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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, September 6, 1958 How I Pray My Rosary (By Falher F. A. Galles) Winston Churchill once said something about Communism being a mystery wrapped up in an enigma and buried in a rid dle. For many Catholics that would be an apt description of the Rosary. The Hail Marys, Our Fathers, and Glorias aren’t so bad, but the mysteries are real ly mysteries. In spite of the many diffi culties that some Catholics en counter in saying the Rosary, it is quite amazing to find how many there are who would no more think of omitting their daily Rosary than they would think of skipping a meal. That is one of the beauties of the Rosary — the simple soul can enjoy its rhythmic repetitions, while the more learned can nev er reach the depth of its mys teries. Mary in an apparition taught St. Dominic how to say the Ros ary back in 1208, but, perhaps, no two people have ever said it the same way since. Probably this is by Mary’s design. I don’t think that Mary only taught St. Dominic the Rosary, but that she has taught every soul to pray who has ever fingered the beads. St. Paul viewed the whole of history as the unfolding of the mystery of God. To the Hebrews he wrote: “God, who at sundry times and divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all in these days has spoken to us by His Son . . .” God didn’t give His revelation all at once. Man would have been too overwhelmed. He gave to each generation only as much as they were prepared to re ceive, and He asked only that they live by the lights that had been given them. We know that the official pub lic revelation of the Church end ed with the death of the last Apostle, but we may believe that God continues to reveal Himself privately to each indi vidual w h o comes into the world. Mary also has her hand in this private type of revelation. Sure ly there is no human creature more eager to make the God- man known and loved. The many apparitions of Mary throughout • history—LaSallette, Beauraing, Lourdes, and Fati ma. to mention but a few — seem to be proof positive that Mary has a special role to un fold the mysteries of God and make known the divine will. This series of articles on the mysteries of the Rosary will be entitled, “How I Pray My Ros ary.” And it will be no more than that. It will not be an ex position of how you ought to pray the Rosary, or how the Church wants us to pray the Rosary, but simply. “How I Pray My Rosary.” Take it for what it’s worth. Sometimes, I guess, I don’t think about much of anything when I pray the Rosary. Let’s just say it puts me in a mood. Sometimes a joyful mood., some times a sorrowful mood, some times even a glorious mood, but usually these moods have lots of overtones — distractions, too, but we know these distractions don’t nullify a prayer unless they are deliberate. When you come to think about it I think we can best de scribe the effect of our dearest friends upon us as something of a mood. Maybe that’s why it is so hard for the lover to say really what the beloved does to him. You can’t put it into words —it’s just — well it’s just a mood. This mood which the Rosary creates can serve as the back ground against which we can wrap the cares of everyday life into the mysteries of Our Lord and His Lady. This is just one of the many ways to pray the Rosary. This is the centennial of Mary’s apparition at Lourdes. There, and in her other appari tions. Mary asked for the recita tion of the Rosary. Perhaps this series of articles will promote the fulfillment of this request by making the mysteries of the Rosary just a little less mys terious. SERVICES FOR MRS. HARRIS SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Cath erine Harris were held August 0th at St. James Church, Rev. John Toomey officiating. PORTRAIT OF ‘OUR LADY’ _n the chapel of Mercy Hospital, Miami, Fla., Guido Gre g-anti, 63-year-old. Italian artist completes the first phase of his design which will cover 1,000 square feet of the sanc tuary. He has also made many portraits of members of the American hierarchy and work for the North American Col lege in Rome. During World War II, Prof. Greganti made 800 pencil portraits of American servicemen stationed in Italy. (NC Photos) Education Aid Bill Approved By Congress Benefits loti] Public And Private Schools One Man’s Mother (Continued from Page One) dedicated completely to the service of God, a life of pen ance, prayer and sacrifice for her sons and others around her. Two hours a day she gave to meditation and the Rosary. Three days a week she fasted rigorously from all but the bar est sustenance. In the privacy of her garret room the devout woman, with the permission of her confessor, disciplined her body with a stinging leather strap. Villagers knew the widow as one never too busy to help oth ers. She visited the sick in their homes, to clean and cook for those who were not able, to wash their sores, risking con tagion where others would not. Father Fernandez remembers his mother leaning out the kitchen window, giving food to the hungry poor — her own meals. And there were hardened sin ners, . communist sympathizers among them, often years away from Mass, who died thanking the gentle senora for helping them return to the sacraments in time. Tragedy had struck again dur ing this period. One of her sons, Arturo, 11 years old, died in 1931, victim of a rail accident like his father. By 1933 Asturias was under the rule of communist violence. The village church, which she had attended for 14 years, burn ed before the widow’s eyes. In December, 1934, as Franco’s forces fought to stem the Red tide, Senora Fernandez, already called the “Saint of Suero,” joined the streams of Catholics who sought refuge in the city of Oviedo. Here she learned of the death of another son, Celestino, who had sacrificed a legal career to fight for Franco. And here, in October, 1936, as communist ar tillery hurled shells into the city, Praxedes Fernanadez breathed her last, offering “for the salvation of Spain” the life that was ebbing from her. Praxedes Fernandez’s body, given mass burial with the rest of the dead of besieged Oviedo, was never recovered. But the fame and example of her sanct ity grew with the passing years. One son. Gabriel, now works in the mines near Suero. An other ordained in 1941, was as signed to the Dominican noviti ate in Ross in 1951. Father Fernandez had been two years in California when ■word reached him that the par ish priests of the Oviedo arch diocese had petitioned the op ening of his mother’s cause for beatification. “I knew, of course, the esteem her life inspired,” he said. “But that a simple widow should be proposed for such an honor . . Two thousand Asturians watched last November, in the provincial capital of Mieres, as Oviedo’s Archbishop Javier Lauzurica opened the informa tive process, first of the many steps that may lead Praxedes Fernandez to the title of Bless ed. Three Senators (Continued from Page One) all the way to the United States Supreme Court.” The Senator said that in his state “we are not limited by pre judice with regard to transpor tation and textbook facilities be ing supplied boys and girls in private schools.” Referring to “t h e public service rendered by our private schools,” Sen. Morse added: “I make that point from time to time when I receive irate letters from some constitut.ent taking me to task because I will not support some proposal, for example, which seems to deny to boys and girls who go to pri vate schools the use of public bus service to school; or taking me to task because I continue to support, for example, the textbook system we have in my state . . .” Sen. Morse also called atten tion to the funds saved taxpay ers by self-supporting private schools. “Let us assume that we could press a button and close all the private schools of America. As sume that this is the beginning of a new school year, and that ail those boys and girls would have to appear .at public school doors tomorrow morning. Then the taxpayers of the country, I believe, would have a better un derstanding of the public serv ice which is rendered by private schools,” he said. WASHINGTON, (NC) — Con gress has passed and sent to the President a bill to give Federal aid to both public and private schools. The measure provides about $900 million for aid to education during the next four years, al though a Senate-House confer ence eliminated student scholar ships from the program. Private schools will share in the money allocated to the two largest areas of the program — student loans and funds for equipment. The bill provides $295 mil lion for loans to college stu dents. The loans will be ad ministered through the schools, with the government putting up 90 percent of the money and the colleges 10 per cent. Indi vidual students will be eligible for loans up to $1,000 a year, with the total available to any one student limited to $5,000. The bill states that recipients of such loans are to be students of superior academic back ground who express a desire to teach in elementary or second ary schools, public or private, and who demonstrate ability in science, mathematics, engineer ing or a modern foreign lang uage. The loans are to be repaid at three per cent interest, begin ning one year after the student leaves school. The bill provides that a student may pay off Op to 50 per cent of a loan by teaching in a public school. The measure provides that nonprofit elementary and high schools may receive low interest government loans to buy equip ment. It allocates about nine million dollars for such loans. Teachers in private schools will be allowed to take part in special institutes for training in sciences and foreign languages, under terms of the bill, although they will not be given stipends, as their public school counter parts will. The institutes will be held at universities. Students from all schools will Nativity Plans Seafood Supper September 26 THUNDERBOLT — Members of the Thunderbolt Nativity Church met to formulate plans for a seafood supper and bazaar. Mr. Frank Wall was named general chairman. Mr. Tom Her nandez was appointed supper chairman and Mr, Richard Lee, co-chairman. Others selected were: Mrs. Elizabeth Stradtman, ticket chairman: Mrs. Mary Cur- voisie, financial chairman; Mrs. Evelyn Butler, chairman, and Mrs. Gloria Sheffield, co-chair man of the bazaar. Father Felix Donnelly an nounced that this affair would take place on Sept. 26 between 6 and 9 p. m. at the Church Hall. The menu planned consists of fried fish, boiled shrimp, potato salad, pickles, hushpuppies and coffee. Fie, cake, candy and soft drinks may be purchased sepa rately. be eligible to participate in a $59,400,000 fellowship program providing for graduate study to prospective college teachers. Grants for the dependents of fellowship holders will also be offered. One provision of the bill of potential significanc eregards the administering of aptitude tests to high school students. Re sults of such tests could be used to determine recipients of stu dent aid. The bill provides that in plac es where state law does not au thorize the state to administer such tests to students of a par ticular school or schools, the U. S. Commissioner of Education may make arrangements for ad ministering such tests. Aquinas PTO Board Meeting AUGUSTA — Mrs. Albert Rice, president of the Aquinas Parent - Teacher Organization, presided at the first board meet ing, on Thursday morning in the school library, and appoint ed the following chairmen: Mrs. Thos. Saul, membership; Mrs. Jack Jackson, program; Mrs. Jos. Mannelly, hospitality; Mrs. Ernest Dinkins, publicity; Mrs. Walter Smith, room representa tive; Mi’s. Paul Carter, health and social service; Mrs. Robt. Henry and Mrs. Arthur Salmon, finance and budget; Mrs. E. J. McMahon, social activities; Mrs. J. J. O’Connell and Mrs. Wm. Herman, lunchroom. Grade mo thers were appointed as follows: Mrs. Leslie Anderson, Mrs. Leo nard Counts. Mrs. Wm. Keenan, Mrs. Dennis Kearns, Mrs. Hal Powell, Mrs. Worth Andrews, Mrs. B. A. Callahan, and Mrs. Edwin Pollock. Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Salmon, finance and budget chairman, stated that their committee had begun plans for a barbecue, to be held on September 30. at Julian Smith Park, and a bazaar to be held in December. The regular meeting, which was a “Get Acquainted Tea,” was held on September 2, and projects for the year were decid ed upon at this meeting. Other officers of the P-T O., are Mrs. Jos. L. Sheehan, vice president, Mrs. Jos. Curtis, sec retary, and Mrs. Harris D’Antig- nac, treasurer. ESPERANTO USED AT MASS MAINZ, Germany (NC) — Es peranto, an artificial universal language, was the language of the prayers and hymns at a Mass celebrated in the cathedral here on the occasion of the 43rd International Esperanto Con gress. The celebrant was Jesuit Fa ther Wannemakers of the Hague, the Netherlands. Several thou sand Catholics from different parts of the world attended. Fa- War n Of "Crusade Of Understanding" Catholic personages have received appeals for a contri bution to a non-sectarian Shrine to George Washington Carver, to be built near the Carver birthplace at Dia mond, Missouri. The appeals came from the Crusade for Understanding, which gave an address of 422 Washington Building, Wash ington, D. C., and stated that there would be a memorial window to the late Cardinal Stritch in the shrine. Inquiries at the . Washing ton Building, which is located in the heart of downtown Washington, failed to reveal knowledge of the Crusade for Understanding. Room 422 is occupied by an answering service, where it was said the Crusade had not been heard of there. The superintendent of the building said she had no knowledge of the Crusade for Understanding ever hav ing been a tenant in the building. A letter addressed to the .Crusade for Understanding at 422 Washington Building was returned by the Post Of fice Department marked “Not At.” Weekly Calendar Of Feast Pays (N.C.W.C. News Service) SUNDAY, September 7 — St. Nemorius and Companions, Martyrs. Registered in the Ro man Martyrology as St. Nemori us, he is also known as St. Mem- orius but is more popularly ven erated as St. Mesmin. He was a deacon of Troyes, France. With five companions he was sent by St. Lupus, under whom he serv ed, to the camp of Attila the Hun, who then was ravaging Gaul, to implore mercy of the Barbarian leader. Attila had all six beheaded, about 451. How ever, the prayers of Bishop St. Lupus were answered and Troyes was spared from ravage. MONDAY, September 8—The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. The feast commemorates the birth, free from original sin, of the Jewish maiden of the house of David, destined to become the Mother of God. Her parents were SS. Joachim and Anne. TUESDAY, September 9—St. Gorgonius, Martyr. He and St. Dorotheus were favorites of Emperor Diocletian and officials of his court in Nicodemia, Asia Minor, but the hatred of Chris tianity caused the Emperor to have them hanged for their Faith about 303. An account of their martyrdom was left by Eusebius of Caesarea, a contem porary. The remains of St. Gor gonius were brought to Rome during the reign of Pope St. Gregory IV. WEDNESDAY, September 10 — St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor. He was born in an swer to the prayers of a holy mother and was promised before his birth to the service of God. His austerities were conspicuous even in the strict order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, to which he belonged. He died in 1310. THURSDAY, September 11— SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Mar tyrs. According to tradition, they were brothers, Romans by birth and servants in the house of St. Eugenia. Seized in the persecution under Diocletian, they were scourged and behead ed about 257. FRIDAY, September 12 — Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary. This feast was instituted by order of Pope Innocent XI in 1591 to commemorate the vic tory of the Christian Forces over the Turks at Vienna, Aus tria, gained through her inter cession. SATURDAY, September 13— St. Philip, Martyr. He is said to have been the father of St. Eu genia, in whose household SS. Protus and Hyacinth were em ployed. Tradition has it that he held the high rank of prefect at Alexandria in Egypt, but resign ed his post to be baptized a Christian. He is said to have been martyred in Egypt in the third century. Most people get what they de serve—only the successful ad mit it. ther Ludwig Thalmai of Munich preached in Esperanto on “God and this atomic age.” Holy Father (Continued from Page One) riched as we paused in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacra ment in thanksgiving and knelt as well in the Chapel of the saintly, Pius X. We should re mark in passing that here in the Bascilica of St. Peter, as in most of the great churches of Europe, the Blessed Sacrament is not kept at the main altar but in a special Chapel, generally to the right of the nave. This Chap el of the Blessed Sacrament is the most gorgeous of ail the many Chapels of St. Peter’s and contains among other treasures the tomb of Pope Sixtus IV. Even though the pause here was but momentary, a flood of his torical facts borne down upon us and enlivened a memory, which, before our visit to Rome was over, would be implement ed by a visit to the Sistine Chapel. It was in the reign of Pius IV, in 1473, the Sistine Chapel, the greatest artistic treasure of the western world, was constructed. Dominated by Michael Angelos’ mighty fresco, THE LAST JUDGMENT, the Sistine Chapel witnesses to the election of the Popes. With memories coming to life, even as we quickly moved on out of the Basilica with our thoughts on the afternoon and the thrill it held for us, we felt our Roman stay would be all too brief to satisfy the memories that now took hold on us. As we returned to the Basilica in the afternoon around four o’clock, eager crowds had already be gun to assemble. Our position was already secure. His Excel lency, our Archbishop, had seen to that. Thousands upon thou sands of people were there in the Basilica awaiting the com ing of His Holiness, Pope Pius XII. Even so, the members of our Pilgrimage were so station ed that their position became pardonably enviable. The plat form from which the Holy Fa ther addressed the assemblage was at the Altar of the Confes sion and our group was just off the right of the platform and behind the low wooden barrier which marked the width of the center aisle and formed a short enclosure in and about the Altar of the Confession. It was our privilege to sit within the en closure with our Archbishop, who enjoyed precedence among the Archbishops and Bishops present by reason of his position of Apostolic Delegate. There was an air of tenseness as the hour drew near for the appearance of the Pope and it was not at all surprising or dis- edifying when this air of tense ness suddenly became charged by the vocal enthusiasm of the tens of thousands of those in at tendance. Indeed, now that we too had been swept by the strong tide of enthusiasm which marks the appearance of the Pope, we would think it un natural if the crowd did not respond according^. Above the din of the crowd, commanding it by the radiant sweetness of his saintly per sonality and, as it were, em bracing it by his characteristic gesture, Pius XII made his way up the aisle to the platform at the Altar of the Confession. Car ried on the sedia gestatoria, the warmth of his personality reach ed out to the uttermost rim of the assembled multitude. Arriv ing at the Altar of the Confes sion, he was soon off the “sedia” and, with an agility that was childlike in its movement, he as cended the platform from which he was to address first of all the multitude in general and then the groups which were to get formal recognition. Ours was the singular privilege of formal recognition. Thrilling beyond measure it was to hear the name SAVANNAH come over the loud sneakers. More thrilling still it was when, having spoken in some six languages, His Hol iness came down the steps of the platform and immediately greeted our Archbishop. Stand ing alongside the Archbishop, it was our high honor to be pre sented to Our Holy Father. Hav ing kissed his ring, we in turn accompanied the Pope to the wooden barrier behind which the members of our Pilgrimage were standing. Each member of the Savannah Pilgrimage then shared the unique honor of greeting His Holiness individu ally. At least we though so until the Pope moved on to other groups. Then we learned that three members of our party had not been presented. With a cour tesy that was exquisite in its thoughtfulness, at the request of Archbishop O’Hara, the Holy Father returned to our group and, with a radiance that was charming beyond description, he asked for the three. Here stood Pius XII, whose heart and mind PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE Pastor of Immaculate Con ception Church, Dublin, is the Rev. Robert F. Brennan, native of Savannah. Father Brennan was ordained in Rome in 1940 and began his priestly career as assistant at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Following assignments as as sistant at St. Joseph’s, Athens, and Immaculate Conception, At lanta, Father Brennan was ap pointed Pastor of St. Peters in LaGrange. Prior to being named pastor at Dublin, Father served as rector of St. Joseph’s in Athens. Rev. Robert F. Brennan TIM KEARNS III, Brenda Carrick, Jackie Byrd, and Bob Poole, discussing “Baek-to-School Dance” BACK-TO- SCHOOL DANCE AUGUSTA — A “Back to School Dance” was held on Sat urday evening, August 30, by the Sacred Heart Parish Coun cil of Catholic Youth, in the Sacred Heart School Auditori um. All Catholic Youth, of the area, were invited, dress was in formal and there was no charge for admission. Entertainment chairmen were Jack Johannsen, Jr., and Tim Kearns III, general chairmen, Brenda Carrick, Jackie Byrd and Bob Poole, decorations; Jimmie Hoehn, Johnny Casella and Lynn Arthur, refreshments; and Joseph Dinkins, publicity. Summer Board Meeting For Augusta Deanery Council AUGUSTA — The summer board meeting of the Augusta Deanery Council of Catholic Wo men was held in Mercy Hall, at Sacred Heart Rectory, with Mrs. Jack Johannsen, presiding. The following chairmen were ap pointed: Mrs. Frank X. Mulher- in, co-operating with Catholic Charities; Mrs. Rosalie Brugge- man, clothing depot; Miss Bar bara Anderson, co-operating with Confraternity of Christian Dpctrine; Mrs. Emerson Bussey, Jr., civil defense; Mrs. Eugene M-. Long, family and parent edu cation; Mrs. Eugene Mahon, for eign relief; Mrs. Helen S. Evans, home and school association; Mrs. Stephen Szemcsak, inter national relations; Mrs. R. Z. Craig, legislation; Miss Billie Gay, library and literature; Mrs. H. S. Buckley, organization and development; Miss Mary Sulli van, public relations; Mrs. Charles Mulherin, spiritual de velopment; Mrs. Jos. Armstrong, St. Mary’s Guild; Mrs. George Harding, U.S.O.; Mrs. E. J. Mc Mahon, youth; Mrs. M. C. Stulb, hospital; and Mrs. J. J. O’Con nell and Mrs. Sam Fennell, Mar- di Gras. It was unanimously recom mended that the deanery and parish councils continue to give subscriptions of Catholic maga zines to public libraries within the Augusta Deanery. A note of thanks was sent to Television Station WJBF from the deanery, for the r e peat are more heavily burdened than any human in the world today As he stood waiting for the three, he seemed a man with a single thought and that, that our our fellow-pilgrims would not be disappointed. Words are, in deed, inadequate to describe the scene. It was not at all shocking that once the Holy Father re sumed the “sedia gastoria” and started down the aisle that our own party found its pent up emotion expressing itself above the roar of the crowd with “three cheers for Our Holy Fa ther, Savannah, Savannah, Sav annah.” Much more could be written of our stay in Rome but to do so would be anti-climatic. Whether it was the other three major Basilicas or the Vatican Muse ums; whether it was the so- called Colosseum, the Forum, or the Pantheon; whether it was the Appian Way and the locale of Quo Vadis or the Catacombs of St. Sebastian — all, even though its ruins spoke of eight centuries before Christ, yes all finds meaning and survival in him whose saintly personality captivated our hearts and whose showing of “Rome Eeternal.” The president asked that all ladies of the deanery council become members of St. Mary’s Guild, and stated that envelopes for membership would be dis tributed at the September parish council meetings. The regular fall deanery luncheon meeting will be held on Sunday, October 5, at the Elks Club. The meeting will be preceded by a dialog Mass. Time and place to be announced later. Other officers of the deanery council are Miss Della Kearney, president of the Sacred Heart P. C. C. W.; Mrs. E. V. Hastings, president of St., Mary’s P. C. C. W; Miss Margaret Strauch, president of St Patrick’s P. C. C. W.; Mrs, Bush Perry,, presi dent of Immaculate Conception P. C. C. W„ in Dublin; and Mrs. B. V. Elliott, Jr., president of St. Joseph’s P. C. C. W. Mrs. J. J. Bresnahan, is recording secretary; Mrs. Ernest Dinkins, corresponding secretary; Mrs. William Anthony, treasurer; and Mrs. D. J. O’Connor, parliamen tarian. Father Daniel J. Bourke, Spi ritual Moderator of the Deanery Council, and Father J. E. O’- Donohoe, S.J., pastor of Sacred Heart Church pledged their sup port to the organization in all its projects. The meeting was closed with the recitation of three Hail Marys for the canonization of Mother Seton. exquisite courtesy indelibly stamped him on our memories. Without Pius XII and his pre decessors Rome would be a great mausoleum piece; with the Popes it is vital, it is moving, it is, indeed, eternity in time. As we departed from - Rome for Lisbon in Portugal, there is no question but that a great nos talgia. filled the hearts of each and it found comfort in the viv id memory of a frail person, whose arms in characteristic ges ture suggested the outstreached arms of Him Who said: “Thou are Peter and upon this Rock 1 will build My Church.” (Matt. 16: 18). 2,500 ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL CHICAGO, (NC) — Some 2,500 persons are attending the opening session of the six-day Summer School of Catholic Ac tion here at the Morrisop Hotel. The SSCA is directed by Fa ther Frederick L. Zimmerman, S.J., of St. Louis, and is designed to provide training for a Cath olic laity which is capable of leading others.