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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 30, 1952
Catholic 'Wemart'A- page
EDITED BY MRS. JAMES L. GROGAN
SAVANNAH-ATLANTA DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
"God's Wilt: Our Work" to Be Theme of
N. C. C. W. Convention in Seattle
WASHINGTON. (NC) — Mrs.
Anne Cawley Boardman, Minne
apolis educator - author - lecturer,
and Monsignor Howard J. Carroll,
General Secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference, will
be featured speakers at a session
of the National Council of Catho
lic Women convention in Seattle,
Wash., from September 20 to 24, it
has been announced at NCCW
headquarters here. Convention
theme will be: “God’s Will: Our
Work.”
Mrs. Boardman and Monsignor
Carroll will speak at the Septem
ber 23 session devoted to ‘ Our
Responsibility to Our Fellow'
Man.” Other speakers will include
Bishop Dermot O’Flanagan of
Juneau, Alaska; Mrs. Anthony J.
Scholter of Milwaukee, NCCW war
relief committee vice chairman;
Mrs. Robert A. Angelo, Hellam,
Pa., NCCW representative on the
National Catholic Resettlement
Council, and Monsignor Joseph E.
Schieder, director of the N. C. W.
C. Youth Department.
Workshops devoted to inter-
American relations, international
relations, cooperation with Catho
lic charities, W'ar relief, : immigra
tion, youth and kindred subjects
have been scheduled. Participants
will include Miss Eileen Egan of
War Relief Services—N. C. W. C.;
Miss Sarah Weadick, of the N. C.
W. C. Immigration Bureau; Mrs.
Floyd R. Burton, Kansas City,
Missouri; Mrs. Frank M. Erick
son, Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Robert
Mahoney, Hartford, Conn.; Mrs.
Alfred Oass, Bremerton, Wash.;
Catherine Schaefer, Assistant to
the N. C. W. C. General Secre
tary for United Nations Affairs;
Mrs. J. Selby Spurek, North Holly
wood, Calif.; Miss Kathryn Mc
Carthy, Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Mrs.
Frank Collins, Gary Ind.; Mrs.
Rose Rohman, St. Louis, Mo.;
Elizabeth Maloney, Missoula,
Mont.; Mrs. Joseph Boedeker.
San Francisco; Mrs. John T.
Reifke, Cleveland; and Mrs. Al
bert Spillman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Our Spiritual Director Writes
We launch out on the Sea of Gal
ilee with a fishing net in our
hands. We enter a house in Naza
reth and sit at a carpenter’s bench.
We go over to Bethany and we
go into the yard behind another
house to find an empty tomb
where Lazarus had once been bur
ied. We stoop beside the pool of
Siloe in Jerusalem and trace our
fingers in the water. We walk
through the wide portico of the
temple and we climb the steep
alley-streets of the dirty city over
rugh cobblestones toward a hill
called Calvary.
And as w»e do these things, we
are met by men and women with
gratitude and faith in their eyes—
a woman who had a grow'th all of
her life; a man who walked
straight for the first time; a young
boy who could not $ee; a woman
taken in adultery to whom He had
said; “Thy sins are forgiven thee;”
rugged fishermen who now were
fishers of men; two sisters whose
brother had been restored to life;
soldiers even who were startled to
accept the supernatural on the day
He died.
Certainly it must have been
■wonderful to have known the Mas
ter Himself, to look into His eyes
which showed such depth of un
derstanding, to feel the touch of
His hand, to hear the compassion
in His voice, to walk in the sure
ness of His footsteps.
If we W'ould be true Christo
phers, carrying Christ with us
wherever we go, bringing Him to
all men, we must know Him as He
was know'n in Judea and Galilee.
This is the human Christ, Jesus
made of flesh and blood, the Son
of God revealed to all mankind,
Who inspires in the imperfections
of our human nature to follow
faithfully in His footsteps. This is
the Master who turned to the poor
woman who touched the hem of
His garment and said: “Thy faith
has saved thee.” This Is Jesus to
Whom little children flocked and
Who ate with sinners because He
had come to save the lost sheep.
This is the Man Who cared noth
ing for the riches and honors of
this world, but spoke of rewards
which would come only in the
next. This is the courageous Pro
phet Who flaunted the hypocriti
cal criticism of the Pharisees w'hen
He saw an apportunity to do good
for someone. This is the Christ of
justice and mercy and charity and
purity. This is the Christ of man
liness and humility and prayer.
This is the Christ Whom we
must know, the Christ of the street,
of the home, of the lake, of the
market place. Where shall we
find Hisi except in the Gospel—•
the story of His life—and at the
Altar—the extension of His life
for our generation? Learn the
places where He went and meet
the people whom He helped. Live
with Him again through your read
ing and study of the Holy Scrip
tures. Visit and talk with Him
daily at the Tabernacle of Divine
Love. In this way, you will come to
know and iove Him Whom you
are destined to carry to others.
Know Christ, love Him, and take
Him with you wherever you go.
REVEREND JOHN D. TOOMEY,
Spiritual Director.
Deanery Council
Directors Meeting
Held in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—A special call
ed meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Augusta Deanery Coun
cil of Catholic Women was held
on July 27 following a luncheon
served in the Tea Box Room of the
Richmond Hotel.
Mrs. Norman Boatwright, presi
dent of the Deanery Council, pre
sided at the session at which a pro
gram for the coming year was out
lined. It was announced that the
annual luncheon-meeting of the
Deanery Council would be held
on October 5, and Miss Louise
Mulherin, chairman of the Library
and Literature Committee, will be
in charge of the program. It was
decided that cards giving the
hours of Masses at the local
churches would be printed and dis
played in hotels, railroad and bus
stations and other public places.
Among those attending the meet
ing besides Mrs. Boatwright and
Miss Mulherin, were; Mrs. D. J.
O’Connor, past president of the
Diocesan Council; Mrs. Owen
Schweers, past president of the
Deanery Council; Miss Betty Mar
riott, diocesan chairman of Civil
Defense; Mrs. John Rheney, first
vice-president; Mrs. F. B. Pope,
second vice-president; Mrs. Ray
Campbell, third vice-president; Dr.
Elizabeth Holmes, fourth vice-
president; Miss Catherine Calla
han, Legislation chairman; Mrs.
Ed Rhodes, Study Club chairman;
Mrs. Thomas D’Antignac, PTA
chairman; Miss Sophia Benchina,
Confraternity of Christian Doc-
trien chairman; Miss Anne Rice,
chairman of Organization and De
velopment; Mrs. W. J. Mulherin,
chairman of Civilian Defense; Mrs.
Ernest Dinkins, treasurer, and
Miss Mary Sullivan, recording sec
retary.
N.C.C.W. Spe akers
DIOCESAN COUNCIL PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
An Open Letter to Presidents of Affiliated Organizations
Mrs. Anthony J. Scholter, (left)
of Milwaukee, will speak on
“Strengthening International
Bonds,” and Mrs. Charles Board-
man, (right) of Minneapolis,
prominent author and lecturer,
will discuss "The Living Faith,”
at the 26th National Convention
of the National Council of Cath
olic Women, to be held at Seattle,
Wash., September 20-24, 1952.
(NC Photos)
Catholic Bible
Week Observance
Catholic Bible week will be ob
served throughout the United
States from September 30 through
October 5, in commemoration of
the 500th anniversary of the Gu
tenberg Bible. The observance is
being sponsored by the Catholic
Biblical Association of America, in
cooperation with the Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine.
Father John D. Toomey, Spir
itual Director of the Savannah-
Atlanta Diocestn Council of Catho
lic Women, and Mrs. George J.
Gunning, the president of the Dio
cesan Council, are most anxious
that there should be a suitable ob
servance in the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta.
The chairman of the Diocesan
Council’s committee on Coopera
tion with the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, which is a
sponsor of the Bible week observ
ance, should confer with the chair
men of the committees of Libraries
and Literature, Study Clubs and
Public Relations, for the success
of this observance.
Lectures, panel discussions, for
ums and exhibits are suggested as
suitable for local observances of
Catholic Bible Week.
Altar Society in
Atlanta to Sponsor
Fall Fashion Show
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Charles P.
Martin will serve as chairman,
and Mrs. Reese Coleman, co-chair
man, of the committee in charge
of the arrangements for the fall
fashion, show and luncheon which
will be held on September 10 in
the Rainbow Room on the roof of
the Ansley-Dinkler Hotel.
Clothes to be modeled will be
the latest creations from the cou
turiers of Paris. A local store will
present the event which will her
ald the fall and winter fashion
circuit. Proceeds from the affair
will go to the society’s sancturay
fund.
National President's
Message for August
“World Peace and the Responsi
bilities of Christian Womanhood”
was the theme of the Congress of
the World Union of Catholic
Women’s Organizations attended
by your National President, Vice-
President and Executive Secre
tary.
We cannot turn a deaf ear to
the exhortation of our Holy Fa
ther that Catholic women every
where adopt the cause of Peace as
a “mission from God and human
ity” nor can we ignore his plea
that we work tirelessly “towa,*J
creating those internal and exter
nal conditions which insure order
and peace.”
Women from twenty-eight na
tions heard our Holy Father’s mes
sage and received his apostolic
blessing for the women’s organi
zations they represented, and which
he called into more united action
for peace. He toid us that ours
must be a two-fold action, ‘ a psy
chological and moralizing action
. . to bring men to an appre
ciation of heavenly things; to in
duce them gently to austerity, or
at least to a seriousness and moral
uprightness of life; to irradiate ev
erywhere the spirit of gentleness,
the sense of fraternity among all
children of God.”
One can but speculate on the re
sults we can attain by our united
efforts and prayers, or of what w'e
can do for a world "that is torn
apart by anti-Christian beliefs and
desires. “God’s Will; Our Work” is
the theme of our National Conven
tion, to be held in Seattle, Wash,
September 20-24. Let us begin our
work now in conformance with the
Will of God and His Vicar on
earth, that he may “turn the will
of men from hate to love, from
greed to justice” and make our
.own individual contributions “to-
Dear Leaders of Catholic Wom
en:
Your Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women invites
you to consider its program for
the year 1952-53 as one planned
to promote the welfare of the
Church in our Diocese and the
cause of peace throughout the
world.
Under the patronage of Our Lady
of Good Counsel, and motivated
by a love of God above all things
and our neighbor as ourselves for
the love of God, we undertake to
perform the innumerable good
Marian Shrine Tour
Will Be Highlight of
NCCW Convention
WASHINGTON.—(NC)—A visit
to the Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful
Mother in Portland, Oregon, will
be one of the highlights of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women
tour to its national convention in
Seattle, Wash, from September 20
to 24, it has been announced.
The Sanctuary was founded in
the 1920’s to commemorate the
Sorrows of Our Blessed Mother, by
the Rev. Ambrose M. Mayer, O. S.
M.. and has become known widely
It is one of many founded through
out the world by the Service com
munity to commemorate the Seven
Sorrows of Our Lady:
In the Sanctuary grounds there
are seven shrines recalling the
Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, which
were the prophecy of Simeon; the
flight into Egypt; the loss of Jesus
in the temple; the meeting with
Jesus on the way to Cavalry; the
death of Christ on the . Cross; re
moval of Jesus’ Body from the
Cross, and the burial of Jesus. The
figures in the shrines were the
work of Professor Heider of Pietra
Alba, Italy, and his staff, and took
four years to execute.
Hugging the base of a cliff lead
ing to the main statue of the Bless
ed Mother,, are 14 bronze Stations
of the Cross. At the top of the cliff
is a granite monument, topped by
a bronze statue in heroic size, ded
icated to Mary, Our Mother. This
statue, executed by the renowned
Italian artist, Giuseppe Cassioli,
was solemnly blessed by Pope Pius
XI before it was sent to America.
At the base of the cliff is the
Grotto, with its altar and pulpit,
the latter carved from the 'solid
rock of the cliff. An elevator con
nects the upper and lower level.
The Sanctuary was the scene of
the First Marian Congress ever
held in the United States, August,
1934. Mother’s Day services are
held each year at the Grotto. There
is a perpetual novena to Our Sor
rowful Mother at the Sanctuary,
The delegates making the tour will
visit the Sanctuary September 19.
works recommended by the various
committees so that we may attain
to greater personal sanstification
and grow in the knowledge, love
and service ol God.
Each of your organizations is
particularly dedicated to a specific
cause, but is it not so that your
members would benefit from a
broadening of your program?
Every leader is interested in in
creasing the membership of her
organization and the attendance
at meetings. What better way is
there to accomplish this than
through a vitally interesting pro
gram? A program which has as its
aim the strengthening of family
and national life; a program which
promotes the works of justice and
charity.
Such a program is presented to
you through the Monthly Message
which you receive from the Na
tional Council of Catholic Wom
en. Are you making full use of it?
Your diocesan chairmen formulate
a program which is best suited
to the needs of the Diocese. This
program is channelled to you
through the deanery chairmen.
From time to time you are in
vited to participate in the work of
the various committees. Y 7 ou are
invited to increase your devotions
in number and fervor; to partici
pate more fully in those regular
ly established in your own parish.
You are invited to increase your
knowledge and love of God
through study. You are invited to
fender greater service to God and
His Holy Church; to carry Christ
with you into the market place.
Now is the time to lay your plans
for the year ahead. Your diocesan
chairmen have been busy during
the summer making their plans. We
ask you to resolve now to make use
of this diocesan program in your
organizations. Its success is en
tirely dependent upon the use you
make of it. Won’t you help us
make our federation work?
With kindest personal regards
to all of you, I am,
Sincerely,
GLADYS (Mrs. George) GUNNING
Savannah Catholic Hour
Broadcasts Report on
World Congress in Rome
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Wil
liam R. Johnson, a member of the
Savannah Deanery Council of
Catholic Women, who attended
the 13th International Congress
of the World Union of Catholic
Women’s Organizations, held in
Rome during April, gave an in
teresting report on the congress
when she appeared on the Savan
nah Catholic Hour program
broadcasted on July 27, over Sta
tion WTOC.
Among the delegates to the con
gress, which had as its theme,
“Woman’s' Role in Peace,” was
Mrs. Gerald B. Bennett, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., president of the
National Council of Catholic
Women. The U. S. delegates were
received by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII in a special audience.
wards creating . . . internal and
external conditions which insure
order and peace” in the world in
which we live.
RUTH E. (Mrs. Gerald B.)
BENNETT,
President, National
Council of Catholic Women.
Two German-Austrian
High School Students to
Have Year in Atlanta
Members of the Savannah-At
lanta Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women will be interested to know
that two of the Catholic German-
Austrian high school students have
taken up residence in Atlanta for
the coming year. Both boys will be
students at Marist College.
Father Wiliam E. McManus and
Mrs. Peter King, of the Education
Department of the N. C. W. C., are
enthusiastic in their praises of the
program last year. There is every
reason to believe that this year’s
program will he every bit as suc
cessful as last year’s.
The State Department is to be
commended highly in its effort to
heal the wounds of war by admit
ting students from foreign lands
to enter this country for study.
The future leaders of Germany
and Austria will profit greatly
through having had the opportfl-
nity to spend a year in American
schools and homes.
Maryknoll Seminarians
Teach Vacation Class in
North Augusta Parish
NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C. —
Two Maryknoll seminarians, vol
unteered for special work last
month in Our Lady of Peace par
ish here.
The seminarians. Peter Bizin-
kauskas and George Mueller; as
sisted the pastor, Father Joseph
J. Murphy in various phases of
parish work. They offered special
training to altar boys, visited
homes of newcomers to the parish
in the H-bomb plant area, and
conducted a vacation Bible school
for children of the Beech Island
section.
The young men are training for
foreign missionary work as Mary
knoll Missioners at Maryknoll, N.
Y.