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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, March 18, 1961
NEW CHURCH FOR AMERICUS—Above photo was made a few weeks ago, as demo
lition of the seventy year old St. Mary’s Church in Americus neared completion. Ground
for a new church to seat about 150 people was broken by Bishop McDonough last Sun
day. Contractors for the new building are E. A. Scott and Sons of Americus. The new
St. Mary’s will be completed by September said Father Henry Madden, O.F.M., pastor.
A temporary Chapel has been erected at the Franciscan Friary.
Of Missionary Priests
CONGOLESE BISHOP CAMPS
m JAIL TO GET RELEASE
BAKWANGA, Congo, (NC)
—Bishop Joseph Nkongolo of
Luebo camped in a local jail
to obtain tne release of three
white missioners -arrested by
young recruits of the army of
the breakaway Mining State
which has been set up in
southern Kasai.
He remained in the jail untii
Albert Kolonji, president of
Mining State, offered apologies
to the priests and ordered tneir
release.
The three missioners, all
members of the Congregation
of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, are Fathers Juies De
Cock, Godelroid Maes and
Joseph Coghe.
Bishop Nkongolo left his see
of Buebo in northern Kasai
with refugee Baluba tribes
men. They were chased from
their homes during former
premier Patrice Lumumba’s
brief Kasai war. The Bishop, a
Congolese, has since been liv
ing nere.
m other areas of Kasai pro
vince missioners are supported
by the local government. Only
GLEN ELLYN, ILL, —
There’s a priest-professor at
the Maryknoll Seminary here
who has a bowling ball he
doesn’t want and somewhere
in the U. S. there is a bowler
with 13 volumes of “Summa
Theologica” by St. Thomas
Aquinas in Latin—who would
gladly exchange them for his
bowling ball.
The post office mix-up was
revealed recently when a Fres
no, Calif., book dealer opened
unruly young soldiers are a
threat to peace.
But pressure from lay
groups for interference in ad
ministrative matters of the
Church is increasing.
In other areas of the Immac
ulate Heart missions in the
Congo a few priests were mo
lested. Father Julian Sergoy-
ne, C.I.C.M., was forced to
crawl on his knees several
minutes in front of scornful
soldiers. Father James Mevis,
C.I.C.M., was shot in the arm
while talking in his room with
other priests. This happened
the evening the news of Lu
mumba’s death was announced
(Feb. 13).
Father Omer de Gryse,
C.I.C.M., vicar general of the
Immaculate Heart Fathers, is
visiting the Congo missions
and writes that the attitude of
the people towards the mis
sions and the priests is con
stantly improving. Recent
killings and attacks are the
work of a minority strongly
condemned by the majority of
the people, he said.
a letter from Father J. Clar
ence Burns, M.M., of Toledo,
Ohio asking why he received
a bowling ball instead of the
theological books he had or
dered.
The Fresno Post Office shed
some light on the mystery.
Officials there suggested that
boxes containing the ball and
the books probably broken
open and clerks accitentally
switched the contents in re
packing.
Shrimp Suppers
At Macon Popular
MACON—A series of shrimp
suppers following the evening
First Friday Mass have proven
so popular that Dewey Lamb,
chairman of tne Council Activ
ities Committee, Macon Coun
cil 925, Knights of Columbus,
announced the program will
be continued until tne warmer
weather.
With adequate facilities at
the Council Club House, all
social activities have been held
there, with tne annual and
traditional St. Patrick’s Day
party being held there follow
ing the Lenten services.
DougSas Meeting
DOUGLAS — At the March
meeting of bt. Paul’s Altar So
ciety, Mrs. George Jordan,
president, was authorized to
attend the Diocesan Conven
tion to be held next month at
Albany.
Final plans were completed
for the bi-annual spaghetti
supper to be held at the junior
nigii lunchroom on Wednes
day, Marcn io, from 5:3U to
t»:uU p. m.
Mrs. Pete Barrineau, pro
gram chairman, announced
mat a movie on career would
ue shown at the April meeting.
Heads Dean's List
COLUMBUS— Miss Rosalie
Richer, daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. Carl r lexer, 3ouo Eigh
teenth Ave., Columbus, heads
the Dean's List at Ursuline
Uollege, Louisville, Ky., for
the urst semester.
To be named to the Honor
List, a student must maintain
a 2.5 average out a possible
3.0. Miss Richer scored a per
fect 3.U. A senior at the Ken
tucky college, she is majoring
in English and is editor of the
campus literary magazine,
Quest.
Wiil Exchange For Bowling Boll
Lost: One Set Of
"Summa Theologica"
CATHOLIC GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHAMPIONS — St. Mary’s on-the-Hill basket
ball team. The Augusta team was undefeated for the season. Top row, left to right: Mar
garet Wilkerson, Peggy Slattery and Julie Doughty. Second row: Dorothy Dunstan, Ka
ren Brittingham, Linda Costa, Patricia Odum, Margaret Durant. Third row: Candy
Sheehan, Louise Bailey, Mrs. A. H. Gregory (coach), Helen Daniels and Janet Mulherin.
Fourth row: Maureen Maguire and Margaret Mary Kearns.—(Morgan Fitz Photo)
Annual Alumnae
Breakfast March 19
SAVANNAH — St. Vincent’s
Alumnae Association will have
its Annual Communion Break
fast on Sunday, March 19, in
the cafeteria of St. Vincent’s
Academy. It will be preceded
by a Mass at 9 A. M. at the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist which members of the
Association will attend in a
body and receive Holy Com
munion.
His Excellency, Most Rev.
Thomas J. M'cDonough, Bishop
of Savannah, will preside at
the breakfast and be the
speaker. Other guests include
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Mc
Donald, Chancellor of the
Diocese and Rt. Rev. Msgr. T.
James McNamara, Rector of
the Cathedral, as well as the
past presidents of the Alum
nae Association.
Mrs. Fred W. Williams is
general chairman with Mrs.
Charles L. McKenzie, Jr., serv
ing as toastmistress and hand
ling decorations. Other cnair-
nlen are: Mrs. Barth E. Shea,
Jr., Door; Mrs. J. E. Corcoran,
invitations; and Mrs. Wm. C.
broderick, Publicity. Mrs. Jos
eph M. McDonough is in
cnarge of the servers who will
be seniors at St. Vincent’s
whose mothers are Alumnae
members. Members of the
committee who are in charge
of arrangements for the break
fast are: Mrs. Thomas Corco
ran, Miss Gertrude Russell,
Miss Rosemary Ware, Mrs.
Jerome Pinkney, Mrs. Henry
Harms and Miss Joan Harty.
All members of the Alum
nae Association are invited to
attend and are being contacted
by representatives from each
class. Those who have not al
ready made reservation may
do so by contacting the presi
dent, Mrs. J. Arthur Kearney,
ADams 2-0383.
AUGUSTAN
IN COLLEGE
WHO’S WHO
Report Cuban
Children Sent
To li.S.S.R.
MIAMI, Fla. (NC) — Cuban
children as young as four years
oid are being snipped to the
Soviet Union lor indoctrina
tion in communist beliefs and
techniques, according to re
ports here.
The purpose is to train the
children as elite “shock troops”
to be returned as adults to
Cuba and other Latin Ameri
can countries for infiltration
and subversion.
According to travelers ar
riving here, children are be
ing sent to Russia under the
direction of Doctora Miret,
uuban minister of social as
sistance and wife of Pedro
Miret, minister of agriculture.
Eye-witntsses said large
groups of children are debark
ing from Saqua la Grande in
the northern part of Santa Cla
ra province and from Puerto
de Laselda, a south coast sea
port. included among the boys
and girls, wno range in age
from lour to 12 years are or
phans formerly cared for by
the Sisters ol Charity at Bene-
ficencia, government-operated
navana orphanage, as well as
children from a nome for de
pendent children located at
Marianao, a section of tne Cu
ban capital.
Cargo boats, they said, are
also transporting the sons and
daughters of tne campesinos,
Cuban farmers who work on
cooperative farms, who have
been led to believe that their
children will receive education
to prepare them for profes
sional careers.
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Mi
chael H. Smith, 1313 Stovail
Street, Augusta, is included in
the new WHO’S WHO IN
AMERICAN COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs..
Walter S. Smith, Fr., is a sen
ior at the University of Notre
MICHAEL H. SMITH
Dame, majoring in philosophy.
Tie is on the Dean's Honor
List, the Board of Directors
lor the Young Christian Stu
dents, and the editorial board
ol the campus literary publi
cation. Tne Juggler.
He is also a member of the
Bookmen, a literary discussion
group, and the Wranglers, a
philosophical discussion ciub.
two years ago, Smith was
treasurer of the sophomore
class at Notre Dame.
Next fall, he intends to en
ter the Diocesan seminary.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY
SEES FAMILY MOVEMENT
“IMPORTANT TO ALL”
WAS HINGTON, (NC)—
President John F. Kennedy
has labeled the Catholic fam
ily life movement “important
to all Americans.”
“Without the proper guid
ance and education of our
young people, we have very
little to look forward to for
the future,” the President de
clared in a letter to Arch
bishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington. The President
wrote in connection with the
Family Life Forum of the
Washington Archdiocese.
Some 700 parents, priests,
nuns and .Brothers attended
the forum (March 5), which
studied the theme, “The Fam
ily’s Responsibility to Edu
cate.”
President Kennedy praised
the program of the forum,
saying it indicated “real
thought” to the problems of
youth and was “most import
ant to the problem of placing
the responsibility for their
guidance in the proper place
—the home.”
The parents present resloved
to provide opportunities to
guide parents on what and
how to teach their children,
not merely to lecture them, in
the fields of religion, mortality
and chastity following the
keynote address of Msgr.
George A. Kelly, family life
director of the New York
Archdiocese.
Msgr. Kelly stressed that
parents are competent in these
areas and usually” know what
they ought to do but frequent
ly complain they are at a loss
for words.”
“This is easier than you
think,” he added. “Attitudes
are more important than in
formation.”
Young people today, he
warned, have many questions
which parents ought to an
swer. “If parents do> not com
municate, others less friendly
to the total well-being of Hie
children will,” he said.
“Since the great struggle in
the American community is
over the definition of moral
conduct, why should parents
leave the moral formation of
their children to neighbors,
movies, schools, feeling that
they have done their job when
they have scolded or remon
strated,” he asked.
Baltimore psychiatrist Dr.
William A. Rinn, told a work
shop session that discipline is
easy if it is done as “teaching”
ratner than the imposition of
one will over another.
He said that “power strug
gle” within a family is usual
ly a battle between “an ado
lescent father” and an adoles
cent son. He urged parents to
use the psychiatrist’s tech
nique of “listening.” Letting
the adolescent “talk out his
problem will allow him to
provide his own motivation
and allow him to make up his
own mind,” he said.
Sister Cornelia, principal of
St. Anthony’s High School,
Washington, declared that the
schools have been forced to
assume many of the parents’
responsibilities. “School and
home need to develop under
standing of their separate
roles to effect the proper in
tellectual growth of the child,”
she said.
Parents should guard their
children’s study habits by set
ting a special time for study,
encouraging reading and giv
ing praise generously, she
said,.
WELL ADJUSTED
The fellow who stays on the
level is no miracle man — he
just uses common sense and
sound reasoning.
The man who always de
pends on luck actually invests
his savings in soap bubbles.
Question
Box
MOTHER GENERAL VISITS DIOCESE—Rev. Mother
Helena, Mother General of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters
(right) with her secretary, Mother Mary Cecelia, recently vis
ited convents of her community at Savannah and Augusta.
This picture was taken on the steps of the new convent at
St. Michael’s, Savannah Beach.
173 Confirmed At
Blessed Sacrament
By David Q. Liplak
Q. In a brief reply io a ques
tion a few weeks ago, you
staled ihai liquid food sub-
sliiuies like "Meirecal" break
ihe Lenien fast, Your reason
ing was based on ihe premise
ihai all nourishing liquids like
eggnogs violate ihe fast. Isn't
this merely an interpretation
of ihe law, and isn'l ihe con
trary interpretation valid, e.g.,
that anything liquid in nature
may be taken without break
ing ihe fast? Besides, what if
someone really needs an egg
nog or a malted milk shake
to keep up his strength?
A. Liquids which are gener
ally considered nourshing
foods rather than beverages
may not be taken between
meals during Lent by adults
until 59 years of age who are
bound to observe the fast (i.e.,
those who are neither excused
nor dispensed). Because in the
United State milk is consider
ed more of a beverage than a
nourishing food, it is explicitly
permitted under the fast reg
ulations which obtain, here.
The same is true of fruit
juices. But the official com
mentary on these regulations
(Canon Law Digest: Bouscaren,
Vol. Ill, pp. 504-505) empha
sizes that only ordinary or
homogenized milk is allowed,
and that all nourishing com
binations such as malted milk
shakes are definitely not per
mitted. Hence it goes without
saying that eggnogs and liquid
food substitutes are likewise
prohibited.
NOR IS THE ISSUE com
plicated a bit by raising the
question as to whether or not
one needs an eggnog, or a
malted milk shake, or a pre
paration like “Metrecal” be
tween meals. For the answer
to this problem is contained
within the Law itself, namely:
“when health or ability to
work should be seriously af
fected, the law does not oblige.
In doubt concerning fast or
abstinence, a parish priest or
confessor should be consulted.”
THE INDIVIDUAL who
really needs an eggnog, for
example, in the sense explain
ed (i.e., because health or abil
ity to work would be seriously
atfected), simply does not
need the fast. He may not only
have his eggnog, but all the
solid foods tie desires. And if
he is doubtful as to whether
his health or work would be
affected seriously, he should
consult a priest.
THE Lenten fast was pro
mulgated for the ordinary
adult under 59 wno is in rea
sonably good health. The sick
and the convalescent are ex
cused from it. For those who
are bound, however, the fast
is supposed to involve a modi
cum of inconvenience. This
flows from its fundamental
significance which, in the
words of the Church, is “to
foster the spirit of penance
and of reparation for sin; to
encourage self - denial and
mortification and to guide
(Catholics) in the footsteps of
our divine Saviour.”
ONE REASON for some con
fusion as to the kind of liquids
that can be taken between
meals during Lent is that the
sense of the word “liquid” is
interpreted differently when
used with reference to the
Lenten fast, on the one hand,
and when used with reference
to the Communion fast, on the
other hand, Whereas all nour
ishing liquids are generally
forbidden between meals in
the Lenten fast, they are non.
theless permitted up to 1 one
hour before Communion under
the Eucharistic fast regula
tions.
THIS DISCREPANCY is
easily explained. During Lent,
the object is to deny oneself
extra nourishment, my ab-
SAVANNAH —173 children
and adults received the Sacra
ment of Confirmation from His
Excellency, Bishop Thomas J.
McDonough at Blessed Sacra
ment Church, February 28th.
The class composed of 67
boys, 77 girls, 9 men and 20
women was the largest in the
diocese this year.
Music for the rites was fur
nished by the Boys Choir of
Blessed Sacrament School, un
der the direction of Sister M.
Raymond R.S.M., who also
served as organist.
staining from food and food
like substitutes. Before Com
munion, however, the object is
just the opposite; namely, to
sustain one’s strength long
enough to be able to receive
Communion while fasting
from solid foods for a three
hour period.
IN FORMING Iheir con
sciences about the Lenten
fast, lay people frequently do
not distinguish between these
two interpretations of “liquid.”
When asking priests about the
matter, they likewise fail to
mention which fast they are
concerned about — the Lenten
or the Eucharistic fast. Con
sequently erroneous notions
are conceived and passed along
to others.
Assisting Bishop McDonough
were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. An
drew J. McDonald, master of
ceremonies; the Rev. Felix
Donnelly, pastor of Nativity of
Our Lord Church, Thunder
bolt, and the Rev. John Mul-
vey S.M.A., pastor of St.
Mary’s, Savannah, chaplains
to His Excellency; and the
Rev. Herbert J. Wellmeier, as
sistant rector of the Cathedral,
and the Rev. E. Pirot Fiero,
assistant pastor of St. James,
Savannah.
The ceremonies were closed
with Solemn Benediction of
the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas
Brennan, pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Church was cele
brant. The Rev. Edward Frank
and the Rev. George C. James,
assistants at Blessed Sacra
ment served as Deacon and
Subdeacon, respectively.
Because of the size of the
confirmation class, sponsors of
those confirmed were repre
sented in the Sanctuary by
proxies. They were Mr. Rich
ard J. Powers and Mr. John
E. Ciucevich for tne men and
boys, and Miss Ilka Leche and
Mrs. Veronica K. Harte for the
women and girls.
An optimist uses his stumb
ling blocks as stepping stones.
person - to - person Service
aid gour Landing, needs
SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co.
Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C.
ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS — Winners in a recent essay contest on “Citizenship
What It Means to Me,” at Sacred Heart School, Warner Robins, receive their cash prizes
for winning. The winners are, left to right, Toni Lueckenhoff, first place, eighth grade,
and Janice Borghese, second place, eighth grade, Sharpie Sharpe, first place, seventh
grade, and Frances Marshall, second place, seventh grade. The awards were presented by
Sister Mary Ignatius, principal of the school. Knights of Columbus Council No. 4371 spon
sored the contest in the schoyi.