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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, Jun® 25, 1960
AT ALBANY
UtCNJUKATE SEME
FOR CATHOLIC GRADUATES
ALBANY—On Sunday eve
ning, June 5th, a Catholic
Baccalaureate ceremony was
held at the new St. Teresa’s
Church for the high school grad
uates of the parish. The Bac
calaureate sermon was delivered
by the Rev. David O’Connor,
M.S.SS.T., J.C.D., a professor at
St. Joseph’s Seminary, Holy
Trinity, Alabama. Prior to his
assignment to teach in the
seminary, Father David worked
on the Trinitarian Mission Band
in Virginia and North Carolina.
The Baccalaureate Mass was
offered for the graduates by
the Rev. Marvin J. LeFrois, pas
tor of St. Teresa’s Church. Music
during the service was provid
ed by St. Teresa’s adult choir.
Following the church cere
mony there was a banquet at
the James Rivers Restaurant for
the graduates and other high
school students of the parish.
The undergraduates presented
the program at the banquet.
Members of the graduating
class from St. Teresa’s are:
Marianna Armstrong, Margaret
Barton, Mary Dunn, Mark Jef
frey, Donn Kelly, Matthew Mc
Coy, Patricia McLaughlin,
Madeline Mock, Charles Myler,
Richard Rhodes, John Ross,
Laura Shemwell, Joan Wagner
and Victor Dobner.
Catholic Orthodox
ALBANY BACCALAUREATE. SERVICE — Pictured above are the Albany High School graduates from St. Teresa’s parish
who attended the Catholic Baccalaureate Service on Sunday evening, June 5th. With the graduates are Father David O Connor,
who delivered the baccalaureate sermon, Father Marvin J. LeFrois, pastor, who offered the baccalaureate Mass, and two serv
ers, Fred Shemwell and Edward Armstrong.
A Cal loli . resident
BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH
COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING
SAVANNAH — The Blessed
Sacrament Parish Council of the
D.C.C.W. met recently in the
school auditorium.
Mrs. W'illiam J. Schneider,
president for the year 1960-1961
presided. The following reports
were made:
Mrs. William J. Lynch report
ed that the last meeting of the
Home and School Association
had been held with no new
business to turn over to the
council.
Mrs. W. T. Cannon, represent
ative of the League of Mary,
proposed a plan for a Mother’s
Club , for young Mothers to get
acquainted with each other, and
a transportation committee for
families unable to get to Mass.
Mrs. Broderick, representing
the League of the Sacred Heart,
invited all to attend the 7:00
A.M. Mass with the members
of the League of the Sarced
Heart, June 24th.,
Mrs. Ilka Leche, representing
the Altar Society, urged every
one to attend the 9:15 Mass
June 16th, the Feast of the Cor
pus Christi, and to have the
children come and participate
in the procession.
After reports of the organiza
tions were given, Mrs. Schnei
der named the committee chair
man of the Parish Council. They
are as follows:
Mrs. Pearl Carsgrave, Catho-
lice Charities; Mrs. C. H. Laird,
Confraternity; Mrs. J. C. Mul
ler, Family and Parent Educa
tion; Mrs. Fred Doyle, Foreign
Relief; Mrs. W. J. Lynch, Home
and School; Mrs. W. P. Cetti,
Youth, International Relations;
Mrs. H. N. Colebrook, Mrs.
Mrs. George Ebberwein, Litera
ture; Mrs. Ira Smith, St. Mary’s
Guild; Mrs. Robert Parrish,
Legislature and Public Rela
tions, Mrs. E. D. Cribbs.
Monsignior Brennan gave a
short talk to the members com
mending the large communion
attendance during the month of
May. He stated that 430 chil
dren received communion in a
body daily during the school
weeks honoring Our Blessed
Mother.
Mrs. Schneider then turned
the meeting over to Mrs. W. P.
Broderick, Mrs. P. R. Schreck
and Mrs. M. D. Pruitt, promot
ers for the League of Sacred
Heart. Mrs. Broderick, Secreta
ry of the League, introduced the
members to the organization’s
meaning and purpose. Mrs. M.
D. Pruitt, assistant secretary,
told how membership could be
attained and Mr. P. R. Schreck
spoke of the Twelve Promises
of the Sacred Heart. Mrs. Brod
erick then turned the panel
over to Monsignior Brennan,
who commended the League of
Sacred Heart with having spi
ritually backed the progress of
the school with prayers and de
votions. He stated that the
League of the Sacred Heart is
the Spiritual Foundation of ev
ery Catholic Parish.
Following the panel, the
meeting was adjourned and re
freshments were served by Mr.
W. P. Cetti, Mrs. H. F. Whe
lan, and Mrs. Fenn Peck, also
of the League of the Sacred
Heart.
The refreshment table was
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on this subject?
In an address to the Roman
Rota, October 6, 1946, Pius XII
said: “The increasingly frequent
contacts between different reli
gious professions, mingled in
discriminately within the same
union, have caused civil autho
rities to follow the principles of
tolerance and liberty of con
science. In fact, there is a poli
tical tolerance, a civil tolerance,
a social tolerance, in regard to
adherents of other religious be
liefs which, in circumstances
such as these, is a moral duty
for Catholics.”
Hence in America where, in
spite of any hypothetically larg
er increase or even numerical
preponderance of Catholics,
there will always be wide dif
ferences of faith among citizens.
Catholics are BOUND IN CON
SCIENCE to exercise civil and
political tolerance, and respect
the constitutional rights of oth
ers.
This principle was further
confirmed in the pontiff’s dis
course, RELIGION IN THE
COMMUNITY OF NATIONS,
addressed to the Convention of
Italian Catholic Jurists, Decem
ber 6, 1953. Here the Pope
points out that God Himself,
though infinitely powerful, does
not interfere with human free
dom in order to repress error
or moral deviation. He cites the
parable of the cockle wherein
covered with white lace and
held an arrangement of large
red roses and two tall red can
dles on one end, while the
punch and cookies were served
from the other. Green fern in
tertwined with candles and ros
es for a delightful setting.
BENEDICTINE GRADUATION EXERCISES — The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, is pictured as he addressed those gathered for graduation
exercises of Benedictine Military Academy.
Christ gives the following ad
vice: let the cockle grow in the
field of the world together with
the good seed in view of the
harvest. Then the pontiff con
cludes: “The duty of repressing
moral and religious error can
not therefore be an ultimate
norm of action. It must be
subordinate to higher and more
general norms.” In other words,
religious error is to be tolerated
in the modern state “in order to
promote a greater good” — the
peace and order of society.
III. Aren't Catholic Actions
Actually Seeking to Break
The Wall of Separation?
While voicing satisfaction
with separation of Church and
State haven't Catholics actual
ly been seeking, however, to
breach that wall by exerting
pressure to secure legislation
favorable to their schools?
No. Like other citizens, Cath
olics exercise their right to suf
frage and cast their ballots for
measures which they honestly
believe are fair and just, for
the welfare of our entire socie
ty and the promotion of the
common good. We can best illu
strate this answer by coming to
grips with specific Charges.
Is the effort of Catholics to
secure public bus transportation
of pupils to parochial schools a
breach in the wall of separa
tion?
No. The fundamental grounds
on which the State provides
school transportation is concern
for the SAFETY of the child.
That concern must extend, how
ever, to all children, regardless
of creed or color, of whether
they attend a public school or
a non-profit, semi- public,
church-related school: they are
all children of taxpayers, future
citizens and defenders of their
country, in whose welfare and
safety the State has an equal
interest. Non-Catholics are in
attendance at virtually every
Catholic school.
To extend a public safety
measure to one group of chil
dren and to deny it to another is
obviously rank injustice. In de
fending the rights of their chil
dren in this regard parents are
acting in accordance with the
noblest traditions of American
democracy.
What did the Uni fed States
Supreme Court decide in this
matter?
In February 1947 it upheld
the constitutionality of school
bus transportation for parochial
and private school pupils, com
paring such a safety measure
with the fire and police protec
tion offered to all accredited
schools indiscriminately. It rec
ognized that a New Jersey law
merely implements the compul
sory education law by provid
ing a “general program to help
parents get their children, re
gardless of their religion, safe
ly and expeditiously to and
from accredited schools.”
Isn't such transportation, vir
tually the equivalent of extend
ing public financial aid to a pri
vate school?
No. The New Jersey statute
merely authorizes the reim
bursement of bus fare to par
ents whose children are attend
ing either public schools or oth
er non-profit schools. In the
Everson case, on which the fed
eral Supreme Court ruled, out
of $8,034 thus reimbursed, only
$357 went to parents of 21 chil
dren attending a non-profit pa
rochial school. The DIRECT
and IMMEDIATE benefit, ruled
the court, was to the children
and their parents, not a cent
going to the school.
Why is ihis decision of the
Uniled Sfaies Supreme Court of
such outstanding importance?
Because it affirmed not mere
ly the constitutionality of the
. specific New Jersey statute but'
also the constitutional right of
a State to provide transporta
tion to nonprofit, non public
accredited schools and that a
tax for this purpose does not
breach the “wall' of separation”
between Church and State.
Thus the way was cleared for
the enactment of enabling leg
islation in any State where
such is necessary to provide
transportation for all its school
children without discrimination.
“We are satisfied,” declared the
Maine Supreme Court in a rul
ing on this point on May 25,
1959,. “that a properly worded
enabling act . . . would meet
constitutional requirements.”
Is if not only the right but
also the duly of a State to pro
vide transportation to accredit
ed schools tor all its pupils
without discrimination?
Yes. The United States con
stitutional guarantee ot “equal
protection under the law” clear
ly demands that the same safe
ty measure — public bus trans
portation — now provided to
protect some school children
from slaughter on the highways
he extended to all. Otherwise
the federal guarantee of “equal
protection becomes a mockery.
Can'i one escape from the
clear implications of the United
States Supreme Court decision
and of the constitutional gua
rantee of "equal protection un
der the lav/" by rating trans
portation as part of "public
school education?"
No. Transportation is not ed
ucation: it is a means of get
ting to the place where educa
tion is provided. “Most school
administrators,” points out the
United States Office of Educa
tion, “would concede that there
is a very fundamental differ
ence between pupil transporta
tion and most of the other as
pects of the school program.
Transportation is primarily a
service and is only incidentally
related to the education of the
child.”
What did the Kentucky Court
of Appeals say on this subject?
It upheld a State statute au
thorizing the transportation of
children to either public or non
profit schools, analyzed the is
sues involved with keen pene
tration, and thus stated them
with exceptional lucidity and
cogency: “In this advanced and
enlightened age, with all the
progress that has been made in
the field of humane and social
legislation, and with the haz
ards and dangers of the high
way increased a thousand-fold
from what they formerly were,
it cannot be said with any rea
son or consistency that tax leg
islation to provide our school
children with safe transporta
tion is not tax legislation for a
public purpose.
“Neither can it be said that
such legislation, or such taxa
tion, is in aid of a church, or of
a private, sectarian or paro
chial school, nor that it is other
than what is designed and pur
ports to be, legislation for the
health and safety of our chil
dren, the future citizens of our
State. The fact that in a strain
ed and technical sense the
school might derive an indirect
benefit from the enactment, is
not sufficient to defeat the de
clared purpose and the practical
and wholesome effect of the
law.”
Doesn't the extension of the
school-lunch program to pupils
in nonseciarian or church-relat
ed nonprofit schools breach the
wall ot separation?
No. The principle justifying
this program is that the health
of the nation’s children is a
public concern. That concern, as
previously pointed out, must
extend to all children. In 1935
Congress legislated to provide,
in cooperation with the States,
milk and hot lunches on a sub
sidized basis to school child
ren. As some States construed
their Constitutions as prevent
ing them from rendering any
form of assistance to nonpublic
schools, the federal government
established a separate lunch
program for these schools.
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ning and end and from Christ
the Saviour and all He repre
sents.
“This means, beloved brothers
and sons, that one must pre
pare for the council with a sense
of supernatural elevation ac
cording to the spirit of holy
Church, g u a r d i ng oneself
against confusing the sacred and
the temporal, and against con
fusing the intentions of the reli
gious and spiritual order with
human efforts—however .worthy
of respect these might be—
which are directed solely to
ward seeking pleasure, honors,
riches and material prosperity.
“Another form of cooperation,
meritorious and beneficial for
the council, is to follow the
course of its development with
a profound examination of doc
trinal principles, religious cul
ture and historical background
from all of which the honest
and well-balanced mind derives
exact practical criteria and
valuable learning.”
The goal of ihe ecumenical
council. Pope John said, is the
same as that of every redeem
ed person on earth and the ulti
mate goal of every family, so
ciety and nation—the triumph
of Jesus Christ.
Quoting from St. Paul’s epis
tle to the Ephesians,'the Pontiff
said that these words would
merit being posted on the doors
of the ecumenical council:
“Rather are we to practice the
truth in love, and so grow up in
all things in Him who is the
Head, Christ.
For from Him the whole body
(being closely joined and knit
together through every joint of
the system according to the
Reunion
functioning in due measure of
each single part) derives its in
crease to the building up of it
self in love.” (Eph. 4, 15-16)
In the latter part of his dis
course, the Pope illustrated the
meaning of the feast of Pente
cost—“the feast of the Holy
Spirit, who enlightens and sanc
tifies the life of the Church, en
abling it to overcome difficul
ties, adversities and persecu
tions.”
He spoke of how in our own
age whole nations, great in the
practice of the Faith, have fallen
victim to confusion and perse
cution and have lost tlieir free
dom of worship.
Then he said:
"Do not believe, however,
that the Holy Spirit is ready
to forsake ihe Church and
fhreaien iis ruin."
In ihis connection, the reign
ing successor to St. Peter said
that people come to him from
all over the world, telling him
about the wonders of grace and
heroism that are being felt
where ihe Church is suffering
most. As added proof that Ihe
Holy Spirit remains with the
Church, he said, ihere is a con
stant movement of the reiurn
of souls "toward Rome as to
ward a center of religious
unify."
Finally, he urged the clergy
and laity to join with him in a
union of prayer for the success
of the ecumenical council.
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liss Turner
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permen and Printers.”
This lengthly footnote ridi
culed the Christian Democratic
statement as “melodramatic.” It
said that the Local Committee
for Freedom of he Press had
“unmasked (the Christian
Democratic Movement) to the
point of popular repudiation of
its hidden attacks against the
Revolution . .
It declared that the move
ment’s “most characteristic
leaders” had taken “the well-
known road of foreign diplo
matic protection” although they
were not molested by anyone.
This was evidently a reference
to Jose Ignacio Rasco and En
rique Villareal, who fled Cuba
after their demands for elec
tions drew the government’s an
ger.
The “clarification” asserted
that the Christian Democratic
Movement “maintains in brut
ish poverty the farming popu
lation of southern Italy and . . .
in the Germany of (Chancellor
Konrad) Adenauer supports the
most barefaced rebirth of
nazism . . .”
CULLUM, ALA.—Miss Martha
Ann Turnberg received the
President’s award from the-
president of the National Mathe
matics Society for having amass
ed the most points for articles
and papers which she submitted
to the Mathescope, ^National
Mathfematics publication.
Martha (left) is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carol E. Turn
berg of Albany, Georgia. She re
ceived as an award, a slide rule
in a leather case and a certifi
cate of membership in the Na
tional Mathematics Honor So
ciety, in ceremonies at Sacred
Heart Academy in Cullman,
closing the school year.
Miss Turnberg also received
an Honor Award and Pin for
excellence in her contribution
to Catholic Journalism while
maintaining a high scholastic
average. She was Sodality Edi
tor of the Academy publication,
The Reporter.
Miss Turnberg is a postulant
in the Benedictine Order at the
Motherhouse in Cullman. At
right is Miss Mary McGehee of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama who won
the award for highest Scholastic
Average.
Some states provide medical
and dental inspection of school
children. It is rendered in the
school because that is the most
convenient place to reach chil
dren because it can utilize the
school’s administrative machin
ery. It is obvious, however, that
the basic reason for rendering
these services — the health of
our children — requires that
they be extended to all the na
tion’s children without discrim
ination.
(To Be Continued)
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ST. PIUS X GRADUATION
ing graduation coiomonios.
Graduates and friends and relatives are pictured follow-
FIRST COMMUNION AT PORT WENTWORTH - First Communicants of Our Lady
of Lourdes parish, Port Wentworth, are pictured with their pastor, the Rev. Francis J. Donohue.
Top row H to r): Rugh Coburn, Bicky Zittrauer, Father Donohue, pastor Janet Simoneaux,
Robin McGunagle. Second row (1 to r): Theresa Wexel, Glenda Traywick, Timothy Marshlic ,
Devvie Thurmond, Michael Jordan, Terry Lewis, Patricia Mistich, Wanda Putnanx Bottom row
(1 to r): Debbie Harris, Biane Benay, William Becker, Bernard De Nito, Therese McLendon and
Donna Marcantonio.
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RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE — Shown above is Mr.
Robert E. McCormack, Sr., responding at the Commencement
Exercises of St. Bernard College, Cullman, Ala., at which he
received the Honorary Doctor’s Degree. Seated L to R are Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Francis J. McCormack, Dr. Bernard J. Ficarra, the
Commencement speaker, Very Rev. Brian J. Egan, O.S.B.,
President of the College, and Most Rev. Joseph Durick, Aux
iliary Bishop of the Diocese of Mobiie-Birmingham. Mr. Mc
Cormack is the president of Bobs Candy Co., Albany, and a
member of the Lay Board of Advisors of St. Bernard College.
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