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Catholic Laymen To Be Admitted
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
BISHOP’S OFFICE
225 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia
Dearly beloved in Christ:
The formal opening of the Second Vatican Council, October 11, 1962, marked
perhaps, the outstanding event in the history of the Catholic Church because
of it’s magnitude and for reaching effects. Pope John XXIII, of happy and be
loved memory, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit brought to all men
a spiritual renewal which promises to touch intimately every segment of
society. The presence of over 2,500 Bishops in Rome gave impetus to the words
of Christ "go teach ye all nations” so that there may be "onefold and one
shepherd”. Upon my return from Rome after the first session, I quickly as
similated the interest of Catholics and non-Catholics in the aims of the Coun
cil. The Holy Father, as the Vicar of Christ on earth, gave all men new hope
and clearly delineated His dedicated desire to bring our Church "up to date”.
Pope John XXIIIwill long be remembered for his paternal concern for all
souls. His death was a personal loss for people of all faiths. His work will
be continued.
The work of the Council so warmly and energetically entered upon by Pope
John XXIII is now committed into the hands of our new Pontiff, Paul VI, who
is enriched with great attributes of wisdom, understanding and piety which
are so indispensable for the task which faces him. Our new Pope is truly
"a man of the times” who has a storehouse of experience which will, please
God, sustain him in his new and demanding office as the successor to St. Peter.
The second session of the Council opens September 29th, in the Eternal
City of Rome. Once more Bishops from all over the world will assemble un
der the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
The world today lives in turmoil; secular influences are challenging the
very fabric of our moral structure. It is in this element of uncertainty that
.the Bishops, under the aegis of our Sovereign Pontiff pray to the Holy Ghost
to guide our deliberations and bless our decisions. Oftentimes, we seek the
ways of man—only to be reminded that Christ alone proclaimed the words,
"I am the way, the truth and the life.” Love of the Church must not only domi
nate our lives but must be the pivotal point of our spiritual existence.
The Second Vatican Council is the voice of hope in the midst of chaos. The
prayers of a nation represent the most powerful deterrent to the breaking up of
our homes, our society, and our way of life.
Again I call upon you, my dear people, to join me in prayer for the success
of the Vatican Council. Your prayers, your acts of sacrifice will be a pledge
of our Christian Unity.
While in Rome, I will pray for you daily and remember your special inten
tions as I visit the Shrines hallowed by the martyrs of our Holy Church.
Imparting to you my blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ,
Bishop of Savannah.
Pope Paul Asks Prayer And
Penance For Council’s Success
VATICAN CITY, (NC) - An
appeal to encourage prayer and
penance for a happy outcome of
the ecumenical council has been
made by His Holiness Pope Paul
VI in an Apostolic Exhortation
to the world’s Catholic Bishops.
He wrote: “We are certain,
Venerable Brothers, that it is
above all upon this effort of
prayer and Christian penance
that the hope for the abundant
spiritual harvest of the council
will depend, for it is first of
all a work of the Holy Spirit.
“All that is humanly possible
must be done to prepare for
the council. However, neither
the ordered assembly of the
council, nor the penetrating
power of the debates, nor the
studies diligently prepared by
the council Fathers which will
have the most important partin
the council—none of these will
produce the fully and stably
determined purposes of the
council, but only long and at
tentive prayer, corporal and
spiritual mortification offered
to God, and holiness of customs
and pious works.”
Pope Paul recommended
especially the prayer written
by Pope John XXIII for the
success of the council, and he
recommended that the Collect
prayer to the Holy Spirit be
ordered inserted in all the
Masses of the Latin Rite (ora-
tio imperata). He urged also
that priests, seminarians and
members of religious institutes
take the lead in his call for
special prayer and penance.
On penance he wrote “We
paternally exhort all that in
the coming Rogation Days each
voluntarily observe the fast,
according to his own strength,
even though it is not commanded
by ecclesiastical authority.
“May the faithful willingly
perform other voluntary morti
fications, especially abstaining
from certain entertainments
which too often are immoral
and censurable. . . let them
pardon offenses received. A
spontaneous pardon extinguish
es the tragic flames of dis
cords in such a way as to
silence hatreds and quarrels
which today unfortunately are
so widespread as to generate
new disasters and often pro
voke irritated minds to the
spilling of their brothers’
blood.”
Pope Issues Regulations
For 2nd Council Session
VATICAN CITY, (NC)—His Holiness Pope Paul VI has directed
that Catholic laymen be admitted to the second session of the
ecumenical council and that non-Christian as well as other non-
Catholic representatives be welcomed as observers.
Pope Paul disclosed the fol
lowing decisions:
-Admission of some Catholic
laymen and some representa
tives of the major international
Catholic institutions which have
been recognized by ecclesiasti
cal right into the council delib
erations.
-Reinvitation of non-Catholic
Christian observers at the
council, increasing the number,
and also inviting the represen
tatives of non-Christian reli
gions who were not invited to
the first session.
-Abolition of the present
council Secretariat for Extra
ordinary Affairs and the ap
pointment of cardinal delegates
or moderators who will have the
task of directing the work of the
council.
The disclosures were con
tained in a letter dated Septem
ber 12, addressed to the council
president, Eugene Cardinal
Tisserant.
Regarding the first point, the
council Press bulletin specified
that the Catholic laymen who
will be selected to attend will
act in the capacity of auditors
of the council. As “qualified
representatives of the Catholic
lay apostolate they will be able
to assist in the conciliar work
and eventually they may even
be called upon to give their ad
vice to the conciliar commis
sions.”
International Catholic insti
tutes would include organiza
tions or movements that have
achieved recognition in their
endeavors in various fields
such as education and relief.
Regarding observers, the
letter states that the Pope has
already again “called to the
ecumenical council observers
of Christians separated from
the Apostolic See and sought to
increase the number of them.
Moreover it has seemed op
portune for Us to extend the ef
forts of the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity pre
viously established also to those
who are members of non-Chris
tian religions.”
Regarding the third point, the
letter pointed out that the Pope
has already named to the college
of the presidents of the council
three of the cardinals who had
been members of the now abo
lished Secretariat for Extra
ordinary Affairs. They are Ste
fan Cardinal Wyszynski, Pri
mate of Poland; Giuseppe
Cardinal Siri, Archbishop of
Genoa, Italy, and Albert Cardi
nal Meyer, Archbishop of Chi
cago.
The Secretariat for Extra
ordinary Affairs in fact had been
superseded by the Commission
for the Coordination of the
Council’s Works,‘which Pope
John had instituted at the end
of the first session.
L’Osservatore Romano, Va
tican City daily, reported that
the posts of moderators will be
held by Gregorio Cardinal Aga-
gianian, Prefect of the Sacred
Congregation for the Propaga
tion of the Faith; Giacomo Car
dinal Lercaro, Archbishop of
Bologna, Italy; Julius Cardinal
Doepfner, Archbishop of Mun
ich and Freising, Germany, and
Leo Cardinal Suenens, Arch
AMERICUS DEDICATION—Bishop McDonough, at dedication of St. Martin de Porres
Chapel, is assisted on his right by Fr. Rayner Dray, OFM, pastor of St. Mary’s Church
and missions, Americus, and on his left by Fr. Francis Gorman, OFM, pastor of St.
Mary of the Angels mission in Anderson, S. C. A crowd of about 100 were on hand
to fill the chapel for its dedication. The Franciscan sisters from Lakeland and some of
the Adorers of the Precious Blood from St. Teresa’s Albany were present for the occa
sion. Seventeen priests took part in the ceremony.
bishop of Malines-Brussels,
Belgium.
Cardinal delegates or mod
erators will direct all the work
of the council, but the Council
of the Presidency will continue
to preside over all the indivi
dual general congregations of
the council meeting, according
to the council press bulletin.
It is to be noticed that two of
the moderators, Cardinals
Doepfner and Suenens, were
members of the abolished sec
retariate. The council presi
dency is charged with seeing
that the standards of the coun
cil are observed.
The opening passages of the
letter were devoted to praise of
Pope John XXIII for the calling
of the Second Vatican Council,
and to the wish that it be con
cluded and crowned with the
success he wanted for it.
Pope Paul repeated the hope
that the council would result in
the “benefit and increase of the
Apostolic See and of the Catho
lic Church. . .for the greater
prosperity of the life of the
Church, for the hastening of
union of separated brothers with
the Catholic Church, and for
the promotion of peace and the
spitirual prosperity of humani-
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WELCOME IRISH PRIESTS — Three Irish Priests, who will serve in this Diocese
for two years, are pictured shortly after their arrival last Friday with Bishop Thomas J.
McDonough and the Rev. Kevin Boland. The new arrivals are, left to right, Father Corn
elius Keane, Father Leonard O’Brien and Rev. John Cotter. (Savannah Morning News
Photo by Robert McDonald)
On Loan For Two Years
Novena
At Carmel
SAVANNAH—The Rev. F. J.
Fish, C. M., will be the
preacher at the annual Sol
emn Novena in honor of St.
The'rese, to be conducted at
the Chapel of Savannah’s Car
melite Monastery from Sep
tember 25th to October 3rd.
Services will be conducted
at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Irish Priests To Serve In Diocese
SAVANNAH—Four priests
recently arrived from Ireland
to serve for a period of two
years in the Diocese of Savan
nah.
Three priests, the Rev. Leo
nard O’Brien, the Rev. Corne
lius Keane and the Rev. John
Cotter arrived last Friday. The
Rev. Thomas Murphy arrived
Tuesday. All studied for the
priesthood at St. Patrick’s May -
nooth Seminary and were
ordained last June by the Most
Rev. Cornelius Lucey, Bishop
of Cork and Ross.
Father O’Brien, a native of
Skibbereen County Cork, will
be assigned as assistant at the
Cathedral in Savannah. Father
Keane, a native of Drimolea-
gue County Cork, will be assig
ned as an assistant at the Church
of the Most Blessed Sacrament,
Savannah, Father Cotter, a na
tive of Crow Hill County Cork,
will be assigned as an assis
tant at St. Mary’s on-the-Hill,
St. Patrick’s, Augusta
Solemn Requiem For
Rev. John M. Crean
AUGUSTA — Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough was the celebrant
of a Solemn Pontifical Requiem
for the Rev. John M. Crean at
St. Patrick’s on Monday Sept
ember 16th.
Father Crean suffered a fa
tal heart attack last Thursday
and died within an hour.
The body was conducted to
St. Patrick’s Church at 5:00
p.m. Sunday evening by His
Excellency, Bishop McDonough
and the priests of the Augusta
area. Bishop McDonough led the
clergy in the recitation of the
Rosary.
Another rosary service, at
tended by mourners from Au
gusta’s parishes was held at
8:00 p.m.
The body lay in state through
out the night, attended by an
honor guard composed of Fourth
Degree Knights of Columbus.
Obsequies began on Monday
morning at 10:30 with the reci
tation of the Divine Office by
Bishop McDonough and mem
bers of the clergy who had
come from various parts of the
Diocese to attend the funeral.
Bishop McDonough was cele
brant at the Solemn Pontifical
Requiem Mass which began at
11:00 a.m. The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., pastor
of St. M ary’s-on-the-hill
Church, Augusta, served as As
sistant Pirest. The Rev. Nicho
las Quinlan, pastor of St. Jo
seph’s, Fleming Heights and
the Rev. James Sullivan,
S.M.A., assistant pastor of Im
maculate Conception, Augusta
were Deacons of Honor. The
Rev. Felix Donnelly, pastor of
Sacred Heart was Deacon of
the Mass. Subdeacon was the
Rev. Joseph Gillespie, assis
tant pastor of Sacred Heart.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew
J. McDonald, Chancellor of the
Savannah Diocese served as
Master of Ceremonies, assisted
by the Rev. Ralph Seikel, pas
tor of St. Patrick’s. Altar boys
from St. Mary’s-on-the-hill
filled the posts of minor offi
cers.
The requiem Mass was sung
by the choir of Aquinas High
School, under the direction of
the Sisters of St. Joseph.
At the conclusion of the Mass,
Father Seikel delivered the
FATHER CREAN
eulogy, with Bishop McDonough
speaking after the Absolution.
A niece and nephew of F ather
Crean, from Milwaukee, Wis
consin flew to Augusta to be
Official
The Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, Bishop of Savannah
announces the following ap
pointments.
REV. JOHN COTTER assist
ant at St. Mary's on-the-Hill,
Augusta.
REV. CORNELIUS KEANE
assistant at the Church of The
Most Blessed Sacrament, Sa
vannah.
REV. THOMAS MURPHY
assistant at Sacred Heart, War-
4
ner Robins.
REV. LEONARD O’BRIEN
assistant at the Cathedral, Sa
vannah.
present at the funeral, which
was also attended by more than
thirty priests from such Geor
gia cities as Savannah, Colum
bus, and Macon as well as Au
gusta, and from North Augusta,
and Aiken in South Carolina.
Father Crean’s body was then
taken to Savannah where he was
buried in the Priests’ Section
of Catholic Cemetery. Rt. Rev.
Msgr. T. James McNamara
conducted the graveside ser
vices at Savannah which were
attended by the priests and sis
ters of the Savannah area.
Father Crean was born in
Loughlynn, County Roscommon,
Ireland. After attending the Na
tional School for ten years,
Father Crean made his secon
dary studies at the Immaculate
Conception College, Sligo.
Father completed his Philo
sophical and Theological course
at All Hallows College, Dublin,,
and was ordained to the priest
hood at the Seminary Chapel in
June, 1911, by the Most Rev.
bishop Donnelly, Titular bishop
of Canea.
Father Crean began his
priestly work in Georgia in
1929, his first appointment
being as assistant pastor of the
Church of the Most Blessed Sa
crament, Savannah.
In 1933 Father was assigned
as assistant pastor of Holy
Family parish, Columbus. In
1936, he was named Rector of
St. Joseph’s Church, Wash
ington and manager of St. Jo
seph’s Home there. In 1954
he was assigned to St. Mary’s
on-the-Hill, Augusta.
Father Crean celebrated the
Golden Jubilee of his ordination
to the priesthood in 1961. On
May 16th of that year he was
honored at a dinner given for
him by the priests of the Dio
cese of Savannah. The date of
celebration was moved forward
so that Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough, who was in Ireland on
a visit that June, could take part
in the celebrations.
Father was assigned to St.
Patrick’s, Augusta, in 1962.
Surviving are a brother,
Frank Crean of Ireland; and a
nephew, Edward Crean of St.
Paul, Minn.
Augusta. Father Murphy, a na
tive of Cork City, will be as
signed as assistant pastor at
Sacred Heart Church in War
ner Robins.
Bishop McDonough said the
four priests were .loaned to the
Savannah Diocese by Bishop
Cornelius Lucey in keeping with
a policy started two years ago.
The first two priests loaned to
the Diocese, Father William*
Ahearne, Sacred Heart, Warner
Robins and Fahter Eugene Mo-
riarty, St. Mary's Augusta, re
turned to Ireland last month.
Bishop McDonough described
Bishop Lucey as "a great pa
tron of our Diocese.” In addi
tion to helping the Diocese until
it can get priests of its own,
Bishop McDonough said the Bi
shop of Cork has sent two com
munities of Irish nuns.
The next ordination in the
Savannah Diocese is not sche
duled until June, 1965.
Name Board
Of Consultors
At St. Anne’s
COLUMBUS—At the regular
business meeting of the St.
Anne’s Holy Name Society which
was held Sunday morning, Sep
tember 8, in the St. Anne’s
Cafetorium, a board of consul-
tors was appointed by the presi
dent, Tom French, as follows:
A1 Eversman and Henry Gall-
man, former presidents of the
St. Anne’s Society; Donald Ford,
former president of Holy Fami
ly Society; and Richard Sendel-
bach. This board will serve as
an excellent balance wheel for
the society, and an' efficient
way of connecting the present
with the past. The appointment
of board members was in accor
dance with the St. Anne’s Holy
Name Society Constitution and
By-Laws.
Another highlight of the meet
ing was an inspirational talk
by the spiritual director, Msgr.
Herman Deimel, pastor of
St. Anne’s Church, on the Holy
Name of Jesus and living by the
Holy Name principles.
The society will also partici
pate in a Day of Recollection
Retreat beginning at 8 a.m. with
a special mass on September
22.
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. J. B. LANGLOIS
Sept. 16, 1876
REV. CHARLES M. REICH
Sept. 17, 1917
RT. REV. FRANCIS X.
GARTLAND D. D. FIRST
BISHOP OF SAVANNAH
Sept. 20, 1854
REV. PATRICK J. McCABE
Sept. 21, 1881
Oh Cod, tVho didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
u'e implore, that they may-
also be one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.