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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah Vol. 38, No. 1. PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MONROE. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1957. Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Atlanta 10c Per Copy— $3 a Year 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 cftricTV mnivinilAI <; MUST FORGIVE 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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- ( Continued on Page Twelve)