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BULLETIN
ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA
SERVING GEORGIA’S 71
NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 5, NO. 15
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 1
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1967
Death Ends Career
Of Msgr. Moylan
Msgr, Joseph E. Moylan, who
served the Church in Georgia
as priest, pastor, chancellor-
and vicar general for nearly
50 years, is dead at age 78.
Death came to the priest, of
ten called a “priest’s priest’
by Archbishop Paul J.Hallinan,
Tuesday evening at St. Joseph’s \
Infirmary where, he had been a
patient for several weeks. The
Monsignor'sdeath came llmon-
ths after he retired as pastor
of Sacred HeartChurch in down
town Atlanta.
During, his long career of
service to the Church in Geor
gia, Msgr. Moylan became one
of the best knownpriestsin the
dioceses of Savannah and At
lanta as he built parishes, ini
tiated fund drives and served as
pastor at many churches.
Msgr.'Moylan’s body will be
at the rectory of the Cathedral
of Christ the King until Thurs
day (today) at 4 p.m. when it
will be moved to the cathedral.
The first part of the funeral
rite will be held Thursday at
8:30 p.m., followed by a Ro
sary. Members, of the St. Vin
cent de Paul Society and the
Knights of Columbus will keep
watch at an all-night vigil.
The Office of the Dead will
begin Friday at 11 a.m. fol
lowed by a Requiem Mass. Then
the body will be taken to Sa
vannah.
Taking part in the ceremon
ies at the funeral Mass will
be Archbishop Hallinan, con-
celebrant; first concelebrant,
Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin;
second concelebrant, Abbot Au
gustine Moore; concelebrants,
Msgr. Joseph Cassidy, Msgr.
Patrick J. O’Connor, Msgr.
Michael Manning Fathers John
Stapleton, Joseph Ware, John
McDonough, R. Donald Kiernan,
Richard Morrow, John O'Shea
and Philip Dagneau S.M.
Father Jerry Hardy will be
deacon and Father Arthur Mur
ray will be subdeacon. Fa
ther Noel C. Burtenshaw, chan
cellor, will be master of cere
monies.
Pallbearers will be Fathers
Daniel McCormick, James Har
rison, John Cotter, Alan Dill-
mann, Douglas Edwards,
Michael Morris, Paul Kelley,
William Hoffman, Matthew
Kemp, William Calhoun, Philip
McArdle and Joseph Kavanagh.
A concelebrated Requietn
Mass will be held Saturday at
9 a.m. at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist in Savannah.
Archbishop John McDonough
will be the principal celebrant
and the eulogy will be given by
Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald,
MSGR. MOYLAN
1889-1967
chancellor of the Diocese of
Savannah.
Joseph E. Moylan was born
Feb, 14, 1889 in Savannah and
received his.education at Cathe
dral Public School, Savannah
High School, St. Mary’s Col
lege, Belmont, N.C. and St.
Bernard’s Seminary in Roches
ter, N.Y. He was ordained Oct.
18 j 1917 by Bishop Benjamin
J. Keiley at the cathedral of
Savannah.
His first assignment after
ordination was as assistant pas
tor of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist in Savannah and as
chancellor of the Diocese of
Savannah.
He also served as pastor
pro-tem of Sacred Heart at
Milledgeville, assistant pastor
of the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, administrator of
Holy Family parish at Colum
bus, pastor of the Co-Cathedral
of Christ the King, pastor of
the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, pastor of Our Lady
of Assumption and pastor of
Sacred Heart.
While pastor of the Co-Cathe
dral of Christ the King (1936-
1945), he built the church and
rectory. The first Mass was
held on the rectory porch on
the Feast of the Assumption,
Aug. 15, 1936. He was also
first pastor and built the entire
parish plant, church, school,
rectory, convent and parish hall
at Our Lady of Assumption in
1951.
Following the construction of
the co-cathedral and his service
as. pastor, Bishop Gerald P.
O’Hara asked Msgr. Moylan
to come to Savannah as vicar
general and chancellor of the
diocese. He served in this post
from 1946 to 1951. When it was
announced that the Holy See had
appointed Bishop O’Hara as its
representative to the Albanian
government, Msgr. Moylan took
Father Daniel O’Connor
New Pastor At Jonesboro
Father Daniel J. O’Connor
priest-in-charge of the Jones
boro Mission, has been named
pastor of the church which has
been named for St. Philip
Benizi.
Father O’Connorwill also re
tain his position as secretary
of Catholic Education, but will
live in Jonesboro. -
He has been priest-in-charge
at the Mission since September,
1965 and services have been
held at the old Hutcheson Drug
Store which was renovated.
The mission has grown from
about 50 families to about 175
families.
! EFFECTIVE JUNE 3
Archbishop Lists Assignments;
New Parish, New Post Created
Two New
Pastors
Three new pastors, a new principal for St. Joseph’s High
School and the ordination of six priests, five of them from Ire
land, were announced today in official appointments by Arch
bishop Paul J. Hallinan.
All appointments, including j
the transfers of assistant pas- i
liffl
tors become effective June 3. j
The appointments of the newly 1
ordained priests will become
effective Aug. 5.
j?
Father Paul Kelley, assistant
if
over the actual administration
of the diocese. -
Bishop O'Hara’s appointment
to Albania never materialized
because the Communist - con
trolled government would not
allow the Georgia prelate to
enter the country. The Holy
See then assigned him to Rou-
mania as Msgr. Moylan continu
ed to administer the diocese.
During this time the new pa
rish of St. James was estab
lished in Savannah, a rectory
and school were built atTybee
Island and the new church and
rectory at Thunderbolt were
constructed.
The first diocesanwide drive
was initiated under Msgr.
Moylan’s direction and as a
result the diocesan debt was
cleared, chapels were built,
Camp St. Mary’s in Savannah
was renovated, and preliminary
work was begun on the parish
of St. Thomas More in Decatur
and the parish of Our Lady of
Assumption.
Msgr. Moylan, also served as
military vicar for the Armed
Forces in the region with co
vered most of the Southern
states and some of. the most
important military installations
in the country.
When it became apparent that
Bishop O'Hara would continue
in the service of the Holy See,
Bishop Francis E. Hyland was
appointed auxiliary bishop and
Msgr. Moylan continued as
chancellor. When Georgia was
divided into two dioceses, he held
a unique position, as vicar ge
neral in both dioceses for about
a year. Bishop Hyland in 1957
also granted Msgr. Moylan po
wer of attorney for the Diocese
of Atlanta.
H*s appointments by Arch
bishop Hallinan include Arch
diocesan Board of Consultors,
chairman of the Archdiocesan
Commission on the Sacred Li
turgy, pro-synodal judge of the
Metropolitan Tribunal and
chairman of the Archdiocesan
Commission on Development.
In March, 1966 he was appoint
ed Episcopal Vicar for Priests.
In 1939, he received the papal
award of domestic prelate and
some years later the papal
award of Prothonotary Aposto
lic.
Since his retirement Msgr.
Moylan had lived at St. Jude’s
parish in Sandy Springs, He is
survived by three sisters, Lu
cille, Helen and Mary; two bro
thers, John and Richard, all of
Savannah, and a niece and nep
hew.
principal at St. Joseph’s was
named principal of the school.
In another education develop
ment, Father Richard Kieran
was named to the faculty of St.
Pius X High School.
Father Kelley, who was in
charge of the Sumrher Aposto-
late of 1966, has received a
master’s degree in education
from Loyola College in Chicago.
He attended St. Charles Col
lege and St. Mary’s Seminary
in Baltimore and has taught
religion at St. Joseph’s.
The five new priests from
Ireland will be Fathers Peter
Ludden, Paul Fogarty, Edward
Dillon, Leo Herbert and John
Kieran, brother of Father
Richard Kieran. Father Anthony
Curran, who served at St.
Anthony’s parish last summer,
FATHER KELLEY
will be the other newly ordain
ed priest coming to the arch
diocese.
. Changes in assistant pastors
were also announced for St.
Joseph's in Athens, the Cathe
dral of Christ the King, Sacred
Heart, St. Thomas More, St.
Jude’s, and Holy Cross, (See
list of official appointments.)
Fr. Morris Named
To Education Job
“We will move into a new of this month,’’the new pastor
building, probably at the end said.
The parish hall building will
be on 24 acres of land on the
Flint River Road. ‘The struc
ture of experimental design will
cost about $60,000,’* he said.
Father O'Connor has served
as a teacher of religion at St.
Joseph’s High School, as princi
pal of the school, as assistant
to the secretary for education
and now secretary.
FATHER O’CONNOR
He is a graduate of St. Mary's
Seminary in Baltimore and the
Catholic Universityof America
and was. ordained in May, 1961.
Father Michael A. Morris,
who has been an assistant pas
tor at St. John's in Hapeville,
has- been named director of the
Office of Religious/Education to
coordinate efforts of schools of
religion.
He said, “This will not be an
office to issue directives, but
one which will try to render
service.’’ He said efforts will
be taken by his office to secure
nuns to work full-time in the
program.’’ The primary asset
is the generosity of the people
who are working in the field
right now,’’ the priest said.
Father Morris has outlined
proposals for the progratn
which includes a teacher forma
tion program with a minimum'
certification of 60 hours; ac
quisition and maintenance of an
up - to-date visual aid library
plus a reference library;
planning and executing a stan
dard archdiocesan Curriculum;
publication of a recommended
reading and reference lists; se
minar programs in teaching
methods, leadership and ad
ministration.
Gov. Romney-
sympathetic’
To Migrants
LANSING, Mich. (NC)—-Gov.
George Romney left represen
tatives of Michigan’s migrant
farm workers smiling cau
tiously after meeting with them
for a half-hour.
Romney was “sympathetic,
but said he couldn’t commit
himself on any specific
questions,*’ according to Ruben
Alfaro, leader of the migrant’s
group.
The meeting followed by a
week an Easter rally by migrant
workers on the steps of the
state capitol asking for a mini
mum wage and improved state
benefits fop migrants.
" While Romney was non
committal on legislative pro
posals, he did name a member
of his staff, Ted Blizzard, who
is also a director of Lansing’s
Christo Rey Center, sponsored
by the Lansing diocese, to
continue contact with migrant
representatives, and promised
to name a migrant to a pro
posed Commission on Migrant
Workers within the labor de
partment..
Abortion Law
Is Sidetracked
ST. PAUL (NC)--After two
weeks of public hearings, a
proposal to liberalize Minn
esota’s abortion law was
shunted without a recommen
dation for action from a state
Senate judiciary subcommittee
to the full judiciary committee.
FATHER MORRIS
He also proposed the pub
lication of an information bul
letin to serve as an aid in
unifying the archdiocesan pro
gram.
Father Morris, who was or
dained May 1,1964, was educat
ed at St. Mary’s Seminary in
Baltimore and has served as
assistant pastor at Our Lady
of the Assumption and St.
John's. He will reside at Sacr
ed Heart when his appointment
becomes effective.
Official
/UTDILIGATIS INVICEMV
The following list of new assignments has been announced
by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan:
Father Daniel J. O'Connor to pastor, St. Philip Benizi parish,
Jonesboro. He retains the position of Secretary for Education.
Father Alan Dillmann to pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes
parish.
Father Dennis Dullea to pastor, St. Joseph’s parish, Dalton.
Father Dale W.J. Freeman released to pursue academic
work.
Father Michael A. Morris to Archdiocesan Director of
the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine with residence at
Sacred Heart, Atlanta.
Father Paul Kelley to principal of St. Josephus High School,
with residence at Sacred Heart, Atlanta.
Father Richard Kieran to faculty, St. Pius X High School,
with residence at Holy Cross, Chamblee.
Father Edward A.J. Danneker to assistant pastor, St. John
the Evangelist, Hapeville.
Father Henry Gracz to assistant pastor, Cathedral of Christ
the King, Atlanta. ,
Father James Maciejewski to assistant pastor at St. Joseph’s
parish, Athens.
Father Thomas Kenny to assistant pastor. Sacred Heart
parish, Atlanta.
Father James F . Scherer to priest-in-residence at the
Village of St. Joseph •
Father Anthony Curran to assistant pastor, St. Thomas
More parish, Atlanta.
Father Peter Ludden to assistant pastor, Holy Cross
parish, Chamblee. *
Father Paul Fogarty to assistant pastpr, Immaculate Heart
of Mary parish, Atlanta.
Father John Kieran to assistant pastor, St, Jude’s parish,
Sandy Springs.
Father Edward Dillon to assistant pastor, St. Anthony’s
parish, Atlanta.
Father Leo Herbert to assistant pastor, St. Joseph’s parish
Athens.
The assignments of Fathers Ludden, Fogarty, John Kieran,
Dillon and Herbert become effective Aug. 5, 1967. The re
maining appointments become effective June 3.
Father Anthony Curran will be ordained May 20 at the Cathe
dral of Christ the King; Fathers John Kieran and Leo Herbert
at All Hallows College June 17; and Fathers Fogarty and
Dillon at St. Patrick’s College June 10.
Fathers Alan Dillmann a tea
cher of religion, and Dennis
Dullea, assistant at Holy Cross
parish, have been appointed
pastors of Our Lady of Lourdes
and' St. Joseph's at Dalton, re
spectively. *
FATHER DILLMANN
Father Dillmann will replace
Father Dale freeman, who is
taking a year’s leave of absence
for study. Father Dullea will
replace the Redemptorist fa
thers who have served the Dal
ton church.
FATHER DULLEA
A teacher at St. Pius X High
School, Father Dillmann has
served as assistant at Christ
the King, Immaculate Heart of
Mary and St. Jude’s and has
been priest - in - residence at
Holy Cross. He received his
education at St. Bernard’s Mi
nor Seminary, Rochester, N.Y.,
St. Bernard, Cullman, Aia., and
St. Mary's Seminary in Balti
more.
Father Dullea, a native of
i
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Everyone Gets Involved
In IHM First Communion
FATHER FRANCIS
DUFFY, the New York
priest who was chaplain of
the 69th Regiment in World
War I, is memorialized in
this stained glass window in
the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception,
Washington, D.C.
Liturgy Commission
To Meet April 28
The Archdiocesan Liturgical
Commission will hold its
monthly meeting April 28, Louis
Erbs, chairman, has announced.
He said the commission will
hold open meetings regularly
each month.
The first meeting will be at
the Education Building, St.
Joseph’s Nurses’ Home at 8
p.m.' Topics to be considered
will be the English translation
of selected texts prepared for
the Advisory Committee on
English in the Liturgy, optional
scripture texts for ferial Mass
es and the implementation of the
new funeral rite in the arch
diocese.
BY MARY LACKIE
First Holy Communion is held
all 'year ’round at Immaculate
Heart of Mary church in a pro
gram that involves the whole
parish community — priests,
sisters, and families.
Introduced in 1964, the pro
gram differs from the tradi
tional communion by em
phasizing that parents are re
sponsible for their children.
“When the children constantly
make their first communion and
confession as a part of school
it becomes something done in
school,’’ said Sister Robert
Therese, G.N.S.H. Religious
classes are still held in school,
but preparation for communion
and confession are not stress
ed. The well-outlined material
is presented to the child by his
parents, and if “draws the fami
lies closer together,*' Sister
Robert Therese said.
It also draws the families
closer to the sacraments, said
Sister Ann Gerald, G.N.S.H.
Since the parents are prepar
ing their children, the exper
ience is a spiritual renewal for
them. The children go to con
fession three times before first
communion. The third time, the
parents come with them. “A
family confession is what we
present as an ideal,*’ said
Msgr. Michael J. Regan, pas
tor.
In most cases the children
have a deeper understanding of
the sacrament of confession.
“They are more coherent, and
I am sure this is provoked by
the formation and the questions
that their parents ask them,’’
the monsignor said. “You can
almost see the parents’ think
ing reflected in the child. This
quality of confession is so dif
ferent.*’
The children do not hesitate
to come up to the priests and
ask, “Father, will you hear my
confession now?*’ “We certain
ly wouldn’t have done that as
children,*’ said Msgr. Regan.
And in the traditional prepara
tion, the priest has little time
to give individual attention to the
child. "In this way, confession
is certainly more personal, and
it involves a lot of care,’’ he
said.
Most of the urgency to re
ceive first communion comes
from the child, who encourages
tjte parents. ‘They will sit down
with that book when they
wouldn’t sit down with anything
else,’* said Sister Robert
Therese. The book involves no
memory work, but the child
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FATHER Matthew Robbins talks to Melissa Britz and Stephen
Weaver, two pupils at IHM who are preparing to make their
first Holy Communion.