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DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Vol 42, No.20 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1962 — r Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties ! Cat-holic Laymen's Published By The Ass'n of Georgia S— 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year Crime Expert—A Priest—To Advise On TV Series; Hits American Use Of Prisons By Owen Coyle (N.C.W.C. News Service) PEORIA, Ill.—A crime ex pert and confident of criminals —a priest—will backdrop Hol lywood in its production of a new television series. The expert is Father Dismas Clark, S.J., a slight, sandy- haired priest with a nervous laugh who views with tolerant amusement the filmed version of crime. “I never saw a TV show where they knew how to do a stick-up. And they still use nitro out there (Hollywood) to blow a safe,” he said in mild disbelief. “Why, nitro hasn’t been used since electricity came in. Knock off the dial and drill. There’s a new gadget out now, fits over the door. Just pry it off.” The television show, he told a Peoria Te Deum audience (Feb. 12), will be entitled “Miracle on Cole Street.” It is an NBC production scheduled to start next fall. Cole Street is the St. Louis address of Dismus House, the rehabilitation center for ex convicts founded by Father Clark. Dismas House and Father Clark’s work were the subject of a movie called “The Hood lum Priest.” The title bothered some people. But for the mon ey Dismas House received, Father Clark said, they could call him anything. He said some 1,700 men had stayed at Dismas House. Only five have gone back to prison. The other side of the picture he called a national horror. Of every ten men released from prison, eight return, generally for a bigger crime. “We have 187 of every 100,- 000 people in jail,” he said. “England, which has only one crime punishable by death— killing a policeman—has 60 of every 100,000 in jail. Their longest jail term is 11 years. Our prison population is going up five times faster than the national population.” And our prison system be gins to warp a man’s mind after about a year, he con tinued. “There isn’t a judge, warden, or criminal lawyer who doesn’t agree with me. Ross Randolph (warden at Menard, Ill., state prison) is a wonderful man. But he’s stuck with this stupid system. Right under his eyes he sees men destroyed.” Father Clark said it cost Illi nois $2,000 a year to keep a Diocesan Women Visit Legislature SAVANNAH — Recently a group* of women repre senting the Savannah Dio cesan Council of Catholic Wo men, which comprises 88 coun ties in the southern part of Georgia, visited the State Sen ate and House of Representa tives, their purpose being to familiarize Catholic women with the legislative procedure. They were graciously receiv ed by Senator M. Grayson of Savannah, who acknowledged their presence and introduced the following Resolution on the floor. “WHEREAS, the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women is composed of ladies from eighty-eight counties in South Georgia; and WHEREAS, the Committee on Legislation for the Savan nah Diocesan Council of Cath olic Women has adopted as its objective the proposition that “every Catholic woman be bet ter informed and interested in legislation and good govern ment”; and WHEREAS, they have ex pressed a desire to attend as visitors the session of the State Senate. THEREFORE, BE IT RE SOLVED by the Georgia State Senate that they be cordially invited to attend and that suit able seating space be provided for them in the State Gallery and let their presence be ac knowledged and welcomed during the legislative session of that day. Senate Resolution 119. Read and adopted in Senate January 24, 1962. Signed: GARLAND T. BYRD President of the Senate Signed: GEORGE D. STEWART Secretary of the Senate. The group was headed by Mrs. John E. Buckley, chair man of the Diocesan Legisla tion Committee. Other officers attending were: Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, president of the Council; Mrs. L. E. Mock, Al bany; Mrs. Ernest Dinkins, Au gusta; Mrs, Robert Connor, Columbus, Mrs. Laurence J. Dwyer, Thunderbolt and Mrs. E. J. Deaey, Savannah. These officers and the other mem bers attending will disseminate the information obtained to the Deanery and Parish Coun cils. While in Atlanta the group visited Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home with Mrs. R. E. Stradtman, Dioces an Chairman of Committee on Catholic Charities. man locked up. By comparison, supervision and parole costs per man are $135 a year and only two per cent of the pa rolees return to prison. In St. Louis, he said, the crime rate dropped, in counter- distinction to every other city. “The American people love to be stupid. In St. Louis they defeated a school bond issue. But they’re building a new prison,” he said. “People are always trying (Continued on Page 3) CAPT. KASTIGAR Hew Catholic Chaplain For Robins AFB ROBINS AFB — The new Catholic Chaplain for Robins AFB, is Captain John J. Kastigar. Father Kastigar, whose home is Berwyn, Ill., entered the United States Air Force in October 1961, from the Diocese of Chicago. Assigned to the 2853rd Air Base Wing at the Middle Geor gia installation, he will admin ister the spiritual needs of the Catholic parish at Robins AFB. C a p t. Kastigar succeeds Capt. John J. Flattery who has been assigned to Air Force duty in Morocco. Book Reviews 7 Question Box 4 Obituaries 6 Marriages 6 School Aid Debate 5 Doris Answers Youth 4 Orthodox Prelate Speaks On Ecumenical Council 3 Says Catholics Should Quit Birch Society CLEVELAND, (NC) — Cath olics who belong to the John Birch Society should get out of it and start reading His Holiness Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Mater et Magistra instead of the Birch “Blue Book.” This advice was offered by Msgr. Francis W. Carney, president of the National Cath olic Adult Education Commis sion, who said the Birch So ciety, by its principles and practices, “stands in open op position to Catholic social principles.” Msgr. Carney, director of the Institute of Social Education at St. John College here, said: “The philosophy of govern ment which the society espous es, viewing government as a necessary evil, is wholly an tagonistic to Catholic social philosophy. “In principles, Mr. Robert Welch would find himself in conflict with every major rec ommendation of Pope John XXIII in Mater et Magistra.” Msgr. Carney made his de nunciation of the controversial right-wing group after hearing Welch, its president and found er, speak here at the City Club. The society, Msgr. Carney said, returns to the rugged individ ualism and economic liberal ism condemned by both Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI. Welch said at the meeting that he “guessed” that Cath olics make up 40 per cent of the society’s membership. Msgr. Carney said the esti mate is indicative of “an ap x palling ignorance of many Catholics of the social teach ing of the Catholic Church.” He said that “in practice, the recommendations and program of the society for the defeat of communism are inconsistent with the recommendations of the social encyclicals of the popes since 1891. ” Msgr. Carney said of Welch: “His loose use of. words, his general indictments of persons and organizations, his immod erate and irresponsible lan guage do not equip him to lead a 20th century crusade against communism. “What is not kind is not Christian,” Msgr. Carney said. “The John Birch Society is not kind.” Msgr. Carney urged that Catholic parish groups be con spicuous with study clubs de voted to the study of the en cyclical rather than with indi viduals who are promoting the ideals and aims of the John Birch Society. He pointed out that Pope John twice has appealed for more teaching of his encyclical since it was published last July. Stars To Fete Father Peyton HOLLYWOOD, Calif., (NC) —Twenty years ago Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., came here and knocked on many doors for help for his Family Rosary Crusade. People opened their doors— and as Father Peyton would put it, “Our Lady opened their hearts.” The result was “Fam ily Theater” headlining the biggest names in the entertain ment industry. Now with no one having to knock, Hollywood began its second great response to Fath er Peyton. It began with a luncheon at the Beverly Wil- shire on a rainy afternoon. But the mist didn’t dull the glitter. Present were most of the 32 stars who first responded to Father Peyton, plus many more. Father Peyton himself? He was in the Philippines preaching the Family Rosary. Luncheon hostesses were Irene Dunne, Louella Parsons and Loretta Young. Each de scribed her own first meeting with Father Peyton and then told of Hollywood’s plan for a 20th anniversary response to his appeal to Hollywood for help. It will be an all-star produc tion titled “A Testimonial Din ner for Father Patrick Pey ton,” Tuesday, May 15, in the Beverly Hilton’s International Room, DIOCESAN WOMEN VISIT STATE SENATE AND HOUSE—L. to r., Miss Mar garet Collins, Miss Laurence J. Dwyer; Senator Spence M. Grayson; Mrs. J. Edwin Mul ligan President Diocesan Council; Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd; Mrs. John E. Buckley, Mis, ATLANTA NAMED ARCHDIOCESE Holy See C reates New Province In The South Move Affects Six Dioceses WASHINGTON—His Holiness Pope John XXIII has established the new ecclesiastical Province of At lanta elevating the Diocese of Atlanta to the rank of an archdiocese. The newly created Province has Atlanta as the Metropolitan See and the Dioceses of Charleston, Miami, Raleigh, St. Augustine and Savannah as suffragan Sees. THE MOST REVEREND PAUL J. HALLINAN Archbishop-Elect of New Province lost Rev. Paul J. Hallinan Becomes First Metropolitan WASHINGTON—The Most Rev. Paul J. Hallinan, Bishop of Charleston, has been named Archbishop of the newly erected Archdiocese of Atlanta. The appoint ment made by His Holiness Pope John XXIII was an nounced here by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Dplpcratp in the United States. A native of Painesville, Ohio, the Archbishop-elect is the son of Clarence D. and Rose Jan (Laracy) Hallinan, both of whom are deceased. He took the degree of Bachelor-of Arts 1 INSTALLATION MARCH 29TH Installation ceremonies I for the new Archbishop of Atlanta are scheduled for ' March 29th in the Cathe dral of Christ-lhe-King. || | Archbishop-elect Hallinan will be installed by Arch- : | bishop Egidio Vagnozzi, I Apostolic Delegate in the If United States. at the University of Notre Dame in 1932 and completed his studies for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary, Cleve land. He was ordained at St. John’s Cathedral, Cleveland, on February 20, 1937, by Arch bishop Joseph Schrembs, then Bishop of Cleveland. Bishop Hallinan made grad uate studies at John Carroll University, Cleveland from 1951 to 1953 earning the Mas ter of Arts degree in Ameri can History. He pursued furth er studies in American History at Western Reserve University from 1953 to 1958. He is cur rently working for a Ph. D. in American History. The Archbishop-elect was an assistant pastor in St. Aloysius parish, Cleveland, from 1937 to 1942; a U. S. Chaplain from 1942 to 1945, serving with the Engineers in the South Pacif ic, and an assistant at St. John’s Cathedral, Cleveland, from December 1945 to Decem ber 1947. He was part-time Newman Club director for the Diocese of Cleveland in 1946 and 1947, and served as direc tor from 1947 until his ap pointment as ordinary of the See of Charleston. He also served part-time on the facul ty of Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio from 1946 to 1956, and the faculty of St. John College of Cleveland (Evening Division) in 1947 and 1952. During his service as a chap lain in the United States Army, Bishop Hallinan attain ed the rank of Captain and was assigned to the 542nd En gineer Amphibian Regiment for three years and saw serv ice in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines. He re ceived the Purple Heart at Biak, New Guinea in June of 1944. Bishop Hallinan has long been active in the Newman Club movement on the secular college campus. In addition to his work with the 1 Newman Clubs of the Diocese of Cleve land, he also served as Nation al Chaplain of the National Newman Club Federation 1952- 54; a member of the Advisory Board and Newman Honor So ciety 1954-58. Archbishop-elect Hallinan was consecrated in Cleveland by the Apostolic Delegate, and then Archbishop, Amleto Gio- Vanni Cardinal Cicognani, Oc tober 28, 1958 and was install ed as Bishop of Charlestotn by the late Most Reverend Fran cis P. Keough, Archbishop of Baltimore on November 25, 1958 in the Cathedral of St. John, Charleston. Certificates For Eighty-six SAGINAW, Mich., (NC) — Eighty-six men and women, the first class of lay catechists to be graduated in this diocese under a program sponsored by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, received their cer tificates from Bishop Stephen S. Woznicki of Saginaw in a ceremony at St. Paul Seminary (Feb. 25). This division leaves the Pro vince of Baltimore with suf fragans at Richmond, Wheel ing and Wilmington. In a formal statement Arch bishop-elect Hallinan praised the “dynamic leadership” of the Bishops in the newly cre ated Province of Atlanta call ing attention to the fact that “the Church in these four states has increased in spiritu al vigor, numbers and pres tige. Our lay people, who num bered only 200,000 10 years ago, now comprise a Catholic pop ulation of 638,000. They have worked closely with our priests and sisters, as the Kingdom of Christ has extended its boun daries into towns and coun ties where the Church was un known before. ... “I am deeply grateful for the confidence placed in me by our Holy Father, Pope John XXIII, and his delegate in the United States, Archbishop Egi dio Vagnozzi. This trust, as every Catholic is aware, is rooted not in a person, but in the apostolic office of the bishop. A Catholic bishop has meaning only in terms of his unity with the chief bishop, the Pope as bishop of Rome; and in terms of his service to his priests and people. “With the announcement of the new province, it is fitting for the daughter to express the gratitude of a century to the venerable mother-province of Baltimore, and its disting uished metropolitan, Archbish op Lawrence J. Shehan. Since the birth of our nation, Cath olicism in the Carolinas, Geor gia and Florida, has been part and parcel of the rich Catholic tradition, of Baltimore, and so Our spiritual ancestors include prelates like the pioneer, Arch bishop John Carroll, and the great American churchman, James Cardinal Gibbons. As we shared in this historic past, may we share also in the en couraging future.” The creation of Atlanta as a metropolitan See is one of the State of Georgia’s many Cath olic firsts. Georgia was the first state in the Southeast to have two entire Sees within its borders. It was the first state in the The following congraiu- j I laiory wire was dispatched || || lo Archbishop Hallinan by §§ Bishop Thomas J. McDon- §| ough, bishop of Savannah; : "Fervent congratulations §| II upon high honor conferred || upon you by our Sov- : ereign Pontiff in nominal- . y ing you Archbishop of Ai- || iania. You may be assured || that as one of your suf- || fragans. you will have my | fullest cooperation and ' loyally . . thirteen original colonies to be blessed with the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It was probably the first in the original colonies to have its soil consecrated by the blood of a Martyr, Father Martinez. It was the first in the South east and the second in the nation to have a Bishop (Bish op Ignatius Persico) who be came a Cardinal. It is the first in the Southeast and second in the nation to have its bishop (Archbishop O’Hara) serve the Holy See as a Nuncio and Apostolic Delegate to a foreign government. It is probable that Mass was offered in Georgia in the early part of the 16th century by priests with Spanish expedi tions which cruised along the coast of the Southeast. It is certain Mass was celebrated by Priests with De Soto’s ex pedition which traversed the state in 1540. For a period of more than a (Continued on Page 3) RALEIGH ATLANTA CHARLESTON. SAVANNAH ST AUGUSTINE< MIAMI PICTURED ABOVE is the area comprising the Metro politan See of Atlanta. It includes the Dioceses of Raleigh, Charleston, Savannah, Miami, and St. Augustine.