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Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH EDITION OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia Vol. 43, No. 2 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1962 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year 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