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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah.
Vol. 33, No. 3.
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
' MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1957.
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Bishop Keyes Observes Golden Anniversary
Eighth Ordinary Of Savannah
Guided See From 1922 To 1935
MOST REV. MICHAEL J. KEYES, S. M.
St. John's
Dedicate Georgia's
First Melkite Church
ATLANTA — His Excellency
the Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland,
D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta,
has dedicated the first Melkite
church in the state of Georgia.
The ceremonies were conduct
ed according the both Rites,
namely the Byzantine and the
Latin.
The bishop blessed the corner
stone, exterior and interior of the
church giving his blessing to the
people at the Byzantine chant of
“Eis polla eti” which means “For
many years to come.”
Mass was offered by the Rt.
Rev. Archimandrite Nicholas
■Borkhoehe, former superior gen
eral and provincial of the Basil-
ian Salvatorian Fathers, Serving
as Deacon was the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph Raya, pastor of St.
George’s Melkite Church in Bir
mingham, Ala.; Rev. Lucien Mal-
ouf, professor of Church History
at St. Basil Seminary, Methuen,
Mass, and at St. Anslem’s Col
lege, Manchester, N. H. was the
master of ceremonies. Rev. Wil
liam Haddad, pastor of the new
Melkite Church in Atlanta, di
rected St. John’s Choir which
rendered the Chant of the Mass.
The sermon was delivered by
Bishop Hyland, who stressed the
comparison between Pentecost
feast of the day, and the dedica
tion of the new church.
The Melkite Chui'ch, a seg
ment of the Catholic Church, is
perpetrating the Byzantine Mel-
kite Rite which is practically the
continuation of the Rite of Je
rusalem and Antioch, The Mel
kite people are spread all over
the country. They number over
100,000 and are grouped around
twenty-six churches. They have
one Seminary, St. Basil’s at Me
thuen, Mass.
Parish Honors
Honors Father
ft. i.
WASHINGTON — On June 21
the Most Rey. Michael J. Keyes,
S.M., Eighth Bishop of Savannah,
privately commemorated the fif
tieth anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood. Only the
members of his immediate re
ligious family were present for
the occasion. This was according
to the express wish of the Jubi-
larian whose career is a reflection
of humility combined with ac
complishment.
EARLY CAREER
Bishop .Keyes’ ..service to the
Church was predominantly in
pastoral, administrative, and
scholarly lines. After a highly
successful course of teaching in
Ireland, he came to the United
States in 1896. Pursuing his vo
cation as teacher, the future
prelate became a professor at
All Hallows College, Salt Lake
City, Utah, staffed by the Marist
Fathers. Here he made his first
acquaintance with the Society of
Mary and in 1901 became a mem
ber. His ecclesiastical studies
were...brilliantly made at the
Marist College and the Catholic
University of America in Wash
ington, D. C.
MADE CANONIST AND
THEOLOGIAN TO DELEGATE
Bishop Keyes was ordained to
the priesthood June 21, 1907, by
the saintly Alfred Curtis, Auxili
ary Bishop of Baltimore. The
theological acumen of the young
priest merited his appointment
as Professor of Moral Theology
and Canon Law at Marist College
in 1909. Because of his striking
abilities in these subjects he
served as canonist and theologian
to Archbishop (later Cardinal)
John Bonzano, Apostolate Del
egate to the United States. Bishop
Keyes served in these responsible
capacities from 1912 to 1922.
BISHOP OF SAVANNAH
Four months after his appoint
ment to the presidency of Marist
College came the announcement
of Bishop Keyes’ elevation to the
Rey. Herman Deimel
Named Vicar Forane
Of Columbus Deanery
hierarchy in 1922, as the Ordi
nary of the Diocese of Savannah.
On October 18 of the same year
he was consecrated in the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist,
Savannah, by Archbishop Mich
ael J. Curley of Baltimore assist
ed by Bishop Dennis J. O’Connell
of Richmond and Bishop Patrick
J. Barry of St. Augustine, Flori
da.
In his episcopal administration,
the new ordinary aimed at sub
stantial and lasting results. Al
ways enchewing the limelight,
Bishop Keyes did his work silent
ly and well. Only on very rare
occasions would he allow his pic
ture to appear in the Bulletin.
During his thirteen years as
Bishop of Savannah, Bishop
Keyes supervised the construc
tion of nine churches, four
schools, seven rectories, three
convents and an orphanage..
One of the greatest achieve
ments of the years of Bishop
Keyes in Georgia was the erec
tion of St. Joseph’s Home fct
Boys at Washington. Also during
this pei'iod, St. Joseph’s Infirm
ary was renovated with the ad
dition of the Chapel. St. Joseph’s
in Savannah saw great improve
ments with the addition of a
home for nurses.
MORAL THEOLOGIAN
Like his predecessor, Bishop
Benjamin J, Keiley, Bishop
Keyes redesigned the see of Sav
annah. This was in 1935, on Sep
tember 23rd of that year he was
appointed Titular Bishop and on
October 8 he was named to the
College of Bishops, Assistants at
the Pontificial Throne.
Retired from administration,
but not from his first love, teach
ing, Bishop Keyes has been Pro
fessor of Moral Theology at Mar
ist College since 1938.
Congratulatory messages pour
ed in from a multitude of well-
wishers on the occasion of Bishop
Keyes’ Jubilee, including a tele
gram of felicitation from His Hol
iness Pope Pius XII
SAVANNAH—The Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah, announces
the appointment of the Very Rev.
Herman J. Deimel as Vicar Fo
rane of the Columbus Deanery.
VERY REV. HERMAN J.
DEIMEL
At the same time His Excellency
announces that Father Deimel
has been named a Diocesan Con-
suitor.
Father Deimel has been pastor
of Holy Family parish, Columbus,
since 1943, coming to Columbus
from LaGrange where he was
pastor of St. Peters.
A native of Fitzgerald, Father
Deimel was ordained to the
priesthood in 1928 at the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist in
Savannah by the Most Rev.
Michael J. Keyes, S.M.D.D., then
Bishop of Savannah.
After serving for a time as as
sistant at the Cathedral in Sa
vannah. and as administrator of
St. William’s parish in Willacoo-
chee, Father was appointed chap
lain at the U. S. Penitentiary in
Atlanta. He was then appointed
pastor of St. John the Evange
list Church, Valdosta, followed
by his assignment as pastor of
St. Peters, LaGrange, from
where he was transferred to Holy
Family in Columbus.
AUGUSTA — Parishoners of
St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill honored
the Rev. Nicholas J. Quinlan
with a reception marking the
25th anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood.
Father plans a visit to England
and his native Ireland for a re
union with his mother and sister.
He is scheduled to sail aboard
the Cunard liner, the Britannica,
for Liverpool July 11th.
A native of Waterford, Ireland,
Father Quinlan came to America
in early youth. He attended
schools in Boston. New York,
Philadelphia and Washington, D.
C., completing his theological
studies at Belmont Abbey, Bel
mont, N. C.
During his 25 years in the
priesthood, Father has served in
Savannah, Atlanta, Athens, Grif
fin, LaGrange and Augusta. He
was assigned to St. Mary’s-On-
the-Hill here in September of
1953.
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GEORGIA'S FIRST—The Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, Bishop of Atlanta, is pictured at the
blessing of St. John’s Melkite Church, Atlanta. This is the first Melkite Church to be constructed
in Georgia. Shown with His Excellency is the Rev. William Haddad, pastor of St. John 3.