Fricley, Feb. 15, I%3 , THE PROGRESS--3
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PAPAL HONORS "
D His Holiness Pope John XXIII has appointed the
following priests Domestic Prelates with the title of
Right Reverend Monsignor:
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph L. Walter
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Cornelius M. Power
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ailbe M. McGrath
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael P. O'Dwyer
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. McFadden
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John G. Mattie
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Philip H. Duffy
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael Murtagh
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Doogan
In addition, the Sovereign Pontiff has conferred
the Papal Service Award, "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice"
on the following:
Miss Nora O'Neill
D Mrs. Mary Bresnahan
Miss Irene Weber
Mr. Leo Gallagher
Mr. Peter Emt
Mr. Charles Albert
Washington's Birthday
J All the faithful of the Archdiocese of Seattle are
hereby dispensed from the law of fast and abstinence
Friday, February 22, a national holiday in observance
of the birthday of George Washington.
All who use this dispensation are exhorted to
make, in a spirit of gratitude, some offering in favor
of the poor for the intention of our Holy Father, Pope
Uohn XXIII.
THE CHANCERY
By order of the Most Reverend Archbishop
February 15, 1963
Monsignori-Elect Gave
_ Many Years of Servme
Father O'Dwyer Doogan and a member of
A native of Killeen, Goodls- Archdiocesan Commission of
cross, Ireland, Very Rev. Mi-
chael P. O'Dwyer was ordained
in 1909 in the Cathedral of
Thurles in Ireland.
The son of Denis and Kate
Ryan O'Dwyer, Father O'-
Wyer came to the P a c i f i c
orthwest after his ordination
d served as curate at the
Cathedral from 1909 to 1914
during which time he was
Bishop O'Dea's secretary.
For two years he was pastor
at White River, Kent, and, af-
ter several months at St.
George Church, Seattle, he was
named pastor of St. Patrick,
Seattle, from 1917 to 1922.
1922 saw Father O Dwyer
appointed pastor of St. Mi-
chael Church, Olympia, a po-
sition he would hold until 1945
when he was named pastor
emeritus, the title he holds
now after 40 years of service
to St. Michael's.
Father O'Dwyer was director
of the P r i e s t s' Eucharistic
League until 1961. He celebrat-
his Golden Sacerdotal Jubi-
in 1959, and is Dean of the
Southern Deanery since 1927.
Father is a member of the
Vigilance Committee.
Father McFadden
Celebrating his tenth year as
pastor of St. Patrick Church,
Tacoma, is Very Rev. Edward
1. McFadden.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the
of James E. and Anna
Joyce McFadden, Father was
educated in Cleveland, enter-
ing the seminary of St. Patrick
in Menlo Park, Calif., in 1922.
Ordained in Seattle in 1928 by
Bishop O'Dea, Father McFad-
den's first assignment was the
Cathedral,
Receiving his bachelor's de-
ee from the University of
shington in 1936, Father was
Liturgy and Sacred Music since
it was founded.
Father Ouffy
The Rev. Philip H. Duffy,
Archdiocesan Superintendent of
Schools, was born in Chicago,
the son of Alfred and Jane
Carroll Duffy. As a child his
family moved to Tacoma
where Father attended St. Pat-
rick School.
After going through St: Mar-
fin's High School and two years
of St. Martin's College in Lacey,
be received his bachelor's de-
gree from the University of
Notre Dame in 1931, entering
St. Patrick Seminary in Cal-
ifornia two years later.
From St. Patrick's he went
to the Catholic University of
America and then to Har-
vard where he was awarded
his doctorate in 1942, the
same year he entered St.
Edward Seminary, Kenmore.
Ordained in 1945, Father
Duffy served as curate at the
Cathedral until 1947 when he
was named to his present
position. Under his guidance
the Department of Education
has expanded greatly. In 1961
Rev. John P. Doherty came to
the Department as head of the
Confraternity of Christian Doc-
trine. Father Duffy also served
for a time as notary of the
Matrimonial Tribunal, b e i n g
apoointed in 1945.
Father Murtacjh
A golden jubilarian, Rev.
Michael Murtagh was bern in
Clonelly, County Longford, Ire-
land, the son of John and Mary
Farrelly Murtagh.
Ordained in St. Mary Cathed-
ral, Kilkenny in 1912, Father
Murtagh's first assignment in
the Northwest was an assistant
n a m e d superintendent o f at St. Patrick's, Tacoma, for a
schools, a position he held 11 year and then spent three
years. In 1944 he was appointed years in Assumption, Belling-
ham.
pastor of St. Teresa Church,
Seattle,, and in 1953 received
the pastorate of St. Patrick's,
where he subsequently built the
attractive Aquinas High School.
Father was appointed Dean
the Western Deanery in 1954
and was appointed notary of
:he Matrimonial Tribunal in
1934, in which capacity he
served for a time.
Father Mastic
The Rev. John G. Mattie, the
son of John and Anna Shinski
Mattie, r e.c e i v e d his early
schooling in Detroit and semin-
ry trainin at Mount St. Mary
eminary, Emitsburg, Md.
Ordained in 1936, Father first
served at parishes in Nebraska
until he became affiliated with
the Seattle Diocese in 1940.
Serving as curate at Church of
the Immaculate, Seattle, and
Star of the Sea. Bremerton,
Father was then chaplain at
Sacred Heart Omhanae, Seat-
e, ' and in 1949 was naml
star of St. Brendan Church,
othell.
Durim his ektht years
there, Father Mattie was re-
snonsible for the construction
of a new church, hall and rec-
tory..
Appoirlted Dean of the North-
era Deanery in 1960, Father
served as pro-synodal judge of
the Matrimonial Tribunal from
1957 to 1958 at which time he
transferred to Everett
where he was named pastor of
Immaculate Conception Parish.
In Everett, Father is chaplain
of the Serra Club and has been
since 1957.
Other past assignments of
Father MaRie's include Arch-
dioce,an Director of Catholic
Cemeteries from 1946 until the
appointment of Rev. Joseph
?
After assignments in Burling-
ton and Laconner, Father was
named pastor of Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Sedro Woolley
where he remained 20 years.
He received his assignment as
pastor of St. Patrick, Seattle in
1942 and, although his church
was uprooted by the construc-
tion of the freeway, Father
Murtagb completed the con-
struction of a new church in
1961.
Last June, Archbishop Con-
holly presided at a Mass of
Thanksgiving marking the 50th
year of Father Murtagh's or-
dination to the priesthood.
Father Dooqan
Principal of the ever-growing
BlancheS High School, Rev.
John P. Doogan, a native, of
Seattle, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Doogan of Immacu-
late Parish. After attending
Immaculate G r a d e School,
Father entered St. Edward
Seminary and was ordained in
1946.
Serving as assistant at the
Cathedral, St. Michael's in
Olympia and as chaplain of St.
Peter Hospital, Olympia, for
four years, Father Doogan was
pastor of St. Philip Church,
Woodland, for a year before
being named principal of the
new Blanehet High School.
He is at present spearheading
the new high school construc-
tion program for the Archdio-
cese. Under his capable leader-
ship, BlancheS High School
has developed an excellent
scholastic standing.
Father Doogan is also chap-
lain,of Providence Heights, a
position he assumed "when the
new College of Sister Forma-
tion was opened.
Development Fund Drive Begins
(Continued from Page 1)
and laity of the Archdiocese
directly. He asked for their
"generous financial assistance
and cooperation in this cam-
paign."
Too Few Cotholi¢
High Schools
Since World War II, the num-
ber of Catholics in the Arch-
diocese of Seattle has doubled,
but during this period only one
Catholic secondary school,
Blanches High School, has been
built. Last year the Arch-
bishop pointed out, nearly 3,000
children were graduated from
parochial and private schools
but less than half of them could
be accommodated in the high
schools of the Archdiocese. It
is estimated that of 23,000
Catholic children of high school
age, less an one out of four
attend a Catholic high school
because of the lack of space.
bn/ee The current program has
inaugurated to remedy
this situation.
Construction of five new
high schools is immediately
under consideration. They
will be located strategically
in various central areas of
the Archdiocese.
The first school to be con-
structed will be South Seattle
High School and will serve
the parishes of South King
County.
Other schools will follow on
schedule when teaching staffs
have been secured from reli3i-
ous communities of men and
women. They are:
Bellevue High School serving
parishes in Bellevue, Kirkland,
Redmond, Lake Hills, Eastgate,
Horizon View, Issaquah and
Mercer Island.
South Tacoma High School
which will serve the parishes
in South and East Tacoma.
Vancouver Area High School
serving parishes in Clark, Cow.
litz and Skamania Counties.
North King County High
School which will serve the
parishes in the northern end
of King County and the south-
ern portion of Snohomish
County.
Further long range planning
calls for the construction of
additional regional high schools
in the Aberdeen, Bellingham,
Chehalis, Everett, Longview
and Renton areas.
All Co.lnstitutional
All the new high schools will
be co-institutional in character
with boys and girls pursuing
their studies in separate wings,
associating only in the library,
the cafeteria and certain of the
elective courses.
The buildings will be cc:a.
pletely equipped with every
modern convenience and are
designed to accommodate up to
1,500 students, depending upon
the requirements of the local-
ity.
At St. Edward's Seminary in
Kenmore, which was built 29
years ago, the immediate vital
need is a new chapel. A total of
236 young men are now study-
ing for the archdiocesan priest-
hood and they have the use
of only a temporary chapel
which must be replaced. The
construction of the new chapel
will not only provide a badly
needed facility, but will also
replace space in the seminary
for other uses.
Plans also call for the sub-
sequent expansion of class-
room and dormitory facilities
at the seminary.
Plan New Home For Aged
A new home for the aged is
also being planned by the Arch-
diocese. The new home will be
a retreat where the aged will
find comfort and privacy,
where they will make new
friends and take part in mean-
ingful activity. It will accom-
modate 250 men and women.
Several such homes are need-
ed.
The Archdiocesan Develop.
ment Fund has been estab-
lished to secure the monies re-
quired for these projects. The
First Archdiocesan Develop-
ment Fund campaign now
under way has been organized
so that every wage-earnir_g
Catholic in every parish will
be given the opportunity to
support this effort on various
levels of giving.
In general there are three
phases in the campaign--the
Advance Gifts phase, the Spe-
cial Gifts phase and the Cen-
eral phase, The priests of the
Archdiocese have been working
for the past several weeks mak- on
ing solicitations of large gifts
in the Advance Gifts phase and
last week were joined by mem-
bers of the executive commit-
tees which have been formed
in each parish.
This week, large numbers
of men of the Archdiocese re-
ceived initiJ training in soli-
citation procedures for the
Special Gifts phase, and they
will complcte their training
next week. This will be fol-
lowed by a series of report
meetings.
Just prior to the inauguration
of the General phase of the
campaign still larger numbers
of men will receive similar
training so that ultimately the
number of workers participat-
ing in the solicitations effort
will range up to many thous-
and.
Meetings On Sub-
Regional Basis
All these training and report
meetings are conducted on a
sub-regional basis. To facilitate
operating procedures in the
campaign, the Archdiocese has
been divided into three regions
a geographical basis,
Region "A" is in the central
area of the Archdiocese;
Region "B" in the north and
Region'"C" in the south. These
regions have been further
divided into sub-regions each
consisting of small groups of
parishes which meet at vari,
ous central locations to re-
ceive training and make rlv
ports.
Archdiocese moderator of
the campaign is Very Rev.
Ailbe M. McGrath, pastor, Holy
Family Church, Seattle.
Each region has its 'own
moderator and assistant moder-
ator. They are:
Region "A" -- Revl Michael
O'Callaghan, pastor, St. Ed-
ward and Rev. Joseph E.
Vogel, pastor, St. Paul, Seattle:
Region "B"--Very Ray. John
G. Mettle, pastor, Immaculate
Conception, Everett, and Rev.
Patrick K. O'Brien, pastor,
Immaculate Conception, Mount
Vernon;
Region "C"--Rev. Andrew J.
Squier, pastor, St. Frances
Gabrini, Tacoma, and Rev.
Leonard Rafalowski, adminis-
trator St. Michael, Olympia.
One Answer To Lack of Vocations:
Suggest Relaxation of Celibacy Rules
The author of this article was received into the priests sometimes meet with every discouragement in continuing
Catholic Church M 1955 after serving Jor 16 years in the to exercise their priesthood as Catholics.
Anglican ministry in England. Unmarried, he was There are at least four motives behind this, and all of them
ordained a Catholic priest after four years at the Beda have a bearing upon the problem of the married Protestant
College in Rome. Since 1959 he has worked at the eonvertminister..
Catholic Inquiry Forum in Montreal. First, there is the whole force of Christian tradition and
By r-ether Walton Hannah teaching from earliest times that the perfect chastity of celibacy
- (N.C.W.€. NeWS seav,cs} is the higher and more angelic state in itself, apart from all
A new look at the recruitment and training of practical considerations. Dedicated virginity, sacrificially under-
priests will certainly be on the agenda of the acumen- taken by the priest from supernatural motives, is therefore re-
ical council at some stage, quired for ordination to major orders. The Orthodox accept this
The shortage of vocations in some countries is ideal for the episcopate. The Latin Church of the West in early
already acute. To some extent this can be made good centuries imposed it also on the diaconate and priesthood, and
by making greater use of the lay apostolate; far too many priests rather later on the subdiaconate also.
are bogged down in administrative jobs that the laity could well Secondly, there are many practical and economic difficulties
take off their shoulders, and there is a crying need for intensively which arise in fitting married clergy into a parochial framework
trained lay men and women as instructors and catechists, designed for celibacy.
Bedo Colleg e A Proof Thirdly, there is the desire to avoid scandal among the sim.
There are untapped resources of late or delayed vocations pie faithful of the Latin Rite who have never heard of married
from men in adult life who could still give many years to an ac- priests in communion with the Holy See.
tire priesthood were there more special seminaries for their Fourthly, there are the strongly entrenched forces of tra-
training, and more bishops who would encourage them. The ex- ditionalism and conservatism which tend to look upon the Latin
perience of the Beda College in Rome has amply proved this Ends Visit To Holy Father Church and Latin customs as the Catholic norm, and other tra-
ditions as tolerated deviations which should not be allowed to
point.
There is' also the problem of the convert Protestant minister. THE PRESIDENT OF THE METHODISTS of Great affect (one is almost tempted to write infect) the main stream
A small category numerically, perhaps, yet they have their own Britain, Rev. Leslie Davidson, is all smiles as he leaves the of Western Christendom.
presence of His Holiness Pope John XXIII. The Protestant Perfect ChostiW Desired
special experiences and insights of great value to the Church, leader spent half an hour with the Holy Father on what
St. Paul, brought up in the strictest sect of the Jews, a pharisee Let us examine these factors in their application to the
of the Pharisees, made full use of his intimate knowledge and un- was termed "a courtesy call." With him is Msgr. Igino Car- married convert clergyman. No one would wish to dispute the
derstanding of the Law and Prophets to expound their fulfillment dinale, chief of protocol of the Papal Secretariat of State, validity of the first point, or question the value of perfect chest-
in Christ. who served as interpreter during the Vatican audience, ity. However. even in the West there are two standards among
So too the priestly convert from the Protestant ministry can, the priesthood, the diocesan, and the monastic or regular. To
perhaps uniquely, see the Catholic religion as the fullness of and, by special ]ndult, to retain their wives. A few similar take but one point of difference, the latter alone are vowed to
God's revelation in the perspective of the incomplete truths ordinations have followed, including one in Denmark. poverty, which is again a higher Christian ideal,
held by our separated brethren. Fairly recently, a married Lutheran seminarian became a
Not all convert Protestant ministers discover a vocation Catholic, and was ordained to the priesthood. From the canoni- As for practical difficulties, they are indeed many and vari.
ous. Each rectory is a center of communal celibate life, the
to the Catholic priesthood, even if they happen to be unmarried, cal point of view there is no reason why this policy could not pastor with his curates, and the married convert clearly could
Not all are Suitable; just occasionally a restless misfit in a be extended to other countries, not fit into this framework at all. But with a little imagination
Protestant ministry will become a Catholic for less than adequate Celibacy of course is an ecclesiastical discipline, and is not many other spheres of activity could be opened to him.
reasons. But in far too many cases a marr/ed clergyman finds part of the divine law. Priests of the Eastern Rites may be mar- There are teaching positions, convert centers, hospital and
Faith, accepts it with heroic sacrifice, and then finds that an ried before their ordination. There is no tradition in the Catholic convert chaplaincies, and many specialized apostolates. The
active life of full-time service to God abruptly ends. or Orthodox Churches of priests marrying after ordination, younger ones could perhaps become service chaplains.
Loss On Both Sides The only body claiming valid orders which allows their. One often hears, as another objection, "I could never make
He finds himself trying to adjust in middle life to some un- priests to marry is the Anglican Communion, and their claim to my confession to a married priest"--as if the seal of confession
familiar secular profession. If he has teaching ability he is valid orders has of course been repudiated by the Catholic would somehow be endangered in domestic intimacies. But
lucky, but not all Protestant ministers (or Catholic priests either, Church. Byzantine Rite Catholics, and the Orthodox too, make the very
for that matter) have abilities in that profession. They miss their But even among Catholics of Eastern Rites there is a cer- opposite objection: "I could never make my confession to a
ministry tragically, and surely the Catholic Church is missing tain pressure to impose celibacy, particularly in the New World celibate priest, he wouldn't understand my family problems."
something too. There is wastefulness here. But what is the where through emigration and escape through the Iron Curtain, (Continued on Page 6)
answer? East and West meet in parallel parishes. Even in Europe it is
A courageous trail was blazed by Pope Pins XIi in allow- becoming difficult, if not impossible, for a married man to be
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Speakers Sunday F ellows !
Twenty-two parishes will be
visited by Press Month priest-
speakers Sunday, Feb. 17. The
parishes and their respective
speakers are:
St. Luke, Seattle, Roy./ames
Gandrau; St. Joseph, Van-
couver, Rev. James Mallahan;
Our Lady of Mount Virgin,
Seattle, Rev. I a m e s Pruss,
M.M.; St. Mary, Monroe, Rev.
Paul Purta, S.S.; Our Lady of
Lourdes, Vancouver, Rev. Jo-
New Convent Planned For Assumption Parish seph Erny,
St. Edward, Seattle, Rev.
CONSTRUCTION of a new two.story convent at Assump- room suites on the second floor with the chapel, community Stephen Szeman; Assumption,
tion Parish will begin immediately. Designed by Gotteland room, refectory and kitchen on the first floor and the rec. Bellingham, Rev. R o b e r t
and Koczarski, architects, the general contractors are Caw- reatlon room, laundry and furnace room in the basement. Turner; SL Benedict, Seattle, f'M@lll Im IUS
drey and Memo. The building, which features a full day- Construction will be of wood frame with brick veneer and Rev. Patrick Clark; St. Cath- bouh soil/@
light basement, will be located on the northeast corner of cedar siding. The shake roof is designed to match the archi- erine, Seattle, Rev. Gerald
33rd N.E. and N.E. 62nd directly across the street from the tecture of the church and interior finishingwill he of plas. couver,M°ffat; Rev.St" JosephJames'Petosa;Van" SUNNY JIM
church and rectory. Facilities will provide 18 study-bed- ter, wood paneling and vinyl asbestos floor covering. Sacred Heart, Seattle, Rev.
Desmond MeaMahon.
St. George Seattle, Rev. -OIP@III
Lay Retreat Schedule Chalice Returned To Dublin Damian Glenn, O.S.B.; An-
thony, Renton, Ray. David
The Palisades Visitation Retreat As Token of Pope's Affection White; All Saints, Puyallup,
Rev. Robert Daly; St. Mar-
(Mm's Rtrut Hmum) (WemGm's Retreat Hotme) DUBLIN (NC) --A chalice C. McQuaid of Dublin, who garet, Seattle, Roy. John Mit-
presented to the Holy See by has given it to the Dublin chad, Snohomish, Rev. Fred
the Irish government three dec- pro-cathedral. Cwiekowskip; St. Mary, Cen-
February 22- 24 ades ago has been returned to Accompanying t h e chalice tralia, Rev. Jerome Dooley;
Dublin as a token of the affec- was a message from Amleto St. Philomena, Des Moines,
Sacred Heart, Bellevue St. Anne, Seattle tinn f His Holiness Pope John Cardinal Cieognani, papal sac- Rev. Dennis Muehe; Immacu-
St. Louise, Bellevue Holy Rosary, Edmonds XXIII. retary of State, who said the late, Everett, R ev. Stnaton
The chalice was presented by gift was intended as "a token Boyle.
March 1-3 the Irish government to the of (Pope John's)benevolence" Immaculate, Mount Vernon,
papal legate to the Interaction. and a memento of the late Rev. Vincent McEachen,
St. George, Seattle Immaculate Conception, al Eucharistic Congress held Pope P i u s XI and Lorenzo O.P.; St. Charles Borromeo,
St. Mary, Seattle Raymond here in 1932. Cardinal Lauri, who was papal Tacoma, Rev. Luke O'Don. BUY THE FAMILY PACK!
St. Charles Borromeo, Tacoma Pope John sent the chalice legate to the Eucharistic Con- nell, O.S.B.; Sacred Heart, . . . and tern€tuber
SUNNY JIM TABL SYRU_.P ,
St. John of the Woods, Tacoma recently to Archbishop John gross. Bellevue, Rev. Philip Duffy. ----v-'=
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