Newspaper Page Text
Christmas Number
Published by the
Catholic Lay
men's Association
of Georgia^
"To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed"
Voi. XXXIII: No. 12 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 20, 1952 ISSUED MONTHLY—$3.00 A YEAR
Bulletins
FATHER EDMUND A. WALSH,
S. J., one of the nation’s best
known priests, is recuperating in
Georgetown University Hospital
from the effects of a “slight
stroke.” The University said that
hospital authorities pronounced Fa
ther Walsh’s condition as “improv
ing,” but would not estimate how
long the priest will be hospitalized.
ARCHBISHOP J. FRANCIS A.
McINTYRE of Los Angeles will
leave on January 7 for Rome to re
ceive the Red Hat. The Cardinal-
designate, who is to be formally
elevated to the Sacred College at a
Consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica
on January 12, will fly to the Eter
nal City. He is expected to arrive
in Rome on the afternoon of Jan
uary 9.
THE CHOICE by His Holiness
Pope Pius XII of Archbishop Paul
Emile Leger of Montreal to be a
Cardinal was hailed enthusiastical
ly throughout Canada. Editorials
in the country’s leading news
papers warmly lauded the selec
tions, while the nation’s leaders of
church and state, including many
non-Catholics, issued statements
praising the choice.
OF THE 1200 cures at Lourdes
that have been certified as medi
cally unexplainable, only 44 are
recognized by the Church as mirac
ulous. This was revealed in an ar
ticle in La Croix, Paris Catholic
daily, by Dr. Francois Leuret, chief
of the Lourdes Bureau of Medical
Authentication which certified the
cures. >
THE VATICAN has announced
the erection of a new Prelature
Nullius of Cameta in Brazil in ter
ritory taken from the Archdiocese
of Belem.
A THIRD and revised printing of
the New Easter Vigil Service, by
the Rev. Philip T. Weller, has made
its appearance in a booklet just
published by the Missionary Ser
vant Press.
‘DEAR CHILD OF THE MANGER’
This rare engraving is from a Missal printed in 1645, believed to have
been used at Midnight Mass, Christmas, 1677, when Venerable Kateri
Tekakwitha, "Lily of the Mohawks,” made her First Holy Communion.
The book is in the possession of the Mission Saint-Francois-Xavier,
Caughnawaga, Quebec. (NC Features) •
New Columbus School
Dedicated on Dec. 7
COLUMBUS, Ga.—-The new St.
Joseph's School was formally
dedicated by His Excellency the
Most Reverend Francis E. Hy
land, D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta on
December 7th.
In the sermon delivered at the
dedication Father Mark Sterbens,
S. D. S., of Mother Mary Mission,
Phenix City, Ala., warned against
the “Moral and religious dangers”
of vile books and movies.
“We must point out to the youth
of today these dangers to morals
and religion. They must be proper^
ly guided and protected.
Bishop Hyland, who spoke after
Father Mark, said that without
sacrifices and contributions of the
laity, the Catholic school system in
the United States would be noth
ing but a dream.
“I congratulate you on this mag
nificent parochial school,” Bishop
Hyland said. He pointed out that
schools have played a vital role in
the history of the Catholic Church
in the United States, and that very
few schools represent big dona
tions from wealthy people.
“They are being built by ordi
nary Catholic people who are
blessed with very little of the
goods of this world but who are
willing to share with God in the
instruction of our children.”
Other Clergy attending the dedi
cation in addition to Father Her
man J. Deimel, pastor of the
Church of the Holy Family were
Father Gregory Putzer, S. D. S.,
Father Ignatius Behr, S. D. S., all
of Mother Mary Mission, Phenix
City; Father Jude McCauley, Fath
er Damian Breen, Father Sebastian
Hill, Father Werner Turiciano and
Father Terrence Doyle, all of Holy
Trinity, Ala.
Father Emmett O’Neill, chaplain
at^Fort Benning; Father Thomas
Albert, O. F. M., and Father Bren
dan Plye, O. F. M., both of St.
Mary’s Church, Americus; Father
Michael J. Began of Savannah,
Bishop Hyland's secretary.
The school itself is the result of
the several years’ planning by
Father Herman Deimel. pastor of
the Church of the Holy Family,
members of the parish, and the
Sisters.
Picturesquely situated on an
eleven-acre tract, the school’s
beauty and its efficiency have
brought praise not only from the
Sisters of Mercy who teach at the
school, but also from the pupils
and their parents, as well as the
general public, including officials
of the Muscogee County public
school system.
Constructed on reinforced con
crete footings, the building has a
continous reinforced concrete slab
floor, covered with asphalt tile.
The exterior walls are ten inches
thick, of cavity brick construction,
while interior walls are concrete
block. Framing the roof joists are
steel. The roof is of poured gypsum
with a built-up tarred and gravel
roofing on top. Exterior trimming
is of buff limestone and the en
trance facia is of limestone ash
lar. The area of the School is 20,-
000 square feet, and the cost was
$200,000,
Enrollment for the fall term ex
ceeds 460, more than double the
(Continued on page Forty-Eight)
Nuncio lo Ireland
Sends Congratulations
To New Cardinal
DUBLIN. (Radio, NC)—All Ire
land rejoiced over the news that
Archbishop John F. D’Alton of Ar
magh had been elevated to the Sa
cred College of Cardinals.
Among the floods of congratu
latory messages which quickly be
gan to pour into Cardinal-desig
nate’s palace in the Northern Ire
land city were two from Presi
dent Sean T. O’Kelly and Arch
bishop John C. McQuaid of Dub
lin. Another was from Premier
Eamon de Valera, who sent felici
tations from Utrecht, Holland,
where he is a patient at an eye
clinic.
From the United States came a
message for Archbishop Gerald
P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, Papal Nuncio to Ireland,
who was on a visit to his homeland
when the announcement of Arch
bishop D’Alton’s elevation was
made.
Congratulations were also sent
by Msgr. Giovanni B. Montini, for
merly Secretary of State at the
Vatican, and now Pro-Secretary for
Ordinary Affairs, from whom came
the notification that Archbishop
DTUton would receive the Red Hat
in°Rome on January 12.
Leaders of all political parties,
the heads of various public bodies
and representatives of the Gaelic
League also joined in offering good
wishes to the new Irish Cardinal.
Other messages came from well-
wishers in the Meath Diocese
where Cardinal-elect D’Alton had
formerly been Bishop, and from
the xpeople of Claremorris, County
Dedicate St. Joseph's
Hospital in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Dedica
tion of St. Joseph’s Hospital on
December 10, by the Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland D. D., J. C. D.
Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah-At-
iant.a, represents the end of a
cycle of hope, obstacles, persis
tence and success.
Constructed at a cost approach
ing $1,750,000 St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal is a memorial to the generosity
of the individuals and business
establishments of Augusta, the
contributions of the Sisters of St.
Joseph, and the cooperation of the
federal government through the
provisions of the Hill-Burton Act.
The Ceremonies were held on
the grounds of the hospital and
speeches and musical selections by
Miss Theresa Punaro, lyric soprano
of the Italian Provincial Opera
Company were carried to the spec
tators by a public address system.
Bishop Hyland opened his re
marks by reading a telegram sent
from Ireland by Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara D. D., J. U. D.,
Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta and Papal Nuncio to Ire
land.
In his telegram the Archbishop
invoked the blessings of God on
the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet who will operate the
hospital, . its staff, and all those
persons whose “beneficience made
the Magnificent occasion possible.”
In his remarks, Bishop Hyland
stated that the hospital will be op
erated to save human life as ‘ the
body is the tabernacle of the soul,”
and charged that the Fifth Com
mandment “Thou Shalt not Kill,”
forbids euthanasia (mercy killing)
and “so. Called” therapeutic abor
tion.
He said the hospital will “safe-
| guard, protect and preserve this
j gift of human life, and with this
in mind we consecrate this hospi
tal today.”
Monsignor Janies J. Grady, ori
ginal General Director of the Hos
pital project, expressed his “deep
personal gratitude” to George
Sancken, head of the campaign,
Alvin McAulliffe, a principal work-
| er on behalf of the hospital who
presided as master of ceremonies,
John McDonald, W. Inman Curry,
and Dr, W. D. Jennings, for their
aid along with Edwin J. Wade and
Edmund H. Kuhlke, architects and
Ray M. Lee Contractor.
The address of welcome was de
livered by Mayor Hugh Hamilton,
Mayor of Augusta, who thanked
the Sisters and everyone responsi
ble for bringing the hospital to
Augusta. The Key to the hospital
was presented to Mother M. Caro
line, provincial, superior of the
province of Georgia by Mr. George
A. Sancken.
The Invocation was pronounce!
by Father James M. Buckley, S. J.,
pastor of Sacred Heart Church,
and the benediction was given by
Father Arthur Weltzer, administra
tor of St. Patrick’s Church.
Other distinguished clergy and
laity present at the ceremonies
were:
Rt. Rev. Abbot Robert McCann,
O.C.S.O. Trappist Monastery at
Conyers, Ga.; Rt. Rev. Monsignor
George L. Smith, pastor of St.
Mary's Church of Aiken, and past
president of the Catholic Hospital
association; Dr. R. C. Williams,
director of Hospital Services,
Georgia Division of Public Health;
T. D. Adkins, architect, Georgia
Department of Public Health, div
ision of hospital services; J. G.
Wilkins Jr., engineer, Georgia De
partment of Public Health, divi
sion of hospital services; J. H. Wal
lace, engineer, Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health, division of
hospital services; John D. Hum
phreys, equipment officer, Geor
gia Department of Public Health,
division of hospital services; Oscar
Boulware, engineer. U. S. Public
Health Service; James Murphy,
engineer, U. S. Public Health
Service.
Also Dr. G. Lombard Kelly,
president, Medical College of
Georgia; Dr. Stephen W. Brown,
president of the Richmond Coun
ty Medical Society; Dr. Leo R.
Tighe, U. S. Veterans Facility; O.
R Daughety, director of the Univ
ersity hospital; Dr. W. W. Battey,
temporary chairman of the St. Jos
eph’s hospital staff; and Dr. Wil
liam Fuller, chief of staff, Univ-
I ersity hospital.
New St. George Church
Dedicated in Newnan
NEWNAN, Ga.—On Sunday, De
cember 14, the New Saint George’s
Church was formally dedifcated.
The Church was blessed by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. George A. Parker,
D. D., pastor of St. Philip Neri
Church, Chicago, 111. The church
is named St. George in memory of
his father, the late Mr. George
Parker, a native of Savannah.
The ceremonies were honored by
the presence of his Excellency the
Most Reverend Francis E. Hyland,
D. D. J. C. D. Auxiliary Bishop of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
Bishop Hyland offered the Dedica
tion Mass and spoke at the cere- i
monies.
The completion of St. George’s
is a realization of a dream held
long in the hearts of the Catholics
of Newnan. Prior to the erection
of the new church Mass was of
fered each Sunday in the Virginia
House, a local hotel.
Construction was begun last May
by C. A. Kendrick, Griffin, Geor
gia, contractor and the church will 1
accommodate a congregation of i
more than 100 persons.
The Newnan Mission is the j
charge of the Redemptorist Fathers j
Mayo, where the new Prince of the
church was born.
Shortly after the news reached
Armagh, large numbers of prelates,
priests and lay people called at
the Cardinal-elect’s palace to pay
their respects in person.
in Griffin, coming under their
jurisdiction in 1950, having previ
ously been assigned to Saint Peters
Church in LaGrange.
Since coming to the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta in the spring of
1942, the Redemptorist Fathers,
have be^n serving the vast North
Georgia ’ 'ea. Having charge of
the paris, ' Dalton as well as
Sacred lie.. in Griffin. They
have done much to develop the mis
sion territory which they are serv
ing in the ten short years they
have been ii. Georgia.
"GET TOUGH"
WITH CITIZENS,
IKE URGED
WASHINGTON. INC) — Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower was urged
by a Catholic educator to adopt
a program of getting “tough” with
the citizens of this country in or
der that the “nation’s Soul” may
be strengthened.
In an address before a seminar
at the Naval Receiving Station
here. Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy,
Professor of religion at Catholic
university, urged Ike to crack
down on prostitution and dope
traffic and upon industrialists and
labor unions which place indivi
dual interests above those of tin*
country..