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PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Georgians Irre
spective of Creed”
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Vol. XXXVI, No. 16
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1956.
lOcVPer Copy — $3 a Year
HOLY FATHER ISSUES ENCYCLICAL ON SACRED MUSIC
Priest Visits
Old Parish
After 43 Years
WAYCROSS, Ga.—The Rev. J.
Cassagne, S. M., was the guest of
Rev. W. Collins, S. M.. during the
40 Hours Devotion held here re
cently.
Father Cassagne was the as
sistant pastor of the Brunswick
Parish from 1900 to 1908, then
pastor until 1912. At that time the
Brunswick Parish comprised
thirteen counties and Waycross
was part of the parish then as it
is today. Father Cassagne com
mented on the many changes
made since he was here forty-
three years ago. At that time it
was not unusual for Father Cas
sagne to ride a horse in order to
visit members of his flock.
Father Cassagne is eighty-three
years old and presently retired at
a seminary in Framingham, Mass.
He still goes out on week-end
work.
Rev. M. A. Collins, S. M„ broth
er of Rev. W. Collins, S. M.,
preached the 40 Hours Devotion.
Other guests were Fr. J. Moran,
O. iVl. I, Fr. L. Wetzer, O. M. I.,
from Douglas, Fr. F. McCarron,
O. M. I., from Lakeland, Fr. Ger
ald, O. S. F:, Fr. Hilary, O. S. F„
Fr. Mario, O. S. F., from Thomas-
ville, Fr. Cummings, S. M., Fr.
J. Kane, S. M., from Brunswick,
Fr. J. O'Shea, from Valdosta, and
Fr. Voegel from Georgetown, S. C.
Dinner was served at the St.
Joseph’s Parochial School. The
fine meal was prepared by Mrs.
C. A. Belniak, Mrs. A. Fechtel,
Mrs. R. Myles, and Mrs. N. J.
Griffis.
ARCHBISHOP VISITS SCOTLAND
LABONTE
NAMED SERRA
PRESIDENT
ATLANTA, Ga.—Laurence A.
LaBonte, a vice-president in
1955, and a member of St. Tho
mas More Parish in Decatu'r, has
been elected president of the Ser-
ra Club of Metropolitan Atlanta.
- Other oficers elected were: 1st
vice president, William E. Beck-
ley of Christ The King; 2nd vice
president, Gerald T. Deckbar of
St. Anthony’s; treasurer, Damon
J. Swann of St. Anthony’s; and
secretly, Robert K. McLellan
o' The Shrine of the Immaculate'
Conception.
Richard M. Khne, of Christ
The King Parish and the S°rra
Club’s first president, becomes a
member .of the board of trustees
for- 1958. Edward H. Robertson,
of Sacred Heart Parish, and Ser-
ra’s secretary in 1955, was elect
ed a trustee for 1956 through
1958.
Other members of Serra’s
board of trustees are: William Q.
Egan of Christ The King Parish,
serving his second year in 1956;
and Hughes Spalding, Jr., of
Christ The King Parish, who will
serve through 1957 as a three-
year trustee of the Club.
The Serra Club of Metropoli
tan Atlanta is made up of busi
ness and professional men of the
DOCUMENT REVIEWS ENTIRE FIELD;
PRAISES HYMNS AS FOSTERING PIETY
(By G. R. Brunst)
(Radio, NCWC News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The import
ance of popular hymns for foster
ing piety and arousing holy joy
to Christian teachings, have easy
words and a simple tune, and-
possess “a certain religious dig
nity and gravity.”
In another part of the encyclical
The Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia, is greeted at Glasgow City
Hall by a color party of American servicemen, who paraded in his
honor. U. S. forces in Scotland were represented by Col. Ward of
Prestwick Air Force Base, while other dignitaries were also on
hand as guests. CMC Photos)
Albertus Magnus
Elects Officers
ATLANTA, Ga. — The third
annual meeting of the Albertus
Magnus Guild was held at the
Dinkier Plaza Hotel, here De
cember 29, during the conven
tion of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Twenty-five member’s of the
Guild from all over the United
States were present. The prin
cipal business transacted was the
election of officers. Professor E.
M. K. Geiling, the Frank P. Hix-
on Distinguished Professor of
Pharmacology and head of the
department in the University of
Chicago was elected president to
succeed Professor Hugh S. Tay
lor, dean of the graduate school
of Princeton University, who
was elected to the Council for a
three year term. Reverend Pat
rick H Yancey, S. J., professor
of biology in Spring Hill Col
lege, Mobile, Ala., was re-elect
ed Executive Secretary-Treas
urer.
In the absence of President
Taylor, Father Yancey presided
at the meeting. He described and
illustrated with colored slides his
trip to England last summer
where he attended the 23rd
Congress of Pax Romana at Not
tingham. Representing his Ex
cellency, the Most Reverend
Gerald P. O’Hara, Archbishop-
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and
the Most Reverend Francis J.
Hyland, auxiliary bishop, was
Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy,
pastor of Christ the King co-ca
thedral. Monsignor Cassidy gave
a short address of, welcome and
told the delegates of the growth
of the Church in Georgia.
The Albertus Magnus Guild of
Catholic scientists was founded
in Boston in 1953. It has as its
purposes the fostering of scien
tific research among Catholic
scientists and the relating of the
findings of modern science to the
doctrines of the Church. It has
562 members in universities and
colleges, throughout the country
and publishes a Bulletin con
taining news of the activities of
is stressed in an encyclical letter it is made clear that religious mu-
in which His Holiness Pope Pius! sic, which is used in non-liturgicai
XII reviews the entire field of, ceremonies and must be distin-
sacred music. The encyclical con-! guished from liturgical music
firms existing rules and counsels proper, has to possess, like all sa-
the Bishops of the whole world: cred music, the qualities of holi-
regarding' their application to ness, propiety of form and uni-
present-dav circumstances. I versality. These requisites are
The encyclical, dated December j fully present in Gregorian Chant,
25, 1955, is named after the open- j which the Church would ever
ing Latin Words, Musicae Sacrae have “intimately associated with
Disciplina. It is the only one is-j the Latin words of the Sacred
sued by the Pope during the year Liturgy.”
and the first one of his pontificate
dedicated exclusively to the sub
ject’ of sacred music. The 6,000-
Even if the Church has granted
certain exceptions from this rule,
the contrary customs, in so far
word Latin document fills almost: as they concern the use of ver-
two pages of Osservatore Roma- j nacular chant, leave unchanged
no, Vatican City newspaper. It the general norm “that the words
was announced that English,! proper to the Liturgy are not to
Spanish,. French, German and j be sung in the vernacular.”
Portuguese translations will bej The document’s introduction,
published by the Vatican Polyglot explaining the purpose of the
Press. | Encyclical, expresses the hope
The Pontiff exhorts Bishops to that “the wise norms set by Pius
promote “with every care and ev
ery means” the singing of popular
religious hymns in their dioceses.
He says that “experienced per-
X in his 1903 Motu Proprio” will
be confirmed and impressed upon
minds anew, and will receive new
light ... so that the noble art of
sons will not be lacking to col- ; sacred music, adapted to present
lect such hymns, where it has not j (Continued on Page Three)
been done already, so that they]
can more easily be learned and !
memorized by the faithful.”
Pointing, out the special value
of such hymns for the religious!
training of youth, the Pope voices!
the hope that “they will do away!
with those profane songs which,!
either through the sentimentality
of their tunes or the accompany
ing. often voluptuous and lascivi
ous. lyrics, usually are dangerous'
to Christians, particularly youth.”
The encyclical reminds that
such popular hymns, in order to
Church Wins
Display Prize
FT. VALLEY, Ga.—A life-sized
representation of the manger in
which Christ was born was judg
ed the best lawn decoration in the
Ft. Valley Garden Club-sponsored
contest here.
The manger scene won first
be acceptable must fully conform
on the relation of science to reli
gion and philosophy.
The next meeting of the Guild
will be held in New York in
Catholic scientists and articles December 1956.
i prize for institutions for the St.
Juliana Catholic Church which
entered the contest for the first
time this year.
Second prize in the institutional
group went to Peach County Hos
pital.
greater Atlanta area. Its purpose
is the encouragement and foster
ing of vocations. Luncheon meet
ings are held twice a month, on
the 2nd and 4th Thursdays.
The Rev. Donald R. Kiernan,
assistant pastor at The Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception, is
Chaplain of the Club.
ALBERTUS MAGNUS MEETING.