"\ /~ ll ~ 1 I, L:s:tGY rl J 15, 1~35. a~u Very Reverend ~onsignori, ver (; ~ra tifying to j"'·u to know tha't your or in the clioCbC report r a J." hich er . in i'L1y a uremonition of his approaohing death, expr "is successor would be 1ear~ed, experlence~ and piou the Idbt ~a~e the account of the work dccomolisned i CarL/!, ,lith great a!''t'ection he let hiB thoue:ht • er!::..; anti expressed 1-_1... Jelf in these "ords: Clc..:uo .... ,laris q.am reI i 5 iooUB Zt:;' ~l;US est ... t.(,I.LO.C'J Nobis aunt lIlae, rea eVa.l.r.el ~ z.antur et aluntur, ne q ....18 e ive materia11 pereat. .Pauper sum, nOT) q mer d these observations he pointed out to t he Holy Fa ther 8S t ost 1. precious fruit and the most fragrant flower of his diocesan labors : a f atherly love for his beloved clergy, who had he1ned h so ch in the work a ccomn1ished a nd wi thout whom the Arohdiocese of w Orleans could never .ve de the spiritual progress set f orth in "the Report• I n t he words just auoted ere was likewi se expressed the program of a saoerdota1 and episoopal life whlch was about to olose ani which 11 ever r ema1n as a fonrl remembr ance in e hlstory of t his 100ese: ~' To evanp'eli the poor, to rejoice at being one of t hem, to e about the bua l neas of our He avenly r ather - al l this coupled with t he joy of bein ~ able to say t hat . his clergy h fai thfully c oonerated with hi m. d, finally, Archblsho haw in tha t reference to his suc­ oeasor was, as it were, oonfiding to him both his clergy and his pro­ , if it should so ol ease t he Lord to call him soon to his eternal .3 -- ! 2 : .. ­ rewar d. s it come t o pass , and today .i a been m~ very 2reat r ivilege to i nduc t oanoni oally your new Archbt t o celebrate his association wi th the lilue t rious Archdiocese of New r leans", that is» to turn over to him biB cathedr a l, bis clergy, and h is eople. The cler 2Y are headed by the vener, hop of H1erocaesarea, or Laval, who to his l onR list of merlte t of a wise administration during the Sede Vacante period. Hi ars have not revented h~ fram remainin ~ perennially y oun~ In e nrieethood, i n tne service of our r~o rd , and in his affection for thi di ocese; and to him we ar e all mos t ~atetul. your new Archblshon is i ncreased for the reaeon he already t htnks of you wl tn profound, ternal :10_, . 1 heal't a h ere in e new dtoceae c on ed to hiM; his t houRhts and a f f ections are centered in his people. But 1 t 1s to y "" u, t t he nries ts ot t111s d.1ocese , t hnt he looks; it 1s of vou that he thin wi t h the same feelin ~ a s did the Di v i n e '~ e.ste r wben He said to Hi s Ap OB t1es: "I have called you i'"rienris ". ( St . J ohn XV , 151. Each one of y ou , Reveren Fa thers, represents part of a vas t oro"atn for the SD irl tual and t emDora1 betterment of t he faithful of this rll ocese. Your concerns , your nreoccu­ .ti ona . :four m rticular probleos will make up the very 11fe of your Arch­ bishoD; your oonso1attons and trial s will be from now on shared by h~ , and 11e will accent all of t hem wi tb holy j oy, because the 'traditions of this v. reat Ar chdiocese and of i ta secular and r e2Ular clergy are known to h im. Your Ar chbi shop finds here a clergy c osmopolitan in origi n, e lU'tas=ed 1'1 al l the man i f old Bc t tvities which are a necessary consequence of' the zln ~ variety of i ns titutions to be found in this a rcbdiocese, a nd wbich ar e its honor and ~lory; a clergy, likewise , that i s united in the f irm bond of disc i n11ne and of t he SD iritual life; a clergy all intent on s ...: " :-- Inten e and furtherance of that edifice whlch 1s Ohrist t s , Hi Chur a JJ e ere bear wi tness to this your rlourl eh 1n~ eduaa tional, c i table, and s ooi 1na ti tutlons which a r e adapted to every type of reOD, to the younn and t old, t o e well an e aI ck, to stu­ den nd worki ng-men, t o t he whi te an d. t he co~or ed , ere bear eloauent wi tness to 'this e 2lorious pa ~ . In t he h istory of i ocese, btre one r e of how many, many times both priests nuns exposed n d often sacr1riced t heir l i ves in t imes of ap i c anrt. famIne for t heir pe ople; Rnd to crown all we h ave the traditional d evotIon in this diocese to the Immacula te Uothlr of God , to whom under th is title the f irs t church _s erected In l~ ew Orleans, before t he Do ot the culate Conception d been defined. works enjoy s uch stronn: and abundant growth, here i nitest tm response of clerp!Y to t h eir v ocation, there i nires t both the loyal an d ass1duous cooperat i on of the ters to nd the very efficient and devoted partIcipation of the Catnollc l a I ty in t he apostolate of t heir pas tors in t he z ealous ca rrYi n~ out of e progr am of the Soverei gn Pon tIff now gl oriously r e igning , whic has for i ts object the diffusion o f peace and of the charity of Christ . Pope PluB ·the Eleventh h aa l e t I t be known more than once that t he foun dation an asis of Cathollc Action Is a clergy acti ve and ploua who give mutual edification a nd who are all bound t Olle the r a co:mm on love an d res pect and reverence for the1r bi.hop. ''1 hope an d prayer and wiabes for the great Itood of' thII1 r chdiocese, r or even greater progress among Its peo~ le In the path s of ChrIs tian vIrtue, and for th lory o f all of you, beloved Driests of thIs Ar chd i ocese, i s thIs, tha t when t he new Ar ch b op makes hIs dioce­ san ren Ol' tSt o the ol y Fa t her, h e ma~ the 'ort a nd consolatIon of be I n p;: a ble to cal l you , h~ 9 cle r gy, "hI i 9 crown". 7 I was asked to respond to the toast to OUI' Holy Father . I havu 4l0t vet acco~plished this purp o~e. In this +al~, howey in which I b.ddressed principally tt'e cler~;y of the Archdiocese, I have tried to interpret the mind of the Holy Father and to expres tLe thoughte to whioh He would give expression, were He pr~Bent cn this ha~py occasion. We are separated fro~ His Holiness by a di~- ancc of sev~ral thou~and miles , but Ub are uni~ed to Him by ties hich are more intitlate and more bindiDb that physical nearness or nee - bv our Faith, by our obedience to His Supreu6 authcri+J , ~r our priesthood and by our union with Christ, ~ose Vicar He ie . It is not necessary f or me to naxrate the man] and outstandinb ac­ comI1 i ents whioh have ttUB far marked the P,..ntificate of Piu 1 ; J. they 11 kno~ to YOU, and indeed I s to a o~ld. t::r o doubt but that He will bO do in historY as one of tne 4 • q­ reatest of the Roman Pontiffs . We should ever be ~ratefu1 to migl:.ty God for th6 great spiritual leader He hae given us in the person of PiUB XI. Let us, therefore , change our toast into a fervent prayer of tha~ ksgiving and at the same time b~£eech Al~~ght God to oontinue to bless Eis Holiness with health, strength and length of days . ~ I ",.., ,/ Loyola University Exercises ., New Orleans, J une 3, 1935 • The brilliant spectacle of the commencement exercises of a venerable catholic institution of learning alwBfs holds for me a peculiar charm and a powerful fascination. Looking into the spark­ ling eyes of the youth1'ul gr~duate6 , I read in them satisfaction, joy and pride, the legitilllate emotions of t hose who atter years of conscientiouB effort have passed the test of endurance and sac­ r ifice and won with distinction their academic honors. I see writ­ ten across thei r noble uplifted brows the legend of hope and con­ fidence, f or no graduate questions his ability to achieve success as he is about to enter the lists for intellectual, social and material mastery.