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SERVING
GEORGIAS
NORTHERN
COUNTIES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1965
$5.00 PER YEAR
Marists
To Accept
New Area
The parish of Our Ladyofthe
Assumption was established in
1951 by the Most Reverend
Gerald P. O’Hara, Archbishop,
Bishop of the then Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta. The Arch
bishop appointed Monsignor Jo
seph E. Moylan, P.A., who had
been serving as Vicar General
of the Diocese, as the first pas
tor of the new parish. The
Reverend Charles J. Mahoney,
C.S.C., was the first assistant
pastor.
Ten acres of land were pur
chased in Oglethorpe Estates
on Hearst Circle as the sight
for the parish. Construction
began immediately on the
school-chapel building and the
convent. Before the comple
tion of the chapel Mass was of
fered at the old Lawson General
Hospital and later in the audi
torium of the Jim Cherry
School. The chapel in the school
building was first used in May
of 1952.
FATHER MAHONEY was re
called by his religious commun
ity in May of 1953. He was re
placed as assistant pastor by
MSGR. MOYLAN P.A., V.G.
Father John D, Stapleton, now
pastor of St. Jude’s. Monsignor
Moylan was called to Ireland
in January of 1954 by Archbis
hop O’Hara for six months.
During his absence the parish
was administered by the late
Monsignor Cornelius L, Ma
loney. Father R ichard B, Mor
row now pastor at Carrollton
was appointed second assistant
in May of 1955.
The School opened in 1952
with the first five grades and a
kindergarten. There were 176
children registered. Sister
Mary Assumpta of the Sisters of
Mercy was appointed the first
Superior and Sister Mary
Christine, R.S.M., the first
principal. Also serving on the
first faculty were Sister Mary
Mercia, R. S. M. Sister Mary
Monica, R.S.M. Sister Mary
Kateri was appointed the sec
ond Superior and principal in
1955. Sister Mary Brigid, R.
S.M, is the present principal of
the school which now has 840
students and ten sisters.
The parish grew rapidly and
in 1957 there were 652 child
ren enrolled for school. Con
struction began on the new
Church in May of 1957 and
Monsignor Moylan offered the
first Mass in the church on the
Feast of the Nativity of Our
Blessed Mother, September 8th,
1957.
THE NEW CHURCH was de
signed by a parishioner, Mr.
Warren F. Penney, A. I.A., and
it was built by DeGive, Dun
THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION
ham and O’Neill, Inc.
The opening of school in 1957
found the old chapel being con
verted into four new class
rooms and cafeteria. Since then
the school has been enlarged
keeping pace with the parish
expansion.
In the summer of 1964 As
sumption Parish lost a portion
of its boundaries to the new
parish of Holy Cross, Cham-
blee, Georgia. But the influx
of new families into the area
has kept it up to almost its
former level.
WITHIN NATIONS
Pontiff Appeals
For Civic Peace
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy
(NC)—Pope Paul VI has again
appealed for prayers for peace
especially peace within nations
troubled by ideological con
flicts.
Speaking from the balcony of
his summer home here (Aug. 22)
the Pontiff told the crowd gath
ered below that they must go on
praying for peace because, even
though there is some encour
agement to be found in the ato
mic disarmament talks taking
place in Geneva, events else
where are disturbing, such as
riots in Greece.
‘These events,” he said,
“make us realize that even be
fore a peace in the arms race
we need civil and social peace,
peace within nations troubled
APPLAUDS POPE — Dr.
Lawrence V. Kirkpatrick, ex
ecutive secretary of the Sev
enth World Assembly of the
Disciples of Christ, one of
the religious groups repre
sented by observers at the
Second Vatican Council,
shows the gathering in San
Juan, P.R., the richly decor
ated candle presented to
them by Pope Paul VI. It
was used during services at
the week-long convention,
and the gift was warmly ap
plauded by the delegates.
by conflicting ideologies, which
result in grave disorders and
evils which might degenerate—
God forbid—into worse evils.
We are thinking especially of
Greece, a country with great
name in the history of civili
zation.”
(THOUSANDS of Greeks have
been demonstrating in recent
weeks because of the ouster of
former Premier George Papan-
dreou by King Constantine.)
Pope Paul added: “We must
pray for peace among peoples,
for the cessation of armed con
flicts both where they are still
tragically in progress and
where they have been dange
rously and only recently quiet
ed: in the Far East, in the
Middle and Near East, in the
Congo and in the Dominican
Republic.
“Let us pray that the will for
peace may rise again and may
work favorahly...and make new
negotiations and agreements
possible.”
THE SAME day as he made-
his plea for peace, the Pops
joined hundreds of seminarians
in previewing an Italian movie
on the life of Pope John XXIII,
“And There Came a.Man,"
The Pope had invited students
staying at the nearby summer
villa of the seminary of the
Congregation for the Propa
gation of the Faith and other
students to be his guests in the
gardens of CastelGandolfo.The
students ate fruit and drank
soft drinks. A lottery was held
with prizes of holy pictures, re
ligious statues and a concertina.
The winner of the concertina
gave an impromptu concert of
Italian folksongs for the Pope.
LATER the seminarians and
other students from nearby in
stitutions joined the Pontiff in
the audience hall atCastelGan-
dolfo for the movie preview.
Afterwards Pope Paul congrat
ulated producer Vincenzo La
Bella and director Ermanno Ol-
mi for making an uplifting movie
and urged those present to imi
tate the simple and great vir
tues of Pope John.
A rchdiocese
Takes Over
Downtown
Bishop Thomas A. Becker, the
third bishop of Georgia, pre
sented the Marist Fathers with a
commission for a new parish on
May 12, 1897, subject to appro
val by the Holy See. The parish
of Sts. Peter & Paul was given
“in perpetuum” with boundar
ies “all to the north of Edge-
wood Avenue and to the east of
the railway running parallel to
Marietta Street.” The entire
parish territory consisted of
approximately 9,500 square
miles of North Georgia. Father
William Gibbons was appointed
pastor to be assisted by Father
John Guinan,
Within a year after their ar
rival in Georgia, The Marist
Fathers had built the Sacred
Heart Church. Dedicated on
May 1, 1898, by Bishop Becker
the Church received the ollow-
ing announcement n the Atlanta
Constitution:
SOLEMN Pontificial Mass
will be read in the Church of the
Sacred Heart this morning at
10:30. The dedication cere
mony will occur immediately
before the Mass.
FATHER ROSHETKO
FURTHE R improvements were
made on the church during the
next decade including the addi
tion of stained-glass windows,
confessionals and the present
basement church to be used as
a Sunday School chapel.
Under the pastorate of Fath
er George Rapier, the Holy
Name Society was inaugurated
on November 12, 1912. Father
Rapier further added to the par-
ocial school begun under Fath
er Gunn. The present Sacred
Heart Rectory was built by him
in 1914 to serve as housing for
the priests of the parish and
college.
Father Peter McOscar took
charge of the parish as its
fourth pastor in 1914. During
his tenure in this office the Sac
red Heart Church underwent a
complete renovation. At the
same time the spacious sacristy
to the rear of the church was
also added.
Perhaps the most important
event during this period was the
consecration Of the Church. Not
to be confused with the dedica
tion, the consecration can take
place only after many condi
tions are met, including the re
moval of all debt and the assur
ance of great permanency of
the structure. This event took
place on June 9, 1920 with Bis
hop Edward P. Allen officiating.
During the administration of
Father James A. Horton in the
early twenties, a more perma
nent structure was erected to
THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART, DOWNTOWN
serve as the grade school for
Sacred Heart. At the same
time a permanent residence
was established by the Sisters
of St. Joseph who staffed the
school.
The first native Georgian to
become pastor of Sacred Heart
was Father James Reilly who
was borri in^ Savannah, Georgia.
Father Thomas Roshetko as
sumed the duties of pastor in
1959. The Marist College (now
Marist School) moved to its new
quarters in 1962 allowing more
AT JACKSON
room in the Sacred Heart fac-
lities.
Although the parish was first
established in a residential
area, that section of town had
now been completely taken over
by businesses. With the lack of
enough students the grade
school of Sacred Heart was
closed in 1964. Its close proxi
mity to St. Joseph’s Infirmary
makes the hospital one of its
daily cares. Now a downtown
parish, Sacred Heart serves the
many needs of visitors and
guests of the city in addition
to its regular parishioners.
Bishop Orders
Archbishop Explains
Reason For Change
Two of Atlanta’s leading parishes will change pastors and ad
ministrations Sunday, September 5, it was announced today. The
Marist Fathers, familiar to the Secred Heart scene for 65 years,
will assume parochial responsibility for the large suburban parish
of Our Lady of the Assumption in North Atlanta. The Archdiocese
of Atlanta will assume the pastorate and administration of Sacred
Heart Parish on Ivy Street.
’The reasons for the transfer of these two important parishes
are entirely pastoral", Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan stated this
week. ‘That is, the only consideration is the increase of Christ’s
Kingdom, the intensification of a deep spiritual life in the thou
sands of families in these parishes. This reason, uppermost in
the minds and hearts of our people, will help to ease the change.
The verv natural affection for priests long known, respected and
loved is fully appreciated.
“IN THE discussions which have gone on for over a year, cer
tain spiritual advantages stood out. The Archdiocese is moving
ahead with its plan to construct the Catholic.Center for Lay Activ
ities next to Sacred Heart Church, and later the central offices of
the archdiocese in the same block. Because of this, there is logic
in having this parish assigned to diocesan clergy. The care of
nearby hospitals and convents will require more priests; Sacred
Heart Rectory will provide residence for teaching and staff priests
of the archdiocese who can assist in this apostolate.
‘The Marists, to whom we are indebted for six decades of edu
cation, parish and mission care, will move to the growing parish
of the Assumption. Within this parish’ boundaries is the Marist
School, our splendid high school which has served generations of
Catholics and those of other faiths. The parish will benefit by
the long Marist tradition in Atlanta, and the flexibility of priests
Which was possible when the Marists were all on Ivy Street.
‘That the good of the Church was the main factor in the exchange
is clear from the fact that both the Archdiocese and the Marists
were in perfect harmony during the entire negotiation. God will
bless this step forward, we are sure.” The Archbishop concluded.
THE NEW PASTOR of Sacred Heart is the familiar Monsignor
Joseph E. Moylan, vicar-general of the Archdiocese for many
years. The founder and builder of the Cathedral of Christ the King
and Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Monsignor Moylan now
brings his long pastoral experience to the second oldest parish
in the city. The present assistants, Fathers Conald Foust and Paul
Kelley, will accompany Monsignor Moylan to Sacred Heart. Other
priests will be assigned later to reside at Sacred Heart while en
gaged in teaching and staff appointments.
Miss, Integration
Bishop Protests
Monsignor Moylan, a native of Savannah, was ordained in Octo
ber of 1917. Among the positions held by Monsignor is pastorate
of the Immaculate Conception and the Cathedral of Christ the King.
Monsignor Moylan is one of our two Vicars-general, an archdio
cesan Consultor, Pro-Synodal Judge of ourMetropolitanTribunal,
and chairman of our Commission on Development.
Father Thomas J. Roshetko, S.M. becomes the new pastor of the
Assumption. For 6 years, he has been pastor of Sacred Heart
where ,he and his fellow-Marists have initiated new programs for
parishioners and downtown visitors. The “service" concept of
the Church, so prominent in the new Vatican Constitution, has long
been the theme of Sacred Heart’s parish life under Father Roshet-
ko’s guidance. Fathers George J. Meiluta, Philip J. McArdle,
Constantin A. Chauve, and James J. McGuckin- all members of the
Marist Society have been serving Sacred Heart this year with
Father Roshetko as pastor.
, THE NEGOTIATIONS began last year with Father Charles Wil
lis, S.M., Provincial, the pastors concerned and the Archbishop.
Careful studies of both parishes were made. After many consul
tations with the Archdiocesan Consultors, and the Marist Provin
cial Council in Washington , as well as Lay Advisors on practical
and legal points, the decision was reached to seek the approval of
the Holy See.
The archdiocesan part of the transfer had to be submitted to the
Congregation of the Council in Rome, and the Marist part by the
Congregation of Religious. Approval was received from the form-
er on July 30, 1965, and from the later on.
The solemnization of the transfer will take place September 5,
at Our Lady of the Assumption Church at the 12:45 p.m. Mass
which will be concelebrated by both pastors. Msgr. Moylan will
be the principal celebrant and Archbishop Hallinan will preside.
At 6 p.m. on the same day, there will be another concelebra-
tion at Sacred Heart Church with Father Roshetko as the princi
pal celebrant. Archbishop Hallinan will preside.
All members are invited to
IN SUDAN
JACKSON, Miss. (NC)—Im
mediate and complete desegre
gation of all Mississippi Cath
olic schools has been announced
by Bishop Richard O. Gerow of
Natchez-Jackson, the state’s
only diocese.
In a letter read (Aug. 22) at
all Masses in all parishes of
the state, Bishop Gerow said:
“Last year I wrote you con
cerning a policy to be observed
in the schools of our diocese.
Now I am convinced that we
may take a further step in bring
ing our practice into full con-
DR. JAMES R. OLIVER,
dean of the graduate school
at the University of South
western Louisiana will be
awarded the 1965 award as
the outstanding Catholic fac
ulty member on a secular
campus by the National New
man Alumni Association. The
award will be presented at
the Newman congress in
New York. Sept. 4.
fortuity with the teachings of
Christ.
“AFTER EARNEST prayer
and meditation we announce that
beginning immediately the
doors of our parochial schools
are open to all qualified Catho
lic students in all grades.’’
The policy enacted last year
desegregated the first grade. In
only two parishes, however, one
in Jackson and one in Gulfport,
did Negroes enroll. Bishop
Gerow had taken the position
that Catholic schools should de
segregate only when the public
policy of the state changed.
In the interim, however, he
helped establish a “comit-
tee of Concern” that raised
funds to rebuild churches burn
ed because of civil rights ac
tivities in them.
THE NEW POLICY puts the
Catholic school system far
ahead of Mississippi’s public
schools in desegregating. Most
public schools in the state have
allowed Negroes to enter only
a few grades so far.
KAMPALA, Uganda (NC)—
Bishop Ireneus Dud for Wau
has protested to the Sudanese
government against the murder
of a priest by Sudanese sold
iers and the massacre of civil
ians by the army, it has been
learned here.
The killings resulted from the
civil war going on in southern
Sudan where the government,
dominated by Arabic-speaking
Moslem northerners, is trying
to impose Islam on the Negro
southerners, who are mainly
pagan but include 400,000 Cath
olics.
“I am still terribly shocked
by the brutal scenes of violence
against unarmed innocent peo-
attencl the two solemnizations.
Murder
pie which I witnessed in Juba
(where about 1,500 people were
massacred on July 9) and Wau.
“Certainly the inhuman be
havior of some security forces
will not serve to bring about any
peaceful solution of problems
nor can they secure protection
from Almighty God.
