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diocese of Atlanta
VOL.2 NO.4
ARCHBISHOP NAMES
SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 23,1964
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Education Post
For Monsignor
OFFICIAL
P. J. O’Connor
The new steps to be taken In the Schools of the Archdiocese
of Atlanta are in keeping with the great progress made during the
past five years.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Patrick J. O'Connor has been
appointed Secretary to the Archbisop for Education. A man of \\ ido
educational activities, especially gained while serving on the
faculty of Catholic University of America, (1936-1956), he will
give the new program both depth and breadth.
His assistant will be Reverend Daniel J. O'Connor, who has
taught in Saint Joseph’s High School since September. 1961.
some two hundred and fifty tea
chers. The Secretary will be
the Archbishop's representat
ive in educational matters w ith
the State Department of Educa
tion and the Southern Associat
ion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. He will direct the ex
pansion and accreditation of the
Archdiocesan system.
Monsignor O'Connor was
born and reared in Savannah,
Georgia. He was ordained to the
priesthood on May 25, 1933. He
made his studies for the priest
hood at St. Mary’s Seminary,
Baltimore. Following ordinat
ion a year was spent in the
study of Education at The Cath
olic University of America. As
a lay student he attended the
University where he earned his
Bachelor's degree, later earn
ing his Master’s Degree from
St. Mary's College. In 1934 he
was assigned as assistant at
St. Anthony's parish, West End,
Atlanta, then to St. Marys-on-
the-Hill in Augusta. In 1936 he
became a regular member of
the Faculty of the School of Sac
red Theology of The Catholic
University, also a member of
the Preachers Institute.
Monsignor O'Connor was
connected with the University
for twenty years serving as
Dean of the University students,
Director of the Alumni Asso
ciation, Procurator of the
Catholic Sisters College in
Washington, D. C.
IN 1950 he was elevated to
the rank of Domestic Prelate
with the title of Right Rever
end Monsignor. This honor was
accorded to him by Pope Pius
XII at the 'request of the late
Archbishop O'Hara because of
the work Monsignor O’Connor
had done for furthering the work
of vocations in Georgia. In 1950
the Cardinals and Archbishops
of the United States appointed
Monsignor O'Connor as the
Fourth Director of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception located on die campus of
the University. During his ten
ure of office the drive was com
pleted for fourteen million doll
ars to build the superstructure
of the Shrine and the work was
begun.
In 1956 Monsignor O'Connor,
after a long teaching and ad
ministrative career, returned
to his native State of Georgia
and became the pastor of the
Diocesan Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception, the Mot
her Church of die churches in
North Georgia, located in At
lanta. During this period he was
co-founder with Msgr. Cornel
ius I. Maloney of Our Lady’s
Day School. In 1958 he was
appointed to the pastorate of the
parish of St. Thomas More, De
catur.
MONSIGNOR O'Connor is a
member of the Board of Consul-
tors to the Archbishop, a mem
ber of the Archdiocesan School
Board, Director of the Mission
Apostolate, Chairman of the
Commission for Vocations,
Director of The Latin School.
He brings to the office of Sec
retary a career rich in educat
ional experience both in teach
ing and administration. He is
internationally known as an elo
quent preacher and lecturer.
New Coadjutor
NASHVILLE, Tenn, (NC)—
The Most Rev, Joseph A. Du-
rlck will assume his new duties
as Coadjutor Bishop of Nash
ville on March 3. He will offer
a Solemn Pontifical Mass In the
Cathedral of the Incarnation.
THE SUNNY SOUTH" was captured in an unusual photo taken by Leonard Clnciolo wht >
early morning Mass following a snowstorm. The parish profile of Gainesville’s Sa r
Church is featured on page 3
DIVINE OFFICE
Breviary Reform To t,«. i
Benefit For Whole Church
BY FATHER FREDERICK R.
McMANUS (N. C. W. C. NEWS
SERVICE)
The Constitution on the
Liturgy, which is the first fruit
of Vatican Council II, is pastoral
rather than clerical in tone.
Its direct concern is with the
needs of the flock, the lay mem
bers of the Church. It is less
concerned with the clergy, the
shepherds or pastors who serve
the people.
In the entire reform of wor
ship and promotion of liturgical
understanding, "the aim to be
considered before all else" is
the "full and active particiapt-
ion by all the people,"
SUPERFICIALLY Chapter
IV of the council's document
on worship may appear to be
an exception. It deals with
the Divine Office, the public
prayer of Christ and His
Church. In practice and popu
lar estimation, this official
prayer is exclusively the oc
cupation (and obligation) of
priests and some Religious.
FOR ARCHDIOCESE
Aldermen Veto
Children’s Villa
BY GERARD E. SHERRY
Atlanta's Aldermanic Board
Monday turned down a request
by the Archdiocese for a spec
ial use permit to erect a Chil
dren’s Village on a 25 acre tract
on Fairburn Road in Southwest
Atlanta.
The 13 to 3 negative vote
came despite the approval of
the zoning committee, the
Atlanta-Fulton County joint
planning board, and profess
ional planners in Atlanta. The
project would have housed de
pendent Catholic children of
grade school age, the Atlanta
boys now residing at St. Jose
ph's Home for for Boys, Wash
ington, Georgia, the Atlanta
girls at St. Mary's Home for
Girls at Savannah.
THE PLANS called for five
ranch style cottages, each hold
ing twelve children and house
parents. There would also be a
chapel, administrative build
ing, and convent to house the
sisters who would operate the
Village. The buildings would be
set back some 160 feet from the
Fairburn Road and some 400
feet short of Austin Road.
The three aldermen voting
for approval of the Children’s
Village were Rodney Cook, J.
W. Flanigen, and Richard Free
man. Negative votes were cast
by Milton Farris, Jack Sum
mers, Douglas Wood, Robert
Dennis, Gregory Griggs, Ed
Gilliam, William T. Knight,
Jimmy Vickers, Charlie Left-
wich, John A. White, J. Ben
Moore, Cecil Turner, and
Buddy Fowlkes.
Opponents of the proposed
Village argued that it would
lower property values in the
area. This was the line taken
by Alderman Farris, who said
he admired people who were in
terested in children, but the
project should not be put on
Fairburn Road, which was a
single-family residential area.
He argued that the use permit
would change the character of
the neighborhood, and that the
people in the area "have a right
to be protected."
Aldermen Cook and Freeman
defended the zoning committee
approval of the Village, and
suggested that a lot of un
necessary minors and mis
understandings bad been spread
among residents of the area
affected.
ALDERMAN Freeman point
ed to the large number of citi
zens who crowded into the
Chambers, and who were said
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8)
In point of fact, the council
took a much broader stand and
initiated a reform of the office
so that it "may be better and
more perfectly prayed in
existing circumstances, wheth
er by priests or by other mem
bers of the Church,”
Naturally the bishops as
sembled in Rome were im
mediately anxious that priests
and Religious, the ones who
actually pray the daily office,
should pray it worthily and with
greatest spiritual profit to the
Church. Their broader hope
was that the laity should "re
cite the Divine Office, either
with the priests, or among
themselves, or even individual
ly."
SUCH ENCOURAGEMENT
from the council would be com
pletely unrealistic if a thorough
revision of the Church’s daily
prayer were not decreed at the
same time. The presentKlay
office is a marvelous compilat
ion of readings, especially from
the Bible, psalms, hymns, and
prayers—but its form and ar
rangement are complicated, re
petitious, and formalistic. It
is almost never celebrated with
popular, congregational parti
cipation; few lay people find
it an attractive form of dally
prayer, in spite of its excellence
of content.
The forthcoming revision of
the Divine Office, which the bi
shops decided upon, will be two
fold: (1) a better selection of
texts (content), and (2) a better
arrangement of parts (struct
ure).
In an earlier chapter of the
document on worship, the coun
cil had decreed a fresh, more
suitable, and more varied se
lection of readings from the
Bible for the Epistle and Gos
pel of Mass. The same prin
ciple will also be applied to
the office, both in the Bible
readings and in the passages
taken from the Fathers of the
Church and other writers.
Historical inaccuracies will be
corrected in the accounts of the
lives of the saints; the quality
of hymns will be improved,
THE STRUCTURE of the
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Youth Dedication
Ceremonies Set
CAMP FIRE, SCOUTS
Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts,
and Boy Scouts as well as their
adult leaders are invited to at
tend the sixth annual dedication
and award ceremonies for the
Archdiocese of Atlanta at the
Cathedral, of Christ The King,
on Sunday, Jan. 26.
The youth and men and women
engaged in these programs pro
cess into the Cathedral with
their flags and banners which
are subsequently blessed. They
dedicate for the commlng year
their organizational activities
for to Almightly God.
ALONG with the presentation
of the Marian and Ad Altare
Dei Awards, there will be given
for the first time the Pelican
Award. ’The Pelican Award is
bestowed to Scouters upon the
re commendation of their parish
units and pastor for extraordi
nary interest in Catholic Scout
ing on the parish level.
Because of the popularity and
limited space in the Cathedral,
this ceremony is restricted to
those above the Cub Scouts,
Bluebirds, and Brownies.
THE PROCESSION into the
Cathedral will begin promptly
at 2:30 p.m. Hence all w ho w ish
to participate must have ar
rived and have lined up well be-
for 2:30 p.m. In case of in
clement weather, the proces
sion will form in the basement
of The Cathedral of Christ The
King.
Refreshments will be served
following the ceremony in the
auditorium for those in attend
ance by the Cadets of Christ
The King.
OUR THREE high schools will continue to offer the finest Cath
olic schooling possible for our growing population. We arc
proud of Saint Pius X, and the Reverend James L. Harrison who
has led the school as principal through its pioneer years. The
present evaluation being made by a national educational agency
is simply another step toward providing a constantly improving
program. The faculty consists of a strong staff of Sisters from
four outstanding teaching Communities - Sisters of Saint Joseph
of Carondelet, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Grey Nuns of
the Sacred Heart and Sisters of Mercy of the Union; and top rate
lay teachers. It has recently been augmented by the addition of
two teaching priests, Reverend John J. Cotter and Reverend Alan
M. Dillmann.
Meanwhile, Saint Joseph’s High School has more than justified
the hopes of its founders. Father Daniel J. O’Connor has been
appointed Acting Principal, in addition to his duties in the Arch
diocesan Schools’ Office. The faculty, consisting of 7 Sisters of
Saint Joseph of Carondelet and lay teachers, anticipates its
first graduation in June, 1964. In addition to Reverend l.dward
A. O Connor, Reverend Daniel J, McCormick has been assigned
to teaching duties at Saint Joseph’s.
Drexel High School, under the excellent leadership of Reverend
Richard Leary, C.P., has grown steadily, and is expecting its
first graduation in 1965. A combined staff of two splendid teach
ing Communities includes the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Caron
delet (Baden, Pennsylvania Province) and Sisters of the Blessed
Sacrament.
Included in the Department of Education, besides the three high
schools, are 18 elementary schools. The entire program will be
under the direction of Monsignor O’Connor, with the special help
of Father Daniel J. O’Connor. The recent assignment of Sister
Mary Severine, C. S. J. as Supervisor has strengthened the
classroom work.
We enter a new era. Educationally, we must offer our Catholic
young people the very best we can. With the leadership of Mon-
signor O Connor, the new Secretary for Education, and a devoted
staff of priests, Sisters, and laity, we are now prepared for a
Catholic school system able to hold its own. While serving the
modern needs of society, it will still keep foremost the ultimate
need, - the Kingdom of God, the place destined by God for every
child both here and in eternity.
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TUANSFKItltKI). A r »• h-
bishop Jitnu-H p. On vis of Sun
•Juan. Puerto Rico, has been
tninwfened by Pope Paul VI
to be Archbishop of Santa
Fe, N. Me.x. As Archbishop
of Santa Fe. Archbishop
Davis will succeed the late
Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne,
whom he succeeded as Bish
op of San Juan in 1949.
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
has appointed Monsignor Pat
rick J. O'Connor to the office
of Secretary to the Archbishop
for Education in the Arch
diocese of Atlanta.
Monsignor O'Connor will
continue to serve as Pastor of
St. Thomas More parish, De
catur.
MONSIGNOR O'Connor in the
new office will represent in all
matters pertaining to the direc
tion of and the administration of
the elementary and secondary
schools of the Archdiocese. It
will be the top administrative
post for Education. Attending
schools directly under guidance
of the Secretary will be some
nine thousand students and
PONTIFF absorbed IN PRAYER. This is one of the most
cent pictures of Pope Paul VI, w’ho constantly prays and w<
for peace. His Holiness is receiving enthusiastic reapon
t0 tlje some 20 telegrams he sent from the Holy Land to w<
leaders urging them to efforts for world peace.
Archbishop of Atlanta
APPOINTMENT
The Rev. Daniel J. McCormick to the teaching staff of St.
Joseph’s High School.
VERY REV. HAROLD J. RAINEY, CHANCELLOR
THE RT. REV. MSGR. PATRICK J. O' CONNOR
Pastor of St. Thomas More Church, Decatur; newly appointed
Secretary to the Archoishop for Education
the
GEARED
TO THE
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