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Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia Vol. 41, No. 19 MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1961 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year THE CHANCERY 225 Abercorn Street Savannah, Georgia February 8, 1961 Dearly beloved in Christ: In accordance with the provisions of Canon Law, as modified through the use of special faculties granted by the Holy See, we herewith publish the regula tions for the Lenten Season of 1961. Lent begins on Ash Wednsday, February 15th, and ends at midnight on Holy Saturday, April 1st, 1961. I. THE LAW OF ABSTINENCE 1) The law of abstinence forbids the use of meat and of soup or gravy made from meat. A day may be one of COMPLETE ABSTINENCE, in which case no meat or soup or gravy made from meat may be taken; or a day may be one of PARTIAL ABSTINENCE, in which case meat and soup or gravy made from meat may be taken once that day at the principal meal. 2) COMPLETE ABSTINENCE is to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays. 3) PARTIAL ABSTINENCE is to be observed on Ember Saturday, February 25th. 4) Everyone over 7 years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence. II. THE LAW OF FAST 1) The law of fast means that only one full meal may be taken on that day. 2) Everyone over 21 and under 59 years of age is obliged to observe the law of fast. 3) All weekdays of the Lenten season, including Holy Saturday, are days of fast. 4) Meat may be eaten by all at the full meal on all days during the Lenten season, except on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays. 5) The one full meal permitted on days of fast may be taken either at noon or in the evening, according to one’s choice or convenience. 6) In addition to the one full meal, two other light meals, sufficient to main tain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs; but together these two meals should not equal another full meal. No meat, or soup or gravy made from meat may be taken at these two meals by anyone who is bound by the law of fast. 7) Eating between meals is forbidden, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed. 8) When one’s health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law of fast does not oblige. In cases of doubt, your parish priest or confessor should be consulted. 9) The following dispensations are granted: 1. George Washington’s birthday, Wednesday, February 22nd. 2. From fast and abstinence on St. Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17th. 3. St. Joseph’s Day, celebrated Monday, March 20th. We earnestly exhort all our people to attend daily Mass during the holy season of Lent; to receive often the Sacraments of Penance and the Ploly Eucharist; to attend the evening devotions in their parish churches; to contribute generously to works of religion and charity; to perform voluntary mortification especially in re gard to alcoholic drinks and worldly amusements; to pray for peace and the inten tions of our Holy Father, and to recite the family rosary daily "with the members of your household. Imparting to you my blessing, I am, Devotedly yours in Christ, Bishop of Savannah. More Than 400 Receive Sacrament Bishop Confirms At 4 Churches In The Greater Columbus Area COLUMBUS — His Excel lency, The Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonough, con firmed over 400 children and adults last week at four dif ferent ceremonies in Colum bus. The first Confirmation was conducted at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, where 150 children and adults received the Holy Ghost in the Sacra ment of Confirmation. This Sacrament of Confirmation gives strength in the practice of our holy faith and makes us soldiers in the army of Our Divine Saviour. Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Columbus is under the pas torate of The Reverend Wil liam Dowling, assisted by The Reverend Sean O’Rourke. The new school in Columbus, which was just opened in Sep tember, is conducted by the Ursuline Sisters of Cork, Is land. The entire ceremony was most inspirational. The chil dren were well prepared in catechism and a large congre gation attended the ceremony. After the ceremony the Bish op met each parishioner in dividually. The next evening Bishop McDonough confirmed at the main chapel at Fort Benning. The Senior Chaplain, Father Curran, presented to the Bish op for Confirmation 125 chil dren and adults. Even though it rained, the chapel was crowded with parents. The ceremony was magnificent, containing all of the pageantry and beauty of our Church. The singing for the ceremony was performed by the seminarians from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Alabama. The Knights of Co lumbus acted as guard to Bish op McDonough. In addition to Father Curran, the following Chaplains were in attendance: Fathers Barragy, Dolan, Krug, McCarthy and Tollintino. Af ter the ceremony Bishop Mc Donough again greeted each parishioner and congratulated anew the children and adults who received Confirmation. The next evening Bishop McDonough conferred Con firmation at St. Benedict’s Parish in Columbus. Father Ignatius Behr, S.D.S., is pas tor. Sixteen children and adults were confirmed. The ceremony, too, was most in spiring. It is anticipated that REV. JOHN FITZPATRICK before too long a new church will be built for the congre gation at St. Benedict’s. Pres ently they attend Mass and other church services in a combination church-hall. On Friday evening the Bish op concluded his Confirmation tour in Columbus at Holy Famly Parish, which is the Mother Parish in Columbus. 125 children and adults were confirmed. During the interro gation of the children by the Bishop he was very much im pressed with the answers giv en by the children and utilized that occasion to thank the Sis ters of Mercy, who staff both (Continued on Page 8) REV. LAWRENCE LUCREE ASSOCIATE EDITORS—The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc Donough has named the Rev. Lawrence Lucree and the Rev. John Fitzpatrick as Associate Editors of THE SAVANNAH BULLETIN. Father Fitzpatrick is assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s, Macon. Father Lucree is assistant pastor of Holy Family, Columbus. FIRST IN SERIES Conference For Priests Of Diocese Held At Savannah CLERGY CONFERENCE—The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop of Savan nah, l’s ‘pictured d'Jt he celebrated Mass which Opened the/Clergy Conference held February 9th. Chaplains to His Excellency are the Rev. Herman Wellmeier and the Rev. Robert Teoli. Also pictured is the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor of the Diocese. New Rectory For Blessed Sacrament Priests Told: ‘No Substitute For Truth’ “It is through His Church that Jesus does for us in our century, what He did person ally for His Apostles in the first century,” declared the Rev. John J. Cuddy, Superin tendent of Diocesan Schools, speaking before the Clergy Conference, convened at Sav annah, by the Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonough. “The Church ... of which He is the Head and we the members, is a living society, sanctifying, regulating, teach ing the entire human race,” he said. Speaking of the nature and purpose of the coming Ecu menical Council, Father Cud dy declared, “Just as we as individuals should grow in un derstanding as we grow older, so too, the Church, the longer it remains upon the earth, de velops a deeper awareness of the full meaning of Our Sav ior’s teachings. New situations, new challenges in each ceu- tiiry bring forth t from tiSe Church, reactions indicative of its divine life. Under the di rect influence of the Holy Spi rit, the Church must preserve unchanged the sacred deposit of Faith, while at the same time presenting the Faith even more clearly, even more effec tively to each new generation.” Father Cuddy listed some of the problems confronting the forthcoming Second Vatican Council as the nationalist movement in Asia and Africa and its effect on Catholic life and institutions there; the problem of divisions among Christians, and the advance of “atheistic world communism.” The assembled priests also heard the Rev. Arthur Welt- zer, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta, warn against an increasing tide of religious indifferentism in the guise of “liberalism in matters of re ligion.” The Church has a duty, he said, to “condemn the error of false religions. “The intellect of man has truth for its object,” he said, adding, it searches for truth and is not satisfied until it is attained ... it is drawn to that which is true in religious matters, and it must reject that which is false.” Father Weltzer concluded his talk by saying, “though we must condemn the error of false religions, at the same time we must respect their ad herents personally and include them in our charity, for they are fellow beings and children of God. We pray for them and love them, but no amount of charity can justify us in sac rificing truth.” Winners Announced AUGUSTA — Winners in the annual D.C.C.W. Essay Contest were announced this week by Mrs. Eugene Long, Chairman of the* Diocesan Contest. Winner Group I — Nina Tantillo, 11th Grade student at Aquinas High School, Au gusta. Winner Group II — Janet Frances Jones, Grade 7, St. Benedict’s School, Savannah. Winner Group III — Theresa Moore, Grade 5, Sacred Heart School, Augusta. SAVANNAH — The con tract for the erection of the new Rectory at 1003 East Vic tory Drive for the Blessed Sacrament Church was award ed to the Braun Construction Co., by the Most Rev. Thos. J. McDonough, D.D., Bishop of Savannah Diocese, on January 16th. The new Rectory was de signed by the Architectual firm of Cletus W., and William P. Bergen. The Pastor Monsignor Tho mas A. Brennan and his As sistants, Fathers Edward R. Frank and George C. James will live in their present home until the new Rectory is com pleted. The new Rectory will have a frontage of seventy-five feet on Victory Drive. A car-port and a utility room to the rear, wlil be part of the new struc ture. The home built about forty- two years ago was occupied by the Cambridge family for a number of years. It subse quently was occupied by Dr. Carson Demmond and family until it became Victory Hall, used as a temporary school during the erection of the new Blessed Sacrament School. The new Rectory will be a two story building. On the first floor will be the Pastor’s quarters, three instruction parlors, a utility room, the general office, a parlor room, a powder room, dining room and kitchen. On the second floor there will be separate quarters for the Assistants, similar to the Pastor’s quar ters two guest rooms with a connecting bath and a com munity room. PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTLY DEAD && VERY REV. MICHAEL CULLINAN Feb. 23. 1877 O God, Who didst give to thy servants by their sacredotal office, a share in the priesthood of the Apostles, grant, we im plore, that they may also be one of their company forever in heaven. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Book Reviews 6 Editorial Comment 4 Marriage Notices 2 Obituaries 2 Question Box 4 Doris Answers Youth 3 Bring God To New Areas, Bishop Urges SAVANNAH — Priests from every Parish in the Diocese of Savannah, attending a Clergy Conference at this See city were urged by Bishop Thomas J. McDonough to “search out new missions” . . .1 intensify efforts to obtain teaching and Catechetical Sisters . . . im prove and enlarge upon con vert instruction programs.” The Clergy Conference, first in a new series of such meet ings, was held at St. Vincent’s Academy in Savannah, Thurs day, February 9th. Similar conferences will be held at fu ture dates in the deaneries of Augusta and Columbus. Speaking at the close of the morning session, Bishop Mc Donough declared, “the only way our Church will grow is by multiplication of missions— which is in reality—bringing God into new areas of the Dio cese.” He urged the assembled pas tors to seek out those “little areas 15 or 20 miles from the parish center where there are 20 to 25 Catholics” and to be gin to think about saying Mass there on Sundays, eventually establishing mission churches in such places. Bishop McDonough also ob served “those parishes with Sisters have the best instruct ed children” and said that ef forts to obtain sisters for those areas which presently do not have them should be intensi fied. He noted, however, that “since it is often difficult to obtain them (sisters), pastors could begin to institute cours es for lay catechists.” Asking for increased activi ty in convert instruction, Bish op McDonough said, “Accord ing to our census tabulations we . . . have a fairly good per centage of converts. But ... I feel that we are simply scratching the surface.” The Savannah Ordinary also told the assembled priests that present trends in the motion picture industry represent “one of the greatest threats to morals.” “Many movie producers and exhibitors have no regard whatsoever for spiritual val ues, but think only in terms of monetary values,” he said, urg ing his hearers to “speak up against filth and indecent mo tion pictures.” The clergy assembly also heard talks by Rev. Arthur J. Weltzer, pastor of St. Patrick’s, Augusta; Rev. John Cuddy, pastor of St. Michael’s, Savan nah Beach, and superintendent of Diocesan Schools; Rev. Tho mas Paine, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church, Val dosta; and Rev. Marvin Le- Frois, pastor of St. Teresa’s, Albany. The clergy attended a Mass at 12:15, celebrated by His Ex cellency, Bishop McDonough. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor, served as master of ceremonies. Chaplains to the Bishop were the Rev. Rob ert Teoli and the Rev. Herbert Wellmeier, both assistant rec tors of the Savannah Cathe dral. Father Thomas Paine, of Valdosta spoke during the af ternoon Holy Hour, held in the cathedral’s Chapel of Our Lady, on the topic, “The Priest and the Mass.” Referring to the importance of the Mass, Father Paine said “Jesus Christ lived in this world thirty - three years and said Mass only once. His whole earthly existence was bent on (Continued on Page 8) INVESTED AS PAPAL KNIGHT—Dan J. Sheehan, prominent Savannah Catholic, was invested in the uniform of the Order of St. Gregory the Great at ceremonies at the Cathedral on February 5th. Pictured left to right, back row: Rt. Rev.. Msgr. Thomas I. Sheehan; Sir Knight Sheehan; Bishop McDonough; Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNa mara. Front row: Richard McCusker; Mrs. McCusker; Mrs. Dan J. Sheehan, Jr., and Dan J. Sheehan, Jr. kc k? k: ★ ★ ★