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Official
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The Diocese Of
Savannah
Vol. 38, No. 1.
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MONROE. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1957.
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CHURCH RICH IN POLISH TIES
His Eminence Stefan Cardinal Wyszvnski, Primate of Poland,
receives the obedience of the clergy of Santa Maria Church, in
Trastevere, one of Rome’s poorest sections, where 10,000 people
gave him a cheering welcome. In taking formal possession of his
titular church, he said his country will “always remain an advance
post of Christianity.” The Cardinal also stated his pleasure at
being given Santa Maria because of its historic ties to Poland,
recalling that the great Polish Cardinal Stanislaus Oslo was buried
there.—(NC Photos).
Vocation Message
Bishop McDonough Says Priests
Are Greatest Need Of Diocese
Blessing Of Saint Joseph’s,
Dalton, Scheduled For June 20th
First Mass In New
Church May 26
DALTON— The reception of
First Holy Communion by nine
children highlighted the first
Mass celebrated in the new St.
Joseph’s Church, May 26th.
The first Mass was offered at
9 a, m. with the final mass in the
old chapel being offered at 7 a.m.
of the same day.
Children receiving their first
of Chatsworth, John Cook of
Ringgold, Linda Rose, Nancy
Duncan, Joshua Duncan, Charles
Duncan, Ray Evans, Jack Hol
comb and William McManus all
of Dalton.
Among the guests for the first
Mass in the new St. Joseph’s
were the Alexian Brothers from
Signal Mountain Rest Resort.
DALTON — The Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D.,
Bishop of Atlanta will solemnly
bless the beautiful new Saint Jo
seph’s Church on Thursday, June"
20th.
The Rev. Bernard C. Krimm,
C.S.S.R., pastor of St. Josephs
will offer the Mass with Bishop
Hyland preaching the sermon.
Guests of honor on the occasion
will be Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
O’Bryan of Chicago, who made tf
contribution of $10,000 toward the'
new church through the Catholic
Church Extension Society.
Bishop installs
Father Bourke
AUGUSTA — The Very Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke, V.F. was instal
led as pastor of St, Mary’s-on-
the-hill church on June 3rd.
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, Auxiliary-bishop of Sa
vannah conduc
ted the cere
monies at which
Father Bourke
was presented
Present Painting
To Monroe Chapel
MONROE — In ceremonies held
June 2nd, Miss Ann Haloran pre
sented the Chapel here with an
oil painting of St. Anna.
Miss Haloran, an art student at
the University of Georgia, is the
daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Michael Haloran of Jacksonville,
Ala. Miss Haloran spent five
months working on the picture
which measures three feet by
five feet,
Mr. Van Buren Colley of At
lanta framed the painting in wood
designed to match the interior
appointments of the Chapel.
the stole which
is symbolic of
the authority of
the priesthood,
the Gospels
which are a re-
minder of the VERY nZV ’
priest’s obliga- D. J. BOURKE,
tion to teach, 'V.F.
and the keys to the church which
denote his authority as pastor of
St. Mary’s.
Father Bourke, former pastor
of St. Teresa’s at Albany was ap
pointed pastor of St. Mary’s in
March. He is a native of Birr
County Offaly, Ireland, and was
educated for the priesthood at
All Hallows in Dublin.
At the time of his appointment
as pastor of St. Mary’s, Father
was also named Vicar Forane of
the Augusta Deanery.
POPE ON PRISONERS: URGES CONVICTS
TO ACCEPT THEIR SUFFERING; HOLDS
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Polish Cardinal
Takes Possession
Of Titular Church
ROME,—The people of Traste
vere, one of Rome’s poorest sec
tions, gave His Eminence Stefan
Cardinal Wvszynski a rousing
welcome when he took formal
possession of his titular church.
. In taking over his church, the
Primate of Poland declared that
his country will “always remain
an advance post of Christianity.”
A crowd of some 10,000 persons
cheered and applauded the pre
late as' he was driven into the
square in front of Santa Maria in
Trastevere. People living in hous
es around the church hung bright
ly colored tapestries and carpets
from their windows and balconies
to welcome him.
Romans said they could not
remember any other occasion on
which a Cardinal taking posses
sion of his titular church had
roused so much enthusiasm.
Cardinal Wyszynski was met at
the church door by the chapter of
Santa Maria, headed by Msgr.
Francesco Ferretti. After receiv
ing the. traditional homage from
Archbishop Alfonso Carcinci, sec-
retary of the Sacred Congregation
of Rites, the Cardinal entered the
crowded church.
Following a brief prayer the
Cardinal sat on the throne that
had been prepared for him while
Archbishop Carcinci read the pa
pal bull officially giving him title
to Santa Maria.
The Cardinal then gave a short
address in Polish and. Italian. In
his second public speech in Rome
he asked the people to pray for
his “beloved and martyred coun
try'’ so that God may reward “so
much suffering and so many tears,
and grant that there may dawn
for Poland the peace of the chil
dren of God.”
He also urged prayers to Our
Lady that “her protection will be
all the greater if we unite our
prayers here in Trastevere to
those in Poland at (Our Lady’s
shrine in) Jasna Gora.”
Cardinal Wyszynski said he was
especially glad to be given Santa
Maria as his titular church be
cause of its historic ties to Po
land. He recalled that the great
Polish Cardinal Stanislars Osio
had been buried in the church.
“The tomb of the great Pole,
who presided over the Council of
Trent,” he- pointed out, “bears
an inscription which is a com
mand for me and which contains
my whole working program in
Poland. It says: 'He who dissents
from the, Roman Church and the
doctrine of the faith is not a
Catholic.’ ”
Augusta Retreat
June 14tti46th
AUGUSTA—The Annual Re
treat for Catholic men will be
held at St. Angela’s Academy,
Aiken, S. C., from Friday evening'
June 14th through Sunday June
16th.
The retreat is being sponsored
by the Patrick Walsh Council
Knights of . Columbus. Retreat
Master this year will be the Rev.
Vincent Micelli of the Society of
Jesus.
SAVANNAH — In a letter urg- |
ling vocations to the priesthood, j
i Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
* states that “Our greatest need—
the most compelling need—is
priests.” The text of the letter
appears below:
Vocation Day will be observed
in the Diocese of Savannah on
Sunday, June 9th. Vocation Day
always falls on the feast of Pente
cost, when the first priests of
Holy Mother Church issued forth
from the upper room to preach
the kingdom of God to all man
kind. This year again, as in the
past, we exhort you, our faithful
people, under the aegis of your
priests, to beseech Almighty God
to send more laborers into this
vast missionary vineyard. Recent
ly I concluded a complete tour of
this Diocese and I was most im
pressed and edified with the devo
tion of the priests, the zeal of the
sisters and the apostolic charity
of the people. Much has already
been done in this Diocese to bring
our faith into even the most rural
districts. But even though we ex
tended the efforts of our conse
crated personnel to the breaking
point, we would be quite inade
quate for the task of facing the
many critical needs which de
mand attention. We have great
needs here, in view of the rapid
growth of the past ten years. We
need parishes, mission churches,
elementary and high schools, insti
tutions of mercy and healing.
But our greatest need-the most
compelling need-is priests. Priests
to bring down Christ upon our
altars; priests to bring to you the
fullest measure of their dedicat
ed lives. To you our Catholic fam
ilies, to you the fathers and the
mothers of our youth, we hope
fully commend our appeal. A good
Catholic home is in reality the
cradle of vocations. No vocation,
outside of the sacred priesthood,
offers so tremendous and bound
less opportunities. It is the priest
who touches so intimately the
ives and souls of so many families.
The priest of God, “is taken from
among men and ordained for men
in the things that appertain to
God”. His is the indescribable
privilege of continuing on earth
the function of the priesthood of
Jesus Christ. It is the right and
duty of the priest to take the
cause of God’s erring children be
fore His throne, to plea for mercy
in their behalf. St. Paul speaks of
the priest as a man of God, the
servant of God, the ambassador
of Christ, the laborer with God.
Our Savior greets the priest in
timately as friend and brother.
How conscious are we of reaching
into the depths of the mystery of
the priesthood when the priest
is addressed as Father and spoken
of as another Christ.
There is but one priesthood,
the priesthood of Jesus Christ
communicated to ordained men
who perform its functions in His
place and in His name. When the
priest teaches divine truth, bap
tizes and absolves; when he offers
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VATICAN CITY, — His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII appealed to
society as well as individuals to
grant real forgiveness to convicts
who have served their sentence.
He made the plea in an ad
dress to Italian jurists and mem
bers of prisoners’ aid societies in
which he stated that in meting
out punishment for crime, the
findings of modern psychology on
the extent of the criminal’s re
sponsibility must be taken into
account.
The Pope also urged that per
sons dedicating themselves to aid
ing prisoners should give effec
tive Christian help without de
stroying the effects of penalties
justiy imposed on those who have
violated the laws of society.
The Holy Father warned that
in determining a sentence, it is
no longer enough to consider only
the traditional attenuating cir
cumstances dictated by juris
prudence and by Christian and
natural morals.
“It is also necessary,” he said.
“to take into consideration the
value of factors recently made
evident by the science of psy
chology which in certain cases
afford the possibility of admitting:
a considerable reduction in re
sponsibility.” At the same time,
the Pope warned against reduc
ing to a minimum “the practical
possibility of free determination."
Referring' to the sufferings en
dured by prisoners, the Pope out
lined the difference between aft
invalid and a man convicted of
crime. “The invalid has a right
to try to alleviate his sufferings,”
he said, “whereas the convict
must suffer so that specific ef
fects may be obtained.”
Even though those who come itt
contact with prisoners would like
to alleviate their sufferings, this
would not be in line with the in
tentions of the authorities re
sponsible for seeing that sen
tences are carried out, the Pon
tiff declared. This is not a case of
adopting a hardhearted and in-
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