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SEPTEMBER 3, 1955.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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SERVES HIS ALTAR BOY’S MASS
Rev. James L. Hartnett, S.M., of Philadelphia, offers his first Mass
in .the chapel of the Marist College, Washington, X>. C. Father
Hartnett, a former Navy enlisted man, served with SACO, the
“Rice Paddy Navy” during World War'll where he served Mass
daily for Chaplain Philip P. Shannon, USNR, of New York, who
is presently assigned to the U. S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans, N. Y.
Father Shannon is shown serving the first Mass of his altar boy
of ten years _ago. (NO Photos)
Cardinal Stresses Need For
“Madonna Concept Of Woman”
ROCHETER, N. Y., (NC)—The
“madonna concept” of woman
must be restored before there
can be any true Christian solu
tion to current political, econom
ic and moral problems, His
Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch said here.
The Cardinal - Archbishop of
Chicago told the National Cath
olic Women’s Union that “Chris
tian civilization clothed woman
with a sacred dignity.” But he
said that “today she has been
debased to the status of a mere
allurement.”
Cardinal Stritch was the main
speaker at the mass meeting
which climaxed the centennial
convention of the Catholic Cen
tral Verein of America and the
39th annual convention of the
National Catholic Women’s
Union.
The meeting saw the' election
of Frank C. Gitlinger of San An
tonio as president of the Central
Verein, succeeding Albert J. Sat-
tler of New York, who stepped
down after nixie years in the
post. The NCWU continued Mrs.
Rose Rohman, St. Louis, in of
fice as president, While the
Youth Section of the two organi
zations elected Norbert Dengler,
New York, president to succeed
Robert Sprafke, Meriden, Conn.
Cardinal Striteh, as Episcopal
Protector of the NCWU, gave his
address at the Women’s Union
session which was in effect a
joint meeting of the men’s and
women’s groups. He said that
under the “madonna concept,”
women are an inspiration to
men—men seeing in them the
dignity and sanctity 'which
cloaked the Mother of God.
“Sexualism and virulent at
tacks on family life demand a
counter-offensive by Christian
women following the example
of Mary,” he declared.
The Cardinal charged that
“lazy and foolish adults” tolerate
the current juvenile crime wave
by doing nothing to protect
youngsters from “sex crazy”
shows, periodicals and popular
music.
The Cardinal told the Women’s
Union members they must be
“intolerant” of modern trends
in immodest dress and action,
and urged them to intensify their
Catholic Action program “with
all the daring and courage of a
woman.”
.Woman’s mission in the
Church in America is to be that
of teacher, he said. The Cardinal
then cited the “consecrated”
nuns and Catholic mothers who,
he said, have made the Amer
ican parochial school system pos
sible, and stressed the need for
closer cooperation between
teachers and parents. “There can
be no divorce between home and
school,” he declared.
Cardinal Stritch praised the
Work of the Verein and the
Women’s Union for their efforts
to establish a Christian social
order, but reminded the del
egates that the “very foundation
stone” of any such system is
in having good Christian women
and girls.
Women must become “madon
na mothers” in imitating the
Blessed Virgin and carrying this
ideal to their home, community
and nation, he asserted.
St. Teresa’s
Parochial School
Opens Sept. 6
St. Teresa’s School will open
its doors on Sept. 6 with Mass in
honor of the Holy Ghost.
Teachers assigned to the res
pective grades are as follows:
Grade One, Sister M. Anita;
Grade Two, Sister M. William ;
Grade Three, Sister M. Alma;
Grade Six, Sister M. Dominic;
Grades Seven and Eight, Sister
M. Eugene.
Sept. -I will be roll-call day for
all former students, newly regis
tered students as of May, 1955,
and students on the waiting list
as of May, 1954. Students are
asked to report to school at 9
a.m. Classes will be dismissed at
10:30 a.m.
Sept. 2 is registration day for
students seeking admission to
the grade school for the first
time. Children registering for
Grade One must be six years old
by Dec. 31, 1955. Birth certi
ficates are required. Transferring
students must present transfer
and report cards.
There will be half-day sessions
Sept. 6 to 9. Classes will be dis
missed at 2:30 p.m., during Sep
tember. Lunches will be served
beginning Sept. 12.