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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah - Atlanta Vol. 37, No. 11. PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA - MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1956. “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Georgians Irre spective of Creed” 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year Installation Of Bishop Hyland November 8 Official ATLANTA, Ga—The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, Bishop Elect of tha Diocese of Atlanta, an nounces the following Clergy ap pointments in the Diocese of At lanta: RT. REV. MSGR. P. J. O’CON NOR, from Professor at the Cath olic University of America and Director of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, to Administrator of the parish of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta. rev. john f. McDonough, from assistant rector of the Ca thedral of Christ the King to rec tor of the parish of St. Peter,. La Grange. REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN, from Administrator of the parish of St. Peter, La Grange, to charge of the new mission area in Mon roe. with residence in the rectory of St. Joseph, Athens. REV. JAMES P. BOYCE, from assistant rector of St. John the Evangelist parish, Hapeville, to the office of Chancellor of the Diocese of Atlanta. REV. JOSEPH DROHAN, from assistant rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King to assistant rector of the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Hapeville. REV. JAMES HARRISON, from assistant rector protem of the Im maculate Conception parish, At lanta, to assistant rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King. Savannah Radio Series Begins November 4th SAVANNAH, GA. — The Rev. William P. Dowling will inaugu rate a new radio series over station WSGA on Sunday, No vember 4. Title of the series will be “Talks with a Catholic Priest”. The half-hour program will be heard on Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. for twenty weeks M. Jordan Curran will appear with Father on the program, which will be based on the popu lar book, “Father Smith Instructs Jackson”. , . % Sermon By Archbishop O’Hara FIRST BISHOP OF ATLANTA Apostolic Delegate To Install First Bishop Of Atlanta See; MOST REV. FRANCIS E. HYLAND. D. D., J. C. D. Georgia Contributes $7,200 To Peter’s Pence Collection SAVANNAH, Ga.—In a letter to the Most Rev. Francis E. Hy land, Bishop, Elect of the Diocese of Atlanta, the Holy See has ex pressed gratitude for the contri bution of $7,200 by the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta in the annual Peter’s Pence collection. The letter reads as follows: Your Excellency, The Supreme Pontiff has charg ed me with the honoured duty of directing to Your Excellency this expression of His sincere ap preciation and cordial gratitude for the generous Peter’s Peirce offering of $7,200.00 from ..the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, which you so kindly forwarded to Him through the Apostolic Delegation. His Holiness daily receives ap peals for assistance from the far corners of the earth, from the poor of Christ in . every land, from heroic Bishops and priests who are endeavouring to restore Churches and schools destroyed by the tide of war, and from self- sacrificing missionaries who are labouring assiduously to extend the boundaries of Christ’s King dom among' impoverished peoples. By this magnificent Peter’s Pence donation, Your Excellency and the clergy, religious and faithful The Holy Father is sincerely thankful for such r5ady cooper ation and willingness, and in pledge of a bountiful heavenly reward He lovingly imparts to Your Excellency and to all His beloved children in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta His paternal Apostolic Benediction. Yours sincerely in Christ, A. DELL’AQUA ATLANTA, Ga.—On November 8th, The Most Rev. Amleto Gio vanni Cicognani, Apostolic Del egate to the United States will in stall The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, D.D. J.C.D. as First Bishop of Atlanta. The ceremony is to take plaee at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, in the presence of the Most Rev. Francis P. Ke- ough, D.D., Archbishop of Balti more, Metropolitan of the Balti more Province. Returning from England to par ticipate and preach the sermon will be the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D. J.U.D. Archbishop- Bishop of Savannah and Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain. Bishop Hyland, a native of Philadelphia, attended the pa rochial schools of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paul, and the Roman Catholic High School, all in Philadelphia. He entered the Seminary of St. Charles BOr- romeo, Overbrook, in September, 1918. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral in Philadelphia, June 11, 1927, by the -late Most Rev. Michael J. Crane, D.D., then Auxiliary Bish op of Philadelphia. He enrolled in the school of Canon Law at the Catholic Uni versity of America in September, 1926, and graduated with the de gree of Doctor of Canon Law in June, 1928. After serving as assistant pas tor of St. Aloysius Church, Potts- town, Pa., St. Mary Magdalene Church, Philadelphia, and St. Margaret’s Church, Narberth, Pa., Bishop Hyland became sec retary of the Apostolic Delega tion in Washington, in January, 1929, and served there for four years under Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi, and for almost six years. under the present Apostolic Del egate, Archbishop Amleto Giovan ni Cicognani. The Dignity of a Domestic Pre late was conferred on Bishop Hy land by the Holy See in 1933. He was appointed pastor of the Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, Chester, Pa., and Pro moter of Justice of the Arch diocese of Philadelphia, in Sep tember, 1938. He was transferred to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1941. In November of 1949 the Bishop was named Auxiliary to the Most Re.v. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. In July of this year, His Holiness Pope Pius XII divided the state of Georgia into two distinct Dioceses, the Diocese of Savannah and the Diocese of Atlanta, naming Bishop Hyland as Ordinary of the newly created diocese of Atlanta. Bishop Reminds Vigil Abolished SAVANNAH, Ga.—In a let ter to the clergy under date of October, 22nd, His Excellen cy, Bishop Hyland advises that they inform the Faithful that the Vigil of All Saints has been abolished together with its laws of fast and partial ab stinence. The Bishop reminds the Faithful of this change, because most of the Catholic calendars for 1956 were printed far in advance of the decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Rifes abolishing the Vigil of All Saints. HONORED BY HOLY SEE DAN J. SHEEHAN W. KIRK SUTLIVE ' ROBERT S. LYNCH of Savannah-Atlanta clearly in dicated your earnest desire to share in fuller measure in that traditional mission of charity and zeal which the Sovereign Pontiff Three Georgians have been presented the Papal Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice by His Holi ness Pope Pius XII. Those honored are Robert S. Lynch of Atlanta, Dan J, Sheehan, and W. Kirk Sutlive, both of Savannah. The honor has been bestowed in appreciation for their work in the re cent Bishop’s Fund Campaign. The Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice was established by Pope Leo XII in January, 1888. It is awarded by the Pope at the request of the Bishop to laymen who continues in these troubled times. have rendered outstanding service to the Church.