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Serving Georgia's 88 Southern Counties Vol. 43, No. 5 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1962 Published By The Catholic Laymen's Ass'n of Georgia 10c Per Copy — $3 A Year 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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