PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, February 3, 1962
AUGUSTA DEANERY LUNCHEON—Pictured at the Augusta Mid-Winter Deanery
Luncheon held January 17th at the Augusta Country Club are (l.-r.) Miss Peuffier, Mrs.
Mulligan, Mrs. Lynch, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D. Toomey and Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, Bishop of Savannah.—(Breault Newsfoto).
bishop McDonough featured speaker
Augusta Deanery Holds
Mid-Winter Meeting
I. S. Senator Calls For
More Concern For Society
Juvenile Decency
YOUTH CLUB PROJECT HELPS
YOUNG MOTHER. 5 CHILDREN
THE EDITOR
AUGUSTA — The mid-win
ter meeting of the Augusta
Deanery, Council of Catholic
Women, met recently at the
Augusta Country Club. Miss
Pauline Peuffier, council pres
ident, presiding.
The meeting was preceded
by mass at St. Joseph’s Church
in Fleming Heights. The cele
brant was the Rt. Rev. John
D. Toomey of Savannah.
Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough, D.D., J.C.D., was
the principal speaker. His top
ic was “The Catholic Woman
in a Changing World.”
His Excellency told his au
dience that “although the
World is changing and the
problems facing the Catholic
woman are grave and differ
ent than in the past, the Cath
olic Faith and the role of wo
men remains unchanged.
SAVANNAH—The mid-win
ter luncheon meeting of the
Savannah Deanery Council of
Catholic women was held in
Waycross, Ga., at the Hotel
Ware on Sunday, January 14,
with Mrs. Cecile R. Fitzpatrick,
president, presiding.
Following the opening pray
er to Our Lady of Good Coun
sel by His Excellency the Most
VILLA MARIE-
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and girls of all ages and from
any diocese are welcomed. A
lively program of swimming,
craft, athletics, boating, camp
fires, and special activities
awaits the children who attend
this session. Georgia has hun
dreds of happy Villa Marie
alumni who still sing the
praises of the camp years after
they attended.
The summer’s program will
be rounded out with a special
school for leadership conduct
ed by the Sisters of Mercy for
high school girls, and a retreat.
Summer Schedule for
Camp Villa Marie
June 2—Seminary closes.
June 4—Priests’ retreat
begins.
June 8—Priests’ retreat
ends.
June 11—Day School of
Religion opens (classes on
the intervening Saturday).
June 22—Day School of
Religion ends. Staff
Training Session begins.
June 27—Camping Session
for Religious Education
opens.
July 14—Camping Session
for Religious Education
closes.
July 15-21—Rest Week for
camp staff.
July 22-28—First week of
Recreation Camp.
July 29-August 4—Second
Week, Recreation Camp.
August 5-11—Third week of
Recreation Camp.
August 12-25—Sisters of
Mercy Leadership Camp.
Sept. 4—Seminary Reopens.
Vacation and Summer
Assignments
Father Coleman, August 12-
September 2.
Father Cuddy, School and
Vacation, June 8th-August
20th.
Father Stranc, School and
Vacation, June 8th- August
12th.
Father Boland, July 1st,
Summer School.
“Woman’s role, first and
foremost, is still that of wife
and mother. In community ac
tivities, social and political,
the Catholic woman must
maintain her dignity by good
example. The strength of the
nation is no stronger than the
homes of its citizens,” said
Bishop McDonough.
The Bishop said that the
Catholic woman can stem the
tide of communism “by her
prayers and faithful attend
ance to religious duties by
herself and those in her care.”
Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, Sav
annah Diocesan President,
asked each Catholic woman to
become a member of St. Ma
ry’s Home Guild.
Guests at the meeting and
luncheon were Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Andrew McDonald, Savannah;
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough,
D. D., J.U.D., Mrs. Charles
Boyle, President of St. Joseph’s
Parish Council, Waycross, ex
tended to all a cordial wel
come. Mrs. E. B. Anderson of
Savannah, Diocesan Chairman
of Family and Parent Educa
tion, delivered the response.
The business portion of the
meeting followed with out
lines from all committee chair
men.
His Excellency Bishop Mc
Donough spoke of his three
loves in the Diocese, St. Mary’s
Home, St. John Vianney Semi
nary and the Carmelites. He
advised that he was most in
spired by reports and appreci
ative of St; Mary’s Guild Com
mittee, and asked that every
one make a visit to the Home
and talk with the children and
Sisters. St. John Vianney Sem
inary, was making headway he
never expected and the Car
melites — “They are a Power
House of Grace, and must have
a pipe line to Heaven,” so
many prayers have been an
swered — almost like a mira
cle.”
Bishop McDonough also told
of a Catholic woman’s place
in a changing world and stress
ed duty is to family first.
God gave women a special role
in life, woman’s place is in
the home, he said.
Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, Dio
cesan President, gave an out
line of the annual Diocesan
Convention which will be held
in Augusta May 5 and 6.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John D.
Toomey, Diocesan Spiritual
Moderator, recommended the
reading of two books entitled
“The Lady in the Law” and
“Women at Work.”
The President appointed a
nominating committee com
posed of the following: Mrs.
E. B. Anderson, Chairman;
Mrs. Robert Stradtman, Mrs.
Julian Halligan, Mrs. James
Miller and Miss Cassie White.
Guests for this meeting were
Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, Dio
cesan President; Mrs. L. E.
Mock, Columbus Deanery
President; Mrs. Martin Austin,
Perry, Ga.; Rev. J. A. Kelly;
Pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Waycross; Rev. Paul Burkort,
S.M., Pastor St. Francis Xavier
Church, Brunswick, and Fa
ther McDonickle, Camp Stew
art, Ga., chaplain.
Don’t depend too much on
helping ^others — you can al
ways find a helping hand at
tached to your own arm.
Fr. Cajetan McDyre, Dublin;
Fr. John Barry, Sylvania; Fr.
William P. Donnelly, S.J.,
Tampa, Fla., Fr. John Cuddy,
Savannah; Mrs. Cecile Fitzpat
rick, Savannah Deanery pres
ident; Mrs. J. Edwin Mulli
gan, Savannah Diocesan presi
dent and Mrs. Ethel K. Lynch,
Savannah Diocesan treasurer.
The speaker’s table held a
central arrangement of pink
and deep purple chrysanthe
mums and snapdragons in a
silver container. Silver can
delabra with pink tapers
flanked the arrangement.
Other tables held pink chry
santhemums interlaced with
ivy. Mrs. Ray Campbell of St.
Patrick’s Parish was in charge
of decorations and the pro
grams were designed by Miss
Mary Hallinan.
Sacred Heart
Parish Council
SAVANNAH — The winter
meeting of Sacred Heart Par
ish Council was held on Sun
day, January 21st, at Sacred
Heart School with Miss Cassie
White, president, presiding.
Rev. Terence Kernan, O.S.B.,
opened the meeting with the
prayer to Our Lady of Good
Counsel, fob owed by the
Pledge to the Flag.
Sister Mary Cornile, R.S.M.,
Administrator of St. Joseph’s
Hosiptal, gave a most interest
ing and informative talk on
the history of the hospital and
its status in the community.
The Diocesan president, Mrs.
J. Edwin Mulligan, was a spe
cial guest at the meeting and
gave an outline of the Dioces
an Convention to be held in
Augusta on May 5th and 6th
and asked that each Deanery
send three delegates to the
convention.
Mrs. Joseph M. McDonough
announced the Annual Day of
Recollection for the women of
the parish would be held in
February.
Mrs. Harry Conneff was
hostess for the social hour held
at the close of the business
meeting.
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Comic Builds
Hew Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (NC) —
Comedian Danny Thomas’ pet
project, the four-million-dol-
lar St. Jude Hospital here, will
be dedicated on February 4.
Thomas for years played the
leading role in collecting funds
for establishment of the hos
pital, which is primarily for
underprivileged children who
suffer from leukemia. The hos
pital accepted its first patients
in October, 1961.
Thomas, a Catholic, pledged
some 20 years ago that he
would build the institution as
a shrine to St. Jude. Through
out the years he has played a
series of engagements to ac
quire funds for establishment
of the hospital. In addition, he
has been given many gifts for
its construction by people
throughout the country.
Thomas himself has organiz
ed 226 chapters of a group
known as Aid to Leukemia
Stricken American Children.
Its members, chiefly Ameri
cans of Lebanese descent, have
promised to raise one million
dollars annually to meet the
hospital’s cost of operation,
TRENTON, N. J. (NC) —
Every good citizen must have
concern for the well-being of
temporal society and for the
political institutions and pro
cedures by which the dignity
of each person is protected; a
U. S. Senator said here.
“The Christian shares this
responsibility with all other
citizens, but in addition he has
a higher obligation to promote
the common good,” Sen. Eu
gene J. McCarthy of Minneso
ta declared at a Knights of
Columbus dinner honoring
New Jersey’s new Governor,
Richard J. Hughes.
Some 500 persons heard Mc
Carthy contend that religious
beliefs “significantly affect our
lives and bear upon social and
political problems today.”
Religious faith, he said (Jan.
21), is not a substitute for
knowledge of facts or of the
procedures by which social
and political problems are
met. The layman, he insisted,
must strive for professional
competence and bring all the
skill within" his capacity to
the performance of his work.
“But he has available to him
revealed truths,” he said, “to
gether with a great study of
teaching of human problems
drawn from his study and ex
perience of religious leaders
through the centuries.”
McCarthy asserted that
what is expected of a Catholic
in the uncertain areas of poli
tical decision is that he reflect
Christian virtues in his atti
tude toward others and toward
Breakthroughs In
Eastern Nations
Forecast By Priest
(NCWC News Service)
NEW YORK — Father John
J. Considine, M.M., predicted
here that the Church will
achieve significant “break-
through s” in non-western
countries during the next half-
century.
Father Considine, director of
the Latin America Bureau, Na
tional Catholic Welfare Con
ference, foresaw the possibili
ty that “modest islands” of
Christianity which have be
come an integral part of the
society around them will come
into existence in some parts of
Asia and Africa.
He contrasted this with the
past history of the Church,
during which an “authentical
ly coalesced” Christianity has
existed only in the West.
Among the Christian com
munities capable of achieving
such a development he cited
those in the Philippines, Viet
nam, the Suda Islands in In
donesia, the Chota-Nagpore
area in India, and parts of
East, Central and West Africa.
Father Considine, speaking
(Jan. 20) at the Institute of
Mission Studies sponsored by
Forham University, offered a
panoramic forecast of world
wide Church development by
the year 2000.
He predicted that the growth
of non-western Christian com
munities would be accompa
nied by “mutual enrichment”
of Christianity and the non-
western culture.
He said this would come
about in religious literature,
folkways, art and architecture,
as “native sons will little by
little begin to make contribu
tions that will be more akin to
the genius of their people.”
“It is through this process
that the Church will become
completely at home,” he said.
Father Considine said that
in the next half-century a “re
juvenated” Latin America will
make a greater contribution to
“the world strength of the
Church.”
the task of trying to achieve
the highest degree of perfec
tion possible in the temporal
order.
Bishop George W. Ahr of
Trenton, who also addressed
the dinner sponsored by Tren
ton Council of the Knights of
Columbus, urged Catholic lay
men to become interested in
politics and in civic affairs.
Catholic laymen, he said, must
recognize their responsibilities
to do all they possibly can to
advance the common good.
Hughes, a past grand Knight
of the Trenton council, took
office five days before the din
ner. Grand Kngiht Coleman T.
Brennan presented a reproduc
tion of Hans Holbein’s paint
ing of St. Thomas More to the
new governor.
"Roots Of Freedom:
Faith, Knowledge"
Book Week Theme
Catholic Book Week will be
observed February 18 through
24, 1962. The theme this year
is “Roots of Freedom: Faith
and Knowledge.”
The purpose of Catholic
Book Week is to increase ap
preciation of reading and the
use of library services as an
essential community resource.
Reading can contribute to in
dividual and social welfare
only as most adults engage in
wide personal reading that is
directed toward constructive
ends. The Catholic Press exists
in order to interest its readers
in the larger issues of life.
Through National Council of
Catholic Women, all the wom
en of the diocese are invited
to participate in Catholic Book
Week activities; to visit their
public and parish libraries;
volunteer their services to
their parish and school library;
subscribe to their diocesan
newspaper; pass along Cath
olic magazines; include Cath
olic books in their gift lists.
“There is great potential for
expansion in the apostolate of
disseminating the truth. Read
ing for enjoyment is only the
beginning of reading. Make the
next step reading to increase
and deepen your knowledge of
the Faith,” says the council.
Sf. Joseph’s
Sodality Names
Committee
FLEMING HEIGHTS — At
the January meeting of Saint
Joseph’s Sodality, Mrs. Paul
Graham was named chairman
of the nominating committee.
She will be assisted by Mrs.
Denijis Deas and Mrs. Eugene
Murdock.
Parish co-chairmen assisting
in preparations for the Au
gusta Deanery Mardi-Gras are
Mrs. William Linenberg and
Mrs. Robert Afeld.
Mrs. O’Neil, Mrs. Closter-
man, Mrs. McCoy, Mrs, Jeanie
Dukes, Mrs. Christine. Dukes
and Mrs. Maurie were wel
comed as now members.
Presiding at the meeting
refreshments were s,erved by
Mrs. William Linenberg and
Mrs. James Palmer.
CANCER PADS
The ladies of St v Joseph’s
parish gather twice monthly to
sew cancer pads for the pa
tients of Our Lady of Perpet
ual Help Home in Atlanta. The
sewing group meets at the
home of Mrs. Charles Parsons
on Blueberry Drive on the
Tuesday following the month
ly meeting, at 8 p. m. and
again the folowing morning,
at Lourdes Hall.
Chairman of this group is
Mrs. Steven Boskavich.
Some of the most discourag
ing news in any newspaper is
to be found in the day to day
accounts of juvenile delinquen
cy and crime. It’s easy for
newspapers to gather such
stories. All they have to do is
station reporters in juvenile
and criminal courts.
Unfortunately, it’s not so
easy to find out about the
wonderful things that other
teen-agers do. Many of these
things go unnoticed and un
heralded because teen-agers,
no less than their adult coun
terparts, don’t like to “toot
their own horn,” telling all
the world about their good
deeds.
We are convinced that if it
were as easy for a newspaper
to uncover and publish all the
activities of young people, il
lustrating the extent of Juve
nile Decency as it is to find
out and print stories of Juve
nile Delinquency, readers
would have to ‘‘plough
through” an awful lot of news
print to read about teen-age
crime.
For, while we certainly do
not minimize the danger of the
increasing rate of crime among
our young people, and while
we don’t have any statistics to
“back us up” aVe would be
willing to wager that a com
parison of the sum total of
teen-age acts of kindness and
generosity with teen-age acts
of violence and crime would
reveal a growing rate of Juve
nile Decency.
The following story about
one project of a group of Sa
vannah teen-agers was re
cently brought to our atten
tion. We are sure there are
many similar ones, of which
we are not aware.
The Bulletin is happy to
“toot the horn” for these young
people. We hope our convic
tions and this story will not
only encourage them and the
countless others like them, but
will also help their elders to
view America’s “teen-age prob
lem” in proper perspective,
and to see that with a com
paratively few and well pub
licized exceptions, our young
people are, after all, not “teen
age nuisances” but Young Men
and Young Women.
Early in December mem
bers of the Catholic Youth Or
ganization (CYO) decided to
“adopt” a family for Christ
mas.
The family selected was
composed of a young mother
and four little girls. For them,
Christmas would be just an
other day. It would be Mon
day, December 25th—no dif
ferent than Sunday, Decem
ber 24th.
The clothes they donned
would be no different, the
food they ate would be no
more plentiful or more palat
able. If the children wanted
to see a gaily decorated Christ
mas tree and glittering new
toys they would have to visit
someone else’s home.
When the C.Y.O. was formed
at Cathedral members were
told that their monthly proj
ects were to be of their own
choosing. There was only one
stipulation. They had to plan
and carry out their projects
themselves. They could de
pend on advice from their
spiritual moderator and adult
advisors, but their activities
were their own and they
would receive adult help only
when some detail absolutely
required it.
Together with an adult ad
visor, a committee of five
members visited the family,
outlined their “adoption” plan,
and obtained the mother’s per
mission to help her “give
Christmas” to her four little
girls.
Next, the work to be done
was parcelled out among the
membership. Committees were
formed and chairmen named.
“Sandy” George would be in
charge of providing much
needed clothing. Paula George
would be responsible for plans
to provide a traditional turkey
dinner, and food to last for a
month.
Toys that would delight the
heart of any little girl—There
sa Kearney’s committee would
provide them.
But Christmas is Christ’s
birthday. There must be a
creche. And for the dolls there
must be a doll house, and for
the tree a stand that would
keep it upright when four chil
dren became curious about the
decorations. Billy Giles was
named to head a Carpentry
Committee.
The work of decorating the
house and the tree was turned
over to Lucile Porter’s Com
mittee.
But creche, clothes, food,
toys, tree and decorations—
these things required money.
Members decided to raise the
necessary funds through dona
tions from their allowances,
collection of trading stamps,
and such chores as babysitting.
Under the leadership of their
chairmen, the committees fin
ally set themselves to the
many hours of work that
would be necessary to bring
a happy Christmas to their
“adopted” family.
The girls made dresses for
the children; repaired and
dressed dolls; made mattresses,
pillows and bed clothing for
the doll cradles and beds.
The boys built a stable for
the Nativity scene and a stand
for the Christmas tree. They
built doll houses and cradles
for the dolls, and a hobby
horse.
A few days before Christ
mas, at a time agreed to by
the mother, five members, to
gether with an adult advisor,
brought a Christmas tree and
all the decorations. They in
troduced themselves to the
four children as “Santa’s Little
Helpers” and set about dec
orating the tree with the eager
help of four excited little girls.
ALBANY — The monthly
meeting of St. Teresa’s P.T.A.
was held on January 11th in
the school auditorium with the
president, Mr. Bob McCor
mack, Jr. presiding. Mr. Mc
Cormack expressed his grati
tude to all who had made the
Christmas party for the chil
dren such a success, with spe
cial thanks being paid to Mrs.
Ralph Hill, chairman of the
room mothers and to Mr. Joe
Davis.
Mr. Bill Burgess, Mrs. Leo
King and Mrs. S. Welch, ap
pointed to our safety commit
tee, submitted to the city
various needs for additional
safety at the school, and were
assured that work would be
gin at once on improvement to
the present system.
The room count was won by
Sister Mary Benedict, grade I.
Sister Mariam announced
the semi-final examinations
will be given on January 16,
17 and 18 and parents were
urged to assist their children
with their review work.
Father LeFrois thanked the
Sisters and teachers for their
splendid cooperation in train
ing the children for the 40
Hour Devotion recently held
at St. Teresa’s Church.
St. Francis Xavier
Altar And Rosary
BRUNSWICK — The Janu
ary meeting of the Altar &
Rosary Society of St. Francis
Xavier Church was held on
January 17th at the school au
ditorium, with Miss Mary Par
ker presiding at the business
meeting.
The following members
were appointed to care for the
sanctuary: Jan. 20th, Mrs.
Nick Christ and Mrs. Ralph
Carl; Jan. 27th, Mrs. Eugene
Wilde and Mrs. Charles Van
Gilder; Feb. 3rd, Mrs. Peter
Vivenzie and Mrs. J. Almand
Lloyd; Feb. 10th, Mrs. Clarise
Silva and Miss Lillian Meyer.
The Society sponsored a
cake sale on Sunday, January
21st for the benefit of St. Ma
ry’s Home for girls in Savan
nah.
A telephone committee,
formed to secure cake dona
tions, was made up of Mrs.
Therese Martin, Mrs. Charles
Gilder, Mrs. Leo Devine, and
Mrs. Frederick W. Poulin.
Altar and Rosary Society
members received Holy Com
munion in a body on Sunday,
January 21st,
The next two days were
spent gathering the ingredients
for the Christmas dinner, to
gether with other food sup
plies to last the family for a
few more weeks. Clothing was
gift-wrapped and each package
tagged with a child’s name
“From Santa’s Little Helpers.”
Then, the Saturday before
Christmas, after the children
were asleep, the packages, the
Christmas dinner and the food
supplies were taken to the
young mother, and the pack
ages arranged under the tree.
The next night, Christmas
Eve, after the children were
safely tucked away for the
night, C.Y.O. members again
visited the family, this time
delivering “Santa’s toys.”
The mother wasn’t forgotten,
either. There were three pack
ages of linens under the tree
for her.
That’s how a group of Sa
vannah teen-agers brought
Christmas to a young family
—and to themselves.
Said Father Herbert J. Well-
meier, their spiritual modera
tor, “They worked like Tro
jans. Besides providing the
Nativity scene, the food, toys
and tree, they outfitted each
of those four children from
head to foot, including pa
jamas and slippers.
“And if Christmas was hap
py for their adopted family,
I’m sure it was doubly so for
our C.Y.O. members. As a
matter of fact, they’ve decided
to make the “adoption” of a
family an annual project. And
I’m sure the only thing that
could make them happier
would be to see the idea
spread through the Diocese.
“I think it should be noted,
too,” Father Wellmeier con
tinued, “that neither the moth
er of the four children, nor the
father who had deserted them,
were Catholics. But some
where, somehow, something
happened in this young moth
er’s life which impressed her
with the Catholic Church, and
she decided to raise her four
little girls as Catholics.
“Who knows how far the
Hand of God may have reach
ed out in leading another
sheep to His Fold through the
Christ-like work of these
young men and women?”
Mr. Bill Burgess, program
chairman, introduced the guest
speaker, Capt. Boy Foy of the
1370th Photo Mapping Wing,
who gave an informative talk
and presented slides to accom-
p a n y his explanation of
work accomplished by the six
squadrons in this “Wing.”
The program scheduled for
February will be by Mrs.
Hirsch, explaining the work of
the Junior Museum.
Refreshments were served
after the meeting by the third
grade room mothers.
St. James
Home & School
Association
SAVANNAH — The Janu
ary meeting of the St. James
Home and School Association
was held January 22 in the
parish hall. Mr. Jack Ahern,
persident, presiding. The meet
ing was opened with a prayer
led by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John
D. Toomey.
Mr. Ahern reported that Sis
ter Corneille, R.S.M. of St.
Joseph’s Hospital has extend
ed an invitation to the Associ
ation to attend a special meet
ing Monday, February 12, at
8 p. m. in Madonna Hall at St.
Joseph’s. All members desiring
transportation by bus should
be at St. James by 7:30 p. m.
Mrs. Robert T. Rue, Ways
and Means chairman, reported
that the doughnut sale had
netted a profit of $41.50.
Mrs. John F. Buttimer, Lib
rary chairman, reported that
all of the new library books
had been catalogued.
It was announced that Fr.
John Cuddy, Diocesan School
Superintendent, will speak at
the February meeting. The
February meeting will be the
annual Fathers’ Night meet
ing.
Mother Marie Elizabeth,
I.H.M., principal, sent mes
sages to the Association an
nouncing that the Science
Reading Library will soon ar
rive. A representative from
the Company from which this
was purchased will come to
St. James to instruct the teach
ers in the use of this library.
Mrs. John B. Tison was
elected president-elect.
A film entitled “Focus” was
shown to the members. A
lively discussion followed.
FEBRUARY IS THE Month of Our Lady of Lourdes. This Grotto, built by men of
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Port Wentworth, on U. S. Highway 17, reminds passersby
of Mary’s call to prayer and penance, made at Lourdes, / _ __ ^
Savannah Deanery Women Hear
Talk By Bishop McDonough
St. Teresa’s P.T.A. Requests
Additional Safety Measures
