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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1963
NEW PRIESTS FOR AUGUSTA’S SACRED HEART—The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough is pictured with the Very Rev. Felix Donnelly and the Rev. Joseph M. Gilles
pie as they received their appointments to Sacred Heart, Augusta. Pictured (1. to r.)
Bishop McDonough, Father Gillespie, assistant pastor, and Father Donnelly, new pas
tor of the Augusta Church. (Carroll Burke Photo).
New Priest For Diocese
Bishop Names
Three Pastors
FATHER TEOLI
SAVANNAH—Bishop Thom
as J. McDonough, this week,
announced the appointment of
new pastors for three parishes
of the Diocese and the assign
ment of a priest on loan to the
Diocese from the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia.
The Very Reverend Felix
Donnelly, pastor of Nativity of
Our Lord, Thunderbolt, has
Jesuits Leave Augusta
AUGUSTA—After eighty-
nine years, the Jesuit Fathers
are leaving Sacred Heart
Church and Augusta.
It was with deep regret that
Bishop McDonough accepted the
decision of the Jesuits to leave,
for theirs has been a long and
fruitful labor for God and Holy
Mother Church in this area.
Bishop McDonough will speak
at all the Masses at the Sacred
Official
!NIHIL SINE DEO^(
The Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, Bishop of Savan
nah announces the following ap
pointments.
The Very Reverend Felix
Donnelly is named a Diocesan
Consultor.
The Very Reverend Felix
Donnelly, from pastor Nativity
of Our Lord, Thunderbolt to
pastor of Sacred Heart, Augus
ta.
The Reverend Robert J. Teoli
from pastor St. Michael’s,Sav
annah Beach to pastor Nativity
of Our Lord, Thunderbolt.
The Reverend Herbert J.
Wellmeier, from assistant Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist,
Savannah, to pastor St. Mi
chael’s, Savannah Beach.
The Reverend Joseph M. Gil
lespie, on loan from the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia, ap
pointed assistant pastor of Sa
cred Heart Church, Augusta.
Heart Church, Augusta, June
16th. On that occasion he will
personally thank the Jesuit Fa
ther for dedicated service which
reached almost a century. Also
Bishop McDonough will can
onically install as new pas
tor, the Very Reverend Felix
Donnelly.
The first Jesuits, Fathers,
Butler, Desribes and Heiden-
kamp, arrived in the city in
early 1874.
Sacred Heart Parish was es
tablished officially on March 19,
1874 when it became evident
that another church was neces
sary to care for the growing
number of Catholics in the city.
Corner stone for the first
church was laid on June 6,1874
with the first Mass being offered
in it on October 6, 1874. It was
dedicated by Bishop Gross on
November 30, 1874.
Corner Stone of the present
church was laid February 20,
1898 in the presence of the late
Cardinal Gibbons. It was dedi
cated on Dec. 2, 1900.
Last Words:
‘My Mother 9
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
—“My mother,” were His
Holiness Pope John XXIII’s very
last words.
The prayer, “That all may be
one” were the last audible
words spoken by the Pontiff,
but as Bishop Alfredo Cavag-
na, the Pope’s confessor, bent
over him at his last moment of
life, he heardhim whisper: “My
mother.” The words trailed off
in the death rattle. Shortly
afterward, the Pope was dead.
been named pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, Augusta. Rev.
Robert J. Teoli, pastor of St.
Michael’s, Savannah Beach, has
been named pastor of Nativity of
Our Lord, Thunderbolt. Rev.
Herbert J. Wellmeier, Assis
tant at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, has been appointed
pastor of St. Michael’s, Savan
nah Beach. Rev. Joseph M. Gil
lespie, on loan from the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia, will be
assistant pastor at Sacred
Heart, Augusta.
At the same time Bishop Mc
Donough announced the appoint-
FATHER WELLMEIER
ment of Father Donnelly as a
Diocesan Consultor.
Father Donnelly, a native of
Erie, Pa., was ordained by
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara
at Atlanta’s Cathedral of Christ
the King on March 17, 1945.
His first assignment was as
assistant at the Atlanta Cathe
dral. In the fall of 1945 he was
transferred to St. Anthony’s as
assistant pastor. During the
summers of 1945 and 1946 Fa
ther served as Director of Camp
Villa Marie. From October 1950
to September 1951 he served at
St. Mary* s-on-the-Hill, Augus
ta.
He served at St. Joseph’s
Home in Washington from Sept.
1951 until Sept. 1952 when he
was again assigned to St. Mary’s
Augusta. In late 1952 he was
named pastor of Sacred Heart,
Warner Robins, where he
remained until January of 1958
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Expected To Be Largest In History Of Church
Conclave To Elect Pope
Opens Next Wednesday
VATICAN CITY, (NC)--The
conclave of cardinals to elect
a successor to Pope John XXIII
will begin at 6 p.m. on June 19
in the Vatican’s Sistine chapel.
It is expected to be the lar
gest conclave in the history of
the Church, with 82 cardinals
eligible to attend and vote.
Microphones will be used for
the first time at a conclave. The
Sistine chapel will be wired for
sound in much the same way as
the ecumenical council hall so
that the cardinals and officials
will not have to shout to be
heard.
The conclave date was set at
the first general meeting of the
cardinals following the death of
Pope John. Church regulations
require that a conclave open
not less than 15 days and not
more than 18 days after a pope's
death. Since the Pope died on
June 3, the cardinals could have
chosen any date between June
18 and 21.
On the morning of June 19
prior to entering into conclave,
the cardinals will get a formal
reminder of the solemnity and
weight of the duty they are to
undertake. At a Mass of the
Holy Spirit in St. Peter's basi
lica, Msgr. AmletoTondini, Se
cretary of Briefs to Princes—
that is, the official translator of
Latin documents at the Vatican
—will preach to the cardinals
on the election.
The cardinals’ first meeting
(June 5) also decided that the
“novemdiale,” the official nine
days of mourning for the late
Pope, was to begin on June 7,
the day after his entombment in
St. Peter’s crypt, and run
through Jupe 17. Two first class
feasts—Trinity Sunday (June 9)
and Corpus Christi (June 13)—
were not included in the mourn
ing period.
Masses on the first six ofthe
nine days were offered by mem
bers of the papal chapel, the
group that officially attend the
pope at certain solemn functions
such as consistories. The last
three Masses, the most solemn,
will be celebrated by cardinals.
The final Mass will be a state
occasion attended by represen
tatives from various nations.
The eulogy will be delivered by
Msgr. Giuseppe Del Ton, Sec
retary of Latin Letters.
The first meeting was presid
ed over by Eugene Cardinal
Tisserant, Dean of the College
of Cardinals. It was attended by
all cardinals ofthe Roman curia
—the Church's central admin
istrative staff at the Vatican—
except Francesco Cardinal
Bracci and Carlo Cardinal
Chiarlo. Also present were two
noncurial cardinals: Achille
Cardinal Lienart, Bishop of
Lille, France, and Alfonso Car
dinal Castaldo, Archbishop of
Naples.
Assisting the cardinals at
their first meeting of the so-
called interregnum—the period
between the death of a pope and
the election of his successor—
were Archbishop Francesco
Carpino, Secretary of the Sac
red College of Cardinals; Arch
bishop Enrico Dante, Prefect of
the Pontifical Masters of Cere
monies; Msgr. Igino Cardinale,
Chief of Protocol of the Papal
Secretariat of State, and several
pontifical masters of ceremon
ies.
During the meeting the cardi
nals present took the interreg
num oath, read documents left
by Pope John, set the date for
the beginning of the mourning
period and conclave, and des
troyed Pope John’s fisherman’s
ring.
Cardinal Tisserant destroyed
the ring with a hammer. The
fisherman’s ring is never worn
by a pope and is more accurate
ly described as a seal bearing
the reigning pope’s name which
is impressed into the lead or
wax seals of all his official
documents. A seal is made for
each pope and is destroyed at
his death.
The cardinals’ oath was taken
in accordance with the laws
governing an interregnum. It
must be taken at the first
general meeting by all cardinals
present and by each cardinal
arriving later so that all will
have taken it before entering
the conclave.
It requires cardinals to pro
mise to obey all laws governing
the interregnum, to defend the
freedom of the Church during
the interregnum, to preserve
the secrecy of the conclave, and
to proceed with the election of a
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Vatican Prepares For Election Of New Pontiff
On June 19, in the magnificent Sistine Chapel of the Vati
can, 82 members of the Sacred College of Cardinals will
assemble to elect a successor to the late Pope John XXIII.
Above, are shown some of the preparations and facilities for
the impending conclave. In upper row, from left to right,
photos show workmen readying stove to be used to burn the
ballots cast during the election of new pope; workmen cov
er the windows of the Sistine Chapel with opaque paint
to insure complete secrecy; and carpenters begin to erect
Cardinals’ thrones and canopies along walls of chapel. Photo
at right shows corridor through which the new pontiff will
pass on his way to bestow his first blessing on the crowds
in St. Peter’s Square. In center row, from the left, Swiss
Guards prepare to lock the huge bronze doors which will
seal off the conclave quarters from the rest of the Vatican
Palace; cassocks of varying sizes are prepared for the
new pope; and simplicity highlights the typical bedroom as
signed to a Cardinal during the Conclave. In bottom row,
from the left, are pictured a dining room in which the Car
dinals will take their meals; the vestments the new pope
will use in one of his first official acts, the blessing “Urbi
et Orbi” (To the City and to the World); and the finished con
clave chamber as it will look during the election process.
—(NC Photos)
American Cardinals Have
Voted In Four Conclaves
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
RT. REV. BENJAMIN J.
KEILEY, D.D.
Seventh Bishop of Savannah
June 17, 1925
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants hy their sacredotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may
also be one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
—The question of where His
Holiness Pope John XXIII will
be permanently buried will re
main unsettled for some time.
Two conflicting reports have
been published. Both have been
equally insistent and both come
from trustworthy sources.
Papal photographer Luigi
Felici said that the Pope had
confided to him that he wanted
to be buried in the Vatican
crypt. For thispurpose, he ask
ed Felici to photograph the Cha
pel of the Madonna della Boccia-
ta with its bas relief of a Ma
donna with child and two an
gels by Luigi Capponi.
Others said that the Pope had
said he wanted to be buried in
St. John Lateran basilica.
At the request of Vatican
press office, Archbishop An
gelo Dell ‘Acqua, Substitute
Secretary of State for Ordinary
Affairs, confirmed the report
that the Pope would be buried
in the Vatican crypt.
The spiritual will of Pope
John cleared up the mystery by
an appended note in the Pope’s
own hand saying that he wanted
to be buried at Lateran if the
work of reconstruction there
which includes plans for a chap
el, are ever completed.
The Secretariat of State, when
asked for a clarification on this
second possibility, said that its
fulfillment depends entirely on
the future pope. This means that
By Thomas E. Kissling
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —
Members of the Sacred College
of Cardinals will meet in solemn
conclave June 19 to elect a new
pope. The door to their meeting
place in the Vatican will be
sealed behind them and they will
not emerge until their task is
completed.
This colorful event will be the
79th of its kind in the history
the future pope can decide
whether or not the costly pro
ject of transforming the Later
an palace will be begun or if it
will be carried out as origin
ally planned.
Until this decision is made,
and until any future reconstruc
tion is completed Pope John’s
tomb will remain in the Vatican
basilica crypt.
Vice Pres. Heads
U. S. Delegation
WASHINGTON, (NC)—Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
has been appointed to head the
U. S. delegation which will ex
tend a Pontifical Requiem Mass
for Pope John XXIII in St. Pe
ter’s basilica, Vatican City, on
June 18.
President Kennedy also nam
ed to the U. S. delegation James
A. Farley, New York, former
Postmaster General; George
N. Shuster, assistant to the
president of the University of
Notre Dame, and Dr. Benjamin
Mays, a Negro Baptist clergy
man and president of More
house College, Atlanta, Ga.
The U. S. delegation to the
funeral rites for Pope Pius XII
included the late Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles; Mrs.
Clare Booth Luce, former Am
bassador to Italy, and John A.
McCone.
of the Church. It is called
“conclave” from the Latin
words meaning “with key.”
The length of the conclaves
has varied, but in recent years
they have been brief. Pope
John XXIII was elected within
four days—on the 12th ballot.
His immediate predecessor,
Pope Pius XII, was elected in
1939 in 20 hours. It was the
shortest conclave since 1623.
The first "conclave or closed
meeting, the longest on record,
was held at Viterbo, Italy. Pope
Clement IV died there,
November 29, 1268, and rules
then in force required the meet
ing had to be held where the
former pope had died. The 18
cardinals present deliberated
two years, nine months and two
days before electing Gregory
X as pope on September 1,1971.
The pope they finally elected,
Gregory X lost no time in is
suing an Apostolic Constitution
“Ubi Periculum,” setting forth
the procedures to be followed
in future elections, and stipu
lating that a conclave cannot
adjourn until a pope is elected.
Decrees of succeeding pon
tiffs retained this basic rule and
added others as the times de
manded. Pope Clement VII
(1523-1534) decreed that all fu
ture elections be held in Rome.
Pius X (1903-1914) abolished
the veto power of monarchs over
papal elections following his
election, after Emperor Fran
cis Joseph of Austria sent word
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POPE JOHN’S TOMB RESTS IN GROTTO—The late
Pope John XXIII’s Sarcophagus rests in the chapel ofthe
Madonna Bocciata (Our Broken Lady), in the grottes under
St. Peter’s Basilica. The chapel takes the name from the
sculpture above the sepulchre which was damaged in past
centuries.—(NC Photos)
Pope’s Permanent
Tomb Undecided