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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Published By The Cat-holic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia Vol. 42, No.2 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1961 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year MARISTS ANNOUNCE BRUNSWICK CHANCES BRUNSWICK — Rev. Paul Burkort, S.M., has been named pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church here. Father Burkort replaces the Rev. James M. Cummings, S.M., who left June 17th for St. Joseph’s Ma nor, Battendorf, Iowa. Father Cummings will head a Mission and Vocations Band which will have its headquar ters at St. Joseph’s Manor, a Marist Seminary. Father will Rev. James M. Cummings, S.M. be engaged in Missions and Retreat work in his new as signment. Father Cummings was hon ored by the parishioners of St. Francis Xavier at a Din ner in his honor held on May 28th. Father will spend six weeks touring Europe before assum ing his new duties. The new pastor at Bruns wick, Father Burkort, is pre sently engaged in Retreat and Mission Work, with head quarters at St. Pius X Church, Bedford, Ohio. Father will ar rive to take up his new duties around the middle of August. Also leaving Brunswick is the Rev. Schlick, S.M., who has been named pastor of Holy Name of Mary Church, Al giers, Louisiana. Coming to Brunswick in August will be the Rev. An drew A. Walls, S.M. Father Walls has labored many years in Georgia. For the past nine years he has been pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Marietta. On June 29th Father Walls will observe his Golden Jubi lee as a priest with ceremonies at Marietta. The Rev. Edward J. Mack- iewicz continues in his post as assistant pastor of St. Francis Xavier. St. Francis, Columbus Capping Ceremony For Student Nurses COLUMBUS — St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing re cently held its second capping ceremony. The nine students of the class of ’63 received their caps in the auditorium of the School of Nursing. The ceremony opened with an invocation by the Right Reverend Monsignor Herman J. Deimel, V.F., pastor of Holy Family Church. Mrs. Clara Brown, assistant director of nursing service at St. Francis, presided over the ceremony. The symbolism accompany ing the ceremony was explain ed by Miss Ellen Rush, presi dent of the Student-Faculty Government Association. The students were capped and re ceived Florence Nightingale lamps from Sr. Mary Dolorosa, O.S.F., assisted by Mrs. Myrtle Mayo and Miss Carolyn Mun- ro. Sister Mary Evelyn, Ad ministrator of St. Francis Hos pital, accepted the class. A welcome to the friends and relatives of the students was extended by Sister Mary Paula, directress of the School of Nursing, who also spoke on “Why and What in Nursing?” Mr. Alan Rothschild, a member of the Hospital Advisory Com mittee, delivered the principal address, “The Changing Image of the Nurse.” Members of the class of 1963 who received their caps were: Miss Janice Faye Arnold, Phenix City, Ala.; Miss Grace Marie Dougherty, Cataula, Ga.; Miss Jo Ann Lowery, Opelika, Ala.; Miss Mary Sandra Meyer, Columbus, Ga.; Miss Rosa Elizabeth Miller, Columbus, Ga.; Miss Barbara Marie Mor ris, Ozark, Ala.; Miss Rita Ei leen Mullin, Columbus, Ga.; Miss Diane Louise Murphy, Phenix City, Ala.; and Miss Sandra Kay Soenksen, Smiths, Alabama. St. Francis Hospital was op ened in 1950 by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Pittsburgh, Pa. Seventeen Sisters staff the one hundred and fifty bed hos pital. The School of Nursing was opened in September, 1959, and, at present, has an enrollment of twenty students. Twenty-five students are ex pected in next Fall’s class, thereby doubling the present enrollment. BREAK GROUND AT COLUMBUS—Pictured above breaking ground for St. Benedict’s Mission, Columbus, is Father Ignatius Behr, S.V.D., pastor of the new church. The building will cost an estimtaed $39,000. Looking on, from left to right, Mr. Joseph Brannan, estimator for Pound Construction Co., Columbus, Mr. John Norris, representa tive of St. Benedict’s parish, Fr. Ignatius, and Mr. Ted Szutowick, architect of Phenix City, Alabama. The proposed structure will be dedicated in the fall. First Mass At Sacred Heart, Savannah Rev. Augustine Cunningham Ordained At Belmont Abbey AAaterialistic System 'To Dig Its Own Grave' Says Polish Cardinal BERLIN — A totally ma terialistic governmental sys tem fails to satisfy man’s spi ritual hunger and so “will dig its own grave,” Stefan Car dinal Wyszynski asserted in a Warsaw statement reported here. The Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw spoke at the Jesuit church in downtown Warsaw on the feast of the Sacred Heart (June 9.) Refer ring to the communist re gime’s ban on the traditional public processions held be tween the feasts of Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart, he appealed to government leaders to open their hearts to the people. “If you do not open your hearts to us and do not give us your hearts,” he said, “then even if you heap mountains of gold on us we will not heed you, because we hunger in our hearts, because we want to end this sickness of the heart and live as decent people who have a right to a heart.” The previous week, on the feast of Corpus Christi (June 1), Cardinal Wyszynski had labeled “abominable” the gov ernment ban on street proces sions during the now-suppres sed octave of Corpus Christi. The ban did not apply to the holyday itself. This year’s pro cessions after the feast were kept within the church build ings and grounds, and there were no reports of violations of the government ban. The regime said it issued its ban because the Holy See had abolished the old eight- day celebration honoring the Blessed Sacrament. Cardinal Wyszynski said the govern ment ban was based on “a faulty interpretation of the ordinance of the Holy See.” He cited the fact that the liturgical calendar published last year by the Holy See was accompanied by the proviso that “where it has been a tra ditional practice to hold spe cial devotions, well attended by the people, on the days formerly within the octave of Corpus Christi, these devotions may be continued.” SAVANNAH — The Rev. Augustine Cunningham, O.S.B., was ordained to the priesthood at Belmont Abbey Cathedral on Sunday, June 11th. Ordain ed prelate was the Most Rev. Paul L. Hagarty, O.S.B., D.D., Bishop of the Bahama Islands. Father Augustine is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cun ningham of Savannah. Father celebrated his first solemn Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, here, on Sunday June 18th. The Very Rev. Bede Light- ner was assistant priest, the Rev. Luke Bain, deacon, the Rev. Edmund McCaffrey, sub deacon, and the Rev. Damian Muldowney, master of cere monies. The Rev. Eugene H. Kusterer delivered the ser mon. Servers and acolytes were Belmont Abbey College students. A native of Louisville, Ken tucky, Father Augustine at tended Benedictine Military School Savannah and grad uated from Belmont Abbey College in 1957. He entered the Benedictine Order in 1954 and made his religious profession of monas tic vows in July 1955. FINAL MEETING OF YEAR FOR ALTAR SOCIETY DOUGLAS — Plans for the annual parish picnic were dis cussed at the meeting of St. Paul’s Altar Society. Plans were also formulated for a farewell dinner for Mrs. James O’Merea and for Mrs. Clarence Hunter. Thanks for cancer pads, sup plied by the Society, was ex pressed in a letter from Sister Josephine of Our Lady of Per petual Help Free Cancer Home. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Donnie Lott and Mrs. Louise Hanna. Next meeting of the Society will be held in September. AT CAPPING CEREMONIES—The nine students of the class of ’63, St. Francis Nursing School, Columbus, are pictured holding Florence Nightingale lamps. Executive Board Meeting In Macon D.C.C.W. President Stresses Need Of Parish Workshops MACON — The Executive Board of the Savannah Dioces an Council of Catholic Wo men held its semi-annual luncheon meeting here June 14th. Following the luncheon, the opening prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel was led by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey, Spiritual Moderator. Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, of Savannah, president, introduc ed all Board members and ex tended a welcome to the ob servers, Mrs. Edward Daecy and Mrs. A. K. Gannam from Savannah Deanery, Mrs. Rob ert Connor and Mrs. Si Cy- ganieuicz from Columbus Deanery and Mrs. Thelma Rog ers and Mrs. R. B. Roberts from the Augusta Deanery. Msgr. Toomey advised that since this was the first Board meeting of the year that fol lowing each chairman’s report a general discussion would be held in order to develop infor mation and lay plans for the coming year. Each chairman then gave a brief outlifte of the tentative activities and pro jects planned by her com mittee. Miss Pauline Peuffier an nounced that the Convention would be held in Augusta, May 5th and 6th, 1962 and Mrs. Frank Mulherin of Augusta would be general chairman. Headquarters for the Conven tion will be the Richmond Ho tel and further details would be made public at some later date. Mrs. Mulligan stressed the need of workshops within the parish councils in order to em phasize the work of the Coun cil and asked the presidents of the respective Deaneries to co operate in seeing that this pro ject was carried out. In this connection, Mrs. Mulligan call ed attention to the Leadership Training Institute to be held in Mobile, Ala., on August 5th through the 8th, sponsored by the National Council. It is hoped that a delegate from each parish council will attend this Institute. Msgr. Toomey asked that members “keep in mind, that in the Council, they were REV. AUGUSTINE CUNNINGHAM, O.S.B. working for God and the Church, to help other people learn more about God and the Church, and in this way, the Bishop’s Plan for Catholic Ac tion would constantly be kept in motion.” Msgr. Toomey em phasized the importance of the chairmen familiarizing them selves with their program and keeping in touch with the Deanery chairmen. Appreciation was expressed to Mrs. Elsie Buck for making the necessary arrangements for this meeting. Mrs. Buck will act as chairman of such future affairs and will be a guest of the Council at each meeting. Warner Robins K. of C. Council Elects Officers WARNER ROBINS — Sacred Heart Council No. 4371 of Warner Robins elected Peter O’Malley as Grand Knight at a meeting held June 6th. Taking office with O’Malley for the coming year were Lewis A. Wood, Deputy Grand Knight; Edmund I. Kosater, Chancellor; Allen B. Wagner, Treasurer; Conrad J. Kalb fleisch, Advocate; Ernest Ma linger, Recorder; Jack Fede rico, Warden; Richard Nadick sbernd, 3 year Trustee; Ray mond McDonald, Inside Guard; Richard Whitenack, Outside Guard. Hold over officers of the Council include Rev. Robert Brennan as Chaplain, George Lotti and Charles Luecken- hoff as Trustees, and Joseph Dembowski, Financial Secre tary. Women's Retreat’ At Mt. De Sales July 28 to 30 MACON — The annual retreat for women will be held at Mount de Sales Academy, beginning the evening of July 28th and closing Sunday afternoon, July 30ih. Any one wishing to make this retreat is asked to write immediately to make reservations. Please address correspondence to: Sister Superior, Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Georgia. Rev. Stephen J. Connolly Ordained At All Hallows Jesuits Name New Pastor For Augusta Church AUGUSTA — The Rev. Au brey Bernard Kearns, S.J., has been appointed pastor of Sa cred Heart Church. Father Kearns replaces the Rev. Ed ward J. Shields, S.J., pastor for the past two years. Father Shields has been transferred to Grand Coteau, La., to recuperate from a re cent illness. A native of Mobile, Ala., Fa ther Kearns comes to Augus ta from St. John Berchmans parish, Shreveport, La. Father entered the Society of Jesus at Grand Coteau, La. and was ordained on June 7th, 1941. Father Kearns was in charge of the Sodalities Union of the Greater New Orleans area from 1941 until 1943 when he became a chaplain in the Unit ed States Navy. Father served in the Navy until 1946 when he was as signed as assistant pastor of St. John Berchmans. In 1955 he was named pastor and from this post comes to Augusta. NOTICE! Press date for the next issue of The Bulletin falls on Tues day, July 4th. In order that the staff of The Bulletin and of our print ers might enjoy this holiday, our next edition will be print ed Thursday, July 6th. Copy deadline will be 9 a. m. July 5th, ■HD Editorial Comment 4 Book Reviews 2 Backdrop Obituaries 2 View From fhe Rectory 4 Doris Answers Youth 5 REV. STEPHEN CONNOLLY DUBLIN, IRELAND — The Rev. Stephen J. Connolly was ordained June 18th, at All Hallows Seminary, for the Diocese of Savannah. Ordain ing prelate was the Most Rev. Thomas Morris, D.D., Arch bishop of Cashel and Emily. Father Connolly is the son of Daniel Connolly and Ellen Davis Connolly of Crowhill, Baltimore, County Cork, Ire land. Father Connolly celebrated his first Solemn Mass at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cappagh Finglass, County Dublin, on June 19th. The newly ordained attend ed the Loughine National School in the parish of Rath for six years and attended high school at Mungret College, entering All Hallows Semina ry in 1955. Baccalaureate Ceremony For Graduates At Albany ALBANY — St. Teresa’s parish paid tribute to 20 Al bany High School Seniors at a Catholic baccalaureate cere mony. The Mass for the graduates was offered by the pastor, Rev. Marvin J. LeFrois, and the baccalaureate sermon was delivered by the Rev. Colum Dillon, a Franciscan Father from Statesville, N. C. Music for the occasion was provided by St. Teresa’s adult choir, under the direction of Mrs. R. E. McCormack, Sr., with Mrs. O. T. Kenan, Sr., at the organ. Following the church cere mony the graduates were guests at a banquet at Gar- gano’s Restaurant. Members of the Catholic Youth Club presented an en tertaining program which por trayed a class prophecy as the graduates might be 25 years from now. A miniature diplo ma and a statue were present ed to each graduated. The following graduates at tended the baccalaureate cere mony: Johann Bleicher, Gary Booker, Pam Burgess, Giocon- da Cevallos, Helen Cyganie- Donald Patricia wicz, Jim Dubeau, Duke, David Dunn, Hansen, Paul Henry, Angelyn Hendley, Lou Ann Kahn, Frank Jones, Pam Kelso, Bar bara Murphy, Richard Myler, Jim Parker, Wayne Shiflett, Elaine Thibedeau and Jim Ward. Naval Academy Appointment For Shealy AUGUSTA—William Pierce (Skip) Shealy, recent graduate of Aquinas High School, has received an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy at An napolis. Shealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shealy, of St. Mary’s-on- the-Hill parish, attended Sac red Heart parochial school. He is to report to Annapolis on June 28th. He was recommended for ap pointment to the Academy by former Tenth District Con gressman Paul Brown just prior to his retirement from office. ALBANY GRADUATES — Pictured above are the Catholic graduates of Albany High School who were honored at a Baccalaureate ceremony at St. Teresa’s Church on Sunday evening, June 4th. Shown with the graduates are Fr. Colum Dillon, O.F.M., who preached the sermon, Fr. Marvin J. LeFrois, the pastor, and the two altar boys, Benny Duke and Banks Burgess.