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Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah - Atlanta PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA “To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” Vol. XXXVI, No. 5. MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1955. 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year The American flag was in the forefront as pilgrims from the United States participated in the night sessions of the 36th World Eucharistic Congress held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Left photo, His Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago, accompanied by his secretary, Very Rev. James C. Hardiman, wait for the final procession to start; right photo: His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spell man of New York gives Holy Communion to one of the thousands at midnight Mass.—(NC Photos). . CCD —The Means To The End The Ninth Regional Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine will meet jointly with the 40th Annual Convention of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa tion. The Congress with its 'em phasis on the Lay Apostolate con stitutes a program that meets ideally the objectives of the Cath olic Laymen's Association. This article is one of a series. (By Rev. Francis Donohue) ■ The past two articles of this se ries have attempted to point up the Church’s need for the active and effective participation of the laity in the all-important task of bringing Christ to the world and the world to Christ; and the duty of every Catholic, as a soldier of Christ, to help in the spread of the knowledge, love and service of God. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine provides the framework within which this need can be effectively met and the duty of “Apostleship” discharged. It is one thing to point out the desperate need for Christ in the world today; it is quite another thing to point out a means where by this need may be filled. The CCD provides that means. The Parish Confraternity Unit is com posed of an Executive Board and Six Divisions of Workers. This is the “framework” mentioned above. The Executive board is made up of the Parish Priest Director, President, Vice-President, Treas urer, Secretary, and the chairmen of the six divisions of workers. Each of these six divisions have distinct and different duties, all coordinated and directed by the Executive board toward a specific phase of the Parish Confraternity Program. The over-all program of the CCD is to bring Christ into the home and the school, the heart of society—to bring Christ into the lives and activities pf Adults as well as children, non-Catholics as well as Catholics. In short, the ultimate goal of the CCD is the Christianization of society. But no human endeavor can achieve its aim without the eU fective utilization of necessary and adequate means to that end. The Parish CCD unit has all the necessary and adequate means to achieve its goal, and the organi zational ability to utilize those means in a systematic manner. The means are the activities of the divisions of workers and the prayers and material support' of the Associate Members. The Teachers have the duty to assist the priests and religious in the religious education in the parish. The Home Visitors make surveys of the parish to determine the catechetical needs of the par ish. They promote attendance at instruction classes or enrollment in the discussion or parent-edu cator clubs. The Helpers fulfill the title they bear by arranging for the transportation of the chil dren, assisting in the preparation of the instructional materials, and performing such other duties as will promote the work of the Con fraternity. Discussion Club Lead ers and Members conduct or at tend clubs for the direction and discussion of some topic associ ated with the religious and moral life of the members. The Parent- Educators co-operate in the pro gram arranged for parents, to as sist them in teaching religion in the home. The Apostles of Good Will contact non-Catholics, pro mote inquiry classes for non- Catholics, and assist in the work of religious correspondence cours es. The work of each particular group differs from the activity of each other group. But these varied activities are not ends in them selves. They are means to the over-all end of the Parish CCD And each group needs the help of the other groups in enacting its own particular phase of the CCD program. This co-operation is planned and directed in a system atic and effective manner by the Parish Executive Board, and brought to fruition by the prayers of both Active and Associate members. As each activity is undertaken, whether it be the religious teach ing program for public school children, religious discussion (Continued on Page Nineteen) Monsignor Kirk New Pastor Of Atlanta Shrine His Excellency. Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta and Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, an nounces the appointment of Rt. Rev. Msgr. John C. Kirk as pas tor of the Shrine of the Im maculate Conception, Atlanta. Monsignor Kirk, however, will continue to retain the title and the office of Delegate of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church for the Rou manian faithful living outside Roumania. * By Jaime Fonseca N.C.W.C. News Service) RIO DE JANEIRO — One of the most memorable and drama tic events of the 36th Interna tional Eucharistic Congress took place when great numbers of the faithful joined in prayer for the more than 60 million Cath olics behind the Iron Curtain. Climaxing an all-day religious session devoted to the Church of Silence was a Way of the Cross in the vast Congress Square led by refugee Bishop Vincent Brizgys of Kaunas, Lithuania, who now lives in Chicago. Taking part in the event were more than 200,000 pilgrims, who prayed before 14 black crosses erected in front of the monumen tal altar. At each cross was a delegation in regional costumes, representing one of the follow ing countries where the Church had suffered oppression at Red hands: Albania, East Germany Bul garia, China, Yugoslavia, Hun gary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine and North Vietnam. The Way of the Cross took place in darkness, except for a spotlight that moved from sta tion to station as the multitude re-lived Christ’s journey to Cal vary. At each cross, a member of the delegation read off a list of the crimes the Church and the faithful had experienced at com munist hands in the particular country represented there. “The martyrs in communist prisons and concentration camps are not, and never will be, for gotten,” Bishop Brizgys told the assembly. He called the cere mony “a symbol of the spiritual unity of free Catholics with their enslaved brothers.” In the morning, the sufferings of the Church of Silence had been eloquently recalled when a (Continued on Page Five) DeSOTO PROVINCE MASTERS—Thomas E. Mallem of Jacksonville, center, vice supreme master of the Fourth Degree, ~ Knights of Columbus, is shown with masters from the Georgia and Florida districts set a two day masters meeting held at Savannah. At left is N. T. Stafford, Sr., Savannah, master of the Georgia District, and Joseph Sweeny, Miami, Florida District master. Sweeny is a native Savannahian.—(Photo by Jim Bisson, courtesy Savannah Morning News). U. S. CARDINALS LEAD PILGRIMS AT WORLD CONGRESS Way Of The Cross Dramatic, Moving Congress Feature