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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
r. McDonald Pastor
At Blessed Sacrament
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SAVANNAH—Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Andrew J. McDonald, chan
cellor of the Diocese of Savan
nah has been named new pastor
of Blessed Sacrament Church.
When making the announce
ment of the appointment, the
most Rev. Thomas J. McDon
ough, Bishop of Savannah said:
“It gives me great pleasure
to appoint Msgr. McDonald as
pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Parish”. “Msgr. McDonaldhas
worked intimately with me for
six years, and I am quite aware
of his outstanding abilities, deep
piety, and love for Holy Moth
er, the Church ... He has
my best wishes and prayers in
his new assignment.”
Bishop McDonough said
Msgr. McDonald will continue
as chancellor of the diocese
with duties modified to allow for
his new ones as a pastor.
Msgr. McDonald, chancellor
for the last 11 years, said, “I
am very happy and honored to
be appointed pastor of Bles
sed Sacrament Parish.” He had
served as temporary Pastor
since the death of Msgr. Bren
nan.
Born and raised in Savannah;
Msgr. McDonald completed his
elementary schooling here at
the Marist Brothers School. In
1937, he entered St. Charles
College, Catonsville Md., to
begin his study for the priest-
msgr. McDonald
hood.
After completing a four-year
high school course and two
years of college at St. Charles,
he entered the philosophy de
partment of St. Mary’s Semin
ary, Baltimore. He received his
bachelor of arts degree in 1943.
He completed his sudies for
the priesthood at St. Mary’s,
Roland Park, Md. He was
ordained May 8, 1948, at the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist here, by Bishop Emmett
Walsh.
He then began his studies
for a doctorate in canon law at
the Catholic University of Am
erica, Washington, D. C., and
completed them after two years
of study in Rome.
Appointed chancellor of the
diocese by Archbishop Gerald
P. O’Hara, he also served as
director of Camp Villa Marie.
Pope Pius XII made him a
papal chamberlain in 1956 and
elevated him to the rank of
monsignor. In 1959, Pope John
XXIII named Msgr. McDonald
a domestic prelate “di man-
tellata” with the title of right
reverend monsignor.
Pope Paul’s
Expects Use Of Vernacular In Mass In 1964
On Holy Land Situation
By Father John G. Nolan
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
The surprise announcement
of Pope Paul VI that he will
visit Jerusalem next month fo
cuses attention on the situation
in the Holy Land and on the
work of U. S. Catholics there.
The Holy Land proper is
Palestine, a name no longer on
the map. It disappeared in May,
1948, with the creation of the
State of Israel. The core of
ancient Palestine is the land
between the Mediterranean Sea
and the Jordan River.
The term “Holy Land” also
can apply to an area much
broader than Palestine. It co
vers the overall area in which
Biblical events took place —
present-day Jordan and Israel,
Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq,
Iran and Egypt.
Prior to World War I, Pa
lestine was part of the Ottoman
Empire . In 1920, by a league
of Nations mandate, the country
came under British admini
stration. The mandate ended in
1948, and the British troops
withdrew.
Palestine again became a
battlefield. War raged for
months between the newly-
proclaimed State of Israel and
the Arab. States. Casualties on
both sides mounted into the
thousands. About 900,000 Pal
estinians—Arabs who had cen
turies-old roots in Palestine—
fled into neighboring Arab sta
tes.
These Palestinians are still
refugees—and their number has
increased, with new births, to
Pray
For Our
Deceased Priests
REV. BERNARD J. DOYLE
Dec. 14, 1879
REV. EUGENE V.
O’NEILL BOYD
Dec. 17, 1916
RT. REV. MSGR.
JAMES GRAHAM
Dec. 17, 1842
Oh (rod, IVho didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotaf
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.
1.2 million. It is estimated
that half of them are under 17
years of age. More than 400,000
still live in refuge camps pro
vided by the United Nations.
In 1947, before the British
mandate ended, the United Na
tions General Assembly had de
creed the partition of Pales
tine into a Jewish State and an
Arab State. The UN stipulated
that Jerusalem should be an
international city, under spe
cial international rule.
At stake, of course, was the
protection of, and the right of
free access to, the shrines and
holy places.
Jerusalem is sacred, not only
to Christians, but to Moslems
and Jews as well. For the Mos
lem. Jerusalem is the place
from which Mohammed was
transported into Heaven. As
such, it is the third holiest
site of his religion. For the Jew,
Palestine is a Promised Land,
and Jerusalem, the City of Da
vid.
For the Christian, Jerusalem
and other places of Palestine
are consecrated and set apart
through association with the
earthly life of Jesus Christ.
The United Nations partition
plan, although adopted by a ma
jority of member-nations, has
never been realized.
The Palestine of old—part
of which is now Jordan, part
in Israel—is today an armed
camp, manned by the troops of
nations technically still at war.
Thus, the sacred shrines are
cut off from one another. Beth
lehem is in Jordan, Nazareth
is in Israel.
Ordinary tourists may pass
from Jordan into Israel (via
the historic Mandelbaum Gate)
but they may not return. Chris
tians in Israel may visit the
holy places in Jordan at Christ
mas or Easter but only for a
few hours.
Jerusalem itself is a divided
city. Jordanian and Israeli sol
diers, armed with sub-machine
guns, face each other on the
alert 24 hours a day. Free ac
cess to both parts of the city
is available only to a handful
of diplomats and UN truce ob
servers.
In 1948-49, when war rava
ged the city, Pope Pius XII
spoke out in three encyclicals.
He spoke of the “sorrow which
sears our soul at the thought
that the blood of men continues
to flow freely on the soil on
which Our Savior, Jesus
Christ, shed His Blood.”
He urged nations to “give
an international character to
Jerusalem and its vicinity.” He
stressed the necessity of as
suring “with international
guarantees both the right of
free access to the holy places
scattered throughout Palestine
and the freedom of religion
and the respect for customs and
religious traditions.”
The American Bishops also
appealed for a “real and effec
tive internationalization of Je
rusalem and its environs” in
a joint statement in Novem
ber, 1950.
Meanwhile, the plight of 900,
000 Arab refugees from Pales
tine—most of whom had found
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Bishop Gives Council Views
In the following interview by the Rev. Francis J. Donohue,
Editor of the Southern Cross, Bishop Thomas J. McDonough,
Bishop of Savannah, gives his views on the Second Session of
Vatican Council II.
★★★★★★★★★★★
Q—Would you characterize
any particular action by the
Council Fathers or by the Holy
Father, as the outstanding ac
complishment of the second
session of the Council?
A—I think the most outstand
ing accomplishment of the
Council Fathers was a new out
look which they brought to the
deliberations of the second'
session. In the first session the
Bishops of various countries
were, quite understandably,
looking forward to council ac
tion which would be of particu
lar benefit to their own nations
or ethnic groups. But, at this
session there was a more uni
versal outlook. The primary
consideration was not for one’s
own country, but for the wel
fare of the entire Church. I
think this is quite evident in the
unanimous approval of the Sche
ma on the Liturgy, and in the
almost equal unanimity of opin
ion with regard to the Schema
on Communications Media.
Perhaps the most important
— certainly the most startling
—action of the Holy Father was
his declaration of his intention
to visit the Holy Land. With
notably few exceptions, this de
cision has been received with
enthusiasm throughout the
world, and its effect for good
may be very great, indeed.
Q—It has been reported that
the use of the vernacular in the
Mass could begin in this country
as early as 1964. Do you agree?
A—Yes. Of course the decree
on the Liturgy does not become
the Breviary in English? If so,
how soon?
A—Yes. The decree on the
Liturgy sets forth certain con
ditions, but the Bishops have
been given wide discretion in
the matter. How soon will de
pend upon the length of time it
takes to render a translation
acceptable to the Bishops.
However, even apart from
the use of the vernacular, there
will be changes in the breviary
effective February 16th. In the
private recitation of the Bre
viary, the hour of Prime will be
suppressed and priests will no
longer be required to say the
three portions known as Terce,
Sext, and None but will be per
mitted to say any one of them.
Q--The place of the Blessed
Virgin in Catholic Doctrine and
devotion has been the subject of
much speculation in the secular
press. Mike Wallace of CBS
News spoke on Tuesday morning
of an anticipated “de-empha
sis’’ of her role in the Church.
T ''V*
It seem:
likely that Mr. Wal
lace’s comments reflect a si
milar interpretation, by a sig
nificant portion of the secular
press, of the council debate on
Mary." Have you any comment?
A—Of course, there will be
no “de-emphasis” of Mary’s
role in the life of the Church.
It is unfortunate that reporters
and commentators received
such an impression. But it is
not entirely their fault. The
Council Fathers are certainly
not divided on Mary’s place in
Christian Doctrine or devotion.
effective until next February j They are divided over the ques-
16th. But work on English tran- . cion of whether to consider the
slations of the Missal and other j Blessed Virgin in the Schema
liturgical books has already j on the Church or to consider
been begun. I believe that by late j her in a special schema. It was
spring of next year the Ameri- j decided to include her in the
can Bishops will have agreed on j schema on the Church, and the
suitable translations. These ; Bishops who opposed this did so
will then be submitted to the j
Holy See for approval, after j
which the use of the vernacular I
in the Mass and Sacraments I
will be put into practice.
Q—Will there be any changes J
in the rubrics of the Mass? |
A—Yes, particularly in th/jfc
because they considered such
action a * ‘De-emphasis” of Ma
ry. Most of the Bishops saw in
it, however, a recognition of the
essential place of the Blessed
Mother in the Church.
Q—It was reported here that
the draft schema on the Church
Fore Mass, the Mass oi the
Catechumens. The exact nature
of such changes is, of course,
still the subject of discussion.
Q—Will priests requesting it
be granted permission to recite
Bishop Durick
Coadjutor Of
Nashville
WASHINGTON (NC)—Bishop
Joseph A. Durick has been nam
ed by Pope Paul VI to be Coad
jutor with the right of success
ion to Bishop William L. Ad-
rain of Nashville, Tenn.
The announcement was made
Wednesday, by the Most Rev.
Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States.
Bishop Durick was born
in Dayton , Tenn. in 1914. He
was ordained in Rome in 1940
and named Titular Bishop of
Cerbali and auxiliary to Arch
bishop Thomas J. Toolen, Bi
shop of Mobile-Birmingham in
1955.
I nad been changed, contrary to
the council’s rules of pro
cedure, before being returned
for consideration by the Bi
shops from commission, and it
was not acted upon at this ses
sion. Do you anticipate that it
will be returned for considera
tion next year in its original
form, or that there will be ma
jor changes in the draft?
A—Well, the charge that the
omission of certain para
graphs from the revised draft
was contrary to the rules of
procedure, was merely the
opinion of the one making the
charge. I do not think it was con
trary to procedural rules. I
think there may be future chan
ges, but no one knows whether
they will be major changes. On
ly discussion by the third ses
sion next year will determine
that.
Albany Meeting
Columbus Deanery
Council Of Men
ALBANY — The Bishop’s
Council of Catholic Men in the
Columbus Deanery held their
fall meeting here Sunday, De
cember 8th.
The Membership of the Bish
op’s Council of Men is compos
ed of all the men enrolled in
the various parishes in the Col
umbus Deanery. The Colum
bus Deanery is composed
of parishes located in Al- 1
bany, Americus, Columbus,
Douglas, Macon, Thomasville,
Valdosta, Warner Robins and
Lakeland.
Officers of the Columbus
Deanery are Mr. Ray Dwornik,
president; Mr. A1 Eversman,
Vice president; Major Linus E.
Pottebaum USMC, Secretary;
Mr. Joe Long, Treasurer.
Heading the General Com
mittees of the Council are:
Spiritual Life, Mr. RobertMau-
pin, Douglas; Vocational, Mr.
Tom McGoldrick, Macon; Con
fraternity, Mr. JoeDembowski,
Warner Robins; Catholic Ac
tion, Mr. Leo 'Leonard* Colum
bus; Catholic Charities, Mr.
Jack Hall, Albany.
Father Marvin LeFrois acted
as the moderator for the meet
ing. After some very interest
ing reports from the individual
parishes the various deanery
chairman gave their reports.
Father Le Frois then led a
discussion which included var
ious points such as the open
house, church signs and Holy
name membership. Father Le
Frois showed the delgates the
materal he had received for
open house. This material
included signs which describ
ed vestments, the Stations of
the Cross and various other as
pects of the inside of a catholic
church. In addition to the signs
there are six pages of instruc
tions how to hold an open house
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Priests’
Day Of
Recollection
STATESBORO—On the sec
ond Monday of each month there
is a day of recollection for the
Glenmary Home Missioners at
Saint Matthew’s in Statesboro.
It begins with a Conference at
11:00 a.m. Dinner is at 12:30
p.m. Holy Hour closes the day
from 4:00 till 5:00 p.m. All
priests of the Diocese are wel
come.
BISHOP THOMAS J. McDONOUGH being interviewed by the Rev. Francis J. Donohue,
Editor of the Southern Cross. The interview was granted upon His Excellency’s return
to Savannah from the Second Session of Vatican Council II.
Q—There have been reports
of increased resistance, among
the Council Fathers, to greater
dialogue between Catholics and
non-Catholics. Is such opposi
tion very widespread and is it
likely to be difficult to over
come ?
A—No. Such opposition is so
small as to be negligible and it
will in no way hinder continued
progress toward the reunion of
Christendom.
Q—Only two of the Councils
seventeen schemata have thus
far been acted upon. Do you fa
vor a speed-up of Council op
erations or are you satisfied
with the present rate of pro
gress?
A—As a matter of fact, the
deliberations of the third ses
sion of the Council will be
speeded up. Time allotted to
each speaker will be cut from
ten minutes to six, and there
will be fewer speakers. Certain
Bishops will be designated by
national or regional groups of
Bishops as their spokesmen.
Also, in the interest of facil
itating both discussion and vot
ing, the Holy Father has order
ed the commissions working on
the fifteen Schemata left to re
duce them to a more concise
form, without, of course, de
stroying or lessening their es
sential content.
Progress has been slow, but
— all things considered — it
has been tremendously impor
tant. The rest of the Council,
whether it takes one or two ori
even more sessions to com
plete it, will be equally as im
portant and I hope that everyone
will continue to pray for its
success, and for guidance for
the Bishops and Commission
members during the months
preceding the next session.
Highest U. S. Civilian
Medal For Pope John
WASHINGTON — The Presi
dential Medal of Freedom, the
highest civilian honor the Pre
sident can bestow in peacetime,
was conferred posthumously on
Pope John XXIII in a White
House ceremony.
In an unheralded action,
President Lyndon B. Johnson
honored the late Pontiff as “a
man of simple origins, of sim
ple faith, of simple charity.”
He said that in his exalted of
fice “he was still the simple
pastor,” and that he "pro
foundly respected the dignity of
man.”
The citation spoke of Pope
John as a “dedicated servant
of Cod” who had a great in
fluence for peace.
Created by President Harry
S. Truman in 1945, and rede
signed by President John F.
Kennedy, the Medal of Freedom
is awarded for a meritorious
contribution to (1) the security
or national interests of the
United States, or (2) world
peace, or (3) cultural or other
Augusta Day
Of Recollection
December 17th
AUGUSTA — The Augusta
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women will sponsor its an
nual day of recollection on
Tuesday, December 17, from
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St.
Marys-on-the-Hill Church on
Monte Sano Avenue. The Rt.
Rev. Dom M. Augustine Moore,
O.C.S.O., Abbot of Holy Ghost
Monastery, Conyers, Georgia
will be director of this one-
day retreat.
Mrs. Albert Rice is Deanery
Chairman, and her co-chair
men are Mrs. Frank Conlon,
Miss Mary Lou Shurley, Mrs.
John Pope and Mrs. L. C. Shat-
tuck of Augusta, Georgia; Mrs.
Leo Thompson, Sylvania, Mrs.
Louis Alexander, Dublin and
Mrs. Hary Godbee, Jr., Sardis
Georgia.
Reservations should be made
not later than December 15th
with the parish presidents.
NAMED PRO-RECTOR of
the North American College in
Rome, Msgr. James F. Cham
bers, 38, (above) is a priest of
the Diocese of Buffalo, N. Y.
He was appointed by the Sacred
Congregation of Seminaries
and Universities at the request
of Archbishop Martin J.
O’Connor, rector of the col
lege.--(NC Photos)
significant public or private
endeavors.
President Johnson conferred
the medal on 30 persons selec
ted by President Kennedy, and
then announced a posthumous
award of the decoration for
President Kennedy himself. He
lauded him as a ‘soldier, scho
lar, statesman, defender of
freedom, pioneer for peace, au
thor of hope — combining the
courage with reason, and com
bating hate with compassion, he
led the land he loved toward
new frontiers of opportunity for
all men and peace for all time.”
“Beloved in a life of self
less service,” the citation con
tinued, “mourned- by all in a
death of senseless crime, the
energy, faith and devotion which
he brought to his extraordi
narily successful though tragi
cally brief endeavors will here
after Tight the country and all
who serve it — and the
flow from that fire can truly
light the world. ’ ”
The closing quotations are
from President Kennedy’s inau
gural address in January, 1961.
In honor of Pope John Pres
ident Johnson said:
“I also have determined to
confer the Presidential Medal
of Freedom posthumously on
another noble man whose death
we moruned six months * ago:
His Holiness Pope John XXIII.
“He was a man of simple
origins, of simple faith, of sim
ple charity. In his exalted of
fice he was still the gentle
pastor. He believed in dis
cussion and persuasion. He
profoundly respected the dignity
of man.”
President Johnson had an au
dience with Pope John in the
Vatican in August, 1962.
The citation accompanying
the medal for the late Pontiff
s aid:
“His Holiness Pope John
XXIII — dedicated servant of
Gotf. He brought to all citizens
of the planet a heightened sense
of the dignity of the indivi
dual, of the brotherhood of man,
and of the common duty to
build an environment of peace
for all human kind.”
Pacelli High
Is Accredited
COLUMBUS—Pacelli High
School was admitted to mem
bership by the Commission on
Secondary Schools of the Sou
thern Association at the yearly
convention in Memphis, Tenn.
Pacelli, on being accepted for
membership, becomes fully ac
credited as a senior high school
by the regional association.
Attention
C.Y.O.
Moderators!
The attention of C.Y.O.
moderators is called to this
week’s Youthscope column
ion Page 8.
In this column Father Her
bert J. Wellmeier, Diocesan
Youth Director, outlines
plans for the annual C.Y.O.
Convention to be held in
Albany, the first week in
F ebruary.
The medal is a white star
with small gold stars on a cir
cular field of blue at its cen
ter. The star is set against a
red background framed in a gold
design. The medal is attached
to a blue and white ribbon which
encircles the neck of a mar
receiving it. For a woman re
cipient, the ribbon is shaped in
a bow and can be pinned to the
clothing.
One of those receiving the
medal from President John
son was Genevieve Caulfield
a Catholic who has spen
a half-century teaching her fel
low blind persons to find ful
fillment in a seeing world.
Born 75 years ago, in Suf
folk, Va., Miss Caulfield los
her sight in infancy through ai
accident. She studied at the
Overbrook School for the Blinc
in Philadelphia, Trinity Col
lege here and Columbia Uni
versity Teacher’s College, the:
taught for seven years in Nev
Y ork City.
In 1923 she opened her firs
school for the blind in Tokyo
She went on to establish othei
schools in Thailand, Vietnam
the Philippines and other pla
ces in the Far East. She nov
works in Bangkok, Thailand
Several years ago she agree<
to act as special advisor foi
a program of medical treatmen
for blind children sponsored b]
Catholid Relief Services-Na-
tional Catholic Welfare Con
ference in Saigon, Vietnam.
She once summed up her phi
losophy of life this way:
“Being blind merely mean;
that you cannot see. It doesn’
mean you can’t live a full lifi
if you’re willing to fight for i
and rely with utter faith on th
help of the Almighty every ste]
of the way.”
Miss Caulfield’s citation fo
the medal read: "Teacher ani
humanitarian, she has been fo
four decades a one-woma
Peace Corps in Southeast Asia
winning victories over darknes
by helping the blind to becom
full members of society.”
Others receiving medals in
eluded Ralph Bunche; James E
Conant, former President c
Harvard; retired Suprem
Court Justice Felix Frankfur
ter; former Gov. Herbert F
Lehman of New York, who die
the day before the medals wer
bestowed; Jean Monnet, Frenc
statesman and Annie Dodg
Wauneka, first woman electe
to the Navajo Tribal Counci:
Official
RT. REV. MSGR. ANDRE 1
J. McDONALD-Pastor, Blesst
Sacrament, Savannah.
REV. JOHN BUCKLED
Assistant Pastor, St. Jame
Savannah.
REV. ELADIO PASCUAI
Assistant Pastor, Blessed Sa<
rament, Savannah.
