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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” Vo!. 37, No. 7. MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1956. 10c Per Copy — $3 a. Year ,The young Christ approaches St. Joseph with a displaced wheel [ on his push-cart, in a drawing titled, Go To Joseph, executed by Maryknoll Sr. Marie Pierre of Rochester, N. Y. The drawing is one of a number of religious subjects originated in her series of Chi-Rho Arts. Every day was labor day for the Holy Family, t and Christ’s life in the earlier years, clearly shows Our Lord’s love for the workingman. Picture copyright Chi-Rho Arts. (NC Photos) Msgr. P. J. O’Connor Resigns As National Shrine Director WASHINGTON (NC) — Msgr. Patrick J. O’Connor, director of the National Shrine of the Im maculate Conception, has an nounced his resignation effective October 1. Msgr. O’Connor has been on the faculty of the Catholic University of America since 1936, and it is to this work that be will now de vote his full time. He is a native of Savannah, Georgia, and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary in 1933. He was an assistant pastor of Atlanta and Augusta before joining the Cath olic University staff as professor of Sacred Eloquence in the School of Theology. He has serv ed at the university as dean of men, as treasurer of the Catholic Sisters’ College, as university di rector of the Catholic University Alumni Association, and as a member of the faculty of the Preachers’ Institute. In 1950 Father O’Connor was appointed by the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States as the fourth director of the Na tional' Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He was elevated to the rank of Monsignor by His Holiness Pope Pius XII during the Holy Year of 1950, in recognition of his work in the vocational pro gram of the then Diocese of Sav- annah-Atlanta. Msgr. Thomas J. Grady, pro curator at St. Mary ot tbe Seminary, Mundelein, 111., for the past eleven years, has been nam ed director of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C. The National Shrine of the Im maculate Conception, now under construction in the National Cap ital, will be one of the world’s greatest religious edifices when completed. The crypt of the great church was begun in 1920 and was completed in 1931. Work on the Shrine was resumed in Nov ember, 1954, when the super structure was started. LIST FACULTY AT COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, Ga., — Announce ment of the faculty of Holy Family School has been made. Returning as principal for the 1956-57 school year will be Sister Mary Edward R. S. M. Other members of the Sisters of Mercy assigned to Holy Family are Sis ter Finbarr, Sister Aurellia, Sister Aquinas, Sister Corde, Sis ter Canisia, Sister Rose Marie and Sister Leonard. There is room for everybody in this big world, but we can’t all have front row seats. LABOR, MANAGEMENT URGED TO THINK OF DUTIES TOWARD WELFARE OF WHOLE ECONOMY WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (NC) —Labor and management in the years immediately ahead must be encouraged to get off the defen sive and think more in terms of their joint responsibility for the welfare of the whole economy. This advice is contained in the 1956 Labor Day Statement of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference here. Msgr. George G. Higgins is director of the N.C.W.C. unit which was set up in 1920 to promote the Church’s social teaching. Labor Day Statements have been isstted for a decade. Labor and management have come into a position of vast eco nomic power, the statement notes. “They are called upon under our form of government and in con junction with government to sit in judgment every day over the economic destiny of the nation.” The responsibility for “wise and unselfish exercise” of this power cannot be fulfilled ade quately unless labor and manage ment “acknowledge as creatures their dependence upon Almighty God and the need to appeal humbly to him in prayer,” the statement says. It urges they repeat daily the prayer of Solomon at the altar of Gabaon when he asked the Lord for “a heart quick to learn, so that 1 may be able to judge Thy people’s disputes and discern between good and ill.” The “broadest possible cooper ation” between labor and manage ment at both the industry and the national level is needed to day because their problems no longer can be solved by collective bargaining alone or by legislation alone, the statement says. The N.C.W.C. department adds, however, that it “is inclined to agree” with observers who pre dict that industrial relations are entering a new era in which labor and management “will find it possible to cooperate more har moniously than ever before, not only for their mutual advantage but for the good of the nation as a whole.” The department says it'is now firmly established that the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively can not be seriously challenged on a general scale ex cept at the cost of disrupting na- (Continued - on Page 14L, MEMORIAL LIST Our issue of Augusi 18 carried only ihe names of living members of the Female Benevolent Society. The list of Deceased Members ap pears on page 16 of this issue. It was eroneously reported in our Augusi 18th issue that this list would be found on page seven. Due to crowded space conditions, it was necessary to hold this list until this edition. Cardinal Griffin Bead At 57; Reduces Sacred College To 61 LONDON, — His Eminence Bernard Cardinal Griffin, Arch bishop of Westminster, died (Aug. 20) of a heart attack at New Polzeath, Cornwall, where he had gone for a rest. The prelate, 57, had been in poor health since a severe heart attack in 1951. He had suffered additional seizures last November and last month. His death reduced the number of cardinals to 61, nine below the traditional maximum of 70. Cardinal Griffin’s body was to be returned to London. The fune ral Mass and burial will be in Westminster Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood here. In spite of his poor health, Cardinal Griffin fulfilled as many engagements as possible. In June of this year he went to France for the reopening of Rouen cathedral and the ceremonies commemorat ing the 500th anniversary of the vindication of St. Joan of Arc. Only a few days before his death, the Cardinal urged the cler gy and faithful of England and Wales to pray for the success of the London Conference to solve the crisis caused by Egypt’s na- ionalization of the Suez Canal. Oblates List Changes For Georgia Priests LAKELAND, Ga. — The Very Rev. Raymond J. Hunt O.M.I., Provincial of the Oblate Fathers of the Eastern Province, an nounces the following changes among the Oblate Fathers in the Diocese of Savannah. Rev. Francis X. McCarron O.M.I., former Director and Pas tor of Queen of Peace Mission, Lakeland, Ga., will be transferred at Essex, N. Y., as Director and Bursar of the Community and Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Hope. He will assume his new duties on September 17th. Rev. Walter H. Barrett O.M.I., former assistant at Queen of Peace Mission, Lakeland, is chang ed to the Immaculate Conception Church, Lowell, Mass., as an as sistant in the parish. The Rev. Paul Hennessey O.M.I., is the new Director and Pastor of Queen of Peace Mission, Lakeland, Ga. Father Hennesey comes from an Oblate Parish in Green Bay, Wis. The Rev. William Denzel O.M.I.. newly ordained, will be the new assistant Pastor at “Unflinching Courage” Praised By Archbishop LONDON. (Radio. NC) — An American prelate has praised the “unflinching courage” of His Em inence Bernard Cardinal Griffin, who died here (August 20) fol- ~ lowing a long illness. Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah and Apostol ic Delegate to Great Britain, is sued the following statement: “It is no exaggeration to say that during the past five years all England and hundreds of thou sands of others beyond these shores have stood in admiration , before the unflinching courage of Cardinal Griffin in his> gallant fight to continue, his work as chief shepherd of the Archdiocese of Westminster in face of a pro longed and serious illness. “His Eminence had a heart of oak. Far more than that, he had a spirit of profound Christian faith, a keen sense of duty tow ards his flock and the generous love of souls that made him rise superior to the keenest physical suffering. “Those who were closest to him were daily witnesses to his love of prayer, of his ascetic hab its and of his constant striving to live a saintly life. “It was characteristic of His Eminence that his last public official act was to call upon the clergy and laity to pray for a peaceful settlement of the Suez Canal crisis. “I know the great personal af fection that His Holiness Pope Pius XII had for the Archbishop of Westminster. His Holiness manifested his special regard for him in 1946 when he made him a member of the College of Card inals. No later than last May His Holiness spoke to me most feel ingly of him and the news of the Cardinal’s death, communicated to him immediately, has brought him profound sorrow. “I give my heartfelt sympathy to the clergy and faithful of the Archdiocese of Westminster in the loss of their Archbishop, who loved them with a love that was truly Christ-like.” Queen of Peace Mission, Lake land, Ga. The Rev. Leo Wetzel O.M.I. former assistant at St. Paul’s Church Douglas, Ga., is transfer red to the Immaculate Conception Church, Lowell, Mass., as an as sistant in the parish. The Rev. Eugene Card O.M.I., will be the new assistant at St. Paul’s Douglas, Ga.