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SIX. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA APRIL 28, 1956.
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EDITED BY MRS. OWEN SCHWEERS
SAVANNAH-ATLANTA DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
ALBANY IS SCENE OF SEVENTEENTH CONVENTION
Speakers Include Monsignor
DeBlanc, Mrs. Lucile Hasley
ALBANY, Ga. — The seven
teenth annual convention of the
Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, ded
icated to His Excellency, The
Most Reverend Gerald P, O’Hara
and using the theme, “The Love
Of Christ Has Gathered Us To
gether,” convened in the ball
room of Radium SpYings Casino
at 2:30 p.m., on Saturday, April
14th. Mrs. R. E. McCormack, Sr.,
Diocesan president, presiding.
The meeting opened with the
reading of the Prayer to Our
Lady of Good Counsel, patroness
of the Council, by Father John
D. Toomey, Diocesan Spiritual
Mbderator, followed by the
Pledge to the Flag by the Girl
Scout Troop of St. Teresa’s
School, Albany. On motion, the
reading of the minutes of the
previous meeting was dispensed
with and the treasurer’s report
was followed by the Reports of
the Vice Presidents, namely:
Savannah Deanery, Mrs. B. C.
Guild; Atlanta Deanery, Mrs.
John S. Correll; Columbus Dean
ery, Mrs. J. R. Pinkston; Aug
usta Deanery, Miss Anna Rice.
Mrs. McCormack announced
that 1956 marks the tenth an
niversary of the appointment of
Father Toomey as Spiritual Mo
derator of the Diocesan Council
and she thanked him for his con
stant co-operation and inspiring
guidance during this period and
presented him with a handsome
desk set as a token of the Coun
cil’s appreciation.
At the close of the meeting the
Committee on Family and Par
ent Education, under the chair
manship of Mrs. J. T. Webb, of
Albany, presented a panel dis
cussion on the subject, “Family
Life and Discipline,” with Msgr.
Irving DeBlanc, Director of the
Family Life Bureau of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence. as moderator. The panel
members were introduced by
Father Daniel Bourke, pastor of
St. Teresa’s parish, Albany, from
which parish the panel members
were chosen.
Mrs. J. W. Mock, Jr., opened
the discussion with her reasons
for the need of discipline, and
Mrs. Bob Kimbrell gave her
views on why the whole person
must be known before disciplin
ing. Mrs. George S. Jenkins, Jr.,
discussed the role of parents in
discipline.
“Why discipline,” was the top
ic discussed by Mrs. Matthew J.
McCoy and Mrs. William Bur
gess gave some concrete ex
amples on how to discipline.
Mrs. Joseph Rau ended the panel
discussion with thoughts on re
ligion and discipline. An inter
esting question and answer peri
od after the discussion produced
the following conclusions: that
nursery schools are desirable on
ly as an emergency, when the
mother is ill or obliged to work;
that consistent, loving and firm
discipline, together with the good
example of the parents, from in
fancy will prevent teen-age de
linquency; that going steady is
wrong, unless there is a possibi
lity of marriage within a two
year period.
The banquet was held in the
Casino Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturday evening. Seated at the
speaker’s table were, Most Rev
erend Francis E. Hyland, Aux
iliary Bishop of the Diocese,
Msgr. DeBlanc, Father Toomey,
Father Bourke, Mrs. Lucile Has
ley and the Diocesan Council of
ficers.
Mrs. Hasley was the principal
speaker and chose as her sub
ject, “The Joyful Christian.”
Mrs. Hasley is a convert to
Catholicism and has spent most
of her life in South Bend, Ind.,
where her husband is a profes
sor of English at Notre Dame.
She is the author of many maga
zine articles and has published
two books, “Reproachfully
Yours,” and, “The Mouse Hun
ter.” Speaking as a writer and
convert, Mrs. Hasley began her
lecture by saying, “I am one of
those rare Catholic lecturers
who just doesn’t know precisely
what’s wrong with the world
and, hence, have no precise rem
edy to offer. All I know is that
we can, in our apostolic lives,
well afford to have a little more
laughter and a little more com
passion. Laughter and compas
sion are not only lovely in them
selves but, when teamed
together, they make for that in
dispensable virtue called Catholic
balance. And without a healthy
Catholic balance, I don’t see how
we can possibly walk the tight-
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Cables Sent To
Holy Father,
Archbishop
The following cablegrams
were sent by the Seventeenth
Annual Convention of the Sav
annah-Atlanta Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Women in ses
sion at Radium Springs, Al
bany, Georgia:
Monsignor Dell’Acque,
Vatican City:
The Catholic Women of
Georgia send their devoted
greetings and pledge again
their loyalty to His Holiness,
Pope Pius Twelfth. We beg
his apostolic blessing on our
works of Catholic Action.
SAVANNAH-ATLANTA
DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF
CATHOLIC WOMEN
ANNUAL CONVENTION,
Albany, Georgia.
The Most Reverend Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.,
North American College,
Vatican City:
We are meeting in Albany,
and remember the happy days
when you were with us. We
wish you good health and hap
piness. We pledge to continue
the works of Catholic Action
which you set forth for us to
do. We beg your blessing and
prayers.
* SAVANNAH-ATLANTA
DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF
CATHOLIC WOMEN
ANNUAL CONVENTION,
Albany, Georgia.
RESOLUTIONS
SEVENTEENTH CONVENTION
The Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women sends
to His Holiness, Pope Pius XII,
a message of loyalty and affec
tion and begs his blessings on our
work of Catholic Action.
We send also a fond remem
brance to His Excellency, Arch
bishop Gerald Patrick O’Hara,
wishing him health and happiness,
and pledge to continue our ef
forts for the Church in Georgia.
We give to His Excellency, Bish
op Francis E. Hyland, our pray
ers and sympathy in his hour of
sorrow, and beg God’s blessing on
him and his mother.
We offer to His Holiness our
grateful appreciation for the 're
newed Holy Week Liturgy which
opens channels of grace to those
previously unable to participate
in-these sacred, ceremonies.
We urge the members of the
Council to study and develop
guides according to Christian so
cial principles covering activities
for our youth in coping with mod
ern demands. We urge that more
interest be taken in parochial
youth programs and that Christian
direction and example be given
to all who come under our charge.
Again, we call upon the Cath
olic women of Georgia to encour
age modesty in dress among them
selves and their children both by
word and by example. The body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost
and should be preserved from
any profanation.
We resolve to promote a con
centrated program to encourage
vocations to the religious life.
When all unite with prayers and
encouragement to interest Cath
olic youth in the life and work of
the priesthood and religious voca
tions, the fulj vocation potential
of our diocese will be attained.
We resolve to become more ful
ly aware of the need for support
of our Catholic school system.
Our dedication to the. cause of
Catholic education is based upon
sound and reliable religious prin
ciples. We ask respect for this
principle among our fellow Am
ericans and we seek their mani
festations of good-will and fair
play in this regard. We recom
mend the statement of our Nat
ional Board Directors on this sub
ject.
We resolve to encourage our
members to pray, study, and in
terest themselves intelligently in
the forthcoming national political
SEVENTEENTH CONVENTION—The above pictures were
taken at the seventeenth Convention held at Albany. In the top
photo His Excellency, Bishop Hyland is pictured with Mrs. R. E.
McCormack, Diocesan president. The middle picture shows Mrs.
McCormack, Mrs. Lucile Hasley, speaker at the convention, and
Mrs. J. R. Pinkston. The lower picture shows the Very Rev. D. J.
Bourke, V. F., and Mrs. J. T. Webb, Convention General Chair
man, with Monsignor DeBlanc, guest speaker.
campaign. We urge every Cath
olic woman to avail herself of
her inalienable privilege—to vote
as she believes right-—in every
election.
We pledge ourselves to support
Christian social principles and in
so doing to minimize the racial in
tolerance which presently exists
in our beloved Southland. We
condemn forthright every act of
injustice and uncharitableness
committed against our fellow citi
zens. We caution the men who
represent us in public office
against imprudent and inflamma
tory utterance. We pray and beg
for moderation and an intelligent
approach with mutual coopera
tion and charity manifested by all.
We are grateful to Monsignor
Irving DeBlanc and Mrs. Lucile
Hasley for their informative and
inspiring addresses. We believe
that we have derived much from
their presence at this convention.
Our gratitude is extended to
the members, of the St. Teresa’s
Parish Council and their pastor,
Father Bourke. for their gracious
hospitality. We have enjoyed our
stay at Radium Springs and thank
its management for its pleasant
service. We are grateful to the
press, radio, and television of
Albany for their excellent cover
age. We thank, all who partici
pated in making this convention
so profitable and memorable.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. F. V. LEWIS. Chairman
MISS PAULINE KENNEY,
MRS. J. J. WARD,
MRS. A. D. CARTER.