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Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n Of Georgia
Vol. 39, No. 8
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1958
Youth Workshops Planned For Sept.
DEDICATION OF GROTTO
SCHEDULED SEPT. 28TH
Meetings Set For
Albany, Savannah
SAVANNAH — Delegates
from all parishes in the Savan
nah and Augusta Deaneries and
their adult advisors will con-
verage on Savannah on Satur
day, September, 20th for a day
of Youth Workshops. The next
day, Sunday, September 21st,
Albany will play host to the
youth of that Deanery and their
advisors for similar workshops.
The Savannah workshops will
be held at the Cathedral Day
School, while Saint Teresa’s
School auditorium will be the
scene of the meetings in Al
bany.
The workshops, directed by
the Reverend Herbert J. Well-
meier, Diocesan Director of
Youth under the Patronage of
His Excellency, Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough, will feature
workshops on “The Parish
Youth Council” and “Catholic
Youth Week,” conducted by the
Reverend .Monsignor Joseph E.
Scheider, Ph.D., National Youth
Director.
Delegates and advisors will
be welcomed by Bishop Mc
Donough, who will also address
the groups at luncheon and at
the closing Plenary Session.
Church, sponsored youth ac
tivities are nothing new in the
Diocese of Savannah, but these
workshops mark the first dean
ery-wide activities under the
Parish Catholic Youth Council
form of organization. Under this
form of Youth Activities, com
paratively new in the Diocese of
Savannah, activities are formu
lated on the Parish level instead
of on an area-wide level. Each
Parish has its own Catholic
Youth Council which chooses its
own activities, under the guid
ance of competent adult advis
ors. These activities are also im
plemented by the young people
of a given Parish. The four-fold
programming feature, embrac
ing religious, physical, cultural
and social activities, represents
a radical departure from past
programming which has often
limited itself to only one or
the other type of these activi
ties. Although affiliated with
the Diocesan Council of Catho-
lice Youth and the National
Catholic Youth Office, each
Parish Council is independent,
directed entirely by its own of
ficers under the guidance of
the parish priest and adult ad
visors.
PORT WENTWORTH — An
outdoor grotto erected in honor
of the 100th anniversary of the
apparitions of the Blessed Vir
gin at Lourdes will be dedicated
by His Excellency Bishop Tho
mas J. McDonough on Sunday
afternoon, September 28th. at
4:00 p. m. The grotto, a replica
of the grotto at Lourdes, was
built entirely by volunteer labor
of men of Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish, with donated materials
and funds.
The pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes, Father Francis Dono
hue praised the zeal and hard
work of members of Our Lady
of Lourdes Men’s Association
who built the impressive shrine.
“A faithful band has worked
untiringly and with truly holy
determination to build a shrine
worthy of the Mother of God.
They began in mid-April and
worked every day, except Sun
days and rainy days into Sep
tember.
Even on the hottest days of
the summer they came out after
work and labored on this grotto
until dark. They are still work-
SCHOOLS
LAYMEN'S
CONVENTION
OCT. 25th-26fh
Atlanta will be host to the
41st annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen's Associa
tion of Georgia October 25th
and 26th. Decision to hold the
convention in Atlanta was
made by the Association's
Executive Committee which
met September 7th in Macon.
Convention headquarters
will be at the Dinkler-Plaza
Hotel, with the convention
mass being celebrated at the
Diocesan Shrine of the Im
maculate Conception. Offer
ing the mass will be the Most
Rev. Francis E. Hyland, D.D.,
J.C.D., Bishop of Atlanta. The
sermon will be delivered by
the Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, D.D., J.C.D.,, aux
iliary bishop of Savannah.
Complete details of the
meeting will appear in the
next edition of THE BULLE
TIN.
ing trying to get the grounds in
shape for the dedication. We
hope and pray that the love for
God and Mary that has sustain
ed these men throughout these
months will be born in and in
creased in others.
7,680 Students
Record Enrolment
In Diocesan Schools
SAVANNAH — The Catholic
Schools within the Diocese of
Savannah have enrolled a rec
ord 7,680 boys and girls for the
1958-1959 school year. From the
largest of them, Blessed Sacra
ment School, Savannah, with its
644 pupils,'to the tiniest, Queen
of Peace School, 'Lakeland, with
only 44 pupils, they opened
their doors on the day after La
bor Day to begin again training
South Georgia youngsters to be
capable Christian citizens.
A number of schools have
new principals. On the Acade
my level, Aquinas High School,
Augusta, received Sister Mary
James, C.S.J., to head the girls’
department. St.. Pius X High
School, Savannah was assigned
Sister Mary Donat, O.S.F. as its
principal. Finally, Sister Mary
Lourdes, R.S.M., was appointed
head of the new ninth grade
opened in Holy Family School,
Columbus.
On the elementary level the
following new principals were
appointed: Cathedral, Savan
nah — Sister M. Martina Joseph
R.S.M.; Blessed Sacrament, Sav
annah — Sister M. Jude, R.S.M.;
Nativity of Our Lord, Thunder
bolt — Sister Christine, R.S.M.;
St. Benedict’s, Savannah — Mo
ther M. Virgilius, O.S.F.; St.
Joseph’s, Way cross — Mother
Rosemary, O.S.F.
One of the two newest addi
tions to the school system is the
above mentioned ninth grade at
Holy Family School, Columbus
This marks the beginning of
this school’s secondary depart
ment. Present plans call for
adding a new class each year
until the department contains 9
through 12.
The other addition is at St.
Joseph’s School. Macon, which
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DEANERY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC
YOUTH WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 20TH
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Under the Patronage of His Excellency, Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough, D.D.; Direction: Rev. Herbert J.
Wellmeier, Director of Youth
— PROGRAM —
9:00-10:30 A. M.—Registration
10:30 A. M.—PLENARY SESSION
Welcome—The Host Dean
Diocesan Youth Plans—Father Wellmeier
Remarks—Bishop McDonough
11:00 A. M.—Work Shop—On the Parish Youth Council:
Progress, Service, Youth Magazine, etc.
Conducted by Msgr. Joseph E. Scheider, Ph. D.,
National Youth Director
12:30 P. M.—Buffet Luncheon
Addressed by Bishop McDonough
2:00 P. M.—Catholic Youth Week Work Shop on
“Catholic Youth Week.”
Conducted by Msgr. Joseph E. Sheider
3:00-4:30—Social Porgram
3:30—Special Session for Adult Supervisors
4:30—Closing Plenary Session
Address—Msgr. Sheider
Remarks—Father Wellmeier
“Looking Forward”—Bishop McDonough
DEANERY COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC
YOUTH WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 21ST
ALBANY, GEORGIA
Under the Patronage of His Excellency, Bishop Thomas
J. McDonough, D.D.; Direction: Rev. Herbert J.
Wellmeier, Director of Youth
— PROGRAM —
12:30-1:00 P. M.—Registration
1:00—Plenary Session
Welcome—The Host Dean
Diocesan Youth Plans—Father Wellmeier
Remarks—Bishop McDonough
1:30—Workshop—On the Parish Youth Council:
Progress, Service, Youth Magazine, etc.
Conducted by: Msgr. Joseph E. Scheider, Ph. D.
National Youth Director
2:45—Coke and Smoke break
3:00-4:00—Catholic Youth Week Work Shop on the “Catholic
Youth Week” conducted by Msgr. Scheider.
4:00-5:00—Social Program
4:00-5:00—Special Session for Adult Supervisors
5:30—Closing Plenary Session, Luncheon and Closing
Address—Msgr. Scheider
Remarks—Father Wellmeier
“Looking Forward”—Bishop McDonough
Carmelite Convert
To Hold Open House
SAVANNAH — Renovations
at the new Carmelite Convent,
at Coffee Bluff in Chatham
County have almost been com
pleted and open house will be
held on October 3rd, 4th and
5th. During these three days,
visitors will be conducted on
tours of the Convent, Chapel
and grounds.
The Sisters, members of a
strict, contemplative and clois
tered order will be available to
explain the Carmelite way of
life and to answer questions.
The Sisters have extended an
invitation to all to attend this
Open House prior to the official
sealing of the Cloister.
On October 5th, His Excel
lency, Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough will officially seal the
cloister. After that date the
Sister will once again return to
a life of cloistered prayer, work
and contemplation.