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PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Atlanta
Vol. 38, No. 15.
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 21, 1957
10c Per Copy —$3 a Year
Bishop Hyland
Extends Greetings
At Christmastide
ATLANTA—His Excellency
The Most Rev. Francis E. Hy
land, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Atlanta, extends greetings and
best wishes to all Catholics in
the Diocese.
His Excellency extends his
blessings to all on the happy
Feast of Christmas.
Bishop Entrusted
With “Secret Of
Fatima” Dead
LEIRIA, Portugal. (NC) -
Speculation concerning the third
part of the “Secret of Fatima”
was raised in the local news
paper here after the recent death
of Bishop Jose Alves Correia da
Silva of Leiria.
Bishop Correia da Silva, who
died at the age of 85, was given
an envelope containing the secret
by Lucia dos Santos, the eldest
and only living one of the three
children to whom Our Lady ap
peared in 1917 at Fatima. Lucia,
now a Carmelite nun, told the
Bishop that she and the other
children had been given the se
cret by the Blessed Virgin and
that it was not to be divulged
until 1960.
It was generally stated that the
Bishop kept the envelope locked
in his desk. A Leiria newspaper
has reported, however, that short
ly before his death, the aged pre
late sent an envelope to Lucia,
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Archbishop Writes From London
“Never Closer Than At Holy
Time Of Our Lord’s Coming”
SAT ANN AH — The Bulletin|
is pleased to carry this text of t
Archbishop O’Hara’s Christmas
Pastoral to the Clergy. Religiousj
and Laity of the Diocese of Sav
annah. The letter was read in all
churches December 15th.
ABBOT MOORE KNEELS TO RECEIVE BLESSING
(Hugh Stovall, Atlanta Constitution)
Bishop Hyland Blesses
Abbot Augustine Moore
It is always so great a joy and
satisfaction to write to you that I
regret that circumstances rob me
of the chance of addressing you
more frequently. However rarely
I may see you or write to you,
you are never far away from my
thoughts and you are always in
my heart and my prayers.
I write this letter on the first
Sunday in Advent. Soon we shall
St. Joseph’s,
Augusta Receives
$5,000 Grant
AUGUSTA — St. Joseph’s Hos
pital of Augusta has received a
$5,000 grant from the Henry Nias
Foundation, Inc., officials have
announced.
Sister Mary Louise, hospital ad
ministrator, said the check was
received from Walter Bergman,
chairman of the board of trus
tees of the foundation and presi
dent and chairman of the board
of Lily Tulip Corp.
The late Mr. Nias was for
many years vice president of the
Lily Tulip firm. He was among
company officials who came to
Augusta for the opening of its
plant here 10 years ago.
Sister Mary Louise said the
$5,000, which was given without
restriction as to its use, will be
used to furnish another operat
ing room in the hospital. Equip
ment already has been ordered
and will be installed in the near
future, she said.
“Of course we are very grate
ful for this gift.” the hospital ad
ministrator said. “It will make
our fifth anniversary, which we
celebrate Dec. 29. a much hap
pier one.”
ATLANTA, (NC) — Trappist
Abbot Augustine Moore, head of
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost Ab
bey in Conyers, Ga., was blessed
here by Bishop Francis E. Hy
land of Atlanta in the Cathedral
of Christ the King.
Preacher for the occasion was
Archbishop John A., Floersh of
Louisville, Ky. Among those
present at the ceremony was the
Abbot General of the Cistercians
of the Strict Observance, Abbot
Gabriel Sortais, of Rome. Assist
ing at the service were Cistercian
Abbots James Fox of Gethsemani,
Ky.. and Anthony Chassagne of
Moncks Corners, S. C.
The Mass for the blessing was
sung by the choir of 87 monks and
Brothers of the abbey.
Attending the ceremony were
the superiors of 12 Cistercian
communities in the United States
and Canada, and eight Benedic
tine abbots from this country.
Abbot Moore was elected on
October 22 to succeed the late
Abbot Robert McGann, who died
the past October in Paris.
He is the son of Charles and
the late Mary Moore of Louis
ville, Ky.
He entered the Cistercians of
the Strict Observance at Geth
semani. Ky., studied for the
priesthood at St. Meinard’s Sem
inary in Indiana and was or
dained a priest in Louisville in
May. 1937.
He brings to his new post a
wide background of experience,
both from his work as a diocesan
priest and his experience as pro
fessor of theology at Conyers. He
was director of scholastics at the
abbey prior to going to Rome in
1955 as the first American Defi-
nitor of the Cistercian Order.
To Telecast
Midnight Mass
NEW YORK — Live telecast
of Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
from St. Patrick’s Cathedral *n
New York City will highlight
NBC’s holiday schedule.
The Midnight Mass will be on
NBC-TV Tuesday. Dec. 24 from
12 midnight to 1:45 a. m., EST.
The Most Rev. Joseph F. Flan-
nelly, Auxiliary Bishop of New
York and administrator of St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, will celebrate
the Midnight Mass. The Rev.
Charles J. McManus, member of
the St. Patrick’s Cathedral staff,
will deliver the sermon. The St.
Patrick’s Cathedral Choir of Men
and Boys will sing the “Messe
en Mi” by Leonce Saint Martin.
Bishop McDonough
Extends Wishes For
Holy Christmas
SAVANNAH—His Excellen
cy the Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, D.D. J.C.D., Aux
iliary Bishop of Savannah, ex
tends to all readers of the
Bulletin best wishes for a hap
py and holy Christmas.
On this occasion he extends
his blessing to all the people
of the Diocese.
Hold Day Of
Recollection For
Savannah Priests
SAVANNAH — On December
3rd, first Day of Recollection was
held for priests of the Savannah
Deanery.
The Rev. Louis Wheeler, S. J.
gave the conference and closed
the day with a Holy Hour.
His Excellency, Bishop Mc
Donough, opened the day with
Mass and presided over the exer
cises. In charge Of preparations
was the Rt. Rev. T. James Mc-
hear in the liturgy: “There has
appeared the kindness and hu
manity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
You are never closer to me than
at the holy time of Our Lord’s
coming. You are never closer to
one another.
I want to speak of this close
ness with one another in Our
Lord. The old pagans said that
friendship “either finds people
equal or makes them equal.”
Equality, likeness, is the cause of
love. God became one of us, mak
ing Himself like us, to make it
easier for us to love Him. On that
Holy Night when the shepherds
left His presence was there not
a strange new friendliness in
their hearts? That mysterious
feeling has never left the world
since that Night. It was a new
stirring of love: it was nourished
by the love of God as a little
child. Every Christmastime the
flame leaps higher and even the
pagan world for a space is warm
er, brighter and happier. Would
that the same warmth and bright
ness and happiness were perpet
ual and universal throughout the
entire year!
It is good that we should enter
Namara, V. F., Rector of the
Cathedral, and Vicar Forane of
the Savannah Deanery.
Other Days of Recollection for
priests will be held in Columbus
and Augusta. Dates will be an
nounced later.
into all the human joy and hap
piness associated with Christmas
but it would be unworthy of us
to bask in that light and not to
contribute to it. The Little Babe
shivering in the straw will later
say: “I have come to cast fire on
the earth and what will I but
that it be enkindled.” To hug to
ourselves the joy of this festival
and to give nothing in return is
not a true celebration of Christ
mas.
He became the brother of all
men to die for all men. If we are
already alike and equal in our
common human nature, He has
more wonderfully refashioned
that nature of ours. We are now
equal and alike in His love, His
grace. “The grace of God Our
Savior hath appeared to all men
instructing us that we should live
. . . looking for the blessed hope
and coming of the glory of the
great God and Our Savior Jesus
Christ.” Are we to keep this good
news and this great hope to our
selves? We shall rejoice with our
families and our friends this
Christmas. That is right and
proper and may all our families
be united in new love and con
fidence this Christmas. But, my
beloved people, the true Christ
mas spirit requires more. God
opened His heart to give Himself
in the Incarnation. We must en
large our love and open our
hearts in return. Our charity and
our prayers must go beyond the
circle of family and friends that
God in His kindness has already
given us. Here I might refer to
the annual collection for orphans,
taken up on Christmas Day.
Merely to mention this appeal
will assure your characteristical
ly generous response.
1 beg you to pray for those who
are not known to you, who are
your brothers and sisters in
Christ, but for whom Christmas
will mean no festive ease and
plenty. I think not only of the
underpriviledged who suffer
physically in the whole world but
also of those who suffer through
loss of freedom. Remember the
hundreds of thousands who lang
uish for Our Lord in prison be
hind the Iron Curtain. They are
not only prelates and priests; they
are good Catholic laymen and
women like yourselves. The extra
flame of your charity will shed
a ray of hope and send an impulse
of courage to those so sorely
tried. I beg you to remember also
those who suffer either in body
or mind and are without the con
solation of our holy faith. How
great their loss, even though
they realize it not! Pray for the
greatest Christmas gift of all for
them: pray for the gift of faith.
Remember too all those who
persecute and say all manner of
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