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Serving
Georgia's
Southern Counties
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n Of Georgia
Vol. 39, No. 18
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1959
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
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LEHTEH REGULATIONS
My dear People:
In accordance with the provisions of Canon Law, as modi
fied through the use of special faculties granted by the Holy
See, we herewith publish the regulations for the Lenten Season
of 1959. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 11th, and
ends at midnight on Holy Saturday, March 28th, 1959.
I. THE LAW OF ABSTINENCE
1) The law of abstinence forbids the use of meat and of
soup or gravy made from meat. A day may be one of complete
abstinence, in which case no meat or soup or gravy made from
meat may be taken; or a day may be one of partial abstinence,
in which case meat and soup or gravy made from meat may
be taken once that day at the principal meal.
2) Complete abstinence is to be observed on Ash Wednes
day and on all Fridays.
3) Partial abstinence is to be observed on the Ember
Wednesday and Saturday which occur during the Lenten
season on February 18th and February 21st.
4) Everyone over 7 years of age is bound to observe the
law of abstinence.
II. THE LAW OF FAST
1) The law of fast means that only one full rneal may
be taken on that day.
2) Everyone over 21 and under 59 years of age is obliged
to observe the law of fast.
3) AH weekdays of the Lenten season, including Holy
Saturday, are days of fast. A dispensation is hereby granted
from last and abstinence on the Feast of Saint Patrick.
4) Meat may be eaten by all at the full meal on all days
during the Lenten season, except on Ash Wednesday and on
Fridays.
5; The one full meal permitted on days of fast may be
taken either at noon or in the evening, according to one’s
choice or convenience.
6) In addition to the one full meal, two other light meals,
sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to
each one’s needs; but together these two meals should not
equal another full meal. No meat, or soup or gravy made from
meat may be taken at these two meals by anyone who is bound
by the law of fast.
7) Eating between meals is forbidden; but liquids, in
cluding' milk and fruit juices, are allowed.
8) When one’s health or ability to work would be serious
ly affected, the law of fast does not oblige. In cases of doubc,
your parish priest or confessor should be consulted.
We earnestly exhort all our people to attend daily Mass
during the holy season of Lent; to receive often the Sacra
ments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist; to attend the eve
ning devotions in their parish churches; to contribute gen
erously to works of religion and charity; to perform volun
tary mortification especially in regard to alcoholic drinks and
worldly amusements; to pray for peace and the intentions of
our Holy Father, and to recite the family rosary daily with the
members of your household.
Imparting to you my blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ,
thomas j. McDonough
Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah.
Dedicate Blessed Sacrament Addition
MORE THAN 300 RECEIVE
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
SAVANNAH—More than 300
children and adults received the
Sacrament of Confirmation dur
ing the last week of January.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, Auxili
ary-Bishop Confirmed in t b e
cities of Augusta and Macon.
In Augusta, His Excellency
confirmed at St. Joseph’s on
Sunday, January 25th with 60
receiving the sacrament. On
Monday evening, January 26th,
approximately 20 were confirm
ed at St. Patrick’s.
In Macon, on January
27th and January 28th, His
Excellency confirmed 175 at St.
Joseph’s and approximately 60
at St Peter Calver’s.
Early Returns
Subscription
Drive Continues
On Parish Level
SAVANNAH — Early returns
indicate that the SAVANNAH
BULLETIN subscription drive is
rapidly gaining momentum.
First returns were received in
all churches of the diocese on
Sunday, February 1st, when ser
mons were devoted to the Cath
olic Press, and subscription en
velopes, distributed the proceed
ing Sunday, were taken up.
The drive to place the SAV
ANNAH BULLETIN in every
Catholic home in the Diocese of
Savannah will continue
throughout the month of Febru
ary. Anyone who has not as yet
returned his subscription is urg
ed to send it to his local pastor,
so that he will be able to make
final returns to the Chancery
Office.
In pointing out the purposes
of the SAVANNAH BULLETIN
and the aim of the subscription
drive, The Most Prov. Thomas
J. McDonough, Auxiliary-Bishop
said it is intended to reach every
Catholic in the Diocese of Sav
annah which comprises 88
counties, and make them
aware of the problems which
the Church faces here.
His Excellency also expressed
the conviction that the SAV
ANNAH BULLETIN can make a
substantial contribution in ac
quainting the many Catholics
who are moving into the Dio
cese with The urgent needs of
the institutions of the Diocese,
and in familiarizing them with
the names of the priests, par
ishes and schools of the Dio
cese.
Bishop McDonough declared
that the Diocesan newspaper oc
cupies an important part in the
parish life and work. “The
SAVANNAH BULLETIN visits
the homes of the Catholic fam
ilies of the parish regularly
Which the parish priest is un
able to do.
His Excellency expressed his
confidence “that the SAVAN
NAH BULLETIN will continue
to improve as a valuable aid
in the teaching apostolate of the
Church in South Georgia.”
Indicate That Drive Is Progressing Well
Adds Eight
Classrooms;
Auditorium
BISHOP INVESTS BROTHER AS MONSIGNOR—His Ex
cellency Bishop Thomas J. McDonough is pictured as he invested
his brother, the Rev. Martin J. McDonough of the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia, as a Monsignor with the rank of domestic pre
late. Looking on is the Very Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald,
chancellor of the Diocese of Savannah. Msgr. McDonough is
Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Society of the Propagation
of the Faith in Philadelphia. The investiture took place in the
private chapel at the Bishop’s residence.—(Savannah Morning
News Photo by McDonald).
SOLEMN BENEDICTION—This picture shows part of the cr owd estimated at more than 600 which attended the dedication
ceremonies of the new addition to Most Blessed Sacrament Scho ol, Savannah. This photo was taken during Solemn Benediction of
the Most Blessed Sacrament, at which The Very Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pastor, was celebrant.—(Photo by Andrew Bunn).
Improvements
For Villa Marie
SAVANNAH — A series of
renovations and improvements
have been started at Camp Villa
Marie, here. These changes
will complete the renovation
program begun last winter.
They will make available ex
panded facilities for athletics
and infirmary care as well as
more adequate bath house fa
cilities in the girls’ area.
A contract for the construc
tion of two new bath houses in
the girls’ area of the camp was
awarded to Stelts’ Construction
Company of Savannah. These
two buildings will be construct
ed of concrete block with an
overhanging roof to blend with
the existing cabins. Each will
provide bath facilities for thirty
girls. Completely lighted and
equipped with hot water they
will make camping a more
pleasant experience for the chil
dren. Each contains the most up-
to-date shower and toilet facil
ities. The buildings are com
pletely screened to provide the
maximum comfort in summer
weather.
New and expanded dock fa
cilities are also being built.
These will provide a greater
area for fishing and crabbing as
well as a more convenient access
to the boating area.
Renovation of an existing
"Catholic
Reading Is
Obligation"
WASHINGTON — “It is no
longer a matter of choice for
Catholics to read Catholic news
papers, periodicals and maga
zines: it is a matter of obliga
tion.”
Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste of
Belleville, Illinois, episcopal
chairman of the N.C.W.C. Press
Department, stressed this obli
gation in a statement saluting
the annual observance of Cath-
olic Press Month.
Bishop Zuroweste continued:
“Participation of the informed
layman and woman in the work
of the Catholic press is part of
the very life and functioning of
the Church. The changes con
stantly taking place in this
atomic age demand that the
Catholic has knowledge of the
Church’s teaching, awareness of
it as the divine deposit of faith
and understands the proper in
terpretation of scientific dis
coveries in the light of Catholic
faith and morals.
“The hours allowed for Mass
on Sundays do not permit suf
ficient time for the clergy to
cover these subjects with ade
quate arguments and explana
tions. It is only by reading
Catholic “papers and publica
tions that one can hope to know
the mind of the Church and be
sufficiently instructed to follow
with a safe conscience the law
of God. The impact of the
Church’s sacramental life will
be lost unless one understands
that the sacramental life pro
vides for every condition of all
its members in every age and
crisis.”
building into an infirmary and
nurses’ home will provide the
camp with badly needed infirm
ary space. This building is more
conveniently located than the
old one and provides more pri
vacy.
Two new softball diamonds
have been added. This will trip-
pie the present athletic facilities
of the camp.
It is expected that all of these
changes will be completed by
the first week in, June so that
the children attending Villa Ma
rie this summer will be able to
take advantage of an expanded
and improved recreation pro
gram.
AT DEDICATION—The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, auxiliary-bishop, is shown ad
dressing those gathered for the dedication of the addition to the Most Blessed Sacrament School,
Savannah. Shown left to right: The Very Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pastor of The Most Blessed
Sacrament parish; the Very Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, pastor of St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, Augusta,
Bishop McDonough, and the Very Rev. Bede Lightner, O.S.B., principal of Benedictine High
School.—(Photo by Andrew Bunn).
Saint Mary’s Purchases Land
For Parochial Grade School
AUGUSTA — Saint Mary’s
on-the-Hill Parish has purchas
ed a parcel of land for the loca
tion of a parochial grade school
and cafetorium according to an
announcement by the Very Rev
erend Daniel J. Bourke, V.F.
The property involved is in
the 1200 Block of Monte Sano
Avenue and is now the site of
Mount St. Joseph Academy. The
Academy is conducted by the
Congregation of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet, with
whom negotiations for the pur
chase of the tract were conduct
ed.
The purchase price, including
five buildings now occupying
the site, was $41,450.00.
Definite plans for the con
struction of a new school have
not as yet been formulated but
Father Bourke said that the
present need of the parish is a
twelve classroom school. The
architectural firm of Woodhurst
and O’Brien has been appointed
to submit plans for such a
school.
The Sisters of St. Joseph will
build a new Provincial Convent
adjacent to the future school and
they will staff the new parish
school.
The need for a parish grade
school to replace the existing
buildings of the Academy has
become a pressing necessity in
Father
the past few years,
Bourke explained.
“T h e facilities afforded by
Mount St. Joseph Academy are
entirely inadequate to the needs
of the large number of children
in our parish,” Father Bourke
continued. “The physical con
dition of the buildings make
them totally undesirable for use
as classrooms. The only practi
cal solution was to purchase the
land and replace the Academy
with a complete and modern
parish school. We have bought
the land. The construction of
the school is now our goal.”
The property involved was
known as the Bellevue Planta
tion during Revolutionary Days.
What is now the convent of the
Congregation of the Sisters of
St. Joseph was once owned by
a niece of George Walton, a
signer of the Declaration of In
dependence. For many years the
Plantation was the center of so
cial life in Augusta and tradi
tion holds that both George
Washington and the Marquis de
Lafayette visited the mansion
on the Hill.
The Congregation purchased
the Plantation, then called the
Chateau Le Vert, in 1916 and
established Mount St. Joseph
Academy.
The first classes were opened
that year with an initial enroll
ment of seventy students. The
Academy expanded rapidly and
Club Seeks
Increase In
Members
SAVANNAH — On Sunday,
February 1st, at 4:00 p. m., Bish
op Thomas J. McDonough, D.D.,
J.C.D., dedicated the additition
to the Most Blessed Sacrament
School at 44th Street and Chat
ham Crescent. The new addition
lies in back of the present
church and school. The music
was rendered by the childrens’
choir under the direction of Sis
ter M. Agnese, R.S.M., with Mrs.
S. E. Belliveau at the organ.
The Very Reverend Thomas
A. Brennan, Pastor, assisted in
the dedication and presented
Bishop McDonough, who ad
dressed the parishioners and
guests in the auditorium-gym.
Solemn Benediction followed in
the auditorium-gym with the
Very Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
Pastor, the celebrant. The Mas
ter of Ceremonies was the Very
Reverend Monsignor Andrew J.
McDonald, Chancellor. Deacon
was Monsignor Thomas I. Shee
han of Macon; Sub-deacon, Rev.
W. V. Coleman of Blessed Sac
rament. Tiie Rev. Edward R.
Frank had charge of the altar
boys. The Fourth Degree As
sembly Knights of Columbus as
sisted in the program.
Increased enrollment at the
parochial school made the eight-
classroom and auditorium ad
dition necessary, Father Thomas
A. Brennan, pastor, said. The
school now has 15 grades and
next year a 16th would be add
ed. The pastor lauded the archi
tects and contractors for the
excellence of their work and
thanked Bishop McDonough
whose approval gave the green
light to the building project.
The Bishop said the pastor
was the “whole mind and inspi
ration” behind the school build
ing project.
Bishop McDonough described
the new building as “a dream
come true” and said it marked
the fulfilment of a hope that
had existed in the minds of the
pastor and people of the parish
for many years.
immediately afterwards a so
cial was enjoyed by all, fur
nished by The Home and School
Association. The Clergy had
supper at 6:00 p. m. in the Sis
ters’ Lounge.
One is impressed by the eight
classrooms, the auditorium-
gymnasium, the stage, stainless
SAVANNAPI —■ The Catholic
Adult Club of Savannah is seek
ing to increase its membership.
It is an organization to enable steel, the kitchen, the Sisters’
any unmarried high school grad- and Lay Teachers’ lounge, the
uate to fo?rn Catholic friend- Principal’s office, the Library
ships and to lead a well-balane- and the Priest’s study,
ed life under Catholic auspices. The edifice is heated by natu-
Therefore, it is an aid to per- ral gas and is entirely air-con-
sonal satisfaction. ditioned. The floors are all ter-
The club has its business razzo.
meetings the 1st and 3rd Thurs- The architects are Messrs,
days of each month at 8 o’clock Cletus W. and William Bergen,
at the CYPA Building, Charlton assisted by Mr. Vernon H. Now-
at Abercorn. Each Friday at 7 ell; the contractor, Rives E.
the club has rosary and Sacred Worrell Company, Incorporated,
Heart devotions at the Cathe- was assisted by many subcon-
dral Chapel. A corporate Com- tractors. It took nearly a year to
munion is held monthly. Other erect the building at a cost of
activities include weekly danc- one-half million dollars. The
es and occasional charitable pro
jects.
All young Catholic adults are
cordially invited to join this ex
cellent organization.
children have occupied the
building since October 13th.
The two First, two Second,
two Seventh and one Eighth
grades are housed in the new
addition. The new gymnasium is
one of the finest and up to date
additional buildings were added in ^ city The ediflce is a
periodically. Until the erection credit to the C]ty of Savannah..
of Aquinas High School m 1957, The Most Blessed Sacrament
the Academy served as the only Parish and the Diocese of Sav _
Catholic educational institution annah . There ^ nine sisters
in St. Mar> s Farish. and s ^ x j ay teachers at Most
At present Mount St. Joseph Blessed Sacrament School. The
Academy comprises a total of entire building is landscaped
six buildings and has an enroll- and presents a beautiful addi-
ment of 380 students in its tion to south Savannah, and
grade school. Blessed Sacrament Parish.