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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah Vol. 37, No. 24, PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1957. Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Atlanta 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year Pope's Easter Message oriel Must Build Hope n Risen Christ As Well s Scientific Advantages Bishop Invests Vilsgr. Sheehan DECATUR — The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland,' D.D. J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta presided as the MSGR. SHEEHAN Rt. Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan was invested in the robes of a Mon signor. The ceremony took place April 24th at St, Thomas More church, here. Monsignor Sheehan was honor ed last month by his Holiness Pope Pius XII who raised him to the rank of Domestic Prelate with the title of Rt. Rev. Monsignor. . Father Sheehan, who is a na tive of Savannah, graduated from the Benedictine Military School, and after attending St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., com pleted his study for the priest hood at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y: He was ordained at the Cathedral in Savannah on May 9, 1930, by the Most Rev. MACON, Ga.,— Large dele gations from the 11 Knights of Columbus Councils of Georgia are expected here when Macon Council No. 925 plays host to the annual state convention May 18- 19. General convention Chairman Johnny Deep said extensive plan ning is under way for the state meeting in Macon. Registration for convention delegates will begin at 11 a. m. on Saturday, May 18 at Hotel Demp sey, with the K. of C. business sessions opening at 2 p. m. that day at the K. of C. Hail on New Street in Macon. Special entertainment and a tea is being planned that afternoon for wives of convention delegates and a buffet supper, social hour and dance will begin at 7 p. m. Saturday, May 18 at Baconsfield Clubhouse in Macon. State Deputy Nick Camerio of Macon will greet delegates at the supper pfrogram a^id Val Sheridan, also of Macon, will be toastmaster. The Rev. Carmine Benanti, S. J., Villa Marie Will Not Operate During 1957 SAVANNAH — The Most Rev. Thomas- J. McDonough has an nounced that Camp Villa Marie will not operate during the sum mer of 1957. Bishop McDonough states that it is planned to have the camp in operation again by 1958, but that repairs are necessary that re quire an outlay of money not presently available, and repairs that time would not permit in time for the 1957 sessions. Atlanta Diocese Speliing Champ Second In Region HAPEVILLE—Gk February 27, Eileer. Fitzgerald from St. John the Evangelist School in Hape- ville won the inter-parochial spelling bee for the Diocese of Atlanta. In March, this 'same young lady won the spelling bee for Fulton County held at Hoke Smith High School. On April 3, she came in second in the Fifth Regional contest held at Decatur High School. Michael J. Keyes, Bishop of Sav annah. He has served at various times as assistant at the Savannah Ca thedral, and at St. Teresa’s, Al bany. He served as pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, and director of St. Joseph’s Home in Washing ton and was appointed pastor of St. Augustine’s Church Thomas- ville in 1936. Before being ap pointed pastor of the newly es tablished parish at Port Went worth, Father Sheehan served as pastor of St. Patrick’s, Savannah. pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, will give the invocation. Sunday, May 19, a special Con vention Mass is scheduled for 9 a.m. at St. Joseph’s. Business sessions will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the K. of C. Hall with the con vention closing with a luncheon for delegates and their wives at 1:30 p. m. at the same place. Also on Sunday, a meeting of all grand knights of the state councils will be held to discuss mutual problems and means of promoting K. of C. work and pro grams throughout the state. Mike Deep is convention com- mitee secretary. On the comittee in charge of registration are Mrs. Nick Camerio, chairman: Mrs. N. J. Pascullis, Mrs. R. J. Hinson, Mrs. Roslyn Burnett, Mrs. Mae Griffin, Mrs. Genieve O’Malley, Mrs. Nell Kennington, Mrs. Francis Cassidy, Mrs. John Greene and Mrs. Jo Millicki. Other committeemen for the convention are Arthur Griffith chairman; foods committee, John Cassidy, chairman, and R. H. Casson; refre shments, Jack Gug- '(Radio, NCWC News Service) VATICAN CITY — Scientific, technological, and electronic ad vances can bring peace and hope to the world only if they are joined with an acceptance of the Risen Christ and His message, His Holiness Pope Pius XII said in his Easter message. The world is still living in a night of anguish, the Pope said, but it is a night of preparation for the dawn. Already a faint glimmer of dawn appears in the East, announcing the coming of the earth’s resurrection to a day of glory and peace. But, he said, “it is essential to remove the stone from the tomb in which men desired to bury truth and goodness. A new resur rection of Jesus is necessary, a true resurrection which admits no more the lordship of death ...” “In individuals, Christ must de stroy the night of mortal sin with the dawn of grace regained. “In families, the night of indif ference and coolness must give way to the sun of love. “In workshop, in cities, in na tions, in lands of misunderstand ing and hatred, the night must grow bright as the day ... and strife will cease and there will be peace.” lieri, chairman; and Phillip Powell; publicity, George Landry, chairman, and Lane Williams. “Easter is here,” said the Pon tiff as he greeted the thousands come to hear him. “It is the day the Lord has ,made for our exal tation and our joy.” In words of poetic eloquence which, he said, were “some thoughts aroused in Our heart as We meditated,” the Pope painted a picture of the first Easter morn ing, the Passion which preceded it, and the meaning of the Resur rection that was its climax. Making the keynote of his talk the Paschal hymn, “Haec dies quam fecit Dominus (This is the day the Lord hath made)”, the Pontiff demonstrated that what he was about to say was the mes sage the Church had carried in her liturgy for centuries. “After the invitation to rejoice, addressed to the heavenly choirs of angels, to earth, to our Mother the Church, and to all nations, the attention of the liturgical hymn is fixed on the night which preceded Our Lord’s Resurrec tion. “True night; a night of suffer ing, anguish and darkness; and yet a night of blessing.” The Sovereign Pontiff describ ed a stormy night, when all na ture seems overthrown and de void of hope. The traveler stum bles without stars to guide him and fears he is lost. But after a night of terror, he said, dawn forces back the storm, “a shudder passes through the earth. Life is restored.” The Pope said there is hope the night which has descended upon the world and pressed men down in like manner, will soon see its dawn. “Men of every nation and con tinent have been forced to live confused and anxious in a topsy turvy world . . . Error, common in well nigh countless forms, has made slaves of the intellects of men . . . Individuals, classes and peoples persist in remaining di vided and consequently without social intercourse. And when they do know each other, they hate each other; . they plot against, struggle with, and destroy one another.” Even this night, however, shows clear signs of a dawn that will come, continued the Pope. In the world, under Providence, meth ods for a fuller and freer devel opment of life are about to be multiplied. The discoveries of science, technical development, and organization are about to put such a life at the disposal of men, “Nuclear energy, has infact al ready opened a new age,” con tinued the Holy Father. “Elec tronics and mechanics are in the process of changing the world of production and labor Through automation . . . Means of trans port link in a single network one point of the earth to another . . , Agriculture, by means of nuclear chemistry, multiplies the possi bility of feeding the human race . . . while biological research daily wins ground in the battle against the most terrible diseases. “And yet, all this is still night. Night indeed full of groaning and hope, but night. Night which could also, even unexpectedly, be come engulfed in storm.” The Pope said that many are coming to know and to admit that this night of the world was brought on because Christ was arrested, because men wished to exclude Him from the family, cultural, and social life; because “people have risen up against Him; because He has been cruci fied and rendered voiceless and motionless.” NEW K. OF C. COUNCIL OFFICERS—Newly elected officers of the Father Thomas O’Reilly Council No. 4358 were installed at a recent meeting. They are, reading left to right, top row: W. T. Jordan, Jr., District Deputy; J. F. Padula, Inside Guard; A. W. Staley, Recorder; L. N. C. Fisher, Advocate; G. Pert, Outside Guard. Left to right, bottom row: Geo. Waring, Financial Secretary; S. L. Vick, Deputy Grand Knight; Rt. Reverend Thomas Sheehan, Chaplain; R. O. Bradley, Grand Knight; J. W. Maloog, Lecturer; J. O. Nixon, Warden; C. J. Scherer, Chancellor; H. T. Brockman, Trustee; G. L. Cloutier, Outside Guard; D. J. Farr, Treasurer F. J. Stokes, Trus tee. Macon Will Be Scene Of Georgia K. Of C. Meeting (By George LandryS