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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
October 15, 1955.
Jottings ...
(By BARBARA C. JENCKS)
I am more and more convinc
ed that the male is the more in
telligent of the two sexes. I am
especially inclined to such be
lief when I hear a woman on a
quiz show give the answer: “Me,
I’m only a housewife.”
She belittles, apologizes and
complains at her state in life.
You would think she was a safe
cracker or in the numbers
racket by the manner in which
she speaks of it.
I wonder if men-both the
single and married variety-have
this feeling of dissatisfaction
about their state to the degree
the female does.
Take the housewife up to 'her
elbows in soap suds and with
three crawling. youngsters sing
ing at the top of their lungs,
“Dav-vy, Dav-vy Crockett,” who
looks wistfully out the kitchen
window and sees Miss Career
Girl, chic and composed, heading
for the bus stop and her glamour
job. In all probability Miss
Career Girl will spend her time
while riding to that “glamour
job” dreaming of a house with
picket fence, blond blue-eyed
children and an adoring hus
band.
It is the old case of the grass
always being greener in the oth
er fellow’s backyard. But it is
greener in the housewife’s back
yard actually.
The housewife looks unrealis
tically after the career gal and
sees glamour, prestige,' money,
new clothes and luncheons at
fancy restaurants. She never
sees emptiness, or loneliness at
the end of the day. The career
girl longs for the fulfillment of
her womanhood in a home and
family as seen ni her married sis
ter or neighbor. Why should the
housewife instead pine after a
collection of externals?
Archbishop Cushing decried
this situation in a speech recent
ly. The prelate said that the
over-emphasis on the career
woman has lowered the prestige
of the woman who is “only a
mother and homemaker.” This
wrongly placed stress, he be
lieves, is a threat not only to
woman’s true happiness but to
the welfare of the nation as well
in that it puts children, family
and home in secondary position.
Most career women will agree
that being a housewife and
mother is a top priority job. We
would wish that the housewife
work as. hard at her all impor
tant job as, many of us do at less-
important jobs in the scheme of
things.
The American notion as chal
lenged by the Archbishop has
been incorporated by the house
wife in her attitude that “home
making, the care of children and
motherhood are undertakings on
a par with unskilled labor, and
that only in some sort of career
away from children and the
home will the modern girl prove
her worth and achieve happi
ness.” To these thoughts of a
restless housewife, this career
girl says, “Rubbish!”
Careers are wonderful and
many women have jobs with a
purpose and meaning. However,
having a career is not the ul
timate in womanhood’s plan.
There are many important ca
reers that need the woman’s
touch. But for most career girls,
these jobs are temporary until
the dream of home and family
comes true. Motherhood is wom
an’s first career. For those who
will never know the fulfillment,
there are compensations. These
are sometimes erroneously look
ed upon as sources of envy.
Last month’s intention as re
commended by the Holy Father
was “Christian Feminism.” The
Pope has asked that we pray
that a Christian answer be found
to the problems facing women
today in the modern world. Rev.
Thomas Moore, S.J., in explain
ing the intention said that it
would be nice if every women
could lean on the strong arm
of a man for the things of life
but the truth is all women can
not.
For those who must work,
Father Moore asks she especial
ly consecrate her day by reciting
the morning offering. It would
consecrate the distractions of
the business world and lay it in
the form of graces at the feet
of a needy world. He says that
the conviction will steady her
“in the hour of temptation, in
the fatigues of the day, in the
emptiness of loneliness, in the
heady atmosphere of adulation
and success.”
Yes, the carder girl has a cer
tain measure of glamour, pres
tige associated with her state
but the housewife reecives hu
man love-the love of her hus
band and children. Is there real
ly any comparison, Mrs. Amer-
■Hca?
1 Producer
Rev. Alcuin F. Egan, S.A.,
(above) of the Bronx, N. Y.,1!
former associate editor of The,’ j
Lamp, has been named execu- j
tive producer of the Ave Maria
Radio Hour, now in its 21st
year. Produced by the Gray-j;
moor Friara, Garrison, N. Y.,j
the half-hour program is heard |;
each week on some 400 stations j
in the United States, and on j
more than 300 stations overseas
through the facilities of the
Armed Forces Radio Service.
(NC Photos)
Eleven members were elected
to the Supreme Board of Direc
tors K. of C. at their annual con
vention.
JAMES RE1LEY
SERVICES HELD
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Rev.
John D. Stapleton officiated at
funeral services held . Septem
ber 26 for James J. Reilly.
The services were held at the
Cathedral, of Christ the King.
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Spectator
Sport
(BY JIM MACK)
Good things come to those
whet wait. Sometimes they come
early. For Ivlyrt Powers, Christ
mas came early on the $64,000
question. For Myrt’s beloved
Brooklyn Dodgers, “nejft year”
came October 4th with Johnny
Podres’ last pitch ending the
World Series. Year in, year out,
the cry at Brooklyn has been,
“Wait ‘til next year”. Now that
the Dodgers have achieved their
goal, the old cry might well be
adopted by the fans of Boys’
Catholic, in Augusta. This sea
son, Catholic has been running
against a tough schedule with
a team composed in large part of
sophomores, lacking in game ex
perience. The result has been
five straight setbacks. But “wait
’til next year”. The Catholics
lose only five players by gradua
tion and the lumps the younger
players are absorbing this year
could well be the touchstone to
prove their mettle for the cam
paign of ’56. So look out, Region
2 AA.
four opponents, the latest tw<
being Boys’ Catholic, 26-6 am
Cooper River, South Carolina, ;
crusher, 48-0. If they succeede(
in upending Richmond Academy
in last nights game, the clima:
game with Savannah High migh
well mean the state title, al
though there would still be thi
matter of the playoffs.
Not waiting for ’56, Benedic
tine of Savannah is causing lifted
eyebrows in that same region
this season. Savannah High and
Richmond Academy were slated
to settle title problems in 2 AA
between themselves, both being
ranked among the ten top teams
in the state. Norm Fulton took
the season opener from Benedic
tine but thereafter, Benedictine
got startd and has swept through
Meanwhile, the Marist Cadets
continue to demonstrate a rug
ged defense but just can’t find
the offensive punch to put the
ball over.
Holy Cross, Boston College
and Notre Dame, of the major
catholic schools, continue unde
feated, although the Crusaders of
Worcester have given their fol
lowers anxious moments in the
past two games, 29-21 over Dart
mouth and a mere 15-14 over
Colgate. Xavier, of Ohio, showed
unexpected power in toppling
Cincinnati, 37-0, and have only a
one point loss to Miami of Ohio
marring their record.
Former Atlanta Cra«ker, Leo
Cristante, who had a big hand
in Atlanta’s 1954 Southern
League sweep, has been sent
down by the Detroit Tigers to
the Buffalo farm club . . . Henry
Dukes, former Boys’ Catholic
star, finally was fit for play and
caught two passes in the Geor
gia victory over North Carolina.
YOU CAN WIN CONVERTS
Xavier's Exciting Discovery
By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN
— - - (University of Noire Dame)
Do you want to know an ef
fective method of winning a soul
for Christ? It’s a simple method:
get him on his knees to pray.
That’s the method by which the
students who compose the Eu
charistic Guard at Xavier Uni
versity in New Orleans win
about 20 converts a year.
Xavier L
v e r s i t y,
ducted by
Sisters of
Blessed S
ment, has
enrollment
100 colored
and w o r
Father Ed
F. M u r p
S.S.J., the well-known author,
is head of the department of
philosophy. Xavier is meeting
one of the urgent needs of the
Church in the South: educated
leaders for the growing number
of colored Catholics.
I had been street preaching'
for a week among the colored
people of Houman, Louisana.
There Father John J. McShane,
S.S.J., has established St. Lucy’s
Church and School and, with
the help of 12 Sisters of the
Presentation, is winning hun
dreds of Negroes for Christ.
“You must see Xavier Univer
sity,” he said, “while you are
here. They have a large summer
enrollment and Mother Agatha
wants you to address the student
body. The are mostly teachers,
taking graduate courses.”
After the lecture we went
with the chaplain, Father John
J. Conroy, S.S.J., to the chapel
to pay our tribute to our Euchar
istic Lord, exposed in the Blessed
Sacrament each day from 8 A.M.
till 4:30 P.M. It was inspiring to
see so many of the students
kneeling in prayer.
“You noticed,” said Father
Conroy, “that group of six young
men, wearing cassocks and sur
plices, kneeling before the Bles
sed Sacrament. That’s Mary’s
Eucharistic Guard. It’s on duty
each day from 11:30 to 1:30,
when the Sisters are out of the
chapel. Each member volunteers
for a half-hour of woAhip.”
“How did it originate?” re
plied Father Conroy, “Louis
Charles, chairman of the Euchar
istic Committee of the Sodality
of Our Lady, suggested that such
a guard be formed to relieve the
Sisters during those two hours.
The men readily volunteered.
The next year the girls petitioned
for a similar privilege, and it
was granted them. They kneel
at the Communion rail and wear
blue veils. Officers of the Sodali
ty supervise the operation of
both Eucharistic Guards.”
“Now,”-continued Father Con
roy, “there’s a surprising dis
covery the Sodality has made.
By allowing non-Catholics to
take their places along with the
others who form the Eucharistic
Guard, the officers have found
that the great majority of these
non-Catholics apply for instruc
tion and enter the Church . . .”
“That’s most significant,” I
broke in. “It proves that one
finds his way to God most ef
fectively when he’s on his
knees.”
“Yes,” agreed Father Conroy.
“Good example and solid facts
from history and theology
classes help. But there can be no
doubt that direct contact with
Him who is Light and Life is
bound to enkindle flames of love
and sparks of knowledge, which
are certain to result in a new
member gained for Christ’s Mys
tical Body.
“Out of the thirty converts last
year, twenty-three were faith
ful members of Mary’s Euchar-
istic Guard. Once the truth seek
er gets down on his knees in
prayer, God gives him the grace
■to see the truth and the courage
to follow it into the f o 1 d of
Christ.”
The lesson? Get the inquirer
on his knees as soon as possible
and you too get on your knees
with him in prayer. The grace
of faith won’t be long in coming,
for God never turns a deaf ear
to earnest prayer.
Readers who know of any per
son who has helped to win two
or more converts are kindly re
quested to send the name and
address of such a person to Fath
er John A. O’Brien, Notre Dame,
Ind.
Brother Fabian,, O.S.B.
Brother
Fabian, 0. S. B.,
Makes Vows
Charles Heller of Blessed Sac
rament parish in Savannah made
his profession of triennial vows
as a Benedictine Brother at Saint
Bernard Abbey ; in Cullman, Ala.,
on Sunday September 25. His
name in religion is Brother Fabi
an, O.S.B. He is the' son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Heller Jr., of
Savannah.
Rt. Rev. Abbot Bede Luibel
celebrated a pontifical low Mass,
during which the profession took
place. Monks of the Benedictine
Abbey and seminarians enrolled
in the Saint Bernard major and
minor seminaries participated in
the Missa Recitata. Fathers
Rephael Salasek and Brian Egan
assisted the Abbot.
The Benedictine brothers are
employed in various useful oc
cupations at the monastery,
ranging from clerical duties to
manual. Tfre lay brotherhood,
which has existed since the very
early centuries, has. become an
integral part in the life of a
monastic family. Today, skilled
in the various arts and crafts,
and reciting the Divine Office in
English daily, the brothers con
tribute much to the physical and
spiritual growth of a Benedictine
community.
In connection with the monas
tery the Benedictine,Fathers and
Brothers of Saint Bernard in
Cullman, Alabama conduct a
boarding college and. high school
for boys.