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f VOL. 2, NO. 49 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964 $5.00 PER YEAR diocese of Atlanta SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES FROM PIUS X MSGR. KING RESIGNS New Pastors Appointed By Archbishop The Reverend James L. Har rison, Principal of St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, has been transferred to the Pastorate of St. Michael's Gainesville. This was announced this week by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan who also named Rev. John J. Cotter, Assistant Principal of St. Pius X High School, to be acting principal. Father Harrison succeeds the Rev. R. Donald Kiernan who has been appointed Pastor of St. Anthony's (West End) At lanta. lence. Father Harrison has done this so well that the spirit of Pius X is known throughout the south. Repeated awards in jour nalism and debating, spirited progress in a sound athletic program climaxed now in a fine new statium these are the obvious signs of success. But where Father Harrison has ad ded his own special impetus to in the center of education— a splendid faculty, constant evaluation, accreditation, new methods and the happy harvest of graduates winning scholar ships at our finest colleges and universities. MONSIGNOR KING FATHER KIERNAN FATHER HARRISON FATHER COTTER THREE-HOUR PROCESSION Flags, Torches Greet Pope’s Return Monsignor James E. King has resigned from the pastorate of St. Anthony’s (West End) At lanta, for reasons of health and has been appointed Pastor Eme ritus. priest. You have sought only Christ’s Kingdom, not your own welfare. From Bombay Eucharistic Congress Archbishop Hallinan, in ex pressing the esteem of the Archdiocese for Father Harri son’s excellent record as first principal of Pisu X High School said: “It is no easy task to launch a new school, to give it ident- tiy and suture in the educa tional community, to guide the lives of young men and women to intellectual and moral excel- “Father Cotter, alreadyavi- tal part of the Pius X tradit ion, is nownamedas acting pr incipal. To Father Harrisonfor an outstanding record and his new pastoral assignment, and to Father Cotter for a promising future, our heartiest good wish es.” BY FATHER JOHN P. DONNELLY (N, C. W. C. News Service) parishes through which he pass ed. ROME — The Eternal City decked its monuments in flood lights and flags and its streets with burning torches to wel come its missionary bishop back from India. Catholics Fear Losing Identity Father Harrison’s appoint ment as pastor at Gnesville is effective December 15th. However, he will continue his duties as principal of Pius X until December 22nd. LONDON (NC) — Catholics feel they are losing their iden tity if their manners of prayer and worship become more like the Anglicans, Father Gregory Baum, O.S.A., told the London Newman Circle. The Canadian priest, a mem ber of the Secretariat for Pro moting Christian Unity and lec turer at St. Michael’s College in Toronto, said it ig j nevitable that “as renewal continues in Christian churches there will be far less differences among us. ” Father Harrison was born in Atlanta and was educated at the Catholic University of Am erica, Washington, D. C. and at the Pontifical Gregorian Un- iversityin Rome, Italy. He has studied at the University of Georgia in Athens. He was or dained in Rome, in 1955 and has served in the Archdioce- sinct 1956. Since 1958, Thousands of citizens heeded the call of their mayor and turn ed out in force along the high ways and city streets through which the papal caravan inched from Fiumicino airport through downtown Rome and into St. Peter’s Square. WHEN the procession arrived at the Garibaldi Bridge leading into the heart of downtown Rome, it was greeted by Mayor Amerigo Petrucci and other municipal officials, an escort of city police and another crowd spreading through the back streets of the Trastevere sec tion of Rome. ian Television as the Pope ac cepted a final homage from Italy’s official greeting party, which had met him at the air port and escorted him home. its profound religious spirit, character of noble reserve and distinction and its moral values. This was announced this week by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan who rev ?aled that he had named Father R. Donald Kiernan Pas tor of St. Michael’s, Gainsville (Hall County) to succeed Mon signor King as pastor of St. Anthony’s. Father Kiernan is also consulting editor of the Georgia Bulletin. “The title of Pastor Emeri tus is an honored one. It speaks of our merited gratitude for the past, and your merited free dom from pastoral responsi bilities for the future becausw of reasons of health. Yet it gua rantees for us your presence as a friend to all our people, an example to younger priests and a counsellor for bishops. se POPE Paul VI arrived 16 minutes ahead of schedule on a non-stop Alitalia jet flight. He spoke to the crowd at the air port about his India visit, say ing that “It took place in the irradiating light which eman ates from the Eucharistic mys tery. Across the bridge, the Pope’s caravan entered the congested center of the city, stopping again along the way to greet the faithful of the downtown par ishes and the afternoon Christ mas shoppers. Workers watch ed from office buildings or went into the streets to shout their greetings. THESE were Premier Aldo Moro, Foreign Affairs Minister Giuseppe Saragat and Transport Minister Angelo Jervolino. Also in the party was Vice Presi dent Pietro Nenni, leader of the Italian Socialist party, who _ though he had not kissed the Pope’s ring in greeting him at airport with the others, had shaken hands and chatted af fably with him. “OUR heart beats in unison with the heart of an entire peo ple, sharing in its aspirations CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 In a letter to Monsignor King, Archbishop Hallinan wrote: “Your entire pastorate, both on the missions and in the city has been that of a dedicated “Father Kiernan opens anew chapter in his priesthood al ready generously expended in the important parishes of La- Grange and Gainesville. Our congratulations to him upon this new assignment as pastor of St. Anthony’s.’’ Father ment is 15 th. Kie man's effective appoint- Decvmbcr Include Alcohol During his airport talk the Pope told the Romans about his Eastern hosts and the "unfor gettable emotions of our pil grimage to Indian soil. . . In Fast Change he has been principal of St. Pius X Catholic High School. During the period of the Eng lish Reformation, said Father Baum, Catholics believed they were rejecting their own Faith if they prayed with Anglicans. But he said this attitude "has no doctrinal foundation,” Father Cotter, also a native of Atlanta, was educated at St. Bernard Seminary in Ala bama, at St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, and at Belmont Ab bey in North Carolina. He was ordained at the Cathedral of Christ the King in 1960 and was assigned to Our Lady of the Assumption, here in At lanta, until 1962, when he be came a member of the facul ty at St. Pius X High School. "It was a meeting which has extended itself to all the im mense expanse of India, and be yond to all the regions of the mysterious and distant East, to its wise and patient, humble and generous civilizations and yet outstretched toward the con quest of progress and of the social order." Again crossing the winding Tiber River, the procession ar rived at Via Della Conciliazone, the street leading to St. Peter’s Square. Boy Scouts and mem bers of other youth groups lined the broad avenue, lighting the Pope’s way with flaming torches in the early darkness. Christendom’s largest church was ablaze in floodlights and the eerie arc lights set up by Ital- ‘The brief days of our stay at Bombay, the open door to In dia, and the innumerable and stimulating conversations we had with authorities and various strata of that population, partic ularly with the beloved sons of the Catholic Church, have given us the occasion to come to know that nation from closer quar ters. We have been able to ap preciate its treasures of art and culture, its testimonies of VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pub- lishing an official interpreta tion of Pope Paul Vi’s recent relaxation of the Eucharistic fast, the Vatican City news paper 1 , L’Osservatore Romano, declared that it went into effect immediately after its announce ment and that it includes alco holic beverages as well as food and liquids. ments gave permission for evening Masses, and reduced fasting regulations for receiv ing Communion at such Masses from the previous midnight to three hours prior to Mass for solid foods and alcohol, and one hour for liquids. Water was made completely exempt from the law. Monsignor King is a native of Troy, New York and re ceived his education at St. Ber nard’s in Rochester, New York, and St. Bonaventure in Olean, New York. He was ordained in 1923 by Bishop Gibbons and has served in Savannah, Athens, Valdosta, Milledgeville, Albany and Atlanta. He has been pas tor of St. Anthony’s since 1952, prior to whic h he was pastor of Sacred Heart, Warner Ro bins. FOR ATLANTA Along all the freeway and the highways between airport and city the Pope’s open-topped Mercedes stopped so he could greet priests and faithful of the llll Jerry Hardy Will Be Ordained In The Pope made the announce ment of the change during the closing ceremonies of the ecu menical council’s third session (Nov. 21) . The new regulations reduce the fast before Com munion from three hours to one hour for both priests and faith ful. **No objection is made to the moderate use of alcoholic bev erages," L’Osservatore Ro mano stated, "since in many countries they are part of the meal or are a matter of nor mal hospitality. Rome Basilica THE newspaper said (Dec. 3) that the immediate effective ness of the law was a depart ure from the usual custom of allowing a time lapse between the announcement of a new law and its effective date. The Rev. Mr. Jerry Hardy will be ordained to the priest hood for the Archdiocese of At lanta in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on December 16. The Vatican City daily did not cite the source of the official in terpretation, but it came from the Congregation of the Holy Office, according to the Vatican press office. "On the other hand," the newspaper continued, “the Church expects from her sons wise temperance and modera tion which must always accom pany true devotion to the Eu charist. The reminder is all the more necessary regarding al cohol since Christian common sense teaches us that the mind must not be troubled, spiritual dispositions must not be dim inished, which are necessary for a reverential contact with Christ in the Eucharist." Father Kiernan was bprn in Taunton, Massachusetts, and was educated at Mt. St. M iry’s Maryland, Providence College, Providence, R. I. and at Cath olic University of America. He was ordained in Boston in 1949 by Cardinal Cushing. Since his first Georgia assignment to the Cathedral at Savannah in 1949, he has served in Atlanta, La- Grange, Monroe andCedartown. He has been pastor of St. Michael’s, Gainesville, since 1959. Father Kiernan is Consul ting Editor of the Georgia Bul letin. Ask Training NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.(NC) — Some 200 New Jersey relig ious leaders have urged that courses in human relations be required in training programs for public and private school teachers. Bishop Francis Reh, Rector of the North American College in Rome will perform the cere mony in which 62 young men will be ordained priests fordioceses all over the United States, THE i\ constituted Archdiocesan Religious l'nit\ Commission met last week at Christ the King Auditorium. Shown above are, seated and left to right: Mrs. George Gunning, Mr. Anthony Nemitz, Fr. John D. Stapleton, Mrs. Gerard E, Sherry, Fr. John J. Mulrox, Standing, Mr. Carl R. Sova, Dr. Mario Goglia, Fr. John L. Hem, S. J., Fr. Noel Burtenshaw, Fr. William ' of the Commission not pictured are; Rt. Rev. Dorn Augustine Moore, 0. S. C. Kiernan, Fr. Patrick Connell, Fr. Raymond A. Beane, O. F. M. Sam Phillips McKenzie, Dr. Reese Coleman, Mr. Furman Smith. MR. HARDY, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Hardy of St, John the Evangelist Parish, Hape- ville, has been studying in Rome at the North American College since September of 1961. Form erly of Augusta, he was graduat ed from Marist College High School m Atlanta in 1957. He then attended Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C., before entering St, Bernard Seminary, Expressing the pastoral con cern of Pope Paul, L’Osserva tore Romano said the decision was made "following a period of cautious experimentation during the past decade after the promulgation of the (papal de crees), the apostolic constitu tion, Christus Dominus, on Jan. 6, 1953, and the motu proprio, Sacra Communio, on March 19, 1957." THE FIRST of these docu- Bob Hope Will Entertain Tots REV. MR. JERRY HARDY Calhoun. Members O., Fr. R. Donald Fr. Dennis Walsh, C. P„ Judge Present in Rome for the or dination , Mr, Hardy’s par ents and 15 other Atlantans, in cluding Rev. M. Anthony Mor ris, Assistant Pastor, Assump tion Parish. THEY are part of a large group of Americans in Rome for these ordinations. Mr, Hardy will complete his studies in June of 1965, andther. return to Atlanta for assign ment in the Archdiocese, LOS ANGELES (NC)~ Bob (On the Road) Hope will keep a Christmas date close to home this year—one he missed last season. He will be master of ceremonies Dec. 13 at James Francis Cardinal McIntyre’s Christmas party for children in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. MKN OF PCACK—Pope Paul VI and Indian President Sai vepallLRadhakrishnan. a philosopher-author before tak ing public office, exchange greetings, t Dec. 4i at the Presi dent's home in Bombay. The Pontiff gave the President the Order of the Golden Spur, highest award of the Holy See to a head of state. President Radhakrishnan, remarking that he had devoted his whole life to peace, which the Pope repre sented, gave the Holy Father a 10-volume set of his writings. YOUR PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER Fr. Harrison New Pastor At Gainesville