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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1962
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Pace/li High Graduates First Class
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AT BRUNSWICK
DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Pacelli High School, Columbus, held its first Commence
ment Exercises on May 26th. Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
delivered the commencement address and presented diplo
mas to the following:
Philip Huie Batastini, Bonita Louise Boyle, Rosemary
Brennan, Barbara Marie Brown, Michael Anistia Bruni
III, Edward Joseph Cleary, Jr., Doris Jean Collins, Donald
Erwin Cowan, Jr., Leonard Thomas Dill, Wills Joseph
Doucet Jr., Philip Floyd Dye, Jerry Elizabeth Fields,
Mariquita deLacy Freeman, Carol Ann Hester, John Wil
liam Jackson Jr.
Cecelia Jane Lampp, Margaret Sanders Land, Patricia
Sue Leonard, Mary Michael Magner, Boniface Elizabeth
Male, James Lawrence Mullin, Michael Damien O’Byrne,
Mary Lee Quinn, Elizabeth Atlee Reynolds, Margaret Anne
Scott, Bernard Russell Simmons, Michael Angelo Spano,
Michael Thomas Sprague, Stephen Elmo Tekulve, John Al
bert Turner , Margaret Ann Turner, Dixie Lee Watson,
Rodger Houston Wein and Pal Allen Wright Jr. - (Ledger-
Enquirer Photo)
Exclude Private Grade, High Schools
Bill To Aid School Libraries
Would Include Private Colleges
WASHINGTON, (NC) - Pri
vate colleges would share in a
new Federal aid to education
proposal to spend $247.5 mil
lion for school libraries, but
private grade and high schools
are out of the bill.
The legislation (H.R. 11823)
was introduced in the House by
Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey of
West Virginia. It will be con
sidered by the General Sub
committee on Education which
Bailey heads.
It is thought unlikely that the
bill will reach the House floor
this session, although hearings
many start in July. The mea
sure may be incorporated into
a broad Federal aid to educa
tion program expected in the
1963 session.
The largest part of the five-
year program proposed in the
bill is assistance for establish
ing and maintaining libraries
in public grade and high schools.
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. THOS F. CLEARY
June 8, 1884
RT. REV. AUGUSTINE
VEROT, S.S., D.D.
Third Bishop Of Savannah
June 10, 1876
REV. BENJAMIN
B.K. DONAHOE
June 12, 1912
REV, H. DAVID
June 13, 1909
RT. REV. BENJAMIN
J. KEILEY, D.D.
Seventh Bishop Of Savannah
June 17, 1925
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants by their scaredotal
office, a share in the priesthood
of the Apostles, grant, ive im
plore, that they may also be one
of their company forever in
heaven. Through Gheist C)nr
JjOrd. Amen
About $150 million would be
spent to help buy books, re
model space for library quar
ters and set statewide,standards
for libraries. Each state would
be guaranteed a minimum of
$50,000 a year.
In addition, the bill would
spend $50 million to help col
leges purchase materials which
will be used primarily in con
nection with a program which
educates students to become
ministers of religion.
The legislation also proposes
spending $47.5 million for
short-term or regular session
institutes at colleges to im
prove the qualifications of li
brarians or persons preparing
for library work.
There are no limitations on
who might attend the special
training institutes. Each person
enrolled will get a stipend of
$75 for himself and $15 for
each dependent each week.
The bill is not confined to
school libraries. It also pro
poses spending $100 million
to help establish public
libraries or to expand them in
areas where they are found to
be inadequate.
Archbishop
Receives
Pallium
BALTIMORE, (NC) - Arch
bishop Lawrence J. Shehan of
Baltimore received the pallium,
symbol of his authority as a
metropolitan archbishop, in a
ceremony in the Cathedral of
Mary Our Queen.
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi,
Apostolic Delegate to the Uni
ted States, invested Archbishop
Shehan with the pallium dfter
thanksgiving (May 29).
Archbishop Shehan was hon
ored the same day at a dinner.
More than 20 archbishops and
bishops were among those att
ending.
SAVANNAH - The Thirty-
eight members of the 1962 grad
uating class of St. Vincent’s
Academy were honored at the
academy on the evening of the
28th of May, by the school’s
Alumnae Association.
On the program was the in
troduction of the graduates,
crowning of the statue of the
Blessed Virgin, and a musical
program presented by the grad
uates and under the direction of
Mrs. Joseph Schreck. Also for
the evening special tables were
reserved for theClasses of 1912
and 1937, the members of which
were observing their fiftieth and
twenty - fifth graduation anni
versaries.
Mrs. Fred Doyle welcomed
the graduates into the Alumae
Association, and her daughter,
Miss Marie Doyle, responded
for the Class of 1962.
Miss Clara McDonough,
Class of 1961, served as toast-
mistress.
Macon Students
Graduate At
St Bernard’s
MACON - Two Macon stu
dents, John Green and Anthony
Punaro, are members of the
last class of prep students tobe
graduated from St. Bernard’s
Preparatory School at Cullman,
Ala.
The School will be operated
in the future as a seminary.
The "final class” includes
seven lay students in addition
to the young seminarians who
will continue their studies with
the Benedictine Fathers.
RT. REV.
JOHN D. TOOMEY
had the James Rivers Motel as
headquarters.
Speaker at the annual con
vention banquet was Francis
J. Heazel, Supreme Treasurer
of the Knights of Columbus.
Council sessions were held
Saturday and Sunday at the
Knights of Columbus Hall with
Hugh H. Grady of Savannah
presiding.
Elected State Deputy, at the
meeting was Joseph Zwicknagel
of the Father Thomas O’Rielly
Council 4358, Decatur. Elected
to serve with the new State
Deputy are:
Secretary - Henry Gallman,
Bishop Gross Council 1019, Col
umbus; Treasurer - William
Mangan, Savannah Council 631;
Advocate - Bernard S.Dunstan,
Patrick Walsh Council 677;
warden - Peter O’Malley, Sac
red Heart Council 4371, Warner
Robins.
Elected alternate to the State
Deputy at the Supreme Council
Convention to be held in August
was Charles T. Chesser of
Augusta. W. T. Jordan of Atlanta
was named alternate to ‘the
Past State Deputy.
The state Council voted to
accept the invitation of the Ma
con Council to hold the 1963
convention in that city.
S.M., pastor of St. Francis Xavier, Brunswick, is pictured
blessing a boat as it passes the SOUTHERN CROWN.
and non-Catholics, as well as
members of St. Francis
Xavier.
To Restore
Interior Of
Cathedral
SAVANNAH - Interior mod
ernization of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist will get under
way during the last week in
June when the upper church is
closed to facilitate the $200,-
000 project.
Announcement of the program
was made by the Rt. Rev. T.
James McNamara, rector of the
Cathedral.
Included in the renovation will
be structural corrections in the
edifice, installation of modern
heating and air conditioning
systems, and a new lighting
system. Redecoration and reno
vation of the interior will be
by Adolph Frei & Sons, Inc.,
eccelesiastical artists.
Thomas-Driscoll-Hutton en
gineers and architects, will su
pervise the Cathedral improve
ments.
The project follows a $100,-
000 exterior remodeling, which
included the new plaza at the
entrance.
All services will be conduct
ed in the Lower Church.
BRUNSWICK - Shrimpers of
the area gathered here for the
annual blessing of the fleet.
With flags flying everywhere
some 50 boats of local shrimp
ers passed by the Southern
Crown vessel to be blessed
Rev. Paul Burkort, S. M.
;tor of St. Francis Xavier
Church. The boats then pro
ceeded down East River, sail
ing on to the Jekyll Island
Marina where a reception com
mittee awaited them and served
refreshments.
Along side of the Southern
Crown, which carried Father
Burkort and his assistants, was
anchored the Ferra Boys’
Shrimper. Aboard this vessel
were the Sisters of St. Joseph
and the St. Francis Xavier
School Choir. The ceremony
marks the opening of the
shrimping season which gets
underway in volume with the
warmer weather.
The Blessing of the Fleet
Ceremony began with a high
Mass at 10:30 A.M. and Solemn
Procession through the streets.
The statue of Our Lady of Fa
tima, adorned with flowers was
carried in the procession while
members of the school choir
sang appropriate hymns. Fa
ther Burkort then invited all in
attendance to join the pro
cession through the local park
and return to the church.
The colorful ceremonies an
nually attract many tourists
Plan Establishment Of
Bishop’s Council Of Men
Bishop McDonough
Visits Ireland
SAVANNAH - His Excellency the Most Rev. Thomas
J. McDonough, left Savannah for Ireland on Tuesday, May
29th. He will remain in Ireland through most of the month
of June, returning in about three weeks.
While in Ireland, he will be the guest of Bishop Cornelius
Lucey Bishop of Cork.
During his stay, Bishop McDonough will visit several
schools in the Cork area, seeking vocations to the priest
hood for the Diocese of Savannah. He will also visit
several seminaries.
Before his departure, Bishop McDonough indicated that
he would visit several seminarians, in various theological
schools, studying for this Diocese.
His Excellency is being accompanied by the Rev. Kevin
Boland, assistant rector of the Cathedral.
For Diocese
Rev. Timothy Ryan
To Be Ordained
SAVANNAH - On Sunday, June
17th, another young Irishman
will be ordained for thePreist-
hood in the Diocese of Savannah.
He is the Rev. Timothy Ryan
of Garnaconty, Tipperary, Ire
land. The son of William and
Winifred Ryan, he is the sixth
son in a family of ten boys.
Father Ryan received his pri
mary school education from the
Irish Christian Brothers at
their school in Tipperary,
REV. TIMOTHY RYAN
where he was a student from
1942 to 1950.
The Brothers were also his
mentors for two years of se
condary education at their
Abbey School in Tipperary.
In 1952 Father Ryan entered
the Cistercian College of Mount
Melleray, at Cappoquin, in Wex
ford County,, remaining there
until 1956.
In September, 1956 he began
his Seminary studies at All Hal
lows College in Dublin, where
he will be ordained.
Ordaining Prelate will be the
Right Reverend Joseph Houli
han, Bishop of Eldoret, who
will be conferring the Sacra
ment of Holy Orders for the
first time. He was consecra
ted in November 1962 by the
Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen,
auxiliary Bishop of New York.
Father Ryan will celebrate
his First Mass on Monday,
June 18th at St. Michael’s Par
ish Church in Tipperary, as
sisted by his cousin, the Rev.
Michael O’Dwyer.
The Most Reverend Thomas
J. McDonough, Bishop of Sa
vannah will be present at the
Trinity Sunday Ordination rites.
Father Ryan will arrive in
Savannah on September 1st. His
first appointment has not been
announced.
State Convention
Held At Albany
ALBANY-The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough revealed to
Knights of Columbus, assembled here in State Convention, plans to
establish a Bishop’s Council of Men in the Diocese of Savan
nah.
Bishop McDonough appealed "especially” to the Knights
for their cooperation - "Your organization has been a most
vocal instrument for the progress of the Catholic Church in
Georgia. Through your dedication, many worthwhile projects
have been inaugurated, and carreid out intelligently, touching
on every segment of Catholic life. You have voiced repeatedly
your unquestioned allegiance to the Holy Father, the Vicar
of Christ on earth. You have taken your place by the side of
your Bishops and priests in upholding the authenticity of our
faith . . . From your organization I shall therefore anticipate
the fullest cooperation in the Bishop’s Council of Men.”
The object of the new organ
ization will be to utalize the
talents of laymen in the devel
opment of the spiritual and so
cial life of the diocese and the
promoting and fostering of vo
cations to the Sacred Priest
hood.
His Excellency listed for the
Knights some of the functions
MOST REV.
thomas j. McDonough
which the layman can perform:
- "A well informed layman,
well versed in the Catholic
Faith and with a limited know
ledge of Theology, can be the
instrument of leading others
to the true faith.”
- "Catholic Laymen, in many
sections of our Diocese, where
we do not have sufficient priests
and no Sisters, can become
St. Vincent’s
Graduates
Honored
catechists and teach our chil
dren.”
- "Catholic men can become
identified with the Legion of
Mary and visit the sick; dis
seminate Catholic literature;
bring back lapsed Catholics to
the practice of the true faith.
We are our brothers’ keepers-
we must spread the faith of God
across the face of the earth.”
The idea of the Bishop’s
Council of Men was born last
Fall. At that time His Excel
lency and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John D. Toomey, who will be
Spiritual Moderator of the or
ganization, met with men from
the various Augusta parishes
This was the first of such meet
ings for each Deanery.
This Spring a similar meet
ing was held in Columbus. No
meeting has yet been held in
Savannah, but one is scheduled
for the end of the Summer.
No date has yet been set for
the formal beginning of che
Council, but it is expected that
the organization will be in oper
ation sometime this Fall. The
Council will be broken down in
to Deanery Branches.
Membership is being sought
from the various established
parish men’s groups such as the
Holy Name as well as from the
Serra Club and the Knights of
Columbus.
Representatives from the
state’s thirteen councils attend
ed the three day meeting which
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Forty-One Graduate At
Cathedral Day School
SAVANNAH - Forty-one stu
dents of the Cathedral Day
School eighth grade received
deplomas on May 30. Gradua
tion exercises were held in the
Chapel of Our Lady in the low
er Cathedral.
Following the distribution of
diplomas each graduate was
enrolled by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
T. James McNamara, Vicar
General and Rector of the
Cathedral, in the Miraculous
and Scapular Medals. An Act
of Consecration to the Blessed
Virgin was then recited by the
graduates.
Highest averages in the class
went to Marsha Flisnick, 98%;
Gilbert Stacy, 96%; and Bart
Traywick, 95%. Marsha Flis
nick was also awarded the Se
cond Prize in the Irish His
tory Contest sponsored recent
ly by the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians.
In a Diocesan Essay Con
test on Vocations to the Priest
hood, Mary Ann Muller, Grade
7, received first prize in the
7th division; Frances Owens,
Grade 4, placed second in the
4th division; Nancy Schreck,
Grade 3, received honorable
memtion in the 3rd division;
and Michael Rochefort, Grade
2, was given third prize in the
2nd division.
Special mention was given
to graduates: Sue Atterberry,
Michael Brady, Betty Ann Di-
Pietro, Mary Louise Muller,
Genevieve Pigman, Rosemary
Rochefort, and Therese Saun
ders for perfect attendance dur
ing the school year 1961-62.
The graduates are as follows:
Margaret Atterberry, Susan
Atterberry, Mary Ann Becker,
Michael Brady, Richard Brown,
Sharon Brown, Regina Chap
man, Stephen Conner, Susan
Crowder, Elizabeth Ann Di Pie
tro, Frederick Doyle, Theresa
Edgerly, Roger Elmore, Mar
sha Flisnick, Harold Grady,
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INDEX
MARRIAGES 5
RETREAT SCHEDULE ..... 7
BACKDROP 4
QUESTION BOX 4
PRIEST REPORTS
ON RUSSIA 6
OBITUARIES 6
LEGION RATINGS ... 7
BOOK REVIEWS 7
LOUISVILLE FIRST COMMUNION - Pictured above are
John Albert Caran and Sheryl Newberry, first children to
receive their First Holy Communion in the recently dedi
cated St. Joan of Arc Church. Priest is the Rev. Donald
Duffy, assistant pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption
Parish, Sylvania.