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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, March 5, 1960
100TH MEMBER—Sacred Heart Council No. 4371, Knights
of Columbus, Warner Robins, Georgia, honored its 100th member
at a recent meeting named for him. Sacred Heart Council was
organized just three (3) years ago. In the front, James Wel
don is congratulated by Honorary Member Jack Federico, Char
ter member, Worthy-Warden and a member of the Knights of
Columbus since 1928. In the background (left to right), Grand
Knight Bernard Lawler and Past-Grand Knights George Lotti
and Frank Dauby.
THE PRIEST
AH AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST
One day as Our Lord went
about doing good, a rich young
man came to see Him. This
young man loved Our Lord but
he also loved money and a good
time. He asked Christ what he
could do for Him. Our Lord
told him to keep His command
ments. The man told Our Lord
he had always done this but
could he do some more. Christ
then told him if he really want
ed to be perfect, he must rid of
all his riches and give them to
the poor and follow Him. The
young man turned away sad
saying to himself, “I am too
young to give up all my riches,
pleasure and good times.” Our
Lord was sad, too. But there
are men who willingly give up
all for God. These men are
God’s priests.
The priest is another Christ.
He is carrying on Christ’s work
and taking Christ's place for us.
Before Our Lord went home to
heaven He made ail His apos
tles priests and gave them the
command to teach all nations
baptizing them in the name of
the Father, Son, and Holy Spi
rit. And that is what priests
have been doing for more than
nineteen hundred years.
Priests are always busy.
Some priests take care of the
schools. Some take care of the
boys in service. Some visit the
hospitals and some are Trap-
pists and stay home and pray
☆ ☆ ☆
D10CEAH
ESSAY
WINNERS
COLUMBUS DEANERY
Group I — Peggy Barton, age
17, grade 12, 1803 Gail Avenue,
St. Teresa’s Church, Albany,
Georgia.
Group II — Michael Slack,
grade 8, St. John’s Church, Val
dosta, Georgia.
Group III — Joan Belle Thig
pen, grade 6, Sacred Heart,
Warner Robins, Georgia.
AUGUSTA DEANERY
Group I — Mary Anderson,
grade 12, Aquinas High School,
St. Mary’s on the Hill, Augusta,
Georgia.
Group II — Kathryn Bene
field, grade 9, Immaculate Con
ception School, Augusta, Geor
gia.
Group III — Charles Forde,
grade 6, Immaculate Conception
School, Augusta, Georgia.
SAVANNAH DEANERY
Group I — None.
Group II — Bernadette Me-
Donough, grade 8, Sacred Heart
School, Savannah, Georgia.
Group III •— Etienne Bert
rand, grade 4, St. Benedict’s
School, Savannah, Georgia,
21 Priests Receive
Misien Assignments
ST. COLUMBANS, Neb., (NC)
— Twenty one newly ordained
Society of St. Columban priests
have received their appoint
ments to mission countries.
Father Peter McPartland, di
rector of the Columban Fathers
in the U. S.announced that
they were assigned as follows:
five to Korea, five to the Philip
pines, three to Burma, three to
Japan, three to South America
and two to the Fijis. There are
now 467 Columbans working in
the missions, Father McPart
land said.
WINNER GROUP III
for everybody.
We do not have enough priests
in Georgia and the Bishop has
built a seminary in Savannah
to train some more boys. There
are fourteen boys there this
year and we hope they will all
be priests. Some day I hope to
be a Catholic and become a
priest.
I would like to be a trailer
priest. Then I could go all over
Georgia and teach people who
know nothing about God. But
all I can do for the present is
study hard and pray that some
day my dreams may come true.
CHARLES FORDE, grade 6
Immaculate Conception
School, Augusta, Georgia.
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make any public statement on
the issue.
Conferring with Secretary
Gates were the Rev. Clyde J.
Kennedy, president of the
American Council of Churches,
and the Rev. Carl Mclntire,
president of the International
Council of Churches.
(The American Council of
Christian Churches lists as
members: 15 Protestant sects
with about 1.5 million members.
The National Council of Church
es is composed of 33 Protestant
and Orthodox sects with 35 mil
lion members. The two groups
generally hold opposing posi
tions.)
The Rev. McIntyre said after
the meeting that he and the
Rev. Kennedy asked Secretary
Gates “to apologize to the coun
try for apologizing to the Na
tional Council of Churches with
out first ascertaining the truth
or falsehood of the material”
charging infiltration of church
es.
BOOK SHOP
OBSERVES
"BOOK WEEK"
SAVANNAH — In observ
ance of Catholic Book Week,
February 21-27, the Notre Dame
Book Shop held a book review
on Friday, February 26. The
Rev. Brendon Dooley, O.S.B.,
who is known locally for his in
teresting reviews, was the
speaker and chose the timely
subject of the life of the late
Cardinal Stepinac.
Mrs. C. A. Grevemberg and
her committee were in charge
of a social hour following the
review.
Other phases of the observ
ance included displays of Cath
olic books in various locations
and a Family Book Sale at the
Book Shop, which was arrang
ed by Mrs. James J. Collins, Di
rector of the Shop.
No Birth Control Programs In
Foreign Aid, Says Official
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tional suicide” for the agressor,
Mr. Nixon said.
He warned that Soviet Rus
sia constitutes an even greater
threat in the nonmilitary area,
He cited Russia’s economic pow
er and the spirit and hard work
of the Russian people, but
warned that the United States
must not become “ a pale car
bon copy of the materialism”
examplified by the communists.
The struggle between East
and West, Mr. Nixon said, will
be decided by which system
wins out in the “uncommitted
one-third of the world” in Afri
ca, Asia and the Middle East.
Mr. Nixon said: “They want
progress. They would prefer to
have progress and change with
freedom. That desire is one of
our assets.” He added that if
progress can be obtained only
without freedom, “they will
pay the price.”
The Vice President chided
those “who see nothing wrong
or nothing right with America.”
He said that searching criticism
is “healthy and necessary in to
day’s world,” and urged his
listerners never to lose “faith
and confidence in the validity
of our national ideals.”
Blessed
Sacrament
Home And School
SAVANNAH — The Blessed
Sacrament Home and School
Association sponsored a card
party and fashion show on the
evening of February 25th.
Fashions were through the
courtesy of the Style Shop,
Lad ’n Lassie and Glendale
Shop. Mrs. William Harris and
Mrs. William Lynch were co-
chairmen of the show.
Speaker for the February
meeting of the Association was
Mr. Albert Oleschigo Sr., who
spoke on the planting and care
of the Queen of Flowers, the
rose.
Sister Mary Jude, R.S.M.,
principal, announced that the
March meeting will include a
Book Fair. Almost 300 books
have been added to the library
this year.
Attendance prize was won by
Mrs. Walton Frizzelle’s third
grade.
Argentine President
Affirms Churches
Free In Country
BUENOS AIRES, (NC)—Presi
dent Arturo Frondizi told visit
ing non-Catholic churchmen that
all churches are free in Argen
tina.
Mr. Frondizi, during a proto
col visit paid him by delegates
to a meeting here of the World
Council of Churches, de
nied charges by Methodists
in the United States
that their coreligionists in Ar
gentina are exposed to “real
persecution.” And he cited a
statement by Bishop Sante
Uberto Barbieri, head of the
Methodist churches in Argen
tina, Bolivia, and Uruguay, and
one of the six presidents of the
World Council of Churches.
President Frondizi said: “Al-
though Argentina is over
whelmingly Catholic, non-Cath-
olics find in our country the
atmosphere of religious free
dom mentioned by Bishop Bar
bieri.”
Don’t live beyond your in
come and expect to get away
with it.
WASHINGTON, (NC) — C.
Douglas Dillon, Under Secre
tary of State, told a congression
al committee (Feb. 19) that the
United States has no intention
of using its foreign aid program
to furnish birth control infor
mation to foreign countries.
Mr. Dillon, testifying before
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee which is studying Presi
dent Eisenhower’s proposed
foreign aid program for 1961,
said that “as far as he was con
cerned, that is completely out.”
The birth control issue was
raised by Rep. James G. Fulton
of Pennsylvania who told Mr.
Dillon, “I, personally, feel that
we should stick to economic,
political, and military aid and
stay out of sex.”
“I agree,” Mr. Dillon told the
committee, and “we have abso
lutely no intention of entering
this field. It is a matter entirely
for individual countries to
handle as they deem best.”
Missionary Priest
Uncovbers Unusual
Baptism In Korea
KUMWHA, Korea (NC) —
“Baptism by bombardment”
might be the phrase used to ac
count for the unusual situation
uncovered by a Columban mis
sionary here as he was taking a
census of his parish recently.
Father Richard Parle, S.S.C.,
of Omaha, Neb., first got an ink
ling that he might have an ex
tra Catholic family in his parish
when he questioned Joseph
Kim, a tailor, and his wife,
Mary. The couple had lived in
Kumwha since 1954, but had
not contacted a priest because
they were never quite sure
whether or not they were
Catholics.
Further questions by Father
Parle brought out a strange tale.
Mrs. Kim was born in north
Korea and attended a Catholic
school for eight years, but was
not baptized. She fled north
Korea and the communists in
1946 and came to south Korea
where she met and married Ha-
koo Kim.
When the Korean War broke
out in 1950, they were living in
Seoul with their two children,
one just an infant. During the
Red bombardment of the city,
they were in imminent danger
of being killed by shell fire. All
around them houses were being
hit and demolished.
Mrs. Kim remembered her
days in the Catholic school and
although never baptized, recall
ed the ritual and meaning of
that sacrament. What she learn
ed many years ago, she now
put to use.
First she baptized her two
children. Then she instructed
her husband in the fundamen
tals of the Catholic Faith as
she remembered them and
chose a Christian name for him.
She baptized him with the
name, Joseph.
Joseph, in turn, baptized her
with the name, Mary. Shortly
afterwards the two children
were killed by falling debris
as the family crouched beside
a wall.
Now, 10 years later, these
parents of three healthy chil
dren are attending doctrine
classes and Father Parle hopes
to have them ready for their
First Communion next Easter.
Meeting Of
Cathedral
Home and School
SAVANNAH — The Cathedral
Home and School Association
held their regular monthly
meeting on Friday evening,
February 12th, at the cafe-
torium. The combined third
grades under the direction of
Sister Ita and Mrs. Melroy pre
sented a play entitled “Tribute
to Our Lady of Lourdes.” The
attendance prize was won by
Sister Ita’s grade.
Judge W. Kirk Sutlive will be
the speaker for the March meet
ing and his appearance is al
ways looked forward to with a
great deal of pleasure.
Mrs. C. J. Coburn showed the
film of the Football Banquet
held recently in honor of the
Cathedral Team, who were this
year’s winners of the Parochial
League.
Mrs. D. E. McLendon of the
Civic Committee reported that
five ladies had participated in
the March of Dimes Drive with
very successful results.
A social hour was enjoyed at
the close of the meeting with
refreshments being served by
Mrs. George Paul and her com
mittee,
Ex-Deputy Chief
Navy Chaplains Dead
ROME, (Radio, NC) — Father
John F. Hugues, M.M., former
deputy chief of U. S. Navy chap
lains, died (Feb. 24) of heart dis
ease at San Camillo hospital.
He was 64.
Born in Philadelphia, the
Maryknoll priest served in the
Navy for 19 years and retired
with the rank of captain. Fol
lowing a Requiem Mass (Feb.
26) at Santa Susanna church
here, Father Hugue’s remains
were flown to the U. S. for
burial in Maryknoll cemetery in
Maryknoll, N. Y.
Father Hugues began his
studies for the priesthood in
1922. Sent to Rome for special
studies, he was ordained here in
1927. The following year he re
ceived a doctorate in theology
from the Angelicum University
in Rome.
In 1930 he enlisted in the U.S.
Navy as a chaplain. For the next
19 years Father Hugues served
at various Navy installations in
the U.S. and overseas.
During World War II he serv
ed in the Pacific.
By the time of his retirement
from the Navy in 1949, Father
Hugues was deputy chief of
chaplains.
Following his retirement he
did parish work in the Miami,
Fla., area, and also inspected
Maryknoll missions in Latin
America. For the past six
months he was in residence at
the Maryknoll house in Rome.
Columbus Youth
Hear Father
Shaun McCarthy
COLUMBUS — Guest speak
er on Sunday, February 21, at a
Communion Breakfast for the
Catholic Youth Club of Holy
WINNING PRESS MONTH POSTERS—Three professional artists who judged the Catholic
Press Month poster contest conducted by the Catholic Press Association exhibit the winning de
signs in the high school division. Gladys Rockmore Davis (center) holds the first prize winner,
a poster submitted by Dan Klisch, a student in Cathedral High School, St. Cloud, Minn.; William
Luberoff (left) holds a poster submitted by Howard Weiler of Holy Spirit High School, Atlantic
City, N. J., and Morgan Kane (right) holds the poster submitted by Juiianne Wagner of Archbish
op Walsh High School, Olean, N. Y. These twi posters tied for second place. Judging was con
ducted at the Overseas Press Club, New York, under the supervision of Father Luke Ciampi,
O.F.M., C.P.A. Catholic Press Month Committee chairman.—(NC Photos).
MEETING OF
ST. PAUL'S
ALTAR SOCIETY
DOUGLAS — The St. Paul’s
Altar Society held their regular
monthly meeting at the Parish
Hall.
The meeting was called to or
der by president, Mrs. Frank
Hanna.
Father Moran gave the open
ing prayer. The secretary, Mrs.
Roger Fricke read the minutes
and our treasurer, Mrs. Morris
Hamlin, gave the treasurer’s re
port.
New members present were
Mrs. Jack Abel and Mrs.
Charles Barrineau.
The society discussed several
things.
1. Cake sale held Friday, Feb
ruary 26.
2. Covered dish supper and
benefit.
3. Mission plans.
4. Talked about Recollection
Day.
5. The First Friday of every
month is Communion for the la
dies of the Altar Society.
Father Morgan gave an inter
esting talk on “Vacation.” Mrs.
Dan Stretch gave the “Spiritu
al.”
Father Moran gave the clos
ing prayer. The meeting was ad
journed by the president, Mrs.
Frank Hanna.
Hostesses were: Mrs. Alfred
Cofer and Mrs. James Cofer.
St. James
Home St, School
SAVANNAH — Beautification
of school and church grounds
were discussed at the monthly
meeting of the St. James Home
and School Association, Mrs. E.
J. Fogarty, presiding. A com
mittee was formed with Mrs. J.
B. Hohenstein acting as chair
man.
On Saturday, March 12, a bi
cycle inspection will be held on
the school grounds from 9 a. m.
until 12 noon, with Mr. John
Ranitz in charge. All children
from St. James are urged to
take advantage of this service.
Plans were made for a Thrift
Sale to be held in March. Mrs.
Frank Cullum and Mrs. Troy
Parker will act as co-chairmen.
Benefit Supper
At Douglas
DOUGLAS — A covered dish
supper and benefit for the St.
Mary’s Home was held Sunday
night, Feb. 7, at the Parish Hall
of St. Paul’s Church.
Guests included Rev. Fathers
McCarron, Murphy and Lynch,
as well as our Parish priests,
Father Moran and Father Fla-
ter.
Having a very good attend
ance from the Parish the supper
and benefit was very successful.
Family parish in Columbus, was
Fr. Shaun McCarty, M.S.,Ss.T.,
an instructor at St. Joseph’s
Preparatory Seminary. The title
of Father’s talk was “The Chris
tian Idea of Love and Steady
Dating.”
Addressing the group of about
thirty-five boys and girls at the
Goo Goo Restaurant in Colum
bus, Father sketched the Chris
tian ideal of love which would
include: a consideration of God
as a necessary “Third Party,” a
bind that tends to be more than
merely sensible attraction, and
the tendency of each person to
place the good of the other be
fore his own pleasure.
In measuring the practice of
steady dating against the ideal
of genuine love, Father Shdun
observed, “In the years when
boys and girls are learning to
love wisely and well, steady
dating can stifle proper devel
opment by falling short of the
Christian ideal.
“Very often the practice of
steady dating leaves God out of
the picture by flaunting autho
rity and by placing young peo
ple in occasions when God’s
laws may be easily broken. In
addition, such relationships are
often based on an attraction no
deeper than the smile of a pret
ty face or the glimmer of a fra
ternity pin. Rather than tending
towards an unselfish relation
ship, going steady often monop
olizes the time of another per
son thus hampering their proper
individual and social develop
ment.”
CHARACTER
There is sometimes room for
improvement for the interior
decorator beneath the exterior
of the polished man.
LETS IT SLIDE
“Haste makes waste” is the
perfect excuse for the man who
expects to finish his work to
morrow.
The man who is afraid to risk
failure can never attain success.
Protestant Minister Is Denounced
By Daily Paper For Printing Bogus
K. of C. “Oath” In
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
AKRON, Ohio — A daily
newspaper has criticized a Pro
testant minister for publishing
in his church bulletin the bogus
“Knights of Columbus oath.”
The Akron Beacon Journal
said in an editorial that the sug
gested viciousness in a para
graph of "the bogus oath"
should have convinced the Rev.
William G. Dieringer, pastor of
the South Akron Church of
Christ, "that he was dealing
with a crude and malicious
hoax. But he was not warned."
The particular paragraph in
the bogus oath calls for waging
"relentless war, secretly and
openly, against all heretics,
Protestants and Masons" to the
extirpate them from the face of
the earth without regard to
age, sex or condition by hang
ing, burning, boiling, strangling,
burying alive, to "rip up the
stomachs and wombs of their
women, and crush their infants'
heads against the walls in order
to annihilate their execrable
race."
The editorial said that the
minister had received a copy of
the bogus oath from a member
of his church, “who had seen it
in a publication of the Moreland
Christian Church of Canton
where it was attributed to the
Congressional Record of Feb.
15, 1913.”
The Rev. Mr. Dieringer took
the trouble to ascertain that the
statement was printed in the
Congressional Record of that
date, the editorial coniinued,
but if "he had taken jusl a lit
tle more trouble he could have
found out WHY it was printed."
The Akron paper explained
that the bogus oath was printed
in the Congressional Record in
connection with an expose of
the falsity of the oath. The edi
torial also said that the Congres
sional Record of January 20,
1915, printed the findings of a
committee of California Free
Masons who examined the cere
monials and pledges of the
Knights of Columbus and re
ported: “We find that neither
the alleged oath nor any oath
or pledge bearing the remotest
resemblance thereto in matter,
manner, spirit and purpose is
u&ed or forms a part of the ce
remonies of any degree of the
Knights of Columbus. The al
leged oath is scurrilous, wicked
and libelous, and must be the
invention of an impious and
venemous mind.”
The editorial charged that ihe
Rev. Mr. Dieringer's purpose in
distributing _the bogus _oath
among members of his congre
gation was made clear by a note
in the church bulletin which
said: "Before you vote for a
Catholic for ANY office (you)
should realize what his stand
must be as a faithful Catholic
according to this oath of the
Knights of Columbus . .
The Akron paper said that
the incident took place on St.
Valentine’s Day and at the Be
ginning of Brotherhood Week,
and that it was “singularly in
appropriate either as a Valen
tine or as a testimonial to the
brotherhood of man.”
The editorial concluded: "We
hope and do believe, however,
that the Rev. Mr. Dieringer's
act and his congregation's re
sponse thereto were not at all
representative of Protestant
thinking or a fair measure of
the degree of brotherhood that
prevails in America and in Ak
ron today."
RESOLUTION
MOURNS LOSS
OF FR. DALY
CITY OF HAPEVILLE
HAPEVILLE, GA.
RESOLUTION NO. 60-1
WHEREAS, the news of the
untimely passing of the Rev
erend George T. Daly, pastor of
St. John’s Catholic Church, has
shocked and deeply saddened
the pepole of the City of Hape-
ville; and
WHEREAS, the loss of this
fine and inspired servant of the
Lord will leave an irreplaceable
void in our community; and
WHEREAS, the governing
body of the City of Hapeville
feels deeply indebted to the
Reverend Father Daly for his
countless contributions to the
spiritual welfare and growth of
all the peoples of this city, re-
garless of their individual
faiths;
NOW ,THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that MAYOR AND
COUNCIL of the CITY OF
HAPEVILLE hereby mourns
the loss of the Reverend Father
Daly and extends to his parish
and his family its deepest sym
pathy and condolence; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLV-
Church Bulletin
Weekly Calender
Of Feast Days
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SUNDAY, March 6 — First
Sunday of Lent. Generally this,
date is the feast of SS. Perpetua,
Felicitas and others, Martyrs.
SS. Perpetua and Felicitas were
married women of good families
and SS. Revocatus, Saturnius
and Secundolus were slaves.
They were arrested as Chris
tians in 203 and were thrown to
wild beasts in the Ampitheatre
at Carthage at public games in
celebration of the birthday of
Emperor Septimius Severus.
MONDAY, March 7 — St.
Thomas Aquinas, Confessor,
Doctor. He was born of noble
parents at Aquino in 1225, was
educated at Monte Cassino and
joined the then newly-founded
Dominican order. He became
known as the Angelic Doctor
and was one of the greatest
Christian teachers of all time.
His writings are a treasure
house of sacred doctrine. He was
noted particularly for his devo
tion to the Blessed Sacrament.
He died at Fossanova, near
Rome, in 1274, and was canoniz
ed in 1323.
TUESDAY, March 8 — St.
John of God, Confessor. He was
a native of Portugal and found
er of the Brother Hospitallers.
Until the age of 40 he had been
in turn a shepherd, a soldier
and a shopkeeper in Gibraltar.
Impressed by a sermon preach-*
ed by St. John of Avila, he went
to Africa and took to caring for
Christian slaves held by the
Moors. Gathering. others in the
work, he founded his Institute. '
He died 10 years later, in 1550,
of an illness contracted while
ministering to the sick.
WEDNESDAY, March 9 — St.
Frances of Rome, Widow. She
founded the Oblates of Tor dei
Specchi in Rome. She was born
in 1384 and desired to become
a nun, but at the age of 12 was
married to Lorenzo Ponziani.
She lived by the axiom: “A wife
is bound to leave her devotions
at the altar and to find God in
her household work.” She be
came a model to the matrons of
her time, doing much to correct
their idle manner of life. She
stood by her husband in adver
sity and exile until his death in
1436, then joined the Oblate in
stitute which she had founded
three years previously. She
spent the last four years of her
life in piety and severe penance.
She died in 1440, and was can
onized in 1608.
THURSDAY, March 10 —
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
They were Christian soldiers
quartered in Armenia about
320. When their legion was or
dered to sacrifice to heathen
gods, they refused. Stripped of
their clothing they were made
to lie on the ice of a frozen lake.
A warm bath was placed on the
bank as a temptation to apos
tatize. One weakened and went
to the bath, but his place was
taken by a guard who was con
verted by the courage of the
others. They were forced to re
main on the ice until they were
frozen to death.
FRIDAY, March 11 — St.
Euthymius, Bishop-Martyr. He
was a monk and became Bishop
of Sardis in Lydia. He courage
ously opposed the Iconoclasts
and was banished by Emperor
Nicephorus. He was permitted
to return to his See city several
times but each time was exiled
when he refused to become an
Iconoclast. He remained in ex
ile 29 yeears and eventually was
scourged to death about 840.
SATURDAY, March 12 — St.
Gregory the Great, Pope-Con-
fessor-Doctor. He was born in
Rome about 540. His mother
was St. Sylvia. Before he was
30 he became Mayor of Rome.
He soon resigned his office, left
the comforts of his home and
became a Benedictine monk. He
was sent to Constaninople as a
Papal Nuncio and in 590 was
elected Pope. The 14 years of his
Pontificate made him a com
manding figure in world his
tory. He sent St. Augustine to
spread the Faith in England;
promoted the conversion of the
y Lombards in Italy and the
Goths in Spain; upheld the
rights of Rome against Con
staninople; and brought about a
number of other achievements.
ED that this resolution be'
spread upon the permanent
minutes of the City of Hape
ville, and a copy thereof be
transmitted to St. John’s Cath
olic Church and to Father
Daly’s family.
Approved and adopted this
19th day of January, 1960.