A delegation of approximately 15 clergy and lay people returned to Atlanta Tuesday a little dizzy from the powerful experience of seeing Pope Paul in New York.

The group, including prominent members of the lay community left Atlanta to attend the historic pilgrimage of Pope Paul on Sunday. They were: Msgr. Joseph P. Cassidy, V.G., pastor Sacred Heart Parish, Milledgeville; Msgr. Michael Regan, VF, pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish; the Rev. Richard Kieran, assistant pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish; the Rev. Daniel O’Connor, Secretary for Education and principal, St. Joseph High School; the Rev. Patrick C. Connell, chaplain, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home and Secretary for Health and Hospitals.

Mrs. Thomas Bockman, Archdiocesan Liturgy Commission, Mrs. George Gunning, Religious Unity Commission; Mrs. E. P. Faust, Jr., immediate past president, Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women; Herbert Farnsworth, general chairman, Lay Congress; Lewis Gordon, vice president, Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men and Serra Club; Robert L. Matthews, secretary, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Sacred Heart Parish; and Paul Smith, president of Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men and Serra Club.

The delegation’s every waking moment was spent trailing about New York for every possible glimpse of the pope. They were successful in many tries.

Perhaps their longest look at the Holy Father was gained at Yankee Stadium where they joined about 90,000 others at the Papal Mass and sat in uncomfortably nippy air to hear the pontiff’s words of peace.

The chilling night air might just as well have been a balmy, gulf breeze to the delegation so warmed were they in the pope’s presence. They joined in the cheering and their words to express their feelings at the moment were “It’s just wonderful, He is so wonderful.”