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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, November 28, 1959
— (Jim Bisson Photo)
FRANCISCAN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT OF UNITED GARDEN CLUB
SPEAKS TO COLUMBUS K. C. AUXILIARY
SERVICES FOR
JOHN H. BERGIN
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for John Henry Bergin were
held November 14th at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
Survivors are two sisters,
Mrs. John T. Moore, and Miss
Thelma Bergin, Savannah; one
brother, William J. Bergin,
Beaumont, Texas; one uncle and
one Aunt.
Savannah Services
For J. G. Galina
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for J. Gordan Galina were
held November 14th at the Sa
cred Heart Church.
Survivors are two sisters, Miss
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joyment of God’s freedom and
peace.”
The Bishops observed that on
his visit to this country, “the
communist spokesman” (Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev)
took “every opportunity to com
pare unfavorably capitalism
with communism in their eco
nomic aspects.” But, the Bish
ops cautioned, this “is not the
basic issue.” The choice which
“men and nations must make
today is between freedom and
coercion,” they declared.
Such words as “democracy,”
“republic,” “peace” and “friend
ship” have found their way into
the communist vocabulary, the
statement said, but the commu
nist meanings are different. For
example, by “peace,” the com
munist means submission to his
program, by “friendship” he
means acceptance on the part of
others of his formula for co
existence, the Bishops asserted.
There are signs today that
communism’s tyranny is not the
same in every nation under its
sway, and “indications that the
spirit of man will not stay
crushed,” the Bishops said.
They advised: “We should
storm heaven with prayer and
penance, knowing that what to
man seems impossible, God will
grant to those who pray to Him
with humble hearts, free of hat
red and a spirit of revenge. As
the early Christians converted
their persecutors, we can seek
to move those whose hearts
seemed hardened by blasphem
ous contempt for God and in
human disregard for their fel
low man.”
In this spirit, the Bishops ob
served, statesmen of the world
“must continue their often dis
heartening quest for peeace, re
ductions in armaments and the
introduction of the rule of law
into the society of nations.”
“They must be firm in up
holding principle and justice,
knowing that appeasement in
such matters leads only to the
peace of the conquered,” the
Bishops stated. “It is a delusion
to place hope in seeking real
understanding when the true
problem is a conflict of essen
tial principles, not lack of un
derstanding.”
And in seeking better rela
tions with communist regimes,
“we must not forget that their
system and ours are as basically
different as slavery and free
dom,” the nation’s Catholic
leaders cautioned.
Regarding the obstacle of na
tionalism on the world scene,
the Bishops observed:
“The worldwide movement
toward independence is in itself
good and laudable, and we re
joice that many nations former
ly subjected to external control
now guide their own destinies.
But all too often a morbid pre
occupation. with past greivanc-
es arouses a spirit of revenge
that defrauds certain minorities
of freedom and obstructs the
clear vision of the constructive
and peaceful paths of national
greatness.”
Deploring inhuman condi
tions which prevail among mil
lions of the world’s peoples, the
Bishops declared: “Poverty,
hunger, disease and the bitter
ness engendered by social injus
tice is their common lot. Embit
tered by the contrast between
their own wrechedness and the
wealth of the rich and powerful
in their own lands, and between
the nations, they are ripe for
exploitation by both the com
munists and the extreme na
tionalists.”
“Nor can we be unmindful of
the plight of the millions of ref
ugees whose present status is a
challenge to all who believe in
freedom and peace,” the Bish
ops declared. “Victims of totali
tarian tyranny, deprived of
family, of homeland, of liberty
itself, they pose no threat to the
peace and security of any land
that may be their haven. But
continued apathy to the pro
blem of their resettlement is
a reproach to the conscience of
the free world.”
Rubye Galina and Miss Jeanette
Galina; a brother, Harry A.
Galina, an uncle, William F.
Garrick, all of Savannah, and
several cousins.
Francis Grant
Savannah Services
S AVANN AH—Funeral serv
ices for Mr. Francis Grant were
held November 19th at St. Bene
dict the Moor Church, Rev. Mc
Cormick officiating.
Survivors are Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas White, Mrs. Lillie
Grant, Miss Ellen Marie White,
Miss Dorothy White, Miss Caro
lyn White, Mrs. Dorothy Grant
Spence, Mrs. Mary Dunham, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Grant, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Grant, Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Grant.
Preoccupation with the com
munist problem, the Bishop said
sholdr not “deter us from seek
ing to solve other problems that
may endanger peace and free
dom.” The Bishops declared
that the social and economic
problems of the world, and par
ticularly those of Asia, Africa
and some Latin American areas,
pose a “challenge that can be
met.”
A Christian sense of justice
should impel assistance to
“those who suffer from avoid
able poverty, ignorance and dis
ease” which tend to forment
both militant nationalism and
communist infiltration, the
Bishops said.
“Our people have been gen
erous in responding to the ap
peals of the afflicted victims of
war and famine,” the Bishops
said. “But the needs of the
world will not be met by cha
ritable aid alone. The greater
charity is to help people to help
themselves.”
The Catholic leaders observ
ed that programs of education,
technical assistance and devel
opment aid by individual gov
ernments and international
bodies can do much to build
foundations for prosperity and
peace in poverty-stricken and
hungry nations.
“In the long run, at least, the
cause of peace and freedom so
intimately connected with the
independence of nations would
be better served if we could
rely less on programs of gov
ernmental aid and more on pri
vate investment and interna
tional trade adequately regulat
ed for the good of all nations,”
the Bishops said.
Facing the problems on the
home front, the Bishops dis
pensed this advice: “The forces
of religion in this country face
no problem more pressing than
the restoration within our peo
ple of respect for the moral law
as God’s law, and the inculca
tion of those virtues on which
the soundness of family and
civic life depends. Reverence for
God’s law, the keeping of His
Commandments, the practice of
self-restraint, of justice and
charity will contribute beyond
measure to the strength and
unity of our country, which are
so essential for effective leader
ship in the cause of freedom
and of peace.”
Instead of upholding boldly
the principles of peace and free
dom under God, the Bishops
said, this nation has emphasized
its material wealth from indus
trialization and education; has
stressed a program of supplying
machines, calories and pleasures
as the fruits of freedom and
peace. The result has been, the
Bishops observed, that today
“throughout the world, too of
ten it is thought that when we
speak of the American way of
life, we are speaking only of a
high standard of living.”
“We must convince the
world,” the Bishops advised,
“that our industry, our educa
tion, our technology are made
not only to serve the body but
the free spirit of man, that the
grandeur of the heritage and
extent of our contribution to
the world is not measured in
dollars and machines, but in the
spirit of God’s freedom and the
dignity of the human person.
Our motive in gladly pouring
out our resources is not simply
a natural pity for the misery
of our fellow man or a damper
to conflict, but recognition of
his dignity as an equal son of
God endowed with freedom.”
The Catholic leaders conclud
ed:
“To accomplish this we must
be totally dedicated to our be
liefs in God, the source of free
dom and peace. We must be
ready to give our country’s
principles the same unlimited
measure of devotion that led
to the birth of our nation. Man
kind will follow only those who
give it a higher cause and the
leadership of their dedicated. It
is up to us to give that leader
ship to mankind in the cause
of God’s freedom and peace.”
COLUMBUS — “Seasonal
Flower Arrangements” was the
topic of a talk given by Mrs.
William G. Allen, President of
the United Garden Club, and
Past President of the Camellia
Garden Club and the Flower
Workshop, to the members of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Knights
of Columbus, Bishop Gross
Council No. 1019, at their regu
lar monthly meeting held on
Tuesday, November 17th at the
K of C Hall.-
Mrs. Allen, made several ar
rangements illustrating her
talk, emphasizing particularly
Thanksgiving and Christmas
decorations, and stressing the
importance of selecting a proper
container. She also gave many
suggestions, and led a “round
table” discussion with the mem
bers on flower arranging and
the out-door plantings of shrubs
for greenery.
The Auxiliary made plans for
a Christmas patry. Mrs. C. M.
Green, the president, appointed
the committee, with Mr. Henry
Gallman as Chairman ,to form
ulate plans for the Auxiliary’s
“Day of Recollection,” which
will be held on Sunday Decem
ber 6, 1959, for all the ladies of
the Holy Family Parish, at the
Holy Family School Chapel,
with Father Bernard Donlon, as
our speaker.
Mrs. Herman Geerling, Mrs.
Justo Gomez and Mrs. Charles
C. Hurst acted as hostesses,
serving delicious refreshments
to approximately 25 members.
Warner Robins
Ladies Guild
Win Cake Auction
WARNER ROBINS — The
Ladies Guild of Sacred Heart
Church in Warner Robins, prov
ed their ability as bakers when
they strutted off with the first
five places, in the Cake Auction
held on Saturday November 14,
at the Williams Plaza Shopping
Center, in Warner Robins.
Sponsored by the Merchants
Association of the Williams
Plaza Shopping Center, the af
fair was considered very suc
cessful, with approximately ten
Civic and Church organizations
participating, and each sub
mitting five cakes for the
auction.
The winning cake, submitted
by the Ladies Guild, won the
first place one hundred dollar
prize, for a cake that was shaped
and decorated like a turkey:
the high bid on this cake of
$25.00 being made by the Bank
of Warner Robins.
Other cakes winning prizes
and submitted by the Ladies
Guild were: a Victorian Doll
shaped cake, another as a full-
masked ship, one as the Horn
of Plenty, and a chocolate cake
profusely decorated and eye
catching.
The women responsible for
the $165,000 won in the cake
auction were Mrs. Shirley
Leisor, Mrs. Thelma Latona and
Pearl Bell, Mrs. Stanley Boor,
Mrs. Melvin Dawson, and Mrs.
Henrietta Clements of the Sa
cred Heart Church Ladies Guild.
SAVANNAH — St. John
Vianney Seminary played host
to the pilgrimage of some 35 al
tar boys from the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, accom
panied by Father Herbert Well-
meier, their director.
The day’s events began at the
Shrine of the Cure of Ars with
a short talk by Father William
Coleman, Seminary Rector. He
explained why St. John Vian
ney was chosen as patron. Af
terwards, he listed the signs of
a vocation to the priesthood and
urged the boys to prayerfully
consider if God might be calling
them to become priests.
The Cathedral Knights were
divided into groups of six and
Blessed Sacrament
Home And School
SAVANNAH — Mrs. Barbara
Tillman, speech therapist of the
Clair Henderson Rehabilitation
Center, was the guest speaker
at the Blessed Sacrament Home
and School meeting on Wednes
day afternoon, Nov. 11. She
gave classifications, cause, and
suggested helps for the speech
disorders of children.
Mrs. William Hennessey and
Mrs. J. H. Haslam will serve as
co-chairmen for the Thanksgiv
ing Pantry Shower.
December 9 will be celebrated
as Father’s Night and the fea
tured speaker will be Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough.
Sister Mary Agnese’s seventh
grade won the attendance prize.
Catholic
Women’s Club
SAVANNAH—The November
Meeting of the Catholic Wom
en’s Club was held Tuesday
night, November 10th, in the
Club Rooms.
Mrs .Kathryn Huggins, Pro
gram Chairman, introduced Mrs.
John E. Porter, the guest speak
er, who gave a very interesting
talk of the Rehabilitation Cen
ter for Young Adults from 16
to 30.
Mrs. Rudolf Heitmann was
appointed Chiarman of the Edu
cational Committee.
Mrs. Huggins gave a brief
outline of the Regional Meet
ing of the Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs which was held re
cently in Savannah.
The Social Committee will be
in charge of the Christmas Par
ty for the Club, which will be
held at the Club’s next monthly
meeting. Mrs. J. B. Williams
will do the decorating.
Miss Cassie A. White, who is
a new member, won the Mem
bership Prize.
Mrs. Charles Molony was ap
pointed Chairman of the an
nual Christmas Party for the
guests of the Little Sisters of
the Poor.
ST. TERESA'S
ALTAR SOCIETY
ALBANY—St. Teresa’s Altar
Society met on November 16th
in the school auditorium with
the president, Mrs. Ken Lewis,
presiding. The meeting was
opened with the recitation of
the “Memorare.”
Mrs. Donald Booker and Mrs.
Thomas Gordon were intro
duced and welcomed as new
members. Mrs. A. T. Cyganie-
wicz, foreign relief chairman,
spoke briefly to the members
about the various ways in
which the Altar Society might
aid the refugees in China.
Mrs. E. C. Fudge, legislative
chairman, encouraged all mem
bers to vote in the forthcoming
city election, and offered to
arrange transportation to the
polls for anyone who might
need it. Mrs. W. W. Kirksey
gave a very inspiring reading
on the ways to practice religion,
especially in the homes.
each group was accompanied by
two seminarians on a tour of the
Seminary and its facilities. The
seminarians told the Knights
about seminary life and answer
ed questions.
The total group reassembled
at the statue of St. John Vian
ney for refreshment, and one
of the seminarians, Joseph Rau,
gave a detailed exposition of a
day at the Seminary. The pil
grimage was concluded with all
saying the Prayer for Voca
tions as adopted by His Excel
lency Bishop McDonough and
a prayer for God’s guidance in
the personal choice of a voca
tion.
St. Janes
Home & School
Association
SAVANNAH — A film en
titled “Our Lady of Fatima”
was shown to members of St.
James Home and School Asso
ciation at their monthly meet
ing.
An Open House and Book
Fair was held in the school on
Sunday, November 22, from 9
a. m. until 1 p. m. Mrs. John M.
Considine, Library Chairman
was in charge.
A Bake Sale will be held De
cember 6, in the Parish Hall
following each mass.
Students will be dismissed at
noon Wednesday, November 25,
for the Thanksgiving Holidays.
Cardinals
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served at the Apostolic Delega
tion in Washington; Archbish
op Gustavo Testa, Apostolic
Nuncio to Switzerland, who was
a professor at the Bergamo dio
cesan seminary when the Pope
was spiritual director there, and
Msgr. Francesco Morano, 87,
secretary of the Supreme Tri
bunal of the Apostolic Signa
ture.
Firs! Communion
it Sacred lair!
AUGUSTA —On Sunday, Oc
tober 25, the Feast of Christ the
King, twenty-four children re
ceived their First Holy Com
munion at the 8:00 Mass at Sa
cred Heart Church.
The Pastor, Reverend Ed
ward Shields, S.J., was the cele
brant Of the Mass. Reverend
Gerald Armstrong, S.J., preach
ed the sermon.
The altar was beautifully
decorated with yellow gladiolus
and white and yellow mums.
Adding dignity to the occa
sion were the Knights of Co
lumbus who formed an honor
guard for the First Communi
cants.
The Sacred Heart School
made up of boys and girls from
the fifth through the eighth
grades, sang hymns during the
Mass.
The following children re
ceived their First Holy Com
munion: Robert Barrett, Wil
liam Carrisk, David Counts,
Richard Craig, John Eigner,
Amy Gilchrist, Anthony Hicks
and Gen Tong Hong.
Deborah Howe, Sheron Kir-
key, John Nixon, Gerald O’Tuel,
David Paulos, Richard Poole
and Charles Pope.
Clifford Richards, Shelia Sal
ter, Ruth Ann Sciple, Cecilia
Spinks, Monica Stuckart, Nancy
Walker, Ann Watkins, Susan
Wetherington and G 1 e e s o n
Wheatley.
PERRY WOMEN
GUESTS OF
LADIES GUILD
WARNER ROBINS — The
Ladies Guild of the Sacred
Heart Church in Warner Robins
had as their guests at their
monthly meeting in November,
the Catholic Women of Perry,
Georgia.
The Warner Robins Ladies
Guild demonstrated to the out-
of-towners the activities of the
Guild and their association with
the NCWC and its activities.
Mrs. Dan Sebastian, of the
Warner Robins Ladies Guild,
highlighted the meeting as she
demonstrated her talent and
versatility, well - known
throughout Middle Georgia, for
making flower arrangements.
Her theme for arrangements at
this meeting was along the
Christmas vein.
Other projects discussed at
this meeting were the NCWC
China doll project, and the Ma
donna Plan of the NCWC,
which helps to provide medical
care, nutrition, and education of
AQUINAS
BAZAAR
DEC. 4th
AUGUSTA — The Aquinas
Christmas Bazaar will be held
Friday, December 4th, at St.
Mary’s Hall from 9 a. m. until
9 p. m.
A large variety of delicious
foods and beautiful gifts will be
on hand. There will be a needle
work booth, one with white ele
phants, cakes, candy, and
aprons, childrens toys, Christ
mas decorations. There will be
a country store where home
made delicacies might be car
ried home for supper, and the
refreshment booth will have hot
coffee and sandwiches for busy
customers all during the day.
General chairmen for the ba
zaar are Mrs. Dennis Kearns
and Mrs. Henry Rinker. Needle
work chairmen are Mrs. A. C.
Bledsoe, Mrs. Allen Cooke, Mrs.
E. E. Riggin. White Elephant
chairmen are Mrs. R. L. Camp
bell and Mrs. C. A. Schafer.
Cakes chairmen are Mrs. J, A.
Armstrong and Mrs. W. A. Her
man. Candy chairmen are Mrs.
R. E. Pate and Mrs. J. H. Ar
thur.
Aprons chairmen, Mrs. A. C.
Dyal and Mrs. L. J. Waters.
Children’s chairmen, Mrs. A. J.
Torantine and Mrs. B. A. Calla
han. Country Store chairmen,
Mrs. J. A. John and Mrs. Joseph
Budai. Chrjptmas Decorations
chairmen are Mrs. Albert Gary
and Mrs. Eugene Long. Refresh
ment chairmen, Mrs. E. J. Mc
Mahon and Mrs. W. F. Sheehan.
The Bazaar is being sponsor
ed by the Aquinas High School
P.T.O. Mrs. Joseph J. O’Connell
is its president.
mothers unable to provide for
themselves.
Meeting Of
St. Mary’s
Ladies Guild
AUGUSTA — The regular
meeting of St. Mary’s Ladies
Auxiliary was held on Wednes
day, November 11th, in the Par
ish Hall, Mrs. Louis Battey pre
siding. The Reverend Kevin Bol-
land opened with a prayer.
A letter was read from the
Red Cross requesting help to
make Christmas brighter for the
boys in the Veterans Hospitals
and in the Fort Gordon Hos
pital. It was voted to send a
check from the Auxiliary.
There was a very fine Treas
urer’s report from Mrs. James
Cullum as a result of the success
of the barbeque held in Octo
ber. Mrs. Stephen Mulherin and
her Way and Means Committee
deserve much credit for having
served over 850 people, who
seemed to be well served, well
fed, and were responsible for
a rather large increase in the
treasury. Mrs. Mulherin sug
gested as the next Ways and
Means project that Claxton
fruitcakes be sold by the mem
bers. This idea was approved.
Mrs. William Bush introduced
the program, which was very
much in keeping with our cam
paign against “indecent litera
ture.” Mr. Elmer L. Van Zant,
Chief Probation Officer of the
Richmond County Juvenile
Court, gave a very moving talk
on Juvenile Delinquency, show
ing that it was not a mew prob
lem, but rather a sign of the
times of prosperit y—when
mothers, fathers, and children
all go their separate ways, rath
er than sticking together as a
family.
CATHEDRAL ALTAR BOYS INVESTED—On Sunday, November 15th in the Chapel of Our
Lady, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, 14 Mass servers were invested in cassock and
surplice as Knights of the Altar. The ceremony included the touching of candle and cruet, as
symbols of the function of altar boys in the liturgy.
—(Morgan Fitz Photo)
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS SACRED HEART, AUGUSTA
PILGRIMAGE TO SEMINARY
U. S. BISHOPS
Pilgrimage To Seminary By
Cathedral Knights Of Altar