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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
Published By The
Cat-holic Laymen's
Ass'n of Georgia
Vol. 42, No. 5
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST. 5, 1961
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Papal Medalist Dies
Savannah Requiem For
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly
MONTH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
Skeletal School Aid Bill
Now Under Preparation;
SAVANNAH — Requiem
Mass was offered July 24th at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist for Mrs. Joseph Elton
Kelly.
Beloved resident of this city,
Mrs. Kelly died at her home
July * 21 following a long ill-
MRS. JOSEPH E. KELLY
ness. A native of Savannah,
she was widely known for her
civic and religious activities.
Mrs. Kelly, in 1953 was the
recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et
Pontifice medal from his Holi
ness Pope Pius XII.
Mrs. Kelly was a leader in
virtually every phase of
church activities for many
years. She served for 22 years
as president of the Cathedral
Parent - Teacher Association,
was a president of the Savan
nah branch of the Catholic
Layman’s Association. She also
served as a member of the
Executive Committee of this
organization.
Perhaps the work closest to
her heart was that of aiding
the St. Mary’s Home for Girls.
Mrs. Kelly was also an un
tiring worker on behalf of the
Little Sisters of the Poor Re
treat, here. She found time for
many civic activities including
heading drives by the Red
Cross, Cancer Society and
United Community Services.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Mary Kelly
Grant, Savannah and Mrs. F.
S. Bowen, London, England;
three sons, Joseeph E. Kelly,
Jr., and Vincent D. Kelly, Sav
annah, and J. Francis Kelly,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; a sister, Mrs.
Patrick Brennan, Savannah; 13
grandchildren, and a number
of great-grandchildren.
Cuban Priests Return
To Camaguey Province
MIAMI (NC) — Eight Cuban
priests have returned to their
posts in Camaguey province,
one of the areas hit by the
Castro regime’s anti-Church
campaign, according to reports
received here.
Along with Bishop Carlos
Riu Angles of Camaguey, the
priests will care for the pro
vince’s 600,000 Catholics. In
June it was reported that most
priests in the Camaguey dio
cese had been expelled.
All Cuban Bishops, except
one, are at their posts, reports
stated. Manuel Cardinal Artea
ga y Betancourt, Archbishop
of Havana, is staying at the
Argentine embassy in that
city.
Cuban priests who have not
been expelled from the coun
try, reports continued, remain
at their posts but must carry
out their duties in the face of
government restrictions and a
hostile atmosphere. They are
encouraged by the solidarity
of Cuban Catholics, it was re
ported.
It was also reported that in
Havana and other cities there
is a growing fervor among the
people at the few religious
services which are still being
held. An increasing number of
men are reportedly attending
these services.
Seminary
Appointments
Announced
SAVANNAH — Bishop Mc
Donough recently announced
new appointments to the dio
cesan minor seminary to be
come effective the first of Sep
tember.
The Reverend John Cuddy
will relinquish his pastorate at
Saint Michael’s, Savannah
Beach, to become the Vice
Rector and Dean of Studies of
the seminary. In addition Fa
ther Cuddy will teach English
and German to the seminari
ans and will continue to func
tion as the Diocesan Super
intendent of Schools.
The Reverend Joseph Stranc
who has taught at the semi
nary for the past year, has
been named procurator. He
will continue to teach Reli
gion, history and science.
Other members of the fac
ulty include: the Reverend
William Coleman, Rector and
instructor of Latin and Math;
the Right Reverend Andrew J.
McDonald, Spiritual Director;
the Reverend Felix Donnelley,
Assistant Spiritual Director;
the Reverend Robert Teoli and
the Reverend Herbert Well-
meier, athletics and physical
education; the Reverend E.
Perot Fiero, art appreciation
and Remedial Reading; and
the Reverend George James,
Music.
Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo
Boza Masvidal of Havana, re
ports said, is continuing his ef
forts to teach Catholic social
doctrine in sermons and
through study groups and bul
letins.
The Castro regime is report
edly keeping in prison the Ne
gro leader, Alberto Cao, na
tional president of the Young
Christian Workers’ organiza
tion, along with three other
YCW leaders. Cao was arrest
ed at the YCW office in March
on a charge of possessing
“counterrevolutionary” litera
ture which, according to re
ports, Castro agents had plant
ed there.
When priests were expell
ed from Camaguey, reports
said, a Carmelite priest re
mained at the Church of La
Soledad — which was later
desecrated — to consecrate
Hosts and distribute them
among a selected group of
laymen. The Hosts were to
be given to the sick and dy
ing.
The forced departure of
priests and Religious and the
desecration of churches, re
ports said, have provoked open
indignation among people of
all social classes. In Havana
there were a series of demon
strations by people who kneel
ed in front of churches recit
ing the Rosary.
When Catholic leaders pro
tested to the authorities
against the profanations, they
were told that the “guilty
ones” had been punished by
climbing the Pico Turquino in
the Sierra Maestra mountains
three times. The Pico Turqui
no, theater of Castro’s gueril
la activity is today a symbol
of the revolution and to climb
it is considered an honor by
Fidelistas.
No Private School Help
(NCWC News Service)
WASHINGTON — A trimmed-down school aid bill
is being readied in an attempt to salvage some of Presi
dent Kennedy’s educational program.
The full nature of the bill was not disclosed (July
29), but Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, of New York, chair
man of the House Education Committee, said “it won’t
be everything that everyone wants.”
It appears, however, that high schools.
August is the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and it was the request of the
"Blessed Virgin at Fatima that the faithful “spread devotion to My Immaculate Heart.”
The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary which now occurs on August 22 was insti
tuted by Pope Pius VII in 1805 after the devotion was fostered by St. John Eudes in the
seventeenth century. On October 31, 1942, Pope Pius XII consecrated the whole world to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary and in 1944 he directed that the feast day should be ob
served throughout the Western church on the octave day of the Assumption. (NC Photos)
there will be two main pro
visions to the bill: a grant
program for construction of
classrooms, and continuation
of aid to impacted areas —
those which have school dist
ricts with large numbers of
Federal workers.
There was no indication that
it will carry any provisions for
aid to private non-profit
schools.
Such aid, consisting of a
$375 million loan program,
was in a bill that would have
extended the 1958 National
Defense Education Act. The
House Rules Committee shelv-
de that bill, along with the
$2.5 billion general public
school aid bill and a $1.8 bil
lion college aid measure. An
attempt to bring a separate
impacted areas bill to the
House floor through a petition
signed by the majority of
members has attracted little
backing. As of July 26 it had
only 26 of the 219 signatures
needed.
In the meantime, Rep. Ro
man C. Pucinski of Illinois has
introduced a bill (July 25) that
would permit Federal income
tax deductions for all tuition
payments to church-operated
and other private, non-profit
elementary and secondary
Mrs. Pearl Wates, Thomasville
Institute Workshop Consultant
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Fin
al plans are being completed
for the National Council of
Catholic Women’s Leadership
Training Institute to be held
Editorial Comment
Book Reviews 7
Backdrop 4
Obituaries 6
Marriages 6
Doris Answers Youth 5
View From The Rectory — 4
Catholic Church In Spain
Since Civil War 2
Headline Hopscotch 4
at Spring Hill College, Mobile,
Alabama, on August 5-7.
Among those who will be
taking part in the program
is Mrs. Pearl Wates, of Tho
masville, Ga. Mrs. Wates will
serve as a workshop con
sultant.
Four concurrent workshops
and an all-day laboratory have
been planned to offer the wo
men a means of deepening
their knowledge of their voca
tion as Catholic women. Open
to NCCW officers and com
mittee chairmen on every lev
el, the Institute is also a means
of preparing women for lead
ership.
Mrs. Arthur L. Zepf, NCCW
president, will welcome the In-
s t i t u t e participants. Also
speaking will be Margaret
Mealey, NCCW executive di
rector, and the Very Reverend
Clarence D. White, Assistant
General Secretary, National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
He said the bill would give
a tax break to parents of about
seven million children in paro
chial and other nonpublic
schools. He stated that it
would also improve chances
for eventual passage of Pres
ident Kennedy’s big education
bill.
“If we could get this legis
lation through,” he said, “it
would to a great extent clear
the atmosphere by removing
the religious issue from con
sideration in school legisla
tion.”
It is unlikely that any new
education bill will be brought
out before August 7, because
of House action on foreign aid.
STATE K. OF C. CHAP
LAIN — Rt. Rev. Msgr. Tho
mas I. Sheehan, pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church, Macon, has
been named to the post of
chaplain for the Georgia
State Council K. of C.
'Astounding' Increase
In Crime In 10 Years
WASHINGTON, (NC) —
There was an “astounding” 98
per cent increase in crime in
the nation in the period from
1950 to 1960, director J. Edgar
Hoover said in a report re
leased by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
The report shows that the
number of major crimes re
ported in the nation increased
14.2 per cent in 1960 over 1959.
The report lists the follow
ing crime percentage increase
in 1960 over 1959; robberies
and burglaries, each up 18 per
cent; larcenies, up 14 per cent;
auto thefts, up 9 per cent;
murders, up 6 per cent; aggra
vated assaults, up 5 per cent;
forcible rapes, up 3 per cent.
RED YOUTH MOVEMENT IN
U. S. MAKING COMEBACK
EX-COMMUNIST TESTIFIES
1 PRAY FOR OUR
'PRIESTLY DEAD
i a
REV. JOSEPH F. SHEA
Aug. 10, 1886
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.
WASHINGTON, (NC)—The
communist youth movement in
the U. S., dead four years ago,
is making a comeback, accord
ing to a hearing report released
by the Senate Internal Securi
ty Subcommittee.
The organization spearhead
ing the comeback is named
“Advance,” according to Her
bert Romerstein, a former
young communist who testi
fied at the hearing.
Sen. Thomas Dodd of Con
necticut presided over the
hearing. Marvin Markman, ex
ecutive vice president of Ad
vance, also gave testimony at
the hearing. But it consisted
mostly of his refusal to answer
questions by invoking the
Fifth Amendment.
Romerstein said the former
communist youth movement,
known as the Labor Youth
League, “died completely” in
1957 after Soviet Premier
Khrushchev made his secret
speech in Moscow denouncing
Stalin.
He stated that Advance was
formed in February, 1960, in
New York City, together with
similar organizations in va
rious parts of the country.
There has been “frequent” con
nection, Romerstein said, be
tween Advance and the Fair
Play for Cuba Committee,
which now claims to have stu
dent chapters on the campuses
of at least 37 colleges and Sini-
versities.
Asked what makes young
people become active in organ
izations like Advance, Romer
stein replied: “Perhaps the best
single word to describe why
they become communists is
hysteria. They become involv
ed in front youth activities
which build them up to a
pitch ...
“When young people get in
volved in the communist-led
marches to ban the bomb or in.
the Fair Play for Cuba Com
mittee activities, and so on,
where they just run through
the streets shouting, they have
no idea that the communists
are leading them.”
California K. C.
Post For Former
Savannahian
SAVANNAH — Mr. Antho
ny L. Galletta, son of Mrs. D.
C. Galletta and the late Mr.
Galleetta, of Wilmington Is
land, has been eletced Grand
Knight of San Miguel Council
No. 3667, K. of C., in La Mesa,
California.
Mr. Galletta is also Faithful
Navigator of Balboa General
Assembly, Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus, and was
recently cited by the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. William A. Bergin, rec
tor of Immaculate Heart Sem
inary in San Diego for his
leadership in raising a semina
ry burse of $6,000 by the as
sembly.
SCENES FROM DIOCESAN S CAMP VILLA MARIE
Appointments j
REV. ROBERT J. TEOLI,
assistant rector of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist
has been named pastor of
Saint Michael’s, Savannah
Beach, effective Sept. 22nd.
The Chancery also announc
ed that the REV. A. BER
NARD KEARNS, S.J., has
been appointed pastor, and
REV. THOMAS GILLEN, S.J.,
assistant at Sacred Heart, Au
gusta.
Changes also were announc
ed for Our Lady of The As
sumption parish, Sylvania.
REV. JOHN BARRY of the
Glenmary Home Missioners
from assistant to pastor of
Our Lady of the Assumption.
He will be assisted by the
REV. DONALD DUFFY of the
Glenmary Home Missioners.
The appointments will be ef
fective August 25th.
VILLA MARIE CAMPERS LEARN TO SWIM—Experienced instructors give lessons__
in swimming and rules of water safety in the camps modern pool, .... _ , _ . .
THEY MAY NEVER BE ANNIE OAKLEYS but these four girls at Camp Villa Mane
are determined not to he outdone by the boys. The rifles are “BB’ guns.