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EIGHT 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.