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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, October 29, 1960
Our Lady Of Lourdes HNS
'Age Of The Layman'
Columbus Men Told
COLUMBUS—“This is ‘The
Age of the Layman’ within
the Church. The Church being
a living thing, grows as it is
nourished by the laity,” coun
seled the Rev. James F. Dolan,
S.J., as he addressed the
monthly communion breakfast
of Our Lady of Lourdes Holy
Name Society on Sunday, Oc
tober 9. He stated further that
human cooperation is the in
strument of Divine Power.
After a brief discussion of
parish unity by Father William
P. Dowling, officers were in
stalled. J. A. Jones, 3221 Knox
Street, is president; Col. Hen
ry Kelly (ret.), 3958 Comman
der Drive, vice president; Tho
mas O’Byrne, 3932 Trask
Drive, secretary-treasurer;
Capt. Hilary Smentek, 2456
Mesa Ave., program chairman.
Mr. Jones, president, re
quested each member bring a
guest to the next monthly
breakfast.
St James
Parish
Council
SAVANNAH — Saint James
Parish Council of Catholic
Women held its monthly
meeting on October 3rd, in the
parish hall.
Mrs. B. C. Guild, Chairman
of the Civil Defense, will
teach a Home Nursing Course
to begin October 31st.
Mrs. Mary Bignault gave an
interesting report on the re
cent meeting of he Savannah
Deanery Council of Catholic
W’omen held at N a t i vi t y
Church. •
Mrs. May Howard presented
a program on Parliamentary
procedures to Savannah parish
councils on October 19th and
26th at St. James.
Plans were discussed for the
Fall Barbecue which was held
October 22nd.
Following the meeting, Mrs.
Juan Martin, Council presi
dent, who was leaving for Mil
waukee was honored and pre
sented a gift by the council.
First Laymen
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of the Holy See.
-—Mario Seganti, an official
of the general office of techni
cal services of Vatican City.
—Massimo Spada, president
of the administrative council
of the Pius XII Foundation for
the Lay Apostolate.
—Francesco Vacchini of the
administrative council of the
Pius XII Foundation for the
Lay Apostolate.
■—Francesco Vacchini of the
administrative section of the
Sacred Congregation of the
Basilica of St. Peter.
Also appointed members of
the administrative secretariat
were:
—Msgr. Enrico Arato, sec
retary of the administrative
office of the Institute for the
Works of Religion.
—Msgr. Gaspare Cantagalli,
vice-president of the admini
strative council of the Pius
XII Foundation for the Lay
Apostolate.
—Msgr. Ferrero Conti, un
dersecretary of the Admini
stration of the Properties of
the Holy See.
Named members of the com
mission of Religious were:
—Father Peter Rutten,
O.S.C., prosecutor general of
the Crosier Fathers.
—Father Francesco Sav-
arese, superior general of the
Minim Friars.
—Brother Alexander, F.M.S.,
procurator and postulator gen
eral of the Marist Brothers of
the Schools.
Appointed consultors of the
same commission in addition
to Father Foley were:
—Bishop Louis Haller, Ordi
nary of the independent abbey
of Saint Maurice of the Can
ons Regular of St. Augustine
in Switzerland.
—Father Gerard Mulcahy,
O.F.M., rector of St. Isidore’s
College in Rome for Irish
Franciscans.
Appointed members of the
commission for the Eastern
Churches were:
—Bishop Andrei Katkoff,
M.I.C., Siberian-born Byzan
tine Rite prelate now residing
in Rome.
-—Bishop Ceslaus Sipovich,
M.I.C., prelate in charge of
Byzantine Rite Belorussians
living in the West.
-—Bishop Basil Cristea, A. A.,
Rumanian Byzantine Rite pre
late.
Named consultors of the
same commission were:
—Father Angelico Lazzeri,
O.F.M., procurator general of
the Franciscan Friars.
—Father Basil Talatinian,
O.F.M., an official of the Cus
tody of the Holy Land.
Made a member of the com
mission for the missions was
Father Lucian o Rubio,
O.E.S.A., prior general of the
Augustinian Friars.
Blessed
Sacrament
Parish Council
SAVANNAH — Plans for
the coming year were an
nounced at the meeting of the
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Council which was held Mon
day evening, Oct. 3, in the
school auditorium.
Plans include the establish
ment of a unit for the mak
ing of cancer pads by the
Catholic Charities Committee
of which Mrs. M. B. Cosgrove
is chairman; the furnishing of
transportation to church and
religious instructions and pro
viding of lay catechists by the
committee cooperating with
the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine under the chairman
ship of Mrs. C. II. Laird; and
the adoption of the Madonna
Plan as the project of the
Foreign Relief Committee with
Mrs. Harry W. Downs as
chairman.
The Parish Council is sched
uling its bake sale for early
December for the benefit of
St. Mary’s Home. Mrs. Ira E.
Smith is chairman.
The President, Mrs. William
P. Schneider, announced the
following chairmen of stand
ing committees in addition to
those already listed: Mrs. Rob
ert S. Parrish, legislation; Mrs.
W. P. Cetti, youth; Mrs. H. A.
Stamey, family and parent ed
ucation; Mrs. George Ebber-
wein, libraries and literature;
Miss Regina Lytjen, spiritual
development; and Mrs. E. D.
Cribbs, public relations.
A comprehensive report on
the recent meeting of the
Savannah Deanery, D.C.C.W.,
was given by Mrs. Robert S.
Parrish.
Issue Of Federal Aid To
Private, Parochial Schools
Enters Presidential Race
CONSTITUTION WEEK—Tne members of "me Big' Forty Civics Club” of Holy Fam
ily. School gave a good account of themselves for the observance of Constitution Week,
Sept. 18-23. In the picture we see four boys giving a radio skit, taking us back to the
days of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787! This program was a “YOU
ARE THERE” with Het Chuntley and Bavid Drinkley reporting. Seated, Het Chuntley
is giving the people of radio land a full report of the Virginia and New Jersey Debate!
Left to right, Eddie Doucette, Right Rev. Msgr. Herman Deimel (pastor), Lonny Arring
ton (writer of the script), James Fleming, and David Weisenberger.—-(Necatman Studio).
Catholic, Protestant, Jewish
Scholars Launch Work On New
Translation Of Scriptures
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Home And
School
MACON — Mrs. George
Powell, Jr., incoming presi
dent of the St. Joseph’s Home
and School Association, pre
sided at the meeting, held on
October 5th in the school au
ditorium.
Teachers were in their re
spective classrooms a half
hour before the general meet
ing. Mrs. Powell extended a
welcome to the parents of
children, attending St. Jos
eph’s, and made special men
tion of those parents, attend
ing a Home and School Asso
ciation meeting for the first
time.
Mr. Joseph McGoldrick, pro
gram chairman, introduced the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas I.
Sheehan, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, as guest speaker.
Msgr. Sheehan expressed the
great appreciation of the par
ish to the Sisters of Mercy,
and lay teachers for staffing
St. Joseph’s School. He dis
cussed the “Essentials of Home
and School Cooperation,”
with special emphasis upon
the role played by parents and
teachers in the upbringing of
children, and stated that in
God’s sight, parents and teach
ers are important people.
As part of the program mi
meographed excerpts from an
address, made by Msgr. Wil
liam E. McManus were dis
tributed to the parents for
their information, and as a
guide in following his talk.
NEW YORK, (NC) — A
team of Catholic, Protestant
and Jewish scholars has
launched work on a new Eng
lish translation of the Scrip
tures which could turn out to
be a “common Bible.”
According to a priest-editor
who specializes in Scripture
study, such a “common Bible”
would provide a basis of in
terfaith “theological and ecu
menical discussions.”
The translation project was
announced by Father Walter
M. Abbott, S.J., an associate
editor of America magazine,
national weekly published by
the Jesuits.
Father Abbott is a cofound
er of the periodical New Tes
tament Abstracts and has
written and spoken frequently
on Scripture study.
In October, 1959, he said in
an America article that a uni
form English translation of the
Bible acceptable to both Cath
olics . and Protestants is “a
real possibility.”
Writing in the current issue
of the magazine, Father Ab
bott says that the project
which may result in a “com
mon Bible” is under the direc
tion of Dr. William F. Al
bright. Dr. Albright, of Johns
Hopkins University, Balti
more, is one of the country’s
best known experts on Semitic
languages.
Other participating scholars
listed by Father Abbott in
clude Bo Reicke of the Uni
versity of Basle; E. A. Speiser
and Moshe Greenberg of the
University of Pennsylvania;
Father Mitchell Dahood, S. J.,
of the Pontifical Bibical In
stitute, Rome; and “many
others.”
Father Abbott says the
scholars are preparing intro
ductions, commentaries and
translations for all the books
of the Bible.
The new translation will be
published in 30 paperback vol
umes in the Doubleday pub
lishing company’s Anchor
Book paperback series. The
first volume is scheduled to
appear in January 1962, and
the last sometime in 1966, the
Jesuit says.
Father Abbott discloses the
translation project is an ar
ticle devoted mainly to a sug
gestion for adoption of an in
terfaith “Bible reader” for use
in public schools.
He says such a “reader”
would be made up of excerpts
from the Bible in a new trans
lation acceptable to all faiths.
Father Abbott does not
specifically propose that the
Bible translation now being
prepared by the team of Cath
olic, Protestant and Jewish
scholars be used for the “Bible
reader.” But he notes that it
could be used for tnis pur
pose.
He says he recently spoke
on the "Bible reader” idea to
a committee of the National
council of Churches, and that
the idea was well received by
the Protestant group.
Catholic
Womans Club
SAVANNAH — The Cath
olic Woman’s Club held its Oc
tober meeting Tuesday eve
ning, October 11th, in the Club
Rooms.
Fattier Andrew Doris,
O.S.B., read a very in
teresting articie about the
meeting of the Ministerial Un
ion with Senator Kennedy.
Another four new members
were welcomed into the Club,
in addition to the four new
members who joined the club
last month.
The members were asked to.
pray for peace on the 13th of
October, the Feast of Our
Lady of Fatima. They were
also asked to pray for the suc
cess of the NCCW Conven
tion in Las Vegas, which is
to be held from October 28th
to November 4th.
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Library
Elects
MACON — Mrs. W. J.
O’Shaughnessey was elect
ed president of St. Joseph’s
Library at a recent meeting.
Mrs. Lenora Maloney was
named treasurer and Mrs.
Marion T. Duncan, secretary.
In addition to electing offi
cers the library organization
learned that Mrs. Lucile Hada-
rits has been named manager
of the Woman’s Club and
heard the following facts
about the library: a new book,
Popes through the Ages has
been given to Washington Me
morial Library; magazine sub
scriptions have been given to
local libraries; 30 duplicate
books have been given to
Amelia Hutchings Library and
33 to St. John Vianney Minor
Seminary in Savannah.
It was also decided at the
meeting that St. Joseph’s Li
brary will sponsor the Voca
tion Bulletins being distribu
ted monthly in the church.
Mrs. O’Shaughnessey em
phasized the fact that St. Jos
eph’s Free Lending Library,
located on High Street just
back of St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church, has more than 800
books available to the public
for information and research
and that it is open from 2:30
to 5 p. m. daily and from 10:30
a. m. to 1 p. m. on Sundays.
ieetiiig Of
Albany PTA
ALBANY — The monthly
meeting of St. Teresa’s P.T.A.
was held on Thursday, Oc
tober 13th, in the school audi
torium, with the president,
Bob McCormack, Jr., presid
ing.
The president stressed the
importance of conforming to
the regulations of the new
room count system commenc
ing with the October meeting.
Mr. McCormack announced
that the movie projector will
be in readiness in the near fu
ture and the purchase of a
new screen has been approved
by the Executive Committee.
The project for the year,
that of providing fans for each
classroom, was discussed and
approved. The necessity of
voter registration was stressed
in a letter from the mayor.
An account of the Teachers’
Institute was given by Sister
Miriam, who announced that
St. Teresa’s is now the third
largest school in the Savan
nah . Diocese.
The November meeting of
the PTA will be held on
Thursday; November 17th, at
which time Father Cuddy will
address the parents.
Cathedral
Home & School
Meeting
SAVANNAH — The Cathe
dral Home and School Asso
ciation held its monthly meet
ing Friday, October 14th, with
Judge Victor B. Jenkins, ordi
nary of Chatham County as
the guest speaker. Judge Jen
kins is weil known for his
work with the youth of the
city and gave a most informa
tive talk on “Y o u t h in a
Changing World.” Judge Jen
kins was introduced by Mr.
Michael J. Gannam, local at
torney.
The seventh grade students,
under the direction of Sister
Doieretta, presented the eve
ning’s entertainment ,m the
form of a panel discussion on
the forthcoming National Elec
tion, with Gilbert Stacey act
ing as master of ceremonies.
This class also won the attend
ance prize.
Sister Martina Joseph, prin
cipal, welcomed the parents
and explained the method
of marking the report cards
as these would be given out
during the coming week.
The St. Mary’s Home Guild
will meet at the Home on
Sunday, November 13th and
it is hoped there will be a
large representation from the
Cathedral 1 Parish.
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
The issue of using Federal
funds to aid private and paro
chial schools or their pupils
has popped into the presiden
tial campaign.
The Democratic nominee
again declared against such
aid; the Republican nominee
said he would let the states
decide; the Republican vice
presidential nominee opposed
discrimination in the matter;
and a Cabinet member said
the proposal “makes no sense.”
After the exchanges, an
anti-Catholic group and a
fundamentalist church organi
zation denounced those who
would propose such aid.
It all began when Henry
Cabot Lodge, the Republican
vice presidential contender,
told a nationwide radio and
TV audience (“Meet the
Press,” Oct. 9), he would draw
no line between aiding publl
and private school boys.
Then came a press confer
ence statement by Arthur S.
Flemming, U. S. Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare,
who said Mr. Lodge’s proposal
“makes no sense.”
He told (Oct. 10) Sacra
mento, Calif., newsmen the
proposal to aid private and
parochial schools in an “idle,
gesture” because Congress
would not approve such a
plan.
This was followed by the
release of an interview by a
school teachers’ publication in
which both Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, the Re
publican candidate, and Sen.
John F. Kennedy, the Demo
cratic nominee, stated their
positions.
The two were asked by
Scholastic Teacher (Oct. 19
issue): “Do you believe that
Federal aid should be to pub
lic shools only?”
Sen. Kennedy, who has re
peatedly taken a stand against
support of private or parochial
schools by Federal funds, re
plied with one word: “Yek”
Vice President Nixon said
he would let each state decide
whether the Federal funds
they get should be used for
both private and public grade
and high schools.
He noted that traditionally
Federal funds have been pro
vided to higher education
without regard to whether the
schools are public or private.
“In the field of elementary
and secondary education,” he
said, “such limited Federal
aid as has been voted in the
past has not gone to private
schools because of our tradi
tion of free public elementary
and secondary education.”
Then he added: “In connec
tion with the major program
of assistance that I have pro
posed, this money would go
to the states for distribution
as they see fit.
“Hence, it would be up to
each state to decide whether
Federal funds given to each
state should be used for both
public and private schools.”
Turning then to higher edu
cation, he repeated his stand
for expanding the present Fed
eral program of loans to ail
colleges and universities for
dormitories to include class
rooms in both loans and
matching grants.
“In addition,” he said, “I
have proposed a board pro
gram of loans, scholarships
and fellowships to encourage
students at both public and
private institutions to finance
their educations and quaiifica
tions for teaching.”
Catholic colleges and stu
dents presently participate in
the loan program of the 1958
National Defense Education
Act.
In addition, Catholic grade
and high schools have shared
in $1,721,511 distributed under
a provision of that act to lend
funds to private schools for
the financing of laboratory re
modeling and the acquisition
of equipment for improved
teaching of science, mathe
matics and modern foreign
languages. One hundred and
forty-seven loans have been
made.
The discussion in the Scho
lastic Teacher did not get into
the matter of state constitu
tional prohibitions against us
ing state funds to support pri
vate or church-related schools.
The majority of the states
have outright constitutional
prohibitions against such aids
The figure of 28 states with
such restrictions is given in
“The State and Nonpublic
Schools,” a 1958 publication of
the U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Wel
fare.
After the exchange on the
matter by the candidates, a
critical statement was issued
by Glenn L. Archer, executive
director of Protestants and
Other Americans United for
Separation of Church and
State (POAU), a group self-
described as devoted to abso
lute separation of Church and
State, but charged by numer
ous persons with distortion of
THE ROSARY - ON WORLD SODALITY DAY
ALL TOLD—AND MORE
Rumor-mongers have the
ability of saying nothing in a
way that leaves nothing un
said.
Some 25,000 persons participated in the Boston Archdiocesan World Sodality Day
program, dedicated to the success of the Ecumenical Council. The Rostary was prayed in
Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Russian and English. His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cush
ing, Archbishop of Boston, presided at the services held in the Boston College Stadium.
—(NC Photos).
Catholic positions and actions
related to the matter.
Mr. Archer, directing his
statement to Mr. Lodge’s com
ment that there should be no
difference made between
school boys in the matter of
aid, charged that it is “an
unfortunate concession to po
litical expediency.”
Later, the board of adminis
tration of the National Asso
ciation of Evangelicals, de
manded (Oct. 12) from its St.
Louis headquarters that Mr.
Lodge reconsider his stand.
It sent Mr. Lodge a telegram
that called his statement “in
supportable in terms of reli
gious freedom and in the light
of the contrary position taken
by the other candidates in the
current campaign.”
But Mr. Lodge stuck to his
position. In New York (Oct.
13), he told the New York
Herald Tribune that “the boy
who goes to parochial schools
deserves exactly the same
treatment from the Federal
government as the pupil in
public school.”
tie said his argument is
“only justice.”
In response to the statement
of Mr. Archer, Mr. Lodge told
newsmen that the POAU
executive “knows better than
to accuse me of political ex
pediency.”
Columbus
Deanery
Meeting
VALDOSTA — Host to the
fall meeting of the Columbus
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women was Valdosta, where
the day began with a dialogue
Mass celebrated by the Very
Rev. John D. Toomey, Dio
cesan Spiritual Director, at
11:30 A. M., at St. John the
Evangelist Church.
Seventy-three members,
representing the various par
ishes and missions of the Co
lumbus Deanery Council were
participants in the dialogue
Mass on the Feast of the
Motherhood of the Blessed
Mother.
Following luncheon at the
Valdosta Country Club after
Mass, the meeting was opened
by Mrs. Joseph Dembowski,
President of the Deanery, who
presented Rev. Toomey for the
invocation.
Mrs. Richard Joseph of Val
dosta then welcomed all mem
bers, and extended an invita
tion to all present to the Dedi
cation of the new convent, at
Mary’s Acres in Valdosta, to
be held later in the day. Mrs.
Gonzales of Thomasville made
the response to the welcome.
Rev. Thomas Payne of Val
dosta, welcomed the Council
Members, and visiting priests
were introdcued, followed by
a talk by Mrs. Edwin Mul
ligan President of the Savan
nah Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women encouraging mem
bers to call on her for any
help needed in the coming
year.
Guest speaker at the meet
ing was Father John Cuddy,
Superintendent of School for
Savannah Diocese, whose
main theme was “WOMEN,”
their place in the church. Fr.
Cuddy took us back to the first
woman — Eve, the cause of
loss of Grace, then the re
demption of women in the
eyes of mankind, when
through a woman, The Blessed
Mother, Christ was born, and
man was once more able to
receive Grace.
Father Cuddy pointed out
the importance of women in
the home, their influence on
their families in a charitable
way of life; in their communi
ties and churches, through
sacrifice of time and effort for
the Cause of Christ, -and in
communistic countries, where
despite man made rule, wom
en'literally take their lives in
their hands so that their chil
dren may be baptized.
Reports from the various
committees were given fol
lowing Fr. Cuddy’s speech,
and many suggestions, and
plans for promotion of proj
ects presented by the chair
men were given.
Women of the Columbus
Deanery were reminded that
the Diocesan Convention will
be held in Albany, this year,
and urged all that are able, to
attend from the Columbus
Deanery.
Mrs. Gonzales of Thomas
ville extended an invitation to
hold the spring meeting of the
Deanery Council in Thomas-
ville* and a nominating com
mittee was appointed for the
forthcoming - election of offi
cers to be held at the spring
meeting.
A closing prayer by Father
Thomas Payne concluded the
business of the Columbus
Deanery Council, terminating
a very successful meeting.