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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, December 24, 1960
Biassed
Sacrament
Home is School
SAVANNAH — The annual
Father’s Night meeting of the
Blessed Sacrament Home and
School Association was held
this month. The Boys Choir
under the direction of Sr.
Mary Raymond, R.S.M., ren
dered “O Come Emanuel.”
An Advent skit explaining the
seven “O” antiphons of this
season was presented by the
children of the school.
Mrs. James Harts, president,
appointed Mrs. Delores Abie-
son to serve as chairman of
the Christmas baskets for the
needy.
The Right Rev. Monsignor
Thomas Brennan, intro
duced the guest speaker, His
Excellency, Bishop Thomas J.
McDonough. The bishop spoke
on the current dangers to the
morals of the individual,
stresing that parents must as
sert their God-given authority
in the proper guidance of their
children.
Sr. Mary Jude’s eighth grade
won the attendance prize.
SAVANNAH TABLEAUX — Shown above are participants of tableaux staged at party for members of the Eu
charistic League and Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church, Savannah. At left is Rev. Timothy Flaherty, O.S.B., Society
Moderator. Children in front row are first and second grads pupils at Parish school. Members of the school choir are in
the back rows.
FIGURES SHOW NEED FOR
MORE SISTERS IN SAVANNAH
Just ten years ago in the dioceses of Savannah, Raleigh
and Charleston, we had a total of 17,276 Catholic students,
and 506 Sisters to teach them. Today we have 32,310 Catholic
students, and only 683 Sisters to teach them, Simple arith
metic points up a distressing picture: during the past ten years,
the Catholic students in our area have increased 87%, but our
teaching Sisters have increased only 35 %.
The need for more teaching Sisters is urgent, but even
more urgent is the need for more nursing Sisters. In 1950, in
the Catholic hospitals of our area, 158 nursing Sisters cared
for a total of 78,627 patients. Today, in these hospitals—which
have been expanded in facilities and bed capacity—only 155
nursing Sisters must care for a totai of 120,013 patients. This
means that although the need for care has increased 52.7%,
our nursing Sisters have actually decreased by 2%.
An illustrated booklet, titled “Where Do Sisters Come
From? ’, which dramatizes, this need, was distributed this
month to all adult parishioners at Mass in the churches of the
diocese. It is the fourth in a ten-month series of informative,
full color, fully illustrated booklets covering every aspect of
the vocation problem, which make up the new adult education
program for vocations being sponsored by Most Rev. Thomas
J. McDonough, Bishop of Savannah, and directed by Rev.
William Coleman, Director of Vocations for the diocese.
Vocations to the priesthood and the religious life are in
creasing, Father Coleman points out, but not at the same rapid
rate as the Catholic population, which has increased 47%
during the last ten years alone. Thus Bishop McDonough is
carrying the facts about this vital need directly to the parents,
in whose hands rests the power to encourage or discourage the
vocations which are so necessary to our growing population
and multiplying needs.
CHRISTMAS MASS AT
ST. ANASTASIA LIUS
ROME AND LOS ANGELES
By James C. O'Neill
(N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
ROME—The City of the An
gels and the Eternal City are
joined in a special way on
Christmas morning when Mass
is celebrated in the Church of
St. Anastasia here.
The reason is that St. Ana
stasia is the titular church of
James Francis Cardinal McIn
tyre, Archbishop of Los An
geles. It is also the church
specially designated by the
Missal for the second of the
three Masses of Christmas.
Because of the dual asso
ciation many American priests
in Rome travel across the
holiday-deserted streets of
Rome in the early hours of the
morning to celebrate Mass at
St. Anastasia. At least 50
Masses will be offered at the
altars of the church, one of the
most ancient in tnis ancient
city.
Outside the church hangs
the shield with the coat-of-
arms of Cardinal McIntyre. On
it are depicted three winged
angels,- symbols of Los Angels,
City of. the Angels.
The titular church of Car
dinal McIntyre symbolizes his
special attachment to Rome
and is in a way his cathedra]
away from his archdiocese.
The original titular churches
were the principal parishes of
Rome in the early centuries of
Christianity and their pastors
worked especially closely with
the Pope. In time the pastors
became cardinals and over the
centuries it became the cus
tom to assign titular churches
even to cardinals not living in
Rome.
St. Anastasia’s link with the
second Mass of Christmas is
also of ancient origin. The
church was a natural for sol
emn ceremonies on Christmas
because St. Anastasia’s feast
is commemorated on Decem
ber 25.
As early as the fifth century
the popes came to St. Ana
stasia’s to celebrate the dawn
(second) Mass of Christmas.
The first Mass was celebrated
at St. Mary Major’s basilica
where the traditional relics of
the Christmas crib are pre
served.
The third Mass of the day
used to be celebrated at St.
Peter s basilica, but in more
recent times it has been trans
ferred to St. Mary Major’s.
Although the popes no long
er celebrate Christmas Mass
at the stational churches, the
full ceremonies of Christmas
are observed at St. Anastasia.
Throughout the world the sec
ond Mass of Christmas con
tains a special commemoration
of St. Anastasia.
Within the last few months
a community of Olivetan
Benedictine monks have taken
charge of the services at St.
Anastasia. It is hoped that
soon the community will take
up residence in the adjoining
buildings that once housed the
clergy of the church but which
are now stores and private
apartments.
Supper
Meeting At
St. Patrick’s
AUGUSTA—-Mrs. L. J. Ward,
President of the Deanery
Council of Catholic Women,
was a special guest at the
December meeting of St. Pat
rick's Parish Council of Cath
olic Women and Altar Society.
Mrs. Ward gave a short talk
in which she outlined some of
the proposed activities, and she
announced that the mid-winter
Deanery meeting would be
held in Dublin in January and
urged as many as possible to
attend.
Several members volunteer
ed to pack for overseas ship
ment the clothing which had
been collected during the Bish
ops’ Thanksgiving Clothing
Drive. Mrs. William D. Moore
volunteered to deliver the
flowers which it was voted to
send to shut-ins during the
Christmas season.
Each member present had
brought as a Christmas gift a
new garment for a child from
infancy to six years for the
Pope’s warehouse and these
were opened and displayed be
fore being turned over to the
Foreign Relief Committee.
Mrs. Raymond Campbell out
lined the plans for the aitar
decorations for Christmas and
several offered to assist with
this work.
Mrs. Margie Bedingfield and
Miss Mary Lou Shurley were
hostesses at the supper which
was served during the social
hour which followed the meet
ing.
CREPE HANGER
Don’t pattern your life after
a pessimist — he has chosen
calamity as a vocation.
Book Shop Association
Honors Volunteer Workers
SAVANNAH — The Notre
Dame Book Shop Association
honored its volunteer workers
with a Christmas tea at the
Cathedral Day School Audi
torium, on Sunday afternoon,
December 11th. The tea is an
annual event, when the Asso
ciation pays tribute to the vol
unteers who have staffed the
shop during its past year of
operation as a non-profit book
shop, gift shop, library and in
formation center.
Mrs. William H. MacKrell
was general chairman of the
party, assisted by the follow
ing committee members: Mrs.
John F. Conoly, Mrs. Joseph
O'Leary, Mrs. Kenneth Hiltz,
Mrs. Albert Grevemburg, Mrs.
Joseph McDonough, Mrs. Jul
ian Halligan, Mrs. William
Broderick, Mrs. Clifford Gre
vemburg, Mrs. William E.
Hines, Mrs. C. T. De Lorme,
Mrs. Charles Maloney, Mrs.
Owen Porter, Mrs. James Nue-
slein, Mrs. James Howe, Mrs.
Desmond O’Driscoll and Mrs.
John Ware.
The receiving line consisted
of the officers of the associa
tion, who included Roy L. An
derson, president; Mrs. W. H.
MacKrell, Mrs. John Buckley,
Mrs. Clifford Grevemburg and
Mrs-. Frank Winders. Daugh-
Warns Against
Messenger
Collector
DAYTON, OHIO—A person
giving his name as Peter Shel
ton has made unauthorized
collections for subscriptions
from at least two teaching
sisters in Miami, and it is
feared that he may approach,
or has already contacted, oth
er sisters in Florida and other
South Atlantic and Gulf states.
The man told the sisters
that he worked for a suberip-
tion agency. He collected
money for subscriptions for
the MESSENGERS and
TREASURE CHEST, the class
room periodicals published by
George A. Pflaum, Publisher,
Inc., of Dayton, Ohio.
The agent is unknown to the
Pflaum company, and the pub
lisher stressed that no one is
authorized to solicit subscrip
tions or collect money for the
company.
, “Shelton” gave the name of a
subscription agency as his em
ployer. The Pflaum company,
however, has not authorized
the agency, or any other firm
or person, to take orders and
make collections for the
Pflaum periodicals, which are
widely used as classroom
teaching aids and for religious
instructions classes.
After learning of “Shelton’s”
activities, the Pflaum com
pany sent the following ad
vice to Catholic school officials
and principals in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Louisiana:
“A person representing him
self as an a£ent of our com
pany called recently on schools
that'subscribe for our publica
tions in the Diocese of Miami.
That person had no authority
to represent us'or to seek sub
scriptions on our behelf.
“This company does not em
ploy subscription agents or
agencies. No one is authorized
to collect money in payment
for subscriptions to the MES
SENGERS (YOUNG CATH
OLIC MESSENGER, JUNIOR
CATHOLIC MESSENGER,
and OUR LITTLE MESSEN
GER) or TREASURE CHEST.
“If any person representing
himself as an agent of GEO.
A. PFLAUM, Publisher, Inc.,
or seeking subscriptions for
the MESSENGER or TREAS
URE CHEST should call on
you, call the police immediate
ly. And please do not give
money to any such person.
Please notify our office at
once.”
ters of members of the Board
of Directors served. They were
Miss Clara McDonough, Miss
Susan Halligan, Miss Jo Ann
Winders, Miss Kathleen Brod
erick and Miss Kathleen Mac
Krell.
Pouring were Mrs. Eugene
Murphy, Miss Mary McCred-
mond, Mrs. E. W. Steinhauser
and Mrs. Roy Banks. Each of
the guests of honor was pre
sented a gift by Michael Mac
Krell.
The volunteer workers who
were honored at the party are
the following: Mrs. Perla S.
Barthlmess, Mrs. Mary E. Bis-
hoff, Mrs. Roy Banks, Mrs.
Frank Barragan, Sr., Mrs.
Charles C. Bush, Miss Marie
Bettencourt, Mrs. John F. Con
oly, Mrs. George H. Cartlidge,
Miss Brenda Cangelosi, Mrs.
C. T. DeLorme, Mrs. D. W.
DuPont, Mrs. J. F. Dunnigan,
Mrs. John F. Dillon, Mrs. Eu
gene C. Entelman, Miss Mary
B. Fountain, Mrs. Sam N. Fas-
ola, Miss Carolyn Ferraro, Mrs.
A. J. Grevemburg, Miss Gayle
Grevemburg.
Miss Nell Huggins, Mrs. Wil
liam Hines, Mrs. M. G. Hol
man, Mrs. J. M. Trapani, Mrs.
E. G. Morel, Mrs. A. J. San
ders, Mrs. Joseph A. O’Leary,
Miss Helen Ramsey, Mrs. John
T. Ronan, Mrs. Joseph Rizza,
Mrs. John Stapleton, Mrs. Eu
gene Summerlin, Mrs. J. M.
Sikes, Miss Mary C. Starrs,
Mrs. Mary McA. Strong, Mrs.
Leta M. Shults, Mrs. E. W.
Steinhauser, Mrs. W. J. Sulli
van, Mrs. Robert Holland, Jr.,
Mrs. Ann Hartfelder, Mrs.
Maureen Jones, Mrs. Margaret
Johnson, Mrs. E. J. Lime-
house.
Mrs. A. Hamilton Long, Mrs.
O. D. Lysaught, Mrs. William
N. Moore, Mrs. Joe Magee,
Mrs. Bernard N. Moore, Miss
Mary McCredmond, Mrs. Eu
gene L. Murphy, Mrs. Charles
Molony, Mrs. D. E. McLendon,
Mrs. Riggs, Miss Margaret
Sceider, Miss Jean Salter, Mrs.
Agnes Tarver, Mrs. Joseph
Ulivo, Mrs. J. D. Ware, Mrs.
Rose Walsh and Miss Cassie
White.
St. Vincent’s
Christmas Party
SAVANNAH — The Sisters
of Mercy at St. Vincent’s Con
vent were guests at a Christ
mas party given by St. Vin
cent’s Alumnae Association on
Tuesday evening, December 13
at 8 p. m. in the school cafe
teria.
The cafeteria was turned
into a winter wonderland
scene under the direction of
Mrs. Charles L. McKenzie, Jr.,
and coffee was poured by Mrs.
Fred W. Williams and Mrs. J.
Arthur Kearney. The class of
’60 who are naw Alumnae
members served the refresh
ments under the chairmanship
of Miss Kathleen Broderick.
Santa Claus was on hand to
present gifts and a program of
Christmas music was present
ed by the Sacred Heart Choir
under the direction of J. Harry
Persse.
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BISHOP'S OFFICE
225 Abercorn Street
Savannah, Georgia
December 14, 1960
Dearly beloved in Christ:
With joy I utilize this occasion to rejoice with you
in the forthcoming birth of the Christ Child. On Christ
mas day men of good will, all over the world, will gather
in the stable of Bethlehem to welcome the Savior of all
mankind.
Many areas of the world are engrossed in turmoil
which has brought havoc to families, children and nations.
We in our beloved United States have been preserved
thus far from the catastrophies which surround us on all
sides. Consequently Christmas must have for us a real
spiritual significance devoid of the ultra-materialistic
aspects which are becoming so identified with this special
feast day. Gifts are appropriate tokens of our love for
one another. Our gifts, too, have a hierarchy of import
ance and our holy faith claims first place. On Christmas
day your attendance at Mass and the fervent reception
of Holy Communion express most significantly your real
love of the Christ Child.
As you and your family plan the celebration of
Christmas, I pray that the Christ Child will bring you
untold blessings.
We often state that Christmas is most enjoyed by
children. As you and your children so blessed by God
begin to have a Merry Christmas, may 1 enter your hearts
and beg your charity for other children who belong also
to Christ’s Family—the children at St. Mary’s Home.
On Christmas day every church in the Diocese of
Savannah will contribute the collection to the mainten
ance of St. Mary’s Home in Savannah. Today at all the
Masses envelopes will be distributed to every wage
earner. Please be generous in return for God’s generosity
to us. May I suggest that you donate at least ten dollars
to tnis worthy cause.
Including you and your loved ones in my Christmas
Masses and impairing to you a special blessing, I am,
Devotedly yours in Christ,
THOMAS J. McDONOUGH
Bishop of Savannah.
C.W.C. Fleets
At Albany
ALBANY — St. Teresa’s
Council held its December
luncheon meeting on the 5th
at 12 o’clock in the Parish
Hall, Mrs. Paul Anderson,
president, presiding.
Father Colby, C.M., from
Opelika, Alabama, who is con
ducting a novenia at St. Tere
sa's, attended the meeting.
Mrs. Lola Briggs was added as
a new member of the organiza
tion.
Four Girl Scouts from St.
Teresa’s were honored at the
meeting for their outstanding
woric in the nursery. They
were, Kay Dunn, Joanne Rien-
hart, Laney Potter and Cheryl
Carceili. They received a gold
pin with a miraculous medal
as a token of appreciation for
their work from the C.W.C.
Chairman of Foreign Relief,
Mrs. Helen Lindsey, reported
that the Bishops Clothing
Drive was a success with the
packing of 2,577 garments and
172 pairs of shoes.
Mrs. Nora McCoy and Char
lie Bell of the parish received
the Pro. Deo et Juvenutru
award for the outstanding
work with Youth at the, C.Y.C.
at the convention in Savannah.
January’s meeting will be
held Tuesday evening, Jan
uary 3 at 8 o’clock in the Par
ish Hall and after the meeting
there will be a card party.
Censorship
is Issue
In Flay Ban
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
NEW YORK — Fordham Uni
versity officials said censor
ship on moral or philosophical
grounds was not an issue in
the cancellation of student
productions of two plays by
French existentialists.
The plays, “No Exit” by
Jean-Paul Sartre and “Death
Watch” by Jean Genet, were
to have been performed by
students at the university on
December 2, 3 and 4.
Father John Leonard, S. J.,
university moderator of thea
trics, said the two productions
were called off because they
were inept theater and be
cause the students producers
violated agreements regulat
ing their presentation.
Father Victor R. Yanitelli,
S.J., vice president for student
affairs at the Jesuit institution,
said he backed up Father
Leonard’s action in canceling
the plays because the produc
tions were “very dull and un
worthy.”
Father Leonard said the
students producing the plays
had agreed to keep publicity
about them to a minimum se
as not to compete with the
major production of the uni
versity dramatic club, Shake-
spear’s “King Lear.”
FATIH SEER SAYS GOD
DID NOT INTEND HER
TO PREDICT FUTURE
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
LISBON, Portugal — Fati
ma’s Lucia dos Santos says
that God did not want her to
be a prophet in the sense of
predicting future events, but
rather to warn the world of
the evils of sin and the need
for prayer and penance.
Sister Lucia, sole survivor
of the three peasant children
to whom the Blessed Virgin
appeared in 1917, is quoted in
a new book on the Fatima
message published here by
Portuguese Catholic Action.
The 100-page volume devotes
a chapter to’ the “secret of Fa
tima,” the third part of the
message written down by Sis
ter Lucia in 1941-42. Sister Lu
cia, then a Religious of the
Congregation of Sisters of St.
Dorothy, gave the manuscript
to the late Bishop Jose Alves
Correia da Silva of Leiria, the
diocese that includes Fatima.
She gave instructions that the
third part of the message was
not to be opened until after
her death or in 1960, which
ever came first.
There has been no indica
tion that the contents of the
document are to be made pub
lic this year. Bishop Joao
Pereira Venancio, who suc
ceeded Bishop Silva as Bishop
of Leiria in 1958, announced
last year that the sealed en
velope would be opened in
1960. But he did not say where
or by whom, and did not say
whether or not its contents
would be revealed publicly.
The new Catholic Action
publication has this to say:
“The last part of the secret,
which has been so much spok
en of, has already been written
down by Lucia, but it will
only be revealed when the ec
clesiastical authorities judge it
opportune, as happened in the
case of the first parts of the
secret of Fatima. In the mean
time, we cannot be far from
the truth in supposing that it
recounts new graces from hea
ven for those who persevere in
carrying out the message of
Fatima more fully.”
Sister Lucia, since 1948 a
nun in the Carmelite cloister
at Coimbra, is quoted as giv
ing this reason for not making
the “secret” public in ad
vance:
“It might seem to some peo
ple that I should have , said
these things some time ago.
According to such people, they
would haye had greater value
a few years ago than they
have now. This would be the
case if God had wanted me to
face the world as a prophet.
But I do not think that this
was His intention. If it had
been, He would have told me
to speak in 1917 instead of tell
ing me not to — an order that
was confirmed by His repre
sentatives on earth.
“I therefore think that God
only wanted to use me to re
mind the world of the need to
avoid sin and to make repara
tion, by prayer and penance,
DEDICATE GROTTO — Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
dedicates Grotto erected in honor of St. Joseph at Savannah
Italian Club. Club members built the shrine in their spare
time.
for offenses against God.
“Not finding the exact
words to explain myself, I
would have said one thing at
one time and another at an
other time. By wanting to ex
plain myself but without being
able to do so, I would per
haps have caused such a con
fusion of ideas that it might
even -— who knows? —- have
ruined the work of God.
“Silence has been a great
grace for me. For this I give
thanks to God and I believe
that all He does is good.”
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AD ALTARE DEI MEDAL — Victor Payton of St. Mary’s, Savannah, was awarded
the “Ad Altare Dei” medal in ceremonies at the Church, December 8th. Victor is pic
tured receiving the award from Father Mulrey. A members of Scout Troop 255, Victor
is the first boy from Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish to receive this award.—(Photo by
W. B. Chisholm)