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Vol. XXXIII. No. 8
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 30, 1932
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Pope Creates New U. S.Proyince
Embracing State of Kansas
WASHINGTON. (NC)—His Ho
liness Pope Pius XII has erected
a new ecclesiastical province em
bracing the State of Kansas.
The Diocese of Kansas City in
Kansas becomes an Archdiocese
and the new Metropolitan See.
Bishop Edward J. Hunkeler of
Kansas City in Kansas becomes
Archbishop and Metropolitan of
the new province.
Suffragan Sees of the new Met
ropolitan Province include the
Diocese of Wichita, of which Bish
op Mark K. Carroll is Ordinary;
the Diocese of Salina, of which
Bishop Frank A. Thill is Ordinary,
and the Diocese of Dodge City, of
which Bishop John B. Franz is Or
dinary.
The Holy Father’s Action was
announced here by His Excellency
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Ci-
cognani. Apostolic Delegate to the
United States.
This action by the Holy See in
creases to 24 the number of ec
clesiastical provinces now in the
United States. It increases to 25
the number of archdioceses.
An ecclesiastical province is the
territory over which an archbishop
exercises metropolitan jurisdiction,
namely, over his own archdiocese
and at least one ^suffragan See.
There are now in the United States
the Provinces of Baltimore, Bos
ton. Chicago. Cincinnati. Denver,
Detroit, Dubuque, Indianapolis,
Kansas City in Kansas. Los An
geles, Louisville, Milwaukee, New
ark, New Orleans, New York, Oma
ha. Philadelphia, Portland in Ore
gon. St. Louis, St. Paul, Sari
HEADS NEW PROVINCE —
| Most Reverend Edward J. Hunke-
j-ler; Bishop of Kansas City, who
| has been named Archbishop and
| Metropolitan of the new Province
j embracing the State of Kansas —
; NC Photos).
I
j Francisco, Santa Fe and Seattle,
j The new province was formerly
j within the Province of St. Loujs.
I The Archdiocese of Washington
1 iB. C.) is not a metropolitan See
! because it has no suffragan Sees.
| Archbishop Hunkeler was nam-
I ed. Bishop of Kansas City in Kan-
i ses in April, 1951. Prior to that be
i had been Bishop of Grand Island.
Kilkenny Accords
Archbishop O'Hara
"100,000 Welcomes"
KILKENNY, Ireland. (NC)—An j
enthusiastic welcome was accorded
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Pa- |
pal Nuncio to Ireland, when he vis- :
ited this city where Archbishop j
Rinuc-cini. the first Papal Nuncio ■
l to Ireland, sat with the confeder- j
ate parliament in 1645.
A liturgical reception for the
: Nuncio, who is also Bishop of Sa- j
vannah-Atlanta. in the United j
States, was held at St. Mary's ea- ‘
thedral here. Among those present
was Bishop Patrick Collier of Os- ]
sory. The ceremonies included a
Solemn High Mass.
At a civic ceremony Arcfibishop j
O'Hara received the “freedom of j
the city’’ from Mayor Gleeson. Pre
senting a scroll to the Archbishop,
the mayor stated that the Nuncio
had been acclaimed by Christians
all over the world.
The Archbishop served as regent
of the papal nunciature in Ruma
nia for several years. He was ex
pelled from that country by the
communist regime in 1950.
j Archbishop O’Hara also visited
| the Cistercian abbey at, Rosc-rea
where he was received with full
liturgical honors. Among those
• greeting him was Dorn Thomas
! Gundel, the procurator of the Cis-
I tercians in Rome. Dom Gundel is
now visiting the Order's Irish
I communities.
Monsignor James J. Navagh, Director of
Buffalo Missionary Apostolate Named
Auxiliary to Bishop Waters of Raleigh
In Apostolic Letter Addressed to
Russian People, Pius XII Dedicates
Russia to Mary's Immaculate Heart
<N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.—His Holiness
Pope Pius XII dedicated the Rus
sian people in “most special way”
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
in an apostolic letter addressed to
them.
The unique apostolic letter was
addressed to “all, _ the peoples of
Russia.” It is believed to be the
first time that a papal document
was addressed directly to the Rus
sian people. Previous papal docu
ments were usually addressed to
individual Patriarchs, Archbishops,
princes and so forth.
Dated the Feast of Saints Cyril
and Methodius, the Apostles of the
Slavs, the papal letter prays that
the enemies of religion may be
driven far from the Russian peo
ples who have always been devot
ed to God and the Blessed Virgin.
It assures the Russian people of the
Pope’s constant prayers for them
and for universal peace.
A translation of the Latin docu
ment was made into Russian. It was
beamed across the Iron Curtain to
the Russian people by Radio Vati
can.
The Pope stated that his conse
cration of Russia to the Immacu
late Heart of Mary answers the
many appeals the Pontiff received
after the definition of the dogma
of the Assumption. It is also a ful
fillment of the requests made by
the Blessed Virgin during her Fa
tima apparitions. She then urged:
“I come to ask the consecration
of Russia to my Immaculate
Heart ...”
In 1942 the present Pontiff ded
icated the entire world to the Im
maculate Heart of Mary, but the
dedication contained only an indi
rect reference to Russia.
The Pope's new apostolic leter
says:
“Just as not many years ago we
consecrated the entire world to the
Immaculate Heart of the Virgin
Mother of God, so now, in a most
special way, We dedicate and con
secrate all the peoples of Russia to
that same Immaculate Heart, in
confident assurance, that through
the most powerful protection of
the Virgin Mary there may at the
earliest moment be happily real
ized ttie hopes and desires which
We together with you and with all
I those of upright, intention have for
! the attainment of true peace, or
I fraternal concord and of rightful
I liberty for all ...”
j The Holy Father prays that
; Mary may “look with clemency
upon those who are organizing the
| ranks of militant atheists . . . that
; she may deign to obtain for their
| minds that light which comes from
j on high.”
| The Pope takes note of the
! campaign of hate directed against
| him and the Holy See by eom-
; munist offiicals. He declares that
j while he has been required to
i challenge their errors, he cher-
; ishes for them “a greater pity and
; s more ardent love.” “Not only do
| We not turn way from them, but
We desire that they should return
<to truth and to the right path.”
The Pontiff also addresses him-
] self to those who have withstood
| The official campaign of atheism
in Red Russia and have clung to
•their- Christian beliefs. He states:
j “We know that there are very
many amongst you who still pre-
; serve their Christian faith within
the innermost sanctuary of their
| consciences, who in no way allow
themselves to be induced to help
the enemies of religion, and more
over, whose ardent desire is to
I profess the Christian teaching —
I the one safe foundation of a
| civilized life—not only in private
but if possible also openly, as be-
| comes free men.”
I He recalls their traditional love.
! for the Blessed Virgin and urges
| them to continue to venerate, love
i and beseech her. He adds.
“We together with you are rais-
! ing to her Our suppliant invoca
tions, that the Christian faith.
! which is the honor and support of
; human society, may be strength
en and increased among the people
of Russia, and that all the wiles
, of the enemies of religion, all their
j errors and their deceptive artifices
may be driven far from you . . .
that those especially who among
you profess themselves as Catho
lics, although deprived of their
pastors, may resist with fearless
fortitude the assaults of the im
pious, if necessary even unto
death; that just liberty which is
the right of the human person, of
the citizen and of Christians, may
he restored to all as is fitting . .
President's Daughter
Pays Courtesy Call on
Archbishop O'Hara
DUBLIN, Ireland — Miss Mar
garet Truman, daughter of the
President of the United States,
paid a. courtesy' call on Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara, Apostolic Nun
cio to Ireland and Bishop of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta, at the Papal
Nunciature in Dublin when she
was recently in Ireland.
While here, Miss Truman was
tendered a dinner at the U. S.
Embassy by Ambassador and Mrs.
Francis P. Matthews. The guests
included Prime Minister De Valera,
Archbishop O’Hara, Archbishop
McQuaid of Dublin and Bishop
Martin J. O’Connor, rector of the
North American College in Rome.
Last year, when Miss Truman
was received in private audience
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII at
the Vatican, she was presented to
the Holy Father by Bishop O Con-
.. WASHINGTON —(NC)—Monsig
nor James J. Navagh, a priest of
the Diocese of Buffalo, has been
named Titular Bishop of Ombi and
Auxiliary to Bishop Vincent S.
Waters of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made here by His Ex
cellency Archbishop Amleto Gio
vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States.
Bishop-elect Navagh is present
ly director of the Missionary Apos-
tolate in the Diocese of Buffalo,
with headquarters at Blessed Sac
rament church in Delevan, N. Y 7 .
He has held that office for the
last 12 years.
Monsignor Navagh was born in
Buffalo, April 4, 1901, the son of
George Thomas and Katherine
(Horne) Navagh, both of who are
now deceased. He attended Cani-
sius College, Buffalo, and Our
| Lady of the Angels Seminary,
Niagara University, Niagara Falls.
| N. Y. He was ordained to the
priesthood in Cathedral of St.
Joseph, in Buffalo, on December
! 21, 1929, by the late Bishop Wil
liam Turner, then Ordinary of
’ Buffalo.
j Since his ordination Bishop-
: elect Navagh has served as assist-
| ant pastor of Holy Cross church,
Buffalo, for seven .years; pastor of
Lady of Mt, Carmel church, Brant,
N. Y., for three years and director
of the Missionary Apostolate in the
Diocese of Buffalo, for 12 years.
As director of the Missionary
Apostolate, the Bishop-elect also
served as pastor of the parishes
which served as headquarters for
this work: St. Joseph's, Fredonia;
St. Mary’s, MayVille, and St.
Mary's, Cattaraugus. He has also
taught pastoral theology to the
young priests of the Diocese of
Buffalo for the last 12 years. He
directed the Summer Schools of
Religion for three years.
The Diocese of Raleigh, in which
the Bishop-elect swill now serve,
comprises all of the State of North
Carolina with the exception of
Gaston County, which constitutes
the diocesan territory of the Ab-
batia Nullius of Belmont Abbey.
It embraces an area of 52.349
square miles, in which there is a
Catholic population of 26.164 out
of a general population of 4,051,-
740, according to the 1952 Official
Catholic Directory.
Bishop-Elect
Bulletins
A TABLET to he erected by the
British government to mark the
site of the state trial in 1535 of
St. Thomas More, celebrated Eng
lish martyr, will be installed in
Westminster Hall, London, where
the Saint, Lord Chancellor in the
early part of the reign of King
Henry VIII, was arraigned on
charges of “treason” and sentenc
ed to be beheaded. The trial took
1 place after he had refused to ac
knowledge the ecclesiastical au
thority claimed by the king.
1 MISS MARY MARGARET
BYRNE, of Columbus, Georgia,
who is touring Europe with a
i group of newspaper women, was
received in audience by His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII on August 20
I at Castelgandolfo.
Bishop-elect Navagh is the
author of the book, “The Apostolic
Parish,” published in 1950, when
he had been a decade in the work
of the Missionary Apostolate in the
Diocese of Buffalo.
The apostolate, it is stated in the
book, has a double purpose: to
train young priests of the diocese
in pastoral theology and to estab
lish parishes in areas without
churches.
Through the apostolate, young
Monsignor James J, Navagh, di
rector of the Missionary Aposto
late in the Diocese of Buffalo,
who has been named Titular
Bishop of Ombi and Auxiliary to
Bishop Waters of Raleigh, N. C.
The Bishop-elect was born in
Buffalo in 1901. (NC Photos)
priests who have mastered the
theory of pastoral theology in their
seminary days are expertly guided
and supervised at the start of their
actual ministry. Monsignor Navagh
states that “the essential pastoral
theology of the Church does r.ot
change through the centuries, but
the methods change from century
to century because of new inven
tions, changing times and changing
conditions. Because of its import
ance, pastoral theology should not
be a haphazard matter but should
be systematically taught to young
priests so that they may have at
their disposal in the early years
of their priesthood the knowledge
older priests have gained in the
hard school of experience.”
The book emphasizes the im
portance of close and constant con
tact between priests and people,
and would have the parish a close-
knit unit, an organism with a com-
| mon life, supernatural and natural,
[ within it.
International Scapular Center
To Be Established at Fatima
94723 PERSONS have been eh-
i rolled for instruction in the teach-
i ings of the Catholic Church as a
| result of the Knights or Columbus
j advertising" campaign, it was re-
] vealed at the Supreme Convention
in Los Angeles. More than a mil
lion inquirers sought information
about the Church in response to
the advertisements.
FATHER JAMES KELLER, M.
M., founder of the Christopher
movement, was one of the princi
pal speakers at the 54th annual
convention of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles held in Philadelphia,
NEW YORK. (NC) —An inter
national Scapular center is to be
opened at Fatima.
The announcement was made by
the Most Reverend Kilian Lynch,
prior general of the Carmelites, at
the National Shrine of the Scapu
lar here. Father Lynch is en route
to Australia to conduct a visitation
I of Carmelite houses there.
The prior general made the an
nouncement after receiving par-
j mission for the center from Bishop
I Jose Alves Correia da Silva of
I Leiria, whose Diocese includes
| Fatima.
! The decision to establish the in-
| ternational Scapular center stems
back to a visit with Sister Lucy
| on September 13. 1949, by Father
Donald M. O’Callaghan, O. Carm.,
director of the American Scapular
Apostolate, and Father Albert
Ward, O. Carm. Sister Lucy is the
The other main address was deliv
ered by Governor John S. Fine of
Pennsylvania.
sole remaining witness of the Fa
tima apparitions in 1917.
The nun, a Carmelite at Coirr.-
bra, Portugal, explained to the
priests her interpretation of Our
Lady appearing with the Scapular
at Fatima. It was the first time
that the significance of the last ap
parition was made known by her.
She said that the Scapular and
the Rosary are inseparable and
that the Scapular is definitely a
part of the Fatima message. She
also stated that the Scapular de
votion is pleasing to Our Lady and
that she desires its propagation.
Sister Lucy then urged the Car
melites to open a house in Fatima.
In compliance with her request
property was purchased. The Bish
op of Leiria has now given per
mission to build there an interna
tional center for wearers of the
Brown Scapular. Father O’Calla
ghan, with headquarters at the
national shrine here, has been
placed in charge for the campaign
for the international center at Fa
tima.