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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.