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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, February 6, 1960
First Communion At
Sacred Heart Church, Savannah
SAVANNAH DEANERY
COUNCIL MEETING
SAVANNAH-, The, beautiful.
feast of Our Lady’s Immaculate
Conception was the occasion for
First Holy Communion for the
children of Sacred Heart Parish.
A special evening Mass was
offered by the pastor, Reverend
Terence Kernan, O.S.B. It was
impressive to see the children
going into the sanctuary so
close to the beautifully adorned
altar to receive Our Lord for
the first time.
Music for the Mass was pro-
vided by Miss Mildred Nichols,
organist, and the Girls’ Choir of
Sacred Heart School.
There was beauty and solem
nity added to this occasion be
fore Mass when the children
renewed their rsapusmal vows
and made a Profession of Faith.
It was fitting at this time in
their life that they renew the
promises made for them by
their Godfathers and Godmoth
ers at the time of their Baptism.
FRANCISCANS IN ISRAEL NOW FREE
TO RETURN TO THEIR MONASTERY
NEAR SITE OF LAST SUFFER
JERUSALEM, Israel,. (Radio,
NC) — The Israeli government
has told the Franciscan Friars
that they are now free to re
turn to their Ad Coenaculum
(Near the Cenacle) monastery
near the site of Christ’s Last
Supper.
The Israeli government has
also agreed to pay for repairs
to the war-damaged building.
The announcement was made
here by the Religious Affairs
Ministry.
A ministry spokesman said
that the Religious Affairs Minis
ter, Rabbi Yaacov Moshe Tole-
dano, had informed Bishop Pier
Georgio Chiappero, O.F.M., of
the government’s decision. Bish
op Chiappero is Vicar for Israel
of Latin Rite Patriarch Albert
Gori, O.F.M., of Jerusalem.
The Franciscan monastery is
located on ivit. Zion adjoining
the spot where Jesus is tradi
tionally believed to have eaten
the Last Supper. It is also di
rectly across from the walls of
the old city Jerusalem which
now form the border between
Israel and Jordan.
During the Arab-Israeli war
in 1948 the monastery was bad
ly damaged by mortar fire.
When Israel’s Defense Ministry
warned Franciscan authorities
that it was unsafe for members
of the Order to return, Israeli
troops occupied the bunding.
Franciscan officials here have
announced that the monastery
needs extensive repairs and that
they are now assessing the
damage in order to demand com
pensation from the government.
The actual room of the Last
Supper is in a building on Mt.
Eion occupied lor centuries by
Moslems. The room itself was
used for Moslem religious cere
monies until it was taken over
by Israel, which still recognizes
the building as Moslem prop
erty.
D.C.C.W. Board
HI directors
To Meet Fell. 10
AUGUSTA — A meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
Savannah Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women will be held at
the Moose Club, 533 Third St.,
Macon, Ga., on Wednesday,
February 10, at 12:30 p. m.
All board members are urged
to attend. Reservations should
be made with Mrs. E. H. Buck,
373 Cotton Ave., Macon, Ga.
AUGUSTA MEETING—The Most Rev. Thos. J. McDonough,
D.D., J.C.D., Administrator of the Diocese of Savannah, is shown
talking with Mr. John T. Holleran, president of the Sacred Heart
Home and School Association, after the January meeting at
which His Excellency was the guest speaker. Mr. Holleran pre
sented Bishop McDonough with a gift for the St. John Vianney
Minor, Seminary, from the school organization.
FIRST HOLY' COMMUNION AT SACRED HEART—Pictured left to right, Top Row: Ralph Maggioni, Bruce Coburn, Richard
Mangan, Rev. Terence Kernan, O.S.B., John Butler, Raymond Georges. Third Row: Betty Bradley, Kathy Nelms, Allison Brennan,
Michele Ravita, Ronald Mainor, Christopher Saxon, Billy Brennan, Joseph Matarazzo, Donald Waddell. Second Row: Barbara
O’Loughlin, Patricia Perez, Cathy Lingenfelser, Joe Ann Brandt, Ricky Doyle, James Groover, Thomas Swanson, Edward Berry.
First Row: Mary Grady, Susan Dunlap, Margaret Mary Carter, Terry Keane, Charles McKenzie, John Lyons, Jack Kiley, Kleeman
O’Leary.—(Photo Andrew Bunn).
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tion which would empower mu
nicipal college presidents to act
when offensive material ap
pears in print. However, the
Board of Higher Education rul
ed no new regulation was neces
sary, although no action has
been taken at Queens College.
“It is contrary to the Ameri
can ideal of fair play to ask
the Newman Club to engage in
this kind of scattershot con
troversy,” Father Brown said.
If this is what free speech
has degenerated into on the col
lege level, he concluded, it re
flects “a failure in our educa
tional system.”
MEETING OF
ALBANY PTA
ALBANY — The January
meeting of St. Teresa’s Parent
Teacher Association was held
recently with the president Mr.
Ray Dwormk presiding. Father
Marvin J. LeFrois opened tht,
meeting with a prayer.
The room count was woe by
Sister Miriams’ 8th grade.
The president thanked Mrs.
Sam Bender, the Room Moth
ers, the Sisters and Mr. Phil
Farkas for the lovely Christmas
party given to the children. He
also thanked Bobs’ Candy Com
pany for their generous dona
tion.
iiir. Dwornik announced that
Mr. and Mrs. Schneiders Were
in charge of the Chicken Bar
becue aupper wnicii was neiti
Saturday January 23rd.
Fatner LeFrois welcomed the
members and invited ail to at
tend the future meetings. la
ther also thanked the Sisters
and Teachers for the line train
ing the children are receiving.
Members of the P.T.A. head a
very interesting talk by Mrs.
John Lovejoy, Director of the
Albany Area Junior Museum.
Mrs. Lovejoy, wno was intro
duced by Mrs. Robert McCor-
macK Jr., Program Chairman,
discussed the purpose and serv
ices of the Museum, and plans
for future programs.
The president tnanked Mrs.
Lovejoy for tier informative
talk.
Fourth Degree
Assembly r ormed
At Hamer fcobins
WARNER ROBINS — An or
ganizational meeting of Fourth
Degree members of Sacred
Heart Council 4311 of Warner
Robins was held January 26th
at the Sacred Heart School
lunchroom to form a local
rissemoiy, and to elect otficers.
Elected to the position of
Faithful Navigator was Joseph
J. Dembowski, a long time resi
dent of Warner Robins and a
Charter member of Council
4311. Others elected to Assem
bly offices were Melvin R. Daw
son, Faithful Captain; Randal
J. Carnes, Faithful Comptroller;
Conrad Leiser, Jr., Faithful
Pilot; Alien B. Wagner, Faith
ful Purser; Peter Lamendola,
Outer Sentinel; Jack Federico,
Inner Sentinel; and Lewis A.
Wood, Faithful Admiral. Ap
pointed as Faithful Friar to the
Assembly was Rev. Charles Ma
honey, Pastor of Sacred Heart
Church.
Other Charter members of the
Assembly, with the majority
roming from Archbishop Gerald
P. O’Hara General Assembly of
Atlanta, are: Edward R. Adams,’
Richard A. Bettinger, Dayton C.
Cramer, Matais F. Gutierrez, Jr.,
Conrad J. Kalbfleisch, Jarvis R.
Kingston, Bernard J. Lawler,
Robert N. Scheidecker, Joseph
J. Sherry and Steve Wargo.
Installation of officers and
presentation of the Charter will
go accomplished at a later date
by Nicholas T. Stafford of Sa-
vannan, Master of tne DeSoto
Province, District of Georgia.
Baptist
Argues
Minister
Need For
Church - Run School
To Beautify
Warner Heflins
School Grounds
WARNER ROBINS — Under
the supervision of Mrs. Daniel
Sebastian, first grade teacher,
plans are being formulated to
, beautify the grounds of Sacred
Heart School. Plants, both dona
ted and newly purchased, will
be set out in the near future ac-
ording to Sr. M. Ignatius,
principal of the school, and vol
unteers from the Sacred Heart
Home and School Association
were asked to assist in the plant
ing.
Members of this group at
their January 12th meeting also
heard Major Lawrence Daniels
report on the traffic control
program for the school; parents
were asked to follow closely
the directions of the school pa
trol boys in carrying out the
plan.
A lovely afghan of brown and
beige tones, crocheted and do
nated by versatile Joe Dembow
ski, won by Mrs. John Giuli.
Proceeds from this drawing will
be used for new equipment in
the new school addition.
Coffee and refreshments don-
nated by Harvey’s Pastry Shop
were served by the sixth grade
mothers following the meeting.
His
ClVICa CLUB RECEIVES CHARTER—Th; Rev. Marvin LeFrois presents the official charter
from the Commission on American Citizenship in Washington, D. C., to Richard Russell, presi
dent of St. Teresa’s Civic Club, while other club officers look on. St. Teresa’s Civics Club is one
of thousands of Catholic clubs chartered in the United States for the purpose of “fostering train
ing for good citizenship.” Looking on are (left to right) John Rozycki, sergeant-at-arms; Ed
ward Armstrong, vice president; Anita Mock, corresponding secretary; Noreen McCoy, treasurer,
and Margaret Long, recording secretary.—(Herald Staff Photo).
Is First African
Negro Archbishop
VATICAN CITY (NC)
Holiness Pope John XXIII has
named Bishop Bernardin Gan-
tin Archbishop of Cotonou, Da
homey, making him the first
African Negro to become an
archbishop.
The prelate is 37 years old
and was consecrated a bishop
in Rome three years ago by His
Eminence Eugene Cardinal Tis-
serant, Dean of the Sacred Col
lege of Cardinals. His promo
tion to be head of a metropoli
tan province comes only 20
years after the consecration
of the first African Negro
Bishop.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
DALLAS, Tex., — Church
schools are essential to preserve
the religious faith of children
and stem the tide of secularism,
according to a prominent Bap
tist minister.
“We Baptists have gone too
far in our opposition to the Ca
tholic effort to get public tax
support,” says the Rev. Ken
Hutcheson.
His opinions are expressed in
an article published in a Texas
Baptist newspaper and reprint
ed by permission by the Texas
Catholic, newspaper of the Dal-
las-Fort Worth diocese.
The minister is pastor of the
Lakeview Baptist church, San
Antonio, which maintains a ful
ly accredited elementary school
in which religious instruction is
given daily.
“in recent years, Baptists have
taken a new interest in elemen
tary church schools,” the Rev.
Hutcheson writes. “There are
more than 80 Baptist kinder
gartens and about 30 Baptist
elementary schools in Texas.”
Growing secularism in Amer
ican society has made such
schools necessary, he declares,
adding: “Baptist colleges are
not the answer, for if religious
instructions is to count, it has
to come in the early years.”
“The oft-repeated admonition
that we Baptists ought to take
a bigger part in the public
schools and make them better
is a starry-eyed theory that is
yet to be demonstrated,” he
states. “Some are sincerely try
ing, but to their dismay they
are finding the situation to be
getting worse and not better.”
“We Baptists have gone too
far in our opposition to the Ca
tholic effort to get public tax
support,” the Rev. Hutcheson
says. “Now one out of every
eight American children is in
Blessed
Sacrament
Home And School
SAVANNAH — The regular
monthly session of the Blessed
Sacrament Home and School
Association was held on Wed
nesday afternoon, January 13.
Rev. John Cuddy, superinten
dent of diocesan schools, ad
dressed the mothers. His sub
ject; “Why We Have a Home
and School Association,” was
considered under four aspects:
intellectual, professional, civic,
and financial. He remarked
that if four thousand parochial
school children were all in pub
lic schools, it would represent
an additional $600,000 burden
on the taxpayers of our local
system.
The association sponsored
a spaghetti supper on Wednes
day, January 28th from '5 til
8 p. m. Mgt. Burns and Mrs.
Betty Anderson were co-chair-
\ men of the affair.
Rev. Edward Frank, assistant
pastor, spoke on the danger in
herent in allowing and encou
raging grade school dancing.
Sister Mary Canisia’s first
grade won the attendance prize.
a Catholic school. While we Bap
tists debate the matter, the Ca
tholics are making tremendous
progress.”
To the argument that public
schools are more democratic
than church schools, he replies:
“American freedom was not
produced by public schools, but
is the result of church schools.
Freedom and democracy were
established long before public
schools came on the scene.
(About 1850).”
Meanwhile, another Protes
tant educator has warned here
that U. S. public schools are be
coming a force for agnosticism.
“Public schools are gradually
dropping everything in their
curricula and student activities
which concerns God as related
in the Scriptures,” Roy W.
Lowrie, Jr., told a Protestant
education meeting. Mr. Lowrie
is principal of the Delaware
County (Pa.) Christian School.
Citing a recent court ruiing in
Pennsylvania forbidding Bible
reading in public schools, Mr.
Lowrie said it indicates that the
schools “are beyond the point
of no return” as far as avoiding
agnosticism is concerned.
WAYCROSS — A meeting of
the Savannah Deanery, Coun
cil of Catholic Women, was
held at the Ware Hotel
here on Sunday, January 17th,
with the Waycross Altar Socie
ty as host. Mrs. Arnold Seyden,
President of the Savannah
Deanery, presided at the meet
ing which was held following
the luncheon. The opening in
vocation to Our Lady of Good
Counsel was led by the Rev.
John Toomey, spiritual direc
tor.
Mrs. Nell Huggins made a re
port on her recent trip to Mil-
iedgeviile for the inspection of
tne State Mental Hospital. Mrs.
Huggins represented the Sav
annah Deanery, one of twenty-
seven organizations throughout
the state who sent a representa
tive.
Father Toomey spoke brief
ly on the Chapel of Ail Faiths
to be constructed at Milledge-
ville and urged everyone to be
generous in their support of
this project. This is a program
proposed by Gov. Vandiver,
whose committee feels that re
ligion should take its rightful
place at the State Hospital. Mrs.
George W. Chandler of St.
Michael’s Parish announced
that Savannah would be iiost to
the Diocesan Convention to be
held on April 30th at the De-
Soto Hotel. Mrs. Chandler will
act as general chairman and the
various committees will be an
nounced at a later date. Mrs.
Owen Porter, president of the
Cathedral Home and School As
sociation, extended an invita
tion to a breakfast at the Ca-
tnedral Day School on Sunday
morning, May 1st, for those at
tending the convention.
Mrs. Seyden called the roll of
ail affiliated organizations.
Committee chairmen present
gave a resume of their activities
and the nominating committee
will present a slate of officers
at the next meeting. Mrs. John
Considine of Library and Lit
erature Committee, nad on dis
play an interesting collection of
books suggested for family
reading. Mrs. Considine com
mented on each book, ail of
which are available at the No
tre Dame Book Shop in Savan
nah. Mrs. John W. Head report
ed on the progress her commit
tee is making towards the elim
ination of obscene literature. A
letter was read inviting mem
bers to a coffee on Sunday,
February 7 th at the U.S.O.
headquarters, commemorating
the 19th anniversary of this or
ganization.
Mrs. N. 1. Boatwright, Dio
cesan President, was introduced
and expressed her gratitude for
the hospitality of both the Sav
annah Deanery and the Way-
cross Altar Society.
'Juvenile Courtship'
Subject Of St.
James Speaker
SAVANNAH — “Juvenile
Courtship” was discussed by
guest speaker, Father Brendan
Dooley, when the St. James
Home and School Association
met recently.
The annual “Fathers’ Night”
was well attended. A social
hour followed the business
meeting, presided over by Mrs.
E. J. Fogarty, president.
The Association will sponsor
a Fashion Show and Card Par
ty to be held Thursday eve
ning, February 4th, at 8 o’clock
in the Parish Hall. Spring
sports outfits from Daniel’s will
be modelled by members and
prizes will be awarded at each
table. Reservations may be
made by calling EL. 5-4929,
EL. 5-1735 and EL. 5-0493.
Committees
For Washington
Day Celebration
AUGUSTA — Committees
have been appointed and plans
are underway for the Annual
4th Degree Knights of Colum
bus Washington Day celebra
tion according to the local
Council’s Faithful Navigator,
Pat Mulherin. Mulherin an
nounced the committee appoint
ments at this month’s Council
meeting, held at the organiza
tion’s home on Henry Street.
The Banquet and Ticket
Chairman is Harry Best, Sr.,
while the publicity will be
handled by Pat Price and Joe
Gigandet. Charles Chesser is
Hospitality Chairman, with
Brian Mulherin and Cliff Herz-
burg named as Decorations
Chairman. Pat Mulherin is
making arrangements for enter
tainment, and Barney Dunstan
is contacting the guest speaker,
to be announced at a later date.
The affair is slated for Feb
ruary 22 in the Elks Club Main
inning Room, 518 Green St.
Court Drops
Investigation
Uf ‘Kidnaping’
KLAGENFURT, Austria, (NC)
—The district court here has
dropped its investigation of
charges that a Klagenfurt con
vent “kidnapped” an 18-year-old
girl who entered it last year.
The charges were brought by
the father of Katharina Kor-
pitsch after she entered St.
Elizabeth’s convent. Mr. Kor-
pitsch asked the court to as
sume custody of the girl.
Newspaper accounts of the
case intimated that the girl had
entered the convent under un
due influence or in a state of
nervous disorder.
Last November the Gurk dio
cese denied the accusations and
said that Miss Korpitsch has
entered the convent of her own
free will. The diocesan state
ment added that “her mental
condition, attested to by two
medical specialists, is entirely
normal.”
St. Joseph Parish, Macon,
Sponsors Catechetical Course
The world admits you have
ability only after you reach the
top.
MACON — For the past four
months forty adults of St. Jos
eph parish have been
attending classes in Meth
ods of Teaching Christian Doc
trine. This C.C.D. course is be
ing given at Mount de Sales
Academy by Sr. Mary Dorothea,
R.S.M.j who conducted a similar
program for lay catechists last
year.
The Catholic population in
Macon is increasing and with
this increase comes the need of
an active Confraternity to care
for the Catholic children attend
ing public schools. St. Joseph
provides weekly Confraternity
classes with an enrollment of
one hundred.
With a teaching staff of five
lay catechists and two sisters of
Mercy, an ideal Religion Center
has been established for the
spiritual benefit of these chil
dren. The methods used by the
Catechists in heralding the
Good News has been success
ful in motivating the children’s
regular attendance.
The Catechists’ main task in
the work of the Confraternity
is to teach and develop the cen
tral theme of Christian revela
tion, the mystery of Christ, as
radiantly as possible.
The Helpers and Fishers of
the Parish Confraternity, under
the direction of Father Walter
de Francesco, have been indi-
spensible in ferreting out and
transporting the children to the
Religion Center at St. Joseph
School.
Monsignor Thomas 1. Shee
han, pastor of St. Joseph
Church, has encouraged the
work of the Confraternity. He
has commended those candi
dates who are now in training
with a view to participating in
the propagation of the faith, as
well as in preventing the leak
age of the faithful where ever
possible.
It is anticipated that approxi
mately thirty-five candidates
will complete this course in
March.
The deterrent to progress in
the world is that ‘95 per cent of
the thinking is done by 5 per
cent of the people.
ST. JOSEPH CCD TEACHING STAFF—The catechists of St. Joseph School of Religion are
shown looking over the CCD Manuals for the instruction of Catholic children attending public
schools. The catechists are, from left to right: Miss Sara Jo Isaf, Thomas Webb, Miss Peggy Ann
Simmons. Standing, from left to right: Miss Barbara Glidewell and Miss Mary Michael Connolly.
—(Drinnon Photo).