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WORKERS TO CALL BETWEEN ONE P. M. AND FIVE P. M.
, Oct. 15,
SYMBOL OF SERVICE—Newly enrolled seminarians are shown receiving surplices
from Bishop McDonough. This ceremony took place in conjunction with the dedication
of St. John Vianney Minor Seminary on October 1st.
St. John Vianney Seminary,
New Lyons Church, Dedicated
SAVANNAH—His Excellency, the Most Rev. Thom
as J. McDonough, emphasized the need for the annual
Confraternity of the Laity drive for funds, by citing
the two most recent dedication ceremonies in the
Diocese.
“The dedication of St. John
Vianney Seminary on October
1st and the dedication of Sa
cred Heart Church in Lyons
Complacency
Reds' Greatest
Ally In Cuba
VILLANOVA, Pa., (NC) —
A priest who was expelled
from Cuba said here that
“communism has no greater
ally than complacency.”
“Complacency was commu
nism’s greatest ally in Cuba,
and in the future it may be
its greatest ally in the U. S.,”
said Father Edward J. McCar
thy, O.S.A., who was rector of
Villanueva University in Ha
vana for 10 years.
The Augustinian priest ad
dressed students (Sept. 30) at
the 14th annual School Pub
lication Conference, held at
the Villanova University field
house.
Father McCarthy, who was
jailed during the abortive in
vasion of Cuba last June and
eventually expelled, compared
the rise of communism in Cuba
to the rise of nazism in Ger
many* . , #,iA
“Such regimes need scape
goats,” he stated. “For Hitler
it was the Jews. Everything
wrong in Germany was the
fault of the Jews. But while
Hitler used the Jews, Fidel
Castro used the U. S. to foster
discontent among his people.
Cuban problems were blamed
on aggression against the Cu
ban people by the U. S. gov
ernment and its allies in big
business and finance.”
Father McCarthy urged the
students to “suspect ultrana-
tionaiistic movements — peo
ple who are going to ‘save’
America.” He also urged them
to shun criticism of the press
that in any way could lead to
its control, and to defened U.S.
philosophy vigorously.
Cuban Refugees
Return $25,000
‘Debt’ To U. S.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (NC)—
Cuban refugees who have be
come financially stable here
have returned more than $25,-
000 to the U. S. government, a
relief official disclosed.
Hugh McLoone, resettlement
director for Catholic Relief
Services - National Catholic
Welfare Conference, said those
who returned the money feel
they owed a just debt to the
U. S. for funds advanced them
when they first sought refuge
here.
McLoone has directed the
resettlement of more than 6,-
000 Cuban refugees since last
January. He estimated that
about 3,000 have been resettled
by other agencies also working
at Miami’s Cuban Refugee
Emergency Center.
McLoone explained that al
though CRS-NCWC is reim
bursed by the U. S> govern
ment only for the traveling
expenses of refugees to other
parts of the country, it will
continue to operate in Miami
as long as it is needed. He
stated that some 69,000 Cuban
refugees are still in the Miami
area.
RETREAT HOUSE SERVES GEORGIA
IGNATIUS HOUSE HAS NEW SUPERIOR
ATLANTA — The Jesuit
Retreat House in Northwest
Atlanta, has a new Superior
and Director. Reverend John
L. Hein, S.J., formerly con
nected with Manresa Retreat
House, Convent, Louisiana, is
a native of New Orleans where
he was born in 1921.
Father Hein entered the So
ciety of Jesus in August, 1938.
He made his philosophical stu
dies at Spring Hill College,
Mobile, Alabama and his theo
logical studies at St. Mary’s
College, St. Mary’s, Kansas.
Prior to the latter studies he
taught at Jesuit High School
in Shreveport, Louisiana. He
was ordained in 1951.
He was Secretary-Treasurer
of Jesuit High School, Dallas,
Texas, 1953-1957. The next two
years Father was an assistant
pastor at Immaculate Concep
tion Church in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, where he was ac
tive in the Christian Family
Movement and conducted the
parish Information Series for
converts.
Since 1959 Father Hein has
been an assistant director of
retreats at the Jesuit retreat
house near New Orleans. Fa-
REV. JOHN L. HEIN, S.J.
Reireai Direcior
ther has conducted over a hun
dred retreats since 1953. This
number includes three- and
five-day retreats for laymen
and lay-women as well as
eight-day retreats for Reli
gious. Recently Father direct
ed a retreat of thirty days for
the Christian Brothers in San
ta Fe, New Mexico.
Under Father Hein’s direc
tion Ignatius House will be
expanding its promotional ac
tivities. The Most Reverend
Thomas J. McDonough has
kindly granted permission to
the Jesuit Fathers to recruit
retreatants from the parishes
in the Diocese of Savannah.
Men and women of the two
Georgia dioceses are invited to
write or call Ignatius House,
8414 Riverside Drive, Atlanta
19, Ga., 255-0503, for reserva
tions. The 1961 retreat sched
ule ends the week end before
Thanksgiving. The remaining
retreat dates for 1961 are: Oct.
26-29 (men); Nov. 2-5 (men),
Nov. 9-12 (women), Nov. 16-19,
(men).
Unity Is Keynote Of Orthodox
Meeting On Rhodes; Red Sponsored
Prelate Warns Of 'Exploitation'
The author of the following
report is an American Jesuit
who is an expert on Byzantine
Church history. He covered the
Rhodes conference of the Or
thodox Churches at the special
request of the N.C.tV.C. News
Service, and his command of
six languages enabled him to
interview leading delegates to
the meeting.
By Father John F. Long, S.J.
(NCWC News Service)
RHODES, Greece — The
Pan - Orthodox conference
came to a close here (Oct. 2)
after a week of meetings in
which unity had been the by
word — especially the unity of
the Orthodox Churches them
selves.
^It was the first such confer
ence held by the Orthodox
Churches in over a thousand
years. Official delegates from
all the various Orthodox
Churches met in both public
and private sessions for an
entire week. Summoned by the
Orthodox Patriarch of Con-
staninople, His All Holiness
Athenagoras I, the conference
discussed internal problems
facing the Orthodox Churches
as well as the relations these
bodies should have with the
rest of the Christian world.
In addition to the official
groups from each of the auto
nomous Orthodox Churches,
there were official observers
representing the Coptic, Greg
orian Armenian, Syrian and
Etheiopian Churches not in
communion with the Holy See
of Rome. Other observers rep
resented the Anglicans, Old
Catholics and the World Coun
cil of Churches.
No official Roman Catholic
observers took part in the pro
ceedings. But a number of
Catholic priests prominent in
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RECEIVES PAPAL HONORS—Desmond V. O’Driscoll
is pictured receiving the “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” medal
from His Excellency, the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
at ceremonies at the Cathedral in Savannah. Other priests
in the photo are the Rev. Bede Lightner, O.S.B.; Rev. Herbert
Wellmeier; Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara, Cathedral
Rector; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. McDonald, Chancellor of
the Diocese.
last Sunday are indicative of
the great strides this Diocese
has made, and I’m sure will
continue to make, since the
inception of the Bishop’s Con
fraternity of the Laity three
years ago,” he said.
“Through the real dedication
of our people to the cause of
Christ’s Church in our Diocese,
St. John Vianney Minor Semi
nary was opened three years
ago, and God has certainly
blessed this venture abundant
ly,” he said, declaring that the
example of “a people, united
in their desire and holy de
termination to provide Semi
nary facilities here in their
very midst, surely was a great
force in impelling the Catholic
Community Center of Savan
nah to their wonderful act of
zealous generosity, in donating
the funds which have resulted
in the erection of our fine, new
Seminary buildings.”
Referring to the dedication
oil Sacred Heart Mission
Church in Lyons, Georgia,
Bishop McDonough said, “This
is but the latest in a series of
many similar Mission Churches
erected in rural and sparsely
populated areas of our Diocese.
Four years ago, it was hard to
visualize how we would be
able to provide for the spiritual
needs of our Catholic people in
these areas.”
“Now, thanks to our annual
Confraternity of the Laity
Fund Drive, we have not only
been able to meet these needs
in many places, in a com
paratively short space of time,
but the future of the Mission
program of this Diocese seems
almost assured.”
“For, not only does the Con
fraternity Drive provide us
with the funds which build
these Churches, but it also pro
vides for the education of our
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Book Reviews 7
Backdrop 4
Obituaries 5
Marriages 5
Question Box 4
Catholic Education 2
NEW WING FOR AUGUSTA HOSPITAL — The contract for the construction
of a 50-bed wing for St. Joseph’s Hospital, Augusta, was signed last week. Shown (L to
R) are Clarence W. Mobley, Jr., whose firm will build the addition; Mr. A. M. McAu-
liffe, K.S.G., Chairman of the Lay Advisory Board; Mother M. Eulalia, C.S.J. (signing
contract) Provincial of the Augusta Province of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet;
Sister Mary Louise, C.S.J., Administrator of the hospital. Total cost has been set at
$1,240,000. The expansion program will also include kitchen and laundry equipment, park
ing area expansion, a new emergency and receiving room and a canopy over the front
entrance. —(Breault Newsfoto by King)
CARDINAL URGES POLISH CATHOLICS:
TEACH THE FAITH AT HOME
BERLIN (NC) — Poland’s
Primate has urged that na
tion’s Catholics to make all
Catholic homes “schools where
Christ’s truth is taught,” ac
cording to reports reaching
here.
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
spoke in a pastoral letter in
the face of an attack by Pol
and’s communist government
on all religious ' instruction.
The pastoral was read in
churches, reports said, despite
Red attempts to keep priests
from reading it.
A government decree of
August 19 provides that relig
ious instruction may be given
only at “catechism teaching
points,” usually parish halls
attached to churches, for a
maximum of two hours a
week. A month earlier the Pol
ish Parliament had passed a
law banning religious instruc
tion in public schools, there
by breaking the Church-State
agreement of 1956.
Cardinal Wyszynski attack
ed the government’s moves in
a speech to a vast crowd at
Poland’s national shrine at
Czestochowa in August, say
ing Catholics have the “sacro
sanct right to educate our
children in the Catholic
Faith.”
The Cardinal declared in his
new pastoral:
“Let all Catholic homes be
come schools, where Christ’s
truth is taught. We shall teach
religion outside the schools.
We emphasize that the new
position of the legislators can
not change citizens’ rights,
namely, the right to freedom
of religion, the right of par
ents to decide whether their
children are to enjoy religious
education or not, and the right
of the Church to fulfill her du
ties.
“We hope that no one will
impede us in the exercise of
our duties — in consonance
with laws in force, with the: 4.
constitution and the Church-
State agreement.
“Children, you must seek
God in all difficulties and
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K. C. Purchases
Floor For Chapel
At Pacelli High
COLUMBUS — The mem
bers of Bishop Gross Council
1019, Knights of Columbus,
presented Msgr. Deimel, pas
tor of Saint Ann’s, Columbus,
with a check for $1,866.00 to
defray the expenses of install
ing the floor in the new chapel
of Pacelli High School. Tony
Rossano, Grand Knight, made
the presentation on behalf of
the membership.
The money was raised dur
ing a recent fund raising cam
paign spearheaded by Jim O’
Shea of Council 1019.
Mrs. Phillip Batastini, a
member of the K. of C. La
dies Auxiliary, was presented
with an engraved silver tray
in recognition for her out
standing efforts in connection
with the campaign. Mrs. Ba
tastini raised twenty percent
of the amount required.
KNIGHTS GIVE CHAPEL FLOOR—Knights of Columbus Council 1019, Columbus,
have raised the funds for the floor of the chapel at Pacelli High School. (L to R) James
O’Shea, chairman of the drive; Rt. Rev. Msgr. Herman Deimel, accepting the check on
behalf of Pacelli High; Phillip Batastini, insurance representative of the Columbus
Council.
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1961
Serving
Georgia's 88
Southern Counties
Vol. 42, No. 10
Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n of Georgia
10c Per Copy — $3 A Year