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VOL. 1 NO. 20
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963
55.00 PER YEAR
OF ORDINATION
3 Priests To Mark
Their Anniversaries
Three priests of the Archdio
cese of Atlanta will celebrate
anniversaries this week-end.
Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy,
V. G., P. A. Pastor of Christ
the King Cathedral, and James
E. King, Pastor of St. Anthony’s
Church, Atlanta, will mark 40
years in the Priesthood. Monsi
gnor Patrick J. O’Connor, Pas
tor of St. Thomas More Ch
urch, Decatur, will mark his
30th anniversary as a priest.
A Mass of Thanksgiving will
be held at each of the churches
by the Jubilarians with later
receptions at which parish
ioners are invited.
MONSIGNOR Cassidy was
born in Flushing, Long Island,
New York, on December 30,
1897. He received his seminary
training at St. Joseph’s Semi
nary, Dunwoodie, N.Y. Orda
ined to the priesthood at St.
Patrick's Cathedral, New York,
on May 26, 1923, he was ap
pointed assistant at the Cathed
ral of St. John the Baptist,
Savannah, and served there un
til 1925, when he came as assi
stant at the Shrine of the Imma
culate Conception, Atlanta.
In 1929 he was appointed
Pastor of St. Mary’s, Rome, and
in 1936, Pastor of Blessed Sac
rament in Savannah. He was
then assigned to Mission Trai
ler work.
Monsignor Cassidy also ser
ved as Pastor at Sacred Heart,*
Millegeville, St. Augustine,
Thomasville, and St. Theresa in
Albany before being named Pas
tor of Christ the King Cathed
ral in 1945.
In 1957 , he was named a
consultor of the then diocese
of Atlanta. When it was eleva
ted to an archdiocese, he was
renamed to the consultor’s
board. He was appointed a vi
car general of the archdiocese
in 1962.
Msgr. Cassidy was elevated
to the rank of Papal Chamber-
lain by Pope Pius XII on Jan-
urary 8, 1942, with the title of
Very Reverend Monsignor. He
became Right Reverend Monsi
gnor on June 18, 1946, when
he was raised to the rank of
Domestic Prelate. Pope Pius
XII further honored Msgr. Cas
sidy on February 4, 1937, when
he named him to the select ranks
of Protonotary Apolostic.
MONSIGNOR KING was born
in Troy, N. Y., May 1, 1893.
He received his seminary trai
ning at St. Bernard, Rochester,
Our Lady of the Angels, and St.
Bonaventure, Olean, N, Y. Ord
ained in Albany, N. Y. on May
26, 1923, he was appointed as
assistant to the Savannah Cat
hedral, In 1925, he was named
administrator of St. Anthony's,
Atlanta.
From 1926 to 1937, he ser
ved at Athens, and for the next
two years at Valdosta, In 1939,
he wenttoMilledgeville, and two
years later to Albany and then
for two years at Athens. From
1943 to 1946, he served at War
ner Robbins, and then in 1952,
was appointed Pastor of St. Ant
hony’s.
Monsignor King was named a
diocesan consultor in 1957, and
renamed to the archdioccsan
board in May, 1962. He was
elevated to the rank of domes
tic prelate by Pope John XXIII
on April 19, 1960, with the title
of Right Reverend Monsignor.
MONSIGNOR O’Connor was
born In Savannah, Georgia, son
of P. J. and Winifred Maher
O'Connor. He attended the Cat
hedral School and Benedictine
MSGR. O’CONNOR
Military Academy. In 1920 he
entered Catholic University of
America and graduated from
there in 1924. He was Vale
dictorian of his class. In 1928
he entered St. Mary’s Semin
ary, Baltimore, Maryland and
VATICAN CITY (NC) -- His
Holiness Pope John XXIII was
expected to withdraw from all
but the most pressing demands
of his office so that he could
go on a spiritual retreat in
preparation for the feast of Pen
tecost.
There was no official announ
cement of the Pope's plans.
But Vatican authorities said
(May 21) that Pope John would
go on retreat within a few days.
WORD of his pending with
drawal followed rumors to the
effect that he had had a new
attack of illness. But no auth
oritative comment about the
Pope’s health was available.
The week before the feast of
the Ascension, however, he had
canceled for two days (May
17 and 18) all private audiences
and regularly scheduled confer
ences with cardinals and other
high officials of the Church’s
central administrative staff.
The Pope's planned retreat
w ould not only allow him a per
iod of special prayer, but would
was ordained to the Sacred
Priesthood by the Most Rever
end Michael J. Keyes on May
25, 1933 in the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, Savannah,
Georgia.
Monsignor O’Connor has ser
ved in various capacities: as
Assistant at St. Anthony’s Ch
urch, West End, Atlanta; at St.
Mary’s on The Hill in Augusta,
Georgia; and in 1936 he became
a permanent member of the
School of Sacred Theology,
Assistant Professor of Homi
letics, Professor in The Prea
chers’ Institute where he taught
for some twenty three summer
sessions assisting the Very Re
verend Dr. Ignatius Smith, O.
P. He was the Dean of Men
at Catholic University, the Dir
ector of the Catholic University
Alumni Association, Procura
tor of The Catholic Sisters Col
lege; and in 1950 he was ap
pointed by the Cardinals, Arch
bishops and members of the
Board of Trustees as the Fou
rth Director of the National
Shrine of The Immaculate Con
ception in Washington, D. C.
It was during his tenure of
office as Director of The Nat
ional Shrine that the Drive for
some fourteen million dollars
was begun and completed. In
1950 Father O’Connor was ele
vated to the rank of Right Rev
erend Monsignor by the late
Pope Pius XII.
WHEN THE Diocese of At
lanta was formally established,
Monsignor O’Connor became
the Pastor of The Diocesan
Shrine of The Immaculate Con
ception. In 1958 Monsignor was
appointed the Pastor of St. Tho
mas More Church in Decatur,
Georgia.
For many years Monsignor
has been the Director of the
Mission Apostolate for Georgia
and during his tenure of office
in his capacity many young
men have been persuaded to
come to Georgia to serve as
Priests in this section of the
Lord’s Vinevard. Monsignor is
a member of the Board of
Consultors of the Archdiocese,
and Chairman of the Archdio-
ceaan Commission on Religious
Vocations.
also free him from the burden
of audiences and routine busi
ness.
HIS retreat was to coincide
with the pre-Pentecost novena
to the Holy Spirit to implore
Christian unity, scheduled for
the Blessed Sacrament chapel
of St. Peter’s basilica. The
novena, a revival of the nine
days of supplication for unity
recommended by Leo XIII, was
to begin on Ascension Thurs
day and end on the Vigil of
Pentecost.
It was organized by Bishop
Pietro Canisio van Lierde, the
Pope’s Vicar General for Vati
can City.
Name Protector
VATICAN CITY, May ^(Ra
dio, NC)—Ildebrando Cardinal
Antoniutti of the Vatican ad
ministrative staff has been
named cardinal protector of the
Sister Adorers of the Most
Precious Blood of London, Ont.
RECURRTNC ILLNESS
Concern Shown
For Pope John
HARLAN DISSENTS
ARCHBISHOP Paul J. Hallinan, Metropolitan of the Atlanta Province, shown with other bishops
of the Province at a meeting held this week in Atlanta. Left to Right: Bishop Francis F. Reh of
Charleston, S.C.; Archbishop Hallinan; Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, of Savannah; Archbishop
Joseph P. Hurley, Bishop of St. Augustine, Fla.; Bishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami, and Bishop
Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh, N.C. ^
Court Reverses ‘Sit-In’
Convictions In South
WASHINGTON -NC—The U.
S. Supreme Court has reversed
the convictions of lunch counter
sit-in demonstrators in four
southern states and held that
convictions “commanded.. .by
the voice of the state directing
segregated service” cannot
stand.
Conceding, as it his before,
that private segregation lies
beyond the reach of the 14th
Amendment's equal protection
clause, the court nevertheless
found that the lunch counter
sit-in cases—from South Caro
lina, Louisiana, Alabama and
North Carolina—all involved a
state policy of segregation.
THE COURT made this find
ing even in one case, from New
Orleans, where there was no
specific law requiring segre
gation of eating facilities. It
held that statements by the
mayor and police chief showed
that segregation was a city
policy, although there was no
law to compel it.
The court’s majority opin
ions in the several cases were
written by Chief Justice Earl
Warren. Associate Justice John
M. Harlan concerred in the re
sult of the South Carolina sit-
in case but dissented in the
other cases. Associate Justice
William O. Douglas wrote a
separate concurring opinion in
the Louisiana case.
Four of the cases involved
the conviction of students—all
Negroes except for one white—
for violation of various cri
minal trespass laws by “sitting
in’’ at lunch counters in dime
stores and department stores.
The fifth case involved the con
viction of two Negro minis
ters—the Revs. F.L. Shuttles-
worth and C. Billups—for al
legedly encouraging students to
engage in a sit-in demonstra
tion in Birmingham, Ala.
SOUTHERN cities involved
besides Birmingham and New
Orleans were Greenville, S.C.,
and Durham, N.C.
At the same time it decided
the sit-in cases, the court re
versed the conviction of six
Negroes who had been found
guilty of a breach of the peace
for playing basketball in a pub
lic park in Savannah, Ga.
The key sit-in opinions were
those in the Greenville and
New Orleans cases.
Incardinate
Fr. Michael
McKeever
Father Michael McKeever,
pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, Atlanta, has been ln-
cardlnated (been received into)
in the Archdiocese of Atlanta,
the Chancery Office announces.
Father McKeever, a member
of the African Mission Society,
was appointed Pastor of St.
Peter Claver Church, Macon,
in 1943. In 1945, he became Pas
tor of Our Lady of Lourdes.
The Archdiocese of Atlanta
recently purchased the land and
property of Our Lady of Lourdes
from the African Mission
Society, and the parishes no
longer under their care. Arch
bishop Paul J. Hallinan incar-
dinated Father McKeever into
the archdiocese and re-appoint
ed him pastor of the parish.
Chief Justice Warren’s opin
ion in the Greenville case
stressed the existence of a
city ordinance requiring sepa
ration of the races in restau
rants.
The effect of the ordinance,
he said, was to take the segre
gation issue out of the hands
of private restaurant owners
and reserve the decision to the
city Itself.
He dismissed the argument
that the segregation in this
case was actually the private
policy of the dime store in
volved, saying:
“WHEN A state agency pass
es a law compelling persons to
discriminate against other per
sons because of race, and the
State's criminal processes are
employed in a way which en
forces the discrimination man
dated by that law, such a pal
pable violation of the 14th
Amendment cannot be saved by
attempting to separate the men
tal urges of the discrimina
tors.”
The Chief Justice’s opinion
in the New Orleans case took
specific note of the fact that no
state or city law requires ra
cial segregation of restaurant
facilities. He held, however,
that this case is “governed
by the same principles” that
apply in the Greenville sit-in
case.
Specifically, he called atten
tion to statements by the mayor
and police chief opposing sit-in
demonstrations which were is
sued shortly before the demon
stration involved.
Chief Justice Warren com
mented:
“AS WE interpret the New
Orleans city officials' state
ments, they here determined
that the city would not permit
Negroes to seek desegregated
service in restaurants. Con
sequently, the city must be
treated exactly as if it had an
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TWO NEW PRIESTS
Priesthood
Ordinations
On Saturday
Two seminarians of the Arch
diocese of Atlanta will be or
dained next Saturday (May 25)
by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
in the Cathedral of Christ the
King at 10 a.m.
They are Rev. Mr. Matthews
W. Kemp and Rev. Mr. William
E. Calhoun. Both have Just fin
ished their studies at St. Mary’s
Seminary, Roland Park, Balti
more.
Rev. Mr. Calhoun is a native
of Carrollton, Georgia. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred D.
Calhoun live at 135 Griffin St.,
Atlanta. He will offer his first
Solemn Mass at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Atlanta next
Sunday, the day after his ordi
nation, at 11 a.m.
Rev. Mr. Kemp is a native
of Washington, D.C., but attend
ed Glenwood School and Druid
Hills School in Decatur, be
fore his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Matthew W. Kemp, moved to
Clinton, Connecticut, He will
offer his first Solemn Mass at
St. Mary of the Visitation
Church, Clinton on Pentecost
Sunday, June 2, at 11 a.m.
Ministers at Rev. Mr. Cal
houn's first Mass are: Assis
tant Priest, Rev. Michael Mc
Keever, Pastor, Our Lady of
Lourdes; Deacon, Rev. Dennis
Walsh, C.P., Pastor, St. Paul
of the Cross, Atlanta; Sub-
Deacon, Rev. Eusebius J. Bel
tran, Vice-Officialis, Christ the
King Cathedral; Sermon, Rev.
Dale Freeman, Pastor, Sacred
Heart Church, Athens. The
Commentator will be fellow-
Ordinand, Matthew W. Kemp.
Music will be provided by the
Drexel High School Choral
Group under the direction of
Graham W. Jackson. Minor
ministers will be the students
of the parish.
Rev. Mr. Calhoun will also
officiate at Solemn Benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament at
4:30 p.m. the same day, A
Reception will follow Im
mediately in Our Lady of Lour
des school auditorium.
Ministers at the First Mass
of Rev. Mr. Kemp will be:
Assistant Priest, Rev. Walter
J. Keenan, Pastor; Deacon, Rev.
Joseph F. Ware, Pastor, Sacred
Heart Church, Milledgeville;
Sub-Deacon, Rev. M. Coleman
Palmer (Newly Ordained): Ser
mon, Very Rev, James A. Lau-
bacher, S.S., St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Baltimore; Commentator,
Rev. Francis Igo, Assistant
Pastor, St. Michael’s Church,
Hartford, Conn. Master of
Ceremonies Mr. Charles Sag-
lio, Clinton.
Rev. Mr. Calhoun age 30,
REV. W. CALHOUN
REV. M. KEMP
was educated at Booker T.
Washington High School and
Morehouse College, Atlanta. He
became a convert to the Church
in 1945 and was confirmed that
year at Wiesbaden, Germany,
while serving in the U.S. Air
Force. He later entered St.
Philip Neri Latin School for
Delayed Vocations at Haver
hill, Mass., graduating from
there in 1957, The same year
he entered St. Mary's Seminary
and has earned a Bachelor's in
Philosophy, a Bachelor’s in
Sacred Theology and a Licenti
ate in Sacred Theology (equiva
lent to a Master’s degree).
Rev. Mr. Kemp, age 24, was
educated in schools in Wash
ington, D.C., Virginia, Decatur
and Clinton, Conn. He attended
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloom
field, Conn., before entering St.
Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore.
He has earned a Bachelor’s
in Philosophy, a Bachelor’s in
Theology, and a Master’s De
gree In Education at Loyola Col
lege, Baltimore.
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Youth Adoration Day
WASHINGTON (NC)—Five
million Catholic young people
throughout the nation are ex
pected to participate in the
seventh annual National Youth
Adoration Day observance June
2, Pentecost Sunday.
Msgr. Frederick J. Steven
son, director of the Youth De
partment, National Catholic
Welfare Conference, said the
youths are being asked to re
member a special intention of
the observance and “to pray
that the Divine Spirit assist and
guide the Fathers of the ecu
menical council in that the light
and strength of the Gospel may
ever more widely influence hu
man society.”
THE observance is sponsored
by the National Catholic Youth
Organization Federation, which
is affiliated with the NCWC
department. They young people
are expected to assist at Mass,
receive Holy Communion and
spend some time privately be
fore the Blessed Sacrament
during the observance.