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History Of The Archdiocese
ECUMENISM is concretely demonstrated in the picture above as
Archbishop Hallinan and Presbyterian minister, the Reverend
Dan Brand met for a dialogue.
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of the Church in north Georgia
has been performed by the ex
cellent hospitals operated by
religious. St. Joseph’s Infir
mary under the care of the Sis
ters of Mercy has long been
an Atlanta institution, and it now
operates ingreatly expandedfa-
cilities and boasts a new Cha
pel of the Holy Trinity dedi
cated in 1964. St. Mary’s Hos
pital in Athens, under the direc
tion of the Missionary Sisters
of the Sacred Heart, moved into
a new building last year. A
unique example of Christian
mercy is found in Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Free Cancer
Home in Atlanta, which is cared
for by the Dominican Sisters
from Hawthorne, N.Y.
The Medical Mission Sisters,
who have run the Catholic Co
lored Clinic, built the Holy Fa
mily Hospital in Southwest At
lanta which was dedicated in
September, 1964. The National
Medical Association in August,
1964 recognized the excellence
of Catholic hospital services in
this area by presenting Arch
bishop Hallinan with a Scroll
of Honor for “application of
Christian principles in hospi
tal practices.’’ Last year the
Archbishop appointed Father
Patrick J. Connell, resident
chaplain at the Cancer Home, as
Secretary for Health and Hos
pitals in the Archdiocese.
First Death Among Clergy
The first death of a dioce
san priest since the founding of
the diocese came on January
5, 1960 when Rev. George Daly
died at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Father Daly had been founder
and pastor of St. John the Evan
gelist parish in Hapeville.
On February 17,1961 the dio
cese was shaken by the sudden
death of Msgr. Cornelius L.
Maloney, then pastor of the Im
maculate Heart of Mary parish,
diocesan Superintendent of
Schools, and Director of Catho
lic Social Services.
Another shock came when
death took Rev. James P. Boyce
on February 12, 1962. He was
33 years old. Fater Boyce had
served as first Chancellor to
Bishop Hyland until he was ap
pointed pastor of St. Joseph’s
in Athens.
Georgians lost their first vi
car, who had served for 24 years
among them, when Archbishop
Gerald P. O’Hara died July
16, 1963. He was then Apos
tolic Delegate to Great Britain,
a post which he assumed in 1954,
after having served as Apos
tolic Delegate to Ireland from
1950. Prior to this time, he
had been the last papal re
presentative in Rumania. Ar
chbishop O’Hara is well-re
membered in Atlanta in connec
tion with the dedication of the
Cathedral of Christ the King.
He invited the then Exalted
Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
to attend the dedication. The
Klan had owned the property on
which the Cathedral was built
and had its headquarters in what
is now the Cathedral rectory.
Msgr. James E. King, who
had observed his 40th anniver
sary of ordination at the same
time as Msgr. Joseph G. Cas
sidy in May, 1963, died on
October 19, 1965. He was Rec
tor Emeritus of St. Anthony’s,
of which he had been made pas
tor in 1952. Georgia was the
scene of his priestly endeavors
from his ordination.
Trappist Monastery
The Trappist monastery of
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost,
in Conyers, has played an in
calculably important role in the
spiritual development of the
diocese of Atlanta. On De
cember 12, 1957 Bishop Hy
land solemnly bestowed the ab-
batial blessing on Dom Augus
tine Moore, O.C.S.O., succes
sor to Dom Robert McGannwho
had died on October 10. One of
the most impressive achieve
ments of the Trappist monks
has been the building of a new
and spacious abbey. As the work
neared completion and the com
munity made ready to move into
the new quarters, Bishop Hyland
blessed the beautiful new build
ing on December 7, 1960 and the
monks held a 3-day open house
for all who wished to visit the
abbey. Thousands of people
streamed to the remote Trap
pist cloister to admire the
monks’ handiwork and to share
vicariously in their dedicated
lives.
Early in 1960 the Bishop
blessed the new Ignatius House,
located on the former Schroder
estate overlooking the Chatta
hoochee River. This retreat
center under the care of the
Jesuits began scheduling week
ly 3-day retreats.
Spanish-Speaking Apostolate
A Catholic International Sun
day presided over by Bishop Hy
land in January 1960 was de
signed to bring together all the
Catholics of foreign origin re
siding in the diocese. The large
number of Spanish - speaking
Catholics living here prompted
a triduum inSpanish two months
later at Sacred Heart Church.
In October of that year Rev,
Roderic Petrie, O.F.M was
assigned to the Immaculate
Conception Church and institut
ed a monthly Communion Sun
day and breakfast, as well as
a Spanish sermon after one of
the Masses there and con
fessions heard in Spanish. The
first dialogue Mass in Spanish
was celebrated at the Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception in
February, 1965.
Serra Club / Theresians
Laymen of the Atlanta area
have been helping to encourage
vocations to the diocesan
priesthood as members of the
Serra Club of Metropolitan At
lanta. Each year they present
the bishop with a check to help
pay for the education of se
minarians. In addition, they have
sponsored contests among
parochial school pupils to sug
gest religious vocations, and
helped the Youth Council with
its annual Vocation Rally. Just
last month the women of the
diocese were introduced to the
Theresian Program to bring
new life, new thinking, and new
purpose to the vocation effort,
specifically to the fostering of
vocations to the Sisterhood.
K.C. National Convention
The Knights of Columbus, na
tional Catholic laymen’s fra
ternal organization, held its
78th national convention in At
lanta August 16-18, 1960 - the
largest Catholic gathering ever
held in Georgia up to that time.
In May, 1963 the Knights of
Columbus opened a new Catholic
Center at 2620 Buford Highway,
Atlanta, replacing their former
Peachtree Road home.
Bishop Answers Prejudice
1960 was a presidential elec
tion year. Because one of the
candidates was a Catholic (John
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OPEN HOUSE at St. Thomas More in Decatur, one of the churches which
engaged in •'OperatlonUnderstanding’ , , a program sponsored by the Coun
cil of Catholic Men to explain Catholic doctrine and symbols to visitors.
THE PRIESTS, SISTERS, AND LAYPEOPLE OF GOD
OF THE PARISH OF
SAINT THOMAS MORE
€.l,nd Wost Cordial Welcome
Do
The Most Reverend Joseph L. Bernardin