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As Eleventh Bishop of Harrisburg By The Rite of Reception of Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, D.D., J.C.L. as Eleventh Bishop of Harrisburg by Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap. Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia in the presence of Most Reverend Carlo Maria Viganò, J.U.D. Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday, the nineteenth of March two thousand fourteen at two o’ clock in the afternoon Saint Patrick Cathedral Harrisburg, Pennsylvania PHOTOGRAPHS Because of the sacred nature of the occasion, guests are asked to refrain from taking photographs and filming during the ceremony. Photographs may be taken during the entrance procession and the recessional. 2 HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church 3 HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REVEREND CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America Official Representative of the Holy Father 4 HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REVEREND CHARLES J. CHAPUT, OFM CAP. Ninth Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia 5 HIS EXCELLENCY MOST REVEREND RONALD W. GAINER Eleventh Bishop of Harrisburg 6 Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer Date of Birth: August 24, 1947 Place of Birth: Pottsville, Pennsylvania Date of Priesthood Ordination: May 19, 1973 Education Mary, Queen of Peace Grade School, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary High School, Pottsville, Pennsylvania Seminary Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts Degree (1969) Master of Divinity Degree - summa cum laude (1973) Theological and Canonical Studies Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy Licentiate Degree in Canon Law and Diploma in Latin Letters (1986) Priestly Ministry Parochial Vicar, Saint Bernard Church, Easton, Pennsylvania (1973-1975) Parochial Vicar, Saint Catherine of Siena Church, Mt. Penn, Pennsylvania (1979-1980) Campus Ministry: Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; Campus Ministry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania (1973-1979) Appointed Secretary to the Diocesan Tribunal, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1980) Appointed Judge on the Diocesan Tribunal, Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1983) Appointed Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1986) Pastor of Holy Trinity Church (1986-1999) Visiting Professor of Canon Law, Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, Pennsylvania (1986-1987) Appointed Spiritual Director for diocesan chapter of Beginning Experience for the Separated, Divorced and Widowed (1991-1999) Appointed pastoral Theology Faculty as visiting instructor in Canon Law at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1994-1999) Appointed Secretary of Catholic Life and Evangelization for the Diocese of Allentown (1999) Named Second Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky: December 2, 2002 Episcopal Ordination: February, 22, 2003 named Eleventh Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: January 24, 2014 Episcopal Installation: March 19, 2014 7 Explanation of the Coat of Arms and Episcopal Motto Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer The bishop’s coat of arms is composed of a shield with its symbols, a motto, scroll, and the external ornaments. In the United States, Roman Catholic residential bishops traditionally join their arms, in a heraldic practice known as impalement, with the existing arms of their new diocese. This is not the custom elsewhere in the Church but has been so in America for most of its ecclesial history. Keeping with this custom, the arms of Bishop Gainer are now joined in impalement to those of Harrisburg. The heraldic device of the See of Harrisburg is a compellation of the arms of William Penn’s family, the founders of Pennsylvania, and the family of John Harris of Yorkshire, England, who, in 1712, first settled the area on the Susquehanna River, later named for them as Harris Ferry, which later took the name Harrisburg. The shield appears in silver and is divided by a Latin Cross in red. Upon this cross appears a silver shamrock in honor of the titular cathedral of Harrisburg: Saint Patrick of Ireland. In a chief sable, that is to say a black field in the shape of a bar that appears at the top of the Harrisburg arms, are two plates, or silver balls also known in heraldry as roundels, assumed from the Penn family arms. Between them appears a silver crescent from the Harris family achievement but which in Catholic heraldry also represents the image of the Blessed Virgin under the title of the Immaculate Conception, a title for Our Lady entrusted to the Church in America naming her Protectress of our nation. The personal arms of Bishop Gainer, seen on the right side of the shield, reflect his life and his heritage. These arms are composed of a red field on which is displayed a silver (white) bar which is encircled by a golden (yellow) ring. This is the dominant configuration, honoring Saint Catherine of Siena, of the arms of the bishop's home: the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Above the bar is a silver pine tree and below the bar are the three silver hills with the golden double-crossmember that is known as the "Cross of Lorraine." These eastern European (Baden and Slovak) charges are used to honor the heritage that has come to the bishop from his parents. For his motto, Bishop Gainer has selected the phrase, "Ex de plenitudine...gratiam pro gratia." This phrase, taken from Saint John's Gospel (John 1:16), expresses the profound belief for each Christian that all we ever need, the life of God within, comes to us from the unending source of all goodness, that is, the Lord, for "from His fullness, grace upon grace.” The device is completed with the external ornaments which are the processional cross, which is placed in back of the shield and which extends above and below the shield, and a pontifical hat, called a "gallero," with its six tassels, in three rows, on either side of the shield, all in green. These are the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. 8 Saint Patrick Cathedral Pioneer German Jesuits brought Catholicism to Central Pennsylvania in the pre-Revolutionary era. These Jesuits had established the “Conewago Chapel” in Hanover and Old Saint Mary’s Church in Lancaster. A small Catholic Mission in Harrisburg dates back to 1806. With the construction of a vast system of canals, railroads, and turnpikes along the Susquehanna River, many Irish immigrants soon arrived. The influx of these Irish laborers influenced the building of Saint Patrick Church close to the riverfront. In 1824, Father Patrick Leary purchased the present site and in 1826 the cornerstone was laid. The original Church was constructed for $6,500. Records show that Saint John Neumann, who had been consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852, listed in his diary two visitations to Saint Patrick Church, Harrisburg, in 1855 and 1857. When the Diocese of Harrisburg was formed in 1868, Saint Patrick Church was designated as the pro-cathedral (i.e., the church that would temporarily have the cathedra, or the “bishop's chair”). During the 1880’s the church was enlarged and the entrance was relocated from the original entrance on Liberty Street to State Street. Bishop John W. Shanahan was responsible for the building of the present Cathedral. This building was designed by the firm George I. Lovatt and constructed by the McShane Company, both of Philadelphia. Construction of the Cathedral began in 1904. It was completed on March 1, 1907. In order to allow for sufficient building space, the dead buried in an adjacent cemetery were re-interred and laid to rest in Mount Calvary Cemetery on Thirteenth Street in Harrisburg. Cruciform in shape and built at a cost of $250,000, the exterior was executed in sturdy North Carolina granite. The architectural design of the new Cathedral was patterned in the Romanesque-Renaissance style. Renovations of the Cathedral have taken place over the last 100 years, including the addition of frescoes, shrines, statuary, lighting, audio, and climate systems. In 2005, extensive restoration work was completed to the Cathedral’s exterior dome and the stained- glass windows that adorn the magnificent edifice erected to the glory of God. A comprehensive interior renewal and restoration was finished in December 2006 in preparation for the Cathedral’s 100th anniversary year, which began on March 17, 2007, and continued until March 17, 2008. Our Cathedral Church is truly the House of God and a home for all. 9 The Bishops of Harrisburg Most Reverend Jeremiah F. Shanahan First Bishop of Harrisburg 1868-1886 Episcopal Motto: Serviam ~ I will serve. Most Reverend Thomas McGovern Second Bishop of Harrisburg 1888-1898 Episcopal Motto: Forti salus in fide ~ A strong faith in salvation. Most Reverend John W. Shanahan Third Bishop of Harrisburg 1899-1916 Episcopal Motto: Non recuso laborem ~ I will not refuse the burden. Most Reverend Philip R. McDevitt Fourth Bishop of Harrisburg 1916-1935 Episcopal Motto: Maria Impende Juvamen ~ Mary, send your help. Most Reverend George L. Leech Fifth Bishop of Harrisburg 1936-1971 Episcopal Motto: Non Nobis Domine ~ Not to us, O Lord. 10 The Bishops of Harrisburg Most Reverend Joseph T. Daley Sixth Bishop of Harrisburg 1971-1983 Episcopal Motto: Soli Deo Gloria ~ Honor to God alone. Most Reverend William H. Keeler Seventh Bishop of Harrisburg 1984-1989 Episcopal Motto: Opus Fac Evangelistae ~ Do the work of an evangelist. Most Reverend Nicholas C. Dattilo Eighth Bishop of Harrisburg 1990-2004 Episcopal Motto: Love Life and Do Good. Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades Ninth
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