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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 — $5.00 PER YEAR 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. J? t Q.d 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 NEWS