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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Atlanta 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 (Continued on Page 12) 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- (Continued on Page 11) 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 (Continued on Page 11)