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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah ulltiin Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Atlanta PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA Vol. 37, No. 19. MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1957. 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year Savannah Welcomes Bishop T. i. McDonough Sacred Heart’s 8200,660 Wing Ready Soon BELMONT—The new 200,000 wing of Sacred Heart Junior Col lege will be formerly opened the first part of March. An open house will be held at this time and further details will be given in the next issue of The Bulletin. Rev. Michael Mclnerny of Belmont Abbey was architect for this new expansion which is the latest in design and furnish ings. Alumnae and friends are urged to plan to attend the “open house” for which the date will be an nounced soon. New Clinic At St. Joseph’s (Atlanta Journal) ATLANTA—Clinic patients at St. Joseph Infirmary are being treated in new quarters. The first floor of the north wing, where the clinics are lo cated, has just been opened. Completion of this unit leaves only two sections of the new building still in need of interior finishing, Sister Mary Bonaven- ture, hospital administrator, said. These are the first and ground floors of the west wing and the first floor of the south wing. The ground floor of the south wing, containing the Bertha Sartorius Rich emergency clinic, was fin ished several weeks ago. The re mainder of the new hospital has been in use some time. The units still to be completed will be finished within the nesdi year and a half, bringing the total cost of the hospital to about $5,- 500,000. Located in the newly opened unit are the offices of the hos pital’s nursing service, nursing education, medical education and social service. In addition, all of the hospital’s out-patient clinics are held in the newly completed qnit. They in clude the tumor, medical, surgi cal, obstetrical, urological, and orthopedic clinics, and the clinics’ consulting service in other spe cialties. The section occupied by the out-patient clinics is named in honor of the late Alfred Fox and his brother, Lawrence Fox, of At lanta. Also located in the new unit is the Giddings Memorial Heart Clinic, sponsored by the Georgia Heart Assn. It formerly was lo cated in the basement of the old hospital. The new quarters in clude a room set up for making diagnostic studies of the heart, four examining rooms and an of fice. A beautifully decorated confer ence room in the unit is named in honor of the late Bernard J. Kane, for many years a member of the hospital’s advisory board. BISHOP’S HOUSE 222 East Harris Street Savannah, Georgia February 11, 1957 To the Devoted Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Diocese of SAVANNAH: As you know, Our Holy Father Pope Pius XII has given an Auxiliary Bishop to the Diocese of Savannah in the person of the Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonough, D. D., J. C. D., formerly Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine. “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” It will not be long before all of you will begin to realize what a great favor His Holiness has conferred upon the Diocese in naming Bishop McDonough as its Auxiliary. By his boundless kindness and charity; by his priestliness; by his interest in and love for souls; by his splendid administrative ability and long experience in the South both as priest and bishop, I know that he will soon win all hearts in the Diocese. It is precisely because Bishop McDonough is so greatly esteemed and loved in Florida that there is so much real sorrow there on account of his leaving. But Florida’s loss is Georgia’s gain. In your name as well as in my own I bid Bishop Mc Donough a hearty welcome , to the Diocese of Savannah. We wish him God’s every blessing for the success of the new mission that has been entrusted to his apostolic care. I know very well that all of you will cooperate wholeheartedly with him to make his tasks easier and to render fruitful the apos- tolate that he has been called upon by the Holy Father to exercise in our Diocese and that at all times he will have the benefit of your prayers so that the constant light and guidance of the Holy Spirit may be his in the fulfillment of his many and grave responsibilities. It is a matter of keen regret to me that I will be unable to be present to introduce Bishop McDonough to you. Un fortunately, my duties over here in London compel me to forego the pleasure of being with you when Bishop McDonough comes amongst you on February 20th. I unite with you in begging God to shower down upon him an abundance of heavenly graces now and always. Heavy indeed is the burden that every Bishop is bound to carry. Saint Augustine, who was one of the ablest and holiest of Bishops, trembled at the very thought of his responsi bilities and again and again in his sermons to his people he pleaded with them to pray for him. Bishop McDonough comes to you keenly aware of the charge that has been laid upon him and he knows that he will need the constant assistance of your prayers if his work for you is to be a success according to the mind of God. It will always be true as every bishop realizes in the sentiments expressed by St. Paul that no matter how much effort and zeal the ministers of God put into their work for souls, it is always “God that giveth the increase.” (Cor. I, VI-7). Prayer will be the measure of that increase. With affectionate best wishes and a blessing and asking a remembrance in your prayers, I remain, dearly Beloved in Christ, Yours devotedly in Our Lord. Archbishop-Bishop of Savannah. The new unit has a separate en trance, located just north of the main entrance to the hospital on Ivy St., N. E. Indigent Georgian? from all counties except Fulton and De- Kalb are eligible for treatment through the hospital’s clinics. An exception to this is the obstetri cal clinic which serves patients within a 30-mile radius of the hospital. SAVANNAH LAYMEN MEET SAVANNAH — Mr. William B. Lain Jr., newly elected presi dent of the Savannah Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa tion presided at the January 31st discussion meeting. The Savannah Branch meets on the Thursday before the first Friday of every month. MASS AT CATHEDRAL WEDNESDAY P. M., RECEPTION SCHEDULED FRIDAY NIGHT SAVANNAH—Plans have been completed for the welcome and Presentation Ceremonies of the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, newly appointed Auxiliary-bishop of the diocese of Savannah. At the Union Station on his ar rival February 19. Bishop Mc Donough will be greeted by the clergy and laity and then escort ed by Motorcade to the Cathedral. On the following day, February 20, the Day of Presentation, at 11:00 o’clock in the morning, he will be greeted by the schools of INVITE ALL TO ATTEND CEREMONIES All Parishes and Organiza tions, both diocesan and par ochial, are not only expected to send representatives to the Presentation Observances, but all Catholics of the Diocese are urged to attend. If hotel reservations are de sired they may be obtained by contacting Mrs. A. J. Schano, Chairman of the HOSPITALI TY COMMITTEE FOR THE LAITY, 313 East 53rd Street, Savannah. Savannah Irish Plan Jamboree For March 15th The St. Patrick’s Day parade committee has announced that plans are being made for an Irish Jamboree at Grayson Stadium March 15 to kick off the annual celebration by Savannah’s Irish. Committeemen are expecting some 10,000 persons to attend the jamboree, which will be held in cooperation with the Savannah Redlegs baseball team to boost both St. Pat and the national pastime. Tickets will be distributed free to the public through local mer chants, the committee said. In cluded in the jamboree will be an all-star talent show and possible performances by the prizewining Winyah High School Band from Georgetown, S. C., and other visi tors. A concession will be operated and shamrocks, shillelaghs, bou- toniers, etc., will be sold during the festivity. Two season passes to Redleg baseball games at the stadium have been donated by the club, which also will put up a $100 prize for the best performer in the show being planned. The annual parade will be held this year on March 16 because Sp. Patrick’s Day is a Sunday. This will provide Savannahians with a two-day Irish atmosphere. John J. Fogarty, Carl Ashcraft and Tom O’Hayer are working with Redleg General Manager Reed (Whitley) Shank on details of the jamboree which, according to one committee member, “should be of tremendous inter est” to the city. the Diocese. On the Cathedral Plaza will be assembled the chil dren of the parochial schools of the City, the members of the Cadet Corps of The Benedictine School and the young ladies of St. Vincent’s Academy. The Bish op, attended by the clergy, will be seated at the center entrance to the Cathedral. In advance of 11:00 o’clock, there will be a brief concert by the Band of The Benedictine School and at 11:00, as the Bishop arrives the Glee Club of St. Vin cent’s Acdemy, some 150 voices, will sing the “Ecee Sacerdos Mag nus.” Then there will be the Presentation of a Plaque on which will be inscribed the Spiritual Bouquet of the Sifhools of the Diocese. At 12:15 o’clock, February 20, at the Cathedral Day School’s Cafeteria, the Sisters’ Dinner will be held. The Dinner for the Cler gy will be held at the Ball Room, DeSoto Hotel, at 12:30 o’clock. Presiding at the Luncheon will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara V. F. The program at the luncheon will consist of an ad dress of welcome, an address by the Most Rev. Francis P. Keough, D.D., Archbishop of Baltimore; and an address by the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah. At 5 p.m. on February 20, a Solemn Pontifical Mass will be celebrated in the presence of the Most Rev. Francis P. Keough, D.D., Archbishop of Baltimore, at the Cathedral of St. John the Bap tist. Officers of the Mass in addition to the Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc Donough celebrant are: Assistant Priest, Monsignor McNamara, Rector of the Cathedral, Savan nah; Deacons of Honor, The Very Rev Thomas A. Brennan, Consul- tor and the Very Rev. Bede C. Lightner, O.S.B., Prior of the local Benedictine Community; Deacon of the Mass. The Reverend Wil liam F. McDonough, (brother of the Bishop); Master of Ceremo nies. The Reverend William Du- Bois of the Diocese of St. Augus tine; Assistant Masters: The Rev erend Fathers Ralph Seikel, Pat rick J. O’Carroll, (Diocese of St. Augustine). Herbert J. Wellmeier. As the Procession moves into the Church, the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, and Officers of the Mass will continue into the Sanctuary where Bishop McDonough will go to the falstool and then the Very Reverend Monsignor Andrew J. (Continued on Page 2) MEAT MAY BE EATEN FEB. 22 Next Friday, February 22nd, is a National holiday in com memoration of the birth of Our first president, George Washington. A dispensation has been granted by the Dio cese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah from abstinence in conformity with a grant of the Holy See.