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Vol 41, No. 3
MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1960
10c Per Copy — $3 a Year
Says Underproduction Of Food,
Mot Overpopulation, Problem
ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE
— The Feast of the Com
memoration of St. Paul was
observed throughout the Cath
olic world on June 30. He
suffered “martyrdom the same
day as St. Peter, and under
orders from Emperor Nero,
met death by the sword on
the Ostian Way. Pope John
XXIII will give a special
broadcast from the Vatican
on July 24, in connection with
the 1900th anniversary of St.
Paul’s shipwreck on the island
of Malta.—(NC Photos)
Augusta K.C.
Memorialize
Captain Rice
AUGUSTA—The late Captain
Patrick H. Rice, K.S.G., first
grand knight of Patrick Walsh
Council, Knights of Columbus,
was memorialized when
a portrait was unveiled at the
K. of C. Home on Henry Street.
Pat H. Rice, Jr., son of the
late Catholic leader, unveiled
the portrait, which was painted
by Mrs. Elizabeth Wright.
Dr. W. W. Battey, Augusta
physician, spoke on Mr. Rice’s
K. of C. activities. Dr. Battey
was given full credit for sug
gesting the idea of having a
portrait of Mr. Rice painted.
Other speakers of the after
noon included John Buckley,
the Right Rev. Msgr. Daniel
Bourke, pastor of St. Mary’s on
the Hill, Father Edward Shields,
S.J., of Sacred Heart Church
and Charles Chesser.
The portrait was accepted by
Barney Dunstan on behalf of
the Patrick Walsh Council.
“The portrait is in honor of
Mrs. Rice’s memory and is an
inspiration to all Knights and
Catholic laymen by virtue of
his outstanding example of
Catholicism,” said Dunstan,
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(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
ROME—One of the world’s
top food officials declared that
the central problem facing the
world today is not overpopula
tion but underproduction.
This statement was made by
B.R. Sen, director general of the
United Nations Food and Agri
cultural Organization, at the
opening ceremonies here of the
five-year-old worldwide Free
dom From Hunger campaign.
He told hundreds of guests
at FAO headquarters that the
solution of the world’s food
supply is among the greatest
tasks facing the community of
nations. He added that success
of failure in solving this prob
lem is “bound to affect the
peace and wellbeing of the
world as a whole.”
During the opening - cere
monies a message was read
from His Holiness Pope John
XXIII, in which he praised the
FAO for being “so generous, so
consistent with the real welfare
of humanity, and so worthy of
awaking interest and collabora
tion of all men of heart.”
The Pope continued: “The
Church—We already have had
D. C. C. W.
President
Resigns
MACON—Mrs. John Barry of
Macon, has announced her
resignation as President of the
Savannah Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women due to the
transfer of her husband’s work
to another city. This announce
ment was made at the summer
meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Diocesan Council,
which was held in the private
dining room of the Macon Moose
Lodge.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. I. Shee
han offered the grace before the
luncheon. The Very Rev. John
D. Toomey, Diocesan Moderator,
opened the meeting with a pray
er and later outlined plans for
Council work through the year.
Mrs. Barry presided at the
meeting and called on each
chairman to give plans for com
mittee work. After announcing
her resignation, she introduced
the first Vice President, Mrs.
Edwin Mulligan of Savannah,
who will succeed Mrs. Barry as
president of the Council in Au
gust. Mrs. Mulligan thanked the
Board for their confidence in
her and asked all to follow
through with the plans made for
the year. She will represent the
Council at the National Conven
tion.
Mrs. L. J. Ward of Augusta
explained the difficulty of hold
ing the annual convention in
Augusta next year, but accepted
it for 1962. Mrs. Ruth Anderson
of Albany extended an invita
tion to hold the 1961 convention
in Albany. This was accepted
by the Board.
occasion to state if—is happy to
see so much good will united
for the success of this vast un
dertaking in which it is pleased
to see the remarkable applica
tion of those works of mercy,
the practice of which it recom
mends so warmly to its chil
dren.”
Other messages wishing suc
cess in the campaign were sent
by President Eisenhower, Presi
dent de Gaulle of France and
U. N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold.
The Freedom From Hunger
campaign is aimed at a con
certed effort by both major na
tions and underveloped coun
tires to solve some of the great
food shortages that exist in
many parts of the world and
to put to the best use the sur
pluses which have piled up in
other nations.
“More than a half of the
world’s population today does
not have enough food or the
right sort of food,” Mr. Sen said.
“At the same time the poula-
tion is increasing at a faster
rate than ever before, particu
larly in those same regions
which are deficient in food sup
ply,” he added.
“However, the central prob
lem as we see it is not over
population but underproduc
tion,” he declared. “There are
vast resources still to be ex
ploited.”
In a news conference held the
day before the ceremonies, Mr.
Sen was asked if the FAO plan
ned to supplement the campaign
with a program fostering birth
control. Mr. Sen responded:
“World population and food
supply have to be viewed to
gether and not separately.
There are enough potential food
resources in this world waiting
to be exploited.”
He pointed out that in the
1600s when the early colonists
were settling in North America
they found a small population of
Indians with a poor food supply
and in a sad state of health. To
day America supports a poula-
tion hundreds of times greater
and is producting surpluses.
Mr. Sen said that “in the view
of scientific people working in
this field there are enough
natural resources in this world
to support a much larger popu
lation than at present.”
Concluding, Mr. Sen said that
the success of the campaign will
depend greatly on the coopera
tion and initiative of the under
developed countries to work ac
tively to solve their problems.
KOREA ORPHANS
U. S. BOUND
SEOUL, Korea, (NC)—Five
Korean orphans have left here
under the auspices of Catholic
Relief Services-National Cath
olic Welfare Conference for new
homes in the U.S.
The one boy and four girls
are being accompanied by
Teresa Lee of the CRS-NCWC
staff in Seoul.
Preparing For Vatican Council
Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor, of Scranton, Pa., rector of
the North American College, Rome, chats with Pope John
XXIII. He is president of the new Communications Media Sec
retariate, whose function is to prepare for the Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council through the Central Commission. It will deal
with matters concerning radio, television, motion pictures and
the press to be considered by the Fathers of the Council.—(NC
Photos)
Minor Seminary To
Add Grade This Fall
(The Savannah Evening Press)
SAVANNAH—The tall white
figure of St, John Vianney
dominates the scene at the new
minor seminary at Villa Marie,
which has been named for him.
The 14 boys, who have said
their rosaries at his feet for the
nine months of a school year
have completed the first year of
the seminary’s life.
Next year these boys will en
ter the tenth grade and others
will fill their places in the
grade below until in three more
years-the seminary will reach
the twelfth' grade.
All from South Georgia, nine
from Savannah, the students
were selected with care by visit
ing priests and then passed
through application by the Most
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
Bishop of the Diocese of Savan
nah.
From a seminary of this size
an estimated 20 per cent will
enter the priesthood.
Father Coleman, head of the
school, said the seminary will
be kept to a small enrollment,
so that more attention may be
paid to the individual student.
One other priest, Father Fitz
patrick, resides at the school.
Two local priests, Father Cuddy
of St. Michaels, Savannah Beach
and Fr. Fiero of St. James,'teach
three courses at the seminary
and five additional Savannah
priests instruct various courses
during the week.
“Idle hands” are certainly not
the rule at St. John Vianney.
The boys arise at 6:45, morning
prayer until 7:05, breakfast un
til 7:25. Classes begin at 8:15
with a study period at 11:45,
rosary and mass followed by
lunch at 12:15.
A recreation period, then
back to classes from 1:30 until
3:30, recreation until 5 p. m.,
supper and freedom until 7 p.m.,
supervised study from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m., a recreation period,
then more study from 8:30 to
9:30, night prayers anct then
bed.
In addition to this schedule'
the boys do their own dishes
and clean their rooms.
The school is adjacent to the
summer Camp Villa Marie.
There are dormitories, a chapel
and home for the priests on the
spacious grounds.
Next year, according to Fa
ther Coleman, the faculty will
be enlarged and eventually
staffed completely on a resident
priest basis.
Any homesickness? Father
Coleman says very little and
only right at first. “The boys
are chosen with great care for
both their scholastic and emo
tional makeup.”
How many students the semi
nary at Isle of Hope will finally
contain is answered by Father
Coleman, “As many as God
sends us.”
United States " Holding
In The Far East,
Authority Says
Its Own"
Catholic
NEW YORK, (NC)—Despite
the recent setback in Japan, the
United States is “holding its
own” in its struggle with com
munism in the Far East, a Cath
olic authority on Asia said on
his return here.
Hunger, poverty, disease, dirt
and ignorance—the ancient and
tragic shadows that give depth
to the Asian scene—remain as
before, said Msgr. Joseph J.
Hartnett, Far East mission di
rector of Catholic Relief Serv
ices, National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
They remain as challenges to
the conscience of the West, he
said.
Msgr. Hartnett, who heads the
U. S. Bishops’ overseas relief
agency in Asia, was interviewed
upon his return from a six
weeks tour of the Far East area.
“I don’t subscribe to the theo
ry that the United States suffer-
' ed a major defeat in Japan,” he
said. “The student riots were
primarily the work of a minor
ity group seeking local political
advantages.
“Nothing is easier in Asia
than to get students to demon
strate,” he added, “but the vast
majority of the people there
have great respect for this coun
try and are grateful for the
assistance we give them.”
Stating that the West is re
ceiving stiff competition from
the communists in Asia, he said
that “we must realize that
Asians are in a hurry to enter
the 20t.h century. The entire
area is experiencing a social
revolution and we must be will
ing to employ tactics geared to
the revolutionary age.”
The prelate said that his tour,
which included Korea, Formosa,
Hong Kong, the Philippines,
Viet Nam, Thailand and India,
convinced him that the free
people of Asia are on the side
of human dignity.
Msgr. Hartnett noted that the
West has failed to reveal to
Asians the sources of its con
cepts of human dignity and free
institutions. “We tell them
about human dignity and free
dom,” he said, “but we never
mention that these beliefs de
rive from Christianity.”
Pointing to his own organiza
tion’s needs, he remarked that
Catholic groups might consider
“sponsoring teams of young
men and women who are will
ing and able to serve in Asia.”
Msgr. Hartnett noted that
CRS-NCWC is always looking
for persons to serve abroad—
personnel with backgrounds in
dirt farming, rural economy,
animal husbandry, poultry
raising, irrigation and dam con
struction.
Candidates for overseas serv
ice should be in good health and
prepared to serve three years in
rugged areas,” he said. “We
don’t want anyone with per
sonal problems,” he added, “we
have enough of our own.”
AT SERRA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Serra International, at its 18th annual convention in Dallas, Texas, June 26-29, elected
Ralph W. Hauenstein, of Grand Rapids, Mich., president. Shown with the new president are, left
to right, Albert Cardinal Meyer of Chicago, episcopal adviser to Serra and convention keynote
speaker; Mr. Hauenstein; Archbishop Miguel D. Miranda of Mexico City, primate of Mexico and
a speaker at the convention; and Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of Dallas-Fort Worth, host for the
convention.—(NC Photos)
INSTALL ADULT CLUB OFFICERS
SAVANNAH—T h e Catholic
Adult Club elected its perma
nent officers at their meet
ing on the third Thursday of
June. They were formally in
stalled by Rev. Herbert J. Well-
meier, Spiritual Director, at a
“Get Acquainted Dance” at the
Cathedral Day School.
Heading the Club in the office
of President, is John McDonough
Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard is a
graduate of the University of
Georgia and is presently em
ployed at the Retail Credit
Company.
In the office of Vice-President
is Miss Virginia Ann Anderson.
Miss Anderson graduated from
Saint Joseph’s Nursing School
and is now an R.N. at the Geor
gia Infirmary.
Miss Mary Celeste Thompson
was elected Recording Secre
tary. Miss Thompson is a grad
uate of Saint Vincent’s Aca
demy and Bolen-Draughon Busi
ness College. She is Steno
grapher at Mercer Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Miss Patsy Winders is Corre
sponding Secretary. She is a
graduate of Jenkins High School
and is now employed as Book
keeper for Walgreen’s.
William Schneider, a graduate
of Benedictine Military School,
was elected Treasurer. Mr.
Schneider is a student at Arm
strong College.
The Catholic Adult Club is
open to all single Catholics in
the Savannah area between the
ages of 18 to 30.
S e m i-monthly meetings are
held on the 1st and 3rd Thurs
day of each month.
Could A Catholic President Uphold
Church - State
Separation?
(By John A. O’Brien, Ph.D.)
2 he editors of LOOK maga
zine submitted a number of
questions about relations between
Church and State that are seldom
discussed publicly and frankly in
the United States. These and
additional questions along with
the answers are here presented
with a view of removing the mis
conceptions which foster preju
dice and .create divisions. It is
hoped that an understanding of
the true position of Catholics on
this subject will increase neigh
borly understanding and good
will and strengthen our national
unity. ;
Don’t Catholics violate the
principle of Church-State sep
aration in attempting to secure
public textbooks for parochial
school pupils in those States
which provide such books?
No. In 1929 the first “free
textbook law” was passed in
Louisiana. Its Supreme Court
upheld the constitutionality of
the statue and declared that
children in non-profit parochial
schools have a right to share in
such programs since the schools
“obtain nothing from them, nor
are they relieved of a single ob
ligation because of them. The
school children and the State
are the beneficiaries.”
How did the United States
Supreme Court rule on this
matter?
In a unanimous decision it
upheld the constitutionality of
the Louisiana law. The court
pointed out that since the tax
ing power of the State is used
for PUBLIC purposes, “the leg
islation does not segregate pri
vate schools, or their pupils, as
its beneficiaries or attempt to
interfere with any matters of
exclusively private concern.”
The unanimous decision of the
nation’s highest court further
confirmed the important prin
ciple that legislation is not void
if it achieves a public purpose,
even though in the process a
private, end is incidentally as
sisted.
What did the Supreme Court
of Mississippi say on this point?
Upholding the law providing
free textbooks for nonpublic
schools, the court in a notable
decision declared: “The State is
under duty to ignore the
child’s CREED but not its
NEED . . . The State which
allows the pupil to subscribe to
any religious creed, should not,
because of his exercise of this
right, proscribe him from bene
fits COMMON to all . . . There
is no requirement that the
Church should be a liability to
those of its citizens who are at
the same time citizens of the
State, and entitled to privileg
es and benefits as such.”
Since Catholics have their
own separate schools, what
stake have they in the public
schools?
An enormous stake. About
half of the Catholic children in
the grades are in public schools,
and a much larger percentage is
in public high schools, colleges
and universities. Catholics ap
preciate and admire the splend
id work of our public schools.
Thousands of Catholic men and
women teach, administer and
labor in these schools, many de
voting their entire lives to this
noble work. Catholics pay their
full share of taxes for the main
tenance and development of
these schools; they rejoice with
their fellow citizens over the
magnificent contribution which
our public schools are render
ing to the youth of our nation
and the strengthening of our
democracy. Catholics are eager
to see them equipped with all
the facilities needed to provide
the best possible education in
all the fields of learning.
Why do Caiholics establish
schools of their own?
Our nation is a pluralistic so
ciety, in which there are hun
dreds of different creeds and
churches. Because of these
widespread differences, it has
not been possible to work out a
plan of public education satis
factory to all, in which religion
can be taught. Catholics believe
however, that the teaching of
religion in the grades, high
school and college is of supreme
importance in fashioning the
character of youth. Hence they
go to the great expense of erect
ing schools in which the truths
of the Christian religion can be
imparted.
Are not religious schools alien
to the American tradition?
No. Virtually all the schools
in this country up to the middle
of the nineteenth century were
church-related schools in which
religion held an honored and
even central place. The Found
ing Fathers and the colonists
never dreamed of a public
school system in which religion
would be completely excluded.
Do other countries contribute
to the support of their accredit
ed, non-profit, church-related
schools?
Yes. This is the common and
virtually universal practice in
countries outside the Iron Cur
tain. Thus, England, Scotland,
Wales and Canada contribute
generous financial support.
While pouring out billions of
dollars annually to foreign
countries, our nation provides
not a single penny to its own
citizens who conduct nonprofit
schools which provide moral
and religious education, design
ed to turn out better citizens.
Doesn’t charity begin at home?
Or rather not charity, but fair
ness and justice?
Do Catholic schools ease the
tax burden?
Yes. By educating more than
5,000,000 students Catholics les
sen the tax> burden by more
than $1,500,000,000 annually.
Lutherans, Episcopalians, Meth
odists, Presbyterians, Baptists,
Friends and other Protestant
denominations operate thous
ands of day schools with an en
rollment of more than 500,000
easing the tax burden by many
additional millions. In view of
this the parents of all these
children are understandably
shocked and grieved when ef
forts are made to exclude their
children from even the fringe
benefits of such public welfare
legislation as would safeguard
the health and safety of school
children.
Have there not been rural dis
tricts and cities’ wherein ar
rangements were made by local
school boards for the use of
nuns to teach in a public
school?
Yes. The wisdom of such ar
rangements in communities al
most solidly Catholic may be
questioned, and their legality
can easily be decided by local
courts. To represent these as the
plot of Catholics to take over
the public school system, how
ever, is ludicrous. Not one per
cent of Catholics are even
aware of their existence. If such
arrangements are contrary ei
ther to the letter of the law
or its spirit, or even a cause of
dissension, the overwhelming
majority of Catholics would
want them speedily terminated.
In LOOK Magazine (3-3-1959)
Senator John Kennedy express
ed his views on some phases of
Church- State -relationship.
Some Catholic editors were less
than enthusiastic over them.
Why?
Catholic editors seldom agree
on anything outside doctrines
of faith, about which the sena
tor was not speaking. Perhaps
some of the editors reacted un
favorably to LOOK’S introduc
tory paragraph stressing that
the senator had never attended
a Catholic school. Certainly he
reflected the conviction of all
American Catholics on the basic
issue of the interview, affirming
that “the separation of Church
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