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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA VMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 28, 1948
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
IN GRIFFIN SPONSORS
BROWNIE SCOUT UNITS
Pictured above, members of
Brownie Scout Troop, No. 20, of
the Sacred Heart School, conduct
ed by the School Sisters of Notre
Dame, in Griffin, Georgia, are
shown painting draperies for the
children's ward of Strickland
Memorial Hospital, in Griffin, a
project of the troop for the cur
rent year. Mrs. D. Chappel John
son, who is teaching the members
textile painting, is leader of the
troop, with Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy,
III, as co-leader. The troop was
organized in August. 1947, at the
icquest of Father John Walsh, C.
SS. R., at that time pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, in Griffin.
Members of the troop, pictured
alxive, left to right, are, Evelyn
Bramblett, Jan Raven, Chappell
Johnson, Rosemary George,
Glenda Clark, Ann Head, Leslie
Brown, Roselyn Ward, Ann Raven,
Phyliss Treadwell, seated, and
Rosella McCall and Patricia O'Con
nor, standing.
In October, 1947, a second troop
of Brownie Scouts was organized
at the Sacred Heart School, with
Mrs. Alice Carlisle Ward, as lead
er, and Mrs. Jack Whitney, as co-
leader. Members of this troop,
shown in the picture to the right,
are. left to right. Patricia Glide-
well. Rosa Ann Eubanks, Muriel
Morgan, Kay Cowart, Mrs. Whit
ney, co-leader; Ann Bailey, Elaine
Goldstein, Mrs. Alice Ward, lead
er; Barbara Jean Combs, Theresa
Barfield, Theresa Head and Gail
Piland. Kneeling in front of the
group are Sandra Goldstein, and
Benny Ward, mascot.
The two troops meet separately
at the Sacred Heart on Friday
afternoon of each week, and the
leaders of both troops are most
appreciative of the cooperation
which Father John W. Doherty, C.
SS. R., is giving the scouting pro
gram which is being conducted
under the auspices of the parochial
school.
French Catholics and
Protestants Join in
Prayers for Unity
Lack of Moral Instruction in Education
Seen as Source of Juvenile Delinquency
By Columnist in the Atlanta Constitution
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Juvenile delin
quents are doing what comes nat
urally, following the working of
inexorable laws upon which this
universe is based—natural and
moral laws, is the opinion express
ed recently by Thomas M. Elliott,
whose personal column is a fea
ture of the editorial department
Y M. MASSIANl
(Paris Correspondent N. C. W. C.
News Service)
PARIS.—For the first time since . _ ... ,.
the breaking of Christian unity in of 1 Atlanta Constitution.
France, Catholics and Protestants
of the city of Metz In Lorraine
met to pray for the intention of
reconciliation and union of Chris
tians at the conclusion of the
Discussing the "Source of Juve
nile Delinquency.” in his column
which appeared in The Constitu
tion under the date of February
1, Mr. Elliott made these observa-
Week of Prayer for Christian. tions;
Unity. I
In the morning Catholics assist- "Preachers, jurists, editors and
ed at a Solemn Pontifical Mass ( legislators put the blame for dc-
offered by Bishop Joseph Heintz linquency upon the wrong things
of Metz. I —neglectful parenthood and dc-
Iri the afternoon, in the city cadent homes. There is no de
auditorium, Catholics and Protest- nial that irresponsible parents and
ants assembled together. Atound decadent homes are mighty fac- devoted
fruitage of an education system
that disregards a basic law of the
universe . . .
"While moral instruction and
training were gradually disappear
ing from the public education pro
gram, secular agencies were
launched that added influence to
the decline; and at the same time
more and more irreligious instruc
tors were employed, until now
many instructors arc ungodly,
some are godless, and a consider
able number are anti-God.
“This would appear to be the
secret of juvenile delinquency —
public education without moral
concept, moral objective and
moral motivation. After a cen
tury of that kind of education we
have indifferent parents, decadent
homes where delinquency breeds
and our juvenile problem.
"So long as public education is
itirel.v to training the
the Vicar General of the diocese tors in the matter, but they are
were many parish priests and rep- not the major factors . . .
resentatives of religious comtnuni- | "In searching for the hog in the
ties. Around the President of spring the consensus of opinion is
the consistory of the Reformed' that America's public education
Church were Protestant pastors of system, with its total deficiency
the city. A former mayor of Metz ‘ in moral training, is the hog. Dur
and the mayors of several of the ing the century of public educa-
villages also were
tlon the increase in school atten-
neighboring
present.
Addresses were made by a Fran
ciscan priest, by the President of
the consistory and by the Vicar I similar increase In
General of the diocese. The Pro- chain gangs, courts
dance and educational institutions
has been enormous. During the
same century there has been a
crime, jails,
and reform
testant leader particularly obsei v-1 institutions, accompanied by cor
ed that the desire of union had j responding lowering of the crime
long been germinating in the j age and laxity of morals.
hearts of his co-religionists and
that the sufferings undergone by
Catholics and Protestants together
during the recent war had vivi
fied this desire for Christian
unity.
Catholic and Protestant choirs
alternated in singing hymns in
the glory of Christ. In bringing
the manifestation to a close, those
present recited the Our Father
and sang the Adesto Fidelis.
"pne hundred years ago prac
tically all reading matter for boys
and girls in school carried moral
teachings and implications. To
day such reading matter is less
than one percent. Without moral
instructions and training today’s
youth come to be neither moral
nor immoral, but merely unmoral
without moral concept or convic
tion. Thus is born the tragic prob
lem of delinquency, the natural
head and hand only, detouring
around training the moral con
science and sense of personal ob
ligation, youths of lax ideals will
be with us and be the founders of
yet more decadent homes. That
is the realistic picture, and the
prospects are not too bright and
promising . . .
"This article is not a plug for
teaching religion in the public
schools; but it is a plug for an ef
fective remedy that will go a
great way toward eliminating the
growing delinquency problem.
SECULAR PRESS REPORTS,
widely circulated in this country,
slating that the Catholic Church
"has decreed that Catholics again
may dispense wit'* the duty of ob
serving fast and abstinence in
1948, involved two errors; no new
decree has been issued, and the
indult still in force does not grant
a universal dispensation to the
faithful directly, but grants to the
Bishop the faculty to give a dis
pensation within his Diocese.
“Moderation
is our
Motto”
II
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II
. . but it’s more than a
motto: it is a way of life.
. . . We believe in modera
tion in exercise ... in eat
ing ... in drinking ... in
working ... in playing . . .
moderation in all things
. . . Social drinking is for
physically well mature peo
ple-people who enjoy
friends —who enjoy food —
who enjoy drinks —in mod
eration. These are the peo
ple who are moderate in all
things —in work, in play, in
eating and drinking — these
are the people who know
that the intelligent use of
alcohol offends nobody.
; . . In order to really en
joy life, we, the members
of the Georgia Distilled In
stitute say
“Let's be moderate!"
GEORGIA DISTILLED SPIRITS INSTITUTE