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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah - Atlanta
Vol. XXXVI, No. 21.
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1956.
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Georgians Irre
spective of Creed”
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
100th St. Patrick's Day Parade For Savannah
FOR HOLY FATHER
7,000 Marchers, 21 Bands To Take
Part In Saint Patrick's Parade
His Excellency Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and Apostolic
Delegate to Great Britain, is shown as he celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass March 11th in honor
of the 80th birthday and 17th anniversary of Pope Pius XII. The Mass was offered at the Cathe
dral in Savannah.—(Photo Carroll Burke).
GALA PARADE
FOR ATLANTA
Bishop Francis E. Hyland, Auxiliary-Bishop is shown offering
a Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Holy Father March 11th. The
Mass was offered at the Co-Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta.
—(Photo Van Buren Colley).
SERRA CLUB
SPONSORS HOUR
OF RECOLLECTION
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Serra
Club of Metropolitan Atlanta
spent an hour of recollection on
Thursday night, the 23rd. of Feb
ruary at the Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception'.
The Holy Hour opened at 6
p.m., with the recitation of the
Rosary. This was followed by the
singing of hymns and two con
ferences.
After the Holy Hour, supper
was served in the school hall.
The Serra Club of Atlanta is
made up of Catholic Business
men.
ATLANTA, Ga.—It is unfor
tunate that in desiring' to publish
the news of Atlanta’s St. Pat
rick Day parade “The Bulletin
will be mailed out on March
17th. It is too late to tell you
what would have been in store
for you and it is too soon to give
you the news of what actually
happened.
As you know, (or if you don’t
know, you should) St. Patrick’s
Day parades are held all over
the country, and also in other
countries, in honor of one of
the gr£ht men of history; and I
mean really great. How many
men can you recall who are re
membered and honored with
reverence over 1400 years after
their death. St. Patrick died
March 17, 493.
The parades in honor of St.
Patrick in Atlanta are sponsor
ed by The Hibernian Benevolent
Society of Atlanta, Georgia, a
Society established in Atlanta
in 1858. But to two Hibernians
Thomas J. Griffin and Michael
J.Hickey go the major credit in
staging the Atlanta St. Patrick
Day parades. We are proud of
them. They are a credit to the
Hibernians and they are a credit
to Atlanta.
We will have to wait until the
next issue of “The Bulletin to
tell you about -the mammoth
parade with fifteen or more
bands floats galore, Sheriff
Ralph Grimes Palomino ponies,
etc., etc. and etc. It will be, or
has been, whichever way you
happen to be reading this copy,
one of the biggest and best
south of Philadelphia.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — For the
100th time the Irish will march
through the streets of downtown
Savannah on Saint Patrick’s Day.
The Anniversary parade promises
to be the best ever with an esti
mated 7,000 marchers and 21
bands participating.
Grand Marshall for the 100th
parade will be E. A. Leonard. His
aides will be Joseph A. Rossiter,
Sr., and Charles F. Powers.
Marshal Leonard will become
the last to wear the 100 year old
Sash which has become tradition
in itself. It will be retired and
preserved following this year’s
parade. The names of each of the
100 Marshals will be inscribed on
the sash. A brand new sash will
be used beginning next year.
An array of five service bands,
the University of South Carolina
Band and no less than 15 high
school bands will provide the
music for marching Irishmen and
those who are Irish by heart if
not descent.
The parade will be reviewed
from five vantage points, includ
ing Cathedral steps, City Hall,
Bull and Oglethorpe, Bull and
Liberty and the veranda of the
Hotel DeSoto.
Participating bands will include
Parris Island Marine Band, Uni
versity of South Carolina Band,
Shaw Air Force Base Band, Hunt
er AF Base Band, 80th Army
Band, Camp Stewart; Navy Band,
Statesboro, Way cross, Glennville,
Ridgeland, Beaufort, Winyah
(Georgetown, S. C.), Commercial,
Benedictine, Savannah High,
Washington Ave. Jr. High, public
school band, Claxton, Baxley,
Hazlehurst and Andrews, S. C.
Military units will include 800
troops from Camp Stewart, 200
airmen from Hunter, four pla
toons from six naval vessels in
port, Benedictine, Commercial and
Savannah High ROTC, Coast
Guardsmen and Reserves and Ma
rine Reserves, Irish Jasper Greens.
Four hundred Bey Scouts and
Cub Scouts are expected. Other
hundreds of parochial school
youngsters in colorful array will
also be in line.
Climax of the St. Patrick’s Day
celebration will come Saturday
night when the ancient and hon
orable Hibernian Society calls for
its toasts at its 144th annual din
ner. Speakers will include: Sen.
Stuart Symington and Richard
Reid, editor of the Catholic World.
James P. Houlihan, Jr., president
of the society, will preside.
Archbishop
To Consecrate
Bishop Dekler
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Archbishop
O’Hara left Friday for Kitchener,
Ontario, where he will consecrate
The Most Rev. Robert Dekler,
vicar apostolic of Bermuda.
Archbishop O’Hara will go to
Hamilton Bermuda, for the instal
lation of the new Bishop which is
to take place in St. Teresa’s
Church April 4.
The Archbishop arrived in New
York aboard the U.S.S. United
States on March 1st. He was met
by Bishop Hyland, Auxiliary-
Bishop of the Diocese and Mon
signor Joseph G. Cassidy, Rector
of the Co-Cathedral of Christ The
King, Atlanta. He arrived in Sav
annah March 9th.
Returning to Savannah for
Holy Week Services, Archbishop
O’Hara will sail from New York
April 9th. He wil go first to Rome,
and then to London and his duties
as Apostolic Delegate to Great
Britain.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY, ATLANTA
Left, Thomas J. (Tom) Griffin, Grand Marshall; right, Michael
J. (Mike) Hickey, Parade Chairman for the 1956 St. Patrick’s Day
Parade in Atlanta.