27--THE PROGRESS Fri,da 7, Feb. 15, 1963
Holy, Father Honors Archdiocesan
Pope Names
Domestic
Prelates
Nine priests of the
Archdiocese h a v e been
appointed by His Holi-
ness, Pope J o h n XXIII
Dometlc Prelates w t t h
the title of Right Reverend
Monsignor, according to the
Most Reverend Thomas A.
Connolly, Archbishop of Seattle,
They are Rt. Rev. Msgrs.
oseph L. Welter, Cornelius M,
o w e r, Ailbe M. McGrath,
Philip H. Duffy, Michael Mur.
tagh and John P. Doogan, all
of Seattle; and Rt. Ray.
Msgrs. Michael P. O'Dwyer of
Olympia, Edward J. McFadden
of Tacoma and John G. Matti¢
of Everett.
Their biographical sketches
follow:
Father Walter
The Rev. Joseph L. Welter,
pastor of St. Teresa Church,
Seattle and officialis, or presid-
ing judge of the Archdiocesan
Tribunal, is a native of Mel-
rose, Minn., the son of Alexan-
der and Margaret Haub Welter.
Father Welter entered the
Pontifical College Josephinum
in Columbus, Ohio, and was
ordained there in 1916. After
post-graduate work at the Pen.
tificio Seminario Romano Mag-
giore in Rome, Father Welter
returned to the U.S. in 1919. At
that time he served in parishes
in New Jersey until he became
a professor at the Pontifical
College Josephinum in 1923, a
post he held until he came to
Seattle in 1938.
On his arrival he took up
residence at St. James Ca-
thedral and worked at the
Chancery, preparing the Die.
cesan Synod which was pub-
lished in June, 1038. He then
became an assistant at the
Cathedral until his appoint-
ment as pastor of Holy Ros-
ary Parish, Edmonds, in 1944.
In 1953 he was named pastor
of St. Teresa's.
Father Wolter's other titles
included Advocate of the MatH-
monlal Tribunal of the Arch,
diocese in 1938; vice officialis
in 1940 and officialis in 1943.
Father Power
A native of Seattle, Very
Rev. Cornelius M. Power, is
Chancellor of the Archdiocese.
The son of the late William and
Catherine Dougherty Power,
Father was educated at St.
Mary School and O'Dea High
School for a year before he en-
tered the minor seminary in,
Mountain View, Calif.
Ordained by the Most Rever-
end Bishop Gerald Shaughnes-
sy, S.M. in 1939, Father Pow-
er's first assignment was the
Cathedral as a curate for a
year after which he attended
the Catholic University obtain-
ing his degree in canon law.
Father Power served as di-
rector of the Society for the
'Propagation of the Faith, as
Vice Chancellor before his ap-
pointment as Chancellor in
!951. He is director of the
Negro Apostolate, secretary
of the Clerical Relief Board,
pro.synodal judge and con-
suitor, and secretary of the
Archdiocesan Planning Com-
mission.
Father Power was appointed
notary of the tribunal in 1940,
pro-synodal judge in 1943 and
has served as chaplain of the
Seattle Serra Club for almost
18 years.
Father McGrath
.Pastor for 26 years of Holy
Family Church in Seattle's
White Center district, V e r y
Rev. Ailbe M. McGrath is a na-
tive of Emly, County Tipper-
cry, Ireland.
The son of John P. and Hem
rialCarr McGrath, Father Mc-
Grath was ordained at the
American C 011 e g e, Louvain,
Belgium in 1926, for the Seattle
Diocese, For the first eight
:years in the U.' S. Father Mc-
ath was a curate at St, Pat-
rickParish, Tacoma, from 1926
to 1934, the year he entered the
Catholic University for post-
graduate work m 4he field of
social work. ....
After six weeks at St. :}'ames
Church, Vancouver, he received
REV. JOSEPH L. WELTER
Pastor, St. Teresa Parish, Seattle
REV, PHILIP H. DUFFY
Archdiocesan
Superintendent of Schools
VERY REV. JOHN G. MATTIE
Pastor, Immaculate Conception
Parish, Everett
Six lay persons in the
Archdiocese h av e been
awarded the papal medal,
"Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice"
(for the Church and the Pon-
tiff), by His Holiness Pope
John XXlII as announced by
the Most Reverend Thomas A.
Connolly, Archbishop of Seattle.
The recipients, honored in
recognition of their service to
the Church and the papacy,
are Miss Nora O'NeilL Mrs.
Mary Bresnahan, Miss Irene
Weber and Charles Albert, all
of Seattle; Leo Gallagher of
Tacoma and Peter J. Emt of
Woodinville.
Brief sketches of the recipi-
ents follow:
Miss Nora O'Neill
Nora O'Neill's dedicated serv-
ice to the Church in the Pacific
Northwest began more than 25
years ago. She served as secre-
tary to Bishop Shaughnessy for
several years and has been
secretary to Archbishop Con-
nelly since his installation here
in 1948.
She is also the bookkeeper
and accountant for the Corpora-
tion of the Catholic Archbishop
of Seattle and has handled
many millions of dollars during
the dynamic construction pro-
gram occasioned by the unpre-
cedented growth and develop-
ment of the Archdiocese in
recent years.
A native of Butte, Mont.,
Miss O'Neill attended St. James
Cathedral School, later Butte
Central High School before be-
ing graduated from Seattle's
Immaculate High School. She is
the daughter of Mrs. Hannah
O'Neill and the late Dennis
O'Neill.
She is a long time member
of St. James Cathedral Parish
and quite active in the CCD and
other parish programs.
Mrs.. Mary Bresnahan
Many of the stories on the
growth and development of the
his assignment as administrator
of Holy Family Church and in: then Diocese of Seattle and
now Archdiocese- its prelates,
priests, Religious, laity, par-
ishes and organizations--have
been either written or edited
by Mrs. Mary Bresnahan,
associate editor of The Prog-
ress.
During her more than 30
years of service with The Prog-
ress, she has served as reporter
and acting managing editor.
Her editorial and reportorial
career has supplied Progress
and NCWC readers with stories
on national conferences and
major archdiocesan events.
Active in civic affairs, she is
past president of the Queen
Institute of the Young Ladies
Institute and the Metropolitan
Soroptimist Club of Seattle and
former chairman of the Arch-
diocesan Council of Catholic
Women's libraries and litera-
ture committee.
The widow of the late Ray-
mond Bresnahan, Mr$ Bresna-
hun is a member of St. James
Cathedral Parish.
three weeks was named pastor.
Father McGrath has given
many years of faithful devo-
tion and service to the very
busy': and active Diocesan
Planning Commission since
119 and became an Archdio-
cesan Consulter in IgM. He
was named de}in of the Cen-
tral Deanery in 1go0 at which
time he also became moder-
ator o f t h e Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women.
Father McGrath has served
as director of the UGN drives
in the Archdiocese for a num-
ber of years and is chairman
of the Archdiocesan Develop-
ment Fund Campaign which is
now underway.
Father was appointed pro-
synodal judge of ile Matrimon-
ial Tribunal in 1942 and has
served continuously since that
time, Father McGrath has been
• a parish priest consulter many
years and is also Archdlocesan
Director of Family Life.
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VERY REV,
CORNELIUS M. POWER, J.C,D.
Pastor, Our Lady of the Lake
Parish, Seattle
VERY REV.
AILBE M. McGRATH
Pastor, Holy Family Parish,
Seattle
VERY REV. M. P. O'DWYER
Pastor Emeritus,
St. Michael Parish, Olympia
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John XXlll, Supreme Pontiff
Beloved Son, Health and Apostolic Benediction
Responding willingly and graciously to grant the power to use the honors, privileges
the recommendations we have received that and afives which are attached to this
,a prerog
#e F dignity,
een
#e publicly show proof of our particular es-
toward you, especially since under
more than one r heading you have distin-
guished yourself in promoting and furthering
' the cause of the Church, we select, appoint
and name you, N.N., of the Archdiocese of
Seattle, a Prelate of the Papal Household (a
Domestic Prelate). To you, moreover, we
most of which ore outlined in the
Constitution "Inter multiplices" of St. Plus X.
Given at Rome, at St. Peter Basilica, on
the 12th day of the month of January in the
year 1963.
(Signed) A. G. Cardinal Cicognani,
Secretary of State of His Holiness.
VERY REV. E. J. McFADDEN
Pastor, St. Patrick Parish,
Tacoma
Priests
What
Is A
Monsignor?
As early as the 14th
century, it was the cus-
tom to address persons
high in rank or power with the
title, Monsignor.
The term, meaning "My
Lord," comes from "Dominus
Mens" in Latin, "Monseigneur"
in French and "Monsignore" in
Italian.
It is today a title of distinc.t
tion granted to certain mem.
bers of the clergy as a mark of
papal recognition of their ser-
vices to the Church.
There are two classes in the
U n i t e d States: Protonotary
Apostolic and Papal Chamber-
lain.
The Protonotary Apostolic
is a Domestic Prelate, whose
appointment is for lif and
whose title is Right Rover.
end. The nine priests of the
Archdiocese who are thus
honored have been granted
/his class.
The Papal Chamberlain is
REV. NIICHAEL MURTAGH granted the title of Very Rev-
Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Seattle erend.
Since the title actually per-
................ ..... tains to all prelates of the
:i : :: Western Church by virtue of
: their office, monsignori (the
REV. JOHN P. DOOGAN
Principal, Blanchet High School
Papal Honors Conferred On Six Laymen
LZ0 GALLAGHER
Tacoma Philanthropist
Archdiocesan CYO
PETER EMT
Salvage Bureau Manager
St. Vincent de Paul
CItARLES ALBERT
Past Council President
St. Vincent de Paul
Miss Irene Weber
Casework director of Cath-
olic Children'sServices, Miss
Irene Weber is a woman de-
voted to bringing Catholicism
into the lives of the thousands
of neglected, unhappy children
who came into the care of
CCS.
A native of Iowa, Miss Weber
came to Seattle with her family
and received her degree at the
University of Washington with
graduate work in social work
at the Catholic University of
America.
Serving Catholic Children's
Services many years, Miss
Weber assumed her present
position in 1945. She is now a
member of the Academy of
Certified Social Workers.
Miss Weber lives with her
mother, Mrs. A. W. Weber in
West Seattle's Holy : Rosary
Parish and finds time to take
part in her parish's CCD pro-
gram.
Leo Gallagher
Leo Gallagher, well known
civic leader of Tacoma, has
been caller the "Father of
Camping" in the Archdiocese of
Seattle by His Excellency Arch-
bishop Connolly.
It was through his generosity
and encouragement t h a t the
Archbishop was prompted to
undertake a summer camping
program for the Archdiocese
some 14 years ago. The pro.
gram has developed to such an
extent that in the three arch.
diocesan camps more than 2,000
boys and girls were cared for
last summer.
A member of Holy Cross
Parish, Gallagher donated the
large piece of land on Raft
Island where Camp Blanchet is
now situated.
The president of Sound Mat-
tress and Felt Co., has also
been active in other phases of
the archdiocesan youth pro-
gram. He is a St. George
Medal winner of Scouting, a
member of the CYO Tacoma-
Pierce County Board of Direc-
tors, recipient of the Pro Dee
et Juventute National Award
and has served on the board of
the Tacoma Catholic Children's
Services.
Gallagher and his wife are
presently vacationing in Swit-
zerland.
r
MISS NORA O'NEILL
Secretary to Archbishop Connolly
MRS. MARY BRENAHAN
Associate Editor,
Catholic Northwest Progress
MISS IRENE WEBER
Casework Supervisor,
Catholic Children's Services
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'Pro Ecclesia et Ponhhce
THB DECORATION "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" (for
Church and the Pontiff) had its origin in 1888 as a token
o the golden sacerdotal jubilee of eo XIII; he bestowed
it on those who had assisted in the observance of his jubi-
lee and on persons responsible for the success of the Vati.
can Exposition. The medal bears the likeness of Leo XIII
and since 1898 the Popes have bestowed this medal on lay-
men and laywomen in recognition of outstanding service
the Church, '
plural form) are entitled to
wear vestments of purple,
mantellatum or laced surplice,
the rochet or flowing robe over
the surplice and the birettum or
square cap.
The appointment of the nine
priests brings the total of men.
signori in the Archdiocese to
10.
The only other Domestic
Prelate in the Archdiocese to.
day is Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph
E. Camerman, paster of Our
Lady Star of the Sea Parish
in Bremerton.
The last priest to be named a
domestic prelate was the late
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas Quain,
former pastor of St. Anne Par. '"
ish in Seattle. His investiture
in 1958 was held in conjunction
with his golden jubilee as a
priest. Monsignor Quain later
died in December of 1959.
The total number of monsig-
nori of the Archdiocese, estab-
lished May 31, 1850, now stands(
at 22.
Deceased monsignori are Rt.
Rays. Francis X. Prefontaine,
Felix Verwilghen, John Boulet,
Gustave Achtergael, Daniel A.
Hanly, James G. Stafford,
John Sweens, William J. Nee.
nan, John F. Gallagher, Thom-
as Quain and Theodore Ryan.
The Most Reverend Joseph
P. Dougherty was named a
monsignor while serving as
Chancellor of the Archdiocese
prior to his appointment as
Bishop of Yakima in 1951.
Peter J. Emt
The "patriarch" of Wo0din.
ville is Peter J. Emt, cow-pun-
cher, circus strongman, team-
ster, quicksilver mine operator,
coal-yard operator and mana-
ger of St. Vincent De Paul's
Salvage Bureau in Seattle.
A native of Bridgeport, Conn.,
Emt became a Vincentian in
1922, one year after he was
converted to the Faith. His in-
terest in the salvage bureau
committee at St. Anne Parish
has led him to his vocation
which since has spanned some
40 years in helping the less for-
tunate.
He became salvage bureau
manager in 1923 and today has
under his direction some 200
persons.
Emt is a member of St.
Brendan P a r i s h in Bothell
which includes Woodinville
its parish boundaries.
Charles Albert
Mention St. Vincent de Paul
and the name Charles Albert is
spoken next. The 79-year-old
leader 43 years ago brought the
Society to the Pacific North-
west. Serving for almost
years as president of the Par-
ticular Council for King and
Kitsap Counties, Albert retired
last year as its chief executive.
A native of Chicago, Albert
moved to Seattle in 1918 and
since has lived at 1902 N. 46th
St. in St. Benedict Parish.
One of the most interesting
tales of American Vincentian-
ism is Albert's invaluable as-
sistance in starting a Japanese
conference in Seattle and also
playing a major role in found-
ing the Society in Japan.
Albert is still active in his St.
Benedict Conference, which he
began in January of 1920, and
in the Fourth Degree of the
Knights of Columbus.
