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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MARCH 23. 1940
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CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION NEWS
(Incorporating The Georgia Federation of Junior Catholic Clubs)
SPIRITUAL
CULTURAL
RECREATIONAL
SOCIAL
REVEREND JOSEPH W. KAVANAGH REVEREND JAMES J. GRADY
Savannah Regional Director Diocesan Director
Patronage of His Excellency, The Most. Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., J. U. D
REVEREND THOMAS L. FINN
Atlanta Regional Director
Savannah Cathedral School
Minor CYO, an Active Group
ATLANTA -
Has Shown Splendid Prog
ress Since Organization
Last September
BY 0. J. BOURKE
The minor C. Y. O. was organized
in September. Its first activity was
its formation of a football team which
under the capable leadership of Jim
my Douglas of the second junior high
school grade had a most successful
season. It came to a still better close
at a delightful banquet at which the
pricipal speakers were Drs. E. L. Whe
lan, D. J. McCarthy and Msgr. Mc
Namara. A golden trophy- was pre
sented to Dick McGuire, the most ef
ficient player. Green and gold sweat
ers were awarded Pat Buttimer and
‘ Jimmy Douglas.
At the beginning of the new year,
basketball teams were organized for
boys and girls. Lonnie Lodge was
elected captain of the boys’ team, with
Harry Deal as assistant. During the
season practically every other boys’
team in the city was played. Most of
their opponents were of high school
age. Nevertheless, due to the ex
cellent coaching they had received
from Tony Kent and to th? interest
of the boys themselves the Cathedral
boys were victorious in 15 out of the
20 games played.
The girls of the school formed two
teams, one of second junior high
and the other of first junior high.
Anne Dyer acted as captain of both
teams with Margaret Russell as co
captain and Rosemary Schomburg
business manager. They played and
won over teams of their own class.
Their success was due chiefly to the
efforts and enthusiasm of Bridgie Fo
garty, the coach. A picture of the
senior team is to app'ear in The Bul
letin.
Two very active Scout troops exist
in the parish, numbers 14 and 64 com
posed of 25 and 17 Scouts respectively.
Scout Troop 14 under the leadership
of John T. Canty, Jr., has shown
great Skill in wood carving. Once
a month a week-end is spent at Camp
Strachan to teach the boys a knowl
edge of outdoor life, and the beau
ties of nature. Recently Scout Troop
64 was reorganized with Gene Powers
. as Scoutmaster. Both troops have
undertaken the task of selling “The
Catholic Digest'’ as a form of Cath
olic Action and also to learn the value
of thrift as all savings will be used
for uniforms and Scout equipment.
; At the request of innumerable par
ents and also of children a Cub Pack
has been organized with Joe Rossiter
. as Pack-master. Twenty-six Cubs
have registered. They are showing
great enthuisiasm and spending-most
of their time in learning the art of
craftsmanship.
For the last three months, the boys
kindled with love and devotion for
- St. Patrick and old Ireland, have
spent every afternoon marching
around Lafayette Square to the sound
of the bugle and the drum anxiously
• preparing for Savannah’s great day.
Dressed in flowing robes of "green
white and orange, parading gallantly
behind the gayly waving banners of
. America and Eire, they gained tumul-
. tuous applause from their admiring
. parents and friends. They lent much
color to the parade. They intend to
. do equal honor to their school at the
- forthcoming paper festival.
From September till Lent every two
weeks the boys and girls held enjoy-
, able socials at the parish school. A
• dance to honor the basketball teams
- and the; drug and bugle corps will be
> held Easter week. The youth of the
School is now preparing for the Dio
cesan Field Day in which all the
schools of the diocese are expected
to take part.
The boys and girls observed with
special programs. Book Week, Cath
olic Press Month, and Vacation Week.
During Book Week, a general quiz
was conducted by Floneta Penning
ton on authors, types and characters.
Some works of Shakespeare and Dick
ens were dramatized and poems by
well-known authors were recited
. from memory. Cowboy ballads were
sung.
The radio script prepared as part
of the Catholic University's program
‘ for citizenship was given during Feb
ruary. Catholic magazines, pamphlets,
and newspapers were displayed and
discussed.
Vocation posters were made by the
boys, and lectures were attended by
the girls during Vocation Week.
“TECH" NEWMAN CLUB
COMMUNION BREAKFAST
ATLANTA. Ga. — Joseph B. Bren
nan. prominent attorney of this city,
spoke at the Communion breakfast
of the Newman Club of the Georgia
School of Technology, on March 3,
at Peacock Alley, following the re
ception of Holy Communion by the
members of the club at the Sacred
Heart Church. _
Immaculate Conception
During the season of Lent much
time has been devoted to the Study
Club. The name “Immaculate” has
been selected and the patron of the
club is St. Bonaventure, a scholar well
known for his erudition.
Meetings are held each week at the
home of one of the membrs. During
the business of the session one memb
er invites the club to his or her home
and thus in a rotating manner the
club in the course of time is the guest
of -all the members. A humorous situ
ation arises quite often when the di
rections to a certain home are con
fused and following a long round
about way all the members finally get
together. The loyal eleven who atten
ded the first session of the group at
the home of Aldo Garoni are very
happy to note the rapid successful
growth of the club. Booklets have
been secured and pertain to sub
jects in which Protestants are most
interested. The method of the club is
known as the Apologetic way in
which one person, if able, attempts
to answer the questions. When a
question cannot be answered by the
member, Father Frizzele gives the
correct answer.
Plans are under way to present
several socials as soon as Lent is con-
eluded. The entire club joined in with
the four clubs of the city for the St.
Patrick Social. Seeing that it was a
real success another one should take
place in the late spring. The gather
ing of all the Catholic youth for sev
eral social functions will tend towards
uniting and making Catholic youth
strong and active.
An Easter Message
During the present week the world
will again witness the reenactment
of the crucifixion and resurrection of
our Blessed Savior.
We as Catholics and Christians
consider Easter from the Sacred and
Holy viewpoint rather than from the
worldly angle. The great majority of
Catholics will on Easter Sunday
morning receive Chrftt in Holy Com
munion asking him to bless them
and their families. This is the ideal
way to start Easter Sunday and it
would be a great deed performed if
every Catholic in America received
Christ in Communion asking that He
restore peace and Christianity to a
world suddenly gone mad.
As Christ again prepares to make
the trip to Calvary what does He be
hold before His eyes. Perhaps it is
the same as He saw before His eyes
during that awful three hours of ag-
onv in the garden.
Glancing about our own country of
America what does He see? An in
crease of divorce, vice, sin and im
morality. To add to this is the threat
of many groups to have states erect
and conduct birth control clinics.
The one great protector of the laws
of God and man is the Catholic
Church who pleads with man to re
turn to a sane and righteos way of
living.
In Europe He sees a world plung
ed into another great war with a few
rulers suddenly gone mad for pow
er attempting to rule both the old and
new worlds. They are trying to make
gods out of themselves. Their , motto
is “We first, God next”. It is impos
sible to record the suffering and
death these mad men have caused.
Feace-loving people are forced at the
point of a bayonet or machine gun
to rob, plunder and murder their
neighbors. These people cry for
peace, contentment and happiness
while these rulers want power, trade
and gold. ,
Thus as Christ again prepares to
partake in that Last Supper and fol
lows with the long trip to Calvary
He sees a world of sin, grief, misery
and suffering.
The world still has its Judases and
they play their part well. Christ
again may ask the eternal question,
“What has My death meant for
many? Do they realize that I died
that they may share eternity?”
For us. as Catholics it means much.
His death meant the opening of the
gates of Heaven so that we can enjoy
life everlasting.
As we receive Communion on Eas
ter Sunday morning and it is hoped
that each and every member of the
Federation receives Christ into his
soul, let us beg of Him to restore
peace and happiness upon this earth
and induce mankind to put his greed
and selfishness aside, forever,
i Let us during this Holy Week re-
SAVANNAH 0. Y. P. A.
,Plans to Start Rehearsals
for Presentation of “Rio
Rita’’
About this time of the year re
hearsals start on the annual musical
show which is presented in the late
spring. Since it is Lent the time is
ideal as all social functions are at a
standstill. For many it is a sacrifice
to work hard and late on something
which you believe will never be a
success. Like all other problems, in
the course of time all the difficulties
slowly disappear and on the night
of the performance a feeling of joy
and happiness prevails as another
successful show is produced.
Father Kavanagh and the board of
directors of the dramatic club after
much discussion and deliberation
have chosen the ever-popular “Rio
Rita.” They are sure that this play
will meet with the approval of all
the clubs. The dramatic publicity
agent promises a lengthy article for
the club column next month.
Father Grady and Mr. Mendel are
looking for one-act plays to come
to the Chancery offices from the Fed
eration members. They expect many
plays, so to yGu Federation members
a final plea is issued to get busy on
the plays as March 31st, the dead
line for the plays to be in the Chan
cery Office will soon be here. The
plays are not to exceed thirty minutes
in length. The bset selected play will
be dramatized at the May conven
tion.
Plans have been completed to im
prove the grounds in the rear of the
club house. The intentions are 1 to erect
an outdoors dance floor, plant shrub
bery, flowers and to erect benches,
chairs and swings on the grounds. In
these surroundings the summer and
spring evenings and nights will be
gayly spent. It will be an added in
ducement to hold our present mem
bers to our club roster. In these sur
roundings and under Catholic super
vision there need be no fear that Ca
tholic youth will go astray. It is the
Catholic idea of spending leisure
time to the best advantage.
A note of sadness has entered our
midst. We regret to announce that
the grim spectre of death has taken
Mrs Katherine Osterholtz, mother
of Mary Osterholtz, a verv active
CYPA member from us. “May her
soul rest in peace and haopiness.
As the great feast of Easter ap
proaches the CYPA club and its co
respondent extend a Blessed and
happy day to all.
MACON
Shamrock Club
At the regular meeting of the
Shamrock Club the following officers
were installed for the coming year:
Ed Lackey, president; Sarah Devlm,
vice president; F. J. Murphy, secre
tary, and Alex Winkers, treasurer.
Keen interest of all club members
at present is centered on the annual
St. Patrick’s Day celebration, which
this year will be postponed until
Easter Monday. March 25, Since this
year the 17th falls on Palm Sunday.
As is the usual custom, a dinner and
dance will be held and as an added
attraction the club has asked the Edi
tor of The Bulletin, Mr. Hugh Kinch-
ley. as speaker at the dinner. The
club is looking forward to meeting
Mr. Kinchley and feels honored at
his acceptance to be with them at this
time. . ,
The Study Club held a very lively
and interesting discussion on “Lent'
at its last meeting—Miss Alma Sheri
dan, chairman of the study group,
conducted the meeting.
During the season of Lent social
activities have been cut to a minn-
mum. A bowling tournament has
been started under the direction of
Larkin Mulherin. The club has been
divided into three groups. Following
the club meeting on Thursday night
the three groups proceeded to the
bowling alleys for the match games.
It is expected that the contest will
be concluded after three nights of
play. To the winners a Si lver loving
cup will be given. An added prize
will be given the boy and also to the
girl bowling the highest score.
The annual Novena of Grace to St.
Francis Xavier was conducted by
of the Shamrocks. A large crowd of
club members were among the par
ishioners who made the nine-day
Novena.
peat with Christ the following pray
er, “Father, forgive them for they
know not what they do.” The world
today knows very little of Christ and
why He came to this earth. We as
Catholics can do much good by our
good works and example. As Christ
makes the journey to Calvary, follow
Him and induce others to follow Him.
Let the cross be your way and my
way towards our Heavenly home.
C. Y. 0,
Aims and Purposes
Since the adoption of the C. Y. O.
by the Most Reverend Bishop as head
of the Diocese of Sanannah and At
lanta numerous articles have appear
ed in these columns explaining it in
full. However, questions such as
“What is the C. Y. O.?”; “Whom does
it include and what are the func
tions of the C. Y. O.?” To these ques
tions and many others perhaps a lit
tle explanation may clear up the ob
stacles that are in the minds of many.
The Catholic Youth Organization is
one authorized and sanctioned by
Our Holy Father. It is supervised by
the Bishops and clergy of the coun
try to care for the leisure time of
youth. It is this and nothing more.
The Catholic Church stresses the spir
itual side as well as the worldly side.
It endeavors to have its youth fre
quent the Sacraments often.
Along with the spiritual side, the C.
Y. O. comprises a program which in
cludes athletics, hobbies, club work,
dances, picnics, debating meets, dra
matics, competitive sport events be
tween members of one group and be
tween groups, sewing, cooking and
glee club work. There is some ac
tivity embodied in the C. Y. O.- which
should interest each and ever boy
and girl between the ages of six and
thirty-five.
This vast organization is divided in
to two groups in regards to age. One
group is between the ages of six and
sixteen and the second is between
seventeen and thirty-five. Into this
second group comes the Georgia Fe
deration of Junior Catholic Clubs.
Until the adoption of the C. Y. O.
in Georgia there was only one group
which in any way had anything to do
with youth and it was the Federa
tion. Naturally this group would be
the one to really put the C. Y. O. on a
starting basis. The Federation is to
be just a pert of the C. Y. O. as this
organization now covers all youth
work in the entire Diocese. Last No
vember in Albany the Federation sub
mitted willingly and most enthusias
tically to the wishes of Most Rever
end Gerald P. O'Hara and from that
time henceforth is a part of the C. Y.
O.
The C .Y. O. organization is nation
al but it has no constitution or dues
of any kind. This is due to the fact
that conditions in each Parish are
not the same and leisure time is dif
ferent and varies greatly. The Parish
priest in each locality arranges a pro
gram which he believes will do the
most good for his boys and girls,
young men and women.
The C. Y. O. is a three part organ
ization. (1) Supervised by the cler
gy. (.2) Operated by the lay adult.
And (3) indulged in and carried on
by youth.
May it again be stated and with
emphasis that the C. Y. O. did not dis
solve the Federation or tend to ham
per it in any way .It merely takes in
the Federation. Thus as one of its
branches or considering the Federa
tion as a child of the C. Y. O. it stimu
lates and increases the growth of the
Federation. In unity there is strength
and certainly with the unity as it
now exists there is to be found
strength. Bishop O’Hara and Father
Grady are in no way trying to dis
solve the Federation hut instead want
to see it continue and thus have
brought into practical existence in
Georgia an organization that is the
Will of God. His Holiness and civic
leaders of the entire country. And
that organization is the C. Y. O., one
which is doing great work the coun
try over but has only scratched the
surface. Each and eve*y Catholic, both
young and old. should utter a daily
prayer asking God to Bless this great
work. “Save youth and you have sav
ed America.”
ATLANTA
Blessed Chanel
The quarterly Communion and
breakfast found ninety-five members
of the four Atlanta clubs in attend
ance. This large number present was
a great surprise as the day was one
which was windy and very rainy. Ex
pectations were that less than 50
would attend and it was a real sur
prise to see so many on hand.
Many of the boys of the club at
tended the Holy Name Retreat. This
was a service for boys and men only
and the girls watched the parade each
evening to and from the services.
One of the retreat nights was study
club night and this affair found girls
only. A slight deviation from the
Mass took place and the subject dis
cussed was Human Relationships.
The problem that faces the club is
the providing of ways and means to
raise money for the coming conven
tion. A party will be held for this
purpose on March 28, at 8 p. m.. and
an invitation is extended to all the
members of the four clubs to attend.
It is hoped that many of the Chanel-
,ites’ friends will come to this social.
ATLANTA OBSERVES
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Four Atlanta Clubs Join in
Celebration—Chanelites
Win at Basketball
The joint social celebration of St.
Patrick’s Day by the four Atlanta
clubs was a huge success. The Blessed
Chanel basketball team was victo
rious in the contest with St. An
thony’s by a close score of 8 to 6. This
was a hard fought game and was a
real defensive contest with the Chan
elites winning in the last few min
utes of play. In the second game the
Chanelites defeated the I. C. team in
a free scoring game. The Cathedral
Club was unable to put a team on
the floor and the Blessed Chanel
substituted.
When the basketball games were
concluded the four clubs assembled
in the Sacred Heart School and a
lively celebration was held. Besides
being a celebration of this kind it
was a test to determine if these af
fairs would go over. With more than
onS" hundred and twenty-five mem
bers attending it is how planned to
hold a joint social each month. A
different location is to be selected
for each affair so that each club will
have an affair close to their own
club.
To the committee goes a vote of
thinks for their work in making a
success of this opening joint ven
ture.
ST. ANTHONY’S
Atlanta
In an effort to promote CYO work
in the parish the club has voted to
award-a medal to the student making
the highest average. Very little if
any consideration is given to these
students and % so the first step has
been made to promote this work.
The members of the club are as
sisting in the sale of tickets for the
party which will be the grand open
ing of the St. Anthony's auditorium.
Extensive repairs and improvements
have been made on the basement of
the church. And when completed
will surprise many.
With the coming of spring plans
for the spring activities of tennis,
baseball and golf are under way. With
the coming of spring and the passing
of Lent the club will resume their
activities.
The Study Club has been progress
ing with much speed. Meetings are
held at the home of one of the mem
bers and about twenty-five are in at
tendance. The number has increased
each meeting and a group of thirty
is expected at the next meeting. The
Mass is being studied and several
papers have been read by the mem
bers.
The basketball team has finished
the season. It concluded with a hard
and fast game in which the Blessed
Chanel Club nosed out the Saints in
the closing minutes of play by a close
score.
To Monsignor Croke, Father Quin
lan, club moderator and to all their
friends, St. Anthony’s Club wishes
them a blessed and happy. Easter.
ROME
Sancta Maria Club
Following the example of the cluhs
of the Federation, the Sancta Maria
group have not been so active since
January. The read reason being Lent
is here and social functions have
been more or less curtailed. Believing
as many do that Sunday as a day in
which a little pleasure is allowed a
quiet gathering is held at the home of
a member in the evening.
Father Grady suggested to the study
club that each member secure a copy
of the Student Missal as this would
tend towards giving all a greater
knowledge of the Mass. This has been
done and the group feels that they
have learned much about the Mass
that would have heen overlooked if
the members had no Missal.
The monthly Communion was held
on the fburth Sunday of February and
a breakfast followed at the local
cafeteria. The attendance was most
encouraging.
With spring and Easter arriving at
the same time the members are
looking forward to when the outdoor
activities will start and many will ce
lebrate their Lenten sacrifices:
The wishes of Sancta Marians ta
all are for a happy and Blessed fas
ter, ... ._ .....