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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, May 17, 1958
New Executive
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The new executive committee
replaces the more limited U. N.
Refugee Fund executive com
mittee, which will cease to
exist as of next December 31.
That body has 21 members, of
which the Holy See is one.
The new committee was set
up by passage of a resolution
sponsored jointly by the Nether
lands and the United States.
Soviet delegate G. P. Arkadev
opposed the move to set up a
new executice committee, how
ever, and branded it an attempt
to inflate the refugee problem
for political reasons. The
U. S. S. R., he said, believes the
High Commissioner’s work
should be limited to repatriation
of persons displaced as a con
sequence of World War II.
The U. S. delegate, Chris
topher H. Phillips, said in re
sponse to Mr. Arkadev that it is
traditional for the Soviet Union
to oppose matters relating to
the U. N. High Commissioner
and his work for refugees. The
Soviet delegate’s objection, said
Mr. Phillips, revealed nothing
but “an extraordinary disinterest
in the problem of refugees.”
K. C. Auxiliary
Name Officers
Install
Officers
At Albany
ALBANY — The May meet
ing of St. Teresa’s Altar Society
and Parish Council of Catholic
Women, ms held in the C.Y.O.
Hall. The 'following officers
were installed at this meeting:
Mrs. J. L. Lindsey, president;
Mrs. P. M. Anderson, Jr., vice
president; Mrs. W. B. Light, sec
retary; and Mrs. George
Hughey, treasurer.
It was decided that on “Bar
becue Day,” May 13, to serve
out-going plates on the Church
grounds as well as at the school,
to make it more convenient for
persons living near the down
town section.
The members congratulated
Mrs. Marie Fleming for winning
the red ribbon for St. Teresa’s
entry in the Shrine Displays at
the recent DCCW Convention.
Mrs. W. J. Kaiser showed an
award of merit which was pre
sented to the organization by the
U. S. O.
Father Marvin J. LeFrois
gave a talk on the contribution
of the Altar Society to the
Church.
FOR YOUTH ADORATION DAY
Second National
Youth Adoration Day
Pentecost Sunday, May 25, 1958
A Youth's
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
COME, HOLY SPIRIT
In His agonizing hour, our Divine
Savior attributed the sins of His per
secutors to ignorance. O Holy Spirit,
Thou the never-ending Font of Knowl
edge, give me the ability to understand
— to understand the falseness and
baseness of my actions, as well as of
those 1 call friends, to understand the
beauty of my youth as God under
stands it—and the strength of will to
live accordingly. Then would I be in
capable of tarnishing this masterpiece
of Divine Love by sin. Then would
I have the courage to be different, to
love purity, to find the answer to all
the problems of my youth in frequent
communion. O Holy Spirit, I ask this
gift from you today and every day of
my life. Amen. 100 days Indulgence.
Prayer by J. E. Schieder
Fill the hearts of Thy youth
and enkindle within them
the fire of Thy Divine Love.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC YOUTH
Washington 5, D. C.
1C
Here is the official prayer card issued for the second na
tional Youth Adoration Day, to be celebrated on Pentecost
Sunday, May 25. It was composed by Monsignor Joseph E.
Schieder, director of the Youth Department, N. C. W. C.,
Washington, where copies may be obtained for distribution
to high schools, colleges, youth council members and work
ing youth. The prayer carries 100 days indulgence and the
Imprimatur of Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle. The youth
of the nation are invited to spend 30 minutes in private
adoration before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on that
day. (NC Photos)
19th D. C. C. W. Convention
Resolutions
1. RESOLVED, That this
Council renews its pledge of
loyalty to the affection for ITis
Holiness, Pope Pius XII, and
prays that his physical health
may continue to improve.
2. RESOLVED, That this
Council send to His Excellency,
Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, an
expression of our loyalty and de
votion, and a prayer for the
continued success of his labors.
3. RESOLVED, That this
Council is grateful for the pres
ence of our Beloved Bishop Tho
mas J. McDonough, and extends
him its thanks for his active in
terest in our organization and
its aims and purposes, as well
as his active support.
4. RESOLVED, That this
Council appreciates the attend
ance at this convention of our
National President, Mrs. Mary
H. Mahoney.
5. RESOLVED, That this
Council, through its individual
members, will pray for and fos
ter vocations in our Diocese.
6. RESOLVED, That this
Council is opposed to the in
decent, vulgar, and horror types
of literature on our newsstands
and in bookstores, and urges
each member to exert her ef
forts to suppress such publica
tions.
7. RESOLVEDj That this
Council rededicate itself to the
continuance of a vigorous pro
gram of Catholic Action
throughout the coming year.
8. RESOLVED, That this
Council, in this Centennial Year,
pledges its devotion to and trust
in the Most Blessed Mother, and
urges each individual member
to pray to her for the faith and
grace to undertake and accom
plish great works for God.
GROTTO RISES—Volunteer workmen are pictured at work
on- the construction of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes which
is being erected by the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, Port
Wentworth.
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FIRST COMMUNION AT ST. JAMES'—First Communicants of St. James Church, Savan-
ah, are pictured with their pastor, the Very F.ev. John D. Toomey.
SAVANNAH — Mrs. John F.
Shearouse, Jr. was elected
President of the Knights Auxil
iary for the insuing year of
1958-59 at the monthly meeting
held Friday, April 25th at the
Knights of Columbus Hall.
Mrs. Nicholas S. Kenny, Jr.
will serve as vice-president with
Mrs. John E. Best as secretary
and Mrs. John V. Graves as
treasurer. The newly elected of
ficers will be installed at the
Annual Banquet and Dance to
be held June 7th at the Knights
of Columbus Hall. Complete
plans for the Banquet will be
announced at the May meeting.
Plans were completed for the
Annual Picnic to be held this
year at the home of Mrs. John
F. Shearouse, Jr., at Savannah
Beach on May 25th. All mem
bers and their families are in
vited to bring a picnic lunch
and enjoy themselves.
Mrs. John M. Schroder was
welcomed as a new member.
Mrs. Willard Teston’s name
was drawn for the Membership
Attendance award.
Growing Importance
Of Lay Teachers
WASHINGTON, — The in
creasingly important role of lay
teachers in Catholic education
was highlighted here by nation
al statistics showing that be
tween 1946 and 1956 their num
bers increased by 156 per cent.
The biggest single leap was in
the elementary schools where
the number was said to have
jumped by about 409 per cent.
The figures indicate that lay
teachers are perhaps the most
significant aspect of the trans
ition Church education is going
through to cope with the great-
Refreshments were served af
ter adjournment of the business
meeting.
ANNUAL
DINNER AT
ST. MICHAEL’S
SAVANNAH BEACH — St.
Michael’s Home and School As
sociation, Savannah Beach, held
its annual dinner on April 24th,
for the boys and girls who par
ticipated in St. Michael’s School
athletic program this past year.
Thirty-seven youngsters at
tended the dinner held at the
Tybee School cafeteria at 7 p.
m. Also present were the three
coaches, Mrs. J. W. Rentiers,
Edmond Solomon, Jr., and Arn
old Seydon, Jr.; the president of
the H. S. A., Mrs. Guy Burke;
two referees, Richard Buttimer
and Edward Wertz, and Rev.
John Cuddy, Parish Admini
strator.
The following received
awards: Football, Hank Smith,
and Jim McNamara, second;
Girl basketball player, Joanne
Morrissey, Mary McNamara,
second; Boy basketball player,
Hank Chandler, second, Donnie
Golden. Every boy and girl also
received a religious medal and
chain. Mrs. Ernest Hosti was
chairman arranging the dinner.
LOST FOREVER
Character is one thing you
can never put back in the place
from which you have taken it.
est enrollment increases in dec
ades.
League Of The Holy Rosary
How About A Trip
Around World?
SAVANNAH — How about a
trip around the world? This
article hopes to tell you how
you can —■ every day. Every
time you say the Rosary, you
add one more link to the chain
of peace which circles the
world. With only about twenty
minutes a day to say a Rosary,
look at the tremendous good it
can accomplish.
A Big Four Summit meeting
to talk of peace would, if every-
•thing was done to make it ideal,
still would not bring lasting re
sults if the people of the world
did not prey for peace. PEACE!
A word that is said so careless
ly every day of the year. What
can be done to make it a reality,
not a mere word? Pray! Our
Blessed Lady has said that un
less men, women, and children
the world over say the Rosary,
the world will do worse than
just not have peace ... it will
fall into the hands of the devil.
The League of the Holy Ros
ary was founded to promote
widespread recitation of the
Rosary as a weapon against
Communism, and all other evils
in the world, and at the same
time get more persons to know
and heed the promises of Our
Lady of Fatima. All members
make a pledge to say five de
cades of the Rosary each day,
and if possible to observe the
Five First Saturdays, as request
ed by Our Lady.
Anyone interested in further
information concerning the Holy
Rosary League of Sacred Heart
School, contact Miss Virginia
Little, 201 East 38th Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Laymen's President Urges
Exert Every Effort To Make
1958 Show Activity Increase
Mrs. Rice
Re-elected
At Augusta
AUGUSTA — Mrs. Albert
Rice was reelected president of
the Aquinas Parent-Teacher Or
ganization at the May meeting
held in the school dining hall.
Other officers are as follows:
Mrs. Joseph L. Sheehan, vice-
president; Mrs. L. J. Curtis, re
cording secretary; and Mrs. Har
ris H. D’Antignac, treasurer.
Sr. Marie Cecile, C.S.J., prin
cipal of the girls’ department,
and Bro. A. Norbert, F.M.S.,
principal of the boys’ depart
ment, expressed their apprecia
tion to the P.-T.O. for the many
contributions to the school, and
for the beautification of the
school grounds during the past
year.
Mrs. W. J. Herman, Jr., and
Mr. J. J. O’Connell were given
a special vote of thanks for serv
ing as co-chairmen for the
school cafeteria.
Mrs. Robert Leonard, ways
and means chairman, announced
that the fall barbecue would be
held on September 30.
Mrs. L. J. Ward, program
chairman, presented Father
Ralph Seikel, school moderator,
with a gift of appreciation from
the P-T.O. Father Seikel thank
ed the faculty, parents, and stu
dents for making his year at
Aquinas most satisfactory and
enjoyable.
Immediately following the
business meeting, the freshmen
mothers presided at a tea honor
ing the senior mothers.
Italian-
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waged a bitterly anticlerical
campaign accusing the Church of
interference in Italy’s political
affairs. In March, Parliament
voted down a communist mo
tion calling for action against
“clerical interference in the
election” during a session which
saw fighting between Catholic
and Red deputies.
The parties of the extreme
right do not seem to have much
of a chance this year. They are
the fascist-inspired Italian So
cial Movement, the Popular
Monarchist party and the Na
tional Monarchists.
These parties blame the
Christian. Democrats for not
having destroyed communism in
Italy and are urging Catholics
to vote for them because, they
claim, they can crush the Reds.
All three are split by long
standing personal feuds and are
expected to lose votes.
The position of the right-of-
center Liberal party, however,
is different. While it has not
been able to elect a strong bloc
of representatives to Parliament
in the postwar years, its prin
ciples have been widely backed.
It has become a champion of
private initiative and hostile to
any state interference in the
country’s economy. Because it is
. better organized than other
rightist parties it seems to be
gaining ground and may win
votes from the neo-fascist and
monarchists.
The moderately leftist Demo
cratic Socialist party has ap
parently lost some support. For
the past two years it has been
laboring under the delusion that
it could win the leftwing So
cialist party over to a demo
cratic policy. In the process it
has at times been in danger of
being taken over by the pro-
communist Socialists headed by
Pietro Nenni. The Democratic
Socialists will probably pay for
this error by losing votes to the
Nenni Socialists.
Other minor parties, such as
the Republicans, have no reason
for great hopes.
The small center parties —
Democratic Socialists, Liberals
and Republicans — all have
anticlerical traditions. They are
arguing that there is danger of a
“clerical dictatorship” if the
Christian Democrats win a ma
jority in the new Parliament.
Their main purpose seems to
be to take votes away from the
Christian Democrats, since they
have given up trying to capture
them from the extreme left.
They apparently do not realize
that by fighting the Christian
Democrats they are ultimately
serving the Reds.
In meeting their opposition
the Christian Democrats are
hampered by a lack of internal
unity, since their party is divid
ed among factions with leftist
and rightist tendencies as well
as a center bloc. Therefore it
seems unlikely that they can
poll the more than 14,000,000
votes they need to win a parlia
mentary majority. That would
mean their winning over 3,000,-
000 more votes than they receiv
ed in 1953.
COLUMBUS — In a letter di
rected to the Catholic Laymen
of the Diocese of Savannah,
George Gingell, President of the
Laymen’s Association asks all
Laymen “to exert every effort
so that 1958 will show a marked
increase in activity.”
“Mr. Gingell’s letter reads as
follows:
At the 1956 Convention, the
Association was presented with
a suggested series, of programs
for monthly meetings of the
branches. It was accepted en
thusiastically.
The 1957 Convention revealed
that only a few branches had
made any attempt to meet regu
larly and participate in a con
structive program.
Looking to the future, we are
hopeful that 1958 will show a
marked increase in activity. Be
reminded that we are a useful
lay apostolate only if we are a
well informed and active or
ganization. Consequently, we
ask that every branch make im
mediate plans for regular
monthly or twice-monthly
meetings.
I’m sure you are aware that
numbers of persons attending
should not be the determining
factor for starting or discontin
uing operations. If only one or
two are well informed, it is bet
ter by far than none.
We believe the subjects chos
en offer much by way of ap
peal and program interest. If
they are explained by persons
who are articulate and experi
enced in their respective fields
(provided they also have the
Catholic viewpoint), the topics
will prove informative and val
uable to the active layman.
If you need help in securing
speakers or reference material,
let me know and I’ll do every
thing possible to help you. The
important thing is to get going
now . . . tomorrow at the latest.
May God bless and inspire
your efforts.”
K. C. AUXILIARY
ALBANY — The Knights of
Columbus held its April meet
ing in the K. of C. Hall, with
the president, Mrs. Fred Mills,
presiding. Mrs. Edward Shy-
rock and Mrs. Elmer Topmiller
were welcomed as new mem
bers. Reports were given by
committee chairmen and mem
bers were informed of the pro
gress on the “signature table
cloth.”
Judging of the decorated hats
was held during the social hour
and prizes were awarded as
follows: prettiest hat, Mrs.
George Hughey; most original,
Mrs. L. E. Mock, Sr., and funni
est, Mrs. Bill Starr. Refresh
ments were served by Mrs.
Ralph Will and Mrs. Mills.
THE
CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
OF GEORGIA
A List of Suggested Topics for Speakers and
Subsequent Discussion At Branch Meetings
A series of programs to illustrate the Catholic Viewpoint in relation
ship to: i he various protessions. Media of mass communications. Govern
ment, Labor, Entertainment, and other fields of secular activity.
Through understanding the Catholic attitude and viewpoint in these
fields, the layman is better able to enlighten his non-Caiholic neighbors
and thereby help remove the misunderstandings and tears that promote
anti-Calhouc prejudice.
Meeting dates and subjects for each should be set as far in advance as
possible. A quaiined Catholic speaker, (from the Community or elsewhere),
snouid be selected tor each subject. He should be given sutlieieni advance
nonce in oraer to have adequate time tor preparation. He should also be
supplied wuii a list of people and informational sources that will assist
him in the preparation of his talk.
Most talks should be limited to a maximum of a half-hour, with a
half-nour immediately loliowing allotted to discussion and question-
answer period.
Some topics may require two meetings to complete. Program com
mittees should give caretul consideration to this matter in order to insure
thorough coverage of subject matter. It is not practical, though, to cram a
vast amount or mtormation into a single meeting,
I. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
A. As applied to hospitals
R. As applied to physicians, psychiatrists, etc.
II. JURISPRUDENCE
The law and personal obedience to it, the Catholic lawyer and ethics.
III. EDUCATION
A. Why a Catholic Education?
B. Obligations of the Catholic Teacher
C. Rights of the Catholic student as a citizen
D. The eduaction ot the "whole" person
IV. GOVERNMENT
A. Obligations of government workers and elected officials.
B. Responsibilities of citizen to state
C. Church and State
V. ENTERTAINMENT
Movies, TV, Radio, Theatre. What to see, what to avoid, and why.
Criticism and censorship. Current trends.
VI. LITERATURE
How to select good reading in all fields. A review of current popular
ficlion and non-fiction.
VII. THE CATHOLIC IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
How can a Catholic parlicipate usefully in community and civic
affairs? What are his opportunities?
VIII. LABOR
A. The working man—worthy of his hire.
B. Labor/Management
C. A review of the labor movement
IX. INTERPRETATION OF NEWS
How do we read between the lines? How are news stories and. edi
torial features "slanted"? How do we weigh the facts? What can
you do when your church is attacked via one of the news media?
X. ONLY ONE CHURCH
As a layman, how do you justify the Church's uncompromising stand
as the only acceptable religion?
Many of these subjects can be fully covered, and interestingly so, in 8
sessions. Some may replace the speaker with a panel. In panel discussions,
however, it is wise to limit the number participating. Each member should
handle an entirely different facet of the subject. As a rule, three members
plus a moderator is ample.
BY ALL MEANS: A priest should be present throughout the meeting.
His participating, however, should be limited to:
1. Interpreting in case of error or question.
2. Giving a brief summation at the conclusion of the discussion period.