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The Pittsburgh Di ^ S E 100 Years r-1 : The U Pittsbu^h Catholic ^¿Jil* ^M »oft PHUburfh—FoutnUPittsburgh—FoundedJ in» 18416444 - .. .. vT da Till loen i V Al mi 1ST S. 1943 TWO KMMXABDOUAMS FER TEA* 100th YEAR—No. 21 rft, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1943 single oorr wyg tnwro ; V^. NEW BISHOP AND RARE CROSS Holy Name Society Pittsburgh Di ^se Membership Drive 100 Years Old Will be Continued The campaign for new members for the Holy Name Society, ini- Saturday of this week, Aug. 7, marks the 100th tiated early this year in all the anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of parishes of the diocese and orig- Pittsburgh. No public commemoration will take inally scheduled to close at the place on the exact anniversary date, but the cen- beginning of l>ent. has been ex- tended until September, It has tenary will be observed later in the year. been announced by Rev. Alvin W. The solemn religious observance will be a Ponti- Forney, diocesan director of the fical Mass of Thanksgiving to be celebrated in St. I society. All parish branches are Paul's Cathedral in the early fall, the date being expected to report their new en- rollment at the next quarterly not yet definitely determined. meeting of the Diocesan Union The Catholic Historical Society of Western Penn- Holy Name Society to be held sylvania, which has been promoting interest in the Sunday, Sept. 19. and the reporta will be tabulated and published centenary through radio addresses, historical essay I as soon as possible thereafter. contests in the schools, and presentation of histor- New and old members of tho ical papers at its regular meetings, will publish, society will receive Communion probably in September, a volume dealing with the in their respective parish church- Consecrated in St. Patrick'. Cathedral. New York on Au«. *, by i ea on the second Sunday of Octo- history of the diocese in the form of a Symposium, Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Clcognani, Apostolic Delegate to M»e ! ber, the traditional annual oce*- written by a number of priests and lay persons of Uniteli Stat««, is Most Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart (above), Bishop j sion for special activity on tho •f ówá^Smí N. Y. He will be installed in hi. See on An* M, 'part of the Holy Name Society. the diocese. ?Phota copyright by Anne Donahue.) At left ia Poured » ™ On that day the Holy Name pro- THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC, official organ of LCnSaroiic crucitt*, presented to the new BUhop by cessions were formerly held, and far Arrangements of the Fordham University Annual Conferences on after they were discontinued the the diocese, which was founded by the first Bishop Eoatern Bites and liturgies. (N.C.W.C.) _ day was observed with district a few months after he assumed charge of the See, meetings or other assemblages. and which, in its weekly issues, has recorded prac- ARCHBISHOP SPELLMAN tically the whole century of diocesan activity, will Bishop to Preside publish, later in the year, a special centennial edi- RETURNS, 'REASSURED tion. FOR VICTORY, PEACE At Field Mass at Details of these and other observances of the Shenango Aug. IS completion of 100 years existence by the diocese will be announced in this paper from time to time. £nding 45,00 Mile Journey, Prelate Describe« Greenville. Aug. 4 — A Solemn Visit« to Camps, Hospitals and Audience Field Mass. with Most Rev. John The Papal Bull creating the Diocese of Pittsburgh Mark Gannon. Bishop of Brie, With Pope; Hopes Italy Accepts Terms presiding and delivering the ser- was issued in FU»me on Aug. 7, 1843. The first mon. will be celebrated in tho Atlantic cable had not yet been laid, and no word New York, Aug. 3 (NO — Home after more than amphitheater it Camp Shenango replacement center at Transfer, of the event reached this district for weeks after- 45.000 miles of travel in visitation of United States near here, on Sunday morning; ward The priest who was to be Pittsburgh's first military units abroad, Most Rev. F»ancis J. Spellman. I Aug. 15. Church call will be sound- Bishop — he was then Very Rev. Michael O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, said here yesterday that the ed at 10:15 o'clock and there witt be a procession from post theater Vicar General of the Diocese of Philadelphia and declarations of United Nations leaders and his own No. 1 to the amphitheater. pastor of St. Paul's Church in Pittsburgh — was in observations leave him reassured ^not alone for victory Rev. James J. Kearns, pastor Rome at the time, where he had gone to ask the but also for peace/' j of St. Michael's Church, Gress»- He said he was ville, will be celebrant of thd permission of Pope Gregory XVI to join the Jesuit The Archbishop told some two- happy ttoo ,receiv e His Holiness Mass; Rev. Francis X. Cronin, Order; instead he was told that the church of score journalists at a press con Pope Pius XII's blessing and to chaplain of the Third Regiment, be "inspired by witnessing again which he was pastor was to be the Cathedral of a ference that he had visited four at Shenango. will be deacon, and "his sanctity of life and his high Rev. Francis J. Gorham. chaplain continents, which required twice purposes and efforts for human- new diocese and that he would be its Bishop. He sq hi* 'tejidson oSuvuaqs «HI !• the time he had expected, but ity's salvation." "I was saddened" was consecrated in Rome on the Feast of the subdeacon. still had been unabie to make his he added, "in the vision of the The musical program for tho Assumption, Aug. 15, a century ago. planned visite to India and China weight of the cross he carries. Mass is being planned by Cpk He said he had been received For His Holiness painfully and Before returning to America Bishop O'Connor John Lockwood, of the Chaplain« everywhere with the greatest poignantly bears and feels the Branch at the camp and will In- visited France, Germany, England and Ireland, soli- kindness and cordiality; that he sorrows of all the world, human v clude music by Post Band No. t. citing help for his diocese in the far-off mission ed had been received by the heads sorrows and national sorrows." x of many governments and other A choir of soldiers is rehearsing of the New World. It was not until Nov. 12, 184d. I have read the joint message leaders, and that he had "wit- for the occasion along with tho of President Roosevelt and Prime that he sailed from Ireland, with a group of semin- nessed with admiration and with choir of St. Michael's Church, Minister Churchill and General emotion the missionaries' meager Greenville. arians who had volunteered to serve under him Eisenhower's proposals to the and a group of Sisters of Mercy who were to take living and their ^If-sacnflcmg Italian people." the Archbishop labors for God and <^bor I up the educational work he saw was so essential. said. "Naturally." he continued. Archbishop Denies have realised." he added hat "I hope that Italy will find it On Dec 3, 1843, he reached Pittsburgh and it was their dedication was not alone possible to accept the offers made Erroneous Reports on this date thai the life of the Pittsburgh Diocese for war s duration, but for life s to her." Italy's surrender, he de- duration." may properly be ¿aid to have begun. clared. would speed the peace New York. Aug. 3 Q0 — At » Happiest. Saddest Eaperience the world longs for. and spare the press conference in his residence "Naturally," Archbishop Spell- lives of many soldiers and civil- ter's Butler, 14; St. Josephs, yesterday following his return man continued, "my visit to the ians of all nations. Kensington, and Assumption Par- here. Most Rev. Francis J. Spell- 327 Men, 359 Boys Holy Father was for me the hap- The text of Archbishop Spell- man. Archbishop of New York ish. Bellevue, ten each. piest and saddest experience of and Military Vicar, declared that The other parishes sent fewer man's statement follows: Attend Retreat at his mission abroad was "the mis- than ten men each. Fifteen of "I have been away from the United States nearly months sion of all American citisens hem these parishes had three men Anniversary sIjc and naturally I am pleased to be and abroad in war and at peac* St. Fidelis, Herman each; 18 parishes had two men Mass home again. When I left I had to make America stand for some- each, and 38 parishes were rep- A total of 327 men and 359 no fixed itinerary and no schedule thing good." resented by one man each. koya attended the retreats con- Solemn Requiem Mass will but I expected to be away about Stating that he would like t* ducted this summer at St. Fidelis' Rev. Victor Green, O.F.M.Cap., be offered In St. Marys three monts. The journey has be able to correct all the "er- Seminary, Herman, it was an- director of the seminary, was in Church. 4«th St. on Saturday taken twice the time I antic - roneous statements" published nounced at the closing of the charge of the retreats, and Rev^ morning. Aug. 14, * pated and I was unable to visit during his travels, he singled out third and last retreat for men, Giles Staab, O.F.M.Cap. was re- clock, for the repose of the India and China as I desired and one which stated that before ho last Sunday morning.
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