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Vol. XXXIII, No. I
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 19, 1952
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Bishop Russell to
Be Acting Episcopal
Chairman of C. C. S.
ATLANTA, Ga.—(NCj— Bishop
(ohn J. Russell of Charleston has
>een elected acting Episcopal
Chairman of the Catholic Commit-
,ee of the South, to serve in place
of Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who
is preparing to take over the post
of Papal Nuncio to Ireland.
Bishop Russell was elected at a
CCS executive committee meeting
at which Archbishop O’Hara pre
sided. It was explained that Arch
bishop O’Hara will retain the chair-
J manship but will turn over the
functions of the office to Bishop
Russell.
Members of the executive com
mittee expressed enthusiasm over
the series of clergy conferences be
ing held by CCS leaders. The one-
day institutes are designed to train
priests in the techniques of making
the laity in the South aware of the
Papal pronouncements in the field
of social justice. The institutes
were started a few weeks ago in
South Carolina and already 10 have
been held in three southern states
with a total of 258 priests in at
tendance, the Very Rev. Maurice V.
Shean, C. O., general chairman of
the CCS, reported. He said 16 ad
ditional institutes have been sched
uled.
"The Catholic Committee of the
South is entering into a new phase
of its development,” Bishop Russell
said. “Many new projects are be
ing drafted and I pray that I may
be given the grace to do the share
of the Episcopal Chairman in this
planning.
Others in attendance at the meet
ing included Bishop William T.
Mulloy of Covington, and Bishop L.
Abel Callouet, Auxiliary of New
Orleans.
ARCHBISHOP AND ABBOT SAY “AU REVOIR”—Aboard the
liner lie de France, at the French Line Pier in New York, Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta (left), is being bid fare
well by Abbot Robert McGann, O. C. S. O., of the Trappist Abbey of
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, Conyers, Georgia. Archbishop O’Hara was
sailing for Europe to take over his new assignment as Papal Nuncio to
Ireland.—(Religious News Service Photo),
Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara
Sails for Europe to Assume
Post of Nuncio to Ireland
Bulletins
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
has appointed a committee of five
Cardinals to determine the extent
to which the ancient Order of
Malta is a religious organization
subject to the jurisdiction of the
Sacred Congregation of Religious
and to what degree it is an in
dependent sovereign body. Oldest
combined order of laymen and re
ligious in the Church, the Knights
of Malta nowadays are engaged
mostly in charitable work.
TWO ARCHBISHOPS and seven
Bishops are taking part in the ob
servance of the Chair, of Unity
Octave in the nation’s capital from
January 18 to 25. The Washington
observance Is taking place in the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, where Monsignor P. J.
O’Connor, a priest of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta, is director.
New Archbishop of Philadelphia
Says on installation That He Has
No Program But "Love of God"
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
PHILADELPHIA — Archbishop
John F. O’Hara, C. S. C., told his
faithful that he has “no program
to announce, no theme to preach
but the love of God” as he spoke
to them following his installation
here.
In taking over the Philadelphia
archdiocese Archbishop O’Hara,
the former Bishop of Buffalo, for
the second time in his 12-year
career as a Bishop took over a
see previously held by the late
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty. Card
inal Dougherty was Bishop of Buf
falo from December 1915 until
May 1918 when he was transferred
to Philadelphia. Bishop O’Hara
headed the Buffalo diocese from
May 1945 until his enthronement
here.
“Recognizing my utter unworthi
ness to follow in the footsteps of
such magnificent leaders as Card
inal Dougherty and his eminent
predecessors,” Archbishop O’Hara
told his new flock, “I only ask
leave to second and encourage
your effoi'ts. If you will kindly
tell me your needs, I shall do
my best to meet them.”
The Archbishop also took the
occasion to score “those who would
impugn the loyalty and reclassify
To the Catholic Laity of Georgia
W ITH the approval of His Excellency the Most Reverend Ger
ald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Archbishop-Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, together with that of the Most Reverend
Francis E. Hyland, D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia will launch
its annual membership campaign in February.
The record of what has been accomplished through . their
Laymen’s Association in the past has spread the fame of the
Catholic laity of Georgia abroad, but the officers and directors
of the Association, and its members, are not content to rest con
tent with the laurels of past achievements.
Thoughts and efforts are now on the present and the future
rather than on the past. Plans are now being developed to ex
pand the work of the Laymen’s Association on a scale never be
fore envisioned.
To succeed in its expanding effort to make the Catholic
Church better known and better understood in Georgia, the in
terest, support and participation of every Catholic layman and
laywoman in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta is needed.
Those who are already members of the Association are urged
to spread information about the Association and its work among
the younger generation and the newcomers in our midst, so that
the coming membership campaign will be blessed with success
that will make possible working units of the laymen’s Association
in every parish and mission of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
the citizenship of American Cath
olics because Catholics want for
their school children “whatever
health and welfare assistance is
granted to other children by our
common government.”
A dozen Archbishops and more
than two score Bishops gathered
here for Archbishop O’Hara’s in
stallation. His Excellency Arch
bishop Amleto Giovanni Cieognani.
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, officiated at the ceremony
in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and
Paul.
The apostolic decree designating
Archbishop O’Hara as the new
Ordinary of Philadelphia was read
first in Latin and then in Eng
lish by Msgr. Francis J. Furey,
rector of the archdiocesan semi
nary.
Next Archbishop O’Hara gave
his first solemn blessing to his
new flock and received the pledge
of obedience from the clergy of
the archdiocese as they ascended
the throne to kiss his ring. After
this the Archbishop spoke.
After Archbishop O’Hara’s ad
dress a Solemn Pontifical Mass
was celebrated by Archbishop Ci-
cognani. Both the installation and
the Mass were telecast by a local
station.
On the following day a civic re
ception was given the Archbishop
at Convention Hall. Gov. John S.
Fine of Pennsylvania and Mayor
Joseph S. Clark of Philadelphia
extended to the Archbishop a wel
come from the state and city, re
spectively. James E. Gallagher, at
torney, gave an address of wel
come on behalf of the Catholic
laity of the archdiocese.
Arhfeng the Prelates attending
the installation of the new Arch
bishop of Philadelphia were the
Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara,
Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta and Papal Nuncio to Ire
land, and the Most Reverend
Francis E. Hyland, Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
Also present in the sanctuary
were the Right Reverend Vincent
G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Abbot-
Ordinary of Belmont, Belmont, N.
C., and the Right Reverend Dom
M. Robert McGann, O. C. S. O.,
Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady
of the Holy Ghost, Conyers, Geor
gia.
Father Joseph W. Kavanagh,
who formerly served in the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, was one
of the Chaplains attending Arch
bishop Gerald O’Hara.
NEW YORK. N. Y. — The Most
Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.,
J. U. D., Archbishop-Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, sailed on January
12 on the liner lie de France for
Europe. Archbishop O’Hara will go
to Vatican City, and after a two
weeks’ stay during which he will
confer with His Holiness Pope Pius
XII and officials of the Vatican
Secretariate of State, he will pro
ceed to Dublin, to assume his new
post of Papal Nuncio to Ireland.
The Most Reverend Francis E.
Hyland, D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, head
ed a delegation of clergy from
Georgia, who with friends from
Philadelphia and New York were
at the docks to bid Archbishop
O’Hara farewell.
The Georgia delegation included
Abbot Robert McGann, O. C. S. O.,
of Conyers; Monsignor T. James
McNamara, Savannah; Monsignor
Joseph W. Cassidy, Monsignor
James J. Grady, Father Andrew
A. Walls, S. M., Atlanta.
The Most Reverend Stephen J.
Donahue, Auxiliary Bishop of New
York, was also there to bid the
Archbishop farewell, as was the
Honorable Garth Healy, Irish Con
sul General in New York, with
Peter Barnicle, of the Consulate
staff.
Representing the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia were Monsignor
Francis J. Furey, Monsignor Ber
nard J. McKenna, Monsignor Leo
G. Fink and others. Monsignor
John J. O’Donnell, chaplain of the
Port of New York also joined the
party.
The lfiity present included mem
bers of Archbishop O’Hara’s family,
Miss May Haverty, of Atlanta, and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reid, of New
York.
Archbishop O’Hara said that he
was very happy that his new post
of duty would enable him “to visit
the land of my forefathers.” His
ancestors came from County Mayo,
he said, although his father was
born in England and his mother in
Philadelphia. His Excellency stated
that he was brushing up on Gaelic,
of which he knows “a few words.”
After being abroad for some
months, Archbishop O’Hara was ap
pointed Regent ad Interim of the
Apostolic Nunciature in Bucharest,
Rumania, in January, 1947 In July,
1950, Archbishop O’Hara was or
dered to leave Rumania by the
communist government of that
country. Expelled with His Excel
lency was the Secretary of the
Nunciature, Monsignor John C.
Kirk, of Athens, Ga., who is now
Director of the Rumania Catholic
Mission in Spain.
Archbishop O’Hara returned to
the United States in September,
1950, just after His Holiness Pope
Pius XII had conferred the per
sonal title ot Archbishop upon him.
Upon his arrival i» Georgia he
was warmly welcomed and Gover
nor Herman Talmadge proclaimed
the date of a reception in His Ex
cellency’s honor in Atlanta, “Arch
bishop O’Hara Day.” •
Archbishop O’Haba received the
appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to
Ireland on November 27, 1951.
Farewell Reception Tendered
Archbishop O'Hara on Eve of
His Departure From Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga.—On the even
ing of January 6, a public recep
tion was given at the Catholic Com
munity Center to honor the Most
Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara who
was leaving the next day on his way
to Ireland where he will serve as
Apostolic Nuncio to Dublin.
In the receiving line with Arch
bishop O’Hara were the Most Rev
erend Francis E. Hyland, D. D.,
J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Sa
vannah-Atlanta; the Honorable
Olin Fulmer, Mayor of Savannah,
and Judge James P. Houlihan, K.
S. G., chairman of the Board of
Commissioners of Chatham County.
Speakers on behalf of the Catho
lic laity of Georgia were Marshall
Wellborn, of Rome, president of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, and Mrs. George Gunning,
of Atlanta, president of the Sa
vannah-Atlanta Diocesan Council,
of Catholic Women.
Governor Herman Talmadge was
represented at the reception by
John E. O’Brien, of Atlanta, who
presented to Archbishop O’Hara a
letter from the Governor express
ing his good wishes and a farewell
message.
In his letter, Governor Talmadge
said:
* “My dear Archbishop O’Hara. It
is with much regret that I learn
that your duties will make it neces
sary for you to leave the State of
Georgia, where you have served
your church and people so faith
fully.
“My best wishes to you in your
hew field of labor, and any time I
can be of service to you, feel free
to call upon me.
“With kindest personal regards,
I am, Sincerely yours.”
Members of the Savannah As
sembly, Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus, in full regalia, served
as a guard of honor. Music during
the evening was by Jacobson’s
orchestra.
Monsignor T. James McNama:*,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, was general chairman
of the committees arranging for
the reception.
Thomas J. Corcoran was chair
man of the decorations committee;
the hostess committee was headed
by Mrs. A. J. Schano, president of
the Savannah Deanery Council of
Catholic Women, assisted by Mrs.
Kenneth Eagle, president of the
Cathedral School Parent-Teacher
Association Mrs. Milton Little,
president of the Sacred Heart
School Parent-Teachers Associa
tion; Mrs. Victor Jiran, president of
the Blessed Sacrament School
Parent-Teachers Association; Mrs.
W. C. Broderick, president of the
Nativity School Parent-Teachers
Association; Mrs. Peggy Strong,
president of the St. Michael’s
School, Parent-Teacher Associa
tion.
Refreshments were served by a
committee headed by Mrs. J.
Harold Mulherin, with Miss Helen
Roe Nugent, Mrs. H. T. Wilson,
Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Mrs. Joseph
Kelly, Jr., Mrs. Larigdon Cooper,
Mrs. T. J. Dowling, Mrs. Jennie
Bouhan, Mrs. Richard Welsh, Mrs.
Edna McDonough, Mrs. Thomas H.
Payne, and Mrs. Arthur C. Stamey,
assisting. Chris E. Hernandez was
chairman of the publicity commit
tee.
On the following day. Arch
bishop O’Hara was honored at a
luncheon for the clergy at the
Hotel De Soto.
Truman Withdraws
Clark's Name as
Envoy to Vatican
WASHINGTON. D. C. — An
nouncement has been made at the
White House that the nomination
of General Mark W. Clark as Am
bassador to Vatican City would not
be resubmitted to the Senate tor
confirmation.
Joseph Short, presidential press
secretary, in a brief statement,
stated, “This course is being fol
lowed at the request of General
Clark,”
He added that President Truman
“plans to submit another nomina
tion at a later time.”