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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 24, 1956.
Marriage Dangers Assumption
Parent-Teacher
GuiSd Meets
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quently, according to my obser
vation, it means that both par-
- ties drop out of a church relation
ship altogether.”
Jewish rabbis have strong feel
ings against mixed unions. Orth
odox and Conservative rabbis may
not officiate at a mixed marriage,
and even though Reform rabbis
may, one Reform rabbi from a
Southern state revealed to THE
AVE MARIA that “I have been
an ordained rabbi for over fifteen
years and I have never officiated
at a mixed marriage.”
To get the problems directly
from those concerned THE AVE
MARIA questioned couples in
volved in mixed marriages.
One Catholic woman, whose
husband had just become a Cath
olic after 27 years of marriage
said, “You have to do it alone,
more or less. Due to the years of
religious training a Catholic usu
ally gets, you often look at prob
lems or general living with a dif
ferent outlook."
Another woman said about her
Protestant husband: “Things that
meant a lot to me meant nothing
to him. Then, too, all the usual
difficulties that Protestants bring
up, you have to face in your own
home. You find yourself answer
ing' the old arguments about Cath
olics going to Confession and
then acting sinfully. And birth
control may be a problem . . .”
Representative Chancell ors
across the United States em
phasized the need for more edu-
- cation and motivation of Cath
olics to marry Catholics and the
creation of opportunities for
young people to meet socially.
A Chancellor from the Middle
West told THE AVE MARIA that
in those parishes where the priests
had worked hard at arranging fa
cilities for boys and girls to be
come acquainted, the number of
mixed marriages had gone down
markedly.
A Western Chancellor said
that the major responsibility for
mixed marriages “must be at
tributed to parents and priests.
As regards parents, mothers be
come absolutely fanatical in seek
ing for their daughter’s populari
ty, dates, engagement and mar
riage. Whom their daughters date,
to whom they become engaged,
and whom they marry means
nothing to the mother until twen-
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Parent-
Teacher Guild of Our Lady of
the Assumption Parish School
sponsored a Book Fair on Sunday
and Monday, November 11 and
12, for the school library. Mrs.
Paul E. Galloway, Mrs. L. T. Har
ley, Mrs, May Lahey and Mrs.
William Rogers displayed and
took care of the donations of
books.
In recognition of National Book
Week Mrs. Richard Reser, who has
had extensive experience in the
field of children’s books, v/as
guest speaker at the Guild meet
ing Monday evening. Mrs. Reser
was formerly children’s librarian
of the Bristol, Tenn., School Sys
tem, Librarian at Oglethorpe Uni
versity and is presently teaching
a course in children’s literature
at . the teacher level, at the Uni
versity.
OUR PARISHES REPORT
ty-four hours after 'the wedding
ceremony. The vast majority of
fathers have better sense, but
seldom get to exercise it.
“As to priests, we rarely preach
on preparation for marriage, dat
ing, company keeping, etc., a .sub-
fleet on which we should be
preaching . . . Even when we do
preach it, -we dilute it with talk
of conversions, dispensations and
canonical reasons until what
should be straight and bitter
medicine has become a harmful
palliative.”
THE AVE MARIA Report
points out that a study by the
Bishops concluded that 20 to 30
per cent of those involved in a
mixed marriage “seem to disap
pear from active parish life.”
Since almost 85,000 valid mixed
marriages were recorded last year
this means that nearly 20,000 of
the Catholics involved in those
marriages will “disappear” and at
least to some degree become lost
to the Church.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
In honor of Msgr. P. J. O’Con
nor, the student body held a re
ception in the auditorium. Mon
signor addressed the students en
couraging them to pray for re
ligious vocations from the Im
maculate Conception.Parish.
At long last our new Convent
is about ready. We hope that our
good Sisters will be in their new
home by the first of the year.
Construction of this convent on
the school playground formerly
proved a problem for the pupils
at recess time. There 'seemed to
be no place for our students to
release their abundance of energy.
This has been solved somewhat.
Now each class enjoys supervised
play, games, etc., in the basement
of the Church at recess time.
We of the Immaculate Concep
tion School were so very proud
to have one of our students chosen
to present our new Bishop a wel
coming gift at the reception held
in his honor on November 8th.
Donna Repik of our fourth grade
will long remember this occasion
we are sure.
In preparation for the High
Mass on December Eighth, the up
per grades are practicing the
Gum Jubilo Mass and are learn
ing appropriate hymns to Our
Lady. To further their interest in
good music, a large percentage of
our students have been attending
the Atlanta Symphony for chil
dren.
meeting. The treasurer reported i with prayer and recitation of the
on the success of the Halloween HOLY NAME Pledge. We are
Carnival, and other standing' happy to have Father Drohan with
BLESSED SACRAMENT
John B. Thompson, president of
the newly organized Blessed Sac
rament Athletic Ass’n., was guest
speaker at the monthly meeting of
the Blessed Sacrament H.S.A.,
held Wednesday night at the
school. Mr, Thompson cutlined
some of the activities the Associa
tion would sponsor and appealed
to the parents to help make this
project a success.
Mrs. William Shearouse, presi
dent, conducted the business
committees gave their reports.
It was announced that the
quarterly meeting of the Savan
nah Deanery of the D.C.C.W.
would be held at Brunswick, Ga.,
Dec. 9th.
Sister Regina Joseph’s fourth
grade won the attendance award,
and Mrs. Sam Ledlie won the
door prize.
ST. JOHN’S
Twenty six members were pres
ent at our November 1st- meeting
presided over by our President,
Mr. Sedlock. Father Drohan, our
new Spiritual Advisor, opened
us. However, we will miss Fath
er Boyce, our previous Spiritual
Advisor. Father Boyce is chancel
lor of the new Diocese of Atlanta.
Ten HOLY NAME men attend
ed the 41st Annual Convention
of the Catholic Laymens Associa
tion of Georgia held at Colum
bus on October 27th and, 28th.
They gave a report on the con
vention which was very interest
ing and inspiring, especially the
address by Mr. Frank Sheed on
“Religion on the Street Corner.”
The St. Johns football team
was guest of honor at our Com
munion Breakfast, Sunday, Nov
ember 11th.
FOR ATLANTA
AREA HOLY NAME GROUPS
Largest Crowd Of Year
MAYOR OF ATLANTA GUEST
AT HOLY NAME BREAKFAST
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ATLANTA, Ga.,—One of the
largest crowds of the year at
tended the November 12th Hoij#
Name mass at the Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. Guest
speaker at the Breakfast meeting
was William B. Hartsfield, Mayor
of the City of Atlanta.
Monsignor O’Connor offered
the Holy Name Mass, with the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Alfred M. Watson
rector of the Cathedral of Erie,
Pennsylvania, preaching the ser
mon.
Monsignbr WatsOn chose an ex
cellent topic, good example set
by men, coupled with tradition
handed down from father to son.
H i s delivery was exceptionally
good, words well chosen, beauti
fully phrased and the additions
of true stories added that some
thing extra which makes him an
outstanding speaker.
Mayor Hartsfield at the Com
munion breakfast was warmly re
ceived and accorded quite an
ovation when he was introduced
to ' the members by Monsignor
P. J. O’Connor.
Another visitor at the meeting
was Capt. R. E. Stieler, Com
manding Officer, U. S. Naval
Air Station, Chamblee, Georgia.
Captain Stieler attended Mass
and gave a short talk on Armis
tice Day.
COUNT TEN
And sometimes a man rejoices
today for. the deed he neglected
to do yesterday.
ATLANTA, Ga.—St. Anthony’s
in the West End section of At
lanta was the scene of an unusual
ceremony Sunday, November
11th. Approximately 250 Holy
Name men were present for the
annual Holy Hour Devotion.
As is customary at this yearly
public demonstration thg Holy
Name met and assembled behind
the banners from the respective
churches. The procession march
ed into the church where a series
of prayers, (including a special
remembrance of our departed
brothers), a renewal of the Holy
Name Pledge, sermon and Bene
diction completed the hour.
Father Walls, Diocesan Union
Chaplain conducted the service,
Father Faschan delivered the
sermon, and Father Harrison and
Monsignor Maloney Benediction.
Following the Holy Hour, a
social period was held in the base
ment of the church to renew old
friendships and as an opportu
nity to make new acquaintances
with our Catholic friends.
The officers of the Holy Name
Society Diocesan Union for 1957-
1958 are: President, Raoul Patron,
St. Anthony’s Parish; First Vice-
President, Eddie Troy, Immacu
late Conception; Second Vice-
President, William Sullivan,
Christ the King; Secretary, James
Foley, St. John’s Parish; Treasur
er, William Lynch, Sacred Heart
Parish; Marshall, Fred Stokes, St,
Thomas More; Assistant Marshall,
William McMullin, St. Joseph’s
Parish, Marietta.
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