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COLUMBUS,

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Page 2 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION

PAGE 5 A MINISTRY CONTINUED BY FATHER DOUGLAS K. CLARK STL

PAGE 6 A CONVERSATION WITH BISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER BY ROBIN WRIGHT GUNN Excerpted from extensive interviews conducted in September of 2011. The interviews may be found on line at http://diosav.org/episcopal-ordination

PAGE 16 BISHOP HARTMAYER’S ORDINATION A PICTORIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE ORDINATION

EXAMPLES OF HIS COMMENTS, HOMILIES AND STATEMENTS ON A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE

PAGE 20 SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DEATH PENALTY AND HIS FIRST JOINT LETTER AS BISHOP-ELECT PAGE 22 OCTOBER 2, 2011 ------RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY HOMILY-START OF REPECT LIFE MONTH

PAGE 24 COPY OF THE PAPAL PROCLAMATION ESTABLISHING THE EPISCOPACY OF BISHOP GREGORY JOHN HARTMAYER

PAGE 26 DESCRIPTION OF BISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER’S COAT OF ARMS

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henever the membership of We know that those who have worked with him any human group changes, the and experienced his ministry are not reticent about group itself and its dynamics their love and respect for him. necessarily change. W And we priests, who were privileged to spend a When a new leader takes charge of any group, the week with him on retreat in September feel that change is even more pronounced. Such change is we know him as a bishop who already loves his neither good nor bad in itself, but it is inevitable. priests and regards his ministry to us as the most effective ministry to his people. We experience such change in the church whenever a family moves into or out of a parish. Since 1850 until 2011, the Diocese of Savannah The departure of one pastor and the arrival of has been blessed with 13 bishops, each a unique a new one makes a difference, a change, in the man, endowed with differing gifts and charisms, dynamics of a parish, even when the two are very each ordained to serve his ock in different much alike. times. Four of them were Irish (Gartland, Barry, Keyes and Boland), one was French (Verot), With the episcopal ordination and installation of another Italian (Persico), and seven were born th Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv., as the 14 in this country (Gross, Becker, Keiley, O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah, this diocese will experience a McDonough, Frey and Lessard). One was a change that will be felt, in large and small ways, Capuchin Franciscan (Persico) and one a Marist for some time to come. As much as the Catholic Father (Keyes); the rest were diocesan priests, people of south Georgia have come to love Bishop although one of them (Verot) was also a member of J. Kevin Boland and have grown familiar with his the teaching Society of Saint Sulpice. ways, his humor and his pastoral touch, they will now have the opportunity to come to love Bishop All gave generously of themselves in tending Hartmayer as well, and to grow familiar with him to this portion of the Lord’s vineyard. Bishop and his attributes. Gartland went so far as to keep ministering to his Yellow Fever-infected ock until he succumbed to For welcoming our new bishop with open hearts, that terrible disease. minds and arms implies no disrespect for the bishop emeritus. On the contrary, we show the As our 14th Bishop, Gregory John Hartmayer, greatest respect for Bishop Boland by accepting his takes over the pastoral governance of the Diocese successor for who he is. of Savannah, he will nd that his sheep have been well tended by his 13 predecessors. May he also ABOVE, BISHOP Who is Gregory John Hartmayer? We know nd them open to his guidance, his gifts and his HARTMAYER’S that he is a Franciscan friar steeped in the joyful charisms, so that he may always be a blessing to PECTORAL CROSS, tradition of Francis of Assisi, who was so awed by them, and they to him. the wonder and beauty of God’s creation that he MODELED AFTER THE SAN DAMIANO refused to strive after the man-made baubles of By Father Douglas K. Clark, STL, human wealth and status. We know that he is a pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes CROSS, IS A SYMBOL priest who has spent half his priesthood in the eld Church, Port Wentworth. Father Clark was the OF THE FRANCISCANS. of education and the other half in parish ministry. editor of the Southern Cross for fifteen years.

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J. Hartmayer B R W G with other priests and with people with whom I’ve served… in parishes where fter 15 years as a high school I’ve worked or high schools where I’ve A educator and 16 years as a pas- worked continue to be relationships that tor, Gregory John Hartmayer began are important to me. God has certainly a new chapter in his ministry as a shown me the goodness of life.” priest in the Roman on October 18, 2011. On that day, in He’s an affable 59-year-old who began the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist his priestly vocation at age 17, entering in Savannah, Father Hartmayer was monastic life for a year of reection ordained as the 14th bishop of the just weeks after graduation, in 1969, Catholic Diocese of Savannah. from Cardinal O’Hara High School in Tonawanda, . He’s a Franciscan Who is Bishop Gregory Hartmayer? friar who personi es the values of joyful “I’m a very blessed man,” said Bishop worship, joyful life experience, humility, Hartmayer. “I’ve had a very good voluntary poverty and communal living upbringing, I’ve had a good education, that are hallmarks of his Franciscan I’ve had wonderful experiences in the community, the Order of Friars Minor places where I’ve been assigned as a Conventual (OFM Conv.) He’s a “cradle Bishop Hartmayer making his priest. Even my seminary experiences Catholic” who goes to great lengths to were some of the happiest moments closing remarks at his October 18 nurture his relationships with family, Ordination. in my life. The relationships I have with his peers in the priesthood, and developed over my life as a priest, both Page 6 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 7 of Atlanta, a 2100-family, multicultural church served by a Franciscan community. In mid-July 2010, he became pastor of another Franciscan-led parish in the Atlanta archdiocese, St. John Vianney in Lithia Springs.

Bishop Hartmayer was the lone staffer in the parish of ce at St. John Vianney on a quiet Tuesday morning in July 2011 when he answered a ringing of ce telephone that would literally become his next “call,” leading him to the Diocese of Savannah as the Bishop. In a single conversation with the Papal Nunzio, the U.S. Ambassador from the Vatican, he was launched from parish pastor into a high-pro le, demanding pastoral and administrative leadership assignment as Bishop of the Savannah Diocese.

When a priest is chosen by the Holy Father for appointment as a bishop, he learns that he is a candidate only when he is contacted by the Papal Nunzio, with former students and parishioners informing him that he’s been selected, and Gregory Hartmayer, is crowned king from all 42 years of his career. He’s a New asking him to accept the appointment. of his high school homecoming in Yorker who’s lived the last 16 years in 1968. Georgia and has happily adjusted to the When Bishop Hartmayer answered the Southern climate. He’s an experienced phone on July 5, the friar’s rst thought administrator in Catholic high schools, was to wonder if the Pope’s representative and is accustomed to leading large diverse had reached his intended person. “As parishes and diocesan wide projects. He’s a Franciscan, we don’t think in terms a man described by Atlanta of being a bishop or a monsignor, or Wilton Gregory as “much beloved by the involved in the hierarchy of the church,” people” and “good at building consensus.” said Bishop Hartmayer. “We’re simple His mother calls him “a very thoughtful, friars. We do what is asked of us by both caring son… happy in the life that he’s our minister provincial [the U.S. leader living.” In large gatherings and with of the OFMs] and by the bishops. The new people he seems gregarious and at bishops invite us to come into a diocese ease, yet he sees himself as more naturally to do something—to help out with comfortable in small group settings or parishes, or campus ministry, or some in one-to-one encounters. He values other position. Being a bishop is not on inclusion and diversity and can celebrate our radar.” Mass in Spanish. He has developed a particular fondness for international He is only the second OFM Conv. friar to priests and parishioners. be appointed as a U.S. Bishop since the order came to America over 100 years ago. After ordination in 1979, Father Gregory Of the few Franciscan bishops that have Hartmayer began his ministry in been appointed, most are asked to serve secondary education, mostly serving as a in mission areas such as South America or principal in Franciscan-run high schools Central America. (Coincidentally, another in , and New Franciscan, Charles Chaput, was named York, including his own alma mater. In Archbishop of Philadelphia the same day 1995 he shifted into pastoral ministry, as Hartmayer’s appointment.) Gregory Hartmayer, poses for a becoming pastor of St. Philip Benizi photo in his Boy Scouts of America Parish in Jonesboro, Georgia, a suburb uniform. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Page 8 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 9 Pope Benedict XVI greets then Bishop-elect Hartmayer during an audience September 7. Bishop Hartmayer, just as all bishops, will now report directly to the pope. Photo courtesy of L’Osservatore Romano.

Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer On Transitioning from Franciscan Life to Diocesan Life

“I LIVED IN COMMUNITY FOR 42 YEARS, OWNS ALL THE PROPERTY OF THE ROMAN “I’M WORKING WITH THE STAFF… AND ALWAYS PRAYED WITH FRIARS, ATE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SOUTH GEORGIA, FATHER DAN FIRMIN… VERY CLOSELY… WITH FRIARS, WORKED WITH FRIARS. AND THAT IS THE BISHOP. I’VE NEVER MONSIGNOR O’NEILL… OF COURSE PAID INCOME TAX. AND I ALSO RECEIVE A BISHOP BOLAND, SO I’M SURROUNDED N A SENSE M SEPARATING MYSELF I I’ SALARY AND I HAVE TO PAY INCOME TAX BY THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH. ALL THE BY CHOOSING TO BE A BISHOP M . I’ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.” PEOPLE AT THE PASTORAL CENTER. SO SEPARATING MYSELF FROM THE ACTIVE I’M NOT REALLY ALONE, EXCEPT WHEN I PARTICIPATION IN THE RANCISCAN T S STRANGE LIVING ALONE T S F “I ’ . I ’ COME HERE [TO HIS RESIDENCE] AND IT’S COMMUNITY M STILL A RANCISCAN DIFFERENT T THIS TIME IN MY . I’ F . A LIKE A RETREAT TO COME HERE.” BUT MY SUPERIOR IS NO LONGER MY LIFE, AFTER 42 YEARS OF LIVING IN MINISTER PROVINCIAL. MY SUPERIOR IS COMMUNITY, IT’S LIKE PARENTS WITH THE POPE. AND MY VOW OF POVERTY, AN EMPTY NEST--IT IS AN ADJUSTMENT WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM OWNING BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET TO ENJOY IT, ANYTHING, IS ALSO SUSPENDED BECAUSE I BECAUSE IT’S QUIETER. YOU DON’T HAVE HAVE TO OWN EVERYTHING IN SAVANNAH. TO CLEAN UP AFTER ANYBODY. I CAN THE WAY THE STRUCTURE IS, THE BISHOP LEAVE THE DISH IN THE SINK AND IT’S IS THE CORPORATION SOLE OF THE ENTIRE NOT A BIG DEAL. ALTHOUGH I’LL MISS THE DIOCESE, SO THERE’S ONE PERSON WHO COMPANIONSHIP.”

Page 8 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 9 THE MINISTRY OF BISHOPS Bishops of the he word “bishop” translates Tthe Greek word episkopos, which means “overseer.” In the Diocese of Savannah Pastoral Epistles (1-2 Timothy and Titus), we see the apostles sharing their own ministry of oversight of the Churches with—“overseers” or “bishops” such as Timothy and Titus—“by prayer and the laying on of hands.” Their ministry involved preaching, teaching and presiding over the Eucharistic The Most Rev. J. Kevin assembly. Boland 1995 -2011 The bishops succeed to these functions of the apostles, although not to those that were uniquely given to the apostles themselves and were not transferable to others (for example, the charism of writing inspired scripture).

A bishop tends his own ock, the “portion of the People of God entrusted to his care,” by virtue of his sacramental ordination and canonical mission. The geographical area entrusted to a bishop is called a “diocese.” As shepherd, he governs his ock. He is also called to be a prophet (proclaimer) of God’s Word and chief priest of the Christian sacraments.

Historically, the size of the Church became such that one man could not oversee all of the Christians in his city. Bishops have, since the second or third century, Bishop Francis X. Gartland delegated many of their functions wore this ring, as did as prophets, priests and shepherds Bishop-Emeritus Boland. (administration) to the presbyters Bishop Hartmayer was (priests) of their dioceses. Such presented with this ring delegation is also by sacramental at his ordination as one of ordination and canonical mission. the symbols of the See of The bishop, however, remains the Savannah. chief shepherd, prophet and priest of his diocese.

Page 10 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 11 Archbishop Gregory of Atlanta believes said Bishop Hartmayer. that Hartmayer’s Franciscan traits are part of what will make him a good bishop in “From the very beginning of meeting South Georgia. “Franciscans are joyful Bishop Boland, in my heart I felt this is a people because they realize that their lives man that I relate to very easily. I enjoy his are anchored most securely in God and company, I enjoy who he is. I respect what in prayer. He will bring those things. He he’s done here in the Diocese. I felt we hit will bring that religious perspective, that it off in the very beginning.” BISHOP HARTMAYER ON THE NEW TRANSLATION OF THE Franciscan charism to his work.” In September, Bishop Hartmayer attended ROMAN MISSAL “He’s very good at working in culturally the Diocesan annual priests’ retreat. diverse situations. He has the soul of a “I met all the priests in the Diocese. “MOST OF THE TRANSLATIONS ARE good pastor, which I think makes for a We spent a week together in prayer. It GOOD, THEY’RE AN IMPROVEMENT. good bishop.” was a wonderful start for me to put all THEY’RE CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL the names and faces together before I LATIN. GETTING TO KNOW THE go out to their individual parishes for DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH con rmations or anniversaries. They know “MOST OF THE CHANGES AFFECT THE PRIESTS. THE PRIESTS ARE GOING TO ishop Hartmayer moved to Savan- me already and I know them already, HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEIR PARTS ARE nah in mid-September after the even though it’s a cursory acquaintance. B WELL KNOWN AND REHEARSED. THERE July 19 public announcement of his I’ll know them more and more as I travel ARE PROBABLY MORE OF THOSE THAN appointment. Even before his move, around the Diocese.” IN THE PARTS FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE he began a deliberate process of get- FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE DIOCESE SAY. ting to know the community he now ishop Hartmayer says that his serves as its spiritual leader. IT’S A CHANGE, AND HOPEFULLY A rst impressions of the Diocese B CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, WHERE THE In the days before the announcement, of Savannah are almost wholly drawn WORDS WILL BE MORE MEANINGFUL. Bishop Hartmayer had a two-day, one-on- from his week at the priests’ retreat. THEY’LL NO LONGER RATTLE OFF THE one orientation- retreat with Bishop “I experienced a tremendous spirit, a CREED BY HEART, BUT THEY’LL HAVE TO J. Kevin Boland at Boland’s Savannah real positive spirit. I saw the presby- READ THE CREED AND IT MIGHT MAKE home. Bishop Hartmayer arrived at that terate together, how they related to IT MORE MEANINGFUL FOR THEM. IN meeting with an agenda of questions each other, the ages, the generations THE SENSE OF, THEY WILL PAY MORE about the Diocese. The two men worked present. The international avor of the ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY ARE through this list, and covered a thick presbyterate. The number of young SAYING, AND WHAT THEY’RE SAYING three ring binder stuffed with information priests that we have, the number of re- THEY BELIEVE IN.” Bishop Boland wanted to share with him. tiring priests that we have. I was able to see how healthy they are, what their “We talked, and we laughed, and we told spirit of prayer was, their enthusiasm stories. We worked on the agenda for a during the liturgy, in singing. I saw a while and we broke for lunch or dinner,” lot in that week. I observed a lot as we

“As a Franciscan, we don’t think in terms of being a bishop or a monsignor, or involved in the hierarchy of the church. We’re simple friars. We do what is asked of us by both our minister provincial [the U.S. leader of the OFMs] and by the bishops. The bishops invite us to come into a diocese to do something—to help out with parishes, or campus ministry, or some other position. Being a bishop is not on our radar.”

Page 10 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 11 had dinner, as we had conferences and had some informal time together. I left there feeling extremely optimis- tic, … and fortunate to have the kind of presbyterate that we have.”

“Having said that, there are still challenges,” continued Bishop Hartmayer, “We are a mission diocese. We don’t have enough priests. We have priests saying ve masses on a weekend. We have pastors who have three parishes. These guys have a lot of work. Many of them are overworked, and they live and work alone.”

Bishop Hartmayer considers the pastoral care of the diocesan priests as the foundation for effective pastoral leadership of the entire Diocese. At the priests’ retreat “I told them that my primary focus as bishop of the diocese would be them and their needs and their care,” said the Bishop. “To af rm them, to support them, to be available to them. If they feel appreciated and supported by their bishop, then the people they serve will also bene t from a priest that is joy lled and faith lled, and doesn’t feel like he is out there alone.”

Gregory Hartmayer, back left, poses with three of the men who entered the In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Bishop seminary at the same time he did. Hartmayer was active in the Council of Priests, a panel of diocesan priests that met regularly to address diocesan wide BISHOP HARTMAYER ON THE VALUE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS projects and to provide formal peer contact for priests. He was elected by “THE VALUE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IS “SECONDLY, IT’S A PLACE OF FORMATION. his peer priests as Chair of the Priests’ NOT JUST A VALUE TO THE CHURCH. IT WE BUILD AS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL Council three times. HAS A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON SOCIETY. SYSTEM, ON WHAT PARENTS … DO IN HOW PEOPLE DO BUSINESS, HOW PEOPLE TERMS OF RAISING THEIR CHILDREN WITH “Over the years I discovered that [Bishop LIVE THEIR LIVES, THE VALUES THAT THEY A SET OF VALUES AND STANDARDS AND Hartmayer] was often sought out by LIVE BY, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPECTATIONS. WHAT THE CATHOLIC our priests as a confessor, a spiritual ROLE OF THEIR FAITH IN DAILY LIVING. SCHOOL CAN DO IS REINFORCE THEM. director and con dant,” said Archbishop IT’S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU … AND THEY WILL LOOK BACK ON Gregory. “That impressed me greatly, ACT IN CHURCH, BUT IT’S PART OF WHO CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND SEE IT WAS that this man who was obviously a very YOU ARE. IT AFFECTS THE WAY YOU A SOURCE, IN ADDITION TO THEIR FAMILY, effective pastor to the people in this large BRING UP YOUR CHILDREN, THE WAY FOR THE KIND OF PERSON THEY’VE complex parish was also well regarded by YOU DO BUSINESS, THE WAY YOU TREAT BECOME.” the priests of the Archdiocese. Someone YOUR EMPLOYEES, THE WAY YOU TREAT whose opinion they valued and whose YOUR NEIGHBORS. ALL OF THAT IS PART spiritual guidance they respected.” OF THE FORMATION YOU RECEIVE IN While on the Council of Priests CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. IN CATHOLIC Bishop Hartmayer was instrumental SCHOOLS YOU RECEIVE INFORMATION LIKE in establishing and coordinating a ANY SCHOOL …IN AN ENVIRONMENT mentoring program for new priests. The THAT IS DISCIPLINED AND STRUCTURED. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Page 12 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 13 This wooden Crosier was made for Bishop Raymond W. Lessard in Honor of the 20th anniversary of his ordination as Bishop of Savannah. The Crosier was refinished for Bishop Hartmayer and presented to him at his Ordination as a symbol and link to the Episcopacy in the Diocese of Savannah. (See Southern Cross, page 6, September 29.)

Page 12 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 13 purpose of the mentorship was to match said Archbishop Gregory. lifestyle for those days,”said Bishop the just-ordained priests with seasoned Hartmayer. “We’d correspond with those priests, “someone they could consult when BACKGROUND AND VOCATION: “A seminarians and friars. I felt more and they came back from seminary, kind of HOME THAT WAS CATHOLIC” more comfortable with them. More and an ombudsman, a big brother, not their regory Hartmayer is the second more I felt like I wanted to be like them. pastor, not their spiritual director, but G son of four siblings in a Catholic I wanted to do what they do; I wanted someone who could help them transition,” family. His late father John W. Hart- to have that kind of a relationship with a mayer was a detective in the police community.” force in nearby Buffalo for 30 years. “I was fortunate His mother Sally, 86, continues to live As Bishop Hartmayer began the college in the suburban home they moved into application and SAT process, “this growing up,” when Bishop Hartmayer was three Franciscan thing kept kind of surfacing. I said Bishop years old. There, she and her husband was praying a prayer when I was a junior raised three sons and one daughter, [in high school], and I would pray it every Hartmayer. “I less than a mile from their parish and night… to help me discern my vocation parochial school. if that’s what God wants me to do. To came from a make that known, or to make that feeling “I was fortunate growing up,” said stronger in me so that I could move in home that was Bishop Hartmayer. “I came from a home that direction.” that was Catholic. It was never a question Catholic. It was of whether we were going to Mass, it was Having a son enter the priesthood “was what time we were going. We would have something that’s always in the back of never a question Sunday breakfast together, we would go to your mind,” said Sally Hartmayer. “You Mass together, and we would have a late have three sons and you know, maybe one of whether we Sunday evening meal together. That was would be [a priest,] but none of them our schedule at home.” showed any inclination. My youngest boy were going to was the rst that was [an altar server.] At Cardinal O’Hara High School, Greg You’d always think about it but we never Mass, it was Hartmayer was involved in service clubs mentioned it or anything.” what time we and the school newspaper. At church he was president of the Catholic Youth “The rst indication we had that he were going. Organization (CYO), winning the [Bishop Hartmayer] was at all interested Hands of Christ diocesan award for CYO was in his junior year, when we talked We would leadership. He was active in the Boy Scout about where he wanted to go to college. troop that met at their parish, continuing And that’s when he told me he wanted to have Sunday through the higher ranks of Scouting. enter the Franciscan order.” breakfast Bishop Hartmayer attributes the origins Four other boys from Bishop Hartmayer’s of his vocational call to the Franciscans senior class entered the Franciscan together, we Friars who led his high school--teaching seminary at the same time that he did, classes, advising clubs, and serving as and all ve became Franciscan friars. would go to daily examples of the priestly life. Although one of those ve has died, the other four remain the closest of friends, Mass together, Sally Hartmayer and her husband were supporting each other spiritually and very involved in their children’s school personally as their vocations scatter them and we would activities, and that built friendships with across the country and the globe. One of have a late the Franciscans at the school. The family’s this group, Father Vincent Gluc, OFM backyard pool was often a gathering place Conv. is Bishop Hartmayer’s closest Sunday evening for the friars. friend, and assisted in his ordination Mass on October 18. meal together. Beginning in his freshman year of high school, Gregory Hartmayer attended an DAILY FAITH PRACTICE: That was our annual school summer trip to a Franciscan “MY WORK IS A PRAYER” monastery, to introduce boys from the ow does the man responsible for schedule at Franciscan high school to the life in the H the spiritual formation of 80,000 home.” order. “We’d follow their schedule, eat Catholics in South Georgia maintain at their dining table, just follow their his own relationship with the Lord?

Page 14 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 15 For Bishop Hartmayer, he begins each to priests and parishioners. He is mindful the people of Savannah. day with habits and routines instilled of “the effort I’m going to have to put in him as a child, and embraces the forth in making my presence known. “I need to hear from them, I want to hear many unique spiritual opportunities Bishop Boland was noted for his ministry from them. If there are issues, if there are afforded him as Bishop. of presence. He went to things that he needs that are not being met by the local could go to, as many as possible.” parish community, then it should come to “The very rst thing when I get up in the another level. morning, I make my bed. That’s just the “I’ve got to go out to them. And my way I was taught. My mother’s not here staff has to go out to them so there’s a “I am here to serve, that is how I see my to watch me, but it’s just something I’ve connection, so they feel connected to position, and that’s what I want to do always done and always will do. Then… the chancery, to their bishop. That the to the best of my ability. I ask for the my rule for myself is I’m not going to services of the chancery are available to prayers of the people, their openness, look at my phone or look at my computer them no matter where they’re working. their support of the work for the church. until after I say my morning prayers. Or If they’re ve hours away, then I send the When they are called upon to make some …I’ll have Mass in my chapel [at home.] nance man or the stewardship person or sacri ces for the greater good, I hope they Then I’ll go to work, and my work is a the youth person, that’s where they need would be willing to do that. prayer. to be.” “At every Mass my name is mentioned. “Whether preparing a homily, for Later this month and in November, They pray for me. That means a lot. I the celebration of the sacrament of Bishop Hartmayer has scheduled feel it, I know it, I can sense it, that the con rmation of a parish, celebrating workshops with the priests of the seven people of God of this diocese are praying one of the religious sisters’ jubilee or to Deaneries in the Diocese. He describes for their bishop. I can’t wait to go out into consecrate a new church. All of these are these seven meetings as listening sessions. the parishes to meet them. To be in their prayerful experiences.” “I want to know, with all honesty and presence and to have a relationship with candor, how I can help them. What do them as their shepherd, of their Diocese Described by Archbishop Gregory as they need? What bothers them? What do and their church.” a “balanced” man, Bishop Hartmayer they celebrate? What do they like about draws on that balance in his faith practice, what they are doing? I want to know placing great value on the unifying what needs there are, what struggles there community experience of celebrating the are, what challenges there are. And, I Mass with his staff, and also on periods of also want to know what their successes solitude, in meditation in the presence of are. I want them to share with me a little the Blessed Sacrament. history and a present snapshot of their ministry and how things are going.” GETTING STARTED AS THE BISHOP OF SAVANNAH The results of these meetings will form ishop Hartmayer’s to do list in his the basis of a work plan for the diocesan B rst weeks leading the Diocese is Council of Priests that meets every six a study in contrasts: combining im- months. “Some might be able to be mediate tasks with long-term plan- addressed immediately,” said Bishop ning, and visits to parishes across the Hartmayer. “Others might be more long Diocese with brie ngs from central term. Some things might be restricted by of ce staff in the various Diocesan budget or personnel. Obviously there’s ministries. going to be some limitations, but I want to hear them. I need to hear from them, Projects already under way include face to face.” this fall’s transition into using the new English translation of the Roman SUPPORTING THE NEW BISHOP Then Bishop-Elect Hartmayer Missal, and making preliminary plans for ow can the parishioners of the and Bishop Boland walk into con rmations. Diocese assist the new Bishop as he H Lafayette Square together to begins this new assignment? After serving most of his career in large the press conference where urban areas with parishes that are near “First and foremost I need the prayers the papal appointment as the each other, Bishop Hartmayer is acutely of the people that would support me in next Bishop of Savannah was aware of the vast distances between many the demands of this of ce,” said Bishop announced on July 19, 2011. of the parishes in the Diocese of Savannah, Hartmayer. “To help me in my own life, and the challenges those distances present and in providing service to the priests of

Page 14 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 15 Bishop-Emeritus Boland extends a welcome to the newly installed Bishop Hartmayer.

Bishop Hartmayer greets his mother, Sally Hartmayer, at the sign Monsignor William O. O’Neill, of peace during the Mass of Episcopal Ordination and Installation Rector of the Cathedral assists in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. as his brother Bishop-elect Hartmayer as he vests C. Douglas Hartmayer looks on. for the ordination. Page 16 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 17 Bishop-elect Hartmayer lies prostrate in prayer before the altar during his Episcopal Ordination and Installation as the Bishop of Savannah at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.

From left to right, Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, Gregory J. Hartmayer, Bishop of Savannah, Luis Rafael Zarama, Auxiliary Bishop, Atlanta and Bishop-Emeritus J. Kevin Boland, Savannah join in the consecration at the Mass of Episcopal Ordination and Installation in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. Page 16 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 17 From the top, left to right, Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta and the Ordaining Prelate anoints Hartmayer’s head with Holy Chrism; Cardinal Adam J. Maida, Archbishop-Emeritus Detroit bestows a blessing as he lays hands on Hartmayer; Archbishop Gregory places Bishop Gartland’s ring on Hartmayer’s finger; the Book of the Gospels are held above Hartmayer’s head while Archbishop Gregory blesses him, and Archbishop Gregory places a Bishop’s Miter on Bishop Hartmayer.

Page 18 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 19 Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta and the Ordaining Prelate transfers the crosier, a symbol of his new Episcopacy to Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer - the 14th shepherd of the Diocese of Savannah.

Page 18 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 19 BISHOP HARTMAYER ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE

AKING [TROY ANTHONY DAVIS’S] BE SANCTIONS FOR THOSE BAD CHOICES CIRCUMSTANCES IT OCCURRED. IF WE CAN “TLIFE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WE MAKE IN LIFE. WE SHOULD BE HELD MAINTAIN A STANDARD OF RESPECT FOR ALL WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN SAVANNAH, ACCOUNTABLE, BUT NOT TO TAKE ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE, I THINK JUSTICE CAN STILL BE IT’S NOT GOING TO BRING THAT POLICE HUMAN LIFE. THAT’S GOD’S. GOD CREATED SERVED AND WE’LL BE A MUCH HEALTHIER OFFICER’S LIFE BACK AGAIN, AND IT’S NOT LIFE. GOD WILL TELL US WHEN OUR LIFE AND HOLIER SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF IT.” GOING TO BE A CLOSURE TO THE LOSS OF WILL END, HOW IT WILL END. IT’S IN HIS ND IT GOES NOT ONLY WITH THE THEIR FATHER AND THEIR HUSBAND. HANDS.” “…A ELDERLY, BUT ALSO WITH THE NEWLY “MY FATHER WAS A POLICE OFFICER. I KNOW “IF WE START TAKING LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO BORN. A CHILD THAT COMES TO TERM HOW I WOULD PROBABLY FEEL. I’D BE VERY DON’T BELONG, WE’RE GOING TO START AND HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, HAS ALL KINDS OF ANGRY, AND STRUGGLE WITH THE DECISION TAKING THE ELDERLY OUT OF CIRCULATION, CHILDHOOD ISSUES, LEARNING DISABILITIES, AS TO WHAT WOULD THE MENTALLY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. PARENTS LOVE BE JUST, IN THE FACT AND PHYSICALLY THOSE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS EVEN THAT THEY TOOK HANDICAPPED AND THOUGH THERE IS A GREAT SACRIFICE … TO MY FATHER’S LIFE AS CHALLENGED PEOPLE. PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE THAT CHILD NEEDS. A PUBLIC SERVANT. WHERE DOES IT STOP? IT IS A GRACE GIVEN TO PARENTS WHO BUT, I WOULD HOPE IT’S A SLIPPERY SLOPE. HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENTAL THAT MY FAITH ONCE YOU MAKE THE QUESTIONS ONCE THE CHILD IS BORN. IT WOULD ENABLE ME EXCEPTION THAT, YES, INDICATES THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE THAT TO … ACCEPT LIFE IN THIS INSTANCE WE SOMEONE, NAMELY THE PARENTS, SEE MORE IN PRISON WITHOUT CAN TAKE THE LIFE, TO THAT CHILD THAN ITS DISABILITY, THOSE PAROLE, RATHER WHERE DOES IT STOP? THINGS THAT IT CAN’T DO THAT OTHER THAN SUPPORT THE BECAUSE IT COSTS SO CHILDREN CAN DO. THEY LOVE THAT CHILD TAKING OF ANOTHER MUCH TO TAKE CARE BECAUSE IT’S THEIRS. IT’S A GIFT FROM LIFE.” OF THIS PERSON, THIS GOD. A MYSTERY TO BE SURE, WHY GOD PERSON’S NOT EVEN WOULD BRING A DISABLED CHILD INTO THAT S WHAT “… ’ LIVING A DECENT LIFE, THE WORLD, FOR A FAMILY TO HAVE TO THE GOSPEL ASKS OF SO WHY SHOULD WE REARRANGE ITS LIFE AND ITS PRIORITIES US NOT WHEN IT S , ’ KEEP PAYING MONEY TO SO THAT THIS CHILD’S NEEDS ARE MET. IT EASY NOT WHEN IT S , ’ FEED HER AND TO KEEP IS A MYSTERY, BUT GOD GIVES GRACE TO CONVENIENT T S . I ’ HER ON A MACHINE? THE PARENTS WHO BRING THESE CHILDREN WHEN IT S HARD ’ . LET’S JUST MAKE A LAW INTO THE WORLD, AND WHAT HAPPENS… HRIST SAYS PRAY Gregory Hartmayer stands with his C THAT SAYS IF YOU CAN’T AS THE CHILD GROWS, THE PARENTS BEGIN FOR YOUR ENEMIES father, John W. Hartmayer, shortly . TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, TO UNDERSTAND WHY GOD GAVE THEM TOOTH FOR A after entering the Seminary. A WE’LL DO AWAY WITH THIS CHILD. THERE IS A REASON, THERE’S TOOTH WAS AN OLD YOU AND DO SOCIETY A SOMETHING THAT THEY’RE LEARNING. LAW IN OUR SOCIETY . FAVOR. THAT’S THE DANGER OF NOT BEING THERE’S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED HRIST CAME NOT TO CONDEMN OR TO C , CONSISTENT IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY AND TO THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR MARRIAGE THAT CHANGE BUT TO FULFILL THE LAW WITH , THEOLOGY OF LIFE. IF YOU START RELATIVISM, HAS BEEN A RESULT OF THEIR GENEROSITY A WHOLE NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE AND YOU START MAKING CHANGES BECAUSE IN BRINGING UP THIS PERSON’S LIFE, THAT AND ITS IMPORTANCE AND THE REASON , YOU FEEL ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, OR REQUIRES SO MUCH MORE HELP AND WHY OD CREATED US ES WE HAVE FREE G . Y , BECAUSE OF MONEY, OR BECAUSE OF ASSISTANCE THAN A CHILD BORN WITH ALL WILL AND YES WE CAN DO BAD THINGS , , REVENGE, OR WHO IT WAS, OR UNDER WHAT ITS ABILITIES.” WITH OUR FREE WILL, AND THERE SHOULD

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Monday 12 September, 2011

James E. Donald, Chair Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles 2 Martin Luther King, Jr Drive, S.E. Suite 458, Balcony Level, East Tower Atlanta, GA 30334-4909

Dear Mr. Donald and Members of the Board of Pardon and Parole:

As the bishops of the Catholic Church in Georgia, we are writing to urge you to grant clemency to Mr. Troy Davis. As you lawfully carry out justice for the sake of society, we ask you to show mercy and consider that every human being, whether innocent of wrongdoing or guilty of serious violations of the law, has an innate and inalienable value.

There are several issues involved in this tragic situation that we bring to you for consideration.

First, we want to express our profound sympathy to the family and friends of Officer Mark Allen Mac Phail whose life was taken in a criminal act. We believe that the State of Georgia has the right to punish the person who is responsible for this crime. We also believe that punishment and compensation can be achieved by incarceration with strict laws concerning parole.

Secondly, the death penalty is irreversibly wrong when there is an execution of a person who may possibly be innocent. The conviction and death sentence of Mr. Davis was based on testimony of key witnesses and did not result from physical evidence.

The gospel that Christians proclaim is a gospel of mercy, love and forgiveness. We believe that the death penalty is not compatible with the gospel. The common good and public security can be achieved in other ways. The gospel calls us to proclaim the sacredness of human life under all circumstances.

Thank you for your consideration of the 138 people who have been wrongly convicted in capital cases since 1976, six of whom were from Georgia. It is urgent that you reconsider the sentence of death in this case so that our state does not make an irreversible decision to take the life of Mr. Davis.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

�Wilton D. Gregory �J. Kevin Boland Archbishop of Atlanta Bishop Emeritus of Savannah

�Luis R. Zarama �Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv. Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta Bishop-elect of Savannah

WDG/pmc

Page 20 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 21 Respect Life Homily, Sunday, October 2, 2011

here is a Native-American The old chief smiled and said to his Tlegend about an old tribal chief third son: “You will succeed me as chief who was dying. And this old, dying for you have brought us the gift of vision tribal chief had three sons. He loved for a better future.” each of them the same. He called his sons together and told them that he When God created the world he was old now and dying and that one had a special vision for the world. of them will succeed him as chief. He envisioned a place of beauty and And he needed to prepare for that plenty……a place where all creation day. would live in harmony. Where the lamb would lie next to the Lion. He So he told his three sons to climb their envisioned a world of peace and justice, a ancestors’ holy mountain and bring back world of sharing….and a world where all something beautiful. The one whose gift life is honored and respected. is most precious to the chief will become his successor. In the rst reading, Isaiah paints a picture of God’s vision for the world. Several days later, the three sons Isaiah says that a “friend” had a nice returned from their journeys. The rst piece of property on a very fertile hill. son brought back a ower that was He dug it and cleared it and planted extremely rare and beautiful. The second it with choice grape vines. He built a son brought back a stone of precious watchtower in the middle of it so that he metal. But the third son brought could protect his plantings from harm or nothing back. destruction. He did everything he could to make sure that this vineyard could When the chief questioned his third son, produce an abundant harvest of delicious the boy said: “Father, as I stood on the grapes. top of the holy mountain, I saw that on the other side was a land of fertile green Isn’t that what God has done for us? He pastures and crystal clean waters. I could has provided us with the most beautiful imagine our people moving there and world. He has lled it with wonderful having a better life. I was so caught up wildlife and awesome mountains and with that dream that I had no time to countryside. We have abundant food and bring anything back.” natural resources. He had provided us “When we destroy or compromise human life, we fundamentally accuse God of making a mistake. When we destroy or compromise human life, we are telling God that we know better….that this unborn life, or this senior citizen, this terminally ill patient or this convict on death row is a mistake…a divine error. “

Page 22 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 23 with all that we need to live and to love God that we know better….that this and to produce great harvests…..just “How does unborn life, or this senior citizen, this like Isaiah’s friend and his vineyard. terminally ill patient or this convict on a person death row is a mistake….a divine error. But something went wrong in the Isaiah’s friend’s vineyard….and in our come to the As I reect upon the sanctity of all world. According to Isaiah, despite all human life, I am sincerely trying to the correct preparations in making sure understanding understand why a person would chose that everything in the vineyard was death for themselves or for others….. just right, the vineyard produced wild that a life or this rather than choose life. grapes, sour grapes, grapes that could not be used for wine. It was a terrible life is less than How does a person come to the harvest. What went wrong?…we really understanding that a life or this life is don’t know. But the hope and the vision holy. How and less than holy. How and where does a person learn that. of the owner was not ful lled. where does a And the same is true with God and his When life is thought of as disposable, is vision for the world. Instead of a world person learn it because “we just don’t know better?” of peace and justice…..instead of a or do we act out of fear or anger or world of sharing and a world where life that.” revenge? is respected, we live in a world of greed Sometime has happened in that fertile world in which we live is a gift. And all and intolerance, of sel shness, hatred vineyard that we have been given to life within it is a gift…especially our and violence. live in and to prosper in. Sometime has human life. Our world and our life is gone terribly wrong. The gospel parable is similar to the leased to us by God and we are invited story in Isaiah and talks about another to enjoy it and bene t from it. Our society’s understanding and vineyard wherein even the owner’s son attitude regarding the preciousness But some have forgotten that this world was killed by greed and violence. of all human life has become jaded. is not for us to exploit and destroy. It is Life is seen as a burden, it is seen as an Something went wrong in the vineyard to be shared…it is to be preserved and inconvenience, it is seen as expensive, it and something has gone wrong in our improved for future generations and it is is seen as a nuisance. world. to be respected. What can we do to change the direction The strong inuence of sin, which came Today, throughout the United States, of this destructive course of human into the world by our free choice, makes the Church is reecting on the precious destiny? it dif cult for God’s vision for a good gift of human life. It is a day to pause world to take place. and to recognize that all life is a gift We can begin by using our greatest from God, given to us to use and God made us to be a reection of force for good…..the power of daily to share. We are to be stewards of Himself. And God is good. And the prayer. creation…caretakers of the vineyard. Franciscan philosophers and others We can become peaceful advocates for believe that we are basically good In both in the Old Testament and in public policy…speaking up for life to the New testament we learn that life The effects of Original Sin can seduce local, state and federal of ce holders is no accident. Our being here is no us toward sin and the strong external coincidence. We are never “mistakes”. We can bring the issue home to our own inuence of sin can be attractive…… There never has been and there never children and grandchildren. They will it can be convenient…….it can be will be a person who is a mistake in the live what they learn. disguised…..it can be powerful…….. mind and heart of God. and through our choice, the presence of Like the third son, who, while on the sin in our life diminishes the presence of Not the most notorious criminal, not top of the holy mountain, was gifted Good in our life. the most severely handicapped, not the with the vision for a better future, we most undeveloped form of human life. as Christians are to promote a lifestyle The inuence of sin in and on our that is just and true, honorable and life….it can be gradual, it can be subtle. When we destroy or compromise human pure……. and respectful of life from Sin can and does effect us personally, life, we fundamentally accuse God of conception until natural death. communally, nationally, and globally. making a mistake. When we destroy or compromise human life, we are telling The scriptures today remind us that the

Page 22 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 23 St. Joseph’s/Candler congratulates The Most Reverend Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM, Conv. on his ordination as the Fourteenth Bishop of Savannah

May God Bless you and protect you as you shepherd the faithful throughout the Diocese of Savannah.

Page 24 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 25 Deacon George Foster displays the Papal proclamation declaring Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv. - the 14th Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah.

ALBANY DEANERY MACON DEANERY Louisville St. Joan of Arc Church Albany St. Teresa Church Dublin Immaculate Conception Church Metter Holy Family Church *(Swainsboro) Alapaha St. Ann Church *(Tifton) Eastman St. Mark Church Millen St. Bernadette Church *(Sylvania) Americus St. Mary Church Fort Valley St. Juliana Church *(Kathleen) Pembroke Holy Cross Church *(Claxton) Bainbridge St. Joseph Church Kathleen St. Patrick Church Reidsville St. Andrew the Apostle Church Blakely Holy Family Church Macon Holy Spirit Church *(Vidalia) Cairo St. Elizabeth Seton Church *(Thomasville) St. Joseph Church Sandhill Our Lady of Guadalupe *(Claxton) Camilla St. John Vianney Church *(Moultrie) St. Peter Claver Church Statesboro St. Matthew Church Cordele St. Theresa Church McRae Holy Redeemer Church Swainsboro Holy Trinity Church Cuthbert St. Luke Church *(Blakely) Sandersville St. William Church *(Dublin) Sylvania Our Lady of the Assumption Church Donalsonville Church of the Incarnation Warner Robins Sacred Heart Church Vidalia Sacred Heart Church *(Bainbridge) SAVANNAH DEANERY VALDOSTA/BRUNSWICK DEANERY Montezuma St. Michael Church *(Cordele) Port Wentworth Our Lady of Lourdes Church Adel St. Margaret Mary Church *(Lakeland) Moultrie Immaculate Conception Church Richmond Hill St. Anne Church Brunswick St. Francis Xavier Church Thomasville St. Augustine Church Savannah Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Darien Nativity of Our Lady Church Tifton Our Divine Saviour Church Blessed Sacrament Church *(Brunswick) AUGUSTA DEANERY Resurrection of Our Lord Church Douglas St. Paul Church Augusta Most Holy Trinity Church Sacred Heart Church Fitzgerald St. William Church *(Douglas) St. Joseph Church St. Benedict the Moor Church Folkston St. Francis of Assisi Church *(St. Marys) St. Mary on the Hill Church St. Frances Cabrini Church Hinesville St. Stephen First Martyr Church Grovetown St. Teresa of Avila Church St. James Church Jesup St. Joseph Church Waynesboro Sacred Heart Church St. Peter the Apostle Church Lakeland Queen of Peace Church COLUMBUS DEANERY Sts. Peter and Paul Church Nashville St. Mary Church *(Lakeland) Buena Vista St. Mary Magdalen Church *(Our Spring eld St. Boniface Church St. Marys Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church Lady of Lourdes Church, Columbus) Tybee Island St. Michael Church St. Simons Island St. William Church Columbus Holy Family Church STATESBORO DEANERY Twin Lakes San Jose Mission *(Lakeland) Our Lady of Lourdes Church Alma St. Raymond Church *(Hazlehurst) Valdosta St. John the Evangelist Church St. Anne Church Baxley St. Rose of Lima *(Hazlehurst) Waycross St. Joseph Church St. Benedict the Moor Church Claxton St. Christopher Church Willacoochee Holy Family Church *(Douglas) Pine Mountain Christ the King Church Glennville St. Jude Church *(Hinesville) *(Mission) Hazlehurst Good Shepherd Church

Page 24 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 25 BISHOP HARTMAYER’PaxS et Bonum COAT OF ARMS

The Coat of Arms for the Diocese of words that were used by St. Francis in SIGNIFICANCE SavannahPeace is a cross of red on silver andhis greetings Goo to others. It embodiedd the he Episcopal heraldic achieve- background. The cross is in fact the Cross simplicity and goodness he saw in all of ment, or bishop’s coat of arms, is T of St. George. This symbolizes the state God’s Creation. composed of a shield, with its charges, of Georgia, which was named for King a motto scroll, and the external orna- George II. The four blue stars signify that Behind the arms is placed a gold ments indicating of ce. The shield is Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the processional cross -the symbol of Episcopal explained (in heraldic terms, blazoned) Constitution of United States. The gold of ce. For the processional cross, Bishop in twelfth century language and rose found in the middle of the cross is the Hartmayer has selected the Cross of articulated as if it is being given to the Cherokee rose, the state ower of Georgia, San Damiano. The entire Franciscan bearer who will wear it on his arm. and is also associated with the Rose of movement began when St. Francis, while Thus, it must be remembered where Sharon as well as Mary, the Mystical Rose. praying at the Chapel of San Damiano, the terms dexter (right) and sinister heard the cruci x speak to him and say, (left) are used, they are in fact, reversed The personal Coat of Arms of Bishop “Francis, go rebuild my Church for it as one views the shield from the front. Hartmayer is intended to symbolically is falling to ruins.” St. Francis thought represent the Bishop’s heritage and this was a literal command to rebuild It is Church tradition that when a vocation as a Conventual Franciscan Friar. the chapel that was in disrepair. Soon, Bishop becomes the Ordinary of a The background of wavy blue and white is however, he realized God was asking more Diocese, the arms of his jurisdiction a heraldic symbol for water. The Bishop is of him. are joined (impaled) with his personal a native of Buffalo, NY – the Queen City coat of arms. The Coat of Arms of the of the Great Lakes. Water is also the key Surrounding the shield and processional Diocese of Savannah appears in the dexter symbol of Baptism – the rst Sacrament cross is the ponti cal hat with six tassels impalement (left side for the viewer) of Initiation as a Christian. This helps on each side disposed in three rows, all in while that of Bishop Hartmayer appears recall the Bishop’s ministry as the primary green. These are the heraldic insignia of a in sinister (right side for the viewer). This sacramental minister of his diocese. The prelate of the rank of bishop in accordance custom of combining the two is meant to eagle serves as a two-fold symbol of both with the Instruction of the Holy See, show the spiritual unity shared between the Bishop’s German heritage and of St. dated 31 March 1969. Before 1870, the Bishop as Shepherd and the Diocese John the Evangelist. The Bishop’s father the ponti cal hat, known as a galero, as his Flock – so core to the theology was named John and this is the Bishop’s was worn at solemn cavalcades held in of being a Bishop - that he also wears a middle name. The Celtic Knot, known conjunction with papal ceremonies. The ring on his right hand as a symbol of this as a Triquetra, represents the Bishop’s color of the hat and the number of tassels union. Irish heritage on his maternal side. And were signs of the rank of the prelate, a nally, the Tau is a reference to Bishop custom still preserved in ecclesiastical BLAZON Hartmayer’s vocation as a Conventual heraldry. mpaled, at dexter (for Savannah), argent Franciscan Friar. St. Francis would sign on a cross gules a rose or between four Bishop Hartmayer’s coat of arms I his writing with a Tau, often painted it described and designed by Brian mullets azure and at sinister (for Bishop on the walls and doors of places and he Hartmayer), per pale argent and azure a Robert Taberski, MDiv. Taberski stayed, and would remind his friars that was a student when Bishop chief wavy of one crest depressed in the their habit was in the shape of a Tau cross Hartmayer was the Principal of center of one point and issuant in base illustrating to them that they must go Saint Francis High School in throughout a pile reversed enarched all into the world wearing this cross like an suburban Buffalo, New York. Art counterchanged, overall an eagle or and incarnation of Christ. work created in consultation with in chief at dexter a triquetra interlaced Katie Walker-Mai, M.Arch. with circle of the last and at sinister a tau The Bishop’s personal motto, Pax et cross sable. Bonum – Peace and Good – are the

Page 26 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 27 Page 26 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 27 WITH THANKS IN THEIR HEARTS, OUR SPONSORS OFFER THEIR PRAYERS AND BEST WISHES TO BISHOP GREGORY JOHN HARTMAYER. GOLD SPONSORS Province of Atlanta (Archdiocese of Atlanta, Diocese of Charleston, Diocese of Charlotte, Diocese of Raleigh) Back page

The parishioners and staff of The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Savannah Inside back cover

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THE DIOCESAN COMMUNICATIONS STAFF WISHES TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE WHO MADE THIS PUBLICATION POSSIBLE WITH THEIR GENEROUS SPONSORSHIPS.

Page 28 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 29 MYRRH SPONSORS Johnnie Ganem’s Package Shop MacAlgon Ansley - Sheppard - Burgess Co. Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Kathleen Benedictine Military School Sisters of Mercy-South Central Community Bishop Emeritus Raymond Boland and the St. James Church, Savannah people of the St. Michael’s Church, Tybee Island Diocese of Kansas City−St. Joseph The Alleluia Community Brennan & Wasden LLP Bishop Edward U. Kmiec and the faithful of Knights of Columbus Georgia State Council Bishop Hartmayer’s hometown diocese, the KPM Flooring Diocese of Buffalo SILVER SPONSORS Bishop Kevin J. Farrell and the Faithful of the Saint William’s Church, St. Simon’s Island Diocese of Dallas Saints & Shamrocks Bishop Felipe J. Estévez and the Faithful of the Savannah Pilots Asscociation Diocese of St. Augustine. St. Joseph Church, Macon Bishop William Patrick Callahan, OFM Conv., The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and the faithful of the Diocese of La Crosse The Faculty, Staff and Students of St. Vincent's Deacon Paul & Michele Gutting, Remax, Academy, Savannah Savannah The families and staff of St. Frances Cabrini The students, faculty and staff of Church and School, Savannah Mount de Sales Academy, Macon The Hibernian Society of Savannah GFlemmary Home Missioners Saint Anne Church, Richmond Hill Dorothy Iannone, State Farm Insurance St. John the Evangelist and San José Mission/ Fitzgerald Forwarding Company St. John Catholic School, Valdosta J.T. Turner Construction Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, M. J. Hogan & Co., Inc. Savannah Minuteman Press Cay Leonard Hickey Morris and Templeton Insurance Agency, Inc The parishioners, staff and students of St. Peter Parishioners and staff of the the Apostle Church and School, Savannah Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Augusta St. John Church, Valdosta O.C. Welch St. Joseph Church, Macon Ranitz Mahoney Mahoney & Pace, PC The Permanent Deacons of the Diocese of Bishop John Noonan and the Faithful of the Savannah Diocese of Orlando The Bread of Life Health Clinic, Montezuma Saint Juliana Church, Fort Valley Metalcrafts, Inc Saint Mary on the Hill Church, Augusta Tom Mahoney, Attorney Page 28 Southern Cross – October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 – Southern Cross Page 29 PARISH SPONSORS Christ the King Church, Pine Mountain Saint Teresa Church, Albany Fr. Donatus C. Mgbeajuo and Parishioners of St. Saint Theresa Church, Cordele Benedict the Moor Church, Columbus Sacred Heart Parish and School, Warner Robins Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Macon Social Apostolate of Savannah Our Lady of Lourdes, Port Wentworth St. Augustine Church, Thomasville and St. Sacred Heart Church, Waynesboro Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Cairo Sacred Heart Church, Savannah St. Benedict the Moor Church, Savannah Saint Boniface Church, Springeld St. Joseph Church, Bainbridge Saint Christopher Church, Claxton; Holy Cross, St. Joseph Church, Macon Pembroke; OurLady of Guadalupe, Sandhill St. Peter Claver Church and School, Macon Saint Matthew , Statesboro The parishioners and staff of Sts. Peter and Paul Resurrection of Our Lord Church, Savannah Church, Savannah Saint Stephen Catholic Church, Hinesville St. Christopher Church, Claxton INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS In Memory of Walter R. and Knights of Columbus Council 7113, Americus Jean Maguire Mary Ellen & Tom Beytagh, First City Ace Tank Enterprises Bahama Joes McNamara Adams Attorneys at Law Burns World Travel Mike & Bernadette Winters and Family Cathedral Council of Catholic Women Mr. & Mrs. Bernie Purdy Cay Leonard Hickey Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Arpin Christopher & Astrid Desa, Savannah Oliver Maner LLP Creative Catering Robert & Judy Craise, Sacred Heart Diocesan Council of Catholic Women Church, Waynesboro Diocese of Savannah Cursillos in Christianity Rogers & Andrews Orthodontics Movement Sister Mary Faith McKean, R.S.M. Robin Wright Gunn Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet Fenian Society, Savannah The 2011 Cathedral Heritage Ball Committee Guenther Wood Group Furniture Makers The Collini Sisters Johnnie Ganem Appraisal Co. Trish Sanford John Hollowell, Albany Whelan Furniture Johnstone Supply Christopher & Astrid Desa, Savannah In Memory of Matt & Terry Murphy Joseph and Florence Krupp Rob, Amy, Meg & Katie Massey John Powers, Bottomline Marketing Yates Astro

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Phone (912) 233-4709 Fax (912) 233-8229

www.savannahcathedral.org

Msgr. William O. O’Neill Cathedral Rector

Fr. Christopher D. Ortega Parochial Vicar

Fr. Daniel F. Firmin In Residence

Br. Robert Sokolowski, S.M Pastoral Assistant

Prayerful best wishes to Bishop Hartmayer From Cathedral Staff and Parishioners

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