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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, April 28, 1962
SAVANNAH - On" April 8, the
Savannah Diocesean Council of
Catholic Women (MRS. EUGENE
FITZPATRICK, president) in
cooperation with the St. Mary's
Home Guild (MRS. ANTHONY
PURDY, president) sponsored a
tour in the city of Savannah.
One hundred and ten ladies in
26 cars motored to the various
Catholic installations. A Con
tinental Breakfast was served
at the Cathedral Day School,
lunch at the Steak House, and
an afternoon tea at St. Mary’s
Home. MISS PAULINE PEUF-.
FIER, president of the Augusta
Deanery and MRS. EDWIN
MULLIGAN, president of the
Diocesean Council of Catholic
Women, were present. Twenty-
three guests from Walterboro,
South Carolina, also made the
tour. Sr. Marie Gilbert of the
Maryknoll Sisters was among
them. MISS JOHANNA DALY
was elected as new president of
the St. Mary's Home Guild.
Other officers elected were
MRS. JOHN M. BRENNAN, vice
president; MRS. CLEUSE Mc-
ELVEEN, Secretary; and MRS.
WALTER CRAWFORD, treas
urer. SR. MARY CHRISTINE,
R;S.M., is superior of the St.
Mary’s Home for Girls.
SAVANNAH - On April 8, the
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF
ST. VINCENT’S ACADEMY
attended Mass and received
Holy Communion in a
body at the 9 o’clock Mass on
Sunday at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist. A breakfast
and meeting followed in the
Academy. MRS. ARTHUR
KEARNEY, president, pre
sided.
SAVANNAH-His Excellency,
MOST REVEREND THOMAS J.
MCDONOUGH, D.D., celebrated
the 9 o'clock Mass on Sunday,
April 8th at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist. Attending
the Mass were members and
guests of the Savannah Dio
cesean Council of Catholic
Women, members of St. Mary’s
Home Guild, and alumnae and
friends of St. Vincent’s
Academy.
AMERICUS - ST. MARY’S
ALTAR SOCIETY under the
presidency of MRS. JESSE WIL
LIAMS, met on April 5. Final
plans were made for an Ice
Cream social to be held May
26. The social will be held
on the Church lawn. The price:
25 cents. Cakes will be baked
by the ladies of the parish.
Named as heads of committees
were: JOHN WHITE, tickets,
MRS. AL ABBOTT, publicity,
MRS. JESSE WILLIAMS, serv
ing. Also on the agenda: names
and addresses of new parish
ioners were given. Members of
the Society were asked to call
on and welcome these persons.
Plans for the First Holy Com
munion Breakfast and selection
of a nominating committee will
be made at the May meeting.
Sister James
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of the Nuns’ Choir, where she
prostrated in the form of a
cross symbolizing her total of
fering to God. His Excellency
intoned the Veni Creator Spiri
ts which was continued by the
Nuns. Prayers were then
offered for God’s blessing on
the newly-clothed. Sister
James rose from the prostra
tion and embraced each of the
Nuns. The Community then left
the Choir chanting a joyous
psalm.
Father Christophen, O. S. B.
delivered the sermon. In part
Father said, “that the young
lady who was to receive the
Holy Habit of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, implied that she wish
ed to sever all ties with the
world and to give her whole
love to God in the Cloistered
Contemplative life, foregoing
her right to her own family and
all human ties.”
He continued, “few people,
even among the best instructed
Catholics, understand such a
motive - such a life. A married
woman, a Mother, on a rainy
day when the children are run
ning in the house and being very
noisy, may sigh and say “I
wish I were a Contemplative”
but this is a fleeting desire,
seeking Eutopian peace and
quiet. Or, one disappointed in
human love may think it the
thing to do to run off to the
Convent and cut all bonds with
the world. But it is not so,
the true vocation comes from
God and must be followed with
resolute will. It must be fol
lowed with love. God wants to
be loved with emotion and deep
feeling - that is, with true hu
man love, with generosity ready
to sacrifice all human sa
tisfaction As for the Con
templative Nuns, so for each
one living in the world, it is
love for God - our own perso
nal love for Him, which is the
source of peace and happiness
in our lives.”
The ceremony being ovej
Sister James was visited in the
Speak Room by His Excellency,
Promises
Renewed By
Legionaries
COLUMBUS-The C o 1 u mb us
Curia of the Legion of Mary met
at St. Benedict the Moor Catho
lic Church for its first annual
Acies function recently.
Officers and members from
all the local parishes were
present for the occasion.
The Legion of Mary Praesi-
dia of this area were formerly
affiliated with the Savannah
Curia. Last year through the
untiring efforts of Fr. Dowling
of Our Lady of Lourdes parish
a local Curia was formed. Fr.
Dowling has two Praesidia: Our
Lady of Lourdes, for the men
and the Immaculate Conception
for the women. Holy Family
church was represented by Our
Lady of Good Counsel Praese-
dium. Our Lady of Charity
Praesidium o f St. Benedict’s
parish was formerly affiliated
with the Legion at Mother Mary
Mission in Alabama.
One of the main purposes of
the Acies is to make a public
and solemn declaration of feal
ty to Mary, the Queen of the
Legion and this is done both
individually and collectively in
a beautiful ceremony compri
sing hymns, Legion prayers, a
Archbishop
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influence as your conclusions
clearly indicate,” he said.
The prelate emphasized
that the Bishops of the coun
try “have no desire to im
pose their will arbitrarily on
our Catholic people or on
the public generally.”
Archbishop Shehan raised
the question whether an aid
program that ruled out as
sistance to private schools
was immoral and discrimina
tory.
“If there is to be Federal
aid to education,” he said,
“there is a serious question
that involves justice and
hence has a moral aspect —
a question whether Federal
aid which denies assistance
to private schools or relief
to parents who exercise their
constitutional right to send
their children to them, is not
discriminatory and, ultimate
ly, immoral.”
He said previous aid to
education bills have been
opposed by the Bishops of the
country on those grounds.
On parochial education in
Baltimore, Archbishop She
han said he desired that ev
ery parish have its own
school and that “provision
should be made for the ele
mentary education of all our
children.”
He added, however: “My
main interest and concern
will be the development of
our high schools.”
“I promise you,” he said,
“I shall not rest until we
have reached our goal of the
maximum number of high
schools for which our Cath
olic people are able and will
ing to provide the necessary
funds, and for which we are
able to provide the necessary
staffs.”
SPANISH STAMPS
MADRID (NC) — Spain
will issue a series of 15 new
postage stamps, each depict
ing one of the 15 mysteries
of the Rosary.
Government officials con
ceived this series after view
ing films on the mysteries of
the Rosary made in Spain by
Father Patrick Peyton,
C.S.C., Irish-born Holy Cross
priest who has devoted his
life to the spread of the Fam
ily Rosary.
Each of the stamps will
bear a celebrated painting by
a Spanish master or a pic
ture created for the series.
Spanish stamps have long
featured Catholic subjects
such as Christ, the Blessed
Virgin, saints, shrines and ca
thedrals, to emphasize the
nation’s religious heritage
both to those at home and
abroad.
Priests, family, relatives and
friends of the Monastery, as
suring each of a share in her
life of prayer hidden with Christ
in God.
Plan every move-keep your
thinking a day ahead of your
work.
LEGIONARIES renewing their promise at
annual Acies at St. Benedict’s Church, Columbus.
the
procession and consecration,
an address by a priest on Legion
work and Benediction. A lunch
eon follows these functions.
The Legion of Mary has a
two-fold purpose: to sanctify
its members through prayer
and the weekly attendance at
the meeting, and then the sal
vation of all other souls that
can be brought under its in-
PCCW Hears
FR. Toner
DUBLIN - The April meet
ing of the Immaculate Concep
tion Parish Council of Catholic
Women was held in the Cath
olic Center with Miss Louise
Ludwig presiding. Thirteen
members and Father Rapheal
Toner and Father Bateman were
present.
There was no official cere
mony in connection with the
annual meeting, as the incom-
bunt slate of officers was u-
nanimously re elected, with
Miss Louise Ludwig to serve
again as president, Mrs. Thom
as Kellamas, vice-president,
Mrs. Hugh Craig, secretary,
and Mrs. George McCullars,
Jr., as treasurer.
The President received an
nual reports from committee
chairmen, who were warmly
fluence. The Legionaries en
gage in various apostolic works
under the direction of the pas
tor such as recruiting new
members and reclaiming fallen
aways, the d i s t r i b ut i on of
literature, the visitation of the
sick at home and in the hospi
tal and the taking up of the
parish census. It is a great
spiritual asset to any parish.
congratulated for their endeav
ors by Miss Ludwig and the
pastors.
Father Toner gave a short
and well-received talk on
“Catholic Action”, after which
the President introduced Mrs.
Hugh Craig, who gave a paper
on a timely subject in relation
to the Eccumenical Council
called by our Holy Father - the
paper was titled, "Who Are the
Maronites?”
Panel Discussion
AUGUSTA - Under the di
rection of Mrs. William G.
Bush, a panel discussion on a
retreat at Ignatius House, At
lanta, was presented as the
program at the April morning
meeting of St. Mary’s Ladies
Auxiliary.
Panel members were Mrs.
Eugene Holley, Mrs. Lee Eth-
eredge Jr., Mrs. Charles Mul-
herin and Mrs. William Bar
rett.
Catholic
Women Hear
Mrs. Cliett
SAVANNAH - The April
meeting of the Catholic Wo
man's Club was held on the
10th with Mrs. Peg Cliett, Nu
tritionist for the Chatham
County Health Department
speaking on “Food Fadists at
Work”; a film was also shown
entitled “The Medicine Man”.
A Spiritual Bouquet and fe
licitations were sent to Most
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, on
the occasion of his anniversary
as Bishop of the Savannah Dio
cese.
Miss Margaret Collins,
chairman of Mamie Kelly ed
ucation funds, announced that
plans were completed for the
annual fashion show and tea
which will be held Saturday,
May 12th, at the Manger Hotel.
Mrs. M. B. Maynard, Jr. will
serve as co-chairman and fash
ion co-ordinator.
Mrs. A. J. Schano urged all
members to attend the annual
corporate Communion Sunday,
April 29th, at the Blessed Sa
crament Church at 8 a.m. A
continental breakfast will be
served by Mrs. Wm. P. Sch
neider and her committee.
Mrs. George Ebberwein,
Miss Margaret Collins and
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly were
named delegates for the Dio
cesan Convention to be held in
Augusta May 5th and 6th.
The Rev. Andrew Doris, O.
S. B. explained the various
ceremonies of each day of Holy
Week through Easter Sunday.
Brunswick
Altar & Rosary
Society
BRUNSWICK - The Altar and
Rosary Society of St. Francis
Xavier Church met on April 11th
in the school anditorium. The
meeting was opened with the
recitation of a decade of the
HOLY FAMILY FIRST COMMUNION — On Sunday, April 1, the First
Holy Communion class of Holy Family Parish in Columbus received Our Blessed
Lord for the first time. The class is shown with the pastor of Holy Family Parish,
Rev. Arthur A. Weltzer. Front row, 1. to r., Lennox Federal, Marian Federal,
David Mitsopoulos, Patricia Leuze, Katherine Chisolm, Jose’ Robles, Christian
Hawthorne, David Hawthorne. Second row: Catherine Fulton, James Streacker,
Christina Mitsopoulos, Nancy Burnham. Thomas Emerick, Susan Kavanaugh.
—(Nechtman Studio)
U. S. Aid To Public Schools Only
Would Violate Religious Freedom,
Equality, Legislator Tells House
WASHINGTON, (NC)—An ad
vocate of U.S. aid to all schools
argued in the House of Repre
sentatives here that if Federal
assistance “is limited to pub
lic schools only, the principle
of equality will be violated and
the principle of religious free
dom will be trampled.”
Rep. Alfred E. Santangelo
of New York, a lawyer and
former Assistant District At
torney in New York City, said
(April 17) opponents of aid to
private schools base their ob
jections on the first amend
ment of the Constitution which
provides “Congress shall make
no law respecting an establish
ment of religion.”
The use of this article to
Rosary for world peace.
Miss Mary Parker presided,justify discrimination against
over the business meeting and
announced that the Exchange
Club of Brunswick upon read
ing of the Altar Society’s in
terest in making cancer pads
for Our Lady of Pepetual Help
Cancer Home, had decided to
undertake making cancer pads
as one of their projects.
Mrs. John M. Carter, Jr. an
nounced the following altar
appointments: Mrs. Paul Mul
len and Mrs. Ruth Blodgett,
April 28th; Mrs. R. L. Peck
and Miss Marie Hermida, May
5th; and Mrs. G. E. Gardner,
May 12th.
It was announced that Mrs.
Peter Vivenzio and Mrs. M.
parochial schools is distortion,
complete disregard of history
and unwarrantedly narrow in
terpretation of language,” San
tangelo said.
The Constitution clearly
states the Government shall
pass no law respecting an es
tablishment of religion or the
free exercise thereof, Santan
gelo said.
“This constitutes a clear
prohibition gainst a state
church and a clear assurance
of religious freedon,” the legis
lator said. “But is it in line
with this time-honored and
dearly bought principle to so
destroy one of its principal
E. Lenz would be delegates to'beliefs—parochial education?
the Diocesan Convention to be
held in Augusta at the Richmond
Hotel on May 5th and 6th.
A group of ladies headed by
Mrs. Carmen Fernandes met
to make arrangements in pre
paration for the Altar of Repose
for Holy Thursday Mass and
Solemn Procession.
Serving of refreshments will
be resumed at the May meeting
and hostesses appointed were:
Mrs. Moreira and Mrs. High
tower.
Santangelo told the House:
“I support vigorously a Fed
eral aid to education program
that provides assistance to pri
vate and church-related schools
as well as to public.
“To listen to the outraged
cries of those who oppose aid
to parochial schools, one would
think this is an entirely new
problem—one that had never
been even thought of before,
let alone been implemented,”
he continued.
First Communion At St James
THE RIGHT REV. MSGR. JOHN D. TOOMEY. pastor of St. James Church, Savanah, is shown above with 105
boys and girls who received their First Holy Communion on April 1st in the Parish’s largest First Communion
Class.—(Carroll Burke Photos)
There now are “better than
50 educational programs which
provide assistance to public and
private education and church
related institutions,” Santan
gelo emphasized. He said
these programs are provided
in legislation for the National
Defense Education Act, the Vet
erans’ Administration, the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency, Vocational Rehabilita
tion, the Social Security Admin
istration, the Atomic Energy
Commission, the National
Science Foundation, the State,
Agriculture and Defense De
partments and the Space
Administration.
Santangelo read into the re
cord a synopsis of a study by
the Legal Department, National
Catholic Welfare Conference,
issued last December. He said
the study “completely dissect
ed the legal aspects of this
problem” and “proved that aid
to Catholic education was not
only constitutional but logical.”
Santangelo called attention of
his fellow lawmakers to a b ill
(HR 9887) which he introduced
in January to “provide an equit
able solution to this problem.”
He explained his bill would
authorize a two-year program
to cost an estimated,
$1,764,000,000 “for equal ed
ucational opportunities for
every American child" in ele
mentary and secondary schools.
“My bill authorizes an an
nual grant for financial assis
tance for each child attending
school, whether public or pri
vate,” Santangelo detailed.
“For children attanding public
schools, grants would be issu
ed to the local school agency
of the political subdivision in
which the school is lacated.
In the case of a private school
child, the grant would go to
a parent or legal guardian and
would be honored by payment
only when endorsed by the pay
ee of the school of the pupil’s
attendance and then endorsed
by an authorized officer of that
same institution.”
“With every day that passes
without a constructive solution,
we chip away another section
of the foundations of education,”
the New Yorker said. ‘With
every day we permit schools
to be on half sessions, class
rooms to be crowded, build
ings to deteriorate, we endan
ger that much more the pres
ervation of our way of life.
With every slogan such as ‘sep
aration of Church and State,’
that is used to further delay
educational progress, we lose
another skirmish in the cold
war.”
Santangelo said the world bat
tle today will be won by ed
ucation. He added: “The
victor will be the ideolgy that
can perpetuate itself—and com
municate its messages to the
world. To do this we must
step up our drive to assure
educational excellence. We
must stop this bickering over
an issue that has no basis. We
must have an effective program
to aid education that does not
discriminate against private
and church-related schools.”
Vatican Council
Neward, N J - A plan to
provide ministers and rabbis
with accurate information about
the Second Vatican Council
opening October 11 has been
launched here by the Pope Pius
XII Institute of Social Education.
The Advocate, newspaper of
the Newark Archdiocese, is co
operating in the project by mak
ing reduced-rate subscriptions
available.
Cathedral
Home & School
SAVANNAH - Rev. Kevin Bol-
land, Asst. Rector of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist and
native of Ireland was the guest
speaker at the meeting of the
Cathedral Home and School
Association. Father Bolland
gave a most interesting ac
counting of life in his native
land, pointing out that their re
ligion is the most important
thing in the life of the Irish.
Sister Mary Marguerite’s 3rd
grade students presented a pro
gram on the cultural side with
the story of Red Riding Hood
being done entirely in French.
This class also won the atten
dance prize.
Rev. Herbert Wellmeier pre
sented the prize to Chris
Schreck, student at the Cathe
dral Day School, who was one
of the winners in the essay con
test “How to Win Friends for
Christ” sponsored by the
Savannah Deanery.
MISS MEYERS
Fellowship
Winner Selects
Georgetown
SAVANNAH - Miss Ahh
Marie Meyers, senior in Rose-
mont College, Pa. is the win
ner of a Woodrow Wilson Fel
lowship for study in the :ield
of natural sciences. Compet
ing for the fellowships were
9,975 students from 965 col
leges and universities in Unit
ed States and Canada. The
award is especially significant
since the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation primarily supports
candidates in the humanities
and social sciences and only
considers the natural sciences
in “exceptional cases.”
Ann Marie, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Meyers,
Jasmire Ave., ranked first in
the graduating class of 1958
from St. Pius X High School,
Savannah, entered Rosemont
College in the Fall of that
year and during the four years
college has achieved high
honors.
She is a Dean’s List student,
two-years member of the Kist-
ler Honor Society, a member
of the Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities,
President of the Spiritual Coun
cil, member of the President’s
Lecture Series, Treasurer
Secretary of the Chemistry,
Club, three years an assistant
in the Chemistry Department.
She is also a member of the
Varsity Badminton team and an
accomplished musician.
She has already made plans
to pursue graduate studies in
Georgetown University, Wash
ington, D. C.
Ann Marie’s father is Dean
of Savannah State College.
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