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VoL xxxtv No. 1 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES- AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JULY 31, 1953
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New Diocese Created in Canada; /SAsgr,
Albert Lemenager Named First Bishop
OTTAWA (NO—First bishop of
the newly-created Diocese of Yar
mouth, Nova Scotia, wilt be Msgr,
Albert Lemenager, pastor of the
cathedral parish in Moncton, New
Brunswick v.
Announcement of the appoint
ment and the creation of the new
See was made here by Archbishop
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Apostolic
Delegate to Canada.
The Yarmouth diocese comprises
the five counties of Yarmouth, An
napolis, Digby, Kings arid Shel
burne. There are 20 parishes and
23 missions served by about 30
priests. In addition to St. Anne’s
College in Church Point, it has 12
schools.
Msgr. Lemenager was born in
Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, in
1900 After attending St. Anne’s
College and the Seminary in Hali
fax, he was ordained in 1924. He
later continued his studies in Rome,
where he earned a doctorate in
theology.
Returning to Canada, he was
named chancellor of the Moncton
archdiocese and later became its
vicar general For the past ten
years he has been pastor of the
Moncton cathedral He has also
served as diocesan consultor and
held several other diocesan posts.
The Monsignor is well known as
a preacher and rgtreat master and
has been active in the fields of
education and Catholic Action. He
has taught courses on the social
doctrine of the Church and found
ed Assumption College in Monc
ton.
The Most Rev. Albert Lemenag
er, Bishop-elect of the newly con
stituted Diocese of Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, will be consecrated Sep
tember 15 in the church at Church
Point, Digby County. The conse
crating prelate will be Archbishop
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Apostolic
Delegate to Canada.
Bishop-elect Lemanager is the
first Acadian to be named head
of a Diocese in Nova Scotia. The
church at Church Point, in which
he will be consecrated has always
been a rallying center for the re
ligious activities of the Acadians.
Aeadians have hailed the ap
pointment of Bishop Lemenager,
who will have his episcopal See at
Yarmouth, a picturesque commun
ity of 8,000 people. The new See
includes many famous centers of
Acadian history.
The year 1955 will mark the sec
ond centenary of the deportation
from Acadia of some 6,000 French
by British authorities.
Acadia is the name the French
gave to their settlement in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and part of
Maine. The most important part
of the settlement was in Nova
Scotia.
The story of the expulsion of
the French was immortalized by
the poet Longfellow in his “Evang
eline.”
Heads
Bemed Set times
Archabbot Denis O. Strittmatter,
(above) sixth Archabbot of St. Vin
cent Archabbey, Latrobe, Paog, who
has been elected president of the
American - Cassinese Congregation
of the Order of St. Benedict, for
a six-year term. He will represent
his congregation at the Interna
tional Congress of Benedictines, in
Rome, September 18-25. (NC
Photos).
*World 'Today Needs Catholics Truly
Loyall to FaithSays Archbishop 0"Ua\ra
DUBLIN, Ireland (NO—Condi
tions in the world at present are
a constant challenge to the spirit
ual loyalty and fidelity of Catho
lics, Archbishop Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and
Papal Nuncio to Ireland, declared
here.
Archbishop O’Hara addressed
the members of the Catholic Wom
en's Federation of Secondary
School Unions on the occasion of
their annual symposium. Stressing
the importance of a thorough
knowledge of the Faith and the re
sponsibilities of those who have
received a good education in Cath
olic schools, he said:
“Today we need the grandeur of
Christianity that is lived in all its
fullness wih persevering constancy.
We must have a courageous and
vigorous phalanx of those men and
women who, living in the midst of
the world, are ready at every in
stant to fight for their Faith, for
the Love of God.”
“Beholding the conditions in
which our lives are cast,” the Nun
cio added, “it is clear that to re
main faithful always and every
where, without compromise of the
Commandments of God, requires a
day by day conquering of self, a
constant abnegation of self, which
at times can even reach the he
roic.’)
Archbishop O'Hara said it was
good to know that in Ireland there
existed a federation of graduates
of Catholic secondary schools
whose members were conscious of
the special advantages they had,
RETREATS FOR
LAV WOMEN
Mount die Sales Academy
Macon, Georgia
Midweelk retreaK August 18-21
(Tuesday evening to Friday
morning).
Weekend retreat: August 21-23
(Friday evening fro Sunday
afternoon).
For reservations, write to Sister
Superior, Mt. de Sales, Academy,
Macon, Ga.
and were ready to place these ad
vantages at the service of the
church and of society.
Like other countries, the Nun
cio went on, Ireland had her prob
lems but the solution of them
would “surely always be inspired
by the principles of our Catholic
Faith.”
“What is to be avoided,” he de
clared, “is an attitude of compla
cency. There is need for all Cath
olics from their earliest years to
have a firm grasp of the teachings
of the Faith. Here th,e special re
sponsibility of Catholic women
emerges in striking fashion. They
are called upon to be the protec
tors of the sanctity of their own
homes and of the minds and hearts
of those who are dependent on
them.”
Bulletins
ARCHBISHOP JOHN F.
O’HARA, Archbishop of Philadel
phia, has been joined by officials
of the Pennsylvania Board of In
ner Missions, United Luthem
Church of America, in his opposi
tion to proposals by the State
Legislature to change adoption
procedure and child care laws.
Rev. G. H. Bechtold, executive
secretary of the Lutheran Board
of Inner Missions, has announced
that his board was also strongly
opposed to the new legislation. He
said the new bills would leave
child care agencies mow under
the direction of the churches
“completely without power, with
out protection and without de
cision.”
FATHER FREDERICK SCHW-
ENDIMANN, S. J., internationally-
known leader of the Apostleship
of Prayer has arrived in Australia.
Father Schwendmann whose
headquarters are in Rome, is mak
ing an inspection of centers of the
Apostleship of Prayer throughout'
the world. He is the first member
of the Jesuit Roman Curia to visit
Australia.
VICE MARSHAL J. J. McCau
ley of the Royal Australian Air
Force, a well-known Catholic lay--
m a n, h as been appointed
Chief of the Air Staff with a rank
of Air Marshal. He will take up his
new office when Sir Donald Hard
man, the present Air Marshal, re
tires in January 1954.
SERVICES FOB!
FATHER GRADY
IT CATHEDRAL
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for the Rev. James H. Grady
were held at the Cathedral of St,
John the Baptist on July 21st. His
Excellency the Most Rev. Francis
E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta offer
ing the Pontifical Mass of Re
quiem and pronouncing the Abso
lution.
Priests present were Monsignor
T. James McNamara, Father
Thomas Stumpf, O.S.B., Father
Bede Lightner, O.S.B., Father
Peter Trizzinio, O.S.B., Father
Alcuin Baudermann, O.S.B., Fath
er Raymond Geyer, O.S.B., Father
Phillip Tierney, O.S.B., Father
John J. Kehoe, Father Bernard
S. Zeller, Father B. S. Keohane,
S.M.A., Father John T. Coleman,
S.M.A., Father Thomas F. Hughes,
S.M.A., Father A. Koch, S.M.A.,
Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, Father
Andrew J. McDonald, Father Mar
tin Dennehy, Savannah; Father
John Mercer, S.M., Father Joseph
M. Kane, S.M., Brunswick; Father
George Laugel, Rome, Italy.
Father Patrick Connell, Rome;
Father John A. Morris, Thunder
bolt; Father James M. Cummings,
S.M., Father Charles F. Brogley,
S.M., Father Gerard D. McCaffrey,
Father R. Donald Kiernan, F’ather
Henry E. Phillips, Atlanta; Very
Rev. D.‘ J. McCarthy, Port Went
worth; Bather Thomas I. Sheehan,
Decatur; Father Arthur A. Weltz-
er. Father A. E. Grant, Augusta;
Father Joseph Nageie, Father John
J. Garry, Father Roland Hantz,
Statesboro; Father Leo C. Wetzel,
Douglas; Father Richard
F- Scully, Camp Stewart; Father
George T. Daly, Hapeville; Father
John Toomey, Milledgevilie, Ga.
Father Grady was recalled to
active duty in 1952 and assigned
to the Rhein Main Air Base,
Frankfurt, Germany
At the time of his recall to ac
tive duty he was pastor of St.
Mary’s in Rome. It was from this
church that he entered the service
in 1943, serving overseas as a
chaplain in World War II.
Father Grady attended St. Pat
rick and Benedictine Schools, at
tended St. Charles College and
St Mary’s Seminary in Mary
land, and was ordained, to the
priesthood in 1932.
The son of Mrs. Annie H. Grady
of Savannah, he is survived b.y
three sisters, Mrs. John E. Buckley,
and Mrs. Frank L. Hester, Jr., both
Diocese Shocked by Death of
Father Grady, Pastor at Rome
ROME, Ga.—Members of St.
Mary’s Parish and citizens of Rome
were shocked with the news that
arrived suddenly on the morning
of Monday, July 13, telling of the
death of the pastor of the local
church, Father James H. Grady.
A cable from Archbishop Ger
ald P. O’Hara in Dublin, received
by Bishop Francis E. Hyland in
Savannah, announced the report of
his death in Germany. Father
Grady had died Sunday, July 12,
following a heart attack, suffered
at his post while serving as chap
lain in the United States Air
Force.
The Chancery Office communi
cated the news by phone to St.
Mary’s Rectory to Father Patrick
C. Connell, who has served as
administrator since Father Grady
was recalled to service in January,
1952. Other details were neces
sarily lacking, pending formal an
nouncement by the Army
As word was spread among the
parishioners, through the officers
of the various parochial organiza
tions, messages of grief and con
dolence and expressions of tribute
were received at the Rectory from
his host of friends and associates
from every walk of life and of ail
faiths.
Local news agencies, radio, tele
vision and press, gave prominent
and tender notice of his passing
and to the work of the kindly
priest, who had served as pastor
in Rome since 1936.
Many parishioners, on receiving
the news, sought consolation by
coming throughout the rest of the
day to the church to offer private
prayers for the repose of his soul,
and grace for his devoted family.
Members of the Altar Society
prepared the church, draping it in
mourning black, for the Mass of
Requiem to be offered the next
morning, on Tuesday, at the altar
where Father Grady himself had
so often celebrated the Holy Sac
rifice. ' According to custom, the
mourning black at the door and
throughout the body of the church
will remain for thirty days. Mem
bers of the parish and many non-
Catholic friends assisted in prayer
ful silence at the Mass, sung by
St. Mary’s Choir and served by
the Altar boys.
At the close of the Mass, Father
Connell announced to the congre
gation that the only additional
word had been received by Bishop
Hyland, through Cardinal Spell
man’s Office of the Military Or-
dinariate, that Father Grady had
been able to receive the last rites
of the Church. It was also an
nounced that the Mass on Wed
nesday morning would be offered
for the mother, family and friends
of Father Grady.
Later in the day, the following
of Savannah, and! Mrs. Gerard
Verzaal, Castle Hayne, N. C., and
one brother, Hugh H. Grady, Sa
vannah.
Pallbearers were Col. Bernard
M. Davey, Carl Dens, Jr., John
Harte, Joseph Sheehan, Joseph
Turbidy, Walter Mahaney, Robert
Reardon, Leon J Butler.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
J. Reid Broderick, Dr. Thomas
McGoldrick, Dr. Henry Freck Jr.,
Dr. William Osbourne, Dr. William
Barfield, Dr. M. J. Eagan. Dr. R.
A, Dooley, William X. Robinson,
L Gordon Whelan, Peter R.
Nugent. John B. Rourke, Capt.
Edward Thomson, James Harrison,
Joseph B. Leonard.
James Collins, Walter B. Mur
phy, Jr., T. J. Fogarty, Dennis D.
Pounder, William McKay, Paul
Peters, Carl J. Moss, Henry M.
Buckley, Dan J. Sheehan, Edward
P Daly, Joseph M. McDonough,
Walter Collins, Leo Fahy (Rome)
Marshall Wellborn, (Rome), and
Harold Laird (Tampa).
N. P. Corish, H. Sol Clark,
Julian F. Corish, N. J. Deacy, Wil
liam Franklin Frazier, Henry D.
Slevers, M B. Sullivan, Hockley
Garmany, Albert J. Grevemberg,
Cris J. Peters, William C. Wilson,
Frank H. Williams, Paul W. Rivers,
Clarence Harden, Jerome Betten
court, R. Reil Lucas, Paul K.
Helrnly and Leoa MieheL
FR, GRADY
cable was received by Father Con
nell from London:
“On way to Father Grady’s fun
eral Germany. Give St. Mary's
parishioners deepest sympathy in
death of beloved pastor.
(Signed) Arshbishop O’Hara.”
The Chancery in Savannah also
learned that Archbishop O’Hara
was en route to Germany to pon
tificate at services for Father
Grady at the Main-Frankfurt Air
Base.
On Tuesday evening there ap
peared in the Rome News-Tribane,
local paper, a public editorial, in
which Editor Edward I. Bernd paid
tribute to the gracious nature and
priestly character which Father
Grady brought to his work for God
and Country.
News arriving by cable from
Archbishop O’Hara described Wed
nesday’s Pontifical service in Ger
many as a beautiful tribute—some
40 chaplains assisting, the high
commands of the Army and Air
Force in attendance, an overcrowd
ed church. When it was learned
that the body 6f Father Grady
would be transported to the States
by air, hopes persisted in Rome
that it might be possible to have
the opportunity to have public ob
servance in the parish of St.
Mary’s.
Late Saturday, however, it was
learned from Westover Field,
Mass., that according to military
regulations the remains of Father
Grady would move by train, accom
panied by Chaplain Major McCann,
directly to Hunter Field Air Force
Base in Savannah, and would be
taken to the Cathedral to lie in
state until the time of funeral at
10:00 a jn. on Tuesday, July 21.
At the Masses at St. Mary’s,
Rome, on Sunday, the parishioners
were informed of the details and
news received and developed since
the first announcement of Father
Grady’s death. There was, also,
revealed to them the contents of
a letter received from Monsignor
Kirk, Georgia priest, now in Eu
rope on special Papal work. Mon
signor Kirk described visits he had
at Frankfurt two days before Fath
er Grady’s death. He told how, af
ter hearing Confessions on Sunday,
and feeling unwell, Father Grady
reported to the Base Hospital and
suffered there the first severe
shock at 3:00 p. m. He was at
tended by other Chaplains and was
able to receive the Sacraments, re
maining conscious until the fatal
attack at 8:00 p. m
Sunday afternoon, at 5:00 p. m.,
a Memorial Service was held at
St Mary’s Church with Rosary,
special prayers and Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament. A High
Mass of Requiem, sung by St.
Mary’s Choir was offered early
Monday morning, as many of the
parish prepared to journey to be
present at last rites and interment,
in Savannah, of the beloved Pas
tor of St. Mary's in Rome,