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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. 25.
"MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1957.
10c Per Copy—$3 a Year
To Be Co-Instructional
Bishop Hyland Purchases Land
For New Atlanta High School
ATLANTA—The Most Reve
rend Francis E. Hyland, D.D.,
J.C.D., Bishop of the Diocese of
Atlanta, annocnced May 5th that
he had contracted to purchase a
25-acre tract of land for the dio
cesan high school.
The property is situated at the
northwest corner of Shallowford
Road ar.d the Expressway, North
east, ard is only a short distance
from the proposed perimeter
highway which will encircle the
Atlanta area. The location will
eventually be within thirty min
utes travel distance from all sec
tions of metropolitan Atlanta.
The high school, which will be
co-instructional, will be built to
accommodate 500 students. It is
expected that the high school will
open its doors to a freshman class
in September, 1958.
ORDINATIONS MAY 25TH FOR
TWO PRIESTS FOR SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH—Two priests will
be ordained for the Diocese of
Savannah on Saturday, May 25th.
The Rev. Mr. William V. Cole
man will -be ordained at Hartford
Connecticut and the Rev. Mr.
Edward Raymond Frank will be
ordained at Worthington, Ohio.
The Rev. Mr. Frank is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G.
Frank of Rochester, N. Y. He
attended St. Andrew’s Parochial
School, graduating from Edison
Technical High School.
He pursued his studies for the
priesthood at St. Andrews Minor
Seminar}-. Rochester. St. Bern
ard’s Major Seminary and The
Pontifical College Josephinum
Seminary, Worthington, Ohio.
The Rev. Mr. Coleman served
in the army during 1945 and 1946.
He has three brothers, Charles
William Frank, Herbert Albert
Frank and Walter Charles Frank.
One sister, Mrs. William Smith.
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, D. D., Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States will
ordain Mr. Coleman at the Ponti-
ficial College Josephium on May
25th. He will offer his first Solemn
Mass June 2nd at St. Andrews,
Rochester. Officers of the Mass
will be the Right Reverend
George W. Eckl. Pastor as arch
priest; the Rev. Joseph G. Aubin,
Deacon; The Rev. Robert J.
Kanka, Subdeacon, with the ser
mon being delivered by the Rev.
Gerald J. Guli.
The Rev. Mr. Coleman is the
: son of Mr. and Mrs. William V.
Coleman of Waterbury, Connec
ticut. He received his B. A. degree
at St. Bernard’s Seminary Roch
ester. N. Y.
He has one brother, Robert
REV. W. V. COLEMAN
E. Coleman, a student for the
priesthood at St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Baltimore. His brother is
studying for the Archdiocese of
Hartford.
The Rev. Mr. Coleman will be
ordained May 25th at Saint Law
rence O’Toole Church, Hartford.
His first Solemn Mass will be
offered at Sacred Heart Church,
Waterbury, Connecticut on Sun
day, May 26th.
Officers of the Mass will be:
Archpriest: Rt. Rev. Edward
Shea. Deacon: Rev. John Stapel-
ton, Subdeaeon: Mr. Robert Cole
man; Preacher: Rev. H. Bradford
Colton; Master or Ceremonies:
Rev. John Bowler.
Rev. Freeman To
Be Ordained For
Atlanta Diocese
ATLANTA—The Rev. Mr. Dale
W. J. Freeman will be ordained
for the Diocese of Atlanta on Sat
urday, May 18th at Syracuse, N.
Y.
He will be ordained at the Ca
thedral of the Immaculate Con-
REV. DALE FREEMAN
ception by the Most Reverend
Walter A. Foery, D.D., Bishop of
Syracuse. Father Freeman’s first
mass will be celebrated Sunday,
May 19th, at eleven o’clock in the
Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Ithaca.
The Rev. Mr. Freeman is the
son of Mrs. Marian Freeman of
Newfield. N. Y. and the late Mr.
Dana Freeman. He attended
grammar school and high school
at the Newfield Central School
where he graduated in 1949. He
attended St. Andrew’s Minor Sem
inary in Rochester, N. Y., re
ceiving his B.A. degree from St.
Bernard’s Major Seminary, Ro
chester in 1953.
The Rev. Mr. Freeman has two
sisters, Mrs. Richard Classen and
Miss Susan Freeman.
REV. E. R. FRANK
Learn Of Deatli
fin Ireland Of
Mrs. Griffin
MARIETTA—Word has been
received here of the death in
Dublin, April 26th of Mrs. Julia
Griffin. Mrs. Griffin is the mother
of Thomas Griffin of St. Joseph’s
Parish.
Requiem Mass was offered for
Mrs. Griffin April 29th at St.
Mary’s, Edgeworthstown, County
Longworth.
Mrs. Griffin is survived in ad
dition to her son by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Michael J. Quinn, Dal-
key, County Dublin, Ireland, and
Miss Kathleen Griffin, Dublin,.
Ireland.
Widely known throughout the
state, Mr. Griffin is a vice presi
dent of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia. The many
friends of Mr. Griffin offer their
sincere sympathy upon the death
of his mother.
Confirmation
At Americus
AMERICUS — The Holy Sac
rament of Confirmation was ad
ministered to a class of eight
children and six adults at St.
Mary’s Church, Americus, April
29, by His Excellency the Most
Reverend Thomas J. McDonough,
Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah Di
ocese.
Those confirmed from St. Ma
ry’s Church were Ira Lee Hines,
James E. Jones, William Rogers,
Wayne Scott, James Thurman,
Christopher Wilson, John E.
White, Jr., Kathleen Herrick,
Joyce Scott, and Julia Ann Toms.
Also confirmed were the fol
lowing members of St. Mary’s
Mission: Michael McCalla and
Mrs. Anna Rebecca Pinckey of
St. Michael’s, Montezuma, and
William Sims and Jo Ann Cala-
bro of St. Theresa’s Church, Cor
dele.
The following day His Excel
lency confirmed Mr. Edmond
Rogers, confined to his home in
Americus by sickness.
After the ceremonies on April
29, a reception was given for
His Excellency in St. Mary’s Fri
j ary, Americus.
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ST. MICHAEL'S, MONTEZUMA—This new Franciscan Mis
sion was dedicated April 28th by the Most Rev. Thomas _J. .Mc
Donough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah.
In Charge Of Franciscans
Bishop Dedicates New
Mission At Montezuma
(Special)
MONTEZUMA—A scene reminiscent of Georgia’s co
lonial days was enacted Sunday, April 28, in the small Geor
gia community with an appropriate Indian name of Monte
zuma. A mission church was dedicated to the worship of
Almighty God, and the missionaries involved wore the same
brown robes as the first priests ever to set foot in Georgia,
the Franciscan chaplains of DeSoto’s expedition, in the year
1540.
It was fifty years later before
Franciscan missionaries came
back to build their first mission
church in what is now the state
of Georgia, but in a few years a
“rosary” of missions had been
founded along the coast similar
to the well known California
missions later founded by Fr.
Junipero Serra, O.F.M.
In 1597 five Franciscan mis
sionaries were martyred by trea
cherous Indians and their blood
provided the seed for a most pro
mising harvest. In 1606, more than
1600 convert Indians received the
Sacrament of Confirmation when
the Franciscan Bishop Juan de
las Cabezas Altamirano of Cuba
conducted a visitation of the
Georgia missions.
The year 1612 saw the estab
lishment of the first Franciscan
Province in the United States on
St. Simon’s Island. Unfortunately
however, the year 1702 saw the
complete destruction of the Fran
ciscan missions in Georgia as a
result of the English conquest
and for 240 years thereafter the
brown-robed sons of St. Francis
were only visitors to the land
first evangelized by their Order.
Then in 1942, a Franciscan fri
ary was again founded on Geor
gia soil, St. Mary’s Friary, Ameri-
cus. This friary has now sponsor
ed a new Franciscan mission, the
Church of St. Michael, Monte
zuma, Ga., which was dedicated
April 28, by His Excellency, the
Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc
Donough, Auxiliary Bishop of
Savannah.
Assisting His Excellency were
the Vicar General, the Rt. Rev.
Monsignor Joseph T. Moylan, and
the Chancellor, the Very Reve
rend Monsignor Andrew J. Mc
Donald. Other clergy present for
the ceremony included Fr. Mar
vin LeFrois, pastor of St. Te
resa’s Church, Albany, and Fr.
Bernard Delos, chaplain of Turn
er Air Force Base, Albany.
The brown robes of St. Francis
were worn by the following mem
bers of Holy Name Province, Or
der of Friars Minor: Fr. Cailistus
Smith, Provincial Definitor; Fr.
Athanasius Mclnerney, Assistant
Procurator of the Franciscan Mis
sionary Union; Fr. Thomas Al-
bert, pastor of St. Anthony’s
Church, Greenville, S. C.; Fr.
Jude Smith, assistant pastor of
St. Anthony’s Church, Asheville,
N. C.; Frs. Mario DiLella, Finian
Kerwin and Frederick Kirshner
of St. Augustine Friary, Thomas-
ville, Ga.; and Frs. Henry Mad
den. Martin Collins and Finian
Riley of St. Mary’s Friary, Ameri
cus.
The new mission of St. Mich
ael’s provides for a congregation
of about 60 Catholics in Macon
County. Five years ago the con
gregation which numbered about
25 people, remodeled a small
bungalo in a lumberyard in near
by Oglethorpe, Ga. and provided
a small chapel for worship. The
rapid increase in numbers made
necessary a new building, and
the result is a pretty little Geor-
gian-style church situated just
inside the northwest limits of
Montezuma.
The new building, including
the lot, landscaping, and interior
furnishings, has cost just under
$10,000. Most of the financing
was done through the Franciscan
Missionary Union with members
of the congregation providing
not only financial but personal
assistance in the actual construc
tion. Generous help and encou
ragement was also given by non-
Catholics of the Montezuma area,
including municipal, county and
state officials.
Following the dedication serv
ice which began at 6 p. m., His
Excellency, Bishop McDonough
was honored at a well-attended
reception at the McKenzie Me
morial Country Club, Montezu
ma.