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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
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The Diocese Of
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VoL 37, No. 20.
New Bishop’s
Coat Of Arms
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957.
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
ost Rev. Thomas 1. McDonough
stalled As Savannah Auxiliary
BISHOP THOMAS J. McDONOUGH
Solemn Requiem Mass Offered
For Very Rev. John J. Kennedy
House Unit Kills Sterilization
Bill Upon Hearing Bishop Hyland
BLAZON
Per chevron or and vert, a
chevron argent between in chief
two lions passant gules and in
base a sun in its splendor of the
first.
SIGNIFICANCE
This coat of arms is based on
that of the McDonough family.
The colors, the position of the
two lions and the division per
chevron are the same, but this
shield has been made peculiarly
that of His Excellency by a slight
change in the position of the
heads of the lions and by a bri-
sure of a chevron and “a sun in
its splendor.” The chevron, in the
shape of a carpenter’s square, rep
resents St. Joseph, the foster fath
er of Our Lord, whose name the
Bishop bears. The sun is one of
the symbols in ecclesiastical art of
St. Thomas Aquinas, the baptismal
patron of Bishop McDonough. Red
and gold, the sole colors of the
chief (upper compartment), are
the tinctures of the coat of arms of
the Count of Aquino, the father of
Saint Thomas Aquinas. The heads
of the lions face the left instead
of the spectator as in the original
McDonough arms, to honor the
family name (Nolan) of His Ex
cellency’s mother, since a lion
thus turned is a common charge
on the Nolan shields.
The external ornaments are
composed of the green Pontifical
Hat, with its six tassels on either
side together with the golden
Mitre, Processional Cross and
Crosier, which are the heraldic
trappings of a Prelate of the rank
of Bishop. Before 1879, the Pon
tifical Hat was worn at solemn
cavalcades held on the occasion
of the Pope’s inauguration and at
other Papal pageants. The color of
the Pontifical Hat and the num
ber and color of the tassels were
signs of the rank of the Prelate,
a custom which is still carried on
in ecclesiastical heraldry.
ATLANTA — A Bill which
would have authorized the steri
lization of individuals “to prevent
the procreation of a child or chil
dren who would be likely to have
a tendency to serious physical,
mental or nervous disease or de
ficiency” was killed by the Geor
gia House Committee on Hygiene
and Sanitation on February 19th
after hearing the testimony of
the Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland,
D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta.
The vote of the 12 man Commit
tee was 8 to 4 against the Bill.
The Bill had previously been
passed in the Senate 45 to 6.
*> After the public hearing at
which Bishop Hyland testified,
the. Committee went into execu
tive session, during which several
Assemblymen, including Reps.
Andy McKenna of Macon, and
Edward Brennan of Savannah,
spoke against the Bill. One of the
six votes against the Bill in the
Senate was cast by Senator Asa
Kelley of Albany.
The statement which Bishop
Hyland read to the Committee
follows:
Senate Bill No. 117 would au
thorize the sterilization of indi
viduals not because their repro
ductive organs are diseased, in
which case the operation would
be permissible and perhaps ob
ligatory, but solely “to prevent
the procreation of a child or chil
dren who would be likely to have
a tendency to serious physical,
mental or nervous disease or de
ficiency.” Please note the vague
ness of the words “would be like
ly to have a tendency.”It is well
that the writers of Bill No. 117
should have expressed themselves
so cautiously. They thereby ad
mit they do not know what may
happen in a given casei of human
conception. People who are steri
lized cannot procreate any chil
dren, even healthy children. We
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SAVANNAH — The Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist was filled
to overflowing for the installation
of the Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough as Auxiliary-Bishop of
Savannah. Bishop McDonough
was installed by the Most Rev.
Francis P. Keough of Baltimore
in the presence of Archbishop
Joseph P. Hurley, St. Augustine;
Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen,
Mobile-Birmingham, eleven Bish
ops and six Abbots.
Bishop McDonough told those
gathered for his installation that
he came with “a heart filled with
joy ready to dedicate myself to
the welfare of Souls” He continu
ed: “I come to bring you the love
of God, expressed in the words,
“Children love one another.”
My apostolic mission is to you,
consequently I call upon your
help, your understanding, your
daily prayers, which I need. And
I know under God you will not
fail me.
“Todays Ceremony for me is in
reality a prayer of thanksgiving
to God, for the many favors and
blessing He has bestowed upon
me in the past and a plea for His
divine guidance in the future.”
The new Auxiliary-Bishop ex
pressed his devotion and affec
tion for Archbishop O’Hara stat
ing, “May God bless him in his
work and May I be able to re
lieve him of any worries at home,
so that he may be enabled to car
ry on eminently well in his im
portant post for the Holy See.”
In a message, of welcome to
Bishop McDonough, the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph E. Moylan gave the
new bishop an idea of the hercu-
AUGUSTA—Solemn Pontifical
Requiem mass was offered for the
Very Rev. John J. Kennedy, V.F.
on Friday February 22nd. Cele
brant of the mass was the Most
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.
J.C.D., Auxiliary-Bishop of Sav
annah.
Father Kennedy died at St.
Joseph’s Hospital, here February,
18th, following a two weeks ill
ness. Interment was in Westover
Memorial Park. Father Kennedy
is the first priest to be buried
in a twelve grave. Priests’ Section
donated by the owners of the
Cemetary to the Diocese. The sec
tion was blessed by the late Rev.
Harold J. Barr, pastor of St. Ma
ry’s at the time of the gift.
Fifty-six priests from the Dio
ceses of Savannah, Atlanta, and
Charleston attended the Funeral
Mass. Present in the sanctuary
were: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph E.
Moylan, P.A., Rt. Rev. Msgr. Jos
eph G. Cassidy, V.F., Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Edward J. Dodwell, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. P. J. O’Connor, Very
Rev. Msgr. Cornelius L. Maloney,
Very Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Mc
Donald, Rt. Rev. George Lewis
Smith, Rt. Rev. Martin C. Murphy.
Officers of the mass included
lean task he faces. He said there
are 88 counties in the Savannah
diocese with a population of 1,-
636,370 of whom only 21,224 are
Catholics. Fifty-six of these coun
ties have no Catholic churches
in them.
Bishops and Abbots who at
tended the ceremony included:
Bishop Francis E. Hyland, Atlan
ta; Bishop Emmet M. Walsh,
Youngstown; Bishop James A.
McNulty, Paterson; Bishop John
J. Russell, Charleston; Bishop
Hubert J. Cartwright, Coadjutor
of Wilmington: Bishop J. Carroll
McCormick and Bishop Joseph
McShea, Auxiliaries of Philadel
phia; Bishop Joseph L. Federal,
Auxiliary of Salt Lake City;
Bishop James, J. Navagh, Aux
iliary of Raleigh; Bishop Joseph
H. Hodges, Auxiliary of Rich
mond; and Bishop Joseph A. Dur-
ick, Auxiliary of Mobile-Birmin-
gham.
Benedictine Abbots present
were Abbot Vincent Taylor, Bel
mont Abbey; Abbot Marion Bow
man, St. Leo; and Abbot Bede
Luibel, St. Bernard, Ala.
Trappist Abbots present were:
Abbot M. Anthony Chassagne,
Moncks Corner, S. C.; Abbot M.
James Fox, Gethsemani, Ky.; and
Abbot M. Robert McGann. Con
yers, Ga.
Bishop McDonough’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael F.,McDon
ough, form Philadelphia, were
present, as were Mr. and Mrs.
M. Francis McDonough, brother
and sister-in-law of the Bishop.
The Bishop’s brothers, Father
Martin J. McDonough and Fath-
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Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNa
mara, V.F. Archpriest; Very Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke, VF., Deacon;
Rev. Michael J. Manning, Sub-
Deacon; Very Rev. Adolph Gall,
S.M.A., Deacon of Honor; Rev.
John O’Shea, Deacon of Honor;
Rev. William DuBois (St. Augus
tine Diocese) Master of Ceremo
nies; Rev. Ralph Siekel, Assistant
Master of Ceremonies.
The Choir was composed of
Priests of the Diocese and Marist
Brothers under the direction of
the Rev. Felix Donnelly of
Warner Robins; Organist was Mrs.
Harry Jacobs.
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara,
Apostolic Delegate to Great Bri
tain and Bishop of Savannah
writing from his post abroad upon
hearing of Father’s death said:
“Father Kennedy was an ex
emplary priest and I was fond of
him. His edifying priestly life was
always a great consolation to me.
Father Kennedy leaves as a mon
ument of his love for the church
and for souls, the new St. Marys
Church, which even though he
was not a young man when he
was appointed pastor at St.
Mary’s he undertook to build. But
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