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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, April 4, 1959
MACON HOME AND SCHOOL
HEAR RE*. JOHN CODOV
MACON —Father John Cud
dy, superintendent of schools
in the Savannah Diocese spoke
at the regular meeting of the
St. Joseph Home and School
Association. He discussed the
reappraisal of education in this
country and rights of parents
to send their children to schools
of their choice.
Schools in this country lack
discipline as compared with
schools in Russia, Father Cuddy
said. Catholic schools resemble
the Russian schools in the ap
plication of discipline which is
more lax in government-sup
ported schools, he said.
Children don’t know what is
good for them in most cases;
'they have to be told some
courses to take in order to de
velop their minds. Father Cuddy
said. Sciences and mathematics,
he said, are musts for this de
velopment.
Father Cuddy said events in
Little Rock proved that parents
have the right to send children
to schools of their choice rather
than where the government di
rects. Several boys attending
public schools in Little Rock
were given state money when
the public schools were closed,
he said. These boys then went
to a Catholic school with tuition
paid by the state government,
while no money was allotted
children already attending the
Catholic school.
In Canada taxes for education
go to the schools the parents
choose, Father Cuddy said. The
government in England will pay
half of school construction re
gardless of religion, then sup
port the school fully. In the
United States, he said, the gov
ernment allowed veterans to at
tend schools of their choice un
der the GI bill, regardless of
whether the school was private
or tax supported.
But Father Cuddy listed three
reasons why Catholics do not
ask for tax money to support
their schools. First, he said, we
wouldn’t get it anyway; second,
it would cause more harm than
good for people would resent
it and there is too much turmoil
already; and third, tax support
means government control.
Father Cuddy asks parents to
pray that Georgia will not suf
fer because of the school crisis.
He said it would be a tragedy
if the public schools close. There
would not be enough money or
schools, he said, to send all chil
dren to private schools; there
fore compulsory attendance
probably would not exist. He
said many children would not
go to school if not ordered to
do so.
FAMILY LIFE
TALK AT
AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA — “A Vocation to
Love” was the subject when the
Rev. Henry V. Sattler, assistant
director, Family Life Bureau,
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, Washington, D. C.,
spoke at St. Mary’s Parish Hall,
recently.
Father Sattler stated “The gift
of love is a gift from God, and
should be returned to Him by
the love and sacrifice you give
to your spouse. Sacrifice is
something that proves love.
This love must be given back
to God with enthusiasm.” The
speaker gave examples of “par
ents” who were, in reality,
“married bachelors” or “married
spinsters.” He stated that par
enthood meant more than giving
life to a child; that parental
responsibilities have only be
gun at the birth of the child.
Father further stated that
whether in the religious voca
tion. marriage, or in the single
state of life, that solicitude for
the welfare of children, is the
height of masculinity for a
man, and of feminity for a wo
man. Scientists have classified
plants, animals, and all living
creatures into male or female
categories, but only in a man or
woman is there actual mascu
linity or feminity.”
This fajnily life conference
was sponsored by the Augusta
Deanery Council of Catholic Wo
men, of which Mrs. Jack Jo-
hannsen is president. Mrs. Eu
gene Long is deanery chairman
of Family and Parent Educa
tion. Father Daniel J. Bourke
commended Mrs. Long and her
committee for bringing this
prominent speaker to Augusta.
The lecture was followed by
a coffee break and an informal
question and answer period. Ap
proximately 225 persons, both
Catholic and non-Catholic, from
the Central Savannah River
Area, attended the conference.
BLESSED
SACRAMENT
USHERS MEET
SAVANNAH — The Quarter
ly meeting of the Ushers So
ciety of the Church of the Most
Blessed Sacrament was held at
the parish Butler Hall on Sun
day, March 1st.
Very Rev. Thomas A. Bren
nan, pastor, gave an inspiring
and informative outline of the
duties and privileges of the
Ushers.
Captains and teams of Ush
ers were assigned for the re
spective Masses and other de
votions in the parish.
The annual election of of
ficers took place at this meet
ing with the results:
Eugene B. McDonald, Pres.,
Albert J. Grevemberg, Vice-
pres., James P. Harte, Secty.-
Treas.
JUST HUMAN
Most folks find it difficult to
do two things at once—the rea
son so lew can forgive and for
get.
AQUINAS PTO
HEARS MISS
BERNARD
AUGUSTA — Miss Eleanor
Bernard, Director of Volunteer
Activities of Veterans’ Hospitals,
in Augusta, was the guest speak
er at the March meeting of the
Aquinas Parent-Teacher Organ
ization. Miss Bernard explained
that the volunteer worker brings
individualized attention and
services to the hospitalized pa
tients that “money cannot buy.”
The speaker told of the urgent
need for volunteer workers, and
of the importance of the regu
larity of the volunteers. Miss
Bernard complimented the sev
en Jr. Red Cross Gray Ladies
from Aquinas, who were honor
ed at this meeting, and told that
the volunteers’ work was a part
of the National Catholic Com
munity Service. She announced
that a group of ladies from St.
Joseph’s Parish and St. Mary’s
Parish were now taking the Vol
unteers’ Indoctrination Course.
Mrs. Paul Carter, the P-TO’s
Red Cross Representative intro
duced the following Jr. Gray
Ladies and presented each with
a gift: Miss Rita Coleman, Miss
Vicky Carter, Miss Kay Keenan,
Miss Bernadine Cashin, Miss
Nancy Mapp, Miss Marcia
Dukes, and Miss Bonnie Broome.
Mrs. J. Lee Etheredge, Jr.,
Spiritual Development Chair
man of the Augusta Deanery
C. C. W., presented a gift to
Miss Anita Harris, who was a
deanery winner in the Council’s
annual essay contest.
Rev. Ralph E. Seikel, Mode
rator of Aquinas High School,
Bro. Claude, F.M.S., principal
of the boys’ section, and Sr.
Mary James, C.S.J., principal
of the girls’ section, gave an
outline of the policies of the
school on curriculum, discipline
and general operations of the
school.
Father Seikel thanked the
P-T.O. for equipping the entire
school with Venetian blinds and
introduced Bro. Aiden Francis
F.M.S., a new member of the
faculty. Father stated that the
next college entrance exam will
be given on May 16, and the
deadline for applying is April
11.
Mrs. Albert Rice, president,
presided at the business session.
Services For
Joseph Cullum
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Joseph N. Cullum
were held March 21st at the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sutton Cullum; two
sisters Miss Mary Cullum and
Miss Catherine Cullum, both of
Savannah; a number of nieces
and nephews.
MRS. FALLIGAN
SERVICES HELD
BRUNSWICK—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Bernadine Fallig'an
were held March 11th at the
Nativity of Our Lord Church in
Darien, Rev. Joseph Kane
officiating.
CONVENTION SPEAKER — Shown here, with her family of seven children, is Mrs. Wm.
J. Newland, who will be the luncheon speaker at the Twentieth Annual Convention of the
Savannah Diocesan C. C. W., which will be held on April 25-26, in Macon.
Mrs. Mary Kewiani, 0. G. C. I.
Speaker, Author
AUGUSTA—Mary Reed New
land D. C. C. W. convention
speaker was born in Kalamazoo,
Michigan. From Michigan, she
moved with her family to In
diana, then to Texas, and on
to New York, where she was
educated in the Long Island
schools, National Academy of
Design, Pratt Institute and the
New School. She was Long Is
land Girls’ Tennis champion for
several years. After a brief sales
career, in several of New York’s
leading department stores, she
enrolled in secretarial school, in
preparation for a job with an
advertising agency. She aban
doned her advertising career for
marriage in 1943, to William
J. Newland.
The Newlands are the parents
of seven children, one girl and
six boys. Mr. and Mrs. Newland,
their c h il d r e n, Grandmother
Newland, and Grandmother
Reed, who is a retired doctor,
live in a fourteen room house,
on a 103 acre farm, in Monson,
Mass.
Mrs. Newland is the author of
“We and Our Children,” “The
Year and Our Children” and
“The Saints and Our Children”.
(See Book Review Column in
this issue of THE BULLETIN)
She is a frequent contributor
to Catholic periodicals and a
popular speaker before Catholic
organizations. Although she is
neither theologian, nor phy-
chologist, Mrs. Newland has
been hailed by Catholic and
general critics alike, for her
sensible, workable solutions to
the problems arising over such
questions confronting parents,
as children and obedience, mas
tering a temper, the effect and
choice of friends, instilling con
fidence, etc.
Immediately following the
Saturday afternoon business
session of the D. C. C. W. Con
vention, there will be a group
discussion of Religious Holiday
Observances, in Foreign Lands,
by students from overseas who
are now studying, in our diocese.
This program is being presented
by the International Relations
Committee.
Msgr. Thos. J. Fitzgerald,
Executive Secretary of the Na
tional Office of Decent Litera
ture, will be the banquet speak
er, and immediately following
the banquet, there will be an
informal question and answer
period, for those who would like
further information on specific
questions.
Mrs. W. J. O’Shaughnessey is
general chairman for the con
vention, and Mrs. J. T. Webb
and Mrs. H. W. Clark are the
co-chairmen. Other chairfnen
are as follows: Publicity, Mrs.
John Barry, chairman, Mrs.
George Powell and Mrs. Joseph
K. Benedetto, co-chairmen; De
corations, Mrs. H. W. Clark,
chairman, Mrs. J. C. Sanders,
Mrs. J. K. Daly, Mrs. J. P. Haf-
fey, Mrs. W. W. Croom, Mrs.
Agnes Simmons, Mrs. Mary
Hinson, Mrs. Walter J. Maher,
Mrs. W. Vermilya and Mrs.
David Hazelhurst, co-chairmen;
Registration, Mrs. John Sha-
heen, chairman, Mrs. J. V. Sher
idan, Miss Ala Cassidy, Mrs.
Thomas Union, Mrs. David
Davis, Mrs. Thomas L, Reid and
Mrs. Norman Smaha, co-chair
men; Pages and Scout Troop,
Mrs. James Cassidy, chairman,
and Girl Scouts from St. Jos-
Of Three Bosks
eph’s School; Display by St.
Joseph’s Library, Mrs. Albert
A. Cuncan, chairman, Mrs.
Leonora Malony, Mrs. A. T.
Worsham, Mrs. D. D. Harris,
Miss Jessie Sherrer, Mrs. Al
bert E. Sheridan, Mrs. J. L. Sul
livan, and Miss Sallie Devlin,
co-chair men; Transportation,
Mrs. Grady Wood, chairman,
Mrs. William Cassidy, Mrs.
Logan Lewis, Mrs. Clem Dennis
and Mrs. C. O. Orlando, co-
chairmen; Banquet and Lunch
eon Tickets, Mrs. E. H. Buck,
chairman, Mrs. Robert M. Hob
son, Miss Frances Jones, Mrs.
Nick Bellizia, Mrs. Robert E.
Wallace, Mrs. Jack Biggs, Mrs.
N. J. Favreau and Mrs. W. F.
Harris, co-chairmen; Reception,
Mrs. Clark Davis, chairman,
Mrs. F. X. McFague, Mrs. John
J. McCreary, Mrs. Charles G.
Hays, Mrs. George Landry, Mrs.
Robert Adams, Mrs. Frances
Wrysdick, Mrs. G. W. Best, Mrs.
Holst Beall, Mrs. A. J. Punaro,
Mrs. Godfrey Kennington and
Mrs. R. E. McCreary, co-chair
man; Music, Mrs. S. A. Giglio,
chairman.
Hotel reservations should be
made early with the Dempsey
Hotel, at 515 Cherry St., in
Macon. Luncheon and dinner
ticket reservations, for the con
vention, are to be made with
Mrs. E. H. Buck, at 373 Cotton
Ave., in Macon.
fVlacon Council
Installs Officers
MACON—Mrs. F. X. McFague
was installed as president of the
Macon Parish Council of Catho
lic Women at the regular
meeting held at the Catholic
Women’s Club. Other officers
are Mrs. Jack Kemper, vice-
president, Mrs. Robert Hobson,
secretary, and Mrs. Geo. Hitch
cock, treasurer. Mrs. Angelo
Punaro conducted the installa
tion, and a vote of thanks was
given to Mrs. Jos. Benedetto, re
tiring president, her officers and
committee chariman for their
successful leadership.
Mrs. Frances Wyrosdick in
troduced the speaker, Mrs. An-
dtrew W. McKenna, Macon at
torney and Bibb County Repre
sentative to the State Legisla
ture, who discussed the “Hon
esty in State Government” Bill,
and explained the private school
system set-up.
Msgr. Thos I. Sheehan, Pastor
of St. Joseph’s Church, ex
plained the purpose of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine,
and stated that in parishes
where such organizations are
active, they are very successful.
“There is no praise, glamor,
social meetings or big parties—
only hard work!” Msgr. Sheehan
told the group, as he urged
that a Confraternity group be
organized.
The Rev. Gordian Murphy,
C. P., conducted a mission
one week beginning Passion
Sunday, and on Palm Sunday,
cocnducted an other mission at
Ft. Valley.
SERVICES FOR
E, S. DUFOUR
THUNDERBOLT — Funeral
services for Edward S. DuFour
were held March 14th at the
Nativity of Our Lord Church.
Popes First
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years after it has ended.”
In an unmistakable reference
to Their Eminences Jozsef Card
inal Mindszenty, Primate of
Hungary, and Alojzije Cardinal
Stepinac, Archbishop of Zag
reb, and other imprisoned, ex
iled and impeded bishops, he
added:
“In a special manner We
pray for those venerable bre
thren and sons, the most dear
to Us of all, who, deprived of
their families, their homeland,
of liberty itself, are a living
and painful witness of the evils
which afflict the human race
because of the lack of true
peace and its proper fruits.”
Taking note that as Supreme
Pontiff he had been raised by
Providence to be the pastor of
all nations, he entered the next
part of his Easter message with
a certain apology:
“It will be readily understood
and forgiven Us if Our heart is
unable to restrain a throb of
particularly warm tenderness
for the sons of a strong and
good people whom We met in
the course of Our journeys.
With these We shared the more
vigorous years of Our life
(1925-34), in one part or an
other of the Balkan region, in
the exercise of a spiritual min
istry during which Christian
sentiments of brotherhood were
accorded a respectful welcome.
“We delight to recall with
ever lively affection that fine
people, hardworking, honest,
sincere, and their beautiful cap
ital, Sofia, which brought Us
back to the ancicent Sardica
of the first Christian centuries
and to the noble and glorious
epochs of their history.
“It is now many years since
the vision of that dear country
was taken from Our eyes, but
all those pleasant friendships
with individuals and families
remain alive in Our heart and
daily in Our prayers.
“In remembrance of the peo
ple of Bulgaria, on this Feast
of the Resurrection of Our Lord,
the first of Our pontificate, We
are glad to associate in Our
greetings and Our message of
benediction all the others whom
We met in Our successive jour
neys in the Near East, as also
in the West — the Turks, the
Greeks, the French . . .”
The final part of the message
was a direct prayer to God in
which the Pontiff prayed:
“O Savior of all nations, O
Jesus, Paschal Victim without
blemish who has restored sin
ners to union with the Father,
pour forth on each single mem
ber of the human family every
gift they need, so that the light
coming from You, which is
about to be rekindled, may
drive out from their minds the
darkness of error, cleanse the
secret places of their hearts,
make clear to each the path of
their true vocation and arouse
throughout the world a burning
zeal for works of charity, just
ice, love and peace.”
HONORED
SEATTLE, Wash. (NC) — Se
attle University has awarded its
sixth National Award for Eco
nomic Statesmanship to Tho
mas E. Leavey of Beverly Hills,
Calif.
The award, sponsored by the
Jesuit university’s school of
commerce and finance, will be
presented by Father A. A. Lem-
ieux, S.J., president, on April 8
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Archdiocese of Westminster.
Francis Greenan, 72, former
headmaster of Commercial Road
School, London, ordained for
the Diocese of Brentwood,
England.
Charles Napier, 30, Cambridge
University graduate, ordained
for the London Oratory.
Bertram Adderley, 36, Perth
University (Australia) graduate
with a Ph. D. from Georgetown
University, Washington, ordain
ed for the Diocese of Bunbury,
Australia.
The manner in which these
men received their vocations to
the priesthood is as varied as
the lives they led before they
came together for their single
purpose. Father Ramsay’s voca
tion crystalized while he was
with the troops that occupied
the Suez Canal zone. Father
Hsu, a convert, decided to be
come a priest while he was be
ing “brainwashed” by the Chi
nese .communist captors. The
first steps toward Catholicism
and the priesthood for Father
Hannaw, former secretary of the
High Church Annunciation
Group, began with his opposi
tion to Anglicanism’s South
India movement.
Cathedral Home
And School Hear
Fr. Bede Lightner
SAVANNAH —Rev. Bede
Lightner, O. S. B. Principal of
Benedictine Military School
spoke on “The Faith of St.
Patrick” at the March meeting
of the Cathedral Home and
School Association.
In keeping with this theme,
the students of the third grade,
under the direction of Sister
Ita, presented a play of Irish
songs. Mrs. Owen Porter, Presi
dent, announced that the pre-
school physical examinations for
those children entering the first
grade this September would
be held at the school on April
21st. Mrs. Porter also read a
letter from the National Coun
cil Women urging the participa
tion in entering messages in the
Crusade for Freedom Contest.
The first six winners would
have the opportunity of going
to Munich to broadcast their
messages and Mrs. Portor ex
pressed the hope that there
might be a winner from the
parish.
Msgr. McNamara welcomed
Father Bede and remarked on
the expanded program now un
derway at Benedictine School
and the contributions made to
our community by the Benedic
tine Fathers.
Sister Martina Joseph ad
vised that 130 books had been
added to the school library for
use by the Students. Sister fur
ther announced that First Com
munion would be held on April
5th and Sister Kevin could be
contacted if any information
was needed.
A social hour was enjoyed at
the close of the meeting.
Charter For
Augusta Club
AUGUSTA — The Sacred
Heart Civics Club of Sacred
Heart School recently received
its official charter from the
Commission on American Cit
izenship in Washington, D. C.
The Charter formally recog
nizes affiliation of the local
unit with the national organiza
tion headquarters at the Cath
olic University of America. Pu
pils of grades 7 and 8 comprise
the local Club membership.
The officers of the newly or
ganized Club are; Rosemarie
Casella, president; Leo O’Brien,
vice president; Helen Deignan,
secretary; Lewis Blackstone,
treasurer; and Jack Mulcay, ser-
gent-at-arms.
Sacred Heart Civics Club is
one of the thousands of Cath
olic Civics Clubs chartered in
the United Slates for the ex
press purpose of “fostering
training for good citizenship.”
Through monthly projects
and study of articles featured
in “The Young Catholic Mes
senger,” the national Catholic
weekly for students of the up
per elementary grades — these
young citizens learn in a prac
tical way the meaning of Chris
tian social living based on prin
ciples of justice and charity.
This year the program of
study and action will develop
the p-actical theme, “To Serve
God rind Neighbor Best — Find
the Career Just Right For You.”
It’s impossible for some peo
ple to turn over a new leaf be
cause the pages are all gummed
up.
PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE
Pastor of the Nativity of Our
Lord Church, Thunderbolt, is
REV. FELIX DONNELLY
the Rev. Felix Donnelly.
A native of Pennsylvania, Fa
ther Donnelly had made his
home in Atlanta a number of
years prior to his studies for
the priesthood.
Father was ordained at the
Cathedral of Christ the King,
Atlanta on March, 17, 1945. The
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of the then Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta was the or
daining prelate.
Following his ordination Fa
ther Donnelly .was first assigned
as an assistant at the Cathedral
in Atlanta. This was followed
by assignments as Assistant at
the Church of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, Savannah, Saint An
thony’s, Atlanta and St. Mary’s-
on-the-Hill, Augusta.
In 1952, Father was named
pastor of Sacred Heart Church,
Warner Robins. He served in
this post until February of 1958
when he was named pastor of
the Church of the Nativity of
Our Lord in Thunderbolt.
Father Donnelly holds the
Diocesan post of Director of
the Diocesan Mission Apostolate
and is a Pro-Synodal Examiner.
MAKE FINAL VOWS
Forty three Maryknoll Sisters
made their final vows at vari
ous houses of their community
throughout the world, it was
announced here.
' The Maryknoll Sisters’ head
quarters here announced that
the new nuns represent 13
states and the Philippines.
Altar Society
Meets At Douglas
DOUGLAS — The regular
monthly meeting of St. Paul’s
Altar Society was held Wednes
day evening, March 4, at the
Parish Hall. The president Mrs.
Dan Stretch presided over the
meeting.
The meeting was called to
order and opened with prayer.
The roll was then called and the
minutes of the previous meeting
read and approved.
It was decided to have a Mis
sion store located at the Rectory,
where religious articles for dif
ferent occasions could be pur
chased.
Friday, March 6 at 7:30 A. M.,
the members of the Altar So
ciety attended Mass, which
was said for the recovery of
Edward Lund.
Enrolled as a new member of
the Altar Society was Mrs.
James Cofer.
Mrs. Lee Williams, program
chairman, read an excerpt from
the life of St. Margaret Mary
who was a Nun of the Order of
the Visitation founded by St.
Francis de Sales, a member of
the community of Paray-le-
Monial in Burgundy.
Fashion Show
At Albany
ALBANY — Mrs. Ray Dwor-
nik, president of St. Teresa’s
Parent-Teacher Association, an
nounced at the March meeting,
that a Fashion Show and Card
Party will be held on April 21.
Mrs. A. Fowler is chairman of
the fashion show, which Will be
presented by the Specialty Shop.
Mrs. Matthew McCoy and Mrs.
J. W. Mock, Jr. are co-chairmen
of the card party.
It was unanimously agreed
that the PTA defray the cost of
ventilating the auditorium of
the school. The work is to done
by Commager’s Electrical Co.
The association expressed its
appreciation to Mrs. Thomas H.
williams for the donation of a
large fan.
Father Marvin Le Frois asked
all to cooperate with the Radio
Free Europe Program, which is
conducting a contest for the best
short wave radio broadcast.
The entertainment, for the
evening, was presented by the
children of the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades.
The grade count was won by
the fifth and eighth grades.
The game of life does not
consist in holding a handful of
trumps, but in having the ability
to win with a mediocre hand.
The fellow who feels that he
has a message for the world
seldom puts into practice what
he preaches.
Cardinal Greets Head of State
President Jose Maria Lemus of El Salvador and Mrs. Lemus
chat with His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman after mass in
New York during their visit in the U. S. — (NC Photos)
TO IMPROVE NATION'S FARMS — Pictured on a recent
visit to NCWC headquarters in Washington is Archbishop Fer
nando Gomes dos Santos (left) of Goiania, Brazil, accompanied
by Father Gabriel MacDermott, O.F.M., of Philadelphia, now
stationed in Cores, Brazil. The Archbishop has secured a large
ranch as location for a pilot project to improve the country’s
agricultural conditions by parceling out the land and training
of new owners on modern living and cultivation methods. The
Archbishop’s See includes Brazilia, the newly located capital of
Brazil. — (NC Photos)