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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, September 5, 1959
Prize Winning Essay
“OoiiseeraiiGn Of lie
Home To The Sacred Heart”
(By Ruth Garrick)
Ruih Carrick of Augusta
placed first in the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women's
1959 Essay Contest. (Group
III)
Do you know what Consecra
hearts to God and show love
and affection for one another.
The home need not be blessed
with material riches in order
to be a comfortable or happy
home. God dwells where tnere
is love for Him and one another.
tion of the
Home to the
Sacred Heart
means? It is
placing the
home and ev
eryone in the
home under
the loving
Ruth Carrick protection ol
Jesus Christ. Usually devout
Catholics do this by placing
a beautiful picture of the Sac
red Heart some place in their
home to remind them of this
consecration.
Once the home has been con
secrated to Our Lord it becomes
not only a comfortable abode
but a dwelling in which Father,
Mother and children unite their
Very often when a Catholic
family moves into a new house
tney have a priest come and
biess it. Tins blessing gives the
ianmy a greater security. Thus,
wnen a picture or a statue rep
resenting the Sacred Heart is
given. a prominent place in the
nome, eacn member of the fam
ily feels closer to the One
wnom tney love. Christ is rec
ognized as the Head of the
household and each member is
better able to show greater love
and respect for one another.
Their home has become a beau
tiful and holy place in which to
'ive and grow in the love of
God. It makes life worth living
and everyday crosses worth
bearing.
Knights Convention
Urged To Continue
Work Of Apostolate
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
ST. LOUIS, — Knights of Co
lumbus attending their 77th in
ternational convention here
were urged to become “media
tors between the Church and the
world” by means of the lay
apostolate.
.bishop John P. Cody of
Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.,
urged the knights not to waste
the resources of their organiza
tion on “ihe pursuit of me tri-
vai.” He told them: “As individ
uals, you cannot rest in your
extorts to know Christ and to
maKe Him known to others.”
Bishop Cody preached at a
Solemn Fonuncai Mass offered
by Arcnoisnop Josepn E. Ritter
or St. boms to m»rK me start
of the convention, some a.uuO
persons attenaed tne convention
or tne i,zOU J UUU-memoer Camonc
men's Iraternal society.
The Bishop described the
“more proxound realization of
tne nature ox me enured reacn-
eu by su many mourners ox me
laity" as one ox ' me great ad
vances maue by tne enured
witdin recent uecaues.”
Included in tins deeper reali
zation ox me natuie ox tne
enured, de sain, is "a fuller
unaei's tanning or tne position
ox me ennsuan laity.”
“rr ennsuan laity must not
be conceived oX and defined
in purely negative terms,” Bisd-
op eoay sain. “To say mat tne
layman is the ehnstian who
has not received tne sacrament
ol Holy Ciders, or who has not
made profession of the vows of
religion, is an altogether inade
quate description.”
The Bishop pointed out that
the word “laity” is derived
from a Greek word which meant
to the early Christians “the peo
ple of God’ — the people set
apart from the rest of man
kind — the people enjoying a
unique relationship with God—-
the people consecrated to the
service of God.”
“To be a Christian is not sim
ply to believe in the word of
God revealed in Christ, nor is
it simply to obey the moral
code proclaiming by Christ, nor
is it simply an imitation of
Christ,” the speaker explained.
“It is all of these things, but
it is something much more. In
essence it is being one with
Christ.”
“We who are members of the
mystical Christ, we who are
sons of God in Christ, also share
in His prophetic, kindly and
priestly mission,” Bishop Cody
said. “And this is true not only
of the clergy but also of the
laity, the people of God. It is
this truth that St. Peter an
nounced when he hailed the
faithful as a ‘royal priesthood,’
a people set apart to proclaim
the perfections of God.”
The Bishop declared that lay
men exercise their priestly func
tion most fully by participation
in the Mass. “It is in this parti
cipation that the priestly digni
ty which is yours, by reason of
your Baptism and Confirmation,
is shone forth and fulfilled,”
he said. “Your effectiveness as
lay apostles will depend upon
this participation in the Mass.”
Bishop Cody examined the
specific lay apostolate of the
Knights of Columbus. He warn
ed Knights against letting their
society be thought of “as a kind
of ‘club’ or ‘lodge’ for men who
happen to be Catholics.”
"The Knights of Columbus
should not exist simply to pro
vide , life insurance of com
panionship for Catholic lay
men,” he said. “To provide these
things is undoubtedly a worthy
goal — but an inadequate one.”
Bishop Cody commended the
knights for such projects as
their national advertising cam
paign to explain the Church to
non-Catnolics, their sponsorship
of tne microiilmmg of the con
tents of tne Vatican Library and
their public mlormation cen
ters.
He said the knights have
shown “great devotion” to tne
teaching mission of the lay
apos tonne by xhese projects. Tne
organization is “especially weil
fitted to this work,” he added.
“The Knights o f Columbus
have great strength and pres
tige,” bisnop body declared,
“in the past you have been
worthy instruments of God's
grace. As lor tne future, you
must not lose yourselves in
trivialities nor be content with
mediocrity.
“Keep always before you what
it reaily means to be a layman,
a member of Christ’s Mystical
Body, and therefore a person
called to fulfill Christ’s mis
sion.”
James G. Whitley
Services Held
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for James Godfrey Whit
ley, Sr., were held August 15th
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, Rev. Herbert Wellmeier
officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Eva H. Whitley; a daughter,
Mrs. A. E. Lanier; a son, J. G.
Whitley Jr., all of Savannah;
his father, E. P. Whitley of An
niston, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs.
Marie Portune, Mrs. Frances
Lanier, both of Savannah, and
Mrs. Margaret Moon of Smyr
na, and Mrs. Pearl Montgomery
of New Jersey; two brothers,
Hector Whitley and Joe Whit
ley, both of Anniston, Ala., five
grandchildren and several niec
es and nephews.
Services For
M rs, C. F. Ludwig
DUBLIN — Funeral services
for Mrs. Charles F. Ludwig
were held August 8th at the Im
maculate Conception Church,
Rev. Robert Brennon officiat
ing.
Mrs. Ludwig was a member
of the Parish Council of Cath
olic Women, was a member of
the first Garden Club organized
in Dublin and an honorary life
time member of Elks Aid-more
Auxiliary.
Survivors are one daughter,
Miss Louise Ludwig of Dublin.
SERVICES FOR
H. J. LESTER
SAVANNAH, — Funeral
services for Harold Joseph Les
ter were held August 25th at the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Rev. Wellmeir officiating.
Miss Mary Lenz, Brunswick,
Receives Veil Of Novice Aug. 15
b'T. VINCENTS FUND—Attending a Coke party at St. Vin
cents Academy on behalf of the bunding fund drive are, left
to right: Ree Doyle, Barbara Shimkus, Gayle Grevemberg,
Pameia Pedicini, Anne Halligan, Kathleen Dillon, Barbara
Dlugozima and Diane DeLoach.
STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO
ST. VINCENTS BUILDING FUND
SAVANNAH — If hard work
and enthusiasm can carry the
St. Vincent's Building Fund
Campaign over its $250,000 ten-
year goal, then the students of
that school are certain that it
will succeed; in fact they are
making it their own personal
business to assure the success
of tne drive.
Naturally, the students are in
timately acquainted with the
necessity for the expansion and
n e w construction program at
trie Academy, so a group of
these young ladies eariy last
spring set about to do their part
m helping io raise the necessary
money. Headed by Nancy
Pruitt, who was then a junior,
tney decided to sell doughnuts
one week-end with the result
tnat tne sales netted $100 lor
trie Building Fund Drive. The
$100 was just a start and they
determined that they would sell
doughnuts oiten with all re
turns going to the Drive.
In speaking ol the doughnut
sale, Bister ivi. Michelle, R.S.M.,
principal at St. Vincent’s, said,
“The girls’ first move alter col
lecting the original $100 was to
go snopping lor the best place
to open an account. Tney were
very carelui in this selection for
they warned to be sure that
tney were getting the best in
terest rate available.” When the
school term ended last summer,
tne bank account showed a cre
dit of $300 and the enthusiastic
students were still busily trying
to swell the total. They have
some interesting plans and have
already made one a reality. This
is a "Dimes for St. Vincent’s”
card which carries the S.V.A.
shield on the front and on the
two inside pages is the. music of
tile “Alma Mater” with slots
cut through the notes for the in
sertion or dimes. Each card
holds forty dimes and they were
first distributed at a Coke par
ty in June, given for propec-
tive freshmen by the new sen
iors.
During the summer the com
mittee remained active, distrib
uting tne “musical cards” to
other members of the student
body. Tne committee is compos
ed of the following: Loretto
Powers, Kathleen Dillon, Nancy
Pruitt, Julie Miller and Marga
ret Mary Brown, seniors; Caro
lyn Emerich, Patty Cannon and
Ann Sheehan, juniors; and Kel
ly Brown, Diane DeLoach and
Ree Doyie, sophomores.
During the coming school
year the Committee plans to
nave other get-togethers for the
benefit of the Drive and also to
sell greeting cards.
The Youtn Division is a very
important part of St. Vincent’s
building Fund Campaign and
with such enthusiasm on the
part of the students it is assured
that this Division’s contribution
to the campaign will be a very
significant one.
BELMONT — Miss Mary
Lenz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Lenz of Brunswick, Ga.
received tne white veil of a no
vice at special ceremonies on
August 15, in the convent of the
Sisters of Mercy in Belmont, N.
C. She will be known in relig
ion as Sister Marian.
'The Sisters ol Mercy take
vows ol poverty, chastity, and
obedience and to serve the poor,
sick, and ignorant according to
tne counsel ol Christ who said,
“if tnou will be perfect, sell
wnat tnou hast and come, fol
low Me.”
In observing these vows and
carrying out mese counsels the
Sisters conduct parochial
schools, an academy and junior
college, a junior, military acad
emy, hospitals, a nurse's train
ing school, an orphanage, teach
Sunday School, and work in a
foreign mission. Others profess
ed at the same time include:
Final vows: Sister Mary Bri-
gid, Lmwood, N. J.; Sister Mary
oamiiius, Hampton, Va.; Sister
Mary Eugene, Bronx, N. Y.;
Sister Mary Maurice, Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Renewal of vows: Sister Mary
Thomas, Guam.
first Vows: Sister Mary
Thomasine, Gaffney, S. C.; Sis
ter Josepn Mary, Springfield,
S. C.; Sister Mary Pauline, Clo
ver, S. C.; Sister Mary Edmund,
High Point, N. C.; Sister Mary
Damian, Pncksviile, N. Y.; Sis
ter Mary Camilla, Greenport,
L. I., JM. Y.
Also received as novices were
Miss Mary Perez Artero, Ag-
ana, Guam, who will be known
as Sister Mary Emiline; Miss
Mary Lou Meskill of Brooklyn
who is now Sister Mary Phillip;
and Miss Jean Grisdaie of Char
lotte, Sister Mary Janet.
Peace And
tCunuiiuea irom Page i)
American delegation to remain
split, so that all kinds of labels
could be pinned on the majority
faction of being fascist, em
ployees of the FBI, MeCar-
thyites,, spies from the State
Department, etc., whereas the
others were hailed as sincere
American youth who came to
Vienna in the interests of
“Frieden Fraunschaft.”
It was also clear that the IPC
realized the fact that tiie ma
jority of the Americans present
were anti-Communist and that
any democratic meeting would
mean defeat for the Ir'C. The
resulting tactic was to ignore
the majority, dismiss them as a
small, noisy disturbance, really
not significant, and meanwhile
to continue business as usual.
In such a climate the Ameri
can majority had two lines of
action, either go along with the
IPC tactic and accept the New
York leadership, or. walk out of
the Festival. 'To date the deci
sion has been to stay at the
Festival, participate, rather than
walk out or risk being thrown
out. Of the 350 Americans pres
ent, some 200 were on the side
of democracy.
One significant by-product of
Friendship
the “American revolution” was
the courage it stirred within
other delegations to defect. To
date open splits have occurred
within the Italian, the Indian
and the Brazilian delegations.
In fact, 20 Italians walked out
and got their money refunded,
on the point that the propaganda
was too much, the leadership
was too controlled, and the food
was too terrible.
Another fact emerging seems
to be that the Youth Festival
will not be attempted again in
the free world, outside the
Soviet sphere of influence, be
cause of the difficulties the IPC
has in controlling it.
Thus far, the Soviet calculated
risk that it could hold a Festival
in the free world has failed.
RECEIVES
HABIT
MACON — Among the postu
lants who recently received the
Maryknoll habit was Miss Mary
Margaret Barkhurst.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Daniel Bark
hurst of Macon. She received
the name of Sister Mary Conso-
lata.
Priest, Vocations Shortage Latin
America's Major Religious Problem
(The author of ihe follow
ing article is the editor of
Noiicias Caiholicas, Spanish
and Portuguese edition of the
N.C.W.C. News Service.)
By Jaime Fonseca
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
Latin America’s drastic short
age of priests and vocations has
been labelled by its bishops and
the Holy See as that continent’s
number one religious problem.
The problem is aggravated at
the present time by the threat
of modern heresies and the
pressure of social changes.
With about a third of the
world’s Catholics, Latin Ameri
ca has less than a tenth of its
priests. The area’s 170 million
faithful are served at present
by fewer than 36,000 priests.
They need at least 170,000.
Latin America has the small
est proportion of priests to
faithful of any of the world’s
major areas. In North America
there is approximately one
priest for each 700 Catholics,
in Europe about one to 800, in
Asia about one to 1,400 and in
Africa about one to 1,500.
But priests in Latin America
have to care for from 3,000 to
30,000 Catholics each, with the
average being about 5,000.
And Latin America’s 100 ma
jor seminaries, with about 6,650
students, are ordaining only ap
proximately a thousand a year,
hardly enough to keep pace
with the continent’s fast grow
ing population, not to mention
the already existing deficit.
There are 225 minor seminaries
with 16,800 students.
One of the publications of the
new Latin American Bishops’
Council has painted this pic
ture:
“This is the desolate situation
we see in all the Latin Ameri
can countries: countless parish
es without a priest; untold vil
lages without the slightest spi
ritual assistance; seminaries al
most empty; the basic institu
tion of the family in danger of
disintegration; such vital works
as teaching the catechism, ad
ministering the sacraments, ob
servance of feasts, organization
of the lay apostolate — all sad
ly forfeited. And with so many
burdens falling on the parish
priest, the parish is never well
organized.”
Here are some examples of
the present shortage:
—In 1950, a typical year, Bo
livia had two ordinations. A
country with more than three
million Catholics, Bolivia has
some dioceses where only nine
priests have been ordained in
25 years.
-—Honduras, which has a
Catholic population of 1,400,000,
ordained eight priests last year
and seven the year before.
These were the first new priests
in 12 years.
—The average parish popu
lation in Cuba and Guatemala
is 30,000.
—Each Brazilian priest must
care for more than 6,000 faith
ful.
—Of Costa Rica’s 270 priests,
70 are active in educational and
social work. That leaves only
200 priests left to serve the
country’s 1,100,000 Catholics in
parish work. A thousand are,
needed.
-—In all Latin America there
are more than 10,000 villages
and towns which have no
church or resident priest. There
are about 4,000 towns that have
a church but see a priest only
once or twice a year.
Peru offers a striking exam
ple of what has happened in
Latin America. In colonial times
there was a surplus of at least
100 priests and the ordination of
hundreds of deacons was put
off because there were no posts
available for them. Today more
than 200 of the country’s ap
proximately 800 parishes have
no resident pastor.
The Faith was vigorously
spread in Latin America during
the three centuries of the area’s
discovery, exploration and col
onization by Spain and Portu
gal. From Texas to Patagonia
settlers from the two nations
paved the way for the estab
lishment of 23 universities and
50 dioceses with their cathed
rals, parishes, seminaries, con
vents and schools.
The causes of the Catholic
losses that followed are many.
Here are the main ones.
During the 18th century the
so-called Age of Reason brought
anti-Catholic writing and deeds
to Spain, Portugal and their
colonies. King Charles III of
Spain suppressed the Society of
Jesus in the Spanish possessions
and the Portuguese government
did the same in Brazil. The so
ciety had more than 2,600
priests and Brothers in Latin
America.
By the beginning of the 19 th
century, Latin American bish
ops were telling authorities in
Spain that the abuses and im
morality of some Spanish offi
cials were doing irreparable
harm to the Church in the New
World. By this time vocations
had already started to decline.
When the wars of independ
ence came between 1810 and
1830, Spanish priests in Latin
America, where little had been
done to foster native vocations,
were confused and divided in
their loyalties. The clergy’s
ranks were decimated when
many priests and even prelates
were forced to leave the newly
independent countries. Some of
the clergy, however, had sided
with the rebels. Brazil, which
had a less violent break with
Portugal than had the Spanish
colonies from their motherland,
was harmed religiously by free
masonry, which even pene
trated the clergy.
Of still greater importance in
bringing about a clergy short
age was the law of royal pa
tronage which had tied the
Church close to the Spanish
crown in exchange for the aid
given by the kings in the evan
gelization of Latin America.
For decades after the wars of
independence the Holy See was
unable to appoint new bishops
and Catholics were almost to
tally unable to communicate
with the Holy See.
Most of the new governments
during the 19th century were
inspired by the anticlerical doc
trines of the French revolution
which had spread to Spain and
Portugal. This anticlericalism
characterized' the “liberal” par
ties in the various countries.
Moreover, Catholics who join
ed the “conservative” parties of
ten adopted the errors of the
secularistic liberals for their
own political advantage.
These anticlerical and secu
laristic traditions, which sprang
from freemasonry as it devel
oped in the Latin countries of
Europe, still hold sway in Latin
America. Traditional among the
ruling classes, they have also
penetrated the lower classes
and have been intensified by
civil marriage, divorce and ed
ucation without religion.
In Chile, according to one
priest, the upper class was lost
to the Church because of liber
alism and freemasonry. In Ec
uador, a seminary rector said,
secularism has sown a disregard
for the priesthood among all
classes. The same thing has
been reported about Honduras
and Nicaraugua.
Uruguay’s daily press shows
indifference, if not open hostili
ty, toward the priesthood. In
Mexico the leading masonic
lodges joined with socialist and
Marxist forces to unleash the
persecution of the Church in the
1920’s, and today they work to
gether to keep the anti-Church
laws on the books. Guatemala
has yet to recover from 80 years
of liberal anticlericalism.
Even in homes that claim to
be Catholic, it is common for
parents to use the seminary as
an “exile” with which to threat
en rebellious sons. And in many
countries one often hears:
“What a shame such a smart
boy wants to become a priest.”
Another factor in the vocation
shortage is the vast number of
common law marriages, civil
marriages and unions of divorc
ed persons in parts of Latin
America. During a recent mis
sion in Bolivia it was found that
about 67 per cent of all chil
dren were illegitimate. In Mexi
co’s Yucatan and in other areas
bordering the Caribbean, the
rate exceeds 50 per cent, while
in Honduras it is estimated at
80 per cent.
Still another important ele
ment in the clergy shortage
Weekly Calendar
Of Feast Days
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
SUNDAY, September 6 — St.
Zachanas, Prophet. He lived in
the sixth century, B. C. He was
the son of Barachias and be
came known in Israel during
the reign of King Darius, as a
contemporary of the Prophet
Aggeus. Both contributed by
tneir exhortations to speeding
up the work of the building of
tne Second Temple.
MONDAY, September 7 — St.
Nemorius and. Companions,
Martyrs. Registered m the Ro
man Martyrology as St. Nemor
ius, he is also known as St.
Memorius but is more popularly
venerate das St. Mesmm. He was
a beacon of Troyes, Trance.
With five companions he was
sent by St. Lupus, under whom
he served, to the camp of Attiia
the Hun, who then was ravag
ing Gaul, to implore mercy of
the Barbarian leader. Attiia had
all six beheaded, about 451.
However, the prayers of Bishop
St. Lupus were answered and
Troyes was spared from ravage.
TUESDAY, September 8 —
The Nativity of the Blessed Vir
gin. The feast commemorates
the birth, free from original sin,
of the Jewish maiden of the
house of David, destined to be
come the Mother of God. Her
parents were SS. Joachim and
Anne.
WEDNESDAY, September 9—
St. Peter Claver, Confessor. He
was the son of a farmer, born
in 1581 at Verdu, near Barce
lona, Spain. He joined the
Jesuits in 1609. Stationed at
Majorca, he was inspired by St.
Alphonsus Rodriguez with the
desire to do mission work in
America. He was sent jn 1610
to Cartagena in Central Ameri
ca, the central slave mart of
the West Indies, and for the
next 40 years devoted himself
to the welfare of Negro slaves.
He is said to have baptized and
cared for more than 300,000 of
them. He died in 1654. He was
canonized in 1888 and declared
the patron of all Catholic mis
sions among Negroes in 1896.
THURSDAY, September 10—
St. Nicholas of Toientino, Con
fessor. He was born in answer
to the prayers of a holy mother
and was promised before his
birth to the service of God. His
austerities were conspicious
even in the strict order of the
Hermits of St. Augustine, to
which he belonged. He died in
1310.
FRIDAY, September, 11 —
SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Mar-
tyre. According to tradition,
they were brothers, Romans by
birth and servants in the house
of St. Eugenia. Seized in the
persecution under Diocletian,
they were scourged and be
headed about 257.
SATURADY, September 12 —
Feast of the Most Holy Name
of Mary. This feast was insti
tuted by order of Pope Innocent
XI in 1591 to commemorate the
victory of the Christian Forces
over the Turks at Vienna,
Austria, gained through her
intercession.
problem is the fact that the
great majority of Latin Ameri
ca’s priests come from its mid
dle class. But the middle class
is the area’s smallest one and
is at present threatened by in
filtration.
The predominance of middle
class vocations is shown by the
experience of a Colombian dio
cese which had 172 vocations in
one year. Three came from rich
families and all the rest from
middle class homes. Colombia,
along with Argentina, Ecuador
and Costa Rica — where the
middle classes are relatively
strong — has less of a vocation
problem than many other Latin
American nations.
There are also many voca
tions among poor youths, how
ever, and their educations are
often financed by parishes or
foundations established by rich
families for the purpose. It costs
between $4,000 and $9,000 dur
ing an 11-year period, according
to varying conditions in differ
ent countries, to prepare a stu
dent for ordination.
Even more than the scarcity
of priests, the heroism of the
clergy is the most striking fea
ture of the religious life of
Latin America.
Not only do priests face the
hostility of the Church’s ene
mies and the indifference of
large numbers of the people,
they also must contend with the
geographical problems of vast
distances and difficult terrain
without communication and
transportation facilities. There
are parishes in rural Latin
America the size of the average
U. S. diocese, with widely scat
tered populations. In addition
there are large sections of met
ropolitan areas — mainly slums
SLOVAK LEAGUE
PROTESTS VISIT
OF KHRUSHCHEV
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., (NC) —
A strongly worded letter of
protest over the U. S. invitation
extended to Russia’s Premier
Nikita Khrushchev to visit this
country was sent to President
Eisenhower by Philip A. Hro-
baK, president of tne Slovak
League of America.
Rver since the United States
recognized Soviet Russia 26
years ago, Mr. Hrobak said, this
country has been "abused and
reviled, attacked and insulted”
by tne Soviets. He also assert
ed: “Khrushcnev, line Stalin,
uses power wnii utter contempt
for human lives, moral scruples
and democratic principles.”
Edward Overstreet
Savannah Services
SAVANNAH, — Funeral
services of Edward C. Over-
street were held August 14th at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
A native of Savannah, he was
a retired, superintendent of the
Savannah Lotton Exchange.
Survivors are a son, Edward
M. Overstreet; a daughter, Mrs.
James H. Whittington; a broth
er, Malcom S. Overstreet, all of
Savannah; two sisters, Mrs. J. R.
Harrison of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Mrs. P. J. Kehoe of Savan
nah; five grandsons, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Services For
Mrs. Scarborough
AUGUSTA, — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Annabel!-Chavel
Scarborough were held August
27 th at the Sacred Heart
Church, Rev. Gerald Armstrong,
S. J., officiating.
Survivors are four daughters,
Mrs. Joseph B. Gibiyn of
Crooked Lane, Par, Lake Wales,
Fla., Mrs. X. L. Woodward of
Tranklin Square Long Island,
N. Y.; Mrs. H. E. Mangles of
Silver bprings, Md., ana Mrs.
Thelma £>. uixon, of Augusta;
a son, Josepn P. Scaroorougn
of Rockville, Md.; two half sis
ters, Miss Mary wnavel and Miss
Eiizeoeih Cnavel both of Au
gusta; eight grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Alice A. White
Services in Savannah
SAVANNAH, — Funeral
services for Mrs. Alice A. White
were held August lath at the
Nativity of Our Lord Church.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Mary A. Antisdaie of Sa
vannah and Mrs. Alice W. Bentz
or ivraransourg, W. va.; a sister,
Mrs. C. A. Burnside or Savan
nah, a bro tiler, Angus Smith of
Savannah; two grandchildren
and six great-grandsons, sev
eral nieces and nephews.
SERVICES FOR
MRS. DERBY
SAVANNAH, — Funeral
services for Mrs. Anita Walls
Derby were held August 27th
in the Chapel of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor.
occupied by migrant peasants
-—which have no organized
Church or family life.
The effort to care for so many
people, often troubled by ap
palling economic and emotional
problems, over such vast areas,
tends to bring frustration, if not
illness and premature death to
the heroic priests of Latin
America. Many must live alone,
sleep only four hours a night
and take time for about one real
meal a day.
There are close to 17,000 par
ishes in Latin America and the
self-sustaining one is the ex
ception. The poverty-stricken
masses contribute in some de
gree to the support of their pas
tors, but the priest must seek
funds elsewhere to carry on vit
al works such as schools or cli
nics, or even the upkeep of his
church.
In spite of this dark picture,
the Church is recovering from
the losses of the past. Year by
year the number of ordinations
increases, in some regions at a
faster rate than the popula
tion growth. Better than 15 per
cent of the boys in the semi
naries reach the priesthood, a
tribute to their perseverance
and the unfailing efforts of
their teachers.
Not in vain are the bishops
devoting most of their energies
to the vital task of rebuilding,
modernizing and expanding
seminaries, and collecting scho
larship funds and other means
to cultivate vocations. Cam
paigns to foster vocations are
being waged throughout Latin
America and are bringing larger
numbers to the seminaries. This
has been the express desire of
the Holy See: concentrate on
seminaries.