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November 15, 1958
PAGE 2—THE BULLETIN,
REPORT ON
THE N. C. C, W,
(By Mrs. Jack Johannsen,
Pres. Augusta Deanery, NCCW)
Voting delegates of the Sav
annah Diocese entertained in
Atlanta joining their neighbor
ing diocese friends in a private
coach en route to Saint Louis,
Mo., scene of the 29th biennial
convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women.
Leading the Savannah delega
tion was the Very Reverend
John Toomey, diocesan spiritual
moderator, and Mrs. Norman I.
Boatwright, Sr., diocesan presi
dent. Attending with Mrs. Boat
wright from Augusta were Mrs
Robert Bresnahan, and Mrs.
Jack Johannsen. From Albany,
Mrs. R. E. McCormick, Mrs. L.
E. Mock and Mrs. Margaret V.
Harrison. From Savannah, Mrs.
A. J. Schano, Mrs. Josephine
Rollinson, Miss Varonica Elliott,
and Mrs. John Buckley. From
Valdosta, Mrs. T. S. Dvorak.
In Saint Louis, they met ten
thousand Catholic Women and
three thousand voting delegates
at the “crossroads of the nation”
for the national convention.
Fifty bishops were in attend
ance and the vast number of
Monsignors and Reverend Fa
thers were inestimable.
Theme of the convention,
“Within the Folds of Her Man
tle,” was taken from the mural
in the foyer of the National
Headquarters Building in Wash
ington, D. C.
Morning and night sessions of
the five-day conclave were de
voted to business with promi
nent speakers delivering stirring
addresses. Afternoons were tak
en up with workshops on NCCW
committees. National chairmen
presided and each workshop had
a bishop as honorary chairman.
Mrs. L. E. Mock of Albany,
diocesan foreign relief chair
man, served as recorder for the
national foreign relief commit
tee wcrrshop.
Prominent speakers featured
Archbishop Karl ,J. Alter of
Cincinnati who preached the
sermon at the solemn pontifical
High Mass celebrated by Arch
bishop Joseph E. Ritter of St.
Louis in the St. Louis Cathedral.
A.rchbishon Ritter spoke on “The
Council Woman in Contempo
rary Sooiptv” at the convention’s
general civic meeting.
Secretarv of Labor James P.
Matchell brought an enlighten
ing message, bis subject being
“Tomorrow’s Workers,” Sister
Marv Emil, THM., of Washing
ton, D. C. selected “Which Wav
Education” as her subject and
with well modulated voice,
preatlv impressed her audience.
Anne Fremantle, author, editor
and educator delivered the ban
quet address on “Woman’s Role
in Contemporary Society.”
Drama, music, painting and
sculpture combined in an even
ing highlighted “The Church
and the Arts,” emphasizing the
necessity for women to create a
climate favorable to develop
ment and appreciation of fine
arts in the home and in society.
At the colorful banquet, new-
CONVENTION
ly elected officers were intro
duced: Mrs. Mark A. Theissen of
Covington, Kentucky, President,
province of Louisville, will serve
a two year term as national
president. Mrs. A. J. Gratland of
Myrtle Beach, S. C. was elected
national director from the pro
vince of Baltimore, a four year
term of office.
The 1960 convention will be
held in Reno and Las Vegas,
Nevada. Detroit will be the
scene of the 1962 convention.
ST. PATRICK’S
GROUPS MEET
AUGUSTA — The Altar So
ciety and Council of Catholic
Women of St. Patrick’s Parish
held their November meeting at
the Rectory, Miss Margaret
Strauch, president, presiding.
Arrangements were completed
for a Family Holy Hour on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, be
ginning with a Mass at 9 a. m.
All members were asked to
attend the Day of Recollection,
sponsored by Augusta Dean
ery, Council of Catholic Wo
men, to be held at Mt. St.
Joseph’s Auditorium Nov. 16.
Mrs. L. E. Markwalter, Mrs.
T. P. Stallings, Mrs. C. C. Whil-
den and Mrs. Jos. L. Pope were
appointed to assist in the sell
ing cf Christmas Seals, spon
sored by the Augusta Tuber
culosis Association.
The Altar Society voted to
present the Pastor, Father A.
A. Weltzer, a complete set of
new Altar Cloths.
Father Weltzer urged the use
of Advent Wreaths and Nativity
Cribs in the home during the
Advent and Christmas Seasons
to stress the true meaning of
Christmas.
Following the business meet
ing a social hour was held with
Mrs. H. B. Roberts and Mrs.
William D. Moore as hostesses.
Savannah Services
For Mrs. Rahn
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Essie Blake Rahn
were held October 27th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Ter
ence Kiernan officiating.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs.
Deitz Clarke of Savannah; one
granddaughter, Miss Carole
Walker of Orlando, Fla., and
several nieces and nephews.
Services For
K. S. Conneff
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Harry S. Conneff were
held November 3rd at the Sac
red Heart Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Helen C. Conneff; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Arthur B. Gavin, War
ner Robins. Mrs. William T.
Gaudrv, Savannah; a son, Law
rence S. Conneff; a sister, Mrs.
J. P. White; two brothers, Frank
J. Conneff, and John H. Conneff,
Jt\, nine grandchildren and two
aunts.
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BROTHER OF POPE JOHN XXIII—Alfredo Roncalli, 69-
year-old brother of the newly-elected Pope John XXIII, is shown
as he emptied a basket of corn in his home village of Sotto II
Monte in northern Italy, a few days before the election of his
brother Angelo as successor to the late Pope Pius XII, on Oc
tober 28. Three brothers and a sister still live in the hamlet
where the new pope was born. Radio photo from Rome.—(NC
Photos).
YOUTH COUNCIL INSTALLATION
Sacred Heart Youth
Council Installation
Venice Knows Former Patriarch
Um "Our Pope” John XXI11, As
A Man With The Common Touch
SAVANNAH — Richard Ed
win Kelly was installed as Pres
ident of Sacred Heart Parish
Catholic Youth Council at im
pressive ceremonies taking
place on Sunday, November 2nd,
at Sacred Heart Church. The of
ficers were installed by Rev.
Terence Kiernan, O.S.B. and the
sermon was preached by Rev.
Brendan Dooley, O.S.B. Rev.
Timothy Elaherty is the Mod
erator of the Youth Council.
Other officers installed were:
Miss Linda Palmer, vice presi
dent; Miss Susie Smith, secre
tary; Michael McDonough, trea
surer. The committee chairmen
installed were: Religious. Tom
my Whalen and Miss Celeste
Thompson; Social, Billy Sum
merlin and Miss Erlaine Wil
liams; Athletic, Billy Knight,
and Miss Fay Crumn; Ways and
Means, Miss Pat Dodson and
Miss Kay Bradley; Cultural,
Miss Norma Gannem. Publicity
chairman is Miss Virginia Little.
The ceremonies concluded
with Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament by Father
Terence. The Junior Choir of
WAYCROSS — His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough, auxiliary - bishop
presided at the Requiem Mass
offered November 5th for E. H.
Heagarty.
Mr. Heagarty was Honorary
Vice-President of the Catholic
E. H. HEAGARTY
Laymen’s Association of Georgia
at the time of his death.
Sermon at the Mass was deliv
ered by Bishop McDonough.
Chaplains to his Excellency
were the Rev. J. Cummings,
S.M. and the Rev. J. Kane, S.M.
Celebrant of the Mass was the
Rev. George Meiluta, S.M. Bu
rial was in the Savannah Catho
lic Cemetery.
The Very Rev. Msgr. Andrew
J. McDonald, Chancellor of the
Diocese of Savannah was pres
ent in the sanctuary during the
funeral mass.
Mr. Heagarty was born in Sav
annah, August 28, 1868, the son
of Michael Heagarty and Mrs.
Barbara Heagarty, both natives
of Ireland. He entered the serv
ices of the Plant System Rail
road in 1887, and after working
in Savannah and Brunswick,
was transferred to Way cross in
1909. He retired in 1937 after
a half-century of service.
He was instrumental in orga
nizing the local unit of the Lay-
Socred Heart School sang “For
Christ the King,” the official
Catholic Youth Council song, as
the recessional.
Sacred Heart Youth Council
meets on Sunday evenings at
Sacred Heart School and after
the business meeting a social
hour is enjoyed. At the present
time members are learning
square dancing under the lead
ership of Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Carter. The Athletic Committee
is organizing basketball teams
to play teams of other local
Councils. The Cultural Commit
tee is inviting prominent local
speakers to the meetings to talk
on subjects that will be enlight
ening to the members. Once a
month the young men of the
Council receive Holy Commun
ion with the men of the Holy
Name Society at Mass. The
young women receive Holy
Communion with the Sodality.
There was a communion
breakfast for the men on No
vember 9th and for the young
women on November 16th.
, Membership is open to all
Sacred Heart Parish Youth of
high school age.
AUGUSTA — “Social Prob
lems of Teenagers” was the top
ic of a panel discussion at the
November meeting of the
Aquinas P TO held on Tuesday
afternoon, November 6th.
“What Teenagers Expect of
Their Parents” was the subject
Thomas Wilkerson chose. He
said “Love, trust, understanding
and patience are essentials that
a young person requires from
his parents. The youth, in his
way should return love, trust,
patience, and whenever he is
capable, understanding, to his
parents.”
Migs Rosemary Joe chose “Hu
man Respect” as her subject.
She stated “Public and even
private opinion has often been a
force of good or of evil, depend
ing upon the person and his cir
cumstances. Conformity is a
good and necessary rule — but
standards must not be lowered
to meet with the approval of a
group.”
“Dating” was the subject that
Miss Barbara Schafer discussed,
and defined dating as “enjoy
ment through companionship
that helps one learn how to get
along with others.” She also said
that “Steady dating, during high
school years, limits opportunities
for meeting varied personali
ties.”
Douglas Herman spoke on
“Entertainment for Young Peo-
men’s Association in Waycross,
in 1919, and served for many
years as president of the Way-
cross Branch. He was a member
of Henry Thomas Ross Council,
Knights of Columbus, and a
member of the Catholic Knights
of America.
Mr. Heagarty was one of the
most beloved and most highly
regarded citizens of Waycross.
Mrs. Heagarty, the former Miss
Isabelle M. White, of Savannah,
died in 1930.
Surviving is one son, Ed
Heagarty of Waycross.
Services For Mrs.
J. J. Callahan, Sr.
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. J. J. Callahan, Sr.
were held October 20th at St.
Patrick’s Church, Rev. Arthur
A. Weltzer officiating.
Survivors are three sons, Wil
liam T. Callahan of Charleston,
S. C. and Neil Callahan and
Bernard Callahan, both of Au
gusta: one daughter, Miss Kath
ryn Callahan of Augusta; one
sister, Miss Harriet E. Stinson of
Augusta; one grandson, Neil A.
Callahan Jr. of Augusta; four
granddaughters, Mrs. Royce
Breeland and Miss Mary Calla
han, both of Charleston, S. C.
and Miss Nellie Callahan and
Miss Catherine Callahan, both of
Augusta; one nephew, Henry
Geibner of Augusta and two
great-grandsons.
Services For
Marion B. Buford
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Marion B. Buford were
held October 20th at St. Pat
rick’s Church.
Mr. Buford was a retired em
ployee of Georgia Power Co.,
and a former city councilman.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Ada Kale Buford, three bro
thers, J. B. Buford of Augusta,
Frank Buford of Montgomery,
Ala., and Hal Buford of Waynes
boro, Ga., and two sisters, Miss
Leola Buford of Dunbarton, S.
C., and Mrs. Annie Laurie Kim-
berling of New Jersey.
pie” and stressed the need for
wholesome entertainment. He
stated that “Chaperoned church
and school activities offer the
finest means of enjoyment.” The
speaker also emphasized that
“double dating is double fun.”
Father Ralph E. Seikel, panel
moderator, deplored social pres
sures as a cause of steady dat
ing, and too much emphasis on
conformity among young people.
He stated that a boy or a girl
should learn to think for himself
as to whether to follow the
“crowd” or to act as an indivi
dual.
The student panelists are
members of the senior class at
Aquinas.
Mrs. R. J. Henry and Mrs. A.
J. Salmon announced that a
booth of Christmas mantel ar
rangements, with a Madonna as
the focal point, has been added
to the Christmas Bazaar, which
will be held from 9 a. m. to 9
p. m., on Dec. 5, at St,. Mary’s
Parish Hall on Monte Sano Ave
nue. There will be many other
items of interest for the “young
and the young in heart.”
Mrs. Paul Carter announced
that seven girls from Aquinas
had taken the Junior Gray La
dies Course, and that these girls
would receive their caps and
uniforms after they had com
pleted ten hours of service,
these names will be published
at a later date.
Mrs. Albert Rice announced
that the Freshmen Choral
Group, under the direction of
Sr. Mary John, C.S.J., would
present a program at the next
meeting to be held on Dec. 2.
SERVICES FOR
MISS DOONER
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Helen Dooner of
the Little Sisters of the Poor
were held October 21st at the
chapel of the Little Sisters of
the Poor.
(By Father James I. Tucek)
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VENICE, — A man with the
common touch — everywhere
you go everyone you talk to
gives you this impression of the
man who days ago was Patriarch
of this city of canals and who
now is His Holiness Pope John
XXIII.
You stop to talk to a passer
by or a fellow passenger on a
motor launch, Venice’s means
of public transportation, and
they all have known “our Pope”
personally.
It was a habit of Cardinal
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli to
don a simple black cassock and
walk through the streets, talk
ing in a neighborly fashion to
shopkeepers and people in the
streets.
He owned no gondola of his
own to travel through the canals.
He would either use a motor-
boat from the Venice police or
public transportation. So it is
that almost everyone in Venice
can now boast of having known
and talked to the Pope.
V/ h e n the “alta marea”
brought high tides into the city
to flood St. Mark’s Square, the
Patriarch had a habit of passing
through the “Ai Leoncini” cof
fee shop in order to stay on high
and dry ground. It was a short
cut his predecessors had used
and the shop proprietor remem
bers he would often say, “I was
always taught never to abandon
an old way to find a new one.”
A regular passenger on the
motor launch that travels the
Grand Canal said, “We loved
our Patriarch and now we are
sad to lose him. Most of us
were surprised that he was
chosen Pope. We were so used
to him.”
A shopkeeper with tears well
ing up in her eyes remembered
how he used to talk to her chil
dren. “He talked to them in the
language of a father. He had a
father’s understanding of chil
dren.”
A gondolier says proudly, “He
will be a modern Pope. He
never used a gondolier —always
a motorboat.”
Go into the Patriarchal Curia
and talk to the priests who have
been the new Pope’s most in
timate collaborators in the five
years he has governed Venice,
and you receive much the same
impression, though more de
tailed and profound.
Archdeacon Giuseppe Scarpa
appraises his former Patriarch
in this manner:
“He is a man of goodness,
simplicity and understanding. He
always could find the good side
of people. He always shows
extraordinary respect for the
human person. It was his manner
to stand no matter who entered
the room and to accompany the
most lowly persons personally
to the door.
“I have never seen him un
happy. I have never known him
to be anything but optimistic.
I never heard him condemn
anyone. He was always with the
people, always a father, always
encouraging, always comfor
ting.”
Msgr. Giuseppe Bosa, arch
diocesan director of Catholic
Action, said that Pope John
would be a pastoral Pope. “He
will be firm but tranquil. He
may be expected to use an
approach of gentle kindness to
ward enemies of the Church as
persons, but in matters of
principle he will be adamant. He
will be a Pope who will add the
councel of his advisers to his
own wisdom.”
His personal physician, Dr.
Paolo Venchierutti, says that in
spite of his almost 77 years, he
is in robust health. In the five
years that he attended him as
Patriarch of Venice, Dr. Ven
chierutti never had to visit Car
dinal Roncalli professionally.
Eegenio Bacchion, president
of men’s Catholic Action, a close
personal friend, said, “The secret
of the man is his cordiality and
his desire to be close to the
people.”
Mr. Bacchion recalled a time
in 1953 when he was mourning
the death of his wife. Cardinal
Roncalli, who was also mourning
the loss of his sister, phoned and
said, “Tomorrow is Christmas.
It will be your first Christmas
with an empty place in your
home. . . Would you come to
morrow with your children and
have Christmas dinner with
me?”
Angelo Roncalli is now a Pope
whom people all over the world
will want to know in the great
est detail — not to invade the
privacy of his personal life, but
because one more completely
known is more completely loved.
Here, then, are some personal
details on Pope John XXIII, to
give you a more complete pic
ture of your Pontiff:
By background, he is a diplo
mat, a missionary and a pastor.
He comes from a poor country
family and is one of 13 children.
He loves his home and his fam
ily and has customarily spent
his vacation in his home town
of Sotto II Monte in northern
Italy, where he knew ail the
villagers by name.
He is an avid newspaper
reader, pouring over them by
stacks every morning. He is a
scholar with a special interest
in history. When named Pope,
he was just completing his sixth
book, a life of Charles Borromeo.
The walls of his study in Venice
are lined with volumes, all on
the sciences — moral dogma,
canon law, history. Among them
is an Italian translation of
Bishop Fulton Sheen’s “Peace
of Soul.” The only'Other works
are tourist guide books. The
only English book is a guide
book on the Italian city of
Lucca.
It was one of Cardinal Ron-
calli’s pleasures to take visitors
on a tour of this library and to
discuss history with them. He
would often say, “History shows
that our times are always the
same.”
Normally, he rises at 5 a. m.
for prayers, the breviary and
meditation. He offers Mass at
7:30, then has breakfast of cof
fee with hot milk and rolls. At
Venice he would work in his
office until 10:30, then receive
callers until lunch at 12.30. After
a 45-minute rest after lunch, he
would return to this office until
7 p. m. dinner. He usually retires
early, at 9:30.
He is a frugal eater. Lunch
generally consists of soup, meat
or fish and fruit. He likes a
white table wine that comes
from Soligo, a village near
Treviso. He takes no other
alcoholic drink.
He uses a typewriter, but pre
fers to write by hand with a
fountain pen. He shaves with an
electric razor. He uses glasses to
read. He watches television
sometimes, but only dramatic
programs. His favorite play
wright is the Italian comedy
author Goldoni. He is fond of
classical music, preferring Bach
and Perosi.
He is not a linguist of note.
Besides his native Italian, he
is fluent only in French, which
he enjoys speaking and reading.
His love for the people of
Turkey has never died since the
time he was a young diplomat
representing the Holy See there.
He likes to talk about his happy
days there.
He is said to have a tremend
ous curiosity in anything that is
new. He is a man of quick per
ception and a man of action. He
is the first pope ever to have
flown in a jet plane, which he
did to go to Lourdes this year.
He has phenomenal drive and
endurance.
He often suffers from insom
nia. He will awaken at 4 in the
morning, go to his desk and
work. When this happens he
will normally go back to bed
for an hour’s rest and arise at
seven.
While Patriarch he studiously
Father Francis J. Donohue is
REV. F. J. DONOHUE
shunned Venetian social life,
but did not turn down invita
tions to civic functions. He was
loved by all and even received
warm messages of congratula
tions from Venice’s provincial
Social-Communist government
when elected.
As one of his intimates put it,
“He’s such a common man, he’ll
certainly prove to be an un
common Pope.”
AUGUSTA DAY OF
RECOLLECTION
NOVEMBER 16TH
AUGUSTA — The Augusta
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women will hold its annual
Day of Recollection on Sun
day, November 18th, begin
ning at 10:30 a. m. in the
Mount Saint Joseph School
Chapel.
Very Rev. Msgr. Andrew
J. McDonald, Chancellor of
the Diocese, will conduct the
one-day retreat for ladies of
this area.
Please make reservations
through your parish council.
Donation is $1.25. Partici
pants are requested to bring
a box lunch, coffee and des
ert will be served. Mrs. J.
Lee Eiheredge, Jr. is serving
as deanery chairman.
Services For
Mrs. D. P. Sullivan
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Katherine Fogarty
Sullivan, were held November
1st at the Sacred Heart Church,
Rev. John O’Donohce, S.J., of
ficiating.
Mrs. Sullivan was the oldest
living member of the Sacred;
Heart Church. She was a mem
ber of the United Daughters of!
the Confederacy, a member of
the hoard of directors of the
Mary Warren Home, and for*
50 years has been a member of '
the Mizpah circle of the King’s
Daughters.
Survivors are one son, Greg
ory Sullivan; three daughters,
Mrs. Preston Holland and Miss
Dorothy Sullivan of Augusta
and Mrs. Lewis R. Rose of Hart-
dale, New York.
Mrs. Frank J. Pons
Services In Augusta
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Clara Malone PonS;
were held October 13th at St.‘
Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church, Rev.-
Daniel J. Bourke officiating. ,
Survivors are three sons, W.'
M. Veno of Jacksonville, Fla.,.
W. E. Veno of Atlanta and Capt.
T. J. Pons of St. Louis, Mo. and!
five grandchildren.
Services For
J. F. Mulligan
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for James F. Mulligan Sr.
were held October 11th at St.
Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church, Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Rebecca Cashin Mulligan, one
daughter, Mrs. John W. Nixon,
of Augusta; son, Jack J. Mulli
gan of Augusta; brother, Tho
mas J. Mulligan of Augusta; two
grandchildren and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes!
Church, Port Wentworth, and
editor of the Savannah Bulletin.
Father Donohue received his
grammar and high school educa
tion in the Catholic Schools of
Philadelphia, graduating from
Roman Catholic High School in
that city in 1943. He served in
the Armed Forces for twenty-
seven mothns, before entering
upon studies for the Priesthood.
A graduate of Mount Saint
Mary’s College, Ernmitsburg,
Maryland, Father Donohue was
ordained from Mount Saint
Mary’s Seminary in 1954 and
served as assistant pastor of the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Savannah for three years
before being appointed Admin
istrator of Our Lady of Lourdes.
He was appointed Pastor in
August of this year.
Bishop McDonough Presides
REQUIEM FOR E. H. HEAGARTY,
LAYMEN’S VICE-PRESIDENT
"Social Problems Of Teenagers"
Topic Of Aquinas PTO Discussion
PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE