. 703, Knights
of Columbus, paid tribute to its
deceased members at & Memorial
held on November 30, at which
John M. Brennan, of Savannah ad
vocate of Georgia State Council,
was the principal speaker.
Grand Knight Daniel J. Sulli
van presided at the Memorial ex
ercises, the program for which was
arranged by Joseph J. Beshare
and James J. Maguire.
Members of Bishop Lynch Coun
cil received Holy Communion in
a body on the day of the memorial
exercises at a Mass offered at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
by Father J. Lawrence McLaugh
lin, chaplain of the council. '
New Ordinary
......
cese and, at the same time, named
pastor of St. Christopher’s Church,
Parkplace, Houston, whihe he had
administered in conjunction with
his duties ns Chancellor, up to the
time of his elevation to the Hier
archy.
Bishop-Elect Wendelin Joseph
Nold, Titular of Sasima and named
Coadjutor \vith the right of succes-,
sion to Bishop Byrne of Galveston, i
is a native of Texas. He was born j
January 18, 1900, in Bonham, i
Texas. He attended parochial
.schools in Ft. Worth, Tex., and I
La Porte, Tex., and studied for the
priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary,
La Porte and at the American Col
lege in Rome. He was ordained in
the Eternal City, April 11. 1925, in
St. John Laleran, for the Diodfese
of Dallas. Soon after his return j
to this country, he was named pas-.
or of Christ the King Church in
Dallas. He has served the diocese
as Officialis and in various other
offices. In recognition of his ser
vices lie was created a Domestic
Prelate with the, title of Right
Reverend Monsignor. . .,i . ,
Monsigmor Welidclin J. Nold,
pastor of Christ the King Church,
Dallas, Texas, who has been ap
pointed by llis Holiness Pope
Pius XII Titular Bishop of Sasima
and Coadjutor with right of suc
cession to Bishop Christopher E.
Byrne of Galveston.—(NC Photo)
FATHER JOSEPH CURTIN
CONDUCTS MISSION AND
RETREATS IN BILOXI
Treats of Church's
Teachings on Liturgy
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The Encycli
cal, “Mediator Dei”, which was
published November 29, can be
called a liturgical Encyclical, be
cause it deals exclusively with
Divine worship, e numerates
variances that have been artifically
created in recent years, clarifies
issues, explains differences and
solves questions • of sacred liturgy,
both in the theoretical and prac
tical domain, which have been sub
jects of discus-ion in the recent
past.
The Encyclical forms, as it were,
the second chapter of a work be
gun in 1943 with the Encyclical
“Mystici Corporis”, which treated
of the internal life and the dog
matic foundation of the Church.
The new Encyclical propounds the
true doctrine regarding lilugical
prescriptions and inculcates their
exast observance.
“Mediator Dei” may be called
the Encyclical on ‘the avoidance of
exaggeration in the Mystical Body.
Although addressed to the whole
Church, it speaks almost exclusive
ly of the Latin liturgy, where in
recent years a movement at once
scientific and practical has pro
duced no little fruit. However,
this movement has not always
been kept within proper limits and
has caused varied reactions partic
ularly among those opposed to any
liturgical innovation.
This state of affairs has ob
viously been dangerous to charity
and unity within the Church. For
this reason, the new Encyclical
aims at arousing the indolent and
those who are fearful of 'ffny sort
of progress. At the same time, it
seeks to restrain the imprudent.
Among questions of a practical
nature that are particularly de
veloped in this Encyclical are
modern music, the use of the Mis
sal by the faithful, means of induc
ing th- faithful to participate in
the Mass, the use of Latin, liturgi
cal colors and statues, and the
establishment of diocesan com
missions to secure the proper
observance of liturgical rules.
The main body of the Encyclical
is divided into four parts as fol
lows:
(1) l’he nature, origin and de
velopment of the liturgy:
(2) Worship of the Blessed
Eucharist, nature of the Eucharis
tic Sacrifice, participation of the
faithful in the Mass, Holy Com
munion and adoration of the Sac
rament. The chapters of this sec
tion also present an exhaustive
exposition of dogmatic proofs.
(3) The Divine Office and the
liturgical year, the cycle of feasts
showing th e presence in the
liturgy of the mysteries of Re
demption.
(4) A pastoral exhortation to
meditation, examination of con
science, retreats,- visits to the
Blessed Sacrament, novenas, ob
servance of months honoring the
Sacred Heart and the Blessed Vir
gin Mary.
The Encyclical makes it clear
that it is unnecessary to subject
these latter devotions to the rigor
ous discipline of liturgical rules,
but that they should nevertheless
be imbued with the liturgical
spirit.
In this connection, the Encyclical
repeats the remarks in “Mystici
Corporis” concerning confession.
It recommends in a special man
ner the Exercises of St. Ignatius,
which have proved wonderfully
efficacious in renewal of the
spirit. The Holy Father proceeds ■
insistently to urge the clergy and
the faithful to the aposlolate of
the liturgy with respect to proper
maintenance of churches, Gre-
gorian Chant, wider use of con
gregational singing, instruction of
seminarians and laity in the
liturgy, and the placing of arch
itecture, sculpture and music are
the service of piety and devotion.
The Encyclical indicates that
vigilance is necessary to prevent
infiltration of present widespread
errors; namely, false mysticism,
exaggerated archeologism in
liturgy, quietism and naturalism.
BILOXI, Miss.—Father Joseph
A. Curtin, O. M. I., of the Oblate
Fathers Mission Band, from Doug-
glas, Ga., has recently conducted
a series of spiritual exercises in
Biloxi, including a Mission at the
Church of the Nativity of the
Blessed Virgin and Retreats for
the students of Notre Dame High
School, Sacred Heart High School
and the elementary school.. i ■ i;
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
returned to the Vatican from his
summer residence at Castelgan-
dolfo on November 29, and imme
diately entered upon a week-long
Retreat. Father Galileo Venturing
S. J., one of the best known
preachers in Italy, conducted the
Retreat for the Holy Father and
the Papal Court. .