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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, October 1, 1960
Native of Savannah
Mery lev. John A. Oetgen
5th Belmont Abbey President
BELMONT—The Very Rev
erend John A. Oetgen, O.S.B.,
J.C.L., has been named the
fifth president of Belmont Ab
bey College, The appointment
was made by the Right Rev
erend Walter A. Coggins,
O.S.B., chancellor of the col
lege.
Father John succeeds the
Very Reverend Cuthbert E.
Very Rev. J. A. Oetgen, O.S.B.
Allen, O.S.B., who has become
the vice-chancellor of Belmont
Abbey College and director of
development.
A native of Savannah, Geor
gia, Father John is a graduate
of Benedictine Military School
of that city. He attended Bel
mont Abbey Junior College
and afterwards took an A. B.
degree cum laude at St. Bene
dict’s College in Atchison,
Kansas.
After ordination to the
priesthood in the Order of St.
Benedict in 1951, he studied
canon law at the Lateran Uni
versity in Rome where, in
1954, he was awarded the
licentiate degree cum laude.
In the Michaelmas term of
1954, Father John matriculat
ed at the University of Oxford
as a member of St. Benet’s
Hall to pursue studies in Eng
lish language and literature.
He did special studies in
Shakespearian drama under
outstanding scholars at Strat
ford-on-Avon.
Upon his return from his
studies in Europe, he served as
assistant dean of men at Bel
mont Abbey College for one
year. In 1956 he continued
graduate studies in English at
the University of North Caro
lina where he completed aca
demic work toward the Ph. D.
degree. While at Chapel Hill
Father John was granted a
Southern Fellowship to pursue
special -research in Shake
spearian studies. He was ap
pointed professor of English at
Belmont Abbey College in
1958 and last year served as
executive vice-president of the
college.
The newly appointed ad
ministrative officers of Bel
mont Abbey College have in
augurated a development pro
gram whose completion will
commemorate the centennial
of the college’s founding.
‘Frustrating’
Says Kennedy
WASHINGTON — Sen. John
F. Kennedy, Democratic Pres
idential candidate, said on a
nationwide television program
that it is “frustrating” and
“disappointing” for him re
peatedly to be challenged
about Church-State issues on
which he has already com
mented.
Appearing (Sept. 19) on the
Columbia Lioaueastmg Sys
tem program “Presidential
Countdown,” Sen. Kennedy
was asked: “What accusation
against you has hurt you most
personally?”
He replied: “I think the re
ligious issue is frustrating in
tiiat I’ve made my views clear
month after month and year
after year. I’ve answered every
question. My public record is
spread out over 14 years . . .
But it seems difficult to ever
give some people the assur-
rances that they need that I’m
as interested in religious lib
erty as they are.”
He said his questioners are
within their rights in quizzing
him on Church-State matters.
“But after giving the answers
and after my public record in
dicates that what I say I mean,
then it becomes somewhat dis
appointing that I am not able
to get it across more effective
ly.”
Deplore
Presence
Of Kadar
Official Dies
ROME .(Radio, NC)’— Msgr.
Angelo Perugini, the Holy
See’s Secretary of Latin Let
ters for the past 29 years, died
here (Sept. 17) at the age of 71.
Msgr. Perugini, a native of
Rome, also taught law at the
Pontifical Lateran University.
The Secretary of Latin Let
ters is responsible for trans
lating the writings of the popes
into Latin.
Cardinal Lcrcaro
Going To Fatima
FATIMA, Portugal (NC) —
His Eminence Giacomo Cardi
nal Lercaro, Archbishop of
Bologna, will preside at cere
monies here marking the 43rd
anniversary of the last appear
ance of the Blessed Virgin to
three shepherd children.
This was announced by
Bishop Joao Pereira Venancio
of Leiria, in whose diocese this
famed Marian shrine lies.
Cardinal Lercaro was to
have presided at last May’s
ceremonies commemorating
the anniversary of the first ap
parition, but illness prevented
him from coming.
Catholic Charities
Aids Those Dropped
From Welfare Rolls
NEW ORLEANS (NC)—As
sociated Catholic Charities and
parish units of the St. Vincent
De Paul Society here have
joined other welfare groups in
caring for families removed
from the state welfare rolls.
The Catholic Charities orga
nization has made special
funds available to parishes in
which many of the needy fam
ilies are concentrated.
Removed from thd welfare
rolls were women who have
had illegitimate children after
receiving welfare aid, “com
mon law” families, and fami
lies whose homes were Consid
ered unfit for children.
The legislation adopted at
the recent session of the state
Legislature has resulted in the
removal of around 22,000 chil
dren from the Aid to Depend
ent Children Program. In the
New Orleans area, 1,600 fam
ilies, including 5,000 children,
were dropped from the roils.
BISHOP™AND SEMINARIANS—His Excellency, Bishop Thomas J. McDonough poses with thirty-one students of
St. John Vianney Minor Seminary, Savannah, in front of statue of Seminary’s Patron. The young Seminarians, in their
freshman and sophomore years of high school, are from Port Wentworth, Savannah, Columbus, Albany, Augusta, Ma
con, Warner-Robins, Cordele, Savannah Beach and St. Mary’s.
NOTRE DAME
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shop for added space for these
and additional departments.
Since the opening of the
Shop it has been operated un
der the direction of Mrs.
James J. Collins with the as
sistance of other volunteers.
Mrs. James W. Howe is assist
ant director and Mrs. Frank A.
Winders, shop secretary. It was
first located in the basement
of the Catholic Community
Center at 3 W. Liberty Street
and in May, 1956 moved to
large quarters at its present
location of 18 W. Liberty
Street.
NEW YORK, (NC) — The
presence of Prime Minister Ja
nos Kadar of communist ruled
Hungary at the United Nations
General Assembly was deplor
ed in a statement issued by
the Hungarian Committee
here.
The statement was signed
by Msgr. Bela Varga, commit
tee chairman and former pres
ident of the Hungarian Parlia
ment, and Ferenc Nagy, for
mer Prime Minister of Hun
gary. The committee, described
as a political representation for
the oppressed Hungarian peo
ple, sent copies of the state
ment to the U. S. State Depart
ment and to various UN dele
gations.
“Janos Kadar refused re
peatedly the entry of United
Nations representatives into
Hungary to complete their
fact-finding missions investi
gating the situation in that
country according to the reso
lutions of the General Assem
bly,” the statement said.
It also asserted that Prime
Minister Kadar “failed to
comply with all resolutions of
the General Assembly de
manding the withdrawal of
Soviet troops from Hungary
and the restoration of inde
pendence to the Hungarian
nation and all political and
fundamental rights and free
doms, including free elections.
He repudiated the United Na
tions as the legitimate body
for judging the Hungarian
case.”
The committee’s statement
suggested that appropriate ac
tion be taken to reject Mr. Ka-
dar’s credentials and prevent
him from taking a seat in the
General Assembly.
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CALENDAR OF
FEAST DAYS
SUNDAY, October 2 — Sev
enteenth Sunday after Pente
cost. Generally this date is the
feast of the Holy Guardian
Angels. God has charged His
angels with the ministry of
watching over and safeguard
ing every one of His creatures
that behold not His face. The
month of October is dedicated
to the Holy Angels as well <is
to the Holy Rosary.
MONDAY, October 3 — St.
Therese of Lisieux (Little Flo
wer of Jesus), Virgin. She was
Marie Francoise Therese Mar
tin, born 1873 at Alencon,
France. At the age of 15 she
joined the Carmelite communi
ty at Lisieux. Her progress in
the spiritual life was such that
she was made mistress of no
vices at the age of 22. She died
in 1897, but her brief life was
remarkable for its humility,
simplicity and patient endur
ance of suffering. Since her
death many miracles have
been credited to her interces
sion, and devotion to her has
spread all over the world. In
E n g 1 i s h-speaking countries
she is known as the Little Flo
wer of Jesus. She was canon
ized in 1925.
TUESDAY, October 4 — St.
Francis of Assisi, Confessor.
He was born in 1182 and was
early inspired with a love of
poverty and humility. Many
joined themselves to him and
were constituted a religious or
der by Pope Innocent III. The
order rapidly spread through
out Christendom. After visit
ing the East, St. Francis alter
nated between preaching to
the multitudes and fasting iti
desert solitude. During one of
his retreats, he received on his
hands, feet, and side the prints
of the five wounds of Christ.
He died in 1226.
WEDNESDAY, October 5—
St. Placid and Companions,
Martyrs. He was born in Rome
of a patrician family in 515. At
the age of seven his father
took him to the monastery of
Subiaco and at 13 he followed
St. Benedict to establish a
monastery. Five years later the
place was overrun by barbari
ans who burned everything to
the ground. St. Placid, his two
brothers, Eutychius and Vic-
torinus; his sister, Fla via, who
had come to visit them; along
with Donatus, Firmatus, Faus-
tus and some 30 other monks,
were put to death for their
Faith.
THURSDAY, October 6 —
St. Bruno, Confessor. The
founder of the Carthusians
was born in Cologne about
1039 and studied in Paris. He
was made canon of Cologne
and later held the same office
at Rheims. Together with six
companions determined to for
sake the world, he retired to
Grande Chartreuse. There they
were welcomed by St. Hugh,
Bishop of Grenoble. Later St.
Bruno was called to Rome by
a former disciple, Pope Urban
II. The bustle of the city dis-
POPE NAMES U. S. PRIEST
DELEGATE TO S. AFRICA
(Radio, NCWC News Service)
VATICAN CITY — New
York^born Msgr. Joseph F.
McGeough has been named a
titular archbishop and trans
ferred from his post as papal
envoy to Ethiopia to be Apos
tolic Delegate to South Africa.
His Holiness Pope John
XXIII named him Titular
Archbishop of Hemesa. As the
Pope’s representative in South
Africa, the 57-ye'ar-old prelate
will succeed another Ameri
can, Archbishop Celestine J.
Damiano, who was named
Bishop of Camden, N. J., last
February after serving as
Apostolic Delegate to South
Africa since 1952.
No date has been announced
officially concerning the con
secration of Archbishop-elect
McGeough. But it is generally
believed that he will be con
secrated by Pope John on Oc
tober 28. It is understood that
some other newly appointed
archbishops will be consecrat
ed then. They include Msgr.
Dino Staffa, secretary of the
Sacred Congregation of Sem
inaries and Universities, and
Msgr. Pericle Felici, secretary
general of the central pontifi
cal commission for the Second
Vatican Council.
Msgr. McGeough, a veteran
of the papal diplomatic corps,
was the first Apostolic Inter
nuncio to Ethiopia. He was
named to the post by Pope
Pius XII on May 9, 1957, after
serving as temporary charge
d’affaires at the newly estab
lished internunciature at Ad
dis Ababa since March of that
year.
Msgr. McGeough was born
in New York City on August
29, 1903. After attending Ca
thedral College and St. Jos
eph’s Seminary, he went to the
North American College in
Rome, where he was ordain
ed in 1930. He also attended
the Pontifical Lateran Univer
sity in Rome. He has earned
degrees in theology and both
civil and canon law.
Returning to the New York
archdiocese in 1931, he served
as a teacher at St. Mary’s High
School in Katonah, N. Y. From
1933 to 1938 he was an assist
ant at Our Lady of Mercy
parish in the Bronx, N. Y.
During 1937 and 1938 he also
served as assistant chancellor
of the New York archdiocese.
In 1938 he came to Rome
as an official of the Sacred
Congregation for the Oriental
Church, and in 1943 joined the
Vatican Secretariat of State.
In 1945 he took part in the
papal mission charged with
distributing relief supplies
from the Holy See in Germany
and Austria. In 1947 he was
a member of the papal mission
to the National Marian Con
gress in Argentina.
He was chosen to carry the
papal decoration, the Golden
Rose, to Archbishop Joseph
Vieira Alvernaz of Goa, Patri
arch of the East Indies, when
that prelate was given the hon
or in 1953.
'Spend The Day
Party' Planned
At Warner Robins
WARNER ROBINS — The
Ladies Guild of Sacred Heart
Church, in Warner Robins, is
starting the season by sponsor
ing a “Spend-The-Day, sched
uled for October 6, at Rich’s
in Atlanta.
Tickets for this event may
be purchased at Citizens State
Bank and the Bank of Warner
Robins, on Saturday Septem
ber 24 and October 2, or by
calling Mrs. F. E. Pat Delaney
at WA 2-8856.
Price of tickets include
transportation on the Nancy
Hanks to Atlanta which leaves
Macon at 11:20 A. M., and ar
rives back in Macon at 8:05
P. M.; a box lunch aboard the
train, door prize, a tea and
fashion show in the Magnolia
Room at Rich’s in Atlanta, plus
ample time for personal shop
ping.
Proceeds from this event
will be used in the parish for
altar linens, flowers, cellulose
for cancer pads, etc.
Women of local civic and
church organizations are in
vited to participate in this so
cial affair, and may obtain fur
ther information from Mrs.
Delaney, in regards to the pro
gram for the day.
“ ‘ ' ' From lorlJ, Total
To Lord Med By
Seminarians, Cardinal States
TURIN, Italy (NC) — De
tachment from the world and
total dedication to the Lord
are the two standards that
should guide seminarians in
their passage to the priesthood.
This was the advice written
by His Eminence Giuseppe
Cardinal Pizzardo, Prefect of
the Sacred Congregation of
Universities and Seminaries, to
a congress of 1,500 Italian sem
inarians here.
The Cardinal noted that to
day one hearts arguments that
priestly training must leave
behind traditional standards
and so that “the priest might
have greater contact with the
world and occupy himself
more directly with earthly
questions, with the false ex
cuse of attending to the spi
ritual needs of his times.”
Citing the teachings of St.
Joseph Cafesso, an Italian
priest of the last century,
Cardinal Pizzardo said: “The
road which must be followed
1 even today is very different. It
turbed him. He retired to the
mountains of Calabria, where
he founded a second Charter-
house. He died about 1101 and
was canonized 500 years later.
FRIDAY, October 7 — Feast
of the Most Holy Rosary. This
feast also commemorates St.
Mary of Victory, a day which
Pope Pius V instituted in 1571
to be kept each year in mem
ory of the victory granted to
the Christians in a naval bat
tle against the Turks after in
voking the help of the Mother
of God.
SATURDAY, October 8 —
St. Bridget of Sweden, Widow.
She was a member of the Swe
dish royal family born in 1034.
She married Prince Ulpho of
Sweden and they had eight
children. Many years later she
and her husband separated by
mutual consent. He joined the
Cistercians and she founded
the community of St. Savior in
the Abbey of Wastein.
DAMI feOOl*. ITOftfe
is . . ., the road of detachment
from the world and of total
dedication to the Lord.”
Cardinal Pizzardo said that
understanding this view makes
everything “easy in the train
ing and life of the priest. Work
and sacrifice itself will become
for him a glory and a crown.
“This same principle will be
the soul of an intimate and
constant heroism, which gives
the cleric and priest the most
powerful wings by which to
reach the heights of sanctity
since everything in their life
will become an offering of
pure oblation to the Lord.”
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NEW NOTRE DAME BOOKSHOP—Artist’s conception of new Notre Dame Bookshop
Savannah. Building will also house a lending library and Catholic Information Center.
Guatemala Bishop's
'Palace/ Chancery,
Ail In One Room
NEW ORLEANS (NC)—Bish- Franciscan prelate said:
op Constantine C. Luna,
O.F.M., never has any difficul
ty finding his way around his
episcopal “palace” in Zacapa,
Guatemala.
The Bishop’s living quarters,
the diocese chancery office and
general headquarters all are
located in one room, situated
next to the 300-year-old cathe
dral there.
While visiting here, Bishop
Luna was a guest of the Fran
ciscan Fathers of St. Mary of
the Angels Church. Describing
conditions in his diocese, the
GRFl'T URSULINE SISTERS—His Excellency the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of
Savannah is shown as he welcomed the Ursuline Sisters to the Diocese. Pictured left to right: Rt. Rev. Msgr. Herman
IPimel V.F., pastor of Holy Family, Columbus; Mother Paul; Father Lawrence Phillips, assistant during summer
„ths Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbus; Mother Margaret Mary; Bishop McDonough; Mother Immaculata; Rev. Wil-
l, am p Dowling, Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbus; Mother Joseph, and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor
cl the Diocese.
10 From Diocese
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the freshman class were re
jected, and until the physical
expansion program, at present
the construction of a new dor
mitory to accommodate 200
students, is completed, many
students will be denied admis
sion to the college.
Because of the limited facil
ities of applicants is rigorous,
anc high school seniors should
make application early for
next year.
“There are only 26 priests
in my area. We need a semi
nary and it will take from
$50,000 to $65,000 to build it.
Later we plan to build paro
chial schools and other facili
ties. With educational facili
ties, we can combat ignorance
and communistic propaganda.
It is on ignorance that com
munism thrives.”
Bishop Luna has seen, first
hand, the workings of commu
nism. He was a missionary in
China for 14 years before he
was expelled by the commu
nists. He returned to his native
Italy, completed graduate
work and received a degree in
missiology from the Urban
University in Rome. He was
assigned as a missionary in
Guatemala in 1951, was conse
crated Bishop of Zacapa in
1956.
The Bishop vividly recalls
his arrest by the communists
in China. When the . soldiers
arrived at his mission, Louis
Young, the Chinese house boy,
pleaded with them: “Kill me.
Don’t kill Father Luna. He is
needed. I am not.”
The Bishop observed: “It is
not often a man wants to die
for another man.”
The communists granted the
house boy’s request. They ar
rested and expelled the Bishop
and they killed Louis Young.
Open Mission
SINSINAWA, Wis. (NC)
Four Dominican Sisters of the
Most Holy Rosary will leave
their mother house here to fly
to Bolivia in October to open
their first Latin American mis
sion school.
The American congregation,
which conducts study centers
in Fribourg, Switzerland and
Florence, Italy, will establish
the Colegio Santa Clara in
Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
person - to
(or all
person Service
lanliina needs
^or ail ijour banning.
SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co.
Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C.
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St. Vincent’s
SAVANNAH — St. Vincent’s
Alumnae Ass’n held its first
meeting of the 1960-61 year on
Tuesday evening, September
20, in the cafeteria of the new
school building. The president,
Mrs. J. Arthur Kearney, in
troduced the following officers
who will serve with her dur
ing the coming year: Mrs. C.
L. McKenzie, Jr., Vice-Presi
dent; Mrs. Mary L. McAfee,
Recording Secretary; Mrs. J.
E. Corcoran, Corresponding
Seiretary ant Mrs. Bart E.
Shea, Jr., Treasurer. Mrs.
Kearney announced tha fol
lowing committee appoint
ments: Program, Mrs. James
M. Flynn, Mrs. C. L. McKen
zie, Jr., and Mrs. Joseph M.
McDonough; Publicity, Mrs.
William C. Broderick and Miss
Joan Harty; Telephone, Mrs.
George Ebberwein and . Miss
Regina Lyjen; Refreshments,
Mrs. Thomas Corcoran, Mrs.
Margaret M. Horne, Mrs. John
E. Dillon and Mrs. Sheila
Woodward; Visiting, Miss
Rosemary Ware, Miss Ger
trude Russell and Mrs. Joseph
M. McDonough; Feast Day Re
membrance, Miss Mary Mc
Nally; Door Prizes, Miss Janet
Spillane.
Members of the Class of ‘60
were welcomed as new mem
bers of the Alumnae Associa
tion.
Sister Mary Bernardine,
R.S.M., Superior of St. Vin
cent’s Convent, introduced Sis
ter Mary Fidelis,, R.S.M., as
Principal and the nuns and
lay teachers on the faculty of
St. Vincent’s Academy, many
of whom are Alumnae.
Sister Michael Joseph,
R.S.M., Alumnae Advisor, re
ported on a very successful
shrimp dinner which was giv
en recently as part of the As
sociation’s fund-raising efforts
for the Building Fund Drive.
She stated that thrift sales
had been held in the summer
and that another one would
take place in November.
The President urged the
members to attend the quar
terly meeting of the Savannah
Deanery, D.C.C.W., of which
the Alumnae Association is a
member organization. It is
scheduled for Wednesday eve
ning, September 28 at Nativity
Parish Hall.
In place of an October meet
ing, the group will hold a
Halloween dance on October
19 in the courtyard of the
Academy with Celeste Thomp
son serving as chairman.
A social hour was enjoyed
with Mrs., Shelia Woodward
and Mrs. Ceile Fitzpatrick ac
ting as hostesses. Later mem
bers were taken on a tour of
the new school building.
Flights from reality cause
many a man to make a crash-
landing.