Alcalá 1960

SftUTHEl f i O 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 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. Sa n Die go un de rth e Act of Ma rch 3, 1 87 9 ' VOL. XLVI, NO .3 4

Y ^c sr lv

THURSDAY, AUG UST 2 0 ,1 9 5 9

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

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.of th 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 .

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 ."

33