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P u bl is h edW ee k ly by
Th e D io ce se
of
San D ie go ,
Cal if .
Inte re das Se con d Cl ass Ma tte r a t the Pos toff ice of
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Sa n Die go un de rth e Act of Ma rch 3, 1 87 9
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VOL.
XLVI,
NO .3 4
THURSDAY, AUG UST 2 0 ,1 9 5 9
Tv/o
Given Robes
Of
Domestic
Prelate
Two
San
Die go mon signors, rec ently named dom esti c
pre late s by the
Hol y Fath er ,recei ved the robe s of their ra nk
from
the Most
Re ver endBishop.
At
cer emoni esin S t. R ita 'sChu rch, Sunda y, Augu st16,
His Exc elle ncy off ici ate dat the inve sti tu reof R t. Re v. Ms gr.
Jo hn F. Ga lla gh er,JCD , pas - %
tor of th e pa ris h.
R t. Re v. Ms gr. Tho ma s
Eg an , JCD, se cr et ar yof The
Matr imon ial Tr ibun al,wa s in
ve ste d in the pu rpl e cass ock
and mantellet
a.ofth e pre lac y
a t rit es , We dnesda y, Augu st!
12, in th e Coll ege fo r Women
Ch apel. Alc ala P ar k .
R t. Rev . Ms gr. James T.
Bo oth . JCD , chance llo rof the
Sa n Dieg o dioc ese an d pa sto r
of Miss ion Sa n Dieg o de Al
cal a, rea d th e Pa pa l Br ief s
naming th e two prie sts pre l
at es .
Re presen teda t th e inv est
it ur e of Ms gr. Egan as a
pr el at ewere th e facu lti esof*
Un ive rsi ty o f Sa n Die go's
Colle ge fo r Women , Colleg e
fo r Men, Immac ul ateHe ar t
Semi na ry , th e st af fs of the
Bis hop 's ch an cer y and The
So uth ernCro ss, mo re tha n 50
mo nsi gno rs an d pr ie sts and
la y frie nd s.
Hi s Exc elle ncysa id the re
cord of Msg r. Ega n' sach ieve
men tsis the st or yof his zeal
ou s lab ors "t o glo rif y God
an d to bri ng pe ace to hum an
souls."
Ci tin gth e "t h eva st amou nt
of wo rk whic h nev er come s to
lig ht " the Bis hop sai d th at
354 ma trim oni al prob lems
were solved ou t of 391 sub
mi tte d in 1958. Th e solu tion
mean t ad ju stm en ts in the
home, the Bish op add ed, and
ad ju stmen tsme ant dom esti c
pea ce as well as pea ce of
consc ience .
«
"Inde ed. " sai d his Exc el
lenc y, "t he su prem e tri bu nal
in
Rome, wh ich uph eld the
new monsi gno r'sdec isio ns in
all cas es, se nt it s co ngra tula
tio ns to th e dioc ese fo r his
gr ea two rk. "
Pa ying tri bu te to th e Holy
Fa th erand the Bis hop fo r the
hon ors th at had come to him,
Ms gr. Eg an sa id :"I wou ld be
th e fi rst to disqu ali fymyse lf
fo r so gr ea ta pri vil eg e."He
added th at "t his tes tim on yof
pate rnal af fec tio n"is "ev id
enc e of th e gr ea tes teemth at
the Hol y Fat he r en te rta in s
fo r ou r Most Revere nd Bi
sh op "an d "i llu st ra te s . . . the
kee n in te re stth e Pope ha s in
th is en erg eti c and rap idl y
gro wi ng Diocese of Sa n Die
go ."
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