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Official
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The Diocese Of
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PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Vol. S3, No.
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1957.
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Archbishop O'Hara
Latin America, Africa Sorely
Need Vocations To Priesthood
ST. JOSEPH'S, DALTON—This new $50,000 church was dedicated by Bishop Hyland at cere
monies held Thursday evening, June 20th. Shown entering the church are the First Communi
cants of the parish. This photo was taken on May 26th when the first mass was offered in thejaew
built: ing:
Bishop Hyland
Dedicates lew
Saint Joseph’s
DALTON — The Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland, D.D.. J.C.D.,
Bishop of Atlanta, dedicated the
new St. Joseph’s Church here on
the evening of June 20.
The Bishop was assisted in the
dedication ceremonies by the Very
Rev. Joseph Hart, C.SS.R., Pro
vincial Superior of the Redemp-
torist Fathers in the South, and
the Rev. Michael Regan of At
lanta.
The Rev. Bernard C. Krimm,
C. SS. R., pastor of St. Joseph’s
offered the Mass following the
dedication. Bishop Hyland de
livered the sermon at the Mass.
Guests of honor on the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O’
Bryan of Chicago, who made a
■contribution of $10,000 toward the
new church through the Catholic
Church Extension Society.
Additional guests included the
B
NEWSPAPER CHALLENGES ANGLICAN
BISHOP'S CHARGE OF PERSECUTION,
BRIBERY IN ENGLAND'S CONVERSIONS
LONDON, — (NC) —A British
Catholic weekly has challenged an
Anglican Bishop’s charges that
converts are won to the Catholic
Church in Britian through seduct
ion.
The Universe, nationally cir-
allegations. The newspaper prom
ised to investigate impartially and
publish its findings.
Addressing a meeting- of Angli
can clergy at Nottingham. Bishop
Barry had said: “I know people
in this diocese who have been
culated Catholic weekly, asked ; marked down by the Roman hier-
that Anglican Bishop F. R. Barry | archy. People have been set upon
of Southwell make available ! them to try to seduce them from
names and facts to back up his
Bishop Hyland
Confirms Class
Of 208 Adults
ATLANTA — On Pentecost
Monday evening, the. Most Reve
rend Francis E. Hyland, D. D.,
J. C. D., Bishop of Atlanta, confer-
their Anglican allegiance , . . What
they are offered by the priest is
something they can put into a bag
and take home, something like
what they are offered by the
Communist party.”
In its reply to the Bishop’s
charges, The Universe said that
unsupported and vague. accusa
tions/ should be replaced by facts.
The Catholic Bishops of Eng
land have so far refused to join
in the battle of words between
some Catholics and Angelicans
which was spearheaded by the
Angelican Archbishop of Canter
bury, the Most Rev. Geoffrey
red the Sacrament of Confirma
tion on 208 adult converts in the Fisher. Archbishop Fisher recent-
ht Rev. Monsignor Joseph Cas- | Cathedral of Christ the King ' The |ly made a speech in which he de-
sidy, v.F. of Atlanta, the Rt. i Blshop had P revlousl > r confirmed j c i are d that the Catholic Church
Rev. Msgr. George Flannngan of
Chattanooga. Very Rev. John A.
Krimm, pastor. Immaculate Con-
Atlanta Diocese
Acquires Land
In Douglas County
ATLANTA—Plans a re being
prepared for a mission chapel to
serve the Catholic people in the
Austell - Clarkdale - Douglasville
area of the Diocese of Atlanta.
Several weeks ago. a beautiful
tract of eight acres was acquired
for the purpose in Douglas Coun
ty. Although the site is located
in Douglas County, it is just be
yond the city limits of Austell.
The Rev. Charles Duke, S.M..
assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s
parish, Marietta, is in charge of
this mission area where for years
the people have attended Mass
in the Clarke community center
in Clarkedale. Average attend
ance at Sunday Mass is now over
80.
The chapel that is being plan
ned will accommodate 150 people
but it can easily be enlarged by
the addition of a transcript.
BIRMINGHAM. England (NC)
—Latin America, which has one-
third of the world’s Catholics,
has only about one-tenth of the
Church’s priests, Archbishop
Gerald O’Hara, Apostolate Dele
gate to Great Britain said here.
The Archbishop was addressing
thousands of persons who had
come to visit a traveling voca
tions exhibit which stopped here
on its tour through the large
cities of Great Britain.
"Grave dangers also threaten
Africa’s rapidly developing peo
ple,” the Archbishop, who is also
Bishop of Savannah, Ga., added.
Citing an instance of the scarci
ty of priests in Africa, he said
that in ene instance, ”50 priests
have the care of about two mil
lion souls there. Twenty priests,
the Pope says, could today con
vert one territory.”
Over 100 orders and congrega
tions of priests, Sisters and Bro
thers are represented in the ex
hibit. It is displayed in a large
tent and has already been seen,
by more than a million persons.
ception Church, Bronx, N. Y.,
Sister Elizabeth Mary and Sister
M. Wailenga. Philadelphia who
are sisters of Father Krimm.
The church, designed by Mr.
Nicholas J. Pasculiis, of Macon,
is of modern architecture, with
a triangular shape to the facade,
and a very high pitched roof
supported by huge laminated
arches. The total price of the
chapel ran more than $50,000.
Contractor was Mr. Laurent De-
Give of Atlanta.
Women’s Retreat
Dates Announced
MACON, — Dates for two Re
treats for women have been re
leased here.
The Retreats to be held at
Mount de Sales Academy will
consist of a mid-week retreat to
be held from August 20 to 23, and
a week-end retreat from August
23 to 25.
1187 adult converts during his reg
ular Confirmation tour during the
months of April and May.
The Cathedral was crowded to
capacity for this first adult con
firmation class in the recently es
tablished diocese. The converts
came, from every parish in met
ropolitan Atlanta. The parish of
St. Joseph, Dalton, was also rep
resented among the converts as
was the Mission of St. George in
Newnan. The largest group for
Confirmation, more than 80, was
presented by the parish of Our
Lady of Lourdes, Atlanta, of
which the Rev. Michael McKee-
ver, S.M.A., is pastor.
The Bishop was assisted during
the Confirmation ceremony by
the Rev. James King, pastor of
St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta,
and by the Rev. George Daly,
pastor of St. John’s Church, Hape-
ville. The ceremony closed with
Solemn Pontificial Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament, at which
the Rev. Robert Kipp. S.M., pas
tor of the Sacred Heart Church,
Atlanta, was deacon and. Father
McKeever, subdeacon,.
in Great Britain is waging “open
war” on the Church of England.
Catholic observers here feel
that one cause of the anti-Catholic
disquiet which Britain’s Angelican
clergy feel is the success of the
Catholic Inquiry Bureau. The
bureau, working through periodic
advertisements in national secular
newspapers, has so far drawn
request for information about the
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TV Quiz Puts
Priest Qn Spot
COLUMBUS, — 1 WONDER
WHY, a quiz program in reverse,
puts Father Louis A. Gales, of the
Catholic Digest, at the mercy Of
four typical parochial schoolchil
dren.
For about 27 minutes, they
bombard him with their personal
problems and questions about God
and the Bible and the catechism. 1 Sundays.
Father Weltzer
Celebrates His
25th Anniversary
AUGUSTA—The Rev. Arthur
A. Weltzer. of St. Patrick’s
Church observed the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his ordination to
the priesthood on June 11.
The members
of St. Patrick’s
Parish honored
Father Weltzer
with a reception
in the parlors of
the rectory. A
garland ol gar
denias were ar
ranged around
the silver punch
bowl, and silver Fr, Welizer
candelabra held pale pink tapers.
Numerous friends of Father Welt
zer, Catholics and non-Catholics,
attended this reception.
Father was ordained at St. Pat
rick's Cathedral, in Rochester,
New York, in 1932. He was born
Rochester, and attended St.
Bernard’s Seminary there before
his ordination. After serving- on
the faculty of Aquinas High
School, in Rochester for several
years, he served on the faculty
of St. Andrew’s Seminary from
1939 to 1947. He came to Augus
ta in 1947 as assistant pastor at
St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, where he
served until 1952, when he came
to St. Patrick’s.
Warner Robins
K. €. Council
Elects Officers
WARNER ROBINS — Grand
Knight Elect George “Joe” Cam-
erio heads the list of officers
elected by the Sacred Heart Coun
cil 4371.
Elected to serve for the year
beginning July 1st with Camerio
were Bernard Lawler-Deputy
Grand Knight, Orton Evans-
Treasurer, Earl Beckett- Recorder,
William Marscher - Chancellor,
Allen Wagner - Trustee, Edward
Adams - Warden, Lovette Brant
ley - Inside Guard, James Phelps-
Outside Guard.
Father Felix Donnelly continues
to serve as Chaplain for the
Council and James Ainsworth and
George Lotti as Trustees. Com
pleting the list for officers of the
Warner Robins Knights of Colum
bus Council, which was organized
last March, is Joseph Dembowski
as Financial Secretary.
As part of the Youth Activity
program, the Council has assumed
the sponsorship of Cub Pack and
Scout Troop 122, which were
sponsored by the Sacred Heart
Church since their organization.
For example, “Tell me, what is
heaven really like?” and “How
could Noah take enough food
along to feed all those animals
in the ark?” Different children
appear on each show.
Fifteen TV stations are now
carrying the I WONDER WHY
series. It is telecast locally over
Channel 4 on WRBL-TV at 4 p. m.
New Church
For Our Lady Of
The Assumption
ATLANTA—A church which
will accommodate 600 people is
now under construction for the
parish of Our Lady of the As
sumption in North Atlanta.
The first floor of the school
building will be converted into
classrooms. More than 130 chil
dren have applied for admission
into the first grade next Septem
ber in this rapidly growing pa
rish, of which the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph E. Moylan, V.G., is pastor.