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JULY 31, 1954
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE
Buffet Supper
For Seminarians
Of Our Diocese
SAVANNAH, Ga — A buffet sup
per given by Mrs. Marie P. Jenk
ins for the seminarians of the
diocese of Savannah-Atlanta coin
cided with the return of Oscar
Lipscomb from the North Ameri
can College in Rome for a sum
mer visit with his family in Mobile,
Alabama. The other twelve semi
narians are engaged in conducting
the dioeesean summer camp for
children, Villa Marie, which is lo
cated near Savannah.
Seminarians attending were:
Rev. Mssrs. Ralph Seikel of Can
ton. Ohio, and John Mulroy of
Brooklyn, N. Y.T Messrs. Richard
Morrow of Stamford, Conn., Rich
ard Sehnurr of Atlanta, Joseph
Drohati of Worehester, Mass.,
Daniel McCormick of Far Roeka-
wa.v. N. Y., John Leahy of Philadel
phia, Penn., William Coleman of
Waterbury, Conn., Oscar Lipscomb
of Mobile, Ala.; James Jenkins,
John Franklin, Malcolm Brennan
and Picot Floyd of Savannah.
In addition to the seminarians,
there were three priests present:
Rev. Andrew J. McDonald, Chan
cellor of the Diocese, Rev. Joseph
Ware of St. Thomas More Parish
in Decatur. Ga., and Rev. William
Dowling of Blessed Sacrament
Parish in Savannah.
Assisting Mrs. Jenkins as hos
tess was Mrs. Kate Earnest.
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SEMINARIANS FETED—Seminarians of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, who are spending their
summer aiding in the operation of Camp Villa Marie were entertained at a buffet given by Mrs.
M. P. Jenkins. Pictured, above, standing: Ri chard Sehnurr, William Coleman. John Leahy.
Malcolm Brennan, Daniel McCormick, Joseph Drohan, Richard Morrow, Rev. Mr. Ralph Seikel:
Rev. Mr. John Mulroy. Seated: Mrs. Marie P. Jenkins, Picot Floyd, Oscar Lipscomb, Rev. William
Dowling, Rev. Joseph Ware, James Jenkins, John Franklin.—(Photo Andres Blun).
Constant A. Bero
Dies at Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Constant A. Bero were
held in the Chapel of Our Lady
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Mr. Bero is survived by one sis
ter. Mrs. Cecil Smith of Houston,
Texas: two brothers, Leo Bero of
History of Vaticon-British
Diplomatic Relations Covers
More Than One Hundred Years
By MICHAEL DERRICK J
(Written for
N.C.W.C. News Service)
LONDON. — The appointment
of Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, as
New York City: and Ed. Bero of Apostolic Delegate to Great Bri-
Wilmington, Del., and several j tain has focused attention on the
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tween the United Kingdom and the
Vatican. It is a history that goes
back more than 100 years.
Archbishop O’Hara is going to
Monroe Mission
Of St. Joseph's
MONROE, Ga. — Effective Sun
day, July 25, the Monroe area will
become a mission of St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens.
The Walton Tribune carried the
story in its July 21st issue. The
Tribune said:
‘Prior to now Catholics in Wal
ton and adjoining counties have
attended Mass in Athens, but Sun
dry. and thereafter, Father Wal
ter Donovan w'ill come here to
celebrate Mass at 9 a. m. in the
conference room of the RjEA build
ing.”
full fledged diplomatic representa
tive has yet been named to London
by the Vatican, nor was it until No
vember, 1938, that the Pope named
his first Apostolic Delegate to Bri
tain in the person of Archbishop
William Godfrey.
One reason for the delay in
making this appointment w'as that,
as some have interpreted the rules
of diplomacy drawn up at the
Congress of Vienna in 1815, a Pa
pal Nuncio must be dean of the
diplomatic corps in any capital
where he is accredited. It was not
thought appropriate 'to have a Pa
pal Nuncio as dean of the diploma
tic corps in a Protestant capital
such as London.
Secondly, while Britain’s mission
ot the Holy See necessarily had
a diplomatic character, there were
various reasons why the same char
acter could not at first be given to
j the mission of the Holy See in
j London. There were good reasons
j too, for choosing an Englishman,
such as Archbishop Godfrey, as
j the first envoy of the Pope, but it
,, ...... !was not thought proper for a Bri-
Pope the motives wh.ch had com-; tish subject t0 have diplolnatic
status in London.
Both difficulties were overcome
diplomatic relations actually did
not come about until after the out
break of World War 1.
In December, 1914, King George
V sent an envoy to congratulate
Pope Benedict XV on his accession
to the See of Peter. It was then Celt
in London that the apportunity
should be taken to explain to the
by the appointment of Archbishop
pelled Britain to declare war. and
to express to the Pope Britain’s
point of view on the numerous
London in a non-diplomatic cana- j problems arising out of the war. ! ^ . ■■ p. loal Nuncio hut
city, but there is some speculation ! So this envoy remained two years : ^-legate A Papal
that eventually the status of the at the Vatican, and his successor always has dtplomaUc
Apostolic Delegate may be elevat- was still there when Wor ld War I j rank but a n Apostolic Delegate
ed to that of an Internunciature, j came to an end. | never That is why there are A pos~
This would end the anomaly of j Finally, on November 11. 1920, : tolic Delegates and not Papal
Britain having a diplomatic repre- j Prime Minister Lloyd George an- Nuncios in the United States,
sentative at the Vatican, while the
Holy See has no diplomatic repre
sentative in London.
Meanwhile it is interesting to re
call that, while there has never
been a balance of diplomatic rela
tions between Britain and the Holy
See, as early as 1848—two years
before the restoration of the Eng
lish Hierarchy—the British parlia
ment passed an act to enable
Queen Victoria to establish and
maintain diplomatic relations with
the Papal Slates. No advantage was
taken of this, however, and later,
when the Papal States passed to !
the Kingdom of Italy, the act was
repealed as superfluous.
Nevertheless, there remained an
increasingly large number of sub
jects on which it was desirable that
the United Kingdom government
should be in communication with
the Vatican. These were the years
in the second half of the last cen
tury, of the great expansion of the
Commonwealth.
Many legal problems were then
arising—-for instance, in Malta,
where the Canon Law of the
Church continued to be given the
support of the civil -law. There
were complicated relations with the
Portuguese in the Archdiocese of
Bombay. There were problems in
French Canada, as, for example,
over the question of the languages
used and taught in Catholic
schools. Most delicate of all were
the questions concerning Ireland,
and the position of the Irish clergy
in issues between Britain and Ire
land. In all these matters and
many more, London had to be in
touch with the Holy See.
If it is asked why so much time
elapsed before permanent diplo
matic relations were established
with the Vatican the answer is that
there was nearly always a United
Kingdom Cardinal, or sohie other
prelate, in the Roman Curia, whose
good offices in liaison between the
Vatican and Whitehall could be
used unofficially when required.
One of these Cardinals in the
1880’s was Cardinal Edward Henry
Howard, a grandson of' the 12th
Duke of Norfolk, who left the
Brigade of Guards to become a
Catholic priest, and was ordained
in Rome just 100 years ago. After
ordination, but before he became
a Cardinal, he carried out an im
portant mission to India on behalf
of the Pope.
If formal diplomatic relations
between Britain and the Holy See
did not exist in those days, it was
certainly not for lack of good-will
on either side In 1887, for ex
ample, Queen Victoria and Pope
Leo XIII both celebrated jubilees, j
and each sent a special diplomatic k
mission to the other to convey con
gratulations.
. .The establishment, of. peuroanenl
nouneed in the House of Commons:
His Majesty’s Government have
decided, after full and careful con
sideration, that it is desirable in
the public interest to continue the
diplomatic representation of Bri
tain at the Vatican which has been
Canada and Australia as well as in
Britain.
It would, however, now' become
possible to overcome the difficul
ties arising from the diplomatic
precedence of a Nuncio by appoint
ing an Internuneio, who has diplo-
in existence since the first year of malic status The other obstacle—
the war and has been attended . that a British subject should not
with beneficial results. ’ i have diplomatic status in London
Since that day Britain's Legation j —has disappeared with the ap-
to the Holy See has been on a I pointment of an Archbishop as
permanent footing, and has been j Apostolic Delegate w'ho is not a
occupied by a succession of dis-1 British subject like his predeces-
tinguished Ministers. However, no sor.
Best Wishes
From
P. Ritzert A.I.A
Architect
304 SLUM BUILDING
Savannah, Gaorjia
M.one 4-6192