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r "**” BULLETIN. March T, 1959—rAGr. o DIOCESE SAVANNAH EDITION Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia Vol. 39, No. 20 MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1959 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year CONVERTS BY CORRESPONDENCE PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS O God, hear our prayer and lei our cry come unio Thee. Bless our Diocese of Sav annah wiih many priesily vocations. Give the young men You call, the light to understand Your gift and the love to follow always in the foot steps of Your Priestly Son. —Indulgence of seven years Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us. St. John Vianney, pray for Imprimatur: -f Thomas J. McDonough U S Bishop’s Relief Fund Appeal, Laetare Sunday Catholic Bithops’ Relief Fund Appeal ^°P e Lauds Generosity Of American Catholics Seminarians Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park, Maryland, conduct correspondence courses in Christian Doctrine, and are responsible for many conversions to the Catholic Faith. In the above photo a Seminarian prepares to send textbook and other materials to an inquirer. —(Photo “The Voice’’). NEW FEATURE FOR BULLETIN We wish to call attention to our new editorial feature "View From the Rectory." This new addition to our paper, written by the Rev, Robert H. V/harton of Washington, D. C. will be found on page 4. The Priest — Instrument Of Redemption By Rev. Felix Donnelly At the Carmelite Monastery a soft bell divides the day into many little gifts offered to God. It calls out quietly at three in the afternoon, marking an hour of prayer. I wondered one after noon as I heard it, in what manner these prayers were reaching to the busy city beyond. At that hour the voices of children were heard leaving the Parish School, happy in the grace of God, confident in the knowl edge of their Maker and Companion. At three in a city hospital a young priest pours the saving waters of baptism over the head of a dying man. At three, in a quiet Church a priest advises a troubled soul, who has awaited the end of the children’s con fessions, and he pronounces the words of forgiveness to bring peace and the life of God to this small world of darkness. At three, the priest recalls, Christ died. And here are the works of Christ going on through His creatures, the priests. Within a few hours the priest will be offering the evening mass to renew the sacrifice of Calvary and bring God’s own food for the souls under his care. Christ now teaches through them, washes away sin and gives grace through them. Through them He gives the PRIESTS HAVE DUTY TO MAKE THE FAITHFUL PARTICIPATE IN THE MASS, PONTIFF SAYS SAVANNAH — Laetare Sunday, March 8th, will mark the 13th consecutive year of the American Catholic Bishop’s Relief Fund Appeal to assist the needy overseas. A special collection to be taken up at all the Masses on Laetare 'f (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service) VATICAN CITY — His Holi ness Pope John XXIII said here that priests have the duty to make the faithful participate in the Mass and other ceremonies of the altar. The Pontiff told a group of Says Schools Slight Country’s Religious Past ing Brotherhood Week at the school’s Vanderbilt Flail Auditori um. Dr. Newsom, whose private in- NEW YORK,(NC) — American democracy is threatened because schools slight this country’s re ligious heritage, Dr. Carroll V. Newsom, president of New York University, declared here. The educator spoke on “The Role of Religion in a Private bread of Heaven to nourish souls to withstand the temptations University” at a meeting celebrat- of daily life. Today and yesterday and hundreds of centuries ago, God palnned it this way. As Adam sinned, God’s mercy reached out to promise a Redeemer. Saying neither when nor exactly how, God’s plan moved slowly to completion. Prophets were sent to warn people st itution enrolls 30,000 students to avoid the occasions of sin, to observe God’s law, to pray. said educa t 0 rs must assure con- Along with the prophets were sent priests to offer sacrifice, to s i dera ble responsibility for this guide, to teach, and to gather them to prayer. situation he outlined but he Aaron, the brother of Moses, and his descendants were to be scored “increasingly narrow in- the priests of the old law. They would offer the sacrifice of the terpretations of the doctrine of Old Testament. The lamb would be slain and offered upon the altar of sacrifice. It would finally be seen as a figure of Christ, who would offer himself as the sacrifice on Calvary: the lamb of God to take away the sins of the world. The Old Testament priesthood endured to keep alive the knowledge of the true God, to offer prayers and sacrifices to God; but to offer real satisfaction for sin, they were unable. This must be left to Christ and the priesthood united to Him. Christ as a priest was to teach, to guide in prayer, and to offer real atonement for sin by offering Himself as the sacrifice heritage, that America attained of atonement. By offering Himself upon the Cross he became j ts pre sent position of leadership the victim of sacrifice. He became the new Adam, giving life to the world He became the new head of the human race, through whom all graces flow fiom God, through whom all prayers ascend to God. God’s desire is to save all mankind. Since each has a free will, each must, in a sense, be treated individually. So God project ed His work throughout time in the priesthood of Christ. Christ called Philip and Andiew, Come follow me.” To the son of Levi, to James and John, to Simon and the others, he said, “Come follow me.” Schooling them in the first seminary for three years, He sent them forth: “As the Fathex has sent me, I also send you.” “He who hears you, hears Me. They are one with Him, for they are to carry on the works He came to do. They should go forth to teach all nations, to “baptize them, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Christ came to forgive sin, and forgave them. But Fie wishes each individual to have this opportunity for forgiveness. He wished that forgiveness here even after His ascension, so He made His priests instruments of His forgiveness: “whose sins you shall for give, they are forgiven.” Nourishment and strength are needed to avoid future sin, and God has provided this through the priesthood of Christ, who shared this food with His workers. “The bread that I will give you is My flesh, for the life of the world.” “Do this in commemoration of Me.” “Pie who eats this bread shall live forever.” Christ not only shares His works of baptizing, teaching, forgiving sins, with His priests, He shares Himself with the priests, in offering again and again the sacrifice of Calvary in the mass. The redemption of Christ is not over and gone. It is re-lived by the priest every time he baptizes a soul into Christ, every time he forgives a sinner, every time he offers the sacrifice of Calvary in the Mass. The priest is the instrument in God’s hands applying the redemption of Christ to the souls of men. He is taken “From among men, and ordained for men, in the things that pertain to God.” Though he lives with men, he works with God. Though a mere man, he must be- another Christ to bring Christ to all. the separation of church and state” for placing “an intolerable handicap” on the honest efforts of the most dedicated educators. “I refuse to believe,” he said, “that nothing can be done to per mit our teachers to teach clearly and honestly that religion is a fundamental, part of our cultural (Continued on Page 8) GIVE $800,000 FOR CHILD STUDY CENTER LOS ANGELES, (NC) — The Joseph. P. Kennedy Jr. Memori al Foundation is donating $800,- 000 to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for construction of a Child Study Center. It will be built adjoining St. John’s Hospital in Santa Moni ca. The center will treat mental ly retarded and emotionally dis turbed children. Mrs. Peter Lawford, sister of the late Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who was killed in World War II, will present the con struction funds to His Eminence James Francis Cardinal McIn tyre, Archbishop of Los Ange les. The foundation, a memorial to Lt. Kennedy, was established by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., for mer U. S. ambassador to Eng land. The center at Santa Monica will have facilities for treat ing and studying 900 children annually, 200 of whom will be under continual treatment. Latin American seminarians that in recent times the Church has seen many new ideas ad vanced in the field of the litur gy. He said that the Church does not disapprove of them in prin ciple, but watches over them prudently and approves many. Young people, he declared, feel the urge to do something different, from older practices, something which reflects their own personality. He warned, however, that they must guard against exag gerations and must avoid the danger of abandoning the great fundamental and classical lines of the liturgy of the Church as established in the missal, the breviary and other liturgical books. The Pope, who celebrated Mass in the Vatican for 200 seminarians of the Latin Ameri can and Brazilian colleges, told them that it is the duty of the priest to assimilate and feel the liturgy. He said that many Catholics today, especially in the big cit ies, attend Mass in a superficial way. They are physically pres ent, he declared, but very few know the sublime mystery which is performed for them on the altar. Therefore, he said, it is the duty of the priest to assure the liturgical movement a triumph ant conquest by making the peo ple participate in the Mass and other ceremonies of the altar. For American Catholic Bishops’ relief fund appeal, his Holiness Pope John XXIII made his first address to the United States on Ash Wednesday directed to the school children and in which he asked the children to make Lenten sacrifices for the world’s needy children. The Pope is shown in a special photograph taken in the Vatican examining the 1959 Appeal poster. Its theme, “Your Charity . . . Their Hope!” Other photographs show various activities of the Bishops’ overseas relief agency. Assistance programs providing clothing, surplus foods, medical supplies and other relief services are carried on in fifty-one countries. His Holiness stated, “The message we bring to you is a message oi love-God s love for all mankind, and especially for you, and your duty to love God in return and your neighbor for His sake.” j-oii can help the person-to-person relief programs with a contri- buiion to the nearest Catholic church or the Bishops’ Relief Fund. Empire Elate Building, Now York 1, N. Y. St. Mary’s Home Guild Meets Sunday SAVANNAH — A meeting of the St. Mary’s Home Guild will be held on Sunday, March 8 at 3:30 p. m. in the auditorium of the Home and will be follow ed by open house and a social hour. Mrs. Arthur Fleming, presi dent, urges all Catholic men and women to be present and give their support to the Home by becoming members of the Guild. A new slate of officers for the coming year will be present ed by a nominating committee composed of Mrs. John Brennan, chairman, Mrs. Grant Golden- star, and Mrs. Edward Mulligan. St. Mary’s Glee Club will pre sent a musical program under the direction of Rev. Felix Don nelly. The afternoon’s activities will end with Benediction cele brated by His Excellency, Bish op Thomas J. McDonough. State Body Receives Motion Picture Bill COLUMBUS, Ohio (NC) — A bill to classify motion pictures as either for adult or family consumption has been introduc ed into the Ohio House by Rep. Paul J. Lynch of Columbus. Mr. Lynch’s bill would be ad ministered under the state de partment. of Education by an eight-man board which would examine and classify all films prior to exhibition, except cur rent events films, portraying pictorial news of the day and films commonly known as news reels and scientific or educa tional films. Under this classification bill those exhibiting films classified as “adult” to persons under 18 years of age, or anyone pro curing a ticket for a minor for an “adult” film would be subject to fines ranging from $25 to $300 for the first offense and from $300 to $500 for each sub sequent offense. Checks on false movie adver tising would be provided under (Continued on Page 8) Sunday will be part of a nation wide drive to obtain funds for the worldwide relief programs carried on by Catholic Relief Services of the National Catho lic Welfare Conference, it was announced by Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah. Noting that in the past fifteen years relief supplies valued at well over 723 million dollars have been sent to needy overseas by the U. S. Catholic Bishops’ world-wide agency, Bishop McDonough expressed “confidence that the people of the diocese will respond to this year’s appeal with sacrificial generosity.” In a letter sent to the heads of all U. S. Dioceses, Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati, chairman of the NCWC admin istrative board said that Ameri can Catholics’ generous support of the program for the last year alone enabled CRS-NCWC to supply “surplus food, clothing, medicines and various services having a value of over $140,000,- 000.” Pope Commends Generosity Of American Catholics In a letter addressed to the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States, taking note of this annual appeal, His Holiness, Pope John XXIII said, “The Catholics of the United States of America have deservedly gained a reputation for their lively faith, for their fervor in the practice of their religion, and for the unselfish enthusiasm with which they devote them selves to various praiseworthy forms of apostolic activity . . . They are giving an inspiring ex ample to others, and they pro vide additional grounds for con fidence in the future of the Church.” The pontiff commend ed the “wholehearted dedica tion to those good works with out which faith is dead” on the part of American Catholics and called it “proof of the vigorous faith of the Catholic people of America.” Declaring that he is “painful ly aware of the pressing need for charity which still exists in very many parts of the world,” His Holiness called for the con tinued “generous solidarity and support of Our Beloved chil dren in the United States.” Bishop’s Relief Fund authori ties in a fact sheet recently published, said that the relief agency shipped more than one billion pounds of surplus milk, cheese, wheat, flour, corn, com meal and rice, valued at over $86 million, to 38 different coun- (Continued on Page 8) Archbishop Has Papal Audience VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC) —Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah, Ga., and ARCHBISHOP O'HARA Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, was received in a pri vate audience by His Holiness Pope John XXIII. Archbishop O’Hara came here on Church business, but his meeting with the Pope was a courtesy call, rather than offi cial business. During his stay in Rome he was guest at a lunch eon at the North American Col lege at which Bishop Martin J. O’Connor, rector of the college, was host. ST. MARY'S HOME for Girls, Savannah. Meeting held here on March 8 will see new officers presented for St. Mary’s Home Guild. Chancery Open House His Excellency, Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah, extends to the public a most cordial invitation to inspect the new Chancery Building on Sunday, March 15, between the hours of 3 and 5 p. m. NEW CHANCERY BUILDING in Savannah, housing key Diocesan offices. It will be open for public inspection Sunday, March 15, from 3 to 5 p. m.