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EIGHT-A THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NOVEMBER 24, 1956. Marriage Dangers Assumption Parent-Teacher GuiSd Meets (Continued from Page 4-A) 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 Phone 852 17Q4V2 Norwich St. BRUNSWICK, GA. * a BLACKERBY DAIRY FRESH PRODUCTS TOO PER CENT SERVICE F. D. No. 1 Brunswick, Georgia 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. REALTY CO. Sales — Rentals — Insurance Property Management Telephone 3311 Post Office Box 158 SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA GRAY'S REFRIGERATION Commercial dir Conditioning SALES • ENGINEERING • SERVICE Telephone 963 3817 Norwich Street BRUNSWICK. GEORGIA