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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. 37, No. 6. MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13,. 1956 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year Only One Of Many Catholic Firsts A PRAYERFUL REMINDER — Postmaster James C. Smith of the Pittsburgh Post Office shows Father Daniel H. Brennan, executive secretary of the Pittsburgh Catholic, diocesan newspaper, what the new. “Pray for Peace” cancellation stamp looks like. The new mail motto is a reminder to Americans and people all over the world,’ to pray for peace. President Eisenhower signed the law authorizing the special cancellation on July 20th. (NC Photos) Will Teach At St. James Servants Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary To Staff School SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Sis ters, Servants of the Immaculate t art of Mary will form the facul- ‘ 'of the new St. James -school jw nearing completion on the Montgomery Cross Road. FatherUohn D. Toomey, pastor of St. James, announces that four Sisters have been assigned to teach at St. James and that they will arrive in Savannah the. later part of August Four rooms bf the new school will be completed for the open ing of school in September, with the convent ready for occupancy the first of October. In the mean time the Sisters will be the guests of the Sisters of Mercy at St. Mary’s Home. Mother M. Hubert and Mother M. Esther, of the Council of the Sisters, Servant's of the Immacu late Heart of Mary, visited Sav annah. the first week in August to inspect the buildings under construction at the new parish. - A history of the Order shows it has achieved a remarkable rec ord of service and growth during its 110-year existence. In 1843, Father Louis Florent Gillet. a zealous Belgian Redemp- torist, was assigned to conduct a series of missions in and about Monroe, Mich., and also to estab lish a Redemptorist foundation in that region. In vain did he try to secure various communities of teachers in the United States and Europe to staff a parochial school in Monroe. Finally, under the guid ance of the Holy Spirit, he re solved to found a Sisterhood of his own: “If I cannot find Sisters, I will make some.” Thus with ec clesiastical approval was formed in November, 1845, a communi ty entirely American in Origin, the Sisters, Servants of the Im maculate Heart of Mary. The Sis ters were introduced intp the diocese of Philadelphia by Bish op Neumann in 1858. In the 110 years since Father Gillet began his congregation of three Sisters in a small log cabin in the western wilderness, the members have increased to more than 4,000, divided into three branches with Motherhouses at Monroe, Mich., Scranton, Pa., and West Chester, Pa. The Sisters whose Motherhouse is in Villa Maria, West Chester, staff approximately 140 Schools, providing Catholic elementary and secondary education in Pen nsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Florida. They conduct four academies in the United States; a college of liberal arts for young women, Immaculata College, at Immaculata, Pa., and academies and parochial schools in Peru and Chile. During the past year the congregation has been honored with a Decree of Praise and Pon tifical Approval from Rome. The habit of the congregation is of blue serge, with a blue scapular, a rosary of 15 decades is worn in the form of an “M” on the left side, and a crucifix is worn below a white circular cape. The Sisters’ veils are black. Georgia Is First Southeastern State With Two Dioceses Within Borders 'The author of this article is the editor of the Catholic Neves, news paper for the Archdiocese of New York. For many years, he urns editor of The Bulletin, organ of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia. In this 'article he ivrites about Church development in the Savannah-Atlanta diocese ivhich recently was divided into tieo separate dioceses. By Richard Reid (Written for the N.C.W.C. News Service) Georgia, recently divided into the Dioceses of Savannah and Atlanta, is the first ■ state in the Southeast to have two entire Sees within its borders. This is one of the state’s many Catholic firsts in its region. It was the first state in the thirteen original colonies to be blessed with the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It was probably the first in the original colonies to have its soil consecrated by the blood of a martyr. It was the.first in the Southeast and the second in the nation to have a Bishop who later became a Cardinal while serving abroad. It is the first in the Southeast and the second in the nation to have its bishop serve the Holy See as a Nuncio, a legate from the Holy See sdnt as an ambas sador to a foreign government. It is probable that Mass was offered in Georgia in the early part of the 16th century by priests with Spanish expeditions which cruised along the coast of the Southeast. It is certain Mass was celebrated by priests with De Soto’s expedition which tra versed the state in 1540. On September 28, 1566, the Jesuit Father Pedro Martinez, landing from a ship crippled by a hurricane, was killed by Indians while he was kneeling in prayer. Most authorities place the scene of the martyrdom on Cumber land Island, Georgia some claim the martyr for Flori da. Soon after the arrival of Fran ciscans in 1573, there was a series of missions along the coast from St. Augustine to St. Elena, South Carolina. Sir Francis Drake bat tered - the colonies in 1586, and an uprising led by a young chief added four Franciscans to the list of martyrs in 1597. But the missions flourished to such an extent that, according to Dr. John Tate Lanning’s “Span ish Missions of Georgia,” Bish op Altamirano of Santiago, Cuba, confirmed 2,074 Indians and 370 white persons in the Southeast in 1606. This was the golden age of the missions. The coming of the English to Jamestown in 1607, to Charleston in 1670 and to Savannah in 1733 began to push the Spanish back. The Spanish supported the losing French in the French-English war of 1754-1763. The treaty of Paris which gave Canada to the British (Continued on Page 20) New Assignment For Father Hayes ATLANTA, Ga.—-Rev. Harry T. Hayes, S.M., Pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta, Georgia, for the pasOnine 'years is being transferred to St. Joseph’s Church, a new parish in Algiers, and he is re turning there to help out primarily in an extensive build- Rev. Dowling Dies In New Orleans AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. Leo T. Dowling, S.J., spiritual Father and retreat confessor at Xavier Hall, Pass Christian, Miss., and assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church here in 1927 and several years thereafter, died in a New' Orleans Hospital. He was 83. A native of New Orleans, Fath er Dowling entered the Society of Jesus on Sept. 10, 1889, at the Seminary in Macon, Ga. He taught at Jesuit Schools in New Orleans, Tampa, Fla.; Macon and Grand Coteau, La. In addition to his Augusta as sistant pastorate, he served churches in Mobile, Selma, Ala.; El Paso, Tex.; Albuquerque, N. M.; Shreveport, La., and West although 1 Palm Beach, Fla. fl Rev. Hayes Ing program which will comprise a new church, school, and con vent for the Sisters. During his long and productive years here he has endeared him self to everyone by his ability, kindness and understanding. Dur ing his pastorate here, a fine new auditorium and cafeteria was erected which has been used and enjoyed by Catholics throughout Atlanta. Two years ago, under Father Hayes direction, Sacred Heart Church was renovated and redecorated and its beauty has been an inspiration to both the parishioners and visitors at Sacr ed Heart. In addition to his duties as Pastor, Father has been Director of the Third Order of Mary, Moderator of The Altar & Rosary Society, The Mothers Club, and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He has been Confessor to the Gray Nuns of the Sacred Heart at Christ the King Convent, and to the Medical Mission Sisters at the Catholic Colored Chnic as well as Extraordinary Confessor to the Sisters of The Blessed Sac rament at Our Lady of Lourdes Convent and to the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Anthony’s Convent. ST. JAMES SCHOOL—Shwn above is an architect’s sketch of the new St. James School now nearing completion on Montgomery Road near Hayner’s Bridge. The eight-classroom structure will have many unusual features, including two attractive open interior patios. (Morning News Photo)