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PAGE 2 — The Southern Cross, January 2,1969
YEAR IN REVIEW
1968 As Reported By Southern Cross
BY J. E. MARKWALTER
JANUARY
Archabbot Egbert H.
Donovan, former Headmaster
at Savannah’s Benedictine
Military School, was installed
as Archabbot of St. Vincent’s
Archabbey, Latrobe,
Pa . . . New Sanctuary
renovations completed at St.
James, Savannah ... “Eucha
rist, the Sacrament of Unity”
was theme of symposium
sponsored by St. Mary’s
on-the-Hill, Augusta . . .
Special Unity Week program
held by Statesboro’s St.
Matthew’s parish .. . Dr. W.
W. Battey, Knight of St.
Gregory, died in
Augusta . . . Semi-annual
meeting of Grand Knights of
Georgia K.C. Councils held in
Columbus . . . Annual
city-wide Christian Unity
Prayer Service held at St.
Paul’s Hellenic Center,
Savannah .... Christian
Unity Service held at Darien.
Unity week services held in
Dublin.
FEBRUARY
Bishop Gerard L. Frey
asked prayers for vocations as
February was marked as
Vocations Month in Savannah
Diocese. . .Pope John XXIII
lectures held in Savannah,
Augusta and Albany. Series
featured prominent
clergymen from various
denominations . . . Diocesan
Pastoral Council organized
with first meeting being held
in Savannah. Bishop called it
“Historic Day’’ for
diocese . . . Bishop Francis E.
Hyland, former auxiliary
bishop of d’ocese died in
Philadelphia at age
66 .. . Four priests of diocese
were given new assignments -
Monsignor Andrew J.
McDonald was named Vicar
General for Administrative
Affairs and Diocesan
Comptroller. Monsignor T.
James McNamara was named
Senior Vicar General. Father
Kevin Boland was appointed
Chancellor and Father Ralph
Seikel was named a member
of the Board of Diocesan
Consultors . .. Father Eugene
Kennedy, M.M. was principal
speaker at Savannah Clergy
Conference . . . Savannah
man, Dr. William A. Wexler
who is president of B’nai
B’Rith, was received in
audience by Pope
Paul . . . Annual Catholic
Religious Education
Workshop held at Ft.
Benning . . . 200 laity and
Religious met in Savannah for
annual teachers’
institute,. .. Announcement
made of plans for “Project
Insight”, diocesan-wide
Lenten program for
adults ... Following clergy
assignments announced: Fr.
Michael Burke - assistant at
Holy Family, Columbus. Fr.
Finbarr Stanton - assistant at
St. Anne’s, Columbus. Fr.
William O’Neill - assistant at
St. Mary’s on-the-Hill,
Augusta . . . Fr. E. O’Riordan
- assistant at St. James,
Savannah. Fr. Patrick
McKenna - assistant at Sacred
Heart, Augusta. Following
assigned to pastoral institute
in New Orleans: Fr. Cyril
Gabbett, Fr. Thomas Healy,
Fr. Frank Patterson, Fr.
Donal Dunne and Fr. Michael
Collins . .. Valdosta students
tour Kennedy Space
Center .. . City-wide Youth
Forum held in Savannah.
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Vinh Long . . .
MARCH
Sister Andrew of the
Eucharist, O.C.D.
pronounced Solemn
Perpetual Vows at Savannah
Carmel. . . Savannah diocese
issued first annual financial
statement ... A. M.
McAuliffe, Papal Knight, died
in Augusta .. . Annual St.
Patrick Day Parade in
Savannah. James J. Johnson
was grand marshal with aides
being Karl Holmen and J.
Herbert Johnson ... St. John
Vianney Altar Boy awards for
two-hundred altar boys from
all sections of diocese . . .
Bishop Emmet Walsh, former
priest of the Diocese of
Savannah, died in
Youngstown, Ohio . . . Fr.
Peter F. O’Donnell, S. J.,
former pastor at Augusta’s
Sacred Heart Church, killed
in Louisana auto
accident. . . Bishop Gerard
L. Frey was one of
concelebrants at Requiem
Mass for Archbishop Paul J.
Hallinan of Atlanta .. . Msgr.
Daniel J. Bourke, pastor
Augusta’s St. Mary’s
on-the-Hill, named to
National Board of Governors
of U.S.O.
APRIL
Seminary Students stage
Passion Play in Savannah and
Augusta . .. Bishop Gerard L.
Frey offered Memorial Mass
for Dr. Martin Luther King at
Savannah Cathedral . . .
Announcement made that
Franciscan Sisters would staff
Cathedral Day School with
beginning of school year in
September . . . Father
Clarence Rivers main speaker
at annual C.Y.O.
Convention . ..
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DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL FORMED - One of the highlights of 1968 was the formation
of Savannah Diocesan Pastoral Council. Bishop Gerard L. Frey, Bishop of Savannah, is pictured
addressing organizational meeting held last January. (Staff photo by Bob Ward)
a's Oldest
at Callaway Gardens .. .
Annual Newman Leadership
Conference at Dublin . . .
Monsignor Thomas I.
Sheehan resigned as pastor of
Macon’s St. Joseph’s Church,
was named rector-emeritus
. . . Father Joseph Mahon
ordained at St. Mary’s in
Augusta. Father Robert
Mattingly ordained in
Washington, D.C. . .. Nation
al honors for Young Citizens
Civics Club, Valdosta .. . For-
tieth Anniversary of
ordination marked by Msgr.
Herman J. Deimel,Augusta
. . . Father Frederick J.
Nijem ordained in
Valdosta ... . 66th State
Convention of Knights of
Columbus held in
Savannah . . . New Macon
Deanery created. Monsignor
John D. Toomey named
Dean . . . Following clergy
assignments released: Father
John Cuddy - pastor St.
James Savannah; Monsignor
John D. Toomey - pastor St.
Joseph’s, Macon; Father
Francis J. Donohue - pastor
St. Anthony’s, Savannah;
Father Timothy Flaherty -
pastor St. Michael’s -
Savannah Beach; Father
Walter Di Francesco - pastor
Our Lady Lourdes, Pt.
Wentworth; Father Joseph C.
Otterbein - pastor St.
Benedict’s, Savannah; Father
John Fitzpatrick - pastor St.
Matthew’s, Statesboro;
Father Andrew Doris - pastor
St. Joseph’s, Waycross.
Following new parishes and
pastors named were: St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini,
Savannah - Father Stephen
Connolly pastor; Parish in
West Augusta - Father Roy
Cox, pastor; Holy Spirit,
Macon - Father E. Perot
Fiero, pastor; St. William’s,
St. Simon’s Island - Father
Joseph Costello, pastor; New
parish Liberty and Bryan
Counties - Father William
Leahy, pastor. Following
were named to diocesan
posts: Father Ralph Seikel,
Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools; Father William
Dowling, coordinator of
Diocesan Social Apostolate;
Father Sean O’Rourke,
Director of Hospitals; Father
Lawrence A. Lucree, Director
Apostleship of the Sea;
Father Michael Smith,
vice-chancellor of Diocese;
Father Francis Nelson,
vice-officialis; Father John
Cuddy, Vicar for Religious;
Father Paul Mess, Chaplain of
St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Augusta; Father Timothy
Ryan granted leave to enter
military service as chaplain in
U. S. Air Force. Other clergy
assignments included: Father
William Simmons - associate
pastor Nativity of Our Lord,
Savannah; Father Frank
Paterson, assistant pastor St.
Teresa’s, Albany; Father
Thomas Healy, assistant
pastor St. Joseph’s, Macon;
Father Cyril Gabbett,
assistant pastor St.Mary’s
on-the-Hill, Augusta; Father
Donal Dunne, assistant pastor
Blessed Sacrament, Savannah;
Father Michael Collins,
assistant pastor St.
Benedict’s, Savannah; Father
Francis Nelson, associate
pastor Sacred Heart,
Savannah; Father William
O’Neill, assistant pastor
Immaculate Conception,
Augusta; Father Thomas
McCarthy, assistant pastor St.
Teresa’s, Albany; Father
Raymond Healy, S.M.,
assistant pastor at St.
Williams, St. Simon’s
Island . . .
Southern Cross received first
place award for best Front
Page at National Convention
of Catholic Press Association
of United States. Paper also
received third place citation
for “best news story
originating with paper” and
honorable mention for
“General Excellence.”
. . . Monsignor Andrew J.
McDonald received first
Benedictine Medal of
Excellence... St. John
Vianney Seminary closed
doors. Fraternity of John
XXIII formed . .. Father
William V. Coleman named
Administrative Coordinator
of Savannah’s St. Pius X High
School, Diocesan coordinator
of Vocation Development
Programs and Diocesan
Coordinator of Religious
Education . . . Father
Michael Smith named
associate coordinator of
Department of Religious
Education . . . Father
Benjamin Werner named
associate pastor of St.
Joseph’s, Augusta . . . Father
J. Patrick Mahon named
Vice-Principal at Pacelli High,
Columbus . . . Father Robert
Mattingly, Diocesan
representative at Mt. de Sales,
Macon . . . Father Frederick
J. Nijem, Moderator of St.
Pius X High School,
Savannah . . . Sister Mary
Camille, O.S.B., Diocesan
Supervisor of Department of
Religious Education . . .
Sister Mary Charlene, R.S.M.,
Superivosr for Department of
Religious Education . . .
Sister Mary Lucy, Supervisor
for Department of Religious
Education ... 335 received
diplomas from Diocesan High
schools.
JUNE
Plan to assist needy -
Diocesan Social Apostolate -
announced for five cities -
Albany, Augusta, Columbus,
Macon and Savannah . . .
Fathers Timothy B. Timmins,
Gerard Murphy, Michael J.
O’Keefe, Patrick J. Costigan,
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annual blessing of fleet held
at Savannah,. .. Sister Mary
Rose, O.S.F. named principal
of Savannah’s Cathedral Day
School. .. Savannah’s Notre
Dame Book Shop closed
doors after fourteen years of
operation.
JULY
Brunswick requiem for
Father Andrew A. Walls,
S.M., Father Walls had served
in Georgia for over 25
years . . . Father Austin
Martin, S.D.S. was named l-
pastor of St. Benedict’s,
Columbus . . . Father Herbert
Wadaga, S.D.S., associate
pastor of St. Benedict’s,
Columbus . . . John C. Garvin
Jr., former Macon resident,
named Knight of St.
Gregory . . . Degrees for
twenty-one at St. Joseph
Hospital School of Nursing,
Savannah . . . Monsignor (Lt.
Col.) Leonard J. Paznonskas,
deputy post chaplain at Ft.
Benning died.
AUGUST
Father Lambert Dorn,
S.J., native of Augusta,
marked his fiftieth
anniversary as a Jesuit. . .
Diocese formally opened
Christian Formation
Department . ..Plans for
Deanery Level workshops
dealing with Parish Schools of
Religion announced . . .
Columbus Young People
form inner-city council
seeking help for slum
areas . . . Camp Villa Marie
ends summer session after
two-month session which saw
over 650 campers in
attendance . .. Sister M.
Julian Griffin, Columbus
made final vows as Sister of
Charity . . . Diocese
announced plans to open St.
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SEPTEMBER
Following clergy
appointments: Father
Michael O’Keefe, assistant
pastor St. James, Savannah;
Father Brendan Timmins,
assistant at Cathedral St.
John the Baptist, Savannah;
Father Francis Higgins,
assistant at Blessed
Sacrament, Savannah; Father
David O’Connell, assistant at
St. Mary’s on-the-Hill,
Augusta . . . Father Mathew
Fitzgerald, assistant at Sacred
Heart, Warner Robins;
Following were assigned to
Pastoral Training Institute -
Fathers Michael Delea, James
Costigan, John Hurley,
Gerard Murphy and Donal
Keohane . . Savannah
Diocesan Pastoral Council
unamiously voted to set up
area school boards
throughout the
diocese,. . . Hugh Grady
named Master of the Fourth
Degree Knights of Columbus
in Georgia .,. . Diocese
established program of
voluntary acreditation for
parish schools of religion and
departments of religion in
Catholic schools .. . Annual
priests’ retreat held at
Savannah Beach.
OCTOBER
Annual Confraternity of
Laity Drive successful in
reaching goal of
$135,000 . . . Inner-faith
dinner held at Dublin ...
Ground broken for new St.
Patrick’s Church,
Perry . . . Centennial of St.
Francis Xavier Church,
Brunswick, observed with
special ceremonies. Requiem
offered for Sister Mary
Genevieve, O.S.F. of faculty
of St. Pius X,
Savannah . . . C.F.M. Marriage
Encounter held at St. John’s
Center . . . Carmelite Nuns
add re.ss; Theresians of
Savannah ... Diocesan-wide
observance replaced Forty
Hour Devotions. Requiem
offered for Sister M. Patricia,
R.S.M., retired faculty
member of St. Vincent’s
Academy, Savannah.
NOVEMBER
Mrs. Martin Austin of
Perry was named president of
the newly formed Macon
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women . . . Savannah hosted
Priests’ Senates of Southeast.
Regional meeting was held in
DeSoto-Hilton Hotel. . .
Alfred M. Battey, Sr., Knight
of St. Gregory, died in
Augusta .. . City-wide Youth
Forum held in Savannah .. .
Bishop Gerard L. Frey
addressed students at Mercer
University, Macon .. . Annual
clothing campaign for needy
conducted throughout
diocese .. . Savannah’s St.
Joseph’s Hospital revealed
plans for 100 more beds in
their new facility being built
on Abercorn Expressway . ..
Bishop Frey announced
realignment of Deaneries.
Deaneries established and
names of Deans were:
Chatham Deanery, Monsignor
Andrew J. McDonald;
Richmond Deanery,
Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke;
North Central Deanery,
Monsignor John D. Toomey;
Northeast Deanery, Father
John Fitzpatrick; Southeast
Deanery, Father Thomas
Payne; Southwest Deanery,
Monsignor Felix Donnelly
and Northwest Deanery,
Monsignor Marvin J. LeFrois.
DECEMBER
Monsignor T. James
McNamra honored by U.S.O.
for his 20-year span of service
to servicemen’s organizations
in the Savannah area. . .
Special drive by Catholic
Women of Columbus netted
$800 for Biafran relief...
First Adult Education Course
for rural parishes of the
diocese was held at Douglas
and its missions.. Sisters
teaching in Catholic schools
of diocese granted salary
increase . . . Office of
Educational Research of the
University of Notre Dame
was retained to analyze and
evaluate twelve Catholic
schools in Savannah
metropolitan area. Evaluation
will start on January
27th ... New rectory blessed
for St. Joseph’s,
Waycross . . . Savannah
requiem for Father Denis
Begley, former pastor of St.
Anthony’s parish .. . New
St. Vincent’s Hall of
Savannah’s St. Vincent’s
Academy dedicated.
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