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Vol. 43, No. 2
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1962
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DEDICATION AT CAMILLA
Bishop McDonough addresses congregation at dedication.
Mr. John McGeary , benefactor of the Church, The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough
and Rev. Frederick Kirchner, O.F.M. are pictured in front of Church.
Dedicate
St. John’s
Camilla
CAMILLA - The Most Rev
erend Thomas J. McDonough
dedicated the new Saint John
Vianney Church in Camilla,
Georgia on May 27th followed
by Holy Mass at which three
of the children from the Mis
sion Church made their First
Holy Communion. At the dedi
cation ceremonies, His Excel
lency also administered the
Sacrament of Confirmation to
five of the parishioners.
The dedication took place on
Sunday afternoon at five o’clock.
Assisting the Bishop was Father
Paul Power, O.F.M., pastor
of St. Augustine Church and
the missions, of which St. John
is one, and Fr. Zachary Cal
lahan, O.F.M. who was repre-
sentating the Provincial of the
Franciscan Fathers of the Holy
Name Province, The Most Rev
erend Donald Hoag, O.F.M.
Making their First Holy
Communion were: John Hel
lemn, Cheryl Musgrove, and
Nora McNeill. James K. Hil
liard, Thomas Mickler, James
McNeill, Steven Musgrove and
Mrs. E. Mickler received the
sacrament of Confirmation.
Baltimore Nuns
Teaching Vacation
School In Macon
MACON —Sisters Mary Juli
anna and Mary Aquinas, RSM,
of Baltimore, are teaching the
summer religious sessions for
children who attend the public
schools.
With some hundred students
in the three-week course, the
sisters are being assisted by
Cecelia McKenna, Mary Wilson
and Delores Puster while the
St. Joseph nuns are in retreat.
INDEX
MARRIAGES 2
RETREAT SCHEDULE. . . 5
EDITORIALS 4
HEADLINE HOPSCOTCH . . 4
NEW DECREE ON
ADULT BAPTISM 3
OBITUARIES 5
LEGION RATINGS .... 3
BOOK REVIEWS 5
PROTESTANT MINISTERS
RESPOND QUICKLY TO
RETREAT INVITATIONS
FAULKNER, Md., (NC) - In
vitations to a Catholic-conduct
ed retreat, here drew such
heavy response from Protestant
clergymen that the reservation
list was closed more than two
months before the retreat.
Fifty-four ministers, includ
ing 23 Episcopalians, quickly
accepted invitations to attend
the second annual retreat for
Christian Clergymen to be
held at Loyola-on-Potomac re
treat house from August 13 to
15.
The retreat is being spon
sored by the National Catholic
Laymen's Retreat Conference,
with the approval of Archbish
op Patrick A. O’Boyle of Wash
ington. It will be conducted by
Father Gustave Weigel, S. J.,
professor of theology at Wood-
stock (Md.) College.
Father Weigel will base the
meditations on the spiritual ex
ercises of St. Ignatius Loyola.
There will be a roundtable dis
cussion, and a demonstration
Mass in English.
Besides the Episcopalians,
nine Lutherans, eight Method
ists, three Presbyterians, two
United Church of Christ minis
ters, and nine clergyman from
other denominations have
accepted invitations to attend
the retreat.
“Church’s Greatest Need Is Priests
55
Irish Bishop Urges Students
To Study For Savannah Diocese
CORK, IRELAND - “To work as a priest or a nun in the
Diocese of Savannah is real missionary work, and real pastoral
work, both together, work that will surely bring the blessing
of God on those who answer the call.’’ The Most Rev. Cornelius
Lucey, Bishop of Cork and Ross, spoke these words at Con
firmation ceremonies held at the Church of the Assumption,
Ballyphehane.
“We do not think of Ameri
ca as missionary country. But
in fact, certain parts of it are,
namely those parts where there
are few if any priests for past
oral work or where Catholics
are only a fraction of the popu
lation,” the Bishop said.
Bishop Lucey told of the visit
of Bishop Thomas J. McDonough
of Savannah to Ireland, “looking
for boys to become priests
in his diocese. “With more
priests there would be a big
flow of conversions to the
Church. That is why I am ask
ing any boy now finishing his
secondary schooling and think
ing of becoming a priest to
think of entering for Savannah.”
In his sermon on Vocations
Bishop Lucey said that the
Catholic Church, is the organ
ization founded by Christ to
help people save their souls.
It did this by telling them what
to believe, what to do and by
providing the means of grace
for them in the Mass and the
Sacraments. “To do this it
has to have numerous voca-
tions-men and women whose
calling in life it is to be
priests and nuns,” he said.
“Whom does God call to be
priests and nuns?”, asked the
prelate. “Those who love Him
and prove their love for Him
by praying much and keeping
His Commandments. You do
not have to be a saint to be
come a priest or a nun, but
you do have to think a lot of
God-so much in fact that you
are prepared to do more than
the average person for Him.
You do not need to have either
Most Reverend
Cornelius Lucey
lots of brains or lots of money;
what you do need is good charac
ter, good will and the constant
state of grace
The Bishop Continued:
“The great need of the Church
at present is sufficient priests
at home to care for the faith
ful and to bring the faith to
those without it abroad. . .
What a wonderful vocation it
is, the vocation to serve God
by making the saving of souls
for Him your life-work!
“And that is the distinctive
vocation of the priests and nuns
on parish work here at home
or on missionary work abroad.
It is the vocation to pray for
and to follow, if you want to
devote your life to saving the
souls of others, as well as your
own.”
Baccalaureate Ceremony
For Graduates At Albany
ALBANY - A Catholic Bac
calaureate ceremony for Catho
lic graduates of Albany High
School was held at St. Teresa’s
Church at 6:00 p.m., on Sunday,
June 4th.
The Mass for the graduates
was offered by the pastor,
Father Marvin J. LeFrois,
and the baccalaureate sermon
was delivered by Father Lucian
Furrey, OFM, of Thomasville.
St. Teresa’s adult choir pro
vided music.
Following the church cere
mony a banquet was held for
the seniors at the Elks Club
and an entertainment was pro
vided by the undergraduates
under the direction of Charles
Bell.
Guests included all other
members of the Catholic Youth
Club, adult advisers and priests
of the vicinity.
■Pays Tribute To Bishop Lucey*
Bishop McDonough
Presides At Bandon
Liturgical Festival
CORK, Ireland - Most Rev.
Thomas J. McDonough, Bishop
of Savannah, presided at the an
nual Liturgical Festival in Ban
don. Over 1,000 children from
36 schools in nine parishes at
tended the festival.
Bishop McDonough, who is in
Ireland at the invitation of the
Most Rev. Cornelius Lucey,
spoke on the need for priests
in his diocese - “That is the
purpose of my visit here and my
diocese has been accepted by
Bishop Lucey as a missionary
project. At the moment there
are two communities of Cork
sisters, from the North Presen
tation and theUrsulines, Black-
rock, working in the Diocese.”
The Bishop, who visited this
area last year, said the high
light for him had been the
privilege of addressing the
annual Corpus Christi proces
sion. “It was the greatest spec
tacle of Faith that I have wit
nessed,” he said.
He continued: “That two week
visit produced 17 vocations for
my diocese and this I attri
bute to the generosity of Bishop
Lucey and said: “He is a Bi
shop who has a universal in
terest in the church. He is
highly respected in Ireland and
greatly honored in the United
States for his timely pronunce-
ment s in defence of the down
trodden and neglected.”
The Bishop told of the in
timate connection between Ban
don and his diocese because it
was from there that Bishop
John England set out to be
come the first Bishop of
Charleston.
“When Bishop England re
ceived his appointment he knew
little of Charleston and the
United States but he accepted
it as God’s will and set forth
to missionise the southland.
I believe that the spirit which
motivated Bishop England will
continue to motivate the young
men and young women to go on
the foreign missions and es
pecially missions in the United
States,” he concluded.
Archbishop
Greets Bishop
At Airport
CORK, Ireland-Bishop
Thomas J. McDonough was
greeted on his arrival in
Ireland by a former Bishop
of Savannah. Meeting the Bi
shop at the Shannon Airport
was Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara, Apostolic Delegate
to Great Britain.
Archbishop O’Hara and
Bishop McDonough were the
guests of Bishop Cornelius
Lucey of Cork and Ross,
during their stay in Ireland.
Archbishop O’Hara
REQUIEM
FOR SISTER
MARY PIUS
ALBANY - Requiem Mass
was offered June 1st for Sister
Mary Pius of the Sisters
Adorers of the Most Precious
Blood. Celebrant of the Mass
held at St. Teresa’s was the
Rev. Marvin J. LeFrois.
Sister Mary Pius had been
in Albany for the past two years
and taught the third grade at
St. Teresa’s School. She died
at the convent following a heart
attack on Thursday, May 31st.
Interment was at the mother
house of the order in Columbia,
Pa.
Knights At
Warner Robins
Elect Officers
WARNER ROBINS - Elected
as Grand Knight of Sacred Heart
Council 4371 at a meeting held
June 5th was Richard H.
Nadicksbernd.
Other officers elected were
L. A. LeMay —Deputy Grand
Knight, Richard Doherty—
Chancellor, Arthur B. Gavin—
Warden, Allen B. Wagner—
Treasurer, Trustees—Peter
O’Malley and Conrad Leiser,
Advocate—Conrad J. Kalb-
fleisch, Inside Guard—Gene At
well and Earl Beckett as Out
side Guard.
The announcement of the
coming year’s committee ap
pointments will be made at the
July business meeting by the
Grand Knight Elect.
CRS Leads
Agencies
WASHINGTON - The world
wide overseas relief agency of
U.S. Catholics contributed more
commodities and funds for for
eign aid during the last half of
1961 than any other U.S. vol
untary relief agency, according
to a report published here.
Benedictine Graduates 76
SAVANNAH - Cadet Major
Thomas P. Lang, a graduating
senior, and Cadet William
Oetgen, a freshman, were cited
ALBANY GRADUATES - Shown above are the twenty Albany High School
seniors who were honored at a recent Catholic Baccalaureate Ceremony.
First row, left to right: Altar boy Mike King, Carol Murphy, Billie Dollar,
Jolyne Bonafede, Kay Hughey, Judy L’Hereault, Mary Sue Brundage, Eileen
Rothschild, Gloria Dowling, Micki King, Caroline Mock and Altar Boy Bill
Hughey. Second row - John Wolfe, Leonard LaCagnin, Dennis Wilkinson.
John Baker, Joe Love, Bill Hardin, Bobby Briggs, Robert Milnes, Mike
Henry, Curtis Hamlin. Third row - Father Andrew Weber, Father Guy Morgan,
Father Marvin LeFrois, ’ Father Arthur Reardon, Father Lucian Furrey and
Father Alvin Gibbons.
as the ideal cadets of Benedic
tine Military School at gradu
ation exercises held June 7.
Lang, the valedictorian, won
the Raphael Arthur trophy as
the ideal cadet of the senior
class and Oetgen the trophy
as the ideal cadet of the fresh
man class.
These and other honors were
announced as the school gradu
ated a class of 76 seniors in
ceremonies at Municipal Audi
torium. John Jurgensen was
salutatorian. Kirk Sutlive was
the principal speaker. The Very
Rev. Bede Lightner, OBS, pre
sented his last class as princi
pal, a post he will relinquish
in order to devote full time to
his job as prior of the Bene
dictine Community.
Other awards, presented by
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John
Toomey, went to the following
cadets:
Cadet 1st Lt. Phillip
Roach, the Archbishop O’Hara
medal for the highest average
in religion (he scored 100 per
cent).
Cadet Hugh Grady, the James
P. Houlihan medal for the high
est general average for the year
in the entire school (he scored
95.25).
Cadet Maj. Michael Smith,
the medal for military efficien
cy.
Cadet 1st Lt. Peter Phillips,
the John Varnedoe medal for
the highest average in physics.
Cadet S-Sgt. Eugene Ledlie,
the Dr. J. Reid Broderick medal
for the highest average in
chemistry (95).
Cadet Capt. Luke Sims, the
Neil Sledge sportsmanship tro
phy.
The following military
awards were presented by Capt.
James M. Jones, professor of
military science and tactics:
Cadet Capt. Stephen Wil
liams, commander of the out
standing company; Cadet 2nd
Lt. Richard Coleman, comman
der of the outstanding platoon;
Cadet Sgt. Melvin Dillard, com
mander of the best drilled
squad; Cadet Sgt. Donald Moore,
best drilled cadet.
Cadet Capt. Luke Sims, the
Gannam - Kearney cup for the
honor company, Co. “B”;Cadet
Capt. Byron Dixon, Civitan Cup
for the high marksmanship
company, Co. “A”; Cadet Sgt.
Charles Jones, superior sopho
more cadet; Cadet S/Sgt.
Michael Remion, superior
junior cadet; Cadet Maj. Mich
ael Smith, superior senior ca
det; Cadet William Oetgen,
neatest upper classman; Cadet
1st Sgt. Peter Vesta, outstand
ing bandsman.
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. JAMES H. CONLIN
June 24, 1949
REV. M.J. CLIFFORD
June 30, 1898
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants by their scaredotal
office, a share in the priesthood
of the Apostles, grant, we im
plore, that they may also be one
of their company forever in
heaven. Through Christ Our
Lord. Amen