Takes formal possession next week

ARCHBISHOP HEENAN FOR WESTMINSTER
Cathedral Ceremonies
By Marian Curd IN a simple, private ceremony at Westminster
Archbishop Heenan will, on Thursday of next week, unfold his Bull of Appointment by Pope Paul, hand it to Bishop Craven, Provost of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter, and so take formal possession of his new diocese.
The ceremony, prelude to the liturgical pageantry of the enthronement which will take place in the Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. September 24, amid the glare of television arclamps and before the gaze of thousands, will be witnessed only by the Canons of Westminster and other members of the Cathedral staff.
News that the Archbishop of Liverpool had been appointed eighth Archbishop of Westminster in succession to the late Cardinal Godfrey, came late last Saturday. It came after eight months of speculation : months during which the name of Mgr. Heenan was never far from the minds of Catholic and non Member of the Vatican Council's Secretariate on Unity, Chairman of the English and Welsh Hierarchy's own secretariate for unity, familiar in Press, on radio and television as from the pulpit of his own Cathedral, Archbishop Heenan is regarded as the most progressive prelate in Britain.
Next Wednesday, September 18, he will arrive in London to take up residence at Archbishop's House. The enthronement. on September 24, will be conducted by Bishop Craven, Provost of the Chapter. Archbishop Heenan will then sing Pontifical High Mass.
Most members of the Hierarchy of England and Wales are expected to be present, along with representatives from Scotland and Ireland.
On September 27 the new Archbishop will fly to Rome for the second session of the Vatican Council which opens on September 29.
WELCOME
WELCOME for the new Archbishop has been generous and widespread. Hundreds of congratulatory messages poured into Archbishop's House. Woolton, following Saturday's announcement.
Well-wishers of all denominations at home and abroad sent their good wishes to the Archbishop, who has again and again hit the headlines with his statements on education, the family, the struggle with Communism, and on trade unionism.
BISHOP DWYER, who cooperated with Mgr. Heenan in the work of the Catholic Missionary Society and who succeeded him at Leeds, declared, "The choice of Archbishop Heenan for Westminster will give general satisfaction to the members of the H ierarchy." Although the Archbishop of Westminster is not a Primate and therefore has no jurisdiction over any diocese other than his own, Bishop Dwyer points out that he is, however, the permanent Chairman of the Bishops' Conference. "This means that guidance and leadership is expected of him."
LEADER
"Archbishop Heenan is a born leader," continued Bishop Dwyer. "Few men have such a gift for communicating enthusiasm to those who work under them, He is not an academic scholar—he could never summon up the scholar's patient attention to seemingly insignificant detail. But he is highly intelligent, well-read and quick-witted. He will never lack courage either in forming his convictions or in uttering them. He is a deeply apostolic pastor and he is a man of prayer. Add to all this his quite remarkable dynamic Continued on Back Page Sec "Dynamo in Bishop's Robes" —Page 8
Catholic alike.