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The Diocese Of
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MONROE. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1957
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AT AQUINAS HIGH DEDICATION—His Excellency the Most Rev. Gerald P. O Hara, D.D.,
J.U.D.. Bishop of Savannah and Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, is pictured as he addressed
those assembled for the dedication of the new Aquinas High School in Augusta.—(Fitz photo).
Archbishop Dedicates Aquinas High School
God Is
All Training And
Of
AUGUSTA — The basis of all
training and education must be
the “love of God.” So declared
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, D.
D.. J.U.D., Bishop of Savannah
and Apostolic Delegate to Great
Britain as he dedicated the new
$175,000 Aquinas High School
here.
The Archbishop pointed out
that the purpose of the school
will be a “complete, well-rounded
and entire education” to develop
every faculty of its students, say
ing. “the precious and saving les
sons of purist patriotism” will be
made second only to the religious
instruction in its curriculum.
His Excellency deplored schools
and institutions of learning which
make no attempt to instill relig
ious or ethical codes to govern
the use of knowledge gained by
their students.
This has resulted, he said in
university graduates who “sell
their skills to foreign powers,”
making possible development of
projects such as Russia’s Sputnik
and similar inventions to fright
en the world.” |
“Much depends on the kind of
traditions that are set in motion
here and now by faculty stu
dents,” he said. “We look to hear
great things about the graduates
from this school.”
The archbishop was introduced
by Bishop Thomas J. McDon
ough, auxiliary-bishop, who read
a congratulatory message from
Pope Pius XII on the occasion of
the dedication.
The bishop was introduced by
the Very Rev. Daniel J. Bourke,
V.F., pastor of St, Mary’s-on-the-
hill and president of the high
school. Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus from the Patrick
Walsh Assembly acted as a guard
of honor for the bishops.
Orlin K. Fletcher Post No.
3200 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars presented Aquinas High
with the U. S. Colors during the
dedication ceremonies. Father
Bourke accepted the Colors on
behalf of the school.
In addition to clergy from Au
gusta, those in attendance in
cluded the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T.
James McNamara, V.F., Savan
nah; Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Lewis
Smith, Aiken; Very Rev. Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald, chancellor
of the Diocese of Savannah; Very
Rev. John D. Toomey, Savannah;
Rev. John Cuddy, diocesan sup
erintendent of schools, and the
Rev. Joseph J. Murphy of North
Augusta. S .C.
Present were the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet who teach
the girls. Included among the
sisters were Mother M. Eulalia
C.S.J., provincial of the Sisters
and Sister M. Carmelita, C.S.J.,
Sister Mary Bernard. C.S.J., and
Sister Marie Celine, C.S.J., all
former principals of Mt. St. Jos
eph High School.
In addition to the Marist Bro
thers who teach the boys at the
new school, six Brothers made
the trip for the dedication cere
monies.
Included were two former
principals: Brother Benedict Hen
ry, who now teaches at Arch-
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Dom Augustine
Conyers Abbot
CONYERS — The election of
Dom Augustine Moore, American
Definitor of the Cistercians of the
Strict Observance, as third ab
bot of our Lady of the Holy Ghost
Abbey, Conyers, Georgia, was an
nounced and confirmed in France
by the Most Reverend Dom Gab
riel Sortais, Abbot General of the
Order.
Dom Augustine was officially
installed as abbot-elect on Wed
nesday, Nov. 6th by the Right
Reverend Dom James Fox, Abbot
of Gethsemani in Kentucky.
Bishop Hyland will fix the date
for conferring the solemn ab-'
batial blessing on Dom Augustine
and this will be published later.
The abbot-elect entered the
Cistercian Order at Gethsemani
in 1942, as a priest of the Diocese
of Louisville, Kentucky. He is the
son of Charles and the late Mary
Moore of that city and has a
brother, the Reverend Jerome
Moore, also a priest of the Louis
ville Diocese. He was educated
at the Xaverian Brothers’ High
School in Louisville, and at the
Seminary of Saint Meinrad’s Ab
bey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana.
His ordination to the priesthood
took place at Louisville in 1937.
Dom Augustine has been pro
fessor of theology and spiritual
director of seminarians at our
Lady of the Holy Ghost, and with
his experience as a diocesan
priest and Definitor of the Order
in Rome for the past two years, he
has a wealth of training to fit
him for his important position as
abbot of the Community at our
Lady of the Holy Ghost.
DOM AUGUSTINE, O.C.S.O.
BREAKFAST
AT AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA — One hundred-
twenty young people from the
Augusta area attended the first
annual Catholic Youth Breakfast
on the Feast of Christ-the-King.
The young people first attend
ed mass and received Holy Com
munion at their own parish
church, then gathered for the
Communion Breakfast at the
Richmond Hotel.
Four Hundred
Attend Atlanta
Youth Holy Hour
ATLANTA — More than four
hundred teen-agers and young
adults gathered Sunday, October
27, at the Cathedral of Christ the
King in Atlanta for a Youth Holy
Hour marking the opening of
Catholic Youth week.
His Excellency, Bishop Francis
E. Hyland, presided at the Holy
Hour and addressed a sermon to
the youth who represented all
the parishes in the Atlanta area,
His Excellency also gave the clos
ing Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
In his sermon Bishop Hyland
stressed the supreme importance
of the Sacrament of the Holy Eu
charist in the lives of the young
people. He impressed on his hear
ers that as the future clergy, re
ligious and laity of the Diocese
of Atlanta the destiny of the
Church here was in their hands
A dozen members of the local
clergy were present for the cer
emony, among them Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph Cassidy, Rector of
the Cathedral, Very Rev. Msgr.
Cornelius Maloney, Diocesan
Superintendant of Schools, and
Very Rev. Val Becker, superior
of the Marist Fathers. The pray
ers and hymns for the Holy Hour
were led by Rev. Leonard F. X
Mayhew, the Diocesan Director
of Youth.
The Mothers' Club of Christ
the King parish served refresh
ments in the school cafeteria af
ter the Holy Hour..
Immaculate Conception Convent
Is Dedicated By Bishop Hyland
ATLANTA — On Sunday, Oc
tober 20th His Excellency, Most
Reverend Francis E. Hyland,
Bishop of Atlanta, blessed the
new Convent of the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception par
ish.
His Excellency was escorted to
the scene of the Blessing' by the
priests of the diocese and an
honor guard of 4th Degree
Knights of Columbus.
Immediately following the
Blessing, His Excellency spoke to
the congregation in the Shrine
on the importance of the work of
teaching and the great debt of
gratitude that the Diocese of At
lanta has to the members of the
Sisterhoods teaching in the Dio
cese and. on this occasion, he
spoke in laudable, terms of the
contributions of the Sisters of
Mercj' to the Catholic life here
in Georgia. The Sisters of Mercy
teach at the Shrine parish.
Right Reverend Monsignor P.
J. O’Connor, pastor of the Shrine,
greeted His Excellency upon ar
rival and later entertained, the
members of the Clergy at dinner,
on the historic occasion of the
dedication of the Convent in. the
Mother parish o£ fee Diocese of
Atlanta,
DEDICATION CEREMONIES—This picture was taken during the dedication ceremonies of
the new convent of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta. The blessing by His Excellency the
Most Rev. Francis E. Hyland, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta, took place on October 20th. Rt. Rev.
Msgr. P. J. O’Connor is the pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Sisters of
Mercy of the Union -reside in the convent and. teach in the school.