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BRUNSWICK
GRADUATION
BRUNSWICK FIRST COMMUNION CLASS
■THE BULLETIN, June 27, 1959
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Seventeen
An oasis of Catholicism in graduates received diplomas at
southernmost Georgia, St. St. Francis Xavier School on
Mary’s is thought by local his- June 1st.
torians to be the second oldest Those graduating included:
city in the United States. Whe- Lawrence Caine, Ronald
ther it can be documented, we Hamel, George Large, Frank
don’t know. However, there is Mione, Timothy O’Brien, Joseph
proof that Spanish Jesuit and Raible, Charles Shusda, Peter
Franciscan missionaries labored Vivenzio, Jr., Billy Welch, Jer-
in Southeastern Georgia during aldine Burke, Sandra Garner,
the 16th century and Mass was Liana Goad, Marvalee Lewis,
celebrated in the town of St. Marsha McPhillips,. Mary Jean
Mary’s as early as 1569. After Parker, Lauren Reagan and Pa-
they were expelled by the Eng- tiicia Wallace,
lish in 1760 records ceased for ^ bieakfast followed the cer-
more than a century. emonies at Crew’s Restaurant,
The next mention Church his- sponsored by the Home and
email tmx/r, aras School Association at which
power received from God. He
brings him new life in Baptism;
he strengthens his faith in Con
firmation; he gives to Him the
living bread from Heaven, the
Body of Our Lord; he raises
him up absolved of his sins; He
witnesses his marriage vows; he
comforts him in sickness. And
he prays for him , even after
death. He is in short a guide, a
solace, a minister of salvation,
and a dispenser of grace and
blessing.
Much is expected of him—
sometimes it may seem too
much for human frailty to en
dure. And yet he takes it willing
ly and with a glad heart, for
God will bear him up through
weakness and adversity. He is
a man of prayer and offers to
God each day his holy office of
psalms and prayers, doing this
in the name of the Church, and
interceding for all humanity.
And there is no doubt about
the sublimity of his office or
his influence among men, for
the enemies of the Church pay
tribute to the priesthood by
directing their fiercest blows
against it.
If anyone wishes to come after
trie, let him deny himself, take up
his cross and follow me.” Matt.
16, 29.
The life of a priest of God
must be unselfish. He cannot
seek honors for himself while
he is seeking souls to be saved
for God. He cannot love earthly
pleasure while he is preaching
to others on mortification and
sorrow for sin. He cannot seek
riches, when he knows the spe
cial love of Christ for the poor
of the world. Even his labor for
souls must not be self-seeking.
For we are told that neither
“he who plants, nor he who
waters is anything, but it is
God who gives the growth.”
This is the Catholic Priest
hood which we honor today in
this holy Sacriface of the Mass.
This, indeed, is a Mass of
thanksgiving for the gift of God
in granting to mortal man the
powers and graces of this sub
lime office. As we stand at the
Credo to profess our Faith once
more, let us be humbly grateful
for God’s goodness and pray for
all who are clothed in the sacred
vestments of Christ’s holy
priesthood.
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the people, so also for himself.
AND NO MAN TAKES THIS
HONOR TO HIMSELF: HE
TAKES IT WHO IS CALLED
BY GOD AS AARON WAS."
Oh. marvelous vocation—to be
called by God to do His work
in the world—to become an in
strument in the hands of Christ
—to walk in His very footsteps
to Calvary to offer sacrifice for
his sin—to continue the work of
the Divine Redeemer in its all-
embracing character and divine
efficacy—to become in a very
real sense “another Christ” in
the world.
The mission of the Catholic
priest in manifold. He is called
to be an apostle of the Christian
education of youth. He is a de
fender of the sanctity of mar
riage. He lends his assistance in
the solution of social conflicts.
He is leader in a crusade of pen
ance and reparation for the
wickedness of humanity. But
above ail these things, he is the
priest at the altar offering sac
rifice to God. This is where he
finds his promise for it was
Malachy who foretold that a
“clean oblation” would be offer
ed. “For from the rising of the
sun even to the going down,
my name is great among the
Gentiles, and in every place
there is sacrifice, and there is
offered to my name a clean ob
lation.” Mai. 1, 11.
This act at the altar of God
shows the priesthood in all its
splendor, for He stands here
with power even over the Body
of Christ. He makes it present
and He gives this body to us in
Communion. If you never saw a
priest at any other time, you
would always remember him
, standing at this altar clothed in
the vestments symbolic of his
office.
But he has also received other
powers which are august and
sublime. A priest is appointed
to be a steward of the mysteries
of God for the benefit of the
members of the Mystical Body
of Christ. You are the members
of this body. And you all have
need of those sacraments
through which the grace of Our
Saviour flows to all mankind.
The Christian at almost every
important stage of his career
finds a priest at his side with
tide turned. Center Village,
about 40 miles down the St.
Mary’s River, took the trading
away. A decade later the Civil
War stripped them of every
thing—pride, possessions, self-
respect. Until 1941, St. Mary’s
Georgia, was little more than
dead. Then a paper mill began
operations and the town slowly
came back to life.
Shortly after the paper mill
opened the congregation jumped
to include 20 families. Then four
years ago, the Government be
gan to build a twenty-five-mil-
lion-dollar Army depot a few
miles away. Construction work
ers swelled the attendance to
115 and the Communion rail had
to be removed so that there
would be enough room. Weekly
Mass was resumed.
GIRLS OF CLASS WITH PASTOR, REV. JAMES M. CUMMINGS, S.M.
42 Graduate
At Cathedral
SAVANNAH — Forty-two
graduates of the Cathedral Day
School received their element
ary school diplomas at a special
Mass celebrated by Monsignor
T. James McNamara, pastor of
the Cathedral.
Those completing the eighth
grade are:
Arthur
Atterbcrry,
Louie
Boondry, Lee Roy Babin, Hel
ene Baicom, James Brown, Ed
ward Burns, Mary Cannon, Jul
ian Corish, Patricia Davis, John
Ehmann, Carolyn Ferraro, Paula
George.
Hubert Gibson, Patrick God
win, Ann Halligan, Bernard
Hartle, Angela Hebert, John Ho
gan, Michael Jordan, Anthony
Joyce, Theresa Kearney, Joseph
Kowiek, Mary Ellen Leonard,
Craig Manna, Cynthia Manna,
Early in 1954 the Glenmary Dorothy McAleer, Francis Mc-
priests living in Statesboro, be- Kenna, Henrietta Mickler.
gan coming to Claxton every Patricia Morgan, Patricia
Sunday to offer Mass for the Owens, Gary Paimatier, Victo-
Catholics of the area. They first ria p u der, Michael Remion,
obtained use of the American Michael Riley, Margaret Schei-
Legion Hall for their Sunday del% Cheryle Smith, Kaye Staf-
services. Then, because the hall ford) Maureen Sullivan, Diane
was going to be converted into Xegerson, Diane Veronee, Donna
a recreation center, a different Wells, Patricia Woodward,
place for Sunday Mass had to be pj le following pupils have had
found. Mr. S. G. T’os offered perfect attendance for the school
his theatre. Thus, since July of y ear;
1954, Tos Theatre was used each ' Bernard Hartle, Margaret
Sunday for Mass. This tempora- Scheider , Fred South, Philip Ae
ry arrangement for Catholic ker Terrie L yn McLendon, Kurt
services continued for so long Bal ’ corrl) Helen Marie Coburn,
a time due to the variety of Vlrginia Corish, John Spivey,
circumstances encountered in cheryl Small,
building the new St. Christo- , , . „ ,, v
pher’s Church. Donald Small, Regina Elmore,
Today, after five years of as- Robert S™ 1 ' 6 ’ i J homas c Hartle ’
■ „ . . . , Joyce Walker, Joyce Spivey,
sistmg at Sunday Mass in bor- ^ T f,
t ,, „ ,, Mary Louise Muller, Danny
rowed surroundings the Catlio- ^ T , ,, ,, , ’ J
„, , . Muller, Ruth Coburn,
cs of the Claxton area enjoy CIAL HONOR; Diane
the use of a new church. , , ,
Tegerson was awarded second
state prize in the Irish History
Essay Contest sponsored by the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Claxton
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BOYS OF CLASS WITH PASTOR, REV. JAMES M. CUMMINGS,
Old Newspapers, Pipe Cleaners
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Receives Degree
SAVANNAH
“But we’d usually have Cokes
and cookies afterwards,” recalls
Carla Lueckenhoff, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luecken
hoff, “and that helped consider
ably.”
All of the girls admitted that
they felt like dropping the pro
ject several times, but they
managed to shake off their dis
couragement and continue with
their work.
The scouts worked under the
guidance of Mrs. Edward Bayer
of Warner Robins, whose hobby
is making marionettes and who
is somewhat of an expert in the
field.
According to Mrs. Bayer, the
process is not so hard, just ra
ther meticulous. The marion
ette’s head is made of paper ma-
chet. This feat is accomplished
by soaking a crumbled ball of
paper overnight in a solution
made of flour, water and wood
putty. The ball is taken out of
the solution and then moulded
and shaped by hand. Strips of
paper are wound around while
Edward A.
Brennan Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Brennan of 309
E. 53rd St., received liis DDS
degree at the formal graduation
exercises at Georgetown Uni
versity School, Washington,
D. C.
Brennan was graduated from
Benedictine Military School, Sa
vannah. He attended Mount
Saint Mary’s College in Emmits-
burg, Md., where he majored
in chemistry. He enrolled at
for the Girl Scout program at
the Home and School Associa
tion, would be their next ob
jective. “It all worked out nice
ly,” Mrs. Dembowski said, “be
cause the girls also wanted a
merit badge in dramatics and
we thought that a marionette
show for the parents would be
a big hit.”
It was. In fact, it almost stole
the show. Behind the scenes,
however, members of Troop 78
tell of long, hard hours of not-
so-patient work in making, with
their hands, the marionette cha
racters. “Honestly,” said Patty
Reilly, daughter of Col. and Mrs.
B. J. Reilly, “We’d get so mad
sometimes we’d almost blow our
stacks, because we’d make a
mistake and then we’d have to
do it all over again.”
(By Grace T. Crawford}
WARNER ROBINS — You’d
never believe that from a stack
of old newspapers and some
pipe cleaners would emerge, a
farmer, a cook, a giant, a mo
ther and a boy named Jack.
Members of Girl Scout Troop
78 at Sacred Heart School in
Warner Robins have proof posi
tive that perservance does win,
for after several months of hard
work, the finished product, a
troop of marionetts and a de
lightful presentation of Jack!
and The Beanstalk, have won
fame for them in local circles.
The girls’ troop leader, Mrs.
Joseph Dembowski, wanted
them to undertake a project
that would be especially worth
while, so it was decided that a
marionette show, to be prepared
SAVANNAH — St. Vincent’s
Academy Building Fund Cam
paign was enthusiastically
launched on June 11 when ap
proximately 75 captains and
workers in the Alumnae Divis
ion assembled in St. Vincent’s
auditorium and received the
blessing of Most. Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough on themselves and
the campaign.
In order to bring the prospects
together captains have called
class reunions, some of which
are being held at St. Vincent’s
Convent where members can
es for men, women and chil
dren. Beautifully bound books,
meet with some of their former
classmates who are now Sisters
of Mercy and are in the city for
the summer. This will afford
them an opportunity to tour the
convent building and see the re
modeling in progress, especially
the beautiful new chapel, and
pay a last visit in the old Chapel
which holds so many memories
for them. The chapel, together
with the classrooms below, will
be razed due to the bad condi
tion of the structure. Demolition
is scheduled to begin by the end
of June with completion date
of the new building set for Feb
ruary.
The first Report Meeting of
the Alumnae Division is set for
June 29 when many of the cap
tains hope to be able to an
nounce 1007o participation from
members of their classes.
Sister M. Michael
E. A. Brennan, Jr,
Pope To Mark
Feast Of 5S.
Peter And Paul
Georgetown Dental School in
September, 1955.
At the graduation exercises,
he also received a commission as
first lieutenant in the U. S.
Army Dental Corps,
still damp so that the head will
be smooth when completely dry
and hardened. The eyes, nose
and mouth are painted on and
the body of the doll is made of
pipe cleaners. While the head is
damp, a small hole is pierced in
the bottom with an ice pick
and a pipe cleaner inserted.
When hardened, the pipe clean
er is stationery and will not
come out. For the arms and legs,
more pipe cleaners are attached
across and down for the neces
sary length. The hair on the
dolls is made secure by the use
of household cement.
The strings attached to the
marionettes are usually of a
fine, but strong twine which is
sewn through the clothing and
all are fastened at the top to
two small pieces of wood, one
of which is hollowed out to fit
across the other. In this way,
the arms and legs and the bod
ies of the performers are made
to move.
The girls themselves made the
costumes and members of an
other troop painted the scene
ry in water color on large pieces
of corrogated card board.
There were numerous re
hearsals before the opening
night, at which time Mrs. Dem
bowski narrated the story while
the troop members operated the
strings.
“But you know,” declared one
of the girls, “after all that re
hearsing, I was terribly nerv
ous. I was afraid I might for
get my part!”
during the year. The pallium
is a narrow band of white wool
marked with black crosses. It is
the symbol of the fullness of the
episcopal authority.
On Monday, June 29, the Pope
will celebrate Mass at the papal
altar in St. Peter’s. Throughout
the day the basilica is filled
with Romans who make tradi
tional visits to the church to
pray before the tomb of St. Pet
er and to kiss the toe of the
bronze statue which is kept
there.
VATICAN CITY, (NC) —His
Holiness Pope John XXIII will
take part in the celebration of
the feast SS. Peter and Paul,
patrons of Rome.
On Sunday, June 28, the vigil
of the feast, Pope John will pre
side at solemn vespers in St.
Peter’s basilica with the mem
bers of the papal household and
the cardinals resident in Rome.
The Pope took part in a similar
ceremony on Pentecost.
After vespers the Pope will
descend to the chapel below the
papal altar where he will bless Most people are inclined to do
the palliums to be presented to good, but too many keep putting
archbishops and other prelates it off until tomorrow.
People who spend all they
earn can be sure that someone
else is banking their money.
Most education is free, but
not the kind you get signing
notes for your friends.
Faith may move mountains,
but the man who wants a tunnel
has to dig for it.
R.S.M., is honorary chairman of
this Division with Miss Johanna
Daly as chairman and Mrs.
Walter M. Crawford and Mrs.
Joseph, Joseph Winders, vice-chairmen.
MARIONETTE TROUP—Members of Girl S out Troop 78 of Sacred Heart School in Warner
Robins show the fruits of their labors—a marionette troup which recently was featured in a
presentation cf Jack and the Bean Stalk. Left to right are, Mary Purnell, Carla Lueckenhoff, Ka
ren Peel and Robbie Duckworth.—(Blair’s Foto-Service).
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASS, OUR LADY OF LOURDES. COLUMBUS,
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