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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah - Atlanta
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Georgians Irre
spective of Creed”
Vol. XXXVI, No. 18
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MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1956
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
Requiem For
Sister Magdalen
AUGUSTA, Ga.—S i s t e r M.
Magdalen Toomey of Mt. St. Jo
seph’s Convent died January 26th
at St. Joseph
Hospital after a
prolonged ill
ness.
Sister Mag
dalen, 89, was a
native of Wash
ington, Ga.,
daughter of
Cornelius and
Hannah Riorden
Toomey.
She entered the sisters of St.
Joseph 71 yeai’S ago, and had
taught music and other subjects
in Washington, Brunswick, Atlan
ta and at Mt. St. Joseph for more
than 50 years.
Last February when she cele
brated the 70th anniversary as a
Sister of St. Joseph, she was hon
ored by messages of congratula
tions from Pope Pius XII and the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara.
She had been at the convent
here for 15 years.
Survivors include four nieces,
Sister M. Margaret of Mt. St. Jo
seph, Augusta; Mrs. O. A. Kersh.
New Orleans, La.; and Mrs. W. B.
Brewer and Mrs. H. B. Cogburn,
both of Atlanta; and a nephew,
Dr. J. M. Toomey, of Decatur, Ga.
ST. MARY'S, AUGUSTA—Shown here is the beautiful Main
Altar of the ngw St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church, Augusta. His Ex
cellency The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, D.D.J.C.D.. will dedi
cate the imposing structure tomorrow (Feb. 5th).—Photo by Morgan
Fitz.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, January 27th, from St. Ma-
ry’s-on-thg-Hill Church. The Very
Rev. John- J. Kennedy. V. F., of
fered the Requiem. Interment was
in Westover Memorial Park.
Princess Welcomed To Georgia
By Airman She Aided During War
PRINCESS ARRIVES—James J, Sedlack escorts the Princess
from the plane as she arrives in Atlanta. Mr. Sedlack was one of
the fliers which the Princess was instrumental in saving from the
Germans during the last war.—(Photo Van Buren Colley).
ATLANTA, Ga.—An interest
ing sidelight to Princess Cath
erine Caradja’s visit to Atlanta
was her meeting with James J.
Sedlack, one of the many Amer
ican airmen aided by the Roma
nian princess during World War
II.
Sedlack is one of over one
hundred American Airmen who
were saved by the Princess dur
ing the Ploesti Oil Field Raids of
World War II. One of these, Col
onel Robert Britt of Houston,
Texas met her in New York
upon her arrival in the United
States in December. They ap
peared together on the nation
wide television, program “TO
DAY.” Madam Caradja was the
guest of Colonel Britt and his
family during the holidays in
Houston.
Sedlack, a member of St. An
thony’s parish, was on hand to
meet the Princess at the Airport
on her arrival. Also greeting her
were the Honorable William B,
Hartsfield, Mayor of the City of
Atlanta, the Right Reverend
John C. Kirk, Delegate of the
Sacred Oriental Congregation for
the Romanian Faithful and Mrs.
John S. Correll, president of the
Atlanta Deanrey, Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Women,
Madam Caradja was in Atlan
ta at the invitation of His Excel
lency, The Most Reverend Ger
ald P. O’Hara, Ai'chbishop of
Savannah-Atlanta and of Mon
signor Kirk. She lectured dh
“Life Behind the Iron Curtain”
on last Tuesday evening.
Princess Caradja fled Romania
in 1952 to escape Communist op
pression and since that time has
devoted much of her time to lec
turing on the threat of commun
ism in our world today. Madam
Caradja has lectured in France,
BISHOP HYLAND ANSWERS
ASSOCIATED PRESS SURVEY
The Associated Press is now-
conducting a survey in the
South on the question of segreg
ation and integration. Under
date of January 18th, the Most
Reverend Francis E. Hyland,
D.D., J.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta, submitted
his answers to the questions
proposed to him by the Associat
ed Press. The questions and the
Bishop’s answers follow.
1) Has your diocese ended seg
regation in: schools, church seat
ing, separate white and Negro
parishes, orphanages, hospitals?
Our schools have not been in
tegrated.
In so far as church seating is
concerned, there lias been no
discrimination in this regard in
the Catholic churches in Geor
gia for some years.
We still have separate white
and Negro parishes in Georgia,
but they are no longer designat
ed as such. I must resort to
these designations, however, in
order to answer fully your ques
tion. In my opinion we shall
continue to have separate Negro
parishes in Georgia for some
years to come, but principally
for the spiritual welfare of our
Negro people. I would like to
ad, however, that Negroes are
welcome to attend our white
parishes and whites are welcome
to attend our Negro parishes.
At the present time some Ne
groes attend Mass and other de
votions in practically all our
white ■ parishes. In some places
in Georgia where there are Ne
gro Catholics there are no separ-
PROPERTY
ACQUIRED BY
ST. JOSEPH’S
ATLANTA, Ga.—St. Joseph’s
Church has purchased the prop
erty of the Episcopal Church of
the Epiphany at 502 Seminole
Ave., NE.
St. Joseph’s is the only church
of the Maronite Rite in Georgia.
The rite Is an Eastern one which
serves mostly Syrians and per
sons of Syrian descent.
Services are conducted by the
Marist fathers of Sacred Heart
Church.
Services will be held in the
Seminole Avenue property after
the interior is remodeled.
Father Flavian’s
Jubilee Feb. 8
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Rev. Fla
vian J. O’Donnell, C. P. will ob
serve the Silver Jubilee of his
ordination on February 8th.
Father Flavian is stationed at
the new^ Passionist Mission of St.
Paul of the Cross.
A native of Byonne, N. J., Fath
er came to Atlanta from St. Jo
seph’s Passionist Monastery, Bal
timore. He was ordained at the
Passionist Monastery of the Im
maculate Conception, Jamaica, N.
Y„ on Feb. 8, 1931.
in London over the British
Broadcasting System, in North
Africa and most recently in the
United States.
ate parish or church facilities
for them: the Negroes not only
attend but they are members
of the established parishes in
such places.
Our orphanages have not been
integrated.
The four most recently estab
lished Catholic hospitals in Geor
gia, namely, Our Lady of Per
petual Help Free Cancer Home
in Atlanta, St. Mary’s Hospital
in Athens, St. Francis Hospital
in Columbus, and St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Augusta, all have fa
cilities for the care of Negro
patients.
2) Have there been any in
cidents?
To my knowledge there have
been no incidents worthy of
note.
3) Does the state law prohibit
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ARCHBISHOP
TO BE HOME
FOR EASTER
SAVANNAH. Ga.—His Excel
lency Archbishop Gerald P. O’
Hara is scheduled to return to the
Diocese for a short visit.
His Excellency will arrive dur
ing March, remaining until after
Easter. The exact date of his ar
rival is not as yet known.
Clarence Haverty
Knight Of Malta
ATLANTA, Ga.—Clarence Hav-'
erty of Atlanta has been appoint
ed a Knight of Malta by the Holy
See.
The Gold Cross, signifying a
Master Knight of Malta, was pre-
CLARENCE HAVERTY
sented to Mr. Haverty by Cardi
nal Spellman, of New York. The
ceremony was at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York City.
The order is one of the oldest
and most honored of Catholic or
ganizations, dating its existence
to the 13th century.
Mr. Haverty is chairman of the
board of Haverty Furniture
Co.’s, Inc., and Fulton National
Bank. He previously was ap
pointed a Papal Chamberlain of
the Sword and Cape by Pope Pius
the XII.