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Vol. 43, No. 5
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1962
Published By The
Catholic Laymen's
Ass'n of Georgia
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
Nurses’ smiling faces reflect the happiness of the nineteen graduates of St. Joseph’s
Hospital’s School of Nursing, Savannah. Ceremonies were held Sunday, July 29th.
ST. JOSEPH’S
GRADUATES 19
SAVANNAH - Diplo
mas were awarded to nineteen
at graduation ceremonies for
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Nursing.
The Most Rev. Thomas J.
McDonough was speaker and
presented diplomas at the ex
ercises held Sunday, July 29th,
in the Cathedral of St. John
The Baptist.
The annual banquet for the
graduating nurses was held
Tuesday night, July 24th, at the
Pirates House. The medical
staff of the hospital were hosts.
Members of the graduating
class were:
Misses Kathryn Marie
Bradley, Cynthia Rose Carn,
May June Collins, Mary Ca
therine Daniels, Laura Lu
cille DeBorde, Mary Concetta
Distefano, Linda Katherine
Dugger, Barbara Jean For
rester, Ida Marie Mor
rissey, Patricia Margaret
Prouty and Jane Catherine
Rouke, all of Savannah; Misses
Kathryn Elizabeth Bernard,
Okahumpka, Florida; Martha
Ann Cleghorne, Brunswick;
Irene Rose Furgal, Utica, New
York; Betsy May Halverson,
Augusta; Joan Del Holt, Con
way, South Carolina; Janie Lou
McCowen, Macon; Mary Lou
Thrift, Blackshear, and
Ethel Guignard McGravey,
Brunswick.
Sister M. Cornile, R.S.M.
is administrator of the hos
pital, and Sister M. Bonaven-
ture, R.S.M. is director of the
School of Nursing.
CARDINAL COUSSA DEAD
Gabriele Acacia Cardinal
Coussa died last Sunday of
pneumonia which followed an
appendicitis operation. The 64
year old Prince of the Church
was a member of the Vatican
Congregation for the Oriental
Church, which has jurisdic
tion over Eastern rite Catho
lics.
FATHER CAJETAN TRANSFERRED
New Priests For
Parish At Dublin
D.C.C.W.
Board Meets
MACON - The Executive
Board of the Savannah Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women held
its semi-annual luncheon meet
ing July 11 at the Moose Club
with Mrs. Joseph Dembowski,
president, presiding. Guest at
the luncheon was The Reverend
John Fitzpatrick, Assistant
Pastor of St. Joseph’s Church,
Macon.
The Deanery Presidents gave
a brief summary of their past
year’s activities and plans for
the coming year. Each of the
Committee Chairmen gave a
proposed report of their work
for the coming year.-
Mrs. L. E. Mock, President
of the Columbus Deanery gave
an interesting report on the his
tory of the Ignatius House and
of the retreats held there. She
urged everyone to make a re
treat there if possible.
Mrs. J. Edwin Mulligan, past
president of the Diocesan Coun
cil spoke on the upcoming NCCW
Convention to be held in De
troit, Michigan this coming
November.
Vocation Secretariat
MONTEVIDEO,
Uruguay, (NC) - A National
Secretariat for Religious Vo
cations for Uruguay has been
established here under the di
rection of Bishop Alfredo Vio
la of Salto.
PRAY FOR OUR
PRIESTLY DEAD
REV. JOSEPH F. SHEA
Aug. 10, 1886
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants by their sacredotal
office, a share in the- priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may
also be one of their company
forever in heaven. Through
Christ Our Lord, Amen.
DUBLIN - Two new priests
have been assigned to the
Church of the Immaculate Con
ception here. They are the
Reverend Raphael Toner,
M.S.SS.T., and the Reverend
Leo McCarthy, M.S.SS.T., of the
REV. RAPHAEL
TONER, M.S.SS.T.
Order of the Missionary Serv
ants of the Holy Trinity.
Father Raphael, who has been
serving in the capacity of Acting
Pastor for the past three months
during the absence of the regu
lar Pastor, the Reverend Caje-
tan McDyre, who has been ill
but has now recovered and is
being transferred to Ensley,
Alabama, was officially assign
ed to replace Father Cajetan
as Pastor, effective this month.
Born in Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania, Father Raphael recei
ved his early education and
theological training at St. Jo
seph’s Preparatory Seminary,
Holy Trinity, Alabama, and
later completed his studies at
the Catholic University of
American, Washington, D. C.,
where he was ordained in 1941.
After two years of teaching
in the Seminary, Father Raph
ael then entered pastoral work.
Among the parishes he served
prior to coming to Dublin were
Holy Rosary Indian Mission and
Holy Cross Church, Philadel
phia, Mississippi; St. Joseph’s
Church, Pearlington, Mississ
ippi; and LaPurisima Mission,
El Modeno, California.
Father Leo has been assign
ed as Assistant Pastor. A na
tive of Syracuse, New York,
he attended St. Joseph’s Pre
paratory Seminary, Holy Tri
nity, Alabama, and Holy Tri
nity Mission Seminary, Silver
Springs, Maryland, and com
pleted his theological studies
at Holy Trinity Mission Semi
nary, Winchester, Virginia,
where he was ordained in 1956.
Since his ordination his assign
ments have included parish
work in Ensley, Alabama;
Maysville, North Carolina;
Ward, South Carolina, Eufaula,
REV. LEO
McCarthy, m.s.ss.t.
in nuclear and missle research.
AiaDama, and Norfolk, Virginia.
In addition to Father Raph
ael and Father Leo, the Rev
erend Myron Bateman,
M.S.SS.T., who came to Dub
lin about two years ago, will
be continued in his present
assignment as an Assistant
Pastor.
Since Christians Were Separated
Coming Council Has Sparked
Greatest Interest In Church L
By Msgr. James I. Tucek
(N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
VATICAN CITY - Whether intended or not, the con
vocation of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council has already
begun the most widespread dialogue on unity between Christian
bodies since Christian unity was first shattered.
The chief purpose of the coun
cil, according to His Holiness
Pope John XXIII, is to attend
to the Church’s internal needs.
He has clearly indicated that
the road to Christian unity might
be opened as a result of the
council, but that this could be
expected only as a distant and
indirect effect.
No sooner was the intended
council announced, however,
than non-Catholic leaders
throughout the world began to
voice their hopes and Catholics
began to respond. Difficulties
were aired on both sides, but
definite possibilities were also
identified. In a way that had
not been done for centuries,
eminent non-Catholic and Ca
tholic personalities began to
speak with an unprecedented
combination of frankness and
charity.
The announcement of the
council was greeted with
various comments, some skept
ical and cautious, some
unfriendly, but most of them
favorable and enthusiastic.
Then the hopes began to be
expressed.
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S. J.,
President of the Preparatory
Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, became one
of the most outstanding and
respected voices on the Ca
tholic side of the dialogue.
He was first of all realis
tic, saying: “One must cer
tainly have no illusions about
the prospects of achieving
Christian unity. It is a task
which will require much time,
much charity and much
patience.’’
A summary of the difficul
ties among the various non-
Catholic bodies was given by
Cardinal Bea in his address to
the Protestant theological fa
culty of Zurich University in
Switzerland in November, 1961.
As to the Orthodox, he said
that “apart from historical
misunderstandings and resent
ments, the main difficulty lies
in the primacy of the Pope and
more particularly in the in
fallibility of the Pope.”
For the Anglicans and the
Protestants, he continued, “one
could say that the real diffi
culty revolves about the points
of doctrine regarding justifica
tion, the sacraments and devo
tion to Mary. But the greatest
difficulty on which everything
ultimately hinges is the ques
tion of the concept of the Church,
of its power and of its teach
ing authority.
“Among the Lutherans and
the followers of the Reforma
tion there is also the difficul
ty created by the absence of
a hierarchy which was refused
on principle.
“Tha t authority, which can
define the duties of conscience
for believers, constitutes also
one of the more serious dif
ficulties in the practical mat
ter of meetings and exchange
of views. One always wonders
with whom one should deal and
who has the authority to put
into practice the possible re
sults of these meetings.”
He spelled out in broad terms
how the council might attempt
to overcome some of the ob
stacles, in his conference at
the Foreign Press Club of
Rome, April 25, 1962. He dis
tinguished between those things
which are “essential” and those
which are “accidental” or, as
he stated it, “between the doc
trinal and the practical.”
“The practical field concerns
discipline, canonical and litur
gical laws, forms of piety and
traditions,” he said. In these
areas he noted that there is
great latitude and concessions
could be made.
“The position in the matter
of doctrine,” he continued, “is
completely different. In the East
and in the West all that the
Church teaches as being the
doctrine received from Christ
must absolutely be preserved
and believed.
“Therefore, there is no room
here for concessions. The rea
son is quite simple. The Church
is not master of the doctrine
received from Christ. It was
received in deposit and it must
be handed down intact.”
Here there seemed to be a
stalemate between some of the
doctrinal difficulties ofthenon-
Catholics and the Church’s doc-
(Continued on Page 8)
ST. PETER'S GETS NEW LOOK FOR COUNCIL: The nave of St. Peter’s Basilica is
receiving a complete revamping in preparation for the coming Second Vatican Council
to open here October 11. Temporary tiers of seats, accommodations for more than
2,500 Cardinals, Archbishops, Patriarchs, Bishops and Religious Superiors, are now
being installed. A moveable altar will be placed to the right of the main altar. Work
on the temporary seats will continue through the summer months, but side aisles will
remain open for liturgical functions and passage of sightseers. - (NC Photos)
Protestant LeadersAccept Invites ToVatican Council
PHILADELPHIA, (N C)~
Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce
Corson of the Philadelphia area
who is president of the World
Methodist Council has accepted
an invitation to attend the Second
Vatican Council, which opens
in Rome on October 11.
The Bishop announced his
acceptance in a letter from
London, where he is conducting
meetings of the executive com
mittee of the World Methodist
Council.
Bishop Corson, in his letter
to the Philadelphia office of the
Methodist church, said he would
have to limit his attendance to
a brief period during the first
session.
However, he said, Harold Ro
berts, principal of the Richmond
Tehological Seminary, Uni
versity of London, and past
president of the World Metho
dist Council, would serve as
dean of the Methodist delegation
attending the sessions at the
Vatican.
Bishop Corson said a number
of churchmen and theological
scholars would be assigned to
attend the meeting.
He said three Methodist re
presentatives would attend the
sessions at all times. The head
of the Philadelphia Methodist
church explainted that the
Methodist representatives
would be similar to the Catho
lic observers sent to the World
Council of Churches meetings
last December in New Delhi,
India.
“SPACE-AGE LAUNDRY” DESIGNED BY PRIEST
(By J. Gregg Puster)
MACON - When the first Am
erican lands on the moon with
in the next few years, he may
be wearing clothing that was
processed in Georgia's first
“space-age laundry” which was
designed by a Jesuit priest and
is operated by his brother in
Macon.
The new laundry unit, “an
environmental controlled en
closure” which was placed in
operation recently, is owned by
Joseph Benedetto and is pro
viding service for government
laboratories and plants engaged
in nuclear and missle researcy.
The need for absolute particle-
free clothing worn by workers
in these plants was indicated
early in the stages of nuclear
research. Pioneer experi
ments in laundering labratory
garb followed development of
filters by the Atomic Energy
Commission to control radia
tion and purify the atmosphere
in labratories and plants util
izing and working with atomic
energy.
The “space-age” unit is a
small compact room, divided
into three separate air-tight
compartments, with the air fil
tered and purified electronical
ly to remove all air-borne for
eign matter -- even smoke and
particles causing odors —
larger that three microns (about
.000012 of an inch in diameter)
or less than half the size of
the smallest known germ.
The equipment is a conven
tional washer and dryer, using
a special anti-static detergent
and purified water and air. After
washing and drying, the clothing
is packed in a plastic contain
er and hermitically sealed. Be
fore the clean clothing is worn,
the package is opened in a room
where the air has been similar
ly purified and filtered.
The operator, on entering the
first compartment, dons
“SPACE AGE” LAUNDRY - Mary Benedetto, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Benedetto, models the type of
clothing worn in the new “space-age” laundry unit which
has been placed in operation in Macon to serve the en
tire Southeast nuclear and missle industries.
special nylon clothing which has
been cleaned by this process;
before entering the second and
third compartments or cham
bers, each door is closed tight
ly. In the laundry room itself,
the air is changed completely
every six minutes, so that the
tiniest air-borne particles are
removed - even the * ‘dust’ ’ from
a pencil- written memoran
dum. All laundry “marks” are
made with bail-point pens.
The unit was designed by
Father Frank A. Benedetto, S.
J., head of the physics depart
ment at Loyola University at
New Orleans, using equipment
and systems by the AEC and
adapted to the Macon laundry
which has been operated by
members of the Benedetto
family for a number of years.
A series of electronic con
trols maintains the proper de
gree of particle-free air, with
the temperature adjusted for
the comfort of the operator.
Further checks on the opera
tion are made by microscopic
inspection of the residue in the
washer.
Most of the clothing worn by
the astronauts, he pointed out,
must also be absolutely sterile
as dust particles of any kind
could result in malfunctions
of electronic instruments. The
same precautions must be taken
during the assembly of
various electronic compon
ents, with the result the at
mosphere in a space capsule
is the purest man can provide,
which actually starts in the Ma
con laundry, and maintained in
the labratories and factories
and all through the other stages
enroute to outerspace.
“It is only a matter of time
until industries adopt this type
of laundering in labratories,”
Mr. Benedetto said, “ and even
now some firms, engaged in
chemical research, are using
this service. Since the atmos
phere in a laundry like ours,
or any environmental con
trolled enclosure is much
purer and better sterilized
than a hospital surgical divi
sion, we expect the hospitals
will be using this space-age
development in surgery and
probably in x-ray departments
Name
Observer
NEW YORK, (N C) —The
World Convention of Churches
of Christ (Disciples) has named
the Rev. Jesse M. Bader as
its observer at the Second Vati
can Council which will open
October 11.
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