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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, December 9, 1961 Savannah Women Plan Projects For December Heeling Of St. Mary’s Home Guild SAVANNAH — St. Mary’s Home Guild held its semiannu al meeting on Nov. 26th at the Home. Open house was held preceding the meeting. The meeting began with an informativee and well-present ed explanation of the dangers of communism, entitled “Youth Wants to Know.” The entire program of songs, talks, and even the girls’ stage decora tios depicted a strong appeal to patriotism. Mrs. A. B. Burdy presented the new' Superior, Sr. Mary Christine, R.S.M., to the mem bers. Sister expressed the grat itude of the girls for the faith ful remembrances on the girls’ birthdays. His Excellency, Bishop Tho mas J. McDonough, urged that all members strengthen their efforts to extend the member ship of the Guild. The president appointed the following ladies to serve as a nominating committee: Mrs. John Buckley, Sam Fasola, and Mrs. George Chandler. The meeting ended with Benediction and a social hour. SAVANNAH — The Catho lic Woman’s Club of Savan nah held its November meet ing in the Club Rooms. The fol lowing were elected to mem bership: Miss Angela McDon ough, Miss Helen Cooley, Mrs. Marguerite Handiboe, Mrs. Al- lie L. Cowart, Mrs. Joseph F. Dillon, Mrs. William G. Saun ders, Mrs. Ann G. Giles, Mrs. Walter Futch, Mrs. John E. Struck, Mrs. A. J. Grevemberg and Mrs. Mary Young. Several project chairmen were named for the month of December. Mrs. Agnes Tarver was named chairman of the Maldosta foien’s Club Meets VALDOSTA — The Catholic Women’s Club of St. JoJhn’s met recently at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The meeting was opened with the Rosary, led by Mrs. Kenneth Williams, president. A report on Foreign Relief and the Madonna Plan was given by Mrs. Robert Wagner. Plans for a Christmas gift plan for Foreign Relief were dis cussed. A report on Family and Parent Education was giv en by Mrs. R. E. Gotchey. She also stressed the great need for family prayer, in these times of crisis. Mrs. Elmore Thrash gave a report on the Columbus Dean ery meeting which was recent ly held in Perry. The high light of this meeting was a most inspirational talk by Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, on his trip to Ireland. The meeting was closed with a prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel. Guest speaker for the eve ning was Dr. John Miller. The film on cancer, and a question and answer and discussion on the subject of cancer was giv en by Dr. Miller. A social hour followed with Circle 2 as hostess. ARCHBISHOP- (Continued from Page 1) situation of the Indian is mis erable.” As partial solutions the Archbishop urges better education, improved economic conditions and control of mi gration to the cities. The series of sermons will end with a consideration of the fact that “human better ment . . . does not depend solely on the economic” im provement of man. A cultural development is essential for any lasting development of the community. The problem of prostitution is considered specifically in the series. The Archbishop empha sizes the “grave obligation of Christian society to redeem this social group (fallen wo men), victims of the injustice of men.” He charges that the State has promoted the toleration of prostitution for the erroneous reason that it is an “inevitable evil.” The truth is that no mot ive can justify, from a Chris tian point of view, tolerating that thousands of human be ings be condemned to the most miserable of lives and that they be exploited without mer cy.” Christmas Baskets for the needy families. Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly will be chairman for the Christmas party for the guests of The Little Sisters of the Poor to be held December 14th at 2 p. m. All members were urged to attend this party. Mrs. Cecile R. Fitzpatrick and Miss Margaret Collins will collect the gifts for the patients at Milledgeville and Grace- wood, a project sponsored by Savannah Federation of Wo men’s Clubs and the Chatham- Savannah Mental Health Asso ciation. Mrs. Frank L. Hester, Jr., chairman of the Christmas par ty for members announced the party will be held in the Knights of Columbus Hall on Tuesday, December 12th, at 8:30 p. m. All members were asked to bring a gift to put un der the Christmas tree. Mrs. Leo Galvin, of Detroit, Mich., was guest at the meet ing. Brunswick Altar And Rosary Society BRUNSWICK — The No vember meeting of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. Francis Xavier church was held recently in the school au ditorium. Rev. Paul Burkort, S.M., opened the meeting with a prayer. Miss Mary Parker presided at the business meeting. Mrs. J. W. Moore, formerly of Flori da, was welcomed as a new member. Father Burkort gave an in spiring talk in regard to the responsibility we have to our fellowmen. Father stressed the point that it was the duty of each individual to be on the alert to offer spiritual and ma terial assistance when ever needed. He closed his talk by urging the members to visit the sick and comfort the needy and to remain constantly aware of the misfortune of others. It was announced that the society sponsored Thanksgiv ing baskets for indigent fam ilies. On November 19th a Mass was offered by Father Burkort for the deceased members of the society. Tentative plans were made for the Christmas party to be held early in December. After the meting refresh ments were sreved by Mrs. John M. Carter, Jr. and Miss Myrna Allen, co-hostesses for the evening. The prize of the month was won by Mrs. Elsie Hartling. Pedestrians can see head lights long before a driver can see pedestrians, the Allstate Safety Crusade points out. Those on foot should take ad vantage of this and never count on a motorist seeing them or giving pedestrians the benefit of the doubt. Many Projects For Waycross Altar And Rosary Society WAYCROSS — The Altar & Rosary Society of St. Jos eph’s Church has an active membership of about twenty ladies who have been quite busy in recent months. The new slate of officers which includes Mrs. Charles Boyle, president; Mrs. N. J. Griffis, vice president; Mrs. Dru Haywood, secretary-treas urer, and Mrs. Gus Fechtel, publicity chairman, began their duties at the first meeting in September. A rummage sale and gum med name labels have added considerably to the treasury, enabling the society to pur chase a new ceramic nativity set and white cassocks for the altar boys. A Cana Conference was held recently. At the first confer ence, a most impressive talk was given by Father Paul Burkort, S.M., pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in Brunswick. He was accompa nied by Father Andrew Walls, S.M., also of Brunswick. Father Burkort spoke on marriage in the Catholic Church. At the second meeting, Dr. Louis Val- ente of Brunswick gave an in formative talk on the Medical Aspect of Catholic Marriage. The Cana Conference closed November 20th with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; a renew al of the marriage vows and a dinner at the school audito rium served by the C.Y.O. Club. Plans have been completed for the annual Christmas par ty and preparations are in pro gress for the Deanery meeting which will be held in Waycross on January 14th. Augustan Elected Class Presiiei AUGUSTA — Miss Paige Manelly has been elected pres ident of the freshman class at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Miss Manelly is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Manelly of 3024 Lake Forest Drive. Cardinal Cicognani Details High Mission Of Catechist At Confraternity Congress INTERVIEW- (Continued from Page 1) the Communist Pary, I cannot agree with you.” The state ment goes on for five more inches of type, and includes this assertion: “And we would be happy if you, Mr. President, were to state that the inter ference in the affairs of Cuba was a mistake.” At another place, Adzhubei said: “Of course, Mr. President, I did not expect in such a short period of time I would succeed in converting you to another belief, just as you did not ex pect to convert me.” He ended this statement by saying: “But let us not engage in an argu ment and let us turn to the next question.” Earlier in the “interview,” in answer to one of Adzhubei’s statements of disagreement, the President found it neces sary to preface his reply with these words: “May I just say, without getting into a debate, that the United States, etc.” When President Kennedy at one point told Adzhubei “you are a newspaperman and a politician,” the editor of Izves- tia replied in part: “In our country every citizen is a politician because we like our country very much. The young and old like the socialist system of our country and we are ready to fight for it until its victorious end.” Judging from the text, he must have sounded more like a politician — Soviet type — than a newspaperman in con ducting the interview. TANGANYIKA GAINS INDEPENDENCE—The East African nation of Tanganyika, which will gain its inde pendence December 9, already embodies a rich and grow ing Catholic tradition. Boasting the only native African Cardinal, several native Bishops and a few hundred native priests, this African nation of nine million will also have a Catholic, Premier Julius Nyerere, as head of state. In photo at upper left, Laurean Cardinal Ruganbwa, Bishop of Bukoba, presides at the enthronement of Archbishop Mark Mihayo of Tabora, the first native African to head that See, At upper right, Auxiliary Bishop Julius Anger- (NCWC News Service) DALLAS — “The catechist is Christ’s helper in the work of redemption.” In this simple declaration Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State, un derlined the high mission of the catechist for the ecclesias tical and lay leaders of the American continent. Cardinal Cicognani, legate of His Holiness Pope John XXIII to the fourth Inter-American Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine here, op ened the congress with an ad dress on November 28 and closed it with another on De cember 1. In his opening address Card inal Cicognani praised the pa rochial school system in this country. He called it “the great secret of the Church’s strength and vitality” but as serted “the Catholic schools are not able as yet to accept all the young people who would like to attend them.” “Here it is that the most ef ficacious C o n f r aternity of Christian Doctrine enters into action,” said the Cardinal, who for 25 years served as Apostolic Delegate to the United States. Cardinal Cicognani then set forth the purposes of the CCD congress: —“The congress is inended to bring home to all — to priests, men and women Relig ious, to the laity and especial ly to those who belong to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine — the grave and stark reality, namely, that the peo ple to be saved, the children and youth to be instructed, the non-Catholics in need of assist ance, are a multitude, while the pastors, the catechists, the apostles are but few; and fur thermore, the difficulties en countered in the practice of a Christian life are much greater nowadays and the dan gers to the Faith much more grave.” —“From these realistic and startling statements of a fact there arises the logical and unavoidable conclusion, name ly: we must increase the num ber of our catechists, we must prepare them better, we must give more impetus to the initi atives and organizations dedi cated to Christian training.” In his opening address Card inal Cicognani paid tribute to the late Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara, Bishop of Kansas City- St. Joseph, Mo., who “dedicat ed his life as a priest and as a bishop to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.” The Card inal recalled that Archbishop O’Hara died in 1956 on “his way to Rome where he was to have taken part in a catecheti cal congress.” Cardinal Cicognani in Span ish and French saluted the ecclesiastical and lay delegates to the congress from non-Eng lish speaking nations of the Americas. In his closing address the Cardinal responded to two questions — “Am I called to do something for the Confraterni ty of Christian Doctrine?” and “What can I do?” Cardinal Cicognani under scored the serious conditions of the times — “the world is in peril, perhaps greater than any other in the long history of mankind.” “Though we have the com forting assurances of Christ of an eventual triumph,” he said, and have also the “serene and spiritual” example of Pope John XXIII, it must be realiz ed that “mere human means are not enough: we need the divine.” The divine means are indi cated, he continued, in the teachings of Christ, the writ ings of the Apostles, the direc tives of the popes: that is, that every baptized person is bound to spread the kingdom of God on earth. Cardinal Cicognani traced briefly the history of the Con fraternity of Christian Doc trine. He told how it began as a parochial association in France in 1560, how it was re vived by Pope St. Pius X and finally incorporated into the code of canon law. “The importance and the reason for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is the parish ... In reality we be long to one particular parish, and our duties and rights as Christians are fulfilled and ex ercised within that parish,” the Cardinal said. “Now it should be the fore most and common obligation of all to insure that God is hausen of Essen, Germany, on a five-week tour of East Africa, joins Bishop Karolo Msakila of Karema in ordain ing three native priests. There are now over 245 native African priests laboring in Tanganyika. Shown at lower left, a Maryknoll missionary chats with a small boy at Iramba mission in the diocese of Musoma. The priest is one of more than 800 foreign missionaries in Tanganyika. At lower right, a Medical Missionary of Mary, whose mother- house is in Drogheda, Ireland, ministers to a sick native woman in her home.—(NC Photos). DAY OF RECOLLECTION — Twenty-seven ladies attended a day of recollection held at St. Paul’s, Douglas. The exercises of the day were under the direction of Father Rainer Dray, O.F.M. of Americus. In addition to Douglas the ladies came from Fitzgerald, Alapaha, Willachochee and Baxley. Also pictured is Father Gerard Moran, O.M.I., pastor of St. Paul’s. — (Lane Studio Photo) AUGUSTA SUPPER—Pictured making plans for the annual ham supper and card party at St. Mary’s On-the-Hill, Augusta, are: Mrs. Charles Piccuolo; Mrs. William Trotter, III; Mrs. Louis Mulherin, Jr.; Mrs. Crane Garren; Mrs. Jane Eubanks.—(Breault Photo). known, loved and served in our own particular environ ment: the home imposes this obligation on us for the mem bers of our family, and so, too, the parish. It is a duty in com mon to provide for the house hold and its members all that is vital and essential.” In reply to the question, “What can I do?” Cardinal Cicognani reminded of Pope John’s wish that the CCD be in every parish. “Your parishes, it is true, are composed mostly of simple people of ordinary education: mothers busy with their household tasks, fathers and sons engaged in their daily oc cupations and jobs that are hard and often monotnous,” Cardinal Cicognani said. “Yet all of these can con tribute greatly to the develop ment of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, perhaps in curably more than they them selves believe,” he added. Next in the order of “What can I do?” Cardinal Cicognani said: “It is clear that your ef forts must aim principally at raising the standard and the training of the teaching per sonnel.” “The first and fundamental prerequisite must always be a solid spiritual formation, which will make the catechist not merely a teacher, but an educator and an apostle in the true sense of the word,” Card inal Cicognani said. Another fundamental of the training of catechists, he said, should be the study of the catechism, itself. “It could be said that, in order to teach the catechism properly, the catechist should know it well and know it twice: once for himself and once for others . . . After the Sacred Scriptures themselves, it is the greatest book of all,” Cardinal Cicognani said. The Cardinal proposed two models for the catechist—one a humble nun and the other a great pope. St. Bertilla Bos- cardin, a humble farm girl who became a teaching Sister and this year was canonized, cen tered her whole life on her love for the catechism, he said. The Cardinal quoted Pope Pius XII who on the occasion of St. Bertilla’s beatification in 1952 said: “This little book has in itself greater value than a bulky encyclopedia: it contains the truths we must believe, the duties we must fulfill, the means to use to sanctify our selves. What is there of greater importance on this earth? . . . Blessed Bertilla had under stood this and it created her happiness.” The other model cited by Cardinal Cicognani was St. Pius X, patron of the CCD who for eight years explained the catechism to the populace of Rome gathered in the court yards of Vatican City. On the role of the catechist, Cardinal Cicognani said: “In subordination to the parish priest who occupies the official chair of catechetics, he con- tinnues and extends the mag- isterium, which is nothing more or less than the prolong ation of the teachings of Jesus. “We repeat this truth: the catechist is Christ’s helper in the work of redemption,” the Cardinal said. He warned that the role of the catechist is full of disap pointments, difficulties and sacrifices and that he will per severe in his work only with faith and confidence. “Let the catechist remem ber that God does not consid er success, but good will: that the reward will be proportion ate, not to the harvests reaped, but to the efforts made . . . extraordinary things are not asked of you,” Cardinal Cicog nani said. “It suffices that you place yourseives at the dispos ition of your pastors who know well your aptitudes and also the needs of souls.” STRASBOURG, France (NC) —Two Orthodox leaders have paid tribute to His Holiness Pope John XXIII at a series of conferences on Christian unity here. Archbishop Cassien of the Saint Serge Divinity School, said: “His Holiness John XXIII has seen what others have not seen, and more than he thought he would see himself. He has seen Christian unity, and the supreme effort ,that is demanded of our faith in the paths leading to it.” Mr. Evdokimov, professor at the Faculty of Orthodox The ology in Parish, expressed the hope that Pope John would obtain the “miracle” of Chris- St. iary’s Home And School Ass’n AUGUSTA — Highlighting the meeting of the Home and School Association of St. Ma ry’s on-the-Hill parish school was the talk given by Dr. Vic tor Della-Guistini, who is the public health dentist for Rich mond County. The meeting, held Tuesday evening, November 21st, was presided over by Mi's. Paul Herndon, president. Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., opened the meeting with prayer. The ways and means com mittee reported that the ham supper and card party had been a success, both from par ticipation of parents and from a financial standpoint. The grade count was taken by Sister Mary Gerald, school principal, and the attendance prize was won by Mrs. M. B. Chavores’ second grade. The group voted to provide funds for the 7th and ,8th grades to make gifts for the American Red Cross to give to the hospitals at Christmas. tian unity. About 1,500 persons attend ed each of three conferences on ecumenical problems orga nized here by “Christian Hu manities.” Coadjutor Bishop Arthur Elchinger presided at one of the conferences, and Augustin Cardinal Bea, Pres ident of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, sent a letter of encouragement to the meeting. Small children should never be left alone in the house, fire statistics reveal. More than one-third of all child deaths in home fires involve unattended children. person - to - person Service L ail your Lanluny needs SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C. ORTHODOX LEADERS PRAISE POPE JOHN
