Newspaper Page Text
TWENTY
MAY 17, 1952
Banquet-Ball in
Savannah Honors
St. Vincent Seniors
SAVANNAH, Ga.—On the night
of May 13, the graduating class of
St. Vincent Academy were com
plimented at a banquet and ball
held at the De Soto Hotel, with
members of the junior, sophomore
a5id freshmen classes as hostesses.
Miss Virginia Schano, of the
junior class, acted as toastmistress
at the banquet.
A card dance followed the ban
quet, with Miss Kathleen Sullivan,
and her escort, Russell Leonard,
leading the grand march. Miss
Helen Marie Kenney, who served
as official hostess for the dance,
arranged the grand march in which
members of the senior and junior
classes, with their escorts, partici
pated. Parents of the graduates
were the chaperons at the affair.
Members of the graduating class
attending were;
Misses Jean Marie Barker, Bar
bara Barras, Roxie Barras, Rochelle
Bettencourt, Helen Broderick. Joan
Cartwright, Marjorie Canty, Gioia
Colson, Adele Curry, Mary Mc
Donald, Joan Morel, Mary Morris
sey, Alice Price, Patty O’Neil,
Kathleen Perry.
Jean Prescott, Marlene Ranitz,
Mae Lou Daye, Mary Jane Furlong,
Angela Harvey, Carole Heffernan,
Mary Ann Hernandez, Celine Hiltz,
Mary McCarthy, Mary McCracken,
Lourdes Sheehan, Jo Ann Smith,
Kathleen Sullivan, Mary Ellen
Sullivan, Mary Ann Thomas, Mary
Louise Weber and Mercedes Sul
livan.
President of DCCW
Addresses Message
To Council Members
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. George
J. Gunning, president of the Sa-
vannah-Atlanta Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women, has issued
the following post-convention
message to officers and members
of the council:
“Lord, make me an instrument
of Your peace!” With this, our con
vention theme, still ringing in our
ears, we begin another year in the
service of the lay apostolate.
,,We renew our dedication of pur
pose in all-works undertaken. We
re mind ourselves that we will do
all things for the honor and glory
of God, for the extension of His
kingdom on earth, for the preser
vation of the Faith. We remind
ourselves that this spirit must pre
vail in all our dealings with each
other, with our government, and
with our neighbors on the inter
national level.
Peace today is a complicated
problem. The Communist peace of
fensive makes it sound simple.
Those who pin their faith on de-'
fense armaments make it sound
simple too. The proper-balance of
force and- presto- peace. Pope
Pius XII. in his Christmas message
said that the Christian will for
peace has its weapons too. They
are prayer and love; constant pray
er to the Father of us all; brotherly
love among all men and all nations
—love, which with patience, always
succeeds in being disposed to
achieve understanding and agree
ment with everyone.
The Christian citizen can con
tribute much by the formation of
public opinion in favor of interna
tional co-operation based on prin
ciples of morality, justice and
charity. This requires a knowledge
of facts as well as principles and
the effort to be vocal about them.
This requires an informed and
articulate laity.
The N. C. C. W. publications and
program aids are invaluable ma
terials available to all parish coun
cils. Their intellegent use will do
much toward the achievement of
that Informed, articulate laity.
Gladys Gunning.
Sister St. Stanislaus
Dies in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Sister Helene
de St. Stanislaus of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor, died on May 11,
following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held in the
chapel of the Little Sisters.
The Solemn High Mass of
Requiem was offered by Father
Rooert Brennan, O. S. B., with
Father Germaine Taylor, O. S. B.,
deacon, and Father Andrew J. Mc
Donald. subdeacon. The sermon
was delivered by Father Ger
maine.
Pallbearers were Francis T.
Dooley, Daniel J, Sheehan, Walter
M. Crawford, Edward A. Leonard,
M. C. McCarthy and John J.
Fogarty.
Born in France, in 1879, Sister
Helene de St. Stanislaus had been a
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Leading Schojars at Belmont Abbey
Preparatory School, Belmont, N. C.
GEORGE E. STUART, III
Highest honor graduate of Bel
mont Abbey Preparatory School,
George E. Stuart, III. of Camden,
S. G., will be the valedictorian at
the commencement exercises of
school to be held on June 2.
JOHN W. WILLIAMSON
Second honor graduate of Bel
mont Abbey Preparatory School,
Belmont, N. C., John W. William
son, of Chambersburg, Pa., will de
liver the salutatory address at the
school’s seventy-fourth commence
ment.
Belmont Abbey Preparatory School
Holding Class Day Exercises June 1
BELMONT, N. C.—On,the even
ing of June 1, the annual Belmont
Abbey Preparatory School class
day exercises will be held in the
Haid gynasium on the college cam
pus, with the Right Reverend Vin
cent G. Taylor, O. S. B., D. D..
Abbot-Ordinary of Belmont and
president of the preparatory
school, presiding.
The invocation will be offered by
Father Anthony Cahill, O. S. B.,
dean of the preparatory school.
John Anderson, of Rock Hill, S. C.,
president of the graduating class,
will welcome the relatives and
friends of the students, and act as
master of ceremonies. John W.
Williamson, of Chambersburg. Pa.,
the second-ranking honor student,
will deliver the salutatory address.
George E. Stuart, III, of Camden,
S. C., highest-ranking honor stu
dent, will deliver the valedictory
address.
The class history will be read by
Jerrell Mock, of Savannah, Ga.,
who was chosen by his classmates
for that honor. The presentation of
the graduating class’ gift to the
school will be made with the ac
ceptance and acknowledgement by
Father Bernard L. Rosswog O. S.
B., headmaster of the school, who
will then present the graduates to
Abbot Vincent who will present the
diplomas and awards.
The program will close with
words of advice and a blessing by
Abbot Vincent,
Extension Magazine Article Answers
Question Raised by Ordination of
Married Former Lutheran Minister
CHICAGO. —(NC)— Celibacy in
itself is not an '‘essential charac
teristic” of the Catholic priesthood
and exemption from the rule can be
granted by the Church even in the
Latin Rite, where it is habitually
enforced.
This was one of, the answers
made in an article in the May is
sue of Extension, organ of the
Catholic Church Extension Society
here, to questions raised by the re
cent ordination to the Catholic
priesthood of Rudolf Goethe, a
converted married ex-Lutheran
minister of Germany.
The article, written by Erik von
Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian-born
author, pointed out that the ordi
nation of the German convert
marked the first time in many
centuries that a married man had
been raised to the dignity of the
priesthood in the Latin Rite. It ex
plained that in the various Eastern
Rites of the Church married men
may be ordained, but said that an
unmarried clergy has been the
rule in the Latin Rite since the
First Lateran Council of 1123.
However, the article said, it
would be “a very erroneous notion”
that a celibate clergy is God’s com
mand. It stated that the Church en
forced celibacy of the Clergy for
spiritual and practical reasons only
after more than a thousand years
of her existence and “never tries
to insinuate that the celibacy of
the clergy rests on the Law of
God.”
The article said that in Europe
“voices have been heard in con
nection with Rudolf Goethe’s ordi
nation that this may be the first
Little Sister of the Poor for fifty-
three years, the last twenty-nine
years in Savannah.
MRS. PAUL SIMONETTI
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Paul Simonetti, who
died May 11, were held at the
Sacred Heart Church, Father John
Emmerth, S. M., officiating.
The former Miss Mary Ethel
Chambers, she was born in Meri
dian, Miss., and had lived in At
lanta for more than thirty years.
Mrs. Simonetti is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. H. F. Blanton and
Mrs. William R. Chaney; two sis
ters, Miss Virginia Chambers and
Miss Teresa Chambers, and two
grandchildren, all of Atlanta.
step leading toward the abolition
of the celibacy by Rome.” How
ever, it termed this a “totally er
roneous view” and said it was
“most unlikely that the Church
would give up an institution as
valuable as celibacy.”
Stressing that in making an ex
ception in the case of Rudolf
Goethe the Church had merely-
departed from her normal policy,
the article said:
“It must be borne in mind that
the case of the Reverend Rudolf
Goethe (on the Continent only
the religious are called ‘father’)
is not an isolated one. There are
already other married candidates
for the priesthood, not to mention
a big pile of petitions in Rome.
(All these cases will have to go to
Rome, the Holy Father having re
served himself the right to grant
the final permission.)”
According to the article, the
Papal decision in regard to Rudolf
Goethe “shows to Protestants un
equivocally what he consider to he
God’s command and what'we re
gard as merely an institution of
the Church.”
“Thus,” the article added, “it is
by no means impossible that in the
case of a corporate return of a
large part of the Church of Eng
land (or the Episcopal Church of
America) a separate rite with a
married priesthood might be set
up. Former Protestant ministers
as priests in our Church, moreover,
have a very special mission; they
understand the Protestant mind
and the Protestant position better
than many of us. And they can ap
proach their former fellow-minis
ters in a more personal way than
a former lay-Protestant converted
to our Faith can do.”
Declaring that in the United
States the Catholic Church has
such a varied field of activities
“that married priests with a back
ground of Protestant ministry can
be usefully employed outside of
parish work” where some might
“resent” a married priest, the
article added:
“The Catholic Church is not
static. She never stands still. Her
past, rich in forms, and experi
ences, is only matched by a bril
liant future which will continue to
surprise the world. Variety in unity
is her keynote—and not a dead
discipline imposed on warring fac
tions.”
FLOWERLAND FLORIST, Inc,
2755 Peachtree Road CHerokee 1168
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
American Surgical Supply Co,
HOSPITAL, PHYSICIANS' SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT
498 Peachtree St., N. E. — Across from Doctors' Building
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SOUTHERN SAW WORKS, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1890
SUPERFINE QUALITY BRAND
Rej. U. S. Pat Off.
CIRCULAR SAWS—BAND SAWS—SAWBITS and SHANKS
SAW TOOLS—CIRCULAR KNIVES—FORGINGS
MALLEABLE WRENCHES—SAW REPAIRING
Dealer in DISSTON Products Atlanta, Ga., U. S. A.
BALES & WOMACK
Electrical Contractors
HOUSE WIRING and REPAIRS A SPECIALTY
Office Phone CH 4411 3175 Roswell Road (Buckhead)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Cobb Exchange Bank
O. O. KEMP, Cashier
Marietta, Georgia
REMEMBER FATHER'S DAY, JUNE 15th
We Nave Everything You Want for Fotkar.
Cell and See Us, Won't You?
MARCUS CLOTHING CO.
S2 Peachtree St. Thru to Broad
Atlanta, Go.
ATLANTA MAILING COMPANY
Printing-—Folding—Inserting
Mailing—Vari-Typing
99IA Walton St., N. W.
J. Clayton Burke
Atlanta, Ga.
Kee Lax Manufacturing Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
CARBON PAPER
AND TYPEWRITER RIBBONS
Atlanta Branch Sales Office
232-242 Peachtree Arcade Building — CYpress 8041
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Make Your “Buildings
Look “SHARPE”
99
By Consulting—
TOM R. SHARPE
PAINT CONTRACTOR
65 Fourth St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga.
AT-3821 — Residence Phone CR-8701