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VOL. IV., NO. 21 . ATLAJ^TA^GEORGIA THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1966 $5.00 PER YEAR
SATURDAY
Schools To Graduate
Largest Senior Class
The graduation ceremonies
for the high schools of the Arch*
diocese of Atlanta will take
place on Saturday, May 28,10:00
a.m. at the Fox Theatre. The
senior classes of the three dio
cesan high schools this year to
tals 293. This constitutes the
largest graduating class in the
history of the Archdiocese of
Atlanta, according to Father
Daniel J. O’Connor, Secretary
for Education.
St, Pius High School grad
uates 166; St. Joseph High
School, 97 and Drexel Catholic
High School, 30.
Archbishop Hallinan will pre
side at the graduation, and Fath
er O’Connor will read the In
vocation and welcome the sen
iors, their parents and their
friends. The Right Reverend
Monsignor Alexander O. Sig-
ur, J.C.D. Newman Chaplain at
the University of Southwestern
Louisiana, will address the sen
iors and their parents.
Most Reverend Joseph L. Be»
nardin, Auxiliary to the Arch
bishop will present the Arch
bishop’s award for scholastic
excellence to the boy and girl
from each school with the high
est scholastic average.
The principals of the high
schools, Father John J. Cotter,
St. Plus X High School, Fath
er Daniel J. O’Connor, St. Jos
eph High School, and Father
William G. Hoffman, Drexel
Catholic High School, will read
the names of their graduates and
Archbishop Hallinan will in turn
present the diplomas.
Mr. Robert Van Camp will
play the organ.
Archbishop Hallinan will in
their turn present the diplo
mas.
KEANE
Savannahan
To Head
State K Of C
Daniel J. Keane of Savannah
has been elected state deputy
of the Georgia State Council of
Knights of Columbus. He will
succeed Gerald B. Gardner Jr.
of Brunswick on July 1.
Also elected at the council’s
64th annual convention on Jek-
yll Island last weekend were
Walter C. Clark of Marietta,
state secretary; Frank Horn-
yak, Macon, state treasurer:
Mario Moscardelli of Atlanta,
state warden, and John D. My
ers of Augusta, state advocate.
Principal speaker at the con
vention’s annual banquet was
the Very Rev. Charles F. Willis,
provincial of the Washington
province of the Society of Mary,
Other speakers at the Satur
day night banquet were attorney
William R. Killian and Gardner.
Anthony J. Albenze, 114 Cy
press Mill Road, was recipient
of the Knight of the Year Award.
Next year's convention site
will be Augusta.
FROM SAVANNAH
Mother O'Byrne Retires
From Manhattanville
PURCHASE, N.Y. (NC)—Mo
ther Eleanor M. O'Byrne, 69,
president of Manhattanville
College of the Sacred Heart
since 1945, will leave her post
in July after completing 33
years of service at the Catho
lic women’s school.
She will be succeeded by
Mother Elizabeth J. McCor
mack, currently academic dean.
Mother O’Byrne, a native of
Savannah, Ga., was educated at
Manhattanville, Fordham Uni
versity and Oxford University.
She joined the Manhattanville
staff in 1933 as a professor
of history and became dean in
1934.
She plans to move to the pro
vincial house of the Sacred
Heart Order In Albany where
she will set up education and
advisory projects-.
Mother O'Byrne's announce
ment of her retirement at the
end of a routine faculty mee^
ing (May 19) touched off a sen
timental salute by a majority
of the college’s 935 students
who on learning the news
sounded the chapel bells and
gathered outside the meeting
room to serenade the nun.
ROVING REPORTER’
Quotes And Comments
Taken From Delegates
The roving reporter of the
Georgia Bulletin went from de
legation to delegation on last
Saturday afternoon getting ca
psule impressions of the Lay
Congress from elected dele
gates, observers and guests.
In an atmosphere which might
be likened to a political conven
tion in one respect various
delegations were seated toge
ther and their respective pla
ces marked off by placards tell
ing what parish they represent
ed.
Stalls were erected for the
Protestant Observers so that
they might be able to get a pano
ramic view of the whole pro
ceedings. Members of the Young
Catholic Adults were on hand
like ’’page boys” ready to de
liver messages, bring coffee
to the tired delegates and an
swer the call of a delegate when
ever he wished to use the mi
crophone.
A note of seriousness and de
dication prevailed. It was ot^
vloiis to even the cursory ob
server that much time and study
had been done by the delegates
before the Congress took place.
Lawyer delegates gave their
special flavor, while Doctors
showed interest In another as
pect and housewives displayed
a keen Interest. It was truly
an amalgumation of ideas cry-
stallzed into one concerted ef
fort to improve the image of
the Church In North Georgia.
It was another “First” for
Georgians for it Is believed
that this Lay Congress was not
only the first of its kind in
the nation but in the world.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
Following the tremendous ovation for his keynote address, Dean William Cannon of Candler School ot
Theology of Emory University is congratulated by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan,
Official Observers were Invited and occupied a special section during the sessions of the Lay Con
gress. Pictured are: George Dawson, Observer, Diocese of Charleston, Spartanburg, S.C.; Rev.
Edward A. Driscoll, Observer, Georgia Council of Churches; Rev. Kempton Haynes, Church of the
Covenant (Methodist), Symrna, Ga.; Rev. Anthony Malek, Eastern Orthodox Church of Atlanta;
Mrs. John Olsen, visitor. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish.
Linda s^i«<<oTih«iif-n, of the Young Adults Council of the Archdiocese, holds the microphone for
Joseph Mans our of Sacred Heart Parish. The Young Adults acted as ushers and helpers all dur
ing die Lay sessions.
TIRED BUT SATISFIED
Congress Ends With
Overtone Of Optimism
Sunday evening the Exhibition
Hall of the Biltmore Hotel was
the scene of a rapid and back-
stretching exodus by the dele
gates to the Lay Congress. The
concelebrated Mass which
marked the closing of the Con
gress had climaxed with the
presentation to Archbishop Paul
J. Hallinan of the resolutions
of the Congress by James W.
Callison, president. The dele
gates left tired from their long
sessions and hard work but sat
isfied and optimistic about its
results.
Seventy-two delegates from 32
parishes in the Archdiocese of
Atlanta had met at the Atlanta
Biltmore Hotel over the week
end of May 20 to 22 to speak as
’’the authentic voice of the lai
ty,” as the meeting was de
scribed in the episcopal direc
tive of Archbishop Paul J. Hal
linan. Another 72 alternates to
the delegates were also in at
tendance, along with numbers
of visitors from Catholic par
ishes and many guests from
Other churches.
The occasion was the First
Congress of the Laity, describ
ed by observers as not only the
first in the Archdiocese but
possibly the first in the world.
The documents published fol
lowing the Second Vatican Coun
cil set the tone of the meeting.
Very Reverend John L. Hein,
S.J., consultant on conciliar
documents to the Lay Congress,
had supervised several courses
of instruction for the delegates.
Fou£ participants in the Con
gress had played important
roles in the Council at Rome:
Archbishop Hallinan, Auxiliary
Bishop Joseph Bernardin, The
Reverend Dean William Cannon
of the Candler School of The
ology at Emory University, and
Martin Work, Executive Direc
ta the interest of accurate
reporting of the resolutions of
the Lay Congress, the editors
will delay until next week the
publication of a summary of
the Congress conclusions.The
wrap-up story published here,
written by Louis Fink, gives
the main lines of what took
place during the Congress.
tor of the National Council of
Catholic Men in Washington,
D.C. The latter two were audi
tors by invitation at the Vatican
Council.
Dean Cannon delivered the
keynote address at the Congress
on Friday night. He stressed
the role of laymen in the Church,
reminding his audience that
laymen were no longer in the
Church, but rather that they
were the Church. He also indi
cated his pleasure at being in
vited to speak - as a Methodist
in a Roman Catholic Congress
- as an indication that the ecu
menical spirit of the Council
was being made a reality in At
lanta. Like other speakers to
follow, Dean Cannon urged lay
men to take their proper place
in the Church. With an obvious
reference to exponents of the
“God is dead" theory, he made
the point that amateurs should
not be dabbling in theology.
Archbishop Hallinan also re
minded the laymen that they
were components of the Church.
He described the Congress as
an effort to rebuild the Church
in Atlanta, opening doors and
windows where necessary and
re-vamping the structure. At
both the beginning and end of
the Congress, he expressed his
confidence in the laity, guided
as they were by the Holy Spir
it. The Archbishop made the
further point that laymen would
suggest changes and assume
their own duties, but that the
Church “was not under new
management.”
Several speakers during the
three days emphasized the point
of the Lay Congress: to offer
suggestions to the Synod of
priests which meets this Fall,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
CITATION FOR
The Georgia Bulletin
“General Excellence, one to eighteen thousand circulation.
An emphasis on local "news” plus sharp, clean offset print
ing and excellent reproduction of photographs weighed heavily
in favor of The Georgia Bulletin as first place choice. Inside
pages apparently received as much attention as page one.
There is an orderliness to The Bulletin that distinguishes it.
Its departments are sharply defined and its features are in
telligently grouped without jeopardizing the individuality of
each story.”
The Canadian Register of Kingston received second place
and the Herald of Sacramento third place. “Among other
noteworthy papers,” die Catholic Press citation continued,
“The Southern Cross of Savannah stood out for its clean
and bright look.”
FIRST MASS AT CATHEDRAL
Ordained For Benedictines
The Reverend Edward Paul
Markley will be ordained to the
Holy Priesthood in the Order of
Saint Benedict by the Most Re
verend Joseph A. Du rick, Bis
hop of Nashville, on Friday,
the tenth of June at ten o’clock
in the morning at Saint Ber
nard Abbey Church in Cullman,
Alabama. He will offer a Solemn
Mass of Thanksgiving on Sun
day, the twelfth of June at five-
thirty o’clock In the evening at
the Cathedral of Christ the King
with his Marlst High school
mates, Father Jerry Hardy and
Paul Kelley, officiating as con-
celebrants. The Right Reverend
Monslgnor Joseph G. Cassidy,
P.A. will preach the sermon.
Bom September 5, 1939 In
Atlanta, Georgia, Father Mark-
ley is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Leslie Markley. He re
ceived his elementary educa
tion at Saint Benedict School
In Greensboro, North Caro
lina, and at Christ the King
School in Atlanta, graduating
from Marlst College High
School with the class of 1957.
A graduate of Saint Bernard
Seminary in 1962, he took his
final vows as a Benedictine
In 1964.
He has spent the pest two
years finishing his theological
studies at Saint Anselm’s Abbey
and the Catholic University of
America in Washington, D.C.
Having received his Dlaconate
in February of this year at the served on Sundays throughout
Shrine of the Immaculate Con- the Spring at the Immaculate
ceptlon In Washington, he has Conception Parish in that city.
REVEREND EDWARD P. MARKLEY
Rev. Edward P. Markley To Be